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Mid-Willamette Valley News F rm Tfc Stmt mm mm '.mmimmmit (.mrrrMmmmtlrntt Pioneer Community club met t -1 ing was held in the play-shed Fri- I day. Mrs. Ray Woodman had charge of the business meeting when Richard Selberg was elected pi evident; Eldon Johnon ice president. Frank Dornbeikt r secretary-treasurer. Maeleajr Mr and Mrs. Harry i Martin, r wiil have as a holi day guest their grandson Montie 1 Wells of Pans, Calif. woodburn Children of mem bers of Champoeg post Veterans of Foreign Wars, and its auxili ary will be guests at a Christmas party December 18 at the I OOF hall. Hai low Dixon local com mander and Mrs. H. E. Stange, chairman. Leonard Nelson presided at the business meeting and plans were" made for the school Christmas treat. Serving or the refreshment committee was Mrs. Earl Huckstep and Mr?. Floyd. King with Mrs. Henry Crawley assisting. Baena Vista Many families have been forced to vacate their homes in the HopviMe district be came of rapidly rising water Buena Vista The Rev. and Mrs. Roya-e Coan and children are on t u two weeks vacation and will i -pend Christmas w ith the Rev. and Mrs. W. R. Coan at Kenne wick. Wash. Buena Vista Seven members of the Buena Vista Woman's club Damages cannot be estimated atwert. iurcheon guests Wednesday date. Woodburn Warbri.ie and then husbands will be guests at the first Christmas paity of Business and ProfesMonal Woman's club at Laurel cape Friday night. Decem ber 20 at 7 p m. Gladys Adams is chairman of the hispitality com-' from 'Fort Lewis has returned to mittee. Members are asked to camp again. at the Children s farm home near Corvalhs. The delivered Christ mas gifts gathered by the Polk county Federation of Rural clubs for the Farm Home children. t'nion Hill Charles Motley who has been home on furlough make reservations for themselves i and their guests. Feature of the, party will be a Christmas tree with exchange of gifts. Theme of December meetings of the club is "Let's Share with Our Sisters Overseas'" with members donating gifts of warm clothing and food' which will be shipped to club presidents in Europe for their use I or to be distributed by them. Buena Vista Mr. and Mrs. Ce cil Huffman and daughter De Lores left Wednesday for Wess ington. South Dakota to spend Christmas with his parents.' H'Mdbuni The American Le gion Mill hold its annual Christ mas dance December 25. Arv id Ostrom is committee chairman. It will be held at the armory, starting at 9 p m . music by Claude Bird's orchestra. Pioneer Mr and Mrs Truman Robbin isited the John Cala-t nans Monday. Robbms is on his way to Eugene whe.e he ill at tend Northwest Christian college and some work at the Univer- i sity of Oregon. 1 Cloverdale Al Hennies is working at the Willamette Cher ry Growers in Salem where he will do carpenter work on the new building at that place. I'nion Hill Mrs. Floyd Fox and Mrs Carrie Townsend will entertain Home Ec Club members at an all day meeting and Christ mas party Wednesday. A covered dish luncheon at noon, exchange of Christmas gifts and program in the afternoon will be features. Buena Vista Mr. and Mrs. ft. S. Prather have received Word that their son Leland Elmo Pra ther S2c. sailed Monday from San Francisco for Guam. Holiday Party At Woodburn To Fete Pupils WOODBURN "Charlie Mc Carthy, Detective,' will be the feature motion picture of the an nual Christmas party for child ren of Woodburn and vicinity on Saturday, December 21, at the high school auditorium. Sponsors are the Amerieaii Legion post and auxiliary, Rotary and local fire department. Arrangements hive been made for the distribution; of treats con taining apples, oranges, pop corn and peanuts for each youngster. Treats will alsoe distributed to boys of the Oregon state training school December 24. The picture will follow stunts by each of the schools represent ed. Acts are to be judged by representatives of the sponsoring organizations and iprizes will be awarded. Santa Glaus will ap pear when the Christmas sacks are given out. j The party will start at 1 p.m. with all children ih this area up to the age of hi$h school stu dents invited. Schools included on the list are Lincoln. St. Bene dict's, Washington West Wood burn. Belle Passi, McKee, Union, Elliott Prairie and! Johnson. Head Western Oregon Livestock Association . -y v MAX a m mm Th Stat man, Solin, Oregon. Waxfa day. Dc 18, 1918 3 These men were chosen officers of the Western Oregon Livestock association at the organisation's convention in Salem last week. Left to rirht they are: Charles Evans. Independence, vice president; A. Lindrren, Corvallis, secretary, and Albert Julian. Lyons, president. Elks Yuletide Activities Are Gill Wrapping Service 15 C up Each package a work of art. Also We Hare Interesting Assortment of Books and Gifts for All Ages Hollywood Book Shop 1973 N. Capitol Open Till P. M. Swegle Club Has Program SWEGLE A Christmas pro gram was given by the mem bers of the Sunday school at the regular meeting of Swegle com munity club Friday night. Num bers on the program were a v ocal trio, Pat Standley, Mrs. Albert Patz and Rev. Emil Kraft; a felt-o-graph story to the primary class by Mrs. Clifford Force; a short play and song with parts taken by Nancy Jayne. Mary Bolton, Del be rt Bolton. Alice Standley, Clif ford Van Loh. Darlene Crawley, Nbla Jean Zobel, Earl Wilson, Phillip Wilson with Vida Stand ley and Lanny Dibbern the spec ial characters, two refugee chil dren, and Rev. Emil Kraft leader: a song by Rev. and Mrs. Emil Kraft, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and Mrs Albert Patz. members of the adult class. Mrs C. A. Salter was at the piano for the evening music. Scouts Work At Camp Dole i Members of Boy Scout troop i spent last weekends at Camp Dole near East Independence, in the j interest of rejuvenating the camp i for overnight trips! Under the leadership of H. Pe terson, scoutmaster. the boys ! cleared the roof of the big cabin at camp and cut a new log for replacement. Tom Pomeroy. troop committeeman, and C. Lethin, -assistant scoutmaster, accompanied ; the scout group which included L. 1 Peterson. T. Ralston. C. Hults, L. ' Haugen, R. Lethin, and F. Vitaris. Other troops ire the Cascade council area are expected to make trips to the camp and assist in readying it for the! winter camp- i ing season, according to the Sa- ' lem scout office. Jus! Received by Air Express (4 TO GIVE THE BEST " r it- 1; .. ii 35" I Now Shipment Sheaffer Pen 8c Pencil Sets 5" From to In Gift Boxes A Complete Selection for Late Shoppers Sheaif er's New Slralowriler The Finest Ball Pointed Pen Yet Ma fiees Entertain tcith Informal Holiday Party MACLEAY Hosts for an in formal Christmas party at their home Saturday night were Mr. and Mrs. M. M. iMagee. whose guests were members of the Mac leay 4-H club and their husbands. After an evening of cards a late supper was served by the hostess. Taking first prize In cards were Mr. and Mrs. Nile Hilborn. Guests of Mr arid Mrs. Magee were Mr. and Mrs; Nile Hilborn. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burton, Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Martin, jr., Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Cleo McMrris. Mr. and Mrs. I. H. White. Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Martin, sr., and Mrs. A. L. Baker. In Full Swing The Elks' club pre-Christmas charity activities were in high gear today. . Scheduled at 8:15 tonight is the second performance of "You Can't Take It with You," the Sa lem Civic players' show which provides funds for the annual Elks' children's party. The show, at the Elks' auditorium, also will be given tomorrow night. Com mittee chairman Is Harold Burns. On Thursday. Friday and Sat urday of this week, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the club basement, will be distributed clothing to all ages of the needy, contributed by Elks' members, with Joe Krauger as chairman. On Tuesday, December 24, hun dreds of kiddies those who are provided tickets by various schools throughout the valley will be the Elks' club guests at the Capitol theatre at 10:30 a.m., then will be escorted to the Elks temple for the distribution of toys, candy, nuts and a program arranged by Krauger's committee. Sponsors of the activities have declared the need for charity work has shown a marked in crease in recent months, and said they were hopeful of whole hearted support. Men from surrounding com munities who are assisting Krau ger with the children's party in clude Sam Ramp, Brooks; A. J. Cleveland, Dallas; C. W.i Cuts forth, Gervais; D. P. McCarthy, Independence; W. L. Jones, Jef ferson; W. J..Kloft, Mt. Angel; Wj D. Groslin. Rickreall; Lee Haskins. Silverton: Grant Mur phy, Stayton; Adolph Heater, Sublimity: E. E. Hall, Turner: E.jJ. Allen, Woodburn;, B. N. Speer, Aumsville, and Richard Saucier, Mill City. McMinnville Pilot to Launch 'Turkey Express9 Flights East Robert Lee Rubottom, McMinnville ex-army pilot, expects to launch his Oregon "turkey express" about mid-January. Using a converted surplus C-64, Noordyn Norseman, an eight passenger plane used by Canadian forest rangers before the war. Rubottom plans to fly young turkeys and other perishable cargoes from Oregon to midwestern outlets. Rubottom figures his plane will i carry 5,500 poults each trip. Atj inv:ns , .ji . -,u iT., . . ,- .. , i r lying Cross and Air Medal with present he s having it reconverted' three Qak leaf cluster to fit CAA specifications and in- mree oaK leat clusters stalling an air-conditioning unit, i His plans, worked out in detail, x? i tt i i n call for loading in midafternoon ramify Holiday Farty soon after the young turkeys are IIl,! at Clovrr1ji 1 hatched flying all night to Salt!18 Iiein a UOeniaie retorninnext J?inneapolis' and I CLOVERDALE - Mr. and Mrs. Already he has "more business, 11 iupCr me Barker Wins Farm Shop Contest Prize Lynn Barker, Salem, has been adjudged state winner of the Ore gon Bankers Association spon sored farm crop contest, .'Ralph Morgan, state supervisor of agri cultural education, a n n ounced Tuesday. Barker will have his name en graved on the rotating plaque and receive a cash prize of $20 for his achievement. Bill Robinson, Baker, was first prize winner in district 1, Barker won first prize in district 2. Other winners were Norman Gubster, Dayton, district 3: Bill Oldham, McMinnville, district 4; and Don ald Whitney, Amity, district 7. Barker did a wide variety of work, making an old house into a farm shop, along with rewiring and equipping it. At home he con structed a trailer and forge and also built a tractor out of car p?rts which he sold. Charles Saucy, Salem, won sixth place in the top division of the sow litter raising contest. ens ft-. Dallas, has been selected for training- in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Washington at Se attle, a navy press release re vealed yesterday. DALLAS MAN IN NAVY Robert M. Benbow of 418 Lev- HEAR HERE! BETTER 'HEARIIIG CENTER' Harion Holel Salem, Oregon Dec 19th and 20th E. C. WRIGHT. Consultant Come in see the sensation al new all-in-one Sonotone with the "Magic Key U DOUBLE bearinr comfort! No charge for examination or advice free checkup for Sonotone users. SOIIOTOIIE The House of Hearing Western Oregon Livestock asso ciation banquet in Salem. A roast turkey dinner was than I can handle with three air planes," he says. He agrees an other pilot or two are needed if j are out of season, he'll change to rved Sunday at the A. S. Dra sea foods and fresh fruits. ger home for relatives gathered Rubottom has accrued 1.800 j for a pre-holiday get-together. hours flying time since he took pu. rt , . . , k; : i : ,u Flaces were set lor Mr. and his first solo in the army air forces in 1942. At the height of Mrs. Julius Langley, Mr. and aerial warfare over Nazi-occupied j Mrs. Irving Lincoln,- Mr. and Mrs. Europe, he completed 26 combat i Theodore Schaer, Onieta and missions from land bases in Eng-! Nancy, Portland, and for Mr. and land, winning the Distinguished1 Mrs. Drager, Kaileen and Margie. BAILLIE TALKS TO VFYf William Baillie, manager of the Salem office of the Oregon unem ployment service, and H. C. Saal feld, Marion county service olfi cer, spoke at lat night's meeting of Jfavy Beaver post. Veterans of Foreign Wars, at the VFW hall on Hofxl street. GOOD CONDITION PAYS! GIVE YOUR TRACTOR A CHECK-UP NO 17 YOirn BE SAFE INSTEAD OF SORRY. JMIES H. IIADEII CO. 2955 Silverton Road Salem, Oregon ELFSTROM ART GALLERIES THIRD FLOOR present the First Annual Oregon-California Artists Exhibition IN Preview Tonight 7:30 p. m. Eighteen artists of Oregon and Oahtcrr. in a eclorful shewing ol cils. PUBLIC INVITED 340 Court 1500 T mc:u Tax dir.g Sheafferis TRIUMPH The Ideal Gift for "the person who has everything. Salem's Pen Headquarters PARKER EVERSHARP WATERMAN Court Reversei Verdict In False Arrest Case The state supreme court, in an opinion by Justice Harry H. Belt, Tuesday directed a new trial in the rase of Jonah W. Bratt against W. F. Smith and H. Ragan, ap pealed from Multnomah county. Bratt sued for fajse arrest and imprisonment and fwas awarded $3,535 damages in the lower court. He was arrested on a charge of drunkenness and djsorderly con duct, f llEEDHAIl'S BOOK STORE 465 State Street woodbi rn man Strains James L. Petersorj, fireman sec ond class, son of Mfs. I. J. Burd of 1106 Ogle St., Woodburn, partici pated in the recent .joint army and navy amphibious graining exer cises held on the southern Califor nia coast, in whichj 20.000 army, navy and marine personel, 500 planes, and 60 ships ;were engaged. Peterson, who entered the service on June 12. 1946, attended Wood burn high school prior to his en listment, according to a navy press release yesterday. A hand's breadth in the Bible is a span of 3s inphes. x(1 GOTTA TAKE MY Ywm emm drp to. t. mar time betweea and r. M. and find mmi a boat year dancing. An analysis ef year dane inf will shew yea what year feed points are and what yea need la order to become a good dancer. Now is a feed time to start, so yoa can enjoy the Christmas and New Year's aartles and dances. Give yearself a Christmas nreoent that will never wear owl Com ta today or call 12 for an appointment. Oregon Institute of Dancing 155 S. Liberty I (Store is open from - 7:30 p.m. until 10 p.m,) :oniaht is Mens Nite! c (7:30 UNTIL 10) ri . (rift U ; till- - 4 " i ' i t -'2 ' - V--'- - U. &.t " & LEON - V i . - tt 1 'Lingerie Lovelies . . . ;4 M 1 to 1 IS ocks are stl! limited . . . lor this occasion ... will net disappoint . . . Sizes and colors complete . . . ) O ROBES . . . O SLIPS .. . . O GOWNS . . . O NEGLIGEES Quilled Satins . . . Chenilles . . . Satins 8j5 tO Crepes . . . Satins . . . Tailored . . Xace Trim 2. Sarins . . . Crepes . . . Tailored . . . Lace Trim . . . Color Satins . . . Ninons . . . Blacks . . . Whites . . . Pastel Colors ft '. 016 19.S5 X V 95 to 7.95 W 4.95 to 9.95 29.95" to 39.95