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Dr. Birtchet and .Gates
Speakers for Three
Day Gathering
. LABISH CENTER. Sept 4.
' With the tberae of "Christian
Youth on the March", Marion
county Christian Eiideatorers will
bold their annual three-day con
vention at the Christian church
In SilTerton. beginning at seven
- o'clock ; Friday night. October 2.
with registration and entertain
ment assignment, and continuing
until Sunday evening; October 4.
Pr. Grover. C Birtchet, pastor
of the Pint Presbyterian church
' , of ' Salem, and Chester P. Gates,
pastor-counsellor of -i the Oregon
Endeavor union, will be the con
vention speakers.- : i :
Dr. Birtchet address, scbed
- uled for 8:35 p. m. of the open
Inr session, will be on "Youth Ad
ranting with ! Christ'" (Christian
militancy in an" age of vuncer
talnty). : '
Satnrday's sessions j will be de
voted to business, ' conferences,
and -reports, with the; keenly an
ticipated banquet at six OClOCK,
served by ladies of the Christian
church for a nominal fee. During
that hanant m. avmnosium will be
presented, with three iyoung peo-
. pie r speaking! on "Give us a
' Chance", "Youth's Response to a
Challenge," and "Our. Relation
to our Elders". 't
Rev. Gates's : address at 8:30
Saturday evening is entitled "The
Secret of a ) Successful -Ad.ran-
. TAtaf. a. Ill ttonrf ttlA
church of their choice on Sunday
morning, and at 2:45 in the ait
rnoon Mr. Gates will sneak on
The Challenge to Enlist".
Howard Col of Salem will have
charge ' of the: intermediate pray
er meeting at; e: is sunaay even
ing, while Genevieve Martin, also
of Salem, will jlead jtho young
people's meeting1. Both will dis-
- cuss "Powers and Possibilities of
- Oreganized Christian Youth". Mr.
Gates will speak on "The Assur
ance of Victory at 8 ; 1 5 of the
closing season. Installation of of-
- fleers and awarding of prises .will
form a part jf this session.
. Eaeh session will open . with
-song service, with John Schmidt
of Salem as song leader.
Pre-reglstratlon for! the con
vention has been handled by Mrs.
John Cage of f Silverton. Ella
Smith of Salem 'is president and
Grace Klampe is secretary.
EVELYT1 STEWART IS;
BOH PRESIDENT
SILVERTON. Sept. 24. - The
Junior high school has been busy
this week getting organised into
a student body and various clubs.
Election of officers fov a student
body resulted In the following:
President, Evelyn Stewart: i vice
president, Anna Larson; secretary,'
Don McCall; treasurer, Marlon
Palmer.
Records showed that there was
a sum of 839.39 In the treasury
and the group voted to buy 200
ong books for the use of the as
sembly. It was also voted to hold
no Indoor assembly or program
ntil the rainy weather set In. Un
til then baseball gaues will fill
the time. The boys and girls will
alternate in playing and will play
among the various home rooms of
the school. . j
The Literary club, which meets
Fridays, chose Beverly Bentson as
president; Sam Wilson. secretary
treasurer, and Marlon Palmer, ser-geant-at-arms.
The Social Science
club made Ardith Olsen Its presi
dent Beverly Bentson, vice-president;
Louis Paulson, secretary
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All honey producers In this sec
tion are., urged . to : exhibit - their
products at . the -honey booth at
the state fair, Mrs. Joe Rogers of
Independence, ' president of . the
Polk County Bee association, an
nounced yesterday.
Mrs. Rogers, who has charge of
the honey booth, says the- booth
Is being conducted on a different
basis this, year and she hopes to
ee much competition worked np.
Absolutely no selling of honey
will be permitted at the booth this
year, she says, and every : effort
will be made to give the little ex
hibitor equal chance in the con
tests. . .. ;,...;!.. ; . r-: . f.
The exhibiting space in the ag
riculture building has been en
larged, decorations are being given
careful attention i and several
tunts are being planned.' Bee col
ors, blue and white, are being In
corporated In the booth. ;
Cooked foods bunt about honey
sougni lor exhibition pur-
Attempt to Pass
Truck Disastrous
: For Portland Man
AURORA. Sept : 2 4.Aa auto
mobile accident occurred a mil
nd.f. if of Aurora on the
Pacific highway Wednesday about
-i-" : W. Brooks of
Portland, driving a touring car.
tried to pass a truck and finding
It impossible, had to take to the
ditch, badly smashing his car. Mrs.
Brooks was cut and bruised.
Passersby took them to Port
land where they could have medi
cal attention. Tho wrecked ear
-was towed to Portland later.
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Police of New York and Connecticut are working
together to solve the , mystery of the melodramatic
disappearance of Benjamin P. Ceilings (upper left),
88-year-old wealthy mining engineer of Stamford,
Conn., who vanished from his yacht in the Long
Island 'Sound. Hk wife (right), Mrs. Lillian Col-
PLATJS CONSIDERED
Dayton Future Farmers
Place Fourth in Canby
Competition
GRAND ISLAND,' Sept. 24-
A group of Judging : teams from
the Dayton high school chapter
of the F. F. :A. accompanied by
their Instructor, Burris L. Young,
motored to Canby Tuesday t- at
tend the' Clackamas county fair.
I Seventeen i Willamette, valley
schools, which have the Smith
Hughes department, displayed ex
hibits and participated In the
livestock -Judging contests.
The Yamhill county .exhibit
which came -from the four
schools, McMlnnville, New berg,
Amity and Dayton, was in all
probability the rtfest all around
display In this department.
In the livestock Judging con
test Melvln Blanchard of Dayton,
proved to -be the second high
man. Arthur Jones from Corval
lis took first place and Leo Du
gaiv of Cottage Grove third.
Floyd Lyman of Dayton took sec
ond place In the Judging contest
of . the dairy cattle while Melvln
Blanchard stood second In the
swine Judging competition.,
In all of the contests combined
Canby received first place; Cot
tage ' Grove, i second; Newberg,
third, and Dayton fourth,
i Temporary j plans are now be
ing laid for a Yamhill county Fu
ture Farmer fair some time next
spring. In the event nothing but
F. F. A. exhibits from the four
schools will be shown. The time
and location for the fair will be
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"MODERN PIRACY" MYSTERY
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Turner library and i
Mumeum Soon Ready
For Books, Antiques
TURXER. Sept 1 24. The
Interior finishing of the Tur
ner library and j museum
building will sooa be com
pleted. The book shelves are
being placed. ; ; j
As one enters the building
the well planned ; arrange
ments are noticed,' with the
beautiful . light fixtures and
handsome inlaid j linoleum,
with a large fireplace set
between tb two large south
windows, and with conven
ient book cupboards placed
about two spacious rooms.
Reading tables will be added.
A few of the old-time relics
that will' be placed in the
museum are stored in small
rooms. . ) . j
" The building is one of sev
eral . memorial buildings lo-
cated , at Turner, built by
Mrs. Cornelia Turner Davis
in memory of the members
of her family, the last of
whom passed away; about 12
years ago. . ,-: ; j'
determined at a later date. ' j ;
The old familiar j school bell
rang -out Monday morning calling
the chldren together for another
year's work. Twenty-nine pupils
attended the first day. When all
the children in the district have
entered the enrollment will prob
ably exceed 35. ' j ; j
The school this year is under
the - supervision of Mrs. Pauline
Fowler from this district as prin
cipal and Miss Zoa Easterly from
Hood River as primary- instruc
tor, r U .::!
At Aishiak, in a remote district
of northern Canada, gasoline re
tails for 83 a gallon.!
PRICE $100,
far SIOO.OOO as a f wrttiw Hi
Mr
ee away from juestieBablo
iatoreat la vouasr el of hid
muUm. - Mrs, Jiartfard, wlW of
aad urMilaat la NowvMt It. 1
all rfewpert waita farth
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her husband had been attacked and
muwttu vTuuwuu uj two ijicu. jars. IVixiugi natea,
she was taken from the yacht by the men and sett
adrift in a: small boat. The yacht, "Penguin," was!
'icked np with only the eouple's five-year-old daugh-
er, Barbara (lower lefty, aboard.
LIBRARY DONATED
NINE M VOLUMES
Miss Meyer Resumes Duties
At Water Office After
Three Months
SILVERTON, Sept. 24 Dur
ing the past week nine books
have been donated to the city li
brary, by I friends. Mrs. Mary
Townley gave five and Mrs. Lida
Usher, four. The books added
were three of Louise M. Alcott's
"Rose in Bloom", "Eight Cou
sins" and "Old Fashioned Girls;"
Meredith. Nicholson's '"The House
of a Thousand Candles; Stew
ard Edward - White's "The Leo
pard Woman; Hamlin Garland's
The . Tyranny . of the - Dark;"
Chamber's "Allsa Paige;, Wil
son's j "A t Knot of Blue," and
WIggin's The Story of Waitstlll
Baxter." I - .
. The purchasing committee add
ed Louis Bromfield's "Awake
and Rehearse."
The greatest number of books
loaned any -one day so far dur
ing September was 98.
Miss Alt hea, Marie Meyer re
sumed her duties at the Silver
ton water office Wednesday after
a three months leave of absence.'
During- her vacation . Miss Meyer
visited In Minnesota and Wiscon
son. returning to Silverton the
first of this month.- Miss Meyer,
has been at the water office as
bookkeeper: for three years.
While she was in the east her
place was filled by Mary Egan
Kleeman.- : Mrs. Kleeman . will
now go to Eugene to Join her
husband who Is employed there.'
i Mrs. ' Pearl McCleary, who has
been seriously 111 at the Silverton
hospital following an operation,
!av now steadily improving and
hopes to be able to do taken to
her home within a few days.
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STUDENT ATTEffFIOij
SCIO. . Sent.' 14. Scio high
school football is progressing rap
idly under the coaching of Marion
H. BeaL A large number of boys
turned out and with the help of
the school board and the student
body, Scio high should turn out a
fairly heavy, hard-hitting team.
Efforts are to be made for games
with Start on. Aumsville, Turner
and Harrisburg. :. -
under the management of Prin
cipal T; A. I Gallegly.t a class in-
physics has been organized which
will giro the students of Scio high
a chance to receive a major in
science. ' Classes also have been
added in mechanical drawing and
second-year shorthand.
v With the addition of fire more
students ' Monday the enrollment
in the high school was Increased
to an even 100. Already most of
the seniors' have been given seats
in tho math: room because of the
congested condition In the study
hall. Mrs. I Clavey has . taken
high school this year. This worsr
formerly was done by Miss Pent
ney. who now is a member of the
high' school : staff at Harrisburg.
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Flying Stick Hurts
; Little Shirley Fox
1 fiTlvrnV. flant. S4 Shir lev.
the six-year-old daughter . of Mr.
and Mrs. Glen E. rox. wnne put
ting wood in tho basement with
uim ether children. 'Wednesday
evening' was accidentally hit on
her upper lip by a stick of wood,
resulting lna cut which required
a eoupie or auicnes.
' Mrs. Helen Potter of Salem, is
a guest - of I Mrs. Mary Hill and
her daughter. Mrs. J. F. Potter.
ftha IB TMrt nlA. but anlnva
visiting with some of Stayton'a
FOOTBAL
OCCUPIES
IS SHATTERED
Gervais has Banner Attend
: ance; Keizer Looking
For: More Room
GERVAIS, Sept. .Twenty
one freshmen entered the Gervais
high school at its- opening this
week. There are . 40 in the three
other classes and more will be reg
istered later. This is said, to-be
the largest registration, on open
ing . day in the history ; of. the1
school. The student body has held
one meeting and authorized Coach
Tumbleson to purchase football
equipment tor the season. Stanley
DeJardln is. president this year.,
i. The classes, have organised and
elected officers. Louise Lemery is
president of the seniors; '. Antone
Schlechter, : vice-president; - Doro
tby Mlnaker, secretary; Kenneth'
Manning, -. treasurer, and Ewald
Susee, sergeant-at-arms.' Florence
Ferschweiler . Is president of . tho
Juniors; Peter Lelack, vice-president;
Agnes Jensen; secretary and
Alfred Bowley, sergeant-at-arms.
Laurence Susee was elected presi
dent, . Gilbert Smith, vice-president;
Marquerlte DuRrette, secre
tary and Mary Adelman, treasur
er of the sophomores.'. Elmer Nib-,
ler is freshman class president;
Donald S m 1 1 h, vice-president;
Mary, Miller,-secretary, and Irma
DeJardin, treasurer, j , v
The faculty this year includes
james u. Brenaut, principal; Har
old Tumbleson," coach, and Mrs.
Helen Estudillo, Miss : Patterson
and Miss Schaefers. j Music has.
Deen aaaea.to xne course, wiin
Miss Patterson as teacherl Twenty-five
men answered Coach Tum
bleson's call for football, and sev
eral new players are being devel
oped. jf .f 5 ':'--:":
Oliver Rhuansmltb, of near Eu
gene, the first athletic coach in
the - Gervais : Union high school,
was a Gervais visitor Monday.
Mr. Huston is principal of the
grade school, and has 29 pupils.
Miss Martin has: 22 j in the pri
mary room. . ."'.,
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Rich River Bo ttom Section Takes
.Ifkme From OScial of Only Rail
i-4 Line Tl?erej Tgtiot is Described
' 7 . - . By ETIJEL BLINSTON ' : l
" The Talbot district 1b located ; 15 miles south of Salem Bear
the Santlam river and on the Oregon Electric ; railway. ... -
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45 Homes la Area
O, E. Man Named
' - .t panT.n; When the ranwar was oetng ouui in
1812, Mrl Talbot ' gave tho; station his name', ad presented tho
school with a flag when it was built. --1 ' "'.'''?" .
Industries Many",
Talbot.'
Mostly .Workers "!
place for the working class, i The location on the Santlam river
gives the entire district Hfer bottom soil which is irery produc
tive and easily Irrigated for! crops that require irrigating. . v
jt,vi;' r . vt- There is a market road through Talbot. Sev-.
ilUk lines -Busy"", eral inllk' trucks; including the- Mt Angel
:irC - '-$-r?r trucic picx
trict.
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it
ity club.--School busses transport
A anion Bunaay scnooijisi
school opened. Monday . with,: the
largest enrollment the district' has
ever had, 155 pupils being assign
ed to the four rooms. :- '
The personnel - of ; teachers ! for
thi Tear is: Prlnclnal. Mrs. Mad-
alene Callla, who has chatge of
grades 7 and 8; Mrs. iava!&eiso,
grades 5 and 6; Mrs. SadleiCos
teiin eaitM a and1 4. and iMrg
Bernlce Zlelke, the two primary
grades. . ,!'' 'xTi-1 ' " ' M ! :
The only difficulty confropting
fh, chnnl Hnard . and teachers is
to find seating capacity for; the
present attendance. Tne scnooi
board consists of i Fred McCall,
chairman: Rav Be tier and! Roy
Melson. Miss Ruth Rulifson is
clerk.
Mrs. Edith Vernoii
Is President of Cole
, ' 'VCominimily Group
SCIO, Sept. 24. At the! Initial
lutnmn mAt1nr of the Cola com
munity club a brief , business ses
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within ;an area oi ..ivo .miies aruuno
there! aire about 45 'homes, a service staOon,
store'depot. grange hall and standard school.
Talbot derived" Its name from Mr Talbot, an
official I of the Oregon electric i railroad comr
Dairying and farming are tnw cniei jnaoine
" in this -locality. .Sheep, hogs, hops; potatoes
'and peppermint are also raised in and around
The hops, potatoes and peppermint require o
much! working; during tho spring and summer
that their production .'helps " make .Talbot
up: ine cream juaiiiy worn w a-
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fa VriOwn an the Santlam .rOmmnn-
high school; pupils to etferson
ia bcuuui -viu
sion was called to ordr by MIsa
Agnes Smith after iwhlch 'officers
for the ensuing! year-were elected
as follows : J president,' Mrs.' Edith
Vernon; vice-president, Mrs. John
Ransom; secretary-treasurer, Mrs.
Lena Chrisman; sergeaht-at-arms,
Harry Chrisman; reporter, - Miss
Lucille Chrisman. ' 5 .
x Committees appointed for the
year are as follows: Program, Earl
Sandne, Angeline Huntley,; Venlta
Mcclain, Henry Eccoleston; ' re
freshments, Mrs.- Pearl Chrisman.
Mrs. Laura: Leffler Mrs. Rosa
Trexler music, Miss Agnes Smith.
JlclXaLLH 8ETTLKD .
!SILVERTOn Sept. 14? lit..
and Mrs. E. J. McCall . are now
nicely r settled in their hew homo
on the East Hill nsa- the city res
ervoir. They recently purchasdd
the house and lot. It was former
ly the Ness home. Mr.- and Mrs
McCall have bees liviiig on the
William Moore home Just south of
the city limits for the past two
years.:-, ij ' P .'
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OF 6BE T0:.i BUT
Thirty Sjtudents Appear at
Rickrleali: High School
- First Week
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- RICKREALL, Bept. 24. Rick
reall grange will open for the fall
and' winter meetings Friday night. ,
September 25, after a vacation
since July. .1, '. ' ; - 7
'. Tho meeting; Friday night will
be preceded by a T o'clock dinner
and it is hoped' all members who
possibly can ! will be present for
the first meeting of the fall. -:
The. high.) school . opened on-.
Monday for registration, with F. "
M. Mitchell as prlncpal abd Miss '
Caroline Forward and Mr, jTaylor -as
teachers. The enrollment was
SO, with several more to come In
later. This Is Mitchell's sixth con-,
secutive year as principal and his -eighth
year in; the schools of Rick-1
realL. Miss Forward and Mr, Tay
lor are both teaching their first ;
year.?";- - ---r I - b is .
The total enrollment for the
grade school j was 23 for each
room, 4with several more to come .
in later. Mrs. IMarjorle Davis Dew
is teacher for the upper; grades
and Miss Catherine McEwen for
the primary grades. Both, taught ,
here last -year, k i
Most of the books were furnish
ed free to the children, the dis
trict buying those which were new"
this year and the Children turning
in their old books. t
Stores to Close
1 Here Salem Dayt
All business establishments ia !
Salem, except those in businesses; !
of feeding or .housing people, will j
be closed for part Of the day Wed- :
nesday of next week. Merchants
yesterday were undecided the ex-. 1
act1 hour they would shut; their'
doors. ; but some ; of the1 larger
stores indicated they would close
at 11:30 a, m. A few establish
ments will not be open Salem day,
which Is next Wednesdsy. ,
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