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8 (Sec 1) Statesman, Salem. 1 Valley News - Statesman News Service N: Santiam Chamber Host for m Grange Outing at Detroit Dam SUtriman Newi Service - DETROIT. Ore. The North Santiam Chamber of Commerce, meeting here Wednesday night, decided to act as hosts for the State Grjnge convention outing to be held in Detroit Dam area on Sun day, June 13. The Chamber will furnish a sack lunch at noon. In other matters, a committee was appointed to investigate the allocation of forest land funds to schools with a possibility of dis Civic Center Plans Told to Monmouth CC Statesman Newt Service MONMOUTH The Monmouth Chamber of Commerce Tuesday heard Mrs. Ray Rauch and Mrs. Dale Mansfield of the Junior Wom en's club speak concerning the proposed plan for a community renter. A committee was appoint pd to meet with other civic repre sentatives at a ' meeting of repre sentatives" tentatively set for June 2. Feasibility of an overhead sign at the intersection of higaway 99YV and Main street, designating the business district, was discussed. A committee will look into the matter and report at the next meeting. A letter from the State Highway Department stated it is J i too early to plan on stop ugnts the intersection of the highway and Main street. Roben Maaske, president of OCE, the fall term when students will QLK IV " & ' more subjects: he also declared that tuition at OCE is very low compared to other colleges of the same standing. Maaske also announced there will be a "pastorial workshop" for three days at OCE with 100 minis ters participating to conduct classes in marriage counseling. They will be quartered at Todd Hall. Exercises Slated For Mill Gitv's 8th Grade Pupils Statesman News Service MILL CITY Graduation exer cises for the eighth grade will be held Friday, May 28, at 8 p.m., m the elementary gymnasium. A play, entitled "Mysterious Strang er." will be presented by the class, under direction of their instructor, Mrs. Donald Sheythe. Other numbers on the program will be songs by the boys' and girls' quartets; songs by the en tire group: trumpet call, by Lahny Padrabsky; address of welcome. Carol Cooke: presentation of awards. Vernon Todd, superintend ent; and presentation of diplomas. Russell Kelly, chairman of the school board. Mill City Pupils Elect Officers Statesman News Service MILL CITY Principal Howard Means of Mill City High School an nounced the following results of the election of student body offic ers Tuesday: President. Brooks Crosier: vice-president. Carol An dreassen; treasurer. George Ram bo; secretary, Marlene Anderson; annual editor, Hazel Caudle: an nual co-editor. Charles Kihlman; advertising manager, Janet Ross: and publicity manager, Jackie Bickett. The above officers will serve through the 1954-55 school year, it being compulsory that the presi dent, vice-president, treasurer, and annual editor be members of next vear's senior class. Gates Teachers Guests at Dinner Statesman News Service GATES Teachers leaving the Gates school system were compli mented at a dinner party Mon day evening by two of the re turning instructors, Mrs. A. T. Earnhardt and Mrs. Gwen Schaer. Those honored, along with their families, included Don Miley, su perintendent: Dale Reynolds, Mrs. Terry Dibblee. Miss Mary Page and Mrs. Richard Parker. at your service Our Proscription 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.M.-S P.M. Sunday 9 A.M.-4 P.M. Or- Friday, May 21, 1954 tricts located mainly in national forest lands to receive a larger share of the funds. President Oliver Willis appoint ed Huber Ray, Ray Sophy, Len Davis and "Babe" Kennedy to the committee. Lindsey Wright reported that the State Highway Department still is considering the construc tion of a foot bridge at the Ly-ons-Mehama highway bridge. Lists up paid-up members were distributed to assist with the membership drive. A report was made on a trip taken through the Detroit National Forest Wednesday led by District Ranger S. T. Moore and his as sistant. Howard Dean. Participating were Willis, Ken nedy, Ken Golliet, Jerry Coff man and O. K. DeWitt and three representatives of the Salem Chamber of Commerce. Next meeting will re held June 16 at Mill City. Kenneth Weisen danger, executive chairman -of Keep Oregon Green, will show a fire-prevention film. . Week-Day Bible Class I ijrc 1 Statesman News Service JEFFERSON At a recent meeting of the Bible instruction class executive committee, Mrs. C. F. MacLean, superintendent, reported an average attendance of 144 grade school- children over the 11 weeks, going as low as 132 and as high as 170. The Sidney-Talbot School class met on Thursday afternoon at 1:30 and the three Jefferson classes were held on Friday, aft ernoons. Each church in the community wishing to cooperate in the Bible school was represented on an ex ecutive committee by its pastor and one layman. This group elect ed the superintendent and gave her full charge of the curriculum and teaching staff, though stilt amenable to the executive com mittee. Volunteer teachers were Doro thy Weddle, Thelma Finlay,' Eth el Fowter, Esther MacLean, Mary Turnidge and Sylvia Hoven. Sub stitute teachers included Euline Perry, Leota Dague, Wilma Turn idge. Maxine DeVilbiss and Vena Graffenbereer. The entire program was sup ported by the free-will gifts of interested individuals and churches. Serviceman Garrett Feted at Hubbard Statesman News Service HUBBARD Home on a two- week leave was apprentice seaman Donald K. Garrett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Garrett, after com pleting boot training at San Diego, Calif. He was feted May 15 with a birthday party which 33 guests at tended. Sunday 44 guests were at the Garrett home for dinner and dur ing the weekend a total of 104 guests had called. Valley Births SILVERTON A daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Haughton, Molalla, May 17 at the Silverton Hospital. A daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gear, Silverton, May 18, at the Silverton Hospital. A son, to Mr. and Mrs. George White, Mt. Angel, May 18, at the Silverton Hospital. A son, t6 Mr. and Mrs. Floyd VanBuskirk, Woodburn, May 18, at the Silverton Hospital. WE FERTILIZE LAWNS (THE TRUE ODORLESS LIQUID) MA NO Amazing Low Cost Fish Minimum $5.00 up to 2,000 Sq. Ft. Larger Areas Less Expensive Per 1000 Sq. Ft. SHURGROi LIQUID FISH1 FERTILIZER Results Guaranteed H. A. Simmon's Fuel 3157 PORTLAND ROAD Grandson of Valley Leaves to Homestead By GLADYS SHIELDS Statesmaa News Serrica JEFFERSON -r Shades of pion eering! Grandpa i never had it so good! Grandpa was E. N. Thomas, who carne overland to Oregon in 1883. His campfire was his heating unit, cook stove and light plant at night. Water came from any stream or spring they were fort unate enough to find. His bed was a roll of blankets on the ground, or maybe in the bed of an old prairie schooner. Pioneering was tough in them days! But, this year, 1934, Grandpa Thomas' grandson, Delavan Thom as and family are pioneering in Alaska, but deluxe! The family of five was headed this week for a homestead of 160 acres at Anchor Point, 200 miles southwest of Anchorage. Their home on wheels is a modern, de luxe trailer house, and they carry their own light plant, water sys tem, and every convenience nec Girl Scouts Plan Week at Camp Statesman New Service 9 MILL CITY, At the Girl Scout meeting, held at the home of the leader, Mrs. Howard Means, Mon day, it was planned to spend a week in camp at Honeyman State Park which is Ipcated on the coast near Florence, the dates tentatively set as July 7-15. Mrs. Means states that facili ties include both lake and beach, mountain trails, life-guard to su pervise swimming, and improved camp-grounds. The trip will be linanced from the girls' treasury, augmented by the cookie sale, dues, and a surplus from last year. Additional funds will be raised by the individual girls. Valley Briefs Falls City C. C. Libby .of Salem has leased the V. E. Davis building for a fountain and variety store. He plans to open the store within two weeks. Silverton Mrs. Helen Ham mond, the former Helen Wolcott of Silverton, is confined at Prov idence Hospital with a broken verLabrae incurred in an accident at her home in Portland Sunday. She is expected to be in a cast for several months. SUverton Vern S. Davis, Port land, special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation will speak Tuesday at the Father-Son ban quet planned by Trinity Lutheran Brotherhood. The dinner will start at 7 p.m.. served by Trinity Dor cas Society. All fathers and sons are welcome, the committee, Olaus Moen and Harold Larsen. report, but tickets must be secured by Sunday. Mill City Earl Parker of De troit suffered a severe injury to one foot when it became caught in a lawn-mower Saturday. Mrs. Parker, who is worthy matron of the Eastern Star here, drove him to a physician where it was nec essary to take 13 stitches in the wound. Monmouth A no-host dinner will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Hilda's Episcopal Church Members and friends are invited to bring guests. Cloverdale Marcie Prinz youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs Joe Prinz. is reported "much im proved". She has been seriously ill at her home with virus pneu monia. She and other children in the family recently had the mumps. Monmouth Douglas Kester, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kester, will become organist at St. Hilda's Episcopal Church Sunday. He is replacing Miss Louise Woodruff. Cloverdale Sam Drager re turned Sunday from a trip to Dix on, Cal. where he sold 20 head of registered Suffolk rams at the Dixon ram sale. He was ac companied by Mervin Pearson who sold six Hampshire rams at the sale. Both parties were well satisfied with returns. ODOR AIVAn1 Special Application to Give You Exact Proportion for Lawn Nourish ment Fertilizer Phone 3-9517 mi Oik and Fertilizers essary to bring - modern Bring to frontier life. BaUdzer, Light Plant In the caravan leaving Jefferson were Mrs. Thomas, driving a truck loaded with a bulldozer, two weld ing outfits and shop tools, and pull ing a 'trailer carrying the light plant. Thomas is driving a panel truck and pulling the house trail er. They are carrying around $600 worth bf food, $100 worth of gar den seeds, plus medical supplies and fishing and hunting equipment (for the leisure moment). They'll be already to set up housekeeping and homesteading on the spot on arrival. Twa Weeks Trip The trip will take them about two weeks, by-passing Seattle, and on north through Holt, Hunting ton, Prince George, Dawson Creek : over, the Alkan highway. About a year ago, Thomas flew to Alaska to look over the land opened to GI homesteaders and liked what he saw. He filed papers Scholarship Recipients at OGE Listed Statesman News Service MONMOUTH Names of mid valley high school seniors who have been awarded freshman scholarships at Oregon College of Education were announced Thurs day by Floyd Albin, acting reg istrar; Listed by schools, they include: Salem Jean Patton, Jeanine O'Hern; Cascade Union High Larry Dean Gower, Sue Ann Grimes: Central High Rosie Mae Alsip, Sandra Jean Owen. DaHas Ruby Laurice Dashiell, Harold Holdrof, JoAnn Mary, Del bert Jay Wade, Russell Dean Wells, Delores Yvonne Young blood; Falls City, Lucille Emily Riggs. Gervais Patricia Ann Kessler, Elaine Kushnick, Betty Jeanne Zysset; Lebanon Judith Anita Schmele. Carolyn V. White; Mill City: Richard Lee Verbeck. North Marion High Eugene Larry Cole, Rosemary Helen Or- vold, Richard Joseph Sonnen, Ev elyn Nellie Taylor; Perrydale Irvia Bissell, Sharon Louise Ralph; Scio Marilyn Ketcham, Jean Storment. SUverton Mary Ann Wornom. Polk County Rural School Budget's Defeat Confirmed r SUteimaa Newi Serriea DALLAS Returns from all but one rural school district confirm ed defeat of Polk County's rural school budget Thursday. Latest tally show the budget trailing 239 to 174 with orriy Oak- dale unreported among 28 dis tricts. County School Sup't. F. C. Green said the rural school board would meet Tuesday night to can vass votes and declare the elec tion. jjeieat ot tne Dudget means that districts will prepare sepa rate budgets. to $1500 Q D CITY ... of course D D CITY ... of course MT a o CITY ... of course B 0 CITY ... of course 1 Take advantage of a faster, friendlier cash loan service where rj you pick the plan that suits you Dbest and enjoy nt-your-budget payments. Come in . . . write or phoee for I -TRIP SERVICE. u P W. A. G00DXIGKT Q YowFriendh Q tham'a tO AM PLAN Q far EVtlYONf D 0 D a n Q Koom 200, 317 Court St. Phone 4-3396 If V mi K SAUM, OltOOM i ...of court L toot Pioneers in Alaska lor 160 acres and has a preemption on 160 more. After clearing the land, they will truck farm and raise beef cattle. The house trailer will be their home, and Thomas will erect the other necessary buildings require' by homestead law. The bulldozer and other machinery will come in handy in clearing the land, and getting a farm into running order. 4 Miles U School There's a grade and high school within four miles of their home stead, where their three sons, Del, 11. Ross. 4, and Allan, 1, will go to school. The Thomases have friends al ready located there the Bill Clendenins from Lebanon, and two or three other Clendenin families who went north two years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have been planning this move down to the least detail for the past two years. They promised to write and keep homefolk informed on their new life. Sweet Home Man Succumbs at Rest Home in T)allas Statesman News Service DALLAS Marsh Fredk Sulli van, 60. a Sweet Home resident until recently, died Thursday at a Dallas rest home. Sullivan had been confined here for' five weeks. Formerly he was a lumber tallyman for South Forks Lumber Co. in the Santiam area. The deceased was born Aug. 31, 1893, at Pueblo, Calif. Survi vors include a sister, Mrs. Carrie Gramling, Falls City, and a bro ther, Harry L. Sullivan, Nahalem. Services will be held Saturday at Falls City Christian Church. Burial will be at Falls City Ceme tery. Graduation at Oakdale Due This Evening Statesman Newi Service OAKDALE Gran tion of the eighth grade class will be Friday at 8 p.m. The graduate., Gene Cook, Gevrge Ann Fairchild, Diane Overbolser. and Kenneth and Rob ert Schmid, have won many hon ors during their yeas at Oakdale. George Ann was representative .. . . . . in tne last two annual speumg contests conducted by The States man and KSLM. Both girls are first class Girl Scouts. The Schmid boys are second class Boy Scouts, and all are acti 'e 4-H memoers who have collectively earned nine first awards, 21 second awards and 35 third a vards at state and county fairs. Their graduation program will feature: Invocation, the Rev. Wil liam Cook, pastor of Four Square Church of pallas: salutatory. Diane OverhoVser; last will and testament, Robert Schmid; class prophecy in skit by class; piano solo. Miss Marjone maimer ot Falls City; valedictory, George Ann Fairchild; address, Phil Newitt, principal of Dallas Junior High School; presentation of di- How to fix lovely June bouqtiets I oar's the tine to pa foo creative talents to work string tag betvtifttl bowroets of flow en for amde yonr borne:. Ia the Jane issue of Better Homes Jt Gardens youll learn some of the basic secrets of professional flower arrangement. Fiod all too need to know to create attrac tive floral displays that add so roach to the beauty of your home. Get Jtne Better Homes A Garden fcxiry . . . wherever are sosdl I t a - LA Evergreen School Graduation Held For Eight Pupils Statesman Nawa Kerrlc SILVERTON Graduation of eight eighthgracjers was (he oc casion' for a program at Ever green School, two miles south of Silverton, Wednesday night Ilene KJopfenstein was valedic torian and Philip Hari and Do lor is Hansen shared salutatorian honors. Others in the class were Fern Steele, James Kaser, Archie Kuenzi, Jerry Setter and Fred Briggs. Melvin Kaufman, a student, was master of ceremonies for the eve ning's program, with Ruben Klop fenstein, a member of Evergreen School board, handing out the di plomas. The Rev. Arnold Nelson, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Silverton, gave the com mencement address, and music included by Howard Harley, an accordian solo; Archie Kuenzi, vo cal solos and songs by various school groups. plomas, Cecil Brill, chairman of the school board. Mrs. Bernice Barker, principal, will accompany them for proces sional, recessional and class song. TONIGHT ! ! ELECTION RETURNS o LOCAL o STATE o NATIONAL a Complete D Dave Hoss Bill 1390 Kb KSLM 4J I go o Gun Wound Kills Grocer At Sheridan Statesaaaa New ferric SHERIDAN Services are pend ing at Sheridan Funeral Home for Harl Home Wood, 43, Sheridan grocer who died Wednesday of a gunshot wound. Deputy Coroner Otto Heider Jr. said the wound was self-inflicted. Wood died enroute to a Mcilinn ville hospital The coroner quot ed the family as saying the de ceased had been despondent for a number of days. , Wood operated the Wood Mir keteria here. Surviving are his wife, Ella Wood, and three eons, Byron Weldon and Roger. 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