Schools Vote
Consolidation
Yampo, Amity Grade i
Districts Join
At Special Election
AMITY At special . elections
held Tuesday night at the Yampo
school southeast of Amity and at
the Amity grade school building,
the vote for consolidating the two
school districts . carried almost
unanimously. - This makes the
third district which has consoli
dated with Amity, the Patty and
Whitesson districts having con
solidated a few yearsago. X
' The Jensen Brothers Lumber
company has been sold to Harry
Hockema near Broadmead. He
will open the lumber yard soon.
Mr. Jensen has been called into
service. "
Mrs. J. O. Casteel and son, Vir
gil, have returned from a three
week visit to her former home in
Oklahoma.
Paul Brown of West Salem was
a caller Tuesday at the home of
his" mother, Mrs. Martha E.
Brown. t J ' ;-. .
Mrs. Leonard Cannon of the
Hawaiian islands is a guest at
the home of Mr. Cannon's aunt.
Miss Bertha M linkers. ,
Frank Nason of Portland is
building a home on the lot he
bought recently from W. S. Fuller
on North Trade street "U
Sven Erickson, who recently
moved to McMinnville, has rented
his property in Amity to Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Yarnes.
- Mrs. Elvin Asher and baby
daughter, Sandra Leigh, are now
at the home of Mrs. Ashers par
ents, Mr. azd Mrs. John L. Loren
sen. Elvin Asher is with the army
at Fort Knox, Ky.
Bolman Sustains
Hand Lacerations
SCIO Alvie Bolman, formerly
of the Scio community, sustained
severe bruises and lacerations of
the hand this week while working
at the paper mill in Lebanon.' His
wife is the former Betty Rails
back, daughter of Mrs! Roy Shel
ton of Scio, and a recent gradu
ate of the Scio high school. ; , ., j.
Joe Lamplot, 80-year-old ? re
tired farmer eight miles south
east of Scio, was reported some
what improved from a severe and
sudden illness.
Mrs. Callie Philippi, who has
been under - treatment at Salem
for some time for . an eye afflic
tion, is said to be improving at
the home of her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.and Mrs. William
Ashton.
Circus Is Coming to Town;
Big Top to Open Labor Day
The Camels are coming!
. And the elephants and the lions-j-and the clowns lots of
clowns! and the calliope ; j :"
You guessed it, the circus. Yes, it's the big show, the Cole
Brothers Combined Circus, one of the two largest in the world,
coming to Salem on Labor Day, Monday, September 6, for after
noon and night performances at
Leslie school grounds.
A mile long train of double
length steel railroad cars loaded
to the brim with spangleland
wonders from the four corners of
the earth. Traveling with the big
show are nearly 1,000 people in
addition ot the more than 100 men
ahead, 30 of whom are here today
aboard their streamlined advance
car under the command of Vern
Williams, one of spangleland's
veteran advertising-car managers.
Nearly 400 men and ; women
arenic. stars and performers from
all parts of the world are listed
under the big show's banners this
year. A. stupendous array of 1943
thrills and innovations including
a gaily colored big top of indigo
blue canvas, said to be the most
gorgeously decorated tent ever
built and a huge menagerie filled
. with wild and ferocious animals
from every clime. Three great
herds of elephants and 250 horses
and ponies are still i other items
of magnitude.
As a prelude to this year's cir
cus performances, an enchanting
super-spectacle ; in song entitled,
" "The Conquest of Coronado is
presented with hundreds of peo
ple and animals taking part: Flor
ence ; Tennyson, the noted opera
star and a big dancing chorus of
beautiful girls highlight the mag
nificent production. ' ,
Glittering howdahs, jeweled
floats drawn by Chinese Yaks,
zebras bitched to chariots, unique
carts " drawn" by water buffalo
scores ' of colorfully accoutered
camels, standard bearers and gai
ly decorated tongas of most every
conceivable form filled with beau
tiful women from many, foreign
nations, all ' contribute to the
reenactment of the amazing story
of old Mexico.
Spangleland names, internation
ally known, dot ithe lengthy pro
gram, from beginning to end. Doz
ens upon dozens of them.-The or
iginal Hanneford family of bare
back riding ; marvels, featuring
Poodles, the greatest of all rid
ing comedians; the Anteleks, high
perch performers; Seven Flying
Thrillers, a sensational flying re
turn display, with Eileen Harold,
only girl ever; to accomplish, a
two-and-a-half -somersault to a
catch La xnid-air-while blindfold
ed; Jean Allen; the daring rider of
rearing and high-jumping horses;
tie Latinos, tight-wire" .stars, and
the Crest rctroffs,. breath-taking
eerialists; the Great Webber, the
MM-Willsimeulte Yallev: New
Reports From
Grange Puts
On Degrees
Eight New Members
Taken In; Canning
Contest Explained ,
WEST SALEM The West Sa
lem grange met In special session
Thursday night to confer the third
and fourth degrees on a class of
eight new members. The meeting
opened with a potluck ' dinner
followed by a closed session, in
which j degree work was - con
ducted. The ! grange fruit canning con
test was discussed and explained,
and several members . expressed
a r desire to enter. This canning
contest is an annual event spon
sored by the grange and a sugar
company at Nyssa, Ore. Beginning
with county contests, it culminates
in a state-wide contest held at the
state ; grange headquarters i. in
Portland, at which there will be
over $1000 distributed as prizes
among the contesting g r a n g e
members over the state. The Polk
county contest will be held at the
Pomona grange which meets at
the West Salem community hall
for an all-day session on the
fourth Saturday in October."
W E S T SALEM Members of
the Salem district youth council
met Saturday at the home of
the- district superintendent. Dr.
Purdy, i for an all -day session.
Delegates from the West Salem
Methodist church were in attend
ance. The object of this council is
to formulate plans for the con
solidating of efforts of the several
youth groups embraced in the Sa
lem district churches into a co
ordinated progressive program of
youth activities.
WEST SALEM John L. Frie
sen was issued a permit to re
shingle his home and make some
other minor ; repairs at an esti
mated cost of $450. H. S. Edwards
was issued a permit to remodel
a house at a cost of $200.
WEST SALEM Edward O.
Rourke, I Portland, . was. arrested
on a 'charge of vagrancy, locked
up in the city jail overnight and
released this morning.
high-in-theair thriller; the Har
rold troupe . and the Voise troupe,
comedy aerial - bar performers;
Shirley Byron, the daring. Roman
standing rider, and many others
who will be seen here for the first
time. '
r Hank Linton, the famed cham
pion cowboy and his noted con
gress of wild west folk is still an
other outstanding feature, this
;year. - . . , , . -
j And there are clowns, half a
hundred of" those funny fellows,
this year, and among them Otto
Greibling, - one- of the world's
greatest; '.Horace Laird, Freddie
Freeman, Arthur Borella and BUI
Bailey, definitely, the best known
clowns in the land of sawdust and
spangle,'.;--;-.S'-;;'..r-'-ir v-"
The performances wiU be giv
en at 3 and 8 p. m. with the main
gates opening one hour earlier in
each instance allowing - leisurely
inspection of th menagerie.
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Tugman Home
In South Scio
SCIO Through the agency . of
Roy V. Shelton, Scio real ." estate
dealer, the Homer Tugman resi
dence property in south Scio has
been sold to Roy Lambert of this
city, who ; will take possession
with his family upon completion
of y sale details. - Mrs. : Tugman
plans to leave soon for her for
mer home at Gresham, where her
parents reside. Mr. Tugman C will
continue his employment ' in the
Sweet Home locality for . the
present.
Real estate office of Roy Shel
ton -is to be moved soon from his
I Main' street residence to ; the for
mer Flanagan meat market in this
city, Shelton having recently pur
chased the business property.
F. A. Lowry and family win
move to the former 5 Seman resi
dence property in Scio, having
purchased ; the place a few days
ago. Lowry recently sold his 27
acre farm near .West Scio to a
Stayton man. He will occupy the
Scio farm at once.
Mrs. Roy Shelton - recently vis
ited friends at Independence. ;
Mrs. Max Bueton has returned
to her home in Portland follow
ing a visit of a few days at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. C L. Pan
nell here. She is , the mother of
Mrs. Leonard Pennell, who also
has been visiting for some time at
the senior Pennell home in this
city. ; ' : ": t " ; : ; -
Mrs. Wv H. Dennis on and
daughter, Florence, ' accompanied
Lebanon friends to Portland Wed
nesday of a business and pleasure
trip. Miss Dennison : plans : to re
turn to grade, school work at Jef
ferson at the opening of the cur
rent school year a few; weeks
hence, beginning her third year at
that place;
Brush College
People Entertain .
House Guests
BRUSH! COLLEGE- house
guest ; from Portland for eight
days at the country home of Mrs.
Marie Flint McCaU was - Mrs. B.
A. Cathey, an old family, friend.
Mrs. Cathey left for her home
Tuesday. Mrs. McCaU went to
Aurora Wednesday "for a . brief
visit - with Mr. and Mrs. John
Miller. ; y ' i
S Homer and lEdwin : Utley are
having their first experience on
a farm and thoroughly enjoying it
at the home of their I relatives,
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Utley and Dr.
and Mrs. C. L. Blodgett at Tri
angle ranch. The children's ' par
ents. Dr. and Mrs. Floyd Utley of
Portland, plan ; to come for them
today. , ' . , ' ,
: Miss Edith Ross is , a house
guest at the home of her cousins.
Dr. and Mrs. C L. Blodgett and
Mr. and Mrs. A E. Utley, until
school ; opens - in ; mid-September
when she will teach science and
health - in Silverton junior high
school:
Patricks Both:
Seriously 111
ZEN A Mr. and ; Mrs. A. M.
Patrick, 82, 'vAave; been seriously
Ul at their home in the Zena hills.
Their youngest daughter, Mrs. K.
A. Chapler, was notified by the
neighbors and came to take care
of them. " v-."" f- - ; " :
' . Mr. Patrick's illness was caused
from being., stung, by- bees, ' Mrs.
Patrick had a severe attack of in
fluenza. Both are recovering sat
isfactorily.
Community Correspondents
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Funeral Held
ForMrSoSmall
At Turner
TURNER Hester Millicent
Small, 82, died Tuesday at the
home of Mrs. , Luta ', Fuson , in
Aumsville , following r an illness
with influenza. She was born Au
gust 9, 1861, to Isaac and Hester
Ann Small, pioneer parents, who
resided in the Waldo Hills near
Silverton. ; Her entire : life was
spent in Marion county, residing
over 55 years in Turner. Miss
Small made her home with her
sister, Mrs. Ada Mathias, for many
years until ill health made, it
necessary three years ago for her
to be Reared for at ,u the : Fuson
home.- r'yfj
The Rev. C. W. Pogue of Sa
lem, former pastor of the Turner
Methodist church, officiated at
the services Friday morning at 10
o'clock. Mrs. Kathryn Weddle of
Stayton sang "In the Garden." ?
Of nine children, - Mrs., Ada
Mathias " of . Turner is the only
surviving member of : the Waldo
Hills i pioneer family. Also : one
sister-in-law, Mrs. Louisa M.
Small of Turner survives, and
many nieces and nephews. Inter
ment was in the family plot at
Twin Oaks cemetery here.
Garrett Rite
To Be Monday
AUROR A Funeral services
have been set for 2 p.m. Monday
at " the Canby Funeral home for
Thomas G. Garrett, 70, who died
Thursday night at his home at
Viola following a month's illness.
Rev. F. E. Fisher will officiate
and burial will be in the family
plot in the Miller cemetery. ;
Mr,, Garrett was born in Mar-4
quam on August 20r 1870, and
was married in 1893 at Oregon
City to Ella McKinney. They lived
most of the time- in Clackamas
county except for the last 14 years
which were spent in Viola. .
Surviving besides the ; widow
are two sons, Edwin of Forest
Grove and Earl of Monroe; two
daughters, Mona Hubbard of Vi
ola and Violet Kay of -Forest
Grove; two, .brothers, '& Richard
Garrett pf Canby and Leroy , of
Hebo; three sisters, Jane Mosher
of Silverton, Mary, Jones of Mar
quam and Nancy Feller, of Don
ald; eight grandchildren and four
great grandchildren. -
Valley Births
HAYESVTLLE Mr. and Mrs.
Blain Martin are .receiving con
gratulations on the birth of twin
sons, born Wednesday night at the
Deaconess hospital. '
iirm needs
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CE Meeting .
Ends Today
TURNER The annual Chris
tian Endeavor summer conference
sponsored by the Oregon' Chris
tian ' Endeavor union, will close
Sunday afternoon following a six
day, session at the Turner taber
nacle grounds. A hundred dele
gates and faculty members from
all parts of the state have attend
ed the 1S43 conference.
- The weather has been ideal for
the outdoor recreational periods
and inspirational night bonfires.
Members of the faculty included
Rev.: C P. Gates- of Portland,
Rev. and Mrs: Howard C Cole of
Salem, "Dr.x and Mrs. Walter L.
Myers of Beaverton; Miss Viola
Ogden of Portland, Miss El cy
Walker of Forest Grove, Rev. and
Mrs. H. L. Bronson of Tulelake,
Califs Rev. Vernon Fishback of
Roseburg, Rev. James Aiken
Smith of Salem and Rev. W. H.
Lyman of Salem. -
Dr. .Walter L. Myers was dean
i of the conference, Mrs. Ross Gui-
ley of Eugene, dean, of girls, and
Rev. H. L. Bronson, dean of . the
boys; ,i f -. . 2
- Mrs. s William ; Bish - and -. Mrs.
Martin Lee pf Portland were in
charge of the kitchen and restau
rant for the conference.
Miss Boye Leaves .
WOOD BURN Miss Laura
Boye, who has spent her summer
vacation at her home - on South
Settlemier avenue, left Saturday
for Seattle where ' she . will teach
during the coming school year.
School opens Monday, August 30.
Mrs. John Templeton spent the
week in Portland with relatives.
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Bsiin Harvest ,
Ends, tabisli "
Swegle TVorkers
: Will Scalter Now
For Other Crops
SWEGLE The harvesting of
the bean crop at the Hayes Lablsh
farms was closed Friday morning
with the workers being paid off at
the Real community store. Har
vesting was finished Thursday
after 15 days of picking.
; Workersr were picked up and
taken to the fields each morning
at 6:30 o'clock in a truck driven
by Dad" Page and . for many it
was the third year in the same
field. There was an average of 25
in the truck daily with one boy,
Marvin Eucker not missing a
single - trip and several others
missing only one. ,
' Checks of the 12-year-old boys
ranged from $40 to $75. The ages
of those going out to work were
from six years, to past 70. One
woman picked 6646 pounds and
two averaged more than that
Harold Nosack, eight-year-old,
who lives not far from the bean
fields, picked all 16 days and re
ceived $54.45. He did not start
picking until 9 a. m. each day,
waiting-for the vines to dry out.
He kept an account of each day's
picking, aiming for a definite goal
daily.. ' .- yy:.;-i-
'Swegle workers - plan on this
bean picking Job together but will
go to different jobs now, as some
prefer hops, some prunes and sev
eral will pull onions and chop for
onion seed.
SWEGLE This district is start
ing picking in its one large hop
ranch, the R. G. DeSart yard just
north of East Turner road. Mr,
DeSart report his hops a little late
this year but picking will get un
der way by September 5 to 10,
The hops seem heavier than for
several years and are free .from
insects, insuring good picking, he
reportfc';':;;;.?;"; -'--.r Yu
T7SCS Studies:
Mexicans
AMITY The Woman's Society
of Christian Service of the Amity
Methodist church met - in the
church parlors ..Wednesday after
noon for the regular missionary
lesson. Mrs. J. L, McKenney led
the opening devotions and Mrs.
T. V. Newman gave a lesson on
Mexico, assisted by . Mrs. C S.
Holloway, Mrs. David Smith and
Mrs. J. L. McKenney. ;
. Becky Wood,' granddaughter of
Mrs. Smith, wearing Mexican at
tire, told how . the Mexican chil
dren celebrate Christmas and dis
tributed cut-out Mexican hats as
souvenirs. . . . ' "
Appointed as church decorating
committee during September were
Mrs. H. W. Torbet, Mrs. T V.
Newman, Mrs. H. J. Richter and
Mrs. J. L. Payne.;
During the social hour, refresh
ments were served.: The hostesses
were Mrs. Will Patty, Mrs. Ernest
Gibbs, Mrs. Hettie Shields and
Mrs. Luella Shipley. Over 20
were present. .
Richards Funeral
Set for Monday"
WOODBURNMrsLois Richards-
of ,1106 Ogle street. Wood
burn, died at a Salem hospital
where she had been under treat
ment for the past three' weeks.
Born in Michigan. June 30, 1878,
she spent most of her life in Mon
tana, from which state she came
to Oregon about nine years ago,
making her home in Wood burn.
She was a member of the Wood
burn Legion auxiliary.
She leaves a daughter, Mrs.
Bessie Burd, and five grandchil
dren, all of Woodburn, and two
brothers and three sisters in the
east.
Burial services, with Rev. D.
Lester Fields of the Woodburn
Methodist xhurch officiating, will
be held at 3 p. m. Monday, Au
gust 30, at the Ringo chapeL She
will be buried in Belle Passi cem
etery by the side of her husband,
William R. Richards, who died in
September of 1942.
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, LINCOLN The rcsular moat .
4H Garden . dub, which -ttas re
mained active throughout the
summer months in spite of the
fact that all of the members ar&
engaged in fruit and vegetable
harvest, was held at the home of
Genevieve A s h f o r d Saturday
night
year at Lincoln, is leading the
group, air of whom have the rank
of Oregon Green Guards. They
discussed keeping Oregon green.
Memorandum was taken for Au
gust fires which they have re
ported or assisted in quenching.
One young lad . saw a man
smoking a cigarette less than 17
feet from a gas barrel. He pre
vented a serious conflagration by
his quick action when a fire
was started by the cigarette. Fol
lowing the meeting, Mrs. H. W.
Ashford served ice cream, cookies
and punch. ,
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BRUSH COLLEG E Mrs.
Charles McCarter of Brush Col
lege . had the misfortune to fall
from a woodpile recently and
break a bone In the wrist of her
right arm. She was assisting her
husband in unloading wood when
the accident occurred. 1
Mr. McCarter health is im
paired by a long illness and Mrs,
McCarter helps about the farm
in various ways as they are . un
able to get workers.
Her- sister, Mrs. Gus Cole of
Salem, stayed with her several
dayS. ; ; : i- V - '
Peak in Hospital
MONITOR -J- Pat Peak was
taken to the Deaconess hospiUl
recently for an appendicitis
eration. .,
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