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

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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Phone 600 ;
News and
Engagements
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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
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Waste, Paper:
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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)
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If You Kn.jny
GOSPEL XTilNG
3 AXB, PREACHING
Listen to
GLAD TIDINGS OF
THE AIR
8:30 to 9:00 a.m. Thursdays
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From Stin Francisco
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Activities
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Events o
l'wte :i
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ocial Calendar
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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
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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
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GLASS
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w r Largft jar $!og
Shaving Cream 59c
After-Shove Lotion 59(
Powder for Men 35c
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Stag Shampoo ' 50c
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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
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BEAUTY AIDS FOR WoMENQ I II
Tintz Co:.ar, Shampoo Soap,
all shades ;
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RtihinstMW Apple D.ONsonVfe
Deoderant ( ream
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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.
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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 ,
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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
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2dMM
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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. ' '
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UKEJSvSKH - SWEATERS
SJACK SUITS - BLOUSES
Easter Togs that are new
styles and better made at f)
lower prices.
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