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Auxiliary Fetes Legion, Picnic - Convention Delegate Funds to Be Raised Through Dance . SILVER TON The members of Tfelhert Reeves unit 7. American "Legion auxiliary, Mrs. Arthur Gottenberg; president, in charge, wm . hostesses to the , post and 'their;. families Monday night, in the annual ' picnic supper at the . ... ... . . . . i , city para witn we regular bum ness session following. , On report of Mrs. Jim .Black, the unit voted to cooperate In sendine new magazines and books i 'to the Barnes General hospital in ! Vancouver, Wash. Mrs. Black said that several organizations had ap pealed for reading material for the soldiers being cared for at tne - hospital; Wednesday of this week . was set for the first shipment with , the 'group -donating individual -gifts of $5.55 as-a. start, for the work. Anyone ! wishing to eontri- . bute new magazines or books for the cause "may -contact either the secretary, Mrs.' Fay Bragg,at the "Dickersori store, or " Mrs. Arthur -Gottenberg, -president, at her hAtm Dhone. The committee asks v that new magazines or readable ! books of good quality only, be contributed. Mrs. Lewis Hall suggested that the unit reqnest the post to donate the financial results I ( ene dance, Saturday, Jnly 31, to the fund for paying expenses of delegates to the state eonven- Hon at Baker. August It to ll. - The men agreed to the plan and i : t h e committees volunteered their services for the affair. ' Mrs" Clifton Dickerson, USO ''local cornmittee chairman, asked ;.. the unit to serve ' at the Salem .USO center Tuesday night, Aug ust 3. Word has been received by Mrs. Jean Cunningham that gifts may now be sent Drisoners of war" of the Japanese government. Her son, Sheldon Cunningham, re cently was reported a prisoner. Mrs. Ernest L. Starr told of hav- . Ing visited Mrs. Charles Johnson - of Salem, the organize- and first unit president, and that her con dition is not so satisfactory.! Mrs. Johnson has been very ill for a number of months. A card of ap preciation will be sent "Mrs. Clare Jaryis of Salem for a gift of a serving coffee pot to the unit. Mrs. Jarvis was active in the local work for many years. Rowdies' Parents To Replace Flags On Vets' Graves SILVERTON P irtnti f rowdies are to be given the re sponsibility of replacing "flags on the graves of veterans, de- elded members at the business - "session of Delbert Reeves post 7. ' American -Legion, Monday night held In the city park fol-. lowing the annual picnic , sup per. Arthur Gottenberg, - eom mander, was in charge of the meetinr. " Younger boys were appre hended by local police when a daytime parade - of flags was stared on the downtown streets, " with the officials becoming sus , : picioos as to the condition and -Reality of the flags. On sjnes- stoning, the boys owned ap to having " taken the flags . from graves in the city cemetery. The ' police offered cooperation with -' She post in making amends for the desecration and Jishonor to 'i Veterans. ' The post voted to pay regts . tration fees and transportation of delegates to the state conven tion at Baker AHrsst 15 to M." A scroll and service flag honoring' one of members in service will - be purchased, and the post offi cials will be sapolled with In signlas of of f ice. - ' ", James Cunningham, hurt in a logging; aeeidont f and being . eared for at a Salem hospital, will be .sent a remembrance by ; the posL -ii ' j-vj. f The post and nnlt will eon-- tinae meetings threurheut the Platoon Pickers Find Harvest Results Poor WEST SALEM Only about 10 or 12 of the children of the 18 signed up In. the children's labor ' platoon have "been working with the platoon. There seems to be a feeling among the pickers that the orchards to which they have been assigned by the fannSernergency labor committee have such an In ferior crop that the growers would have difficulty in securing - indi vidual pickers. . " . .It is.doubtful if the platoon will go out for berry' picking, but they plan on being active in the bean harvest.- Child Severe Toe On Ragged Tin Can DALLAS Sunday 'while lit tle Shirley Jenks and her brothers were carrying water to make a swimming pool, she stepped on a tin can half severing the great toe on her left foot. Shirley was brought to ' Dallas for medical treatment. She ifthe daughter of llr. and Mrs. G. C. Jenks of Salt Reports From PAGE TCl- Stevens Clan Hop53rd Annual Meet NORTH HOWELL Tor the 53rd consecutive year, the descen dants of Hanson and Lavtna Stev ens met for their annual reunion last Sunday This year the gath ering was held at Champoeg, with the "Bingo family as host group. Mrs. Effie Ringo Ritchey . of Sa lem,! was president and Mrs. Thomas ' Bump of North Howell, secretary. . Children of Hanson and Lavlna Stevens were Mrs. Christine; Es son, Mrs. Rebecca Mount," MrsJ Rispa Ringo, Mary Smith's (Mrs.1 Jennings Smith, Silverton), Isaac and Mildred Stevens, all of Mar Ion county; Mrs. Sarah McKub bin and Mrs. Martha b Cahill of Dayton, Wash. All are gone now. Mrs. Sarah McKubbin passed away just a month ago. She was 97 years old. Service men and women of the family! include Donald and Wil liam Shannon Esson, Ray McKee, Ellwood Berryman,' James Mount, Esson Marsh," and Caroline Bump Baldwin. Sixty-two grandchildren, great grandchildren : and great-greatgrandchildren of the original cou ple carry on : this annual tradi-J tion of family meetings ana next year Mrs. Elizabeth Esson Brown of Gervais has invited the clan to gather 1 at the ; historic - Brown homestead on the Pacific? high way, for their 54th reunion. A. M. Esson of Portland, is pre sident for 1844 and the Esson fam ily will entertain.1 Mrs. Scott Oevenger of Eugene is secretary, Funeral Held For A. Rogers WOODBURN Albert Hatch Rogers of Woodburn, died at a Sa lem hospital last Saturday at the age of 79 years. He was born in Jefferson county, Iowa, January 14, 18&4. He came to Oregon nine years ago from Colorado and has since made his home at 344 Brad ley street in this city. - Nine children survive: bis sons, William of Los Angeles; Dan iel G.; and Albert ; both of Woodburn; and Howard E. of San Diego. His daughters are: Blanch Popejoy of Portland; Esther May Turner of Loma, Col.; ; Millie E. Clifford, Javilan, NM; Evelyn M. Ford, Centre, CoL; and Frances Terwilliger, San Diego. There are 23 grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. :; Funeral services , were held at the Ringo Funeral chapel, Monday afternoon. Rev. D. Lester Fields, of the Methodist church, officiat ing. Interment was at Belle Pass! cemetery, beside his wife, Esther M. Rogers, who died January 20, 1843. j S antiam . Legion, Auxiliary Picnic LEBANON Santiam post 31 of the American ' Legion and the auxiliary, held their annual pic nic Sunday. Several young service men stationed at Camp ' Adair were guests. Ray cieason was chairman of the committee mak ing the arrangements. Swimming, horse ' shoe- pitching and : other games; ; were j thediversion ' after dinner.: r i - ; :- -fr The- July meeting; is always a picnic. The attendance was small er this year: than usual. - - Recwa Chietb . A -m - Strolling the beach at Eendova Is IJeut. Gen. Millard F. Harmon, eemmandlng the United , SUtea " army forces in the South Faci le He led the landing en Bent dova fat the drive on Munda, principal Jap ahr base fat the Solomons. , The beachheads on "-dev were established by the Americana. June 30. -UN Fhoto. , . I 1 Tfie Statesman?? jSctlom, Oregon. Wednesday Iloriiiag. July 21. IS 13 Gun for Battle of Rendova American soldiers hanl n light field piece thronsh the water and onto the beach at sdova aa the, Ajnerican offensive against the - Central Solomons gets under way. The Americans scored a sensa 1 tlonal air victory when they shot down 3 enemy planes oat of a formation of neariy . Only three American flhter Telemat. Lebanon Club's Draivs Valley Gardeners; Seasoning Lore Revealed LEBANON One of the most gratifying things about the annual herb tea which was given by the Lebanon Garden club last Fri day in the garden of Mrs. Clair Ford was the number of guests from other towns, members of garden dubs or similar organiza tions in their own communities. This was? the sixth herb tea given by the Lebanon club and Mrs. Ford, who was the hostess, was also , general chairman. Mrs. Oliver Gunerson . had charge of the herb features; Mrs. Ray Glea son of the herb punch and Mrs. Mary Hoyt of the herb tea. -Three ears one's station wa gon, brought the Eugene guests. Mrs. Fred : Broders of .Eugene, demonstrated : the K making of eorsaces from herbs and - told where the herbs to be used eonld ; be found. Mrs.' Louise Fletcher, also of Eugene, who has raised and written about herbs for many years, told about the best . articles written ' on the subject . of herbs and gave many inter- estlng bits " of herb : lore sin her ! talk. ;!.";? ---v"? L Mrs. C M. Howe and her daughter, Mrs. Lester Munt of Sweet Home, ' had an exhibit of wild herbs and of wild plants de sirable for use in salads. Mrs. W. E. Wilhelm, member of the American Herb society, told of her . recent' trip to ' California when she had an opportunity to speak of the commercial grow ing of herbs, particularly ,, mint and sage, 1 in Oregon.- Miss I Arlie Seaman, president of the Oregon Herb society, told about the work of that organization.' ' Mrs. Broders introduced Mrs. Reid of Eugene, who is chairman of theherb committee of the Eu gene Garden v dub ; and she told about what they have been doing there to stimulate Interest In the growing of herbs. Their last herb program included in addition to the, program, a dinner in which locally grown herbs ; were used and to which their , families were invited. ----- - ; -. Mrs. C. A. Ratcliffe of Salem, 1 who was chairman of the com mittee tn '. charge of the herb tea given there last fall by the I DAK. told about plans for an- other soch tea this season and ' Invited the Lebanon clob to at- i ' tend." " ' t ' '; " : . .Mrs.: Philip Lanning and: Mrsl Pearl Wesner had charge. of the booth ' at which. . the - guests reg istered. Cards on whkh; they could write their names were giv en to all of the guests; These cards were decorated with herb leaves and each bore a bit of herb lore. Miss Ruth Wight and -Mrs. Clair Ford had made the cards.' The " tables and booths were decorated - with the national col ors and with nasturtiums which symbolize patriotism." In addition to mint punch and mint tea, can died mint and c a n d i e d borage leaves ; were, served - and cookies and sandwiches made with herbiL " Herb cook books . compiled ; by members' of the local - club were sold, and also packets of dried herbs for : use in tea or other cooking. Sachets also were made and each ' guest was - presented with a cutting of rosemary and of chervil seed. ' " Mrs. T. J. Vogel is president of the -local Garden club and she and Mrs. Ford had asked r. number of young girls - to help with the rei ception of the guests and the care of the various displays. Mrs. El mer Regester, who had charge of tne sale of the herb book and of the dried herbs, was assisted by Gloria Shores. Nancy Gleason and Adalee McKinney assisted -with Valley & - . ft Community" CcrreopondeiitQ Herb Tea the serving of punch. Roxana Brownlee and Karen Gunderson gave the sachet favors. : Mrs. Peteir Tweed, wife of Leb anon's mayor, presided at the tea table and was assisted by Mrs. L, E. Arnold and Mrs. Glen Gillen water. whose husbands are mem bers of the city council and have In many ways helped the work of the local club. i 1 Mrs. J. V. Warden and Mrs. Mary Hoyt, ; the committee " In charge of making the tea, were assisted by Corabelle Edes. I - Guests from out of town who came by bus were met ; at 1 the station by Mrs. Carl Larson and Mrs. Philip Lanning. Mrs., Larson and Mrs. Harry Downing assisted Mrs. Ford in getting chairs for the guests and they and' other mem bers of the club arranged the -tables and booths where refreshments-were served -and the herb features displayed. Mrs. Lucille Lindeman.Mrs. C. C Whitcher and Mrs. f Lillian Weddle assembled the dried herbs which were' given away or sold for. scents or. for culinary,' pur poses. Subsidizing Is j Grange Topic ; UNION HILL The Union HH1 grange met on Friday night' Sev eral officers were absent due to the - busy harvest season. Agriculture Chairman W. - M. Tate talked oh the subsidizing of canned ' fruit. Legislative Chair man Mrs. ,F. T. Fox . talked" on Washington doings in congressj Mr. and Mrs.1 W. s H. Rabens, who are now living In Silverton, were - dropped - from the grange membership . . in good . standing upon , request. : : .-,."-.- : During ; the lecturer's program letters were; read .from men In the- service. -Amos Bierly, county 4H club leader, talked to the 4H Garden club members and showed moving pictures to the ; juvenile and subordinate grange members. , The juvenile grange . met the same night With Mrs. O. W. Hum phreys, . the matron, in-charge of the . meeting. , fllrs, John Dasch . Complimented On Birthday LIBERTY Mrs. 1 J o h n Dasch pwas' honor, guest at dinner Sun day at -the -Coffee Shop in Sa lem, the occasion being her birth day anniversary. Her family sug gested 1 having dinner in town; they set forth to find a place! She was completely.' surprised upon entering tee dining room to find present and waiting her arrival all 1 of her children, and v their families .who were not in service or too far away, to attend. Present to honor Mrs. Dasch were . her . husband, , John' Dasch, Mr. and Mrs. Marion "C Hoefer, Miss Helen Dasch, Mrs. . Wayne Blaco and son Joel, all from Port-' land; -Mr. and Mrs. Dale Dasch of Lebanon; Orpha M. Dasch of Sa lem; Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Seeger and Robin; Donna, Roger and Al len Dasch cf Liberty. , T Sunday School Givies Party, Middle Grove MIDDLE GROVE The young people's class ' of the union Sun day school held its July . class meeting and party; at "the. Cleo Keppenger home Saturday night. Incidentally ; the " birthdays of four of the members, Hazel Mun san, Lynn Barker, Glenn Wagers and.Gary Keppenger, were cele brated. A potluck- dinner was served. , ; Besides the honored members present were Mr. and Mrs. John Cage and Marvin, Mr. , and Mrs. John Van Laanery Mrs. Vera Bas se tt, Edna Munson, Ruth Snyder, Dorrine Dudley, Joyce Kuenzi, La Velio Baltimore, toMary ' Schwab, Norma Van Laanen,- Patsy; Kep penger, John Wanda, Wade Car ter, Ronald , Bartruff, Dale Van Laanen, Donald Bassett, Murrey and ; Larry Keppenger, and Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Keppenger. w : r - Recent visitors at. the home of Mc. and; Mrs. John Turner, were Mrs. Turner's daughter. Mrs. A. L. Dake of Portland, and grand son. Pvt. Glenn A. Dake,' Fort Barry, San; Francisco; also Scott Turner, Raymond, Wash ; grand son" of Mr. Turner, ; and . whose father, ; Fred C. Turner, Was on the Statesman staff during his high, school days in Salem. ; Mary- Schwab and Ronald Bartruff, grandchildren of Mrs. Lena Bartruff, are 'spending the summer with her. Their, homo is in Portland. , , Mill 'Accidents Prove Serioiis LEBANON Victims "of three serious industrial accidents' with in a week were brought to the local hospital from nearby mills and camps. ! Leonard Field of Crawford s ville, employed ' by the Powers Davis i company! in their Sweet Home' plant, was ; caught by a limb and his right arm so badly lacerated that r amputation -was necessary. " "7:;:r-; " c : : Harold Green, employed ? by the Skagit-Iinn company, - had his middle fingers of the left hand amputated as a result of an accident in which ,his hand was caught irt the machinery. Unfor tunately be IS left handed. ' ' William MacDonald, associated with his father, J. W., MacDonald, who owns a sawmill near town,' had his right leg fractured when a peavy slipped. GAS bakes Unique -gas furnace at attach propeller shaft The old way of attaching a boshing to a Liberty sLTp- nrojpeller shaft was to heat the bushing with torches and slip it over the shaft. But this method . wasn't always successful. If the huge bronze bushing stuck and had to be cut off, the toss was $1000 for the bushing in addition to time and labor. . ' i V-So Commercial Iron Works engineers invented a new method for doingr Ais job. A spedally-built gas furnace heats die bushing far more uniformly ! - than ever before Tbtn lb sbaft it dropped through tb bmbing ubil tb " latter is UUI In t bt iuriuue. The gas is turned off and the bushing shrinks tightly on the shaft in the proper position. To date, mors ( than 200 bushings " '-T have1 been attacned without mishap by this ingemouf method another out standing performance record for this Portland shipyard. . ; v This is just coe of the wllys fitter, better, chesper PortW gas Is helping : ... ......... speed war production. Millions of cabic feet of this dependable fuel tyctlf . ti7m got ymm ms fer iimg, t UMmg bustbU pmr- ore being used by war industries, sailitary esttMnhwrnoi and war wotfc ; . ers . . . Help lb w r ay widit 4 - AtCoflunercialIroaTroxks,Poruand -r gas plays an important part ia the coostructiofl cf FC boatt Ui tb mam skown Mt rlsbt B& of other . .combat craft and parts. In industry as in your home, Portland gas it your . clean, quick, economical serviat. - t. V- PORTLAND, GAS &:CGliE COA3PANV ' m ... " t. - .. S . . . . - ,Jt .Crop Fic'Jnj Ready, At North Howell; : lienor Roll Voted - NORTH HOWELL Although attendance was - somewhat ' cu tailed by haying operations and cane fruit harvest, an Interesting meeting r was enjoyed Monday night by members of North How ell grange. ::r - - '2-- : With W. IL , Stevens' presld : Ing, the groop aathorized the purchase of a eonunanity honor - foil for those in the armed service; tendered s vote of thanks to Mrs. A. B. YVlesner for her work on the coffee eom . snittee; I and disenssed the : In crease in state grange does..' '1 Dan Van Brocklin reported on the successful feeding of calf meal to. young pigs, since the; feed sit uation is so uncertain. ' . ;. Also .under discussion . was, the ruling by; the labor, commission which prohibits women and chil dren from lifting more than 20 pounds at any time, or to carry more than -15 .pounds for more than ten feet; at any time. - V Beans will be ready to pick la some yards by . the first of next week; . bops, . evergreen blackberries, : prunes and ants are all coming along and alf of these ' operations reqnlre some lifting and carrying. as "'wen 'as 'ansny handsZ-ff "CtJ''v :J 1 -' . Reporting for,- the .Home Econ omics committee, Mrs. A. T. Cline named ; the subjects to. be pre sented st the dub meetings next winter as: 1 Understanding our selves; 2 Making kitchens-more livable;: 3 Care - and ? repair' of non-electrical equipment; and 4 Women and the Isw. : The lecturer's program included a roll call on handy gadgets by Dan Van Brocklin; news from a member In the- WAC, " Caroline Baldwin, by - her ; : mother, : Mrs. Thomas Bump; berry picking ex periences; and special news from Mr. and Mrs. Orton Hilfiker, who have sold their farm in the mid dle Grove district and purchased a small tract of land on the River road north of Salem. - Westby Family Picnics, Silverton SILVERTON Immediate mem bers of the family of Mrs. Inga Westby met in the Silverton park for an informal picnic , dinner Sunday.'!;:;; i: : : J ; :; , ';V-:-. y-i"'-.: -. Included in the group were Mrs. Westby,-Peder Westby, Mrs. Bry an Barber and Robert, ! Donald, Stanley and Delores, Mrs. Selma Blunt and Lorna, : Lanita, ' Nada and Richard, Mrs. Oscar Loe and aKthryn j. and Roger, ; and the Misses Dorothy and Elaine Westby. fit . A both of them perfectly: Conmercfal Iron V7orfcs provides-better way to bushings . . . a serious problem for shrpbuilders rr. .Al.XXLr-rI.lt. An-l said farewell z.r.1 ccurpccd to cne cl iU rnpst.prcminent men7Fa''ther Alcuin," Sunday. -j .. .The farewell reception, held in the .LcIcn l.rcbcrial hall, wts arranged by ilayor Jacob Berchtold, O. L. V.Tiihers, president cf the Business Men's. club; Frank; Ilettwer, rlnajer of the ML An gel creamery; Fred- J. Echwab, manager of . the ML Angel flax plants Joseph .Wavrar, chairman of the school bo&fd. and A. G. Trae- ger, commander of the Mt, Angel American Legion. . The reception began at 2 pxa. Father Alcuin having previously been ?( the guest of honor at the picnic dinner of the Mt. Angel fire department at Kosters grove A short informal 'program was given for the first group who, at tended, A few words by the may or expressed the town's deep re gret at losing its leader and reit erated the question on. everyone's lips, 1Why must he go when we need him so badly?" : . - Father Alcuin himself answered the question In his talk by his ex planation of the truly; Christian spirit' which he said was to live for others." His work. In Mexico will be that of a professor of rural sociology, through which he will teach ; and help ; agricultural ' Mex ico to a better way f living. . His parting admonition to the people whose leader he had been for eight years was , "Keep your motives pure, your . ideals 'high, work for others and work togeth er In harmony no matter who your leader may be. ''. , ' -- Other numbers on the program Included, a vocal solo by Miss Pauline Saalf eld, a talk by Rev. HUdebrand Mel choir, a few words by Sen." Carson and the general singing of old songs by all .pres ent (Mrs. Alex Bcharbach was pianist . ; ' .'. , ' The hours that followed until 6 p jn. 'Father Alcuin spent' In shak ing hands and saying1 individual goodbyes to the stream of people who came and went - r f 1 Among, the out-of-town people who dropped in were Sen. John Carson and Sen. Frederick' Lam port with Mrs. Carson and Mrs. Lamport of Salem, E T. Carlson, former secretary treasurer of the Oregon Teachers association, end Mrs. Carlton of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. , Heibel of Portland and Mr, and Mrs. Ray Glatt of Woodburn, Last Friday night Father Alcuin was a dinner guest at the-home of Gov. EarlSnelL ;,p;. Father left for Mexico Monday, going by car. . Visitors Stranded WEST SALEM Mrs. Elizabeth Childs, daughter of Mrs. Atchi son of Gerth streeL whose home is in Honolulu, left for the islands about a month ago and is still In San Francisco. She has been unable to get reservations on any of the boats bound for Hawaii. Mrs.; Chads came home some months ago to be with - her moth er for a time after, the death of her father. - r 4 i ' 7' ' To Da Cloced Iri-PgJIz'Coi::ity: : - - ' . l DALLAS Certain forest lands will be closed effective July 22, according to. Glen Wick :of the Polk County fire . patrol associa tion, the . boundaries to be the same as last year and entrance by permit only. Permits may be se cured at the following points: Grand Ronde guard station; Wil lamina patrolman; Doran Peak lookout; J3Iack Rock guard sta tion; Valsetx. patrolman; Sunshine Meadow 'patrolman; and Polk county . fire patrol association headquarters at Dallas. The closed-area Is: beginning at the northeast corner of section 35 T.6SJL8W;: thence." west . to the T6S.R8W;-thence south along the Lincoln and ? Polk county bounr dary lines to the Junction of said Lincoln and Polk county line and the Sunshine trail in section 7, T8S.R8W; thence on an easterly direction ' along said ' Sunshine trail to the junction of said Sun shine trail and Cobbs Mitchel RR spur1 29; thence ' along said ' spur 29 to the Valsetz log pondf thence in a measuring line around the west end of the Valsetz log pool to the southwest corner of section 27,' T8S.R8W; thence east along the north line of section 34, T8S-R8W A 4isi flArlKnrOtft wtvss mmrli S3, 'iTSSJtSW; thence south to the Valsetz road;- thence along said Valsetz road - to the Black - Rock CCC road,, thence along the Black Rock CCC road to PJckreaH road - thence- down' stream - along said Rickrean road to. the Polk county fire patrol telephone line i and trail; thence in a northwest erly direction along said .telephone line and trail to the Doran Peak lookout; thence westerly along the Bones trail to the west line of sec-. uon 7, T7SJR7W; tnence north to the place of beginning. : Looneys I Slate 100 tlx Reunion 1 JEFliatSONi Peseendants ef WDIians Loeney and Jesse and Xnby Bond 'Looney will hold ; a pioneer reunion commenra t ting the eomlnr of the family to the Oregon eenntry 10 years are,'- at f Champoer park Sunday, July 25. A basket din ner win be served at the boos hour. ; k. Marie Stelwer J o n z I a a ls presldent. and Miss Marznertte Looney b secretary of the family association. .v. cay stautz CUY COUDS FoTQCt li tr 1 v v : ; "ifj;f i . ; : . ...... -..-v.",- A' ? v ::l My' if Pi v. ; " '' Cl,
