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Plan Easter Dedication ' ' - ' , , - - ; "ML -Angel Erects Plaque Honoring Servicemen f MT. ANGEL A huge plaque, 12 feet high and 9 feet wide with room for 275 names, i to be erect ed Oil the St Mary's church lawn and dedicated Easter Sunday as a tpecial tribute to the men from the parish who are in the armed sery- Ices.'; . - " :. X The idea of the plaque originat ed with Father Hildebrand and it Is he who is planning the big ded ication celebration.; He expects to have several hundred service men ' here for the occasion. 1 The "plaque is to be built in the " form of a replica of the main en trance of St Mary's church, with framework of gray brick' like that used in the church, and the plaque itself a casfpiece of metal ten by five feet On either side of the framework there will be a flagpole. a series of emblems will be en graved on the cast At the very top will be the sxar of justice, be low it the cross of salvation, then ' the eagle of might and a series of symbols of triumph. Then there will be a large space with grooves Into which small plates with the Dames of the soldiers can be . slipped, while the anchor of hope adorns the bottom of the cast. The plaque will face St. Mary's school, where most of the boys in service received their early train ing. Various societies have been re quested to help with the celebra tion. The Knights of Columbus have been appointed to take charge of the entire, parade. The Catholic Daughters of America have charge of children, young people, dress and decorations. The Young Men's sodality is preparing a history of the men in the serv ice. The teachers have charge of the singing. The Men Foresters have been instructed to send invi tations to the soldiers, visiting speakers and guests. St. Ann's Altar-society has been given the job of providing housing for the serv ice men, and the Young Ladies sodality will act as junior host esses. Frank Hettwer will be master of ceremonies and T. B. Endres, ' general chairman. Servicemen Given Party DETROIT A party was given by the high school in honor of the men who were inducted into the army March 22. Former Detroit high students who were honor guests included Melvin Montgom ery, Don Farrow and Zealand Fryer. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Krause were hosts at a party given for the cast in the recent high school play. Guests included Elsie Chester, Rodney Moore, Colleen Mermil lion, Idell Snellgrove, Vernon Holfred, Lenora Ediger, Louise Wolfe, "Bob Dickey, Richard Rice. Games were played and refresh ments were served by the hostess. A group of women met at the home of Mrs. J. J. White Thurs day to sew for the Red Cross. Those present were Mrs. Wilbur Rice, Mrs. W. T. Chestnut Mrs. C. R. Haseman and Mrs. Jim Healy, all from I dan ha, Mrs. James Nielson, Mrs. Richard Han Sen, Mrs. J. A. Wright and Mrs. H. W. Beard of De trait The women are urged to meet again for an all day meeting on Friday, March 26, at the J. J. White home. Luncheon will be served at noon. ' Mr. and Mrs. Dick Farrow have moved tat the "Buck" Goia boose recently vacated by Mrs." K. J. Mermillien. The Ut ter is renting the Sprace Hail residence. Mr. -and Mrs. Ward Stahlman - have pare hased the Jones prop erty and wUl eeeupy it as as it has been renovated. Pythians Net $321 For Red Cross At Benefit Dance '; DALLAS About 500 attended the St Patrick's dance sponsored by the Dalore temple, Pythian Sisters, Saturday night " at the armory. - A military dance band furnished the music. Contributions for the Red Cross amounted to $321. ( The hall was decorated with shamrocks and green crepe paper streamers. The decorating com mittee was Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Hart and Mrs. Florence Hunter. Mrs. E. A. Wagner, Mrs. W. C Hefner, and Mrs. C. W. Smith pre sided over the punch bowls. During intermission, dances, ac cordion solos and tenor solos were presented by soldiers. Pralum Sets Clinic PRATUM The connty health department will eondaet sa lm niitttloa ; and vaccination f clinic at the Pratem school v Wednesday afternoon, March JL Pre-sc heel children are In vited te attend. Valley Birthte MEJlAMA A son, Gary Lynn, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Boita on March 20 at the Sa lem General hospital.' Mrs. Boitz Was ; the former ; Miss f Hortense Stayton, Midi -Willamette Vail Reports From PAGE TWELVE 1 i SOas Jones! Rite MISSION BOTTOM 4- Funeral services for Silas Rav iJones. 62. were held i at W. T. Rigdon par lors at 3 p.' m. Monday; rith vault ntnmhttient at Mt Crest Abbev mausoleum; with Dr. J. C Harri son officiating. Ritualistic services were led by the BPOE 336. Mr. Jones was born at Mission Bottom and except for a couple of years in Portland he spent his life here on his present farnij known as Jones hill. He attended public school in Mission Bottom and fin ished his higher education in Sa lem. He was the son of the late Thomas Benton and Qllie Jones; He is survived by twO (daughters, Mrs. Pearl E. Gould, Salem route two. and Mary June Jones of Portland; one sister, Mr$. Alta Luf cinda Viesko of Mission Bottom; one brother, Bert L. Jones of Portf land; three nephews two nieces and two grandnieces. I j MISSION BOTTOM Mrs. Anre Gruenfelder of Keizer, who underwent an operation Satur day and did not survive, was also a former resident of Mission Bot tom, having lived here several years with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Engbreck and brothers, Carl and John, now of Portland and George of Gervais, route one. She is survived by them and her husband Walter C. Gruen felder and 23-month-old daughter Judith Anne, of Keizer.! Services for her were held Tues day morning at 9 o'clock at St Vincent de Paul Catholic church. Cousins Join In Celebrating Anniversary SHELBURN Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Kniken, Mrs. C. O. McClain and M. B. Miller were in Stayton Sat urday when their cousin, Mrs. Kathryn Kramer, celebrated her birthday anniversary. Twenty guests were present. Mrs. Kramer received many gifts and good wishes. Ralph McDonald has been given a contract to teach in the Shel burn school for the coming year at the new standard wage. Mc Donald will soon complete his sec ond year here. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Wells re cently have moved tm the A. W. Ewing farm which they have leased. j Mrs. Lena Yoeman has moved frem Stayton to live j with her daughter, Norma Wells. Mr. Bruce, who recently pur chased the s4d dance hall from Jim Trollinger, is having a large addition built to house a turkey brooder. Mr. Trollinger soon is to build a 28x130 foot building for turkeys. Mr. Wilson has 820 turkeys and is saving the eggs for hatch ing purpose. Hamilton Funeral To Be Wednesday SILVERTON Funeral: services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Miller ceme tery for Preston Hamilton who died at North Bend Sunday. S Survivors include the widow, Lena Scott Hamilton a cousin of Mrs. Charles Hartman. Mrs. Hamilton the daughter of Mrs. Icebella Scott formerly of Ore gon City, but more recently of North Bend, and well known here. particularly to the pioheer famil ies. New Career TIM HOIT, 24, acreenj actor and son of Actor Jack Holt, is pic-, tured I above at the iVlctorviDei Cat, Army flying ochoot where he ' Is In training as a bombardier. If be passes the course successful- 1, young Holt says that he wuti to leave the screen and make the Army hia career, (ItttermmtlcaaJJ , Monday The Statesman's Salem. Oreoon. Wodnoadar nAorainq. March 24, 1943 Halsey Presents Navy Cross to IF!- t r rx "He sought out and engaged" the enemy, so Adm. William F. Halsey, Jr USN, who has a penchant for "looking bp" or dropping In" on the enemy, presented Rear Adm. Willis A. Lee, USN, with the navy cross. Photo shows the presentation aboard a warship in the South Pacific area. Admiral Lee led a task force against a superior Japanese force which was bring to reinforce Guadalcanal en the nights of No vember 14-15, 1942. "He sought out and engaged the enemy," the commander of the South Pacific force read from the citation, Ma superior enemy force and In the furious engagement which resulted destroyed at least one battleship; three cruisers and one destroyer and damaged several others and turned the en emy back. His direction of his force UN Photo. Turner Sees Influx of Guests; Children Resume Studies j i TURNER Mrs. George Ieck of Lexington, Mrs. Thomas Calloway and Miss Etta Millett of Corvallis were visitors at the home of Reverend-and Mrs. C. F. Trimble Saturday after noon. I Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pratherj of Turner at the home of jhis broth er, E. a. rratner and ramiiy. Sergeant and Mrs. H. M. Ray Of Monmouth visited Friday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrp. Bert Peebles, en route home from a two weeks furlough; spent at Bakersfield, Calif., with! Sgt. Rayfs parents. Gordon, who had stayed in Turner with his grandparents, accompanied them home to Mon mouth. Ray is stationed at Camp Adair. j j Mrs. Ulwin Denyer is spending several days in Portland where she attended a farewell; party Fri day night in honor of her nephew, Bob Smith, who left Saturday for military service. Mrs. Bert Peebles accompanied her to ' Portland, School Board Buys ig Saw for Class, j In Woodworking j WEST SALEM The Boy's work shop at the West Salem school is equipped with almost all the power machinery neces sary for the instruction in wood working classes, states C. R. Brown, who conducts the classes of seventh and eighth grade boys each week.' Mr. Brown reports that his classes are overcrowded and he is unable to admit all who would like to take the training. He reports that the school board has authorized the purchase of a jig saw, a piece of equipment very much needed. j DeForest Rusner, of Spokane, Wash, a cousin of Mrs. G. E. Vos burg, whom she had never seen, stopped at her home for a short visit while on his way to Klam ath Falls on a business trip last Mxiday. The Bible and adult classes of the Methodist Sunday school clas ses are taking up a collection next Sunday to buy a service flag in honor of the 20 men from the church and Sunday school who are now in the service.; Bean Acreage At Unionvale , Expected Larger uhiun vale G ood progress is being made at the U, S. Alder man farm here in hauling manure to the fields which are j being pre pared for planting of 130 acres of Blue Lake! beans. Four large trucks are being used to haul the fertilizer from barns to fields. Two mechanical loaders are used, one at the barn and the other! at the field to load the two spreaders canerpiiiar tractors are the pofrer for the loaders and spreaders, Raising Blue Lake ! Deans has for some years been a major cfop at the Alderman farm and to (fx-, pand food crop yield to comply with war time request farmers are not leaving a stone unturned! In the pre-crop L planting . program. The bean acreage in this area this year is expected to be much larg er than any previous season, j . Two truck loads of fat white face two-year-old steers from the V. S. Alderman farm were taken to the Portland stock yard Sudar for the early market Mr. and Mrs. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Ueyd ZenU ner and Victor Celger teek the cattle. Community Correspondents . ' , " . i ' v ' V ' t ' ' K 4 ; - " 1 , rit r , - - It t- N r Js'' t v j ' jf T'' """' '"'' - V -. ' - ' " - frr V" s was conducted with great professional skill and ' personal daring." Independence spent Sunday in where she is the guest of relatives. Delmar and Lilburn Webb, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Webb, have been quite ill with measles for the past week. Both are pupils of the grade school. Mrs. Richard Prior is able to be about again after stepping on a nail and being confined to her home for a week. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Osborne and small daughter, Marlene, of Bend were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Bouchie and family for several days, Osborne is a brother of Mrs. Bouchie, as sistant postmaster in Turner. Mrs. Howard Teetz and chil dren, Royal, Myron, Roma He and Terry of Hazel Green were Sunday visitors at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bouchie. They also visited at the Orrin Schollian and Forrest Bou chie homes while here. Reverend and Mrs. E. J. Gil strap received word Friday that the house rented by their son-in-law and daughter,, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Fowler and Mar garet Ellen, had burned to the ground with practically nothing saved. They have ben residing at Newberg where Fowler Is en rolled at Pacific college. Mrs. Fowler is the former Rath Gil strap mt Turner. Geraldine Edwards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Edwards, has returned to school where she is in the eighth grade, following an absence of two months due to ill ness. She had a severe case of measles and suffered . pneumonia and complications, part of the time being in a Salem hospital. Miss Charlotte Parr of Eugene spent the weekend in Turner at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parr. Since graduat ing from University of Oregon, she has been employed in secre tarial work for the Eugene school system. j Rev. Paul Jaqaith, paster of the Methodist church, spoke over radio station KSLM f en Saturday "night - preceding the Freshmen Glee presentations at Willamette university. Jaqulth is president mi the freshmen class, and his home Is at New- berg. Tie has served as local pastor since last fall, succeeding .Rev. John Williams of Salem. FREE PRIVATE Bin RY JAMFS V T1PT PiiTlTT.ANlf Recognized as one of the leading Acousticon Dealers in the U. S. ' Thursday, - March 2510 - A. M. to 8 P. M. Friday, March 2ft 10 I A. M. to 8. P. M. IIADIOII UOTEL . , ; . . !. ' - - Salem, Oregon : ' - . - , : , Important discoveries revealed in U. S. Govern- . met National Deafness Surrey make possible the greatest help ever offered to the hard of hearing. Find at about the tiew, antazinir, scientific im- -- provementa designed to give; yon BETTER HEAR ING. Can for free PRIVATE demonstration. Ask for Acousticon. No obligation. , : , . - , Hew, 51 Tmr ?" mm w aMwAa : . . . 1 Hearing Aid Based on U. Mew 11 Admiral Lee ) v i r Miss Church . Tells Union Russia's Plight ZjENA L. I. Mickey, president, presided at the meeting of Spring Valley Farmers Union held at the Zena school Friday night. Miss L. Church gave a most graphic description of conditions in Russia in relation to home life and; the plight of women and chil dren who have been practically naked this winter. Miss Church spoke on Russian relief and dis played a portfolio of Russian peo ple i and their mode of life. She said in part, "The women and chil dren of Russia are greatly in need of clothing and any article will be gratefully accepted. Contributions from this area will go to Salem and from there will be sent to Portland center where it will be packed in bales to be shipped to Russia on Russian vessels. Chris Yungen and S. B. Dodge, delegates gave detailed reports on the! recent state Farmers Unian convention held at Dallas and R C. Shepard, delegate gave a talk, taking as his subject, "The coop erative store and cooperation 'in the! Farmers Union." Three new members were added to : i the local membership, Nels Yenckel of Lincoln, R. V. Carlson" of Spring Valley and Stephen Tar ter of Hopewell. Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting. Thieves Enter School, Steal $6.90 in Stamps 1 1 BRUSH COLLEGE Thieves broke into the Brush College ' school Friday night, evident- ; ly through the lavatory win- i dew, taking $8.90 la war stamps, ' library books, a valuable foun- . tain pen set and a eloek front: the room of Miss Trula Grant,; upper grade teacher. The local grange uses - the school for Its meetings and the . grange cupboard was broken . pea as were the pupils lock- : The school board thinks that tike thief of thieves expected to get the proceeds from 1 the pie sale which was held at tlfe school after the dance revue Friday night. The " school has ' been broken into a number of times lately but nothing of value tak en and nothing damaged be fore. .'- .' ' 'L DEIIOIISTnATIOII S. Government Findings i Bean Flays Adult Morals (-Less Entertainment, ' More Religion . Dean Advises SILVERTON Dr. U. G. Du bach of Oregon State college, was of the opinion that the young peo ple of today have too much rather than too little entertainment, ac cording to his talk at the, public; forum at Silverton Monday night This was sponsored by the Chris tian Men's association of Silver ton.: v Starting with Monday night and ending with Thursday night. Dr. Dubach: thought, he said, that the young people were at home study ing. He was of the opinion that there . was no particular youth problem different from youth probelmsr , of all generations but that here was an adult problem, He insisted that the adult gen eration, was try In- to operate a high powered machine with a - low-geared . moral motor and that folk should try to live a little from the neck up Instead of as they doi almost entirely from the neck down. ' Religion, In the opinion of Dr. Dubach, is playing too - small a part In 'the modern scheme of things. He suggested forgetting the petty church quarrels and troubles and looking only to the bigger scheme of things. ' Sitting j on the forum . Monday night were Mrs. M. G. Gunderson, Mrs. F. J. Roubal, Rev. O. Leon ard Jones, Don Renwick, Robert Miller. Miller, high school teach er, showed figures gathered from high school seniors and juniors that 36 per cent of the two groups attend church regularly and 21.6 do not attend at all; that 80 per cent of these high school students believed in some form of life aft- irifiii n(n" (T P7ciTi nnrp"'7 liJ ClJ JUL 111 lu J JU wlii ',,l'"r" " ' t fill If . .A - i 11 t ' - """N ':f I A 'pnoiED less inriitATiriG i '"oii. .v. : . ' J t rtr nncr nnn Tnnnnt i s ill n - nn n r er death, and that only four of the group claimed to be atheists. Mrs. Roubal, inj .her .'survey among t the younger high school boys and girls,', reported that a much smaller percentage attended church ' services 1 regularly, j . .! - Rev.?: Russell Myjrrf was chair man of '. the discussion. ReV. - M. J.' K. Fuhr pronounced the bene diction. - 4?,: J The April forum will discuss the problem ?Thtj Young People and the Homel' with Dr. Everson as the guest speaker. ' v j Dr. Dubach also addressed the high school students and the Ro tary Club while at day. ' Silverton Mon- Accident Victim Out of Hospital mir .var tWlu. ' ;w ard Forrest was able to return home . ... .. !' sunoay aiiernoony front naiem where she wis .In the hospital for three days. Mrs. Forrest and six year old ion were to a ear ' accident north of Salem Thursday. The boy Is still In the hospitaL ;He jreceived j sev eral beep tub about his bead and face besides t slight Lkull fracture. It wbl bie tea days or longer before the learn leave the hospitaL 3 Mr. and MrssWaWr Griffin vis ited his mother Mijg. Fannie; Grif- im m? roruana unaay. ix. was Mrs. : Griffin's birthday anhiver- sary. . Misi, Marjorje Ann Thompson and five other girl from Mill City were Saturday jafternoon callers at the home of Mrs. Hugh Johnston. The (girls hiked o Lyons from MiU City. 1 l-Jf Wageonerlat School DALLAS Ralpli P. Waggoner, Polk .-founty defense co-ordlnator, returned fronj Seattle Saturday where he hadbeen in attendance at a school 104 coprdinatorsj uuu: uuuuyuu you join Jofiiiby's - famoos 'proved vt? Ti?r r : J IU iUL lildl. IU4U IliUUfll ;When smokers crqwfffi to friiur MORRIS every cose of Irritotion smokiria eIther clexirerf op com. &&MX&MMim pletety or ,.-'.;..'''";.( i f-the' fiaaiaes r i ittiiUh Anrtn r' t 1 r. Ji z journals. No X: " .1 -S?.':-.-. V W- TS t. - - - .. . . -EV ,:'::: iZ .jar tu INER SMOKING : l U U I . ! - 1 l il . M III i l l I ii . 1 1 f 1 r I I . I I ii . I r i i j i i i 1 1 -. w 1 1 i w w, n ii r - i i i : X7m. McCrae Dies, Ifuiieral Set Thursday ; MONMOUTH William Mc Crae, 75, . died . early Tuesday at the j Salem General hospitaL Ho had been in impaired health for several years. jMcCrea was born In Sotland September 28 1868, and came to the1 United States at' the age! of 17. He lived briefly In Ok lahoma and Kansas before jsettl ingjin Oregon about 1888. j McCrea operated a stock ranch near Florence He married Mar garet Riddell at Monmouth on No vember 4, 1 904, and thejr farmed neajr Florence about 20 years. They moved to a ; farm at Lebanon, where they stayed for eight years, theft came to j Monmouth In 1928 whre he was associated with Mrs. McCrea's fathir, the late William Ridden. . (:- Mrs- iMcCrae died last Novem ber Survivors Include three sons, James of Monmouth Kenneth, In the army overseas, and Wallace of Vernonia; two daughters, Mrs. John Heyden it Bonanza and Mrs. Eldon Ball j of Monmouth; three gra ndchndren and a brother, Rob ert of Walporjt. - : . ; ; - : McCrae was a longtime mem ber1 of the Presbyterian church and at the time of his death was u member and elder of the Cal Prejsbyteriari church of Independ ence where services will be held. Thursday at 2 p. m. The Rev. W. I Irwin Williams of Salem will officiate. Burial will be In Fir 1 Crest cemetery in Monmouth. .;.f: :;r ' Nurse to Talk . I - SALEM HEIGHTS The school nurse will talk on communicable diseases and their control at the Salem Heights school Thursday at Parents are invited to less innrrATiiifi incrtr nnn Tnnnnr definitely Improved! - of s rou6of dUtin- - rnrtrtA rrt tYteir rmrn Li J.-::.- other cigarette can make In OREGON 9:30 a. m. attend. " -f -,;;:.-,...; ; . ; - i rir.