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Senate Honors Rickreall Youth For Heroism In Saving Brother SALEM (UPI) A 16-year-old boy stood before the Senate today to receive recognition for heroic action which saved the life ol his 12-year-old brother. Greg Jenkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Jenkins of Rickreall; was cited by a Senate concurrent resolution, and received the gov ernor's 1963 farm safety award "In recognition of exceptional bravery and mature judgment." Greg's parents watched the cer emonies from the Senate gallery. Greg was honored for action he Douglas Singers To Join Festival Singers from Douglas High School will join voices with more than 1,300 student singers from 13 other high schools and Oregon State University in a giant choral festi val Saturday night in the OSU col iseum. Conducting the festival, which starts at 8 p.m., will be noted choral conductor Jester Hairston. Hairston was at OSU two years ago for a similar festival with 970 singers. The program will feature spiri tuals composed, arranged and con ducted by Hairston and will be climaxed by the massed perform ance of all choirs in six songs. The Corvallis public schools are cooperating with the OSU Music Department in sponsoring tne fes tival, according to Robert B. Walls, university music director. In 1961, Hairston went to Europe for the State Department to teach American folk songs to choral groups in Germany, Austria, Nor way and Switzerland, xnis sum mer, ho will return to Europe to teach and lecture in Yugoslavia, Finland, Sweden, Germany and Norway. Deputy Will Retrieve Suspect In Forgeries Chief Criminal Deputy Merle Jensen of the Douglas County Sheriff's Department left today for Oklahoma City to return to Rose burg Richard Oliver Dover, 20, wanted here on two charges of forgery. He is accused in connection with a worthless $86 check cashed at Mark's Market No. 2, and a $49 check cashed at the Douglas Coun ty State Bank. He has waived ex tradition. Dover's wife, Betty Ann, 20, is also wanted here, but Is being held there on a grand larceny charge. She, too, has waived extradition but will bo held there pending out come of the larceny count. . ' Guaranteed Income With Htalrh & Accident Im. From Lincoln National Life Ph OR 2-3348 JACK PATTERSON CALL OR 3-5521 ALL ELECTRICAL REPAIRS KUSES A. SIX DIAMOND IANDS BRIDE S GROOM S Flaraatfea IMih.d a.14 kaad I C4SO lSO wild diamond! la aaaiial lal. D& I WW I. THMI DIAMOND IANDS BRIDE'S GROOM S llekly carvad laid baad hai EJISO EA90 dlamondi la alllplk laNlaf. QH QJJ C, MODERN CARVED IANDS BRIDE'S GROOM'S A dlitlactl. dailaa (ratal S1ASO 4JI9 tall lov.ly carvad laid kaad. jjJJJ Jf laaallfiilly craltad took on the family farm last fall when his young brother slipped while stepping across a silage feed conveyor. The brother, Bruce, became en tangled in the machinery, and both his legs were severed, one below the knee, the other above the knee. Greg was working in the top of the Mlo when he heard his brother scream. Acts Swiftly In the horrible moments that followed, Greg acted without hes itation, lie shut off the power to the feed conveyor auger, used pocket knife to cut his brother free and ordered a farm hand to get blankets and call an ambu lance. Realizing it was difficult to give directions so the ambulance could reach the farm quickly, Greg ar ranged to meet the ambulance. He used blankets to slow the bleeding, and held his brother in his arms while the farm hand drove to the meeting with the am bulance. He continued on to the hospital, and signed papers necessary so doctors could perform surgery. The quick thinking and mature judgment in the face of horror is credited with saving Bruce's life. Sen. Walter Leth, R-Salem, said Greg demonstrated "bravery, quick thinking and resourceful ness that is a part of the Ameri can tradition." Leth said Greg was active in Civil Defense Course On Survival Planned A Civil Defense course on "In dividual and Family Survival" will be taught at Riversdale Grange Hall beginning Wednesday, May 1. The 12-hour course will be given each Wednesday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. for six consecutive weeks. This course teaches the enacts of nuclear weapons, with principal attention given to radiation and how individuals may protect themselves against radioactive fallout. Robert Matthews will be the In structor and slides, films and oth- materials will be used. These courses are sponsored by the Douglas County Civil De fense Agency. The lessons are free and the public is invited to parti cipate. . . - Any persons wishing to form a group for these meetings Is asked to contact the civil uetense ottice, room 201, of the Douglas County Courthouse. Automobiles Collide At Flint And Mosher Automobiles operated by Donna Marie Johnson, 214 SE Hoover St., and Lawrence Eldon Bocrste, 4250 bW Hanna St., came together at tho intersection of SE Mosher Ave. with SE Flint St. Wednesday at 3:15 p.m. Damage was minor. The Johnson car - was traveling cast on Mosher and the other car south on Flint. Neither saw the other In time to stop, they said, The weather was rainy. For: WIRING Service ye TRUE LOVE BLOOMS ETERNAL WITH WEISFIELD'S MATCHING BRIDE AND GROOM RINGS riati la 14 Karat oalla f yall ald. r Demolay, 4-H, and FFA activities, and was a high school wrestling and football star who hopes to become a police officer. Greg replied to the honors with a quietly spoken "thank you" as senators and guests in the gallery applauded. Winston Man Pleads Guilty EarL Chapin. 43, Winston, pleaded guilty to a Grand Jury indictment charging him with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, on ar raignment before Circuit Court Judge Charles S. Woodrich Wed nesday. He was sentenced to serve four years in the Oregon State Peni tentiary, less credit for the time he has served in the county jail, leaving three years, seven months and 20 days, lie was admitted to probation, however, for the balance of his term, subject to the usual rules of the state Board of Parole and Probation. The case involved small children in the Winston area. . Judith Angcll, 22, Roseburg, pleaded innocent to a Grand Jury indictment of March 28 charging her with forgery, on arraignment before Judge Woodrich. Her case will be set for trial, and her bail was reduced from $2,500 to $500. She is charged with forging a sig nature to a payroll check of the R. A. Briggs & Son Logging Co., and was arrested in New Mexico and returned here. Attorney George Wcigum was ap pointed to represent her after two other attorneys had asked to be withdrawn as they sometimes rep resent the Briggs Co. in legal work. Dept. Dist. Atty. Tom O'Dcll pro secuticd both this case and that of Chapin.' Attorney Don Dole was the court-appointed attorney for Chapin. ' Electrice Bell Pease Jr. (Her riges), 26. Winston, waived prelim inary hearing when arraigned on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses before District Court Judge Gerald R. Hayes. She was arrested by Roseburg City Police and charged with passing a worthless $6 check at Al's Chev ron Station on April 14, made on the Douglas County State Bank. She was bound over to the grand jury. Robert Ray Childers, 19, Cove, Ore., has been arrested by a sher iff's deputy and lodged in the coun ty jail to face a forgery charge. Bail was set at $5000. Joseph Anthony Lewis, 31, Rid dle, was arrested by a deputy and is being held on a Coos County warrant charging non support. Elsa (Faye) Allen Elsa (Faye) Allen, 64. of Myrtle Creek, died Wednesday morning at a Canyonville hospital after a lenghthy illness. She was born Jan, 18, 1889, In Lookingglass and had lived in the county her entire life, coming to the Myrtle Creek area 59 years ago. She was a member of t h e Myrtle Creek Methodist Church and the Order of Eastern Star, Valen tine Chapter 98, of Myrtle Creek. Survivors include her husband, Ray, of Myrtle Creek; a son, Ray Jr., of Redwood City, Calif.; three grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Pete (Pearl) Ulam, of Myrtle Creek, Mrs. Burrcll Graves, of St. Helens, and Mrs. William Toll, of Salem; two brothers, A. L. Mat thews and F. L. Matthews, both of Myrtle Creek. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Ganz Mortuary in Myrtle Creek Friday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Noel Mills officiating. Ritualistic services will be conduct ed by the Eastern Star Chapter. Vault interment will follow at the 'OOF Cemetery in Myrtle Creek. WtlSHtlD'S fA5V TMMS AS tOVV AS 3 00 A MONTH Phone OR 2-1606 650 S. E. Jackson St. Open Fri. Till 9 2 The News-Review, Roseburg, Good Lead Revealed In Hunt For Slayer Of Racial Marcher GADSDEN, Ala. (UPI)-Police said today they had turned up "a -rood !"id" In connection with the slaying of . a crusading ivu-.iiuui'e puslinan, whose body was found alongside an Alabama roadside Tuesday night. Deputy Sheriff Tony Reynolds would not discuss the lead, but left so doubt that police were hot on the trail of one or more sus pects. ' Earlier, authorities said they were examining a set of tire tracks and two 22-caliber bullets in connection with the slaying of William L. Moore, 35, killed while conducting a one-man integration march through Alabama. "We got every man we have working on it," said Sheriff Dew ey Colvard. ; - He said the only clues available were the two bullets which killed Moore and a set. of tire tracks leading into the roadside park where Moore's body was found 13 miles from here. Authorities disclosed Wednesday that Moore had been warned three times during his march that he' would be killed for his beliefs. President Kennedy and Gov. George C. Wallace both expressed outrage over the slaying. Kennedy called it an outra geous crime" at his nationally tel evised news conference. The .gov ernor, announcing he had ordered every investigative agency in the state to work on the killing, said it was a "dastardly act." Alabama officials made public a diary Moore kept during his antisegrcgation walk from Chat tanooga, Tenn., toward Jackson, Miss., where he intended to pre sent a letter of protest to Gov. Ross Barnctt. In it, Moore noted the warnings. The last entry, "only kids adopt dogs," noted the fact Moore had presented some children with stray dog he had picked up on School Association Meeting Scheduled The annual spring meeting of the Douglas County School Boards Association will be held May 2 in the new cafetorium of Reedsport's Union High School. Featured speaker will be Tom Mutchler, representative of the In ternational Paper Co. Mutchler will discuss the company's impact on the economy of the Reedsport area. Entertainment will be provided by the Reedsport High School music department. Election of officers will be carried out ' during., the meeting. Aldcn A. Paul!, of the Reedsport Elementary School Board, is currently president of the organization. Children Start Fire In House City police and the Roseburg Fire Department were called to the Art Isaacson residence at 1403 SE Main St.,( where three small chil dren were reported to have start ed a fire Wednesday afternoon, first in the house, then on the front porch. The children, two of them six years old and the other 8, admit ted starting the fire with news papers on the coffee table. It scorched the table and a place on the floor, so they threw the papers out the front door cnto the front porch. A neighbor, Waller Holbropk, saw something was wrong, after a passerby had called the fire de partment and police. Holbrook had the fire out when the department arrived, but a thorough check was made to make sure there was noth ing smoldering. Fern Craig Officer Of Beautician Group Fern Craig, Roseburg beautician, was re-elected first vice president of the Oregon Beauticians Associa tion at its convention last week end in Coos Bay. Dick Schrum of Eugene will again head the group as president. Mrs. Craig, Lynn Riley and Jer ry Davenport were delegates from Roseburg. Davenport entered the hair styling contest. The 1964 convention will take place at Village Green in April. IT PAYS TO PATRONIZE NEWS-REVIEW ADVERTISERS 39-HOUR TIRE SALE ENDS SAT. at 6:00 PM OPEN UNTIL 9:00 TONIGHT end FRIDAY Ore. Thur., Apr. 25, 1963 his march. He gave them the dog at a general store located only a mile from the place his body was found. He had been shot once in the forehead and once in the neck with 22-caliber bullets. An investigator for the Alabama Department of Public Safety, Roy McDowell, disclosed h" stopped Moore shortly after he left the general store and ui.o..u his protection. He said Moore refused. Education Honor Due Lay Citizen A prominent Douglas County cit izen, whose name is as yet unre- vcaled, will be honored Friday r.ight by the Douglas County Chap ter of the Oregon Education Asso ciation. The citation will be given at the annual Lay Citizens Banquet of tne association to be held at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of Myrtle Creek High School. The unannounc ed selection has been made on the basis of extensive contributions to the field of education du'ing the past year, according to Ralph Sny der, president of Douglas county OEA. The principal speaker of the eve ning will be Dr. James Millar of Portland who is well known to Douglas County residents. Dr. Mil lar is well known in education cir cles and is a lifetime' member of the National Education Associa tion. For many years, he served as a minister in the Presbyterian Church throughout the Northwest, and for several years was pastor of the Roseburg church. Other awards to be presented during the evening include retire ment pins for those teachers who are retiring from the field of ac tive teaching. Ella Hilkemeier. president of the Drain Education Association, will be honored in receiving the chart er for this newly formed education group as a member of the Oregon Education Association. Other awards to he conferred in clude those to Mrs. Margaret Me Gce, Riddle, a former trustee; to the Board of Control of the Oregon Education Association; and to Ray Talbert, Winston, for his work on the retirement committee ot tne Oregon Education Association. Third Collection Booth Set By Goodwill Group A third booth for' collection of clothing and household articles for Goodwill Industries of Oregon has been placed in Roseburg. The new booth is located at Drive N Save Market. The other booth sitesare Marks Inc. and the First Methodist Church, where the first Goodwill booth was placed in 1960. The material collected from the three booths will make it possible for Goodwill to give jobs to Ore gon's handicapped. The rehabilita tion agency depends on household ers' contributions of clothing and miscellaneous items in order to meet the needs for training and employment of handicapped peo ple. The donated articles are re paired, renovated and resold to pay the wages of Goodwill work ers. Tenmile PTA Slates Talent Show May 4 The Tenmile PTA will sponsor a talent show on Saturday, May 4, at the school. Wednesdsay, May 1, is the deadline for entries accord ing to Mae Wcinhold, reporter for the PTA. Showtime is 8 p.m. The contest is open to anyone. with three age grouns listed; ages 3 to 9; 9 to 13: and 13 and over. Prizes will be awarded, Mrs. Wcin hold said. For further information regard ing the show, those interested in participating may call OS 9-5262. OS 9-8998, or OS 9-8668. Glendale Candidates Set For Friday Appearances The three candidates for nosi- tions on the District 77 School Board. Glendale and Azalea, will be guests of Cow Creek Farm Bu bureau at its regular meeting in Azalea Grange Hall this Friday. After a 7 p.m. potluck dinner and business meeting the three, Glenn Gilmore. incumbent, Charles Toolcy and Mrs. Bob Thompson, will speak briefly and answer ques tions, correspondent Mrs. Gerald Fox reports. 18 White Pickets Arrested After Tussle Breaks Out At RFK Talks With Wallace MONTGOMERY, Ala. (UPI) Police today arrested 18 white pickets in a tussle that broke out when Atty. Gen. Robert I: Ken nedy visited with , segregationist Gov. George C. Wallace. Two pickets who resisted arrest were bodily tossed into a paddy wagon. Another placard-waving picket landed head-over-heels in the wagon and a retired Navy admiral stood nearby reading aloud from the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights. Kennedy and Wallace held a closed-door session that lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. In an im promptu news conference later, Wallace said, "We had a cour teous and frank discussion of the problems facing the states and federal government. My position is the same as it was in the gov ernor's campaign; the same as it was when I was elected governor and the same - it was when I was inaugurated. "I also feel that his (Ken nedy's) position is the same," Wallace said. Assistant' Police Chief D. H. Lac key said the 18 pickets were ar rested on charges of parading with out a warrant. The pickets began parading near the Capitol about an hour and a half before the Kennedy-Wallace meeting. 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