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I 2 The News-Review, Roseburg, Carnival Court Is Chosen At Elkton By MRS. ARIEL HUBBARD Carnival court for the Elkton High School carnival to be held Nov. 4 have been selected: sen iors, princess, Audrey Hcndrick son; escort, Richard McDonald; guard, Darrell Halsey; juniors: Princess, Donna Stauffcr; es cort, Dick Johnson; guard Gary Moore; sophomores: princess, Elaine Whitfield; escort, Larry Ed monson; guard, Ralph Bcal, and freshmen, princess, Myrna Hal sey; escort, Wayne Stauffer; guard, Leonard Halsey. The princesses will make boxes to be put in the business establish ments in Elkton and the girls will get one vote for each penny. The senior class lias selected the play "Hill-billie Courtship" for Ihcir senior play to be presented Nov. 18 at the high school gym. Mr. Pitts is helping with the di recting. There were two new students en rolled in high school this week, sophomore, Mary White, Camas Valley, and freshman, Hazel Blake, Friday evening a bus driven by Hcnvcncr, OKia. Ted Taylor took 14 students and Mrs. Bauer to Eugene to McAr- Ihur Court for a concert by Mat- tiwalda Dobbs, colortura soprano, presented by the Civic Music Assn, U. N. Sidesteps Russia's Demand For Quick Debate UNITED NATIONS. N Y. The UN. Assembly Political Com mittee Friday brushed aside with out a vote Soviet Russia's demand for a quick disarmament debate here. It avoided a direct test by voting 49-5 (Soviet bloc) to take up next in its work program steps to study atomic radiation hazards. The de bate on .his will begin Monday. V, V. Kuznetsox, deputy Soviet foreign minister, first insisted on the debate because he said it would help the Big Four foreign ministers meeting at Geneva. Disarmament ' is one of their topics. Western del egates said such a debate here would hamper the Geneva talks. The 12 n a t i o n Disarmament Commission swamped a similar Soviet request last week. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., chief U.S. delegate, was quick to oppose Kuznctsox's move. He said it would be belter lo wait a few weeks until all the information was available. It would he imprudent to lake up the question now, he said. Vital Statistics Marrlagt Licenses Uiutd WAUNKR-BISHOP Kenneth 1 V. Warner, Days Creek, and Mary! M. Bishop, Canyonville. CLtiVKLAND - McDONAIJ) Vivian E. Cleveland and Jean Mc Donald, both of Koseburg. Eugent Licenses o; E E H 1) K S - STING LKY Charles Arthur Geordes, Gardiner, and Diane Kathleen Stinglcy, Rccdsport. Divorce Cranttd HUTCHINSON Harry W. from Mildred Naomi Hutchinson. Prop erly settlement ratified. Plaintiff awarded ear. Defendant awarded car, personal property. Dtvorct Suit Filtd SOS1C George vs. Marie F. Sosic. Married April 16, 1W18, at San Francisco, Calif. Cruel and in human treatment charged. Plain liff offers to grant defendant $.1, ooo under provisions o a property settlement agreement. LODGED IN JAIL Andrew Virgil Ball, 4.1, Siithcr lin, was lodged in the counly jail Thursday under $500 'bail on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. Ball was arraign ed before Justice of the Peace Ward C. Watson following his ar rest by a deputy sheriff. SLATES SALE Tho Associated Volunteers are sponsoring a rummage sale Satur day at the Episcopal Parish Hall, starting at 8 a.m. Proceeds will be used to sponsor Tuesday night card parties al Veterans Hospital. Persons having rummage mav call Olt J-4120. Experiep.ce is a Better Teacher IF YOU'RE STILL insuring for what your property was worth n few years ago . . . instead of what is is worth today . . . Fire may teach you an expen sive lesson. Be smart! Make sure NOW that you have adequate' in surance protection. Call on Roy 0. Young & Son INSURANCE Dial OR 3-6671 205 West Cast Street ROSEBURG, OREGON Ore. Fri., Oct. 28, 19S5 President Works On State Of Union Message Friday j DKNVKR ifl President Eisen hower Friday worked some more on his State of the Union message, received reports on the Geneva foreign ministers conference, and had a new set of chest X-rays taken by his physicians. The recuperating President also sent off a message of sympathy on the dcalh of Clark Griffith, 85-ycar-old owner of the Washington Sen ators baseball club. A 10:45 a.m. bulletin from Fitz simons Army Hospital reported that Eisenhower was continuing to progress satisfactorily after an other good night's sleep of 7'z hours. The bulletin said, too, the Presi dent got in some more work on the Slate of the Union message which he will send to Congress in Janu ary. The Chief Executive got Marled Thursday on a preliminary draft of the message which will outline the administration's 1956 legislative program. James C. Ilagerty, White House press secretary, reported that Ei senhower is receiving daily reports from Secretary of State Dulles on Ihc Big Four foreign ministers' conference which opened in Gen eva Thursday. After studying those "reports and working on the State of the Union message, the President was taken by wheelchair to the hospital's X ray department. There, the medical bulletin re ported, he had chest X-rays which will show his doctors whether the attack of Sent. 24 enlarged his heart. Railroad, Union Reach Agreement On Wage Raises CHICAGO i Representatives of the nation's Class 1 railroads and the Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers Friday reached agree ment on the union's demands for wage increases for road and yard engineers, A joint carrier-brotherhood an nouncement said the agreement calls for a general wage increase of 5 per cent in the average ba sic daily rates of locomotive engi neers. An additional 2 per cent is to he added "as an ad)iistment of differential inequities between lo comotive engineers and employes in other classes of railroad serv ice. I he announcement said. Ahoul 48.OO0 engineers are af fected by the agreement, which is retroactive lo Oct. 1, this year. A portion of the increases grant ed is in lieu of a health and wel fare fund. "If the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Engineers moves for a carrier-financed health and welfare plan on individual railroads," the announcement said, "the agree ment provides that up to 4 cents an hour will be credited to the railroads for payment of such ben efits." The settlement also provides for establishments of a five-day week for yard engineers if it is request ed on' all the nation's railroads. School Superintendent Is Placed On Probation EUGENE 11 Virgil G. Kings ley, 46. former superintendent of the Cottage Grove High School dis trict, was placed on probation for seven and one-half years here Fri day. Kingsley had pleaded guilty to converting more lhan $11,000 dol lars in district funds to his own use. Circuit Judge Frank Heid granted Kingsley probation afler his attorney said arrangements had been made to pay back the money. Kingsley would sell his house and borrow additional funds to make restitution, the attorney said. Petitions signed hy 117 Cottage Grove people, asking probation, wero presented to Ihe court. H cards AMn. MANY STYUS . A. U. WlcounnucYiQN (g J- c- SPORTING GOODS ftjr - $ "m?r CAMERA" STORE f Roseburg Lions Aiding Retarded Children's School Koseburg Lions Club has taken on a project of assisting the Re tarded Children's Assn. school. On Wednesday this week two of the members, Charles Church, chairman, of the Lions' children's committee, and Roy Hebard paint ed one of the rooms of the West side Christian Church, where the school is held. On Thursday night next week the club will hold its business meet ing and then adjourn to the church to do additional painting and other needed work. Paint, donated by members and by Gerrutsen Building Supply. and numerous small pieces of lumber and some tools have been gathered for use at the school by club members. The school is op - claims w n hum i. luiiiin i ' 7ipian uver jasi year io sdu. ana wun aonaiea ume ny me in structors, so any assistance indi viduals can give will be welcomed, I said Church. I At Thursday's club meeting it was announced two pairs of glass ! es had been provided children as part of the club's sight conserva- I tion program.' Frank Purdv announced the an- ' ntial banquet honoring football plavers will be held the night of : Nelson, Mrs. Harold (Irv) Pugh, iNov. 23 with Oregon State College! Mrs. H. A. Tharp, Mrs. C. W. Fer i Fnnihall Coach Tom Prothro as her. Mrs. T. E. Lindbloom. Mrs ! the speaker. I Thursday's program was the Mrs- Horton. showing of a film, "The First Bar-1 Meanwhile, Arthur Judd, chair- ! rel," produced bv Shell Oil Co. in man of the chapter plan in Rose connection with Oil Progress Week. burg schools, said teachers and Cal Massey, local Shell manag- er, emphasized that the oil lnnus- try is trying to point out that, while it is big. competition is keen, and competition makes for a belter product. The film carried the development 01 oil wens irom Ihe initial survey of fields to the finished product. Rioting Marks Cyprus Services NICOSIA, Cyprus (jfl Church services marking the anniversary of Ihe Greek entry into World War II sparked violence in strife-torn Cyprus Friday. A crowd or several hundred Cypriots of Greek origin formed afler a service conducted in Ni- lv charged the influential London cosia's biggest church by Arch-1 Times with an "ill-disguised at hishop Makanos leader of the tempt lo force Princess Margaret union-wilh-Greece movement in inlo giving up the man she loves mis nmiMi coiuiiy. me iiiuu u ieu in sma.sn inruugn naroen wire barricades held by police and Brit ish troops. Three British com mandos were hurt. The jeering crowd hurled stones at the soldiers. The troops used tear gas lo disperse it. No civilian casualties were reported. In Kamagusta, a crowd of sever al thousand people gathered after Ihe local service and a bomb ex ploded. Police charged the crowd with balons and troops fired tear gas shells. There were no casual ties. Annual Trophy Dinner To Be Held Saturday The annual trophy dinner to be held at the Roseburg Country Club will be an event of 7:30 p.m. .Saturday Oct. 29, at Ihe club-, A rare phenomenon on the court house. Awarding of Irophies to , house grounds was reported Thurs both men and women winners will ,y by Jane Wharton, secretary he made at the dinner. Reserva- l0 le County Court, lions for the affair may he made j she nninled nut thai the Chinee hy calling the clubhouse. MEETING CANCELED The meeting of the Winslon-Dil-lard Ground Observer Corns. scheduled for Monday evening, has been canceled. Ihe next meeting will he Nov. 28 at the Winston Community Hall. CUB PACK MEETING Cub Pack 408 of Riverside School will meet Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Ihe school gym. Several Bobcat and two Wehelo degrees will he awarded. Glen Hunter will attend the meeling and welcome the Wt - helns into the Boy Scouts. United Fund Hits 40 Per Cent Of Desired Coal The Central Douglas United Fund campaign has reached 40 per cent of its goal, according to j Chairman James Richmond. Total collections edged to $21,000 this week as a "definite trend of in creased coverages became appar ent," Richmond said. Richmond reported certain chap ter plan firms have completed employe solicitations and that the results were "most encouraging." He said employes of Todd Build ing Co., Sun Studs Inc. and Ump qua Dairy Products have all com pleted their chapter plan solicita tions. Reports from each indicate 100 ner cent UF Darticination. Richmond pointed out that Youngs Bay Lumber Co. had increased its j firm gift by 2 times to $1,250. Todd Building Co. employes have more than doubled their chapter Elsewhere on the UF scene, M u. ueiier, chairman of the resi dential division, revealed the first completed report from solicitation of homes in Central Douglas Coun ty had been received Thursday from Mrs. Wayne Crooch and Mrs. Clifford Morris, co-chairmen of solicitations in the Calkins Road area. Solicitors in the area were: Mrs. William Miles, Mrs. John i -Milton Hard, Mrs. C. S. Rush and i 0 ner nooi employes wm com plete their coverage soon. Richmond said today the key to an "over-the-top" campaign rests entirely with "giving everyone a chance to give." He said a step- ped-up etlort to contact all pros- ! pects with the least possible I 'ay would boost receipts sub.' ; de- recemts substan tially. He said some divisions have been slow in making calls assigned them. The UF goal is $52,289. Opposition Paper Slaps At Times LONDON il The widelv read I London Dailv Mirror lodav "bitter- ny a Dollying ultimatum. In one of Ihe most savage at tacks ever made by one British newspaper upon another, .the tab loid said the Times' editorial lec ture to Ihe princess Wednesday bore "no relation to the wishes of the vast majority of people." The Mirror, which claims a daily circulation of more than mil lion, the world's largest, described the Times as a "newspaper sell ing 221.972 copies a day." "It speaks for a dusty world and a forgotten age," said the Mirror. "Any idea that the Times and its stuffy cronies speak with authority and finality must be scotched." j Rare Chinese Dove Tree Blooming At Courthouse dove tree on Ihe southwest cor ner of the grounds has blossoms on It, despite the fact most of its leaves have fallen off. the rare tree, one of only a few in the United Stales, blooms in the spring, but has never bloomed Ihe fall before this year, M i s s Wharton said. PEDESTRIAN KILLED PORTLAND i.n A 63-year-old woman, Frieda Wilson, died Thurs day nichl of ininrifft .iiffprnH n few hours earlier when hit bv a car at an intersection. Witnesses ' said she walked against a red i light. Russia, West Powers Deadlock Over Issues (Continued from Page One; Soviet proposals put forward at Geneva (in July) does not end the division of Germany." In their proposal U.S. Secretary of State Dulles, British Foreign Secretary MacMillan and French Foreign Minister Pinay put for ward again a plan for unifying Germany through free elections under Big Four supervision. Vir tually the same plan was presented 20 months ago at the Berlin Big Four conference. The security clause of Friday's proposed treaty says "an attack in Europe by any party, which is also a member of NATO (specifi cally meaning united Germany), or vice versa, would endanger the peace and security which is the object of this treaty, and that all the parties would then take ap propriate action to meet that com mon danger." The treaty proposed by Ihe West would have as its essential sig natories, officials said, the United States, Britain, France, Russia, Poland and Czechoslovakia and eventually a unified Germany. LEGION CONFERENCE The American Legion Djst. 14 membership conference and offi cers school will be held Sundav at 1 p m. at the Legion Hall in Sutherlin. Joe McDonald, depart ment adjutant, and Don Eva, state vice commander will be present. All members are welcome. 245 N. MAIN here is new informal elegance in tv design from the west Box Social Slated For Nonpariel Club The Nonpariel Community Club was held Wednesday evening at the school, with various matters of business being transacted. It was decided to have a box social at the Fair Oaks Grange Hall Nov. 19. A movie will be shown afterwards, and proceeds will be to finance the Christmas party for the Nonpariel children. A 'report was given on the pro gress of the lawn project. Mrs. Ruby. Itolloway'i room won the prize for having t h e most parents present. The eve nings program was put on by the pupils. Refreshments were served by the club. The next meeting will be Nov. 16. The program will be led by the second grade. Refreshments will be served byt he second grade mothers. Umpqua Valley Bureau Has Dinner At Elkton Umpqua Valley Farm Bureau held ils regular meeting at the IOOF Hall in Elkton Monday. The members enjoyed a potluck sup per. Business meeting was held and the nominating committee present ed the following officers for the coming year, who were all accept ed: chairman, Henry Brown) vice chairman, Christian Hancock; sec retary - treasurer, Earl Marsh: womens chairman, Helen Wilson and deputy chairman, Norman Compton. The new officers will take of fice at the next meting, Nov. 28. OPEN FRIDAY California rtt. Will Of William Fox I Admitted To Probate j The will of William E. Fox, who died at Medford on April 8. has been admitted to probate in Doug- las Countv Circuit Court. i.,u wat nnpratAr of the Diamond Lake Resort at the time; i of his death, left personal property i with a probable value of $26,000, it ! was estimated. i The widow, Thelma V. Fox, will , ibe executrix of the estate. A daugh-j ter also survives, rtppoimcu 1 tate appraisers are L. C. Taylor,: Tom Calvert and Elvin Eads. County Education Assn. Has Meet At Sutherlin The Northeast section of the Douglas County Oregon Education Assn. met at Sutherlin High School Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. for a dinner meeting. The meal was pre pared bv the executive council of the Sutherlin PTA. The president, George Winter botham of Elkton. introduced the officers Tom Hebner, of Suther lin, vice - president Mr. Wolf hagen. Sutherlin, secretary; and Mr. Giederman of Drain, treas urer. Former Douglas Co. Agent Takes Coos County Post Former Douglas County Exten sion Agent Betty Jane Patterson Metzler has been named to a sim ilar position in Coos Bounty. Mrs. Metzler will replace Miss Emma Lou Webster in December. Miss Webster will take a position in Multnomah County. EVENING UNTIL 9 P.M. casuaS ft r t t t.t Fv 'tvjr. The gracious informality of western living is reflected in this superb Hoffman styling in solid ash. Striking "plank" construction enhances the irregular figurations of the wood, handrubbed and finished in warm tones. Superb TV performance, too, with Hoffman's New Black Easy-Vision Lens that increases picture contrast by 76fc, and a separate Speaker Base for dual-speaker sound. See it today. Innocent Verdict On Rape Charge Elicits Abuse NEWPORT, Ore. i Jurors returned an innocent verdict in a rape trial here this week after noon and were greeted by abusive words as they filed out of the court room into a crowd of some 40 per sons gathered in the corridor. Circuit Judge Fred McHenry, hearing the commotion, directed Sheriff's Deputy Jack Waterman to bring in anyone abusing the jur ors. Waterman brought the Rev. George Virgil Dexter, pastor of the Free Methodist Church, before the judge. McHenry said that '"when this pastor was brought in he calmed down and became quite apolo getic." The judge directed Waterman to protect the jury and the deputy escorted two of the women mem bers of the jury to their homes. The others had proceeded past the crowd. The trial was that of Leslie Lee Henry, 23, of Toledo, Ore., charged with rape of a 17-year-old Newport girl, a member of the Rev. Mr, Dexter's congregation. Henry's fiancee attended the trial and stood by him. On his ac quittal, Henry said his immediate plans were to get a job and get married, possibly returning to his former home of Sweet Home. Plywood is being used in the inner planking for added water tightness in the construction of the navy's new picket boats. PH. OR 3-4315 1 - Tj 4 f" W fcijx erj THE RANCHO tl-inch conioltttt in solid aiii, efcerry fini$h. Sptakir 6at 359 95 'U 1 1 wi .,.J
