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Newspaper Page Textif In The By MIKE mrrtrmrmmmr-ntniiiTr'iiir 2 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, May 21, 1952 Willamina Willamina The community t music festival, sponsored by '- the Civic club, was a success S Ellen Fox and Ann Call were e in charge and Dale Johnson 2 was master of ceremonies. 1 The program began with an s Invocation by Kev. Leo Wood ruff. The audience sang Amer ica, after which the grade r school rhythm band played the ? "President's March" led by a Skippy Caligan, with Rosa F Mitchell, Barbara Bowen and 2. Sandra Delker as twirlers; and "Liberty Bell," led by Barbara s Bwcn, with Dee McBee as ? majorette. : , Zona Boyer and Jeanette " Carlson played a clarinet duet; and the girls sextette from the high school sang "November" i. and "Tea for Two." The lower t grade music classes sang "The Willamina Train." Ellen Fox i. sang "Friend O'Mine" and "Can't Help Lovin That Man .- of Mine," accompanied by La- Velle Hofrichter. Skippy Cali r gan and Sharon Turner did a tap dance. a Sharon McGrcw and Susie Johnston played two piano r duets, and Jeanette Singleton r played a flute solo. Mrs. Wilma f Nyleen sang "Be My Life's Corn is panion" and "Tell Me Why," accompanied by Lucinda Flat r au. Dale Johnson sang two num- bers accompanied by LaVelle ': Hofrichter. A chorus directed by Mr. Johnson sang "Little Boy Blue" and "I Love You." - The Paul Armstrong dancing . school presented three tap dances. .,' FL club met last week at the home of Dottie Plnnick, with Evelyn Neely as co-hostcss. The f president appointed several ; commltees. Ethel Tatom was a j guest. Barbara Stone won the . door prize and a game prize, ' and Nancy Coddington won a " game prize. Members attending i were the hostesses, Nancy Can- ' by, Neva Lee, Jere Boundy, r Viola Sisk, Avis Brock, Nancy 1 Coddington, Ruth Skophammer, Barbara Stone and the guest. Sunnyside Sunnyside school will hold t graduation exercises for four eighth grade graduates Thursday ? evening, May 22. Students to re- celve diplomas are Nadlne Thom V las, Leo Bridges, Richard Grim and Robert Reaglc. Mrs. Honack of Snlem will be the speaker of the evening. Val edictorian is Nadine Thoma, class history, Robert Reagle, class will, Leo Bridges, class prophe cy, Richard Grim. Sunnyside Community club held the last meeting of the sea son Friday evening. Movies were shown and the Tyler sisters sang a duet. Refreshments were serv ed by the committee. Floyd Blckclls is visiting his father in Grand Rapids, Mich. Roger and Eileen King spent the weekend at the const. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Becklcy and Mrs. Burrell of Salem at tended the reception in Jefferson Sunday afternoon honoring Mrs. Ethel Gulvln, who was a former teacher nt Sunnyside. Silverton Silverton Mrs. J. P. A. Han sen, 87, entered Silverton hos pital for major surgery Monday. Members of her family are with their mother from southern Ore gon and California. Mrs. Laura GeLser Is opening her home Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. for cottage prayer service for her fellow members of the First Christian church. Three events of the coming week being announced by church groups are the high school baccalaureate service Sunday evening, May 25; grad uation of the senior class, Wed nesday, May 28; and Memorial day services at the armory at 11 a.m., Wednesday, May 30. Ralph Adams, chairman In charge, Is asking for volunteers to help man the civilian defense station. They may telephone him at 2401 or call at 403 Main street. An annual event for the wom en of the First Christian church rttirlntf 4hn rait unV urn, tt,a "retreat" for one day and eve-! Valley FORBES iiii i inrwi't ning at Silver Falls State park. Dr. Paul N. Poling will be the Rotary speaker Tuesday eve ning at the Ladles' night pro gram at the social rooms of the Methodist church. Regular Ro tary "Fireside" sessions are be ing enjoyed, Frank M. Powell and Bruce Billings made a business trip to Portland Monday, Cub Scouts plan a "spring gathering" at Eugene Field gym Tuesday evening, May 27, parents to be special guests. On the program will be rope and whip demonstrations. Eugene Smith, cubmaster, is asking for outgrown cub shirts to be do nated for the younger group. The cubs are making ready for a budget builder candy sale Friday evening and Saturday, May 23 and 24, at the J. C. Penney and the Sprouse-Reitz stores. Unionvale Honoring Mrs. Carl Launer, a group of neighbors and relatives gave her a surprise at her home Friday, May 16. She was 84 years of age. She was born at Morrison. 111.. and came with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Robertson, and family to Unionvale when six years of age. The trip was made by train to San Francisco, Calif., and from there by boat to Port land and to St. Joe, Yamhill county, by train and from there the same day to the home of her uncle, Adam P. Robertson who owned the farm now owned by Adolph Schutz. Her parents purchased the farm which has been subdivid ed among her brothers and sis ters. Mrs. Launer and Mrs. John Hibbs, 88, still own their shares. Mrs. Launer was united in marriage at the home of her par ents to Carl Launer. Sept. 1. 1801. Eight children were born and all are living. Mrs. Launer has 12 grandchil dren and 14 great grandchildren. Mr. Launer died April 7, 1939. Mrs. Launer received flowers. cards and gifts. Refreshments were served. Attending the party were Mrs. Launer, Mrs. Martin Braat, Mrs. Walter Diebel, Mrs. George Diebcl, Mrs. Henry Deyoc, Mrs. Clarence L. Fowler, Mrs. Clark Noble, Mrs. Harlan Noble, Mrs. Carrie Kidd, Mrs. Harvey Tur ner, Mrs. Fred Wlthec, Sr. The children of Mrs. Launer are Mrs. Robert Smith, Deca tur, Ala.; Fred Launer of Amity; Mrs. Walter Diebel, Mrs. Carrie Kidd, Victor Launer, Ari Laun er, Charles Launer of Unionvale; Clarence Launer of Pleasantdale. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bau- man of Ocean Lake are the par ents of a son, their first child, named Phillip Eugene. Mrs. Bauman was Miss Mary Launer before her marriage. She Is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vic tor Launer of Unionvale. Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Wil- lard, Jr., of the Neck district, are the parents of twin girls, combined weight 14 pounds, born at the McMlnnvillc hos pital,' Thursday, May 15. Great grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Deyoc of Unionvale and Mrs. Herbert Wlllard of Dayton. The girls have a broth er, David, 13 months old, and a sister, Alice, four years old. Mrs. Wlllard is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Holllday of Coos Bay. Mr. Wlllard is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Willard, Sr., of the Neck dis trict. Movement of the banana plant from Its reputed home In south east Asia has girdled the globe, having moved eastward to Ha waii and westward through Af rica and the Canaries to the Western hemisphere. JUNE 2 to 15 It mint 1:30 Mat. gt.-nn., t:M I ft? lite Saving Tlm 74th i ANNUAL turiONt , ft-- .trtVl I'NKXPBCTED ' -rCY4Tul M popular XAf tthti DEMAND tXIVSOhi CRITICS f LIMITEDV f t i DONT MISS I I ENGAGEMENT JypTfX - IT! WEEKS2 ONLY p45&45' PORTLAND t; ARENA CAPITAL DRUG STORE 9:30 A.M. 'TIL CLOSING Hopewell Hopewell "Rural Life Sun' day" was observed at the Hope well E. U. B. church on May 18. At the evening service Mrs, Marvel Brown, delegate of the Hopewell Missionary Society to the W. S. W. S. convention in Jennings lodge last week, and Miss Bertha Magness and Mrs H. E. Widmer gave reports of the convention speakers, and business which was voted on for the coming year. Sunday, May 24, will be Mis sionary Sunday, with special music at the morning service. There will be no evening ser vice, as the church will operate with the baccalaureate service of the Amity high school senior class. The prayer meeting this week will be held at the Henry Dee don home. George Rogers and his son, Vern Rogers of Los Angeles, have been house guests of his brother and sister in law, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Rogers. They vis ited Miss Eila Rogers in Port land Saturday, and other rela tives during their stay. Mrs. John Geisler entertain ed the group of ladies who put on the Mexican dance at the Spring Festival of the Home Extension May 1, at a 10 o'clock brunch Tuesday, May 13. Those who attended were Mrs. Mil dred Gilkey, Miss Virginia Mag ness, Mrs. Dorothy Tarter, Mrs. Jean Benedict, Mrs. Mary Rob inson, Mrs. Rena Will, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Lois Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Geisler attend ed a potluck dinner at the AI Robinson home in Jefferson Sunday. Visitors at their home included John Harger, Jr., of Salem Saturday, and Mr. and I Mrs. Ralph Jaenicke and daugh- tcr Shirley of Eugene Sunday. The Seventh Day Adventist church school of Hopewell held the annual school picnic at Wil liamson park Sunday, May 18. Graduation exercises for the Seventh Day Adventist school will be held at the Seventh Day Adventist church Wednesday evening, May 21, at 8 p. m. Ethel Syme and Melvin Keight ley are the graduates this year. Special music is being arranged for the event. The Hopewell school eighth grade graduation exercises will be held at the Hopewell E. U. B. church Tuesday, May 27, at 8 p. m. The graduation program is a play, "Commencement at Hope well School." Those taking part arc valedictorian, Dean Brown; salutatorian, Richard Widmer; historian, Sam Shiplcr; prophet Anna Mae Wright; lawyer, Ila Grnmm; class poet, Shirley Reist. Rev. H. E. Widmer will give the invocation and bene diction, and Allen LInd will give the address to the seventh grade and Sharon McKenney will reply. Mrs. Nellie Hammer, teacher, is in charge of the ar rangements, and special music will be furnished by the class and Richard Widmer has a number. The Amity grade school will hold Its graduation May 26, and Wnlly Wood of the Fairvicw district will be one of the grad uates. Ila Taskinen of Fairview dis trict is the only girl graduating from Amity high school from this side of the hills. There are five boys graduating this year, May 28, Open air services will be held at the Hopewell Cemetery Me morial day, May 30. at 11 a. m A program of special music has been arranged, and the speak ers will be Superintendent of School D. L. Gubscr and George Penrose. There will be Dotluck dinner at noon for all who can spend the day. Mr. and Mrs. N. U. Pcarse and sons, William and Robert, spent Sunday with Will Col llnson of West Woodburn, and visited Mr. Joshua Colllnson, who is in very poor health and nt present In a rest home In Woodburn. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Legg visited their daughter and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Smith of Corvallis Sunday. -k v- rL. J Hurt in Collision Union Hill Mrs. Ernest Speed was involved in an 'automobile accident in front of the Ford garage in Stayton recently. She received a broken collar bone and other injuries. Her sister whom she hadn't seen for 20 years and who arrived at the Speed home about two hours prior to the accident, received a broken rib. She was able to return to her home in the east. Mrs. Speed was taken to the Silverton hospital. Fairview Mrs. L. E. Alexander of near Cottage Grove has been a guest for several days at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Campbell in Fairview district. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell took her home Thursday. Lowell Campbell of Fair view will be speaker at the Hopewell Seventh Day Adven tist parochial school graduation exercises Wednesday evening. Donald Marley, ENFN, USS Navy recently arrived at Sase bo, Japan, according to a let ter which his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Marley of Fairview district, received Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Marley were Sunday afternoon callers with relatives in McMinnville and friends in Unionvale. They were guests of her father and sister, W. V. Appleman and Miss Helen Appleman in Portland Tues day. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pent ney and son, Robert, were Sat urday afternoon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marley. Fruitland Fruitland Mrs. Rosie Knupp was host to the Fruitland Wom en's Society of World's Serv ice Friday afternoon at the church annex. Mrs. Orville Rehfcld was in charge of the meeting. Mrs. An- thel Riney and Mrs. Kenneth Rumer gave reports of the 3-day missionary conference they at tended at Jedning's Lodge near Portland. Mrs. Addle Gardner read a letter from a missionary. Mrs. Theodore William gave book report. Taking part in the program were Mrs. H. Hllke, Mrs. Rosie Knupp, Mrs. Orville Rchfeld. Mrs. Arthur Schulz. Mrs. An thel Riney read a poem, a tri bute to the eldest member of this society, Mrs. E. Runner, and Mrs. Emma Runner pres ented her and her friend Mrs. Fishwood of Salem each with corsages. Mrs. Hilke Invited the women to meet at her home for the June meeting. Fruitland Mother's club held their last meeting at the school house Thursday evening. The president, Mrs. W. Clay, was in charge. Primary teacher, Mrs. Mary Ellen South announced that all pro-school children whose sixth birthday comes on or before Nov. 15 must have birth cer tificates and health and dental checks by the first day of school. Parents can obtain slips from the school clerk, Mrs. LOOK Flashing high-compression powerl With Hudson's powerful, high output, L-head engines, you rule the road with smooth, eager power! 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Glandon is a patient at Physicians and Surgeons hos pital In Portland, where he un derwent surgery last week. He is reported recovering satisfac torily. Announcement has been made that Rev. Charles R. Daven port, minister of the local Methodist church, and Oak Grove chapel for the past two years, will leave June 2 to en roll at Garrett Biblical institute in Evanston, 111., to complete a course of study for a bachelor of divinity degree. The two churches will be supplied until a new minister will be officially appointed on June 22. Mrs. Davenport and their sons, Robert and James, will accompany him to Illinois. Bethel Park David PhilliDS was transfprrpH from Woodburn to Eugene as a dispatcher for a period of a few days. He expects to be back by the first of the week. Rev. and Mrs. Rohprt Pirtlo and daughter Janis visited in Newberg Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wallace from Portland, srjent several days this week remodeling their home at Bethel Park. Rev. and Mrs. Rnrwt and Mrs. Laura Goffrier and daughter Marv. Miss Stella Jor dan and Eddie Anderson attend- Gcorgia Gerig or Mrs. Clay. It was decided to change the regular mother's club meeting from the third Thursday to the second Thursday which will be Sept. 11 for the next meeting. Plans were made for the last day of school picnic May 23 and a 6:30 p.m. pot-luck dinner that same day. Election of new officers will take place at the fall meeting. "Sslem's Only Home-Owned Theatre" STARTS TODAY OPEN 6:45 PLUS "YUKON MANHUNT" with Klrby Grant VMT We need used cars we will give you more for your present car SHR0CK MOTOR COMPANY Church St. MARK SAFE DRIVING A ed the sectional Fellowship Meeting at Estacada Monday evening. Mrs. Frank Sprouse left re cently for Minnesota to visit her two sisters. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips visited the C. W. McGee's in Salem one day this week. The McGee's formerly lived at Bethel Park. Mrs. McGee recently was a pa tient at a Salem hospital, and is slowly recovering from her ill ness. She gets around in a wheel chair. Mrs. Harold Fite, and daugh ter April, attended the Fox par ty revival meeting in Vancouver Saturday evening. Sunday they were the guests of Mrs. Minnie Mitchell of Estacada. Monday they visited Mrs. Wayne Wick erman at Three Lynx, and also attended the fellowship meeting in the evening at Estacada. Rickreall The Ladies' Aid met last Wednesnav at the home of Mrs John Riney with Mrs. George Esau and Mrs. John Winn as co-hostesses. The opening number was giv en by Mrs. Holt. During the business meeting n rpnort on the Federated club meeting held at Independence in April was given by Mrs. Buyserie, stating the next meeting nf the Feder ated club would be a picnic at Helmick park in July. Mrs. Harry Dempsey and Mrs. Holdorf were annotated by the president to represent tne Aid in working on the booth for the Federated club at the countv fair in Aueust. A num. ber of the ladies are making cookies this month to send to the veterans hospital In Rose burg. The program consisted of a talk by Mrs. Kroeker who re turned to the United Stales 1ar March from many years of mis sionary work in Africa. She told of the homes and daily work of the wnmpn there in.) compared them with homes in America. Those eniovinff the nfterv,nnn aside from the hostesses and the speaker were Mrs, Sam Reimer of Dallas, Mrs. Harry Dempsey, Mrs. H. M. Wait, Mrs. Leo Buverie. Mrs. Vem TTnv Mrs. W. C. Kester, Mrs. Arthur Beaver, Mrs. George Van San ten. Mrs. M. B. Finrtlev Mrc L. C. Miller. Mrs. rTnlrinrf Mrc Anna Johnson and Mrs. S. B. Holt. "The Choraleers" PRESENT HI! NEIGHBOR! 80 minutes of Rollicking Fun Songs - Specialties - Dances Thursday, May 22, 8 P.M. Leslie Jr. High Auditorium Prices (Including tax) Adults 50c Children (under 15) 15c Bring YOUR family to Meet OUR family. Tickets at Box Office wmm FOR AS LITTLE AS Finger-tip control ! 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Thomas of Sheridan, Charles Blanchard of Madras, Vance Blanchard of Bend, Vern Blanchard of Redmond, Mrs. Cecil Colson of Sheridan and Mrs. James Morey of Salem, Saturday Mr. Blanchard's family had a family reunion honoring the couple, at the Buell hall, when about 75 rela tives and friends were gathered. Sunday, Mrs. Blanchard's fam ily had a family reunion at the Blanchard home, when about 56 were present. Sunday afternoon from 4 to 6 was open house for friends and neighbors. About 50 called during the afternoon. Serving at the open house were the Blanchard s daughters. Mrs James Morey received, Mrs. Cecil Colson was in charge of gifts, Mrs. Dora Thomas served the wedding cake. Two grand daughters, Mrs. J. H. Klanecky presided at the coffee urn, and Mrs. Glenda Daniels poured punch. Another granddaughter, Mary Louise Blanchard, was in charge of the guest book. Nad ine Thomas, another grand daughter, assisted in the kitchen. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tibbets were surprised and honored on the occasion of their silver wed ding anniversary, with a card party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Rose. A cake, top. ped with a small bride and groom was served - them, and they received many gifts. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Don Trow bridge, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Endres, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Duncan of McMinnville, Mr. W NEWTONITE O fS Open 7:15, Start Dusk B-j 1 1 Marlon Brando I J 1 1 Jean Peters I II "VIVA ZAPATA" If II VanHeflin II rl I Patricia Neal In Ml "Weekend With I III Color Cartoon , Iff BRINGS YOU $ DEPENDING ON THE VALUE OF YOUR TRADE-IN HUDSON PACEMAKER SIX-PASSENGER TWO-DOOR SEDAN Your present car will very likely more than cover ' the down payment Price may-vary slightly In nearby areas due to transportation charges. 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