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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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