La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 25, 1945, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextA LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Phone News and Engagements Social Wednesday, April 25, 1945 Royal Neighbors Name New Officers The Royal Neighbors of Amer ica, meeting Monday night in the IOOF hall, elected Emma Eecker to fill the office of vice-oracle, replacing Ada Cantrell who is movjng to Portland soon. Augusta Runten replaced Erma England who resigned as outer sentinel. Lena Hicks replaced Sail Swalburg as manager, and Lucille Berry was appointed as Faith and Margaret Swart as Courage. The new officers were installed by Reta Gaertner. The obligatory rites were given tp Evelyn Tuttle and Irene Van fatten. '.;,,. '(Refreshments were served by lifaudp- Holman, chairman and her. committee, Sally Swalburg, Ija Roe, Rebah Huff, Eva Frost and, Evelyn Borine. Railway Group Etas Card Party Mrs. Stanley Arnoldus was hostess at her home last evening to the officers of the auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, with three tables of pinochle at play. . : Mrs. Jack McGhean won the prize for high score, Mrs. E. E. Swiger won second prize and Mrs. H. A. Dotson won the float ing prize. Refreshments were served at a' table decorated with spring flowers. Central P-TA Will See Hobby Show 1. The . Central parent-teachers association will meet at 2:45 p, m. Friday in the auditorium of 'Control school. The fifth grade students will entertain with a hobby showi ''.Offjcei'3'vfor the coming year Wfll"be installed, and fifth grade mothers will be hostesses. Pre-School Tea is Planned at Central The Central school pre-school tea will be held at 1:30 p. m. Fri day preceding the monthly P-TA i . ti ...:n I c u:lj... ' jjiceuug. ii win uir iui iiiuui i-u jWho will start to Central school in the fall and their mothers. GUILD HAS WORK SESSION Members of St. Ann's guild met -last night at the USO', to continue work on afghans for the veterans' hospitals. ;-jflrs. Boyd Turner, hostess for the evening, served refreshments at table decorated with lighted tapers and an arrangement of spring flowers. How about a breather?... Have a Coca-Cola ...or refreshment joins the game one deal in the game when everybody wins. That's w-hun the host aays Have a Coke. Everybody welcomes the moment when refreshment joins the partf,, Ice-cold Coca-Coin is one of th- good things of life that belongs ' your family refrigerator. Next time you shop, don't forget Cocu-Col . . . drink that has made lit pause that refreshes a nation J custuin ... a friendly little mototnt on the sunny side of things. ( ICWtl.D UN0! AUTHORITY Of IMf COCA-COIA COMFAN'r COCA-COLt&jlWTTLIXG CO., La Grande, Ore. 600 Activities . . . Weddings Events Page 3 Social Calendar WEDNESDAY 7:30 p. m. Daughters Utah Pio neers, Mrs. George Bean, May Park. 8 p. m. Hope chapter, Or der of Eastern Star, 'Masonic temple. THURSDAY 2 p. m. Loyal Star social club, Mrs. C. C. Lillie, 1614 Seventh street. 2 p. m. Frances Brown auxi liary, Neighborhood club house. 8 p. m. Sew and So club, Mrs. Golda Berry, Fruitdale. Trans portation at 1503 Y avenue. FRIDAY 12 m. Jolly 600 potluck lunch eon, Mrs. A. J. Feik, 1020 Ben ton. 2 p. m. Pollyanna club, Mrs. Frank Dunn, 2516 North Fourth street. 2:45 p. m. Central P-TA, Cbn tral school auditorium. 7:30 p. m. Past Matron's club, Hope chapter, OES, Masonic hall. 8 p.m. Westway club public card party, Neighborhood club house. Cove News COVE (Special) George An derson received a telegram Sat urday night telling of the death of his father, Andrew Anderson, iis Los Angeles. The body will be brought to Cove for burial. The parent teacher association will hold their annual meeting at 2 p. m. Thursday in the school. A business meeting, election of officers, a mother's tea, and a program have been planned. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford George of Seattle have bought a home from Eugene Robinson and have moved here. The Advent society held a fare well party Saturday evening for Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Norris. who have been living in Union and who had charge of the churches in Union, La Grande, Cove and Wallowa. They expect to be sent to Arabia as missionaries. Mrs. Susan Baltezore of Hood River, the former Mrs. Robinson of Cove, has returned to Cove to make her home. Her son, O. B. Robinson, is a resident of this community. Pvt. Kenneth Alexander, who has been stationed in North Carolina, is spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Alexander, and his grand mother, Mrs. Hattie Alexander. Harold Blank is again at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Blank, after receiving a dis charge from the army. The Epwoi'th league was enter tained Sunday evening by Clar ice Conklin in her home. The group will go to Union Sunday afternoon to attend a meeting of the league there. Hi irHTIHiMI IBlHIIIIWllll Mllll liri !"! I MIII1IIU I phvnr VL4 fry a Mrs. Dorothy Osborn has re ceived the purple heart and a presidential citation of honor from President Franklin D. Roos evelt, awarded posthumously to her husband, Pvt. Urgel E. Os born, who was killed September 7, 1944, on a Japanese freighter. I The citation was signed bv the i late president and by Gen, H. H. i Arnold, Osborn, the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. C, Osborn, 803 Adams avenue, was a prisoner of the Japanese after the fall of Bataan, and was aboard a prison ship that was transferring prisoners from the Philippines when it was sunk He was a graduate of La Giande high school, and had a daughter whom he had never seen. Mrs. Teresa Sanderson yester day received a letter from her husband, Staff Sgt. Virgil San derson, stating he is in a hospital in England, following an accident in Germany. He was first hos pitalized in France. The letter, dated April 7, said that as yet he had received no news concerning the birth of their daughter, who was born March 28. Cecil Post, radio officer on a fast tanker in the merchant ma rines, has reported for duty after 3D days leave with his wife and two sons in La Grande. First Lt. Gordon H. Brown ar rived in the United States April 20 after three years active duty in the south Pacific. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brown, 2859 N.. E. Sandy Blvd., Portland, former La Grande resi dents. Lt. Brown was graduated from La Grande high school and at tended Eastern Oregon college before leaving with the national guard in 1941. He was with the 41st division until he received his commission in Australia. He was then placed with a cavalry unit. A sister, Margaret, also lives in Portland. Miss Evelyn Read, formerly of La Grande, has been commis sioned an ensign in the navy nurse corps and has been assign ed to duty at the naval hospital in Oaklandi Calif. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Read of Eugene, former residents of La Grande. After graduation from La Grande high school in 1940, Miss Read took nurse training in Portland and for the past year has been employed in a Eugene hospital. First Lt. Marion (Bud) Reyn olds, of the Fourth marine divi sion, landed in San Francisco Monday, after participating in Hie Iwo Jima campaign, in which he was in command of a mortar ci ew. He was met in San Francisco by his wife, the former Muriel Webb, his brother, Sgt. Everett (Shrimp) Reynolds who is sta tioned at Santa Barbara, and by an aunt and uncle, Earl Reyn olds and Marjoric Christienson of San Francisco. 1945 Jh C-C MlyA t-t frit flM M c-''' v s-J ' 1 u,t u( Ih,- ('-., Co.. '4' 1 i COLLEGE TO HEAR MUSICIANS William and Frances Kardi man of Salt Lake City, who will present a violl.i and piano recital at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Eastern Oregon college. Today We Pay Tribute to Manford Walter I.eale, 21. pharmacist's mate first class who is in the Pacific area. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. I.eale, now of route 1, llermiston. He attended Central and La Grande high school, and was employed as a currier for the Evening Observer before enlisting in February, 1912. He was a member of the Order of DcMolay. Lt. and Mrs. Reynolds are (Ex pected to arrive in La Grande soon, to spend part of his leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reynolds. Lt. Keith Patten arrived here yesterday morning for a 21-day leave with his mother, Mrs. The icsa Patten, and with friends and relatives. Ho has had more than three years active duty in the Pacific area. He was met by his mother in Seattle and they visited his sis ter, Mrs. Sarah Powers, there, and his brother, Charles Patten, in Spokane. Lt. Patten left with the nation el guard in September, 1940, served in many campaigns in the south Pacific and won his lieu tenancy on the battlefield of Lcy ie in January, 1944. He came here from the Philippines. . 19 near Coca-CHi,-) iiily abbreviation n ini t(!jd!;'.y ivA' C 'An Company. r V M l! Musical Duo To Present Recital At College Here William Hardiman, widely known concert pianist, and his wife, Frances Hardiman, pianist and accompanist, of Salt Lake City, will entertain the students and faculty of Eastern Oregon college and their guests at a re cital at 11 a. m. tomorrow in the college auditorium. Hardiman is concerlmaster of the Utah state symphony, and i l,n; Iniirofl wnstnrn Amoripn nn t concert tours. Their program will include Ce sar Franck's Sonata in A major, Schubert's Ave Maria, Krcisler's Tambourin Chinois and other classics that have won wide ap proval of music lovers. Society Briefs Mr. and Mrs. Payton W. Kinne I and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Geddes of I Nnmpa and Tony Jausoro of I Pueblo, Colo., were weekend I I guests of Mr. and Mr.s Robert j Kinne. Mrs. Kinne and her two I children left last night for Spo- I I kane where they will spend a j month visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ron- aid Kinne. La Grande WAC ! ,UflJS ITlCUtll I ' Award of the army's bronze I star to Cpl. Florence Jane Marsh, I La Grande member of the WAC, I has been announced in a message j ! received by her mother, Mrs. J. 1!. Dickcrsnn of 11101 X avenue. I The citation says that "entirely ! on her own initiative, Corporal Marsh was singularly responsible ' lor obtaining a blood bank from personnel assigned to her sta- j tion, which was flown by air to the front lin? troops, thereby con-, trihuting materially to saving the lives of the wverely wounded combat men. The actions of Cor-. pnral Marsh reflect the highest credit on her.ir If and the armed i forces of the United States." Corporal Marsh has been in the ! WAC since December, 1943, and I recently moved to Franco when tile special and information ser vices of the air technical service e o m m a n d headquarters were tran sfcrrt d there from England. KATION CALENDAR Processed Foods! Bunk 4 Blue stamps C2 through 02 valid through April 28. Blue stamps 112 through M2 I valid through June- 2. Blur j stamps N2 through S2 valid ! through June 30. Blue stamps T2 thrnui'h X2 valid through July 31. Moat. Butler. Fats, Cheese: Book 4 Red stamps 'IT) through X5 through April 2H. Red stamps Y5 through D2 valid through June 2. Red stamps K2 through J2 valid through June 30. Red stamps K2 through P2 valid through July 31. t Sugar: Book 4 Sugar stamp 35 valid through June 2. New sugai Marnp v;ilid May 1. Shoes: Loose stamps invalid. Book 3 Airplane stamps 1-2-3 now valid. Gasolino: Coupons not valid un less endorsed. 'A" 15 coupons expire June 21 Stoves: Apply I'jcal board for oil, ga? stove certificates. Wood, Coal. Sawdust: Delivery by priorities based on nci-ds. fuel pa.- o Pet nil 1-2-3-4. 5 coupons valid ; ll.roui h Augu.Tt 31. Not more j th;in HH per cent of M-asoii';:),-, 'ion.', should havu been u.M-d" to ; .i.-.t-. Waste Paper: Bundles of newspapers and magazines may be Mt at the Sloiage depot, 1100 Jefferson ave. Okinawan's Bow Leads to Tumble For Cycling Marine (Continued from Page 1) bowing incidents the other day. Ho is Pfc. Roy Sellers, a machine gunner from Amelia, O. Roy is married and has a little girl two years old. He used to be a machinist at the Cincinnati milling machine co. Ho played semi-prcj hall too. Whin Roy hai a beard he looks just like a tramp in a stage play. Ho is only 27. but looks much older. In fact, he goes by4 the nickname "Old Man." .Well, one day Old Man was dying to rido a Japanese bicycle along the bank of a little river where we camped. The ground was rough and the bicycle had only one pedal and Roy was having- a struggle to keep his bike upright. Just then an old Okli nawan, bareheaded and dressed in a black kimona and carrying a dirty sack, walked through our little camp. Ho wasn't supposed to be at large but It was none of our business and we didn't mo lest him. He was bowing to everybody, right and left, as he passed. Then he met machine gunenr Sellers on his one-pedaled bicycle. Roy was already having his troubles. As he came . abreast of the Okinawan, Roy bowed deeply ever the handle bars, hit a rut, lost his balance and over the went. Tho Okinawan, with oriental inscrutability, returned the bow and never looked back. We all laughed our heads off. "Who's bowing to whom 'around here?" wo asked. Roy denied he had bowed first. But wo knew better. After that he decided to give his old bicycle away to somebody less polite than him self. As our company was moving forward one day and I looked down the line of closely packed marines I thought for a moment I was back in Italy. There for sure was Bill Maul din's cartoon character of GI Joe the solemn, bearded, dirty, drooping weary old man of the infantry. This character was Pfc. Urban Vachon of French-Canadian ex traction, who comes from La conia, N. H. He has a brother, William, fighting in Germany. Urban is such a perfect ringer for Maultlin s soldier that I asked the regimental photographer to take a picture of him nnd it has been sent back to the states. Maybe you've seen it. If you lit Ve;' you 'can 'prove to any dis senters that soldiers do too look like Mauldin makes them look. Knights Templar Have Degree Riles Members of the Baker com mnndery of Knights Templar were guests of the Eastern Ore gon commandery of La Grande last night at a ceremony at which Hie knight of Malta degree was conferred upon eight Baker can didates. They are Charles Ar lington, Joseph Black well, Car ter Waltz, James King, John Mc Ewen, Harold Patterson, Lewis Tracy and Eylar Young of Bak er. , Other Baker visitors were Ray Noyes, James Henderson and Otto Zimmerman. A social hour, at which oyster stew was served, followed the meeting. Puteteit PIE NAM INS Multiple Vitamin Capsules llonl Work Requires Physical Fitness . . , and an Adequate Imily .Supply of 1f Vi'fa mina is Necessary if You are to be Phvsi. cany ru: , 72 -A'-:. t.09 VAIUS 50c PINT PURETEST ISOPROPYL RUBBING Alcohol Compound and. 59c PINT PURETEST MINERAL OIL GLASS1 Hood River Jap Soldier is Honored . HOOD RIVER, April 25 (UP) Hood River where the Ameri can Legion post was spurred by national legion into restoring names of Japanese-Americans expunged from its war honor roll today had a Japanese-American hero. He was Frank T. Hachlya, technician third grade, Hood Riv er native, who posthumously was awarded the silver star meda) for gallantry in action on Leyte. His name had never appeared on the honor roll here as he en listed elsewhere after Pearl Har bor. "''.. France Says Petain Has Not Returned PARIS, April 25 (UP) The ministry of justice today issued a formal denial of a French news agency report that Marshal Henri Philippe Petain had crossed the border from Switzerland into France. . . 'The AFP agency said in an Annecy dispatch that Petain had returned to France after a day's stopover in Switzerland, which yesterday granted him admission us a transient on the way to France. i Authoritative sources disclosed !that the Swiss government had refused Pierre Laval permission to pass through Swiss territory to France. He asked to 'bo allowed to surrender despite the 'fact he already has been i sentenced to death for treason by the French high court. Laval was premier of the Nuzi controlled Vichy gov ernment. ' Tho neutral principality of Lichtcnstein previously refused him entry from Germany. (Add 20 Federal GLASS Depot & Adams rnti p a VITAMINS FOR The complete multiple vita min cupsule M Golden Laughter 8 jKsxs Swift and compelling in its appeal to die ' pleiwurc-loving typo of man . , . with a drowsy, oriental undertone beneath the open simplicity -' ' 38& of its blended flower scents. Sv$ r6r"J ' .' J '3. PERFUMES j Vhrran (AISCDG) Caps, 100 for....$2.89t isexl II Complex Caps, 100 for $1.98, I Navitol with I'nicapH, Upjohn, Caps, 100 for....$2.9fi ' Squibb Yeast Tablets. 500 for $1.49 -. Onc-a-l)ay A & 1) Tablets, 90 ior....$1.17 Vila-Kaps Improved, 100 for $2.96 CAPSULES Dical-I) Calcium State Leaders Of Legion to Attend?. Disrict Confab s State officers of the American Legion and auxiliary will . be speakers at the district confer ence dinner at 7 p. m., May 1, in the banquet room of the Stein coffee shop, when members tfl the auxiliaries and posts froiri Wallowa, Baker adn. Union coum ties will be present, .,. , Scheduled speakers are Mrs. Charles Lemons, state president of the auxiliary, and Penn Crum, state commander of the Legion, Neil Moffitt, department vice commander, Fritz Nissen, depart ment adjutant, and Jack Eckels of the Hood River opst. ,. -.' i Members desiring to attend may mail reservations to Geofge Tiss, box 793, La Grande. ' MALARIA CASUALTIES mi Malaria was responsible for 17,000 of the first casualties SiiP fered by allied fighting men"h I he New Guinea campaign. Only 3000 casualties were suffered from other causes. ' ; - m rout en. ( ir At who aiht Tax to Cosmetic Prices) DRUGS Phone 20 iv caps CHILDREN Nnvitol, fJOcc 52.67 Capsules, 100 for $1.19 , as tee iw Woodbury M-Oiiik. Larvex Soap Mo(h. ps3r S5- p 79c DRUGS Vr.- r