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PAGE TWELVE The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Tuesday Morning, April 15, 1941 Church Men : i " Named Lebanon Baptists Have r - Election, Lions Club Endorses Road Bill LEBANON At the annual meeting of the Baptist church, Rev. Leroy Crossley was asked to - remain for his sixth consecutive year. John Summes was elected superintendent of the Sunday school for the 20th time. Ted Pear son is the new assistant superin tendent. Other of ficers reelected were: Ella Summers, primary sup erintendent; Lola- Turnidge, as sistant and pianist and Betty Smith, secretary-treasurer. Others elected were: Milton Coe, 'William Glasser and H. A. Greg son, E. C. McClain and John Sum mers, deacons; Mrs. Arthur Mc- Clain, Mrs. Edward Duell and Mrs. H. A; Gregson, deaconesses; Victor Carlson, Albert Smith, Bryan Stowe, Riley Weeks and Frank Daily, trustees; financial secre tary, Mrs. Riley Weeks; treasurer, .Frances Wyatt; missionary trea surer, Zelma Wight; organist, Nor ma McPherson. - Zelda Piper was made clerk; Ceorge Sutton, choir director, and Eldon McClain, chief usher. Richard Wicks, president of the Albany HiY club, was the induct ing officer when 11 high school students were installed in the school. Visitors from Albany and Corvallis assisted at the candle lighting meeting Wednesday, when George Dewey was installed as president; Denny Miller, vice president; Robert Shores, secretary-treasurer; Harold Michels, sergeant at arms. LEBANON The Lebanon Lions club has sent to Oregon represent atives in congress an endorsement of the bill now pending for the preservation of beauty along the federal highways. D. R. Van Boskirk, of the In vestment Bankers' association, was the speaker at the last luncheon meeting. He explained the func tions of the investment banker. U of O Co-Ed Tops All in CAA Flying Course . .y. ,. When K. E. Herr (left) Inspector for the CAA, completed examining the 44 students taking the fly ing coarse st the University of Oregon recently he f onnd Miss Alice Giustins (right) topping the entire list, j She has already completed her ins traction an list. She has already completed her instruction an. license. Mrs. J. C. Mayer was named delegate to the regional Garden club convention which will meet In Phoenix, Ariz., the latter part of the month, at a meeting of the Garden club with Mrs. Iva Cru son. Plans were made for the placing of a gardener's bulletin board in the library. Mrs. Elmer Regester was asked to keep it supplied with appropriate suggestions. Mrs. Clair Ford and Mrs. Clar-s, ence Shimanek, who attended the Men's Garden club show in Port land, reported and Mrs. Cruson read an article about John Bar trum, early American botanist. Harold Michels has been named as the student from this high school to compete with senior men from other high schools through out the state for the Aaron Frank four year scholarship to any Ore gon college. Work Done for Red Cross by Bethel Club BETHEL Mrs. J. Vinton Scott opened her North Capitol street home for the April meeting of the Bethel Dorcas club Wednes day. Mrs. Cass A. Nichols and Mrs. J. E. Leclerc were assistant hostesses. Sewing and knitting lor the Ked Cross were in pro gress during the afternoon with considerable new wofk being given out to the members by the chairman of the work, Mrs. J. A. Hain. MrSi J. G. Lauderback pre sided at the business session. Committees were appointed and arrangements completed for the entertaining of the Marion Coun ty Federation of Women's clubs April 25, when the Auburn Wom en's club and the Bethel Dorcas club will be joint hostesses at the Knight Memorial church, Salem. Appointed as delegates were Mrs, Millie Brinkley, Mrs. E. E. Mat ten, Mrs. G. M. Hageman, Mrs Julia Grant, Mrs. Ralph A. Wil son. r Additional members present in eluded Mrs. A. C. Spranger, Mrs, Nellie Brandow, Mrs. J. P. Bucu rench, Mrs. Bertha Kebby, Mrs H. R. Bishop, Mrs. T. W. Beam ish, Mrs. J. R. Carruthers. Mrs J. P. Bucurench will be hostess at the next meeting of the club. Mrs. Ralph A. Wilson , will assist. Olympic. Swimmer Marries r s.- - . .... ..XT ' y r v.- ConclaveDay Thorpe Sued Teachers Elected KEIZER Thel following teach ers of the Keizer school' have signed for the ensuing year: Pro fessor Nels O. Anderson, Mrs. Bernice Catron, Miss Elizabeth Beers, Miss LaVaun Gardner, Mrs. Laura rB. Miles .and Miss Gretchen Garner. Miss Rose Ma rie Kronberg had other plans and the board has taken no action in hiring her successor. Bethel 4H Club Names Officers BETHEL Bethel 4H pig club, which has just been organized, has as its leader Henry Pfennig, who is the outstanding bpy in 4H club work in Marion county; and the president of the club is Coralee Nichols, the county's out standing 4H club girl. The vice president is Dickie Schlicker, secretary Ronald Nich ols. Additional members are Fred Pfenning, Luella Nichols, Char lotte Hain, Ila Mae Creech, Leon ard Perlich, Marilyn Nichols and Ralph Wilson. Choose From More Than 100 MO Items Visit SEARS' CATALOG ORDER DESK in any Retail Store! This amazing selection is in addition to regular re tail store stocks. And it's yours for, the ordering at any Sears Catalog Order Desk.- Just pay cash when you receive the merchandise. : It's that simpler USE SEARS EASY PAYMENT PLAN ON PURCHASES TOTAUNQ 10,00 OR MORE mn iJiiiiiiiii Ml (HI! 484 State St. Phone 9192 - 9193 - 9194 v Open Saturday Nights Til 9 Eavid S. Schwartz, a department store executiye, is shown with his ride, Erna Kompa, three times Olympic backstroke champion, after they were married by Mayor LaGuardia of New York City. They will reside in the city. Silverton Ex-Mayor Back to Oregon to Find Sunshine SILVERTON "I have come back to Oregon to get a little sun shine," Mrs. J. C. Schlador, for mer "Mayor Zetta" of Silverton, said when she returned this week end from a two-months' stay in southern California Mrs. Schlador went south shortly after the conclusion of her two-year term of office. She re ported upon her return that even though she is a native of Oregon, the "rainy state," she had never seen so much rain at one time in her life as she experienced in California. Mrs. Schlador was. joined here by Mr. Schlador and the two packed their household goods in preparation to moving to Agate Beach. Mr. Schlador is at Toledo with the CCC. SILVERTON Edward Ekman has accepted employment at Gil christ with the Gilchrist Timber company. The Ekmans plan to move to Gilchrist for the summer The Lucy Ann Lee Circle of the Methodist church will meet Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. C. Russell, 308 Adams street. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bryson have returned from a trip to Detroit, Mich. Silverton friends have learned that J. E. Collester, who has been very ill at his home in Spokane, j is reported improved. Mrs. LC. Goplerud and daugh ter. Miss Peggy Goplerud, spent the Easter weekend with the Al- i vine Sheirman's at Olympia. Mrs. Sehirman is the former Cora Goplerud. Lt. and Mrs. Max W. Pember ton have gone to Fort Benning, Ga. Lt. Pemberton will - be in training three months for his cap tain's commission. Mrs. Pember ton is the fomer Mable Huddle ston of Silverton. Mrs. Gei-tude Slade Cameron, well known musician of the Sil verton community, suffered a stroke Saturday. She. was report ed as getting along "fair" Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. Stirber re ceived word of the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stirk at Seattle Fiday. Mrs. Stirk will be remembered as Miss Dorothy Stirber. She was employed at the Silverton public library, the Women's Specialty shop and the Silverton Broom Handle factory. This is their first child. At Monmouth :-- i' 1 i-'-r i f 'I. r - New Yorl Educator to Be Speakler, Program : Includes Panel Groups :i MONMOUTH Saturday, April 26 "will be Educational Confer ence day at Oregon - College of Education. The j theme- this 'year is: "Education for Complete Li v- ing." Alumni will also' be hon ored. 1 - Dr. -Alonzo Fl Myers, head of the' department of education, New York university,! will be the prhr cipal speaker. There will be panel discussion groups for primary. in4 termediate, upper . grade, art, and other, divisions, j Special exhibits will- be featured; . ! The history "of : this conference, now in its, 12th -year, stems from activity of a 'summer school class taught here in 1920 by Professor Thomas H. Gentle, who was for 17 years director of training schools in this k institution. Mr. Gentle was thej first conference chairman. Dr. Peter Spehce of the department of education here, now at Claremont college, Calif., served as chairman the second year. Dr. A. S. Jensen has 'been chairman for the last ten years, his committee assistants including Katherine Arbuthnot, department of geography, and Emma Henkle, intermediate supervisor. The program outline includes: 9 to 10:20 a. m., general assembly, Dr. Alonzo F.-Myers; 10:30 to 12 noon, forum discussion, Mrs. Lill ian Van Loan, Eugene, presiding, participants: Dr.! Myers; Albert Beardsley, Portland; Mrs. Agnes C. Booth, Salem;; Don Gabbert, Dallas; 12 to 1:30 p. m., luncheon groups meeting; 1:30 to 2,:30 p. m. discussion groups 2:40 p. m., gen eral assembly, Dr. Myers speak' ing; 5 p. m., buffet supper; 5 p. m., Phi Delta Kappa initiation and banquet; 9 to 12 jp. m., dancing. 1 '-A'- ' . :f--:- hi1 Hli-,V,'K' Yl,fry-lVri-M tvXt'i Jim Thorpe . . : : ' - - " '-.. -. - '.:'.-" i Once - one of the : greatest .all- around athletes In the world,. Jim . Thome. 52. movie hit nlaver. has ' been sued .for divorce tby Mrs. '. Teaa xnorp. 35. who chaxcres cruelty.; She ' asks custody, of , their four sons In her suit, filed t in Lea Angeles. , , Past IMatroiis Have Lunjcheon I GERVAIS The Gervais Past Matrons' club, OES, had a lunch eon Friday at Willman's dining room, before going to the Court street home of Mrs. Harper for their business meeting and social afternoon. j Members present were Mrs. Marion Henning, ; Mrs. William Allsup, Mrs. Virginia Booster, Mrs. Sam Brown, Mrsj George- Ramp, Mrs. Ed Smith, Mrs. Clara Jones, Mrs. Richard Harrison, Mrs. Tom Ditmar, Mrs. Howard Booster, Gervais, Mrs. George Wads worth, Woodburn, Mrs. Ci T. Brixey, Cor vallis, and the fou" hostesses, Mrs. jonn Harper, Mrs. Pierre Aspm- wall, Mrs. John Iznlah, and Mrs. Agnes Jones, Salem. Stuclents Busy With Varied Activities NORTH HOWELL lMany events are being planned for the pupils and friends of North Howell school this month and. next. I . Thursday is school fair and 4H club Achievement day. School work of the year and4H club ex hibits will be shown. Wayne Hard ing and Mrs. Weddl will Judge the displays and assist with the program which also includes mov ing pictures and a puppet play. County track meet Is May 2. For the past two years North Howell school has brought Tiome first place in the "C" division. Music week will be SDeciallv ob served May 9 at the school house with a program of loal talent to be announced later. May 14 is the eighth grade grad uation exercises with nedy, rural school speaker.. Graduates Stuchlick, Pauline Nekton, Robert and Ronald Schmidt and John Earls. High school graduates are Marv Lou Wiesner. Avis Esdc Reuben Ditchen, Silverton hih, Lloyd Patterson and Clarence Schmidt, Gervais. Frances Schmidt graduates from the normal at Mt. Angel. She has taken a three year course Plans Made For Council ' WOODBURN Miss : Mary Scoli lard entertained members of chapter J, PEO sisterhood, at her home .Thursdar. A dessert supper nreceded the meeting. Mrs. Fred jars. Ivan r tJ. ueers presiaea plans were made for the willam tf vallow niinril ctt PFO Sister hood-- fo be - held in Woodburn. Ani-il 92 A 1 rtVlorlc luncheon will;-be served by the local chap ter to the group. Roll call of assigned topics was answered bv 16 members. Zoa Lowthian arranged ' the program and' save the stones-. or two oriera-- r - v.--:..- -H,tr Trnnlc -Rettlmier will en- tertabiV the - "Chapter Thursday, - Jack Ken supervisor, are Doris Community Business Sold At Silverton SILVERTON Members of the Christian church missionary so ciety will hold their annual Mother-Daughter banquet May 5 at the church. Mary Kleeman, Mrs. John W. Jordan, Mrs. Ben Gilford and Mrs. Russell Myers are arranging the program. Flower arrangement is being taught by John Medcalf, high school art instructor at Silverton. Mr. Medcalf teaches the classes each Monday night He special izes in Japanese and western ar rangements. Mr. and Mrs. Clement Butsch, Mt. Angel, are the parents of a son, born at the Silverton hos pital on Friday. - SILVERTON Miss Mina Coo per, who has spent practically her entire life at Silverton and who recently sold her cleaning estab lishment to Melvin Bell, has bought a restaurant at Cottage Grove. She will take possession at once. Harold Davis, principal of the high school, had tq cancel his trip to bpokane, where; he was sched uled to speak at the educational conference there. Harry Cameron. principal of thej Eugene Field school, made the trip instead. The Davis sons are ill. j Mr. and Mrs. jDurbin Berki, Gervais, are the ! parents of a daughter born at the Silverton hospital, April 10. j WALDO HILLS Hills Community club its April card party at the club house. Elmer Peterson, card man. Only one other card be held this season, Mr. reports. Clubs The Waldo will hold night according to party chair- Tuesday : party will Peterson Senior; Girls Given Awards 'WOODBURN At a rearular meetme of - the Woodburn hieh school: home : economics: club sev en senior girls were awarded Betty - Lamp pins for - outstanding service by tne advisor,- Mrs. Helen uuiss. -' . - .'- The freshman eirls presented the program following a business meeting. ' " Receiving pins were Grace Lin- deken. Anita Hoefer. - Betty Jo Otterstrom, Donna Gene Ernest, Margaret Surmeyer, Dorothea Koenig and Corinne Gill, r Dallas Women v Have Parties DALLAS Mrs. C. E. Staats entertained the members of her bridge club at a smartly appoint ed luncheon at her home Wed nesday. This, was the ' last meeting of the club for the season. Mrs. R. L. Chapman, was elected to act as chairman of the group for next year. Prizes for, the year's scores were - presented . to Mrs. W. G. VassalL-Mrs. R. L. Chap man and Mrs. C B. Sundbere. V Mrs. William H. Weaver was a guest Members present included Mrs. Ke. B. Starbuck, Mrs. Oscar Hayter, Mrs.! John Uglow, Mrs. U. S. Loughary, Mrs. W. L. Soehren, Mrs. R. L. Chapman, Mrs. Tracy Staatsi Mrs. C. B. Sundberg, Mrs. Riley Craven, Mrs. W. G. Vassal!,-' Mrs. A. L. Thomas of Inde pendence, and the hostess, Mrs. C. E. Staats. Public Auction Set forTnesday ' VICTOR POINT Albert Sav age will sell 'dairy cows and farm machinery at public auction at his farm near the Victor Point school Tuesday, Colonel Ben SudtelL Al bany, will be auctioneer. - Ladies of Union Hill grange will serve a benefit lunch at noon. m DALLAS Members of the Dallas Junior Woman's club met at the home of Miss Maxine Helms, Wednesday, for the monthly social meeting. " Present were Mrs. Delbert Hunter, Mrs. Lloyd Hughes, Mrs. Dean Helms, Miss Julia LaBarre, Miss Gertrude Kliever, Miss Vel ma Schroeder, Miss Frances Jp Greenwood, Miss Laura Marsh, Miss Dorothy Palmer and the hostess, Miss Maxine Helms. by JOHIi CLINTON - - jr.m . My neighbor's twS . wife you know, the one ', with pretty -eyes, that I like . to borrow but ter from? Well, she s the most contradictory little minx I ever l saw. Shell shop all over town to find tost exactly the kind of thread she wants, at Just exactly the right price, and made by one . 1 company f Nothing eke will do! r . Yet st w drlvlap m 4wn ' twn the jetker mrnlng m4 stepped for mU. "Whot klm?" kt4 Hm HanJuwt. "Oh, ny M Mni" sM rpn4, "They're ill lpprr. rant thyt" Now it occurs to me that the reason the said that was lim ply because she was an ex pert on thread but not on oil. - -So, just ra case you're in the same boat, let me tell you what some of ' .my engineer friends have told me. - ' ;: ' - v The trewble wtttt "tiny eld U that tett mt It terms xeulv : arbN that black 0k that Sums p cyltadars and makas yaar car lata aawar. BaMaA ma chacnt ail bn't really feed lubrlcatlaa. Aitd If yaw via It yaw can aaslly norm yoor matar, mm4 gat nawhera war full efficiency . fram Iff-. ' , ' . ." Now there are several good oils on the mar- -ket. But I like . Triton best. The reason is this thanks to ' Union's pat ented propane-solvent process, - -Triton i 100 per cent pure parr' affin-base the finest type oil oil " money can buy. On top of that is the fact that Triton forms Very little carbon of any kind. It perfect lubrication, and it allows your motor to perform at its best! So, take my advice. Be j fussy and use Triton! All Union Stations have it UNION OIL COMPANY ii For the General Electric 0 5 ibl Senior Class Gires Comedy FALLS CITY The senior class of Falls City high school will pre sent "He Who Hesitates, a three act comedy, Friday, April 25. Members of the cast are: Jean- ette Kopecky, Dolores Nagel. Ruth Taylor, Myrtle Reeves, Maxine uraham, Caroline Brockway, Ver da Murphy, James Inman, David Boozer, David Garrison, Marvin i-orimor and Stanley Reiber. C. M. Price Is director Services Set At Sublimity SCIO William H. Young, about 75,i a pioneer in this part of the state, died Saturday afternoon. He had been confined to his home for about a year. Young's father was reputed to have built the first flour mills both in Stayton and Scio. Survivors are the widow; bro thers, Melvin, Portland, Charlie, scio; sister, Mrs. Jennie Johnson, Scio. j Funeral services-will be an nounced later. The Weddle fun eral home is in charge. I Dallas Typists Again -Winners ! ' ' , v . DALLAS Typists from Dallas retained possession of the coun ty typing trophy in the recent contest. They won first and sec ond places in the novice division and second and third places in the amateur division. i: i Miss Kathry Rowe. former Sa lem girl, is coach of the Dragon scruaa. Willamette Valley Briefs Driver Sentenced LEBANON Herman Kroep lin, Salem, who struck and badly injured Robert Harris, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Harris, leba non, as he was walking home from school, was fined $250 on conviction of drunken driving. Unable to pay the fine, he was sentenced to 125 days in the county jail. His victim was taken to the Lebanon hospital, where nearly 50 stitches were taken to close the cuts on his legs and all his front teeth were knocked out. Airs. Macadam Speaks AURORA The Aurora Wom an's club will meet Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Fred DentaL Mrs. Ivison Macadam of London, the former Miss Caroline Corbett, Portland, will be the speaker for the afternoon. AURORA Mr. and Mrs. L. L. . Gribble entertained at dinner Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scott, sr., Woodburn; Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Tyler and; Norman, Bend; Mr. and Mrs, Robert Scott, i jr, ; Bonney, Susan and Robert, Milton, and Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Gribble Portland. and small son. Farmers Prepare PRATUM Because of the early spring with plenty of .moisture farmers are busy working their land in preparation for sowing spring grain, corn land potatoes. iiecause the rapid growth of grass and weeds soon drain the ground of the needed moisture should dry weather set in. If the ground is j plowed now, and the surface kept worked, moisture can be preserved to last all summer for cultivated crops, it is believed. I Hubbard Has Fire HUBBARD Sunday morning the K. of P. building in Hubbard caught fire, : but prompt work. F, the Hubbard fire department con fined the fire to the wall. The fire is thought to have started by defective wiring in the wall next to the room occupied by the Friend barber shop.) Considerable damage was caused by smoke and water. The; Woodburn fire de partment, sent a truck to aid in ease the fire should spread to the whole building. Presented by the ) G, E. Appliance Department at s rrn rr n Co. 4 MISS ESI Miss Nuernberger is a nation ally recognipd authority on Home Economics and you are most cordially invited to attend her thrilllna classes. If yju have any par ticularly Ixdliincj "kitchen prob lems" be sur to attend and let Miss Nuernberger helo you "witn them. NUERNBERGER and : Featuring Hiss Eslher NucrnEcrger : Popular Home Economist ' ' ' ":v - : Two Big Classes o Thursday - April 17 At 2:00 P. M. o Friday - ilpril 10 At 7:30 P. M. A Valuable G. E. Gift for Every Homemaker in Attendance Thrilling lieu All-Hcclric General Eleclric Eilcten IIov7 cn Display iil-Si--Uwv'- II 1 n l If 1 "-l i t A j