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By Leroy
10 The Newi-Review, Roseburg, Or. Sat., Feb. II, 1961
Reaume Talks To Managers
Of Chamber On Retired
Couples Inducement Ads
Harold Reaume. secretary-man
ager of the Roseburg Chamber of
Commerce, was in .Portland won-
day and Tuesday attending the
Oregon-Washington-Idaho Chamber
oE Commerce Managers annual
meeting.
He spoke before the group on
the Roseburg chamber's program
of advertising to attract retirement
couples and tourists to this city'
and Douglaa County. The Rose
burg chamber has taken the lead
in this form of promotion, he said.
He reported considerable interest
was shown by chamber managers
from other cities in the program.
Results from recent advertising
in Midwest "blizzard" states has
been very gratifying, according to
Reaume. To date 185 inquiries have
been received from advertisements
placed in five farm journals and
seven daily newspapers in the Mid
west. These journals include Dakota,
April Seems To
In Government,
By SAM DAWSON
NEW YORK (AP) April seems
to be the magic month in both
government and business plan
ning. Both hope by then to have an
idea how serious is the threat of
a general recession. Both agree,
at least privately, that it's hard
to tell today.
Here's why April is the month
they're choosing.
Many Industries Particularly
the heavy goods ones have pret
ty well written' off the January-February-March
period as a slow
one, at best. Most still say they
expect the business roadblocks to
melt when the snow does. The in
creasing army of the unemployed
hope they're right but for them
the current outlook seems as un
stable as the weather.
President Kennedy made H
plain this week he'll wait until
April for another look around to
see if business conditions justify
the stimulus ot a tax cut that
wnuld nut more SDending money
in consumer pockets while with
holding money from the U.S.
Treasury up against a threat of a
deficit.
Federal lawmakers will study
the economic outlook over the
next few weeks in hearings do.
fnra the Joint Economic Commit
tee of Congress. The perennial
nrnnosals of tax cuts will be de
batedcuts for Individuals to spur
spending, tax incentives for busi
ness to nudge investing in the new
equipment.
Both would help the economy
but how soon and now eaecuveiy
is debatable.
Every few days slock traders
pop out like groundhogs to look
around and decide an upturn in
coming months is likely. Some
think it will come from business
revival on its own initiative. Oth
ers scent more inflation in the
wind from spending proposals be
fore Congress.
Current business statistics are
mostly as depressing as expected.
But there's always the spring.
It brings outside jobs. It often
perks up car sales. It inspires
builders, especially in the colder
regions of the nation. It turns con
sumer thoughts toward.. Easter
finery and spring outfits and sum
mery home furnishings.
Administration steps already
taken to spur the economy and
those already asked of Congress
seem unlikely to have much ef
Liquor Sales Decline
SALEM (AP) State liquor
sales in January were down 3.58
per cent from the January, 1960
total, the state Liquor Control
Commission said Thursday.
Sales the last six months of last
year were off 1.38 per cent from
the similar period of 1959.
BEAM
ACREAGE
WANTED
(Blue Lake Beans)
Term Contracts Now Being
Offered by cash buyer ;'
DOLE
CORPORATION
(formerly Paului Bros. Packing Co.)
Call or write
JACK COULSON
EM 2-4181, Salem, f. 0. lox351
Salem, Oregon
S
cene
Inmin
Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri and
Nebraska Farmers, published in
those states, and in daily newspa
pers published in Denver, Pueblo,
Scotts Bluff. Grand Island, North
Platte, Hastings and Salt Lake City.
The program, he said, calls for
ads in 36 more dames ana lour
more farm publications. .
When replies are received, each
is answered with a letter typed and
signed, answering specific ques
tions about this area, giving gener
al information and including fold
ers about Roseburg and the county.
Also mailed to these persons are
copies of two separate editions of
The News-neview.
Reaume said that advertising in
March will be aimed at the tourist
trade, inviting visitors from out of
state.
Reaume will chairman the Ore
gon Managers division fall meeting
at The Village Green at Cottage
Grove.
Be Magic Month
Business Plans
fect before April those things
take time.
Many business planners don't
like to commit themselves further
just now till the outlook is clearer.
Earnings statements mostly aren't
encouraging with little change ex
pected for a while.
So they're eyeing April. But
meantime urging their sales force
try hard in the next eight weeks
lust in case.
Gus Reynolds Takes
Over Former Hicks'
Realty Business
- Gus Reynolds has taken over the
real estate office of the late El
mer Hicks at 806 SE Cass Ave.
and has renamed the business Rey
nolds Realty.
Mrs. Hicks is continuing the El
mer Hicks Insurance Agency in
ine same location.
nvjiiuiuaj avi mew ui icai es
tate with Joe Quant here for sev
eral years, left and purchased a
motel in Utah, then after a couple
ot years sold out and returned to
Roseburg. He has been associat
ed with Jim Bcvans Real Estate
until recently.
Associated with Reynolds in the
ornce are lm uassett, who has
been in real estate work for five
years, first with Lee Jones,' then
with L. P. MCAneney and Hicks.
He continued with Hicks until the
letter's death.
Doc Pocock is with the firm on
a part-time basis. Bettv Poetter
has joined the office force com
ing here from Portland, and Elton
Zuver is also new with the busi
ness, having started to work for
Hicks recently.
Bank Debits For Three
Counties Show Decrease
Bank debits for the west central
Oregon area, including Douglas,
Lane and Coos counties, decreased
by 5.5 per cent in December 1960
compared with that of November,
according to figures compiled by
the University of Oregon Bureau
of Businoss Research.
Debits for December totaled
$199,114,576; for November $210,
745,165 and for December 1959 the
total amounted to $235,751,224.
Oregon with 216 banks reporting,
had an increase in bank debits in
December 1960 of 2.4 per cent com
pared with November and a de
crease of 3.1 per cent over Decem
ber 1959. Total debits for Oregon
in December cams to $2,172,062,
187; November 1960 totaled $2,121,
808; and December a year ago,
it reached $2,241,494,477.
Chris Shaffer
Outlet, Adds
Chris Shaffer is expanding h i s
candy business and Friday open
ed a retail - outlet in connection
with his eandv-making faculties.
Name of the business is El Rancho
Home Made Candies.
The business is located in the
former Dale's Cafe building on NE
Diamond Lake Blvd. just east of
tne new Dale s cate.
Shaffer has. been producing can
dy in Roseburg for several years,
and has built up a wholesale out
let throughout Oregon and north
ern uaulornia. However, ne naa
MAX CLARK
, . , assistant manager
Max Clark Arrives
As Ward Assistant
Manager Of Store
Max Clark is the new assistant
manager of the Montgomery Ward
& Co. store in Roseburg. He ar
rived here this week to replace
Lynn Hall.
Clark and Hall have exchanged
positions. Clark comes here from
an assistant managership at Red
wood City, Calif., and Hall has
left for Redwood City, after an
approximate 20 month stay in
Roseburg.
Clark has been an employe of
Ward's for eight years, beginning
part time while a student at Chico
State College, then joining the firm
full time upon graduation.
He went from there to Stockton,
where he took a management
training course with the store,
then was transferred to Berkeley,
then to JJurlingame and Redwood
City.
Clark has a wife, Clyda, and
daughters, Kathy, 4, and Linda,
15 months. He is a native of Ches
ter, Calif.
Barbers, Beauticians
Oppose Race Measure
SALEM fAP) Officials
of
AFL-CIO barbers and beauticians
unions protested Thursday
against a bill to bar racial dis
crimination in firms selling per
sonal services.
The Senate Stale and Federal
Affairs Committee heard testi
mony that most Oregon barber
and beauty shops will not serve
Negroes.
The bill would extend the pres
ent discrimination law which af
fects hotels, motels and reslau
rants. The committee was told that
the measure is supported by
church and other groups seeking
to get full rights lor minority
grouiis.
Thomas J. Baker, secretary of
the Portland Barbers Union, said
he never has cut a Negro's hair.
and that most barbers don t know
how.
Both Baker and George Line-
han. reDresenting the Barbers
said the bill discriminates against
their right to refuse service. They
said it is a social, not a legisla
tive, question.
Bergeron Is Attending
Meet Of Niagara Corp.
Cyril Bergeron of Niagara of
Roseburft, 627 SE Stephens St., is
attending a two-day meeting for
distributors of the Niagara Thcr-
py Corp., Friday and today in
San Francisco.
The company was scheduled to
reveal Us new marketing policies,
latest findings in its medical re
search program and promotional
plans for 1961. Niagara manufac
tures relaxation equipment for use
at home, in the office and on the
road.
KICnMANKTS LAWYER
Robert Scrvatius, above, de
fense counsel for Nari Adolf
Eichmann, has received a bill
of charges against his client
from the authorities in Jeru
salem. Eichmann is charged
iwlth 15 counts ot crime
against humanity . and the
Jewish, people.
J
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L ' f!um
Expands Candy
Retail Store
only limited facilities in his former
location.
He moved into the former Dale's
Cafe about the first of the year,
then decided to put in a retail out
let featuring home made candies.
Shaffer said his specialties are
peanut and cocoanut brittle and
cocoanut marshmallows. These he
will continue to sell wholesale.
For his retail business he will
add several other types of candy,
including novelties such as Valen
tine candy and candies lor par
ties. Shaffer has been in the candy
making business for 40 vears he
said, starting in Milwaukee, Wis.
Then he moved to California and
operated a candy shop in North
Hollywood for 18 years. He moved
to KoseDurg seven years ago.
He moved in equipment he used
formerly and has added other nec
essary items and has remodeled
the quarters for Ins new needs.
Johnson Manager
Of Shell Station
At Shopping Center
Al Johnson is the manager of
the newly opened Shell Service
Station, located at the west en
trance to the Drive 'n' Save super
market. The station, to be known as Al's
Shell Service, is one of three new
ones constructed in Roseburg in
the past year. A fourth is now
being rebuilt on W. Harvard Ave.
Johnson and his wife came to
this area last fall, when Mrs. John
son accepted a teaching position
in the Oakland school. They have
four children and are currently re
siding in Oakland.
The Johnsons came from Hunt
ington in eastern Oregon,, where
they had resided six years. They
are formerly from the Midwest.
The station was completed early
this year but the opening was de
layed. It is the latest style sta
tion incorporating most modern
features. It has a single gas pump
bay now with provision for another
later on.
Other new stations are the re
built John Robertson Shell Service,
Tom Havens Shell Service, both on
SB Stephens St. and being rsmod
eled is the Jarvis Robertson Shell
Service on W. Harvard.
Roland West Visits
Here From Nevada
Roland West, former local busi
ness man, was in Roseburg this
week from Henderson, Nev., where
he recently opened a jewelry store.
He visited his son, Les West,
manager of Roseburg Jewelers; a
daughter. Mrs. Mike Coen: h 1 s
brother. Jack West, and then went
to Eugene to visit another son, who
is attending the University of Ore
gon. He said Henderson is a city of
12,000 now and growing rapidly.
Along with growth of the city,
however, is growth' of gambling
nouses, which have nearly dou
bled since tie went there.
Henderson sort of gets the over
flow from near by Las Vegas, and
also from the Rambling-free Boul
der City. There are many miners
around the area, he said.
Gambling, the lifeblood of Ne
vada, however, has its problems,
said West. It is a standing rule
that businessmen and their em
ployes do not gamble. The risk is
too great. He said it is often dif
ficult to find help that will not
gamble. Organizations have been
set up similar to AlcohoUcs Anony
mous to try to break gambling
addicts of their craving for the
activity.
West said he does like Nevada
and has enjoyed good business
since going there.
Minnie South Winner
Of Organ In Contest
Minnie L. South, 1206 SE Mill
St., Roseburg, is a third prize win
ner in the recently concluded na
tional Raisin Bread Toast-to-Trav-cl
Sweepstakes contest, the Cali
fornia Raisin Advisory Board an-
nuuncea nure. inn prut is a con
cert electric organ.
The contest, open to consumers
of raisin bread and supported in
each community by local bakers.
offered a top prize of 10-day va
cation trips abroad for four per
sons for the next five years. Sec
ond prize was a Studebaker Lark
sedan.
Luce To Assume
Bonneville Post
PORTLAND (AP) Charles F.
Luce, who has been named the
new Bonneville power administra
tor, will take his oath of office
here Tuesday.
U. S. District Judge Gus J. Solo
mon will administer the oath.
Luce, a Walla Walla attorney.
was appointed to the job by Sec
retary of Interior Udali to replace
William A. fearl.
Luce has scheduled a news con
ference after the ceremony.
Tax Litn Hits Eitat
LOS ANGELES (API The In
ternal Revenue Service has filed
an income tax hen for $22,820
against the estate of the tenor Ma
rio Lanza and (his wife Betty.
Tax agents said this amount
was due for back income levies
for 1955-56-S7.
The singer died Oct. 7, 1959. and
his wife died five months later.
Real Estaf Business
Cat Bowles has moved his real
estate office in Oakland from the
Thomas Hotel to the Jack Sifers
building on Icust St.. reports
Edith Dunn, Oakland correspondent.
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BUSINESS AND' CIVIC LEADERS of Roseburg and top
officials of Montgomery- Ward & Co. and its building
contractor Hilp and Rhodes were on hond Wednesday
for ground breaking ceremonies of Ward's new depart
ment store. Ed C. Nolte, manager of the local store,
ID C. NOLTE, center, receives from Theodore Rhodes,
on right, a minature gold shovel symbolizing grouhd
breaking for the new Montgomery Ward Department
store to be built in Roseburg this spring and summer.
Elden E. Peterson, Wards' western region general man
ager, looks on at left. (Chris' Studio)
Little Change Seen This Week
In Retail Prices On Foodstuffs
By MARTHA A. POOLTON
Consumer Marketing Agent
Written for The Associated Press
This week consumers will find
there is generally little change in
the retail price level for produce,
meat, eggs and poultry in North
west markets.' Supplies of fresh
vegetables and fruit are a little
heavier. Lettuce of the iceberg
head type is arriving in good
quantity despite the strike in the
producing area. The quality is
good and the price is attractive,
making lettuce one of your best
buys in the vegetable list.
Cabbage is reasonably priced
along with winter squash of the
Hubbard ' variety. Potatoes are a
Bond value, too. but there is a
wide range in potato prices which
makes it important to cnecK qual
ity with price when you buy. Al
though still a good buy, prices of
dry onions are tending upward at
thn nresent time. The price level
for cauliflower indicates that it
Oakland Barber, Beauty
Shops Are Being Moved
Mr. and Mrs. Norris Williams
will move this weekend into their
new shop. They will be open for
business Tuesday in the former
Jewel Theatre building.
The building owned by Jesse
Lee, has been completely remodel
ed inside, with partitions, new floor
tile, new plumbing, wiring, new
windows and doors.
Williams operates the Oakland
Barber Shop and Mrs. Williams
will operate a beauty shop in the
adjoining rooms, according to
Edith Dunn, Oakland Correspond
ent for The News-Review.
DEFENSE POST Arthur Syl
vester, chief Washington cor
respondent of the Newark, N.
J., News since 1944, has been
named by President-elect Ken
nedy to be assistant secretary
of defense for public affairs.
(AP Wirephoto)
GUEST CALLER SLATED
Ruth Stillion of Areata. Calif.,
will be guest caller Saturday at
9 p.m. at the Buckeroos Square
Dance Club's Valentine dance. The
event will be held at the Buckeroo
Barn. All dancers are invited.
may be a fairly good buy for
consumers.
In the moderate group we have
broccoli, Brussel sprouts, par
snips, turnips, and rutabagas.
Celery is of good quality: how
ever, it is in a little lighter supply
as a result of some rain in the
producing areas. There is a good
supply of all types of greens in
cluding turnip, mustard and col
lards. Romaine, leaf lettuce and endive
are moderately priced as are
green onions, radishes, green pep
pers and spinacn. Tomatoes nave
gone up a little this week with
supplies short.
In fruits, you will see specials
on Rome Beauty apples, which are
one of the favorite varities for
baking.
Other fruits in the best buy
group are bananas, lemons and
grapefruit. Quality in grapefruit
is very good now and smaller
sizes will generally be most at
tractively priced.
Moderate buys in fruits include
Winesap and Delicious apples.
The supply of avocados is increas
ing and there may be some spe
cials on smaller sizes.
Emperor and Almira grapes are
available at moderate prices.
While some stores may feature
oranges at ten cents per pound in
line with specials of a few weeks
ago, most oranges are selling at
higher prices in the moderate
category.
The meat departments will offer
similar values to last week, ac
cording to reports received by the
Consumer Marketing Office of
Washington State University.
Prices are very much the same
on the whole; however, fresh pork
has gone down a little and it will
be a good buy. Pork legs average
about the same in cost as eco
nomical beef roasts this week.
Beef cuts such as round steak are
being featured by some stores.
Lamb, veal and poultry remain
steady."
Eggs are still in plentiful supply
and the large size are a very good
buy. , , ,
Fresh fish this week includes
red snapper, sole and cod.
Niagara Power Project
Delivers Initial Surge
NIAGARA FALLS, NY. (AP)
The Niagara power project, the
free world's mightiest hydroelec
tric development, delivers its first
surge of power todsy.
An official ceremony marked
the end of three years of furious
work to meet a completion dead
line. Gov. Nelson Rockefeller
throws a switch to send a flow of
power from the first of 25 gene
rators into homes and industrial
plants.
Some 10,000 engineers and work
men of the State Power Author
iiv completed the S740-million
project, which will have a rated
capacity of 2,190,000 kilowatts. To
day's flow is about 130.000.
Available Now
A NEW HOMI IN QUINTUS
PARK SUB-DIVISION
IN WEST ROSEBURG
Ivan P. Edwards
Builder-Developer
OR 3-7493
holds the shovel for the first turning of earth os others
gather round for this historical event in the company's
history in Roseburg. The 5-acre site for the 65,000
square-foot building is NE Stephens Street ot Garden
, Valley Blvd. (Chris' Studio).
Ground-Breaking Ceremony
For Ward's Store Recalls
Interesting Background
"This is the happiest day in my
life," said Ed C. Nolte, manager
of Montgomery Ward & Co. s Hose
burg store at a luncheon in the
Hotel Umpqua following ground
breaking ceremonies lor the com
pany's new department store Wed
nesday.
The ceremonies were held at the
NE Stephens St. - Garden Valley
Blvd. junction site of the huge new
store, which will be located on a
five-acre tract. It will have 65,000
square feet of floor space and
parking for 450 cars.
Nolte was introduced by Frank
Schmitt, western region operating
manager, who traced briefly his
history with the company. Begin
ning at Nampa, Idaho, 32 years
ago, Nolte was transferred to sev
eral stores in the Midwest and
then to Huntington Park Calif., and
back to Nampa. He came to Rose
burg 16 years ago., and has been
active in civic affairs here since.
He is married and has three sons.
Preferred Roteburg
Nolte said when he got to Rose
burg he told his bosses this is it,
that he didn't want to keen on
being transferred, even if it meant
loss of a promotion.
Elden E. Peterson, Ward's west
ern region nianager, announced
Nolte would manage the new store,
a decision not previously made
public. Nolte was then presented
a miniature gold snovei symoonz
ing ground-breaking ceremonies by
Theodore Rhodes, secretary and
vice president of Hup and Rhodes.
Rhodes, speaking at the lunch-
New Gimmick To Draw
Attention To Roseburg
One of the newest gimmicks to
attract attention to Roseburg is a
"useful" memento which will be
given to each woman attending a
convention in Roseburg this com
ing year.
These mementos are 6 by 12
inch pieces of plywood, clear on
one side, and useful as a cutting
board. They are cut from plywood
produced in local plants.
An emblem showing a small
Douglas Fir tree and the words
Roseburg Oregon are stamped on
the underside of the board with a
"branding iron," according to Har
old Reaume, Secretary Manager
of the Roseburg Chamber of Com
merce, which is making the boards
available.
Dentist Bill Introduced
SALEM (AP) A bill to pre
vent dentists from advertising
was Introduced Thursday by the
Senate Health and Welfare Com
mittee, i
Similar bills have been intro
duced in past sessions, but died
in committee. It is supported by
the Oregon Dental Association.
-MEMO-
Food For Thought
When you said
Be my Valentine
Did you also ask her
OUT TO
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Highway 99
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DINE IN AN ATMOSPHERE
OF SPACIOUS REFINEMENT
eon meeting, brought out an in
teresting account to emphasize
that his real estate and contract
ing firm is not new to Roseburg.
His wife, he stressed, is presi
dent of the firm. Her grandfather
came to Roseburg 100 years ago
and worked for Sol Abrams who
operated a store on the very site
of the new Ward's store.
His name was Hyman Wollen
berg, who came to Roseburg in
the spring of 1860. Mrs. Rhodes
has two aunts in Roseburg, Mabel
Lewis and Natalie Baum.
Hilp and Rhodes will own the
building, which will be leased to
Wards. Rhodes stated that never
before has he felt the sentiment
in starting a new construction as
he had at the ground breaking
ceremonies Wednesday morning,
because it was like coming home
to Roseburg.
Real Estate Class
Slated Thursday
Harry H. Byrcr, of Coquille,
manager, Title Guaranty & Ab
stract Co., will be the lecturer fbr
the third class of the certificate
education course conducted for
real estate brokers and salesmen
of Douglas County.
Topic for discussion will be
"Care in Transfers of Interests in
Real Property." The class, spon
sored without charge by the Ore
gon real estate department and
the University of Oregon, will be
held at Roseburg High School on
Thursday, Feb. 16, beginning at
7:30 p.m..
Robert Beardsley, secretary,
Douglas County Title., will assist
in the lecture. Byrer. who re
ceived degrees in political sci
ence and law at the University
of West Virginia, served for some
time as a special agent for the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Before accepting his present posi
tion he was land administrator for
U.S. Plywood Corp., at Gold Beach.
Auto Production Listed
At 11 5,755 Fori Week
DETROIT U. S. motor vehicle
production last week totaled 115.
755 units, the Automobile Manu
facturers Association reports.
The week's output included 96.
298 passenger cars and 19.457
trucks and motor coaches. During
the previous week 94,238 cars and
17.997 trucks and buses were pro
duced, the AMA said.
Cumulative output for 1961
through Jan. 28 totaled, 449.368
units, including 375,498 passenger
cars. 73,605 trucks and 265 motor
coaches. In the same period last
year, 811.487 vehicles were pro
duced 688,770 passenger cars, 122,
332 trucks and 385 buses.
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