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Oct. 28
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VOLUME LV1II
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Hospital Drive Nearly Stalls
As Half-way Mark Is Reached
The hospital fund has reached
the halfway mark, but If the sec
ond hundred thousand comes in a«
slowly as the last ten thousand,
most of us won't need a hospital,
we can just call th«- undertaker
Shiwncs, of the last ten thousand
pledged is liclievcd to have been
due to the fact that firm* and in
dividuals have not la-on contacted
promptly In fact some merchants
•nd mill owners say they have not
yet been contacted and asked to
give, and it makes one wonder j
where those supposedly hard rid
ing Jaycees have been and per-
hups members of the Lions club.
Mr. and Mrs Wilbur Workman
of the Sunnyside Greenhouses
have made a thousand dollar con
tribution since last repts I the on
>y contribution of thia denomin
ation made In the past week. Big-
kest contribution from any or
ganization comes from a grange
In the I>raln community.
It has been suggested that we
start an honor roll, listing names
of the donor«, and we hope to do
this, starling ।>os,ibly next week
O regon , T hursday ,
ixtober 30. 1947
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NUMBER 12
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Explosion Wrecks I Halloween
Plate Glass in
At
Knickerbocker’s
Dance
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I Girl Scout Week Three Top State Officials Die
Oct. 26 to Nov. 1 In Plane Crash October 28th
Forest Service
35th Anniversary
Brings Out Bodies
To aid in providing entertain
ment for theJeen agers on Hal-
lowe'cn
a dance has been
arranged at the armory, starting
9:00 p. m. Friday evening. Ai
Williams <jf the local police force
was soliciting fund* for the dance
yesterday. The plan has the ap
provai of Ben Heinz, city manager
and a group of citizen«, who have
expressed a hope that the activ-
¡ties of the youngsters will be con
fined to wholesome entertainment
on this night.
,
Good music from a local orches
tra is promised for the dance.
An explosion, pwsumahly caused
Girl Scouts in Cottage Grove
Oregon’s three top state off!
by a liack fire . ...
In _____
an oil ___
furnace
this week are joining a million and
cials. Governor Earl Snell, Presi
wrecked several windows and ‘part
a quarter other members of their
dent of the Senate Marshall E.
of the plale glass front at the
organization throughout the na
Cornett and Robert S. Farrell,
Knickerbocker 5 and If) cent store,
ti o n in celebrating Girl Scout
Week.
secretary of state, and Cliff
eo r nor of «th and Main. Monday
Hogue, pilot of an ill fated plane,
morning. The explosion broke
This year Girl Scout Week is
were killed in a plane crash Tues
glass in th< rear windows as well
celebrated as the climax of the
day night near I-akeview. The
as in a side window, and cracked
Girl Scout 35th Anniversary being
wreckage was sighted by a forest
the plate glass in three front win
observed throughout 1947. accord-
dow« as well as bending the metal
service plane yesterday afternoon
ing to Mrs. Fred Hollister chair
fifty miles southeast of the Klam
framing
Fortunately all occu
man of the South Lane district of
pants of the building escaped in-
ath Falls area. The state officials
the Three Rivers Girl Scout coun
were en route to the Oscar Kitt
Jury. One saleslady was near the
cil, who is in charge of local ar
furnace when the back fire oc-
rangements
Organizations and
redge ranch eight miles «outil of
cur red.
persons who have aided the
Adel. The plane came to rest in a
growth of Girl Scouting during the
small clearing in the 6,000 foot
Upstairs occupants in the
anniversary year are slated for
rugged terrain and had sheared
Daugherty Lumber Co., and the
special honors at this time. Sever
off small trees and limbs before
Diranc Valley Lumber Company
al troops are sending “thank you”
coming to rest and was badly
offices said the explosion sounded
notes to their sponsoring groups
wrecked.
like some one dropfied a safe on
and in other ways showing appre
Late last night word was broad-
the floor and rushed hack to
ciation for the fine cooperation
! casted that a searching crew had
Governor Earl Snell
where the sound appeared to come
given their program.
reached the scene of the wreck
from in an effort to ascertain
At the Monday night meeting of
The week features the seven
and that the bodies Iyad been iden
what had happened.
the Cubs at the Jefferson grade service days with special activities
tified. Hogue, an experienced pi
Unofficial estimates said the school, the Junior Chamber of
designed to highlight the various
lot. tock off from the Klamath
damage would probably run in the Commerce Cub committee ap
phases of Giri Scout activities and
Falls area at 10:00 p. m. Tuesday
neighborhood of $750.00 to $1.000, pointed Merlin A Bullard edb-
ideals. Sunday was church day;
night carrying the state officials
but it was not learned whether the mastcr, who is well qualified for
Monday, homemaking day; Tues
to the Kittredge ranch for a goose
loss was covere<| by explosion in this job a.* he has served two years
day. citizenship day; Wednesday,
i hunt..
surance.
as assistant cubmaster at Olympia. health and safety day; Thursday,
Radio broadcasts this morning
Washington. Harold Shearer of international friendship day; Fri
confirmed the tragic crash and a
Eugene, field scout executive, was day. arts and crafts day; and Sat
report from the forest service at
also present.
urday out-of-doors day.
Lakeview said that all four occu
Girl Scout Week has been ob-
The meeting was a very worth
pants of the wrecked plane were
while one with much interest be served annually for more than two
dead. Forest service men had
Tickets for the Cottage Grove
decades to acquaint t h e public
ing
shown
by
the
parents,
with
11
reached the scene of the wreck
High School Carnival co on «ale
den mothers volunteering their with the organization’s program
earlier and were bringing in th<*
today at 4:00 o'clock The carni
A class in upholstering for services and two den dads regis- and to honor the memory of the
bodies.
val d-ilc ha« been set for Monday
adult.« started this week and will tering and 49 boys signing up to founder of Girl Scouting, Juliette
The death of the three state of
evening, November 10, in the
continue for nine lessons, two each become Cubs. Den dads are Vinal Gordon Low. October 31 is the
ficials leave state affairs in some
school gym, auditorium and cafe-
week About twelve women as Randall Sr., and Ardath E. Nich- anniversary of Mrs. Low’s birth
what of a muddle. John H. Hat!
ter in
sembled in the Health rooms to ols. The den mothers and Mrs. Vi and Girl Scout Week always en
of Portland, speaker of the house
I hiring home room periods a
organize and hear instructions nal Randall Sr.. Mrs. Ardath E. compasses this date. Mrs. Low. a
of representatives is next in line
week ago class rcndidatcs were
from the instructor, Mrs. May ■ Nichol«, Mrs. J. L. Stokes. Mrs. close friend of Lord Robert Baden-
for governor. Had Farrell lived
electee! for the traditional King
Fry of Eugene Vocational school. C. H. 1-cchncr, Mrs. Joe McClar- Powell who originated the Scout
would
have been a candidate for
•nd Queen contest In the running
Lane County winners in 1947 The class will meet tomorrow, Fri nan. Mrs Ralph Schultz, Mrs ing movement for both boys and
governor in 1950. Harry Schenk.
this year are seniors Pat Aubrey
state contests sponsored by the day, afternoon at 1 p. m in the John W. Wilson. Mrs. Theodora girls, organized the first Girl
t S. F arrell, Jr. Farrell's assistant, will make a
and Roliert Camplirll, juniors
National Committee on Boys and basement of the Leo Rickard Dahlberg, Mrs. Ethan A. Coston, Scout troop in the United States
bid for the office of secretary of
Phylhs Englund and Pete Ritter,
Girls Club Work were announced home on 12th street, and hereaf Mrs. Margaret K. Lunnan and on March 12. 1912. She died in C ARS DAMAGED IN
state.
sophomore« Bnrtwira Gleason and
today by E. A Danielson, County ter each Monday and Friday after, Mrs. Merlin Bullard. Many more 1927, having lived to see the or ACCIDENTS
Boll Kyle, and frmbmen Dolores
Club Agent Trips to jhe National noon from 1 to 4 p. m. The class 1 boys are expected to sign up with ganization she founded spread
Cars were damaged in several
Van Matre and Bird Flatcn
4-H Club Congress in Chicago in should enroll eighteen
_
persons and the Cubs, and meetings will start from coast to coast and develop minor accidents occurring in this
Each ticket sold entitles the
Mrs. Della Strong Wolfard, 63. December will bv received by Mir« any who wish to join «Jtotild cyme next week at the homes of the close affiliations with Girl Guide section the past week and at least
purchaser to ten votes for his fa |>lon«*rr resident of the Cottage Shirley Jean Arnc.'CoUage Grove ¡tn the Rickard home tomorrow, den mothers.
anrt GM Smut groups on every one prraon rrerrved minor injur
vorite king and queen combination Grove area (Missed away at the in the National Garden Cont«-st ; with a piece of furniture (except
continent through the World Asso ies. Hurbert Mosby of Dorena had
Tickets arc available from any family Iwime at 1215 Washington sponsored By the Allis-Chalmers davenports), pliers, hammer, a
ciation of Girl Guides and Girl the body and door of his 1946 Ford
high school student until the con avenue Monday morning. She was Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee, screw driver, scissors, and mater-
Scouts.
damaged Monday in a highway
Plans have been completed for
text closes at 8.45 a m. the morn txirn July 20. 1XM1 at Muro. Ore Wk Shirley was one of Ine 11 ial if possible. Mrs. Fry is a skilled
The Southern Lane district is a accident betu’een Walker and Go a big time at the Latham school
ing of the carnival
gon ami wax married on November chosen to attend National 4-H instructor, very highly recom
part of the Three Rivers Girl shen. When a car belonging to A. Friday night, October 31, when
A special feature al the carnival 28. 1901 at Moro to Aubrey B. Club Congress in the stati* con- mended and will teach re-con-
Scout council, which includes all of R. Iseli of Cottage Grove made a the Latham School club is spon
is the opening program in the Wolfard who died in 1944
tests, She will also enter in na-, struction of the furniture neccs-
stop, Mosby who was fol soring a Hallowe’en Frolic. Many
Lane county and where nearly two sudden
1
■chool auditorium at which the
thousand members are active in lowing the car, damaged his car valuable prizes which have boeti
Surviving arc three sons and one tional competition for $200 college sary for successful re-covering
royal couple is crowned and feted
The millinery class at high
the Girl Scout program. With fall in
- an attempt to avoid a collision donated by the Cottage Grove
daughter: Harold L., Lkiyd G. and scholarship.
by variety number* prepared b>
troop organization just getting un- 1 Mrs. Harry Whitefield of Elkton merchants will be given away and
Barbara Bloom. Crow High srhoo) meets each Monday evening
Horace G Wolfard. all of Cottage
the public speaking class, under
injured slightly while riding a full evening of entertainment is
derway the South Lane district was
’
o'clock with Mrs. Umphlettc
Grove, and Mr*. Audrey Flanin-' School girl, was also a state win-
the «11 rect ion of Mrs. George gan of itigi ne. and two brothers.
Edward William Clark. 55. of already has six troops registered with
’
her husband when the White planned. Prizes consist of electric
m-r
in
the
National
Frozen
Foods
lns
’
ructor.
and
very
good-look-
Krnusx.
1606 South 10th street, was fatally
and five others now being organ field car met a truck of Clarence irons, toasters, silexes, coffee ma
Perry Strong of Tigard, Oregon contest. sponsored by the Inter- ,nK ^ats are being made. There is
Festivities following tn the, gym find Harvey Strong of Lyrik Hol national Harvester Co., Chicago.
room for a few more women i injured Thursday. October 23, ized. Troops now registered in Horn of Springfield about nine kers. table and pin-up lamp?,
include a variety of booths In low Also by six grand children.
miles north of here. A trailer lunch cloths, oil lubrication jobs,
111 Barbara will receive a $50.00 ,o <’npo|l *n thus class also New while working as a bucker in the clude:
cluding the old favoritbs as well as
Troop 11, Brownies, sponsored wheel came off the Horn truck in auto accessories, grocery orders,
Mrs Wolfard has been a resi savings Ixind, and also be entered I m'’mbers should bring hats to be woods near .Drain. He was crushed
several new ones. Miss Gertrude dent of this section since 1914, in sectional competition for a trip trimmed, or material to make a by a rolling log
by the Westminster Guild of the passing, ran in front of the White- dry cleaning meal and show tick
Bt anthover, general chairman of coming here from Sherman coun to Club Congress.
Funeral services were held Sun Presbyterian church. Mrs. Alvin field car and caused a tire to blow ets and a number of other valuable
Hat. such ns taffeta, felt, or vel
the carnival, reports that the ty-
day at 2:30 from Mills Mortuary Funk, leader. Mrs. Clifford Pick- out.
prizes to help make it a perfect
Marjorie Flanagan. Junction vet, as well as thimble, scissors,
prizes this year are of a much Is-t
with the Rev. Peter Bakker offi nell. assistant; Intermediate
frolic.
Funeral servicca were held from City, was a winner in the Dairy thread and plenty pt pins
ter quality than was possible dur the Mill.* mortuary yesterday af
Cost for the adult education ciating and interment was in the troop 48. sponsored by American
Mrs. Dora E. Keim of Michigan
Three different programs have
Production contest, sponsored by
ing and just following the war ternoon at 2:31) p m. with the
courses
is $2.00 for that in millin Masonic-IOOF cemetery.
Legion Auxiliary. Mrs. Leon East arrived Sunday to spend the win been planned, one beginning at
the Craft Foods Company, Chi-
years Particularly the bingo and Rev. D. Hugh Peniston, Presby-1 cago. Marjory will
ery; $2.50 for upholstering.
He had been a resident of this man, leader. Mrs. Lorenc Geer, as ter with her sister, Mrs. Clara 8:00 p. m.. the second at 9:00 o'
receive a $25.00
beano prizes arc outstanding
community for the past 15 years, sistant; Intermediate troop 52. Woolley. Mrs. Keim came from clock and the third at 10:00 o'
tcrian minister, officiating Inter savings Ixind.
X< HEIHLE FOR WATERFOWL coming here from California. He sponsored by the Wesleyan Service Chicago to Portland by plane and clock. and lots of cats that go wi’h
Food booths will be located in ment was in the Walker cemetery. 1 Shirley Jean
Arne, Cottage SEASON OCT. 31 TO NOV. 3
both the gym and cafeteria where
was born February 9, 1X92 at Guild of the Methodist church; In was met there by Mrs. Woolley’s this kind of entertainment will be
Grove, Is a 17-ycar-old senior tn
taverns, hot dogs, apple cider, cof-
Four more days of the water- Quanah. Texas, and married at termediate troop 94; sponsored by son. George E. W’oolley, who with on sale. The proceeds will go to
the Cottage Grow Union high
fowl season and then the season Sheridan. Wyoming. June 26. 1917 Cottage Grove Business and Pro his family, brought Mrs. Keim to purchase equipment for the school
foe, ice cream, apples, pennut.* DRAIN MAN FOUND DEAD
schoq||. The daughter of Mr. and
and |x>p com will be sold.
fessional Women's club. Mrs. Cottage Grove Sunday and spent The public is invited to frolic with
Ralph Mojonniev, Drain, was re- Mrs Claude R. Arne, in 7 years will be closed until December 23. to Anna E. Rice.
The schedule for hunting in Jack-
Frank Miller, leader. Mrs. Earl the day.
the Latham School group.
The carnival in an annual activ portcdly found dead in his Iasi
He
is
survived
by
his
wife;
three
of club work, she has completed
Fred Harris was appointed
ity sponsored by the Associated yesterday with a bullet wound. 25 projects with a total value of son. Josephine. Curry. Coos. .Doug daughters, Mrs. James Grisham W’iese. assistant; Brownie troop
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer J. Kent chairman of the patrol group to
las and Lane counties in Oregon and Mrs. James Fox. both of Cot 104, sponsored by Daughters of
Student Body to raise money for State Police Sgt Lyle Harrell
$2,706. She has carried the gar
valuable school project«. From
and Humboldt. Del Norte. Trinity tage Grove, and Mrs. Frank Sut the Union Veterans. Mrs. Aaron spent Dads week end with their organize a number of patrolmen to
said No details of the tragedy dening project for the last 5 years
west one half .OI
of Siskiyou ton of Port Orford; five grand W. Scott, leader. Mrs J. E. Wil son Tommy Jones and family at see that no damage is done to
the carnival proceeds last year
,, u,
,
■mil since 1945 has been using xys- and
7
IHtrchascs for the school included
Prv
Wednesday morn- ’temntir .r.
in
California
is
as follows children; two brothers and one sis son. assistant leader; Intermediate Monmouth. This was the first cars of persons attending the
tematic irrigation and cultivation
3« 6 51 /
m. to 3:59 p. m.; ter. Herman Clark of Norwalk, troop 114 at Dorena, sponsored by “Dads Day" at this college and frolic.
a public address system and phon-
^Kt Harrell said he would go
a* a standard feature of her gar- jqOv 1 6 52 a
••graph used for games and achool to Drain to Investigate.
Rose- dening irrigating the garden once ¡qov 2 (i 53 * m to 3:57 p. m.; California, Jeff Clark of San Di the recreation committee of the was so successful the dads organ
m. to 3:56 p. m.; ego. California, and Ida Finnegan, 1 Dorena Construction company, ized and expect to meet each year.
Lyle Garnet left Tuesday for
dances, large band instruments, burg New, Review,
1 Continued on Page 5.)
* Nov. 3, 6:55 a m. to 3:55 p m. Fort Worth. Texas.
Mrs. Paul W. Haire, leader. Mrs. The college won the football game Seattle, Washington where he will
athletic insurance, a camera and
Corliss King and Mrs. Joseph with Vanport Friday night 13-0, spend a few days visiting rela
light meter for use in school pub
Lambert, assistants. A train both teams being ex-service men. tives and vacationing.
lication*. new stage lights and
ing course for all leaders and their
costumes for the drill team .
assistants was held in Cottage
Grove Tuesday from 10 to 3 o'
clock. with Mrs. Janet Stutz, field
secretary for Three Rivers Coun
cil, in charge.
Shirley Arne Among 12 4-H Members to
Win Trip to National 4-H Club Congress
Jaycees Appoint
Merlin Bullard
C. G. Cubmaster
Carnival Tickets
Go on Sale Today
Upholstering Class
Started for Adults
Mrs. Della Wolfard
Dies Here Monday
Hallowe’en Frolic
Latham School, 31
Edward W. Clark
Killed Thursday in
Woods Accident
Two Occupants of Sixth Street Building to Open November 1st
NEW FEATURE!
Sgt. Ray Huffman
Serving In Korea
Gets Promotion
•Sergeant Raymond A. Huffman
of the 7th Infantry Division in Ko.
tea wax recently promoted from
the grade of Corporal.
Serving with the "Hourglass"!
division's 31st Infantry Regiment,
Sergeant Huffman is presently as
signed to duty as a Squad Leader
and has been in the army 3%
years.
Sergeant Huffman is the holder
of the: Combat Infantry Badge,
Purple Heart, with 4 Oak Leaf
Clusters, ETO Ribbon with 3 Bat-1
tie Stars, American Theatre Rib
bon and the Good Conduct Ribbon.
Mr. and Mrs. James Ray Stew
art, his parents, reside at Sagin-!
aw, Oregon.
-i"s
j
W. <1. Robertson
Two occupants of the new 6th
DAZAAR AND FOOD SALE
'street building, Cottage Grove’s
The Dorena grange has an-1 modern mercantile mart will open
nounced a bazaar and food sale for business Saturday, November
for November Sth at the Row Rlv- 1st. Th« third firm, the Perry
or club hall, a benefit dinner to Dress Shop will not be ready to
Ite served from 5:30 to 8:00 o’-; open on this date, but hope to be
clock The ladles will have cooked open soon.
food and fancy work booths and
Clark's Studio, to be operated
the men will have a farm produce by Mr. ahd Mrs. W. G. (Wally)
booth.
Robertson, will greet customers
Mrs. W. G. Robertson
and friends on this date in its
modern studio, oquip|>ed with the
latest and most modern fixtures.
A valuable door prize will be given
the holder of the lucky number
at a 4 :(X) p m. drawing. There is
no obligation attached to this of
fer. All that is required is to write
your name on a duplicate ticket.
Cottage Grove's first exclusive
sho»> store will he opened by
N, R. Graham
Graham and Thorp. N. B. Graham
and .O. E. Thorp, under the man
agement of Mike Diamond, a for
mer manager of the Western Auto
Supply Store here, assisted by
Fred Long. The new shoe store
will feature Buster Brown shoes
for hoys and girls, Roblee shoes
for men and Air Step shoes for
women.
1
The store will open Saturday
O. E. Thorp
at 10:00 a. m. with prizes for all
visitors. There will be corsages
for the ladies, cigars for the men
and balloons, tablets, pencils and
Buster Brown comic books for
, the children.
Messrs. Graham and Thorp will
be here for the opening. At pres-
, ent they are operating a shoe store
i at Corvallis, which was established
j two years ago.
Eugene Elevator
Suffers $150,000
Fire Damage 25th
Fire put out of commission the
biggest elevator in this section
Saturday night when the Eugene
Mill & Elevator was partly de-.
strayed by a blaze, the origin of
which had not been determined
according to an early report. Esti
mates say that damages will run
more than $150,000. The value of :
the entire plant was set at $250,-
000. The owners of the mill, the
Bushman Brothers, have no plans
to replace the mill.
The Eugene concern supplied at
least one local feed store here.
OVERTON GRADUATES
KEESLER FIELD. Miss. Pfe. I
Eugene E. Overton, son of Mr. and .
Mrs. Fred V. Overton, Cottage1
Grove, Oregon last Thursday was
graduated from one of the world’s
greatest educational programs — '
one of the Air Training Com
mand’s airplane mechanics train
ing courses at Keesler Field.
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