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Lyons School Army Ship Rams Sinks US Tug ram Mid-Willamette' .Valley, New Yule Quests Entertained Yamhill Communities Hosts to Families, And Service Men ; Pros Many Holiday Visitors Listed for Families In Community -. LYONS . The Lyons school held Christmas program 'at the Rebekah hall Thursday. The Lyons Methodist -Sunday school presented its program at the church Christmas eve. Mr. and Mrs. Clark of Mt. Ver non, Wash., are visiting at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Ralph Birchfield. Miss Ruth Lyons, who has been visiting in California, returned the middle of the week. Her sister, Mrs. Darel Lewis, returned with her. - . Mrs. Ivan Day, who underwent major operation at the Salem Deaconess hospital, was brought borne last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Culwell f Portland and Mr. and Mrs. George Hann spent the weekend at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Weitman. Mr. and ' Mrs. David Wil trout and daughter Dixie Jean of Mill City visited Mr. and Mrs. Art An derson. The women are sisters. Miss Constance Bodeker of Mo lalla and Miss Betty Jean Bode ker, student at Oregon State col lege, spent the weekend at the home of their parents, Mr. - and Mrs. Alex Bodeker. : Miss Lucille Lewis of Scio and Miss Beulah Lewis of Portland spent the weekend with their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Spa and . . i: I oaugnters, jacqueune u -lyne, :were Christmas day dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. May Nye in Stayton. Clyde Bressler is confined to his home with flu. He is fireman and engineer at the Linn Lumber company mill. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Surry, Miss Zola Surry and Leonard Surry of Portland and Cpl. Wil liam Surry of Ephrata, Wash., visited friends In Lyons Saturday en route to the home of Mr. Sur ry's " parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Surry, Lebanon. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith and Mrs. Catherine Lyons spent the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bosch in Brooks. Mrs. Lyons went on to Portland where she will spend the week with her son and daughter. Mrs. Dewie Brile was called to Portland the first of the week by the illness of her daughter, Mrs. Iman. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Garrison of Salem visited his father, Levi Garrison, Sunday,, and were also guests at the Alex Bodeker home. Chester Grimes visited his par ents near the Bilyeu Den district Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Zander of Salem were guests at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Filson Stevens and daughters, Lois and Hallie. George Rambo is reported ill at bis ' home with pneumonia. Mrs. Fred Dallas is also ill with flu. The Pat Lyons and Wayne Ran som homes are among those whose members are suffering with flu. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Thoma and sons, Richard and James, of Stayton, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Hiatt, Mrs. Harry Elmer, and son Gail were Christmas day guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hiatt. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bass of Philomath spent the weekend at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bass. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jung wirth and children spent Christ mas eve and Christmas day at the home of her parents, Judge and Mrs. Grant Murphy in Salem. Share the Ride Plan Scheduled SILVERTON Mrs. F. M. Pow ell, president, reports that the Monday night meeting, the first in the new year, of the American Legion auxiliary, will be devoted chiefly to business with the "share the ride" program to be the biggest item considered. Fur ther plans on carrying out this program, first started in Decem ber, will be made Monday night. Only a little business was tran sacted at the December meeting because of the Christmas party, and all carryover business will al so be taken up at this meeting. Reports From The Statesman s Community Correspondents Salem, Oregon. Wednesday Morning, December 29, 1943 PAGE THREE Pupils Give Dickens Carol Middle Grove School Entertains Despite Much Illness MIDDLE GROVE The pupils of the grade school presented "Dickens Christmas Carol," "Old Scrooge," on Wednesday night. Because of the flu, a number of substitutions had to be made but parts were well given considering short time to prepare. The Christ mas treat, supplied by the school board, was distributed by Santa, in the person of Ted Kuenzi, who, from all appearaces, came down the chimney. Special musical numbers be tween acts were given "by Joan Fabrey, accordion and Edward Struck, mirimba, accompaniment, Mrs.1 Dan "Scharf and Mrs. Struck, piano. J The business meeting of the Community club preceded the program- at which time Dr. Roy Scofield was appointed chairman of a committee to arrange for the purchasing of a new flag on a standard for the interior of the building. Mrs. Paul Bassett reported on the service flag which is under her supervision. She asked coop eration for parents or relatives in obtaining lists of names. The next meeting will be a pie social Jan uary 21. Program committee is Mrs. R. L. Wright and Mrs. John Cage, and refreshments will be arranged by Mesdames Dan Scharf, Carl Sny der and Covil Case. On Thursday the pupils return ed to school for the Christmas party and exchange of gifts, but classes will not be resumed until Monday, January 3. Idaho Woman In Woodburn WOODBURN Mrs. Roberta Whittemore of Wieser, Idaho, ar rived Sunday to spend a week with her sister, Mrs. Kenneth Mc- Grath. Mr. and Mrs. Blaine McCord drove to Portland to spend Christ mas i with their daughter, Mrs. Charles Spear and family. Dinner - guests of Mrs. Paul Sow a on Christmas included her daughter, Mrs. John Eaton, of Quincy, 111., her sons and their families, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sowa, Paul and Michael; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Sowa and Ann and Linda, and i her granddaughter, Angela Smith. ; Mr. and Mrs. David I. Liver more and baby daughter of Port land celebrated the Christmas holiday at the home of Mrs. Liv ermore's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan C. Beers. Morris Beers was also a member of the dinner par the day to call at the home of Mrs. ty. They drove to Salem during Beers sister, Mrs. Harry Martin. At the home of Mrs. M. J. Lan dahl and her duaghter, Mrs. Jo sephine Dunton, Christmas dinner guests included Mrs. Dunton's children, Mrs. Edward Armstrong, Miss Levon Dunton of Portland, Cpl. Leston Dunton of the QM corps at Camp Adair, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hargreaves and children, Bruce, Loren, Joyce and Carol, from Molalla. First Victory Ship Keel Laid i L, .-"! M ( I ii in I --"i i t ii i- ii 1 ' W-"Q f The nation's first Victory ship will be launched at the Oregon Ship building corporation in January. Above, workmen swing into place the first keel plate of the vessel, even as a Liberty freighter va cates the ways and enters the Willamette river. Silverton Bonds Will Be Sold SILVERTON E. K. Burton, city manager, reports that bids on the $5000 city of Silverton refund ing bonds will be opened Monday night at the first meeting of the city council in the new year. The bonds are to be dated January 1, 1944, bearing interest at the rate of not to exceed six per cent per annum, payable semi-annually in denominations of $500, maturing serially in numerical order at the rate of $500 on July 1 in each of the years 1948 to 1957. Bids are to be opened at 7:30 o'clock. Harold Mullen Has Pneumonia AUMSVILLE Harold Mullen, railroad section supervisor for this division, is ill at his home with pneumonia. He has been confined to his bed the past ten days and is improving at this date. Guests for Christmas holidays at the home of Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Willis included her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Macy of Tacoma and her nephew. Dennis Bremer of Salem. Mrs. Elbert Winslow and her other, Mrs. N. M. Lauby of Mt. Angel were visitors here Christ mas day with Mrs. Albania Wins-low. Elbert Winslow is with the armed forces in Australia. Charles and Henry Pomeroy, sons of R. D. Pomeroy, who has been ill in a Salem hospital for some time, visited their father early in his illness. Both are with the armed forces. Charles was married in Chicago December 12. Henry Pomeroy has been trans ferred to Fort Riley, Kansas, and was ill and in the hospital there five weeks following his trans fer. 4 Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Wilmarth and sons, Phillip and Clifford, of Salem, former residents of this place, were here Sunday visiting friends. Christmas greetings received here from Mr. and Mrs. George Harbin reveal that they are at Renton, Wash., both employed in the airplane plant there. They live in Seattle and commute to their work. Mrs. Harbin was Miss Dorothy Asche before her mar riage. She graduated from the high school here. POINTS FOR FAT Mrs. Vincent Aster trades la a ponnd ef salvaged fats and rets two meat points in exchange from iLonls Speronl. proprietor of s New York batcher s2opw Fata now bring points aa well as money when retained to butchers Graham Rites Held Monday WOODBURN Nathan Revis Graham, 73, member of an old pioneer, family on Elliott Prairie, died at the Woodburn hospital, December 24. The son of Nathan Graham and Margaret Keywood Graham, early settlers of the prairie, he was born November 17, 1871, and lived on the original home farm until he sold . it two months ago and moved to town to make his home with a daugh ter, Mrs. Gladys Barth. He is survived by his wife, Ida May Graham; a son, Thursa El don Graham, Molalla; three daughters, Mrs. Gladys Barth, Woodburn; Mrs. Aletha Kunze, Canby, and Mrs. Merle Tharton, El Centro, Calif.; also six grand children. The funeral services were con ducted by Rev. F. C. Butler, De cember 27, at the Ringo chapel in Woodburn. Burial took place at the Miller cemetery near Silver-ton. Turner Students Hold Program TURNER Bill Towery, presi dent of the high school student body, presided as master of cere monies at the annual I Christmas program given by students of the high school and grades In the auditorium.- The, flag salute opened the program with; a play,-The Boy . They Turned Away, by grade school children;? Christmas carols by assembly; song, "That's What I Want for Christmas' by grade school girls. : - f ij- High school play, "The Tree,1 with Shannon Patterson, Alice Lee Locken, Elaine Wood, Lee Ritchey, ; Margaret Juul, Wayne Ackerson, Delbert Lowery . and Colleen iLaceyl completing "the cast; "Mrs. O'Mallery's : Christ mas" by : the fifth and sixth grades, with Arlene Bouchie tak ing the leading role. -'-'r': " Play, "O Little Town of Beth lehem' by the seventh and eighth grades, under - the direction : of Miss - Dessie - McClay. ; Following the program, distribution of gifts and treats were participated in by the various classes. Paper Doll Theme For Rainbow Dance DAT J. AS Paper dolL was the theme for the annual formal dance of the Rainbow girls at the high school gym December 23. The gym was decorated with a lighted Christmas tree and crepe paper rainbows placed around the walls. The programs were paper dolls. Refreshments were served. Miss Helen Price and Miss Char lotte Jones presided at the punch bowls. Mrs. E. B. Hamilton and Walter Bird were the chaperones. Talbot Woman's Club Entertained TALBOT Mrs. Elmo Brown was hostess Wednesday afternoon for members of the Talbot Wo men's club at the Christmas meet ing. Mrs. Hattie McCarty, the new club president, was in charge. "Plans for Christmas" was used for roll call. Mrs. Edna Reeves and Mrs. William Knight were special guests. Mrs. Len Edwards, the retiring president, was presented with a gift. The club "mystery pals" were revealed and names drawn lor new ones for the coming year. Mrs. Nelson Gilmour and Mrs. D. E. Blinston distributed gifts from a beautifully decorated Christmas tree to each member. Refresh ments were served during the tea hour. Many Guests . Entertained Mehama Residents Are Hosts to Visitors From Many Points MEHAMA Christmas guests of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Branch were Mr. and Mrs. William Holz fuss and children of Lebanon, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Ensley of Leb anon, Layton Davis and Jr. Dev lin of Albany, Mrs. Maude Price nad children of Silverton, Bessie Devlin and -Hannah Holzfuss of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. William Kuiken of Lyons and Bert Parsons of Mehama. Richard Wagner of Spokane, Wash., visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Giles Wagner and fam ily over Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Tex Kimsey and boys spent Christmas with Mrs. Kimsey's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Art Landers. Mrs. Edith Philippi' was a Christmas dinner guest of the Merle Philippi family. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Scott and children spent Christmas day with her parents, the Harley Johnsons. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kornmann and children of Vancouver, Wash, and Mrs. Dan Skeen of Klamath Falls visited Mrs. Jennie Moe here and all were dinner guests at the Lee Brandt home near Jordan. Mrs. Skeen accompanied the Kornmanns to their home where she will visit for several days. Mrs. Skeen is a nurse in a Klam ath Falls hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Aitchi son and daughter of Klamath Falls are visiting Mrs. Hazel Boss and family for a few days. They all had Christmas dinner in Stay ton with relatives. FAIRVIEW A smaller than usual number of patrons were pre sent for the Christmas program given by the Fairview school on Thursday under the. direction of Mrs. J. W. Versteeg. Old Santa Claus, ably assisted by Uncle Sam in bright , costumes, distributed treats for all attending. Ensign Wesley Herrald of Boone, Iowa, USN, stationed at Astoria, a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Lehman, was their Christ mas weekend guest. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Allison and family had .as - their Christmas guests their son-in-law and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. Percy .Barnes and .- their daughters, Perces and Esther of Portland. Christmas din ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Allison .were Mr. and Mrs. C. B Newhouse of the Neck, district, Mr. ' and Mrs. Leland Newhouse and family of Webfoot, Mr. and Mrs. Glen McFarlane of Pleasant- dale. GRAND ISLAND The Grand Island community Christmas pro grampresented by the school on Thursday under the direction of the teachers was well attended and was entitled "What Does Christmas Mean," showing what each country has contributed to the observance of Christ's birth day anniversary as told by singing carols and readings. Costumes en tered into some of the numbers and for a brief period in the Hol land's portion of the story Santa Claus appeared. Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Smith and family entertained at their home Christmas day, John Squire of McMinnville and Mrs. Carl Thornton of Dayton. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Nel son were Christmas dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Clare at Salem. Lions Club Host At Holiday Party r DALLAS Fried chicken, baked ham and roast goose were served cafeteria style when the Lions club entertained the wives and children of the members at the annual Christmas party Wed nesday night. Following the din ner Mrs. Bruce Spaulding of Sa lem led in the singing of Christ mas carols and Santa Claus dis tributed gifts to the children from a lighted tree. No special program will be held this week. UNIONVALE "Bells of the Sky," a sacred concert was pre sented December 24 at the Union vale Evangelical church by the choir under the direction of Rev. Robert Bennett, the pastor. Rev. V. A. Ballantyne, jr., of Port land, former local pastor, assisted with the use of a public address setup asking information which was answered by the choir in Christmas carols. The soft shades of electric lighting from balcony was effective. Although no cases of serious illness had been report ed, slight colds and some influ enza contributed to make atten dance smaller than usual. Court Fine Paid SILVERTON Paul Semolke paid a $2.50 fine in police court Monday on a charge of wrong parking. V" h - i f'.'V 1 One man was drowned when an army tog sank after ramming an army transport service freighter near the outer entrance to the Lake Washington ship canal, Seattle. The larger vessel was severely dam aged la the collision, developing aa immediate list and settling rapidly. The army transport freighter, listing badly. Is shown made fast to a dock in the canal. A collision mat covers the hole la her hall ins t above the water line. (International) Klamath Falls Couple Visits TALBOT Mr. and Mrs. Mel- vin Doty of Klamath Falls are visiting relations and friends here this week. R. L. Bickmore of Tacoma was a guest of his mother, Mrs. N. S. Nave over the Christmas holidays. Christmas dinner guests of Mrs. D. E. Blinston and Mr. and Mrs. Al Gurgurich and Delene, were Mr. and Mrs. George Potts, jr.. and sons, Gary and George Wil- liam, and Mrs. Edna Reeves. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Whittington of -Portland were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Freeman and Ernest, jr. They all had Christmas dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Merton Harding and children of Corvallis. Silverton Friends Learn of Marriage SILVERTON Silverton friendi have received word ' of the marri age of Miss Alma Olson, former ly with the PGE company here, to Hazen Smith in the armed service. Mrs. Smith, who has been with the Yocum Construction company for sometime at Mc Minnville, will continue there for at least the present. Valley Births CENTRAL HOWELL A son, Leslie Ray, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Aubrey Friday mor ning, December 24, at the Salem General hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds and elev en ounces. SILVERTON The local hos pital enjoyed a comparatively qui et holiday period with no babies born between December 24, when a son was born to Mra Huston Porter of Mount Angel, and Tues day, December 28. j i Sclirunks Buy New Acreage SWEGLE Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Schrunk of Salem are new residents of Fisher Road. They have bought an acreage of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Horniker and have built a small home to be used for the present. Mrs. Harold Hobble is now mak ing her ; home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Blanchard as her 'husband has entered the ser vice and been sent east. Mrs. J. C. Curzon of Seattle is visiting for two weeks at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mar ion West and family. - PGE's wartime assignment for 7944: delivering Vh billion horsepower- hours y To build one of Oregon's famous big ships requires hundreds of thousands of man-hours of labor and millions of horse-poH'er-hours of electric energy. Y To turn out other Oregon-made land, sir and sea weapons requires proportionate amounts of man-hours and horsepower hours. y Oregon is a vital, world-celebrated seg ment of the vast American "Arsenal of Democracy." In the industrial heart of Oregon, Port land General Electric Co. has the wartime assignment of delivering billion horse-power-hours of electricity this coming year. In 1944, as in 1943, this tremendous flow of fightingpower will be pumped by PGB to scores of war industries in the 2500-squaxe-mile industrial and agricultural area reached by PGE power lines. In this territory, more than a thousand ' PGE war-workers are working on shifts around the clock to see that a steady surge of fightingpower reaches $7,000 war jobs. PGE is mble to deliver this essential power to war plants and "food-for-victory farmers in such a wide territory because the company in past years has built up one of, America's most progressive, most modern power systems. Few war-workers who get power on the job from PGE'lines realize that, a half century ago, PGE engineers developed the first long-distance transmission of elec tricity on the North American continent. But the enterprising spirit displayed by PGE then is helping win the critical Battle of Production on the home-front today. In the past five years PGE has spent more than five million dollars to build, improve and extend its power system for meeting the expanded requirements of our war industries and other electric users. We advance into 1944 determined to exert ourselves still more strenuously to back up the men and women who turn out the equipment and weapons used by our . lighting men 'in distant battle zones. ! T i V& AYf - .v-p- V - . ' .,! .tlx- J " 'J ! X 1 1 PoirffBfflndl ; QjneirA ""EDQcffric Comnipsiiniy delivering fightingpower to 67,000 war workers