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2 The Newi-Rerlew, Roseburg, Ore. Wed., Jon. 19, 193$ Local News Dlnntr Planiwd Members ol St. George's Episcopal Church will meet Thursday, Jan. 20. for din ner at 6:30 D.m. at tne Danish hall, Meat, rolls and coffee will be pro- vided for the potluck dinner. New vestrymen will be elected. AM church members and their (ami lies are invited to attend. Tri-City Woman Dies On Tuesday Mrs. Lora Marienda Deen, 45, Tri-City died at her home Tues day morning following a lingering illness. Mrs. Decn was born at Ontario. Ore., April 2, 1909. She lived most of her life at Payette, Idaho, and was married there July 25, 1929 to Melvifi M. Deen. She was a member of the First Baptist Church at Payette. She moved to Tri-City 7Vi months ago from Henderson, Nev. Survivors include her husband of Tri City, three children, a grand daughter and her parents all of Henderson, and one sister in Boise, Idaho. The body was shipped Tuesday night by Gam Motruary to the Shaffer Memory Chapel at Pay tie where services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday. Thursday Funeral Set For Oregon City Man Graveside funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in the Roseburg Veterans Cemetery for Willard E. Fletcher. 83. who died at the Veterans Hospital Mon- oay. He was born Feb. 12, 1891, in Edgar, Neb., and was a former resident of Oregon City. He was a member of the Methodist Church and a veteran of World War I. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Grace Bohtlng. Fullerton. Calif.: Mrs. Bertha McCormach, Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs. Jessie Huneerford, Sparks, Ncv.: three brothers, .Carl netcner, ujmaie, uaiii., Clarence of Meridan, Idaho, and Don of San ta Ana, Calif. Officiating at the Thursday serv ice will be Chaplain Albert S. Fel ler. Roseburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Services Held Today For World War 1 Vet Graveside funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 p.m. in the Roseburg Veterans cemetery for Martin van Adams, 66, former resident of Prospect. He died at the Veterans Hospital Monday. Van Adams was born July 2, 1888, in Kentucky. He was a veter an of World War I. He Is survived by a sister, Mrs. Sarah Wright, Clintwood, Va.; a brother, M. B. Adams. Burdlne Ky.; and a , niece, Mrs. M. E. Chapiain Albort ,'S. Fcllef offl- ciaica at loaay s service. The Rose burg Funeral Home was in charge w arraugomems. , Worker's Compensation Legislative Problem " (Continued On Page 2 Col. 1) probably will be introduced late next week. This legislation is sec ond in importance only to the issue of raising new taxes. The committee said its proposed new maximum benefits would make tho average annua! payment to jobless workers amount to S32fl. compared with the present aver- ace oi It said the $35 maximum doesn't carry out President Eisenhower's recommendation that jobless pay- uiciiu amount 10 one-nan oi regu lar earnings. To do this, it said, nvum require a wo maximum. The employer payroll taxes, which even now are only about half as largo as the amount being paid in benefits, would be Increav cd by several methods, including making tho tax apply to the first $4,200 of a workers income. This figure now is $3,000. By extending coverage to the additional workers, there would be 69,400 employes added to the 330,. 000 who now are under the act. While 18,300 employers now are covered, another 20,000 would be added by the committee's pro posals. Woman Burned To Death In Fire Near Coos Bay It was learned here Tuesday that a former Myrtle Creek woman died as the result of a fire on the second floor of a home at Bunker Hill near Ccos Bay Mon day. She was Mrs. I.avinia Smith, who lived many years at Myrtle Creek and raised tier fnmilv there. Coos Bay firemen, called' by her sin, William Ira Smith, HO, found the woman's boo. in her bed, ap paiently ovcrco-no by smoke. The smoke had not spread downstairs w!ic;e the son slept, anti he said he did not discover the !irc until he un! up-Uairs io a kitchen. Prtmen said l!ii-y hd not dttcr m.nM the origin i.f the fire, u-i.irh did only minor damago in the bed room. St. George's To Hold Annual Parish Meeting The annual parish meeting for ! St. George's Episcopal Church will j be held in Ihe narish house al 6:30 p.m. Thursday. There will be a Dolluck sun. per, with wives of the reiiring ves trymen in charge. Meat, rolls and coffee will be furnished; oth er food will bo potluck, Care will be provided for children. Four new members will he elec ted to tho vestry, to serve a ihree year term, replacing the four who retire, who tiro C. V. Montgom ery, L. W. Riley, N. B. lluss and Hal liaskin. Brief reports on the yrar'i activities will be given, and ether matters of Interest to the pariah will be discussed. Milwaukie Woman Succumbs In Riddle The body of a Milwaukie, Ore., .voman is being taken there wed- '.esday by Gant Mortuary of Myr- le Creek. Mrs. Sarah Ethel Means, 75, i:d at the home of a brother in i. Idle Monday afternoon. he was born at Cedar Rapids, lo,.a, March 18, 1879, and moved to o. cgon in 1905. Since 1942, she has lived in Milwaukie. Mrs. Means was a member of the Church of Christ in Milwaukie. Survivors include a stepson, El mer Means of West Linn; two sis ters, Mrs. Genevieve Heynen and Mrs. Lula Miller, both of Chicago; four brothers, J. P. Garnant of Glendale, Calif., Ed of Cedar Rap ids, Lou of Everett, Wash., and D. F. of Riddle. Her husband died in 1947. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Peake's Memor ial Chapel with vault entomb ment to follow at Riverview Ab bey Mausoleum. Hospital News Douglas Community Hospital , Admitted Medical: Mrs. Occae Woodcock, Ronda Kay Benedict, Roseburg; Mrs. Charles S. Nimsic, Dillard. Surgical) Donald R. Wells. Rose burg; Joy Ewing Dobbs, Winston. Discharged Mrs. J. Vincent Nordlinz, Mrs. Stace B. Laurence, Airs. 1'ioyd Walker, Mrs. Bessie Richardson John Block, Mrs. Gene Cooksey, Roseburg; Mrs. Howard C. Harty, Mrs. Donald. Goodwin, Winston: Rodney Dale Perry. Tenmile: Earl Kdward Lanning, Sutherlin; Mrs Floyd E. Chaney, Oakland. Mercy Hospital Admitted Medical: Mrs. Freeman Williams, Mrs. Robort Tjomsland, Franklin Harvey, Mrs. Robert Robland, Roseburg; Arthur Crystal, Suther lin. Surgical: Mrs. Louis Miles. James Cave, Roseburg; Mrs. Mor rison Stinnett, Sutherlin. Discharged Mrs. John Reese, Mrs. Louis Miles, Roseburg: Mrs. Hulen John son, Oakland; Mrs. Harrison SUn nett, Mrs. Lloyd Harris and daugh ter, Joanne Elaine, Sutherlin. President Hopes To See Cease Fire In Asia . (Continued from Page One) Nationalists would reject such an Idea. A cease fire in effect would end Chinese Nationalist hopes of ever returning to the mainland. hisenhower also told his news conference that Dag Hammarsk- jold s mission to Pelping in an effort to win release of 11 im prisoned American airmen cannot be regarded es a failure so long as negotiations are continuing, ' Senate Republican Leader Know- land (Calif) has termed the Ham- marskjold mission a failure. While 'Eisenhower did not go along with Knowland on that, he said emphatically that efforts seek ing the release of the airmen im prisoned as "spies" never can bo termed a success until the fliers have been rturned to their home land. For the first time in history, television and newsreel sound ca meras were permitted to record the news conference for possible lalcr public show ng. White House aides will check first, however, to determine what is to be released. Sheppard Denied Release On Bail; Father Passes (Continued from Page One) such thing as life Imprisonment, but rather indeterminate impris onment. Sheppard broke down and cried Tuesday night in county jail when he henijil that his father had died. Two brothers of Dr. Sam, who was convicted of killing his preg nant wife Marilyn, said their fath er Dr. Richard Sheppard, 64, "lost his will to live" after the suicide of his wife 11 davs ago. , Son of a Methodist minis er. the elderly doctor was born at Fos toria, Ohio. Alter somo years of practice In Fayetteville, N.C., and Upper San dusky, Ohio. Shoppard came to Cleveland about 1923. In 1935 he founded what later became t h e Bay View Hospil.il. He was a for mer president of the National Os teopathic Ilosoital Assn. and rhe American College of Osteopathic Surgeons. The elder Shonnard bore most of the burden of the hospital's sur gical work during the more than nine weeks his youngest son was on trial, accused of clubbing his 31-year-old wife to death as she lay in bed July 4. His other sons were at the courthouse daily. Dunne the trial, which started Oct. 18, the elder doctor became 111. He was in the hospital tine. 2t when his son was sentenced to life imprisonment. Property Condemnation Suit Settled By Jury A property condemnation suit came to a close in circuit court .Tuesday afternoon, with the jury u,in ft"1 ,l- te n"Jf" I'cratior. The VP.rd,ct 'ls k-50"- P'S i.l- tcrest. lust compensation to be Weeks for property used by the State Highway Commission for located Highway 99. The property of the brother and sister Is about five miles north of Myrtle Crerk on the east side of the South IJmpqua River. The owners sought compensa tion of $10,300, but the highway department deemed the properly is worth $3,000. When no agree ment could be reached, the high way commission asked that it be determined by a Jury. State Pioneers' Daughter Dies Mrs. Frank' (Myra Cynthia I Barager, 83, resident of Douglas County for more than half a cen tury, died at her home on Barager Road, Roseburg, Wednesday mor ning. She had been ill only a short time. She was born in Salem April 20, 1871. Her parents were pioneer Oregon settlers who came to the state in 1851. Her father, William Johnston, helped draft the first laws of the state. Mrs. Barager was married in Salem Dec. 25, 1893. She and her husband celebrated their Slat wed ding anniversary in 1954. They came to Douglas County in 1903. In 1907 they moved to Roseburg, Mrs. Barager was a member of the First Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband, Frank, Roseburg; one son, Sylvan B. Barager, Roseburg; four daugh ters, Mrs. Thomas (Letha) Lillebo, Reedsport; and Mrs. George (Gre ta) Caskey, Mrs. Alta B. Arthur and Mrs. Paul (Thelma) Caskey. all of Roseburg: one brother, Paul E. Johnston, Albany; nine grand children; and 13 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Long & Orr Mort uary Saturday at 11 a n.. The Hev. Raymond Schaefcr of the First Baptist Church will officiate. In terment will follow in trie Hose burg Memorial Gardens. Prisoners Still Hold Cuards; Daughter Pleads (Continued from Page One) long they amount virtually to life imprisonmenthave . made only one demand: An automobile to speed them to' freedom. They asked Tuesday that Gov. Christian A. Herler send a car but the-request was ignored. A prison chaplain and prison doctor have seen three pistols, and Green claims the rebels have five such weapons. . , Principals Assn. Favors Sales Tax Another Douglas County group, the Elementary Principals Assn., has gone on record in favor of a sales tax earmarked for educa tion. The. action was reported by President Roy Crain of Roseburg following a recent meeting at Oakland. Most of the meeting was devot ed to a discussion on the pilot pro gram of classrooms for mentally retarded onudren. Mrs. Jessie Baker, special education supervis or in the office of the county school superintendent, led the discussion. Similar discussion will be con tinued with Mason McQuiston of the State Dept. of Education at a March 23 meeting at Curtin. The nex meeting of the associ ation will be held at Oakland on Feb. 14 in conjunction with a meeting of the Douglas County Schoolmasters Assn, Judge Carl Hill Back From Meet County Judge Carl C. Hill has returned from Salem where he took part in a meeting of the State Board of Forest Conservation. Most of the meeting dealt with policy, the judge said. The board ot five was set up to pass on ex changes of land between the Forest Service and private parties, check ing to make sure the rights of the state and counties are pro tected, especially in regard to tax ation matters. At the meeting this week, the board approved an exchange be tween the Siuslaw National Forest, supervised by Rex Wakefield, and an individual owner along the Siu slaw River in Lane County. Exchange of 235 locccd-off acres within the forest boundary were traded to the Forest Service .or 80 acres along the coast highway where industrial development is possiuie. Besides Judue Hill, members ol the board are Gov. Paul Patter son, Tax Commissioner Carl Chambers, State Forester George Spaur and Judge C. K. Mccorm ick ot Union County. District 4 Budget Board To Organize Thursday School District 4 Budget Board members will hold their first or ganization meeting Thursday eve ning al Central Junior High School, dupt. M. C. Deller said the ses sion would be general. Members were scheduled to discuss where they should start their work. No details will be studied, Deller said. The meeting will start at S p.m. and is open to the public. The budget board is composed of the school board members and five other citizens. They are John Todd, Sid Moon, Warren Eng dahl, Cliff Collins and Ray Doer ner. Herbert C. Reynolds, 33, Bound Over To Grand Jury Herbert Glenwood Reynolds, 33, Charleston, was bound over to the grand jury by Judge Warren A. Woodruff at a preliminary hearing in district court at Roseburg. Reynolds is charged with for gery in connection with passing a check for lodging and cash at a Myrtle Creek motel on June 22. 1954. tie was returned at the end of December by a denutv sheriff, fol lowing arrest at Eureka, Calif. Bail of $1,000 was continued uy the judge. SEEKS MORE PROPERTY SALEM The State Board of Control began negotiations Tues day for purchase of th First Tras byterian Church. Oakland Council Will Meet Next In New City Hall The Oakland City Council will meet in the 'new City Hall tor the first time Feb. 1. The decision was reported Tues day night at a meeting of the Council, according to correspond ent Edith Dunn. Mrs. Dunn said the City Hall will not be complete on that date, but it will be far enoueh along to house the future meetings. Jn Tuesday action, James Bov ingdon was re-appointed city trea surer and auditor. Recorder C a t Bowles explained to the new of ficers wavs of handling bills and phAcW Up annnnncpH that hit! from the State Legislature will bel made available to citizens through the city from now on. An application was received dur ing the evening for a 10-year gar bage franchise from M. L. McKin ney. No action was taken. Graveside Rites Set For Infant Leslie Raymond Kemoke. Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarenc"- Kempke, Bertha Street, Roseburg died Tuesday. He was born Jan. 3, 1355, In Roseburg. He is survived by his parents, three sisters, four brothers and on grandmother. Graveside funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Roseburg Memorial Gardens Roseburg Funeral Home it in charge of arrangements. r 11 cv. fl. (riKrXar M. S47aJ7 N.w $171.77 9 fu. ft. Rfrif rmlm Kit. ll.SN.w (111.14 I. 1 aw. N. Hm SrMitr (I tlS4.il Nw 11.S1 11 IV. fl. Hm Fir Rf. 1440.SO N.w f 111.11 II. lrl Rant lM. 1100.00 N.w $1I.S l.itric CIMhM Dryw SlJt.tSN.w $17t.M 1 . Maw tlM.tl t4 W.ix Mimmt In. 1107.11 N.w ttt.tl TERMS AS EXTRA SPECIAL FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY DE-9W REFRIGERATOR 9 Full Cubic lubie ONLY k. m m Employes Offering Pay To March Of Dimes Fund Employes and employer! at Commercial Lumber Sales, inc., Dillard, are joining forces to liclp the Douglas County March of Dimes campaign. According to Winston Dillard MOD chairman, the 60 employes will give the campaign the amount they make by working a Saturday morning at time and one-half pay, Vance Shugart, general manager of the company, said Wcdnevlf the plan will work in the follow ing fashion. The men will work during a morning the lumber com pany is not in operation. The joint effort of management and employes should bring a size able sum to the MOD campaign, Shugart said. Accident Drivers' Names Reversed In News Story The names of the drivers of two car which collided in Myrtle rvoair TiipcHav mnrnirn? were ac cidentally reversed in a story ap- view. - furtlp rvanlr iitv notice cited William H. Glarape, Myrtle Creek, for operating his car in the wrong lane of trame aner nis vemcie Ua'A nnlllHttt with . nn ffrivpn hv Charles B. Wallis, also of Myrtle Creek. Tuesday's story also stated po lice had cited Wallis. Actually, only Glanvpe was cited. The two-car acciient occurred In front of Winnie's Shell Station on Highway 99 at 7 a.m. Glampe was driving his car north on the left hand shoulder of the road. Wallis was traveling south on the high way at the time, Police said. ' NOW at TROWt RIDGE First com . . . First served! VVkstinghouse SPECIALS! SAVE HOO00 SAVE $9107 SAVE 85 SAVE 101" SAVE '8005 SAVE 60M SAVE $60M SAVE 37 LOW A 2.45 WEEKLY 199! Feet Vl finUh Feet C Friday Services Set For Olalla Resident William Arnold, 90, longtime res ident of Oliila, died Monday fol lowing a prolonged illness. i He was born in Germany April 26, 1864. He came to the United States in 1882, where he resided in Kansas until 1890. Arnold moved to Spokane, Wash.', next. He cam to Oregon In 1901. Arnold lived in Oakland and Yaquina until 1923. On Aug. 13, 1892, he was married to Bessie Miller, who preceded him in death in 1934. ' Arnold was a member oi the Lutheran church. He is survived by four children: Conrad W. Arnold, Mollala; Mon roe C. Arnold, Brockv ay; Mrs. Robert C. (Rhoda) B .ice, lone, Wash.; and Miss Helen W. Ar nold, Brockway; one brother, Christopher J. Arnold, Thompson Fa'is, Mont.; and six grandchiV dren. Funeral services will oe held at the Tenmile Methodist Church Fri day at 1 p.m. Dr. C. M. Tanker sley will officiate. Interment will' follow in the Tenmile Cemetery. Long & Orr Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. North Bend Man Dies -After Being Hit By Car NORTH BEND, Ore. I Bur ton F. Klockars, about 50, North Bend, died in a hospital Monday night after being struck by an auto mobile at a street intersection here. The driver of the car, Ben Hoi comb, former University of Oregon football player and ex-coach of North Bend High School, was not held. Police said it was raining, and visibility was poor at the time s j' Inventory Clearance PRICES SHARPLY REDUCED en demonstrators, FLOOR SAMPLES We're cleaning inventories o we've slashed the prices on these brand-new appliances. Quantities, necessarily, are limited, but if you act fast you can save PLENTY. Come in now! Newfyweds, kitchen remodelen, familie on a budget art invited to ask about our kitchen package plan. Buy your most needed appliances at special prices, on extra liberal terms. ELECTRIC RANGE Reg. 300.00 Now 219.95 Save .. 80.05 REFRIGERATOR Reg. 354.33 Now 268.88 Save 85.45 LAUNDROMAT Reg. 299.95 . Now 239.95 Save 60.00 ELECTRIC CLOTHES DRYER Reg. 239.95 Now 179.95 Save 60.00 HURRY! QUANTITIES LIMITED! EASY TERMS 136 Planning . Commission , Studies Street Names . (Continued from Page One) and west; and, boulevards diagon ally. Drives would be winding streets, and courts would be dead end streets. Numbering of houses would be from the center of the city out ward. Numbers would be deter mined by location of a property owners let . The commission has taken the Lane County Planning Commis sion's regulations for platting and is adapting to local use. State law authorizes control of platting by a city in an area ex tending six miles from its limits. Sanitary, street, drainage, lots and other regulations would be fea tured in the regulations. County Surveyor Ben Irving, a member of the commission and ex officio member of the county planning commission, is acting as adviser on the project, along with City Engineer John Loosley. In the renaming of streets, own ers of property along affected streets probably will be contacted for suggestions. A map of the com mission's proposals will be publish ed in The News-Rev'ew when the program is completed. Necessity of name changes has been brought by about 50 dupli cations within the city limits alone. There are, for. example, . seven First streets, a like number of Second streets and five Third streets . , . The result,. If approved by tha council, is expected to ease the task of finding one's way around the city. The changes may be made only by adoption of an ordinance by the council and after a public hearing. ELECTRIC N. JACKSON ST. Operator Traces Call; , Family Of Five Saved PORTLAND W - Fumes from i closed stove overcame Mrs. Alice Johnson and her. five chil dren at her home hem Tuesday. She noticed she was becoming 111 and tried to call i doctor but collapsed before the call couIU be completed. A telephone operator, alerted when the call was not completed, notified police. They arrived in time to revive the Johnsons. Nona was hospitalized. STEA RNS Or LITTLE MORTUARY Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Little " Managing Owners ; Our service is for ail ond meets every need. Any distance, any time. ., Phone 2711 OAKLAND, OREGON . DIAL 3-5521 fciii i """1
