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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1944)
Fisher Heads Mt. Angel Club Hettwer Heads March of Dimes, Foamier Is -War Bond Chairman MT. ANGEL Leonard Fish er was chosen' to head the Busi ness Men's club during 1844 at the , meeting at v the ML Angel : hotel Tuesday noon. Frank Hettwer was elected vice-president and W. D. Harris, secretary-treasurer. ' A special vote; of thanks was given i the past president 0. L. Withers, tor his fine leadership during the trying year just past when the 'club faced some of, its greatest obstacles and at one time was even i threatened with disso lution. :. -' , ; . - A letter from the Portland chamber; of commerce regarding post war planning in . connection with; the water supply from the proposed Detroit dam was read. After some' discussion in which the opinion was advanced that the community was well supplied with water from the two local wells, it was agreed to turn the letter over to the city council. - A motion was carried to have the club send a resolution to the representatives in congress favor ing the present rate of social se curity. '". - . -. " K t ' Possibilities for air service for Mt. Angel was discussed in a let ter on area air lines from the Southwest Airways company, i Two members of the club, Dr. A. F. E. Echierbaum and O. J. Oswald, were reported UL Both are somewhat improved according to the latest news; - j : Frank A Hettwer was named chairman of the March 1 of Dimes drive to fight Infantile paralysis; He - announced that boxes where I dimes may be dropped will be placed In all business houses. J. H. Fournler, chairman of the war bond drive, stated that the quota for Mt. Angel In the next drive will be the same as last time,. $100,000. The commit tee will be the same as last time and it will meet Friday night at the city hall to make --plans. , T. B. Endres talked about free motion pictures supplied by the army and available to any com munity. The pictures all deal with war conditions. -A motion was made to have the pictures shown here at a later date, the time to be Announced well in advance. ie mm Has 3 Shifts IDANHA The Idanha Shingle ' company, i which has been opera t ing two shifts, have started a third shift. Mrs. Eva Pahnerton, formerly of Salem, is a guest of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Palmerton. She recently returned from Indo, Calif., with her daughter, Mrs. C. F. Law i son.. She. has been traveling through the east and south to be near 1A. C. F. Lawson who is in OillllgJ xne army. Mrs. jawson is now in New York City. j Mrs. L. Johnson, who has been quite ill at her home for the past two weeks, Is now much better. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Mcintosh s recently visited Mr. and Mrs. Jack Haseman. Mrs. Mcintosh and Mrs. Haseman are sisters. - Mrs. Frank Britton and son. Dick, visited her mother In Eu gene. . -.". Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Haseman spent several days with their daughter, Mrs. Chester Raines and - family of Lacomb. Hubbs President ' Of Country Club - SILVER TON - George W. . Hubbs was elected president of the r: Eilverton Country club filling the vacancy left by the death of C I. Bonney. Election held at the regular annual meeting held Tues day night in the offices of Mr. - Hubbs. Mr. Hubbs had been serv ; ing as vice president of the group. .. Wilbert ; Aman of Mount Angel was made vice president and Wes ley Williams was retained at sec retary. W'ry '. . -y j.: : The club voted to keep itself intact, but not to hold the annual social functions "' during the war. Golf Is being played frequently during the nice weekends, mem- bers reported.' Mr. and Mrs. Paul '-, Scharff are ; living at the club : house . as caretakers. A business r' meeting is to be held once a month. Dedicate Song . Books for Club . ;, SWEGLE The January meet ing of Swegle Community club was held at tho schoolhouse Fri day night. A small 1 attendance : was due to illness and the cold weather. Walter Biggerstaff, Bud HcKinney and John Dalke were the program committee. The hew song- books -. for ' club use were . dedicated, with an evening of community -Itinguig. : ....t ' Other numbers on the program were a - harmonica selection by Joan Stark and vocal duets by irorraa Conklin and Patricia Ctandla Serving on the refresh rne:.t committee were" Mrs. Henry Cunderland ; and v Mrs. " - Menno Dalke. Plans were ; made for a thcrt play to be presented by a T'c ? ct ycung folks and a pie t .ciI la fallow February 4. - Mid-Will a mme ttf e , ;a Ifeyfle v Reports From The Statesman? a Community Correspondents H. F. Oarrage Dies in Albany ALBANY Hadley Fairfield Clarrage, a native of Oakland, Calif., and a resident of Albany since 1828, died at the -family home here early Monday, January 10. Funeral arrangements are.be ingfmade by the Fisher Funeral home and will be announced la ter.; The body will be taken to Oakland::' ; - - H r When Mr. nrra first ; came fto Albany, he had charge of the St Francis hotel, later a position with the Mountain States Power company as collector, a place he has continued to hold since. Mr, Clarrage .was prominent in the Albany. Townsend club, and had served in various offices of the club. He was a member of the Christian Science church. : On September 5, 1907, 'he mar ried Harriett Pierce in Oakland. She survives, as does a sister, Mrs. Elmer Barnes of Dakota, Calif.; a half sister, Mildred Burmby of Michigan and one nephew, Fred erick Clarrage of Oakland, Calif. Women Attend Portland Meet ... SCIO Women of the Scio Fourth platoon, Company B, First Battalion, Oregon Women s Ambu lance corps, attended conferences of units from various parts of the state in Portland Saturday and Sunday. Among Scio members at tending were Lieut Velma Jones, Second Lieut Barbara Pennell, SgL' Jean Haugen, CpL Juanita Oakley, and Pvti. Maycle Bates, Pauline Greenly, Audree Berrey, Alice Brannon, Wilma Crow. Ap proximately 60 members j were present representing 12 compan ies throughout the state. j Barbara Pennell has been ad vanced from private to second lieutenant in the local unit of Ore gon Women's Ambulance corps, it was announced by Lt Velma Jones, who has headed the local organization since its formation about a year ago. ; Other advancements included Jean Haugen from private to ser geant and Zona-Rose Zander and Juanita Oakley from privates to corporals. Further, promotions were to be made in the hear future, Lt Jones stated. ! Other members of the Scio unit are Maycle Bates, Audree Berrey, Mildred Lord, Gladys Hoagland, Peggy Hoagland, Wilma Crow, Pa tricia Denswore, Berniece Warren, Pauline Greenly, Eva Kuipers, La Verne Martin, Alice Brannon, Mary Sherwood, Grace Martin, Nellie Zander. Minnesota Folk Return to Home RICKREALL Mrs. Lincoln McComb and her son Clayton Mc- Comb left -Wednesday for their home in Minnesota after a visit here with the Larkin family. H. M. Wait is .piling lumber on his place in preparation for build ing a grain warehouse. Grange will be held Friday night at Rickreall with all the county granges present for the initiation of new members for all the granges. A no-host supper at 6:30 will precede the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Wirfs and Mrs. Lillie Larkin attended the funeral , of Mrs. Christian Wirfs in Sheridan Saturday. He was a nephew of MrsT Wirfs. ' Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Wait and Mary: Jane went to Carlton Sun day to visit the F. G. McKImens family and saw Donald McKim- ens who. is -serving in the merch ant marine.! ." Wfrren Burch is ill with the flu. 71st Birthday : Is Observed WHEATLAND Mrs. May Ver- steeg of Salem was 71 years of age J anuary . 12. A birthday din ner was served at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and ; Mrs. ugene .Wilson in the Wheatland district Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Versteeg of East Salem were the only out of the district guests present Be cause of tire and gasoline short age,; Mrs. .Versteeg's other chil dren, who reside too ' far away to attend, were content with convey ing their greetings by telephone or mail. " Valley School Men in Seattle ALBANY Rr E: McCormack. city school superintendent, is In SeatUe as a representative of the Oregon . State Teachers associa tion at - the annual regional - Na tlonal; Educational ' association conference. It , convened - there -"Monday.-:. tf,:! i: I ' 7, y- i :h;yi Milton Coe. superintendent of the Lebanon schools, is also In at tendance as a representative, as are glso Frank B. Dennett, Salem, but formerly of Albany, and F. E. Fcgan of the McMinnville schools. Salem Oregon, Thursday Morning. January 13. 1944 Takes Over J BU V On Toroklna airfield, Bovsalnvllle, Mai. Gen. Koy S. Gelser, tJSMC, (right), commanding general of the first marine J amphibious corps, greets MaJ. Gen. O. W. Gtiswold, army corps command ing seneral, as the latter arrives to j take over command of the Boagalnville campaign. Gen. Gelser led the Invasion assault Toroklna airfield was built by the Seabees on a site wrested from the Japanese by the ma lines and was opened for air craft december 10. (Interna' tlonal) . : t Kjraus Rites Are Friday AURORA William Kraus, 90, who died January 11, was born in Bethel, Missouri, November, 2, 1853, He came to Oregon with his parents when a boy of 11 years and had since that time made his home in Aurora, i .At i THl was married to Clara Ehlen in 1882. She died in 1942. They were the parents of six daugh tersjj two of whom ? are living: Mrs. P. J. (Hanna) Hunt of Au rora, and Mrs. Henry (Mabel) Hunt of Hubbard; -eight grand children and nine ; great grand children. ' - i He was the last survivor of a family of nine children. Funeral services will be J conducted from the Miller Funeral home in Auro ra Friday at 2 o'clock; Burial will be in the Aurora cemetery, i Install Turner Star Officers : ' ' -'i : : -! il l -TURNER Victoris chapter of Eastern Star held public installa tion in the Masonic hall. Mrs. Bir die Benyer was installing officer. Assistants were Mrs. Pearl Gil bert, installing marshal; Mrs. Al ice Edwards, installing chaplain; and Mrs. Vida Russell, organist The new officers i are, worthy matron, Alice Mountain; ; worthy patron, Laurence Edwards; asso ciate, matron, Ethel Edwards; - as sociate patron, Hugh Webb; con ductress, Lucille McKinney; as sociate conductress, May Lamb ; secretary, Hester Crume; treasur er, J. O. Russell; chaplain, Flor ence Parr; marshal, Emma Den yer; organist Vida Russell; war der, Lizzie Bradford;: sentinel, Ul win t Denyer; . Adah, I Marjorie Mitchell; Ruth, Carrie Mitchell; Esther, Ella Kuntz;' Martha. Rosa Webb; and Electa, Emma Peter son. 7 ! ; 'li'.?!' Mass Meeting Planned by WCTU SILVERTON A mass meeting will be held at Trinity church Sun day afternoon at 2 o'clock under tho auspices of the: Oregon Anti liquor league. . . : t f , s ' : . The Woman's Christian Tem perance union of .which Mrs. M. G. Gunderson is president will meet Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the First Church of Christ A brief business session will precede the program hour. International rela tions is the general study theme for the year and Mrs. Gunderson will direct the Friday! discussion, according to Mrs. Minnie Preston. program chairman, r Swegle PTA to Meet; V For Extension Clinic SWEGLE Swegle PTA home extension unit will I meet - at Swegle , school house Friday, Jan uary 14. "The meeting will start at 10 ajn. and a remodeling clin ic will be conducted by Miss Lucy Lane, Oregon State college clothing specialist: s i U Miss Frances Clin to, : Marion county home demonstration agent, will be In charge! A covered dish dinner will be served at 1 o'clock. Phone 4ZZ3 : ZUltYHZTl THUCTI Red Hills FU Names Heads - i ROSED ALE The Red Hills Farmers Union local elected the following officers: president, Paul Commach; i vice president, Ernest Neuenschwander; secretary-treasurer, Roy Heckart; chaplain, Mrs. Floyd Bates. A number of men have been helping with the improvement of the church: basement, putting on ceiling and other necessary fix tures. Those who have helped are David Hampton, Bert Hamilton, Paul Cammack, Gus Cole, For rest Cammack, Oscar Brown. : The 4H woodworking club will meet Friday. Rev." Oscar Brown Is in 1 charge, f ,': fy" " ! Sunday school teachers of the Friends churches around Salem will meet Friday night at 7:45 in Highland Friends church for the first class of a series in teachers' training. Mrs. John J. Traehsel will be the speaker. Julian on Trip To Portland r i ;' ' - : i :: .. , ; v.-.-" ' ,' : ': I FOX VALLEY - Mr. and Mrs. Glen Julian . went to Portland Monday for the funeral of Mrs. Julian's aunt ' Duane Downing returned to Corvallis Monday, after spending the mid-term vacation for a week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Downing and family, i - Mrs. Hugh Johnston and Kath ryn were Sunday visitors at the Errol Kintz hpme in Mill City. .. i George Scott of Union . Hill spent Sunday at the Harley Scott hpme here. - Rev. C. C. Harwood, Spokane, will be a guest speaker at the Fox Valley schoolhouse January 14. He will speak on Juvenile Delinquency." Motion pictures will be shown. Mr. - and Mrs. Wallace. Bevier and three sons of Mill City were Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Johnston. . Reg. 1.98 Skirts Reg. 2.98 Skirts Reg. 3.98 Skirts non- 0 no liimnnro jumpers Reg.4.98 Jumpers Regular 1.98 Regular 2.19 Jlegiilsr 2.C8 - 1 1 r- M J - 4. .. i PAGSZI tiitl Valley I Births McALPIN - Mrt and Mrs. Hen ry,,: Ericksen j- have received the good news of the birth of a daugh ter, Glenda Louise, Uo" Captain and Mrs. Glen Anderson' .of Ran dolph: Field, I Texas. Mrs. Ander son was formerly Christine Erik sen, . - ? . SILVERTON Two babies were reported ; born at . the Silverton hospital Tuesday. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Graves and a daughter to Mr. and, Mrs. Leon ard Miller, the latter couple resi dents of Hubbard. New Pupils: Are Enrolled GRAND ISLAND Iva Rock hill. 15, camel home Tuesday from Salem General hospital where she underwent a! major operation. La Velle Stevens is a newly enrolled pupil in the eighth grade of the Grand Island school, re cently from':the Mt Angel dis trict Carol Stevens is a , sixth grader, and Robert Stevens is in the fifth grade. An older sister remained to j attend high school for a time before moving here. Spraying and trimming peach trees f is in progress at orchards here when -weather will permit - Mr. and Mrs. Jess Gilkey - of Wheatland were Sunday guests of Mr. and MrsJ Adelbert Smith. Fay Thompson ahd Bertha and Vir ginia Magness of the same dist rict were afternoon callers at the same home, f L-fi-'i Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Smith plan to visit his brothers at Til lamook. Nibler to iShow Film At. Hayes ville Sleeting HAYES VILLE The HayesvOle Farmers Union, of which Laur ence Stettlerj is president, will meet Thursday at g" o'clock. W. G. Nibler, county agent will show a motion picture. - H - Cllaranc prict Clearancs Prict ! ' CUsranca rce Clearance ric . -Clearance Pric Clearance Price Clearance , Pric " i'. - - . i . Clearance 'Pric a Clearancg Price C3 on Cisartncs ir f . - J i a . i V. Einn Ticket To Be Long V 4-. f Only Three Iloldovers, i Sheriff not to Run, Others Reticent t" ! By ANNA LAKS . . , ALBANY: - Linn "county vot ers will have an almost full tick et on which to' write their cross for:, their . favorite candidate this year j In the . May primaries, as terms of only three county of fices do not expire In January! 1845. E.. G. Arnold, county judge, elected for six years, will continue tor hold his office until 1949; H. A Rennihger,- senior county com missioner, is In until 1947; and Harlow Wienrick, district attor ney, jwill continue to hold office until 1 1947. All three were elected on j the republican ticket Herbert Shelton, who has held the office; of sheriff since 1927, stated Monday that he would not be a candidate to succeed himself. His term expires In January, 1945. Shelton is the first of those whose terms are expiring to make public his Intentions, regarding his candi dacy. He was elected on the dem ocrat ticket . ' ': .- - ' - :f Other officials whose terms ex pire January 1, 1945 are R. M Russell, county clerk; W. C Tem pleton, i county ; assessor: - Stella Hoover, county recorder; . Claude G.: f Smith, ; county commissioner; E4 CT Tisher, county coroner; and Walter W. Larsen, county survey or, all republicans; and D. M. Rohrbough, '.- democrat who ; was appointed by the county court to fill out the unexpired ; term of Gfover C Nance, as county treas urer. Nance, also elected on the democratic ticket resigned ' as treasurer last: year. " ",: Two other offices will also be up for election, but each is on the non-partisan ticket One Is that of circuit judge for Linn and Benton county. Judge L. G. Lewelling,' present Incumbert , and county school superintendent, J. M. Ben nett Incumbent : --T ' So 'I far there has been " little mention of prospective candidates or j of incumbents coming out 'for reelection, . but most likely when a good ; old - soaking ' Oregon ram comes along,' politicians will be gin to get a thrill out of the coming primary, and will warm up to telling about their favorite candidate or of the one they : are "not going to vote for." These Are . Regularly 14.9$ Clearance of winter styles to make way for advance models! Types to wear for dress or sport right now and on into Spring over your fav orite dresses ahd suits. 12-20. j Regular 76.95 Valuesl Wide selection of popular styles in ( sport or dress coats. Women's and y? misses' sizes. Fitted, ;. reefer or boxy types In warm, winter weight fabrics, and popular colors. i : . - Res'-lzr 7.75 For of flea, classroom er Itnportanr af ttrneen, youll bless these trim well made little ravens. : -. He'fjdsr Itayensead novelty weaves : m - tailored or dressier stylea. Prints me plains. .Women's and mlseta tallersd sizes. Yud. iwvw qums this r.-U lew prtca tao. Women's !) v ) and mlases. rayena for wlntr-sprlig. .'N . '. - ' , ' - . nTu!ir Eroken lines, fleeces and tweeds. ; "3 f- . fnnr-' r Jet-Piano Inventor Frank : WhitUe, 36-year-old RAF ' officer shown here studying ; a slide role, b credited with bv venUoa ef first sneeeasfal Jet- prepalsloa enxine for fichter aircraft. USAAF and KAF Jolnt- - ly . annoaneed January t - that ..- several handred test fUghts navel been completed withoat : a .' , mishap, and that qaantity pre , dactfon Will soon begin. (AF wlrephote via radio from Lon don); - Teachers Out .- i : i ..-., For Illness FOX! VALLEY Mrs. Earl Wag ner of Marion is teaching in the upper, grades of the Fox Valley school jthis Iweek. Mrs. Fred Shil lings is! ill with mumps. Mrs. Wag ner ' taught Friday of las week. Several cases of mumps are re ported jin this district : '.::;:) Mrs. : Orville Downing, employ ed at the Lyons food store, was home for a few days last week. Juel Little lis helping in the store at present; j-' ' " George Scott and son, Verny Scott Of Union Hill were in Fox Valley j on ibusiness Monday. Shirley Johnston was honored with a; birthday party Saturday. Janette Snyder of Mehama visited the Johnston girls Saturday. mm Stylas 5.T3 Stylss 009 1 - 8X3-'. I Ferrer ALBANY VirgU Anson Car ter, 73, died January 9, following a lingering illness. He died in tha house which had been his hem? for 47 years. Funeral services were held from the Fisher Funer al home Wednesday, January 12. Burial was made in the facvily plot in the Palestine cemetery. Closely associated with the his tory of North Benton county wes the life of Virgil Carter, younsesi child and last living one of T&I bert 'and Angelina Caiter, pio neers of the county. He was born on the donation land claim of his parents' on September 8, 1870, and spent his entire life in Oregon. His mother died a few years ao at the age of 102 years. Mr. Car ter followed ' in the footsteps of his father in serving as state sen ator from his home county. In early childhood he united with the Palestine Baptist church, be- v ing an active workeer in the church up to the time services were discontinued there. Then he and Mrs. Carter placed their membership in the First Christian church of Albany. On November 10, 1896, Mr. , Carter married Nora Bily eu of Polk county. Two sons, a daugh ter and the widow survive! The sons are Kennethtof Santa Rosa, Calif., and Vincent of route 4, Al bany, and the daughter is Mrs.' R. H. (Greta) Murphy, also of route 4, Albany, and three grandchil dren, Mrs. John Butler, Portland Miss Lois Murphy, Albany; and Donald Carter, Santa Rosa, Calif. . Carl Huber Sells Woodburn Home WOODBURN ' Mr. and Mrs. Carl Huber of East Lincoln street have sold their home to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bomhoff. Mr. Huber, who has been superintendent of the Ray-Mai ing cannery at Wood-' burn, has been transferred to a larger supervision in the company. His connection 1 with the Wood- burn cannery will not be entirely severed; but it will be necessary for him to live in Hillsboro, where he has purchased a new home. ' He and Mrs. Huber and their daughter, Mrs. Edward Mohr, who is making her home with her par-' ents while her husband is in the army, will ' leave for their new home sometime in February. m : .i m t m V. I 1 i .. l.!:.-Jf.'
