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"
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. 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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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