Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, August 21, 1946, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text2 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 1946 McDonald Clan Has Ninth Annual Reunion at Scio Lyons The ninth annual reunion of the McDonald clan was held August 11 at the old McDonald farm near Scio in com memoration of the coming to Oregon in October of 1846 of Na- 'Dallas Faculty Hunting Homes Dallas Although the Dallas teaching staff is now almpst complete, several instructors are without places to live during the coming school year, accord lng to S. E. Whitworth, city su perintendent. Two men teachers need homes .'to house their families while five or six single women teach ' ers are frantically searching for rooms and boarding places. ! Coach Bob Daggett planned to move to Dallas well before the opening of school, now only a month off, to make plans for his coming 1946 high school gridiron season and arrange for early practices, but on several trips here has been unable to find a place to live. Waller B. Nelson, who was elected as high school com mercial teacher, also needs a home for his family. He will succeed Mrs. Veroka Morrison, who resigned from the faculty upon the return of her. husband from the marines. Nelson comes to Dallas from Rapid City, S. D. So great has been the demand for housing here that no type of living quarters appears to be available. YFW Terminal Leave Claim Forms Ready Woodburn VFW forms, au thorized by the war department, for claims for terminal leave pay for veterans separated from active duty under honorable conditions prior to September 1, 1946, are now available in Woodburn. These forms may be secured at Rappe's Radio shop, 152 Gar field street, at the Scarborough hardware store and at the Texa co service station on Highway 99E at the Molalla intersection or from Harlow Dixon, com mander of Champocg post No. 4173, VFW. These forms have been repro duced by the VFW at their own expense in order to speed up the process of distribution and are being distributed in Wood burn and vicinity by Champoeg post. Sirtgspirafion Set Sunday Afternoon Woodburn A gospel team from the First Baptist church of Salem will present a singspira tion at the Full Gospel church Sunday, August 25, at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Lloyd T. Anderson, pastor o the Salem church, will bring the message of the day and also on the program will be Rev Zeral Brown of the World Chris tian Crusade of Fort Wayne, Ind. Milton Dierks will have charge of the service in the ab aence of Rev. M. W. Skinner, who is vacationing in Indiana. and HAPPENINGS! t IT CO-HIT! Your Favorite Sleuth! "THE FALCON'S ALIBI" With Tom Conway Vince Harnett m Umill MELCWOS Jimnr DURANTE Co-Hit! 'DANGEROUS PARTNERS" With James Craig Signe Ilasso Hhaniel Green and Rebecca Jane McDonald and their two small children, Alex and Mary. They lived a few years on a site near where the Indian Pow-wow is now held at Oregon City. Here Old Green, as he was often called, helped many fam ilies to ferry their covered wag one across the river into the Oregon country. He also work ed for Dr. McLoughlin to con struct the first flour mill in Oregon. McDonald then moved with his family to Scio com munity where he purchased sev eral donation land claims from dissatisfied owner's, giving a farm home to each of his seven children. Their last years were spent on the farm where the re unions are held, , now the home of Kenneth and Bertha McDon ald. Kenneth is the proud pos sessor of the grant deed signed by Abraham Lincoln. Due to the absence of the president, Archie Long, Ralph McDonald presided at the short business meeting. Alice Huber is secretary and Allie Munsey is historian. The oldest member present was W. A. Ewing of Scio. Youngest member was Sharon Lee Wallace. The family com ing the longest distance was L. J. Munsey from Haas Washing ton. Visitor was John W. Long, of Rich Hill, Missouri, a broth er of Norman Long who is on his first trip to Oregon in many years. Officers elected for the com ing year were Kenneth McDon ald president, Ralph McDonald, vice president; Myrtle Myers, secretary. Re-elected were Al ice Munsey historian and Al Ewing, chaplain. Present were H. E. Albert, Flora Myers Albert, V. L. MrUheny. MaKKie McDonald Mat hen y. Donna Tollefson, Clara Zeis. Martha Coffmnn of r-oriland. Myrtle My ers, Mailt! Myers Weld of Jefferson. Ches ter, WlUla. Warren 411 d Judy Coffey ol Corvallia; Mr. and Mrs. Max Long, Archie and Mary, Ingrid KJosness, Mnxlne Huber Keeley, Oeoiue Keeley, of Euicene; Dortha McDonald Ultlcnn, Joe UUicatl, Delbert, Mamie and Delvon Long, Alta Fletciier, Beryls and Anne Fletcher, Roy and Ethilc McDonald of Salem; Etta McDonald Gal Ira. Vlolett Oallea, of Lebanon; L. a McDonald of Silver ton; V. L. and Mary McDonald of Wlllamina, O. H., Mary. LyJe, Betty and Deloren McDonald, W. E. Schmidle, Corralno Schmldle, Bradley McDonald, of St. Helens; Klchard Swanson, Sam and Maysell Stoll er, E. E. and Alice Munsey of Albany; Clarence and Keith, McDonald, Mrs. Kellh McDonald. Frank and Cressle Mc Donald, of Redmond: L. J. and Josephine Munsey, Dick and Corabell Munsey, of Haas, Wash.; John W. Lou of Rich Hill, Mo,; Alice McDonald Huber. Donald Hu ber of Lyons; Clara McDonald Swan, James Swan. Donola and Kathleen Ander sen, of Mill City; George and Winona Olllenwater. Booby and Carol Qlllen watcr, of Swlsshoinei Gilbert, Allen and Mae McDonald, Alene and Rhonda Miller, June McDonald, Arlene and Norma Mc Donald. Norniuii and Minnie Lonu, Rulph and Myrtle McDonald, W. A. EwIiik. Helen Myers, Ouy McKiilshl. Lizzie McKnlght, Vivian Mc Knight Bllyeu, Mnrvene and Gordon O'Reilly, Claudia Gill. Nelle Smith, Gerald and Cora McDonald. Raymonu. Joyce, Karen Lee. Geraldlne, Sandra Kay and Billy McDonald. Kenneth and Bertha McDonnld. Donald and Harry McDonald. Vesta nnd Wanda Sims, Norene, Sharon and Calvin T roll ins rr, all of Scio, Band Plays Friday Woodburn A band concert will be given by the newly or ganized Woodburn band Friday evening at 8 o'clock at Library Square. The concert is spon sored by the Woodburn Rotary club and everyone is invited to be present and enjoy the music. Tonight! r Extra! March of Time "Report on Grccrc" STARTING TODAY! Everybody's In the Act . . . And IT'S COLOSSAL! - - m Layman Family Holds Reunion Woodburn A reunion of the Layman family was held Sun day, August 18, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Layman in Woodburn. Seventeen relatives gathered for a no-host dinner at 1 o'clock, the affair honoring Mr. Layman's cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Harland Porter of Chicago. Present besides the honor guests were Mrs. Mattie Moore and Mr. Ben Layman of Port land; Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Lay man, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Reid and son Douglas of Newport; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mallow, grandson and granddaughter Jimmy and Barbara Harrison and Mrs. Delia Leatherman of Albany; Mrs. Martha Kamberg er and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lay man of Woodburn. In the late afternoon refresh ments were served and pictures taken o' the group. Mrs. Delia Leatherman, Hen ry Layman, Mrs. Mattie Moore and Bruce Layman are the only children of the late Samuel Layman, a pioneer resident of Woodburn, and this was their first reunion in a number of years. Lyons People Visiting Friends and Relatives Lyons Mrs. Daisy Johnston went to Salem Sunday where she will spend the next three weeks at the home of her sis ter, Mrs. Bertha Woodworth, while her niece and children are at the hop yard. Mr. and Mrs. George Huff man and daughters visited Sun day at the home of her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Decker in Eugene. They also visited the Hal Howards at Junction City. Mr. James of Gordan spent several days in Lyons, where he redecorated the interior of the schoolhouse, giving it a new coat of varnish and kalsomine. Mrs. Pearl Hunt and little daughter spent the week-end at the home of her sister and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gra ham, in Klamath Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Reid and children moved Saturday to their new home they recently purchased at Sweet Home. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gerath of Los An geles, Calif., have bought the Reid properly. Thursday Work Night At Settlemier Park Woodburn Thursday night, August 22, will be work night at Seftlemicr Memorial Park in stead of Friday as usual. The change is made this week be cause of the band concert which is to be held Friday night at Library Square. All workers are badly needed for Thursday night at the park and should bring rakes, grub bing hoes and axes. Elmer Matt son has donated five gallons of ice cream, which is to be served to the workers. ( I NEVER KNEW WHAT V I WAS MISSING W w a m IT'S SO EASY TO BECOME A GOOD DANCER AND WHAT FUN I'M HAVING MAy I HAVE THIS DANCE ? si 'mm YOU'RE WONDERFUL, WE'LL HAVE TO GO DANCING OFTEN v A i AM I I YVtlNI I U ARTHUR MURRAY S Built from Scrap "Scrappy" at the state fair by Charles Borte Scrappy, Mechanical Genius of Silverton Fame, at State Fair "Scrappy" the tractor, all painted red for the Oregon State Fair at Salem in September, came into being from mere scrap iron in the mechanical hands of Charles Borte, West Hill, Silver- ton, who took two years "hob-? by" hours to do the job. The name is original with Mrs. Borte, suggested by'the material from which it evolved. The little machine is practic ally a personality of the Borte household, as it was assembled from all hand-sawed iron. Featured parts are a 9-h. p. Wisconsin motor, six speeds ahead and two in reverse, with a top speed of twelve miles an hour in high. Brakes, individu al turning, a drawbar on each end. The front tires are 400x8, the rear, 650x16. It has a 45 inch wheelbase and a 41 inch tread. Pulis a 12-mch plow and a four-foot disc. Approximate weight, 1250 pounds. Has all characteristics of a large, mod ern tractor. Canadian Folk Guests of Yails Jefferson Mrs. D. R. McCal lum of Erskine, Alta, Canada, is visiting friends In Jefferson this week, and staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Vail. She will be remembered as Fern Anderson, and has not been here for 28 years. The Anderson family are old time residents of Jefferson. She will also visit a former schoolmate, Mrs. Clair Overton (Genevieve Phillips), at Crawfordsville. Sunday visitors at the home of John Alexander were his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mere and son, Jimmie of Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Varion Goin and children enjoyed a week's vaca tion from their farm work, vis iting at Florence part of the time, and spending four days at Agate Beach. Ruth Ann Mor gan of Salem accompanied them on the trip. (WONT THE MUSIC EVER STOP A C I'M TERRIBLE, I MUST GO TO J ' X, ARTHUR MURRAY WELL, I M AFRAID I DON'T DANCE VERY WELL or GLAD r cf the tractor, will be displayed of Silverton. Christian Church Group Plans Meeting Silverton John W. Jordan, district president of the Ninety and Nine Sunday school men's class organization of the Chris tian churches of Oregon, is an nouncing a district meeting at the Mill City church, Monday evening, August 26, with a 6:30 dinner to be served. Mill City will furnish music for the program and Ernest Ha ley of the Albany Christian church is program chairman. The speaker will be announced later. The area of the district in cludes class groups from all Christian churches in Marion, Polk, Linn and a portion of Ben ton counties. Secretary of the organization is Lynn Neal, Silverton. Rev. Claude Stevens of the Mill City pastorate, will serve as official host to the visitors. Church to Observe Mission Festival Stayton The Calvary Luth eran church of Marion will ob serve the annual Mission fes tival next Sunday. Services will be held In the grove by the church at 11 p.m. followed by a picnic lunch at noon. Rev. R. Weiland will be in charge of services. In the af ternoon Rev. W. F. George will speak on mission work in the Pacific northwest. Stayton The Three-Links club is planning a picnic sup per for members and their fa milies at the city park Thurs day evening at 6:30 o'clock. Coffee will be furnished. aice 7- ATort ?rlbur "V do'' ?ri' of Starting I City Council Calls for Bids Dallas The city council Is calling for bids on $108,000 of city sewage disposal bonds as the result of action taken Mon day evening at the regular meeting of the city council. The bids on the bonds will be ac cepted by City Auditor Bill Blackley up to 8 p. m., Septem ber 6. The issue is the remainder of $150,000 authorized at a special city election for the construc tion of a storm sewer and for the construction and mainte nance of a city sewage dispo sal plant. Bonds totaling $42, 000 were issued earlier to pro vide funds for the storm sewer now nearing completion. Councilman C. B. Sundberg, chairman of the street commit tee, asked that the 1948 street paving program be closed with out re-surfacing Church street where the storm sewer is now being laid. He stated that ' it would not be advisable to pave over the sewer at this time due to the possibility of its settling. Assessment rolls on the street program will be prepared to provide for the anticipated bond issue under the Bancroft act. When the rolls are turned over to the city auditor, property owners will be advised of the cost to them and will be given the opportunity of signing bond applications which may be paid off over a period of 10 years. Laying of pipe in the new storm sewer is expected to be completed this week and man holes are now being construct ed at each street intersection. Permission was refused the Disabled Veterans of Salem .to hold a series of wrestling matches in the city ond the grounds that another local vet erans organization had plans underway for a similar series of sports events. Carl Gerlinger, Jr., was ap pointed to the library board to Shattuc's Chateau will be CLOSED til AUGUST 29 Today at Safeway CANTALOUPES Sweet as Honey Pound 4c 60-lb. Crate 1.79 TOMATOES Buy Now for Canning Crate 39C PRUNES Italian, Lug DRY ONIONS g. 50-Ib. bag 07C POTATOES Oft- U.S. No. 2's. 50-lb.OTC PHONE 3467 MATINEE DAILY FROM 1 P. M. Starts TOMORROW! r JHE was r '--J HER MAN! f 4ex anon? 7 lis Newl It's DifferenH If's Ablaze With Action And Love! Three Bright New Screen Stars in The Kind Of Hit You'll J?ave About I 'r wi,h dsJSK DANE CLARK yMfyJANIS PAIGE 88 aPS'ZACHARY SCOTT IKwfAvil trT FAYE EMERSON I WlAvkaJL GEORGE TOBIAS JJ ffilYLI SHELDON LEONARD U PLUS LATE NEWS! And CARTOON "THROWING THE BULL" succeed the late R. R. VanOrs del, a long-time member and chairman of the board. Ger linger'i term will expire on January 1, 1949. The appointment of Floyd Ambrose as a city police offi cer was confirmed by the coun cil and the matter of sending one or two of the local officers to a basic training police school in Eugene on September 9 to 14 was left in the hands of Councilman Walter Craven, chairman of the health and po lice committee. Egglesfons Visit At Stump Home Monmouth Mr. and Mrs. Clay Eggleston are visiting at the home of Mr. Eggleston's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Eggleston, and at the Darrell Stump home. Mrs. Stump is a sister of Mrs. Eggleston. The Egglestons will move in a short time to Salem, from Seattle, where Mrs. Eggleston taught during Mr. Eggleston's absence in the service. Capt. Eggleston received his honorable dis charge from the army a short time ago. He will teach physi cal education at Leslie junior high school in Salem this year. Before he went into the ser vice, both he and Mrs. Eggles ton taught at Monmouth high school. Opens 6:45 P. M. Now! Thrills! Suspense! Co-Hit! Buster Crabbe "Gentlemen With Guns" GREAT FUN! Direct from New York If GAY 90's REVUE" Featuring a Cast of Great Stars from the Vaudeville Theatres of Yesterday ... Phone 4006 for Your Reservation Now! No Admission Charge until 8 P.M. After 8 P.M., Regu lar Price of 50c, Except on Saturday. STEAK AND CHICKEN DINNERS SERVED FROM 6 P.M. CHINESE DISHES OUR SPECIALTY J 3 O 55 PORTLAND ROAD P HON i 4 O O 6 tf V CO iSmwr. fRY acuff V Jl UH ALLAH LANEADELE MARA atfaWJESI District Meeting '99' Men's Group Monmouth six men from Monmouth attended the Polk county district meeting of the "99," men's club of the Chris tian church held Monday eve ning at Falls City. A quartet from the Monmouth group fur nished special music. The eve ning's message was brought by Rev. Waddell of the Falls City Christian church. Refreshments were served following a busi ness meeting. The next Poik county meeting will be at Dal las on Oct. 21. Representatives from Monmouth will attend the Willamette District meeting to be held at Mill City on Monday, August 26. Present from Mon mouth were: Rev. Raymond Armstrong, J. A. Dunn, J. Pow ell, Lyman Smith, Wilmer Pow ell and D. L. Williams. Starts Today! Opens 6:45 Co-eature Bob Hope Martha Raye "Never Say Die" Opens 6:45 P. M. NOW! MUSIC! FUN! Co-Feature! ARMIDA "Machine Gun Mama" A GREAT SHOW! Ends Today! (Wed.) RAY MIIXAND "Well Groomed Bride" Albert Dekker "THE FRENCH KEY" HIT! BP1 YOU'RE ON THE TRACK TO SIDE- SPLITTING LAUGHTER . . . AND RIP ROARING FUN!