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t ' - ij jsji s, V i 11 i I J Douglas Fir Has Printed Final Issue The homey weekly news publi- eation, DoukUs Kir. ai distri buted (or the last tune today, ac cording to it editor Dick tinman. i ne eauoriai in inn week puon- I ration was Oilman's swan song, , he said. He said his printing, lithography ! and commercial photography bust- ness have expanded to such an ex tent that he could not do justice to the publication. At its peak circulation, the pub lication was going to 2.400 famil ies, a far cry from the first mime ographed publication which came out Nov. 16. 1945. Oilman said he and his wife, ; Reva. had started the publication , with $43.50 worth of equipment and a borrowed typewriter. Their print I ing experience was almost ml, he I said. I Af in If II li Oilman had had some writing League Of Women Voters Unveils,. eis oi America in rumana. ne I had been both secretary-treasurer of the district council and had run i the union's employment agency. - , ., , , . , . i It was there he also wrote a home- women irom me noseourg nara tcnun nrsi vice presiaeni, ! column for the union paper chapter of the League of Women Mrs. Stanley Hermann Mrs. James jn wmc gorified what he calls I nlttri ttctrm in ( nrvilln this u-m.L . Drnti l - LTVmnn C - rA onH .... " . , r i a t n . i i. , II. "u,"the Utile man" by telling inter- BOOKLET EXAMINED Mrs. Jock Walker and Mrs. Jomes Lombard of the Roseburg League of Women Voters and Rep. George Layman, chairman of the Constitutional Revision Commission, take a look in Corvollis at the Legue's newest publication which was introduced ot the state league meeting. Booklet On Oreqon Constitution League of Women Voters booklet I on Oregon's constitution. ) Women from the local leagues around the state also listened to preliminary proposals also from seven Constitutional Revision Com-' mission members. The new league booklet is called j "Sense, Sentiment and the Oregon Constitution." ! Beside speakers from the com Water Management Class Slates Visit DIT9IUC SUCaAt'lS llUill IHC IUIII- n Lift- . , , , , , mission, the women leaguers heard , School of forestry is scheduled to . maltt lie annua fmlrl Inn trt Oahd. from Mrs. Jonathan Benjamin, state league constitutional revi sion chairman. She stressed the fact that leagues will be actively working to promote good constitu tional revision. Attending from Roseburg were sirs. James Lombard, president of the Roseburg club, Mrs. Ger- Blind Pianist Slated For Eugene Appearance George Shearing, the blind pi anist who has gained international fame, will be at the University of Oregon Feb. 24 as part of a twin bill program. Appearing with him will be the Four Freshmen, whose blended voices have also brought them con siderable note. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Erb Memorial Student Un ion Building, esting and humorous incidents about them. When he came to Roseburg, he adopted the same idea in his Doug las Fir. Initially, however, he start ed an employment agency, for log gers and sawmill men. But he spent more and more time with the paper until he was working The watershed management "anywhere from 14 to 20 hours a class at Oregon State University's i day. Then he turned to the Douglas tir full time. He says he and his wife have missed only two issues since the make its annual field trip to Doug las County Saturday. The field trip has become a part: paper was started in 1945, both of of the course at the school. The class this year will include 43 students and the instructor. They will be taken up the South Ump qua River to look over watershed management probems there. They will study flood elevations, water damage, slides, reforestation, rain these were due to vacations Oilman will continue his print ing and commercial photography at his shop in the Flegel Building in northeast Roseburg. 3 T'rEZZ 8h fri., Feb. 14, 1962 The Maw-eYcMtw, Roseburg, Ore. Lower Urr.pqua Tree Plant Set March 21 March 21 has been set for the annual lower Umpq ia area public I schools' tree planting expedition. I The derision was made hy the Lower Impqua Tree Planting Committee, headed by Bill Glea son. Cascades 1'lywood Corp. for ester. The site to be planted this year is the old Levenhagen farm across the Impqua River from Scotts burg. About 20.000 Douglas fir seed lings will be secured by the In ternational Paper Co. Woodlands Department to be planted by an estimated 575 youngsters in the four grades fifth through eighth. Kredspurt. Gardiner and Elktnn elementary schools will be repre sented. As has been traditional, a spe cial guest of honor and partici pant will be John Skaaluren. who inspired the first planting event in 1946. FIRE-FIGHTING FAMILY BUFFALO. N. Y. (AP) - Capt. John. W. Wright of the Buffalo Fire Department has two sons, Jun i ior Capt. Robert W. Wright and : Junior Captain John F. Wright, both of the Buffalo Fire Depart-iment. SIX LEGS? That's right! And you can count them if you like os Ralph Howard, Tenmile holds a lamb born on his ranch Wednesday.. Besides having the regulation number of four legs at the usual spots, the little fellow has two more coming from the upper chest which appear to be just dongling. The lamb's back is twisted with one hind leg shorter than the other. The lamb is kept in the house and bottle fed to prevent pneu monia. (News-Review Photo by Andy Fautheree). nd stream gauges and expert-1 Model RoilrOttderS VleW alth Film At Thursday Meet A program of interest to model railroad enthusiasts was present ed ThnrsHnv ntpht at thp Jncpnh A II.. .....1.. Tn anal- .'--... r nnucnj. niiui .urij .? - Lane Junior High School, expected to take the tour in two Tne event -rged by faculty buses. The students wiU be joined member Bill Greenan. featured Dy representatives irom ine leuerai a and state agencies interested in water resource development. Head- Cow Creek Development Group Hears Fire Protection Talks MORE ROOM MORE SAFETY MORE ECONOMY 'S2 DATS UN Swxtt fir adultt in big car comfort Weighs hun dred of pound mor than comparably cars. Gts up to 33 mile por gallon . . . and fitted with stand ard American typo parts and threads, stocked at DATSUN'S largo West Coast factory parts depot Road roadr with yncbromeih column mounted transmission, factory undercoat heater, de (rosier, big 60 H P. engine, 12 month-12,000 mile warranty. it mental forests The tour Vill start from Douglas County Courthouse a.m. Lunch is scheduled in the woods, and the group will return at 5 p.m. ing the tour again is Ben Irving, Water Resources Survey engineer. The tours for senior students have been going on in the county 'for about five years. FLA' PEOPLE ENJOY 1,000,000 TIMES A DAY CORRECTION Billy the Kid Jeans, advertised Thurs. af 2 pair for $6 should have been as follows: BILLY the KID JEANS 2 $50 $3.69 EACH for " Husky SVOBODA'S TOTS to TEENS REG. 3.98 Now 632 S. E. Jackson St. Phone OR 3-5056 30-minute film entitled "Fun With Model Railroading" and a display of model trains and rail road facilities. Greenan siad the display was set up by various model train hob byists of Roseburg. He said the program was held to determine if area train hobbyinsts are interested in organizing a mod el railroading club. Adults as well as children are included in the proposal, be said. Glendale Church Slates Weekend Gatherings The Cquples Club of the Glen dale Olivet Presbyterian , Church will meet Saturday at 7:30 p.m., at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lew is Price up ML Reuben Rd., west of Glendale. The Rev. J. Dwight Russell, sy nod executive of the United Pres byterian Churches in Oregon, will be the guest speaker at the Glen dale Olivet Presbyterian Church Sunday at 11 a m. The morning service will be followed by a pot luck dinner which will give mem bers and friends of the church an opportunity to get better acquaint ed with their guest. Persons plan ning to attend the dinner are ask ed to bring food and table service. Three Three men instead of two, as re ported Thursday, are in the races for candidacy for county assessor. The latest to file was Roy Cox, a Democrat. He will be opposed by Ken Linder for the party nom ination. The only candidate on the Republican side is Leland Svarv erud, incumbent. mmnamtfBTMMmtmmmmmmmi Two guest speakers shared the program at the Rural Fire Dis trict meeting this week at Glen dale High School, reports Mrs. G. B. Fox, correspondent. The men are Bob Waters of Sa lem, deputy state fire marshal, and Cliff Thrasher of Roseburg, chief of the Roseburg Rural Fire Protection District and Douglas County fire defense chief. Gerald Fox. president of the Cow Creek Valley Development Association sponsor of the meeting, acted as moderator. Waters outlined the purpose of rural fire district and 'described the legal setup for institution and operation. Thrasher outlined opera tion of his own department. Both men answered questions posed by the audience. Recommendation Mad Waters recommended that the local group consider the voluntary type of organization because or mc savings in cost compared to paid departments. He quoted Oregon Law concerning boundaries of a fire district and discussed petition ing of the County Court for an election for vote by the people. Waters said he could not prom ise insurance savings from the es tablishment of a fire district. Both he and other speakers and those who joined in the discussion point ed out that while there is ho ac tual assurance of insurance rate' changes, such rate reductions us ually do occur. Three Filed Frank Edward Mays of Rt. 3. Box 884. Roseburg, has filed for bankruptcy in the V. S. District Court at Portland. The heavy duty equipment operator lists debts tot aling $11,513.98. Also filing were two Myrtle Creek men, Sam M. Humphrey of 450 SE Hurst, a sawmill worker, and Loy Edward Knudtzen, of PO Box 54. a choker setter. 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