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2 Tha News-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Mon., Aug. 8, 1955 ruaa'a a si a it a a a a I 'V"J t 9 11 P 1 -I ami ii-ni min mm ii i A VIEW OF THE SEARCH for the body of Robert Fields is seen from a vantage point looking south toward the old Lone Rock Bridge. (Paul Jenkins picture) Eugene McLean Succumbs At 75 Eugene Thomas McLean, 75, Canyonville, died Sunday after noon. He was born in Benton County Oct. 2, 1879, and at the a?e of 1 year moved to Myrtle Creek. He had lived all his life aince in this area. Survivors include one sister, Lou Bernard of Klamath Falls, and 11 nieces and nephew, Guy McGec. Mrs. Ralph Weaver, Cora Sumner arm unie Mmmons, all or canyon ville: Vlrcil McGee of Riley. Ore.: Robert McLean of Canbv; William McLean of Roscburg; Mrs. James Mallov of Nyssa: and Ivan and Ira Bernard, both of California. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Masonic Cemetery in Canyonville. The Rev. Ernestine Hitchcock of the Canyonville Methodist Church will officiate. Ganz Mortuarv of Myrtle Creek Is in charge of arrangements. PARENTS ACCUSED The parents of a girl, 6, and boy, 3, were to appear today in municipal court to answer to charges of child abandoment. Roseburg police said Edward Gerald Gardner, and his wife, Ann June, both 28, Glide, left their children in a car on West Oak Street for at least 1 hour 35 min- utea Saturday afternoon, when the lemperaiure reaenca 98 degrees. The average 1055 ear has 22.8 el ectric light bulbs compared to 19 general lighting lamps in a typical U.S. home. Rex Funeral Rites Scheduled Tuesday Private funeral services are scheduled in the chapel of Long & Orr Mortuary in Roseburg Tues day for John Thomas Hex, 62, a resident of Sunshine Road whu died at his home last Thursday. The Rev. Newell Morgan of the First Christian Church of Kose burg will officiate. Concluding services and interment will follow In Resthaven Memorial Park, til-gene. He was born at Reinersville, Ohio, Sept. 10, 1892, and was married to Edna Campbell Nov. 24, 1814, in zanesvme, unio. tie moved to California in 1928, living there until 1940, when he came to Oregon. During the World War II, he worked in the shipyards in the Portland area. He moved to Rose burg in 1951, whero he purchased the Cobb ranch on Sunshine Road. Surviving beside his wife are four children, Mrs. Joe (Margaret) Ash of Springfield, Ore., Mrs. Joe (Christine) Dowless of Hood Riv er, James of Roseburg and Gene of Portland; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. LOCAL NEWS T Mnl Tuatday Gold Star Mothers will hold a meeting Tues day, Aug. 9. at 10 a.m.. at the VA Memorial building at Tri-City south of Myrtle Creek. Members and those eligible lo membership are Invited and those attending are requested to bring a sack lunch. NOW OPEN HUB "We're Looking Forward To Seeing Our Old Friends" ROSEBURC'S MOST MODERN SHOP - 104 SO. JACKSON - Jack Brackenbury Wm. R. Coon Batch Of Small Fires Subdued Over Weekend Fires in logging slash, brush, grass and a grain field kept the Roseburg Rural Fire Dept., the uougias forest protective Assn. and several Douglas County resi dents busy over the weekend The South Douglas DFPA crew was called out Sunday evening to oring a lire in logging slash in the Slide Creek area near Myrtle Creek under control. Monday the men were "mopping up", accord ing to Dispatcher Wayne Mdler. The blaze, believed to have start ed trom a cigarette, burned over a half acre, but caused no dam age, he said. Saturday afternoon the Quines Creek DFPA crew put out a Hi acre brush fire on the Tunnel 8 Road near Glendale. No damage came from the blaze, thought to have been started bv aomcone dunuping hot ashes. Quick work by Roseburg Rural Fire Dept. members Sunday pre vented spread of a grass fire ad joining a Roseburg Meat Co. barn on the North Umpqua Highway, Approximately 50 tons of ii.iy was stored in the barn, according to a meat company employee. The rn also houses cattle, which were in the pasture at the time. firemen reported no damage from the blaze which started about 5:08 p.m. in Moirose Saturday, residents joined with DFPA men to put out a grain fire on land farmed by Jay Conn, reports News-Re view lorrcspondent Mrs. Nettie Woodruff. She said less than t halt acre of grain burned. Cause ol the lire was not known. WAIT FOR oweus AUGUST FUR EVENT it COMING SOON !r APPLIANCE REPAIR Troined mechonict in our repoir department find out what's wrong and fix it promptly, re storing your appliance, of whatever make, to octive service. Call us today. REFRIGERATORS Automatic WASHERS CLOTHES DRYERS ELECTRIC RANGES . SMALL APPLIANCES 136 N. Jackson St. OR 3-5521 3 Local Talent Acts To Compete In Heidt Program Three local amateur talent acts were scheduled to move into fast company Aug. 17 after a talent audition Sunday night at the Cen tral Junior High School in Rose burg. The local talent to appear on Horace Heidi's "American Way program Aug. IT will include an accordionist, girl'j trio and a male vocalist. The three acts were selected ii-om a field of 20 acts which tried out at the junior high Sunday. Se lection was made by talent scout Kohc-rt Xeal. Three teenage girts, singing "I Don't Know Why,' took one of the coveted spots lo be included in the main show Aug. 17. They are: Kay Saiulquist, 15, Sharon Titus, 16, and Maxine Hunter. 15. i An accordionist, Jerry Spinas, took another favored spot with his ; rendition of "Lady of Spain.' ! Wayne Wagner, a well-kno'vn local male vocalist, took the third spot. All three acts will compete on the "American Way" show. One of the i acts has a possibility of heme se lected from Oregon to take part later. These winners will appear to night at the Junior Chamber of Commerre meeting at 6:30. The Horace Heidt show is sponsoird by the Jaycees. The m.nn show will include some of the top tal ent in show business, such as Ralph Sigwald. Johnny Standlcy ana me four Knights. (See pic ture, page 3). Air Hunt' For Drowned Men To Be Resumed Sheriff Ira C. Byrd and Alley Jensen of the U.S. Coast Guard station at Winchester Hay planned to make another flight along the coast today in search of the bodies of three men who drowned a week ago. Byrd said they planned lo sweep the area between Florence and Coos Bay. Sought are the bodies of ftovct Bowman, Rerdsnort; Cecil Haig, Siilherlin, and Robert S. Sandau, Oakland, who lost their lives July 30 in a boat upset near the Win chester Bay bar. The body of an other victim, Clifford K. Flory of Sutherlin. was washed onto the shores shortly after the accident. Survivors of the mishap were I.loyd Ballentine of Sutherlin and Albeit Karl lwis of Reedsport. PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE HORACE C. BFRG Spatial Aftnt 12 S. Main St. IWith Umrviuo In! Aqriyt OH. OR 1 741. tat. OR 1-711 Mrs. R. Knolin, 47, Dies Here Sunday Mrs. Richard (Florence A.) Knolin, 47, died Sunday night at a local hospital. She was born Sept. 13, 1907, in Chicago, 111., and came to Oregon at a very early age. She was married Sept. 14, 1026, in Portland and came to Roseburg eight years ago to make her home. Surviving are her husband, Richard, Roseburg; two sons Richard J. of Arcadia, Calif., and Eugene of Winston; her father, John Karch of Portland; two brothers, Ben Karch of Portland and Paul Karch of Hayfork, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Lucille Hulburt and Mrs. Mary Anderson, both of Oakland, Calif.; and two grand children. Funeral mass will be held in the Chapel of the Roses, Roseburg Funeral Home, Thursday at II a.m. Father Edmond Hyland of the St. Joseph Catholic Church will officiate. Interment will follow id the Civil Bend Cemetery. 1 . Owners Of Loose Dogs Given Police Warning A campaign against dogs run ning loose will be started in ear nest this week, Police Chief Slan Olson warned dog owners today. He said a heavy log of com- filaints about dogs running over awns has made the campaign necessary. Dogs found running at large will be impounded. Olson also cautioned that bark ing dogs are regarded as public nuisances, according to city ordin ances, and canines whirh create loo great a disturbance also will be impounded. Police placed several dogs in the pound last week. Ted Prusia Named To AFL Office K'jitburK Ted Prusia has been elected executive secretary of thf Willamette District Council of Limber & Sawmill Workers (AFL). He replaces Eldon Craal, ac cording to a spokesman at the Eu gene office of the council, Prusia's advancement means an automatic step up for Henry Weber of Myrtle Creek who is the new business agent of Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 2949 (AFL). Weber has been first as sistant business agent. Prusia was elected to serve a two-year term at a council meet ing held recently in Eugene. ' Here in Douglas County no of the merger of Roseburg Local 2949 and Myrtle' Creek Local 2713 has been made. The merger, if made, would affect 1,900 members of the AFL union. An election among the Roseburg members, was scheduled for Saturday night. New Business Agent Weber was working in the woods Monday and could not be reached for com ment. Unofficially, the Saturday night vote by the Roseb'iig local has been reported as affirmative. In any event, rhe merger must still be ratified bv the AFL Inter national, which is headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind. Former Reedsport Cop Takes Myrtle Point Job MYRTLE POINT UH A new police chief took over his duties here Monday. William T. Tankersley, a former patrolman in Reedsport, replaces Richard E. Vines of Myrtle Point. Vines, who is free on bond, was arrested July 23 on a charge of converting public bail money to his own use. The City Council will meet Aug, 15 to approve the appointment. Atom Conference Opens With New U.S. Pledge (Continued from Page One) dress before the U.N. General As sembly in December 1953 inspir ed the atoms-for-peace program now being worked out by the in ternational organization and the present conference. Atom For Peace Uses The President's message brought by Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, reaffirmed America's pledge lo "help find ways by which the miraculous inventive ness of man ahall not be dedicated to his death, but consecrated to his life.1 Drunk Driving Charge Follows Traffic Hit A man who said he looked into a cafe window for lriends while he was driving north on Sheridan Street was arrested Saturday eve ning by Roseburg police on a charge of driving while intoxicated alter his car became involved in a traffic accident. Earl Ed Candy, 25, of 650 San ford St., was lodged in the city jail and must appear in municipal court today to answer the' charge. Police said Candy swung his car into the left lane of traffic near Lane Street, bumping a parked car belonging to Theodore Peter son, Roseburg. State police reported ' a side swipe accident on Highway 42 five miles west of Tenmile Saturday night. Apparently no one waa in jured. A Coos Bay driver, Charles T. Spencer, was cited for driving in the left lane of traffic after his east-bound vehicle struck one driv en by Gerald J. Fletcher, Med fird. Two passengers in the Spen cer car also escaped unhurt. 'm ma if'iu i A. in (- Jv ."fl',,!' r 4oi 7 - V t i r NEW BUILDING DEDICATED Dovid Show, center, wos the featured speaker Sunday at dedication of a new $150,000 rehabilitation building at the Veterans Hos pital here. At left is Dr. George L. Wadsworth, hospital manager. At right is Dr. Arthur S. Anderson, chief of physical medicine rehabilitation at the hospital. (Picture by Paul Jenkins). EARLY PEACHES-PLUMS READY NOW! FORREST FAIRACRES (FORMERLY WILSON'S PEACHES) PH. OS 9-8688 UP GOES CHRYSLER S PRODUCTION MORE THAN 40 m,ri7et w . iiAn n-miu iw timiou my '"5 CHRYSLER'S giant expansion program brings you the greatest new car buying opportunity of the year! Because of the unprecedented demand for its 1955 models, currently up to a new record hifih, Chrysler has had to undertake a Giant Plant' Expansion Program. When in full production the new plant will provide a 40 per cent increase in Chrysler Windsor V-8 and New Yorker output. Knowing that building operations would take several months, we have tried to provide enough 1955 Chrysler Windsor V-8's and New Yorkers to meet the demands of our customers through the season. This meant filling our entire year's supply right now in mid-season. You Get Year's Widest Selection of Models and Color Combinations Since we tried to anticipate your needs, we can show you a wide selection of color combinations and body styles, but our supply will never again be as great as it is right now! Indications are that there just will not be enough of all models and body styles to go around. Your present car will never be worth more in trade Remember that fact! Right now your present car is worth more in trade than it ever will be again. And we can allow you more for it than anybody else in town. That's not just talk. There's a good reason for it. We Need Used Can When these new cars are gone, we'll be hungrier than ever for used cars. That's right as these wonderful new Chrysler buys move out we will be needing more and more late model used cars. That's a double reason for you to trade for a brand new Chrysler beauty right now. You have the year's finest selection of the popular 1955 Chryslers ... and, we're in a real trading mood to get our used car stocks in shap Take the 1 OO-Mlllion-Dollar Ride Today! If you've been holding off on buying your new 1955 Chrysler Windsor V-8 or New Yorker, if you've delayed for any reason, better act now. Because when our present stock of new cars is gone, we can't get any more! So, come in todav. 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