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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1943)
Thm CZZZCU ZR1J, Cclga. Cretan. Y7e!aas:rr I'crrli?. 3 21. 1543 Grange.Confers Two Degrees N. Howell, Silverton Candidates Join . In Exemplification UNION HnX The Union Bin grange degree' team with Mr. Floyd Fox as acting master in the degree work, exemplified ' the third and fourth degrees upon two candidates, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Atkinson from3 Union HID, ' and seven candidates from Silverton and North Howell at a meeting of the Grange Friday night. Sixteen . visitors were present from Silver ton, six from' North - Howell and uvui w ,i 1 1 i -a 0 Auwiv otaa from Silverton, W. : H. Stevens from North Howell' and Mr. Nel son were the masters from the three visiting granges." t. ; Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Friddy eat a letter to the mix (or transfer eg membership f rem . a grange in Washington to the TJn lea Hill grange, -i1':---; Mrs.W. M. Tate, HEC chairman, told about the work the club had been doing and that two convat- were being made. Mrs. Floyd Fox, legislative chairman, . talked - on . the present grange and reconstruct -. tion -policies. - The lunch commit tee included Mr. and Mrs., W. M. Tate, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford White -and Mr. and Mrs. Verny Scott. The lunch committee for the ' May meeting will be Mr. and Mrs. Rvmn " X.Tr h' Vt a n xr Vf an1 HTvw Henry Hansen and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Savage. The social night committee for May will be Mr. and Mrs. C C Jones and Mr. and Mrs. C C Jones, and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fox as leader, organised a livestock dab for -anyone wishing to Join. Officers were elected: ' Gay Scott, president; Fiord Fox, ; jr., vice president and Msrjorio Tate, 'secretary. A garden elab will be organised at the next meeting. The juvenile ( grange lecturer, Agnes Jeanne r Darby, presented the program which consisted of readings by Eldon Jaquet, Jeanne Darby, . Lucille Jaquet, Donald pe ters, Charles Morley, Edna Mor ley, Frances Fox, Mrs. Rex Russel and Otto Dahl of Silverton. Songs were by Mertie Mae Hansen, ju venile girls. Mrs. O. W. Humph reys and Mrs. Marion Fischer are the juvenile matron and assistant matron. The Graces will be in charge of the May program. Grange HE CJnh Plans County Meet BRUSH COLLEGE Mrs. F. E. Wilson was hostess for a luncheon and social afternoon of the Brush College grange Home Economics dub when, final arrangements were made for - entertaining Polk county Pomona grange Saturday, April 24. at an all-day meeting Mrs. F. E. Wilson was appointed as general chairman. Each grange member attending la asked to a meat dish and either a salad, dessert or vegetable for the noon dinner. 'i A meeting of Brush College grange, members will be held Fri- mj lusui iur tut purpose 01 gei' ting the hall ready for the Satur nik4 M .1 . day affair. A social hour will follow when refreshments will be Kivcui - : - Attending the luncheon werespe- eial guests Mrs. O. S. Bartlett and Mrs. L. H. Webb and members. its. Glen Adams. Mrs. E. Peter son, Mrs. Charles Glaze. Mrs. A. E. Utley, Mrs. John .Schindler and . Mrs. A. W. Andrews. Worker Ordered Reinstated KJRTLAND, Ore., April 20 (V-The west coast lumber com mission ordered the Northwest Door company of Tacoma Tuesday to reinstate an employe whose dis charge resulted in a . brief work stoppage at the plant recently. The , commission also' told ' the company to notify the AFX, union snop committee before discharg ing workers. Such notification has been the accepted practice, the or der said. . : Johnstons Are Hosts At Hillbilly Party V Feting Daughter MISSION BOTTOM Mr. and Mrs. John Johnston . entertained with a hillbilly party Saturday night t for iheir daughter Mary, who - is i employed in a Portland shipyard. Guests included friends from here and Portland. : - Callers at the W. P. 'Collard home Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Clair Alderson and daughter from Coquille, Mr. and Mrs. ; Eugene Iloxsey and son Jimmy of Keizer, and Mrs. Elizabeth Hoffman of West Salem. Some here tried early fishing in the lakes but luck was poor.' Mrs. Van O. KeUey spent the day Friday with Mrs. Robert Cole. Cattle Disease Talked :: GRAND ISLAND The 4H Calf club met Monday night at the home of Ronald and Dolores Fin nicum with seven members pres ent The topic for discussion was "Diseases of Dairy Cattle," and was conducted under the leader ship of George Douglas. The next Meeting will be held at the home cf i:r. ad;Irs. Leslie Scozaa Li ll.e V.'heiilind district. - . - Districts Join To Cut Wood For Post 84 SPRING VALLEY The five districts which joined to man the local observation post. Portland 84, were well represented -when a wood cutting bee was held Sun day. , The men gathered at the Spring Valley school at 9:30 son. for " instructions for : cutting the timber, which was donated by a group of citizens including Worth W. Henry. Carl 'Alderman,' Mrs. John Childers, W. Frank Craw ford, - Rev. Getzendaner, J. J. Stratton and V. A. Stratton. Frank Windsor and Mrs. Howard Good- fellow. Several " crews were or ganized to go to' different places for the wood." ; Among the trucks , used .for hauling were two outfits sent from army headquarters at Portland, with seven men Including Staff Sgts. : Lynn Smith ' and Bert L. Burke, Tech. Sgt Elmo Thomas. Clp. A. R. Nyon, SgL Leslie Pe terson, Sgt. George Selles and Pvt C Menoz. ' After working all morning cut ting and hauling the wood to the post, where it was sawed into suit able stove lengths, the hungry men adjourned to the school dining room where a cafeteria dinner was served to them by women ob servers. The men worked all af ternoon also, assembling a good supply of wood. Twelve truck loaks of fir and oak wood alto gether were sawed and put under shelter. Among the trucks loaned for the; occasion were the two from the army and those of Lane broth ers, Ben McKinney, Russel Hills, J. J. Stratton and Frank Windsor. Pratum Pupils Hear Pioneer PRATUM The dudOs of the Pratum school have been hearing talks from pioneers last week and interviewing some who could not come to the school as part of their Oregon history unit. These talks will be written up by the pupils of the upper grades and sent to Mrs. Agnes Booth, county school super intendent, who plans to have them collected from various schools of the county and printed In book form. Mrs. Booth hones to secure a great deal of authentic historical material that will be interesting for; a text book on early Marion county history. Henry Sappinsfield. who is 83 years old and who was born on bis fathers homestead adjoining the Pratum Methodist, church, spoke to the children of both rooms "Wednesday afternoon. George W. Clymer. also 83 and who has lived south of Pratum since 1863. save a talk to the nu. pus on Thursday afternoon. Cly mer s mother. Mary Johnson, mi the first Protestant school teacher in Oregon City. The school was a log cabin which was given by Dr. John McLaughlin to the RanH.t church. Clymer likes to tell of his personal experience with the ear ly Indians, also the time when he drove a stag" coach to Roseburg ana returned. The dirt roads hap pened to be Quite food after a lit. tie rainfall, and he was ablo to average eight to ten miles per hour with no stops. . The four- to six-horse team was changed about every eight miles, and after driv ing all day and all ruglit he ar rived in Roseburg. After a 12 hniir lay-over, he started back to Sa lem. Baker Recovering From Pneumonia MONITOR Rav Raker has been ill with pneumonia, is improving and will soon resume his job as welder at th rwt. - wa.wu shipyards. On Thursday. Mr. and Un Charles Brant entertained the!- daughter 5 and daughter-in-law, aars. cnanes Busen, with her son, and Mrs. Eldon. Brant ant thr sons of Milwaukee. Mrs. N. Franklin Tvler at Van couver, Wash, visited Thursday with Mrs. Carrie Tyler. The Ladies Aid will nreent Red Cross benefit program Thurs- aay. West Salem Ends. Work on Reservoir ; Capacity Increased WEST SALEM The improve ment on the eld city reservoir with an estimated increase In storace capacity f ever ner cent, is completed with plnmb iag installations ' and painting. The whole construction is ef six Inch reinforced concrete. The! present Improvements fan the city water system have been planned so that each of the three reservoirs may be flashed inde- penaanuy. Urns insnrinar sanlta A . . tion and at the tlnw an adequate supply ef water for all purposes. :., Posts to Be Talked BETHEL Members of the Fourth fighter command of Port land will be in attendance at the monthly ' meeting of the Bethel Community club on Friday niirht They will speak on the value and conducting of observation posts. This will be of educational value to all those interested, and Is open to the public. There will be addi tional program numbers and re freshments will be served. ; ' - Grangers Nov3 ROBERTS Roberts grange 329 held Its regular meeting Sat urday. This meeting was really an outstanding one of the year, mem bers came dressed in the fashions of the Gay Nineties"; many dres ses and suit coats that had lain in moth balls for many years graced the dancers who followed the fiddler playing the Virginia reeL ... -74 f:" B ' W ' Mrs. Rice's current events were items taken from the Salt Lake City Tribune printed during the 'nineties' such as . war ; declared with Cuba, detail of the -new gov ernment set-up for Cuba after the war; the extra telling of Pres ident ' McWKnileys assasination. The fashions and the advertise ments in these papers were stu died also. - i Mr. and Mrs. William Peter son received the war stamp prize given for the most appropriate dress. :..' The. lecturer's program Includ ed: "Silver Threads Among the Gold," by all; current events 50 years ago, Mrs. Rice; short talk by new county commissioner, Roy Rice; solos, "Asleep In the Deep and "Red Wing" Louis : Johnston; Virginia reel by all; salute to the flag; "God Bless America.' Burrs Hosts At Card Party Saturday LABISH CENTER On Satur day night, Mr. and Mrs.-J. W Burr, entertained at their home at a five hundred party. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Noble Ragland, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Aker, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harris, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Russ, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lovre. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Klampe, and Mr. and Mrs. Willard Aker. i Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Weinman have sold the tract of Beaverdam which' was formerly operated for several years by Elmer Wood. The new owners are Mr. and Mrs. George Anderson of Tigard and they plan to take possession some time next year. S Elmer Wood has reported that the seed potatoes which he set oat on the 11 -acre tract which he has rented : from the Arlo- Pnghs, have nearly an rotted becanse ef the abundance f rain. Be baa not decided whether or net to replant the piece Into potatoes. 1 Spending the weekend at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Leedy, was Jim Leedy, who attends Oregon State college. Ac companying him was Miss Molly McBride who also attends the college. ' ' T t Guests at the G. C. Zenger home over the weekend were SgL and Mrs. Marion Druba of Salem. Mrs. Druba is the former -Rose Helen Camp. I Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Weinman and Miss Connie Weinman visited in Portland Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McFadden and at the home of Mrs. Weinman's mother, Mrs. Lensch. ( Speaking at the Christian En deavor ; meeting Snnday was Rev. Howard Cole, who is north west general secretary of Chris tian Endeavor. On Thnrsday night at t 'clock, Mr. and Mrs. MeCIanghry win be hosts to the prayer and. Bible study group. Later the administrative coun cil and the Snnday school board will meet. ; ; f AFL Officials Plan Conclave PORTLAND, ORE, April 20 (AV-AFL Metal Trade union offi cials from Washington. Oregon and California gathered : here Tuesday night for a two-day con ference, opening Wednesday. John P. Frey, president of the union, said the national labor' re lations board hearing of AFL Henry Kaiser shipyard contracts would be considered. No other de tails were disclosed. Around Oregon J By The Associated Prew State highway engineers com pleted repairs to the old Oregon Trail highway, buckled and crack ed by moving earth west ; of Weatherby ... Oregon ship building corporation . at Portland launched a Liberty . ship named for Gilbert "Stuart, early Ameri ican portrait artist . . . Contents of ISO Cases of , soft drinks spilled over the lower Co lumbia river , highway near Linn ton following a truck-Car collision and resulting fire ; which partially destroyed- the truck .; . 7 TWilliam Hitchcock, ; Bend, dis trict Kiwanis governor, told del egates of seven eastern Oregon and Washington Kiwanis dubs meet ing at Pendleton that the present war spirit compared with that of the pioneers of 1843 who sought freedom and "economic opportun ity in Oregon . . i -1 : r District Attorney A. C Meln tyre said at Pendleton that Mrs. Frederick E. Earnheart, 60, Her miston, shot herself fatally at her home, using a candle to depress the gun .trigger . , . Deer, were reported invading strawberry gar dens in Silverton suburbs .... The Portland navy post of the American Legion ' asked : congress to ? provide an insignia " fo.- men classified 4-F to spare them em barrassment . . . Charles P. Meers, Seattle, civil " aeronautics authority - inspector, parachuted safely, from his small plane in a saswstcrn east cf Eaker. - . ' Mo tliers S ludy Song, Flowers GRAND ISLAND The Lloth- ers Circle club met .Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Er nest Douglas with seven members and one guest. Miss Verna Tomp kins, present The lesson topic was "Songs Old and New and Flower Culture, and was led by Mrs. Roy E. Will and Mrs. J. H. Tompkins, respectively. After the business meeting, Mrs. Ronald Badger sang, followed by group singing. . The last meeting of the club for this season wQl be held May 12 at the home of Mrs. Ronald Bad ger. The lesson topic will be "Me morial Service for ' Mother's and Father's Day and will be led by Mrs. Harry Tompkins and Mrs. El win Mandigo. The annual -election of officers will be held at that time. Berry Dusting to Start This Week HAZEL GREEN The sunshine has caused spittlebugs to hatch on the strawberry blossoms early this year. Growers . will start dusting the blossoms as soon as dusters are in running order. Mervfll Van Cleave , and Lawrence ZlelinskL who dust most of the strawberries in this community, r weren't ex pecting to start so early in the season. Zielinski plans to be ready to start dusting sometime this week if the weather remains fair. Otis Phillips is quite flL suffer ing a relapse of pneumonia after getting up too soon. - Mrs. Herman Schultz of Eugene was a house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Zielinski for several days last week. ; - . : "-7 Record Catch Made at Alsea - j TALBOT Mr. and Mrs. GO bert .Belknap and Mrs. D. E. Blln- ston spent the weekend fishing at the Alsea river. They made a limit catch. Mrs. Lois Erb of Billings, Mont. is here visiting her father and mo ther, Mr. and Mrs. G. W, Potts. Miss Ida Belknap, who works for the public utilities commission in Salem, was a weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Edwards. Ral Garllck, who has. been HI with pneumonia .the : past few weeks at the Salem General hos pital, is expected home the last of the week. Hayesville .jQf f era Teachers Jobs - HAYES VTLLE The school board has announced that ; all teachers have been reelected for the next school term. It will be Mrs. Woodruffs and Mrs. Lauret ta Martin's second year, Mrs. Mc Kay's third and Mrs. Cleora Parkes eighth. Mrs. Marc Saucx substituted at school Friday for Mrs. Parks who was ill. The school children netted 15 from their candy sale Friday night The money is to go toward 4H scholarships for summer school at Corvallis. Child Slaying Trial Set May 17 MED FORD, April 20.-6rV-Cir cuit Judge H. K. Hanna set May 17 and 24 as trial dates forSgt. Bernard J. Lotka, 23, and TUle MichalskL 22, both , of Cleveland, O, indicted on first degree murder charges in the smothering of their 10-week-old son here April 1. Lotka, a surgical technician at Camp White, pleaded innocent at his arraignment Tuesday. Miss MichalskL his common-law wife. entered a similar plea last week. Indian Is Held On Assault, Theft THE DALLES. April 20.-1- Wesley McKinley, Celilo - Indian, waived preliminary hearing Tues day and was ordered held for a grand jury on a charge of assault ing and robbing Kenneth E. Mor rison, Portland, of $78 here I Sat urday. !- Burbank Discs Grain Field PEDEE Cliff Burbank,; who is j logging at Cherry Grove, brought his caterpillar out to disc his grain field last week.v 1 Mrs. Earl Gage is taking treat ments for her eyes at Stlem. Glen Davis has been eon-tractinc- wool In this vicinltr. Mrs. Bob -Arnold is in the- Dal-H las hospital. Mrs. Arnold has been sick' for some time. Mrs. John McGee has h-n tak ing treatments at Corvallis for an infected hand. " . . . . - - Mrsr Ray Tetters and Mrs. C Elayes were Dallas shoimers Wed. nesday. ,- . ' v . Qubs Bleet Today t;4UVC.K0ALE The Con solidated Fear Leaf Clover elab and Turner Better . Homes i and Gardens dob are to meet Wed nesday of this week at the heme or Mrs. John Petersen, for an all day meetinc. AH members and -friends are Invited to come and bring a basket IxauSu rn 3 UJ n . -:A ARMY DAY WITHOUT FARAD E View from N. T. monies In front ef snb - - " x v 4- " LOOKING OVER THEIR PRODUCT Anstrallast ehntes In an aircraft factory pay a visit to an KAAF station wvii' - v'sw ;DERBY FAVORIT E Coont Fleet, winter book favorite, In the 1943 Kentucky Derby, shown with Johnny Longden up at : Belmont Park. New York.' A son of Reign Connt. the celt showed great speed last year. Mrs. John Herts is the owner' STUDYING JAPANESE CODE rjnder the guid ance ef Frank Melville. Jr.. Miss Hasel Cha. Chinese employe of United China Relief m New York City, studies Japanese radio code. The Idea of the annsnal coarse Is to train civilians for 'abort wave listening posts on the west coast -as wen as torjradle Intel- Hxtsct Si csrrrkatlana warkv , ",,'7 - V treasmry which repUced vsaal Army - ,: - a: -. ' 8tk Exekansro bniUHna; of cere Day this year. girl war workers who make where the 'chntes are tested t -.L.i I . " 1 .,. :;t---- I : 1- CUN-WELL PULPI T From the well on the aft gnn deck ef a Liberty ship carry lac supplies to Sonthwest'Pacifie postsJ JU. S. Army Chaplain Walter McCrackea eondacts religious scrj Vices while two ganners keep a lookoata' , erby dark horse, won Ave i fc -ff-sMtMit, ia vSsaaaootaWArf--eaaaaaiafc- C R E E N . Forstmann olive green gabardine wju chosen by Anthony Blotta for ibis classics dressmaker spectator sport frock. The slanting flap pockets and flap caffs are new. Skirt Is only slightly flared, and the belt Is rast alligator. - i BRITISH Norman Hart. BelLlea41ng British designer created Uis sail of navy Mae' slacks, worn with a camel-col) '. ored dafflo coat and a wool taf teta check Moaoa. - it was " de V scribed as the restore of a spring shew fat London.' starts la the mad this season.' iiui wj w '. F : - I..-' ),"':: :?" : "' ' :' ?' Vv--,.:. 'V.,,. I-' .. - - f.rt - -.
