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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1942)
utaimetue YaM Logging Firm Office Destroyed MJqI - By Fire of Unknown Origin; All long Ttennrts from The Statesman's 78 Community ey .Mew Records Lost;! nsurance i LEBANON All the current records of the Swanson Logging company were destroyed by. lire Monday, when the office, which was built of plywood and composition roofing, burned to the nmii. Oriffin of the fire is a complete mystery. ! There was no , insurance. About 3 o'clock a rancher living a few miles from the-eamp asked the bookkeeper to sell him a gal lon of kerosene as he had no time to go to town and he was entirely out. A few minutes after he had gone the oil truck Ifrom which the Swanson drums are regularly " J. C Penney Company filled drove up. AMMA..M P 4. fn me DOORKeeper, wuu w U1UVUIH.C9 X laito M.VM. Corresponde nts PAGET TEN Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning. January 7. 1942 Construction : I ' T- Begins Soon Tax Trouble Hits Council Silverton Police Chief Tells Car Troubles; Mill Funds Received SILVERTON A foretaste of the "headache" which is expected from delinquent street, assess ments and assessment tangles of . . m . f -a near ine Darrei irom wmcn ne $18,000 Building had taken oil to accommodate the Inieehbor. explained to the driver SILVERTON Construction Of ,, V V.o1 Anno Tho rfrivpr PT. - . I w ub v I . . - an $18,000 building for the J. -- claimed that that drum held not many years standing, was had at Penney company here is scheduled keroSene but gasoline. Sensing the ie Monaay nigm meeting oi tne to begin about Jan&ary 10 and to daneer to the buyer the bookkeep- dty council when efforts were be completed ty Apru i. according iUmoed into his car and started itium:u u to J. W. Jordan, manager of tiie store here since 1931. Erection of the one-story rein forced concrete building on- the Coolidge lot, known as the Webb property on Oak street, is to be in charge of the Quinn Smith vestment company, Seattle. Fixtures valued at $10,000. are to be installed in the store, which is to be 40x120 feet in size in addition to the store room and 40 foot parking lot in the rear. The Penney company located in Silverton in 1923 in the Garver building on North Water street Seven persons are now employed by the store, which has complete ly outgrown its present quarters, according to Jordan, a member of the city council here. Only last week construction of a $30,000 flax plant began here. Ex-Gervais Man Buried Today WOODBURN Rex M. Keene, who died in Seattle Saturday, was born near Gervais but has lived In Seattle since 1929. He is survived by his mother, Lydia Keene, Gervais; brothers, Monte, Portland, and Clarence, San Diego, Calif., and a sister, Kathleen Kahles, Albany. Funeral services will be held from the Ringo chapel. in Wood burn this afternoon at. 2 o'clock. Rev. Ralph Smith of the Meth odist church will officiate. Inter ment will be in Belle Passi cemetery. after the farmer, who, however, had enough of a start so the of fice man had to drive a number of miles to overtake him. While he was trying to catch up with the rancher to explain the In- mistake,, the driver of the oil truck filled the drums and laid his bill on the desk which stood just inside of the office door. He says that when he did that everything was all right in the office. Only a short time afterward Mrs. Viv ien Morris who lives near the Swanson office saw flames high above the building. When she dashed over and tried to open the door she was met by flames. She closed the door again and took a car and started after Swanson who was with the men in the tim ber. He got back with her in time to drag away from near the office the cars of the men working in the woods as well as some trac tors and other logging equipment parked in the clearing by the of fice. O. D. Swanson, senior member of the firm, regularly took all of the books home with him at night in a metal case to be sure that nothing happened to them. An added precaution against fire was to hire a watchman so the office and working equipment were nev er unguarded, but the fire struck during the very few minutes when things were left unguarded. Swanson's comment was that it have been worse. Just that morn ing he had taken out to the camp some boxes of dynamite and caps which he had at the office until a short time before the catastrophe when he took it to the timber where the men were working. Flowering- Quince On Holiday Tables TURNER Defying the heavy frosts and snowflakes of winter, several spring blooming Japanese flowering quince bushes 'are in full bloom in Turner gardens. Though out of season . the vivid rose-color blossoms are perfect in form and texture. Numerous bou quets were used in Turner homes to add a bit of springtime to the holiday festivities. Solberg Rites Today Red CrOSS aild SILVERTON Funeral ar- Ghurif1l Cmims rangements for Ole Solberg, 63, 1 I who died Saturday, will be held IVleet 1 OUaV this afternoon at 2 o'clock from J Calvary Lutheran church with j Rev. O. C. Olson officiating under the direction of the Ekman Fu neral home. Survivors include the widow, and 11 children. Grangers' News Chemawa grange meets Wed nesday at 8;15 p.m. with the re cently elected officers in charge. They are: Mrs. M. S. Bunnell, master; W. E. Savage, overseer; Mrs. Nan Francisco, lecturer; Francis Manley, steward; Fred E. Wolf, ", assistant steward; Mrs. H WEST SALEM Mrs. W, D. Phillips will open her home to members of the WSCS of the Methodist church for the first monthly business meeting of the new year. ments on a property on the cor ner of South Water street and Cowjpg. i F. E. Sylvester, local attorney and real estate broker, brought the parcel of land to the attention of the council because of a pend ing sa'e. The matter was left in the hands of E. K. Burton, city manager, to investigate. Indications were made that further trouble of this kind would be brewing. Councilman Lowell Brown reported that Manager Burton had put a great deal of work into bringing records up-to-date as far as possible in regard to street assessments and referred to receipts held by local citizens on paid street assessments as "valuable merchandise." The entire matter, council men, Mayor R. B. Allen and Manager Burton indicated will be gone into more thoroughly at some special session of the council. Chief of Police Victor Gross nickle brought up the matter of using his own car for city work. He reported that whereas he was allowed only $8 a month to run the car his expenses on the car averaged $21 a month. The pres ent federal car set-up, said Gross nickle would make it impossible for him to run his own car. Vari ous suggestions were made in cluding the purchase of a motor cycle, the use of city gasoline for city work, and the purchase of tires through city priority rights as a city defense measure. The matter was left in the hands of the city manager. Manager Burton reported that Dr. P. A. Loar had presented a check for $1720 from citizens as a down payment on the Fischer Flouring Mill property. The coun cil instructed Burton to draw a warrant for that amount as pay ment to the county for the prop erty according to agreement reached at a December council meeting. A congratulatory letter from Secretary of State Earl Snell was read' complimenting Silverton upon its lack of a "single fatal accident during 1941." In reference to a request pre sented sometime ago to have a Mabry Funeral Slated Today UNIONVALE Funeral serv ice will be held at 2 p.m. today at Macy's chapel in McMinnville for R. Q. Mabry, 54, who died Friday at his home in the Unionvale dis trict. Burial will be at the Evergreen Memorial park cemetery, Mc Minnville. Church Group Smyrna and Hubbard Congregations Tell List of Officers HUBBARD At the annual congregational meeting of the Smyrna Congregational church held Saturday, the following of ficers were elected: Trustees, Ed Eyman, Friend Hart and A. Yodeih deacons, A. Yoder and Joseph Lincoln; dea coness, Mrs. Bell Richards; clerk, Nolan Yoder; treasurer, Mrs. Har ry Schriever; pianist, Ada Yoder; chairman of financial committee, Mrs. Gungadene Mitts; and com mittee for parish union, Mr. A. Yoder, Mrs. Friend Hart and Mrs. Harry Schriever. - At the - annual " congregational meeting of the Hubbard Congre gational hurch Sunday, the fol lowing officers were elected: Clerk, Mrs. Anna Stewart; nan- cial secretary, Wiima Leiner; treasurer, Mrs. Ida MeArthur; su perintendent of the Sunday school, Walter Shrock; deacons for one year Jesse George, Charles Irvine, G. W. Kaiinger and Rev. Butler. . Deaconesses for two years, Mrs. Anna Stewart and Mrs. Jesse George; - pianist, Lenore Scholl, trustees for . two years, Charles Boyd and Mr. Grubber; board of religious education, Mrs. Van Winkle and Mrs. Hodges; benevo lence treasurer, Mrs. Wilma Leff ler; auditor, Levi Miller,; and chairman of financial drive, Levi Miller. The new minister of the gospel hall in Hubbard Is Rev. L. C Kuns, -.who comes from California to take the vacancy left by the death of Rev. Green. He has rent ed the Adams home on the ihgh- way east of town. iimerge n. - . 1 -T?f a. ncy Station ana rirsi Aid Scho ol Planned at Turner - . . TURNER At the first special meeting oi the Turner Red Cross unit on Friday, Earl Prather, chairman of the group, and the committeemen, Homer Haggard, J. S. McKlnney and Charles Standley. Fire Chief Albert Jensen, and Defense Co-ordinator E. E. Ball, outlined plans for the es tablishment of an emergency sta tion at the Masonic hall and the organization of a first aid Instruc tion school. . The school wfll.be held in the high school bunding, with an in structor assigned from me &aiem Red Cross headquarters to teach the course. . . -1 A rnnslrierahle iroup has al-J ready been signed up for the in struction classes including me air raid -wardens, firemen, school teachers and citizens. Those wish ing to sien for the classes both in Turner and the surrounding com munity are asked to get In toucn with the chairman or any of the committeemen. The initial class has been tentatively set for Mon day at 8 pm. at the high school. Supplies, cots, blankets and stretchers are being assembled for storage at the emergency station. Doctors and nurses wui oe as signed to the unit and the organ ization made to conform to the regulations laid down by the coun ty defense council. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hogsed have had as their holiday guests, So- i phie Thadei, Port Alexander, Alas- ka, and their three daughters,' Iris 'i Lee, Tacoma, WashvNema Hog ged, Klamatn la us, ana j, Hogsed, Nespelem, .Wash. - t i ' Mrs. Earl Hedges, spent several ; days at home with her family dur- Ing the holidays, and greeted ner , friends "In Turner. She is a pa- tient at the state tuberculosis hos pital but is now much Improved i in health. Vernon ana Chester, r sons of Mr, and Mrs, Hedges, are employed at Boeing aircraft com pany In Seattle. Mrs. SteUa Mfller left this week for a month's trip which will take her to California, Arizona and to Las Vegas, Nev, where she will be the guest of Lieut, and Mrs. Kenneth Schultr (Mabel Rankin) formerly of Turner and Salem where both are well known. M i In Eugene Hospital DETROIT Mrs. J. B. Patrick Is reported to be very ni at a Eugene hospital. The newly elected officers will preside and 'plans will be made vacant lot on Welch street cleared for the ensuing year. All who at- or weeds ana vines, Manager Bur tend the church are urged to at tend the meeting. -All women of the community are asked to attend the all day sewing meeting at the city hall auditorium today. They are to bring their own lunches and tea ton explained that no ordinance provided for the city's cleaning this and charging it to the prop erty owner. Burton reported that the lot was in a deplorable condition. W. Bowden. chaplain; Hal Keefer, and coffee will be furnished. Do- Fnwlptnio Hltfi treasurer; Fred S. McCall, secre- nations of old clean sheet nd r1UCU11 XXlta tary; B. A. Peterson, gatekeeper; a portable sewing machine wffl iTlimPr HoTllPS Marjory Mudge, Pomona; Mrs. W. E. Savage, Flora; Mrs. William "Ettner, lady assistant steward; i ;Mrs. Paul Pierce, home economics chairman and Arthur Holden, H. W. Bowden and Joe Dietrich, exe cutive committee. Many granges of Marion and Polk county have sent word that . they will be represented at the dinner honoring the Salem FFA chapter given by Salem grange at the Swegle school Friday at 7 p.m. From the state office Ben Buis- 4. . man, editor of the state grange bulletin, and Elmer McClure, state deputy, will be in attendance. Each grange will present a cer tificate to the FFA chapter signi- i tying its appreciation of the group " honor recently won at the national . convention at Kansas City. This honor was that of becoming one of the" four best chapters out of 8000 in the entire US. Jens Svinth is teacher in voca tional agriculture at Salem high school and has charge f o the local FFA chapter. Supreme Court Judge James T Brand wiU give the principal ad i dress and Sen. Douglas McKay oe appreciated. Ked Cross gar ments and first aid articles will be made. Mrs. Fred Gibson is in charge of the work. The girls club will meet at the Methodist church tonight at 4 o clock. The six weeks session of the annual school of religion wfll start at the First Methodist church at Salem tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Classes are available to all young people and adults of the church. Cars will leave the local Church at 7:15 o'clock. TURNERS Turner and com munity is experiencing its first epidemic in several years, with mumps spreading rapidly. Among those that have recov ered or are now ill are James O. Russell, principal of the Turner I schools, Bert Peebles, janitor in the schools, Jean Ball, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. BalL Donna Lee "Webb, Ruth Bones, Edward Hatfield, Melvin Baker, Wayne and Marvin -Ackerson. ,: Visits Union Hill UNION HILL Mrs. Jessie Pendleton, who has been visit ing at the home of her sister, Mrs. Vermy Scott, during the Christ mas holidays has returned to her school at Underwood, Wash. Midweek Rites Set WEST SALEM Midweek ser vices at the Mennonit Brethren church include prayer meeting tonight and choir practice Thurs day night- - will tell of their recent experience t. SrJT E&S: Valley Events A J fcwi m - M9 vviwt i meeting. Twenty-five year grange mem' . . . .... -it . i jinmij persnip ceruiicaies wiu oe awara-1 verton HiH mate hall. 130 p. m. January 8 Guernsey Breeder meet. Polk county courtroom. Dallas 1p.m. January 6 Small fruit growers. SU- ed by State Deputy McClure to Max Gehlhar and . Mrs. L. Mc Donald. ! . . The Dairy Cooperative associ ation employe's male chorus of Portland, under the direction of G rover C Poe, win sing. . Vocal soloist : will i be Myrtle Meier, Polk county, winner in the state grange song contest at the state fair last year. ; Theodore G. Nelson Is master of i the Salem grange , and Fred C THans. lecturer, has charge of arrangements for the program Re- January 1 Small milt rroun. oexan nan, nuooara, ijv p. m. ; January u btaie crane Confer ence. - January 14 Pasture improvement and feeding problem meet. Sublimity. January 17 Oregon IxtfMtberry and Blackberry Control board. Woodburn, January 23 Small meet. Sublimit fruit growers - WANTED and FKbeft neats. Cash ca delivery. High IIEUORRIIOIDS (Piles) j KZEXIA-FISSURF-FISTUU M to nSw aay loa lot SI 7 Mr w W Ully teaatad Xaetat ltaot koapiUl mrgietd op- M1DM. MM toamj ItM M Ok I , Baoklet oatauuayalaaM talaiaatioa aa4 ytolahtg. r t ; 1 at 1 Is Your Neighbor's Radio "Wheezy?" Maya It aeuaa AorrtMa " t yau fcut roar adskbor, who's becmn s4 to tt, toesat real ise that Its in need of repairs. . A4 year radio set aUfht tonal put as had U him. 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Colors black, " wine and navy About 50 skirts of desirable styles. Ilostly gore type. Dark colors. All sizes in- $C .99 eluded. Values to $3.95. SALE AU-7Col parkas and milien siits. Gay color combinations. A regular n mC value Elid Back iress iloves r , . . ' ' '', - - Hcdish are these better dress gloves with kid back. Colors, hrown, black, fan, cad red. SALE PRICE . . . ZiEISBfi Soft angora yarn. Plain white with color trim. . 11 mm "ICO Bright teds - royal bine - bright yellow. Ail gesd play shoe colors. Simps and trims with heavy plaUsm. .99 sole. SALE PDICE i . . . eLLi Elffiif 3 j About 24 gowns csd pjamas, lleavy amoskrag cuiirg. SHghlly (o)(6)c WWMWM - if " ill Here is a big. saying! Afiernsci i spcrl dresses cf spun cr tmhii rayen. A pleasing ctyle selec tion. Desirable winter eclsrs. )mS Sizes 12 to 10. EACH . . . rLi . a&m Blouses . - - 1 I-"- Absut 75 in this group. High grade silk! siiia including values to $2.35. (3c SALE PRICE v 4 i Szzii, pilcrb crd n::lh da F:1s. 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