8 (Sec 1) Statesman, Salem.
1 Valley News
- Statesman News Service
N: Santiam Chamber Host for
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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-
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Evergreen School
Graduation Held
For Eight Pupils
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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.
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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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