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f. Sutherlin Fete Quesn Contest Ends Thursday The Queen contests for Douglas County Timber Days at Sutherlin Aug. U and 12 will end at 4 p.m Thursday, according to Mrs. Doro thy Wolff, publicity chairman. At that tune, each of the five princesses must rurn in their tick ets to the contest officials for count ing, Mrs. Wolff stated. Candidates for the title are Sharon Cox and La Donna Parker, both of Roseburg; Darlene Fields, Drain; Phyllis Gricse, Winston, and Sandra Mc Cullough, Sutherlin. The queen will be crowned by the Paul Bunyans of Roseburg at the Queen's Ball Friday night at the Legion hall in Sutherlin. Jim my Fox and his orchestra will play for the dance. There will also be a street dance that night with music furnished by Chuck and His Sons of the Saddle. The crowning of the queen and the two dances will officially open the Timber Days celebration. CONGRESSMAN DIES I WASHINGTON I Rep. Carl j Hinshaw (R-Calif), 62, congress I man from the 20th California Dist. I who had served nine terms, died 1 Saturday. Collison With Truck Kills Driver Of Auto . PORTLAND m A freight truck and a car collided in Northwest Portland Saturday, crushing the automobile and killing its driver. He was identified as Charles Arthur Morris, 51, Portland. It was the city's 28(h traffic death of the year, compared with 26 at this time a year ago. Tocff Mon., Aug. 6, 1956 The Newi-Review, Roieburf, Ore. 3 CALENDAR OF EVENTS mi Uiomorrout "The Best Place to ' Shop... After All" iTs Mo J TOWELS BY MARTEX Guest towel re. NQW 35e NOW y con stock P ond the best selling tW w. E... rdet,l7 1 be founds AND NOW. - lovely colorsi Turaunse Charcoal Butterscotch Antique Gold Espresso Brown Shadow Green MjJty Minr Peach Oompagne Crysta pjnk rameo Persian rvvi Diacp- platinum Blush Lemon Ice Blue Mist White Pgr W ARTE X with de. if Oeneroe, 2J. ,w SIZE 'owe for vour 0ns "Ofe r our monui Olln..u --in r Tf Roy ' extra .... ho""k. 'ng-weorin9( "b"'b..l. 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Dougerre's, the Sheriff's Mount ed Patrol business meeting, Court House, 7:30 p.m. Knighli of Pythias, Pythias Hall, regular business meeting, 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served. TUESDAY AUGUST 7 American Ltglon important meeting, Legion House on Harvard Ave., 8 p.m. All Legionaires asked to be present. Camas Valley Gardon Club, 1 I p.m. home of Mrs. Louis Pryor with Mrs. Andrew Nelsen as host ess. Program to be on garden sprays and insecticides by Mrs. Ted Wiley. Duplicate Bridge group, 7:30 p.m. Elks Temple. Open to all bridge players whether Elks or not. Roseburg Kiwanis Club, n o e a. Civic Room of Hotel Umpqua. Associated Volunteers card par ty, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., music room, recreation building, VA Hos pital. Ladies invited. Army Reserve, 8 to 10 p.m., 1814 W. Harvard. Lady Golfers. Boots and Calico Square Dance Club, square and pattern dance, Winston Community Club, 8 p.m. All dancers invited. Eaglts Auxiliary S p.m.. Ea gles Hall. New Fire Siren Installed In Riddle; Four Calls Answered By ERMA BEST The city of Riddle installed a new five-horsepower fire siren dur ing the past week to replace the old siren of only a fraction of one horsepower. The fire department has responded to four calls since its installation. The first came the same day when an abandoned shed burned across the road from the Lester Applegate home. A chim ney fire at the E. R. Alexander home caused minor roof damage on Friday. Saturday the fire truck was called to put out a grass fire along the Cornutt road reportedly caused by sparks from the slab fire at the Pacific Lumber Dis tributors plant. The most damag ing blaze occurred shortly before noon Sunday when a grass fire near the Patrick mill burner ignit ed the W. D. McKay hay field. Kire Chief Don Holcomb estimated that approximately half of the baled hay in the field was burned or damaged before the fire was con trolled. Street Oiling Completed Work of oiling the dirt streets In Riddle was completed last week by the Grants Pass Fuel Oil com pany. The oiling was followed by sanding done by Jim Carrel). A. J. Townsends Return From Journey In East Manager and Mrs. A. J. Town send, of the Douglas County Farm Bureau Cooperative, returned re cently from a five-week lour of ; the eastern states. Main purpose of the trip was to attend the con tention of Rotary International in Philadelphia, Pa. i From Philadelphia, they visited New York City and took a . con ducted week s tour of the New fcng land states. On the way home, they stopped This week the Colorado Fuel and fron Works completed the chain link fence around the sewage dis posal plant. Don Martin of Myrtle Creek, re tained by the city as engineer, is now drawing up plans for a filter basin to be installed at the intake of the water system before the fall rains, according to Richard Baize, city superintendent. This should in sure clear water during the winter months. Mr. and Mrs. Kennclh Stuart re turned Sunday from an extended vacation trip to the NEA conven tion in Portland and to Montana. Returning with (hem for a week's visit was Stuart's aunt, Mrs. Nel lie Stuart, of Sheridan. Following the NEA convention, the Stuarts spent the weekend on the wheat ranch of Mrs. Stuart's aunt, Mrs. Ned Underhill at Dufur. From there they drove to Montana to where Stuart got in some good trout fishing on the ranch of Mr. and Mrs. Webb Brogan. The latter is his aunt. A highlight of this visit was a reunion of the Stuart familv. jHugh A. Stuart, who has spent the pasi iwo years in Kiddle Willi nis son, Kenneth, and the former's sister, Mrs. Barbara Van Natter of Hubbard, also were guests at tne nome ot their sister, Mrs. Bro gan. Hearing of their visit, their only other living brother, David C. Stuart of Sac City, Iowa, and his wife came out to Townsend. It was the first time in 48 years that the four brothers and sisters had been together at the same time. In 1908 thev were residents of os- borne County, Kan. One brother and one sister have passed away since laso. cn route noine the Stu arts visited the Anaconda copper smelter, the Butte mines. Yellow stone Park, Grand Tetons, Jack son Hole, Crate of the Moon na tional monuments, and Mt. Hood i P' "ame t droppers . JANTZIN Vj the recent cloLdburst at Mitchell. . rti . cnn: rtl.in ...I..,..,, 1 . 1 . . ..... iiii. iciiuw aiiuiM, They came home via the John Dav they attended the commencement highway and saw the results of i nephew was a member of the i graduating class. They visited friends in Missouri, Nebraska, Wyoming and Washing ton during the trip. Labor Secretary Sees 'Greatest Era Of Peace' WASHINGTON! Secretary of t.abor Mitchell says administra tion policy and a "growing ma turity" of unions and management have created "the greatest era of industrial peace, outside of war, that we have ever had in this country." Knenkinir nn a filmed television I interview, Mitchell gave major weight to "the government policy of resting on the ability of man agement and labor to settle their own differences." He said he foresees no industrial unrest of the type which shut down the steel industry last month, adding: "I think for the rest of the year we will have a period of industrial peace." Full-fashioned cardipran with its gaminlike collar s is carefully ribbed to figure-flattery. That's be cause it's an ingenious Jantzen Kharafleece char mer, that combines Vicara with finest Australian wool. In twenty shades, durably mothproofed with ' Mitin. 34-40. 12.95 The citified tweed skirt moves with dagger-sharp pleats fore and aft. 100 wonderful wool. Taffeta-lined back an extra fash ion bonus. 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