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Library. U nlveral’.v o f Orc Willamina Oimes VOLUME NO. 36 NO 41. KIWAMANS LEND AID TO PLAN FOR JUVENILE OFFICER W ILLAM IN A, YAM H iLL COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 29. 1947 SHERIDAN MAN TAKES OVER MILK DISTRIBUTION Jack A. Itinn. Hherldan. ha« taken I over the firm name of Bellbrook Dal- ! ry and will handle the dlMtrlbutlon I of inllk from the dairy farm owned I by A. L. Martin. The atate m ilk control board held > a hearing nt the city hall In Sheridan The member« of the W illam ina Kt-1 KrUlliy, t4) )),„ e r ,II| ne | f permlaalon PLANEDUSTS DDT TO CONTROL WEEVIL IN VETCH R esidents of the Fairview addition should be given Itinn to sell milk may have been startled this morning their noon m eeting, T u esday. p led g from house to house In Hherldan. U p Into thin k in g so m e am ateur stunt p i ing approval of n plan to Include on the latter*« objection that he had lot w as b u ttin g their roof tops, but nut received su fficien t notice of the fund« In the county budget, for beard’s Intention, the bearing was it w as all a m atter of business and m aintaining a juvenile officer In no m onkey business either. continued until next m onth. Y am hill county. The resolu tion, a A ccording to Itinn*« attorney, O. The plane w as sent out by Central c py of which was »ent to the county ... .............................. w H elder. th e milk control hoard Is A ircraft of Y akim a lo r crop dusting court, w in the rc«ult of a letter , .... I con ten d in g that the one dairy now enntraet with the t im e I over to the club by Mrs S usie | rI”»"«* under contract with m e Nerving Sheridan in wurriclent for Iti r m intv n n a tin « r*<» nnorativo II Enirnun«. m em ber of the gr»<H . . n. . . . 1 * C oun,y D usting Lo-operative ---- .U -, wh(rh need«, w hereas Itinn contend« that vlrB(1 H elder of w „lam ina :« school faculty and also o f the sta te the dem and Justifie* estab lish m en t president. T h e Co-op Is using a 5 textbook cm m lsston, w ritten to her of a second route. Bellbrook Dairy percent BB T m ixture for dusting by B. Lynn Gubser, county « hool n< w deliver« from house to house In hairy vetch a s a precaution against superintendent. A recent session of th e W illam ina and Grand Itonde ar w eevil Infestation. The Sim m s field s the legislature, Mr. Gubser w rote, eas near W illam ina schoolh ouse were be had m ade It possible for each county ing dusted this m orning between sev- to spend enough money to em ploy a 1 en and eig h t o'clock and the plane ju ven ile officer und m ovem ent w as then m oved on to other fields In the on foot In the rounty to Include III 1 V alley Junction and Grand Ronde tb< budget sn Item for such un o f f i areas T h ey expected to be operating cer for Y am hill rounty. Mr. Gubser T he Green Mountain Lum ber In th is section a ll day, Mr. Helder asked Mrs. Em m ons to lend her as- ■ Istanrc In callin g the attention of j com puny Is aw aiting Installation of said. Crop d ustin g is Mill enough o f a W lllam lna civic groups to the m atter transform ers In Its planing m ill In novelty here to attract attention and which Mr. Gubser considered u rg en t W illam ina, Ralph Cole, m em ber of m any people w ere observed as spec the firm , said today, and as soon as ly Important. T he newly organised Taft K lw anls they are In, th e planer will be ready tators. As th e plane dipped and skim m ed low over th e fields, a trail club will bold Its charter night cere to start operations. of d u st left by th e plane, resembled The W illam ina Lumber com pany m onies, June 7 at a dinner m eeting and about thirty are exp ected to a t started Its night sh ift, Monday ev sm oke used foi sky writing, but It en in g, uddlng 50 men to the pay quickly fanned ou t and then slow ly tend from W lllam lnn. Next Tuesday at th e luncheon roll at th e mill and putting on a l settled to th e ground. m eeting at the lairk, I’hll llum m ond m ost as many m ore In th e loggin g i O regon City. lieutenan t-governor for Industry to keep the saw m ill sup- thl« district, w ill address the local ' plied. club Follow ing the lauetlng a meet - ! K enneth Barrett e x p e c t to m ove want« rlub passed a reaolutlon, at EXPANSION SLATED FOR LUMBER PRODUCTION $2.00 A YEAR TO CLOSE OR NOT TO CLOSE SEEMS HARD TO DECIDE W hether to clo se or stay open, ¡Saturday, has been a much discussed ! question am ong W illam ina mer- I chants th is week and as the Tim es j gf.es to press W ednesday evening, apparently few of the firm s have de- elded d efin itely w hether or not they will follow Sheridan's exam p le and declare a three day holiday. Most of them , how ever, will be closed all day Memorial Day. Most of the m ills will be closed from T hursday until Monday. WILLAMINA MERC. CO. SOLD TO W. 0. AYARS T he W illam ina M ercantile com - j pany, form ed last fall to buy out the Kershaw D epartm ent store In W il lam ina, o ld est store in the com m un ity changed hands again th is week when m em bers o f the firm . Mr and Mrs. John Snyder and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Maddox, sold the store and prop- erty to Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Ayars, 'orm erly of LaGrande. T he new ow ners took over the m anagem ent, Monday. They are liv ing In apartm ents in the building and w ill be joined later by their son, Marvin Hyde, now atten d in g W ood- m ere school In Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder will leave soon for C alifornia to v isit the fo r m er's brother. V. B. Snyder at B ald w in Park. Mr. and Mrs. Maddox have aiready moved to D eL ake and Mr. Maddox w ill m anage a th ea ter now j bein g butlt there Mr. and Mrs. Leo M. Fry, form er m em bers of the firm . , w ho sold recently to Maddox, are ROCKEY STONE AGAIN TAKES RACING HONORS | i i | I i WORKER KILLED IN CONTACT WITH HI-VOLTAGE LINE Robert Coiner Bow en, 26, Sheri dan electrician, m et death F riday af ternoon w hile en gaged in an electri cal Installation at th e W illam ina Lum ber C om pany’s saw m ill. H e was strin gin g a 110 voltage ligh t circuit w hen the line cam e in contact with a 2 4 ,0 0 0 v o lta g e line, w hile be w as w orking on a poie som e 35 feet frem the ground and four feet under th e power line. His body fell back, held by h is sa fety belt and he was brought down by crew m em bers and taken to th e h ospital w here he w as pronounced dead upon arrival. An em p loyee of Stuck Electric com pany in Sheridan, Mr. Bowen had ' bfeen *>™®an » crew en gaged in P °wer and U« ht in stallation at the lum ber plant for several m onths and Friday w as p u ttin g th e fin ish in g touches on th e system to perm it lig h tin g th e mill for the n igh t sh ift schedu led to start work Monday. A veteran o f W orld W ar II, he w as active in civic a ffa irs and w as assis tant scout m aster in Sheridan. He w as an o fficer o f the W illam ina V. F. W. post. Survivors include his w ife. June, and little d augh ter Linda Kay; also h is parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. R uel Bow en, Portland. He was th e grandson of Mrs. E stella Ander son and Mrs. E stella Bowen. Funeral serv ices w ere held Monday a fter noon at St. Johns Funeral Hom e in P ortland w ith Interm ent in R iver view cem etery. Ing o f the board of d irectors Is : his saw m ill m achinery from the planning also to m ove to th e coast. The sa le w as m ade thru th e of- scheduled. 1 C larence Bchukar place three m iles R. ST IL E S P A Y S At the su ggestion of Virgil H elder. I w est of W illam ina Io Its new loca- Hockey Stone, W illam ina’s w ell- flee of Earl R ichardson, local rep th< club voted to sponsor tw o 4 II tlon near th e Green Mountain hold- known racing cham pion, w as run resentative of Richardson and Gearin W ILLAM INA \ 1SIT o f N ew berg. C R S tile“' now ° f Tacoma for scholarships for C orvallis su m m er Ings here as soon as wnrR Is com - ning true to form , Sunday, when he m er W illam ina councilm an, mayor si'hool, the recipients to be a boy and pleted on the mill fram e now under and Justice of the peace, w as here a girl from the F endall 4 H clubs. con stru ction . A delay w as caused took first place In the C-hydro class SCHOOL ELECTION for a visit th is w eek. H e is a gu est The W illam ina union h igh school Oscar Ayars. new ow ner of the T uesday by a breakdow n In th e ex- at th e W ashington S ta te cham p a t the C harles U nicom e hom e. W lllam ina M ercantile com pany, was cnvatlng m achinery w hile working ionship outboard m otor races at district w ill hold an election, June Mr. S tiles, w ho lays claim to 82 23, to elect one director. present as guest of Earl L. Richard- on the site for th e mill pond, Seattle. He then stepped up a notch N om inations m ust be signed by years but looks 20 years younger eon. P hil Booth, w as Introduced as I ------------------- and took an oth er first place in the than that, expressed h is pleasu re in hl.i guest by K. E S h e tte rly . I'OHTVONED i F-hydro class. (C -hydro is 30 horse ten voters and filed w ith the district ------------------- I T h e business m e e tin g of ♦ be j power m otor and F-hydro, 60 horse- clerk, A. J. C afarelli at le a st ten days m eetin g old friend s and said he w as prior to the election. N om inating surprised to note how m uch new Mrs Ida Harris, who has been l l v - ( Church of Christ announced else- ‘ pow er.I building and industry had been Ing In W illam ina with her son, C S w here In today’s T im es as o f next Bill R ankin of S ea ttle won the blanks and further inform ation may started since he left h ere a year H arris, hns gone to Van Zandt. Sunday has been postponed until the m ain event in the C -servlce class. be obtained from the clerk. C andi ago. H e had liv ed here sin ce 1925 W ashington to visit another son. Ev- fo llo w in g Sunday, a later announce H. Murray o f Albany took second d ates m ust be from d istricts not and had held a num ber of civic of erett E. Harris. ! inent states. place In th e C-hydro. T he meet was presently represented on th e board, fices in clu d ing th a t of m ayor, and, sponsored by the S ea ttle Outboard Mr. C afarelli said. later, recorder. Club and sanctioned by th e Am eri can I’o w er Boat A ssociation, h ead FREEM AN RANCH SOLD Mr. and Mrs. V irgil Cole of Tilla DOROTHY RUDD HONORED quarters at I-os A ngeles. mook and their five daughters have AT BRIDAL SHOW ER Mrs. Stone and the baby a ccom A bridal show er w as held , Thurs- moved here to m ake their hom e on panied Mr. Stone to S eattle. They plan to go to Nampa next Sunday I the 310-acre dairy farm w hich they day, at the hom e of Mrs. E. Oslund Grade School graduation exercises "Your decision today w ill d e te r have purchased from the Paul Free- ! in Corbett A creage, h onoring Miss were held Monday even in g at the m ine your fu tu re tom orrow ,” th e w here Mr. Stone w ill com pete In man esta te. T hey also purchased th e I D orothy R udd, w h ose m arriage to grade school. Mrs. L. V. Em m ons Rev. O. M. W hitm an, pastor of the the races sponsored by th e Idaho Freem an dairy herd con sistin g of 30 i Don Haw k w ill tak e place, Ju ne 8. W ater Sports A ssociation. played the processional "Pom p and First M ethodist church In Oregon G uests w ere Mrs. H. H aw k, Sher cow s and plan to increase the n um C ircum stance" as the graduates took City and form er pastor of the W illa- idan, Mrs. W ayne E llis, Mrs. Elm er ber. thelr places on th e platform . T he tnlna M ethodist church, told the CORRECTION Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Freem an who Conkey, Mrs. V. Banyard, Mrs. H. Due to a typographical error, the stage w as attractively decorated with grad u atin g cla ss of W lllatnlna high Market ad vertisem en t on have been operating th e place expect B ates and d au gh ters, V iola and Lois, spring flow ers and the w ords C lass [ school, when he addressed them at Co-op Mrs. Mabel F ow ler, Mrs. C rowell, to m ove to R ickreall soon. of '47 In large blue letters was placed the baccalaureate services, Sunday Page 7 quotes leg of spring lamb Mrs. Lym an Johnson, Mrs. Philip on th e back of the stage. T h e class even in g at th e auditorium . The world nt 45c a pound. It should read 59c Mr. and Mrs. Hap P arrett Jr. en V ollm an and Mrs. O laf Rudd, m other a pound. T he Tim es regrets th is er m otto Is ‘ If nt first you don’t sue- n eeds alert you n g people who are tertained at dinner. W ednesday ev of th e bride-to-be. T he refreshm en t tee d , try. try again." C lass officers w llllng to share their ta len ts to m ake ror and w e hope Mr. W illiam s o t en in g , com p lim en ting Mr. P arrett’s tables were p rettily decorated w ith w ere P resident Marilyn Cook, vice- the liv es of others happier, he said. the Co-op Market w ill not be in- m other upon her birthday a n n iver roses and the honoree received many president Vernon R lsseeuw , and sc- H e urged them to live “therm ostat" cnvenienced because of It. i nice gifts. sary. rclary Darlene B rackenbrough, the lives rather than a "th erm om eter ex class flow er wns the rose and colors, isten ce” . A therm om eter, he said, POPPY SALES PROVE blue and gold. m erely records the surrounding tem POPULAR SELL-OUT F ollow ing the processional Rev. L. perature but does n oth ing about It, T h e poppy sales have been com .1. Horn gave the invocation. LaV elle w hereas a therm ostat has a set sta n pleted, the American L egion A ux McBee gave the w elcom e ad d ress fol- dard and forces its environm ent to iliary reports, and Mrs. Fred W irfs. lo ved by the class history by B illy m eet that standard. the gen eral chairm an of the sale, T he clim ate in O kinaw a is sim ilar A ltho he says Okinawa is not a F elton T h e fifth nnd sixth grade T he class of 4 8 seniors a ttend ed 111 expressed h erself as being well to that of F lorid a, C aptain E ggert chorus sang two num bers “Old Black < cap and gow n with the boys out- pleased w ith the response of the hud place in which to live, apparent said, adding th a t th e A m erican ser J o e” and "Keep on H opin’ ” , A lice num bering the g irls by three. general public. All poppies w ere sold ly Capt. George E. E ggert lik es W il vicem en stationed there, m any of Hum then read the class prophecy, C om m encem ent exercises w e r e and there w ere 2600 poppies to sell. follow ed by the eigh th grajle girls schedu led to tak e place W ednesday They w ere placed in Sheridan, W il lam ina and Grand Ronde better for whom have their fam ilies with them , sextette, LaV elle McBee, A lice Ham, ev en in g with Raoul C. Bertrand of lam in a, Grand Ronde and all sur he and Mrs. E ggert have purchased find liv in g con d itions q uite pleasant. Margaret Fiet, Marilyn Cook, Virvln- W illam ette U niversity as speaker. rounding com m unities. Mrs. W irfs a place near Grand Ronde and expect The n atives of the island for the m ost w ish es to publicly thnnk all th o se j to m ake it thmu home. The air forces part, seem w ell pleased w ith th e oc la N elson and Carol Pearson san g -K en tu ck y Babe". The F arew ell ad w ho so generously contributed to o fficer, now on term inal leave, has cupation, h e said, inasm uch as they dress w as by Lillian H ines. H arvey m en ts and others are blank, w asting their tim e to a ssist and to the pub lately been flyin g C-4 6 transport are farin g m uch b etter than under H arris, principal, Introduced the the en ergy o f them selves and others lic for their generosity In a ssistin g planes for U ncle Sam from Okinawa th e form er control of the Japanese. The arm y m an said he narrow ly speaker, Ray C. Sm ith, m in ister of as w ell. He urged the class to live th i disabled veterans in the h os to th e P hilippines and Japan. He has the Church of Christ. Mr. Sm ith used their m otto of trying again If failure pitals. T he proceeds of the sa les been in the orient for the past year escaped bein g In an u ncom fortable a s his topic "A L ife or a L ivin g.” conieR and to heed the words found are used for hospital and ch ild w el and for a tim e was com anding offi- position w hen the rebellion started cer of a head qu arters squadron based in F orm osa in March of th is year a- The scripture text was M atthew 25: In E c clesia stes 9 :1 0 “ W hatsoever fare work. at Okinawa. Prior to leaving the gain st the C hinese Governor. Capt. 1 1 3 ; the speaker com pared the lives thy hand findeth to do, do It with sta te s, h e w as a test p ilot, flyin g E ggert w as tem porarily stationed at of people with postcards in th at som e thy m igh t.” S alem V isitors Sunday carry m essages of friendship, som e H arvey Harris presented the grad Mr. and Mrs. Robert Raker, Mr. P -5 1 's in Florida. It w as In Florida Tainan in th e southern part o f the are beautiful nnd u seless, others are uating class and J. A. M atocha pre and Mrs. Fred Baum gardner, Mr. that he m et the girl he later m arried, island , w hen th e rebellion brok e out beautiful Hnd carry a real m essage. sented th e diplom as. Benediction was and Mrs. Elm er Jackson and Mr. and Mrs. E ggert cam e to W illam ina sev- In the north and sw ep t southw ard, som e are alw ays proclaim ing th in gs by L. J. Horn, pastor of th e A ssem bly , Mrs. Lloyd E lm ore m otored to Salem eral w eeks ago from her hom e in It reached T ainan th e next day after of various nature, som e are p o s t - ! of God church. I Sunday. he w as called back to O kinawa. W inter Haven, Florida. Service To Olliers Stressed hi Talks To Grade, High School Graduates, This Week Okinawa Not a Bad Place To Live But Oregon Preferable, Army Flier Says
