La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 27, 1945, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextO LA "GKANDK KVKNINfi OIJSKKVKR Phone 600 News and Engagements Social -4r Fi iday, Aprit 27, 19-13 George tligleys Are Complimented at 'Party by Grange Mr. and Mrs. George Higley, v ho will leave Friday lo make (heir home in Portland, were complimented Tuesday evening at Blue Mountain grange hall at a party sponsored by the AprT social committee of the grange. A potluek dinner was served rafetcria style at eight o'clock. Lighted tapers and bouquets of wild flowers were used for deco rations of the two long tobies, oiound whih. .70 guests were scaled. ' i The remainder, uf; the evening was spent in group singing and games, with. Frank Jasper as leader. "Happy Birthday" was sung lo Frankie Steinbeck on the occasion of his seventh birthday anniversary. Yiri behalf of the gi ange Jasper presented the hon orees with a framed picture. The Higlcy's' have been living on the W. C. Perkins' farm on C!(.keler lane' for four years dur ing which Higley served as fore man of the Perkins farms in this locality. Their daughter, Mrs. Arthur Dillingham, and her little daughter will accompany them to Portland but their son, yilford, a student in,lu'gh school, will re main in La.Grando until school 'closes. Sew and So Club Has Social Session Mrs. Vernon Berry was hostess to the Sew and So club at her home last evening. Games were played and part of the time was devoted to "sewing. Food was also taken for the Do-nut hut. Prizes were won by Mrs. Eldon Waite and Mrs. Alec Ncbeker. Ifcfreshments were served and it was announced the next meeting will be with Mrs. Eldon Waite .'ii her Ml. Glen home. Social 'Calendar FRIDAY 7:30 p. m.r Past Matron's club, liope chapter, OES, Masonic hall. II p.m. Wcstway club public card parly, ..Neighborhood club house. SATURDAY ' 1 p. m. Ait Research lunch eon, Mrs. Frank Jasper. .SUNDAY .v ; 2 p. m. District meeting of VFW post and auxiliary, K. of P. hull. Forty thieolsceretaries of state iT the Unilwl .Slates have been lawyers. Heady Made Fancy Work A Very Fine Assortment of Tea Towels - Guest Towels , Chair liack Sets Table Runners IKi-in. Lunch Sets & Napkins Lunch Cloths - Hath Sets urtnTn'c kiddy SHOP MM Adams Phone 202 tcUM X He k Districted by COLUMBIA DISTRIBUTING CO. 1 10 N. W. Second Avenue, Portland, Oregon Activities . . . Weddings Events Page 3 Society Briefs For outstanding activities at Washington State college at Pull man, Iris May Carter has been elected to membership in the sophomore service honorary so ciety. Iris May is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence Carter. Mr. and Mrs. Nate Zwcifel lii-.ve returned from Lincoln, Ncbr., after a short visit with their son and daughter-in-law, LI. and Mrs. Robert N. Zwcifel. Mother's Day Party Plans Are Laid by Auxiliary Group Frances Brown auxiliary mem bers met yesterday in the Neigh borhood club house and made plans for their annual Mothers' day party. Mrs. Etna Wallsinger told a pioneer story of the Woodell trek from Iowa to Oregon in a cov ered wagon. Mrs. Irvin Motz spoke on Maylaya. Brig. Olive Childcrs of the Salvation Army spoke on "Faith and Democracy." Lucille Carter presented a vocal solo and Deloris Buckwalter a tap dance. Refreshments were served by the hostess committee at tables decorated with spring flowers. Mrs. Louie Standley was chair man assisted by Mrs. Alta Win burn, Mrs. Rebecca Kenneda, Mrs. Ed Reynolds, Mrs. Dick Smith, Mrs. Charles Hoak, Mrs. Claud Bartmess, Mrs. Lynn Hill and Mrs. Lynn Chadwick. Annual Luncheon, Spring Institute Planned by Club The annual luncheon of the Neighborhood club has been set for May 1, at 12:30 o'clock in the club house. The covered dish ' luncheon is under the . direction of Mrs. Bess Cook and her com mittee. A short business meeting will Il conducted by Mrs. J. E. Rob ertson, when final reports for the year will be given. Mrs. B. A. Von Wormcr will conduct the in- ; stallation ceremony for new offi- . cers. I Spring institute for the fifth district will be May 2, an all clay meeting beginning at 8 a. m. Pro lessor Joseph Gaiser of the local college will be the speaker. Mrs. C. C. Lillieis Hostess to Club The Loyal Star social club was c litertained last night in the t.r.me of Mrs. C. C. Lillie. Four teen members attended and worked on afghans. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Charles Cameron, Mrs. Albert Feik and Mrs. Elam Briggs. Mrs. James Ruth, who will leave La Grande soon, was given a hand kerchief shower. Refreshments were served by the hostess. A jungle-born tiger or linn, if caught young, is easier to train than one bred in captivity. NOW AVAILABLE MEDIUM SWEET AND SWEET WINES SPRING SHOW DANCERS Featured in one of the numben on, tonight's Spring show program at La Grande high school are, Billie True and Allan Harvey who will present a tango, . ,' ;! i ; L. V-' " . Txi HONOR WAC First WAC to receive the Air Medal was the lr.io Pvt. Marjory Babinctz, above, of Briarford, Pa., who was honored posthumously. She was killed in a dive bomber crash at Stillwater, Okla.. on duly assignment. Her mother and brother are prisoners of Germans in Austria. Musical, Dancing Show Will Be Presented Tonight A program embracing approx imately a score of vocal, instru mental, dancing and comedy numbers will be presented in the La Grande high school at H o'clock this evening as the school's annual spring show. It is open lo the public. Most of the numbers will b-j representative of tile allies air.l "good neighbors" of the United States, with the performers ap pearing in appropriate costumes. Participants have been rehears ing for several weeks for the pro gram, which is one of the most ambitious of its kind ever at tempted at the school. It is be ing staged under the di rection of O. P. Woigel and Le roy Darling, who have provided numerous special lighting an I stage effects. Hospital Note St Joseph's hospital: Admitted Mrs. James Wilher spoon, Minnie Jackosn, Elgin, M'-s. Hitrrv BillorhecK, Summrr ville, James Bradburn; Enter prise, Dale Hargett, Hattie Eck Icy, La Grande, John Glavey, lleppner, all medical; Bruce Car ter, William Templelon, La Grande, Mrs. Gladys Chapman, I ostine, all laboratory, and Mrs. Virginia Cassingham. La Grande, suigcry. Discharged Mrs. L. A. Thorn burg, Joseph, Mrs. Fred Spence, Haines, Mary Kelley, Baker, Her bert Hungcrford, George Jordan, Don Gruis, Mrs. Irene Brown and son, La Grande. Grande Ronde hospital: Admitted Cecil O. Parsons, Li, Grande, surgery: Jack Le Gore. La Grande, medical. Discharged Janice Lou Ben l.bm, Wilbur Evans, Richard Fol som. La Grande, L. C. Raley, I'ondosa. Minnie Cunningham, Cove, Katharine Carver, Union. NOW SIX SHOPS "CASH AND GTT Without Painful BnckachC fny ft)HrTrrf rrli--vn nxsgivg bi-rhn Q'lifklv. rtn-. tlfV (iim-r tint lh ) .f Ibtr In .hi 1" riMV tir(-J kflnn. 'i kidnr- par" Natirr'o rt.icf ,,f In I h rirt-B nri'U ni, mil l it,. .!l. 'I liry tTTvi iiiwij: pdM about J ix'iaonona fimi 'T''i rnnniii in mir hl-nVf; it tiimy rflnw rmrcXir )nrkartr, riifiitiiMttr jmu.a, lei i-rtnn, of nii'l cnof pv, crttiir up )-a(lr)ica anil diinnu. Frurnt ffyriinty tmira fh'tt tt.'-te 14 'mthiuf trotii with o-ir l,Kiorii ur hln'JuT. I Jon" l it! Ak yot4r rfrnrcft fnr Vi'Ib, u"l P'iccri(uiiv )iy rniHiitif f,.r uvrr Winr: T-k-- cr hH,v r-lt'f '! ill l.-tp ' of F) Indian Marines i Ask Native Gods ; To 'Soften' Japs ; (Continued from Page I) " purple heart. -Joe's brother is Joe Kellwood who has also been out here three; years. A couple of the othcrs'arc Pfc. Alex Williams of Winslow. Ariz., and Pvt. Oscar Carroll .of Fort Defiance, Ariz., which is the.! capital of the Navajo reservation Most of th-a boys are from around. Fort Defiance and used to work for the Indian bureau. The Indian boys knew before we got to Okinawa thai the in vasion landing wasn't going to V be very tough. They were the only ones in the convoy who' did k.iow it. For o-ie thing they saw signs and for another they used their own influence. -Before the convoy left the fat south tropical island where the Navajos had been training since the last campaign, the boys put on a ceremonial dance. - The Red Cross furnished some colored cloth and paint to slain their faces. They made up the rest of their Indian costumes, from chicken feathers, sea shells, cocoanuts, empty ration cans and rifle Cartridges.' ' ' Then they did their own native ceremonial chants and dances odt there under the tropical palm trees with several thousand ma rines as a grave audience.. .. . In their chant they asked the great gods ill the sky to sap the Japancs-e of their strength fur this blitz. They put the finger of weakness on the Japs. . And then they ended their ceremonial chant by singing the marine corps song in Navajo. . I asked Joe Gatewood if they really felt their dance had some thing to do with the ease of our landing end he said the boys diil j believe so and were very serious au.MiL it, oiiiiseu uiciuueu. "I knew -nothing was going to happen to us," joe said, "for on the way up horo there was a rainbow ovor iho convoy and I knew then everything would be all right." i One day I was walking through the edge of a rubbled Okinawa village where marine telephone linesmen were stringing wire to tin- lops of the native telephone pol.-s. As I passed, one of the tw. linesmen at the top called down rather nervously saying he was afraid the wobbly pule was goiivj to break under their weight. To which one of the men on the ground, apparently their ser geant, called back reassuringly: "You've got nothing lo worry about. That's imperial Japan ese stuff. It can't break." There are very few cattle on Okinawa but there are lots of goats and horses. The horses are small like western ponies and mostly bay or sorrel. Most of tliem are skinny, but when you see well-fed ones they are jpod looking horses. They are all well broken and tame. The marines have acquired them by the hundreds. Our com pany alone has more than zU The boys put their heavier park on them but more than that they Nr. tiv thin tnfwJrn. ftf- tlhr sv Indrv Hp ptmfilM nd rtio ilrb nvfnicht. H'l'V hmrja nirj othr til-n)iriif MtTfil1' ' 'tlt. rufiOfn Bi) if hv m.i-h hi liVnr Aht'.lutfH xt. '(link r'nl nt, nmclly v-, KI.I J,l!l,.V, m itrd luiiiKi. ffv in f.fil. -ill nt,( mil inll'. I OVERNIGHT HOME TRIAL MUST DELIGHT YOU OR DOUBLE YOUR MONEY BACK r t f t I nf k t.k i : it i: x f "-i" v ' it ton i r 'it - Vfy mtt f notKeaU ' tr-.iir in vnjr mirr-ir in i Lx,1 wyi'ri fTTiIi Ackerman First Graders Present Variety Program The first : grade students Of Ackerman - school- this afternoon presented a pseudo-radio pro gram, the program tclng given as a. "talent show," . : , ' Roger Smith- was. announcer, with Sharon Kay .Thornburg pre siding its mistress of ceremony and band director, . s - The program consisted of piano -and v,o c a 1 numbers, favorite poems 'and tap dancing by tour pupils of Mrs. Lewis Durning, All, the children In the room participated. ' Sharon . Louise Eshclman was audience director, Gordon Wiles and Verl Pratt were control oper ators, and Clarence Campboll and, Bobby Campbell were . in charge "of the programs. ' Opening the show was the flag salute arid singing of "The Star Spangled Banner" by the audi ence led by Carl McPhotridge. Commercials interspersing the program were given by Daniel Poff ; Howard Hansen, Patricia Lee Walker, Ralph Nelson and Doyle Buckwalter.. ,. , . Piano solos were presented by Rchard Shoemaker, Howard Han sen and David Skccn. Poems wco. presented by Carol Jeanne Clay comb, ,Floy : ' Alberta 'Ham inah, Kenneth Wh'ittakor, ' Ray-, defle .tacklc,r Rchav,d ; Clark, Stuart' Wilson) ".Nancy Carolyn Dobson; Ronald IcComb Joan Apple, -Merlin Har.dtyick and Ver--niii NVclV 'i. t i '; "' 'Presenting a vocal, sold "was Patricia Ann, "t ippin, ,-ana one number was .sunff tjv the ms,ctm ble. Patricia! I-ce. Walker-, and Denis Gray presented tap' dances', Janice- Ann War danced a jap strut, it'nd Sharon 'Kay Thornburg danced two' tap routines. The program concluded with Parade of '.the Wooden Soldiers" by the Rhythm' btjnU. , Miss veima lu-cssis supervis ing teacher .'for the, first grade, Miss Leone Cavanaugh, the student teacher and Mrs. Richard Wilson, assisted. . Mrs. Lloyd Hunt, accomp&nied the Rhythm band, and' Mrs. Durning the .tap dancers,. ; . ' . just seem : to enjoy riding them up and dawn the country roads. ' They have rigged up rope hal ters for t,hem and ope marine made a bridle usini p piece of bamboo for a bit. .They dug .up old pads; and even some goat skins to -us? as saddle blankets. u,,, i('c attrnricino ' hnu; mnnv men in a company -of marines don't really kuqw liow to ride a' horse.- ' ' '-. . ' - . i " J "! o o o o O ' o o 0 Showing of Crosby Film Ends Saturday :The iDine Crosby picture "Go ing My Way" will have its finnt showings at the Liberty theater tonight, and tomorrow, conclud ing (i week in which it has been Witnessed by large audiences. The story is that of a young priest who is sent to rehabilitate a parish for which he provides a new parish house through the sale of a' song, roganizes a boys' chorus-with the assistance of a former .schoolmate, played by Rise Stevens, ppcrn star, and otherwise brings happiness to all those around him. . . i Barry Fitzgerald and Frank McHugh also,' appear as priests, dene Lockhart appears as the business man who holds the par- Man mortagage and Jean Heather and' James Brown provide the to imantic Interest. Creamy-smooth... .. delightfully fragrant Ml i - Tl Y ilfa FIRST DAY Whcntlic San Francisco Conference ends, tli'c delegates will have experienced their "lirst day of school" for the study of the complex problems of world peace, and for the dcvelop mcnt of a curriculum for a permanent school. Everyone everywhere should clearly understand that this ; Conference is the most important international meeting in history. ' ,Wc can be thankful that our nation is represented by wise and experienced statesmen with a sincere desire for peace, and we arc sure the other nations have the same type of rep-, reservation.' 'Ihc Conference will furnish (he leadership and the plan, but peace depends upon the peoples of the United Nations upon their will to peace, upon their sacrifice for peace, upon their works of peace. The difficulties arc enormous, some of the problems can not be solved immediately, and compromises will be made by all nations in order to arrive at conclusions that will be fair to all countries. .The .Conference cannot create an enduring peace. But it will lay the foundations for a plan for peace to be put into effect as soon as possible, and which we and future genera tions of the world must maintain. Let us Ik sparing in our criticism and generous with" our encouragement and constructive suggestions. And atone all lt5t us pray thayhc thinking people of the , world will tafec advantage of the op-)ortiinityafTordcd by the "first day of school" and build coiOinuously toward an en- aunng(jxaj:c. o O o O o o O INTKR o o c3 Girl Scouts Make May Day liaskets Girl Scout troop ho. 1 of the First Christian church, under the leadership of Marion Nelson and assistant leadership of Neva Neill pnd Gladys Miuquis, gathered last evening at the church to make paper May baskets. SPEND SUNDAY EVENING ! AT ; PIBSt BAPTJUT Ji 7:.'J0 "King AJtab'a BoobyiTri1.--; :.5 aim., The 11:00 a.m., "The t t uising Hadlus of l.hurln Duet by Maijoria Chandler and FftAi lli'oadcnst Vital liaptiKl Chtiivh Sixth and Spring ' An ideal .i -n .. ., . i I.. smootn. cuecuveiy cnecKs and perspiration odor 1 to 3 PAYLESS DRUG STORE OF SCHOOL If.. fRESIUliNT O o J.NAI. UUSINliSS MACIIIMiS CORPORATION ;' . 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