VOLUME LI
COTTAGE OttOVE, LANE COUNTV OREGON, T ill IWDAV MARCH 20, 1941
News and Events C. To o H f C. ear Members
2 Power
Battieof Atlantic Discussions Soon
Is Now Underway
Wheat for Anxious Britain
Chamber of Commerce member*
will h a v e opportunity to hear
about electric energy, and the
United States to Send M ore | Bonneville administration within
I the next two weeks, Dr. H. A.
Light Naval Crafts
Hagen, president, announced yes
terday. C. A. Brazil of Eugene.
to Britain.
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will
address
>
the
INCOME T A X
R E TURNS organization on the Bonneville
JUM P 100 PER CENT
*5lup ,"*** TT ‘,"< ,K,on and on
the following lurMhiy u repreaon-
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Two developments in the battle
of the Atlantic stood out last night
while Britain and Germany went
Into another round of their all-out
air struggle with unrelenting fury,
On the American side of the
Atlantic Secretary of Navy Knox
tntlve of the Mount Ain StAtex
,,OWpr <’«. will talk on the system
,hat m,w wrves this section and
• omc oi lhp «¿vantage to the
« * t « n e r In pat ionizing private
enterprise.
A CO^ U J invitation Is given to
,hc
««end both sessions,
UHS to Hold Open
House on April 14
Tu-d./
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✓ ,«
Workmen started razing the old
announced a complement of light
naval craft soon will lx- sent to
Britain. The fleet will include tor
pedo boats, submarine chaser*,
yachts, fast motor boats and other
war vessels.
H itler’, subs would like
Britain revealed that Its policy
To celebrate its first anniver- Horsham. Victoria. Australia, for shipment to Britain where anxiety air cadet training
henceforth will Involve ever great-
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OrOVe U?.'°n l" “£h “ M t over dwindling food supplies. I Passed by Australian censor.)
Others who have entered are:'
m
er
on German
shlp-buiid-
ing attacks
yard, and
naval base.
This o \ l
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7 .'" “ T ”
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n
~ Claud(' Rl™ s « « * navy station- 1 9 4 1 T a X
Ing yards and naval bases. This
A -,
^or^men Start
Number of High Hancock Oil Co.
1 o Prect Station
School Boys In
Defense Training oid cannery sue
,
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Clearing Way for
Road at Damsite
Boys of Cottage G r o v e high canning factory building Monday
school, other than those in nation- near the intersection of Madison
al guard, either recent graduates and 7th on the new highway which ■
¡or who left school this year to will be the site for a new service C learing Crew Begins Work
ienter in National service, are: Dan station by the Hancock Oil com-
Monday, Grading to
rraxk, class of ’36. army air cadet pany. The site was sold to the
training, reported March 17. 1941; oil company by Roy Short and
Commence Soon
Boh Grannis, class of ’3«, naval Chas. Beidler. The decision of the
reserve air training, reports April Hancock Oil company to con-
1, 1941. Boh now holds civilian struct its first service station in CONCRETE M IXER IS SET
pilots license secured by thrpe Cottage Grove definitely ends the
UP AT DAM
months training at Willamette possibility of reopening the can-
university. Charles Clark, class of nery, which had been closed sev-
3S. is in the navy; Glenn Weldon, era| years. Last year at this sea-
Twenty to twenty-five workmen
class of ’38, army engineer corps son there was talk of trying to Monday started clearing the right
,mp' *
' C a'SS
38' ^ a r" revive the cannery, but former of way for the new roads to be
rel Booher, 39. George Rissue. 39. stockholders
of the
institution built around the Cottage Grove
•o X n i tiru nd To
Gcne
turned thumbs down on the ven- dam. Grading and actual construc-
4 J. Bob W hite 40. are all in the ture, saying they had lost enough ticn of the roads is expected to
anny.1 a,r “ Ty'Sf
8ta,’onpd at money.
begin within the next thirty days.
Hamilton Field. California; Sidney
The new station by the Hancock Road building equipment is ex-
ynne. class of 39. is working for o il company will be modern in pected to be moved to the site of
the Pacific Telephone and Tele- every respect and according to un- the operations in the meantime by
giaph company; Elra Wilson, class official information will be opened the contractor, E. C. H all and
sink these sacks of wheat being loaded at Cxter.’ c i s ’ o f ^ . " t o t o e ^ y S u r T t r a v e ™
S
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‘ branch manager of the Bonneville
administration,
NV Mil E li 32
Construction
of
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L o a d L i g h t e r ~ ntrac,toT
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American Legion Play P.F.A. Boys Are Guest - »
'¡ T w>"“ """> Income Tax Heavy
."“X 'i ,n? To Be Presented Here Speakers at Chamber ■ stXu'ih!.
recently en- Th, ,„tc
tax ted *p“b™1' * I 1"*
March 31st at 8 P. M. Commerce Luncheon
the Cottage
C° nn?“Cy’
speeded w th
WX
and Rotterdam Germany returned be entertained by numbers b ^ t t e
‘" . J ~ “ 7 - ai e L_H? ? T y w M heiighter t h l
bat *°ad me" " *
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to the attack on Britain last night g|<M. dubs and band, tumbling by
’’Scientific Romeo. ” a three-act
Paul Anderson. Bob Moody and n,’, w X ric to c to Todd Shiovanfc
p5'°bably mo" than makp up for Fork.
anti dropped bomb, on London, the gyn, c ^
h , and , ludent talks on
eaat coast and other areas.
(vsoncil student
siuHent govern-
am-em. comedy.
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| student council,
Clifford
Prooyen _________
were guest
»n.pyaras tbp 8tate and county taxes escap-
Graye, hauHng from thc grave,
hi Tacoma.
M In " Collage Grove • taxpayer,
London, described thc Nazi at- ment, home room, und club pro- favorite comedy stars, Don Taylor speakers at the Chamber of Com-
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tack as the heaviest of thc year on grama
A fter the assembly
the and VyDel M artin, will be pm- merce dinner and meeting Tues-
$6.50 per hundred. The reduction
the metropolis. Frum all Indlca- schedule of classes for the day will sented by the Evergreen Players day noon. March 18. The boys
April or May. A total of 30,000 to
in the adjacent communities was
of gravel has
lions, the capital was the chief be run through, at which time the at the Jefferson school gym under were introduced by their F.F.A.
substantial,
not
so
great
as
m
in
target.
parents may go through the stu- ihe auspices of the local American advisor. Mr. Williamson. Clifford
piled for use on the spillway.
stances within the city limits
No announcement was made dents’ daily routine of classes. The Legion Auxiliary on
Monday. Van Prooyen spoke op Farmers
where taxes were approximately
Immediately whether the great teachers and students In the varl- March 31st at 8 p. m.
of Tomorrow;’’ Bob Moody spoke
twenty percent less than a year
raid of Tuesday night on Hull was oua classes will attempt to give
This play, unusually written, on "The Effect of the War and
ago.
repeated In aeconlance with the the parents an Insight into what delve» in an expose of the occult National Defense on the Farm-
Saturday was the deadline for
German custom ot dealing one-two the clasae» are trying to accom- science's. The plot Is woven around er;" Paul Anderson, president of
paying taxes at the court house in
blows.
pllsh. From 8:15 to 8:30 parents the "Scientific Romeo," w h o . the local F.F.A., spoke on "Farm
Rescue worker» in Hull last will assemble in their son’» or through his study of astrology and Surplus." and explained the pur- a X Chapter
Z Z Z L ' three of the Disabled Eugene and taxpayers were stand
o poses
noses of
o f the
th e F.F.A.
f f a
nrei,mz>tarm
mencan Veterans
of m
the
World
to pay their
night were still digging trapped daughter's first class. Following spiritualism, wades chin deep Into
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e w
o rld ¡ng jn a • double . line
u iwwes o i <no t ,r A- organi/Htion. W ar 4nctnllzw4 thr* iftdl rvffiyw»»» •»« «
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out of the debris, and will be the peiiod» In their order a netwuik of circumstances arous- The speeches given
the win >h-
a
t» «
share of taxes before the penalty
counting the dead. The attack on with fifteen minute» provided for ing the Ire and curiosity of his rung speeches in the local F F A
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eitday went 6H.
Hull, an east coast port of 3OO.(XK) each one. Each student's schedule various girl friends
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- - p' Pn,nK a number from here at-
speech contest.
Paul won first tended the ¡n^taiin>ir.n r-,romr,r,i„c
O t the 29 bills affecting unem
was said to have been on a scale will be copied, (me copy will be
The master mystic. F ritz,” of place in the chapter contest and
william A B e e b e r o f C ^ m e e S m i t h - S h o r t G rO C eT V
ployment insurance that came be
duplicating the attacks on Gias- kept in the office and the other course complicates matters with also in the Upper W illamette Val- Grove heads the veteran.«Srean Tea
V j xr,
fore the recent legislature. 13
gow and Liverpool Iasi week, will lie given to the parents. The his weird seance performances. To ley district contest
orKa" 1 0 G e l C D r a t e Z I t i l
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passed both houses. Of the meas
WhCKn l<XS
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Mrs
Capt
Byron W
Gra>-' pom- " Beeber served during the war A n n i v e r s a r y S a t u r d a y ures which survived the session,
Now that thc battle of the A t- parent* and those interested an in- Hager-Roth. who. although navmg man(|p,. f ,h n
c
k C C (. j(h ComrMnv r mi«» field
four passed without amendment
Untie has begun." said the air sight into the school activit.es in been marr.ed f.ve limes is still
W ist field sig-
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u^w un.
The Smith-Short Grocery will and one replaced an earlier bill,
m in ia te In Landon. 'Kiel and th.- d a - .n ..„ .
, w mvata-a m™, .„ le n t admirer
ministry
»m i
M M n inn ii r . Hu f r
, i'
,ion ,o C a m b e r of Commerce to
Other officers installed were: celebrate their 27th anniversary leaving only three successful in
Wilhelmshaven more than ever
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.k
I » » ? T , ®” cnd the 8th anniversary of the Leroy Peterson. Eugene, senior Saturday a n d in keeping with their original form.
vital to the enemy’s war effort
hibox I? ^ 'm 7 n « v to afl
CamP A p n ‘ 6,h
- ^ r d celebrations of this kind offer to
whHc an exact analysis of the
both have been heavily ataeked."
These
four
with
a
fine
support-
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of
Eugene
was
also
J"ia
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t,y-
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E!mer
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This
effeCt
° f the lcKislation has n<”
Big fire« and explosions were re
inc cast make »he nlav a bomb- I)resent and made a short talk.
Cleek of Junction City, junior vice c,a* values in grocery items. T h is be<?n m a (^
yet
preliminary
ported in dockyards, shipbuilding
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commander, with the depot brig- concern, starting business in an study by th„ s' .
UnemDlov.
ing east make «he play a bomb-
yard» and industrial renter».
shell pf mirth and a riot of fun.
.M O R E L A N E C O U N T Y B O Y K ade. aviation corps; James E. Bur- °W wooden budding where the ment compensation Commission
In addition to the play will lx?
T a x Receipt« V p
nett of Drain, chaplain with Bat- armory now stands has served the shows that severa) thousand fewer
L E A V E FOR ARM Y.
special vtxlvil and plenty of music.
tery C. 2nd field artillery. 8th di- Public more than a quarter cen- workers wiU
covered, although
W A S H IN G T O N — Income tax
Bring the whole family and laugh
vision: John SilUge of Eugene, ‘ ury. which is a long tune as bust- somewhat greater benefits may be
collections totaling almost 5603.-
away your troubles. Remember, n
Lane county sent its _____ sergeant at arms with the 159th npss careers go now. So far as
jd ^ 8 ^ of eliminating one of
R ite, for Oswell Knight
81
,augh a|
000.000 In the first 17 day» of
makes the quota of selectees to Portland for
Mills
chapel
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to
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l° roruana tor aero squadron; R. E. Saniskoss k n ° * n this is one of the oldest, if
th
waiting weeks raising
ls
W))rl(, hri h, Pr
March have boosted treasury reve wen- held at the Mi 10:30
a. m. W° r,d bri‘!h‘ pr’
tnduc,.,on ,nto ,hp army
<«*«>• of Eugene, treasurer, with the »»t the oldest, business firm in
waiting weens, raising
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nues over the $5.000.000,1)00 mark Tuesday morning nt 10:30 a. m.
the weekly check, and restricting
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Rev.
Ellsworth
Tilton.
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Thp
,hrcp
h,‘ards
sent
thirty-sev-
m
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P.
161
depot
brigade;
Lee
Cottage
Grove
today.
for the current fiscal year thc with the
seasonality determinations.
Methodist minister, in charge In-
P l a y tO B e pn ™pn including thirteen from Moore of Eugene, adjutant with See the announcement of Smith-
treasury announced yesterday
Based on last year’s 54.000.000
temwnt was made in the I.O.O.F. P r o o o n t o r i lV T arnb 9 1 «si , 7 ^ .
,hrP C
° nc o f w h ic h w a s ’ he 6th regiment. Marines. 2nd di-
Short in this issue for special
other
birthday" benefits, the reduced waiting week
Masonic
cemetery.
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W
illiam
Conn
from
this
city.
vision.
values
as
well
as
<
' Masonic cemetery
Dirmoay
t0
5250,000 a
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Mr. Knight died at thc home of
year,
the
$10
weekly
minimum
will
"Professor, How Could You?” a
a daughter, Mrs. Robert Culber-
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» ihree-act comedy play will be pre-
FAIR MEETING APRIL 16th. cost $14,000 extra and the use of
- 7 7 , u 7^
a. M r InH m K u l m
" ““ 'i * " t c d Friday night, March 21st at
6 instead of 5 per cent of highest
There were 511 bills passed by Mr. and Mrs. Knight, former real- , h(. Jefferson school gymnasium,
A meeting of representatives of quarter s earnings for the weekly
the legislature, which adjourned dt'nts of thta aeetton, had moved „
aponsored by th(, s c ^ . ^
all Lane county sections to work benefit will cost $57.000 more.
BY JACK KELLY, FORT STEVENS
early Sunday, compared with the am,
to Springfield
about
sbt
months
o
,d
fornwr,
known ns , be .
nhi.rn tluav h»H
moH»
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out a premium list for the 1941 Adding the $300,000 estimate
970 that ■ were
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, introduced
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* ' G*or8«nn* club, of the Methodist Six months u n d e r the w ire.'of smoke which billowed out and
Lane county fair, was set today
<based on 1939) for added bene-
A total of 275 house bills and «w w home. M r
Kn h«d been a
cburch From here on in it’s all in the covered the entire area to be by F air Manager Fred Knox for fits from seasonality changes be-
236 senate bills were approved by res dent of Lan. «*unty since 1.H2, H b # blianoU8 Mory of a young
back stretch. These last ltw days crossed. There were no casualties April 16.
ginning in 1942 makes a total of
Disabled Veterans
Install ’47 Officers
At Eugene Friday
73 Unemployment
Measures Passed
Both State Houses
Rites for Oswell
Knight Held Here
Tuesday Morning
Three Act
fresenvea
511 Bills Passed by
The State Legislature
FROM THE REAR RANKS
™
I k w .s
h o rn
90 in«n
ready had signed 288 of »hem. He
<»rn isecemoer A) i«w
has 18 more days to sign bills m ^emucity. Me to iio w e a the oc-
A ll the measures, except the few
ol fanning while a resi-
containing emergency clauses and <*«« here.
are his widow and
which thus take effect Immediate llir Surviving
o c d a u g h te rs M r s I
S rm m ™
ly, become law 90 days after nd n f * '■ > « .„ » M r « ’
A .u J r î
journment.
Is ot
o n Eugene,
o f S n r in v Mrs
fie lr l Roben
« n d M r , Fulbert-
H e n rv
hto,ory t ^ h e r who knows more "iM bai whittled away even faster and the hike progressed on its
about C|TOp .tra than
mod. than the first as the preliminary way. but the men were thankful
prn women In order (o become training is now in the past and all that by their training thev were
I)wm hp mus| ge,
He has our efforts are now directed ‘ in able to protect themselves in
y what
onIy t h w dayj. tQ fjnd a w|fp and practical tactical problems.
could have been an emergency.
The F air Manager has sent
no- $621.000 additional expected to gó
tices to Granges, livestock men. to the workers. The emergency
poultry raisers and farm clubs clause was not included on any of
urging their participation in the these bills, so increased benefits
revision of the premium list.
cannot start for 90 days after they
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are signed by the governor.
M r- and Mrs- Clarence Cockcrill
Balanced against these figures
' Butte route are the par- ¡s $88.000 estimated relief to cm
° of f Black
en,s of a
P°un<1 son born this ploying units in the first year of
morning, March 20th at the But- experience rating, which is to take
ler maternity hone.
effect July 1, 1941. Elimination of
penalty rates might cut the em
ployers' contributions by $454,000
more next year. Added to this will
be losses in taxes on wages of sev
eral thousand newspaper carriers
under 18 years of age, agricultur
al processing and packing work
ers, and domestic employes ot col
lege fraternities and sororities.
W ith the exception of newsboys,
coverage of these workers stopped
as of January 1, 1941.
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Events.
since •'”
love
is the —
least
his wor-
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Probably the cruelest person in
r|ps
leaves it up to a friend to
Tomorrow is moving day for all the world is that being who
pick (| wjfc *”
for
You wjH . , be
battery.
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mothers
and accePts'
accepts, enlarges
enlarges and
and passes
passes on
on
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K im e o f S a n ta R n r h a r a
C a lit o r . Ia u g h tiU
cr> 8 t ,h t ‘ p v 1 ‘ca- fathers that helped little W illie completely unfounded information
WORKER» AT ROW RIVER
ni-i f o u r v rn n d e h ilrlrc n
nnd nnn mpnts the professor finds himself pack his suitcase to come up here ot personal happenings in another
So for an evening of fun and can undoubtedly appreciate his locality. Why any "person feels
MILL TO HOLD ELECTION. i 2 ! i ' . / ^ „ ^ u H CbijH ’T n. 1.,,i2d s?ILe
A.,»..
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, laughter Is- sure and see “Profes- position now. Each fellow is issued justified or qualified to reaccount
According to unofficial informa Anna Strader of Idaho.
sor How Could You."
one-foot locker and into this he something he did not witness is a
tion the national labor relations
Thc cast is as follows: Profes- has to put A L L his equipment and mystery to most people but al-
board has ordered an election to
sor Perry, M errill Craig; Vicky extra clothing. Many a three-man ways there is that one who feels
be held by the employes ot the
Randolph, Marie Caton; Grandma team has been necessary to close it his duty to exercise stereo-
Row River Lumber company east
I’erry. Faye T a y l o r ; Grandpa that bulging lid. We will bivouac scopic vision. Usually he is a very
of her to determine whether they
Perry. Howard Taylor; J o h n the first nine days over and will near-sighted fellow.
will be represented by the I.E.U .,I KALEM . - Following a hectic Appleby, Boh Woolcott; Priscilla i»e on field rations with battle sta-
the Lumber and Sawmill Workers battle during w h i c h the house MorIcy Gracp Monroe;
Tootsie tlons manned 24 hours a day. In-
Battery Briefs.
Union (A.F. of L.) or the In ter- staged a sit-down strike against Bcan Roa,c Lcwis; Butcher Boy tensive instruction of the gun and
Corporal W illiam Ernshaw who
national Wood Workers
Union the senate, the Oregon state legis- Bean, Tom Preece; Valerie W hit-
artillery problems will be the recpntl.v transferred to Battery D
(C IO ). The election will lie held Jature adjourned at 3:00 a. m Sun- man ' Mtu ian cone; Boggins, Jack scope of Ihe school. The Chief of has been Promoted to Sergeant,
within the next month or six day morning in its 63rd day of Gaton
the Coast Artillery will inspect us
Corporals Carroll Sullivan and
weeks.
session.
Tickets are on sale nt the West- some time during this period, the ^ (ld M iller have returned to the
Ih e sit-down was caused by the prn Auto. P rices 10c, 25c and re- results of which are very import- ^«Itery after being ahsent on fur-
senate’s defeat of the two-cent servpd 35c
FLYING CLUB SHIP HERE
ant to us nnd the regiment as a l° ugl| f ° r die past ten days,
per package cigarette tax. but !
whole. As judged on a competitive
Another officer has been at-
A Piper oyb plane lielonging to everything was straightened out
hnsis the 249th has been first sev- ,achpd to our battery. 2nd Lieut-
B O W L IN G A L L E Y L O B B Y
the Cotage Grove flying club was and the hill went to the governor,
eral times and never has dropped cnanl Duane G. Jehlik.
ENLARGED.
flown down yesterday from Port-| A fter amending the measure to
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below fifth place with
similar
Duke Ellington and his Boys
land by Lloyd Brown, club in-[provide that one-sixth of the
The lobby of the Grove Rowling regiments in
the United States sponsored a rug-cutters convention :
revenue
structor and will tie permanently $1,900,000 annual revenue
from Alley, on F ifth just off Main, has
We hnd a most impressive hike lhte Pasf Saturday evening to of-
quartered here.
| Ihe tax should be used foi
for voca-,been enlarged to include the front this week. The night was bell- Bc*a dy open Seaside for the sum-
id the
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tional education and
the r rest
for part of the building formerly oc- clear nnd the searchlight battery mer- 77,0 d(l.v’s are still chattering
George E. Rissue, son of Mr. and old
nlH age
«.,e pensions,
nnn.ton. thc
ihn senate
. » n .t . pass-
ru,.._ eupjpd by , he Thaxton Motor Spr. WM making
thp most of it as about that "Sophisticated Lady”
Mrs. Albert Rissue. East Madison ed it 17 to 13.
vice, which has been closed. The their lights danced across the sky. nurnber.
street, has been promoted to th e
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building has been remodeled and So engrossed in the lights in fact
P^e r.-.v address of the boys will Richard C. H o ttelrt, member ot
rank of corporal In the army air
The W illiam Funk and O. W. eventually t h e Cottage Grove was the battery that the shout of
Berlin staff of United Press, who
Fort Canby, Washington.
was arresied by Gestapo on sus
corps, according to won! received Blackmore families returned Sun- Bowling Alley management hopes "gas" by the scouts came as a
It Has Been Said,
picion of espiónate for an “enemy
hy his parents recently. George day evening from a visit at Grid- to use the entire building, the ad- complete surprise. Masks were
It is indeed too bad that St. power" which Nails were careful
Is stationed at Chanute Field, [ley, California, at the Wallace i dltional space to be used as a re- hastily donned and adjusted The Patrick
ean’t return and finish his to stipulate waa not the United
Rantoul, Illinois.
Beaver home.
creational room.
tloltelet's home is Brook
gas was found to be several cans job on the mainland.
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lyn.
Cigarette Tax to
Raise $1,900,000
BRICE ( REEK CCC CAMP TO
OBSERVE 8th ANNIVERSARY.
The Brice Creek CCC camp will
observe its 8th anniversary April
8th, Capt. Byron Gray, comman
der, announced here Monday.
Preparations arc going forward to
observe thc anniversary to which
the public will be invited.
Appropos of the anniversary the
camp has made several improve
ments including the erection of a
new entrance to the camp grounds.
The enrollees are busy with
road work and arc working on the
Sharps creek road at the present
time.