The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, September 24, 1939
Dedicatory Program . 0 Jefferson Institute Site Is
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Today
Boulder Will
- Mark Academy
Was First Academic School
in Polk County; DAR
Arranges Event
1 DALLAS Of Interest to Polk
county residents Is the dedicatory
program which will be held Sun
day afternoon at the site of Jef
ferson Institute, the first academ
ic school established In this coun
ty. The school was located about
three miles east of Dallas.
The Polk county court has to
cured a large granite boulder to
mark the site of this pioneer
school and the Chemeketa chap
ter, DAR, is placing a bronte
marker on the boulder which will
contain a brief outline of the out
standing historic events which
took place there.
An interesting program for the
. occasion has been arranged by
Mrs. Blanche Eakln of Dallas and
includes: musical .numbers by
Dallas city band; greetings, Mrs.
Herbert Ostlind, regent of Che
meketa chapter, DAR; invocation,
Walter Duffr Jr.; focal duet,
James Leitch and Paul Launer;
address, Arthur Veazie of Port
land; Tocal duet, James Leitch
and Paul Launer; address, Oscar
Hayter of Dallas; dedication of
marker, Mrs. Ostlind; vocal duet
by, James Leitch and Paul Launer.
. Oscar Hayter, who is to speak
on the program, is a grandson of
Carey Embree, prominent Polk
county pioneer on whose land the
school was located. Arthur Veazie
of Portland, who is also to speak,
is a grandson of John Lyle, the
first teacher at the school.
Jefferson institute was built in
1845-46 and was a center of pio
neer .life. Both county and cir
cuit court convened there and
community church services were
held in the school.
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This modern high school building at Silverton will be used for the first time Monday morning when the
fall term of school opens.
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Children End Vacations, Go Back -To
School Throughout Valley; Some
Start Last Week, Others Tomorrow
SWEGLE The Swegle school will open Monday with
the same teaching staff as last year. Principal Ralph Nelson
comes back for his third year. Mrs. Emma Miller of Swegie
community will teach elementary grades and Miss Mary El
lent Mitchell of Boise, Idaho, wUl teach primary.
Nelson has spent most of the summer at his Woodburn
home, with a trip to San Francis
co fair and other points in Cali
fornia and southern Oregon. Mrs.
Miller has attended tho univer
sity at Eugene. Miss Mitchell has
attended the university at Boise.
As it was necessary to -occupy
the new building before it was!
finished, the -work of completing
the plumbing and drainage has
been finished this summer, with
a new electric pump and drinking
fountains. Landscaping will be
begun this fall.
Swegle community now has
one of the most modern school
buildings in Marion county, In its
class, it is believed.
, TURNER HAS 156
TURNER School opened Mon
day with good attendance con
sidering the continued seasonal
outside work. High school regis
tered 61. Half are freshmen, with
12 more students coming Mondcy.
Elementary enrollment totals
95 and is expected to be above
100 next week.
Virgil Scott heads the school
for his second year. Mrs. Edna
B. Allen of Jefferson and Miss
Gertrude Roenicke of Salem are
each entering their fourth year
and Orva Nickula his second year
Mrs. Blanche Williams heads the
grade school for her sixth year.
Mrs. Barbara B. Lovick, a recent
eastern teacher, will have the
fifth and sixth grades, Miss Doro
thy Dental of Auroro, third and
fourth grades, and. Mrs. Ethel
Sundlie, Salem, will have the pri
mary work. Mrs. Lovick wUl han
dle the grade music.
The PTA is sponsoring a re
ception tor the teachers Friday
night, September 29, at the school
auditorium. The PTA will hold
Its first meeting of the school
year the second Monday night in
October.
Berkeley, Calif., and attended the
exposition. L. A. Moore, instructor
in manual arts, with Mrs. Moore
spent most of the summer im
proving their homo here. They
took several short motor trips.
Clay Egelston, science instruc
tor and coach, with Mrs. Egel
ston, has just returned from a
week's stay at Seaview, Wash.,
and a trip to Roseville, Calif.
Principal Thompson was an in
structor during the . summer at
a boys camp at Spirit Lake. Mrs.
Thompson and their five children
also spent a month camped there.
70 EXROLLKD AT JEFFERSON
JEFFERSON Seventy 8 1 u
dents had enrolled in the Jeffer
son high school at the close of
school- Tuesday. It is expected
that the enrollment will reach the
100 mark this week, as so many of
the boys and girls were employed
in the prune and hop yards last
week.
Number of pupils In the var
ious grades total 163. In the first
grade there are 17 pupils; sec
ond grade. 23; third, 23; fourth,
17; fifth, 17; sixth, 14; seventh.
32; and eighth, 18. The enroll
ment is a little lower than last
year. The eighth grade classes
meet in the annex and two classes
in teginning woodwork are also
in this building. The equipment
for the woodwork classes is just
arriving.
The various parent - teachers'
association committees meet
Thursday night in the school
building to plan activities for the
association this year. Miss Doris
Beight, Miss Josephine GetchelL
Mrs. Gilbert Looney and E. A.
Jenson will meet with these com
mittees. '
MOX3IOUTH RENTS BOOKS
MONMOUTH Monmouth high
school will again offer students
the textbook rental system which
was used by more than 90 per
cent last year. Prinicpal M. A.
Thompson expects a slight in
crease in high school attendance.
A new bus route has been added,
and new bus bought. The new
route extends into the Suver dis
trict. H..F. Coney is tho driver.
On ' the Lewisville route, Fred
Scholl will replace Laird Linde
man as bus driver. Preston Green
will again have the Falrview
route.
The faculty of the high school
is unchanged except in the de
partment of domestic science and
art. Miss Doris Simonds of Bon
ners Ferry, Idaho, replaces Miss
Marjorie Nash, who resigned to
be married. Miss Simonds, wao
holds a degree from Oregon State
college, taught in Alsea high
school last year. While attending
OSC she was a delegate to the
American-Japanese student con
ference in Tokyo, Japan.
Miss Edith Clark returns to the
department of languages. She
spent part of her summer at the
Oregon beaches.. J. C. Blevins,
commercial Instructor, with Mrs.
Blevins visited his brother in
GRAND ISLAND HAS 83
GRAND ISLAND The grade
school opened Monday with a to
tal enrollment of 33 students, 12
in the upper room and 21 in the
primary room.
Children in the first grade in
clude Esther Culp, Joyce Tomp
kins and Sammy Rorabaugh. The
teachers are Mrs. Grace Duren,
principal, and her daughter, Mrs.
Ruth Stephens, primary instruc
tor.
High school students in the dis
trict began their studies Monday
at the Amity high school. Stu
dents entering as freshmen this
year include Phyllis Mandlgo,
Wanda and Harold Chandler and
Harold Culp.
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SILVERTON Almost 4000
Tisitors trecked through the new
1150,000 senior high school Fri
day night at its first open house
to the public.
O. E. Lee, chairman of the
school board and his associates
were present to greet the Tisitors.
H. W. Adams and the high school
teaching force were also about, in
many instances the teachers were
in their rooms explaining the
workings of their departments and
giving the parents an opportunity
to meet them in person.
Flowers, gifts from the vari
ous business houses and service
clubs about town, were very much
in evidence. Visitors were not
from Silverton alone but from Sa
lem, Woodburn, Mt. Angel, Mol
alla, Scotts Mills and Stayton, as
well as many of the rural com
munities.
AT HOSPITAL
SILVERTON Mac Mulkey is
at the Silverton hospital for med
ical observation. He will be there
for several days.
George Purdue is also being
treated at the local hospital.
Miss Erma Johnstone of Salem,
who submitted to a major oper
ation Sunday night, is reported
as getting along as well as could
be expected.
Silverton Will
Prepare Budget
Committee Will Formulate
Preliminary Draft
Monday Night
8ILVERTON Silverton's bud
get committee will hold its first
meeting Monday night at the city
hall. A preliminary draft will be
prepared to be completed at sub
sequent meetings. When finally
completed (he budget will be sub
mitted to the city for acceptance
or rejection. Serving on the com
mittee are Earl Garver, Earl Ad
ams, Robert Duncan, Dr. C. R.
Wilson, Norris Ames, and Tom
Anderson. The city common coun
cil will meet' with the committee.
Mayor Zetta Schlador was one
of the Silverton hunters to Join
the crowd Wednesday. Mayor
Schlador chose her spot in the
Toledo country where her hus
band, C. J. Schlador, is associat
ed with the Trt-C camp. She will
return early in the week.
Dr. P. A. Loar, president of
Silverton's planning council, will
be guest speaker at the Stayton
Lions club Tuesday, night. Dr.
Loar will speak on the work of
the local planning council.
V. V. Ernston has resigned as
superintendent of the Silverton
Canning company to accept a po
sition as head of the business
school at Walla Walla college in
Washington. The Ernstons came
to Silverton three years ago from
Portland.
John Porter, president of Sil
verton's common council, Is re
ported greatly improved at his
home on South Water street. Por
ter had been critically ill for six
weeks but has been improving the
past two weeks.
GOES HUNTING
LINCOLN W. R. Edwards
and his cousin, Claude Edwards,
of Roberts, left Tuesday morning
on a deer hunting trip to Prine
ville. Roy Hammer, another Lin
coln man, left this week for a
hunting trip on the John Day.
College Rector
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Rev. James Koesftler, OSU, new
rector of Mt. Angel college and
preparatory- school which
opened classes Wednesday.
Lebanon Legion
Has Installation
LEBANON Santiam post 51,
American Legion and auxiliary,
held their first regular meeting of
the season Tuesday night at the
American Legion hall. Installa
tion of new officers was held.
Mrs. Sylvia Southard, district
chairman. Installed the new auxil
iary officers including:
President, Pearl Ramsey; first
vice, Lottie Simons; second vice,
Martha Ensley; secretary, Velma
Boblken; treasurer, Alvena Mich
elson; historian, Grace Lawrence;
chaplain, Margaret Groves; ser
geant at arms, Bado Zimbrick;
color bearer, Dorothy McKinney.
Post officers were installed by
Department Vice Commander
Ralph Hargett as follows:
Commander, O. M. Stevenson;
first vice, P- T. Tweed; second
vice, Ralph Wier; third vice, Art
Wilson; adjutant, Glen Wallace;
service officer, Ralph Hargett; fi
nance officer, Ray Downing; chap
lain Milton Coe; sergeant at arms,
Henry Bohlken; historian, Dave
stritmater.
Mt. Angel Has
More Students
20 Per Cent Enrollment
Increase Shown Over
Last Year
MT. ANGEL Pre-nursiflg
courses, Bhowing a 45 per cent
gain in enrollment, topped in
creases in all departments at Mt.
Angel normal and college it was
disclosed Wednesday, when final
registration figures were re
leased. All other departments reg
istered a 20 per cent Increase over
lastear. . !
Following the arrival on the
campus of students on Tuesday,
which was the final registration
day, the 1939-40 school year was
reverently inaugurated Wednes
day with a high mass sung by
Rev. Vincent Koppert, OSB, PhD,
dean.
Records show that California,
particularly the Los Angeles area.
Washington, Idaho, Montana, the
middle states and all sections. of
Oregon are represented in the stu
dent body. Day. students in large
number are registered mainly
from the Silverton, Woodburn.
and Mt. -Angel communities.
Will Elect
Opal Bolme, Silverton, presi
dent of the student body, states
that the election of a vice-president,
secretary, treasurer, and
sergeant-at-arms will, be an
nounced soon and has already be
gun plans for the welcoming of
freshman women.
Mt. Angel academy also an
nounces a recordi enrollment.
Election of student body officers
will take place within the next
few weeks according to Florence
Greiner, Condon, president.
Rev. James Koessler, OSB, pop
ular with the students as profes
sor and athletic director, is the
new rector of the college and high
school. Also a favorite with the
boys is the recently appointed
seminary head, Rev. Damian
Jentges, OSB
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Hazel Green Has
Special Meetin
HAZEL GREEN A special
school board meeting has been
called for Tuesday night at 8
o'clock to make arrangements (or
another school room and hiring
another teacher.
When school opened Friday
there were too many students
for the two teachers to handle
Seventy-four enrolled and more
are expected. The increase $ due
to many new families havi
moved into the community.
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Woodburn Rotary
Hears Coach Talk
WOODBURN The Woodburn
Rotary ' club held Its regular
weekly ; luncheon Thursday noon
at the Woodburn hotel. Visitors
for the dinner were Earl House
weart, local nurseryman, Ivan
Beers, local druggist. Bob Reno,
president of the student body of
Woodburn high school and an
outstanding member of this year's
football team, and Hal ChapmaD,
high school coach who also was
the speaker of the day and gave
information regarding prospects
of this year's football team.
A new member was taken into
the club, Kilian Smith of the P.
N. Smith Furniture company. The
aims and objects of the Rotary
club were announced for the com
ing year and mimeographed copies
were presented to each member by
the president, Burton Willeford.
The aims and objects include:
support; of the Boys' Builders
club and of the Woodburn Boy
Scouts; sponsorship of a Christ
mas lighting contest for the sec
ond year; sponsorship of wheel
chair, two chairs are now in use
and a third i3 to be purchased ami
put in use soon; sponsorship of
the pet parade for the Wood- ,
burn fair; sponsorship of regula
tion of bicycle traffic and park
ing; extension of Rotary mem
bership;; sponsorship of athletic
trophy award; Christmas fund for
poor and needy; sponsorship of
new concrete tennis court in the
city park.
GATES HAS 80
GATES The Gates school has
enrolled a total of 89 pupils, 25
are high school students.
Jack Irvin as principal has
charge of the coaching. Miss Mar
garet Miller, assistant high school
teacher, has the seventh and
eighth grade arithmetic classes.
physical education and dramatics
for the school. Carl Reid has
charge of seventh and eighth
grade physical education and
English. Mrs. Vivian Hoenlg
teaches fourth, fifth and sixth
grades. Mrs. Irene Burgess has
the primary, first, second and
third grades. She also has the
music for the school and the girls'
glee club.
LAKE LABISn
LAKE LABISH Lake Lablsh
school district 102 will open Sep
tember 25 with Miss Josephine
Cornoyer as teacher.
TJNIONVALE HAS 87
UNIONVALE The Dnionvale
school opened Monday, September
18, with 37 students enrolled, 10
of them were in lower grades.
Ray Hibbs was the only beginner.
Clifford Rich is tho principal and
Mrs. J. P. Doughty primary teach
er.
46 AT NORTH HOWELL
imuhth Huwjsias Total en
rollment for North Howell school
so far this term is 4( pupils.
Twenty-seven are in the primary
room and 19 in the upper grades.
First grade members are Donna
Hagan, Janice Jackson, Nellie Mc
nwain, Edward Pfau, Donald
Dunn, Alan Schmidt, Marvin
Schirman, Nettie Alger and Rob
ert Ebner.
18 AT SILVER CUFF
r biuv jdh. kzuwv School op
ened here Monday with 18 en
rolled. Included are two sets of
twins, Dorothy and Donald Brew
ery Marie and Robert Charnlllox.
Mrs. Iris Cheney Thorklldson
oi Silverton Is the teacher.
HOPEWELL STARTS
HOPEWELL The Hopewell
school started Monday with 24
students enrolled, 12 In upper and
12 In lower grades. There were
fonr beginners : Beverly Brown
Glen .Reed, Steven Reed and
Richard Ketchum. Mrs. Jessie
Beatie is principal and Mrs. Ray
cozel nrimary teacher.
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