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2 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Nov. 21, 194fi Valley Uni Hold Meetings Roberts The Roberts Home extension meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Russell Daven port. Mrs. Len Edwards and Mrs. George Higgins were the project leaders on "care of the hair." After the demonstration refreshments were served by the hostess. Mrs. Merle Phillips was elected chairman of the build ing committee from Roberts in connection with the state coun cil building fund to be used in constructing a building at Cor vallis for 4H club work and such. Mrs. L. D. Johnston was appointed chairman of the A. C. W. W. and Mrs. Glenn Bid good was appointed to attend the meeting on landscaping given at the YMCA Dec. 17. Those atteiidime thr merlin wrre: Mrs. Glenn Bldgood. Mrs. William Bllv ens,' Mrs L. F. Clymer. Mrs. Karl Crow ley Mrs. L. D Johnston, Mrs. L. .Les ter Mrs Wlllard Jonps Mrs. Karl Hey deri. Mrs R. E. chlltrnden, Mrs. Merle Plilllliw. Mrs William Wilson. Mrs. A. L. Paulsen and Mrs. C. A. Krehblll. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. G. S. Higgins .Ian, 14, at 1 p.m. with Miss Eleanor Trindle, home demon stration agent, as leader. Her subject will be "Color In the Home." Anyone interested is in vited to attend. Membership Increases Union Hill The Union Hill Extension unit met at the home of Mrs. Orlo Humphreys. Miss Eleanor Trindle, home demon stration agent, presented "Keep ing Well with Vitamines A & D." She was assisted by Mrs. Humphreys, Mrs, Myra Fischer and Mrs. M. M. Gilmour. Mrs. W. M. Tate, chairman of the group, called a business meeting. The following require ments for standard unit were adopted: Membership increased 20 per cent during the year; recreation at each meeting: sponsoring of 4H club work or other youth movement, provid ing leadership: Installation of unit officers. Appointed on the youth lead ership committee were: Mrs. Henry Tate, Mrs. Floyd Fox, Miss Alice .Taquet. Present were: Mrs. w. M. Tate, Mrs. J. O. Darby. Mrs. Henry Tate. Mrs. V. D. Scott, Mrs Speed. Mrs. Carrie Townsend. Mrs. Floyd Fox. Mrs. H. E. Hubbard. Mrs. W, F. Krens, Mrs. .1. C. Krenz. Mrs A. N. Doerfler. Ml, Anna Doerfler. Mrs. Byron McElhsnry. Mrs. Oswald Johnson Mrs, Theodore Fisher. Mrs. M. M. OHmoiir. Mrs. Myra Fischer. Mrs. Francis Miller, Miss Ellznheth Krens. Miss Alice Jr.qilet, Mlv Eleanor Trindle nd Mrs. Humphreys. The next meetlno will be In January at the V. D. Scott home, Mrs. w. F. Krrna and Mrs. Theo dore Fisher will be project leaders. pi--.' sl- lipid Grand Island The Union va!o Home Demonstration unit with 20 present met at the home of Mrs. Clarence Rockhill for an all-day meeting. Miss Mar lon Donaldson, Yamhill county extension leader, led a discus sion on "Making Kitchens More Livable." A plant sale was held and the proceeds to apply on a statewide movement to finance a coopera tive girls dormitory at Cor vallis. The next meeting will be with the Wcbfoot unit, December 18. Unit Meets Four Corners Project lead ers Mrs. C. E. Sunderlin, Mrs. Harold Snook and Mrs. Warren Shrake gave a demonstration on "Care of the Hair" when Reception Planned St. Paul Teachers St. Paul A reception com plimenting the teachers of both schools will be held at the St. Paul community hall on Tues day evening at 8 o'clock A guest speaker and moving pic tures followed by refreshments will furnish the evening's en tertainment. Parents and friends are urged to attend. Dallas Assured Phone Building Dallas A new telephone building and a dial phone sys tem for Dallas a project of about $100.000 is planned by the Pacific Telephone and Tele graph Company, according to R. V. Collins, district manager. Actual construction of the build ing and the new system is ex pected to start in 1947 and a lot for the building has been purchased from Victor Williams almost directly across the street from the present telephone of fice location. The construction is subject lo civilian production administra ton approval. The building s to be a 40'x70' reinforced concrete structure and will provide space for the company offices in ad dition to the new dial equip ment. Initial plans call for the installation of the dial central office equipment costing in the neighborhood of $50,000, suffi cient to serve approximately 1200 new telephones, according to Mr. Collins. Eventually, he said, addition al facilities will be added to serve a maximum of 1800 tele phones. The lot purchased has a frontage of 100 feet and Is 150 feet deep. "When we get the green light lo proceed with construction and as rapidly as equipment becomes available, we intend to do every thing possible to speed comple tion of the nrnincl (o moet (he challenge of the Increasing de mand for teli.,ihone service,-'' the manager said. . He pointed out that since 1940 the number of telephones in Dallas had increased from 983 to about 1300. As of November 1 Ihere were approximately 100 Dallas families waiting for tele phone service. The new office is to be designed to accommo date expected additional growth. Acreage Is Sold Dayton Mrs. Daisy Warner Salchwell of Portland has sold her 10-acre improved place In the Webfoot district to Mr. and Mrs. Riddle of Newberg. Mrs. Clarence Warner and son, Marion of Webfoot dis trict, have returned from sev eral days snrtnt -ther, Lewis Day of Lorane, On. I he newly formed Home E:;t eli sion unit held its November meeting. The business meeting was conducted by Mrs. Ernest Walk er, at whose home the unit met. Those present Included Mrs. nnlph Mercer, Mrs. 8, H. Cable. Mrs. Waldo Miller, Mrs. Smart Johns. Mrs. E, r. Sunderlin, Mrs, Harold Snook, Mrs. War ren Shrake, Mrs. Attle Hanson, Mrs. Henry Ben, Mrs. w. F.. Pederson, Mrs. H. D. McMillln, Mrs. E. A. Snook, Mrs. Nettle Shrake, Mrs Harold Colaan, Mrs. Jesa Mc.Ilnay. Mrs. William Brown. Mrs C A. Barney. Mrs. Ralph Kina, Mrs C. C, Morris. Mrs. Hsrdle Phillips. Mrs. I. loyd Lee and the hostess, Mrs. Ernest Walker. Schuebel Heads Roberts Range Roberts The Roberts Grange met with Master Albert Blan kenship in the chair. Roy J. Rice, legislative chairman, re ported on the recent election also on important measurescom ing up at the next legislature and that the Detroit dam had been delayed indefinitely owing to the cut in taxes. Election of Grange officers were as follows: master, Harvey Schuebel; overseer, Roy J. Rice; lecturer, Mrs. Harvey Schuebel; steward, Elmer Minch; assistant steward, Floyd Plank; chaplain, Mrs. Glenn Bidgooc1; treasurer, Mrs. Roy Rice; secretary, Glenn Bidgood; gate keeper, G. S. Hig gins; Ceres, Mrs. Albert Blan kenship; Pomona, Mrs. Elmer Minch; Flora, Mrs. Floyd Plank; lady assistant steward, Mrs. Forest Edwards; executive com mittee, Albert Blankenship, Denver Young and S. L. Minard. It was voted to have installa tion at Roberts December 15, and to send invitations to Kei zer, Ankeny, Salem and Red Hills Granges. At the next Grange meeting there will be an exchange of in expensive Christmas gifts. Mann Leaves Jail After Many Months Albany Jack Orville Mann was a free man Wednesday af ter having spent eleven months in the Linn county jail await ing developments in a series of cases, among which was the burglary of the Bridgeway con fectionery last December. Mann pleaded guilty in cir cuit court Tuesday to a charge of burglary not in a' dwelling and Judge Victor Olliver sen tenced him to serve a maxi mum sentence of three years in the state penitentiary but is sued a stay of execution pend ing Mann's good behavior. Mann was arrested at Brownsville immediately fol lowing the looting of two safes there and through information furnished by him, Roy Moore and the late S. D. McClain, alias Douglas Day, were arrested at Portland and more than $20, 000 in loot was recovered. McClain died while on trial but Moore was convicted. His appeal is now pending. Mann was absolved from this charge but was held on the charge to which he pleaded guilty Tues day. North Spring Valley Holding Fall Event North Spring Valley One of the outstanding affairs of the fall for Ihe local Community club will be the white elephant sale to be held at the school house Friday night. The committee on arrange ments includes Mr. and Mrs. Roy Carr, Mr. and Mrs. George Hammond and Mr. and Mrs Earl Johnson. The proceeds will be used for remodeling the school kitchen. Neighbor hood communities are invited to attend. A no-host supper will be held at 7:30 o'clock, before the sale. Catgut really comes from sheep. ENT)R JEROME KERN'S tonighti "CENTENNIAL SUMMER" Also . . . "The Last Crooked Mile" STARTS FRIDAY! ff" DAZZLING SPI SWEET SENORITAS . . . SULTRY RHYTHM? artx I Al.Lt . . . MAM Nli ROMANCE ... to put a sparkle in your eyes! "i : 1 wi fffe Jos Iturbi Ro Ami SzM t;. i I t fi JTjmr re-,- VTIIl PIDGEON With . ddy McDowall Jane Powell llona Massey Xavier Cugat and Hit Orchcifra IN TECHNICOLOR Extra! Disney Cartoon News CO-HIT! MYSTERY . . . THRILLS! THE INNER CIRCLE" with Wm. Krowley - Warren Douglas Turner Sunshine Club Plans Bazaar Turner The Turner Sunshine club met at the home of Selma Hogsed for an all day work for a bazaar to be held Decem ber 10. Members present were Inez Carlon, Mary Gilstrap, Annie Windom, Vera Waller, Pauline Regier, Elizabeth Syn der, Mrs H. Synder, Ada Rose, Selma Hogsed, Maude Bones, Evelyn Holt. Guests for the day were Rosie Sharp, Jeanie Holt and Gene Poitras. Linn Seal Campaign Will Start Monday Albany Final plans for the 1946 Christmas seal sale cam paign, the proceeds to be used in eradication of tuberculosis, were discussed by the Linn County Health association at a meeting in the Clinic building. The campaign will open next Monday. At the meeting Raymond Fish er, county seal sale chairman, reported that scores of workers are being lined up under leader ship of committee chairmen: Mrs. Carl Newport, Tangent; Mrs. E. R. Cardwell, Sweet Home; Mrs. John Zimbrick, Lebanon; Mrs. Karl Stewart, Brownsville; Mrs, Earl Phillips, Scio; Mrs. Dorothy Leeper, Hal sey; Mrs. Ossie Topley, Harris burg; Lucille Shedd, Shedd, and Mrs. Leora Stevens, Lyons. Lyons Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Julian, were their daughter, Mrs. Fay Crawford and her daughter and husband of Seattle. Mrs. Frank Sutton was tak en to the Salem Deaconess hos pital last week where she will undergo medical treatment. Miss Juanita Downing, stu dent at Oregon State college, spent the week-end at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Downing. She had as her house guest, Elaine Evans, also a student, Fred Lindemann was taken to the Salem Deaconess hospi tal Thursday afternoon, where he underwent an appendecto my. Mrs. Lindemann is staying at the home of her aunt Mrs. Catherine Engdahl while he is in the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Midill of Salem visited Sunday evening at the home of her brother, Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Brassfield. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Garri son of Cutler City were in Ly ons Friday afternoon. They were called to Gates . by the death of Fred Shearer, caretak er of their farm. Truck Tow Bar Causes Crash Albany Frank Forsha, 90, Portland, is in a serious condi tion at the Albany General hos pital where he is being treated for injuries he suffered when an uncontrolled pick-up truck crashed into the car in which he was riding on the Pacific high way three miles south of Jeffer son. Injured also but not seriously were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Conn, Portland, who were also treated at the hospital. According to information pro cured by city and state police W. P. Davis of Roseburg was driving a truck south on the highway towing the pick-up which was loaded with caterpil lar tractor tracks for ballast. As he reached a wide curve in the road, Davis reported, the tow-bar became disengaged and the pick-up crashed, head-on into the Conn car, which was proceeding north. Both the Conn car and the pick-up were severely damaged. The injured were taken to the Albany General hospital in the city ambulance. Program Presented For Farmers' Union Zena A program of special interest was given at the No vember meeting of Spring Val ley Farmers Union No. 242, at the Zena schoolhouse, when Max and Mark Gehlhar of West Salem gave an evening of en tertainment featuring musical and patriotic selections, pep songs by the group led by the Gehlhars, and accompanied by the talkie movie. The business meeting was presided over by Ralph C. Shepard, president S. B. Dodge is secretary. There are more than 350,000 people on the island of Cyprus Chamberlains Honor Guests at Reception Falls City Rev. and Mrs Gene Chamberlain, former pas tor here, were honored guests at an informal gathering at the Christian church. The time was spent in visiting and singing. Motion pictures of Oregon scen ery and places visited recently by the Waddell family were shown. Refreshments were served. Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Walter Frank of Myrtle Point spent the past two weeks at the home of his sister, Mrs. George Ferrel. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Loomis are looking forward to a visit from their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Taylor, and children, Wayne, Delbert and Ralph of Crandall, South Dakota. LaVern Kuhl broke his wrist Wednesday while playing foot ball at Fort Lewis. He is a bro ther of Mrs. Henry Davis of Brooks. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Pome roy have returned home from a hunting trip along the Oregon coast. Ancient Hebrew physicians prescribed a grain of salt or the eggs of a grasshopper as remedies for toothaches. SENATOR SHINE SHOP Open Under New Management Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 P.M. -Opens 6:45 P.M.- Errol Flynn - Alexis Smith "SAN ANTONIO" , In Technicolor Johnny .Welsmuller in "TABZAN AND THE LEOPARD WOMAN" Haunted Mill ROLLER RINK Rickreall Open ti;f.s. - TOURS. - SAT. 8 P.M. to 11 P.M. SUNDAYS 2 P.M. to 5 P.M. NOW THRU SAT 0SY to mtByg COHIT! MAT. DAILY FROM 1 P.M. Now! Twin Fun Hils! mm- v LA , v.y.-xuStHNinil City Officers Serving Again Woodburn The first meet ing of the new city council was held Tuesday night and the fol lowing committees were ap pointed by Mayor E. H. Matt son: Street committee, Jess Fikan, Tom Workman; water commit tee, E. J. Hughes, M. M. Hicks; finance, Jess Fikan, E. J. Hughes; ordinance, Tom Work man, E. J. Hughes; fire board, Jess Fikan, M. M. Hicks; prop erty, E. J. Hughes, Tom Work man. Re-appointed were D. S. Coy ner, marshal; Clyde Asbury, deputy marshal; Walter Klein smith, water superintendent; HUE KHfDflS 0000000 mt wa Adrian Schooler, assistant wa ter superintendent; H. F. nier, street commissioner. Application for renewal of package beer license by the M, & F. grocery was approved. A "first Thanksgiving" was celebrated in Maine, not Massa chusetts,. 15 years before the Pilgrims. FREDDIE KELLER and his ORCHESTRA SALEM ARMORY Friday, Nov. 22 Admission $1 per person Plus Tax DANCING 9 to 12 GAY CO-FEATURE! Ken Curtis Hoosicr Hotshots "SINGING ON THE TRAIL" lulU;tD', OPENS 6:45 P.M. NOW! THRILLS! John Wayne "War of the Wildcats" o Wm. Boyd "Hopalong Cassidy Enters" o Thrilling New Serial! "King of Royal Mounted" Opens 6:45 P.M. NOW! FUN-ATICS! Now Showing! Crosby - Hope "ROAD TO UTOPIA" o Chester Morris "PHANTOM THIEF" at Wadjn's J v Glamour is black , . . and most breathtaking in rich suede . . . and in pumps to smartly simple . . or sandals high on a platform. 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