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2 Tho Newi-Review, Roieburq, Ore. Fri., July 1, 1953 Crash Of Big C47 Plane Takes 10 Airmen's Lives KODIAK, Alaska I Ten per tons were reported Thursday to have been killed in the crash Wednesday of an Air Force C47 transport on Sitkinak Island. An earlier report had indicated that possibly only a four-man crew was aboard the two-engine plane when it hit the highest peak on the island about 80 miles southwest of this naval air base town. Word was received here Thurs day that 10 persons were aboard the plane, Including three Western Electric Co. representativea en gaged in work on the air raid warning installations being built in a series of isolated locations around Alaska. Military authorities said the plane carried a seven-man crew. A ground- party reached the scene Thursday from a Navy tug and recovered eight bodies. Two more were sought. Turbulent weather was. blamed for the crash. It still was so rough Wednesday and Thursday that paramedics could not be dropped by parachute. The C47 had left Kodiak Wednes day afternoon on an air drop mis sion. There never was any report of trouble. The party which brought, the bodies down the death peak's slODes reDortcd the crew members' seat belts were unfastened and the door had aoparently been open at the time of the crash, indicating that they had been ready to make their droo of supplies when trage dy struck. Authorities theorized that a sud den, treacherous downdraft might have dropped them to disaster. Par Riley Is Delegate To Episcopal Synod Pat Riley, 330 S. Kane St., Rose burg, is one of the delegates from the Diocese of Oregon attending the annual Synod of Episcopal House of Young Churchman at North Hollywood, Calif. The meeting of young people was scheduled to close today. Thir ty from. California, Oregon and Idaho were delegates to the meet ing, directed by the Rev. L. Frank Evenson, Portland. Fire Severely Damages Doyle Ratliff Home Here (Continued from Page One) was mowing the back yard when he glanced skyward and saw flames shooting from the second story. He placed a call to the fire de partment which had already been notified by Charles White, Buck horn Road. White said he was vis iting his sister-in-law, Mrs. Les ter (Essie) Frost, 124T W. Second Ave. N., when he looked out a window and spotted the flames. While and several unidentified persons rushed to the residence a few hundred feet to the north west and began removing many heavy kitchen articles: stove, re frigerator, washer, iron, etc. The rapidly-rising smoke at tracted several hundred spectat ors from throughout the oity. Ratliff was not home at t h e time. He is employed by Douglas County Lumber Co., Winchester. A relative notified him of the fire. Mrs. Ratliff said Thursday eve- Ining that the family was going to . - i - i ten Ct Ck. rem a iiuusc ui tijv ruwici tjb. uiig said she did not know if they would return to their property on Beulah Drive, which includes some 11 acres of land. The family came to Roseburg" about eight years ago from Tulsa, Okla. They purchas ed the residence over a year ago. Firemen completed a busy day with two more calls later. At 5:10 p.m., firemen from the west side station stood by a flue fire at the Homer Strickling home, 2027 Catherine Ave. Two hours lat er, fire-fighters from the city hall station were called to extinguish a grass fire at Commercial and West Fourth streets. No damage waa caused from either. Prof. Robinson Named Chairman For Foresters Professor Dan D. Robinson of Oregon State College has been elected chairman of the Colli m bia River Section of the Society ot American Foresters, according to G. Lloyd Hayes of Rosebura outgoing chairman. Robinson's two-year term starts today. C. Weldon Cline of Medford was elected vice chairman for the same term. Past officers have served only one-year terms, Hayes pointed out, but section affairs have become so widely spread and complex that they can be served better by officers serving two years. The Columbia River Section cov ers all of Oregon and parts of adjacent Washington, it has a membership 0f nearly 1,000 pro- fcss'onal foresters, or about one tenth of all members of the so cietv in the United States. The new chairman is a profes sor in forest management re. search, and has been on the OSC faculty since 1946. He is a 1940 graduate of OSC and re ceived his master's degree from New York University in 1942. He was farm forester for Oregon from 1942 to 1944, and was ex tension forester from 1944 to 1948. Cline is manager of the W. H. Daugherty Co. Medford, a tim ber company. Haves, the retiring chairman, is leader of the USFS Cascade-Siskiyou Research Center here. Hospital News PRESTIANNI SHINES The Glendale Town Team de feated Eagle Point 24-1 in a Rogue Valley League game last weekend. Glendale hitter Tom Prestiannl led hitting with five hits in six times at bat. RACING INGLEWOOD, Calif. Miss Todd ($2.90) equaled the world 5 furlong record of 0:57 in winning the Cinderella Stakes at Hollywood Park. FOR THE FRESHEST FILM ALL SIZES IN ROSEBURG SHOP . . . 101 S. Jackson OR 3-8124 Forest Glen Hospital Admitted Surgery: O r a n Gildersleeve, Oakland: O. M. i'elty, Sulhcrlin: Jack Cox, Riddle; Mrs. Mary rarrotc, uienoaie; Mrs. Aiargarei Dement, itoseburg; Larry Levy, Roy Hess, Glen Hess, Mrs. Verle Wallace, Myrtle Creek. Medical! Marlene Doughty, James Peterson, Mrs. Lola Barnes, Canyonville; Mrs. Floyd Bailey, Dr. A. K. Fowler, Lee Kel lar, Donavon Shields, Myrtle Creek; Willis Hamilton, Drew; Mrs. Gilbert Butler, Tiller; Ah Rice, Dillard: Mrs. Hattie Leach. Glendale. Douglas Community Hospital Admitted Surgery! Mrs. Millard Ponton, Roseburg; Medical: Mary Frances Hunt. Wilbur; Mrs. Earl Dixon, Henry Sielert, Steven Stewart, Mrs. Rob ert Densmore, Hugh Harrison, Lee Brown, Troy Ball, Roseburg. Discharged Mrs. Paul Kellv. Oakland: Mrs. Austin Spencer, Winchester; Mrs. Margaret (ireennalgn, Eureka, Utah; Norman Hurley, Coos Bay; Mrs. Frank Grimes, Leon Keller, Douglas nice, Mrs. billy lual meyer, Mrs. James Loomia, Rose ourg. Mercy Hospital -Admitted Surgory: Kevin Dale Homer. Winchester: Sylvanus Hunt. Rose burg. Medical: Jerry Dean Robertson, Mrs. Catherine Kerrick," Mri. oeuy aneu, Kosemirg. Discharged John Markham, Perry Kotter- man, Michael Olmstead. Denma uoyie. uuy K. Wilbur. Mrs. Doro thy Vale, Mrs. Frank Murphy, Roseburg; Hughes Lasswell, Bes sie nusn. auuienin Mrs. ueuv Cherry, Oakland; Mrs. Verna Helms, Oakland. Services Saturday For Dobbs Infant Paula Sue Dohbs, infant daugh ler of Mr. and Mrs. Jov E. Dobbs 'of Camas Valley, died Thursday at a local hospital. She is survived by her parents: one brother. James Page: one sis ter, Kathenne Ann, both of Camas Valley; her paternal grandmoth er. Mrs. Sv via Dobbs. welcn. Okla.: and her maternal grand mother, Mrs. Opal Truman, Cam as Valley. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Noah Cemetery in Camas Valley. The Rev. Elmer R. Burk of the Camas Valley Methodist Church will officiate. Long and Orr Mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements. Old Landmark Is Consumed By Flames In Thursday Fire An oldtime landmark In Rose burg was consumed by flames Thursday. It was the Doyle Ratliff home (formerly the Jones home and later the Martin house) which stood at 256 Beulah Drive in north Roseburg. The old - fashioned two - story frame structure was built around 1884 by George W; Jones. Jones' daughter, Mrs. Horace Hagen, said Thursday evening that lum ber for it was brought to Rose burg by railroad from the Wil- Bobo Olson Will Be Salmon Harbor Dedication Guest WILLIAM'S STATION NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS We specialize In the kind of service ALL cor owners are looking for COURTEOUS featuring ATLAS Tiret Tubes Batteries and other accessories QUICK OPEN 7 DAYS A WK EFFICIENT Open Hours 6 A.M. to 11 P.M. AT WINSTON Hlway and Jorgons St. Arrested Man Drives Off While Officer Occupied A Roseburg man who is accused of hopping back into his car and driving off after an off-duty police man arrested him Tuesday aiter noon was cited into city court Thursday on charges of reck less driving and resisting arrest. The Roseburg officer, Bert Eat on, said Arthur E. Wennarberg, 237 W. Second Ave. N., sped onto Second Avenue South in front of Eaton's car, nearly causing a col lision. Eaton, after a couple of unsuccessful altenvpts, managed to slop Wennarberg, he related. Then the officer ordered Wen narberg to follow him to the police station. While the policeman was eetting a citation prepared, he said, Wennarberg jumped in his car, parked in the City Hall drive way, and sped off. Thursday. Wennarberg was freed when he paid $125 bail. He was to annpar hefnre Municipal Judge Kandolpn siocum today. Carl (Bobo) Olson, world mid dleweight boxing champion, will join Gov. Paul Patterson at the head of the guest list at the July 9 dedication ceremonies at Salmon Harbor. The announcement was made to day by Frank L. Taylor, secretary manager of Ihe Lower Umpqua Chamber of Commerce. He said confirmation was received Thurs day that the boxer will leave from San Francisco by auto, accompan ied by his wife and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Le Vesconte. They are expected to arrive the evening of July 8. The area has arranged a fishing trip for both Olson and Patterson. The trip is scheduled to start at a a.m. July . Tentative time for the dedication ceremony is 11 a.m. The gover nor's boat will activate the mech anism which will raise the Amer ican flag on the new Shore Boule vard. George Gratke, president of the Lower Umpqua Chamber, said the dedication of the new mooring basin promises to be the "biggest event the Lower Umpqua has seen." lamette Valley. She said the Interior of the house was finished in hand-planed lumber. The Hagens sold the house to the Martins in 1916. Pres ent owner Doyle Ratliff bought it about 1(1 years ago. Original owner Jones came to Douglas County in 1851 at the age of 14. He came across the plains in a covered wagon train with his parents in 1851, Mrs. Hagen said. His wife-to-be came to Oregon from Illinois that same year. They met in Douglas County and married Jan. 1, 1871, in Newton Creek. George Jones was trained to be a school teacher. He taught for a while and for several years was director of the Roseburg schools, according to his daughter. He later left the teaching pro fession and raised stock (primar ily sheep) on more than 5,000 acres of land he owned in the cenrtal part of the county. Two of his seven .children were born in the five-bedroom house which burned Thursday. Mrs. Hagen and another sister had a pet name for the residence. They called it "Willow Dell." When it was first built, the home was surrounded by willows. Mr. and Mrs. Hagen are now living at 140 Huntley St. Services Scheduled For Ex-Sutherliner Sutherlin Woman Dies Thursday Mrs. Willard R. (Louise) Wil son, SI; resident of Wilbur, died at her home Thursday following a long period of illness. Funeral services will be held in the Assembly of God Ohurch in Sutherlin Sunday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Robert Brown and the Rev. Richard Kelly of the Assembly of God Church will officiate. Con cluding services and interment will follow in the Roseburg Me morial Gardens in Roseburg. Long Jt Orr Mortuary, Roseburg, is in cnarge ot arrangements. Douglas Milk Producers Band To Market; Product A group of Douglas County milk producers have banded to market their milk in a co-operative ar rangement. Incorporated recently, the dalrj- men have named their organisa tion the Umpqua Valley Milk Pro ducers Co-operative. Art Rich, Roseburg accountant, has been named manager and he will han dle marketing arrangements. Donald C. Auer. Green, vice president, said the group is selling milk to Southern Oregon Milk Pro ducers, which in turn supplies milk to Umpqua Dairy. Other officers are: Frank Rad ford, Myrtle Creek, president; H. L. Northcraft. Olalla, secretary treasurer; and William Brown, Canyonville, and Fred C. Schulze, Lookingglass, directors. Two Roseburg Drivers Cited After Accident ' Two Roseburg drivers were cited in a traffic accident at Win ston Thursday afternoon, even though the two cars involved never collided. Slate police said, however, that a group of mailboxes fell victim to one of the cars, swerved bv its driver to avoid the second. Russell William Wortiiiley, 30, slowed down, police said, at the en trance to an auto court. Marvin Ronald Sanders, 16, following Worthier, attempted to Dass on the right, only to find Worthley was making a right turn, police reported. Sanders swerved his car and the tangle with the mailboxes ensued. He was cited for passing on the right, while Worthley got a ticket for signaling improperly, police said. Funeral services are scheduled Saturday ait Mills Mortuary in Cot tage Grove for David A. Cooper, 79, a longtime former Sutherlin resident. Cooper died at the Cottage Grove Hospital Tuesday after short illness. His wife is critical ly ill lp the same hospital, reports Oakland correspondent Edith Dunn. Services for Cooper are sched uled at 1:30 p.m. and interment will follow at the Westlawn Ceme tery in Eugene. He was born at Higginj, Texas, and lived on a small farm east of Sutherlin for about 20 years be fore moving to Cottage Grove a few years ago. , Survivors are his wife; a son David, of Cottage Grove; four daughters, Bonnie Wegner of Suth erlin, Jessie Fraser of Springfield, Inez Perkins of California and Dolly Wild of Prospect; several grandchildren; and one greatgrandchild. 3 Army Reservists Given Promotions In Roseburg Areas Three more Roseburg members of the Army Reserve have re ceived promotions according to S.l.C. Lonnie M. Weaver, assist ant adviser to local units. Sgt. Weaver said Leo F. Young has ben boosted from captain to major. Young is supply officer of Det. 1, 6453rd Station Complement Unit. Originally commissioned in 1939 at the time he was graduated from the University of Oregon, Major Young served in i Alaska during World War II. He and his wife and two children live in the Rivers- dale district on Garden Valley Road. He has his own accounting office in Roseburg. Promoted from sergeant to ser geant first class are William A. Baldwin and Raymond E.- Dun ning. Baldwin, acting first ser geant for Co. I, 3rd Batt., 413th Inf. Reg., lives at 1086 W. Third St., with his wife, Dorothy. He is an engineer and announcer at radio station KRNR. He has been in the reserve since Nor. 6, 1950. Dunning, -who lives at Rt. 4, Box 330B, with his wife and four children, is the company's supply sergeant. He served in Alaska at the time of the Korean conflict. He is one of the original members of Co. I, activated July 15, 1954. He works at Bradley's Market on Cass Street. Highway Project Contracts Okayed PORTLAND I Construction! Highway 9E near Hubbard to a of a new link in the freeway I P.'nl. A"fV,u: CT" connecting the Tortland - halem Expressway with Portland's Har bor Drive will begin in aooui is months, the State Hignway torn mission decided Thursday. The route now is open between Funeral For Pfe. Pollard. Killed In England, Set Funeral services for Pfc. Wayne Pollard, the serviceman who was killed June 10 in a truck accident in England, will be scheduled Wednesday, July 6, in Gam Mor tuary, Myrtle Creek. The Myrtle Creek Mall report ed Thursday that the Rev. James E. Kratz, former minister of the Myrtle Creek Ohurch of the Naz arene and now pastor of the South Salem Nazarene Church, will of ficiate. Vault interment will fol low in the Myrtle Creek IOOF Cemetery. mission said, will be connecting the Tieard end with Harbor Drive. In other action Thursday the commission: Approved award of contracts to low bidders on some two million dollars worth of construction and repair projects. Approved loan of Lewis Scott and William Hill, Highway Department engineers, to the stale of Montana to help control a million-cubic-yard slide in that state. Approved construction n f the "Smith Point route" as the new highway between Astoria and Seaside. Decided to Improve, at a cost of Sl.400,000, the John Day High way from Pendleton to Pilot Rock. The commission allocated $450,000 to start this project. UNDERGOES SURGERY OXNARD, Calif. I Actress Loretta Young probably will be confined to St. John's Hospital for another three weeks recuperating from an operation Wednesday to correct abdominal adhesions. INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC MOTOR REWINDING STATE INDUSTRIAL MOTOR SERVICE 02 Winchester OR 3-4301 After 6 pm OR 3-5976 Southern Pacific Co. Officials Make Visit The president of the Southern pacific Co. and several company officers made a brief stop in Rose burg Friday. D. J. Russell, San Francisco, and his companions were return ing from Portland where they at tended a banquet Thursday hon oring L. P. Hopkins, retiring su perintendent of the Portland SP division. The men made the trip north from the Bay Area In a spe cial train via the Cascade line. They returned by the Siskiyou line in order to view company opera tions. Two local employes of Southern Pacific attended the Hopkins ban quet. They were Tiiiinmaster T. W. (Ted) Bernard, and Agent El- don Forbes. SUFFERS EYE INJURY A Winston logger, Arthur Roy. 37, was released from Community Hospital i riday after receiving treatment for an eye injury. Hoy tola hospital personnel he was driving a "cat" Thursday when a knot hit him int he eye. He is employed by the E. G. Nel son Logging Co.. Roseburg. He was working in the Olalla area at the time of the accident. Swimming Classes Slated For Mentally Retarded Parents of mentally retarded children are urged to register their youngsters for Red Cross Swim ming classes, the first of which will be held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. The class will be held at the heated pool of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Leikcn on Harvard Avenue across from the West Side Fire Station. It will be under the direction of Mrs. Edward Tauscher, accord ing to Mrs. Alice Johnson, chair man. Advance registration may be made by contacting Mrs. Johnson, 1714 Harvard Ave., phone Orchard 3-5115 or parents may register children when the class begins. Woman Confesses Killing Husband LOUISA, Ky. Wl Mrs. Garnet Stucker, 4Z, admitted Thursday she shot her crippled husband, beat him to death with a pipe then hacked off his legs to "make him fit" in a shallow grave. She was held for investigation pending- a coroner's inquest. Chief Deputy Edward Fyffe said Mrs. Stucker signed a statement giving details of the death of her husband Eslell, 59, who used crutches because of arthritis. In her statement, she said her husband came home drunk and they argued. He hit her with hii crutch, then went to the basement to sleep. She shot him in the head while he slept, she said. Then she hit him on the head three times with an 18-inch pipe "to keep him from suffering." She said she dug a grave in the dirt portion of the basement and sev ered her husband's legs with a large hatchet to "make him fit." Boniols Takes Position With County Department (Continued from Page One) Burghardt, Edward Davis, Glen Miller and David Geddes. The ap pointment will be made by Far- l in "three or four days." the ciity manager said. The salary of the city building inspector has been $4,599. Budg eted by the county for Boniots is $5,000 salary and $1,200 travel ex pense. Judge Hill said today that the county also has adopted a set of subdivision regulations, and they are in effect now. FOR TV SERVICE . SEE OR CALL The "Radio Doctors 408 WEST LANE STREET Across from the Roseburg Hotel Immediate service ... No Woiring : . fret estimation jive plus rodio let loaned FREE whilt wo aro repairing yours. FREE PICKUP and DELIVERY We Cive S&H Green Stamps Phone 3-7456 AT KIWANIS CONCLAVE W. M. Campbell, secretary of the Roseburg Kiwanis Club, and Mrs. Campbell were delegates this past week to the 40th annual con vention of Kiwanis International in Cleveland, Ohio. They represent ed the local club at the convention. Fire Wagons The fire season li here and it pays to be prepared. Immediate delivery on 350 and 500 gallon sixes. 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