INCLUSIVE NEWS DISPATCHES PQLK - YAMHILL COUNTY NEWS SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1929
PAGE THREE
ZENA MINSTREL
MEMORIAL HELD
WITH AUDIENCE
Zena, Ore. A memorial to the
fcena minstrel show that died In
February, 1928, opened tho program
at the last meeting ol tho Com
munity club, and the audience was
asked to stand while a chorus be
hind the curtain sang several orig
inal comical songs about tho pass
ing out ol the chow which hod
until this year been an annual and
much anticipated event, but which
has not been revived this year, so
lar.
Morris Shepard, home for a few
days on furlough from the Van
couver Barracks, where he Is sta
tioned, sang two solos. Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Scott, in costume, then
presented tho four-act musical
comedy "Zacharrl and Peggy Jane,"
giving tho courtship, the marriage
and the honeymoon with the first
act called "Plucking Up Courage."
Roy Barker played tho part of the
minister in the third act, and Mrs.
Dint McCall of Brash College ac
companied at the piano through
out, and Jeanctte Scott accompan
ied with her violin. A violin solo
by Jeanette Scott accompanied by
Mrs. McCall followed and Mrs.
James Hlott sang "In the Garden
of Tomorrow" and "Dreaming of
You," accompanied by Mrs. McCall
and Miss Scott.
The final number was a play
called "Pirates" by seven members
of the community. Ports In this
were taken by Mrs. Prank Mat
thews, Miss Dorothy Shepard, Mrs.
Worth Henry, Mrs. Donuel Craw
ford, Mrs. Seymour Wilson, Mrs. J.
Fred Purvine, and Mrs. W. N.
Crawford.
"The Dutch Detective." and three
act play will be presented at the
next meeting in March. This will
be given by young people of the
Knight Memorial cnurcn 01 oaiem.
It was scheduled to have been used
for -this program but was post
poned, and the same committee
which was to have functioned at
that time will be In charge of the
next meeting, and consLsts of Wal
ter B. Hunt, Worth W. Henry and
W. N. Crawford.
Ralph Scott, president of the club,
presided and W. N. Crawford, sec
retary, read report of the last meet
ing. A motion carried to pay all
bills. Doughnuts, coffee, and cocoa
were served, Mrs. James Hlatt, Mrs.
W. Frank Crawford and Mrs.
Charles Purvine in charge of this.
The house was comfortably filled
and a good time was enjoyed.
SOCIAL AND MUSIC
PLANNEDBY LADIES
TJnlonvale The Ladies' Aid of
the local Evangelical church met in
the aid room for an all day meet
ing Tuesday with 14 ladles present.
A covered dish luncheon was served
at noon.
rt,,i.i,, thA hnsinPRA merttnc a
social and short program was plan
ned to be given by the ladies at the
school house Thursday evening.
fhrwR nrpsent were Mesdames
George Antrim, M. F. Corrlgan of
McMlnnvme, lvan urawiey, umnci
Dixon, Robert Dixon, Samuel Dixon,
.T M TTVirrpst.. Bert McFarlane. J.
A. McFarlane, Harvey Robertson,
W. E, Simpson, Neal Stoutenburg,
Emily Squire, George Westfall and
Mis Vivian ' Stoutenburg. Rev. W.
E. Simpson and John Squire.
GIBSONS ARE HOSTS
AT FAMILY DINNER
West Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Gibson were hosts at a family din
ner at their home on Kingwood
avenue recently for Mrs. Gibson's
uncle. Albert Hilke ol Bemcro, m.
D who has been a guest at the
Gibson home for several days. The
dinner was also planned In honor
of Mrs. Gibson's birthday anniver
sary. Hilke returned home this
week.
Places were reserved for Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Schwartz and daughter
Geraldine of Portland, Mrs. Minnie
Anderson and daughter, Miss Joyce
Anderson of Stayton, Miss Llllie
Ruge, Miss Mabel Rnge, Charles
Ruge, Albert Hllko and the hosts,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gibson.
Marmion Lodge Stages
Annual Roll Call For
Its 24th Anniversary
Dallas. Marmion Lodge reached another milestone In
their history this week when they celebrated their 24th an
niversary with the annual roll call meeting. The present of
ficers of the lodge are C, W. Henkle, chancellor commander ;
Cecil Embree, vice-chancellor; L. S. Finseth, keeper of rec
ords and seals; Ray Syron, prelate; Oscar Groves, master at
arms; T. E. Campbell, master ol
work; h. S. Finseth, master of ft
nance; Homer Brown, Inner guard;
and- T. A. Dunn, outer guard.
The lodge has 190 members and
of this number 72 answered to their
names hi person and 14 more answv ;
ered by a letter written to the keep-
er of rolls and seals. There were 25
visitors in attendance most of whom
were from Salem. At the opening
about 15 from Salem "Paw down go
boom" with wash tubs, coffee cans, j
cowbells, horse-fiddles, etc. They i
called in the "drum corps of the ;
brass rail from the third house of '
the legislature." The visitors were !
introduced and each gave 1.1s title i
or occupation. Among the visitors '
was Deputy Sheriff Royal Plank of
Toledo who never misses a roll call,
as he was once a member of Marm
ion. Past Supreme Representative
of Oregon, Senator Gus Moser, was
the main speaker of the evening.
He has been a member for 31 years
and a member of the Grand lodge
for 25 years. He told of the found
ing of Pythianlsm by Justice H.
Rathbone 05 years ago and brought
out what the great lessons of
friendship taught by the order had
done for the making of better cit
izens. Past Grand Chancellor M. P.
Hardesty responded with a short
talk as did Vice Chancellor W. S.
Levens, who brought out the
thought that the spirit of Pythian-
ism was the spirit ol goodieiiow-
ehip.
Among the members ol Marmion
who were in attendance from a dis
tance were C. P. Trimble, superin
tendent of the K. of P. home located
at Vancouver, Wash; O. E. Warden,
from the Sunnyside vicinity south
of Salem; George Wohlford, Port
land; Hon. H. H. Belt, judge of the
supreme court, Salem; Doc P. Pat
terson of Portland, and Earl Burn
of West Salem. Belt, Trimble and
Patterson each responded with a
talk on the ideals and what it meant
to be a member of such an organization.
There were three charter mem
bers of Marmion present: Judge
George-Hawkins, Arthur P. Starr,
and John T. Ford. Mr. Ford has the
distinction of being the oldest mem
ber of this lodge, also first chancel
lor commander.
After the speech-making was over
and old friendships had been re
newed, a bounteous lunch was
served.
MONMOUTH MOTHERS
CLUB IS ENTERTAINED
Monmouth The Monmouth
Mothers' club met at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. O, Cole Tuesday
evening, entertaining the husbands
of the club members with six tables
of "500."
Guests of club for the evening
were Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Chambers,
Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Dewey, and Mr.
and Mrs. H. Brandt. After an en
joyable evening of cards refresh
ments were served to the following:
Mr. and Mrs. James Gentle, Mr.
and Mrs. P. M. Roth, Mr. and Mrs.
E. M. Ebbert, Mr. and Mrs. B. P.
Butler, Mr and Mrs. James Tllton,
Mrs. C. H. McKnight, Miss Velma
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. David Riddel,
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Murdock, Mr.
and Mrs. F. E. Chambers, Mr. and
Mrs. D. R. Dewey, Mr. and Mrs. H.
Brant and the host and hostess, Mr.
and Mrs. E. C. Cole.
SUNBEAM CIRCLE
GREETS MEMBERS
Monmouth. The Sunbeam circle
ot the Neighbors of Woodcraft met
In the I. O. O. F. hall at Monmoutn
Tuesday evening with a very large
attendance. One gratifying leature
of the meeting was the presence of
members who had not attended the
regular meetings lor several years.
Neighbor Ruth Ebbert, local In
stalling officer, took charge of the
installation of Nora Masos, atten
dant, and Alice Yeater, manager,
as they were unable to be present
at the public installation In Janu
ary. After the regular lodge work
a pot-luck supper and a social time
were enjoyed.
Mrs. Dwight Hoag, Mrs. Sadie
Waller, and Mrs. Cooper will en
tertain at the next meeting which
will be held in March.
NDEPENDENCE
WOMAN'S CLUB
HAS VISITORS
Independence The Woman's club
met Tuesday afternoon and had is
special guests Mrs. J. S. Cooper, Sr.,
of Portland, who was the lirst pres
ident of the- club, and Mrs. George
Glrard.
Mrs. Cooper, who was also a char
ter member of the club, gave a talk
to the members, touching briefly
upon her associations here and the
pleasant memories she has cherish
ed all these years she has been away
from this city.
Members responded to roil can
with quotations from American
poets. Miss Myra Montgomery gave
paper on "Tendencies In Modern
American Poetry;" Mrs. G. O. Wal
ker read one of J. Whltcomb Riley's
poems; Mrs. D. P. Lamb gave a
reading from Edgar A. Guest. These
numbers were all greatly appreciated.
Mrs. Mover, accompanied at the
piano In the singing of familiar
songs and patriotic numbers. The
hostesses were Mrs. J. E. Hubbard
and Mrs. W. H. Craven.
MUSICAL PROMENADE
SCHEDULED AT AMITY
Amity. The ladles of the Social
Service club of Amity Invites the
public Friday to attend a musical
promenade and entertainment giv
en by the Aolian concert trio of
Newberg, assisted by a soloist and
reader.
Those to take part are: Claire
Winona Smith, first violin; Lois
Wilson Allen, second violin; Gretch-
en Bayer George, viola; Mrs. Char
les B. Wilson, piano; Mrs. Frank
Colcord, soprano; Mrs. Charles A.
Morris, reader.
HOPVILLE
Mr. and Mrs. Huntley, teachers
in the Hopville school, held a val
entine party for the pupils at which
they had an enjoyable time.
The county school superinten
dent, Mr. Wills, visited the school
Monday.
SALEM'S HOUSE OF HITS
Amity. "Jim mie," the youngest
son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Struit
of this city, Is very ill. All the fam
ily Is home. Dr. G. A. Davis of Am
ity and Barendrick of McMinnville
are In attendance.
ELSINORE
ENDS TODAY
Leatrice Joy
In
"Tropic Madness"
i TOMORROW
JAMES CRUZE
Production
"THE RED MARK"
Mat. 25o Ere. 4flc
Foregone
LAST TIMES TODAY
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tHE LITTLE
WILDCAT
She Was Sailing Along
Pretty Till She Got Caught
in a Dangerous Love
Pocket 1 Don't Miss This
Comedy Riot!
VITAPHONE VODVIL
ACTS
FOX MOVIETONE
TALKING NEWS
Sunday Brings
ANOTHER VITAPHONE
TALKING SUCCESS
Laborers on rubber plantations of
French Indo-Chlna are demanding
higher wages. .
Progress Takes
Fine Big Tree;
Has Substitute
Independence. A large black
walnut tree at the comer ol seventh
and Monmouth street, planted by
the late John Richardson, at the
southwest comer of his property
about 40 years ago, was destroyed
this week by the Mountain States
Power company service men at the
Instance of Mr. Duvall, present
owner of the property.
This tree had a very large spread
and about ton years ago was grafts
ed to English walnuts, but only a
few of the grafts lived and the tree
was a non-producer as far as the
English variety was concerned. It
had a large trunk .and required the
labor of several men to cut It up
and owing to the high-powered
wires running thro'igh the limbs it
was necessary to cut them away in
sections.
A hickory tree much less in size
but planted at the same time, was
also destroyed.
BUILD BELL TOWER
Amity. The city of Amity Is
building a bell tower near the city
nau ior the iirebeu wmcn win ne
moved from Its old location
Fifth street. The bell will be elec
trically equipped so that an alarm
can be turned in from up town.
RURAL WOMEN
OF COUNTY TO
' HOLD MEETING
Brush College Either Mrs. Sadie
Orr-Dunbar of Portland, or some
other member of the state health
department from. Forfjand will be
present at the meeting Saturday of
this wek to speak to the federation
of Pollc County Rural Women's
clubs at Rickreall, the subject be
ing county health nursing. All who
heard Mrs. Dunbar at Dallas in
November know what a fine and
forceful speaker she is and what
a treat they will miss if they can
not be present to hear her Satur
day. It is expected that the federa
tion will go on record as strongly
In favor of a county health nurse,
that being the chief project be
fore the organization at the pres
ent time.
A constitution will be adopted at
this meeting, probably tho one read
and tabled at the November meet
ing. Mrs. Fred Gibson, of West Sa
lem has been selected by Mrs. Cor
ydon Blodgett, president, and Mrs.
Herschel Wait, vice-president, to be
secretary of the federation.
The program will Include some
readings by Mrs. Ralph Beck of
Dallas, and both vocal and instru
mental music Is promised. It Is de
sired that every woman in tho
county belonging to a woman's club
will be able to make arrangements
to be there. The meeting will open
with a 12:30 o'clock luncheon.
ALASKANS MAKE CALL
Independence. Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Ellis, recently from Alaska,
were guests of friends here Tuesday.
Ellis was appointed assistant Unit
ed States Attorney, stationed at Se
ward and is on two months' leave
of absence. They are enjoying a vis
it with Salem friends while here.
Ellis was formerly an attorney here
and was active m the business and
social life of the community.
FORESTRY PICTURES
SHOWN AT ASSEMBLY
Independence. During the high
school assembly hour OB Tuesday,
W. V. Puller of .Dallas, stats lens
try commissioner, was the principal
speaker. He talked on prevention of
forest fires and illustrated his talk
with slides which was Quite Inter
esting. He also gave slides on Ore
gon scenery and the Pendleton
round-up.
The basketball girls served lunch
in the domestic science room to the
teachers and students of the school.
Salems' Best Dental Values
Plates ... $10
$25 PLATE .. ....15
"DUR A-LITE" VnhreakaiU
ilesh color plates $25
Crowns & Bridges $5
Fillings $1 up. Gold $3.50 up
Painless Extraction $1
15 Year Guarantee
Dr. F.C.Jones, Dentist
Upstairs Phone 2860 -
Over Ladd & Bush Bank
Open Evenings
By Appointment
WE
GIVE
GAS
sun life Assurance company of canada
A TOWER OF STRENGTH
19 28
Assurances in force, (net) $1 ,896,91 5,000
An Increase of $408,925,000
New Assurances Paid for
An Increase of $1 1 2,836,000
Total Income
An Increase of $41 ,972,000
Surplus earned during the
Year
Payments to Policyholders
and Beneficiaries
Surplus and Contingency
Reserve - - -An
Increase of $9,157,000
Total Liabilities -
(Including paid up Capital)
Assets, at "December 3 1 st,
1928 - - - -
An Increase of $87,652,000
Rate of Interest earned on
mean invested assets (net)
DIVIDENDS TO POLICYHOLDERS INCREASED FOR
NINTH SUCCESSIVE YEAR
The Company has also inaugurated the practice of paying a special
' maturity dividend on participating policies, ten or more
years in force, terminating by death or maturity .
441,244,000
144,747,000
40,264,000
49,920,000
66,938,000
422,020,000
488,958,000
6.58
UNITED STATES BRANCHES
All policies payable in United Statea funds at
the following centres:
Alton, III.
Atlanta, Ga.
Baltimore, Md.
Birmingham, Ala,
Boston, Mass.
Chicago, III.
Cincinnati, Ohio, '
Cleveland, Ohio.
. Columbus, Ohio.
Denver, Colo.
Des Moines, Iowa.
Detroit, Mich.
Evansville, Ind.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Greensboro, N.C
Honolulu, T.H.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Jacksonville, Fla.
Jersey City, N.J.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Louisville, Ky.
Marquette, Mich.
Minneapolis, Minn.
Newark, N.J.
New Haven, Conn.
Philadelphia, Pa. .
Portland, Me.
Portland, Ore.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Richmond, Va,
Saginaw, Mich.
San Francisco, CaL
Scranton, Pa.
Seattle, Wash.
Spokane, Wash. -St.
Louis, Mo.
Toledo, Ohio.
Washington, D.C.
Wheeling, W.Va.
Wilmington, Del.
Yakima, Wash.
The Company maintains on deposit with
United States Trustees approved securities in excess
of the net liability to American policyholders.
Total investments in United States' securities
exceed $225,000,000.
EXTRACTS FROM DIRECTORS' REPORT
, . , After deducting amounts re-assured, the
total assurances in force now amount to $1,896,
P15,934.57, an increase of $408,925,254.48. Poli
cies in force number 633,240, and in addition,
136,293 certificates of assurance are held by
employees of corporations and firms under the
group plan.
While every field of operation contributed its
full share to these impressive advances, the
rapid development of our business in Great.
Britain and the United States is especially note
worthy. The generous reception of our Com
pany in countries served by powerful domestic
institutions is particularly gratifying, as testify
ing to widespread appreciation of our record
and services.
, . . The amount paid to policyholders since
organization, together with the amount at pres
ent held for their security or benefit, exceeds
the total amount received from them in prem
iums by $111,370,229.10.
The strength and resources of the Company
have been still further enhanced.
The net rate of Interest earned on the mean
Invested assets, after making provision for in
vestment expenses, has risen to 6.58 per
cent. Dividend increases, bonuses, and stock
privileges, accruing on many of the Company's
holdings, contributed substantially to this gra
' tifying result.
A net profit of $1 1 ,028,854.59 has been realized
from the redemption or sale of securities which
had risen to high premiums.
The securities listed in the assets have been
valued at figures substantially below the values
placed on them by the Government. This under
valuation of our securities represents an import
ant safeguard against possible adverse market
fluctuations, additional to the reserves specifi
cally provided against that contingency
We are again able to report that on the bonds
and preferred stocks listed in the assets not one
dollar, due either as interest or as dividend, is in
arrear for a single day; while the dividends ac
cruing to common stocks exceed by several
million dollars those payable on the same stocks
at the time of purchase.
The surplus earned during the year, based on
the values given in the accounts, amounted to
$40,264,088.52.
$10,000,000. has been deducted from the
already heavily marked-down value of securi
ties, as additional provision against possible
fluctuations, increasing the amount so set aside
to $20,000,000.
The special amount set aside as a liability to
provide for unforeseen contingencies has been
maintained at $12,500,000.
$15,822,339.65 has been paid or allotted as
prorits to policyholders during the year.
After making all deductions and allocations,
$9,157,966.34 has been added to the undivided
surplus, bringing the total over liabilities,
contingency accounts, and capital stock to $54,
438,852.48. The continued prosperity of the Company
enables your Directors to announce, for the
ninth successive year, a substantial increase in
the scale of profits to bq distributed to partici
pating policy-holders during the ensuing year.
In addition, your Directors have inaugurated
the principle of granting a Special Dividend on
participating policies maturing after having
been in force ten years or longer. This new
bonus will enable policyholders or beneficiaries
whose withdrawal is occasioned by the maturity
of policy contracts, to participate in the accu
mulated surplus which it has not as yet been
considered prudent to divide.
The effort to provide life assurance at the
lowest net cost obtainable has been increasingly
appreciated. Our policyholders will be gratified
by this further evidence of our desire that the
Company's prosperity shall be fully shared by
its members.
SUN LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY OF CANADA
W. J. MINKIEWITZ, District Manager
1845 John Street Salem, Oregon
"Conquest"
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