Scio Finance
Report Due
Board Meets This
- Week; Stockholders
. Voting on Sale
SCIO-Official report of Scio'
financial status at the end of the
current year is to be filed by
City Treasurer E.. D..: Myers at
the January meeting of the mu
nicipal board this week. Routine
work, including auditing accounts
against the city, is to be taken up.
'..Current holiday post office
record, it was thought.
. : Damage suit of Mrs. Opal Bur
ton against Cook and Heise of
Scio had not reached the trial
stage at Albany at last accounts.
The sum of-$10,000 is asked by
the plaintiff, whose husband was
killed in a car crash with the
Cook truck near Scio three months
go.
Bids for 55 cords of wood for
the Scio school district are to. be
considered at a board meeting
scheduled for January 7.
Scio school holiday vacation
terminates January 4.
. Final action in the proposal to
sell the property of the Crown
Mining and Milling company is
expected result of impending
vote by mail" method, according
to Cyrus Peery of near Scio, sec
retary of the company.
, Two months ago offer to pur
chase was initiated by sales pro
moters, and at the annual meet
ing ef stockholders in November
the matter took definite form.
- Legal procedure has been se
cured, it was announced recent
ly, and plans are in the making
for stockholders to record their
desires by mail, 51 per cent of
stock being necessary for a sale.
Property of the company is in
the "Elkhorn mining district on
the Little North fork of the San
tiam river, about 30 miles east
of Scio.
First snow of the season at
Scio came December 27 but melt
ed almost as fast as it fell. 'Snow
blanket was about one-half inch
thick in piaces in this vicinity,
while in the Rodgers mountain,
Jordan and other higher reaches
several inches fell. Temperature
of 27 was noted on December 36
and 27, equaling Thanksgiving
week and marking the coldest of
the season.
Robins that migrated to the
foothill country during the au
tumn were observed ' in goodly
numbers this week in the-Scio
valley, duplicating their age-old
habits. Severe freezes occurred
here during last week, and some
apprehension has been felt as to
effect on hay grasses seeded dur
ing the fall and late summer. Re
ports have reached Scio from far
mers to the effect that little dam
age to winter grain has been noted
thus far.
Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Goulding
ef Scio recently entertained at
Cnner Dr. and Mrs. George Lar
lon of Brownsville, and Mr. and
Mrs. Earnest Anderson and son
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mc
Comb of Corvallis. Dr. Goulding
and Dr. Larson are members of
the same medical fraternity.
George J. Patrny recently pur
chased from his mother the old
family farm on Thomas creek a
frw miles east of Scio.
Herbert Winter of Scio and
John and Walter Holechek of In-
aepenaence were auioisis wno
narrowly escaped serious acci
dent near the coast Sunday when
ky highways caused seven cars
to jam. Winter and the Hole
cheks were on an unsuccessful
quest for steelhead salmon.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kundelius
axe in possession of the six-acre
tract two mlies southwest of Scio
recently purchased from E. I.
Rush. The Rushes 'plan to leave
in the spring for Colorado, their
former home state.
Rolla Shelton, past master, of
Scio Masonic lodge, recently in
Stalled the following officers "for
1942: WM, M. D. Zanden SW,
W. J. Kelly; JW, J. A. Withers;
ccicuiijr, iujiu outu, ueaauier,
XL D. Myers; SD, Paul Lardon of
Albany; JD, P. . Schrunk; SSS,
Kenneth Purdy; JS, 4Rolla Shel-
tec; tyler, Clarence Lef fler.
i Pasadena, Calif, visitors from
Scio this week included J.. D.
: , Densmore, jr. and family.. M. D.
i Zander of this city was in San
Francisco on business, returning
Monday. '
George Scott and family of
Gait Calif- were recent guests
at the Scio home of Gait's moth
er, Mrs. Jess Edwards. Several
ether relatives assembled thereat
Christmas time.
Cody ent East
LEBANON The body of Annie
Hatton, aged .79, who died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs.: W. D.
Zimmerman, December. SI .was
sent to the former home of , the
family in Lincoln, Nebr, by , the
Lowe mortuary, Saturdya. Mrs.
Hatton, who was bora in Indiana,
leaves besides Mrs. Zimmerman
another 1 daughter in Lincoln and
two sons, one in Phoenix, Ariz.,
and the other in Butte, Mont
George Is Booked
WEST SALEM Albert Sewel
George, 260 lloyt" street, Salem,
was booked in police court Decem
ber 31 oa a charge of cpe-ating a
truck on . the public highway
without a. license and cited to ap
pear before Felice Judse Elmer
Mid - Willamette Valley News
Reports from The Statesman's
PAGE TEN
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Among the men whose voices radio listeners hear reporting the
news from key cities In the war zones are the four pictured above.
Bert Silen is the National Broadcasting company's news commen
tator from Manila, P. I., who is heard almost nightly from the
Philippines. It was he who gave a vivid account of an air raid
In progress on the capital of the U. S. Islands in the far Pacific
New Choir
Sings Today
WEST SALEM The newly
organized choir will present spe
cial music at the morning ser
vices at the Mennonite Brethren
church Sunday. Communion ser
vice will be observed and Mr.
and Mrs. John Fast will place
their membership in the church.
Rev. A. A. Loewen will deliver
the morning and evening mess
ages. At the young people's meeting
there will be a discussion on the
"Young People's Fellowship."
Visiting convalescent homes in
the afternoon will be Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Loewen, Miss Paul
ine Loewen and Miss Martha
Fadenrecht
Monday night the church coun
cil will have a meeting.
Sunday school classes at the
Methodist church begin at 9:45
and church services at 10:45 a. m.
Evening services begin at 7:30
o clock.
Henry Neal
Dies Lyons
SCIO Henry Neal, farmer near
Lyons, died Friday afternoon of a
heart attack at his home at the
age of 52 years. He-was born in
this section and had spent all his
life in the region, farming and
dairying.-
Survivors are the widow, Mrs.
Gertie Neal; two sons and two
daughters, all at home; sisters,
Mrs. Martha Pepperling of near
Scio; brothers, John near Lyons
and Tom of Bandon.
Funeral services will be at 1:30
p.m. Monday from the Weddle Fu
neral home in Stayton, with burial
at the Bilyeu Den cemetery. Rev.
Frank Betzer of Crabtree will of
ficiate. Bakers Receive
Wire From Son
WALDO HILLS Mr. and Mrs.
F. E. Sylvester were New ear's
day guests of Dr. and Mrs. A. J.
McCannel. The McCannels had
been Christmas day guests of the
Sylvesters at Silverton.
Mr. and Mrs. Morton Baker of
Portland were dinner guests New
Year's day at the Will Haberly
home. The Bakers have, had only
one message from their son, Rod
ney, since the war broke out Rod
ney is with the marines in the
Philippines. He wired congratula
tions to his parents on their 25 th
wedding anniversary December
19.
Waconda Club Meets
WACONDA The Waconda
Community club will have ah all
day meeting Wednesday at the
home of Mrs. F. P. Runcorn .
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Salem, Oregon,' Sunday Morning. January 4. 1942
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Lyons News
LYONS Relatives received
word in Lyons Monday of . the
death of Barbara Jean Harris,
four-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Harris, in Ta
coma, Wash. Mrs. Harris will be
remembered as Shirley Bass, a
former Lyons resident.
Friends in Lyons were glad to
hear the last reports from Mr.
and Mrs. Aldred Martin in Al
bany, that their son Rolland is
alive , and on duty. The Martins
were earlier informed by the navy
department that their son had
been lost in action at Pearl Har
bor. I
Mr. and Mrs. Mirvin Berry,
who have been living in the Corn-
forth house east of i town, have
moved to Mill City, j ,
Miss Henrietta Lyons, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Lyons,
spent several days in Seattle last
week. I
LYONS The Lyons Epworth
League young people held a
watch party at the community
hall New Year's eve. Rev. Ham
ilton showed pictures of the young
people's institute. Games and re
freshments furnished the enter
tainment. Present Were Helen,
Marion and James Nye, Mr. and
Mrs. George Clipfell, Elaine and
Evelyn, Beulah and Lucille Lewis,
Mary Owen, Charmayne Westen
house, Daisy, Violet Gordon and
Stanley Weitman, and Betty Jean
Bodeker.
Mr. and Mrs. Vern Goodell
were hosts for a dinner at their
home New Year's day. Covers
were laid for Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Crook and sons, Clifford
and Bobie, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Goodell, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Tietze,
Art Olsen, Clarence Goodell and
Mr. and Mrs. Vern Goodell.
The Everett Crabtree lamily
moved Friday from ! the Donison
house to the pat Lyons house.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Day left
Wednesday for Marshfield where
they will visit relatives for sev
eral days.
Mrs. Floyd Bassett and sons,
Dale and Cecil of Portland, visit
ed Lyons with relatives January 1.
Mrs. Klempell is visiting at the
home of her daughter and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Johnston.
Jack Cornforth, who is employ
ed in the shipyards in Portland,
spent the holiday with his family
Funeral services will be held
Sunday at 2 o'clock at Mill City
for little Barbara Jean Harris,
who i died in Longview, Wash.,
following a car accident.
Bible School Head
Changes Residence
NORTH DALLAS Rev. & Mrs.
H. H. Dick have acquired a home
In North Dallas of which they took
possession for the beginning of
1942. They previously lived on
the N. N. Nasarenus place at Polk
Station.
Rev. Dick is president of the
Beacon Bible school at North
Dallas and this move brings him
close to his work. ' '
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Bob Trent
Bob Trout, a Columbia Broadcasting System announcer, is heard
from London where he serves as chief of the network's European
staff. Larry Lesueur, a war-toughened Columbia correspondent,
broadcasts from Kuibyshev, alternate Russian capital John W.
Vandercook, writer, and lecturer, is the NBC news analyst In New
York.
F. F. Foster
Dies, Stayton
STAYTON F. F. Foster, 83,
died at his residence here Satur
day morning following an extend
ed illness.
Foster was born in Blooming-
ton, 111., in 1858 and was mar
ried in 1885. He moved to Stay-
ton in 1885 and had made his
home here since. He was a life
time member of the Methodist
church.
Survivors are the widow, Hattie
Foster; sisters, Lizzie Pearson of
Peoria, 111., and Fannie Wall of
Milwaukee, Wise; brother, Lewis
Foster of Peoria; several nieces
and nephews, including , Ruth
Wood of Stayton, his only rela
tive here. .
Funeral services will be Tues
day at 2 p.m. from the Stayton
Methodist church, in charge of
the Weddle Funeral home. Offi
ciating will be Rev. W.' J. Hamil
ton, local pastor, .and Rev. Don
Huckabee, former pastor here
Burial will be in Lone Oak ceme
tery.
ChiePs Year
Is Deathless
WEST SALEM Fred Neely
ended his first year as West Sa
lem's police chief January 1 with
a perfect record of no traffic fa
talities for the year 1941.
Secretary of State Earl Snell,
in a letter to Mayor Guy C. New
gent, personally complimented
West Salem on its deathless traf
fic record. The letter read in
part: "That's a splendid achieve'
ment. . . . Hurrah for West Salem
congratulations."
So far Neely is the only can
didate to succeed himself for the
ensuing year. The council will
decide on all 1942 appointments
for municipal appointive offices
at their monthly meeting January
5.
Special Music Set
At Brooks Church
BROOKS Special music and
the pastor's sermon on "With
Steadfast Faith" feature the morn
ing worship hour at 11 ajn. today
at Brooks Community church.
Sunday school is at 10 a.m. and
youth meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Rev. Glenn 'Olds, the pastor,
pledges for 1942 the church's
"steadfast devotion to the exem
plification of the principles of Je
sus, a ministry free from hatred
and prejudice.
Legion Meet Monday
SILVERTON The American
Legion post and the auxiliary unit
will hold their first meeting of the
new year Monday night: at the
armory, according ot Mrs. F. M.
Powell, publicity chairman for the
unit. - 'j .. ;
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Talbot Church Elects
Officers;' New
Year Feted
TALBOT Talbot Sunday school
officers elected for the x o m i n g
year are:, ,
Lew, Edwards, superintendent;'
Nelson Gilmour, assistant superui'
tendent; Gaynell Cole, secretary
treasurer; Mrs. .Jack Morton,- pi'
anist; Mrs. Fred Jorgenson, assist'
ant . pianist; Mrs. . Lew .Edwards,
song leader; Miss .Frances Hoven,
assistant song teaaer.... . ' j
-John. Stone, la student at the BI
ble school in Eugene, .will be in
charge of the. services Sunday
morning, at ; the' Talbot school
house, following Sunday school.;
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Mr, and Mrs. Chester Myers en
tertained with a "watch party? at
their home . Wednesday night
500 was played during the even
frig'. Guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Gilbert- Belknap, Mr. and Mrs.
George Marlott, Mr. and Mrs. D.
E. Blinston, Jay Brown and Ray
Garlick. Luncheon was served at
midnight by Mrs. Myers.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rutschman
of Condon, Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Rutschman and. Sons of . Mon
mouth and I. R. Hammer of Stay
ton were recent guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Delmer Davidson. :.:
Mr. and Mrs. Claiir Calavan and
son of Madison, Wish., who have
been visiting relatives here, was
given a party at the Talbot school
house. Forty guests were present
Music and games were enjoyed
and refreshments were served.
Virgil Calavan, who is working
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- Grand variety . of color
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Actor Plans to
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Tommye Adams
Wedding of Lyle Talbot, stage and - screen ' actor, and ".Tommye
Adams, New York showgirl. Is scheduled for Omaha, Jan. 22. It
will be Talbot's second marriage. . '.-j -
Furniture Asked
For Red Cross
At Wopdburn
v WOODBURN Woodburn fyrit
of the American Red Cross is
moving into the Hall building on
First and Garfield streets. The
building Is being loaned by the
at Medford, also visited relatives
here while his brother, Clair and
family, were nere. - C
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thrifty shoppers. You can assemble an
entire living room or select one chair
with the assurance of highest quality
and workmanship at the lowest possi
ble price! ?
Clearance
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CHAIRS
$1Q 50 ICQ 50
Choice 13 to 33
Many styles! A few tilt
chairs with ottomans!
Covers of rich velours
and tapestries. Savel
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FLOOR LAIIPS
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Bridge, Junior and table lamps.
Handsome bases. Lovely
Shades. Real values!
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SO OonSib Pay
Wed Showgirl
Lyle Talbot
owner. Mrs.' E. N. HalL and has
been vacant several years. ' -
The building which will house
the office of the Woodburn civil
defense, will be used as Red Cross
center for classes in home nurs
ing and first aid and for all pro4
duction work. ?
Fumishingi for the place wttl
be needed, particularly chairs and
tables and a desk or two. Anyone
willing to loan any such articles
is asked to call defense head
quarters, Main 68," and these
articles wfll be picked up. S
is a buy-word among
Clearance
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Fine maple, oak or
chrome sets. Extension,
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