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PACE TEN The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, June 18, 1938 Prepare Girl Scouts Gamp First Cherries Appear on Mart at Lebanon; Crop There Is Light LEBANON" Firlinn camp, ad joining Island Inn in the Green mountain section, is being pre pared tor the annual camp of 50 or more girl scouts and their councillors and helpers 'who will enter camp July 24 to stay two weeks: Many conveniences hare been added to the camp within the eight' years that it has been In operation. A counsellor will be provided for each group of and Mrs. A. Vining of Ta comi, are at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ellis to assist in ; the care of . Mrs. . VInlng's mother, Mrs. S. C. Bruce, who continues, quite ill. . .- . . Local cherries of good qual ity are appearing in market but In limited quantities. -. The crop in this section will be below the average while the prune crop Is reported as almost a loss. Heralds of the Fourth of July are heard in the popping of fire works, and are seen in plans for the Calapooia roundup at Craw fordville 4-5 of July. . Rainfall Welcomed Farmers and gardeners are re joicing over the first real rain, that has fallen in some weeks with a good prospect for Increas ed precipitation. While it was thought that it was too late to help strawberry growers now think the season ' may be pro longed for a week or ten days. Mr. and Mrs. Don Whaley, for mer Lebanon merchants, are here from Jackson, Calif., to visit friends, i Fishing at Iake Good Fishing is reported good at Clear Lake this season and plans are being made for the erection of more cabins and for enlarged store room, according to mem bers of the Santiam Game and Fish association. The Presbyterian Fellowship guild held Its last meeting of ihe season Wednesday at the home or Airs. ti. jm. uonie wun Joint hostesses being Mrs. Clar ence Shemanek, Mrs. Louise Vehrs, Miss Ruth Wight, Miss Bertha Irving and Mrs. R. D. Waddell. Two picnics are plan ned for Bates park. The Baptist Missionary society met Wednesday with Mrs. Lee Bllqeu and daughter, Mrs. Ivan Ayers at the Bilyeu-Ayers ' farm. A continued study of the life of Paul and women, of the. Bible was directed by Mrs. John Sum mers, sr. Mrs. Milton Coe gave piano numbers. Half Grain Crop, Kansas Prospect JEFFERSON Mrs. Dan Korb has returned from a four weeks trip to Kansas, where she visited her sister, Mrs. Gross, and other relatives. En- route home she topped at Boulder, Colo., for a Tisit with her brother. Mrs. Korb reports that it rained nearly every day while she was there. She says that crops are not very good with perhaps not half a grain crop. Rust and grasshoppers are a menace to the grain. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wied are having j a new modern 6-room house built on their farm one mile northeast of Jefferson It is klng built of hollow tile, plaster ed and stuccoed. Wied is one of the prominent turkey growers in this district. . Mr. and Mrs. Orval Lynes and son Wesley of Redwood City, Calif., are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lynes. The two men are brothers. Orval Lynes is assisting T. O. Kester with building a large barn on the Kester farm two and one half miles northeast of Jeffer son. The Alvin Robinson family are living on the Kester farm. - Macleay 4M Club Elects Officers MACLEAY Mrs. Nile Helborn, Mrs. L II. White and Mrs. George Hager were hostesses to members of the 4M club at the Hil bom-White home Tuesday aft ernoon. ' Mrs. F. E. Kengrln was elected president; Mrs. I. II. White, Yiee president and Mrs. M. M. Magee, reelected secretary, and Mrs. J. F. j C. Tekenburg reelected treasurer. The program Included talks by J. F. C. Tekenburg and Mrs. F. W. Lange; experiences In China aad Japan by Mrs. J. Vinton Sott; a penny contest, won by Mrs. Scott and clothes pin con test won by Mrs. M. A. Wells. Visitors were Mrs. Scott, Mrs. T. W. ; Scott, Mr. Tekenburg and X. H. ; White. . .- Brush Creek Boosters to Hold Annual Picnic at Hazel Green Sunday BRUSH CREEK The annual Brush Creek Booster club picnic will be held at Hazel Green Sun day. i Lyle Krug, club president, la in charge of arrangements. AH former Brush Creek residents and students of the school are In lUd. Sports will be the afternoon's amusement. A no-host dinner will be served at noon. . Family Reunion Held TALBOT A family reunion was held Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Myers honor ing Mrs. Myers on her" birthday anniversary. Vacationing at Airlie AIRLIE Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Blackden of California have ar rived to spend their summer va cation at their home here. He la a teacher in one of the e 1 1 y achools there. - Japanese Artillery Hammers at Hsuchow Gates 'A ' : ' j 9 t"Z-' 'v r i r Although the entire area was reduced to shambles by a terrific two-week aerial bombardment, Chinese defenders of Hsuchow succeeded in ward ing oil the attacking Japanese. This photo shows Farmersj Union - News ROBERT S- At the regular meeting "of the Farmers Union this week, Leonard Zielke, presl dent, gave a report on the state convention at Sheridan. Mrs. Guy Williams, junior leader from the Rosedale union, presented a group of her mem bers in a program. Special num bers were: Tap dance, Mary Louise Morse; reading, Mrs. Guy Williams; trio, I Josephine and Rowena Jones and Richard Mor gan. Other Rosedale young folks participating were Veleda Trick James Morse, Elizabeth Morse and Virgil TrickJ i William Leedy Annapolis Grad LABISH CENTER Miss Con stance Weinman, a member of the faculty of Parrish Junior high school, left recently along with a party of other Salem teachers on one of -the Columbia univer sity 'European tours. The J. C. Leedy family attend ed the graduation ceremonies at Annapolis, thei r son William Clark Leedy being one - of the graduates. Leedy ranked 68 in a class- of over 430. Clyde . Boehm, Oregon state pharmacy student,' is working for the summer at a Sllverton drug store.; i Members of the Christian En deavour will motor to Corvallis Sunday night where they will be guests of the ELCE there. Rev. Herbert Bennett, pastor there, was formerly stationed here. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett are being felici tated on the birth of a daughter early this month. Mehama Folk at Coast 1 MEHAMA Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Stevens and children Lois and Hallie, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl WTolfkiel went to Newport where they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Dickson. June Dickson came home with them for a short visit. - i Florida Queen f . 4 'V Miami, Fla chooses Mary Joyce Walsh as Its queen for 193S. Miss Walsh, 18, will represent the city In the annual "Miss America" beauty contest In Atlantic City, N. In September. - 4 St' ft'r - i Social Affair Is j Held for Visitor Lyons School Patrons Will Hold Annual Election Monday Night j LYONS Mrs. George .Clipfell and Mrs. Don Huckabee enter tained with a tea Wednesday af ternoon at the Clipfell home hon oring Mrs. Lewis from Los An geles, who Is spending some time with her son Russell Lewis. Guests Were the honored guest, Mrs. Stacy McCall, Mrs. Roy Hu ber, Mrs. Alex Bodeker, Mrs. Mae Swank, Mrs. Clyde Bressler, Mrs. O. S. Tolland, Mrs. Ed Spa, Mrs. Paul Johnston, Mrs. Frank John ston, Mrs. Leon Smith, Mrs. Gla dys Gavette, Mrs. Glen Julian, Mrs. Hugh Gavette, Mrs. Douglas Gavette and the hostesses. : Six tables of "500" In play at the Townsend benefit card party held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Basset t Wednesday. High score went to Mrs. Albert Ring and George Huffman; low score to Mrs. George Huffman and Earl Wolfkiel; second prize to Leon Smith. - ' Mrs. Jack Cornforth left Wednesday morning for Los Angeles as delegate to the Town send convention there. She will also visit relatives in Roseville, Calif. School Vote Is Monday The annual school meeting will be held at the schoolhouse Monday night, June 20 to elect one director and a clerk, to vote on the budget and transact other business. The Home Economics glub of the Santiam valley grange met at the home of Mrs. Albert Ju lian Wednesday afternoon. The next meeting' will be held at the home of Mrs. Ed Taylor of Me hama. , I Fathers' Program; SILVERTON rThe Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary sponsored a fathers' day program Wednes day night with the post members as special guests. The Daughters of Veterans of Foreign Wars gave the program, and appearing on it were Caro line Wagner aa announcer. Col leen Rappe, Clarice and Bernice Fierst, Lucile Devericks, Bessie Standard, Jean and Carrol Long, Kenneth Cooke, Richard Nelson, Charles Wagner, jr.; As special program guests were Janet Corn stock, Claire Coter and Mary Al fred In a vocal trio with Mrs. Ed son Comstock at the piano. f A social hour followed. j Will Fill 2 Posts On School Board . HAZEL GREEN The annual school meeting will be June 20. One director and clerk will be elected. Rudolph Wacken is chairman and Mrs. Herman Wacken, Jr., clerk. ; . The Japanese school Is In ses sion six days during the forenoon at the Ogura hall. Sixty are en rolled. Mr. and Mrs. Fukuda of Wapato, Wash., the teachers last year, are in charge. - The annual picnic of the Jap anese group will be at the Hazel Green park Sunday, June 19. Kingwood Woman Home , From Wisconsin Trip; Bare Leaves for East KINGWOOD Mrs. Bert Flack Is home after an absence of four weeks. She was called to Reeds- burg, Wis., by the Illness and sub sequent death of a sister. She also visited another sister, Mrs. Grove Harkness of Waukesha, Wis. : Harold Bare, who has been a guest for some weeks at the- heme of Ma cousin, Mrs. Lillian Wil liams and of her son David at Su rer, has left tor his home in Read ing, Pa. .' ..' Recent guests of "Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Six were Mrs. Six's nephew, Howard Dunnigan and Mrs. Dun nlgan, whose home Is at Comp ton, Calif. - I Motoring to Maine 5 'ORCHARD HEIGHTS Com bining business with pleasure, Mrs. Grace Bliss and her daugh ter Helen left Friday by motor for They plan to be absent two mouths, . Given by Auxiliary ,1' Nipponese soldiers manning a light field artillery during the attack. Note the burning farm houses and thatched roofs of homes on the town's out skirt. I- Grangers News ROBERTS Mrs. William Peterson opened her home to the HE club with a dessert luncheon, served on the lawn of her lovely home. Covers were placed for 17 members and two special guests. Mrs. Dickson of Albany gave a' talk of Interest to the Roberts' club. A contest was won by Mrs. George Bressler. : The club will hold the next meeting at the home of Mrs. E. A. Rhoten, Salem. j RICKREALL The home eco nomic club of the grange held a business meeting Thursday aft ernoon with 12 members pres ent. Mrs. Lydia Werfs, chair man, presided. ! The group went on record as getting behind the chaplain in sponsoring a "go to church" day the. last Sunday each month. : The' pre-grange children prac ticed for a children's day pro gram to be given at the grange meeting June 24. They will be assisted by the young grange members. The HEC members devoted the remainder of the afternoon to quilting. ; McAllister Home Opened for Club TALBOT Mrs. W. R. McAllis ter was hostess for the Talbot Women's club Wednesday aft ernoon at her home. Mrs. Blins ton presided oyer the business meeting. Mrs. Ray Theardoreson became a new member. Plans were made to give Mrs. Marvin Chambers and Mrs. Clair Calanan, recent bride, , a shower Wednes day, June . 24, at Mrs. Marvin Chalmer's home. Mrs. G. W. Potts was appointed to prepare a program. At the social hour Mrs. Edna Reeves assisted the hostess. Mrs. Delmer Davidson was In Portland this week to attend the Eastern Star grand chapter. Tyson Is Delegate To Corvallis Meet i JEFFERSON At the Jeffer son Townsend club meeting Wed itesday night, announcement was made of the convention and mass meeting of the TNRP of Oregon, to be held in the Elks temple, Cor vallis Sunday, June 19. Delegates elected were: Jack Tyson, presi dent; with Mrs. Wilbur Funk, al ternate. ; The nominating committee to name officers for the next six months is K. S. Thurston, Mrs. Dan Korb and Roy Wickersham. Arthur Moore, district manager of the new state. TNRP spoke brief ly. The men sponsored the show ing of a Popeye picture. Refresh ments were served. Polls Open Hour For School Vote . MT. ANGEL - The annual school election for the M t. Angel district will be held at the school auditorium Monday, June 20, from 8 to 9 p. m. One director for three years, a clerk for one year, and one director for non high school district Zone 2 are to be elected. -Following the election a meet ing to decide on business pertain ing to the ML Angel district will be held. , The votes will not be counted until after 9 p. m.and anyone may register his vote up to that time. Ladies' Aid of Pratum Selects Officers, With Mrs. Branch President " PRATU M Mrs. Lorena Thompson entertained the Ladies' Aid Wednesday afternoon. There were 10 present, Mrs. O. Whit man was the recipient of a show er. Officers were elected: Presi dent. Mrs.. W..E. Branch; vice president, Mrs. George Kieen; secretary, Mrs. Thomas Jones; treasurer. Mrs. Van Woert. i The Christian Endeavor of the church enjoyed a skating party at Salem Tuesday. : Rev. and Mrs. Whitman enter tained members of the Epworth League at their home Tuesday night. Reunion Set June 26 ! MONMOUTH The annual Powell family reunion will be held Sunday. June 26, at Al bany, in Bridseway park. Smith Trampled As Horse Scares Two new Barns Going up on Farms at Marion; Also House . MARION Homer Smith met with a painful accident at his farm Tuesday night. In mounting one of the horses in his team, the other horse became frightened and In the tangle S m 1 1 h ' was thrown under the horses and se verely trampled.-; : -; He received several bad bruises and-was unconscious when found by his family. However, he is re covering as rapidly as can be expected. : , J . ... ;'. - . ' r Building new Barns " . The old barn on the Ludwlg place is being torn down and will be replaced with a new one. Wil liam :Wat8on, who 'has the place rented, is doing the work. : -. Mrs. Mary Colgan Is building a large modern dairy barn on her farm south of Marion. Work has also-been started on the new modern Spanish tile house of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Page, whose farm is in the Parish Gap district. . ; ; f. - - '- . Strawberry growers are pleased over the cooler weather of: the last week and with the showers of rain in the last few days. It will not Increase the yield a great deal but has lengthened the har vest time and caused the last ber ries to be larger and better. Considerable hay is in he shock, however, more rain is needed for late ; grain, corn and gardens. Mission Society Of Dallas Meets DALLAS The regular month ly meeting of the Women's Mis sionary society of the First Meth odist church was held at the home of Mrs. C. O. Hawkins Wednes day afternoon. ' . Rev. J. A. Linn, pastor of the Methodist church, had charge of the devotions and Mrs. Rawson Chapin of the program. Mrs. PI J. Voth pleased with a reading. A tea hour followed, with Mrs. Alba Brown and Mrs. Elmer Helms assisting the hostess. Those present were Mrs. Peter Berg, Mrs. A. M. Larson, Mrs. Cecil Riggs, Mrs. Gus Elle,1 Mrs. P. J. Voth, Miss Evangeline Voth, Mrs. L. A. Bollman, Mrs. '- E. Brock way, Mrs. E. Conwell Mrs. C. W. Low. Mrs. E. H. Low, Mrs. George L. Hawkins, Mrs. Rawson Chapin, Mrs. H. J. Elliott, Mrs. Theo Farrington, Mrs. R a 1 p h Murphy, Mrs. Christina- Bennett, Mrs. L. R. Wilson, Mrs. Guy Shreeve, Mrs. Alba Brown, Mrs. Elmer Helms, Rev. J. A. Linn and the hostess, Mrs. Hawkins. Luncheon Honors Portland Woman CENTRAL HOWELL The A. E. Janz home was a lovely set ting for a 1 o'clock luncheon Tuesday given by , Mrs. Jans in compliment to her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lyle Janz, of Portland. The afternoon was spent infor mally. , , The guests were: Mri. Lyle Jni. Portland; Mrs. C. E. Boss, Sttlem, and from Silverton, Jiesdames William Serv ie. H. B. Latham, Ii. E. Kleinsorge, R. B. DuntTkn, . J. Adam. Clifford Rue, Alfred Adams, C.'W. Keene. P. L. Brown, H. W. Preston, -6. W. Hnbba, C. W. Wnon,'-P. A. Loar, J. A. Werle, W. L. McGinnis, J. P. Ballantyne. G. W. Steel hammer, C. A. Reynolds, elaon Adam, L. C. Eastman, Edward A. Ekmin, H. R. Irish, J. C. Currie, Henry Pritaloff, Ilia Eo&ella Richardaon. Cammack to Take UO Summer Work ROSEDALE Paul Cammack plans to enter the state university summer school six weeks course at Eugene, beginning Monday. Cammack Bros, are doing trac tor work near Macleay for a few days. The Garrisons, also Lloyd Brown and Halbert Kemper have gone to The Dalles for cherry picking. C. A. Hedley will show recent motion pictures from Bolivia at the church abont 8:30 o'clock Sunday night. A good sized dele g a 1 1 o n from here attended Friends yearly meeting at New berg Sunday, j ; Cline Wins FFA For Second Year INDEPENDENCE O r t i 1 1 e Cline of the Parker district won the judges' decision for the best Future . Farmers . of American project carried on the past year by any member of the Amity chapter.' His project Includes growing of hybrid corn, alfalfa, yellow dent corn and raising two regis tered Poland! China sows, two litters of pigs, a Jersey cow and 180 fryers. Three other local FFA boys,, projects were inspected this week by instructors , from Amity and Salem, the projects being those of Elton Rogers, Don Wells and Leslie Peterson. Sandy Folk Visit MEHAMA Mr. and Mrs. Or val Greer of Sandy visited re cently with Mr. and 'Mrs. Roy Philippi and other friends here. The Greer s lived in Mehama part of last winter. , Son to Tittles MONMOUTH- A son was born June 9 to Mr and Mrs. Clive Tittle at a Klamath Falls hos pital. The Tittles, former Mon mouth folk, now live at Tule Lake . - Runaways and Bicycle Accidents Feature Front Page News From Only Daily Edited at Silverton SILVERTON While no automobile wrecks were re corded at Silverton 37 years ago, record was made when "Un cle John Hicks met with quite an accident yesterday while drivinsr across the bridge. One horse pressed the other off, and wagon, horses, man and all went over into the water and mud 12 feet below." . No simian pa fell from thn aW-O- but "Miss Cora Neal was thrown from her bicycle, fracturing her. skull and breaking a rib." - These records were made in Silverton'e only daily newspaper, a small sheet published each day from June 13 to July 4, 1901. The old files came to light In the offices of J. E. Hosmer, now an attorney, and real estate, broker at Silverton. but then the pub lisher of ,,The Daily Appeal." The old files show a versatile paper. For the sportsmen there are such ; items from "Henpeck Hollow:" ;; Bag 10 Snipes "Joe - Winters and Fred Van Gorder went, snipe hunting Sun day. They only bagged 10- as those birds are not very plentiful in the mountains .' . . . George Mais and Alfred Hullt were out hunting wild cats Sunday . . . Roy Russell caught 64 trout -In the Abiqua one day this week and" the next day his brother, Rex, caught 42 in Silver Creek." , Business competition was ap parent at Silverton even 37 years ago, as such Items will illustrate: . "H. Heckmer of Salem is here with his peddlewagon selling heal soap, stereoscopes, views and Bi bles ... Van Hooser, the livery man, Is out with a Sweet Candy man. The trip takes in Scotts Mills, Marquam, etc. . . . 50 Pounds of prunes at Sather's for ?1 . . .Well arranged house and tw0 lots near depot, for sale, S700 ... Near the Methodist church, house and 1 lots, good barn and other out-buildings 1700." Social and club news records that "Miss Nina ; McNary, sister of Judge J. H. McNary, has re turned to Salem. She has been visiting at the Mrs. J. H. Brooks' . . . Dr. Hugh Mount went to Salem Thursday . . . Adda Wolf ard is noble grand of Tryphena Rebekahs and W. H. Drake is secretary . . . George Riches is president of the Woman's Chris tian Temperance Union -which meets lsf and 3rd Wednesdays of each month." ' Fire Fourth- Salute The 1901 Fourth of July cele bration began with "Salute of 45 guns at sunrise," followed by a grand parade at 9:30 led by Sil verton's marine band and direct ed by Marshal J. K. Mount." At 10 a. m. ' there were "exercises at the Grove" with Senator L. J. Adams giving the address. Rev. W. C. Kantner gave an oration, and Miss Stella I. Cranford read "The Declaration." A "noon recess" was followed by a "Parade Extraordinare" di rected by J. H. Buffe, a "Classi cal Cake Walk" on the "Grove dance floor," and other sports. - The Silverton and Hubbard baseball teams met on the "Nob Hill Park Baseball Grounds." '. The city directory, printed in the paper, gave T. R. Hibbard as mayor; D. C. KInny, S. Ames, H. Bock, P. W. Potter, W. F. Daven port, C. M. Hinkle as council men; W. Bowser as recorder, and chief of police was A. F. Simeral. Woodburn Pastor Will Be Ordained by Bishop WOODBURN Rev. and Mrs. Ralph G. Kleen of the Woodburn Methodist Episcopal charch.-will leave Tuesday, June 21, to at tend the annual "Methodist con ference to be held at The Dalles. Rev. Kleen will be ordained by Bishop Titus Lowe. . Director, Clerk Will Be Elected SWEGLE -The annual school election will be ' held ' at the 8cnoolbouse Monday, June 20, at 8 o'clock. There will be the election of one school board mem ber, a clerk and voting of the annual budget. Mrs. Emma , Miller- returned home from Orange, Calif., Thurs day night. 'She has been caring for her sister, Mrs. William- La Li ah n, who has -been ill v for sev eral, weeks. Monday, Mrs. Miller will leaye for Eugene to attend summer ' school at the Univer sity. . - Elvin Heir Returns CENTRAL HOWELL Elvin Herr, who- spent the winter in Arizona, is at home for the sum mer. Mrs. Herr spent the. last few -weeks there and returned with him in their car with trailer house. - ID fol fin JU UU cJ (Mill u Printed to Your Individual Order-Place Your Order Now Prioco re - Reasonable ... - V . : . Prompt Service Quality Work PnaliBlDGtuDiiug a 215 South Commercial Street SIS r i-s aw. i p i n -n We believe you can manage your own social affairs, so we have no Classified "heartthrob column.'' But we do have classifieds for Lost & Found forV Wanted j and For Sale; for Apartment hunting and Real Estate . . . so you need not search blindly! Just Dial O STATESMAN Berry Picking at 'Mills Short Also Rebekahs in Special Meet to Initiate 2 Members; Belle Merry Visits SCOTTS MILLS Strawberry picking got underway in all of the berry fields in this vicinity this week, although there Vere a few- growers who .delivered ber ries to the: canneries last week. The Ettersburgs suffered the most from the prolonged dry spell and unless ram comes yltbin the next few days, one more picking will finish them. Red Hearts and Marshalls are also drying up and will not benefit much from a rain this late. ; ' " A special meeting of the Rebe kah lodge was held at the hall Tuesday night to Initiate two new members, Mr. and Mrs.E 1 m e r Doolittle. A social time followed. Belle Merry Visits , Airs, ueiie jueu wi uiuoiv, 111., is a house guest of Mrs. Ethel l. Cox. Mrs. Merry uvea in mis community many years. - Ed Myrab and grandson, Lyle Brooks and Mrs. Editn smerer or Fresno, Calif., are Tisiting with their sister, Mrs. Gertrude Olson. Mr. Myrab and Mrs. Smerer are tWinS. - ; . ; Word was received here Thurs day of the death In Salem of Mrs. Lewis Shepherd, resident of this community until last year. 9101 regon