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Marjorie Kimbrough Chosen as Queen of StayipnSantia Spree
The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, Jnly21, 193ft
Cmvningls
Event
Will Follow Parade, 11:45
With Salem Cherrians ...
Doing Honors
STAYTON . Marjorie Kim
brough, Stayton girt, was chosen
queen of the 1939 Santiam Spre
as the (ire-day celebration rot
underway Tuesday night. - She
received a grand total of 1,033,
500 Totes.
Princesses .will be Helen
Hughes. Stayton; Jessie Reese,
Scio; Marjorie Parton, Lebanon;
LeVerne Whitehead. . Turner;
Marjorie Taylor. Mill City, and
Eilene Wlckersbam, Jefferson,
who finished in that order In
the queen contest.
Wedding Is Feature ,
Besides the close of the queen
contest And a queen's ball,' events
Tuesday night Included a public
wedding on a cedar "bough, deco
rated platform on Third street
when Edith May Monroe of Jack
son, Ore., and Thomas Henry
Deters of Boulder, Calo., both
with the Browning carniral play
ing here this week, were mar
ried by Rev. Bruce Gresclose" f
Stayton Methodist churcJabefore
a large throng.
W. A. Weddle, newly elected
mayor, made his first public ap
pearance, to preside at the wed
ding.
STAYTON Throngs of people
hare been attending the Santiam
Spree celebration in Stayton the
last two days. The fullest days
are ahead though with a full
port program Thursday and on
Friday the dedication of the new
city park, the crowning of .Queen
Marjorie I and a Townsend rally
as highlights.
The industrial parade Friday
will begin at 11 a. m.. and Queen
Marjorie I will.be crowned by
King BIng of the Cherrians at
11:45 a. m.
Speakers slated for the dedica
tion program Friday afternoon in
clude GoTernor Martin. Senator
Charles McNary, Congressman
James Mott, Secretary of State
Earl Snell, . State Treasurer - Ru
fus Holman, Clarence Wagoner of
Portland ami others. .
The rest of Friday v afternoon
will be devoted to one of the larg
est Townsend rallies ever staged
In this section. F, G. Delano of Sa
lem will be master of ceremonies.
Aumsville Staf
i
Is now Complete
AUMSVILLE Mill Mildred
Relchers of Tillamook - and - a
graduate of Pacific university has
been hired to teach in the biology
department of the high school.
This completes. the teaching staff.
- Word has been received here
of the progress of Mrs. Castle,
former resident of this place, who
was in an automobile wreck
some time ago near Cottage
Grove and survived a broken
neck. She has .been fn Salem at
the home of her son Crelghton
Castle since the accident. Tues
day Mr. Castle took ber by auto
mobile to their home in Califor
nia. Crelghton Castle and fam
ily were also former residents of
this place.
A number of chances Are in
progress at the schoolhouse.. pre
paratory to the opening of school
In September. The study , ball
whlcli has been inadequate to
seat .the large number of - stu
dents transported in to the school
Is being enlarged by removing
the partition between the study
all and the llbrary-and seating
the library for study, hours. The
science room will also be fitted
up In the room on the first floor.
Shipwreck Days
Are Recalled bv
Dotson's Visitor
SALEM HEIGHTS Ivan Ford
of Sidney. Mont., spent the past
week as a guest at the Delbert
Dotson home. Ford was one of
the1 charter members of .Kid"
night, which originated In the
Dotson borne, 14 years ago.
With his help. Mr. Dotson
built a boat and in company with
Mrs. Dotson the three started on
a boattrip down the Yellowstone
river, frpm Sidney to Memphis.
Tennessee, to attend a Kiwanis
convention at that place.
After 20 days of sailing they
were shipwrecked - and never
reached Memphis.
Frank Hunt formerly of here
but now of Rldgefield. Wash..
Is visiting his sister. Miss Lydia
Hunt, and Mr. and Mrs. A. N.
Fulkerson; also his brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Hunt.
George Lemery to Start
Practice at Cloverdale
WACONDA Dr. George Lem
ery visited over the weekend at
the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Lemery, sr. Dr.
Lemery will soon leave for Clov
erdale to practice medicine, hav
ing recently finished . Interne
work at the Portland medical
school. .
DuBain
Friday
i3k! C939
Fur Shop
In New Location
442 State St. - Upstairs
HestyUng Hcpairin
Cleaning Storage
I Another British Freighter Sunk
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Mute ; testimony to the destruction wrought by
bombing planes of Spanish insurgent flyers is this
Franz Will Attend
Mennonite Confab
Pratuni Croup Present
at Epworth League's
Y Lake Institute
PRATUM Rev. J. M. Frans
and sons Arthur and Landy are
leaving j for Saskatoon, Saskat
chewan. Canada, next Monday
where the Mennonite conference
will be held the first week of
August. They will stop on their
way' going in Montana at a for
mer charge of Rev. Franz. On
their return they will stop in
Minnesota visiting relatives:
O. Whitman- and a group of
young people are attending Ep
worth League institute at Suttle
lake. iProf. Schultze preached
here Sunday morning in Mr.
Whitman's place.
On Institute Program
Olivia deVries returned home
from Little River where she was
a member of the faculty of the
Epworth League institute, of
southern Oregon. She left Mon
day for Twin Rocks Epworth
League institute where she has
part In the program. .
. Mrs. I E. W e 1 1 y is receiving
treatment in the Deaconess hos
pital in Salem.
Buy Xew Combines
Fred Hersch. " Frank Frailer
and son, and Val Gerig and son,
will all do their harvesting with
new combines.
Mr. and Mrs. James Hutching
son and daughter Carolyn from
Antioch. .Calif., have been visit
ing for the past week at the
home of . her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Kleen.
The i Kleen clan was reorgan
ized at a meeting In Silverton
park Sunday.
Hewitt Reunion
Draws 85 Folks
To Pioneer Site
UNIONVALE The annual re
union of the descendants of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Hewitt to the
number of 85 gathered Saturday,
at the j grove of L. L. Thornton,
which Is a portion of the" original
donation land claim taken by the
pioneer couple who came to Ore
gon in 1843. H. W. Hewitt of
Roseville. Cal., came the farthest:
he and Dr. . Loren L. Hewitt of
Estarada were the .three broth
ers attending. One other brother.
Matthew Hewitt of Roseville, Cal..
was unable to attend.
Memorials were read for L. M.
Thornton, Guy Hewitt, Ruth
Hewitt, Nunn and Charles Oti.
The 11939 reunion win De neia
the second Saturday in July.
Majority of . the relatives re
mained over to honor Mrs. Mary
Hewitt on occasion of her 81st
birthday with a ' dinner In the
grove at the Smith bar Sunday.
VI SELL SLEEP
on thQ
Friendly Pullman Conductor GEORGE KRUWEL
. hasn't ha4 the ageless experience of old slumber merchant
r Morpheus, but those six Wrs on bis sleeve indicate mat he has
been ia the "sleep business' for over 30 years. George Kruwel
is typical of the GucadSs veteran crew. He takes a personal pride
in the Pullman service provided by this superb train between here
and San Francisco. He speaks with authority when be says:
-Fmssgers slp Hit top on the Cascade. Tb trip it fst ami
smooth, cltan smd omut. Steel tort, bumlmtei mgmmst moist, sir
tooled nd mir-codiiiod, girt rtat trtvel comfort. Accommo
dations? Most tm jibing yon icisb, from mm mtxpensivt standard
berth to m sp scions dr suing room or deluxe comportment!
Next time you go to San Francisco, try the Csscsde, the finest,
fastest train between here and California. Here's the schedule:
Lv. SALEM .7:19 P.M.
Ar. SAN FRANCISCO 1:32 P. M.
- For fares and reservations please call: -A,
F. NOTH, Ticket Agent, Telephone 440S
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hulk of the British freighter Thorpehaven, sunk in
Alicante harbor. Important Loyalist port.
Farmers' Union
News h
LIBERTY The Liberty, local
of the Farmers' Union met for
its regular meeting, Tuesday
night. Harry Evans reported for
the weed control committee to
the effect that Marion county has
a law providing for the cutting of
weeds along roadsides but that no
rt Tha InUte tl7A
bills to appear on the November
ballot were read by the president,
John Dasch, and discussed.
It . was decided that the F.U.
Cooperative cannery enter a float
i Saturday's parade in Salem.
An. invitation from the Labor
Label league was accepted to Join
with that group in a picnic Sun
day, June 24. at Wendland park.
John Tnrnbull. president of
theRosedale local, spoke on mat
ters relating to the youth organ
ization.; ' ;
County convention reports were
made by John Dasch, J. K. Crab
tree and Mr. and Mrs. G. Weav
er. A piano solo was played by
Jacqueline Jndd. I
Doan Gets Permit
For new Theatre
Plans to Build $25,000
Play House, West Salem
Near Sloper's j
WEST SALEM G. C. Doan of
Toledo Wednesday morning took
out a permit for construction of
a $25,000 theatre inVWest Salem,
on Edgewater street adjacent to
the new L. L. Sloper building
which was opened just last week.
This will be the first theatre
for West Salem, and presumably
is the structure about which. Ed
Lewis, former Saicm theatre
manager Inquired into at a recent
meeting of the city ocuncil.
Plan Carnival in August
The locar community club has
made arrangements to sponsor
appearance of the : Browning
amusement ' company carnival
here August 17 to 20.
Mrs. Fannie Moore is at th
Salem general hospital, where gb
is reported seriously ill. ' .
Mr. and .Mrs. Fred Kuhn ar
in McMinnville for the convention
of thy3 Spanish American war vet
erans. .. ')!''
1 Daphney. Seth and Ervin I Un-f
derwood and Tommy Shipler are
spending the week at DeLake.
At Coast Daring Heat
Mrs. T. J. Shipler and daugh
ters, Margaret and Ruth, and
Ella Brown left Tuesday ! for
Taft. where they will spend the
week.- - .'.':
Mrs. W. D. Phillips is seriously
ill at the Deaconess hospital.
Disagreeable at Coast
RICKREALL Mrs. Elizabeth
Wait accompanied Mr. and Mrs.
George White to Depoe Bay Tues
day. She Bald the weather was
disagreeable on account of heavy
fog. ; ;j
by' Insurgents
Woman Suffers
Burns to Palms
Result of Attempting to
Tear Down Blazing
Awning at Home
WALDO HILLS Mrs. Henry
Jackson is suffering from" burns
received Sunday forenoon when
the Ervin Kaser. house, in which
they are living,, caught fire.
Mrs. Jackson saw the awning
over one window on fire - and
in her excitement tried to tear
it down. The supporting rods
were extremely hot and ' the
palms of both her hands were
blistered. Neighbors had helped
get the fire under control before
the Silverton fire department ar
rived. Mr. and Mrs. William Haver
nick and two grandsons, Robert
and Harold Dickman, left early
Tuesday morning by motor for
Snohomish. Wash. to visit Mrs.
Ella Newton, who was their
neighbor in Morton, Minn:, more
than 35 years ago. They expect
to be away 10 days.
Miss Rue Camp Norse
Mr. and Mrs. K. O. Rue have
learned that their youngest
daughter, , Ruth Rue, a nurse at
the Salem Deaconess hospital,
has been chosen as nurse for the
girls' youth camp Boon to be held
at the new recreational project
at Silver Creek Falls.
E. Kellerhals, Evergreen farm
er and hop grower is ill at his
home with pneumonia. '
Santiam Spree
Queen Crowning
Is Friday Morn
Crowning of Queen Marjorie
I by King Bing Tom Hill and
his Salem Cherrians will be
held Friday morning at about
11:45 o'clock or directly after
the big' parade, instead of Sat
urday morning as inadvertently
reported in - the Wednesday
Statesman.
A big industrial parade will
also be held -Saturday morning
at 11 o'clock, but no crowning
that day.
ls Bros. Fimiitiie
I Is Never Undersold
Simmons Bed, Coil
Spring & JMattress
. Reg. $24.50
$13.95:
NOW
Reg. S 1.1 5 Value V
Walnut End Tables
Sturdy Construction
99c
NOW
IES Lamp and Shade
Values to $12.75
ce no
SPECIAL V
189. SO . . - j.
9 x 12 WILTON-RUG
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Lifetime Wear" , '
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Factory Goes
To 40 Hours
Townsend Club Sets Goal
of 400 for Membership :
Drive now on
ALBANY Men at the Veal
chair factory commenced & 40-
hour week Monday, on a schedule
of eight hours a day, five days a
week. A schedule of a seven-hoar
day, five days a week, has been
the plan recently.
Previously the schedule had
been a 44 hour weeS. Manager
L. L-. Swan stated that while bus
iness - was far from good yet, it
was hoped to maintain the pres
ent 40-hour schedule if possible.'
ALBANY Falling from a 10
foot trestle on Bryant island. Earl
Nichols, aged seven, suffered a
broken wrist.
ALBANY Albany Townsend
club No. 1, has set as Its objective
In the new membership campaign,
400 members. The campaign
which started July 1, will end De
cember 31. , !
So far this month the club has
augmented its membership by 9
new members.
ALBANY The Albany fire de
partment responded to a call from
the, Dever community Monday
night, More than 300 cords of
wood belonging to . the Cummings
Fuel company of Albany were de
stroyed in the blaze.
The fire originated in the tim
ber In which the wood was being
cut No insurance was carried..
Luke and Mulkey p
Reunion Is Staged
STAYTON -The ! Luke-Mulkey
annual reunion was v held In the
Stayton city park Sunday.
The business meeting w.as pre
sided over by the president, Mrs.
R. H. Scott, Woodburn. Offi
cers were elected : Ben Mulkey
of Portland, president; Mrs. Na
oml Fresh, Monmouth, vice-president;
Mrs. H. A. Beauchamp i of
Stayton, secretary..
The 1939 reunion will be held
In the city park here also.
Those present were:: Mr. and
Mrs. M. C. Mulkey and son, B. F.
Mulkey, Mr. and Mrs.lM.sG. Wil
liams and daughter, Ben Mulkey,
L. M. Hawley, all of Portland;
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Scott, Wood
burn; Miss Nancy Lou Berthle
son of Spokane; Dr. and Mrs.B.
F. Butler, Mr. and Mrs. Marfan
Fresh and son, C. C. Mulkeyi of
Monmouth: and Dr. and Mrs. H.
A. Beauchamp of Stayton.
Legion and Auxiliary 1
Hold Annual Gathering
With Over 100 Attending
DAYTON The annual picnic
of the Dayton American Legion
and auxiliary was held Sunday at
the L. .S. Loremens bar with
more than 100 people attending.
A basket dinner was served! at
noon and aquatic sports - and
races were enjoyed during the
afternoon.; '
Two members of the Legion
observed their birthday by at
tending the picnic; they were
Virgil Dixon and Floyd B. Wil
lert. Reg. $7.959x12
Gold Seal '
f Congoleum Rugs
'REDUCED
TO .
$4.95
Regr $59.50
-Bed Davenports
Hardwood Frame
Bedding Compartment
$29.95
SPECIAL"
$139.50
Biltwell
Davenport and Chair
Choice of Velours ..,.'
069.95
NOW
Reg. $7.95
9x12 All Hair Waffle-
MOTHPROOFED
RUG PAD . ' -
SPECIAL 0399
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Dodger Fan Kills Detractor
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Brooklyn N. Y, police T hold Robert Joyce, 33-year-old postoffice
clerk, shown left with policeman, following the fatal shooting of one
man and the wounding of another In a bar as a result of a baseball
argument over the mers of play of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Ac
cording to police, Joyce ahot and killed Frank Krug and wounded the
bartender. William Diamond, when be objected to talk against the
Dodgers. . 1 must have gone haywire," Joyce told police. He said.
j he lad consumed 18 beers.
G
ranger s
MACLEAY George Tompkins
and his daughter, Virginia, gave
an excellent program ; at the
grange social at the grange hall
Saturday night. IJ '
Miss Virginia furnished the
music and Tompkins gave the
history of the early Indians of the
Willamette valley and exhibited
some of his collection -jof over
2000 arrowheads. ;.
RICKREALL At grange meet
ing this Friday night, ; the pro
gram will be given by the agri
culture committee, J. H Harland,
chairman. -.- .
Saturday the Pomona picnic
will be held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn Adams..
KatherineLowry enertained
the members of the grange or
chestra . Tuesday night i at. ,the
home of Mrs. H. A. Derajpsey, di
rector. ;
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ROBERTS Mrs. E. A. Rhoten
i
opened her home In Salem to the
H. E. Club for a dessert luncheon
with Mrs. Jesse Johns !s assist
ing hostess. Covers wer'e placed
for 17 members. v
A talk was given by Mrs. Albert
Blankenship during the after
noon. Mrs. J. L. Strawn will en
tertain the club in Augulst. .
ROBERTS The grange met
Saturday night, when Mr. and
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pj-uitt, Mr.
and Mrs. Leslie Newton were ac
cepted as new members A spe
cial meeting win De cauea 10 give
them the first and second degree
by the Roberts degree team. .The
team is going to Fair mount
grange at Albany Saturjday night
to give the first and. second de
grees. I S : '
The program Included a con
test, first prize going to Mr. and
Mrs. Strawn and second to .Mr.
and Mrs. L. D. Johnston; report
Reg. $99.50 ;
Beautiful Walnut
Bedroom Suites
Waterfall Style"
Large Round Mirror ,
SPECIAL
Reg. $69.50 Large! Size
. Tapestry Covered
Davenport and Chair
Guaranteed Construction
$29.95
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$149.50 T
Curly Mohair
Davenport and Chair
il Set Only at This
$35.00
SPECIAL
Values $19.50 to. $34.50
SPRING FILLED
MATTRESS
Any Sixe :
Best Value In Town
09.75
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49,95
Opcki Sat; UntU 9 p.m
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Goli
column
on cherry fly by Mrs. Johnston;
report on state grange conven
tion by Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Blankenship; skit by Laura. Nel
son, Clara Nelson, Mildred Hey
den, Maxlne Pettyjohn, Rose
Howland, Rebecca Goodrich and
Lois Cummins.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rice invited
the grange for a covered dish din
ner on the lawn at her home Aug
ust 6.
Barnharts Return
From Mill Work
INDEPENDENCE Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Barnhart and family
have returned home for a short
time. Barnhart has a sawmill
in Peedee.
Miss "Bobby" Rnef is enjoying
the ocean breezes at Newport for
a week.
Friends gathered in . the par
lor of the Presbyterian church
for dinner after which Dr. -George
Knott entertained the group with
pictures of his trip in the east,
also to Mexico.
Goes to Minnesota
AMITY William R. Pender-
grass left the first of the week
for a visit to his old home in JMin
nesota. :'
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that are nearly as tender as the heart ... In addi
tion to improving quality, potash is very impor
tant in increasing yields. Good yields of celery
remove as much as 150 pounds of actual potash
(KaO) per acre, which is three times the amount
of nitrogen removed and more than three times
the removal of phosphoric acid . . . Make sure
that your fertilizer program carries enough pct&sh
to develop the crop prdsrly and insure the mar
ket premiums that fine quality commands.
Consult your fertilizer
dealer regarding fertilizers
high in potash. You will be
surprised how little extra it.
costs to apply enough of
this plant food to insure "
profits. '
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tNVrSTJtSTCT SUILDINO . WASHIHOTOS. D. C
PACIFIC COAST OTTlCXi SZAKS SCILEIMa. SAM lOSX. C.IT. .
I Taft to Feature
Kissing Machine
Mayor Robison to Be First
to Test new Register
- ; at Roundup
TAFT The kiss-register, the
new machine for measuring the
"klck":, in an osculatory embrace
is to be shown for the first time
in the west at the anneal Red
bead Roundup at Taft, August
6 and 7, is creating wide inter
est,! according to Manvilie Robi
son, president of the Redhead
roundup.
Inquiries regarding the Instru
ment have been received from a
number of cities in Oregon, v
Washington. Idaho and Califor
nia. Over 50 volunteers of both
sexes hav. already offered to
act as subjects for the kiss reg
ister, demonstrations.
Mayor ' Fred Robison of Taft,
who recently chided the mayors
of Portland and Seattle for re
fusing to kiss visiting feminine
dignitaries will be the first man
to officially test the machine. His
feminine partner is yet to be se
lected, but she will be a red-
tiaat
i Other Events Slated
Other events scheduled for the
two-day "carrot top" show in
clude: The Redskin Revue; a
comic skit by members of the
Salem - Cherrians; the redhead
bathing beauty contest, the win
ner of which will be given an
expense free trip to the San
Francisco exposition where she
will complete with California's
"Golden Girl" for Pacifie coast
form and beauty honors; a car
nival; redhead contests of vari
ous kinds; life saving demonstra
tion by US coast guardsmen; Sea
scout maneuvers; band concerts;
water sports; and the colorful
queen's ball.
"Eric, the Red." king of the
roundup. In private life Marvin
Headrick, of Salem, who has
charge of the appointing of the
redhead bathing beauty judges,
reports that he is swamped with
applications from members of the
male sex ranging in age from 18
to 80 years, all of whom claim
to possess extraordinary qualifi
cations for the positions they
seek.
Gregory Named
To Water Board
DALLAS The regular meet
ing of the Dallas city council was
held In the new city hall Mon
day night. . '
Mayor Leif Finseth,announ3d
the , appointment of Charles
Gregory as a member of the Dal
las water commission to fill the
unexpired term of the late N. L.
Guy.
1 Mayor Finseth also named
Erie Fulgham as a member of
the elty park board to serve dur
ing the unexpired term of the
late N. L. Guy.
CELERY that not only
"sounds" good but tastes
good, as well finds ready
favor on consumer markets.
Potash makes celery crisp,
solid and sweet, and over
comes the tendency to
punky and stringy stalks. A
plentiful supply of potash
will produce outer stalks
Wrifa v fr 'urt,ljsrr
: f informcKon end
Dsrcfurs.
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