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Section Three The Cottage Grove Sentinel COTTAGE GRl AE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON P.I.L.E. Jo Open At Portland Sat. Ir». K <». Conner Phone 140M Lorane ICX)F Ixxige Fine Livestock A record large dairy cattle show of 721 animals of all major breeds will be featured by a Jersey show with nearly 200 entries, including animals from most of the Western states, Connecticut. Missouri, Ar kansas and British Columbia. Strong shows also are in prospect for the other dairy breeds, with Brown Swiss especially showing a big increase in numbers. The sheep show also will be the largest ever staged in this region, with some 712 animals competing. Increases from last year also are show n in "the swine show w ith 425 head, and in dairy goats with 148 head. Angora goats with 49 head are about the same as last year. < oinplete Show Ing Rounding out the West’s most complete showing of purebred livestock is the 475-head beef cat t'e show, featuring the American Hereford Association's annual Register of Merit show. The Shorthorn show will be the largest in and Aberdeen- Angus breeders will stage their usual strong show. The annual fat stock auction a ng Central Vermont railway steam locomotive number 220, believed to be the last of the “ten wheelers" in the United States, will join the famous old side-wheel steamboat "•Ticonderoga" in the transportation exhibit at the celebrated Shelburne Museum in Vermont. Built in 1915 and known as the “Presidents' Engine", coal-burning 220 hauled many "VIP" special trains in its long and active career including those of Presidents Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover. Franklin D. Roose velt and Dwight Eisenhower. It was also used on a special train oper ated for the Duke of Windsor when he was Prince of Wales. The loco motive. retired from active service and replaced by a diesel, was pre sented to Mrs. .1 Watson Webb, founder and president of the Shel burne Museum by Donald M. Kerr, General Manager, Central Vermont Railway. Looking on is Col. Watson Webb, co-founder of the museum. INS will be Wednesday, October 19, and two sales of breeding cattle also are scheduled. Pacific Coast Aberdeen-Angus sale will be Tues day night, and the American Hereford Association sale will be Friday afternoon. Growth of the region’s com- merce and industry will be mir- rored in the livestock show’s com- panion feature, the Lewis and Clark Exposition of Progress, in the main exhibit hall. It will in clude an entertainment program featuring the famous Hoosier Hot Shots, Frankie Double- daters and Payo & Mai. Exhibits from 19 Oregon coun ties and commodity groups will provide a show window for agri culture. | I 1 1 m. Fridas Iwane Men Will Be Awarded KIOF 25-Year Jewels Wednesday The largest livestock show in the history of Portland s 45 year old Pacific International Live stock Exi>osition <>|xns Saturdav October 15. A record number of entries from exhibitors in 12 states and two Canadian provinces will just about fH] the big PI. plant to capacity' lor what may be the final show in the present building. Ex tra stalls had to be installed to take care of the influx of entries, but Manager Walter Holt assures that all animals will be comfort ably housed. Exposition directors are hope ful that next yeat s show can lx1 held in Portland's Exposition- Recreation to be con- structed in Delta Park. 25.18 head of line livestock will be awaiting a turn in the show- rings when judging begins Mon day, October 17. in the open-class show. In addition, more than 500 bead of 4-H and FEA stock have been entered in the junior show. Phone win THURSDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1955 Locomotive Becomes Museum Piece Service Club Meets At Culp Creek s. Florence Eriksen Phone 6844)5 CULP CREEK Culp Creek school service club met October 6. Bingo was played and refresh ments served. Serving committee for November 3 will be S. J. Bon- kowski. Laurence Stratton and Robert Vaughn. The soccer and football games which were to be played at Mt. View Friday afternoon were called off on account of rain. Miss Shirley Raymond of Cot tage Grove spent the weekend with friends in Culp Creek while her mother and Stevie visited with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ray mond of Dorena. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Goodell Unemployment dropped 3,800 during August as seasonal expan spent the weekend on a hunting sion in basic industries continued trip in eastern Oregon. They bag through the month, according to ged a deer Sunday. Mrs. Victor Patton is a patient reports received from the 26 local offices of th«’ State Uni mnloy- in the hospital, where she under m"nt Com[»ensation commission. went surgery last week. A meeting of Cub Scouts and The number actively seeking work was estimated at 16,400, the parents was held October 11 at lowest in nearly three years, A Row River Community hall with month ago 20.200 looking rechartering of membership. Re for work w hile last year on Sep freshments were served. The next tember 1 there were 29,300 active pack meeting will lx> October 27 at the Culp ("reek gym. jobseekers. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hamilton The four-county area around and two children of Japan visited Portland reported unemployment here recently with Mr. and Mrs. declines of over 13 percent; how Tom Godard and other friends be ever, the metropolitan area still fore going to Alaska, where they accounted for 60 jx-rcent of the' will make their home. state's jobseekers Three areas, all ' Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Simon cele "i eastern Oregon, reported slight increases from a month ago. while brated their 40th wedding anni October 9 at their home. three others reported no change. versary Present were Mr. and Mrs. Wal With agriculture and fixid pro ter Simon and family, Mr. and cessing activities reaching the Mrs Howard Simon and family yearly peak, western Oregon areas showed the greatest improvement of Cottage Grove. Mr. and Mrs. John Simon and baby of Dayton. s nee August 1. Payments to insured workers Wash., Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Thorn- during August were $596.630, up brough and family. Mrs. Nellie 12 percent from July. This total White. Mrs Ray Swan and John compares with $1.222,984 paid out Wornock, al] of Eugene. Mr. and during August, 1954. For the first Mrs. CIXyton Simon and son of eight months of 1955. benefits Hebron. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence have amounted to $13.384.381, a Simon and family of Izindon and decline of 27 percent from the Mr. and Mrs James Humphrey .'■•18.211.733 paid out during the and family of Culp Creek. Mr and Mrs. L. E. Thornhrough first eight months last year. _ and family of Eugene spent the weekend recently visiting her ter, Mrs. James Humphrey, and family. Mr and Mrs. G. R. White left Tuesday for Durant. Okla., be- cause of the serious illness of Mr. I White's father, who underwent (.surgery recently. Pau) Arthur has retired after 15 years' employment at Booth- Kelly mill at Row River. He has been deer hunting for a few days. Owen Sloan of Gold Beach spent the weekend with his par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sloan. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Crawford and children and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Chapman spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. David j Hulse in Eugene. Deer hunters reported in this area who “got their bucks” in clude Ralph Humphrey, Kenneth Sloan, Oliver Crawford and Stan ley Goodell. Fritz Tanner and Er nest Gildersleeve killed a large bear last week back of Tom God dard's place. Bohemia lumber mill crews went hack to work Wednesday of last week after having a few days off for the deer hunting season. hop. and family and also his nddaughter. Mis. Jack Kerr. I family before leaving for Curtin Activities Include Meetings grade school while he was gone hunting. Mr. and Mrs Ellis Cook of Port Orford spent the weekend at the home of Mr and Mrs Jack Ter rell. Other visitors at the Terrell home ss ere their daughters and sons-in-law. Mr and Mrs Archie Richardson a n d Connie K; Myrtle Creek and Mr. and Mrs. 1 M-an (.'ix’k of Eugene. Saturday dinner guests a the R. G. Conner home • Mr and Mrs. Hollis Conner and daughter returned from two and one half years in Sydney Mr. and Mis K Conner and sons Mike and Tommy of Portland and H. T. Conner of Cottage Grove. Mr. Mrs. Alford went to Eddy v ille Sunday bis mother. Mrs O. L. Alford, who has been ill Mr. and Mrs. Arnold of Van Nuys, Calif, have moved into the house of their daughter. Mis Glen Myers, while the Myerses are in Brownsville. Mr. and Mrs. Ixtuie Torricellas have moved to the Pleasant Hill district, where they hase pur- chased a home. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Holland art moving to ......... „„ Bailey Hill this week. They have bougWt a place there. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Taylor on a trip east w here they w ill visit their daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Janies Bartholomew and daughter Kathryn Mary at Erie, Pa. They will be at home near Goshen after the first ot Novem ber. Mr and Mrs. W. M Gates of San Diego, Calif, spent last week at the home of their son and daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gates. Also visiting at the Gates home his sister. Mrs James Jump, and son Willie of Umatilla. The elder Gates left for a visit with another daughter Monday but will return again next week for a longer stay. memliers Wednesday night w hen the Grand Master makes an offi cial visit to the local lodge. W. H. Mitchell and H A. <Bud> Mitch ell of Springfield are to receive the awards Alter the kxige meet ing. ladies of the Rebekah lodge will serve refreshments and enter tain. The Ugo-Igo club meeting has been postponed until October 21. when it will meet at the home of Mrs. A R. Barker with Mrs 1. N. Ashley Members to bring embroidery hoops; work will lx? done on a set of dish tow els to be kept for fire relief in the community. Mohawk and Lorane will play at the local football field at 2 p.m. Friday. Lt. Clyde Warner was called home last week from army ma neuvers in Louisiana by the death of his foster mother. Mrs. Glen Robertson. He returned to duty the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Holder, for mer residents who now live in Brownsville, are the parents of a baby daughter. This makes eleven children in the Holder family, eight boys and three girls. Cpl. and Mrs. W. H. Mitchell Jr. spent the weekend at the home of his parents and went deer hunting I High school students are having their six-week examinations this week. Mr and Mrs Dennis Mitchell and children and C. B. Mitchell spent last week at Sumpter at the Dan Warnock home. Mrs. Mitchell and the children visited with Mrs. Warnock while the men hunted. Mr. and Mrs. James Kotrc and Mr. and Mrs. Oren Jacobson were among the hunters who went to eastern Oregon last week. Johnnie Briggs drove the school bus for his uncle, Lewis Briggs, while Lewis was on a hunting trip The first Chief of Staff of the in eastern Oregon. United States Army. Lieutenant Mrs. Rodney Dillon substituted General Samuel B. M. Young, as janitor for James Kotrc at the I took office August 16, 1903. in- The N club met at the home of Mrs. Priscilla Walker i )ctober for a (Hillock dinner. Ms brake played the organ and sang Mrs Will Hi nderet, Mrs. Jess Bullard, Mrs. Robert Gordineer and Miss Jean Jones, s ember home of Mrs. nothj Sands. Edwin Becker. roll- along nicely. Alvin Allen underwent ond operation Friday and seems to lx- feeling Ix’tter N. C Bishop of Yucaipa. Calif , visited a tew days recently with his daughter. Mrs Sidnev Meach am. and family The Meachams BETTER PRINTING '’ui tin Community ■ Church, lorthwest ian College a tor, held mess meeting and mned iram for the fall ison. been who DISPLAYS BOOKLETS CATALOGS STATIONtRY Mi»» Miss Ruth M intermediate Sheldon Nelson will teach young peonie s dai din will continue caching the teachers are College The three teachers applied for mem be rship. which showed a need for an organization charter. Mr. II 11< L: i present to the people of the com- munity on night Oetolx-r 1 I. and will hold the char ter open for a couple of weeks come c memliers. Then it ss ill la- The church will have no denomi nation and will operate as a com to see his son. Ray munity church. Forms That Fit Your Business We ll design and print a single form or a coordi nated system that will fit your business like a glove. Free estimates. Cottage Grove Sentinel ANNOUNCING Kenny Brittain is the new owner of Radway's Flying "A" Service Station Come in and get acquainted TIRES — No money down and six months to pay Don't forget to check your ANTI-FREEZE! KEN’S FLYING A SERVICE 140 No. 9th We Give Brown Stamps Phone I 88Y Unemployment vxutl Filled Prescription. is always an investment in good health. And, you can always de pend on your Reiall pharmacist to fill your prescription prompt ly, precisely as directed by your physician. You can be assured, too. that he uses only the finest pharmaceuticals available, deliv ered to you at fair, reasonable prices Bring your prescriptions to your Rexall pharmacist as another forward step toward good health. 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