8 The News-Review, Roseburq,
Business
.By LEROY
TO THE FLYBOYS, the earth
down under becomes a familiar
but ever interesting site. But to
the casual flyer there is a mixed
. emotion of a sense of grandeur
and a feeling of insecurity sus
pended, so it seems, up there at
the mercy of a propeller powered
by a man-made engine.
The percentage of air accidents,
however, is small, and that man
made engine is pretty safe at that.
So it becomes a matter of con
quering fear in the air and enjoy
ing the myriad of things to see
that lay out before you in a pan
orama unusual to behold.
Last Sunday we had the oppor
tunity to fly with Dr. Harvey
Kring at the controls, Bill Wil
liams and Ed Dowdy of Roseburg
to Lakeview. We crowded into the
tiny, four-place ' Piper Cub and
taxied out to the runway at the
Roseburg airport. There was that
deafening roar for the motor warm
up, then down the runway at the
ever increasing speed until the
wheels left the ground, ana we
were airborne.
In minutes we were over Win
chester, and there was the North
Umpqua, a ribbon of water, snak
ing crazily back and forth through
the valley. We swung ardund to
the east, with the panorama of
Roseburg in full view, to the south,
and soon, to the north, Whistlers
Bend stood out as it appears on
the map, a narrow neck of land,
widening at tne ena 01 me penin
sula. Far to the east, the mountains of
the high Cascades and the snow
capped peaks were in view. They
looked a long way off, but spec
tacular. We were climbing contin
ually as we headed slightly south
cast in an almost direct line to
EDELL BRYANT
, . position at hospital
Edcll Bryant New
Community Office,
Credit Manager
Edell Bryant has taken over the
position of office and credit man
ager Ot Hie AJUUglUB umimuwij'
Hospital.
He replaces Paul-Sieman, who
has gone to Eugene to take over
' as manager of a clinie in that
city.
Bryant has been an accountant
for the Douglas County Road Dept.
for about two years. Prior to that
he was personnel and safety man
agcr for Young's Bay Lumber Co.,
tinw nwncrl bv U.S. Plvwood.
Bryant came to Roseburg 12
years ago from Hood River, where
he was office manager for a motor
company. Ho took over as office
and credit manager for the former
Sinilh Motor Co., nciore wonting
fnr YminBfl Bav.
Ho is married and has three
daughters and a son. .Mary Dell,
married and living in Eugene:
Lois, a graduate this spring of
Roseburg High School, and Bar
bara ahd Austin, junior high stu
dents.
Holm Bros. Sawmill
At Glide Closed Down
Holm Bros. Lumber Co. mill at
Glide closed down this week for
an indefinite period, depending on
the lumber market conditions.
The mill, operated by Larry and
j.oren Holm, employs 11 men.
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THE LATTER DAY SAINTS Church at 809 SE Main St. Is shown obova getting a new
paint job this week. This is only one of several paint jobs going on about the city. Re
centjy the Greyhound Depot was painted inside ond out. Next door, the Food Mart is
slated for exterior painting. The rear entrance to the Silver Nook Grill wos given o new
coating, and several homes or being brightened with new colors outside. (Chris' Studio)
Ore. Sat, June 11, 1960
Scene
INMAN.
Lakeview. The air was clear and
more and more mountain peaks.
from huge Mt. Shasta and Mt.
McLaughlin on the south, Mt. Thiol-
and Bailey directly ahead, Dia
mond peak and many more to tne
north, loomed up.
Our slightly southeasterly course
brought the Tiller regions into
sight, then across another ridge
and tne upper waters of tne Rogue
were visible.
DOUGLAS COUNTY covers a
vast area of rugged, timbered
lands. Everywhere there could be
seen timber cuttings, and yet the
cuttings were minute, as com
pared with the vast timbered land
so visible below.
It's a rugged land, and if you
can keep from your mind the
thought it would be pretty hard
landing down there, you can fully
enjoy the vastness of the area,
the green of the mountains, the
tiny streams and rivers below, and
the grandiose mountain peaks.
We flew to the south of Crater
Lake. The rim was visible but not
the water. We were flying now at
9,000 feet. The temperature outside
was 20 degrees colder than the 64
degrees when we left Roseburg at
9 a.m.
Once over the crest, huge Klam
ath Lake, stretching out for many
miles, came into view. We cross
ed the north swamp lands of the
lake, and headed out over barren
wasteland of central Oreeon. Here
and there, However, along tne riv
ers of JUamatn county, fertile
fields lay out in quilted patterns,
Our journey continued across
more lands of waste, until we near-
ed ' the Lakeview area, wnicn
sweeps out from the highlands to
the north, into a broad fertile val
ley at tne Head ot uoose Lane witu
hiah mountains on eimer side.
This lake once apparently covered
a large area but at times has com
pletely dried up. There is plenty
of water mere now, nut iisning is
almost non existent.
OVER IN LAKEVIEW, the peo
ple are talking a great deal about
the Winnemucca to the Sea route.
That road up through Nevada
would cut across southern Oregon,
coming in to the north of Lake
view, then continue on to a junc
tion with the Diamond Lake High
way, thenca to Roseburg and on
to the coast at Reedsport
The route would cut off hun
dreds of miles from Winnemucca,
eliminating traveling to Reno. Only
about 27 miles remain to be built
to connect the highway north of
Lakeview. according to some of
the residents mcrei men mere
would be the road from Lakeview
northwest, and more of the North
Umpqua Road to be completed to
fulfill a Winnemucca to the sea
route dream.
We settled down on. the excellent
Lakeview airstrip and caught
ride into town. The trip by air
took exactly one hour, 40 minutes.
Bv car u is a long, nara six-nour
drive. There is one drawback to
flying. You are without transpor
tation once you land, so nave 10
rely upon what can be made avail
able while you are there.
THE FLIGHT BACK, later that
afternoon, followed a similar route,
with variations. Coming back over
the mountains, we flew along the
rim of Crater Lake, which stood
out in all its beauty. At 9,000 feet
we were nearly z.uoo icet a Dove
the rim and another thousand
feet above the water. Down be
low. the Crater Lake Lodge was
nestled in heavy snow, which had
not melted awav. There was con
siderable snow through the moun
tains, but it is fast melting away.
Our descent to Roseburg was a
bit harder on the ears. As Lake-
view is at an elevation of 4,800
feet, we didn't have to drop far
in landing. For Roseburg, how
ever, at 400 plus, the descent was
more rapid and greater.
The sun was shining brightly and
the air was clear as we circled
over Roseburg. It appeared Uiere
was never a more colorful city
There were homes of every color
laid out before us. but the great
est contrast, which enhanced the
coloring of buildings wore the
green lawns, the green shrubbery,
tho croon trees.
Yes, Roseburg was a nice place
to come down to, and terra firma
felt good after being up in the
clouds for what seemed so long
a time, and yet was such a brief
period.
Del McKay Named Manager
Of Pacific Forest Products
Warehouse Of
William F. Forrest, president of
Pacific Plywood Co., announced to
day the appointment of Del McKay
as manager of Pacific Forest Prod
ucts at Dillard.
Pacific Forest Products is the
warehouse outlet of the company,
serving the state of Oregon and
the local area as well. The com
pany has warehouse facilities in
other states.
This company sells on both the
wholesale and retail levels, and
offers a full line of plywood and
particle board products, including
Par-Wood, Par-Tex, Par-Tile, pre-
fimshed plywood, hardwood ply
woods, studs and moulding.
Pacific Forest products was es
tablished by Pacific Plywood to
eive local neoole the opportunity
to buy products produced in this
area, Dut nas expanded hi cover
the entire state. Local dealers are
serviced through this outlet.
McKay, for many years associa
ted with radio work in the Rose
burg area, joined Plywood Service,
the lumber sales division of Pacific
Plywood, in July of 1959.
McKay, a native of Roseburg, is
36. He attended local schools and
started in radio work soon out ot
high school, working first for
KRNR. in 1950 ne was one or me
stockholders who established
KRXL, and he served as sales
manager for the station until join
ing Pacific Plywood.
He and his wife, Virginia, and
ROY O. YOUNG, on right, Roseburg insurance agent, re
ceives from R. O. Pfeifer, fieldman for America Fore Loyal
ty Group, o scroll for a quarter century representation of
the company.
Roy Young Receives 25-Year
Insurance Service Scroll
Roy O. Young, well-known In
surance man of 733 S.K. Cass
St. Roseburg, who represents the
Firemen's Insurance Co. a mem-
Mrs. Davis Returns
Here To Take Over
Turn Around Inn
Madge G. Davis, owner of the
Turn Around Inn, at the north city
limits, has returned to Roseburg
to assume the management of the
business
Lease of the present operators
has expired, and Mrs. Davis will
take over the management as soon
as her license has been approved
by the Oregon Liquor Control Com
mission, she stated.
Mrs. Davis and her husband
built Turn Around Inn and opened
for business Jan. 1, 1945. Mr. Dav
is passed away in 1954, and she
continued the operation until 1956.
Since that time tho place has
been under lease, and she has
been living at San Jose, Calif.
She stated that she plans exten
sive remodeling at a later date.
The business includes a dining
room and lounge.
Carl Arola Increases
Bean Field To 21 Acres
Carl Arola has increased his
bean field in Garden Valley to
21 acres for this year.
Arola had five acres in beans and
also took over the contract for
the 16 acres Ray Young had
planted.
About 10 acres had to be re
planted duo to the wet weather.
Young is occupied with his nur
sery and decided not to grow
beans this year.
Pacific Ply
DEL MCKAY
... named manager
three sons, Del, Mika and David,
live at 1606 NW Beaumont Ave. in
Roseburg.
In commenting on his new posi
tion. McKay stated that Pacific
Forest Products plans to handle a
more diversified line of products
and hopes to make necessary
changes to better serve the public.
ber company of the America Fore
Loyalty Group of Insurance Com
panies, has been presented with
the company's scroll in token of
more than a century of represent
ation. The Roy O. Young and Son
Agency which Young heads has
represented the company for a to
tal of 31 years.
Presentation was made by R. 0.
Pfeifer, of Eugene, fieldman for
the company, who said in part:
"Our organization has grown and
prospered during your period of
association and we wish to ac
knowledge your contribution to
this success. We thank you for
your loyalty and sincerely trust
that your splendid representation
ot this company will continue for
many years to come.
'Our entire agency force coun
trywide and in Canada now num
bers more than 40.000. Of these.
thousands have represented us for
u, J5, 50 and more years.
"Without the support of all
America Fore Loyalty agents our
companies could never have at
tained the position we hold today
in tne insurance industry."
DFPA Honored Recently
For Record On Safety
The Douglas Forest Protective
Assn. was honored recently for
its outstanding safety record of
468 days worked without a lost-
time injury. The award was made
by the Industrial Accident Com
mission. The association had a crew of
120 fire prevention and suppression
workers, 65 of whom were high
school students who worked during
the summer. Fourteen of the 16
lookout stations were -manned by
women.
Ben Mellon of tho Douglas
County Safety Commitee and for
est warden for the association re
ceived the award from Claire
Douglas of the commission's Ac
cident Prevention Division,
St. John Transferred;
Reeder Returns To City
Ken Reeder has taken a posi
tion as sales representative for the
local Singer Sewing Machine store,
being transferred here from Nam-
pa, Idaho, reports Manager R. G.
Phillips.
Reeder replaces Hewcy St. John,
who has been promoted to man
ager of the company's Corvallis
store. He and his family are now
making their home in that city.
A resident of Sutherlin, he has
been with the Roseburg store for
i years.
Reeder formerly a resident of
Roseburg worked .for the Sing
er store for two years, then was
transferred to ivampa for a simi
lar period of time. He and his
wife and one child are living on
at, ijiies St.
Drive W Save Sets Early
Herb Totman, general manager
of the new Drive 'n' Save Market
being built as tne first unit of
the Garden Valley Shopping Cen
ter, announced that the market
will be openiijg for business with
in the next couple of weeks.
The buildine is completed and
much of the merchandise is being
placed on the shelves. The big
holdup, he said, has been in the
inability to get the parking area
in shape for use. The long period
of wet weather during May pre
vented any ground work being
done.
Since the first of June work has
been progressing rapidly on lev
eling and graveling ot me park
ing area, and blacktopping has
been started by Roseburg Paving
Co. The work is expected to be
completed by Tuesday of next
week.
Other grounds work and interior
getting-ready must be taken care
of before the opening, according
to Totman.
The supermarket, built of ' con
crete and blocks with beamed-roof
construction, will be one of the
larger markets in the Roseburg
area, and will be fully modern in
every respect, he said.
Wayne Thomas will be the gro
cery buyer. Heads of the various
departments include Loy Linaman,
produce; Werner Buehler, meats,
ana Anaoene -eiers, variety de
partment. The store will employ
around 35 persons when in full
operation.
A great amount of space will
be devoted to frozen or refriger-
aiea looas. convenience of Hand
ling merchandise has been em
phasized in the overall plans.
Underwriters
Publication
Tells Of Blast
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which has been produced by The
iiauonai coara or tire under
writers and the Oregon Insurance
Rating Bureau as a report on
Roseburg's disaster last Aug. 7.
Tho pnvor IICOC on ooriol nnhnu
of the blast area, with its still
smoking ruins and vividly show-
in0 tho prntpr in thn nonlci, Tn
side the cover is a map of the
cuy oi nosepurg witn outlines of
three zones. Zone 1 is the area
of ruins. Zone 2 shows the area
ot neavy damage comorisine
most of the business area bounded
by Jackson, Floed, Deer Creek
ana a line west of the river in
cluding Mercy Hospital. Zone 3
covers the area of light damage.
covering most of the city. Blast
damage, however, was reported
nine nines irom me explosion.
A forward is written by Lewis
A. Vincent, general manager of
the National Board of Fire Under
writers, E. W. Fowler, chief en
gineer, Mathew M. Braidech, re
search director,' and A. J. Snow,
manager of the Oregon Insurance
Rating Bureau. The forward points
out steps to prevent such a dis
aster from occurring again. Ac
knowledgement is made of coop
eration of Roseburg people in pre
paring the report.
A complete concise account.
using facts, figures and pictures
as illustrations tell the story of
the blast, its cause, steps taken
to Halt the resulting tire, the dam
age, conclusions and recommend
ations to prevent future disasters
of this kind from happening.
Mrs. Frank Dairy
Starts Roofing
Business Here
Mrs. Frank Dairy of 1747 SE
Mill St. announces that she has
taken over the agency for Perma
Roofing, and has established the
Perma Roofing & Maintenance Co.
She said that her husband, who
has been doing carpentry work in
this area, will be associated with
her in the business.
They will be operating out of
their home, but are building a
new home in north Roseburg,
where they expect to Da located
in about two months.
The Dairys have been residents
of Roseburg for about a year, com
ing here from Rogue River. Mr.
Dairy has been doing roofing work
for about 17 years and has had
his own roofing company a part
of that period.
Shell Representative
Gathers Data On Blast
Ronald J. Asinari of New York
City, representative for the Shell
Oil Co.'s official publication Shell
Progress, was in Roseburg Tues
day, obtaining information for an
article on the explosion for his
magazine.
Asinari met with local civic lead
ers at a luncheon at noon, then
conferred with others duringthe
afternoon about circumstances per-
laming io me Diast.
He will slant his storv. primar
ily as to the effects of the blast
in the destruction and rebuilding
of the John Robertson Shell Serv
ice Station at SE Stephens and SE
Oak Ave.
With Asinari was Hugh Ackroyd.
a representative of Shell Oil from
Portland doing photography work.
OSC Poultry Professor
Sweepstakes Winner
PORTLAND (AP) J. A. Har
per, professor of noultrv hus-
bandry at Oregon State College,
won me sweepstakes award at
the annual Portland Rose Show
Thursday.
Harper, who said he tends 60
rose oushes at his home, entered
a deep pink bloom of the Show
Girl variety.
Chairman Fred Edmunds Jr. of
the show said there were more
entries than ever. He guessed
there were 5,000.
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BLACKTOPPING of the parking lot for the Drive 'N' Savei Market on Garden Valley Blvd.
is now under way. The building is completed and the shelves are being stocked with mer- j.
chondise. Opening is contemplated within the next two weeks. (Ctiris' Studio) ' M
SITE FOR NEW PLANT The land directly east of Roseburg Lumber Co. is being level
ed to make way for a new custom finishing plywood plant which the Carlyn Panel Co., re
cently formed, will construct. Completion is expected early in 1961. (Paul Jenkins)
Carlyn Panel Co. Plant
Slated South Of Dillard
Crook Publishes
Blast Article In
Florist Magazine
The importance of adequate in
surance in case of disaster is vi
vidly pointed out in an article writ
ten by Roseburg florist Wally
irooic ana pumishea in the May is
sue of Professional Florist maga
zine (formerly Arts in Flowers),
The article titled, "This Could
Happen to You," by Crook and ac
companying pictures tells the story
of the blast briefly and more spe
cifically how it affected his store
umpqua Florists.
crooK stresses the need for a
person in business and otherwise
to know exactly what is in his in
surance policy, so that he will be
fully covered in case of a disaster
such as that of the Roseburg blast
ot last Aug. 7.
Crook tells how severely h 1 s
place of business was damaged,
ana now ne learned thai his in
surance policies covered furnish
ings and fixtures, but not his flow
ers, his rentable equipment, his
baskets, candelabra, arches, big
flower vases, display stands and
other saleable items.
He stresses how that since the
blast he has thoroughly studied his
policies to make sure he knows
everything they contain and what
they cover.
The pictures show various scenes
of destruction inside the place of
business, together with a picture of
Crook, himself, and a group of
flower arrangements in his shop to
day. Crook has received considerable
recognition in recent issues of this
magazine for his floral arrangements.
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REMODELING FOR A NEW CITY HALL is under way on the former Rose Motor Co. build
ing. Todd Building Co. has the contract to renovate the structure for use of the fire and
police deportments and other purposes. The old City Hall wos torn down after the blast
to make way for the new U. S. National Bonk building. The fire department is now moke
shifting in the city shops. Other departments are housed in the former citv library (Chris'
Studio)
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The Carlyn Panel Co., a newly
formed corporation, has purchas
ed property immediately to the
east of Roseburg Lumber Co. at
Dillard and is presently preparing
the site for construction of a new
plant.
The plant will do custon finish
ing for various plywood manu-
Copco Employes Receive
Safety Award Of Merit
California Oregon Power Co.'s
Roseburg District employes re
cently were presented the Indus
trial Accident Commission'3 Award
of Merit for having worked 157,045
man hours without a lost-time
accident. The presentation took
place at an award dinner given by
the company at the umpqua
Hotel.
Commissioner L. 0. Arens made
the presentation "in recognition of
outstanding effort and achieve
ment in the interest of safety."
District Manager H. C. (Doc)
Wells accepted the award and im
mediately passed it on to Dist.
Supt. Jimmy Hall.
Roseburg Lumber Adds
Another Plywood Panel
Roseburg Lumber Co., In Its
company publication The Rose
burg Woodsman, this week an
nounces a new addition to its Res-
m-Tite hardwood plywoods.
The name is Rotary African Sa-
pele, a member of the Mahogany
family, which has a warm-toned
reddish-brown color and an inter
esting grain pattern, it is an
nounced. The panel is tighter grained than
African mahogany and far less
porous than Lauan, so is more
easily finished. It comes in various
grades.
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facturers in this area. A spokes
man for the company indicated
tho plant will be in production
early in laei, proaucing a com
plete line of prefinished hardwood
paneling.
The- spokesman stated that it
would be at least 60 days before
any actual construction on the new
plant would take place, as the
plans are indefinite at mis time.
Excavations from the hillside at
the site location are being used
to fill a low area across the nign
way from the present Roseburg
Lumber Co. operations.
Safety Magazine
Tells Of Program
At Pacific Ply
A full page aocount of Pacifia
Plywood Co's new safety program,
titled "Caution Pay$ You," ap
pears in May issue of Safer Ore
gon, published by the State Indus
trial Accident Commission.
The article gives details of the
plan (recently published in the
News-Review). The program be
came effective March 1 to pre
vent accidents in Pacific's 312-man
plant.
Under the plan employes are re
warded with additional income if
they turn in an accident free year.
This is known as the company's
Safety Dividend Account Plan.
The company deposits to this ac
count $2 per month per man.
This money is pooled into one fund.
From the account the company
deducts $10 for each lost-time ac
cident in excess of four hours, and
&.00 per man for all time lost
by the accident victims in excess
of four hours. At the end of one
year the money left in the fund
will be distributed equally to all
employes who have maintained an
accident-free record.
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