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TI OREGON STATESMAN, Salem.' Oregon. Tuesday Morning. Mar 13, 131 PAGE EEVEI Cartoonist Swamped by Letters Naming the Bumsteads' Baby More Than 350,000 Suggestions Reach ' ' ' Syndicate Office With More Coming; Winning Entry Gets $100 Prize ; NEW YORK, May 12. Murat "Chic" Young had no trouble at all finding names for his own children. He and AtheL his wife, named; the boy Dean and the girl Jeanne. Buthe has the "Grand Coulee? of headaches now over the naming of the Bumsteads' new baby. - The Bumsteads are, of course, the Mri and Mrs. in Young's fam ous newspaper comic, "Blondie," who are as real to millions of per sons as their own relatives and better known by most of them than their next door neighbors.' In April Chic, as the stork, brought a new firl baby to the Bomstead home, and decided to let readers help him choose a name for It King Features Syn dicate which distributes the atrln. offered a imill orixe for the best suggestion. Young ex pected" a few thousand to come In- I ;i " But lie underestimated the In terest 4f Mr. and Mrs. America. He quickly discovered that if you want to get their minds off the war. Just give them a baby to name. By the hundreds of thou sands, they turned deaf ears to Europe lo help give Blondie's baby a name Today more than 350,000 suggestions had been made and there was more mail to be opened. -The Inowstorm of letters that poured n from every state in the union and from Canada showed that mejn were no less interested in babjj-naming than women. A number of names come from army camps. The top sergeant of a reg ular army unit in Texas proposed "Clara pou" declaring the name was irresistible. Will Ann Sheri dan, thf oomph girl, please lake note? sie changed her name from Clara IJou. When there's a baby to be named J private troubles are for gotten, too. A letter came from a woman In a hospital In Merid ian. Miss the victim of a time bomb placed In a motion pic ture theatre. As she wrote, an other month's stay in her bed of pain was before her, but she was concerned about the best name for the Bomstead daugh ter. Her suggestion, by the way, was Glorious Bums te ad. Another I woman asked that Blondie's child be given the name of her own baby, who died in in' fancy. I '. Young, who is being, assisted In the judging by Beatrice Fairfax, Inez Robb and Dr. Allan Roy Da foe, expects to announce the win ning name in about two weeks. Meanwhile, take a tip from him: Don't; ask for help in naming a baby., I - Keizer News J KEIZER Miss Eileen Holden arrived from Oregon State college to spend Mother's day weekend -with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Holden. Miss Sylvia Claggett, who will graduate from the Oregon College of Education In June, was the guest of; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Claggett on Mother's day. Mrs. jWilliam Blake motored to Corvallijs Saturday, where she at tended the Mother's day tea at the Sigma Ku house on the Oregon State campus. She was the guest of her son, Phillip. r Mrs. Albert Minturn spent the Mother's day weekend as the guest of her daughter, Harriet, at the Alpha Gamma Delta house on the University; of Oregon campus. , -I - I Mrs. M. S. Bunnell entertained . with a family dinner at her home Saturday in honor of her mother, Mrs. J. E. Putnam. Covers were placed for the hon ored guests, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Putnam; and Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Putnam, Albany, Miss Helen Put nam, Miss Barbara Putnam, Bill Putnam, James Putnam, Mrs. Hel en Emmert, Orlo Emmert, Ches ter Emmert, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Parker and the hostess, Mrs. M. S. Bunnel V A party was held at the Chema wa grange hall Saturday. Hosts were Mr. and Mrs. Fred McCalL Mr. and Mrs. Joe Deidrich and Mr. and Mrs. Eina Abrams. The even ing was spent playing cards and Chinese checkers. I J. -A dessert bridge luncheon was held at the home of Mrs. J. E. Put nam Saturday. Three tables of contract bridge were in play. Dec oration were spring flowers. " Honors went to Mrs. Harry Ir vine arid Miss Ogwen Jones. The cut went to Mrs. Jane Tilghman. Guests i present were Mrs. Tilg- ham, Mrs. Ina Boyer, Mrs. W. T. Parker j and Miss Jones. Members playing were Mrs. Seymour Jones, Mrs. Iryine, Mrs. H. W. Bowden, Mrs. Sam F. Richards, Mrs. w. G Earle, Mrs. M. S. Bunnell, Mrs. Roy S.i Melson and the hostess. Mrs. J. E. Putnam. The next meet- ' ing will be held at the. home of Mrs. Albert Minturn. Oecta! Soreness Oat RtHtf flaw Easy Way Sir In Comfort XWt aetfcet hear m fcralwa &atm ervuaa' rtetum. Trm piM era liaUa t tafecuoa. A ukk drpfudaV rlWr at fractal nrmn ii Ira-lar-moa BactaL Brian aoatalac N af liahrt WM . forma arotaetiae aim avar aor. eras, kelp afaoy taf actioa lr akta N&tura aaal O tmw, broke tiwoc N a a ariaaa ta aula ctotMnc SoM oa bom; back raiw aataa, Gat thta aiiiw relief toirk far pnoLAn:.:o:i hzctal Tred Meyer Drag Seclloa : Horse Killed In Car Leap PORTLAND, May 12-iTVA tightened saddle horse was killed in' an attempt to leap over the "hood of a car, and two boats col lided In accidents here Sunday. The horse was ridden by a boy whose name was not learned. Its crash with the car injured the hand of the driver, II. D. Kerr, 37, Portland. ' ! A speed boater, Kai E. Theilade, 29, suffered a fractured left 'arm in a collision with one of several small sail boats on the Columbia river, lis attempted to aid boats caught in a sudden squall. ; W7 w omen s uean Is Appointed PORTLAND, Ore., May 12H5V Appointment of Mrs. Buena Maris as dean of women at Oregon State college was approved Monday by the finance committee of the board of higher education. - r Ratification by the board is ex pected Tuesday. She has been ex tension specialist in family rela tions at OSC for the past two years and will succeed Dr. Kate w. Jameson who is to retire July Mrs. Maris taught for a year in Tacoma after graduation from the College of Puget Sound. Student Wins Gold Medal MT. ANGEL James Duvn of Oregon City was chosen winner in the oratory contest held at Mt. Angel auditorium. Mr. Duyn will be presented a gold medal on commencement day, June 1. : -The subject of his oration was "America Should Become Culture Conscious." Judges were Rev. Alexander Williams and Fred Kohlruss, both of Portland, and John T. Bauman, Mt AngeL MT. ANGEL Commencement exercises for Mt Angel " prep school wiU be held on Friday, May 30, at 8 p. m. with 33 grad uates. Virgil Reasorier will be award ed the gold elocution medal and the medal for general excellence wiU go to the senior with the highest scholastic standing for the last three years. Abbot Thomas Meier, OSBy will present ! the awards. Officers and speakers of the graduating class are Raymond Manning, Portland, president; Ar- mana Aiafiia, Portland, valedic torian; Robert Diehl.Mt An pel- vice-president and salutatorian; Raymond Kleckef, Salem, secre tary, jmd Leo Traeger, Mt Angel, sergeant-at-arms. Scio Resident Taken hy Death John Shanks of Scio died at a Jaiem hospital early Monday morning. -He is survived by a son, uioyn oi jacomo and a brother, Fernando of Salem. Funeral serv ices will be from the .Rantr.t church at La comb on Wednesday at 2 o'clock. John Shanks, age 65. was born In Marion county where he has always lived. He has been j farmer for many years, and al though ailing for some time, has been seriously 111 only for the past three weeks. Columbia Preps - ; Best Mt. Amrel MT. ANGEL Although out' hitting their rivals, the Mt Angel Preps by a series of bad breaks found themselves trailing the Co lumbia Preps of Portland 4-0 at the end of the sixth Inning in game stopped by rain here at the Ebner ball park Sunday afternoon. Columbia ' " ' ' - -4 3 Mt Angel 0 4 OToole and O'Brien; Kehoe and Walker. . Jim Wyatt Coming Jim Wyatt Portland radio news commentator, will be the speaker at the Salem Rotary club luncheon at the Marlon hotel Wednesday noon. : ". ' ; ..- rion insnmE ron STOIIACn ULCEBS A recent medical dlaeo te I jr now be big uaed by doctors and bocpitaia ev orywhera baa proven unusually aue eeaaful In tho treatment of stomach ulcers caused from excess add. It Is a harmleas preparation yet so effec tive that In many cases the pains of stomach Ulcers disappear almost tan mediately after It ts used. Abo rec ommended for gss pains, tauufeitioa and heartburn due to hyperacidity. Sufferers mar bow try this at home by obtaining a bottle of Lurln from their druggist. Lurln contains this new discovery In Its purest form. Easy to take, Just mix two teaspoonfuls la a half glass of milk. Costa but little and sold under an absolute guarantee that tt must satisfy or money refund ed. Lurln for sale by lrtd Meyer ant drug stores ererywhere. Suggestions by : ... r S' 1 Part of the staff that Is helping Chic if" new baby is shown at top at work In New York, sorting the hun dreds of thousands of letters. Below: More of them openlnr letters and listing the names for the judges. As you can see, Mr. and Mrs. America's assistance in the baby naming has been a boon to the post S) ED H1TF in the A'etr PORTLAND-UP-A thief with plenty of time pumped 125 gallons of gasoline from an east side serv ice station tank here and hauled it away, the operator has com plained to police.. TILLAMOOK-rVOne of the mink on a farm employing Care taker Robert Williams must .be part guinea . pig Williams be lieves. She littered 12 healthy kittens. An average mink family is six or less. CAMP ROBINSON, AxkMJPj- When only a few girls showed up at a 134th infantry dance hand some Private Robert Skinner of Lincoln, Neb., drove a -company truck to another section of Camp Robinson where a well-attended 110th medical regiment hop was in ful swing. Easing inside the hall, Skinner tagged a blonde, snapped off a few tricky steps and then suggested they step outside. There he deposited her in the truck and returned to the hall. t ' Within less time than it takes to tell. Private Skinner was back at the 134th with 12 count 'em femmes. The 110 th, to a man, is looking for Private Skinner. CAMP B LANDING. Fla.-i?V Lieut Thomas Lyden, division surgeon's office executive, sat calmly In his tent smoking his pipe and studying the umpire's manual. Capt Robert Eddy dropped In; looked about and wiped his face "It Is hot isn't ltr Lyden re marked. "Welt now that yea mention If said the captain. Lyden got up, looked at his thermometer. "Ill say It Is. Look! It's 102." The captain whistled, I didn't know It was that hot Both 'men scurried out gave orders te their men to knock off for the af ternon -because of the heat The next time they do that it's a safe bet theyH check the j I- WJ.Jilll MUM.U'.'.'.WJI). 1 DaftnsY Savings Stamps Prfeod lOo, 280, 500, S1.00 aad ' $3.00 oaeav Waoa emo has accu mulated $18.73 la Sarlags Stassps tkey may bo xcfciagod for a Saviags Boad which la 10-yoan will bo worth $23.00. Bonds of alahor deaoatlaattoa auy bo had with the aama proporuoaate appro etatioa. , - , ; D. W. " ROT NELSON J. rUHRXB ' ofiha mjniTIiD STTAHES TsJAinrONAIL DATnJTI r tl?e Thousands ' S oJZZf X t- ' Young- find the name for Blondie's f IE lieutenant's stove. His matches had set fire to the nicest bed of pine cones you ever saw. s PHILADELPHIA-K-Crippled by a hit-run driver last August John D. Garfalost 68, appeared in court on crutches the other day and was convicted of the same charge in another accident Sen tence was deferred.1 .CHARLOTTE, NC-C-A car rier pigeon landed on the desk of the Charlotte Travelers Aid society. It got aid In the way of food and water and took off, heading due north. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich--v!P)-Mr. and Mrs. John H. Helmholdt won a race with the stork but it was close. A 6 pound, 10-ounce boy was born to Mrs. Helmholdt in a hospital elevator. - PORTLAND--A middle-aged man appeared before Municipal Judge Julius Conn on a nominal charge the other day. -- "Haven't you been drinking al ready this morning? the Judge asked. "Yes," was the reply. "I had to get up nerve enough to face you, your honor. Judge Conn continued the case, . NOME, Alaska-OTVPilot wil liam Munz was halfway between Taylor and Nome, somewhere over the Sawtooth mountains and above the Kauragok river. With him were his wife and two seasoned miners, Emil Laurin and Jack Kel ley. On the ground, the temperature was at freezing, and the airplane cut through still colder air. , Then the stork caught up with the Munzs. , . Twenty minutes later, "Mrs. Munz. and her newborn child were In a Nome hospital, both reported doing welL .: Hours later, the miners and Munz were still groggy. Buy Dofonso Savings Stamps ond Bonds Now Join tho Honor Roll of Investors in Defense Sayings Stamps and Defense Sayings Bonds. Behind these are the Nation's entire resources. Investment therein is Patriotic is Profitable is Protection for your country and yourself. la attUf as AotoefbeJ Ditwlootf f Aaeel for Defease , aad S-A U.U UafcU sowfai wlfcVort wasfsB Vice Presidents .. . . . W. S. STRS Assistant Vice Presidents t GEORGE H. RICHES Assistant Managers TINKHAM GILBERT LEO 0. PAG Alaska Rail Bids Refused I SEATTLE, May 12-()-The United States district engineer's office withheld a contract for the construction of an extension to the Alaska railroad Monday because the two bids submitted exceeded the government's estimate , by more than $L000,000. v ; ; The government's estimate was $2,981,778 and the lowest bid, that of the Seaboard Construction company of Mt Kisco, NY, was $4,074,615. ' The second bid was a Joint tend er by Morrison, Knudsen, Boise, Idaho, General Construction com pany, Seattle, and J. F. Shea, Portland. . It amounted to $4, 067,433. - k The bids wUl be reported to the chief of the engineers corps of the war department for final action. Students From Four Schools Are Graduated - - - .'i LYONS Eighth grade rradu ation exercises were held at the Rebekah hall Thursday evening for Lyons, Fox Valley, Weasel Flat and McCully Mountain schools. Dr. . Willis B. Merriam. Oregon College of Education, . was the speaker. . . .; . The following program was presented: Commencement song, Lyons elementary chorus ; violin, Evelyn Clipfell; piano, Miss Wright; talk, Betty Bassett, Fox Valley, song, Fox Valley chorus; talk, Louise Kuiken; song, Lyons elementary' chorus; talk, Ronald Helm and Jack Yocum; duet Ron aid Helm and Jack Yocum; talk, Laurena Martin: guitar solo. Charles Prichard; processional march, Elaine Clipfell; song, grad uates; presentation 'of diplomas by . chairmen of ; the boards, Bert Lyons, Lyons; " ..Guy Prichard, Weasel Flat and; Ray Nye, Fox Valley. ! Graduates were Charlotte Burke, Betty Kinzer, Louise Kuiken, Te resa Pietrok, Robert Briles, Ro bert Cornforth and Leonard Sur ry, Lyons; Juanita Downing, Wil liam Bryant and Ross Kellogg, Fox Valley; Betty Jean . Fyock, Laurena Martin, Charles Pricard and Larry Lee Prichard, Weasel Flat and Ronald Helm and Jack Yocum, McCully Mountain. Jefferson Qings To Second Place MAKION B LEAGUE STANDINGS (Sontacra 8ecttoa) W It Pet! W L Pet Aumsvtn 7 0 1.000 Mill City 1 .143 Jetferaoit S S .7l4,Turncr 1 .141 Stay ton 4 3 J73! JEFFERSON Pat Beal'r Jeff high nine clung to second place in the South Marion County B league standings by whipping Mill City 9 to S Friday. Weir struck out 12. Final league game for- Jeff Is set Tuesday at Stayton. Mill City. i S 6 Jefferson 9 4 Moravec and Schroeder; Weir and Cole. Valley Events May U Nut Growers Mtt, Laba- non. May 21 Jersey .Cattle club show, fairground. . May S4 Organization meeting Of Oregon Seed league, CofralUa, M OJ Mar J4 Scio zat lamb show. May 17 Egg grading school. Cherry City Baking company rootna. Salem, darting at 13 PJ& UUnwaa a erenlnc aeailona. May 29 Marloo county eapeiliitent ttation tour of forage crops, CorvaUia. June T Marion coumy fat lamb now av Turner. KEIZER NEWS - i-S t i. A. "7v DtFtnsa Savings DonJf , tscaiES t) Prloed $18.73. $37.50, $73.00. $378jOO, and $750.00. Mature In 10'Toara at $23.00, $30.00, $100Da $500.00 aad $1000.00. rtjootiToly. May bo redeotaod aay tlM aitec 60-days tzorn px ohaao at lasaod prleo nlas appioelatloa as designated tot period held. SawtafS Staaso t aeofiW . WILTON f L. C SMITH I E. H. THOMPSON D Revised Bible ! The Rev. Barry C Graham and the Eer. Alexander Wyse Revised edition of the books of the New Testament of the Bible, prepared for Roman Catholics of the United States and other English-speaking countries, is off the presses at Paterson. N. J, and la shown being; examined hy tho Rev. Harry C Graham, left, na tional director of the Holy Name society, and the Rev. Alexander Wyse, The edition gives a new .translation with better English wordage and eliminates obscure passages and archaic phraseology. Zena Pupils Entertained ZENA Miss Koneta Nowoweij- ski, instructor at the Zena school and her eighth grade pupils, Sam Barker, June Swinford, Shirley Newton and Arden Shepard are being entertained. Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Barker gave a luncheon In their honor, with Evelyn Etzel of Oak Grove, who was a member of the class last year, as a special guest Mrs. Ralph Shepard was hostess for a picnic supper and Mrs. Ben L. Swinford and Mrs. Grace Hiatt took them' to" Eugene by train, where they enjoyed a visit to the university campus and open house at the library. Harold Swinford was a special guest. ' Drivers9 Raise Okehed PORTLAND, May 12-ff)-Wage increases lor 1000 AFL drivers covered by a master agreement with 40 trucking firms, were rati' fled here Sunday by the 13th and final local of the teamsters union to vote. The .wages paid and amount of the increase were not divulged. AAOfc N0RTHRQP3 .THERE AS MUCH DIFFERENCE IN GASOLINES AS THERE IS IN PLANES. IF YOU VE FLOWN OR DRIVEN WITH RICHFIELD AS I HAVE . YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I MEAN . RICHFIELD FORTIFtED V GASOLINES MATERIALLY INCREASE THE-C iviiw vr ink myivrt in iwn Vrl if rU - ofKOSKIFDEiL UPERATINS 24. HOURS, ROFlEUOVSatrtTIFICAUY ADVANCED REFIKERV WITH ITS NEW ALKYLATE PLANT CAN PRODUCE OVER A BILLION GALLONS OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS A YEAR FOR, NATIONAL DEFENSE an J Is now Ready I o o Final Rites Are Today MUX CITY Edward Smith. 79, died at the homo of his bro ther, Claud Smith, Mill City, Sun day. ; He was born in New York City and came to Oregon 40 years ago to settle at Mill City, where he had lived until his death. Funeral at 1 p. Tuesday, in the Christian church at Mill City. Interment to Fairview cemetery. -.1 Silverton Bills Weekend Clashes SILVERTON Coach Guy De- Lay's Silverton high baseball tossers, who have lost but one league game this season, entertain Chemawa here Friday afternoon and get ready for a doubleheader Saturday with Hood River. Added interest in the Hood River game is had from the fact that Herman Kramer, in charge of the Hood River boys, was formerly high school superintendent here. Silverton won over Canby Fri day, 18 to 3, aided by Burr's home run. I. 4 GASOUWE says r STEVENS CHItF TEST PILOT - ... rS CVtn 4,CCaC0D FULL CCLC FICTUrlES School Picnic i 1 Sclieduled ZENA Mss Koneta Nowoweli- has completed her fourth year her and' plans to teach th seventh grade at Vest Salem school next term. . ." r -r - Friday is the last day of school at Zena and a picnic will be held at Hazel Green park. Graduation exercises will be held at the school house Wednesday night with Rex Putnam, state superintendent of public Instruction, as main speak er. Superintendent of Polk coun ty schools, Joshua Wills, will pro sent the diplomas and Jesse Baker Is to give the convocation and ben ediction. - r. ? ' ZENA The Sorlnc Vallow Christian Endeavor society spon sored a party and handkerchief shower Friday at the home of Mr. and;Mrs. W. Frank Crawford- complimenting Miss Koneta Now oweijski. The guest list included the honor guest Miss Uda Mit McKinney, Orvetta and Viol at Cooper, Verle and Pearl McKin ney. Robert Newton. Ardon Shen. ard, Jean Oake, Naomi and Ches ter Merrick, Robert Yungen, Ver non Merrick, Mrs. S. D. Crawford and Mr. and Mrs. W. Frank Craw ford. . . .: . - Aid Society Meets Friday WOODBURN Reeular meet. ing of the Presbyterian Aid socie ty will be held Fridav instead; of the regular date because of an invitation received by the society to attend a meeting at Gervais ion Thursday In observance of tho 50th anniversarv of the nervals Missionary society. j j Program chairman for the meet ing will be Mrs. Fred Evenden. Devotions will be led by Mrs. Olive Smith. Hostesses will be Mrs.! Vernon Frenty, Mrs. Lester Smith and Mrs. Harris Nelson. I Answer to roll call will be "My Favorite Magazine.' ! Dairymen Win 7th Straight .! 1 ' - ! Hazel Dell hung up its seventh straight Commercial league -soft- ball win Monday, defeating Gold en Pheasant 4 to 1 behind the four-hit hurling, of Fravei. ' I , Kiwanis combed a 7 to 3 deci sion ; off Bob Elf strom's. while Mills Blue Lake and Stubby played to a 6-6 deadlock. Hazel Dell Pheasants 4 1 t .l Fravei and Hawes; Siebens and Wenger. Kiwanis . Elfstroms .7 -3 9 4 Parker and Williams; "Beards ley sod Rollings. j Blue Lake Stubby Mills .6 s S 4 S Applegate and Morley; C Barnwell; . Leiser and DwightT 70" TO DRESS A SOLDIER voui V 1 t V .. 1 . i tlmo RICHFIELD paid. 1 111 TAX ENOUGH Morttx TO RTJUSH CCUPUIE OOIlinS roa cci w,zts sqlcizs. Z'Ci.7f2DS7A7i::!S Cf TH2 V.ORLDS
