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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1943)
Polk Teacher Institute Set Friday, Dallas DALLAS The school children f Polk county will enjoy a two days vacation this week. Schools of the county have been allowed to close for Armistice day and teachers institute will be held Fri day at the Dallas high school, ac cording to Josiah Wills, county su perintendent. Two former state Superintendents of schools, L. R. Alderman and C A. Howard will be present as well as Rex Put nam the present state superinten dent H A luncheon will be held at the Methodist church for all those at tending fro mthe Oregon College of Education. The program includes: . music under the direction of Mary Mar tin 'Bradley; announcements; ad dress, Frank Bennett, superinten dent of the Salem schools; Polk county health and 4H club work; address, Frank Parr, secretary OSTA; business .session,' Polk county .division OSTA, Tyle Thomas, chairman. Luncheon, Methodist church; program by OCE. Afternoon session opens with music; address by Superintendent Rex Putnam; address, Joy Hills; departmental sessions; a d d r e ss, L. R. Alderman. Wade H. Williams Funeral Is Held; Native of Airlie INDEPENDENCE Funeral services for Wade H. Williams, 65, who died suddenly at his home here November 5, were held Mon day from the Smith-Baun mortu ary, Rev. W. A. Elkins of Mon mouth officiating. Interment was in the Old English cemetery south of Monmouth. He was the son of W. E. and America Williams and was born at Airlie on August 28, 1878. Mr. Williams resided at Airlie until last year when they moved to In dependence, his farm being taken In the cantonment area. Mr. Williams was married to Cassie Hedgpeth on October IS, 1901 in Independence. They set tled on the farm at Airlie where one daughter was born to them. Mr. Williams issurvived by his ' wife, Cassie Williams and the daughter, Mrs. Lavell Ploub, both of Independence; three brothers, W. E. Williams of Corvallis; Clyde Williams of Independence and Vern Williams -of Portland, also by four nieces and two nephews and many friends. Teachers9 Group Meets, Unionvale UNION VALE A teachers conference held Friday night at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Henry Knocke, with a fellowship dinner at 7:30 o'clock, was attended by Mrs. Harry Gray and Mrs. Clete Gell of the Dayton grade school, Mrs. Vernon Foster of Pleasant dale, Mrs. John Johnson of Web foot, Mrs. R. B. Shoun, Mrs. Long and Mrs. Snyder of McMillville, Mrs. Mildred Trent of Perrydale, Mrs. James Richardson of Grand Island and Mrs. Ethel Odell of Multnomah county. - The next meeting will be held December 10 in McMinnville. Mrs. Will Duren, another local teacher who usually attends, was attending the 4H club leaders' . achievement meeting in McMinn ville. Blood Bank Truck Pays Dallas Visit l DALLAS The Portland blood bank truck made its regular visit von Monday and 143 pints of blood were donated. The quota for Dal las has been raised from 120 pints to 140 pints. - Nineteen doctors, nurses and aides besides the local help carried out the work in the basement dt the Christian church. The Dallas canteen, under the di rection of : Mrs. Clarence Smith, served the luncheon.' The next visit will be January 9. The De cember visit will be made to Mon mouth. Dunigan Improving ; HAZEL GREEN Orville L. Dunigan, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dunigan, : who is in the marine hospital at Mobile, Ala., after being taken ill with a fever while at sea in the merchant marine; is improving but still quite weak, his parents have been informed.. - . . for j rugs ) ; , . . CARPETS LINOLEUM ; CX. IL. ,EILI?STn(C)lva . 375 Chexnekekz ' j Phone S221 Mid-Willamette Valley News Reports From School Board Vacancy to Be Filled by Vote PIONEER A special school meeting to elect a director to fill out Ralph Weaver's term will be held Saturday at 8 o'clock In the school play shed. Mr. and Mrs. Weaver and sons Wayne and Danny have moved to .Peoria, south- of Corvallis. Ms. Weaver was chairman of the board. The Pioneer community meeting also will be held Saturday night in the school play shed. Sand wiches and vegetable salad will be served. Officers of the Pioneer Sewing club will be elected at the all-day meeting scheduled for Thursday, November 18, at the home of Mrs. Archie Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Easter of Dal las were dinner guests at the Frank Dornhecker home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Easter have just returned from a two-weeks' trip to Marshalltown, Iowa, where Mr. Easter was called to report to his draft board. This was the first time Mrs. Easter had been east, but both Mr. and Mrs. Easter like Oregon better than the middle west though they report a very enjoyable trip. Mrs. Easter is a niece of the Dornheckers. Former District Ranger Visitor At Detroit DETROIT Roy Elliott, for mer district ranger here, but now of Eugene, combined a business and pleasure trip to Detroit this week. The exterior of the Newport store, tavern and service station is being painted. Melvin Erickson, a resident here previously nine years ago, is now employed in the store. Major Baughn and Roy New port are on a duck hunting trip. Mrs. Nellie Riddell spent the weekend visiting relatives in Sa lem. . William Fryer assisted with farm work at the Phillips home near Mehama for- several days. Miss Rosemary Milhauser of In dependence, fiancee of LL Keith Moore, was a weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Moore, his par ents. Lt. Moore, once reported missing in the European war area, is a prisoner of war of Germany, it was learned this week. Crawleys Install Pump; Filbert Harvest Resumes UNIONVALE A new electric pump was installed Monday in the new deep well at the Clarence S. Crawley home here. Filbert picking was resumed Monday at the J. S. Coomler or chard after suspension because of rain. Relatives visiting Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fleming, sr., on Sunday in cluded Mr. and Mrs. Albert Flem ing, jr., of Dayton; Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Hojara and son, Ben jamin, r.; Mr. and Mrs. Ida Mae Shipp, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Shipp and son Clyde, all of Sa lem. ; Mrs. Ida Shipp is Mrs. Fleming's mother and Russell Shipp is her brother; Mrs. Hojara is a daughter. Galloways Visitors At Wheatland WHEATLAND Mr. and Mrs. Charles Galloway of Salem were Tuesday afternoon guests of Mrs. Walter Kirk wood and Mrs. Aria Hagstrom. Mr. Galloway is a mem ber of the state tax commission. Their only child, a daughter, Beth, 26, was the first victim of infan tile paralysis in Salem and she has been in Providence hospital in Portland where she is conva lescing. Mr. Galloway was on a busi ness trip to his 160 acre farm west of McMinnville. Mrs. Walter Kirkwood and her sister were; Wednesday guests of Mrs. -Mary Holdredge in the Fair view district. . The Statesman's Salem, Orecjon, Thursday Moraine, November 11, 1943 Pedee Folk Attend W. Williams Funeral PEDEE Mrs. Emma Siddall of Salem is visiting her daughter, Mrs. P. M. Ritner. A ; birthday party was given Debeny Arnold at his home Thurs day evening. It was Debeny's 18th birthday. Mrs. Letha Bush and Miss Ima gine Miller of Ophir, left Monday for their home after spending 10 days with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sheythe and Mrs. Rittie Kerber attended the funer al of Wade Williams at Indepen dence Monday afternoon. Laying House Is Built, Palmer's GRAND ISLAND A modern two story laying house 10 by 16 feet In size with capacity of 200 hens is almost completed at the Raymond Palmer place where the white , Australorp strain of hens are raised. M. A. Palmer, of Day ton, was the carpenter in charge of construction. Filling silos and gathering well matured field corn is in progress on a number of farms here. The prevailing rains and lack of help has held up many farm activities later than usual, many farmers report. Mrs. J. H. Tompkins is ill with a severe cold at her home here, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Trammell and family Saturday moved to Dayton and the Grand Island school will thereby loose three students. FIELD'S SPECIAL COAT ..vv . EVENT! ataggaf-a - - V Gr0UPne I I MATS I Y?Sb ?88 VlfH I 11 i This Evcal Siarb : : Community Correspondents Pioneer (Joes Over Quota On War Chest PIONEER The Pioneer dis trict is proud of its showing In the War Chest campaign. The quo ta was $50 but the district contri buted $82.51. Appreciation of the work of Howard Coy and Mrs. Earl Wood, of the good program put on by the school and of the cooperation of every family in the district is being expressed. The Pioneer district school cen sus shows 37 children in the dis trict compared to 40 last year. Elmo Black, Robert Kent, Ro bert Dornhecker, Shirley Wood hull, Marlyn Hendrickson and Ruth Dornhecker attended the "Foreside" meeting at the Chris tian church in Dallas Sunday. Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wood and Lois and Orland on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Day and family of Oak dale, Miss Ethel Day of Dallas, June Edwardst Doris and Evelyn White, Mrs. Howard Coy and Carol. Those calling on Mrs. Frank Dornhecker the past week were Mrs. William Morben, Mrs. Mark Blodgett, Mrs. Alfred Hendrick son and Mrs. Fred Baley. Mrs. Dornhecker has been ill the past two weeks but is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Salisberry of West Salem visited Mr. and Mrs. Ray Slater on Monday. Mrs. John Keller, jr., made a trip to Cottage Grove to visit Mr. Keller ho is employed there. PAGE THREE Rural Areas Doing Well on War Chest DALLAS The rural sections are doing better than Dallas pn the United War Chest drive, according to Josiah Wills, superintendent of schools of Polk county. Rural com munities and West Salem have contributed $5,219.84 to . date. Nearly every community has gone over its quota. Mrs. Glenn Gage, chairman of the Bridgeport drive reported that the Bridgeport school had been alloted $5 but that the pupils worked out a plan whereby they contributed $10.05, thus exceeding their quota 100 per cent Thorntons Move To Unionvale UNIONVALE The Christian Endeavor society held a one hour visiting period at the Unionvale parsonage Sunday evening at the close of the evening services. Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Massey of Camas called on relatives here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Thornton of Salem have sold their home there an dare moving to the George Antrim home here. Mr. Antrim is the father of Mrs. Thornton. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson and family of Bend arrived Sunday for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Dixon and other rela tives here. Rev. and Mrs. V. A. Ballantyne of Portland were Monday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Warren. I 500 sparkling new selection. You will be have been looking for in our large stock. Due to uncer tain market conditions WE OVER-BOUGHT this season and now we have too many coats. It has always been Field's policy not to carry over merchandise from one season to another. There for this over-stock must be eliminated. The values are really outstand ing and we suggest if you really need a coat buy one at Field's and save I Our over-stock includes almost everything in the coat line that the market affords. Chesterfields, casuals, boxey. in sport -and dress styles with velvet collars and plain. Also fitted coats, plain reefers . . . many attractive belted styles . . . many conserva tive semi-fitted . . . all real values. Fabrics include pure wool fleeces ... all wool coverts . . . gabardines . . . cavalry twills . . . needlepoints . . . nubby. boucles and many all wool tweeds. In fact we repeat youll find practically everything that the coat market affords ... at Field's Special Coat Eventl " Basket Supper Is Enjoyed by Farmer Union ' BUENA VISTA About 40 Farmers Union members enjoyed the bounteous basket supper served Friday night Mrs. Perry Wells and' Gordon and Mrs. C. E. Miller accompan ied Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Paulus on a trip to the coast the last of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Bishop and children of Portland were weekend guests of Mrs. Bishop's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Thurston. Hubert Smith of Riverside is visiting his sister, Mrs. George Wells. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hale, their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George Hale and grandson Keith of Alameda, Calif., came Sunday to visit at the Dormel Hale home. ' Ed Pulford of Portland stopped in Thursday evening for a short visit at the Jerome Wilcox home. He was on his way "to visit friends in San Diego. Mrs. Albert Taylor is spending the week visiting her son Lester and family at Sweet Home. Miss Pearl Scott was in Salem Thursday, called by the funeral of her uncle, Thomas Trick. Sgt Biggs of Fort Lewis, was a Sunday guest at the E. D. Long home. Attend Gideon Meet NORTH DALLAS . Mr. and Mrs. Sol H. Warkentine accompan ied Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Thiesen of Dallas and Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Ed iger to Salem on Monday evening for the monthly Gideon campfire meeting. fall and winter coats for your sure to. find just the coat you McCarley Child's" Funeral Is Held FOX VALLEY Graveside ser vices were held Monday afternoon for Ronney EarL three-day-old infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel McCarley of Stayton. route one. The baby was the fourth child of the family. His parents' and two small brothers survive. An older daughter died in Oklahoma. Rev; Rorrk of the Stayton Meth odist church officiated. Directors f Stayton were in charge. Mrs McCarley is in the Dea coness hospital in Salem. Quite a group of Mehama, Lyons and Fox Valley friends and acquaint ances attended the services at the Fox Valley cemetery. Buena Vista Sunday School ' Elects Officers i --"-.-' ' - c BUENA VISTA New officers elected by the Sunday school last Sunday include Verne McGowan, superintendent; Clifford Wells, as sistant .superintendent; Mrs. . C Hultman, treasurer; Mrs. L. S. Prather, secretary; Scott McGowan and Elaine Wells, librarians. The young people's class en joyed a skating party in Salem on Wednesday night Mrs. Nels Hansen left Wednes day for Nebraska where she will attend the 50th wedding anniver sary of her parents. She will go on from there to Kentucky to visit her daughter and three children. She has never seen her grandchildren. Those from the Buena Vista Woman's club attending visiting day with the Independence Wom an's club were Mrs. L. S. Prather, Mrs. Henry Banks, Mrs. Cecil Hultman, Mrs. Milo Graber and Mrs. E. D. Long. Mrs. Elmer Johns is working in the cannery near Liberty. Mrs. . Earl Ball was a Sunday dinner guest of her sister, Mrs. Dormel Hale. m:wi M i 426 State Salem i-?rz-:Wi:jjr.JL;'--II inest ueneiii n Concert Given '; i ' llil I DALLAS Josephine Albert' Spaulding of Salem Was the guest soloist at a benefit j musical con cert given for the United War p chest Jield at jthej Dallas high school Monday night J The pro- grant under the dirctjjon of Mary Martin Bradleyj musical ins true- tor; of the Dallas schools, includ- s. z ed i four numbers by :Rev. Ralph P. Waggoner,; ft companist. Mrs. group of three panied by Mrs. Barbara Adams i rU - - ; iYggner ac- i Spaulding sang a numbers accom- 3-' Waggoner. Miss "played three flute solos, Mary iMartinJ Bradley ac- - companist . J . - --, i . f The high ' school chorus closed i. ,c the program ! with two numbers, I Miss-Bradley directing, Lloyd s" Domaschofsky accompanist . i Jompkins Back In US, Attends National Grange GRAND ISLAND Morton Tompkins, state grange master, 1 arrived in N w iTork City on Sat- ? " urday after Iwo fironths' good J will information, tour Which took , him and seven other Americans to England, f j . ' j With Mrs.fTompkin4 who was,;! on the Atlantic coast to meet him upon his return, he jvill attend the annual national grange con- i ference In Michigan (before re turning to theijr home here late this month or earlyij ih December, as, lv ' ! 4 - . ML n Mrs. Gulliford Dies i-t - . w - ' i i 1 UNIONVALE M?p. Charles Gulliford, 2, of Portland, who ; ; had visited ofen wih frienda y I here, died Sunday of! a heart ; at- tack. She had been j In delicate health for i. IpevWal, yai- T h e funeral wasj held Wednesday. ; m a S '41 il i OS- - ''ij- 0 p IS M e,i a li is- Bay War Bonds Every; Payday! I .4 4. .mtwWrw. .... r i- V p m Pi 11 !l n VS. I