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Father Alcuin Is Honored , At Reception By LORETTA E. DEHLER 11T. ANGEL FiUed as his brief visit to ML Angel was ; with meeting and business, Father Al cuin yet had time to spend a few hours with his friends and for mer parishioners at an informal reception at the college audito rium Sunday ; afternoon, j (Last minute changes 3 transferred the place of ' reception - from the downtown Legion hall to the hilltop" one.) j. r . Father Alcuin -has made much progress in his work in rural Mexico, the primary purpose of which is j not only to help ' the poor there, but to bring about a better understanding "between Americans and Mexicans, and thus is of national importance.; tie talced ; ireeiy, about, Mexi co and its people, giving a most Interesting talk filled with kind ly humor! and graphic; details of his life there and of the warm .hearted reception given (him by the grateful Mexicans.' : f ; ; The Mexicans, he said; are not the shiftless lot they are usually pictured but long years of fruit less effort to better their condi tions has left them with a feeling of the uselessness of keeping on trying. He talked reverently -of their beautiful, childlike faith and of their unique and meaning' ful customs and traditions. After the general talk, .which was all too short, according to general comments, he visited in dividually ; with each and every one. A noteworthy thing was the large number of men in the gath ering and the generosity with which unsought donations were given for the work in Mexico. Ice cream was served by rep resentatives of the Farmers Un ion Oil of ML Angel and the ML Angel creamery, Peter F. Gores, Joseph Wavra, Joseph Wagner and William Blem. After the reception Father Al Cuin had to leave almost immedi ately for Tillamook to arrange for three Mexicans to study v cheesemaking. The. dairy business fe quite good in .Mexico but the etimate is such that the butter . will not keep, and Father Alcuin tax resolved to (rive cheese tr-r the US government is in accord . and has arranged for the pass ' ports for the t h r e e' would-be cheese makers. : - - There is even hope in inter esting the Mexicans in cooper atives, which have proved so sue cessful in ML ' Angel, and -the principle of which is very dear to Father Alcuin' heart. 4 . Oratorical Contest Held mi. axmuiuLi - rour young speakers vied with each other for the gold medal for jratory at the ML Angel college auditorium Sun day afternoon. May 7, at the an- speaking entertainment of the school. The prep school was rep resented by the winner of the elocution contest, Thomas Baily, Kho gave a realistic rendition of the oldtime favorite, "Casey at the . bat" ; : ;.,. The four young collegia tes in . the oratory .. finals were Edward . Zenner, who spoke on "Appeasing , Russia"; Frank Steinkellner, whose subject was "Peace With Ger . many"; ; Emmet . Harrington, ; who . summed up the reasons for the present youthful delinquency in " "A Plea for Youth"; and Patrick McCabe, who decried the current labor troubles in his talk on "New Leadership in .Unions." ';. Judges were Henry Kropp of Salem and P. N. Smith and James 'H.' Fournler of ML Arigel."The ; winner of the medal will be an- . nounced at. the graduation exer- . cises. . - '; '". ' lr Joseph Rass was featured pro . minently in the musicale which preceded the speaking, with vocal . solos, participation in both the piano quartets, piano duets, vocal quartets,, and directing the Glee ! dub. ' . The complete musical program Included "Come to the Fair" and . "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" piano quartet; "The Blind Plough . man" and r "Duna", vocal 'solos. Joseph Rossi; "The Old Quartette' and "Just for Today", vocal quar ;' tets: "In a Persian Market" and i- "Gitanerias", piano duets; ; and ; "Praise Ye the Father" and "So dality Hymn to the Blessed Vir gin" by the Glee club. . Rev, James Koessler, dean of t the college, spoke on the impor- r tance of musicln man's life, stres - sing the fact that it was the uni versal language of all mankind and could help greatly in the re storation of peace and unity. He also paid tribute to the zeal ; and untiring patience of Rev. Da ; mian Jentges, who has been di- rector of public speaking for many years and to Whom credit must be ' given for each year's class of fine ' orators. - -, -.; Ullman Family Reunion Held Near Dallas ' DALLAS .A "family reunion was held April 30 at the home of A. E. Ullman, our railea from Pallas. Those present were Mr. end !-rs. George Henderson and 'tizrAly of Salem; '.'Mr and 1 Mrs-. CI l ies Ullman and family of ML -and Fred Ullman cf i". 'Iowa. Mid -Willamette Reports From Open House Is Held at School LIBERTY : The school's an nual "open house" was well at tended Friday . night Interested people visited the four rooms and coked over all the work put on exhibition along the walls, on ta bles and on the pupils' desks. Fifth and sixth grade girls served cookies and . punch in the lower, hallway. ". . ' In the "seventh and eighth grade room, a large colored picture of Bambi, the deer, with the other inhabitants of the forest, which was drawn free hand by various pupils, caused much favorable comment The various exhibits of most interest were those illustrat ing the study of science. The elec trical gadgets were in charge of Charles Austin and the mineral exhibits, astronomy posters, in charge of Donna Dasch. Each dis play included also the class sci ence notebooks. The 4-H sewing exhibit includ ed the work of all the girls in the sewing clubs. The dresses, which won blue ribbons in the county 4-H revue and show for Doris Lane and Jacqueline Van Loh. The display was in charge of Doris Clark. Others of interest were! the art work and one of soap carving. Thfe main display in the fifth and sixth grade room was the study of steel. There were posters, scrapbooks. and a large number of articles, including a Civil war sword. The exhibit to illustrate the study of light included replicas of lighting methods throughout the centuries: a Roman lantern, the tallow dip and on through kero sene lights down to the present time. .'"..' A display of hobbies, including a salt and pepper shaker collec tion, two of dog figures, foreign coins, marbles, pictures, etc., was shown. :.'.. The 'third and fourth grade rooms main natures inciuaea a display of art on the walls; a replica of an Indian village in a setting of lake and woods; a num ber of Indian baskets and real In dian pottery brought from Alaska by the! Bennett family .recently. The first and second grade, room was gay with nowers ana pic tures. with the design made of colored sawdust, and finger painting. In this room, on the study of trains, there was shown a large number of pictures and posters of all matters relating to train trav el. In the middle of the room a train large enough for the chil dren to ride on, was shown. Cloverdale Gives Banquet for Class To Be Graduated CLOVERDALE The seventh grade pupils under the direction of Mrs. Esther Kieper, entertained with a banquet and program Thursday night in behalf of the eighth grade class which is to graduate May 11. : Those especially invited by the seventh grade pupils were mem bers of the eighth grade; their teacher; Mrs. Esther Kieper; Mrs. Agnes Booth, county school su perintendent; and the four school board members who are Karl B Wipper, John Petersen, Sam Dra- ger and Carl Booth, the clerk, , This 'group met at the school house at 6:30 where they spent some time playing guessing games at the blackboard. Later they went to the C. J. Rosenau home where Mrs. Velma Sherman, Mrs. Mc Curdy and Mrs. Helen Rasenau acted as hostesses for the ban quet. The rooms -were - decorated in the class colors, red and yel low. ' - - i Place cards were made by the seventh grade class and placed at each individual's place. Later talks were given by Mrs. Agnes Booth and Karl Wipper, Donna Petersen, Leslie Currier, Wayne Sherman. : This was the first year for banquet of this kind. Much of the credit is ' given to their teacher who helped them. f DAN HARMON FOR CONGRESS The Republican party expects to get -our country out of this mess, but it can't do so by re electing the same old crowd of lawyer-politicians who got us in to the alphabetical soup. To be progressive, the Republican Party must get the "old timers" out and put some progressive men in Congress. DAN HARMON is such a man. He is successful. DAN HARMON believes in thrift, hard work and honesty, as a foundation of progressive ac tion. In Congress do we want suc cess or seniority? , ; Congress has been full of sen iority (men too old to put up ak good fight) for years let us try success instead of seniority for a change, " - v ' ... Take a look at the voter's pamphlet and listen to DAN HAR MON speak, over KOIN every Thursday at 9:15 P. M. -. Pd. PoL Adv. Dan Harmon for Conrresa Committee Annual Liberty Tlie Statesman's i 5 Salem. Ortgon, Tuesday Llll i iwniii u iiiiiji in r. mi II"; p .i .mv.. jfnv.wnuii i.ni wi Vk . f . . . . .- ' " ... ..: - . f '-'' 4 - I v ' : f ' r I ..,:. . ' A .. V' -'i . , r " ' jp v i ' i r ' r J ' ' i x t . , - , r : h :m iff) FLYING BOAT CREWLooklng ni of the hatch el their plane are members of the erew of a Short-Sunderland flying boat aewly arrived la Sydney i N. S. Wv from EnrUnd to serve with the KAAF. The ships are manned by. Australians who have II I served from two to four years abroad. Wdodburn's Community Music Concert to Be Held Tonight WOODBURN The annual community concert in observance of music! week will be held in torium at 'o'clock Tuesday night. May 8,- With the majority of the churches and civic organizations represented The; program, arranged by Mrs. Woman's club, and Miss Zoa Lowthlan of I the Junior Woman's club. Includes the presentation of the flag by troop 53, Boy Scouts; four numbers by the" Woodburn high school band; group singing, Washington junior, high school; Methodist church quartet com posed! of one Renn Mrs. Mary! i Gates. Milton Orala; and Kenneth Thompson; vocal solo, Mrs. Vernon Frentz, representing the Presbyterian church; group singing, Lincoln grade school; piano Jsolo, Patricia Beam an; pi ano duet, Beverly Hughes and Virginia Olson, from the Wood burn j JWomah's club; f violin solo hr Virginia Murphy, representing St. Benedict's, school; vocal duet Mrs. .lone Renn and Mrs. Maijy Gates, I Junior Woman's . . club; vocal solo, Miss Virginia Yoder, Church of God; piano solo, Ger aldinelBeach, Latter Day Saints; vocal polo, Richard Moon, Home Rebekah lodge No. 58; vocal duet Hazel j Hermanson and Priscilla AsperJ Lutheran church; ladies' quartet, F u II I . Gospel church ; group singing by Camp Fire Girls;. group singing by Blue i I l ' ft ''t f " ,ll ' , "",th -"'.'', ' f .'.Jr. . ; OEilGGtGGlO 370. North Chcrch SU : Valley I ' Community Correspondents Morning. May 9, 1944 the .Woodburn! high school audi Milton Gralap of the Woodburn Birds; Woodburn men's chorus; nu m b e r s by the Foursquare church and tine Christian church; closing song by the audience. Valley i Calendar TUESDAY. MAY Marion County Home Extension pro gram planning g day, YMCA. saiem. ! Marion counfar home extension pro gram planning: day, YMCA, Salem 10:15 to 3:30. I WEDNESDAY. 3MAY It Union Hill Home Ee club. Mrs. Philip Fischer . Silverton Home Extension unit, Eu gene Fields school 1:30. THURSDAY, MAY 11 Hayesville Farmers' Union. Gates Woman's club. 1 pjn. FRIDAY, MAY! IS j East - Salem' Home Extension unit. S-wegle school. 1J0 p.m. SATURDAY. MAY 13 Yamhill County Homemakers Spring Festival MCMinnville. Aurora Musical Is Planned for; Wednesday AURORA r The annual musical of the Aurora Woman's club will be held , Wednesday at the home of Mrs. E. C. Diller, assisting hostesses Mr$. A. W. Kraus, Mrs. R. Smith and i Miss . Georgia Kraus. i '"'('", Si that sart - gasoline STUDisArra Sikvki ' I. .News PAGS THREE May Day Fetes HeldinYariihiU Varied : Festh iUes Slark ' ; Spring Frolic for . ; Dayton, Grand Island DAYTON May day exercises or Dayton high schtol were held at .the ; city park Friday, with crowning of Queen Delores Stout enburg. Appearing in " the - proces sional were Herald, Walter Snip py; Bishop, D.B. Clark; Queen, Delores Stountenburg; Queen's Escort, Alvin Little; Maid of Hon or, Rena Gossett 'vf'- Princesses: Mary: Ann Shel-- burne, Ramona . Oaks, Lois Clar ambeau. Wanna Gossett Jeanne Magee and Joyce Sohrweid. Their escorts were Donald Gubser. 'Jack Edwards, John Noble, Dale Cock erham, Jimmy Richardson, Bruce Little and John Dixon. Trainbear ers were Joan ! Gross and Gary Bixler; flower t girls, Darlene and Beverly Turner; jesters, Tom Huffman and Conrad Kessler. The grades school May j day pro-: gram, in conjunction with the high school, followed immediate ly,! with patriotic drill, oxdanzen. wreath drill and May pole dance. Later the grade track meet was held. The local high school team, in a seven-inning game with Am ityr Won an 18 to 14 victory fol lowing the track meet ; . The operetta, "Starflower," was given at the high school. GRAND ISLAND May day closing exercises were held here Friday. Queen. Marcena Dale Fowler, surrounded by the royal, court, occupied a prominent place. Coronation of the queen opened the morning program. Mrs. Dale Fowler officiated, Marvin Baker was royal escort; Princesses Sha ron Finnicum and Myrtle Smith were attended by Harry ;Culp and Jules Hill; Cecil Smith was train bearer; Garry Rockhill Was crown bearer; Jean Kanagy and Thera Low Ledford were flower girls. The primary grades presented a fairy story of the rainbow and drill, with seven girls dressed in colors and two boys, representing rain and wind. A community luncheon was served at noon by the women of the district Jules Hill, LaVelle Stevf ns and Donald Wiley are the three eighth grade graduates. Cloverdale Family Moves to Sunhyside CLOVERDALE The H. M. Everhard family have moved from the D, J. Waldrop farm to a house in the Sunnyside district. Lillian will finish out her school here at Cloverdale but next year will attend Sunnyside school. Two new pupils in ! the local school this week ; are! reported Evelyn Reese in the sixth grade! and La Verne Reese in-the .sec ond. The family ; is formerly of Las Vegas, Texas., ' H " ' i Lebanon Principal Resigns His Post! LEBANON Irvin F. Bryan, for five years ! principal of the Lebanon high school has resigned He has not yet announced his plans. He came here from Hood River, where he was principal of the Parkdale school. ; . summer"' to 1 11!3! W 0 AS each week of the war goes by, JtV. tens of thousands of irreplaceable cars and trucks go out of service, j Don't let your car become one of those war casualties. Guard your car's mileage with frequent inspections and with timely attention to needed adjustments ana repairs. k; ,f 1 ' Yon can depend upon your nearby , Studebaker dealers' mechanics for Sood work. They us special factory evised wartime servicing methods youf time, your tires, your your money and your car. I t i .1 ' .Bimr r.inrj : Phone 4345 Today'ti Speaker i i . ' ) I'll ii JUttBmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Lois : Lata, ; heme management specialist from Oregon State college extension staff, speaker at Marlon! eovnty "extension planning meeting. Postoffice Building Is LEBANON Postmaster Mer rill Smith this week disclosed that if Lebanon capital wants to build new postoffice, a, long term ease will be given and the gov ernment will assure such a build er that priorities' can be obtained. He spoke after a visit here by- a post office inspector from Seattle. It has been a part of the plan ning for postwar construction, but it had been thought that the edi fice would be constructed by government. Several local ; build ers - are said, to be considering bidding on the plans and it has also been suggested that both the Masonic and IOOF lodges, which have been discussing putting up new meeting places as soon as they can get j priorities, might be interested in the matter. The post office has been housed where it is for ' nearly 30 years now and the! new building would have to be twice the size of this one. ( Cloverdale School To Graduate Seven CLOVERDALE The eighth grade graduation exercises .will be held at the schoolhouse May 11. School closing and the annual nfrnlr i arhriuld for MaV 111. Seven eighth grade pupils Will graduate this year. Members of the . class are 1 Lloyd ; Rosenau Darlyne Yager,! Leslie Currier, Donna Petersen, 0 1 i n Large, Warren Barrick and Gladys Kra- lkek. ... ' ' . ' ! :' :. '' Little Girl Hurt With School Swing GRAND ISLAND Charlotte Kilgore, pre-school age girl, Was cut and bruised on the face when she collided with a heavy swing during the play period Friday. She was taken to McMinnville for medical attention. Her injur' ies were not serious. Possibility " ' !' 'f i ."7".."". " " . . . - D 11700,0. D3G0.P ! The only way to get good service out of your car h to give it good service. -1V '-Ail I Car-Saving Service is my specialty. For more than two years Richfield has been giving me special training in Preventive Maintenance to save your car. K v-;; : - m -j i v . ,ln one timesaving, money-saving, Car-Saving treatment, I will giveryour car the thirty Services it needs to re duce wear, run more efficiently and economically, and last longer by many months and miles. J . " ' ' - , . Make a date today to bring your car tri for Richfield Summer-Shield Service. . ci a mzzH at tki AfcrjAL Ca Tin AUmCAN USISN. Gcti (arid Rubber Not Interest of SCIOFor the" first time in Fellows was not represented at meeting at Brownsville. "Interest is not waning but gas and ' tires are", is an explanation advanced by 'members. Approxi mately 100 members usually at- tend. ;Grey foxes are seen fre quently in the Scio area, ac cording In observers, wbe state they have been so long In the wild life of Oregon as to be considered ; natives' of the re gion. They say contrary to pre vailinc Impression, these little animals are not necessarily ma rauders. I It is claimed they feed on rab bits, mice, greydiggers and other rodents, some of which are de-1 structive to growing crops. : Two boys' 4-H Garden J clubs are directed by Mrs.- Hoaeland and Mrs. Abrahams. The Hoag land club is known as - The Weeders,1 I and 1 is composed of boys S to 12, while Mrs. Abra hams directs older members. -The fifth and i last meeting of the spring season will be on May 19. Weekly meetings are held at the grade school building. A birthday dinner : party Is scheduled next Sunday for Ho bart Hoagland . of this city and Mrs. Hoagland's sister, Mrs. Ralph Hassler .cf Albany. Young Democrat dubs To Meet in1 Portland PORTLAND, ! May 8-Pr-Young Democratic clubs of Oregon will Jiold their, 13th annual convention here May ii 12, with plans for re habilitation and re-employment of returning servicemen holding top spot on the program. Gov. Her bert Maw of Utah will be a speak er. ,j f ., Values From Salem's New FURimURE I1ATTDESS St. Francis Cover 33 & 46 Sire - 40 ib.$14i59 so ib. $18.59 ish 30x54 BABY CRIDS Solid! panel ends, steel springs .75. $18.95 Waterproof $8,95 pad Salem's 137 Phone 21698 DONALD NELSON SAYS.., CHAIRMAN WAX PRODUCTION BOARD H Yy f.HUJST SAVE YmJQ (2AQ . "We have upwards of twanfy-five mil lion passenger cars in America today. Our country has.been built around those cars. ..They are an essential part of our National Transportation system. If they should all break down this country would Be helplessly crippled. v ! "Therefore ...your car is not just your car any more. It's a part of your country's vital transportation system. If you wear it . out by needless driving or Improper care, you 'are. doing your part; to break down your country's ability to win" this war. - "Sure, it's your car ...but this is your A A I - i 1- Ti X' cc.'mrfrjcri i Fadirig,but Lodgemen many years, Scio lodge f Odd the recent semi-annual district Shockley Rites Held on Friday ' LEBANON Thomas . Ray mond Shockley was buried Frf-i day in the IOOF cemetery after services in the Howe chapeL .He died Tuesday, May 2, at his home in Sweet Home where he operated a barber shop for the past two years. Before coming ; here, he had shops In Silverton for 13 years and in North Bend for 1 8 years,:. :Tfr'";:r - :r,,v': Born in Missouri 68 years ago, he is survived by his wife, Laura Mae; one son, Glen, in Valsetz; a daughter, Bessie Service, Silver ton; ;, three grandchildren; ; three step children, . Virginia Green and La Violet Teller of Marshfield and Marian Fox of San 1 Francisco; two brothers, Omar Shockley of Silverton and Lunce Shockley of Mt-Pleasant; two sister, Gertrude Oglesby of Newport and 'Nellie Parrish of Portland. . i i Valley Births HAYESVILLE Mrj and Mrs. Marshall Christopherson are receiving ; congratulations on the birth of a daughter May l. j She weighed six pounds and 5 dunces and has been named Nola Marie. The child has an older brother. SCIO - Twin dauhgters 'were born 'i at a Salem hospital May ' 4 to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Purdy. They have a sister. The father is a brother of Kenneth Purdy of Scio and both grew up in the Shelburn community near Scio. STORE 39" B0IIK BED Maple or Early California fin complete with 2 padded box springs, 2 mat tresses, ladder & gnard rail, i $115 9x12 Rugs ; Ccngolcun Armlrcng Quaker Service Brand $6.75 I . Home Fnrn. Co. South Commercial : j Salem, Oregon ! J - ri Ar i nil;