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Rodeo Announcer Assumes
An Important Role In Show
An ample supply of throat lozen
ges and good sound equipment are
necessary items for a good rodeo
announcer.
So affirms Bob Chambers of
Pendleton, the gentleman who will
describe events at the big Douglas
County Rodeo this weekend.
This is Bob's second year of an
nouncing for the local show, and
lie comes to the area well quali
fied. He's been in the announcing
field for about nine years, and
has been a professional since 1958.
He's A Salesman
He claims he is "a salesman, in
a way." He says his purpose is
to make the crowd enjoy the show
fnd inform them of its technical
aspects. A general knowledge of
the backgrounds of the various
cowboys is necessary, but, accord
ing to Chambers, that part comes
easy since he is in constant touch
with the sport.
Chambers loves the sport and is
proud to be identified Willi it. He
says he's happy to come back to
Koseburg because it has one of
the best rodeos in his experience.
The role of the rodeo announcer
is not exactly an easy one, for he
has to talk largely from "the top
of his head" for several hours at
a time with no respite. Chambers
said, though, that he gets caught
up in the spirit of the big show,
and that he loves every minute of
it.
At the Pendleton Rodeo he does
the radio coverage, and has a 2Vi
Local Pastor Due
For Church Award
The Rev. Lawrence A. Smith
Jr., pastor of the Church of tho
Open Bible, Roseburg, will rep
resent his church June 17-21 at
hour show every day of the show.
Loves Rodeos
Chambers has loved horse and
rodoes all of his life. As a young
ster he wanted to be a bronc
rider, and never outgrew the am
bition. A former rodeo rider, he
was hurt in 1946, and was forced
to more sedentary work. But the
lure of the rodeo proved too strong,
and at the urging of his wife and
his friends he finally explored the
possibilities of getting into an'
nouncing work.
The try was a complete success
and now Chambers is kept busy the
greater part of the time. His first
job, outside of ranch rodeos, was
the Fourth of July show at Con
don. This year he will do 21 rodeos
and is booked until October. He
said his wife and three youngsters,
all avid rodeo fans, are in complete
sympathy with his work and ac
cept philosophically his many ab
sences from home.
Business
Scene
River Clearing Job
Won By Local Firm
Fitzgerald Logging Co., Rose
burg. was successful bidder at
S171,000 for stream clearance on
the Siuslaw River and its tribu
taries in Lane County, the
state Game commission .reports.
The job will take about three
months.
Chuck Frost, resident engineer,
Portland, in announcing the con
tract award, stated that this proj
ect is the first in a series of stream
clearance works which the com
mission will undertake under a
new authorization of funds.
Both the North and South Ump-
qua rivers are scheduled for one
contract each this summer, said
Frost. The work will be primarily
on tributaries to the rivers, but
main stream clearance will also be
undertaken. Rock Creek will be
one of the prime targets on the
north river.
The work will include the re
moval of logs and debris, which
dam the streams and hinder nor
mal passage of trout.
By Leroy B. Inman
Sot., June 15, 1963 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. 3
Economic Picture Favorable
Except For Labor Situation
An improvement in the economic
picture for the Roseburg area was
noted in May, compared with April,
according to the monthly report
of Oregon State Employment Of
fice Manager F. C. Riley.
At the same time, however, a
feeling of unrest was evident, caus
ed by unsettled issues in the lum
ber industry, which has resulted in
the strike of one plant. United
States Playwood, in Roseburg.
The outlook for the immediate fu
ture will depend largely upon the
results of current negotiations be
tween the unions and the employ
ers within the industry.
New job applications in May
numbered 2B7, compared with 285
in April and 374 in May 1962. Job
placements were ' 190, compared
with 165 in April and 171 a year
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REV. LAWRENCE SMITH JR.
. . , work recognized
the general convention of his or
ganization in Des Moines, Iowa.
In connection with the conven
tion, Smith will receive the Church
Builder Award for construction of
the new church in Roseburg. Ac
companying him will be his father,
Larry Smith, who will also rep
resent the church as a voting lay
delegate.
Following the convention, Smith
will be speaking at tho Black Hills
Youth Camp and two nights at the
Indian Hills Youth Camp meeting
out of Denver, Colo. He will also
be guest speaker at the churches
of his denomination in Custer, S.D.
and Cheyenne, Wyo.
He plans to be gone for three
weeks. During his absence, the
Kev. Monte Wagner will be in
charge of all services. The Rev.
Mr. Smith and his father will leave
by plane Sunday.
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COLLISION
MOTOR LOSS
HAULW3 DAMAGE
Old School Friends
Invited In Oakland
By EDITH DUNN
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Houser
of Pittsburg, Pa., are guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Arville Koozer in
Oakland. The two men are long
time friends and former school
mates.
Roommate Is Guest
Frank Schrimoth of Kellogg,
Idaho, roommate of Howard Kooz
er at OSU, was a guest at the
Koozer home this week and was
best man at the Barbara Knechtel
Howard Koozer wedding.
Twenty Job's Daughters from
Bethel 42 will attend Grand Ses
sion in Portland June 20-22. Attend
ing will be Mary Bade, Marilyn
and Harriet Bade, Paula Germond,
Kathy Hubbell, Vicki Grauf, Jane
Ever'ly, Patricia McGinty, Sharon
Rapp, Susan Mullen, Lois Runge,
Kris Sikstrom, Denise Deardorf,
Frances Cornish, Barbara Treman,
Sandra Johnson, Georgia Kramer,
Judy Bacon, Stephanie Sprague and
Kathy Turner.
Accompanying the girls will be
Helen Curry, guardian; Floyd
Ross, associate guardian; and Vir
ginia O'Banion, Doris Bacon, Na
dine Stearns. Jean Treman, Meryl
Wahl and Harry Smith. The lattef
will be installed as grand guardian
of the state of Oregon.
Mrs. Dorothy Todd, who- has
taught in Oakland Elementary
school for several years, will teach
in Roseburg next year.
Earlier reports listed teachers
Shirley Pratt as moving to N. D.
and Shirley Johnson as moving to
Eugene. The moves are in the re
verse order.
Mrs. Bonner Returns
Mrs. Robert Bonner has return
ed from a month's visit with rela
tives at Coalgate, Okla. Her fath
er underwent major surgery while
she was there.
John Wilcox, who will be a sen
ior next year at OSU, is spending
several days with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Wilcox prior to
taking a summer job in Corvallis.
Mr. and Mrs. James l. Watson
and Sherrill and Jim Ball from
Blue River were recent visitors
with Watson's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Watson. They were on
their way to Grants Pass where
he will be employed.
A. G. Henniger of Sacramento,
brother of Mrs. Floyd Watson, was
a recent guest at the Watson home.
Mrs. Keith Buys
r Pine Inn
On SE Jackson
The former Sugar Pine Inn, lo
cated on the east side of SE Jack
son St. near SE Douglas Ave., is
now under new ownership, and the
name has been changed to Douglas
Cafe.
New owner-operator is Audrey
Keith, who with her husband, Rob
ert, moved here last week from
Couer d'Alcne, Idaho.
The place of business was opened
by Ruth Bradley, after O. P. Van
Horn remodeled into restaurant
facilities the west end of his Der
rick No. 2 Service Station build
ing. Mrs. Bradley, who caters for ban
quets and has a restaurant busi
ness at Winchester, disposed of
her interests to Mrs. Keith, after
operating the , place for about a
month.
Mrs. Keith said she worked in
restaurants a number of years in
Redding, Calif., and has had ex
perience in all lines of the work.
She and her husband went to Couer
d'Alene about a year ago.
She announces she plans to in
crease the menu to serve complete
meals, and will be open 7 a.m. to
7 p.m. She said she also is chang
ing from "chuck wagon" stylo to
table service, and plans later to
install a counter.
ago. Initial claims stood at 624,
as against 1,235 in April and 492
in May 1962, and tho average num
ber who claipied a week of jobless
ness was 816, as against 1,086 and
591.
Percentage Drops
The percentage of unemployment
for Roseburg in the week ending
May 23 was 6 per cent of averaged
covered employment, compared
with 9.6 four weeks before, 4.2 at
the same date a year ago, 7.3 two
years ago and 4.4 three years ago.
The state total was 4.6, 6.1, 3.7,
6.0 and 3.4 for the same periods.
The Grants Pass area percentage
was 8.6, that of North Bend 6.3 and
Eugene 4.9.
Construction held up well during
May. There were 55 permits is
sued in May for $166,439, and in
April there were 27 for $201,714.
Wholesale and retail trades con
tinued at about the same level as
in the previous month.
Toward the end of the month
and continuing into June many
high school and college students
registered for employment with the
local office. These young people
may lack somewhat in experience,
but will usually compensate in
youth and ambition, the report
said. So far, this office has
been instrumental in placing ap
proximately 30 young people in em
ployment, but many more are available.
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Bill West Named
Retail Supervisor
For Umpqua Dairy
Bill West, who has been employ
ed by Umpqua Dairy since Decem
ber 1954, has been promoted to a
new position of retail supervisor,
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FOUNDATION is being prepared for a new building on
NE Diamond Lake Blvd. ust east of the Roseburg Bowl,
which will be the headquorters for the first liquid oxygen
filling station installed west of the Mississippi. River by
the Air Reduction Pacific Co. (Airco), The plant, under
Airco franchise, will be operated by Oregon Welding Sup
ply Co., and will employ about 18 persons, servicing South-T
em Oregon. Bill Swinford Is owner of the business. Jock
Mothis is building the 120-ty-40 foot structure for J. A.
Joelson & Sons for lease to Oregon Welding. Permit taken
out this week was for $28,000. The building cost however,
will be o small port of the Investment Swinford plan for
his company, (News-Review photo)
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Elkton Scouters
Receive Awards
By MRS. C. W. HENDERER
The Elkton Boy Scouts held their
Court of Honor at a recent pack
meeting and two advancements in
rank were among the highlights of
the event. Kern Picknell reached
Star Scout and Don Suloff was
named Life Scout.
Badges and awards were pre
sented to eight scouts by "Lefty"
Suloff, scoufmaster.
Picnic Scheduled
Elkton Cub Scouts at a recent
meeting at the home of Shirley
Baimbridge made plans foa'a pack
meeting and family picnic sched
uled for 1:30 p.m. June 30, also
at the Baimbridge home. Projects
were completed for Fathers Day,
the boys remaining for a noon sack
lunch.
The last meeting of the Cub
Scout pack saw the presentation
of . graduation certificates, awards
and membcrshpp pins to cubs in
attendance.
Judy Abraham, Patty Billick,
Karen Willey, Rachel Holcomb and
Linda Rigor attended 4-H summer
school at Corvallis, all .receiving
scholarships for the session.
Airman 1C. Wayne Staufler, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stauffer of
Reedsport and a graduate of Elk
ton High School, was cited by
his commanding officer recently
for the excellence of his perform
ance in Operation Full Scope held
in Florida. Stauffer, a supply spe
cialist, has since completed his re
quired term in the air force and
has returned to his Reedsport
home.
Another former Elkton man,
ATI James F. Carnes, has also
been cited for is outstanding per
formance as crew chief with the
Airborne Early Warning Barrier
Squadron-Pacific. Carnes is now at
Whidbcy Naval Air Base whefc he
will be an instructor in radar. Mrs.
Carnes and twin daughters are cur
rently visiting at the parental Dal
ton Theil home until they can find
housing on Whidbey Island.
BILL WEST
. . . retail manager
announces Bob Fcldkamp, president
ol the company.
West, in his new assignment, will
have charge of 12 routes und six
drivers, serving the Roseburg
area.
A native of Roseburg, West grew
up here and was graduated from
Roseburg High School. With the
exception of two years in the Army
he has spent most of his life in
Roseburg, and most of his adult
life working for Umpqua Dairy. He
was employed two years in the
plant and 6','j years on a route.
With his wife and daughter, age
4. and son, age 2, he lives at 251
NW Cecil.
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Mortgages For May Total
In County Hit $1,612,335
OPEN HOUSE is being held today for Harley's Market in
Winston, which has just added service station facilities to
Its business. The open house will continue until 8:30 p.m.
tonight. Gasoline pumps ond blacktopping of the parking
Harley's Market
Holds Open House
Mr. and Mrs. Hurley Means, op
erators of Harley's Market in Win
ston, are holding open house all
day today until 8:30 p.m., to intro
duce to tho public the addition of
two Signal Oil Co. gasoline pumps
to their business establishment.
The drive way and parking urea
at the store have been surfaced
and the gasoline pumps installed.
Only gasoline service will he of
fered, in addition to the full line
of groceries which the store car
ries. The Means huve been in the groc
ery and service slution business
for the past 14 years. They moved
to Winston from Ashland, where
they were in a similar type of busi
ness for two years. Prior to that
they operated a grocery store and
service station in Yoncalia lor 12
years.
Various prizes and treats will be
offered the public.
area have .been added to facilities. The business is owned
by Mr. ond Mrs. Harley Means, who have been in the
business for about 14 years.
Commission Turns Down
Bid On Signal Revision
The Oregon Slate Highway Com:
mission has rejected as "too high"
the low bid of $27,8! submitted
from Madison and Stokes, Rose
burg, for a traffic signal revision
project in Klamath Falls.
The commission' at its last bid
opening awarded contracts for 2li
construction projects totalling aiiout
$11 million. One ot these included
the grading and paving of the Winchester-South
Umpqua River sec
tion of the Pacilic Highway (In
terstate 5) to Morse Bros. Construc
tion, Lebanon, for $1,038,808.
Sutherlin Man Indicted
On Charges Of Assault
The Douglas County Grand Jury
Friday indicted Duell Pippen, 21,
of Sutherlin, on a charge of rape
upon a 15-year-old girl. The rape
is alleged to have taken place May
25.
Rodllis L. Swinford, 30, Canyon
ville, was indicted for assault and
battery against Edward V. Silvera,
23, of Riddle, on May 111. A not
true hill was returned in the same
case in which Swinford was charg
ed with assault with a dangerous
weapon. He had been bound over
to the flrand Jury on the latter
count, but the lesser charge was
brought.
One secret indictment was re
turned.
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Favors Defendant
Defendant Pacific National Life
Assurance Co. was favored in a
verdict returned by a jury on trial
before Circuit Court Judge Don H.
Sanders Thursday.
Suit brought by plaintiff Mur
ray H Welch asked judgment fur
$750 and $.500 attorney fees. Plain
tiff alleges he lost the sight of
his right eye in an accident by
violent and external means. The
trial opened at 10 a m. and the
verdict Has returned into court at
Winston Man Sentenced
On Charge Of Vagrancy
Jimmie Edward Ledbelter, 24,
Winston, pleaded guilty to a charge
of vagrancy before District Court
Judge Gerald H. Hayes Friday.
He was sentenced to serve IS days
in the county jail, and ordered to
pay a fine of $25 and $5 costs.
He was accused in a private com
plaint filed by Bill Carnlcy with
coming onto the property of the
Green Meadow Court, 54fil SW Dil
lard Highway, and causing a dis
turbance on June 6, by making
loud and unusual noise and by loud
and offensive conversation and by
threatening and quarreling.
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ADVERTISERS
Pouglas County Mortgages for
May totalled $1,612,1135, according
to the monthly report compiled by
the Commercial Abstract Co.
Leading the list in dollar volume
was the First National Bank of
Oregon, Portlnnd, which had four
murlgagcs for $345,350. In second
place' was the Douglas County
Slate Rank (Roseburg. Oakland
and Sutherlin), 22 for $192,154.
In third place was Pncilir Fi
nance Corp., 1 for $1110,270, follow
ed by Umpqua Savings and Loan
Association, 10 for $153,700, and
United States National Dank of
Portland (branches at Roseburg,
Drain and Myrtlo Creek). 15 for
$119,100.
Roseburg City Council
Approves New License
The Roseburg City Council Mon
day night approved an application
by Ladislav llauer to operate an
imported food business at 740 SE
Cass Ave. A Class B liquor li
cense for the business also was ap
proved. The zoning and building
requirements had been approved
by the building inspector and ac
ceptance by the council was rec
ommended by the police chief and
recorder.
Pine Grove Schedules
Vacation Bible School
Thome for Vacation Bible School
at Pine Grove Community Church
will be "Living ' With Christ."
The school will begin Monday
and continue through Juno 28.
Classes will be from 9 to 11:45
a.m., and are for young people
from ages :i'A through high school,
The curriculum will include vis
ualized songs and stories and a
missionary film. A program will
bo given June 28 at 7:J0 p.m.
Mrs. Ed Karcher is in charge
of the school. Teachers will be
Mrs. Lloyd North, Mrs. Ivan Bail
cv, Mrs. Earl Peterson, Mrs. Clyde
Kester, the Rev. Earl Peterson and
Mrs. Carroll Lund.
WARN AGAINST DRUO
WASHINGTON (UPI) Doc
tors, hospitals and drug wholesal
ers have been asked to stop issu
ing Rcnacldin, a drug used to
treat urinary tract ailments.
The Federal Drug Administra
tion (FDA) issued the warning
Thursday because it said "the
safety of the drug is questioned
by a number of doctors who
have used the product."
The FDA said the drug's man
ufacturer, Guardian Chemical
Corp., Long Island City, N.Y
was recalling the product at the
government s request.
Others include: Casa Loans, Inc.,
1 lor $1,800; city finance corp., 1
for $1,641; Commonwealth, Inc.,
for $9,850; Crown Zellerbach
Corp., 1 for $10,000; Custom Con
struction Co., 3 for $15,212,
Equitable Savings and Loan As
sociation. 6 for $62,200: Federal
Housing Commissioner, 1 for $10,-
150; f ederal veterans loans, 10 lor
$90,445; First National Bank of
Roseburg (Roseburg and Winston),
t for $28,300; J. II. Baxter Si Co.,
1 for $20,000; Prudenliul Insurance
Co. of America, 2 for $27,050, and
Smith River Lumbor Co., 1 for
$900.
South Umpqua State Bank, 7 for
$44,900; Standard Oil Co. of Cali
fornia, 1 for $3,197; State Finance
Co., 2 for $28,100; State veterans
loans, 8 for $77,811; Umpqua Na
tional Bank, 4 for $35,150, and mis
cellaneous, 21 for $126,153.
Youth Pleads Guilty
To Rape Attempt Count
Earl Nixon, 18, Portland, plead
ed guilty to attempted rape on a
7-year-old girl May 26 near Ten
mile, on arraignment before Cir
cuit Court Judge Charles S, Wood
rich Friday. ,
The judgo suspended imposition
of sentence and ordered a psychiat
ric examination, as requested by
Nixon's attorney, Carl Fclker. The
examination will be conducted by
Dr. John Haskins. Bail was set
at $10,000 pending sentence. Deputy
Dist. Atty. Tom O'Dell handled the
stato's case.
James Ray Weaver, 22, Myrtle
Creek, has been bound over to the
Douglas County Grand Jury on a
charge of escaping the custody of
an officer on May 23. He was ar
raigned before Justice of the Peace
Nina Pietzold at Canyonville, and
was bound over following a hearing
June 7. He is accused of escaping
from the custody of Joe Soper,
Myrtle Creek police officer, after
he had been arrested on a reck
less driving charge.
Road Bureau Asks Bids
On Smith River Project
Bids will be received by tho Bu
reau of Public Roads in Portland
until 2 p.m. June 27 for base sur
facing and aggregate production on
tho South Fork Smith River Road
in Douglas County.
Tho work is being handled by
tho BPR for the Bureau of Land
Management.
Tho section to be improved starts
about 8.6 miles northwest of Drain
and extends northwesterly 10.18
miles to the vicinity of tho South
Fork guard station.
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