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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1931)
TW OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Friday! Morning, February 6. 1931 PAGE TIIREj 0.1. S. SENIORS TO STAGE PLAY The Ivory Doar" to be Presented Fepruary 28 is Plan MONMOUTH. Feb. 6. The senior class of the Oregon Nor mal school has begun, rehearsals on the annual play, which, this year, la a production by A. A. Milne. "The Irory Door." Thla - , ' play was staged in New York two yeara ago, and last year; was re leased for amateur production. It has prbYen tremendously popular at sereral Institutions of higher learning. Including the fniverslty of. Oregon and Kansas .State col lego. I The story 13 built around the superstition of a country village In the long ago. An ivory door in. a certain castle is believed to be the threshhold of a bottomless pit where devils lurk. King Pertvale. desirous of learning the truth about this legend, roes through the door on his wedding day. Ills bold act promulgates the curious tradition, and brings about a situ ation of absorbing interest. The author, Mr. Milne, is well known through his "Romantfc Age." and "Mr. Pirn Passes By." The following cast has been se-j lected: t King Percivale, Forest Amund sen; Brand, his bodyguard. Er nest Calef; Anna, his' nurse, Ju-j dlth Severson; Princess Lilea, LoJ lita Lees; Thora, maid to rlncessj Norma Parrish; The Chancellor, Hallie Johnson; Fessiea,' Patricia Jean Spencer; Anton, Ted PfahH Old Beppo, Roy Mallbry; Count Rollo, Norman Roth; The Mumf mer. John Lehman; Titus, Kenf neth Masson; Carlo, Don tialf breath; Bruno, captain of th guards, " Paul Gordonr promptef and assistant to director, Vera June.Waltman. 1 j Several additional parts will be assigned soon to complete the cast ensemble, and the stage and cos tume committees also will be an nounced shortly. Presentation of 1 the play is to occur Saturday eve- N. ning. February 28, in the Normaii school auditorium. GETS DALLAS, Feb. 5 E. C. Kirk patric was awarded 3$0 for the right of way through his property In " cireuit court yesterday. . The ease was that of Polk county vb. Kirkpatric over the right of way through a tract of land at the top of the Dimick hall north of Dallas. .The county wished to itraighten the dangerous curve oin this hill by making the road straight from the foot of the hill to-the North Dallas service sta tion. The civil case of Williams vs. Knapp which was brought up Monday was taken under advise ment by Judge Walked who wll give a verdict later. The case was not tried before a Jury aijid the judge exercised full powerl Only two civil cases remain to be settled this term. These are both-contested divorce! cases. The case Thursday is Boyer vs. Boyjer and the Friday case Is Lute vs Luts. After this week the court wfill adjourn nntil April. Electric Lines Being Extended BRUSH CREEK. Feb. 5 Re sidents in this district will halve electric lights In their home be fore the week is out if plans jgo ahead as they are at present. iOf course some residents have Had the lights In for a long time but an extension is now being made to the line. The company men are putting up the poles and from all appearances will have the lne completed by Saturday." Homes benefiting, from the ex tension will be those of Victor Madsen, Mrs. M. J. Miadsen. L. Meyer, Mrs.Kinar Anderson, The odore Grace, Mrs. Anna K. Jen sen,' John Dybevik. J. C: Laraon and William Mauer. K KP T C DO FROM COM EARLY DAYS RECALLED Red Fir Rail is Said to HAS SEEN LONG SERVICE - By JOE LYTLE SCIO Three score and 13 years is a long period of service through rain, sunshine and snow. .That's the record! of a. red! fir rail now on display in the office of Riley Shelton in I Scio, accord ing to H. C. Miller, native ofj the Scio region. Miller states that the rail was placed In the construction 'if a fence south of Scio in 1858L by H. M. Brown, captain of an emi grant train that crossed the plains on the westward t"ek in 184 5. That was the 'train with which Mrs. Rebecca Morris (Aunt ; Becky) , queen of Lfnn county; plo i aeers, fought their way through i parched deserts, swollen rivers and hostile Indians 85 years ago. The ancient piece of timber still Is In a good state Of preser vation, notwithstanding the tnree- I quarters of a century It has defied : Willamette valley summers and winters with their versatile' ell matic conditions. Older Than the State Three years prior to the open Frog Chorus Gives Concert Series to ; Welcome Spring ACBURX, Feb. 5. Other communities may write of flowers blooming to signify tbat spring Is near. ; Aubnrn has had violets and other flower In bloom and thought it nothing unusual, but .when oar frog chorus commenced we knew spring was here. tJ FORMER TEACHER AT MONMOUTH Dr. W. J. Spillman of Washington, D. Speaker MONMOUTH. Feb. 5 Dr. Wil lian J. Spillman of the j depart ment of agriculture, Washington. D. C. addressed the faculty and student body of the Oregon Nor mal school, Friday, at a! special convocation. He formerly: was a member of this institution's sci ence teaching staff, "during the presidency of the late P. ii. Camp bell. After three years of teach ing here, he was called to Wash ington state college, at Pullman, where he taught in the iagricui tural department and aided in developing two of the hardy win ter wheats tbat are in favorable use after 20 years havfc inter vened. He is at Oregon State college this week conducting part of the farm short course Among the friends and former students who greeted j Doctor Spillman at this time, were: O. A. Wolverton, Monmouth postmas ter; Ira C. Powell. Monmnuth banker; Dean J. B. V. Butler of the Normal school; Miss) Emma Kreamer. a former Salem teach er; and Mrs. Marintha Arant, Ion g-time Monmouth, resident, and active civic club worker. ; FLIGHT IN STOLEN E AURORA, Feb. 5 (Wililam Crissell, son of Willara Crls sell, who lives on the river road north of town. t went home from the Cajiby high school, where he is a student, drove his roadster into the garage,; but left the doors standing open. In about an hour, he went out to get the car and it was gone. He telephoned the Aurora consta ble, started to town in the sedan picked up some boy friends and stopped' at the telephone office to have the patrolmen notified. One of the boys looked up, call ed his attention to bis car being driven across in front of j him, go ing towards Portland. Patrolmen soon returned the car to the own er, and the boys who had taken it to the reform school, from which they had escaped. CLUB KEEPS BUSf AUBURN, Feb. 5 1 The Au burn Dramatic club. "The Cubs" are meeting once a week now and working on some long plays and some 6hort ones. The jclub will gladly help other clubs or lodges put on free programs, j Mrs. Bryan Conley of Route six is secretary of the club. North Santiam Has 4-H Clubs NORTH SANTIAM, Feb. 5. The 4-H sewing club With Edna Fery as leader and the!4-H poul try dub with Mildred Kirk, lead er, have had several meeting and are doing splendid work. Members of the sewing club are, Lela Huddlestoh, Vivian Morgan, Mildred Tyler, Louis Perkins. Hazel Hatch, j Mary Ty ler, Leota Darcy, Blanch Foster and Helen Harney. Members of the poultry club are Warren Har uew, Joe Pedklns, Lee Perkins, Raymond Morgan and j Ray Phil lips, j be Older Than Oregon Oregon territory, and Scio had not been bosn. The next year, how ever, Oregon joined the sisterhood of states and new towns sprang up in all parts Of the; Willamette valley. Scio was soon ion the map, migration from the east and the middle west continued .toward Oregon and the new state began to forge to the front with her old er sisters. Scio prepared to spring the old rail story 73 years later and here it Is. I j ; Among other relics of the dim past are United States patents to land in the region of Scio 'which are signed by President Andrew Johnson In 18(5 and'186.: Riley Shelton has the old instruments, which are yellow with age,) not a line of typewritten matter, and still In good state of preservation Some of the lands j included In these patents were parts of the or iginal donation land Claims of the pioneer Shelton men in the Crab tree creek region, portions of which now. are owned by and oc cupied by Riley and William Montgomery, George Griffin. Lew Conser and others.. Among the or SOON NOLO AUBURN DRAMATIC as. sum i DIM DIES Hi IDAHO - ' "" 1," -.'-": Former Resident of Rickey Is Mourned by, Com ; munity j rickey, Feb. R The com munity is deeply g rieYefbTer the death of one of their members. Mrs. Sina Edwards, who died at the home of her daughter. Mrs Grace Shearer at Caldwellj Idaho. Mrs. Edwards had bees in ill health for the oast threa vearn. but was confined to her: bed only! 10 days prior to her death. Mrs. Edwards was born in Ar kansas, and came to Oregon about -40 years ago. She with her family have made her home In this community for the past 20 years. After the death; of her hus band George Edwards in Novem ber. Mrs. Edwards has made her home with . her daughters. Mrs. Mae Gesner of Salem and Mrs. Grace Shearer of Caldwell, Idaho. She was actively ; interested In all community affairs and was especially interested In the school and school children and as long as she was able enjoyed visiting th srhonl fihn waa a rM Invar of flowers and her garden Was a source or pleasure to the com munity from early spring until late In the fall. Mrs. Edwards will be greatly missed in the community. She was the mother of Mae Geener of Salem, Grace Shearer, Caldwell, Idaho, Will Edwards, Lincoln, Polk county and Harry Edwards, LaGrande. AURORA SCHOOL AURORA. Feb. 5 The school children of the community will be well protected from traffic acci dents. The personnel of the new school patrol for the seventh and eighth grades includes; captain, Elden Harrison; alternate, Ro bert St. Claire; patrolman, Arthur Tomlin; alternate, Merle Giesy. Fifth and sixth grades: lienten ant, Gilbert Hurst; alternate, Richard Hill; patrolman, Elmer Cresell; alternate, Howard Mc Ginnls. Third and fourth grades: lien tenant, - Billie Kraus; alternate, Lewis Hill; patrolman, Robert Grow;, alternate, Eugene Manock. First and second grades: pa trolman, Walter Col vin; alter nate, Charles Meeler. . JUNIOR BRA N G E OFFICERS INSTALLED JEFFERSON, Feb. 5 Offi cers for the year were Installed in the juvenile, grange No. 49. at Morning Star grange hall, Sat urday night, following the reg- ular grange meeting. H. F. Warren was installing officer, assisted by " Mrs. Boyd Young, marshal; Mrs. Harold Fisher, emblem bearer; and Mrs. Delmer Davidson, regalia bearer. Officers Installed were, Clar ence Page, master; Leland Am nion, overseer; Helen Conser, lecturer; Eugene Bever, stew ard; Wendell Gronso, assistant steward; Louise McDonald. chap Iain; Billie Grenz, treasurer; Vi olet Thomas, secretary; Lloyd Page, gatekeeper; : Ethel Truax, Ceres; Carrie Grenz, Pomona; Dona Lou Paris, Flora: Helen Chambers, lady assistant stew ard; Mrs. Jake Chambers, ma- A. ' iron. Bryan Conley Speaks at Turner TURNER, Feb. 5 The Meth odist men's brotherhooil held a meeting at the church Tuesday evening. The visiting speaker was Bry an H. Conley, commander of Mar Ion Post 661 Veterans of Foreign Wars. Salem. Purposes of the organization and what is hoped will be accom plished, were stressed by the speaker. The working for the proposed immediate payment of the veterans 'bonus was . explain ed, also the organization Is very active in welfare work,, stressing the Americanization department, especially in the large cities. Mr. Conley's talk was much ap preciated and he , was Tglven a hearty vote of thanks. A number of visitors were present from Sa lem. Refreshments were served at the close of the evening's pro gram. Play more Park Changes Owners WOODBURN. February 5 A transaction whereby ownership of Playmore park, threo miles north of Woodburn on the . Pa cific highway, . and the Smoke house , were exchanged was com pleted this week. John Moore who owned Playmore park traded his business for the i Smokehouse In Woodburn. After the trade John Renn bought out Moore and is at present owner of the establish ment, r . . L. D. McKee, who bought Play more park, has taken over the amusement park and his family has moved there, j rhildrcnb Colds W Checked without 'dosing. Rub on Bicycle $3i95' $4.68 worth of extra equipment FREE incL pack carrier, reinf. han dle bars, auto type horn, powerful flier head lights, clincher tires. fcfona ggaa gfttygg isairKfe 10Sg? 'ga1- Second Week Begins Saturday ... . a and see Felt 9 x 12 Axminsters B $25. j Priced at remarl cm for the Februar remarkable savings February ALL WOOL, nap, seamless, rich colors in Oriental and floral designs. Unusual val-. ues! 99 Coil Springs $095 Here's a .good 99-COIL SPRING built for comfort and satisfactory service. Springs are securely cross tied at top, and anchored at bottom to steel cross slats. Green enamel finish. I GTomr aouna : -.."!:.. ' j j ... Kitchen Range 95 Cast iron, blue and white full porcelain enamel. Regularly $102, 2 fuel sarins: I lids, . non-scorch cereal lid. 64x33x51 Vj, oven 20x20x13, cooking; top 36Vax252. for yourself the value 79 . One Week Only . Beginning Base Ruags On Sale for One Week Only! 9 x 12 Ft. 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Only $1 DOWN in j February I Airline Alexander DAnift FuU Vision lUlIJlU Vertical Dial $98 00 Complete with Tubes and Installed .-. !. - -Small Carrying Charge All-Electric! Full Vision Verti cal Dial keeps every station al ways In sight J makes tuning; In easier than ever. 8 Tubes, Triple Screen-Grid. Beautiful Tone and Tone Control. Smart walnut veneer cabinet. . Li censed by R. C. A., rj;. Ironers Vacuum Cleaners Hewing Machine IMcyclca Typewriters I'lamblng Outfits Incubators Cream Separator Wide Event fey Onlif U DOWN f ... . iii i Pbif. Only H DOVN n DOVM ing of the civil war the old ran iginal settlers also j was B. W. VapoRuo was spit from a monarch of the Hamilton, father of Mrs, Tom IS75 N. ODEHT1T TEL, 2435 CAILEr.3, OCEGOIJ i fir forests then overlooking; the Quigley, the latter near West Scio now residing yqnoM jap; usco vtapiy present site of Scio. It waai still i 1 . . , , j