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2 The Newi-Review, Roieburg, Boy Heart Malady Victim's Funeral Set For Tuesday Funeral services Tuesday mark the tragic ending to a poignant drama that took Gary Eugene Win slow of Drain to Minneapolis, Minn., for a rare heart operation. The 13-vear-old son of Police Chief and Mrs. Klmcr L. Winslowi died Friday after the operation which had been performed to cor rect the lifelong defect to his heart a hole in one of its valves. The operation was made possible through a series of drives for funds in Drain. At Minneapolis later, that city even opened its arms in the vain attempt to save him. City policemen there donated 18 pints of whole blood for the operation. Gary was born in Coquille Dec. 2, 1941, and came to Drain with his parents two years aao from Suthcrlin. Beside his parents, he is surviv ed by a sister, Connie Jo of Drain; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Omen A. Winslow of Brew ster, Kan. Funeral services will bo held at the Methodist Church in Drain Tuesday at 1:30 P.m. The Rev. 0. K. Echlin will officiate. Vault interment will follow in Roscburg Memorial Gardens. Mills Funeral Service of Drain is in charge of arrangements. The family re quests that those who wish may make conirinuuons 10 nie vinnnw children's division of the Univer sity Medical School in lieu of flow ers. Sutherlin Croup Urgei 'Short Routo' Program (Continued from Page One) as advantageous to Suthcrlin anil Oakland. Sulharlin's Cas Prasantad On the other side of the contro versy, the formidable list of com ments from the Sutherlin-Oakland group came from: F. L. Thompson of Sutherlin. He called the route "vital" to the Sutherlin-Oakland area. John Buchanan, a Sutherlin mill owner. He said the route from Wil bur to Lone Rock had not been fa vored by his area, but it had been agreed to accept it when the county court promised a short route would be built later. He said County Engineer Floyd Frcar said the Bradley-Gassy Creek route could bo built with an ad verse grade not over 3 per cent, Buchanan concluded that the county court would make a "fair decision." Robert Hansen, Sutherlin, pres ident of the Uiiipua Improvement Assn. Drawing from a 1950 eco nomic and industrial survey, he listed facts which ho said pointed up the need for additional timber ressources. He said eight mills in the Sutherlin-Oakland area wore employing 3,000 and supporting a payroll of half a million dollars. He also said between 2,500 and 3,000 peoplo living in east Suther lin and Nonpareil would benefit from the route. Ho said many of them work in ths North Umpqua area but have to take a round about route through Roscburg. Ben Martin, a manager of the Martin Bros. Box Co. of Oregon, Oakland. He said in his company's operation, somo 1,400 people are employed with an estimated pay roll this year of 3 million dollars. He said this year alone, Sutherlin-Oakland lumber interests have bought 58 million board feet of timber in the North Umpqua-Lit-tle Hiver areas which would be hauled over such a "short-route." Richard Adams, an owner of Nordic Plywood Co. of Sutherlin.. lie said the company is going ahead with an expansion at the mill to raise the number of em ployes to 200. lie said tho life of ins plywood plant was contingent on the supply of timber. Bridge Request Made All told, the battery ot informa tion from Ihe group has been (ho basis for the request to Hie court for tho last Ihrco years. The Sutherlin-Oakland area has been work ing on the project for tho last five years. Tho major part of tho request rests on a contention of need for a "competitive" route into the vast stands of tho North Umpqua region of Uic Umpqua National Forest. As a postscript to the discussion, W. L. H. Osborne, a landowner in the Glide area, requested con sideration of a bridge across the North Umpqua at Hog Hock, west of Glide instead of extension of the road on the north side of the nvnr In l.nnj rinr-lr lln c.;.l ii ..ii.i.i t.aui nm in misir- burg for landowners on that side of the river. Buchanan took exception to the request, raying it would extend the distance from Sutherlin to the upper reaches of the North Ump qua area. FINED FOR SPRES James Edward Hnt.rii.IH n Roseburg, was fined $'0 and JSU'obh St.: and Tlirlma 'Sev'ei son court costs Saturday when he j 45, 705 Marsters St ' ' pleaded guilty in district court to I They were released Sundav afl a charge of being drunk on a ! er each had posled J'.'J bail 411 public highway. Henfield was ar- were slated to appear in Municipal rested by a stale police officer. I Court Monday. 1 For Your Convenience... A Westside Variety Store Complete Stock FAIRHA Open Daily 9.30 a.m. to a.m., Sunday 9 am to ipm 1112 FAIRHAVTN Ore. Mon., Aug. 1, 1955 SP 'Nighrcrawler' Captures Epic Derby (Continued from Page One) (age Grove. His horse, like that ot his father's, wore rubber shoes. At one stoplighted intersection of Highway 99 and Main Street Snen- ccr'i bay mare slipped, skidded and fell to the pavement. Horse rolled to the left and rider to the right. In less than two minutes boA wcie up and off again. And both ran another relay poini near Roscburg. Neither suiicrea appar nnt iniuries. Tension mounted as the riders ncared Curtin. The Nightcrawl er" was creeping up on the "night mares." At 1:14U a.m. the train nassed the steeds. The lead e- versed a minute latc Until the train hit the top of Rice Hill there was never a clear picture of what led what. Traffif alnnir the new and old sections of Highway 99 slowed to the ponies pace and lew driven grew impatient. In some stretches, automobiles lined up a good 2'h miles behind the riders. lnuod On Hill! Host experts expressed belief the express riders "lost out on the steep hills." During those grinding hauls, the horses were slowed down, sometimes to five m.p.h., and even the Mercury-swift runs of the ponies on straightway! couldn't make up the lost minutes. A full, summer moon helped light the riders' way as they game ly sped past scores of parked mo torists. Many drivers had driven to the top of Rice Hill. More cheered at highway junctions. Largest spectator (urnout south of Cottage Grove, prior to the race's end, was at the Suthcrlin junction, where some 200 assembled. Bv that time, approximately 2:3.1 a.m., the "iron horse" was out in front. Even so, the riders began to pick up precious lost minutes. The lights of Roscburg grccled rider Judy Strode at 2:57 a.m. as she raced her mount down the new stretch of highway south of Winchester. As the express drew closer to the hi' depot, i lie noises turned on incredible bursts of speed. Many had been ridden ear lier in the race, yet on the second relays they ran at 30 m.p.h. Shortly before 3 a.m. John Spen cer began Hie long-awaited final lap. following car drivers and passengers watched as ne seni (with no apparent pause his horse across the Oak Street Bridge, past cheering hundreds lining Oak Street and into the area where a warmhartcd crowd had packed the area around the SP depot. . . where the "Nighlcfawler' was was resting after the epic journey. Red China Announces Release Of U.S. Fliers (Continued from Page One) shot down Jan. 12, 1953, on what the Far East Air Forces called "a routine leaflet - dropping mission over North Korea. Red China charged they flew over Manchuria on a Mission for "the U.S. secret intelligence service." A Chinese military court last November sentenced them. .. Behaved "Fairly Well" - The Red radio commented: "During the period in which these It criminals served their sentences they observed discipline and behaved themselves fairly well. The authorities in ihargc so reported to the military tribunal of the Supreme Peoples Court and asked leniency for them. "The tribunal decided on July 31 according to law to release these U criminals before the completion of thir terms and notified the authorities in charge to carry out immediately the release procedure and to send thorn nut of China. Peiping's announcement w a s carried as a routine item in its English - language broadcast. It gave no other details. Ihe united Stales has repeatedly and emphatically denied that tnc airmen were spying or were on a secret mission. Release Of Americans Cause For U. S. Joy Ike WASHINGTON Ifl President Eisenhower said Monday Red China's announcement that 11 U.S. airmen are to he released is a cause for nationwide relief and joy. The While House issued a state ment by the resident less than an hour alter Peiping radio broadcast wold that the imprisoned fliers had been ordered freed. In Congress also there were general expressions of joy. Some members said it raised hopes that other Americans held in Red China may be released. Some 40 U.S. civilians are in China. BAD CONDUCT CHARGED A charge of disorderly conduct was lodged against four Roseburg residents Sunday allcrnoon by city police. Officers made the arrest at the Marion Apis., no S Jackson St., following a citizen's complaint. Arrested were Robert M i n-,.-,. '''"' 21 Ant- Mnon Apis.: Run- all! V .l,tll,it,iii -HI A.. I i ii . ' Unii - ,n,' V i.-.. '.;'" . . .5 Notions, Housewares, Fountain, Smoll Hardware, Hand Tools, Sewing Needs, Greeting Cards, Garden Supplies, Toys, Soft Goods YEN VARIETY VL DUt 0 3-4512 j Rev. Lynn Hodges Sets Gospel Rally Here Over Fdio The Rev. Lynn Hodges, minister and moderator of the Way of Life radio program' heard over radio station KRNR daily at 6:45 a.m.. will be in Roseburg Aug. H through 15. He will conduct a city-wide radio-gospel rally Fridav, Aug. 12. It will be held at the First Chris tian Church, Douglas and Kane Slreets. The rally program will feature a half-hour of sacred music by Terry and Glenn Hodges, bothers of Lynn, their wives, Mrs. Hodges and three children, and the Rev. Hodges. There will also be a hymn sing and then the Rev. Hodges will preach. The Rev. Hodges grew up -In Lookingglass. He attended the Lookingglass and Roseburg High Schools. He has been a pastor for eight years in Topeka, Kans., and has been ' moderator on the Way of Life program for Vh years. The Way of Life program orig inates in Topeka, Kan. Permanent Lead Given 'Crawler' On Rice Hill (Continued from Page One) flagged to one of many stops en route to Roseburg. Lead Changas At Rice Hill Seventeen miles (railroad dis tance) and 40 minutes later, the train caught up to and passed the horsemen for the last time. That was on the steep Rice Hill grade. The ponies had their last chance to catch up when a group of Paul Bunyans from Roseburg boarded the train at Sutherlin ob viously to delay the train. Then they asked the conductor to stop the train at Wilbur and again at Winchester while some of the new ly arrived passengers disembark ed. it nearly provided the horses a chance to catch up, but not quite. The "Nightcrawler" groaned away from Wilbur as the highway pro cession sped up from the rear. Nearing Roseburg, the horse men look the new Winchester bridge in a short-cut over the new highway. The train was in sight then, but had too great a lead. Engineer Claude A. Bridenstine, who Saturday termed the race "foolish," eased Ihe passenger carrier into the Roseburg depot on schedule. Seven minutes later, Spencer's horse thundered down Oak Street to the depot. Few Cheers For victor A crowd of 2.(100 which had ga thered in a celebration at the end of the derby, loudly cheered the rider as he came to the wire. Ar rival of the "Nightcrawler" aroused much curiosity, but not much cheering. Possibly it was the first time the majority of the spec tators had seen the train at the Roseburg depot. A crowd of about 400 persons gathered at the start of the race in Eugene. Only once was there an accident. It happeded Cottage Grove when a horse ridden by Don Spencer, Roseburg, slumhled and fell, throwing SPENCER. But both got up unhurt. The cars in the jam following the riders along Highway 99 fared worse. One Eugene photograph er said he counted six minor traf- fie accidents in the wake of the horses. It took ths combined efforts of saddlemen from seven organiza tions to keep the horse race going. They were led by the Douglas Countv Mounted Sheriffs Posse, Suthcrlin Timberline Trail Rid ers, Myrtle Creek Saddle Pals, Yoncalla Saddle Club and Cottage Grove Saddle Club. Members of the Lane and Josephine posses also took part, though their organ izations didn't participate offici ally. From Cottage Grove to Rose burg1, the competitors were within sight of one another much of the time. Little lo-do over the race was ap parent in the towns long the rail route. At Cottage Glove, a crowd gathered. But depots were nearly deserted in Drain. Yoncalla and Oakland. A few persons were on hand at Suthcrlin. The horses drew most of the attention. Faster Action Urged , To Get Rights-Of Way (Continued from Page One) feet. The areas were swept by fire in 1!51, and foresters say about one-third of the value of timber is lost in killed timber by the sixth year. The committee noted that BLM has $7110.000 allocated for the Camp Creek road, hut cannot pro-1 cecd because of gaps in righl-ofl ...... V ........... I.. .... !.. i. t . mi iiiiiiii-.Y ,a vii iioiru mi uic Paradise road. The attitude of the O&C counties is being stiffened, Judge Hill said, because the interest of the counties is so great. The counties receive a 75 per rent cut of reven ue Irom the timber on the O&C acreage. Also, the timber must be harvcsled soon because of old damage by fir, wind and beetles. The committee also moved to file a motion in the District of Columbia district court for dismis sal of a suit by A. W. Latterly and Richard L. Merrick to collect JtiiHi.ooo in attorney fees as an aft ermath of an unsuccessful suit by Clackamas County. I SHALE and TOPSOIL RALPH Phones OR 2 - Mail Address: f. RANCHERS' VOLUNTEER Fire District has been estab lished in central Douglas County covering nearly 40,000 acres. Primarily for grass fire control, its volunteers will also respond to any fire call, according to Warden Fred Boyer Jr. Boundary lines are: north-south side of North Umpqua River; east-North Umpqua Road and South Deer Creek Road; south-Roberts Creek Road; west-district line follows part of Highway 99 ond circles Roseburg and Rose burg Rural Fire Districts (see dotted lines). (Mindolovich drawing.) Central Douglas Ranchers Create New Fire District A new fire district has been established in Douglas County. It is the Ranchers Volunteer Fire District, located in the central por tion of Ihe county (see map), which encompasses some 40.000 acres of land, primarily inhabited by farmers and ranchers. Articles of incorporation for the district were filed in Salem Friday by rred Boyer Sr., George Daw son, Cliff Kruse, Thomas Lind bloom and Stanley Pearce. Boyer is president of the district's board, the other four are directors. Idea for its establishment orig inated last February, according to Warden Fred Boyer Jr., Rose burg. Now Ihe fire fighting facili ties and volunteers are all lined up, Boyer said. The area has been subdivided into five portions: Win chester. Oak Creek. Lower Deer Creek. South Deer Creek and Rob erts Creek. Fire permits for burning within the area mav be secured at the Boyer Meat Co. plant on the Dix onville Road. Boyer said the tele phone number to call in event of fire is OR 3-6323. The district will operate only Mrs. John Rachor Dies Saturday At Days Creek ' Mrs. John A. (Ida May) Rachor, 71, well known resident of Days Creek, died at her home Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Rachor was Iwrn at Troy, Idaho. October 1, 1883. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Chaney. She had lived at Days Creek for the past 50 years. She married John A. Rachor Oct. 18. 1906. She was a member of the Rehekah Lodge at Canyon ville and the Days Creek Commu nity Church. Surviving besides her husband are five children: Glenn Rachor and Mrs. Clarence Richardson, both of Days Creek; Jarold Ra chor, Glide: Mrs. Luther Rogers and Mrs. Russell Odle. both of Oakridge: one sister, Mrs. Jeff Bovles, Baker: 18 ffrandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chaoel of Gam Mortuary. Mvrtle Creek. The Rev. Howard Walton of the Days Creek Community Church will of ficiate. Interment will follow at the IOOF Cemetery in Canyonville The Canyonville Rehekah tvije will conduct special ritualistic services there. Harry Close, Oakland, Dies Monday Morning Harry Close, longtime resident of Oakland, died of a heart attack at his home early Monday. The body has been removed to ixing 4 Orr Mortuary, and funeral ar rangements will be announced la ter. Survivors include five brothers, J. R. Close of Waukesha. Wis., Charles Close of Porterfield, Wis.. Ira Close of Philadelphia, Pa., and Ira and William Close of Oakland; three sislers. Olive Wanie of De pere, Wis., Sadie Wilson of Moun tain, Wis., and Nellie Hall of Oak land. EXCAVATING ROAD BUILDING R. HASH 3101 or OR 3-5240 O. Box 208 Roseburg L fa ...Ainitl L& during the fire season. It owns a 300-gallon pumper truck. Addition ally, district personnel have list ed all "cats" with blades whicn are available (14) as well as many smaller pieces. All equipment, ex cept the pumper, has been volun teered, the warden said. Supervisors In the five sub-districts are: Gordon Ware, Winches ter; Cliff Agee, Oak Creek; Stan ley Pearre. Lower Deer Creek; Howard Hatfield, South Deer Creek and Glen Young, Roberts Creek. Permission to set up the district was granted by State Forester George Spaur, Boyer said. GOLDEN "Enchant! Nights" reduce' t Ii;llfl7l7ffi?rrn Traat yowtatf tut may tinurios mitbM. .t Uat-and Mill m pnctknHy $20 bill I Now for Um (tna tim. Sly pwiBitj Uu. nduciion on Um faiaoui Enchanted Nit htt moMroa . . . Yon Hi uctlr 119 W, yon Uop oa i cloud! Got nttful rtuLT BiuuiMi it tail unbMUbli Mk prim. Cora, n vhili lh lupply Imo( fT SAMS WarrrM SVAtANTM t t mm oro-Wat .ill-ill for Jt BUY ON NOW YOU CAN SAVE ON AMERICA'S MOST WANTED DOUBLE-DUTY FURNITURE Inciting lin rald by Itadinf furniture diignrt Exclusive "j u.t-r.ghi ating height T Exclusive 10-tec end c en version from sofa re bed! Dec orator 'designed fabric in choice of colors! ntm HMt.M mi We Carry Our Own Contracts Rough, Rattling, Regular, Nightcrawler Triumphs (Continued from Page One) cific" stood up all the way. Each of the railroad men kept his even temper in the face of considerable bantering by passengers. Race Closa Throughout It wasn't known where the horses were until the train reach ed Cottage Grove, where local citizens informed reporters the train was six minutes behind the "Pony Express." First sight of the two-mile-plus traffic procession was caught by passengers at Creawell, but status of the ace was unknown. Sentiment among passengers clearly was in favor of the horses, and expressions of disappointment were made when the train finally caught ud with the horses near Curtin. They chortled when t h e train stooped there and the horses forged ahead. The horses were sighted only twice both times near Curtin. But a police car's red flashing ,ti: and the beams of Billy Mohr's floodlight truck kept train riders informed of the position of the race on the highway. Several of Roseburg's Paul Bun yans hopped aboard at Sutherlin, but only to ask that the train stop at Wilbur and Winchester, an ob vious tactic to delay the train. At Wilbur, the pause nearly suc ceeded as the horse! could be seen bearing down on the train. But the "Nightcrawler" was under way asain before horsemen could come abreast. Visitor At Glide Ranch, J. W. Spencer, Succumbs John Wilson Spencer, 72, resi dent of Napa, Calif., who had been visiting relatives at the Al lenby Nye Ranch near Glide for the past five weeks, died Friday following a short illness. He was born Sept. 1, 1SR2. at Marshall. Mo. He was married to Vivian Pinney on Nov. 26, 1914. at Holtville, Calif. She preceded him in death in 1919. For many years he had been an insurance adjuster, cotton broker and rancher. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Knight Tem plars and the Shrine. Surviving is one daughter, Mrs. L. J. (Vivian) McNeil, Napa, Calif.: one sister, Mrs. Dixie Ter rell, Missouri; a niece, Mrs. Bert Allenby, Idleyld Route, Roseburg; and two granddaughters. His body has been forwarded by Long & Orr Mortuary to Los Angeles where services and inter ment will be held at Evergreen Cemetery. SLEEP SALE r Tumvi yon. OvoHTf Mohhlni So.lflRi WSSO.OS. $5)(695 wa THE EASIEST OF BUDGET TERMS! $259M VALUE GOLDEN SLEEP $ sale rmcc t - -t t tr T Drowning Victim's Rites Set Tuesday Clifford Kenneth Flory, drowned In a boat mishap at Winchester Bav Saturdav, was born March 13. 1904, at Lone Star. Kan. He was married to Fern Adi'ns on Feb. 14, 1925, and moved to Sutherlin in 1934. He was the owner of a ranch east of Sutherlin and also was em ployed by the Housing Authority for Douglas Countv. He was a member of AF k AM 16 of Oak land and Oakland Lodge 91 of Or der of Eastern Star. Survivors include his wife, Fern: two daughters, Sandra Flory and Mrs. Harry Bird; his father. James Flory; a brother, Ralph Flory; a sister, Chloe Getman. and three grandchildren, all of Sutherlin. Funeral servises will be held at the Sutherlin Methodist Churih at 10 a.m. Tuesday with the Rev. Robert' Peters offiiiating. Inter ment and Masonic ritualistic serv ices will follow at Roseburg Me morial Gardens. Stearns & Little Mortuary, Oakland, is in charge of arrangements. Eugene Hendrickson Injured In Car Mishap A 29 year-old Glide man suffered a broken right collarbaone Sunday morning following a one-car acci dent. Fellow employes at the Bureau of Public Roads, Idleyld Park, said Eugene Hendrickson was returning home around 3 a.m. Details of the accident were unavailable, but Hendrickson was believed to have been thrown across the car seat. He was reported in good condi tion at Douglas Community Hos pital. WRISTWATCH LOST Lyle Bell, 1625 Harvard Ave., complained to Roseburg police Fri day that he lost a $65 wristwatch in the restroom of a service sta tion at Jackson and Douglas streets ROAD OIL KEEP THE DUST DOWN IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE FREE ESTIMATES Gerretsen Building Supply Co. 402 WEST OAK 7FT Is) WESTERN' I J lutri emu LA ".w C.I. (MTTHCSt Ck ltwtT CM.H mi,., lvmm DIUIM. IFflCIIrt ,.... . V J mm ii n '60! I "HI hi "HI Bicma. mu... . 1 r 19950 7 Ocean Still Holding Three Drowned Men (Continued from Page One) i the mishap. The body was taken to Stearns U Little Mortuary, Oak-, land (See obituary, page 2. The accident had a number of eve - witnesses, including coast guardsmen and Card Safley, man ager of Salmon Harbor. The boat, the 27-icot custom-built Viray, was washed onto the jetty rocks and still is there. It was badly battered from having been rolled several times by the wave. Ne Life Jackets Worn Jensen said it was apparent none of the six men was wearing a life jacket. Five jackets from the craft were found later in the day washed up along the beaches. "If they had been wearing their life jackets," he said, "it's possible that it wouldn't have been quite so tragic." Coast Guard personnel and rela tives of one of the missing men continued a search for the bodies today. The relatives were those of Bow man's wife. They were covering a beach sector from the river mouth north to the Siltcoos outlet. Coat guardsmen from Winchester Bay, Coos Bay and Florence searched sections of the beach stretching from Florence south to Coos Bay in the hope that the tide might wash the bodies ashore. 'Airplin Joins Search Sunday, Sheriff Ira C. Byrd flew a plane over the 16-mile-long area flanking the river - mouth, but no siin of the missing men was found. Fog hampered the search at times I during the day. , i Jensen said a Coast Guard boat was at the scene seconds after the mishap came at 10:30 a.m. Satur day. A second boil was there in about two minutes. But the accident had happened so near the jetty that .the boats couldn't maneuver. The fatalities were the first at the Umpqua bar since 1953. The bar long has been notorious for its dangerous seas. Eighteen persons have drowned there since 1951. The Coast Guard Saturday morn ning had warned small boats to ! stay clear of the bar, Jensen said. 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