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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1941)
The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon. Thursday Morning. May 29. 1941 PAGE FIVE Local News Briefs List Grow Probably, the Jarg- i est delegation of 4H club boys -and! girls ever to attend 'the organiza tion's summer session on the Ore gon State college campus will be enrolled this year, Wayne. Hard ing, county 4H leader hazarded a guess Wednesday. The list has mounted to 218, with Salem Heights and Central Howell schools tied for the lead, each having 1G prospective summer pupils registered. Last year Mar ion county sent 196, largest num ber from any county in the state. The school runs from June 9 to 20. .- : :' . Lutz florist P 8592 ! 1276 N. Lib. Dr. Drill to Talk-i-Dr. Guy. L. Drill, pastor of the First Christian church, will speak on a Memorial . day subject at the . Salem Lions club luncheon at the Marion hotel -today noon. Four of the 34 local Lions who have qualified for, 100 per cent attendance- awards will be presented with pins at today's meeting. I They are George A. Rhoten, president; Jack Putnam, Jacob Fuhrer and j Herman C. Hille. .'-:'!- i , ' i !.-'! L'. Bridres Ordered T w o small log bridges with plank decking have been ordered on the exten sion of the Abiqua j road to the milk ranch, N. C. Hubbs, county engineer, ; -informed the county court .Wednesday. The bridges, inexpensive to construct, will be of considerable strength and may be expected to carry the traffic of the road for a number of years, Hubbs said. i Safety of your savings is Insured at Salem Federal, 130 S Liberty Boy . Missing Ralph Skoptl, 1440 State street, reported topolice Wednesday that Ivan Jackson, 12, who has been staying with' him, nas Deen missing since l uesaay morning, j The boy has been at tending Salem Heights school. Tire Stolen A. W. Fry, route one, reported to police Wednesday that a spare tire was stolen from his car Tuesday night while it was parked in the 300 block on North Commercial street. t ? r Coming Events . ' June S a 1 e n high school commencement. . .' , Friday, Jane Willamette university faculty reception. . - June 7 Willamette univer sity commencement. June 9 , Summer session opens at Willamette university. Fractures Bones James M. Newton, 23, of route two, received a fractured back and a broken right ankle Wednesday when he fell 20 feet from a sawdust bunker at the Minden Bros, lumber com pany on Cherry avenue where he is employed. Emergency treatment was given by Salem first aid men and he- was taken to the Salem General hospital. Spring wall paper. Mathls Bros.: Dairy Co-op Meets Salem unit of the Dairy Cooperative associa tion is to meet . tonight at i o'clock in the chamber of com merce to elect unit officers and to discuss the recent public hearings of the state milk control board at Portland and plans for the annual unit picnic. Ralph Shepard o; Zena community is now president. Dogs Licensed All of Staylon's 50 dogs now are licensed, declares Paul Marnach, county dog license enforcement ' officer. Twenty-two of those licenses have been se cured since he started a check up of the area, he said Wednes day. ... -;. Townsend Publ Dance Moose Hall May 29th. Admission 25 cents. Baby Is Burned Clell Jack McCaffery, 15 months old, o5H91 Seventh street. West Salem, was treated by Salem first . aid men Wednesday for first and third de gree burns on his legs received when he crawled onto an over heated gas furnace outlet Beach and sport towels size 38x72 at The Better Bedding Store. Meeting Postponed Townsend club No. 16 will not meet tonight but has scheduled the next session for June 5. OBITUARY Edgar . j Claud R. Edgar, 64, former resi dent of Stayton, at a local hospi tal May 24. Survived by widow, Mrs. Irene Edgar of ; Portland and a daughter, Mr. Eugene Richards of Portland. Graveside services will be held Thursday at 2 p. m. -at City View cemetery under the direction of the Terwilliger-Edwards Funeral home. Townley i j Mrs. Mary Frances Townley, late resident of 524! South Water street, Silverton, at a Salem hos pital, Tuesday, May 27. Mother of Mrs. Dorothy Bideler of Klam ath Falls; sister of Alfred I. Gale of Portland. Services will be held Thursday, May 29, at 10:30 a. nv, from Clough-Barrick chapel, with Rev. Edward Terry officiating, Ritualistic , services Will be given by Ramona chapter; OES, of Sil verton. Concluding i services will be in ML Crest Abbey mausoleum. Johnston , I James Johnston, at the family residence at Jefferson, May 27, at the age of 80 years. Father of Mrs. Helen Lee of - Longview, Wash., Mrs. Clarence Miller of Jefferson, Guy Johnston of Jef Redecorated - Enlarged Usual Wave 75e Perm. Oil Push Wave jrA Complete V Open Thurs. Eye. by Appointment Phone 3663 305 First National Bank Bldg. CASTLE PERM.; WAVERS ferson, Herman M. Johnston of Salem; grandfather of Larry Johnston of Jefferson, Ruth Ann Lee of Longview, Stanley, Bar bara and Donald Miller, all of Jefferson; brother of Jonas John ston. Member of Jefferson lodce No. 33, AF & AM, and Euclid chapter, OES. 'Services will, be held under the direction of Walk er & Howell Funeral home First Christian church in Jeffer son, Saturday, May 31, at 2 p. m. with ritualistic services under the auspices of Jefferson lodge, No. 33, AF & AM. Rev. Guy Drill will officiate. Interment Jefferson cemetery. Nazi 'Chutists Use Same Technique Over Crete V 7 o o O ill - o Ol O ;rr Quota Readjusted to24,719 Readjustment of the gross quota of men to be supplied the armed forces by Oregon has been completed by national selec tive service headquarters and a new gross quota of 24,719 allowed to this state, Lienteriant-Colonel Elmer V. Wooton, selective ser- v i c e director here, announced 9 iJwkmv nrftift This Associated Press radiophoto shows German parachutists floating from planes ever Corinth, Greece. This action, which took place in the closing days of the Greek campaign,: resulted in the capture of Corinth. Similar strategy was used in carrying troops to Crete, with more being landed on the Island each day. .-'- "" r- . Funeral Rites Held for Aged State Worker Funeral services for Miss Edna D. Purdy, who died at the Dea coness hospital from a heart at tack; Tuesday night, are at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Clough-Barrick chapel. Rev. W. Irvin Williams will officiate. Bu rial will be in City View cemetery. Miss Purdy was born in Lan sing, Mich., and had resided in Oregon for the past 64 years. At the time of her death she .was an employe of the state insurance de partment. She was a member of the Salem Business and Profes sional Women's club whose meet ing she had attended earlier Tues day night . - t Survivors are two nieces, Mrs. Dorothy Brant Deacon of Mossy Rock, Wash., and Miss Marjorie Ami Brant of Portland; grand niece, Miss Patricia Ann Deacon, and several cousins. at in Purdy Miss Edna D. Purdy, late res ident . of 750 Mill street, Salem, at a local hospital, Wednesday, May 28. Survived by two nieces, Mrs. Dorothy Brant Deacon ; of Mossyrock, Wash., and Miss Mar jorie Anne Brant of Portland grandniece, Patricia Ann Deacon of Mossyrock, Wash. Services will be held Thursday, May 29, 3:30 p. m., with Rev. W. Irvin Wil liams officiating. Concluding ser vices will be in City View cemetery. Boswell Rowena M. Boswell, age 9, at a local hospital, Wednesday, May 29. Survived by parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Boswell of Elgin, Ore gon. Shipment has been made to La Grande, Ore., by Clough-Barrick company for services and interment. i; Claim for Permanent Disability Starts Circuit CourtMay Term Witnesses for; Carl Beatty, who j tion by Julius Moen, father iof seeks an additional award from minor, for appointment as guard the State Industrial -Accident lan; need arises out of damage commission, occupied the stand in claim against J. N. Wiley as re Judge L. H. McMahan's depart- suit of accident in which Wiley ment of circuit court Wednesday allegedly involved. - as the May term got under way. Olei P. Dybevik estate; receipts Waiving jury "school," the judge filed for distribution of $612.64 py ordered proceedings to commence William, Amanda, Martin " and John Dybevik and Gertrude Arp- ke, heirs. . 1 JUSTICE COURT f Earl DeHut, Velma DeHut and Elva Rautenberg; charged with of at once after morning selection of the jury. The case, docketed for two days, involves Beattys claims of per manent total disability resulting tmm on arfir?nt in whirh hi arm hrokPn whh driving a team malicious injury of growing w ccs, ncaring postponed unui ;1W a. m. Thursday: Earl DeHut post Beverage Scene Quiet No: prog ress was reported Wednesday to ward resumption of negotiations between the Salem Teamsters union Local No. 324, and bever age and beer distributors. Walter Worrell, Teamster business agent, said he had "no comment to make at this time." Beautiful dry . cleaning. Suits, coats and dresses (plain) cleaned and pressed 50c. Cash and Carry, 970 Union between Capitol and Summer. G. W. Wood, proprietor. ' See Color Film "The New Ore gon Trail," a color film produced by . the Oregon state highway commission, was shown Wednes day at the'meeting of the Adver tising Federation of Portland. Excellent training is given in the use of office machines and secre tarial work at the Capital Business College. You are invited to in spect this school. News Flashes Read Swegle Townsend club No. 15 will meet tonight at the home of J. J. Klee man on Hollywood drive. News flashes from Washington, DC will be read. The public is invited. of horses in the employ of Dr. M. C. Findley in Polk county.' A previous appeal to Polk county circuit court from a rul ing of the commission resulted in a judgment. equal to 50 per cent of the loss of. the function of the arm. Aggravation of the injury since that, time entitles him to a larger award, he maintains. i CIRCUIT COURT Asa L. Lewelling and others vs. Grace 3 and C: P. Neibert and others; evidence presented Wednesday; case continued into Thursday: E. M. Page sitting as judge pro tempore in equity de partment of circuit court. Ruby Willis vs. State Industrial Accident commission; answer filed. f , C. V. Bennett vs. R. L. Harris; transcript . from Crook county circuit court, showing judgment of $200. Lawrence N. Brown vs. Mayro McKinney and others; reply mak ing denial. Mary Elsey f vs. B. W. Elsey; complaint dismissed by order of Judge McMahan oh motion of plaintiff. ;i Ruth Riff ey vs. Paul Riffey; complaint for divorce,, alleging cruel and inhuman treatment and asking restoration of name Ruth Speaker; married April 29, 1938. Federal Farm Mortgage cor poration vs. Fred Grabe as execu' tor of estate of William T. Grabe, and others; judgment of $3143.75 and costs, and ordering sale by sheriff of land involved. PROBATE COURT Ralph Moen guardianship; peti Ores ! O en's Selective Service Glib Hears i - , . . ... . Adventures Of Airmail Commander A. W, Scott, Royal Naval Air Service, retired, "yarn ed to members of the Salem Ro tary club Wednesday of his ad ventures in the an and in New Guinea, but declared that the United States has "far more beau tiful scenery, far more interesting places" than one can see in for eign lands. 1 Commander Scott, who super vised building of the, airport at Lae, . New Guinea, from which Amelia 4 Earhart made her last flight, told of how huge . gold dredges were freighted in sections by airplane into the River of Gold country, Inaccessible except by air. The Gila national monument near Lordsburg, NM, is a good ex ample of how little known some of ; this country's most interesting regions ate, he said. Commander Scott said he stop ped In Lordsburg one day and at tempted the find the way to the national monument, which ' 5000 years ago was the home of a race of pygmy cliff dwellers, but found no one who had ever even heard of the place, 29 miles away.- It was finally necessary for him to wire Washington, DC, for directions and a ranger was sent from the park to show him the way. in. He said that last year only 107 persons, 70 of whom were from foreign countries, visited the Gila monument. ed $100 undertaking for bail. others released on . own recpg nizance. - i e Theodore C. Bergquist; too operator's license; $1 and costs: MARRIAGE LICENSES $ Fred A. Straw, 50, farmer, 1270 Hoy V street, and Luella Perry, 41, nurse, 1130 Edgewater street, both Salem. 1 MUNICIPAL COURT I Donald M. Townsend, violation of basic rule; fined $2.50. " Final Chapel Exercises Set seniors participate this morn ing at 11:30 in their final chapel exercises at Willamette university, with Dr. James T. Matthews as principal speaker, according to tradition. The processional takes the sen iors to seats at the front of the chapel. William Laughlin of Sa I em, president of the class, is to preside and give the farewell talk, Members of Alpha Kappa Nu, scholastic honorary, are to be pre sented. Winston Bunnell of Port- Wednesday. . Credited against the gross quota are 17,475 Oregon men reported as enlisted cr commissioned in the armed forces of the United States and the 2288 men who have been inducted; Into the, army under the selective- service law. This " will leave a net quota of 4955 men to be supplied under the selective service setup in future months. Wooton emphasized the fact that the 4955 men to be sap plied under the new quota are ' not to be f mulshed during any specified period but will be sup plied . as requisitioned by the armed forces. Further readjustments of the state's gross quota will be made from time to time in accordance with the needs of the government, and the state's net quota will be affected hot only by .sud read- justments but' by credits obtained by additional enlistments. Based on the new quota for the state the number of men to be supplied by each of Oregon's 57 local boards will be announced soon, Colonel Wooton said. US to Mail FoodStamps Closing of the Salem food stamp office July 1, announced this week by the state welfare commission, does not: mean' that the food stamps will go out of use in this area, M, E. Holcomb, county ad ministrator, declared Wednesday, Persons here eligible for stamps will simply secure them by mail through! the Portland office, Hol comb said.- Only Salem residents have been securing stamps in per son through the- Salem office, he pointed but; throughout the rest of Marion ; county the service has been by mail order through Salem. Now, it all becomes a postal sys tem, with the Portland office re ceiving and filling orders for food stamps. Four Aumsville Boys Held on Theft Charges Four juvenile boys, three of them 16 years old and one 14, were charged with larceny by city police Wednesday after they al legedly stole a number of auto- mobile keys and gear shift knobs from cars on display in used car lots. - ,' . x Two of the boys, all of whom live at Aumsville, : were caught first by J. E. St Clair, a salesman at the W- L." Anderson lot in the 300 block on . Marion street . after he became suspicious of their ac tivities. V ' Anderson collared the two boys. police said, after he chased ' the quartet for some distance. Ander son became suspicious after not ing keys were' gone from cars in which the boys had entered. Police said the four admitted the thefts. . Conducts Service - Rev. W. W. Clark, Sand Point, Idaho, who conducted an evan gelistic campaign here about nine years ago, is in charge of meet ings being held each night at 8 o'clock at 840 South 22nd street REPOT t'OllEYffi'l ( LISTNWIT ) Some Berries Get $1 PORTLAND, May 28--Strawberries sold on the farmers' wholesale market at $1.50-65 early for good quality with ordinary stock down to $1.35-40 crate. Some late sales were as low as $1. land will sing "Farewell lamette" at the close. Wil- Practical sympathy is our stand when money . troubles exist for you. We provide a dignified way to borrow with no "red tape" or delay. Con sult us about a signature loan. 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