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One Day Convention
Is Held Monday
For Two Counties
ALBANY More than 300 edu
cators, including teachers in Linn
and Benton schools gathered here
Monday to attend a regional con
ference f the Oregon ' State
Teachers' association. Plans for
the one-day session were made
.' by Linn county School Supt. J. M.
Bennett. E. H. Castle, Benton
county school superintendent, co
operated with Bennett in s ar
rangements. All sessions were
held in the auditorium of the high
scbooL
Opening at 9 o'clock, the morn
ing session program included mu
sical numbers, flag salute by Boy
- Scouts,' greetings from the state
department by State Supt. Rex
Putnam, an address," "Education
and the Outlook' in the North
west," by Dr. A. L. Strand, presi-
, dent of Oregon State college;
greetings from the OSTA by Dr.
Frank W. Parr; and county OSTA
division business sessions.
The afternoon was devoted to
social studies led by Miss Joy
Hills, supervisor . of curriculum
and publications for the state de
partment; group singing led by
Dr. D. V. Poling; greetings from
the 4H club system by H. C. Sey
mour; an address, "Three in a
Bed," Dr. R. F." Hawk, director
of research in' .the "Vanport
schools; and instrumental num
bers by Albany talent. , ;
' Others appearing on the pro
gram included Gilbert A. Spra-
guer Sweet Home,' president of
the Linn county 4di vision; Rose D.
Havside, secretary-treasurer of
the Benton county division; and
Rev. E. A." Luthe pastor of the
Albany Baptist" church." Rev. Lu
ther gave the invocation. " t
Meyers Family
Moves to Detroit
- DETROIT New residents of
Detroit . are Mr. and Mrs. Ed
l Meyers, who came here from
RickrealT and are living in the
Frank Steenhout apartments. Mr.
Meyers is employed by the gov
: emment road administration.
. Their son, Howard, has enrolled
in the fourth grade.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard . Hansen
and Mrs.' H. W. Beard attended
' the evangelistic services at the
Church of Christ in Mill City
: Thursday nights" Rose , Evans was
the speaker, and Mrs. Guy Arm
' strong, Glendale, whose husband
- was a former Detroit pastor, was
me sung cutrr. , . ;
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Reports From The Suitesman Community
Sal,m. Oregon. Tuesday Monilng. October 12. 1943
PAGS Tl
Property Sold
At Oak Point
Two Families Move
; "To Salem 'Homes; -Dairy
Farm Bought
; OAK POINT-Quite a few
property changes have been made
in this community this summer.
Mrs. Hattie J. Black sold her 141
acre farm to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Klug of Salem. Mrs. Black and
daughter, Mrs. Ralph Kletzing,
jr.," have . purchased a home v in
Salem and moved there. Mr. Klug
has a good sized dairy herd and
also bought the 36 acrefarm of
P. O. Black which adjoins his on
the south.
Mrs. Black has purchased 60
acres of "the Charles Wilson place
and leased it to Rodney Peterson.
Leonard Peterson has sold his
109-acre dairy farm to an low an
who will take possession ' Novem
ber 1. Mr. Peterson sold equip
ment, dairy herd and all house
hold goods with the place.' He and
Mrs. Peterson have purchased a
home in Salem.
, Christina Clow sold her. 280
acre place to E 1 d o n Riddle of
Monmouth and has bought a
home in Monmouth where she
will move about October 20.
Louis Reese is improving his
place ; by tearing down the old
barn and building a modern hip
roof barn. Mr. Reese, principal of
the Oak Point school, is teaching
the four upper grades with Mrs.
Purvis returning to teach the
lower grades. There are 24 pupils
in the upper grades and 19 in the
lower.
Valley Births
SILVERTON Mr. and Mrs.
John Shellberger are announc
ing the birth of a son at the Sil
verton hospital Saturday.
Relatives here have learned
that a daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Edlund (Dorothy
Oliphant) on September 29, in
Washington, DC, where Edlund,
a navy officer, is an instructor in
radio. The baby, the second
daughter, has been named Beverly
I Ann. .
Regiment, Company Delegates
Of Woman's Ambulance Corps
Convene at Scio Sunday
SCIO- Delegations from regimental and company headquar
' ters at Portland, McMinnville and Forest Grove units of Oregon
f woman's ambulance corps were entertained in Scio Sunday
by the Scio unit, company B, fourth platoon, according to an
nouncement of LL Velma - Jones,
bead of the local organization. 1
-, First aid problems and proced4
tire, - drills, etc., were among
subjects considered by the
visitors,-anB instructions and in
formation was given . on other
phases of ambulance corps activi
ties, LL Jones added. .Fifteen . or
18 members were present, - .
. The Scio organization meets
each Wednesday night . at ZCBJ
hall. On the occasion; of the com
ing delegation, refreshments will
be served. Company B . has a
membership of 19 and an en
couraging percentage of the com
pany roll is represented at
meetings. - '
The company plans to furnish
a benefit lunch at the Goodwin
auction sale ' two ' miles south of
Scio on Wednesday, October 13.
. SCIO Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bran
son plan -to move next week, to
their new, home at Agate Beach,
near Newport, -where they re
eently ? purchased " residence prop
erty. The Bransons 'sold . their
acreage in Scio to the L. L. Dills
of Lewiston, Wash near Seattle,
who. will occupy their new home
'about the first of the new year.
Reported price for the Branson
property, consisting of two-story
- residence and about three acres
of land on South Main street im
mediately west of the telephone
office, was v$240O. . "
Joe Schultz and P. J. Shannon
are hunting in ; the ' Mitchell lo
cality. "Mrs. George Smith (Juanice
Thayer), postoffice clerk at Scio,
planned, to leave Sunday for Tuc
aon, Ariz to visit' her husband,
who is in the army service there.
Mrs.' Smith may remain indefi
nitely.' Mrs.. Herman Eckhardt,
who has been visiting her sister,
Mrs. Ollie MacDonald and other
relatives here for a month, ac
companied - Mrs. Smith as far as
Hollywood, where the Eckhardts
are making their home.' " - -,
- At the quarterly business
meeting ef the Sele Christian :
. . church Tuesday night, arranre-
.. anents were . made to' have the
pastor. Rev., Enunett O. Rick-;
ard, . ccupy , the . pulpit each
Sunday nlrh in addition U the
1 11 aan. service, which has been "
; the exclusive mesage for sev-J
teral months. Rev. Rickard Is.
t also principal of the local hlxh
sehooL lie was teacher and pas-'
tor at Thinmi nrlA 1a mmlnr
Donald Meritt is moving from
his mother's farm on route three
to the former Gib Pruitt 35-acre
farm two miles south, of Scio
which he recently purchased. It
is ; understood Pruitt, who has
been in the forest service near
Detroit for several years, has
purchased a farm -near Corvallis.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grimes of
Mill City visited recently at the
home of .their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Sommer, in Scio. Mr. Grimes, well
known in the Scio community in
former years, is employed at a
sawmill at Mill City. -
Mrs. Minnie Pepper and grand
son, Richard, are spending a few
days with relatives and friends at
Camas, Wash., and o t h e r j river
points. " ' -
Wanda Wilson has returned to
her home in Portland after visit
ing friends in the Scio commun
ity for two weeks. -
Joe Schultz and P. J. Shannon
spent several days on a deer hunt
in the Mitchell sect ton of the
state. ' ' .
Scio and other teachers adja
cent to this city attended annual
institute at Albany Monday, Oc
tober 11. V .
Lucille Lewis, Scio grade teach
er, visited in Salem over the
weekend. Miss Lewis lives at Ly
ons. ' . - i- .-.. - i :
K. J. Purdy has moved his
sheep to a ranch near Shelburn
which he operates, under lease. ?
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scc;iti:esc:is
; c?i:eave
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They started it But well
fioish it. Well bUa . 'em
vith shells fiied with our
widi rationing. eery woman
can save a tablespoon a day. : I
Rush cadi caoful to your
meat dealer. ,
Borinev-Rite "
Not Held; Set
Thiirsday
Wide Variety of New Books
Added to Silverton Library
SILVERTON A number of books have been added to the Sil
verton Public library shelves during the past few days. In non
fiction the group includes Call's "Golden Fleece" ; Kuo'i Tve
Come A Long Way7; Cooper's "Barriers Down";'4 Willkier "One
World"; Kenert, "America's Fight
ing Planes in Action"; Taylor,
Backyard Poultry Keeping"; Rom
bauer, "Joy of Cooking."
For the junior shelves are two
Seaman books, "Mystery at No.
6," and "SaUey Simms Adven
tures It"; Hayes. "Hosk-Ki"; and
Chase, Jack Tales. ; - ,
Western and mystery additions
include Rayine, "Hell and High
Water"; Rice, "Having a Won
derful Crime"; : Stagge, .V "Scarlet
Circle"; Heard, "Taste for Honey";
Knight, "Affair of the Jade Mon
key." ; i . i h rf
Other fiction includes Maier,
"Spring Flight"; ; Forbes, "Ma
ma's Bank ' Account"; Delafield,
."Late and Soon";; Marquand, "So
Little Time"; Lauritzen, "Arrows
in the Sun"; Burglon, "Shark
Hole"; Howe, rWThole Heart"; Ma
pother, Dark Darragh; Rives,
"Friday, Thank -God"; DuMaurier,
"Hungry HiU"; : Rice, . Windmill
Circle"; Horner, "Wind and the
Rain"; Smith, 'A Tree Grows in
Brooklyn."
SILVERTON Lou Arena of
the State Industrial. Accident
commission was the speaker at
the Monday noon program of
the Rotary club.' .
- SILVERTON Mr. and Mrs.
Victor Elvestrom have located in
Vancouver, Washington, and are
moving their household goods
from Silverton to their new loca
tion. Mr. Elvestrom is a flax pro
moter and .operated the plant
which was destroyed by fire t a
year ago in the Fischer warehouse.
In recent months they have been
in the midwest but returned to
the Paciifc coast a short time ago.
Mr. and Mrs. John. Thurman
have purchased a ' home at : 407
Brooks street and are moving in
to this. They ,have been ranching
near Monitor. Mr. Thurman is a
member of one of Marion coun
ty's pioneer ; families and Is a
brother of Mrs. John Porter.
SILVERTON Funeral services
for C. L. Boriney, set for: Sunday
afternoon, were not held because
the son, Charles Bonney, was de
layed in coming up ' from Flag
staff, - Ariz., and did -. not arrive
until Monday , morning.
J Services - have , been set for
Thursday - afternoon 2 pjn, - at
the Memorial - chapel of the Ek?
man funeral home. Final rites will
be at the Portland crematorium.
. Mr. Bonney had lived at Sil
verton ; about 17 f years, having
been head filer for the Silver
Falls Timber company. He was 61
years of age on September 11. He'
was actjve in community , affairs
and was: president of the Silverton
Country; club at the time of his
death, which came .unexpectedly
last Wednesday afternoon.
, Survivors are a son, Charles
Arthur Bonney; two daughters,
Maizie Bonney of Hollywood,
Calif, and Mrs.' Ethel Taylor of
Chicago; two brothers, Roy , ot
New Orleans and Frank in Lau
rel, Miss.; a sister, Mrs. William
McGrady of Decatur, I1L, and two
grandchildren. I " ;i ;
SILVERTON Mrs. Glenn
Briedwell, Mrs. C. W. Keene
and Mrs. IL W. Preston are In
charge of the tuberculosis seal
sale in r the Silverton area this
year. Preparations for the 'be
ginning of the sale are already
underway.
Farmers Union
News
DAYTON Because of the
busy season, only lft members at
tended the October meeting of the
Dayton local of the Farmers Un
ion held Thursday night in the
Webfoot grange hall.
Capt. C. L. Hall of McMinn
ville gave a literary program based
upon writings of James Whitcomb
Riley in commemoration of the
author's birthday anniversary. t
Five new members were obli
gated during the , business meet-
king: Mr. and Mrs.' Ben Aebie and
son, Roy, and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Croft.
Refreshments were served dur
ing the social hour by Mrs. J. A.
Owens and Mrs. J. A. Owens, Jr.
F. Urhammer
Dies at Albany
ALBANY Frank Urhammer,
83, a resident of Oregon for the
past 38 years, died ; at the family
home here Thurs y night, Oc
tober 7. Funeral si (vices wilL be
held at 2:30 o'cl? fa Saturday,
October A, -from t e Fortmiller
Funeral Home. X
Born in Rensburg; Denmark, on
November' 28, 1 859, i 'rank Urham
mer spent; the first 33 years of his
life in ,his native country. Com
ing to the United States in 1871,
he made his home f ?r the follow
ing 30 years in Iljinios. It was
while living in Illinois that he
married Anna Pritz on March 3,
1889, at Kankakee. In 1901 he,
with his family, moved to 'Min
nesota, making his home in that
state for the next four years, at
which time the Urhammers came
to : Oregon. During his 1 active
life, Mr. Urhammer engaged .in
farming:' A few years ago he left
the farm and has since made his
home' in Albany Jr H t t
Surviving besides the - widow
are six children, Miss Emily Ur
hammer, Mrs. Samuel Burch, Mrs.
Chester. Anderson and Frank Ur
hammer all of Albany; Otto; Ur
hammer of Mountain View, Calif.
and Louis J. Urhammer of Col ton. J
Spend Weekend
DALLAS Miss Jean Ensfad
and Miss Lois Coy of Portland
spent the weekend at their r re
spective homes. Both are employed
in Portland.,; . ' ' . - "
Marvin Smith
Is Killed
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1 Albany Man Thrown
From -Truck " i
1 At IVehalem . i
ALBANY Tragedy again hit
the home of Marvin Smith of Al
bany, for Jthe'second time this year
when Smith "waf killed at Neha-
lem, ' near Tillamook Wednesday
night 'Details of the, accident re
ceived' in 'Albany by the dead
man's ? brother,4 - Herbert - Smith,
were not definite, but it is un
derstood that he was thrown from
a truck, hitting a bridge railing.
John Sommers of the Fisher. Fu
neral ; home, Herbert - Smith and
Sheldon McGee, the latter a bro
ther-in-law, left Friday morning
for the scene of the accident to
attend the inquest and? to bring
the body back to Albany. .
On" January 1 of this year, Mrs.
Smith and baby son, Howard,
were drowned when - the- car ; in
which they were riding was swept
from the roadway r in North Al
bany by the flood waters, of the
Willamette. ; Their small ' daugh
ter had been left at home in the
care of a neighbor,' as had been
the baby, while the parents had
attended a New Year's eve dance.
Later . the same night the two' in
company:, with some friends . had
gone to I the : house of ; another
friend in North i Albany, 'stopping
on the way to pick up the baby.
It was on the return to their' own
home in the early . hours of the
morning that the. fatal drowning
occurred,, the bodies being recov
ered a few daysl later.
At the same itime Mr. Smith,
in attempting to ' save Mrs. Smith,
was almost drowned - and it was
only through ths efforts of SgL
Clinton Franklin of Cnp Adair,
that his life was spared.
Marvin Smith Was born June 9,
1907, in Ortonville, Minn,. Jiving
in Minnesota until the fall of 1934
when he same ! to Oregon, and
since then, had been a resident of
Albany and vicinity. On March
11, 1938,' he married Fae Elizabeth
McGee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
L. McGee of Sweet Home. '
Surviving is his small daughter,
Loretta Mae, who since her moth
er's death has made her home with
hen, mother's ' parents , in .Sweet
Home; his "father, ' B H. Smith,
and brother, Herbert, - both .-, of
route 4, Albany; another brother,
David of Minneapolis, Minn.; and
three sisters, - Mrs. William Barse
ma of Cary, HL, Mrs.J. H. Fitz
harris of - Graceville, Minn and
Mrs. O. G.' " Jacobsen of Orton
ville, Minn. The three sisters are
now enroute to Albany to attend
the funeral services which have
been set for Tuesday, October 12
at 2 o'clock, from the Fisher Fu
neral home, with burial to be made
in the Masonic cemetery. - -
Ufa. Stvanco'n
Ends Annual
Trip North
5WEGLE Mrs. John Swan-
son has returned from her annual
visit with friends and relatives in
Grays River county, Washington.
She spent a week at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Linda Feazle,
and with her grandddaughter. El
len, attended the pioneer picnic of
Grays River county held this year
at CathlameL
Guests over the weekend at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Brennan were Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Case and son, David, from Port
tand.Mrs. Case is the sister, of
Mrs. Brennan. r. .' '.
Mrs. Grace- Dunagan . and
daughter spent the weekend in
Portland at the A. C. Dunagan
home. Mrs. Sadie Roth of Salem
drove with them for a visit at
the home of her brother.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Brandt and
sons, ; Robert, Glen and Jimmy
have gone to Klamath" Falls ; to
work in the potato fields. Mr.
Brandt is using his truck for haul
ing from the fields.
Grangers Nows
LD3ERTY Red Hills grange
will meet tonight starting at 7:30
o'clock with a covered dish din
ner. A business meeting will fol
low. '
Electrocuted ; I
SCIO Joseph F. Bartu, 57,
was found electrocuted Sunday
night about t o'clock after he
had complained of Impaired '
light because of the storm and '
had gone ouC to try to locate
, the trouble. The body was found
by the Roaring River biidgo by
Bartu's brother-in-law. Wilbur ,
Fleming, and . . John Costello,
called by Mrs. Bartu upon her
husband's, failure to return.
Sparks were 'Coming from a
live wire so the two telephoned
IL R. Rowe, manager of the
Mountain States Power .company
at Stayton, who sent a workman
to fix the line and recover the
body. N. C Lowe Mortuary of
Scio jand Leaanou Is In charge.
v . Survivors Include the widow.
Nettle, Bartu, who lives tea and
a half miles southeast of Scio;
Frank Bartu, father of the de
ceased; and a sister, Mrs. Wil
bur Fleming, both of Scio; bro
thers, Mylo Bartu of Corvallis
and Frank, Jr of Scio, who with
his wife Is on a hunting trip In
eastern Oregon. ,
Funeral services have not yet
- been completed awaiting word
from the Frank Bartus.
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Goes at Aiidiczz
HOPEWELL It was an un
usual price to bid, but the prom
ise to protect and care for the
choice pet of the Douglas Crush
famiy, a huge yellow cat, brought
the animal to Mrs. Anna Ilcld
redge of Dayton Prairie when all
the effects of the Brushes were
sold at an auction Friday.
The sale took place at the farm
of Mrs. Robert Campbell in the
Hopewell district About 175
turned out to "bid on stock end
machinery. The clerk. II. J. Tor
bet of Amity, recorded highest
sale price for cows at $101, about
25 per cent lower than they
brought a month ago. Machinery
sold for as much as new because
of inability to obtain new pro
ducts now..
acre' farm for five years and is
moving to Modesto, Calif , be
cause he was unable to purchase
a farm here.
Party Gets 3 Bucks
WHEATLAND Clyde M. La
Follette of Wheatland, Harold
Stoutenberg and Mr. Henry of
Mission Bottom, A. M. Vernon of
Pleasantdale and Elza Finley of
Wecoma returned with three large
bucks Monday after a five day
deer hunting trip toBly in south
ern Oregon.
Speeders Fined
WEST SALEM Traffic vio
lators over the weekend included
Edgar Melvin Bush, Camp Adair,
and Ethel Marietta Taylor, Port
land, who each posted $5 bail for
violation of the basic rule, and
George . A.. Fuller, RickrealL who
was cited to appear to answer
charges for the same offense. Joe
Sumpter, Salem, posted 2i bail
on charges of reckless driving.
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.V Vy EATHER changes are coming! Make sure that
JVVjyMrr car is ready. Have it looked over now by
expert mechanics. tir v' - "
A thorough Studebaker check-up won't take long and
it will let jon know just what jour car needs in order to
stay in good condition. r - V
: Don't let joar car let you 'down. . ;
It's Fall check-op time now at Stndebaker dealers.
Come' in and let us do whatever is needed to keep your
car up to par. ' k ' ' -
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"Jimmy OT ba Frond of Yoa, SJs"
Jfunfly what a girl learns about herself and her big brother, after he goes
away to war. Part "of each other through the years, playing, quarreling,
teasing . . . never far apart. Then that queer, flat, lost feeling when you
started to set Jimmy's place at dinner; and remembered he wouldn't be home
that night, and you didn't know where he was. You realize now that you
and Jimmy rated tops with each other, always even when you quarreled
Against the rest of the world, you backed each other to the limit.
It's the same now. Jimmy's out there fighting for you ... and you're
beside him. 'For if he's injured in action the nurse who takes care of him,
will be there because you and other Nurse's. Aides took over her job here.
Proud of you? -why, the way you and all the rest of his family are back
ing him and his buddies makes Jimmy the proudest man in his whole outfit,
Aro you a CITIZEN SOLDIER?
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Wardens and other Civilian Defense workers, members of the Red Cross
Motor Corps and the Coast Guard Port Security force, blood donors and
the thousands of others actively working in one or more of the scores of
vital home front services. Most of these services are in urgent need of
more volunteers. If you are not doing all you possibly can to back up 'our
fighting men, enlist today. Be a Citizen Soldier. ,
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