Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, May 21, 1937, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextEXCLUSIVE NEWS DISPATCHES GREATER WILLAMETTE VALLEY NEWS BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1937 s BACH TO BUILD AFTER CROWDS SEEFESTIVAL Mbanon -The Steve Bach build ing at the Intersection of Sherman and Main streets, partially destroyed by fire May 9, U nearly wrecked by a crew of workmen. Only a sec tion of the quarters once occupied by Heyne's Music store was still standing late Thursday. Bach, who will build a new build big for a department store, will not start its construction until after the Strawberry festival June 4 and 8. The site will be entirely cleared be fore that date. Echoes of the blaze were heard here in this week's council meeting when the mayor and city fathers joined in high praise for the swift response of the volunteer fire de partment. Almost every fire fight er was at hand within five minutes after the siren blew its first call HIGH SCHOOL ELECTS Lebanon The Lebanon high school atudent body elected Herb Durlam as its president for the next school year, chase several other or Itcers and adopted by an over whelming vote five amendments to the constitution. Other officers selected were Bruce Stacy, vice-president; Marian Mi' chehon. secretary, and Lowell Ba ker, treasurer. LeRoy Ingram will retire as president. The amendments are as follows O) appointment of yell leader by student council rather than by vote i2i elimination of the office of ser- geant-at-arms, the vice-president to assume his duties; 3 appointment of representatives of each organ ization as numbers of the student council; 4) amendments to con stitution to go Into effect within 48 hours of their adoption, and 5) recommendation of coach adviser to permit award of letters in any activity. ACTING DEAN NAMED Lebanon Lena Mtdler, girls' phy sical education director at Leban on high school, will act as dean of pirls during the next school year. The post has been held by Elolse Reed, who has submitted her res Ignatlon. DRAMA SCHEDULED MONMOUTH CHURCH Monmouth The drama, "The House on the Sand," will be pre sented at the Christian church 7:30 o'clock Sunday night. The cast of characters Is as fol lows: Thomas Reynolds, business man, J. A. Dunn; Maud Reynolds, his wife. Jessamine Johnson; Alec Reynolds, their son, Daniel Dono van; Phyllis Reynolds, their daugh ter, Lillian Kutz; Max Reynolds, son, Leo Rose; Dan Mulvaney, a workman, Chris J. Nelson ; Rose Mulvaney, his daughter, Twyla Se vern; Mag. the family nurse, Ra chel Tripp; Mrs. Sniggles, neigh bor, Mis. J. A. Dunn. Also R. M. Britten, Max Parker and Charlotte Morlan, who have parts in the worship prelude. This drama is being presented by the Religious Drama class which is Instructed by Mrs. Enid L. John son for the benefit of the Alcohol Educational fund of the W.C.T.U. There will be a free will offering taken which will be given to the local W.C.T.U. Marion 8th Grade Graduates Monday Marion The eighth grade gradu ation exercises will be held at the hall at 8 o'clock Monday evening. Mrs. Mary Fulkerson of Salem will give the address. Those graduating are Jeannette DeLangh, Verla Bald win. Betty Olson, Stanley and Eu gene Russell, Albert and Leo Htiber, Gabriel Planner and Robert Sher wood School closes May 28 with a picnic and a ball game between the ons and fathers. TOWNSENDS TO PU NIC So o its Mills The Townsend club has planned a 1 o'clock basket din ner in the Odd Fellows hall Sun day. Other clubs are invited with a special invitation extended to Odd Fellows to come hear Past Grand I Master Henry Young of Hlllsbnro, who will be the afternoon speaker. CONTEST MAIM' El) Rowdale The Rosedale Sunday school has started a contest to build j up the attendance the .school be- ing divided in two sides. Builders j and Boosters, the losing side to en tertain with a picnic. I ALI.ED TO Alt I ZONA Gervais Miw Amy Harding hns i left for Pre.scott. Arizona, to remain i several weeks. She was called there on account of the serious illness of j her brother, Charies Harding. Her i mother, Mrs. Elcnnor Harding, w ho i Is 99 years of age. is being cared for at the Wood bum hospital. I STATE Theatre STARTS SUNDAY! i Demonstration Project For Valley Irrigation Is Given to Canby Section Aurora, Or. The model irrigation project for Canby district, estimated to cost $345,000 and to be financed by means of a non-interest bearing U. S. Bureau of Reclamation loan, was a step nearer this week when the Clackamas county court unanimously appropriated $400 to help match ll.OOO to be spent by the U. S. bureau in verifying the leasi bility of the 4300-acre project from an agricultural and economic point of view. The other $600 in match money U being contributed in equal amounts by the state engineering department and interested citizens of Clackamas county. The original survey of the project, recently completed by the U. S. army engineers, the state engineers office cooperating, has been sent to Washington for study by the u. Bureau of Reclamation. Complete GRADERS WILL GETJIPLOMAS Wood burn Twenty-seven pupils will graduate from the eighth grade at the Washington school this year. The class includes Jim Kennon, Wanda Hyden, Edgar Schllttenhart. June Black, Jack Cannivet, Betty Stance. Ellee nLePebvre, Corinne Gill. Peter Erwert, Orlo Harr, Grace Lindeken. Marguerite Gagner, Don na Dunn. Kenneth SchieL Dorothea Koenig. Raymond Rich, Doris Jones, Anita Hoefer. Ray Dickenson, Vivian Miller, Margaret Whitney, Archer Marshall, Catherine Pronsdahl. Ruth Earl, J. C. Miller, Luella Gumey and Louis Murray. Students of the Washington school who have received Marion county health pins are: Eighth grade Don na Dunn, Ruth Earl, Catherine Fronsdahl. Luella Gumey. Corinne Gill. Orlo Harr, Anita Hoefer. Wanda Hyden. Doris Jones. Jim Kennon. Dorothea Koenig, Grace Lindeken. Archer Marshall, Vivian Miller, Ken neth Schiel; seventh grade Harley Branlgar, Billy Bristow, Russell Bu channan, Francis Alleman, Nora Broylea, Victor Fryer, Glen Englc, Millicent Evenden, Herbert Gill. Maxine Jessen, Marjorle Kauffman, Verio Olson, Harold Tilden. Virginia Williams, Robert Wilieford, Helen Yodcr, Kenneth Snook, Vergil Adain- son and Gerald Smith. Students receiving 100 percent in Mrs. Fulkerson's test were Doris Jones, Catherine Fronsdahl, Corinne GUI from the eighth grade, and Jo seph Long from the seventh. CLASSES ARE GUEST AT HUBBARD HOME Hubbard Covers were placed for 35 members of the senior-Junior classes of the Hubbard high school and for five guests at the home of Mrs. E. P. Rich Wednesday evening with Mrs. John Friend, Mrs. Claud Moomaw and Mrs. Albert Hovenden as co-hostesses. Guests for the eve ning were Otto Painter and his mo ther. Mrs. Edith Painter, J. V. Ness Johnson. Miss Catherine Barker and MLss Fleta Merrill, all members of the teacher group. The Junior class as host group furnished the entertainment for the evening with an amateur-hour a la Major Bowes and other talent find ers. Max Moomaw was master of ceremonies. Three girls of the alumnae group as.si.sted with the serving. They were Miss Marjorle Friend, Miss Leona Hopkins and Miss Iris Moomaw. Recital Scheduled Stay ton Guest musicians from the Scio music class, Salem, Silver ton and Dallas will appear on the Prise ilia Meihingrr studio recital at the Stay ton high school auditorium Friday evening at 8 o'clock. The recital will feature the Stay ton stu dents of the studio. SALEM Watch For The GRAND OPENING rote METROP. I II I II ill I I Ulll U ifTW Feast -aJfa With Entertainment to ni.r OUT OF EVERY 10 ADULTS ARE YOU THE TENTH? in every detail, it showed that the project to irrigate 4300 acres in Canby district is feasible structur ally and apparently so impressed Mr. Page that he expressed will ingness to go ahead to the extent of checking the project thoroughly to determine if it is econimically sound. Under the tentative program, as outlined before the Canby Irriga tion Project committee, of which Lloyd Smith of Canby is chairman, the money for the demonstration project would be loaned by the U S. Bureau of Reclamation without interest for 40 years, the estimated cost to farmers of the area being $4 per acre per year including re payment of the loan and operating and maintenance costs. Canby district was selected for the demonstration irrigation project by the state engineer's office, after the state legislature had appropri ated $7500 for the survey. The U. S, army engineers who made the sur vey spent another $17,500 on the survey, one of the finest ever made in the west L. C. Stoll. executive secretary of the Clackamas county planing board, and Chairman Bernard Schoenburg notified Commissioner Page and U. S. Senator Charles L. McNary in Washington that the $1.- 000 in match money had been rais ed. The planning board has ac tively sponsored the project from the start, working in close cooper ation with County Agent John J. Inskeep and the Canby irrigation project committee. CHURCHES JOIN FOR SERVICES Silverton Baccalaureate services for Silverton high school, will be held in Eugene Field auditorium Sunday night, beginning at 8 o' clock. Rev. Frank W. Zook. pas tor of the First Christian church of Silverton, will preach the ser mon. The churches of Silverton will join with their ministers in this annual greeting to the graduat ing class of the high school. The program will be as follows: Piano Prelude and Processional , Miss Rita Rahn Invocation Rev. J, M. Jensen Hymn Audience Chovua Numbers, dire ted by Hisi Bertha Aim High Beliool Chorus Snlutfltlori. by Samuel Richards, and Choral Prologue, by Oaines Scripture Reading.. Rev. D. Lester Fields Ladies' Quartet, selected Ladies, Christian Church Prajer Rev. M.J.K. Fulir Instrumental Number, piano and xylo phone Misses Eileen and Rita Rahn Vocal Solo Richard PlcKell Baccalaureate Sermon Rev. Prank W. Zook "The Angel ol Action" i Hymn Audience 1 .Miss Rita Rahn , SILVER TEA HELD WEST SALEM HALL West Salem A Silver Tea held In Fiord Memorial church hall Wednes day afternoon was attended by 45 adult and a number of children. Program features of the meet ins were readings by Rev. K. K. Clark; piano solos by Mrs. Lyle Thomas, and an old-fashioned "spelling match" In which Miss Lillie Shipler won the prize. The captains of the spelling match were Mrs. George Vosburgh and Mrs. R. L. Porster. Hostesses were Mrs. Elmer Rier son, Mrs. Prank Forrester. Mrs. Eu gene Krebs. Mrs. W. O. Phillips, Mrs. Homer Harrison and Mrs. S. W. Thomas. ON THE SCREEN! BIG LAFF SHOW! It's a Free-For-AII Melange of Fun, I-ove. laughs and Surprises! KF.4r KCKF.FN AND STM;K Oil JOal1 .5'. H ft Brandon 1 HUDSON WHALEN , THOMAS BECK 'm n rln f AlAN DINEHART ,v J W -Mittie Da1? I DOUGLAS FOWLEY $' ' -n J FOREIGN WAR VETS ARRANGE MEMORIAL DAY Silverton A full program was disposed of at the meetings of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post and auxiliary Wednesday night. Delegates to the Astoria state con vention July 1, 3 and 3, named from the post were Dewey Service, Omar Halverson. Lou Devcrlcks and James Meek, with alternates, EL A. Sewell, Lester Whitlock, Lester Standard and E. Lambrecht. From the unit were Mrs. Elmer Johnson, Mrs. M. S. Chandler, Mrs Lloyd Rappe and Mrs. Howard Long and the four delegates with Mrs. A. P. Soile as department council mem ber and Mrs. Lou Deverlcks as aux iliary president, automatically sent as delegates. Alternates are Mrs. James Meek. Mrs. Arthur Nelson, Mrs. Lester Standard and Mrs. Scott McPlke. The Silverton post Invited the Sa lem post to Join them in the Me morial services Sunday, at the Mil ler cemetery during the forenoon and the Salem post will entertain the Silverton group at the Turner Memorial services May 30. The auxiliary planned for the visit of the state officers Wednesday evening. May 26. The state prtsi- dent it Mrs. H. Pan cost. A number of members from the local unit plan to attend open house in Portland Sunday evening to meet the nation al president, Mrs. Gladys Mooney. who will be a special guest of the Portland members for several days. The VFW and WRC members will meet at the K.P. hall Sunday at 10 o'clock from where cars will take them to Miller's cemetery for the regular ceremonials and decoration of graves. Visitors from Salem to the post were: Lester Jones, commander, and W. C. Cavendar, quartermaster. The auxiliary is sponsoring a girls' softball teem with the players in cluding Neva Donnell, Helen Seeley, Pauline Lightfoote. Wreva Dever lcks, Gennleve Scott, Olive and Eve lyn Green, Auda and Wilma Mills, Wilma Knless, Rsellin Remongton. Ethel Burroughs, Virginia Meek and Juanita Moe. At a joint meeting of the post and auxiliary a supper and program were enjoyed. Appearing in selec tions were Ruth DuVal, piano solo; Eileen Stanton in a vocal selection accompanied by her mother; Mar ieann Whitlock in a violin num ber; Doris Whitlock, a piano solo; tongue twister story, Lester Whit lock. On the refreshment commit tee were Mrs. M. S. Chandler, Mrs. L. Whitlock and Mrs. J. Johnson. mmmm "The Bold Caballcro" with Bob Livingston Heather Angel Edrho Qulllan Charlotte Henry In "The Mandarin Mystery" Added Popcye Cartoon. News and Buck Jones "Phantom Rider" COMING SUNDAY TODAY AND SATURDAY Matinees 15f Nights Kt Kiddies lie ON THE STAGE 4 BIG TIME ACTS! SHOW YOI IJ, JI PKI.Y FNJOV W3a - UTOKLY VAUMVUU ikm IM TOW Police Seeking Tire Slashers Albany Albany police are hunting the vandal or van dais, who made a business of slashing tires of automobiles left parked along East Second street, last Tuesday or early Wednesday morning. Armed with a knife the cul prit cut the tire side-walls of no less than eleven automo biles, the police learned. Chief suffered from the raid was the Burgoyne Motor com pany, whose headquarters lay in the path of the raider. POINT SYSTEM DECIDED UPON Dallas Individual farm booths will no longer be a part of the Polk county fair but community displays will be featured instead. This will, occording to members of the board, afford an opportunity to Farmers' Unions, Granges, or other organiza tions to prepare and exhibit pro ducts raised in their home com munity. There will be $20 awarded to each exhibit scoring 66 points. In addi tion 50 cents per point will be given the community or organization for all points scored above the mini mum of 66. The score which will appear in the premium list will read as follows: Field products. vegetables and melons 15 Grasses, forage and sheaf trains IS Thtrshed trains and Brasses IS Canned fruit, vegetables and meat .. IS Green fruit. 10: dried fruits. 10 .... 20 Arrangement 10 Flowers 5 Miscellaneous ............. ft Total 100. . Prizes in 4-H club work will also be increased. The county will also exmbit at the state fair and, in line with the action of other counties in this respect, the industrial part of the exhibit will be increased. TOWNSEND CLUB MEETS Wood burn The Woodburn Town- send club will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at the West Side school. The guest speaker will be Mr. Haskell, radio announcer for KWJJ. Espe cial invitation to all teachers, bus tnes and professional men. EXTRA! Added Attraction! First Pictures Coronation With Actual Scenes in the Abbey! Spectacular Pageantry and Ceremoniess! TWO SMASH He's Funnier Than Ever tenia OLD S0HK J UNA MERKfl , mn s Chapter 4 Serial 2 Big Hits Stage Show 4 MICKEY MOUSE MATINEE SATURDAY 1 PJM. '' TOMORROW! TWO PERFORMANCES 2 P. M. and 8 P. M. Circus Grounds, 15th and Madison Sts. MIS 0jSf5fck AND X V 7 Neiartit el .ii i y ii'.-t!-"' Ill I llllld l MOST III I STUPINDOUl Mf NAGIRIEI I BERT NELSON J VI gSm Ir," "I'd nlml trilntr M '' " m In history of th world! Traveling on 2 Special Trains Reserved and Admission Tickets On Sale Circus Day at Central Pharmacy, tin Stale Street LEGION POPPY SALE TO OPEN Mt. Angel At the regular meet ing of the American Legion and Auxiliary which was held Tuesday evening In the city hall, plans were being completed for the poppy sale lor the 700 memorial popples which are to be distributed by the local post and unit. By the end of the week a group of the Auxiliary members, headed by Mrs. Ethel Wills, chairman of the committee, will canvass the Scotts Mills district. The sale in Mt. Anpel will be made by the Scotts Mills district. The sale in Mt. An gel will be made by the students of St. Mary's school. The territory will be divided into several districts with one group of students to take care of each district. At the meeting Mary Jeanne Bau man, a winner of the 4-H scholar ship for summer school, was a spe cial guest and was awarded her prize. All the other children of the community who have taken an ac tive part in entertaining at Legion meetings will be given a picnic sometime during the summer. A date for the affair has not yet been set, but when it is decided upon, the children will be sent written in vitations. A delegation of Legion and Aux iliary members attended the fun- j eral of Mrs. Amy O. Webb Thurs- day afternoon in Salem. Mrs. Webb was a charter member of the Mt. Angel unit. Leon Lefebre of the Hurlburt Worcham post of Portland presented a past-commander badge to Merton White for his service to the Mt. An gel post. Commander Fred Lucht presented the Legion 4-H scholar ship to Robert Diehl at the meeting. PTA Has Election Buttevllle Mrs. Harry Schulta presided at the last meeting of the school year of the Buttevllle Parent Teacher club. Officers elected were: President, Mrs. Harry SchulU. re elected; vice-president, Mrs. W. E. Thamer. re-electl; secretary. Miis Theora Thamer; treasurer, Mrs. Ir vin Carter; historian, Miss Loett Gooding. A' program followed .he business hour and rcfrsehments were served. 3m TODAY AND j SATURDAY FEATURES HpfcWHlHcVo YOU '0F XfJ Filmed at fJJ Veterans Will Hold Carnival Saturday Dallas Veterans of Foreign Wars pool No. 3202 and Auxiliary met In the Armory Wednesday night. Mrs. Helen Pancost of Coos Bay, depart ment president of the Auxiliary, was a distinguished visitor at 'the meeting. Announcements were made to the effect that the Auxiliary would conduct its poppy sale Friday and Saturday and that the past would stage a carnival dance In the K.P. hall Saturday night. LEBANON WILL GREET CALLERS Lebanon All is in readiness here for the opening of the Pythian Sis ter district convention at the high school auditorium this afternoon. An attendance of between 250 and 300 is expected from the district which comprises temples at Cor vallis, Eugene, Independence, Al bany. Salem, Silverton, Scio. Brownsville, Dallas and Lebanon. The opening session devoted to general business such as reports of committees and election of officers will be convened at 1 o'clock fol lowing a luncheon for convention officers and past grand as well as grand officers who are in attend ance at the conclave. At six o'clock a banquet will be served at the Pres byterian church. Much of the evening program will be given to the exemplification of degree work by the various temples and special honors to visiting offi cers. Santiam temple. Lebanon, will be in charge of opening and closing of work. Convention officers who will be In ehflrpe of the afternoon session in rs '2t Sat'Matine. CLf-. Lr "ZOI.LtK S & 1in' K-tiTftVLTJ T iTl fc,' 3L t nds Today GANG 1 iHl J 1 1 J I A L W MaT Rooson Grand Stage J'J''fW TJWI" f "Woman in Ken Maynard J I M ljTl?lf3rl U'''' t'l&iJtfi mf1rw7rfcnissSv:- SHOULD AMERICA'S WOMANHOOD BE SAC RIFICED ON THE ALTAR OF LUST AND GREED? f km clude Cheslah Young. Santiam tem ple. D D G C ; Mamie Bennett, San tiam. D.P.G.C.; Dorothy Wilson, Salem, DOS.; Rose Chrony, Scio, D G.J ; Nada Grlnde, Silverton, D.G.M : Maxle Cox. Santiam, D. G. M. of R. and ,C; Lena Burian, San tiam. D.G.M. of P.; Alice MannelL Eugene, D.GP., and Anna Brown, Dallas, D.G.O. Grand chief of the Oregon Juris diction. Ella Roper of Grants Pass, is expected to attend and will be prominent in the convention activ ities as will several other memberi of the grand nnd past grand offi cers' staff. EXTRA ! ! j ADDED ATTRACTION Coronation With Actual Scene In the Abbey Spectacular Pageantry and Ceremonies! g o Today and .Saturday 2 MAJOR FEATURES All-Color Romance of the Northwest P-GOD'S COUNTRY I Eland thi wo mam , Snunr-muti tosuusi, AMI 2ND HIT Maurice Chevalier In The Beloved Vagabond" 1 IV LAM TO MO It HOW r u n u n i hi ii Tn k.ta r m ma r e i Startling! Fearlessi Amazing?