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Midi-Wl aley News From The Staiemmt'si fo Receive Yarn For Red Cross Woodbura Women Tell Need for Workers ? . At Headquarters' ; WOODBURN New supplies are coming in to Red Cross head quarters in charge .of Mrs. Lyman Shorey, 'at the city hall and wo men are volunteering the work to convert yardage and yarn into garments for fighting men, hos pital jackets for convalescing ser vice men, utility bags and kit bags for their convenience and layettes for babies born into the families of service men. ' . More than 150 articles from the sewing rooms and a number ' of - knitted pieces were turned in dur ing the month of September. , . Yarn is on hand for men's socks, toe socks, stump and thigh socks, and sweaters. Mrs. Tom Renn, m charge of the knitting reports the following knitters for the month Mabel Livesay, Mrs.- John F. La cy, Mrs. Mike Perd, Mrs. Burton Willcford, Mrs. Harold Ingram, Mrs." Lois Roark, Mrs. J. Zim merle, Mrs.., Christine Ginther, Mrs. Voorhees - Spears. Knitting material and instructions may be secured from Mrs- Renn at her home, 416 Second street Nrgent need for speedy completion of the work is reported. Those helping with the sewing the past month were Mrs. Charles Dowd, Mrs. Carrie Boneker, Mrs. Frank Wright. Mrs. L. H. Shorey, Mrs. S. R. Kallak, Mrs. Wallace Jones, Mrs. Carl Gustafson, Mrs. Emma Bidwell. Mrs. Josephine Dunton, Mrs. Frank Butferfield, Mrs. Joe Fischer, Mrs. A. Corwin Mrs. Murton Willeford, Mrs. Fred Evenden, Hildegarde Dierkhis sing and St Mary's Episcopal Guild. Contric jtors to the kit bag fund were Mrr. W. D. Simmons, Mrs. Ivan Byers, Mrs. L. S. MocheL Mrs. Joe Richards arid Mrs. ra cy Poorman. . Revival in Marshall Islands i OU-fasidened reTiral meet inn are araJUble U men sta tioned mn mm t the Marshall Xsjands. atolls, as proclaimed by the bir einrsi sign stretched between twe eenot palms (tower pbU). Services mrcndacted by an rdainet Baptist minister, Marine Corp. Leslie Watson of Linden, Tex, extreme left abort. Assisting, left to right, are SC 3c Silas H. Jones, USNR, of Festus, Mo.; Marine-Pfe. Lester M. York of Holllster. CaL. and A AMAf it Robert P. Chariton, u&nk, ol rneblo, Colo. Grangers Work, Skip Vacations y KEIZER Only ! one person at iChemawa grange Wednesday night had had a vacation, a fish ing .trip to Clear Lake. The in formation , came out during . the lecturer's program when mem' bers were asked to respond to the query "What -1 did on my vaca tion," telling of summer activities or vacations. -''-, -" .i - Men and 'women told of work in harvesting crops in this com-; munity of diversified crops. W. E. Savage' is lecturer for Chema- wa grange which t serves this newer district as 1 well as Che- ! mawa. PJans for winter's activities were made Wednesday. A dinner will be served to the public -by the Home Economic club mem bers October 20, followed by a program arranged by the lectur er, W. E. Savage. Several parties for the younger I set will be arranged later. A ba zaar will be held in early De cember and .many aprons and pieces of fancy work will be I made by the Home Economic club. Scrub School For New Year 80 Year Old Building; , Made Ready for ... V Class Work WOODBURN Reviving the neighborly customs of the pioneer days when the school was built, the community around the-Johns- ton country school met for an old fashioned - work day Saturday, September 30. The walls and ceil ing of the school room had been repainted during the summer, but labor shortage had prevented oth er necessary work. l-: "j.. A group of boys, scrubbed and oiled the schoolroom floor, while men of . the community repaired Lthe window screens, mended and rehung the shutters so that they would fit better, screened in the porch and repaired the door. Cleaning the well and length ening the pipe to reach the water concluded the day's work. They had expected to have to replace the pump, which had failed to work, but investigation showed that the water was the lowest in the more than 80 years the school has stood. i The grown : - ups' participating in the work were Mr. and Mrs, Walter Brog, Clarence C. Seaton, John Kinns, Charles Johnston. Thomas Kirkwood. Kinns is pre sident of the school board; Sea ton and Mrs. Brog, members. ' The group of boys, who perhaps found the clean up more fun than readin, writin and rithmetlc, in cluded Percy McCarthy, Dean Seaton, Gerald Brog, Harold and Howard, Zurlinden and Ronnie Wolf . Vera Bogard is the teach er in charge. . " Silverton TNTT Croup To Initiate Members SILVERTON The TNT high Monmouth to Hold City Election MONMOUTH The city coun cil's October meeting was featured by acceptance of a petition pre sented by a ; citizens' committee, which , will provide - If favor ably voted on at election for a utilities commission to control the dty departments of water s and electricity, and administer same, supervised by a commission mem bership of three. - " . '" - ; . r Some time ago J. E. Winegar, E. M. Ebbert and J. L. Norris were named as the supervising commission. This measure will be ballotted on at the city election. Nov. 7. Election officers named to serve on thai date: Mrs. Hugh Van Loan, Mrs. Charles Cal breath;! and judge, Mrs. J. C Wilson: i Valley Births SILVERTON Born to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Miller, .Brooks, a son, at the Silverton hospital, Octo ber 5-. I, " CENTRAL HOWELL Mr. and Mrs. Elton Watts are parents of a son born Oct 5 at a Salem hos pital. The Watts have one daugh ter and this is the third son. J Vorseth, Joan Cooper, Paith llelU bye,'-Phyllis Wik, , Colleen jEgan, Ruth Zahler, Yvonne Haugen, Dorothy Jordan, Ruth David. De- school society will initiate 13 new I To u elccted to toe dub) a pros- members Wednesday . ; including Bernice Hanson, Pat Gatton, Bette pect - must , have the unanimous vote of the entire membership. : Efgri! v yjhai ft is v.. YOU UK E IT - I T LI ICES Y O V i Sulem test OreQon 810 N. Liberty St Pbona 1751 Juniors Plan Farm Program ZENA, Oct. 7 An interest ing and worthwhile meeting of Spring Vflley Junior Farmerf Un ion was held at the."Zena school house Monday night 'with good at tendance. Mrs. L. I. Mickey is leader and supervisor. Presiding -at the business session was the president, Sammy J. Barker. Ardon Shepard was secretary pro 4em as Betty Dodge was ab sent. The topics chosen for clip file and fcr a six months report directly concerned the farm and its problems and included: farm marketing. Alfred Williams; beef cattle, Albert Williams; poultry, Ardon Shepard; valley weeds, De lpres Merrick; crop rotation, Sam my J. Barker; valley hay, John Rodriguez. ' Care of farm machinery, David Kime; one family farm, Gene vieve Ashford; valley apples, Martha Williams. The meeting preceded refresh ments. ' V,,' ' The group viewed th redecor ated Zensr school room?. Keizer Families Home From South Dakota KEIZER Mr. and Mrs. Hi ram Nulbrook and Mr. and Mrs. Ailt Nulbrcok and young son have returned e'ter a months visit with relatives and . ftienda in Willow Lake,' South Dakota. The men are brothers. - - . Valley Obituaries TURNER Funeral services were held Monday -afternoon at the Assembly of God church for C. E. Collier, 67. He was born in West Virginia July . 15, 1877. In 1911 he "married Mattie Co-, ben of dickasy, Okla. The fam ily came to Oregon in 1937. They purchased their present home two miles south of Turner two years Mr. Collier had not been in good heshh for some time but was able to do light work about him . home. He had a heart at tack early Monday morning. - Survivors are the widow. Mat tie; -sons, Frank, J. D. Alvin, Er nest, John, Calvin, Walter;, daugh ters, Mrs. Dollie Stockton, Mrs. Daisy Smith, Helen, Betty, Dor othy, Madeline, and 13 grandchil dren. Three sons are in the navy and one in the army: one daugh ter is in the marines. - Interment was made in " Twin Oaks cemetery. Gates School . lists Faculty - GATES Robert Mobley, sea man second class stationed at Far ragut, is visiting at his brothers home, at Gates for a few days this week. . . ' ' " .' The Gates school opened Sept 23 with a registration of 27 pupils in grade and 37 students in the high school. This is one less in number than registered last year. Principle Theodore Laing of Eu gene, Miss Loretta Star, Mrs. Ruth Lowe are the high school teachers. Mrs. Eda Stafford has the inter mediates and Mrs. Mary Champ has the primary. Mrs. Ruth Lam phear instructs four mornings each week in music, band, the glee elub and art.' Mrs. Virginia Daris Overlook who has been visiting with her parents here, for two weeks left this 'Week for Van riort where she will .teach. Week end guests at Mrs. Harold Wilson were Mrs. Everet Robof, Portland and daughter, Mrs. C. A. Miller of Loansport, Ind. Monmouth PTA Opens New Year T MQNMOUTH The opening Parent - Teacher meeting of this year was held Monday afternoon with a total attendance of 33 parents and teachers and , with 27 members slated. - . , Mrs. H. E. Van Loan, presided. Mrs. E. F. Barrows spoke on the recent state board meeting." It is planned this year to spon sor monthly demonstration meet ings featuring Miss Helen Tay lor, field worker for the govern ment wor' foods' emergency proa gram. A reception will be given Oct 13 by the PTA for teachers of the training and high schools. . Mrs Virginia Van - Root is chairman for this affair which it is expec ted will be largely attended. Valley Calendar MONDAY, OCTOBER Falls City grange. 'Central Howell JFarmera Union. TUESDAY. OCTOBER IS Amity Woman's Civic Improvement Hub. i . ' ; Independence Woman's club. " Woodbura Garden club. Sidney.Talbot Home Extension unit. Jake Cilmore home, 130 p.m. . WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 Union Hill Home Ec club. Silverton Home Extension unit, home of Mrs. Georee Jaeschke. 1:30 p.m. Izaak Walton auxiliary. Salem. Miss Karjorie Tye. suest apeaxer. THURSDAY. OCTOBER IS Gates Women's club, , 1 p.m. school- house. - FRIDAY. OCTOBER IS -- i Marion county ' American . Leflon council mcetine. Wood burn. East Salem Home Extension , unit. 1-0 pjru Swegle schoolhouse. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 American Legion card party, Aurora. More Venison For Less Gas, 1 Hunters Find SILVERTON Distant pastures are not always greener, accord ing to Silverton Hill f oik in this deer hunting season. Gasoline shortages have caused the men to do their hunting more or less m their own backyards and most of them report luck has been better thah in former years when gas oline was plentiful, they found in! distant places. ' Among those reporting success in the Silver Falls camp 18 area are Willard Benson, Walter and Harry aLrsori, Carl Long. Arthur Sacher and Clarence Kohler. , Just a night spent out of doors in order to be on hand early in, the morning and then part of the following day were all that were heeded to bag their deer, they re port. , ,, ' . Pre School Clinic Held in Fall City ' tOCT 7.-Ai pre-school and first i grade clinic was held in the el ementary school . Thursday from 10:30 till 4:10. Dr. Robert W. Rip ley, county health officer was in charge The nurses were Miss Lee and Miss Dike.! ' ' -1 Q Q DRS. CHAN... LAM Or.T.TX,NJ Dr.C Cua CSINESE nerballsts 241 Nartli Uaerty Opsutra Puttiand General Clectrh Co Offica open Saturday only 19 a m to 1 pm i to T p m Con uitatiM Elood preasure and urine tests are trae Of etiargo. PracUcd tince- 1911 ' n mm . .. rr , m no z All Menolas- flnd Victory Skill Uorhers We wish to take this opportunity, of ex tending our appreciation and thanks to all " workers who have so ahly helped us through our recent peak season and made it possible for us to maintain our packing schedule and provide government quotas in most in stances in their entirety. -' ' - We -were able to dispense ' witli' our" vie-.. ; tory shift this week and to all those work - ef s we wish to express our gratitude for the extra hours of hard labor spent in -our plant in addition to their regular jobs. May we suggest there are two -or three canneries still in need of part time help"and we knqw they; will appreciate your services as much as we have. ' I ' ' - - i!siil, Elnrdccli Cs Co. 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