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Tha OSEGOH STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, 7adztaaday Uon&atj. Hatch J. 1M1 Company Asks Franchise Woodburn Council Gets Proposal From Pacific Telephone Staff WOODBURN An ordinance for a franchise ; has been drawn by the legal staff of the Pacific Telephone and -Telegraph com pany 'and presented to Woodburn city council fori action. I Salem Schoolgirl Frocks Are Simple, Washable Smoke Rises After Italian Air Raid on Haifa . Life of ' the franchise would be for : a 20 year period, and pro vides that the city shall' receive a 2 per cent gross revenue tax in lieu of the three telephones - now provided the city free of charge. WOODBURN Dedicatory ser vices were held Sunday night at the Woodburn Methodist church for four gifts, made and present ed to the church, by William A. Smith, father of the local pastor. They include an electric light ed cross, two black walnut fin lshed hymn boards and a new pLatform-tye communion table. Neighbor Club Holds Meet ; DAT J. AS j Members of the Friendly Neighbor club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Siebert Friday night. Bouquets of daffodils were used about the rooms. Seven tables ; of pinochle were in play with prizes presented to Melvin York and Mrs. Pete Hie bert, first; Mrs. B. E. LaBonte and George Oldham, second; Mrs. Pete Hiebert and Leo Sie bert, traveling prizes. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Ted Swenson, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mc Kern. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Peter sen, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Hiebert, Mr. and Mrs. BE. LaBonte, Mr. and Mrs. Coon Rudy, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Goodrich, Mr. and " Mrs. William Burr, Mr. and . Mrs. A. W. Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin York, Mr. and, .Mrs. George Oldham. Mrs. William Rohrs, Mrs. Lee Ilitt, Mrs. Sandy Fryer and the hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Siebert. Open Exams Set At Turner for Postmaster TURNER. United States civil service commission announces an open competitive examination for postmaster at . Turner. , Applica tions must be on file with the United States civil service com mission at Washington, D.C. not later than March 14, 1941. . Application form 10 and in struction forms 1258 and 2223, which show places of examina tion and contain detailed infor mation regarding requirements. may be obtained from the post office at Turner, or from the United States civile service com mission, Washington, D.C. Silverton Gets Cinder Track SH.VERTON A new quarter mile track was opened just west of the baseball park on the high school grounds Saturday. The track was completed with the aid of NYA help. ' District six track meet has been scheduled for Silverton for May 2 with ten schools to take part. Turning out for track at Silver ton are Harold Loron, Roy Herr, Kenneth Foote, Ray Lewis. Ted Demas, Norman Jones, Bob Kellis, and Harry Bowen. 1 1 ..M 1 8 ! 5 I t WITHERS jwounOoJrjrocots Ends Today ; . Tall Dark and nandsome" and NIGIIT TRAIN A V b SECOND FEATURC iV 'A 7 :- Left to right, cotton seersucker dress; plaaf ore and sports dress; Most girls In their early teens axe very clothes conscious. It's a turning point from childhood to adulthood. It Is apt to be a strain on the family budget if a new wardrobe must bei purchased ail at one time, but with careful planning smart frocks can be made up at home at very little, expense. Pattern, companies this spring have paid a great deal of attention to the needs of this age group, and if you take the psychological time to teach your daughter to sew. she will; be enthusiastic about learning to make pretty frocks for herself. Lebanon Mill Buys Sizer LEBANON. C. Walter Hus ton, manager of the Lebanon Lumber company, has announc ed the purchase of a new sizer and dimension machine which can, under capacity opera tion,in crease production of the Leba non plant as much as two car loads a day. The new machinery cost $6000 and installation will bring the additional investment up to $10,000. W. H. Baillie, manager of the Lebanon office of the state emf ployment service, has announced that if there is a sufficient re sponse from housewives, the local office I will try to enroll girli from 15 years up for short time jobs running errands, tending baby or washing dishes. .How much .will be done to develop such a service will depend upon what use women of the commun ity make of It. Discussion to Be Child Welfare i l STAYTON Child welfare will; be discussed at the Women's club Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Louise; Berger is program chairman. At the last meeting Mrs. Dave John and Mrs. Zoma Baldwin made 'talks oh the lopographyj manners and customs 'of the Ba- hamas and the Bermudas and children of the parochial school presented several musical num-i bers. Mrs. Dave' John; Mrs. C. A. Baldwin and Mrs. Peter Deidf rich served refreshments follows ing the program. Relatives Attend 1 Jefferson Rites j ' JEFFERSON Relatives froih out of town,; who attended fun eral services i Saturday afternoon at Jefferson cemetery for James W. EwelL 60; who-rfied February 26 in 1 a Portland hospital, were Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Ewell anil daughter, Oregon Cajr; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd .Warner, and Warn er's mother, Mrs. Katherine Warf ner, " Forest Grove; Mrs. Mollie Brown and son Marion, Osweg; Mrs. Harley ; Inman and Mr. Clyde Grovo, Albany, i ' . . i Rlission Society Meets j ZENA The March meeting f Snrins VaHev Home Missionary society will meet at the home 6t Vice president Mrs. Elwood Coop er, will preside in ; the absence bf Mrs. Fred Muller, president j mi ,w "W" 'f PAT O'CniEN . '' 'si. 1 i: ( . V . . . ; J - - I -f 1 ' . ' , ! " ' - t , , t v 1 t " - Y V , . ft ..:: .5 :: . ':T yi 'i , -- ri.fS-r. - b Hits Aid Bill Senator Eeyaolds Declaring that passage of the lease-lend bill for aid to Britain "may lead! us directly i toward a declaration of war1 Senatoi Robert R. Reynolds CD.) of North Carolina is pictured speaking in the senate on the bill, which is be ing debated there. Reynolds thus became the first southern senator to Oppose the bUL Turner Society Slates Speaker TURNER The Women's So ciety of Christian Service will hold its March silver tea on Fri day afternoon in the church, with Mrs. A. E. Robertson,! Mrs. Wan day Versteag, Mrs. Arthur Kunke and Mrs. F. C. Gunning joint hostess. Mrs. C. F. Breiihaupt of Salem will be guest speaker and her subject! will be "The Chiang Kai-Cheks." All women of the community are especially invited to attend. ' Hazel Green Clubs Slate Meetings '! HAZEL. GREEN - Mrs. Perry Sanders and Mrs. Andrew Zahare will be hostesses to the Sunshine Sewing club at Mrs. Sanders on Thursday. i Betty Gregg will be hostess to the Camp Fire group Thursday afternoon. M a Return From Funeral i t UNION HILL Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Tate and daughter Mar jorie and Mr. and Mrs. B. Page of Salem went to Redmond Sun day where they attended the funeral of Mrs. Frank Tate, sister-in-law: i-r 'r New rtartag tu!:if . And Seeead Feature i tesrtb t : Added Newi 14 llasSfil 1 I i:; :;" vo ''. '.'. i :. . BKCT - J H I 'I -1 're. -1 - printed plqae Aaaee frock, 'Actual school' frocks should be simple and wash abls. Above at left Is such a frock in striped cot ton seersucker with white collar. Our second model, center. Is a combination of sports and school frocks The pert pinafore dress with blouse and tennis shorts Is a grand Idea. The apron skirt but tons up the back, and the white pique blouse has matching tennis shorts for active play hours. The all-important first long-skirted party frock is shown right. It Is in a colorful printed pique with ruffes of lace-edged organdie Lincoln Has Club Meet LINCO LN A miscellaneous program was presented by the Lincoln community club Friday night, under the direction of Mrs. J. D. Walling, Mrs. Lois Craw ford and Mr. and Mrs. George W. Marr. Vernon Merrick pre sided at the brief business ses sion. Numbers included "America, members, accompanied by Mrs. Lois Crawford; old time read ings, Ralph C. Shepard; popular music by "Jay hawks," Earl King. Bob Curtit, Joe Parmenter and C Lt Scott; humorous reading, "Oi Vat a Business,' Mrs. Kas per Neiger; dialogue, "Matri monial Difficulties, Vernon Mer rick, Jean Oake, Mrs. W: R. Ed wards, Mrs. Lu H. Mickey and Pearl McKinney, characters; mod ern and old time songs. Earl King, accompanied; on guitar. Brush Creek Woman Advised of Death BRUSH CREEK Thea Jensen was called to Marshfield by the death of her mother's cousin, Lud viy, Ness, 68, . who had visited here a number of times. He was found dead In his bed Tuesday morning. Miss Jensen was joined by Mr. and Mrs. Lars Ness and Anna Ness of Seattle. The Seattle Nesses are nephew and niece of the late Mr. Ness. Another cousin, Andrew SeldeL also lives here. Ml. Angel Lenten Program Begins MT. ANGEL The first Lenten program was given at the ML Angel auditorium Sunday night, when the electrically transcribed recording of the speech of Msgr. Fulton Sheen on the "Seven Last Words' was given. Sacred songs and a talk by Father Alcuin completed-the program. A similar program with vocal numbers by St. Merry's choir is scheduled for next Sunday. Scouts Slate PowATow At St, Mary's School , MT. ANGEL ML Angel Boy Scouts win hold a pow-wow, at which exhibits of merit work will be shown to the public at the St Mary's school gymnasium, Sat urday, March 22. i Troops of Woodburn, Silverton, Gervais and Stayton will take part Details of the program will be announced later. . SALEM'S NEWEST THEATRE mm Today Thnrs. Is he an Innocent victim?? or a vicious kUler?? OS T ? usst sxrts tcrens uesa sxrts tcrens , mwmammaemm i Em 15c - .. ? l tad ESt Km $324.44 Given British Fund 'Silverton Continues . Bundles for Britain Drive; Aid Asked SILVERTON Mix " R. E. Klelnsorge, who is assisting lo cally Jn the relief -work for Great : Britain, is encouraging those who knit to do so and those who cannot knit to furnish the wools for those who can. Mrs. Klelnsorge reported the first of the week that consider able enthusiasm was shown in the 'Bundles for Britain work. The Silverton branch of the Marion county ambulance corps has contributed $324.44 toward the purchase of an ambulance for Great Britain. Mrs. Klein sorge reported Monday. G. W. BriedwelL treasurer for the local branch,' Is sending the funds to William Walton, Salem, treasur er of the county unit, who will put It into Immediate use to be sent to England. The books, Mrs. Klelnsorge says, will remain open for a short period to accommo date those- who might still -wish to subscribe to the cause. - Polk Sheriff Finds Prospective Charge Has 'Flown Coop DALLAS Sheriff T. B. Hook er went to Baker Saturday .to bring back L. MickaeL who was being held for Polk county au thorities on a bad check charge. After serving 60 days at Baker on another charge, he - was to be released to local authorities here. On arrival of Sheriff Hooker there Saturday night, he learned that a jail break had taken place in the afternoon and that his prisoner along with others had escaped. Silverton Births Announced SILVERTON Births reported at the Silverton hospital for the last week in February are, Feb ruary 25, daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Morgan; February 26, son to Mr. and Mrs. Milvin Olson; and daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bucholz; February 27, daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ogren. Farmers Union News SIDNEY-TALBOT David Turnidge, Nelson Gilmour and William Wiederkehr, were ap pointed at the last meeting of the Talbot Farmers Union to contact the county court in re gards to oiling roads in the local vicinity, and Eugene Finlay and Mrs. Gilbert Belknap were ap pointed to contact Marjon coun ty representatives In the state leg islature regarding the Equaliza tion bilL which the local cannot support Clifford Wells, president of the Buena Vista local, conducted the Sidney-Talbot meeting. Names of George Marlatt, Clint Hampton, Henry Ness, Earl Miller and Ed win Swartz were read as appli cants. Refreshment committee ap pointed for the next meeting in cludes Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Gil mour, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Glaser, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Green, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Grabenow and Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Hart D. E Hart was in charge of the ex change board. Starts Tonite - Double Terror "Show! wm Ras 2nd Terrer , Teatsra II , ; WtM HTMIOtfl ' ESA2 Taken a few minutes after Italian bombing planes had staged a hit-and-runa attack, this picture hows a huge black pfflar of smoke rising Into the Speech t Students Visit Chamber DALLAS - Members of the speech department of. Dallas high school furnished the program at the last chamber of commerce luncheon. Gloria Seaboldt gave a serious declamation and Bonnie Grew a humerous reading. Ralph M. Mur phy, debate coach, was also pres ent and gave a short talk on speech activities. Out-of-town guests at the luncheon included Ralph Williams, jr. and Paul Golden, both of Portland. Robbery Nets $20 At TVla' Beebe's DALLAS Polk county author ities report that "Ma" Beebe's place on the Salem-Dallas high way was entered about 1 o'clock Monday morning. It was prob ably entered through the back door .with la pass key, they staled. A music machine and some marble machines were pried open and $13 or $20 taken. There are no dues so far as to who made the entry, officers state. Rosedale News ROSED ALE Rev. and Mrs. Owen Williams left Tuesday for Wilder, Ida., to attend the family reunion at the home of his par ents in celebration of their 25 th wedding anniversary. William Cammack accompanied them and will visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Meyers of Port Orchard. Wash., spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Haney. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Phillips have moved into the house on the old McFarlane place. He is assisting Forrest Cammack with the spring work. Grangers News MACLEAY Fred Klaus, rep resenting the Dairy Cooperative, will show moving pictures at the grange meeting in the grange hall Friday night . 500 Good Seats 20s qiu 11 In J ID u Call Board ELSINOKE Today ErroU Flynn, Br end a Marshall in "Footsteps m the Dark." Guy Kibbee in -Scatter-good Baines. j " - CjRAND 1 ,) Today "Tall, Dark and Hand some and Margaret Lockwood in "Night Train. ," Thursday Jane Withers, Buddy Rogers in "Golden Hoofs." Ralph Bellamy in "EUery Queen, Master Detective." CArrroL Today Bella Lugosi in rrhe Devil Bat" Leslie Banks. Gina Malo in "Chamber of Horrors." Saturday Adolphe Menjou. Car ole' Landis in "Road Show." Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette in "Rkiin' on a Rainbow." - I STATS Today Pat O'Brien, Gale Page In Knute Rockne. All American" plus "The World in Flames." Saturday midnight Alice iFaye, Betty Grable, Jack Oakie. John Payne In "Tin Pan Alley," . , ' - UBEXTT ' - Today Ben Lyon in "Who Is Guilty." Lee Tracy. Linda Hayes fat "Millionaires in Pris on." Friday Roy Rogers In "Come on Ranger," Richard Alien, Andy Devme in "Black Diamonds." HOLLYWOOD Today Brian Aherne. Rosalind RusselL Virginia Bruce in "Hired Wife." Hugh Herbert. Anita Louise, Alan Mowbray in "The Villian Stffl Pursued Her j Thursday Bob Burns, UnaiMer kei in.Comin 'Round the Mountain;- Brian Donlevy in "The Great McGinry." STAOTS TODAY 2 Hits iaeolr- Featore ' 2SrLODY Foa n mi Jeaa TXersholt J Fay Tfray. ill lA'A rjLv I i . turn u 1 in. 1 sky from! the spot where an explosive struck la Haifa, modern metropolis of Palestine. The city eg 100,000 population was built by Jewish pioneers, World Prayer Day Observed DALLAS The annual World Day of Prayer was observed Fri day afternoon with the Presby terian, Methodist Christian, Evangelical and Salt Creek Bap tist churches holding a union set vice at the Methodist church. Mrs. C F. Breithaupt of Salem was the main speaker and Mrs. George Green well - presided at the meeting. Others participating were Mrs. Ickes, Evangelical church; Mrs. Eugene Hayter and Mrs. IL R. Martin, Christian; Mrs. Donald Gabbert Mrs. E. V. Dalton, Mrs, R. C Wilson, Mrs. Robert : R. Van Orsdel and Mrs. L W. Plum mer, Presbyterian: Mrs. Ralph U. Murphy. Methodist; Mrs. Lydia TDgner of the Salt Creek Baptist church. - ; . - - Musical numbers Included vo cal solos by Miss Betty Starr, Mrs. William Nevitt, Mrs. How ard Fleming and Mrs. Otto Kal-' linger. Mrs. Ralph M. - Murphy led in - group singing and Mra. Nevitt acted as accompanist Mrs. Breithaupt 'gave an inter esting talk on the lives and work of Generalissimo . and Madame) Chiang Kai-Chek. The meeting closed with prayer by Mrs. H. F. Pembertoni. " Oh! Prbfeasor Set Thursday . WOODBURN Managers of the Junior class play, "Oh! Professor, are busy advertising the play to be presented in the high school auditorium ' next Thursday ' at t P-m. . ' - : -' Tickets are 23 cents, with aa additional 10 cents for reserved ts. - - . : SALEM'S tCAKNS TUSAT1S ; Extra AZZzl ' Attr&c'.l-cn '- cod nc?n ta :' CAixrsa ALL TAILS Mm i s
