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2 The Newt-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Frl., July 8, 1955 Chamber Board Plans Convention Invitations Here Roseburg Chamber of Com merce directors, fired by the sue- cess of recent conventions here, is making plans which may at tract more statewide gatherings to the city. High on the list Is publication of a brochure to be presented with invitations to various state organ izations to convene here, accord ing to Harold Hickerson, secretary-manager. The brochure Is to contain a ros ter of lodging facilities, catering services and meeting places. A convention committee, headed by Emil Ramberg, was appointed by President Leroy Hiatt. It will compile a list of all trade and business associations with a state wide membership to be added to the present list of fraternal, serv ice, labor and other types 01 or ganizations now on file. Members of local organizations then will be asked to invite their statewide organizations to the city. Directors also considered a plan to place end cuts of a large Doug las fir log at each highway en trance to the city to draw atten tion to the citv's role in the log ging and lumbering industry. For the remainder of the sum mer, the board of directors will meet at luncheon on the third Mondays of the month for the sec ond regular business session of each month. Oil Painting Brings International Attention To Douglas County An oil painting of the Califor nia Oregon Power Co.'s Slide Creek Power House on the North Umpqua River has brought inter national attention to that area of Douglas County. The painting by Paul Rahul shows the power house in early spring, surrounded by towerim! Douglas firs and backgrounded with snow drifts. It appeared as the January illustration on the 1953 General Electric calendar. The original was chosen for the New York Art Directors Show in New York City and then repro duced in the directors' 32nd annual publication of advertising and ed itorial art. Later it .was selected as a rep resentation' of art in industry and was exhibited for a year in Eu rooean art centers. It has been presented to the pow er company by General Electric. n n i in maKing wie presemauun iq r-n- Drimea DOay ur UIM ford recently. GE regional Vice Found On Chicago Walk i President C. C. Walker said his firm had received many letters CHICAGO Wl The bruised body I from persons who had viewed the Salvation Army Major To Speak This Weekend Maj. Charles K. Cox, divisional secretary for the Salvation Army in Oregon and soutnern Kiano, will speak at services in the local Army hall at 1005 Winchester St., Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. Major Cox, a member of the Portland divisional headquarters, is making the semi-annual inspec tion visits to units of the Army in souLhern Oregon. VA Manager Denies Charges Made By VFW (Continued from Page One) of an 8-year-old girl who had been missing since Monday was round Thursday on the sidewalk under a viaduct on the South Side. The girl was identified as Mary Manzo, who had been missing since her mother, Mrs. Lucy Man zo, 28, sent her to a drug store with 25 cents to buy a baby bottle nipple. Coroner Walter E. McCarron said this "is definitely a sex case." He declared the inuries showed the girl had been tortured. Mary's shoes, socks and under wear were missing. Her dress was rumpled. picture, asking its locale. "Apparently (hey had the idea of spending their vacations in this beautiful area," Wp'ker com mented, "so we hope the painting his brought fame and some ad ditional vacation business to your communities." Death Finally Takes Prison's Lonesomest JACKSON. Mich. (i Tonv ouiey. "Bean ot liters and re portedly the "lonesomest man" in southern Michigan prison, died yesterday. r ..tyvVtrVmrWrVSArVbk. Washington, D.C. It is also in spected by the Civil Service office from Seattle. Wadsworth also pointed out that the service organizations have made many inspections of the hos pital and "no discrepancies were found." In fact, Dennis Sullivan, national field service representa tive of the American Legion in spected the hospital and was pleas ed, he told Wadsworth. In fact, said Churcn, the "hospital nas been commended by these very organizations since Dr. Wadsworth assumed leadership." (Wadsworth took over administration of the of fice Aug. 30, 1953) As an example of the effective ness of Wadsworth's administra tion, Church said, is the new $150, 000 physical medical rehabilitation building which will be dedicated next month. He said it is the first permanent type building construc tion since 1936. Turning to the dietetics depart ment, Dr. Wadsworth pointed out that eisht people in the department were recently retired because of physical disabilities. As a result, he said, the department had to be reorganized. It was reorganized under dietician Mrs. Marie Bol duc, who came here highly recom mended from the San Francisco regional office, and has a na'ional reputation in dietetics, Church said. Church (Continued that after the reorganization, an "improved service has resulted at actually lower cost." The Roseburg hospital has about 380 full-lime employes and has been recertly authorized more personnel. Church said. It handles about 625 patients. The hospital has a full staff of physicians and psychiatrists for the first time in years, Wadsworth said. Wadsworth also said the stale VFW service officer had even made an inspection tour recently and had found nothing amiss. At that lime, the officer did raise a question about the grade of meat served to pat'ents. From corres pondence received from him since the answer given was sausiaciory. The question of quality of meat was due to a recent change in pro curement of meat. Pre-cut meat is now purchased instead of whole carcass meat. Sutherlin Serial Election Slated; , MC Cancels Vote Sutherlin residentj Monday will vote on a serial levy to raise $30, 000 a year over the next five years for school construction in the scnool district. At Myrtle Creek, however, elec tion on two bond issues for $55,- 000 and $40,000 nriffinallv oh-wl uled for Monday has been cancel- ieo, according to the Myrtle Creek Mail. The Sutherlin levy, which would add about 6 mills to the property tax burden, is being asked by the school board and a school plan ning group. It has been estimated there that growth of the district will be such that 10 additional classrooms will be needed in the district in the next five years. It's planned now, conditional to the approval of the lew. to start a four - classros addition to West School next summer. . Later, it's anticipated, four more elementary rooms would be built in the district and some im provements made to the junior high school. Each of the elemen tary units would cost about $40, 000. it's estimated. The Myrtle Creek eleotion was called off because of an error in publication of a legal notice, the Hail said. Action was taken by the school board Wednesday night. The board will meet again Mon day for further consideration of the issues. The $55,000 issue would be for construction of an industrial arts building and. other improvements at the high school, while the $40, 000 issue would provide building of a multipurpose room 'at Tri- Lity School. Winston Officials Studying Return To Water District Winston city council and plan ning commission members met in special session this week to mull the problem of providing residents with an adequate waier supply. The city's rejoining with the Winston - Dillard Water District seemed the only adequate solution to the group, according to City Recorder nay Harrison. Harrison said the council would take further action on the matter .when they meet again July 21 in the citv's offices. The city auto matically left the district when il was incorporated, Harrison added. In order to rejoin the district it would be necessary for Winston residents to vote approval, as well as persons residing in the dis trict. The city recorder pointed out that in order to get sewers in the city an adequate and definite sup ply of water was necessary. The city budget now contains a sewer sinking fund of about $"9,000, he said. Council members want to know how Winstonites feel about the proposed consolidation, he contin ued, and thev hooe a good show of residents will attend the coming council meeting. Mayor Frank True presided over the Wednes day evening meeting. Deceased Glendale Man Leader In Community Funeral services for Elwood Cox, 47, Glendale community lead er, will be held in Taft, Calif., but the date hasn't been learned, according to Mrs. G. B. Fox, cor respondent at Glendale. Cox died at Taft Thursday morn ing while visiting relatives. Cause was a heart attack. He had been chairman of a scout building committee until heart trouble beset him, and was a member of the general scout committee. He also was a member of the Lions Club and Masonic Lodge and was an officer in the tilendale Chamber of Commerce until that organization disbanded. He operated a service station in Glendale. He is survived by his wife, Mil dred, and three daughters, Mrs. Jean Mehl, and Jane Cox, both of Glendale, and Mrs. Janice Unter einer, Pasadena, Calif.; a son, Gordon, Glendale: three grand children; six brothers, James of Tucson, Ariz., Ray of Glendale, Rowe of Taft, Calif., B. F. of San Fransicso, and Carl and Clyde, both stationed with the Army at Colonial Hights, Va.; and five sis ters, Mrs. Ruth Smith of Bakers field, Calif., and Mrs. Daisy Win ston, Mrs. Margaret Bass, Mrs. Virginia Wright and Miss Grace Cox, all of Taft, Calif. Price Cutl Waxed Birch or Maplel HIGH CHAIR 11" Including Pad Savt now git a fr plaitic pad with trill well-built hardwood chair, Hai wingoway tray, adjuitabl footrest, leather safety itrap, no -tip bracsd legs. SHOPPER'S CARRIAGE I nk- ifc-v. 7N. T 6.95 Roseburg Resident, 89, Dies Following Illness Mrs. Nellie Thompson, 89, resi dent of South Kane Street, died Thursday evening, July 7, In a Roseburg hospital after a linger ing illness. She had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. M. C. Casscl, since 1947. She was born Oct. 7, 1865, In Stockholm, Sweden, and came to the United States at the age of 18 years, She had made her home in Butte. Mont., for many years. coming to Oregon in 1924. She had lived in Portland until she moved to Roseburg eight years ago. She was a member ot the r.m- anucl Lutheran Church of Butte. Surviving nre her daughter, Mrs Edith Casscl. Roseburg; 10 grand children, including Mrs. Lois Cas scl, Quine, Roseburg a n d 14 great - grandchildren, including David Quine, Roseburg. The body has been removed to the Chanel of The Roses, Rose burg Funeral Home, and will be shipped to Butto fjr funeral serv ices. Interment will be in the Mount Moriah Lodge Cemetery, j where she will be placed beside her husband, who preceded her in death in l'JOl. Former Rose Festival Queen Now Miss Port-land PORTLAND UTI Jan Mark staller, 18, who just last month finished a year's reign as the Port land Rose Festival nur-pn Thurn. day became Miss Portland. The Junior Chamber of Com merce reported that its selection committee was told last Friday by the Seaside Chamber of Commerce that Portland lacked an entrant for the Miss Oregon contest. It quickly picked Miss Mark staller, who represented the city at celebrations in Alaska and else where in publicizing the Rose Festival. She attended Orpimn State College last year. The Seaside pageant will h .Tnlv 15-16. Roseburg, Phone Officials To Meet A meeting between officials of the City of Roseburg and the Pa cific Telephone and Telegraph Co. has been set tentatively next week in Portland to negotiate a new franchise for the telephone com pany in the city. The old franchise terminated this past spring, and the city and company have been working on a gentlemen's agreement under terms of the old franchise The city is seeking an approxi mate 3 per cent annual payment, based on gross receipts of the com pany's local service. The company, in turn, is trying to extend most terms of the old franchise, which included annual payment to the city of 2 per cent of its gross local receipts. City Manager George Farrell said the meeting tentatively is ar ranged either for Wednesday or Friday of nexfr week. Idleyld Woman Dies Thursday Mrs. Mary Julia Stokes, 67. resi dent of Idleyld Route, died Thurs day evening, July 7. She was born Nov. 20, 1887, in Encinado, Calif., and came to Roseburg to make her home about a year ago. She was a member of the Jesus Name Tabernacle Church of Roseburg. surviving are six sons: Law rence, Joseph and John, all of Rosebur1!, Sam of Chow Chilla, Calif., Eddie of Sonoma, Calif., and Ralph of Trenton, Mo.: three daughters, Mrs. Donald. (Donna) Willard il Kansas City. Mo.. Mrs Margaret Diaz of San Francisco. and Mrs. h. J. (r ranees) Sinot of Santa Maria. Calif.: a brother. John Parades, Santa Maria, Calif.; and 18 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in the Jesus Name Tabernacie Church on Chestnut Street Wed nesday, July 13. at 2 p.m. The Rev, Haden Kelso will officiate. The body will lie in state unt'l noon Wednesday at the Chapel .' The Roses for friends wishing call. Interment will follow in i Roseburg Memorial Gardens. Elkton Man's Funeral Held Funeral services were held this morning at Scottsburg Cemetery for Henry Luchsinger, 84, a resi. dent of Elkton for 75 years. He died Tuesday at a Roseburg hos pital after a long illness. r Services were conducted by the Rev. T. T. Smith of Drain, and arrangements were handled by Mills Funeral Service of Drain. Luchsinger was born at Mont gomery County, Mo., Nov. 22, 1870, and came to Oregon with his parents as a boy. He never married. During his active life, he en gaged in the logging industry. Surviving are two nieces, Mrs. Elva Sneed of Drain and Mrs. Nola Woodruff of Reedsport. Hospital News Douglas Community Hospital Admitted Surgtry: Robert and Phillip Col lins, Winston; Roy Raymond, Mrs. Melvin Palmer, Wilbur; Mrs. WU bert Miles, Mrs. Lester Brown, Roseburg. Medical: Donald Golden, Oak land; Robert Averett, Winston; Penny Hash, Bess Blakcly, Mrs. Robert Barrett, Mrs. Donald Wells, Dollph Boyer, Mrs. Edward Plouff, Roseburg. Discharged Pauline White, Mrs. Lee- Brown, Mrs. Ezra Exceen, Mrs. Norman Nelson, Jerry Wood, Mrs. Wah Louie, Mrs. Robert Ellenwood, Mrs. Stanley Thomas, Roseburg; Mrs. Tom Godbehere. Myrtle Creek. Mercy Hospital Admitted Medical: Mrs. Ben Jacoby, Rob ert Carlson, Mrs. Walter demons, Mrs. Elbert Parson, Roseburg; Mrs. W. Lang, Edward Smith, Sutherlin; Mrs. Buell Beesley, Oakland. Surgery: Mrs. Flora Beaver, Roseburg; Mrs. ' Forrest Rehall, Sutherlin. Discharged Mrs. John DUsen and babv, John Richard; Mrs. Raymond Daniels and baby, Deborah Rae, Rose burg; Floyd Davis, Sutherlin. Eugene Services Set For Drain Youngster Graveside funeral services are scheduled Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Resthaven Memorial Park in Eugene for Calvin Lee Young, 15 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carol W. Young of Rt. 1, Drain. He died Tuesday in Eugene hos pital. The baby was born in Cottage Grove March 29, 1954, and had lived his entire life in the Drain area. Sumving are his parents; a sis ter, Carol Ann of Drain; his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Ward of Drain and Mr. and Mrs. Earl G. Young of Stanford, Ky; his great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. D, R. Cooper of Drain;- and several other relatives Hubert Prather will officiate at the funeral. Mills Funeral Serv ice at Drain will be in charge of arrangements. 24-Hour Sailing Record Smashed In Pacific Run LOS ANGELES (fl A 24-hour sailing record that had stood for 29 years was smashed Thursday as the schooner Ramona logged 303 miles in the transpacific yacht race from Los Angeles to Hono lulu. , The 109-foot vessel, owned by William Pomcroy of San Francis co, shattered the record set in 1926 by the late Don Lee's 1311 foot steel schooner, Invader 238 miles. The Ramona has taken over the lead in the race and the flagship Morning Star, which set the pace for the first two days, has been shunted back to third as the Con stellation moved up to challenge the Ramona. Winds of 20 and 30 miles pre vailed Thursday and the weather was warm and sunny. A message from John Griffith's Los Angeles Mattai said she had been passed by the cat a maran Waikiki Surf d ing 20 knots. PLACE CHANGED The Oakland Garden Club flow er show, which was to have been held in the parish hall, will be held in the Dailey Building Satur day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. All entries must be in by 10 a.m. Former Yoncallan Dies At Vancouver, Wash. Word has been received from Vancouver, Wash., of the death of Johnnie Beldon, a former Yon calla man, reports correspondent Mrs. George Edes. He is a brother-in-law of Mrs. Esther Wilson of Roseburg and Mrs. Arne Bjork of Yoncalla. Mrs. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Bjork and Mrs. Anna Bjork, all went to the funeral. Beldon is survived by his wife, Myrtle, and eight children. Ttirifty-prlctd mtlal-frama ilrolltt ho rd or blut duck itat with matching ihopptng bag Included. Fold, for earrylng In car or compact storage-. 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Hardest hit was a 30-m 1 1 e stretch west of Marshall, Minn., whfti-c the twister wined out farm . buildings, flattened crops and rip ' ped power and telephone lines. (! Utile Ronnie Larson, son of Mr. I and Mis. Marlow Larson, was , 1 1 flung 300 feet and ' InHed. ; I. . . . Accused Child stealer Enters Innocent Plea PORTLAND (.fi A plea of In nocent was entered in Circuit Court here Thursday hy Jesse Wil liam .Moore, W. accused of break ing into a home June 6 and at tempting to kidnap a child. Circuit Judge James K. Bain accepted the plea and ordered .Moore held tor trial. .Moore was arrested after a man slipped through a bedroom window into the home of Mis. Lillian Wein stcin and tried to steal one of her twin boys. Milk's their petrol, and it's pretty hard to beat. Loaded with VCP (Viamins, Valcium, Proein), milk gives them mileage you haven't gotten since you were a kid. Kid's have the rnes amount of energy. How do they do it? They've got the advantage of being more recent models, of course, But a large part of the answer lies in the fuel they run around WW ifamins alcium ELKS & GUESTS Dane of the Year RALPH MARTI E and Hit 17-Piece Orchestra Make reservations now. Only a few tables left! JULY 14 Elks Terrace Ballroom roteins Keep Your Dairy Let Our Label Dollars HOME Protect The list of vitamins contained in a quart of milk reads like the Who's Who of the Vitamin world, Present in milk are: A,C,D,E,K,B1 ,B2,B6, and other B-complex vitamins to a lesser degree. Vitamin D is then added to the milk g'ving the daily requirment of 400 units of vitamin D. The average calcium content of milk is 1.185 grams per quart of milk. The normal daily requirement of a person ranges from .8 to 1.2 grams per day depending on the age, weight, and sex of the person. So, for strong and healthy teeth maintain your calcium requirement by drinking deli cious refreshing milk.. And did you know that milk is also an excellent source of prote'ns. Milk will contain on the average, 30 to 35 grams of protein per quart. Average adult will require 60 to 70 grams of protein per day. The average child requires 85 to 100 grams per day. Proteins are so important to building sturdy bodies. . 1 1 i WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY BUY UMPQUA Your Table
