2 The Newi-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Mon., Feb., 27, 1961
10,000 Persons Homeless
In Flood - Stricken South
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Swollen rivers continued to pour
over a stricken Southland today,
where 10,000 or more persons
have been left homeless.
Damage from week-long floods
In Alabama, Georgia and Missis
sippi will run into millions of
dollars.
The Red Cross began establish
ing an emergency field disaster
headquarters at Montgomery for
flood victims.
12 Pertont Dead
At least 12 persons have died
in Southern flood waters caused
by torrential rains which lasted
most of last week.
Stricken areas at a glance:
Alabama Montgomery and
central Alabama worst hit. At
least 3,240 evacuated, Including
about 1,500 at Montgomery and
700 at Selma. Alabama River at
Montgomery reaches record level
Youths Fail In Try
To Rob Pay Phone
Two youths were taken into cus
tody by Oregon State Police as
they allegedly attempted to gain
entry to the coin box of a pay
telephone Sunday at Kelly's Korn
cr, three miles south of Roseburg.
One of the boys was Ossie Harry
Simmons, 19, formerly of this area
and now of Estacada, The other
youth was listed by polico as be
incr ArTnrilintf In State Police.
the two had broken" the dial section
of the telephone from the coin nox
and had attempted entry into the
nnln Ki.v l.lll umr 11 TKl l'll'KK f 1 1 1
Both were apprehended still inside
me pnone uuum.
Aroustd by Noise
Occuoants of the store at Kelly's
Korner were arrouscd by the
noise of someone beating and pry
ing on the telephone and called the
police. The youths are booked at
the county jail for destruction of
private property.
Two other boys, ages 14 and J5,
were taken into custody for bur
glary of Sunset Market, 46:10 Nli
Stephens St, late Friday night. En
try was made by cutting a hole in
the panel of the rear door, unlatch
ing the lock and entering the door.
Taken were $173 in cash, two
fifths of wine and three cartons
of cigarettes. The boys are being
held for juvenile, authorities.
Examinations Slated
For Civil Service :
Federal Civil Services examina
tions are bcinV uiven now to fill
three new positions. Applications
may bo obtained from most post
offices. ' '
The three positions presently
open Include engineering techni
cian, 56,435 to 7,u a year; super
visory physicist (sound), $8,955 a
Tear; aim enrtograpmc am (compi
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stage, Gov. John 1'alterson la isk ;
for federal disaster relief.
3,(00 Refugees
Mississippi Ifattiesburg worst
hit with 3,000 refugees. About 5,000
evacuated in state. Damage esti
mated up to $10 million. Gov. Ross
Barnett appeals to President Ken
nedy to declare flooded areas ma
jor disaster area. Leaf River re
ceding slowly at Hattiesburg.
Georgia Columbus and. West
Point on Chattahoochee River at
Alabama line suffer most damage.
Police at Columbus estimate 1,
000 evacuated. About 340 evacu
ated at West Point. Chattahoochee
receding slowly. '
Montgomery, Ala., and Hatties
burg, Miss., appeared to be hard
est hit.
Tom Slowe, Red Cross informa
tion officer from Washington, flew
over the central Alabama area
Sunday and said it "looks like a
sea." lie said more than 15,000
persons apparently are directly
affected by the floods in Alabama.
At llalliesburg, more than 3,600
refugees are being cared for in
11 shelters, plus 1,000 more from
Beaumont, McClain and Merrill,
and 150 from Waynesboro'.
The crest of the flooding Leaf
River began moving downstream,
but the water receded slowly at
Hattiesburg, which had a record
crest of more than nine feet
above flood stage Thursday.
The Chattahoochee River on the
Georgia-Alabama line reached a
record crest twice Sunday at
Columbus, Ga.; causing what was
described as the worst flood in 32
years in that city. Police esti
mated nearly 1,000 persons fled
their homes at Columbus.
At Phenix City, Ala., across the
'hemx Lily, Ala., across me j
from Columbus, five blocks ,
river
Roseburg City Council
Faces Quiet Agenda
A quiet agenda appears to face
the Roseburg City Council this
evening.
There will be action on a street
name change NE Kinney Ave.
and Beulah Ave. both to Bculah
Dr., "in order to make one con
tinuous street.
' A business license application for
Earl E. Remick, Dairy Queen, is
also an item of business.
Guy L. Smith
Guy L. Smith, 69, of Canyonville
died at his home early Saturday
auernoon alter a lengthy illness.
Ho was born in Weeping Water,
Ncbr., on Jan. 9, 1892, and had
been a resident of the Canyonville
area since March of 1916. He was
a veteran of World War 1 and had
formerly been a lugger, moving to
lhe- Canyonville area from Spo
kane, He was married to Riatha Per
due May 9, 1921, in Yreka, Calif.
Survivors besides the wife in
clude two sons, Irving of Spokane
and Lee of Days Creek; one sister,
Mrs. Edith Drorbaugh of Brook
ings; and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held in
the chapel of Ganz Mortuary on
Tuesday at 2 p.m., with Reverend
Dun Campbell of the Methodist
Church officiating. Interment will
follow In the Masonic cemetery,
Canyonville.
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were inundated and about 400 per
sons were evacuaieu.
West Point, Ga., about 30 miles
north of Columbus, also was hard
hit. The Chattahoochee reached a
crest there at 24.75 feet Sunday,
Guardsmen Take Over
National Guardsmen were pa-
troling at many Manama cities.
to guard against looting.
'Guardsmen used landing boats
in efforts to rescue stranded cat
tle. Hundreds of cattle drowned
and it was feared the loss would
mount into the thousands.
Many highways were closed, in
cluding U.S. 31 south of Mont
gomery, a major north-south ar
tery . Unking Birmingham,. Mont
gomery and Mobile.
U.S. 29 was closed at West
Point, Ga'., and U.S. 90 southwest
of Hattiesburg. j " ; .
Hope Dim For Boy
Clinging To Ice Floe
CORNING. N. Y. (AP)-A teen
age boy was last seen floating
down the fast-flowing Chemung
River clinging to an ice floe Sun
day night.
The boy, Michael DeMunn, 14,
of Corning, was given little
chance for survival in the frigid,
rain-swollen river but searchers
hoped he may have stumbled
ashore somewhere along the wind
ing 15-mile stretch between Corn
ing and lilmira.
Two companions. Thomas vFar
rell and Stephen Tuma, also 14
and from Corning, were rescued
from the river shorlly after night
fall after thev tumbled from the
u.e ,ue and grabbeU trees in tne
ni;l wil(cr n(,ar lhe 1)anki
The Farrell boy said they were
playing on ice in Coining's Post
Creek when the piece they were
on broke off and floated into the
river. He said they leaped for
another floe but he and the Tuma
youngster slipped off and tumbled
into the water.
Walter J. Spracher
Funeral services for Waller
James Spracher, 63, who died Sat
urday at his home in Indian Gap,
will be held Wednesday at the
Chapel of the Roses in Roseburg.
Bishop Ralph U. Anderson of the
Sutheilin Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints will officiate.
Interment will follow at Rose
burg Memorial Gardens.
He was born at LaBclle, Idaho,
March 13, 1898. He came to In
dian Gap in 1947 from Coos Bay.
He was a member of the Ameri
can Legion and a retired mill work
er. Survivors Include his wife Wil
lena of Sulherlin; a sister, Martha
Radford, Rigby, Idaho.; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Patricia Marlin, Sulher
lin, and Mrs. Betly Jo Cambridge,
American Falls, Idaho; two sons,
Walter Luther Neeley, Sulherlin.
and Mike Neeley, Winston, and
ten grandchildren.
Skiing Accident Results .
In Injury To Man's Ankle
Inar Lindscth, 32, Roseburg, was
admitted to Douglas Community
Hospital Saturday about 5:25 for
an ankle iniurv suffered while
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Two-Car Accident
Nets Man Citation
Roger Abbott McKenzie, 442
Myillewood Court, Roseburg, was
cited for failure to yield right of
way to oncoming traffic, following
a two-car accident Sunday about
9 a.m. -
The accident occurred at the in
tersection of W. Foothill Dr. and
W. Harvard Ave. According to
City Police, McKenzie had stopped
at the stop sign at foothill Drive,
: then proceeded onto Harvard. Op-
Lewis Kclley, 764 SE Stephens,
slammed on his brakes but skidded
into the other car. '. , .
Cart Damaged .
The right front of the McKenzie
car and the right front rnd side
of the Kelley car were damaged.
Two hit-and-run accidents, both
causing damage of about $200 were
reported to police.-
Ardery Jean Duzen, 1135 SE
Pine St., reported a car traveling
at a high rale of speed struck her
parked car and pruceeded on with
out slopping. , -
A car owned by Roy Rhyneer of
724 SE Jflint 'SU was damaged
by another while parked in a lot
at Kelley's Motel. Operator of the
other car got out and looked, then
drove on without leaving a note
or informing anyone, witnesses
told police. License number of the
car was obtained by witnesses.
Drain Trout Hatchery
Scene Of Field Day
The Tip Davis Trout Hatchery
near Drain will be the scene of a
farm pond field day Saturday, ac
cording to Wayne Mosher, Doug
las County extension agent.
Special guests at the field day
will be Andrew Landforce, exten
sion wildlife management special
ist and Arnold Harris, operator of
the hatchery.
The hatchery may be reached
by taking old Highway 99 north
from Drain to Gunter Road and
traveling on Gunter Road for about
9 miles. The meeting will start at
1:30 p.m.
Roseburg Man Injured
In One-Car Accident ,:
A one-car accident Saturday aft
er 5 p.m. a mile south of Roseburg
sent one person to Douglas Com
munity Hospital. v
Injured was Barney McCargar.
21, of 1017 NE Klamath Ave., Rose-
bure. All unidentified passenger
suffered minor injuries, it is re
ported. According to State Police. Mc
Cargar was driving north on High
way 99 Bit near Ivcrson s Mill. He
passed another vehicle, and when
he moved back into the northbound
lane apparently lost control of the
vehicle on the wet pavement and
went off the highway on the east
side. He rammed into the bank
and continued along the ditch for
approximately 50 feet before com
ing to a stop.
The vehiclo was heavily dam
aged in me iront end. j
Time Bomb Found
SAIGON, Viet Nam fAP)-U.S.
officials said today a time bomb
was found in a jeep parked out
side the American officers quar
ters in downtown Saigon Friday.
The attempted bombing, the first
reported aimed at Americans here
in more than three years, follows
an increase in Communist terror
ist activity. .
Bonut
Oregon Road
Toll Climbs
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
One car dropped from Sn over
pass and another upended on a
beach Sunday, and in each acci
dent one person died. Oregon's
highway death toll for 1961 thus
continued lo mount at a rate of
one fatality a day.
An accident on lhe sands of
Heceta Beach near Florence took
the life Sunday of Glenn Earl
Beattie, 21, of Cottage Grove.
Coroner's deputy Joseph Clark
said Jieattie's car skidded broad
side into a log and then pitched
through the air, landing on its
top, Beattie was pinned beneath
the auto and suffered a fatal neck
injury.
Three other persons in the caV
escaped serious 'injury. They were
identified as Kenneth Walker, 17;
Kenneth Bennett, 21; and Richard
Reddig. 29. all of Cottage Grove.
Inside the glove compartment
of Beatlje's smashed car, police
found a safe driving citation
from the Air Force. He had been
released from the Air Force in
December. -
Earlier Sunday, a car skidded
on ice, smashed through the rail
ing on an overpass and dropped
25 feet onto a highway near Mc
Minnville. Mis. Lester B. Robuck
of Sheridan was thrown out of the
car and killed outright. Police
said her husband escaped injury.
Oregon's traffic death toll for
the year 'now stands at 57 per
sons, including 23 in February, in
the Associated Press tabulation.
Eugenian To Lecture
At Real Estate Class
Ed Wellnitz. of Eugene, assist
ant vice president, Pacific First
federal Savings and Loan Associ
ation, will be lecturer for the certi
ficate real estate class for Doug
las county brokers and salesmen
in the trade and industry section,
Roseburg High School, Thursday
beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Subject will be "Real Estate Fi
nance and the Money Markets."
The certificate course, covering 16
lectures, is presented without
charge by the Oregon real estate
department and the University of
Oregon. As the course is continuous
registration can be established by
attendance at any class. H. J. Win
ter, of Roseburg, represents the
sponsors.
County GOP Leader
To Attend Conference
Douglas County's Republican
Parly vice-chairman, Mrs. Ray
mond Borden of Roseburg, will at
tend the ninlh annual Conference
of Republican Women in Washing
ton, D. C. March 5 through 7.
Mrs. Borden's selection as a' del
egate to the conference was an
nounced today by Mrs. Helen
Daugherty of Portland, vice chair
man of the state central commit
tee. . i .,. .
Selection of delegates was based
on excellence irr campaign activity
and county organizational work.
After returning from lhe confer
ence Mrs. Borden will participate
in the first Republican Women's
Lonference to he held in Oregon s
congressional districts.
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Organizational Meetings Scheduled
For Vocational Education Courses
The 'Adult and Vocational Edu
cation Department of the Roseburg
public schools will hold organiza
tional and enrollment meetings for
Nurses' Aide and Welding courses
tonight at 7 o'clock at -the high
school. .Meeting nights for each
course will be arranged at the
organizational meetings.
Starting Tuesday will be three
distributive education classes. A
course in accounting and two sec
tions in typing, one for beginning
and one for advaned students,
will be offered and those wishing
may. enroll by attending the first
class meeting.
Courses being planned to start
Lads Give Parents
Anxious Moments
Two boys, ages 9 and 10, gave
their parents and police some anx
ious moments when they failed to
return home from church school
Sunday morning and were missing
all afternoon. ' v
The patents," City Judge and
Mrs. Warren Woodruff, 1264 SE
Overlook, called police, at 12:40
p.m. when the boys had not re
turned, and1 when they were still
missing af 6 p.m., after an after
noon search,, an all points bulletin
was issued. .. .
Information of the two-missing
boys Richard 10 and Daryl 9, was
broadcast ovef the three local ra
dio and the television stations.
The mystery was cleared up
when the boys walked into a serv
ice station at the south part of
town and asked for a dime to call
home. The attendant, Ray Graham
of 142 SE Miller Ave., notified the'
police.
One of the boys had a cut on
the back of the head. He was rush
ed to the hospital by ambulance
for treatment, but the cut proved
minor. He said he had fallen down.
The boys had been playing along
the South Umpqua River south of
town, according to City Police.
Former Roseburg Gal
Has Article Printed
Former Roseburg resident Mrs.
Mary McKay Harding has "crack.
ed" the Saturday Evening Post.
Mrs. Harding had a "Postscript"
published on Page 34 of the Feb.
18 issue, titled "Area Council Pine
Pixies." It was her first literary
aiiempt, according to inends here.
Born and reared in Douelas
County and of pioneer stock par
ents ana grandparents on both
sides of the family tree. Mrs. Hard
ing has lived in Sheridan for the
last few years. She was a grad
uate of Roseburg High School.
Battery Stolen From Car
Parked Inside A Garage
Dorothy Elizabeth LaMar, 1304
SE Pine St., reported a battery
stolen from her car parked in the
garage at the rear of her home
sometime Friday night. The gar
age door was locked, but a side
door was left open.
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VnMlinnal eHnration director Al
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break-down ot tne new classes:
I Nurui' Aide:" Instructor. Lois
Conar. limn 7 n m Innieht: fee.
$12.00; meeting place, High School
Snrisl ArU Ruildinc: length of
course, 30 hours.
Training in hospital procedures
and the care of patients. Provides
training for those planning to work
as Nurses' Aides. It is also valu
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The flass will meet once a week
at the High School for lectures,
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Welding: Instruction Sandy
Elam; time, 7 p.m. tonight; fee,
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jnop; icngm ot course, ju nours.
Class demonstration and individ
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Civil Defense Director
To Speak At Glendale
Glendale - Azalea residents have
been urged to attend an important
civil defense meeting scheduled at
7:30 tonight at the Glendale High
School, according to Mrs. G. B.
Fox, News-Review correspondent.
Arthur M. Selby, Douglas County
civil defense director who has just
returned from a national LD con
ference in Washington, D. C, will
be the principal speaker.
Glendale residents who in case
of civil emergency are to be re
sponsible for housing of 10,000 per
sons, will have an opportunity to
assess their resources and to raise
some plans for the community.
There will also be a question-and-answer'period.
The CD meeting is
being sponsored by the PTA and
will replace the regular PTA meet.
Liz Recovering
LONDON (AP)-Elizabeth Tay
lor was recovering from influenza
today, and this time the producers
of the film "Cleopatria are un-
worried about their star's illness.
Officials said the attack has run
its course. Shooting was held up
for several months when the U.S.
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Class covers mastery of the key.
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and accuracy drills. Both group
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Intermediate Typing: Time, 7
p.m.; starting date, Tuesday; fee,
$20.00; meeting place, Main 208;
length of course, 44 Hours.
A course designed for those who
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Class meets twice weekly for u
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Accounting: Time, 7 p.m.; start
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meeting place, Main 206; length of
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A course designed for those hav
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for 11 weeks.
Former Baseball Star
Arrested For Robbery
NEW YORK (AP) Former
baseball star Henry (Hank)
Thompson is in jail today on
charges of committing a $.17
robbery.
Police said Thompson, who had
been in trouble with the law be
fore, took that amount at gun
point early Sunday from Bill's
Bar on Amsterdam Avenue.
The little Negro infielder, who
played for the New York Giants
in the 1951 and 1954 World Series,
was held in $10,000 bail.
Thompson, now unemployed
quit baseball in 1958 after the
Giants who had moved to San
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