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Independence
Independence At the reg
ular meeting ot the DeMolay
April 0 at 8 p.m. in the Ma
tonic' Temple, Jamei Travii,
Dennis Hedges and Gordon
Brunk will receive their inltla
. tory degree.
The DeMolay mother'! club
will meet at 8 o'clock on the
arne evening In .the dining
room.
The Chamber, of Commerce
will hold a regular meeting
Tuesday evening at the Buay
Bee cafe. Guest speaker of the
evening will be Dave Hoss of
radio station KSLM.
April 10 is the scheduled
date for the 17th annual crab
feed to be sponsored by the
local post of the American Le
gion.
The feed will be held at the
Legion hall at 8 p:m. '
i Mr. and Mrs. Ray McClane
and their son Paul, were guests
of Mrs. R. A. Sylvester this
week. The McClanes are the
' niece and nephew of Mrs. Syl
vester.
The Needlecraft club' of the
Calvary Presbyterian church
. will meet in the church par'
lore Thursday, April 0 at J
o'clock.
Mrs. 7red Oppliger, mother
, of Elmer Oppliger died fol
lowing a major operation. Mr,
' Oppliger left Portland by
plane to attend the funeral
services which were . held
Thursday, April 2.
,!; The Independence Worn'
an's club is extending a cordial
.invitation to all members of
the school faculty, to be their
guests on , Tuesday evening,
April 7 at 8 p.m. at the club
house.
. Mrs. Kathleen Mitchell, club
'.president,, requests that all
members of the Woman's club
meet at 7:30 for a short busi
' ness meeting. . ' 1
; Hostesses will ba Mrs. Irma
Cooper, Mrs. Lora Butler, Mrs.
'Etta - Welch and Mrs. John
Pfaff.
Bob Katter, son of Mr. and
. Mrs. - Elmer Katter, and em-
ployed by the federal govern
' ment as doctor of psychology,
was one of the observers of the
atomic explosion . at Desert
Rock, Nev.
, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Katter and
daughter reside at Carmel,
Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Smith
have purchased the Flavia
i Branch home on 8th St., and
; are now living in their new
; Dome. -
Sunday evening guests of
the First Baptist church were
Mr. and Mrs. James Cook and
Mr,' and Mrs. Roland Halberg.
Mr. Cook is the son of Dr.
, and Mrs. William Cook' who
pent several terms In Assam
as missionaries. More recently
they were appointed to India to
establish a Bible training
school under the Conservative
Baptist Foreign Mission ao-
; eiety.
Wednesday evening, the
quarterly business meeting
was held in the oarlora of th
; First Baptist church which
was preceded ty a potluck
; dinner.
The resular mrrtlntr nt h
Independence elementary
. icnooi riA wiu Deheld Mon
day, April 6 in the Henry Hill
:. school.
;. Guest speaker ot the evening
will be Dr. Wendell Van Loan,
: superintendent of the Corval
: lis schools. ;
Special music will be pre
sented by the O.CJ!. Men's
quartette. '
Polk county Girl Scout
leaders and committee mem
' bers met Tuesday at 10 a.m.
at the Woman's club houe.
Miss Darlene Lane, field hi.
: rector, showed several films
on uin scouting and gave ln
structlons to those attending.
Another meeting will be held
In May.
; An investiture ceremony
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"THE RAIDERS" .
! Richard Conte
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STARTS SUNDAY
"BECAUSE
OF YOU"
Loretta Young
Jeff Chandler
YELLOW SKY"
Gregory Peck
Ann Batter
Richard Wldntarii
was held for all members pres
ent.
Attending from out-of-town
were Mrs. June Davis, Mrs.
Nellie McMillan, Mrs.- Betty
Nicholson, Mrs. Betty Reld and
Mrs. Laura Boehler of Grande
Ronde; Mrs. Ivan Marble, pre'
sident of Santlam Council; and
Mrs. Stanley Krueger, Polk
county chairman. Local lead
ers attending were Mrs. Helen
Krieg, Mrs. Betty Warden,
Mrs. Philip Orange, and Miss
Joanne Abel.
Girls in the high school
group of the Baptist Youth
Union, will be guests ot Miss
Muriel Boomer at her home
Saturday evening, for a slum
ber party. .
Mrs. Delia Peterson ot
Springfield. Ore., and Mrs.
Gail Hathaway of Washington
D.C., were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. William Darling this
week. Mrs. Peterson is a sister
of Mrs. Darling and Mrs. Hath
away a very old friend.
West Stay ton
"How you as a parent can
prepare your child for school"
was the main topic of discus
sion at the West Stay ton school
Friday afternoon, March 27,
when all mothers with a pre-
flrst grader were invited to be
guest of the primary teacher,
Mrs. Janet Brownell.
The county supervisor of el
ementary schools, Mrs. Betty
Sanders, and the Marion coun
ty Health nurse, Mrs. Detering,
were guest speakers.
Mrs. Rose Goss was in chane
ot rezresmnents.
Friends of the Anton Swo-
boda family, former residents
will be interested in knowine
that Mrs. Swoboda, who . has
been making her home in Sa
lem lor many years, moved to
Washington to be near her
husband, who is a patient in
me veterans hospital hi Se
attle. Although much im
proved, his stay at the hospital
is maeiinite. Mrs. Swoboda
will live in Snohomish, near the
furniture store of her son
Alien.
Unionvale
Unionvale Mrs. Louis W.
Magee of Unionvale returned
home Monday after a visit
with her son-uvlaw and
daughter, Rev. and Mrs. Clark
Robb and family, at Spokane,
Wash. .
Her little three-year-old
grand .daughter, Rebecca.who
was seriously burned three
weeks ago, is now in the
Spokane Shrine hospital
where skin-grafting is in
progress. She is making
satisfactory recovery. '
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Silverton
Mrs. Sadie Morrison, for
many years a resident of Sil
verton and Salem, is under care
at the Silverton Patterson Rest
home.- - .
Mrs. Nellie Hargreaves - of
Silverton, and her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Merton M. Coon of Sa
lem, spent Wednesday in Port
land on a social and shopping
trip.
The local volunteer firemen,
by vote of the city council at
a special meeting, Wednesday
night, will have a new 800
gallon pumper to replace the
old Pontiac pumper. Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Yates are to be
paid $200 a month to care for
the fire calls after the dial
phone system is in operation.
Yai.es is a member ot the fire
department and also water su
perintendent. Mrs. Yates will
care for the alarms and calls
while her husband it on other
duty. -
Freddie Crites was assessed
$30 and costs in justice court
on a charge of "dumping rub'
blsh on a public highway."
The Silverton Red Sox have
begun their spring training un
der supervision of the mana
ger, Wally Flagler, beginning
warming up last Sunday at
McGinnls Field.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Kaufman
of Central Howell returned
home Thursday afternoon driv
ing a new car that was picked
up in Chicago, and driven over
many sections oi the soutn ana
eastern portions of the United
States and Mexico, enroute
home.
Roy C. Gosso and John Mc-
Killop served on the Wednes
day jury panel of the county
circuit court having been cai
ed for several months' service
the first of April.
Mayor Harry Carson and
Mrs. Carson have returned
from a several days' vacation
in southern California, making
the trip by car.
Pedee
Pedee Mr. and Mrs. S
P. Slngler and Steven spent
the weekend in Portland on
business.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett MCGee
and children of Eddyville,
were Sunday guests of his
mother, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus
Dodge.
Elmer Hastings of Mon
mouth is painting the R. J.
Smith house. The Smiths have
spent the winter in California.
Miss Theda Condron of cor-
vallis spent several days the
past week at the home of her
sister, Mrs. There Womer.
Mrs. F. M. Dyer went to
Portland Friday evening and
on Saturday accompanied her
parents, . Mr. and Mrs. JE. A.
Burbank to Seattle, Wash.,
where they met Aaron Bur
bank returning from 14 months
in Korea. Mr. Burbank was
also met by his wife and baby
son, Lonnle.
Miss Alberta Ronco of New-
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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Oregon
berg spent the past week at
the home ot her brother, Paul
Ronco, and family. Braddy,
small son of the Roncos, who
has been ill with an ear infec
tion, it improving.
Mrs. Gus John spent sever
al days the past week in Port
land with relatives.
Mrs. John Jungllng was
hostess for the Woman's club
Wednesday after a covered
dish luncheon.
Mrs. Amos, president, con
ducted a short business meet
ing. It was decided for the
club to have charge of the
lunch at the Yates sale. No
date hat been tet. Mrs. Maud
Burbank received the attend
ance prize. The members
worked on a quilt for the club.
Ronny Edwards has been ill
for the past two weeks with
rhumatic fever and is con
fined to his bed. Ronny is in
the second grade at school.
Sublimity
Sublimity Mr. and Mrs.
Duane Neal and daughter, Ka
thy, returned to their home in
Seattle after spending a few
day;! of the spring vacation at
the home ot his mother, Mrs.
Clara Meal.
Rodney Watts, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Watts, is
spending two weeks at New
ton, Kan., where he is visiting
his grandmother and other rel
atives. . ,
Watts, who enlisted in the
navy, expects to leave April
13 for active duty.
At a recent meetlne ot tt.e
Sublimity . fire department,
plans were made for a dance
to be siven Friday. Mav 8. No
amateur hour program will be
given tnis year.
Miss R o s e a n n Mlnden.
daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. A.
M. Minden, and Joseph Stein
kamp, son of Mrs. Lena Steln
kamp. have been named ntif..n
and king of the senior prom by
a vote of the student body at a
recent meeting.
The Junior-Senior Banauet
will be an event of Tuesdnv
evening, April 7.
A dance ooen to the nnMin
will be held after the banquet.
Mrs. Ralph Tate is a patient
at the Salem Memorial hospi
tal. Mrs. Mary Zuber. who Is im.
proving nicely at Emmanuel
hospital in Portland, plans to
convalesce at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Teresa Smith.
A Redemptorist Father Is
conducting a mission here this
week.
ASK PLANE DAMAGE
Albany Menford E. Lar
son asserts in a comnlaint
filed Thursday that L. w
O'Brien, defendant, ran into
Larson's parked J-5 Cub
Cruiser airplane on the Lans-
mack airport at Sweet Home
Feb. 23. Larson nslrs n it Ann
Judgement to compensate him
xor damage to his aircraft.
THRILL PACKED
CO-FEATURE!
Dayton
Dayton Mr. and Mrs. Da
vid Heinzenriter of Warrens
burg, Mo., came Saturday eve
ning to visit her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. M. A. Palmer. Mr.
Heizenriter, who is with the
Air Force, is home on a 19
day leave. He is going to
Georgia for re-assignment His
wife will remain here for the
present.
Leaders of the Dayton Girl
Scouts met Monday afternoon
in the home of Mrs. Clare Hei
der to form a board ot direc
tors. Mrs. Charles Beers will
take over leadership of the
Girl Scout troop 2, replacing
Mrs. Earl Lofton, who is ill.
The Board of Directors are:
Mrs. Howard Holt, presiding
officer; Mrs. Floyd Willert,
secretary; Mrs.' Clare Heider,
treasurer; Mrs. Dave Ellis,
cookie chalrmaan; Mrs. John
Asquitn, leader and camp
chairman; Mrs. Clayton Rich
ards, transportation? Mrs. J.
S. Imlah, representative of
sponsoring committee; Mrs.
Earl Lofton, advisor consult
ant. The ladles present were Mrs.
Holt. Mrs. Willert, Mrs. Ellis,
Mrs. Asquith, Mrs. Imlah, Mrs.
Harold Lewis, Mrs. John An
derson, Mrs. Delbert Temple,
and Mrs. Heider.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sher
man and sons Jack and Bill
went to Forest Grove Wednes
day to help Ernest Haevernlck
celebrate his birthday anniver
sary. ' '
The Harry Sherman family
had dinner with her sister, Mr.
ana Mrs. Oscar Dower and
Kay.
Sunday evening - guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sherman
were Miss Kay Sherman and
Kenneth Serves of Portland.
Richard and Earl Lofton
were business visitors in Sa
lem Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stilwell
and daughters visited Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Tracy in Portland
to meet the new baby.
Mrs. Arne F. Willson have
returned home after spending
two weeks with her daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. James Webb who
has been quite ill.
Mrs. Charles Hagan and Mrs.
A. F. Willson visited Mrs.
Clara Hadaway, who is a resi
dent of the MeMiiinvilie rest
home. :
Mr. and Mrs. James Mcin
tosh of Portland were over
night guests of their son and
family, Mr. and Mrs. John Mc
intosh. .
Mrs. Elsie Kirkendall at
tended the funeral of a friend.
Noah Swope, of Sherwood.
Grand Island
Grand Island ; .Mr. and
Mrs. Dale L. Fowler of Grand
Island accompanied by his
mother, Mrs. Clarence L.
Matinee Daily from 1 P.M.
TOMORROW!. .. A big
HAPPY EASTER PARADE OF FUN!
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Fowler.of Unionvale took a
motor vacation trip to visit
frienda at Castle Rock. Ole-
queah, Toutle and Sightly
Wash., Tuesday ana weanea
day. Mr. noli. L. Fowler accom
panied friends to Centralie.
They were weanesuay
evening dinner guests of Mr.
Mn Flovd E. Fowler in
Portland. Eight other relatives
and friends, called to visit
them at the some home.
Willamina
WlUamina The VFW Aux
iliary gave its anual Spring
Style show this week at the
VFW hall. Berniece Soules was
announcer, and Miss Sharon
McGrew played background
music. Sheridan and Willami
na stores participated in the
showing.
Several musical numbers
were given. A silver tea was
served at intermission. There
were 42 pots of tulips given
away, and a donated crocheted
tablecloth was won by Mrs.
Esther Severson of Burns.
Models were Mrs. Vera Bil
yeu, Barbara Oglevie, Miriam
Hirn, 'Margaret Cunliffe, Mrs.
Marjorie Lenaburg, Dewey
and Gwen Lenaburg, Marcia
Pechman, Vietta Praitt, Min
nie Kampstra, Verna Eden,
Patty Lee and Mrs. Soules.
The Theta Rho club will
have a food sale April 4 at Ro
bertson's Grocery. Proceeds
will go to the IOOF home in
Portland, which is the club's
project this year. Proceeds will
go to the IOOF home in Port
land, which is the club's pro
ject this year.
FL club will meet April 8 at
the home of Mrs. Gordon Slsk
In Sheridan, with Mrs. Robert
Wise co-hostess.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Staggs
of Grand Ronde are the par
ents of a son, Terry James,
born March 27 at Dr. Barr's
Clinic.
The Past Noble Grands club
will meet Thursday, April 9
at the Rebekah hall, for elec
tion of officers. Gayette Barn
ett and Mary Young will be
hostesses. At the March meet
ing of the club, Nettie Wise was
initiated into membership.
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Monmouth
Mnnmnnth The American
Red Cross mobile unit will be
in Monmouth Friday, April 10
from 1 to 5 p.m. at OCE. C.
L. Tompkins is cnairman oi
th local American Legion
committee in . charge of the
visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ray
iiipra 0iipau for a aumrise "go
ing away" party following the
regular session oi tne juur
lodge Monday evening. The
Hnv a have sold their farm
south of town on the old Cor-
vallis highway and are plan
ning to travel for the next three
nf innr mnntha. Thev Will EO
as far as Florida before re
turning and will then live near
Albany .' . '
Mrs. Opal Bowers oi urDa
m rhio. is visitine at the
home of Mrs. Susie Grazen.
Mrs. Bowcia is a sister of the
Rev. Virgil Speece, who is
hnlHina meetings at the EUB
church. Rev. and Mrs. Speece
also are at the Grazen home.
Mrs. Speece being a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. urazen. xne
Speeces and Mrs. Bowers
drove west six weeks ago at
the time Rev. Speece closed
meetings in Ohio. Rev. Speece
was speaker for the Monmouth
Luncheon club Tuesday noon
at the Monmouth hotel dining
room.
John ftrund. aon of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Grund, re
ceived his bachelor of science
degree at OSC and has gone to.
Lowry field, Denver, Colo.
and pilots of this area to form
a flotilla wing in the U. S.
Coast Guard auxiliary. The
organization meeting will be
held in the Cascade Airways
lounge, Friday April 8, at
8 p.m. " '
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Saturday, April 4, 1953
Grund is an airman first class
in the ITS army and will be an
Instructor m electronics in
Colorado.
rnl riobert Park, son of
Mrs. R. L. Park, is now "at
Camp Desert Hock, Nev., lor
the atomic tests. Park is sta
tioned at Fort Ord, Pallf. .
Mrs. Julia Alton is being
treated at the Sacred Heart
hospital, Eugene,, for bruises
and broken ribs received In a
fall in her yard Friday eve
ning when she was returning
from church.
Carl McMahon has been con
fined to the Salem Memorial
hospital the past two weeks for
medical treatment.
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