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4 - - 'v. - - . . " -r J" if- . -, PAGE TWO The OREGON STATESMAN Salem Oregon, Srniday jinrning, July 21. ' . : f - HTlEPHHCt - V- - . . ... Other; Social and Personal Items From Polk County City INDEPENDENCE, July 20. Mr. and Mrs. - James S. Robbie were hoats tor an. mttractiTe party In the garden of their horn Wed nesday ereslng. ; Dlnrfer , fii cooked over the outdoor fireplace and added much to the enjoyment of theneal. Guests were Cbarlea Dorman of Roseburs, Mr. and Mrs. Laird Lindeman and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bow man and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Iverson, Mr. and Mrs. For rest Pence, Mrs. Larkln, Claude. John and Lloyd Larkln, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Guild, Mr. and Mrs. : Douglas Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Valen Guild. Mrs. C. D. Calbreath was host .ess for the Friday Bridge club at her home July 19. Her guests were Mrs. S. B. Walker, Mrs. Ase Robinson. Mrs. Clifford Fratzske, Mrs. Elmer . Addison, Mrs. K. L. Williams, Mrs. B. F. Swope and Mrs. J. H. Hart. Mrs. Clarence Harwood was a most charming hostess for two tables of contract Friday night, July 19, at her horns. Her guests were Mrs. Elmer Addison, Mrs. Wayne Ried, Mrs. Grorer Matti son, Mrs. Dale Pomeroy, Mrs. R. M. Walker, Mrs. Paul E. Rob inson and Mrs. Pearl Hedges. Mrs. R. W. Baker, Miss Blanche and Miss Elizabeth Bek er and Mr. and Mrs. William Bak er of East Orange, N. J., left Fri day to spend a week visiting at different coast points. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Wathers andtwo sons moved to Longview, Wash-, this week where they will make their home. Mr. and Mrs. Quincy-Weddle of Port Angeles, Wash., were week end guests at the E. A. Weddle home. They are on their way to thrSan Diego exposition. Mrs. George Pratt of Okanogan, Wash., is visiting with her sister, Mrs. Hugh Hanna, who is critical ly 111 at her home. News or West Salem WEST SALEM. July 10. Mrs. A. C." Hennlngsen left Saturday for a week's stay at Seaside, where she will visit her parents. Mrs. Petrasso of Second street has gone to Pennsylvania for an indefinite stay. She will visit her nephew. Tbe Fortnighters gathered at the Marion Square Wednesday for their regular meeting with Mrs. Donald Kubn as hostess. A picnic dinner was enjoyed and homemade Ice ream served. The children played in the pool. Mem bers present were: Mrs. Darrel Bradford, Wayne and Dorothy Bradford. Mrs. Guy Barnes, Clar issa Mae Barnes, Mrs. Glenn Dav enport, Maxine and Shirley Dav enport, Mrs. Thornton Goes, Bud dy and Dorothy Goss, Mrs. Arth ur Hathaway, Marjorie and Wan da Hathaway and Mrs. Donald Kuhn and Donald and Arlene Pupils to Appear At Melrose Hall AMITY, July V Pupils from this city to appear in recital in Dramatic Expression at Mel rose hall In McMinnville Satur day night are Juliann Abraham Jean Vannicc, Maxine Wood, Marctle Osborne and Alvin Rier- on. Miss May Chalfant of Lin field college is their instructor. " Mrs. Thelma Barry of San Francisco is a gut this week at ti home of her sister, Mrs. -A.. l,Rlerson and family. CHURCH WORKER HURT ! SILVERTON, Jury 20. Mrs. H 3 -Iverson suffered a broken col' Ur bone early this week when she fell a step or two down her stairway. Mrs. Iverson is promin ent in the county in work in the Methodist church, and has long been a leader in the women's cir cles of the church. Kuhn. Guests were Mrs. Fred Kuhn, Mrs. Lynn Richardson and Mrs. John Evans. The next meet ing will be held In a. fortnight at Marlon Square with Mrs. Ar thur Hathaway as hostess. A group of West Salem ladies enjoyed a picnic dinner In Salem Wednesday. Included In tbe group were Mrs. George King, Mrs. P. S. Wise and daughter. Norma, Mrs. Evelyn Akers and son. Tommy, and-Mrs. C. E. Mol ing and daughter, Nonette. The Townsend club met Thurs day evening. Lyle Thomas gave a very Inspiring address and Miss Dorothy McCullongh gave a reading. A collection was taken for the purpose of securing votes for Miss McCullougL who is Sa lem's only candidate for Queen of the Townsend rally to be held at Jantsen beach in tbe near future. cumin OF FUR'S DEATH MONMOUTH, July 20. While X. . F. Gillespie of Centralia, Wash., father of Mrs. W. L. Smith of Monmouth, r-as visiting here with two sisters, Mrs. Charles E. Smith of New York city and Mrs. Claire W. Wright of Kansas City, the trio received word of the death of their father, Mr. Gillespie, sr., at Orange, Calif. Deceased was 94 and a Civil war veteran. Dr. and Mrs. Dole Butler and children are guests of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. V. But ler and other Polk county rela tives. Dr. Butler is an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, in San Luis Obispo. California. Darold Elkins, a son of Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Elkins of Mon mouth, accompanied by "Mrs. El kins, was scheduled to sail Fri day from San Francisco on the S. S. Malolo for Honolulu. Mr. El kins, a teacher in Eucene, will teach this coming year in Hono lulu as a result of an exchange of teacders. Col. C. W. Robertson of King wood Heights near Salem, was an entertaining speaker at the local grange meeting for July. His talk centered about a general sur vey of world conditions, and, as he- has lived abroad many years he brought a message of Interest. Mrs. L. V. Seeley pleased with violin solos accompanied at piano by Mildred McKnight. P. O. Pow ell presented a thoughtful discus sion of the power distribution proposal. District plans are be ing made and each county will vote on the measure, cities and rural districts having separate voting privileges so that neither can Interfere with the other. Townships with less than a 10 family residence total are auto matically barred from district in clusion. Mrs. H. W. Morlan and daugh ters Beverly and Charlotte ac companied the former's sister, Mrs. A. K. Andrews to Berkeley this week to attend the funeral of their brother, Homer Brown. Funeral services were held Wed nesday in Berkeley. Mr. Brown is survived by his widow. Mrs. A. B. Morlan and daugh ter Pauline are leaving this week end for Hollywood and Las An geles, accompanying Dr. and Mrs. Byron White and Marguer ite, Hean and Morlan White of McMinnville. Dr. White will at tend a chiropractors' special course. Mrs. Morlan, Pauline and the White children will spend some time at Costa Mesa visiting relatives. Mrs. White is an older daughter of Mrs. Morlan. Mrs. Moisan Reviews Biennial Meeting GERVAIS, July 20. An in terestlng meeting was" held by the ladies of the Presbyterian church at the church Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Scott Jones led the devotionals and Mrs. G. J Moisan, the discussion topic. She gave a review of the biennial held tbe last of May at Ashville, N. C. Mrs. A. R. Siegmund and Mrs. A. B. Minaker served during the social hour. There were 25 ladies and six children present, GERVAIS, July 18. Sister Perpetu of Seattle, a sister of Miss Gererudt Weiss, nd Sister Edburge of Marylhurst college were Saturday guests of Miss Weiss. She gave a luncheon in their honor, the guests being Frank Weiss and family of Woodburn, Father Wm.sf Walsh, Sophie Nibler and Helen Hiller, Blacksmith Injured In Unusual Accident MOLALLA. July 20. The palm of the left hand of Jack Peterkln, blacksmith, and a mem ber of the city council, was blown away this afternoon when a load of blasting powder exploded In a supposedly unloaded splitting gun His hand was also seriously burned. He had heated the gun red hot and was holding it with the tongs preparing to "dress the head down" when the load explod ed. The gun belonged to Eli Deardorf. It was used to split logs. The gun is driven into the logs and the blast is set off After being treated by local doc tors, Peterkin was taken to an Oregon City hospital. npffllf ' POSTAL RECEIPTS GAin AT HUBBARD HUBBARD, July 40. Postal receipts in Hubbard for the fis cal year show an Increase in every department . oyer last year, ac cording to Mrs. Blanche M. Brown postmistress. Tbe use of air mail, particularly, has shown a decided gain. Mrs. Brown, who recently received her appoint ment to the Hubbard office after serving as acting postmistress for several months, states that her from philatelists throughout the from philatilists throughout the northwest, many of whom stop here frequently to purchase mem orial stamps and other varieties which are often scarce in large offices. One collector purchased over $17 worth of stamps at one time. Smaller sales of five dol lars or so are qnite common. The matter of postmarking stamps. which passes unnoticed by the majority of people, is of great importance to stamp collectors. Knowing that a stamp may be ruined by an unsightly cancel lation, Mrs. Brown exercises care so that new And unusual varieties are postmarked in such a way that the face of the stamp is not mutilated. Mrs. George Grimps and sons, Junior and Bobby, are spending a week at Neskowin. Mr., and Mrs. Harvey Mosh berger and Albert Moshberger and children, Dell and Naomi, have returned from a fishing expedi tion to Depoe Bay anfi Newport. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Schrock, their son. Art, and daughter, Grace motored to Newport for a few days. They traveled by way of the Salmon river cutoff. t k I (rangers .News EOBERTS, July 20. Mrs. Leo nard Zielka entertained the wom en, of the Roberts grange at .her home Wednesday afternoon. Flans were made to organize a Home Economies club. They will meet at the home of Mrs. Roy J. Rice August 14, with the b a s in ess meeting. The next meeting of the Roberta grange will be Saturday night n s IBS EMPLOYES Boy With Match Trouble Results ZENA, July 20. A grass fire, started by a young lad who tried to smoke a grey digger out of its home by dropping a lighted match down the hole, caused much excitement on the Grey and Wil liams farms this week. The fire started in the grass around the hole and the boy tried to put it out with his bare hands, burn ing them badly. He then went to get his father and a crowd of about 75 men soon gathered and after a stren uous afternoon's work with wet sacks and shovels conquered the fire, which threatened to take farm buildings and grain crops, which were ready to harvest, on both of these farms and adjacent fields. HEAT HURTS BERRIES DAYTON, Ore., July 20. Lo ganberry picking has been com pleted in most fields here but the yields have not been summed up. The last pickings were badly scalded from the anusually excessive heat, growers report. EFFECTIVE RHEUMATIC RELIEF! Quickly and effectively, often within 4 8 hours, Williams R.C.X. Compound brings relief to suf ferers of rheumatic pains and fevers, and lumbago, neuritis, and neuralgia pains. The Salicylate treatment offered In Williams R.U.X. Compound is of recognized value, and many are finding won derful relief from its use. Get a bottle from the Perry drug Btore today. If the very first bottle does not satisfy, your money back. GERVAIS, July 20. The high school board met Saturday night. L. P. G leas on was hired as jani tor. William Allsup was again employed to drive the school bus. Milton Hansburg of Woodburn was given the contract for 20 cords of wood for the coming year. Miss Hannah Bowley, young est daughter of Citx. Marshal Wil liam Bowley, has leased a room in the building at North Capitol and Union streets In Salem and will open a modern beauty par lor the last week in the month. The owners are now putting the room in shape. All the equip ment will be new and modern.. After graduating from the Ger vais high school Miss Bowley went to Portland where she took an apprenticeship. She bought a shop in Stayton two years ago and operated it until this spring when she sold it. She has spent a great deal of her time since she sold in Stayton looking for a new location and last week de cided on Salem. John S. Banick is having the warehouses of the California Seed company Improved. New windows have been put in and other repairs made and now the buildings are being painted. The estimated cost is around $200. The McAdoo residence in the east part of town has Just undergone some repairs, such as carpentry, wall paper, paint on the exterior, etc. Evening Service 'are? f Adjourned -Until September WOODBURN. July 20. Rev. Katherine Powell, will take the pulpit at the Methodist Episcopal church Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock service, in the absence of the pastor, Rev. P. M. Hammond who with his family la on his vacation. There will be no even ing services until September and the congregation is urged to at tend the Church, of God meetings at the camp ground. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spear (Elizabeth McCord), a daughter, weight 6 pounds 9 onnces, at the St. Vincent's hos pital In Portland, Thursday. First child, and first grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine McCord of Wood-barn. To Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Mahoney at tbe Woodburn hospital, July 12, a son, Clarence Michael, weight 9 pounds. To Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Baker of West Woodburn, Monday morn ing, July, 15, s daughter, weight pounds. DINNER AT LOCKg DAYTON, Jaly 20. Tbe Krow- eldeen Needle dab members en tertained their husbands and" a few. friends at a 7 o'clock picnic dinner at Lafayette locks, Thurs day evening. Twenty-two were i present. . t ICO MILES ON 4 GALLONS OF GAG That an average of 27 miles to the gallon. I drove from Salem to Portland and return at about 60 to 55 miles per hour. I would not have believed It If I had not done it myself la that Little Standard Six 4-door A AMAM (The above test and statement from a recent Graham pur chaser. The gas tank was filled before and after the run.) DRIVE THIS ECONOMY CAB TODAY! Open Sunday Until 5:30 P. M., Week Days Until 8:30 P. M. LODEEl BROS. 445 Center Street Phone 0133 Salem, Orcgoa Graham Sales and Service for Marion and Polk Counties Home of Good Used Cars FORMER RESIDENT DIES SILVERTON, July 20. Alf O. Nelcon received a telegram Fri day morning announcing the death of Mrs. S. F. Hunter, form erly of Silverton, at the home of her son. Dr. M. O. Hunter at Grand Forks. Relatives surviving here are a daughter, Mrs. Jake Stelger: a son. John Hunter at Kelso, Wash., nephews, Harold Hunter of Silverton and Frank Hunter of Toledo: a niece, Mrs. John Weneger of Silverton. A nnouncement WE TAKE PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING THE APPOINTMENT OF Halliday Elliott Motor Co. as distributors of the complete line of automobiles and commercial cars now manu factured by Willys-Overland Company. They will operate in Marion and Polk counties. No matter how old your Overland product may be, Mr. Elliott and Mr. Halliday will be pleased to extend to you tbe benefit of their many years of experience with this line to help yon solve any of your problems. Their experience with Willys-Knight and other' models manufactured by this company should be beneficial to you. Call and get acquainted with these experienced automobile men and nave them give you a demonstration in AMERICA'S ECONOMY CAR. CAPITOL MOTORS DISTRIBUTORS 9th and Burnside Sts. "WILLYS 77" INC. 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