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21 Jefferson Pupils Finish Agnes Booth Speaker For Eighth Grade Commencement JEFFERSON Graduating ex. ercises for the eighth grade grad uates of the Jefferson grade school will be held In the school gymna sium, Saturday May 27, beginning at 8:13 o'clock. Agnes C Booth, address the class... : . The following program will be presented: processional, lona Rothrock; invocation. Rev. T. Claude Stephens; song, usherettes, seventh grade guis; class nistory, Helen Lake; graduation song, Ri chard Robison; class prophecy, Wayne Cole; class poem. Levera Parsons; piano solo, "Shirley Bent- ley; address, Agnes C Booth; val edictory, Clifford Page; class will, Irene Harris; graduation song. girls; presentation el class, IL H. Beal, grade school principal; pres entation of diplomas, Mr. Robert Terhune, chairman of the- board of directors; benediction. Rev. F. Claude Stephens; recessional, lona Rothrock; instructor of the class, Mrs. Harold Sampson. The class motto: "Ropes of , the past -ring the bells of'the future. Class colors: green and silver; class flower, red rose. The class, roll: Mehrin Lloyd Bruner, Dorothy Mae Cooley, Dick Costelow, Viola Johnson, Wray Koker, Ellen Altaian, Har old Lloyd Apling, Betty Beach, Leona Mae Campbell, Wayne Cole, Irene Harris, Helen Lake, Donald Pratt Martin, Wayne Page, Richard Arlin Robison,. Matt Schuld, Barbara Lucille White, Roy Glen' Wickersham, Leota Worden, Lucy Levera Parsons and Lloyd Ermen Parsons. 1 Class president, Roy Glen Wick ersham: vice president, Donald Martin; secretary, Betty Beach treasurer, Clifford Page; sergeant at-arms. Matt Schuld. Valedictorian, Roy Glen Wick ersham; salutatarfan, Richard Ro- bison. . Folding Footbridge Ready for Service SILVERTON The footbridge over Silver ; creek, leading from the city park to the location o the city swimming pool on the east side of the pool has been re placed and is already in big use, particularly by South W a t e street youngsters who play in the city park. !- ?.'- i The bridge is folded up and put . away during the winter so -that it will not be carried away by high water. v . ', WHY WOULD ANVONS DO THIS? n ! 1VQCZEY MOUSS J-";''- H ,; 7tiLaJ'-t,--l ....... J F" " ' juowEEO)HArVER Wf jM am J I fTHH lUtMNER OF "THE"! JVlcSSJ ERSmumLE FRIEND , v ; r I I STEADY BOYl THIStL l f tc untxre iu'mMAgej "1 f MLILgS APlfr MUCH BQfll tu&t ennt f DfTTPP RUSTgD 1NTQ i HURT ttJU MORE THAN WERE ONLY.AS jTl THOUGHT TALKBUT NO MULE A j CI A -WW , ii MM -Willamette fdt Reports From New Officers , Are! Elected PRATUM The Pratum-Ma- cleay Home Extension unit' held ts final meeting of the year atjhe home of Mrs. J. J. McGovern Monday , afternoon. Frances Clm ton, county home demonstration agent presented a demonstration on Turniture Touch. Ups." Twen ty-Eve were present Officers elected lor the coming year were Wllma deVries, chair man; Mrs. O. P. WIgle, vice-chair man; and Mrs, Tom Burton, sec retary-treasurer. Mrs. M. M. Ma- gee, retiring chairman, sent her regrets in not having been able to attend more- regularly because , of her work, but expressed her ap preciation for the cooperation that she had had while- serving as chairman. Reports on the annual program planning day held recently in Sa lem were made by Mrs. Wigle and Miss deVries, with Miss Clinton announcing the topics that had been selected for the coming year. The demonstration on making old furniture look, like new was considered one of the most inter esting of the year's program' with its many practical suggestions that everyone can use every day. Following ; the demonstration Miss Clinton was presented with a set of Mexican glasses from the nienv bers of the unit, in appreciation for the two and a half years that she had been meeting with them. Mrs. John Finlay Is Given Shower JEFFERSON Mrs. John Fin- lay was honor guest at a - stork shower at the home of Mrs. M. A. Hutcbings, with girls of the Chris tian church as hostesses. The guests made some baby quiz books and presented them to Mrs. Fin lay. Gifts were arranged on a ta ble decorated with crepe paper streamers. Present were the hon or guest, Mrs. Finlay, Mrs. Rob ert Sherwood, Mrs. F. Claude Ste phens, Mrs. Dean Stephens, Flor ence and Betty Ricks, Barbara Miller, Lois Smith, Marion Roy, Mrs. M. A. Hutchings and daugh ters, Sara Margaret and Martha Jane Hutchings. r 1 DONTKN0WBUTTHyWERE FOR SOWETrCNOJ Hand, Potato Planters The Statesman9 Salem. Oregon, Friday Two Sets of Parents Honored At Liberty School Program LIBERTY An unusual graduation was that of the Liberty school eighth grade Tuesday night in that two sets of parents were as much the center of interest as the graduation class. Mr. and Mrs. John Dasch and were especially honored. - Each couple has had 10 children grad uated from Liberty school, and the youngest in each., family. Donna Dasch and Martha Murhammer, was being graduated Tuesday. The parents, seated on the stage, were introduced by Mrs. Florence Berndt, principal, and each moth er was given a corsage. Later in the- exercises each mother was privileged to present the diploma to her daughter. ' The stage was decorated with baskets of flowers and crepe pa per streamers in the class, colors. pink and white.. The class wore carnations of the tame color. The? class motto was "As the fir- tree grows and knowledge goes, then let us follow." Class officers: Jacqueline Van Loh, pre sident; - Junior Cox, vice presi dent; Martha' Murhammer, secre tary. t -. ;-.:..;;..-.:' v V. A. BaHantyne made the in vocation; Mrs. May Lucas present ed the class; song, Daybreak" by Donna Plenge, Elsie Schneider, Annette Hockett, Virginia Burke, Sabra Blankensbip, Doris Lane, Betty Trout, Billie Mahaney, Dor Turner Scouts Are Organized TURNER Under the sponsor ship of the Turner Christian church "Ninety and Nine Men's" group,' a Boy Scout troop has been organized with a membership of ten boys. Rev; Gene Robinson is 'scout master and Rev. C F. Trimble, assistant scoutmaster. Stoe Far rell, George Good, O. A. Warren, Charlie Standley and Kenneth Dyer are committee men. The scouts are expected to pass the tenderfoot requirements a't the scheduled meeting for this week. The members are Wilbur and Bil ly Mitchell, Delmer Webb, David Farrell, Laurence Bower, Ray mond Elser, Richard Spencer, Melford Rolow, Harold and How ard Ackerson. . THANK COODNE55 THEY f III W; 3 Grass Seeders e $ Community Cprf&poridents Morning, May 2&V 1944 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Murhammer thy Gregory; salutatory,. Walter Friesen; class wflL David John son;; das : sprophesy, Jacqueline Van , Loh; valedictory, Mary Lou Mahaney; solo, "Slave Song", Mrs. Ferguson, Margaret Hood accom panist Agnes C Booth gave the address; awarding diplomas 'was by John Dasch, member of the school board. The class presented gifts of ap preciation 1 and farewell to i the teacher, Mrs. Lucas, and the prin cipal, Miss Berndt John Van Loh, school ' board member, presented each member a gift copy of the school annual. Members of . the class were Ar- dith Bennett, Delbert CahiU, Mar tin Murhammer, Norman Camp bell, Frances Philips. Doris Clark, of the class and the teachers with Donna Dasch, Jacqueline Van Loh, Laverne Evans, Walter Friesen, Gerald Scharn, 6antfbrd Cox, Jr. Marilin Wyant, Fred Hockett, Da vid Johnson and Mary Lou Ma haney. J Nellie Yates Funeral Today WOODBURN Funeral services for Nellie ,T. Yates, 48, who died Tuesday will be held Friday at 2 o'clock' from the Ringo Funeral chapel. Rev. D. Lester Fields will be in charge and burial will be made at Belle Pass! beside her husband, William" J. Yates, who died in 1938. Mrs. Yates was the daughter of Columbus Engle and Nellie Hall Engle. Survivors .are' two daugh ten, Margaret Grace and Doris May; a brother Tom Engle of Woodburn; two sisters, Bertha Jette of Aurora and Minnie Wil liams of Hubbard. Mrs. Yates was a member of the Methodis church, the Rebekah lodge, the American . Legion auxiliary and the Neighbors of Woodcraft WEU.OETTHE SHERIPF-. HEtL KNOW ABOUTTW5 mm Mi i se News J page THmrmr Swegle Houses Change Hands SWEGLE There continues to be many changes in the owner ship of acreages in Swegle district The last few weeks within less than a quarter of a mile, four pla ces, have changed occupants. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Allison from Van couver, Wash, have moved. Into the Frank " Michalke home, : Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Demery have bought the Glea Fischer home and Mr. and Mrs. James L. Lyke from New York state the Leslie Car son home. r - p ;::. On North road Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tanner have - sold, their place-and moved into Salem and Mr. : and Mrs. Gottlieb. Heihem have sold their home to Mr. and Mrs. Barry ' Priem w h o h a v t moved there. Two homes have been improved with the addition of new rooms. Mr. and Mrs. Al bert Werner have added a ground floor room to their home and Mrs. Paul La Vene a larger addition of rooms. both ground and upstairs. Mrs. W. H. Burright is living in the Jung. Sing home across from the. school house while her hus band is in the service. Of interest to those who have picked hops at the DeSart yards is the news that Mr. and Mrs. De Sart have rented the ranch to a S&verton firm and are planning a trip back to Ottumwa, Iowa, to visit their son, Roland, who Is sta tioned at the navy training base there as a. musician first class in the band. Smiths Leave For California MILL CITY Mrs. Frank Smith and daughter Peggy plan to leave June 1 for Los Angeles, where they will work in a de fense factory this summer. They will visit with Mrs. Smith's two sisters and their families. They will also visit Smith's sister, Mrs. Luis B. deOretega in' Oakland, Calif. (Rose Smith). Lt and Mrs. Merritt Smith plan to visit in Oakland at the same time. The. Homebuilders' class of the Church of Christ will meet at the church June 2 for a no-host din ner and all-day meeting. ! ""Mrs. John Smith left Wednes day for an - indefinite visit with her son, Leon and family at their home in Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Personnette and daughter, Jean of Prineville, former Mill City residents, visited at the Floyd Shepherd home last week. : What No Doctor? j And Who Sat Up? i PIONEER The home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Theiss in Pio neer was the scene of a butter scotch pie supper followed by a wiener roast Saturday night be tween S o'clock and 10 o'clock. The occasion was in honor i . Douglas Theiss who was two years old at the time, and f attending were the following children of the neighborhood: LeBoy Isaac, Jesse Yeley, Orland and Lois Wood, Margaret, Rosie and Junior Wells, Leonard Brown, Eugene and Ver non Kinion, Evelyn, George, Joan and Douglas Theiss. . - ' June Strawhemes Grower Predicts HAYESVTLLE Bems - Christo- pherson. who has one of the Sn est strawberry patches in this district, predicts that picking will not start before June 2 and may be later depending on weather conditions. ' " ' ' Valloy Calendar mmir mat ts Eaina uw ttomm uncnan wui. Mrs. J. G. BraneUe. 130. I I XWrjP?.-Lies-un thatA 1 1 S ( s. 1 1'' 1 owT BOO MiiM TO WlNar A CHCH THBri rWNUMSJ.5 X ( Ve V - THIS CSMTUM pMIH . - JL. . AH? TO THE WOUNDED W4Cf, ; . AN' Wglt'CHAW TW5 I ; u t 0H 0-W'Cft. SJff ' CCOnCHY SMTTI1 p-l .. fwUV, jYg! J r ( step ims urn, I s Ul!v"i "fr Jc ru u Is . ' r MooRu enow A M. ' -''"f -- K 35 to Finish At Mt. Angel Legion Awarda -Will Be Presented By Commander MT. ANGEL 1 Thirty - five graduates will receive their eighth grade certificates from Mrs. Car melite L Weddle. rural school su pervisor, at the annual commence ment exercises of St Mary's school Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. . The address 1 to the graduates will be given jby Rev. Vincent Koppert, and Dave St John, com mander of the local American Le gion will award the Legion leer tifkates of honor and auxiliary scholarship. The complete program, to which the public is invited, will include salutatory, Paul Bade Anneni pi ano duet, "Tulip; Time; Joan Ber- ning; piano solo, "Le SecreT, Bet ty June Kelly; song,v"Night!In June", 8th grade girls; valedictory, Dorothy Prosser; address to grad uates, Rev. ! yincent Koppert; awarding of diplomas, Mrs. Car- malite L Weddle; awarding of scholarship and American Legion certificates, of merit, Dave! St John; talk. Rev. John Cummisky. Members of the class are Paul Bede Annen, August Bachmeier, Richard Bell, Joan Beming, ! Jo anne Bochaler, Ida Buchholz, Phil ip Buchhok, Vincent Donely, : Ro bert Duda, Francis Dummer,! El mer Esch, Maurice Hammer, j La Vonne Hank en, 'Mary Ann Hauth, Kathryn Hoffman, Violet Hoff man, Mary Huber, John Hg, Bet ty June Kelly j Eileen Kraetner, Robert May, Marie Morris, Dor othy Prosser, Agnes Richter, Lau ra Ann Schwab Leonard Sprauer, Lola Traviss, Marian Unger, Don na Wagner, Lorraine Walker, Dar- line Ward, Pauline Weis, Mary Lou Weissenf elk, ; Edna Wurding- er. . . Nine wfll rerpiv Tvrfort at tendance certificates; Robert Fry. grade 1; Harold: Kraemer, grade 2 Francis Piatz, Dorothy Hammer and Anita Rehm, grade 4; Vincent Case, grade 8;j La Vonne Frey, grade 7; Pauline; Weis and Mary Lou Weissenf ell, ' grade 8, Fifty penmanship certificates will also be awarded: 16 in (the eighth grade, 21 in the seventh grade and 13 in the sixth grade. Jefferson Scouts Attend Camporee JEFFERSON 1 4- Twelve ,Boy Scouts attended! the Camporee at Silverton from Friday afternoon until late Sunday afternoon. Scout Master Rev. Fj Claude Stephens and M. H. Beal accompanied the group. Mr. Stephens returned home Saturday j The activities of the scouts included general camp work, projects, hikes and various games. Sunday afternoon was the court of honor ! When promotions were given to all who were eligi ble. The Jefferson scouts all were promoted to second class, and isev eral received merit badges. Scouts attending were Teddy McKee, Bobby Brown, Glen Smith, Clif ford Page, Ellis Hamby, Dick Rob ison, Donald Miller, Stanley Smith, Raymond Pruiett, Quentin Ricks, Leighton Weddle; and David; Ar nold. Billy Henderson went jwith the group and did some fishing, Mr. Beal and i Billy Henderson came home with; the scouts; late Sunday evening. 1 WUma DeVries Named President of. Unit - - i MACLEAY The Pratum-Ma-cleay Home Extension unit met with Mrs. J. J. McGovern Tuesday. Officers elected; for the coming year were Wilma de Vries pre sident; Mrs. 0. P. Wigle, jyicer president; Mrs. Ton Burton; sec retary. Miss Frances Clinton spoke on touching up wooden furniture. It was tne last meeting ox t&e Fiiiss TEEiii Do ' BockJ SUde or SliB? TASTTXTH. in bnorowad neweer te be sprinkted on upper or lower plates, holds ialse teeth more firmly in place. Do not slide, sup or rock. No gummy. TEETH to enrH neo-eckl)i Doa not soar. Checks "pUte edor" f (den ture breamj. cer ;rAttiu ex anj drug sxorc. , pmy). mmri wmF : Volley Births LABISH CENTER Word was received here last week of the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs.- Morris Kelly -of Reedsport The Kellys 'have - two other children. Patsy and MichaeL Grandparents are Mr. and' Mrs. Knowles Tontz of this commun- tr. ' Fire Destroys Two Turner TURNER, May 25-Fire Thurs day morning t completely de stroyed the 2-story, frame Town send building and partially de stroyed ; the adjoining building which formerly housed a meat market The Townsend building is owned by M. E. Townsend: of Salem and -was unoccupied ex cept for the living quarters of Godfrey Hughes at the ner. The fire was discovered at 9:30 when half of the Townsend building was, in flames. Hughes emme home - recently after six weeks in ; a Salem hospital and had gone down town to shop. The fire . started in his living quar ters. Mrs. S. A. Davis, employed in Salem, occupied the living quar ters at the rear of the : former meat market A concrete tHe building formerly occupied by a confectionery next the market stopped the fire in the opinion of local residents. V" Turner blch seheel stadentt dismissed .to assist in manning the five lines ef hose and calls were sent te A vffle and East Salem for help. The fire was under control when the East Salem pamper arrived bat AamsvQle arrived tat 2t minutes te pre vide seme help in bringing; the blase un der control. Botn buildings were covered by insurance. The Prather Drub store Just beyond the confection ery store was threatened by the fire as were the Haggard barber shop and the Turner Merchantfle over which the IOOF lodge hall is housed. The buildings burned are in the heart of Turner business district and a change of wind would have been disastrous, firemen said. Jefferson Reelects All Gty Officers JEFFERSON All city bffi cers were reelected at the election held Friday night in the city hall. Jefferson's mayor, T. O. Kester. received ll votes of the 76 votes cast As there were, no names on the ballots, all names had to be written in. Recorder E. E. How ell received 56 votes in the 69 votes cast; Mrs. M, A. Hutchings received 45 votes of the 62 votes cast, being reelected as city trea surer. Councilmen included E. Gleason with . 57 votes; W. D. Bames with 49 votes; and Glen cobb, received 47. There were lots of scattering votes cast for coun cilmen. The election board includ ed L. L. Shields, Bertha Curl and Leola Knight, judges; and Mary Mason and Patty Barnes as clerks. Wheatland Children Attend Salem Show WHEATLAND School closed Friday, May 19th, with an all day picnic. A picture show "My Friend Flicka," Saturday at Salem was attended by the pupils. - - Those with them were Mrs. P. C Magness, the teacher; Mrs. Leslie Scoggazv Mrs. Roy La Fol- Iette and Mrs. Eugene Wilson who furnished the transportation. - ; DRS. CO AN... LAM Ot.T JXasNJk. DT.G.CbaaJJ . CHINESX Herbalista Z41 Nerth Liberty I Opstatn Porttand Gsaefal Electrtr Co Offlc open Saturday only 10 a jn to 1 DJi4 t to 1 vxa Con ' wltatioo Bluod preanue and urine teats are tree ef enarc. chars. Practiced since till Building Wm Speak J At Jefferson, High School Progranr To Bo Thursday -. f Graduates Listed " I JEFFERSON Baccalaureate services for ;. the Jefferson . high, school graduates will be held at the Christian church Sunday night at 8 o'clock. Rev. Orville Mick, of Albany will address the class. Other numbers - on the. program Include the "processional, Festival March. Mrs. Loren Luper; Invoca tion, Rev. F." Claude Stephens; hymn, congregation; scripture reading; vocal solo. Dean Steph ens; sermon, Rev. Orville Mick; hymn; benediction. Rev. Stephens; recessional, Mrs. Loren Luper. - Commencement exercises for the graduating class will be held In the school gymansium, Thurs-' day night, June 1, beginning at 8 o'clock. The following program will be presented: processional, "Pomp and Circumstance, Mrs. Loren Luper; ; Invocation, Rev. F. Claude Stephens; salutation, Wan da Glaser; trombone solo. Jack Knight; address, Dean U. G. Du- bach, dean of men of OSC; clar inet duet, LaVon Kelly and Billy Henderson; awards, M. H. Beal; valedictory, Mary K a rg; xylo phone solo, j Mrs. Loren Luper; presentation of class, M. H. Beal; presentation of diplomas,. Robert Terhune, chairman of the board of directors. Benediction, Rev. F. Claude Stephens. Recessional, Mrs. Loren Luper. , "i Members of the graduating class are Melba Louise Wattenbarger, Lois Bernice Hampton, Lais Mar agret Smith,! Betty Gene Skelton, Wanda Willetta Glaser, Mary Ka- therine Karg, Vida Pauline Zim merman, Bette June C hi 1 1 0 n, : Irene Margaret Huber, Betty Lor ine White, Alden J. Sheffield. Gaynell Maxine Cole, Rodney A. Engdahl, Jimmy Dean Baxter, Ar dell LaMont! Weddle, Evelyn Mae. Beach, Marcella King and Robert t Gene Bruce.' - ' V i 28 at Banquet For Seniors t. 7 - - r ' :- ' ' MILL CITY The annual junior-senior banquet was - held " in the recreation room of . the high school Friday! Twenty-eight were served, faculty, juniors, and sen iors. . ; ' i . i '" : '; - House' guests of Grandma Chance and Frank Splawn this weekend .were his , sister, ' Ef fie Splawn and Mrs. Sarah McDow ell, both of Salem. fr 2; v Edna Swift of Portland -spent the weekend with., her -mother, Mrs! Anna Swift : i-. Mrs. Mable Needham, Mrs. Vi vian Hoenig and Miss Alke Smith visited with Helen. Bany of the Spars in. Salem. Miss Bany is spending her leave In Salem with her sister and mother. She taught in Mill City third grade in1 1940 1942 and is now stationed in Flor ida, , ' ; . ' " , , Treadgolds Visit With Eugene Relatives SILVERTON Relatives have learned. Lt Donald Treadgold, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Treadgold of Eugene is on a visit at his home from an eastern army camp.' The Treadgolds formerly lived at Silverton and Mrs. Treadgold is a sister of George and Frank Hubbs of Silverton. - mmm in her wm She's mm Urmlr mm m ' ' now bar Parkache is better - VUay oflerwa teBer tuiaata eoakijr. eaee tW eiaaew tkat tba aa mm at tWir nmble be tind kidam. The kidavjw ara KatarVa aUaf wy ( bg tommm sods sai vwta eat af lbs btoed. Thar mtim meat paaaaa saaa abeot S - aedacaaa aad riuiiiwea. Jftaq at or aiealj fin mm wita mliin aad beraiae ibbii tiaMe aheea tbera ai inhhif wroaa; wile your ludaeys or bladder. .Doa't waHl Atk yoor dnigaWt for Dou'a Pilla, aaed aimnii 'nllr by miliiooa tor O jron. 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