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1017 S Banner Given To Community Salem Heights District :- -Brings Out Emblem 1 Of 25 Years Ago . SALEM HEIGHTS The com munity service flag with 19 blue , stars, and no gold ones, which was , displayed 25 years ago in the Sa lem Heights Community JialJ dur ing "World War I, was displayed at the meeting of Civilian Defense Coordination board, Monday. The flag was made by the wo- men and has been in the keeping - of Mrs. A. M. Chapman since that time. It has been proposed that the flag be framed and hung in the community hall. The names of " the 19 men represented in the blue stars are to be obtained and em broidered under the stars." Mrs. D. D. Dodson was appointed to find out the names. ' ' The Salem Heights Civilian De- - fense Coordination board includes ' Mrs. A. A. Taylor, Little Garden club; Mrs. William Gardner, Wo mans club; Harvey Fashing, Com- ' munity club; and Chester Skelton, Sunday school. In- the absence . of Clarence Mork, the chairman, Mrs. Ray Crittenden-, was the acting chair man. Others, present were Mrs. , D. D. potson, ; Red Cross repre sentative pf this district and Dr. ' D.'D. Craig, head of the First Aid Station, and Jay Morris, t vice president of the Community club.' A set of laws and by-laws were drawn up for the board to adopt, ' but in the absence of the chair man they were tabled until the next meeting when discussion will Te continued. It was decided to ask the Friendly Neighbor Gar- . den club and the Boy Scouts to "have a representative on the board. Mrs. Dotson reported . that . the Red Cross has asked Salem Heights women take on a four . months sewing program. - A house to house canvass to find women to take part in a four months Red Cross sewing pro . ject was determined upon. The - area to be canvassed will be that - designated under the First Aid Stations. . 1- Linn County Folk Visiting Friends INDEPENDENCE Mrs. Tj-A. McEldowney and son. Bill, visited this weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Terway at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Bill recently returned home after spending a year with the US engineers at Anchorage, Alas ka. Guests Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Elsie Bolt were Mrs. O. A. Krieg and Miss Hazel Krieg of Lebanon, and Mrs. Delbert Wal ton of Albany; . Mr. and Mrs. Claude Skinner were in Eugene Jhis week on bus iness. Old Records Slow Coming in, Report WOODBURN Some old phon ograph records have been turned in, in the drive sponsored by the 'American Legion, but a great many more are needed. This in formation was furnished by Hart ley LeFebvre, chairman of the lo cal American Legion committee, The drive has. been on for the past week and will continue until August 2. The quota for Wood burn district is 3725, while only 250 old records have been turned in at LeFebvre's shop. 50ther re ceiving stations are the Highway Drug store and Scholl's Hardware in Hubbard. Corvallis Women Visit Smithfield SMITHFIELD Ruth CaspeU of Cloverdale is a house guest of Dorothy Fryrear this week. Mrs. H. C. Seymour and Mrs. C. W. Reynolds, both of Corvallis, spent Wednesday with their sis ter, Mrs. J. P. . Simpson, whose husband is UL Waldo Wall is assisting with the hay harvest on the Keyt ranch at Perrydale. Army Officer Lives Near Salem Heights SALEM HEIGHTS Lt and Mrs. Thomas B. , Sawyer of Los 'Angeles, have rented Mrs. A. M. Chapmans home on Liberty road, lieutenant Sawyer is stationed at Camp Adair. They have a small on. Tommy, two and one half years old. Amity Woman Visits With Portland Family AMITY Mrs. ' J. M. Umphlette has returned from a visit in Port- . land with her daughter, Mrs. P. T. Benson, and other relatives and -friends. ' . .' Visits With Parents GERVAIS Leland De Jardin came out from Portland Monday to spend a week , at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. De Jardin. He will teach next year at Catholic Central high school on East Stark Street in Portland. Mid-Willamette Valley News Reports From The Statesman's 78 Community Correspondents Flax Pulling; No Festival Fall Fiesta Abandoned; Harvest Task Poor Substitute . " ... Mt; ANGEL Business meft of Mt Angel have been supplement ing the corps of young people in saving the community's crops but the combined efforts of the two groups is not considered enough to handle the flax crop, one of the heaviest, so added workers have been requested from the US em4 ployment service. j The annual flax festival was abandoned this year , because of the war, but harvest conditions being what they probably will be, local growers hope many people will visit the community, to help if not to play at the harvest time. The heavy rains beat most of the flax to the ground, making it impossible to use machines for pulling. Pulling by hand will. re quire a large number of men. At the request of Mrs. E. B. Cotman of the Mt Angel bakery, the. lo cal employment, exchange head quarters, the. Portland employ ment office gave . assurance that men for flax pulling, would . be available. However, the grower employ ing the men will have to furnish them transportation and housing. Those growers wishing help should inform Mrs. Cotman as soon as possible how- many men are need ed and when they are wanted. - Air lie Folk Pick Berries ARLIE Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Johnson visited his sister, Mrs. Etta Simpson this week. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hastings were in Dallas this week. Delores Dunaway is . picking berries in Falls City and staying with her grandmother, Mrs. Dun away. Mrs. C. W. Tarter and girls, Mrs. H. Mills and Byron were in Corvallis this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Dodson re turned from Portland last week. Mrs. Mary Cooper of Indepen dence is visiting Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Bevins. Quartet Members Visit Relatives SMITHFIELD Henry Watl, jr., son of Mr. ahd Mrs. H. W. Wall, arrived home Thursday. He attended the Bible institute of Los Angeles last winter and is a member of a male quartet known as "The Visitors." Other members are Arnold Wall, a cousin, of Dallas; Albert Kliever of West" 'Salem, and Curt Claassen of Whitewater, Kansas. They gave several programs in the valley during the past week end. Eugene Visitors End Vacation TURNER Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Small and daughter Jacqueline, have returned to their home in Eugene after a vacation spent with his mother, Mrs. L. M. Small, and Mis. Ada Mathias, his aunt. While here the Eugene visitors accompanied by Mrs. Small drove to Taft where they spent the day with Mrs. Lawrence Roberts of Aumsville, sister of Cecil Small. Mrs. Roberts is spending a -month at Taft for her health. Mrs. Emma Cole of Coquille, aunt of Mrs. Roberts, is staying with her. Women Complete Sewing Project SALEM HEIGHTS The emer gency sewing project undertaken by the Salem Heights women was completed Wednesday. Arm bands were sewed on the shirts of the summer uniforms of the Oregon State Guards. Mrs. F. Jr Brad- shaw had charge of the project Mrs. Mendenhall Home GERVAIS Mrs. Charles Men denhall is home from the State Tuberculosis Hospital where she has been for the past 14 months. She is much improved in health. CONTINUOUS FROM I P. M, Last Times Todaj DON BARRY Im , "Phantom Cowboy "Badlands of Dakota" with Richard Dix :.: and Ann Rutherford News and Comedy Chapter 4 " "King ef the Texas Rasters Salem. Oregon, Saturday Morning, July 25. 1942 La Grande Man Visits . Brush Creek Family BRUSH CREEK Alvin H. Madsen. of La Grande is spending several days this week with his mother, Mrs. ' M. J. Madsen. He was a' guest of bis brothers, Vic tor Madsen at Hillsboro and Ar thur. Madsen at Portland, prior to coming to Brush Creek. New Property Is Acquired SUVER The old road over the Wheeler hill is being widened and graded. This was the main road north before highway 99W was built and is part of cantonment improvements. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Oglesbee have purchased a house and lot in Independence. ' Mr. and Mrs." I. Peterson will move to a 40-acre farm north of Albany on the Jefferson high way which they recently bought. Mrs. : Lyle - Hahn and baby daughter are with her parents, Mr.- and Mrs. H. Lamb now. Hahn was inducted' nto the army about two weeks ago. - Carl ' Linegar is hauling berries from the Miller patch to a Salem cannery. : Mr. and Mrs. Don Eckman and son are spending -ten days with her parents,. Mr. and Mrs. M Conger and other relatives. This is Mr. Eckman's .vacation. Al Flickinger is building a nice new service station on his prop erty beside the - house. Construc tion work began Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmot Kester have purchased a house and lot in Monmouth. Carl DeArmond was involved in a minor accident last week at Suver crossroads when he was struck by a truck as he was go ing onto the highway in his pick up. The pickup was slightly dam aged, and fender badly smashed. Household Goods Packed to Ship AUMSVILLE Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Otto came from Portland for a few days. They have been help ing care for her brother-in-law who is critically ill at the Veter ans' - hospital with an attack of coronary thrombosis. While here they will prepare their household goods for transportation to their home at Pleasant Hill, where he has the p r i n c i palship of the schools for the coming year. Mr. and Mrs. Bland Speer had as guests over the weekend his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Price Speer of Eugene. Mrs. A. E. Bradley, her niece and daughters, spent Monday at Eugene visiting her son, Sam Bradley. Turner Woman Is Home From Texas TURNER Mrs. Albert Jensen returned Wednesday from seven weeks spent with her husband at Wichita Falls, Texas, where he is stationed at Sheppard Field. Mrs. J. E. Whitehead ir.. accom panied her daughter, Mrs. Robert French to Portland for several days visit with "relatives, before Mrs. French left for her home at South Bend, Ind. She spent sev eral weeks in Turner with her parents, relatives and friends. Last Times Today Continuous 1 to 5 P. M. ilqmo liy GHI AUTRY nrplut CX3333333333 wen ssAsa COOPER FOSTER Also - Our Gang Comedy, News and "Sea Raiders' . COMING SUNDAY Claudette COLBERT Ray MILLAND Brian AHERNE A Paramount Pictitn And 2nd Feature Tap. f 41 1 Stayton Board Issues Call New Group Scheduled To Leave. Monday : For Induction . STAYTON Leaving - Thursday afternoon for the reception center at Ft Lewis, Wash." were the fol lowing selectees with Salem ad dress who are registered at the Stayton office of Marion County Selective Service board No. 3: Warren. Miller, William G." Miller, William E. May, Hillis H. Daniels, Clarence Braaten,- Dean R. Daven port, Howard E. Frink, Harold Hartman, Gordon E. Winchomb, Dean R. Knepper. These selectees had passed phy sical at the Portland induction station on July 9 and had taken advantage of two-weeks leave be fore, induction. Other Salem men taking their physical at the same time but who either "were rejected or did not take their leaves were: Elliot Nic hols, Walter G.- Rittmayer, Albert J. Evans, Thoeodore F. Crawley, Damian Morin, Martin Barber, William F. Wehrli, Kirby T. Ar nold, Ivan J. Bingenheimer, Henry I. Sunderland, Carl W. Mantie, William G. Karner, Albert Vor eis, Robert F. White, Lloyd Chap man, Leo L. Weir, Leland Young, James A.. Richardson, j. Virgil E. Starr, William Overman, Wayne Middleton, Orville E.. Welsh, Art hur R. Lauritson, Albert D. Ap person, Marvin F Franch, Walter E. McCune, Arthur V. Sundborg, Jack J. Parks. Salem men scheduled to leave Monday for examination at the Portland induction station are: Walter George Rittmayer, William Stephen Proveneal, Robert Tho mas Barry, Lewis Edman Starnes, Richard Paul Damm, Henry Nel son, Roy Leonard Wirth, Dale E. Hagedorn, Robert William Voight, Robert Cuyler Van Patten, John Francis Williams, Frank Lewis, Robert Butler Shattuc, Henry Lawrence Coiner, Steve Kasper, Doyle Joseph Webster, Alvin Carl Steinke, Roland Frank DeSart, as announced this week by Hub Saalfeld, clerk of the board. Wisconsin Woman Honored at Party BRUSH CREEK Mrs! W. C, Larson entertained Tuesday af ternoon at her home for the plea sure of her aunt, Mrs. Carrie Berg of Wisconsin, who has been spend ing several weeks here as a guest of Mrs. Larson and Mrs. Larson's sister, Mrs. C. I. Benson. Invited for Tuesday afternoon were Mrs. Esther Weaver of Al hambra, Calif., Mrs. O. S. Hauge of Silverton, Mrs. M. J. Madsen, Miss Lillie Madsen and Mrs. Carl Benson. eyed, 0) GREER w l4Cm7 ARSHA HU,,T W y I zfXiMI' fay holdeh 0 i&PlUl SAMUEL S. HIIIDS SHOW TTME Lstc Tea: 1:38 - 5:05 - 8:41 Blossoms: - C:45 - 10:28 PAGE THREE Scout Troop Nineteen Takes Overnisrht Trin SALEM HEIGHTS Harvey Pe terson, scoutmaster, troop 19, took the boys on an overnight trip last week. They went to the lake near Wheatland ferry Saturday, returning Sunday evening. Fifteen Scouts made the-trip. Show Tomor. Ag a Success ' He Was a Failure . . ; As a Failure He Was the Happiest Guy in the World! HENRY FOIIDA mm cnsstiiiiii EtrcEngfURliEOiV mrfTTTTnrn DON I -r AIIECIIE LYNN V fVVv O BAM : N iT, t? Edw. Everett Horton ,( ,V V; f Second Big Hit! : ': v ''.C I I . T , . YouTl be happy you saw "Blossoms In The Dust" YouTl be glad you let ft lift you, for a couple of gtowing hours, out of the turmoil of today. Come, share the sparkling .romance of a red-headed, green; fun - loving girl who lived her life in 01 l if' U JVL M A MERVYH LlRQY PRODUCTION GARSQN BID-HSADlDt GKtlNEYlDt LOVELY "HRS. CHIfS" amd PIDGEON (Mr Injured At fox Valley FOX VALLEY Fred Bassett severed an artery in his right wrist while operating his - combine at the" J." F. Potter ranch ' west of Lyons. His sons, Leland and Ar thur, were with him in the field and took him to the doctor. Bas sett lost considerable blood before they were able to stop the bleed ing. Joseph Weitman fell from a load of lumber while working at ; the planer docks in Lyons. His right shoulder bone was" splintered in the fall. " Albert : Julian escaped injury Last Times Today .' Gary .JL, . Barbara C00PEI1 STA1IWYCK -"BALL OF FIRE' Show .Time: 2:50 - 6:00 - 9:30 . ; and -LAW OF THE JUNGLES" Show Time: 1:20 - 4:40. - 8.-00 - 1130 4 - RHflW TTME - - Dope: 1:20 - 4:15 '! 7:10 -10:10 Ellery:. 3:05-6:00-8:55 SB technico! iori STARRING v with II t Tuesday when cranking the trac tor and the crank kicked back, striking him below the knee cap. j He thought at first his . leg was I broken but found it was only bruised severely. CONTINUOUS TODAY FROM 1:00 P. BL Hurry ! Last Times A rootin, tootin roundup of roars and thrills! Beery as your love him . . in the saddle . . TIME 2:16-5:13-8:lt-ll:7 DEGOV -FIn- SLPER MAN CAKTOON , I STARTS SUNDAY 2, FEATURES i lir'"' Iftrj&T.fl' mpf w; '5i m a m a m m am . - . mr k I M . m- m Mm m Starts Today 2 Big Hits! THE THRILLING ADVENTURES OF AMERICAN HEROES IN THE PHILIPPINES! Always Outnumbered Never Outfought See It for Thrills! I . if'l If If Jf li V I . A COMPANION FEATURE . ' Carole lomharT last picture. Keyed to an ever ' , ... mounting leoio t susense brilliant ia Its act i ' ing--8)ecUcuUr irt its coje. jack Benny at hi i bent In a eurjmsingly different comic role. Here U a V Lubituch picture this exciliniu romantic comedy. : CAROLE LOMBARD JACK PLUS Serial ' DEAD END KIDS ia "Junior G-Mea of the Air Undergoes Operation ' GERVAIS P. W. Seely under went a major operation .Wednes day, at Emanuel Hospital in Port land. c. Today 2 Hits! Another Aldrich Famil Hit! Your lovable, Uuhable ra dio favorites ... back at their best in their best! v TTME 3:J5-l:30-:t 4 -Pins- It's e ay and gal-oriouj . . . f loaded : w i t h laughs. , -YOKELBOY" Albert Dekker Joan Davis' Eddie Toy, Jr. BAEGATN MAT. ni 5 p. m. ... TIME GLORY 4 01-740-11:511 I 8-5:22-1:11 j TO BE 18 BENNY TO BE or 11 NOT TO BE
