Friday.
Mid:Willamene Valley News
' Cmmmmmity Cm r tmmJemt
Ex-Sergeant,
English Wife,
Son, Reunited
(Pletare pace 1)
SICVERTON Happy New
Year was a tangible fact for Har
ry Oehler, 24, former AAF ser-
SuuirsMe Mr. and Mrs. Dud
ley Taylor gave a New Year's day
dinner for the following: Helen
Brantner. Tommy Brantner. Shir-
1 ley Brantner. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle
Rea, Craig Taylor, Bruce Taylor,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Taylor.
Hayesville Troop 20 went for
an overnight hike to the cabin in
commissioners tvt 1947 today.
KLAMATH FALLS. Jam. 2 A
15-cent hourly increase, the same
boost earlier settled upon by
other lumber groups, has been
proposed by Klamath basin em
ployers and the CIO Internation
al Woodworkers of America. If
ratified by Individual operators
and the union membership, the
increase will be retroactive to
January 1.
and the following day
geant. and I his wife. Irene Monty christoffer.
son. Bob Hartzell and George
Strozut Richard Reitzenstein
MADRAS, Jan. 1 Russian
thistles the tumbleweeds which
sometimes fill irrigation canals
aren't a noxious plant after all.
two residents HcMriH tnrlnv A.
the woods, carrying full packs j n.ivr rrh., r,i,vir
and they spent New Year's eve j bleweed, found a dollar bill en-
mere, i tanfflml in it A littlo lat R O
Kenzie Oehler of North Wembley.
Middlesex, England, who with
their seven-month old son were
united here New Year's eve and
spent New Year's day in a fam
ily dinner at the home of his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Oeh
ler. at 113 Willow St.. Silverton.
Mrs. Oehler and child reached
New York on Christmas day, hav
ing flown the Atlantic on the
st-cond attempt, being turned
bark because of weather condi
tions the first time. They arrived
at Portland on the Union Paci
fic's train Idahoan Tuesday morn
ing at 1 1 m. and were met
there by the husband father who
brought them to Silverton.
Oehler, who work with his
father, L. P. Oehler, in the Oeh-
Larkin.. Opal City, took another
greenback from a thistle plant.
The sheriff said eight prisoners
the bars. Saw marks were found,
although no blades were, in evi
dence. Officials theorized the
blades might have been disposed
of down the drain.
PORTLAND, Jan. 2. Senator
Cordon left by train today for
Washington, D. C. after attend
ing the funeral of his daughter
in Roseburg last week.
PORTLAND. Jan. 2 Th re
passed his swimming test fox first tomer's war-time dream will come
class at the Y Saturday night.
Ranch
Ramblings
By Rural Reporter
While discussing profitable (or
unprofitable) beef cattle fatten
ing operations in the valley with
! J. J. Inskeep. county agent up
i (or is it down?) in Clackamas
I county, he told of G. Matzen of
true in 1947, an Oregon food mer
chants association bulletin indi
cated today. The bulletin, warning
of smaller profits ahead, advised
grocery men: "Remember
customer is the most important
person m the world. Treat him
in the same manner you would
have him treat you."
ROSEBl'RG. Jan. 2 Barton
PORTLAND. Jaa. 2. The
state board of health reported to-:
day that 159 cases of infantile
paralysis boosted Oregon's com
municable disease total in 1948 to
12 per cent over 1945. Only 69
persons were stricken with polk)
in 1945. The last year's, disease ra
tion, aside from infantile paraly
sis, however was good: venereal
disease declined 27.5 per. cent;
diptheria, smallpox scarlet fever,
and meningococci meningitis
were all down.
PORTLAND. Jan. 2. Mrs.
Frances Gilbert, 83-year-old New
berg woman injured in an auto
mobile collision here December 15
yur died in a hospital today. The death
raised Portland s 1946 traffic fa
talities to 58.
PORTLAND, Jan. 2. A po
lice recapitulation today showed
13 cases of homicide in Portland
KnVi. . v-iTr VT.; - h k :urin 1946 nd 21 instances of
Kenzie valley farmer and father v,,,v.
of two Oregon newspapermen.
died here New Year s day after a
long illness. Survivors include the
widow, Rebecca, and two sons,
Frank Jenkins, editor of the Kla-
ler Locker plant at Silverton. en-: Wil ' ... . . . - math Falls Herald and News, and
tered the AAF in August. 1942.
He went overseas the following
May and was stationed at the
Bovington air station in England.
He met Irene MucKenzie at a
dunce in North Wembley. She
was a draftswoman with Brit
ain's General Electric during the
war. They were married in the
early fall of 1945 and he was
returned to the states on Christ
mas day that year.
On May 30. 1946. Leslie was
born, and his father began look
ing for hfti family to arrive in the
states. He expected them in No
vember or early December but
each time he heard they were
coming the trip was poMponed.
negligent manslaughter up through
November. Other totals through
November December statistics,
except on homicide, have not been
completed were 42 rape cases, 81
suicides, 7.430 drunkenness arrests
and 40.927 traffic violations out
side of parking misdemeanors.
!
i , imhii iinfi r iv vii
I .. ... ' d.,i tu; o u xt n
irrigated ladino clover. This. Ins- ew-r-koi
aiH n.,ih.r uv i t. I view staff member. The funeral
cnain or evidence wnicn is lead- Alixiliarv
ing many stockmen to believe! ... I i OSI, auxiliary
beef cattle fattening in the vallv' - s,turuBl'' Jn- regon-
i nmfTtahiB ' California Theaters. Inc., w
The ladino clover, a 1945 plant- u?"f. . C'B"1 V"clle mw I STAYTON American
hairy vetch that Matzen
forced Ui pasture it during the
initial pasture period so as to pre-
Si Plan Meeting
Post No.
Legion
58 will hold its regular
today announced
three new shew
vent the vetch from destroying
the tand of clover. Thirty-five
head of cattle fed on the field
from May 1 to May 15. This
brought the vetch control, after
which the six acres carried 14
head of beef cattle to November
1 .1 - . I. r . t : - i '
flllll IIIJI 1 1 IP! II t -I11III IHH 1,11 u . .
was i . .... . , . monthly meeting January at
houses. Mrtt,P-minJorr"t"i,a"- u
Freed, resident manager, said the- 1 , '""""" ' " V
aters would be built in Yreka, Cal. I held for approximately 35 candi
and Central Pornt. Ore., and a dates- There wlU also a 'P--
H r i a - i n thatri a t Kflfnrri Be er.
soon as civilian production ad
ministration approval is obtained.
MEDFORD. Jan. 2. A plan
ned New Year's eve jail break was
1. Seven head sold in August.
t -v : . . ... t,.rm.A il- D . I 1 1 i . "rv "
"' ' V .. , ? ' .k f . ' T- frustrated after Jackson county
fied by the Red Cnw that the or the day. Matzen estimates a ja)l officials got wind of the plan
fam.ly would arrive at LaCuar- Rain of 300 pounds per head from Sheriff Howard Gault said todav
dia field. New York, on Chrut- May 1 unt.NAuguit. None of the nad apparently been sawing at
mas day. The wait from then un- animals received grain during the
til they arrived at Silverton New Pasture period. But Matzen ob- feIiess8m3saEd
The auxiliary will meet at the
Women's clubhouse and conduct
a brief business session, after
which members will adjourn to
Forrester hall and attend the ini
tiation. Visiting members of the Legion
and their wives are welcome to
attend.
Year's day was about the longest, served that the cattle should have g
young Oehler salt! been removed at a little earlier . S
In preparation for hi wife's
arrival, he hat been building a
house on Silver street which will
be ready for occupancy in a cou
ple of week.
While the young mother said
Lelie was spoiled from the air
plane trip and ail the attention
and was a little cross because of
being off his schedule." he ap
peared definitely pleased with
his new relatives and entnely
fascinated by the flash of the
camera bulb as his picture was
taken at his new home on New
Year's day.
Reunion Dinner
Held, Officers
Named for Year
date as he believes that the stand
may have been injured somewhat
by late fall grazing.
i Clyde Starr, Monroe, was elect
ed president of the Linn-Benton . S
Dairy Herd Improvement associa- 2
tion at its recent reorganization ' p
meeting. Starr succeeds A. R. 1 M
Foreter, Tangent. R. H. Murphy, p
Albany, was named vice-presi-
dent, and George Guessford. Cor- f
valhs. secretary-treasurer. Direc- p
tors are Rollie Dav is. Blodgett.
A R. Forester and Marvin Uf-
ford. Lebanon. The members
v oted a 20 cent per cow assess- M
ment for the purpuee of buying i p
needed equipment. Also voted
were increases to $5.50 a month j U
(or a half-day's testing and $10
for a full day's testing. A half
day's testing is considered as 16 &
cows, and a full day's as 30 cows.
A charge of 30 cents per month (
is charged for each cow over the s
recognized limits. jj
The association has two full- y
time testers.
SILVERTON M ore than 150
clan members and other frienos
attended the silver anniversaiy
meeting of the Bentson-Grinde-Henjum
clan meeting held New
Year's day and night at the
Knights of Pythias hall. All offi
cers were reelected, including:
President. Bessie Bentson Porter:' PORTLAND. Jaai 2 Ameri
v ice-president. Caroline Henjum 1 cans were the mott ingenious men i
Best of Salem; secretary. Nada -n German prison camps. Henry
LeeGiinde; treasurer, Nels Lang- ' Soderberg, Swedish YMCA offi
acv. I eta I who visited prison camps
Over Oregon
Is There a Sour Hole
in Your House?
II your kitchan has bcom shabby looking and old fash
ion L why not com into Keith Brown's and us about
our handsome, compact new "Brown wood" Kitchen
Cabinets?
The. affair opened with a 130
dinner at which the long tjbles
in the dining room were centered
with silver Christmais trees ar
ranged by Mrs. Rolf Bentson,
decoration chairman.
Following the dinner, the busi
ness meeting and an impromptu
program were held. Mrs. Grinde
gave the history of the clan which
during the war, said today.
Soderberg, international . YMCA
representative, told a business
men's club of the concert he
heard behind barbed wire, with
captured American fliers playing
"ins-truments" improvised from
Red Cross tin cans and scraps. "I
enjoyed it." he said, "even though
they made a most terrible noise."
They 11 do a first rate job of streamlining your
kitchen, making it a more efficient, more attrac
tive place in u hich to work I
she had prepared and member ,
sang the clan song, also composed I PORTLAND. Jaa. 2 Four g
by Mrs. Grinde. Talks were given j firms in the Oregon district have 7,
by various visiting clan members ! h" suspended from selling J.
as well a a number of local one?. I sugar by the government control
The affair closed with dancing. I agency. Svlvanus Smith, enforce-
meiu attorney, saia toaay. Among
them was the M & F Grocery, In-
dependence, suspended for 30 it
days starting January 6 on a 2
Year's bby was born Wednesday charge of ugar inventory short- jR
night at 10 40 at the Silverton 1 age and overdrawing ration bank .
hospital to Mr. and Mr. Forest 1 account.
Hascue or ZI5 Sheridan street I
NEW YEAR'S BABY
SILVERTON Silverton s New
The baby is the first son to the
Bascues whu have two daughters,
one six and one four years of age.
PORTLAND. Jan. 1 Alan k
Brown was chosen chairman of 2
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KEOTH BROWN
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Court & Front SL
Phone 9163
I
the board of Multnomah county
Io maintain go od
nutritional health
CAPSULES, CONTAINING
B VITAMINS
supply these essential vitomir
to you when you need
them.
Hi-ln-Vi Capsules are sold exclusively by
DRUG STORE
1855-
-1947
Phone 5197 or 9723
135 North Commercial Street
JUST RECEIVED
at
Wards Farm Store
3-4-5-6 foot sections
IVards Farm SSore
Trade and Hich
Phone 7948
RELOCATTEEJ) for year greater slopplrg convenience!
REPRICE lo bring yon even nore senxalienal valnes!.
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MOVED TO OUR MEZZANINE
GIRLS' 1.69
REG. 2.98
Bnnny Ilillens . . .
98c Purses .
. . .117
BOYS' 10.98
Coais
6.97
All the kiddies love them and at
this price they should have them I
Soft, warm, white fur with red wool
palms.
Plus Tax.
Odd lots, fall styles- reduced. Plas
tics, cordes', simulated leathers.
Many 4.98 bags new 2.47 .
Plus Federal Tax.
Popular fingertip style in warm wool
fleece. Fly front. Colors teal -and
brown. Sizes 8 to 18.
Beg. 1.49 Dresser Scarfs wwwj Table Lamps HI ln ft(l (fi)f!
Eyelet embroidered f C Odds and ends reduced! SlU ID UU O UJJ Aft
Beg. 2.39 Serge QO Girb' Beller Dresses O
Rayon and aralac. 39 in., assL colors. Yd. JLoWW Asst. colors. 8 to 14. Were 4.98 VsT '
Beg. 65.50 Swing Rocker CO fill Liquor Sets O Cfl
Rose or blue striped tapestry llUeUU Hurry! 12 only. Were 10.95 )UU
Hen's 5.98 Sweaters O Mjk 2.95 Picture Frames IO
100 new wool slipovers, long sleeves U MV 8x10 in. size. Half price AftsltJ
Beg. 7.49 Grinder C OQ Assorted Vases QOr 7Cr
Without arindina wheel VjVV Were 55c to 1.5a" 00 C 3C
Beg. 10.80 Socket Sel 7 OO Boys' 8.69 Jackets n QC
38 drive f tllV Wool and leather combination UeSlv
8.97 Fluorescent Fixture 7 OC Assorted Figurines QO tJZm
Adapter type, complete with bulb m UM Regular 45c to 1.50 ooc to nc
Bubber Covered Wire 1 7Q Hen's 23.98 Jackets 10 07
No. 10. Rea. 2.88 per hundred ft. Ael O Leather-wool combination. 34 to 44 10 U
Boys' 6.19 Wool Shirts n Qrt Hen's 10.75 Baincoais 7 M
Red and black buflalo checks UeUU Zelan water-repellant finish. 36 to 40 I J3 1
Laundry Hailing Case Men-S 1098 Wool Shirts M
Large x. of sturdy fibre. Was 2.20 fifU l00 new wooL lid red color 5.3
Rea. 12.98
DBAPES
7.88
Rich, nubby weave.
Lined. Mexican design.
36x81.
Unfinished
BOOK CASE
7.88
28 inches wide, 42 Inches
hlgn.. Reg. 75.
22x42 Beekesse,
rec. 7.4i
A
5-Pc. Twin
VANITY SET
158.88
Walnut, waterfall de
sign. Plate glass mir
ror. Reg. 174.00.
7
Twin Size
BEDSPREAD
6.97
Reg. 12.98. Luxurious
chenille spread lr. blue
only.
A
Itog. 7.49
DBAPES
4.88
Striped crash in good
full size, 44x90 Inches. ;
5-Pc Chrome
DHJETTE
58.88
30x42 inch plastic top
Uble.nred leatherette up
holstery. Reg. 60.95.
All Wool
BLANKETS
9.98
Choice of two lovely
styles. Were 13.98 and
14.98.
A
Reg. 39 to 2.93
UOOLEJIS
1.77
yd.
Solid color woo! and
rayon or checks. All
54 inches wide.