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VOLUME 34 NUMBER 44
WILLAMINA, YAMHILL COUNTY, OREGON THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1945
$2.00 A YEAR
SHERIDAN’S TWO BIG SHOWS WILL T wo Local Boys Summer Comes at Last 5000 EXPECTED
Brings Water Problems
Put
on
Civics
ATTRACT FRONTIER-LOVING CROWD
FOR “INFANTRY
SHOW WED’DAY
!
Sheridan's two big shown be
gin tomorrow, when the Phil
Sheridan Days program starts
and runs through two days, Fri
day and Saturday. On Friday’s
program are the opening events,
Junior parade, and judging of
historical costumes and award
ing of prizes. The afternoon pro
gram begins at the city park
with an address of welcome by
President James McCoy of the
Chamber of Commerce, an add
ress by Pearl Blackwell and the
crowning of the Pioneer Mother.
Saturday the Grand Parade
will be the big feature and is
scheduled for 10 o’clock in the
morning. The parade disbands at
the Rodeo grounds where a band
concert and other entertainment
will be featured.
In the afternoon of Saturday
the big Rodt-o will be under way
and will be, according to offi
cials, one of the most outstand
ing events of its kind in the
country. The best of cowboy tal
ent with flocks of horses, cattle
and wild cattle to thrill the lov
ers of the frontier days. The ro
deo continues on Sunday with
some of the biggest attractions
scheduled for that day.
The Sheridan Rod« o Associa
tion have elgant grounds and im
provements and this year the
management is announcing that
p tpular prices will prevail. Be
ing so near Willamina, hundreds
from this section will avail Them
selves of the opportunity of see
ing this show.
Sgt John Butnwell is at home
—NOTICE—
with
a discharge, having pent
Water in the city mains will be
|
the
past
38 months overseas in
shut off at 12 midnight Satur
day June 2-’5rd while the reser the New Guinea theatre of war.
voir is being cleaned, and pro This is Johnnie's first visit home
bably will not be turned back on and is meeting with the entire
until sometime after 7 a.m. Sun approval of his family and hi.
day morning. Patrons will take many friends. He I’Pgnn his sol-
notice and reserve enough water licring career way back when
for use during those hours, and he belonged to the 41st Div. Ore
turn off electric water heaters. gon Guards and was among th,
Sprinkling will positively not be first of the boys in action after
war was declared.
permitted Sunday.
S Sgt. Newland Neely arrived
O. K. Brock, City Marshall
home Wednesday with an hon
orable discharge from the Army.
Body of Grand Ronde Newland’s service began five
years, eight months, and eight
ago and he’s been through
Boy Gets Escort Home days
three campaigns, and wounded
The Fabian Quenelle Family twice. Newland’s service was in
of Grand Ronde have been noti the Pacific theatre of war.
fied that their son Albert died
at tiiv Ind-oendence Army Air
Field, at Independence, Kansas, Bible School Program
June 13th. The body is being
shipped here under military es To Be Thursday Night
cort and the funeral will lie held
Sat unlay at 10 o’clock from the
An interesting program is be
Catholic Church at the agency ing arranged for this everting,
n old Grand Ronde. Albert was Thursday, at the ME church by
a Sergeant and had spent 34 the pupils and teachers of the
Summer Vacation Bible Cchool.
month.; in the South Pacific.
Besides the program numbers
there will be on display the hand
Floyd Erickson Gets
work accomplished by the stu
dents.
Promotion to A-M 3c
The enrollment has reached
122 pupils and 14 teachers w-ith
Floyd J. Erickson, age 23, of an average daily attendance of
9111 .35th NE. Seattle, Wash., 115.
has been promoted to Aviation
Metalsmith 2-c in the U. S. Nav
al reserve, at Naval Air Station, Fox Family All Home
Seattle,
Washington where he is
Scottie Mothers
on duty in A & R. Before pro
Together For a Day
motion he was a S 1-c.
Baby Squirrels
Erickson whose parents, Mr.
E. Fox S 2-c, son of
Mrs. Earl Harper was a p and Mrs. Matt Erickson live at Mr. David
and
Mrs.
D. W. Fox, arrived
prised one day last week to see Grand Ronde, Oregon, has,been heme Wednesday
morning and
their little scottie dog “Skippy” in the Navy 11 months. Before will have a 21 day
leave. His
between 2 ami 3 years of age. joining the Navy, he was a Met brother Laurice RDM
who
bring in a very small gray dig alsmith employed by Boeing came up from California 3 earlier
ger (squirrel. The dog gave the Aircraft Co. He is a graduate of in the week, was here for the
squirrel to Mrs. Harper and then ¡Taft High School.
day but left that evening to re-
disappeared, only to return with
rn to his ship. It is the first
another. She repeated this per I C. W. Stewart S 1-c and h«s t t' ’me
in 18 months the family
formance until she had brought wife arrived Saturday from Cal- has been
and David
in six babv grey squirrels and j ifornia on a 20 day leave. They came home together,
bv
plane
in order to
then proceeded to guard them «are visiteing at the home of his
and proudly oversee their feed 'mother, Mrs. Wm. Stewart make this visit possible.
ing which was accomplished by vhere his brother, Lt. Wm.
a medicine dropper.
Stewart and wife are also visi Wiliam ina Cafe Opens
Two of the little squirrels have ting while on leave.
survived and are now 8 days of
age and Skippy is still mothering
Miss Lynette Shetterly came Has New Management
them. But they are now being home from Portland to visit ov
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Borgman
fed goats milk from a spoon. er the week end with her parents have opened up the restaurant
Mrs. Harper states they are Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Shetter in th«' hotel and are serving
very tame and eat heartily.
ly an<l the family.
meals from 11 a.m. to midnight.
This restaurant was owned and
operated for some time by Tod
“ The Great American Odyssey" Sami o f
Harroun who closed is several
w eeks ago.
Lewis and Clark to lie Told io Times
This is a condensed history
of the Louisiana Purchase and
the Lewis and Clark Expedition
which opened the way for ex
ploration and settlement of the
western United States. It will
bi published serially in the Wil
lamina Times. The author, Wal
ter Meacham, is executive sec
retary of the Oregon council of
the American Pioneer Trails
Association.
CHAPTER 1
The urge of unknown lands
has ever turned men’s footsteps
toward the West. The land and
water trails of long ago were
b aversed by men of vision, cour
age and determination. The
V est was a great uncharted ex
panse with no state boundaries
t ■» consider and no fences to ob
struct.
Thomas Jefferson, third Pres
ident of the United States, was
a man of vision. He was keenly
interested in the country which
lay in the far Northwest. He
foresaw that from North Pacif
ic ports a great trade with the
Orient would be established. He
wanted that trade for America.
In 1783, he wrote to General
George Rogers Clark regarding
the possibility of Clark leading
an expedition to the West. In
1786. while Jefferson was minis
ter to France, he talked over the
matter with John Ledyard, one
of the best-known American
travelers whose ambition was to
found an American colony on
the Northwest coast of America.
Jefferson’s ideas took on new
life when he received news that
Captain Robert Gray, an Ameri
can captain on the good ship
Columbia, had discovered the
Oregon, the Great River of the
West, in May 1792. He then plan
ned to send out an expedition
under Andre Michaux, a French
botanist, but fate intervened and
that honor and glory were not
for Michaux. However, the vis
ion remained and the idea grew,
for Jefferson could not stand id
ly by and allow’ a foreign power
to gain a foothold in America.
In a secret message to Con
(Continued on page 3)
Petty Larceny Brings
Fine And Jail Sentence
Jimmy Shantell was fined $14.
and given five days in jail last
week on conviction of petty lar
ceny, having purloined gasoline
from the trucks of the Harris
Logging Co.
New Auto Stamp
Now Available
The new $5.00 Federal Motor
Stamp is now available at the
Post Office and Esther Fawk.
postmaster states that it is well
to get the stamp early as there
may be a shortage as the dead
line, July 1. draws near.
With the advent of warmer
weather the water in the city
reservoir, already low, reached
a vanishing point Monday night,
l he long cool spring and plenty
if moisture had kept up the sup
ply until now but with the heat
nd dry weather, with all us
ing water freely, the water in
the reservoir has reached a new-
low and folks on the hill south
of the river were entirely with
out water Monday evening. This,
regardless of the new 8 inch
main placed across the river last
year. The situation was re
lieved considerably by the
cleaning out of the main pump
in the pool above Willamina,
which was found completely
clogged up and out of order.
“Here’s Your Infantry,” one
of the most spectacular show
ings of the army in action is
coming to McMinnville next
Wednesday night and will be t
w-orth seeing. In this huge pa-
peant almost a hundred infan
trymen will stage real action,
attacking pill boxes and demon
strate real war time fighting
conditions.
The show will begin at 8 o’
clock on the high school football
field and will have a band con
cert by the 183 Infantry Band.
At 8:45 the real show will begin
and when darkness comes will
be under the bright lights of
the field.
J. L. Hornibrcok Dies
The show will be absolutely
free and no admission promises
be exacted. During the eve
Services to Be Friday will
ning a bond rally will be staged
Funeral services will be held and an effort made to sell 7th
Friday Morning at 10:30 in the War Loan Bonds.
parlors of the Sheridan Funeral
Home for John L. Hornibrook,
who passed away Wednesday af Yamhill County Bond
ternoon, June 20th., at the age
of 77 years and 4 months.
Sales Behind in State
John Lester Hornibrook was
born February 20, 1868 in Tor
Sales report to date from all
onto, Canada and moved to a towns in Yamhill County that
farm near Willamina seventeen the County sales quota is behind
yiars ago. A short time ago he that of the state with less than
and his wife moved into town, two weeks of the Seventh War
and he went to the hospital in Lean campaign remaining for
McMinnville, where he remained salesmen and women to put
until a fortnight ago. He had their County over the top.
been an invalid since he was
Yamhill County’s sabs quota
very ill about a year and a half to date in “E” bonds is 57U%
ago.
against the State’s sales quota
Besides his wife he is surviv of 65*0%. Willamina sales quota
ed by a sister in Victoria. B. C., just reported is 46%.
a brother, in Vancover, B. C.,
Commencing this week an in
and a brother at Cooce, B. C.
tensive retailers’ sales program
The services will be conducted will be initiated to help boost
by Rev. C. E. Calame of the “E” bond sales for the remain
Methodist Church and interment der of the Seventh War Loan
will be in the Green Crest Mem Drive. Through the retail com
orial Fark at Sheridan.
mittees of the various city cham
bers of Commerce, one hour of
one day to be designated, will be
Fred Hansen Gets Last devoted by merchants and their
clerks to the sales of war bonds
only.
First In Hitler Palace
Mrs. Frank Matocha spent
the past week with her parents
in Reedsport. They have just re
ceived a letter from his comman
ding officer concerning the
death of her brother. Fred Han
sen which was reported recently
in these columns. The officer
wrote that Fred was the first
boy to enter Hitler’s palace at
Bertchesgadcn and that a lone
German officer shot him as he
jumped in. Fred lived about 20
hours after being wounded.
Mrs. Matocha recalls that
Fred had often expressed his de
sire to “get Hitler” and that he
was up for a furlough the week
before but decided to stay and
“see it through.” Another broth
er Orville, is with the 1st Army
and still in Germany.
CpL Haflinger Reports
For New Assignment
Red Cross News
Yarn for ten sweaters is now-
ready for Red Cross knitters at
the home of Mrs. S. E. Bryant.
There is also a number of gar
ments ready to sew. Tuesday is
Red Cross sewing day at the Re
bekah hall.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.,
June 12—Cpl. Joseph A. Haflin
ger, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Haflinger. Route 1, Wil
lamina, Ore., has reported to
the Army Ground and Service
Forces Redistribution Station
here for assignment to new du
ties based on skills and experi
ence gained during 36 months’
duty in New Guinea and the
Philippines.
The Redistribution Station,
one of six established by the
A rmy to receive service men and
women considered essential to
the prosecution of war, offers a
comprehensive program of rec
reation. athletics, and entertain
ment to the returnee while he
awaits new orders. Santa Bar-
Bara’s famed vacation resort-
hotels. now managed for the vet
erans by the Army, are under
direction of the Ninth Service
Command.
A1 Newby of Newby's Phar
macy was in Portland Saturday
“on a buying spree," trying to
get items people would like to
buy. As usual, he found them
“hard-to-get.” Clifford E. Coon
pharmacist at Parsons Drug Co.
in Sheridan was in charge of
the prescription case during his
absence.
Arthur Vann, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Vann, arrived home
Wednesday with a 30 day fur
lough in his pocket. Arthur re
ceived an arm and hand wound
in France, and was sent to a
hospital in England, and later
brought to the hospital in Walla
Walla, Washington.
Humidity Drop Brings
Ixiggers Out of Woods
With the coming in of a cool
sea breeze Wednesday evening,
the logging situation eased up
in the woods in and around this
community. The humidity had
steadily dropped over the week
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Endres and
J. A. (Bud) Jensen, Jr. CTM
end until by Monday afternoon daughters returned from a visit
1-c
left last Thirsday to rejoin
it was necessary for the loggers
Eastern Washington Monday
to come in, it is reported.
his company on their ship.
evening.