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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1938)
Th. OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Ore son, Sunday Moraine, June 19, 1938 pace Tnnnn Boy to Ride Rodeo Events St. Paul Preparing for big Three-day Western V Entertainment ST. PAUL Billy Smith, 11. year-old Roman and trick rider, who has appeared at many of ine major rodeos and roundups in the Northwest, will be one of the fea ture attractions at the St, Paul Rodeo, July Z, 3, and 4. Starting his career as a rider at the age of six, Billy now ranks as the equal of professional riders many years his senior. f . In his Roman rides, which he features, young Smich uses the same pair of buckskin ponies on which he learned the difficult feat of which he is now a master. They obey his erery command. Other Events Slated Other events scheduled on the Rodeo program include a Western Parade, '49 dances, a carnival, pioneers' convention, and a color ful queen's ball. Large cash prizes are being given. A queen and three princesses are to be elected from a field of 16 candidates, Thursday evening, June 3 0. The four girls will of ficially represent the St. Paul Rodeo at the Pendleton roundup lb September. - Officials of the Rodeo associa tion are W. M. Smith, president; F. R. Manegre, vice president; Carl J. Smith, secretary-treasurer; and Maurice Smith, J. G. Mc Killip, Ed linger, Jim Gooding and Ralph Butt, directors. - Stitchers Elect ! New Set Officers PIONEER The Pioneer Sew ing club held its regular meeting At the home of Mrs. Clarence ' Dornhecker home Thursday after noon. Mrs. Fred Fox, president, presided. Mrs. Howard Coy was elected president; Mrs. Jay Robbing, vice president; and Mrs. Chester Nes wald, secretary-treasurer. The July meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. -Will Kinion. Guests for the day were Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Dornhecker of Cheshire, Miss Nellie Coon of Junction City, Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Patty and daughter of Amity. The annual Pioneer community pienfe will be held July 17 at the Dallas city park. All interested persons are invited to attend. Return for Summer ; RICKRKALLr M i s s Aurelia Burch, teacher In the Portland Polytechnic tchcol, is home for ler summer vacation. Mary Oliver and Elbert Ragsdale are home from their colleger for the sum mer. ' ' . ' ' peckl Feat ores In The Semi-Annual Riiefor Rrnwm -- " . . . For Early - in - the WOMEN'S Oyster Gabardine ' nrpss Theseand Many Similar Po Sfr Ityles Now at Exceptional ValUM Priced ' T77 & Women's Blue Calf Pumps Military Heels for Street Wear Cut-Out Vamps for Cool Comfort Wear i You'll Enjoy Wearing These Styles Now i ' ; t . Mens fljUW . Outstanding Price OW 7 ( TV A Counsel Backs Yardstick -i . .: ; . : vr-r ., . : " i : :. : ; C . v ; ' v - v v - ' r - I .;. O' W... I ' I - '! , y- t , S. . " . - I f Senator Vie Donabey and Francis BIddle i -i '..'.' One of the "most essential" matters for the congressional committee Investigating activities of the TV A to determine Is whether an "hon est yardstick" Is being provided for measurement of power costs, Francis Biddle, right, chief counsel for the committee, stated when he made his report to Chairman Vie Donahey, above. Biddle, former chairman of the NLRB, Is being paid 910,000 for six months work i and will continue bis Investigation this summer at Knoxville. News of West Salem WEST, SALEM A silver tea was held at the home of Mrs. K. K. Clark Wednesday after noon. Committee . In charge was Mrs. Elmer Riersonj Mrs. K. K. Clark, Mrs. Frank Forester, Mrs. B. K. Englehorn and Mrs. Phil Hathoway. A program was presented in cluding: j piano Eoloj Mrs. Lyie Thomas;! talk on Fidac, by Mrs. Hazel Boening, chairman of Fi dac committee , from Kingwood unit of 1 American, Legion auxil iary; piano solo by Delores Hath away; reading by Miss Mary Clark; vocal duet by Ruth em pie and Mary Jean Atiy; reading Mrs. Forester: piano solo by Miss Ima Jean .Hoffman; reading and short talk by Rev, K. K. Clark. About 35 women were served at the tea hour. Idahoans Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Mike Dunphey and children Reta Mae and Pat of Burke,! Idaho are visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Davenport. Mrs. Dunphey and Mrs. Davenport are sisters The Junior League went -to Brush College for a picnic Thi$ will be j the close of the years work and meetings will be re sumed after the summer vacation. Mr, and! Mrs; K. K. Clark and 1 ' - - - )Xcck Selling and Tan Wear 1 77 Black r choral t mother y v . f ; Mrs. Elmer Rierson accompanied them. ' i ; Dormalse Metchel and Marjory Hathaway each received a Bible given by the pastor for complet ing the year's course and out standing work in the Junior League. ? ! i Mrs. Wood Honored f Miss Bertha Stevened enter tained with a shower 1 for Mrs. Raymond Wood, Wednesday af ternoon. Mrs. Ivan Wood and Mrs. L. Stevens assisted t Miss Stvenes at the refreshment hour. Present were: Mrs. Marie Vin cent and Mrs. Johnnie Russel of Amity; Mrs. : Mike Dunphey of Burke, Idaho; Mrs.- H. Bowls, Evelyn Bowls, Mrs. Gunter and Maxine. Mrs. Goldie Cameron, Mrs. Lillian Turpin, Mrs.- Archie Walker, Mrs. W. F. Sexton, Vir ginia Thomas, Mrs. L.? T. Wal lace, Mrs. G. ,L. Davenport; Mrs. Mabel Kitchen. Mrs. Loyd Ste vens, Mrs. Gladys Eoff, Miss Mary Clark, Mrs. Ivan Wood and the hostess, Miss Stevens. Stay ton's School Meeting Monday STAYTON Grant; Murphy, chairman ot the school board for the past year, is expected to be reelected without opposition at the annual meeting of the school district next Monday night. He previously announced he would not be a candidate but friends prevailed upon him to accept. The budget will be voted upon and a clerk selected. The budget shows a slight increase over last year due to the addition of the new manual training -course and the hiring of more teachers to accommodate the increase In the school enrollment. F. D. Oleraan, principal of the Stay toq grade school for the past six months, resigned and accepted a position as superintendent of schools at Siletz this week. The school board will act upon the resignation at the next regu lar meeting in July. Learn-to-Swim Week Is Slated HUBBAR D Learn-to-swim week will be observed at Hub bard the" first week in July. Mrs. Cobie de Lespinasse has charge and is making arrangements to take all who desire to learn to Pudding river at Aurora. The annual school election of district No. 15 will be held on Monday at 8 p. m. One school di rector for a term of three years and school clerk for one year are to be elected. 1 A business meeting of the com munity : guild of the I Congrega tional church will be held Thurs day afternoon, June 23, in the church parlors. 7 X Lebanon Fair Is Put In Black? Celebration Slakes Profit; big Shortcake Idea , Slay Be Dropped ; LEBANON At the business meeting of the Strawberry fair board this reek It waa found that expenses were within the budget allowance wit h something to spare. - Suggestions for next years fair were that the coronation . of the queen be on the same lines as this year with a larger allotment of funds to carry on a more elaborate ceremony, t hat other entertaln be furnished with funds approxi mately 400 used for the "Big Shortcake" which has b e e n a large attraction but which, In the minds .of many, is due tor a vaca tion. , , At the board meeting. Monday night plans will be initiated for the cleaning and arrangements of the recently acquired park site on E. Grant street. Lebanon republicans selected as officials at the county Republican central committee meeting in Al bany Saturday - were Rosschal Groves, president of the Linn county Republican club, as chair man of Linn county central com mittee; Frank D. Mayer, local at torney, chosen secretary; Mrs. Peter Tweed, committee woman, south Lebanon precinct; Floye Calahan, appointed committee wo man of Strawberry . precinct in place of Elizabeth . Skelton, re signed.'" ' ' Dr. Joel C. Booth, delegate of the Lebanon Lions' club to the state convention at Enterprise, left Saturday in company .with Eugene and Springfield delegates by auto. Lena Musgrave, daughter ' of Fred Musgrave of Lebanon, grad uated this week from Albany col lege and went at once to Portland to the home of Rev. Byron Travis, former pastor of the Lebanon Presbyterian church where she will be in charge of the Unity Presbyterian Bible school. Mrs. H. Whelan will have as vacation guests her mother, Mrs. Frances Frey of Vancouver, Wash., and her aunt, Miss Eve Foss of Minneapolis, Minn. Silverton Rotary Names Committees SILVERTON Rotary commit tees for the coming year have been announced to include aims and . objects committee, R. B. Duncan, Errol Ross, Dr. C. E. Keene, Ernest Starr, Rex Al bright; club service, Erroll Rbss; classification, John Hoblitt, El bert DeGulre, and' E. H. Toney; fellowship, and attendance, E. H. Banks, Dr. C. R. Wilson and J. W. Jordan; program, Uriln Page; music, Gus Herr and Glen Dried well; sergeant-at-arms. Earl Adams; community service, Starr, George Steelhammer, Dr. P. A. Loar, and Lowell Brown ; boys and youth service, Harold Davis, W. E. Toney and A. R. Weickert: vocational service. Dr. Keene, W. E.. Russell, Gordoh VanCleave, Earl Adams, Al Coote; interna tional service. Rex Albright, . A. Fish, S. P. Rose, Herman Kra mer and Robert Goetz. Farm Residence Moved Distance, Down Steep Hill UNION HILL Harley Scott, with the adi of one of the Heater tractors has moved his house onto the main road. It was a distance of about three quarters of a mile and down a steep hill. V The rain of the last two" days has greatly benefited the spring grain and other crops, also it has been a great benefit to the straw berries. The strawberry picking is practically half over. Mrs. Mary Hamilton and daugh ter Erma of Rockaway are at the home of Miss Emma Peters for the summer. Word was received here of the serious illness of Mrs. . Pheobe Stinchfield of Coquille. He is the grandmother ot Mrs. V. D. Scott, and formerly lived in Salem with the J. O. Jarvis family. They moved to Coquille less than a year ago. ' ' Berry Loss Heavy SILVERTON HILLS-F. H Hadley reports that he has lost approximately 60 per cent of . his strawberry crop th1 year. Various weather conditions helped to further the loss. . , Clinging to old IDEALS, yet ever ready to accept progressive new IDEAS. That; briefly, is the philosophy of this modern Pre scription Pharmacy. In our adherence to professional ethics we are quite as unyield ing; as the venerable apothecary. Yet on our shelves you will find the latest drugs, medicaments, vitamin products. If this combination of the old and new represents the sort of establishment you have been seeking, then we respectfully in vite your patronage. WILLETTS Capital Drug Store ; Cor. Liberty & State Ph. 3118 Contractors Start Quarry Work i On Island Flood Control Project ; ; j For Which $135,900 Is Available -GRAND .'ISLAND Parker Schramm, contractors on the $135,900 Grand Island flood con trol project, have 1 began the quarry work. The work of bank protection and rip-rapping the weak . spots In the river channel will place, the Job on a large scale construction basis -when the rock has been obtained. ?' The starting of the work here marked the culmination of 'a year' drive by the Yamhill Coun ty District Improvement company No. 1. The corporation which grew out of an association of local land holders took the leading . role in getting the government to under corn Leaves Silverton Moves I to Larger, Field at Seattle; . Scbool Election Monday SILVERTON The popcorn cannery which has been an attrac tive feature in Silverton 's Indus trial , world, has folded its tents and quietly slipped away to Seattle, where it expects to have a larger field. Wiley Young, who has been employed by the Silverton Can ning company, was taken to the popcorn outfit to Seattle. He will be In charge there. : The Youngs moved to Seattle this week. Mrs. Toung was the former Miss Ardith Olsen, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Olsen.; School Vote Monday - Only one candidate for the local school district board has registered. Rholin Gooley of the local postoffice force seeks elec tion to fill the vacancy made by W. P. Scarth, retiring. iThe school polls will be open, from 2 to 7 p. m. Monday. - j Mr. and Mrs. E. H. White have sold their grocery store on South Water street to Mr. j and Mrs. Nichols Karcove ; of Cincinnati. Ohio.. Mr. Karcove plans to put in a machine shop and Mrs. Kar cove will operate the store. The Whites will- take a several weeks' vacation, most to be spent at their old home in Tulsa, Okla. Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Leonard and Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Brown left Saturday for San Francisco to attend the ' International Rotary convention there. Mr. and Mrs. Al Coote and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Larson will also attend from Sil verton. : ' Clare Campbell has bought the one-time Perry Moser farm, con sisting of 600 acres. Certification of , Seeds Is Started DALLAS Seed certification season began this week 'for Polk county farmers with the field in spection for the certification of English ryegrass.; About 200 acres of ryegrass :"were inspected for certification by Lawrence Jen kins, assistant larmvcrop special ist at Oregon State college, in co operation with the Polk county agent's office. The next inspections will be made in red clover and ladino clover plantings. Growers who may wish to have certification -inspections made should make application on blanks supplied through the coun ty agent's office. Therefore all that is necessary 4s to- write in and state what kind of seed is to be certified and request the neces sary blanks. The ch a r g e s for, certification vary on different crops but are nominal.: Pop Cannery ELECTRIC RANGES Hurry WMla Quantity Lastc take the project.' Lynn Gubser, secretary of the company, states that the problem here lies at the south end of the Island. Efforts were made to ob tain the project to keep the main volume of the river water In the channel on the east side of the island and thus prevent its run ning through Lambert slough on the west side. Eddy action of the river in two different places is breaking, down existing channel banks, threaten ing to force the main body of water into the slough where basks would undoubtedly be washed out and property cut off. Legion Recesses Until Early Fall Burton C. Bell Is Elected Commander of Vets f ; at Dallas DALLAS The last meeting until fall of the Carl B. Fenton post of the American Legion was held at the club rooms in the ar mory Thursday night with Com mander Alberts Bennett presides- ,' William, Biackley, chairman ot the Legion Junior baseball com mittee, gave a report on the ac tivities of the Junior team. The post voted to place 325 at the dis posal of the committee in charge of Junior baseball to be used for expenses if necessary. Bell Is (Commander Election of officers for next year was held. Burton C. Bell was elected as commander; Judge Herman Van Well, first vice commander; A. J. Cleveland, sec ond vie e-commander; Walter Waite, third vice-commander: Laird Woods, finance officer; Sid ney E. Whitworth, chaplain; : El lis Miller, sergeant-at-arms; Rob ert S. Kreason, historian; tfnd William Himes and Earle Rich ardson, members of the executive cemmittee. Silver Farm Sold MARQUAM The 90-acre farm of J. B. Silver was sold this week to Ephriam end Edwin Anderson, recently of Alberta, Canada. This farm is noted as one of the best in the Marquam farming district. Are Your Funds Earning Less Than 4? This Association Has Always Paid : jo r Individual Accounts Insured up to $5000 Exempt From Normal Federat income Taxation Invest Before July 10 to receive earnings from July 1. V. . m 1 SAI.FM .Mjjill' WJflliililillim'll I It IMMIH III 1 Federal Savings IDiIano loan association 130 So. Liberty St. als "T- Flood Control Is Begun at Brooks Mailcarrier C V. Ashbaugb on Annual Vacation; Boy ' Arrives' BROOKS A large crew of WPA workers are working on the flood control project on the Wil lamette river adjoining the Lucas ranch. A strip of land over a mile long and 40 feet wide has been purchased from Lucas, by the government, and a retaining wall will be built there out of concrete and asphalt. The Methodist Ladies' Aid so ciety, met -in the church Wednes day -.afternoon. Vice-President Mrs. A. G. Streeter conducted the business session. Refreshments were served by Mrs. C. V. Ash baugb. assisted by Mrs. Wllla Vin- yard. - Boy Bora to Sims Mr. and Mrs. James Sim are parents of a baby boy born June 5. named Donald James. Mrs Sim .is at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Ward here. This Is the Ward's first grandson. Cecil V. Ashbaugh, rural mail carrier for. Brooks route one, is on his annual, vacation. He left on a fishing trip Wednesday. Britt Aspinwall Is substituting. v ' Mrs. Sadie Bawden of Seattle is a guest at the home of the Ashbaughs. The women are cou sins. Mrs. Bawden has spent the past month visiting relatives in California. She also visited Kraid Ashbaugb, son of Mr. and Mrs. C V. Ashbaugh of this place. INSTALL YOUR OWN Please Bring Correct Window Sizes exclusively at Allen's lid we. A New Feature of Our Housewares Department X Feature s V enl? "" 20" wide ' -a lnsD gcat 23" wide tvUnSdc; ., 23" . - mVd o;c0 cords 27- cOtM 28V " I I reoVlCr iated J I fcardre 30" wide ' proof) . Brcet 31 " . 10 35" V " ' 8" " Geo. E. Men, Hdwe. 236 N. 9w For a Limited Time Only Allowance for Your 01(1" Range On This Beautiful New L & H Electric Range High Speed L & H Calrod units. : Equalized Oven Heat. Top-Bottom Oven Units. Large Smokeless Broiler. . , New 3-heat Li-rotary "slowbreakV switclips. Welded Steel Skyscraper Frame. Utility Drawer on Roller Bearings. Utility Compartment Either Side. Lamp & Condiment Set. - NO mm PAYMEHT $1.76 per mo. (including carrying charge). Farmers' Union ' News LIBERTY The Liberty Farm re'a Union local will meet Tues day at 8 p.m. Mrs. Lon Shuttle worth is refreshment chairman. R O S E D A L E The Farmer Union will -not meet on Monday eight as "was previously announced.- Flower Club to Join for Show - LEBANON' Mrs. J. C. Mayer, president of the Lebanon gar den club, Mrs. Lanning, secre tary, Mrs. Oliver Gunderson. "Mrs. Roy Gardner and Mrs. -E. E. Regester were in Albany "Thurs day to represent the local club in a plan of the district for a flower show to be held in Cor vallis in August. Discussion of flower classes and their arrange ment' were held. . The PNG club held their meet ing Thursday at .the Newport cabin at Cascadia; Mrs. Newport was assisted in serving the bas ket dinner by Mrs. Deborah Seeck, Mrs. Minnie Preston, Mrs. S. Stewart. . Mrs. Seeck .presided over the business meeting which elected president, MrsJ Vinna Reed; vice president, Mrs. Pearl Owens; sec retary, Mrs. Sylvia Stewart; treas urer, Mrs. Minnie Preston. The 25th anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Schackman was observed this week at St. Edwards Catholic 1 church by friends, relatives and neighbors. AND SAVE OVER HALF. 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