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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, March 5, 1933 PAGE THREE Smith Plans Retirement Stayton Mayor 21 ' Years Won't Run Again, He . Announces i STAYTON -George A. Smith, who has served on the city council and as mayor i tar 21 years, has announced - he will retire from the office of mayor f Stayton at the end of his present term. Everett Gardner, councilman for the past several years, will be petitioned to take the, place of Mayor Smith. Khelton is Promoted - Maurice Shelton, teller of the Stayton branch of the First Na tional hank, was promoted Tues dT t assistant manager of the lank to take the place or El liot Truman, -who has beon as sistant manager for several montis and was transferred to the Portland office this week. Verne Smith, of the Portland l.ank. took Staelto .'S place as teller. - Plans were made at the reg ' u 1 a r meetinjt of the I Stayton Garden club for a special . table . at the library which will be equipped with rarden maga . xines and a garden encyclope dia. - ! " Don Goode, of the Goode Floral Gardens, spoke on "Home Beautlfication." Alma Kirsch Is Given Surp rise MEIIAMA Mrs. Alma Kirsch was given a surprise-birthday shower -Wednesday afternoon by friends here. Refreshments were sei-ved to Mrs. Frank Dake, Mrs. Marion Taylor, Mrs. Ed Taylor, Mrs. Elmer Taylor, Mrs. Mae Patton, Mrs. Betty Johnson, Mrs. Louise Erickson, Ruth-. Peyree, Marie Day, Nellie Kirsch, Roberta Scott, Mrs. Glen Rogers. Mrs. Harry Monroe, Mrs. Floy' Mon roe. Mrs. Earl Wolfkiel, Mrs. Frank White, Mrs. LeRoy Led gerwood. Mrs. Orval Greer Mrs. Roy Philippi, Mrs. Chris Mc Donald,? Mrs: Jack Fleetwood, Mrs. OtisV Marks, Mrs. Jennie Moe, Mr?. Elisabeth Hughes, Mrs. Blanche Wagner, Mrs. Jim Blum, and Mrs. Alma Kirsch. -Saturday ' night a card party will be held by the Mehama Community club. - ; Dickey ReeTes ot Portland recently rislted his grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs.s W. T. Hughes. .'. O 1 am, social Presented by PTA " MILL CITY The PTA met in the school recreational room Monday night with . Mrs. Harry Mason, president, in charge. . Mrs. Mundt directed a pro gram In which the followins persons participated; Jane Dav is Sylvia Hinkle, Bob Mundt, Mrs. Sause. Virginia Dawes, nleo' Phyllis and Mavis Mundt, Jane Davis, Mr3Cleve Davis, Joyce Ogden, La Needham. Virginia Harris. Mary Walter, Ruth Hammon. Gwenyth Breed er. Helen "and Martha Poirab- sky. Donna Tealer, Jean Dawes. Elsie Taylor. Miss Phyllis Sparr directed and Mias Alice Smith accompanied the minuet, feature A lunch and social time f ol- lowed the program. Claire Millhouser now President of Students' Assembly, Independence INDEPENDENCE C 1 a i re Millhouser, jr., was elected pres ident of the high school student body this week, when a vacancy occurred in -the oirice. nfflcera to work with the new president are: Vicc-presi jdent. Harold Engblom ; secre tary, SLnna Mae Ramey; treas urer. Jean Ellen irvm: serine Bettr Addison, and yell 'leaders Barbara . Mattison and Geraldine Primus. L , ., : , - , Silver Cliff Women's . Club Holds Meeting n With Mrs. Townsend SILVER CLIFF The Silver Cliff Woman ' club met Thurs day with Mrs. Carrie Townsend hostess. After a . short business meet ing cards were enjoyed and lunch was served. The next meeting w.ll be an all day affair, March 17. at the home of Mrs. Inea. Header when quilting for .the nostcsj win ue the order of the day. r At Brooks i BROOKS William "Bill Clemei will speak on Indians Sunday night at 7 o'clock at the Brooks Methodist church. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY THAT USED CAR 0. National Used Car Week -.--""' ; ' ? j - - : - March 5 to 12 pEAD THE USED CAR ADS ON PAGE 8 TODAY STATE OF OREGON j I ! Executive Department .. . r I". -' -I-' SALEM - . i: ! .' . CHARLES H. MARTIN J ! ,', , ! ', t ! Governor- " . -. . .- .- ; i March 4, 1938. To the Good People of Oregon, ij i American automobile manufacturers and dealers are, during the coming week, making a concerted effort to stimulate a return of normal prosperity through "National Used Car Exchange Week,'' which has as its object the stimulation of the pur chase of used automobiles of the later models to replace obsolete and worn-out vehicles and clear the way for new production in one of America's largest industries. i , ' i I The idea has a two-fold object: To retire de fective cars from the highways and to create addi-.. tional employment in the; manufacture of new ve- -hicles as well as to promote increased business, in the retail field. ; jj . " ; ! It is my earnest wish to commend this worth while enterprise to the people of Oregon and urge.; their cooperation in making; "National; Used Car Exchange Week" a complete success, j CHARLES H. MARTIN, j Governor of Oregon. - Mission Worker Tells About War Salem Heights Friends Get Interesting Letter From China SALEM HEIGHTS "Hundreds of armed soldiers march past our front gate to or from the front . . . and at the time of severest fighting, our WFMS hospital was full of patients," writes Mrs. Ed ward Dixon (Esther McCracken), a graduate of Willamette univer sity, in a letter sent to friends in late September from a Russian house in Tientsin, China. rv "Severe fighting went on right between the hospital and the house where the women lived. One nurse crossed the street three tims daily, :by going to the gate. waving her handkerchief until the soldiers nodded their heads indi eating their willingness to stop shooting until she crossed the street!" the letter states, adding that the Methodist hospital suf fered two shell holes in the roof, with other buildings in the mis sion compound also struck. Visited Here in July Mrs. Dixon visited here last July while on furlough from 13 years work in China. She writes that flour, once less than 3 per sack, had soared to with vegetables and necessities double in price at that time. I "Nothing you'liave read In the could tell half the newspapers story of the horror and suffering the war has caused here," her letter states. JVIassey in "Hospital CLOVERpALE William Mas sey is confined in the Moran hospital at Salem where he un derwent an operation. Arthur Kunke received word that his brother, Ernest Kunkc, is in St Vincent s hospital in Portland. rangers news FALLS iCITY The monthly business meeting of gTange was well . attended Monday night Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Edwards ot Monmouth were present. Mrs Edwards, Pomona lecturer, gave a talk on home economics re ports and j the lecturers' scrap book, ' Mr. Edwards talked on the power bill. The grange voted to pay (5 to help defray expenses of the power bill cam paign. Ralph Harris was appointed chairman ; of the agriculture committee i and Leo Katheriner was elected to the executive committee j to take the place of M. L. Thompson. Mr. and Mrs Fabrique were obligated. ' The March- 14 meeting will be a youth meeting with Lenn Hol man in charge. NORTH j HOWELL Mrs. J. S. Coomler and -Mrs. K. D. Coom ler were J6nt hostesses Thurs day afternoon to the North Howell grange home economics club at the local hall. A dis play of needlework, quilts and photographs was arranged and plans for attending Ankeny grange Saturday night were formed. I FALLS j CITY Mrs. D. J. Ickes entertained the grange tome economics club at her home Friday afternoon with Mrs. Claude Lorlmor and Mrs. John Richmond as assisting hostesses. Thirteen members and one . guest, Mrs. .. Roy Nolan. were present. Atthe study pe riod, Mrs. Dorothy Benefiel talked on i "Hobbies." v The next meeting will be Fri day afternoon. March It, at the home of Mrs. Frank Brown with Mrs. Pearl .Barnhart and Mrs. Dorothy Benefiel a&iisting hostesses.- Mrs. - Pauline . Breeden will have ! charge of the study period. i ' N . . t Quincy Scott Is Chamber Speaker A . " 1 ' " . - . ,; Woodburn Commerce Will Sponsor Junior Ball ' Tourney WOODBURN Quincy Scott cartoonist of the Oregonian, was the main speaker and enter tainer at the regular meeting of the Woodburn community Cham- oer of commerce- held at the Legion rooms In the city hall Thursday night. An evening of exceptional entertainment was furnished by Mr. Scott as he talked k and entertained the crowd of nearly 100 for over an ! hour. " After he had furnished lots of amusement he talked on the history : of civilization and he also illustrated several points with 'charts. After his speech he j again entertained with his cartoons which he drew while the crowd marveled at his speed in iwhich the figures appeared. ! Sponsor Tourney The chamber of commerce voted : to sponsor the annual state American Legion junior championship at Legion park here again this year. Armory T. "Slats" Gill, bas ketball coach at Oregon State col lege, was the speaker at the reg ular meeting: of the Woooburn Rotary' club which was held at the! Woodburn hotel Thursday noon. Members of Coach El- don Cone's Willamette Valley league champion basketball team were honor guests of the Rotarians during the meeting Thiy were besides Coach Cone Captain Dick Whitman, Bud Clajrk, Fred " : Evenden, Fran,k Suijmeyer and Charley Shaw, Ralph W. Skopil, attorney, who has maintained offices here sinpe the first of November has aisconunuea nis practice ucio. Robinson Returns From Philippines Independence The jap- anese-Chinese I war has not cooled the Philippine ardor for independence but has caused the islanders to be more anxious so i thy may be prepared for self- defense in event of an Invasion from Japan, says Louis Robin son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Robinson who returned here S Wednesday from Manila, P. I. Robinson has been gone three years, during iwhich he served twio years in the army and the la4t year with the Wendt Gold Mining company as diesel engi neer. He plans to return to the mining job after a vacation here. iEnroute home. Robinson re ported he saw British-warships at . Hong Kong j but that at Kobe ;thb only warship was an Amer ican destroyer.! . jThe weather at Manila re cently got down to 68 degrees, this coldest In 30 years, he re ported. " : , : j j - r- Chicken Bone Lodged In Throat of York Is : Removed at Hospital ZENA Robert York met with peculiar accident recently. While eating chicken noodles he got a bone about an Inch in length caught in his throat and was unable to dislodge It. Young York went to the Deacon- hess hospital where It was re moved after an anesthetic had ItAon Administered - -TTa waa able to! leave the next dar. " I 'Formerly a Zena resident. Yorknow resides In Portland. i V oy Born to Millers WACOXDA Nsws has reach ed here that Mr.' and Mrs. Paul Miller (Francis Lemery) of Tex as City, Tex., are the parents pf, a boy born last month. i t HBLPt ' i NEta , I I Start Pouring On Bridge Job Mack Sawyer Gets Contract to Furnish Lumber for Approach ALBANY The Linn j county court has awarded a contract for 100.000 feet of lumber, to be used in the approaches of the new Brownsville bridge, to Mack Sawyer. ; The contract price Is $17 -per thousand feet delivered.' More lumber than that con tracted for will be needed, but will be purchased lrter.i Pur inr of concrete for the iirsi pier Is being started this week, The new bridge will be of steel, replacing the old wooden struc ture. -The bridge is to cost $35,000. ; Farm Home Burns i ALBANY The farm home of N. Greenwood, two milea j north west of Halsey, burned to the ground early Thursday j morn ing, with Mr. Greenwood and his two daughters , escaping only with the clothes they had on. The building and content were totally destroyed. ' i ' I Fire was said to have been caused when the. daughter, Beu lah, 15, by mistake filled a coal oil lamp with gasoline; and lighted it. . causing an explo sion. Neighbors are caring for the aged father and his daugh ters. No insurance was car ried. ' ' Student Breaks Leg LINCOLN Robert Ingersol, former Lincoln school pupil, is convalescing at his West Salem home from a broken leg. The little toy Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. V. Ingersol, who were pro prietors of the Lincoln store De fore selling out to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jessup. : ' ' TJ TH I GO TO! ANY r h n ii ji a it urn hiiii . a A This Saturday morning begins a nation wide event which this country has never seen before. Thousands of used cars many of them i modern cars with the advanced features the industry has de veloped in the last few years go on sale at prices far below those of several months ago. Never has there been a national, co-operative movement like this to make better, more modern trans : portation available to so many people! This Iational Used Car Exchange Week comes at just the right time for - - used car buyers. The season the prices and the values are all in your favor. This 1 THI ::- ::xv. u .- CDAMcnnrn nv The North. Santiam Commun ity club is putting on the play, "He was a Gay . Seriorita, March 12, at the West Stayton Community club.' Pie social after the play, with everyone welcome. Keizer-Chemawa : Road Is Widened KEIZER Widening of the two-mile stretch of county road between the Keizer school and Chemawa Indian school is in progress here, with a crew of from 60 to 70 WPA laborers employed on the job under a county-WPA financed project, i Tfte road Is' being widened to i0 feet, property owners along the route providing 5 feet on each side of the right-of-way for the project. Sharp curves are being widen ed a n d sometime during the summer a small bridge will be widened or reconstructed. County Engineer N. C. Hubbs is directing the project, with C. B. Darling, county foreman, on the Job. Missionary From China Preaching at Woodburn WOODBURN A aeries of special meetings opened Friday afternoon at the Norweigian Lutheran church. Meetings will be held until Sunday night. The main speaker will be Rev. K. N, Tveldt, a missionary from China Rev. Tveldt will show lantern slides from China on Saturday night and will preach Sunday morning. Sunday evening he will tell of his experiences dur Ing his six months Imprison ment with the Chinese commun ists. : AYURDAY-or- amy day Di i BRIWe IN YOUR 010 fAR ; ; L nHPfP OUT fl RFTTFR C ft R CLASSIHID SECTION OF THIS NEWS PAP CK f OR NATIONAL USID CAR -IXCHANG1 WIIK BARGAINS -t,; : Tur xrimnnnifP HFALFnr. ANh riAtlUFACTUnEnn OF THE UNITED STATES Independence Has Real Estate Boom Two Houses and Farm Sold in Sudden Spurt1 of ' Land Activity INDEPENDENCE A farm and two town residence prop erties changed hands here this week. Fred Gooch purchased the Ed Nissen 50-acre farm near the Hanna ranch in a cash deal. Gooch plans extensive improve ments In the buildings. F. R. Craber sbld his rest- dence property in the north end to Leslie Donovan and -family of Monmouth; and Fred Marquis, employe of the Ross theatre at Monmouth, purchased the Charles Dawes home on C street here. Mr. and Mrs. 0. 6. Lyday have been residing. In the Dawes place. Improve Basement Several improvements, includ ing removal and Installation of partitions to provide a class room and restrooms, are being carried forward in the basement of the First Baptist church. R. A. Sylvester is in charge. Joining in the world wide ob servance of annual day of pray er, the churches pf Independ ence held a union gathering Fri day afternoon at the Baptist church, with Mrs. A. W. Brown of the Methodist church presid ing. M. Atterburry's Final Rites Held LIBERTY Funeral services for Manfield Atterburry, who died at a Portland hospital Mon day following two months' ill ness, were held from the Mt. Scott funeral home in Portland Thursday, with burial in Lincoln memorial home there. Wilma MER DISPLAYING THIS 15 A TEFrDnt is the week to bring invur old car and drive put a better car. J A great many 1937, 36 and 35 cars are included in this nation-wide sale. Cars have improved greatly in the last few years. If yours is older, youll find it a real thrill to drive a car with modern style bigger, roomier body luggage space safety brakes bigger tires smoother, more powerful - engine better gas mileage. Many of the dealers are offering their best cars with the finest kind of guarantees. If you are driving and i Mary Sargent of Liberty' sang at the services. Atterburry has ibeea in IU healthi for several years. The family came here two years ago. Surviving are the widow and three daughters, ;Ruby, Lottie and Vera of Liberty; a son, Al bert of Portland; a sister, Mrs. Marie Johnson ot $t. Louis, Mo. ;u ' .' ' 1 !x - Thomas B. Morgan Passes in Portland LEBANON- MrsJ Minnie Mor gan .was called to Portland Wed nesday br the death of her son. Thomas B. Morgan,! 43, who died following a brief illness at the Veterans ospital. J . Funeral service In charge of Holman and Lutx will be held at Portland Monday with burial in the: Veterans'! cemetery. Thomas . was born In Halsey, June 3; 1895; be jwas a gradu ate of ' Lebanon: high school where he was a member of the glee club; he was la member of the Presbyterian church and of the order of Odd Fellows. He served overseas during the World war. - j Besides his mother, surviv ing are two sisters Mrs. Maude Nash of Portland and Mrs. Elta Wilson: of North . Bend. Mrs. Andrew Fisher of Victor Point Is Called; Was 111 but one Week VICTOR POINT The entire community was saddened by the death of Mrs. Andrew Fisher, who passed away j at her home here Thursday morning after a week's Illness. I Immediate survivors are the husband, Andrew Eric, who with his Fisher; son. fwife and chil- dren, Lawrence and Jean, live at the family honje here. Fun eral arrangements plete. are not com- an old, unreliable car one that nags you with repair bills and threatens your safety every time you take it out this is your great chance to own a safer, more modern car. -pi : V.y. ulp.. '. Your present car may cover the down payment, and you can pay the balance a j on easy terms. If you have no car to trade you can still take advantage of the low down-payments and easy terms during this sale. Go early! before the best bargains are snapped up. Dont let National Used Car Exchange Week pass without seizing your great oppor tunity to DRIVE ABETTER CAR! Students Present Program for dub t t . : Independence Women Plan Event March 9 for President INDEPENDENCE The IHS students had charge of an In teresting program presented at the Independence Woman's "club Tuesday afternoon at the club house. The program included: 10 mlnute parliamentary proceed ure by the . Future Farmers t team, who recently won first ' place in a similar contest at the district meeting in Amity; the girls' glee club sang three num- ' bers directed by Miss Margaret Reeves; Mary Alderson gave a five-minute report pn "How A Mimeographed Paper Is Pub lished." i ' The home economics depart ment put on a style show and ' modeled dresses and pajamas they had made in class under the direction of Mrs. C. H. Har--wood. . . State Leader Coming Miss Myra Montgomery, pres ident, announced a 1 o'clock luncheon will be .given at the clob house next Wednesday, March 9, honoring Mrs. A. C Mclntyre ' of Pendleton, state president ef the Federation of Women's Clubs. Hostesses for the tea hour Tuesday . were: Mrs. Elmer "Barnhert, Mrs. Cleve Robinson and Mrs. George Rueh. Gideons to Hold Church Service for Aumsville AUMSVtLLE Members of th Gideon i Workers in Salem will 1 be at the - Wesieyan Methodist church here Sunday night at 7:30 olclock. Music will include- dufts, trio and violin se lection One of the members -will bring the evening message. XT WEEK