2 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon. Monday, June 30. 1947Hf 111,11
Legion Places
Building Goal
Woodburn Woodburn Post
of the American Legion has set
a goal of $30,00 in building bond
tales and pledges by July 1 in
an effort to get construction on
the proposed new Legion build
ing under way by July 15.
The building will be located
on the highway at Woodburn
and will include club rooms,
restaurant space and auditori
um and is expected to cost be
tween $60,000 and $75,000, ac
cording to Harold Ingram, commander-elect
of Woodburn post
and chairman of the building
committee.
Building bonds are being is
sued in $50 and $100 denomina
tions, bear 2Vi per cent interest
and will be payable in ten
years. They may be purchased
outright or on ten monthly pay
ments. There is also a plan by
which members may buy bonds
through work on the building.
Associate memberships will
be available to non-Legionnaires
who buy at least $250 in build
ing bonds. Such associate mem
bers will have the privileges of
the club rooms.
Architect's drawing of the
front of the proposed building
Is now on display.
Three Day Holiday
Waiting
Woodburn
Woodburn Practically all
Woodburn retail stores will be
closed July 4 and 5 to give em
ployees a three day holiday, ac
cordinz to a survey conducted
this week by P. L. LaBarr of
the Chamber of Commerce re
tail trades committee. The bank
and city offices will be closed
both days while the post office
will be closed July 4 but will
be open until noon July 5. At
least one of the local drug stores
will be open each day during
the holiday. Most of the res
taurants and service stations
will also be open, and Smith's
Corner grocery on Seltlemier
Ave., will be open both days.
Christian Endeavor
Rally Date Changed
Amity The Yamhill County
Christian Endeavor society has
moved the date for the county
rally to July 4, when they will
meet in Amity with the Church
of Christ here as host.
The young people will provide
the program. An out-door lunch
eon and games will feature the
afternoon meeting. Rev. and
Mrs. Bruce F. Caldwell are at
tending the annual meeting at
Turner.
Guard Inspection
Party Due Woodburn
W o o d b u r n Inspection for
federal recognition and activa
tion of the Woodburn national
guard anti-tank company of the
186th infantry regiment will be
conducted at the local armory
Thursday, according to word re
ceived by Capt. Robert E. Rcnn
of the local unit from Col. Da
vid B. Falk, inspector general
department. San Francisco.
The public is invited to at
tend the Inspection which will
begin at 8 o clock p.m.
The inspector general's party
will arrive In Woodburn at 9:30
a.m. July 3. Inspection of the
armory is set for 2 p.m. and the
inspection of the unit at 8 p.m
Buena Vista
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Robert
son's son Clifford has received
hi" discharge from the army.
after 18 months in the service
Most of his time was spent i n
Alaska.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Short have-
as their guests their son. Bill
who is home on a vacation from
his work with the geological re
search department of the Arab
ian American O i 1 company
Most of his work was in Arabia
though he spent a month travel
ing in Europe before coming
home.
Gilbert Loy was reelected di
rector of Buena Vista school
district No. 33 at the annual
election and Gordon Hndley and
Lindsay Ward were elected for
Hopville school district with
Ralph Tautteet continuing his
term of office.
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Mill City Students
Attend Club School
Mill City Attending the 4-H
summer school in Corvallis from
Mill City were Beverly Timm,
Joan Johnson, Betty Lou Cree,
Wanda Vandermeer and Dolores
Smith. The girls will return
home Friday. Only young peo
ple who have received scholar
ships are eligible to attend the
summer school. Mill City
scholarships were financed by
the local merchants who were
solicited two years ago by Mrs
Louis Verbeck and Mrs. Clay
ton Baltimore, 4-H club leaders.
Mill City
Friends of Miss Wilma Dick
e learning of her marriage
Sunday in Portland to Vernon
R. Bradley of Tacoma, Wash.
Miss Dick was a former teacher
in the local schools.
Guests last week at the Wal
lace Hoeye home were Mrs
Elvie Lyons, Mrs. Mary Ran
kin and Mrs. Emma Garrett, all
of Santa Rosa, Calif. Mrs. Ly
ons spent part of her time here
at the home of her son and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Melbourne
Rambo.
Arriving at the Vern Clark
home as a complete surprise
were his brother and family
from Colorado, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Clark and two daugh
ters.
Mr. and Mrs. William Stine
and son Billie of Missoula
Mont., are visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Stine.
The Mill City 3-Links cluo
met at the home of Mrs. Elton
Haun. The evening was spent
sewing for the bazaar which
is being planned for early fall.
The hostess served refresn
mcnts. Santiam Rebekah lodge mem
bers attending the Lyons Re
bekah lodge were Vera Hatha
way, Noble Grand of the local
lodge, Natallle Swift, Ida Fleet
wood, Eva Duffy and Robert
Swift. The honored guest at
the lodge meeting was Mrs. Su-
da Comstock, president of the
Rebekah Assembly of Oregon
who was paying an official vis
it to the lodge.
Brooks
Mrs. Leslie Lowery entertain
ed for a Stanley products par
ty In her home. Mrs. Bob Mor-
ris, dealer, led the games, and
prizes were given the winners
Refreshments were served to
Mrs. J. Mulkey, Mrs. Sadie
Barkhurst, Mrs. Willis Duni
gan, Mrs. Charles Dowe, Mrs
June Drake, Mrs. O. G. Lowery.
Mrs. Ted; Lowery, Mrs. Mike
Lowery, and Mrs. Alice Schew
ey.
The annual state wide camp
meeting at Bethel park, Assem
biles of God, will start July 1,
and continue for two weeks
Mrs. J. J. Lesher has left to:'
Sequin, Wash., where she will
visit her son-in-law and daugh
ler Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Blanton, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray DeRoehe
left this week end for Minneso
ta, Kansas and other points to
visit relatives for a couple of
weeks. Mrs. Piatt and daugh
ter Nellie will take care of the
DeRoehe home here during their
absence.
Degree Work Given
Mill City Lodgemen
Mill City More than 100
Odd Fellows attended the spe
cial meeting in Mill City when
the Mt. View Odd Fellow lodge
of Portland presented the first
and second degrees for five Mill
City candidates. The Portland
drill team composed of 18 men
put on drill work. There were
more than 40 members rcpre
senting the Portland lodge, 16
from the Stayton lodge, six from
Scio and six from Silverton
Next Saturday night Peninsula
Odd Fellows lodge, of Portland
will put on the third degree fjr
(he candidates.
Civic Groups Meet
Independence The monthly
meeting of the Independrnce
city council will be held Wed
nesday at the city hall.
The regular meeting of the
Independence Chamber of Com
merce will be held at the Busv
Bee cafe Tuesday night at 6:30
o'clock.
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Observe Fourth
Woodburn Plans are near-
ing completion for the Fourth
of July celebration which will
be held at the Settlemier Mem
orial park, beginning at noon
with a picnic dinner. Features
of the day's program will be
band concerts, vocal and instru
mental music, a patriotic speak-
sports and other entertain
ment. Ernie Bryan of Portland,
a magician, will be the feature
of the evening, together with a
band concert, starting at 8
o'clock.
It is planned to have at least
one of the proposed cooking
units ready for the picnic
groups. The flag raising cere
mony will be conducted at the
new band stand in the south
part of the park at 1:30 p.m.
by Woodburn Boy Scouts un
der the direction of Scoutmaster
McKinley Henderson. The musi
cal program, prepared by Ken
neth Thompson, will follow,
featuring band music by the
local band, vocal solos by Ber
nard Smith and Dick Moon, ac
cordion solo by Eugene Stoller,
saxophone solo by Bob Wilson,
group singing and other num
bers. The speaker, whose name
has not been announced, will
be introduced by Mayor Elmer
Mattson.
A sports program under the
direction of Perry Williams is
scheduled for 3 o'clock with
events and prizes for all ages,
including races, contests and a
soft ball game.
Refreshment will be on sale
at the park and the proceeds
will go to the Settlemier Park
fund. The public address sys
tem will be provided by Charles
W. Smith. Camp Fire Girls at
tending are asked to wear their
uniforms.
Relatives Witness
Rites for Priest
Mt. Angel Mr. and Mrs. Wil
Iiam Harrahill and three of their
seven children, Mrs. Mark Pur.
dy, and Robert Harrahill of Mt
Angel and Mrs. Arthur Purdy of
Vancouver, Wash., took a two
weeks' trip by streamliner to
Nebraska for the ordination to
the Nebraska diocese and first
mass of a nephew to Mrs. Har
rahill, the Rev. James Whalen.
The Rev. Whalen was ordain
ed at Grand Island in the St.
Mary's Cathedral, and sang his
first mass at Greeley, Nebr. with
relatives present from Califor
nia, Oregon and many eastern
states.
The Harrahills had a family
reunion at Grand Island,,
with their daughter Sister Rc
parata, O. F. F., of Chicago, and
son, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Har
rahill and two daughters, Mary
Eileen and Laurie Marie, of Den
nison, Texas, also present. -
Monmouth
Miss Jane Dale and Oma Belle
McBee of the Oregon College
of Education staff are employ
ed as instructors during the
summer sessions at Arcadia
Calif., in the Chico State Teach
ers' college. They are work
ing with Dr. Ivan C. Milhous
formerly of the O.C.E. faculty
Miss Elizabeth Radar, former
ly supervising teacher of the
first grade in Monmouth train
ing school. Is vacationing
Colorado before taking up the
duties of her new position witn
the Oregon State Department of
Education in Salem.
In the interval between the
departure of Dr. Howard on
July 1 and the coming of the
new O.C.E. president, Dr. Hen
ry A. Gunn, on August 1, Steb-
blns has been appointed to han
dle the duties of the president
Mrs. John A. Barr and Mrs
Roy A. Liculallyn were co-hos
tesses for a meeting of Oregon
College o f Education faculty
women at Hclniick park. Fol
lowing a picnic supper, those
oresent read aloud exerpts from
their favorite selections of prosi
nnd poelry.
At the regular Oregon Col
lege of Education weekly as
scmbly in Campbell hall, Busl
ncss Manager Ellis A. Stebbin!
introduced retiring president Dr
C. A. Howard, who presented
a farewell address.
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Sewer Construction
Under Way at Amity
Amity A construction crew
is laying storm sewer pipe,
catch basins and manhole tile
along the street from the Amity
high school south across Nur
sery street to Oak street and
southwest to Ash Swale this
week. State street improvement
funds allotted to Amity is be
ing used for the project and
when completed will eliminate
flood conditions during the
rainy season near the high
school grounds.
Cross Is Proposed
Mill City Church
Mill City Hostesses for the
monthly meeting of the Presby
terian missionary society were
Mrs. Clayton Baltimore and
Mrs. Henry Baltimore at the
home of the former. The meeting
opened with a talk by Dr. Da
vid Ferguson who discussed sev
eral problems which are before
the community. Dr. Ferguson
announced the Synod of Oregon
meeting in Corvallis on July 15,
also the leadership conference
for town and country churches
scheduled for July 7-11 and the
Santiam Lodge, a Presbyterian
grounds open during August 17
23. The minister proposed the
purchase of a Neon cross for the
church.
Roll call was answered with
a verse from the Book of Psalms.
Afternoon devotions were led
by Mrs. James Swan whose top
ic was "God's Geography." Bib
lical reading was also from
Psalms. Members decided to in
vestigate the purchase of new
hymnals for the Society. At the
close of the meeting hostesses
served refreshments. The July
meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Otto Witt.
Woodburn
Mary Alice and Jay Glatt are
home from Oregon State college
for the summer vacation.
Murray Henry, who is attend
ing Washington State college at
Pullman, Wash., spent the past
week with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Henry. He will re
turn to Pullman for the sum
mer session.
Misses Virginia Olson and
Beverly Hughes returned re
cently from Oregon State col
lege for the summer vacation.
Miss Hughes is leaving this week
by plane with a couple of her
college friends for a trip to Cali
fornia and Miss Olson has been
assisting with the 4-H summer
school at Corvallis.
Recent visitors at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Homann
were Mr. and Mrs. Ted Harold
son of Alberta, Canada. They
expect to drive south to San
Diego before returning home.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burling-
ham have returned from the
east where they attended the
graduation program at United
States Merchant Marine acad
emy at King's Point, New York,
when their son, Donald, was
graduated and received orders
to go to Buenos Aires.
Several Visitors at
Home of Mrs. Moen
Silverton Garrv Hibbs. small
son of the Gaylord Hibbs of
uauas, was witn his grandmoth
er, Mrs. Gertrude Moen, the
past week. The narents nf Garrv
drove to Silverton with Mrs.
Moen accompanying the family
to the coast where they spent
several davs.
Miss Billie . Moen who. has
been with her grandmother for
the school year, returned to her
nome in Dallas the last of th
week.
Also visiting Mrs. Moen has
been Mrs. Mary Nahlen of Pier
pont, S. Dak., who is enjoying
reunions with other families
formerly of Pierpont, now liv
ing in Silverton.
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Dallas A book for childen,
"Crazy Creek", scene of which
is laid in early Dallas, has been
accepted by Doubleday Doran
for publication and will be out
next fall, according to the auth
or, Evelyn Sibley Lampman of
Portland and formerly of Dal
las. .
Mrs. Lampman is educational
director of radio station KGW
and she received notice last
week of her third ,"500 award
for plays written for the Dr.
Christian prqgram.
"Crazy Creek" is the story of
a 12-year old girl who wishes
she were a girl in the days when
her grandfather came west to
take up a donation land claim
Suddenly she finds herself liv
ing in those days.
The authors suggests that Dal
las readers of the book will In
terpret Crazy Creek as LaCre-
ole Creek which flows by Dal
las and "Ma" and "Pa" are not
too awfully remote from Grand
ma and Grandpa Bronson." The
Bronsons were among the ear
liest settlers in Polk county.
Unionvale
Resurfacing a portion of the
Dayton-Salem state highway in
the Unionvale district was in
progress Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe R. Panek
and Barbara of Broadmead who
left by automobile May 25, have
returned home. They traveled
about 7000 miles visiting rel
atives and friends en route
each way. Their most eastern-
ly point was Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. Jennie Conraai has left
from Portland for Bozeman.
Mont., for several months vis
it with her son-in-law a n d
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight
Pierce. She has been a guest of
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Murray
and family.
The Stephen Van Houtens of
Salem were Sunday guests of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D
H. Fletcher. Mr. Fletcher is
manager of the Dayton flax
plant and he is very desirous
to finish up the processing of
the flax fiber that he may move
to their newly completed home
in Salem. He thinks it will take
uutil July 15 to finish the flax
work.
Arnold Brown of Portland
came by bus to visit Mrs. C. J.
Countiss. He and Mrs. Brown
returned to their home in Port
land after a three weeks trip
by rail to visit relatives in Il
linois and Michigan.
Hale Hendrickson, mechanic
at the Alderman farm, is taking
a two weeks mechanical course
at Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Barfknecht
and their two daughters and
son of Paskin, Wis., Mr. and
Mrs. Bernard Wenzel and two
daughters of Alemena, Wis., are
guests of the women's parents
and brothers, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Schindler, Albert Schindler,
Henry Schindler and families.
Ragsdale Commander
Mill City Legion
Mill City American Legion
post No. 159, Mill City, elected
the following officers at a re
cent meeting: Commander,
Frank Ragsdale, Sr., first vice
commander, Ramon Roberts;
second vice commander, Paul
Gregory. Elected as representa
tives of the Mill City post to
attend the state Legion conven
ton in Portland this week were
Frank Ragsdale, Jr., and Dr.
David Ferguson. Alternates are
Ramon Roberts and Paul Greg
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Independence
Mr. and Mrs. John Lindow
announce the sale of the regis
tered Jersey bull calf, June Vol
unteer Leo, to Mariano Guardia,
Costa Rica. The calf is sired
by June Volunteer Buddy and
out of Volunteer Fair Leola.
Miss Modena Banks, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Banks, is enrolled at Oregon
State college for the summer
session. She is living at Withy
combe House, a practice hoube
for a home economics course.
Larry Walker, George Weav
er, Robert Philips, and Ray Riha
have left for southern Oregon
where they entered the Forest
Service for the summer fire
season.
Royal McDonald, formerly of
Salem, has taken employment
at the Western Auto Stores. He
was recently discharged from
the navy where he spent three
years.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whaley
and family, residents of Inde
pendence for the past nine
months, have left for Whitston,
Ore. Mrs. Whaley is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Wed
dle. .
Oswald Hirte New
Gates Director
Gates The annual school
election for district No. 21 was
held in the schoolhouse. The
budget, calling for $37,080, was
read and accepted with only six
dissenting votes.
Oswald Hirte was elected to
act as school director to succeed
Glen Henness, who had served
for several terms.
Following the school election
a meeting of the cemetery asso
ciation was held. Mrs. Hollis
Turnidge was elected a director
for a term of three years.
It was voted to ask donations
of $5 each from all those owning
lots in the cemetery, the money
to be used for the purpose of
buying additional land and mak
ing necessary improvements.
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Monmouth At the annual
school election held in Mon
mouth T. R. Westfall was elected
new board member with 15
votes. Others nominated were:
Arthur Stump, who received 14
votes, Eldon Riddle, six. votes;
D. H. Searing, one vote, and the
retiring board member, Chair
man Ellis Stebblns, one vote.
James Gentle, the other board
member, will automatically be
come chairman for the coming
term.
A. C. Stanbrough received 35
votes as county school board
member. Results from other
districts will determine whether
or not he became a member of
the new county board. ,A. Hor
sington of Guthrie received one
vote for that office.
Lyons Mrs. Seda Comstock
of Baker,' president of the Re
bekah Assembly of Oregon,
paid her official visit to Faith
Rebekah lodge at a special meet
ing when Mrs. Helen Andersen
with her degree staff installed
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