$ S-c 1 Statesman. SaUm. Ore.. Friday. April 30. 1954 Valley News Statesman News Service Strawberry Festival Set June 10-12 LEBANON The 42nd annual Strawberry Festival featuring the world's largest strawberry shortcake will be held here June 10-12. Big day will be Friday, June 11, when the 5,358-pound short cake will be served free at noon. Well over a ton of strawberry will top the big cake which will be cut into 12,000 portions. Opening day of the festival will be Children's Day with a junior court to be crowned at 3:30 p.m. The senior festival queen will be crowned at 7:30 p.m. Other features on June 11 the day the shortcake will be served, include tours of Lebanon industries, free vaudeville, a grand parade at 11 a.m. and a flower show. Final day entertainment will include an 11 a.m. children's parade, motorcycle racing in the afternoon at Lebanon Meadows, and folk dancing on Main Street at night Browning Bros. Carnival will be on hand. Mill Citv Gets New Shingle Mill MILL CITY Nat A. Wills and John T. Wills of Sweet Home, owners of Wills Brothers Shingle Co., have purchased a tract of land in the Jahnke addition to Mill City, and have begun the pro cess preparatory' to erecting a shingle mill there. A building 24 by 70 feet will be put up for the mill. A pond will also be constructed. The present Wills mill has been manu facturing red cedar shingles. About nine men will be employed on one shift at the beginning of operations here. Christian and Hickson Logging Co. of Eugene is aso expected to locate here in the Kenny Creek district for Vancouver Plywood Co., the firm planning to hire all help from this area. Dallas Church Set to Serve 1,000 DALLAS The Methodist Church is busy this week setting up a huge smorgasbord to feed an estimated 1,000 diners Friday from 5 to 9 p.m. Nearly 200 church people are engaged in producing this second annual smorgasbord under the direction of chairman Ernest Jacob son. The entire church basement will be devoted to serving the dinner. Scenic travel movies will be shown in the main auditorium to provide a diversion before and after the dinner. An effort is being made to regulate the size of the crowd by selling different 'colored tickets designating different hours for eating. This system was used with success last year. Proceeds will go towards installation of the new organ pre sented recently to the church. OCE Grads to Hear Rev. Moore MONMOUTH Plans for commencement exercises at Oregon College in Monmouth, were near completion Thursday as the Rev. Brooks H. Moore, pastor of the First Methodist Church in Salem, was selected as" speaker for baccalaureate services, scheduled Sun day, May 30, at 3:00 p.m.. in Campbell Hall Auditorium. Following baccalaureate ceremonies, there will be a reception for graduates and their parents in the faculty lounge of the library building. As announced previously, Gov. Paul Patterson has accepted the Invitation to be the commencement speaker on June 4, at 2:30 p.m. in Campbell Hall Auditorium. Baccalaureate and commencement exercises this year will fea ture the awarding of the Master of Science Degree in Education. The 12 candidates who have completed the requirements for this degree are the first to do so in the history of the institution. Abbev Plans Open House Sunday MT. ANGEL Laity Dav open house at Mt. Angel Abbey and Seminary will be held Sunday afternoon, for the sixth consecutive year. The public is welcome. Students will conduct visitors through the" entire Seminary tuilding, the abbey Church, St Joseph's Chapel, the natural his tory museum and the ancient-book museum. The private, walled monastery gardens, which according to rule may not be entered by the laity, may be viewed from the open garden gate. The unusual and modern mosaic stations, pictured In Time Magazine last vear, are located in St Joseph's chapel which forms the crypt of the abbev church. Chalices and vestments will be displayed in the church and their use explained by clerics ap pointed for the purpose. At intervals, the Very Rev. Martin Pollard will lecture on the stations and their significance. Colored slides and a colored film on the Abbey and Seminary will also be shown. The Seminary Mothers Club will sponsor a baked food sale and fancy work booth. Proceeds will go toward furnishing recrea tion rooms in the new seminary building now under construction. J. A. Stickler Dies Enroute To Hospital Statesman News Service MONMOUTH Joseph Albert Rtichler. 72, of 191 South Broad St.. Monmouth, died of a heart attack enroute in an ambulance to a Sa lem hospital Wednesday. Stichler was born in Dubuque, Iowa. Jan. 17, 1882, and had been a resident of Monmouth and com munity for over 30 years. He was a retired farmer. He was a veteran of World War I. serving in Company L. 163 In fantry, overseas for over two years. The deceased is survived by his wife. Edith L. Stichler, Monmouth: two brothers, Thomas and Clarence Stichler. and four sisters. Mrs. Marv Banks, Banks. Mrs. Alice Shuck, Gaston. Mrs. Eliza Davis, Albany, and Mrs. Hattie Davis, Forest Grove. Funeral services will be held from the Smith Mortuary Chapel. Independence. Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow in Fir Crest Cemetery. Monmouth Mill Citv Lions Club Nominates Slate of Officers Statesman News Service MILL CITY At this week s meeting of the Lions Club, the following list of officers was pre sented by the nominating com mittee: For president, Howard Means and Frank Hunter: 1st vice pres ident. Homer Thacker and Bob Hill: 2nd vice president, Martin Hansen and Bill McCoy: 3rd vice president, Harold Kliewer and Al Nesbitt; secretary. Bob Thorpe and Jay Mason: tail-twister, Low ell Fleetwood and Don Moffatt: lion-tamer, Jim Poole and Val WhiCe, and board member. Bur ton Boroughs and Huh Walkup. Serving on the nominating committee were the past presi dents, Vernon Todd, Lee Ross, Carl Kelly and Shields ReMine. Acid Stomach Aft.'rYwHi lafT&rii peed relief from gas, heartburn, acid indigestion. 8 Polk County Court News Statesman News Service DALLAS Dale R. Walker seeks a judgment of $1,911 from George Wesley Etheridge in an auto accident suit filed Tuesday in Polk County Circuit Court. The complaint alleges that an accident happened .June 9. 1952: three miles south of Monmouth on Highway 99-W. Guy Travis seeks a judgement of $11,704 from W. T. Stone and Barbara Stone in a complaint filed here this week. The complaint al leges damages as the result of an auto accident Sept. 1, 1953. on highway 99-W near the Gun Club Road intersection. The following new complaints seeking divorce were on file here Thursday: Lorene Choquette vs Kenneth Choquette. alleges cruelty, seeks custody of minor child. $100 month ly child support, $50 monthly ali mony for one year, and household poods. Married Oct. 26. 1940. at Vancouver, Wash. William M. Dodson vs Helen Dodson. alleges cruelty. Married Feb. 6. 1953 at Dallas, v Marriage license applications have been obtained here iky the following: Donald L. Teal. 36. and Letha Lorraine Slyh. 26. waitress, both of V'alsetz. Marvin James McKee. 25. Perry dale farmer, and Joan Marie Langford, 22. clerk, of 474 N. 18th St.. Salem. Donald Johnson. 28. logger, and Verla Ross Hubbs. 29, both of Falls City. FARM AT DEVER SOLD JEFFERSON Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Thorn have sole' their farm in the Dever community to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Snodgrass. 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Gates Man Succumbs to Heart Attack Statesman News Servir MILL CITY George Clise, 51, Gates trailer court proprietor, died unexpectedly of a heart -attack here Wednesday night. Clise and his wife had come here to notify Mrs. Oswald K. Hirte of Lyons that her husband had been injured in an auto accident near Gates a few minutes previously. Mrs. Hirte was attending a Rain bow Girls banquet at Mill City. Clise remained in the car while his wife went into the lodge hall and notified Mrs. Hirte. He was stricken before his wife returned and died a few minutes later. Clise had lived in the Gates area for five years. He was born March 10. 1903. Surviving are his wife, Margar et, at Gates; his mother. Sarh Sel lers. Ventura. Calif.; his grand mother, Ella M. Bennett, Cody. Wyo.; a brother. Paul Clise. Rich land, Wash., and a sister, Xaomi Theurer, Ventura. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Weddle Mortuary in Stayton. The Mill City Masonic Lodge will perform ritualistic serv ice. Burial will be in California. Lola Bennett Dies, Rites Set at Dallas Statesman News Service DALLAS Funeral services for Mrs. Lola Mae Bennett, 50, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Bollman Funeral Chapel with the Rev. W. Harold Lyman officiating. Burial will be at Dallas Cemetery. Mrs. Bennett died Wednesday at a Dallas rest home after an illness of four months. Her home address was 1217 S Main St.. Dallas. She was a member of the Christian Church. Born July 4. 1903. at Elk City, Okla.. she was married to George H. Bennett on May 21. 1921. at Lawton, Okla. She moved to Salem in 1942 and to Sheridan in 1948. coming to Dallas, the following year. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Edna Lane, Mrs. Martha Phillips and Miss Stella Bennett, all of Salem, and Mrs. Judy Burns in Missouri: four sons. Charles, Paul, Melvin and Donald Bennett, all of Salem; also six gradchild- ren. Gervais Girl to Head Students at Mt Angel College Statesman News Service MT. ANGEL Ruth Schmerber of Gervais was elected student body president of ML Angel Wo men's College at the regular Ap ril meeting. ,She succeeds Mary Callaghan. ""Portland, who was presented with a gift in recognition of her serv ice during the past year. Other officers selected are: I Frances Dieker, Mt. Angel, vice j president: Carol Wachter, ML An- gel, secretary : Elaine Wilson, ' Scotts Mills, treasurer, and Anna ; Mae Leftis, Oakridge, sergeant- at-arms. at your service . . Our Prescription Department is the heart of our business. Our Registered Pharmacists are skilled, experienced spe cialists, worthy of your ut most trust in compounding your prescriptions ... at fair prices. We are at your service in any emergency and whenever you need drug store supplies. SCHAEFER'S DRUG STORE 135 N. Commercial Open Daily 7:30 A.VL-S P.M. Sunday 9 A.M.-4 P.M. and fourth graders in Mrs. Maurice Tag Skeleton Man 25-40 Statesman News Service ALBANY The human skele ton found hanging from a tree Sunday in Linn County was that of a man aged 25-40, the state crime laboratory at Port land reported Thursday. The laboratory gave the fol 1 owing description: height, about five feet seven; m scular build; light brown hair; large, prominent nose; heavy eye brows; rugged facial appear ance; no dental fillings but three extractions; wet ring blue jeans, s u n t a n Army shirts, width-E shoes. Identity of the victim remain ed undetermined Thursday. The skeleton was discovered by two hunters. Authorities here be lieve the man committed suicide. What's merry and Nothing ieheshes Me Rainier IOCS' SEATTLX BJUWUfO Salem Heights k r--- ' .1 Fleischman'i room will present Music Festival Tonight at Dallas Jr. High School Statesman News Service DALLAS The Dallas Junior High Spring Festival will be a musical presented Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the junior high school auditorium. Appearing on the program will be the junior high band, directed by John Kienzle; sixth grade mix ed chorus under the direction of Mrs. Eve Van Den Bosch and Mrs. Alice Frantz; the seventh eighth grade girls' chorus and boys' chorus, ninth grade mixed chorus and girls' trio, all under the direction of George Thomp son. Singing in the trio are Jayann Grooms, Lorraine Quiring and Mary Ellen McCleary. Admission is free. XALTIKG CO. UaHU, I lifM H il l ill Rainier in the 9a3rt size! V I VaJS. "VC M l Each merry quart serves four tj ? i'( - " Jf i i big glasses, so there's enough W - SSssiw--:-' r ' m " ,t0 0 aroun( at a poking. Buy- .ys f f'-z s- , '"n. M 2 i ing quarts saves you money, I Nsi Jf fl too up to 20. Take home I b; ff ,1 quarts next time you buy n VV "'- Ti. - ; i truly mild Rainier ? yjvu y J tLSJL Henry Graves, Independence Resident, Dies Statesman .News Service INDEPENDENCE Final rites for Henry A. Graves. 74, longtime employe at the Horst Ranch near Independence, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Smith Mortuary Chapel, Independence. The Rev. Paul E. Boomer will officiate. Interment will be at Bel crest Memorial Park, Salem. Graves died at a Salem hospital April 24 after a lingering illness. He had lived here for 18 years. The deceased was born Feb. 22, 1880 at Marysville, Mo. He is sur vived by Jiis wife, Mrs. Susie Graves, Independence; four sons, Kenneth Graves, Sweet Home, Avery and Dale Graves of Inde pendence and PFC Russell Graves of the U. S. Army stationed at Trieste (who will attend the fun eral); one daughter, Mrs. George Kisler, of Independence; two bro thers, Andrew and Ora Graves, Clarks, Nebr.; and one sister, Mrs. L. R. Irwin, Belgrade, Nebr.; also 12 grandchildren. WIN HAWAIIAN TRIP MONMOUTH The Philco Com pany recently issued as prizes an expense trip to Hawaii 'or 10 days to stores selling the -nost mer chandise. Monmouth Furniture Company was the winner in its category. Mr. and Mrs. Q. L. Jacobson will leave by airliner on May 13 for their 'trip and will return by ship. KIDNEYS MUST REMOVE EXCESS WASTE Nagging backache, kas of pep and energy, headaches and dizziness may be due to slow, down of kidney function. Doctors say good kidney function is very important to good health. When some eyeryday condition, such as stress and strain, causes this important function to slow down, many folks suffer nag ging backache feei miserable. 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Foster Home and Auto is the official judging station and cat ches must be brought in by 6 p.m. each Monday to qualify for the contest ending at that time each week. Fishermen qualify by purchas ing derby tickets prior to May 29. One ticket is good until the con test closes June 28 and the hold er is eligible for all weekly prizes and for grand prizes. Any kind of trout is allowed with the provision that it is caught within Oregon's boundar ies and under state game commis JET FAMILY CLUB ONLY I r "ten w iasai UL w mm ft rctry rflivr4 prtc ef Oatro. Slot, and local ta, if ny, end lramprtation aitra. StanHarrl trim arvl mthr ipwilifiimni an-1 goes around ? sion's rules. Steelhead are prohi bited in the contest Several other derbies for young sters are being sponsored here, Foster Home and Auto's contest it open to children up to 14 years who catch trout in Rickreall Creek. They must register by 6 p.m. Friday and enter their cat ches by 6 p.m. Saturday for eligi bility toward prizes. Crider's derby is for youngsters to 16 years and no registration is required. Three prizes are of fered for trout entered' from any stream prior to closing time Saturday. Mayor Draws Traffic Fine Statesman News Service JEFFERSON Charles K. Mc Cormack. identified as mayor of Albany, was fined $5.50 in Jeffer son Justice Court on a charge of driving on the wrong side of the highway. Justice of the Peace Marvin Hutchings said Thursday. McCormack was arrested two miles south of Salem on highway 99-E Monday night by state police. SEDAN "rl snh)vt ta than wltbnut m d& jr it MliM. TUMS POX THI TUMMY