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liTho Statesman. Salem, Oregon, Friday, July 18, 1952
THE VALLEY NEWS COLUMNS
From The Oregon Statesman's Valley Correspondent
Heat Damages
Berry Crop
At Hopewell
HOPEWELL. The recent heat
wave has been hard on the boysen
berry crop in this area. Nearly
half of" the crop was reported
rained in the Leonard Hickerson
nd John Geisler fields.
Many members of the Hopewell
Seventh Day Adventist Church
are planning to attend camp meet
ings at Oregon City which opened
Thursday and continues to July
29.
The Rev. H. E. Widner has been
reassigned to Hopewell Evangical
United Brethren Church. He is
attending the Town and Country
Church Convention at Corvallis
this week as representative of the
Oregon Conference of the EUB
Cburch.
The family of Mrs. May Versteeg
held a reunion Sunday at Maude
Williamson Park.
Births Headed
For Record in
Marion County
This may be a banner baby year
for Marion County if the birth rate,
as reported for the first half of
1952, continues along the same
lines for the second half.
A total of 1,303 babies were born
in this county from Jan. 1 to June
30, according to statistics presented
at the executive committee meet
ing of the Marion County Health
Deparment.
This is 44 more than were born
in the first six months of 1951 and
Just 29 less than in the first half
of 1950, which stands as the record
year for births in this county.
A total of 692 male babies and
Cll girls were born in the last six j
months, both figures up from the I
664 and 595. respectively, reported '
for the same period last year.
The death rate also increased
with 452 deaths reported in this
county at mid -year, compared with
429 a vear ago. A total of 251
women and 201 men died in the
past six months. The figures in
clude 21 infants under one year
of age, 10 of whom lived in Salem.
Heart disease, as usual, led the
Jefferson Garden
Club Picnic Dated
Statesman News Service
JEFFERSON Members of the
Jefferson Friendly Garden Club
will hold their annual picnic Mon
day night, at the Frank Rehfeld
home.
On the hospitality committee
will be Mrs. Harold Johnson, Mrs.
Lillie Stearns, Mrs. Bondaleta
Akers and Mr. and Mrs. Les
Shields. Members are asked to
bring table service. Coffee and
rolls will be furnished.
Program will include comple
tion of plans for the August flow
er show and ice cream social to be
held at the City Hall.
Death Takes
William Fry
Statesman Newi Service
SCOTTS MILLS William Os
car Fry, 73, Scotts Mills farmer
for 31 years, died at his home Fri
day. He was born Feb. 19, 1879, in
Wisconsin.
Surviving are the widow, Mar
garet; four children, Mrs. Olive
Imper, Scotts Mills, Mrs. Bill Im
per, Portland. Capt. A. O. Fry,
with the Air Force at Indian Head,
Md., and DeLane Fry, Amity; two
brothers, Leonard and Frank Fry,
both in Wisconsin; and 10 grand
children. The rosary will be recited at
8:30 p.m. on both Saturday and
Sunday at the memorial chapel of
the Ekman Funeral Home in Sil
verton. Funeral services will be
announced.
death cause list with 138 reported.
Others causes included disease of
arteries, 73; apoplexy, 56, and can
cer, 52. Automobile accidents ac
counted for six deaths, the same
as reported for the first half of
1951. Other accidents accounted
for 13 deaths so far this year. One
death was attributed to tubercu
losis. In other eports made at the
board meeting Thursday It was
announced there would b no mo
bile X-ray unit here this year.
Tuberculin testing will be.carried
or. in schools, however. It was also
reported that panel discussions will
be held with parents before and
after audiometer testing in the
schools.
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Keizer Club Plans
Flower Show Entry
Statesman Nei Service
KEIZER The Keizer Garden
Club will exhibit an entry at the
Beauty and Utility Garden Club
Show at Scotts Mills on Wednes
day, July 30. L. E. Weeks spoke
on gladiolus at the club's meet
ing here Tuesday night when 20
were present. Slides were shown
by W. E. Wagner.
busy for nearly three weeks in
stalling the new equipment. For
rest Holmes, construction super
intendent, is in charge, assisted
by R. H. (Stub) Wheeler.
Mrs. Nancy Davis
Now 96 Years Old
Statesman Newi Service
! AMITY Mrs. Nancy Davis ob
served her 96th birthday recently
at the Faith House rest home. Rel
atives present included Mrs. La
verne Carville, Turner; Mrs. Del
la Davis, Lafayette, and Otis Da
vis, Tacoma, Wash.
DALLAS Interior of sawmill at the Willamette Valley Lumber Co. here (above photo) shows new
equipment that workmen are installing. Device in foreground is one of five new dogs on the new car
rier which will handle logs up to 12 feet long. Each dog is powered by three electric motors. The dogs
clamp onto logs and hold them In place.
Renovation
Nears Finish
At Dallas Mill
Statesman Newt Service
DALLAS Workmen Thurs
were nearing completion on a maj
or improvement project at the
sawmill of the Willamette Valley
Lumber Co. here.
The new machinery includes a
38-ton, all-steel carriage with five
electrically-operated dogs. The lat
ter hold logs on the cariage while
they are moved into the saw for
cutting.
One "setter" will man the car
iage, replacing three men need
ed previously.
The new cariage is 40 feet long
and can handle logs from eight to
52 feet long. The cariage Is six
feet longer than the old one.
The new power-driven roll cases
will carry cans from the carriage
into the edger.
Paul Morgan, resident manager
of the plant, said the head end of
the mill will be one of the most
modern in the Northwest when
employes return to work Monday.
He said the new equipment will
make lumber production safer as
well as faster.
About 40 workmen have been
Valley
Briefs
GUESTS AT MIDDLE GROVE
MIDDLE GROVE Guests at
the John Van Laanen home are
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilford, Chi
cago, 111., Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Crane and Marvin O'Brian, Mo
desto, Calif. Beverly Leydens,
Montezuma, Iowa, is spending the
summer with her sister, Mrs. Les
lie Swink, and family.
Statesman News Service
Turner Mr. and Mrs. Eddie
Hatfield have sold their home to
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gwilliam.
The former were planning to move
to Salem this week.
Halls Ferry Mrs. William
Schwiesow, who underwent sur
gery at a Portland hospital, was
reported improving Thursday and
was expected to return home in
a few days.
Marquam The Hartman
Mosier family reunion will be held
Sunday at the park in Silevrton.
Lincoln Mr. and Mrs. R. J.
Meissner were hosts at a reunion
of the Meissner clan here Sunday
honoring Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Meis
sner, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Amity Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Snyder and daughters of Duapaw,
Okla., were recent visitors at the
J. O. Casteel home, west of Amity.
Turner Mrs. John Sanders
has moved to Custer, S. D. She
has asthma and expects the change
of climate to bring her relief. Her
husband and four children will
there this fall. j
Marquam Mrs. Mary Lange
vin of Fairbault, Minn., ha been1
visiting her brothers, A. A. Paquin.i
Monitor and Lawrence Paquin.i
Marquam. j
Labish Center Mr. and Mrs. j
Harris Musgrave, Bakersfield, ;
Calif., visited the Don Metheny !
family here during the week.
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Halls Ferry Mr. and Mrs. '
Karl Jaegler have returned from
j a 10-day trip to California. Mr.
I and Mrs. A. D. Graham and fam
; ily returned Monday from a va
cation at the coast. ;
I'nlonvale Mr. and Mrs.
Owen Dollar, Birmingham, Ala.,
were guest of the Rev. and Mrs. :
Skirvin Gan Elects
Robertson' President
Statesman News Service
MARQUAM Francis Robert
son was elected president of the
Skirvin clan at a reunion Sunday
at Silverton. Earl Baker was elect
ed vice president, and Orah Rob
ertson, Secretary-historian. The
reunion was the 13th gathering of
decendants of the Harvey and En
och Skirvins, pioneers who came
from Kentucky and settled near
Marquam.
M. GROVE SCOUTS HOME
MIDDLE GROVE Mr. and
Mrs. Wayen Goode and eight mem
bers of Boy Scout Troop 42 have
returned from a week at Camp
Pioneer. Yvone Goode Is at the
Free Methodist Church's summer
camp near Portland this week.
Clyde Dollar this week. S. F. Hi
att, Richmond, Calif., visited his
aunt, Mrs. Lizzie Withee, for a
week, leaving Sunday.
Turner Mrs. Bert Waller,
confined at Salem General Hos
pital, was reported improving
Wednesday and was expected to
return to her home next week.
Marion Forks Sixteen Boy
Scouts were to return Friday from
a trek to Marion Lake via the
Santiam Summit Trail. They
camped along the trail for three
nights. Clarke Lethin was in
charge.
Valley
Obituaries
Clifford E. Munkers
AMITY Final rites lor Clif
ford E. Munkers, 72, former Amity
resident for many years, were held
Thursday at McMinnville. The
Rev. William P. Bray officiated
and interment was at Bethel Ceme
tery. Munkers died Monday night at
his home in the Otis-Rose Lodge
area. Surviving are the widow,
Marie; daughters, Miss Loma Mun
kers, Portland, and Mrs. Jessie
Murray, Milwaukee; a brother,
Claude, and a sister, Miss Bertha
Munkers, Amity.
William A. Wells
JEFFERSON Services for
William A. WeUs, 64, former Jef
ferson barber, were held Tuesday
at Portland where he lived. He
died July 11 following a heart
attack. Surviving are the widow,
Helen, four children; and a broth
er, Lee Wells of Jefferson.
Mrs. M. J. Madsen
SILVERTON Final rites for
Mrs. M. J. Madsen, longtime Sil
verton resident who died Wednes
day, will be held at 2:30 pjn. Sat
urday at Trinity Lutheran Church.
The Rev. Joseph A. Luthro will of
ficiate. Interment will be at Sil
verton Cemetery.
FOR PROPER FITTING
CHILDREN'S SHOES
buy JbsJ&m-&s
SEE ERNIE SAVAGE
ACKLIN'S JUNIOR B00TERY
OPEN UNTIL 9:00 FRIDAY NIGHTS
234 N. High Senator Hotel Bldg.
SCHAEFER'S
NERVE TONIC
For functional disturbances,
nervous headaches, nervous
irritability, excitability, sleep
lessness. $1.00-$1.75
SCHAEFER'S
DRUG STORE
135 N. Commercial
Tomorrow July 19th Is
DEMONSTRATION DAY!
A factory representative will be In the store all day, dem
onstrating the SUNBEAM HOUSEHOLD Appliances In
cluding Coffee Makers Irons Mixmasters - Toasters and
other wonderful units.
Come in
For A
Free Cup
Of Coffee
rrt GEORGE E.
Allen
13 N. COMMf tCIAl ST. SAUM. OIWOH
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Summer Suits
Formerly sold at $25. All sizes and colors.
Come and get these while they last at
the close out price of
GKjD 95
Shorty Coats
Only 13 left, regularly sold at $30. Come
and get them while they last at only
95
Suits and Coats
Ail of our high grade suits and
coats. All types, sizes and
colors will be placed in this
sale at greatly reduced prices.
Play Clothes
Shorts, blouses, beach robes,
all to be closed out at greatly
reduced prices.
ilAillinery
All styles and kinds regularly sold up to
$35. We have placed our entire stock in
two groups to sell quickly at
and 5tl
Beautiful Skirts
In all types of fabrics, regularly sold to
$29.95 now to go at only
95
Broken Lines of
Joyce Play Shoes
In all colors and sizes,
will go at on price.
95
RAFFIA
SANDLES
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Regularly sold at $8.95. Will go at only
$495 $695
Never have we had greater response! Thousands have come . .
bought . . . and saved money. If our salespeople missed you
during the rush, please accept our apologies and come back.
There is still plenty of merchandise, but hurry for the best se
lection of sizes and colors.
Three Groups of Presses
All Sales Final No Exchanges or Refunds
J 135 North Liberty
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DRESS SHOES
All types and kinds. We have
placed these in two groups
formerly sold up to $16.95 will
now go at $6.95 and those form
erly sold to $21.50 now go at
$8.95.
UMBRELLAS
Hundreds of styles, kinds and colors
with short and long handles, formerly
sold to $8.95 now to go $95
at one price of
GOWNS
One group of our finer gowns, values to
$16.95 to sell at
HANDBAGS
From our selected stock of high grado
handbags, we offer you one group
values to $13.95 $C95 Piu"
to sell at tax
Black and Brown
High Grade All Wool OIFT
BABY BLANKETS
Beautifully bound, formerly sold at $12
to $15. Slightly Irregular, only 100 of
these to be closed out $ 95
at one low price of
PRICE'S BEAUTY SALON
Has been in operation for mnay years as
one of the outstanding spots tor firra
beauty work. We now offer you the cool
est and most attractive Salon on tho
Pacific Coast. Visit this attractive shop to
have your beauty work done. Experi
enced operators and courteous treatment.
LUCIEN LELONG
SOAP
Regular $1.75 to $2.50. Only a lew
hundred three-bar packages, special
purchase to be $l 00
closed out at mm
LARGE SIZE COLOGNES
Regularly sold at $2.50 Spring and
Summer Fragrance $4 50
now to ao at
COLOGNES-TALCUMS
Regularly sold up to $2.00. all go cn
this sals $ 00
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