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Wedneidoy; June 21, 1939 Tw Exctoilv Nrl Wijatelltt By 8pda Coff(ton3enU Bus Dedication 44A11 Silverton" Day Event Saturday Greater Willamette Valley News Plaque Calls Attention to Noted Resort . SUverton "AU-Sllverton" day 'will be observed Saturday and if weather permlte, the greatest draw in card of the week's bssebaU Karnes, the SUverton Beea vs. the Eugene Drakea, will culminate - day's program. The outstanding feature of the afternoon! pleasures will be the dedication of the "City of Silver- ton", a Oreyhound bui that tray- eli the coast route and will bear that appellation on the outside of the bus and plaque on the inner wall, Informing the tourist public that SUverton la the Gateway of the Sil ver Fall state park. L. E. Shippey, district passenger agent, and O. Imboden, local agent, will have prominent places on the program. Miss Frances Mehl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mehl, who rep. resented SUverton as crown prln cess of the eilverton-Mt. Angel float, will break the bottle contain ing water from the Silver Creek falls ares at the christening. Shlp- pey wlU present the plaque to the Chamber of. Commerce, who will in turn place It In the Interior of . the bus. He will also present a large colored picture of the bus to the forum to hang In the Chamber of Commerce rooms. ..T-T. Leonard wlU act as master of ceremonies. Mayor Zetta Schla dor will give the address of welcome and wlU be the formal recipient of the bus in the name of the town as an advertising medium on Its travels. A brief history of travel wlU be read by a member of the committee In charge and the Amer- lean Legion band Is scheduled to play during the afternoon. The time of the dedication of the bus has been tentatively set for 3:30 o'clock p.m., near the stage terminal. The committee In charge of plans Includes Leonard, R. B. Duncan, W, Russell and Ernest Starr. City and civic officials and mem. bera of the committee will be "ta ken for a ride" around town fol- lowing the right of Inspection of the bus by the general group of guests. Second of Federal Granls Received SUverton Harold Adams, super intendent of the local school sys , tern and clerk of the district, has received the second of three grants .from .federal sources, $15,300, to apply on the construction of the new senior high school building. One more allotment wlU be sent later. The building will be In readiness for general school work at the be ginning of the fall term and Is one of the most outstanding construc tion undertakings of the local town In the history of SUverton. Lone Oak Service Station Destroyed Lebanon The Lone Oak service station at Crawfordsvllle was de stroyed completely by fire Monday night. The Lebanon Fire depart. ment, responding with one fire truck to an alarm sounded more than an hour after the fire start' ed, could do no more than keep the blase under control. The sta tion, which Included a restaurant and living quarters for the own era, Mr. and Mrs. ivy Smith, was valued at several thousand dollars and was uninsured. The Insurance ran out June , it was reported Fire Chief Mervln OUson, Albert smith and T. W. Munyan, manned the local fire truck. Marcroft Commander Aurora Aurora Legion poet No 110. Thursday night elected Joe Marcroft, commander: o. E. Fred' rtkson, first vice-commander; P. P. Havre, adjutant: George Gabriel imance oiucer; bee Bland, eer-geant-at-arms: 3. Jayne, chaplain. ann nova Hall, historian. lrf:.:ilU.'IM!l Today and Thursday Mom, Pop and Unmarried Kids 40c Single Adults 19c - Kiddles 10c -TWO BIG FEATURES Liiriiii Hot to Lift iid Ion Anne Shirley Nan Orey Ralph Bellamy AND SECOND FEATURE ffir 2W Paul Rita Kelly Hayworth niANKIE DAJtRO anf HIS GANG MEi Son Locates Mother After Many Years SUverton During the latter part of the week Harold J. (Curley) Leach received a letter from a woman now resid ing in Camas, Wash., by the name of Mrs. Ben Coplan. These facts meant nothing to him untU Silverton Call Capital Journal Mala J Mr. and Mrs. S. M. MeClung re turned Saturday evening from two-weeks' California visit, attend ing the Oolden Gate exposition and visiting their, two daughters In Stockton, Mrs. Noel Rife and Mrs. Luther Rowe. Mrs. Edward McAlplne of BeUlng ham, Wash, returned home Friday from a visit In Silverton with her daughter, Miss Betta McAlplne, ana her daughter-in-law and son, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McAlplne and Joan. At the Ed G. Morrison home on the Salem highway tor week's visit are their former neighbors In Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hodgson and their daughter, Ma. be!, of White Fish, Mont. Bert Day and his daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Naegell and Dick and Kenneth are spending two weeks on a southern Oregon trip and a visit with Day's son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Day at Medford. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. McNeer and then- daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cavender, drove to Bend, Saturday, by way of the Waplnltla cut-off and returned Sunday by the North Santlam pass. Mr, and Mrs. - Kenneth Williams rMergaret McNeer) were at the Mc Neer home to care for Mrs. Me. Neer's mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Wil son, during their absence. , Turner Seeks Missing Bond Turner At the school election held in the high school auditorium Monday evening It was brought out that school district No. 19 ex ceeded Its 1938-39 budget by !,- 35.03. Chief cause was the pay. ment of a bond this year which was due In 1939. - All local officials hsd supposed this bond to have been paid when due as the Issue Is guaranteed by Marlon county and payment Is to be made through the county treas urer's office before the district re ceives its tax money. No explana tion has been given as to why this procedure was not followed In 1939 when this bond matured. AU other bonds have been taken up In order. The suggestion was made that perhaps this bond was Involved In the Irregularities sup posed to have occurred In the coun ty treasurer's office. It wu sug gested that the state be requested to audit the district! books. No ac tion was taken at this meeting. The anticipated race for the po sition of board member to serve for period of three years did not de velop. Walter Miller was elected with 39 votes. Eddie Ahrens, the only other nominee, received It, Mrs. Walter MUler was elected to succeed herself as clerk. She re ceived 90 -votes to HaUle Endl cott's i. The financial report disclosed that the district owes 19000 In bonds and has (9954.40 In warrant outstanding. There Is a cash bal ance of 11332.49 leaving a net debt as of June 30 of $17.72141. Conference Successful Independence James Martin. Junior student from OSC, spent Sunday at the Mcintosh home here. and returned to Corvalll In the evening with the Darlings. He had Just returned from a week at Sea beck. Wash, where the YM.C.A and Y.W.C.A. International confer ence was being held. Five states and British Columbia were repre sented at the conference, there be ing over 100 delegates present, 14 from Corvallls. J 1 - X mailt , I V MERRIEST i I s. -as YET1 It I ( 1 fT I the contents of the letter revealed the story that Mrs. Coplan was his own mother whom he hsd not seen or known her whereabouts for more then 33 years. The large family was separated when Mrs. Leach was left a widow and relatives and friends took mem bers of the family of small chil dren and some moved to various pans of the northwest from Lex ington. Ore, to make their homes. Leach Is married and has one daughter. Miss Haroldlne Leach. The SUverton family plan to make the trip to Camas during the week where they hope to leam the story of the Uvea of each other during the long separation. Lebanon Vote Upon Schools Largest Known Lebanon Dan Ashton was nam ed director and J. E. Estep, clerk of the Lebanon school board In elections held In the high school auditorium Monday afternoon and evening. The vote was one of the largest In local school history, 334 ballots having been cast for clerk and 331 for director. Ashton, with 98 votes, was victor over Dr. J. O. GUI, who received 98, and Hugh Olds, who received 78. Estep wss the favorite over the Incumbent, Jack Ralston, Jr. Estep was accorded 129 votes to Ralaton's 109. A number or years ago more than 400 votes were cast In a school election; this Is believed to be the only election which polled more ba lots than Monday's. N. M. Newport, the retiring mem ber of the board, announced In the meeting that he was not a candi date for reelection. He and Ralston have each served many years with the board. Newport for 18 consecu tive years or six terms, and Ral ston for 17 consecutive years and terms. Ashton Is a local contractor, and Estep a realtor. They have both lived here many years and are weU known.. Neither has held previous office with the board. Present Plane Pupils Lebanon The pupils of Mrs. C. I. Leavengood will be presented In re cital at the Leavengood home Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock In program of piano music which wlU Include duets as well as solo selections. This will be the last of the season's musical events at the Leavengood studio. Following are the students who will take part: uorotny Powell, Laveme Stewart, Doris Horning, Uldlne RudlsU. Kainerlne Burton, Lee Ann Halght, aammie cotter, Dolorls MUler, Shir ley Ashby, Eileen Norman. Clamell Bryant. Katharine Crabtree, Re- mona Edwards, Msrjoiie Quamme. Lorraine Rose. Henrlella Prcever and Dean Spires, Dean Dard and Juanita Chastaln. Attending Conference Lebanon Mrs. Stella Atkinson and Rev. R. A. S pence are at tending the Methodist conference at Forest Grove this weekend as representatives of the locsl Metho- dlst church. They will return the latter psrt of the week. Srayton Garden Club Inspects Flowers Stayton The Garden club met at the home of Mrs. Raleigh Harold on Friday evening. Each member of the club brought a plant from his own garden for Inspection and Identification. Mrs. Mae Crabtree gave a talk on day lilies: Mrs. Fred Berger on white lilies and Miss Ruth Miller on colored lilies. Mrs. Ben Sehaef- fer gave a talk on flower arrange ment. Mrs. Fred Hottlnger gave a readme1. I'-' I -m i - - ' I t r Captured Second Time Hayro Salomon, played by Claude Rains, Is taken off to prison after being captured by the British for the second time in a scene from "Sons of Liberty." technicolor featur ette, which opens at the Elsinore today. On the same program Is "Wuthering Heights," starring Merle Oberon. Thousand Register But Few at Polls SUverton Of the more than 1,000 eligible voters of the SUverton school district, only 31 turned out to vote. Two candidates, H. B. Jor genson to succeed himself, and T. T. Leonard to suc ceed Dr. William MacNelll. each received 31 votes. No names were written In. Har old Adams, superintendent, was reelected as clerk. Legion Chooses Towe Leader SUverton The third and last nominations before election were re vested at Monday night's meeting of Delbert Reeves post No. 7 of the American Legion. Oeorge Towe was nsmed for com mander; F. M. Powell, vice com mander; Glenn Price, adjutant Sam Lorenzen. finance officer; T. P. Heldenstrom, chaplain; 8. A. Pitney, serge ant-at-arms; Al Lerfald, Omar Halverson and Roy Davenport, mem bers of the executive committee, Delegates and alternates to the department convention at Salem In August were Oeorge Towe, Frank Wray, c. J. Towe, Dewey AUen, F. Powell and Sam Lorenzen. The 78-foot flag pole for the grounds of the new senior high school building has been secured and wUl be dedicated for use In ft cere mony In the near future. George Manolls, commander, named Glenn Price, C. J. Towe and Earl Hartman as a committee to ar range an entry for the 40 et 8 at the state convention. Many plans wlU be completed this week for the annual picnic at Hazel Green park Sunday which promises to be the best attended of any of past years. Glenn Price is general cnairman. Budgets Approved By Four Districts Lyons The annua! school meet ings of Lyons. Fox Valley. Weasel Flat and McCulley Mountain were held at the various school houses Monday afternoon and evening. Mrs. Lyle Klnsor was elected direc tor of the Lyons district for three years to replace Clyde Bressler, retiring director, Fred Bas&ett was elected director in the Fox Valley district to replace Oeorge Berry and Clyde McRay was reelected clerk; Guy Prlchard was elected dlreotor of the Weasel Flat district to re place Bill Prlchard, retiring direc tor, ana Mrs. uuy Prlchard was elected clerk to replace Mrs. BUI Prlchard. Oeorge Nudlgger and Mrs. Martin Keukln were reelected as director and clerk In the Mc- cuuey mountain district. The bud get was accepted In all four dis tricts. nun r Starts Tonite Their home life was wilder than ten-ring circus . . . WILLIAM POWELL CAROLE LOMBARD m "My Man Godfrey" Terror! Mystery! Peril! Charles Laughton Boris Karloff Melvyn Douglas la "The Old Tiarlr XI nit," - f Free Swimming Will Be Taught Silverton Included In the attrac tions of the summer recreational program for the first of next month and arrangements for the swim mlng Instruction at the Y. M. C. A. pool In 8alem by the Red Cross for the summer playground activi ties. Lessons wlU be given to both beginning and advanced students. Junior and senior life saving wUl be taught A charge of 10c per day for every person Is figured on but the Parent Teacher association Is leading a drive to raise money so there will be no cost to participants by selling programs at the State Semi-Pro tournament beginning July 8. Pro grams wlU be given free to aU ad vertisers. C. J. Towe has agreed to fur nish the school busses at the cost of 10c per person and will be able to provide transportation for all who wish It. Tne classes win be held every Monday. Wednesday and Thursday irom s:oo to 11:00 In the morning beginning July 9 and lasting through July is. All chudren must have written permission from their parents to take these lessons and must regis ter at Mr. Darts' office In the Jun ior high building. Kin City Voters Keep School Clerk Mill City At the annual school election held at the high school Monday evening, C. E, Mason was re-elected for a three-year term on the Mill City school board. Mason received 45 votes, 30 ballots being cast in lavor or Mrs. Clyde Rogers. ' D. B. H1U was unanimously re elected as school clerk for the dis trict, In which capacity he has serv ed continuously for about 17 years. other members on the school board Include James A. Swan, and 8. O. Hlgdon. who have served two and one years, respectively. As sisting at the election were Eddie Drapela, Mrs. A. A. Holthouse and Mrs. Robert L. Schroeder. Walter Beck, superintendent of the Mill City schools, was present at the election. Beck Is attending summer school at WUlamette uni versity. Falls City At school election Monday evening Art Ross was elect ed director for three years and Mrs. Ethel Guthrldge re-elected school clerk for a one year term. STARTS gpimnaapaj RAPTDRODS... TERRIFYING. ..DARING.. The strange story of I desperate man who avenged a lost love . . an unfor gettable picture brought to yon by Hollywood's master producer! V"Tf sS SAMUEL G0LDWYN WUTHERINGs Heights OhSUmnt MERLE OBERON LAURENCE OLIVJER DAVID NIVEN tier ahM Dm.14 Cms- - Albany Groceryman Breaks Bilking Ring Albany Due to the alertness of a local grocery dealer an alleged check ring wag rounded up in Portland by police for Albany authorities Monday. Those comprising the alleged bad cneck ring are ciauoe Kisiey, anas Roy Oordon; Orant Allen and Mrs Grant Allen. No less than ten mer chants were bilked. It was reported. The three were brought to Albany today by Deputy Sheriff Mike South ard. Detection was accomplished, local police explained, by means of an au tomobile license number which had been secured by Reese Dooley. one of the forger's victims, Just as the car bearing the number was pre sumably leaving town. Dooley placed the number on his deUvery truck. That night the truck was cleaned out by store employe and the refuse hauled to the city dump. Monday morning Dooley went to the dump and scraped through bushels of stuff before finding the looked for scrap of paper. He re ported Immediately to the chief of police. With the aid of the secretary of state's office and Portland police the ownership of the ear and address of the owner were procured. Portland officers went to the ad dress Monday In Portland and there found Allen In the car bearing the number Dooley had noted. In the house they found RUley and also took Into custody Mrs. AUen. It was found that the aUeged check writers came to Albany and established their credit by deposit ing a smaU sum In a local bank. On June 10, In taking advantage of their established credit, it was al leged the trio cashed ten or more checks ranging from S3 to 119 In size. The checks were returned be cause of lack of funds. It was understood here that Rlsley nad confessed to the crime. Kleens Honored With Farewell Woodburn Friends and members of the Methodist church gathered In the church auditorium Monday night to bid farewell and express their good wishes to Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Kleen who, with their two children, wlU leave soon to make their home at Farmlngton, Calif. Before leav ing for their new home they will attend the annual conference of the Methodist church at Forest Grove. Mrs. Charles Jones was In charge of the program, which Included songs by Charlotte and Wlllard Kleen, a vocal solo by Mrs. Herman Stone, vocal duet by Mary Buchanan and Pearl Porter, a vocal solo by Rev. Kleen and a duet by Rev. and Mrs. Kleen. Short talks of appreciation for the work done by the Kleens and the good fellowship enjoyed during their stay of three years In Wood bum were given by Rev. George R. Cromley of the Presbyterian church, Rev. A. W. Phillips of the Foursquare church and Rev. T. J. O' Connor of the Christian church. Readings were given by Mrs. Car rie Young and guitar solos by Floyd Mattson. The program closed with ft skit by Doris Jones, Rose Bruenlnger, Robert Smith, Mrs. Charles Jones, and Mrs. C. L. Buchner, during which flowers and gift of remem brance were presented to Rev. and Mrs. Kleen In behalf of the Ep- worth league and the Federated Women. Refreshments were served In the lesgue room by members of the Aid society and Fpworth league. I TODAY lUIIRTYgil IOC I wit -J l'SH anytime I HEATHER W V. 12SJ II I .' ANGEL t. Woodburn CaU Capital Journal Main 14 Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Withers and children, Patricia and Bobby, have returned from a two weeks' vaca tion during which they visited rela tives at Jackson, Wyoming, and spent some time at Yellowstone park. They were accompanied by Mrs, Withers' mother, Mrs. Wllllsm Coff- man. and Mr. Withers' mother, Mrs, Charlea Edwards, both of McMlnn vUle. Mr. and Mrs. William Oarver and children have moved to Jennings Lodge where he will conduct gro cery store and meat market. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stewart and sons, Don and Wayne, have moved to the cottage at 399 Hardcastle avenue. vacated by the Garvers. Miss Mary Scollard and Edward Scollard returned Sunday from 10-day trip which Included the San Francisco fair, Reno and Salt Lake City, returning by way of the Old Oregon Trail highway. End Question Dallas A regular meeting of the city councU was held Monday night In the council room at which time several ordinances were passed. -An ordinance was passed upon the second reading providing for an election to be held August 38, submitting to the voters an amend ment to the charter authorizing the raising of funds to the amount of $10,000 for the purpose of pay ing for fire fighting apparatus and equipment. The re-submlsslon of this messure to the voters is for the purpose of ratifying the favor able vote of the people on such measure here November 8, 1938. The attorney-general withheld approval of the entire Issue formerly voted. The council also passed an ordi nance upon second reading provid ing for the construction of concrete sidewalks and curbs and for the repairing of defective curbs approx imately ISO pieces of property with in the city. They also passed an ordinance upon second reading amending ordinance No. 209 of the City of Dallas providing for a per mit of the fire measure for the burning of rubbish and trash with in the city limits. The former or dinance required ft permit for such LAST II Loretts Young 'Kentucky & Richard Greene sir tBWJLm 6 gft i - :'S f ?$B avJEwAl' l - ji - I 2ND ACTION-PACKED HIT Six Districts Near Jefferson Hold Meetings Jefferson The annual school meeting of the Jefferson district was held Monday afternoon In the schoolhouse. The attendance was small owing to the busy season. It was voted to authorize the school board to have charge of the school bus and to do as they see fit about running the bus. Mrs. Harry Mc Kee was elected director for three years and Mrs. Marvin Hutchlngs was reelected clerk for one year. N. C. White and William Skelton are the other directors. The Scravelhlll district held Its regular school meeting In the school house Monday afternoon. The woodshed of the old school build ing was sold to G. Benight of the Dever district, as an addition to the old school building bought pre viously and moved to that district to be used as a church. John Grenz was elected director for three "years and Mrs. Rose Grenz was reelected as clerk for one year. Other direc tors are Joe Yogelskl and Don Porter.. , ; The annual meeting of the Loo ney Butte district was held In the school house Monday afternoon. It wss voted that the district would give one 4-H scholarship to a pu pil In the school. John Terhune was elected director for three years and Edwin Swartz, clerk for one year. Other directors are Bert t Bames and George Looney. ' The Devaney school district held Its annual meeting in the school house Mondsy afternoon. Mrs. Ella Johnston was reelected director for three years and Mrs. Hazel Kelly reelected clerk for one year. Har old Logsdon and Henry Rothrock are the other directors. The school meeting of the Sidney district was held Monday lh the school house. C. F. Johnston wss elected director for three yesrs and Mrs. Iris Chase was elected clerk for one year. Other directors are Mrs. Winifred Zehner and William Wederkehr. The budget meeting wlU be held later. The Talbot school district held Its school meeting Monday after noon In the school house. Fred Jor- genson was reelected director to serve a term of three years and Mrs. D. E. Bllnston was reelected? clerk for one year, other direc tors, are D. E. Bllnston and D. E. u Turnldge. burning within the fire limit only. Under the new ordinance a per mit Is required to burn rubbish and other combustion material within the fire limits at any period of the year, heretofore required under or dinance No. 309. The amended or dinance was passed and required permit to burn outside the flra lim it between May 19 and October 19. DAY pen smith IiilffiSWl SPECIALTY i I lifVSSfi Added Cartoon and News
