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The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning. May 21. 1941
'Miracle of Morgan's Creek"
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Fece, lt't wonderful btit these people never heard of It! They're too busily involved In Paramount'
ereamlng-ly funny picture. The Miracle of More an's Creek,9 ce-atarrinc Eddie Bracken and Betty
..' Hutton now showing at th Elsinore theatre. In (upportinr roles are Diana Lynn, William Demarest
and Porter Hall. The tut of war shown above has- Demarest and Diana on one side, Betty and Bracken
on the other. Better put your money on Blonde Bllta Betty! Companion .feature "Nine Girls" stars
Ann Hardinc and eight young-Hollywood celebrities. t'i K i -
Capitol Shows
Horror Film
Plus BiU Boyd
Sixth i in RKO Radio's exciting
series ot horror-films, "The Curse
of the Cat People""" features Si
mone Simon, Kent Smith,! Jane
Randolph and little Ann Carter in
a compelling story of a child's ex
periences with tne supernatural.
A sequel to "Cat People, -in
which an old Serbian legend of
womenwhb turn into black leo
pards was made the basis of a
stirring modern thriller, the new
offering brings three of the prin
cipal characters back again in an
equally memorable and suspense
laden picture, j
Haunted by the memory of his
first wife, Irena, who came to her
tragic death because of her belief
in the old legend, Oliver Reed is
disturbed when he finds that his
: six-yearrold daughter, Amy, in
dulges in superstitious fancies and
prefers playing in her dream
world to associating with other
children. ;
Amy, lonely for companionship,
meets two strange women in an
eerie - old ; house- and is given ; a
wishing ring by one of them. She
- wishes for a friend and Irena ap
: pears. Her father reprimands Amy
and the frightened girl runs away
from home. How, Irena saves her
from an untimely fate comprises
the thrill-packed climax of the
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Simone Simon, who portrayed
Irene in "Cat People,"; again plays
'the part of the Serbian girl, and
Smitn and Miss Randolph also re
create their original roles, with
little Ann 'Carter as the imagin
ative Amy. Elizabeth Russell and
Julia Dean as the two strange
women, Eve March as Amy's sym
pathetic teacher, and Sir Lancelot
as the Reeds' colored servant,
have the principal supporting
roles. ' '. ;,
Snowing on the same program,
Bill Boyd has a brand new star
ring -vehicle in "Lumberjack, i
story of rugged adventure and
thrills reelased through (United
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Martin Ericksons
To Vacation Here
MONMOUTH Mrs. Marie Ring
Erickson has written to "friends
here that she and her husband,
Dr. i Martin Erickson will . come
west from Evanston, I1L, for a
summer visit in Oregon before go
ing to their new location at Baton
Rouge, La, where he has accept
ed a professorship in Latin Am
erica studies at Louisiana state
university.
' Mrs. Erickson was a member of
the OCE art department's teach
ing staff until October, 1942, when
she joined the faculty pf the art
department at Oregon State col
lege. Last summer, Dr. and Mrs.
Erickson spent their time in re
search in the Central American
countries,- returning . in the fall to
Evanston, where he is professor
of Spanish at Northwestern uni
versity. He formerly was an Eng
lish instructor at OCE, J
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Held May 14
A' family reunion was held at
the home of Mr. an Mrs. Gil
bert Thomas, route 1, Jefferson,
May 14. The occasion was observ
ance of Mother's day and the last
reunion of the family,' before the
youngest son, Gregg, leaves for
army induction, i
The day was spent visiting and
with music and singing. Gregg
Thomas played the electrical gui
tar, with loud speaker attachment
and ) Irvin Clemens played the
piano accordian.
Mrs. Ralph Thomas and Mrs.
Gregg Thomas sang several duets.
A picnic dinner was served by Mr.
and Mrs. Gilbert Thomas, Jeffer
son; Mr. and Mrs. Allie Thomas,
Colfax, Wash.; Mr. and Mrs.
Gregg Thomas and family, Deer
Island; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thom
ai and family, Oregon City; Mr.
and Mrs. Dale Thomas and Nancy,
Eugene; Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Thomas, Salem; Bruce Thomas,
Eugene; Owen Thomas, Spring
field; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Clemens and Donna Jean, Dallas;
Mr and Mrs. Chester Smith, Sa
lem; Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Clemens
and family, Silverton. One daugh
ter, Mrs. V.i J. Pendergast of
Maricopa, Calif, was unable to at
tend. ; ,
Uge May Baskets
To Select Partner '
GERVAIS -i The May day ef
fect was carried - out at the home
of Mr. and , Mrs. Henry Steger
Wednesday night, when the Fidel
is. class of the Presbyterian Sun
day school held its monthly , so
cial night. The men brought May
baskets which the women bought,
choosing their supper partners in
this way, and paying for them by
giving stunts.
Mrs. Robert Harper was chosen
class leader to" succeed Mrs'.
James Aiken Smith, who has
moved to Portland. A ' gift was
presented Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Tol
ker, ' who are leaving soon for
their new home at the coast. Mrs.
Edna Hoves assisted Mrs. Steger
in serving.
Liberty 4H Sewing Club
Girls Entertain at Tea
LIBERTY The 4-H Sewing
club girls entertained at tea for 18
mothers of the seventh and eighth
grade pupils!
- Frances Phillips and Donna
Datsch presided at the tea table.
Assisting with serving were Doris
Lane, Doris Clark, Marilyn Wy
ant, Jacqueline Van Loh and Mary
Lou Mahaney. i
The hostesses presented a style
revue, modeling their own dresses
made as part of the club work.
The program included songs by
the group; recitations by Eileen
Hewitt and Betty Trout; solos and
acompaniments on the accordian,
by Jacqueline Van Loh.
Tcday
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For Polk Sheriff;
Count Is Complete
DALLAS, May 20 Polk coun
ty's 34 precincts complete give the
following: . i ' j
Republicanr-US senajtor (short
term) McBride, 56; Sprague
1397; Black, 103; Cordon, 1193.
(Long term ) Holman, 1423:
Morse 1074; Fischer, 183. j
Congressman Mott. 1581: Har
mon, 1082. 11
Attorney general Neuner,
1699; Lomax, 523.
Rep. - 10th ; district Rogers,
142; Thomas, 1966; Hamilton, 609.
District attorney Wiest, 968;
Kreason, 1580.
Sheriff ! Kersey, 771; Hook
er, 1984.
Democratic US senator (long
term) 1 Smith, 624; Whitbeck,
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Graduate 12
MILL CITY Dr. Robert T.
Lantz, professor of education at
,Wnmette umversity, will give
the' commencement address at
Mill City next Friday. Frank W
Smith, high school principal, will
announce the awards. Rev. C. F.
Trimble of Turner will give the
invocation and Dr. Aaron Wolfe
will give the benediction. Musical
selections will be given by the
boys' chorus and a mixed group
from the upper grades.
Members of the 1944 graduating
classes are Pbyliss Beatty, Fern
Clarke, Elaine Clipf ell, Jane Da
vis, Jack : Duggan, Clyde Hath
away, Clebne Kaplinger, Lila Mae
Needham, Norman Peters; Kath
leen Poole, Lois Stevens and Al
bert Toman, 'i ; "t . . . :t ,
Carl Hogg to Speak
At Silverton Meeting
SILVERTON Silverton's
chamber of commerce will meet
May 24 with John W. Jordan, pre
siding. Carl Hogg, president of
the Salem chamber of commerce
will be guest speaker and a dele
gation of Salem members will ac
company him , to : Silverton as
guests of the Silverton group.
Plans will also be made for D
day observance at Silverton, ac
cording to Mr. Jordan, i
light ybte Is Cast
In Middle Grove
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MIDDLE GROVE In this dis
trict, which is a portion of Fair
grounds precinct, 143 republican
and 64 democratic ballots .were
cast. Acting on the first board
were judges, Frank Johnson and
Delia Bayne and clerks, Florence
Wright, Lydia C. Scharf and Rose
Andresen.: ::. -.-'
On the . counting board were
Anna Wulfmeier, Minnie Goode,
Gladys Cage, Venita Perrine and
Lilian Griffin.
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Morgan's Creek "which opened last night at the Els in ore the
atre, is one Of the .funniest Hollywood has produced in a long
time. 'The elements that have gone into it to make it so, couldn't
have resulted in anything less than that. ," . " .
i j- The story stems from the pen of Preston Sturges which, to
those in the film know, should be
enough to ! guarantee its . original.
ity of plot : The cast does a job
that will bring each and every one
of the players into a brand new
kind of limelight The co-stars,
Eddie Bracken and Betty Hutton,
were given roles that are a com
plete departure from anything ei
ther one has ever . done before,
roles that i combine ' pure drama
with their Inimitable comedy.!
They rise to the occasion in a way
that will make you love them for
ever. : ' ir 'V;' -
"The Miracle of M o r g a n's
Creek" tells what seems like a
simple story, on the surface. It
concerns the dilemma of a mall
town girl who, in a frenzy of pa
triotism, marries an unknown sol
dier at a dance, neither one giv
ing the right name, A most inter
esting dilemma occurs when it be
comes necessary zor ner to Una
her husband. Her civilian boy
friend. Bracken, is involved to the
point where he must come up
with some mighty good ideas.
What he does and what the "mir
acle" is, no reviewer 'with a con
science would reveal. See it for
yourself; we guarantee you'll
laugh your head off.- V '
Others in "the laffilm are Diana
Lynn in another witty, kid sister
role; William Demarest as Betty's
stern policeman father; Porter
Hall, and the surprise appearance
of Brian Donlevy and Akim Tam
iroff in the roles they created in
VTh Great McGinty "McGin
ty" and The Boss." " .
Hoppy's In action again, this time In a story set In the tall timber ef
the great north. "Lumber jack" starring Bill Boyd as "Hopaleng
Cassidy" with Andy Clyde and EUen HaU.) This new release to
showing- new a the Capitol theatre with another first run picture,
The Curse ef the Cat People," thrilling sequel to "Cat People star.
ring Simone Simon. ' I ,-..v v.'"''.
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sembly of Rainbow Girls, met
Wednesday at the Masonic Tem
ple chapter room for installation
of the newly elected officers. '
. Beverly Hughes, retiring wor
thy advisor, 'acted as installing
officer. She was assisted by Caro
line Evenden, recorder; Nina Rin
ged musician; Marjorie Seely, chap
lain; and Margaret Yates, grand
drill leader. "
The new officers are: worthy
advisor, Donna Dean; associate
advisor, Virginia Olson; charity,
Edna Hermanson; hope, Dorothy
Davis; faith, Juanita Sebern; chap
lain, Arlene Odenborg; drill lead
er, Jean CornweU.
The color stations of the bow
were: red, Phyllis Anderson; or
ange, Mary Helsel; yellow, Donna
Gilliam; green,! Jeanne Butterfield;
blue, Eleanor Moen; indigo. Hazel
Engle; violet, Elsa Alden; confi
dential observer, Anita Miller;
auter observer, Shirley Rockaf el
low. The ceremonial candles were
lighted by Mrs. August Moeding,
a former mother advisor of the
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L 110NTE WOLLEY
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"You're Invited to the house of
beauties where love and hate and
jealousy 'walk hand In hand with
murder.'
: That's the way the Elsinorelhe-
atre announced the arrival of , the
companion feature, murder ' mys
tery, -Nine Girls.".
Well, : yesterday, we took them
up and went to see "Nine Girls."
We say, "Thanks for the invita
tion."
"Nine Girls" is one of the most
gripping as well as amusing murder-comedies
that has come to
town in many a day. That perhaps
is to be expected 'since it was. ad
apted for the screen from! a suc
cessful Broadway play of the same
title. However, the transforma
tion from one medium to the oth
er has caused the play to suffer
nothing, and, as a matter of fact,
we suspect that It has gained in
intensity, and certainly in scope.
Besides its tight and suspense
ful plot, "Nine Girls" has a cast
lush with i blonde, not to mention
brunette beauty. Ann Harding
leads a cast of younger players in
cluding Evelyn Keyes, Jinx Fal
kenburg, Anita Louise, Lynn Mer
rick, Nina Foch, Leslie Brooks,
Jeff - DonnelV Marcia Mae Jones
and Shirley Mills.
' All nine girls are members -of
the same sorority and Ann Hard
ing is their chaperone. It's because
of their primitive 'emotions of
hate and love and jealousy that
the murder occurs.
assembly; the crown was placed
Mrs. L. S. MocheL
A piano solo, The Orgon in
the Woods",' by Patricia , Withers,
piano duets j by Merry and Janie
McGrath, vocal numbers by Hazel
Hermanson were presented.
Mother's Day Tea
Given by 4-H Girls
MIDDLE GROVE A Moth
er's day tea was given by 4-H
sewing clubs I and IL at the home
of the leader, ! Mrs. Paul Bassett,
last week. Corsages were present
ed to these mothers: Mrs. Ray
mond Satter, Mrs. William Kauf
man, Mrs. Albert Fabrey, Mrs.
Theodore Kuerud, Mrs.: , Russell
Proudfit and Mrs. August Otjen,
and to the special guests, Grayce
Dunagan and Sadie Roth.
Members present , were Iris
Proudfit, Reatha Flowers, : Joyce
Kuerzi, Magdalene StahL Joan
Fabrey, Betty Satter and Carol
Lee Kaufman. Other members are
Leona Curtis and Shirley Page.
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In RKO Radio's "Around the World," filmusical directed by Alan Dwan. Pictured surrounding the Ol
Professor are! enlyj a part of this battalion of beauty with which he captures the soldiers' plaudits. Left
to right, bottom row, are: Margie Stewart, Rosemary LaPlanche, Kyser, Barbara Hale and Joan Bar
clay. In the frame order at top are: Shirley OUara. Mary Halsey and Duan Kennedy. In addition Ky
- ser's band and its specialists, Mischa Auer, Joan Davis, Marey McGnire are among the featured en
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talists and a cleyer cast of enter
tainers on a world -circling trip to
amuse America'! fighting men at
their far-flung bases in foreign
lands is the device hr his latest
musical, in Which K a y K y se r
scores a solid bat. This new RKO
Radio vehicle is
entitled "Around
the World," now playing at
the
Grand.
Mischa Auer J Joan' Davis
and
Marcy McGuire
are featured.
along with Georgia Carroll, Har
ry Babbitt, Ishj j Kabbihle, Sully
Mason and the rest of the famous
Kyser. aggregatiob. The "s wi f t
paced tunefilm boasts Jimmy M-Hugh-Harold
Adamson melodiesj
The plot o p e'n s in Australia,
where Kay and his gang are pre
paring to board the plane for Chi
na after entertaining i at various
American bases jin tb down-under
country. Mary McGuire, an
American giri who has been
stranded in Australia j when her
father joined tne army, stows
away on the plane, and Kay land
Mischa decide to' become her
guardians. "' I ' A'. lW-n
' In Chungking they put on an
other show and Mischa, an avid
souvenir hunter, has a hectic time
avoiding a duel when he" obtains a
mysterious scarab ring, which, un
known to him,' contains an im-
portant message for axis - agents
in Sairo, the troupe's next stop.
VThe agents interceptj the mes4
sage when the Kyser group' ari
rives, and Kay and -the gan go
on to Tunisia, where in a riotous
desert mix-up Kay and Mischa
are captured by German flyers
bearing the message to RommeL
and then recaptured, along with
the Germans, byj French troops.
Other shows in jTurin jitself land
at Monrovia carry on the musical
and novelty: features of the. pic
ture and bring it to a gay conclu
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"Around the World" is said to
offer some of the most unusual
dance numbers and spectacles .the
screen has -presented In recent
months. Along with the Austra
lian song hit, "Waltzing Matilda,"
the film features; nine catchy new
tunes by McHugh! and Adamson:
"Hoodie - Ee - Doo," "Candlelight
and Wine," "A Moke From Sham
okin," "Pin-Up jpUrl," f Apple
Tree "He's Got a Secret Wea
pon," "Don't Believe Everything
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"Great News." 1
j Allan Dwan produced and di
rected the picture from Ralph
Spence's screenplay. In addition to
those named,' the cast ; includes
Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Julie
Conway, Diane Pendleton, Bar
bara Hale, Margie Stewart, Rose
mary LaPlanche, Shirley 0"Hara,
Joan Barclay Ivan Lebedoff, Joan
Valerie, Barbara Coleman, Mary
Halsey and Duan Kennedy.
Companion I feature is ' "Ghost
Ship" with Richard Dix.
Club Election
To Be Held
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STAYTON The Stayton
Woman's club will hold its final
meeting of the current year with
a no-host luncheon at noon, to be
followed . by reports of standing
committees and election and in
stallation of next year's officers,
who; have been nominated as fol
lows:' : v," "'
- President, Mrs. , Naomi Rowe;
Mrs! Therese Crabtree and Mrs.
Mattie Bruce, first and . second
vice j presidents; Mrs. Margaret
Schaefer, secretary; Mrs. Reba In
glis, j treasurer; . historian,1. Mrs.
Mary Stowell; Mrs. Bessie Brown,
Mrs. ! Eva Humphreys; Mrs. Maude
Beauchamp and Mrs. Abbie Bell,
board of directors, c V
: Retiring president is Mrs.' Bes
sie Brown.-Mrs. Maude -Beau-champ
will act as installing' offi
cer. i ,. ::.::.
iignes Booth to
Be Speaker ; 1
LIBERTY Graduation . . ex
ercises for a class of '16 eighth
grade graduates ;will be held In
the 4. community : auditorium , May
23 at 8 pjn. Mrs,' Agnes Boott
county school ' superintendent,
will be the speaker. r-'r'-":'-
Graduates -will, be Donna
Dasch, Doris Clark, Ardith Ben
nett, Mary Lou Mahaney, Fran
ces Phillips, Jacqueline Van Loh,
Martha Mur hammer, Marylin
Wyant, Delbert Cahill, Norman
Campbell, Gerald Scharn, David
Johnson, Fred Hockett, Laverne
Evans, Walter Friesen, Santford
Cox. Valedictorian for the class
is Mary Lou Mahaney and salu
ta torian, Walter Friesen.
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Visit Stayton
. DETROIT-! Mr. and Mrs.' Don
Goodman, Vanport City, visited
his mother, Mrs. Cora Goodman,
on Mother's day.
Mr. and Mrs. R, D. Phillips,
Daraleen and. Irene, spent Sun
day with Mrs. Phillips' mother,
Mrs. Nettie Downing in Stayton.
The Southern Pacific Railroad
company is erecting a house for
the Dickie family. He has been
the car inspector in Detroit for
three years. .
. Arthur CI ester, who is em
ployed in Dallas and Mary La
lack,' also of that place, visited a
few days at the Charles Clester
home. .
- Mr. and Mrs. Lee Howland and
two Children are visiting in Port
land. .; ;
Waco u da Family Parly
Held on Mother's Day
WACONDA Mr. and Mrs.
Henry C Stafford; entertained on
Mother's day for her mother, Mrs.
C. M. H a 1 L Waconda, for his
mother, Mrs. Gene Manning, Sa
lem and Gordon Tuve, Waconda.
Mr.' and ? Mrs. George Lemery
entertained - Mother's ; day at a
family .'dinner. Present were Mr.
and Mrs.' Frank Felton and Larry
of J. this . community; Miss Velle
Felton of .Salem, Mr. and . Mrs.
Wen Henderson,- Portland; Mi
and Mrs. Fred Lemery and family
of Lebanon. U- ' ' ,
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