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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1943)
irtcre They Are TPhat They Are Doins , roe Vav and Camp Davis, NC, was commissioned and assigned to an anti-aircralt searchlight bat .talion at Camp.Hulen, Tex." He was promoted to first lieutenant in October, 1942, and was battal ion adjutant at the time of his .re tirement. 1 " - Robert Lee Wallace, son of Mrs. Elsie Wallace of Aumsville, has reported at - the naval training station at Farragut, Ida., . for "boot" training. u Uti1 ! Ernest 0. Carlson, second class seaman, above, has Just retain ed to the Farramtr Ida naval station after spending a 15-day , leave with his parents. Sir. and Mrs. X. M. Carlson of Sublim ity. He Is now taklnc an elee- triclan course at Farrarut. Lorin'r Schmidt, formerly pro. prietor of the Grand theatre in ;.Salenv has been promoted from j second lieutenant to first lieuten ant in the transportation corps of the army. Mrs. Schmidt and their young son live at 1717 John street. u - ' "- ; t ; ' -K. F. Waring, gunner's mate third class, US navy, is visiting In Salem with his sister for a few days. He has returned from 18 months service in the north Paci fic, has seen action in Attu. Mr, ! Waring was with the Postal" Tele i graph company before entering i ine service.'" . Ensign John Gardner, formerly i a Willamette university student and member of the Salem YMCA staff, visited briefly here this week en route to San Diego. He has had experience in the opera tion of flying boats and in naval photography. - V Al Nowels, once an automobile ; salesman in Salem, now in the army-. quartermaster corps and sta- ; tioned 'at Vancouver Barracks, spent several days in Salem re- i cently. ZENA Byron Purvtne, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Purvine of Zeha, has been . promoted to staff sergeant at his station at Honolulu- In his last letter to his parents he said that his duties as machinist, welder, sheet metal man and crew chief of an air plane division keep him busy. SgL Purvine has been in the army almost two years and expects a furlough soon. He met many ac quaintances in Honolulu, among them being a school teacher friend of the family, Miss Maybelle Roth, who formerly taught here and in Portland. SgV Purvine described the Elks club enthusiastically, say ing that it was housed in an old Spanish mansion which was the most gorgeous building on the beach. : SILVERTON Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Powell have received word from their son Marshall, who at Camp Claiborne, La. Powell is in the engineer department and will be at Camp Claiborne until he receives regular assignment While he writes that army, life, is all right, the. opinion of Camp Claiborne is scarcely printable. A three day hurricane was one of the features since his arrival there, he writes. : Lt Marvin F. Morisky is on a 13-day furlough from Victorville, Calif., and is visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Mo risky of Brooks. - - Lt. R J. Stevenson of Garden City, JCas., formerly of Randolph f ield,: Texas, is. at the home of his mother, Mrs. Bessie Stevenson, for two days while on a cross country flight by way of Los An geles. Lt. Stevenson was accom panied by Lt E, W. Brandecker, i also in the air corps. - Mrs. George R. Herberger re ceived .word from her husband that he is now in the south Paci fic and is a second class petty of- I ficer. Their home is route 7, Box 430. He entered the navy in Octo ber, 1942. SCIO Cpl . Robert E. Pletka, who has been visiting his mother, Mrs. Lucille Pletka, in Scio a week, left Thursday for his army ; base at New Haven, Conn., where be is an instructor in photography at Yale university. INDEPENDENCE - Lt. and ; Mrs. John Martin returned to Bend Sunday after spending sev , eral days in Independence at the . home of Mrs. Martin's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grover Mattison. Lt! ; Martin recently has been elevated ;to the; frank of first lieutenant Word was received this week by Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Carey that their son, Paul Carey, has been ' advanced in thA tte.naY- Paul has. been a spe--! a i.ia9t w . me iieei postouice at , Seattle. His new assignment has not been definitely established. c Burdge spent the weekend -here visiting with his family. He is a chief commissary officer In the coast guard. . - -" . . , Ole Syverson arrived home Thursday to spend a 20-day leave . with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. Syverson. Ole, . a first: class sea man in the navy has been on duty ;in the north Pacific. . , IX Geerce Herley will leave Friday for duty a Bremerton, Wash. Lt Herley has been assist ing with the navy's V-12 program t Willamette university. ; . , .. :: ' . Service men . ! William G. Roblsonison of Mr. nd Mrs. G. B. Robison of 20 Beech avenue, has been selected j by the classification board for pi lot training. He took his " pre flight training at . University of v Nebraska and is now In Santa Ana, Calif. - - DETROIT Pvt Stanley White, son o Mr. and Mrs. Otis J; White of Detroit, who has been stationed at Camp Swift Tex., since March 5 in the field ..artillery battalion, has passed!. the " required tests for a period Of training at Chicago Institute of Technology. The first elimination tests which were held recently were passed successfully and if the first 12 weeks are com pleted, satisfactorily he will en- iou i or 72 weKs or training in civil engineering at the institute. His studies consist of chemistry, physics, history, geography, Eng lish, physical1 education 'and mili tary government Classes begin at 7:30 a.m. and are over at 8:30 p.m. He anticipates a short fur lough in November.; . - First Lt Robert K. Powell, 'son f Keith -Powell of Salem, has been retired to Inactive duty be cause of physical disability. With Mrs:- Powell,, the former Audrey Shay, and their small daughter, he has returned to Salem and will i serve as treasurer of the Salem Federal Savings and Loan associ ation,, by which he was employed before being called into active army service. He and his family will make their 'home at 1225 North 21st street . . I.t PowelLwas a sergeant in G battery, v 249th Coast Artillery, when called into the service in September, 1940. After some tionths at Fort Stevens he at tended army schools at Fort Mon- Marion Has Most Seasonal Employers I Though in Oregon as a whole the number of employers whose operations are recognized as sea sonal by the unemployment com pensation commission has been reduced from' 243 to 186 in the past year, the number in Marion county, highest in the state, re-" mains steady at 25, officials of the commission said Thursday. j These 25 firms, employing 7325 persons, are in most cases can neries, it was explained. Their number of employes last year was 7548. Clatsop county with 23 firms employing 3357 persons, and Multnomah with 20 concerns em ploying 6405, -are next in line. For the state as a whole the number of employes affected is reduced rrom 34,152 to 29,667. i Under the 1941 amended law, those employes who earn 25 nr cent of their base year wages in non-seasonal work are not sub ject to benefit restrictions. Five counties Crook, Gilliam, Harney, Jefferson and Tillamook have no seasonal firms. Only one has been determined as sea sonal in Baker, Curry, Grant aherman and Wheeler : counties. Two main lumbering sections, Klamath and Lane counties, have 11 firms with 982 employes and 8 firms "with 1787 persons, respectively. War Bond Drive Extended to Meet Woodburn Quota ! WOODBURN The war bond drive has been extended nntil 'Saturday night In the hope that the S19.0OO still needed to com plete the quota in the Woodbora area can be raised - before, the drive Is finished. According to. Dean Bishopries chairman of the drive, "by - Thursday noon. " bonds had been sold to the amount of S166.029.25: the quo ta for the district is 1125,000. : About ninety per cent of the sales have been made In the house to house 1 canvass. How ever it has been very hard to preach those who are engaged in' cannery and shipyard work, as they are often away from home or sleeping when , the .worker calls. Those who have normal - working hours have responded welt - . i Mr. Blsfaoprick urges that those who have' not yet been contacted by. personal solicita tion, try to go to. the bank or postofflee and make Cbelr in vestment to swell the sales and meet the quota. j r 5 T 1 4 rTJt.. ti-j N3:l MUZZ X.' 41- ,m jmm . u i m if lies less Slipovers or cardigans. Famous V9 5i-Gwge. Fdl-Fashkncd Beautiful sheer fcose that won't wrinkle. Some all wool. Lies - -AK Ilewesl fall plaids. Full cut, fast color stripes, prints, ptaids. In Buy Your Fall Goal Eton On Onr Lay-Away Plan n.95 i O) X.. 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