ül)e Willamina Oinus
VOL 39, NO. 31
W ILLAM INA, YAMHILL COUNTY. OREGON
Victorious M e lo n Tossers
THURSDAY, MARCH 18. 1948.
$2.00 A YEAR
AMITY FIRM ANNOUNCES IMMEDIATE
OPENING OF FURNITURE STORE HERE
’
PRINCIPAL ATTENDS
MONMOUTH CONFERENCE
K enneth
Ram ey, grade school
principal attended a conference on
“School co n stru ctio n a n d Classroom
L ig h tin g " held a t M onm outh T u e s
day. T his conference was sponsored
by th e S tate D ep artm ent of Educ-
ion for th e benefit of school boards,
a d m in istra to rs a n d building con
tra c to rs and architects.
AUXILIARY ELECTS
DOROTHY AGEE HEAD
Shown with trophy presented them ’o r w inning th e annual in v itational (¡olden P to u rn a m e n t at Newt: erg a re
meni tiers of the W illam ina g rade school basketball learn. They finished in a tie w ith Dayton for the
Vumhlll county .l.am p lo n sp lp and took first place In th e W illam ina In v ita tio n a l tourney. They also p a r
ticipated In th e Hill M ilitary 1 6 -ie a m Invitational
a ffa ir In P o rtla n d . T h eir season record included 19 wins
and tw o losses.
F ro n t row, from left, Lee Miles, Ray Zim brlek. G er aid R ickard, P h ilip Mitchell, Lewis
U 'ith e r s r Hack row. from left. Pete Reynolds. Don Kennedy, Don P o rte r, Ronald E g g ert and R obert Johnson.
DEATH STRIKES
TWICE IN FAMILY
JUNIOR PLAY POSTPONED
1 lie Ju n io r play, "T oo Many H us
bands” , I f being postponed from Mar,
H to A pril 7 due to a conflict In
dates, aecordng to an announcem ent
from the high school.
T he stu d e n ts p a rtic ip a tin g are
learning th e ir p a rts nnd practice is
progressing nlcelyt the school re
ported. Miss Mary Stevenson is d ir
ecting.
STATE LEADER TO
ADDRESS CLUB
Mrs. Freeda P eterson, Oregon de
partm en t president of th e V. F.
W. A uxiliary, and a nativ e of W il
lam ina, paid an official visit to th e
local A uxiliary, M onday evening.
Mrs. Peterson was born in W illam ina
where h er m other and fa th e r o p erat-
j ed a hotel a t th e tim e. T hey la te r
moved to Sheridan w here Freeda
' grew up and w here the fam ily still
lives. T he A uxiliary president now
lives in D allas w here her husband,
H arold D. Peterson is in business.
A num ber of o th e r s ta te and d istric t
officers accom panied Mrs. P eterson
to th e m eeting. M onday evening.
F loor w ork was presented by the
McMinnville drill team .
Mrs. D orothy Agee was elected
president of th e l o c a l auxiliary.
O ther officers elected were Je a n
R itner, senior vice president; B eu
lah P a rre tt, ju n io r vice p resident:
1 Sally Ed mist on. tre a s u re r; A n n a
Strait, ch ap lain :
Lois .Mendenhail
and D orothy H arris, trustees.
A St. P a tric k 's Day su p p er was
served to th e Post and A uxiliary by
Mrs. H a rrie t House. Mrs. Vera Bil-
yeu and Miss D orothy Baunach.
J. V andelaar & Son, ow ners of
th e Amity F u rn itu re E xchange, have
I leased h a lf of th e fo rm er W illam ina
M ercantile building and announced
th is week th a t they expect to p u t in
a com plete line of fu rn itu re and el
ectrical appliances im m ediately. T he
firm will be known as th e V an d elaar
F u rn itu re Company. T he senior Mr.
V andelaar will m anage th e W illa
m ina branch w hile his son, J . K.
V andelaar will ta k e care of th e
Amity store and handle the w ashing
m achine re frig e ra to r re p a ir service
which will be established in both
places.
Mr. V andelaar was in W illam ina
th is m orning and expressed g re a t en
thusiasm over the prospects fo r a
th riv in g business here. W illam ina
has no fu rn itu re sto re and he said
th e field here looked very good to
him. T he A m ity F u rn itu re E xchange
a lre a d y had m any custom ers in th is
territory’, he said, an d th e firm
would be able to give them m uch
b e tte r service by being here a t W il
lam ina. They established th e A m ity
sto re tw o years ago and Mr. V and.
e la a r said it had m ade an am azin g
grow th in th a t tim e.
RITNER COMMANDER
OF VETERANS GROUP
E ugene R itner w as elected com
m an d er of the W illam in a V eterans
of F oreign W ars P ost 4211 a t th e
an n u al election m eeting, M onday
evening. O th er officers elected w ere
J a k e B artel, senior vice-com m ander;
A rchie
W atson, ju n io r vice-com
m a n d e r; Jo h n n ie L a rk in , q u a rte r
m a ste r; H. A. P a rre tt, judge-advoc
a te ; Ray Agee, surgeon. In sta lla tio n
will be held in April. Floyd Edm iston
is th e re tirin g com m ander.
T he post voted by an overw helm
ing m a jo rity to sta y in W illam ina.
A motion had been m ade a t a prev
ious m eeting to move th e post to
S heridan since m any of the m em bers
live in th a t com m unity. H ow ever it
was voted down and the m em bers
a re going ahead w ith th e ir bond
issue to raise m oney to build a hall
UpOn th e ir lots a t th e east e n tra n c e
of W illam ina
George Stone, McMinnville, dist
rict com m ander, w as a guest at Mon
day evening's m eeting.
n
d
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Two sisters, life-long residents
T he Civic Club will meei T h u rs
of th is section, died within a period
day
aftern o n March 25, 2:00 p. m.
of th ree days, d u rin g th e past week,
at
R
ebekah Hall. Mrs. W illiam
when th e d e a th o f Mrs. Colley S.
Chandlee, sta te president of the
Wooden, 81. on T uesday, M arch 16.
O regon
Federation
of
W om en's
followed th a t of h er sister, Mrs
Clubs, will be guest speaker.
Mary Elizabeth Ilron.ron. 79, whose
d eath occurred M arch 13.
T he club is preparing boxes to be
s e n t to w ar o rp h an s in Finland.
F u n e ra l services for Mrs, Bronson,
Those who have not already co n t. j
whose home was in S heridan, were
ributed by p u ttin g a rtic le s in th e j E. A. Spencer. local hardw are
held Monday aftern o o n a t th e M eth
resigned from the city
boxes at the Co-op and I.
G. A. m erchant
odist church in S h erid an with inter-1
T
he
second
in
a
series
of
w
restling
stores a re asked to bring th e ir gift council th is week, giving as hfs rea-
m ent in the S heridan Masonic cem
m atches sponsored by th e K iw anis to Club T hursday. In a le tte r from j son. th e press of o th e r duties which
etery.
club for the benefit of th e high one of the women c arin g f o r the left him no time fo r th e work in-
An.os II -nton tang “ B eautiful Ish
i school ban d ’s uniform fund, drew a children in Finland she sta te d th a t ; vo,ve<1’
of S om ew here” and “T h e Old Bug
I
crowd of fans to th e high school hard candy anti cocoa would be es- j
ills resignation was accepted a t a
ged C i „ . i “
gym nasium F riday evening About pecially appreciated.
special m eeting called W ednesday
Mrs. Bronson wns born March 3. $40 w is cleared by the Club to be
evening by Mayor H. A. P a rre tt, a
1869. She Is survived by h e r h u s tu rn ed over to the band. H. A. B ar
George K ing, m em ber of th e firm of
band, A delbert Bronson nnd four re tt acted as an n o u n c e r for th e th re e
E. & G. M otors, was ap pointed by
^ r - ,an<^ Mrs. F red Joh n sto n re
children,
B e ls
E vans, P o rtla n d : events, and “ Buzz” F reem an was
vote of th e councilm en to fill th e turne>d S a tu rd a y to th e ir hom e in th e
Claude Evans, W aldport;
E sth e r referee. Roy D urham , m an ag er of
F endali d istric t from a th re e m o n th s’
F u n e ra l services were held F riday vacancy.
A ustin, Castle Rock, W ash: Mrs the W illam ina L um ber Coni|»any,
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trip
th a t took them to S o u th ern Cal
M arch 12, at Ashland, O regon for
Opal Lux. S h erid an , as well as her I tirade a rra n g e m e n ts for the affair.
ifo
rn
ia and Arizona.
R obert L. K eith. 26. w hose death
b ro th e rs and sisters.
In the main event. Jack Clay- i occurred March 9. a t th e A shland
Mrs. Wooden passed aw ay a t th e bourne, the
young Negro w h o hospital following a brief illness. He
home of her d a u g h ter, Mrs. Fred was by nil odds th e favorite of the
was a grandson of Mrs. W. E. S al.
W erlh, a t Powell B utte In cen tral sp ectators, lost the decision to Abe
tnon (M rs. G illispie) of W illam ina
Oregon, w here she had been visiting Y ourest. best two out of th re e falls.
nnd Hebo.
Em il W. G ustafson, 60, died su d
for th e past th ree w eeks. H er death
An unexpected th rill for th e a u d
denly from a heart a tta c k , yesterday
F
u
n
e
ra
l
services
were
conducted
h:.d g rad u ally failed d u rin g th e past ience cam e during one of the prelim
m orning. M arch 17, a t his ranch
Miss Carol H uddleston, h i g h
year hut death cam e suddenly w ith inary bouts when Aimo K allio, ap by th e Rev. Milo Ross of th e Med
ford F rien d s' church and interm ent hom e n e a r G rand Ronde. He had
out w arning.
school
ju n io r won th e po p u larity
paren tly angered because th e dec was in the 1. O. O. F. cem etery at not been a p p a re n tly ill and h i s
Mrs. W ooden was horn n e a r W il
ision w ent to his opponent, Fred Medford.
death cam e as a severe shock to contest th a t took place in connection
lam ina In the Polk county d istric t, M itchell, took a few pokes at the
w ith th e V. F. W .’s Spring Fashion
his fam ily and friends.
Mr.
K
eith
was
born
May
14,
1922.
May 6, 1947 th e d a u g h te r of Mr.
referee. Freem an took a fall o u t of
Show a t th e R ebekah hall, W ednes
F
u
n
e
ra
l
services
will
be
held
at
He served in the 91st division m ed
nnd Mrs. W illiam Newbill, early
day aftern o o n . O thers who took p a rt
It and then got up and chased the
ical d etachm ent du rin g th e w ar, the C hurch of C hrist In W illam ina.
day se ttle rs here. She was m arried
big Finn out of the ring.
w ere Irene H erm an, D onna Pedersen
S
atu
rd
ay
m
orning,
M
arch
20
a
t
ten
la te r going overseas w ith the 70th
Nov. 19, 1890 to Jam es W ooden and
and
Nina Hines. All four girls m od
At (he noon luncheon th is week,
division. Survivors include his widow. o'clock w ith in term en t in E vergreen
hud lived since 1899 on th e ir farm ,
K iw anians m ade plans for a n o th e r
eled dresses and sp o rts clothes fu rn
M
emorial
P
a
rk
,
McMinnville.
Jam
es
Ju a n ita , and two children, L a rry
now o p erated by th e ir son, H ow ard
m atch in April w ith two w restling
ished by th e W illam ina D epartm ent
and Judy, his parents. Mr. and Mrs. O sborn, form er m in iste r of th e
W ooden. H er husband died in 1937
Store. Mrs. Floyd E dm iston acted
events nnd an a m a te u r boxing m atch
C
hristian
church
in
McMinnville
will
Byron K eith and brother, Ja n ie s all
He established th e first livery stab le
as com m entator.
when local ta le n t will be given a
of T alent and two sisters, V irginia assist th e local pastor, Ray C, Sm ith \
in W illam ina before th e tu rn of th e
chance w ith th e gloves
a
t
th
e
service.
M usical n u m b ers on the program
and Yvonne of Eugene.
cen tu ry when th e tow n w.as first I
Mr.
G
ustafson
was
born
in
Swed
included
violin solos by Joyce Jubie
built.
en,
Aug.
12.
1887.
He
revisited
the
a
n
d
a
vocal
trio by Joyce Buck. M ar
Mrs. W ooden was a c h a rte r m em sons, D onald, W ayfle, Ja n ie s and
co u n try of his b irth ju s t last year. ilyn M etzger and D onna P edersen
ber of th e B utler M ethodist Church, W endell Wooden, H arold W orth and
Survivors include his wife, E dith, a w ith LaV elle B altim ore at the piano.
of th e Sheridan E astern S ta r lodge Jam es Buswell.
d
a u g h te r. Yvonne E laine, and two Mrs. E lsie Stuck played incidental
and of (he F o rt HUI G range, In
Survivors include th re e sons, How.
sons, Jo h n E. and C harles.
m usic d u rin g th e afternoon.
which she held th e post of ch ap , ard of W illam ina, L ester, G rass V al
T ea was served w ith Mrs. H. A.
lain for th e p ast 24 years.
ley, Calif., Clifford, Condon and a j Miss Della Brown, 74. died March
P
a
rre tt and Mrs. E. W. M cN am ar
F u n eral services will bo held F ri d a u g h te r, G race (M rs, F re d ) W erlh. 16, and fu n eral services for her will 1874 th e d a u g h te r of Joseph and
a
t
th e tea table.
day aftern o o n at two o'clock a t th e of Powell B u tte ; also ten grand be held at th e M ethodist C hurch in Nancy, pioneer se ttle rs in th is valley.
M ethodist church in W illam in a with children, five great g ran d ch ild ren , a Sheridan,
S atu rd ay aftern o o n at She had lived in and n e a r Sheridan
the Rev. C. R. D avenport of th e But I sister, Mrs. Ed K ucher, S heridan. 1:30 o’clock. E ntom bm ent w ill be in m ost of her life. Survivors include Long Beach. Calif., and Mrs. Mary
ler M ethodist church o fficiating. In th re e brothers, W illiam Newbill of the Lincoln Memorial P a rk in P ort- th re e b ro th e rs Jo h n of D elake: Joe Fields, S h erid an ,
9
te rm e n t will be in (he W illam ina I W illam ina Roy Newbill of McMinn- J land.
of Sw eet Home and Clay of S u th erlin
She was an a u n t of Ray Brow n of
Cem etery. Pall b earers a re six g ran d - j vile and Lloyd Newbill of W illam ina. ! Miss Brown was born Feb. 20, and tw o sisters, Mrs, Nancy Dick, W illam ina.
COUNCILMAN RESIGNS;
KING APPOINTED
KIWANIS TO PLAN
APRIL MATCH
ROBERT KEITH STRICKEN
HEART ATTACK CAUSES
GUSTAFSON’S DEATH CAROL HUDDLESTON IS
STYLE SHOW WINNER
MEMBER OF PIONEER
OREGON FAMILY DIES