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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1943)
McDonald Heads Clan Tales of Early Days '. Told by Family; 'Lincoln Claim Held '. - 1 rtto Lester McDonald of Silverton was elected president -of h McDonald clan at the annual reunion Sunday In a large oak grave at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McDonald on Thom as creek a few miles east of Scio. The. new president succeeds Gil bert McDonald of Scio, who had served during the last year.' Other officers for the ensuing year include: vice president, R IJ McDonald, Scio; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Alice Huber, Lyons.- About 80 members of the clan attended this year's meeting, many coming from long distances for the occasion. Basket dinner was served In the jgrove and the afternoon was spent In visiting and listening to exper iences of early days, ox trains cross the plains, horse and buggy days in the Scio valley, etc United States patent deed) to a portion of the original McDonald donation-land r claim signed, : by President Abraham Lincoln, is said still to be in possession of a member of the clan. - SCIO Mrs. Clara Berger was In Portland this week on business, during which time Mrs. V. J. Phil Ippi conducted the Berger store, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Warren spent the weekend on a fishing trip on the Deschutes river, stopping at Bend. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Curl of Jefferson exhibited la Scio a few J days are alphabetic ' evi dence of their victory garden. Two potatoes, attached ' at one end, formed a perfect letter V. Charles Child of Albany, for years a member of the Oregon state legislature from Linn county, also joint, senator for Linn and Lane counties, was transacting business in Scio a few days ago. Having recently disposed of his real estate Interests in Kansas, Frank Kozak plans to make his home for the present with the Scio family of his daughter, Mrs. James Lamer. Mrs. Nellie Jones of Stayton visited Scio relatives and friends a few days ago. She formerly .lived here but Is conducting a rooming house in Stayton. Detmering Rite Set Today DAYTON Albert Detmering. S3, a resident of this area for about 60 years, died in his sleep on Monday at his home in Day ton. He had been in declining health for several months. Detmering 1 was born October 3, 1857, at Fillmore. Wis., and came to Ellensburg, Wash., in 1883. A few years later he moved to Day ton where he farmed until he retired. He" was never married. Detmering was a member of Ja cob Mayer lodge 108, AF and AM, f Dayton. Survivors include a brother, August Detmering of Dayton; three sisters, Mrs. Emma Fuchs : of Dayton, Mrs. Anna Schmidt and Mrs. Bertha Rehmke, both f Santa Monica, Calif. Funeral services will be held at 3 p. m. Friday at Macy's chapel t McMinnville. ftev. Dallas Mes erve of the Dayton Christian church will officiate. Burial will be in the Dayton Brookside cem etery. Tompkins Sells Part of Farm To Worthingtons GRAND ISLAND Harold Tompkins, airplane gunner sta tioned at Salt Lake, Is home on a short furlough to dispose of his farm, machinery and livestock. He held a public auction: at his Siletz river bottom ldg-acre farm Sunday and has several offers Jor it. - .-'.r.;.,.v - Tuesday he sold Uie 10-acre place here located diagonally from the Grand Island school, known as the Frank Sawyer place, to ,Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Worthing ton of Wheatland. Teacher Hired ANKENY Mrs. Gladys Doran has been hired as teacher for the Ankeny school which will open about September 13. Nettie Jean Fair, granddaughter ef Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Farr, is con valescing at her home In Albany from an operation for. appendicitis. Midi - Willamette Yalley ?News i r Reports From PAGE SIX Knights Plan Columbus Day Benefit Dance SUBLIMITY At the monthly Knights ' of Columbus meeting held at ; Sublimity on Tuesday, arrangements were made for the annual; Columbus , Day dance, which will be given in Stayton on Friday night, October 8, for the benefit of the servicemen. This annual affair since Pearl Harbor has been one of the ' out standing dances In the Santiam valley and this year special ef fort is being put on to supply those in the armed services with the servicemens bulletin and oth er needed assistance. Grand Knight Ed Jacoby ap pointed the following dance com mittee: Raymond Kerber, chair man, f rancis O'Connor, Bert Grad ley, Ted Etzel, Paul Lambrecht and Harold BubeL Announcement of Installation of officers was made for the next meeting,; which will be held at Sublimity on Tuesday night, Sep tember 21. The Initiation date has been set for a Sunday in October. Under the good of the order part of the meeting, directed by Lec turer Raymond Kerber, honors were given Matt Gerspacher, who leaves for the armed services on Wednesday morning. Speaking on the program was Eugene Frichtl of Stayton,' on a furlough .from Pendleton field, and also Philip Ditter of Portland, who is visiting relatives in this vicinity. Following the meeting, a water melon feed was served by the lec turer. Chairman Bert Bradley of the athletic committee put on a program of athletics. Worker Sets Record for Handling Aluminum VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug 18 (JP) Aluminum for nine fighter planes in one week. That was the amount of metal handled by pot tender Robert Norvell during seven straight 16 hour shifts totaling 112 hours, the Aluminum company of America plant here disclosed today. Norvell equalled the record set last year by Gus Sellberg, another pot tender in Alcoa's local plant. n 0 D vr'Anii WAIfff TTMf.:- Shredded Biscuit, . 1 Golden Uesl Coffee Sunrise Coffee D D 'oinhill Fisber's V7heal U i IH$TAHTCOOIUH 1 J " 1 - bm mm 4h as mu s a v ' rikd cmtAL n I.. a The Statesman's Community Correspondents Satan, Oregon, Friday; Morning. August S3, 1S13 Pelsters Buy Peders on Turkey Ranch; Sttverton Groups " Plan Coming Meeting S ILVERTON Mr. ; and Mrs. Andrew Pederson, well-known turkey raisers, this week sold their 100-acre ranch on the Silver Creek Falls road to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Pelster from Nebraska The newcomers, who also took over the turkeys, will move in September 15. The Pedersons plan to take a trip to California with the idea of spending at least the winter there if they find it to their liking. Mrs. Pederson came to Sllverton 42 years ago and Mr. Pederson about 12 years later. Since their marriage 230 some years ago, : they have lived on their present ranch. Planning to accompany them south are" their five children, ; Marie, Genevieve, Alvin, Andrew, jr., and Betty. They plan to leave by mid-September. - - Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Williams have purchased the Elmo Lind holm home on East HilL Mr. and Mrs. Jim Clough have been liv ing here. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Mc Clanathan recently purchased the A I Coote home on Coolidge street. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have been living in the Coote home. SILVERTON The postponed meeting of the American Legion and auxiliary will be held Mon day night when those attending the convention at Baker will be present to .report. The regular meeting date was August 18. . The Silverton planning com mission, headed by Lowell E. Brown will meet Monday night when building codes will be dis cussed. These were talked of briefly at the July meeting, and at that time E. K. Burton, city manager and secretary for the commission, was instructed to ob tain further information on buil ding codes applicable to towns the size of Silverton. This information will be discussed at the Monday meeting. SILVERTON Members of the Silverton . Trinity Luther league are planning a Sunday night wie ner roast and social hour at the outdoor church yard fireplace Sunday night. Calvary Lutheran Ladies Aid society will meet Wednesday af P IG G L'V Spry 1 lb. Jar Large Size - miiii" - ClOrffl WMlTtt 27c 4 for Wheat 250 lge. 2 pkgs. 300 1 lb.bajr 270 1 lb. bag 230 9 oz. glass Germ VL 250 fishsr's Pancake Udfl3 Fkir 90 10-Ii. sack ) ternoon at the church with Mrs. Christine Rislov as hostess. The meeting will be held in the church social rooms. .The Xmmanuel Senior guild will meet at the home' of Mrs. E. R, Ekman Wednesday night' at 8 o' clock. : SILVERTON Mrs. Joseph Stirk and her two children, Fred and Marie, are at Silverton for several Weeks visit with her par ents, '" Mr. and . Mrs. W. Stirber. Mrs. Stirk, the former Dorothy Stirber, and her family now live at Seattle where Mr. Stirk Is em ployed at Boeings. Auburn Garden QubstoPlan. Fall Show Tonight AUBURN A meeting of the three 4H Garden clubs in the Auburn community will be held at the Auburn school tonight at 7:38 o'clock. As this Is a very Important meeting, S all ; club members are urged to attend. Plans for making exhibits at the Marion county fall shew win be 7 diseassed. --y'-' '-' Two moving pictures wHl.be shown by Amos Bierly, county 4H elab agent, who will attend the meeting. The first picture Is entlUed "Gardening.- which gives a few details helpful in garden management. A second, is a war picture Target for Tonight, shewing an , actual bombing raid ever Germany. .Both are sound films of Interest to all club members. ; WHGeiLV tied - Fish - Ponllry Meat is rationed bat quality is not. Get what yonr points are worth at Curtis BlarkeL We sell only goyernment inspected meats. We have a good supply of poultry and fish for year se lection when points are low. 'Opea Dally Till ? p.m. TOD IIEAT TO EAT Y7E CAIIT BE DEAT" Del tlonle ??Slf". Diced Beeis mSu Elcd Dari Sugar Peas -: 10,0 ra1..I VZ H&D AUlilUlUmJUlbU Faney ftmaioesg1 Grapefrnil Jnico Apricols H Elaiiino 7oHsl Scud Ilutora HeboId Bleach Vono Liqnid GIszzsr yt 530 Sc3a Crcs!icrs Lions Talk Autumn Plans SILVERTON Reports and plans for the autumn were heard and made at the Wednesday night meeting of ; the Silverton Lions club of which Melvin Bell Is president. - ' ; . ( Included in the report was that jack Spencer, Lions dub - chair man of war bond sales, had been appointed Silverton chairman at a meeting held during: the week. Mr. Spencer : will serve for the entire ,- community. ' Another re port was. made' of the meeting of district governors held at' Port land early this week and attended by Dr. A, I V. Smith, who Is a member - of the local club and governor of this district." . : Plans discussed were for the erection of a victory board at Sil verton to hold the names of all local service men.' Ulrich Eilers Funeral Today AURORA Ulrich Eilers, 62, died Wednesday afternoon- In an Oregon City hospital. For the past 48 years he had lived on a farm near Aurora. He was born In July, 1881, In Portland. Surviving are the widow, Ellen; three sons, Vernon A. of Corval 11s, Melvin F. hi the South Pacific in the navy and John F. in Aus tralia with the army. Services will be at the Atkinson Memorial Congregational church, Portland, of which he was a member, on Friday at 2 JO p. m. The body will be taken to the Portland Crematorium for burial in charge of Holman and Han kins Funeral r home . of Oregon City. : ' ' :.; i Grangers Adjourn Meets Two Months DAYTON Dae te the small attendance Saturday night at the Dayton-Webfoot grange meeting, members voted te ad journ for twe months during the busy harvest season. D 0 D D D D D 60 Buf-Tin Points 303 Glass 120 0 . 3pts. 2a tin 2120 0 0 0 E90 f, 350 290 :S0 0 Bar 220 1 D D D D Yi Jog Tasty Maid 2 lb. carton 27(5 It's Earlier la the war, Germaa propaganda officials crowed at pieteres Today the shoo is oat the other foot. This ptctmro appeared la too Berliner Ulestrlerto Zeltvnr cap tioned as bombed-out citizens of an unnamed German town. Woodburn's Employment Office Moves WOODBURN The US em ployment service was moved Mon day one door north to the buil ding "vacated about a year aeo by the Crurney grocery store, on the corner of Front and Garfield streets. According to Mrs.; Fern Daugherty, employment officer. the berry fields are well sup plied with pickers, but there has been a decided scarcity of pickers for: beans and also for hops.1 The picking of early hops is well start ed; the later hops will be coming on next week. J C E. Beckwith from Canby has rented the building recently vacat ed by the US employment service and is Installing equipment and machinery for a Fix-It shop. He will be ready to repair pumps of various types, washing machines, sewing machines and practically any type of household equipment that is not working properly. Mr. Beckwith has been in business in Canby for the past 14 years. WOODBURN Twenty three men from the Woodburn district eft early Thursday morning to be It's Back to School M mr- --11 M m ft' - ) u ' i Prices Not Funny Any inducted into, the US army. They had been called July 28. Eight men were from Woodburn: Arlo M. Olson, Walter S. Scarborough, Jr Floyd Maricle, Robert Sargeant, Marvin S. Undseth, James A. Morgan, Ray B. Rich and Edward Murphy; ten were from Silverton: Francis E. Ness, John W. Bow man, Delbert L. Staiger, Wesley M. Gatchet, FJdon R. Johnson, Harvey A. Bars tad, . Joseph A. Mertl, Raymond D. Woelke, Ken neth D. Rankin, Theodore F. Tuft eskog; three from Brooks: Dwight B. Wood, Dan L. Perkins, and Manuel Q. Hadley; and two from Chemawa: Donald B. Williams and ; Wellington Byrd. Edward Murphy served as acting corpor al In charge of the group to Fort Lewis, the reception center. - Carl Berg Suffers Severe Leg Burns v SCIO Carl Berg was severely burned on his lower leg this week while working in the Warren service station Saturday afternoon.- " ; .' Mrs. Roy Lambert Is reported In satisfactory condition follow ing injuries to her hand and arm In a ' clothes wringer. Her husband is engaged In timber work In the Berlin locality. $1 tf?.(o UoV(2) fSk til IIS I Slip Covers Cardigans All Wool Novelty Cottons Long or Short Slooves Slxs34to40 Start to school with plenty of sweaters to wear with your skirts. Choose the ones you like from this wide assortment. s3:!9 Wool and Raye Mixta res ' Sises 24 ta S2 ' Skirts designed to ijive slimming effects and flatter all figures. Skirts the well-dressed school . girl won't want to be without. SCHOOL GQL ALLOTS Nylon reinforced sole. Rayon and rabbit ) Z hair clxtura. Pastel and dark thadss. 5) jj i Warn Effectlre Friday Throuzh Monday Hqrc like this ef the air war on Britain. VaUoy Births GRAND ISLAND Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Asher are the parents of a seven and quarter pound daughter born Monday morning at the Dr. Charles H. Law hospital In Amity. This is their first chad and she has been named Sandra Leigh. Asher is in training at Fort Knox. Ky., in the armored Infan try, ( having been inducted last March 17; This Is the first grand child of Mr. and Mrs. George Asher here and of Mr. and Mrs. John Lorenzen of Amity. ' SCIO Mrs. Gail Jones of Scio has reveived an announcement ot the birth of a son, Warren Charles, to Mr. and Mrs. Warren Gaskill at Albany. The new arrival is a nephew of Mrs. Jones, the father being In army service. SILVERTON Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Matheny are reporting the birth of a son at the Silverton hos pital Tuesday. Zimmerman Better , SILVERTON C a r 1 Zimmer man was able to resume his work at the Silver Falls planer shed this week after several days ot serious illness. With the $1 o Fopvlar Flalis Ulld Calebs Frest Check lex Fteats . ' ,i ' Cored Circular Styles I SMtiMt Fair Dm Fiji C"' fr ' " I. 0 Q(P DsU- Ore Vs j" i i 0 w ) n . 0 m I 1 c' 11 izzi ai:rth tei! a E:iidD o o o -i Drrj EIJj. .iv-s . V I I