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Fox, Mink Units Meet Show Will Be Held December 21 in Liberty District JEFFERSON The Salem fox and mink units of the Oregon Fox and Mink association held a Joint meeting in the city hall in Jeffer son Thursday night .with -Mr." arid .' Mrs. Frank Glaser and Mr. and 'Mrs. E. B. Henningsen, hosts. ; Henningsen presided at the meeting. W. L. Jones gave an ac- count of the recent sale at the Se- - attle fur exchange, which he ati tended. Eugene Finlay told of conditions of selling at Seattle and - other matters of interest to fur traders. Plans were discussed tor the . fox and mink show, to be held at the Stacey farm in the Liberty district on-December 21. Exhib . ltors are urged to be on hand with their animals before 10 o'clock as the judging will begin at 10 o'clock sharp. - During the noon hour a basket lunch will be enjoyed at the W. D. Olden home across the ' road from Staceys. All interested fur farmers are invited. It was decided that the fox and mink units combine their meetings beginning the first of the year and meet every other month for the duration. The next meeting will - be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Olden in the Liberty district the j second Thursday in January. Joint hosts -will be Mr. fnd Mrs. Frank Wied, Mr. and Irs. Pierce Jacob and W. I Jones of Jefferson Refreshments were served to 23 members by the hosts, during the social (hour following the meeting. J. A. Gardner, acting - as Santa Claus, distributed gifts from a decorated tree. Mrs. A.Fery Dies Friday At Stay ton STAYTON Mrs. Andrew Fery died early Friday morning at the family residence in Stayton. Mrs. Fery; who was Caroline Dorothea Bloom, was born in PJatteville, Wis July 3, 1877, moving to South Dakota where she married Andrew Fery June 1, 1904. The 'couple moved soon after their marriage to Stayton, where they ; have been residing. Surviving are the widower; five sons and daughters, Fred, Edna, John, Alva, Mrs. Leo Odenthal and. George, all living near Stay ton; 12 grandchildren, three broth ers and a sister. Funeral services will be read by Father Sniderhon Monday at 10 a. m. in the Catholic church. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. In deference to Mr. Fery, who is chairman of the school board, school will be dis missed Monday until after the funeral. Riverview Farmers Union Elects SCIO Recent annual election f officers for the . Riverview Farmers Union resulted as fol lows: president, Paul Drushella; vice-president, George Weber; secretary, Mabel Senz; conduc I tress, Marian Miller; doorkeeper, Paul Payton; chaplain, William Gilkey; executive board, Frank Sen chairman; Merle Gilkey and Joe Prokop. j , Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Finegan became members of the organiza tion. ' The Light and Sommer fam ilies had charge during the social hour. . Christmas tree meeting Decem ber 19 is being arranged by a com mittee composed of Mrs. Joe Pro kopkop, Mrs. Alice Sprague and Mrs. Josephine Sommer. Services Held ForW.H. Harris ,' v; , ."'. j .'. ." . ' :- '- " - --. .f ' ' ., . '. : TURNER Graveside ' services were held at Twin Oaks cemetery Tuesday afternoon for William H. Harris, 90, who passed away at the home of his sister,-Mrs. Fan nie Bowens. at North Bend on December 10 following a short ill ness. ;"''! I He was born at Galena, 111-, on December 25, 1852, and on August 10, 1873, was married at Oxford, Idaho, to Eliza Lloyd, who passed away In 1937. He came to Oregon in 1891 and had made Turner his home for over 50 years. Five of the nine children sur vive their father, Walter J. and Joseph L. Harris of Turner; Ray C and Fred A. Harris of Port land; George R. Haris of Seattle, Wash.; also 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. x i. , Clough-Barrick mortuary of Sa lem was ' in charge of the ser vice,' and interment .was ... in the family plot at Turner.' Erjgs Uanfcd Top Prices Paid! "Prompt Remittance Ship er Bring Your , Errs to FDED r:2YEB EGG DEPOT 131 S. E. Alder Si. -. Portland, Ore. ; MM-Willamette Valley. New Reports ; From PAGE TEN Grangers News UNION HILL The Union Hill grange met Friday night for the regular monthly business meeting. W. M. Tate installed the new members for the coming year. On the refreshment committee were : Mr. ; and Mrs. W. M. Gil- mour, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Humph reys, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jaquet and Mrs. Geneva Hubbard. The juvenile grange also in stalled, Richard Krenz, presiding. The juvenile grange will give a new Years, isve party ior au juvenile grange and subordinate grange members. Mrs. Mary Powell Visits in Salem SCIO Mrs. Mary Powell of Jef ferson, a sister of J. N. "Norm" Long of Scio, recently visited sev eral weeks with relatives and friends at Salem land Eugene. Her daughter, Mrs. Iris Arnold, lives at Salem, and her brother, Ernest Butch" Long, has been in busi ness in 4Jgene ior. years. The Longs were members of a pioneer family in the Thomas creek com munity east of Scio. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Scovel, re cently occupying the Rudolph Wesely tenant acreage at the southwest ; outskirts of the city, have completed the moving of stock to the new location. The Scovels came from Los Angeles few years ago. William Moore of Salem visited Sunday at the E. H. and W. J. Kelly homes in the Riverview Community. Kenneth McDonald recently has added to his ranch holdings a short distance east of Scio a 115 acre tract formerly included in the Shindler estate but more re cently owned by Bob Slater and others. McDonald is using the land for sheep pasture but has leased the buildings to other par ties. Earnest Smith of Corvallis was guest this week at the Fred Bilyeu home. He is connected with a roofing concern at Cor vallis which has had recent con tracts in Scio. . Alex. Matilla, who became ill while at work for the .Roaring River timber company east of Scio Tuesday, is improved. Christmas program of the Chris tian and Baptist Sunday schools is to be presented Wednesday at 8 p. m. at the Baptist church. i Neighbors gathered at the home of Mrs. E. A. Maine near Munkers Saturday evening for charivari and felicitations to Mr. and Mrs. Cleal Tidwell of Seattle, Wash., the guests taking gifts to the re cent bride and groom. Mrs. Tid well formerly was Evelyn Maine and grew up on the farm of her parents near Scio. , Munkers school, a short distance west of Scio, is scheduled for Christmas program Tuesday eve ning, December 22. Mill Resumes Logging at Abiqua BRUSH CREEK Machinery at the Evans Logging company mill got underway there Thursday. The bridge below the mill on the Abiqua which went out dur ing the recent high water was re paired so that the machinery could be hauled to the Brush Creek community. The mill closed its operations on the Abiqua a week ago. - Funeral Rites Held For Mrs. Phillips MEHAMA, Arminta Eliza Phil lips, 75, died December 12 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Floyd Monroe. Burial took place De cember 15 at Fox Valley cemetery. Lost services were held In the Presbyterian church with Rev. Lyman of Salem and Rev. Stewart of Albany officiating. " Mrs, Phillips was born Septem ber 21, 1867, at West Union, Iowa, and has lived in Mehama for the last 22 years. Survivors include Iva B. Goodman of Detroit; Cliff E. Phillips of Salem; Rillie E. Mason of Dallas; Mildred E. Mon roe of Mehama; Harrison Nye Phillips of Yachats; Hazel V. Pur ser of , Portland; Richard Dare Phillips of Siletz; Keith, R. Phil lips of Mehama; 17 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Mt. Angel Starts Hot Lunch Program MT. ANGEL After trying for three months to get the hot lunch program on the former WPA basis started, the St Mary's school board, lunch committee and school principal,' Miss Theresa Denier, met Wednesday night to .propose that the community " finance the project. . Beginning in January, the hot lunches will be served ' for one month as a trial. If the project proves satisfactory on the new basis, it will be continued. The price has been advanced from five to ton - cents. The lunch is, of course, k optional." Mrs. Cecilia Skonctzni and Mrs. Barbara Bor- schowa have been engaged to pre pare the lunches. The Statesman9 s Community Correspondents Salem. Oregon, Saturday Morning, Rebekahs Give Christmas Card Party for Odd Fellows - SCIO- Six tables of progressive five hundred spent the eve ning at Scio Odd Fellows hall Wednesday as guests of the local Rebekah lodge. Covered dish dinner at 7 p. m, preceded the card party. A Christmas tree was arranged by a Rebekah com mittee consisting of Mrs. Fannie Branson, Mrs. Sigrid Winder and Mrs. Vivian Earnest. Lila. Lee Thayer, recently home from San Francisco, underwent a tonsil ectomy at Lebanon f Thurs day of Jthis week. ; ' I ,v I Mrs. Jennie Weddle. Mrs. J. Branson and Mrs. Virgil Crow were in Salem on business Wed nesday. : -: ' -L. J Mrs. Jerry Walter of Rodgers mountain was at the local switch board Wednesday during the ab sence of the veteran operator, Mrs. Jennie Weddle, who was out of the city for the day. Mrs. Wal ter was - employed for i several years at the local exchange. - Mrs. C. M. Cyrus, wife of the Scio water superintendent and city marshal,1 was in Portland this week to see her brother, , Doris Copeland, prior to his induction into the United States navy. Mrs. Anna Young is reported improved in health at the home of her son, F. M. Clark at Hoquiam, Wash. Mrs. Young, who left this city a short time ago, had been confined to her home about a year as the result of a fracture ; for which she was hospitalized at Albany for several months. Mrs. Cora Miller has accepted a position in the tailor shop at Camp Adair. She lives in Corval lis, driving daily to and from her work at the army camp. Mr. and Mrs. Verne Balkema and small child are new residents of Scio, arriving from Eugene a few days ago. He is a log trucker for the Murphy timber interests. extensive operators in Scio for ests. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fauver, who were employed for some time at the Holchek meat plant near Scio, have resigned their positions here. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Francis, re cently of Lebanon, have taken up residence here, Francis being em ployed by the Roaring river com pany, one of the major logging concerns of the Scio area. Mr. and Mrs. D. R. McComb, who were employed in Portland for several months, recently mov ed to Vancouver, where they plan to be employed indefinitely. Mrs. McComb was Agnes Becicka of Scio. - - Work this week was reported progressing satisfactorily at the Bilyeu site of the rock crusher in course of installation under di rection of K G. Swaggart of Eu gene. The work will be complet ed within a week or 10 days. Murphy timber company and Linn county will utilize the . output of the crusher on road work in that locality, according to plans an nounced at Scio a short time ago. Rudolph Wesely is spending the holiday season with relatives and friends in the Portland area. Santiam Legion Gives Dinner LEBANON Santiam post num ber 51 of the American Legion entertained the members of the auxiliary, the high school band and the county draft board Tues day night at a turkey dinner. The band played during the dinner hour and afterward short talks were given by W. L. Jackson, E. Borovica, Ralph 'Hargett, Mark Weatherford and Mrs. Hazel Barta Pague of the Linn county draft board. The December meeting of the Legion post is always a joint meeting with the auxiliary, the men serving the dinner. Cavalry Troop To Give Dances , LEBANON Cavalry troop L of the Oregon state guard will have two dances this month at the Lebanon armory, the pro ceeds to be vied for the par chase of equipment. The first one will be Saturday, December 1 19, and the other will be New Tear's Eve. W. E. Bohle, Har old Gross and Earl Schackman are the committee In charge. The ladies' motor 'corps will have a check room and will serve refreshments. . Desart Breaks Dimout Ordnance, Pays Fine SILVERTON ' Harry Desart paid . the first , fine in the city limits of Silverton Thursday for any violation of the 'dimout or dinance passed here- by the city council. . Desart appeared in court Thursday. Bert Terry," police judge, fined him $5, which he paid at once. ' "'.'- December, 7 Sale Good f SCIO Sales of E war bonds at the Scie State bank daring November aggregated $6150, maturity valne, according to Mr. DeMoy .who added that D sales amounted to $2950. At the pest office the records show disposal f S6,13LZ5 E series, according to Postmaster Phillips. On De- 1 eember 7, $1537.59 were sold. December 19, 1942 Legion, Auxiliary : To Give Yule Party WEST .SALEM -Saturday at 6:30 p. m. at the Legion hall, the Kingwood post of the American Legion and auxiliary will give their annual Christmas party. It will be a no-host dinner. Each member will bring two gifts for the gift exchange which will be followed by a Christmas program. Committees include: Mrs. Mamie Dickson, Mrs. Verne Axelson, Mrs. George Combs, Mrs. Floyd White, Mrs. E. J. Dietz, Mrs. Norma Smith, dinner; Mrs. Nellie Hammer and Mrs. Esther Wendt, program; Mrs. Al Bouffleur, Cath erine Suartz, Norma Smith, O. L. The The Everyone Should Know VWho is this gay, Santa Claus? Is he American, Dutch or Turk? Ask Grandad, and he talks about' a fuzzy old boy like the one here, created by the great Thomas Nast. Mention it to Daddy. He'll tell about a red - suited, portly old fellow who lives at the North Pole. And most storybooks give Junior the run-around, too. There IS a TRUE story about Santa. It has intrigued the greatest minds, the greatest artists. Un fortunately, for it is close to the heart and history of America, the story usually is told vague-, ly, in fragments. So, this Christmas season, for the benefit of Junior, Dad, Grandad and the whole family, we bring you: "The Truth About" Santa." Valley Birth Reports SCIO Judith Ma rlene, 6 pounds, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ingvard Hansen at a Salem hos pital a short time ago. The moth er is the former Opal Long of near Scio.." ,' - T A 7 -pound , daughter, Judy Gaye, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Arnold at a Lebanon V hos pital December 2. The Arnolds live at Vancouver, Mrs. " Arnold formerly "t being Gladys Kelly Both she and her husband grew up in the Scio community. SILVERTON - Mr. and ' Mrs. John Kuschnick are reporting the birth of a son and Mr. and Mrs. Willard Holt, the birth of a daugh ter, both at the Silverton hospital on December 17.' ; Long, Janet Van Gatten, tree.v The young peoples group of the Mennonite church will present' a play Sunday evening, "Blind Bet ty." The Christmas message will be given : by Rev. Abe Loewen Sunday morning. STATESMAN "The Tm Story Turn Waldo Hills Pioneer Dies Charles , R. Riches .Is 'Early Settler, . In Community . WALDO HILLS With the death of Charles R. Riches here Wednesday night, Waldo Hills lost one of the pioneers who helped make this community so widely known in early Oregon years, j Mr. Riches was born on the farm where he died, and where he had ; spent : all but five years of his life. Almost 50 years ago, he went to eastern Oregon and lived there for five years, return ing to the homestead of his father about 44 years ago. He was the son of George S. P. Riches, who came to the Waldo Hills in 1847 and set'led on ' the present home of the Riches family : four., years l?ter. ' v Mr. Riches was married to Olive LaBare at Silverton on January 24, 1892, and she died May 3. 1933 Survivors include ; Capt. Harry L. Riches, Marion county agent on leave during the war and now stationed at Mira - Loma, Calif.; Frank A. Riches, Hereford breeder of Buena, Wash.; John Riches of Salem; Theodore and Charles Rob ert Riches of Waldo Hills, and two daughters, Winifred and Lois Riches, the" former of vhom has been caring for her father during the illness which lasted a number Presents j W C ' Today! to Page 3 Nov1 of years, and the latter of whom teaches at Hazel Dell. .Three sis ters also survive, Mrs. Sarah. Ad- amson, Mrs. Florence Given and Mrs. . Estelle- Mulkey, all of Sil verton. The four grandchildren are Raymond and Jack Riches of Silverton, Mary Jane Riches of Waldo Hills and Truman Riches of Salem. ' , Capt Riches is expected to ar rive from Mira Loma to attend the funeral services to 'be held at Ekman's at Silverton. Frank Riches arrived Tuesday night prior to his father's death. 'Dumbo' to Satisfy Craving for Candy - MT. - ANGEL , Shortage of candy will make It Impossible for the Business Men's club to provide, bags ef sweets for, all the children of the community this year as they have "been doing far the past." The com--: inanity Christmas tree Is out, of course, because ef the light regulations. But instead of Santa Claus, a tree and gifts, the youngsters will be treated to a fun-length free' shew by the Business Men. The show will be shown in the school auditorium Saturday, De cember 19, at 2 p. m. The name of the feature Is "Dumbo." Council Officers Speak SILVERTON W. O. Kelsay, president, and C. P. Richards, sec- retary of the; TTOamette vaney council of lumber and sawmill, workers, .were guest speakers this week of the local 2725 at Silver ton. E. A. Finlay, vice president of the local, . presided. V . ; Make This A XInsical linn Complete Stock Twirling Bator -95c up Musical Toys New - Harmonicas.. ..35c up ,150c tip Piano Accordions..$79.50 lip H Guitars $10.50 tip Portable Radio. $25.00 J : Violin Cases .. $4.50 up New Kimball Pianos $375.00 up. Terms Portable - Phonographs .$17.30 up 'AH Kinds of Band Instruments, New and Used i i JMUITII IIUSIC CO. I 191 S. High St. 099 i