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Che Willamina Ointes V O LU M E 32, NO. 36 W IL L A M IN A , Y A M H IL L C O U N TY , O R E G O N . T H U R SD A Y . A P R IL 24, 1941 $1.50 A Y EA R HI SCHOOL TEAM SO FTB A LL TE A M S SERVICES HELD m a y o r issu es 22-ACRE STORAGE TO BE O R G A N IZE D BEATS BUSNIESS FOR G. D. CARTER p r o c l a m a t io n POND NOW UNDER a ll w as te n ta tiv e ly g o tte n u n he ch u rch es o f the C ity o f Wil- MEN HERE SUNDAY d e r S o ftb HERE ON SUNDAY J lam T ina w ay a t th e C om m ercial club C O N ST R U C T IO N will p u t on a relig io u s can- m eetin g T u esd ay , A p ril 22. S ix teen j \ ass o f th e city of W illam ina and T hey trie d to call it b aseb all m em b ers w ere p re s e n t, w ith P resi- G. D. C a rte r died A pril 16 a t Î a d ja c e n t co m m u n ities b eg in n in g May- W ork was begun last week on th e b u t it cam e n e a re r b ein g S crew ball , d e n t A1 N ew by in c h arg e as th e y Salem . G raveside services w ere held j 5‘ B elieving th a t in fo rm atio n ob- co n stru ctio n of a larg e log sto ra g e on S u n d ay a fte rn o o n w hen th e m en m c t in th e M ethodist ch u rch base- S u n d ay , A pril 20. a t 2 p.m . a t the I ta in c d fro m such a canvass w ill be pond fo r the P acific Plywood C orp w ho a re o ld er b u t th in k th ey a re m e n t a t noon. U p p er W illam in a cem etery . Rev b en eficial b o th to the ch u rch es and o ra tio n . The site is on the p ro p e rty y o u n g e r m et and n e a rly d e fe a te d th e F ir s t discussion c e n te re d a b o u t I V ance B lan ch ard of S h erid an o ff ici- ' t,le g e n e ra l w e lfa re of all, I, Ken- across th e riv e r w hich w as acquired local high school h ard b all team . If th e city lim it signs w hich w ere n o t ' a te d a t th e service. i ,,e th E - S h e tte rly , M ayor o f th e City last y e a r by th e P acific Plyw ood th e y o u n g ste rs could have k e p t th e ir m oved w hen th e lim its o f th e c ity ! \r„ », » ,,v OA of W illam ina, ask th a t each hom e C o rp o ratio n , and b ulldozers a re ex- ___ _____ last — tl ' I M r‘ C a ,te r WaS b o rn M arch 3 0 ” w its an d the m ay o r fro m u m p irin g w ere ex ten d e d e e a arly r.v ,»sl y ear. T h e , ]881 n e a ,. W illam ina an d *h ad sp en i i a s8 ,rt ,th e Perso n s uw h° cal1 a t t h«ir peeled to be on th e jo b today. The th e y m ight have b e a t them m ore se c re ta ry w as asked to e„,.w,cv c o n ta c t th ;„ , ,ife ifo in th e -----------j u .e e 1 mnat m ost n o f h his g u rro u n d hom in p e by giv in g su ch in fo rm a tio n th a t 0 . C. Yocom C om pany has th e con- th a n 17-16. (O f co u rse, th e o ld sters s ta te highw ay com m ission in re g a rd m ay be w ished fro m them . ’ tr a c t fo r th e co n stru ctio n of th e 22- v icinity. He leaves foul» sisters and th in k th e y ’re ju s t good.) to h av in g T th e signs relo cated . K. E. S h e tte rly , M ayor a c re pond w hich is n early tw ice as fo u r b ro th e rs : Mrs. ,'tlilured Lipp o f . W ith o u t th in k in g o f M onday’s sore Lyle N. R iggs w as g iven th e task R ichm ond, C alif., Mrs. P e a rl Lee ‘ ; larg e as th e p re se n t pond b eing used m uscles and lost w eight, th e men of su p erv isin g th e o rg a n iz a tio n o f a an d E lvin C a rte r o f P o rtla n d , Mrs. ¡at th e plant. en jo y ed being kids ag ain . N o r did local so ftb all leag u e. T h e follo w in g F lo ren ce H a rd in g o f W o odburn, It is rep o rted th e new sto ra g e pond th e g ra n d s ta n d a n tic ip a te n e x t d a y ’s te m p o ra ry m a n a g e rs w ere also in -, C h arles C a rte r o f S e attle, Mrs. Ida will hold a p p ro x im ately 10,000,000 a c h in g sides. F o r all w ere glad to sta lle d : K. E. S h e tte rly to head a B eeler an d W a lte r an d Irv in C a rte r fe e t o f peeler longs when com pieteli. aid in th e p ro je c t w hich w en t to p ur- C om m ercial club team , Ja c k R o b erts o f W illam ina. Mr. Yocom estim a te s the jo b will chase eq u ip m en t fo r th e W H S team , fo r th e fire m e n an d A rn o ld K out- ta k e a b o u t 30 days to com plete, and N early $20 w as re p o rte d ta k e n in. | onen to ta k e ch arg e o f th e P acific m en an d eq u ip m en t will w ork day T he c ity team , m an ag ed by B ill1 Plyw ood play ers. A t the end o f M arch, Y am hill and night until th e pond is finished. S te w a rt ( t h a t’s all he could do. as ——- ------------------------------- co u n ty had a to ta l of 224 y o u n g men E. S. W e n tja r. vice p resid en t and ; in th e c o u n try ’s arm ed service, ac- g c ’v-ral m a n ag e r of the P acific P ly second g o t too h eavy fo r h im ), w as m ade up o f an y o n e who could be * ' • • * < * ■ « * » * . co rd in g to in fo rm a tio n released by wood C o rp o ratio n , m oved to O lym pia 1 th e local selective service b o ard in last W ednesday w h ere he will be c o n picked up or h au led in— th e n out. A tra v e lin g ex a m in e r o f o p e ra to rs In th e th ird in n in g th e Hi boys w ere I 1 M cM innville last w eek. nected w ith the sales d e p a rtm e n t of a n d c h a u ffe u rs is scheduled to a rriv e g e ttin g th e a d v a n ta g e , b u t “ S n o o k y ” I N um ber o f m en in th e serv ice a* the A ssociateti Plywood Mills, p a re n . in W illam ina on M onday, A pril 28 M endenhall w en t in an d p u t a stop and will be on d u ty a t th e R ebekah p re s e n t is alm ost o n e-fo u rth o f th e o rg a n izatio n of the P acific Plywood to th a t foolishness. A fte r th a t th e —-------- hall b etw een th e h o u rs o f 10 a.m . to o ' ' n u m b er o f Y am hill co u n ty men C o rp o ratio n and th e E ugene Plyw ood A dded Y ears could ju s t w hisper a M ayor K. E. S h e tte rly to d ay call- 3 p.m. All those w ishing p erm its or ta k in g p a rt in W orld w ar I. when C om pany. D u rin g Mr. W e n tja r’s a b m agic w ord (w e d o n ’t know w h a t , ed upon citizen s o f th is city to co- licenses to d riv e cars a re asked to 1053 men served. A t th a t tim e, 825 sence A rnold K outonen, p la n t su p it w as. w ith electio n so f a r a w ay ) 'o p e ra te in th e ca m p a 'g n to keep Ore- g et in to u ch w ith the ex am in er dur- • w ere in th e a rm y . 194 in th e n a w e rin te n d e n t, will act in the cap acity in to th e u m p ire ’s e a r to g et th e I gon a t th e to p o f th e list in traffic ¡ng th ese hours. anil 34 in th e m arin e corps. O f th e i of g e n e ra l m an ag e r o f the local plant. need ed score. He called ev e ry th in g I s a fe ty by d riv in g a n d w alk in g care- 11917-1918 to ta l 617 w ere v o lu n teers in re v e rse any w ay so no one knew 1 fu llv d u rin g th e re m a in d e r o f th e | and 441 w ere d ra fte d . th e d iffe re n c e . ' y ear. T oday th e n a tio n a l g u a rd s have | T h ree ca tc h e rs w ere b roken in and In a sta te m e n t c a llin g a tte n tio n | 112 m en fro m t e co u n ty — e x actly I o u t a g ain , as w ere sev eral p itch ers. I to th e re c e n t a n n o u n c e m e n t th a t O re-j I h a lf of th e c o u n ty ’s p re s e n t to tal. | S m itty co u ld n ’t re a c h acro rss his ! g ° n had w on firs t p lace in th e N a-I ! R egular arm y and navy each have 3f av o ird u p o is so p itc h e rs box w as m o v -itio n a l S a fe ty co u n cil's 1940 traffic I | m en in service, w ith an ad d itio n al 11 j ed 20 fe e t closer to th e p late. He ' sa fe ty c o n te s t in th e w e ste rn divis- j in th e m arin e corps. A t th e end of got his s t a r t on second b u t c o u ld n 't: ion. M ayor S h e tte rly stressed t h ? | P lan s fo r M usic w eek, w hich com es M rrch th e re w ere also 28 tra in e e s ; An im p o rta n t d a te in the 4-H club ta k e it so “ O cee’ reliev ed him . N or- ! f a ' ’ ’ ’ ’’ s s ta te a lre a d y had m ade 1 th e f ir s t w eek in May, a re being ta k in g th e ir y e a r o f m ilita ry serv ice ! c a le n d a r fo r Polk co u n ty will be m an stood it fo r one in n in g — b u t !a ' '>°d s t a 't to w ard a fav o rab le rec- Since A pril 1 the to tal num bei M onday, A pril 28 because a t 7 :30 o rd f o r 1941 by lead in g the n atio n w orked o u t by th e co m m ittee in has been sw elled som ew hat by a d p.m. on th a t d a te th e a n n u al Polk too m uch p astry . i ch arg e, M rs. B. L. B eard an d Mrs. L a rk in s played a f a s t gam e o u t in traffic fa ta lity re d u c tio n d u rin g ' Vei n H u d d lesto n , w ith Mrs. Floyd dition o f seven new tra in e e s and e n co u n ty 4-H club b ro ad cast will ta k e on th ird — if he could have g o tte n th e firs t tw o m o n th s o f th e y ear. E dm iston as ch airm an and d irecto r. listm e n t of sev eral o th ers in naval place over radio sta tio n KOAC. “ In th is m odern e ra o f au tom obile up an y speed. C ecil h ad a lot of fu n T his event is one th a t c re a te s a The m a ;n fe a tu re will be a pro and a rm y u nits. in w h ere th e fa s t -ones sissle; b u t j trav el, th e re p u ta tio n o f b ein g a safe | g ram on May 6 in C-.e high school Tw o m ore Y am hill co u n ty young g re a t deal of in te re st am ong 4-H he had to a d m it th a t th e old g ra y a re a in w hich to d riv e is o f ines- au d ito riu m , an d will consist o f local men will re p o rt fo r induction uudei d u b s in Polk co u n ty each y e a r and m are lo s t a lot of fo o tp o w er. Now tim ble v alu e in a ttr a c tin g to u rists to ta le n t, a g u e st a rtis t an d th e choral '.he selective service act, th e board is given co n sid erab le im p o rtan ce by th e c e n te r fie ld e r re a lly w as F a st! o u r s ta te .” th e m ay o r d e cla red in his those in te re ste d in club w ork, sta te s club. T his will be th e six th y e a r ’ ep o rted . M ilton W allace H yde of A nd to conserv e his speed th e m oto- sta te m e n t. “ In a d d itio n to th e high W illam ina and C laus S tra te m e y e r of W. C. L eth, Polk co u n ty a g e n t, who th e Civ c club has sponsored a m usic scoot did double d u ty . (O r w as it d istin ctio n co n fe rre d upon th e s ta te Y am hill a re n ex t on the list to re • 'g e t h c r w i t h J o s i a h W ills. P o lk week p ro g ram in W illam ina. tr ip le ? ) Sid did w ell in rig h t field . by w in n in g th e c o n te st, th e re is a p e rt. T hey will be inducted F rid ay county school su p e rin te n d e n t, sh a re s Y et w h at w as he sc ra tc h in g his hed ta n g ib le v alu e involved in b eing rec- A pril 25, acc o rd in g to schedule r e the a d m in istra tiv e resp o n sib ility o f a b o u t, to g e t h it b ehind th e rig h t I ognized as the sa fe st s ta te in th e ceived from s ta te d r a f t h e a d q u a rte rs. the 4-H club p rogram in Polk county. e a r an d s u f f e r a b ro k en fin g e r n ail? w est. It is to o u r in te re s ts to m ain T ry o u ts fo r th is b ro ad cast w ere ta in th is re p u ta tio n as long as pos- held at in d ep en d e n ce in M arch and ! sible. th e various pnr’ ic 'p a n ts selected at “ Traffic accid en ts can be p rev en t- th a t m e e t'n g have been practicin g i ed. F ig u res com piled in th e office o f end re h e a rsin g to p erfect th eir p a rts E e r’ SneU. se c re ta ry o f sta te , show fo r the broadcast next M onday. A public card p arty has been th a t fo r th e firs t tw o m o n th s o f this F o u r’een c h 'ld re n w ere exam ined plan n ed by th e W il’am ina Civic club A card p a rty , sp o n so red by th e v e a '. traffic in creased 15.6 n ercen t fo r F rid ay n ig h t, May 2. a t 8 p.m. a t the P re-school Clinic held a t the es shown bv fig u re s on g asoline con local plyw ood u n io n a u x i’iary , w as M ethod’st church last T h u rsd ay . sum ption. B ut d u rin g th is sam e p e r in R ebekah hall. Pinochle an d ‘500’ held in S h erid an A p ril 19. Dr. S to lte an d Mrs. R uth H in g art- Mrs. A ilene M etzger and N orm an iod traffic fa ta litie s d ecreased 40 p e r will be play ed , w ith prizes fo r high Mrs. B radley and Mrs. R obert cent. C learly , th e m ere fa c t th ere score. R efresh m en ts will be served n e r w ere assisted by th e fo 'lo w in g V aughan a re a tte n d in g the b a k e rs ’ W allace won firs t prizes, and Mrs. ! is a g re a t volum e o f traffic on ou d u rin g th e evening. co m m ittee fro m th e Civic c’u b : Mrs. con v en tio n in P o rtlan d several days B ockes an d R. F. H e rz b e rg w ere ’’ighw avs an d s tre e ts does n o t m ean The co m m ittee in c h a rg e is com Lyle R ’ggs, Mrs. R. Y. N eely, Mrs. I th 's week. given consolatio n prizes. Mrs. H erz ’h ere m u st be a c o rresp o n d in g ly g re a t posed o f Mrs. A rnold K outonen, Mrs. H. M. S hipley. Mrs. Ted M attson. L ittle M adliene Van H oosen o f Mrs. C h arles H o ffric h te r and Mrs. b e rg w on th e do o r prize. L upro an d Mrs. F. D. H ollister. volum e o f traffic fa ta litie s. P o rtla n d is v isitin g her u n d e and D ain ty re fre s h m e n ts w ere served F red B eatty. “ I f we. as in d iv id u al d riv ers, will a u n t, Mr. and Mis. Floyd E dm iston. to th e g ro u p a t th e close o f th e gam es bold dow n o u r speed on th e highw ays Miss D oris W eber, in s tru c to r in ap p ro ach in te rse c tio n s w ith g re a te i Mr. an d Mrs. ra G reen m ade i the W illaniian high school, received business trip to M cM innville S at- cau tio n , alw ay s re m e m b e r to give p ro p e r h an d and arm sig n als and to w ord last week of a serious accident u rd av . IF I L L A M I y A observ e th e rig h ts o f o th e rs, we c a r which h appened to h er p a re n ts. Mr. p re v e n t a c c :den ts. as p e d e stria n s, w< H O S P IT 4 L Mr. an d Mrs. L. D e llu t have moved and Mrs. W eber had ju s t purchased can cross s tre e ts only a t in te rse c into th e ir new hom e n ear the Ilavi- V O T E S a new P o n tiac an d w ere d riv in g to tions w h ere we can u se crossw alks A m usical com edy and mock w ed 'a n d hom e. They fo rm erly lived at w atch fo r ap p ro ach ng traffic b efo re ding will be fe a tu re d a t th e social C hicago when tw o large tra n sp o rt- V alley Ju n ctio n . o f cars passed them on a w et p av e A lb e rt S p rech er of S pokane, W ash leavin'» ’he eu ,-b w alk to th e le ft o' m eetin g o f th e T ow nsend club on w as a d m itte d A pril 16 fo r tre a tm e n t th e highw ay, facin g traffic, and w eai T u esd ay ev en in g , A pril 29 in Re m en t, re s u ltin g in a head-on col,:s :on Mrs. M. B. G ore from M ontesano, of in ju rie s receiv ed w hile a t w ork so m eth in g w h ite a t n ig h t. bekah hall. T h ere is no adm ission w ’th a n o th e r car. Mr. W eber su ffe re d W ash . w as the g u e st o f her sister, a broken an k le an d bruises, and Mrs. “ In th is w ay, we can avoid becom ch arg e. T he ladies arc ask ed to bring in th e w oods in Polk county Mrs. F ern V aughan, last week. W eber, broken ribs. Lloyd" H a rtle y o f W illam in a w as in g involved in traffic accid en ts and pie, jello , cak e o r sandw iches. ______ Mr. and Mrs. A. W. A nderson ad m itte d A pril 21 f o r o b serv atio n each one o f us can th u s do his p a rt Mrs. A lfred R uef, Mr. and Mrs sp en t S unday the g uests of Mr. and in m ain tain n e th e s ta te ’s re n u ta tio n an d tre a tm e n t. I. R uef sp en t M onday w ith Mr. and Mrs. L. C. M vers and d a u g h te r a t as n '■afe place in w hich to d riv e and E. G. D uncan o f S h erid an was Mrs. Jo h n V ollm an a t B a'lston. w alk.” H u ra ld 's lu m b er cam p. d isch arg ed A pril 16 follo w in g tr e a t Mrs. C h arles C olburn c ele b rated 1 h er b irth d a y on E a ste r S u n d ay . She m ent fo r an in fected hand. B etty J e a n H o ffric h te r and Dick Mrs. C arl O dem o f V alley J u n c Mr .and Mrs. H erm an B outrager G len P a rrish of G ran d Ronde is c m elser en jo v ed a fish in g trip to the w as born on E a ste r an d th is is the tion sp en t S a tu rd a y visiting Mrs. I o f H u b b ard w ere S u n d ay g uests of irst tim e she can re m e m b e r of het able to be up and ab o u t on cru tch es L ittle N estu cca S u n d ay . R u eff. Mr. and Mrs. Glen L arkins. b rth d a y com ing on E a ste r. D onald fo r a little each day. He u n d erw en t C olburn, son o f Mrs. C o lb u rn , cele a m a jo r o p eratio n on his rig h t knee The S an Souci M y stery club m et Mrs. Rose T enbush w as a guest Mrs. Jo h n M. H o ffee w ent to Wat A pril 16. last T h u rsd a y a t th e hom e of Mrs. b ra te d his b irth d ay A p ril 14, and o f Mrs. I. R uef T uesday a fte rn o o n . seco to spend a few days with her Mr. W allick also. The C o lb u rn s w ere Jaco b J . S ch ry v ers o f G ran d R onde Ray G o lg ert. G uests w e re Mrs. Hil- parent», Mr. and Mrs. N. W aldo c o n tin u es u n d e r tr e a tm e n t fo r in da C a rte r, Mrs. G oldie Jo h n so n . Mrs. m arried on E a ste r, and a re p lanning Rev. H. H. Mil was p leasan tly T aylor. W hile th e re her m other e n a jo in t c e le b ra tio n o f w ed d ing a n ju r es »eceived w hile w orking. B erth a B 'ssel. Mrs. Inez Busw ell. su rp rised last W ednesday evening n iv ersary an d th re e b irth d a y s next v hen a larg e n u m b e r of frie n d s c e le te rta in e d in honor o f Mis. H o ffe e ’a W. J. W om elsd o rf o f G rand Ronde M rs. M auda McBee- Mrs. D oris T ur- S unday. b irth d ay . b ra te d his b irth d a y in the church is m uch im proved. His rig h t arm w as nidge, Mrs. C lara T u rn id g e . Mrs. p arlo rs. A b o u n tifu l pot luck su p p er f 'a c t u r e d w hile w o rk in g in th e w oods E sth e r F o u ts. Mrs. A m elia A nderson Mr. anil M i- O tto H irn and fam ily w as enjoyed. T he su rp rise cam e when aeco m na n 'e d by Mrs. H irn 's p aren ts. and th e g u e st o f h o n o r, Mrs. Gene- M arch 13. Mrs. G lenn L ark in s placed b efo re Mr. anil Mrs. Curl S c h a ffe r o f V an vleve B a rk e r of W alterv ille, sister- G eorge S ch o p ert, Mrs. A. J. M ood in-law o f th e hostess. R efresh m en ts Delvin H o ffm an and D ex ter Sm tih Rev. Miles a b e a u tifu l b;rth d a v cake, couver, sp e n t the w eekend in O lym Mrs. R. M. Jo hn so n an d ch ild ren a n d j o f pie a n d co ffe e w ere served. w ent to L aurelw ood F rid a y night an d th e w hole gro u p , led bv Mrs. pia. Mrs. H. W . Jo h n so n w ere v isito rs * to h e a r th e co n cert given by the B. L. B e a 'd . san g "H ap p y B irth d ay K ath ry n K osack is c a rry in g tw o W alla W alla college a cap p ella choir. to Y ou.” Roy W arren fav o red w ith in Salem W ednesday. Mr. and Mrs. A. R uef w ere d in n e r in ju re d fin g e rs, s u ffe re d fro m a f a l T hey w ere accom panied by E lm er a vocal solo. gueat» o f Mr. and Mrs Mai ion Thom J a c k K osack cam e dow n w ith th e lin g saw. W ild an d M ss B ern ita Bliss as a t B allston S unday. m easles T uesday . Mi and Mrs. G eorge G. K ing of E a ste r g u ests of M r. and Mr. and Mrs. Dan F reel o f E ugene A capulco, Mexico, a re v isitin g Mrs. Mrs. C h arles H o ffric h te r and Bob G erald R ogers an d R uby O sburn F ran k S m elser w ere Mr. and Mrs w ere w eekend v isitors a t th e home K in g ’s b ro th e r and fam ily, Mr. and sp en t th e w eekend visiting frien d s w ere m a rrie d one day last week W. E. S m elser. of Mr. an d M rs. Ivan D en t Mrs. Jo h n H offee. and re la tiv e s iu O lym pia. 224 OF YAMHILL COUNTY NOW IN A R M E D FORCES CITIZENS ASKED LICENSE TESTS TO BE GIVEN MONDAY TO HELP SAFETY STATE CAMPAIGN PLANS ARE UNDER WAY F&R MUSIC WEEK PROGRAMS PLY W O O D U N IO N L A D IE S E N J O Y P A R T Y , A P R IL S9 POLK 4-H ERS TO BROADCAST OVER R A D I O MONDAY CIVIC CLUB WILL S P O N S O R CARD 14 CHILDREN AT PARTY CN MAY 2 CLINIC APRIL 17 A T T E N D M E E T IN G MUSIC COMEDY TO BE FEATURE AT S O C IA L N IG H T EASTER B IR T H D A Y A T T E N D CONCERT