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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1943)
Mrs. Sims : . Feted at 80 , Family, Friends . Gather to Honor i Early Settler - , . DAYTON Mrs. J. W. Sims was 80 Thursday and complimenting her, a surprise birthday . anniver sary party was held Thursday af ternoon at the home ot her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Foster, near Dayton. - Two guests who were present are older than Mrs. Cims; being Mrs. R. V. Waldo, 80 in Febru ary, and Mrs. Lena Dower, who was" 80 July 28. , . Mrs. Sims was " born July.. 29, 1853, at Virbqua, .Wis," and lived there , unta 1910 when with her family ; she came ta Oregon, re siding at Salenv WheaUand and Ileasantdale. She was united in marriage Jn 1882 with J. W. Sims and 12 children blessed their un ion, nine of them living. She vis it each of them since the death of her husband in January, 1927. Mrs. Sims received many gifts, flowers, cards, and letters. : A large decorated birthday cake baked by Mrs. Foster was a fea ture of the refreshments served. Attending the party were: Mrs. R. V. Waldo, Mrs. Lena Dower, Mrs. Sims,' Mrs.' H. .G. Coburn, Mrs. George Rhein, Mrs. Charles Hagan, Mrs. H. H. Clark, Mrs. R. "L. Clark, Mrs. Silas E. Johnson, Mrs. Clarence X. Fowler, Mrs. Leigh Freeman, Mrs. I. Phelps, Mrs. Wiley Emmert, .Mrs. Marvin Pennington, Mrs. J. W, Lorett, Mrs. T. S. Perry, Mrs. Oscar Dow er, Mrs. Frank Foster, Mrs. Ver non Foster and seven children. ' A chicken supper also was served to the family and a few friends in the evening - Monitor Folk Tak Observer Job Seriously : MON ITO R People - in this community really take their ob servation post duties seriouslv. not only giving time regularly to the post but ; also contributing oiner services. t ,r :J.it. v.. Mrs. Jessie- Nelson v has r been spending several hours each day attending aircraft recognition school at the filter center in Port land. She plans to pass the knowl edge she, gains along - to other membersof the post. 14. Young from Portland, in the army air forces, will show pictures of Dover and other parts of England on. August 4 at the I OOF hall Jn; Monitor. X, . - Most of the. fanners In - the neighborhood $ake the morning shift at the post from 2 to ff a. finishing Just in time to get the milking and early morning chores finished before breakfast Among these are Mr. and Mrs. John Lien hart. - - " Most post observers including Miss Marie Berg, Miss Aloha Lee Edland and Mrs. Alfred Living ston, have put in -200 hours or more of service. ; MM -Willamette Y&llev-:Mews Reports From The Statesman's Community Correspondent Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning. August 1, 1943 pags imn GJeisendorfers Qimax Nearly Hal (ntury inent of Cascadia by Sale to Oregon; Springs Area to Become State- Park Develop By MBS. BEULAH CRAVEN MONMOUTH Just as Emerson said, "Our strength grows out of our weakness," George W. Geis endorfer .began ; to. make- up for the time he had lost while sick. Besides taking' care ot the maO and it was soon a full time of ficethere . were hundreds of guests to- accommodate after the large rambling hotel had . been built, besides . the huge Sunday crowds which came' for chicken dinners, i There was ; no need to advertise; guests were so numer ous they could hardly be taken care of. . During the busy- summer sea son of 25 or 30 years ago, Mrs. Geisendorfer with her .kitchen help baked several SO pound sacks of flour into bread each week for sale to the campers and to supply the hotel; table. They supplied milk, ' ; eggs, ' home-made butter, and vegetables to hundreds of an nual campers, besides serving their hotel guests with ample fare set on .family styte" On the Fourth of July the resort always was crowded to the limit. Mr. Geisendorfer says he used to be fond of a gams of cards, but he never had time to play any more. From 4 in the morning un til 11 at night he was constantly busy, with . the .' postoffice, the grocery store, he found it neces sary V to stocki to accommodate guests; his. livestock, garden, hay and grain harvest, and the' un ending : details of upkeep which he managed to .attend to person ally. - : ' In the hotel, his wife was equal ly busy, cooking, cleaning, serving meals, attending to the thousand and one wants of campers and hotel guests. They never delegated work to others which they could do themselves, deriving personal satisfaction from doing their work so well: that they made. lifetime friends of the folk who came to the ' resort. Their flower garden was as prolific as the vegetable plots, profuse in bloom on virgin soil with unlimited mountain wa ter; for irrigation. Around the spring area are maiden hair and small sword ferns, planted by the Gei s endorf ers and kept perpet ually moist and fresh by seepage from the hillsides. Mr. . G as ' he is familiarly called was born January . 10, 1857. in Cowlits county, . Wash ington, where his parents had ta ken a donation land claim in Dinner Given ForMickeys T . ' CLOVZRDALE Mr. and "Mrs. tfohn Mickey and. two- not .from ss Angeles, Calif- were -dinner guests Wednesday night at . the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hennies and daughters, Evelyn and Celeste. The Mickeys are oh a vacation., trip' but he has to re port back to work at Lockheed within a lew days. ' ' ' - Mrs. Herman Wipper was pleas antly surprised by m visit from her daughter,' Lena,', frotn ; Cali fornia. She plans to spend a short vacation : here- with - her - mother nd also with sisters: and brothers. Mr. and Mrs. A.- A. Dumbeck and son, Aaron, stationed nfth the navy at Pasco, Wash; were din ner shiest .Thursday night at thm home of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Drager and family. . : . Miss Karleen Drager left in Portland Thursday; morning. She is going to spend a week's vaca tion with her aunt there. -Rx stands for prescription. It Is an order ta the har-s macist from your Doctor. It has been written after care ful analysis of your condi tion and every ingredient in it must be accurately meas ured and compotmdeA If it is to accomplish the purpose " for which it is written. To be sure your, prescrip tions are correctly filled in accordance with your Doc tor's orders, bring them X Schaefer'av Editor's Note: Last week" -w started the story of ths wonder springs. Cascadia. and of the man who developed tha resort. Geors W. CeiscndTfcr spent his first summer there - In 1SS seeking 'health after a siese of pneumonia. Us bought the spot a little later from the German settler who wned it. and in 4S years of con- ' thmotts restdenns thereafter built the hotel, developed, natural re- and , encourase tovrm trad. Our first story ended last week with the initial mail delivery m 1S97 and consequent naming of the spot. "Cascadia." by Ceisen derfer for vestal authorities. 1S4J. Their fcrbp" was spar tim ber for vessels, shipped to Trance and Germany In 1862 after a big flood in- Washington, they came to Linn county, settling- on a farm near Albany which still is a fam ily possession. His father's people, as the name suggests, came from Germany; and his mother's ancestors, the Browns, from England. He says that some branches of the Brown family insist j that their original ancestor .came over in -the May flower but that it toe- far back for him to puzzle about He does enjoy an interesting legend about mat first. Brown: that he bought his bride, an Irish girl, paying for her with tobacco which he raised on his New W o rl-d acres. The famed John Brown of anti-slave days is also said to have descend ed from the same family. " Aboat two year age Mr. "G. eld out all 'Us Cascadia fceM , ings -amounting to more .than 300 , acres . of timber land and . the springs to the state high way department. The eld hotel has been rased. Its baBd-hewn tringersw j indicating sturdy, construction The ban and al most all the other buildings also have been takes down. - Only : the spring remains mn ehanred. and visiters imbibe and bottle tfao water Jest as they've been doing for decades. After the war, the highway de partment wBL assertealy, make the area into a state park. Mr. G. has. reserved for himself his .cottage and garden. He lives alone, but has friends occupying a cottage near his own. He hopes that when the park is reorganized, a plan win be worked out to per mit overnight camping for the people of Oregon who enjoy the mineral water and the rustic This water, by the way, con tains around 12 minerals, as an alyzed by experts. Mr. G. still SO'lHH'IBISi si iiiiMsSsasesssw i BISHOP PnOTCSEmPDEnS 3 Ccdiiilss in ; TIontar-Dccr1 i Hzdbzx-'Bzzr' ? . . Tcx tin net ctUjied to Disi? Pftbtcsraphtra wLta Tors fcxr ycrr pietcre tsJcen zs a omdlialg la U;s Ifraxr-Dcxr Cc rites t, Come in today or i other iree2: dajtratU Acrst Ct!u drinks it every day. "It kept me out of the bone-yard so I shall drink it as long as I live," he says. He goes outside to visit his sisters, but home to him is the soda spring and the splash and sparkle of the Santiam with its inimitable brook trout. ; The area is volcanic,'; so all t the streams there have rock-beds, 'which give each one its special, musical ca dence. While "keeping the travel" the Geisendorfer had many interest ing experiences. - One summer, about. 2S years ago, a certain man remained ail summer , at the ho tel. Dally h would take his car out on the road east of Cascadia and try to et-across, the moun tains. In those days Bryant hOL starting a few miles up the river, was a formidable impasse. Only Fords, manned by two or more husky men to get out and push, could navigate that hill. Dirt road, sticky clay soil, steep incline, mudholes and big rocks were im pediments which this traveler en countered. As September neared, and the hotel season was about to close, this man agreed to leave bis car in lieu of his hotel bill. Unques tionably, the car had been stolen. Every distinguishing and identify ing" bit of nomenclature had been removed from it.. It was not a make of car common here.' The type was said to have been seen often In California. Mr. G. says that they were never able to lo cate . its real owner, even by its license plates, for. the ; man to whom they were registered had a car, and had sustained no loss L of one. They finally traded the mystery car off to a dealer en a new one. ' - - , . " Mr. Geisendorfer has ho de scendants. His; sister. Miss Mar garet Geisendorfer," lives on the old home farm near Albany. 'An other sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Lines, who lives on the old Lines farm near Knox Butte, is a Linn county historian. A . third sister; Mrs. Daisy Davis of Kansas City, is now with her sister, Margaret. A fourth sister 'was the late Mrs. W. C Hawley, wife of on of Ore gon's longtime congressmen. : When. Mr. G. passes on, he says that bis home will go to the state highway . land holdings there, by the terms of their agreement. He hopes to-live and see the improve- menta to be made there, and to share in the people's - enjoyment of a larger, finer park picture, for which he furnished the- original sketch through his own efforts. Blood Donors Turn Out . . Seond, Third Time Patients Listed ct r.IciIinnTilio HOPEWELL Under - the lead ership of Mrs. Earl Hurray of this district and Mrs. IL T, Kidd of Union vale, blood donors of this and other nearby localities report ed Thursday to McMinnvHle. Those giving blood were Mrs. Joe Beaty, Mrs. Arthur Warnock, Mrs. Earl Murray, Mrs. J. W. Ver steeg, : Mrs. ' McKee, - Mrs. : Owen Pearse, Mrs. Ross Bogers, Miss Ella Rogers, Mrs. Eugene Wilson, Miss Virginia Magness, Mrs. J. S. GHkey, JMrs. Ralph Chance,' Mrs. Lucy Orbv Mrs. Charles Wulett, Mrs. Marvel Drown, . Mrs. " Ed Loop, Mrs. Raleigh Worthmgton, Mrs. Rebekah McKhiley, Mrs. Milton Carson, Mrs." B. T. Kidd. Five f this list are third time donors and five of them are sec ond time donors. The R. T. Kidd, Ttoss Rogers, Fay Thompson and Eugene "Wil son cars 'were donated for the transportation. ; ' k Barn, Implement Burn at Brooks BROOKS The Brooks fire de parteent answered a call at 2:39 p. in. Saturday to the Carl Aspin- waU farm where his barn, in which he stored all his implements, was afire. They were unable to save the barn and a fruit sprayer, but other implements were gotten out. Cause of the fire is unknown. - Brooks Garden Chib Fetes B. F. Ramp on 93rd Birthday " BnOOIIS The Garden c.lub entertained with a picnic at the school in Brocks Friday honoring B. F. Ramp, who celebrated his C3rd birthday anniversary. Lin. Willard Ramp presented him with a double deck birthday cake, and Mrs. Minnie Dunnian also presented him with a large birth day cake, which centered the honor guest's table. ; ; Former school pupils and long time friends of Mr, Ramp gath ered for the occasion. M. L. Jones, who is 94 years old, was one of the guests. Mr. Ramp f was pre sented a billfold, with' his name engraved in gold lettering, from the . garden club members. Other gifts and greeting cards were pre sented the honor guest. Pictures of the group were taken - during the afternoon. .Birthday greetings were sun? for Mr. Rampby the garden club members..; :in the fternoon Roy' Hewitt gave a speech on "After the Warf Floyd Ramp spoke on The Four Freedoms.? Others - giving short talks were M. L. Jones, James Imlah, Mrs. Agnes Jones, Mr. Mais. W. D. Mathews, and Joe LaFeDett.:.;.. j -yf:: y: J : C Present .for the occasion were B. F. RampTthe honor guest, M. L. Jones, T. J. Shipler, J. W. West ling, :W. D, Matthews,' Mr. and Mrs. Britt AspinwalL Mrs. Roy Reed, Mrs. H. IL Bosch, Mrs. Ber tha Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Conn, Mrs. A. J. Kepling, Mr. Mills, Kenneth Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ramp, Mrs. Chris Otto, Mrs. Nora Westilng, Mrs." George McNeff, , Mrs. Florence Towers, Charles Vlnyard, Mrs. Elmer Conn, Mrs. Olhre Beardsley, Mrs. Eva Edwards, Mrs. DoHis Ramp, Mrs. Gladys Bamick, Mrs. Agnes Nys, Mrs. Minnie Punnigan, Mrs. Mary Wampler, Mrs. Wills Vin yard, Mrs. Anna M. Dualavy, Mrs. Ed Matthes, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Ramp, Mr Howard Ramp, Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKay, Mrs. Bertha Bonn, Mrs. Patsy Brutka, Mrs.. Claude Ullery, and a large group of children. Mr. Ramp came to Oregon with his parents In a covered wagon i from Illinois in 1853, when he was j three years old. He lived with his parents in Howell Prairie on the bid. Simmons place three years, then moved to . the farm near Brooks. , , . ' , " He taught school for ten years In Claggett, Mission Bottom and Brooks districts. At present Mr. Ramp is living at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Ramp, in Brooks. 1 The next meeting of the garden club will be held at the home of Mrs. John Henny on August 9. Ash fords Are Hosts For Thursday Picnic : LINCOLN Hosts for a picnie, Thursday night were Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Ashford, whose home near the Willamette river Is ideal for out door affairs. . The guest list included Mr. and Mrs. C Cox and Merl and La vera, Mrs. L. Cox, Mrs. Harry Ashford, Miss Pauline Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Herman ' Herring and Robert, Doris, Donald and Her tnaliae. Grace and Genevieve I Ashford. , t i J J S if r a f t r ' . - - J 9 CD .TP i I r j So : .:;-.UUL.Jji: L 1' "TIIM AirLAGJ T02 EVEaY0N3 LTI TK2 A V5. SIGN UP TODAY. , Nt ocdy.gaotlier tmA Atd tmt fcJ! rcSxxcl boys su&d fiirls sure needed la tlisT Aircraft X7sraias Strrlce. Here's an isportaat way YOU caa kelp s&ortea t2a war by rTT'zs ty- rltxl arta ccsftaady ca aJrrtJ 1 . 1 VE NEVER tofci you this, too. Your mother f knows it, . . Scstettsies th. kids sac about it, says Pd buA blood vessel rather than let ' you get ahead of rae. Maybe k sSe's ri -ht. The plain truth is I'd rather die than let you down, girt you causa to bo asiiaixied of vx. 4 It all itarted bach tereral. years ago, when I gar you a Clcuppins because you cxat j home with a black eye and then I Isarned la a reuadj about way that you had " gotten your sbiner trying to A convince seme schochna to that your dad was " the itrongesl;, and fineit, and besteit dad in the world. I shed tears that night, CiUjj I swore then Pd never let you lose your faith in me. Nothing has meant so much J tomeasrosee that sUent admiration in your clear eyes when you looked at oe . Q to hear the genuine toase J pride in your voice when you introduced tat to your friends, "This is MY dad . Then came the war. They 1 said I was too old to go alcn with you was needed at home to Jceep thing going Dot Tm not letting it go at that. In additlca to putting in longer IWtsrs at tsse osce7 Tve signed up f or vclunteer V xreik ta tht Aircraft ;X7arssiak Sesrrice.' I spend ft regular hours out here at an. WtrayBiIlatlcn, A "grotrail observer." they call me. I . I don't mirrd the extra, tours. It gives mo tints to ! (think . . and to plan for a j j- etter tomorrow, when you5l. ! ccais bach A felloir thoclij : 'fgieVer get too busy to thigtk, i someone has said. jSTtliiWall fcr tcaight; jgau Somehow, it Ltlps to . - send this taexiage to you s - cut there, . eernewhtrrv -; Jcit wanted ycu to Ur.zvr!". Vxa dobis lay partS ST j- - .- , , s . .. .. ." - Or Call at the ClrHIxa Defesss Of flee, Lad J It Cssi Essi TZZz r This' tnasaara la ccllled as a puhlle serrlea- In cocker wilh the IV mzLtzx Ccraand, U. S. Anry Fcrea. UADD Ci-GO. .L "I. ' 1?'.. 155 N. 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