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Editorial Comment (Editor's note: The follow ing tribute to Lloyd A. (Mutt) Williamson, who died recently in Bend, appeared in the Bend Bulletin. Mr. Williamson was a former commander of Medford Post IS. American Legion, and was well-known in Med ford. Survivors include his sister, Mrs. William (Lou ise) Isaacs. LLOYD WILLIAMSON. 1897-1958 A new industry, the quarry ing and processing of pumice, was in its infancy 16 years ago when Lloyd A. William son came to Bend. Pumice at that time was largely being "mined" in the Crescent coun try, where debris of ancient Mt. Mazama . covered the earth. Lloyd Williamson had great faith in the future of pumice as a light weight aggregate for construction use. But he was not satisif ed with the pro duct that was going out from Central Oregon. Nor was he satisfied with the process used in making the light-weight building blocks. Much research was needed before pumice could be fully accepted as a building ma terial, Williamson realized. Through the. efforts of Wil liam E. Miller, also of Bend, and Williamson, studies were Bulldozer Upset Fatal To Operator Brownsville, Ore. (UPD A 50-year-old bulldozer oper ator was killed instantly Mon day when the machine he was grading a logging road with struck a log and rolled down a mountainside. Dead was Herbert Otto Waibel of Brownsville. According to Troy Koontz, Brownsville, who witnessed the fatal accident, Waibel was thrown to the ground in the path of the rolling machine and crushed. Waibel was a partner with Delmar Pearl of the P&W Logging company, for which the road was being constructed. MONEY At Crater Finance you may borrow for any worth while purpose on your FURNITURE - AUTO SALARY ' and repay in monthly In stallments. You may choose the terms most suit able to you up to 24 months. r Loans may be paid in ad vance or in full at any time. Crater Finance CORPORATION 135 Pine Street Central Point Phone NO 4-1273 Frank Wilkinson, Mgr. Convenient Parking launched, and properties of several Oregon pumice de posits were studied. Slowly pumice regained most of the recognition it had lost in earlier years. It be came accepted as a good build ing material. Out of Central Oregon were shippeded car loads of Deschutes pumice, to many parts of the west, and, in some cases to the east. It was in 1955 that Lloyd Williamson was recognized for his engineering and re search work in the pumice field. He was elected first president of the National Pumice Institute, at a meet ing in the southwest. In the early years of the quarrying of pumice in this region, it was the tendency of many to refer to pumice as "volcanic ash". Such reference greatly aroused Lloyd Wil liamson. Pumice, he stoutly maintained was not an "ash" it was a fine building ma terial with a history- that dated to ancent days. Pumice was used in the concrete used in building the Roman .Pan theon, and the Colosseum. Lloyd Williamson was a pioneer in pumice in the re gion. But he found time for civic activities. Also, he served his church faithfully. And he was known throughout Ore gon for his leadership in American Legion work, especially in earlier years. Lloyd Williamson was just preparing to take life a bit more leisurely when he was injured in an accident, at a pumice plant. Death came Tuesday night, result of a heart attack. The industry he served so faithfully through the years will suffer as the result of his death. The community will miss him. Bend Bulletin. Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF THERE'S A DRUG STORE on Madison Avenue whose pro prietor loves books? He's devoted so much time and space to his burgeoning book department, in fact, that the other day when a customer demanded, 'Do you keep large sizes of bicarbonate of soda?" the proprietor absent-mindedly replied, "Who wrote it?" From Paris comes the story of an abnormally jealous wom an who was convinced that her husband had nothing else to do all day but carry on with assorted sirens and hussies. If she discovered the slightest hair on his coat she raised several kinds of Hades. One night, finding nothing at all, she made the biggest scene of all, crying wildly, "Even bald women now!" Fond mother put on her new evening gown for the first time and sought the opinion of her 12-year-old daughter. That discerning critic clapped her hands ecstatically and gurgled, "Gee, mom, it makes you look just like a princess a very old princess." O 1958, by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by Kins Features Syndicate, 'Forgotten Man7 of Egyptian Revolt Lives Life of Ease By WILBUR G. LANDREY UPI Correspondent Cairo (UPD What has hap pened to Gen. Mohammed Na guib, the forgotten strongman of the Egyptian revolution? Chances are you'll find him playing tennis or reading newspapers at the Al Marg mansion in a northeastern suburb of Cairo. i It was Gen. Naguib, then 51, who led the revolt that deposed King Farouk late in Ike Wants Action On Several Bills Before Congress Washington (LTD Presi dent Eisenhower told Repub lican congressional leaders to day he wants action on several rending bills and hopes they will be- passed be fore Congress adjourns. He listed Senate-passed leg islation to regulate union welfare and pension funds, a measure to raise the per manent national debt ceiling by $10 billion to $285 billion, a bill to end congested court dockets by creating 40 more judgeships, and tax relief for small business. Farm Bill Opposed Leaders assured him at their weekly White House conference that Congress would not go home until a host of pending bills had been cleared. House GOP leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. (Mass.) who stayed behind for a talk with Secretary of Agri culture Ezra Taf t Benson, told newsmen the administration still opposes a Democratic farm bill up for a house vote Wednesday He said Benson reaffirmed his opposition to the House Si) I y THE WAY SsjgJ flows on an d who? beautiful results! Li$639 Super Kem-Tone comes ready to use, fiowt smoothly from brush or roller, covers most sur faces in one coat. One gallon does the average room. In one day you can give your walls a new look! In new, gorgeous colors ... all guaranteed washable! bill but said the Senate-pass ed measure was one he could live with. The Senate bill would. peg price supports on cotton, corn and rice at rates lower than the House version provides. Study Aid Bill The Senate Appropriations Committee began closed door hearings on the President's foreign aid program bill with Republican leaders predicting substantial increases in the $3,078,000,000 originally vot ed by the House. The President originally re quested $3,942,000,000 for the program, with Congress au thorizing $3,675,000,000 for another year of economic and military aid to friendly and neutral nations abroad. The House, however, voted only the $3,078,000,000 in actual funds. Middle East developments and pleas for restoration of the funds by the President ap peared to have increased pros pects the Senate would restore most of the cut. . Gal. , . . Deep Tones $6.69 Gallon Use ACME'S Budget Plan No Down Payment on Approved Credit AIR-CONDITIONED COOL QUALITY AT LOWEST PRICES SPECIALISTS IN HOMEWARES 245 S. Central at 10th e Plenty of Free Parking Nun To Wait On Space Flight San Diego, Calif. (UPD Sister Mary Aquinas, "the flying nun" from Green Bay, Wis., says she would like to make a flight into outer space but as for being first no thank you. "I want to be sure they re trieve me when I go into space," she said. "I have work to do on earth." The sister, who holds a mas ters degree in electronics from Notre Dame, is the sup ervisor of science teaching in the diocese of Green Bay. She now is teaching summer school at San Diego's College for Women. Recently, Sister Mary was offered a chance to break the sound barrier in a military jet. She said she would like to make the flight but could not take the time away from her teaching duties just now. The nun took her first fly ing lesson in 1942. Not long ago she was co-pilot on an Air Force jet flight from Mad ison, Wis., to McGuire Field, n: j. She traveled 700 miles in 100 minutes but didn't break the sound barrier. July, 1952, and later became president and premier of Egypt. But the shaggy -haired, rugged-faced general was in turn ousted by Gamal Abdel Nasser and put under arrest in November, 1954. He was never brought to trial. Life of Ease Now, Naguib lives a life of ease at the mansion. He cannot leave the grounds, but inside he is completely free. He even sends out for meals from Cairo's best restaurants to vary his fare. There are reports he talks to Nasser by telephone. But Nasser last year told an inter viewer that he does not see Naguib. The Al Marg "palace" has over 20 room surrounded by gardens and farm plots where Naguib spends most of his day playing tennis with the offi cers guarding him or receiv ing friends and relatives who are allowed to visit. Occasionally he hunts pi geons and ducks. The general still rises early every morning to play ten nis, read the papers and have breakfast with his family. The newspapers and maga zines he. reads come from all over theworld no reading matter is withheld from him. Naguib never misses a ra dio news bulletin and was reported joyous the day of the Iraqi revolt. Job Is Finished He has three wives. Each spends a week with him in turn. Most of his children are abroad at foreign schools studying at government ex pense. Naguib himself wanted them to study abroad and often calls them by long dis tance telephone. Naguib writes and receives frequent letters from relatives and friends. But otherwise, he is the forgotten man of Egypt. The local press no longer mentions him. "I do not seek personal pow er," he once said. "I want to rid Egypt of its enemies. I must, because if I fail Egypt will fall to dust." Now he has finished his job, forced out of the way while Nasser seeks to solidify the Arab nations. Oregon Cily To Get Paper Bag Plant Oregon City (LTD- Pub lishers' Paper company an nounced Monday that the firm will open a paper bag plant here. S. J. Robinson, vice-president and general manager, said preparations are already under way in modifying the Third st. addition of the old Oregon City Woolen Mill building to house the paper bag setup. Kraft bags, used in most grocery stores, will be manu factured, Robinson revealed. The plant will be a major addition, Robinson said, to the company's production of newsprint, wrapping paper, fruit wrap, toilet tissue and other specialty items. The operation is expected to employ about 25 persons when the plant begins opera tion in a few months. Butler Wants Early Date for Convention . Washington (UPD Demo cratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler favors an early date for the 1960 convention because the Democrats "likely will consider a new face" as their presidential candidate. Butler told a news confer-' ence Monday he prefers a date in July for the nominating convention. Butler was asked if his "new face" comment ruled out two-time loser Adlai Steven son as a potential candidate. He firmly replied: "No." Plane Crashes Into Highway f MAIL TRIBUNE, MsdforJ, Oregon, Tuesday August 5, 1S8 S Los Angeles (UPD A small private plane narrowly missed a cluster of resident ial property early today as it plummeted into the middle of a highway, cremating its three passengers. The pilot of the four-seater Cessna 172 was identified as v James E. Hooker, 42, an Archer Saves Man From Wounded Bear North Hollywood (UPD Walter Terzenbach, 60, cred ited a sharp-shooting archer today with saving him from a wounded 350-pound bear. The way Terzenbach tells it he and his friend, Bob Bu chanan, 54, Glendale, Calif., were hunting the bear which had been raiding Buchanan's 3,500 bee hives in Piru Can yon near Fillmore. Terzenbach wounded the bear with a 30.06 rifle and was following it for the kill when the animal charged from the bushes, knocked him to the ground and mauled him. Then, according to Terzen bach, Buchanan stepped for ward and buried a steel-tipped arrow into the bear's neck killing it instantly. Economic ties between Ja pan and the United States are strong. Japan buys more goods from the United States than she does from any other coun try.. The total is a billion dol lars a year. asphalt paving contractor from the San Fernando Val ley where the accident occur red. Police said the other two passengers, a man and a wo man, were not immediately identifiable because they were burned beyond recog nition. The small plane apparently left Whiteman airport in Pa coima near midnight. Hours later witnesses heard the plane circling in the area as though having engine trouble. "I heard a whistling sound and then an explosion like a large firecracker. The crash shook the houselike an earth- quake," Robert Cobbett, 19, sleeping in his house near the highway, told police. Fire department crews quickly extinguished the flames and the bodies were taken to Glenhaven Mortuary. IjiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimihiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiimiM America knows its bourbon and its favorite is i PRICE REDUCED! now only $Q15 W.s . 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