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IVJUi utltR'tMi rcrrwlllnc for th national guard la fall iwlnr Salem guardsmen level their tights
a rillinf company B, lit Battalion. 162nd Infantry teglment to Its fall 188 men. Shown above
practicing oa the newly renovated target ranee la the Salem armory basement are, with' rifles,
left to right. Cpl. B. G. Iloyt. 1X25 8. 19th at.; PvU. D. L. Chamberlain. 43 Kapphahn rd.; W. K.
Paxsoa. route 9. box 394; and G. A. Waters, route S. box 1496. Ia back row, left to right. Com
manding Officer Kt LL Burl Cox. 2590 E. Nob Hill; 175 L. W. Baker, S40 Union t: Pvt. J. J.
MrKeal. 1169 Howard sU Acting First Sergeant W. L. St. CUIr. route 4. box 603; and. 2nd 14.
Waldo Gilbert, route 7. box 238. (Photo by Don Dill, Stateman sUff photographer.)
Vallev Brief-
SUverton Mr. and Mrs. Law
rence ' Barr took over the man
agement of the grocery store in
connection with the co-op lorkem,
the former Oehler Lockers. Mon
day; but did not open officially
untilTj" Saturday.
Evans Valley Earl Johnson will
resume his studies at Oregon
State college this fall and his sis
ter. Charlotte,, will bo a junior.
She is a member of the Alpha Phi,
recently established national sor
ority on the state college campus.
SUverton A mass meeting will
be held Wednesday night at Trin
ity church in the interest of the
United Mission advance of the Lu
theran church. Speakers will in
clude the Rev; Joeeph Simonson,
Pastor Reidar Daehlin. former
missionary to China, and Clara
Jones, mif ionary.
ML Aagel Deputy Fire Mar
shal A. J. Butsch is at Spokane, at
tending a convention of the Pa
cific Coasf Fire Chiefs association,
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SUverton Visitors at the Chris
Liechtjr home have been Chester
IJechty of KlamathvFalls and Mr.
and' Mrs. Morris f Seaman and
daughter, Janice, of Bakersfield,
Calif. I ,
Scotts Mills Ransom Mooney Is
visiting relatives at Scotts Mills.
He recently arrived from Guam
where Jhe has been employed in
pott war construction work.
Slayton William Fair, an Eagle
scout, is the newly elected assist
ant scoutmaster of troop No. 50,
Boy Scouts. Ken Farwell is scout
master of the group, but it is ex
pected Fair will take the most ac
tive part in the work.
Mt. Angel Mr. and Mrs. R.
Smith of Cedar Falls, Iowa, were
guests early this week of Mr. and
Mrs.-Frank Aman. Mrs. Smith is
a niece of Mrs. Aman.
t'nionvale School opened Mon
day September 15. Mrs. Dan Wolf
enberger is principal and Mrs.
Susie Bishop, primary teacher,
both of McMinnville. Eighth grade
pupils this year are Marvin Baker,
Bobby Baker, Ray Hibbs, Leonard
Hibbs, Leonard Dixon, Junior
Roth, Katherine Gibson, Wanda
Geiger, Wanda Hendrickson and
Mary Jane Law ion.
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L'nionvale Mr, and Mrs. Henry
Knoche and son have returned!
from their trip to Kansas where
they visited relatives for the last
month. They report very warm
weather while there and witnessed
a dust storm during their stay.
Webfoot The Webfoot grange
met for the first fall business ses
sion Saturday night. Next will be
Booster night, September 27.
Waldo Hills Mrs. Dale Harris,
who has been recuperating from
a recent appendectomy at her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown's
home, has returned with her hus
band and small daughter to their
Cottage Grove home.
Bethany- Bethany school opens
Monday. The extra week of vaca
tion was granted to give school
age children an opportunity to as
sist in the; hop harvest. All hops
In this area are not yet picked.
SUverton Mr. and Mrs.
Erland Anderson (Maxine Dick)
will leave shortly for St. Louis,
Mo., where they will live. An
derson, on Oregon State coUege's
basketball team for three years
will play professional basketball
in the south. Mrs. Anderson was
employed at Weiby's In Silver
ton before their marriage early
this month.
Waldo Hills The Klopfen
stein steam sorghum mill began
its annual run this week, fully
two weeks earlier than in normal
years. In 1946, the plant cooked
2000 gallons of finished sorghum,
and the entire turn-out was in
consumer hands practically as
soon as it came off the evapora
tor. The management expects to
run unil mid-October.
Lebanon The Cascade Ply
wood corporation held its first
annual service pin banquet last
week to honor more than 200 em
ployees. M. D. Tucker, president,
presented pins and engraved cer
tificates and B. V. Hancock, vice
president, was toastmaster. The
Lebanon plywood plant built by
the Evans interests in 1940 was
sold to the present company In
1943 and is the largest manufac
turing unit in this community.
National Guard Recruiting
Campaign Comniittee Heads
Named by Mayor Elf strom
v Salem's part in the nation-wide recruiting campaign for the;
national guard was off to a lively start today with the announcement
Of committee chairmanships by Mayor R. L. Elfstrom and a meeting!
of all leaders set tentatively for the middle of this wtt k.
Named as chairman of the mayor's committee is Robert R.
Boardman, former director of. the USO here, with Charles Barclay,
head of the Willamette university
Tha Statesman. Salom. Orooon. Sunday. Sent 21, HIT 3
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publicity department, as assistant
Committee chairmen were ap
pointed as follows: high school,
E. A. Carleton; speakers, William
H. Baillie, with Ty Gillespie as
co-chairman; publicity, Bruce
Williams; contact. Gene Vander
nynde; prize, Holly Jackson; mil
itary advisory,. A. E. Berger and
Ty Gillespie; finance, Homer
Smith, jr.; information centers,
Sam Harbison; printing, Kenneth
Long; women, Mrs. George Ross
man, Dorothea Steusloff and Mrs.
William Phillips, sr.; veterans, Ira
Pilcher.
To Name Committees
The chairman will name their
own committees.
The honorary committee named
by Mayor Elfstrom Includes: Gov.
Earl Snell, Secretary of State
Robeft S. Farrell, Jr., State Treas
urer Leslie Scott, Charles A.
Sprague, George Putnam, Keith
Brown, Allan Carson, Dr. G. Her
bert Smith, Douglas McKay,
Frank Bennett, Clay Cochran, Guy
Hickok, David Eyre, Edward Ma
jek, Paul Hendricks, Gardner
Knapp, Roy Harland, W. W. Mc
Kinney, George Tomlinson, Doro
thea Steusloff, Mrs. William Phil
lips, sr., and Mrs. George Ross
man. Support Urged
In announcing his appoint
ments, Mayor Elfstrom declared
the national guard recruiting cam
paign should "have the best sup
port of every citizen." . He cited
the Oregon guard's record, ("both
in peace and war," as "at the top
of the nation's list;" pointed out
the organization's "worth-while
program" and "fine pay," as well
as the benefits of training in
young man to serve his country j
right here t home." I
The guard is open to all men 18
to 34 years' of sue. Of the na
tions total recruiting goal of 88,
888, Oregon's quota is 1,591.
Kin 1 1 so ii Hurt
In Car Wreck
Richard Knutson, son of 'Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Knuton, Salem,
was in "satisfactory" condition
Saturday night in Salem Deacon
ess hospital, where he was taken
Friday after being seriously in-
iiirpH uhn hie rar trtirlr n
parked truck on the highway east j
of Gates. I
Knutson was brought to the I
hospital suffering from severe
face lacerations and a large punc
ture wSund in One of his legs,
inflicted by a large piece of sterl
which was driven through it in
the collision. He was a veteran of
World War II,. and served in
Germany throughout ttfe fighting
there.
leadership, and urged "every teacher.
Silverton Parochial
Schools Enroll 91
SILVERTON St. Paul's Catho
lic parochial school opened this
Lweek with an enrollment of 91,
11 of these were beginners, the
same number as the increase in
enrollment over 1946.
Sisters in charge include Sister
Mary Gertrude, Sister Mary Lio
va, Sister Edward Mary and Sis
ter Girard who is also music
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