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TAKING SHAPE is the interior of the Equitable Savings & Loan Co. building, purchased
from tne united States National Bonk. Equitable plans to complete renovation of the
ground floor level for occupancy by July 1. The adjoining building is being remodeled
for a Coast-to-Coast Store. Considerable exterior changes are also being made. (Chris'
Studio).
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BERNAU-W1LS0N BUILDING Offices of Attorneys Fred H. Bernau ond Arthur A.
Wilson are now established in the converted former dwelling ot 485 SE Kane St. at
SE Washington. The building also contains the office of Helen Glenn Real Estate
on the main floor in an addition to the building, shown 'ot right. Offices of G. R. Leck
lider, engineer, and Milton E. Hard, insurance, located upstairs. (Chris' Studio).
Bill And Marge Williams
Start Coin, Stamp Co.
,A new business, believed to be
the only one of its type in Douglas
County, has just been established I the Roseburg (area) Chamber of
by Bill and Jlarge Williams of 598! Commerce are contained in a re-
NE Roseland Ave.
Many Activities Arc Listed
By Chamber Since January!
A list of numerous activities of! about Roseburg. 21.000 folders have
Name of the business is Tim
ber Capital Coin and Stamp Co.
The assumed business name was
registered with (lie county clerk
last week, and will be operated by
(he Williams from their home.
In recent years Ihc number of
coin and stamp collectors has in
creased markedly and the new busi
ness will provide a number of serv
ices to collectors, said Williams.
In addiiion to buying and selling
coins and s(amps, numerous ac
cessories, such as albums and cat
alogs will be available.
While a good share of the busi
ness will be devoted to mail or
ders, every attempt will be made
port to the membership from the
local headquarters. The report,
compiled by Secretary-Manager
Harold Reaume, is for the period
Jan. 1 to April 30.
Many of the activities pertain to
events advertising Roseburg and
Douglas County in other parts of
Ihc nation, and obtaining informa
tion through speakers and other
sources of importance on the econo
mic welfare of the community.
One of the important functions
was doing the necessary back
ground survey leading to adoption
been sent to travel and vacation
shows in Chicago, Omaha, Kansas
City, Minneapolis, Dallas, Tex..
Los Angeles and Oakland. Total
of 93 auto clubs and travel agen
cies have ordered folders from 135
solicited. Tourist advertising in
magazines has brought 323 inquir
ies. The chamber presented an eight
point parking program lo ease
parking restrictions to city offi
cials. Two-hour limit on metered
spaces and courtes tickets for
out-of-slate autos has been adopted.
Banquet Held
A first citizen's award annual ban-
lower division of college courses.
The "community college" plan will
start- next fall in the district.
Many Inquiries
The chamber, through advertis
ing in publications in the midwest
inviting retired couples, has re
ceived 1,072 inquiries, and 237
to meet local collectors' needs, said school pupil inquiries have been
Williams. I received requesting information
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by the School District 4 board of a quct was held. Negotiations have
been made with the city, General
Services Administration and Ore
gon Military Department for a new
Oregon National Guard armory
site on the VA Hospital grounds.
Good will committee visits have
been made to business proprietors
and managers, and legislative clin
ics were held Jan. 28 and March
11. The 27lh annual 4-H marketing
day was sponsored, and the board
of directors approved the State
Highway Department's plan for
connecting the Washington Ave.
Bridge with U.S. 99.
The chamber has acquired a
Thomas' Register of manufactur
ers, has sent County Walcr Re
sources. Board queslionaires to Na
tural Resources Division members,
has maintained a "100 Valleys of
the L'mpqua" signboard at Shasta
Calif., and has obtained
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Sat., May 13, 1961 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. 5
Preparations Going Ahead
For Ward Store Changeover;
Management Changes Listed
Ed C. Nolle is in the position of
being a manager who has been
crowded right out of his own of
fice. The result, Nolle, manager of
Montgomery Ward's Roseburg
store, has had to set up separate
olfices lor himself and staff in
two rooms of the l'mpqua Hotel,
Rooms 309 and 312.
A change in the managerial set
up has been made necessary in or
der to properly arrange for open
ing of Ward's new Roseburg store,
now under construction at the NK
Stephens St. intersection with NE
Garden Valley Blvd., according to
Nolle.
He is devoting all his time to
arrangements for the new store.
Max Clark, who look over as as
sistant manager earlier this year,
has been promoted to operating
manager, and has taken over the
responsibility of closing out the
old store. He will continue as oper
ating manager at the new location.
Merchandise Manager
Transferred here from Red Bluff,
Calif., is Frank Lowry, who has
been named merchandise manager
for the new store. Formerly assist
ant manager at Red Bluff, he is
now here assisting with ordering
of merchandise.
Nolle has a staff of 10 girls
working with him in his Umpqua
Hotel offices, helping with ordering,
laying out advertising, hiring per
sonnel and taking care of other
problems in conjunction with the
tremendous task of setting up and
operating an all new store the size
that Ward s will be when it is com-!
plcted and occupied sometime ear
ly in August.
Weekly visits are being made
by representatives from the Oak
land West Coast regional head
quarters to assist with ordering
and organization.
New Merchandise Arriving
New merchandise will start ar
riving in Roseburg Monday and
will be stored at the new location.
A permanent warehouse office will
be set up then and additional crews
hired as markers.
Nolle said, that while he has
numerous applications on file for
positions, he is still taking applica-
Assumed Business
Names Are Filed
Assumed business names have
been filed with the Douglas County
Clerk for (he following:
Pe(erson-Dull Motors, Inc., Is
lisled as the real and true name
and post office address of the cor
poration conducting, having an in
terest in, or intending to conduct
the business of dealing in automo
bile sales, repair and service un
der (he name or style of Mock Mo
tors, Roseburg, Stanley Daughcrty,
president.
Al's Shell Service, by Alvin J.
Johnson, 792 NW Garden Valley
Rd., Roseburg.
Orvillc's Fixit Shop. Orville H.
and Anna E. Cornell, 531 NE Gar
den Valley Blvd.
Notice of retirement has been
filed for the North Douglas Bowl,
bowling alley and snack bar, by
Donald N. and Venus Davis.
New Douglas Inn Motel
Progress On Schedule
Work is progressing on schedule
on the new Douglas Inn Motel
being built for LcRoy Ladd and
l-cc Preston on SE Stephens St.
between SE Oak and Washington
avenues.
Contractor Fred Guske said the
roof is completed and that the
interior is ready for the plas
terers. Exterior finish work will
get underway the first part of
10.000 inext weck
tions. The permanent staff for the
now operation will be approximate
ly 100. which is double the present
store's staff.
Meanwhile, work progresses on
schedule on the new building, des
pite heavy rains which have slow
ed some phases of the work, but
in general everything is going sat
isfactorily on the million dollar
structure, being built for lease to
Wards by llilp and Rhodes, San
Francisco inventors. i
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LYLE MOCK, above, has pur
chased the former Peterson
Dull Motors and has changed
the name to Mock Motor Co.
He comes to Roseburg from
Corvallis where he had an
automobile agency but former
ly is from Eugene.
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WCA Earns Profit
Net After Taxes,
Statement Reveals
nest Coast Air inns. Kei-ulnn
Roseburg, earned a net profit after
taxes ot 52HB,270 or $1 per share
of stock in 1960. President Nick Bcz
announced today following the re
lease of the company's annual re
port.
"Favorable earnings were re
corded lor the period and were
supplemented by additional income
applicable to the three prior vears
as a resull of settlement of our
open mail rate wilh the Civil
Aeronautics Board," Bcz said.
This settlement, totaling $1,296,
092, when applied lo the three pre
vious years when financial state
ments reported deficils from opera
tions, gives the following results:
Net earnings in 1959 were $240,
081 or 81 'cents a share;' in 1958
net earnings were S1B3.087 or 55
cenls a share, and in 1957 net earn
ings were $67,039 or 36 cents a
share.
"During (he year service was in
itialed to Calgary and your air
line thereby adopted in(erna(ional
characteristics," Bez (old (he stock
holders. "Service also was inlroduced lo
Sun Valley, famous for its rcsorl.
These (wo operations have been
well received and arc iinporlan(
additions (o your company's rou(c
pattern.
"Passenger traffic, as an index
of progress, continued to grow and
registered a 14 p r cent increase
over the previous year."
Company directors and officers
were re - elected at the annual
stockholders meeting. Donald G.
Graham was added as an assistant
secretary.
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EUGENE ROELLE, on right, president of Generol Electronic Manufacturing, tests a trans
lator for receiving, amplifying, converting to different channel and rebroodcasting tele
vision signals to areas of poor or no reception. He is pictured with Paul Dillon, on left,
who is working on production at the GEM plant on W. Harvard Ave. (Chris' Studio).
Production Gets Under
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Waif
Television
ransfators
Simple in appearance, but intri
cate in design and tremendous in
capability are the television trans
lators now being produced by Gen
eral Electronic Manufacturing,
Inc., in the former Fairhaven
Market building on W. Harvard
Ave.
Head of the company is Eugene
Roelle, designer of the translators,
who is being assisted in manufac
ture of the produce by Dick Ben
nett, secretary-treasurer of the
corporation, and Paul Dillon.
Between taking orders and pro
ducing translators ready for ship
ment, the three men find some
time lo eat and sleep, but not much.
Ihey had the task of producing five
units this week from Tuesday lo
Saturday. They are to be shipped
as far away as Montana and Nebraska.
Now thai information has gotten
around thai the translators are
available and designed to bring
satisfactory television reception to
small, isolated communities, inquir
ies and lirm orders are arriving
daily, by mail and direct phone
rail.
Fulfillina Dream
Hoelle has worked wilh the idea
several years. He is now fulfilling
his dream of production. He and
the men who have joined the ven
ture are looking forward to the
time when they can hire a produc
tion crew, so they can devote llieir
time to marketing, improvement of
the product and redevelopment of
many other ideas on electronics
which the inventive mind of Roelle
is fostering. They are hoperul
that they can establish a going con
cern for (he ci(y of Roseburg and
add another industry of sorts that
will help its economy.
Electronic component parts
which go inlo the translators must
be factory produced, but the actiial
construction '-is a manufacturing
process. Many of Hie parts are
processed, at the local plant. Sheet
aluminum plays an important part.
Production of the translator begins
with the framing from aluminum
of a metal box, into which holes
nst he bored in precise places lor
the fitting of parts. Each tube and
connecting wire must bo placed
just so to do the job intended. Pre
cision is the keynote. When com
pleted, the translator must be fully
tested for performance.
Signal Amplified, Converted .
The translator consists ol a unn
for receiving a television broad
cast signal. This signal is ampli
fied, then converted lo anodier
channel, re-amplified and (hen (he
converted signal is rebroadcast inlo
shaded areas whero normal tele
vision reception is poor or non ex
istent. The set also contains the
necessary mechanical and electron
ic controls.
The Roelle translator, produced
under tho trade name of GEM,
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DICK BENNETT, secretary of General Electronic Manufac
turing, works on the production of a translator at the
company plant on W. Harvard Ave. Shown is an under
neath view of a translator. (Chris' Studio).
contains important other equipment
making possible remote control by
radio means.
Many workers in the electronics
field considered this impossible, us
jng a citizens band. It was wilh
considerable surprise at a recent
conference of men in the electron
ics field at Salt Lake City, Utah,
that it was revealed the Roseburg
men had developed the remote con
trol device.
Definite Advantage
Ihis highly important factor
gives the CEAf an advantage over
other translators in the field, as
the Federal Communications Com
mission requires that a station be
hie to go off the air wilhin 15
minutes time in event of a national
alert. Translators are placed on a
higher elevation near a commu
nity for maximum reception of the
signal and rebroadcast to a given
area. Sometimes the location may
be many miles away, such as Mt.
Scott for Suthcrlin television reception.
Numerous improvements and sim
plification of design have been per
fected in the translators during the
few weeks since production started.
Originally it had been intended to
incorporate additional channel con
verters into single units, but it has
been found more practical to use
individual translators fur each
channel desired. They may be
stacked one on top of another in
a metal cabinet. If no building is
available for the translator, it is
built inlo a waterproof con(ainer
and hung from a post or tower.
Translator production is now in
(he very high frequency field, but
as this is limited (o 12 channels,
Roelle sees the real future in the
ultra high frequency field, which
has almost unlimited wave length
bands for use. UHF channels would
require converters on television
sets, but mos( se(s witiiin (he very
near futiire will come wilh con
verters already inslalled.
Interest Mushrooms
Interest in translators for tele
vision reception in isolated areas
has mushroomed since they were
recognized by the FCC and legaliz
ed by congress a year ago. Tho
FCC had taken earlier action to
make them illegal, after thousands
of amplifiers and crude translator
systems were put into operation all
over the nation, many of them be
ing inadequate to do the job and
interfering wiih licensed television,
broadcasting.
But pressure on congessmen hy
people living in these areas unable
to receive television got them le
galized, but they arc under FCC
contml. Special requirement are
sc( up by tho FCC to eliminate
objcciional features.
Roelle stated that his translator
meets all and exceeds many of
the requirements of the FCC.
nickels and 5,000 decals for dis-1 (.uske said ihc completion target
tribution and a branding iron forl'la'e ,s"ll around the first of
.liny, unless mere are uniorcsecn
delays.
souvenirs.
These are only a portion of ac
tivities, and still more are in the
making. Eight speakers have ap
peared before various divisions of
the chamber, speaking on a variety
of subjects.
The chamber has assisted in
bids for several 1962 conventions.
The board of Directors, divisions
and coinmit'es of the chamber
have held numerous meetings and
carried on projects. The manager
and office staff have also per
formed numerous tasks over and
above the normal routine of of
fice prodedure. and these are list-i logging trucks, donkey engine and
ed in the report sent out to the earth moving vehicles were loaded
membership. on a freighter early in March.
Myrte Creek Operator
To Log In Costa Rica
D. L. Frazier, Myrtle Creek log
ging operator, reportedly has a
logging contract with the Costa
Rican , firm of Osa Forstalos
Productos and is taking four Ore
gon loggers and 150 Ions of logging
equipment to that nation lo set up
a log-exporting business.
His Caterpillars, loading cranes,
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