The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Saturday Morning, December 7, 1935
Annual 'Bazaar, of Chmreh at J&fferami is
Today
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Prayer Meetings
Resumed Weekly
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Jefferson Family Leaves
To Spend Holiday
In Arkansas
JEFFERSON. Dec. 6 The reg
tilar weekly prayer meetings of
th Evangelical church bare been
reaamed, and will be- held every
Wednesday night at the 'church
beginning at 8 o'clock. The pas-
tor, Rer. Herbert Benneii. is con
ducting an interesting bible stndy
on the book of Job. At the San
day school a board meeting was
held and plans made for the
Chris tmas entertainment. The
mala features of the program will
be a pageant, "The Story Beauti
fnli by various members of the
school: and a play. "Because He
.Came," by the children. Kenear-
sal will begin immediately.
The Ladies Aid society of the
Methodist church will hold its an
nual bazaar and cooked food sale
at the parsonage-, Saturday, be
ginning at 10 o'clock. Mrs. George
C Mason. Mrs. Charles McKee and
Mrs. E. C. Hart will be in charge
of the cooked food and will serve
-the lunch at the noon hour. Mrs
Earl Phelps and Mrs. Guy Ro
land will conduct the parcel Post
department; Mrs. J. G. Fontaine.
Mrs. R. C. Thomas and Mrs. Earl
Lynes are In charge, of the mis
cellaneous booth, and Miss Addie
Libby and Mrs. D. Y. Hamill will
ho in rharre of the candy booth.
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Hamby and
son Ellis left Tuesday morning on
a motor triD to Berryville, Ark.
for a risit with Hamby's parents
and other relatives. They are go
frfg the northern route and will
visit in Idaho and Colorado. They
rnact to be away about a month.
and will return home by way of
Arizona and California.
Mrs. Herbert Looney has charge
of the sale of .tuberculosis seals
in this district. The seals were
plaeed In the schools the first of
this wppk and the children are
busv selling them.
For the purpose of closing last
year's activities and makiug plans
'for next spring, the baseball club
nf ih Srravelhill district held a
party at the home of Henry Am
mon two miles southwest of here
Following a brief business meet
in Id-fashioned sanare dancrs
and party games were enjoyed.
Reanilar Session
Of Club Is Held
PIONEER, Dec. 6. The Dallas
community club met at the home
of Mrs. C. Weideman Wednesday
afternoon for its regular semi
monthly meeting. Members pres-f
ent were Mrs. Anna Cooper, Mrs.
Ed Harris and daughter. Edna;
Mrs. Plummer, Mrs. Strankey.
Mias Anna Ladstock. Mrs. H.
Smidth, Ann Smidth, Mrs. L. G.
McBee, Mrs. G. C. Dornhecker and
Mary, Mrs. Mark Blodgett, Mrs.
Frank Dornhecker. Mrs. Chet
Keswald, and the hostess. Mrs.
May Landruf of Vancouver was a
guest. Refreshments were served
by the hostess.
A baby girl was born to Mr. and
Mra. Russell Henry Tuesday.
Mr. AHphine and son have Just
completed a log cabin on the De
hartport wood camp. It is located
near the road between the Roy
Bird and Roy Black places. This
makes about 12 cabins which have
beea erected in the past year for
woodcutters and their families.
Parent-Teachers
Give Baby Shower
, AUMSVILLE, Dec. 6 A de
lightful afternoon was spent by a
number of local people Wednes
day, atan unique shower for the
little son of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon
Cone, sponsored by the sewing
elab of the Parent-Teacher associ
ates. , Perry "Spellbrink, chair
man of the association, presided.
A - ahort program was given.
"Rock-a-by Baby" was sung by
the women present. Miss Neva
liana favored the group with a pi
aao solo; Mrs. T. C. Mountain
read an original poem to Larry
Cone upon the presentation of the
iullt.by a group of women; T. C.
Mountain. Perry Spellbring, Miss
Doric Neptune. Mrs. Julia Starrett
Aid Miss Eva Corser assisted
bout the gift table. Mrs. William
Forgey was assisted in serving by
Mias Clara Dodson, Miss Char
lotte Martin, Miss Neva Ham. Mrs.
D. A. Lowe and Mrs. T. C. Moun
Uia. Harry E. Sines
Dies, Portland
WOODBURN, Dec. 6 Harry E.
Bines, 0, of 197 Oswald street,
died at the Veterans' hospital in
Portland Wednesday night after
m lingering illness. He had liv
ed la Woodburn for the past three
Tears moving here from West
weodburn where-he had lived for
about 11 years. He was born in
Indiana. March 19, 1875. He is
arrived by his widow,- Mrs. Jos
ephine Sines; three children, Gor
aoa. Melvin and Ethel, all at
bome: a brother, J. T. Sines, of
Oakland, California; a a 1 s t e r,
Mrs. Etta Dunn of Fresno, Calif.,
and a cousin, George Sines, of Sa
lem. . He was a member of Wood
bura American Legion-post No.
4 s.
Funeral services will be held
from, the Beechler-Kilian chapel
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
with Rev. Conley D. Silsby of the
Church of Christ officiating. Mu
sic will be by Mrs. Silsby and Mrs.
Jesse Wageman. Interment will b
tn Belle Pass! cemetery with
graveside services in charge of the
Legionnaires.
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Intermittent and long-smoldering warfare between
mine operators and miners in the anthracite fields
of northeastern Pennsylvania threatens i to break
into open hostHities. Demands of owners that
Gov. George Earle of Pennsylvania use his author
ity to stop the bootlegging signals a decision on the
part of operators to have a showdown with the
miners. It is estimated that more than 4,000,000
tons of hard coal, valued in excess of $25,000,000,
News of West Salem
WEST SALEM. Dec. 6 Dr. and
Mrs. Vinton Scott of Salem will
present wine of their experiences
in the foreign mission field by
means of moving pictures Sunday
in the Ford Memorial church at
7:30 p. m.
The Waakiia Camp Fire Girls
and the Boy Scouts of West Sa
lem report a fine response to their
plea for old toys.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Clegg and
family will move to Salem at the
end of this week.
The Townsend club met Thurs
day night in the Community hall.
There was a program of readings
and musical numbers and a speech I
Ottaway Is Heard
Drama Broadcast
AURORA. Dec. 6. Hollis Ot
taway, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. O.
Ottaway, was heard in a play
broadcast by KOAC Tuesday
morning. The play was given by
dramatic class at Oregon State
college where Ottaway is major-
ng in engineering and was cen
tered around the tubercular
Christmas seal drive.
Mrs. Lorin Giesey entertained
the members of her contract
bridge club Wednesday afternoon.
The guests included Mrs. P. O.
Ottaway, Mrs. A. L. Strickland,
Mrs. C. S. Moreland, Mrs. George
Kraus, Mrs. F. C. Renfrew, Mrs.
M.-H. Evans and Mrs. C. S. Caler.
Arrangements are being made
by the committee in charge for a
Christmas pageant to be given at
the next meeting of the Aurora
Womants club which will be at the
home of Mrs. Lorin Giesey Wed
nesday. The Christmas party will
also be on that date and mem
bers are asked to bring a. gift to
be exchanged.
Yule Spirit to
Shine from Tree
For Entire Town
INDEPENDENCE, Dec. 6 A
committee from the chamber of
commerce will garb the large
Christmas tree with lights and
decorations, which will be placed
in the center of Main and "C"
streets again this Yuletide season.
Smaller trees will be placed about
town to aid in the spirit of the
season.
The Independence troop of Boy
Scouts has been given a contract
to secure the trees for the busi
ness district.
Peculiar Accident"
RICKEY, Dec. 6. Donald
Gesner. son cf Mr. and Mrs. Clif
ford Gesner, 3s suffering from a
double fractuEe of his arm. While
feeding his Pet horse she bump
ed him with her head, knocking
him down, the fall breaking his
arm.
Qiristmhs' Trees from Silver ton
Will Help to Spread Holiday Air
Over Homes of Hollywood's Actors
SILVERTON. Dec. Holly
wood should enjoy Christmas this
year. Of the J1037 Christmas
trees that left Silverton for the
south this week.1 400 of them go
to the Hollywood- movie folks, ac
cording to R. M. Lees, of Califor
nia, who has been directing the,
shipping of the trees by truck this
week at Silverton. Mr. Lees de
clared he had never seen such
beautiful Christmas trees and
that "Hollywood is going to know
where they came from."
All of which Silverton feels is
not more than fair as three of the
motion picture actors and actress
es who have gained more or less
prominence during the movie cy
cle have at one time claimed Sil
verton for "home." Juanita Haa-
Coal Bootlegging Baffles Operators
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by Mr. Came of McMinnville. The
meeting next week will be held
Wednesday instead of Thursday
The Fortnighters' club met
Wednesday at the home of Mrs
Goss. After the business meet
ing at which they elected Mrs
Bradford president. and Mrs.
Hindman secretary. Refreshments
were served to Mrs. Don Kuhn
and Donnie and Arlene, Mrs
Davenport and Maxine and Shir
ley, Mrs. Bradford and Blaine and
Dorothy, Mrs. Arthur Hathaway
and Marjory and Wanda, Mrs.
Fred Kuhn and Mrs. Lynn Rich
ardson, guests, and Mrs. Goss and
Dorothy and Buddy, and Mrs.
Barnes.
Funeral Is Held
For Earl B. Watt
FALLS CITY, Dec. . Fun
eral services were held in Dallas
Thursday afternoon for Earl Bry
ant Watt who passed away in the
Dallas hospital December 3 after
an eight days' illness. Pneumonia
with heart complications was the
cause of death. Services were con
ducted by the Masonic order with
Rev. Harold H. Miles officiating.
Interment was in the family Plot
in the Amity cemetery.
Surviving are his wiiow, Abl
gal W. Watt; sons. Earl W. of
Fort Peck, Mont., Joseph L. of
Tillamook, John W. of Falls City;
daughters, Dorothy W. Bcnefiel
and Eada Jane Watt, both of Falls
City.
Watt served as postmaster here
during the Coolidge and Hoover
administrations and of late up to
his last illness had clerked in
Helms' general store. He was ac
tive in all public affairs and was
well thought of by everyone. Falls
City had been his home since
1919.
Mill City Gets New
Play Shed hut City
Hall Is Not Sought
MILL CITY, Dec. 6 Published
reports that WPA had allotted
Mill City $4690 for a city hall
brought no response here : fo?
the simple reason that Mill City
had not applied for such a pro
ject. Presumably the fund was
really allotted to Stayton, which
had submitted a project for a new
city hall at that figure.
Mill City Is getting a new 20 by
CO foot playshed, being erected
near the schoolhouse, with funds
furnished by the WPA. Local
men are employed on the Job.
Old Residents Visit
INDEPENDENCE. Dec. 6.
Mr. and Mrs. U. Z. Blaser of Rich
vale, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Partridge, jr.. nee Erma
Blaser, were guests Tuesday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
E... Robinson. Mr. and Mrs. Blaser
lived in Independence about 10
years ago.
sen and Marguerite Fischer,
whose star-days have become
somewhat dimmed, and Clark Ga
ble, who Is at present shining -very
brightly, have lived here, the two
former both being born here
and the latter employed at the
Silverton mill for a time.
While many trees are being
shipped out of Silverton, suffi
cient are being retained to dec
orate ! the city itself. Trees have
already appeared in windows, on
sidewSlks and on the wooden
awnings of down-town buildings.
In the schools window decorations
of candles have all made their
appearance, giving a festive air,
and music students are at work on
Christmas carols under the super
vision; of Stephen Butler, director
of music in the Silverton schools.
are mined annually by the 15,00 or more nenv
ployed miners who eke out a living by ecretly"
working coal lands not theirs. Numerous unsuc
cessful attempts have been made by operators to
stop the bootlegging which began several years ago
when mine owners closed down colliers and collec
tively worked those which had the lowest produc
tion costs. This plan threw entire sections of the
coal region out of work.
Grangers' News
FAIRFIELD, Dec. 5 The next
regular grange meeting will be
held Friday night, December 13.
The grange has accepted an invi
tation to attend the all-day meet
ing December 28, at Butteville
when a joint installation of offi
cers will be held.
Officers to serve for 1936 in
clude: D. B. DuRette, master; Al
lyn Nusom, overseer; Francis
Saalfeld, lecturer; Miriam Nusom,
reelected secretary: Laura Dit-
marg, chaplain; John Fahey, re
elected steward; J. W. Johnston,
assistant steward; Mary E. 'Hill.
L. A. S.; Iva McGllchrist, reelect
ed treasurer; F. M. Hill, reelected
gatekeeper; Ward Lundy, C. E.
Allenback, M. B. Lucas, executive
committee; Mrs. E. Ballweber,
Mrs. Helen DuRette and Mrs. M.
B. Lucas, Flora, Pomona and Ce
res; Mrs. M. B. Lucas, H. E. chair
man, B. C. Hall, agricultural com
mittee chairman; J. W. Johnson,
fire insurance agent.
Faculty to Give
Christmas Drama
WOODBURN, Dec. 6 Cele
brating the Christmas season and
maintaining the school tradition,
the faculty of Woodburn high
school is throwing aside its class
room dignity to present a Christ
mas play, "The Goose Hangs
High" Thursday, December 19. All
of the school instructors are tak
ing part.
The play is being coached by
Esther Hettinger, English instruc
tor, who studied Fpeech at the
University of Wisconsin, known
for its speech department. Char
acters are Burton P. Dunn, super
intendent, father; Muriel White,
mother; Gilbert Oddie, older son;
Isabel Van Waning, his fiancee;
Barbara Reed and "Skeet" O'Con
nell, The Twins; Vera Bogard,
grandma; Helen Guiss, aunt;
Kenneth Asbury, her son; Milton
Gralapp, old family friend; Sidney
Johnson and Howard Miller, two
politicians, and Miss Hettinger,
old family servant.
Tickets are being sold under the
interclass-rivalry plan, the contest
being started next week. " The
production will be given in the
high school auditorium.
Magdalena Wanner Rites
Will Be Held at 1 P. M.
Today, Meridian Church
SILVERTON, Dec. 6 Funeral
services for Magdalena Wanner,
who died Wednesday night at the
Stayton hospital, will be held
Saturday at 1 o'clock from the
Meridian Lutheran church east of
Silverton. Ekman of Silverton Is
in charge.
Mrs. Wanner was born in Swit
zerland and came to this country
42 years ago, living near Monitor
and later near Stayton. Survivors
are her widower, Jacob, and six
sons, Karl of Mt. Angel; Albert of
Stayton; Jake, of Canby; William
of Oregon City; Edward of Salem
and John of Newberg.
John W. Merrif ield Asks
For Bankruptcy Relief;
Assets Stated at $1160
SILVERTON, Dec. 6 John W.
Merrifield, against whom the cir
cuit court jury recently found a
$10,000 automobile accident suit
brought by Lawrence Solie of Sil
verton, has filed petition in bank
ruptcy in the district federal court
at Portland.
Liabilities are $14,508, assets
$1160.
To Work at Condon
SILVER CLIFF, Dec. 6. Floyd
Fox and Ivan Darby left Tuesday
for the Buck Horn ranch near
Condon, where they will make re
pairs on the buildings. Mrs. Ken
neth Warnock is in Portland to
be near her brother who is ill at
the Coffey clinic '
Dayton Lodge Is
Host for County
DAYTON, Dec. 6. At, the Day
ton Odd Fellows temple Wednes
day night (5 members of the
county gathered and witnessed the
Initiatory degree work. Six lodges
were represented with delegates.
One candidate, Raymond Coffey,
of Carlton, received the obliga
tions and instructions put on by
the Dayton degree team.
During the social hour refresh
ments were served by the Dayton
lodge assisted by a small delega
tion of local Rebekahs. At the an
nual election of officers . of the
Dayton Odd Fellows George Web
ster was elected noble grand; Le-
land Hole, vice-grand; Dr. O. C.
Goodrich, recording secretary;
Theodore Rossner, financial sec
retary; Milton A. Palmer, trea
surer.
Back at Teaching
ELDRIEDGE, Dec. 6. Miss
Eleanor Barth, teacher at El-
driedge in the primary room, is
able to resume her work after an
attack of influenza. She remained
at her home in Salem during her
illness. Mrs. W. R. Hicks taught
the primary grades during Miss
Barth's absence. ,
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SILVERTOJT HILLS, Dec.
Th first coyote killed
here for nearly !a year, was
brought down this week by
J. K. Manlding, veteran
hunter of the IUHs district.
Coyotes have j been doing
considerable damage la the
Hills ; vicinity dnrina; the
autumn and farmers are
making a consistent effort
to bunt them down.
Another Teacher to Be
Hired for Falls City;
Turn Hall o Firemen
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FALLS CITY, Dec. 6 At a spe
cial meeting of 'the voters of
school district No. $7, it was vot
ed by a large majority to turn
Victory hall over td the Volunteer
Firemen's association, rw&o plan
to remodel and turn i into a com
munity hall. i
It was also decided at this
meeting to hire another teacher
for the grade school, necessary
due to the large increase In at
tendance this year.
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Success Attends
Student Dramas
INDEPENDENCE, Dec. The
three qne-act plays put on by the.
students ofj the high school "Wed
nesday and j Thursday in the train
ing s Cjh o o l auditorium were a
huge success. The plays were
splendid aid both directors and
students taking part deserved a
great deal pf praise.
"Wiener on Wednesday" by
Edna jStracher, was the senior
play directed by Mrs.. Robert Kel
ley, senior adviser. Characters
were: Charles Carey, Joyce Jobn-
Bon, Kathefn Hartman, Ray Dun
ckel ajid Helen Malland. "Teeth
of the jpift jHorse" by D. Cemeron,
was the junior play, directed by
Miss Anita! Boley, freshman ad
viser. jThe cast of the play was:
Lorena1 Birchfield, Mildred How
ard, Bertha Johnson, Constance
Cohrs.J Bill! Campbell and Robert
RagsdSile. J
"A JIad4 Breakfast" by Isabel
Grey Was the freshman-sophomore
play, directed by Miss Marcelle
DeMyt. Tjie characters: Eileen
Cook, Anna Mae Ramey, Barbara
Ruef, Delbert Taylor, Lucille
Barnhrt,
IKeith P i e r c y, Jim
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EVENS VALLEY, Dec. 6
Plans are underway for the De
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ley community club. The meeting
will be held December 14. Prepar
ing the program are Albert Fun
rue, Raymond Funrue and Gen
evieve Pederson,
vis DeCoster and Allen Ragsdale.
The high school orchestra, un
der the direction of Mrs. Loren
Mort, played three numbers, this
being the first appearance.
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Planned for Civic Club
MOLALLA, Dec." Christmas
customs of other countries will be
the theme of a series of short
talks by club members at the next
meeting of the Civic cluh Decem
ber 12 at the home of Mrs. Carl
Nelson. Musical numbers 'will al-.
so be on the program. The new
chairman of the program commit
tee is Mrs. Alfred Olsen. Assisting
her are Mrs. S. A. Knapp and Mrs.
Fred llenriksen.
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