La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, March 28, 1945, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextO LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Phone 600 ; News and Engagements O Social 4 Qo WediWsday, March 28, 1915 Rainbow Girls Hold Initiatory Rites For Nine , Members the Rainbows Girls of Estijor assembly No. 20 of Biikc-i- atlflicl ed the Monday night meeting of the La Grande assembly and conducted an initiation cere mony, n Initiated into the order were Duenc Bailey, Wanda Smith, Betty Anson, Christina Beeson, Joyce Schiro, Phyllis Cash, Glor ia Walder, Patricia Gardner and Alta Baker. Almost 100 persons were pres ent for the affair. Refreshments Were served at tables decorated with daffodils and lighted yellow tapers, o ' .College Unit of 'Red Cross Meets ' Tho college unit of the Red Cross met last evening in the production rooms for the monthly meeting. Martha Smith, u stu fitnt, announced the united ne Hional clothing collection which jyill be held through the month Jaf April. WThe purpose of this drive is to libtain good usod clothing for the bredy in war devastated countries and a goal of 20(1 pounds has been Si t for the campus. Betty Graven announced that the production room at the col lege will be open on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Eagles Will Hear Talk on Distilling Members of the Fraternal Or der of Eagles will hear a talk at 7:30 p. m. Thursday by Gordon Teach on social and economic aspects of the repeal of prohibi tion and facts about distilling. At tho business meeting at 8 o'clock,. candidates from Mt. Em ily cdmp will be initialed. ' It has been announced that $150 o(r, the Red praps fund was derived from the recent benefit dance. MEETING IS CANCELLED A The Bible Searchers class of Ihe Presbyterian church will dis pense with .their meeting this week. The business meeting and installation will be conducted during the April session. O RATION CALENDAR frocctied Foods: Book 4 Blue stamps X5 through B2 valid through March 31. Blue stamps C2 through G2 valid through April 28. Blue stamps H2 through M2 valid through June 2. Blue stamps N2 through S2 valid through June 38. Mt, Butter, Fats, Cheese: Book 4 Red stamps Q5 through S5 valid through March 31. Red stamps T5 through X5 through April 28. Afied stamps Y5 through D2 valid "hrough Juno 2. Red stamps E2 through J2 valid through June 30. Sugar: Book 4 Sugar stamp 35 valid through June 2. Shorn Loose stamps invalid. Birtk 3 Airplane stamps 1-2-3 now valid. GuoIum: Coupons not valid un toat endorsed. 'A" 15 coupons expire June 21. Siovai: Apply local board for oil, gas stove certificates. ; , Wod, Coal, Sawdust: Delivery by priorities based on needs. , O Fuel Oil: ' (") Period 1.2-3-4-5 coupons valid through1 August 31. Not more l'.iarti 79 rer ceriY of season's ra tions should 'have.) been used to o Waste, Paper: O Bundles ofn ifelvspapers) and. Onaglzfocs jfiay be left ') at th'' .JhOmost dangerous tempera tures fjjis the (formation Of .)ico on aircrafMrciose b(t)cen 20 anff) D ny9he Q If You Kn.jny GOSPEL XTilNG 3 AXB, PREACHING Listen to GLAD TIDINGS OF THE AIR 8:30 to 9:00 a.m. Thursdays Ovo3I.BM From Stin Francisco .a. Activities . . . Wediis Events o l'wte :i e ocial Calendar 'ri TUKSDAY 1(1 p.m. Friendly club, Pres byterian church, potluck and pro gruiyQ church recreation rooms. 7:.'ii) p. m. St. Ann's guild, USO room. 8 p. m. Eagles auxiliary card party, lodge hail. WEDNESDAY 2 p.m. W. S. C. S., First Meth odist church, Mrs. Robert Clark, 805 Spring street. - 2 p. m. Eagles auxiliary sew ing club; lodge hall. 7:30 p. m. Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Mrs. Orin Larson, 702 M avenue. 8 p. it.. Hop ci.rptcr, OES, Mitsonic l.aij. THURSDAY 7:30 p. m. Sew and So club, Mrs. Adrin See, 2704 N Fir street. Rev. M. A. Talney Is Complimented at Surprise Party Rev. Mark A. Talney was com plimented with a surprise birth day gift shower by members of the Friendly club of tho Presby terian church when they assem bled for their social evening in the recreation rooms of the church. A potluck dinner was served at tobies decorated in the spring motif. Games were played, and a largf cake with lighted candles was presented to Rev. Talney. On the committee wero Mr. and Mrs. Lucas Sterne, Mrs. Floyd Kennedy, Miss Eva Wear and Mrs. A. J. Kisselburgh. Fruitdale P-TA to Have Dinner Party The Fruildale parent - teacher at'sociation will serve a chicken dinner from 8 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, in e school. The dinner will be followed by ?. program at 8 p.m. MEETING IS POSTPONED The Meet Your Neighbor club has postponed the meeting sched uled for Friday. The next ses sion will be announced later. Pound Stripetone PAPER 60 Sheets ... 49c Envelopes to Match 20c RKVI.ON NAIL HAIR MIST PRE-WAR FORMULA S1.00 Size DAGGETT & RAMSDEI.I, COM) MCLFORD MP i solium ; 4-in There is a Stag Product J'or every m-i-d . . , each in a strictly masculine pa k age. Buy what you need. Unlay. Slag (othtr-lypt bay rum Cream are xall ilfcA m ' A, (Add 2(f GLASS I " Shaving w r Largft jar $!og Shaving Cream 59c After-Shove Lotion 59( Powder for Men 35c .N , Rich lathering Stag Shampoo ' 50c IB , !aE Tnilctriei It : ijvely at the Re - "'..a-;.x...- MIOICATIO SKIN (XIAK i W Your L) (111 r g fine r-i TOGETHER AGAIN Actor Errol dington, who spe.it the past year and a half denyi ig they were Mr. and Mrs. and are now denying there will be a divorce in the family, arc shown at the Hollywood Brown Derby restaurant. Flyon cabled it a dale. ' Penny Party Held By Sorority Group In Brusch Home A penny party was the theme of the Gamma chapter of Beta Sigma Phi when the members met last evening at the home of Mrs. Robert Brusch. Mrs. Jack Denny led the games, for which a penny entrance fee was charged, and losers were requir ed to forfeit pennies. A short business meeting pre ceded the social hour, and at the conclusion of the 'festivities, the hostess served refreshments. Present were Mrs. Millard Gal loway, Mrs. Louis Zecha, Mrs. Laylon Graham, Mrs. George Wilson, Miss Betty Jane Grice, Mrs. William Hamilton, Miss June Coolidge, Mrs. Henry Hey den, Mrs. Denny, Miss Helen Smith and Miss Kathleen Roches ter. The next meeting will be a potluck dinner at the home of Mrs. Henry Hayden. Roger Touhy Again Seeks Freedom CHICAGO, March 28 (UP) A 62-page petition for a wit of habeas corpus was on tile in fed eral court today, marking Roger "the Terrible" Touhy's third le gal attempt Ui et outofprison. Touhy, who led a prison break from the Stateville penitentiary Oct. 9, 1942, charged that he was wrongfully convicted of the kid napping of John "Jake the Bar ber" Factor. Johnson's DENTAL FLOSS SILK 1(10 Yards ENAMEL, All Shades SALVE .... "PIUS TAXES available exclu- ( ) Drup Stnre m M sjc f j BEAUTY AIDS FOR WoMENQ I II Tintz Co:.ar, Shampoo Soap, all shades ; Foaminfr Hath, 12 Hath Sachpl.ti) i leum that soother sttiibunW) Ilnlly-Wool.v-J'owdfr Ptiffs :,( & ;.oc RtihinstMW Apple D.ONsonVfe Deoderant ( ream 394 Rtihinstein Heaven-Sent fo) Toilet Water Evenini; in Paris - Federal Tax to Cosmetic Prices) Flynn and attractive Nora Ed- Junior Chamber To Sponsor Dance Gordon Teach was guest speak er last evening for the La Grande junior chamber of commerce meeting held in the Neighbo rhood club house. Teach dis cussed the distilling business from the angle of national war usage of alcohol. A Dutch lunch was served and a routine business meeting con ducted. It was announced that the junior chamber of commerce will sponsor a dance in the Saca jawea ballroom Saturday eve ning. Hal Altman is chairman of the committee for the event, and members of both the junor and senior chambers and other guests have been invited. Hospital Notes Grande Ronde hospital: Admitted Vera Transue, Sum merville, Louise Robinson, Im bler, surgery; Baby Darlene Chandler, La Grande, Miss Glad ys Lee, Imbler, medical. Discharged Roberta Calloway, Baker; Mrs. Victor Seely, La Grande. St. Joiph'i hnpital: Admitted Mrs. Gladys De Graw, Robert Meredith, Mrs. Theresa Anderson, Mrs. Lillian Harrison, Rev. John Baumgard ner, Frank Anderson, La Grande Miss Kathryn Barklow, Wallowa, medical. Discharged Mrs. Charlotte Boylen, John Hoehne, baby Lar ry Malott, La Grande; Mrs. Eth el Wagner, Summerville; Paul Lamm, Wallowa. '. 00c CREAM ;ii mm Talc (' MODESS V wifh I Deodorant! J liox of ."i(i Os. s 7-.e ' . L'-.c BLADSS I m "SINGLE EDGE! , I Xlv, DOUBtE EDGEI " Hero ii ieo wving etonomy, .s t " 1 ; tjfm V PACKAGE U fe w of 5 c; y I B ; BLADES " I II I ttmt 3 pltai. (o o cwiromer. f I i 10c I I $1.00 I I -lie A B DRUGS I m m Bernard' -Gruis, 2713 Alder street, La Grande, army techni cian fourth grade, has arrived in the United States on furlough from tho European theater of operations where he served 34 months with the field artillery, and is expected to arrive here Within the next two weeks. Gruis, who has been in the armed forces more than three ears, saw service in north Ar iel, Sicily and Italy. Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Cash and their small son are visiting in a Grande while ho is on a fur lough from his duties in the navy. Cash, a machinist's mate, first class, has been stationed at the naval supply depot at Oak land, Calif., and will return there for assignment nt the expiration of his furlough. Mrs. Cash and their son will remain in La Grande. Mrs. Cash is the former Barbara Jean Shal-p. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Mattoon of 1402 B avenue recently received an air medal awarded to their son, 2nd Lt. Gerpuld D. Mattoon, an air transport command pilot in the European area. Tho medal was awarded to Mattoon last fall when his unit of the army air forces was tempo rarily in combat service in Eu rope. ' ; Lt. Mattoon also tent his fath er a ring he obtained from a Po lish soldier. It is hand made and bears the great seal of the United States. ' Mattoon has been in the serv ice approximately two years,, a year of which he has spent over seas. Prior to entering the army ho attended the Eastern Oregon eol 1 lege. He is a graduate of La i Grande high school. ' Cpl. Harold Borine, who is sta tioned in France with the army postal service, has been awarded the bronze star medal for the battle of Normandy pnd the bat tle of northern France. Corporal Borine has been over seas a year and in addition to the bronze star he wears the good ! conduct medal. ! Before entering the army in 1943 he was a clerk in the local postoffice. His wife resides in La Grande. Pvt. Richard W. Young has ar rived from Camp Roberts, Calif., Condensed Statement of Head Office and 40 Branches as of March 20, 1945 RESOURCES CasKonHanrJandDuefromBanksSllS.ZZgl. ." .United States Bonds, including y : . 0 U. S. Government Agencies .... 253,636,904.45 $368,866,345.57. ( t :f Municipal Bonds 58,482,718.00 . r : ' , Loans and Discounts .j i 47,311,321.86 . 6' Stock in Federal Reserve Bank" ' 300,000.00 o Bank Premises, Furniture and Fixtures. 2,585,638,22 0 1 Other Real Estate None Customers' Liability on Acceptances ' 10,010.16 'o'- Interest Earned 752,270.42 O Other Resources , 228,925.66 O 00 Total Resources $478,537,229.89. O O -CcD LIABILITIES c'r.. u0" So Capital c$4,5OO,00o2wV 0 Oq, c Q Surplus fy: 5,506,000.00 qy o ' J pyndivided Profits and Reserves . . .p 7,883,908:31 483,908.31 Q& f) C Reserves Allocated for Taxes,1 Interestetcr. Vv .c3?l?6864l36 Q& Acceptances0... Q .0 ....o-G0 O 10,0X0.16 o OlnteresV Collected irt'Advance C?....q' n 139.767.13 C-ther Liabilities.. .......j!?.Q. Q. MSB ' DeJ)sitsexSSsiveof reciprocal bank desit 476,989.65 Total friabilities . . $48,52229.89 Affiliated with The First National Bank of Portland aro eirfht additional banks whose total Deposits, as of March 20, 1945 were $23,201,410.73, and total Resources $24,367,303.35. These figures are not inQuded in the above statement of The First National Baik of Portland , i ' iO ' . . .' The location! of these banks re as follow! : Sweet Home . , , Seiiide . . . Silverton . . . Cottage Crove . . . Fjrcit Crave . . . Prinevillo . . . Scio . . Sellwood ( Portland) Today We Pay Tribute to t)j la lit 4s . W !, Pfc. George Edward Evans, 2."), (he son of Mr. and Mrs, Chill ies S. Evans, 1!)() Q ave nue, La Grande, who is now stationed in England. He was married in Novcm her, 1941, to the former Dor othy Price, who, with their small daughter, resides at 1107 V n venue. He attended; Itivcria ele mentary school and La Grande liitth school, and prior to his iiidiii'lion in December, 1!)I2, was employed as a railroad worker. for a 10-day furloug'.i with his I wife, Mrs. Ruth Young, and their ' duughters, Janice and Joyce. I GET OUR ! p POINT I 2 Red Points for each I f pound of used fats turned 1 I in to your butcher. Keep I. Saving Used Fats For 1 I the Fighting Fronts and I . Home Front. . J lM OF PORTLAND, OREGON "Merchants of Credit tor BO Years" More Contributors To Red Cross Are Listed in County Union county chapter head quarters of the American ; Rod Cross today announced the fol lowing additional list of contrib utors to the 1945 war fund: Marian E. Nelson, Anna Hook, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barrus, Edith Lavon, James Maloney Leah Volz, St. Joseph hospitairMyrtlo Bancroft, Helen Smith, May Al rick, Dorothy Hamilton,, Dora Morton, Charlotte McDermid, Betty Ann McDermid, Betty Meredith, Juanita Spiekmeier, Berniece Miller, Helen Kings ford, Mr. and M. A. V. Nelson, Women's Relief corp. Bruce CaOor, Laura B. Rhodes, Mrn. George .McCoy, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Skala, Mrs. Dan Tur loy, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. DuMars, H. W. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. C. A9 NuShols, Miss Donne E. Williams, Mrs. George M. Rather, Mrs. James Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Holier Conrad, Mrs. R. Schrotle, Irs. Earl ' McPhetridge, Mrs . T. H. Booker. FLUORESCENT a. Complete Willi Cord s 2dMM ii mm II M m eW 0 A very practical lamp i'or offices and homes. . It is modern in design with a durable brown crackle finish. Be sure to see them on display in' our store. Radio 6 Music Supply Co. . GEO. TISS, Prop. , " First National Bank Hldff. Grande Phone S05 ; Entvt'prie College to Have . Teachers' Course -i Johri M. Miller, director ' of summer sessions ut Eastern Ore gon college, announced today that the summer session at tho college Includes a program for teachers who plan to work on emergency certificates during the school year of 1945-48. The course will deal with prac tical problems of methods of presentation, use of textbooks, manuals, courses of study, refer ence materials, and modern phi losophy of education. , Registration will be held June 11. Living accommodates dur ing both the first and second ses sions will be provided in Dorion hall. ' ' COATS - suits q UKEJSvSKH - SWEATERS SJACK SUITS - BLOUSES Easter Togs that are new styles and better made at f) lower prices. NORTON'S KY 1114 Adams Phone 202 -rrr O Q ' 0 and Fluorescent Tube o o