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PAGE TEN Thm OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oraon. Thursday Morning. February 8, 1940 Silverton City Loar ReDorts Council Meet Planning Group President Believes Measure Will Go on May Ballot SILVERTON Dr. P. A. Loar. resident of the Silverton Plan ting council, reported at its Tues day night meeting that be felt Very encou raged from the atti tude of the city council at the lat ter's meeting Monday night. Dr. Loar referred to placing the pro posed new charter on the May ballot. The charter is being spon sored by the planning council. "We presented a petition bear tax 451 names of Sllrerton roters." said Dr. Loar in his Tues day night report. "And I am sure this Impressed the mayor and the Minbers of her council. We asked that the charter be put be fore the roters of SilTerton as It Is now written without any chan ges. We do not want it re-written by opponents of the city manager form of government. As I see it, there are only two reasons why the proposed new form of govern ment has ever failed. First of tfcse is when a local man. wlth mmt experience, has been hired for the Job, who in turn has hired bis friends Instead of people par ticularly suited to fill the posi tions under him. The second rea son for failure is when a council ,U elected who will not work In harmony with the manager. It Is our business to prevent these two reasons for failure to creep In." To Hear Report Dr. Loar also reported that the city council had promised to call a special meeting "in a week or ten days" when the members would listen to a report from the citizens' committee which Mayor Zett Schlador appointed In De cember to study the proposed new charter. In all fairness to its com mittee. Dr. Loar explained, the city council felt that It could not give any decision on the petition until this committee had reported back. Dr. Loar augured the plan ning council members that he felt sure that the city council would give its consent to placing the measure on the May ballot. "After all." he said, "we aren't trying to convert the city council to manager form of government. We are merely asking its mem bers to give the people of the city a right to say whether they want the new form of government or not." Secretary Elected Mrs. A. P. Solie was made sec retary of the planning council to replace Mrs. Ernest Starr who re signed. I. B. Alfred, Mrs. Harry Ness and Harold Davis were ap pointed to the new membership committee. Mrs. J. C. Morley was made chairman of the attendance committee. The next meeting of the plan ning council was set for Febru ary 20. Two Are Arrested For Trespassing DALLAS Howard Leslie Gil lett was arrested Saturday on a charge of trespassing. He entered a plea of guilty. Time of sen tence was postponed. Donald F. Wilkinson was also arrested on a trespass charge at Falls City. The case Is pending. William Howard Lane, who was arrested recently on a charge of conducting a poker game, was fined $250 of which $225 was suspended and he was placed on probation for 5 years. Merle Rand Tyler, who escap .,ed from the Polk county Jail here on December 31 and who was arrested at Blsmark, N. D.. waa sentenced to five years in the penitentiary there on Jan uary 27 on a charge of sodomy. The local sheriff's office has mailed to North Dakota peniten tiary a hold order for Tyler. Tyler waa indicted by the Polk county grand Jury for taking money from a local church, Jail breaking and larceny of money from the office of Sheriff T. B. Hooker. Club at Pioneer . To Have Meeting PIONEER The Pioneer com munity meeting will be held at the playshed Friday night. Jello, cookies and coffee will be served. ' Mrs. Chet Neswold honored Mr. Neswold with a birthday dinner Sunday. Those enjoying the din ner were Mr. and Mrs. John Kel ler, sr., Mrs. Gladys Frakes and son Raymond. Mr. and Mrs. Arch ie Brown and sons.' Harold and Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kil ger and sons Peter and Leo, jr.. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kreger and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Nesrwold. Meeting Set Ahead DAYTON Because of Dayton high school activities the Web foot community club February meeting will bo held Thursday night. February 8. Instead of Fri day, the regular night. Grangers News SILVERTON HILLS The Sil Terton Future Farmer of Ameri ca, under the direction ot Leon ard Hudson of the Silverton Smith-Hashes department will sponsor the program hour of the Silverton Hills grange on Febru ary It, according to the lectur er, lira. Victor Howard. SPECIAL- Oar Usual Ware, Complete 75c Fferm. OH - f Push Wave, j 1.50 Complete j 1 ' Open Thursi Ere. ! DTADDt. Pboae S603 807 1st Natl Bank Bid. "CASTLE JfERSI. WAVES , Osa Johnson Bags w Osa Joknson, widow of world-famed explorer, Martin Johnson, Is fchown with a 35t-pound wild boar she bagged in the hills of Santa Catalina Island. Cal., recently during a "practice workont." Her guns and equipment are ready for a tour, to begin soon, Into Jungles of Africa, where Mrs. Johnson, herself a noted big-game hunter, will carry on the work of her late husband in filming van ishing specie of wild animals. UN photo. Violin Owned by Lebanon Man Went Through Boer War, Ex-Owner Said LEBANON A violin that went through the seige of Maefaking in the Boer war is now in the possession of Fred MusgTave, barber in Lebanon. Musgrave got it from the Scot tish soldier who carried it through the war, took it back with him to Scotland, and brought it to America. He eventually came to Kansas, where Musgrave traded an old watch for it. The Scotsman claimed that the vI-O olin had a known history of a hundred years. At the time of the trade, about 30 years ago, the violin was paint ed red, and had lost all its strings. It carries the label of Caspar da Salo, though its authenticity is not proved. Musgrave removed the red paint, repaired the violin. and found that it has a clear, sweet tone. He always has several violins in his shop, waiting to be re paired, or perhaps Just played. He owns five of his own, of which the one with the Caspar da Solo label is his favorite. A violin was once brought to him for repair that was found to have several labels pasted over each othef, with the one on the bottom bear ing the date 1793, and an inscrip tion in a Scandinavian language. Other unusual violins turn up from time to time, some ery old. Several have been made y Leb anon people. Spruce, pine and cur ly maple are generally used for violin makings, says Musgrave Many of the old German violin makers used pine for the tops. Hubbard Speal Class Starts Club HUBBARD A parliamentary procedure club was organized by the public speaking class of the Hubbard high school with the following officers: Walter Bizon, president; Kenneth Lemen, vice president; Ann Cook, secretary; Bette Stauffer, treasurer; Leon ard Bizon, sergeant-at-arms; Dor othea deLespinasse, chairman of procedure. At a recent meeting of the Girls League the following offi cers for the ensuing semester were elected: Lorraine Ham mond, president; Louise John son, vice-president; Maryann Harding, secretary; Bette Stauf fer, treasurer; and Doris Rols dorpb, reported. The senior class, accompanied by "Pat" Beal, the high school principal, wiU attend the dis trict conference to be held at Woodburn Thursday, February 8. A Quill and Scroll chapter was recently organized with the fol lowing as charter members! sen iors, Shirley Gumps, Virginia Carl and Carl Poppinga; Juniors, Ann Cook, Dorothea deLespln asse, Mariel O'Brien and Frieda Poppinga. Auburn Woman's Club Will Meet AUBURN The Auburn Wom an's club will meet at the home of Mrs. Ben H. Hawkins, 1410 East Turner road Thursday at 2 p. m. Mrs. W. L. Massey and Mrs. Merle B. Van Cleave will be as sisting hostesses. All women of the community are Invited. , Miller B. Hayden and C. L. Marcy are rapidly completing their new homes on the East Tur ner road. Sponsors Card Party ROBERTS The local PTA Is sponsoring a benefit card party Friday night, February 9. at the. grange halt - Pinochle and 800 win be In play. H0IIEL0AIIS Loaf Terms .. Easy Payment Also FHA Loans HA UK INS & ROBERTS, .Inc. Guardian Bid. Phone 4109 Manager Backers Encouraged Boar as 'Practice9 I v Farmers Union News BETHEL At the Monday night meeting of the Farmers Union Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ulrich were voted into the membership of Bethel local, and were given the obligations by the president, A. C. Spranger. Ralph A. Wilson gave the agricultural, and the warehouse committee meeting re port. W. R. Baker reported on the annual meeting at Mt. An gel of the Marion County Far mers' Union Oil company. A. J. Klug, A. C. Spranger re ported on the annual meeting at Portland of the Farmers' Union Livestock Commission company. Reports on the Marion County Farmers' Union convention and annual meeting at Cervais were presented by Rev. S. Mamrick, Mrs. J. R. Carrothers, A. M. Da vis, W. R. Baker, Ralph A. Wil son. W. L. Creech spoke on co operative marketing and gave a short talk on his recent trip to Michigan. Rev. S. Hamrick spoke on reciprocal trade treaties, and gave the report of the progress of the Farmers' Union co-operative hospital. Mrs. S. Hamrick, chairman, was assisted In serv ing the group by Mrs. Otto Pfen nig and Mrs. Paul Perlich. Attend Grandmother's Funeral at Seaside SIDNEY Mr. and Mrs. E Henningsen, a c c ompanied B. by Mrs. Henningsen's sister. Miss Nellie Johnson, a teacher in the Oakridge school, drove to Sea side Friday to attend the funeral of their granmother, Mrs. Fred erick Peterson. The infant daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Morton Fri day night passed away. Mrs. Morton is in the Salem General hospital in Salem. "5. V'. L4 C0MF0RT1Z0NE Whlb is longr, whU mim moved backward, scats forward, so now all passangtra rid m the buoyant "Comfort Zona" btwn the axles I Nov Dodge Full-Floating Ride -Have Ono On Us! BXM aloe cannot dsscriba tha magic of tfc new 140 Dodge FuB-riOMting Ridmf You've got to afak back In those deep, luanrions cushions and let this sensational new kind of ride tell its own exciting story I Whether 70a are planning to bay anew car or not, yoall want to experience this new tide sense non. And we want you to try h, wha at cost or obligation. Con in today! Hubbard Ilolor Co. Byers-MJUer Motor Co Oarke-Sbepnard Motor Library Reports New Books Listed Silverton Residents Are Generous in Donations During January SILVERTON Of the 17 books of fiction listed as "What the Well-read American Is Reading," the local library has nine. These are Morley's "Kitty Foyle;" Steinbeck, "Grapes of Wrath;" Douglas, "Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal;" Griswold, "Sea Island Lady;" Fisher, "Children of God;" Rawlings, "The Yearling;" Walpole, "The Sea Tower;" Pagel "Tree of Liberty;" Asch, "The Nararene." Of the non-fiction list the li brary ow n s Exuperay, "Wind, Sand and Stars;" Van Paassen, "Days of Our Years;" Gunther, "Inside Asia;" Wain, "Reaching for the Stars." The non-fiction list owned by the local library la supplemented by a collection of books loaned by the state li brary. Patrons of the public library were generous during January and as a result many attractive new magazines were added to the files. Mrs. H. J. Iverson donated yearly subscriptions besides many single copies of new magazines. Other donors included Althea Meyer, Mrs. George Jaeschke, Frank Wray, Mrs. William Scarth, Mrs. Tom Anderson, Mrs. H. J. Iverson, Mrs. H. B. Latham, Viv ian Buness, H. R. Irish, Mrs. Charles Reynolds, Ruth Selms, Mrs. R. E. Kleinsorge, Graham Pwston, Mrs. A. J. Titus and F. G. McDonald. The January report submit ted at the Monday night meet ing of the city council shows total circulation at 14 80; ref erence questions answered 238; new readers added 22. Silverton Mayor Is IU With Cold SILVERTON Mayor Zetta Schlador has been confined to her home the greater part of this week by a heavy cold. Members of the Earl Drlsty family are recovering from a siege of heavy colds. Employes of the Portland Gen eral Electric company office at Silverton were kept busy Tues day afternoon repairing trans formers which suffered in the heavy electric storm which hit Silverton Tuesday noon. The lights were not thrown off in the town but in many of the rural districts, particularly to the south of Silverton, temporary damage has been done. Rain fell faster than It could be pumped from the ditches at Sil verton Tuesday, necessitating the closing down of the sewer pro ject for the afternoon. The sewer is being extended up South Wa ter street into the Cowing addi tion. Miss Frances Robbins who has been a guest at the E. Jay McCall home, has left for her home at Sioux Falls, SD. Theodore Brokke Called by Death SILVERTON Theodore Brokke, 44. died at the Veterans hospital In Portland Wednesday. Funeral services will be Friday at 3:30 at the Ekman funeral home, with Interment In the Evens Val ley cemetery. Rev. O. C. Olson will officiate. Brokke was a resident of Sil verton for the past 40 years! Sur viving are his mother, Mrs. T. H. Brokke, and the following broth ers and sisters, Carl of Marshfield, Julius of Salem, George of An- tloch, Calif., Halvor, Helmer and Arnold of Silverton, Mrs. Chris tine Oima and Mrs. Ruth Nelson of Portland. ' Latham Rites Friday SILVERTON Funeral services for Mrs. Mercia Latham have been set for Friday afternoon at 2 p. m. Rev. J. M. Jenson will officiate. Interment will be in the I Silverton cemetery. High at Chemekcta Independence, Ore. Co RUverton, Oregon. I - - " T - I - - m I Homecoming Program Given at Zena Church, Oldest Protestant Church West of Willamette River Standing ZENA Spring; Valley historic church, well known as the Zena community church, the oldest standing Protestant church west of the Willamette river in the Willamette val ley, last Sunday was the scene of the sixth annual homecom ing sponsored by the Spring Valley Christian Endeavor. Of usual interest was the decoration in front of the pul- Hot Lunch Report Given at Keizer KEIZER The monthly meet ing of the Keizer community club was held at the grange hall on Friday night. Reports were given on t-H club work and the hot lunches. An average of 210 chil dren are served each day. Mrs. Bunnell announced a change in time for the Keizer garden club, which will meet Tuesday night, February 21, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Saucy. It was voted to have a pot luck dinner at the March com munity club meeting as a benefit to the hot lunches with Mrs. Lloyd Weeks chairman, Mrs. Roy Melson was appointed chairman of program committee for the March meeting. Miss Mary Eliza beth Brown, a representative from the new plant in Salem, Gas Heat, Inc., gave a talk on the advantages of using gas and announced a dinner and demonstration to be given by the firm Tuesday night at 7 o'clock at the grange hall. The program featured pictures of Oregon scenery, Yellowstone park and the Pendleton Round up put on by Gardner Knapp of Salem. Also a skit was given by Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin of Keizer. p3i' 1 ' ' '' ' I f""- OAVO Ira. I c V -.. . 1 .- ..ABmm.'s 1 C3 OKISEBB j I I - - - n IV,.mi.v1 w'yv?L vpit consisting of a large cake standing In the shape of an up right cross with the words 'Let us go on pioneering' in silver shot and near the base of the cake a wooden model of a covered wag on and a yoke of oxen. The cake was later served with refresh ments. Approximately 75 people were present to enjoy the following program presided over by James Mickey, Christian Endeavor pres ident: song service led by Ralph Russel of Dallas, with Gladys Crawford at the organ; welcome by James Mickey with response by Lorena Thompson of Corval lis; vocal solo by Jean Alice Car kin of Salem; prayer by Violet Larson of Dallas, president of Polk county Christian Endeavor union; reading, "The Supreme Command," vice-president of the local society; scripture reading by Ida McKinney; address, "Let's Go On Pioneering," by T. Vernon Merrick, In which he recalled some backgrounds and achieve ments of the past with a chal lenge for youth to go on pioneer ing In the future to change the hearts and minds of man as a so lution to the problems of man kind; reminiscence by Stella Crawford Henry; solo by Grete Phillips Hlatt written especially for the occasion in memory of old church bells; memory talks by Roy E. Barker, Lorena Thomp son, Edgar Crawford, Ralph Shep ard, Ralph Scott and Wayne Hen ry; short talk concerning a mis sionary by Enoch Zimmerman; vocal solo by Jean Alice Carkln; benediction by Enoch Zimmerman. Terms As Low -As $1.00 Per Week! library's Growth Shown in Report 1722 Books Are Available At Mt. Ange; Benefits Help Increase MT. ANGEL A report on the Mt. Angel public library Just re leased shows that there are now 1722 books available to the com munity. Last year the books numbered 1589. The first report in 1936, the year after the li brary was founded, showed 882 books listed. The increase has been steadily upwards in the past three years. There have been some outright donations to the library fund, but most of the new books are pur chased from funds realized through benefit card parties and dances by organizations of the community. From a small room on the first floor of St. Mary's school the li brary was removed last year to a spacious room on the second floor of the school where tables and chairs provide ample room for anyone desiring to read or do re search work in the library. To help get the infant project on its feet, a small rental fee was charged for the newer books. This has now been abolished and the books are loaned free to any members of the community. The 1722 books now on the shelves are divided into the fol lowing classes: fiction, 578; bi ography, 125; general informa tion, 620; religion and social problems, 399. Funeral Is Held For Willis Daws HUBBARD Funeral services for Willis Daws, 64, who passed away Thursday at Salem were held from the Congregational church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. N. Sherman Hawk officiated. Willis Daws was born near Brooks, November 21, 18 75. He was united In marriage with Ger W I HI li I I M trude Johnson June 27, 1907. One child was born to this union, but died In infancy. Besides the wi dow, Mrs. Gertrude Daws, the im mediate survivors are three bro thers, Alva, Lloyd and Merle Daws all of Portland. Interment was In the Hubbard cemetery. The funeral was under the direction of the Sam Miller Undertaking company. 81st Birthday Is Honored at Dinner OAK POINT The R. A. Alder son home was the scene of a love ly birthday party Saturday when Mrs. Alderson gava a dinner complimenting Mrs. Alderson 's mother, Mrs. Mary Alderson of Monmouth on her 81st birthday anniversary. Covers were placed for Mrs Mary Alderson, R. A. Alderson, Betty Lou Alderson, Billy Alderson, Miss Mary Aider son, a student at University mi Oregon; Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Fer guson of Portland and the host ess, Mrs. R. E. Alderson. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Lauterback entertained members of Nits Hawk card club Wednesday night. Mrs. Grove Peterson, Mrs. Joe Rogers, sr., and Cecil Hultman received high scores and Mrs. Roy Blgelow and Clyde Comstock, low scores. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilson had as dinner guests Sunday her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bates, and Mr., and Mrs. Wood row Bates, and Miss Alice Bates all of Springfield and Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Comstock. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Lauterback entertained at dinner Sunday for Mrs. Lauterback's sisters and families, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clark of Aurora and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dunlgan of Hazel Green. West Slay ton Club Plans Carnival WEST STAYTON Community club will be held Friday night at the school house; this is the first meeting since December as meas les and flu were prevalent here In January and no club meeting was held. The main feature will be a carnival. z JL