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Wives, Sweethearts Provide Means Of Understanding Fabulous Actor
By BOB THOMAS
AP Movii-TV Writer
HOLLYWOOD (AP) - The wom
en in a man's life help reveal what
kind of person he was.
Clark Gable had five wives and
many sweethearts. They, perhaps,
provide the most useful means of
understanding the fabulous star,
who otherwise revealed little of his
true self.
Wife No. 1 was Josephine Dil
lon, a warm-hearted actress and
director who met him in a Port
land, Ore., theater and taught him
how to act. They married in 1924,
when he was 23 and she was 41).
They were divorced in 1930.
Wife No. 2 was Rita Lahgham,
a double divorcee Gable married
in 1931 when he was 30 and she was
41. They were divorced in 1935.
MODEST MAI1IEXS
Triimtrk Btfutet V. S Ftuat OCkt
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iffy Upi
''You're out of season, Elroy, Mary Lou has
a date with the basketball captain 1"
Why would a man of legendary I She called him Pappy and he j ley, widow of Douglas Fairbanks I J would have made a real play for
sex appeal twice marry women called her Mrs. o. Mie once seni.ir. her. ' One of his dales lamented
much older than himself? The an
swer seems to lie in Gable's ear
ly life. He never knew his mother,
never had the stability of a perma
nent home. It's possible he sought
in oider. women a security he had
never known.
The first Mrs. Gable offered
some Insight on her famed hus
band: "lie's a fine actor. The
Clark Gable you see on the screen,
that playful rogue with the happy-go-lucky
mischievous glint in his
eye, is not the real Gable The real
Gable is moody and thoughtful and
gloomy."
Lusty, fun-loving Carole Lom
bard seemed a perfect match for
Gable. She pulled him out of his
gloom, and their raucous life to
gether became a legend. They had
met and quarreled at a party; next
day," she sent a cage of doves to
his apartment. That became their
way of settling arguments.
him for Valentine's Day an ancient
Ford painted white with red i a party the night before. It proved
hearts. He hopped up the motor I to be a wrong impulse. Within a
and drove it for a year. year, he told her: "1 wish lo be
On the night of Jan. 16, 1912, he free; I don't want to be married
was waiting at Gleudale Airport to you or anyone else." Her friends
for her return from a war bond 1 said she felt like the second wile
selling tour. She new made it.
Her plane had crashed into ill.
Charleston. New
Gable plunged into depression.
Carole's last message to him from
Amarillo, Tex., had been: "Hey,
Pappy, you'd better get into this
man's army.". He enlisted as a
private that year.
After the war. Gable resumed
dating, sometimes with glamor
girls like l'aulette Goddard, Vir
ginia Grey, Anita Colby and Eve
lyn Keyes, sometimes with mature
socialites like Dolly O'Brien and
Millicent Rogers. In 1949. he sur
prised everyone by eloping with
thrice-married Lady Sylvia Ash-
California!. Works On Recently
Purchased Property At Umpqua
Jefferson Minister, Family
Visits With Tiller Residents
By MRS. MILTON HAMMERSLY
The Rev. and Mrs. Greg Monroe
and daughter of Jefferson have ar
rived at the home of Mrs. Mon
roe's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B.
McNeil, at Tiller. Mrs. Monroe and
daughter will remain with her par
ents' while the Rev. Mr. Monroe
attends a Methodist Minister's con
ference in California. Following his
return from the south, they will
return to their home.
McNhs Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil McNces of
Drew have as house guests for the
Thanksgiving weekend, their son,
Vernon McNees and family of Red
ding Calif., and their daughter,
Mrs. Richard Gaulke, and family
of Ashland.
Richard Tibbets is spending the
holiday weekend with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Tibbets,
and family of drew. He is a stu
dent at Southern Oregon College
at Ashland.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kriger and
children of Ripplcbrook Ranger Sta-
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tion in the Mt. Hood National For
est were visitors over the past
weekend of Mr. and Mrs. John O.
Wilson and sons of Tiller. Kriger.
who is assistant ranger of the Lakes
District, joined Wilson on a deer
hunting trip to Silver Lake for the
special weekend unit hunt. Each
man filled hig tag. '
Stan Sorgenfrei, assistant ranger
of the Cow Creek District, went
to Snohomish, Wash., to spend the
holiday vacation with is parents.
Mother Visited
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Skaugsel
and daughter of Tacoma, Wash.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Skaugset
and children of Richland, Wash
have arrived to spend Thanksgiv
ing week with their mother, Mrs,
George R. Skaugset. Both families
encountered bad weather en route
to Tiller, and the Tacoma visitors
had scarcely started on their trip
when slippery slush on the highway
south of Olympia sent them spin
ning into the , grassy area separ
ating the two freeway traffic lanes.
They had to be towed back onto
the highway, as did many other
travellers who had difficulty driv
ing under the adverse conditions.
By MRS. GEORGE MUNSON
D. Thomas of Redondo, Calif.,
who recently purchased the Stobie
ranch at Umpqua, has spent sev
eral weeks working on the place.
He has returned to California but
will come back to Umpqua again
soon.
Home From Hospital
Don Fickes has returned to his
home near Umpqua from a Rose
burg hospital where he was con
fined for some time following an
accident in the woods near Little
River.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Anderson and
Mr. and Mrs. George Trimbo, drove
to Eugene recently where they
were guests at the Marge Arnold
home.
Mrs. Pearl Brandner went to
Wheeler Hot Springs recently
where she spent a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Wright and
three sons of Portland have been
guests at the home of her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Slater,
on their ranch near Umpqua.
Mrs. Archie Moore and daugh
ter have returned from a trip to
Portland where they visited at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Wood
ruff.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Haines drove
to Eugene on business recently.
Portlanders Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Baker and
two daughters of Portland were
recent house guests at the home
of the former's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Denton drove
lo Portland on business recently.
Mr. and Mrs. James Schulze and
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Long drove
to Corvallis over the past week
end to attend the football game
there.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Jarvis and Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Brundage were
recent afternoon guests at tlie home
of Mrs. Will Long.
Air. and Mrs. Garald Bacon and
daughter drove to the coast recent
ly on business. They stopped in
Coquille where they were guests at
the At Lflunsuury nome.
Robert Monett drove to Klamath
Falls recently to get Mrs. Monett,
who had been there for several
days with her mother, Mrs. A.
Boldishire, who was ill.
Ctntus Compltttd
the school census of the ump
qua District has been completed
and 119 children between the ages
of 4 and 21 were reported.
word has Been received from
Springfield of the birth of a baby
to Mr. and Mrs. Keith uuider. I he
latter is the granddaughter of Mrs.
L. Gurney of Umpqua.
Airs. Myron Iverson and daugh
ter have returned from a few days
visit in Salem at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Airs. Fred Kla
boe. Mr. and Mrs. Waller Davis drove
to Portland recently where they at
tended the Ice Follies.
Gable had popped the question at her chances: "He wants a wile
who can dress lu the hut at night
and cook flapjacks over a camplire
in the daytime."
Kay Williams Spreckles. a
friend for IS years, qualified.
Aeain he elooed. attain with a ma
in "Rebecca, living in the same ture woman of the world. 1 he mar
house with Carole Lombard's meni-j riage brought him much happiness
ory. His friends said ho couldn't : and he guarded it against intra
stand her lap dog and her chi chi ' sion from the outside world. His
friends. happiness was compounded by the
The star again played the field, prospect of becoming a father for
dallying briefly with Grace Kelly j the first time.
"If 1 had been IS years younger. But death intervened.
Fri., Nov. 25, 1960 Th Newi-Review, Roseburg, Ore. 13"
The Crossword Puzzle For Today
FROM NINE TO FIYE
By Jo Fischer
Transit Strike Over;
Rider Worries Aren't
LOS ANGELES (AP) The
transit strike that snarled Los
Angeles' traffic and jammed its
freeways is over, but the com
muter's worries aren't.
The 400.000 persons who daily
ride the Metropolitan Transit Au
thority's buses and streetcars
may have lo pick up the tab in
the form of increased fares as a
result of the settlement.
For five days the commuters
spread over a four-county area the
sine of Maryland and Delaware
had no mis or streetcar transpor
tation because of a strike by 900
SITA mechanics.
Sunday both sides the AITA, a
public agency, andi the Amalga
mated Transportation Union
apreed to a new 15-month con
tract which provides higher
wages, improved working condi
Hons and prospects for a pension
plan.
The union voted 451 to 73 to ac
cept the agreement. It will raise
the pay of top-scale mechanics
from $2.61 an hour to $3 an hour
by July 2. The union said the
raises will range from 46 cents
to 64 cents an hour in wages and
other Deneius.
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