DarnVarming
Set Saturday
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Pioneer District to
Have 7hite Elephant
Sale in Conjunction
PIONEER - There will be : a
barn warming party at the large,
newly completed dairy barn on the
farm of Mr. and Mrs. William
Thiesies on Saturday night, July
IT. The neighbors have been in
vited and it also was decided to
bold a white elephant sale. :'-?m
The Pioneer community meeting
was held at the play shed Satur
day night with Mrs. Archie Brown
in charge of the - refreshments.
Plans ; were made for ; the com
munity to , meet , Tuesday night,
July 20, to arrange the- hall for
the picnic which will be held . July
25.
. , .The Pioneer sewing club met, at
the play shed for its regular meet-'
Jng.. The women were well pleased
.with .the proceeds received frem
the white . elephant sale and re
commended, the community hold
a similar sale. The time was spent
in sewing for the Red Cross.
Fred Baley went to Portland
.where he will enter the clinic for
observation. Mr. Baley ? became
' seriously ill while working at the
mill about a month ago and was
taken to the Bartell hospital. He
.was there about two weeks before
coming home but has been unable
.to return to work. .. . ;
Mrs. Archie Brown attended the
missionary ; meeting of the Evan
gelical church in Dallas on Tues
day. ' Those" calling; at the .Phillip
Theiss, sr., home Sunday were
.Mr. and Mrs. David teinbock and
- children of .Tillamook, Mr. and
Mrs. John Theiss and sons,' Mr.
and Mrs.; Phillip Theiss, jr., and
. ' daughters, Mr. -and Mrs. John
Keller, jr. William ' Kinion and
Sally helped the Theiss pick cher
ries and finished Sunday.
Mrs.' Ida East of Dallas was a
.dinner guest at the Mark Blodgett
home Sunday.
Mr, and Mrs. John Keller, jr.,
- and daughters, Dorothy and Phyl
. lis, were dinner guests at the John
. Keller home Monday night,
Improvement
Noted at Park
m .
. Seats at Swjmming
, Pool, Shrubbery and
' Flag Pole Added
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DALLAS Considerable im
provements have been made at the
sity park: the past year, according
to js. v. Dal ton, superintendent.
New seats have been built at the
swimming pool; a flag pole erected;
shrubbery . planted around . the
bandstand and new curbing put
in to replace that washed out last
fall by high water.
About four years ago the three
- acre walnut grove owned by Mrs.
Anna Cook was purchased by the
city and the low land is now being
filled with dirt. This was origin
ally part of the LaCreole creek
channel. The present channel has
been dammed to form the swim
ming pool. Some.time ago funds
were donated for the purchase of
about two acres on the opposite
.side of the creek. The plans are to
, build a bridge across the creek at
some future date. I. " - i
Miss Joyce Ballentyne of Grants
Pass is visiting at the Ray Gohrke
home. Miss Ballentyne is a former,
resident of Dallas, i -''
Vital statistics reports from June
10 to July 10 as released by Dr. A.
B. Starbuck, chairman of the Polk
i county health office, - shows - 30
births .t that period, which in-
T elude It boys and 11 girls. There
were 11 deaths. -
Pattisons Having
New Home Built
SWEGLE Mr. and Mrs. C
J.-Pattison, who now live on Hol
. lywood Drive, are having a. large
new home built for them on East
Garden Road, ..'on the acreage
where the Vassom family Jived
for some time;' When ? the new
borne is completed the Pattisons
plan to sell their Hollywood Drive
home - . -
Several families' in this com
munity attended the Farmers Un
ion picnic at Silverton park last
Sunday. .
Valley Births
HAZEL GREEN Mr. and Mr
Lawrence Zielinski 4 are parents
of .': . daughter, born - Tuesday
morning at the Salem Deaconess
hospital. The little girl has been
named Linda Jane and is their
second child and first daughter.
for
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Reports From
E. R. Emerson
Rites Friday
. Journeyman Cooper J ,
At One'Tlme; Knew ,-
Mark Twain
MONMOUTH Ernest R. Emer
son, 75, died Tuesday at the Dea
coness hospital in Salem, where
he had j been taken July 11. He
had been in Impaired health for
some . time. Funeral ' services will
be held Friday at 2 p. m. from
the , Christian ; church here,' of
which he was for. many years a
member. Rev W. A Elkins will
officiate. Interment will be in the
Fir Crest cemetery here. Arrange
ments are in charge of the Keeney
Funeral' home of Corvallis. .
Born August 28, 1867, to a log
house built by his pioneer grand
parents ; to Randolph county, : Il
linois, Jived there for 12 years.
He learned the trade of cooper
from his father , and cabinet-making
from an uncle.
In 1879 his parents moved to
Chester, 111, on the Mississippi.
There he often saw Mark "Twain,
famed pilot on the Mississippi, as
he sat In his pilot house visiting
with ?' cronies, and " entertaining
them ; with his ' humorous yarns.
Even then Twain had achieved
some recognition as a writer and
A wit. i ' .
Emerson said it was believed
there that Samuel Clemens chose
his .- pen ; name "Mark - Twain"
while piloting a Mississippi steam
boat, taking it from the call of
the sounder who would shout:
'mark .twain" to ; indicate two
fathoms of water. . .
As a journeyman cooper Emer
son traveled west,- reaching the
Willamette valley in 1911, where
his parents had preceded him. . He
was married in 1919 to Miss Joyce
Arant of Monmouth. They spent
two years at Huntington, then
took up a homestead in Douglas
county,' living there six years. On
selling the homestead they built
a home in Monmouth and have
resided' here continuously since.
Surviving are the : widow; - a
brother, Jess E. Emerson of Den
ton, Maryland; and one sister,
Mrs. Ef f ie Rosenboro, Portland. -
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Crocker Dies
At ge 73
ALBANY Charles Crocker,
73, a prominent farmer of north
Benton county for the past 34
years, died at the Anderson hos
pital, Corvallis, July 10 following
a lingering illness. Funeral serv
ices were held from the Fisher
funeral home Wednesday at 2:30
o'clock; -j-:- " :. I ;
Bom on December 18, 1869, Mn
CollinsvUle, HI., Charles Crocker
grew to ; manhood in that city
From there he moved to Placer,
Calif, and 34 years ago came to
Oregon, taking up his home on a
farm .in North Albany.
On January 8, 1896, he married
Anna Kiger of Windsor, 111. She
survives, as do the following -chil
dren: Joseph M, Alva C, Leland,
Everett L, Mrs. Mabel Voss and
Mrs. Beulah Torgeson, all - of Al
bany; Pf c. Delbert W. of Douglas,
Ariz.; Mrs. 'Opal Beeson, Marsh-
field; Charles W, Corvallis, -and
Mrs.; Viol Martinak : of Foster.
Four children preceded him in
death. Surviving are also a broth'
er," Joseph' Crocker of Monmouth;
three: sisters, Mrs. Kate Bragg,
Mrs. Tone Frazer and Mrs.' Bar
bara Frazer, all of Shelbyville,
DL, and 14 grandchildren. , :
The six sons acted as paUbear
era, ; r
Stork Is Busy,
Albany Hospital v
f ALBANY Saturday and Sun
day, were baby days at the Albany
General hospital, with fire infants,
two ot them bemgwmv4rrhring
to make, "their tome"ther. for
several .days. T T t
On Sunday, Mr; and MrsLoren
Dixon .became the parents" of twin
boys tone weighing ;fou- pounds
five ounces and the other six
pounds five ounces. ft i '
. On Saturday a six pound 13
ounce I daughter .arrived to make
her home with Lieut Alfred Baer-
wald and: Mrs. Baerwald; Staff
Sgt. C ; L. Browning k and . Mrs.
Browning became the parents of
daughter, and - Mr. and Mrs.
Glen Commons, Halsey, became
the, parents of an S pound 13
ounce boy. ., ,
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The Statesman's
Salami Oregon, Thursday
LI9 Arthur Confers on
In' New' Guinea, General Douglas MaeArthur (right) canfers with
Australian fJevt. Gen. E. F.: Herring at the penlng'ef the latest
. ef f easlve there. This picture was radioed from' Mel bourn to Saa
Francisco Associated Press Telemat,
Dave Sto Johri;
Heads Legibiir
Mt. Angel Posl .Name
Officers Servicer
Men Tell of War :
. . . ru. ; :.
MT. ANGEL Dave St. John
was elected commander of the Mt
Angel post of the American Le
gion at the meeting held at " the
Memorial hall Tuesday night. He
replace A. j G. - Traeger '.who
served during! the past year.' ;
f Other officers elected are Clif
ford N o r ton , vice-commander;
Fred Lucht, adjutant; Peter Gores,
chaplain and service officer; Chris
Ramberg, sergeant at arms;
Joseph Faulhaber,- finance officer,
Raymond Prosser V and Joseph
Hettwer, service men home on
leave, gave ' interesting talks - on
their ; experiences. Prosser i has
been in training - as : an aviation
mechanic for the (past ; 18 months
and -Hettwer has seen service In
Australia and the islands.
X The announcement was made
that! Otto Oswald had been hurt
by a falling - telegraph pole and
was in the Salem nospitaL Harry
Bergen was in the Portland hos
pital because of burns received
July 4.
4 The following delegates to the
state convention were chosen by
.Esckiog aew dia
Mend engsgeaMBl
Wkly
Splendid diamond
bridal tatmlo
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Morning. July 15. IZ13
New Guinea Drive
(lender Rites
Held Tuesday
' ALBANY Funeral services
for Mrs. William Glender, ' 65,
were held from the Fisher funeral
home - Tuesday afternoon, r with
Rev: Ralph Heins, pastor of the
Lutheran church, of which Mrs.
Glender was a member, in charge.
Mrs. Glender was ; stricken with
a' heart! attack while downtown
Saturday - af ternoon and died on
the - way 4 to the hospital - while
being taken there in the city am
bulance.l. . . J " ?
h " Born in Wausau, Wis., June
3, 1878, 'Laura Metge spent the
first. ten years of her life in that
state.. In i 1888 she moved with
her parents to Belvedere, HL, and
in 1908 came to : Oregon" where
she had since ' made her home.
She was married to William Glen
der in Illinois on May 28, 1903.
He survives, as do the following
brothers ..and, sisters: Fred, Metge
of West Chicago, 111., Henry Metge
and William Metge of Albany,
Mrs." Bertha Falk and Mrs. "Lu
cille McKinney, both of Portland,
Mrs. Milly Beck of Corvallis, and
Mrs. Marie , Falk, Mrs. Selma
Glender and. Mrs. Fredia Kutsch,
all of Albany. '
the 'Auxiliary, meeting the same
night: Mrs. Mae Heggie and Mrs.
Cecyl Lucht. - ' .
. H'o so iappy
" I with my ;:
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From BROWN'S'
"h to SMtch finer than I thowchc Jim tmmU
afford. It's so newf So Mort 1.10 lo k
Iwym.n TKot whot ao moot mnhtmwit oco
oykic . mod only icimi w bofiev that
Boving them tmf that Is e ijpocta "
d (ivinjf MtiafacUofi ao kL Com be m
ahow yo our fim otbetioa.' " -
- It Pays to Buy at Brown's .: ...
ExcloMve saodera'
ring with diamond.
Ha of rich
dtiSn witk t
diawondi.
fCS its
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Mrs. Jackccn.:'
Funeral Meld
In Oregon Since '84r
i Lyons Folk Back -. . .
- From; California ,V
LYONS Funeral , services were
held Monday afternoon from the
Weddle chapel in Stayton for Es
tella Maude Jackson, wife of Ed
ward Jackson" of Stay ton route 1,
who .passed away at her home
Friday night," July 9. 75he ; was
born February 26, -1881; in Boone
county, Iowa, and came ,to Ore
gon: at age three....:,;. ,: - ,
Surviving are the husband, Ed
ward Jackson; a son Elmer Yeo
man of California; a sister,- Mrs.
Ethel Blum, of Mehama; 'four
brothers, Wesley Bass of Grants
Pass,Trank Bass,f Mill City, Al
bert Bass of -Lyons and John A.
Bass of Salem. . - v .
. Mrs. ; Jackson was : m's charter
member of the Eastern Star chap
ter at Stayton. . .. .t
Rev; Caldwell of the Christian
church at" Staytph bfflciated at
the funeral. Mrs. Alex Bodeker,
and Mrs. George Clipfell sang.
Interment was in the Fox Valley
cemetery. Pallbearers were Amos
Hiatt, ; - Jack ' Johnston, ; Edxnond
Engdahl and Bert Lyons' of Lyons,
Henry Siegmund of , Stay ton. and
L. Sandner of Scio. '" - J.
Mrs. Percy Hiatt returned home
Thursday evening from California
after spending the past' five Weeks
visiting at the home of her ; par
ents, Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Jeri
ner. She also visited her brother,
Thomaa Jenner, ; jr., and ? sister,
Mrs.Al-Nyggard',-J;r:;:;
Mrs. Vaughn and her daughter,
Mrs. Clark , Cregg ' and daughter
June of Salem visited at the home
ot Mrs. Clyde Bfessler.- They also
visited Mrs. Alex" Bodeker and
Elmer' Hiatt. " '
Mr. and Mrs. Fred ! Brassfield
and granddaughter Judy of Inde
pendence spent the weekend at
the home of MA ? Brassfield's
brother, . Merrill Brassfield. :
Mr. and Mrs. Edj Spa - and
daughters, Jacqueline and , Mar
lyne, and Mrs. Spa's mother, Mrs.
Anna Keaton, visited with -relatives
in Portland . Sunday. Mrs.
Keaton and Jacqueline remained
for a ; short visit They -will, be
guests - at the home of Mr. Spa's
sisters, Mrs. Jubb and Mrs. Rus
sell Fergerson. a Oi:
Mrs. Arthur Anderson and son
Jack : returned, home; Sunday from
Nebraska where they spent the
oast month visiting with her
mother ' and other relatives.
Mrs. May Swank of Albany vis
ited friends in Lyons the last of
the week. Mrs. Swank is a former
resident of Lyons. : ?
Our Dahra foaruro ,
f superlative,
joality. ,
HUgniSeaiK (d
- mend brkUl pir.
j:v;:Lcbsopio.MCtRi5TS
L Zc32pii Group ;
. T7e S tudy Ourselves"
la Theme; Picnic in
August Planned
JEFFERSON The July meet
ing of the .Woman's .Missionary
society of the Christian church
was held In the church parlors
Friday afternoon.' Mrs.1 Claude
Stephens was Iri charge of the de-
voiions, .ana . bjso was , program
leaden ,
The lesson theme . was' ."We!
Study Ourselves." Taking part in
the lesson study Were Mrs. Ernest
Powell, Mrs. Irvine Wright,- Mrs.
W. D. Glasgow, Mrs. Leo Weddle
and Mrs. M. A. Hutchings. A gen-'
eral -discussion followed, , - '
Mrs. Powell reported; on the
Missionary day at the Turner con
vention, and Mrs. Claude Stephens
reported on the other - meetings.
Members ? discussed i the annual
picnic in August to be held at
the church! f The ? general com
mittee to make arrangements for
the picnic are Mrs. Irvine Wright,
Mrs.. Claude ' Stephens and Miss.
Myrtle Myers. - Eight - members
were present Mrs. Menalkas Se
lander was a guest of the society.
Mrs. Floyd Kester and. daughter
Betty Ann of Portland are spend
ing this .week' in - Jefferson visit
ing at the home of her uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Kester.
Floyd Kester is internal revenue
department collector, at Corvallis. !
, Mrs. - Maude Epley fell from a
ladder' at her home -Saturday
while hanging curtains, sustaining
bad bruises. . , 7 i . . '
Lindsay Doty arrived from Se
attle, Wash., - Monday evening for
a visit at tho home of his mother,
MrsT .' E. M. Ackerman and - Mr.
Ackerman. Doty is with the Sears,
Roebuck store in Seattle.
. Rev. and Mrs- R. William Elmer
of Corvallis were visitors at the
home of. Mr. and. Mrs. William
Lake . and family Monday after
noon. Rev. Elmer Is a former pas
tor -of the f ".: local " 'Evangelical
church. : -;-''r'- i ' ,
r Mr, and Mrs. Earl Phelps had
as their guest Sunday their son,
Gerald Phelps and family of Port
land, Miss LKlie Marie Seipp of
Texas, : and Mr. and Mrs.. John
Seipp of Albany. Dinner guests 1
Friday at . the Phelps home was
Mrs.4 Loren T. Jenks, and Mrs.
George E. Waters and son, George, !
jr, of Corvallis. . 1 - ' . - ; 1
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fcr Wps acriftcr MM',
jf. You will nod a reservation for coach
' trains on end after July lo.
jj- Ve cannot mako coach rervcrt!ons by tclcplicno.
jj- No cocxh rofcrvatloni will bo mcdo ur.Ssss ysa
hovoatUlcet.
More than 60 military camps and vast new industries are located on our
lines. To serve these and at the same time more troops and war materials -has
burdened us with an emergency load which is taxing our facilities. -
'M a result many of out trains are overloaded. Frequently people are left
raitxsg at stations because there Is no room for them, causing inconven-
ience and criddsm,
To rectify this situation we are" establishing this wartime plan of recplrL-3
roach resemdon. I twill limit the number of people on each train; also trav
eler, win know whether or not space is available before they board the train.
En it $tm msj nt b possMt to Uk cr pf evtrjout who unts to us
Tpttr trmm. ;
Coach reservations will be made for definite trains, but not for rpcdlc
lean or seats. This means that you will usually find a seat but there will be
f?m when people will have to stand because of emergencies. "..
57e cannot make coach reservations by ttlhone. because cf the lead ca
telephone lines, and no coach reservations will be made unless you have is
licket, You must get your ticket and reservations at an S.P. ticket cce.
If you mow have ft ticket you will have to make a reservadon, -
Service 'men will make rcs?rvstions too, but their rexjuircmena win, cf .
goune, be ivea preference. J :
Iri everjbodyf patriotic duty to leave the trains as fret as pc:C.! fzt
isJ war travel. All the tranrporttdon we can muster is needed for tla r:zt
evt. a your trip ij really necessary FLEAS2 VQ2VT TTVIL!
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PIOlTTm In the var. for
survival - between - skunks and
other predators on the one band,
and poultry and their human and
canine; allies on the other, nine or
ten . skunks and a red fox have
been recent casualties.
The" Elodsetts report having
killed about that number of
skunks. Mrs." Elodgett had a hen
scheduled ' to hatch . this week;
about ;the. middle of last- week a
skunk- destroyed all but. six of
the. eggs. The next night the
skunk was lying. near, the nest,
dead, the victim of a poisoned egg
placed there by. Mr. Blodgett. .
At the, Guy's hatchery one of
the dogs killed a" red. fox which
had been enjoying a turkey feast.
Turkeys-Go
Out on
JEFFERSON -; Turkey raisers
in this " community are, putting
their turkeys out on the range the
first of this week. 4 4 : - -.
Mrs. Claude McGill .and Mrs.
Mervin; McGill r returned : home
Saturday from Eugene, where
Mrs. Claude McGill underwent an
operation for removal of her ton
sils. ti't i- --4 .'-;V I-'-:
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kihs, Wal
ter Kihs ahd Miss Helen Kihs vis
ited Lauren Stettler of Chemawa,
at ' the Salem General hospital
Sunday. He Suffered a hip frac
ture recently, while raking hay.
The '. team .-. ran away, 7 throwing
Stettler, and the rake, went .over
his body. He Is getting along nice
ly. Stettler is a son-in-law of Mr.
and Mrs. Karl Kihs. . .1
WopcTs Plight
NbtiEnviabl
FAIRVIEW -- 111 with mumps
for the last ten days," unable to be
about, 20 cows to be-milked and
no "hired help available such
has been the plight of Carl Wood,
who is 'now recovering. Neigh
bors helped out to the extent of
time. available. ...
- Mrs. Oscar Taskinen spent sevr
eral days recently in Portland vis
iting her mother and her brother.
Matt Herrela," who was at home
on furlough from the-army.
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Achievement Day Scl
: . MIDDLE GnOVlJ Cherry har-
of ,younsberries and toyscn ber
ries was made Monday. There Ls
promise of a heavy crop, and tha
quality is ooa.
r Haying Is in full swi-2 with
the' excessive mcUture retarding
operations ' to some extent, caus
ing hay to ' become . over - ripe.
Some baling has been done. j
! Onion seed crcp.Ia lociir.5 gooj
so far with the greatest difiiculty
being the too rapid growth cf
weeds. -
' The golden tint of one field cf
early, fall 'sown ' wheat remind
that grain harvest Is not far ,di-
tant ! . . '
The vigorous growth and al
ready productive victory gardens
bear testimony of the fact that
residents of this community are
not depending upon grocers
shelves for their winter vegetable
supplies unless some over-zeal
ous, cows ,break through their pas
ture fences as was the case at one
farm home recently when beau
tiful cabbages. Just ready to use,
disappeared within a few minutes.
- The - achievement program of
the Daily Vacation Bible school
will be held Friday, July 16, at 8
o'clock r. m at the schoolhouse.
Parents and friends are especial
ly invited to 'be present
Waldo Hills Club :
Has Picnic Dinner
WALDO HILLS- The Waldo
Hills - community- club members
and special friends gathered Sun
day night at the club house for
their . July picnic ! dinner. In the
group were Mr." and Mrs. J. M.
Doerfler and Delora, Misses Wini
fred : and Lois Riches, Mr. - and
Mrs. Robert Riches' and Robert
Lynn, Mr. and Mrs. Winkler, Mr.
and Mrs. F. S. Bowers, Mrs. J. W.
Goodknecht, II. Brown, William
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown
and Ida Mae and Vivian, Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Haberly, Mrs. R. M.
Morton, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pooler,
Mrs. Brooks and Mrs. H. H. Paget,
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