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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1945)
28,000 Volumes Available to Patrons of La Grande Library Lu Grande public library now has approximately 28,000 volumes on the shelves for distribution to the borrowing public, the 7,000 registered at the local library. During theyear 1944 the cir culation for La Grande was 132, 66D books borrowed with 132,638 listed as loaned , to the entire county. . ' , A survey of the work of the local public library for the last year shows that for the second year the library has shared its resources with-the people of Un ion county. While the money from the county, $1,000, has not been adequate for complete county-wide service, at least the adults of the county have not been turned ayvay when they ask for books and the rural boys and gills received the same book privileges as those living in com munities where there is adequate book service. Shipments of books have been sent out at regular in tervals to nearly every rural school in Union county. . Three school branches are still maintained in the Rivcria, Wil low and Greenwood schools. Cen tral branch was discontinued be cause this schol is within a few blocks of the library. The teach ers of Central school had regular visiting hours for their classes, some coining just to browse, and others for regular library instruc tion. The circulation from the three branches, amounted to 13,000 during the school year. A new addition' to the public library was made this year in the Home Laboratory room, a room ir which all the books relating to the home, the family, marriage, books on child psychology, child care and training, could be grouped together. ' The five collections of books in this room include the begin nings of a model library for boys and girls, which, will provide sug gestions for ideal books to give a child.- , i '.- ' . The high school Parent-Teacher study group held its ' meetings tri the home laboratory roonv and is open to small groups during the holiday season. One or two classes were held each day in the children's room, a complete library for children, during the school year, and teach ers took classes there to hear talks on books, and-also to hear the phonograph records for child ren. . ! .. ,, . Miss Mabel Doty, librarian, has been with the La Grande public library for the past , 20 years. Three women are employed full time, with another part time. . Beauty Turns Jail , Into Beauty Parlor; Awaiting Husband BRIDGEPORT, Conn., July 3 (UP) Mrs. Imogone Stevens, 24, Texas beauty charged with man slaughter, turned the Fairfield county jail into a one-woman beauty parlor today as she ner vously awaited the homecoming of her paratrooper husband. "Georgie" is Maj. George R. Stevens III, the man she married m Alliance, Neb., seven days be fore he left for the Normandy invasion. "Georgie will get me out of this mess and this' horrible jail," she said. i-i Stevens is expected on special leave from Europe. Jailers said he will be brought to his wife no matter what time of the day or night he arrives. Friends said they are not cer tain how much Stevens knows of the shooting of Seaman 2C Al bert Kovacs, 19, June 23 at the home of Charles Milton in New Canaan. .'.". They' said Stevens had been in formed that his pretty wife was being held in $50,000 hail on a charge of manslaughter. But they didn't know if he had been told of Coroner T. E. Streiber's report that the killing resulted from "a beer drinking party and sex incriminations" involving Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Milton and Milton. DOUGLAS VACATIONS PORTLAND, July 3 (UP) Su preme Court Justice William O. Douglas arrived in Lostine in eastern Oregon today for a long anticipated summer vacation. Mrs. Franklin New Star Vice President Mrs. Gene Franklin was in stalled vice-president of the Loy al Star lodge lust evening when the members met at the Neigh borhood club house. Mrs. Frank lin will fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Mel Poff, who recently moved to Baker., Mrs. Howard Ball, past presi dent, was installing officer. Mrs. C. C. Lillie, president, . conducted the lodge session. Mrs; J. V. Betts was awarded both the attendance prize and the "pot-o-gold." . An evening lunch was served by Mrs. Lillie and Mrs. Franklin. The next social meeting will be, July 19, with Mrs. James Smith at her home in May Park. Three Boys Receive Scout Merit Badges Lawton Bennett, Bruce Patton, and Charles Nordmart, members of boy scout troop 111, were awarded merit badges . by the board of review last night at the Presbyterian church. Young Ben nett earned his badge for wood carving, Patton for path finding, and Nordmart for personal health. The board was composed of Leslie F. Smith, Alvin H. Madsen and H. I. Hetrick. : Social Calendar WINNIE Meet 7 Wiiuton Churchill, above, of Denver, Colo. He's in the coast guard, with 21 months' combat duty behind him and wears five bai lie stars for action in Pacific invasions. ' . .;V! ; RATION CALENDAR 35 Acre Forest v.y Fire Controlled - COBURG, July ''3 (UP) Fire fighters ' have . lender control' to day a 35-acre forest fire east of here. "- ', , " ' r- A 20-man crew irom Mosby creek camp of the, Eastern Lane Fire Patrol .association, plus crews from sawmill and logging operations battled through Sun day night and Monday for con trol of the blaze. It was be lieved ignited from ' a pile of burning sawdust left by a log ging operation on land . three miles east of Coburg. .. ". The land was owned by .the Mountain Tie company of Eugene. The Eastern Lane fire warden, James. A. Walker, "said the saw dust had been burning since early spring. Flames were visible in Eugene and Springfield jectors. TUESDAY Neighbor i! Wood.jaft, '8 p. in. in the lout nan. . - v : " WEDNESDAY ; 8 p. m. .VrW auxiliary, mmu tion, K. 'of P. hall. 12 p. m. BRT auxiliary and families, . all day picnic, Mrs. Adele Voetburg. .-.'- THURSDAY '. 8 p.m. BRT auxiliary initiation 8 p. m. .Ladies society to Bro therhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, lOOF hall. Processed Foods: Book 4 Blue stamDS N2 1 through S2 valid throuMh June I n . ' . 30. Blue stamps T2 through x2 Pressure Gauges, valid through July 31. Blue i yalvpo If nil Ftp Rent stamDs Y2. z. ai. bi. ci valid ' utvs may UK oem i through August 31. Blue stamps , Dl through HI valid through ' September 30. Meat, Butter, Fall, Cheese: Book 4 Red stamps F.2 through J2 valid through Jun 30. Red stamps K2 through P2 valid through July 31. Red stamps Q2 through U2 valid ' through August 31. Red stamps V2 through Z2 valid through September. ' Sugar: Book 4 Sugar stamp 3G alid through August 31. Shoes: Loose stamps invalid. Book 3 Airplane stamps 1-2-3 now valid. New stamp valid Aug. 1. Gasoline: Coupons not valid un less endorsed: "A"-18 coupons (0 gals, each) expire June 21; "A"-10 coupon? valid now. Stoves Apply local board for oil, gas (.love certificates. Wood, Coal, Sawdust: Delivery bjgriorities based on needs. , Fuel Oil: ' , k Period 1-2-3-4-5' coupons valid through August 31. - Waste Paper and Cons: Bundled waste paper and pre pared tin cans may dc left at the salvage depot, 1106 Jefferson street. A I Your For Testing Now Pressure cooker gauges and valves may now be sent in for testing, Miss Doris McWhorter, county horn 'demonstration agent, announced today. Feder al and state nutritional authori ties recommend that they . be tested every year, since gauges may easily register the pressure wrongly. The gauges and valves should be removed with a wrench, and brought to the home demonstra tion office. The office will send them to the foods inspection de partment at Oregon State college at Corvallis, where they will be tested at a charge of 50 cents for gauges, and 25 cents for valves. Frugal Widow Left Estate For Orphans VANCOUVER, July 3 (UP) Mrs. Winnie E. Hamilton, who lived fiugally for years a dish washer in -Vancouver cafes, was disclosed today to have left an estate at her death of $10,000, of which the bulk of the amount was divided equally between the Shriners' hospital for crippled children. Portland, and the Wash, inton childiens home, Seattle. Approimately six years ap.o Mrs. Hamilton asked an attorney for advice in selecting legatees for her estate. She said she was a widow and had never had any children but the wanted to du something for orphans and needy children. " 'Here Come Waves' typical Crosby Film The consensus of preview audi ences who've si en Paramount's "Here Come the Waves," arriving Wednesday at the Liberty thea ter, is . that Mark Sandrich has scored again! Starring players of "Here Come the Waves" - are Bine Crosbv. Betty- Hutton and Sonny Tufts-- and one. particular production number, - "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive," featuring the hit song by Johnny Mercer, seems des tined to fascinate audiences with its solid rhythm. The screenplay by Alan Scott. Ken Enelund and Zion Myers tells about the Miller twins, Susie and Rosemary, play ed by Betty Hutton in a dual role. The twins are dancers but decide to join the Waves for the duration. While jn training, they meet the singing idol of the na tion, played by Crosby, who falls in love with Rosemary, Susie, however, really has a crush on Bing and that's where .the fun begins. With the aid of Windy, por. trayed by Sonny Tuts, Susie con nives to win the groaner's atten tions..' Tufts, also in love with Rosemary, dees everything pos sible to block Bing's romance. Things are complicated even more- by the fact that both Bing and Sonny ore navy gobs. When the final showdown comes, plenty of surprises are in store. Topping off the broadside of comedy and fun is a gala musical show under Bing's direction. Staged as an attraction to re cruit Waves, the show is a howl ing success. Bing and Sonny do a blackface act, Betty goes into several of her now famous rou tines and there's a plentiful sup ply of songs and comedy. Among some of the. tunes destined for the big time are "Ac-cent-tchu- ate the Positive," "Let's Take the Long Way Home," "I Promise You," the title song, "Here Come the Waves," and an old favorite. 'Black Magic." Hospital Notes Dealers BUILD BATTEHY PLANT WEST SALEM. July 3 (UP) Construction of a $250,000 plant, to be built here by the National Battery company, appeared cer tain today, after the city coun cil last night secured the prop erty on which the plant will rise. St. Joseph's hospital: Admitted: Russell Walls. Wal lowa, Justin McCarthy, Kamela, medical. Dismissed: - Sam Martin. Ron ald Turner, Bonnie Kilborn, Claude Williams, Janice Wal lace, Mrs. Robert Evans and son, La Grande, Michael Talbott, El gin, Delo Gauthier, Cove, Mrs. Harlcy Tucker and son, Joseph. Qraade Re ide hespital: Admitted: Charles Wilson, Burl Courtwright, La Grand..-, Mcrlyn Langford, Union, medi cal; Mrs. Mel Rundall, Cove. Ralph Cross, Ordnance, Mary K. Gray, Huntington, surgery; Dean Weatenskow, Imbler, accident. . HEALTH TO YCMJ1 Cerrett (mm, cetM JMa uaunelda fpyi ), Vto- U .are-abUfl, 1. M,y m,. I Our Method o UmIbmI 1 llul hMpHal .,! ccMfuUr raplercd lor 1 J90It. UBMCU Witt lama. Coll lr samiMtl m m4 im TUX kMklM. trttin. Mm., WW., hi.. 7 M M Dr. C. J. DEAN CLINIC MraMee mm4 lurgt f.t-Ct.JL larutaa ud Otaas It. TpI .. ZAm Mil. rttS U. 0aa LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER ; - : Phone 100 . News and Activities Engagements . . . Weddings , Social Events Tuesday, July 3, 1945 Page 3 Society Briefs Mrs. Mary Lamb of Union spent today in La Grande, shop ping and visiting friends. ..... Fireman First Class and Mrs. Bill P. Terry and their two chil dren are here from North Bend, spending his leave visiting his mother, Mrs. Lila B. Terry, his sister, Mrs. Jim Conoway, and her mother, Mrs. Seth Sirrine. ... Mrs. James S. Clark, local dance instructor, has returned from Portland where she took a special teacher's course in modern ball-room dancing. '' Mr. and Mrs. Loraine Harrison and two children hove returned to their home from Camas, Wash. Carolyn Walker, Perry, is spending a few days at Sumpter with her father, James Walker, who is employed there. ... Mrs. Bob Ragsdale and her small daughter arrived here last night from San Francisco, for a Sharon Ferguson Has Birthday Party Honoring her daughter, Sharon Ferguson, on her ninth birthday anniversary, Mrs. W. H. Ferguson entertained a group of children' at a party in Riverside park yester day afternoon, After a picnic lunch, including a decorated birthday cake, the children played games and frol icked in the wading pool. Mrs. Ferguson .was assisted by her sisters, Mrs. Lynn Lester and Mrs. William Mohr. month's visit at the home of her husband's parents, Mr, and Mrs. R. R. Ragsdale. Lieutenant Rags dale, USN, Is serving somewhere in the south Pacific. Charles H. DesHaas of Corval lis, formerly of La Grande, is vis iting his mother, Mrs. Amy Bloom, in Cove. , . - Mr. and Mrs. 'John Price and daughter, Lou Ann, of Baker and formerly of La Grande are here ! visiting. Evelyn Johnson Wed To Charies Murray 'Miss Evelyn Johnson of Min neapolis, Minn., and Churlcs Mur ray, son of Mr. und Mrs. Thomas Murray, formerly of La Grande,' were married at St. Benedict! Catholic church in Seattle, June 21. .'... Murray attended La Grande high school and Eastern Oregon college, and is now employed at Boeing aircraft. A reception was held at the home of the groom's parents. Out of town jruosts included Pvt. and Mrs. Page Fassett of East Grande Forks, Minn.,. Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Gulmond of Bremer ton, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith ond Kathleen and Elaine Houlc of La Grande. . Mr. und Mrs, Murray will make their home in Seattle. . AUXILIARY PICNIC SET Members of the ludics auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and their families have been invited to a lodge picnic to be held at the H. R. Voetburg home at Cove and Watson streets, at noon Wednesday. Each mem ber is to take a fried chicken, a covered dish and table service to the picnic. Cool, Criwp, Women's Summer Dresses $7.95 to $19.75 One and two-piece styles in sheers, rayons, lightweight gabardine and other summer materiuls, Slfcos 10 to 42. . NORTON'S KS'HD0DPY 1114 Adams' " Phono 202 La Grande Students Listed on Honor Roll EUOENE, July 3 (Special) Two students from La Grande are among those listed on the spring term honor roll ut the university. They are Lilla Rich ardson, daughter of ,Mr, and Mrs. Joel Richardson of 1601 Oak St., and Morion Huff, son of Mr, and Mrs. Lyman Huff, 1407 X avenue. Miss Richardson' is majoring - in English at the university, Huff in. physical education. Both were graduated from the La CGrande high school. "','. ' : -'t MRS. KINNE ILL.. . Mrs. Robert Kinne has been ill at her home, 1712 Alder, for the past two weeks. ' i . IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! We are pleased to ,. announce the ; purchase of the' Home Lumber & Coal Co. at Lu Grande nnd Union, Ore. by the . , . . 13k JLumber Company HOME LUMBER & COAL CO. a. V This true short-story was adapted from "Priority Special," by Harry Bedweli, S. P. operator and noted writer of rail road stories for national magazines. It was dramatized recently on "The Main Line," our weekly radio show. SGT. ERNIE WALL hospital train patient and ex-S.P. railroader eyed the three silent patients in the bunks opposite, and the Medical Corps Major. The three wounded men had been carried aboard in Los Angeles in heavy body casts. Every slight jar and jolt caused them waves of pain. Buddies from the same Arizona range land, they'd been seriously wounded by the same Jap mortar shell. They hadn't rallied in the hospital, and now they were being returned to a hospital near their home a final, desperate attempt to save their lives. ;' : But, as tlie train left the station, there'd been a sudden application of the air brakes for an auto trying to beat the train to the crossing. The jolt had brought them unbearable agony. More such jolts might come and even the small vibrations of starting and stopping were "1 told you that was a good boghoadl Sir, the station's there on the loft. Go in, and you'll see a guy harnessed to a headphone. He's the brans pounder: the op. Give him the picture! Just ask him to tell the DS to give us a good run, and to slip it to the hogger to take it extra easy on how he puts the air under this train." Somehow, Ernie hypnotised the Major with his sincerity and strange language. Mujor obeyed Sergeant and Ernie settled back. He knew S. P. people like Horva White, the en gineer ahead; Si Youngblood, the station's veteran operator; Ed Farwell, Los Angeles dis patcher, the "DS." Sure, they'd give 'em a good run ... In a few moments the Major returned, an un decided )ook on his face. Quickly, before he could speak, Ernie began, "Did the brass pounder get word to the DS the dispatcher, air?". wearing. As Ernie watched, the Major made a decision. He told his orderly, "Tell the conduc tor we'll have to remove three stretcher patient at the neat station." Ernie could feel the hope draining from the ttuwa boys. He could sense how vital it was they gt home and he moved in. "That jolt, sir," he said, "don't have to happen again, now that we're away from city traffic, and if the DS can lse his hancb off us from here on. We're com ttlg into Asheaibra now, aifd we're going to stop. Lat's se hew the eagle-eye does it when he's not faroed." Tbfty bod lent soonentata, but ttw Major eottMbVt tU by bow math. The trniu drifted quietly; then, nil motion wiw gone, Quickly, Krnie pushed Ids advantage. "Yes, he told tlie dispatcher," tlie Major answered vaguely. "And did the dispatcher get word to the eagle eye the engineer?" : "Yes," the Major nodded absently, "lie culled tlie engineer to the phone. Suid sometliing to him about a Priority Special." "He did? Well, sir, you've got not a thing to worry about from liere out. Why, a Priority Special's the kind of train the President of the United States gets!" Ernie leaned over the edge of the bunk and grinned. The three hurt men relaxed, grinned back and the Major was aware then that there are elements of the spirit that medical science couldn't reach. Ernie listened to far, familiar sounds, gave a complacent nod, and made a remark which jolted the Major. "Had you noticed we're on the way again?" Tlie Major glanced quickly out of the window. The town lights were streaming by, thinning rapidly as the Priority Special swung into tha open country at a growing speed. Yet Ernie alone had felt it when Hnrva White put his train into gliding motion . t . On went the train : : ; on tlirough Oie night. In tlte cab, Harva and his fireman . . . in the DS office, Ed . . . along the way, other dispatchers and operators, the yardmasters, and all the others . . ; all making split-second decisions to give the Prior ity Special a "good run" ... letting it go through unelwcked while otlier trains paused momentarily at meeting points . . ; The miles clicked by . . . telephone and telegraph wires hummed . . . schedules were re-worked, timed to Die second. On went the train ... Alhdmbra, Colton ...up San Gorgonio Pass . . . Indio. Not a single slop, despite the many other war trains crowding the division . . : Then Ernie became aware of a stir in the op posite bunks. The current of life suddenly quick ened. The eyes of the three burned with an expectant glow. "Tlie desert!" one of them whispered. "Mister, don't that smell good!" . Tlirough the odors of drugs and medicines and germ-proof cleanliness, they had caught the first faint fra grance of their homeland. And at last, they were at peace. ' Again, the Major was conscious of elements far beyond our horizons. And then, as he turned away, he. saw Ernie. "How did you know we . could have a 'run' like this? With all . the people involved ... all those other trains on tlie track..." "Why," said Ernie, "that's just how it had to be done. It's men nnd women with the know how, hitting it off together. They'd just nuturully handle a job like this without a stumble." He said it with candid conviction. The Major considered Huh a moment, "I think . you're right, Sergeant," he mi id, and went grate fully to bed. ' 1 : "i '. '! . ' '. i The complete story, "Priority Special," by Harry Bedweli, is now . in booklet form (32 pages, illus trated), and you may have a copy . free by writing ClatMie I. P.ttrton, Vic Prsidnt Sowthtrn Pacific, q Rarft 73, tS Mafta) Street, San Francisco 5, CalffWIta ' tk Tht friendly iouthirn Pdc ific
