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SIXTTEW MTDFORD (OOTaOIf MAH, TTIIBTTNB Sunday, ICorember tfS. 1955 s' Ik) THOROUGH WASHING JOB is performed by Helen, motherly giraffe at London, Eng land, Zoo, as keeper holds Gin, 6 weeks old kitten who is constant companion of long-necked animal. Friendship began when Gin tried to shinny up one of Helen's legs. (International) Marie Dionne Leaves Convent Second Time Montreal (U.R) Marie Di onne, frailest and shyest of the surviving quintuplets, has left her cloistered convent life of si lence and prayer for the second , time and taken refuge in a hos pital where two of her sisters are studying nursing, it was report ed Saturday. Sources close to the Dionnes said that Marie, still grieving over the death of quintuplet Emilie last year, was' homesick for her sisters and suffered from a loss of appetite. Aviation Safely Meeting Scheduled A meeting on aviation safety for operators, examiners and chief mechanics in souther Ore gon and northern Calif ornia. will be held here Tuesday, it was re ported Saturday. Sponsored by the Medford of fice of aviation safety of the Civil Aeronautics administration, the meeting will be held in the Jack son county courthouse from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Invitations have been sent to airport operators and others in an area between Eugene on the north and Eureka and Weed on the south. Discussions of chanees in CAA air regulations, methods of in creasing safety in aviation opera tions, and changes in approved flight schools will be conducted. Ask Price Increase For Cremation Cases Portland (U.R) Representa tives of the Oregon Interment Association have asked the State Public Welfare commission to hike the funeral alowance for cremation cases. The request asked that the cremation allowance be increas ed from $25 to $110, the pres ent allowance for earth burial. The commission took the request under advisement. Oliva Dionne, father of the 21-year-old quints, said he was told by telephone that Marie quiet ly left the convent of the order of the Servants of the Most Holy Sacrament in Quebec City last Wednesday. Confirmed by Convent A source at the convent, one of the strictest in the Roman Catholic church, confirmed Ma rie had left but would not com ment further. An informant close to the Dionne family said Marie had gone to L'hopital No tre Dame de L'esperance in Vil le St. Laurent, near Montreal. There was no official -confir mation from the hospital, but Marie was known to have been seen there Friday. Marie was the most deeply af fected member of the Dionne family when Emilie died Aug. 6, 1954, during an epileptic seiz ure. It was only after a year at school and in seclusion with her family that Marie felt able to take up again the rigid life of a novice in a nunnery. When Marie first entered the convent on Nov. 3, 1953, she said that "since my childhood I have nourished the desire of enter ing a religious order." Her father said that "spirit ual values have always been her main preoccupation." Frailest of Quints Marie was the frailest of the quints at birth and for many days her life hung in the bal ance. As a child she wore a black eye patch to correct an eye ailment and she is the only one of the quints to. wear glasses. Neither Cecile nor Yvonne could be reached at the hospital. They have avoided interviews since they began their training two years ago, and the hospital's policy is to protect their pri vacy. . Papa Dionne said he did not know what Marie's plans were. He indicated he had not heard from her directly about her de parture from the convent. GrahamUsedSimple Timing Device Says Denver Newspaper Denver (U.R) John Gilbert Graham allegedly used a com mon kitchen timing device pur chased in Denver to set off the bomb that sent 44 persons, in cluding his own mother, to death in the flaming crash of a United Air Lines DC6B near Longmont, Colo. The Rocky Mountain News, a Scripps-Howard nevspaper, said Saturday it had learned Graham purchased the timing device from the Ryall Electric Supply company here two weeks before the airliner crashed Nov. 1. Morris Bergerhouse, manager of the supply company, would neither confirm nor deny the story. But he said he had iden tified a photograph of Graham for the FBI. Poses as Employee In an exclusive interview with Joseph T. Grande, the salesman who sold Graham the 60-minute timer, Denver radio station KI MN disclosed that Graham had posed as an employee of the "Colorado Texas Pump Co. Grande said Graham told him he wanted the timer for use on a six-volt pumping circuit. Gra ham specified an on-timer rather than a clock that turned ap pliances off, Gande said. Still a mystery was where Gra ham purchased the 25 sticks of dynamite, a battery, eight feet of wire and two dynamite caps he allegedly used to fashion the time bomb. Th e 23-year-old suspect mean while steadfastly denied the murder-for-insurance of his 54-year-old mother and said the FBI forced him to admit the charge by prolonged questioning and threats against his wife. Dozen Witnesses Testify in Murder Trial of Sherry Portland (U.R) A dozen witnesses testified Friday in the first degree murder trial of Sherry Fong, as the defense made four new motions for a mistrial. Circuit Judge Alfred P. Dob son deferred ruling on the new motions, and Defense Attorney Irvin Goodman's running objec tions, which were based on "pre judicial" testimony. All of Friday's witnesses were connected with law enforcement, leading to speculation that the state intended to link the slaying of 16-year-old Diane Hank to a narcotics ring. Howard Lonergan, chief prose cutor in the trial, told the jury of six men and six women in his opening statement that "the mo tive for this killing lies in the narcotics trade." Rebuked from Bench However, Judge Dobson, who declared a mistrial earlier this month in the state's second at tempt to convict Sherry, re buked Lonergan from the bench and the prosecutor did not elaborate. Lonergan said that while Diane apparently died from bar biturates and alcohol in a poison ous combination, she could pos sibly have been smothered. Robert Wayne Richards, one time sheriff's deputy and bar tender, said Sherry told him a narcotics syndicate wanted "to get rid of" Diane because the girl was talking too much. He said Sherry told him she wanted to save the high school student, and offered $125,000 "to get the syndicate off Diane's neck." Richards said Sherry claimed to be the head of a narcotics trade that covered the Northwest as far south as Eureka, Calif., with 26 outlets. Sherry and her husband, Wey Him Fong, were convicted of the 1954 slaying several months ago, but Judge Dobson overruled the conviction on technical grounds. Grange During Operation DEEP FREEZE, the Navy's newest Antarctic Expedition, Navy planes will take off and land at the South Pole. 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They are: Master, Ray Frantz; over seer, Fred Dengler; steward, For est Luce; secretary, Ruth Drumm; treasurer, Cassie Gold ing; assistant steward, Charles White; lady assistant steward, Esther Fabrick; gatekeeper, Joe Golding; flora, Myrtle Streitz; ceres, Betty Frantz; pomona, Mrs. Forest Luce; chaplain, Edith Os borne; lecturer, Larry Sheehan and executive committeemen, Ferd Streitz, Letsy Miller and Carl Christenson. The next regular meeting of the Grange has been postponed because it falls on Thanksgiving night. Mrs. Harold Dunham super vised the serving of refreshments following the meeting. Shady Cove Grange The Shady Cove Grange HEC ladies served a turkey dinner for the Shady Cove Rotarians, their wives and friends, Nov. 17 in the school dining room. The event was well attended. -The next regular Grange meeting will be a social meeting Nov. 23. The HEC ladies will serve a turkey dinner at 7 p.m. Lecturer Vanderlip has a Thanksgiving program planned and games are planned for the rest of the evening. Griffin Creek Grange Griffin Creek Grange will meet Tuesday, Nov. 22, due to Thanksgiving falling on the reg ular meeting date. This will be a 6:30 p.m. dinner with the HEC furnishing the meat. Ladies are to bring vegetables, salad and dessert, also their own table service. At the last meeting the fol lowing were elected to office for the coming year: Master, Isabelle LeVander; overseer, Cyril Farns worth; lecturer, Pearl Farns worth; secretary, Claire Christ lieb; treasurer, Clyde Sturgill; chaplain, Iva Harper; gatekeep er, Mark Slyter; Ceres, Letha Chisholm; Pomona, Pauline Kelly; Flora, Fern Larson; exec utive committee, Roy Le Vander, George Mero and Bill Darby. The HEC met Thursday with Minnie Mathern, Iva Harper as sisting. 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