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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1944)
V t J THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND. OREGON. FRIDAY. APRIL 21. 1944 PAGE THREE Red Cross Funds Still Increase Still rising to set an almost un believable record, the total in con tributions to the 1944 Deschutes county Red Cross war fund drive has now reached $28,449.17. The original campaign quota of $22, 500 was achieved within a week after the drive started March 8, to place the county in third place in the state to reach its goal. Camp Abbot contributions, In cluded in the county figure, have reached $3,120.20 with a new group of gills totaling $439.76, B. A. Stover, county chairman, has disclosed. Other recent contributions pre viously unreported are as fol lows: $10 Gifts Auxiliary of the Jay H. Upton camp, USW'V; Bankers of MWA 9794; Owl taxi service; Mrs. I. Gedrase. $5 Gifts C. W. Hitchcock of Sisters, and R. W. Wong. $3 Gifts Mrs. John Franks, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Edgington of Sisters. $1.50 Gift Anonymous. Pine Forest Pine Forest, April 21 (Special) The grange held Its regular meeting April 18, at which time several new applications for mem bership were taken in. The state grange deputy and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wlcklander, were guests at the meeting and touched on subjects of interest to the grange. An announcement was made that the next home pro. nomic club meeting will be May 3 ' at tne home ot Mrs. L. H. Gloss. Master Van Vleet announced that Initiation in the first and second degrees would be given to all the new members at the next regular grange meeting on May 2. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Rhodes and family were dinner guests at the A. C. McDonald home Sunday. At the last meeting of the ju venile grange on April 8, the fol lowing list of officers were elect ed for the remaining year: mas-i ter, irancis wucox; overseer, Sharon Scott; lecturer, Alice Bur leigh; steward, Jack Watson; treasurer, Wilma Burleigh; secre tary, Gene Watson; gatekeeper, Ronald Whetzel; chaplain, Jenny Lee Woods; assistant steward, Reggie Halligan; lady asst., stew ard, Eualee Wilcox; Ceres, Kitty Scott; Pomona, Jean Ann-Hun-gerford; Flora, Dixie Scott. Six new members and one honorary member . were initiated at this meetlng.Games were played and refreshments were ' served by Jnny Lee Woods and- Jean Ann Waste Paper at Kiska Victory " 3 1 - -s"- 1 Here's history being made on the far northern shores ot bleak Kiska. American forces are shown landing vital supplies to back op the fighting lines. More than 700,000 manufactured items, from military tanks t'j pins and needles, are shipped overseas in PAPER. There's a desperate need for waste paper. Donald Nelson has called It America's Number One Raw Material Shortage. What are you doing to help overcome this shortage? Our boys are counting on you to back them up! (Press Association Photo) Hungerford, Mrs. Evelyn Watson i is juvenile matron and is assisted by Mrs. Marion Scott and Mrs. Betty Huettl. Mr. and Mrs. Eldin Stookey and their daughter, Mrs. Vern Vacey, and grandaughter Tana Lou, were dinner feuests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Colver. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Rhodes and family were dinner guests at the A. C. McDonald home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Allison and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hayes were Sunday dinner guests at the George Allison home. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Tucker and Mrs. Frank Stratton were callers at the F. W. Stratton home Sun day evening. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gugle of Shevlin and Mrs. Ben Hodges were callers at the Lester Kramer home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Gilbert and family were dinner guests at the R. E. Maddox home Sunday. Richard Scott, president of local C. I. O. and member of the inter national negotiating committee, left Friday for Washington, D. C, to attend a joint public hearing of the War Labor board and the West Coast Lumber commission. Nancy Fuller was a guest Sat urday of Garnet Rae Barton. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hayes of Burlington, Wash., arrived last Friday to Spend a week visiting Mrs. Hayes' sister, Mrs. Cecil Al lison. Gerald Reid left Wednesday for Portland where he had enlisted in the jujyy, and from there he was FISHING You can't get that big one un less you get out on that river and fish and you can get the tackle that will hold him at Freeman's. FISHING HUNTING LICENSES 50c Freeman's Famous Spanish Gut Tapered Fly Leaders....... 7 Foot, Diamond Drawn. 7'j Foot, 55c Freeman's Nationally Advertised Deschutes Dry Flies 2 for 25c And Bucktails. Buy a dozen ($1.50) and you'll buy another dozen. Alwavs Insist on Freeman's Flies. Large Fresh Night Crawlers We Have 'em! Pete's 8-oz. Cluster Salmon Eggs ..or 35c Pete's Single Salmon Eggs. ...... 3-oi. jar 35c Natural Cluster Eggs 8-oz. jar 35c Single Eggs 2-oz. jar only 10c Tackle Boxes $2.25 to $9.50 Children's Life Saver Jackets.... $1.95 Pyrashell Fly Boxes by DeWitt 1.90c to $2.25 Ted Merrel Lake Trolls each 75c ARCHERY more popular every day! Beautiful Blue A CA Purple Lemonwood Flat Bows, only Oei? U Others Priced from $1.75 up Bow staves, lemon wood, Osage orange. Remember, if it's Archery, we have it Everything! GUNS We've several good used guns. SPECIAL 25-20 with 1 12 boxes shells, reloading tAO CA outfit, primers, blanks, powder ll for f USED OUTBOARD MOTORS 5 Horse Sea King 4 Horse Neptune, etc. LINES Remember we have the line you want at the price you want to pay. NETS to repair your old landing net. Line dressing, fly oil, bait boes, wrapping silk all colors, rod ferrules. If it is to be had, we have it and remember our business is built on your demand for the best in quality and price. FREEMAN'S TACKLE CO. 404 E. Third, on South Highway Phone 673-R sent to his basic training base. Miss Malsie Smead left for Portland Monday where she en tered the Immanuel hospital for two weeks of medical treatment Mr. and Mrs. John Gumm were callers Sunday at the L. H. Gless home. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Allison en tertained at a birthday dinner party In honor of Mrs. George Allison and Mrs. Fred Wolf last Thursday evening. Guests includ ed Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Aiken and boys, John McRaney, and Mrs. Bob Simmers. Mrs. Betty Huettl left Monday for San Diego where she will visit her husband, Tom Huettl, ma chinist's mate 2c, who is sta tioned at the naval base in that city. Mrs. Bruce Gilbert and children and Mrs. James Wood were call ers at the V. R. Her home on Fri day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Pierce of Bend and Mr. and Mrs. Emmett North and children of Lakeview were callers in the eve ning. Mrs. E. M. Myers and son were dinner guests with Mrs. Hal Hun gerford Tuesday. Mrs. R. C. Colver entertained at a 7 o'clock dinner Wednesday evening the past presidents of the women's benefit association. Those present were Daisy Hill, Freida Pickett, Ola Denton, Mar ion Dubois, Clarlc Nelson, Bea Spencer, the hostess, and her daughter, Mrs. V. L. Whetzel. Friends and neighbors of Mr. A. J. Lighthill will be glad to know that he Is moch-improved since he was taken to the hospital last week for treatment of in juries resulting from a very bad fall. Extension Asked For Bus Service Officials of the Pacific Trail ways, including Myrl P. Hoover, president, William Nlskttnen, secretary-treasurer, and Jerry Ches ter, traffic manager, were back in Bend today after attending a four-day hearing in Salt Lake City, Utah, on the Pacific Trail ways' request for extension of bus service from Boise, Ida., to Knit I-ake Citv. The hearing was continued until May 1, when the Idaho phase will be discussea in Eoise and witnesses from North ern Idaho and Oregon will ap pear for Pacific Trailways. Presiding at the hearing, which was held in the Utah capitol build ing, were W. E. Lee, Interstate commerce commissioner from Washington, D. C; members of the Utah public utilities commis sinn whose chairman is Donald Hackine: J. W. Cornell, Idaho DUblic utilities commissioner; and L. Owentine, middle west rep resentative of ICC. witnesses Named Among those appearing on the behalf of Pacific Trailways were the following officials: Bernard Wahle, national TraBways presi dent; I. V. James of Chicago, head of Burlington Trailways, Russell R James, their counsel, H. E. Huggins, .regional manager from Salt Lake, and J. W. Fox, traveling passenger agent; Gene Allen, general manager of Santa Fe Trailways, western division, Llovd Neal. assistant manager. Rex Fifield, general passenger agent, and S. Brittingham, coun sel: Ted James of Denver, presi dent and general manager of Rio (Grande Trailwavs and O. V. White, counsel: Ken B. Charles worth of Denver, general mana ger of Denver, Salt Lake, ana Pacific Trailwavs. On Sunday the local group, and the Pacific Trailways counsel, Donald Schafer of Portland who accompanied them to the hearing, were among those to be conducted through the gigantic Geneva steel mills near Salt Lake city. War Briefs (By Unitid Fran) Air War-More than 1100 Brit ish bombers, largest air fleet ever sent out by RAF, carry allied aerial offensive against Ger many's wectern defense to pre invasion pitch with paralyzing blows at Cologne, Paris, and two Key rail centers serving the chan nel coast. Russia Cerman command hurls hordes of tanks and tens of thousands of troops against soviet forces massing for spring and summer offensives, but Rus sians hold firm and report heavy slaughter of enemy; German stand at Sevastopol believed in fi nal hours as two red armies press slowly toward doomed garrison. Italy Allied bombing fleets, spearheaded by American Flying fortresses and Liberators, carry cut bridge-bustin' assault on net work of German operated rail lines in central and north Italy. Pacific! A m e r I c a n bombers bombers from south and central Pacific attack Truk and protec tive bases In Carolines; Japanese ground troops reported to have driven southern prong of pincers attack on Chenghsien within nine miles of the important rail Junc tion in eastern Honan province. Foreign Student House Opened at Michigan U. Ann Arbor, Mich. tlP For the first time in its 127-year history the University of Michigan is now operating a residence hall exclu sively for foreign students. Known as the J. Raleigh Nel son House, after the former head of the international center, for eign students' organization, the residence already houses IS stu dents from China, India and Latin America. No. 3-3 Synopsis of Annual Statement of the American Mutual L.if Insurance Com Dany ol Des Moines. In the atate of Jowo. on the thirty-tint day ot De cember. 1SH3. made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State ol Oregon, pursuant to law: CAPITAL Amount of capital stock paid up, Mutual Company. None. INCOME Total premium income for the year, $2,42.(15.w. . . , Interest, dividend! and rents receiv ed during tne year, $1.476,203.6. Income from other source received during the year. S422.tH4.51. Total income. $4,326,463.17. i DISBURSEMENTS Paid for losses, endowments, annui ties and surrender values. $2,157,182.78. Dividends paid to policyholders dur ing the year. iaa.05S6. Dividends paid on capital stock dur ; lng Uie year. None. Commissions and salaries paid dur ' lng the year, S433.SU8.il. Taxes, licenses and feel paid during : the year, 1 13.478.19. Amount of aU other expenditures, 8750 570 24 i Total expenditures. 3,838.817J. I Deal estate contracts. $691,648.20. Value of real estate owned (market value), $1,136,467.68. Loans on mortgages and collateral, ' etc.. $970,541.88. 1 Value ot bonds owned (amortized), $23.41)2.421.56. i Value of stocks owned (market val- 1 uel. None. i Premium note and policy loans, $5 011,657.90. Cash in banks and on hand, $354, S7840. , Interest' and rents due and accrued. $314,697.34. Net uncollected and deferred prem iums. $204.177 99. Other assets (net), $846.12 Red. ; Total admitted assets, $32,046,542.81. LIABILITIES Net reserves, $28.609.103 84. Gross claims lor losses unpaid, $132,706 16. All other liabilities. Premium! it In terest paid In adv. $413,783.54. Contingency reserve, $400.000 00. $890.759 06. Total liabilities, except capita), . 446.352 59. Capital pa:d up. None. Surplus over all liabilities. $1,800. 190 22. Surplus as regards policyholders, $1,600,190 2. Total. S32 046 541 81. BUSINESS IN OREGON FOR THE YEAR Net premiums and annuities receiv ed during the year. M2.796J0. Dividends paid during the year, $4.- 703 32. . Net losses and claims, endowments, surrenders, and annulUes paid during the year. $5.100 00. Name of Company. American Mu tual Life Insurance Company. , Name of President. E. B. Mountain. , Nan.e of Secretary, B. B. Reynolds Florida Air School Moving to Oklahoma Norman, Okla. tlP The trans fer of the Hollywood, Fla., naval air navigation school to Shawnee, Okla., was announced recently bv Cant. W. N. Updegraff, com manding officer of the naval air station here. Uransfer of the Florida's school personnel will be completed as soon as feasible, said (japt. upoe eraff. The Shawnee school will consist of several hundred aerial navigation trainees in addition to about 100 administrative of ficers, he said. RADIO TOPIC ANNOUNCED Using the topic "Early diagno sis control of tuberculosis , Mrs. W. H. Coahran at 6:45 p. m. today will interview Mrs. tdlth Kostol, executive secretary of the Bend health association, at the regular American Legion auxiliary broad cast over radio station KBND, it was announced today. FIRE LOSS MOUNTS Portland, April 21 UPi An estl mated $50,000 loss from a fire which Thursday swept through the basement of the Owl drug store nere naa increased to about $70,000 today when it was learned that stock in the drug store would be almost a total loss. Eqq Producers' Aid Union Goal Problem for the "What-Goes-On?" department ot Detroit's Belle Isle Zoo, is the pony, Alice, at left, above. Whan she recently gave birth to the colt pictured with her. It turned out to be a mule, causing considerable eyebrow-raising among zoo folk. kinlreuaanla f Successful experimental flights have been made with a new type "lairzymuie I at a claimed speed of 100 m.p.h. of helicopter. WtfmwSJKCICH UJRRTIIT1E OQllflR We are confident that you are pmmrily InteresteJ In making that wartime dollar go as far as possible . . . that you probably need many items of hardware. Miclstate's stocks are now com plete with new items arriving dally. Mldstate's prewar prices are Indications that tcday and every day we help" you to make your dollar do Its duty. . SUGGESTIONS FROM MIDSTATE Published here are but a few Items to acquaint you with our storks. We hope that you will visit us for your every need. prices, scheduled a year ahead, the ceiling price to the consumer to be closely adjusted to seasonal variations, the government ab sorbing the difference, whether profit or loss. 2. "Supplies of feed at prices I ana in amounts needed to main tain the agreed-upon production of eggs at the prices set, the gov ernment to subsidize whatever in-! creases in feed prices become nec- needs.' Washington, April 21 tP The National Farmers union, declar ing that egg producers were be ing squeezed between fluctuating , setting aside and allocat- k "-"Ming supplies to meet producers' day to help producers by setting iixea prices. in recent months. President James G. Patton said, "egg pro ducers have taken a severe beat ing in widely fluctuating egg irtces while the middlemen spool ators have taken advantage of the same swing in prices below the ceiling." He urged the war food adminis tration to conclude new agree ments with egg producers to in clude the following provisions: 1. "Firm prices lor eggs, in stead ol celling and WORKER'S IDEA EARNS $584 South Bend, Ind. IP Stanley Koselak, a war worker, received $584 from Bendix Aviation corp. for developing an automatic switch which prevents precision drills from breaking in the manu facture of carburetors. The drill, which broke when casting moved out of adjustment, is stopped au tomatically If a casting moves as much as the width of a sheet of support paper. Glass Wash Hack Saw Screw Drivers Beards Blades i A popular board Cuts all materials- WeU temperei that will clean your a complete stork blades, all sized, clothe. available. Vigoro Kester Solder Light Bulbs The Ideal fertilizer Pick up a coil next Use enough globed for your victory time you are In the and keep s supply garden, store 25c. In reserve. Poultry Founts Fishing Needs . Garden Hose Heavy glass, mold- Files, hooks, trolls, Well made garden ed glass base for sinkers, nets, etc-, a hose In 25 and SO young chicks. good assortment, foot lengths. Unseed Oil Brooms Sava-Brush - Turpentine A good grade Restores old paint " "lteml! whSr. broom weH wed brush ""most like painting. strong handle, magic. Midstate Hardware Co. "Serving All Central Oregon" 903 Wall Street Phone 600 No. 27-S Svnonsia of Annual Statement of the National Casualty Company of De troit. 20, in the stale ol Micnigan. on the thirty-first day of December. 1843, made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State ox Oregon, pursuant to law CAPITAL Amount of capital stock paid up. il.ouo.uuu.uu. INCOME Net premiums received during the year. $4.722. lM.tn. interest, dividends and rents receiv ed during the year, I1S5.247.28. Income from other sources received during the year. $202,37.11. Total income. S5.U7u.ti4u.34. . DISBURSEMENTS Net losses paid during the year In cluding adjustment expenses, $2,138,- 272 20. Commissions and salaries paid dur ing the year. l.tOMM.ai. Taxes, licenses and fees paid during the year, $317,045.03. Dividends paid on capital stock dur ing the year. $123,000 00. Dividends paid to policyholders dur ing the year. None, Amount ot all other expenditures, $422,319 90. Total expenditures, $4,811,624.20. ADMITTED ASSETS Value of real estate owned (market value), $1,578.29. Loans on mortgages and collateral, etc.. None. Value of bonds owned (amortized), $3,688,572.20. Value of stocks owned (market val ue), $1,099,050.00. Cash In banks and on hand, $839,- 468 08. Premiums In course of collection written since September 30, 1943, $775.- 91021. Interest and rents due and accrued, $20,845.12. Other assets (net), $216,858 65. ToUl admitted assets. $6.639,88.g3. LIABILITIES Gross claims for losses unpaid, $1,- $48,409.93. Amount of unearned premiums on all outstanding risks. 11,329,521184. Due for commission and brokerage, $213,149 09. All other liabilities. $821,71484. Voluntary Contingency Reserve, $523,079.37. Total ltablllUes. except capital. $4,- 135.882 83. Capital paid up. $1.000.060 00. Surplus over all liabilities, $1,500,- 000 00. Surplus as regards policyholders, $2.500.000 00. Total. $6.615.881 83. BUSINESS IN OREGON' FOR THE YEAR Net premiums received during the year. $12.472 76. Net losses paid during the rear, $2 707 54. Name of Company, National Cas ualty Company. Name of President, w. O. Curtis. Name of Secretary, W, C. Butler- fkld. Statutory resident attorney for ser vice, H. if. Daus, Portland, Oregon. ORIGINAL AIR-WOVEN y. Tat s .'I '4r'-V.' -a Box Springs Same Price Other SUPER SEALY VALUES SEALY SEALCRAFT, Q CA Sateen Tapestry Cover ityeW SEALY WHITE SWAN A 7C A Healthized Mattres$ i,tee SEALY DOWNEY REST OQ fffl Brings Better Sleep to Millions MaW e4V SEALY 48 LB. COTTON i Q CA Mattress Only lafteiifW LenuUte JtoUf-Staple Ail-Wove Cotton! REST TO THE KING'S TASTE ON A "PILLOW FOR YOUR BODY!" Famous imported "Old Clock" cover. SO lbs. of air-woven staple cotton, compressed Into one great batt, Outside-roll, firm-edge border, with convenient handles. 4 Famous ior tr-lonjg Ufa and su perior sleeping comfort. Entirely hand-made by expert Sesly craftsmen. CONVENIENT TERMS sat. SQUAE&E IDE AIL FUJESTOEIS O EASY TERMS O COMPANY LARGE STOCKS O Phone 144 REDMOND H. G. RAINEY. Owner Phone 324 BEND Phone 331 PRINEVILLE
