The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, January 13, 1940
PAGE THREE
Barker Tells
Of Early West
Sayo new Publication Will
Necessitate Rewriting
of Oregon History
MONMOUTH Dr. Burt Brown
Barker, Ylce-president of the Uni
versity of Oregon, Thursday ad
dressed the Civic club on early
western history. He told how let
ter and accounts of Dr. John Mc
Loughlln, Hudson's bay factor,
records kept at Fort Astoria, and
other records and letters forming
valuable data from many other
early explorers of the northwest
are cn file In the British archives
at London.
Repeated attempts by Americans
to secure access to the files failed.
Dr. Barker with the late Dr. R. C.
Clark, history professor at the
University of Oregon, were the
first Americans to be privileged to
investigate he famous files in
1936. Because of a gentleman's
agreement with British authori
ties. Dr. Barker Is not at liberty
to reveal in printed form the
amazing factual information con
tained in those files. The British
bave promised publication In 1941
of three books to contain complete
files of Dr. McLcughlin's letters
end accounts and those of other
Important persons who figured in
the far west frontier in that near
legendary period of 1811 until af
ter Oregon territory became part
of the United States.
That this revelation will un
doubtedly necessitate the re-writing
of Oregon history of that era
is Dr. Barker's belief.
Speaking also to the Civic club
was A. Hawkins, from the state
department of education. He stat
ed that agencies of public educa
tion recognize the forum as a suc
cessful method of adult civic edu
cation in public affairs, and out
lined briefly suggestions for in
cluding Monmouth in a forum dis
trict. He said Monmouth and In
dependence could both join in a
cooperative forum with alternate
meetings for $40 each.
The forum is sponsored by the
state department of education and
has been successfully demonstrat
ed fa Portland. Longview, St. Hel
ens and other northwest cities.
Several valley towns are contem
plating participation in a forum
district including Lebanon, Eu
gene, Silverton and Hillsboro.
Women Sponsor
Bridge Lessons
WOODBURN A school for
bridge players will be held Jan-j
uary 29. 30 and 31 in the club
rooms of the Woodburn library.
It is to be sponsored by the
Junior Woman's club.
Robert Ashley, Portland bridge
expert, will conduct the classes,
using the Sam Gordon system.
Tickets will be sold at $2 each
or $2.50 per couple by Mrs. Em
ma Otjen, Miss Zoa Lowthian
and Mrs. Arlene Harwood. Each
ticket will be good for three af
ternoons or three nights, or if
desired a person may attend both
afternoon and night classes: Ash
ley will also answer questions
and give private instructions at
request.
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Escaped Blast That Trapped Scores in Mine
The man at left, getting coffee from Red Cross worker, was one of 47 miners who emerged from the
Hartley No. 1 mine of the Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal corporation at Bartley, W. Va., unaware of
the explosion that killed 02 of their fellow workers.
Snell Is Speaker
At Civic Meeting
DALLAS Earl Snell. secre
tary of state, was the guest speak
er at a dinner meeting of the dif
ferent civic groups of Dallas at
the chamber of commerce rooms
Wednesday night. The meeting
was sponsored by the Dallas Wom
an's club with the chamber of
commerce. Lions' club and Junior
i Woman's club cooperating.
Mrs. J. Paul Bollman, president
of the Woman's club, presided and
introduced Miss Ruth Betts, rep
resenting the J u n 1 o r Woman's
'club; Oramel Shreeve, president
of the chamber of commerce: Hol
lis Smith, president of the Lions'
jclub and Mrs. Harold D. Peterson,
, president of the State Federation
oT Women's clubs.
I Snell, introduced by Mrs. Peter
' son, gave an interesting talk on
the activities of his office. He also
urged the citizens of Oregon to
use their opportunities of active
participation in their government.
He contrasted conditions in Ore
gon and the United States with
those of countries of central Eur
ope where active participation in
government Is not possible and
where the ripht3 of frdom of
.n4MM.h anH rM. or1 n.nM
Musical numbers on the pro
gram were given by students from
the music department of Willam
ette university.
Polk Fair Dates Set
DALLAS At a recent meeting
of the Polk county fair board the
dates of the 1940 Polk county fair
at Monmouth have been set for
August 23 and 24. Josiah Wills,
secretary, has announced. This
will be one week before the state
fair.
Toniie
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An exclusive picture snapped on the Finnish-Russian front showing
a Finnish sentry keeping close watch on "no man's land."
Music Critic Was
Former Aurora Lad
AURORA Henry FInck, mu
sic critic for the New York Even
ing World for many years, who
spent his boyhood in Aurora, was
the subject of discussion at the
Aurora Woman's club meeting
Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. F. C.
Renfrew reported on Finck's
book, "Golden Age of Music."
The Aurora colony land was the
creation of Finck's father. In his
book he told of his boyhood days
here.
Mrs. Harriett Ferguson re-
' signed as secretary of the club,
' and Mrs. P. J. Hunt was elected
to fill the vacancy. Mrs. E. P. Mi-
chell was co-hostess with Mrs.
James Ogle.
Has Portland Speaker
CLOVER DALE The Four Leaf
Clover club will meet at the
home of Mrs. Louis Hennies next
Wednesday, January 17. Special
guest of the day will be Peter
Mudle. radio hostess of the Fred
Meyers stores. Election of offi
cers will be postponed until the
February meeting.
Completely Printed
No Man's Land
Economist to Talk
At Independence
INDEPENDENCE Dr. Victor
P. Morris, dean of the school of
business administration at the
University of Oregon, will be the
guest speaker at the Woman's
club Tuesday night.
Dr. Morris is considered an ex
pert on matters of foreign trade.
He teaches classes in economics
at the university. Preceedinp the
club meeting. Dr. Morris will be
guest of the Chamber of Com
merce at dinner.
Mrs. M. J. Butler will have
charge of the music at the meet
ing and hostesses will be Mrs.
Delia Keeney, Miss Dora Oalla
ger, Mrs. Elsie Bolt, Miss Mary
Donaldson and Miss Edith Nor
ton. Team to Compete
In Parliamentary
Procedure Contest
WOODBURN The Future Far
mers of Woodburn high school
will send its parliamentary pro
cedure team to Junction City
Friday to take part in a contest
consisting of teams from the up
per Willamette valley. Woodburn
team has won this contest two
years, and if it wins again tbls
year it can keep the banner, of
fered by the Lions club of Cr
vallls, permanently. The Woqd
burn team has placed second in
the state contest the last two
years.
Members of the team are Leo
nard Coleman, president; Jess
Owre, vice-president; Carl
Scbultz, secretary; Ambrose As
per, treasurer; and Robert Bel
lamy, reporter. J. S. Johnson is
the advisor. Competing teams are
from Cottage Grove, Eugene,
Junction City, Corvallis, Albany,
Lebanon, Salem, Silverton and
Woodburn.
Charles
Starrett
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"The
Grand I '
Jury
Secrets"
with
John
Howard
Gall
Patrick
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Also News, Colored Cartoon and
Chapter 8 of "The Oregon Trail
On Our Stage at l:SO P. M.
Seth Jayne and the Hollywood
Bnckaroo Broadcast
Continuous Sunday
1 to 11 P. M.
Added News, Comedy and
"March f Time"
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Building New
Jail Talked
City Council at Gervais
Will Hear Estimates
on Cost, Labor
GERVAIS Building of a new
city jail was discussed at Monday
night's council meeting. Mayor
Moisan was asked to gather infor
mation on getting WPA labor. He
will report estimated costs at the
next meeting.
Mrs. Sumner Stevens, chairman
for this district, reports the col
lection of $64.47 from the sale of
tuberculosis seals. This amount
exceeds the previous two years. In
193S the sale in this district am
ounted to $58.75 and in 1937,
$52.07.
The Gervais community danc
ing club will give its semi-monthly
dance at the high school audi
torium Saturday night. A Salem
orchestra will furnish music and
dancing will ttart ct 9 o'clock.
Receipts Increase
Mrs. Cecil G. Colby, local post
master, reports an increase in
business at the post office over
last year. Receipts during 1939
were approximately 4 per cent
over 1938. The last quarter of
1939 went 4 per cent over 1938
and money order receipts were 7
per cent over 1938.
Maurice Stokx has enlisted in
the US marine corps and left
Tuesday for San Diego where he
will be stationed for the present.
The community 500 club held
its semi-monthly supper and card
party at the high school auditor
ium Tuesday night when eight ta
bles were played. High scores
were made "by Mrs . John Leetz
and M. D. Henning and second
high by Mrs. S. D. Manning and
Arthur Goffin. Hostesses for the
supper Tuesday night, January
23, will be Mrs. Henning, Mrs. Gi
rod and Mrs. Bressler.
Three-Act Comedy
Players to Give
SILVERTON Sponsored by
the Silverton community band,
the Salem Community Playhouse
Salem's largest little theatre or
ganization, will give on January
17 at the Eugene Field auditor
ium the three act comedy, "Her
Step Husband." The comedy was
written by Larry E. Johnston.
The Community Playhouse
group of players is directed by
Larry Bouler. Demonstration of
their ability was recently given
when the company presented the
comedy, "So You're From Mis
souri'' at Mt. Angel during the
Flax festival.
Members of the cast are Leon
Spaulding, Bette Allen. Morrill
Crary, Sue Sanderson, Mrs. Jack
VanCleave, Jack Baker. Dot
Kingswell, Rosemary McVeigh
and Leonard Steinbock.
This will be the first of the
entertainments planned for under
the sponsorship of the Silverton
Community band during the year.
Local committeemen in charge
of arrangements are E. R. Ek
man, Merton Baker, Arthur Nel
son and George Manolis.
Farmers
Union
DALLAS The annual meeting
of the Polk County Farmer's
union was held at the North Dal
las school house Wednesday.
There were approximately 100
present for the meeting with 12
locals in the county represented.
This was an all day meeting with
a covered dish dinner at noon.
Speakers at the meeting in
cluded Peter Zimmerman, dele
gate to the national convention,
who gave a report of the annual
meeting held In Omaha last fall;
G. W. Potts, of Jefferson, past
state president of the Farmer's
Union; W. C. Leth, Polk county
agent and Senator Dean Walker
of Independence..
The annual election of county
officers was held with the follow
ing chosen to serve for the coming
year: L. H. McBee of the Liberty
Bell union, president; Ammon
Grlce, Orchard Heights union,
vice president; Eben Ray, Valley
Junction union, secretary-treasurer;
Cliff Hill, Ballston, con
ductor; Orval Wells, Buena Vis
ta, doorkeeper; and members of
tbe executive committee, Emmett
Staats, Luckiamutet, Jack Sears,
Perrydale and R. W. Hogg, Green
wood. STARTS TODAY
Tough as they com . . . afraid of nobody . . . with a fist
like a five-ton bomb! But so finicky be won't have a gun
around him. "They're messy," he says. When he smashes a
guy it's quick, and final! He likes things smooth, sleek and
shiny . . . that's why they call him "Silky the Sybarite" . . .
ASTomsnino!
7 y.uji
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ARNOLD OWEN GWENN
COMPANION FEATURE-
THE MYSTERY
MAX
Windsor Pastor Aids Dancer
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I'utiiria Winfrey, jobless dancer from New York who wont to jail in
Los Angeles in preference to becoming a strip-tease dancer, Is
shown as she was released In the custody of the Rev. Robert A.
Jardine, the pastor who married the Duke and Duchess of Windsor,
until she can obtain work to support herself. She faces a formal
probation hearing on a charge of malicious mischief arising from
her smashing a Hollywood store window. She told the arresting of
ficer she would "rather starve than become a strip-tease dancer,'
the only work she had been able to find.
VALLEY CHURCHES
SILVERTON .... Special services
have been planned for Saturday
night and Sunday morning at the
Christian and Missionary Alliance
church. Rev. Elliott C. Aandahl,
returned missionary from China,
will show pictures Saturday night
and will speak Sunday morning at
11 o'clock.
Communion services will be held
Sunday at 11 at Immanuel Luth
eran church with Rev. J. M. Jen
son having for his sermon topic,
"When Jesus Enters the Home."
Midweek services are announced
for Thursday at 2 p.m. In the Nor
wegian language. Officers elected
at the annual meeting were trus
tees, H. B. Jorgenson, Harold Sat
ern, Alfred Loe and Anton Dahl;
treasurer, Ida Winslow; Sunday
school superintendent, Hannah Ol
son. "What Shall We Believe About
Life After Death?" is the subject
chosen by Edward Terry for the
11 o'clock Sunday morning ser
mon at the Methodist church. Ves
per services have been set for 4:30
with stringed ensemble from the
high school under the direction of
Floyd Ellefson. The Sisterhood
Sunday school class will be held
Wednesday at the parsonage. The
Junior circle will meet Friday af
ternoon at the home of Mrs. A. P.
Solie. Loyal Guards will meet Fri
day with Mrs. Ljdai Whitman.
Rev. P. C. Olson will talk on
"The Difference Christ Made"
Sunday at 10:45 at Calvary Luth
eran church.
"Christ Is My House" Is the
subject of Rev. M. J. K. Fuhr's 11
o'clock sermon at Trinity church
Sunday morning. There will be
special music by the choir under
the direction of Mrs. Tom Ander
son. The fellowship hour will meet
at noon with a no-host dinner im
mediately after the morning serv
ice Rev. F. W. Zook of the Chris
tian church is announcing his
morning service for Sunday on the
subject of "Onward With the New
Testament Church." The evening
topic will be "An Unanswerable
Query."
ALBANY In connection with
the sermon at the Baptist church
Sunday night arrangements have
been made for the showing of
moving pictures of the Holy Land.
Rev. Edgar B. Luther, who recent
ly came to Albany to assume the
pastorate of this church, will
preach on the "Jew Fulfilling
Prophecy" and the pictures, which
are to be shown by Fred Taylor,
are in connection with this sub
ject. AMITY K. E. Burke, presi
dent of the Northwestern Chris
tian college, Eugene, and male
quartet of the college will sing
Sunday night at the Amity Chris
tian church service.
Earl Berg student at Llnfield
college, will occupy the pulpit at
the Baptist church here until
Dastor has been chosen to take
CONTINUOUS TODAY
2 TO 11:15 P. M.
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Rider
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i t hp place of Rev. L. S. Shumaker
who resigned the last of the year.
LAB1SH CENTER Rev. J. H.
Oehlerking, of Billings, Mont.,
will be guest speaker at the morn
ing services at the Labish Center
school house. Rev. Oehlerking is
district superintendent of the
Montana conference of the Evan
gelical church.
HUBBARD Rev. J. S. Van
Winkle, who is confined to his
home on account of sickness an
nounces that Dr. W. C. Kantner
of Salem and Professor Jones of
Willamette university will occu
py the Hubbard and Elliott Prai
rie pulpits respectively Sunday
morning.
Service Station
Is Being Built
SILVERTON A modern serv
ice station will be built on the side
of the present one at First and
Oak streets. Eroll Ross will build
the station and Hugh Range has
the building contract. It is ex
pected to be finished in 3D days.
W. H. High, who Is at St. Vin
cent's hospital at Portland, is re
ported considerable improved. He
is the owner of the Silverton Drug
company.
V. L. Brunner. who has been ill
for sometime, is reported im
proved at his home.
STARTS SUNDAY
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Companion
Thrills ob an Arizona
Horse: Ranch!
Two Thoroughbreds"
Jimmy Lydon - Joan Brodel
1. ART i KAY KYSER
TIMES THATS RIGHT YOU'RE WRONG"
TODAY ! Plus "Meet Dr. Christian"
MICKEY MOUSE MATINEE TODAY 1 P. M.
Dallas Eastern
Star Installs
Airs. Jack Eakin Seated
as new Worthy Matron;
Laing Is Patron
DALLAS Installation of offi
cers was held by the Naomi chap
ter. Order of Eastern Star, Tues
day night.
Installing officers were Mrs. A.
J. Cleveland, matron; John D.
Voth, patron; Mrs. Maurice Dal
ton, marshal; Mrs. Blanche Eakin,
chaplain, and Mrs. L. L. McCarty,
secretary.
The new officers who were In
stalled Tuesday night include:
Mrs. Jack Eakin, worthy matron;
Morris Laing, worthy patron: Mrs.
Robert Pence, associate matron;
Maurice Dalton, associate patron;
Mrs. Robert S. Kreason, secre
tary; Mrs. George Eberting,
treasurer; Mrs. Laird V. Woods,
conductress; Mrs. Louis Hadley,
associate conductress; Mrs. Clara
Weeks, chaplain: Mrs. Andrew
Irwin, Jr., marshal.
Mrs. W. L. Pemberton; organ
ist; star points. Miss Helen
Shreeve. Adah; Mrs. Norris Rock
well, Ruth; Miss Ruth Petre. Es
ther; Mrs. Morris Walton, Mar
tha; Miss Mary Elizabeth Ward,
Electa; Mrs. William HImes, war
den, and Robert Pence, sentinel.
Each of the retiring officers
was presented flowers by Mrs. A.
J. Cleveland and John Voth, re
tiring worthy matron and worthy
patron. Mrs. Jack Eakin received
a basket of flowers from the 1940
officers. At the close of the in
stallation Mrs. Cleveland was pre
sented her past president's pin, a
gift from U. S. Grant, who was
unable to be present."
Musical numbers at the instal
lation included selections on the
accordian by Clark Robb and vo
cal selections by Mrs. C. C. Gett
man, accompanied by Mrs. Don
Robinson.
A supper hour followed. The
committee in charge included Mrs,
Oscar Hayter, Mrs. George L.
Hawkins, Mrs. It. L. Chapman,
Mrs. U. S. Loughary, Mrs.. R. R.
Turner and Mrs. W. C. Leth.
Call Board
ELS I N OR E
Today Kay Kyser in
"That's Right, You're
Wrong" with Adolphe
Menjou and Mae Robson.
"Meet Dr. Christian" with
Jean Hersholt and Dorothy
Lovett.
GRAND
Today Don Ameche,
Andrea Leeds, Al Jolson in
"Swanee River."
CAPITOL
Today R o b e r t Montgom
ery, Edward Arnold in
"The Earl of Chicago." The
Three Mesqulteera in "The
Cowboys From Texas."
STATE
Today "Sweepstakes
Winner" with Marie Wil
son, Allen Jones. Johnny
Davis and Jerry Colonna.
HOLLYWOOD
Today Charles Starrett in
"The Thundering West"
wi'.h the Sens of the Pio
neers. John Howard and
Gall Patrick in "Grand
Jury Secrets."
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habitants of Lillipvt...
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of laughs . . . thrills . . .
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