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
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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
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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. ;
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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
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ARMY DAY WITHOUT FARAD E View from N. T.
monies In front ef snb -
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LOOKING OVER THEIR PRODUCT Anstrallast
ehntes In an aircraft factory pay a visit to an KAAF station
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;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 ,
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treasmry which repUced vsaal Army
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Day
this year.
girl war workers who make
where the 'chntes are tested
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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
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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.'
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