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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1943)
I LZonmoutli Sets Sarlv Curfev ; Councilmeri Report; ' Investigate Army ; client Problems MONMOUTH Local . city au thorities at the January council meeting passe4 an ordinance pro hibiting .young people under v 18 eara of age to be on the streets " after t 10 pjn. ;; The new police ft icer, Richard Layton, has or- ' ers to arrest those not comply '.log with . thef ordinance." and hold ( them, at the; city tall until ; pa -rents; or guardians "arrive to take charge. Strict enforcement of the " ordinance is being observed. , " G. Wr Partridge and JVC Wfl . son were named a council com mittee to 1 take charge of water regulations with Mayor Bower ' tax as exofficlo chairman. Custo- 'tners for water will be grouped In units: boarding and rooming bouses ; as single units; apaiT 'tnentsjjBich-axidtratTinlts. A special committee appoint ment was authorized to investi gate local ; rental problems both from the viewpoint of the land - lord and the tenant There is prob - ability of a government regulated ' -rental area being "declared here. The ;' J fire department recom- mended that new chemical ma terials - u s e d for fire fighting, ;. which do not deteriorate with " age, be utilized. . : The street council " committee named-N. A. Nelson, A. F. Huber; -fire and police committee: J. C. Wilson, N. A. Nelson; electric and : ' building permits: all council mem bers. ; -'. " City finances are in good con dition with a balance of $283528; in electric fund: $4468.90. Local residents have enjoyed the low est electric rates in history in the past six months. With re funding of electric light and pow - er bonds payable from 1944 to -1931; and of bonds payable from 1991 to 1961, a saving of $500 in annual interst charges is now be- Ing effected, which will total , ' 4000 during life of the bonds Evans Products Buys Timber From Callapooia LEBANON Purchase of the timber holdings of the Callapooia Logging company by the Evans Products company is the "second large timber transfer made in this vicinity during the last few weeks. The other, was the pur chase of the Swanson holdings by the Wyerhauser interests. The Callapooia holdings, which are near Holley, are said to con tain some of the best peeler logs -5Un the state. They have all been ie4ng to the Evans Products com- -tany plywood mill in Lebanon and the sale probably will cause no interuption in the work. All of the nearly 60 employees of the Callapooia Logging company are being retained by the new owners. Mrs. Geraldine Wood ruffe, wid ow of the late N.S. Wood ruffe, made the sale. She has not an nounced any plans for further work in this part of the state. C. F. Booth Returns From California Trip CLOVERDALE G. F. Booth, who has been in Belflowers, Calif., since last fall, is at his home in this community again. Due to ill health, Mr. Booth had planned to spend the winter in California to recuperate. He told friends here that he had plenty of sun shine down there. Mr. Booth still Is weak from the trip back. Jack Schifferer has been suf fering from a badly sprained an kle, which he received while play ing - basket ball last week. Miss Dorothy Schifferer visited over the weekend with her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. .J. W. Schif ferer. Ben Wipper went back to work Monday, after a vacation of two weeks. He works for Spauldings at Camp Walker, and due to the high Water they were shut down. Miss Willard Visits At More Home AUMSVTLLE Stella Willard of " Salem i a weekend guest of Dar- lene More. Y Donna Lee More is ni with mea sles at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wilson, her grand parents. - Lloyd More and daughter, Mrs. . Harvey Thompson of Kent, Wash., left last week for Mankato, Kan., where they were called by the serious illness of Mr. More's fat her. Tomminger HI WALDO HILLS John Tom minger is confined to Providence hospital at Portland under medi cal treatment He expects to be able to return to his home here within a few days. T. It Riches has been confined to his-home several days due to as attack of flu. Ccllinny Farms Sold DETIIANY Two Bethany firms changed hands this week r. hen the 70-acre ranch of Mr. and I 'rs. Oswald Johnson was sold to t":e Eoehiaers ct Mount An- - end the . old Dentson farm t : s eel J ia I Ir. Cypher, brother- i-Iry cf I Escinier : Midi - Will amefttte Reports From FAGS TEH Grangcmaster Selects New . Finance Group 'ftORTH HOWELL The master of the North Howell grange, W. H. Stevens named a new finance comxnittee to include, E. G. Weis ner, . Thomas Bump and . Wayne Strachan, and under approved mo tion the members voted to employ a janitor at a meeting Saturday night Also voted was a general clean up and wood sawing day on Thurs. Jaaaa'ry 14, at the hall when sev- era! trees already blown dawn will be made into wood. Archie ? Weisner was named chairman for that occasion and members are asked to bring tools suitable for such work. Especially good were the agri cultural reports which included remarks on the unit system, dehy dration of vegetables, rubber sup- ly taxes and farm labor. To investigate certain dimout regulations the following commit tee was named: Thomas Bump, L. A. Esson and K. D. Coomler. Silverton Lists Club Speakers SILVERTON Dr. David B. Charlton, president of the Oregon council of the Walton league, and Dr. C. F. Milleson, director of the national league, will be guest speakers at the Monday night meeting of the Silverton chapter of the Izaak Walton league. Fran cis Lambert, Multnoman sports enthusiast, will show colored slides of the Hart Mountain ante lope reserve and of the Owyhee canyon. A delegation of Salem sports men are expected to attend the meeting. SILVERTON Miss Frances Clinton, county home demonstra tion agent will be guest speaker at the Thursday afternoon meet ing of the Silverton Parent-Teach ers association. Miss Clinton will talk on the food problems arising from the rationing system. The meeting will open at 2:30 o'clock and will be held at the Eugene Field building. Mothers of the fifth grade pupils will be hostesses, with Mrs. Rys sell Myers and Mrs. Dewey Ser vice serving as chairmen. Gingriches Lease Valley View Ranch SILVERTON HILLS Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gingrich, who have been living on the Dr. P. A. Loar ranch for several years, have leased the late Ben Skaife ranch' in Valley View. The Younger Grangers associa tion has disbanded for lack of members, funds remaining in the treasury will be disposed of at the January 15 meeting of the subodinate grange. The elimination speaking con test of the Future Farmers of Silverton will be held here also on January 15. The Silverton Hills sewing club will meet at the home of Mrs. L O. Hadley on January 14. Miethke Is Injured While Chopping Wood ABIQUA William Meithke is carrying his left hand in a band age as the result of a severe cut sustained while cutting wood. . Mrs. W. L. Buttler has moved from this community to Silverton for the winter. Clyde Staiger, first class sea man, is spending a brief visit with his relatives here. He has been in theh service for 18 months. Flower Shop Moves WEST SALEM Business peo ple in West Salem have been hard put the last week to main tain business as usual. Mrs. B. O. Schucking of Eola Acres had to set up a temporary shop in Salem in order; to sell flowers to her customers. The flower and plants are packed carefully at Eola, then sent over, by brain each day.' Mrs. Schucking and her, assistant ar range and deliver them. HE Club to Meet UNION HILL The Union HOI grange' home economic club will meet at the home of Mrs. Floyd Fox and ' Mrs. Carries Townsend for, an all day meeting on Wed nesday. Red Cross sewing will be worked on at the meeting. In the afternoon the regular business meeting will be held. Dinner wfl be served at the noon hour. ' " Turkey Class Starts EVENS VALLEY Rural war production training program, got underway here during the .week with class in turkey raising.' Leo nard Hudson of the Silverton Smith-Hughes division is the in structor. . : - The Statesman's Satan. Ongen. ,TuMday Monlna. lanacsr 12. 1343 Crosby Mourns Fire-Ruined Home i v Singer Bing Crasby rares f oriornly 20-room colonial home ia Hollywood. Califs whleli was au doi destroyed in a swiftly-spreading blase. Crosby lest his valuable collection ef musical recordings, trophies in the fire. Associated Big Brother Farm Closes in Lebanon Due to Shortages LEBANON The Big Brother farm will be closed for the dura tion of the war, according to an announcement made by Mrs. Chester Lyon who with her late husband has conducted the work at the farm for most of the 30 years boys have been cared for there. Difficulty in getting the right sort of help, shortage of gas and tires which complicate the matter of getting the boys to and from the farm, were two of her rea sons for giving up the work. Furthermore there seems to be less need of such help in caring for children as practically all pa rents are now working and should be able to provide for their own boys. Mrs. Lyon herself will begin on Monday to teach in Salem. She is selling out personal pro perty on the farm and will leave for Salem on Saturday. Woodburn Pupils Train in Business WOODBURN Milton Gralap superintendent of Woodburn schools, announced last week that there is a movement in the edu cational world to train high school students as quickly as possible for their place in the business world. For this reason the com mercial department of Woodburn high school would like to give its students training in actual , busi ness situations. Any business firms wishing to use the services of typists or bookkeepers for a few hours each week are urged to contact Miss Genera Dowell, head of the com mercial department of the local high school. Arrangements will be made by which the most capa ble students will be used for mis work. Community Club Meets Teacher Appointed WALDO HILLS Robert Rich es, president, presided at the business meeting Friday night of the Waldo Hills Community club. The business meeting followed the 7 o'clock no-host supper. The club plans to continue its meet ing through the winter, opening each meeting with the no-host supper. No program was held Friday night and cards followed the short business session. Meeting Postponed BRUSH CREEK The Booster Club has postponed it's January meeting and will not meet until February 5. Mrs. Arthur Lombard Is again at the home .of her parents here, the C. A. Bensons, after her hus band, LL Lombard, who is stat ioned at Fort Lawton. ; Mrs. Merl Larson is visiting her husband who is at Sheppard Field, Texas. - . ; ' -. i Pretzel Prices Up WASHINGTON, Jan. .11 -P Pretzel prices- . took , an upward twist Saturday. Because of high er Dour costs, the office of price administration authorized whole salers and retailers to pass oa to the consumer an increase of about one cent a pound. . Fire in Chimney ; - SILVERTON The Silverton fire department was called out at 11 o'clock Saturday night to check a chimney fire at Casey's store in the Odd Fellow building. Y. vr--i - . . , i- : ' ; Grange Club to Meet ' The Home "Economics dub of Chemawa grange will meet at the hall on Wednesday to make plans to entertain Pomoma grange on January 20. i liiiev: Community Correspondent ! W ' ; at the fire-swept tntertor of his golfing awards and horse racing Press Tdemai. Mrs. Bates Is Installed Noble Grand SCIO Mrs. Maycle Bates is new noble grand of Scio Rebekahs, Mrs. Vivian Earnest, vice grand, Mrs. Madge Sommer, recording secretary, Mrs. Leone Ray, finan cial secretary and Mrs. Nell Dona hue, treasurer. Installation took place at the regular meeting Jan uary 7. Dr. W. P. Goulding and Mrs. Goulding are expected to return next week form a month's visit in the east, the doctor taking post-graduate work while absent. Officers for 1943 are to be in stalled January 12 for the Eastern Star chapter at Jefferson. Sev eral Scioans have membership in the unit there, Mrs. Gladys Leff ler and Mrs. Nellie Zander being included in the new official ros ter. Howard Robertson has returned to Port Orford in his capacity of coast guardsman after spending a brief leave with Mrs. Robert son and their new daughter at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hall, near Scio. Mr. and ' Mrs. Ardie Westen house gave a pinochle party Sat urday night at the XX L. Donahue home in south Scio. Mrs. Ollie Hutchins of Banks is visiting relatives and friends in the Scio area, being a guest at the home of her sister, Mrs. G. L. Flanagan, in this city. J. F. Oupor attended I OOF camp installation at Stay ton last Thursday night L. Kruml and P. J. Shannon visited in that city the same time. Funeral Set Today For Mrs. Small SILVERTON Mrs. Margaret M. Small died Monday morning in a Salem hospital. Funeral serv ices will be held Tuesday at 1:30 pjn. in the Memorial chapel of the Eckman Funeral home in Sil verton. The Rev. O. Leonard Jones of the Methodist church will officiate. Burial will take place in the Silverton cemetery. Mrs. Small was born August IS, 1853, in Illinois and had lived for 61 years in Silverton. She is sur vived by two sons, Hugh and John, both of Silverton, and three grand children. She was the wife of the late Matthew Small, who died sev eral years ago. OPA Office Moves ALBANY Beginning January 11, the OPA rent control office will have headquarters in the Linn county courthouse, opposite the county agent's offices on the sec ond floor. The office space has been provided by the county court. Since the establishment of the of fice here it has been located in the city hall. H. C. "Sven" John son is rent area director for the county, and states that the, office service is for all Linn county cit izens. i ...... .; :.. "; . -v : Valley Birth Reports MONMOUTH -A son, Dennis, was born at the Salem ' General hospital December 31, to Mr. and Mrs, Kearney Palmer. Mrs. Pal mer is the' former Mary Kelley. This is their second child and first son. A daughter, Janet Marie, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Guen ther January . 1, at the family home. This is their second child and first daughter, .and the sec ond grandchild of Mrs. Hester Sheeon of Dallas. " ' ' AUMSVILLE Mr. and Mrs. J. Norris announce the birth of a daughter at the Deaconess hosp ital - Tuesday, weight T pounds. This is their third child. News Mrs. Hettwer Buried Monday MT. ANGEL Mrs Katherine Hettwer, tl,. who died ,at; ner home In Crooked Finger Satur day was buried here ,In Calvary cemetery Monday morning. Father HUdthrand Melcior ; of flciated, i at the graveside ceremonies. Father Hildebrand likewise was celebrant at the requiem mass held in the Catholie church at Orooked, Fin ger at 9 rm. after which ' the funeral procession started for ML AngeL -.: ' ' . Mrs. Hetrwer was born Kathe rine Kraemer October 10 1881, in Fond du Lac, Wis. On May 25, 1866, she was united in mar riage to John Hettwer at Chicago, From there the couple moved to Iowa and later to Minnesota and In 1914 came to Crooked Finger. :1 Mrs. Hettwer j is survived by her husband and three sons and one daughter, Albert Hettwer, Crooked Finger; John Hettwer, Fond du Lac, Wis.; Frank Hett wer, Mt Angel; andjMrs. Mamie Mull, San Francisco. -Another son Leo Hettwer, was seriously wounded in the world war and died some years later. i Also surviving are 13 grand children, and four brothers and a sister, all of Fond du Lac: Frank, John, Joseph, and . Louis Kraemer and Mrs. Elizebeth Vogt. Telephone Officers Elected at Union Hill UNION HILL At the annual telephone meeting held at the Union Hill grange hall Wednesday night the following officers were elected for the coming year: pre sident, C E. Heater; vice presi dent, Stanley Hitchcock; secretary, O. W. Humphreys; director, Stan ley Hitchcock; director for three years, Theodore Fisher. Line 56 will be matalicised as soon as the weather permits work ing on it. 155 N. liberty f- - ii ji i ii i, ..ii.i.n.iiiu.iii mm iwWfiuf I'ilUJMiJt Jim u liu.n.. U'i.M I Jtm I ))i)lilji'."w lFinal Riteo I Held Monday ; For Niisom h " "ELDRIDGE Funeral ' services for Aaron Nusom were held Mon day at Bigdan Chapel at 130 o clock with intedment in Pioneer cemetery. - Mr. Nusom passed away at a hospital in Salem Fridoy - night after a years Illness. Heart trouble caused his death.' He was born Sept. 23, 1859, In Broom county N. Y near Whitney Point; lived there until 17 yearr of age, Later he moved with his family to Ness CltJt Kansas," where', fa 1885 he was married to i Miss Henrietta Brown, With his family be moved to Oregon in 1893. He has ; since made his home" in this community. He was a member of the Christian church and of the Modern Wood man lodge. -1 ;.:. -! ' Honorary pall ' bearers include Arthur Coffin, J. C Savage, C C Russell, . George ' Lemery. Pall bearers will be: Ray Patterson, Uenr y ' Stafford, Homer Egan, Frank Felton, Ivan Brundidge and Britt AspinwalL ; - K Those who survive anr his wife, Mrs. Henrietta Nusom; two daugh ters, Mrs. Alberta Becker Clats kanie, Mrs. Lola Brooke of Hay ward, CaliL, three sons R. W. Nu som .and F. R. Nusom," both of Clatskanie and Allyn Nusom this community. Rev. Harvey Scheur man officiated. . Samuel Stetter Dies in Shipyards j WOODBURN Samuel Stetter of Monitor died from a heart at tack while working at the Swan Island shipyards early Friday morning. He had lived at Moni tor for the past 1? years and had worked at the shipyards ' since last June as a machinist.. He is survived' by his .widow, Martha of Monitor; son, Glenn of the US army; daughters, Irene Klamp, Eugene, Margaret Hunt," Fort Warren, Wyoming and Thel ma Stetter at home. Two grand children and three sisters in Colo rado also survive. j Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Ringo chapel in Woodburn. Rev. D. Lester Fields of the Meth odist church will officiate. Inter ment will be in Belle Passi cemetery. PrinnIeSiudcnl3 Revive Dobbin Era - TSir:CLSs TI3 horse and. boggy days really have come back. Deuaa and Deloert Fr onun,' -twins, se s horse and baggy t get U ' and from school. They have a ear, ' bat ceased vslag It upon the advent ef gasoline rationing. . Uewever. they have discov ered that the harse aa baggy ; method af travel Is not neces sarily safer ! than ; the newer method. Recently as they rolled along at three-miles aa how ar thereaboats, a wheel eanae off the baggy and let them down with a Jolt bat. neither was ta- Auburn Enrollment 1 Shows .Increase. j - AUBURN . Enrollment at the Auburn school has Increased , to 135 although only 129 are attend ing; at present. New students are: first grade, Loma Lou Robertson; fourth grade. 1 Barbara Casebeer; seventh grade,' Gary Hutcheonson and Richard Case. .: , ... ;: The school I will serve 'hot lunches Tuesday and Thursday of each - week. - ; 4-;- ': tt ' Suffering ; from Influenza i are Lambert Feskens and Daral Hep pner, who has been absent from school a week.! Shirley Hasbrouck has returned after being, out two weeks win the measles, v S Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Blake have moved from Auburn to Portland. Mrs.'Velma Laverty and daugh ter. Sharon, have returned from San .Francisco where they visited Mrs. Laverty's husband, Glen, in the US navy. ' "t'- ,'" Junior Police Charge), Bicyclists Without Tags SILVERTPNJunlor police re ports last week show that Ken neth Solberg, charged with ' not giving a hand signal, was found not guilty of the charge; that Alan Terp, Leroy Bealev Chester Storr rustte, C h a r I e s Vigeland, Boyd Fish, Peppy-Winchell and Keith Johnson, arrested, for not having licenses, obtained their " tags 1 be fore the day of - trial; and Jerry Boulester, John Veal, "Don Lewis Caroline Williams and Ralph Wickham failed to appear in court when summoned. - . As the junior- court operates under a city ordinance, failure to appear in response, to a summons may be dealt with more severely at a future date. . . i su L '.Li-- CUAtANTEZO 24 MO. 45 heavy-duty plates, 100 sunp. hr. capacity. Equal to at better than moat "new-car" batteries! xtaqdg vJE:jsrna iiE::G GUARANTIED 30 Mo. 4$ heavy-duty plates, 100 sunp. capacity-. . . with wood and glass insulation for longer life! - ; . - ' ivirirnn it::3 . . 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Talbot. ; ;:.;r: -,,"'; .;.','., 1 ...... .. t 1 Pringle Qub i To Elect Officers I PRINGLE Election of officers will be held by the Pringle Com munity club at its regular "meet ing - at the schoolhouse, Friday night, January 15. Temporary officers were elected' when the club organized last October. Those . elected this week will serve for a year Entertainment and re freshments are planned for the Friday night meeting. : ' The Pringle district school board ill meet Wednesday night at the schoolhouse. -, Frances Baker who has been ill with mearles, has returned to her classes at Leslie junior high. ' ... Vocational Students Accept Positions SIVERTON Five women, and two men have left the vocational school at Silverton within the past few - days - for aircraft and ship yard work. Going to the Colum bia Aircraft shops "at Portland were Esther and Denora Solberg. Edith Devericks, Mrs. Hugh Bra ton and Helen RusseQ have gone to the shipyards. 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