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PTAFdvorsV Federal Fund For Schools - iMrs. Lynds Reelected Marion President At Salem Meeting , . The Marlon county PTA council, at its meeting Wednesday In the YMCA, Salem, went on record as favoring the state constitutional amendment for the state school support fund, also favoring feder al support to states. ; . The federal support would not include federal control, as so com monly Teared, according to Mrs. Agnes Booth, j Marion county school superintendent, who spoke on "School Financing." Mrs. C. A. Lynda was elected president; Mrs. w. R. Terhune of Jeffer son, vice-president; Mrs. William hensell was reelected secretary and Mrs. Marvin Hutchings, reelected treasurer. Mrs. Booth was instal ling officer. Annual committee reports were given by Mrs. Martin J. Elle membership; Mrs. E. T. Powell, PT magazine; Mrs. Leif Bergsvik, health and summer round-up; Mrs. J. A. Smith, county news sheet; Mrs, Charles Bottorff, Girl Scouts; Mrs. James Bunnell, Campfire. ' A recreation committee for ru ral PTA's was appointed to con sist of Mrs. Charles Bottorff, Mrs. W. R. Terhune, and Mrs. A. E. Bradley. It was voted to start a county Parent-Teacher bookshelf, to be located at the home demonstration agent's office in the old high school building. Swegle PTA unit was awarded the traveling gavel for having the largest representation. Units represented were Jeffer son, Aumsville, Swegle, Pratum, Richmond and Englewood, Announcement was made of the state PTA convention to be held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day of next week in Portland. . Mrs. A. E. Bradley of Aums ville, former council president, gave an interesting account of - PTA activities in Aumsville and " Marion county "Through Years." the MM -Willamelte Valley News Reports From The Statesman's Community Correspondents Scdemi Oregon, Thursday Morning, April 20, 1944 PAGE THREE Granee Hears McMahon NORTH HOWELL L. H. Mc Mahon of Salem was guest speak er at the regular meeting of North Howell - grange Monday night. A business session followed his talk. - Mr. and Mrs. Perle Wood have finally received word from their son Ronald 'after six weeks. He is somewhere in the Pacific. SgL and Mrs. Alan Wiesner, who have spent the past two weeks with relatives here and in Port land, left Wednesday for their duties at Camp Abbott. Sunday -dinner guests at the A. B. Wiesner home were Set and . Buyjiserie's ! Dairy Is Honored V; Mrs. .Alan Wiesner of Bend, Mr. WOODBURN Cartagena Oxford Hester la shown with Mrs. Arthur anil Mm -T. IS Wrair of DafIUtiiI I w . m- . a. t .au v a 1 -2 a 4UI M and Mrs- L. E. Wray of Portland, Mrs. R. E. McKee (Marylou Wies ner), recently of Ardmore, Okla arrived Sunday. Boyserie and son Allen, shortly after Hester completed her third successive record of 720 pounds of batterfat. Her last record quail' t ted her for the medal of merit award of the national breed associa tion. The cow. Is also a good reproducer and her daughters are car rying on.J . i .: f, .- . I New Members 1 Are Initiated DETROIT Four new Girl Scouts will be initiated Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. They will then be formally inducted as members. The girls are Dorothy Burgerson, Irene Car ter, Willa La Bracque and Irene Calderon. Seven girls are already members. Uniforms and necker chiefs have been ordered. A shower was given Elsie CI es ter, bride-elect I of Marion Sowa, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles CI ester, Friday. Sixteen were present. The pupils in the intermediate grades under the direction of the teacher, Mrs. Blanche Grafe, gave Pan-American program Friday afternoon with their mothers as guests. Duty of Citizens to Wote Stressed at Liberty Meeting Keizer Clubs Give Program KEIZER The 4-H clubs at the school held' its achievement pro- Liberty local! of Farmers Union met at the hall Tuesday night. gram Thursday. The upper New members fgiven the obligation by Ronald Jones, state vice grades presented the program president wer as 0u0ws: Mr. and Mrs, C. E. Mahaney, Loren consisting of poems, plays, first V '?!, J aid demonstrations and the 4-H w- wail Mr- aaa "an wuson, mr. ana ivirs. juiocn un club pledge. merman, J. Wayne Sine A. E. FJ Mrs. O'Conner, Mrs. Waldorf, lison and Mr. anfi Mrs. Quinton A. Mrs. Ward and Mrs. Cunnineham Hewson. I gave reports on their sewing and cooking clubs and Mr. Weathers reported on the Woodworking club. A style show was given under the direction of Mrs. Waldorf. Elsie Bell accompanied and Bet ty Waldorf read the introduction. Girls modeling were Louis Harlan, Agnes Snook, Martha Ward, Janet Harder, Leota Nutt brock and Betty Schroeder. Lyons Rebekabs Has Initiation LYONS Initiation of three new members and one by rein statement was the main feature at the meeting of Faith Rebekah lodge. Guests present included 1? from Stayton, 14 from Scio and nine from Mill City. - Faith Rebekah lodge put on the initiatory work for Mrs. Hal How ard, Mrs. George Huffman, Mrs. , Arthur Olmstead and Mrs. George Hubbard were reinstated. ' ' ' Delegates and alternates were elected to :" attend Grand lodge which ' will be held in Portland In ' May, Mrs. Melbourne - Rambo, Mrs Clyde Lewis, Mrs. Arthur Anderson and Mrs. Alex Bodeker. ; Refreshments' were - served at the social hour with Mrs. Floyd Bas sett, Mrs. Clifford West and Mrs. Carl Reid the committee in charge. The Rebekah benefit card par ty at the hall Saturday saw high scores won by Mrs. Clyde Lewis and -Clifford West Low went to Mrs. Albert Ring and George Huff man. The committee included Clyde Lewis, Albert Julian, Mel bourne Rambo and Albert Ring and served pie and coffee. Ralph Larson Family to Leave Mrs. Roy Farrand, chairman of the education committee, urged all members to acquaint themselves with the laws and purposes or farmers union. Mrs. James Adams and Mrs. John Beckley. gave reports on Farmer Union Activities during the past thirty years, j A report on the county conven tion was given pj S. B. David son. The question for panel dis cussion at the next meeting was announced to be "What is my duty or obligation to Farmers Union?" Leaders in the discussion will be Mr. and (Mrs. John Beck ley, Mr. and Mri William Schott ; hoefer, Mr. and tMrs. Elmer Pur- cell and Mr. and Mrs. Quinton Hewson. W. D. Olden played a saxophone SILVERTON Mrs. Ralph Larson, who with her two chil dren, Jean and Gerry will leave for Santa Rosa. Calif., reoorts that her husband is now putting solo and Elizabeth Backley gave in several hours a day at the East a reading. Lawn chaDel in Oakland. Calif, as Konald Jones spoke on the well as attending the San Fran-1 privilege of voting and the 1m- Goplerud Family Returns to Duty SILVERTON Inga and Char lotte Goplerud and Pvt. Walter Goplerud, who spent a few days at home, each returned to his and her work over the weekend. Pvt. Goplerud is stationed at Camp Vandorn, Miss., and has complet ed his basic training. Miss Inga Goplerud has gone to . Puyaljup where she is teaching, and Miss Charlotte Goplerud to Tacoma where she is teaching. The three visited with their mother, Mrs. J. C Goplerud in the Brush Creek district, Cisco School Of Mortuary Science. Larson was junior member of the Larson & Son mortuary at Sil- verton for many years and is taking a nine months' - course - of advanced instruction. Larson was president of the lo cal Rotary jclub until his resig nation a few weeks ago to go south. He 1 plans to remain in portance of learning to vote in telligently. He also discussed the tax law and farm econo mies. Jone Is from the Brooks local -and another special gaest was J. Crosby from the Sidney Talbot local. I I Lewis Judson gave a short talk on the coming political campaign. Refreshment f committee ap- the south for sometime after the pointed for the next meeting: Mr. completion of his studies. The and Mrs. Roy Farrand, Mr. and family will live at Santa Rosa af ter they go south. Macleay Pie Sale Nets $40.75 MACLEAY Forty dollars and seventy-five cents was realized from the sale of pies at the pie social at the school house Friday; a good crowd was present. , The program included song, "God Bless America," by audi ence; piano solo, Don Straus baugh; violin solo, Delbert John son; style review, "Then and Now'"; piano solo, Dolores S pel- brink; skit, 44 What All House wives Know," Mrs. Arthur Spel brink, Donald Spelbrink, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Miller, Mr. and Mrs Tom Burton, Marvin Wells and Mike McGovern. The. social was sponsored by the Community club. The club sponsors school improvements. Mrs. Ralph Dent, Mr. , and Mrs. P. S. Dencer, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Emery, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Evans, Mr. and Mrs. L.W. Eveland and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Frohmader. Dividend checks from Marion County Union Oil company were given out to thope members pre sent who had earned them. Valley Calendar THURSDAY, APRIL 2t Hayesvtlle Women's club. Mrs. Leon srd Greii. Ml South street. Liberty woman ciuo. tewing ma chine clinic, schoolhouse 10:30 a.m. Marion County 4H spring show. FRIDAY, i APRIL 21 . Yamhill County Farmers Union quar terly meeting. Amity. Silverton Hills grange. Soring Valley Farmers Union. Zena schoolhouse, Morton Tompkins speaker. Marion County 4H spring show. Unionvale Community dub, Jean McElhinny guest speaker. Pringle Community club, at school house, j Santiara Valley grange at hall in Lyons. ; SATURDAY. APRIL 21 Union RiU Woman's club annual party. Swegle Extension Unit; Reorganized SWEGLE The Home Exten sion unit known this '''past year as the "Swegle Unit", was reorgan ized last Friday as the "East Sa- lam TTnJt " an1 wrillf all women living in any of the East Salem districts. The April meeting was held at the borne of Mrs. Wal ter Swingle on Garden Road with 20 women present to assist Fran ces Clinton, Marion county home demonstration agent, cook and ex plain the modern methods of cooking ; and especially wartime meals. Officers elected under the new organization are, chairman, Mrs. William McKinney; vice chairman, Mrs. Homer Conklin; secretary, Mrs. William Hensell; treasurer ,Mrs. Marion West The next meeting will be held at Swegle school on May 12, when Miss Clinton will speak on 'Touch Ups." Hugh Gavetles Sell Farm, Plan ? lor Sale i I FOX VALLEYf Mr and Mrs. Hugh Gavette have sold their farm in Fox Valley and are hav ing an auction ale soon. Many Fox Valley folk attended the auc tion sale at: Mill City last Sun day. I . : V. - Mrs. Wayne Smith visited Mrs. J. H. Johnston Monday. Plan Evangelistic Service at Silverton . ' SILVERTON Rev. O. C. Ol son is announcing Evangelistic meeting to be conducted by Evan gelist Eddie Berg to begin Tues day, April 25 and continue through April 30, at 7:49, Calvary church. Mrs. Johnson Joins Husband in Reno ' ' SILVERTON .Mrs. H. E. John son plans to leave Sunday for Reno, Nevada, where she will meet her husband, Maj. Harry E. John son. Mrs. Johnson plans to remain in Nevada near Major Johnson's army camp if living quarters can be found. Mrs. Johnson has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sather at Silverton in re cent weeks. Former Silverton Man Married in jMontana : SILVERTONSilverton friends have received word of the mar riage of Axel Larsen, former Sil verton jeweler, who now lives at Galata, Mont No particulars were received here other than that he was married in February. He is an uncle of Mrs; Adolph Haugen and Harold Toft; both of Silver- ton, and was a brother-in-law of Mrs. J. C. Goplerud. 3 Mrs. Kennedy Dies lAt Lebanon Hospital SCIO, j April 18 Mrs. Agnes Kennedy, 85, died last night atthe Lebanon hospital. Her daughter. Mrs. jW. H. Dennison, lives in Scio and i another daughter lives in western Canada where Mrs. Ken nedy formerly lived. No funeral arrangements have been made, Mrs. Kennedy had been ill for several months but a serious fall in the Dennison home Monday morning! is believed to have been the immediate cause of her death. Oklahoma Family Visits ScotUj Mills Relatives SCOTTS MILLS Mr and Mrs. Roy Watts and family who recently came from Oklahoma, are visiting her aunt, Mrs. George F, Hunton and family. - Mrs. Roy Landon is ill at the Silverton hospital where she was taken last week. Healthiest Boys. Girls Selected From Swegle SWEGLE j Mrs. Margaret Wykoff, Marion county health nurse visited school last week for a check-up of pupils and assisted the teachers in choosing members, from each 4-H health club to re present the clubs in the healthiest boy and girl contest being held this week during the spring show, Joan Lake and Marvin Eucker were chosen from the upper grades and Joan Stark and Leo nard Snethen from the intermedi ate grades. Mrs. Charles Bottorff and Mrs. William McKinney , were judges of 4-H posters! to be sent in for the show. Six were chosen from each club. From the intermedi ate grades the ones chosen were those of Donna, Mae Brandt Rich ard Hoffman, Goldie McDougal, Marilyn Frame, Earl Michalke and Dolores Farmen. From the upper grades: Dan Steele, Audrey Steele, Patricia Smith, Alvera Purcell, Peggy, i Straw and De Vonia Kleeman.' : Red Cross Report Is Completed SILVERTON 4- Complete Red Cross- returns were turned in tat Silverton Tuesday by the Red Cross chairman, .Mrs. M. G. Han nan, with the returns showing $269.41 over the quota for the city of Silverton. The complete dis trict returns were $5227.30 with $868.19 from the rural districts. The city quota was $4200 and $4469.11 was raised. Communities raising the $868.19 were Bethany at . $158.50; Ever green at $152.50; Brush Creek, $141.50; Evans Valley, $127.32; Mt View, $112.90; Valley View, $78.22; Silver Cliff, $52.25; Victor Point, $45. M. C. Woodard of the Silver Falls Timber company supplied $750 of the city's quota. Mrs. Swank -.; Visits Lyons '. Edna Holder and . "a i Portland Woman , House Guests , LYONS Mrs. Alex, Bodeker, Red Cross chairman for this dis trict and her solicitors, Don Brotherton, Mrs. Percy Hiatt, Mrs. Earl Allen, Mrs. James Toombs,;. Mrs.. William. Prichard and Mrs. Orvflle Downing report the campaign completed with the following amount 1 turned - In: $675.68, - - - i - .... , ...i . Mrs. May Swank of ; Port- ; land visited In Lyons Thursday and Friday. She was a guest at the home of Mrs. Daisy John ston and Mrs. Alex Bodeker. ' " Miss Edna Holder of Salem j was a Saturday night guest of Mrs. .Daisy Johnston. ' - ' i Mr. and Mrs. Melbourne Ram bo- have purchased the property from Mrs. May Swank and plan added Improvements. Mr. ; and Mrs. W. H. Johnson have bought the Bert Lyons place across the railroad track and have rented it to the Henry Kruse family, who recently sold their place to Mr. and Mrs. Edmond EngdahL . CpL Bob Hill of Camp Ettibergj Ind visited relatives in Lyons and Mill City. Mrs. Hill and their son, who have been living with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lyons, left with him Sunday for In diana." v ! j They plan to stop at Alliance, Nebrn to visit her sister and hus band, Lt and Mrs. Fred Linder man. : ! West Salem : Sewing Club Meets WEST SALEM Sewing' club 1-A met Tuesday afternoon at the home of their leader, Mrs4 D. Mothers of the members were guests. A program consisting of demonstrations by the girls and singing by all -was the entertain ment - - i . ...-: . . i ; Refreshments made by Betty Jo Davenport and Arlene ' Kuhn, members of Miss Frances Schmidt's first year cooking class, were served to nine members and three mothers, Mrs Pete Harms, Mrs. Orville Davenport and Mrs. D. Kuhn. Other mothers were at work. ; ' . . Keizer Shower Party Given by Mrs. Dowden . - KEIZER Mrs. Tom Bowden entertained for the pleasure . of Mrs.' Ewald Franz with a shower Wednesday afternoon. ' ' Those present besides the honor guest, Mrs. Ewald Franz, were Mrs. Thomas HilL Mrs. Roy Mel ton, Mrs. Ray Howard and daugh ter Kathleen, Mrs. Roy Farmer, Mrs. Phil Blake . and daughter Patty, Mrs. Ray Lafky and daugh ter Linda, Mrs. Jim Hurd and son Gafy, Mrs. H. W. Bodwen, Mrs. Eugene Hoxsey and son Jimmief Mrs. James Minty and .daughter Becky, the hostess, Mrs. Tom Bodwen and son Tommy. , Church Holds Dedication DETROIT-Dedication service of the Detroit church of Christ was held Sunday, April 16 and was attended by about 80 people. William Siefke, former Harris burg, pastor, and now an instruc tor In the Northwest Christian college, delivered the dedicatory service. Special musical num bers were presented" by Meryl Long and Irma Clark, also from the college. Other out-of-town guests in cluded Cecil Mahurin, Mel By- ers, Dale Sherwood, Arthur Wa ters, Walder Jones, Evelyn Hut chimon, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. White, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Wied- anen, all from Eugene; Mr, Blehm, - Harrisburg, Mrs. - Nettie Downing and .Mr. and t Mrs. . Ed Waters from Stayton; and Lenora Ediger, Dallas. r predict that many men returning from this war will ' come back with a healthy' respect for Nunn-Bush shoemaking skilL Ankle Fashioning, a Nunn-Bush comfort coddling shape preserving feature, will have won their loyalty. Nunn-Bush ANKLE-FASHIONED OXFORDS OthtrStyla $lt.00 to ' $12.00 i v V T "... ' ' '.w::. I 111 Iff F: Si 9, Lm4m LAST Styta N. 4331 Otm-Sa $11.00 Edgtrttm Sbm $6,30 tSJO The Man's Shop MOXLEY AND HUNTINGTON The Store of Style, Quality & Value 411 State Street 1 " ' Salem, Oregon WAR BONDS and LIFE INSURANCE Help Prevent Inflation Oregon Mutual Life policy holder are buyiog bonds individually . . . and tbey are buyiog mort bond through their purchase of life insur ance, because life insurance company dollars are going to war bonds. Every dollar savea, whether ia bonds or lift insurance helps prevent inflation. fczie (caper Plan ik these V 4. I I scats aboat (a coaplctc war PnXKttoo of tb Homo keeper Flaa. f i C. S. McElhinny Breyman Building . Mrs. F. W. Woottea S7t North Liberty Street A. V. Oliver Elckreall, Oregon OREGON MUTUAL LIFE I NtUIAHCI COMPANY Xroni vJli ere I sit Jy Joe Marsh Soldiers' Wives and Post-War Married Lifo A psychologist offers some mighty sensible advice to hus , bands and wives separated by jrar. He believes "lack of toler jance" rather, than loss of affec- tlon Is most likely to cause post ym marriage difficulties.' r ' . The wife has built wonderful ' pictures of how perfect life will be when her hubaad gets back. And he dreams of evenings with Iter by' the fire with a glass of beer, friendly conversation, and no problems or worries. 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