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About The Willamina times. (Willamina, Yamhill County, Oregon) 1909-1972 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1933)
<tl)C ¡Hamina WILLAMINA. YAMHILL COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. JAN. 19. 1933 VOLUME 2«. NO. 22 $2 00 A YEAR Councilmen Will Meet with R.F.C. Pass Resolutions Against Bus Bill Also Hope to Settle Matter of Ninht Watchman Next Monday Night Local P.-T. A. Favors Reten tion of Transportation and Will Circulate Petitions At a meeting of the town coun cil Munday night a letter from the Kecufislruction Finance Corpora tion was read which stated that they wi*re.unable to »eno a man to meet with the local council, and in vitin g them to go to the Portland oflice for consultation. This the council voted to do, del- egating Mayor Neely. Treasurer Fundman and City Attorney H-ider to to act as their repre- Kentatives. They w ill go as soon as an appointment can be ar ranged. The m atter of hiring a night marahaU was again brought and discussed (and cussed?) at length. It was decided to'receive bids for the job. said applicants to I».- re s idents of the town and t< slate salary for which they wid do tlie job. The council will meet again n ext Monday night^to decide the - m atter. ------------a------------ Receiving Congratulations The efforts of some so-called tax savers” to cut out the bus service which now gives country children the eppertnnity to at tend high school is highly re sented by most liberal-minded citizens of the state, and the pro posed bill will meet strong op position in the legislature. The local Parent-Teacher Asso ciation met Wednesday night in special session to take action on the matter, and the follov ing resolution, drafted by a commit tee composed of K. E, Shetterly. Tony Klees, and Leon Beal, was unanimously adopted: To the Legislative Committee: Be it resolved by the Parent-Teachers As sociation of districts 30-44 that we wish to go on record as being opposed to the repeal of the High School Bus bill. We feel that to deprive some of the fifty- eight high school students served by our buses would terminate their further education, and be a great injustice to them. This resolution passed in special meet ing of January 18, !933, and approved by the officers of said organization. W hat Does Church Mean to You? Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Perry of Salem are receiving felicita tions on the birth of a daughter, Do you appreciate the influ Susan, born January 17. Mis. ' ence the church exerts toward Perry w ill be remembered! as . the moral and social betterment Marjorie Sherwin, daughter of of the community, or would you Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Sherwin. who; as soon bring up vour children for many years were in the mer in a community without this in cantile business in Wiiiamina. fluence? No one can dispute that the aim of the church is to better living conditions for all, and even 1 though that aim sometimes seems A large crowd attended the a little poor, on the whole the re January program given by the sults are gratifying. Campfire Girls last Saturday e v -! You enjoy all the benefits of ening and enjoyed over an hour organized society — good roads, of laughs. Even though the police and fire protection, good ground was white with snow, ice I schools, etc.—but you are forced cream was in great demand and to pay the price for all. The was readily sold with the cup church is the only influence for cakes. good in the community that de The total door receipts and ice pends entirely on free w ill con cream and cake sales netted the tributions to finance its efforts. group over nine dollars. This w ill Are you paying your share to be used to start work on various wards the expenses of our local crafts which w ill begin soon. church, or are you neglecting it? - --------- «----------- The church cannot function prop Yam hill Farm Reorganized erly, cannot provide training for Assistance has been given a children and young people, w ith farm er near Carlton by the coun out money. ty agent in reorganizing his place The Methodist churches of the into a stock farm rather than Salem district, of which our local continuing crop enterprises ex church is a member, have set clusively. Expense w ill be cut; February 5 as the date on which by having much of the land, i all member churches shall en- which is not exceptionally rich. | cassified as grazing land for ta x ' purposes. Irrigation is being in Local Red Cross Now stalled on 30 acres to provide pas Making Garments ture throughout the dry summer ! months. A quantity of cloth has been Campfire Girls M Y G IF T “ ®h ta>i,a gutirst all to me. jtlyw bumbla gill 3 bring to Clj»»." I ] [ I [ [ [ [ [ [ 1. I will attend church reg ularly if possible. ] 2. I will endeavor to bring others to church. ] 3. I will set apart at least 15 minutes daily for Bible study and prayer. ] 4. 1 will give myself to Christ. ] 5. I will attend the prayer meetings. ] 6. I will teach a Sunday school class when asked. ] 7. I will join the church. ] 8. I will work in the Ladies' Aid society. ] 9. I will pay $ (week ly) (monthly) to the sup port of the church. Signed deavor to report all expenses and obligations to that date paid in full. Members of the local church are trving to meet this condition. With your help they can do it. W ill you give that help? children, or grown-ups either, to go without warm clothing if they w ill only make their needs know n to the committee. This is not charity: it is only those who nave a surplus dividing with those who are not so fortunate. Du»* to the unemployment situation many, through no fault of their own, are without money to provide ev en necessities for their families, but there is plentv of everything and no one should suffer from told or hunger. ------------9------------ received bv the local Red Cross, of which Mrs. Strand is chair Adults may not like it, but man. and the ladies are busy cut Young America is tickled pink ting and sewing on garments. A over the mantle of snow which committee comnoseil of Mrs. R. came Saturday nigiit, about three Y. Neelv, Mrs. Ted Rurden and inches of it, and which has been Mrs. F. (». Drake, has charge of fa llin g interm ittantly ever since. this part of the work. Coasting on the hills about town A stove and wood has been do has kept the younger generation nated and the committee expects busy this week. Annual Library Report t j locate a downtown sewing I f you want to do a good turn, room within the next week where During the past year the W ill throw out some feed for the birds. 1 anyone can drop in and help when amina library has loaned the fol They’ re not used to rustling in ever they have an hour or so to lowing number of books: the snow. spare. A dult fiction . . . 2276 ----------- 9----------- The committee needs a few A dult non-fiction . . . 117 Death Notice more sewing machines, and if you Juvenile fiction . . . 831 Word was received here yester Juvenile non-fiction . . 134 day of the death of Jap Lady, j can donate the use of yours for a time you w ill be helping a worthy Total number loaned . 3358 formerly of Sheridan, at his home near Grand Ronde. cause. There is no need for any Number of borrowers . 243 “It’s an 111 W ind—” W ins from Grand Ronde The Willamina Athletic club evened scores with Grand Ronde by defeating them 34 to 31 Wed nesday night of this week. This gives the local team three wins and two loses in conference play. Monday night in a non-league game they lost to Hebo. ------------g------------ SCHOOL NEWS The girls’ and boys’ basketball teams played their second league games at Amity last Friday night. The Am ity girls won with a score of 30 to 6. The Willamina boys won by a 18 to 9 score. They showed an excellent defense and some fine offensive plays. Willamina w ill play four con secutive games at home. 'I he first will be Friday night of this week against Dayton; the second Jan uary 22 with Lafayette; then February 3 with Sheridan; and fourth with Dundee, February 10. The Admission for Friday night w ill be 10 and 20 cents. Season tickets are now on sale. The price is 75? for adults and 40<’ for students. These tickets are good for five games at home, including the Dayton game this week. You save money by buy ing a season ticket, so be sure and get one. Major Schoof, of the Canadian Mounted police, gave a very in teresting and instructive exhibit and talk last Thursday afternoon in the gym. Both the grade and high school attended, also a num ber of town people. GRADE SCHOOL K. E. Shetterly, Paul Mullen, and W. P. Dunton were appointed a committee to d ra ft and circu late a petition among the ccuntry patrons of the school. The secretary was instructed to secure 60 membership cards from Mrs. R. L. W right of Sa lem, secretary o f the Education Promotion Association of Oregon, the organization in charge of the fight against the bill. ----------- s----------- Minute« of Board m eeting The board met in regular ses sion at 8 p. m. January 12. 1933, at the city hall. A il directors present. Mmutesot regular meet ing held December 8, 1932, read and approved. Motion made by Director Shipley ana seconded by Director Valliere that clerk pey teachers’ salenes to January 13, 1933, inclusive, also bus operator, clerk’s salary for fits t half of school year, ja n ito r’s salaries for month of December. 1932, and the following bills; State Indus trial accident commission, $1.05; Northwest Telephone company, $3.'5; Kershaw Department store, $1.82; Neely Mills, $7.35; Mary Stevenson, $2.68, Willamina Hard ware, $78.06; State Industrial Ac cident commission, $1.34; W illa mina Garage. $1.65; Yamhill Electric company. $14.79. P rin cipal Horton asked the board fo r permission to take the civics class to the legislature at Salem. On motion by Director Shipley and seconded by Director Valliere the request was granted. On motion by Director Valliere and seconded by Director Shipley, clerk was instructed tc advertise in the usu al legal way tor bids on 100 cords of second growth fir wood for the coming school year. On motion by Director Shipley and second by Director Valliere clerk was in structed to purchase, as needed, the necessary supplies for a first aid kit. Motion made by Direct or Valliere and seconded by D i rector Shiplev to adjorn. W. R. Neely Paul Fundman Clerk Chairman ------------§------------ The grade school basketball team played Buel! last Friday. The score was 9 to 3 in favor of Buell, Willamina making all its points by foul shots. Junior Shet- terly was the outstanding player on the Willamina team. I t was a hard game for Willamina as three of their players had ju st recov ered from the flu and the Buell boys had the advantage of being much larger. A return game will Sunday Serm on Subject be played a week from Friday, The subject of the Sunday eve January 27, on the home floor. ning sermon at the M. E. Church Willamina has strong hopes of w ill be ‘ ‘Give Us This Da\ Our Daily Bread.” winning this game.
