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PAGE THREE Believed Youngest Licensed Pilot OSC Builds First Oregon Seismograph The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning:, October 22, 1938 Charter Change ' Goes to Voters Lebanon Council Takes Steps to Have Building i . Inspector There LE J5 ANON The city council at its meeting Tuesday night adopted . a resolution calling for a special election November 22 to amend parts ot the city char ter submitting the question that .the council . shall have authority to purchase, acquire . or lease in dustrial sites within or without the city, . to improve same, erect buildings and plants thereon out j of funds of the city when neces sary .not to exceed $17,000. , The city attorney was instruct ed to prepare an ordinance cre- - ating the office of building in spector and instructing him , in his duties. O ' . . The street committee reported the award for a foot bridge across the canal on Main street to McTimmons Brothers at a cOtt of $93.20. The city attorney reported the expense of. . codification of ordi nances as suggested by the League of Oregon Cities as ex cessive and ' as no PWA assist- ance c o u 1 d be available. untH next year the matter will not be taken -up. T . A resolution was adopted to set aside $4221 to pay city's part in improvements .under WPA. Sidewalks were author ized ' in some parts of the city inside property limits on consent or the owner to preserve trees . ... on present, siae wains. The budget ; for 1939 was adopted without objection. Aid Pays on Pledge At the business meeting of the Methodist Ladies' Aid at the church social rooms Wednesday afternoon $25 ' was paid on the budget pledge of $200. A re- - port of the district meeting at Alpine Tuesday was given by Mrs. Lloyd Gilson. Miss Lena Medler told of cities she visited in Scotland, England, Francej Belgium, Holland and Italy; selecting the latter coun try as the most modern in build- and general appearance of all she. visited, f. Suffers Paralytic Stroke Mrs. Alice Shaw former Leba non resident, sister of Dr. L. W. Uatchell and Mrs. E. E. Reges ter of Lebanon, has suffer d a paralytical stroke at her home in SodaviUe. Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Morin of Maryville,. Mo., are guests of their niecesr Mrs. Alice -Mason, Mrs. Grace Schliske and her sis- . ter, Mrs. Frank - Bebo of Ber lin ' ' " - Mrs. . Dolph Reeves and Mrs. L. W. Gatchell were hostesses J.Tuesday at the . Reeves home to I Chapter V, PEO at a one o clock -luncheon. x- Mrs." Ina Irvine 'of Albany, program leader, gave an inter esting paper on "Early American Colleges." The group plans, a downtown rummage sale Satur ... day.- . Henry Hazen, well known far mer in Lacomb district left last week to take employment with Long-Bell- runing an electric crane. His family will join him in a few weeks. William . Sencenbaugh of the Green Mountain section has re turned from San Francisco where he was called by the death of his mother. Green Purchases Heights Station SALEM HEIGHTS The gen eral service station at the Lib erty and Pacific highway' junc tion has changed hands from Gillman and Wiley to N. - L. Green of Willamina. Monday Mr. Green married Miss Thtlma Hadley at Van couver. The motor. on the air condi tioner at the community hall burned out causing quite a fright to the Apple Pie" player's who were practicing there. Had it not been noticed a bad fire might have resulted. V: Baby, 5 Months, Ready for her first steak, Bonnie ' San Francisco displays her six teeth, Her first tooth appeared when she was 2 months old and in the intervening three months she has grown four more. lira. J. P. Cunningham, mother of the child, more pleased than surprised at her child's unusual record, said, We sort - " of expected It of Boaaaie. When teeth." - - - -' III s . . . - . ' - -v r t w J " - i A 111 t Uabette de Moe, 16, Monterey, Cal., to be the youngest person in the United States to hold private pi lot's license. Babette took her first lesson a little more than a month ago. She now has S3 hours which were for soloing. UN photo. ! A- folk Registration Hits new Record GOP's Lead, With 5142 Against 3979 Demos, Figures Show "DALLAS There are a total of 9256 voters registered in Polk county for the 1938 general elec tion in November, according to records in the office of County Clerk Carl S. Graves. This is the largest number to register In Polk county. In 1936 the total reached 9011.; The republican party leads in the county in the total number registered as they now have 5142, to 3979 democrats, with 132 miscellaneous registrations. . 5 ; Have , Demo Leads Five precincts in the county- Airlie, Beuna Vista, Douglas, First Independence and Lewis ville have democratic majori ties.. The other 30 have republican majorities. , Dorothy Delk Last Rites Set Sunday DALLAS Funeral services for Dorothy Delk, 13-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. David Delk, will be held j Sunday afternoon at 2; 00 o'clock at the Menno nite Brethren church here,- with Henkle and Bollman in charge of funeral arrangements. Dorothy Delk- died at her home here Tuesday ; after an illness of several years. ' She was born Feb ruary 24, 1923 at Lodi, Calif. She moved with her family to Dallas in 1933. Dorothy -is" survived by her parents, Mr. j and Ttfrs. David Delk, of Dallas, and by two brothers, Ronald Duane and Rob ert. Repair Rock Crusher SCIO - The county rock crusher at Scio Is being repaired and improved in order that rock Burface may be applied and roads in this vicinity maintained pre paratory to the rainy season. A gas donkey 'recently has been added. The crusher recently was located on the Fred Simpson farm a short distance southwest of the city. . . ' : ; ! : " Displays 6 Teeth i Jean Cunningham, 5 months old, of I was ft months old I had five ; 7 'al. high school girl, who is believed of flying time to her credit, 41 of Republican Rally Is Slated Monday Stewart Wiess to Address South End Gathering at Jefferson JEFFERSON A republican rally will be held in the Ma sonic ljall in Jefferson Monday, October 24, at S p.m. All repub lican state and county candidates have been invited to be present. Stewart " Wiess, ex-Multnomah county central committee chair man, and past assistant attorney general, will speak. Max Page of Salem will speak for C. A. Sprague, who cannot be present. There will .also be group sing ing, and other special musical numbers by local talent. Lewis Judson, county chairman, of Sa lem, will preside at the meet ing. The public is invited. ; Mrs. W. L. Cobb spent Wed nesday in Salem with her son-in-la and daughter, , Mr. and Mrs Oswald Pendergraft; assisting in caring for her grandson, Bobby Pendergraft, . who is ill with rheumatic fever. Henions Buy Tract Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Henion have purchased a- 10 -acre tract of land in the Looney Butte dis trict, from J. G. Fontaine, and have moved there. Their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Philip VanValkenburg, will also live on the place. The late Mrs. J. A. Kizer, 75. who died October 12, at her home near Bend, was an aunt, of Mrs. John Henderson of Jef ferson. The deceased also lived here for a time after coming west from Tennessee in 1903. Funeral services were held Sat urday in the Albany Christian church. Neighboring Folk Chamber's Guests DALLAS The first dinner meeting this fall of the Dallas chamber of commerce was held Wednesday night in the chamber of commerce rooms In the city hall with a large delegation from Independence as guests : During the evening a trophy was presented to the local cham ber of commerce by Dean Walk er of Independence for an award for a float entered by Dallas in the Hop Fiesta parade. The Dal las entry took first place in the municipal division. The trophy was presented to A. J. Inglis. representing the board of direc tors . John Black of Independence presented Miss Gladys Rogers of Oak Point who played several selections on the vibra-harp, ac companied by her brother Elton at the piano. W. V. Fuller of Dallas gave a reading. Short talks were given ' by several of the guests present. ' ; Delegates Named To Women's Meet TALBOT Mrs. John Jones and Miss Thelma Gunn were Joint hostesses to the Talbot Women's club Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. N. S. Nane. . Mrs. John. Zehner, vice-president," pre sided. ;. . . Delegates appointed to attend the Marion County Federation for women's clubs at Stayton, Octo ber 28, are Mrs. John Zehner,' Mrs. Frank Holonbek, Mrs. Richard King, Mrs. James Grizzle and Mrs. Gilbert Belknap. , ' , Mrs. Zehner furnished a game for special feature with the prize won by Mrs. RIctard King. Plans were made to do Quilting during the club's spare time. Refresh ments were served during the tea honr. ; . '-''. Carnival Ready MILL CITY Final prepara tions . have been made for the big all-school carnival here. A short program will be presented In the auditorium before , t h e carnival festivities, wth 5 Mss Fletcher and Miss . Sheythe in charge. . ; ; ' The queen contest will be de cided at the carnival, with . the coronation set -for 10:30 p.m. f Lutherans Going To Grcuit Event j i " " !. Qirislening Services for 3 ' Babies Slated Sunday at Silverton SDL.VERTON A number of Silverton Lutherans intend to mo tor to Can by Sunday morning to attend the opening services of the Oregon. Circuit convention of the Lutheran church of America at 11 o'clock at the call of Rev. N. J. A ad land. RL Rev. H. L. Foss, president of the Pacific Lutheran district will conduct the opening service. He is in Minneapolis this week andt is expected back Satur daj night. , Silverton folk appearing on the three-day convention program are Mrsi Stanley Swanson and Max Holland of - Silverton in a vocal duet Monday evening; Rev.. J. M. Jenson and Rev. M. J. K. Fuhr Tuesday morning and Tuesday afternoon. SILVERTON The Infant daughter, Melva Marie, of Rev and; Mrs. J. K. Fuhr will be christ ened at Trinity church Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock service Coming down . from Everett, to serve as sponsors for the occasion will be a brother-in-law, two sis ters of Rev. Fuhr, and a nephew, Mrs. R. D. Alverson, and son Ted, and Dr. and Mrs. K. J. Kobber vig. It is expected that the Infants of Mr. and Mrs. Selmer Ness (Sel ma Evens) of Silverton and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Holman (Mable Evens) of Salem will also be christened at the service. SILVERTON Members of the Men's "99" classes of Chris tian churches will hold their Wil lamette valley district meeting at Silverton Monday nighfat the lo cal Christian church. A 6:30 sup per will be followed by a rally program. Guests are expected to be pres ent from all Christian churches in the valley. White in Hospital SCIO C. E. White is in a Salem hospital for treatment for Injuries to his spine sustained several weeks ago while working in the timber east of Scio. Recent serious developments changed an apparently convalescent case to an adverse condition. V . 'If Topi tJO -co otel ,1 0O AT 430 NORTH COMMERCIAL STREET -.-- --i.-'.' V e? ,r ' Os'r-V I- . r-.t';'. iv 't-v ... .. No longer will earth tremors in Oregon or in surrounding states go unhonored and unsung since the build ing and installation at Oregon' State college of the first seismograph in Oregon. Long a dream and "spare-time project" of the physics department of the school of science, the seismograph has finally been put into operation, thanks to the early work of H. R. Vinyard, instructor In physic, and the later work of W. H. Moore and Miss Chung Kwal Lui, graduate assistants. A seismograph works on the principle of having a fine beam of light focused on sensitized photographic paper mounted on moving drums. The drums shown in the picture with Moore record the horizontal earth movements, both "east and west and north and south. School Budget up For Vote Monday TURNER The annual school budget meeting for school Dis trict No. 79 will be held Monday,- at 8 p.m. at the Turner school auditorium. Funeral . services were held Wednesday morning at the W. T. Rigdon company chapel for Loyd E. Hilleary. He was buried at the Twin Oaks cemetery; Tur ner. Mr. Hilleary, who was born on the well known Hilleary place and has lived there most of his life, is the last direct descendant of an old pioneer family. He leaves only his niece Dorothy H. Pieser of Albany and his sister-in-law. Avis Hilleary Losher. of Albany. Following the regular Rebekah lodge meeting Wednesday night, a mask Hallowe'en party was held. The hall was decorated in appropriate fashion. ret cX 1 "v at - .a SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED PRICES TV7 iranger s .News MACLEAY The members of the Grange ' Home Economics club were entertained by Mrs. L H. White Tuesday afternoon at the grange hall. During the business meeting at which. Mrs. Albert Mader, vice president, presided, plans for the comjjtg year's work were made. Mrs. deo Barry Lee was hon ored with a miscellaneous shower. Visitors present were Mrs. Orrin Prunk, Mrs. Lewis McCallister, Mrs. Clara Condit, and Mrs. J. Sherman. Parent-Teachers Group Will Be Organized 27th OAK RIDGE Following a preliminary meeting this week, decision .was reached to organize a Parent-Teachers association for this district, and a meeting for that purpose will be held at the scboolhouse next Thursday after noon at 3:30 o'clock. All inter ested persons are urged to attend. D Hero's Big News! - CHEVR0L1 PRICES REDUCE some models as much as See this marvelous new Chevrolet for 1939 The highest quality motor ear ever offered in the entire history of low-cost motoring with all these sen sational, new features making it the outstanding car for all-round satis faction as well as the biggest buy in motordom. SEE ITDRIVE IT TODAY! BUY A CHEVROLET AND BE SATISFIED. mm m mm", Again More Quality vl Aumsville Youth Is Nyssa Engineer AUMSVILLE George' Towle. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Towle, is the engineer who has been in charge of 1 installing the machinery in the project recent ly described "in an editorial in The Statesman, referring to the enterprising spirit of the people of Nyssa: Towle was graduated from the local high school in 1931, and from Oregon State col lege in 1935, completing a course in engineering and . then holding positions in Silverton and Portland prior to doing the work at Nyssa. Word has been received here by relatives of a narrow escape from serious Injury- to Robert Mountain of this place, who is working at Moro. While driv ing down the Rufus hill he was crowded off the highway and into a deep dith. He escaped with only slight Injury but his car was damaged extensively. 7o m. nr. i AM :4e f I ;t Ingemans' Cases Are Transferred Geo. Johnsons Parents of Twin Sons; Second in His Family SILVERTON The justice court cases charging J. H. Inge man and K. C. Ingeman with har boring dogs without licenses were transferred from the Silverton court to that of Mt. Angel. The Jury trial of E. S. Bucklin charged with .defrauding an inn keeper was not completed as the three-man jury composed of Panl Johnson. C. J. Cooiey and E. R. Adams could not agree. George Manolies was private prosecutor. SILVERTON That twins run. In families is the firm belief of George -Johnson. Mr. -and Mrs. Johnson are announcing the oirth of twin sons at the Silverton hos-. pital October 18. A brother and sister-in-law of Mr. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson have twin sons, now over, a year old. The Johnson twins are, the second born at the Silverton hospital in less than six months. The Spauer twins of Mt. Anget werw born here early in the sum mer. . . SILVERTON Friends of Mrs.' A. L. V.. Smith will attend the - neral of her father. Byron S." Rich Saturday at 1:30 from Clongh-Barrick at Salem. Rev. A. P. Layton of Jeffecson will effi-: date. Mr. Rice died Tuesday at the Salem reneral hospital. Other survivors include the widow; r son. Dr. II. C. Rice- of ( Hibbing, Minn.; two daughters', Mrs. Norman Barrie of Salem and Mrs. Carol Renner of West Lina. Hunters From Talbot Have Different Ideas On Where Deer Found TALBOT N. S. Nave is slowly improving from a recent eye op eration. He is not able to be out and around yet. D. E. Blinston and George Mar latt will leave Friday night for a hunting trip in the Alsea area.' Nelson Gilmour and Frank Hol onbek are leaving Thursday on a hunting trip to eastern Oregon. Laurence Finlay and Eugene Fin lay, also " left early Thursday for eastern Oregon hunting. !7 . ,J-VS FAMOUS VALVE-IN-HEAD SIX of Pom ZT &t - Ok --or J-s5 e 0 or 71; PHONE 3183 i