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1 2 Tha New)-Review, Rosetuc, Explorer Scouts Slate Annual Boat Trip On Umpqua Explorer Scouts taking part In the annual trip down the Umpqua River will assemble at the Rose burg Rod & Gun .Club grounds, Winchester, Sunday, June 19. Eight youths from the Douglas Fir District Explorer Posts 133 and 7 have signed up for the trio, ac cording to Walt Smith, district field executive. About 40 hoys from the entire Oregon Trail Council will be involved. Will Larson of Eugene, council field executive, will direct the trip, which will end at Sawyers Rapids near Scottsburg on June 24. The boys, carrying all gear In rubber rafts, will leave Monday morning, after camping out on the Rod & Gun Club grounds the night before. They plan a noon stop at Single ton Park, where the north and south forks of the Umoqua meet. Monday night, they will camp at Umpqua. (Tuesday night, they will be at Millwood, Wednesday night at Camp Tyee or Hutchison Way side. Thursday night at the "big bend" of the river, and Friday nieht at Sawyers Rapids. Rafts are being furnished bv the Air Force, Portland International Airport, through an Explorer proj ect officer. Lois Ann Lehne Passes Thursday Lois Ann Lehne, IS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Myron 0. Lehne, Garden Valley, died at a local hos pital Thursday evening following a prolonged illness. - Miss Lehne was born in Rose burg Aug. 17, 1739, and was a sophomore at Roseburg High .School. She was a member of the Nu Delta Club, an active member or we First Baptist unurcn, a member of the church choir and the Baptist Youth group. Surviving are her parents; two brothers, Raymond and Norman; both at home; her paternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar L. Lenne, uaroen vauey; two uncles, Dale Woodruff, Roseburg, and Har old Woodruff, Eugene; and an aunt, Mrs. George Smith, Santa Rosa, Calif, Funeral services will be held in the First Baptist Church Monday, June 13, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Raymond Schaefer officiating. Con cluding services and interment will 'follow in Roseburg Memorial Gar dens. In lieu of flowers, friends may make donations to a memorial scholarship for a student attending Berkeley Baptist Divinity School. WATER SUPPLY GOOD The board of commissioners of the Roberts Creek Water District report that the water shortage in the Green and Winiton-D 1 1 1 a r d areas is over. The water supply was back to normal this morning. Reasonable Irrigation may be re sumed. Sat for yourult, Mn. Potti MAJOR'S UNION SERVICE 34S I. S.cond So. ' Optn 6am to 10pm 7 days m w.sk America's Finest i wrifflJLiirn I I EXPERT r- rr I Uuto MMIRS isr W ri-iiji i YOUR CHOICE OF ALUMINUM OR BRILLIANT COLOR STEEL Built for service, especially de signed for years of hard knocks and use. Non-corrode interiors of aluminum resist rust and cor rosion. Thick fibre-glass insula tion. Air tight lid. Recessed Drain Plug. Wonderful exclusive of the "Flex-tray" for dry and wer srorage at the some time. 995-1395-1695-2595-2795 Kamp Kold All Aluminum 19.95 COMPUTE CAMPING HEADQUARTERS J. C. SPORTING GOODS AND CAMERA STORE 1 245 North Jackson Ph. OR 3-4155 Ora. Fri., June 10, 1955 Saturday Rites Set For Mrs. Stigers Funeral services will be held gaturday at 2 p.m. at Mills Mor tuary in Cottage Grove for Ann Elizabeth Stigers, 72. She had been a resident of the Curtin-Pheasant Creek community in North Douglas County for the past 40 years. She died at her home Wednesday. Sherwood Smith will officiate with vault interment in the Corn stock Cemetery. She was born February 8, 1872, in Clarion County, Pa., and was married in 1901 in Pennsylvania to John R. Stigers, who preceded her in death in 1936. They came to Oregon front Adrian, Pa. Mrs. Stigers was a member of the Church of Christ. , She is survived by two sons, Sam and John Stigers of Curtin; three daughters, Dolly Brown of Saginaw; Pearlc Coffell of Anchor age, -Alaska, and Ida Rogers of Drain; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; three broth ers, Russell, Walter and Al Lewis of Pennsylvania and two sisters, Cora Peterson of Pennsylvania and Bella Fueston of Puyallup, Wash. Lightning Set Fires Reported Over County (Continued from Page One) higher olevations has kept look out personnel out." Benecke said the lookout points could not be reached and he didn't know when they would be. The DFPA has four lookouts manned at lower altitud es. Low humidity Thursday added to the fire hazard. It dropped as low as 26. With thunder and lightning Thursday evening came siigni- ly decreased temperatures. High for the dav was 91 degrees, just one degree short of the warmest June 9. There were a few scat tered showers. A maximum of 86 degrees was forecast for Friday. Some showers were in store tonight, according to the weatherman. His five-day outlook indicated more warm weather with highs of 80 to 95 de grees predicted "with little or no rainfall." Funeral Set Wednesday For Neil Carlton Clark Funeral services for Neil Carl ton Clark, 25, University of Ore gon student who was asphyxiated while studying late Wednesday night, will be held in the chapel of Long & Orr Mortuary Satur day at 11 a.m. Clark was born Aug. 13. 1929, at Portland and was a veteran of the Korean War, serving in the Navy. He was a junior in the school of architectre at the Uni versity, and was a member of the Naval Reserve and of Mt. Tabor Presbyterian Church in Portland. Surviving are his father, James J. Clark, Grants Pas; mother, Mrs. Gcoi-gene Clark. Roseburg; a brother, James H. Clark Jr., Se attle; and his maternal grand mother, M r s. Jennie Hutchins, Philadelphia. Dr. James Millar, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will of ficiate al the funeral services. Con cluding services and interment will follow in Roseburg Memorial Gar dens. CHICKEN BARBECUE The Presbyterian Chur.-h will hold its annual chicken barbequp at Umpqua Park Saturday at 6 p.m. Those attending are asked to bring a politick salad or dessert and their own table service. Tickets tire available at the church office, corner of Jackson and Lane Streets. Completely New Kamp Kold Portable Refrigerators "Jet-Lined" Design SIXE RANGE 8"x11'x IS" to 11Vi"x 12'' x 21" Yoncalla Council Hopes To Receive Citizen Help Yoncalla City Council members initiated a major civic improve ment proposal this week. They voted to query residents within the city limits to learn how many wish to oil streets in front of their property. Postal cards will be sent out. Citizens are requested to contact Street Commissionei Charles Hedgers. The council said the city will grade streets and put on line grav el after the oiling. Thev ask prop erty owneri to pay for vile oiL In other business the council re turned to the matter of hiring a permanent city marshal. They reached no decision. Vinctnt McEl murry Is acting mirslM'i. Councilmen learned Uiot a pub lic drinking fountain has been in stalled on the corner of Main and "A" Streets by the Yoncalla Civ ic Club. Michael Powers Passes Following Short Illness BETTY MUST 4 must four betty Michael (Mike) Powers, 60, resi dent of this community for 10 months and formerly of Reedsport, died Thursday following a short ill ness. lie wa s born in Minnesota Aug. 6. 1894, and came to Oregon about 35 years ago. He resided at Reeds port from 1941 to 1954. Powers never married. Surviving are two sisters, Miss Margaret Powers, Bird Island, Minn., and Mrs. Lor- eua Hanlin, Dayton, Minn., ana a brother, Dan Powers, Bird Island. The body will be forwarded to night to Bird Island for funeral services and interment. Local ar rangements are in the cart of Long and Orr Mortuary. Truman's Portland Talk to Be On Radio Network . PORTLAND Ml Ex-President Truman's speech H a Democratic dinner here Saturday night will be broadcast on a nationwide radio network. "I'll answer political questions and then some in my Portland speech," the former President said recently. The speech will be carried by the Columbia Broadcasting System from 7:15 to 7:45 p. m. He will speak at a $25-a-plate dinner to raise funds for tht Democratic Party. The speech will be broddcast at 8:35 p.m. Saturday on station KKNK. Another Business Will Occupy New Building Announcement was made Thurs day that another business is plan ned tor occupancy in the Poole and Hutchings building at Cass and Jackson when it is completed. William R. Coon and Jack Brackenbury hope to open a bsr hershon in the building. They will share the building with Of & Rick eits Music Store and Ash-aaft Jew elry, Both men have been employ ed as barbers in Roscbjvg for the past two years. The two men were In Portland last weekend buying equipment for the new barbershop. MAN TREATED, BOOKED Waller William Thompson, ' 44, 732 W. Lane St., was given emer gency treatment at Mercy Hospi tal Thursday, then booked for be ing drunk in a public place, city police said. The man cut his arm while breaking a window at the Lane Street address, witnesses said. Apparently he had some clothes in the place, which was locked, and wanted to get to them, police said, 1 ONLY OPEX WRINGER WASHER 100 QC Reg. 159.95. Save $40! Special Sat. only I X7.7 J I ONLY ADMIRAL 40" RANGE Reg. 199.95. Now special at 1 ONLY ADMIRAL 30" DELUXE RANGE 010 QC With rotory roaster. Reg. 262.45. Spec. Sat. 46 I 77 J 2 ONLY 9 CU. FT ADMIRAL REFER Reg. 239.95. Special Sat. only 8 CU. FT. AMANA CHEST FREEZER Ar)( A A 1 only. Reg. 299.95. Special Sat. only .... LL J.UU SHOWER MAID FOLDING SHOWER DOOR CQ QC 1 only. Reg. 74.50. Special Sat. only J7ilJ ADMIRAL CHAIRSIDE HI-FI REC. PLAYER ini QT 1 Only. Reg. 164.95. 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President of the district, which includes Jackson, Joscpmne. Cur ry, Coos and Douglas counties, is Judge James Harrison f Coos County. Other county judges, who are to attend along vi,h nthei county officials, are Rodney Keat ing of Jackson County, naymond Lathrop of Jesphine County, Guy Forsvth of Curry County, and Carl C. Hill of Douglas County. The district's December meet ing was held in Medford. Bruce Voeller Receives Zellerbach Scholarship Bruce Voeller, a Reed College junior from Roseburg, nas receiv ed a scholarship from Crown-Zel- lerbach Corp. for the experiment in international living, a non-profit organisation. The scholarship is set aside for a Pacfic Coast college student who shows scholastic and social merit. Living and travel expens es to and from New York City to Germany will be covered. Voeller will live with a German family and will travel around ttie country with another young mem ber of the family. They will stop at various youth hostels Winston Man Acquitted Of Perry Larceny Count A 21-vear-old Winston man. Wil liam Richard MeSperritt, was acv quitted on i petty larceny charge Thursday by a district court jury of five women and a man. MeSperritt was charged on Jan. 19. along with three others, with taking- property from J. C. Welch. He pleaded innocent at the time, and has been out on $100" bail since. The jury deliberated about half j MeSperritt handled his own de fense, having no lawyer in the courtroom. 179.95 199.95 299.95 PLUMBING COMPANY SIDE OF BUILDING Phone ORchard 3-5377 Cyclist Injured When Struck By Car Friday A retired postman, Earl Parker, received multiple injuries Friday morning when the mcycle he was riding was hit by a car on South Stephens Street at the cty limits. -He was rushed to Community Hospital where X-rays weie to be taken. Initial examination showed bad bruises and abrisions and possible back injuries. City police who investigated the mishap said Parker's bike was struck from the rear oy a car drven by Alfred Ross Bland of Santa Paula, Calif. Bland was not cited. Both vehicles were g'ing north. After the bike was bit, it was bounced about six feet, railed over and ended up on a gravel shoulder, officers said. The tccident occur red about 9:30 a.m. Fire Fighting Methods Will Be Demonstrated '(Continued from Page One)' eum and gas fired can be con trolled through the use of various! types ot cnemicais. Part of the demonstration will be held indoors at the li-tel Ump qua, but the smoky part will be outside. Pit tires ind blazes start ing from butane, propane and the like will be controlled by C02 and other weapons. Monday afternoon at 1 45, C. C. Haggard, safety engineer 1'or the California Oregon Power Co., is scheduled to advise firemen how to act around currents ranging up to 34,000 volts. Of interest to the public Wednes day morning will be i talk by E. L. Smith on his observations at the civil oefense A-b.nb exer cise at Yucca Flat, Nov., last month. Smith, fire chief ct Salem was one of five persons' in Ore gon invited to participate in the A-test. Smith will speak at a 7 a.m. breakfast in the Hotel Lmpqua. Two Young Stock Raisers Sp eak At Rotary Meet Two Douglas County youths who are raising stock for the fat stock auction to be held at the county fair in August spoke to Rotary Club members Thursday in Rose burg. The Rotarians sponsor the fat stock auction at the fair. The young speakers were Dar lene Ollivant, 15, Lookingglass, and Larry Michaels, 14, Days Creek. Miss Ollivant raises market lambs. Michaels is raising two beef calves. Both explained how they have cared for the animals so they may auction them at fair time. They were introduced by John Todd, who was program chairman for the session. SWIM FINS STOLEN A pair of swimming fins was be ing; sought Friday after Stanley Phillips, 1237 Grandview St., told city police the fins were taken from his son's bike, parked on South Stephens near an ice cream stort about 7:45 p.m. Thursday. - YOU ARE ill NEW LOCATION : 2200 NORTH VINE ST. Across Street From Joseph Lane Jr. High Sunday School 9:30 am Training Union 6:30 pm Morning Worship 11 :00 am Evening Worship 7:45 pm E. R. JACKS-PASTOR FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH Stringer Resigns Dog Control Post; Derryberry Named Frank J. Stringer has resigned as Douglas County dog control of ficer, and Virgil Derryberry Jr. will take the posst, effective June 15, according to Darley Ware, Roseburg, (chairman of the Dog Control Board. Stringer, who has heui the job two years, said he warns to de vote work to his farm ui Roberts Mountain, and more time u Idea, Inc., a new business in which he is a stockholder. . Derryberry. also lives south of Roseburg, near the Green District. He is now employed nt Riddle. He and his wife have hree sons and two daughters. Two sons are in the armed forces, oni eirl was just graduated from Men school, and a boy and gir' ae still in school. The family came to Doug las County from Los Angeles four years ago. Ware and Hie other two mem bers of the board, J. Harold Ni chols of Bockway and Chester Ry dell of Drain ,met this week to ap nrove the appointment m Derry berry and accept Stringer's res ignation. Injured Child Much Improved Little Richard Paul Phillips, the Winston boy knocked under a car and run over Wednesday, is re ported much improved today at Dotilas Community Hospital. Attendants said the 3'i-vear-old boy had slept well Thursday night. lie is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ri-hard Phillips, Grape Street. The younster had attemoted to Dull himself into the family car by holding onto the emergency brake, his mother said. He accl dentlv released it and was -thrown under the front left whel, suffer- in? a possible skull fracture and poible internal injuries. Thursday his mother said she hooed the incident would serve as a warning to other parents. It had heen her habit, she said, to tell Richard and his younger brothers to go ahead of her and get into the car when they were going vis- itine. Mrs. Phillips said the orocedure would be reversed herea'ter. TO BROADCAST TALK The address by President Eisen hower at the Pennsylvania State University commencement exercis es will be broadcast Satdrday by both radio stations in Roseburg. Station KRXL will carry t h e broadcast at 9:30 a.m., md KRNR will air it from 1 to 1:39 p.m. 525 FINE IMPOSED Virgil Ambrose McGraw, 58, Coos Bay, pleaded guilty in dis trict court Thursday and was fined $25 for being drunk in a public place, according to Judge Warren A. Woodruff. MtcGraw was arrest ed in Winston by state police. INVITED TO FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH CAT SUNDAY Rev. J. T. Sisemore DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION . BAPTIST GEN. CONVENTION OF ORE.-WASH. Speaker Locals Vote On Terms Of Teamster Settlement (Continued from Page One) would not be resumed be.ore Mon day. Fenton said terms of the agree ment will be announced after the locals vote. The Teamsters' long-paul. for hire drivers received $2 14 hourly or 7 cents a mile undr the old master contract. They oreviously turned down an. offer of i cents an hour more for each of ihe next three years throughout most of the West. , The union originally demanded 10 cents more this year md 8 cents an hour more for each of the next two years, 'plus pension and other benefits. . . Wages generally are lower in the Pacific Northwest and somewhat higher in Southern California. The Pacific Northwest drivers voted Thursday on a proposal for 8 cents raise this year, 8 next year, and 7 the following year, plus a 5-cent hourly pension plan and fringe ben- It was reported that 'he South ern California locals wo'ild be of fered 9 cents now and 9 cents the next two years, plus pension bene fits. National Guard Unit To Leave For Ft. Lewis (Continued from Page One) tie Creek, Sutherlin, Riddle. Glide, Drain, Winston and Dillard. SALEM W National Guard units of the 41st Division in Oregon and Washington will bein leaving Catnrrlav mnrninU fal the annual two-week summer encampment al r t. Lewis. ' Some 8,500 Guardsmen will lake na..i t-ntial'mtt hv Irain and hv truck convoy to the training area. tor iviaj. Lien, naruia u. mdisuu it will be the final encampment as division commander. He is expect ed to retire soon afterward. Maison. who in civilian life is Oregon State Police superintend ent, has been in the National Guard 37 years, 24 of them with the 41st Division. CORRECTION! On incorrect pric appeared in the Thurs day advertiiement of the City Drive-ln Mar ket. Bonelett sirloin steak was advertised at 39c a pound. IT SHOULD HAVE READ: Boneless Sirloin Steak U. S. Good Well Trimmed ATTEND- JUNE LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed proposals for the furnishing and installing of digMter heating facil ities at the North Roseburg Sanitary District sewage treatment plant will be received at the office of the district manager, 361 Alameda Street, Rose burg, Oregon until 8 p.m. Pacific Stan dard Time on the Ath day of July, 1955 and then will be opened and read. The proposals may he informal so long as they eleirlv state the lump um price for which the bidder pro poses to do the work. Bid must be accompanied by a cer tified check or bid bond in the amount of 5 of the bid. The successful bidder will be re quired lo furnish a performance bond in the amount of hit bid before he may commence work. The District reserves the right to re ject any or all bids within a period not ts xcfted thirty i.ioi dayi or to select th bid which aopears to the Board f Direct on to be to the best intereit of the District. Plan and Specifications for the work may be obtained from the office of the District at the address indicated above upon a deposit of $10.00 per set of docu ments. The full amount of the deposit will be refunded to actual bidders if said Specifications and Plans are returned in good condition within fifteen US) dav aftr the award of the Contract. By order of the Board of Directors of the North Roseburg Sanitary District. Dated this flth dav "f June, 1955. ALT A L. BAHTRAM, Secretary North Roseburg Sanitary DlsL Local News Rummage Sale Set St. Jos eph's Altar Society is sponsoring a rummage sale Saturday at 9 a.m. at the old Cathol c Church j building. Graveside Rites Scheduled For Infant Roseburg Girl Graveside funeral services foi the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Stroup, Roseburg, will be held Saturday, at 10 a.m. In the, Rosebure Memorial Gardens. The Rev. Ellsworth Tilton of the First Methodist Church will offici ate. The Roseburg Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. DINNER POSTPONED The community dinner, schedul ed for Saturdav evening, sponsor ed by the Garden Valley Women's Club; has been indefinitely post poned. lb. 95' 12
