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ællsbürÂMrg us Nation's Best Week 6 O Editorial Assaiialian General Excrllriur < liaiiipsm Hillsboro, Oregon, Thur,dat Hillsboro Argus and Hillsboro Independent Consolidated in 1932 Section One and < omniunilv Nrw», Society, < labs and Locals, Volume 47, No. Two Sections. 16 Pages Thanksgiving Day Revives Grid Feud Draft Quota For County ‘Set at 88 Churches Set Union Service Boards Start Mailing Thanksgiving Eve Of Questionnaires Program to Be Held 12 Volunteers Signed In Methodist Church Sixth Year Hilhi-Viking 'Turkey Day" Football Classic To Get Under Way on Local Field at 10 A. M By Darrel Elite) King Turkey” will be recognized over most of the na tion I hursday on his one day of unchallenged sovereignty —and such gourmet attractions as cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie are deserving of their share of attention— but in the hamlet of Hillsboro there will be a very special local observance of Thanksgiving Day, the annual Spar tan-Viking “civil war,” to explode at 10 a. m. on the of Thanksgiving K. 1940. will be the theme ot un- ; inducted at 7 30 m. W< rln M thodi I church bv the Hilla na! ¡ sociation. Rev. Aldi ich. Methodist pastor, ram chairman. ev W T Mugf'ird. Bapt.st min- the Tnanksg.v- J several musi- will be rendered. A cial number will be sung by the h school girls’ trio and Miss Hu Bear will be presented in ital. Attrndance I rged r I >cal ministers participat- ing the union service will be Ke. I J Sullen». Rev R L Put- Rev Allan W Phillips and 5 G Delamartcr Public re- ■ to the presiden' s proclama- irging attendance at such un- •rviees is. sought by the min- R County Officers Attend Annual Slate Meetings Lottery Inaugurates City Bicycle Code (letting the jump on the stati coming drawing ar liccm the city of Hillsboro had it i rubers to bicyclists re gist or ing tinder the re- iopted municipal bicycle ordinance. Twenty-five ranging in age from nine to G2 years, were on Hillsboro r> led smiles at •PiH er» as they flash cameras at him shed as the oung ly John ?nt mimi tec Hdls- until a n ate to offset future calls under the MâilhiK Hillsboro, numbers ow> Richard rount i< Started enough Mailing of questionnaires has been started, meanwhile, by both At Fnrest comm n p. of 50 que ¡immane At Beav- e sent to f 50 questionnaire In compliance with put Smith. Wallace ling. 19. and Don Baker. 40. Hillsboro. ed "out-of-the-hat ' affair with Mr an Mitchell holding e hat draw- i ng the name •s while Chief of Po W W ' Weaver and Officer; Ufen < . Ole 5 and James Groga; looked by revoked n number of testified igainst him. Wayne Hall. 32. . tinnì’ its lisi of Washmgli n couuly i egistran's under both boards in the order of their eligibility for indefinitely miUtary training. The first 400 reg- the end of the year. Hill Lvnn H dl. 8 /ictor Brugia. Bud Bick f rd Driving Charge Brings Jail Terms is to send the Information fmins tu not more than 20 per Cent of the drunken driving men legistered linder that board by January 1 1941. and will then i wail fuilhi r inxtruetions At Fn - < t Grove, tlus will nuan about hiank Philip Wa ready been listed Food Stamp Plan, If Approved Would Siad in Lafe December The F C lamp plan, which Ims been proved by Washington county for extension here, will begin o| ration from Jonathan G regional director of the surplus marketing ad- ministration, and Elmer Goudy. adminislrat lie welfare commission /\n appropriation of $8750 lias been el county's 1941 budget and other eompliani'e has been made by the eoun ty with requirement» of Ihe F. S C C . but seine doubt still exists a: to whether the county public w • 1 ♦ fare commission favors unqualified heei ptance of the plan as il is of fered, according to County Judge H 1). Kei kinan Ollier counties in which the food Gaining entrance by boring holes slump plan will be started in De cember include Columbia. Clatsop. through a door and unlatching Ihe Benton, Yamhill. Linn. Tillamook. night lock, prowlers broke into Polk and Lincoln Th” plan, .is ex Johnny's T ivern at Cornelius some- plained by Claude Wiekard, U S time Monday night and made away secretary of agriculture, is a means : with 40 cartons of cigarettes and abund a nI revolvers A small amount of distribuì mg m the till was untouched. De crops through neighborhood mar- pufy Sheriff Dick Busch investiga- kets to families receiving public as sistance. To Reduce Surplus Based on experience in other areas car ; tolen from Portland Bearing mate that nearly $300.0110 of sur pl des that did not match, neither plus foods will be consumed annu of which was issued to Ihe ally hy the 14.325 public i isl imo vehicle was found parked on t!v persons in the nine counties. As highway one mile south < used similar to Ureek One door torn con>| food stamps res. the $300,0111) off, was lying in the diteli. cash in rein esimiate means an actual sales in- creaso of this amount to food mer chants. conni ics Addition of the Miss Kathleen will Ihe 36 in Ihe stale which will hi guesl speikei al Ihe social meel operai ing under tho stamp plan ini. of Ord i of Kalnbow foi girls method of moving agricultural sur- uuxt Monday cvenin;, l!< r : uhjret plus. The extension reeom ¡will be "Clothes and Color Har- ! rnony." (Continued on page 6) Prowlers tool Cornelius Tavern Miss McCrae Guest Speaker at Rainbow Also on hand were Sid King and Church. anting the traffic safety division of the sec retary of state's office In c, mment on the state's bicycle traffic prob lem. Church declared tiiat there arc in the ninetic four automobiles in the state and announced that many communities of the two-wheclcd vehicles. Chui Weaver estimates there .ire 260 or more bicy the city of Hillsbor.> These bikes, he said, mu.»' be registered and li- depart- ment by January 1. 1941. with the new Plan Considered TI m * this take deadline for registration of residents Washington that they may have to remaining rc> I appointment i n evening hours. Approximately 200 thus far in compliance witli the re cently enacted alien registration act. according Io Postmaster L. T. Me l’heetor» Tho deadline for signing up is December 26. but it is hoped that all county aliens will appear for r< istration before December 10 which would conflict with the an nual ruth of Christmas mail Weather Fails to Spoil Turkey Shoot spite winther conditions which mi; in evi nt. Giove American Legion's turkey si not Sunday was successful, offi- cinls reported. Highly two lui keys were won in the competition, it was stated. PGE Campaign Expense Against PUD is Listed An f the features of the >gram will be a short talk he origin and history of Thanksgiving Day. Pray- been set for Wed- evening by various com- in the Hillsboro Church Selected as Neiv Court Term Starts Tw.nty-eight of 31 jurors drawn for i vice during the November term < f court appeared Monday as erm opened. Seven of the 28 - elected for grand jury ser- Of the 21 remaining, five were ed. leaving 16 for immediate it court jury service. Those dr; wn on the grand jury e Julius F Peerenboom. who was bsequcntly named jury chair- an. Francis A. O'Meara. John Ry- n. Vivian J Lawrence. Eleanor ch Ida May Barrows and Wiber Hansen Excused from serving iring tile present term were Dav- 1. Dvardorff. George Sollcrs. J. •bert Porter and L. Orton Grieb- r John H Buchanan was ex- >id for one week. Those remaining, available for call to jury service, are Russell S. Ide. Ruth Mildred Pubols. Tom G. Meacham. John C Hitchcock. Ida B Fiske. Gus A. Ghcen. Carl B. Riverman. John William Smith. Patricia McCIesky. Julius VanLoo, John McGee. Edna G Bilyeu, H. D Ledford. Anna Barnes. Loren C Schulmerich and Millard Bur nett. Arch-Rivals Set For “Civil War Mrs. Harry Morgan of Hillsboro, serving her sixth yerr as Wash ington county seal sale chairman This year's tuberculosis fund campaign will be a "mail-sale.” Story below. Mail to Bring Christmas Seals To Every Door Nimble fingers were working dil igently this week in the new seal sale headquarters of Mrs. Harry Morgan, county chairman, as prep arations went ahead for Washing ton county's first' "mail-sale” cam paign. The preparatory work at present is the tedious task of stuffing and addressing the hundreds of enve lopes which w.ll be mailed to every family in the county, on Monday. November 25. Mrs Morgan said. A block of 100 or more seals will be enclosed in each letter with a circular letter urging the recipient to aid in the annual fight against tuberculosis. Half of the funds re ceived in the Washington county drive are kept here for local tuber- culos is relief work and half is sent to the national tuberculosis assc- ciation for that great organization's work. Hearing Gives Couniy Budget Final Approval « Hilhi gridiron The war in Europe will have tc take a "back seat" when this lo cal bit of "blitzkneging ' gets un- der way. for it is Washington county's favorite feud—a tradition al rivalry started long before any upraised arm "heiled Hitler. ' A capacity attendance in the Started in 1916 Another ambitious militarist Shute park pavilion Wednesday I Germany at evening for the 40th annual Fire guiding belligerent mens Ball, traditional Thanksgiv- that time. In case you've forgot- • ng eve social event, is indicated by ten. the name was Kaiser Wilhelm the large advance ticket sale, it But all this is of little consequence was announced this week by Keith Wilcox, chairman of a committee I Names, numbers, positions of in charge. All Hillsboro firemen all Hillsboro and Forest Grove are selling tickets. Wilcox said. players, starting lineups—Page Two or three ingredients that~o 3. Section 1.) into the making of a successful dance are being supplied by the firemen, it was stated. These in What is more important, the date gredients are: First, a good dance was 1916 and Forest Grove grid floor, completely resanded and men gave the feud to come a solid waxed, and second, a good dance background by walloping the tar orchestra. Chuck Whiteheads mel out of Hillsboro. The score was ody makers. The third ingredient ishhhh—) 73 to 0! dancing feet, must be supplied by Hilhi's vengeance has never been the public, it was contended. complete. During the 23 years that Aiding Wilcox on the dance com followed, the most severe shellac-: mittee are Bill Joos and Les Hew ing that has been dealt the Grove-’ itt Mayor Hugh S. Rogers last men was 21 to 0 in 1927. On th«l week issued an informal proclama other side of the score picture, thi^ tion calling attention to the invalu lowly Vikings whipped Hillsbcni able service which Hillsboro's vol 37 3 in 1918 and 47 to 0 in 19201 unteer fire department is render No to record has been found ithanii ing and urged all citizens to ex providence* for the 1917 game ana press their appreciation for this community service by attending no grid warfare was waged i n 1919. the dance. Firemen's Ball is Traditional Event Thanksgiving Eve Recent years have seen Hilhi spurred cn to victory »y U. S. W. V. Installs i teams the shameful memory of those i early defeats. The last five meet- Arthur Yeomans boro: ings have been wins for Hllls- In 1935, 19 to 0; 1936. 13 to 6 to 0: 1938. 13 to 7. and New Commander 0; last 1937. year. 25 to 12. It is also boasted Arthur Yeomans of Forest Grove by Hillsboro that during the five- was installed as commander of the year stretch from 1927 to 1931. the j Scout Harrington camp of the Unit Vikings failed to earn a single ed Spanish War Veterans at an in point. The scores were: 1927. 21 to duction meeting Friday in the court 0: 1928. 6 to 0: 1929. 13 to 0; 1930. house here. Past State Commander 13 to 0. and 1931, 0 to 0. Hugh S Rogers was installing of Taking the entire record cf 22 ficer and E. D„ Hite was master of games into account. Hillsboro again Washington countv's 1941 budget, ceremonies. c:unj aigmng calling for $408.871.30 to be raised lays claim to superiority. The Blue Other officers installed were and White has won 12 times to Wa hingt >unty PUD ciu by taxation, was passed without John Barron. Beaverton route 1. eight for the Vikings, the two re- chance and with a minimum of werk filed a re discussion at the public hearing senior vice-commander: E E. Hop maining games being ties. Records clerk s office here SOI held Monday morning in the coun kins. Banks, junior vice command give Forest Grove the advantage in ty courtroom Including the court. er; H. S. Rogers. Hillsboro, adju total points scored in the 22 tant and quartermaster; E. D. Hite. November 33 persons were in attendance. 1 trustee for three-year term; Fred games. 264 to 179. Questions were asked by several Boyd, patriotic instructor; Frank • Fcr additional details on game, county residents concerning the re Cate, historian; Ray L. Antrim. see sports page). ■tlon, ; pet volving stamp fund Judge Herman chaplain; Charles E Dumas, officer cani| aigu D Kerkman explained that the of the day. and A. E Edwards, of food stamp plan, being administer ficer of the guard. One new mem- Mrs. Quier Named week ed under the federal surplus com ber was initiated. BUXTON—Mrs. H. May Quier, modity corporation, has been only j who has been acting postmistress tentatively accepted for extension ' Link's ex|x here since February 1, has received to this county and that final judg Holman to Talk compared with $63.19 for her commission as postmistress. ment on this matter will be made Connell, incumbent, who re Howard Holman. Portland, vice- by the public welfare commission । president elected C( unty sheriff. B. W Barnes, of the Oregon Tubercu at its next meeting. who def» ai-.\i tfte incumbent, O B. losis association, will be the main Legionnaires Meet ( onditions Different Kraus, for. county school superin , speaker on the weekly chamber of Hillsboro Legionnaires will meet tendent. spent $45 t>B for his cam ■ — '",s Prescnt rigid set-up. icommerce luncheon program Mon Tuesday night. Entertainment com The annual Hillsboro chamber of t paigning and Kraus spent $26.20. Judge Kerkman said, the plan is i day noon. His topic will be "Pro- mittee for the meeting includes H. ■onnne: ce Christmas party will be In another close race. James held tliis year on Monday evening. operating to advantage in Multno . gross in Tuberculosis Control.”, L. MacKenzie and Robert C. Busch. Lewis, incumbent a n d successful ■December 9. i ; was voted by mem- mah county That it would work to candidate for the office of county ben at the venmg meeting this tlie same advantage in such an agri cultural county as this one. how commissioner, spent $33 55 and his week.. ever. is not certain he said. It was opponent. Jack Hess, spent $58.07. Pttiis call for the traditional then pointed out that the stamp Other expense totals filed by can- ChrisUnas tree and an entertain-1 plan provision which sets a mini distru nent Progrim following dinner ct mum for monthly purchases of and city offices fellow. W \ Tur <30 p hi. Wives and sweethearts of families subscribing for the stamps $10: E Carp’nti v. the Chamber members w ill be 11. J Valentine. $1.37. P L gueefs Details are being ari ranged j should be more flexible so that it « Editi Since the folk winir account may fit individual cases. Schultz. $.35; Mike Wirak. none: by. the retail _ trades committee i received here, a later letter reports that the suburb described has been virtually »Ie In Multnomah county, where E Gaddis, none and John H. molished hy a land mine. The letter-writer states in the late communication thn •rking under Percy Hillis, chair- residents "live out of paper bags," »hr »nil her family are now Hvinir in a cellar. They had lived for :u> year« in the Venn, none. man their grocery purchases are liable | house which now lies in ruin», i Bomb besieged Britishers "frankly prefer this war to any other” to be constant, but in Washington county, where many residents have they've had. according to a letter received last week by Mrs. B. j}, their own gardens, grocery pur Cooley, local dog breeder, from Dorrie Langston, resident of London.' Reflecting the good humor of Londoners in the face of unrelent chases in general fall below the । constant level set in Multnomah ing threats of death-dealing blitzkrieg attacks, the letter paints in | county, he stated. Moreover, gro vivid word-strokes the conditions under which common people there cery purchases may vary according are living. Conspicuous for their presence in words from a late- ^laughing' Englishwoman are f re- to the time of the year, it was said. Stevenson Speaks quent dashes of humor. After describing a middlc-of-the- M H Stevenson, head of Hills boro s public utilities commission night air attack which set fire to and chairman of thj municipal li a large warehouse building next brary board, appeared at the meet- door to her London residence. Miss I ing with praise for the valuable Invention, the key to America's Langston writes: "The funnies. service which is being rendered bv progress and ihe ever widening ' sight I ever saw was father in a I John Brown, county historian, and frontier that guarantees a more 1 tin hat and his pajamas and our a ques'ion concerning the countv livable world in the future, was garden hosepipe—playing it onto the provision for Brown's salary. in a "thousand and one ■ warehouse wall which towered 41) Judge Kerkman explained that presented forms" for Hillsboro chamber of I feet above him. with raging flames the $350 set aside in the 1941 bud commerce members Monday night above that. Talk about an opti ge' for county historian's salary is at the invention show brought here mist!” only to be paid in case there comes by J T Anderson of Portland, Fer their timely news interest termination of the WPA project and industrial co-ordinator. and first-hand descriptions of war under which he is now working. patent Five films, including three on the conditions in London, excerpts His salary at the present time is marvels of modern inventive in from the well-written letter are paid by the WPA under its his- genuity and two on the United here quoted at length: torical surv. section. Kerkman States navy. were You ask if we have had our v. shown on the said. chamber of commerce screen to four hours' notice yet? No. and I don't think we shall get it now. I make up the show. The “reflector" type highway sign invented by think Hitler doesn't like the nice Hillsboro's inventor-hobbyist. Wil reception we'd got ready for him. liam Bergen, was among inventions or our determination to pictured in a film produced by An I what is ours. Since dealing with derson. Bergen acted as chairman some of the foreign refugees over The mercury dropped to new a _ of the evening s program. here during air raid«. I can only low of 25 degrees and returned to | say I do not wonder Hitler thought that minimum for three consecu- it was going to be easy with us, live nights during the past weex too. The other day a man refugee but warmer nights are in prospect. : told me I could have no imagin i- according to weather forecaster tiop and must be made of stone. Amei ica's Thanksgivin om started in 1621 when the Pilgrim Max Min. He said "Think ot being blinded, forefathers set aside I days on which to thank God for Ihe Wednesday 45 SCHOLLS League of Women or a limb or two gone, or left to N .00 blessings He hud bestowed on them and their adventure in the New Thursday 46 Voters will hold a luncheon meet bleed to death in agony under a .00 World. Pictured above is a modern representation of those first Friday 50 ing Monday at 12:30 at the Meth i pile of wreckage.” .00 Pilgrims going to worship. Words in in et .ire from the description Saturday 59 25 .00 odist church. Ladies are urged to I told him if I sat down and Sunday of the first American Thanksgiving by Edward Winslow, one of 50 33 .35 make their reservations by Sat thought about things like that I'd the early colonists. Monday 50 30 .00 urday with Mrs. Fred Groner. (Continued on Page 7) Annual Xmas Parly Set for December 9 Battle of Britain is "England's Favorite War," Londoner Writes How Thanksgiving Custom Began Invention Parade Presented Here Mercury Hits New Minimum in Couniy Women Voters to Meet at Scholls
