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About The Willamina times. (Willamina, Yamhill County, Oregon) 1909-1972 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1937)
JOHN SHETTERLY CALLED BY DEATH The ui'ltn reaper again visited our little city this past week and removed from our midst one of Its most re II mt ted citizens. John Burwell Hhetter Iv While Mr Shetterly had been In III health for several y e a n and had been confined to his home under the ra re of a trained nurse for the past four months, yet his death last Hat urdsv evening came as a shock to his family and friends. Deceased. a son of John and Lueliu Hhetterly. was born In Lioxa. Indiana. March 31. 1890 and passed to his re ward February 8, 1937. a t the age of mi years. 10 months, five days. He passed his early life In the east, coin mg to Oregon with his parents In 1903 After locating here he was en gaged principally In the lumber bus! ness until 1919 at which time he h id a sawmill at Lyon*, which he then sold and retired from urtlve business H* hus made his home In Willamina ever since coming to this sta te and had many friends who are greatly grieved pt lib passing, and all of whom extend their heart felt sym pathy to the be renvrd fnmlly, He ts survived by a son. Kendall, and a daughter. Jean, and one brother. K enneth E of Wlllnmlna. and several nieces snd nephews Funeral services were held from the W illamina M E church on Tuesday afternoon, with the local pastor. Rev If (lev ies. officiating, and his friends. P Y Neely W R Coyle. O C Yocom. A C Thurber, Cleorge Clark and Joe Kletndinat, in'i Ini i pallbearers. Mu ir w*s furnished by a quartet from the high school: Verna. Hilda and 1 crena Schuerch and Robert Valllere accompanied by Mr Foster a t the pi ano. Interm ent was made In the family plot In the Willamina cemetery Among those attending the funeral from out of town were his two chil d ren frera H* Helens, and Miss Nina Eckls of fu itla n d . ** - I S' + ■!■■■ ■ I I ■ ■— . .. MAXINE WOLFE HAS BIRTHDAY Mr and Mrs C W Haviland of Wtl lamina, gave a lovely party on Satur- day evening, February 8. honoring their daughter. Mnxln- Wolf, who was cilcbrattng her 12th birthday. The ta ble was beautifully dec »rated In pink, yellow. blue and green with pink an J yellow basket« filled with m arshm al lows and motto heart candles, placed at each guest's plate with his or her nam e on th e basket and each was fav- < rad with a "party vracker”. with th c h fortune In it. a prize and a hat. Tin bt.thdny cake was an angel food trim m ed In pink yellow and white refreshm ents were graham cracker .sandwiches with marshmallow filling with yellow rosebud holder». Dainty and various colors of Jelly beans, cook ies. homemade candy and grape J lice A ltir the refreshm ents. Mrs. Haviland : ntl Mrs. Hugh House entertolned tire children with games and riddles and stories were told by each child. Three year old B arbara House recited one o: h er poems "Five Little Brothers" a id Maxine sang one of her songs “John lile Wee Beck" Maxine received many lovely gifts Some of them came from far away In eluding Bandon. Ore., Detroit. M ich. Anaconda, Mont., and Chicago, III. Those attending the party were K athlctn Floyd. Barbara Jean House, J< nolle Shenk. Ronald Weder. Wilma Shenk. Marilyn Evans. Johnny Weder. Richard Kraber. Annie Relnbold, Mrs. Jay House and Elaine M arquart. In the evening. Mrs. Haviland ser.ed a birthday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh House and daughter. B arbari Jean from the Foster Mill district, as guests. 8o ended the happy occasion with all wishing Maxine m any hoppy rt turns of the day. SCHOOL FOR COMMITTEEMEN Prom th” Office of the County Agent SI . 50 A YEAR W1LLKM1NA. YAMHILL COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 11. 1987 VOLUME 2H. NO. 26 • HIGH SCHOOL AID BILL Among the ,bills Introduced In the legislature Is one th a t Is of vital Im portance tq eve/y resident of the W il lamina school district It Is House BUI No. 181, providing for an additional levy of one mill on the dollar of tax able property w itnln the state of Ore gon. to be used for a state fund to as «1st non high -school districts and ♦chool districts m aintaining standard high schools. This fund would be adm inistered by the superintendent of public Instruc tion. and apportioned to the various districts In proportion to the t.'rtal days' attendance fo r,'th e pre edlng scho rl year of high Achool pupils residing therein. Pa-sage of the bill would bring to each high school approxlmnt'-ty $20 for each »Indent lrt average dally a tte n d ance and would provide definite tax relief within the district. In W illa mina. with ,'ts 110 high school pupils, It would bring In about $2200. or near ly one half of the »present high senool levy If ycu think th a t this would b- a good thing for the local high schorl— and for the taxpayers—write to your state senator and representatives, u rg ing them to use th eir Influence to ward its pasrato. Rills sometimes mo/e rapidly In the legislature, and for th ‘a reason It Is desirable th a t action be a« prompt us postlble HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER WEDS Miss Jan e West, one of the teachers In the high school, spent the week end In Kelso. Wn . and on her return a p prised the faculty and friends by an nounclng her m arriage to Bud Clark i ifhehallc, Wn. M bs West Is a daughter of Mr and Mrs P H West of Seaside, and Mr Clark Is the son of Mrs Samuel Lltt- rale of Astoria, where the young couple had been schoolmates They were m ar ried at the home of Mr and Mrs. E O. Dltlesen in Kelso by the Rev Philip Laurie, pastor of the Presbyterian Mr and church, Sunday Rftemoon Mrs J C Phlllppsen were their only attendants. After . the w®ddlng ceremany the young couple left for Portland, and on Monday Mrs Clark relum ed to her work here while Mr Clark returned to his work gs an embalmer for the FIs sell Funeral Home In Chehalis The Times Joins the m any friends In wishing the young couple a long and happv wedded life.' Ed Sider Has Thrilling Experience Ed aider of the Gilbert Creek dls- :rlet h"d an experience during the re re n t snow which he says he is happy to be here to tell nbout At noon on Sunday. Jan u ary 31, he hitched his ’earn to a sled and started to take a loud of groceries to Mrs. Josephine Gay i»t her ranch on Springer Mountain about five miles away. There was nbout "9 Inches of snow at his place, and as he went up the m ountain road It got deeper and deeper, and when about a mile and a half from the Oay ranch he had to abandon his sleigh. He un harnessed the horses and tried to ride a$M of them, but It could not buck the heavy snow, so he put a young horse ahead of him. ar.d hanging onto Its tall and leading the older horse they fought their way through six feet of snow to the ranch, arriving a t 8:30 th at evening, and Ed told us th a t he ecn'ldered himself lucky to have reached shelter at all. ’’e i-urnd the buildings nt the rnnch with nbcut five feet of snow on the roofs and remained there until T hurs day. shoveling them off so thev would not cave in. At 8:00 o’clock Thursday mo, nlng he took his horses and started d wn the m ountain toward home. Ke fought the deep snow all dav and at ■»•30 P M arrived a t the Saline ranch, t ' • miles from home, finding no one »*•*-« so he continued on for another mile to the Victor Nelson heme where he got some hot coffee for himself and feed fcr his horses, and dried out s me of his clothes, and continued to j his home: bath himself and his horses bring "all in" when thev arrived. The slrd and groceries and his harness are •■»ill burled ir» the snow on the side of the mountain. Yamhill county farm ers have elected their re-poctive community commit ee- m tn to adm inister the 1937 agricultural conservation program, according t> County Agent Rex W arren A school is scheduled for the elected commit- icemen Friday. February 12. at which lime the committeemen will learn tne details of the program and county com mitteemen elected from the board of directors, which is composed of the chairm en of the community commit ! All the boys’ first team basketball tees. team who were no» s»®k m ’ ^e « tri® Plans will be made on the bast met'o- t® Eueene Saturday night, January 6, <d of conducting the program for sign where they took In the defeat of Ore ing up cf new farmers. At the pres ■»on State by Oregon in M cA rthur’s en t time IL app ars th a t the ones who court at the University of Oregon, signed for the 1938 program will not j f r p Jack Rank play has been can- r i' -rl to sign f ir the 1937 program, but | relied so all those Who have bought all who did not sign the 1938 program tick' ts will have th e h monev refun-^d musi sign If they wish to come under O r Wednesday February 3, th e Wil the provisions of the new progrnm lam ina hleh schorl ftrst and second Community committeemen elected at i tc"~, s defeated Yamhill. the Bellevue meeting were Guy Fen- Friday night. Jan u ary 12, th e Wll , sto H an. Jake Duerst and lnmlna high school will play Sheridan Ed. Stupfel. alternate. their last game In their home gym. FROM THE SCHOOLS STUDENTS BROADCAST ON SCHOOL PROGRAM W1LLAM1NA TOWNSEND CLUB FLOOD CONTROL, ETC. WILL BE DISCUSSED T he meeting Tuesday evening at the church was called to order by the new president, E Burden On account of Ill ness. many of the members and sev Willamina high school was honored eral of the officers were not present: The- following letter, received by th ■ this woek by being Invited by County I however, there was a quorum present Foster Lumber company from the Wil Superintendent Gubser to furnish the and as there were several Im portant lam ette Lumbermen’s association, was musical numbers for the weekly p ro -' m atters to be taken care of. a meeting handed to as as being of vital interest gram sponsored by the S tate D epart was held. to others, as well as loggers and lum ment of Education and broadcast o v e r' Mrs. Collins, the secretary, was ab bermen; Station KOAC a t Corvallis The pro-1 sent. but Clyde Collins brought the Pursuant to several acts of congress, gram for this week wax alliAed to Yam bonks and correspondence, and Mrs. including the flood control act of 1938. hill county, and the subject discussed J Hutchins acted as secretary pro tern. the war departm ent hax been engage! was. "Transportation of High 8chool Several bulletins were read which con upon investigations and surveys of the tained news of the broadcasting and W illamette river and tributaries, with Students.” The program operted with an lnstru stated only stations listed In the Town- a view to comprehensive improvement m ental trio. Londonderry Air,” an old | «end Weekly were official. One bul in the combined Interest of navigation, Irl«h air, by C harlotte Elltngxworth, letin gave inform ation In regard to the flood control, power development and Mxophcne; Steve Schmid, trum p, t; disbanding of all state offices and of Irrigation. A report thereon will soon Robert Valllere. trum pet ficers and the reorganizing of congres- be made by the division engineer. Nort.-i Mr. O uhter then gave a short talk •Icnal districts In the states, there be Pacific-division, which, after reference on the handling of transportation prob ing three In Oregon Each district to to the board of engineers for rivers and lems in Yamhill county, stating th a t held their own meetings and elect harbors, will be submitted to congress 2. Under the provisions of the flood while the cost Is about $40 per student their own n r nager, and th a t District annually. It Is worth every cent of It to No. 12 of which W illamina Is a part, control act. the departm ent of agricul give the country children the same ad will hold th eir convention m Eugene ture will investigate and report on the vantages for an education as are en on February 21. a t 10:00 A. M. This W illamette river watershed with a view joyed by their city cousins. He stated club was to elect cne delegate and an to undertaking measures for run-off an i th at Yamhill county pioneered in the -lt'-m pte t- attend this m -etlng. Mrs. weterflow retardation and soil eros transportation experiment, and Intro J. L Hutchins was elected to represent ion prevention. The depaitm ent of ag duced the bill p-ovldlng for It through W illamina and K. E. Shetterly was riculture Is interested prim arily In land use practices w ithin the w atershed, ilectcd as alternate. out the state. This opening talk was followed by a A letter from Mrs. Ivy of Portland, and the modifications or adjustm ent, »election by the W illamina boys' quar who was to have b®en thic speaker here th a t should be made In the Interest of tet, Kentucky Babe." by Adam R°lbel; during the storm, was read, but no date a soil and water conservation program 3 In order th a t local interests m iy Ixw-ns 8 chu»r'h Ernest W»hleb. Floyd was set for her coming as. owing to so H arrington. Robert Valllere. much Illness it was thought best to ?xpress their views and present data Next was an Interview with Mr «•ait. A letter from Hillsboro was read, bearing on these m atters, a Joint public Smith, eh-1 man of the Yamhill Coun stating they would hold a mass m eet hearing will be held by the undersigned, ly Non high Schorl Board, and he ga /e ing there this c m ln g Sunday, and all in the ro ms of the chamber of com '•roe valuable inform ation on the sub are Invited. This will be a tri-county merce at f.alem. Oregon, at 10:00 AM ject of high school transportation, and —®et for W ashington. Columbia and February 25 1937. 4. All interested parties are invited »rare of the rroblem s that faced the Yamhill counties, and th e coming con to be present, or to be represented, at board In mapping out bus rout*.» so as vention In Eugene will be discussed. the above time and place, particularly to accommodate the greatest number —Publicity Commute? the officials of any state, county, city < f families without the driver having tewn or local association whose in ter to "back track " He also stated th a t ests may be affected by the proposed b„s transportation had been a big fac im provem ents..and those Interested In to r o v e r p r iv a te transportation In cut- navigation, flood control, farm ing, for ting down tardiness and absence among th e pupils. *»rs H. N Shipley entertained the estry wild life, and other groups and -This interview was followed by a "Helping H and" club from the Corbett Individuals in the field of agriculture trum pet solo, pMelodv In F." «Rubin Acreage dlstriet at her hom e on Wed and conservation. They will be given stein». bv 8teve Bchmid, and a num he- nesday afternoon. The party was a lull opportunity to express th eir views 5. Oral statem ents will be heard, but bv the Schuerch t ’lo "Swiss Yodel.” surprise shower on Mrs Wm Wolfer. iselected». Verna. Hilda and Lorenz who was the recipient of m any beauti for accuracy of record all im portant Schuerch. ful and useful gifts. The afternoon facts and argum ents should be subm it Th • next was an Interview with Mrs. was spent In quilting and dainty re ted in indtlng in triplicate, as tlie- rec Clarence R®ckhlll of G rand Island, giv freshm ents of sandwiches, cake and ords of the hearing will be forwarded ing the, viewpoint of the paren t In re colfee were served bv the hostess. Those for consideration of the departm ents e l rd to bus transportation. She said who enjoyed the afternoon were Mes- of war and agriculture. W ritten a t ’.U the parents felt more safe with their dnmm Roy Lam.son. Sandberg, Ruef. m ents rta y be handed to the under children riding with an experienced Nichols. Fowler. Carter. Young. Hue ’ signed at the hearing, or mailed to driver in a m echanically safe vehicle !®tt and Miss D-mcan. all members t. em beforehand. than when the student drove the fam ®f -the club, and three Invited guests.- 6. At the hearing, local interests ily car As for students boarding in Yfe-d’ -ne« Few. Flanery and Slausser. should be prepared to state the nature and extent of the improvements -de tow n , she thought th a t the fact of hav end the hostess. sired a n d 'th e benefits expected to re ing them at home each ev/nlnz mo-e ------.— --------- «--------------------- sult therefrom : elso the am ount and th an offset the cost of transportation n ature of local cooperation which may as the children need the home and the be expected should the desired Improve home needs them. m entí be undertaken by the United The program then closed with a and States. *• numbers by the girls' quartet from 'Signed) THOMAS M. ROBINS. Col Wi’lomlna schorl: "P rayer Perfect" onel. Corps of Engineers. U. S. Army »Ft n«®n> and "Indian Dawn" 'Zamec- n ’k». Carmen Hodson. Verna Schuerch. Maple S tatio n —Two young boys. Wes D r »sion Engineer. North Pacific Di 'p n , R e in b ld Hilda Schuerch; and ley Li ke. 16. and L»o Zenbener. 13. got vision. (Signed) THORNTON T MUNGER another num ber by the boys’ quartet. themselves into serious trouble last Saturday They came from Olympia. United States Forest Service. Director. Wn.. and when they arrived here were Pacific Northwest Forest Experiment driving a Lincoln Zephyr car. They Station. visited several houses trying to borrow a gallon of gas. but being refused they only made it as far as the Foster mill After Mr. Foster had talked with them Deep-sea divers battling with deni he was sure it was a stolen car, so he zens of the ocean Scenic backgrounds phoned the state police a t McMinnville. of Florida's coastline. Pictorial shots About th at tim e Patrolm an Im law came of an ancient Epiphany celebration in along and the men tried to hall him the all-Greek colony of Tarpon Springs. but he thought It was just a friendly Fla. gesture and proceeded on his way to These are only a few of the choice ward W illamina One of the men took highlights in ‘'Down to th e Sea. ’ a a car and overhauled him and told him gripping, breath-taking rom antic d ra of th e suspicion and he turned back. ma. Saturday. February 13. a t th e Wil He m et the boys hiking to th e Maple lam ina theatre. service station and took them into his Produced by Republic Pictures, th? car. They made a full confession, tell story revolves about an “inevitable tri ing him th a t they first stole a Ply angle involving the comely brunatt? mouth. then when it ran out of g ts 17-year-old actress. Ann R utherford: left it and picked up a V-8. and later Ben Lyon and Russell Hardie. * • • * abandoned th a t and took the Lincoln. Thev had traded the spare tire and Som tthing new in screen dram a vt-ee’ and some tools fcr gas to get ha®k',r®'ind and story is Universal's this far. T he Sea Spoilers,"' starring John Mr. Imlaw to"k the boys to McMinn-' Wayne, which h«£ been scheduled for ville and on Monday they were taken showing at the W illamina th eater on to Portland and turned over to W ash Wednesday, February 17. ington authorities. W ith its action entirely laid in th? T he youth of .the nation needs dif waters of Alaska, It tells a vivid tale The annearance of th e ' Rev. Paul Pi- ferent training somewhere in regard to (ho constant battle of the Coast tini and his famous singers in W illa cbevinc the laws of our country and G uard to halt the illegal killing of mina has c-cRteri wide-spread Interest respecting other people's property, or seals. »hrr«v ho’-t thl« s®"tton cf the countr’-. our citlz®nship will go on the recks Pltinl’s evangelistic group are well before m any years. known 1n t*«® U nit’ d S tates hnvin® w—k®d *n p-acticallv all of the 48 tU es T heir werk in Oregon has a t school. Pitinl speaks to the young peo “Gold Diggers of 1937.” latest in the tracted Immense audiences, o u r com- ple from the subject, "The Sunflower famous series of every-other-year mus has been hoppy to welcome and the S un”; the Negro boys also have ical comedies made bv W arner Rr®'.. them here. Arid the hundreds who are a p art in the Sunday school program. opens Sunday a t the Majestic theatre. '-earing them expresses the apprecia The subject for the morning service Is. Dallas, with Dick Powell and J o in Blon tion th a t Is due them for th e ir sane, “T he Christ Who Meets Every Demand dell the newlyweds, as its stars ! of a Discerning Age." hl-h-type mission. Victor Moore, popular comedia i of Tlie community rally is set for Sun the New Yofk musical cotuedv sfaee. T onlaht Evangelist Pitinl speaks on »he subject. "A F rank Answer to the day afternoon. Prof. Morton will lead helps support the Powell-Blonrtell si ».• Honest Skeptic." T he singers, unioue the congregation in a great time of combination. There is also Lee D xen interpreters of the Negro spirituals, sin® hymn-singing; the quartet will offer a noted eccentric dancer from Br adway. a num ber of their songs: one of the sneclal program of request numbers. making his screen debut- 'a new an 1 members of the quartet, extoert In giv- Evan^eH't P lt’n l’s subje®t for this serv striking -torch-singer R®’ali-' ’ 'ng readings in Negro dialect, will ice is “The Five G reatest T ruths in Marquis, besides such familia" fi-nmak- Christendom." Sunday night marks rp®«k on® of his readings. An equal ers as G lenda Farrell. Osgood P®.k n ly Interesting service has been nlanned the close of the special meetings. The Olin Howland. Irene Ware and Charles for the Frid®v evening m eeting at fnrewell service will be characterized D. Brown. •’ which time Mr P itinl presents “The by an attractive program. The Rev. Anderson, pastor, urges everybody not Cheated Gambler " The county is graveling two roads in Sunday morning aw ards will be pre t® miss any one of these unique serv Corbett Acreage. sented for new scholars a t the Sunday ices. HONORED WITH SHOWER Boys Picked Up Driving Stolen Car SINGERS AT F. M. CHURCH AT THE WILLAMINA THTATIE “ GOLD DIGGERS” AT DALIAS 1*0. • /
