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2 The Newi-Review, Roieburg, Oro. Fri., Aug. 12, 1955 University Performers Get Ovation At Appearance Here By LEROY INMAN A hiuhly entertaining troupe of University ot Oregon dramatic students, featuring Gordon Howard of Tcnmile, presented a nightclub typo of review, "Club Intime," to an approximate 250 persons in Central Junior Hifih School audi torium Thursday nicht. The auditorium was arr.mgeil tors, who were served popcorn and cold drinks, and the enter tainers performed both on the stage and on the main lloor. Danc ing at the opeining, intermission and close of the performance was permitted. The program tcontaincd humor ous, novelty and vocal selections. Top featured feminine singer, ;n, tsthinc .mH chairs around a was the lovclv Audrey Mistrctta former Miss Oregon, wno sang me operatic "Mariguera," and other songs of a popular nature, demon strating her wide versatility. Miss Mistretta's charming voice, lovely personality and natural beauty (further exemplified in a role as a nurse to a comic horticulturist in which she was attractively, but scantily attired) should take her far in the entertainment field, but she needs a bit of polish as a torch singer to lirt her to top bill ing. Howard, remembered for his outstanding performance here in "Kiss Me Kate." gave another outstanding rendition in a "straight" man role, singing "De Glory Road." He was on and off stage in a number of other acts. Comedy singer Mary Pack and comedian lrle White in several acts were also worthy of top men lion, White especially for his horti culturist iecture pcrfromance and "Poor Old Woman," reading. Other performers adding to the entertainment were Donna Bar rick, singer; Martha Collins, and Linda Jones, dance team; pianist, Mary Ann McGailey and Jo De lap Pierce. The show ended the 1955 Ki wanis summer series. Proceeds go towards Kiwanis youth work, ac cording to club President Kenneth small dance floor for the specta- Eugene Firm Bids Low On Bridge A Eugene contracting firm, Ham ilton it Thorns, has been awarded the contract of the State Highway Commission for construction of a Wio-foot bridge over the South Umpqua Diver at Ford's Camp. The project, which also includes construction of a 120-foot over crossing of the Yokum Road just south of the bridge, is a nart of the rcloca'ion of Highway 99. It is a federal-aid project. The Hamilton & Thorns bid wan Stos.lfil, lowest among five sub mitted. Completion date on the concrete-and-steel structure was set for Nov. 30, 1956. The bridge ioh was the first con tract lot on highway relocation on the Myrtle Creck-Canyonville sec tion. The Highway Commission also awarded a contract for $70,240 to T. W. Thomas, who entered low hid on installation of 20.8 miles of guard rail along the Goshen Di vide section of the relocated high way in I.anc County. Seven other bids were entered. A Roseburg firm, Trowbridge Bushcy. iv..uii.- wuii lilt: culm all for a traffic signal installation rear Oswego. The company's bid was $17,580, low among three. Thousands Visit Newberry Store An estimated 10,000 to 13,000 peo ple attended the gala grand ODen- nlication for acauisilion of the l.ilv ing oi j. j. ivewDerrys store yes-j Moore property on Hose Street for City Council Passes New Curfew Ordinance (Continued from Page One) Winning bidder was the Remington-Rand Co. which entered a bid of $3,534. Gordon R. Gibbs Ordained Sunday Into Ministry I ("ri. i - 7 V - 1 r$ ; '7w f - I aW , i GORDON GIBBS , , , newly ordained Gordon Ritchie Gibbs was or dained Sunday evening at the First Christian Church. Gibbs was grad uated from Northwest Christian College, Eugene, this past June. He is also a graduate of Roseburg High School. He is now serving the Norkcnzie Christian Church near Eugene. Mrs. Clarence Trued was organ ist for the service. The Rev. C. Wayne Osborne from the Florence Christian Church gave the invo cation, the charge to the candi date and the ordination prayer. The Rev. Mr. Osborne was or dained in the church heTe some years ago. James .Marr, Clifford Baxter, Archie Currier. ,! Naas, Bill Love, Harold Horn, .lolri Blanchard, Guy Davis, (ilen Murdock, Homer Pat terson, ciders of the local church, assisted in the service. L. Darwin Baxter and James Russcl, ciders of the Norkcnzie church, also as sited in Ihc service. Jessie Crenshaw, an aunt of Gibbs, sang two solos. Newell Morgan, minister oi ine i o c a 1 church, brought the sermon. A recention honoring Mr. and 12 Central Douglas Co. Men To Join Trek Of Reservists To Yakima Firing Center Twelve central Douglas County men will join the trek of about 2,000 Oregon and Washington Army reservists of the 104th Timber wolf Division to Yakima Firing Center next weekend. Members of Co. I, 413th Int. Reg., will leave Roseburg Sunday for the 'regular summer training period, which lasts until Aug. 28. Sgt. l.C. Lonnie M. Weaver, as sistant unit adviser, said the Tim berwolves will paticipate in range firing and small unit tactics. Sgt. Wreaver will accompany the unit and serve in an advisorv capacity. Sgt. l.C. William A. Baldwin of Roseburg will be in charge of the company leaving Roseburg. The division commander is Maj. Gen. Lamar Tooze. Portland attorney. Keynoting the summer encamp ment will be the firing of indivi dual and crew-served weapons. Trooos also will learn to guard themselves against the employ ment of mass destruction weapons. The encampment will mark the second time units of the famous d; vision have trained at the Ya kima military maneuver area since 1947. The division, which re cently became a full-reserve-status urit. previously trained, at Ft. I ew's. Wash. Besides Baldwin and Weaver, Co. f men attending will be Sgt. l.C. Raymond E. Dunning, Sgt. John E. Bishop, Sgt. James C. McWat ers. Col. Gordon K. Opial, Pfe. Norman R. Ross and Pvt. Arthui G. Mead, all from Roseburg and vicinity; Sgt. Richard S. Firman Jr. of Sutherlin; Pfa. Melvin K. Goodwin and Pvt. Richard L. Walk er, both of Mvrlle Creek: Pfc. John B. Hull of Dillard, and Pvt. Larry D. Cole of Oakland. The last drill prior to camo waN held Thursday night at 904 S. BIRTHS L'Ar!Lk'.r Mrs. Norton Bibb, was "held in the following the tcrday. "It was a 'tremendous success and far beyond our greatest ex pectations," Don Jono:, assistant manager of (lie Eugene store said. "The store was packed all day and slowed down only a little last night, Jones slated. The customers seemed interest fiublic park purposes. Addilional y, a committee of three council- men will be appointed to investi gate park uses and bring a rec ommendation to the council. The Hamilton Street paving re quest had been expected to bring forth much citizen debate. How ever, the paving authorization was ed in regular merchandise as wellmale witil no complications. No as merchandise that was on sale, citzcna opposed the move. Man he said. lager Farrell said his office had -k, ' , ,,, , , . recieved no written or verbal re iJ nl "aUh B'm on I monstrances. He said 60 per cent 1 Srrie...bran,lh'i' K he voters In the area concern from other Newberry stores as far L(, ha(1 5j(inC( tnB pving pctitjons, north as Yakima, Wash., and Four norsons nrescnt from Hamil- Fcllnwship Hall service. LOCAL NEWS far south as Klamath Falls. HOTEL GRAND Cass and Rose Sts. . Limited Number Of Weekly Rate Rooms 9.50 and up Hot and cold water each room. Lavatories, tub and shower each floor. Elavator and coffee shop. ton Street indicate their approval. Authorization of the sale of war rants to the two banks was made to allow the ci'.y to operate while i taxes and other income is being collected. The sum hasn't yet been figured. j Manager Farrcll in explaining the paving plan .said streets could be covered with asphail anq then gravelled at price cheaper than grading. The council gave Uie city manager their okay to pave a re quested portion of Germond Street in this manner. The council will meet next Aug. 22 at 7:30 p.m. by Jay Golden The home, churches, buildings of historical interest are just a few of the subjects of architectur al photography a field that nearly every photographer enters into at times. With the ex penditure of lit- Srorm Loses Some Punch Along Carolina Coast (Continued from Page One) t no ailiiod e on ?y! interesting niclo- , v i:j nai value is add- ed to otherwise plain record pho- northwest at about 11 miles per hour. In Miami, Chief Forecaster Gor don Dunn said any threat to the mainland southeast coast from Diane appeared to have ended. But be said it remained to he seen whether this fourth tropical htorm of tho year would pose a threat to the northeast. Already, Connie was leaving a path of destruction in its wake. Almost the entire Middle Atlantic and Northeast coast was on the alert. !. ; ,"'i:t..') "I"- porlanl to this (1. , . 4 Hon of a view- ,(i Aa .."-it point. W one can , a5bc immli that . Wl J .V''? ing" thc building through the branches of a tree. i ue piciurc is almost sure to be a Miccess. Appearances of buildings change with lighting conditions, according to the time of day. If it is desired to accent the texture of the struc ture, the picture should be made with thc sun at a sharp angle, skip ping across Hie side facing t h c camera. Long shadows from a late or early sun are also effective pic torial!'. With black - and - while lilins, fillers enhance thc results by darkening the sky. If possible, the camera should lie level in order to avoid conver )..':ii'o of vertical lines. If tile cam era must be tilted to show the en tire structure, convergence will iuvoNarily result (except with spe ciiil cameras), but this is not en tirely unnatural, as the eye ex periences Ihc same effect when turned upward. Ivtail and sharpness are- of jf; r-uiH- uupo! lance: a iriHxi w in f (iiininnlc camera movement as a k MMirce of fuzziness. . . Architectural studies ran lie made with nothing more than a camera and film, however, use of lite mentioned accesMirics will improve results. For these needs, an I all others photographic. Fred ricksnn's Photo Lab at 131 N. Jack son Street stands readv to meet them with friendly service. wppr 1 BEWARE OF IMITATIONS LOOK FOR THE HAPPY UTTLl OOO TOPS IN QUALITY! LOW IN PRICE Here From Com Bay Weekend visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gilhart Shankee and family wore Mr. and Mrs. James Sims of Coos Bay. , Her From Texas Mr. and Mrs. J. Hunt of Denver City. Tex as, visited briefly Thursday in Roseburg with .Mrs. Cora Rogan and her grandchildren. Attend Play Mr. and Mrs. Charles Church, Judge and Mrs. Charles Woodrich and Mr. and Mrs. Art Rich of Roseburg attend ed the Shakespearean piny, "Ham let"' in Ashland Saturday night. Here From Iowa Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hill have been his brother, Ray Hill, and son, Ray Jr., of Man ley, Iowa. They left for their home Sunday. Back From Coos Bay Mr- and Mrs. J. A. Harding have return ed lo their home on East Lane Street, following a few days in Coos Bay as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Late Compton. Return To Denver Mrs. D. E. Westbrook nhd children, Dean and Dale, left Tuesday by plane for their home in Denver. Colo., fol lowing a visit here with relatives. Goes To New York Mrs. F. G. F.lliolt and baby have left for! Jamestown, N.Y., to visit rela-j lives. They formerly made their homo in Alaska for five years before moving to southern Doug las County. Attends To Business John Farrcll, manager of Weisfield's, spent two days in Seattle this week attending to business- H e made the trip up and back by plane. Mrs. Walsh Home Mrs. Dick Walsh has returned to her home in Roseburg following a i-ouile of weeks in Vancouver, R.C., visit ing relatives and friends. Enjoy Camping Trip Mr. and and Mr. and Mrs. F.d KadUan and children have rolurned to their homes in Roseburg. following a four-day camping trip in Central Oregon. Leave For Visit Mrs. C. J. Hawk and children, Robert. Marv lin and Patricia, of Roseburg left Wednesday by plane for Los An geles to visit relatives. Home From School Miss Shir lee Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kd Miller, Roseburg. is home from summer school at OCK. Mon mouth. She will be here for five weeks. Return To California Jona than Shepherd and II a 1 Jones have returned lo Los Angeles, fol lowing a week vacationing and visiting the former's uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. J. A- Harding, in Roseburg. Mercy Hospital JACKSON - To Mr. and .Mrs. I James Jackson, 921 Eddy St., itoseourg, Aug. 6, a son, Jimmy Lee; we ght 7 pounds 4 oui.ces. Carry Staley Suffers Cut On Back In Fall Garry Staley, 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Staley of Camas Val ley, today was sporting six hand some stitches in his back as the result of a fall Thursday. Correspondent Mrs. Wiiliam Cun ningham reports thc youngster was playing at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hay den Taylor, and started walking up the hitch of a trailer. She says he apparently fell over backwards and cut himself across the back on a projecting part of tyie trailer. The child was taken to a Rose burg doctor for stitches and re leased Thursday afternoon. Stephens St. The . men plan to leave Sundav in cars. At the first meeting after re turning from camp, which will be held Sept. 1, the unit will probably have a new commanding officer and new quarters. Sgt. Weaver Capt. I.. R. Wine trout, Gazlev Route, Myrtle Creek, Is now being transferred to the unit and will be assigned as com mander. Also pending assignment are sergeants first class, Russell L. Carlisle and James V. Larrabe. Following return here Aug. 28, It Is expected the unit headquai ters will be moved to new facili ties on the Veterans Administra tion grounds near Harvard Ave nue. A building near the Naval Reserve quarters is now being re modeled for use of Army and Air Force reserve units. Union Oil Co. Subsidiary Buys Station Chain PORTLAND W A subsidiary of Union Oil Co.. a California firm, has purchased control of 150 easoline stations in Oregon ana Washington, the Oregonian said in its Friday editions. The transaction involved lease control of Sunset Oil Co. stations carrying the Colden Eagle name in the Pacific Northwest. The buy er was Westway Petroleum Corp., a Union branch firm incorporated in California to operate the Golden Eaele outlets. Union Oil financed the change over for approximated $1,500,000, the newspaper reported. Last year the Golden Eagle firm, operating as Sunset Oil, purchased holdings of United Petroleum Corp., at that time one of the larg est independent gasoline retailers in the northwest. The new sale in cluded the Golden Eagle and United Petroleum names in Ore gon and the Eagle brand in Wan inton. Eighty-five of the stations are in Oregon, 65 in Washington. The sale does not affect the 700 Golden Eagle retail outlets in California. Malcolm L. Robertson " Cited After Accident Malcolm Lewis Roberlson, 333 S. Stephens St., was cited for failure lo yield right-of-way Thurs day afternoon after his car was involved in a collision with anoth er. Police said Robertson drove from a service station, on South Stephens Street near Rice and his car, owned by the Stale Highway Dept.; crashed into one driven by llolman Boynton Ferrin, Lako view. Damage to the two vehic les was about $125, police estimated. Neuberger Says Timber Policy Hearing . Slated U. S. Sen. Richard Ncuberger reports in a telegram to The News- I neview mat a iieainiH uas lema tivclv been scheduled by a special Senate Interior subcommittee in Roseburg Nov. 17. He said it would be a hearing on government Timber sales policies. He states that emphasis prob ably will be on need for equal ac cess by all operators to federal limber holdings. Members of the subcommittee are: Kerr Scott of North Caro lina, chairman, James E. Murray of Montana,.. George Malone of Nevada, Thomas H. Kuchel of California and Neuberger himself. The schedule of the subcommit tee now calls for five daily hear ings in Oregon and five more in Washington. SWIMMING POSTPONED Children unable to take Had Cross swimming lessons Thursday and Friday because of bad weath er have been advised by Mrs. Mil dred Herman, county chapter ex ecutive secretary, to be at the Roseburg municipal pool Monday morning at their regular times for examinations. Plra In KAalrnta ! e w in dii vb District Levels Carson Ison Home A fire near Melrose Thursday leveled the Carson Ison home, re ports Mrs. Nettie Woodruff, correspondent. The new home, not yet complet ed, was located about three miles west of Melrose on the Flournoy Valley Road. The Isons carried no insurance, Mrs. Woodruff said. Some workmen from the Doug las Electric Co-operative who were nearby and neighbors man aged to save a few articles of furniture and clothing before the blaze consumed the structure. Mr. and Mrs. Ison both were away on their jobs at the time of the fire, .Mrs. Woodruff said. Their sons, the oldest about 15, had been beating bathwater on a wood stove, and the stove apparently overheated, it was reported. Mrs. Ison works in Roseburg. Mr. Ison, who works in the woods, was not aware of the fire until he returned from his job Thurs day evening. Another spot fire in the area, in brush on Whiletail lit., was ex tinguished by nearby residents the same day. Strange Object Seen In Air Over Roseburg Two alert Douglas County resi dents called the News-Review Thursday afternoon to report that unidentified floating obiects were visible in the air above their homes. They were Mrs. Eli Sanders Melrose, and Mrs. Gladys Burr, Tenmile. Mrs. Burr's call came first. She described the object as seemingly transparent, resembling a balloon Mrs. Sanders called later around 4 p.m. She said her husband had been watohing the obiect for about two hours, and that it ap peared to resemble a moon yet travelled slowly. Both women reported the sight to the Air Force filter center in Portland. No report as to what the object actually was, was phon ed to the newspaoer. An observer at the Dillard Ground Observer Corps Post said it could be a "Mo bv Dick." It is a balloon which checks air currents and also lets the Air Force know how alert cit izenry in the area is. Polio Fatalities Drop At Result Of Vaccina (Continued from Page One) have given 75 per cent of the re ported second shots. Of those eight, tevan are Southern or border states. They are Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma. South Carolina and West Virginia. The eighth is California. The greatest number of polio deaths this year has been in Massa chusetts, which reported 24. Texas has the second highest total, 22. with California third with 11. No other state has had more than 9. Last year, at the same time, Cal ifornia had reported 54 deaths, Texas 3D and Massachusetts 15. Others with high totals for the comparable period of 1954 include Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Ken tucky, Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. The nine deaths listed among children inoculated with the Salk vaccine included three in Idaho, two in Pennsylvania and one each in Louisiana, New Mexico, New York and Texas. Twenty-four of the 48 states said little demand had been detected for the private supplies of polio vaccine now becoming available. Only 11 stales reported an "ap preciable" demand. Five of these were in the South Alamaba. Flor ida. Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina. The others: Kan sas, Nevada. New Mexico, Utah, Vermont and Wyoming. Hospital News TRUCKER KILLED LAKEVIEW in A log rolled off a truck parked at a mill pond three miles west of here Thursdav, crushing Paul LeRoy Peterson, 47, the driver. Douglas Community Hospital Admitted Surgery: Mrs. Robert Crawford, Oakland; Mrs. Donald Hinch Jr., Brockway. Medical: Ronald Little, Archie Gano, Mrs. Arthur Subert, Jessie Baker, Mrs. Jack Wells, Rose burg; Kavmond Jantz, Verden, Okla.; Aiina Babka, Sutherlin; Mrs. Elray Hcrriges. Glide. Discharged Mrs. Robert Woodard, Willram Kohlhoff, Mrs. Joe Johnson, Theo dore Monroe. Harold Williams. Mrs. Dallas Hunter, Mrs. Gerald Moffitt. Mrs. Robert Harris, Rose burg; Glenn Wheeler. Glide; Mrs. William Hamer, Idlevld Park; Mrs. Charles Loyd. Dillard. Mercy Hospital Admitted Surgery: Mrs. W i 1 1 1 a m Mc Laughlin, Mrs. William Evans, Roseburg. Medical: Mrs. Loren Radford, Mrs. George Fritz, Mrs. Clauda Patterson, Roseburg. ' Discharged Mrs. Ravmond Boyd and baby, Donna Ra'e. Riddle; Mrs. Flora Beaver, Roseburg. LOCAL NEWS Return Here Mr. and Mrs. George Trapalis have returned from a trip over the McKenzie River Highway to Redmond where they attended the American Le gion and 40-8 organization conven tions and returned home over the Willamette Highway. Mrs. Trap alis, who is a native of Greece, was greatly pleased with the scen ic trip. Services Set Saturday For Myrtle Creek Child Private graveside funeral serv ices for William Charles Clack, 11 months, who died Thursday after a prolonged illness, are scheduled Saturday at 2 p.m. at the IOOF Cemeterv at Myrtle Creek. I The Rev. Richard C. Zagel of Sutherlin's St. John's Lutheran Church will officiate. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raynor Clack of Myrtle Creek; a broli.er Raynor Jr. of Myrtle Creek; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Clack of Myrtle Creek; and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Eichhoff of Boyes Hot Springs, Calif. The child was born Sept. 7 at Canyonville. Gans Mortuary, Myrtle Creek, is in charge of arrangements. Treat the family to a MICHIGAN VACATION ! AWOL CHARGED A Navy man Thursday took cus tody of Jerald Duane Smiley, 20, 4531 X. SteDhens St., who had been jailed this week on a charge of being AWOL, according to Sher iff Ira C. Bvrd. Winston Special Vote Scheduled For Aug. 16 H. J. Cleve. Winston city record er, reports that a special election is scheduled Aug. 18 at the city offices to determine if tha city will go back into tho Winston-Dillard Water District. When the city incorporated, it was automatically ousted from the district, and has since been get ting water from the Roberts Creek Water District. Cleve said that approval would not mean an increase in taxes. A City Council meeting is sched uled after tha election, reports cor respondent Mrs. Robert Nichols. BELOW NORMAL There will be tittle or no pre cipitation according to the Rose burg Weather Bureau. Tempera tures will average below normal with maximums in the 70's or low 80 s. Minjnnims will range in the 40 s. Two Department Workers Resign Welfare Positions Douglas County Public Welfare Commissioners meeting this week in Roseburg learned of the resig nations of two department employ es and listened as James Torson. Portland, told them of the work of the Society for Crippled Children k Adults. Tho Wednesday meeting was routine otherwise, according to Administrator Mrs. Lois Baker. Resignations came from Miss Bev erly Hatfield and Roy Waters. Both plan to attend graduate school. Mrs. Baker said. Torson, director of tha crippled children's society for the state, de scribed the society's purpose. He was accompanied by E. G. 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