Polk County Rural Women's
Qubs in Session at West Salem
WEST SALEM The Polk County Federation of Rural
Women's club will have an all-day meeting today at the West
Salem city hall. The business meeting will begin at , 10:30
o'clock and the no-host luncheon will be served at noon.! Each
one is asked to bring a covered
dish and their own table service. i
Special guests at the luncheon
will be Gov. and Mrs. Charles A.
Sprague and Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Leth, Dallas.
A program has been arranged
for the afternoon including music
al selections and annual reports.
Mrs. Fred Gibson is the chair
man. Local clubs serving as host
ess groups are the Laurel Social
Hour, Book and Thimble, Brush
College Helpers, Orchard Heights,
Sweet Briar and the West Salem
Women's club. '
Midweek activities at the Men
nonite. Brethren church include
pra meeting at 7:15 p.m. to
night and choir and male chorus
practice at the same hour on
Thursday.
The recently organized group of
women of the church who sew for
the defense work will meet at the
home of Mrs. Ed Fadenrecht to
day at 1:30 o'clock. Mrs. John
Fadenrecht is in charge of the
work, which consists of making
bandages and pillows for the first
aid squads.
Due to the bad weather a small
number of. civilian defense first
aiders met . at the city hall last
week for the meeting called by
Dr. A. F. Gof frier. Plans had been
to redistrict the city for first aid
work and to appoint additional
members to the squads already or
ganized, but th e plans will be
completed at another meeting.
Announcement will be made as
to the time and place of the next
meeting and it is requested that
anyone In the community who
has had first aid training attend.
Preceding the regular business
meeting of the grange held Thurs
day a program a as presented by
members of the Brush College
grange.
C. L. Blodgett presented several
vocal selections accompanied by
F. Crawford. Charles Glaze and
F. Crawford showed pictures of
their tour through the United
States. . Mrs. Charles Glaze was
tuso-a guesi.
. The grange draped the charter
in memory of Mrs. Alfred Peake
Felicitations are being extended
to Mr. and Mrs. Arvil Friedland
on the birth of a son, Jack Arvil,
who arrived January 4.
At a meeting Friday of wom
en of the community it was de
elded that it was unadvisable
for the women of West Salem to
organize a motor corps. Most of
them have been assigned t the
first aid squads, are sewing on
Red Cross garments or first aid
articles, or are connected with
various branches of civilian de
fense. Mayor Guy Newgent explained
that the organizing of a motorized
corps was permissible under the
civilian defense setup, but advised
the women interested to investi
gate the possibility of receiving
their training with the Marion
county unit. j
George Cleary, top sergeant of
Company K of the Oregon guards,
spoke on the various phases of
military training connected with
the work and of the first aid re
quirements. William Blackley, Polk county
coordinator, and Dr. Ralph Pur
vine, in charge of medical disas
ter, were unable to be present.
Mrs. C. A. Rust has made an
appeal for assistance for the
Eester Anderson family, who
lost their home by fire last
week. Clothing has been sap
plied through the Red Cross,
but there Is a need for bedding,
towels, dishes, cooking ntensile
and other household essentials.
Articles may be given directly
to be family, left at the office of
the school principal or given to
Mrs. Rust.
The blaze occurred at night,
when the children -accidentally
used gasoline instead of kerosene
in building a fire when their par
ents were away from home. The
property and personal effects of
the family were completely de
stroyed, and it has been necessary
for the family to stay with
friends.
Two Return Home
After Funeral ;
JEFFERSON Mrs. R. A.' Gol
den, Portland, and Mrs. Bernice
Baldwin, Longview, Wash., re
turned to their homes Friday.
They were called here by the
death of their mother and grand
mother, Mrs. Julia Ann Vaughan
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Stephen
son, and children, and his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. S." Ste
phenson, spent Saturday in Port
land visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Stephenson.
Mrs. Earl Trudgeon will be
hostess to members of the Evan
gelical Missionary society: Wed
nesday afternoon at her home
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Reports from The Statesman's 78 Community Correspondents
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday jMorning. January 14. 1942;
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UNIONVALE Newly elected
officers and; teachers of the Un
ionvale Evangelical Sunday, school
assumed their respective duties
Sunday morning and will be for
mally installed at a meeting to
day. They fare: Superintendent,
Mrs. Clark Noble; assistant, Mrs.
Ed Richardsj secretary, Mrs. Clar
ence .Warner; treasurer, Mrs. Roy
al Hibbs; jjmisician, Mrs. Ersel
Gubser; assistants, Myrtle Rock
hill and Mrs .Carl Thornton; li
brarian, Dolores Stoutenburg; as
sistant, Lydia Withee; superinten
dent primary department, Mrs.
Charles Ferguson; secretary, Mrs.
Maurice Lawson; assistant secre
tary, Jean Westfall.
Beginner's teacher, Jean Magee;
assistant, Louise Will; primary
teacher, Mrs. Ivan Gubser; assist
ant, Mrs. Raymond Palmer; jun
ior class teacher, Mrs. Ersel Gub
ser; assistant, Mrs. Louis Magee;
intermediate class teacher, Mrs.
Clarence Crawley; assistant, Mrs.
Matt Warren; young people's
teacher, Mrs. James Richardson;
assistant, Mrs. Ed Richards; wom
en's class teacher, Mrs. Louis
Will; assistant, Mrs. George West-
fall: men's- class teacher, Matt
Warren; assistant,' Roy Stouten
burg.
riarence Warner was elected
church trustee.
There were 55 members and
friends present at the bunaay
school services January 11.
Dorothy Lamour
Screen Actress Dorothy Lamour,
the "sarong girl" of the movies,
has begun work on a new job
selling defense stamps and bonds
for the government. For five
weeks, Miss Lamour will devote
full time without pay as a
member of the New York Savings
Staff. She will go to several
cities to urge workers and others
to buy stamps and bonds. The
actress arrived in New York,
above, on a cold,. icy day.
Meets for Election
GRAND ISLAND The Im
provement club will meet at the
schoolhouse Saturday night for
the annual election of officers. A
near the north city limi,ts of Jef-"program of local talent will be
fcrson. I given.
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place, at the end of the Padding river bridge, and the warehouse of IL J. Ziegler. The two men In
the truck were not Injured.
Church Women
Hear Speaker
HUBBARD Mrs. R. Wilbur
-Simmons, Corvallis, will speak to
the women of Hubbard, Smyrna,
Elliott , Prairie and Monitor
churches, at Hubbard this after
noon. The women of Hubbard are
entertaining the women of the
other churches at a cooperative
dinner at noon. j
Mrs. Clarence Cochran, local
Red Cross chairman for produc
tion, announces, that sewing
classes will meet every day from
1 to 4 o'clock in the Rebekah hall.
The Needy phone service had
not been reestablished on Monday
due to the poles and wires that
were down. :
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GRAND ISLAND - Charles
Cole, son of Mrs. Eva Cole, under
went a majojp operation Monday
at the Good : Samaritan hospital
In Portland. A bone, was grafted
In hia leg where previously; had
been removed a piece of infected
-bone. It was necessary to bring his
blood pressure up 40 per cent in
order to retain life, Charles s
suffering from injuries received
in an automobile accident which
occurred last May.
Polk 4H Leaders
Postpone Meet;
Election Due
DALLAS Because of weather
conditions the next meeting of the
Polk county 4H Club Leaders as
sociation has been postponed until
February, states W. C Leth, Polk
county agent The decision was
reached, after a conference with
County School Superintendent Jos-
lah wills, and others.
At the February meeting elec
tion of directors, a program to
better acquaint Polk County 4H
club leaders and members with the
use of demonstrations in 4H club
activity will be considered.
A demonstration team from
Washington county has been in
vited to attend and this particular
part of the program, should prove
helpful and interesting to the
Polk county membership..
The third matter of ' business
will be that of the annual Polk
county 4H club broadcast over
KOAC in ApriL Josiah Wills, who
will be in, charge of this year's
broadcast, will have a set of in
structions to offer , the : various
dubs, club members and leaders.
He plans to hold the radio try
outs at the March meeting of the
association. "V ; - -
,- -Both Wills and Leth called at
tention to the Increased interest
Card Players
Entertained
ELDRIDGE Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur Rasmussen entertained Sat
urday for a group from this com
munity and Salem.
High scores in 500 were won by
Mrs. Arthur Goffin, Mrs. Harry
Bressler, Albert Girod and Ivan
Brundidge. v
Present were Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
Brundidge, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Goffin, Mr. and Mrs. Allyn Nusom,
Mrs. Pearl Patterson, all of this
community; Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Bressler, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gi
rod, Salem.
Return to Woodburn
WOODBURN Dr. K S. Don
nelly and "Bing" Hicks arrived
home Tuesday from their trip to
San Francisco, saying the arrival
would have been earlier if it had
not been for the weather. They
encountered snow at Yreka. By
the tune , they reached home Dr.
Donnelly's car, in which they
made the trip, was covered with
a solid coating of ice, and snow
was packed under the fenders to
almost impede the turning of the
wheels.
developing in club work this year
as indicated by the many new
clubs being started. '
Salem Students ;.
On Honor Roll '
MONMOUTH The honnr mil
for the fall term at the Oregon
College of Education has now
been released .by . the registrar.
Ellis A. Stebbins. -
The following students f mm
Salem were on the first hnnm
roll, which requires a load of 15
term hours for which a jrrarfA
point average of 3.5 or better is
earaea. '
Grace Cherry, junior, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Cher
ry; Jere Simmons, senior, daugh
ter oi aor. ana Mrs. Ruby George
Simmons; Anna Hansen, fresh
man daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
eis m. Hansen; and Marjorie
Welton, freshman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Welton.
Those earning places on the
second honor roll are required
to carry a 15-hour load and earn
a grade point of 3.0 or B.
Return to Ranch
WALDO HILLS Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Whiddens are rpfiim5n
their Crooked Finger strawberrv
ranch after sDendini?
weeks on the ranch of Dr. and
Airs. A. J. McCannel. VhiHrfon
and Mrs. McCannel are cousins
Aumsville Group
Hears Reports
AUMSVILLE The mutual
benevolent association, sponsored
by the local Farmer's union, held
the annual 5 business meeting at
the hall Saturday.
An annual report and a roll
call of all members was read by
the secretary, Mrs. Alberta Sut
ton. The treasurer's report was
given by Lee Sutton, who re
ported the payment of one claim
in the two years since the organi
zation of the association. He also
reported the treasury was reim
bursed by the payment of dues
from all old members and the ac
quisition of 1 11 new ones. A note
carried to amend the by-laws to
limit the membership to Farm
union members and families
Members already pledged will be
taken in under the former plan
of admittance.
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Grimes,
Harrisburg, motored here Sunday
for a visit With Mr. and Mrs. J.
E. Mountain. Birthdays of Mrs
Mountain and Grimes were cele
brated. They returned to Har
risburg Monday.
School reopened Monday after
a week's vacation due to the ice
faheet. Aumsville residents were
happy Friday to have electricity
after having been without it for
four days.
Guests Visit at
Perry dale Home
PERRYDALE Mr. and Mrs
Harold Holmes and Edna McMil-
lian and Mr; and Mrs. Albert Ben
nett and Beverly, IJalias, were
guests at the Robert Mitchell
home Sunday.
Dorothy Sharf, who is attending
business college in Portland, spent
the weekend here with her par
ents.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mitchell
returned Wednesday after a three
weeks visit with their son and
wife in San Diego and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank; Conner in San Juan
Capistrano.
Skating on the pond west of
here continues to draw large
crowds of young people.
Family Leaves
For California
JEFFERSON Mr. and Mrs
Harold Wynd and daughter left
last Wednesday by train for San
Diego, Calif., where they are vis
iting at the home of Mrs. Wynd'j
brother, Gilbert Looney. and Mrs
Looney. Lonney is employed in
a defense plant in that city.
Mrs. Bernice Geise returned
from a two weeks', visit at her
home in Portland, and is at the
home of her mother,: Mrs. Geor
gia Richardson.
Doris Miler, who Is attending
business college in Portlan
spent the weekend at her home
here. a:
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Long Illness
Brings Death
LEBANON Myrtle Josephine
Raines died at the family home in
La comb Saturday after a long ill
ness. The funeral was held from
the Howe Funeral Home Sunday
with interment in the IOOF ceme
tery. Rev. Leroy Crossley of the
Lebanon Baptist church officiat
ed and Paul Turnidge sang.
The deceased, who was born in
Lacomb, December 15th, 189S, had
lived all of her life in this com
munity, i She was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clarke. Her
husband Ralph Raines, to whom
she was married in Springfield in
December, 1918, survives with one
son, Homer L. Raines. Six sisters
are left: Pearl Smith, Eugene;
Gladys Snyder, Milwaukie; Flossie
Raines, i Marjory Sylvester, Louis
Shanks and Scarlett Edwards, La
comb. Mrs. Raines was a member of
the Baptist church.
Pigfess of Mt. Angd Credit
Union Told; Of f icers Elected
JIT. ANGEL The Mt. Angel Federal Credit Union at its
first annual meeting at L Mary's school Monday night, showed
a slow but sound progress : since its organization last June.
the financial report read by the treasurer-manager, Peter
liores,
School Stays Closed
LIBERTY School will remain
closed until the electric power line
I serving the building is repaired.
gave the total assets as
$357, of which $280' is out on loans
to members, and another loan tin
der consideration. He announced
that there have been no delin
quent loans, in fact the payments
have always been made a day or
to in advance of the date the mon
ey was due.
W. B. Tenney, Seattle, field sec
retary of the Credit Union Na
tional association, addressed the
members on various subjects per
taining to the credit union! He
stated the credit unions had a bet
ter record during the depressions
than any other financial organiza
tion. I He suggested the local un
ion take up the defense bond sale
and advocated encouragement of
saving among young children.!
He cited the St John's credit
union of Waterloo, Iowa, as an
example where the school chil
dren have acquired this thrift
habit to such an extent that they
make regular deposits in their accounts-
and the school gives con
tests to foster the credit union
idea. .
Frank Hettwer, president, pre
sided at the meeting. He spoke of
the sound foundation the credit
union had established here, and
of its promise to make even bet
ter progress in the next year. The
union now has 72 members. Hett
wer paid tribute to Felix Schultz,
clerk and publicity man for the
union.
Clem Butsch reported for the
credit committee and Melchior
Uselman for the supervisory com
mittee, both attesting that the
business was in excellent shape.
Elections held -at the close of
the meeting put most of the men,
who had functioned during the
first Six months of the union's
existence, back-into office.
The directors elected are
Frank Ilettwer, Tony Traeger,
Peter Gores, Ed Hammer and
Bernard Kirsch. The first two
are elected for two years, the
other three for one year.
The credit committee consists
of Clem Butsch, John T. Bauman
and P. N. Smith. Elected to the
supervisory committee are Father
Alcuin, JWelchior Uselman' and
Theresa Dehler.
A later meeting of the board
meeting resulted in the following
reelections: President, Frank Hett
wer; vice-president, Tony Trae
ger; treasurer and manager, Peter
Gores; and clerk, Felix Schultz.
Valley Events
January 14 Pasture improvement
and feeding problem meet. Sublimity,
7:30.
January 15-16 Oregon Seed Group
League, Corvallis.
January 17 Oregon Loganberry and
Blackberry Control board. Woodbum.
January 17 State garden conference,
Corvallis.
January 22 Small fruit growers
meet. Sublimity. ,
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