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2 Th Newi-Review, Roteburg, Ore. Fri., Aug. 5, 1955 Mrs. Gammon Celebrates 95th Birthday On Thursday Demos Assail Decision Of FPC On Canyon Dam (Continued from Page One) . "," . v 1 . '.. V ' ' VhvM V. 'V. ROBERT A HALL, a South Deer Creek rancher, Is the new county dog control of ficer, succeeding Virgil D. Derryberry Jr. Hall and his wife live on a 300-ocre ranch where he has resided 24 years. He has been a rancher all his life. (Staff photo). Southern Oregon Gets 95 Per Cent Of Cars Ordered SALEM Ut The Southern Pa cific Railroad was able to give lumber mills 97 per cent of the froleht cars Ihey ordered In Ore gon last week, Public Utilities Comm. Charles H. Hcllzel said Thursday. The figure for the previous week was 98 per cent. Western Oregon mills ordered 4,855 cars last week, and received 4,717 cars. Heltzcl said preliminary reports for this week indicate me snoriage is erowing more severe. Following are the number of cars ordered and supplied oy aivisions of the S. P. last week: 1. Main line between Portland and EuRcnc 401 ordered, 393 sup plied, 98 per cent. 2. Siskiyou line between Eugene and Ashland 2,202 ordered, 2,098 supplied, 95 per cent. 3. Line between Eugene and Coos Bay 09 ordered, 736 supplied, 104 per cent. 4. Westside line via Newberg. McMinnville and Willamina 185 ordered, 187 supplied, lot per cent. 5. Westside line via Hillsboro and Forest Grove 78 ordered, 82 sup plied, 108 per cent. 6. Tillamook branch 208 or dered, 197 supplied, 95 per cent. 7. Toledo branch via Corvallis and Monroe 388 ordered, 368 sup plied, 95 per cent. 8. Mill City branch via Lebanon 137 ordered, 129 supplied, 94 per cent. 9. Cascade line between Eugene and Oakridge 383 ordered, 300 supplied, 94 per cent. 10. bastsirte via Silverfon and Brownsville 51 ordered, St sup plied, 100 per cent. Thursday. Congress adjourned about midnight Aug. 2. On the day of the FPC vote, July 27, the House reclamation subcommittee voted on the federal Hells Canyon Dam bill and ap proved it by a bare, partisan mar gin. Prior to that, 25 Democratic senators who co-sponsored the M in the Senate had asked the FPC to hold up its final decision until Congress had voted on the matter. Chairman Murray (D-Mont) of tho Senate Interior Committee re newed that request as late as Aug. 1. Murray said House subcommit tee approval of the bill and similar action by a Senate interior sub committee "establish beyond chal lenge" that Congress wanted to retain jurisdiction over the canyon. In commenting on the FPC deci sion, Sen. Morse (I)-Orc) declared: "The M'C quite obviously waited until Congress adjourned to issue these licenses. . . It is remarkable that (he commission could act so speedily. The FPC heard oral argu ments on July 6. It is incredible that since that time it could have reviewed the voluminous record of testimony and exhibits which took its examiners over a year to assemble. "That record consisted of over 400 documents and almost 20,000 nnifoi nl Itctimnnv A malAriltr nt the fpderal nnwpr commissioner were handpicked by the Eisenhow er administration to do this job and they have done it with hot and unseemly haste." Similar views were voiced by Murray and Rep. Mctcalf (O Monl), Sen. Warren Magnuson (D-Wash), Hop. Don Magnuson (D-Wash) and George II. It. Tay lor, an onicial of the National Hells Canyon Assn., a group fighting for the federal dam. Asked to comment on the Dem ocratic assertions, Kuykendall said announcement of the decision was not held up unnecessarily. The ad journment of Congress was immi nent, he said, when the FPC reached its conclusions. In other cases, he reported, Is suance of lengthy and detailed opinions and orders had sometimes been held up longer than eight days. He said Ihe primary cause of such delays was a crush of work. patanUs- ' - I f, i J i ; 'sir it: f Ujv U, ,-'" .v-i'lifjt MRS. DELLA GAMMON , , , reaches 95 if ' -4 LOCAL NEWS GOES TO GETTYSBURG WASHINGTON Un President Eisenhower leaves today for his Gettysburg farm. He plans to re main there most of next week to study and act on bills passed by Congress. Hold Picnic Beta Iota Chanter of ESA is holding a politick picnic at umpqua l'ark Sunday at 2 p.m. Soft drinks will be provided. Fam ily and Incnds are invited to at tend. Back From Vacation Mr. and Mrs. James Bellows and daugh ter, Brcnda, have returned from a vacation to Seaside. Bellows is employed at the Ncws-Ileview. Back From Coast Marcy Bale)- ridge, Gladys Brown and Anne Rickclts have returned to their homes in Itoeseburg following a trip to Coos Bay where the for mer attended to business. To Klamath Falls Mr. and IDs. Harold Curry and Mr. and Mirs. Elliott Goodwin left today for Klamath Falls where they will visit and attend the square dance jamboree at Ihe fairgrounds. By JEANNE THOMPSON Staff Wri'er, Nows-Ravitw "I don't feel old," says Mrs. Delia Winniford Gammon of Rose burg who was 95 Thtirsda: . Mrs. Gammon is one of the county's old timers, having moved here in 1871 from Parrotsvillc, Tenn. Mrs. Gammon was one of 11 chil dren of Thomas and Margaret Win n'ford. She was born in 18S0 and at the age of It moved to Oregon with her fam'ly. Her father was a plantation and farm owner and had one negro woman, slave. The fam ily Ml children, .three living now) pilule their hnme on the Calanooia River near Umpqua. They lived there until her mother died in 1908 and her father in 1913. William Gammon moved to Oregon from Parrolsville in 187(i. Five years later on April 14, 1881, ho and Delia Winniford were mar ried. Mrs. Gammon says that her husband told her that he remem bers seeing a little girl at her fath er's farm sale. It turned out to be that the post office and printing Red Barn Sold To Corporation From Portland The Red Barn, bar and res taurant on the North Umpqua Highway near Glide, has been sold, according to a report from corre spondent Mrs. Arthur Selby. The long-time owner, Mrs. Crys tal Freeman, sold the complete physical facilities to The Arbee Inc. Principal owner of the cor poration are Mr. and Mrs. Frank lyn Kucera of Portland. The corporation will continue to operate the establishment under the assumed name of the Red Barn. Mrs. Freeman had the Red Barn constructed and opened it in May 1948. Also included in Ihe physical plant are three furnistied apart ments. Also included in the sale are the two acres on the bank of the North Umpqua on which the Red Barn is located. Mrs. Freeman also owns the Val ley Hotel building on Washington, Jackson and Main streets in Rose burg. It has seven stores on the ground floor and has 47 rooms. The former owner says she will vacation at her summer cabin on Honey Creek and then expects to make a trip to Hawaii in the fall. The new owner, Franklyn Ku cera, Has lived in urcgon lor zu years, having been graduated from Willamette University. Ha has been a practicing lawyer in Portland for 17 years. He has four sons and a daughter. He told Mrs. Selby the family will remain tem porarily in Portland, but will soon come to Douglas County to live. The new chef at the Red Barn will be Joe Bella. Kucera says Bella has just returned to Port land from New York where he had store were housed in the same been chef at Jack Dempsey's "The building. There were 25 to 35 homes that comprised the residen tial district of Roseburg, she said. Lester Winniford, a brother of Mrs. Gammon, helped to raise the steel for Ihe Oak Street bridge, which was built in 1913. Mrs. Gammon also remembers being let out of school at Wilbur to watch the first train come to Roseburg from Eugene. She also said the valley was "flooded" with China men who laid the rails for the train track. Mrs. Gammon's hobbies were flowers and cri'pct weaving. She said that, her mother taught her how to weave at the age of 12. She has mnde over 500 yards of carnet and hundreds pf rugs. She had to give it up in later years berausc of her health. Todav, Mrs. Gammon can't seej ss well as she used to. but that 1 doesn't hinder her from writing letters lo all her friends and rel- Turf. Kucera says the Red Barn will he closed Aug. 8 to 14 for altera tions and redecorating. Ihe future Mrs. Gammin. She and atives. She sa'd (hat she had re- her husband made Iheir home in i eeived 50 birthday cards within the same vicinity as her patents ! about two days. She t?kes care of until 1913 when they moved their family ttwo bovs and three girls) to Riisebttrg and settled on Hoover Street. Mrs. Gammon lived there by herself following her husband's death In 1942 until about, three years an, S;nce then she has di vided her residence between a daughter, Mrs William Baird. Ku I'ene, and- a daughter, Mrs. Hugh Wells, noseburg. She has three grandchildren and six great grand children. Mrs. Gammon remembers Rose burg as being a three-store town when she moved here. She said her room "and does little things around her daughters' nomes, Search For Black Cold Underway In Douglas Co. (Continued from Page One) )w we mean k I pltnty af good rtaieni for 1 JLf hmni lh original Saddft Shoo v t I N eonttanl companion. Good ftl, fif 'flnB Puco good loohi, and I ioo lor your mono? ort iomo m ilf 'thorn. Ditcovor iht roit lor yournlf. M U 1 Try Spoldtngi, and you'll Kay lit tho M loddlo for lift. New shipment just arrived. $1.00 will hold yours in Lay-Away. Policeman's Death Called A Suicide VANCOUVER, B. C. 11 Har ry Whclan, 51-year-old superintend ent of the strife-ridden Vancouver police force and brother of a for mer policeman, was found shot lo death at his home here Friday, his service revolver by his side. Shortly before 8 a.m .his wife heard a shot, rushed into the liv ing room of their home, and found Whclan slumped on a davenport He had a bullet wound in his heart. Injured Children 'Doing Fine,' Hospital Reports (Continued from Page One) car apparently was passing the Slicely car, which was pulling a trailer, as the log truck approach ed from the opposite direction. lite bodies of the victims were released to the custody of rela tives Thursday evening. Here from Seattle are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Aniniei'iiian, brother-in-law and sisler of .Mrs. I.emen. They will take the children home when they ologisls have estimated a depth be tween 2.500 and 4.000 feel is most favorable for production. Wilh drilling under way. the next big step will be to find the proper underground formation for setting 110 casing and cementing around it Chamber Plans Bowl-Hawaiian Tour Sponsorship A pleasure-filled 10-day "R Die Bowl-Hawaiian Air Cruise" will be sponsored this year by the Rose burg Chamber of Commerce. This week chamber directors of ficially announced that the lour would leave Roseburg Dec. 30 by air for its first stop in Los An geles. Until Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1936, members will reside at the May fair Hotel there. Tour fees will include reserved seats to view the Pasadena Tour nament of Roses parade and '.he Rose Bowl football game. Trans portation to and from the game is furnished. The tour will leave Los An geles via a regularly scheduled United Airlines DC7 at 12:45 p.m. Arrival time in Honolulu is 6:05 p.m. A full itinerary enabling tour participants to view scenic areas has been prepared. Two optional tours in Hawaii are offerc.l at a slight increase in price: A one day tour lo the Island of Hawaii and a drive by car to Mount Tail talus. Return to Roseburg is made Sun day evening, Jan. 8. It will be possible for tour members to re TRAILWAYS BUS SYSTEM has announced improved bus facilities between Seattle and San Diego. New vehicle will be on display Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in downtown Roseburg. Trailways Bus To Be Displayed Here On Saturday A complete modernization of the Trailways bus service F.vergreen Route between Seattle, Wash., and San Diego, Calif., has been an nounced by company officials. Beginning Aug. 15, new "Vista L'ner" scen:c buses will provide all service along the route which passes through Roseburg, accord ing to local terminal manager James Lambert Jr. A sniriDle bus will be on display in downtown Roseburg Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. It may be viewed on Jackson Street near thH corner of Washington Street and is open for public inspection. Enter tainment will be provided hv a six girl accordion band from Medford, direcl"d by Mrs. Eve Prentice. Right now a few of the new bus es are being oncrated along the route. On the Aug. 15 target date all old buses will be retired, Lam bert said. Several unique features have been included for passenger com fort. They include: Adjustable chair backs and head rests which mav he pliced in three positions: a shock absorbing soringing sys tem: two sets of seats in the rear of Ihe upper deck which can be reverted and a"ow room for plac ing of a table between the seats; Hospital News and a music system with individ-ies is 37. Olass in ne vonicie is ual volume controls above each 1 green-tinted and the bus interior SMt 15 done in soft pastel shades. Paj- "Passengers have uttered no . rgers will ride 10 t'j 12 feet complaints about the music." above t.i highway as compared Lambert said. "They seem to en-! to eight in tne o d buses. Three j0y it." sl-yiights illuminate the upper Seating capacity of the new pus-1 deck. Airliner Crash Takes 30 Persons By RENE J. CAPPON FT. LEONARD WOOD, Mo. V A .pilot kept his crippled Ameri can Airlines plane aloft for more tt,n in mile, in a riesnera'e hid for a safe landing Wednesday but crashed just short of his goal. AH 30 persons aboard were kill ed. "Just a little more and he would have made it." said an eyewii ness, Lt. A. J. Brewster of Ft. Leonard Wood. "The plane came in very low over a housing area, then banked steeply and headed for the post airport. "One engine rfas trailing flame and smoke. Then over a wooded area, the right wing fell off." Tho airliner crashed on the edge of this sprawling Army post. Funeral Set Saturday For Canyonvillt Man Graveside services for Claude Russell, lifelong Canyonville resi dent, will be held at 2 p.m. Satur day at the IOOF Cemetery. Can yonville. Rev. Ernestine Hutch cock of the Canyonville Methodist Church will officiate.. Russell, who died July V in Sa lem, had been in ill health for some time. Survivors include a brother, George, of Canyonville and several nieces and nephews. Gam Mortuary, Myrtle Creek, is handling funeral arrangements. GOOD WEATHER The five-day outlook predicts lit tle or no rain except possible show ers Tuesday or Wednesday, ac cording lo the Roseburg Weather Bureau. Temperatures will be near or slightly above normal with maximums ranging in the high 80's and minimums 48 to 55 degrees. Tho tainir will nnt nnlv nr,f pi-1 m 9 in havnnrl tha l.n fl rf.la ir the drill but would prevent loss of , they wish, according to the cham-l ber plan. The return home ticket i need not be used immediately. Re- oil or gas struck. Sit Optn To Public Enloe said the directors have no special objection to people visiting Ihe site of the drilling as long as they don't get loo close or drop any burning cigarette butts. "We must be careful to protect the public and ourselves," he noted. The site is about 1"j miles north east of Camas Valley on the Wil liam Zeidrich property. The 94-foot derrick standing on a knoll is vis ible from Highway 42 which lies about 100 yards north of the sit?. Driller L. L. Rroadus. a Lottisi anan, is the head man of the four man crew working at the site. Drilling Rig Good The drilling outfit, brought from Long Beach, Calif., is one of the best seen in this part of the coun try, according to an emolove of a major oil company who dropped by to see the activity. Several oil companies have shown interest in county exploration in recent months. Two other attempts to find oil have been made bv small compan ies in the county with the last year. One at Riddle is stilt in progress. Another near Melrose ended in fail ure to find gas or oil in commer cial quantities. The visiting California investors in the Camas Valley project, who Mercy Hospital Admitted Medical: Mrs. Grant Cross, Roseburg. Surgtry: Mrs. Walter Nehring, Roseburg; Charles Day, Camas Valley. Discharged Dovie Pfaff, Wilbur; Mrs. Ches ter DeWitt, Roseburg; Mrs. Wil liam Powell, Umpqua; Mrs. Wil- j lard Schroeder and son, Ronald Ray, Sulhetiin; Mrs. Fred Smith : and son, Robert Daniel, Glide. Douglas Community Hospital ' Admitted Surgery: Gary Forest Kennaday, 1 Glide. , Medical: Gail Roy Dailey, Cynthia Anne Donelan, Roseburg. . Admitted Neal J. King, Myrtle Creek; Mrs. Leland Hudson, Leroy Evans, Roseburg. GIB WALTER Radio-TV Service NOW OPEN 1108 Fairhaven Ave. Prompt and Dependable Service Based on 22 Years' Experience Phone ORchard 2-1258 turn to Roseburg may be made via Los Angeles or Portland. The "Rose Bowl - Hawaiian Air Cruise" will be conducted and es corted by Ed Beaty. He is sales representative in charge of tours for United Air Lines, Additional information and res ervations for the tour may be pro cured through the Lewis Travel Service, Roseburg, which is man aged by William Jelski. are able. The bodies of Mr. and 'planned to fly back Thursday eve .Mrs. Lemon wore sent to Seattle by (laiiz .Mortuary. Lomcn was a Navy man, station ed at Bremerton. The Douglas County chapter of the American Red I'rn.NS has been assist, nn with notification of relatives. Lemen re portedly returned a week ago from duty on Formosa. A son of the Sheelys, from Ari zona, was to make arrangements for burial of his parents. The bodies were to be sent to San Di ego tonight. Mr. and Mrs. Sheely, age lilt and 6t. were homeward bound from a Northwest vacation at the time of the accident. Business Agent Wounds Three, Then Shoots Self SAN FRAXCISCO I A dis gruntled business agent for the Marine Firemen's Union shot and wounded tree other business agents in the union headquarters Fridav, t'-ied to kill Vincent Ma lone, head of the union, then ended his own life with a bullet through his temole. Canta'n of Police Insoectors James English idntif''ed 'he gu man as Charles F. Berglund, 45 known to all his associates as "Swede." Henry C. Walker, id. was shot m the chest. His condition was de scribed a "very good." Stuart Hunt. had his back graied by s bullet. At a union meeting Thursday Bers'und was defeated 122 to 5 in a bid for election is recording sec retary of the union. Also, by unani mous vote, he was removed from of Salinas, a vice president in the ! Ihe union's negotiations committee Bank of America. i "as a ninnrance ano a nuisance. pine, include two doctors. Aubrev J. Xunos of Silinas, president of Cranium Oil G-s. and A. F. KandlhinHer of Meniere-: two c-l. inas used car dealers, Richard E. Walsh (airplane pilrtt and a com pany director) and Gordon H. Hoo per; a Salinas insurance man. B. A. (Hud) nerson, and N. L. Riro Hosley Infant Rites Scheduled Saturday Funeral services for Dehors May Hosley, tho infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard 1.. llos lev, Winston, who died Aug. 1, will he held in The Chapel of Ihe Ktues, Roseburg Funeral Home, Saturday. Aug. t. at lt a m. The Rev. Newell Morgan of the First Christian Church, Roseburg will off lcinl e. Vault interment will follow In Rest l.awn Memorial Park, Salem. SHOES MAIN FLOOR John Rex, 62, Succumbs Af Sunshine Road Home John Thunias Rex, 62. died at his home on Sunshine Road Thurs dav. The body has been removed to ling and Orr Mortuary and fu neral arrangements will be an nounced later. J H.LI ,fl Family Finance Corporation (Home Owned and Operated) CAN NOW LOAN UP TO $1500 CASH TO YOU AUTOS, TRAILER HOUSES, PICKUPS, FURNITURE Up t 24 monthly payments. Cot of lofln inclutitl inttratt for lima uttd. film and tramfar ttas only. No invaitiqatian coiti or orhar hidtjt charfti. No parity tfcarjo poymtnr in full or oaNonco. 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