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About The Willamina times. (Willamina, Yamhill County, Oregon) 1909-1972 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1942)
— I or a B i^ e r and B etter Willamina VOLUME 22 — NUMBER 15 POWER A ADMINIS- Support Your Com mereiai Chib —» WILLAMINA, YAMHILL COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, VACANIES NOW OPEN IN DEFENSE TRAINING CLASSES RAILROADETTES DECEMBER 3, 1942 LEND A 11.50 A YEAR HAND BILLY SURGEONS TRATION OPENS A BODY FOUND NEAR NEW OFFICE HERE VALLEY JUNCTION Vacancies in local national de- I fense train in g classes were reported by E. J. G reiner, co-ordinator of the training program sponsored by the The Elllngsw orth building on Main McMinnville school district and the S treet formally occupied by the Willa- vocational division of the state de niinn Bakery hns been recently reno partm ent of education. Trainees— both men and women— vated by the Bonneville Power Ad- lu in intuit ion crew and will be their are needed for a general sheet metal class. Application for the course, main office till the duration of the which is given without charge, are r.ew Salem-Tillamook power line». being received a t the United States The building will also »erve for equip employm ent service office. m ent storage. There is a definite call for such by Portland industrial Governm ent surveyors have s ta rt workers ed working on clearing and staking plants. S ta rtin g wage is 96c an hour. the rig h t away for the new project Trainees are placed immediately on of which the construction will sta rt completion of the course, Greiner at the P ortland General Electric Sub said. station a short distance from the Classes m eet Monday through F ri Wallace Urid;:e. day from (I to 10 p. m. at McMinn The lot il office m anager Htates that ville high school. there will h > a need for approxim ately Applications also are being accep- two hand* cd men a fte r the project ted for four welding classes. Men gets under way, and th at anyone ; and women w II be trained. Place- seeking em ploym ent may do so by m ent will be made in defense indus- contacting the United S tates em tries upon completion of the course. ploym ent offices in McMinnville. Trainees are not necessarily sent to the shipyards. LOCAL DAIRY NOW SHIPPING On co n p letio n of the course, MILK TO CAMP ADAIR STATION trainees are rated as welders and earn Three additional grade A dairies, a base pay of >1.20 an hour. If the representing 120 cows« have been trainee only Completes part of the oualifiad for shipm ent to Gfm p Adar course, he is rated as a helper and and started m aking their deliveries earns 95c an hour. • the first of November. Applications are being received at The three dairies are shipping the U niter States employment office through the Farm ers Union Coopera or a t the school, which is located in tive cream ery at Sheridan. The three the Tilbury Body and Fender works are Howard McMillen's dairy a t De- on Third S tr e e t Lake. tha G. H. C'.«uTJwd*iry a t Otis and the Eben Ray dairy a t Willamina. WILLAMINA WELL-BABY CLINIC O ther dairies within the Sheridan TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 10th cream ery’s operating radius have as M others of children up to three ked for inspection and are on their years of age are invited to bring their way to being qualified as shippers youngsters to the Well-Baby Clinics to the m ilitary cantonm ent. All in sponsored each month by the Willa spections are handled through the mina Civic Club. state departm ent of agriculture dairy The clinic for December will be division, with final approval being continggent upon the departm ent in held on Thursday, December 10th, spectors and officers of the q u a rte r in the basem ent of the M ethodist m usters corps stationed at Camp A- Church on the hill beginning at 1:30 p. m. dair. i : , 1 To rel.eve the manpower shortage, Southern Pacific now has some 1600 women at work in its m echanical and store departm ents. Photo shows Mrs. Ethel Moore, rivet heater, tossing a white-hot one a t the railro ad ’s shops a t Portland. With 8000 o f its male employes already in the arm ed forces. Southern Pacific is calling upon women to fill a wide variety of jobs form erly handled exclusively by men. WHAT NO FISH » ? It seem as though “ Bill” Jarv is a t a special Commercial Club m eeting held two weeks ago made his brag th at he would catch all the fish th at could possibly be consumed a t the meet next December 14. When asked. “ the fish may not be biting?” Bill rem arked, “ Don’t worry I’ll catch ’em, ’tia a cinch.” We understand Bill and Fred An derson have been at it since the last m eeting and have eleven days to go. We are wondering if it will be a fresh fish dinner, and we don’t mean fresh from the m arket? ? ? ? MEN IN U. S. FIGHTING FORCES ENJOY THANKSGIVING FIESTA Richard Buswell now stationed at the advance naval train in g station school at T reasure Island, C alifornia inform s us th at th eir Thanksgiving d in n er was tru ly a fine feast and by the looks of their Thanksgiving din- ner menu, we don’t doubt it a bit. MAIL CHRISTMAS PACKAGES & TURKEY DINNER GIVEN IN THE HONOR OF V HANTZE- J HANTZE For the benefit of the home folks, CARDS EARLIER THIS YEAR Richard sen t their menu and asked Mr. and Mrs. John Breeden en ter The bulk of C rristm as mail m ust tained with a turkey dinner Sunday in th at it m ight be published. The boys be in the post offices by December 1 this year if deliveries on tim e are to honor of Mrs. B reeden’s brothers, enjoyed queen olives, sweet gherkins, be assured, according to Smith W. Vilas H antze of Pickering, Mo., who stuffed celery stalks, turkey gumbo Purdum , Second A ssistant Postm as is spending the w inter in Oregon, and soup, soda crackers, roast young Junior Hantze, who has enlisted in ter General. California turkey, sage dressing, Unprecedented w artim e demands the Coast Guard, and expects to cranberry sauce, giblet gravy, baked on the postal and tran sp o rtatio n sy leave for duty within a few days. spiced Virginia ham, candied sweet stems, plus a prospective record vo Those present were Mr. and Mrs. CUBS’ FIRST PACK MEETING TO potatoes, buttered cauliflow er, q u ar lume of C hristm as mailings, were Harold Hantze. Mr. and Mrs. Don BE HELD HERE DECEMBER 8th tered head lettuce, french dressing, Ray C. Petersen, field executive ribbon layer cake, hot mince pie, cited by Mr. Purdum ns necessitating Hantze, Miss Eudema Cromel and earlier mailings than ever before. Ju n io r Hantze. of Lebanon, Mr. and of the Boy Scouts of America, will be neopolitan ice cream, mixed nuts, “ It is physically impossible fo r the Mrs. M. W. Lawson, Miss Eloise H an a t the Willamina Church of Christ assorted hard candies, sunkist navel railroads and air lines, burdened with tze of P ortland, Mr. and Mrs. Roland on Decem ber 8th at 8 p. m. to be oranges, cigarettes and cafe noir. vitally im portant w ar m aterials, to H antze and son, Gary Lee, Mr. and with the Cubs for th eir first Pack handle Christm as m ailings ns rapidly Mrs. Alva Spnrks and son. Duxel, of m eeting. NOTICE The fath ers and m others of these as in normal tim es” . Mr. Purdum said. Grand Ronde, Arlie Belt of Yamhill, Postm aster Fawk has announced “ If the bulk of parcels and greeting Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Howard and boys are invited to be present. At that the Post Office will be open until cards are held back until the usual children, Donald and Pauline, Mr. this m eeting, the boys will form ally 6:00 p. m. every S aturday until tim e -- the period of about December and Mrs. Roy Howard, H arlan H an become Cubs if they pass the Bobcat Christmas. 15 to 23 — they simply cannot be tze of Valley Junction, Vilas Hantze requirem ents. The Cub books will be distributed in time, and thousands of and Mr. and Mrs. Breeden and child given out and a program announced UNION THANKSGIVING SERVICE for the month of December. g ifts will reach th eir destinations ren, Donna Ann and Johnny. Renreber, Cubs, to bring your re LAST WEEK ENJOYED BY ALL a f te r C hristm as.” A fternoon guests were Miss Blon- The Union Thanksgiving Service In 1942, about 21.950 mail cars dena Lawson and Eldon Howard of gistration fee and your yellow slips properly filled out. If you have any held at the Free M ethodist Church were required between Decem ber 12 Lebanon. questions see your Den Chief or the on W ednesday evening of last week and 24 to deliver C hristm as mails — was well attended and seemingly enough cars to make a train 270 miles Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Arvidson had Cub M aster. enjoyed by all present. long. This year, the extra cars need as dinner guests on Thanksgiving Day Mrs. Sm elser reports th at Mrs. A. ed to move holiday mails are largely Mrs. Arvidson parents, Mr. and Mrs. The program included a scrip being used by the arm ed services, and F. G.. B ennett, and her sister, Betty E. W alker of Aumsville is quite ill. tu re lesson read by the pastor. Rev Mrs. W alker is well know s here. . Jane, of Eugene. a severe shortage is in prospect. erend P. J. Griffiths, two song num Miss Doris Abderhalden visited her bers by a group from the different The postal service usually borrows Holiday visitors a t the O. W. Bene about 2,500 trucks from the Army fici home were his m other, Mrs. M. parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A bder churches of the community, H arlan and other Governm ent agencies, and E. Benefiel of Manning, who had been halden, a t Portland over the week Woodruff, pastor of the Church of re n ts about 10,000 from private ow visiting there the past three weeks end. Christ, led in prayer and Reverend H. ners, to handle the Christm as mails. and Mrs. B enefiel’s mothed, Mrs. L. Guests at a fam ily dinner on H. Miles, pastor of the M ethodist This year, it will be extrem ely diffi H. Stanenko of Portland, who came Thanksgiving Day at the home of Church, delivered the message. cu lt to obtain enough of these vehic W ednesday. Both m others le ft for Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Drill were Mr. les to m eet even a substantial p art their homes on Sunday. and Mrs. C. R. F ast and children. Mrs. F erris Swain of M arshfield of the need. The Army needs its own Mr. and Mrs. Benefiel received on K arlita and Conrad, of Portland, and Mrs. Roy F ryer of Yamhill, Mrs. trucks and private owners are reluc Thanksgiving Day a fine enlarged Mr. and Mrs. Don Drill and Dick, Elena Drill of Portland and Mrs. Dale ta n t to let someone else use their photograph of their son, Bennie, who Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Drill, Richard, Taylor of McMinnville visited the tires. is a t Pearl Harbor. L arry and Gary Dale. Drill fam ilies on Friday. The body of Billy Surgeon was found Tuesday afternoon about 2:25 o’clock by Lou H artm an of Valley Junction, floating in the d rift ju st back of his farm ripproxim ately three miles below the New Grand Ronde Lumber Company, where he was em ployed with the pond crew. He was ast seen walking on a boom log guiding logs with a pike pole when he fell into the Yamhill E v e r and dis- ippeared from sight. The tragedy «ccured about fo u r weeks ago; and ..nee th at t.m e, the entire personnel jf the New Grand Ronde Mill as well >s many friends have continued a continuous search for the body, but !ue io ra.n and high w ater were un- ib.e to locate th e body. Funeral s e rv e rs were held at the Tree M ethodist C hurch in Willamina jn Thursday, December 3rd, with Reverend P. J. Griffiths preaching the funeral sermon. B.lly John Surgeon was born in Luton, Iowa on Septem ber 25, 1920 .nd departed this life on November 1, 1942 near W illamina, Oregon at he age of 22 years, 5 months and 7 days. When Billy was five months old, i:s parents moved to Sonnette, Mon- ana. In 1936, the Surgeon fam ily noved near Willamina, where he lived in til the tim e of his death. Billy graduated from W illamina High School hl K>iC. On Ju ly 31, 1942, he was united in m arriage to Nadine Lavell Fouts. He was a kind and loving husband and ion. converted early in life and was united with the Free M ethodist Church. L eft to mourn are his widow, Na dine Surgeon, his parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Surgeon, three sisters, Mrs. Gladys Henderson of Portland, Mrs. Iola Bunn of LaFayette and Miss V erna Surgeon, a brother. Kimsey, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Surgeon of McMinnville and a gran d m other, Mrs. Mary B urger of W hit ing, Iowa. Many h earts are saddened by his 1 early and sudden home going, yet we know it is not goodbye fo r he aw aits us in the m orning over there. ------------------------------------- METHODIST WOMEN’S SOCIETY | TO HAVE CHRISTMAS MEETING M embers and friends of the W illa mina M ethodist Women’s Society are i invited to atten d their annual C hrist mas m eeting which will be held this year on Friday, December 11th, at 2 p. m. in the parlors of the church. I Each one is asked to bring an in expensive g ift or toy for a child. These g ifts are to be sent to the C hildren’s Farm Home at Corvallis following the meeting. DAHL’S ENTERTAIN WITH CARD PARTY LAST THURSDAY EVE. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Dahl entertained with a card party Thursday evening. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Arnold K outonen of Olympia, Mr. and Mrs. F red Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. K. E. S hetterly and Mr. and Mrs. R urick Hendrickson. F irst prize fo r the women w ent to Mrs. S hetterly and the second prize to Mrs. Koutonen. First prize fo r the men w ent to Mr. Hendrickson and the second prize to Mr. Koutonen. R efreshm ents of coffee and cake w ere served. BUTLER WOMENS SOCIETY TO HOLD THEIR REGULAR MEETING The B utler W omen’s Society will hold th eir reg u lar m eeting a t the home of Mrs. Louis P ettyjohn on Friday, December the 4th. This will be th eir C hristm as meeting.
