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i 17 Year Old Linn CountyJBoy , Wins State Jersey Club Honor By MARGUERITE GLEESON - Valley Ntw rditor William Richardson, ' 17 year old Jersey, Calf club member from East Knox Butte area in Linn county, was awarded the registered Jersey heifer calf, at the annual meeting of the Ore gon Jersey Cattle club meeting in Salem Saturday. The heifer New Flax Plant Ready to Go Deseeding Operations Await Only Machines . At Jefferson ' JEFFERSON Alfred Lentsch ner, manager of new flax plant of the Santiam Flax Growers will soon start deseeding operations, as the machinery has been in'stall ed. ! .r Construction of the tanks, shed and buildings of the plant located about two and a half miles north west of Jefferson, are nearly fin i, lshed. Zuber Brothers of Portland were in charge. The plant will be turned over ! to the government defense corporation when com plete; and will be leased to the Santiam Flax Growers. The construction of the com pleted plant, ! including construc tion of buildings, equipment and . machinery needed will run over $150,000. - The Mountain States Power company has ; completed stringing a special power line to the plant, necessary for the increased load of electricity needed for operation. . . . a a , Tne Iiax piani incinan s De seeding bulldin, 80 by 80 feet; a scutching bnildinr, 105 by 44 feet; four storage sheds, 250 by 656 feet; a boiler building, 40 to ' 45 feet; which also Includes a - lunch room, rest room, showers, and janitors apartment; 12 ret ting tanks, 16 by 40 feet. Anoth er building houses the office, scales and finishing room. The fibre storage building, 12 by 30 m i m i 1 mi The machinery has not yet been - Installed, but a great deal of it is on the grounds. It includes a fire pump and service pump, convey ors for sheds, and tanks, and out side conveyors, two scutching machines and tow shakers, 14 spe cial low-built rack wagons, blow ing system, deseeding equipment, and three tractors." , A portable sawmill is set up near the plant, clearing the tim ber near the sheds, thus eliminat ing the fire hazard. Clubs Sew for Red Cross HAEL GREEN The Sunshine .Sewing club held an all day quilt ing party Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Alvin Van Cleave. A no host dinner was served " at noon. Memebers ! present were Mrs. Bert Wolf, Mrs. Charles Zielinski, Mrs. Virgil Perrine, Mrs Hattie Van Cleave, Mrs. Glen Loomey, Mrs, C F. Doane, Mrs. Lloyd Mc " Donald, and Mrs. G. G. Loomey. Mrs. N. W. Zeller and Miss Laura Gaskell were guests. KEIZER - Twelve pairs of men's hospital slippers were com pleted ' for the Red Cross Thurs day when the Woman's Sewing club met for an all day meeting t the home of Mrs. Paul Pierce. A no-host dinner was served at noon, Mrs. M. Ideen assisted. The next meeting of the club will be at the home of Mrs. Ken neth O'Connor on February 3. Woman's Mission Club Entertained MIDDLE GROVE Mrs. Lena Bartruff . was hostess to 18 mem , bers and friends of the Woman's Missionary society ! Tuesday. ' Mrs. William McAninch was . a visitor and Mrs. J. L. Wagers, Mrs. Em ory Goode and-Mrs. Harvey Page were new members, f Mrs. Paul Bassett, new presi dent, " conducted the meeting which consisted of devotionals led by Mrs. Goode on the theme H of seix-deniai; Mrs. xxmus , wamp- ler conducted the lesson study "from Wiser and Wiser's 'Tor All of Life" on ' the subject. ,r The ' Grace of Living, and .Working To gether. X I!.'- vV?.- Among committee reports was that of Mrs. John Cage who re ported that 76 Bible booklets had been sent through the Red Cross to Camp Adair hospital. The next meeting will be February 22. at ; the home of Mrs. Anna Wirshing beginning at 10 o'clock. Saunill Ve speak your langnag know your Insure ; needs. Two offices to serve yon: Coverage on mills, eanaps, tampagc, down timber, cold decks, rigging, donkeys, deters, log trucks, or yoo name It. , , Broad coverage expert service lowest costs. See us far-one tation. No obligation. CHUCK m ill AAJ i INSURANCE "Oregon's Largest will be selected from the spring crop at the R. A. Forster and son dairy,! Tangent. This is the 17th year -the regis tered ; Jersey heifer calf has been awarded to a calf club member and the first time it has gone to a Linn county club member. Until 1941 it was awarded at the Ore gon state fair but with no fair held, during war time, the Ore gon Jersey club's annual meeting was selected for the announce ment. : ; Outstanding Jersey calf club members from each county in the state may be nominated for consideration and the state winner is picked on the basis of his rec ord by a committee of three. The judges this year were Roger W. Morse and Harold P. Ewalt, mem bers of the dairy school faculty at Oregon State college and S. A. Jackson, Benton county agent. Bill Richardson has completed six 'years of club work, was gra duated from Albany high school last year and is now a freshman at Oregon State college. Realizing that he will be called up for mil itary service next year, he is tak ing all the military science and related subjects he can crowd into his college course a"hd has en tered i into a partnership with his father, Frank Richardson, Al bany, route 2. The elder Richard son will take over his son's nine Jerseys and keep the increase for the son 'when he returns from service. Completion of his college course will be his aim. This is the 1943 calf which was awarded Saturday since under the original plan it would have been given at the state fair last fall. Twice the honor has come to Ma rion and to one farm. Alice Rob erts, a national club winner in 1943, won the Jersey club heifer in 1941 and her brother, Law rence Roberts, won it in 1935. Distribution of the winners has been statewide, although five of the heifers went to Clackamas club members, two each to Ma rion and Polk and one each to Multnomah, Yamhill, Tillamook, Union, Curry, Clatsop, Umatilla and this year Linn. L. J. Allen, state livestock club leader, recalled in discuss ing the past winners, that Leslie Stewart, of Polk, first winner, is still in the dairy business and in his Jersey herd are descendants of thaly registered Jersey heifer won,, in 1927." Polk county winners were Lyle Knower and Leslie Stewart; Yam hill's winner was Ross Daniels of Sheridan. The 1944 heifer will be presented by V. D. Foster of Sher wood, the 1945 calf by W. T. Put nam, jr., of Hillsboro; and the 1946 calf by L. Lorenzen of Day ton. .N. J. Hansen, Linn county 4H club leader, was among those present at the announcement of the winner . which was made at the annual luncheon. Home Nurses' Course Starts MEHAMA The Home Nurs ing class started Friday with Mrs. Swift of Mill City as instruc tor. Twenty-one women are en rolled and more are expected to attend at the next meeting to be held Friday. The course will last 12 weeks wtih two hours at each lesson. This makes the required 24 hours to complete the course. Roy Philippi is convalescing from, a bad case of the flu, but is still confined to his bed. ' The paper drive is progressing well here with the school children picking up bundles and storing them at the Mulkey garage. The proceeds from sale of this paper is to be divided between the Boy Scouts and the 4H clubs. Silverton Fireman Has Fire in Home SILVERTON Even firemen ;" can have fires in their hensea, it was found ant Thursday night when the fire department re ceived a. call to the heme of Fred Ca vender, long-time fireman. at Silverton. ,! ; Fire from the faraaee caogbt -In a paper box in which dishes were packed in paper. Firemen arrived la time to help pat eat the I blase. Mr. Ca vender him self, assisted Us fellow firemen In the Job of extinguishing the blase. . cr Legging Upstate Agency' n nVrnni Jlimi I Reports From School Venture Is Growing 1 Father j Alcuin. Writes j Of Conferences With I Mexican President f. : y.i. .. . '::::!'" t,' By LORETTA E. DEHLER fMT.- ANGEL Father Alcuin Heibel; who left Mt Angel last July to found an agriculture school : in Sahuaya,; Mexico, has been asked to take over an elite summer high school for adults in Mexico City; according to infor mation received here. The ar rangements promise to be such that it will not interfere with his own school. ! . I Mexico City is 370 miles from Sahuaya. Father Alcuin writes that he has had a conference with the president of Mexico on sev eral occasions. ' His own school is growing de spite the poverty of the people. He is also making some education available to the boys in the coun try district about Sahuaya, who have no means of attending school : during the week, by hav ing classes on Sunday for them. Father Alcuin, who has a gen ius for 'trail . blazing' and organi zation,: is happy in his new! work and, needless to say, busy every minute of the day, letters to friend4 here reveal. j He ivrites that he is not very far from ML Paracutin, the phe nomena which amazes the whole scientific world. The volcano -was literally born February 19, 1943, out of a level corn field and has reached a height of many thous ands of feet in less than a year and with its lava and ashes has reduced miles of fertile country to a desolate wasteland. ton Men STAYTON First group to report for pre-inductien physicals under the new ruling giving pass ing registrants a minimum of three weeks waiting period be fore being called to active; duty, will leave January 31 and in cludes! " ! .- --- r.t n William Earl McMillen, route 4, Salem; Harvey Clifford Moullet, route t, Turner; Richard Wesley King, f route 1 Jefferson; I Marc Mohr Seeber, Prosser, Wash.; Glen Robert Bayne, j Seattle, Wash.; Claude Lewis Chastain, Salem; j Robert Eugene Cremer, ; Stay ton; Bland Frank Simmons, Sa lem; Arthur Lee Harris, Jeffer son; Albert William Nanneman, Salem; Thomas Willard Key, Mill dity, transferred from Spo kane, Wash. I f Transfers to this board - to re port for induction Monday: Jo seph fHagler Tucker, Turner; transferred from Hot Springs, Ark. Cecil Sigford Carlson Tur ner, transferred from Estacada. ton Bonds at Sale STAYTON Maturity value of over $9000 in .fourth war loan bonds were reported by the Star theatre at the pre-sale and auc tion with free show Tuesday night,'; report Mr. and Mrs.? L. E. Spraker, managers, t . j ; Merchandise for the auction, cried by Max Groesbeck, was do nated I by, Siegmund's i Market, Santiam Hardware ; and : Imple ment Co., : Frey's Grocery. Stay ton Food Market, Bon Ton Con fectionary, Baldwin's, Tuel's Food Market, Stayton !; Hardware - and Furniture Company, Porter Ra dio shop, F re res Building Supply, Stayton Canning Co. Cooperative. A case of Pepsicola ' and a ! Pabco rug brought the highest bids. ' , Avcid Fclirjua i - ' No ' matter how tempting it may seem to stay out late think of tho morning, and the demand of your Job: and insist on at least. eight hours of sleep every night: more at least one night a week! When you are well rested you are less likely to be rundown, and to be a -target for illness! If you have trouble sleeping, by all means consult your doctor. 1S99- -1943 Stay Monday Stay Buys The Statesman? Salem, Oregon Sunday Russian Women X: At a US west coast port Miss rator of s Russian cargo ship west coast harbor. Among! the six women and two children who help to man the cargo carrier. Miss Apanaaeneo has two brothers on the flchting front in Russia. Sonya has been a member of the ship's crew since 1941. She learned the Intricacies of radio operation In six months. Miss Panca Hakinaebur, 20, is a machinist aboard the same ship and Mrs. Katherine Solongonova, 45, with two sons in the fhrhting forces, is ship's chef. (International) Sidney Pupils Are Active i Member Wins State Club Prize, Class Enrolled for Contest SIDNEY The. sixth grade pupils have entered the American flag essay contest sponsored ' by the Capital post of the American Legion. I The junior Red Cross recently turned in 30 crossword puzzle for the army hospital and plans: to make lapboards and bed socks are underway. ) The Sidney Health club met Friday with opening exercises; fol lowed by roll call and the minutes of the preceding meeting. Com mittees reported about work done. Each member was weighed filled out record books. and Mr. and Mrsf Frank Holoubek and son Pvt. Richard Holobek and Robert Harper of Gervais were Sunday guests at the John Zehn er home. The Holoubeks are! for mer Sidney residents. Other Sun day visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Scott of Fall City and Jake Gilmour. ! ! i Donna Wiederkehr of Sidney won fourth place in the state grange canning contest some time ago and has received requisitions for 115 pounds of sugar. She! also received a 55-piece set of pottery as a prize. The set was a (rose color and part a light brown.' Amos Bierly, county club agent and L. J. "Allen, assistant state club leader visited the Sidney school January 19, and spoke on livestock. Their encouragement led great interest in different clubs.i. Livestock clubs are tci be organized soon. j p Mrs. Ethel Sohn was an over night guest at the Lawrence Fin lay home Monday. j; Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Johnston and son, Wayne, visited Saturday at the John Zehner home. " Sidney school is having - a "March of Dimes." The two fold ers sent the school are now more than filled and will be sent to the president.; H'".X The school's bond quota was set at $185, and it is well on the way to bo filled. ' - : ; I?l3(l(l cn COnVEIllEOT TEHuS 'nwiifonotraTt s Community Correspondents Morning, January 3d, 1944 Replace Seamen Sonya Apanaaenca, 19, is radio ape which recently dropped anchor in a Swegle Women Tie Red Cross Quilt . SWEGLE Mrs. E. E. Brandt , was hostess for luncheon and group of neighbors and members of Swegle Woman's club met at her home and tied a quilt for the Red Cross. Present were Mrs. George Yost, Mrs. Charles Norton, Mrs. John Swanson, Mrs.! Otis Dawes, Mrs. Menno Dalke, Mrs. Charles John son and the hostess.. Miss George Swingle has writ ten her mother that she is no long-, er a welder at the defense plant where she works in Portland, but has been promoted to the assembly line and Is now k machinist. Charles Bottorff is in Portland this week attending a business meeting of the company for which he works. Morris Child Dies At Mill City Home MILL CITY -The- infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Morris died at their home in Salem Jan uary 27. Private services were held Friday at the IOOF ceme tery. Mrs. Morris is the former Barbara Rada of Mill City. 1 I 1 I ' If . ' ' ' ::i n j " Z' - ' If Xs - - 1 1 ' it, b inuneosoroble. i . . ' I - - 3 $ .. L Firttt ': 1 : ... . - 7. . - i ' - r " ' ' f y . PAGE THREE Bond Rally Nets $95,000 1 Two Thirds of Quota Subscribed When Program Is Ended SILVERTON i Silverton had $205,000 yet to go in her fourth war loan drive Friday night when the first big rally of this drive was held here at the Eugene Field auditorium with Jack Spen cer as chairman, (Charles A. Sprague, publisher of The Ore gon Statesman, swas guest speaker and the Young Oregonians from Portland as guest ;: entertainers. Mr. Spencer announced that $95,- 000 bonds had been sold. Mr. Spencer also announced that the high school had sold $1461.75 in stamps with the so phomore class leading the sales with $496.85; the' juniors second with $232.80, seniors third with $158.85 and the freshmen at the bottom of the list - Mrs. W. P. Scarth was responsible for setting up the bond sales in the schools. Mr. Sprague made the award of a banner to the sales girls , at the Sprouse-Reitz store, who sold over $2000 worth of bonds in the past few days. Mrs. Alic$ Fer guson acecpted the banner for the group.:. Special honor was also given to three grils who had been in charge of the stamp sale at the Eugene Field auditorium. These were Jean Zimmerman Colleen Riley and Betty Scymanski.; . Mr. Sprague spoke breifly ask ing the people on;the home front not to let the boys "out there" down by failing to provide suffi cient equipment, j . - Detroit Woman Visits Brother - j - - f. - i DETROIT Mrs, Fannie Stahl man ia visiting her brother who is ilLin Springfield, f Oliver Johnson, who has been unable to walk for a month be cause of a badly Sprained ankle, has returned to his work. ; i . Mrs. John Estey, who has been ill for three weeks with bron chitis, is improved. V: ;" ' Harold Champion has left, for Iowa to visit relatives. - Mrs. Marvin Bennett has been visiting j her mother, Mrs. John Estey and has - returned to her home in Philomath. Marvin Ben nett recently returned from Ne braska where he visited a bro ther in an army camp there. BROWN'S V BUY INTIMATE THINGS ; . - j ! at INTIMATE STORE When you seek such sentimentally infimato things as gifts for your loved ones, things that become more treasured with tho passing years, as watches diamonds, silverware . , oQ those carry with them your fondest sontimonts, a bit of your heart. Tim makes these things more precious. .They are tho heirlooms of tomorrow. Your grandmother's wed ding ring .may have cost no more than 10 or 25 dollors yet its worth, in tfio love that is woven into When you buy o watch that b to servo fahhfuny. for many long years, whatever famous nomO: adorns the dial, you want it pro-inspected through the eye of a eweler whoso heart and soul b fai his -x - zr: 7z2) Mickey's Chance for Diploma Hangs in Balance at School HAYISVILLE--The big question with the children of the eighth grade, il Mickey's future. Should he graduate with the children he has gone to school with for eight years, or should they just allow him to continue attending school indefinitely. Frances, the last of four chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. J. J.' Kom yate, will - graduate '. this : spring, and Micky is her dog. " . Micky ; has attended school faithfully!' the ; full eights years, and missed '.only when lied " up for disputing'' the right of way on the highway with motorists, :f . He never makes the. mistake Of going on r weekends or holidays, and knows his lunch will be pro vided at noon, for he is "every child's friend. The eighth graders are serious ly considering having him on the stage with them when they grad uate this spring. : i . j i Monitor Farm i Changes Hands MONITOR Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Nelson are visiting their daughters in Portland for a few weeks. They - recently1 ' sold their farm, and are looking for a new location. V;"V" :l , Oscar Edland of Montana ar rived Sunday to spend the re mainder' i of . the winter with his brother, Ingval Edland and fam ily." Edland' reports &e largest acreage, largest yield," highest price, arjd least help this last year, of j any since he -. has been farming. :-.---;.:- - f- Mrs. W. . B."" Hocket underwent a major operation Monday at St. Vincent's hospital - In Portland. Raymond OTCeefe who; is fa doublicatpr at the Oregon ship yard, isj spending his; : week's vacation "with his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. a n d: M r s .. Charles F. Nelson of Seattle. Trudy jlrine, little daughter bf Mr. and I Mrs. Harold Gregerson, was baptized Sunday morning at the Lutheran church. Miss Bes sie Gregerson of Silverton, and Oscar Gregerson of Monte Chris- to were the sponsors, and Mrs. Ida Dimick and W. D. Lenon were the witnesses! j j - Jefferson Family Moves in Kansas r TURNER Rev. and Mrs. O. W. Jefferson and' daughter Nancy Louise have written from Garden City, Kari that they are moving this month to Great Bend, Kan., 145 miles northwest of Garden City; where Rev. Jefferson has ac cepted the ' pastorate. The new church is third largest in the state of Kansas, with a congregation of 600 members. : The - Jeff ersons were formerly located at Turner, where he was pastor of the Methodist church,' and attended Willamette univer sity during the year and a half spent here. v :, 1 4 t . . T SJ", an i " " -".'j .'. -; ' -v , i -r : i . . 1 I ! -' ; - ; y " , uocLi-...! work and who glories in the quality of ha wore. And you want to know that should that watch not perform 'perfectly, that Jewolewill consider a reflecHon on his capabilify and rectify ft. - When you come in to ict a dkunond for your sweetheart, you want sound, reliable advice. You wont thf advantage of tho isweter's experienct m odvinog crooms-to-bo about choosing dkmonds and you want to fake your time deciding. No mass-, production methods, fail UUursly' fritneny mon-to-man discussions. ' Thafs what makes a fewolry store dlorent from ony other store fat a community. ' i:v;:tcDSoPToncTci5T0 j r HI X;. f Frances and Mickey School Bond Sales Mount WOODBURN0 The fourth bond drive in this commmunity has held a strong appeal for the junior citizens. The pupils in the city schools have held as semblies and fixed goals toward which they are enthusiastically working. Wednesday noon the high school had sold $3334.90, and the Washington junior high $1628.05. Figures orl the Lincoln grade school campaign could ' not be secured until Friday noon, at which time those six grades had . sold a total of $1207.30 in bonds and stamps. At banking time Friday the total for the three schools was $9419. A vaudeville show will be put on at the high school aduitorium as a bond drive booster Saturday night. Admission will be by bond )" purchases, only. . Tickets may ; be secured with the purchase of bonds either at the bank or post office. There will also be an op portunity .to purchase . at tho high school before the show. . ; Twenty, entertainers will take part in the program, including Richard Michael Dick, recently featured in Ripley's column, Jean Toy and Mary Thomfsss members of the young Oregoa ian troup in the fourth war loan drive, who have just completed a two month's tour of USO camps . in Alaska. An important public ; personage will make tho address of the evening. Then Buy JGUOLQY thm Leutinr Gift : f : K'junyt J . f "v r-hcr.e 51 S7 cr ICS N. Ccn-.r-.trclzl 123 N. Ccn8rcicl - Ccltn - Did UC3