2 Tha News-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Mon., Aug. 8, 1955
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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