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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1929)
r TV T illev District Communities ews irom mm Readers IN I .- Dallas DALLAS, Dee. 21 In the re cently printed list of cold stsr mothers who bad acceptcU the offer of the government of a trip to France to the grave of their sons, appeared that of Mrs. Eliza beth Hays of Dallas. Her son. Corporal Otis Hays waa killed in action. Mrs. Hays will make the trip during 193, and was the oaly gold star mother listed from Polk county. . Members f the boy scout troops who attended the court of honor in Salem last week and re ceived first &ad second class honor tests were: Edward Ham ilton Jr., Fred Gerlinger, Frank Neufeld, Jim Sttvenson, Gerald Vinton, and Ted Koelfgen. . "Homer Ross of . the Ford agency made a flying: trip to .Po mona. Calif., to visit his mother who had been teriously ill. Mr, weather on the return trip. The Masonic lodge will hold the installation of new officers, December 27. Leif S. Finseth la the new worshipful master. Ivan E. Warner, manager of the Irish Cath Grocery was con fined to his home during the past week with a severe cc'd. Mrs. Earl Hibbanl went to Portland Thursday where she wi'.l visit until after Christmas with her parents. Mr. Hibbard. who Is manaer of the local Shell Oil plant will go down later for the holiday?. Jack Eaki.n whose car was wrecked in an accident on the highway near Dundee last Janu ary, has finally received a settle ment of $700 fronvthe Insurance companies. An Oregon stage and another car were; involved in the affair. Mr.'Eakin offered to settle f r S300 at the time, but it was refused by the ether parties. Dallas schor l children will only have one wec-k of vacation . for Christmas this year, this is due to the very late' opening of school in the fall. -TO Wfey not make a gift that lasts a lifetime and is of real practical utility, at the same time arousing the pride of ownership through its good appearance? Bag3 large and email, fitted and plain. When you are selecting gifts for a woman . . . yours will bt a happy choice if it is Rollins runs top hosiery. We are show ing Runstops in a variety of popular new shades'. v 3: Dr. and Mrs. V. C. Staatsf and daughter Bernice, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Tracy and Patricia spent the week end In Eugene at the home of Dr and Mrs. W. C. Shae fer. Mrs. Mary Starr was elected as excellent chie of the Pythian Sisters, at their meeting; Decem ber 18. Otherof fleers are: Esther Friar, excellent senior; Laura Smith, excellent Junior; Jennie. Plaster, manager; Irene Lynn. M. of It. and C.; Florence Hunter, M. of F; Gwendolyn Collins, pro tector: Acmes KtnrVwoli m.t chief; Mabel Van Orsdel. trustee for three years; Lulu Robinson, musician; Lucy Springsteen, cap tain "of staff; Jennie Eberttng, first correspondent Installation will be held in January. Mrs. MJnnie Morris, member ot a polneer family of Dallas, and Dr. James Hughes who has made his home in Dallas for several years were vnarrW in Portland Wednesday. They will take a trip before returning to Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Eilyeu, and son, and Mrs. C. E. Howes, will spend the Christmas holidays in Newport as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Priest, who are long time friends. Special programs and features are being planned by all of the churches for Christmas, and with college students and members of families beginning to arrive, it Is an indication that the Christ mas spirit is abroad. Rickreall RICKREALL, Dec. 2.1. Car men Crlppen is spending her Christmas . vacation with" "her cousin, Mrs. Hansard ot McMinn ville. The Christmas program given by the grade school was well at tended. Each division of the school gave a dialogue. There were sev eral Christmas numbers sung by the student-teachers. Candy was a pair ROLLINS 1 UN STOP HOSIEF&T sold by Florence Coven and WH ma Middletoa. The Rickreall basketball team played the first doable header on a Tiaitlng floor last Thursday night when the Rickreall girls de feated Philomath girls 17 to 11. The score would probably have been , higher it Rickreall would hare had their Jumping center, Katherine Price. The Rickreall boys were defeat ed 23 to 15. They also were crip pled on aecount of their center be ing unable to play, School vacation for both high school and grades began last Thursday, December 19. Vacation will close January 2. The older women's gym class commenced holding their meetings last Thursday evening. It is under the direction of Mrs. Robert Pence. -O Orchard Heights I o o ORCHARD HEIGHTS, Dec. 21 Mrs. J. W. Edgar, who has been seriously ill for several weeks. Is now under the care of Dr. J. Shel ley Saurman and is being taken through the Salem clinic in an ef fort to discover the seat of her trouble. Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy McDowell Sunday were their sister-in-law, Mrs. J. W. Phenicie, her daughter Doris and Eugene Filke, all of Salem. Miss Dorothy Logan, a fresh man at Laurelwood academy, near Gaston, will spend the Christmas vacation here with her ft and. parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Edgan ' 'She came.' on Thursday. CmiTles Simmons of Fairfield, Idaho, is visiting the John W. Simmons family and also his sis ter, Mrs. Grace Bliss and her daughter. Miss Helen Bliss. Charles arrived on Saturday and will remain until after Christmas. He is a brother 1of John W. Simmons. Brooks BROOKS, Dec. 21 Honoring her mother, Mrs. C. D. Nayior on her eightieth birthday, Mrs. Dun lavy gave a dinner on Wednesday evening at the Dunlavy home in Brooks. A large birthday cake with lighted candles formed the table centerpiece. Guests were: Miss Ellen Hackit, Robert Hacklt. Lyle Glover, of Brooks, Rev. and Mrs. D. George Cole of Jefferson, John Dunlavy, Jr., -and the hos tess. Mrs. John Dunlavy spent Thursday In Gervais as a guest of her Uncle and Aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John Nayior. Mrs. Virgil Loomls and chil dren Delphine Bertha and Roy Loomls were guests at the home of Mrs. Willard Ramp on Wed nesday. Harry Loomls, Willie Wright and Frank Riggl were guests ot John Dunlavy, Jr. on Thursday evening. Recent guests at the home of Miss Ellen Hackit were Mrs. John Dunlavy and Miss Ella Finney. Mrs. B. J. Moritz is spending a few days at Keizer as guest of her daughter, Mrs. H. C. Shields and family. . Mr. and Mrs. William Buchan an and children Delores and Kenneth Buchanan were recent dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Harris and family. ' Mrs. Fred Wright and son Ro bert Wright and Robert Glover of; Portland wqrja Tit end, guests, S Miss Ellen j Hkft ,and hejr! Ifrblher Robert Hackit' Robert Glover is a nephew of the Hack its. The 4-H handiwork club met at the home of their club leader Mrs. H. H. Bosch, the business meeting was conducted by the vice president Arleta Wood, the president being absent. The af GIVE. LEATH GOODS LIPPE AND HOSIERY THIS CHR ALE GIFTS ARTISTICALLY PACKAGED m mm .m Mm mm ig Iabefhj Stalm,Qfogon ternoon was spent working on lunch cloths. Refreshments were served by the hostess Mrs. Bosch. One ot the outstanding events of the holiday season will be the marriage ot Maysel Epley Cooper of Brooks to F, B. Williamson ot Valsets, Oregon, on-December 26. Mayset is the daughter of Rer. 0. O. Epley of Brooks. They will make their home at Valsets, Ore. Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Ramp are receiving congratulations of their friends upon the arrival ot an eight and three foerths pound baby boy on December 18 at the Bungalow hospital in Salem, and has been named Virtus Derwood Ramp. Mrs. Ramp will be re membered as Miss Georgia Epley before her marriage. Dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Ramp on Wed nesday were Mrs. Mary Martin, Mrs. Maysel Cooper, Mrs. Fay Loomls, Mrs. Dollie Ramp, and daughter Geo Ramp, and Bertha and Roy Loomis. Mrs. H. H. Bosch and children Marie and Jack Bosch were week end guests at the home ot Mrs. J Bosch's sister Mrs. H. C. Shields and family at Keizer. -O Mountain View MOUNTAIN VIEW, Dec. 21 House gue3ts of Mr. and Mrs. Am nion Grice Wednesday and Thurs day were Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Page. Mr. Page Is an uncle" of; Mrs. Grice. The Pages were en route from their home in Wenat chee, Wash., to California where they will Bpend the winter. Be ttor jprqceeng Bouth. they jalao f visited Mr; ,aad Mrs. S. Page' bf Salrtn. ' The pupils of the Mountain View school will give a Christmas program. Monday evening. De cember 23, under the direction of the teachers, Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Starrett. Little Annie Bietz. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bietz is suffer- ER RS STMAS I . isg from ear trouble. She has been out of school a week and was obliged to have .the ear lanced. She is still under a doc tor's care. Mountain View school house is being improved by the addition of a basement the dimensions of which are 325x40 feet The building was raised three feet and a sufficient excavation was made to afford a seven foot ceiling. The cement work In both wall and floor is completed. M. A. Schnel ler is superintending the work and his assistants are patrons ot the school. The new basement will be used as a kitchen and dining-room at meetings ot the Parent-Teacher association, and It is expected that It will be ready for use at the first P. T. A. meeting of the new year. A furnace will be in stalled in the basement later, for heating the rooms above. Zena ZENA. December 21 Mrs. Jas. A. French spent the day Monday with Mrs. Margery Crooks ot Sal em. Mrs. Crooks was formerly Miss Margery Stone and is well known in this vicinity, having liv ed here when a girl. She has adopted a If months old baby girl, of which she is very proud. J. K. Sears, resident of Bethel, who died Dec 14, was buried at the Spring Valley cemetery Mon day, December 16. Many old friends and relatives ot Salem, Bethel and Spring Valley were present to pay their last respects. Jas. A. French, carpenter, has been employed this week at the Coney Island sandwich shop in Salem. While in Salem he was house guest of his mother, Mrs. A. French, and his brother, John French. When'you order the Statesman it is delivered to you by the little merchant in your neighborhood. O- Airli le AIRLIE, Dec. 21 A Urge crowd attended the Ladies' Aid bazaar. The supper was a decided success, the fancy work sold good, the fish pond and home made candy booths drew their crowd of younger folks. About sixty dolars was realized. The Ladies' Aid will have a Christmas tree at their regular meeting Thursday. The school and Sunday school are preparing a Christmas pro gram. They will have a tree in the church Monday evening. Ev eryone is invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Womer were business callers in Corvallls Tues day evening. The Bridgeport boys will play the Airlie boys a basketball game on the home floor Wednesday evening. Frank Brown of Corvallls was buying cows in this vicinity Thurs day. . Mrs. Emma Womer of Pedee and her friend. Mrs. Grlmshaw of Florence, visited at the Rex Wo mer home Friday. JEFFERSON, Dec 21. Mr. and .Mrs. Charles Hoyt left Sat urday for a motor trip to Califor nia, where they will visit Mrs. Hoyt's mother, Mrs. Maggie Clement in Los Angeles. From there they will go to Phoenix, Arizona, to spend some time with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Smith and family. They will be accompan ied by Mr. Hoyt' mother, Mrs. Lydia Hoyt, and his aunt, Miss Lou Miller. Ezra Hart and Fred Feller of Jefferson, have been drawn for the January term of circuit court The recent rains brought the Santiam river up to 13 feet on Thursday, and since that time has been gradually falling. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Fontaine of Jefferson, Miss Edith Libby and Lloyd Rigdon of Salem, motored to Wasco, Ore., Sunday to attend ROLLINS SOCKS A man likes practical gifts . . . and a box of Rollins socks will please him more than anything else you can give him. They are useful and at the same time beautiful. 2 pair in a box at 1 1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 the box. A happy thought for Christmas .-. .ive a pair of slfppert. In many novel patterns, these slippers express the. height of good taste and comfort. the funeral of their uncle, Arthur Smith. Guy Roland, Grady Farringtoa and Earl Lymes have Installed, ned radios. In their homes, du - lng the past week. Miss Laura Kihs returned from Salem Wednesday, wher she has been employed the pas; three months. After the holiday a she plans to return to Salem to enter Business college. Clarence Thurstqn ot Salec;, spent Friday with home folk. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McKee at tended the funeral services of John Longcor. at the Terwilliger funeral home. In Salem Monday afternoon. K. S. Thurston and Harvey Thurston, ot the Red and White chain store in Jefferson, are con fined to their homes with a slight attack of the influenza. Kei eizer -Oi KEIZER. Dec. 21 Mr. and Mrs. Fred McCall are rejoicing over the arrival of a baby girl at their home. She has been named Ruth Berniee. Mr. and Mr. I. W. Lewis are to be congratulated over the little son that has com into their home. He has been named Irwin Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Smith, their two children and Mrs. Amos Smith, mother of Guy Smith of Clear Lake started for Los An geles, Saturday to spend Christ mas with relatives. They expect to be gone ten days. ( ROAD UNDER WATER ; SILVERTON, December i 2Ji--Water was over the pavement In the Bethany district Thursday ot this week for the first time this season. However, the overflow, wiiich comes from the Pudding river was only five or six Inches over the pavement and not suffi cient to stop traffic. By Friday morning the water was complete ly down again. a 'f ill! 2.00 the pair, 3 pair $5.50 $4.00 to $10.00
