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About The Willamina times. (Willamina, Yamhill County, Oregon) 1909-1972 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1938)
Uhmina Firnes $1.50 A YEAR WILLAMINA, YAMHILL COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1938 VOLUME .30, No. 17 WILLAMINA BUSINESS MEN MAKE PLA N S FORSCHOOLELECTION LARKINS IS NAM ED NEW COUNCILMAN TO TWO-YEAR VACANCY NEW UNION HICII SCHOOL TO BE CONSTRUCTED HERE Local C o u n ty C h a m b e r o f C o m m e rc e L a w » W i l l B e In v e s tig a te d b y C r o u p C o m m itte e s The Willamina Commercial club met for the first December meeting in the buiu-nient of the local M. E. church with 17 member« and guests present. O. F. Fredrickson, S.P. «gent here, and W. A. Roof, manager of the Gem theatre, were introduced to the club. The secretary read the conntitution and by-law« a* proposed by the coun ty chamber of commerce, and it wa« voted to have a committee act on the constitution in behalf of the club. Quite a lengthy discussion follow ed regarding the coming school elec tion to be held December 10, in Wil lamina. Mesars. Perrin and F a w k were appointed as a committee, and alao Messrs. Newby and Bryant on another committee to work out plans ' to be followed by the club regarding the election. Meaffrs. Jarvis and Bryant were appointed on the committee for ar- : rangements for the n e x t regular meeting to be held December 19. The meeting then adjourned. Mr*. Kay Brow n Injured in A ccident Tucatluy M orning Mrs. Ray Brown suffered painful , injuries in a peculiar accident near her home between Sheridan and Wil- , lamina Tuesday morning. According to State Officer Wra. Zosel, who wit- | nessed the accident, a large oil truck had stopped on the highway in front of the Brown home and two cars, in cluding Zosel’s, stopped behind the truck because of a car approaching from t'ne other direction. A light pickup truck operated by F r a n k Johnson of McMinnville failed to stop and skidded across the road striking a mail box. Mrs. Brown, who had gone outside to get the morning’s mail, was stand ing a few feet away from the mail box off the road. When the truck op erated by Johnson struck the mail box the box was hurled through the air striking Mrs. Brown. She was taken to a McMinnville hospital and at this writing no report has been re ceived concerning her injuries. Rids fo r New Union Ili fill School Note A dverlited On another page will be found the legal advertisement for bids for the construction of the new union high school building in Willamina. The sealed bids will be received by the hoard of directors of the Union High School District No. 7 at the school- house in Willamina. It is necessary that bids be in on the day specified so that construction of the structure may be started be- ; fore the first of January. The PWA grant of $40,909 provides that act- ( ual construction of all projects must be started before the first of the , year. Plans, specifications and form of contract documents may be examined j at the office of Paul Fundman, clerk of the district, or at the office of C. N. Freeman, architect, in Portland. . C. . N. F re e m a n , a fte r th e P o r t la n d f ir s t o f — Cut Courtesy Oregon Journal a r c h ite c t, d e s ig n e d th e m o n th . The b u ild in g the n e w u n io n h ig h school b u ild in g to be e re c te d h e re w ill be b u ilt o n th e s o u th side o f th e c ity o f W illa m in a . V O T E N O S A T U R D A Y , D E C . IO It is the duty of each voter in the Union High School Diet. No. 7 area to go to the polls Saturday, December 10, between 2 and 3 o’clock in the afternoon, and cast his ballot against the proposed merger plan as suggested by Iceland Duncan, McMinnville attorney, and a small group of Sheridan people. We find that this small group of Sheridan people think it would be a fine idea to build a big $200,000 building located either in the River side district or in their own district. They surely forgefto stop and think that absolutely no federal aid would be forthcoming and that every cent of construction and operation of such a plan would have to raised through excessive taxes. The total valuation of the consolidation plan would be $2.540,000 with an estimated budget of $42,000 which we readily see would levy a millage of more than 16 mills. Mr. Duncan has represented this small group of Sheridan people that has fought the formation of Union High School Dist. No. 7 from the start. They tried to prevent a hearing on our petitions; they tried to pre vent the formation of Dist. No. 7 by filing a remonstrance, but failed; they tried to have the district declared illegal, but have failed; they waged an unsuccessful newspaper campaign against the district. We fail to see why a McMinnville attorney would necessarily be so vitally interested in the welfare of children so far away from his home town. A similar election will be held at the same time in the Sheridan district, but we doubt very much if the citizens and taxpayers there will approve $10,000 per year taxes for transportation, $20,000 per year taxes for operation, and $12,000 per year taxes for repayment of a $200,000 bond issue which would have to be voted. Again let us remind you that every cent of this money would have to be raised through taxation be cause PWA has no more funds this school year. Union High School Dist. No. 7 has already been alloted a $40,909 grant from the government and together with a $50,000 bond issue which was voted recently, plans for a modern union high school are well under way here. Actual construction of the building is scheduled to start within the next few weeks, and it will be a building that every tax payer in the district might well be proud of. Every course of study that is available in the larger schools of the state will be taught here. If you want such a modern school that you will be proud to send your children to, be sure to VOTE NO Saturday, December 10, between 2 and 3 o’clock p.m., in the Willamina school building, and stop once and for all this agitation by a small group of people who are not necessarily interested in the welfare of your children. The official ballots for this election may prove confusing to some, but remember to place an X between the figure 2 and the following words: “For the union of the above mentioned school districts, NO.” When you have done this you will have done yourself and your children one of the greatest favors you could do, as well as the entire community. Any legal voter (you must be on the tax rolls) in Union High School District No. 7 who cannot find transportation to Willamina for the election Saturday, are asked to call The Willamina Times office and transportation will be furnished if possible. BE SURE TO VOTE NO! -i *1 C ivic Club M em bers Plan C hristm as T ree Program Mrs. Ted Bu.rdon is home after spending the past two weeks in Port land with relatives. Her son and daughter-in-lnw, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Devers, brought her home Saturday and remained for the weekend. W in e L ic e n c es A re B uy» S e v e n -F o o t S t r ip o f L a n d A p p o in te d The Civic club will meet for their regular December meeting at the R. R. Ellingsworth home Friday, Dec. 10. The members will respond to roll call with Christmas quotations and will have a Christmas tree and ex change of inexpensive gifts. Mrs. R. E. Ellingsworth and Mrs. V. O. Hud- dlesfon are arranging special music. A special reo ’est is being made of each member to bring one article of canned food or groceries in our own communtiy. The hostesses for the day will be Mrs. R. E. Ellingsworth, Mrs. Preston Young. Mrs. Wm. Ellingsworth and Mrs. L. L. Lupro. B eer and R enew ed; O . C . Yocom Willamina High School Seniors Will Present Class Play 66 What Wright Left" at School Thursday, December 15 The seniors of the Willamina high school will present their class play, “What Wright Left.” a three-act farce-comedy by Russell Crane, on Thursday, Dec. 15, at 8:15 p.m., in the Willamina gymnasium. What did Wright leave? We have promised the author not to betray his secret; but that doesn’t prevent us from assuring you that it is the most ludicrous inheritance that any young chap ever fell heir to. Bert Keeler, a young crooner, and Wright Harold are close friends. Through n series of amusing a n d unexpected events, Bert and his newly acquired bride, Dodie. are left in charge of Wright’s house. Bert has given Wright his promise that he won’t leave the place, because Wright is momentarily expecting the arrival of an inheritance from his late uncle. In spite of Dodie’s protests Bert has insisted on keeping their mar riage a secret because he fears the news of his marriage would hurt his popularity. So when Harold Winslow, young publicity man and a friend of The city council met in the city hall Monday night for their regular monthly meeting. Mayor R. Y. Neely, Councilmen Shetterly, Smelaer, Mul len and Kershaw, Recorder Fundman, Attorney Heider and Treasurer Beck were in attendance. This was the last meeting of the present council. The next meeting, to be held the first Monday in January, will be presided over by the newly elected mayor, C. R. Stiles. The term of K. E. Shetterly expires and A. R. Kammerer was elected to succeed him. I Irvin Yocom handed in his resig nation effective November 1, a n d Mayor Neely appointed Glenn Lar kins to fill the vacancy. Larkins’ ap pointment was favorable with the councilmen and he will serve for two ‘ years. He will be sworn in with the other new members of the city coun cil at the January meeting. W. H. Jarvis and Les Perrin ap- ' peared before the council and made application for renewal of wine and beer licenses in the city. The aider- men approved both applications and granted the licenses for the coming year. The council accepted an offer by O. C. Yocom to purchase the seven- jfoot strip of land just east of Lot 1, Block 4, in the city. This strip of land is located between the Church man shoe shop and the street just east of the building. ; After discussing road and drainage conditions in the city the council ad- I journed to meet in regular session with the new officers the first Monday in January. The city treasurer’s report for No vember follows: GENERAL FUND October 31 balance .............$1322.71 RECEIPTS: Licenses .................................... $20.00 Water receipts ...'....................... $288.00 $1630.71 DISBURSEMENTS: Salaries ........................................$90.15 Postage, legal, etc.................. $46.52 Street, labor, etc ......................$157.36 . Miscellaneous ............................ $27.50 Cash in bank ............ $1001.18 Cash and cash items ............. $308.00 $1630.71 CASH SUMMARY: Balance in General Fund ..,.$1001.18 Less warrants unpaid ............. $54.61 Special water fund ................ ...$21.46 Sinking fund ......................... $1000.00 Net Cash Balance ................. $1968.03 I arious Ute» Are Suggested For New Christmas Seals “Use Christmas Seals.” This appeal for wide use of the double-barred cross tuberculosis stamp is made this (week by the local committee in an effort to obtain cooperation toward a record for the community. The committee suggests the follow- i ing ways of using the seals: j On Christmas cards and packages for foreign coutries; on packages and cards mailed to any place in t h i s country; on correspondence cards to carry Christmas messages; on bridge tallies and place cards at parties this month; on church calendars; on bills, business letters, bulletins, lodge no tices; as Christmas tree decorations ’ worked out in special designs; as part of a stamp collection; on restaurant menus. | Christmas seals make a beautiful ' decoration. Teamed with millions of | others they are making possible a ¡life-saving campaign that is saving hundreds of thousands of lives. I Wright’s, drops in, Dodie is forced to B utler Ladies Aid to Have ¡stay in the background, and Harold Bazaar Saturday E vening — ¡thinks that Bert is single. Harold is the type who is never satisfied unless The Ladies Aid of the Butler M.E. he is taking care of other folk’s af church will hold their bazaar next fairs and he insists that what Bert Saturday evening. Dee." 10. A short needs is some new and startling pub .program will be given free beginning | at 8 o'clock. The ladies will have re licity. Thinking that he is doing Bert a freshments for sale besides the ba great service, Harold has the an zaar articles. Don’t forget the date. nouncement of Bert’s engagement to Trixie Leslie, a glamorous movie star, ’ Russell Smelser attended the Old- inserted in all the leading newspap- ,er Boys Conference in Salem Friday (Continued on page 6) and Saturday.
