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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1938)
PACE TllIlEC Silverton Mills Old Timers :M of 500 Folks John Porter Is President Modern in '52 Antique Now Large Crowd AtlOOFFete Senior Prexy Anna Johnson's in Indiana, cam to Oregon In 1878 with her parents, who set tled near Hubbard where she lived until the past two years where she moved to Oregon City to make her home with Mrs. Erb. She leaves two daughters, Mrs.' Mattie Troudt, of Hubbard and Mrs. Erb and a number of grand children; three brothers, Saul Miller, Hubbard, David Miller, Los Angeles and S. A. Miller, Aurora. The funeral, in charge of S. A. Miller, funeral director, will be held at the Hubbard community church Tuesday at 2 p. m., with Interment In the Hubbard ceme tery beside her husband, , who died six months ago. Last Rites Today ' AURORA- Mrs. Anna Johnson. S4, died "Friday night at the home of: her daughter, Mrs. . Mary Erb, of - Oregon City. : She was born 1 1 - k V I I" r Six Residents Over 75 Are Honored ; McMahan and Ross Give Talks Chemeketa Lodge of Salem ! Has Largest Number of Cars, Stayton The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, I Oregon, Tuesday Morning, July 12, 1933 r ''.'" " """" pTT v - ! k:;.. v -. : 3!- , SILVERTON HILLS "Do yon remember? Do you remember?" was the theme of conversation Sunday- a old eyes growing slightly dim brightened with rec ollections of days gone by, when almost 500 gathered for-the old timers afternoon meeting In the - Silverton Hills community club house. A somewhat smaller group was present for the noon basket dinner. ' ' Six "boys and girls" over .75 years of age were given places of honor In the front row. Mary Broughton Sansum of Portland. "Aunt Mary." was especially hon ored as .the oldest teacher pres ent. Clara DeGuire Hubbard, 89, of Marquam was the oldest of the old timers In attendance. The oth er four honored were Jane Moser and H. C. Hartley of Silverton. J. H. Callahan, 79, of Gaston and EL W Ross of Silverton . Hills. Callahan favored the group with a vocal solo which he had sung In the hills when he was "slight ly younger." , Judge Mc3tahan Talks Among the- distinguished out of. the community guests who - classed themselves as former Sil verton Hills "boys" and who spoke :.briefly were "Dollfe" Mc Mahan, known to the. Oregon pub lic as Judge L. H. MjcMahan, and Custer Ross, Salem attorney, and son of E. W. Ross. Judge McMahan told briefly of his early boyhood in the hills and of the time he was employed In the cedar shingle mills here. "We . ojd timers," said the judge, "cannot understand why there Is such a struggle for mon ey, aj struggle that causeb one neighbor to do wrong to another when we remember the old days when our struggles had to be to gether." Custer Ross gave special trib ute to John Moser, pioneer of 1852. Mr. Ross also recalled the time he was a boy working on his father's farm In the hills. He re ferred especially to the harvest days when 'neighbors exchanged for threshing seasons. John Porter, president of the group,1 presided throughout the day. i At the dinner hour Jessie Hartley Doerfler gave the Invoca tion and a song, dedicated to "Old Timers" was sung by young Ar thur Backer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Sacker. H During the afternoon talks were given by John Davis of Sa lem who told about - the first school buildings in the hill The first he attended,: he reported, was a 16 by 18 foot building with a blackboard the size of a hand kerchief. Davis spoke both as a former "scholar" of Silverton Hills schools and as a former teacher. ! Other speakers were Walter Hadley, Jennie . Porter Welsel, now of San Francisco .Henry Remmington of McMinn--ville. Gilbert Moser, Walter Par ish, James Imlab. ' i Schoolmates of 1871 The oldest group of . school mates present were John Porter, Henry . Remington and Jennie Porter Weisel. On display were an old set of ABC blocks present ed to John Porter when the three were attending-school together in 1871. The history of district No. 52 was given briefly showing that " the first building waserected In 1856. The country records oT i.fi e first school were destroyed, Por ' ter reported. The first teacher re membered by those present was Mary Woodwortb. R. D. Allen was also mentioned as one of the early teachers. .'',.'?' ; Former Teachers Attend Among the former teachers who were present Sunday! were Mary Broughton Sansum. John Davis. Anna Winter Hadley. Maybelle Funrue ToweEmma Hunt Cober ly, Jim Bonner, Jessie Hartley Doerfler, Ethel Magee Loron, Fannie Montgomery Gordo n, Pearl . Pratt Porter, Custer Ross. ; Early scholars of district s No. 62. in attendance Sunday were John Davis Of Salem ., w Jessie Hartley Doerfler of vHayesville. Nellie Porter Robinson of Grants Pass, Gilbert Moser Mary Smith Towne, Lenna Porter Elliott, Bes sie Hadley Bush of Mulino. Law son O. Hadley, Walter Hadley, William Mar tau gh of Portland, John Martaugh of Portland, Lau ra Porter Duval, Connei Murray. Ton Ross. James Imlah of West Salem, Agnes Imlah Jones of Sa lem, Custer Ross of Salem. . A community "sing" opened the meeting with Nellie Beugll Thom as at the piano and Maybelle Fun- rue To we leading. A reading ded icated to the assembly by A. Car oline Cox of Portland was read by Jessie Hartley Doerfler. Come From Bay City . Coming the farthest distance to attend the meeting were Mina Brunner and Jennie Porter Wels el, both of San Francisco: young est Silverton Hills resident pres ent, Frances Kay Benson, the nine-weeks old daughter -of Mr. and Mrs. George :Benson. The group voted to meet the second Sunday of July in 1939 at the club house and officers elect ed to make arrangements Includ ed: president, John Porter; vice president, L. O. Hadley; secretary, Ida Benson; historian, Walter Hadley; treasurer, Edith Beugll. Aid Meets 13th WOODBCRN ' The regular monthly meeting of the Ladles' Aid society of the Presbyterian church will be held Wednesday afternoon, at the church with Mrs. L. S. Mochel. Mrs. W. L. Bohn and Mrs. P. G. Vickers as hostesses and Mrs. Julia Layman Is charge of the program. 4- J 11 U - 4 y Among the unusual exhibits at the Stajton Santiani Spree July 22 and 23 will be this old band pumper fire engine, standing by which Is the town'sryire chief, Chris Nettling. The relic was bought by San Francisco in 1852 and later was in use in Albany and then in Stay ton. (Courtesy the Oregonian.) . . Bus for Heights On New Routing Schedule for Recreational Project Announced ; I Enrollment on SALEM HEIGHTS The Salem Heights bus. operated by .H. O. Hamlin is operating on a different route. ; : Hereafter the bus will run south on she Liberty road to Browning, then east on Browning avenue to the Pacific highway and on the highway to Salem. Salem HeTghts bus will leave Salem five minutes after the hour, beginning at 7:05 a.m. to 6:05 p'm. I Open Recreation Project The federal recreation project held at the schoolhouse is com ing along nicely, "with four teach ers employed. Parents are request ed to enroll their children as soon as convenient. The schedule: Pre school group, age 4 to 6, on Tues day, Thursday,, and Friday, from 9 to 11: 30 instructor, Mrs. Ra ni on a B. French... Drama, school-age children, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, from; 1 to 2:30, instructor, Mrs. French. Arts and crafts, and supervised games, school-age children, Mon day through Friday, from 9 to 12. Instructors, Miss Bessie Shinn, Miss Quintine Reeves, and Mrs. Petracy. Woodcraft, school-age children, Monday and Wednesday, from 1 to 2:30, instructor, Miss Reeves. Sam Drager Gets Gasoline Robber CLOVERDALE Sam, Drager was successful la apprehending a man draining gasoline from his tractor. Drager . has lost ap proximately 45 gallons recently, so waited near the tractor for the thief and caught him. Mrs. Anna Allen from Baton Rouge, La.; is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. L. E. Hennies. Miss Betty Hennies of Idlly wfld, Calif., is visiting her ma terial grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Morris. State President Will Attend Thursday Picnic of Gardeners, Stayton STAYTON The .Stayton Gar den? club will hold a picnic at Stayton city park Thursday. Cov ered dish luncheon will be served at 1 o'clock. ' Mrs. U. G. Smith of Tangent, president of the State Federation of Garden clubs, is expected to be present. The following garden clubs have been invited: Gates, Howell Bee Hive. Salem Garden clubs. Turner, Silverton, King wood Heights, - Brooks, Keizer, Oak Grove. Each club has been asked to furnish a number TCor the program. Calif ornians Return After Visit With Kin I . in Roberts .District . i . : . . --- :V ' i ; : . ROBERTS Mr. and Mrs. , W, E. ! Wengren of Oakland, Calif. returned to their home - after spending: the past two weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Johns. Mr. Johns Is a brother of Mrs. Wengren's. They also visited other friends and relatives, " Henry Query is at the Dea coness hospital where he is ; re cuperating nicely from an operation.. irangers ' N ews NORTH HOWLL Friday af ternoon .was designated as Clean-Up Day" at tta Norta Howell grange hall and grounds during the regular session of the grange Friday" night. It was also decided to have an ! outdoor lecture hour at the August meeting and to serve ice cream and cookies. Mrr. Ronald Stevens Is In charge of the out door program. Fine reports from state granges weiSe nfad-1 by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stevens and a de tailed weed control discussion was carried on. , . i The Home Econmlcs clubparty Thursday afternoon at the Clive home was an enjoyable affair. The August HE cluh meeting will : be held at the home of Mrs. Nell Heifiker, near Salem. LIBERTY Red Hills grange will meet in the grange hall here Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. Farmers News Union TALBOT Sidney - Talbot Farmers Union met at the Talbot school house Friday night with State President G. W. Potts, pre siding. The busy season cut down attendance. State Pres. G. W. Potts gave an interesting report on the livestock situation and of the splendid trade the Portland stockyard is hand ling; C. F. Johnston gave a re port on the exchange board. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Potts re ported on the recent county con v e n 1 1 o n. Refreshments were served. Con Westenhouse Funeral Is Today SCIO 4 Funeral' services for Warren Conrad Westenhouse, 42, who died Saturday afternoon at the Albany hospitial after a lin gering illness, will be held Tues day at 2 p. m. at the Scio Baptist church, with burial at Franklin Butte cemetery. : Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Gladys; three daughters, Joyce, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Westenhouse; Phyllis and Carmen: the parents, three brothers, Ardie, Delias and Kenneth, all of this district; two sisters, Mrs. Lola Springer of here' and Mrs. Jnhn Neal of Lyons. Westenhouse was sTworld war veteran. j Install Officers DAYTON Twenty members fo Dayton Odd Fellows and Re bekah lodges motored to Yam hill Friday night and installed the semi-annual officers of IOOF Fraternity lodge No. 56 and Despertine No." 74 Rebekah lodge. STAYTON A large crowd of Uddieuows, Kebekahs, their f am ilies and friends attended the an nual Marlon county Oddfellows' picnic held Sunday In Stayton"a new city park. A picnic luncheon at noon was followed by sports. G. . Bosch. Silverton, was in charge of the prizes; L. A. Scheelar, Salem, the sports; : Grant Murphy, the park and coffee; and Robert Massey, Gervais, the arrange ments. - Grant Murphy of Stayton Intro duced these distinguished guests Joseph Eckley. grand master of the Grand Lodge of Oregon; Mrs. Alma Henderson, vice-president of the Rebekah Assembly of Oregon; Jack Watt, grand war den of the Oregon Gran J lodge; Vernisha Newby, warden of the Rebekah Assembly; U. F. Neider hauser, of Salem, president " of the Marion County Odd Fellows association; E. M. Bowman, grand Ben lor warden of the encamp ment; Etta Littell, matrcn of the Oddfellows home in Portland; George Hall, president ; of the home board; A. J. Lenon, editor of the Pacific Odd Fellow; Roy Gibbs, past grandmaster of Ore gon; Albert Julian, president of the intersectional picnic. Prize's awarded: First car ' to arrive, C. Norton of Monitor; car coming the farthest, Ray Lewis, of Myrtle Point, 260 miles; car having most passengers, C. Nor tor of Monitor, having the most children under 16, C. Norton of Monitor; oldest car present, Mrs. Margaret Ramage of Stay ton; lodge present with most cars, Chemeketa Lodge No. 21, Salem, 21 cars and second to Sil verton, 17 cars. Hog-calling contest, first prize, Mrs. D. George Cole of Stayton, second, R. P. Pomeroy, of Moni tor; cat-calling contest, Ida Trag lio of Salem, first, and second, Mrs. Agnes Stupka, Stayton; sucker-eating contest, first, George King, of Silverton, second, Melba .Harold of Stayton; wom en's and men's race first, R. H. Pomeroy and Retha Pomeroy of Monitor and second, Miss Sylvia Stupka and Elmer Boyer of Stay ton; little girls" foot-race, first. Neda Norton of Monitor, and second, Lorabelle Fery of Stay ton; girls foot race: first, Retha Pomeroy of Monitor; and second. Miss Sylvia Stupka of Stayton; s- oking contest: first, George Sweeney of Monitor; and second, Norman Parsons of Gervais; bab contest: first, Barbara Jean Russ of Gervais, and second, Carolyn Mae Crabtree of Salem; boys' foot race: George King of Silverton, and Pepy Winshal of Silverton; husband calling con-te-t: first, Ttfrs. Bertha Morley of Silverton, and second, Mrs. Mabel Gay of CSilverton. Some of the guests were given rides in the Missouri Mule, which will be a feature of the Santiam Spree. . 4 I ::-L 1 Richard Cantrcll of Dufnr who was elected president of the Monmouth Oregon ormai ' school senior class which grad uates la June, 1039., Cut Cour tesy The Oregonian. Foiir Generations At Riches Reunion Sirs. Kenneth Arnoch new President of dan; 82 at Picnic SILVERTON Mrs. Elsie Nel son was the presiding , officer at the Riches clan reunion .held Sun day in the Silverton city park. Eighty-four were in attenaance, Mrs. Sarah Adamson, 82, was the oldest clan member present and Freddie Skirvin, 13 days old, and ereat grandson of Mrs. Estella Mulkey, was the youngest pres ent. , Officers elected for 1939 were: President, Mrs, Kenneth Arnoch; vice president, Mrs. Charles Giv en;, historian,; George H. Rich es of Salem; secretary-treasurer, Lois Anne Riches. Uambers preient Sunday were from Slem, Mr. and Mrs. Cheiter Mulkey nd Warren, Mr. and Mn. Loyd Richci mnd Patricia,. Tom, Robert and David, Forria Bicbes, Mr. and Ma. George H. Ricbea. Mrg. John Brophy, O. W. Oly mer. From Portland. Mr. and Mr a. X. H. Carman and granddaughter, Judith Car men, Jean Volonhr. i'rora The Dallei. Mr. and Mr. Charles Mulkey and Janet Molkr. , , Turner, Rachel Riches, Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Riches, Mrs. W. T. Riches. Mrs. C. H. Riches, Mr. and Mrs. 1. 8. Riches, Janice and Bernard Riches,. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Riches, Wallace Gordon and Din b:s Riches. Mr. sad Mrs. Stanley Riches. From fciiWerton and the surrounding rural communities, M ra.. Sarah Adamson, Mrs. Elsie Simeral. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Given, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Riches, Mr. and Mrs. Mae Mulkey, C. R. Riches, Miss Emma Adamson, Mrs. Sophia Adamson Moore i, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Parrish, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Warnoeh. Frances and Margaret Ana Warsech, Kenneth Given. Mr. and Mrs. James Mulkey, Betty and Jeanne Mulkey, Mrs. Arthur Skirvin and Freddie. Frank Simeral. Doris and Doro thy Simeral, Mr. and' Mrs. Arthur Nel son, Richard Nelson, - BilJ King. Harry Riches and Raymond.' Winniired, Lois and Robert Riches; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mulkey, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mnlkey, Gene and Lloyd Mulkey. H. H. Paget, Mr. and Mrs. Theodora Riches and Mary Jane. Lew Davenport and Mrs. Nona fikaite. ' ' MM 'Si) fife s& rTA ,L T 1 IN 1000-CAR TEST, TRITON STOPPED CARION KNOCKS... I00STED HORSE POWER 5.4... 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OP TIME at the famous Pitchfork Outfi c, 200,0OO-acre Wyoming ranch of Charles J. Beldea. The picture above shows "Chuck" ' .CurtJ a, one of Pitchfork's best at "heeling' calves.. Exciting work, but it's plenty tough Are Camels different from other cigarettes? Yes," say smokers til I over America. Millions know the big differ ence Camels make in smok ing pleasure. Camels set you right! . too So "Chuck's cigarette choice Is Camel! "When I get dog-cired," he says, "a Camel give a quick 'lift' to my energy I And that goes for many another cow-puncher. For out west, too, Camel is the favorite cigarette. ; i v v ov COME NIGHTFALL, the Pitchfork bunds sets out at Cook George Welter's chuck-wagon. Ken Stingel wrangles his guitar, while the boys vocalize that good old favorite, "Home on the Range." Camels aplenty here, for, as Ted Riegel (right of coffee pot) puts it, "After you've tucked away a hearty meal, there's nothing like a Camel 'for digestion's sake' and for extra-mild, tasty smokia' Sao. And most top-hands'll go along with that sentiment, all right. We say Camel's the cigarette that agrttt with u$ all 'round 1" J i . J mo vue tnsA fc J I 1 K ( ALLOfiARETTES BSN 1 . .1 Affile Auerc ape TyL X V RFTTES. IVE 6M I ! ' f ' V "" I 0PEM-M1NDB ANOTRJEO J y s Jr ?S f EM ALL, BUT I ALWAYS ( CHUCK HOW COULD ANYBODY ly j Y f 0aM BACK"10 OWOS. 1 SAy "THAT ALL CIGARETTES $ V SSS!?$i ) ( ARE AUKE? CAMELS ARE J " f W 4 , ( mHAfiSIJ SURE 'WAY AHEAD IM MV f.jiA. , --w-' ESTMATION jJ tX . I ' VK ; , ' ' V ' 1 1 r - - r t I , 1 i Camels are a f flsMt, MORE EXPENSIVE tcsaccos ; -TairUsJi and DeMstt 7 r Ik. - COW-PUNCHERS Curtis and Riegel certainly feel ; that there is a big dif ference between Camels and other cigarette. Read what they say at right! On the air Tuesday nights-DEN II Y GOODMAN Hear the one and only Benny Goodman "feel hi stuff" on his famous clarinet from "sweet music" to palpitating "killer diUers." Note the rime for getting Beany Goodman's "Swing School" from the following schedule; 8:30 pm E.S.T. (9:30 pm E.D.S.T.), 7:30 pm CS.T, 6:30 pm M.S.T, 3:30 pm P.S.T, over the Columbia Network. &3v - . 3 "finer, more expsnsiye tobaccos-that's why we smoke Camels," say the men who grow ; and grade tobacco PlanterJesseT. Ilardy brings eut the fact that Camel buyers take the better grades on the market, lie says: "For , years Camel haa bought my best tobacco-paid more to get it. We planters around here smoke Camels because we know Camel buys the finer tobaccos." CO "IUIMngtobac co is my busi j )ntu," saya 1 ' 1 John Thomas Caraway, vet- ' vran grower. J "Camel bought l"" - - i 1 best cf my last season's crop, as they have for many a year. So I know Camel gets finer, COSTLIER to baccos. Naturally, Camel is the big favorite with tu growers." c . Ha, a. j M. O.