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About The Willamina times. (Willamina, Yamhill County, Oregon) 1909-1972 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1941)
Willamina Dimes — For a Bigger and B etter Willamina Support Your Commercial Club __ VOLUME 33, NO. 3 COUNCIL VOTES O N FINANCIAL O B L IG A T IO N S WILLAMINA, YAMHILL COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, PAUL BUNYAN'S DEFENSE JGB SEPTEM BER 4, 1941 $1.50 A YEAR N EW S T A T IO N & TEACHERS KIDS CAFE W IL L OPEN TO PU B LIC SAT. AWAIT SOUND OF A bigger and b etter cafe and service station will be opened to the public this week by Mr. and Mrs. A1 Rex. This establishm ent replaces the Shell station and cafe destroyed by fire last spring. The new building is larg er and on distinctive and interest- I designed ; ing lines. The fam iliar “ beacon" ! tow er has been copied to an ex tent The Rexes are to be congratulated i on the fine new stru ctu re which is Iso soon replacing the smoking ruins which s u d d e n l y met the eyes of passing m otorists ju st a few short weeks ago. Their many friends will enjoy their commodious hospitality these next few days— and fo r many days to come. OLD SCHOOL BELT The city council m et in regular W illam ina grade school will open session in the library building T ues fo r the new year Monday morning. day, Sept. 2, at 8 p.m. The mem Sept. 15, a t 9 a.m. The pupils will bers present were M ayor S hetterly stay long enough the first day to and Councilmen Neely, Smelser, be registered and to receive text Larkins and Benefiel. The membe: books and lists of supplies needed absent was Councilman Kamm erer. for the school year. Regular class The bills against the city were as work will begin Tuesday morning follows: The teaching s ta ff was completed Port. G enerai E lect.................. $55.07 last week when Mrs. Hope Pellett ” ” .............. 1.00 of Portland was contracted to teach ” ” .............. 48.31 the fifth grade and g irls’ physical G. W. Linton ............................. 77.00 education and d irect the grade school Hooker Electrochem. Co............ 13.50 orchestra. O ther new teachers will S H IP M A T E R IA L IS Howard Cooper Corp................. 2.40 be H arvey H arris, form erly of Sher RONDE PASSES TO REST ” ” ” 75 FO U N D IN N. W. idan. and Eugene R itner whose home ” ” ” 50.0C RESIDENT OF GRAND is in Sheridan. S hetterly & B ryant .................... 21.25 Paul Bunyan, mythical giant doei Mr. H arris will be principal and Farnham Elec. Co................... 80.0C The neighbors and friends ai of big jobs and symbol of the west will teach the eighth grade and boys’ W. V. B arber ............................... 5.25 Grand Ronde and vicinity were physical education. Mr. Ritner will coast lum ber industry, is enjoying W. Beck ......................................... 80.46 teach the seventh grade and manual ” ............................................. 17.15 greatly shocked and grieved to le arr a great revival in 1941. Never since training. W illamina Times ........................ 41.45 of the death of Mrs. T. M. Lee the year he worked so hard he sweat Those teachers who are re tu rn Paul Fundm an ........................... 3.5C at a Salem hospital S aturday evening out the G reat Salt Lake, according The closing day of the 80th Oregon ing to the positions they held last David Sims .................................. 3.5C Aug. 23. Mrs. Lee endeared herself to the loggers, has he done more sta te fa ir on Sunday, Sept. 7, will y ear are Mrs. Leah Bourgeois of Paul Mullin .................................. 28.5C to all who knew her by her kindnes big things all at once. one of the fullest days of the T routdale, first grad e; Mrs. Ethel C. R. Stiles ............................... 27.8C and loyalty. She will be g reatly miss -J „ a D o n a /d e fe ™ ““ 1 are ’ “ dou X " fh bring bte* nr * Sale" '’,. with Ray of W illamina, second grade and Councilman Neely moved th a t the “ i w ■ ■ , ■ „ I keel tim bers for the navy's n e . ■ S u n d S ™ , T n , l ” ,y . lower grade m usic; Mrs. Beatrice city recorder be instructed to draw The only rem aining relative here I flee t of minesweepers, of which e with f.a te rn a lists from all parts of Lamson of W illamina, third grade w arrants fo r the above bills. It was and upper grade a r t; Mrs. Ruby also moved by Councilm an Smelsei is her husband, to whom we a l’ lF »eh H n n ’? ? i rUCk’lIa, U1 the «‘»‘e gathering on the grounds. H iatt, W illamina, fo u rth grade, and Each stick is 110 fee t long 16% H ighlight of this observation will th a t the tre a su re r be authorized tc extend our deepest sym pathies. Mr Mrs. Gladys A lberding of Portland pay w arrants due O ctober 1. and Mrs. Lee have resided in this inches wide and 1 OH inches t h i c k - be th e program and colorfu, sixth grade and upper grade music. The question of a dump ground vicinity for some years, coming here ju st two axhandles short of hemp team com petition in the stadium at as long as Paul Bunyan s backbone,’ , :30 «’clock. The fa ir wi„ aw ard was taken up. A fter some considéra- from the South. says the old-time tim berm an. six trophies in the drill events. Fo. APPOINTMENT TO POS I tion the council concluded to use the (The item and following poem ii Each keel tim ber is clear of knots the program . S ecretary of S tate OE DEFENSE IS GIVEN original ground. | through the kindness of Mrs. J. M on all fo u r sides. The Douglas fii Earl Snell will give the f ra te rn a ’ A resolution providing for 1 Hawks, a near and dear frien d of region of Oregon and W ashingtor address. It was announced this week that first half of the 1942 budget foi Mrs. Lee while living in Grand Ronde ' is the only source of such specie' j Also at 1 :30 o’clock, exhibitic H. A. P a rre tt of the Union Oil com- the city was read and passed. and who corresponded to this paper l m aterial. To produce is for Uncle harness racing will get under wax 1 Pany of th is city has been appoint A fter some discussion Councilm ar until they moved to C arlton.) “ ’ ‘ to m eet ........................ - track, with two $500 stake: 1 I e<* - organizer of a irc ra ft observation Sam, and other defense at the Neely made a motion th a t F ire Chief j dem ands and m aintain lum ber sup- to be divided am ong w inners in a: This appointm ent was aw arded by Newby be authorized to have a siren IN MEMORY OF OUR FRIEND I ply for home building at a rate 31, m any stake races. Special entertain- Gie Air Corps signal office of the installed on his car. Per cent over 1940, Paul B unyan’s m ent and circus acts are scheduled United States arm y. It was moved by Councilm an Neely W e greatly miss you, dea. Luella w est coast industry is operating for betw een the races. Mr. P a r re tt’s duties will include th a t the mayor be authorized „l.c+o,. to see 1 our cheery voice we loved is stilled • above its norm al .rated capacity. The closing m ajor event of the the organizing of various observa- the wnl'h »mt nntointr nlvwr.nH Jr, ,P ace *s vacant a t the v i l l a --------------------- ;---- —-—------ .fa ir will be the final presentation lion posts throughout this district the ceiling of the fire hall. If it is ■ 8n be filled S IS T E R S COME TO S l nday night of Funzapoppin, th< ° f Yamhill county fo r national d e STATE FAIR WILL ENJOY S U N D A Y clone longer— V IS IT M IT C H E L L S ° ne' ---------- Mayor S hetterly appointed Coun 1 tbe Lord called you to come 1 Mr. alIU IltIlcll took lo and Mrs. L. L. ,„ Mitchell cilman Smelser as a com m ittee of oni T, A" ° SS, t h e b right and shining rivet her sisters, Mrs. John Burrows and to gather data on the m atter of a T° Hls bri^ ht home. son, John „ a rv e y , and M,,s „ ru ra l fire district. When life’s voyage here is over M arshal Linton was instructed tr May we all be tenderly borne get two signs restrictin g p a rk in g , To a Home where sorrow is no on the south side of C stree t, op more, posite the fire hall. And we all m eet around the T hrone — M O T O R IS T S W A R N E D TO W A T C H IN D R IV IN G NEAR SCHOOL C H IL D R E N 1 p eck, to Salem Thursday where they boarded the train. Mrs. Burrows and son w ere on th eir way back to Oklahoma. Mrs. Peck, who is of Portland w ent to Berkley, Calif., where she will visit her brother, Sam Donnell and sister, Mrs, Abe Leach, at Heils- burg. Mrs. Burrows has been visit ing in Oregon since July. ------- -—~----------------------------- -—■ night during the fair on the grand stand stage. A cast of 75 actors M E R C H A N T S G O known to radio, stage, screen an«’ i circus, appears in Funzapoppin F O R ---------- V A C A T IO N ¡ at’i rd PJ eY ft e™oon wiH w e ’ th, | ! last of the pari-m utual races and Mr- anti Mrs- Ted Gillespie havi also Saturday night will bring thi retu rn ed front spending the week last perform ance of the brilliant state visiting in the southern p art of thi fa ir horse show. state. All fa ir exhibits will rem ain intact “ Has it been rain in g h ere?” was until late Sunday night, the man- , T ed’s first question this morning, agem ent announces. j A ssurred th a t it has, he rem arked —----------------------------------- | “ It surely was a scorcher on the «"berallv ............ ■" - ....... ...... conditions, but Ted assurred us he ---------- was talking about rain. In fact “ w< With the opening of schools foi hour when passing a school buildin C O E S E A ST TO T A K E V P Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Lenox and missed a small cloudburst at Grants the fall term m otorists are again I or ^ ounds during school recess o, W O R K IN ACCOUNTING daughter, Maxine, of Oak Park. 111. 1 Pass by about 20 m inutes.” By now called upon to drive cautiously wher- , while childrcn are goinK to or ,eay ; spent the weekend with Mrs. Lenox’ the Gillespies should be p retty well ever children are crossing streets I in<t school (during openi and clos Jack S hetterlv left W ednesday , aunt, Mrs. Adah Hudson, broken into our new weather. and to give full cooperation to the ; ¡ng hours) fo r Chillicothe, Mo., to attend th< Mr. Lenox is superintendent work of school safety patrols, it was I . . . .. , , , , in a rep o rt . issued . , ye3- 1 A ttention was also directed to th Chillicothe Business college. He wil’ the Cotton Seed Oil company "f GAS USAGE CURB emphasized Chicago, m akers of Snow D rift. terday by the safety departm en t of law req u irin g m otorists to slow tc study accounting. ------------— ----- --------------------------- —---------------------- -— - SUG G ESTED NOW the Oregon S tate Motor association 15 miles per hour when overtaking or m eeting a school bus which has Motorists were asked to bear ir . , , , , stopped to discharge or take on pas- Dr. E. B. McDaniel, president of mind th a t many young children arc I Sengers outside a business or resi- W HAM! th«* Oregon S tate Motor association going to school for the first time dence district. This is required no told Oregon m otorists th at they car and are unfam iliar with m aking th en I only when overtaking a school bu and should help to conserve gasoline way unattended through traffic. f rom the rear but als0 when meetin stocks with the following three point It was also pointed out th a t state one which has approached and stop personal program : law lim its speed to 20 miles pel , ped on the other side of the roadw av , 1. Avoid “ja ck rab b it” sta rts an«’ j excessive speeds. 2. Have the mechanical conditior ANDERSONS MOVE TO W H O LE SA LE O I L of their car checked for efficient operation. CALIFORNIA TO WORF P L A N T CHANGES 3. Avoid unnecessary driving. H. A. P a rre tt, local operator of Mr. and Mrs. ‘A ndy” Anderson j M ayor'» F am ily a n d Friend» the Union Oil distributing plant, an- are leaving this week for Redding nouned this week th a t he and L. C Calif. Mr. Anderson will be employed E n jo y S ocial G ath erin g Arvidson of Vancouver. W ash., have on *be ne" Shasta dam p ro ject there taken over the Union Oil commission ®otb ^ r ‘ an ^ ^ rs- Anderson are Mayor K. E. S hetterly was sur _, . w-ell known to residents here. Mr prised Sunday evening when a grouj age? 5 L Tkc ncw Wl11 Anderson was employed by the I of friends came ip to celebrate hit continue to serve wholesale the cus Pacific Plywood corporation and Mrs birthday. Card games followed th tom ers “ H ap" P a rre tt has been con- X ^ ^ ' w .s ^ p ïw V o ? ? /‘^ ^ 8 1 ^ potluck dinner, which included twe tactm g during his work here. and W hite B eauty Salon. I lovely birthday cakes. Mr. Arvidson has also been with j Their many friends wish them The surprising group included Mr Union Oil com pany fo r several years all success in the sunny south. and Mrs. Les P errin and Louise Although he is now living tem porarily Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Koutonen and in W illamina, he plans to move his Betty Lou, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. fam ily and make his home here in ir arn in g G ire n A b o u t P arre tt, Mr. ami Mrs. W arren Ing- the very near future. dahl and Mr and Mrs. Ted Mattson R id in g on F ire T ru e l and daughters, Charlene and Teddy Jean. Boy in U.S. Navy Writes The City of W illamina re He Is Stationed In Iceland quests th a t al! persons n ot mem Rev. II. II. Miles and daughter bers of the City Fire D epartm ent Miss M arguerite Miles, left Tues not to ride on the fire truck Word has been received by Mrs day to atten d M inisterial Retreat d urin g operations. This is for J. C. Matocha from her nephew the until T hursday at Nelscott. protection of both. E rnest Wohle. He is in th ? navy Harold Wade retu rn ed last week Firem en are covered by insur and is stationed in Iceland. The lettei líe s i in OMfc yeAp 0.3 T ank p r o d u c tio n maj piacm -I from A berdeen and Olympia, Wash, ance. But others are not. told of the country and inhabitants I P A POINT UM Ifw NABS AtMIfeVep QN l V where he had spent the past tw of th a t island. months visiting relatives ami friends EASTERN C IT Y
