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Decision Delayed In Local Hotel Suit By Absence Of Judge Decision in a civil suit to par tially determine the status of the Grand and Rose Hotels in Rose burg will not be forthcoming until some time in July, it has been learned here. The case was started in Federal District Courl in Portland last week before Judge William East, but had to be postponed because one witness, was not available to testify. Judge East has been call- Hospital News Visiting Hours 2 to 3:30 p.m. and 7 to S p.m. Douglas' Community Hospital Admitted M.dical: Ntva Brown, Mrs. El M.dical: Neva Brown, Mrs. El mcr Robison. Luclla Cunningham Jlrs. Dave Hummel, Mrs. James Johnson, Ellen Miller, Mrs. T. H. Stanton. Mrs. Kenneth Ludcrman, Mrs. William Bicknell, ail of Rose- burg; Mrs. Beulah Kimball, Suth erlin. Surgery: Mrs. Emmitt Shipp, Lola Jean S'uart, Robert Garcy, all of Roseburg: Mrs. Wayne Ml ars. Mrs. Lawrence Carney, both of Myrtle Creek. Discharged Marvin Quist. Mrs. Monte James and daughter Patricia Diane, Phil- lin Han ey. all of Roseburg; John Drassen, Frank Dcsonia, both of Sulhcrlin; Kimbcrly Snider, Clar ence Parker, both of Winston. Mercy Hospital Admitted Medical: Mrs. Gregory Jenkins, Joseph Piekarski, Mrs. Lucy Kruse, all of Roseburg; Mrs. Rich ard Choquottc, Glide; Debra , Thomas, Myrtle Creek. ' Surgery: Mark Roberts, Rose burg; Herman Johnson, Yoncalla. Discharged Ernest Boabcr, Mrs. Frances Omstcad, Michael Isakson, all of Roseburg, Mrs. Agnes Korell, Lloyd Smith, both of Riddle; Slier ri DeWcese, Winston; Mrs. William McKinney and son Tcrrence Husc, Canyonville; Mrs. Ellen Dunlap, Glide; Lloyd Gray, Roseburg. Credit Womens Group Hears Guest Speaker Ken Fitzgerald, using the topic "Modern Problems in Credit," was the speaker for this morning's meeting of the Roseburg Credit Women's Breakfast Club in the Rose Hotel. Seventeen members were present. During the business portion of the meeting, final arrangements were made for the annual Bosses' Breakfast to be held In the Gold Room of the Umpqua Hotel at 7 a.m. April 24. Paulus McKee will bo the sneak er for the event. His subject will be "Underdeveloped Countries. ed to ' Montana to help out with actions there and will not return until July 8, when the case will resume with taking of the final testimony. Reliance National Investors Corp. is attempting to have canceled an agreement for an exchange of stock of the Senior Citizens Land and Development Co. for Reliance stock. Senior Citizens was formed to purchase and reconstruct the two hotel properties, converting the Grand Hotel into a senior citi zens' residence. Reliance became interested and entered into an agreement with the shareholders of Senior Citizens for the stock exchange, and to take over necessary financing. It later attempted to withdraw and can eel the stock exchange agreement The properties are tied up in litigations over labor Hens and oth cr actions. Operation of the Rose Hotel has been taken over by Cliff Thornton, as administrator of the estate of Mazie Smith, original owner. The Grand Hotel, except for ground floor businesses, re mains an unfinished shell, recon struction being only partially com pleted in the repair of blast tiam age and a modernisation program which was under way. A rumored possible sale of the Rose and adjoining properties reported being held up because of litigation. Mary Edith McCartney ' Mary Edith McCartney, M, Lit tle River Rt., Glide, died at a Can yonville hospital Monday morning. She was born Dec. 9, 1898, at McCool, Neb. She lived in the Lit tle River area for the past 11 years, coming here from Yakima Wash. She was a member of the Roseburg Blind Association. Surviving are her husband Thomas E. McCartney of Little River; three sons, Courtney Willis of Venice, Fin., William Ellis of Shrewsbury, N. J., and Gerald Mc Cartncy of El Cajon, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Beverly Gunder- son, Eagle Point, and Mrs. Dorthy Ryan, Portland; two brothers, C. V. Calaway of Albany, Calif., and J. L. Calaway of Portland; 10 grandchildren and two great-grand children. Funeral arrangements arc pend ing at Long St Shukle Memorial Chapel. Louveta Brown Louveta Brown, 83, of Roseburg, died in a local hospital early this morning. She was born Jan. 19, 1880, at Glendale. She had lived in t h e Roseburg area since 1918, coming here from Glendale. Her husband, Frank, preceded her in death in 1953. Survivors include two . sons, George B Dewey, of Coos Bay, and Charles Dewey of Azalea; one brother, Marlin Rcdficld of Eu gene: two sisters, Erma Hcnshaw of Newport and Clara Gear of Sunny Valley. Ore. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at ,1 p.m. at the Masonic Cemetery! In Glendale. The body will lie in state at Long and Shuklo Memorial Chapel from Thursday at 2 p.m. until Friday at 111 a.m. WANTED!! Qualified buyart for Hit Walgreen 1c Sale which li now under way at the Roseburg Pharmacy, 517 S. E. Jackson St. until April 27th.- Qualifications.... Time, Money and a Desire To Economlie. REWARDS ... The regulor price plus a penny brings you two of many of the Walgreen Fine Products. P.S. Write your noma on this ad ond bring It to Roseburg Phar macy. You may win a Dr. West's Automatic Toothbrush absolutely free, - Edgar Hiney Gets 2 Years In Prison Edgar Hiney, 37, of 729 Rainbow Lane, Tuesday was sentenced to serve two years in the Oregon State Penitentiary for forgery, on a pica of guilty before Circuit Judge Charles S. Woodrich. He was given credit for the 16 days he has spent in the county jail. Hiney admitted forging the name of Charles M. Hiney to a $25 check, cashed at a local establishment and drawn on the Douglas County State Bank on April 1. Pre-sentence investigation was ordered for Grant Marlow, 19, Win ston, who pleaded guilty to a dis trict attorney's information charg ing him with contributing to the delinquency of a minor involving a 14-year-old girl. He appeared be fore Judge Woodrich. Marlow earlier had pleaded inno cent to a Grand Jury indictment charging him with rape. He was allowed Tuesday to plead to the lesser charge , of contributing, brought in the DA's information. Attorney Randolph" Slocum was appointed to represent Judith An gell, 22, Roseburg, on a forgery charge. He replaces George Lu oma, who stated in a motion for withdrawal that he sometimes rep resents the firm, Briggs Logging Co., on which Miss Angell is al leged to have forged the checks on a spree to New Mexico with Jo seph Frank Guse,. The latter is held on two other charges, one of burglary and one for forgery. They were brought here following their arrest in that state. Spring Meet Set By BPW Women Southern Oregon District of the Oregon Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs will hold a spring conference in Roseburg this Saturday and Sun day. Members of clubs from six Southern Oregon cities will attend. Gitics represented will include Ashland, Grants Pass, Mcdford, Klamath Falls, Lakeview and Roseburg. Some 65 or 70 women are expected to attend, according to Dorothy Suksdorf, president of tne Kosouurg club. Helen Crank shaw is general chairman in charge of arrangements. Presiding officer will be Zepha Pierson of Grants Pass, Southern Oregon district chairman. Registration time and conference agenda will be announced later in the week. Coin Clubbers Invite Teenagers To Meeting Clive Stevenson, club president. along with the board of directors of the Umpqua Valley Coin Club, this week issued a special invita tion to teenagers to attend this week's meeting of the club set for 8 p.m. Thursday in the Coral Room of the Umpqua Hotel. All other in terested persons arc also invited to attend. At club meetings, Stevenson re ports, those attending are briefed on coin collection and coin Values. 2 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Wed., April 17, 1963 LEATHER WORK provides helpful manual arts therapy activity for patients at the U. S. Veterans Administration Hospital. Patient obove is working on a leather project. Hospital has special clinic for leather crafts, designed to speed up rehabilitation of neuro-psychiatric patients. (News Review Photo) Toy Project Is Major Activity In Veteran's Hospital Therapy (This Is another in a series of articles describing the significant work under way at the U.S. Vet erans Administration Hospital ir the care, treatment and rehabilita lion of neuro-psychiatric patients), By W. M. WATTERS Coordinator, Physical M.dicln. and Rehabilitation Service The "toy project ' is a major activity in the manual arts therapy clinic at the U.S. Veterans Admin istration Hospital. This project has many phases, such as sorting toys, cleaning, sandimi. repair and finally finish ing. Equipment such as tne Dana saw. jig saw. jointer, circular saw, arc and gas welding, equipment metal lathe, metal brake, forming tools and electrical devices are being used to full advantage by the patients During 19(i2, approximately 2,- 000 toys were repaired and turn ed over to the Elks Lodge for the Community Christmas program. From deerskin and other leath ers donated bv the Elks of Ore gon and from hides donated by various individuals irom ine com munitv and state, the manual arts clinic in leather crafts made some 500 pairs of moccasins and other leather projects last year. Appliances Repaired Volunteers have given electrical appliances needing repairs of some tvne and those in turn have been repaired In most cases these ap' pliances are made serviceable for many months and are then given to ei her the Salvation Army the Dorcas Society for distribution to families needing assistance. Many volunteers have given us scrap plywood and particle board which are being utilized In making toys and useful articles for patient projects. Quantities of particle board and hardwood logs have been donated. With the many and varied gifts of this type, the department is able to give the type of treatment to the patients which will benefit them tlie most. Patients in the manual arts ther apy section (horticulture) prepar ed approximately 120 exhibits for an open class display of flowers and vegetables at Douglas County Fair. 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Jackson St., Roseburg, Oregon ESS Se&ef Uted Cirs, Too. Buy Now During Your Rambler Deiltr'i Uud Cir VA LU E FARADS 15 third place awards were won by hospitalized veterans compet ing. A non-competitive exhibit was also made in outdoor gardens area. (A purple ribbon was awarded for this exhibit) The annual borticultural show, "Garden Round Up," was opened for public competition. Co-sponsors for the show are local garden clubs and the Veterans Adminis tration. Over 60 people from the community entered exhibits in ad dition to hospitalized veterans. More than 600 people came to see the 500 exhibits of flowers, fruits and vegetables. Occupational Therapy Some of the patients in the oc cupational therapy clinic have par ticipated in making educational toys and equipment for the Linn Association for Retarded Children in Linn County. Pull trains, form boards, simple puzzles, traffic sig nals, record files, maps of Oregon and fiirtn County have been made. A special Christmas gift was given to the school by the patients. This was a large doll house built and furnished through the combined ef forts of many men. - Similar equipment has also been made for a local kindergarten, in cluding small chairs and a model gas range . This work Is of special value to patients who have no family to make things for It is good to feel that they still can participate in community work, especially when it is for children. Dimes Drive Hit $5,013 In Douglas Douglas County residents contrib uted $5,031 during the 1963 March of Dimes appeal. The total was reported today by county chapter officials of the Na tional Foundation. It included funds collected from the Mothers March ($2,900) and mailings. Chapter officers explained that 25 per cent of the county collec tion is earmarked for medical and scientific research. Of the remain ing amount, 50 per cent goes to National Foundation headquarters and the other 50 per cent remains with the local chapter. ; . Gordon Wood was named chair man of the chapter's recent an nual election meeting. Also elected were vice chairman, Don Baile; secretary, Mrs. Glen Yates, and treasurer, Mrs. Florence Powell. The meeting was held at the Wood home. Walker Larsen, Portland, Ore gon representative for the National Foundation, discussed research ac tivity which is now being support ed by Foundation funds and as sisted in outlining a year's pro gram of activity, including plans for next year's fund drive. Public funds collected by the Na tional Foundation are now directed in a fight against birth defects, arthritis and polio myelitis. The funds also support basic research at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Special recognition awards for participation in' March of. Dimes activities in 1963 have been award ed to Verden Hockett, past chap ter chairman; Mrs. Virginia Yates, Mothers' March chairman; Don Baile and Wayne Wagner, for work on a special 'Dimes' talent show and dance; Dick Kerruish and Lee Taber, publicity assistance. Canyonville Folk Open Purses In RC Drive Canyonville area folk donated twice as much this year as in nre vious years to the American Red Cross, according to Mr. and Mrs. John Hamlin, local chairmen, who report $501.78 collected in the March drive. The Hamlins said both residenc es and business houses were con tacted, correspondent Mrs. R. E. Proctor reports. Oregon Independent Telephone Group Sets Myrtle Creek Meet The Oregon Independent Tele phone Association will hold a com mercial forum in Myrtle Creek Thursday and Friday of this week. AH sessions will be held at the Elks Lodge. About 75 persons representing the 48 independent companies of the association are expected to attend, along with others . coming from Washington state. California - Pacific Utilities Co. of Myrtle Creek is hosting the for um, planned to present informa tion lo operators and employes of the association. This week's gath- Plaintiff Wins Suit A trial jury 'Monday found for the plaintiff, Ernest M. McGar-1 dia, in a suit brought against the Oregon State Industrial Accident Commission. The jury found McGaidia had a permanent and total disability as a proximate result of his industrial accident of Sept. 29, 1960. The case was tried by Circuit Court Judge Charles S. Woodrich, with the ver dict being returned at 6:24 p.m. Monday. ering will make up for the one originally planned for last fall, plans for which acre disrupted by the Columbus Say storm which kept utilities workers on duty in a state of emergency. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday with the first session to start at 9:30. Luncheon will be served both days at the Nutt Shell. A no-host dinner will be featured Thursday night. The two-day meeting will open with invocation Thursday morning by the Rev. Donald Campbell and welcoming remarks by Mayor Rob ert King and Gerald Warren, vice president of the Myrtle Creek Chamber of Commerce. Lawrence Brown Jr., president of the associ ation, will also make an opening speech: Members of the association will present the program with a few ad ditional telephone company offici als giving some of the technical in formation. An exhibit of various forms used throughout the state will be presented under the title "Forum's Fortune of Forms." Varied subjects will be treated to detailed review during the session. GW2EQfflSC0 Church At Melrose To Host Speaker Dorcen Shaw, missionary from Japan, will be guest speaker at Melrose Community Church this Sunday at both the 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. services. - Miss Shaw has spent almost a decade and a half in the Orient and is .noted as an outstanding speaker and authority on mission ary work. In 1950 she was instru mental in establishing an orphan age at Sasobo, Japan, for the World Missions to Children mission board. At present her work is in the field of evangelism with the Japan Evangcsistic Band. Miss Shaw, originally from Eng land, spent the years of World War II in London, working during the bombings of London as a prac tical nurse. Also, prior to her Work as a missionary, she spent some time in Europe working with the United Nations Relief Organiza tion. Miss Shaw is much in demand as a speaker at Bible and mission ary conferences, having spent sev eral weeks at Mt. Hermon, one of the largest Bible conferences on the West Coast. She was also one of the featured speakers at the BIOLA missionary conference spon sored by the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Inc. While in this area, Miss Shaw will be guest of Mr. and Mrs. V. K. Holcomb of Kellogg. The Rev. Glenn E. Davis, pastor of Melrose Community Church, in vites the public to attend the serv ices. Miss Shaw will also speak to the youth of the church at 6 p.m. Sunday. Cottage Grove Is Site Of Youth Talent Finals District finals of the Douglas Countv Pomona Grange youth tal ent contest will be held Saturday at 8 p.m. in Dorena Grange Hall at Cottage Grove, according to Hilda Walters, Pomona publicity chairman. South' Deer Creek Grange has entries in vocal and instrumental categories and North Douglas Grange has an entry in the novelty division. Douglas County will be well rep resented, according to Mrs. Wal ters, who urged all Douglas Pa mona members to attend if possi ble. Emmett Walters is Pomona youth chairman for the area. 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