Our Valley Mm
. By CHARLES IRELAND
' The community-celebrati4n season again is in full flower
. . The North Santiam area has just concluded one of its
finest bean festivals and, like the Dayton Buckeroo, is now
history . . . This week comes the new Dallas Smileroo (Thurs
day through Saturday) which will have to share top billing
on Saturday with Silverton's annual Western Horse Show . . .
The annual Keizer carnival also is coming up this weekend
and another suburban community, Four Corners, will hold its
barbecue on Sunday, Aug. 14 . . . The Four Corners celebra
tionis unique in that it is transplanted, being held annually
on the outskirts of Turner at the ranch of Fred Smith, Four
Corners merchant.
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- .The Clackamas County Fair, billed surprisingly as "bigger afltT
better than ever" is scheduled Aug. 17-29 at Canby . . . Then come
the Yamhill County Fair, Aug. 25-27, at McMinnville, and the
constantly-expanding Polk County Fair, Aug. 26-28, at Rickreall
. . . 4-H winners, etc., barely will get a breather before the State
Fair comes along Sept. 3-11 at Salem . . . The North Marion County
Fair at Woodburn, Sept 22-24, will serve as sort of a main wind-up
to the fair season, although several farm organizations will hold
community lairs uier in uc iau
' I can't write from memory
ley, but most of today's fairs and celebrations are quite dif
ferent from the small-town fairs of a generation ago when
many counties had two or even more fairs . . . They were ex
pensive affairs to produce, and they began to die about the
time that the automobile supplanted the horse and buggy . . .
But it was a mark of civic pride for a small town to have a
fair, and most of them went down fighting.. -.The depression,
in many cases, was the blow that killed daddy. . . By then
there weren't enough solvent men on Main Street to renew
the ever-present mortgage on the fairgrounds.
. .
The tnortgape had been incurred, as any oldtime fair sec
retary could tell vou, because it always rained on the Big
Thursday of fair week . . . When it came time to pay off the
premium list, the professional "free acts" and the harness
race winners, there just weren't enough shekels in the till to
go around. ,
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The format of those oldtime county fairs didn't vary much with
4i iTtnaiu nin heatc nf xulkr racine. intersnersed with
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teetered back and forth atcp a
tumbled down . . . Over in tne quartersireicn, a reanoi oascoau
game was underway . . . The man who announced the race results
e,... m4 M mntinn in this era that knew no nublic
address system . . . Nobody could
... At least the real, live band was superior io uc oiaiam canneu
music heard at so many events today.
It's easy to shed a nostalgic tear for the county fair of boy
hood, but, as any youngster can tell you, the celebrations so
prevalent in the Willamette Valley today couldn't possibly be
more exciting . . . And most of them feature tree enienain
ment, something that couldn't be said of the oldtime county
fair ... All in all. it's a lucky
bration for its small fry and
forward to.
Mock Tank Battle
Slated at Smileroo
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; IAAS One of the many features of the Dallas Smileroo
Aug. 4-6 will be a mock battle staged by the Dallas Tank Company,
National Guard. - ' .
The event is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Thursday at H. M. Webb
farm a mile north of Dallas on the Coast Highway,' according to
Capt Stanley Singlef, company commander.
Anacucal , prowem wun in
fantry troops and tanks will, be
set up by the company. Tank
cannons, machine guns and other
firearms will be used, the com
mander said.
Will Destroy Shed
Climax of the mock battle will
be s the destruction of a shed
erected for the show. The guard
unit is offering a taxi service for
persons having no other means of
getting to the Webb farm.
The taxis will consist of four
army trucks each . capable of
carrying about 40 persons. The
service -will start at 5:30 p.m.
Thursday from Academy street
between Main and Jefferson
streets. 4 - 1
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Participating in the maneuver
will be virtually all of the com
pany's 100 men and officers.
The guard unit also will take
part in the queen's parade which
is slated for 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
Queen Donna Mendenhall will
signal the opening of the Smil
eroo by touching off a 90 mm.
cannon on one of three tanks.
Youngsters will be offered tank
rides after a kiddies' session at
the auction. Proceeds will go to
the swimming pool fund.
Albany's U. Fund
Goal: $34,450
; Statesman Xcvs Service
ALBANY The Albany area
United Fund for 1935 will seek to
raise (34,450 during its October
campaign, newly appointed drive
Chairman Hal Byer reported Fri
day. .
Quota established by the United
Fund board is an increase of $1.-
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town that has an annual ceie
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Horse Show
Due Saturday
At Silverton
SUtttmaa News Service , .
SILVERTON This city's ninth
annual Western Horse Show will
be held Saturday night at Mc-
Ginnis Field.
A concert by the Citizen's Band
wul open the snow at 7:15 witn
the grand entry of participants in
the show scheduled at 7:45.
Competitive events will include
a stake race for five-man teams.
judging of pleasure, parade and
Palomino horses, a Shetland ponies
to bike race and a bareback rescue
race. ' ,
Drills are scheduled by the Ore
gon Governor's Guard, the Salem
Sackfl I dub and Silverton Saddle
Club. A six-horse-hitch demonstra
tion also is on the program. .
The event is expected to at
tract horsemen from all around the
Willamette Valley and from Wash
ington. Elmer Lore nee is chairman
of the show. ,
A grand parade at 1:30 p. m.
Saturday will open the festivities.
NOAH BERKEY ON LEAVE
SHERIDAN Noah Berkey is
home on a two-weeks leave from
the San Diego Naval training sta
tion. 250 over the 1954 budget, Byer
said. ,
The campaign will begin Oct. 17
and continue for three weeks.
to General Finance Corp.,- we
vacation ia a much nicer place!"
telephone ia this damp, we still
Ride on Winning Float at
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STAYTON' Pretty girls are traditionally associated with the Santiam Bean Festival, and here are
five that were par) of prize-winning entry in grand parade. All Rainbow Girls, they are . (left to
right) Patricia Humphries, Pamela Keyes, Donna Moreland, Beth Norton and Bonnie Bryant
Many other Stayton Rainbow Girls- appeared on the float. The festival ended Saturday.
89-Year-0ld Seamstress
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Still Active at Her Trade
By JAMES ALLEY
Statesman Correspondent
AMITY In one of the most
stately homes in this historic, pi
oneer village lives a remarkable
woman. She is Mrs. Martha
Brown. She is 89 years old. She
is still active at her "trade" of
dressmaker. ,
She has made several formals in
the last few months that will be
seen at lodge conventions all over
the state this summer and fall.
S7 Years Ago .. .
All of these dresses were made
on the sewing machine that was
waiting in the house for her when
she came to Amity as a bride 67
years ago.
"I would like to say that it sews
as good today as it did the day I
came in this house as a bride and
found iC there in the corner, brand
new. Mrs. Brown's tiny hand
pointed to the well preserved
machine in the corner o( her din
ing room.
"You see, Mr. Brown bought the
machine before we were married
and had it put in the house as a
surprise wedding -present. It was
the most useful wedding present
I have ever heard of," Mrs.
Brown said, flashing her ever
ready smile.
Bern in Missouri
This woman was born Martha
Stephens on a farm near Morrison,
Mo., on Dec. 23, 1865. She comes
from two. old Virginia families
the Stephens and Dallas families.
She has seen three of her grand
parents who .were born about the
close of the American Revolution.
Her life has-been one of pluck
and courage. She tells of a diph
theria epidemic in Missouri when
she was a girlrof 12. Her Jather
would make coffins for the chil
dren of the neighborhood whor had
died. Some families would lose
three or four children in a few
days. Martha and two very young
brothers would take a lantern and
go across the fields and through
the dark woods carrying coffins
to homes where death had struck.
Settled at Forest Grove
She came to Amity as a bride in
July of 1887, her parents having
come to Oregon in 1883 and settled
at Forest Grove near an aged aunt
who . had crossed the plains in
1847.
She married W. R. Brown, a
pioneer blacksmith, at her parent's
home on July 19, 1887, and "set out
for Portland for our wedding trip.
On this wedding trip she bought
the furniture for a new home of
10 large rooms which the groom
had built for her, and as yet she
had not seen.
The furniture that she purchased
is still in the house and is used
every day. She was waxing her
dining room furniture with a new
wax when interviewed for this
story.
Year's Groceries
"You might be interested in
this, " she laughed. On my wed
ding trip to Portland, I bought my
year s supply of groceries: ,
barrel of sugar, several barrels of
flour, and a barrel of green coffee.
You roasted it yourself in those
days."
Martha Brown has always lived
in the house that was built for ber
67 years ago by her late husband
She has been the mother of five
sons. One of them, Francis, has
been with the State Accident Com
mission in Salem for 20 years.
Mrs. Brown does not consider
anything about her life remark
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AMITY Dressmaker Martha Brown, 89, applies finishing touches
to one of several dresses she has made this rammer. A bride of
"1887, she still uses the sewing machine her husband gave her
"as surprise wedding gift. v"
Silverton Store .
Names Manager
Statesman News Service
SILVERTON Walter T. Wiencek
of Portland has been named man
ager of the Silverton Sprouse-
Reitz store. He replaces William
Wortman who has been transfer
red t. Prineville.
Wiencek has been with the com
pany for 5 years. He formerly
resided in Grants Pass end The
Dalles. He is married and there
are two daughters, one 18 and
Jhe other two years old.
able. She is not a sentimentalist
over the past. She will point to
the original wall paper in the hall
and bedrooms and say. "It has
Cone very well, hasn t it?
Mrs. Brown is no stick-at-home,
She- has been a member of the
pioneer Christian Church here for
over sixty years and attends
church twice on Sunday. She oftens
comes to the church to quilt with
the girls' on Wednesdays.
Does Own Housework
She is a charter member of the
Amity Order of the Eastern Star
She climbs the long stairs to the
lodge room much faster'than many
women half her age.
Her house is always as sweet
and clean as an old-fashioned
nosegay. . Eighty-nine year old
Martha Brown does all - her own
housework and keeps a school
teacher as a boarder. When the
weather is nice she still does most
of her yardwork.
Martha Brown, the little dress
maker of Amity, is one whose very
life is a benediction and a lesson
on how to live serenely in this
aspirin age.
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Stayton
Bertha Crites
Dies, Rites at
Independence
Statesman News Service
INDEPENDENCE Services for
Bertha Augusta Crites, 68, ' Inde
pendence resident for 15 years,
will be held at Smith-Krueger
Mortuary here at 1 p. m. Monday
with interment at Belle Passi
Cemetery, Woodburn.
Mrs. Crites died in a Portland
Hospital Thursday following an ill
ness of several months. She was
born Sept. 7, 1886, at Red Cloud.
Neb., and was a member of the
Pythian Sisters and Cloverleaf
Rebekah Lodge 56.
Surviving are her husband, Seth
LeRoy Crites, Independence;
son, Ralph H. Crites, Grand
P.onde; three daughters, Mrs.
Alice Graves, Silverton. Mrs.
Violet Evans, Malad, Idaho, and
Mrs. Hazel Giovinazzo, Monterey,
Calif.; a brother, Fred Kehl,
Cheyenne, Wyo., sister, Mrs. Mary
Christenson, McCook, Neb.; six
grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
103 People Attend
Tri-Family Reunion
WILLAMINA The Fendafl-Sitton-Rogers
reunion, held at
Johnston's Park near Willamma,
was attended by 103 people. Vis
itor from the most distant place
was Dan Savage of Livingston,
Calif.; eldest member of the fam
ily attending was Ward Sitton, 84,
McMinnville; and the youngest,
Jeffrey Guy Mendenhall, 3 months,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Chan Menden
hall, Willamina.
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Stayton Show
Statesman News Serrice
STAYTON Rose Wilhelm,
veteran Salem horsewoman, cap
tured the second leg of the Stay
ton Horse Show pepetual trophy
for exhibiting the best parade
horse during the final day of ac
tivity at the 16th annual Santiam
Bean Festival Saturday.
Following the horse show, the
annual bean hole feed was held
at the Civic building with an es
timated 400 persons eating a
bountiful meal which was fea
tured by the famous Santiam
green beans.'
Later in the evening, the Bean
Hoppers ball brought the week
long celebration here to a close.
Preceding the horse show, par
ticipants in the event staged the
third festival parade through Stay
ton streets. Glenn Minden of Sub
limity was grand marshal.
Winners of events in the horse
show included: Terry Koll, quar
ter mile race for boys and girls
16 and under: Roy Garlics, stock
horse class; Oregon Mounted Pos
se, team stake bending contest;
Bob Frankie, adults quarter mile
race; Rose Wilhelm, pleasure
horse class and parade horse con
test; Jimmie Jackson, Shetland
pony with cart
Queen Jane Cox presented tro
phies and ribbons to the winners
in each event.
Polk Crash
Victim Still
Unconscious
Statesman News Service
WTLLAMINA An 11-year-old
boy remained unconscious Satur
day from injuries incurred July
11 in a traffic accident near Wil-
lamina.
The boy, Terry Dean Ellingson
of Tillamook, is at Providence
Hospital, where attendants said he
is still on the critical list al
though "responding better to
noises.
Young Ellingson incurred head
injuries and several fractures in
the Polk County accident which
took the life of his father and a
brother.
Stroke Claims
Bernard Duda
Statesman Newt Service
MT. ANGEL' Bernard Duda,
prominent Mt. Angel farmer, died
Saturday at Silverton where he
wes hospitalued after suffering a
stroke the night before. He was 70.
Born Aug. 11, 1884 in Ashton,
Neb., the deceased came to Mt.
Aneel in 1893 with his parents,
Mr. . and Mrs. Frank Duda. He
married Mary Schaecher here on
Nov. 23, 1910.
Surviving besides his wife are
seven children. Sister Bernarda of
the Benedictine Convent here;
Mildred Bradley, Agnes Zollner,
William, Walter and Clarence
Duda, all of Mt. Angel; and Ver
onica Payseno, Salem; nine broth
ers and sisters, Joe, Clem and
Alois Duda, Clara Duda, Anna
Duda, Teresa Duda and Mary
Poepping. all of Mt Angel,
Anthony Duda, Gervais, and Fran
cis Duda, Portland; also 11 grand
children.
Services are pending at Unger
Mortuary here.
Valley Births
Statesman News Service
SILVERTON - To Mr. and Mrs.
Phillip Barbour, Molalla, a daugh
ter, July 27, at Silverton Hospital.
To Mr. and Mrs. Niels Christen
son of Molalla, a son, July 27, at
Silverton Hospital.
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DALLAS J. C. Lundy of Dallas
has been named president of the
Polk County United Fund by di
rectors who . recently held an or
ganizational meeting in Dallas
city hall.
Serving with Lundy are Kenneth
Shetterly, Dallas, first vice presi
dent: William Harland. Rickreall,
second vice president; William
Darling, Independence, third vice
president; 'Mrs. Elmer Werth,
Willamina, fourth vice president;
Mrs. L. L. Linn, Dallas, secretary,
and Mrs. Robert Mulder, Mon
mouth, treasurer.
First actual fund drive for the
county under the new organiza
tion is planned for October. Com
mittees tiave been chosen to re
view budgets and to secure a cam
paign chairman. .
Slated to, participate in the
United Fund are the .American
Red Cross, Salvation Army, Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, Camp Fire
Girls, Oregon Chest Agencies and
the Arthritis-Rheumatism Associa
tion.
STATIONED IN GERMANY
SHERIDAN Pfc Richard Gas
ton, ton of Mrs. and Mrs. Ernest
Gaston of Grand Ronde, now is
stationed in . Germany, with the
Army. He entered the service 18
months ago, after attending Grand
Ronde and Willamette schools.
Valley
Obituaries
Wul Golding
ALBANY Final rites for Will
Golding, 85, who died at his Al
bany home Friday after an ex
tended illness, will be held at 2
p. m. Monday at the Fisher Funer
al home. Burial will be in the
Riverside cemetery. -
Golding was born April 25, 1870,
at Bedford. Iowa. He came to Al
bany in 1940. He married Nellie
Rogers at Belford, in 1893. She
died in 1926. On Sept. 14, 1946, he
married Mrs. Melita Rankin, who
survives.
Other survivors include an
adopted daughter, Mrs. Roy Wil
liams, Albany.
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