Struggles, Accomplishments
Told at Lincoln-Zena Picnic
By LOIS CRAWFORD
Valley Cm.pMMl.at
UXCOLN-Tl of th strug
gles and accomplishments o (
pioneer ancestors filled the day
last Sunday at the annual Lin
coln-Zena Homecoming Picnic at
Spring Valley community hall.
About (0 descendants of early
settlers came from as far as
Seattle and Eugene to heap them
selves full at the no-host picnic
dinner and to relate stories of the
old days.
Brig. Grn. Carle Abrams of
Salem, son of early heat merch
ant Louis Abrams, was present.
He told of how his father 'chose
Lincoln a a prime business site
and erected a warehouse that
stored as much as 330.000 bushels
of wheat. Those were the days
when Lincoln had six steamboat
arrivals and departures a day
during the grain shipping season,
Abrams saM.
Wheat Wag tas Walt
Farm wagons from as far as
Pcrrydale would be lined up
from the river to beyond the big
hill at Lincoln waiting to unloaa
weir wheat, the General Mid.
adding that some teamsters would
arrive the night before to be first
In line when the warehouses
opened at 4 a.m.
Jack Spong. Mrs. Maurice Dal-
ton and Mrs. Mildred Wynkoop re-
Stavton Area Men
Co to Guard Camp
SUIrinun Ni Sti-Ylrt
STAYTON Leaving this
weekend for the two-week Na
tional Guard Encampment at
Ft. Lewis, Wash., are Gerald
Fredericks, Ronald H. Boedie-
heimer, Jerry W. Gibson, Verl
I). Boedigheimer, Donald C. For
rette, Gary N. Gehlen, Gary A.
Boedigheimer, Stanford Smith,
Terry D. Kill, Edward A. Rode-
ers and Edward E. Guest, all of
Stayton; Maurice Fery, Leroy J.
Koltx, Larry Riesterer, Robert L.
Doerfler, John Hortsch and
Harol L. Whitley, all of Aums-
ville: Glen A. Minden and John
V. Wolf, both of Sublimity; Ron
ald E. Lengacher, Mill City; Gene
A. Rychard. Lyons; and Donald
D. Dotter, Marion.
listed how their grandfather opera
ted the Lincoln ferry, which was
! regularly patronised by Salem
. residents after that city's bridge
l was washed away in 1880.
By way af Cape Har
Frank Windsor, Mrs. Emma
Gulden and Mrs. Anna Hacked,
explained that their father. Ben
Windsor, came to Spring Valley
from England by way of Cape
Horn. They said he first worked
as a rail splitter and later owned
; a 140-acre valley farm. Mrs. Ben
1 Windsor came to this region from
. Canada fen one of the first trains
to operate west out of that coun
try, the children said.
Other 'descendants of pioneers
, present Mrs. Eva Purvihe and
I Jesse Walling, grandchilldren of
j Jesse and Eliza Walling who
settled a donation land claim at
Zena in the 1840s: and Wayne D.
Henry, descendant of Balivar
Walker, another pioneer who
farmed a Zena area donation
land claim.
Fraai S4 Hhh
Frank Boenringer. and his sis
ters. Miss Anna Boenringer, Mrs.
Emelia Rinche and Mrs. Dorothy
Mitchell, were present. Their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Boen
ringer, originally came from Wit
tenberg, Germany, settled first in
a sod house in Nebraska before
moving to Lincoln.
W. Frank Crawford was elected
, new president of the homecoming
picnic at a Dusiness meeting mat
followed the event. Other of
ficers elected were Mrs. Carl W.
Harritt, vice-president; Henry J.
Veiger, treasurer; and Mrs. Lois
Crawford, secretary.
CW.Doniclit -Of
Sheridan
Dies at 48
SHERIDAN Funeral arrange-
rents were pending at Peashalls
Funeral Home for Clarence WJ
,lim Donicht, who died Thursday
'at McMinnville at the age 4. j
Bora Dec. T, 1907. in Washington, j
Donicht was a veteran of World
War 11. He was Sheridan resi
dent for many years.
He leaves his mother. Mrs. A. J.
Donicht, Sheridan; three brothers,
Edward Donicht. Oregon City;
Ernest Donicht, McMinnville: and
Walter Donicht, Sheridan: and six
sisters, Mrs. A. E. i Smith. New
Plymouth, Idaho: Mrs. William
Jams. Mrs. Fred Anderson and
Mrs. C. J. Hendricks, all of Port
land; Mrs. Ted Gillespie. Wiila
mina: and Mrs. Donald Trow
bridge, Sheridan.
Sheridan Rebekalis Celebrate
Golden Anniversary of Lodge
SHERIDAV-Sheridaa Ethel Re
bekah Lodge 162 observed its
golden anniversary with a special
celebration last week. Visiting
dignitaries of State Rebrkah and
lOOF lodges and some 141 persons
from many Valley towns, Portland
and coastal points attended.
The first Rebekah lodge of Sher-1
id an was instituted Nov. 1, 1894,;
but surrendered its charter Decern-1
ber SI, 1901. It was Esther Rebekah
Lodge 61. One member. Ruth
Graves of Dallas, was able to at
tend the anniversary event.
Ethel Rebekah Lodge 162 was in
stituted June 27. 1906. by the
Grand Assembly of Oregon. Mrs.
Grace Bradley, who has been a
Rebekah over 30 years, was hon
! ored with a gift, a plate giving the
dates and highlights of her Re
bekah career. Mrs. Bradley was
recently honored at the state con-;
ventioo in Tillamook, when the'
degree of chivalry was conferred
upon her.
Representing many years of Re
bekah membership at the event
were Sarah Ethel Mulkey of War
ren. 62 years a member; Ella
Farmer, a 63-yeaV member from
Sheridan; and Ruth Graves, who
joined M years ago.
Distinguished visitors were Ethel
Gibbs. state president. Oceanlake;
Roy Gibbs, grand treasurer of
lOOF; Bob Massey. past grand
master of the Grand Lodge of Ore
gon and a grand representative to
the sovereign Grand Lodge: and
Madaline McNelly of Portland, past
president of Rebekah Assembly'.
It had been 42 years since Mrs.
Mulkey last visited the Sheridan
Rebekah Lodge.
McMinnville
Rites Held
For Trenda
Ulnau Newt lervtrt
W1LLAMINA Funeral serv
ices were held at Macy and Son
chapel in McMinnville lor Adolph
Trenda. Willamina, who died
after a long illness. Burial was
! in Evergreen Memorial park, Mc
I Minnville.
Adolph Robert Trenda was
I born April 20, 1887, son of Ml
jehael and Josephine Trends, in
jVesell. Minn. He was married
iin Minda Mostrom, in North
; wood, Iowa. They came to Willa
mina in 1949.
' Survivors besides his widow
are his daughter, Mrs. Ruth
Skophammer, McMinnville; a
brother, Joseph Trenda, St. Paul,
j Minn.; and two grandchildren.
!
Statesman, Salem. Ore., Sun., June 17. 06 (Sec, H8
Four More Enter
Bean Queen Rare
Sutnaua Vtmt Srrrtr
STAYTON Four , mirU T
--------- a vh aaniv a I
have entered the race for queen !
nf the Santiam Bean Festival. !
They are Bernice Wolf, spon-i
sored by Sublimity Fire Depart
ment: Judy Kiene. Assembly of'
Rainbow Girls: Marcella Minten,
Catholic Daughters of America:
and Shirley Kirscn. Mehama
Woman 1 Club.
ACTIVE AT IN
FARNHAM. Que. (A Mr.
Etienne Gueria celebrated ber
itsth birthday Uus week. Si still
helDS with the eaokinc Srtm
her eight children art Eving and
she has 16 grandchildren. M
great-grandchkiren and twa great
great-grandchildren.
Canada's province of Ontario has
5,300.000 people in 412. SS2 square
miles.
The average 130-pound adult eats
about 1.S31 pounds of food a year.
Fireplace Screens
AND ACCESSORIES
Measured and Installed
ELMER THE BUND MAN
Everything far the Wiadaw
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fen I Un, ItTtef fcfl
PUPPIES
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4 Litters to Choose from:
Honey Creek R.W. Cork
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riers, well marked, Pek
ingese, gorgeous coats.
Also Stud Service, low
prices.
Dovglas-Kinntls 1
8rtU Mills, Ore. Siga
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REDUCTIONS ON EVEN OUR BEST MODELS! EVERY STYLE AND MODEL
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Valley
Briefs
Statriman Nki Sfrvlrt
Woodburn Scout Troop No.
83 received its charter Thursdsy
at the lunchean meeting of its ,
SDonsoring organization, Wood-
burn Rotary Club, at the Trail
Cafe. The charter was presented
by P. C. McLaughlin of the Silver
Creek area board who Is alio In
stitutional representative for the
troop.
D.J.. rtnlktn Xlan1v Cinfl.
I met v(,,hi ui.ii.i j " '
ler li commanding officer of
Dallas tank company, National
Guard, which left Saturday for
two weeks' training at Ft. Lewis.
Pedee Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth!
Swingle and family have moved
to Dallas after living on the Sid
ney Howard farm the past four
years.
ButlevilleMrs. W. O. Lind
quist was given her appointments
as district deputy president for
another year at the last meeting
of St. Alexie Rebekah Lodge.
Following the June 21 meeting
the lodge will suspend meetings!
for two months.
Butteville A. A. Price Butte
ville grocery, has returned from
a 3.000-mile trip through the
Middle West.
Butteville Mrs LaVerne Mar
tin, the former Marlene Driever.
was honored with a pink and
blue shower at the home of Mrs. '
W. O. Lindquist.
Middle Grove Mrs Lillie Wal
ter, Cape Girardeau, Mo., and
daughter, Mrs. Elmer Gregory,
Santa Monica, Calif., have been
guests of cousins, Mr. and Mrs.
John Van Laanen, the past two
weeks.
Brooks A deer, braving civil
ization, has been seen feeding in
pastures with cattle on farms
about a mile east of Brooks.
Monmouth Mrs. Bertha Wom
bacher was reported seriously ill
in a Dallas hospital from a heart
condition.
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