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Street Repair Set, Silverton - Planning Commission Studies Streets Used . For War Traffic . eiLVERTON Repair, of Sec end street of Norway between Oak and I Bartlett and of West Center between West Main and ' Cherry street was recommended by the Silverton planning com- mission at its meeting Monday night presided over by Chairman Lowell Brown. The recommen elation, which will be made to the city council, came uponl the re port of City Manager E. K. Bur ton, that a sum of $1150 of state highway funds " could be spent upon certain essential streets in Silverton. ' With the exception of West Center street, the streets in ques tion are important in war work traffic. West Center street is the only entrance from the south to the hospital. The street, now in a deplorable condition, Brown ' pointed out, necessitates ambu lances going ,4f own Liberty Hill and entering the hospital way by Welch street , Chairman Brimn named the two committees, one to work on zoning of the city and the ether to work en a building code, committees discussed at the January , meeting. - Named as chairman of the sonlng com mittee was Dr. P. A. Lear with Lillle Madsen and M. J. Kz Fabr to assist on the commit ' tee. C. B. Anderson heads the : building committee with Man Ion Hoblitt and Lloyd Larson as his, assistants. Mr. " Brown 'will assist both committees. . Announcement was made that should anyone wish to plant vic tory gardens on vacant lots in town, this can be arranged by conferring with the city mana , . -ger. It is -hoped that all vacant lots will be gardened this sum mer, Mayor Reber Allen, who was also .present, stated. : Ration Dates PROSPECT Book two will be given out in Prospect Wednesday and Thursday from 2:30 to 9 p.m. Each is asked to bring war ration book one with him and a consumer declaration. DALLAS Rationing starts Thursday and will be held Thurs day and Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday it will be held from t am. to noon.- To facilitate reg istration, school will be dismissed at junior ; high and high, freeing teachers for the job. Elementary schools will meet as usual. Those whose names begin with A to J are asked to register Thursday; K to T on Friday and U to Z on Saturday. Since there are nearly 5000 books to be issued, consumers are urged to come in the morning or early afternoon to facilitate registration. TURNER Continuing; through Friday, the hours announced for the food rationing of canned goods in Turner are from 3:30 to 9 pjn. in the Turner high school. Supt. J. O. Russell, assisted by members of the faculty and volunteer cit izens, will comprise the rationing committee. There will be no reg istering done on Saturday. BRUSH COLLEGE Registra tions for war ration book two are to be taken at the school here Wednesday and Thursday from. 2 -to 5 p.m. and on Friday from 2 to 9 pjn. Miss Trula Grant and Miss Muriel , Kaster, teachers, , are in charge, assisted by Mrs. Paul Wal lace, Mrs. C. Byssett, Mrs. Leo Nelson and Mrs. A. W. Andrews. BETHEL Residents of Bethel school district are to fill out the ration slip, to be found in recent newspapers, and take it and their first ration book to Bethel school between 3 and 6 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week in order to obtain their new' fa lion books. One blank per family is all that is required but ration books for the entire family must -be presented at the time of regis tering. RIVER DALE Residents of school district 138 in Marion coun ty will register beginning Wednes day, Thursday and Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. and from 7 to 8:30 p.m. for ration book two at the- River- dale school. The two teachers, Mrs. Elsie Carpenter and Frances Nowak will have charge, with Mrs, Harvey Schuebel, Mrs. Raymond Eyerly, Mrs. Clarence Reeve, Mrs. Keeney, and Mrs. Orville Nichols assisting. Representatives of fam . fly groups or individuals applying for book two must have with them book one for each person receiv ing book two. The head of each family should clip the consumer declaration from a paper and bring it with him. Principal F. Nowak urges that people do not put this registering off until the last day o the week. HAZEL GREEN Residents In Hazel: Green school district 65 will register for war ration book two Wednesday and Thursday from 3 to 6 pjn. and Friday from 3 to 8 pjn. . MARION Registration for war ration book two will be held at the school Wednesday and Thurs day from 2 to 5 pjn. . V MM - Willamette .Valley News . i - Reports From PAGE TWELVE Revi Stewart Rite Today ALBANY Funeral ' services for Rev. Joseph Yerkes Stewart, 73, who died at the family home Feb ruary 20; will be held from the Fortmiller .chapel, at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, February 24. Burial 'will be in Willamette Memorial park. Re v I Stewart had been ordain ed pastor in the Presbyterian church since 1904, in recent" years having served a group of small churches as pastor, . in eastern Linn and Marion counties. These included the churches at Meha ma, Marion, Pleasant Grove and ML Pleasant. Previously he had served the McMinnville church, going there ; from California in 1918. Hhe had made his; home in Albany since 1923. Rev. Stewart had also been moderator of the Oregon J and Idaho synod, per manent ! clerk of the ColumBia river presbytery, and was , a gra duate of Princeton seminary. - Joseph Y. Stewart was born in Montgomery county, Penn., De cember 13, 1869. From his native state he moved to Nebraska, later going to Idaho, Washington and California, and then to Oregon. He was married to GenaLewis ton on September 12, 1905. She survives . as do the following children: Capt. Carl Stewart of VaUejo, Califs Lt. (j. g.) A. L. Stewart of Pearl Harbor, TH, and Mrs. Clyde McMullen of Albany. Shipyard Worker Injured by Shaft UNIONVALE Albert Dixon has been unable to go to his work at the Oregon Shipyard at Port land f or more than a week because he injured one of his legs there when he stepped on a shaft which rolled with him. Mrs. John Hibbs has been a guest for two weeks of her sister, Mrs. Ed Howe, at Albany. Donald Gubser, jr., in Dayton Union high school, is confined to his home and much of the time unable to be up and around be cause of after-effects of measles. Mrs. E. M Alderman and son, Urie, were Thursday night guests at a party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Alderman near Dayton. It complimented their son, Lt. Cmdr. John Alderman, in the na vy, who is here on a ten day leave. Mrs. Ora Powell and son, Jimmie, and Dwight Alderman of Portland, were among the 14 relatives pre sent. John is a former Dayton boy and has been in Pacific combat His duty will be somewhere on the coast, s Evangelist Converts 47 at Special Series UNIONVALE Despite the busy season good attendance was main tained throughout the entire two weeks ; of revival meetings held at the local Evangelical church, the series closing Sunday night with 100 in attendance. There was the same number attending the fore noon services that day. Forty sev en yonng people were present at special services held Friday nightl Dr. jT. H. T.emple, Methodist minister from Amity, and Rev. Ro bert Bennet, Evangelical pastor at Fruitland and Jefferson, attended the Friday night service. A total of 47 converts were the results of Rev. W. C. Graves, evan gelist,; of Los .Angeles, who con ducted the meetings. Baptismal service and reception of new mem bers will be a portion of the Eas ter services. - . i Victorious Yanks Albany jujuwwijuiMM.r ej,iji in jgi eae . i,?;.:r, v',;.v. ' - , t , ir- w - - . Men ef the US 32nd division task force examine trophies daring a brief rest period follow inr the capture of Bona, New Guinea. Men t In foreground are looking at a mission bell they iplcked ap, while the soldier standing, center, exhibits a Jap officer's sword he col- - secveo. Anotner, sitting at right, shows his baddies a captured Jap flagv Associated Press Photo from US Army Signal Corps. The Statesman's Salem. Oregon. Wednesday Morning. February 2. 1943 New Industry Booms in Brush Creek BRUSH CREEK Newest industry in this community, the Evans Brothers' sawmill, is now running full force each day. Capacity is 25,000 dally. Legs are being trucked from the timberland on the former Portland General Electric holdings above Silverton to the mill pond recently added to the mllL Lumber Is being tracked from the mill to Salem. Z ' " Dallas Legion, Auxiliary Tour Camp Adair i DALLAS The members of the VFW post 3203 and the auxiliary of Dallas spent Sunday at Camp Adair visiting the men of a com pany of a medical battalion whose day room they had furnished They were guests of the men for supper after the captain had conducted a-tour of the building. The men who. were honored by the visit were grateful for 20-cakes the ladies had sent them for Val entines. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Romney Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Holman, Mr. and Mrs. George Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Berg, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Austin, Mrs. Lillian F. Bilyeu, Mrs. L. R. Wilson, Mrs. L. Dennis, Mrs. M. Cooper, Mrs. Aldeen Story, Mrs. H. D. Peterson, Mrs. Melvin Cut ler, Mrs. Forrest Martin, Mrs. Bir die Martinj Mrs. George Green well, Mrs. Jack Hayes, Mrs.Wil liam Nevitt, Miss Fannie Dempsey, Jack Cutler and Kenneth Martin. Amity Seniors To Enact Comedy AMITY "Brother Goose", a three act comedy, will be present ed by the senior class of the Ami ty high school Friday night in the school gymnasium, starting at 8 o'clock. The cast includes: Jeff, Ralph Richter; Carol, Irmalie Lindroff; Wes, Victor Scoggan; Helen, Ger aldine Schuchardt; Eve, Barbara Thomas; Sarah, Betty Rosenbalm; Lenore, Opal Richter; Mrs. Trim mer, Margaret Geisler; and Joe, Wayne Tresham. Former Hubbard Resident Dies Monday in Tacoma AURORA Mrs. Mary L. Cald well, 81, passed away February 22. She was born in Marion coun ty and had made her home in Hubbard for several years. She died in Tacoma where she had been living with a sister, Miss Cary Gleason. Survivors are her sister , and a brother, N. T. Gleason of Cottage Grove. The funeral will be held Siday, February 28, at 2:30 p.m in the Congregational church at Hubbard. Burial will be in the Hubbard cemetery. Ransom-Mil ler Funeral home is in charge. Examine Trophies r M WWW.- jP.WAvH 4 - ' ' : I -, ..'. I ... - .... -- . .. . . - . J Community Correspondents " V x - Former Residents Return For Visits at Amity Homes AMITY Rev. James Earl caller here at the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ladd. R. W. Ladd is former Amity boy and a graduate of Amity high school. " Edward Cochran, a former in Portland, is in town this week repairing the- Xlik's apartment bouse. -.- - " . . DeaaM Whitney, son ef Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Whitney living cast ef Amity is hone' frem a MeMhutville heepital where he has been receiving treatment for ear treable for seme time. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. West of Salem - were recent callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Clark. Mrs. West is a sister of Mrs. Clark. Ray Mitchell., yreminent farmer ef this locality, and Mrs. Mitchell spent the weekend at Fort Lewis with their sen Em mett. Mrs. A. B. Watt of Portland spent the weekend at her home on North Trade street. Her husband, A. B. Watt, is employed in war work in Portland. Mrs. Margaret Morrison enter tained with a dinner Sunday in honor of the birthday anniversary of her brother, William Milne of Anheny HE Club Holds All-Day Meet ANKENY The Home Econo mics club met for an all-day ses sion at the home of Mrs. J. O. Fair. Members tied a comfort for the hostess. Dinner was served with covers placed for Mrs. George Marlath, Mrs. Edna - Reeves, Mrs. Leone Henderson, Mrs. Esther Hartley, Mrs. J. O. Farr and Mrs. Walter Wulfe. The regular meeting was held at night. The chairman, Mrs. Mar latt, presented a program consist ing of roll call, current events, game by hostess, with a prize go ing . to Mrs. Henderson. The tea hour prize was won by Mrs. Hart ley. The club will meet March 19 with Mrs. Eugene Findlay. Johnstons Change New Home, Fox Valley FOX VALLEY Mr. and Mrs. Paul Johnston and family moved Saturday from Lyons to the Daisy Johnston farm in Fox Valley. The Johnstons have had quite a few changes made in the interior of the farm house - and are working still finishing it The children will attend Lyons school for the re mainder of the- year, f Mrs. Earl Thayer, Stayton, visit ed at the Hugh Johnston home oyer Saturday and Sunday. Mrs.' Johnston took" her to Stayton j Monday. T--f . "f; Mrs. Stanley Forrest returned home from a week's visit in Al bany Saturday." " :-.;;v;" Haugen Seriously Dl SILVERTON Adolph Haugen is reported seriously ill. at his home here. He has been confined to his bed for the past two weeks and is being cared for by Mrs. Olga Booth and Mrs. Haugen. Valley Births SILVERTON Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Powell are reporting the" birth r of . a .daughter, Anna Margaret, born. . Saturday at, SL Joseph's hospital , at .Vancouver! Mr. Powell, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Powell of Silverton,- is with the J. C Pen ney store there. He was former-ly-at Silverton and Salem. Mrs. Powell is the former Miss Janice Dunivan, Silverton school teach er. The little girl was named for both her grandmothers. JEFFERSON Mr. and M r s. Mike : Helm became the parents of a nine pound three ounce son born Sunday at the Maternity home in Salem. The baby has one brother and two sisters. . i' t ' 4 mm Ladd of Eugene was a recent Amity resident but now living Portland Those present were Mr. and Mrs. William Milne, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Callander and son, Ewart, Mrs. Martha Brown, Miss Laura Judy. Mrs. J. M. Umphlette, who spent last week in Portland, returned there the first of this week to help care for her - daughter, Mrs, Paul T. Benson who is recover ing from a severe attack of the flu. Mrs. Sven Erickson, who was very ill in a McMinnville hospital for several weeks with pneu monla, is now at her home on Jellison. street where she is grad ually regaining strength. Mrs. Dolly Moore; who has been visiting in Amity at the home of her sister, Mrs. Maud Strout, for seceral weeks' has returned to her home at Nelscott. - Mrs. Lillie Martin of Dallas was a recent caller on Amity friends. Mrs. Martin is a for mer resident of this community. Mrs. Martha E. Brown left the first of the week for a two weeks visit in Portland at the "home of her son, Eldon M. -Brown, and family and with other relatives in that city. Mrs. Emma Allen has returned from a week's visit with relatives in Portland. .Mr. and -Mrs.' Chase Thomas and daughter, MI as Mary ef Portland were Amity callers re cently at the home of their aunt aad eovslns, Mrs. Rilla B. Thomas aad Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Fuller. lfcl3re3f! fftXts Omw 0r, rfo.;T3rD Ut&XB diss's? - andk cG om) ($ pte Was mmmM XVERYONE of us is working harder. Crowding more into each day. Leisure moments are becoming more rare. ; Make the most of every one. In times ' like these simple pleasures little every day enjoyments can mean a lot ... a good .book... a letter from a friend... few minutes of good companionship over a -' glass of fine Blia-VTeinhard Beer. Be ;f teddy for those frequent occasions when V v-r. ; good neighbors' get together. Make sure - . your refrigerator is well stocked with , Blitz-Weinhard Beer. - ' , j - ... ' - -i . . ' "' "?;v " '" "". .' ' '. : "' ncn czz3 r.zzzzz?.i cm TcssTi::n ITS DIUqodqco O V A R A N T I I D Y'C. SATISFYING Oj'Cy W.23S Cousins Entertain Guest; WhiteakerSyDaughter, Arrive -"-.TURNER Mrs. Lily Kiser left Thursday for her home at Springfield following, a week's visit in Turner and community at the homes of her cousins, Mrs-. Alice Wipper, Harry and Henry Barnett, and the Guy Chapmaha. " r 1 , "-, . . Mr. and Mrs. Ellison M. Whiteaker of Turner accompanied by their daughter, Mrs. William Hirning,' and young " daughter, Nedrabeau, of Kfldeer, ND, have returned from a visit at Long view, Wash with another daugh ter, Mrs. Melvin Thorson, and family. Enroute home Whiteaker stopped off - in Portland, where he is employed in the shipyards. Mrs. Hirning and daughter are spending a few weeks at her par ents home in Turner before go ing on to Babbit, Nev where her husband is employed at Camp Jumbo in the civil service. The family will make their home there for the duration. Spending Thursday and Friday at their Turner" homes from the Portland shipyards were Orrin Schollian, Roy, Hatfield and Earl Bouchie. v ,; ., ;. i Among the Turner people in Salem Sunday afternoon to' hear the lecture given by Dr.!. E. , Stanley Jones were Rev.; and Mrs. Heath Lowry, Rev. Paul Jaqulth. Rev. and Mrs. Gene Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dierks, Mr. and Mrs. V. Sawyer, Mrs. . Amanda Davis, Mrs. Anna Wlndon, Reverend and Mrs. C. F. Trimble, Betty Bouchie, Margaret Prather and Wallace Riches, Jr. Sergeant and Mrs. H. R. Ray and children, Joanne and Gor don of Monmouth, were weekend visitors in Turner; at the home of Mr. and Mrs Bert Peebles, par ents of Mrs. Ray. Sgt Ray is sta tioned at Camp Adair. Prior to moving to Monmouth a month ago, Mrs. Ray was assistant post master in the Turner postoffice. Mrs. Nellie Gunning had the misfortune to fall at her home on j. Thursday - receiving serious hip injuries which will incapaci tate her for six weeks or longer. Mrs. Gunning is under the care of a Salem doctor. Her cousin, B. O. Whipple, who is employed in the Portland shipyards?" spent the weekend at the Gunning home here, returning to work Sunday afternoon. - Whipple is staying in Portland at the same rooming- house as F. TL Rowley, former Turner resident and edit or of the Turner Tribune for a number of years. Rowley also has work in the shipyards. Sunday dinner guests at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Ul- win E. Denyer included Mr. and Mrs. Will Dozier and grandson. Duane and Mrs. Emma Francis of Portland, Tom Webb and children, Del mar, Lilburn and Barbara, Lyle Ray and the hosts, Mr. and - Mrs. Denyer. Mrs. .Laura Noyes of Salem was a guest all day Friday at the home pf her friend, Mrs. F. C. Gunning, In Turner. Mrs. Tom Webb who ander went m emergency operation ten days age at the Salem Dea coness hospital Is recovering satisfactorily and will aooa be able to be removed to the home ef her mother In Salem for convalescence. Mrs. Omar Snyder was com plimented with a surprise 1 card and handkerchief shower on the occasion of her birthday and an niversary. Guests during the aft ernoon were her daughter-in- law, Mrs. Omar Snyder, - jr., of California, Mr. and Mrs. Harry t " '. "; : : Distributed by Gideon Stolz Company JuuL Harry, jr., and Joan, Mrs. Roy Hatfield and children, AI- lene, Orval, Jimmie and -Natalie. Refreshments, were served and a social time enjoyed. Mrs. Snyder has been . ill for several months but is now improved in health. The latest Turner young people reported ill with measles are Bar rel, young - son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis -: Mertle, Carol Standley, daughter of the Charlie Standleys and Arlene Bouchie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forest Bouchie. - Marion Residents i Leave on Trips ; MARION Mrs. , Emil Scher- macher will leave this week for El Paso, - Calif , where she will join her husband, Capt. , E. F. Schermacher. - r , Eleanor Davidson spent the weekend at home with her moth er,-Mrs. Margaret Davidson. She is employed at the First National bank in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Smith are spending a . few days at . Newport and Reedsport where they are guests of t h e i r daughter, Mrs.' Harold Briggs and Mrs. Smith's sister, Mrs. T. E. Beaucamps. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smith are in charge of the mercantile store and postoffice-during the- Smith's ab sence. ,, '.-'.;;'. Mr. and Mrs. Warren- Gray are attending the Farmers Union state convention -Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at Dallas. Mrs. Fred -; Schirmacher, Mrs. Gus Hageman and Mrs. Jim Wil son have been appointed en the Marion ration board. They were at ; Stay ton Friday receiving In-; structions. ;: ::-"vV' 'f'' JZ Farmers Union News MARIO N Members ef the Marion Farmers Union were sur prised at their' meeting Friday night with a visit from Charles Sarver, Salem, former president of the local.- He spoke briefly, and told members that he now is employed as a fireman on the Southern Pacific Railroad, com pany. Committee reports were the business to come before the meet ing. Mrs. Fred Haack reported on legislative matters and raise of salary afforded state senators and representatives. Mrs. D..-T. Vose -was secretary in place of Mrs. C H. Wilcox. - : Group singing, was lead by Mrs. Paul Smith, Mrs. Elgy Pickard, Mrs. J. L. Calavan and Mrs.. W Gray. Mrs. G. W. Arnold was pi anist. , . . Serving on the refreshment committee were Mrs. Robert Har ris,. Mrs. Charles Hart, Mrs. C. J. Hartley, Mrs. William Hardy and Mrs. C. E. Hatch. -Many members who have en tered war working plants have been missing meetings, members noted. ? ..V Tti -' 1 tl r y Vv ' . Wv .v: a a - . V- '. : Royal Answer Joseph E. Martin, 77, ef Kansas .City, Mel, reads en Backing ham palace' statlonery-T-that his grandson,' L. W. James, Jr Is well and safe" somewhere In -England. -Martin" addressed 'a letter to the. British queen af ter vainly writing various gav ernment officials for some 'word of his rrandson. Associated Press TelcmaL , ; ! Mrs. Uriaer Celebrates 87thBirth MT. ANGEL Mrs. Lena Un ger, affectionately -know n. as Grandma Unger, 'celebrated- hor 87th birthday Sunday February 2 1, with a dinner in . the school dining hall,, arranged m her hon or by her chfldron About 40 relative- and friend participated. Miss Helen Kebee played "Silver ' Threads Among the Gold while the honor guest and. her companion, Mrs. M. Mel chior, were escorted into the room by Billy Unger, grandson, after which they were presented with corsages. - Father ' Hildebrand a c t e d as toaatmaster. Talks by Father SaaL Father John, Father Vin cent, Dr. A. F. B. Schierbaum,' George Unger, Mrs. Melchior arid Grandma Unger wero intersper sed by instrumental and vocal se lections.' ! j "y-' , : 1 ": Serving were Mrs. Mae 'Heg gie, Mrs. Francis ' Schmitt, MiaS Monica Frey, Mrs. Angela Eb ner, Mrs. Ed Hoffer and Mrs. Al Lulay. ; Grandma Unger's son." George Unger, flew here from Stickney, SD, to be with her on her birth day. Other children included Miss Elizabeth Unger and Ed Un ger of Mt. AngeL Besides her grandchildren m Mt Angel, Grandma Unger had the pleasure of having her grand daughter, Mrs. Helen L e v e n a, Medford, and her grandsons Dill Grenbemmer, Medford, and Frank Grenbemmer, Albany, and' her protege, Rev. Fr. Saal, of Roy, Ore attend the festivities. She was presented with num erous gifts from those present and from others who were kept away' by the war and its attend ing traveling handicaps. " v . - - ' ,-. .J -'i - dy -1 .... jute m--' i ' 1 ? - - ft ;i td?L? -'-'
