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Saturday Is Turkey Day in Cottage Grove—Come. Diversification of . Industrie« Mean« Prosperity For ThU Meet ion. VOLUME XL1X dottane ®roue dentine (Eatabluihcd June 15, 1889.) COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1938 Eight Tons of C. G. Lions Play Last Home Game Here on Turkeys Moved Thanksgiving Morn To Market Turkey Raising—One of Growing Industries of Western Oregon Now To Mert Junction City Eleven In Turkey Day Game Lifetime Resident of Thi« Section Killed While Running Trap Une. Bulk of Turkey Crop Yet To Be Sold and Placed on The championship bound Cot- tage Grove Lions will play the Market last home game of the season here Thanksgiving morning, next Thursday when they meet Junc tion City In a Turkey Day game on Kelly field. The Lions going to their final home stretch with the brightest prospects for a top conference eleven in several year» but will face tough competition in the Junction City squad, who lost a close 6 to 0 contest to the University high team at Eugene. Ijuit year at this time, the locals were successful In nosing out the Junction city lads In a mud battle by 6 to 0. Starting at 11:00 a. m. Thanks giving morning, football follower» will have their last opportunity to see the home boys in action, in which several players will make their final appearance on the team. A splendid attendance is bojM-d for and the squad is work- ing hard to polish up both the passing and other forms of offen se, none of which were clicking in the game with University high hist week. Players who will see their last action are: Bill Zlm- merly, end; Stone Glass, center; Chet Dulxerly, quarterback and captain; Darrell Booker, half back; Alvin Dugan, tackle; John Dugan, half back; Jim Bird. tack- Ie. “Buss” Pitcher Dies In Tragic Hunting Accident Near City Diversification of Industries Mfnoi Prosperity For Thi» Section NUMBER 14. Turkt. ^ay to Be Observed on Saturday Here Several Turkeys Will Liberated For Some Funeral services were held at Mills chapel here Monday after Lucky Persons noon for Alpha Darrell (Bus; Be Pitcher, 32-year-old son of Alpha (Doc) Pitcher, who met his death MERCHANTS OFFER sometime Friday in this com munity’s first fatal hunting acci FREE TURKEYS dent of the season. Mr. Pitcher apparently had been combining a duck hunting Turkey raising In this section Saturday will be turkey day In trip with the “running” of his Cottage Grove. supplies a sulwtantial income for trap line. He had left home Fri fanners of this section and pros* There will be live turtceys, day morning, and was expected dressed turkeys, fat turkeys and pert« are good that the Income home at noon. When he failed to possibly lean ones, but the tur will Increase with experienced return relatives, neighbors and keys scheduled to arouse the gained in growing and handling police officers launched a search most interest are the free ones. the bird that has become so popu lar at the Thanksgiving season. At 2:30, 3:30 and 4:30 Satur- Above is a picture of the turkey cessful growers here explodes the that occupied much of Friday According to unofficial figures flock of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond theory that the Cottage Grove night, but the body was not day the Boost Cottage Grove more than seven thousand tur Wicks, at the Wicks ranch one area can’t compete with other found until early Saturday morn committee of the Chamber of keys have been or will be placed and a half miles west of Culp centers farther south because of ing, about two miles east of Cot- ( Commerce will release at least on the market during the next creek. This flock represents the warmer weather or less rainfall, tage Grove near the banks of two birds from the roofs of low few weeks for this trade area. buildings and the birds will be- makings of 8(0 Thanksgiving "Some of the biggest turkey Row river. The Sentinel is indebted to D. Officers attempting to recon- come the property of the ones feasts. Such scenes are common farms are located right on the C. Wilson of Yoncalla, turkey over this section of Oregon and coast where the rainfall is much struct the tragedy believe that who catch them properly, fire the hunter lost his balance while arms, "warclubs” and sling shots buyer at the Farmers Union store are growing more so. Many here, and H. C. Hanson of Cres flocks have been increased as greater than here", he says. "Af setting a trap on a log in the riv being barred. well, a representative of the growers learn short cuts to profit ter all getting started is a matter er. In attempting to avoid a fall, In addition to the free birds Crabtree feeds, for some valuable he apparently used the butt of his offered by the Boost Cottage making. One or the most suc- of proper brooding”, he adds. data on turkey raislni raising In this shotgun to check his fall, the butt Grove committee, several local section. Up to yesterday, eight slipping off the log and the ham merchants are offering free birds tons of dressed turkeys had been mer catching, firing the gun and to customers under various ar ahip|x-d out of the Farmers Union inflicting a chest wound that rangements. All in all, it appears ■tore here, but the bulk of the must have resulted in death a that Saturday will be a splendid crop has not been moved to mar few minutes later. In spite of the ket yet Most of the turkeys pre terrible wound, the injured man pared for market are dry’ picked had traveled more than forty and they stand a good chance of "Spring Fever", a three act A Cottage Grove quint was en yards before exhaustion overcame on the farm of the grower, owing comedy is to be presented by the tered in the Lane County Inde him. This led searchers to believe getting one without cost. to the superior quality of the dry Merchants offering free birds juniors of Cottage Grove high pendent basketball league this that he had been shot by a sec picked bird since the dry picked under various plans are describ schhol, Friday. December 2. un week by Glen Swanson and Lyle bird looks better and has less ond party, until they were able to der the direction of Miss Margar Scott, thus assuring local cassaba locate his gun where the accident ing just what they have to offer shrinkage. et Achterman, in the high school fans of plenty of fast action on had occured. Part of the hammer in display advertisements else In addition to the small grow in this issue. Shoppers will gymnasium. local courts this season. Com from the gun was found imbedded where er», who raise from ten to seven do well to read the Sentinel ad The scene of the play takes plete schedules for the ten teams in the log. ty-five turkey», farmers who have vertisements carefully this week. place in Mrs. Spangler’s rooming will be released Sunday. gone to large scale turkey raising The Rev. H. W. Davis officiated The six turkeys will be releas house at Brrokfield college on the Tournament play will start the at the funeral services and inter Include- Ijiry Brumfield, who has ed two at 2:30 p. m., two at 3:30 day before commencement. In week of November 28. a flock of 1.100; Raymond Wicks. Each ment was In Shields cemetery. p. m. and two at 4:30 p. m. from C. J. Kem, A. W. HelUwell and addition to her regular college team will play an 18 game home 800; Haynes and Pickens. 500; Mr. Pitcher was born in Cot L. L. Strong, 380; Lawrence Por Karl Mills were named as a nom boy roomers, their girls keep pop and home schedule. Entered in tage Grove on January 20, 1906, the vacant lot at Seventh and ter, 500; Benton Schrenk, 180; inating committee for the 1939 ping in' and out. A few parents the league are. in addition to Cot and had lived here all his life. He Main streets, according to Cleo Joe Schneider. 550; George Layng Cottage Grove Chamber of Com and an aunt show up. and Profes tage Grove: Hart Larsen’s, Eu resided on a farm three miles Morelock. chamber of commerce 300; J. M. Abbott. 625; C. W. merce officers by H. E. Eakin, sor Bean finds occasion to call gene; Elmira Independents; Eu cast of here. He was married manager. Here is a chance for Messick. 800; Blue Vaughn. 400: president, at the meeting of that several times. And things hap gene K. C.’s; Wendling Cardinals; April 23, 1927, to Gladys Jane six families to get their Thanks (' Himflf. tUMt H irvev Strong. organization Tuesday noon. The pen because spring fever has hit Springfield Recreation; Coburg Whipps. He was a member of the giving bird without cost, and for everyone to have a lot of fun. 100. Among the growers of small Oxamber will elect officers at the Brookfield. Independents: Eugene National Baptist church. lots Include: George McReynolds. fust meeting in December, this Ed Burns, a chemistry student, Guard and Creswell Independents. Surviving are his wife and a Mrs. Ixxule Wertz, Mrs. Florence year, according to present plans, has turned his room into a labor H. J. Nagel is league presient, son, Monte Darrel, aged 9; his Small. Ben Jackson. Tim Jackson. thus giving the incoming officers atory, where he experimehts with and Charles Toman league secre father; four brothers, Walter of Marjorie I^ebow, Mrs. Joe Geer, a year in which to plan their pro a substitute for dynamite; Vic tary. Cottage Grove, John of Glendale, gram for 1939. George Stratton. U C. Bittner. Lewis, an art student, set up his The Grove team will be built Tom of Gardiner and Otto of successful Powers, and one sister, Mrs. Dolly The Rev. James Aikin Smith dais and easel in the living-room; around last year’s Mr, Hanson of Creswell, who specializes In turkey troubles, in appeared before the Chamber and Howard Brant, a senior, types quint with such additions as are Duttke of Eugene. formed a Sentinel representative announced that uniforms had frantically at a term paper on available. The Wendling Cardin He will be graduated als, perennial champions, are that he has lost nine out of a been purchased for two school zoology. MILK FUND BENEFIT fiogk of 503 birds this year, or a highway police officers, and the the next day if he can get it in on slight favorites, but from all in DANCE. time. Mr. Purcell. Ann Purcell ’ s dications will have plenty of stiff Chaml>cr rnemlxTs immediately loss of less than two percent. The average weight of his toms will raised by a collection a sufficient father, arrives and encountering competition. Membership Campaign Is To Be According to present plans the run around twenty-two pounds, sum to pay for the uniforms, or great difficulties at the rooming Completed By American Legion, Lions club and while the average of his hens will dered by the safety council. The house, he departs in great fury Saturday Eagles lodge will cooperate in run fourteen pounds. The excel "boy cops" will be garbed in and withdraws his offer to pre sponsoring a dance at the Cottage sent a new science building to the White hats and white raincoats. lent results obtained in both feed Grove armory Saturday, Decem- The response to the annual Red ing and care of the birds Is due Rev. Smith also expressed his ap college. Ann Purcell puts on a ber 10th, for the benefit of the Cross roil call has been very to a knowledge of the problems preciation on behalf of the safety death scene in order that her Milk fund. gratifying to date according to council for Police Chief John father will undo the harm he has usually faced by the grower. All the net proceeds from the Mrs. Max Bird, local roll call Shaffer’s cooperation with the done since he came to the Brook dance will be used to furnish chairman and prospects are good boys, and his assistance each field college commencement. milk to Cottage Grove school chil that this community will exceed But why tell more? It ’ s all morning with the children at the dren who are underweight, and to its quota. Lloyd Griggs, who Fifth street crossing near Cen- fast, furious and funny—with loud other children who health officials with L. C. Schroeder was oppoint- tral school. explosions every now and then One hundred twenty eight feel would be benefitted by the ed as a committee to solicit the President Eakin announced the Ed'« "stinkum stinktorum" business district reported this appointment of Charles Brown, for good measure—and it all ends members of the American Legion, use of more milk in their diet. Plans for the dance are to be morning that the canvass was Claude Kime and Herman Peter- entirely to everybody» satufac- members of their families and completed at a joint meeting of fifty percent complete. So far friends were seated at the annual Frank Hoffman, 58, died Fri sen as a committee to arrange t,o*y committees from the three or fifty memberships have been se Armistice Day dinner sponsored fol- Members of the cast are as day morning at the Sacred Heart for the sponsoring of the appear- by Calvin Funk post of the Amer ganizations this (Thursday) eve cured among the business firms hospital in Eugene from injuries ance here in March of the Oregon ican Legion at the armory here ning. and one establishment, the Sen at State R.O.T.C. military band. D B T, ant ’ ® “ n ‘ or received when he was struck by tinel has enrolled 100 percent Ed Friday. Some discussion, but no action £±^¿±3^ a car driven by Covell E. Smith Preceding the dinner was a with every employe taking a BICYCLIST ’ S MUST HAVE El- was taken on a proposal to fur- Se^jeidrick? Vic Lewis an of Eugene near Creswell Thurs membership, LIGHTS BY DEC. 1 Two other 100% art short program, and the Rev. E. L. Maurice Boykin day afternoon. Mr. Hoffman was ther restrict parking on Main X^nt Kechley, pastor of the local First enrollments have been promised Lou walking on the highway about street, but to extend "courtesy Maunce «°yK,n, Christian church, delivered the All bicyclists using the streets by the local post office force and two miles north of Creswell when stickers" to shoppers. Herron, a journalism student, address of the day, following the of the city must have lights and employes of the Pacific Telephone Ethel Ann Newton; Mrs. Spang- the accident occurred. Vinal Randall appeared before ier< the landlady, Wanda Brown; dinner, in which he traced the a reflector on their bicycles be and Telegraph company. Mr. Hoffman had been pros the Chamber in behalf of the Boy Anne Purcell. Howard’s heart in history of the American Legion fore December 1st, or risk having Mrs. Bird reported this morn pecting near Grants Pass. He Is Scout ’s annual drive for funds. teresti Margaret Monson; Vivian from its organization to the pres their wheels impounded. ing that plans have been made to survived by his family In Ruman ent date. "We will give the bicyclists’ un complete the roll call here Sat ia; one niece, Anna Daucer, of The quota for Cottage Grove has George, Vic’s heart interest, Bet- P. S. Bukqwski, chairman of til December 1st to equip their urday. The residential section New Era; and a brother Karl of. again been set at $100 for the ty Hopper; Phoebe Purcell Ann’s the program committee, presided wheels, but after that date we has been divided into five districts Minerva, Ohio. j Wlllamet COUndl'S activities. ' _ .. ... _ ............. . Corey, Howards spinister aunt at the banquet, at which the fol will impound all bicycles being under the direction of nine club Rev. H. W. Davis will be guest from California, Miriam Ferrin; lowing past commanders of the operated without lights”, said women. The canvass in one is- VETS TO PLAN DISTRICT speaker at the next meeting of Professor Virgil Bean, of the zool- local American Legion post were Chief of Police John Schaffer trict has been completed with SESSION ________ I the Chamber Tuesday noon. He <>gy department, Jimmy Blickel; introduced: Harry Metcalf, first Wednesday. He added that a $11.50 in memberships secured. December lOtth, Lane county wl" tnlk on an appropriate sub- ¿^cST °f Br°°k' commander; Robert Fromm, good flashlight clamped on the Last year a total of $115 was George Matthews, Charles Fuhr front of the bicycle and a good re raised here and workers hope to veterans of foreign wars will Ject-"Thanksgiving." wuege, i^e vruz. er, Joe Smith and Alvis Wicks. flector would serve the purpose. go beyond this sum during the Also introduced were Mrs. Joe meet in Eugene to plan a district ---------------------- — present campaign. The Lane RAISES LARGE GOlîRD. Smith, commander of the local WANTED — One more Sentinel county quota has been set at convention it was announced yes- WANTED — Ono more Sentinel terday. 1 subscriber. $6.000. Ray Vincent is out for honors Legion auxiliary, and Arthur Ol subscriber. as champion gourd raiser of Ore son, Creswell representative of gon. Last week he exhibited in the post. Guests of honor at the banquet town a fifty - two - inch gourd, which grew on a vine more than w’ere two gold star mothers, Mrs. thirty feet long. He hits several Florence Kelly and Mrs. Nichol others at home about forty inches son. Mrs. Funk, mother of Calvin Civil cases are being disposed dence in the case of Miss Carrie Henry Herbert, aged 51, was Accidents cost the lives of two Funk, in whose honor the local of by the Lane county circuit M. Raker in her $15,000 damage long, he reports. Properly season post is named, was unable to at Lane county loggers yesterday. also instantly killed yesterday ed, the gourd should make an court at Eugene this week. The suit against C. W. Ruth and the John Spores, aged 37 was instant when two logs rolled over him, tend. $10,000 accident damage suit of Springfield Creamery, growing ideal war club for the Grants The day ’ s program opened with ly killed yesterday when a line at while he was at work east of Christ Ino Lund against H. T. out of an accident in which Miss Pass cavemen. the firing of several salutes from tached to a caterpillar tractor, Blachly. Herbert was operating Schlneman was closed yesterday Baker was allegedly struck by a the cannon owned by the post, at which he was operating, snapped his own logging outfit and was luck, when the jury brought In a ver truck operated by C. W. Ruth. The hunter had hut little a eleven o’clock. This procedure and struck him. The accident oc working on a pile of logs at the When he went out to shoot dict of $4 000 for the plaintiff. was repeated at five o’clock. cured at eamp 5 of the Booth time of the fatal accident. The buck; The defendant was given 30 days The jury went to the bedside of He shot a farmer’s Kelly Lumber company near logs rolled from beneath him, Following the dinner was the instead, „ ... , . to file a motion for a new trial. Miss Baker yesterday to hear “Worth fifty bucks,1 ” cow the fanner wph attended dance in the arm- Wendling. Funeral arrangements two crushing the life out of the A Jury hoard part of the evl- her testimony. unfortunate man. ory. are pending. said. OVER 7,000 TO BE SHIPPED FROM HERE Juniors to Give Class Play Soon Grove Quint In Lane Co. League Nominating Group For Chamber Named Response to Red Cross Roil Call Very Gratifying Auto Accident Near Creswell Friday Fatal To Frank Hoffman Civil Cases Are Being Heard In Lane County Circuit Court Now Rev. Kechley Speaks At Armistice Day Dinner at Armory Logging Accidents Take Lives of Two Lane County Men Yesterday
