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.
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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
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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.
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Oat RtHtf flaw Easy Way
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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
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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. , -
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" ROT NELSON
J. rUHRXB
' ofiha
mjniTIiD STTAHES TsJAinrONAIL DATnJTI
r
tl?e Thousands
' S
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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
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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 -
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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
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L. C SMITH
I E. H. THOMPSON
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Fravei and Hawes; Siebens and
Wenger.
Kiwanis .
Elfstroms
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Parker and Williams; "Beards
ley sod Rollings. j
Blue Lake
Stubby Mills
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Applegate and Morley; C
Barnwell; . Leiser and DwightT
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