The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994, September 13, 1955, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text2 The News-Review, Roseburg, Mvrtle Creek's I Teacher Shortage Crops Up Again Mvrtle Creek's teacher shortage has cropped up again, but this time it was just because enroll ment in the city's schools has boomed to a new high of 1,660. Supt. Al Ncet made the report at a school board meeting Monday night, according to correspondent Ruth M. Evans. The board author ized Neet to hire a primary teach er. Gertrude Pruitt, for the Tri CUy School. In other business, a group of South Mvrtle Creek citizens re quested a new type bus on the South Myrtle Creek Road, but the board decided to keep the old bus and hire a new driver. The boundary change requested In allow DUDils in the southern '& tip of the Myrtle Creek district to .'1 attend Canvonville schools came uf-M uo asain. The board decided to table any action uniu ii is aemr mined where the new highway will The board also adopted three policies for high school pupils. 1. Set rules for controlling opcr Minn of ears bv DUDils. 2. Raised the minimum credit requirements for graduation from 19 to 20 beginning with the 1955-56 class. 3. Decided a pupil may miss no more than 19 periods during a sem ester. No credit will be given in a subject if 20 or more classes are missed. The board also heard a report from Jim Olson, new shop teach er, and adopted minor revisions suggested by him for the new shop building. HEARING DESIRED Carl Hester Evans, 25, Suthcrlin, Indicated during an arraignment Tuesday that he wants a prelim inary hearing on a charge of grand larceny. Bail of $500 was contin ued by Justice of the Peace Ward Watson, Suthcrlin. Evans, arrested Saturday by Oakland police, is charged with taking a power saw. Less than 18 per cent of Arizona is privately owned and less than 14 per cent controlled by the slate with more than 41 per cent feder ally owned and more than 26 per cent in Indian reservations. TRI-CITIES y 0 J J u 0 0 L GOING TO ! PENDLETON" ROUNDUP - z 0 h tfl PENDLETON 5 $24.00 plus tax Wnl Coo it AlrDn. pro vldu fail, convenient ichedufu thai will enable 3T you to arrivt lae, rtfrcih- d ond reody-to-go. q Phon OR chard 3-3231 or 2 Ltwlt Travel Service, A ORehard 3-5077 fft MSTCORST niRunes jJ v ID September 13-1 m J O 8 o 2 X 2 j (A ONOW I KNOW WHAT i REAL HEATING COMFORT Ore. Tue., Sept. 13, 1955 I Pf0 Heeded On Plan Pros Heeded On Plan For Street Renumbering (Continued from Page One) Those against the number and street changes generally agreed the change should come some time, but not this Oct. 1. They asked for from one to two years hi inane ine cnange. some of the comments in favor were these: Jack S. McGuire, i manager of iu n i . t, , ft j anu o. o. ouuuian, an uiiL-iuuiuvf u iSnhlAT.c1oLemLa' cuic telephone Co.: It will mean 1 hollies changing 7,000 telephone company I , records and rescting the telephone I .0o,h said that after Symonds ar directories, but it is for the overall rivedJ on the scene In a taxi, a good of the city. "It will he less "owd closld in shouting, it s a costly and more efficient" and will ! European. Pull him out and beat pay off in the long run. j nlm- Al Flcgel, owner of F 1 e g e 1 1 "Suppiah hit Symonds with a Transfer: It will be expensive, but four-foot pole three or four times it will give some rhyme and rea-! until the American fell. Symonds son to streets and numbers. Re- got to his feet and ran about 60 gardless of when it comes, it will feet. The crowd went after him be costly to some. "It is essen tial." H. C. Wells, manager of the Roseburg office of California Ore- gon Power Co.: The longer it is; put off, the more costly it will get. "Let's do it now before the con fusion is compounded." Pete Scrafin, chairman of the Roseburg Planning Commission'; Since protesters present are lim ited wholly to businesses, home owners must be in favor of it. O. J. Felt Jr.,' chairman of the Douglas County Planning Commis sion: The change now being set into operation has gained wide publication since the project was attacked for the first time four years ago. It would be impossible to give systematic house numbers to new homes being built on the outskirts of the city and in unde veloped areas. Number changes will not cause a vital injury to businesses. Millard Doyle, representing the Roseburg Post Office: It will im prove postal service. On the other side of the ledger, the opposition had this to say: William Lvans, manager of : Bearing Sales Co.: "We need the change, nut an l as is more ; time. . .How about putting the ques tion on the ballot. Are we ser vants of government or is it our servant." I,cs Can, owner of Umpqua Cleaners: "I agree we need the chance, but I'd like consideration to be made of the small business- j man. Harold Horn, owner of Horn's Appliance: "It will make the city directory worthless." Henry r. MicriocK jr., insur ance man: It will cost me $.MM). We've got to have more time." Hp said he had heard an estimate of the cost to local businessmen of $252,000. "We've been caught by initialed midway in the latter year, the shirttail." I A few results were shown in Robert K. Simmons, owner of; 1953, although citations were dou the Beverage Shop: "The small I bled 1.8t4 were written. There businesses cannot afford to make the change." Simmons was the only man to swing to the other side of the fence during the progress of the meeting. Near the end of the dis cussion session, he said he had learned more of what the change was about and was in favor of it. "As long as it's going to be done, let's do it now," he concluded. Ellsworth's Aid Enlisted For Correcting Surveys (Continued from Page One) dependent rrsurveys by commis sioning qualified surveyors exact ly the same as minimi claims are surveyed and accepted as official surveys. WHhin certain limits a survey-: or could notify the cadastral en gineer tin the Dept. or Interior) of the need for a dependent resur- vey. ii no acuon is taken turn the private surveyor could serve notice of his intent to make such survey. After the survey is com plete with notes and maps, the government would have a period of time in which to check and in spect the work and accent it as an official government rosurvey. "Inasmuch as the government docs not correct these fraudulent surveys then they should do ev- crything possible to make private ! surveys official and acceplable to government agencies so that the private land owner will not he held forever in fear of a lawsuit for trespass. The committee also notes the government backlog of work, accel erated by logging operations mov ing back into rougher country, has been estimated at 200 years in which It would he necessary, with the available staff, to catch up on survey work. Money is available or could be appropriated to hire personnel to carry out pressing restirveys, t h e committee believes, but experienc ed men cannot be hired at present rate of pay. There are several "no man's lands" in Oregon, including Doug las County, and northern Califor nia. THEFT DENIED Delhert Lee Powell, 21. Winston, pleaded innocent to a petty lar ceny charge Tuesday when ar raigned in district court. Judce Warren A. Woodruff set time for trial at l .to p m. Sept. In. and bail of $250 was continued. Powell posted hail Monday evening after his arrest by a deputy sheriff. He is accused ot taking a tiox of tools belonging to Lethal Clayborn. MORE FAMILIES BUY LENNOX WARM AIR HEATING THAN ANY OTHER MAKE Let us show you why! Riseburg Sheet Metal , 903 Winchester St. Phone OR 3 6055 our etrlit.tl LtKHOi Q,alir WitneSS Testifies On Death Beating SINGAPORE A key wit ness in tne trial oi two men ac cused of murdering American newsman Gene Symonds told the high court Tuesday he saw both defendants battering the United Press Southeast Asia manager during the June 12 riots. Goh An Pong, a 19-year-old la- hnrnr ,aiH ,w h-..,, h.fnrR Su imnH ,.,, ,i,rt h. n. i iiiuiius was mtsuuueu lie saw ung Ah loo, a Chinese truck driver, j e a j and again began to strike him," Goh testified. "I saw Ong too striking Symonds on the head with an empty soft drink case. He hit him continually till he fell and was silent." Light Rainfall Breaks Dry Spell A seven-week drouth in central Douglas County ended this morn ing when moist marine air bearing rain clouds drifted inland from the coast. Last measurable rainfall in the central part of the county was July 27. when .01 of an inch of rain fell. During July, only 1.6 of an inch of rain was recorded and the last heavy rainfall was in the latter part of June. Responsible for the rain was a low pressure center, which the U.. Weather Bureau located off the coast of British Columbia, with frontal systems extending off the Oregon coast, Presence of the centpr Is ex pected to bring a recurring series of showery weather nere inroin Sundnv. Intermittent rain was fore cast for the rest of the day and showers are predicted for Wed-j nesday and Thursday. The rain, which started about', 6:30 a m., measured .12 of an inch! at 10:30 a.m. City's Death-Free Year Cited By Police Chief (Continued from Page One) The enforcement program was were 631 accidents and 57 injuries The payoff came in 1954 , as the public apparently became condi tioned against had driving habits. A high of 1.976 citalions was is sued. But the traffic accidents were reduced by 150 to only 481. The injury list remained high at 53. Olson was al a loss to explain the huge reduction in injuries this year, but pointed out that chance enters in on traffic accidents some times. The margin between an ac cident that injures and one that doesn't apparently is small. "Then, too," the chief said, "the harder they hit, the more chance (here is that someone will be hurt." Olson said that in view of the past record, he "doesn't dare" let Mis department lei up. I here has to be continuous pressure, he maintained. I "The record would he 50 per cent worse than in 1951 if we should let up," he continued, point ing out that the city and its sub- ; urhs are leaping in population and motor vehicle registration. j And he stated that the enforce-j ment program won't continue to j work without continued backing j from the public. I Olson said he's aware that many : accidents aren't reported, bu t i claimed tho investigated mishaps show an accurate picture of the good the program has been doing. Along with Ihe enforcement pro gram the chief gave credit to the institution of the one-way grid sys tem for reducing (he toll. "There are fewer directions to watch and the angles of collision aro reduc ed." he pointed out. the fine car at half the fine-car zr price! Ford mi, Coming September 23 Official Visit Is Scheduled To Order Of The Amaranth imm'bv wK1" wapj MRS. HANS MADSEN . . matron An official visit to the Douglas Court No. 18, Order of the Amar anth, at Roseburg is scheduled Fri day by the grand royal matron and patron of the grand court, state of Oregon. Matron is Mrs. Hans R. Madson of Milwaukie, and patron is J. Ray mond Howell of Oregon City. They will be at the Masonic Temple at Cass and Jackson streets at 8 p.m. Purpose of the visit is to inspect the ritualistic work. The initiatory work of the order will be confer red on several candidates by the of- Street, Water Problem Major Council Business (Continued from Page One) franchise ordinance granting garb age collection to the Sutherlin Trucking Service, effective Dec. 1. 3. Received the annual audit re port, showing a clean bill of health, from the city auditors in Rose burg. 4. Read a letter from Lee Hoff man, contractor for the city's new sewage disposal works, who said he'd have the work done in less than the year required, barring bad weather and other unforeseen circumstances. 5. Issued malt beverage licenses to Ed Smith (Walt's Tavern) and Harold Cox, who will open a new tavern, and a liquor-by-the-drink okav to Russell Hubbard, Sutherlin Hotel. 6. Announced a program of edu cation through . the police and schools to keep children from rid ing bicycles on sidewalks. Bid For Douglas Fir Far Above Appraisal Douglas fir advertised for a $28. 45 minimum bid Monday afternoon was jumped up to $42.75 a thou sand hoard feet as the Evans Prod ucts Co., Coos Bay, bought a 46 acre tract of timber in an Umpqua National Forest sale in Roseburg. The company paM $101,660.50 for the 2,410.000 feet of timber, locat ed in the Steamboat Creek drain age. The appraised price was $65, 8(10 50. The parcel is mostly Douglas fir. Appraised prices were paid on oth er species. Olher bidders were Roseburg Lumber Co., Youngs Bay Lumber Co. and Joelson Lumber Co., all of Roseburg. and Trico Timber Corp., Dlllard. Dalros Representative For Visually Handicapped Dr. A. E. Dalros, member of the Roseburg Elks Ixidge, has been named by the Oregon State Elks Assn. as representative of its visually handicapped Children's Committee in this area. It was reported he will supply information on services provided by the children's eye clinic at the University of Oregon Medical School in Portland. The clinic was founded six years ago under Oregon Elk leadership to help youngsters of needy par ents. The state association's anno al contributions to the support of the clinic is more than $70,000. 'i f - - Av 4, Am mfo?' --' J. RAYMOND HOWELL . . . patron ficers of the Douglas Court -with 1 Mrs. Thomas C. Scott, royal ma , tron, and Frank A. Moore, royal ! patron, presiding. A special feature on the agenda I will be conferral of honors on Mrs. 1 Madsen and Howell and prescnta ' tion of honorary memberships into ; the Dotigias Court to them. Mrs. j Frank Moore will snpervise enter tainment. Mrs. Art Sevall 13 in 1 charge of refreshments after the I meeting, and Mrs. James D. Dob- uin 15 111 L'ttdi 01 uecui auuus. Three members of the Douglas Court also hold grand court of fices or committee assignments. They are: Mrs. Genevieve Phillipi, grand representative to Australia; Robert J. Calcy, grand represen tative to Kentucky; and Thomas C. Scott, addresses and. distribution committee. The local court anticipates at tendance by members from Astor ia, Seaside, Cannon Beach, New port, Bend, Kin math Kalis, Med ford, Springfield, Cottage Grove, Eugene, Salem, Oregon City, Mil waukie, McMinnville, Forest Grove, Hillsboro, Beaverton, G re sham, Parkrose and Porthnd. The Amaranth is a Masonic group. VALUE DAY SPECIAL MEN'S . DACRON-WOOL SUITS - t -4, Sites 37 to 42 k 2 button style Tan or Grey These fine quality suits are wool blended with dacron for year around wear; wrin kle resistant finish. Penney Quality is your greatest saving! Penney's Main Floor Newbry Stresses Driver Training For High Schools Oregon's secretary of state. Earl T. Newbry. launched the 1955- 56 Roseburg Chamber 01 com merce forum luncheon program Monday with a firm stand in fa vor of driver training in high schools. He spoke to some 50 Chamber members and guests in the Hotel Cmpqua. He told the audience preliminary driver training in the high schools has affected a 50 per cent accident rate than among those not get ting the training. He said about a third of Oregon high schools have adopted a driver training plan. He said the emphasis on the h'iman factor was a direct result of the accident figures which show 90 percent of traffic acci dents are caused by it. He said that 90 per cent was caused by vio lation of the basic, common rules of the road. He continued that only 3 to 5 per cent of accidents are caused by mechanical defects and another 3 to 5 per cent by highway engineering. Newbrv related that between 350 and 400 lives are lost each year in traffic accidents. But "just from a mercenary standpoint, we should be interested in highway safety," he pointed out. He said the state loses an estimated 45 miP'on dol lars in produce, merchandise and I vehicles each year as the result of accidents. "You have to drive as thoueh i your own life depended on it," he concluded.. Stolen Record Case, Contents Are Recovered The record case stolen Aug. 18 from the Ilenninger food store at Olenriale was recovered Mondav. Records were intact, reports A. G. Henninger, owner. The case which contained cur rent accounts for August was car ried awav by burglars who aonar en'Jy helieved it contained money. It had been forced open. Fril7. Magi!, who received the nosted reward of S250, reported th.-tt he discovered the case on an old garbage heao off the dirt road south of Glendaie between the city and the highway. MANY OUTSTANDING VALUES IN 45Ffa,n PoTe Yard3e Men's Wcrk Shoes 45 Inches width WOVEN GINGHAM YARDAGE 7k";2H-" Oil remtanr Neoprenc cork M 50t tote Mahogany Elk tanned m I uppen Ideal Service Station m popular ro ruDr,. - Bu, .w end .... P P yard '"" ?ENNEY'S DOWNSTAIRS STORE PENNEY'S MAIN FLOOR Children's Slippers Boy's Red PopSin Jackets Broken sizes 9 to 3 4 A Sires 10 to 16 gc. Girls ond Boys, styles "5 Cotton Poplin jg Odds ond ends 1 gl W Threo only a We need the room , ,. , laeol tor hunting Outstanding values now roir PENNEY'S MAIN FLOOR PENNEY'S MAIN FLOOR Boys' Dress Jackets Drapery Remnants . . . 45" and 48" widths R9 g . Sues 4 to 14 ( W S gf Calisheen rayon ) r Plains- Flo,0,s- Mo)e"J J 1 J Zipper front Lengths up to 5 yards Mmr Grey and Blue Reduced to clear Yard PENNEY'S MAIN FLOOR PENNEY'S DOWNSTAIRS STORE COTTON Sheet Blankets Boys fa,isue Pan,s Large 72" x 90" sire tt',aCA Siie 8' 10' 12 Pastel color, $ j O.O. Khaki color C Printed rayo border Arm' fa,iu s,le I Reduced to clear PENNEY'S DOWNSTAIRS STORE PENNEY'S MAIN FLOOR Women's Dress Sandals . Men's Oxfords Broken sires 6 to 8Vi tf S!ies 7', to lO'j . St Gunmeta, Grey, Bronze $ J U,iner yle $ Three Inch heel Popular crepe sole All leather sole Sanitized Reduced to clear Poir Reduced to clear Poir PENNEY'S MAIN FLOOR PENNEY'S MAIN FLOOR WOMEN'S DRESSES REDUCED f5 9 Nylons and cottons E)l Misses' sizes 10 to 16; half siies I6V2 to 24V2 jJtJ PENNEY'S FASHION BALCONY 4gjr Roseburg Resident Dies In Seattle At Age 75 Word has been received here of the death at Seattle of Vernon A. Wilson, Roseburg. He died Monday at the age of 75. He was born April 19. 1880, at d ;,t xi.nn n moved to i Roseburg in 1947. residing at 128 Houslev St., ana v.-as ci:w, . by Roseburg Lumber Co. until a recent illness. He is survived by his wife, Ber tha; twin sons LeRoy, Roseburg, and Laverne, Seattle, and another ,ters, Mrs. James Knight, Seattle, i Mrs. GJadvs Marshall, Los Ange 'les, and Mrs. Kenneth Gilbert, iLongview; four brothers; three 'sisters; seven grandchildren and tour great-granacnnuifu. Funeral services will be held at Raymond, Wash., later in the week. Former Roseburg Man Succumbs At Coos Bay Word has been received here of the death of William Johnson, 85, Coos Bay. a former Roseburg resident.- Johnson died Monday. Johnson is the father of Mrs. I. B. Thompson of Winston and Wil liam Johnson of Myrtle Creek. They left for Coos Bay after hear in" of the death. Johnson was a Roseburg resident before moving to Coos Bay 27 years ago. Graveside funeral services are scheduled at Civil Bend cemetery Thursday at 2 p.m. HelHel Returns From Trip To Washington SALEM m Public Utilities Commissioner Charles II. llcltzel returned from Washington, D.C., Mondav from a meeting of a com- j 'mittce to study the national box! car shortage. I lie is chairman of the committee. I which was created by the National j Assn. of Railroads and Public j Utilities Commissioners. j I The committee will make a i long-range study of the problem. ' which Hcltzel said is most serious ! in Oregon and the .Midwest stales. MEETING CHANGED The meeting of District No. II. OSNA. announced for tonight will be held instead next Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 7:30 p.m. at Mercy Hospital cafeteria. STARTS 9:30 A.M. EVERY DEPARTMENT! BE Two Prospectors Reported Missing LONGVIEW, Wash. Two elderly uranium prospectors, ased 75 anil 85. were reported missing Tuesday in the rugged Ml. St. Helens area where they had set out on trails they had known 50 years ago. A terse message relayed from Spirit Lake by the U.S. Forest Service identified the man as J, F. F.astle, 8.5, of Tacoma and C. H. Alger, 75, from California. Al. ger's home city was not known. They were reported to have been missing in Ihe mountainous region since Sunday. Only meager details were available over the Forest Service radio link with the area, 80 miles away. A search was organized after a third member of the party, even older than the other two, told of the pair setting out from their camp and failing to return. Hospital News Douglas Community Hospital Admitted Surgery: Roger Dunnihoo. Rose burg; Mrs. Theodore Powell, Oak land; Herbert Melvin. Glide; Mrs. George Ashley, Winston. Medical: Harold Shanks, Mrs. Charles Pierce. Roseburg; Mrs. Joe Stroop, I'mnqua. Discharged Mrs. Orn Tabor. Mrs. Harold Moore. Sutherlin: Robert McCoy, Riddle: Mrs. George Fisher. Dil lard; 3. Taylor McCord, Glide; Mrs. Wcslon Crow. Mrs. Leonard Swanzy, Mrs. Rodney Atterbury, Roseburg. Mercy Hospital Admitted Surgery: Clayre Carter, Larry Swift, Mrs. Frances Main, Rose burg; Stephen Dunn, Glide. Medical: Cecil Anderson, Win ston; Mrs. Jay Withers, Mrs. Robert O'Niel. Roseburg. Discharged Frank Wittie, Mrs. Sidney Myers, Virgil Ruyburn, Mrs. Harold Field and baby, John David; Mrs. Arthur Matthews and baby, Rob ert Rovce. Roseburg; Mrs. Lea- ' mon Turner and baby. Steven Ger ard. Idleyld Park; Mrs. Earl Weseman, Days Creek. WEDNESDAY EARLY!