Uid Scouts i'lan
Merit Badge Work
Girl Scout troop number 1 met
last evening" at the Christian
church and discussed working
for merit''' badges. Two large
groups decided tc strive for cyc
lists' and kfo6t travelers' badges.
Other smaller groups and indi
viduals will work for the badges
of artists, bird finders, hostesses
and musicians.
A cycling party was planned
for Saturday., The girls will meet
at the Christian church at 11 a.
m. and are. to take a sack lunch.
Those Interested in the artists
badge are , planning a sketching
party at Triangle park Wednes
day afternoon.
The itroop committee held a
meeting last evening to discuss
several coming events.
Miss Shirley Barton,
Harry Sitler Wed
Miss Shirley Bunion, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Burton of
Umapine but formerly of Wal
lowa, and Harry Sitler, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sitler of La
Grande, were married at a sim
ple ceremony on Junell, at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Melvin Ja
cobs in Walla Walla.
Mrs. Carol Wagner
Entertains Club
Mrs. Carol Wagner was hostess
last evening to members of the
Sew and So club. The evening
was spent sewing and playing
games.
Prizes for games were won by
Mrs. Vernon Waite, Mrs. Eldon
Waitc. Mrs. Conrad Huntsmun
and Mrs. Grant Struck.
; Food, money and ration points
were contributed to the Do-nut
hut.
A late lunch was served by the
hostess. It was announced that
the next meeting will be held
July 12 at the home of Mrs. Ver
non Waite, "2815 Second street.
Motorisis Must Get
New Auto Stamp
J. W. Maloney, collector of in
ternal revenue in Portland, has
issued a warning to motorists of
Oregon that they must obtain the
new federal use stamp for their
automobiles by- July 1 or risk the
prospect o paying a 100 percent
penalty.
The stamps' are available at any
postoffice, and cost $5. They
cannot be obtained by mail ex
cept from the internal revenue
bureau in Portland, Maloney
said.
Any vehicle that is in storage
or otherwise out of use on July
1 will be subject to the tax when
if is again, put into service, he
said.
Diamonds can be made to phos
phoresce by means of radium as
well as high tension electricity.
O RATION
CALENDAR
Processed Foods:
Book 4 Blue stamps N2
through S2 valid through Junt
30. Blue stamps T2 through X2
valid through July 31. Blue
stamps Y2, Z, At, Bl, CI valid
through August 31. Blue stamps
; Dl through HI valid through
i September 30.
Meat. Butter, Fats, Cheese:
: Book 4 Red stamps E2
through J2 valid through June
! 30. Red stamps K2 through P2
j valid through July 31. Fed
stamps Q2 through U2 valid
:; through August 31. Red stamps
-V2 through Z2 valid through
September.
' Sugar:
a Book 4 Sugar stamp 36 alid
ithrough August 31.
Shoes: Loose stamps Invalid.
I Book 3 Airplane stamps 1-2-3
now valid. New stamp valid
Aug. 1.
Gasoline: Coupons not valid un
less endorsed:
! "A"-16 coupons (6 gals, each)
"expire June 21. "A"-16 coupons
. Valid now.
SIotss
'j Apply local board for oil, gas
j stove certificates.
(Wood, Coal, Sawdust:
Delivery by priorities based on
; needs,
f Fuel Oil:
j Period 1-2-S-4-S coupons valid
through August 31.
Waste Paper and Cans:
' Bundled waste paper and pre
pared tin cans may be left at the
salvage depot, 1106 Jefferson
street.
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VISITORS FROM "DOWN UNDER" The Seymore twins, Sharon
and Sylvia, en route from Australia to Buffalo, N. Y enjoy the at
tention of Mrs, Arthur H. Vandenberg, wife of the Michigan sena
tor, on San Francisco dock as they wait for their mother to clear
through the customs. Their ship brought 39 war brides of Amer
ican servicemen and 148 babies from "down under." Red Cross
photo.
fjSEf CE J
Major Robert Proebstel has ar
rived from McCaw hospital to
spend a few days as a guest at
the home of his wife's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Nolton. He
and Mrs. Proebstel and their
daughters, Barbara arid Olaire,
also plan to go to Haines where
they will visit his relatives.
Major Proebstel has been hos
pitalized for wounds received in
Germany. He had 15 months
overseas service before returning
to the United States.
Sgt. Harry L. Stewart, army
radio operator and gunner, ar
rived here from a base at Madi
son, Wis., to spend his 15 day fur
lough with his wife, ithe former
Virginia Courtney.
A gunner on a B-29, Sergeant
Stewart has had 33 months, in
the armed service, and at the
conclusion .of his furlough will
go to Lincoln, Neb., for assign
ment to a combat crew.
He was born and reared in
Nashville, Tenn. and before en
listing in the army was a YMCA
instructor in that city.
While in La, Grande Stewart
is a guest at the home of his
wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Courtney, in May Park.
CLUB POSTPONES MEETING
The Pollyanna club meeting
scheduled for today his been post
poned until June 29, at 7:30 p. m.,
in the Neighborhood club house.
Members will entertain .their hus
bands at this meeting.
Skunk cabbage is richer than
many of our domestic vegetables
in vitamin C.
THE OLD JUDGE SAYS
FRED: "Is it true, Judge, that a war can't
be won without the use of war-aicohol . . .
the kind the beverage distillers have been
producing for the government for over
two years?"
OLD JUDGE: "That's right, Fred. It to a
basic ingredient in the smokeless powder
use1 in virtually every firearm from a pistol
to a 16-inch gun. And, in sedition, it plays
Play Up Your
Piquant Charm
By ALICIA HART
NEA Staff Writer
If nature has played a trick on
you and given you a set of eye
lashes which are not color twins
one eye which is darkly draped
and the other a blonde surprise
the clever thing to do Is to leave
fringes unmatched and make
capital of the piquant charm this
contradiction gives to your face.
It's easy enough to tint one
blonde set of eyelashes dark to
match its mate, but you're warm
ed against the obvious by a girl
RENE KUHN Unusual.
who has tried that and doesn't
think it works.
Says Rene Kuhn, young New
Yorker whose first novel "34
Charlton" has just been publish
ed, "It's a mistake to make a
piquant face look like every
other face."
To keep her blonde-fringed eye
from faring out of the picture,
she says she just barely tips that
set of lashes with dark mascara.
But the root-edge of the pale
lashes are kpet blonde to pre
serve the provocative effect.
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a more human role. The medical supplies
which our military doctors we to alleviate
pain, combat infectrm, satvt Sv are pre
pared with war alcohol."
FRED: "No wonderthen, morarand gm
people are recognizing the great contribu
tion our beverage oisiillaa bava made to
the winning of the war witii Om Mtl
duiy product."
TUl Iptmmt h CwflllMM if AlaMU Batff Itlimuto. .
un iters Are heated
At Annual Dinner
Of Soroptimist Club
At a formal dinner and annual
business meeting which closes
the Soroptimist club year, offi
cers for the coming year .were
installed Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Winnie Fountain is the
new president, and other officers
are: Miss Annetta Johnson, vice
president; Miss Mabel Doty, .re
cording secretary; Miss Helen
Manning, corresponding secre
tary; Miss Marguerite Zweifel,
treasurer, and Miss Edith B. Dar
by, director.
Miss Mabel Morton was in
stalling officer.
Miss Johnson conducted the
initiation of the following new
members: Ethel Chandler, farm
machinery; Helen White, news
paper; Ruth Herzinger, nteut
packing, and Miss Manning, pub
lic welfare.
Etta Cunning of Baker, direc
tor of the northwestern region of
the American federation of So
roptimist clubs was the princi
pal speaker. Among the 40 wom
en present were 15 member of
the Baker club, headed by Zella
Smurthwaite, president; .Maude
Ellis, president-elect, and Loy
Wisdom, regional rosier chair
man. '
Tables were decorated vJith
g)a!rden. flowers in. ybllow and
blue, the club colors. Informal
music was in charge of Mima Mc
Guire and Miss Julianne Wise,
with Miss Amanda Zabel at the
piano.
Miss Zabel, member of the post
war planning committee of the
national federation, was program
chairman, and Mrs. 'Mildred Tiss
was in charge of decorations.
Church Group Has
Missionary Program
Tuenty-two members of the
afternoon group of the women's
council of ithe First Christian
church met recently at the church
for a business meeting conducted
by Mrs. Laura Rhodes, the new
leader.
Mrs. Lynn Pipes was re-elected
secretary. Other officers will
I be appointed later.
After an interesting missionary
program refreshments were serv
ed by Mrs. Sam Hill and Mrs.
Chester Gragg.
Mrs. James Frost
Is VFW Hostess
The sewing group of the aux
iliary to the Veterans of Foreign
Wars met at the home of Mrs.
James Frost last evening. Still
color pictures of Idaho and Utah
scenery and of personal home life
of the average family were shown
by Mrs. Robert Taysom.
Some of the members worked
on fancy work. Samples of
Christmas cards were displayed.
Refreshments were served by
the hostess, assisted by her sii
ters, Mrs. Harold Borrine and
Mrs. Taysom. Fifteen women
were present.
Hospital Notes
Grande Ronde hospital:
Admitted Audrey Meyers,
Verna Mason, La Grande, medi
cal; Robert Victor, La Grande,
Jerry Hand, North Powder, surg
ery. Discharged Worthy H. Blane
ney, Fred Kaup, La Grande, Mrs.
E. Lovely and infant son, La
Grande.
A female starfish produces
about 200,000,000 eggs annually.
"LA IMVNU EVEfilNU oiEKv'Uk '
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mi i T 1 1 saCMi iS5Saa i mi -r -m
News and
Engagements
Social
Friday, June 22, 1945
SOCIETY
Bernard Jeremluh .Murray,
transient, was arrested last night
on charges of vagrancy and
drunkenness. Ell Lakelley, Seat
tle, was arrested on a drunken
ness charge,
.-,
Miss Edith Anderson, instruct
or at. the high school, is spending
her vacation in Detroit. Later in
the summer she will visit her
parents in. Nebraska,
.
Miss Lucy Comstock, high
school commercial .instructor, is
spending the summer months at.
her home in Nampa, Idaho,
Miss Marie Ledbetter Is visit
ing her sister in San ' Antonio,
Texas. She will return this fall
to resume her position as head
of the home eonomlcs depart
ment at La Grande high school.
Miss Helen Schaper, dean of
girls at La Grande high school,
is vacationing during the sum
mer at her home in Prosser,
Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Walk and
their children are visiting her
parents in Pendleton. Walk will
be In charge of trades and Indus-,
tries classes this fall at the local
high school.
O. P. Welgle, high school mu
sic department, is spending the
summer at Milton where he is
employed as an Interpreter for
Mexican nationb'Ji working on
farms there.
Larry Brunette, music instruct
or at Central school, is in Glen
dale, Calif., for the summer.
Miss Edna Mae Burress and
Miss Berta Lloyd, instructors at
Central school, are employed in
San Francisco for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Harlln Lovely
and son, and Mr. and Mrs. Herb
Lovely and children are , here
from -Sweet 'Home visiting rela
tives and friends.; .They are for
REPORT
Special Over the Top
Push...7th War Loan
$1000. Bonds
($750.00 Issue Price)
Needed
$1000. Bonds
($750.00 Issue Price)
Sold
We are on our way to either make our quota or fail
in the Mighty 7th.
DrWe Workers Work! Bond Buyers Buy!
This home f ront job is ours.
Let's take it in stride.
Call and Order Your ttWWt Domd Now!
Telephone Your Tta.uk. Post Office
or Mrs, Carrie Trollinf er, Secretary
(PkoM 8, I Oanric) or nny iienlwr
of the Union County Howl Committee.
Union County War Finance Committer
Activities
. . . Weddings
Events
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BRIEFS
mer La Grande residents.
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Lester
and family, formerly of this city
and now of Portland, are here
visiting friends and relatives.
.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Darling
spent Wednesday In Irrlgon at-'
tending a school board meeting.
Darling, who was the band di
rector at the local high school,
will be school . superintendent
there during the coming year.
They plan to move July 18.
Ruth and Mabel Williams have
gone to Portland and are cm
ployed there.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Moyer und
children, Elaine, Doris and Floyd,
of Emmett visited yesterday and
today at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. M. D. Rogers in La Grande.
Rev. and Mrs. R.'W. Tomeraa
son are In Wisconsin visiting his
father, who has been seriously
ill. They plan to be away a
month,
Lorene Hill of Heppner, is a
guest at the home of Mrs. Mor
ris Beck, Alicel, while she at
tends summer school at the col
lege. Mrs. Herman Roesch is In Se
attle, Wash., visiting relatives
and friends.
Mrs. William B. Hawkins has as
guests, her mother, Mrs. A. E.
Palmer of Lcthbridge, (lberta,
and her sister, Mrs. E. V. Smith,
who came here from Louisiana
where she has been with her hus
band, Lt. Smith of the army air
force.
Mrs. Palmer came to attend the
graduation exercises at Corvallis
where Mrs. Hawkins received her
master of science degree from
Oregon State college. Mrs. Smith
will accompany Mrs. Hawkins to
Weiser, Idaho, where they will
Balance to Sell
to Make Quota
Before June 30
Girls Will Have
Breakfast Sunday
At Country Club (
La Grande Country club's Rn
nual working girls' breakfast
will be held at 9 o'clock Sunday
morning at the club house.
Reservations may be made by
calling Mrs. John Larlson not
later than noon Saturday.
Out of town guests at the Wed
nesday Ladies' luncheon were
Miss Lois McConkey, Portland,
Mrs. John B. Kidd, Las Vegas,
Nev., and Mrs. Anita Lassiter, El
Paso, Texas.
It was announced that the first
round of the spring handicap
tournament must be played by
June 26.
Loyal Star Group
Work for Bazaar
Mrs. Mahlon Rogers was host
ess to members of the Loyal Stat'
social club for a one o'clock
luncheon, yesterday in her home.
Twelve women were present.
The guest prize was presented
to Mrs. Edna Gray, and Mrs.
Thelma Shelton was awarded a
prize. The afternoon was spent
working on articles for a bazaar.
MEETING IS POSTPONED
The Past Matrons of the Order
of Eastern Star will not meet to
night, as previously announced,
but will meet June 29, with Mrs.
Herman Roesch.
spend 'the summer.
Alan Mills, who is on ROTC
student at the University of Cali
fornia, is in La Grande for a brief
visit with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley Mills. He will leave
Monday to roturn to Berkeley.
'
Miss Helen Jean Moon has re
turned to La Grande to spend the
summer with, her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Moon, after at
tending Oregon State college at
Corvallis during the recently
ended school year.
SPEND SUNDAY EVENING AT FIRST BAPTIST
8:00 Rev. Ray Ames, of Western Baptist
Theological Seminary,' will speak.
Special Music by a mixed quartet.
9:45 a.m., The Church School
11:00 a.m., "THE IMPERATIVE OF THE
PRE-EMINENCE OF CHRIST"
Soloist: Mr. Paul Knautz
BroudciiHt on KLBM
First Baptist Church
Sixth and Spring
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Social Calendar
FRIDAY
8 p. m. Westway club, Neigh,
borhood club house. . ' ! ',
' ; I
Guild Members Meet
For Annual Picnic
Twenty-eicht members of St,
Pt'teis guild enjoyed the annual
picnic held recently at the ret
tory. Mrs. Ella Russell and Mrs.
Harriet McDonald, who have' be
longed to the guild for many
years, were able to attend, for the
first time in a long period.
After a picnic luncheon, the
afternoon was spent playing
games and visiting. Prizes for
the games were won by Mrs. VI
Rechlin and Mrs. Grover Grim
mett,
Eagles' Auxiliary '
Gives Hospital Aid
At their meeting laM night the
Eagles' auxiliary' voted to pui
chase another $100 war bond dur
ing the current drive. The mem
bers also voted to contribute,$10
to the camp and hospital funij
for the refurnishing of Ward 21
at McCaw hospital at Walla WqJ;
la. ' w
Refreshments were served ltf
Mrs. Mahlon Rogers, Mrs. Frank
Anderson, Mrs. Harry HansoJ),
Mrs. William Glass and Mrs. Faye
Howell.
There are eleven separate and
distinct motions of the earth.
Women's
Summer Dresses .
Crisp and cool materials!
Sheers, prints and ging- '
hams In one and two- i
piece styles. Sizes 12 to j
42. Priced from
$6.95 to $19.75
NORTON'S .
1114 Adams Phone 202
R.
E. Stanley Hunt
Pastor
($100,500.00)
($11,250.00)
($89,250.00)
AT ALL DEAUSSS
to)
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