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THE VALLEY NEWS COLUMNS From Th Oregon Statesman's Valley Correspondents Halfman Clan Holds Reunion At Silverton SUBLIMITY Members and relatives of the John Halfman family had a family gathering Sunday. July 10, in Silverton park. The occasion was to cele brate Mr. Halfjnan's 80th birth day." Those present were Mr. and Mrs. John G. Halfman of Sublim ity; Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Scharbach and children Janice, Dianne and Linday, of Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Halfman. Gerald and Merril, of Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Leonard .Doerfler, Carol Jean, Robert, Judy and Richard, of Sublimity; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Locke, Donald and F.ugene, of ' Sublimity; Mr. and Mrs. Nick Frank, Donna and Veronica, of Silverton; Mr. and Mrs. Florian Frank and Mr. and Mrs.' Cyril Frank, all of Silverton; Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Meyerhofer, And rew, Theodore, David and Sharon, of Sublimity; Mr. and Mrs. Leo Meyer of Portland and Mrs. Frances Hartman of Sublimity. William-Zimmerman and Lawr ence Ripp have moved their auto repair equipment to the old Phillip Meier blacksmith shop, which has been remodeled and painted. At the last report from Mrs. Cecelia Ditter from Cottonwoods, Idaho, is that her mother, Mis. Henry Bruegaman is much im proved and was able to return to her home from the hospital. Mrs. Ditter has been there to help take care of her mother lor the past several weeks. Swegle jGirl Injured In Auto Accident SWEGiLE Rosalie West, daughter & Mr. and Mrs. Marion West of jSwegle, is ' recovering from a severe head laceration suffered in an auto collision cn Portland fpad Thursday. Rosalie was a passenger in a car driven by her mother which was struck by another vehicle drivpn bvt I.. E. Wilder of Leba non. Two! other children in the. ! car with Mrs. West, Anna May i an West, escaped un-. i.ilder suffered bruises Governor's Body Removed from Train and Nor injured. Skelton Family Holds Reunion at Sodavillc Park JEFFERSON About 60 mem bers of the Skelton clan held their annual family reunion Sunday at Sorlaviille. A basket dinner si-rved at noon! was followed by visiting. Attending from farthest away were Mr. antf Mrs. Wallace Bye from Canada." i i The Skelton family descends from Ned and Anna Skelton and Tom and Anna SkeltOn who came to". Oregon from North Dakota in the 1880's. They first settled at Independence, then moved to Linn county and later to Marion coun ty. Members of the family were present Sunday from many points in the Willamette valley. Gilsqns, Bones Hold Reunion At Rose Lodge ROSE iJqDGE Members of two promlnentfoioneer families the Gil sons and Igones, met at the Salmon river grange hall, July 10, for their annual fajjnily reunion. A June!: was served at noon to over 70 fi lends and relatives. The following decendents of the Gilson fafciily with their children and famil es were present: Carey I,. Gilson, Amity; Mr. and Mrs. L. Vt. Gilson and family and Larry Gilson, of Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. Willie Gilson, McMinnville; Mr. and j Mrs. Chas. Robertson (Mary Gison), Sheridan; Mr. and Mrs. C. Ernest Bones, Rose Lodge; Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Bones 'and granddaughters, Judy and Jean Bones of jTaft; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dennis arid son, Walter Kenwor thy of Oregon City; Mr. and Mrs. John Carfieron of Delake; Mr. and Mrs. E. (1 Cameron and family of Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Cameron and son of Agate Beach; Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Yocum (Mary Cameron and family of Portland; Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Gilson, both of Portland; Mrs. Betty (Gilson) Barrest and sons of Eugene; Mrs. Thelma l Gilson) Geuber and sons, of Cbrvillis: Mr. and Mrs. John Bones afjd Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bones, both Taft, were also pres ent. Thr?e very close old friends of both families were present, Mrs. Lillith Gjuy of Dallas, Lynn Cook of McMinnville and Walter Mc Clintock of Scappoose, and Miss Irene Walker of Dallas. POLICE! FIND VOTED SILVERTON. July - 12 The Silverto Chamber of Commerce voted tqday to turn $400 over to pay citi police for a two-month budget shortage. The present bud get is insufficient to pay the number i of patrolmen the cham ber Wishes to have on jiuty. r r vr f-j ' T-Ci V : ' j V" d ' f rff 1 ' HOUSTON, Texj, July 12 Gov. Beauford Jester of Texas was found dead In a Pullman upon arrival in Houston Monday. The body was found by a Pullman porter who went to awaken the governor. Photo shows the body being removed from the train at the station. (AP Wirephoto to The Statesman). (Story on pace 1). Talbot Girl WiU Study In Chicago Zehner, Zehners JEFFERSON Dona daughter of the John W. of Talbot, will leave Portland by train Wednesday for New York City where she will study ad vanced accordion under Anthony Gallarini, world's foremost con cert artist. She will be registered at Hotel New Yorker for four weeks. Be fore returning home. Miss Zehner will spend a week in Chicago at tending the railroad fair and the music festival, lasting seven days. The final concert will be held in Soldier's field, with 10,000 par ticipating. An audience of 90,000 attended last year. Miss Zehner is one of the Melo dettes from Salem. Going with her will be Misses Lois Gillings, Luella LaFountain and Susan Howell, of Salem. Dona, who is 19, was born at Monmouth and attended the Sid ney grade school and two years at Jefferson high, graduating from Salem high schools in 1948. The past year she has taught accor dion, marimba, Spanish and steel guitar in Salem and Corvallis. Hubbard Youtbs Swim At Woodburn Pool HUBBARD A number of Hub bard boys and girls are taking ad -vantage of swimming lessons be ing given at the Woodburn Memo rial pool. They are Doris Ann arid Johnnie Friend, Robin 'and Jr.ck.ie Berkey, Bonnie Bridge, Bobby Wi mar, Eddie Sherman, Wallace and Clifford Downs, John Carl and Wayne Van Lieu, Jo Kolly and Garland Courter. Spending Saturday at Newport were the Hooleys, their guests, Mr. and Mis. Dwight Yoder and ron, Mr. and Mrs.. I. T. Yoder and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Wolfer. Mr. and Mrs. Knute Peterson ac companied their daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Gale Bare to Terrebonne recently visiting an other daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Pokorny. When in school, she was active in 4-H, winning many first prices in county, state fairs and the Pa cific International. She has been studying the accordion for the past nine years. Mr. and Mrs. Zehner will leave from Portland Wednesday night for Phillips, Wis., meeting tjrtir daughter in Chicago for the re turn trip home. They will go by way of southern Idaho and visit Yellowstone park. ECONOMAT SEE THE ! ' "I . I AMAZING NEW ECONOMAT SEE THE AMAZING a GttSBB to the mm I' 1LMKMT IF mm m i -irTldet 1 Mi tro" u.rlcii Dire"" QI W PNBSDAY July 14, 1949 . . . at 2:30 P. I! and 8:00 P. H. , FUSEE Ml PHIZES . i ! . ' 1 1! How to Make Wash Day - Fun Day How to get the most out of your washer - -conventional or automatic! What soap to use and when. What about water softener- bleach? Lace curtains - pillows - and dirty overalls -all washed in the same machine automat ically! ! i Helpful Household Hints by the hundreds at SEE THE AMAZING 1 1 '. k- NEW m O o I CO M M H X M N O Z w w O O z o NEW ECONOMAT Detroit Eagles Sponsor Dance Roberts Unit Slates Picnic At Silver Falls ROBERTS The grange picnic will be held at Silver Falls state park Sunday. July 17. at 1 p.m. A no-host luncheon will be serv ed. All friends and neighbors of the Roberts grange are invited to attend. Arrangements are in charge of the social committee of the home economics club. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Johns and their son-in-law and daughter. Mr4 and Mrs. Harris Hoevet. and j twin daughters. Suellen and Suz-; anne, of Tacoma, Wash, are va cationing at Nelscott. i House guests this pat week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles . Fulton we're Albina F. Musil, as sociate botanist with the U. S. , department of agriculture. Wash-; ington, D. C. and Clara and Min- nie Mongelsdorf. St. Louis, Mo. The women were on the west ; coast to attend the national seed ; convention held at Corvallis the , past week. Th Statesman, Salem. Oraon. Wdj daf. WY Hundreds Attend Liberty Qiurch Opening Sunday LIBERTY About 300 persons attended dedication services Sun day at the Liberty Christion Church of Christ A loud speaker broadcasted to persons in the basement and many were turned 3. 1149-9 iwsr because no seats wtrm available. The collection mount ed to S631J5. f Mr. and -Mrs. Cecil Swgeant ol SanU Cruz. Calif., attended th service. Mr, Sergeant organized the Liberty church 13 yean ago Flower arrangements? were sent by different organizations. Sun day school was beld or the first time, with 103 ir; attendance. Dur ing the morningjworsnip 32 wer consecrated to membership. DETROIT The Eagles dance Saturday night at the Rod and Gun club was attended by a good crowd. Another dance will be held in two weeks on the evening of July 23. Week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson were Mr. and" Mrs. Darreel Byers of Al bany. Mrs. Byers is the former Joan Tweedale. The couple has , spent some time at Breitenbush j Hot Springs since their marriage : about five weeks ago. Detroit Basin Condemnation Plan Revealed DETROIT More than 200 residents of the Detroit dam I basin area flooded U. S. engineers ' representatives with questions re- I garding condemnation proceed ; ings in a public hearing at De troit school Thursday. ! The meeting was called to ex- plain how the government will ! compensate residents for . land condemned within the basin area to be flooded after the dam is completed. The basin will prob ably be evacuated by the fall Of 1951. On hand to Bnswer questions Thursday were O. L. Hoffman, Mrs niivpr Jnhnsnn ttvnt f n head of the engineers real estate days at the home oSher daugh- I division; B. L. Price, his assist ter, Mrs. Kenneth Srrth of Stav-1 ant: H- H- Rockwell, real estate tnn vvviio ttro o,) division attorney, and U. S. Mar- birthday party in honor of her sister. Rlanrhp Cnmn of Kalfm The B. I. Delanos left last week I gineer's office- by auto for Missouri, where they I were called by the serious illness son. Gene, of Medford. visited shal Frank Meyer. All the men represent the Portland U. S. en- Amazing Value! Stupendous Saying! y2 PRICE WATCH SALE On WALTHAIl Ladies and Men's Wrist and Pocket Watches FOR LIMITED TIME ... BY FACTORY PERMISSION Ret. Price $45.00 Now $22.50 11 fr?HttX3' ' , Olher Walihams Rfs-. f 120.00 i Now $60.00 I se Our Iayaway rian . . . Small Deposit Only! Reg. 187.50 Now $43.75 Rer I71.!U $35.75 Prices Incl. Fed. Tx of his father. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kadin and here Sunday with his brother Ru dolph Kadin. iter. Trice S f f 57.50 i I j Now ij $22.50 i J Rrr. " If 59.50 Now $29.75 aT 're4U Tfrms . . , f No Extra Chart! II - k IS . ym----' J a MAKES A BUSINESS OF BICYCLING - - ! i Thousamis of Seaside's annual vacationists rids rented bicycles enthusiastically as a beach pastime. Energetic Gordon Shaw in 1933 foresaw this popularity; decided to serve the public's fancy. He quit law school andj started his South Prom Bike Shop near the Lewis' and Clark turn-around. Business grew slowly, but today Shjiw must hire assistants to help meet demands for bikes, tjmderm, tricycles and baby strollers. Shaw, active Seaside Chamber of Commerce official, also finds time to operate lit large "Prom" apartment building. He's a long-time custjomer of First National's Seaside aiJiate,the Clatsop County Bank. rr' 1 A A' 5C BUILDING OQEGOM TOGETHER In all parts of Oregon people are working to better themselves and in the process keep our state growing. We introduce some of them here. In each case they've made effective use of the constructive services of our First National Group banking offices. We believe that by helping individuals toward prosperity, we help build Oregon family by family, farm by farm, business bybusiness. Whether your financial needs are large or small, come in and talk over your situation with us. "Let's Build Oreom Together." SALEM BRANCH PDCdSTT NATIONAL DANK OF PORTLAND Mtnbf Edfri Dpo Inturonf Cocpototkm MEET JIM THOMPSON, STAR FARMER Jim Thompson of Salem was Star Farmer of America in 1942. In high school he ran s 120-acre ranch, starting by purchasing 50 seres. Sheep, hogs and cows brought him profits. A prized memento of his Future Farmer of Amerris tide is his Oregon Bankers' Association trophy. After FFA days Jim raised beef cattle. Now he's developing an orchard and seed crop ranch in Salem's Waldo Hills district. Jim's wife j is his schoolgirl sweetheart, Eunice Johnson and there are Donna, 6, and Dickie, 3. Says this topnotch farmer: "I especially appreciate the help First National gave roe as a youngster." TURNING JUNIPERS INTO DOLLARS 1 In 1930, Vearl and Elsie Lehrman of Bend began making novelties from Central Oregon's Juniper trees. With a gift lathe, xwered by their washing machintj motor, Lehrman turned out; colorfully grained items of his Own! design. Today their Western Ijuniper Novelty Co. is in a new building, with living quarters, modern shop and display room. They hjivs mas tered the individualist wood, learned the public's souvei lir tastes and developed far-flung s lies out lets. "Ours is a product r pical of Oregon which First National helped us develop," Lehrman says. it . ) - : I xTP ( ill v V ! J
