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6 The Newi-Rariew, Roseburg, Ore. Mon.f Feb., 27, 1961 i - . ... J. I " n i.. , :2; n C31 rHirfv 'TTite i-.i I . fcV.. 1 ISA . 11 ....... ' I n Til K UMPQUA DAIRY is county's biggest dairy products concern. To this main plant a freezing plant has been added this year. - Ken Barneburg In 13th Year As School Superintendent Kenneth Barmibunt is now serv ing in bis 13th year as Douglas County School Superintendent. A few of the over 25 duties of the superintendent, as provided by law, include visits to each school in the county at least once a year, and efforts to aid, Instruct and inspire teachers In the schools to employ the best methods in teaching, governing and conducting their schools. He must also advise and consult with district school boards on mat ters relative to construction, heat ing, ventilation and arrangement of school buildings, methods of instruction and discipline in the schools and condition of school buildings and sites. Rtcords Kept ' An official record of all persons under contract to teach in the county must be kept. Special re- Scout Membership Now Totals 1650 "The first record of 'Boy Scouts of America in Douglas County dates back to the early 1920 s when a membership of 150 in five units was recorded. At that time Earl Britton served as scout executive of the RoseburK council. Membership almost doubled, and units more than doubled from nniO In 1Q1.IK TUam In IQIft.Qe W. H. Gerretsen. Earl Britton and Alan Knulson Sr., were instru mental in acquiring a quarter sec tion of land on Little River which was later known as Wolf Creek Scout Camp. This camp was the nredominant camo for the Rose burg Council until around 1942. At tne present uma uie won wreex Camp is being rehabilitated by Gor don Gerretsen, camping chair man of the Douglas Fir District. District Status Clvtn Sometime between 1935 and 1942, Roseburg Area Council became a district of the Oregon Trail Coun cil with its headquarters in Eu gene. This move was made in the interest of economy and service to the boys of Southwestern Oregon. In 1942. membership stood at 700 and units numbered 21. Douglas County Boy Scout program -was very active In the war effort with paper drives, scrap, drives, etc.. One of the highlights of the term of office of District Commissioner John Todd was the building of Camp Tsiltcoos near Forence for camping for all of the boys of the Oregon Trail Council, from Ocean Lake to Brookings and from Ale Kenzie Pass to the sea. The camp was built in 1956 and 1957. It was also during this period that the . council camping was changed from wolf creek to camp Lucky Boy which was inundated by a dam built on the McKenzie River. Boy Scout membership presently stands at 1,650 with a total of 52 units. Philip Meagher, who serves as Boy Scout executive, reports officials are planning for future membership of 2.000 by 1962. Ac. tivities planned for the remainder 01 inis year include a skin show at the Fairgrounds March 25 and the annual camporee, this year sei ior June 1, a, ana 4. 2 Navy Recruiters Assigned To County The Roseburg Navy Recruiting station was established in the Douglas County Courthouse in 1955 to cover the Douglas County area more effectively. Prior to this time, Navy recruiting was handled by recruiters from Eugene. At the present time, tliore are two recruiters assigned to the local office who cover all of Douglas County except the Glendale and Rcedsport areas. Recruiter In charge is Delmar D. Hockersmlth, senior chief elec trician's mate, with 22 years in the Navy. Chief Hockersmlth plans to retire in 1962 and remain in the Roseburg area with his wife and daughter. He is assisted by Robert E. Lewis, chief quartermaster, who lias over 17 years in the Navy. Chief Lewis will remain on re cruiting duty in Roseburg until September, 1962, then will be reassigned. An average of M enlistees per yesr have been processed since 1955. During 1960, 90 youth were accepted into the Navy for the first time. There were '7 who re enlisted, and five girls were en listed into the WAVES. The local station also helped several candi dates obtain commissions as na val officers. ports must be made and kept. He must receive the reports of ail districts in the county, and arrange for the annual school audit. Over and above the numerous Items called for by law. the super intendent finds he must confer with school board members, school clerks, superintendents, principals, teachers and lay citizens concern ing school problems. And he finds he must estimate all receipts for budgeting purposes of all districts in the county. One of the most important jobs the office entails is the distribution of ail eligible districts receipts from land sales, state irreducible eflhnnl f.inrf. nntinfi, ohtnl tt,nA forest rentals, rural elementary and rural high school tax and Coos Bay Wagon Road receipts. Taachert Interviewed He also interviews prospective teachers, and administrators, as well as enforce teacher certifica tion requirements. Not the least of his lobs is assisting various professional or ganizations within the. county with planning and arranging programs for meetings. in snort, ne nnus nimseit acting as a clearinghouse for all types of Information on schools and educa tion in general. The above are just a few of tne many duties and responsibilities tne superintendent must luce in the course of running the county's school system. Ho and his staff are busy people, indeed I Employment Office To Have New Home Construction is now under wav on the new home of the Roseburg office of the Oregon State Employ ment Service. Completion date has tentatively been set as April 1. Trie new office, being built in the 800 block on SE Pine St., will re place the overcrowded facilities the employment service now occupies. Designed by the architectural firm of Hitchock and Kcefe of Eu gene, the new building will have a stone and glass exterior. The build ing will be constructed primarily of concrete with laminated wood columns and exposed laminated beams being used on the interior to support' the roof.' ' ' Cost 5100,000 Estimated cost of the new struc ture has been set at $100,000. me new offices arc needed to Brovide adequate facilities for the ouglas County residents in find ing employment. , ,. ' The. state office is responsible for not only finding jobs for un employed persons but must also process unemployment cases, see ing that unemployment checks are paid out and that no one is getting payments who is regularly employ ed. Fundamentally though, the service acts as a coordinating agency between businesses that have job openings and persons who are seeking jobs. . ART SHOW PLANNED The Suthcrlin School District has scheduled an art show of entries from grade, junior high and high school April 13 and 14. The exhibit will be held in the Suthcrlin Com munity Building. Rodeo Time Is Fun Time In Douglas County Douglas County's 17th annual rodeo in Roseburg is expected to be bigger than ever this June 17 and 18. And those attending will have the satisfying knowledge their mon ey is going to a good cause. The Douglas County Rodeo Association has decided to give the net profits from the two-day show to the Roseburg YMCA. Charles (Chub) Church, who has been selected by the YMCA board as a liason man between the "Y" and the Rodeo Association, said the money will be used to com plete financing of the building. (Costs of the new "Y" rose above the original estimates, and funds are still being raised to complete financing.) First Time Noted Bill Tipton, president of the as sociation, said this is the first year the association has earmark ed 100 per cent of the profits to any single project. In the past, money has either gone back into fairgrounds facilities or to charit able organizations. In a joint statement, Church and Tipton said "because of the com munity benefits and the fact the "Y" has developed into a facility which will benefit the whole county. Tipton pointed out that because of the benefits to youngsters, the plan of donating the money to the "Y" is in harmony with the ac tivities of the association and its member organization, Douglas County Mounted in providing rec reational activites for young people. He said this is indicated by the steadily increasing interest being evoked among young people in horse groups. YMCA Ultimate "We feel the YMCA is the ulti mate in providing positive recrea tional activites to young people, as well as the whole family," he con cluded. Last year's Rodeo Cowboys As sociation - approved event drew about 10,000 spectators. In the 17 years of its existence, it has stead ily grown to become one of the major rodeos of Oregon. Each year the association sends a rep resentative to the RCA convention in Denver to secure the best acts possible and to hire outstanding clowns. The clown this year will be Wil bur Plaugher, of Prather, Calif., who has appeared on national tele vision shows as well as in major rodeos. It will be a return visit for him, since he was here 10 vears ago. Another big name is Mel Lambert of Salem, who is considered among the best rodeo announcers in the world. Big Names Came Indication of the drawing power of the Douglas County Kodeo is the list of big name cowboys who have appeared in Roseburg. Among them are Casey Tibbs. world cham pion saddle bronc rider; Bill Lin derman, all-around cowboy; Har ley May, bulldogger; Dan Oliver, calf roper; Bob A. Robinson, bull dogging; and Eddy Akridge, bare back bronc rider. Each dollar earned at Roseburg by cowboys such as these adds a point to a season-long battle to be named world champion.. The Rodeo Association again this year has named Karl Doering as rodeo manager. TURKEYS MOVE OUT At one time, Douglas County was the turkey center of the state, but that title moved to the Willamette Valley in recent years. The coun ty still receives money for the Northwest Turkey Show, which was started in Oakland. Last year, the show received $2,331.99 from the state racing fund. 'The legis lature is being asked to transfer the funds to Die Nortn Douglas County Fair. . 0 .Urie-nin). BUCKING BRONC symbolizes the jorring thrills expected ot this year's 17th annual Douglas County- Rodeo. One of the highlights of the two-doy show will be chariot racing. ' 3,004 FARMS Douglas County has 3.004 farms. The average size of the farms is 1216 acres. Many Of County Schools Merged As a result of a 1957 Ore con law calling for establishing of ad ministrative scnooi districts throughout the state that is, districts with grades 1 through 12 nearly all districts in Douglas Coun ty have recently been involved in consolidation investigations. The law was adopted to serve two major purposes. The first was to improve curricular offerings, especially at the high school level. The second purpose was to sim plify school district structure by getting every district into the 1-12 setup. As originally laid out, the law called for a school board member convention in each county to be held to elect a reorganization com mittee to administer the law in the respective . counties. The convention was held in Doug las County at Elkton early in 1958. Harold Glover, Roseburg, was chosen chairman. ' ; Plans were then drawn up coun- tywide in scope to bring the dis-1 tncts into the 1-12 plan. These plans were then sent to the state Board of Education for approval or rejection. The plans wero then returned and tne work siariea. The most recent application of the law in Douglas County was the special election to bring together Drain, Yoncalla, Scotls Valley, Gunter and Curtin school districts. Also included in this were the Drain and Yoncalla Union High School districts. Of the seven boards formerly in existence there, the plan called for reorganization into one board with one member from each of the five districts and two elected from the combined areas at large. Reorganization accomplished in the county so far includes the merging of the Tiller and Days Creek districts into one Days Creek administrative district, con solidation in the Upper Cow Creek area of the former districts of Anchor and Galcsvillo with the Glendale district, and formation of three administrative districts with no boundary changes the dis tricts of Roseburg, Glide and -Elk-ton. . - The voters of Myrtle Creek. Rid dle and Cnnyonvllle turned down a consolidation proposal in 1960. Riddle now has a study underway by. the Oregon School Study Coun cil, connected with the University of Oregon's School of Education, to test the feasibility ot reorgani zation in the southern portion of the County. Dr. ClnrciTco Uincs is heading the study. Douglas County Has Many Able Doctors Douglas is one of 23 counties in the state which have shown in creases in the physician population in the last 10 years. When the Committee on Rural Health first established its physi cian placement service, the pri mary target was the rural area of the slate -which had suffered most during the wartime years. From 1947 to 1S60, the physician population of the state outside Mult nomah County Increased 57 per cent, In Douglas County in 1950, the number of physicians was 36. Now it has risen to 42. Despite the in crease, the population to physician ratio went up. In 1950, there were i.avj people 10 every physician. In 1960, it was 1,612. Rod And Gun Club Advances Fishing, Hunting Activities Part of the attraction of the Ore gon country Is the promise of fish ing and hunting. Organized to pro tect and advance both of these as a sport and rerrention was the Soulh Unipqua Rod and Gun club in ju.iu. First nrcnnljoil at Tiller inH then moved to Canyonville to pro vide a more central location, the group elected Carl C. Hill (now of Ulxonville) as its first nreiirient. His son, Carl M. Hill and H. J. Hash join him in being the three remaining charter members slill belonging to the organization. With WPA help, the club built a community building on its proper ty in Canyonville and sponsored many community activities there. Approximately 1932, tho cluh, having sold their property to the Highway Department, purchased 80 acres west of Canyonville a mile off the Riddle Road and built their present building designed by Guy McGee which is also used for various community activities as well as Rod and Gun Club meets. Most vigorous section of activity in recent years has been that spon sored by the South Umpo.ua Arch ers, an affiliate organization, whose male members are also members i of the Rod and Gun Club and which Includes divisions for the entire family in its activities. The j South Umpqua Archers are mem-1 bers of the Oregon How Hunters 1 and National, Archery Association and have one of the most clabor- j ate field courses in the North-! west. Peak event of the year is j the Memorial Day Invitational Meet which includes archers from 1 all over tho Northwest. 1 Range Planned In the future plans of the Rod and Gun club is the building of an indoor range for archery, pistols and smallbore rifles, according to Carl Hill who said most of thej dates mentioned are approximate. I f&9 jWBWiPlrvSWlOFecttiE VMS AT s5 homogenized i.D I VITAMIN P , Sk waiK idwS'SowicT Through tha years the Umpqua Dairy label has become a symbol of leadership in Processing the very newest and latest in dairy products. Balanced growth in our plant and line of items created has been our goal Our slogan of "Let the Umpqua Label protect your table", shall be our pledge for the future. ' ; THE UMPQUA FAMILY OF... 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