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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1945)
h si g U a! ci lc ft cc rj s la 0 et 01 P FC S( ci D m of U Pi c: ti. cc s w' ed cr SI In 1,1 th th irr ex b.V In. 02 wi de el th: th. nil 10 thi pr. ly yli thi wt wo Ju: Ne Th thi 101 rpi is I nrs 40 ear wo of the tha or a c the f lng I em C s Yoi cen 1 2 Capital Journal, Salem, Family Recalls Wagon Trains ' Gervais The 55th annual Stevens reunion was held this year July 15 in Portland with the decendants of Mary and Jennings Smith as hosts. Eleven members who attended the first Silverton reunion in 1891 were present. Hanson and Lavina Stevens with seven small children left JCoekuk, Iowa, in a train of 23 ox-drawn wagons for Oregon in ,1852. After 8 hard months, the Stevens' wagon was the only one to reach Oregon. He took up a donation land claim near Silverton still held by the fam ily. Hanson and Lavina Stev ens are buried in Bethany cem etery. Presiding at the reunion this year was Willard Stevens of Brooks and Mrs. Elizabeth Had don, secretary, of Albany. Eigh ty six were present, with several branches of the family reporting sixth generation members. Members came from Eugene, Albany, Lebanon, Salem, Brooks, Gervais, Silverton, Ore gon City, Milwaukie and Port land. From outside the valley came representatives from The Dalles, Seaside, and Seattle, Wash. Next year the clan will meet at the home of Thomas Bump near Parkerville. Bees to Feed on Damaged Sugar 1 Albany Sugar damaged by Iwater in the Sullivan building jfire, Second and Lyons streets, July 3, will be made available Jto the public but not in the form of sugar. J It was reported Wednesday at the local war price and ra tioning board that arrangements were completed for the sale of jthe sugar by E. J. Way, grocer, who owned the damaged stock Jto Ralph Heins, large scale apiarist, who plans to feed it to his bees. It will be sold to con sumers as honey after the bees nave processed it. J Rev. Heins, who has a sugar quota as a commercial operator, delivered the required sugar points to the rationing board. More than a ton of sugar had been damaged by water and smoke. Office Is Opened By Past Rancher Dallas Clyde Wunder, for merly of Independence, has op ened an office as an account ant with C. L. Marslers, local attorney on the second floor of the Dallas City bank building, it was announced this week. Wunder, recently manager of the Mitoma hop ranch near In dependence, was for some time accountant for a large auto mobile concern in eastern Ore gon before coming to Independ ence. He and Mrs. Wunder pur chased the Otis Rawlins resi dence at 518 Ellis street and moved to Dallas this week. Now at the Hollywood arc the celebrated screen stars Jean Heather and Charles Quiglcy in the screen version of the Na tional Barn Dance. NOW PLAYING! AfT ,1 HI no xiiiv. aiiu mivo. iff stc ' ' sTf ' ;S1 by (t,,5&. ? 1 rf f av. I xirVCP Bt I fw tj I- n?-l HUMPHREY BOGART rt tt At tf Co-Hit! The Saturday Evening Post's Oregon, Saturday, July 21, 19 f s'-m t' r.i - s w .y Sonja Henie is more glamorous than ever in "It s a Pleasure!" in which Michael O'Shea plays her irresponsible husband who fights through to happiness in spite of the allure of Marie Mc Donald. It starts at the Elsinore Sunday. West Salem Door-to-Door Paper Drive is Planned West Salem, July 21 Arrangements for collection of waste paper, which will be donated by residents of West Salem in the current Shrine hospital benefit drive, have been completed accord ing to announcement from W. C. Heise, salvage chairman. The city along with several citi zens will furnish trucks for the door-to-door pick-up, which is scheduled for Saturday evening, July 28 and will include a can vass of West Salem proper, the Kingwood Heights and Glen Creek road .districts. Residents of the surrounding districts may also aid in this worthy cause by bringing their donations of paper into town and leaving it at the city hall. Donors are askerl to facili tate the work for the man and boys who will aid in the col lection, by having the paper bundled and placed at the curb, so that the complete route may be covered during the evening hours of July 28. The paper will be sold immediately so that the proceeds may be turned over to the Shrine at the earliest possible time. The Blue Lake Producers Co operative here, planning to start canning beans and beets in about a week, is asking former employes and others desiring work to register at their per sonnel office. Both men and women are needed to work on either the night or day shifts. ' Lodge Sets Date For Family Picnic Woodburn Home Rebekah Lodge No. 58 met in regular session Tuesday evening with Clara Strange presiding. Final plans were made for the an nual family picnic for Rebckahs and Odd Fellows and families which is an event of July 22 at the Silverton park. Frances Luffman was elected vice grand to lake the place of Mona Mulkey who has gone to California and Mae Engle was appointed program chairman for next year. Freda Burt, Good of the Or der chairman, read an article on 75 year old Molly Becker, who was chosen as war mother for 1943-44 by the Association of Rebekah Assemblies. After the meeting Nettie Johnson was in charge of a program or riddles and guessing games with Laura Livesay and Clare Stange winning prizes. Refreshment were served by Ray Shaner. Guy Engle and William Stange. Pomona Grange Polk county Pomona Grange will meet on the lawn at the home of Glenn Y. Adams in West Salem on Saturday. July 28, with Brush College Grange as host. It will be a picnic with no closed session. How ever there will be a program and John W. Reed, wage assist ant for the Oregon WFA board will explain wage regulations for the present season. lum. iuom l I'.iw. Terr t o Mothers Aid Lunch Project Dallas A meeting for moth ers of elementary school chil dren is being called for Mon day evening at 8:00 p.m. by of ficers. of the Dallas PTA who are issuing an appeal for can ners to help with the school lunch project for the cominy year. The project last year was con ducted with meals served for 10 cents each for 200 pupils daily who ate hot lunches at the school, according to Mrs. Lloyd Hodgson, PTA president, who states that unless canning is done this summer, the program may have to be discontinued. Too little canning will result in a raise of the price of the meals. One day contributed by each mother at some time during the summer would be sufficient, Mrs. Hodgson reports, but asks that others interested sign to help to make up for mothers un able to assist. Sugar Is avail able for the canning, she says, with apricots first on the list of fruits to be canned. Mothers and women's organi zations heads are requested especially to attend Monday's meeting. Emergency Clinic Profecls Children Monmouth Because of a re cent case of diphtheria in this area, the Eolk county health department held a special im munization clinic from 10 a. m. to 12 noon Thursday in the Monmouth training school. Immunizations and vaccina tions were offered to any chil dren over six month of age. Booster doses for diphtheria im munization were recommended for any child not immunized in the past four years. Re-vaccination for smallpox is recom mended every six years. .Sumatra is about the size of California. THROUGH TUESDAY Continuous Show Sundar, Starting 1:45 P.M. Hvavnn v linn ntAlnUf - UnAKLcS UWGUT ROBERT BENCHLEY MABEL PAKE PLUS Starring RAY BARBARA MILLAND BRITTON iioiivuiDoi 'SUM SjWlt WICMWHOOD THfAlK-ft. MM )p ml District Census Brings in Funds Mayor Berchtold and a group of citizens met with Adam Le fore. a representative from the office of secretary of state, Sa lem, at the Mt. Angel city hall Friday morning. Rules were presented and nec essary papers given to each numerator of the six districts where the census will be taken during the coming week, from Friday, July 20, to Thursday, July 26, inclusive. The purpose of the census is to record the exact population so that the city may receive its just share of state funds. Enumerators include Mrs. Caroline Amon, Mrs. Anna Diehl, Mrs. Theresa Harris, Mrs. Christine Kroneberg, Sister M. Hildegard, O. S. B., and J. T. Bauman. Teen-Ager Makes Top Berry Picker Independence Mrs. T. D. Pomeroy of the local farm la for office reports that 25 boys and girls 12 to 14 years of age, sent out last week in a farm labor platoon from the Inde-' pendence office under the lead ership of Mrs. Norman Hanna to the Perry Wells cherry or chard made an average of about $22 each for nine days work. Jereld Raines, 14 years of age, made $35.80 in the nine days and Annabelle Rector, also 14 years of age, made $39 in the same period. Trie platoon are picking ber ries this week at the A. B. Sacre berry form in Monmouth and are reported to be making good money and doing good work. Mrs. Pomeroy reports that the. farm labor situation is in good shape in this district and generally under control. Some labor is being placed but there is neither an over supply of labor or a labor shortage at the present time. Ice Cream Fire Is One for Ripley Unionvaie George Westfall was able to serve hot ice cream instead of cold Thursday morn ing when the electric motor in the ice cream refrigerator at his Unionvaie general store caused fire to break out, and he considers himself lucky to have experienced a Ripley ac cident. Salem bread salesman for Masters reported the blaze at 5:30 a.m. and damage was con fined to the refrigerator, win dow casing and frame. Esti mated damage was thought small since the building is of cement throughout. Silverton After more than eight years continuous service at the Silverton hospital, Thora Arstead, N. R., has resigned and will take a much needed rest of a few weeks before resuming her work. An addition to the local staff of nurses is Miss Marjory Vas sallo of Newberg. ENDS TODAY! (SAT.) Rob Hope "THANKS FOR THE MEMORY" Tim Holt "FIGHTING FRONTIER" CONT. FROM 1 P.M. TOMORROW! YOU'LL THRH.L TO CO-FEATURE! ACTION fV- ROMANCET on mi RANGE jQP&j mom VLJlr ELLI0TTjfc Monmouth Dan Friesen, who was for merly employed by the Sterling Furniture company of Dallas, is now assistant manager of the Monmouth Furniture store own ed by Mrs. Jessie Nowowiejski and son Warren. Mrs. Edna Booi and mother, Mrs. Clara Shesler of Baldwin Park, located near Los Angeles, is spending a few days in Mon mouth on business. Norman Robinson of Port land is a week end guest at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Robinson. Jay Powell left Friday for Newport to visit his son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Morris Powell. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Trueax are slaying in Salem this week with their daughter Nelda. Riley Mathany of Monmouth is expected home Sunday after an absence of eight days. H e has been with his son Virgil Mathany of Corvallis helping harvest his grain. They antici pate finishing the harvest Satur day. Riley has been sewing the sacks on the combine. East Salem Picnic Draws Valley Town Relatives East Salem, July 21 One of the Zobel family picnics was, held last Sunday at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zobel on Swegle road. Present for the day were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zobel from Salem, Mr. and Mrs. Ern. Wills and children, Margaret, Junior and Myrna Rae from Idaho; Mr. and Mrs. Bern Zobel of Salem; Mrs. Jim Pass more, British Columbia; Pfc. Neil Warrick; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Blanchard and daughter, Alice; Mrs. Harold Badger and son, Ronnie, from Tacoma, Wash.; Mrs. Harold Hoble; John Blanchard and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Zobel and daughter, Nola Jean. Guests this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wick lander on Garden road are their daughter-in-law and grandsons, Mrs. Grant Wicklander, Danny and Ronny from San Diego, Calif., who came north with Officer Wickland for his fur lough. Visiting this past week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Blanchard on Garden road were Mrs. Jim Passmore from Kamloops, B. C, niece of Mr. Blanchard; another niece and nephew, Junior and Margaret Wills of Gooding, Idaho, and the Blanchards' daughter and grandson," Mrs. Harold Badger and Ronnie from Tacoma, who will be here this week. Mrs. William E. Sizemore from Chi cago, 111., has been visiting the past three weeks at the home of her husband's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Irving Sizemore on Sunnyview avenue. Mrs. Size- more will be honored with shower next Sunday afternoon and friends are asked to call and meet . her. Miss Faye Larkins of Gar- OWL SHOW TONITE AFTER 12 MIDNITE! CONT. FROM 1 P.M. NOW SHOWING! Latest Newn Flashes! ISl'mnmr 1 U J 2' fr.illllllllr o pr t: tiiX'Sw Ttuaa na n i 11 , -v s vim in . n u. i j r (W:l T&CD U CO-FEATURE b i Knj; SI Ul I ROMANCE IN THE SHIPYARDS! D Swim Classes End in Pageant Dallas A total of 98 stu dents have enrolled in the swimming classes conducted by Mrs. Arne Pederson at the Dal las city park, including a wo men's class, children's classes and a junior and senior life sav ing class. Seventy-two are enrolled in four childrens' classes. A class for intermediates is held from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., daily, a be' ginner's class from 2:00 to 3:00, a Cub Scout class from 3:00 to 4:00, and a second beginners' class from 4:00 to 5:00. The life saving class with 16 regis tered for the junior work and two for the senior, is conducted in the evenings. Children's classes are now closed, but registration is still open to women. Plans for a swimming pageant to be held on July 24 with mem bers of all classes participating are being formulated by Mrs. Pederson. den road is spending her vaca tion with a group of friends at the coast. A small fire which was dis covered just in time to be quick ly extinguished occurred in the poultry house of the Cleo Kep pingers on East Turner road the first of this week. Dayton Assured Enough Water Dayton Equipment and a water supply from the new well have been added here to insure an adequate amount for any ordinary emergency, Carl Fran cis, mayor, reports. To insure pure water for Day ton, a sand trap and automatic chlorinator are also newly in stalled features. The new well has a 10-inch casing. Dayton already has a very substantial spring fed reservoir for water supply. The whale shark is estimated to reach a weight of 25,000 pounds, and a length of 60 feet. EG3E LAST TIMES TODAY U THEY'RE - O t (CI tfti-ll MB:.-: .: TV M II lVandSICK ) J YOU'LL BE Jf -dvi Vy'y&irf 4 - 1 LAUGH jpjj iK , TECHNICOIORI ( J 1 nC Plus Co-Feature "SILENT PARTNER" 2 STARTS fty ft mm f A t Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor have the leading roles in, "National Velvet," which opens Sunday at the Capitol theater. The cast also includes Donald Crisp, Anne Revere, Jackie Jenkins and Arthur Treacher. Families Renew Old Friendships Silverton A reunion of friends after 58 years was held at the South Church street home of Mrs. Lars Opedahl this week, when Miss Gura Wang of Minneapolis; her sis ter, Mrs. Anna Nelson, and her daughter, Miss Lillian Nelson of Hollywood, Calif., arrived in Silverton to renew old friend ships. The families were neighbors and residents of Ulkirk, Har danger, Norway, before coming to America more than 50 years ago. Mrs. Opedal was god mother for Mrs. Nelson at her baptism in the Lutheran church in Norway and the two have remained in contact with each other during the years. Miss Wang Is a furrier in the 1 DANCE ! JUiblll Ml iiiwi j ;; EVERY SAT. NITE Music by Joe j$ Hassenstab's Orchestras Clyde Bancroft, !:$ Vocalist :! J ADMISSION 60c !;; Sponsored by ;$; Oregon State Guard ;: SUNDAY OC30CZ 10C3OI A J THE DAZZLING SYMPHONY OF MOTION AND COLORI AND THE SZDASCCIII BEAUTY f OF... '2 Jri -3 w ; midwestern city, and Mrs. Nel son is employed in a large Hol lywood merchandising store. Lillian Nelson is a beauty op erator in Los Angeles. The visi tors left lor their homes Tues day. Burma is approximately the area of Texas. LAST DAY A timely, topical tip-top romance with a theme as AAARGARET O'BRIEN JOSE ITURBI JIMMY DURANTE JUNE ALLYSON CO-FEATURE Starts Sunday IN TECHNICOLORI Adventur . . . Romance . . . Strong Mefjrrf In Conflict) MICKEY R00NEY Ml j feonald t1iibih Ann CRISP TAYLOR REVERE CO-FEATURE Spine-Tingling! Heart-Thrilling! Li
