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SILVERTON Special service!
In numerous Silverton churches
'are being planned for the Lenten
gt ason which opens ' on Wednes-
'day.
St Paul's Catholic church will
open its services Wednesday morn
ing at the 830 mass with distri
bution of ashes. . Lenten services
will then be conducted each Wed
nesday and Friday nights of the
40-day observance period at 7:45
-o'clock. Special observance will
Include special prayers for world
peace in keeping with the Holy
Year observance. Father John
Walsh will be in charge of the
local services. ;
Special observance of Lenten
Reason will be ushered in by the
three local Lutheran churches
Sunday with tentative plans set
Jor week-night services next week.
3Rev. S. L. Almlie and Rev. Joseph
Xuthro both state that tentatively
She plans call for Thursday night
.services, March 2. Rev. Almlie
tgoes to Canby Wednesday night to
'.open Lenten services in the Canby
liitheran church. Calvary church
lias not announced plans.
The Rev. Gordon T. Bratvold,
."pastor of the Missionary-Alliance
church, reports that the local mem
bers win attend a youth rally in
Albany Wednesday night. On Fri
day, two cottage prayer services
will be observed, at the C O. Wor
ley home at 611 Jefferson st at
pjn. and at the Harvey Hallet
,Wne at 310 Brooks sL at 7:30
'clock that night Starting next
,weelc, 730 oclock, Lenten services
wilK" be held each Wednesday
night at-the Missionary Alliance
church.
.Regular weekly Lenten services
.are not planned for the First Chris
tian or the Methodist churches but
ome special days, to be announced
plater, will be observed with special
services during the season, the Rev.
Arthur Charles Bates and the Rev.
Ben F. Browning have announced.
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Cougar Shot
Near Detroit
' Sttm New Scnrtra.,
. DETROIT Walt and Carl Ball
hot another cougar last week4?
,the area north of the North San
tiam river between the Big Cliff
,Oam and the Detroit damsitesT" It
was the largest they have killed
jtbis year measuring almost eight
Jeet long and weighing about 150
'pounds.
, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Dryden
.moved to Bend this week where
.he has employment with James
Healy.
3 , Mr. and Mrs. Orville Nygaard
.left Friday for San Francisco,
. Calif. They will bring her mother
to Oregon for a visit.
Valley
Briefs
10 am. with a no-host luncheon
at noon. The day will be spent in
local service work. Mrs. Carl
Specht is, service chairman with
Mrs. George Kirk as her assistant.
Statesataa Ww Mrrka
Sheridan The Get-Together 1
club met last week with Rosaleel
MAKING IT IIAXD
SYDNEY, Australia -WV Three
spinsters, anxious to improve their
' front lawn, helped themselves to
'some material dumped outside
for road repairs and top dressed
fcthe lawn , with it . The result
, ahould be interesting. The top
dressing used was a three-in-one
and -cement mixture.
j Valley
i Obituaries
, IUUibu Ntws Service
Dm Syren Cenner
SHERIDAN Zine Syron Con
fer78, died at her home in Cor--jpallis
early Sunday morning, Feb
jruary 17. following a long illness.
, Mrs. .Conner was born Sept 24,
.'1871, on her mother's donation
Uand claim in Polk county. She
vwas the last surviving member of
the large pioneer family of John
T. Syron who came to Oregon in
1S52.
r She was married to George W.
. Conner Dec. 5, 1894, in Polk coun
ty, where they settled on a farm
j until moving to Corvaiiis in 1918.
She was a member of the Baptist
church.
Survivors include her. husband
t George W. Conner two sons, Don
kald Conner of Aberdeen, Wash.,
Tnd Lt. Colonel Karl Conner of
'Ft Leavenworth, Kan.; three
daughters, Mrs. David Harmon of
j .Stockton, Calif.; Mrs. Rita Calhour
t'of Portland and Mrs. Lois Chris
tian of Corvaiiis; eleven grand
children and one great grandson.
, , Funeral services were held Wed
4 rtesday morning at the Mayflower
rchapl in Corvaiiis under the di
j recti on of the DeMoss-Youngblood
j Funeral home. Rev. E. B. Hart of
Xidated. Interment was in Pleas--ant
Hill cemetery.
Peterson and Valentine gifts were
exchanged. Neva Jovick was in
itiated into the club. The next
meeting will be February 24 with
Adariene Tyner.
HaresvUle Jeanette and Rob
ert Saucy, children of Mr. and
Mrs. Marc Saucy of 2355 Claxter
rd are listed on the first semester
honor roll at George Fox college
at Newberg where they both are
freshmen. Both are graduates of
Salem high school.
Bethel Job's Daughters met
last week at the Masonic temple
and Ann Berger, Sandra Larson,
Barbara Swegart, Charlene Woods
and Shirley Crothers were initia
ted. Edna Manning and Marilyn
Waters were elected delegates to
the rrand session to be held- in
Coquille April 13 to 15.
Sheridaa Possibility of a new
post office building here is being
probed by the Sheridan Chamber
of Commerce. Lease on the pres
ent building is due to expire next
year and the chamber has ap
pointed a committee to investigate
rumors that a new post oiiice will
be constructed.
WWamlna Veterans of For
eign Wars, post 4211, will hold a
dedication ceremony in their new
memorial building March 4. Plas
tering of the building was com
pleted this week and floors are
expected to be ready soon.
Sheridaa William D. Browne,
chief of Portland city detectives
and head of the American Legion's
state Americanism committee, will
speak at the Legion hall here Feb
ruary 27 at 8 pjn. He is sponsor
ed by the American Legion auxil
iary, Sheridan unit The program
is to be open to the public.
Sweet Hmm A total of $100
was raised here last week by the
local Nazarene church at a vocal
and instrumental concert given by
the Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Boggans.
The contribution is to be used for
the establishment of church for
negroes in Portland.
WUlamlaa A variety show for
the Willamina Parent-Teachers
association dishwasher fund will
take place March 10 at the high
school auditorium. The show will
include stunts by the speech class
and musical numbers. .
Sheridaa Wendell Heath, who
has been employed at the Central
Pharmacy in McMinnville for the
past four years, has taken over
the duties of Earl Hearing at the
Sheridan Drug Co.
Lablsh Center The Home
Economics club will meet Febru
ary 22 at the home of Mrs. Harry
Boehm at 2 pan.
Sheridaa The local Eagles
lodge has announced it will spon
sor a series of teen-age dances
starting Saturday night, February
25.
Keiser - Gary Messing, Eagle
Boy Scout of Keizer troop 41, was
chosen as scout of the month by
the Salem I OOF lodge, last week.
He was awarded a certificate in
the presence of his scout master,
Otto Tunker.
Willamina Circle 2 met . with
Lydia Thompson last week for the
blue-plate luncheon.
Silverton A missionary work
day will be held at the First
Christian church today starting at
Albany Gufflermb Martinez,
23, of 132 W. 4th stwas fined
$250 and given a 50-day Jail sen
tence on a charge of being a peep
ing Tom, last week, by City Judge
Edwin Fartmiller. Martinez ail.
mitted to having' peeped into at
least loo residences since coming
here last April.
TJalaa Bui The Union Hill
home extension unit meetinc
slated for today, has been postponed.
Macleay Members of Mac-
leay grange attending Pomona last
week included Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Jones, Mr. and "Mrs. Clarence
Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius
Bateson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mar
tin, Mrs. Ed Powers and Mrs. Don
Wilson.
Independence Earl B. Tavlnr
navy seaman apprentice. Is en-
route to me east coast via the
Panama canal, where the attack
transport USS Noble, ah whb-h h
is serving, win take part in the
loruicoming large-scale. Joint
army-navy maneuvers in the At-
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Silverton Roeer H. Seed. IUTT
airman apprentice, was recently
graduated from the aviation
Ual mechanic rhrwl at tha t.o.r.1
air technical training center at
aaempnu. renn accordin in a
navy press release. He enlisted
last April is.
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CUltural flllh will mu it..
Sunnyside school Tuesday, Febru
ary 'x, wnen a movie on food pres-
vauuu wiu dv presented.
Sanarslde Flnvrf RSHr.i
was seriously 111 several weeks
ago, has returned to th hnmit.i
for additional treatment Mr. and
airs, uaie Grimm recently moved
into their new hnm .
Mrs. Grimm Is the daughter oi
anq mrg. a Drager.
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Qiurcli Group
To Aid in
Local Charity
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SILVERTON Local assistance
will be one of the projects for the
coming year of the Immanuel
Women's Missionary federation.
The group met last week in the
Fireside room of the parish house
to discuss projects, including that
of charity.
The group voted to bring dona
tions of food, clothing and money
each month to be turned over to
Mrs. Tom Anderson to be used
locally.
A committee composed of Mrs.
Anderson, Mrs. Harold Saterri and
Mrs. Stanley Swanson was namea
to consider the purchase of a rug
for the church chancel.
During the program hour, the
Rev. S. L. Almlie was in charge
of devotions and the topic study
was directed by Mrs. Clarence
Halvorson, with a paper on Christ
ian nurture, prepared by Mrs. R.
J. VanCleave. presented by Mrs.
FJser Aarhus.
Announcement was made that
the next meeting would be held
March 16 in the afternoon. Thurs
day night hostesses were Mrs.
Erik Faaberg, Mrs. Chester Bjorke,
Mrs. Clarence Sundet and Mrs. H.
N. Omholt
Robert Adams, and Jerry Johnson;
wolf silver arrow. Jack Ruther
ford, Robert Adams. John Sanford
and Peter Gosso; wolf gold arrow.
Jack Rutherford and Robert
Adams; bear. Craig Clark, ir year
pins, Peter Gosso, Allen Ren back,
Fred Grant and John Sanford.
Receiving den mothers pins
were Mrs. Robert Adams, Mrs. Ted
Rutherford, Mrs. Howard Fields
and Mrs. Florence Males.
Silverton Cubs
Hold Dinner at
Pack Meeting
Statctmaa Naws Strvica
SILVERTON A no-host din
ner was given to Cub Scouts and
parents of pack 52 at the Metho
dist church Friday night as a fea
ture of the monthly pack meeting.
Craig Clark, cub master, was
in charge of the evening's enter
tainment which included black
faced skits and songs presented by
den 3, whose members also made
blue and gold paper hats for .the
entire group. Den 1 members
made the place cards and candle
holders, and den 2 members were
responsible for further decorations.
John Klapp. scout executive.
presented the awards, including
scarf and slide: Donovan Grogan,
Lee Foster and Michael Hannan;
bobcat Donovan Grogan, Lee
Foster, Michael Hannan and Der
rold Hopkins; wolf. Tommy Skaife,
FEWER RIDERS
CHICAGO. (INS) Fewer
people are riding city transit lines,
according to the International City
Managers' association. Statistics
compiled by the American Transit
association show that last year's
passenger traffic on the nation's
Brooks Home
Burns Down
8tatemaa Newt Service
BROOKS Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Wadley, Brooks route 1, and fam
ily, lost nearly all their possessions
when their home burned to the
ground Saturday night
Only a few possessions were
saved from the blaze which broke
out in the early evening. The
streetcars, trolly coaches, buses and
subways was off 11 per cent from
1948.
The Stat man, Salem. Oregon, Tuesday, February 11, 13507
house was located about three
miles east of Brooks.
Brooks fire department respond
ed to the call but the flames, of
undetermined origin, had gained
too much headway. The Wadleys
have two young children, a daugh
ter, Esther, and a son, Glenn. No
one was injured. The family is
staying with relatives.
Leasing Part of Legion
Post Now Considered
atatesamaa Mews tardea
SILVERTON Selling or leas
ing one-half interest in Legion hall
to Veterans of Foreign Wars, poo
3004, is under consideration and
has been discussed by the Ameri
can Legion, Delbert Reeves post T
Members at the recent Legion
meeting favored leasing, rather
than selling the building.
An old time fiddlers' contest la
to be sponsored by the post soon
with Roy Davenport named aa
chairman of plans. Past com
ma riders' night has been announ
ced for March 27, with T. P. HHd
enstrom, Pat Grogan and E. I
Starr as the general committee on
plans.
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