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Business Scene nip i) v By Leroy B. Inman Sot., Dec. 21, 1963 The News-Review, Page 7 urriiEio ins i ALLID Richord Stevenson, on left, 'is the new president of the Douglas County Board of Realtors. He served out the term of Gus Reynolds end was elected for the coming year. Center is vice-president Bob Horn and on right is Ted Smolle, secretary-treasurer. (News-Review photo) Evans Moves Accounting Office, Changes Personnel Moving of the western divi - sion accounting headquarters of Evans Products Co. to Rose- burg and assignment of new managing personnel for the company's Winchester plant has been announced. Albert McAIoney is the new general manager, replacing Har old Hall who resigned earlier Labor Drop In November Is Comparable The month of November nor mally brings an increase in the number of unemployed and a decrease in the number of job opportunities because of woods work curtailment and closures. However the increase in unem ployment over that of October, while quite noticeable, is not unreasonable when compared to last year. New job applications number ed 391 in November, 373 in Oc tober, and 441 in November a year ago. Non-agricultural job placements were 167 compared with 258 in October and 162 in November of 1962. Initial claims stood at 1173, while October had 752 and November a year ago showed 1072. The average week ly number who claimed a week of joblessness stood at 751, com pared with 329 in October and 633 in November last year. . Additional comparisons, points out F. C. Riley, manager of the Roseburg office of the Oregon State Employment Service, may be seen in the per cent of in sured unemployment as com oared to the average covered employment for the following areas. Roseburg showed 5.9, compar ed with Grants Pass 9.7, North Bend 6.5. Eugene 3.5 and state total 3.8. Four weeks ago it was 3.4 for Roseburg, a year ago for November 7.9, two years ago 11.6, and three years ago 19.6, well above the state average for those periods. Construction continues ox tremelv active considering win ter weather approach. Roseburg had 29 building permits for $227,906. Old Safeway Building Undergoing Repairs Building permit for $1,200 fcr repairs to the former Safe way Store Building on SE Cass Ave. at SE Main has been taken out with the city inspec tor's office. General repairs to the parking area and to the building are being made. The permit was taken out this week by contractor Gerald Rust & Sons. PB0a$fflMi:K'. Your Farmers Agent is DEPENDABLE PROTECTION EXCLUSIVE FEATURES 10W COST CONVENIENT PAYMENT ARRINCEMEXR FAST FAIR-FRIENDLY SERVICE! Call vow Farmer Agent AGENT Dick Warren Glen Wright Art Subert C. V. DeCam? Dist. Mgr. for other employment. B. Mayenschein. with Evans for 15 years at its Coos Bay piani ouice prior to its closure there and for the past year lo cated in Portland, has been moved to Winchester as ac counts manager and adminis trator of the western division Tom Leslie has been named production manager. All assign ments were effective Dec. 1, along with the move of the di vision headquarters here. McAIoney was plant superin tendent of the Van-Evans plant a subsidiary of Evans and the former Vancouver Plywood Co, at Missoula, Mont, and Leslie also was with the Van-Evans plant for the past 18 months. They formerly were in similar plywood work in Canada. Moving of the accounting di vision headquarters here has resulted in an increase in of fice personnel to about 20, which is an increase of about six per sons. The present staff was re tained and other persons hired locally. Mayenshein, his wife and daughter have moved here from Portland and they presently are living on Kendall St. McAIoney with his wife and son are living on Warren Court, while Leslie his wife and two children are residing on Berdine St. Log Exports To Japan Reach Ail-Time High Log exports from the Pacific Northwest to Japan reached an all-time high of 321 million board feet for the third quar ter of 1963, according to the quarterly stumpage and log supplies report prepared by the Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station in Portland. This is nearly double the quarterly record set in the pre vious quarter (April through June). Douglas fir represented less than 10 per cent of the total log volume, which was predomin antly western hemlock, true firs and Port Orford cedar. A large share of the increase represents additional timber put on t h e market as a result of the Octo ber 1962 windstorm. Taxidermist Moves Business To Roseburg Carl Westfall, taxidermist has moved his business from Myrtle Creek to a shop building on property he has purchased, together with a home, at Box 108 E North Umpqua Road about three miles east of the Roseburg east city limits. Westfall operated a taxidcr my shop in Myrtle Creek for the past four years. He has been in that line of work for the past 25 years and came to Myrtle Creek from Santa Barbara, where he worked with Rett Bros a specialist in providing nmm NOW I " " " " RES. PHONE 459-3570 673-5610 673-8572 Realty Board Installation Is Conducted Richard Stevenson of Steven son Realty was installed as president of the Douglas Coun ty Board of Realtors, along with Bob Horn of Bob Horn Real Estate as vice president and Ted Smalle of Smalle Real Es tate, secretary-treasurer, Installation took place at the semi-monthly meeting Wednes day noon in the Umpqua Hotel Directors include Al William son, director for one year, Hel en Glenn, director for two years, and the newly elected di rector, Joe Dent for three years. Stevenson announced the fol lowing committee appoint ments: Professional standards, Pete Serafin, three years, Ros- coe Lackey, two years and Ted Smalle, one year; public rela tions, Leroy Inman and Helen Glenn; education and pro grams, Alice Smalle and Lois Winter. Membership, Les Black; in dustrial, Stan Herman, Bill oieei ana a tmrd to be an nounced; consolidation, William son, chairman. Lee Wimberly and Robert Beardslcy, and leg islative, Serafin, Earl Wiley and Bart Garrison. , Kcginald, Johnson was an nounced as a new associate member. He is with Winter Real Estate The membership voted to go along with a national associ ation proposal for a $5 dues in crease for national advertising promotion. If adopted it would be effective in 1955, State Public Defender Applications Slimmed SALEM (UPI) A field of 32 applicants for the job of state public defender has been nar rowed to "five or seven, and final selection may be an nounccd Jan. 13, it was an nounccd after a meeting here Thursday. Bend Bulletin Publisher Ho bert Chandler, a member of the committee appointed to make the selection, said that personal interviews of the five or seven candidates still being considered are being planned. The public defender, a new position authorized by the 1963 legislature, will handle post-con viction appeals and many ap peals to the state supreme court. Fellowship Is Offered By University Women Announcement has been made' by the publicity chairman of the Oregon Division of the Ameri can Association of University Won.en that the state division is offering a graduate fellow ship of $1,500 for study during the year 1964-65. The recipient must be a wom an resident of Oregon who has received her BS or BA degree, with preference being given to candidates who have an MA or MS degree. The fellowship must oe usca at any university oiner Bakcr or about a year. John than the one granting the bac- has foowcd cooking as 1 , ,? ; ,, ., ...occupation. They have a son, Tenure of 'the fellowship wil Th wcro ,. ue li munins wiimn uie it:i .uu from June 15, 1964 to Sept. 15 1965. The fellowship is unre stricted as to age or field of study and may be used in the United States or abroad. Applications are available from Mrs. Willard M. Sanzen bacher, president of the Ore gon State Division of AAUW, 2000 SW Crest Drive, Lake Os wego. Applications must be fil ed before Feb. 1, 1964, accord ing to Mrs. Arthur Marsh, pub licity chairman of the Rose burg unit. AIR-WAY VACUUM CLEANERS Sales-Parts-Rervice "Your New Dealer" . E. NEWBERRY iS S t. 1KHM til !0.67J 3!91 Fullerfon Drugs To Move To Garden Valley Center The Fullerton Rcxall Drug Store will be moved to a new location about the first of the year, announces owner Gordon H. Smith. The store will occupy the new building being completed at the Garden Valley Shopping Cen ter adjacent to the Drive 'n' Save Market. Smith purchased the business about two years ago from Mrs. E. R. Buckingham following her husband's death. He came to Roseburg from Medford. The new store building will be about twice the size of the present location but will offer: about three times the selling space because of improved ar rangements, said Smith. He plans to add to all lines of merchandise, and will also include a complete veterinary medicine department. He will have an extra line of cosmetics, enlarged notion department and a baby department. The business will be open sev en days a week until 9 p.m. on week days, with limited hours on Sundays to be announced. Smith said the building is just about completed, but that he will have to install fixtures and stock the store, which he hopes to complete by the end of the year. He is conducting a stock disposal sale now prior to mov ing. Indian Theatre Holiday Program Plans Announced Matinee shows every Sunday, starting at 1:30, as a regular policy will begin Sunday, Dec. 22, at the Indian Theatre. Doors will open at 1 p.m. At the same time, the theatre announced Saturday matinee showtimes will hereafter also start at 1:30 instead of at 1, as in the past All matinees starting at the same time should eliminate any confusion that might otherwise arise, said owner Eino Hem mila. Special holiday matinee showings will be held each day starting Thursday, Dec. 26, and continuing through Wednesday, Jan. 1. Evening showtimes dur ing the holidays will have doors opening at 6:30 with shows starting at 7 and again about 9:15. Bookings for the holiday week should prove of popular interest to local showgocrs, with the new John Wayne picture "McClin tock!" Christmas night through Saturday. It boasts the same type of brawling comedy-action that made "North to Alaska" so popular a couple of seasons back. Then, on Dec. 29-31, the new Elvis Presley musical, "Fun in Acapuleo," should sat isfy his innumerable fans. In cluded among the song num bcrs are "Bossa Nova Baby' and "Witchcraft," done in typi cal Presley style. On Wednos day. New Year's Day, Walt Disney's new animated feature, "The Sword in the Stone," will open a week's engagement, with "Disneyland After Dark,' a 45-minute fcaturctte, and a Disney cartoon, rounding out the program. The theatre will be dark Tuesday, Dec. 24, to allow all employes an opportunity to en joy Christmas Eve, said Hem- mila. Johnsons Reopen Oaks Cafe In Oakland The Oaks Cafe In Oakland was re-opened Monday morn ing of this week by new owners Betty and Bob Johnson. The Johnsons came from Eastern Oregon, where they op erated the Columbia Cafe at , . . ,.,, unr. hv in friends, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Avcrctt of Roseburg. Johnson and Averctt went to school to gether in Eastern Oregon The Oaks Cafe has been clos ed for quite some time. Pierce Freight Lines Consolidated Freightways Pacific Motor Trucking Co. ONC Motor Freight System Will Be Closed Dec. 24&25 Fridoy's freight will b In Roieburg on Saturday momlno and con ba picked up of 111. terminal! until 1 1 :00 a.m. . . , cloted in tho alr.moor. R.gular deliveries on Monday, Dec. 23. WE WJl, REOPEN Thursday Dec. 26 He said he will retain the name of Fullerton Drug Store under which 'it has operated for more than 50 years. The business was purchased by Buckingham in the late 1940s He came here from Coos Bay. Smith, his wife and two daughters live at 1048 W. Pil- ger St. Businesses Listed For New Building Announcement was made this week of other businesses which will occupy the new drug storo building nearing completion in tho Garden Valley Shopping Centor. Occupancy of the large new building is planned for the first of tho year. Faye Endicott, who has been working as a beauty operator in Roseburg, will manage the new beauty parlor. Francis I. (Frenchy) Hcbert, who is working as a barber at the City Barber Shop, will take over the operation of the barber shop, under the name of Frenchy's Barber Shop. The shoe repair business will be handled by Burr Bennett, un der tho name of Benny's Shoe Repair, lie has been doing this line of work out of his home. Tho new warehouse of Drive V Save Market erected to the rear and west of that building is now completed and being used. Studebaker Car Production Ends SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UPI)- Tho last Studebaker car pro duced in the United States was scheduled to roll off the assent brv lines at tho South Bend plant Friday. The milestone car ended 61 years of domestic automotive production by., the company, which started in the highway transportation field making cov cred wagons. It came in the same year other automakers were posting records as the best year ever. Studebaker closed Uie plant to photographers and planned no fanfare for the event. "We're still making and selling cars, a spokesman said, "and we're not really ending proaucuon. Automotive production in tne highly diversified company now will be carried on at the Hamil ton, Ont., plant. In tho move to Canada, about 6,000 Studebaker white collar and hourly rated workers will be thrown out of work at tlje South Bend plant, the firm's only U.S. carbuilding outlet. However, Studebaker officials have maintained the nameplate will not die in thin country. In stead, they said, dealers will re ceive cars mint in v-anauo. Parts and other necessary items also will be supplied to dealers. Ed Musser Purchases Canyonville Business Ed Musser recently purchas ed the Canyonville Furniture Store from Carl M. Hill and is calling the business Ed's rurnl turo Store, reports Mrs. R. E. Proctor, Canyonville corre spondent. New furniture will be offered, but the store will also serve as outlet for used furniture Musser was formerly associat cd with Binder's Clothing Store. ONE TOO MANY COLORADO SPRINGS ,Colo. (UPI) Virginia Goodrich, 32, and Victoria Trujillo, 18, both of Pueblo, Colo., were arrested when police found them both driving the same car one of them steering and the other op crating the foot pedals. Municipal Judge Allen Ashcr fined them each $25 for careless driving. "Two poor drivers do not make a good one," Ashcr said. -j it tea : PORTABLE LOADER shown obove soon will be under Truck Shop. Some of the loaders have been built, but production shortly. (News-Review photo) Truck Shop At To Manufacture A Wilbur truck shop will soon er has already been Introduced become a manufacturing plantin the West. Bucll has sold scv- for portable truck loaders It was announced today that Ramcy Self Loader Inc. of Du luth, Minn., will establish a fabricating plant for its hydraul ic self loaders at the truck shop now operated by Lyl Bucll of Roseburg (The self loader is a swinging boom with hydraulic grapples' which can bo mounted on a truck or built on a stationary base to load logs and practical- ity any oiner material, una man operates tho loader.) Market Looks Good The decision to establish the plant at Wilbur had been in the works for about a year, but it was clinched after members of. the firm attended the Northwest Logging Congress in Portland this fall, according to Gordon Rnmey, one of the owners, Ramcy and Bucll said they had been studying the western market about a ycar. With the knowledge gained in that study and the high interest shown at tho logging Congress, they said, the prospects appeared unlim ited. The operation in Wilbur Is in corporatcd in the names of Bu ell, Gordon and Ken Harney. Both Ramcys now live in Du- luth, but Gordon Rnmey says ho and his family will move to first of the year. The opera tion here will bo guided by Bucll and the latter Ramcy. Loader Introduced Actually, the Ramcy self load Iris Reinert Now With Helen Glenn Realty Iris Rclncrt has joined the sales staff of Helen Glenn Real Estate, 485 SE Kane St. Mrs. Reinert worked for Mag- ncss Real Estalo for fivo years. While managing tho Roseburg branch office after Mr. and Mrs. Magncss moved to Portland,! she has become well known and has many friends throughout Douglas County. Together with her family she lives on Orchard Lane in the Melrose area. Hi from all of us in the Service Department at Lockvood Motors eral of the machines as a dis tributor for the company in Du- lull). These, however, were al ready built, and only mounting was necessary. Now, the plan is to actually build the loaders at Wilbur, cither in standard or custom-made models. Preparation work in convert ing the truck shop will start' right after New Year's. Lathes, Lwelders and other machinery r ... . . . . ... win tie set up, in trucK Biaus.!""'"! " Tho patterns and jlgs.wlU be ,; , ''.,. p.hu -' shipped in from Duluth; sourc 08 of supply here will be estab Suggestions Offered For Christmas Calls Looking ahead to the annual surge of long distance calls on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, C. B. Thomas, Roseburg manager for Pacific Northwest Bell, offered these suggestions: Consider calling before Christ mas to avoid the rush. Tho low er rates start everyday at 6 p.m. and continuo all day Sun day. Call station to station rathor than person to person. Call by number in any case including the area code for calls to points outside Oregon smaller towns or rural commu nities are the ones most likely to become clogged by holiday calls. Nearly twice the normal force of operators will be on duty throughout Oregon and extra long distance circuits will be used to help meet the rush. Incorporation Papers Filed For Two Firms Articles of Incorporation wcro on fijo In Salem this week for two Roseburg firms: Cemetery Management Asso ciates, signed by Robert M. Stults, local attorney. Estate Security Corp., Insur ance and investments, signed by Ralph E. Hillicr, Paul Dil lon and Gcorgo W. McGuirc. i production at the Wilbur they will go into expanded Wilbur Loaders llshcd; then, the company hopes to get Into production in a little over two' months. No hiring is planned until the plant is ready to go Into oper ation. But when peak produc tion is reached, tho company hopes to employ as many as 50 men. Most of the fabricating work will take place at the Wilbur plant, but the Intention la to hire some work out. This wlU In- clull "uch things as machine l,..n1r InVtKlnrt nnil Innmlnfl Little expansion o the build ing itself is on the immediate agenda, but after production is established, some building ex pansion on the seven-acre site is considered likely. Buell and Ramcy report they plan to manufacture about nine standard models and half a doz en optional models. They hope, also to manufacture stationary1 models as the market demands. Much of the material for the approximately 50 pieces in each loader will be locally supplied. Finally, they hope to build up complete stock of hydraulic equipment to handle anything in tho hydraulic line, such as valves, pumps and hose. They will also service such equip ment. Both men are extremely en thusiastic about the market. Ra mcy said the Wilbur plant will start as a subsidiary, but he expects it to become the supply sourco of one of tho country's main markets. "The market here is unlimited," he aald. He said it is a comparatively vlr gin market, and the hope ii to cover seven western states. About six salesmen will be on the road to tap this big mark- ct, Buell reported. Stock On Hand Moanwilo sales of tho loaderi will continuo with stocks on hand. Fivo months ago, Bucll brought In five loaders for what was called the biggest singlo shipment from the Duluth fac tory. These have been sold, and this week another shipment was trucked here which is even big ger. Seven are ready for mount ing and nine others are to be assembled at Wilbur. MS 1602 S. E. Stephens Ph. 672-2618 580 S. E. Oak Roseburg
