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LOOKS PRETTY GOOD Sutherlin Water Control District Director Andy Hempenius may
look as though he's in a hole, and he is, but he's enjoying it thoroughly as he stands in
o trench dug in the proposed Grubbe Creek dam site and hands a soil sample to di
rector Lou Torrey. Kneeling beside Torrey is district president Oliver Eggleston. Standing
by the back hole and observing the "touch of the finger" soil testing are, left to right,
Ron Elmes and Loyd Burnett, both SCS officials. Frank Grubbe, on whose land the pro
posed dam is to be located, and district vice president Don Cordon. (News-Review photo)
Subsurface Investigations Are Complete
At 4 Proposed Sutherlin Dam Locations
The Initial stage of construction I
feasibility studies on tho proposed
Sutherlin Creek watershed proj
ect was completed this week.
Aided by members of the board
of directors of the Sutherlin Water
Control District, officials of the
U.S. Soil Conservation Service com
pleted subsurface investigations at
each of the four proposed d a in
sites.
According to soil conservation
ist Loyd Burnett, these investiga
tions were held to determine the
Roseburg High's Band
To Go To Junction City
Roseburg High School's 88-piece
band, which travels to Junction City i
Saturday, will be competing against
three other Class AA schools.
These schools are North Sale in, Al
bany and North Eugene.
Other schools in the smaller en
rollment classes will also partici
pate in the day-long competition.
The band, directed by Bob Lcn
neville, leaves Roseburg by bus at
1:30 p.m. Saturday and will return
A 8 p.m. Its actual performance
will talplace at 5:10. Numbers
to be played are "Sa Krava" by
Prince Norodom, former king of
Combodia: "Dance of the Japan
ese Youth" by Shigco .Tohno, and
"Lohengrin" by Richard Wagner.
Head Of Bolivar Copper Sees Possibilities
For Development Of Oregon Mine Resources
A great future for Oregon's
eral wealth, if properly develop-1
ed. is seen by R. V. Carr, who
spoke to the Roseburg Rotary Club
Thursday noon.
fair, a Lookingglass resident
and president of the Bolivar Cop
per Co.. traced the history of min
ing in Oregon. Most of the mines,
he said, are listed in historic.il
writings as "closed in 1942 for
lack of priority rating for sup
plies and equipment.
'Km lack of priority ratings dur
ing World war it sounded the otners oi southwestern Oregon,
death knell for these mines and, i ... c,:j v. I,, .hi.
he stated: "We have been neglect-j C,.plr ,S,',d v,l'bl ....
fhg one of our greatest sources of! ""hy'not put Oregon back into
wealth for the past 18 years. i he production of part of he na
"rmo r.u i ho iaro.t .,.. i lion s wealth of minerals?" Carr
undeveloped mineral deposits is
in the southwest part of Oregon,
in Douglas, Coos. Curry and Jo
sephine counties," he said. "I have
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Cltaring and cold tonight
froit. Sunny and warmer
morning fog Saturday.
H shtjt ttmp. last 14 hours . . 50
Lowest ttmp. last 24 hours . 35
Hightit ttmp. any April ('57). M
Lowttt ttmp. any April ('55). 37
Prtcip. last 24 hours 23
Prtcip. from April 1 2.17
Prtcip. from Stpt. 1 . 24.14
Dtficitncy from Stpt 30
SunMt toniotit, 7:03 p.m.
Sunns tomorrow, S:lt a.m.
Finger Test For Soil
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location of bedrock and the amount i
to liil material available lor iu-
lure construction of the dams
Burnett explained that now that
(he initial subsurface investiga
tions have been completed and the
basic types of soil formations have
been determined, the next step in
the construction feasibility stage of
the project is to let a contract for
core-drilling.
Burnett said he hopes to see the
district have this contract let
sometime in June. The district's
board of directors actually han
dles all of the policy matters, with
the SCS, serving in an advisory
capacity.
Project Is Local
The Sutherlin soil conservation
ist explained that although this
project is worked on by the SCS
it is strictly a local project
Now that this phase of the proj
ect has been successfully carried
out, SCS officials are becoming
optimistic about having a working
plan ready to submit to residents
of the area affected by the proj
ect by April 1961.
The Douglas County Court pitch-
ed in to help with this first stage
of the project by providing the
district with a back hoe. A Suth
erlin firm donated the use of a
post hole digger.
The soil samples which were
min-ibccn told by several people that
there is not a good mineral deposit
in Oregon. Maybe they have not
reaci the History of Oregon Met
als." He referred to the cinnabar de
posit at Sutherlin, Nickel Moun
tain and the chrome of the Kerby
area, the gold at the Greenback
mine or the copper, gold and sil
ver of the Alemeda, Benton, Gold
bug and California mines of Reu
ben Mountain, the Queen of Bronze
and continental of Waldo and many
asked. "We could be producing
copper the same as Montana. Ne
vada and Utah. Thry have many
prosperous cities with their main
income from their mineral re
sources. Ask the stores of Rose
burg. Myrtle Creek and Riddle if
the payroll of the mine at Kiddle
helps them."
HI, But tins ran t be done with a pat
itn on the back and "1 w ish you luck."
I Carr told his listeners. It is go
(Jing to mean I9is of hard work and
J? financial backing, he added.
If we wvnt a thing bad enough
and are willing to work hard
enough we can get it," he said
"Our mineral deposits are not like
oil that some of us hoped to find.
With metals you ran see It, hold
it in your hands, have it analyzed
anil j on know the iuru mat you
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taken this .week, from both
center hue and edges of the Dn
posed dam sites, will be taken to
Portland and studied to determine
how each soil type will hold wa
ter and how it will compress to
make fill material. During these
soil probes, the SCS officials took
records to enable them to deter
mine how many cubic feet of each
type of soil is available at each
dam site.
Money Requast Due
If the residents of the area ao
prove the plan submitted to the
next April, it will be sent to the
SCS's Washington, D.C., office and
later to congressional committee
with a request for funds.
Should the project prove feasible,
and funds be approved by the con
gressional committee and the Bu
reau of the Budget, the federal
government would pay up to 100
per cent for flood control construc
tion and up to 45 per cent for lr
rigational use construction.
In the final test, the project must
be able to show $1.20 in flood con
trol, irrigation and other benefits
for each $1 spent for construction.
The four proposed sites are on
Dimmick Creek, l1 miles north
east of Sutherlin; Sutherlin Crce!
six miles east of Sutherlin; Coop
er creeK, two nines soumeasi oi
Sutherlin; and on Grubbe Creek,
1W miles west of Wilbur. The pro
posed Grubbe Creek site is for ir
rigation, while the others are pri
marily for .flood control.
hundred thousand dollars hoping
that you might find it."
He sees in development of min
eral wealth a new resource to re
place timber as it is depleted. Out
side of the production of quicksil-
R. F. CARR
, . , sees great future
rer at Sutherlin and nickel from tains. He mentioned other possi
Nicfcle Mountain, there has been hilities. including deposits on the
very little metal mined in south -
western Orrgon in the past 18
Established 1873 22 Paget
State Okays
Rice Hill
Highway Job
Widening a stretch of the Pacific
Highway from Kice Hill to the
North Oakland interchange in Doug
las County has been approved by
Uie slate Highway Commission.
The action was taken Thursday
after W. C. Williams, state high
way engineer, reported the com
mission is now getting increased
amounts of federal aid to make
new construction possible. The
eventual goal is to convert the
entile length of the Pacific Free
way in Oregon to four lanes.
The Douglas County section of
the four-laning job will cost about
$3,200,000. The section is about 7', a
miles long.
The Highway Department office
in Koscburg says the section has
already been designed, and the
Highway Commission's plans for
the reconstruction will be outlined
at a public hearing in Roseburg
Hay 4.
The public hearing will be held
in compliance with federal regula
tions pertaining to interstate pro
jects, ft will be held in the county
courthouse auditorium at 10 a.m.
Highway Commission action also
called for widening the Pacific
Highway to four lanes from Go
shen to a point near Cottage Grove.
This will cost about $1,260,000.
It announced it would open bids
on projects May 10, June 1 and June
28 in an effort to get started this
summer on many new projects.
Riddle Filtration
Proposal Discussed
A discussion of the proposed wa
ter filtration plant in Kiddle was
held this week by the Riddle City
Council, according to Erma Best,
News-Review correspondent. A
S115.00O bond Issue election will be
held on April 29.
After studying five possible meth
ods of obtaining an additional wa
ter supply, the council has en -
dorsed a filtration plant lo beiq-f
I cated near
ir Cow. Creek. It would
use that creek's supply during low
water periods. The main source of
sudd v would continue 10 come
from Russell Creek but would be
processed by the filtration plant.
This would improve the purity of
the water, according to City Engi
neer Don Martin.
Necessary bonds could be sold
more readily at a more attractive
interest rate if the issue is shown
to be pavable from revenue re
ceived from water. That would
mean an increase in Riddle water
rates, but so far the increase can't
be predicted in the present pre
liminary stages.
In the past water rates in Riddle
have been higher than now and
other areas have higher charges.
Tri-Citv, for instance, charges
about $7.50 for the same gallonage
of water Riddle receives for $3.50,
arrnrriins to Mayor Don Holconib.
The increased supply would make
water available to a larger num
ber of users than now being served
hv the nresent svstcm. Present us
efs were assured pressure would
be preserved.
BINDER CHAINS STOLEN
Millard Northcraft, 818 W. Indi
anola St., Roseburg, complained to
the sheriff's office Thursday that
two binder chains were stolen from
his logging truck while it was
parked at Parker Tirecap Service,
2335 INli Diamond Lake oiva
He discussed instances when
timber has run out in certain
areas. "Twenty years ago." he
said, "our- hills and mountains
were covered with timber. The
timber line started in the suburbs
of our cilv. Every year that tun
ber line moves farther away and
soon the mills have to move with
it."
Pointing up the potential of min
eral wealth, he compared the vat
ue of assays taken from the Boli
var Copper Co. mine 34-milcs east
of Powers, now in the process of
being developed.
Ore from the Bingham mine in
Utah, which has operated profit
ably for many years, assayed .82
per cent copper Willi iraces oi n-
ler an nlrf fnr on averate value
of S4.92 per ton.
Ore from the Bolivar mine
said, runs as highas 15 to 20
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fdition1 f5. "J? .'?,?;!
iiJ'on '
l"-r lun-
Gross income from the Bingham,
mine from 1904 to Dec. 31, 1955,
was S1.907.810.8O8.lf this the pay
roll amounted to $395,309,439 and
supplies, $504,315,953.
The RolCar is only one mine of
rmtenlial development. Carr nmn-
1 North L'mpqua. South L'mpqna and
other areas of touthwc.itarn Ore-
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ROSEBURG, ORE. FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1960 94-60
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A THIRD SET of twins was born to Mr. and Mrs. Sherman
King of Sutherlin ot Mercy Hospital Wednesday. Mrs.
Marie Byers, R. N., and Sister Mary Simeon look on as
Mrs. King smiles down at Ernest Roy, left, and Betty Jane,
right. The new arrivals make a total of nine children for
the Kings. The ages of the other sets of twins are three
and seven. (Paul Jenkins)
Kuykendall Blast Case
Trial Set For June 20
The first trial on the ponderous
list of civil actions against Pacif
ic Powder Co. of Tenino. Wash.,
and two other defendants as the
result of the Aug. 7 Roseburg blast
will start June 20.
The date for the trial in which
Alvin Kuykendall demands $151,-
950 for injuries received in the
ibast wn8 set Thursday by Circuit
judge ii0bcrt C. , Bclioni of Co
niM -
ouille
He ha been appointed by the
stale Supreme Court to hear the
cases since the two Douglas Coun
ty circuit judges are disqualified
on the grounds of prejudice.
Belloni was originally scheduled
to hear motions on 23 of the 26
cases against the Powder com
pany. The major question was to
be one of whether or not to move
the trials out of Roseburg.
Instead, Belloni decided lo hear
only the change of venue motion
by the company's attorney in the
case of Kuykendall, who filed
suit just two weeks after the blast.
The judge ruled that the trial
would be held in Roseburg, de
spite a contention by the com-
Forestry Engineer
Claims Promotion
Roy Gaare has rcccied a pro
motion and transfer to the forest
supervisor's office of the Malheur
National Forest in John Day.
Gaare has been district engin
eer on the Little River District of
the Limpqug National Forest for
the past six years.
Carl Seaward, a graduate from
the University of Maine and a for
ester in the Little River District
for the past three years, has been
selected to succeed Gaare.
Gaare came to Glide from the
Reclamation Bureau in April 1954
and has in his time with the U.S.
Forest Ranger Station, developed
the Little River road system from
73 miles to 120 miles of Forest
Service access roads and super
vised the surveying and design for
50 more miles to build in the fu
ture. He also supervised the timber
purchaser road construction.
Mrs. Gaare will join her hus
band, together with their three
children when school closes this
spring. Mrs. Gaare has been a
teacher in the Glide Elementary
School i'or the past five years, re
ports News-Review correspondent,
Mrs. Arthur Selby.
GuyLutz To Speak
At Historical Meet
Guy Lull, who has done consid
erable research on early-day
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! ,ch. "".""T
Douglas County,
i will be the featured sneaker at
Sunday's meeting of the Douglas
County Historical Society.
The meeting will be held follow
. r ullerton hchoo in Koscburg.
Lull, a former Oakland school
district administrator, is now with
ilhe slate Board of Higher Kdnra
linn in Knonni. Krawia! invillinn
to t)e mcctin ,re b,mo extended
to all teachers of the county. I concentrated balk-type polio vac
Also attending the meeting Will cine may be ready before the next
be Jan Carlson of Dram, acillmr! Pl" season hits, a researcher re-
nf the T)rain renlpnniul himklpt
"Wagon Trjinn I-cud to Roses in I The vaccine Is awaiting licens
December." She will hold an auto-i i" by the U.S. Public Health
graph party. Service. Two doses of the highly
Those exDcrtine to attend the not-, purified vaccine produce immunl-
luck luncheon are asked to bring
table service. Coffee will be fur -
nished.
Twins
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pany s lawyer, David Templeton,
that it would be impossible to se
cure an unprejudiced jury in the
coumy.
Prejudice Susptcttd
Templeton and Eugene lawyer,
John Jaqua, who represents Gcr
retsen Supply Co. of Roseburg. an
other defendant, contended that it
would bo difficult to secure iur.
ors who were not directly -affect
ed or who had no preconceived
mens on tne subject.
In rebuttal, Roscburg's Daniel
Dimick said he hadn't found "a
single person who would be pre
judiced." He also handed the
judge a list of 10 affidavits from
prospective jurors who insisted
they would not be prejudiced.
He also added that it would be
great imposition to Kuykendall,
the injured man whom he rep
resents, to go to some other cir
cuit court.
Judge Belloni then concluded
that there was "no compelling rea
son for the change of venue." He
said it might take a couple of
days to get a good Jury but "this
is a big county." Ho added that
he might change trial sites on oth
er cases if he finds the Kuyken
dall trial has built a climate of
prejudice.
Dimick, who with attorney Al
Roll, has 10 of the 26 cases esti
mated the Kuykendall case would
take two or three weeks to com
plete. He showed the judge a list
of 33 witnesses he expects to call.
Other defendants named in most
of the cases are George Ruther
ford, driver of the truck carrying
the explosives which blew up, and
Gerrctscn Building Supply Co., to
which the explosives were to be
delivered.
Board Candidates
To Speak At Meet
A mass meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday evening at the Rose
burg High School on the school
board election coming up May 2.
It'll be jointly sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce, the Amer
ican Assn. of University Women,
the PTA Council, and the Rose
burg Education Assn.
The session will be held In either
the auditorium or the library, de
pending on the size of the crowd,
according to Ken Speedic, an of
ficial of the Roseburg Educational
Assn. It will begin at 7:30 p.m.
All candidates have accepted in
vitations to attend, said Speedic.
They include Dr. V. 1. Anderson
and Mrs. Glen (Helen) Scott, who
are seeking the five-year term now
held by the retiring Dudley Wal
ton; and Mrs. Dean (Helen) Jewell,
Dr. John H. Donnelly and incum
bent Don 11. Reed for the three
year tern.
Each candidate will present a
short statement of his viewpoint
and a question and answer period
will follow. Ralph DcMoisy, Cham
ber of Commerce head, will be
the moderator. Ralph Snyder, In
coming head of the HE A, is in
charge of arrangements.
New Vaccina Readied
OV.WAKK. JV.J. (API A new
i ports.
ty levels at high as those obtained
lv.ilh three dovrs of present Salk
I vaccine, he explained,
Highway Commission 0K$
Funds To Convert Streets;
City To Widen Pine Street
The Oregon Highway Commis-iof traffic lights on the couplet,
sion Thursday in Salem agreed to This is about half the cost of the
connect SZ Pine and Stephens Sts.
into a one-way traffic couplet
through Roseburg.
The state will pay between $200,
000 and $230,000 of the converting
the two streets into the couplet.
The city must pay $11,000 for traffic
lights and handle any construction
necessary for widening Pine. It
is estimated it will cost slightly
over $100,000 for the widening.
However, the city's street-widen
ing part of the project can be
carried out as it is able. The com
mission agreed to allow the city
to take emergency measures of
limiting parking on Pine St. for
the time being because it cannot
afford the street widening yet. Un
til it can be widened, parking will
be limited on Pine.
City To Pay $11,000
The only immediate cost to the
city will be $11,000 for installation
Census Count
About Complete
With the 1960 census of popula
tion and housing nearly completed
in Douglas County, district super
visor E. G. Bates, Eugene, today
announced tne beginning ot a cam
paign to insure that no resident
of the area has been overlooked.
Persons who believe they have
been missed by census takers were
urged by Bates to notify his office
by a special form. The form is
printed on page 12 of today's News
Review.
Prompt mailing of the forms will
speed up compilation of prelimi
nary population figures for the
area.
The preliminary figures for the
county and Roschurg will be is
sued as soon as Bates Is convinced
that a complete count has been
made, he said.
Final, detailed population figures
will be issued in Washington later
this year after returns have been
tabulated.
Bates nointed out that nonula-
tion figures compiled in the current
census must stand as official until
the 1970 census. Federal aid funds
allotted to states and state, funds
distributed among tho state's cities
ana counties otten are based on a
pcr-capita formula, ho said.
Geese Cross Road;
Two Cars Collide
Why did the geese cross the
road?
Presumably to get to the other
side, but in the meantime they
caused a two-car collision.
State police reported the acci
dent happened on Highway 99BR
just south of the Roseburg city
limits about 9 a.m. Thursday when
driver stopped suddenly for the
geese.
Then a second driver. Robert
Leslie Rigwood, 21, Willamina,
slammed on his brakes to avoid
hitting the first car, but a third
car, driven by Mrs. Eugenia Dair
Warner, 3993 SW Carnes Rd..
couldn't be stopped fast enough.
It hit the rear of the Rigwood
vehicle. Damage to the two cars
was minor, police said.
Chamber's Member Drive
Tops All Previous Records
Thursday was a day of bubbling
exuberance for the Roseburg
Chamber of Commerce.
It was the day for the victory
luncheon in the Umpqua Hotel cli
maxing a fund and membership
drive which was probably the most
successful in its history. It official
ly ended the two-week campaign
period.
When the scores for 152 cam
paign workers were totaled, the
minimum goal of $31,500 in an
nual dues from members was sur
passed easily. And the $33,500 po
tential goal was topped by almost
$5,000.
The dues figure was a whopping
$38,248, just about twice the dues
of last year.
Every one of the seven groups
of campaigners topped Its goal. In
addition, the chamber was swelled
in memberships to 441. This is 117
more members than it previously
had.
Broadly smiling Ralph De
Moisy. president of the chamber,
said this now gives the chamber
the money and membership to be
gin working on "Build a Greater
Roseburg" projects. He called the
success of the membership cam
paign "about the best endorsement
you can get."
Rtaumt EnthutiattU
Chamber Manager Harold
Rcaume said now the aspirations
of the chamber may be achieved
"through your efforts in this cam
paign." 0 But the most enthusiastic re
sponse came from Lloyd Wilson,
community planning consultant
from San Francisco who was hired
to outline the "Build t Greater
llnsehurg" program and engineer
the membership drive.
"You have done better than any
other city in Oregon of compar
able si.c and character. It's truly
a great accomplishment," he said.
He urged, however, that those
lights. The state will pay the other
half. The city's $11,000 is included
in a $198,000 bond issue for blast
area rehabilitation on which a
city vote is scheduled May 20.
With the agreement, the state
will construct the legs of the coup
let at each end of town. The plan
is that SE Pine St. will be designat
ed a through street for southbound
traffic. Stephens will be north
bound. Couplet legs would curve from
Stephens to Pine at about Doug
las Ave. on the north, and Pine
would curve into Stephens near
the McKay Market at the south
city limits.
Meanwhile, until it can widen
Pine St.. the city will prohibit
parking on Pino as far north as
Moshcr and on the east side of
Pine from Moshcr to Oak.
City Manager Pltattd
City Manager John Warburton
was pleased with the Highway
Commission's action. "I was sit
ting on pins and needles until I
heard about the decision," he said.
W. C. Williams, state highway
engineer, called the action "a prcU
ty good deal" for Roseburg. He
said he was pleased the action
was taken now because. "If we
don't buy the right of way now, it
soon will be too late."
Victor Wolfe. Williams admin
istrative assistant, said last week
that it is possible work on the
couplet could be completed by De
cember.
Mcdford, Ashland and Grants
Pass already have one-way cou
plets through their cities.
Three Cars Bump
In Roseburg Area
One driver received minor in
juries, three cars were damaged
and another driver was charged
with driving while intoxicated in
a three-car collision about 5:13
p-.ni. Thursday on Oak Ave. near
Parrott St. in Roseburg.
Jailed was James Andrew Wood
cock, 43, of 2713 W. Harvard Ave.,
Koscburg police said, after a pri
vate complaint had been made.
Police also charged him with be
ing drunk in a public place.
Ronald Dean Ridnour, 23, Junc
tion City, received a broken hands
Police said Woodcock failed lot
stop when a line -of traffic came
to a halt on Oak Ave. His car
struck the rear of Ridnour's, which
in turn bumped a car driven by
Deanna Kay i'atton. 18. of 848.
NE Willow St.
The force of the collision shoved
Ridnour's car over the curb of
the street, police said. Damage to
the three cars totalled $1,700, of
ficers estimated.
Another motorist. Robert Dean
Holm, Rt. 3 Box 1375, told police
that his DickuD was struck from
the rear by Woodcock's car a few
minutes earlier on Stephens St. No
damage resulted.
Woodcock was to answer to the
charges this afternoos in munici
pal court.
Two Cars Collide
Small damage to two cars re
sulted from a collision Thursday
afternoon on Stephens St. near
Floed Ave., Roseburg police said.
Officers identified the drivers at
Louise Annette Gamo. Rt. 1 Box
415, Roseburg, and Nick Raymond
Evanoff Jr., Idleyld Rt.
firms which have not been con
tacted to join be contacted "be
cause they are necessary to this
program. We're not through yet,"
he said.
Wilson also concluded that with
the funds and membership, the
chamber would decide immediate
ly on the phase of the "Build a
Greater Roseburg program to at
tack.
Success Nttds Time
He cautioned that even with the
success of tho drive, the commun
ity shouldn't expect lo accomplish
the big things overnight. "It some
times takes several years to do
one thing," ho said.
Wilson now returns to San Fran
cisco to make plans for another
chamber drive in Monterey, Calif.
The totals raised and potential
goals for each of the seven cam
paign groups were these: Auto
motive and transportation $5,255
and $4,000 (it showed the highest
amount over the potential); manu
facturers, finance, utilities and
construction $11,615 and $10,200;
professional $3,745 and V1.BOO; real
estate and insurance, $1,985 and
$1,900; retail and wholesale $8,963
and $8,000; hotels, motels, res
taurants and amusements $2,100
and $2,000; and diversified group
$4,625 and $3,800.
Levity Fact Rant
By L F. Reizcnsteln
Experts warn that Oregon is
due for a record invasion o''
mosquitoes tho cominq sum
mer. Join tho Sun Bathers
(nudists to you) at your own
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