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Monroe Revives
Cub Scouting
MONROE Wednesday evening,
nb. M. there will be a cub pack
meeting at the Monroe Methodist
Church, itarting with a potluck
upper at 6. A short program will
follow. A movie will be ahown
ea Cubbing In the Den and in
the Home." The purpose ii to re
organize and reregister Cub
Scouting here. Coming here to
assist with this work Is Roger
Bales of Eugene, Oregon Trail
fVunHl executive and J. M. Clif
ford ol Corvallis, commissioner of
the Oregon State Extension serv
ice, will have charge ol the movie,
Rev. J. A. Roork is Cubmaster
here; the two Den Mothers are
Mrs. S. W. Rickards and Mrs. A.
S. Smith. There are 12 Monroe
i Cub Scouts. Achievements will
! also be awarded. The meeting Is
open to the public and all are in
i vited.
A miscellaneous bridal shower
1 will be held here next Thursday
1 evening, Feb. 27, at the Monroe
! Methodist Church, honoring Mrs'.
i Floyd Trask, the former Patsy
Larkin of this community. Spon
i sors are: Mrs. Clara Carpenter,
; Mrs. Leora Reader, Mrs. Eleanor
! Stewart. Mrs. Delona David, and
Mrs. Dora Larkin. Everybody
eerdiallv invited.
At PTA Friday evening, Feb.
21, there will be supervised play
for children in the grade school
gymnasium. After the program re
freshments will be served in me
school kitchen. . Everyone Is to
bring cookies.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin 'David of
I Monroe were honored on their
25th wedding anniversary Friday
i evening, Feb. 14, at a reception
where 70 friends and relatives
! fathered to extend congratula-
i tions.
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I AT DEXTER '
DEXTER A group of young
people of the Eugene Baptist
I Church will join with the Dexter
Church in' the evening service
Sunday, Feb. 2S, 7:30 p.m. The
Young Married People's Class will
hold a class party at the church
annex Saturday evening, Feb. 22.
All young married people of the
community are Invited.
People ot the neighborhood
are reminded that a "News Box"
. la in the store. Please cooperate
and put In Items. Mrs. Parker,
Register - Guard correspondent
for Dexter, now has a telephone
for your convenience. The num
ber is 8473 Springfield.
The U. S. Civil Service examina
tion to fill the position ot post
master at Dexter, Oregon will be
held at Springfield. Receipt of ap
plications will close March 13,
1847. This is a fourth class post
master examination. "
The date of the assembling of
competition which will be deter
minded after the close ot receipt of1
applications, will be stated on the
admission cards sent applicants.
. Josh Brown of Trent has pur
chased two acres from Mr. Hick
enbottom. Bob Mauney will drill
a well, and a house will be erected
immediately.
The Meridian Service Station is
now open for business. It is on
the old "State Barns" property.
The buildings have been newly
painted and gas pumps installed.
Mr. Hickenbottom, the proprietor,
has been operating a cafe for sev
eral months, also hag parking
space for trailer houses, but only
recently remodeled the State High
way building into a garage and
service station. This place of busi
ness is on top of the hill to the
right after one leaves Dexter on
the Willamette Highway.
Oakridge Gun & Rod
Club Incorporates
OAKRIDGE Cascade Gun
and Rod Club have filed articles
of Incorporation and have taken
out public liability insurance for
its members. Any former mem
bers holding back for this reason,
can pay their dues now. The m
corDOratinK officers are: J. C.
Wright, president; Ross H. Starr,
secretary; Luther sogers, treas
urer. Outgoing officers will be re
tained for one year to act with
the newly elected officers to form
a board of directors. Wednesday,
Feb. 26, 7:30 a vension dinner
will be served with dancing later,
at the bi-monthly meeting.
There will be a Boy Scout
father and son banquet, March 7
at the high school. The charge
will be $1 per plate and tickets
can be bought from the Scouts.
Glenn McArthur Is opening a
new barber shop Monday, Feb. 24
next door to Blackie'e Cafe.
CresweiiYFW
Sponsor Dance
CRESWELL Clarence A.
Hockett, local business man was
welcomed to membership of Post
3049, VFW, Monday evening. The
obligation was administered by W.
C. Adams. The post also voted to
sponsor troop 28 of Boy Scouts,
also a benefit dance at the Grange
Hall Saturday evening, Feb. 22.
Nominations of officers will be
continued at the next meeting and
elections will be held, the first
meeting in March.
Regular hours for receiving
payment for both telephone and
electric service at the local tele
phone office are week days, 9 a.
m. to S p. m. Long distance serv
ice has been expanded by one
more line to Eugene making three
and there will be two to Cottage
Grove instead of the former one
line.
Miss Ruby Goldsworthy, Mrs.
Ruth Tipton, Miss Alleyne Spen
cer and Mrs. Oris Steele, teach
ers in the Creswell Grade School,
are attending classes In Audio
Visual Aids at the University of
Oregon each Thursday evening.
A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Peterson of Creswell at the
Sacred Heart hospital In Eugene
Tuesday, Feb. 18. The baby is
the first grandchild of Mrs. A. w.
Mourer of Creswell. ,
I Lowell Visited
By Petty Thieves
LOWELL A wave of petty
thievery has struck Lowell, coin
cident, local people think, with
frequent appearance at Lowell of
juveniles from some other local
ity. A week ago some March of
Dime's money amounting to $1.85
was stolen from the high school.
About the same time a car belong
ing to Doug Williams was strip
ped, and Ray Coglan's car was
stolen but recovered when the
thieves failed to start the motor
in time.
A local store lost two valuable
fountain pens to a shoplifter.
Money is missing from ' private
homes; the electric light bulbs and
all keys and bolts, and some
grange regalia were stolen from
the grange hall; a high school girl
lost a wrist watch to a thief; boys
have been missing money from
their clothes while playing bas
ketball; logging companies have
been missing tools. The thefts
started about a month ago and
have been continuing since. Low
ell previously has had little or no
juvenile delinquency. " Citizens
are planning additional vigilance.
'Loggers in Town'
BLUE RIVER Considerable
excitement was created around'
here recently when logging op
erations were brought right in
to Blue River. The grove of
trees on Don Meyer's lot across
from the post office was remov
ed preparatory to the construc
tion ot a building. Doing the
logging were Clark Wiltsey and
I Ivan Price with Guy Hunnicut
assisting with his power saw.
A Register-Guard news box
has been placed in Don Meyer's
store for the convenience of those
who have news to report. Or,
bring news items to Ely's Fly
Shop, or mail to Stella Ely, Blue
River. Let's send in the news. In
troduce your visitors while they
are -still here, don't wait until
they have gone.
Entertaining recently with a
stork shower in honor of Mrs.
Earl P.ayne were Mrs. Alex Lilja,
Mrs. Clark Wiltsey, and Mrs.
Maple Stoble at the home of Mrs.
Lilja. About 40 were present.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hender
son and young son Bobby, re
cently returned from Portland
where they spent several days.
They were accompanied home by
Henderson s father, C- B. Hender'
son.
OREGON
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ALVADORE MAN ILL
ALVADORE A. E. Dyer has
been ill recently. Among callers
were Mr. and Mrs. Dave Ruple
of Eugene, Pete Hill, Harry Fra-
zer, James Dyer of Celilo, Mr.
and Mrs. Art Hall and Mr. and
Mrs. Willard Coons of Junction
City, and Mrs. .Minnie Hagg of
Alvadore. Dyer had his 73rd
birthday recently. He wishes to
thank all who called during his
illness.
SPOOK SHOW AT LOWELL
LOWELL Young grangers of
Lowell Grange are sponsoring a
"spook movie," Saturday evening
at the grange hall, at 10 p. m. They
will sell candy and popcorn, as a
benefit event for their grange ac
tivities. The public is invited.
yna say corns t man FOLGsn sr
North Lane H E
JUNCTION CITY North Lane
Home Extension Unit met with
Mrs. Howard Gibson, Feb. 11
Members have contributed $3.50
for the March of Dimes, it was
announced.
Each member was asked to
bring to the March meeting an idea
for a project for next year to be
forwarded to the next year s pro
gram planning committee. Each
member is reminded to bring her
own dishes, for luncheon. If she
fails to do this she will be fined
10 cents. This money goes into a
fund to buy trays. The unit Is
raising money for the Cooperative
House, known as the "Azalea
House," which will be erected on
the campus at Oregon State Col
lege. All counties with home dem
onstration agents are cooperating
to collect money with the hope of
raising $15,000 a year for three
years, a total of $45,000. This house
will, be turned over to the college
when erected and will house 50
or 60 girls.
Party planning was the project
presented by Mrs. C. C. Glenn and
Mrs. William N. Jensen. They ably
demonstrated with many planned
games. As an outcome of this
project, plans were formulated to
hold a party for extension mem
bers and their families at the
grange hall Friday, Feb. 21. Ar
rangement committee: Mrs. J.
Lorang, Mrs. A. G. Johnson, and
Mrs. Ralph Witcher. Mrs. Charles
Jensen, Mrs. Ross Calvert and Mrs,
Ed C. Jensen will comprise the re
freshments committee. Each fanv
ily was asked to bring one game
in which the group can participate.
.Next meeting is March 11 from
10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at Mrs.
Warne Empeys. The subject, "Fur
niture Arrangement," will be pre
sented by Mrs. Beth Wiley, home
demonstration agent, Eugene. .
Masons and their wives and
Eastern Star and their husbands
have been invited by the OES to
attend a 7 p.m. potluck dinner
next Tuesday at the Masonic Hall.
Cards will be played. Mrs. Glenn
Ditto and Mrs. Ed Jensen will be
in charge of tables,. Mrs. Ed Jen
sen in charge of entertainment.
Jeanette Star Club will meet for
a 1:30 potluck luncheon at the
Glen Strome home, Friday, Feb.
21. Anyone desiring transportation
call Mrs. Glenn Ditto.
Evergreen Rebekah Lodge initi
ated Mrs. Pauline Sanford and her
daughter, Eileen Karsch, recently.
The charter was draped for Mae
Toftdahl. Mrs. Faith Morgan was
appointed as reporter.
At the next meeting. Feb. 27.
initiation will again be held. The
following committee will serve:
Mrs. Hermen Jensen, Agnes John
son, Grace Jensen, Mrs. Rov Ken
nedy, Mrs. Ruth Kennedy, Mrs.
Virgil Kingsley, Jens Larsen and
Kita Lane.
"A" sauad basketball hnvs have
been honored with two dinners in
the past week. City Marshal
Stephens entertained the bovs.
Coach Dick Riley and Manager'
Neil Davis at a turkey dinner at
ADsner's steak House, Wednesday,
Feb. 12.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn McKay eave
a turkey dinner at their home for
the team, Coach Riley, Principal
Virgil Kingsley, and Manager Neil
uavis, Wednesday.
Mrs. Marjorie Neely, former
resident who now lives in Nez-
perce, Idaho, is spending a few
days with the Lee Murphys and
visiting her son, Richard, who at
tends the University of Oregon.
Mrs. Mae Washburne was in
jured recently on the River Road
when she lost control of her car
and it ran into a cement bridge.
Mrs. Washburne, who was pinned
in her car, was rescued by pass
ing motorists and was hospitalized.
AT WILLAGILLESriE
WILLAGILLESPIE P-T-A
meets Friday, Feb. 21 at 8 p. m.
at the school. Founders Day will
be celebrated, honoring all the
past presidents. Mrs. Homer
Hammock will have charge of the
program. Cake and coffee will
Grove Women To Have
Homemaking Classes
"COTTAGE GROVE Women of
the community are to have another
opportunity to study in an adult
homemaking class during the early
spring if enough persons are Inter
ested. Miss May Van Dusen, state
supervisor ot adult vocational ed
ucation, will be here Feb. 28 to
make arrangements. Further an.
nouncement will be made next
week as to time and place.
Tuesday Evening Club took an
evening off from study this week
and enjoyed their annual party
night at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Daugherty. Husbands were
guests and the dinner party was
held in the basement recreation
room. The book reviews will be
resumed March 4. .
Junction Lions
Look Over Plans
JUNCTION CITY W. J.I
Cloyes, County Sanitarian, spoke
at the Monday's Lions Club meet
ing on "Sanitation Problems of
Cities."
A committee was appointed by I
president Virgil Kingsley to In
vestigate the advlsabilitv nt a Fat
uuiid snow wmcn was an annual
event sponsored by the lotal Lions I
Club, prior to the war and since I
discontinued. Appointed were:
Carey Strome, Hans Rasmussen,
tiaroia Jensen and Jos McClure.
A civic improvement committee I
has been appointed to meet and
plan with the city planning com
mittee: Keith Sherman, chairman,
Homer Dixon, Carey Strome, C.
L. carpenter and Milt Boring.
Max Nielsen, local chairman for
the Red Cross drive, Mrs. Lee
Murphy and Max Strauss co
chairman are appointed their
helpers and making plans for the
coming drive. Mrs. Murphy will
have charge of the residential
area and that part just out of the
city limits including Dane Lane,
Max Strauss will be in charge of
the business houses.
The Red Cross has been very
active in our community. A com
plete system of rescue and relief I
in time of flood has been organ
ized and those in flood areas are I
grateful for its protection. Sever
al families have been aided in I
the past year in this community I
who have been temporarily in I
want due to loss of hom-s by fire.
Home nursing and first aid class-1
es have been taught here fori
adults and high school students.
In the Red Cross learn to swim I
program last year 140 children
were enrolled for a three weeks I
period with Max Strauss as in-1
structor.- Emergency Highway!
Stations are another service of the I
Red Cross Which is a benefit to I
all
Seniors Honored
Gayl Ness, Jane Templin, and
Charlie David were elected by
members of the senior class to I
take the competitive aptitude
tests for the National Pepsi-Cola
scholarships. I
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Grove School News
COTTAGE GROVE The name!
of the 1946-47 union high school I
annual will be "Lion Tracks," the I
name having been selected this I
week by English teachers acting I
as advisers. All students of the
high school were invited to sub
mit names during the past fort
night and quite a few very good
titles were handed in. The name
selected was suggested by Joan
Huntington.
At the Upper FFA public speak
ing and shop contest in Junction
City recently, CGUHS won more
"firsts than any other of the
eight shools represented. Ben At-
wood won first place in soldering,
Eldon Hudgms, first In black-
smithing, Sandy Weise, first in a
chapter treasurer's record book,
and Roy Duerst, first and second
place in talent events. Gearold
Coyner placed fifth in public
speaking.
Theta Rho girls initiated Hattie
Coats, Nadine Carlson, Rosemary
Hanks, Cleo Stroh, Shirley Wit
ters, Carolyn Moore and Mar
jorie Cone this week. Plans were
discussed for. the annual Theta
Rho state convention in Roseburg
March 22. Next meeting of the
group here will be March 3.
VENETA BEARS REPORTS
OF OLD-TIMER'S DEATH
VENETA 'Word recently came
to relatives of Marion L. Job tell
ing of his death at his home in
near Medford.
Phoenix, Oregon, Feb. 8, 1947,
Born of pioneer parents, James
C. and Sophronia Job, May 21, 1857
on their homestead about one and
one half miles south , of Veneta
on the place where Frank Hoehnke
how lives, living there until about
40 years ago, when he moved to
Montana, thence to Bend and later
to Phoenix. He was married to
Lyda Robins, Sept. 1, 1886, who
preceded him in death March 19,
1946.
Survivors are a son, Ona of
Phoenix and two daughters, Mrs.
Ada Bell of Phoenix, and Mrs.
Ella Abond of California, two sis
ters, Mrs. -Mary Jane Brown of
Springfield and Mrs. Emma Owen
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Friday, Feb. 21 at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Harris Hurd. Every
one from the .Willagillespie and
Chase Gardens communities is invited.
The Victory Pals Club met with
Mrs. Pat Morrison this week. Two
more boxes were packed to be
sent to Greece. A surprise stork
shower was given for Mrs. Mor
rison. The next meeting is with
Mrs. August Meyers.
Mr. and Mrs. Weik have sold
their home in Fir Acres and are
moving to Salem. Mrs. Noble
Bond has gone to San Francisco
to meet her son Dean who is re'
turning on the U. S. S. Hope.
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Justamere Club met Wednesdav
with Annette Corvden, Irene Jef-
fers as co-hostess.
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AT GREENLEAF
GREENLEAF . Andy Almasle
is In a Eugene hospital with
broken ribs and a probably brok
en shoulder caused by a logging
accident in the woods, near here.
He will be in a hospital a week
or more.v
Bob Carr and wife are home
after a couple of months spent in
Southern California. The Dead
wood Church honored them Sun
day with dinner.
Drain Happenings
DRAIN A state income tax
auditor will be in Drain at the
city hall March 11 from 9 a.m.
till 12 to help in preparing state
income tax returns.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rice are
parents of a son, Richard Allen,
born Monday, Feb. 10.
Dick Backus is home on SO day
leave while his ship, the U.S.S.
Burns, Is in Bremerton for repairs.
R. J. Randall has sold the former
Bill Mattoon place south of town
to J. T. Powell and he and family
are moving to Mitchell.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Foster
have traded their property in
north Drain to Jess Davis for his
20-acre place in Scotts Valley.
Davis ts a watchman for Smith
River Lumber Co. The Fosters
will move within 30 days.
Bob Laird made a trip to Port'
land Saturday. His brother,
Charles, who recently came from
Astoria spent the weekend there
with his family and returned Sat
urday, moving his wife and baby
here. They will live iri one of the
new mill houses in north Drain.
Troy Fraser and family are
moving to Lebanon where he will
be employed with the Pallet 'Mfg.
Corp. He has been accountant at
the Douglas Timber .Corp. -The
uaro carison lamily will move
into the house In which the Fras
ers were living across from the
mill. Jack Folsom of Salem is tak
ing his place with the mill and
will move his wife and two small
children here later.
Mrs. Myrtle Hatch made a trip
to Nevada, returning the past
week and bringing her two daugh
ters with her.
Alec Sawyers left a week ago
for Arizona to see his mother who
is very ill. Mrs. Sawyer's mother,
Mrs. Traylor, of Elkton is staying
with her daughter.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Bickford, Feb. 13, at the Sacred
Heart Hospital, a daughter,
Deanna Lynn.
AT ALPINE
ALPINE -This week The Wo
men's Society of Christian Service
voted to pay Into emergency fund.
It was decided for the women to
bring their own work only on
days o! missionary study.
The next meeting Is Feb. 26 at
the church.
Neal Hawley had his ear badly
damaged Saturday as he was driv
ing to Toledo, when a deer jump
ed down into the road in front
of the car. Mr. Hawley was too
near to stop. The deer didn't
em to bt harmed as it jumped
up and ran away. The car was
towed into Philomath to be re
paired.
Mrs. Louise Gardner resorts her
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Arte Atkinson of ugene
have a baby boy named Louis
Calvin, their second child.
Mrs. Anna Scott entered the
General Hospital at Corvallis
Tuesday and underwent an oper
ation on her leg.
Mr. and Mrs. Huff and family,
cAiuin. f th Wlllet and Mills
families are now living north of
Alpine. Huff expects to run Wil
let's saw mill.
Several of the -men working for
Frank Dodge are living in the
Dodge building In Alpine.
Mr. and Mrs. Athur FuMiSh,
former residents of Alpine, report
the death of Mr. Furnish s motner,
Friday. She resided in Albany.
The sympathy of the community
goes out to them.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kundert
are the proud parents of a baoy
boy, born Friday morning.
Report is Mrs. Lyle Horton's
condition is much improved at this
writing. Mrs. William Pockrus nas
been laid up with a lame back for
several days and is now in Port
land consulting physician.
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