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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1942)
Two Greater Willamette Valley News Exclasfv News DIspteh Br SmciaJ Gomaimideaf Monday, December 21, 1942 Logging Firm Sells Holdings And Equipment Lebanon Indicating immedi- ate development of its extensive timber holdings in this county, the Weyerhauser Timber com pany, one of the largest organi zations of its kind in the nation, announces purchase of the Swanson Logging company. The purchase, Weyerhaeuser representatives said, included all Swanson equipment, and while representatives would make no definite commitment, the transaction was apparently a step in a program to start log ging in the Calapooia section to supply the Longview mill of the timber company. The announcement was made by F. C. "Ed" Baker, logging superintendent in full charge of local operations. An engineer crew will also be stationed here, Baker said. Longview mill operations are devoted entirely to war produc tion, with all clear fir cut for airplane stock, Baker said. The timber company also owns and operates or has large interests in several other woodworking establishments in the Pacific northwest and middle west, and has vast timber holdings in Linn county. Main offices are at St. Paul, Minn., while northwest operations are directed from of fices in Tacoma, Wash. Greens Bridge Royal Hart Has Second Operation; Lavon Kelly Has Birthday Party Royal Hart underwent a sec ond operation at the Salem Gen eral hospital. He recently un derwent a major operation at the Albany General hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Smith and family and Mrs. Keithel Hart and daughter. Ruth', were recent guests at the home of Mrs. Smith's mother, Mrs. May Englet in Oregon City. Mrs. Delia Skaar of Albany has been visiting her brother, Charles Seehale,' who is serious ly ill at the Bilyeu home. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Aupperle transacted business in Salem and also visited at the home of Mrs. Myra Reed and Miss Ruth Reed. , V Mr. and Mrs. Tim Kelly were hosts at a birthday dinner Sun day honoring the birthday an niversary of their daughter, La Von Kelly, and Mrs. Kelly's father, J. H. Reiley. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Reiley and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Reiley of Crabtree. Mrs, Elmer Lawrence and Louis Powers of Independence were week-end guests at the home of . Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Powers. 1 Mrs. W. D. Glasgow has re turned from a two weeks' visit with relatives in LaGrande. Mrs, Anna D e V a n e y and daughter, Mrs. Maurice Allen f Eugene visited Saturday at Ihi horn of Mrs. E. L. Gatu, Social Hour Club Guest at Weddles Greens Bridge Mrs. V. A. Weddle entertained members of the Social Hour club at a cov ered dish luncheon and meeting Thursday at her home in this district. During the business meeting election of officers was held. Elected were Mrs. Joy Kelly, president; Mrs. Ella John ston, vice-president: Mrs. Mclba Powers, secretary-treasurer. The members worked on a quilt for the hostess. A feature of the meeting was a shower honoring Mrs. Albert Hixon, a recent bride. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Helen Logsdon on January 8, Eastern Stars Called Independence The conclud ing meeting of the year under the present set of officers will be held by Adah chapter, No. 34, O.E.S., at the Masonic hall Tuesday evening. Birthdays oc curring in the three last months of the year will be honored by the WOrthv mairnn Mr .Tnkn Foreman. The annual exchange of gifts and miscellaneous lunch in the dining room will close the year's activities. Tuel Gaining Weight Brush College Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Tuel of Brush College re ceived a letter recently from their son, Melvln Albert Tuel, who will be 22 this month, in forming them that he weighs 30 pounds more than he did three months ago, when he enlisted in the navy. The young man is in training at a mechanics school at Navy Pier, Chicago, He was ill last month with measles at the Great Lakes hospital. fa ; Sis lll Paratroops of the Timberline Thrills, excitement, ro mance and comedy are paramount in Paramount's spec tacular technicolor movie of the high timberlands, "The Forest Rangers," opening at the Elsinore theatre Tues day. The scene above shows Fred MacMurray, who co stars with Paulette Goddard and Susan Hayward, in an airplane high above a forest fire. Keizer Upper Grade Pupils Will Appear Keizer The upper grades of the Keizer school arc presenting thb Nativity story through tab lcaux and cards Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. Characters taking part in the tableaux are Billie Pierce, Albert Olds, Mclvin Gange, Edwin Cummings, Ray mond Ford, Jerry Clingenpeel, Darwin Adams, Gorden Sawyer, Gene Snooks, Allen Dornbush, Myron Teets, Betty Schroeder, Lowell' Wilkinson, May Heth, Carolyn Weeks, Alfred Geier, Lawrence Gardner. Special musical numbers will be given by Betty Lou Brink- ley, Eleanor Francisco, Bobby Messing, David Spaulding, Nor man Martin, Martha Ward, Bo- nela Engle, Dorothy Coon, Ruth McCall, Jeanne Moon, Lora Nel son, Arlcne Theodorson, Rcna Theodorson, Nola Nan Gotten- berg; Marvin Black and Richard Sawyer. Lighting and scenery are in the charge of Ronald Stevens, Harold Branter, LeRoy Shabb, Gerald Weathers and Berkley Shcrrill. Labish and Salem Camps to Install Qulnaby Labish Camp Royal Neighbors Christmas party was well attended. A Christmas tree centered the hall and exchange of gifts was a feature of the eve ning. Identity of unknown friends was revealed and names drawn for new ones. An invitation was accepted from the Salem camp to install officers jointly with them Jan uary 11. State Supervisor Logan will be Installing officer. Officers for the sewing club were elected as follows: presi dent, Mrs. Mildred Ritchey; vice president, Mrs. Mable Robertson; secretary, Mrs. Esther McCand lish. Mrs. Margaret Mears, for mer president, have moved to Portland. Turner Nelson Injured in Port land Shipyards; Epidemic Hits Grade Pupils Loffnn Beam is k n p n H i n Christmas with Mrs. Emma Moore of Turner. Beam is from eastern Oregon and is an old neighbor of Mrs. Moore. Genrire Nnlson is rpnnrtfH In be much better. He received an injury at the Portland shipyards as a result ot which he was threatened with the loss of sight in one eye. He is now at the Sa lem General hospital. It is reported that several children of grade school age have the measles and the chick en pox. Private Herschel Petersen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pptorspn of Turner, reported in his last letlor that he had been transfer red from somewhere in Austra lia to somewhere in New Gui nea. Lieut. Eltnn Ball nf Tlirnni. I. now located in Great Palls Mont. Laurance Sawvpr Is snnnHinv the holidays with his narpnts. Mr. and Mrs. I, J. Sawyer of Turner. He has bepn attnriin Oregon State college where he is a senior in pharmacy. During the Christmas season hp win hp working at Quisenberry's Cen tral pharmacy in Salem. Herbert Booth of Cloverdalc and Stanford Prather of Turner are home from Oregon State col lege for the Christmas vacation. Bridge is Replaced Sllvertnn PhrfeluM nniAH.An lumberman on the Abiqua, has re-built a bridge from his mill across the river that was washed out by the recent freshets. Tlie new structure is higher and of more protective construction than the former. Another bridge will be placed by Peterson far ther up the river for special and emergency use. Masons and Wives At Annual Dinner Dallas About 100 members of Jennings' lodge No. 9, A. F. Ac A. M., and their wives at tended the annual December covered dish dinner at the Ma sonic hall Friday night. Turkeys for the dinner were furnished by Varnum Shreeve, outgoing worshipful master, who last year introduced the December dinner event by sup plying elk meat for the occasion. This year's anticipated elk meat supply failed to materialize and turkeys were substituted. After the dinner, tables of bridge, "500" and pinochle were in play. Lebanon Buying Many War Bonds Lebanon War bonds sales to Wednesday of last week, made through the local bank, total nearly $570,000 since May 1 of last year, amounting to 29.55 of deposits as of June 30, 1942, ac cording to J. C. Irvine, bond sales chairman for eastern Linn county. The figures reveal that Le banon is doing a fine job in bond purchases. : In tabulations com puted by the American Banker, daily trade newspaper, the lo cal bank's 29.5 of deposits is second only to two other' banks among 11 listed, and topped by wide margin percentage records named for two Oregon banks. The bond chairman also re ported that 18 local ' businesses and industries are now enrolled in the payroll allotment plan. Others are expected to sub scribe as the canvass continues. Santa Claus Makes Visits to Lebanon Lebanon The war has no priority on Santa Claus, and the old fellow made his usual ap pearance on the streets of Le banon Saturday, and will be here again on Wednesday and Thursday, according to the Chamber of Commerce commit tee, headed by Ken Mayer. Santa will also be generous, in spite of sugar rationing, and will give out candy treats to the children, This announcement, together with the scheduled Christmas programs in all the churches and the Lebanon schools gives assurance that the Yule spirit is to be undaunted, although taking on slightly different sig nificance. City strcets'were not decorated this year because of transportation and labor diffi culties. Christmas business in the city is reported above normal by most of the stores, and the post office reports an all-time high. Card Club Invited To Harwood Home Independence Members of the Wednesday bridge club were entertained at the home of Mrs. Clarence Harwood. A 7 o'clock dinner was served from small tables centered with Christmas candles and holly. Mrs. Clarence Char b o n c a u was high score winner for the play of contract which followed the dinner. Mrs. Ira Mix was an added guest for the evening, taking the place of Mrs. Thelma Tallent, who was ill. Pupils Plan Program Millersburg Mrs. Marion Howe, teacher of the Millers burg school, and her pupils, will present a Christmas program at the school house Tuesday even ing, at 8 o'clock. The public is invited to attend. The Scravel hill school near here and its teacher, Mrs. Edna Geer, will present a Christmas program, also on Tuesday evening. Allen Nichols Transferred Plcasantdale Allen Nichols, who has been In training at Camp Roberts, Calif., has been transferred to Pomona, Calif., motor base department. Three Hamar Boys Serving Monmouth Lieut. Joseph McEldowncy, son of Mrs. Tho mas McEldowney. who has been attending an officer's training school at Fort Monmouth, N. J. is now stationed at Lexington Signal department at Avon, Ky. Lieut. Lucius E. Forbes, for merly on the faculty of Oregon College of Education, has been sent to the army induction cen ter at San Francisco from Fort Douglas, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Corporal Norman Condon is now with company E Infantry, 363 A.P.O., Camp White, Ore. according to his father, C. C. Condon. Mrs. C. C. Condon has just entertained her brother, Charles Houghtaling, who was enroute from Garrison. N. D., to La- Mata Park, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hamar have three sons in the service: Ron ald, who Is now in training in the army air corps in New York; Alvin, a mechanic in the army air corps at Boise, Ida., and Harold In the merchant marine He' was last stationed at Port Hueneme, Calif. All three boys are graduates of the Monmouth high school. Private James C. Chatzauk, grandson of Mrs. C. C. Yeater, is now with a detachment in Australia. He was. graduated last summer from the army air mechanics school at Rantqul 111. He served a three-year en listment with the field artillery at Fort Lewis. Following com pletion of his enlistment he spent three months at his home here. The day after Pearl Har bor he enlisted in the air corps at Portland and was enrolled in a mechanics' school. Because he did not reenlist in the field ar tillery he lost his rank of cor poral. Dr. Edgar A. Johnson, former local dentist, writes from Te nino, Wash., that he has orders to report' to the navy for ser vice on January 9. Silverton Orren Family Move; Waarvick Family Flans Reunion Miss Jean Monson, a student in Washington State college, is spending the holidays with her parents, the J. A. Monsons and other relatives. Gerald O. Smedstad is re ported as recovering satisfactor ily after having his right foot placed in a cast at the Silverton hospital. Smedstad fell while employed with the Hoyt rock crusher near Albany and sus tained a fractured bone in his heel. Miss Audrey Field of Sublim ity is making her home here with the J. A. Berbigs and at tending the local high school. The Wallace Orrens are mov ing from their 814 Bartlett home on East Hill. Orren has enlisted with the armed forces and has had notice to report this week. Mrs. Orren will be with her parents, temporarily. Clarence Reed has returned from Mill City where he took Mrs. Reed to be at the homo of her parents, the A. F. Hawkins, to assist in the care of her fath er, who is said to be seriously ill. Mrs. Mcrt Egan was in Port land during the past week, call ed there by the sudden passing of her brother-in-law, Jake Scharer, for whom funeral ser vices were conducted Wednes day. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Waarvick and their son, Marlyn, a junior in Oregon State affiliated with Phi Delta Theta, plan to spend Christmas day in Portland at the home of a daughter and son-in-law of the Waarvicks, Mr. and Mrs. Max Sagner and their three children Max, and twin daugh ters, Jean and Joan. The affair will be a reunion of the famil ies of both Mr. and Mrs. Sagner. Another son of the Waarvicks, Laurel Hansen', is with the arm ed forces in Australia. Local friends have word from Mrs. Robert Goetz, formerly of Silverton, that, she is spending me Holidays with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goetz, Jr., in Stevenson, Wash. Plus Second Fralure Mrs. Mellis Named President of Club Turner The Sunshine club met at the home of Mrs. Henry Bower for the annual election of officers and a Christmas par ty. Officers elected for the com ing year are: president, Mrs. Kirk Mellis; vice-president, Mrs, L. A. Brown; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Alice Van Osdel. The flower committee includes Mrs. Louis Mcrtel and Mrs. A. E. "Spencer. Fire Hazards Alarm Club Salem Heights Owing to the illness with influenza of both Harvey. Fashing, president and Jay Morris, vice-president, Har vey Peterson acted as president of the Salem Heights Commun ity club Friday evening. Business brought before the club was the appointment' of By ron Matlock to make arrange ments with the county to have the road in front of the hall grav eled. The following committee, By ron Matlock, Clarence Mork and Olc Haugen was appointed to investigate the feasibility of some type of fire protection for the community, other than what is now available. The .refreshment committee for January will be Mrs. D. D. Craig, Mrs. John Douglas and Mrs. William Davenport, with Hobert Smith making the coffee. The program committee will be Mrs. D. D. Dotson, Mrs. Clar ence Mork and Mrs. Harvey Pe terson. The school board had charge of the entertainment program for Friday evening. Christmas carols were sung by the' school children accompanied by Mrs. Barbara Lovick on the piano and Philip Blankenship on the violin. "Cindy Lou and "Tennessee Slim" from KSLM gave several numbers on the violin and gui tar and sang.. Dr. Craig, as Dr. Wossey," gave an amateur radio program of simple questions and crazy an swers, calling on members from the audience. Mrs. Clark Lathene, a new member of the community gave several vocal solos, accompanied by. Mrs. Lovick. Philip Blank enship played several violin so los, accompanied by Mrs. Lovier. Then the usual penny drill was had, after, which the annual Christmas treat of sacks of can dy, nuts, apples and oranges were given to the children. Re freshments were served. Officers Elected At Labish Center Labish Center The Kum-Join-Us class held its annual Christmas gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Russ; Elec tion of officers resulted as fol lows: president, Henry Harris; vice-president, Willard Aker; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Reuben Boehm. Outgoing officers are Knowles Tontz, Joseph Burr and Phyllis Aker. The evening was spent infor mally with members holding a gift exchange and seven tables of games were in play through out the evening. The committee in charge of the entertainment was' Miss Constance Weinman, Mrs. Agnes Boehm and Orie Mc Claughry. The January commit tee includes Mrs. Harry Lovre, Mrs. Horace Bibby and Reuben Boehm. Holiday Program Boosts War Stamps Woodburn St. Benedict's school has gained greatly toward the goal which the pupils are seeking in the school's war pro gram. Every room is working hard towards the Christmas program which will be given for the pu pils of the school and their mo thers. The proceeds from the program will be given for the buying of defense stamps. Each class room is conserving greatly on school materials which are needed for our war effort. The fifth and sixth grades are. doing good work on their Red Cross project. Many of the pupils are buying defense stamps through the school organizations and some of the children have even bought bonds. uei- ' r"ii i" Firemen Enjoy Annual Dinner Dallas On hand for the an nual Christmas turkey dinner given Thursday night at the firemen's city hall rooms, by Dallas firemen, were approxi mately 50 guests, including rep resentatives from the state fire marshal's office, local firemen council members and city offi cials. W. L. Young, city fire chief, was master of ceremonies. Brief talks appropriate to the occasion were given by E. A. "Chuck" Taylor, chief deputy from the state fire marshal's of fice, N. L. Gilson, deputy from the office, V. L. Collins, district manager of the Pacific Tele phone it Telergaph company; Earle Richardson, local editor; Dr. A. B. Starbuck. city council member; F. E. Kersey, mayor elect, and William Blackley, city auditor. Fire Chief Young sketched briefly the various activities of the Dallas fire department which have continued to date in spite of serious depletion of personnel resulting from the in duction of firemen into the U, S. armed forces and defense work. v Jefferson Milton Libby Leaves for Army Service; Tilly Family Being Welcomed Milton H. Libby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Libby, has been scheduled for induction into the army and left for Portland De cember 21. M. S. Miller of Loveland, Col., spent the past week at the home of his brother, L. C. Miller in Jefferson. Miller left Thursday for Arizona where he will spend Christmas with his daughter. Mr. and Mrs. James W. An derson have received word from their son, Bill, that he has been transferred from San Diego, Calfi., to Norman, Okla., where he will take an extensive course in a naval maintenance school. Mrs. Carrol Elrick arrived Thursday from Flagner, Col., for a visit at the home ' of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. William Lake and family. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tilly and two children, who have been living in Cottage Grove, have moved into the residence own ed by Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Mur phy. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Miller at tended a birthday dinner in -Albany Thursday evening, honor ing the. 18th birthday anniver sary of their grandson, Jack Nebergall, at the Olin Nebergall home. Graves President Of Ballston Local Ballston The meeting of the Ballston local of the Farmers' Union was held Thursday night. Officers for the coming year were elected as follows: President, Carl Graves; vice president, Fred Edson; secretary, Holt Stockton; conductor, Cliff Hill; doorkeeper, Rudolf Lenz; corresponding secretary, Elona Miller. Executive committee: Carl Gregg, G. A. McCulloch and O. K. Aldrich. A no-host supper was served and moving pictures were shown by the McCulloch family. fsroufhl UauKl By Popular Request i -trt r r A.. .' o"" fV 51 Nil-- Victor Edraand McLaglen Lowe "CALL OUT THE MARINES" SHE'S XgLkl EAgR! pg?3gaZ? Girls' League Will Give Yule Program Independence The Christ mas program at I.H.S. sponsored by the Girls' league: will be held Wednesday. The program will be presented in the form of a skit and it has been given the title of "Evening Before Christ mas." Committees have been chosen to work with Miss Betty Taylor, the advisor, and they are chairman; Lois Rowland and Doris Beckon; gifts, Ruby Gos line; i Modena Banks, Shir ley Amsberry and Virginia Bus by; decorations,- Marjory Klet- zing, chairman; Barbara Wells, Mary Traylor and. Marilyn Mix. Dallas Finds 'Blackout' Over Dallas The blackout .of the Dallas residence district which has been in effect since mid November when high voltage lines fell across the distribution system burning out street light bulbs, ended Friday night with the restoration of the lighting system, E. J, Page, local manager' of the Mountain States Power comapny, reported difficulty in securing the special type bulbs required for the street lights but finally located a supply and im mediately put crews to work installing them. Restored to service Thursday night were the ornamental busi ness district lights which have been out since the November 12 dim-put restriction. The lights have been hooded with black paint- to comply with duration dim-out orders. Two Clubs Unite, Seek New Name Turner The 4 Leaf Clover club and Turner Garden club postponed their regular meeting which was to have been held December 17, until next month. At the next meeting, election of officers will be held and a new name will be chosen for the com bined group. This group of wo men is- taking charge of furn ishing a room af Camp Adair. The Rebekah lodge held its Christmas party Decemebr 18. Beulah Kurtis was initiated. Lunch was served by Lucile Mc Kinney, Mable Walker and Mary Ball. Bridge Club Meets Independence A no - host dinner at the Monmouth hotel preceded the opening meeting of the year of the Nesika Bridge club which met at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. McBee Friday evening. Mrs. Delia Keeney was a guest for the evening. High scores at bridge were won by Mrs. James Hart and Dr. George Knott. Dr. and Mrs. Knott will entertain at the next regular meeting. ENDS f m, GENE TIERNEY Give War Bonds WESTON FOSTER JOHN SUTTOM For Xmas Plus "JUST OFF fur Amaa aaiaaajaagggy snow ! 5S3 H 1 1 1 ' I ; H Starts Tuesday" s i n j in i i i i 1 1 p i . paPi .vt'V'NMFTITTo ijTTi I tACIJ I fir PAULETTE GODDARD i&'frs. SUSAN HAYWARD, hO f lRAWGERSr Ul KSi fc LTmKOvennati-uTDekker'HPaIlette RtM - PLUS COMPANION FEATURE Services Call More to Enlist z Millersburg Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nevius report that their nephew, Bud Carey, has joined the army air corps and is sta tioned at San Pedro, Calif. Bud is well known here, having made his home with his uncle and aunt while attending Albany high school. He graduated with the 1941 class. P.F.C. William Tucker, station ed at Fort Canby, enjoyed a furlough of a few days at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Tucker. Mr. and Mrs. Charles MitchelL of this district report that the) son, Harvey Mitchell of Salem recently joined the army and left for Fort Lewis. He has been employed with the Spaulding Logging company in Salem, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Egner and four children have moved into the house vacated by the Mc Cauley family. Martin Egner, an employe at Camp Adair, re cently visited his brother and family. He left for Portland last week to join the marines. Corp. Vernon Hoefer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoefer df Dover, who is in the arrtiy me dical corps, has returned to his post after a furlough with hjf'j) parents and friends in the Dover and Millersburg districts. . Junior Red Cross Active af Dallas Dallas Mrs. Clyde Gibbs, chairman of the Junior Red' Cross at the elementary school, has turned in 117 wrapped gifts for the soldiers at Camp Adair besides collecting 120 wire hang ers. Mrs. Kendall Wood, general chairman of the Junior Red Cross, has requested that no can-' dy be included in gift packages since the packages are to be given to hospitalized soldiers. Under the direction of Mrs. W O. Brinkcrt, the art classes o: the school have made 310 d cups for the soldiers' Christmas tables. The children have also: made 156 paper mache flower containers for gifts. CONTINUOUS FROM 1 P.M. Get. Montgomery Aim Rutherford GLENN MILLER f)l AND HI! UNO , Lynn Bari - Carole Landis CeKsr Romero TONITE A Perfect Holiday BROADWAY" Show! ii I I
