SpmgMatcIi, TH1- - MEWS COLUMNS m wuuuuurn Due Thursday - WOOD3URN Twelve school spelling champions, including one who - went to the grand finals a year'agowill compete in a semi finals of The Oregon Statesman KSLM Spelling Contest at Wash ington School here Thursday night. . -. ; Schools to be represented and their contestants atg: Aurora Betty Jo Keil, 14. . . Breadacres Carolyn Leone enhardt, 13. i; Batteville Dorothey Hostetler, 14. " . .: , Eldreidge Larry McEntarffer. Gervais Wally Good son, 13. Hubbard Eileene Cousatte, 13. Parkers ville Patricia Graves, 12. Pioneer Linda L.u Sartain, 13. St. Louis Arnold Andres, 13. St Paul-Gerald Alan Martin, 13. St. Paul'a Academy Joanne Van Dyke,1 13. Woodburn Barbara Paulson, 13. ' The Pioneer entrant, Linda Lu Sartain, placed third in the semi finals a year ago and finished in the top 50 per cent of the grand finals. ' Two of the. 12 semi-final en trants this year will go to the grand finals. First-place winner also will receive a Webster s Col- legiate Dictionary, and special certificates will go to the first three. Host principal here will be Charles M. Campbell. The semi-finals will start at 7:45 pjn. and the public is in vited without charge or collection of any kind. Charlfes Posvair, Scio, To Leave for Service Statesman News Service SCIO Charles Posvar, son of Mr. and -Mrs. Carl Posvar, will leave Thursday for Army induc tion. ' Guests at a dinner in his honor Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kleczynski, .Mrs. Mary Kleczynski, Portland; Sylvester Kleczynski, Corvallis; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Johnston and Joyce of Aurora, and Else Yagleski, Albany. . .. From Tho Oregon Statesman's Valley Correspondents Dictionary Presented to Spell Contest Winner v - k I i J tttrvfr j.itim TThrhammer. 13. of Turner school received a Webster's dictionary from Wei Sullivan, Statesman news editor, Friday night for taking first place in the Statesman - KSLM spelling contest semi-finals held at Turner school. Sullivan served as a eoniess juoxe. suan iiawson tsecona irom left), of Jefferson, placed second and Frank Thomas (left), 12, of Cloverdale school placed third. TJhr hanuner and Miss Dawson will appear In the contest finals at Fsrrish school March 25. Musical Set At Stay ton HS Statesman Newt Service STAYTON Sharon Poole and Gene Small have the leading roles in the ; two-act musical comedy, "An Old-fashioned Charm"jwhich students of Stayton Union High School will present Thursday and Friday nights at the school gymnasium.- The event Is a benefit for the school's choral-robe fund. ' Others in the cast include Mack Williams, Cheryl Morgan, Claudia Johnson, Nancy Frye, Ed Small, Merle Boedigheimer, Almeta Coff man, Jimmy Frlchtl, Ronnie Ad ams, Jimmy . Pietrok and Ken Yargus; also a chorus of glee members. Hubbard Group To Continue Aid For Flood Areas y Statesman Newt Service HUBBARD - Arion Temple Py thian Sisters will continue sending packages to various distributing centers, for the flood ravaged dis trict of The Netherlands, accord ing to plans announced by Mrs. Harold Colgan at a recent meeting. Mrs. A. F. deLespinasse and Mrs. Russell Rollofson comprise the committe in charge for the local lodge. Plans were made for honoring charter members at the March 17 meeting. Una Temple of Aurora, who instituted Arion Temple in 1914 will be special guests. Work for the Easter shower is continu ing for the Pythian Home and six pair of pillowslips will be sent also.' Staff practice was held for initiation floor work at the con vention in Portland in May. ;A . . Mtit i fTLSST .-S3". I . V9k. t I jr f Kitchen Graft Hour is (pvimffed for lighter baiting I lt$ tifted wperfin through silk! Th&tprt-fluff$ Kitchen Craft Flour . . . makes it blend more easily and thor oughly with other ingredients. Everything you bake is V delightfully lighter, tender, syen-textured. Kitchen i Craft works wonders with any recipe. It's guaranteed. Switch to Kitchen Craft. Eat better at saving. I I I 1 1 y wp r- V4 P " w margarina. PVad altet- !T.:.W with the aow. . place on . to -0t Heights Club Invites Pupils Statesman Newt Serviea SALEM HEIGHTS The Salem Heights Community Club will meet Wednesday at 8 pjn. at Salem Heights Community Hall. New officers will take charge of the business meeting, and a social evening is planned. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Allen will call square dancing, for adults, and Bill Allen, 11, will call for the youngsters. The fourth, fifth and sixth grade students of the Salem Heights School have been invited to at tend. There will also be music for modern dancing, cards for those who want to play and games for the small fry. Sizeof Pedee Fire District SUteeaua If ewe Servlee PEDEE Mrs. Sidney Howard has completed a survey of the Southeast 1 Rural Tire Protection District and reports there are about 750 homes in the district. - The west boundary of the fire district is the east boundary of the farmer Montgomery school district before it was consolidated with Pedee. The Southeast district has four fire trucks stationed at Indepen dence, Monmouth, Buena Vista and Suver. The truck at Suver is in charge of Ralph Richards, and the one at Buena Vista in charge of John Schirman. . Mrs. Howard is making a similar survey of the Southwest fire dis trict, which includes the territory around Dallas, Falls City and Rickreall, with fire trucks at Dal las and Falls City; ' Other News .. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Starr are now at home at the Starr farm on Pedee Creek road after their mar riage in Salem last week. Mrs. Starr is the former Beverly Cason of Salem. Mrs. LeRoy Starr Is at Riverton helping care for her mother, Mrs. Lydia Carver, who was reported critically ilL Mrs. Jessie Bump, has returned from a three-month's trip to Haw aii and is caring for her sister, Mrs. Sarah Staats, In Dallas. Mrs. Harry Pinneo of Kings Val ley showed her collection of pot holders at the last meeting of the Woman Club. Mrs. Pinneo has about 300 pot holders. Valley Obituary Ole Nelson AMITY Final rites for Ole Nelson, 70, who farmed five miles west of Amity, were held March S at McMinnville.: Interment was at Masonic Cemetery. He had lived in Oregon since 1912. Sur vivors include the widow, Anna Marie; and three sons, Howard at Port Angeles, Wash.; Louis and Orvie, both of McMinnville. . Riley Lee Hagler AMITY Funeral services for Riley Lee Hagler, 68, were held March 8 . at McMinnville. Inter' ment was at Masonic Cemetery. His widow. Olga, survives at Whiteson. i Briefs Hopewell Teachers and public are reminded of a Honewell School District board of directors meeting at 7 Djn. Thursday in the school. Teacher contracts will be discussed. Clear Lake A snecial meetine has been set by the home exten sion unit here for 1:30 pjn. Fri day in the EUB Church. Members are to bring materials for further work in textile . Da in tine. Next regular meeting will be March 20. Reiser An election of officers for. 1953-54 will be the main por tion oi Dusiness at the Keizer P-TA meeting to be' held in the school at 7:30 pjn. Thursday. En tertainment will be provided by children of the school and a film will be shown. Roberts A benefit dance will be held Saturday, 9 to 12 pjn.. at Roberts Grange Hall on South River Road. Harvey Schueble's orchestra will play for the dance which Is sponsored by the Roberts School Mothers Club for the hot lunch program. Lunches will be available. Hubbard The second session of the braidedrug workshop will be held at the Rebekeh Hall all -day Friday, beginning at 10:30 ajn. rowing and braiding will be demonstrated. Brush College Mrs. V. L. Gib son will be host to the Brush Col' lege Home Extension Unit at 10:30 im inursaay. Mi, Arrtl The annual parish benefit dinner will be served in Si. Mary1! dining haU Sunday, from 11 to 1 p.m. Co-chairmen Mrs. S. C. Schmltt and Mrs. Jo seph Wagner are seeking dona tiona of chicken, eggs, milk, cream and pickles. Central Howell Mrs. Harvey Lively has returned from Silver ton Hospital where she underwent surgery. WILL STUDY TELEVISION . FRUITLAND Walter Hammer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Ham mer, has enrolled in the radio and television department at Multno mah College, Portland. Hammer graduated from Salem High School last June. Prior to leaving he was honored at a supper at the R. E. Becker home. Tfct Statttsicm, Saltra, Or- Wtdnssdar, March 11, 18537 Mt. en geJ Portland CC President MT. ANGEL Carvel Linden. president of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, and Dr. P. A. Loar of Silverton spoke at the Mt. An gel Business Men's Club Monday night ! .- Linden spoke on the relation of Portland to towns of the Columbia and Willamette Valleys and of the vast possibilities of their united efforts, also of Portland's concern to keep, a balance between popu lation and employment by devel opment of the resources of lum ber, agriculture, fuel and electri city. . ,'. " , ; - Dr. Loar talked on the route of the proposed Cascade Highway, asking Mt. Angel business men to decide whether they , wished to have the road shortened from five to three miles by taking the most direct route immediately east of the S. P. railroad tracks or to have it pass on the eastern out skirts of the town at.the foot of the college hilL President Sylvester Schmitt ap pointed the regular highway com mittee, Carl Mucken, Frank Hett- wer- and leter- Gores,' 'augmeoteeV by George Schmidt and Fred J. 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