,ihmry, LoíO Euv« „ , O r
Ot)e Willamina Otrnes
VOLUME 35 NUMBER 43
NEW HIGHWAY
BRIDGE SOON SAY
ROAD OFFICIALS
WILLAMINA. YAMHILL COUNTY. OREGON,
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THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1946
Street Committee Proposes Plans
For Curbs and Hard Surfacing
Tn ride ii bicycle on any sid ew alk
In the C ity of W illam ina, or park
or leave a bleycle ly in g on any sid e
walk I k a violation of ordinance
Num ber 151» and violators are hereby
W. C. E ngdahl
warned lh at they «re subject to «
T he street co m m ittee of the clfy
a fine of not m ore than fifty dollara
ha, rtllr| nij , hl.
paa, MOnth
R epreeentatlvea from
the
State ""
Tlrnt con viction and double
h(,rn alu d y in g the problem o f street
Utah way D epartm ent
In W illam ina •••«• «m ount on su bsequ en t convict
m aintenance and street construction.
T uesday udvlaed city offlclala that
W t.
have co n su lted with represent
O. K Brock,
m aterial was now on hand for the
atives of the S ta le H ighw ay Depart
( tty .Marshall of W illam ina
merit and with p rivate contractors
ret (instruction o f W lllam lna'a bridge
W ith the Inform ation now at hand,
and that such w ork w ould be un-
the co m m ittee is In agreem ent on the
dcr-lak eu shortly.
fo
llow in g policy regarding th e ex-
Other work on th e highw ay b e
p
enditure
of funds o f the taxpayers
tw een Me M lnnvtlle and the coast
whom we represen t:
esp ecially cast and w est of W lllum lna
1. To spend a m inim um am ount
la under con tem p lation by the d e
o f m oney on street Im provem ents
p artm ent and m ig h t get a tten tion
o f a tem porary nature;
Inter In the sum m er.
2. To secu re the serv ices of com pe-
P
lan
s
arc
being
m
ade
to
en
ter
The h lahw ay bridge In W illam ina
tent
street en g in eers, and lay
because o f Its narrow ness has been tain large crow ds In Sheridan on
the groundw ork and Initiate street
a seriou s hazard and m any a ccid en t- r r ‘d“ y- « “ ‘ «rday. and Sunday, June
Im provem ent p rojects of a per
and near urchlcnts b a v e taken (dace 21, 22, 23 for the Phil Sheridan
m anent nature. By this we mean
Days and P hil Sheridan rodeo pro
there. T he narrow stru ctu re has been
hard
su rfacin g o f th e streets and
gram s. C ow boys from several w est
esp ecially h nraidou s during the past
the
in
sta lla tio n of con crete curbs
e r n sta te s have en tered the two-day
few .nears w hile log g in g has grown
and storm sew ers to take care of
rodeo which sta rts Saturday a fter
Into Its present place A loggin g noon, and p ioneers from all o v e r the
truck, reliably I* reported to cross region are expected to attend the
t In bridge, eith er loaded or em pty.
(,ay pil(Rrani. j „ ne 2 1.
every m inute of th e regular w orking
The p io n eer M other, an n u ally se-
_
d;n S ince no other vehicle can pass
from pioneer wom en of the R p C l f i p r i f '
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w hile a log truck I» going over.
area, w ill he pr< presented at th e an
1 « • o V O
!• Is easy Io see how seriou s a hottie- nual P ioneer Mother Dance June
Pioneer and son of pioneering
20 The Pioneer Mother b anq uet te parents. Dr. E u gen e M Graves »1-
neck th is bridge has been
schedu led for the even in g o f June year old
Sheridan
citizen
died
21st.
died at th e old fa m ily hom e, scen e
Sheridan Plans To
Entertain Large Crowds
At Forthcoming Show
Pioneer Sheridan
su rface w ater d rain age;
3. To keep In m ind and m ake
allow ances In our planning fo r the
future Installation of a san itary
sew er system .
P erm anent street Im provem ents
cost m oney. T he question arises,
"W ho shall pay for tmeh projects?"
in m ost cities, they are paid by
‘ th< properly ow ners on the street
Involved, with the city paying the
cost o f the street in tersection s. In
M cM innville, for exam p le, property
ow ners have d u rin g the last several
years paid for over $ 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0
worth of street Im provem ents. In
W illam ina, th e cost o f paving Main
stie e t was borhe by im provem ent
assessm en ts a g a in st all
property
ow ners ad join in g the paving In th e
Yocom A ddition, the co st o f hard
su rfacin g was added to the property
and ultim ately paid by the property
(C ontinued on P age 5)
Boy Crushed Under
Log Truck Wheels
$2.09 A YEAR
MODERN FARMING
TAKES TO AIR
ENEMIES BUTZED
"D ust your vetch for you, please
i s ir ! ’’
And you get it put on instead
of “took off." Llteraly it is entym o-
1 o g lest bom bardm ent from a plane
that clip s the tops of th e vetch w hile
the bugs scurry to th eir bom bproof
sh elters or w herever It Is th a t bugs
scurry to when the DDT plane zoom s
down to bring both v en gean ce and
Justice.
Days used to be when you w ent to
the city to get the th rills, but now
adays you go ou t to the farm and
I count your heart beats w h ile the
m odern farm er "m akes h a y ” w ith
airplan es and high-pow ered m achin-
ery.
F iv e thousand acres o f vetch are
being dusted in th e W illam ina S her
idan section and th e work is being
done by planes that spread th e in
secticid e as it sw eeps from on e end
of th e field to the other. In order to
get the best resu lts the plane m ust
barely top the hay and drivers m ust
be dare-devil "h edge-hoppers." '
A d em onstration sch ed u led for
T hursday afternoon near the W allace
bridge, did not m aterialize o w in g to
adverse w eather co n d itio n s and w ill
be held F riday m orning. A broadcast
from the scen e of op eration a lso w ill
bo made.
C hief in charge of th e "bom bard
m ent" is Don Larson, en to m o lo g ist
I
r u f e ” o f’ w M h i’n^toB “who'” te
h ere
T he fleet Qf ten pianag
am ployed
th is en
r, 8e ,s tfae
o f lh e C entra, A lrcraft Co
A fifteen year old boy, C harles
Edward Sm ith, w as k illed M onday
sh ortly before noon when he fell
under the w heels o f a lo g g in g truck
11 ig b 11 g h t In g the Saturday pro of his birth alm o st a century ago on the hill on th e h igh w ay about
gram w ill be a large parade in the
Dr G raves had been a d en tist for a m ile east of Sheridan.
m orning, free barbecue at noon, and many years In P ortland and later
T h e truck, driven by Chris Co*
the rodeo In the aftern oon.
in Sheridan but q u it the a ctiv e blentz was p roceed in g eastw ard and
Funeral services w ill be h eld In
, . , a c t h e m ore than thirty years ago.
passing the h()y who waa g o in g
th e Chapel s l the Sheridan F uneral
and had sin ce lived an easy, retired ( jjt sam e direction. Iq th e operation
E. D. Lamsons Entertain
Hom e I» Sheridan Saturday ut 2: p.
life on the old G rrss hom estead about by sorne unknow n circu m stan ce.
m for G allic Milton H ippie, form er M any Out-ol-Town G uests
tw o m iles so u th ea st o f hheriCAR.
the boy fell from the b icycle and
hardw are man and resident of Sheri-
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aerviee«
w<’ip
hfcln
ut
tne
dirpetlv
tinder th«»
n t ' t l h * e e
Week r n j - enratr, »» the E D.
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ta e r h p p li
h ese p lanes are u sin g th e fa clli-
d in for m any years and who passed IxlmbOn hon,e WPr,. rp)a„ v w <)f , he M ethodist church in Sheridan W ed- , , u ck. crushin g th e en tire upper
tiei o f the W illsheron field near Sher-
aw ay Ju ne Ibth nt h is hom e in fam ily and friend s w ho cam e from nc*<,B aftern oon and the body w as portlon of h is body and his head
idan as w ell as other nearby fields.
Piciadena C alifornia He w as 62 years, out o f town for th e w eding o f Miss taken to the R iverview Abbey
No blam e was fixed, it is report
Mr. Larson is a friend o f th e Ver-
P ortland for crem ation and com m itt ed. th e regrettab le circum stances
fi m o n t h s un ii 2B d a y s of age.
Helen Lain so n and K enneth Graham
nor B randts of th is city and Is e n jo y
m
ent.
T he deceased Is survived by his ur, event of Saturday even in g, and
being attribu ted to som e slip on the ing a v isit w ith them w h ile here.
w ife, B essie, and a son , Law rence rem ained overnight and Sunday, and
part of the boy or defect of th e road
A lso present for th e d em onstraton
Leslie, of Portland, and tw o sisters. included Mrs. Lannon'« siste r and
way w here he turned out.
T hursday w as W . C. L eth , cou n ty
Mrs N ellie Turner of Grand Bornie, husband, Mr. and Mfs. B. C L eighty
T he parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph agen t for P olk county.
and Mrs. Vavn Jacobs of Portland- of Salem , and co u sin s. Mr and Mrs.
Sm ith reside in Gopher V alley north
Interm ent w ill be In th e Sheridan Don F lfleld o f Gama«. W ash ington .
west o f Sheridan, and C harles was
a
freshm an in the Sheridan high
Masonic Cem etery beside the grave The M isses Barbara ilu ffo r d ,. C har
Pay in creases agreed upon in a new
of a son. Dean Reed Hippie, who lotte K aufm an and .Maxine Coons con tract between Portland G eneral school the past year.
Funeral services were held at the
w as drow ned in th e Y am hill river ()f F „ Rpne an(, F iery McKern o f Cor- E lectric com pany and its union elect-
iii nr their form er hom e in Sheridan. va] ||8
Miss Loriell I aim son
w as rlcal w orkers have been au tom atic- C atholic church in Sheridan Thurs-
T he S ilver Tea sponsored by th e
Mr. Hippie w a s « p artner of Robert home for the week end from the Vnl- “ By extended to m em bers o f oth er day m orning and burial w as in the
Civic Club and held at the h om e of
I. E sk rid ge In the H ippie and Eak- j varsity. Mr. and Mrs, C. V. S tater and u nion s and non-union em p loyes o f the ' St. Jam es cem etery in M cM innville,
ridge H ardw are Snore In the Mason- Miss Ann Stew ard of Portland w ho com pany, M. £ . D unston,, Y am h ill Two other sons, b esides th e parents Mrs. F loyd Z etterberg W ednesday
afternoon w as one of the ou tsta n d in g
b u ild in g in Sheridan nntfl his who cam e for the w edding returned d ivision m anager of PGE h as an- survive.
nouneed.
social even ts of the w eek.
h ealth failed and the fam ily moved to ¡hom e that n ight.
T he union agreem ent, co v erin g one TEXACO GAS STATION SOLD
T he Z etterberg hom e w as gaily
P asadena several years ago h oping |
year
d atin g from June 1 and applied
decorated
with la te sp rin g flo w ers
Hie chutige Of Climate w ould be help- Special Services at A ssem b ly
LARSONS TO ROSEBURG
retroactive to April 1 when a p reviou s
and the tea table w as a ttra ctiv ely
fui.
Of God Church June 18th.
six m onth agreem ent expired, pro-
A nnouncem ent w as m ade th is w eek
arranged w ith a cen terp iece o f yellow
vld es a w age increase o f slig h tly of the sa le of the T exaco S ervice
Miss
M
arjory
M
ahauey
w
ill
be
at
F o rm e r G rand R«»i»«l<’ Resident
and pink snap dragons and silv er
the A ssem bly of God Church T u es hnore than 5 per cent and brings ; Station by Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Law- acndleS.
D ie s F o l l o w i n g H e a r t A t t a c k
day n ight. Ju ne 18. at 8 o ’clock . She to 21 per cent the Increase allo w ed son to L. P. K em t and son w ho took
An au ction of pack ages w as con
sin ce the w ar's end. The Increases p ossession on the 10 th.
Win Curl died S atu rd ay In T illa w ill be sp eak in g and sh o w in g p ict
ducted by Mrs. H arry S hip ley and
were based on the cost of livin g
Mr. and Mrs. L aw son have pur
mook follo w in g a heart attack . It Is ures of th e orp h anage work in Egypt
netted a neat sum for th e club.
Mr Curl form erly lived This should be an In teresting service , Index and other factors
chased a hom e in R oseburg and will
reported.
M usical num bers included a solo
T here have been no strik es or seri- , m ove there th is w eek.
in ’ Grand Rondo and waa a brother i «nd all are Invited to attend
by
Mrs. Sanford C. R isseeu w and a
ous labor d ispu tes between th e com - i
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of A rthur Curl who liv e s In Grand
duet by Mrs. R isseeuw and Mrs.
pany and its em ployes for 30 years Ruth Rydell Discharged After
Ronde. F uneral services are sw n ltth g Panam a Teacher C om ing To
R ussell D avis w ith Mrs. R oy E. D ur
th< arrival of a brother from S later. !
ham at the piano.
F A R E W E L L PARTY SA T U R D A Y
Lon9 u s Army Service
.........
r
the
Visit
Brother
and
Fam
ily
Here
M issouri, the form er hom e of tn e
I
Mrs. Oscar R udig b rou ght a n um
Miss F lorence Lam son is expected NIGHT FO R PAl'LSON FAMILY'
Miss Ruth R ydell who w as a 2nd
Curl fam ily.
ber
of very old new spapers and m ag
to arrive by plane In P ortland F riday
*n P hysical T herapy in the O -
nlght June 15th. Miss Lam son. d a u -I
A fareWfc" P ^ ’Y
R>v‘‘n Satur- , R eilley h ospital in S pringfield. Mis- azines w hich proved very en ter ta in
GRANDE RONDE WOMANS
day n ig h t a t th e hom e of Mr. and Mrs. so u ri, d uring th e w ar received her ing. One of the papers bore an 1860
ghter of Mrs. Edna Lam son of S heri
CLUE INSTALLS OFFICERS
Rurtk H endrickson for Mr. and Mrs. disch arge on April 30th at Ft. Sher- date line.
dan and sister o f E. D. Lam son
Val
P aulson who are m oving to Olym- ldan Illinois, and is now v isitin g at
Mrs. J M Oleson on beh alf o f th e
The W om en ’s Club of Grand Ronde of W illam ina, is tea ch in g In C ristobal
held Ils annual In stallation of officer« a city In Panam a. T h is is her first pia. W ash ington . Cards were in play th e hom e of her brother, rf. A. club presented Mrs. R. E. Shipley,
as a sh ow er gift, a blanket.
on May 23rd at the Olnh huildin c. vlait hom e In several years. She is at six ta b les during the ev en in g and R ydell.
high scores at 500 were acquired by
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The club “riioin w as decorated In
H ostesses for this d elig h tfu l a ffa ir
i n . i k i n g t h e en tire D ip W
y a ll. land ^jrs. Axel
Axel W
W akkura.
akkura. Mr.
Mr. Gust
G ust Dahl.
D ahl, I A gnes W estw an g Kosack form erly
pink and w h ile, with th e table center in . first In H o rn .a , then Los A n geles Mrs.
SC(Ond h]Rh by Mrs F|.ed N elson and a resident here and la ter at Sheridan, were Mrs. Z etterberg. Mrs. Bryan
piece of calla llllles, coral and fern and fin a lly P ortland.
W|. W akkura, and the con solation has m oved to D allas w ith her hus- " a t t s . M is. L indell T h om ason an
t'orsages w ere presented to retiring
All the m em bers o f
her fam ily w ent to Mrs. W alde
Form an. band. The W estw an g fa m ily a lso Mrs. J. M. O leson.
and new officers. R efresh m en ts were
vnd to tw enty-eigh t wom en by the P'Hn ,o *’p nt **le » l’’Port w hen her
R oses in bouquets of m ixed colbrs reside in D allas now.
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Mr. and Mrs. T. W. D uncan of
were used about the room s in decor
retirin g ex ecu tiv e board. D ecorations plane arrives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. O leson went Coos B ay visited at the hom e of her
ation
and
a
senterplece
of
roses
and c n isa g e s w ere arranged b)
to Salem Saturday on a shopping sister. Mrs. A1 A oast, from Sunday
l adorned the table.
Edith L ittlejoh n , H arriett D avis and Attend G raduation Here
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tour and then th ey called oil Mrs. u ntil T uesday m orning.
Maxine H iggins,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Johnson and
Mr. and Mrs. 11. (5. H ankel and O’eso n ’s niece. Mrs. MariOti W est,
Mrs. Adah H udson en terta in ed
Carolee o f M cM innville and Mr. and children from Portland, and Mr. and | who is i l l the h osp ital recovering
Sec Niocc G raduate
Mrs. C larence W right of Sheridan Mrs. L. V. K utkey and ch ild ren from a m ajor op eration . Mrs. W est's Mr. and Mrs. Roy B r ig g s and th eii
Mr. mid Mis K enneth Turner a t were here F riday ev en in g to w itn ess spent Saturday and Sunday at the special nurse is Mrs. Arch W asson tw o ch ildren, and Mrs. B r ig g s sister.
tended the grad u atin g ex ercises In the g rad u atin g exercises, their niece W alter Spicer home. Mr. H ankel and who spent several w eek s h ere last Miss D elores A nderson of P ortlan d.
M cM innville Friday even in g. Their Miss Jessie M cNaniar being one of Mrs. u tk y are brother and siste r of : fall at th e hom e of her sister, Mrs. and Mrs. Chas. B uffu n ot B eaverton
n iece was one of the grad u ates.
on M em orial day.
the graduates.
Mrs. Spicer.
| Oleson.
Final Riles Saturday
For Gailie Hippie
Fay Increase Given
PGE Emyloyes By Co.
Civic Cub Tea At
Zetterburg’s Wednesday