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2 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Mon., June 1, 1959 Nation's Auto Toll More Than 300 Persons Die In Traffic During Two Days Exceeds Forecast By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS More than 300 persons lost their lives in traffic accidents across the nation during the two-day Memorial weekend. The traffic toll of dead was a record for the holiday and far exceeded the es timate of 260. The National Safety Cornell at tributed the record number of traffic deaths largely to extremely National Holiday Toll By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Traffic 309 Drownings 100 Miscellaneous 49 Total 458 heavy travel and to a rash of multiple accidents that swelled the toll rapidly. "It offers a grim challenge to every one concerned with highway afotv In .ten ud the unending ef forts to hold down accidents de sDite mounting travel." a NSC spokesman said. "We can onr hone the shock of this awful deatl toll will bo reflected in fewer ac cidents during the rest, oi uie year." nthar vinlnnt deaths drown ings and in miscellaneous types of accidents aiso iook a ueavy wu. Holiday Mark Topped The over-all accident death total for the 54-hour nenod from 6 p.m. local time Friday to midniiiht Sun day also topped the toil ot 3na lor a two-day Memorial holiday pe riod. That mark was set in 1953 Minor Injuries Result Of Wreck Joseph Frank Guse, 1351 SE Mill St.. Roseburg, suffered a small cut on the rieht side of his head Sun day after he lost control of his 195T model sedan on Highway 99 BR near the south Roseburg city limits, according to state police. Guse was apparently southbound when ha lost control of his car. struck a bank on the east side of the highway and came to rest In tne norcnDOuna lane or iranic, pu lice said. The car was listed as a total wreck. The accident was re ported about 10 a.m. GRAHAM FLIES TO EUROPE BRISBANE, Australia (AP) Billy Graham was flying to Ku roDe today, his three-month reviv al campaign in Australia and New Zealand a nuga success. GIFT FOR THE GRADUATE At West Bros. Jewelers &&xffr miss AMERICA 17 lawtla unbraaliable mainspring eitpanilon bracalat $35" when the traffic death toll was 241, the orevious high. Belated reports were expected to boost the totals. The highway death total also was far ahead of the 282 counted by The Associated Press In a test period survey for a non-holiday weekend oi &4 nours. ine survey, covering the period from 6 p.m. Friday May 15. to midnight Sun day, May 17, also showed 32 drown ings and 74 persons killed in mis cellaneous types of accidents, for an over-ail total or 3(B. There were several multiple- death auto crashes. In one of the worst, a mother and four of her five children were killed Sunday when the family car was hit by a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train at a rural crossing near Crown Point, Ind. The fifth child was injured but the father, who was driving, escaped wnnoui se rious injuries. Holiday Counts 6 Oregon Dead By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oregon paused over the week end to honor its dead. By the time the Memorial Day holiday ended, the weekend death toll stood at six. There was an additional grim note to the holiday as the bodies of two persons were recovered who perished in earlier accidents. At Depoe Bay, the Coast Guard Sunday recovered the body of Jul ian Sloan, 10, Beavcrton, who drowned with Margaret Gray, 37, Portland, after they set out for a beach stroll May 8. The Coast Guard also recovered the body of Norman Lewis Baker, 17, Waldport, Sunday from a little lake just north of Waldport. The high school student vanish ed after going for a walk May 22. As fair weather swelled the rush of traffic Sunday, the first auto fatalities of the weekend were re- . noDerr aiewari, a, was nirucK and killed by a car near his Sa lem home. Gary Edward Streetcr, 16, Hood River, also perished in a traffic accident. Ho died when a car in which. he was riding hit a utility pole and overturned near Hood Riv er. Earlier, on Saturday, the Coast Guard found a boat washed up on the shore near Wnldoort, Authorities said the occupants of the boat, John Clark, 47, and his brother, Kenneth Clark, 50, both of Scio, apparently drowned. Two . other men also lost their lives in Saturday mishaps. Elmer Wickman, 65, died In an apartment fire in Portland and Wil liam Farmer, 57, Springfield, suf fered a fatal heart attack on a holi day hike in the Williamctte Pass area. The May highway traffic toll In Oregon In the Associated Press tab ulation stood at 39 after the Me morial Day weekend. The total for the year was at na. v, I 2sr'yk' ' A HONORING THE VETERANS who gave, the Veterans Administration Volunteer Services Commission presented a portoble public address system to the Roseburg Veterans Hospital Saturday during Memorial Day observances. James V. Adamo, Elkton, commander of the American Legion's District 14 in Douglas County, left, made the presentation to Dr. J. A. Doering, hospital manager, right. The gift was made possible through the "Gifts to the Yonks Who Gave" fund. (Dick Gilman) TOPS ON AMERICA'S GIFT LIST1 oNir JM DOWN Price Includes Federal Tax MWMlV ROSEBW33 OCCOON two- Reedsport Schedules School Pid Opening Bids for construction of a room biology unit at Rcedsport High School will be opened June 9 in the district's administrative of flees in Rcedsport. Plans for the project have been preporcd by Balzhiscr, Seder & Rhodes, Eugene architectural firm. Rcedsport voters In April ao- proved a $50,000 bond issue for the construction. CHAMBER TO MEET Oakland Chamber of Commerce will meet at the Veterans Buildina tonight for a 7 o'clock dinner serv ed by Beta Pi sorority. Four Sessions Set At Tenmile Camp Four separate 10-day sessions for specified age groups have been slated for summer camps for crip pled children and adults Camp Easier Seal at Tenmile Lake. The first session will be June 28 to July 7, for children from 7 to 10 years old. Children from 11 to 14 will attend Ine camp irom July 11 to July 20, with the 15 to 18-ycar-old group taking over from July 21 to Aug. 2. Persons 19 years of age and older will attend camp Aug. 6 to Aug. 15. Cost fur a single enrollment at the camp is $25, with application blanks obtainable at the county health office in ihc courthouse, said Don Hagcdorn, representing the Easter Seal-financed operation in Douglas County. Eight youngsters from the coun ty attended the camp last year, noted Hagcdorn. Hospital News William Victor Boyd Funeral services for William Vic tor Boyd, 89, former Douglas Coun ty school teacher and long - time resident of this area who died last Thursday, will be in the chapel of Long & Orr Mortuary Tuesday at 2 p.m. Ritualistic services will be con ducted under the auspices of Phile tarian Lodge No. 8, IOOF, Rose burg. Concluding services and in terment will follow in Civil Bend Cemetery. IOOK members will as semble at the lodge hall In Rose burg at 1:30 p.m. to attend the funeral in a body. Walter Fairfield Malta Walter Fairfield Malin, 79, Milo, died Saturday afternoon at the home of his stepdaughter, Mrs. Clayton Mather of Milo. The body has been removed to Ganz Mortuary in Myrtle Creek where funeral arrangements arc pending word from Matin's son Air Force Mai. Walter A. Malin who is stationed in France and on vacation in Spain. 2 Escape Crash Injuries SULTAN, Wash. (AP) A light plane s engine quit just after take off from this Snohomish County community Sunday and the craft smashed into trees near the Stov- ens Pass Highway. The pilot, Lee F. Davies, 66, and his passenger, Clair Gannon, es caped injury. Both are from the Seattle suburb of Kenmore. Mercy Hospital Admitted Medical: Mrs. John Anglin, Oak land; Mrs. George Dcnley, Mrs. David Bartel, Sutherlin; Mrs. Hen ry Thomas, James Jackson, Jerry Broxson, Mrs. Richard Heath, Isa bella Bitzer, Roseburg; John Brown, Riddle; Julia Taroz, -Dil-lard; Mrs. Henry Fleck, Winchester. Surgtryt George Monroe, Robin Jennie, Winston; Mrs. Ernest Gard ner, KoseDurg. Discharged Mrs. Thomas Proctor. Ella Len ox, Fred Miltenberger, Eugene Goodier, William Schultz, Mrs. Wil liam l.uhman, Grace Bush, Mrs. Arthur McGhehey. Mrs. Rolland Davis, Roseburg; Mrs. Howard Haskell, Mrs. Dale Chandler, Mil lie Hcmbree, Sutherlin; Barbara Bingham, Riddle: Diana Crcach, Mrs. Stephen Davis, Mrs. Jack Houston and son, Dallen Morley, Oakland: Linda Parker, Mrs. Ger ald Parker and daughter, Nancy Jean, Glide; Mrs. Webster Brigss and son, Matthew Lee, Myrtle , Creek. Douglas Community Hospital Admitted Medical: Earl Markillie, Oak land; Daniel Hicks, Mrs. Boydi Gregory, Winchester; Mrs. David Prooks, Gayle Christopherson, Inez Downing, Oscar Means, Richard Hollopeter, Winona Lopossa, Lee I Cooper, Keith McClendon, M r s. I Roger Sanders, Roseburg; M r s. j Melvin Curtis, Sutherlin; M r s. j Thomas Shepherd, Glide. i Surgery: Ida May Williams, John Maddox, Bob Fender, Mrs. Dave Almada. Pat McMullcn, Phillip Gould, Darla Delbrouck, S a 1 1 y j Adams. Mrs. Gene Perry, Rose burg; Mrs. Robert Decamp, Toke- tee. Discharged Leonard Stender. Reese Palmer, Mrs. F. Keith Cashner, Mrs. Jack Lander, Eugene Rue, Mamie Mc- Murry, Mrs. William Delaney, Roy i Sams, Mrs. Charles Hopkins, Ray mond Kiefer, Donald McEwing, Mrs. Elmer Dement and daughter, ! Donna Gail; Mrs. Ben Kcmpke and daughter, Tami Jean; Mrs. Wen dell Rockwell and daughter, Jen nie Louise; Paul Weaver, Rose burg; William Stedman, Thomas Faulkner, Glide: Robin Weber,! Sutherlin: Mrs. Millard Burns. Ev erett Tiffin, Myrtle Creek; Robert; Wallace, Spokane, wash. Roseburg Youths Hurt In Car Crash Three Roseburg youths on their way from college in oouui Caro lina to Roseburg were injured Fri day morning in a one-car accident about seven miles from Grants, N.M. They were Fred Skeels, son of Mr. and Mrs. Verl M, Skeels; Pat sy Schemer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred schemer, ana a wag goner, ton of Mrs. Dale Cren shaw. The youths are students at Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C. Three other college students were also in the car. They were Bill Yost of Allentown, Perm.; Lo well Thomas of Eugene and Joyce Shumate of Alaska. According to the McKinley Coun tv Red Cross chapter m Gallup N.M., Waggoner may have a slight concussion. He was to nave start ed work today in the News-Review composing room. The other two Roseburg youtns, akeeis ana scner- ner, suffered minor abrasions ana were treated as out-patients at St. Mary's Hospital in Gallup, accord ing to the Red Cross. Mrs. Cren shaw has gone to Gallup to bring her son back to Roseburg, accord ing to Mrs. Skeels. Firewood Blaze Causes Damage Roseburg firemen were called to a Roseburg Lumber Co. wood lot near NE Fulton St. and Commer cial Ave. about 2:30 p.m. Satur day when fire broke out in wood stored there. Cause of the blaze, which did an estimated $100 damage, is undeter mined, firemen said. Three trucks answered the general alarm and were at the scene about ltt hours. In another blaze this weekend, Roseburg rural firemen stood by while the frame of an abandoned nlanine mill burned. The depart ment was called to the scene about 4:45 p.m. on Highway 99 BR about four miles south ot the nosemirg city limits. Cause of the blaze was listed by the department as possibly old oily rags ignited or children play ing in the area. The mill bad been dismantled. Year In Jail Result Of Bad Check Count Two persons were arraigned in circuit court Friday where one pleaded guilty and the other in nocent. Pleading guilty to a charge of obtaining money by false pretens es was Floyd Rayn.ond Hansen, 23, Oakridge. Judge Charles S. Woodrich sentenced him to one year in the Douglas County jail and fined him $250. He was accused in a district at torney's information of passing a $30 worthless check May 26 at the Cavalier Lodge in Roseburg. Han sen was held to answer to the charge earlier in the day in dis trict court. In the other case, Jack Alloway, 21, of 1112 NE Freemont Ave., Roseburg, pleaded innocent to a grand jury indictment charging him with rape. Judge Robert Davis set trial for 10 a.m. July 21. He is accused in the indictment of being involved with a 14-year-old girl. Decking Of Boats Used As Vandals' Firewood Damage to boats Friday night at Cleveland Rapids was reported Saturday to state police. Glenn H. Taylor told police someone had taken the floorboards from his and one other boat and used the material for firewood. A seat box lid from a boat be longing to Lawrence Krogel was also used for firewood and the oth er boat damaged belonged to Son ny Ott, Taylor said. Camas Valley Fills Teaching Positions All staff positions in the Cam as Valley scnooi District nave been filled with the hiring of three new teachers. The new instructors are James Nelson, high school mathematics and social science; Donald Wiens, high school science, and Marvin Seeman, eigntn graue. Airs. Lu cille Catchpole will teach sixth and seventh graders after an absence ut one year. Several changes in elementary teachers' stations were necessi. tated by enrollment shifts, noted Supt. J. Clyde Akey. Teachers to be retained include Mrs. Hazel Pelzer, first and second grades; Mrs. Mary Jane Spurlock, third grade; Mrs. Dorothy Lowman, fourth and fifth grades; Mrs. Lu cille Harwood, high school com ciaL courses and librarian, and Melvin Jones, high school lan guage arts and. vice principal. Akey is contracted for two years. R. P. Wheeler will be retained as clerk for the district. Elijah F.Ollivant Elijah Frederick OlUvant, 77, lifelong resident of Lookingglass, died in a Eugene hospital Sunday. He was born at Lookingglass Feb. 26, 1882, the son of Elijah and Lucretia OlUvant, Douglas County pioneers. His wife, Carrie Coleman Ollivant, preceded him in death In 1927. Surviving are three daughters Mrs. T. M. (Betty) Hansey, Eu Bene: Mrs. Delton (Mildred) Thiele, Yoncalla, and Mrs. Fred (Helen) Delbert Ollivant, Roseburg; four brothers. Thomas. Roseburg and Eugene, George and Earl, all of Olalla; two sisters, Mrs. George Bacon. Berke ey. Calif., ana Mrs. Yata r.hnmhorlnin RoKphlirif. and 12 grandchildren. of the local win De cauea Dy Alice The body has been removed to I Christiansen, president, to consider Long & Orr Mortuary. Funeral ar- the latest contract offer by opera rangements will be announced la-' tors. Time for the meeting has not ter. yet ueeu sei. Contract Settlement Expected By Bars, Cafes There was still no settlement of contract terms today between the Hotel and Restaurant Employers & Bartenders Local 293 and opera tors today, but a decision was ex pected within the next day or so. The contract between the local and operators expired today. Hazel Guthrie, secretary, said a meeting Lipman Store Planned PORTLAND (AP) Lipman Wolfe & Co. a major department store here says it will build a new store in the suburbs. The firm plans a new store in Eastport Plaza, a 28-acre ship ping center to be built this year east of Southeast 82nd Avenue at an estimated five million dollars cost Rancher's Sheep Gone W. E. Wilshlre, 817 W. Princton Ave., reported to state police Sun day that someone had left a gate open on his ranch near Melrose and 10 yearling sheep which had recently been sheared were let loose. He told the police they were missing. Hub Caps Stolen - Four hub caps were stolen from his car while it was parked at either of two locations Saturday night in Roseburg, Robert E. Woods, 1425 SE Pine St., reported to Roseburg police. The Greatest Story Ever Told Jesus saith, I am the way. the; truth, the life. No man cometh unto j the Father, but by lo. 14:5. 6. me. Jill... 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WHAT YOU GIVE NOW WILL BE OF MORE VALUE TO THE CAM PAIGN THAN A PLEDGE MADE AT SOME LATER DATE. IF YOU AND THE OTHERS WHO HAVE NOT MADE THEIR PLEDGES, OR HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED WILL SHARE IN THIS NECESSARY AND SERVICEABLE PROJECT FOR OUR YOUTH AND OUR FAMILIES, WE WILL HAVE A TRUE COMMUNITY CENTER IN ROSEBURG. CLIP AND MAIL TO THE PROPOSED "Y" WILL CONTAIN THE FOL- DQUARTEM LOWING FACILITIES FOR YOUR USE: Ro Hotel Building, Roseburg, Oregon k A swimming pool with the lost word in equipment, pure i " ' filtered water, safety, and supervision, operated 12 I month,, yea, 1 WANT TO SUPPORT THE "Y! I ' i I Premiae To Pay The Treasurer, YMCA Building Fund, Roseburg, Ore. All purpose room for general recreation, ping pong, . for the Purpsa ef Building a YMCA Ctnttr games, dancing, dinners, large general meetings, social I J1' ,um of ' payable as follows: without , . . interest: 1 and dramahc event, and mov.es. ,5 Jun- 195915 Noy 1$t 19S915 A ,, I 1st, 196015 Sept. 1st, 1960 1S Feb. 1st, 1961 1 Club Rooms Craft Ttooms Kitchen Locker Rooms 0R $ Cofh of Cheek Ber,with j I OR $ as follows a k Shower, Administration Offices Lobby -k Lounge I I I Mr I k Fireplace Parking k Provision for Future Gymnasium I for all standard indoor sports, and outdoor sports fae- I Mlu I ilities. . " ; I Prtfirred Mailing Addrt it - . I Payments May Ba Mada by Caih or Check or I Nagstlakle Other facilities as the budget allows. GitientBedi oarkblunti.,. THE FOLLOWING ARE MEMBERS OF THE CITIZEN'S SPONSORING COMMITTEE Mr. L. E. Garrison, Chairman Mr. & Mrs. Ray Doemer Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Hansen Mr. & Mrs. Albert Micelll Mr. & Mrs. C. D. Albright Mr. & Mrs. Bruca Elliott Mr. & Mrs. Selmor Hutchins Mr. & Mrs. Earl Mollard Mr. & Mrs. John Amacher Mr. & Mrs. Harris Ellsworth Mayor & Mrs. Arlo Jocklin Mr. i'Mrs. George Neuner Dr. & Mrs. C. H. Babbitt Mr. & Mrs. Claude H. Esselstrom Mr. & Mrs. Elton V. Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Stubb O. Parker Mr. & Mrs. Al Bashford Mr. & Mrs. H. A. Esselstrom Mr. & Mrs. Harry Jacoby Mr. & Mrs. Emil Romberg Mr. & Mrs. Horace Berg Mr. & Mrs. Ormond Feldkomp State Rep. & Mrs. W. O. Kelsay Mr. & Mrs. James Richmond Mr. & Mrs. Morris Bowker Mr. & Mrs. Carl M. Felker Mr. & Mrs. Duona Lafferty Mr. & Mrs. Fred Sohn Mr. & Mrs. R. A. Briggs Mr. & Mrs. Sig Fett Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Leiken Mr. & Mrs. Charles Stanton Mr. & Mrs. Dave W. Busenbork State Rep. & Mrs. Al Flegel Dr. & Mrs. E. E. Lindell Mr. & Mrs Bob Toylor Mr. & Mrs. Edwin A. Busenbork Mr- f Mr- Kenneth Ford Dr. & Mrs. Nels Lindell Mr & Mrs Averv W Thomnm, Mr 4 Mrs John W Busenbork Mr' Mn' Williom Forr"f Mr- Mr5- Frei Lockwood w 7 w 1? tT Mr. 4 Mrs. John W. Busenbork Mr & MrJ Bob fmn Mf & Mrj y Mr. & Mr.. John D. Todd Mr. 4 Mrs. R. A. Busenbork Mr. 4 Mrs. Lewis J. Fullertoo Mr. 4 Mrs. Gerald McCarthy Mr- Mrs. E. T. Unrath Mr. 4 Mrs. T. B. Busenbork Mr. 4 Mrs. Paul Geddes Mr. 4 Mrs. A. G. 'Mike' McLain Mr. 4 Mrs. M. L Veatch Mr. 4 Mrs. Roy R. Cummins Mr. 4 Mrs. Bill Gerretsen Mr. 4 Mrs. C. M. McDermott Mr 4 Mr D C wi.n Judge 4 Mrs. Robert G. Davis Mr. 4 Mrs. Morris Hallmork Mr. 4 Mrs. Ken Medford Mr' 4 Mr. Enrl Mr. 4 Mrs. M,ke Deller Dr. 4 Mrs. Roy E. Hanford Mr. 4 Mrs. Elmer Metig.r Mr 4 M Cor W mt-rK, Senator 4 Mr Don D,mmick Mr. 4 Mrs. Han, Hansen Mr. 4 Mrs. L W. Metzger Judgt 4 Mr, CharieTl Woodrich THIS ADVERTISEMENT HAS BEEN PAID FOR BY FRIENDS OF THE YMCA AND IS NOT AN EXPENSE OF THE YMCA CAMPAIGN
