Guests Spend Weekend V r :
Vising in Independence ;
INDEPENDENCE: Mr. and -Mrs. J. E. Kelley were dinner
guests Saturday evening at the home of Mr: and Mrs. Joe Smiley
to Monmouth. -' . ' ; .
Enjoying dinner Friday at
Eastern Stars ;
Seat Officers
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Stayton Croup Installs
At Candlelight Rites ;
Tuesday Night I
STAYTON Tuesday, night of
ficers of the Eastern Star for the
ensuing year were installed at an
impressive ceremony for -which
Mrs. -Walter Frey was installing
officer, Dr. W. N. Pintler, assist
ing, Mrs. Harry Humphreys in
stalling marshall, Mrs. Estellt
Hussey, installing -chaplain and
Mrs, J. O. Russell of Turner, or
ganist. ' .
; " Officers seated were - Maude
Beauchamp, worthy matron;
George Tate, worthy patron; Ma
bel. Tate, associate matron; Virgil
TueV associate patron; Frances
Morgan, conductress Lucille Cox,
associate conductress, Kathryn
Wed die, organist; Bertha Frey,
treasurer; Flora Shuck, secretary;
. Tressa Van Nuys, marshall; Mae
Spraked, . Ada; . Bessie - Brown,
Ruth; Edna Sloper, Esther; Eliza
beth Clark, Martha; Hazel Lewis,
Electa; Bessie Waddell, chaplain;
; Bea Johnson, warder; Irvin ar-
berry, sentineL Pages elected are
: RubyParberry, Worthy Burmes
ter, Ruth Wood and Eva Humph
reys. Officers dresses are of blue,
pages" in pink.
, The chapter room had been
beautifully decorated by Mrs.
Frey and her committee in a col
or scheme of green and white
with four tall candelabra and
lighted candles. Program numbers
by John Lau with violin and the
girls' octet from the high school
interspersed the installation cere
mony. Refreshments were served
in the dining hall where Mrs.
Tressa Van Nuys and her com
mittee had decorations in keeping
with the Yule season.
The school of instruction for the
new officers will be held Monday
night,, with a potluck dinner pre
ceding. Funeral Services
Held Thursday
For Mrs; Moffitt
WOODBURN -Funeral services
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were :neia xnursaay anernoon
from the Kmgo chapel for una
May Moffitt, who died at a Sa
lem hospital, December 27. She
was born in Canada, April 8, 1900.
She had been a Woodburn resi
dent for the past five months,
coming here from Montana and
making her ' home with her
daughter, Mrs. Arnold Halter.
She is survived by children,
Henry F. J Kellmer of Montana,
Del A. Kellmer of the US navy,
Tjiwpni-A M T?llmT of WnnH.
burn, Lloyd V. Moffitt of Wood
burn; Lloyd W. Moffitt of Wood
burn, Addie Halter and Pauline
JL Hcoley of Woodburn; brothers,
iFrank D. Kennedy of Woodburn
and Merritt Kennedy of Long
view, Washington, an d three
brothers and three sisters in the
east; her' father in Montana and
three grandchildren.
Rev. Lora Sorenson of the Full
Gospel church officiated. - Burial
was in Belle Pass! cemetery.
Donna Wiederkehy
Wins Garden Award
. '. '.
SIDNEY Donna Wiederkehy
has been awarded a gold, medal
cn victory gardening, she was a
blue ribbon winner of Marion
county. -
.. iiux. uu jura, yjmux uiwuui
of Rockaway are spending the
holiday season with her parents.
.Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Gilmour.
Mrs. Ethel Sohn, teacher in' the
Sidney . school, is . spending the
holiday vacation at her home in
Independence.
' Lester L. Fish, who. is with the
-armed forces, is on a holiday fur
lough visiting his parents, Mr. and
MrsV'-Ed F. Fish. "-rWx,:
1 Mamie Bostrack, who is teach
ing at Nyssa, and Diane Kemmen
of Salem are holiday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. William Wiederkehy
and' family.
Valley Birth Reports
. SILVERTON, Jan. ; 1 Well on
the road to bettering the, record
birth year , just closed here, Sil
verton had one New Year's Day
child. A son, their fourth, weigh
ing 7 pounds 15 odnces at birth,
' kt n m tuM-n- TTt-i Af-w nvtmlntf ait Sil
verton hospital ' to Mr. and Mrs.
Edward KuenzL
. Two hundred thirty eighty chil
dren, 128 boys , and 110 girls, in
cluding four pairs of twins, were
added to .the Silvertonpopulation
during :1942, compared with 182
children in 1941 and 226 in 1940.
- INDEPENDENCE A v daughter
Was born Tuesday at the Salem
General hospital to Mr. and Mrs.
Tilph Winegar of Monmouth. .
JEFFERSON Word has been
received from Inglewood, Calil;
c f the birth of a six pound and one
cunce son, December 29 to Mr.
end Mrs. Delavon Thomas. This
i3 their j first child. The baby's
father is a former resident. .
the home of Mr. and Mrs; Louis
Scofield and family at North San
tiam were Mr. and Mrs. Buren
Smiley ' and- family of Corvallis,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe ; Smiley and
daughter of Monmouth, Mr. and
Mrs. C. D. Smiley and Mrs. Car
rie Smiley. ;-::v";' -f ; '"'I
; Mrs. Elmer Barnhart of Hosk
ins visited , Tuesday with Mrs.
Carrie Smiley. Mrs. ; Smiley has
been ill for the past week ;
Mrs. John Foreman of Port
land was an overnight guest Tues
day at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Robinson. - Mrs. Foreman
was here for the Eastern Star in
stallation. .? , . .. - j . :
... Mrs. Frances Newton - and Mrs.
Lynn Huntley are having an en
forced vacation this week from
their teaching duties at the Hop
ville school due to the high water.
The school directors closed the
school until Monday - because
there were so many students who
couldn't reach school.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Frantz at
tended the funeral -Monday at
Hubbard of Rev. J. S. Van Winkle.
Rev. Van Winkle was Mrs. Frantz
cousin.
; An emergency . appendectomy
was "performed Tuesday evening
on Richard Dudley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. Dudley, at the Salem Gen
eral hospital. The child is doing
well. ,
George Graves returned to Sea
side Sunday after spending the
holidays here with his wife.
,LL and Mrs. Malcolm Lang and
Lt. and Mrs. George Bishop plan
to spend the wekend in Portland.
A New Year's eve formal dance
at the main Officer's club at Camp
Adair was enjoyed by a group
from Independence. Incl.uded
were Lt and Mrs. Donald Kaiser,
Lt. and Mrs. Robert Van Dresser,
Lt. and Mrs, Ira Lambert, Lt. and
Mrs. George. Bishop, Lt. and Mrs.
Malcolm Lang, and Lt. and Mrs.
Richard O'Meara. ,
Mrs. Will Matfison visited Mon
day in Salem with her daughter,
Mrs. Charles Miller.
A group of members of : Adah
chapter of Eastern Star will at
tend the installation of the Falls
City chapter Tuesday night Phil
Schweizer, past grand patron will
be installing officer and Mrs. Paul
Robinson, installing marshal.
A joint installation of the Re-
bekah and Odd Fellow lodges will
be held at the lodge hall January
7. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Steptoe and
family of Dallas visited Friday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. H.
Gentemann. Mr. Steptoe is Mrs.
Gentmann's brother,.
Miss ' Connie Johnson rtumpd
Thursday to West Lmn where' she
is a teacher in the Sunset school.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Black are
visiting this week with their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr, and
Mrs. Harley Prather at Buena
Vista.
Mrs. Zander Heads
Scio Pythian Sisters
SCIO Mrs. Nellie Zander suc
ceeds Mrs. Genevieve Berner as
most excellent chief of Scio Pyth
ian sisters. Installation of the
new roster of officers will take
place at the first meeting, Janu
ary 13.
Installation of Odd Fellow and
Rebekah officers is scheduled for
next month.
Mrs. Ole Haugen is expected to
return this week from Fairbury,
Neb., where she attended the
funeral of her father, Glen Roe
Smith. The Smiths lived at Scio
for some time, returning a few
years ago to their old home state.
Cecil O. Bates, formerly of the
Sh el burn area, has conveyed to
John Silbernagel of the Jordan
section, 69.70 acres 9-10 S, R, 1 E.
W. L. Swearingen, who has been
working in the vicinity of Browns
ville for several months, has re
turned to the farm near Scio. He
planned to be employed by one
of the various logging companies
operating in Scio foothills. I -;
George J. Patrny is driving
gravel truck at Camp Adair, hav
ing recently completed similar
work at an airbase in eastern Ore
gon. - " - - f " - -
Linn Farmers Plan
1943 Food Production
ALBANY Two sessions wfll be
held in the Linn county court
house in Albany Monday for the
purpose "of planning how farmers
cair'best contribute to the nation's
1943 food production program,
i At the morning session, mem
bers of the war board, in ; con
sultation with W. L. Teutsch of
the Oregon State college exten
sion service, and A. II Girod of
the Oregon USDA war board, will
outline a program for general dis
cussion by representative farmers
during the afternoon session: Floyd
Jenks of Tangent is chairman ' of
the Linn county USDA war board.
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Evangelist Speaks i
f AUMSVILLE--Revival i services
will - continue at the Aumsville
Wesley an Evangelical church Jan
uary 10. Rev. Paul Kindschi of
Enid, Okla, will be the evan
gelist Mrs. Kindschi will lead the
song services. Week day services
will start at 7:30 p. m. . j -
UO Alumni Elects
! EUGENIA Jan. l-OV-N. Thomas
Stoddard, Portland, was named
president of the University of Ore
gon Alumni association in a mail
election Friday. George P. S tad el
man, The Dalles, was chosen , vice
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Reports FromTheSt
OCE Lists
47 Students
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On Honor Rolls
MONMOUTH The registrar's
office of the Oregon College of
Education! has released the fall
term honor roll. Eighteen stu
dents are: listed on the first roll,
requirements J for which are ; at
least 15 term hours and a grade
point average t ox i 3.5 or better.
Miss Helen Macpherson of Port
land received highest honors, car
rying 15 i hours sand making
straight A's. ' -.r.
The roll: ; Alice. Burnett, Port
land; Helen Macpherson, Portland;
Sallie McClamrock,-Portland ;
Katherine W imme r, Portland;
Grac Cherry, Salem; .Sylvia Jane
ClaggetV Salem; Huth McFarlahe,
Salem; Anna Hansen, Salem; El
len Farris, McMinnvDIe; -Marie
Fleischmann, Monmouth; Mary E.
Hemrkh, Boring; Eleanor John
son, Gresham; Roberta Johnson,
and Velda Mae Steffen, HUlsboro;
Miles Olson, Independence; Bessie
Anne Reichert, Aspen, Cola; Mary
Lou Sears, Gates; Olive Mae Vin
cent, Swisshome.
Second honor roll lists 29 stu
dents. Requirements are at least
15 term hours, and a grade point
average of at least three earned.
The doll: Lillian Pack Hampton,
Salem; Ermyl Belle Kipple, Sa
lem; Genevieve Lovcik, Salem;
Roseanne Alexander, Indepen
dence; Jessie Mae Jones, Inde
pendence; Gilda Chapman, Junc
tion City; Ethel Dann, Molalla;
Helen J. Dower, Dayton; Clay Fox,
Rickreall; Caroline Gentle, Mon
mouth; Stephen Mosher, Mon
mouth; Terrence Hubbard, Red
mond; Irene Jennings, Portland;
Charleen Jensvold, Portland; Dor
is Ann Johnson, Portland; Lillian
Rautio, Portland; Carolyn M.
Stewart, Portland; Dorothy D.
Wolfe, Portland; Francis Bay,
Portland; Ruby Johnson, New
berg; Erma Kent, Vernonia; Ber
nice Lehrman, Brooks; Alma D.
Petersen, Cornelius; Almeda Po
lehn, Astoria; Leona Raimers,
Yamhill; Charles Sears, Gates;
Helen Sharp, Gaston; Lyle M.
Shum, Hood River; Virginia Sto
vall, Marshfield.
Rites Set Tuesday
For Mrs. Seott
SILVERTON, Jan; 1 Funeral
services for Mrs. Josephine Scott,
80, long a resident of Silverton,
who died Friday morning at St.
Joseph's home in Portland, are to
be held Tuesday morning from
the home, with Larson and Son
of Silverton in charge.
Mrs. Scott, born December 6,
1862, - in Canada, came to Silver
ton shortly after World war I to
make her home In 1938 she went
to St. Joseph's Catholic home in
Portland to reside. One son, Rus
sell Scott, formerly of Silverton,
but now employed in Portland,
survives.
New Families Move
To Swegle Residences
SWEGLE Several new families
have moved into this district in
the last few weeks. ' Mr. and Mrs.
C. M. Math ew son and four school
age children arrived from Silver
ton to reside in the property on
Garden road vacated by the E. E.
Brandt family.
. The father of Willard Moore on
Sunnyview j avenue, Joseph . A.
Moore of Portland, .formerly of
Salem, has died. He was the
grandfather i of Mrs. George Rob
erts. . -'-".
i Dolores Faxmen has been spend
ing part of her vacation at the
home of her grandmother, Mrs.
O. C. Farmen in Mill City.
Present at a holiday family din
ner at 4 the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Christ . Farmen were Mrs. Ella
Brown, Mrs; O, C. Farmen from
Mill City, Mr. and' Mrs. Louis
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. G. Everett
Brown and Mrs. Brown's mother,
Mrs. Calkins from Portland, Mr.
and Mrsi Farmen and (heir three
children. i
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Wert and
son, Judson, of Los "Angeles were
home for the family dinner at the
Dillion Jones home, the : former
West family; home. Other guests
were Rep. and Mrs.' H. R. Jones,
Mr. and Mrs. Marion West and
daughters, .Anna Mae and Joyce,
and Miss Ruby West. .
Crosby Funeral
To Be Held Today
WOODBURN Funeral services
will be held Saturday morning at
9 o'clock at rst. Luke's Catholic
church for Albert B. .Crosby, 83,
who died in San Francisco, De
cember 29 He was born near Al
bany, March 27, 1859.
. He is survived . by sons, . Cyril
lus J. and Edgar of Woodburn
and Walter i of San Francisco;
brothers, Jeff Crosby . of - Marsh
field and Walter of Hepner; sis
ters, - Martha " Bligh and Virginia
Stillwell of Portland. The recita
tion of the rosary was Friday
night at 8 o'clock at the Bingo
chapeL Interment . will be in St.
Luke's cemetery.
M il a
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Salem. Oregon, Saturday
Admiral Has Daily
Adm. Chester W. Nlmltx, U8N, eiuiunder-la-cnief mt the United
States Faclfle fleet, aqaints down the barrel af bis aaUmatie daring
: his dally practice pertod en the' pistol range at his Pearl Harber
headqoarters. UN Photo. j ." ,r - '
Roberts School Gives
Seasonal Program j
ROBERTS The Roberts school
presented the following Christmas
program at the grange hall: "
Flag salute, audience; "Amer
ica," audience; welcome, Gary
tomer
tion, i
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Morning January 2. 1943
Squint Down Barjrel
Gearhart? playlet, "Santa Claus
Mil tens," primary room; recita
tion, Jean Thomas; recitation, Zel
da Hardy; playlet, "The Visit of
Saint Nichols," upper grades; reci
tation, Gerald Hoar; recitation,
Jerrold Graves; tableau, "The
First Christmas," upper - grades;
closing, - Richard - Heyden. - - -
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Jeffersonians
To Present:
III
v JEFFERSON A three-act. com
edy entitled, rLIndy 1p vmht
presentJanuiry at the 'Jef
ferson' high school jrymnashim. It
hinges about an f-attempted rob
bery of the duchess jewels by "two
International jewel ;thievea."v :
The eutT TiifiOthy jTweeoOTae;
Keith Keesecker;r Lindy Lou Ev
ans, 'Barbara Miller; -Dick Barry,
Monte Weddle; Big' Boy Roberts,
Ronald Allen;. Benjamin Black
stone, - Jack ., Skelton; ' Ethelburt,
Jim Henderson; Duchess of , Lon
donberry, Ruth Terhune; Delores
Del Monte, Irene; iHuber; Patsy,
Lois Smith; Patricia Mary f Jo
Baxter;' Prunella, Fay; Ray. t y
5."- Stage managers,' Gary ' Barna
and Stanley1 Miller. The play is
directed by Miss Westphal; the
stage director is Miss Josephine
Getchell. ; hi ' : j'-'
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. The : Jefferson ! schools closed
Thursday for the New Year's hol
iday. School will be resumed
Monday.1 '
The . student council held a
meeting' Tuesday to discuss plans
for the student body play. It was
voted to raise the adult admission
tor the basketball games.
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Independence Adali Chapter
Installs y ears New Leaders
A INDEPENDENCE The new officers of Adah chapter num
ber 34, Order of the Eastern Star, were installed at a cerempny
Tuesday night at the Masonic temple. ' i
Mrs. Van . Crider was . installed worthy matron; J. L. "Van
Loan, worthy patronf Mrs. A.
Fratzke, ' associate matron; Dr. C
A. Fratzke, associate, patron; Mrs.
Homer Dodds, . secretary: Mrs.
Fred Hill, treasurer; Mrs. Walter
Smith; conductress;. Mrs. ' Joe
Rogers," jr associate conductress;
Mrs.' ; Ralph Kletzing, marshall;
Mrs.1. Clifford 'Glasson, . organist;
Miss ' Hazel Hughes, Adah; Mrs.
Paul E. Robinson, Ruth; Mrs. Ruth
Hiltibrand,: Esther; Mrs.' Hugh
Van Loan, Martha; . Mrs. Anna
White, Electa Mrs. Ruth Ebbert,
warder; . and , Paul E.- - Rob;
sentinel.
5 The installing officers were-Etfil
Schweizer, worthy (rand instal
ling officer; Mrs. Paul Ev Robin
son, 'grand marshal; Mrs. Forrest
Chambers, grand ' chaplain, ' and
Mrs. Mauriee J. Butler, grand r
ganlst.. I: r .
s Following ; ,the ceremony a
candlelight degree .was given In
ded several new books to the li
brary during the last weekV
. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Main of Long
view, Wash, were , In " J eff erson
this week to see Mrs. Main's fath
er,' Glen Bilyeu, who is ill. Mr.
Bilyeu was taken to a convales-;
cent home in Albany: for treat
ment. - - - ' -' " : ' . ; '
' Mr. and Mrs. Joe McKee left for
Portland Thursday morning tfc
spent New - Year's day visiting at
the home of their son-in-law and
dauchter. Mr. and - Mrs. Howard
Benninghoff, and family. Mrs.
Charles Harvey and daughter,
Beth, who have been visiting her
parents here, accompanied them
to Portland, .
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February I, 1943.
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honor of the new matron, Mrs.
Crider. She was escorted down
"Star Lane" and presented Cow
ers by her officers. Mrs. Crider
announced her motto for the year.
"Adah chapter needs you and you
need Adah chapter." j -
Phil Schweizer, Junior past
worthy' grand patron of Oregon,
presented .Mrs.1 John Foreman,
outgoing matron, with her . past
mafron'sjewel. Mrs. Paul Robin
son 'presented the past patrons
Jewel to her husband, . Paul E.
Robinson, outgoing patron. 1
Mrs. Van Crider announced
that Dr. June Martin of North
Bend, associate1 , grand matron of
the grand chapter, would pay her
official visit to Adah chapter Sat
urday, January 2, at 2 p. m., to
hold a school of instruction for
the new rofficers A 1 o'clock
luncheon will be given in her hon
or at the Monmouth hotel. f :
Mrs. Naomi Fresh was in charge
of the late bullet luncneon servea
with Mrs. John Foreman and Mrs.
v. I
E. E. Denrmona pouring.
Scharns Entertain
LIBERTY Guests Christmas
day at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Scharn were their children,
Master Sergeant and Mrs. Myron
Soham from OlvmDia. Wash. Oth
ers included Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Walling of Vancouver, Leonard
Scharn of Seattle and Mr. and
Mrs. George Lloyd and children,
Patty and Sandra Lee of Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. F 3. Lloyd of Sa
lem were guests also.
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