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PAG2 TEH WTk OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Orejcn, Wednesday Monrfn, September 9, 1939 Church Groun Germany, Strengthens Russian Friendship Riches Funeral Germans Say Retreatin g Poles Burn Buildings Services Held 5 Names Officers Gertruth Rehfeld to Head Christian Endeavor at I Jefferson JEFFERSON-! At a recent busi ness meeting of the Erangellcal Christian Endeavor society, the following new officers were elect ed: President, Miss Gertruth Rehfeld; rice president, r Harold Schnell; secretary-treasurer. Miss Helen Hint. Chairman of the var ious committees were named as follows: Worship, - John Kihs; serrlce, Miss Helen Kihs; Infor mation, Orrille Rehfeld; reere- uuu, Aim juj. nenieia; pianist, Lawrence Rehfeld.- : . ; f " ; Miss Myrtle Myers returned Friday 'from a week spent in Portland visiting relatives. , . . Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Jones and family moved to Salem the first of this week, where Mr. Jones will be nearer his work. . Mr. and Mrs. John Henderson left Saturday night for Oakland for a visit at the home, of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Goin, former Jeffer . son residents. Sunday the group enjoyed a trip to Crater lake. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Hutchlngs and daughters Sara Margaret and Martha Jane left for Newport Monday afternoon, , where Mr. Hatchings is employed with the state highway paint crew. They pun to remain until Saturday. smith returned Saturday - from - Portland where she spent the week visiting at the home of her aunt, Mrs. C. A. Harmon. Her uncle, Richard Lane, accompanied her to Jefferson for a visit. , Mr. and Mrs. Reed Thacker ar rived from Pocatello. Idaho Snn. day for a visit at the home of Mrs. Thacker's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.! Charles McKee. . Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lynes left Tuesday for a motor trip through central Oregon. .. Klamath Minister Visits Fox Valley POX VALLEY.- Mr. and Mra Arthur C. Bates of Klamath Falls -visited Saturday at the J. H. Johnston home. They have spent 1 1 ' - - ' V r f- ' ff .- .r 1 1 Yf v, - ' ; tf ''""la"'.;'' ' . ... While France and Britain brakn rtfnlnm.H. wlafin... wfc. .u-- , - . . umiMBi ura ulu Bucjiuicum i La iria- tloms with the. soviet by giving rousing welcome to Alexander Schwarkarzev (extreme left), new Russian ambassador, when he arrived at Berlin. The soviet diplomat presents his credentials through a Interpreter while Fuehrer Adolf Hitler (extreme right) and Chler of Protocal Von Doernberg (next to Hitler) listen. , the past four weeks on a vaca tion which took them to Seaside, then to Canada and later to Turn er, where Mr. Bates attended the Christian church men's 99 class conferences. He Is closing his seventh year as pastor of the First Christian church of Klam ath Falls, of which he Is continu ing as pastor. He will also assist Rev. Lyman In holding a meet ing early In ov ember at the Court street Chrlsian church In Salem. - Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Chis man spent the Labor day vaca tion with Mrs. Crisman's rela tives near Portland. RALLY CANCELLED. STATTON. Sent. 4. The fit&v- ton Townsend clnb rallv sched uled for September 19 has been cancelled on the account of con flicting dates of the Slayter fam ily, who were to furnish the pro ffram. Tha resrnlar meeting of the Townsend club was held In the StavtOB eit-r- hall Tneariav night. Clan Reunion Held Sunday Irvine -daggett Family Meets at Keizer, 60 Present , KEIZER Mr. and Mrs. Arch Claggett entertained CO members of the Irvlne-Claggett clan at their annual meeting Sunday," Septem ber 2, at their home In Keizer. -Mrs. Frank Chambers presided and as clan historian gave a his tory of the clan which she traced back to 1490. The clan authorized Mrs. Chambers to have her find ings of the, Irvlne-Claggett and South families put into book form. Officers elected for the ensuing year include: president," Mrs. R. E. Helm, Falls City; vice-presi dent, Mrs.. Frieda Elder, Eugene; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Clara Ir vine Hembree, Portland. : Oldest person present was Sam B. Irvine, born in Pike county, Missouri," in 1847. He crossed the plains with his parents in a cov ered wagon In 1852. i The youngest present was Mar lyn Wlglesworth, Portland, aged g months. Senator and Mrs.; Charles Me Nary were among the guests and extended an invitation to the clan to convene at Fir Cone next year. Fox Valley Folks Have Dinner Guests FOX VALLEY. Sunday dinner guests at the J. H. Johnston home were Mr. and rMs. Clair Humphreys and Betty and Leland of Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M. ' Johnston and Mr. and Mrs. 3 UP). H. Johnston, ajl of Fox, Valley. The Marvin Berry family of Friends Pay Last Respects : to! Silverton Pioneer - Who Died Sunday I SILVERTON Sons and dangh ters of pioneers, fellow lodge members and friends packed the Larson & Son chapel Tuesday af ternoon to pay last respects to J. H. Riches, one of Silverton's oldest mauve sons who died Bun day afternoon at' the Silverton hospitalRev. Frank, Zook offici ated. Pall bearers were Lou Da venport, John. Gehrke, Elmer King, 1 Charles Meyers, s. Teg land and Roy Skaife. -In charge of . concluding ser vices at Mt. Crest Abbey mauso leum. : at Salem, .were George Busch I and George Christensen of he Odd Fellow lodge of which Riches had been a member for over 50 years. Riches was born on the old family: land donation claim, the son of George P. S. Riches and Mary Watkins Riches. As a young man be followed the blacksmith trade In Centerville and Joseph In . Oregon and In Colfax, Wash ington. Later when he returned to. the Willamette valley he was in business at Molalla before coming to - Silverton, where he was associated with A. G. Steel hammer. He worked In the field until a week before he was taken to the Silverton hospital a few days before his 81st birthday on Au gust 1. He was there until he died. Riches was a "charter member of the Odd Fellows lodge and Re bekahs. He was also a member of the Woodmen of the World and was known throughout the valley as an old-time fiddler. Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Eda Woldfard Riches; a brother, Charles Riches, who lives on the old Riches land claim; three sis ters, Mrs. Sarah Adamson, Mrs.. MacMulkey and Mrs. Charles Giv en all of Silverton. Holley, were week-end visitors at the G. A. Berry home here and with Mrs. Berry's father In Lyons. V 1 . 4- f i i i V VI ?.:'....!?'. '.$'. r.:x i - --- ---mlM This burning home, somewhere on the Silesian front in the Polish-tierman frontier area, was set afire by Polish troops, German sources said, as they left the town ahead of the German advance. Pictara radioed from Berlin to New York. . i Lions to Sponsor Gvic Movements Stayton Group Will Help Bicycle Safety Cause, High School Band STAYTON. The Stayton Lions club voted to sponsor two new movements at its last regular meeting. It was decided to sponsor a bicycle safety movement In co operation with the city council, the high school and the Boy Scouts, and to cooperate with the superintendent of schools, Robert R. Wakefield, In the organiza tion of a high school band. Mayor W. A. Weddle had met with Secretary of State Earl Snell on the . subject of bicqcle Bafety and Snell promised to come and talk to the bicycle riders. Mayor Weddle sugegsted a bicycle edu- tlonal program for all cycle riders in meetings to be held at the high school. Professor Wakefield outlined his pains for the organization of a high school band this year, and the club voted to start the movement. Grant Murphy spoke In favor of the Lions . club assisting In any way possible the organiza tion of the band. Wolf Recovering From Ladder Fall KEIZER F. E. Wolf, who fell from a ladder while picking peach es at the H. W. Bowden orchard recently Is recovering slowly from a fractured rib and Injured liver. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd K. Kester and sons Gene and Ralph were weekend guests at the Thompson home, returning to Portland on Tuesday after, atending the state iair Aionaay, Anna Sticka Dies At Scio Tuesday SCIO Mrs. Anna Sticka, 85, died at the home of her daugh ter Mrs. J. F. Wesely of Scio, Tuesday morning after Eeveral weeks illness. The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday morn ing at the Catholic church at Scio, with Father Simon Browoski ol Jordan officiating. N. C. Low mortuary of Lebanon i3 in charge of arrangements. She: was born in Czechoslovakia May 7, 1854, and came to the United States in 1866. She lived in Minnesota until coming to Ore gon in 1904. Her husband died 20 years ago. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. J. F. Wesely of Scio, Mrs. Charles S o u k u d of Red land, Wash.; Mrs. Vincent Shafranek, Letcher, South Dakota, and Mra, Adolph Jorgensen, Auburn, Wash. Eighteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren also surrive. S"aaaaaaMMaaMMMMM,,,,,WM,,M,MwlMaMMMMMMi . .. P"Qvw , B1Q OUt HI 1 . . . . . ' "'I tl - . . . Oregon EDaily to Hnfiorm Salem o the Greatest News Event off This Generation . THE HEADLINE: u ENGLAND AGAIN ST FRANCE DECLARES GERMANY; FOLLOWING September 3, 1939. ...Neivspaiper to Provide Salem tvith Kfews o Mtlers Hnvasion 62 Poland, Annexiing o5 EDanzig an- PoMsh THE HEADLINE: ' Reichstaar . I 1 V - 1 1 1 V S I : . , its nm uKm&N -s ar is Waged; . Hears Hitler, Annexes Danzig September 1, 1939. TJdt"JDjpapGir aim Satloan ft brt tSap reatest IQ)ijplomatac StvoZse-- Ssa;,MloQleirBa' : DilSstory .' . . Sign -Non-War ; Treaty Angust 24, 1939. The Oregon States- i i man was the FIRST i ! newspaper in the SALEM AREA to 'break' these hist- j ) oric stories, with a late (2 a.m.) press hour, The States man is best situ- ated to provide its i readers 1 with the i most complete stories of major i news events hours ahead of any other Willamette Valley paper. TATESMAN for Neivs
