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.
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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.
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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)
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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.
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