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V John Purely, Valsetz Man, Dies at Dallas Statesman Newt Service DALLAS Funeral services for John Henry Purdy, 61, resident of Valsetz the last 12 years, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Bolhnan Funeral Chapel here. Burial will be at Dallas Ceme tery. Purdy was born Jan. 3, 1893, at Klamath Falls. He was mar ried to Ruth Abel in 1921 at Co quille. Before coming to Valsetz he imu ueen ai aaiem, niwi vuy ana Coos County. He was a sawmill worker. Purdy died at a Dallas hospital Tuesday, after a short iltyes. - Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Letha L. ToaL Valsetz; three sons, Keith L. of Dallas, Oswald 1. and John W., both in the U.S. Navy; four grandchildren. Rabbits Wear Wool Coat Linn Pioneer Ike Offers French Stertetmem, Salem. Ore., Friday, lunt II. 1954 (Sec 21 II ?ssk Jr&fZ Picnic Set tvt tt c TT ( -: jFor June 17-19 iNo Hope lor Help I 4. - i f 54 Attend Picnic, Program Sunday At Oathout Home Statesman News Service ELLIOTT PRAIRIE Mr. and Mrm. C. W. Oathout were hosts at a picnic at their home Sunday to 54 guests. Kenenth Haecker of Portland gave several accordian numbers. Mrs. Valda Burkert, Mrs. Ver nita Brown and Mr. Oathout re ceived a "Happy Birthday" ren dition as they have birthdays in June. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Losey were honored with an accordion number "Anniversary Waltz" for their 25th wedding anniversary. Guests attended from Portland, Barlow, Salem, Newberg and Wil lamette. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Losey were the honor guests Saturday even ing at a party at Crystal Gardens in Salem in honor of their 25th wedding anniversary. Those pres ent were Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ev ans, Mr. and Mrs. John Schwab auer, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Baker, and Dave Dehut , , , r. DALLAS Mrs. James A. Taylor display two Angora wool rabbits to Ronnie Norberj;, an admiring visitor who smiles because he knows very well that wool comes from sheep. Although a warm day, the rabbits huddle in their insulated wool to keep cool. Riekreall Pair Finds Hobby, Income With Angora Rabbits Statesman Newt Service BROWNSVILLE There'll be plenty of good old-fashioned fun here next week when this little city on the Calapooya river of Or egon will be host to thousands of persons for the 67th annual Linn County Pioneer Picnic. Dates for this year's event are Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 17, 18 and 19. The big Pioneer Parade will be staged on Thursday morning, June 19, at 10 a.m., instead of Friday of Picnic week as in the past two years. The Children's parade will be at 2 p.m., Fri day. There will be a series of night ly dances, a talk by Sen. Warren Gill on Friday and daily fun-raak-ing races such as wheelbarrow fe lays, sack races, three-legged races, etc. Feature of Saturday afternoon is the challenge issued by Brownsville's firemen to the firemen of Halsey, Sweet Home and Lebanon to compete in re lays and other picnic races. Homecoming Set . At North Santiam Statesman Newi Serrtce NORTH SANTIAM The an nual homecoming picnic for for mer residents and pupils here will be jeld at North Santiam School grounds on Sunday, June 20. Coffee and ice cream will be provided for a no-host dinner at 1 p.m. The program will include games, prizes, a speaker. President of the homecoming group which meets here annually is Louis Scofield. Donald Folk Undergo Surgery, Skin Grafts Statesman News Service DONALD Danny O'Mara. six-year-old son of Mrs. Virginia, O'Mara, who caught his arm in a washing machine wringer last week is now in the Dornbecher hospital in Portland, awaiting to have some skin grafts performed. Mrs. Delbert Feller is now in an Oregon City hospital undergoing surgery. Mrs. Linwood Cromwell war in a Salem hospital Sunday night and Monday for treatments. Mrs. Charles Gregory returned home this week with her new son from the Woodburr. hospital. By HAL NORBERG Statesman Correspondent DALLAS Furry creatures that look like rabbits from a dream world are a source of fncome for Mr. and Mrs. James A. Taylor of Riekreall. These unique animals are An gora rabbits which are valuable for their utility rather than their api arance, for they produce a wool with one of the best fibers known. The Taylors took up Angora rab bit raising as a hobby when they retired in the Dallas area three years ago. About a year ago, they moved from Dallas to a one-acre home site a quarter of a mile west f Riekreall on the Dallas-Salem highway. At the present time 150 adult Angoras and two new litters are at home in the Taylor rabbitry. Al falfa, kale, clover and root vege tables were planted on the acre plot this spring to provide feed. Grain feed and some pellets also are used. Angora wool is graded accord ing to kngti. and condition and is used in making textiles of all kinds and related materials. A blanket made of Angora rabbit wool is lighter and warmer than a blanket made of ordinary wool, according to Mrs. Taylor. Angora wool is lighter and eight times warmer than sheep wool as Angora fibers are hollow while sheep fibers are solid, Mrs. Tay lor said. Graded, the wool is worth from $6.50 a pound up to $9 for the super grade with 3-inch fibers. Number 4 wool, which is made up of clean mats gathered after the rabbit starts shedding, is worth $2 to $2.50 per pound. Soiled or stained wool from the feet and other extremities is worth $1.50 per pound and there isn't much of this quality available. The Taylors pointed out that if rabbits are properly cared for with clean hutches and sheared on time they will give 90 per cent No. 1 wool. ' A No. 1 mature Angora will shear a quarter of a pound every eight weeks, or about 18 ounces a year, j Each rabbit earns about $8 or $9 I per year for its wool. I Several strains of Angoras are ; being perpetuated throughout the j world. The English Angora is j generally considered the best wool , producer for size, length and qual ; ity of fleece. The Taylors have I developed rabbits larger than the average English Angoras. inis resulted from good feeding and care, they believe. The Taylors have sold breeding stock to four other raisers in this area. About 400 Angoras are necessary to produce a living for a family, but Jim and Alice Taylor are con tent with their smaller number. These unusual rabbits fill the bill for both of their keepers, who have led stimulating lives. Mrs. Taylor has been a teacher, farmer and free lance writer, while Jim was in the government serv ice for many years. His work in cluded a period when he served as a border patrolman between Mexi co and the U. S. Square Dance Ball Attracts Large Crowd Statesman Newi Service R1CKREALL More than 400 people attended the Square Dance Ball Saturday evening at Riekreall The Dallas Hoppers,.who spon sored the affair, carried out the Coronation theme, many of the dances being favorites of Queen Elizabeth. King and Queen were Mr. and Mrs. John Geisler from Dayton. The orchestra was from Albany. Exhibition dances presented in cluded: Highland Fling by Mr. and Mrs. Earnie Pederson; Moon light Saunter by the Dallas Hop pers; Salem Folk Dancers pre sented four dances Las Alteni tas (Mexican), Der Walgaster (German), Rio Rimbau (Brazil ian), and I Have Lost My Stock ings in the Brook (German). By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON i .President Eisenhower said Thursday that the French certainly could use some outside military helo to strpnethpn j their position , in the critical battle for Hanoi in Indochina. But he of- , fered them no prospect of help from the United States. His remarks at a news confer- , ence, taken in conjunction with Emergency Board Mav Meet June 25 A tentative date of June 25 was set here Thursday for a meet ing of the stale emergency board to consider further construction of the proposed state intermedi- j ate penal institution approved by I the voters at the 1952 general election. Cost of the institution, under an appropriation of the 1953 leg islature, is $1,250,000. The emerg ency board, at its last meeting here, deferred action on the proj ect pending further investigation. The institution will be located in Marion County. Both the state board of control and the emergency board have inspected four proposed sites for the institution but have not reach ed agreement on a selection. The institution would house younger offenders now received at the state penitentiary and older of fenders committed to the Mac Laren School for Boys. Bonnie Oppemd Gets Water Office Position Statesman News Service SILVERTON Mrs. Keith Berg, who has been employed at the Silverton water office in City Hall for the past three years, has resigned, effective June 19. Her sister, Miss Bonnie Oppe md, who has been employed at the Silverton Drug Store, has ac cepted the position. Miss Opperud is on vacation this week and will begin her new job next week. Mill City Couple Enjoy Scandinavian Travels MILL CITY In recent cards from Sweden and Norway, the D. B. Hills mention their most scenic trips in the Scandinavian countries. Mrs. Hill states that it is day light there all but four hours a day, and those four not very dark. It gets dusk about 11 p.m., and gets light again around 2 a.m. Beautiful lakes, snow-peaks, and waterfalls are described, with farm homes and green fields on the lower slopes. Officers Take Gibson Back To Deschutes George Gibson, 44, of Salem, who surrendered himself to local police Wednesday night on a Des chutes County felony warrant, was returned to Deschutes County Thursday. Gibson called police here and gave himself up after alerting officers to the fact that he was wanted in Deschutes on a war rant charging him with threaten ing the commission of a felony. Another Marion County jail prisoner, James E. Shouse, will leave today for Louisiana under custody where he is wanted on a charge of escaping from Louisi ana State Prison several years ago. Shouse, recently released from Oregon State Prison, lost his fight against extradition to Louisiana when habeas corpus proceedings, started by him, were dismissed in Marion County Circuit Court fol lowing a hearing Thursday. FROM NEBRASKA CENTRAL HOWELL Mr. and i Mrs. Robert Way and son Al; n and daughter, Kathy, of Fremont, j Neb., are visiting at the home of ' Mr. Way's parents, Mr. and Mrs. I F. E. Way. Diploma, Degree To Hubbard Girl ' HUBBARD Miss Martha Mor rison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Morrison 'of Hubbard, will receive her diploma in nursing and Bachelor of Science degree in ceremonies in the University of Oregon Medical School auditori um, Portland, at 8 p. m. Friday. Construction Permit Issued for Dwelling A construction permit was Is sued Thursday by the city engi neer's office to- Ed Byrkit, to build an $8,500 dwelling at 1075 Lavona Dr. Other permits issued Thursday went to Jack Bartelt, move a ga rage at 1645 N. 18th St., $150; C. E. Pierpoint, reroof dwelling, 1574 Mill St., $100, and altera tion permits to Clifford Jorgen son, 3165 Bonham St., $200, and W. L. Krause, 2090 N. 19th St., $458. mas COLOR THIS PICTURE OF t JE- 'Smaily" the Parrot T7 Secretary of State Dulles' speech at Seattle, increased a growing im pression here that the administra tion has no plan for intervening in the Indochina War in the predict able future. Thus what happens there will be strictly up to the French and Viet namese anti - Communist forces, backed with American military supplies. No Optimism Whether these forces can hold the Hanoi area, infiltrated as it is with Communist guerrillas and sympathizers and weakened-by de fections to the Red side, remains to be demonstrated. But there is no real optimism in American quar ters about the prospect of an anti Communist victory. In fact, there is a feeling that the Red combine Russia, Red Chi na and Viet Mmh is employing a shrewd diplomatic-military strate gy designed to stall Western policy developments while pressing the military campaign in Indochina. In this strategy the Reds have division to exploit among the West ern allies andf in the case of France, they have a political crisis at Paris which may shortly render the French nation virtually'helpless by depriving it of an effective gov ernment. Could Lead to Conquest Events growing out of the present situation could very rapidly lead to complete Communist conquest of Indochina in the next few weeks, or months at the outside. Even an armistice agreement at Geneva, American officials fear, might prove to be simply one more device by which the Reds would take over the strategic land. President Eisenhower and Sec retary Dulles so far have avoided any declaration that the defense of Indochina is essential to the secur ity of the United States. However, they have taken sub stantially that position with respect to defense of Southeast Asia of which Indochina is a part. If the Reds win in Indochina the policy question here becomes one of where to draw the line. Four Fronts The Indochina conflict has de veloped on four fronts since March 29 when Dulles made an urgent call for united action. They are: The battlefront in In dochina, the diplomatic front in Geneva and the political fronts in Paris and Washington. Events in any one of these places have sometimes deeply influenced events in all the others. This un doubtedly will be true again. Sudden breakup of the Geneva conference, a dramatic turn of the military tide, an unexpected show of national strength at Paris, some new resolve toward action on the part of the British, could perhaps change the attitude in Washington. But at the moment it appears to be more one of waiting for the in evitable to happen rather than de termination to reembark on some dramatic new action. BPA Awards Transmission Line Contract PORTLAND UPi A $1,788,727 contract was awarded Thursday for construction of the Bonneville Power Administration's Entiat -Gold Bar section of the 345,000-volt Chief Joseph-Snohomish transmis sion line.-' The award, one of the largest made by Bonneville in recent years, twent to two Portland firms, Mongomery-Macri Co. and West ern Line Construction Co. When completed the lines will carry about ftalf of the generation from Chief Joseph Dam to Puget Sound load centers by way of Snohomish and Covington substa tions, William A. Pearl, Bonne ville administrator, said. Contractors will have 450 days to complete the 66-mile Entiat Gold Bar section. Contracts for construction of the 47-mile Chief Joseph-Entiat section will be awarded in August and for the 21-mile Gold Bar -Snohomish sec tion next May. Pearl said the Chief Joseph Snohomish circuits are scheduled to be energized in November, 1955. at 230,000 volts. Energization at the ultimate voltage of 345.000 is scheduled for November, 1959, and will double the power-carrying Final Rites for Mrs. Schnltz Due Saturday STAYTON Funeral services will be held Saturdav at 5 n m i at the Wed die Funeral Home here jfor Mrs. Anna Clara Schultz who died Wednesday at the home of a daughter on Scio Route 1. Mrs. Schult was born April 15, 1885 at Rockham. S. D., and had been a resident of the Mt Pleas ant Community for the past 33 yeajs. She had been invalided by a stroke last December. Surviving are the widower, John Sehultz, Scio: daughter. Ma bel Smith. Scio: sons, Robert Sehultz and Donald Sehultz, both of Scio; brother. Edward Kissner, Rockham; sisters, Mrs. Theresa Moldrzek and Mrs. Lizzie Lebt zow, both of Rockham; five grardchildren and several nieces ai nephews. The Rev. V. L. Loucks will of ficiate at chapel services. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery capacity of the transmission lines. Pearl added that the 345,000-volt lines from Chief Joseph Dam to Puget Sound and from McNary Dam to Portland-Vancouver area load centers will be the highest transmission voltage operating in the United States. Fabulous Friday LUNCHEON SPECIAL Today and Saturday 11 A.M. to 3 P.M. 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