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Tha OltEGON STATESMAN. Caltru Oregen, gotay ITorn!a FcSrCary 24, 1931 pach Timr BROOKsnei EtJTERTJIflED Ladies' Aid Society Enjoys Afternoon in Salem Recently s i WAGERS HE'LL PLAY WTTH THE MIGHTY BROOKS. Feb. 23 Mrs. . J. Tm Sim entertained the Brooks la dles aid society at the home in aTein. on Thursday .afternoon. Mrs. William Scbafer, president, tftmdueted the business session. The afternoon was spent sewing. A feature of the meeting was the ' surprise gift shower for Mrs. J. L. Sim, by the Brooks Ladies Aid , society. Many beautiful and use ful presents were receired. Mrs. Sim was assisted in serr- : ing at the tea hour by Mrs. H. A. Marr, Mrs onroe Ward and Mrs. Dora' Ward. The guest group Included: Mrs. Chris Otto. Mrs. A. E. Har ris, Mrs. Charles Kobow and children Del mar and . Barbara, Mrs. H. A. Marx and , daughter Beverly Marr, Mrs. O. L. Bailey, , Mrs. Nellie Reeves, Mrs. Mary r Ritchie, Mrs. Harry Kibby, Mrs. Cecil V. Ashbaugh, Mrs. WiU , llam Schafer and grandson Bob- ; ble "Morris. Mrs. Raymond Blan- ; t-yn Sr.. Miss Gladys Otto. Mrs. Sylvester A. Harris, Mrs. C. A. Bailey, Mrs. Monroe Ward. Mrs. ' - Wayne . Gibson. Mrs. John 'Lean er, Mrs. Raymond Blanton Jr.. and children DeEtta and Ray j mond III, Mrs. George Tkatch and son Harry, Mrs. J. E. Wall, Mrs. Nick Childers, Mrs. Dora Ward and daughter ; Caroline, Mrs. J. S. Dunlavy and the host ess Mrs. J. L. Sim. .The next meeting of the aid - will be held at the home of Mrs. Chris Otto in Brooks in two - weeks. - . . . i SI L CLASS IS FETED HUBBARD, Feb. 33 The winning side of a recent contest by the young people in Mrs. George Le filer's Sunday school class of the Federated church were entertained by - the i losing side at a party at the Community house Friday evening. A happy evening was spent at J games followed by refreshments. Present, were Miss Margaret Ryan, Robert Ryan, Miss Esther Grimm, Miss Mildred Grimm, and Mrs. Earl Grimm, all of Donald, Miss Iris Moomaw, Jack Moo maw, MJjss Marion - McKenzie, Miss Helen Claypool. Miss Hazel Clay pool,' Miss Beatrice Claypool, Mrs. H. .L. Carl, Mrs. George Leff ler, Mrs. John Claypool, Miss Jes- sie Ingals. Miss Bessie Ingalls, Delmer Claypool, Roy Claypool, Melvin Mitts, Clifford Mitts, Miss Anita. . Bevei) s, Miss Gnngadene Bldgood. Miss Dorothy t Scholl. Miss Orva Barrett, Miss Lenore Scholl, Miss Irene Scholl., Miss Helen . Paalses, MIas Marjorte Wolfer. Miss Mildred Ott, James Bldgood and Rollle Bidgood. " GONE TO SEATTXK .-' - TURNER, Feb. 23, Mr. and Mrs. U. E. Talbot left Saturday for Seattle where they will visit Mrs. Talbot's daughter, Mrs. E. Waggoner. Mrs.- LaRue Stephen- son, daughter-in-law and, young son, who have been house guests 'a the Talbot home, also made the trip. -Mrs. Talbot will return in time for- her work at the -Turner - - State bank- Tuesday. - - Mr. ; and '. Mrs D. S. Riches will stay at the --Talbot 'home and care for "Mrs. Talbot's i aged father, S. -H. - Ba4 - ker, who' is unable to take 'the : trip. - -: , . William Robert Crissy. Phiia.. f golf with John D. Rockefeller. clans to trv hfa luck first with Pa., stock broker, has a job on j Sr. By the stipulation of the bet. I the President, then go to At- ce is not to nave more than live his hands, Crissy has wagered $2,000 with several mends, five of whom are brokers, that be fore Feb. 15, 1932, he will have dined with President Hoover, played golf with Bobby Jenes, motored er played golf with the Prinee of Wales, and played dollars on. his person when he starts out. He will . be per mitted to work or beg for money on the way, but is not allowed to borrow any. Crissy will re sign from the brokerage firm -with which he is connected. He West Salem News A One-act play; "The Neigh bors," was given Friday evening in the community hall by the local Girl Reserves. The play, which was directed by Miss Hazel Bru ner, advisor of the Reserves, was very well received by a well-filled house and the sum of $12.75 was realized from the sale of tickts. One-half of this goes to the Re serves group and half will be applied- on : the "mile of pennies" movement, designed to aid In wip ing out the church debt. Miss Trula Grant gave a piano number before the play and Ruth Maerz a vocal solo at the close. Harbo Thompson of Stayton play ed Hawaiian guitar numbers both preceding and following the show. At the close of the play, Girl Re serve members who were" not in the cast served a dainty lunch to Miss Bruner and members of the cast.' The cast was as follows: Peter, Ruth Maerz; Inez Abel, Lorraine Thompson: Mrs. Abel, Xaom AJ sop; Mrs Moran, Catherine Apple white; Grandma, Maisie Radkey; Miss Trot, Mary Helen Unruh; Carrie Ellsworth, Feba Clark; Ezra Williams, Doris Reed. Rev. W. J. Warren delivered the message Sunday morning at Ford Memorial church, with the junior choir, directed, by Trula Grant, fur nishing music for the service. His sermon topic was "The Great Ad venture Life in the World to Come." The choir and orchestra furnished music with a vocal solo by Miss Betty Bedford. I A'gtiest of Mr. and Mrs." W. P. Lewis from Saturday until Mon day morning was "Mr. Lewis' sis ter, Mrs. IB. L. Hughes of Sedro Wooley, Wash. . Miss Lorraine Thompson was a guest Sunday and Monday of Miss Ella Beth .Wetherby of Wheat land, f Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hansen and Mrs. Maggie Catterson left Mon day morning for their home at Burns, -after having spent three months la the Willamette valley. They were guests Sunday of Mrs. Hanson's ancle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. S L. Burke. . Other, guests of the Burkes Sunday evening who came to bid the Hansens and Mrs. Catterson farewell were Mrs.- S. L. Keesle of Corvallls and Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Goodwin of Rldgefield; Wash. - ' Visitors Sunday evening at the F. M. Meorehonse home were Mr. and Mrs. Everett Breshears of 'In dependence. Mr. Breshears -Is a nephew of Mrs. Moore. Mrs. Marvin Lewis Is again at home after having spent a week at the home of her mother, Mrs. E. A. Rhoten, who went to Spo kane on account of the serious illness f a small grandson, , , Mrs. John Carrick of Monroe was a recent , overnight guest of her grandmother, Mrs. Marlon Moore. . Mrs, George Davis, who - has been seriously ill for many months has been taken to the farm home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr.1 and Mrs. Bill Edwards, on Wallace road. Friends here of Mrs. F. L. Can nell of Amity have received word that she underwent a serious op eration Saturday at a McMlnnville hospital. Mrs. Cannell is the wife of Rev. F. L. Cannell, former pas tor of Ford Memorial church. She recently underwent an examina tion at the Portland clinic and they reported that she was suf fering from a complication of dis eases and advised an operation. The monthly meeting of the Parent-Teacher . association will be held Friday evening, February 27, in the community hall. . Fred Gibson underwent a ton sil operation in Salem Wednesday. He is still confined to his home as a result of it. W. H. Hess, local grocer, re--ports that business in his line - is improving 2 lately. Mr; and Mrs. Hess drove to Buena lsta Sun day where they 'were guests of Mrs. Hess uncle. W. D. Simmons. Miss Bertha Stevens took ad vantage of Monday's holiday to spend the week end with her cou sin. Miss Evelyn Boles of Salem. Charles Creasey, an employe of the - state - highway department, was home from Camas valley and spent the week- end with his fam ily, here. ... , ft ' - Mr. and Mrs. Fred ' Blgler of Can by, Mr. and Mrs. Bigler, their daughter Catherine and son Don ald of Portland were dinner guests Sunday at the J. A. Gosser home. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Smith and children, John Wesley and Ella May, visited Saturday and Sunday, lanta to meet Jones; thence to Ormond. Fla., where Rockefeller" passes Lis Winters. Then he -. plans to go wherever the Prince , .. . of Wales happens to be at the ,' time. Crissy said he believes he has "a good chance of succeed- ' -in.". . . . with relatives in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Nicols were all-day- guests Wednesday of Mr. Nicols' sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brooks. Ernest Bradley and Miss Neva Frey, both of Newport, were Sun day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Walker., " . Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stevens of Albany and Mr. and Mrs.. Harry Boles and children of Salem were Sunday dinner guests of the Roy Stevens family. : , Miss Lois Creasey, .who is a student in a Portland business col lege, was a week-end guest at the home of her parents; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Creasey. LODGE EUTEHD BY GERVAIS ; GROUP Program : and Supper Pro - vide Evening$ of Mer- -: i rymaking rf GERVAIS. i Feb." 2 3 About 200 Odd Fellows. Rebekahs and friends attended the- county vis itation meeting- at the' Gervals Odd 'Fellows Hall Saturday ; eve ning. Members present from the following I. O. O. F. and Rebekr ah lodges; Salem No. , Wood burn, Scotts Mills, Stayton, 811 verton. Mills City and GerVals, and .two Odd Fellows present from outside the state. The next visitation will be held at Mill City, March. 10. - , ' , . The program opened by sing ing "America" hy all; violin and piano, by Ralph.' Brant, and Miss Olivo Shorts; treading by : Mr. Crittendon; . story, Mr. Brower ; piano' duet by Misses Pearl Os terman and Olive S hurts; talk by Mr. Weeks; duet by Mr. and Mrs. Brower,; with piano ' accompani ment by Miss Olive Shurtz; after the program a spelling . match fwas enjoyed in which about 80 people took a part, ladies. on one side , and the men on the other, the score belng 14 to 3 In favor of the ladles. The remainder of the evening was spent in playing "500 and in social conversa tion. ."j - ' A pot lack supper was served by the Odd Fellows. 1 -The ' annual homecoming ' of Gervals Rebekah lodge will be H LADS WILL ENTERTAIN DALLAS, Feb. 23. -An event of Importance to the dads and lads of Dallas wilf be the father and son banquet and program which will be held on Tuesday, February 24, In the social hall of the Methodist church at 6:30 p. m. under the auspices of the Men's Brotherhood. The Ladies' Aid of the church will serve the dinner. " Preston Doughton. president of the Men's Brotherhood, has worked hard for a splendid pro gram. Dr. V. C. Statts, toast master.. The following will speak: -Dr. L. A. Bollman on "Facts for Sons Clean Living?; William Cadle, "What do we Ex pect of our Fathers"; Howard Campbell, "Our , Fathers Good Scouts"; Coach Oramel Shreive, "Supervised - Athletics- A Boon to Father"; S. E. Whltworth. "The Son - in . School"; - A. Fischer, "What, Can the Boys of Dallas do for their Dads"; Mayor Flnseth, "What the Men of Dal las do for their Sons." AH of the above are to be five minute talks. In addition an ex cellent male quartet has been se cured from McMlnnville with Claire -Snyder In charge. Group singing ..popular dad and lad songs led by a member of the McMlnnville quarter. . Accordion solo by Eugene Stoller. Song by the boys rot the junior, high school. All dads and lads are In vited to come and enjoy a great evening of fellowship and fun. ft greater mildness and better taste - ' . ' A - 3SA-rA - V;:,, hrtd.en March for Rebekaha id . Uelr tamiU, On April 11. Gerval Harmony Rebekah lodge will' entertain the district con vention, for district No.- 4 which includes 13 Rebekah Xodgea. 1 KSP.T.A. eatfo PROGRftM BROOKS, Feb. 23 A good crowd was In at ten deuce at the Brooks school " house. After .- a short business session with the president, O. O. Epley in charge, a program was presented as fol lows: recitation, Lifford A Wright; vocal solo, Miss Ruth Palmer, with Mrs. Ray Barker at the pia no; recitation, Marie Bosch; clar inet solo by Miss Lucille Aspinwall with Mrs. Ray Barker playing her accompaniment on the piano; re citation, Evelyn Moi3an; guitar and harmonica, music by Gilford Wright; violin and piano. duet by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Streeter. Mrs. R. L. Wright, secretary of the county council of p. T. A. and Dr. B. F. Pound, president of the Marlon County council bf P, T. A. both gave interesting talks on P. T. 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