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The OREGON STATESMAN. Salenu Oregon, Saturday Morning, May 31, 1930 rAGB THREE 54GRADSTAKE HIGH DIPLOMAS Varied Program Given at Woodburn to Mark End Of School Year WOODBURN. May 30 Fifty four seniors receired their diplo mas at the commencement exer cises held in the high school gym nasium Wednesday night. Diplomas were awarded by Dr. Thomas Sims, chairman of the school board. The processional, Mendelssohn's "The Priests' March" was played by Rose Rich ards, '26 and in vocation was given by Rev. John F. Myera. The class was introduced by the president, Cletus Chapelle after which "Friendliness," a vocal trio of senior boys. Earl Shrock. Charles Tyler and Bernard Cole was pre sented, Elizabeth Miller, accom panists "Appreciation" was the theme of the salutory speech giv en by Paul Yoder and the senior girl's quartet, Ruth Geer, Opal Hodge, Grace Shrock and Lura Fredrick sang, "1 Know a Lovely Garden." Jonr Make Hpeech Th speaker of the evening was Professor William C. Jones of Willamette university who gave an entertaining educational talk on "Planning . for a Decade, Misses Fern Wadsworth and Ruth Hale, accompanied by. Rose Rich ards sang "Viennese . Refrain." Henrietta Chapelle gave the va ledictory and Superintendent Bain announced the awards. Lura Frederick, Henrietta cha pelle and Dora Tresldder were given Torch Honor scholarship pins and Grace Shrock and Low ell Qrfhble were announced as the girl and boy most outstanding In the class according to scholar ship, service, character and lead ership. Berneta Thompson re ceived the Keith Powell scholar ship of 100 towards higher edu cation in Oregon colleges. The diplomas were given 'and the re cessional by Elizabeth Miller, "March of the War Gods," was played and the graduates received their friends. Class Members Named The members of the class ;ere Adrian Schooler, Cletus Chapelle, Grace Shrock, Emerson Baldwin, Charles Bartos, Margaret Becker, John Black, Grant Blaschko, Ag nes Brachmann, Charles Byers, Henrietta Chapelle, Bernard Cole, Mabel Dart, Lyman Eder, Inez El liott, Imogene Fobert, Glenn Foster, Lura Frederick, Hugh Gearln, Leonard Gearin, Ruth Geer, Gladys Gilbertson, Lowell Cribble, Opal Hodge, Lucille Hughes, Joyce Hugill, Ben Jones, Agnes Juve, Elizabeth Kraus. Walter Ledtke, Albert Lemcke, Waivo Lenon, William Mitchell, Le Nore Moore, Viola Moshber ger, Murel Nehi, Curtis .'elson, Clair Nibler, Nona Otjen, Robert Powers, Lewis Radcliff, Peggy Sadler, Lave me Schooler, Ray mond Schneider Earl Shrock, Clarence Irving, Arlone Swlgart, Arlo Thompson, Dora Tresidder, Charles Tyler, Naomi Van Cleave, Wilber Wurster and Paul Yoder. , - . : . I HERE ARE CHAMPION HOPPERS T . - . - ---- : -' -"'. " V ''fit' - -MBMM . H - . s - ZEHA FAMILIES 60 M PIONEER CEMETERY 1 jfc.-Ba.te"", MOTIVES ADVANCED AT TRIAL QF KllliB EUREKA. Cat., May 30 (AP) District Attorney S. E. Metzler today - advanced three motives as actuating the shooting to death by Clarence L. King of Mrs. Minnie McCoy, his Tltain-haired common .law wife found slain several months ago In the redwoods of orthern Humboldt county. King Is on trial charged with murder. MeUler told the jury King kill ed Mrs. McCoy, first. $0 ho could toarry Eunice King Pardee; sec ondly so she could stot reveal his alleged violation of parole form fan Quentin prison, and thirdly to secure her money. ' King married Miss Pardee soon after Mrs. McCoy was killed and iiis arrest In Portland grew out of an attempt to obtain money Mrs. McCoy had on deposit In two mid dle western banks. King contends the shooting was accidental and occurred as he struggled with Mrs. McCoy for possesion of a revolver. Mrs. Emma Jones, rooming house proprietor of Pocatello, Idaho, testified-today that Mrs. McCoy at one time had $700 In a Pocatello bank. King was Mrs. McCoy's companion at the time, ebe said. INDIAN GRAVE IS fl FOUfJD NEAR STAYTON STAYTON. May 30 Mr. and Mrs. William Prlchard have been bringing their small son to Stay ton daily for medical attention. The little fellow has a bad case ef blood-poison In his foot as the result of haying stepped on a nail. The Pilchards lira near the Weaxle Flat school house, and re cently while moving some build ing and excavating on their place, they uncovered a grave. They found a skull, which had a large bole - In It, about a enp fall of beads and other trinkets, which led them to believe they had ac cldently 'uncovered b Indian graTev : !JMP MORTICIAN SCHOOL V STAYTON, May SO Wendell Weddle, who ha been attending morticians school in Lot Angel es the past several months Is home for a visit-and to take tbo exam ination before the Oregon atate board of morticians. He J a son of Jlryand Mray. W.1 A. . Weddle." His father W. A. Weddle las bees In Portland severalweeks taking a post graduate course! and hi mortuary here bag bees la charge of ifftMnM Allen, a son of Mrs. Mary Tate, of thla place.- ; TH OAS FINE GRADUATING IT ZENA, May 3D Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Barker and son Sammy and S. IL Barker accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. L. Frank Matthews and daughter Marjorie of Spring Valley made a trip to Tillamook Sunday and were dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gould, brother and sister-in-law of Mrs. Barker. The trip was made for the pur pose of visiting the grave of Mrs. Barker's mother, Mrs. Martha Walling Gould who was buried in a cemetery located four miles out of Tillamook on property owned by Mrs. Barker's grandfather. This was the only cemetery in that part of the country for many years. It is practically inaccessible to motorists and those desiring to visit it have to walk almost a mile to reach it. At this time, Mrs. Gould was buried, her remains had to be car ried for half a mile. Mrs. Barker said in speaking of it that for a beauty spot it could not be rival ed as it Is located in dense wild wood but that it is so hard to reach that most of the graves have been sadly neglected. ZENA CEMETERY IS BEAUTIFUL SPOT ZENA, May 30 Many persons from far and near visited beauti ful Zena cemetery tlfe week pre ceding Decoration day. W. N. Crawford had the con tract for keeping it in order .this year and visitors remarked upon its attractive appearance. This cemetery is one of the oldest in Polk county and is situated on a knoll overlooking lovely valley with Mt. Hood in the background. It is run in conjunction with "the church on the hilltop,"- located just south of the cemetery. LUMBER MILL TO GOONS DAY BASIS DALLAS, May 30 Beginning Monday the Willamette ; Valley Lumber company will go on a five day working basis. This is in ac cordance with operators of other valley mills. The lath mill has been shat down, the day crew laid off the chipper plant, and the night crew will be taken off the planning mOl when it shuts down Thursday night for over Memorial day and Saturday. This means that some SO men are being laid off for an Indefinite period. Peas Join With Potatoes in War For First Place CLEAR LAKE. May 19 Oak Grove has nothing i drey Clear Lake when It comes to having early potatoes. The Alex Harold family have been enjoying new potatoes for two week. and are now enjoying new peaa from their own garden.' .. . : ; CHILDREN ABB RECOVERCPQ v.wK a .. if aw 1 sWLittla . Mnriel cfxntiint vonntut 1 danchter ' of Mr. and. Mrt B C Shepherd of Zena is convalescing sausiacwM after baring ber tonsils remoted reMntiv. Her brother Jimmy CYtanaml had all totslls TemOTd Thursday. Jimmy Is a Salem blgb school student v- ; Eighth Grade Pupils From Other Schools Participate In Program TURNER, May JO The eighth grade graduating exercises of the Turner school were held Tuesday evening in the nigh school audi torium.. The county superinten dent. Mrs. Mary L. Fulkerson, Prof. J. L. Cox, Mrs. Cleora Parks, Mrs. Gayette Harnett and Mrs. Mary Ruckle and the graduating class . marched to the Btage to the Lproce88ional, "Stars ard Stripes Forever." The invocation was given by H. S. Bond, duet by Misses Mildred and Maxlne Spencer of Crawford ville; salutatory by Harold Fow ler of Turner. A parting tribute from the seventh grade represent ed by Ja Bee Gee. A parting charge by. Rachel Garner of Clo verdale district". Mrs. Mary L. Ful kerson spoke and her talk centered- ar6und the word "Opportun ity." She also commended the Turner people for extending an invitation to the eighth grade pu pils of the surrounding districts to join Turner's graduating class also stating that this is the first place she has attended this year where it has been done. The next number was a quartet by Edna and Auna Johnson, Esband Tap- pan and Sam Smith. . The valedictory was given by Emma Denyer of the Turner class. Presentation of the class by Prof. J. R. Cox and Mrs. Fulkerson awarded the diplomas. Recessional was played by Mrs. Jean Pearcy at the piano. A receiving line was formed and the many friends present were glad to meet the young people. Members of the Turner class were Wilfred McKay, Edna Delle John son, John Almon Gee, Anna John son, Robert Albert Mitchell, Le Roy Fred Warner, Harlan Miller Bones, Harold Wendall Fowler, Emma Mae Denyer, Esband Ever ett Tappan. Horner Alfred Mitch ell, Harold Cook and Rachel Gar ner of Cloverdale district, Mildred and Marine Spencer of Crawford district. Who Cci Beet This Berry Story From Orchard Heights ORCHARD HEIGHTS May SO. A. A. Withers fin ished picking his gooseber ries Wednesday. Believe It or not, be harvested 25 tons from a five acre field. He is now gathering bis strawber ries and reports berries of the Marshall variety, 12 of which fill a box. - They ere so large that it Is impossible to pat two lay ers la the box without crush in tbe fruit. Who can beat it? (Top) Luis Fisher of Stockton, California, and his "amphi bian" frog that jumped 12 feet 10 H inches. (Lower) Molly McDonald exhibit "Chubby the Car nera of frogs, in contest. A worM record of 12 feet 10 Indies was in the books to day as the longest frog lean ever made. Mark was set at the" third annual Jumping frog Jubilee at Angels camp, Calaverae county, California. THEFT OF JEWELS TRACED Bf POLICE NEW XORK, May 30. (AP) The big stolen jewel round up which began early this week eon- tinned today, with developments popping out on all sides and fur ther sensational angles in the offing. The status of the case tonight was tha five men and a woman are nnder arrest here. Police hate 11,300,000 worth of recov ered jewels here and today they got permission to open a safe de posit box in Chicago they believed contained 1200,000 more. Addi tional arrests were promised and some ef the men to be arrested were said to be prominent Jewelers. Some mystery was Injected Into the ease by varying reports as to what part was playing in running down the alleged receivers of stolen Jewels by Noel C. Scaffa, insurance company detective, who was indicted for compounding a felony once in connection with re turn of other stolen jewels, but was acquitted. The Buffalo Evening News printed a story quoting a lawyer who said he handled negotiations between Scaffa and burglars who stole $350,000 worth of gems from the home of John L. Carson, Jr., there. The negotiations fell through and then Scaffa trailed the men he wanted until they were arrested here. The New York. Daily News also had a story saying Scaffa bad done much of the ground work leading to the arrests. Police Commissioner Mulrooney insisted it had been entirely a "police case" and that private de- Tcnderancl Delicious that is RABBIT The Chicken with four i "dlInsticks,, Whole or by the lb. Excellent for Sandwich SHAEFER'S RABBIT SHOP 180 8. Com'L. Tel. 2S12J Opea every week day ' . - except Monday -.1 tectives had no part. Shortly aft or he said that Scaffa appeared at police headquarters with a large portfolio and entered the com missioner's office after declining to talk to reporters. B SH FJKWO HERD 1PB0WIT IS DEI MO TO Dairy Train to Show Many Interesting Features Soon SAW IS BURNED INDEPENDENCE, May 30 Lou Travis 'who owns one of our city woods saws, bad the misfor tune to have it destroyed by fire the first of the week. He was on the way to Hopville to do some work, when his helper Walter Boyce notieed the machine was on fire. They at once tried to put the fire out with dirt, as no water was available, but with so much oil and grease on the ma chinery, it was impossible to ex tinguish it, before it was destroy ed. It was thought that it might have caught fire from the exhaust pipe. Mr. Travis had no insurance on the machinery and had only own ed it for a short time. DALLAS TO E ICE OREGON STATE COLLEGE, Corvallls, May 30. Demonstrat ing as well as Illustrating the pro fit in dairy herd Improvement, the special dairy train to tour this section is bringing nine head of dairy stock three bulls, three cows and their daughters which are liring examples of the Talne of good breeding. The three cows and their dang ti ters are from the college Ayrshire herd on which exact records have been kept. In each Instance the daughter, sired by a bull of high producing strain, has greatly ex ceeded the record of her mother. In emphasising this phase of dairy development, the train will be carrying out one of the chief program features fostered and en couraged by the late N. C. Jami son. Cow testing associations re ceived their greatest impetus while he was dairy extension specialist and are now an Important part of the state dairy program. Recognition of the work done by Jamison is being given on this demonstration train In a specific way as well. His enlarged picture is being hung in one of the coach es and a statement is being in- eluded giving him credit tor many of the plans of the train now be ing carried out. Most of the post ers setting forth condensed infor mation were designed by Jamison prior to his fatal illness. At each stop a platform demon stration will be given by P. M Brandt, head of the college dairy., department, who will translate the milk records of the dairy animals Into comparative cash returns. The combined production ' the moth ers for a year was 24,260 lbs., of milk, while that of the three daughters was 37,167, an increase of more than 56 per cent. The dif ference in each returns above feed cost between tbe three mohters and three daughters amounted to $233.14. TEiiaAScribblinff PENCIL V r3T toiflXic,wUfamoatTapbxiocist laapceithrely read your talents, virtues? and faults ha the drawings, words ancf what not that you scribble when -lot a thought". end yc4wwscribbfiaa'or Ha to isrijili. JwcIdii tajsfcfaaefaOi1kesj Wd. cot trm a a baa OCka4a aaadkTMW taa can. A4m Uohi He, oam f AGU KNCO- CO. tOW TQUC CO ENJOY BANQUET RICKREALL, May 30 The junior-senior banquet was held in the grange hall Wednesday eve ning at 8 o'clock. The hall was beautifully decorated with the class of '30's colors, old rose and silver, and also with, green ferns. A three course dinner was served by the ladles of the grange. Toastmaster waa Louis Halfter- son. DALLAS, May 30 Beginning June 1, Jack Naylor, proprietor of the city garage will carry mail be tween Dallas and Salem, every morning, except Sunday and hol idays. The mail is scheduled to ar rive in Dallas at 7 a. m. and will be first class only. This service is the outcome of a request made by the chamber of -j commerce last year for an early morning service, as the time of ar rival of the train was very uncer tain, and business men found this state of affairs unsatisfactory. SCHOOL BUS HITS HORSE SIDNEY-TALBOT. May 30 An accident which might have proved serious happened Friday morning when the Sidney-Talbot high school bus, driven by Aneel Burton struck one horse In 'the team of Webert Davidson while he was driving along the road. The road being narrow the driver hit the team, injuring one horse quite badly. No one was any the worse for the accident; only min or bruises. Announcement After Today Our Baker Products for Sale at All Grocery Stores. We will discontinue our house to house delivery. Order now from your Grocer. The Salem Bakery (FORMERLY DIXIE BAKERY) 445 Court Street Tel. 954 c5eb ip il a tr ib . e B FOLDING G 9 -Aiiv 1DER 1 7 1 Given For Securing One New Two-Month Sub scription to The Oregon Statesman No Money to Collect No experience required! Hours of Fun! It's Different! Made to Last COMES PACKED READY TO FLY The PLAYBOY FOLDING GLD3ER is shot straight up 100 or 150 feet by a special rubber. This is possible because in the folded position it goes up like an arrow. 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