Poge 2 The News-Review Thur., Pec. 19, 1963
School Board Eyes Budget Matters,
Salary Hikes At Wednesday Meeting
The Roseburg School Board
Wednesday night delved deep
ly jnto salary increases and oth
er budget items which will be
taken before the District 4 Budg
et Committee vhen it opens its
hearings for a 1964-65 budget
early next year.
Wednesday night's action was
in the form of recommenda
tions, with final action on all
budget matters requiring ap
proval of the Budget Commit
tee before they are submitted
to' residents of the district for
a"1)udget vote.
The school secretaries' salary
schedule was reviewed, with the
board recommending that $10
par month be added to the top
of the scale in each of the
Two Children
Perish In Fire
. The names of two more chil
d'ren were added Tuesday night
to the list of those recently los
ing their lives as a result of
fire,
According to a report rcceiv-
en today by Mrs. Albert Rad-
cliffe, Dixonville correspondent,
the two small children of Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Churchill died
Tuesday at Pensacola, Fla., as
a result of burns suffered in an
explosion and fire which de
stroyed the Churchill's trailer
house.
" Both Mr. and Mrs. Churchill
are 1961 graduates of Glide
High S.'hool and have been in
Pensacola for the past two
years since Churchill's induc
tion into the Air Force.
The children are listed as
Sherry, 18 months old, and Bob
by, 4 months. According to a
telephoned report from Mrs.
Churchill to her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Zimmerman of
Buckhorn Road, she was talk
ing on the telephone to her hus
Band at the air base when the
oi J stove of the trailer exploded
and burst into flumes... Mrs.
Churchill was able to get the
older child out of the trailer but
wis unable to reach the young
or one. The Burns proved fatal
almost Immediately for the old
or child. Mrs. Churchill was
hospitalized for shock and burns
but has been released Mrs. Rad-
dl)f(e said. -v
Paternal grandparents of the
dead children are Mr. and Mrs
Byron Churchill of the North
Umpqua Highway. Mrs. Church
ill is tho former Wanda Zim
merman. .
Auto In Flames
Halts Motorists
tt .
Umlersheriff Lyle Dickinson
' wus heading south from Rosc
Bilrg to his home In Canyon
ville Wednesday evening when
Ifo came onto a string of cars
near the Sound Prairio Lumber
(A), mill along Interstate High
way 5.
'Impatient with waiting, he
bjew his siren and headed
around tho cars to learn the
Cause of the traffic holdup.
'rlIo found an automobile on
fjro and the owner sitting on
(Jto nearby bank watching it
-vQulckly he summoned the
'inston-Dillard Fire Depart
ment, and then took into cus
tody the car owner, James Rog
rt Rouscy, 33, of Myrtle Creek,
nn a charge of being drunk on
4; public highway.
liRousey maintained today he
jyns overcome by smoke from
the burning car, but evidence
())d not Indicate this, Dickinson
Kportcd. Tho interior of the
automobile was badly damaged
Cause of the fire was not de
termined.
; ine traffic stall, both ways
along the highway, was due nn
Warily to the hesitency nf lead
automobiles to pass the burning
Vehicle. The car was removed
tfnd traffic resumed.
NO REASONABLE
Mil I M I I l I I 1 I
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SN I JsTyJ night
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three classifications. The board
felt the scale compares favor
ably with similar job classifica
tions in various business and in
dustry offices in the district
bu. that $10 should be added to
thj top of the scale to provide
increases for those secretaries
who have reached the top of
the scale and who are doing
outstanding jobs.
Park School Budget Viewed
ine Doard recommended an
increase of $800 in the Park
School budget for 1864-65, bring
in-: that budget to $23,200. Spe
cial education director Bill Wil
liams said he would like to see
the enrollment level increased
from 32 to 34 students next
year, as there is a small wait
ing list of students and the
school would be able to handle
a two-pupil Increase,
Tho Douglas County Court
provides half tho cost of opera
ting this special school for re
tarded children, up to a maxi
mum of $3,600. Each district
which sends students to the
school pays a tuition fee on a
per student basis.
Instrumental music instructor
Gary Wilson was given a $250
Oregon Plan
Budget Passes
A budget of $125,000 for oper-
ation of the Oregon Program
during the 1064-65 school year
was approved by the Rose
burg School Board at Us regu
lar meeting Wednesday night.
The Oregon Program centers
around funds derived from foun
dation grants to help the school
district carry out an upgrad
ing of the general curriculum in
local schools. Key projects in
the local Oregon Program are
(he use of teaching interns for
team teaching and the develop
ment of a curriculum revision.
In this program, the Rose
burg schools work in coopera
tion with the University of Ore
gon and Eugene schools.
Program director Harry Ja-
coby said the local schools plan
to use 10 teaching interns next
year, as compared to five being
used in the school system this
year. He also said plans are be
ing made to revamp a portion
of the former high school cafe
teria lor use as - a--D strict 4
curriculum , materials supply
center, -
The board also approved a
budget of $7,022 for the lower di
vision higher education courses
which are offered in Roseburg
on a nigut school basis.
Supt. of Schools M. C. Deller
announced that school will be
gin on Sept. 8 for the 1964-65
school year. This was tho final
board meeting of 1063. The first
meeting of the new year will be
held on Jan. 15.
Roseburg Man Fined,
Sentenced To 30 Days
Charles Wayne Williams. 27.
of lit. 1. Box 636. Rosoburo.
Wednesday was sentenced to
sorve 30 days In the Douglas
County jail and was fined $20
and $5 costs, on a plea of guilty
to assault and battery before
District Judge Gerald R. Hayes.
Williams was accused of as
saulting Bertha Patterson on
Dec. 10. The jail sentence is to
run concurrently with another
ior wi days Williams is now
serving for drunken driving. The
two charges grew out of the
same incident, the judge stated
He also was fined previously
for driving without a driver's
license.
Schools Close Friday
For practically all schools of
he county, the Christmas and
New Year's vacation starts Fri
day and continues to Jan. 2, it
was reported today by County
School Supt, Kenneth Barne-burg.
ROSEBURG JEWELERS
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increase and the title of band
director for the district, in view
of the outstanding job he has
done with the Roseburg schools'
instrumental music program
The Roseburg High School Band,
in addition to providing colorful
halftime shows at high school
football games this fall, brought
the color and quality of the
local music program into state
wide focus this year with an
outstanding appearance at
University of Oregon football
game.
Superintendent of Schools M.
C. Deller. on recommending the
salary increase and title for
Wilson, said that as far as he
was concerned, Wilson is one
of the finest music directors
on the West Coast.
The board voted to call for
$1,500 to be added to the budg
et for increases to coaches and
the athletic director. Generally,
the increases would be $200 for
head coaches and appropriate
increases for assistants. These
are acknowledged "risk" jobs,
with performance holding the
key to the increases.
If anoroved by tne Budget
Committee, tho money will be
in the budget and those coach
es whom the board feels de
serve the increase at the com
pletion of their season will be
civen the raise. It was felt ny
the board that athletic director
Al Hoffman and football coach
Roy Thompson, as well as
Thompson's assistants, had
earned the raises for their per
formanccs during the past foot
ball season. Similar decisions
will be made upon tho comple
tion of each sports program.
Salary increases ranging from
$500 to $150 were granted to
otler key personnel in the school
system who are not on a regu
lar salary increment schedule
This includes the superintend
ent and assistant superintendent.
administrative office personnel,
vocal music director and lunch
room coordinator.
Three Meningitis
Cases Reported
Douglas County Health Offi-I
cer Dr. James K. Gray today
issued a statement in which he
said there have, been some cas
es of meningitis reported in the
county, including two which
brought death, but that there
has been no outbreak of an cpi
domic variety ot the disease.
Dr. Gray said meningitis may
be caused by any one of sever
al types of bacteria, but that
most are not of the epidemic
type. "The cases we have had
in Douglas County are definite
ly not of the epidemic variety.
he said.
The two deaths attributed to
meningitis in Douglas County
were in Sutherlin and Myrtle
Creek, ho said.. They involved a
baby in Suthcrlin and a 27
year-old man in Myrtle Creek
Both occurred during Decern
ber. , . -,
In addition, a 14-year-old boy
in Roseburg developed the dis
ease, but is now reported recov
ering nicely. "This case, too, is
definitely not ot tho epidemic
variety," the county health of
ficer stated.
McDonald To Resign
Oregon Labor Post
PORTLAND (UPI) J. D.
(Rosy) McDonald, will retire
Jan. 1 from his fulltimo salaried
job as president of the Oregon
AFL-CIO, he announced Wednes
day. However, McDonald said he
will keep the title of president
and may even run for re-elec
tion when his term expires Dec.
1, IOCS. McDonald is 68.
He said after he gives up his
$195 weekly salary ho will work
only under special assignment
from James T. Marr, executive
secretary of t h o Oregon AFL -
CIO.
OFFER REFUSED!
Man With Chimp's
Kidneys Receives
Early Christmas
NEW ORLEANS (UPD-
Christmas came a week early
at the home of dockworker Jef-
ferson Davis,
Davis suffered from a kidney
ailn.ent that doomed him un
less drastic action was taken.
Six weeks ago that action was
taken when he received the kid
neys from a 90-pound chimpan
zee. Wednesday night, Mrs. Davis
and the four Davis youngsters
were elated when Davis arrived
home from Charity Hospital
He was their main Christmas
gift. Having been unemployed
for medical reasons for a year,
Lions Hear
Cage Coach
Roseburg High School basket
ball coach Curt Jarvis told the
Umpqua Lions Club Wednesday
n'ght that while the Indians do
not have the blinding speed tncy
would like to have, they are
continuing to work toward
fast-breaking team which they
feel they'll need to win ball
games.
Acknowledging that the In
dians' recent defeat at t h e
hands of Grants Pass was pri
marily the result of errors. Jar-
vis said that emphasis on de
fense has been the main theme
in practice sessions since then
Pointing to the unusual aver
age height possessed by tms
year's squad, the popular cage
mentor singled out Bruce
O'Neil, 6-6 forward, who in Jar
vis' opinion is "just this year
beginning to perform as we al
ways Delielred he would, ine
195-pound O'Neil has an average
of nearly 20 points per game.
In regular club business, it
was reported mac DasKcman
backboards which the club pro
vides as a community youth
service can dc picKen up ai
tho Jerry Roberts residence,
159 W. Broccoli.
The backboards are provided
without cost and are given out
on a first-come first-served ba
sis. Seven members of the Rose
burg Lions Club made a visi
tation to the Umpqua group's
n.eeting.
It was announced that the
next regular dinner meeting
Fire Destroys
Picasso Art
DETROIT (UPI) Thirty-five
Pablo Picasso art pieces, , in
cluding, two valuable paintings,
were destroyed early today in
a $500,000 fire that swept
downtown building.
The Picassos were being
shown in a second floor art gal-
lory. The damage to the collec
tion was csimatcd at $150,000.
More than 125 firemen and 25
pices of equipment battled the
blaze in the building which
housed a furniture store alon
with the art gallery.
The fire was brought under
control within 50 minutes de
spite chilling 17-degree temper
atures. There were no serious
injuries to firefighters although
several received first aid for
cuts and abrasions.
High School Yuletide
Program Set Tonight
More than 250 singers' will
participate in Roseburg High
School's annual Christmas pro-i
gram which will be presented
for the public at 8 tonight in
the school auditorium.
Participants will include the
school's A Capella Choir and
Girls' Glee Club.
One of the program highlights
will be a short Christmas canta
ta entitled "Christmas Is Com
ing." In addition, the A Capella
Choir will sing "The Baby Was
A King," a composition by
Clarence Trued of Roseburg.
The program is open to the
1 general public. There will be
no admission charge.
the dockworker could offer only
himself and his love.
"We never expected to get
him home again," Mrs. Davis
said. "It sure will be a nice
Christmas."
"I feel fine," Davis said.
Intricate medical treatment,
so far, has overcome the body's
natural tendency to cast off for
eign matter. An earlier trans
plant by Tulane University sur
geons into a woman patient
failed because the "immunolog
ic barrier" was not broken.
Drugs and X-rays were used to
keep the animal kidneys func
tioning in Davis.
Davis will return to the hos
pital Friday night for re-evalu-
ation ana tests. 11 no complica
tions have developed he will be
given a pass or will be re
leased Monday for the holidays.
A team of Tulane University
surgeons operated on uavis
Nov 5.
They transplanted the chimp
kidney into his body in 39 min
utes.
Davis entered the ' hospital
last January with a severe kid
ney ailment. It steadily wor
sened until he needed an arti
ficial kidney to live. Doctors
knew that Davis needed new
kidneys to survive.
Unable to find a suitable hu
man donor. They decided on
the chimp. Davis agreed.
"The doctors told me
couldn't live with what I've
sot." he said later. "I have no
choice."
The animal kidneys were tied
into Davis' system and began
functioning immediately. His
own kidneys, which doctors left
in his body, were nearly inoper
ative. Television Out
For Ruby Trial
DALLAS (UPI) State District
Judge Joe B. Brown announced
today that no television cam
eras, no radio recording equip
ment and no still cameras will
be permitted in his courtroom
during the trial of Jack Ruby.
Ruby is charged with murder
ing Lee Harvey Oswald, ac
cused . assassin of President
Kennedy.
Brown's statement ended the
possibility that the trial might!
go on coast-to-coast live televi
sion.
A hearing for a writ of
habeas corpus is set in Judge
Brown's court Dec. 22. Brown
had already served notice that
no television, radio or press
photo equipment would be per
mitted during that hearing.
Ruby's murder trial is set for
Feb. 3.
Raymond D. Hewitt
Raymond David Hewitt, 74, of
Troutdale, former resident of
Roseburg, died Dec. 13 at Trout-
dale where he had been city re
corder since 1960. He was a
brother of Leland Hewitt of
Roseburg and Mrs. E. S. Booth
of Garden Valley.
Funeral services were held
Monday in the Bateman Funer-j
al Chapel at Grcsham with pri
vate interment following at thej
Douglass Cemetery in Grosham.
Hewitt was born Dec. 12, 1
1889, in Roseburg and around
1910 taught in Glide schools. Hej
was school principal at Gold
Beach in 1912 and 1913.and
taught at Troutdale from" 1915
to 1925 and then was principal
until 1935 at which time he left
the teaching field to operate a
grocery store. He was Trout
dale postmaster from 1945 until
I960.
He was a past president of
the Troutdale Lions Club, the
Troutdale Rod and Gun Club
and the Quad Postmaster Club,
and a member of the Fairview
Masonic Lodge No. 92, AF&AM.
Besides the brother and sis
ter here, he is survived also by
his wile, Justa, of Troutdale;
one daughter, Mrs. Robert El
lis o( Springdale; one son,
Charles, of Coos Bay; another
brother, Allen, of Glendale, Cal
if.; three other sisters, Mrs.
Bess Wilson and Mrs. Grace
Van Horn of The Dalles and
Mrs. Helen Bales of El Cerito,
Calif.; six grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
Dan Edwin Wells
Dan Edwin Wells of 1682 Kca
scy Road died at his home this
morning. Funeral arrange
ments will be announced later
by Long and Shukle Memorial
Chapel.
Herbert LeRoy Wade
Herbert LeRoy Wade. 50, of
1243 NE Klamath St., Roseburg
died Wednesday at a Roseburg
hospital.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later by Wilson's
Chapel of the Roses.
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First Group Of West Germans Cross
Berlin's Wall For Christmas Visits
BERLIN (UPI) The first
West Berliners to cross the
Communist anti-refugee wall
since its erection 28 months ago
went into East Berlin today on
Christmas holiday visits.
The Communists opened
routes through the wall one
day ahead of schedule to start
the first of a series of Christ
mas reunions among East and
West Berliners.
West Berlin police reported a
mother and child walked across
the border at the Sandkrug
Bridge at 2:10 p.m.
They were the first to use the
new passes the Communists be
gan issuing today for Christ
mas visits.
A few minutes later, West
Berlin police said, a man, his
wife and two children walked
across the Oberbaum Bridge
where East German guards
Mother Will Give
Kidney To Son
WEST PATERSON, N. J.
(UPI) Mrs. William Koscuis
zka sat in her modest home
and spoke quietly about the or
deal ahead.
I gave him life once, and
with God's help I can do it
again," she said Wednesday.
On Dec. 29, she and her son,
William, 23, will undergo joint
surgery in Boston for a kidney
transplant in what may be the
first mother-to-son operation of
its kind.
William, a once healthy, vig
orous youth who liked to play
football, has been in and out of
hospitals for the last two yers.
He is currently under treatment
at St. Joseph's Hospital for
chronic glomerulo nephritis, a
kidney disease.
An identical twin of the pa
tient is normally used in a kid-1
ncy transplant operation. But in
the case of William, there was
no twin. Both mother and fath
er of the boy underwent tests
and she was chosen as the most
suitable one to give up a kid
ney. I could do nothing less, if
it means a chance for him to
live and be well," she said.
Mrs. Koscuiszka has quit her
job as a waitress in a Clifton
restaurant and the loss of this
income against the mounting
medical bills has worried the
family.
Her daughter, Gail, 18, was
considering withdrawing from
Paterson State College to get a
job and hor husband was think-l
ing about getting a mortgage
on their home.
But all this may not be neces
sary.
Townspeople and public offic
ials in this community have rt
sponded to the Koscuiszkas
plight by setting up a fund, the
Bill K Fund.
Harry B. Haines, publisher of
the Paterson Evening News,
launched the drive with a $100
contribution. Other donations fol
lowed.
Friday-Saturday-Monday-Tuesday
BRAKE & FRONT END
SAFETY SERVICE
BRING YOUR
CAR TO THE
EXPERTS
DURING THE
NEXT THREE
DAYS AND
RECEIVE:
Complete brake check
and adjustment
Brake fluid will be
added, and entire brake
system road checked
Front end will be aligned,
with camber, caster, and
toe-in corrected.
PAY AS
YOU RIDE
knocked a hole in the wall fori
West Berlin pedestrians
Wednesday night.
Police said Loth groups car
ried the new permits.
East German postal employes
issuing the passes in 12 West
Berlin schools today were al
most overwhelmed by tremen
dous crowds lined up for hours
in the snow.
They began handing out the
first permits for one-day visits
to relatives in East Berlin at
1 p.m., but ran far behind a
flood of new applications.
At that tfme, 30,500 persons
were lined up and police had
turned away thousands more
because they rould not be han
dled before the offices closed
in the evening.
A West Berlin city official
met with an East German rep
resentative, and tl ey agreed to
double the number of postal
clerks who would be on hand
from East Berlin Friday.
Western sources said the new
meeting showed the Commu
nists already were realizing
their aim of parlaying the pass
agreement into a scries of ne-
gotiations between West Berlin'"" oirccuiatui a
and East Germany.
The Western Allies and West
Germany always have opposed
such negotiations as possible
support for the East German
e.:aim that West Berlin is not a
part of West Germany.
Wednesday 24,500 West Berlin-
Hospital News
Visiting Hoiirt i
2 ta 3:30 p.m. and 7 to 8 p.m.
Douglas
Community
Admitted
Hospital
Medical: Mrs. Larry Dysert,
Wayne Kincaid, Albert Parson,
Arthur Marsh, Walter Bernal,
Park Paige, Thomas Scott, all
of Roseburg; Howard Lmstead,
Sutherlin; Mrs. Willard Baker.
Winston; Mrs. Merlin Grubbs,
Glide; Mrs. Ronald Waitt, Idle
ylo Park; Mrs. Ronald Harring
ton, Roseburg.
Surgery: Deborah Noland,
James Harris, Howard Robin
son, all of Roseburg; Mary Pope
Camas Valley; Fred Shepard,
Winston.
Discharged
Mrs. Lyle Bursik, William
Branham, Emma Stringfellow,
Mrs. James Gilbert, Gege
Graham, Mrs. Robert Williams
Mrs. Linn Emmons, Mrs. Floyd
Smith, Albert Pierce, Darrold
Hanna. all of Roseburg; Rich
ard Crumal, Sutherlin; Lola
Walker, Glide; Mrs. John Mar-
low, Winston. .,
" Mercy Hospital-:
'i. Admitted
Medical: Lillie Crow, Joe
Johnson, both of Roseourg;
Mrs Richard Williams, Milo.
Surgery: Mrs. Lloyd Good
win, Roseburg; Mrs. Roy Dou
gan, Myrtle Creek.
Discharged
Tracy Hansell, James Hum
phrey III, Mrs. W. L. Carr,
Mrs. Justin Eifert, Mrs. David
Perron, all of Roseburg; Rob
ert Dascke, Minneapolis, Minn.
HBHP"" '
ers filed applications for 50,000
to 60,000 passes, West Berlin
officials reported.
Most returned early today
and they were joined by thou
sands of others who wanted to
fi' applications. ,
Many waited in the cold for
three or four hours, only to be
told "we have no passes for
you." Some were told to come
back a day or two before their
proposed visit.
A West Berlin, city govern
ment spokesman said it was ex
pected that individual West
Berliners could make a total of
three visits to East Berlin dur
ing the 17-day period before the
agreement ends pn Jan. 5.
New Drug Boosts
Zellerbach Stock
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -
Crown Zellerbach Corp., sur
prised by a five-point rise in its
stock because of rumors it has
a new miracle drug in the
work. 'rinpsHiv tn'pri tn hn"
A company spokesman said
even if the experimental drug
Dimethyl Sulfoxide, or DMSO
should live up to the effects at
tributed to it, "commercializa
tion of the chemical as a drug
would have little effect on the
company'r overall sales volumes
and earnings."
However, stock purchasers
were apparently unimpressed as
th j stock, which closed Tuesday
at 55Vs soared to 60V4 on the
Facific Coast Stock Exchange
Wednesday.
A crown - Zellerbach public
relations man reported: "Our
annual business is more than
$600 million, of this, the chemi
cal division does only $2 million.
What's all the fuss about?"
The University of Oregon
Medical School in Portland has
bten testing DMSO.
Doctors said the chemical.
derived from wood, has bright
possibilities in the field of medi
cine but that much testing re
mained to be done before it
could be marketed. Its possibi
lities include help in human or
gan transplant, pain killing and
the potential of transporting
medication in the human body.
Winston Man Injured
As Auto Hits Bridge
D. A. Fain, 21, of Winston,
was hospitalized with injuries
and bis automobile was "total
ed," when it struck a bridge
abutment about 1:30 p.m. Wed
nesday one mile north . of Win
ston, state police report.
am was northbound on U.S.
Route 99 BR and while in the
process of passing another ve
hicle also traveling north near
the Winston Section junction,
the cars ran into a wall of fog.
Fain's car struck the end of
the railing of a small cement
bridge on the west side. He was
brought to the hospital by am
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