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Delauney Views Post-Var Peace Faith Is Essential, Speaker Tells Mt. Angel Graduates - MT. ANGEL Rev. John B. De launey, CSC, dean of Portland university and main speaker at the graduation exercises at ML 'Angel college Sunday afternoon, dwelt on the importance of "faith that has to win the peace after our arms have won the war." He read texcefpts of : letters from former Portland university men now in the war to prove his contention. Rev. James Koesslera dean of Vu Angel college, spoke briefly Jtefore Introducing the speaker, and Father Thomas Meier ad 'dressed a few words to the grad uates before conferring the de grees and honors. r : n f: I Two gold medals were award ed, the oratory medal to John Hies tf Portland - and the- medal for general excellence to Joseph Neu Ville, also of Portland." Mr. Neu Tille also delivered' the Valedic tory. The salutatory was given by Lawrence Epping of ML AngeL Beside the processional and re cessional, th college orchestra tolayed the following selections: TPrelude Hungarian Dance Five" by Brahms, "Country Gardens," md "Star Spangled Banner." A yoeal solo, "In a Monastery Gar den," by John Z. Joyce and "O Sacrum- Convivium" by the col lege qoartet completed the pro gram. .This was the 58th commence fnent exercise held at ML Angel tollege, and because of the war the graduating class was small Of the 11 bachelors of arts de 'Srees conferred, two majored In sociology, six in philosophy, two In Latin and one in business ad ministration. Thomas Gorman of Woodburn, .who joined the army reserve ranks nd is now in training in Little Rock. Ark., received his degree in absentia. . Cloverdale Pupils Graduate Turner CLOVERDALE Many rela tives and friends of Edith Schiffer er, Frank Hedges, Karl Schiff erer, Morris Petersen and Clarence Cox (until recently of this community) attended the high school gradua tion exercises in Turner Friday I flight. Along with other gradu ates . from Turner and vicinity, these five young people .from, the Cloverdale district received their diplomas and several awards. A scholarship was won by . Frank Hedges. The first three attended the lo cal school all eight years and iwere graduated from the Clover Bale grade school, later attending Turner high and- going from here . on the daily bus. . - ' iWomeix Motor To Gardner CLOVERDALE Mrs. Karl ."Wipper and Mrs. Gertrude Hen nies motored to Gardner Friday Iwhere Mrs. Wipper went to clean lip and care for ber " mother's grave at their home cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Henmes and two daughters, Evelyn and Celeste, spent Sunday at thecoasL They did some fishing before re turning to their heme. Miss Ruth Davenport of Toledo is spending the week visiting ber Sister and family, Mr. and-Mrs. A. B. Drager. The Dragers spent Sun day at the home of her parents, . Mr. and Mrs; George Davenport at Toledo. . . X.. . ' i Injured Finger SILVER-TON C E. Higgiu botham was treated at the Silver ton hospital Sunday for an injured finger. He almost severed the one ginger on his left hand. Saved by Mike Eeckerman holds twe Mexican tots, (left te right) JEtdel tmA LsmereUa Fraga ef Dallas Tex, shertly after he carried them rem their bsrning home, lust seconds before the burning reel bove their heads collapsed. Mid - Willamette -Valley : News it Reports From Escaped Convicts Put Mehamans on Spot Hostages Give Accounts of -Pair's Fliglit I By MRS. MrTRT.F. PHTT.TPPt .:, MF.HAMA .Escaped, convicts from the Oregon state penitentiary put several people in Mehama on the spot early Saturday morning. The -two arrived at the home of Gordon Zollner, who lives about three miles above Mehama in a lonely and isolated spot, about 10 p. m. Friday after Zollner had re tired. T, M. Freeman, the hostage, wax forced to knock at the door, and receiving no answer, the two fugitives started-breaking in. Zoll ner got up to investigate and was forced at the point of a gun to let them in, , They demanded that he prepare a meal I while they searched the house for weapons and for any thing else which, they ' wanted. Zollner had three' guns belonging to himself and several he was keeping for. a friend in the army. There was plenty of ammunition for all of the guns. - ' s These i ana . the aaunvnluea, hpnting knives, eesaaass, rasor and ether articles alaag this line were taken by the pair. They searched ZMleer. nadu SIM which they teek also, be - 'res his wardrabe they shirts, ties, seeks aad the ceats frees his twe salts. After exacting a promise from Freeman that he. stay there tul morning, they forced Zollner to accompany them to town. His tel ephone was disconnected in the meantime. As his car has been put away for the duration, he was Crowd Views Holiday Events At Silver ton SILVERTON In spite of a steady 'downpour which eliminat ed the usual Memorial Day pa rade, the annual program was well attended at the armory Sunday afternoon. ' Chaplain L I Whitsell of Camp Adair spoke. Musical numbers in cluded vocal solos by Mary Lou Case and Angela Fitzke, with Mrs. Dahl accompanying Miss Case and ; Jean McClanathan accom panying Miss Fitzke; trumpet sold by Don Renwick and taps by Don Ren wick and Billy Hutton. . C J. Towe served as master of ceremonies. The Rev. O. Leonard Jones gave the benediction and in vocation. Honored were Mrs. Hel en Wrightman,: gold star mother; Mrs. R. E. Gourlie, past president of the WRC; Mrs. Arthur Gotten berg, president of the legion aux iliary; Mrs. Oswald Johnson, pres ident of the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary; Lester Standard, commander of the VFW; Arthur Gottenberg, commander of the le gion; and Kenneth Allen, presi dent of the Sons of Legion. Because of the rain the annual services at the cemetery were eliminated. Mrs. Toininger Visits Daughter WALDO HILLS Mrs. John Tominger is at Portland visiting her daughter, Mrs. Florence Sher man. Theodore Riches is being kept busy caring for 5000 turkey poults. Lawrence Rue, veteran of the first world war, is visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. K. O. Rue. He had been receiving medical care in a veterans' home in California be fore coming home. i Seconds The Statesman's Community Correspondents Salem, Oregon, Tuesday ------ Petticord to Speak .UNIONYALE Rev. Paul P. Petticord mt' Salem will brutg the message at 8 p. m. teday far the fourth quarterly conference te be held at the, Untonvale Evangelical church. Following the sermen, the bmslness ses sion will be held. The Children's day program by the Sunday school will be given Sunday forenoon. Jane 13. forced to carry five heavy rifles and shotguns while the two car ried the ammunition. They started out on foot hunt ing a "good car. Zollner : was threatened continuously, provoking several displays when he did any thing other than the orders given him. :. t " ll ' - vv;.' The barking of dogs at the home of J. M. Fitrke frightened the two away and on toward Mehama. The next place they tried was the Er cfll Wilson home but no one was there. On they came, getting into Mehama in a few minutes. Zoll ner reported that the Merle Phil ippi home was considered next but passed up as no car was In sight. ; - i - Going back down the hiTt, a light was showing in the R. EL Shields home as Shields was pre paring to leave for work. The con victs asked Zollner if Shields owned a car and decided to try there. Zollner was forced to knock at the door and when Shields an Defendant . i ' , ' ; -1 4- - 1....... .;,;;, Hannah Williams Dempsey, above, wif e of f ormer heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, arrives at the supreme court ' bnlldfrng la White Plains. NT, for the trial ef divorce action started 'by her hasband. : .. Eight From Swegle To Be Graduated From Parrish SWEGLE Eight from Swegle district will graduate from Parrish' Junior high school on Tuesday. Four of the class have moved in to Salem and will still, be with their class mates and , one did not go on to school. Those from Swegle are: Norma Conklln, Patricia Standley. ATJelma Lake, Delores Huckstep, Eugene Nel son, Ruth Tanner, William Ames and Robert McKinney. ; - Swegle district was not repre sented in .. the class graduating from high school this year, for the first time in many years. The eighth grade class in 1939 was very small and all have moved from the district . but one girL Josephine Winkenwerder, who now lives in Salem, graduated with this year's class, j .: There are two names of Swegle girls on the list of those receiving first merit awards at Parrish Tuesday, Norma Conklln and A' Delma Lake. The re. are three other girls names who only re cently moved from Swegle, Elea nor Smith, Dolores Dickey and Jeanne Dafley. ,t , Attend Mission Meet . HOPEWELL Rev. and Mrs. Gerald K. Jaff e, Mrs. Currie, Mrs. Matt Davis, Mrs. Henry Deedon, Mrs. Owen Pearse, Mrs. Ross Rog ers and Mrs; J. W. Versteeg were those from the Hopewell United Brethren church who attended the all day conference of the Women's Missionary Society held at Philo math Friday. ' Valley Births STLVERTOK - Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Klchelson are reporting the birth of a daughter at the Snverton hospital on May 23. Morning, June 1, IS 3 - - .- . swered, a gun was leveled on him and he was told it was a holdup. As Shields started to close the door, he was shot. - ; ' In the excitement Zollner es caped and the then frantie pair ran far , any. ear. They forced Tommy Rnmray to get his car and head en up the line. Shields la the meantime : called and a nelsbbor. Mrs.' Jennie Moe, gat hela far him. Further Information about the flight was not available through local sources. However, nearly ev erything stolen has been returned except a 23 caliber single-shot rifle, a 12-gauge double barreled shotgun and a gray suit coat, all articles belonging to Zollner. " The car was discovered about a half mile from Mehama where it had been abandoned after being backed into a deep ditch near the Manley Stone home and below the Kubin place. Evidently the two had attempted to turn at a fork in the road and had lost control. Both roads at this junction were dead ends. Later reports indicat ed that they and the guard struck up the bill to the end of the road and from there into the old logged off land, eventually wHlng up on the CCC road bunt for the forest service. Had they gone to the right on this road, - they 'would have been miles back in desolate coun try. A branch of the road leads directly past the Zollner home. Another branch leads- to Silver Creek Falls. Gervois School Meets Called -GERVAIS High school district one will hold its annual school meeting June 28. The estimated expenditures for the coming school year are $16,605 with $12, 505 required to balance the bud get. -: . - During the past year, the esti mated expenditures were $16,234 with- $11,834 required to balance the budget. The term of M. B. Lucas ex pires as a member of . the school board. No prospective, candidate has been mentioned. B. B. Barner, who has been clerk of the board for several years, says he, is not a candidate for reelection. The district 76 meeting will be held June 21. The budget of esti mated expenditures is $4350 while $1925 must -be raised to balance It- The expenditures last year were $4000 with $2125 raised to balance the budget. Lester Fer ren's term as director wfll expire but no one has been named so far to take his place. Graduate Leaves To Visit Fiance In California KEIZER Miss Betty Mae Pierce left for Pittsburg, Calif., by plane immediately' after re ceiving her diploma at the high school 1 commencement on Friday. She will visit her fiance. Pvt. Henry,. R. Stoudenmeyer. Private Stoudenmeyer is in. the air force band and soon will be leaving the states for overseas duty. , Arriving on Friday from Page, Nebraska, was William Williams and his mother. They are visiting Mrs. Williams two sons and their families, Mr. and Mrs. Ray WuW liams and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Williams. The Clarence Williams family moved here recently from Oklahoma and are living on Cade streets- , : -: Visiting their cousin, Mrs. Paul Pierce, on Sunday were Mrs. Hat tie Bryant and Mrs. "Addie Van Marter of Tigard, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Cleaver of Portland and Mrs. Vern Van Marter of Van couver. They are all former resi dents. Montgomery Rite To Be Held Today WOODBURN Last rites" will be held today at 130 p. m. in the Ringo' chapel for Mturies Forbes Montgomery, age 88, of Hubbard, who passed away in a Salem hos pital Saturday. Rev. Max F. Gu lick of the Foursquare Gospel church will officiate, t Interment will be in Belle Pass! cemetery be side bis wife, Jennie who died in 193L r?:: V; ,-:'.. Jl Montgomery was born in Marys- v&Ie, Mo, and came ; to OregonJ from Colorado 34 years ago. He Is survived by sons, Harold S. of Portland, and John Ronald of San Diego; and six grandchildren. ' Finishes School AUMSVILLE Joan Coats, who has been In Forest Grove the past school year, baa returned . to her home bere.-v-i,-- ;;r - r.--";.,-; PAGE SEVEN 116 Blood Bottles Filled At Silverton SILVERTON ; One hundred and sixteen bottles of blood "were filled Monday at the blood plasma mobile unit which stopped at Sil verton. . upon arrangements made by Dr. P. A. Loar. One feature of the day was the presentation of a silver pin to Mrs. Delia Mae Allen of Monitor, who Monday made her third donation of blood. The i Red Cross 'motor corps unit of Silverton was in charge ox registration at the Eugene Field building where v the work was done. Assisting in this were Capt Elizabeth, Kleinsorge and r Mrs. Ralph- Larson, Mrs. W. E. Stoy, Mrs. Rolf Bentson and Mrs. Ru dolph Schenks. The American Legion auxiliary was in charge of the canteen work and assisting on this were Mrs. L. A. Hall, Mrs. Carl Haugen,Mrs. Ernest Starr, Mrs. R. A. Black, Mrs. Henry Hutton, Mrs. ; C H. Heidenstrom, Miss Ruth Lorenzon and Miss Neva Price. ; The I .Women's dub was ; In charge of - the check room and assisting here were Mrs. A. J. Titus, Mrs. George Jaeschke and Mrs. Clark. Bachman. ; There were one doctor, . six nurses, a blood custodian and one typist from Portland. From' Salem were Mr. and Mrs. Ehner-Scellars and three, nurses and five nurses' aides. ;. X'.':. r.-y ; ' Two local nurses also assisted, Mrs. W. L. McGinnis and Mrs. William Bloch. Third Car Fire Reported in Week At Silverton : SILVEETON The third ear fire within a week occurred at SOvertea 6 atarday saorsdag when taw. C L. Wanney ear was found bernlng Just as Mr. Ben ney entered the garage te take the ear te work. The entire back : seat ef the ear was buraed out. Just hew it started was ma knewn but it was believed that seaaeena had slept In the car and left rly m the soontlng. The ear was parked ta the ga rage eat Welch street.; Daaaage was estimated at aver $!. , Fryer Released From Hospital DETROIT - Mrs. Tom Fryer and children went to Salem Thursday to bring home Mr. Fry er, who had been confined to the Deaconess hospital for two weeks. They also met Elmo who came home from, the. naval air ' base at Pasco, Wash., to spend a short furlough. x . Emmett Dorochy, who is em ployed at the Mill City Coopera tive Logging company has been compelled to lay' off. because of trouble with his leg which he in jured several years ago. PROTECT YOUR til GHT iip DnlVG A CtNRAL ef AMfJtiCA'AatoasaiSe UmW.lfj ttXkf SMH the lew's reftnrtateatt, ghres yaa aasersesssd prattctiea aad preset seysMat ef leases, at a wessaaMe pttmimm cast. Calf as T09Ar4t as fire ym ALL ske lasttf Farmers Plan Fourth of July Sitlney-Talbot Union . To Sponsor Old Time Celebration TALBOT Sidney - Talbot Far mers union! met Friday with a small attendance due to the busy season.-.';-:.;- : -.c.r-". 'r-' . . Fred Jorgenson was pianist and Mrs. Edmund Clark led the sing ing and flag salute. -: The refreshment committee ap pointed for the next meeting is Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Turnidge, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Turnidge, N. C White, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wied, Mr. and Mrs. William Wiederkehr. - Plans were discussed to spon sor an old time Fourth of July celebration, to be held near Tal bot. David Turnidge and Jake Gilmour were appointed to decide on a suitable place. Sports and contests of various kinds w&l pre cede a picnic dinner to be served at noon, followed by a ball game and swimming contests. The entire community is invited to attend the eld fashioned celebration. Rev. Henry -Turnidge and Mrs. Ernest Freeman were appointed in charge of the program; Mrs.' Leila Cole and Mrs. Lena BurseU of the dinner; Mrs. D. E. Blinston and Mrs. Edna' Reeves to serve on the publicity committee. Edmund Clark reported two new Farmers union locals organised by the national vice president In New Mexico, and he told of the know ledge ha and 'other could derive by studying the Spanish language through contacting Farmers union members of these newly organized locals. .; i Mrs. Edna Reeves was ia charge ef a short program Including saa ophone solo, Gaylord Cole, ac companied on piano by Mrs. Fred Jorgenseh; wading, gat, by Gayle Gilmour; song by audience. Lunch was served by the com mittee. Madsen Spends Holiday Visiting Grandmother BRUSH CREEK Robert Mad- sen of La Grande spent the week end with his ' grandmother and aunt, Mrs. M. J. Madsen and Miss Lillie Madsen. He was on his way to Eugene where he will be with the forest service this summer. He reported that bis brother, Rich ard, had enlisted in, the navy air corps 'and was taking ' his basic training at Farragut, Idaho. He Is a son of Mr. and MrsAlvin Mad sen, formerly of Salem and Al bany. Richard just completed his high school work at La Grande in May.. Two Break Arms SILVERTON Wesley Crowson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Crow- son, and Tom Anderson, ' son of Mr. and - Mrs. Tom A. Anderson, each accidently broke his arm during the past week while play ing at the high school physical education field. Tom sustained a single-bone fracture and Crow- son's forearm was broken. Grangers Now; KKIZKft The regular business meeting of Chemawa grange wfll be held i at . the grange hall on Wednesday night. The Home Eco nomics dub of. Chemawa grange will meet all day at the hall on Wednesday. TeL 4103 L N : f Old Glory Waves from Jap Boat' H I'll " r '" ' i 'I ' ! i ii i.i in1 innrniMin imiiiih i i i i iiiiiiii -. . . . t The American flag Is promlneatly displayed ever this captared Jap i laadtng beat which a araaa ef Americana are hrlngins ashere eat j the beach at Massacre bay ea " Attn, (Associated rress phot treat TJSN.) .;, , r Joseph Morris Buried, Turner CLOVERDALE Funeral ser vices were held in the Walker and Howell chapel Thursday for Jos eph C Morris, a resident of this community for the past ii years. Mr. Morris died at his family home ; here on Monday . morning at the age of 78 as a result of a heart attack. Ha 'was bora at Richmond, InL, on October 5, 1867. In 188 he married Jeanettis Dixon. The Morris family came to Oregon in 1890 and for a number of years lived at Newberg where he taught school. In 190$ they moved to toe Morris farm where he made his home until -bis death. . Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Nettie Morris; five daugh ters and four sons: Mrs. Howard N. Hunsaker of alem, Mrs. R. H. Struck of Portland, Mrs, T. White head ' of Turner, Mrs. Elizabeth Hennles of Los Angeles, Mrs. Florence Kamberger of Wheat Ridge, Colo., John H. Morris of Los Angeles, Nathan Morris of Indian Valley, Idaho, Joe Morris of Portland and .William Morris of Salem., Also surviving a 23 grandchildren a n d six great grandchildren. -'.' The funeral services were con ducted by the Rev. H. C. Stover and interment, was in "the I OOF cemetery near Turner. MrW Riches, Sons 1 Jom'Captahi- ; SILVERTON Mrs. Harry Rich es and her two sons, Raymond and Jackie, are leaving Wednesday night for Fort Huachuca, Ariz where they will visit Capt. Rich es .who is stationed there. Riches has received moving orders, but where to was not known by his family. Mrs. -Riches plans to visit her mother at Mankato, Minn, be fore ; returning to Silverton. She taught at the Thomas school this past j term but does not plan to teach this coming autumn. If her husband is stationed in this coun try, she plans on being near. him. Capt. Riches was Marlon coun ty agricultural agent befare en tering the service. Hi IP, rao&ic Unna Minn Prouldcc 9 Th ntw Oregon Safety Responsibility Low which goes into, effect next Wednesday, June 9th affects every motorist whether owner or driver. Failure to comply involves the risk of drastic penalties includf Ing the suspension ef both operator's license and car registration plates, - . On and after next Wednesday, if you or your car is Involved in an Occident, no matter how slight, and regardless cf who Is to blame, you must promptly filt with the Secretary of State proof of financial respons ibility for meeting claims for damages from future eccidsnts. Ecstsst, cheapest way to do this is by haying en approved automobile liability insurance policy. : TeL 12) N. Commercial SL f m Miss Rowland f Wins Scholarship To Linfield College AUIISVTIJJE At the grad matlea exercises held here - far the hlaa seaee! sealers Thurs day night the felleaiag awards. were made: : riaeaea awarded far leader ship and scholarship. Ulya IleJmealsV Gerdea Tfseds; ae-; trrttUa,' CUffard GUIaspta aad Alice Kaberts; ciUssashi, Na- suae Blair and Geerge GJestdal; sehelarshla aad masie. Marian Kewlaad; typtar, Narrls HaaC ! The LtafleJd eetlege schalar ship was given te Marian Xew EleeUea ef officers far the stadeat body was held Friday: presldeat, Jee Lewis; vice preal deat, Blaassaa Bates; saeretary, VUlet Wartaea; treasarer. Gleaa Kleta. Thesaas Mergaa was caaJnaaa ef the aeaahtatutg eecasatttee, , Dayton Plans Observation Post jQianges DAYTON The Dayton obser vation post Is soon, to be given a thorough change and if present plans of Chief Observer E. W. Budke materialize, a new build ing, modern and comfortable, will be erected.' " '"' A building following the govern ment blue print that Is approxi mately 19 feet from the founda tion up to the floor and windows on each ' side Is planned to eli minate confusion of the noise of planes from ground noises. The Dayton Women's Civic dub have been active in the man agement and one will go to Port land to receive first hand instruc tions from the army air post headquarters. ' G Fred G. ,r:i3. 7171 New Elih CuIIdin; WJl L 1