War Worker's
Funeral Rite
Set Wednesday
' AUMSVIULE Henry E. Ferris
' ot-Aumsville, shipyard worker for
t h e last three months in the
Kaiser yards in Vancouver, died
January 30 at the Northern Per
manent .Foundation hospital after
an illness of two weeks. -'
He was 55 years of age, bom
in Nebraska and had lived most
of his life in Marion county.
Surviving him are a brother,, How
ard, and two sisters, Mrs. E. T.
Hatch and Mrs. Edna Eling, all
of Vancouver.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at . 1 o,clock at the
graveside in City View cemetery,
" Salem.
Aicher Dies
MT. ANGEL Funeral services
for Nicholas Aicher will be held
. from St Mary's church here Wed
nesday at 8 o'clock. Recitation
' of the rosary at the Frank Am
garten home Tuesday night at
" 8 p.m. Arrangements are being
made by Eckman Mortuary of
' Silverton. ' f
M. Aicher, who was 82 years
old, died at the Amgarten home
Friday night. He had been an
invalid since 1936.
He was- born in Germany April
5, 1860. When he was 20, he
came to Wadena, Minn., and five
years later, married Mary Richter
there. They had three children,
two of which survive. His wife
- died in 1914 and two years later
he was united in marriage to
Mrs. Henrietta Keisler, who came
with him to Mt. Angel in 1917.
They have lived here ever since.
Last May his second wife passed
away and he went to live with
his niece, Mrs. Frank Amgarten.
Surviving are his two daughters,
Mrs. Mary Evans and Mrs. Katie
Mischuck, and one brother, Wil
liam Aicher, all of St. Paul,
Minn.
Bender Rite Held
SCIO Funeral services for
John Bender, 85, were held at
the Catholic church at Jordan
Monday morning, followed by in
terment at that place. The Rev.
Beatuo Baur officiated.
Mr. Bender died suddenly on
January 29 at the farm home
near Jordan. He had been a
farmer in that locality for many
years.
Survivors include the widow,
Mrs. Theresa Bender; three sons,
Aloysis, at i home; Sylvester, near
Jordan; August at Salem; two
daughters; Mrs. Joe Foltz, Jor
dan, and - Mrs. Fred Yost, Sub
limity, r-
Mr. Bender had long been a
member . of the Catholic church
and was"actrt'e -in the "work " of
the Jordan unit. ; '
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Buena Crest
Pupils Busy
Spelling Roll Revealed;
'Gettysburg' Contest,
Party Planned
BUENA CREST The spelling
honor roll each week includes
the names of pupils who receive
a score of 100 in their Friday
test and those whose record is
an improvement over the preced
ing week. Names appearing on
the roll last week were Bobby
DeGeer, Charles Beckner, Phyllis
Partridge, Buddy DeGeer, Glenn
Robertson, Glen Jones, Charles
Aabury, Betty Diem, Helen Rit
chey, Glenn Jones, Jack Hall and
Beverly Meithof.
Many of the children brought
In dimes Friday for their parti
cipation In the "March of
Dimes.' Contributions by the
school totaled $2.30.
Plans have been made for a
Valentine party to be held on
Friday afternoon, February 12.
Helen Ritchey and Betty Diem
are the committee to decorate
the Valentine box.
Seventh and eighth grade
students are preparing for a
"Gettysburg Address' speaking
contest to be held on February
22. Each student will give the
address from memory. A first
prize of two twenty five cent
war stamps and a second prize
of one twenty five cent war
stamp will be given the two
best contestnats. Glenn Robert
son, Donald Meithof, Glen
Jones, Betty Diem, Helen Rit
chey and Charles Asbnry will
be the contestants.
Only one day of school was lost
because of the recent snowstorm.
Classes were resumed last Mon
day. Those who braved the storm
on Thursday and were present
at school were Glenn Robertson,
Betty Diem, Glen Jones, Alta
H a d 1 e y. Buddy DeGeer, Elsie
Field, Bobby DeGeer, Patsy Part
ridge and Phyllis Partridge. Fif
teen were absent.
Califoniian Arrives
WEST SAT. EM Mrs. Adolf
Goertzen arrived Friday from
Shasta, Calif., to visit her sister,
Mrs.. .Waldo Williams, on, Rase-
mont street.
Mrs. Gerald Morrison visited
her mother, Mrs. Wayne Robert
son, in Eugene over the weekend.
Mrs. Georgia Cook will return
to work a Wards Monday after
a month's leave of absence.
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Author and lecturer. Otto Michael Knab of Mt. Angel will be heralded
by townsfolk in March when the first English translation of one
of his books, "Hour of Barabbas," will be published by Sheed and
Ward. Knab fled from nasi Germany In 1934, supported himself
and his family by doing common labor In Indiana while learning
English, then moved to Mt. Angel to join the staff of the Bene
dictine Press.
Mt. Angel Author Awaits
March Publication of Book )
By LORETTA DEHLER
MT. ANGEL With the announcement last week by Sheed
and Ward Publishing company that "The Hour of Barabbas" by
Otto Michael Knab would be off the press and on the! market
by March, Mt. Angel began to realize that it had a real, live
author in its midst.
True everyone knew that. Mr.
Knab, who came to Mt. Angel in
June, 1941, to take a position with
the Benedictine Press, was a jour
nalist, had. been an editor In Ger
many and in Switzerland, and
some knew that he had had books
published, yet few knew of the
wide acclaim with which his
works had been greeted by the
European press.
"The Hour of Barabbas" as it
appears m the sneea ana wara
edition is the English translation
of the earlier German book of the
same name. It was written by Mr.
Knab in Switzerland in 1938 and
published there. It was immedi
ately hailed as a great book. Otto
Karrer, one of the greatest living
Catholic philosophers, reviewed
it.
Whole pages were devoted to
its discussion in Swiss and
Dutch papers. It was especially
well received in Holland, where
its masterly treatment of the
age-old question "Christ or Ba
rabbas" was seen as a timely
parallel between the historical
past and today's history.
Mr. Knab was assisted in trans
lating the book into English by
Alexander Scharbach, professor of
English at Mt. Angel college. This
is the first work of his of any
length to appear in English and
his first book, to be published
since he came to America four
years ago.
He knew little English when he
and his family landed here in
1939. His first year was spent in
North Bend, Ind., where he work
ed at common labor to support his
family. By that tiane he had mas
tered the language sufficiently to
be called to I Massachusetts to
make a living in his own line of
work. There he wrote extensive
ly for magazines and lectured.
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He began writing when quite
young and was editor of a Ger-
man daily newspaper In Munich
Vwhen still In his early twenties.
His writings brought him into 111
: repute with the Hitler ! regime
and he fled to Switzerland in
1934. Here he was editor of the
News-Correspondent. Five years
later he came to the ; United
States. f
His first book, dealing with poli
tics, was published in Germany.
This he does not consider among
his literary works. Later books,
published in Austria and Switzer
land, inslude "Aergernis" trans
lated Scandal; "Der Mann im
Holz" The Man in the Confession
al; "So Einfach ist es nich," It is
not so Simple; and "Die Stunde
des Barabbas," The Hour of Ba
rabbas. Beside this he wrote short
stories, poems and many magazine
articles.
One of his books was translated
into Dutch and another into Sla
vonian. All of his books, except
the present English one, were
published under the name of Otto
Michael.
Here he is known mostly for
his lectures. He has lectured in
Mt Angel and in a good many
valley towns on numerous perti
nent subjects. In the few years
he has been in this country, he
has achieved a remarkable com
mand of the American tongue.
His wife, though possessing all
the endearing qualities; of the
genuine German "hausfrau and
mother, is likewise a great help .
m her husband's work. Aside
from her inspiration and en
couragement, she types his copy
and helps him in many other
' ways.
They have three children. There
is Judith, who is 12, has bound
less energy, long taffy-colored
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State Buildings
LINCOLN---Friends here of the
T. J. Merrick family will be in
terested to know that the, young
est son, Vernon has been . con
fined to his home since early fall
by illness, is 1 slowly improving.
Lincoln folk, Mr. and L. I. Mick
ey, visited at the Merrick home
in. Salem Sunday.
t Mrs. 7C L Mickey, instructor
at ' Lincoln - school, took eight
: of the upper grade pupils to
; visit legislature, the state li
brary and USO building last
Wednesday. . v
Sunday visitors at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Walling were
Mra- Richard Smith, Julie ' and
Richard, Jr., and Mrs. John Wal
ling. Miss Dorothy . Walling i re
turned with them from Salem. .
; Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Neiger re
ceived a letter recently from then
daughter, Miss Helen, who is on
the teaching staff of Lexington
High school. . In speaking of the
weather she said, "Although the
weather is colder here, the show
is dry, almost like sand to walk
in," and that she had been sleep
ing on a porch all during the
snowy weather until it blew into
her bed when she had to move
into "the house. "
The Lincoln community club
did not meet In January because
of inclement weather but will
meet on Friday, February 2C
at the school and Mr. and Mrs.
Walter McDonald are on the
committee on arrangements.
Fire Damages
Apartment House
DAYTON Fire of undeter
mined origin broke out at S
pjn. Friday damaging the roof
at the apartment house of Mrs.
W. S. Hibbert in Dayton.
The Dayton volunteer fire
fighters soon had the blase un
der control. The McMlnnville
fire company came to assist, but
the local fighters had quenched
the blase before they arrived.
There was some insurance,
but the Joss has not been esti
mated. Water was the cause of
most damage to the furniture
of the four apartments that
were occupied by tenants.
Birthday Party Held
RIVERDALE Wednesday the
division one cooking club, under
the leadership of Mrs. Viola
Smull, met and held a birthday
party in honor of one of its mem
bers, Wanda Davis.
The livestock club, under the
leadership of Mrs. Raymond Eyer
ly, met Friday and made definite
plans for te year's work. Jane
Nichols and Germaine Eyerly will
take rabbit project. Jack Bowers,
who is a new member, will also
take the rabbit club. The rest are
taking dairy cattle.
Mallards Seek Food
ZENA Thousands of wild
mallard ducks are making their
home on the farm of Mr. and
Mrs. Worth W. Henry. The fowl
seem to be very hungry since
the extremely cold, snowy wea
ther and are therefore much
tamer than usual.
Mrs. Baker Recovered
MACLEAY Mrs. Charles Bak
er, who has been ill, is able to
be up again.
braids and her mother's sweet
smile. Her brother Klaus is 11. He
is the dreamer type and already
tries his hand at writing stories.
And there is chubby, rosy-cheeked
Bernie who is just "turned 7." All
three have the beautiful manners
and courteous ways of the foreign
child coupled with the carefree
bravado of the average American
youngster. They swim, ski and
skate, but they also know how
to work. -
Neigers Tend-
Backward Lambs ;
LINCOLN Those farmers who
do diversified farming have had
some harrowing experiences this
winter during the recent high wa
ter and snow which followed lat
er In January. iMr. and Mrs. H.
J. Neiger are still retrieving ar
ticles' on, the farm which were
not fastened down . during the
high water. A platform was swept
away but in casual conversation
with a group of neighbors they
discovered that it was lodged on
a nearby farm; The Neigers
worked day and night . to save
their 1 stock. The river- came up
into the hen house and sheep
barn which already housed a large
dairy herd and calves and work
horses. ;. '- ; .fj . v
Since the river went down the
sheen" are back in their warm
I barn where Mr. and Mrs. Neiger
watch . them carefully night and
day to take care of the 35 lambs
which consist of a set of triplets,
12 pairs of twins and the ; rest
singles so far.t Bottles of warm
milk are provided for new lambs,
which are backward in - getting
nourishment. ; - :
Shepards Back
From Trip South
ZENA Mr. and -"Mrs. R. C
Shepard have returned from two
weeks pleasure trip to California
by bus.' The Shepards stopped at
Bakersfield for a visit with her
sister, Mrs. Carl Beardsly. They
made the, longest stop with their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Maurice Shepard, at Indio
near Palm Springs, where the
weather was extremely warm.
Maurice, a former Zena boy, is
stationed at Cajnp Young.
TKey stopped one night in San
Francisco sightseeing, were guests
of Proffessor A. P. McKinlay and
Miss Muriel McKinlay and of re
latives in Los! Angeles, spent a
night at Salinas, a beautiful gar
den center and visited former
Zena folk, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Coppock at Huntington Park.
They had planned on coming
back by way of the Redwoods
but this was impossible due to
bad roads. i
Nurse Ends Visit
BRUSH CREEK Miss Thea
Jensen, . RN, left Sunday night
for Los Angeles after a three
week stay at her home here.
She will be employed in some
form of defense work in the south
for a few months and plans to
return here in early summer.
She came north to bring her
mother, Mrs. Anna K. Jensen,
home after the latter had spent
two months in the south.
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Grangers News
MACLEAY. Mill Frances
Clinton, Marion county home de
monstration agent will be , the
guest speaker at the grange meet
ing .to be held Friday at the
grange hall.
She ' will show J colored films
that she took when, she visited
Hawaii before the war and a
film of South America - entitled
"Inter America." Miss Clinton
has .also visited - South ' America
and Central 'America. The pro
gram will star at 2 o'clock. . The
public . is invited.
:. T h e grange ' business ' meeting
will be held in the morning and
dinner: will be served at noon. .
: Harry Martin will conduct . the
business m e e t i n g. Mrs. C. A.
Synder will have charge of the
program and Mrs. J. C. Amort
will head the dinner committee.
: KEIZER The regular business
meeting of Chemawa grange, will
be held in the Chemawa grange
hall February $. . .
:. The Home Economics club of
Chemawa grange will meet all
day Wednesday, February 3 In the
grange hall. Quilting will be the
business of the day. A no-host
dinner will be served at. noon.
Mrs Eaton Pays
Surprise Visit
To Riverdale .
RTVERDALE Mrs. FJsIe Car-,
penter - visited at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Schuebel
last Monday night. One of the
daughters, Florence Irene, spent
a few' days at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, last
week. .
Among those using sleighs as
the best means of tr an porta tion
during the recent snows here
were Mrs. Reba Edwards, Mrs.
A. T. Macklin, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Goff, Mrs. Maxine Manion and
Frank Nowak. - "
Almost unexpected guest, Mrs.
Myron Eaton from Texas, visited
at the Riverdale school last Fri
day. Mrs. Eaton is the former
Winifred Newton. Mr! and Mrs.
Eaton returned . to the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Lesie Newton Thurs
day after attending the funeral of
Mr. Eaton's father in Roseburg.
Mr. Eaton left for Shepard Field,
Texas, Thursday,, and Mrs. 'Eaton
will spend a week at the home
of her parents before going to
Roseburg to stay with her mother-in-law..
Gasses Resumed
LIBERTY School reopened
here last Thursday after being
closed a week due to the snow
storms. Though some snow - re
mains here, the. community is
about back to normal winter ac
tivity. ''.::-;:;-
Betwaen fha Golden Brown Crust of
Mentor Brood there- Is added noray
--vitality ---extra food values that
bcdld and maintain - strong bodies.
Riverdale Student
Lick War Stamps
To Lick Axis
RTVERDALE "Lick another
war stamp and put it Into your
stamp book, so that we can lick
the axis , sooner" is the latest ,
motto of the Riverdale pupils.
They have purchased $64.30 of
defense stamps between January
5 and January 29 since they start
ed buying defense stamps at
school. . Each school child who
purchased - a . bond -between Dec
ember 18 and January SO is to
be given a souvenir piece of wood
from the - dismantled battleship
"Oregon.", Jane Nichols and Gil
bert Klein are two . possessors of
$25 bonds and will each receive
a souvenir. '
The vrecent penny drive held
in response to the request of the
government to put pennies back
into circulation, resulted in the
collection. of $9.98 worth of pen
nies. Pennies were exchanged for
defense stamps. '
;vThe pupils are busy preparing
their "School at War" scrapbook
which will entitle them to receive
certificates of award from tho
United States government.
Gradually the pupils are re
turning to school. This week Joe
Polivka, Veni Polivka, Barbara
Daley and Bobbie Davis have re
turned after, having been absent
since the holidays. There are only
seven absent now due to illness.
Back to Normal
MIDDLE GROVE The school
missed only two days session dur
ing the unusual snow storm,
though Miss Roth of the lower
grade room - was unable to get
to school on Thursday. Miss
Dunigan taught all who came on
that day. Because of trouble with
frozen pipes school did not re
sume until Tuesday, January 26.
The enrollment has been nearly
normal.
King Has Wrist .
Treated for Gunshot
While in Portland
TALBOT Richard King, who
has been in the Good Samaritan
hospital in Portland .the last few
weeks, returned home Saturday.
Mr. King was shot through tho
wrist last fall while deer hunt
ing by a careless hunter. lie had
to have skin grafted on his arm.
i Roy Crosby, David Finlay, Mrs.
Gilbert Belknop and Al Gurgur
ich were on the sick list last week.
Farmers Union
News
. Red Hills Farmers Union will
meet Tuesday at 8 p.m in the
Rosedale school.
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