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Saturday, March 21, 1942 Two By Special Correspondent Exclusive Newi Dispatches Greater Willamette Vail 3 7 News Air Pafrollers Start Military Drill Sunday Lebanon Preliminary training for the Lebanon-Sweet Home squad ron ol the olvll air patrol will be started Sunday, when all those In terested In Joining the organization will meet at the Sweet Home air port or military drill, Ralph Scrog gln, commander, announces. The drill will start at 10 o'clock. On Wednesday night of this week ""S a large delegation from this it '.strict Attended the meeting In Albany When the Central Willamette CAP was organized. State Captain De Vaney was present and spoke on functions of the organization, and army officers explained the military side of the program, Under the organization plans, there will be an Albany-Oorvallls squadron with two flights of four , planes each, one at GorvaUls and 1 one at Albany, and the Lebanon- Sweet Home squadron of one flight of three or four planes. Those actively participating will be ls- sued uniforms, and will serve for ja the duration of the war, Scroggin w announced. The basic training schedule, to il tallng 80 hours, will be as fol lows: Three hours military- court esy and discipline; 30 hours lnfan ?,' try drill regulations; two hours lo . cal civilian defense familiarization; 20 hours first aid; six hours de fense against gas; four hours inte i rlor guard' duty; ten . hours air 2 Port patrol; six hours crash pro ii cedure; three hours each on organ- izatlon of army, navy and air pa- trol; and two hqura organization of the office of civilian defense, 1! There are four licensed pilots In i. this district, including Scroggin, Gilbert, Mrs. O. J. Leavengood, all of Lebanon, and Pr. Langmack of Sweet Home, . . Silverton Baptismal Service Held for Little Girl; Drama Frat Initiate Mm jjj Miss Jean Monson, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. J. A. Monson; has been elected to the exeoutlve council S of WSO from the sophomore class . at Pullman. , J Jean Amo, daughter of Mrs. Bes fe sle Amo,- has been taken to the ( Deaconess hospital In Salem for j.d medical, treatment, . : - Baptismal services were held at a Trinity Lutheran church Sunday morning for little Miss Diane Janice, jj daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Richard P. Baxter of Solem. Rev, M. J, K. Puhr officiated. Sponsors were Mrs, is' tvlartha Hatteberg Mr1, and Mrs, j Martin Hatteberg and William Hat-' j ,teberg. i' .-V ra Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hannan and Michael, Jr., of Astoria, are mov- lng to Silverton where Mr. Han . J" nan has accepted, work at the 511- ver Falls Timber company mill. . Jordan Moe, son of J. J. Moe of a Silverton is one of the 14 students of Pacific Lutheran college recently 3 initiated Into Theta Psl, the PLC j chapter of Alpha Psl omega, na. tional drama fraternity. Moe is lb now a senior at Parkland. ft Visiting Gifford Smith is his i brother, Bert Smith of Seattle. The guest accompanied his niece, Mrs, John Rye (Margie Smith) to Ore ' fton City Wednesday evening to see Mrs. alfrord Smith, who is ill there. I Sfafe Rationing Heads Are Called - Stayton The local rationing j board has received word to the ef feet that all state rationing admin Hi istrators have been called' to Wash Lr ington, D, C, March 23, to dls- i, cuss the amount of sugar to be ra - Honed and other details in con i noction with 'this product. It Is expected that following this meet. J, lng, the sugar rationing will be put into operation. : At present the board has 29 truck tiro applications for a quota of nine tires on hand and passenger ap- plications follow closely: A. B. Him, Harold Gllney, H. L. Oldenburg and JR. W. King, all of Jefferson; Me JHiama Lumber Co., J. K. McCall, 7 tractor, A. J. Larson, Adrian Her. mans, Ray J. Welter, all of Stay ton; M. H. Robbin, Turner; James hRlpp, Sublimity, and Prlchtl Bros., -of Mill City. ju Obsolete tires were granted to '' ward Rueck and Ambrose Dozlcr. Stayton; T. H, Pllchncr and Ernest fcBouck, Jefferson, James Fisher, Me. Jhama, A. F. Mitchell, Idanha and J, Robert Young of Marlon. . . 1 Dayton Red Cross Has Nutrition Talk uayton There were ' 15 women r attending the weekly Red Cross first aid course held Wednesday at jthe home of Miss Elsie Herring, R.N. Miss Basel Packer, Yamhill county home demonstration agent, j.gave a lesson In nutrition. Care of 'the aged was Miss Herring's sub jcct. A play to demonstrate the .difference In the effect on a patient y a good visitor or a bad one at sick room. Mrs, Walter Zwlck waa a now member. Mrs. Jcnnlo JiMurphy and Mrs. J, A. McFarlane wvere guests. "Communicable Dis eases," will be the subject of the next meeting, Jjl'onnr People Frolic tt Roscdale The young people's tlass of the Roscdale Sunday school Java a party at the horai of Val- 3eda Trick, j W ! 1 P : i 'Choir of the West,' from Pacific Lutheran college at Parkland, Wash., will appear in concert at the Wpodburn high school auditorium from 10:30 to 11 o'clock Tuesday morning. No admission will be charged but a free will offering will be taken. Th e public is invited. The choir appears at the Trinity Lutheran church in Silverton at g o'clock Tuesday night, The choir is on its 15th annual spring tour. Gunnar J. Malmln is the director. There are 55 voices in this musical group and tlx: program will consist of a number of the great choral compositions as well as a group of the old songs. Grand Ronder Heading List Dallas Edward Cyrus Leum of Grand Ronde will be number one man In the group who registered under selective service on February 16.' The new group will have order numbers starting with 10,001 to diS' tlngulsh them from the two previous registrations. The drawing to de termlne the order in which they will be eligible to call was held Tuesday in Washington. The February registration in Polk county was 1229, according to Max Graves, clerk, of the selective service board, and of this number 'slightly over 200 were of the younger age group and about 1000 of the older age group. Leum is 41 years old. The cards have been shuffled and serial numbers assigned. These .lists are available for inspection at the armory -but have not yet been posted.. Until the master list from the drawing are received nothing can be done, about determining or- der numbers. It will probably . be about . April. 1 before, these are listed, . ... Jefferson Mrs; Mlksell Reecjvernir from' Stroke; Washington Visitor . la Entertained, t Mrs. J.' C. Mlksell suffered paralytic stroka In a restaurant in Albany where she had eaten dinner with her husband. She was taken to the Albany General hospital and la responding nicely to medical treatment. Her left side Is par tially paralyzed. Mr. and Mrs. Mlksell are living on the A. A. Miller farm across the river from Jefferson.. Jack Fairish, Kenneth Zlmilcka and Francis Martin who are em. pmyed in the Boeing aircraft plant at Seattle, Wash., spent the week' end at their homes here. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wilson and family were Monday and Tuesday guests at the home of Wilson's par ents near Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Ellis and small daughter of Salem were week end guests at the home of Mrs. Fills' parents, Mr, and Mrs. Hal Wiley. Whitney Edmlnlstcr of Berkeley, Calif., was an overnight guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Parrlsh. He Is an old tlmo resident of the Illlhco district and was enroute to Montana. Mr. and Mis. Frank Wlcd and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lynes made a business trip to Portland Monday. Mrs. Stella Gulvln of Buckley, Wash., has arrived for a visit at the home of Mrs. Evalyn Wall and other relatives In the Greens Bridge district. Sunday Mrs. Gulvln and Mrs. Wall accompanied Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Gulvln of Greens Bridge to Wlllamlna where they visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Davis and family and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gulvln and family. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wright and son Earl, Jr., of Compton, Calif., have returned to their home following a brief visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wright and other relatives here and In Albany. Lois Smith, Sara Morgaret Hutch Ings, Barbara Miller and Betty White, accompanied by their home economics teacher,- Mrs. Frances Coleman, attended the home eco nomics conference In Albany Sat urday. Dorothy Cooley, daughter of Mrs. Mae Cooley, is convalescing from an attack of pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Jones motored to Dotrolt Sunday. Forester Gives Talk Lyons A defense mectlni wis held at the Orange hall with Mr. Morrison, a representative from the state forestry department, as the speaker. His topic was "How can a civilian on defense and Slate For ester cooperate." A meeting of the police will be held Monday night with O. Butler from Albany as the Instructor, i Minute Men Use .. Jap for Target Dallas A unique mailing piece was received this week from J. Waldo Finn, head of the McCoy minute men, It was the silhouette of a Jap soldier, approximately one foot high, used as the stand ard target of the minute men. At 40 yards It has the same scale of size as a Jap 5-foot infantryman at 200 yards. This particular target had been fired by Captain Finn with a 22 rifle and it con tained 52 bullet holes, mostly In vulnerable places about the hood and chest. Fifty-two shots had been fired at It. Rehearsals Start On Music Festival Keizer The first rehearsal of the adult chorus of the music festival, to be presented by this community May 1, will be held in the school auditorium Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. All men and women of this dis trict who can sing are urged by the committee chairman, Mrs. J, N. Brlnkley to attend this rehearsal. Because of the shortage of rub ber, Keizer , will not participate in the annual county music festival this spring, but will have her own festival here. Mrs. La Vaun Gardner and Mrs. Laura B. Miles of the school fac ulty, and Mrs. J. N. Brlnkley and Glenn Savage are members of the committee in charge. Busy Beaver Halts Before Truck Driver . Solo An Industrious beaver some time ago' In the vicinity of Idanha, on the North Santlam river, was approaching (he highway with a green sapling it had felled. As It "snaked" the pole down the hillside toward !Us destina tion, which probably was a likely dam site, a truck chanced along at an early hour, still using the headlights. Courteous Mr. Beaver, re ligiously observing Earl Sncll's constant admonition to use every precaution : to prevent highway accidents, politely ceased tugging at - Its burden . and sat by the pole until the truck passed. Bill Zlcllnskl and John Stell machcr of Sclo were in the truck, and when they looked back in the vanishing dawn they observed the beaver again busy at Its task of moving the sapling to the spot where It would do the most good. In the opinion ot this alert little engi neer. Deer, cougar and an occasion al coyote met the gaze of the Sclo truckers on those cool drives between tills city and Prlnevllle, from which point fertilizer was transported to Willamette valley markets. Mrs. Srafrin Hostess Dallas Circle C met at the home of Mrs. Conrad Stafrln Wednesday for a regular business meeting. The group spent the afternoon doing Red Cross work. A tea hour was held at the conclusion. The next meet ing will be held at the home of Mrs. George Kurre, Wednesday, April 1, Dance SATURDAY NIGHT HAUNTED MILL Rlckreall Independence Guerillaizes - Independence The organization of the Independence Guerillas will be perfected at the high school gym nasium next Thursday evening, ac cording to John Dickinson, who with the assistance of William No ble has been arranging details for the organization of the group, . A preliminary meeting Was held at the high school gymnasium Thursday evening and application blanks were presented to all pres ent. The organization will be made up of men from cities and rural communities In this district and all nearby communities interested have been invited to Join. The purpose sof the guerilla band will be to perforn,duty as last min uto men in case of invasion, protect civilians, assist In cases of fires and other needed protection, 'v ' Dickinson and Noble made . a trip to Tillamook Wednesday whorevthey secured all available information of the guerilla organization recent ly perfected there. Lyons Club Women Will Hear Talk on Nutrition; Elliott Leaving for Rlckreall Soon Mr. and Mrs, Ed Thayer and sons Earl and Kenneth of Loon Lake were Sunday guests at the home of their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Johnston. Mr. Wayne Hickman and chil dren of Salem are visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Lyons and sister and brother-in-law Mr, and Mrs. Wayne Ran som. , Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Tlioma, Richard and Jlmmle of Slayton were guests at the home of her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Amos.Hlatt. Mr. and Mrs. . Denton Brown of Redmond visited friends in Lyons. The Browns are former residents of Lyons and were enroute to Sa lem. Mr. and Mis. Ben Thompson and daughter Bonnie Jean of Empire spent the week-end at the home of her sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Spa and mother, Mrs. Anna Keaton. , Mrs. George Cllpfell left for Call. fornla the lost of the week where she will undergo an operation. Her sister, Mrs, Preston Thrasher, ar rived In Lyons the middle of the week to make the trip with her, Cleta Mario Crabtree underwent a tonsilectomy at the Salem Dea coness hospital. The Lyons Women's club held special meeting at the community hall Monday afternoon. The time was spent In working on the cot quilts for the defense hospital. TUcy will hold an all-day meeting Thursday. In the afternoon a speaker will talk on nutrition. Mr. and Mrs. H. Gesher have moved Into the Donlson house, re. ccntly vacated by the Evcrette Crabtree family. He Is a truck driver for the Van Handle lumber company. Fied Elliott has purchased a serv ice station at Rlckreall and will move his family there as soon as school Is out. Elliott was formerly employed at the Engdahl grocery and station. LIncoln-Mrs. W. N. Crawford had as her guest this week-end her daughters. Mrs. George Haldeman and children Kay and Lois Mar garet and Miss Wllma Crawford. QDANCE Jimmie Whetmore and hi ORCHESTRA ONE NIGHT ONLY 25c & 40c t Ml. NO. INDEPENDENCE at Dallas Forum Offered Many Civic Topics Dallas The Chamber of Com merce regular weekly luncheon was held Friday noon. George Woerth reported on the visit of the chamber delegation to Rlckreall one week ago, when the group presented the ag ricultural placque for outstanding work among the granges in Folk county, for their outstanding per formance in 1941, ' A copy of the resolution from the Sheridan Chamber ot Commerce was endorsed. The request of the min isterial association that stores and offices close on the afternoon of Good Friday to permit their em ployes to attend a union service was referred to the civic committee. R. S. Kreason urged the cham ber to cooperate with the city of Monmouth in . seeking a develop ment of the west side highway to a point near the brick and tile works instead ot being cut off short on cemetery hill as is planned at the present time. Kreason also urged the completion of the county road along the old railroad right ot way from Dallas to the west side highway. Development of both the projects Is necessary If Dallas is to be Included in any proposed de fense area. This matter was re ferred to the road committee for immediate attention, E. H. Thompson, of Salem, was the speaker for the meeting and de voted the. time allotted to him to an explanation of the FHA and some of the necessary procedure connect ed with it. Valley View PTA Specializing en Defense Plans; Victory Garden Committee Named The next PTA meeting of Valley View to be held the second week in April will specialize on defense plans. Mrs. W. H. Newport and Miss Hazel Deal, county health nurse of Lincoln county, from Toledo, were guests at the home ot Mrs. New. port's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Armstrong on. their way to Port, land. Mrs. Wesley DeBoer and Wens. ley Kent DeBoer returned to their home In Martinez, California, fol lowing a ten day visit with Mr. and Mrs,. A. D, Carpenter, Mrs. De Boer's parents. Mrs. Hays Hibbs of Dallas and Morris Langsev made the return trip to California with Mrs. DeBoer. Mr. and MrsAF. E. Armstrong called at Toledo to see their son Ernest who has been seriously ill. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie King of Vic tor Point visited at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs!" Roy Skaife. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Taylor of Sweet Home had as dinner guests recent ly Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Funrue and Miss Ruth Funrue, Mr. and Mrs. Ole Meland, and Joan and Bruce, and Miss Vera Metty. - The dinner was in honor of Mr. Funrue's birth day. Chris Hofstetter, H. K. Funrue, F. E. Armstrong, Mis, Hugh Small and Mrs. Noah Nunt were appoint ed on the garden committee for the Valley View district to meet residents from time to time and pro mote and encourage planting of vic tory gardens. Mothers Are Guests At Jefferson Tea Jefferson Mrs. Clarence Miller presided at a mother's tea In the fourth grade room at the local grade school. The fourth grade, with the third grade as their guests, enjoyed a re cent talk on Norway, given by Mis. Karl Nagcl, native of that country. The fourth grade has Just com pleted the study of Norway. Mrs, Nagel, who came to the Uni ted States from Norway when she was 16 years old, told of her girl hood there, of Norway schools churches, Industries, scenery and sports. She Illustrated her talk with Interesting pictures she had brought with her. She also told of Norway under Nazi occupation, and that she has not heard from her father, manager of the telegraph company at Oslo, since Germany's occupation, Teach Home Nursing Jefferson A course in home nurs lng instruction will begin at the city hall Monday evening according to an announcement by Dr. J. O. Van Winkle, district chairman. Instruc tlons will be conducted Monday and Thursday evenings at 8 o'clock. Six weeks wiU be required to complete the course. Miss Margaret HamlU, R.N., of Jefferson, will conduct the course here and at Marlon. Mrs. Hal Wiley is local chairman for . this work. TONITE CiENTTD Simons Is Same After 25 years Lebanon Albert Simons, teacher at Lebanon high school the last eleven years, has enlisted with the navy as first pharmacist mate.' Mr, Simons served during the last war on a hospital ship. He was given a party by the high school faculty Friday of last week. ' Word received here reveals that-Slmons passed the phy sical examination with flying colors, and that he weighed exactly the same and wore the same size uniform as he did when he first served 35 years ago. He quite school without graduating at start of the first world war. Berry Festival Now Assured Lebanon Lottie Arnold, peren nial chairman of Lebanon's Straw berry Festival, wishes to spike any rumors that this annual event may not be held this year, he an nounced this week. Reports last week stating that permission from army authorities was necessary for gatherings of more than 6000 tem porarily put the matter of the fes tival in tlie air, until investigation proved that without doubt a straw berry queen will reign in Lebanon in 1942 as In previous years, Ar nold said. The state fair board, which Is sending out questionnaires to all towns or organizations planning public gatherings, will be supplied with Information relative to the fes tival, Arnold said. While it will be necessary to get the army's O. K, before the affair can be held, there appears no evidence that per mission would not be granted, sub ject, of course, to Immediate can cellation In event of extreme em ergency, Arnold said. He said plans would continue as before, that there would be a queen, a parade, a carnival and the other entertainment features. Civilian Defense Workers Summoned Dallas Arrangements were made this week by John B. Eakin, head of the protective division in civil ian defense, for a showing ot the sound film, "Fighting the Incen diary Bomb" and a series of sUdes on the same subject, ' at the high school Monday night at 8 o'clock. All air raid wardens, regular and auxiliary firemen, auxiliary police and all other units of the protec. tlve division are requested to at. tend. The meeting is. also open to .the general public and anyone able to do so should make it point to be there. The film and slides will be shown under the direction of Jack Hayes, a member of the state fire mar shal's office now on loan to the civilian defense organization as an Instructor, Junior Girls' Choir Offering Concert Independence A feature of .the evening at the regular meeting of Adah chapter No. 34, Order of East ern Star Tuesday evening, will be tlie presentation of the Orpheus choir composed of Junior girls of the" Calvary Prebyterian church under the direction of Mrs. M. J. Butler. Barbara Kletzlng and Marilyn Mix will play a clarinet duet; Donna Kletzlng a piano solo and Barbara Kletzlng a clarinet solo as features. Boys and Girls! JOIN THE NEW SUPERMAN'S Junior Defense League of America Adventure I Pun and Prizes! Membership Is FREE! Get your application for membership at SCHOEN'S BAKERY, all grocers carry ing SALEM'S ENRICHED BREAD, and in the lobby of the "Elslnore Theatre" Satur day afternoon. i!Lii-:y Animated Cartoon In I Teehnleoler new at the . Fj"lllNr iii'ii fiWij i.n-.,Vnttyh.'.M OCE Orchestra Gives Concert Monmouth The orchestra of tho Oregon College of Education, head ed by Robert C. Laxson, presented a program of music at the meeting of the Clvio club Thursday after noon, The discussion of unsightly spots in Monmouth resulted In a decision for the president to appoint two women for each precinct who would list places where cleanup seemed needed. A Red Cross emergency cupboard for Monmouth was discussed by Mrs, Ira Powell. The club voted a do. nation of $10 toward the cupboard and equipment. A tea concluded the meeting with Mrs, Dwlglit A, Hoag presiding at the lira. v Mrs. Oscar- O. Ohrlslensen and Mrs, J, B. Lorence shared hostess honors for the Wednesday session of the Social Hour club at the Chrltensen residence.. The program consisted of a talk by Miss Lois A. Lutz, extension specialist in home management at Oregon State college. Her subject, "Home Furnishings," Included an arrangement of furniture, rugs and picture, samples of drapery and up holstery materials, and a rug clean ing demonstration. Jane Wahlstrom, a senior at Monmouth high school, gave her essay on "Liberty," which has won one prize and Is now entered in an 'American Legion contest, Tlie hostesses served refreshment! at the close of the meeting. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mis. O. A. Wolverton. Mis. H. W. Hogmeier is co-hostess. Silverton Amateurs Arrange Program Silverton The Silverton Amateur club, Lyle Hughes, president, will present a special farewell program Wednesday evening, for departing veterans of the Silver Creek Falls CCO camp. Vocal and Instrumental selections, readings and novelty acts will fill the evening's bill of enter tainment. , An army truck will pick up the entertainers at the Black and White restaurant at 6:49 o'clock and con vey them to and from the camp. The remaining veterans will be augmented with incoming groups in the future if the personnel of the camp is not reduced for the re mainder of the duration. The Silverton Amateur club has provided many special programs during the past two years and have always been considered favorites. r a i v i L :cy.J!JnriiiL Starts Today THRILLS ... a an escaped killer 1 and an innocent girl are trapped . in the firtl blackout... while , enemy planet roar overhead I Plus Autrv Htm fm Sikf nS "CUP-HaPPY" S 11 VvAr U""'!i"V GENEAUTRY iieahtoftiie RIO GRANDE PLUS NEW SERIAL Radio's Greatest Action Show -EXPLODING With New Thrills on the Screen 1 Lebanon Teachers Wait Salary Word Lebanon A special meeting of In school board wiU be held March W for the purpose of establishing sal aries ot teachers, it was announced following the monthly business meeting Tucsdoy night, - The bud get committee will also be appoint ed at this time, and the annual budget meeting will be held April 3. Expenses next year are expect ed to exceed the 8 per cent 11ml tatlon set by law, because of in creased school enrollment, and a special election will be necessary for approval qf the budget, the board announced. Students Giving Play Mill City Posters are up an nouncing the presentation of the annual play, entitled "Hie Absent Minded Professor," by the Mill City high school In the auditorium Tues day evening. Continuous Today From 1:00 i Tim sens VMsi Mi Mas. COMPANION FEATURE m In The ARCTIC GIANT' ammammmmmmmsii&AmH - vr - v BARGAIN MATINEE TODAY 'TIL S 20c 2 New Features! Latest Feature SMILEY BURNETII FAY MKENZIE am rcums riaw MM ' m tmm. a. "Gang Busters" Kent Taylor Irene Hervey rtooen Armstrong I NOW, nuiiKfiin rn-iiii'i-i-m I ,v vim mi ut ik