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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1942)
Greater Willamette Valley News Two Exclusive News Dispatches By Special Correspondent Friday, August 21, 1942 Seventh Annual Flax Festival Major EventTonight) Royal Court Dinner Guests At Mi. Angel Mt. Angel The seventh Ore- gon Flax Festival, held annually at Mt. Angel, begins with t snappy start at 5:30 o'clock Fri day evening. ' Queen Adelene I and her court, Crown Princess Carol Mae Merten of St. Paul, Prin cess Luanna Williamson of Sa lem, Princess Jane Irish of Sit verton, Princess Marjory Seeley of Woodburn and Princess Jean nelte Schneider of Portland will be feted with a banquet at the Mt.. Angel hotel, as special guests of the Flax Festival com mittee. The banquet will be presided over by A, J. Butsch, general chairman. Covers were placed for the other members of the committee, including Mrs. A. J. Butsch, chairman of the ladies' committee; Mr. and Mrs Sylvester Schmitt, Mr. and Mrs L. A. LeDoux, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schwab, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brenden and a number of special guests. Present also will be Queen Norleen I of Portland, who reigned over the sixth annual flax festival. Queen Norleen last year was the recipient of what was probably the largest check in the World.' Flax grown in Oregon was processed then woven into a three by nine-foot piece of linen by the Mt. Angel Weaving guild. On this were printed the words of a regular negotiable check for $100 which was awarded to Queen Norleen by the flax festival committee, for winning the queen contest. At 8 o'clock the cars will line up at the city hall, under the direction of L. A.' LeDoux, for the parade directly to the Mt. Angel auditorium for the corno atlon ceremony. There they will be met and directed by J, L. Wachter, Mt. Angel fireman. The other members of the Mt. Angel fire department will di rect the traffic when one of the , largest crowds ever to gather in Mt. Angel is expected to take over the town until midngiht. - The coronation setting . de signed by T. B. Endres, chair man of the coronation, will be of red, white and blue, very tall and graduating screens. Before this will be placed the throne for the queen and chairs for the crown princess and princesses, escorted by the Mt. Angel Flax arians. Mayor Berchtold will lead, the line of cars for Queen Adelene's coronation, followed by the Mt. Angel Boy Scouts troop No. 56, and the Salem Chen-inns march ing group who will then form a guard of honor. In the next car will be King Bing Frank Ernest of the Salem Cherrlans, escorted by local Boy Scouts. The following car will carry Queen Norleen I wearing her crown of the 1041 Flax festival and escorted by a Flaxarian The next four cars will each transport a princess and her Flaxarian escort. Then Crown Princess Carol Mae will arrive in her car and last the car bear ing Queen-elect Adelene Boch sler of Mt. Angel and their Flax arian escorts and the tiny tots, Marilyn Schwab, Judy Ficker and Marleno Diehl, train-bear ers and crown-bearer. Marilyn is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schwab, Judy, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ficker, and Mar lene, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dichl. After the crowning of the queen, which will be staged by the Salem Cherrlans, Queen Adelene I will lead the grand march of the gala Queen's ball at the auditorium, and at the gymnasium, s i m u 1 1 a n cously where a semi-modern dance will be held at which the queen and her court will also dance. Crowds may drift to their fav orite ballroom. Bolton McMa han and his orchestra will play in tho auditorium and music for semi-modern will be furnished by a Salem orchestra. Byberg Hits 'Plug' Silverton Ernest Byberg's car went out of control when the steering gear failed to func tion properly while ho was driv ing on North Water street Thursday, and careened to the curbing striking a fire hydrant in front of the Jim Smith home at 403 N. Water, completely 'beheading" the hydrant with out much damage to tho car and no injuries to himself. Byberg is with his brother, Jonas By berg, In the Byberg Manufac turing plant. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will spend $30,000,000 In construct ing new roads In and around the city. Seven of Eight Bro thers Serving Silverlon Within a few weeks, seven of the eight Strand brothers will be serving in the United States army., The reason eight will not be serving is because one, Paul Strand, residing Mt. Angel Bourbonnais Joins Fire Department; Sgt. Worley Becomes Instructor Dinner guests at the home of Mrs. Barbara Borschowa were: Corp. Peter S. Borschowa, of Fort Stevens, Ore.; Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Osborn and daughter, Sherry, of Portland; Mrs. E. Og den and Ernest Ogdcn of Ger- vais, and Jerry Lee Halter of Woodburn. Miss Sharon Osborn of Portland spent the week-end at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Borschowa. Princess Luanna Williamson of Salem was a Mt. Angel vis itor Monday evening. Harold Bourbonnais is the newest member of the Mt. An gel fire department. He takes the place of Ben Traviss, who has gone into defense work at Walla Walla, Wash. Word was received here that Sergeant Robert F. Worley, son of William Worley, formerly of Company "B", 84th Infantry training battalion, has been se lected as instructor in the In fantry Replacement Training Center Officers' school which instructs both officers and en listed men. Miss Anna Borschowa .visited with friends at Corvallis on Sat urday. Miss Rosemarie Borschowa spent a week of vacation in Portland visiting with relatives and friends. Bob Harrahill, son of Mr. and Mrs, William Harrahill, and Robert Diehl, son of Mr, and Mrs. John Diehl, have enlisted in the U. S. Marines. Before leaving for the service they are enjoying a vacation at Vancou ver and Victoria, B. C. Woodburn Member of Marines Home On Furlough; Robert Renn Gets Gold Star PFC Herman Halter arrived in Woodburn Wednesday morn ing on a 15 day furlough to visit his father, A. Halter, and other relatives and friends. Her man has been in the marines, stationed at San Diego for the past eight months and was re cently promoted to private first class. Robert Renn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Renn of Woodburn, who is in training at an air field near Los Angeles, has been awarded a gold star for excep tional work as an aviation ca det. Duane Hatcher, stationed at the Pendleton air field, was home on a three day pass. Wllmot Eckhout, yeoman sec ond class In a fighting air squad ron of the navy, has written from Honolulu that he has been transferred to the Royal Hawaii an hotel. Leo Qucsncl has written his parents that he Is now stationed at Camp Robinson, Arkansas. Naval Trainee Home Wheatland Chandler Fowler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Fow ler of Wheatland, who has been in navy training at Tampa, Fla., is home on a 10-day furlough. He will report at San Francisco. Jimmy "Srhnoiile" DURANTE "YOU'RE IN THE ARMY NOW" and - ie. Dorothy llenrr K Lamour Fonda 1 SPAWN OP THE KOKI'H" box Olllce Open 6 45 18c t Anyllmi Kay Kyscr "My Favorite Spy" and "Submarine Balder" (22c Pint Ti Ttl . in California, was rejected on account of physical disability recently. Albin Strand, for a number of years a local resident, and now of Toledo, left yesterday in the capacity of acting corporal for a group from Lincoln county Earlier this week Strand and his sister, Mrs. Charles Leonard of Dallas, formerly of Silverton, visited another sister, Mrs. Gust Wendland, at Vancouver, Wash, and were joined for the day by their brother, Joe, of Longview, who will leave for service with in two weeks. Bertram (Bud) Strand, also of Silverton, ' is now with the army in Hawaii; Earl is in Aus tralia; Justin of Comstock, Minn., will be in the service the first of October, as will John Howard and Art, all of Milton N. D. Monitor WAAC Recruit Leaves For Training; Newly weds Given Reception Mrs. Norman Pfaffinger spent the week-end in Salem with her mother, Mrs. Rose Kinsley. Mrs. Leonard Gibby, Mari lyn and Larry, visited in Port land from Friday until Sun day at the home of relatives. Miss Jean Richmond left Fri day afternoon for Des Moines to enter training in the WAAC. She is a former teacher at Gras sy Pond and the last four years has taught in the Bend schools. Miss Richmond is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Richmond of Monitor.' Mrs. Lyie Skiller is in the Salem General hospital recov ering from a satisfactory surgi cal operation. Dr. and Mrs. John R. Tweed, who were married at Phoenix, Arizona, August 8, and came to Oregon on their honeymoon, vis ited at the Edgar Tweed home over the week-end. Sunday a reception was held for them at The Lenon-Tweed cottage at Neskowin. '- '' Aumsville Washington Residents Are Entertained; Holly People Are Visitors Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Adams of Vancouver. Wash., wore guests at the home' of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Steiner. Lester Snyder of Boeing air craft plant visited here at the home of her mother, Mrs. Olive Snyder. Mr. and Mrs. Roland John son o Auburn, Wash., visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ma lone, over the week end. Evelyn Malone and Joy King relumed home with them lor a weeks visit. Miss Nlta Cairons of Hollv is staying here with Mrs. Ma lone and she will help in the bean harvest. Miss Ena King of Holly vlsilcd her aunt. Mr.. Charles Malone Tuesday. JTWjIb I ''nternational j jU j s&SSSSt DENNISf QRBAN S Wtm I Squadron' igSUAfTl. " 1 ' ' " ' A !iv5vv III 'lltt-'"' ,""' nWjy-v "I t COMPANION FEATURE ' ii.UUtill kLW.7aVH 8JS? I I I I I ' i pri' ". I 1 I rLa. rtmrau.i.te.;ili TODAY I I Zr . Jt:iA-l l .X nm vnut V l I I VTrftlMJ I ll , anff 'WTTi T Ii ri i Mnuiu .! 'j"VM r.M in t. iu- v i i ,tv i ijav i i s mar .7 kill . u.r'YrJv y 1 1 ii a v i i j wl I Hi if J Mil - II Tiui.umci ii '--fr ukl i lB"'., I V) IS 1 -Kfl I 4fffW ilmf II aiso mnpter Three III iMTJlfe III I ? MtfNU I III V - wiiiwiwrTWrt i airiisnif -wwi wm w t mm m m ..diiu n : . .. wmt a - m a a . a r- '"'.,m,:U II AUo News and Cartoon I V1 "' i ' ' VT "iTV i? r Linn Selectee List Is Large Albany Another large group of men, scheduled by the Linn county selective service board for induction into the United States army at Portland Wednes day, left the board office in the Albany post office Thursday. Included in the group were three Class 1-B volunteers, Michael Philip Steffgen and Virgil LeRoy Stenberg, Albany, and Herman Slephan McGowan, Lebanon. Selectees included the following: . Donald Bhepard Sctnland, Foster; Keith Walker Bacon, Burbank, Call!.; Bruce Morris Senders, Seattle, Wash.; Bennie Neketln. Portland; Earl Barauel Thomas, Sclo; Charles Arthur Holt, Hayward. Calif.; Louis Donovan Montgomery, Spring field; Arthur Calua Kroeneke, Tangent; Leo Howard Farmer). Lyons; Herschel Herman Preever, Portland. Thomas John McClellan. Albany: Alvin Loren Oberson. Albany; Fred Hollelt, Fos ter; uonaid current. Corvallis; Vernon Edward Nash. Raymond. Wash.; Herman Lynwood Austin, Portland; Orlando Henry Carpenter, Eugene; Jay Slater, Albany; Homer Morris Bell, Jefferson; Adolpti M li ven Erlckaon, Lebanon. John Zack, Sweet Home; Irvln Wallace Campbell, Oreat Falls, Mont.; Mima Cooip ton, Brownsville; Alexander Delbert Slceen, Lebanon; Hubert Joseph Somen, Lebanon; Orval La Roy Wlcklzer, Albany; Harold Smith Henry, Toledo; Roy Bell Ogle, Port land; Robert Irvln Maas, Tangent; Wal lace Warren Sebek, SweeC Home. Alwln Henry Trebes, Halsey; Everett Dale Fraxee, Albany; Walter Ray Russell, Albany; Alvin Wltzke, Sweet Home; Her bert Vincent Peter, Lebanon; Theodore James Chamberlain. Cottage Drove; Calvin Musler. Albany: Clifford Eugene Ray, Brownsville; Charles Edward Cain, Leban on; Samuel Arl Masrtey, Albany. Reuben William Coolcy, Albany: Frank Clampett, Albany; Edward Ole, Albany: La Vlerle Courtier. Shedd: Frank steward II He. Albany; Dale Lawrence Kennedy, Albany; Everett Milton Ross, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Harold Eugene Nieman, Albany; Daniel R. Boshart. Albany: Francis Morfc Kelso, Holley. Harry Colbaiigh Goff. Albany: Arthur Capper Coddington. Albany; Lawrence Wilder Lannlng, Lebanon; Lawrence Ken neth Henderson, Fargo. N. Dak.; John Henry Kceten, Lebanon; Oscar Hold. Sclo: , Elvln Harvey Harris, Lebanon: Chester William Oakley. Lebanon; Perl Everett Ray. Springfield: Clifford Franci im-i Silverton. Floyd Raymond Garner, Albany; John I William Cleveland. Lebanon; Edward Jerry 1 Miller, Albany; Glynn Louis Horlon. Al bany; Harold W. McCrady, Portland; Lewis j Allison Coffin, Sweet Home; William Ar thur Austin, Brownsville; Melvln Mel ville Hudson, Albany, Silverton Two Business Men Appear In Bandages; Minnesota Visit Is Planned Mrs. Marie Riveness and her two sons are visiting her foster brother, Tom Kaarhus, in Eu gene for several days. Mrs. Riveness' father, Amos Core house, and Ole Satcjn accompa nied them to Eugene. Irene Morley Franke is tak ing a three weeks' vacation from her leaching music classes. Al Morris, formerly of the Coolidge and McClaine bank, ac companied by Mrs. Morris, has been visiting at the Glenn Bried well and the Clark Bachman homes for several days. Two prominent business men, Arthur Goltenberg and Byron Royce, are wearing bandages on arms as the result of injuries. Norval Dornhecker is now employed at the Kaiser ship yards in Portland with Frank Porter succeeding him as man ager of the Columbia Food Store. Mrs. G. E. Moberg and Olga amddUJmlm, plus serial i -whn th " I f "JT?7C? I It MI IWi ill & i' " 4 i Tnrlm, DEAD END KIDS IN frlfo ftJ"TQ i 5 UJ J TxWsl "ill IT "JUNIOR G-MEN OF THE AIR" L d"tef J Ul K (PwWi v JjWt-TSSSt? Hem mi ngsen -Miller of Salem are house guests of Mrs. Mo berg's daughter, Miss Patience Moberg. Mrs. . Jay McCall entrained Monday evening for Missoula, Mont., to join her son, Rodney, there and the two will drive to Pipestone, Minn., for a ten-day visit with Mrs. McCall's daugh ter, Mrs. Comiel Dereu, Mrs. Ed Holden entertained at Monday evening dinner for Mr. and Mrs. E. Jay McCall and Mary, and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie McCall of San Diego, with the group driv ing later to Portland from where Mrs. McCall entrained. Mrs. Elmer Thompson was taken to the Silverton hospital by the Larson and Son ambu lance Monday where she will be under medical treatment for several days. Army Man Honored ith Lawn Party Mt. Angel Cletus Annen, who is leaving for the army Thursday, was the guest of hon or at a lawn party at the home of his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Henry Annen. The afternoon was spent at visiting with the relatives who came to say fare well. A picnic supper was serv ed on the lawn. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Schnack and son. Rudolph, of Molalla Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walker. Lloyd Fran cis and Cyril Walker. Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Hammer and family. Mr. and Mrs. William Annen and family. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schafer. Mrs. Caroline Hammer, Mrs. Sophie Meissner, Joe and Victor Melssner, Ed Zach, all of Mt. Angel: Wll frrd Gerlllj! and Ed Buchhelt, both ot Silverton; Mrs. Marie Hall and John Scliacht, both of Portland. Miss Delorcs Annen of Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Annen and family. CONTINUOUS EVERY STAKTS TODAY Z BIG HITS I t2WB THE TROpJci A fist-crashing, spy-smashing saga M I Lis iVt. II A I SHE'S A RED-HEADED BOMBER IX llfrmjj F t Electric Bolts Start Fires ' Dallas Lightning set four fires, on Cedar creek near Mill creek, three on Grass mountain in the Valsetz district and two near the Willamette camp hold ings at Black Rock Wednesday, according to Hugh Walker, dis trict fire warden. A crew of five Polk county fire patrolmen battled the blaze started on Cedar creek, when" a lookout reported eleven light ning strikes. Three men brought under control the fire set on Grass mountain, and two controlled the Black Rock area fires. Firemen were guided to the fires by lookouts through the medium of "walkie-talkie" radio sets. Gift Liquor Costly Dallas Samuel Buck, arrest ed at Ocean Lake on a charge of giving liquor to an Indian, and brought to Dallas by Sher iff T. B. Hooker Tuesday, was fined $100 by Juistice of Peace Charles Gregory. Buck is in jail pending the raising of the money. Assault is Charged Dallas Jack Lanig, 31, of North Dallas, arraigned Wedrfes day before Justice of Peace Gregory on an assault charge, out-growth of an altercation with John Tatum, 54, woodcut ter, on the Henry Hoekstra farm in the Salt Creek district, was allowed time to consult an at- DAY FROM 1:00 P. M. torney, with bail set, at $2500 The two men became involved in an argument after Lanig had taken Tatum home. Lanig, hit on the head with a hammer, al legedly went to his car, got a revolver and fired several shots. Neither man was injured. Tatum was also arrested Tues day night. He was released Wednesday. Mrs. Wilson Finds Health Improving Scio Mrs. Lillie Wilson writes Scio friends she is still improv- ! ing in health at 132 N. E. Buf falo street, Portland, where she has been for two weeks. Her illness began May 12 while at tending Eastern Star meeting at Jefferson, where she was chair man of an important committee for the evening. Mrs. Wilson, her son, Wood row and wife, and her daugh ter, Wanda, will make their home in Portland indefinitley, accord ing to announced plans. Wood row is in defense work and Wan da is 'bookkeeper at the Hotel Benson. The Wilsons are na tives of the Scio community and have extensive farm and city interests here. I STARTS TODAY 2 HITS! L !'IWVQ j&' r miwi I n we Aiwm (ww - .tJ- SW Adair Acreage Is Extended Independence While official report has not been made it was learned here Wednesday that approximately 25,000 more acres of Polk county land will be taken for an additional camp to be located adjacent to Camp Adair. According to the report the line will extend to one mile south of Monmouth on the west side highway up to the Fir Crest cemetery. The line will take M jog west from there and theU extend west to the McTim monds road. The west line will just miss Pedee. The original area of Camp Adair took but one-seventh of the Polk county farm area, but with this addition it will include about 16 percent of Polk coun ty's farm area. It is understood that worlit will start on this addition with in the next two weeks. , Belfast, Northern Ireland, will supply milk to over 90 per cent of its school children. ohn CARROLL! Ruth HUSSEYi Bruce CABOTl PHIL REGINALD 1 rcoum . nucu a MtlNKT tVt LYN TRAVERS-ANKERS
