The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morninx, August 1, 1939
Luke to Lead
Hop Crowning
Portland Florist to Act
'I as Master Ceremonies ;
for Independence n
i. INDEPENDENCE To m m y
Lake,' well known Portland flor
ist, hat been chosen by the Fiesta
association to act as master of
ceremonies at the coronation on
August 24 when the queen of the
sixth Hop Fiesta will be crowned
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Plans tor the coronation cere
mony are the most elaborate ever
made, according to Mrs. W. F.
Berry, who is in charge. The
throne of the queen will be built
of modernistic design and flowers
and colored lights are expected to
transform the recently improred
Hop Bowl grounds into a fairy
land. Past ceremonies are reputed
to rival the most beautiful in
Oregon.
f- More "Queens" Enter
Eleven candidates are now in
the contest to elect a queen and
royal court for the Hop Fiesta.
i Latest to enter the contest are
Miss Glenqa Macomber, 17, of
Independence ' and Miss Betty
Toler, 20, of Salem. Miss Macom
ber, prominent in sports and presi
dent of the girls' athletic club of
Independence high school this past
year, is being sponsored by the
Mellow Moon Skating club of West
Salem, of which she is a member.
Miss Toler is sponsored by the
Oregon School "of Beauty Culture
at Salem. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Toler of route
3. Salem, and a graduate of Salem
high school.
Others in the contest are Martha
Jean Kurre of Dallas, Elsie Bowler
of Independence. June Brooks fo
Independence; Marian Cannon of
Monmouth, Berdell Kathryn Wade
of Salem; Rose Margaret Miller of
Salem, Ramona DeLashmutt of
Monmouth; Yvonne Kerr of Su
Ter; Helen Hanna of Portland.
Weather Affects
; Crops in Varied
Manners, Report
NORTH HOWELL Grain har-
j rest Is moving swiftly with very
I good yields on most farms.
Winter wheat has averaged
around 60 bushels an acre and
: even all spring sown grain seems
: well filled in spite of adverse
I weather conditions,
f Hot weather has affected the
late cane fruit, especially ever-
green blackberries, and has spoll
Jed all the after picking of logans
'and boysenberries. There is some
1 demand for evergreens and a buy
1 er called on growers last week.
. Onion buyers are also in the
field looking over crops and pos
sible yields without offering a
very attractive price.- -
As 105 Couples Said "I Do" at Mass Ceremony
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General view of-scene of dim marriage la Montreal
Here is the scene in the baseball park at Montreal,
Canada, as 105 Catholic couples were married at a
mass ceremony. The ceremony was designed to
offset "the unfavorable publicity marriage ia get
ting from the world's divorce courts." Following
the ceremony, nearly 200 persons suffering from
ailments resulting from heat and exertion, many
receiving hospital treatments.
Salem Redhead
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Hiss Phyllis McPherson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. McPher-
son, 1317 Market StM Salem,
charming and pretty who is one
of Salem's entries in the con
test to elect a royal court to rule
over the ninth annual Redhead
Roundup, August 5 and 0 at
Taft. Miss McPherson Is co-
sponsored for royal honors by
Marr'a Grocery and Jim's Shoe
Repair shop. (Jesten-Miller
photo.) ;
Lebanon to Have
Program Curtailed
New WPA Ruling Prompts
Cutting Down Upon
Recreation Sked
LEBANO N According to a
new rule governing WPA recrea
tional programs, F. A. Sikes, Roy
Clark, Mrs. Mary Mills and Keith
Guyton, have been laid off in Leb
anon which, according to Supervi
sor Jack Woodard will curtail the
work and necessitate elimination
of recreational activities of junior
high pupils.
Mrs. Ed Calahan on a recent
visit to Kansas bought a beauti
ful quilt top from an elderly lady
who toott the pattern from a lino
leum floral basket design show
ing a different .flower arrange
ment in each basket. The three
quilts made from this pattern are
the only ones in the world of that
design. Mrs. Calahan is finishing
the quilt.
Through the J. E. Estep agen
cy Mrs. I. V. Cozine has sold her
34-acre place in the Sal Lake
section to Frank Enyart, a Snow
Peak Logging company employe.
State Senator Douglas McKay
spoke before the Lions club
Thursday outlining the purpose of
dams and stream Improvements in
the project of flood control. In
the matter of the proposed dam at
Sweet Home, Mr. McKay thinks
the voice of the community will
prevail and the dam will probably
not be built at least not in the
present plans.
- Maurine Hopkins has returned
from a two month's vacation
which included visits In Honolulu
and to the San Francisco fair from
where she went to Hollywood for
several weeks.
Church Class
Is Entertained
i STATTON Mrs. H. J. Howe
entertained members of the Meth
odist Sunday school Friday at her
home. Games and refreshments
were enjoyed.
Present were: Melba, Nina and
Nelta Harold, Charles and Naomi
Morgan, Loel Wright, Jerry Boyer,
Billy Hewitt. Bernlce Raph, Doro
thy Palmateer. Betty Jo and
James Harris, Rev. and Mrs. Bruce
Groseclose, and Anna Mas Grose
close, Mrs. Elmer Boyer, Mrs. Joe
Harris, and Mrs. H. J. Rowe.
Granger's
News
Hot, Heavy Threshing Season Dinners?
Up -to -Date Farm Wife Streamlines It
SILVERTON Things have changed since the days
when ma saved pa the biggest piece of apple pie at the
threshing table and a courtship was begun. If the future
pa marries the restaurant waitress the future ma has only
herself to blame. The waitress is handing out the pie.
A group of men, bearing the unmistakable signs of a
O threshing crew filed through the
front dining room of a local res
taurant to the banquet room in
the rear this week. Polite diners
barely gazed. Curious ones asked
the proprietor it the threshers
were having a "labor meeting."
"Nothing of the kind," he
grinned. "Ma just got wise."
It seems that pa had been add
ing a lot of modern conveniences
In the way of hay forks, hay load
ers, tractors, and what-nots dur
ing the past half century, and
while ma did have electric wash
ing machines, mangles and such
gadgets to lighten her work,
there were still the huge thresh
ing dinners to be prepared for
20 or 30 desperately hungry men
on the hottest days of the year.
Gets Bright Idea
Seeing threshers all come in
cars gave ma an idea. Her table
need no longer groan. Town was
Just a few minutes away from the
fields. The telephone brought the
necessary arrangements about.
The restaurateur would be the
threshing crew cook. He found
it agreeable.
Investigation was made as tp
how It came. oat.
"Better," ma said. "No waste.
We don't have to eat leftovers
for a week and we don't worry
about running out of food. There's
nothing wasted. The threshing
season wasn't half bad this year,
Picnics
Silverton Park
Favorite Recreation .Spot
Overflow! With Large
' Events on Sunday-
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- SILVERTON Among thi lar
ger picnics atithe Silverton, park
Sunday were:
Honoring Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Plank of Molalla on their Slst
wedding anniversary, a number of
relatives arranged a dinner;: pres
ent were Mrs. Ruth Utter of
Berkeley, Calif., and Mrs. :: J. BL
Dlckerson of ' Indianapolis.; Ind..
daughters of the Planks, and Mrs.
Minnie Wood, Mrs. Walter Olden
burg, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Moore,
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Heise, Edith,
aU of Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
C. Heise of Portland, Mr. and
Mrs. L. S. Brannan and daugh
ter, Sara Jane of Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Plank were mar
ried at Eyotta, Minn., and have
lived In Oregon since 1901.!
Honor Cmlifornlan :
Miss Louise Lemon who is visit
ing here from California, was hon
ored at a picnic Sunday. Present
were Mrs. Florence Seely. Mrs.
Doris Stalling and Jean Ky, Jo
Grinde, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Nel
man, and Jackie Stewart, all of
Portland, and Mr. and Mrs. Ros
eoe Ames of Albany, Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Goetsr of Stevenson, Wash.,
Mr. and Mrs. LaMont Fry and
Gwendolyn Kay of Salem; Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Fry, Mr. and Mrs.
R. C. Jorgenson, and Ronald, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Grinde and Lee,
Mrs. Attle Lee, Miss Ella Grinde,
Mrs. Sam Ames, Mr. and Mrs. Re
ber Allen of Silverton and Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence' Kleen of Val
setz. -
Eight Legionnaires and their
families of Mt. Angel picnicked
at the Silverton park Sunday.
Honoring the late John T. Wal
lace who came to Oregon from
Iowa in 1902, a group of relatives
and friends gathered for a noon
picnic dinner at Silverton Sunday.
Present were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Main and Evelyn of Scio; Mr, and
Mrs. Ernest Brunk, Dale and Gor
don Brunk of Salem; Mr. and
Mrs. Al Reed of Salem; Mr. and
Mrs. John Wallace, Paul, Arthur,
Cloeise and Delores of Aurora;
Mrs. Koger Williams, Bobby and
Billy and Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Keith
and Phyllis of Portland.
It Took Four Years for This
BRUSH COLLEGE The home
economics club of Brush College
grange sorted and arranged grain
for the exhibit which the local
grange will have In its booth at
the Polk county fair this month,
at the July meeting in the Brush
College picnic grove. Mrs. Oliver
Whitney, president, presided at
the business session when the
group made plans for the booth.
A no-host luncheon was served
to Mrs. A. R. Ewing, Mrs. C. L.
Blodgett,' Mrs. Karl Harritt, Mrs,
Oliver Whitney, Betty Worthing
ton, Ruth Whitney,' Irene Cutler,
Margaret Ewing, Mrs. Charles
McCarter, Mrs. Hazel Ewing, Mrs.
John Schindler, Mrs. F. E. Wil
son and daughter Phyllis.
BRUSH COLLEGE Brush
College grange will hold a pic
nic supper in the community
grove at 7 p. m. Friday, with the
usual brief business session at
which F. E. Wilson, grange mas
ter, will preside.
NORTH HOWELL The reg
ular meeting of the North Howell
grange home economics club will
be held at the home of Mrs. Orton
Hllfiker near Salem on Thursday
Local grange members and
their families who attended the
Pomona grange picnic at Cham-
poeg Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
V. V. Van Brocklin. Mr. and Mrs.
M. A. Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Redding, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wies
ner. Mrs. Thomas Bump, Miss
Dorothy Bump, Miss Mary Lou
Wiesner, Alan Wiesner and Verne
Nash.
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RICKREALL Pictures were
shown by County Agent W. C.
Leth at the lectures program at
grange Friday nignt upon wua
life in various parts of the United
States. At the close of the meet
ing the group was entertained in
the garden at the H. A. Dempsey
home, where refreshments were
served by the hostess with Mrs
Lloyd Cooke and Mrs. J. B. Riney
a&sistine.
Two members, Claude Larsen
end Delbert Shelton were report'
ed quite ill from the heat. P. I.
Powell who organized the Rlck-
reall grange was also reported to
be critically ill at his home near
Monmouth.
RICKREALL Forty grangers
enjoyed a picnic dinner at the
Pence picnic ground Sunday. The
men's horseshoe contest contin
ties to Toe nip and tuck.
Sexton's Family
Take Isaac Home
ORCHARD HEIGHTS Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Sexton and family who
have lived on the South wick place
for several years have moved to
the Klngwood Heights road home
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Isaac.
Farmers will not have nearly
as many prunes as they expected
on account of such an extremely
heavy drop.
Harve Minter and boys are dig
ging bulbs for Mr. Franklin.
Larkin Grice, who has been ill
for some time, is much Improved.
Holidays Call
Rickreall Folk
RICKREALL Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Dempsey left Sunday on a
son Ralph, who is in the ; fores
service at Suttle Lake. '
, Misses Eliza and Nellie Ramsey
(i Walla Walla are here for sev
eral weeks visit with their sister,
Mrs. El V. Pence and other tela
Uvea. '
Honor Illinoisans
! On Stayton Visit
iSTAYTON Mr. and Mrs. B. A
Schaefer entertained recently hon
oring relatives from the east, who
were guests at their home.
'Breakfast was enjoyed, cooked
on the fireplace on the lawn of
their home. A lawn dinner was
served.
i Those present were the hon
ored guests: Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Quick and three children, Jean
Robert, and Marie from Tiskilwa
111., Mrs. Charles Caldwell of Gar
den City, Kan., and son and
daughter - In - law, Mr. and Mrs
Bud Caldwell, and their two sons
Charles and Darrell Caldwell of
III., Mrs. Rosa Bacbman, Prince
ton. 111., and daughter. Mrs. Ma
deline Kreitz of Portland: and
Mrs. R. W. Conn of Salem; and
Mrs. A. G. Streeter of Brooks.
Lebanon Musicians
Repay Eugene Visit
LEBANON Lebanon Muni
cipal band went to Eugene Fri
day night to give a concert di
rected by Wayne Gilfry.: This
waa return visit to the IOOF
band of Eugene which gave
splendid musical entertainment
in Lebanon last Friday night.
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Mr. mad Mrs. Edmund Euzanaki
After four years of struggle to get her into the United States,
Edmund Ruzanski, 45-year-old Detroit tire plant worker, happily
greets his pretty Russian wife, Tamara, as she finally arrives
from her native Russia. Ruzanski succeeded in getting his wife,
whom he married In Russia in 1934, to the U. S. only after enlist
ing the aid of virtually the entire state of Michigan and with a
petition to the U. 8. state department Tamara was permitted
to renounce her Soviet citizenship to join him.
House at Brooks
Burns to Ground
BROOKS Mr. and Mrs. George
Lowery and children Lois and
George, narrowly escaped with
their lives when their house
burned to the ground, at about
midnight Friday. All escaped in
their night clothes but they lost
everything else. There was no in
surance. Honoring the birthday anniver
sary of Earl Streeter, Mr. and Mrs.
A. G. Streeter entertained with a
dinner Sunday for Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Streeter and Zandra Streeter,
Mr. and Mrs. Boh Hunsaker of
Turner and Mr. and Mrs. D. L.
Woodward.
Duane Woodard has returned
from Lincoln, Neb., where he was
called two weeks ago by the death
of his mother.
Mrs. Meyer Leads
Three big Clans
Jones, McAlpins, Terhunes
Honor Oldest Member
at Silverton Park
SILVERTON Mrs. Harvey
Meyer of Salem was elected presi
dent and Mrs. Karl Haberly of
Silverton, secretary, of the Jones-
McAlpIn-Terhune flan at Its reg
ular picnic Sunday at the Silver
ton city park.
Special honor was accorded
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. McAlpin. ap
proximately 80 years of age. tvIio
drove from Roseville, Calif., to
attend the reunion. Mr. and Mrs.
Miles Neff of Tacoma were also
present.
A letter was read that had been
written in 1856 by Henry Mc
Alpin of Paige county, Iowa, to
his children In Oregon.
Present were Mr. and Mrs. Karl
Haberly, George Haberly, Phyllis
Haberly from Silverton; W. A.
Terhune, Roxana Gilbert, Mrs.
Florence Gilbert. Orla and Anna
Stimpson. E. May Jones, Calvin
Smith, Portland; Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Jones, Mrs. Al Savage, Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Savage, Jr., Iva
B. Nitchell, Donald. Alvin and
Ralph Ewing, Verne. Avis and
Edon Cannon. Mr. and Mrs. John
C. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Thompson, Alice Thompson. Lida
Thompson, Carolyn and Donna
Myer, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jones,
Salem: Lee and Ada Wells, Bev
erly Wells, Ruth Overholser of
Jefferson, Agnes J. Hoag and I. A.
Hoag of Monmouth, Dewey E. Mc.
Alpin and Myrtle M. McAlpin of
Eugene. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mc
Alpin of Roseville, Calif., Mr. and
Mrs. Mile3 Neff of Tacoma, Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Wilks and Wilfred
of Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Palmer and Eugenia Fricher Clin
ton of Albany, Dr. and Mrs. D. G.
Clark of Harrisburg.
Portlanders Cool off
GATES Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Bayley and daughters Mrs. Mickey
and Mrs. Dr. Brand of Portland
are spending this week at their
summer home on the North San
tiam. Mrs. N. J. Bradley, a resident of
Gates for many years but now of
North Bend, is spending several
days with the Ned Richards family.
Shipment of Peas
To Be Cover Crop
AURORA H. F. Zeigler and
sens are employing two crews f
20 men each working night and
day at their warehouse, putting
Hungarian peas through the
cleaners and sterilizers, sacking
and getting the peas ready for
shipment to Virginia, Georgia,
Louisiana and the Carolinas.
These peaa are used as a eover
crop, or fertilizer on cotton land.
On account of labor conditions
it is not decided how to ship. If
by boat, they will be hauled by
truck to Portland and loaded
the ships, and if by train will be
put aboard the train at Aurora.
Aurorans Return
From Long Trips
IAURORA Mrs. W. O. Fry ac
companied friends on a motor
trip across the United States from
Oregon to Maine, spent some time
atithe New York. fair, returned by
way of Quebec and then home
through Yellowstone park. She
said she saw no country that
looks as good to. her as the Wil
lamette valley.
Doctor B. F. Guy and family,
Miss Lotus and Mazine Giesy and
Forest Giesy returned Friday from
a motor trip to Anaheim, Calif.,
v ben they visited Mr. and Mrs.
Skinner, and spent sometime at
the San Francisco fair.
See Crater Lake
KEIZER Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Cole .and son- Howard returned
Sunday from a three day motor
trip to Crater Lake.
Howard Cole who la student
pastor at Kiowa. Kan., is attend
ing the University of Oklahoma,
at Enid. He has been visiting at
home for the past two months.
ENJOY BOAT TRIP
. ZENA Seven members of the
local Christian Endeavor group
Including Orretta and Violet Coo
per, Vernon Merrick, Ida Mae,
Verle and Pearl McKlnney and
Errol Harris had an enjoyable
trip recently to St Helens by
boat, then to Bonneville and
around the Mt. Hood loop.
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