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EfflM- Willamffletite Reports From PAG3 FOU3 Business Men Hear Soldiers, Delegates Named . For Employment Meeting Tuesday MT ANGEL Dr. A. F. E. Schieraum, just recovered from a very serious illness, attended the Business,' Men's luncheon at the ML Angel hotel Tuesday noon for the first time in' two months and proved that he had not only re gained physical fitness but his for mer interest in community activ ities by bringing as guests two vis lting service men, Staff ,Sgt-Walter Hassler and Staff Sgt. Francis Moffenbeier. ' .- Sgt Moffenbeier gave a highly interesting talk about his experi ences in Guadalcanal and other Pacific islands. In his 17-months service with the US marines, he has traveled 27,009 miles and seen much active service against the Japs and holding stars' for two ma jor engagements, Sgt Hassler was in Hawaii at the time of the Pearl Harbor bombing but was hospitalized lat er. He now is stationed at Camp Beale, Calif.' Both men' are here on furloughs, Moffenbeier for 30 days and Hassler for 20. Doutlu Harris Ed Stolle and Sylvester Schmitt were appointed by the president to represent the club at the meeting to decide farm employment problems at the city hall Tuesday night Otto Oswald, reporting for the sick committee, said that Joseph Keber who had undergone a ma jor operation at Providence hos pital, Portland was doing very well and would soon leave the hospital, and that BUI Kloft's fa. ' ther was likewise; improving ra pidly. Mr. Oswald also reported that Rudolf Ebner, a former Mt Angel business man, had died last Sunday. The club voted to send a letter of condolence to his wi dow.' ' "j - Ticket sellers for the next meet ing will be William Beyer and Leo Schwab. J Scio Families Move, Sell Homes To Newcomers SCIO Gail Jones has purch ased the Main street building housing his confectionery and the Withers Produce company from Mrs. Lillie. Wilsoou of Portland, formerly of Scio. v . George Ralle and family are oc cupying the Cora Miller residence en South Main street, . having moved from Mill City. Ralle is employed by , the Roaring River Logging company. The Adam Voytek family has moved from the Miller house to the-Kenneth Me Donald acreage a mite east of the city. Tony Krossman and family plan to move June 1 to the acreage for merly owned by Mrs. Albert Shel- ton at West Scio, which they have exchanged for their Scio city property. Mrs. Shelton plans to occupy the smaller of the two houses on the Scio lot and to rent the house now occupied by the Krossmans. " School Office Mails Report Blanks DALLAS The office of county superintendent of Schools has mailed out report blanks by which school clerks will ; report , to the county superintendent the pupa attendance which will be the ba- X sis of apportionment of the state school : support fund. which is really, the' income tax fund and which has been turned over to the school fund lately. The clerks will make the re ports to the county superintendent who will in turn forward them to the state luMrintMidMif the allotment of the money Is - made. . " ; :J' ;'; .. As soon as the allotment is made it will be subtracted from the spe cial tax fund the school districts will levy this year.- Turner Juniors Plan Picnic Feting Seniors TURNER The junior class of Turner high school is entertaining with a picnic all day Thursday at Hazel Green honoring the .seniors who will receive their diplomas at commencement exercises Fri day, night . Bill Towry, president of the junior class, heads the com mittee on arrangements.. Miss Lor raine Vick and Mrs. Hallie Endi- cott, class advisors, will chaperone the students, v Logger Joins Family SCIO Dal ton Fox, formerly of ' Independence, has joined his fam ily at Scio, and wiH be employed as a caterpillar operator at the Snow Peak logging operations southeast of Scio. Mrs. Fox op erates a confectionery here. Their son, Dalton, jr., is in navy train ir.g at Farragut, Idaho. TJie Statesman's Salem. Oregon Thursday Eisenhower Cunningham Meet . ' ... : . T- - - I ' v 4- - t , .4 . r v. .. -V ::.,:. . s. .;:;:;.. . i r. - '-i Climbing ever the raJL limber and active, General Dwight Eisenhower is pictured here as he boarded a British battleship In the Mediter ranean recently fr a conference with Admiral Sir Andrew Cun- , nmghanu The rawandrr In rhlrf et the allied ferees hi Africa mavd the eemmander-ln-ehlef ef the British fleet la Berth African waters. The general is seen climb lag ever the rail atop a 16-tach gun turret The big barrels of the hogs gaas poke Into the air back i of the general. (International SonndpboU) Graduation, Service Flag Dedicatory Exercises Held FAIR VIEW The Fairview school closed with a picnic din ner at noon Saturday with the house packed for the patriotic program. Directing was Mrs. J. W. Versteeg, the teacher. The Mother's Day program, postponed because of illness more than two weeks ago was also given as a portion of the program Satur day. Numbers were: vocal solo, two numbers,' "Mother and Conchi ta," by Helen Ojua; first grade reading; play, "What Gold Cannot Buy, Doris Compton, Hazel, Coinp- ton, Richard Taskmen, vfayne Ojua and Arvtlla Thlen; solo,!' To Our MothersT' Ila Taskinenf solo That Old Irish Mother of Mine," Mrs. Toivo Bantsari; song and ex ercise, "Mother"; play, "Betty Be have," Ruth Maurer, Eleanor Moddemeyer and Eileen Lehman; song, "American the Beautiful," audience; America's Creed, Mel vin Lehman; song, "There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Some where," Eileen Lehman. The dedicatory ceremony of the servive flag for those in service from, this school .'included. S5tar Spangled Banner." played softly while Mrs. Carl Wood read "A Star on the Service Flag for Me"; Mrs. Ross Rogers reading a letter from each boy as Mrs. 'Vernon Stephens painted his star- and reading a poem. Solo, "Song of Peace," Mrs. Toivo Bantsari Am ong those honored were Harvey Fry, Vernon Alsop, Delmar Stout enburg, Lester, Versteeg, Philmore Heinonen, - Raymond - Heinonen, Edwin Heinonen, William Modde meyer, Roy Compton, John Kotka, Edwin Rasaka, Roy Bass, Morris Kinnan, . Charles Orin, Richard Orin, A. WiswelL ; Mrs. Jj W. Versteeg. the teach er, has signed a contract for next term.' I r . . r Lebanon Brownies Become .Tenderfoots; Council Head Feted LEBANON When; the Girl Scout court of awards was held May 18 in the scout house. Brown ies who have completed work nec essary far them to qualify as scouts ' were given their ? wings and flew up to the rank of "tender foot" j ; First class badges were present-, ed to Diana Edes, Eloise Groves, Adalee McKinney, Elizabeth Wad dell, Jean Ward, and . Mary Eu nice Williams. " A thank you award was pre sented to Mrs. Edward Bohle who has recently resigned as chairman of the council, her successor, Mrs. Ralph Reeves, making the presen tation, l .-. Mrs. Wliiteaker Suffers Bronchial Pneumonia r. '"Jf ; -";., TURNER Mrs. ; Ellison White aker has been ill at her home with bronchial - pneumonia but is re ported as much, improved. -Mrs. Cora Schweinfurth. of Sa lem has been convalescing for sev eral weeks in Turner at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Robertson, and Is still under the care of a physi cian. Her condition remains about the same, . Sirs. Crawford Better LINCOLN Mrs. Edgar Craw ford, who has been 111 since April 27, is slowly convalescing. Mrs. W. N. Crawford is staying with her sister-in-law until she is better. galley Community Correspondents Morning. May 27. 1S13 - Spinach Crop Loss At Grand Island f GEAND ISLAND The spin ach crop here, which' at the be sfnnlng ef the aeaaeat gave promise of aat aasnally food yield. U almost a total lost, growers report. Before very mach had been gathered, it tmrned yeDow and went to seed, the eeaditloa spreading ever aboat twa-thirda. f each patch. With harvest wages so high, and without gnaraateea of pur chase from the canneries, many farmers left the crop standing in the fields rather than take a chance on catting and selling It. Miss Keeney Buried at Dallas DALLAS Funeral services for Flossie May Keeney, SO, were held at the Henkel & Bollman Funeral home Wednesday . afternoon, j - Flossie May Keeney was born June 7. 1913, at Essex, Kankakee county, IlL, and passed away at her home in Dallas, Sunday, May 23. She came with her parents to Dallas In 1921 where she has since resided. Miss Keeney was baptized and confirmed : a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on August 2," 1936.- "- Surviving are her. mother, Mrs. Sarah Keeney, three sisters, Mrs. Bernice Taylor, Benton, Wash.; Mrs. J Paul Plessinger, ; Portland; and Mrs. Cecil Anglesby, Verno nia, and one. brother, James Alli son Keeney, Klrkfand, Wash.; two nephews and five nieces. : - i- Miss Wells Visits ' .?" Friends in Portland t ; BUENA VISTA Miss ' Barbara Wells, spent the weekend with friends in Portland. Relatives and friends of Mar vin Jordon and John Wheeler gave them a weiner roast Mon day. The two will leave soon to be inducted into the army. About 75 enjoyed the picnic Miss WlUa Dean Long of Port land spent the weekend with her parents. Betty Lou returned .Mon day, to Portland where she will be bookkeeper for the Western Mat tress company. t Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Prather came down from Idanha to spend Sun day with their sons. Fowler Funeral Held Wednesday : SIDNEY Word has been re ceived here of the death of Gus Fowler at a Portland hospital Sat urday. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Rose Lawn Fu neral home in Salem, withlntern ment in the Willamette Memorial park, near Albany. Clean Up Cemetery BUENA VISTA Quite a num ber met at the cemetery Monday and did a lot of clean up work. , , K 1M.Q5.WS Rieder Starts ' Labor Checkup Bit. Angel Survey -. To Get Under Way; . Women to Work : " , -.-. MT. ANGEL A meeting of Miss Frances- Clinton and Robert Rieder of the Oregon State college extension service with Rev. IKlde brand Melcbior and - representa tives of the various community or ganizations at the city hall 'Tues day night resulted in definite steps to meet, the farm labor shortage this summer, l--r- ;; V'i " . Miss Ana Erwert was appoint ed chairman af the survey com mittee. She and a group of wom en will meet with Kiss Clintea Thnraday T night f ee lnstrnettem as to Jaat how the survey of po-: teatial bbor in Mt. Angel win be made and how the blanks 1 will be filled eat. The town wCl bo covered ta the same way fal lowed hi the Red Cress cam- pa!. '' t :! ' One fweek will be allowed to finish gathering the Information. As soon as the survey is-completed, it will be cataloged and filed so that the list of workers' will be readily available. Ralph Oswald has been selected to take over the work of running the office and handling the assignments. He will be paid by the county farm labor board. " " ' Miss Clinton explained that five towns, Salem, Woodbarm, SOverton, Stayton and ML An gel, had been selected for farm employment. Each city modified the plans to meet Its ewa needs. . The purpose is to organise town " women, children and non-farm men to help harvest the farm , crepe. , .: .-j ' Congress has appropriated 26 millions to be divided between the states and has detailed the exten sion service with the responsibil ity to see that the farmer gets help. Mr. Rieder gave an account of the farm labor setup and said the county farm labor subcommittee had been functioning for two years and was now in a position to make the best use of the experience gar nered in that time. Because wom en would form the main: portion of the new, farm; help, women had been added to the board, Mr. Rie der said. - ! ,. '' t . The employment as been list ed under three groups: ' L 1. Utilization of non-farm wom en.1 This will be handled by Miss Clinton, assisted by Mrs. Mack, through the local organizations. ; 2. The use of school children by means of the platoon system which calls for supervised work. All the schools of Marion county were given a course of study in farm crops of the county as a prepara tion. " : 3. The use of non-farm men as partime workers in harvesting or processing the farm crops. Mr. Rieder also said that the ex tension service has contracted to work hand in hand with the US employment service and thus fa cilitate the farm replacement work. 1' . - Mrs. Gilson Suffers Heart Attack Monday :; PERRYDALE Mrs. C I Gil son suffered a severe heart at tack Monday night. She Is im proved now. ; , Mrs. Jack DeJong, who was bit ten two weeks ago by a black wi dow spider, is still having trou ble with her hand. She had her finger lanced again last Tuesday and Sunday her arm had become badly swollen, ; so she returned to the hospital Sunday night.-,; Have Measles -;, - ' GRAND -ISLANI5 Kenneth and Jimmy Asher, young sons of Mr. and Mrs George Asher, have come down again with measles. : 'ALL-STATE' ADTO niSTOAIICE All Coverages ' JESS CSOSSLC2 Agent, at ft n m m m - i r m I. in. lincoInPnib Keviev Yearo Activitiea LINCOLN Lincoln, school closed May 19 after a year of worthwhile activities. Floy Mar tin was the only eighth grade teacher. , . Among the year's activities were the scrap drive, in which the en tire neighborhood cooperated with the teacher, Mrs. L L Mickey, and the-pupils,' netting them $43. A sUk flag with white sQk fringe was purchased with a portion of the - fund. Josiah Wills, county school superintendent, compli mented ' the school upon the ap pearance of the Gag, saying that it was one of the nicest in the country. : . The enthusiastic Victory garden 4H club plans to continue its ac tivities ; this - summer under i the able leadership of Mrs. L; L Mick ey, ..who is an expert gardener, The officers of the club are presi dent, , Richard McDonald; . vice- president," Albert Williams: sec retary, Dolores' Merrick." , K seventh grade pupiL Gene vieve Ashford, won a high honor for a letter which she wrote ' en titled "How My Victory Garden will . help to win the war,, for which she received : an award of $20 ' worth of assorted garden seeds .from Sears, Roebuck and Company, and some tomato plants. Albert land Alfred. Williams, seventh, graders, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs.. Jeff Williams,, recevied souvenirs from, the battleship Ore gon as a reward for purchasing war bonds.'.; -T.: The annual , last day of school picnic sponsored by the school and community dub, was held at Mickey's grove May 16 with good attendance. A weiner roast was sponsored by the 4H club May 18. The last project of the school was a successful tin can 4 drive. - ; Mrs. L. L Mickey resigned as teacher and Mrs. s Roy Hammer accepted the position for the en suing year. Holiday Visitors Expected; .Turner Folk Take Trips TURNER Miss Irma Riches of Portland, will arrive Wednesday to spend the Memorial' day holidays with her niece, Mrs. Lucille Mc Kinney, and other Turner rela tives. ; .; -; r7-, 1 Miss Dorothy Sawyer, student In the Turner high school, plans to leave Monday lor Seattle, Wash., where she will be the guest of her sister, Mrs. David A. Lowe, Jr., and family for several months. Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Chapman Vere Mr. and Mrs. V L. Robertson' of Milwaukie, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Harris, Jerry and Johnny of WI1 lamina and Mrs. Gayette Barnett of Salem. 7 Mr. and Mrs. William Heseman and daughters, Gertrude and Lau ra of Sweet Home, were' Sunday night guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Robertson. , Mrs. Mary Ball has left for a trip to California where she. will visit with her two sisters and oth er relatives and friends. 29 to Be Graduated From West Salem WEST SALEM The school will present its annual commencement program at the school auditorium with Miss Joy , Hills of the state department of education deliver ing the graduation address, Thurs day night at S o'clock. ' Those graduating will be Max ine Davenport, Lucille England, Wilms Combs, Raymond Curtis, Bonnie Fanning, Lewis Friezen, Lavina Guen ther, Robert Goffier, Stanley Hartman, Lois June Hol- lingshead, Lloyd Haugen, Carol Ashcraft, " Clifford Jacobson, Mel- va Kling, Donald Kuhn, Dwight Kieth, Jack Michaels, ; Marcella Nelson, Norma , Rpblin, Laurence Rich, AUene Axleson, Clara .Sex ton Clifford, Sexton, Gwen Rust, Harvey, Short, Dick Swearingen, Wniard Winchester, Merle Trum bly and Emil Beer. 1 1 M " i?J-Vf ' . May We Decorate J For Your Shoiver? I ta. fJcjOtU Zest Suiters Fire, which swept threvga a square black af large baUduigs ia Venice, CaTL, and Usrealeaed the fa- . . . . ... miA ..H trMrJIiir la tlM.VeaVM fir AcMriaMit'i umS mil aaveaU eaUra, The omA the pier a few days previaae to the fire. The pabUe garage ta the Kinney bnildlng Is pletared la a af rains. Two firemen were tajarad ta the blase. (International). , ' Pioneer Pupils Are Graduated, Picnic Set i : PIONEER - Graduation exer cises were held at, the playshed Monday night. The class chose for its motto "Today we learn, tomorrow we serve." - I , The class flower was the' pink rose,' and colors blue and gold. . Those graduating were Shirley Keller,' Margaret Wells, Charles Morben,' : James Coyr and Leo Wood. J.-- The program was - as follows: Processional, music, Gail and Leo Wood; y salutory, Charles Mor ben; skit, Joan Theiss and Carol Coy; .class history. James Coy; song, Rosie Maria Wells and Evelyn aeiss; class prophecy, Shirley Keller; playlet, school girls; music, Gail and Leo Wood; valedictory. Leo Wood; presenta tion of diplomas, Mrs. Frank 3 k: v- , DHaNY Long: Distance calls go through about as fast 'as ever. - But sometimes there's an extra-heavy rush on certain circuits especially in war-busy, places. Whenever that happens, the operator will asli yoa to limit your Lonjr Distance calls to 5 minutes, j The idea is to give everybody a fair share of the wires. That gets to bz rnoro and moro important every .day,. 71:2 "PACins Tnjp::c::2;Ar:p TuU-crs-ii cc;.;?r.::v filcnlcd For Vc:co. Cdlx., FIra Dornhecker; recessional, Mrs. Lets N, CozeL teacher. - V" After the program, gifts were presented the graduates and re freshments were served by Mrs. Howard McCoy, Mrs. Gladys Frakes .and Mrs. Archie ' Brown. The school picnic will be held Thursday, May 27. ? ' Day Leaders Chosen ." For Observation Post PERRYDALE The fourth In terceptor' command officers of Portland called a meeting at the auditorium Monday night to give Instructions for better service on the alert post here. There was a good sized group out . to receive the Information. ; Seven day leaders, who will choose a group to work for them are Sol Edigar, Clem Martin, Mor ris Christensen. Levi McKee, Don Walker, Harold Stapleton and Lorenzo Gilson. . Harold Stapleton Is still chief observer for this district and all leaders are responsibe to him. . ' - - o no salters started a atear Hat mhtmt Snell Naineii Monument JP '., ;:- ;---C." ' Appointment -of Mrs. ; C h 1 o e Page,. Monument, aa justice of the peace for district no. S, Grant county, was announced by Gover nor Earl Snell here Tuesday. The district has not had a justice of the peace since 1940. Mrs. page's appointment was recommended by the Grant -county court. - ... i ' r ' -.- " . Oxford Funeral To Be Friday LEBANON Final rites will be read In the Brownsville Baptist church Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Grant Oxford, 19, who died at the Lebanon hospital from head injuries which resulted when he was struck by the rim of a truck tire which blew up as he was Inflating It. - ' Rev. John Schierling will con duct the services and : interment will be in the Pugh cemetery at Shedd. -., . . 'fin ) )