Our Valley By CHARLES IRELAND I ft "7 p.- flf? i Further, proof-that this is indeed a late spring in the valley comes f romvMrs. George Heckart, The Statesman's Sunny side correspondent, who notes that prune trees in her district, south of Salem, are now in full bloom. . . Last year the prune trees ; at Sunnyside hit full bloom on April 25, Mrs. Heckart re-! called, and even that was considered a late bloom. . . By con-1 trast, the prune blossoms in 1919 were at their peak on March 28, the earliest on record. N ' i " . With an assist from Paul Taylor, Mrs. Heckart also remembered that in 1922 the trees were white with bloom at exactly the same time as this year . . . That was the year, she said, when the Sunny side Conuannity Club served free prone cake and Lo-Ja (loganberry juice) to all who would stop long enough to enjoy the view from the top of the Chandler hill on the Hylo Road, then known as the Church Road ... And a beautiful, sight it was, she said, looking down the valley toward Salem over a sea of white blossoms. A great change has swept the prune industry since those days. , . Most of the plums were dried then and Mrs. Heck art recalls that there was a prune drier on almost every ranch. ... Now there is only one drier in the district, located on the C. H. Taylor ranch, which has done commercial drying recent ly. . . The fresh fruit now goes to the canneries to be canned or frozen, while many orchards have yielded ground to more profitable products. . . "We thought we were advertising prunes and loganberries when we served cake and Lo-Ju 30 .years ago," said Mrs. Heckart. "I guess we just got rid of some gratis, but we had fun." .""! There's a touch of drama surrounding the trip to Washington, D. C, which "Teacher of the Tear" Margaret Perry of Monmouth and two of her pupils will make starting Tnesday ... Miss Perry's fourth-grade pupils selected Sue Mull as the girl they would like to see make the trip . . . And what an adventure it would be for little Sue, whose mother says she has never been farther from home than Camp Kilcwan, the Camp Fire Girls Camp near Falls City . . . But Sue has been confined to her home the past week with an ear infection which has threatened to keep her home from the big trip, too ... An alternate will go if Sue doesn't recuperate sufficiently to make the trip. . When Miss Perry was informed that she could bring two pupils, to Washington with her, she asked sponsors of the contest, "Why not use the money to take the whole class to Seattle or wherever it would take them?" . . . But the maga zine already had made other arrangements. . . Five OCE sen iors will teach Miss Perry's class this week while she is gone. . . . They include Iva Mae Speed of Chemawa, the blind girl who. topped the OCE honor roll last quarter, and Ann Swin dells, who will teach. at Dallas next year. Quite o few sets of triplet born around the mid-ralley recently. . . Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Bender of the Scio-Staytoh area also have a big wash on the line, and they did it the hard way two sets of twins born just 20 months apart. . . The first twins were girls and the second set, born May 7 at Stayton, boys. j Telephone solicitors have been driving us daffy at our house the past week. . . Four times we were called from the cunner xaoie xo De miormea mai we naa "nit tne jackpot or had been "selected" to receive some books at a special price. . . It's true that door-to-door salesmen sometimes take us from the dinner table, too, but it doesn't cost $3.80 a month to have a door bell. . . And you can't hang a sign on your telephone reading "Beware of Fierce Dog." New Charges Filed in Dallas Assault Case Itttenui Newt Service DALLAS Three new charges were filed Saturday against Joe Paul Slate. 22. Porterville, Calif., who was arrested Friday after a Dallas housewife was assaulted at her home. District Attorney Walter Foster said the new charges were armed robbery, threatening to commit a felony and assault with a danger ous weapon. Slate also is charged with rape, the district attorney reported. i Foster and Sheriff Tony Neu feldt declared that Slate signed a statement that be broke Into a house here an brandished a knife. About $60 in cash and jewelry was reported missing from the house following the burglary. St. Paul Rodeo Queen Chosen ' 1 V' V ' - ' . At - " V .::$ ; -. , - 1M. m:m M ,. Pringle Group Elects Officers fUtesmim News Serric PRINGLE New officers were elected and installed at the last meeting of the season of the Pringle Home Extension Unit Thursday. The new officers, installed by Mrs. C. R. Ruggles, vice-chairman of the County Extension Commit tee are: chairman, Mrs. June Nelson: vice-chairman. Mrs. Irene Hingler; secretary-treasurer, Mrs Evelyn Crump. Project leaders and committee chairmen will be appointed at the first meeting in the fall. Kusti Setala, Hopewell, Dies Statesman New Serric HOPEWELL Services for Kusti Setala, 67, Hopewell dis trict farmer for 42 years, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hope- wen Evangelical United Brethren Church. I The Rev. Harry Ryan will of ficate an interment will be at Hopewell Cemetery under direction of Macey & Sons Chapel, McMinn-ville. Setala died Friday at a Mc- Minnville hospital following an illness of eight months. Born in Finland, he came -to America in 1909 and to this district in 1912. He married Rosa Polvi at Red Lodge, Mont, on Aug. 30, 1912. Surviving besides his wife are five children, Mrs. Ellen Crockett and Mrs. Denzil Wilson, both of Hopewell, Eino Setala, Salem, Verna Setala. Newbere. and Mrs. Elma McKinney, McMinnville; also his mother, two brothers and two sisters, all in Finland and a brother in Michigan. ST. PAUL Queen-elect of the 20th annual St. Paul Rodeo is Nadine Danielson, Banks, who is shown here with her six-year-old palo mino, Nuggie Jane, which she will, ride throughout rodeo'July 2-4. She will be crowned at coronation dance Jane 10 at St Paul City HalL Banks Girl Queen; Gervais Rider Chosen as Princess i Statesman Newi Serric ST. PAUL, Ore. Pretty, 18-year-old Nadine Danielson of Banks, Ore., will reign as queen of the 20th annual St Paul Rodeo July 2-4, queen selection committee announced Saturday. Named as princesses and members of the royal rodeo court were Darlene Weisz of Gervais, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Weisz. and Judee Fisher of Gresham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fisher. The queen-elect will be crown ed Queen Nadine I at the tradi tional coronation dance the night of June 10 in the City hall here, according to John McKillip. presi dent of the St Paul Rodeo Associ ation. Miss Danielson, who will grad uate from Banks High School this month, has been riding since she was 10 years old and is a member of the Forest Grove Ranch Ri6rs. In addition to being an expert horsewoman, she is well known in the Forest Grove area as an en tertainer, and has sung an danc ed at many functions the past few years. ; The queen selection procedure was changed this year, according to Mr. and Mrs. George Vlahos, committee co-chairmen. The girls were judged .on horsemanship, poise and presentation and the manner in which they photo graph. Judges were Maria Easter ly, who operates a model studio in Portland; Carl Vennilya and Al Monner, Portland newsphoto graphers and directors of the as sociation. In past years the queen has been selected a, the anual Trail Ride by a committee. The Trail Ride is scheduled June 5. Burglars Get 150 at Cafe Statesman News Serric DALLAS Theft of $150 in burglary at the Y Cafe on Salem- Dallas Highway was under investi gation by the Polk County sheriffs office Saturday. Investigating officers said the burglars gained entry by slipping a knife blade between the door and door jamb and sliding the latch. The money was taken from two concealed cash boxes. Mrs. Gerald Cox, who operates the cafe with her husband, dis covered the theft when she opened the cafe for business Friday morn ing. Valley Births Statesman Newi ferric STAYTON To Mr. and Mrs Marion Towery, Jefferson route 1, a daughter. May 12, at Santiam Memorial Hospital. Ground Observers Sought at Dallas Statesman News Serric DALLAS Acting as supervisor of the Dallas ground observe' pt during its period of , organization is Mrs. Joe Card, sole contact here in the past for the air filter center. Mrs. Card will sign persons in terested in volunteering for watch periods when the observation tower is completed at the high school. . It is hoped Ho have the new tower in operation by June 30. At least 168 volunteers are needed to man the post Many Watch Kindergarten 'Graduation' Statesman Newt Serric MILL CITY A large audience filled the high school auditorium for the PTA's last meeting of the year which featured the annual program presented by Mrs. Arthur LeCour's kindergarten class. The ten youngsters, offered a program consisting of two plays and a performance of their rhythm band et which each child took a turn at "conducting." A special exhibit of their class work was shown. Youngsters par ticipating in tne program were Karen Means, Cynthia Lowery, Sandra 'Cooper, Randall Titmey, Earnest Freeman, Billy Mackie, Joe Becker, Sarah Jo Kelly, Renee LeCour end Kathy Kelle. At a short business meeting, presided over by Mrs. Howard Means, School Supt, Vernon Todd gave a resume of school accom plishments during the year. Mrs, Arey Podrabsky introduced sev eral past president, Mrs. Edith Mason, Mrs. Robert Veness, and Mrs. Kenneth Crosier and pre sented each with a corsage. Mrs. Crosier honored a retiring teacher, Mrs. Clyde Rogers, with a potted plant from the organiza tion as a token of appreciation for her 15 years teaching in Mill City Grade School. Eighth grade mothers preparing and serving refreshments were Mrs. John Muir, Mrs. William Bickett, Mrs. Don Moffatt and Mrs. Robert Veness. Miss Helen Kliever's fourth grade won the room attendance prize for the third time, and the high school sophomore class won in the upper division. VFW Post Wins Award Statesman News Serric DALLAS Dallas Post 3203. Vet erans of Foreign Wars, has been awarded first place on combined community service activities in the department of Oregon. The Dallas post and auxiliary were 'judged on their report and scrapbook, which have been for warded to the national organiza tion for further judging. This is the fifth year the post has won one of the three top state awards Lampr ire Girls Active At Salem Htsl - Statesman Newt lerrie SALEM HEIGHTS There are more Camp Fire groups at Salem Heights than in any other Salem school district, Mrs. Helen Diek- man. field representative for the Willamette Council of Camp Fire Gu-ls, told a Council Fire audience here Friday night 'Mrs. I Diekman said there were nine Camp Fire organizations at Salem Heights. She complimented nine Camp Fire Girls who received their Woodgathers award, terming them members of one of the most active groups in the council. Attaining their Woodgathers rank were Cheryl Fleischmann, Carol Harvey, Floreine Tomlin, Bonnie Ireland, Cheryl Kurth, Judy Mason, Sherry Brattain, Barbara Craw and Darlene Myers. The girls also received numerous special awards, presented by Mrs Gordon Tomlin and Mrs. Louis Kurth. ! Fourth-grade girls who "flew up" from Blue Bird groups to be come Camp Fire Girls were Denise Ward, Gail Miller, Katherine Stone, Ann Chambers, Annona Byerley, Judy Iind, Nefca Shippey, Sherry TroxelL Pamela Raymond, Sally Ann Clinker, Leslie Denton, Diaime Evans, Barbara Webb. Also Antonitte Myers, Ann Hol weger, Jean Stevens, Susan La tane, Carol Boers, JoEUen Seland er, Oliva Jo Berg, Francis O'Mo bundre, Shirley Sikorra, LaVonne Bolstad, Myra Belle Butler and Terri Kinzer. Statesman, Salem, Ore., Sunday, May 15, 1955-tfec l)-7 Party Honors Retiring Men Statesman New Serric MT ANGEL George May, 70, and Ray Telfer, 65, longtime em ployees of Mt Angel Creamery who, are retiring, were feted at a party at the Legion Hall with the creamery and employees as hosts. A pocket watch was presented to each as a parting gift from their fellow workers. May has been with the cream ery for 26 years during which time he handled many a million pounds of butter. Most of his time was spent on the churns and the cream receiving line. He expects to us his leisure time in getting in soma hunting and fishing, f his favoritt hobbies. Telfer has been a driver for the creamery since 1930 and will be missed not only at the plant but also by the many shippers be has served for the past 25 years. MOVE TO WILLAMETTE PEDEE Mr. and Mrs. James Hoxit and Debra moved to Willam ette last week where he has em ployment He recently returned from 17 months with the Army in Korea and Japan. DO YOU LIKE ORGAN MUSIC? Yes! . Then be sure to circle Monday, May 23 on your calendar, for at 8:00 p. m. at Wal ler Hall, the Stone' Piano Company will present ... , ''Pointers for the Home Organist" Conducted by PORTER HEAPS One of -'America's fine Organists who will present an informal program of organ music and playing tips . . . Bring the whole family and your friends. There is no admission charge. Simply call 2-5281 or come into our show room at 1280 State St, and ask for your Free tickets .. . PIANO COMPANY THE VAllfY'S FINEST PIANO STORE' 12t0 STATI ST. SAIIM Leston W. Howell Donald Waggoner Charles Edwards THE SAME CONSCIENTIOUS, DIGNIFIED, SERVICE WHETHER YOU DECIDE TO SPEND $100.00 OR $1000.00 Most convenient eff-sfrt parking for funerals, rhr ntrances - - 65 car capadfy. "Another Thoughtful Strvkt at No Extra Cost HOWELL-EDWARDS FUNERAL HOME 545 N. Capitol Strati ACROSS FROM SEARS Phona 3-3672 Valley Briefs Polk County Court News lUtetmam News Serric DALLAS The following com plaint was on file Saturday in Polk County Circuit Court: W. Lenore Hubbard vs. Frank D. Hubbard: Plaintiff alleges cruel and inhuman treatment, seeks di vorce, custody of to minor chil dren, $150 monthly child support and $100 per month for mainten ance of the plaintiff. Married Oct. 17, 1841 at Vancouver, Wash. The following divorces were granted in Polk County Circuit Court Thursday: Muriel L. Hord vs. Kenneth E. Hord. plaintiff granted divorce. Helen J. I vie vs. Charles H. Ivie. divorce ' granted but decree not filed. - ' - ' - ' The assumed business name of Isaak Dyck k Son. a partnersnip was filed by Isaak Dyck. Adaline Dyck. and Axon EL Scbellenberg, located at Dallas. A marriage license has been is sued to LeRoy Vaughan. 20, U. S. Navy, Independence and Glenna Thomas, IS, bookkeeper, Uoa-nouta, Sablimity Many from this area attended the Portland-Oakland baseball games at Portland during the past week to watch Len Neal. formerly of Sublimity, catch for the Oakland team. He is the son of Mrs. Clara Neal, post master here. Orchard Heights The new five-man schoolboard to be elected in June will be discussed Monday night at Popcorn school in con nection with the vote on the rural school levy. Voters are requested to attend between 8 and 9 p.na. due to the discussion. 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