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COTTAGE GROVE, LA N E COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. JU LY 29. 1954
"The G eneral," Filmed in Grove Area,
To Be Shown at Dorena Grange Friday
"The General.” the story of a
wood burning locomotive of the
C iv il W ar days film edun this area
in 192(*. w ill be shown, at the D or
ena Grange hfdl this Friday eve-
nine; at 8 p.m.
Byron Houck, chairman of the
Cottage Grove Recreation Com
m ittee, was an actor and camera
man fo r pie production. The c li
max of . the film , which started
Buster Keaton and Marian Mack,
occured when "The General” was
blown up as it crossed a bridge
near where the Bohemia Lumber
v j . is now built. For years-it was
possible to see it in the river.
F ilm ed in Row River
The O.P.&E. railroad running
east of Cpttage. Grove through the
Row River valley is the scene of
the picture.
A Row River young man, David
"S k ip ” . Larsen saw the picture in
Japan under the name of "Roaring
Rails,"
and
recognizing
th e
scenery as Row River, wrote his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W alter I -ar-
sen, to get information concern-
ing i t fo r him. Finding the film
to be actually made on Row River,
Larsep purchased it, and it is due
to him, that the film w ill again
be shown here, free to a ll those
who wish to attend.
Skip has previewed the film and
finds it in good condition.
Grovers in H im
P ra c tic a lly 'a ll extra personnel
in the filth are residents of the
Cottage Grove area. a t t he tim e
it was made, arid should be of in-
terest to many s till residing here
M r. Houck w ill be present at
the showing of th e ’ film and w ill
be glad to answer any questions
concerning "The General" and- to
discuss it w ith you.'
_ A fte r the showing o f the film ,
the Dorena Grange HEC club w ill
sell pie and coffee in the basement
dining room. »
No Stinker Now
B y M m . O rv ille Lam b
I t was a sabbath day, July
2ft, but the ox was in th«' pit
and must be gotten out. O nly
the ox th is tim e wan a « B it
ra t, pfiSSrer 61 the -ESB otm
which was caught in the act
and must he elim inated. Dean
L am b and his m other under
took the job th a t e a rly m orn
ing, 'and knowing the anim al
was w ell equipped w ith spray
ing apparatus, did underesti
m ate the spraying distance so
w ere social outcasts even In
th e ir own home. T h e re was no
church
attendance
fo r
the
Lambs th a t m orning, but a fte r
much scrubbing and p erfu m
ing, w ere able to attend evening
services at C ottage Grove w ith
out too much comm ent. The
c lv lt was, w ith o u t delay, given
a decent burial and if he hed
a tombstone the epitaph would
read: “Once bad, but no long-
•er a s tin ke r.”
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Serving the Heart of the Nation's Greatest Lum ber Region Since 1889
Chamber Reveals
Plans of Future
(Courtesy Cottage G za
Lake W eather S tation )
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Teague Bros. Lumber Company
Destroyed by Flames Saturday
Committee appointments were
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made and future plans revealed
at the Chamber of Commerce
i Executive Board meeting Tuesday
| noon?
F irst on the calendar of Cham
C R E S W E LL The firs t big' loss by fire in Creswell in some tim e
ber activities is the gold rush trip
occured Saturday forenoon, when the main sawmifl of the Teagbe
. | to the Bohemia area, scheduled
Bros. Lum lier Co. was completely destroyed. Through quick action by
I fo r the second Thursday in Au-
the local fire department; the planer, office, dry kiln and most of
. ' ¡ gust. The Chamber has invited
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| several county commissioners to
t h e . lu m b e r " R a v e d .
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accompany the trek to view the j
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Through a m utual aid agree
road situation in the area,
ment w ith Eugene and Spring-
New
Industry
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field, fire t nicks reported from
ij “Great Pimsihllitie«”
both places.
A report from the park reerea-
Spark S ta rts l i r e
-• tion board, headed by Miles Wicks
C arl Teague, a partner of the
i brought out the '.‘great possibili
firm >aid the fire started from
^By M r s ., E sth er T ru n n ell
ties” of the Blue Mountain rec- ;
reation park. Wicks reported that ,
A new industry in this area is a spark from a welder used in
H eoim el P a o lo
was about $800 in ih e coun- |
the
growing of mushrooms. M r. m aking repairs while the m ill was
T
ty funds alloted for improvement
and Mrs. George MacKenzie, who closed down for Saturday. In spite
of the park. The money fo r the
I purchased about one acre of of the use of fire extinguishers
420 some «pre area would be spread
' ground“ right
behind
Hebron and w ater at the m ill, the fire
out as- much as possible to cover
I Grange h a ll last year, arc hegin- got under the o il soaked floor
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M r. and Mrs. Dewey E. M attie improvements o f roads, rest room
j ning to harvest th e ir crop of ing and in a m atter of minutes,
the whole shed was aflame.
»1 Portland. Ore., arrived recently facilities, park benches and tables,
, mushrooms
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Carl and Charles Teague o f
to make th e ir home in Cottage etc, “ Wicks stated. One possibility
Mr. MacKenzie, began to erect
GFove. Mr. M attie wil,l take gen to obtain more funds fo r the pro-
a building 16x20 last January, in Eugene leased the plant from the
(cra i management of the Sm ith ( ject Wicks suggested, would be to
his spare time. He now has eight Pacific M ill Co. three years ago
Funeral Home and w ill live in the tu rn the proposed Baker Bay
beds in which he grows mushrooms and report the plant was insured,
apartment above the chapel.
park over to the state and lise jhe
i w ith more room in ■ the building but no plans have been announced
S entinel P h n tu
fo r rebuilding.
M r- M attie is a v e t e r a n . o f money allotted fo r that on the^
S E V E R A L C R E S W E L L F IR E M E N t r y fruitlessly to save the Teague Lum ber Co., which burned to j to-erect four more.
The- m ill employs 28 men and
W orld W ar I I and a member of Ì Blue Mountain park. ~
N o t Yet Completed
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e subject
of
( the - American Legion. He h a s
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1— bringing new in- ****“ Krn,,nd Satu rd ay. They did manage, h o w ev er,-to save the dorks, office .and th e lum ber stacks,
1 Among other things, however, produces an average o f 45,000
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taught music fo r 17 years i n and dustries in to the area was b r ie f-I
! steam pipes have' to he added he- feet a day, mostly in green lum
around Portland and has played ly discussed.. The suggestion of
L_1C A L . r yi.n.1
! fore w inte r to complete the build- ber.
Cooperation Helps
thè- violin fo r three seasons in buying up prospective building v ^ l Q v y O i l j Z A I U lT in i
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The Camas Lumber Co., The
sites to give to the new industries
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the Portland Junior. Symphony,
The mushrooms, which now-
Mrs. M attie (just c a lib e r Kay) and contracting w ith Pacific Pow- i I I C l l I C T O D c Z A U g . /
have to he picked every day- are Cteswell Lumber Co. and the
' is very capable and w i l l be m - er and L ig h t to furnish power for
called Cultured Mushrooms. The M ilwaukie Plywood Co. are lo
* T h e annual |li-d Ctuaa x w i iiiT
B y M rs . E sth er T ru n n e lt
spawn from which they grow, was cated w ith in the same block as
sisting at the funerals. The Mat- them was referred tò the Industri-
riling leasons for the Month
t>«< have Two' sons, Stan. 12, and , al Committee fo r fu rth e r delibera- I Saturday.
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purchase^, from a Seattle firm . the damaged property and- only
Lane area, w ill s ta rt Mopday
A meeting, catted at-the request-
¿are
w ith "the . splendid cooperation of
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I tion.
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Grov" H,* h
im trnihg, August 2. LeMons for
c o i'o r u l
r v c i v i v o i - f v; n t i ' r v a e c
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of several property owners along
; School picnic .in the south end
the fire fighters was a greater
The
spawn
is
planted
one
and
th
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area
w
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he
held
in
the
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Those ,
the route of the new highway, one h alf inches deep in six inches disaster averted.
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pool
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T T S include both students in grade
was held Tuesday even.ng to. dis- .
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N. M. Ohring of Eugene, owner
4 revealed at the meeting meluded anf) h| s(,ho)>, ,H.twe(.n 1900 and
field. Lessons w ifi be held M o n
of the mitt, was undecided Tues
cuss
matters
pertaining
to
Hood.
fe
rtlliz
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has
addtxF
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days
the dec.sion to let the newly in-
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day through S atu rd ay fo r a
drainage and irriga tion problems
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day as to-whether or not he would
t stalled
o ffice rs,, io
to ue
be; |
tw o week p«*riod. T h e re w ill
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created by the new highway.-
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A new concern fo r Cottage r* elected in December, take office H
he no charge fo r traRH|M>rtatlon
'Present at the meeting were ♦
Grove, G ray’s F urniture w ill be ; at the firs t of the year in s t e a d ,
iqi.T to 19*16 ar
or fo r the lessons.
H enry Pavlek. Soil Conservation-
F ou r buses operated by the * is t' from the Area Conservation
open fo r business Friday, the 30th. ©f w aiting- u n til February:
L T T J n c P • . 'n itn n im A n attend
in the Cottage Grove hotel b u ild -, meeting in September, honoring . . .
Harvev of Fu
South lauie R ecreation w ill
Service in Albany, his tw o en
ing. in the form er quarters o f f the mayor and the c ity council
’ y^ u „
Vhe
transport sw im m ers
to
the
gineers, Ralph Brownscombe • and
N i c b o h f t ^ T he firm on the improvements in Cottage ^
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Springfield pool. T w o hose*
Richard Helm - engineer specialists
is composed of R. (Red* B. Gray Grove during the past two years,
w ill leave nt * a m . each m orn
w ith the U.S. Department of Ag
to meet his form er stu-
and his w ife Elta Gray. Gray's and a meeting in October w l t b i i always
,
u.
ing. One of the buses w ill trans
ricu ltu re Soil Conservation Serv
w ill handle new and used fu rn iture Pacific Power and Light to dis-
e p
port advanced beginners (a n y
ice, and officials from the W il
and appliances.
cuss the possible area promotion Fotltick Dinner Served
one who can aw ini a few
lam ette Basin Committee, Elmo
I A potluck dinner w ill be served
R. B. ( Iray has been a resident projects.
strokes hut less th an ftO fee t)
Chase, state chairman, and Fred
of Cottage Grove since 1932 and
The appointment o f committees j *» 1 2 - aeon. Coffee, cream and
and a second bna w tll take In
Knox, coufitjr cftalrtTifth.“ - " " ' - '
during m ost o f bis residence here included the selection o f a ll the I sugar w ill be served. Short im-
term ediate sw im m ers. Junior
The ^meeting was called In lieu
has been associated w ith the past - fir s t citizens o f Cottage prornptu talks, group singing and
and senior life savers. Tw o
o f a meeting o f jh e Soil Conser
Chevrolet agency and u n til re- Grove to pick out the upcoming visiting along w ith registration
buses for beginners w ill leave
vation D is tric t, which has not yet
cently, was an employee o f the fiVst citizens; the appointment of and ,he »«king of the picture of
a t 10 a-m. The m in im um age
been formed and ready to func
Cottage Grove M otor Co.
i a c o iW ftilte e tb f i l l "the vacancy ¡the group. Will f i l l the afternoon,
fo r beginners Is six years.
tion. The property owners asked
j - Details of the opening of the ( of B ill S u tte rlin in the Executive . This is. the th ird annual meet-
T h e advanced beginners bus
the W illam ette Basin Committee
new firm are found elsewhere in Board; and the appointment o f a ink of ,his Kroi*P The firs t in
w ill re tu rn about jio o n w ith the
to make an irriga tion reconnais-1
this issue.
'banquet committee to handle \ 19S2 wa* headed by Ruth Wood-
o th e r three buses returning
sance survey to determine how to
| preparations fo r the annual b a n -( a^d McCall^ and Blanche, Veatch
about 12:4ft p.m. Buses w ill
best handle the highway situation.
Short of the class of 1912. This
quet.
operate
each
m
orning
regard
Euqene Band Concert
The Chamber of Commerce Ag
class had their 40th reunion that
less of the w eather.
ricu ltu re Committee and repre
year. In 1953 tw o classes, 1 9 ll
To be Given at C ity
T h e Am erk-an Red Cross Is
sentatives from five granges were
and 1913. held th e ir reunions I t
providing the instructors and
appointed to follow through w ith
Park on August 6th
was tho 42nd fo r 1911 and tjje 40th
assuming the pool costs. The
the project u ntil a Soil Conserva-
fo r 1913, This year, the classes
South lam e Recreation Is pro ►
The Eugene C ity hand w ill be
! tion D is tric t can be formed and
of.
1910
and
1914
are
sponsoring
viding the transpo rtatio n w ith
here Friday, August 6. to give a
function as such.
the a ffa ir.
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buses loaned by the ha-al ele
concert in the city .park. Norman
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Fire Started by Welder’s Spark
Oil Soaked Floors Feed Flames
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Mushrooms Grown
By G. Mackenzie
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D. E. Mattie New
Smith Chapel Head
Free Red Cross
Soil Conservation
Swimming Lessons O fficia ls, Property
Owners meet Tues.
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Richards, who served as contact
man to bring the Eugene group
heFe, says the band is an excellent
organization.
The concert w ill be free. No ad-
mission w ill be charged.
C ounty Building
Plans are Rapped
By Floyd Gîthens
In v ita tio n s Sent O irt
Invitations have been sent out
Floyd Githens, member o f the
which include a picture of the
Citizens Court House Committee,
old high school building. N ew ad
named several months ago to re-
dresses of old students are wel
port on plans fo r new county
come by Blanche Short, secretary,
buildings, attended a meeting of
Vjna, Ranrtall g
the committee^ m Eugene Tuesday £
idcn{ this ycar.
a TOS.
evehmg. A t this tim e a group o f
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architects who had agreed to ,
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draw up plans fo r a county center, r
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a f,e r T vehral I
Pfcnte w ill
months of study. The county has
Jefferson school
employed an architect, who drew _,.rfit_r ill_
up a panoramic view of what the
Among those missing this year
new community center would look
w ill be Elsie Lea. form er high
likc^
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A ll ll Dronosed
proposed sites
sites exceot
except where
wnere schODl tcachpr- and Stanley passed
the present court house stands,,
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away. In the pioneer group, AI-
were rejected and the proposal mon*
mcnw‘
w i„
^ isspd
A b » L b .„ C u r i . h,«h school
program, which would include the
teacher fo r 30 years, recently
blocks east from the court house
passed away.
to the Southern Pacific tracks and
Skinner’s Butte. A fte r the plan
was presented and several talks STATE DIRECTOR GUEST A T
made favqring the comprehensive DEGREE OF HONOR JU LY 22
proposal, M r. Githens raised the ]
objection th a t the plans, which
The Degree o f Honor met July
included a cultural center for i 22 at the Eagles hall fo r a short
Eugene, were drawn where Ew- meeting- State D irector Clara
gene would benefit most and the Heppner, was a visitor.
The next meeting w ill be held
remainder of the county would be
August 26 w ith Olida Brandsness
left w itho ut due consideration.
M r. Githens said it appeared to and I-enora Pybum as hostesses.
him that the comprehensive plan ;__________________ ;_______ __
was drawn principally fo r the L
benefit of the Eugene business j
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men and did not take in to con-
THIÎSE “FLOWERS OF THE PA SSIO N ” blooming lor th e first sideration tw o or three other
Time In three years are from the rare vine grown by Mrs. Earl Wood-< i sites, better suited for the out- 1
son, «08 South 11th. Ont o f curiosity and Investigation, Mrs. Woodson Tying cdfnffliQpltles. He said the
found that the exottr blooms, out for only a few hours each, have question w as still being argued
a history dating hack to Biblical times and have a strangely symbolic when he left.
Christian connection.
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Rare Flowers Bloom Christ’s Passion
When the Spanish settlers
were roaming through South and
C entral America they found this
•flow er so symbolic of the Cruci
fixion th a t they named it the
"flo w e r of the Passion." In the
five-parted purple or lavender
blossoms w ith stripes of w hite
they saw the crown of thorns and
the five marks of the wounds of
O ur Lord. The styles were the
three nails and the stamens were
the hammer that drove the nails
into his hands and feet. The flo ra l
leaves were the ten apostles.
¿Judas and Peter being absent, the
one having betrayed and the oth-
4 -Letter Dealer
Award Goes to
Githens for 6th Yr.
m e n ta ry and high school dis
tricts.
The
recreation
sw im m ing
buses to D ra in in the a fte r
noon w ill he discontinued d u r
ing the m orning sw im m ing les
sons.
Anyone having questions re
garding the sw im m ing lessons
may receive Inform ation by
calling Roh Dusenherry, Rec
reation director, a t IffOR.
Registration cards fo r the
sw im m ing classes m ay he ob
tained a t the park, Cham ber
of Comm erce office, or a t the
afternoon sw im m ing bus. The
cards are to be brought along
and presented to the instructors
on the firs t m orning of class
es.
PRICE O F BREAD HIKED
Outside bakeries, im porting pro
ducts into Cottage Grove, raised
the price of bread Monday from
one to two cents per loaf. It was
understood the local bakery had
not raised bread prices at the
time. Pound loaves of bread ad-
vanced a penny, while the pound
and a half, advanced two cents.
Stephens to Open
Sunny Lawn Home
For the Elderly
P IC T U R R D IS T H E S M O L D E R IN G F R A M E o f p a rt o f Teague
L um ber Co.’s m ill. T h e fire, started by a w elder’s spark, was fed by
4.(>ll .soaked floors.
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Senior M em ber Resigns
George McReynolds Finishes Sixteen
Year Term as School Board Director
Sunny I.awn Siesta, a new Cot
tage Grove home for the elderly.
The sixteen year term o f George McReynolds as a director o f
was recently converted from the »he Cotlage Grove High school board, recently taken over by W illia m
private home of M r. and Mrs. Roy
Rumpus, represents the longest of anyone now on the high school
B. Stephens,
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scene, save that o f George C urrin, who has been a Janitor fo r CG
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ranch style home, w ith about 3,-! teacher8- coaches, school members, and of course high school students.
(XX) square feet of floor space. I t
Sports highlights during M c
is located a mile and a half from
Reynolds' stay included an un
the c ity lim its on South Sixth
defeated football team in 1944
Street.
and a football team in 1945, coach
Many special features make the
Dusenberry’s f i r s t y e a r here,
home especially safe and com for
which went a ll the w ay to the
table fo r elderly folk. The Haudite
state semi-finals before being de
block building is a ll on one level
feated 7 to 0 by Hood R iver (the
w ithout stairways. An even tem
only reason CG lost the game,
perature in a ll types of weather
many felt, was because Gordon
is maintained by perimeter, heat-
Netdiegh, Grove’s s ta r q uarter
and a ir _ conditioping, Tele.-
back, broke Mis w rist Just before
I vjsion and a large fireplace add
the second half. U p until th a t
t en»c rta inmcnt and com fort in the
time CG got within Hood R iver’s
i |jVing room.
10 yard line twice and had out
j Overlooking a Creek in a quiet-
gained them in yardage).
I |y secluded location, the large
Sports H ig hligh ts
windows of the home give a view
More sports highlights: J n 1948
of the green valley.
Cottage Grove's football team was
The Stephens have previous ex
the only undefeated team in the
perience in the operation of re s t
state. In 1949 CG's , basketball
homes. They had a home in Glen-
five narrowly missed going to the
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J state basketball tournam ent and
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C G Swim Pool Fund
H its $23,000 M ark
george
M c R eynolds
W inds up 16 ye ar school baord
career.
McReynolds became a director
er denied his master. The leaves.
Cottage Grove’s, swim pool of the school board in 1938, tw o
were the hands of the persecutors i
and the clinging tendrils th e ;
springboard sprung up. another (years before the fir s t classes, were
rung on thy ladder to the $23,000 held in the new high school; in
scourges.
mark, announced Mrs. Kathleen the spring of 1940. In McReynolds’
The plant of the N orth Am er
ican passion flower is shrubby and j Floyd Githens. local Ford dfs-
Richards, South Lane Recreation firs t year on the board the en-
Comfnittee chairman.
rollm ent was 380. By 1954 the
climbing. being somewhat tro u b le -; trib u to r, has been awarded the
4- The springboard has remained enrollm ent-had increased to 640.
some in the southern cotton fields. Ford 4 -le tte r dealer award for
at the same level fo r about a Only Two Superintendents
The root of some species is poi the sixth consecutive year. Word
month. Four m ajor donations, one j D uring the 16 years there were
sonous and acts like morphine. of the award was received Wed
$1,000, two $500 and one $250 only tw o superintendents. H. B.
Other species are planted that nesday morning. There have been
g ift, made up the bulk of the Ferrin and V irg il Kingsley, who
they may craw l over arbors and only five dealers in the Sealtle
$3,000 increase, Mrs. Richards came here in 1948 from Junction
district to receive the award con
verandas.
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said.
j C ity High. Stella H o lt has been
The scientific name is Passi flora tinuously from over 300 dealers
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As soon as the drawings fo r the ' w ith the high school the longest
In the d istrict. Only 65 Ford deal
Jncarnata.
SO B U S IN E S S IS B A D E H ? W ell, here’s » m an who doesn’t pool are completed. Mrs. Rich- (of any teacher, Joining the s ta ff
Inform ation from page 85. Vol ers in the organization have been
ume 11. Compton's Pictured En so honored to receive the award ■ th in k so. W ayne Cannon 1« pictured here in fro n t of a whole carload ards. added, bids for construction fo ur years A.M. (a fte r McReyn-
of the pool w ill he let;
I olds).
six years in succession.
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cyclopedia.
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beat EugenF b o t h games th a t
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M ajor W erner Dinfemen
ln$tructor in Civil
Defense C en ter School
M ajo r W erner Dihtem an, grand
son of M r. and M rs. F . B. V a n -
N ortw ick of Cottage Grove, of the
arm y contingents, is one of the
instructors in the school started
by the Portland civil defense cen
te r to identify weapons of war.
M ajor D intem an was pictured in
the Oregonian of Ju ly 22, demon
strating to civil defense classes
how an autom atic device detects
atomic weapon hidden in pipe.
The school for defense is being
held on Swan Island.