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Presbyterians Fete Secretary Miss Ewing Displays Picluie of Mission Work in Field DALLAS -Members and friends f thePresbyterian church In Dal las have been " busy this week entertaining Miss Eleanore Ewing, Pacific womens' district secretary from San Francisco. Monday night 50 were .present at a no-host dinner in the church basement in honor of Misss Ewing. Following the dinner, Miss Ewing showed motion pictures of Alaska and the West Indies emphasizing on Presbyterian mission wow in these regions. On Tuesday she attended the regular meeting of the Women's Missionary society which was held at the home of Mrs. Conrad Stafrin. At that meet ing she addressed the group and showed pictures of Mission schools In the United States. On Wednesday -several of the soc Jly members. Rev. Ralph P. Vavfnncr and Miss Ewing went to Salem to attend the meeting of the Willamette Fresbyterial exe cutive committee at the Presby terian church. Newly elected officers of the Dallas Women's Missionary soc iety are: president, Mrs. Donald Gobbert; vice president, Mrs. L.- W. Plumner; secretary. Mrs. H. M. Webb; treasurer, Mrs. Frank Johnson: secretary of missionary education, Mrs. C-J. EnsUd: secretary for member chip, Mrs. Conrad Stafrin; spiri tual life secretary, Mrs. K. P. Waggoner; secretary , of sewing, Mrs. E. V. Dai ton; secretary of stewardship, Mrs. R. C. Wilson; secretary for social education and action, Mrs. Roy Donahue. HOPEWELL Twenty members of the Hopewell United Brethren Ladies Aid attended the weekly all-da v meeting held Wednesday in the social room of the church for quilting. Next Tuesday night the annual thank offering meet ing will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Veerstag. Husbands will be guests. TURNER The Sisterhood Society of the Turner Christian church met. Thursday afternoon In the church social rooms. The hours were spent making child ren snowsuits for the Red Cross and working on a quilt for Mrs. Elsie Whlttaker. With so much Red Cross sew ing1 to-do, the church group plans to - meet the first three Thursdays in every month, dis pensing with meeting the fourth Thursday to allow for the Chris tian Missionary society" meeting. . Members attending were Mrs. George Brower, Mrs. Clara Gis- se, Mrs. Henry Leep. Mrs.' B. I. Hicks, Mrs. Mary Farrell and Nancy, Mrs. Charlie Standley and Dale and Mrs. Sarah Church. UNION HILL Church services conducted by the Rev. Caldwell of the (Christian church of Stay ton will be held at the Union Hill grange hall on Sunday at 2:30 p. m. Sunday school will be at 1:30 P- m. TURNER Rev. S. Raynor Smith of Salem will occupy the pulpit Sunday morning at the Turner Methodist church in the absence of the pastor. Rev. Paul Jaquith. Rev. Jaquith Is IU with the measles at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walt er Jaquith, at Newberr. Jaquith Is a student at Willamette unl rersity and will miss several weeks of studies. WEST SALEM Rev. Abe Loe wen will speak to inmates of the tuberculosis sanitorium Sunday from 9:15 to9:45 a. m., returning to his pulpit in the West Salem Mennonite church at 11 a. m. v The young people of the church will present the program on the Deaconess hour over KSLM at 1 p. m. Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Methodist church, - Rev. Ridell Kilsey's sermon will be - "Lincoln's Message". The Jason Lee Messengers will be featured at the night services . ' -t Slay ton Scouts Receive Awards At Honor Court - STAYTON A court of honor was held Monday night at the lodge hall with the following scouts taking part in demonstra tions . and receiving awards: ten derfoot badge, Marvin Baska, Em mett Boitz, - Wayne Follis, George Buell; second class,'; Ralph Geil, Georges Robuek, Marvin Baska, Jack Kaufman; merit badges, Ver el . : Harold, ; Robert Schachtsick; handicraft and : personal ' health, Richard Easton, Robert Schacht sick. ' , Signalling and knot tying demonstrations were giveiu. Li no sey Wright presided , and Scout master Willard: Buckner .was . in charge of the demonstrations. .Parents and . friends were ' pre sent . . . I Farmers Union Novs JPEDEE Farmers Union meet ing field-recently was opened by the president, Gus Nyman, with the secretary, Mrs. Florence How ard, In the chair. J i ',. " '' ;;It was voted to send a. petition to th state legislature regarding taxes on the farmers electric line. M id - Willamette Valley News Reports From Independence Residents Hosts to Visitors, j Leave on V CLccrtion Tripslin South 1 INDEPENDENCE Mrs. DeliaKeeney attended the birthday dinner of A. L. Keeney at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Keeney in Corvallis Sunday. -m K Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Fxantz visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bullis in Salem with Bobby Bullis, who was home, on a furlough from the navy. Sam Hastings of Airlie was taken to the Salem General hos pital Tuesday night seriously ill. Hastings is a brother of Mrs. Pearl Hedges. M. W. Webber was a Sunday dinner guest at the home of Rev erend and Mrs. Shoemaker in Sa lem. Jack Martin from Oregon State college spent the weekend with his aunt, Mrs. J. G. Mcintosh. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Scran ton visited Tuesday at the home of Mrs! Scranton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Lewis, at Stayton. Dar rel Lewis left that day for service with the air corps at Fresno, Cat. Mrs. Ira Lambert and daughter Gayla, plan to leave Friday for Brownwood, Texas. They will ac company Lieutenant and Mrs. Warren Col vert, who will drive the Lambert car to Texas. Mrs. Dexter Hyland of Corvallis visited this weekend with Mrs. Robert Van Dresser. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Honsley and family of Newberg visited several days last week with Mrs. Heusley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Stow. Oleta and Vlda Housley visited Friday In Mrs. Huntley's room at the Hopville school. The children attended . school at Hopville for a while - last year. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Van Loh of Lebanon visited this weekend with Mrs. Van Loh's father and sister, R. W. Baker and Elizabeth Baker. Mrs. Ada Belknap of Corvallis visited this weekend with her mother, Mrs. Olive Byers. Mrs. Belknap has received word that her, son, Edward, was stationed with the air corps in Florida. The Belknaps are former residents of Independence. Mrs. Stella Fluke left the first of the week for a visit at the Clyde Fluke home at Molalla. Mrs. Sinclair Kelley underwent a major operation at the Salem General hospital Monday. Mrs. Kelley lives at the Maple Auto court. John Turner of Kings Valley was treated Monday for a bro ken foot sustained while he wa working with the logs at the Simpson mill at Kings' Valley. Mrs. John Yeo returned home Wednesday after a two weeks' visit with friends at Sheridan. She was accompanied home by Mrs. Glen Hill and Mrs. Lester Heanny, who were luncheon guests at the home of Mrs. Yeo's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Moore. Mrs. Mary Fluke returned home Visitors Are Guests In Amity Homes AMITY Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Roth were Albany visitors Tues day. Miss Ella S. Thomas spent the weekend in Portland with rela tives. W. J. Udell has returned from Camas, Wash., .vhere he visited relatives and friends for several days. Mrs. Sven Erickson, who has been ill with pneumonia in a Mc Minnville hospital for three weeks, is slowly improving although un able to leave the hospital. '-"" Mrs. Alpha Danford of Union is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Woods. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McNeley, who are ill at thei rhome on Jel lison street, are reported much better. Mrs. McNeley has influ enza. McNeley is rallying from the second paralytic stroke with in three months. 'Mrs. George Massey of Amity and her brother, Levi Bashor of Seattle, Wash., who fs a -guest at the Massey home, visited their sis ter, Mrs. Amanda Baltimore, .in Albany over the weekend. : Jef f ersonians Banquet ,.: JEFFERSON Those from Jef ferson and vicinity, who attended the Lincoln Day banquet Thurs day night at the Marion hoted .Salem, were Karl Steiwer, M.H. Beal, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Fin lay, Mr. and Mrs. R. L Wright, Mr. f and Mrs. . Guy Auppperle, Mrs. L. I Shields, Mr. and. 'Mrs w lf" 3?UrsiOIl dauhtr. Mickie, Mrs. J. G. Fontaine; Miss M a r j o r 1 e Fontaine, , Mrs. Fae Smith, J. T. Jones and W. L. Jones. - " School Sells Bonds - .' - ..- .-. . ' - I STAYTON The Stayton grade school has established a booth to sell war stamps .and bonds, the eighth grade being in charge. To date they have sold $236.90 hi stamps and $275 in bonds. Awards are given : the room making the best . record.' .v .-:' ;: Midterms Being Held . DAYTON Day ton high ; school midterm examinations : are ' being held Thursday and Friday. V The Statesman's , : Salem, Onqotu Saturday last week after spending three months visiting with her- children at Molalla and Rainier. A dinner honoring Mrs. Frances Krieg, who is visiting here from Portland, was given -Wednesday night at the home of Doctor and Mrs. C A. Fratzke. Among those present wef? Mrs. Krieg, Mrs. George Knott, Mrs. Elsie Bolt, Mrs. Don Barnum, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Fratike, Miss Myra Mont gomery, Mrs. Irma Kyllo, and Dr. and Mrs. Fratzke. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Schweizer, Mrs. Walter Smith, Mrs. Paul Robinson, Mrs. C. A. Fratzke and Mrs. Joe Rogers plan to attend the district meeting of Eastern Star at which Acacia chapter in Stayton will be host Friday night. Mrs. C R. Glasseh was hostess for the Presbyterian Needlecraft at her home Thursday. Bud Newton left Thursday for duty with the air corps. He is to be stationed at Fresno, Calif. Mrs. Newton will continue to make her home in Salem. Mrs. Lowell Williams and son of Portland are visiting with Mrs. Williams' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gid Newton. Dr. George Knott left Satur day night for a ten day vaca tion in the south. He plans to visit In California and Arizona before returning home. The Red Cross sewing group met for luncheon Wednesday noon at the Methodist church. The regular sewing session fol lowed. Anna Mae Ramey, a teacher in the Vemonia school system, is convalescing at her home here from a case of mumps. Mrs. Stella Cal breath returned Tuesday from Portland where she spent the weekend at the home of Safety Council Talks Youth Problems SILVERTON-4-The problems of youth were discussed by the Sil- verton safety council Thursday night at its dinner meeting at George's cafe, presided over by Lester Standard, president. Vic tor Grossnickle, night officer, re ported that "people not on the streets at night don't know what is going on." He added that the "kids aren't bad, but just haven't any place to go. Many of their parents work in the shipyards or other defense plants and the chil dren or the youths are alone at night." He suggested some form of youth center be urged in town. Suggestions were made that such a place might be conducted on the USO center plan. Repairs were suggested for a bad spot on the end of Bartlett street, and reports were made that the hole on Oak and Water street had already been repaired. Some hope was expressed that the Izaak Walton League park could be saved, although it seem ed the opinion of most of those present that little could be done if the lumber-company now cut ting didn't wish to voluntarily de sist from cutting in the small di vision which the league wanted to preserve for its own use and the use of organizations who had been gathering there. Mayor Reber Allen reported that paint had been obtained for traffic markings on the street and also for the rest rooms and that these would be taken care of as soon as possible. President Standard reported that the junior patrolmen were now outfitted in caps. Valentine Party Held By Lyons Rebekahs LYONS Faith Rebekah lodge met Wednesday night at the hall with the following officers in the chairs: Goldie Rambo, noble grand Helen Anderson, vice grand; Hazel Lewis, secretary; Eva Bressler, meeting Betty Johnston was elect- ed a trustee for a term of three years to replace Theresa Crab tree, who resigned. A benefit committee, Ruth Day, Hazel Lewis and Mabel Bass, was appointed to sponser a card party to, be held at the hall February 20. At the social hour Mary Gar rison, Rachel Liedtke and Dorothy R e i d entertained with Quizzes, guessing games and a Valentine exchange." . . : , ,v .The tables were decorated with a Valentine motif. " ; Guests were Mrs, ; Percy Hiatt, Mrs. Alex Kuiken, Miss Esther F 1 x a e. n, Mrs. Douglas Gavette, Mrs. Leonard Snyder, Mrs. Art hur Olmstead, all . of Lyons, and Mrs. Will Carter. Mrs. Ercell Wilson and Mrs. Dee' Birchfield of Mfhama. -- , , ; Community Correspondents Monilng. Trfwueiry 13. 1843 PAGE TH3EE her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Smith. Mrs. Smith and Patty ' returned with Mrs. Calbreath to. visit here." ' Mr. and Hn. Dole i Pomeroy returned Sunday from "Seattle where they had spent several days' visiting with their son, Eddie, before he left for duty with the air corps. Mrs. Eddie Pomeroy returned to independ ence to bo with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Noble. Mr. and Mrs. Will Mattison and Mrs. Dorris Miller of Salem spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. Paul ine Evans In Eugene. Mrs. George Woods Is recuper ating at her home from a severe case of influenza. :- Mrs. F. E. Hennagin of Dallas visited with Independence friends Thursday and attended a meeting of the Baptist Mission circle. Samuel Thomas, father of A. L. Thomas, passed away at his home at Jefferson Sunday night Miss Barbara Ruef, a teacher in the Grants Pass school system, plans to spend the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Marie Ruef. Joe Tetherow returned home Tuesday after undergoing a ma jor operation at the Eugene General hospital last week. He is reported to be recuperating rapidly. Mrs. Dave Haley spent Thurs day visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Penter, at Salem. Dr. C. E. Long has purchased the house on. C. street which be longed to Clarence Roy. He plans to do some repairing and remod eling before moving his family there. Mrs. Betty Wright I and Roy Scott of the high school faculty attended the district conference on high school physical fitness at the Salem high school Wednes day. The freshman class at the high school forged into the lead in the sale of war bonds this week over the seniors, who have been ahead since the contest started a month ago. Total sales at .the school amount to about $4000. Sgt. Lynn Smith inspected the Independence observation post Wednesday. The post maintained its 100 per cent rating. Mrs. Clarence Harwood has been doing- substitute teaching; at the high school this week. Monday and Tuesday she taught for Mrs. Rath Reich who was 111, and Wednesday for Roy Scott while he attended the physical fitness conference in Salem. Grange Women Sew, Red Cross , UNION HIIAr-The ; Union Hill grange Home Economic club met at the home of Mrs. Alex Doerfler with Mrs. "F. Doerfler assisting hostess on Wednesday afternoon. Several convalescent robes and children's snow suits were com pleted for the Red Cross. Other Red Cross sewing was done also. A business meeting Was held in the afternoon. Mrs. Atkinson was a visitor. Present for the luncheon at noon were: Mrs. Marion Fischer, Mrs. O. W. Humphreys, Mrs. M.M. Gilmour, Mrs. Phillip Fischer, Mrs. Henry Peters, Mrs. Verney Scott, Mrs. John Steinberger, Mrs. W. M. Tate, Mrs. Atkinson, Mrs. Julius Krenz, Mrs. Carrie Town send, Mrs. Floyd Fox," Mrs. Gen eva Hubbard. Mrs. W. F. Krenz, Mrs. Byron McElhaney, Mrs. Al bert Savage and Mrs. Jessie Car ter. I ' Teacher Visits in South MILL CITY Miss Maxine Downing, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Orville Downing, has left for Los Angeles to visit with her brother-in-law .'and sister. Lieutenant and Mrs4 D wight Catherwood. Lt. Catherwood is attending a meteorology naval training school there. Miss Down ing also plans : to spend some time with her fiance, who Is sta tioned near Los Angeles. Miss Downing, a teacher in! the Detroit grade school, hired a substitute' teacher to take over her teaching duties. Albanians Visit j MILL CITY Mr. and Mrs. Bill Eliason, Albany, were weekend guests at -the -D. B.!, Hill- home ins Mill City. They were Sunday dinner guests of : Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wood, " The f Elfasons were residents of Mill City several years ago, at which time he was athletic instructor in the bight school. He is employed in the Albany schools, at present.- j ' '. Farrell to Address CC DALLAS-rRobert & FarrelL jr, secretary of state, is slated to speak February 19 at the chamber of commerce luncheon. liberty. Scrap : Drive Ends; Booth Set Up LIBERTY The school's scrap iron drive ended with a huge pile of scrap being hauled to a Salem dealer where it was sold. The school children gathered much of the material, Including old rub ber. Neighborhood groups and community leaders aided In ' the drive. Committee in : charge was J ohn Van Loh, John Dasch and Morse Stewart. Roosevelt Baum was appointed by Robert Reader to take charge of the receipt book for , metals. Mrs. Rolland Jory is community leader in Liberty. A total of 28f, tons and "793 pounds of scrap metal was cal lected in the school's drive; this brought in over $140. The amount of rubber was 2555 pounds and brought $11.25. The proceeds of the drives will go to the school's hot lunch fund. LIBERTY Resplendent la red, white and blue and decor ated with colored pictures of service men, the newly com pleted bond and stamp booth on the second floor at Liberty school, Is expected to attract many buyers. An unusual and personal touch was added when some of the school children brought photographs and snap shots of their brothers In the service. In addition to 11 purchasers of bonds, the war stamps al ready sold amount to $118.75. The booth was completed last Friday. The seventh and eighth grade students ' In Miss Marguerite Gilles room are In charge of selling the stamps at the booth'. Dayton Resident Dies Thursday LEBANON Miss Lulu Elisa beth Nichols, who was bora la Dayton and lived there all her life until a few weeks ago, died last Thursday, night In the Lebanon' General hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 pjn. In the Day ton Methodist church, of which she was? a member. Inten&ent will be in Brookslde cemetery fa Dayton. Miss Nichols was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star at Dayton for the last 28 years. Survivors Include a brother, Archie, of Sacramento, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. Edward Leek band of Lebanon.' Siinnyside Residents Are Reported 111 SUNNYSIDE Mrs. D. S. Dick son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Pool, is in a Portland hos pital with pneumonia. Mrs. Pool is caring for her granddaughter, Diane. Robert Baker, who has been ill with heart trouble for some time, has . made no improvement. Quite a number of Sunny side school pupils have been ill with measles. Some already have re turned but others are still absent Earl Sherwood has taken over the janitor work at the Sunny side school since Mrs. Taylor, who formerly had the position, is mov ing from the district. Mr. and Mrs. Con boy are driv ing a group of workers to "Port land. Those riding are: Miss Danila Hagedom, Roy Hagedorn, Mr. and Mis. Henry Feller and E. V. Larson. Mr. Larson is working at the Puritan Oar Manu facturing . company and the oth ers are employed at the Oregon Shipbuilding corporation. 'PAnis noiiEYiiooir With Franciski Gaal CHARLES : IJUCHTON.v . Maureen ; O'itara , "HUNCHBACK , Of Notre Dame": - -- . . inaismafasMaaiMiii Last Day - ' i' Gary ( Cooper in & Gesie" j) 7 -and- - i to ,.,. Xlktaan'V : Two fSt. Louis r Families Move To Portland . - ' -:-Vv?: ... N V i'-i--f. : - ST. LOUIS Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Aurand and their daughter. Dorothy, have moved from TSt Louis to Portland where he is employed in the shin vards. The Aurand's son, Billy, is in the arnW ed forces. , . v-'x : , - Mr and ' Mrs. Paul Eaton and their family also have moved from St Louis to Portland where he la . also-, employed . 'vw ' : Mr. and Mrs.. Leo i Klezvnski and family have' moved from his fathers farm: in the Eldridge dis trict to SL Louis on the farm known as - the William .Has? place . ' . r : . : . . . ; The St' Louis crade - school teacher. Miss' Mathilda NicrfL has two more ' pupils added : to the second and third grades, the Kle zynski children. Miss Niggli Is staying with I Mr. and Mrs. Rm. aid . Pomeroy . - - ;. V The St Louis Sewing dub will meet at the parish hall Thursday February 18J for a dav of sew. ing. A basket luncheon will be served at noon. Miss Gertrude Manning " daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Manning is leaving this weekend to visit at tne borne of her aunt Mrs. Louis Dubois of Hoauiam. Wash. Her sister, Miss May Manning, who is employed at the Providence hospital in (Portland, .will Join her on the trip from Portland to Hoquiam. j - ,----. Willards Demonstrate War Production Meat Raising Methods i DAYTON-4-War time efforts to provide meat for armed forces and civilians are being demon strated at the 107 acre farm of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Willard in the Neck district near Dayton. Mr. Willard will celebrate his 73rd birthday anniversary March 28 and Mrsj Willard will be 74 May 20 this year. They, have been unable to hire any, help since last August and they disposed of their dairy herd, keeping but one cow to provide their own .milk. They kept four good work - horses. They are car ing for 80 head of Poland-China hogs ranging from one month to three years of age. Every hog is subject to registration. All hogs raised for! slaughtering market weigh more' than 200 pounds at six months of age. , Their herd boar is about three years old -and weighs more than 700 .pounds.' .Twelve brood sows are from one to three years ' old and the largest , and j oldest one tips the beam at 650 pounds. They have always raised an abundance Of oats and corn for feed but they buy their barley and wheat jfor hog feed. Their bogs capture many ribbons .each year at the' state fair at Salem. They came to ' their present farm in 1910 having left their home in Minnesota in 1908 spend ing two years in search of an Ideal spot which they found, here. Stanley White 111 DETROIT? Mr. and Mrs. O. J. White received a letter from their son, Stanley, stating that he is ill with pneumonia in a iifV'frTtft-'Ifff i LAST TIMES TODAY Johnny Mack Brown In THE SILVER BULLET" i and Dennis OTCeefe and Jane Wyatt In ' -WEEK-END FOR THREE" - Added, "Secret Code" ! Continuous Show Today - Matinee 1:00 f Slarls PlC-X ., t 'l.'t'i 5 . 'X Valley Births MILL CITY Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rada of the birth of a ,son to Mr. ' and Mrs. Edward L. Rada, Portland. He is their first child, weighed nine pounds at birth and has' been named Stephen Edward. Rada is the eldest son of the Frank Rada family, '.-.Vr; Scioans Leave For: Visits a 'SCIO Mrs. .P. W. Schrunk has been substituting- Jn . Sdo school for Mrs. Bangs, who is vis iting her husband, a service man, at San Francisco. - T John" Le frier Is recovering . from aa accident la which the . fan belt of his ear severed the end of his left lades finger. ; Timber roads impaired bv re cent heavy rain and snow in Sdo foothills are gradually becoming passable. Heavy logging traffic is expected to resume soon.: . Mrs. Jerry Walter and 'small daughter ' Alfreda; 1 w e x e Irl Brownsvillea few- days ago,- hav ing accompanied ' Mrs.. Walter's mother, Mrs. Emma Whitney, on her return to that city after spend ing several weeks with relatives on Rodger mountain. A. L. Riddle's mother's condi tion does not improve as rapidly as had been honed. She lives at Los -Angeles. ' Mrs. CL W. Smith (Juan ice Thayer) Is visiting her husband, who Is la army service at Tuc son, Aria. Mrs. Smith had been' assisting in the Selo postofflee : for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Art Sweeney of Salem visited recently at the Dean Morris home In this city. Art Is employed in Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Rolla Shelton and Mr. and Mrs. E. Phillips were among Scioans spending the week end in Salem. A birthday Dartv for Miss Vella Brenner, sister of Mrs. Phillips, was a Sunday feat ure. Mrs. E. D. Myers and daughter. Miss Helen, spent the weekend with Portland relatives and friends. ' Mrs. Bill Hooker of Lebanon is at the home of her parents in Scio, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Boucher, for a few weeks. She was formerly Aldea Boucher. . s i Gervais and. Woodburn units of the "Eastern Star order met Jointly 'at Woodbura recently to "receive official visitation of Marjorle Simpson, worthy grand matron of Oregon. She Is ex pected to attend Jefferson chap ter la person or by proxy, prior -to rrand chapter meeting ; in Portland, annually held la. June. Donald" MacDonald, student at University of Oregon medical school in Portland, visited his. mo ther, Mrs. Ollie MacDonald, in Scio a few days ago. He is to com plete his seven-year course next December, whereupon he plans to enlist in the armed forces. Right at Home GRANTS PASS, Feb. Jt-y- . The tire station's chimney burn ed out here Thursday. Red faeed firemen explained ' they . have been too busy fighting oth er folks' chimney fires to tend their own. i " Vancouver hospital. Stanley and his brother, Eldon, are both em ployed at the Vancouver ship yard; - 7 (rtft'fiirr inur frnirrifi' irflfirfftirtsinti'1finnrw''if n - jbdairirw a Htl rJi--a a ' . s I a a a sa a t a a a av w aan Plants Studied For War Use j ' Warren Hastings, member of the production service and small er war plants divisions of the war production board, Thursday be gan a study of Salem plants which might be used for war production. Surplus labor In this area makes It a place In which the govern ment is anxious to make contracts, according to Hastings. Features to be considered by the war production board are the capability of Salem plants to pro duce war materials, reliability of the companies, present .volume of business, and efforts of war upon their financial status. A preliminary inspection of this type was made earlier this week by John G. Barnett, Oregon repre sentative of the WPB, his assist ant, Mark Farnsworth, and Lee U'. Eyerly. Frank Doerfler. Clay Cochran, and Carl Hogg, officials of the Salem chamber of com merce. Speaker, Pianist Feature Lions MeetV West Salem WEST SALEM At the Lion's club meeting Wednesday night , in the Legion hall, 15 members of the Salem club conducted the business meeting. Caot. . Walter Lansing of the state police spoke on law enforcement. Frank San ders a blind pianist, was guest artist Visitors from the Salem club were Harry Stopt, chairman; Joe Land, district governor; .Sheriff Andy Burk, Harry Scott, Stewart Walker, Al Ramseyer, Tracy Port er, W. Yeater, Ralph Johnson, Jack Spong, Ed Schroder, Den ver Young, Ed Maejek and W.P. Porter. Issac Thomas of W e s t Salem was a. guest also. , Mrs. Hunt Resigns STAYTON To fill the position of switchboard operator being left vacant ' Mrs. Marion Hunt who resigned, the Stayton Switchboard association nas empioyea xvi i s s Josephine Brand as her successor. Miss Betty Hunt will remain un a t til April 1 to acquaint Miss Brand with the routine. 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