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Mid - Willamette Valley News U Vlr Reports From The Statesman's Community Correspondents Card Solicits Farmers Union . Pledge $500 - Average; Sum . - ; May Reach $50,000 TALBOT Sidney -Talbot Farmers union held its regular meeting in the Talbot school Fri day night with a large attendance. President Keith ? Allen presided over' the business meeting. Mrs. Edmund Clark led the song service with Mrs. Fred Jor genson at the piano. Flag salute was led by Mrs. Clark. ' Many articles for sale and trade were given during the oral ex- 'change board report. r : Refreshment committee for the next meeting is Mrs. Edna Reeves, Mr. and Mrs. Joe O. Krasinski, Mr. and Mrs. George Potts, Mr. and Mrs. George Potts, jr.; -and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Rayer. Mrs. John Zehner gave the agricultural report. Ernest Henningsen report ed on the complete details pertain ing to the new flax plant to be built near Jefferson. He also told of the qualifications necessary for membership. Edmund Clark, Nel " lie Wiederkehr and Jake Gilmore reported for the educational com mittee. ' Paul France and Albert Wie derkehr, new members, were given the obligation by George Potts. " ' Visitors were Mrs. McKnight of Hillsboro, Mrs. Jay Era of Billings, Mont, Mr. and Mrs. Lei and Wells and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Voss of Marion. Jake Gilmour reported that the 'articles which have been donated lor a day room at Camp Adair .will be gathered soon and taken to the camp. ' Edmund Clark announced . that those who wished to donate blood to the Red Cross blood bank were to report to the Me . thodist church In Jefferson ev ery Tuesday morning between the hoars of 9:30 and 12:30. Louise Johnston announced the 'following program: Dance by Wayne Johnston, accompanied on the accordion by Dona Zehner; accordion solo by Dana Zehner; a play, "Examination Day," given by the students of the Sidney school and a reading by Edmund Clark. -,::; '.ti.- ,.."' 3. Jesse Gard and W. W. Smither, members ot the Marion county victory loan committee and em ployes of the Ladd 'and Bush branch of the US National bank, were guest speakers. - Bonds were subscribed amount ing to $30,000. Sales averaged $500 per person. It is expected the sum will reach $50,000 after all mem bers have been contacted. Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting. Louis Rehm Dies Month After Wife - SILVERTON Louis Rehm, 73, died Wednesday at his home on Meridian road, east of Silverton. It was a month ago Wednesday .that his wife, Katherine, died. The funeral is being arranged by the Ekman Funeral home, awaiting the arrival of a son. Henry, who is stationed at Ixw ery Field, Denver, Colo., and who left Wednesday night for Silver- . ton. i Other, survivors include four .sons, Fred and Herman of Port land, Martin of Silverton and Al fred of ML Angel; two daughters, Dorothy Rehm of Silverton and Mrs. Mary Warner of ML Angel. Tuckfield Visits ZEN A Mrs. E. Atkinson has had as her house guest for two days, her son-in-law, ; Joe Tuck field of Redmond, Ore. Tuckfield sold his barber shop at Redmond - and was on his way to Portland where he planned to make appli- . cation to get into the navy. Evory loaf of Master Bioad will pass the test for Purity. QeanlinoM and Quality. at your GRoenrs Salem, Oregon. Thursday A 4 i " ' r sis si- i SWARM OF SEA BEES Navy Msea bees," in traming at Camp Endlcott,DavUvUle, ; scramble down carco nets to practice fast start on construction work. Labish Camp to Be 1944 Convention Host To Royal Neighbors of Dowell District SILVERTON Labish camp, Royal Neighbors of America, will be hostess to the 1944 dis trict Dowell convention, delegates decided at the night program of the Tuesday all-day session at Silverton with Marion Tucker, oracle of the local camp, official hostess and Verna Beckner of Labish elected as convention oracle for the com-ing year.1 " The program, at the Knights of Pythias hall, was attended by more than 150 guests from Portland, Salem, Wood burn, La bish, Scotts Mills and Silverton following a no-host supper served in the Modern Woodman RNA hall, i The state supervisor, Mae E. Logan of Portland, gave the address recounting the accom plishments in the war program of the past year for the Royal Neigh bors of the state. A donation of $2200 has been given for the blood plasma work; Red Cross knitting and sewing has kept all auxiliary groups of the RNA's busy; members having served in all USO centers in their various communities; a number of individuals are serving with the WAACs, SPARS and WAVES; in every possible requirement being met by the RNA's in the duration Dallas Tells Music Week i Program DALLAS - Final preparations are being made for the Dallas Mu sic week program to be presented at the high school auditorium, Sunday, May 2, at 3 p.m., accord ing to Mary Martin, chairman of the Music week committee. Acting on the committee with Miss Martin are Mrs. Ivan E. War ner, Arthur AbeL Mrs. S. White, Mr." D. Lundberg and Mrs. Ralph P. Waggoner. Jean Pope is in charge of the decorations. The numbers will be: Invoca tion. Rev. Homer Leisey; "Listen to the Lambs," by Nath'l Dett and "Victory, by Yoder, high school mixed chorus' with director, Mary Martin, ' accompanist, Mary Lou Osborne; flag salute, Boy Scouts; "World Unity Through Music," Rev. Otto Nallinger; "Marianina," by Pitcher and "Kentucky Babe" by Geibel, boys' chorus; "Boats O' Mine! by Miller and "Goin Home" by Dvorak, EMB choir, di rector, John Freissen, accompan ist, Ruby Peters; offering, music, junior high school brass quartet; "To a Wild Rose" by McDowell and "The Piper's Song" by Risher, junior high school chorus; special solo; i"Ave - Maria" by Schubert and fThe River in Spring" by Genevieve Davis, - high ' school girls sextet; "God So Loved the World' by Stainer and "Hallelu jah Chorus"; by Handel, Civic chorus, director, Arthur Abel, ac companist, Mary Martin; benedic tion by J. J. Toews. v. ; r : No Offenders Appear Before Junior Police SILVERTON Junior police court session Tuesday night was very shortlived as none of those having tickets for misdemeanors appeared. They will be apprehen ded and brought to justice at a future, court session. . s The; junior court, has the city behind it and when the offenders fail to appear ' on a junior court summons, members of the regular police group go after them. Visit Daughter HOPEWELL Mr. and Mrs. Ed Loop went by bus Saturday and returned Monday to spend Easter with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ca pron at Olympia, Wash. Has Measles HOPEWELL Malissa Man- ley, six-year-old who was badly burned with hot water being milled . on her lees last week, is Morning. April 29, 1343 T i i - - program, Mrs. Logan stressed the fact that the past year had been the most fruitful of any in the 48 years history of the '! order. "Christianity and service are the high ideals of the fraternalism of the Royal Neighbors, including the protection of insurance," said the honor guest speaker.! All state officers present spoke briefly. Mrs. Sarah Peterson of Salem, state oracle and district deputy, was given ; two signal honors by Mrs. Logan In ser vice as ceremonial marshal! for the installation of ' convention officers, and being : selected to present the coveted member ship banner to the Salem camp which was received by . Car mellta Weddle of Salem. Other program features were a formal, candlelight ceremony by the Silverton team in memory of the five members who have passed away during the year, Lucile Lynch, Scotts Mills; Mary West and Rose M. Eckhart both of Salem and Ella Brookler and Ruth Wardrip of Silverton. Vocal selections were by Angela Fitzke of Silverton and Mrs. Clara Price of Monmouth with accom panists, Miss Mary Elizabeth Mac neill of Silverton, and Mrs. Alma Reede of Monmouth. Readings were by Otto Dahl and Mary Klee man. Mrs. Josephine Hartman, on behalf of the hostess camp, pre sented gifts to all distinguished guests. Salem camp under direction of Polk County Sets Farm Fire Fighting Meeting Schedule DALLAS Considerable activ ity in the way of organizing farm fire fighting crews has been un der way during the past two or three weeks in Polk county. Rep resentatives of the Polk county fire patrol office and the county agent's office have ; attended - a number of community ; meetings, assisting with the more complete organization of fire fighting crews. Because it is understood that army . officials and others expect air attacks in the northwest this coming season, there is more im portance attached to these meet ings than even was the case, last year. It is deemedwery essential that farmers protect themselves as much as possible by completely organizing to combat any possum ity of sabotage or bombing fires as well as those caused by : the usual conditions. 3 ' ; Meetings yet to be held have been scheduled for places as fol lows: April 30, Pedee schoolhouse; May 1, Liberty Community hall; May 3, Perrydale high school; May 4, Butler church (Gold Creek); May 5, Buena Vista Community hall; May 6, Greenwood school house; May 8, Pioneer ; school house; May 10, Salt Creek school- house; May 11, Oak Grove Com munity hall. Women and children are urged to attend these meetings because the entire farm family may have important ' tasks . in this connec tion this year. Good Morning IT'S III 111 SEE PAGE 12 UZJD PAGE THREE, . ...... ,.V,,v. I - - . A . i.. t; ,n mi Carmelita Weddle as lieutenant of the Red Cross motor corps, put on a serio-comic patriotic kit of dia logue and song, representative of a place for every woman in the war program which was well re ceived. The forenoon session was pre sided over by Mrs. Tucker, of ficial hostess as oracle of Silver ton camp, Introducing the conven tion officers of which Agnes Nae geli was oracle naming of the day's committees and completing Jhe registration of 91 members at tending. During the afternoon closed meeting, officers were elected, Salem camp conducted class adoption of seven candidates with the state supervisor, Mae E. Logan, as commentator in the school of instruction, and the for mal closing ceremonials . by the convention officers. Convention officers presiding darinr the day and evenlnr in cluded Acnes Naeg ell. Silverton, oracle; Verda Beckner of La bish, vice oracle; Carmelita Weddle of Salem, past oracle; Mary Ackerman of Salem, chan celloe; Genevieve Olson, mar shall; Belle Gortmaker, assist ant mars hall; Norma Etlin, IS; May Harrison, OS; Hattie Rnef, Salem, flag bearer; and FJoise Bewley, Salem, musician. Serving as Mrs. Tucker's kitchen committee for the noon lunch and the supper were Mabel Kirk, Jessie GoodalL Gertrude Moen, Hattie Bentson, Jessie Egan, Edna Mcintosh, Ida Bow man and Margaret Terry. Washington Folk ; Visit Relatives MILL CITY Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Stockwell and son of Ben gen, Wash., spent the weekend vis iting their friends and relatives in Lyons and Mill City. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Haynes of McMinnville spent Easter at the home of his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Haynes of Mill City. Mrs. K. R. Keys, mother of Mrs. Virgil Johnson, is visiting at her home, as Mrs. Johnson will under go a major operation at the Salem Deaconess hospital this week. - Mrs. Laird, the wife of LL Laird, the former Shirley Hor ner, has retained from the east. LL Laird is with the army en gineers and recently has been sent overseas. Mrs. Laird will reopen her beauty shop inMill City soon and will be at home with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Paal Horner. Valley Births LYONS Mr. and Mrs. Ward Slover are the parents of a baby girl born at the Salem Deaconess hospital Saturday morning. . j Contlnnons from IF. M. ( TODAY, FKL, SAT. - t Hits J FRED MacMURRAY PAULETTE GODDARD SUSAN HAYWARD - -CO v FEATURE - WNIlYALDniCII, 1 1 1 T n n w Jt LTCC.1 UJllUll tslTFKRY WW Mill City Church of Christ Gives Pastor Farewell Dinner ; MILL CITY Sunday a farewell dinner was given for the Guy Armstrongs in the basement of the Church of Christ. Mr. Armstrong is going to Glendale, Ore., to help start a new church there. -y Those who participated in omner were Mr. Kunde, Mr, Tre do, Mr. and Mrs. . Ed Drappella, Mrs. Nellie Chapel a and Mr. De Vreis.- MILL CITY i A victory cam paign was begun last week at the Church of Christ . with : Douglas Winn, i ? 21 - year - old evangelist from Martinsville, Va., affiliating. He has .been - invited - to return next year. ; . MUX- CITY The Friendship class of the Presbyterian church met for the election of officers at the home of .Mrs. Lee Morris Monday afternoon. Mrs. Ed , ward; J, Rnpp was elected presi dent, Mrs. Ed Thompson ' vice president, and Mrs. Clayton Baltimore, seeretary-treasiirer. : Mrs. Baltimore, the retiring pre sident,'' conducted " the meeting which opened with the reading of scripture by ' Mrs. H. " A. Schroe- der, the instructor. Devotions were led by Mrs. A.; Wolfe, wife of. the minister. Easter cards were mail ed to the men in the service from here. . ;.. ; Serving on the nominating com mittee were Mabel Schroeder, Al berta Smith and Bonnie Miller. The next meeting will be with Alice Rupp. Refreshments were served at the tea hour by the hostess. UNIONVALE . Over 70 peo ple attended the Easter sunrise services held at the Unionvale church Sunday morning. Rev. Gerald K. Jaffe brought the East er message. About 37 remained for the Easter breakfast served by the young people in the Ladies Aid room. At the morning service, de voted to reception of new mem - bers, 159 were present. Those Joining the church were Audrey Chlttim, Verl Terry, Lois Rock hill, Esther Cnlp, Neal Tram mell, OdeU Ledford, Btllie Jean Ledford, Betty Rath Ledford, Claude Rorabangh, Lois' Hibbs, Lola Mao Palmer and Barbara WIU. The Easter cantata, "The Glory of Easter," was presented by the girls' chorus and directed by Mrs. Jaffe. Taking part were Audrey Chittim, Jeanne Magee, Muriel Ferguson, Lillian Coberly, Iva Rockhill, Lois Hibbs, Jeanne West fall, Nellie Ferguson, Gertrude Hobson and Lenore Allen. Pianist was Myrtle Rockhill. . A short Sunday school session Polk Adopts Plan Of Student Labor DALLAS County Superinten dent Josiah Wills is in receipt of a quantity of bulletins sent out by the state division of vocational ed ucation to be distributed to the schools over the county. These bulletins deal with the program of organizing students of the upper grades in high school to prepare them for harvesting crops for the farmers during the summer. The bulletins are to be used in the schools and deal ex clusively with student farm labor. They have the approval of the state superintendent and also the county superintendents. 1 yfi m :"'., 'tir IK' ilLZ PLCS VaudeviUe Days" , And Walt Disney Cartoon "DONALD'S TIKE TROUBLE I w f -bssss- m m . m m m -xym i V& " VnU ' I x! fit i X 9 a-' 1 1 vr& 5 I i', AST lb, a H 4 : OF - WAITER HUSTON-NANCY COLEMAN - 1 1 the program which followed the was followed by miscellaneous ex ercises with each class furnishing a : number. The . young people's class and the intermediate class were, in charge of floral decora tions which centered around the cross. ' - ' -' ' - HOPEWELL t Easter ; serv 1 toes at - the United- Brethren charch A attracted ; JOt members and. friends. The. junior choir, directed by . Mrs. Torre - Bant ' sari, was featured. At night the choir presented an Easter can tata and. pantomime. ST.. LOUIS One of the most beautiful services of the year was held Sunday in the SL Louis Ca tholic church. High mass Was read by' Father Columban of Mt. An gel, : who .conducted, the services.' I MIDDLE GROVE The Wom an's - Mission , group met at the home " of Mrs. J ohn Cage, Tues day. The new study of Latin America, "On This Foundation," by Ry croft, was begun. ; The group voted to buy , a re ligious picture to be hung in the day room at Camp Adair furnish ed by Middle Grove community. - Rev.'Peter Becker, recently from Imperial Valley, Calif., and new ly appointed missionary of the American Sunday school - union for this area, was present for the Easter service of the local Sunday school, when attendance was re corded at 51. Rev. Becker and family plan to reside in or near Salem. ZENA The members of Spring Valley Home Missionary society are planning one of the most out standing of their numerous activi ties when they sponsor a chicken pie supper : to be given at . the Zena school Friday night, April 30, from 6 to' 8 o'clock. The supper will be a full course meal with chicken pie, vegetables, green salad, coffee and dessert. The Spring Valley Home Mis sionary society is what the name implies,' doing home missionary work. The fatherless and widows are given assistance, children at the tuberculosis hospital and the farm home at. Corvallis are re membered with gifts at Christ mas time. 11 A miscellaneous program will be presented upstairs after the supper. LYONS Easter was observed at the Methodist church with two pageants "The Awakening" and The Eternal King" presented by he members of the Sunday school A group joined the Stayton churches for a sunrise service held on the hill between Lyons and Stayton. Rev, Roork gave a short Easter message .which was followed by a baptismal service wi,th 15 being baptized, and a group was taken into the church by confession of faith. Rain Slows Planting ST. LOUIS ' The farmers of this community are experiencing difficulty in - getting their corn ground ready due to too much wet weather. TV r2 ? i v JUDITH ANDERSON RUTH GORDON km , LEWIS MILESTONE - Business Men Hear of Bataan Frank vllettwer Relays Account to Men In Mt, Angel MT. ANGEL Members of the Business Men's club heard a re- parents of Mrs. Downing. Down layed account of CoL Romello's m. i, with the US naval reserve description of the last days of Ba- at Francisco and only had taan at the luncheon at the ML a few days furlough here, but Angel hotel Tuesday noon when Mr rvnwnfn Fernel GilstraDi Frank Hettwer; just returned from the east reviewed RomelloJ talk given at the American Dried Milk Institute in Chicago. .h.h...im-i,! mw-..-. dresi lasted two hour, and ten mM k k v.i,t w divided attention of the 500 men attending the institute through ev ery minute of it A colouel in. the Philippine ar my, Romello held degrees not only from the island university but also from Columbia university and Notre Dame. He was the last man to leave Bataan, having been sent from there with sealed orders fron Wainright to MacArthur In Australia nn Arii x h. a- fore the surrender of Bataan. Hettwer graphically reenacted the hazardous trip to Corrigedor and back, to Bataan and from thence to Australia. The trip was made in an old wreck of a plane. salvaged from the waters in Ba- tn ftr ii Am.r!,. .nJtr Turner home Saturday after Philippine planes had been de- trovd hT th Jan. Th. !t,f,,i horror of the starving population on Bataan was made very plain. Rnmplln aM i.ft Tnnn A,- can and 75,000 Filipino soldiers in Bataan, all of whom had had nnlv rirm for tho lat wn rr.th. rkofivs Anvil Q ont s-Sa anil -w He paid high tribute to the cour- age and endurance of the Amerl- . tp-,. . . The talk reviewed by Hettwer was Romello's 174th in the US. He is being sent all ever the country by the war ministry to give these talks. Ti Vauvmiaw vanAfAi) 4ka4 Wa. was afraid the war bond quota ,7 l- rv 7 , ? fact which he deeply regretted ove? t?eL Wgel 8lWay" g0n KE3 Bu-dS tTsel Ifc Man over the top. kt. . v - v- Jack Bauman explained that the ZtT T, "t, , rr many old retired people with . , small means and so many large TU m ill tm thsT Trviin1 it cimnlw im " J: " ;r " , " " ' rrXZ - a " T T member and mostly made just 4 - ' enough to keep going. . , , , . ings into war bonds, leaving thel denomination and type to the dis- t,- k- . A"::,;.:ia--, ScWeTbau was geTung UttTr ad hoped to leave the hospital short- Tony Traeger announced that the scrap metal was finally being moved xwt and that the various organizations would receive the recompense. Ed Stolle reported that the eommlttees from - the different societies had conferred about the donation of the baseball textbooks to St. Mary's school and would spilt the cost of the books between them. The cost per organization would not run over $6.25. The secretary was voted instruc tions to write letters to Sen. Mc- Nary and RepMott protesting against the immoral and profane pictures being shown to the men in army camps. . ; Louis A. LeDoux took the oc- STARTS TODAY -n j .pJIpaQ:- ANN, in thir hearts an unconquerable love y on their Hps a v.it evi rra yvs cote:i:! ill v ll Turner Folk Fete Relatives Over Easter TURNER Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Downing have returned to their home at San Francisco following a vicit at the home of Rev. and I m e. J. Gilstran In Turner. remained for . longer visit with nliUrt9 knd friends, i . v P l2r.i J - Tir7ZZZ yer entertained during the Easter J?50? for -J cluldren,Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hamner of Newberg Mr',Dd Mrt V"1 Denyer ana rauunc m rwuiou Ellison Whiteaker, senior at Oregon State college spent the Easter holidays with his parents. nLM, 1JLiniit Stan Prather of Oregon State spent eekend J1?1 Z,-,vp"?nil Z?' LilTr Jrf?r mo'r Mrs. N. W Hutchena, was also m guest at the Easter dinner. Recent guests of the Pra thers include Mr. and Mrs. Leo Weddle of Jefferson, Mr. and M?' Delbert Long rand Delvon of Salem, and Mrs. Jack Eichendorf and daughter, Gailya, of Albany. Mrs. Frank Parr returned to !f"din week. Missuola and B"". Mont, with her daughter. e former Mrs. Dolly Diment of v U i4 . " V 1 norae xsuiie. upon reiumin home Parr w" iummoned to Eugene tore for her youngest u-ujsnver, unoiie, wno im iu Frank) Parr who is employed m l?P?frd" SPnt Wk" T - , v tT ' T 7 j accompanied by his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Rus sell Denyer and ' small daughter, Pauline, - of, Portland. Mannings Visit INepiieW, I Ortlantl ST. LOUIS Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mor,. Kt tM. . jlV' "7- tal and has been very ill. They . . . ' f were accompanied by their son. ,awi 'A v,-. I r 9 Earl Manning. Due vo the fact that Francis . , Manning, son of Mr. and Mrs. ...wv. the measles, he was unable to , . . of, , T " Tl, I L V home parents. He has been attending high school at Mt. An- during the past year. , casion to pass out cigars to the cluo m honor of his son, Raymond I LeDoux, aviation cadet, who was I rnarriea at ban Antonio, Texas, 1 last Saturday. I Ticket sellers for the next meet- ing are W. v. Harris and Sylves- iter Schmitt OFFICIAL U. S. ARMY AIR CORPS 65th Fighter Squadron Insigne FREE with War Stamps bought this week at Shell Dealers and Shell Stations v Get your U.S. Fighter and Ob servation Souadron iniisrnia the b'nd youngsters are collect ing now! In full color on cloth, Mai.. tney re just; right to sew on . pockets, caps or sweaters. You get one of these insignia FREE while the supply lasts every time you buy War Stamps f torn your Shell Dealer or Shell Serv- ice btation. And watch for the next new insigne! fCAKi rca Youa cas rca roua country Remember, not the tpJmttrt but th tmiendar is your bett guide nowsdartt Once a TTeet: r tATTOtT-- Reduced driv&ig makes Shell cbeck-vpt of mter lerel sod . chsige snore important thaa ever. Tiatl MInt!ntBf correct sir preswre svrct tires sad gaaoliat. - Every 2 Months: Oil Have crankca4 drained, flushed sad refilled with Golden fihcll Motor Oil. tHCtUiaaKATION Thorough, " correct lubrication rital in mak ing yoor car last for the duration. curii c:i company ftrifast with measles. - i