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Vhite-King . Reunion Held - Officers Elected for ".V Coming Year; Lis Of Additions Blade J I : - .:- .-.--.'-The descendants of the White Kin families met at Silver ton park Sunday, July 9, for the seventh annual reunion and din ner. I . The dinner was served at a on( table: decorated with Ma donna lilies and galardla. Johnnie Xinglof Cutler City was elected president; Verle King of Salem, vice president; Zelma Kins, Sil vertonTsecretaryand W. M.Tate l Sublimity, treasurer. ; Mrs. J. C Krenz of SUverton vas reelected historian . for the third year. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Gilmour and Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Tate were named on the table and coffee committee.5 1 Fifteen members of the families are now ; serving in : the military service. New babies added to the family ' record ' are, Linda Hunt, Dennice Myers, Nancy Gray, Robert Qualey, ' Donald Mulkey, Margaret Gentikow, Terry , Tate, ' Linda King, Douglas Fischer, Don f na Mae Hunt, John Earl Gutshow. New members added by mar riage arej Mrs. Norman Tate, Mrs. Phillip Alexander, Raymond Freebergj Mrs. Ellis.. White,. Mel vin Turner and James Terranova. ' Mrs. ,Robert . Fulwiler Carrie King) and daughter, Lucille, of . Wena tehee, Wash, cane the greatest distance. Mr. and; Mrs. James Fulwiler of Hillsboro, at tended the reunion fox the first time. 4 .. ";; I The youngest members present ' were Robert Qualey and Donald Mulkey, both of SUverton. Others - present .were, Mr. and Mrs. John nie King, Cutler City; Edward Tate and grandson, Terry Tate of Portland;: Mr. and Mrs. O. W. .Kellogg, Rickreall; Evelyn NeaL West Fir; Mr. and Mrs. Harley . Scott, Maxine and Lynn of Ly . ons; Mrs. Mae Ledgerwood, Mr - and Mrs.; Loren White and Glo- Franklin, Eleanor Marie and ria, Luella Ruth, Mrs. Ellis White, Mr. ' and Mrs. Verle King, Loree King, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Mul key, all of Salem; Mr. and Mrs Dell Alexander, Albany; Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Tate, Marjorie Tate, Mr: andj Mrs. Verny Scott, . Guy and Keith Scott, George Scott, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Gilmour, Mr. and Mrs. Orlo Humphreys, ; Rob ert Humphreys, Mr. and Mrs. Ma rion Fischer and Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tate and Elizabeth, Sublimity. - .. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Fischer, Mr, andr Mrs. C. C. Jones," Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Krenz and daugh ter. Laurel, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mulkey and Donald, Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Qualey. Norman and Sob- ert, Mr. and Mrs. Edward King of SUverton; H. E. King and Zelma King of SUverton. Visitors were Mrs. Jean South wick of Salem, Mrs. Carrie Berry, Mrs. Jennie Miller and Mrs. Jennie Gibson, all of SUverton. Mid - Willamette . : L., - i ev ixiews Reports From The Statesman's Community Correspondent PAGE TEN Salem. Oregon. Tuesday Morning, July 11 1944 12 Doerflers In US Service Annual Family Reunion .Honors Men on Many Battle Fronts SILVERTON Twelve men in the services and one : discharged following injury in North Africa were honored Sunday at the an nual Kloetsch reunion Sunday in the city park at SUverton. The service men are, Wallace Doerfler in India, Ernest Doerf- ler in Montana, John Doerfler in Africa, Peyson Sammiss in Eng land, Eugene Hanneman in New Guinea, Doughlas Hanneman in the South Pacific, Carl Hanneman in Georgia, ; Robert Oleson and Clarence Goodell in" Hawaii, Jim my Cooper and Duane Downing in California. Joseph Doerfler was discharged after service in Africa. C-H'- Three members of the original family were present, Mrs. Martin Doerfler and Mrs. Joseph Doerf ler, both daughter, Silverton, and John Kloetsch, a son, from Port land. . v : j Registered for the dav were Mrs. Martin Doerfler,! Mrs. Joseph Doerfler, sr.. Miss Margaret Doerfler, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Doerfler and David and Shirley, Miss Anna Doerfler,' all of Sil verton. From Salem, Mr. and Mrs. Mar tin Doerfler, jr., and Gloria, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Doerfler and An na Marie. ; - From Portland, Miss .Jacquile Fox, Mr. and Mrs. John Kloetsch, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hannah, Maxine Chambers, Larry Cham bers. ! Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Doerfler and Delora Doerfler, Mrs. Rose Amstutz from Waldo Hills, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Doerfler, jr., and Mary Linda from Powell Butte; Mr. and Mrs. John Zimmerman and; Mr and Mrs.. Vern Sandberg of Stay tonJ and Mr. and Mrs. Ju lius Tietz, Mrs. .Alice Sandberg, Marvin and Eddie Sandberg of Mehama. Cliapma nsHave Family Reunion . TURNER Mr. and Mrs. G. W. ' Chapman their son, 1st Sgt. Don B. Chapman, ' home - on furlough, v- - vaipaiin B iviaie veil- neth W. Chapman and their fami- lies spent the week at the coast. On the way they stopped at Wil lamina and visited a daughter, Mrs. - Alice ' Harris. From there they went to Nehalem and visited another daughter, Mrs. Ruth ..ren iu niwiia, wnere uiey " had a family reunion with the third son, S 1c Richard R. Chap man, stationed there with the coast guard. Don Chapman had not seen his , brother, Kenneth, for ten years. ' Both are returning to their re spective branches of the service . . overseas,! Don with the US ma rines, Kenneth with the Seabees. 75th Birthday Is Celebrated SILVERTON Honoring Val ntin Gebhardt, who observed his 75th birthday anniversary i Sun day, were a group of relatives fathering in the Silverton park tor Sunday dinner. Included were Mr. and Mrs. Valentin Geb- hardt and Mrs. Myrtle Allen of , WUlamma, Mrs. A. P. Klees, Ber nice Klees. Mrs. S. L. Austin and Steven and Marvin Austin of Sweet Home, Mrs. Mary Prager of Vancouver, Mr. and Mrs. L. ML Bowder and Jerry of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. William Gebhardt and Janet and Roger of Leba non, Victor and Val Rickert of Long Creek. A four-generation group in the family included Mr. ah d Mrs. Gebhardt, their daughter, Mrs. A. P. Klees, her daughter, Mrs. S. L. Austin and Mrs. Austin's two cons, Stephen and Marvin. Hunter Funeral Held At Lebanon Friday - LEBANON James Newell Hunter, 75, died Wednesday at ITaL?y. Funeral " services were held Friday in the Union ceme- t-rv. the neighborhood in which ! 2 h:d lived for the past 50 years, Two sons, Howard of Browns and Walter of Crawfords- McLauglilin Rites Friday ALBANY Funeral services for Mrs. - Alice Lewis McLaughlin were held Friday from the Chris tian church. Rev. Orville Mick was- in charge of the services and burial was made in the Masonic cemetery. Mrs. McLaughlin died in the Albany General hospital July 5, following a long illness, She sustained a fractured hip at her home a few weeks ago which hastened her death. Alice Lewis was born July 9 1858, in Richmond, Ky. She came to Portland in 1905 and was mar ried to William McLaughlin. They came to Albany that same year, where the deceased had since made her home. Mr. McLaughlin died several years ago. Mrs. Mc Laughlm was a member of the Ladies of the Grand Army, the Order of Eastern Star, and of the Christian church. Surviving are two brothers, Roy S, Lewis of Glade Park, Colo., and W. H. Lewis of Kentucky. Also several nieces, one of whom, Mrs, Lola Cox of Mt Vernon, Ky it in Albany at present Another niece, Mrs. Luana Fields of Stan ford, Kyn had been here until recently, leaving for h e r home only a few days ago. Dayton Missionary Group Entertained DAYTON ' Mrs. Jennie Mur P n e y entertained the Dayton uumian church Missionary soci eiy inursday afternoon. Seven members attended. Mrs. E. Dem eray conducted the devotionals nd was lesson leader. i i Dayton farmers Union Attendance Is Light DAYTON -i Only seven mem bers of the Dayton local Farm ers Union ! attended f the July meeting Thursday at the- Web- loot grange hall. A social meeting will be held August; 3 at the farin nome oi mti ana M.rp. J. A. uwens in the NetkJ district One offfigliting Fenhimores Reported Killedin Action MT, ANGEL, JulyPf c. Jamer Fennimare, USMC . repdrWd killed in action in the south Pacific was thf second youngest f the "seven fighting Fennimore," sons of iMr. and I Mrs. iSain Fennimore. Like all his brothers, he was born and reared on the enmmore iarm, an ml Angel, ana attended the Mt jAngel schools. Like the others, hh enlisted soon after Pearl Harbor,!! The town was hardly aware the seven Fennimore boys were in the service' until a year- ago, when the American Legion publicly present ed the parents with a seven-star service flag. III 'I- II! Jim Fennimore was born March 22, 1920. He was graduated from Mt Angel college preparatory in June 1939 and went to Alaska to work with his brothers on a build ing" project there, j i . He returned home on 'December; 22, 1941, and on December 29 left to "Join -the marines. After! he Completed boot camp at San Diego,-he went to the Pacific and; was never home afterwards. . i He went through the battle of Guadalcanal and s several other major battles and ; sometime ago was recuperating fijom malaria at New Zealand. Since then, he was sent out on his last mission. V - lit " - .- For the past year his younger brother, J Pf c. Paul Fennimore shared the same division in the South Pacific, ? lil I IE The other Fennimores are Cpl. George Fennimore With the army engineers in the Aleutians; SSgt. Edmund Fennimore; in the ground forces of the air orps in Eng land; Pfc. John A.! Fennimore in the infantry . at Ft. Benningon, Ga.; Chief Warirani Officer Earl Fennimore in -the army at Camp Pickett Vt; Pfc Sam L. Fermi more jr infantry, recently from New York; and Pfe. Paul Fenni more, USMC, in South Pacific i Another brother, 'and the eldest is marnea ana lives at scoua MiUs. Three sisters also survive, Mary Holt Breitenbush; Madelene Grosjacques, Mt Angel; and Jean nette Fennimore at home. Solemn requiem high mass will be celebrated at St Mary's church Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock. Rev Hildebrand Melcholr, who nas charge of keeping in touch with the hundreds of locl servicemen, will be celebrant i: Alaska Family Visito . With Aurora Relatives AURORA Mrv jand Mrs. Rolr and Wurster and little daughter, Emity Ann lot Ciienega, Alaska, are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wurster, and with his brother-in-law, sister and their little son of Portland and other relatives and friends In Aurora. Hail and Electric Storm Visits Aurora AURORA A jheavy hail and thunder shower visited Aurora at o'clock Saturday night" Water flowed down the streets in quan tity, lightning ; struck a telephone pole on the . highway within the city limits. Dakota YToman Returns Hornet ,:. - :, " : . ' - .. r ' Jlrg. DeVilliers Ordained To Ministry 7hile Visiting Here t AUBURN Mrs. Richard De Villiers and children, Betty. Jean and Richard - will leave - Tuesday for , their home' in Sioux ' Falls, South Dakota, after spending the past two months with Mrs. De-Villiert- parents, . Mr.lv and Mrs. Ben H. Hawkins.. Mrs. DeVilliers wa ordained ? to", the t Christian ministry July , , at a service in the Court Street Christian church la Salem." The service was con ducted by the board -of elders and the minister, W. tt Logman.-Mrs. Merle B. Van Cleave, sister of Mrs. DeVilliers, sang "Oh, May My Walk Be Close With 5od," (Johnson) atxompanied - by Mrs. Ben 1 Doerksen. The ordination prayer was given by B." F.' Shoe maker while the : elders, W. M. McMorris, Kirk Simpson, F. C Crabtree and Lewis Shepherd, participated in the dedication. Mrs. DeVilliers is s a ' former member of the Court Street Chris tian church. Shis completed her elementary education at Auburn school in 1930, from Salem high school in 1834 aid was later em ployed by thel Salem . public schools. f J" ""--' Since her marriage to 1939 she has attended Phillips university in Enid, Oklahoma and assisted her husband, who is at present minister of ' the! First Christian church in Sioux, Falls. Markham Funeral Held Slonday at Albany ALBANY Funeral services for Marion- R. MaEkham 60, , who died July 4, following a stroke, were held from eral home at z or Ir. Walker, the Fisher Fun- clock Monday. who was born February 20, 18M, had, lived in Forest Grove for 50 years previ ous to coming to Albany several was ' graduated Business college employed by the years ago; " He from , the Walker! in 1904, and was Hoquiam Lumber Co. for a num ber jA years. Later he - was a fanner. Gircd Family Holds Picnic ; SILVERTON - Mr.' and Mrs, , Roy Girod and family . who ar rived four weeks ago from Berne, Indiana to make their home at Sa lem, were honored at a family picnic dinner at the city park Sun day noon. Mr: Girod taught in the Davis school above Silverton sev eral years ago and Mrs. Girod once taught in "Santa Barbara, Calif. Both have visited in the Wil lamette valley' at previous, timet, and hen returned to Indiana. However, - they - experssed Sunday that they would likely stay in Ore gon this time. Mrs. Ida Girod, 80 mother of Mr.. Girod, vmakes her home at Silverton and was also honored Sunday at Jthe family dinner. . A special treat was a batctf of : cookies baked by the elder Mrs. Girod from an old family recipe. . r V Others present were Harvey Gi rod of Salem; Pauline, Stanley, Howard, Alice and Amy .Girod, the children of the Roy Girods, and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Girod and Dorothy of Portland. I . - - 1 - i . . j city limits. ; ! M Mrs. DeVilliers is s former I rarmer. j i t ! . . . - " ' ' "" 1 . I. I Pennington Funeral Held ALBANY Francis Marion Pennington, 85, died at the Sacred Heart hospital in Eugene July 5 Funeral services were held Mon day from the Fisher Funeral home. Rev. Gordon ": Jaff e con ducted the services and burial was in St Johns cemetery. Born on - October 11, 1858,- in Baltown, Mo., Francis Pennington moved with his parents to Ap penoose county, Iowa when he was three years of j age. In 1878 the family returned to Missouri, later making their home in Kan sas and various parts of Missouri. For a time Pennington worked in a coal mine, and in. 1882 crossed the plains in company with a bro ther, George, to Bruneau, Idaho, He spent two years on the cattle range and ten years in sheep raising and ranching. Later he went to Humboldt j bounty, . Cali fornia, and spent the year 1890 in San Francisco. From there he went to Washington and later to Idaho. On April p 17, 1889, he married Rhoda Loretta Black Ar buckle, in Council galley, Idaho. She is deceased.- (t In the early 1900 he came to Albany, and for ft time was em ployed by the Albany Lumber Co. In 1912 he married Mrs. Dolly Langford, who survives. Also sur viving is stepson, ! Harry Lang lord; a sister, Mrs. Battle Smith, both of Albany, and his brother, George Pennington of Seattle. - LOCAL DEBUTANTE ENGAGEMENT REVEALED HAVE YOU HEARD THE' LATEST? aop rw. 5' J AC K AN D MARGE ARE GETTING MAfcWDYES7l SAW THEM SELECTINfrTHEIfc FURMTVilEkf SALEI1 noiiE Funn. CO.1 mm. E-36rMFURNiTUREfe J'V;.t':,:lS- ' ? s- 7 ' ' r.'Sf V0i A A- TTHE Kfith "I: - -i I. Jk over 's ; ,'. '?'.')-4'r. vr. Bond Drive is .1 but the Invasion is not! Actually, the war right now is at its most critical stage which is just why ouri men need your support jai ; never before, why they need you to help pay for the mass of materials of all kinds that will bring crushing defeat to our ene mies that much sooner! pf course, your part J- This ncsiarrs b . 1 you have just 'done in the Fifth War Loan Drive-but they have done theirs in many a grim, bloody battle and they aren't resting on what they've done t before! They are carrying the fight to the enemy wherever they can reach htm, every day r and your dollars are' needed every day, too! Surely you won't stop buying won't let up now when the chips are down! 'i, - - - M OA f IW THE 'AWK! 5 r.:onE nEASorjs for Keeping Up . Your Bond Duying' X. War Bonds are' the best, xhm safest investment in the world! 2. r Bonds return you U ot every $3 in 10 years. 3. 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