PU BLISH E D W E E K L Y IN OUR P L A N T ON
VOL. 16, NO. 28
SHORT ST. A N D C A N Y O N H IG H W A Y
Beaverton, Oregon, Friday, August 13, 1943
ESTABLISHED 1927
Mexicans to
Arrive Ang. 9
Beaverton Notes
Arrangem ents Completed for
Housing Laborers
John Mason has been promoted to
Master Sergeant, with the Anti Air
craft Coast Artillery.
Mesdantes Walker, Gray, Summers,
Ackerman,
Bleekman,
Pferyiing^
McKerchei, Caldwell, Hardman, and
many others, served as Observers at
the Victory Center in Portland Aug
ust 6th.
Beaverton Community Garden club
meets August 20th at the Kiwanis
Hall in Beaverton at 11 o ’clock, with
Beulah Ringe and Mrs. Smlrthwaite
as hostesses.
Fred Antrobus is building a new
house on Main street, between First
and Second streets.
Most encouraging reports are com
ing from W. E. McCloskey in Phoen
ix, who flew south recently for his
health.
However, he must have ta
ken a bit of Oregon with him for
they had a rain storm that flooded
the streets from curb to curb.
Of
course they maintained that it was
"most unusual.”
A good Cub Scout meeting was held
Wednesday morning at the home of
Mrs. Dayton Peck, with Jack Manges
Eagle Scout presiding and Bob Lee,
Den Chief.
The boys celebrated the
birthday of Howard Loare with ice
cream and cake. 24 Cubs and Scouts
attended.
Ted Wilson and Alvin DeHaan
from Garden Home, left Saturday
for Hillcity, Idaho, to work on Ted's
uncle's farm for a few months.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Todd visited
the past week with Mrs. Todd's par
ents, Mr, and Mrs. Pace.
The Womens Council of the First
Christian church met Friday of this
week.
Our people are getting "good” since
attending the Recognition Courses
Observation Post, taught by Mrs.
Henry Pfenning.
Mrs. Kathrine Hofen of Kentfleld,
Calif., was guest of Inez Whitworth
Sunday.
Henry Hingley and wife of Wenat
chee. Wash., is spending the week
end at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
George Blossom and sister with her,
and other relatives of Portland.
Mrs. Walter Van Kleek had as her
luncheon guests Fiiday, Mrs. Mc-
Kercher, Mrs. Stella Boswell, Mrs.
Grauer and her daughter Mrs. Chas.
Shively.
Bob Myers went to the Coast Sun
day with the L. B. Hall family.
Miss Roberta McCloskey is now re
porting the news at Beaverton. Any
courtesies shown her in collecting
the news will be appreciated by the
Enterpise.
Beaverton Grange 324 meets Sat
urday at 10:30 a. m. for regular
meeting.
Mrs. Earl Miller of Beaverton, ac
companied by Mrs. J. H. Miller and
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Miller, went to
Camp Adair to visit her husband
over the week end.
A group of Portland friends had a
picnic supper with Mrs. M. C. Mc-
Kercher on her lawn Sunday.
Members of Beaver chapter O. E. S.
had a pot luck picnic on Mrs. Fred
Goyt’s lawn Wednesday.
Mrs. Zumwalt and son Lee and
Mrs. D. Roberts of Portland are leav
ing for Rockaway for a week.
Major Leland Shaw arrived safely
back in the U. S. A. from Africa on
Monday.
There will be no Aircraft Recogni
tion classes during the week from
August 15 to 21.
Classes as usual
after that.
Jack Miller went on a fishing trip
recently with Dave Phelps.
Mrs. Dierland and Mrs. D. Grover
and their mother, visited at the
home of Mrs. Potter Wednesday af
ternoon.
Captain Fred Parker was a guest
at the A. V. Butts home over ths
week end.
Of much
Interest to friends of
Loctna Jacobs, is her coming mar
riage to Fred Thornberg of Forest
Grove, who is an ensign in the Navy.
The wedding is to be performed in
First Christian church. Portland.
August 22nd.
Several showers are
planned for her next week.
Past Noble Grand of Beaverton Re-
bekah lodge No. 248 will hold regular
meeting in the I. O. O. F. hall Wed
nesday.
At 6 30 p. m. dinner will
be served and husbands have been
invited.
Mrs. W. C. McKell and sister Miss
Carter entertained friends Wednes
day, including Mrs. M. Gaynor and
cousin from Glenfalls, Montana.
Mrs. Hedberg raised a potato of
such peculiar shape and form that
a picture of it appeared in the Farm
and Home Magazine.
Mr and Mrs. M. H. Metcalf and
son Donald have gone to Los Angeles
to see her son Ernest In school and
stopped off at San Francisco to see
her brother.
They will also visit
a sister in Balboa.
Mrs. Bohn haa returned to duty at
the observation post for the first
time since she injured her foot last
June.
Mrs Anna McKay and Jerry Do-
dele, of Portland, were guests of
Mrs. T. W. Blakeley one day this
week.
Open house was held for Lt. Albert
Vala at the home of hla sister, Mrs.
Joe Reynolds In Portland last Friday
evening
Those attending from
Beaverton were Mr. and Mrs. Vala,
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Summers, Mr.
and Mrs. Long, and daughter Anna
Mae and Mra. Holboke.
ROBERTA M cCLOSKEY
REPORTER
BEAVERTON 2 7 4 4
Final arrangements for the housing
at Hillsboro of the Mexican laborers,
ordered by the Washington county
sponsoring committee, were complet
ed Monday, reports Palmer S. Tor-
vend, county agent.
The Office of Labor of the War j
Food Administration is setting up I
feeding and housing facilities in some
of the county fair buildngs, which |
they expect to have ready for occu- j
pancy by August 9th.
These hous- '
ing arrangements will require only a !
portion of the fair buildings. Plans j
to hold a 4-H club fair will continue, i
according to Jens F. Svinth, assistant
county agent, and Faye Nichols, j
bjr U. s . W »r D epartm ent Bureau o f P ublic Relation*
home demonstration agent.
Present j
ARMY TRIES OUT ITS NEW •‘DUCK’*—This new amphibian truck turns off its propeller and
plans call for the holding of the two- '
rolls up the beach, powered by its six-wheel drive. The new vehicle, incorporating the characteristics
day fair. September 3 and 4. with |
of
the standard two-and-one-half ton Army cargo truck, operates equally well on water or land. Known
the girls' 4-H home economics work
officially as “ DUKW-353” , it was nicknamed the “ Duck” by the soldiers assigned us its driver-pilots.
scheduled for the auditorium building
in the city park.
It is shown in operation in New Caledonia.
One hundred of the Mexican farm
laborers arrived at the fair grounds
August, 9th and an additional 50 for
the month of September.
Farmers
Washington County
who need additional agricultural la
(Over Top in July
bor should make their requests with
the sponsoring committee by con
(War Bond Sales
tacting the farm labor assistant at
130 Second Street. Hillsboro, or the
Washington
County again went
Mrs. N. Waters received a phone i over the top in war bond sales dur
county agent's office as the requests
to date do not take up 100 percent of call from her son Basil Tuesday from | ing July, according to totals just
An organization has been formed
the time the Mexicans will be here. Camp Shenango, Greenville, Penn.. ! computed by the state office, which
in Washington County to study post
Those who file their requests first a replacement camp.
show sales of $214,480, or 115 per war problems—Economic
develop
will receive first consideration.
cent of the county quota.
ment — stressing employment.
It
According to the rules adopted by
“
If
Oregon
is
to
continue
to
set
Sgt. Robert L. Barnes has been
the sponsoring committee, anyone transferred from Camp Clairborne, the pace nationally in war bond will function under state and nation
that signs up for the Mexican labor La., to Camp Sutton, North Carolina, sales, it will be necessary this month al supervision .
A committee consisting of C. T.
must pay 50 cents per
man day.
for every family to again measure Richardson, chairman; Tom Bailey,
This charge is being made in order
its war bond responsibilities,” de secretary;; and John Ross, all of
John Waters is now a private first clares a statement from E. C. Sam
to defray any of the necessary ex
Hillsboro; and Verne Burlingham
penses incurred in the using of this class.
mons. state chairman, war finance and Gordon Hanson of Forest JJrove,
labor.
committee. He urges that each fam will be In charge of activities.
Farmers using this labor will need Dear Board:
ily take counsel, considering first,
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to furnish transportation to and from
I was inducted April 12, 1943, and their total income; second, their
the camp daily and the labor di I ’m now at Buckley Field, Colorado, total expenses, and then determining Beaverton Garden Club
vision of the War Food Administra at the Army Air Force's armament the aum that can be regularly in
tion will provide the meals for the school.
I’ll graduate in two more vested in war bonds until the) war is Meet Angust 20
Mexicans.
Beaverton Community Garden club
weeks.
I like the air force very won.
Those who use this labor will need much.
Also being emphasized for August will meet at the Klwanis hall August
to keep accurate records as to the
is the completion of stamp books 20 at noon.
Mrs. R. B. Denney will
Sincerely yours,
amount of work done by each Mexi
Other
P. F. C. GUY L. CHATFIEUD started during the Shangri-la and b«- the program chairman.
can and turn the report over to the
Molly Pitcher campaigns.
Stamps members of the committee are Ina
clerk keeping records for the spon
draw no Interest until they have been Whitworth and Mrs.1 De Young.
Dear Sir:
soring committee.
converted
Into bonds.
Mrs.>A. R. Ringe and Mrs. Richard
I’m going in the M. P. Battalion
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Smurthwaite will be hostesses.
and I'm at Salt Lake City, Utah.
Token May Substitute
Ten Thousand Youths
Sincerely,
DON SMALL« Join Green Guard
Ration Stamp
Cub Scouts Enjoy
The Office of Price Administra Co. A 753rd M. P. Bn., Fort D oug-1 Nearly ten thousand young Oregon
Birthday Party
tion has revealed that the govern las, Utah.
ians have Joined the Green Guard
The Cub Scouts of Beaverton held
ment may substitute tokens for
and are doing their share to Keep their regular weekly meeting in Mrs.
small denomination ration stamps.
Hi Peoples! How’s the board doing? Oregon Green, according to James
Dayton Peck’s beautiful yard. Jack
Walter H. Balsom, head of the
How is that for an address?
It Lewis. Washington county Keep Ore Manges had charge of the meeting.
OPA’s trade section, meat rationing takes half a pen full for it alone.
gon Green chairman. ''The response At the close o fthe meeting the boys
division, told the national associa
I was sent here for infantry train-1 of our 'teen age boys and girls to were seated at a long table centered
tion of retail meat dealers yesterday ing as an ASTP candidate. How I'll keep fire from our forest lands has
with a birthday cake.1 Four addi
that the present system of ration leave is another question.
been & wonderful thing,” the chair tional cakes and ice cream was serv
stamps imposes too much clerical
The weather
either roasts or i man reported.
"These young peo ed honoring Howard Loar’s eleventh
work upon retailers and requires too drowns you.
ple are donig a real job, helping in birthday. 29 enjoyed the treat. Mrs.
much printing.
Respectfully,
form the public of the dangers from Peck, Mrs. Holland and Mrs. Loar
“Tokens will maximize use of war
Pvt. HARRY P. M BUELL man-caused fires.
They are help
ration books,” he said, "because we 39-33-253 Co. B 21st Bn. Frt. McClel ing to preserve our great forest lands provided the cakes, and the boys en
joyed this party very much.
won't have to print books as often lan), Alabama.
for their generation.”
as now, since they will contain only
"The next few weeks will be criti
stamps of larger denominations.“
Fathers to be Drafted
James Paul Gosselin of Beaverton, cal and dangerous weeks in the for
He stressed that the OPA is not
ests of our state,“ said Nelson 8.
Fathers 18 to 37 years old, with
committed to the plan.
But if the has joined the navy.
Rogers, state forester, In a statement children born before September 15,
plan is adopted, he said, consumers
to the citizens of this state.
1942. will be reclassified to make
Eugene
V.
Pulcipher,
son
of
Mrs.
will receive only stamps of higher
them
available for Induction into the
value and get their change in tokens. Lucy M. Teller, or route 2 Beaverton,
armed forces after October 1. Fath
recently was awarded his wings and Poultrymen Should
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ers will be drafted only when it is
a second lieutenant commission at Cull Non-Profit Hens
necessary to fill a local board's quota
Governor Snell Sets
Williams Field, Chandler, Arizona.
Continue d culling of non-profit —they will be called without distinc
“ Quinine Week” Aug. 9-15
hen should be a daily task of all tion regarding the number or ages of
Governor Earl Snell has designated
poultrymen today, whether commer their dependent children—, those who
Son Killed in Action
the week of August 9-15 as Quinine
Mrs. Blanche Reavis received word cial or farm flock owners, according are “ Key Men” in agricultural or
Week and has Issued a call to all August 1 that her foster son. Everett to Jens F. Svinth, assistant county essential Industry will he deferred—,
Oregonians to check their medicine Reavis, had been killed in action In agent.
and those whose induction would
chests and, if any quinine Is found North Africa.
This job is far more important now cause “ Extreme hardship and priva
there in bulk, pills or capsules, to
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than ever before due to the se.ious tion to their families” will be de-
contribute it to the National Quinine
feed problem the poultrymen are now fs ried.
To
Study
Engineering
Pool to be used to combat malaria
having to face*.
A non-producing
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Pvt.
Harold
Kilborn
Davies,
20,
among our armed forces in the
hen is an enemy in any poultry flock
southwest Pacific and India.
The has completed his basic training at today and only causes the feed situa Honorable Discharge
state-wide campaign is in cooperation the engineer's replacement training tion to become all the more serious. Buttons
with the drug stores of Oregon, head center, Fort Belvoir. Va., and after
An honorable discharge from the
Georgetown
ed by J. J. (Jack) Lynch, manager being reclassified at
army
during the present war will be
Bible
School
Opened
Aug
9.
of the Oregon State Pharmaceutical university, Washington ,D. C., has
A daily vacation Bible school was signified by a lapel button, the War
and Portland Retail Druggists asso been assigned to ASTP to continue
Department baa announced.
Both
his engineering studies at City Col started at the Cedar Mill school be men and women, whether officers or
ciation.
Mrs.
lege of New York.
The son of Mr. ginning Monday. August 9.
—_-v—
enlisted personnel .will be eligible to
and Mia. Stuart W. Davies. 3211 SW Forest Forbes is one of the teachers. wear the button if they hold an hon
Makes Rapid
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Crestdale drive, he is a graduate of
orable discharge.
MISS < ARR1E HATH WAY
Grant high school and is a former
Advancement in Navy
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Services were held at Pegg's Chap
A rapid advancement In the Navy student of Oregon State college.
el
Monday,
August
9.
for
Miss
Carrie
Rule
for
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has been won by Ervin Richard Cow-
Hathway, aged 81, of the Northwest
gill, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hal E Fred Scheller Leaves
Poultry
Truckers
Christian Home at Beaverton.
In
Cow gill, from rural route 1, Box 486,
Truckers
hauling poultry
must
terment West Hills Memorial Park
Tigard Oregon, who was promoted For Intensive Training
post within their trucks the name
Fred
Scheller,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
to the petty officer rating of Fire
and address of the persons to whom
MARIE ANN LOSLE
Controlman. third class, upon gradu Fred Scheller of Aloha, left July 29,
it is being shipped, the place from
Funeral
services
were
held
Satur
ation from a 16-week course at the for United States naval reserve mid
which the items were shipped, their
Service School. U 3 Naval Training shipman's school at Columbia univer day for Marie Ann Losle of Beaver quantities, types, grades and weight
ton
route
2,
who
was
88
years
old
sity
in
New
York.
Since
he
received
Station. Great Lakes. 111., today.
classes .and the number of head of
Included in a class of 643 men, he his degree from Pacific university in Interment at Cedar Mills.
each, the OPA has ruled.
was one of 155 to receive a rating June he has been employed as an
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upon graduation.
He now will be nouncer for station KMO in Tacoma.
Eaton Goes to Epbrata
After four months intensive train
assigned to an advanced Service
Edward K Eaton, is spending a Two Girls Celebrate
School for further training, or be ing he will be entitled to be commis furlough visiting his parents Mr. and Birthday Anniversary
sent to active duty at sea or at a sioned an ensign in the United States Mrs Edward F. Eaton of Reedville.
Shirley Prink entertained the mem
naval reserves.
shore station.
He is a flight officer in the army air bers of the World Wide Guild of the
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corps and has been stationed in Mon Aloha Community church with a par
roe Field. L a .
He left for his new ty at her home.
Honor Frank Desing±r
Shirley Wilson and
Wallace M. Russell
W. F. Desinger. Sr., honored Frank assignment at Ephrata. Washington, Janet Neilson whose birthdays occur
Completes Course
red in July were honored.
Desinger, who is on a leave from the Saturday.
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Cadet Wallace M. Russell, son of Panama Canal zone with a family
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Mrs Venita M Russell of Tigard, reunion last Sunday
Eighteen were
Visiting Parents
Baruch Place Sold
ha? completed the basic training present including Mis Bill Desinger
Home on his first leave in a year
Reedville lost one family hut won
course and graduated July 28 from of Seattle, whose husband was re
the Marana Army Air Field at Tuc ported lost In action In the South of active eea duty Is William C. another, when Mr and Mrs C. D.
Kurtz. 20. gunners mate third class Court of Cedar Mill moved Into the
son. Arizona.
He will be sent to Pacific several months ago
Kurtz, the son of Mrs Art Cummings place Just occupied by the Jurgen-
an advanced flying school to com
of Tualatin, Joined the navy on July sens who have moved to Aloha They
plete the last phase of his cadet
20, 1942, and has since seen action have five children of school age. and
Worker Hurt in Fall
training after which he will be
will make Reedville their home, hav
Francis Farber of Beaverton, was in the South Pacific area.
awarded silver wings as pilot in the
A graduate of Benson high school. ing purchased this place.
treated Sunday at a Portland hospi
armv air force.
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Russell attended Beaverton high tal for back, head and possible In Kurtz will report to San Francisco.!
A Boston pickle fsetory is now
school. Before entering the air corps ternal injuries, said to have been suf Cal. at the termination of his leave
A sister. Jean "pickling” bombs” with add In vats
Russell was emploved by Swan Is fered in an 18 foot fall at ths Oregon for reassignment.
•Iso
lives
In
Tualatin
which ones held succulent euumbers.
shipyards.
land Shipyard, Portland.
Bits o f News
A bou t Our Boys
Organize for
Post-War Problems
End of
An Era
Bdbson Appeals For
Sm all Communities
B&bson Park, Mass., August 13—
The end of Mussolini's twenty-one
year rule over Italy came so sudden
ly that its significance has yet to be
appreciated.
It marks, however, a
definite end of an era of confusion.
The sands of all dictators are now
running out.
Whether governments
of Fascists, Nazis, Revolutionists, So
cialists or New Dealers, or city dic
tators; —their ends are In sight. We
shall return to Religion and Democ
racy. We also face a return to ''Re
l i e f ; —not to New Deal relief, but to
reilef coming from one more demon
stration that what is fudamentaly
right will prevail.
We, however, do
face new economic problems that
will arise In connection with postwar
events.
The H u m s of Recovery
To date, the rise In the cost of liv
ing has been kept within reasonable
limits.
The National Debt has risen
to astronomical heights; but it is
bein g adequately serviced.
Meney
In circulation per capita is the high
est in our history.
Consumer goods
inventories are holding up pretty
well; and we should now see more,
rather than less, such goods.
For
the time being, however, there is
relatively less for which the average
wage worker can spend his money.
Hence. Secretary Morgenthau's con
tinued efforts to switch the bulk of
War Bonds buying from bnnks to the
individual,—from the cities to tho
tovyns.
Any high degree of infla
tion is likely to come after the War,
rather than now.
It thus becomes essential that ev
erything possible be done to prevent
a postwar scarcity of goods and re
sulting uncontrollable prices. This
should be the basis of our postwar
recovery plan.
Russia, North Afri
ca, I,atin America, Denmark, Norway
and Holland may p rovtde a good
deal of food.
It becomes more ap
parent, however, that we shall have
to feed, as well as help clothe, sev
eral hundred million people outside
of our own. beginning with North
Africa, Sicily and Italy
For two or
three years, we may be obliged to
Continued on Page 3
Record Entries Being made
For Multnomah County Fair
Gresham, Aug. 13—In pointing out
the closing dates for the various d ‘>-
partments of the 37th annual Mult
nomah county fair, Manager A. ii.
Lea emphasized that the Multno
mah county fair is playing a large
part in the production of betiei
qualities of fruit, vegetables, anu
livestock, as well os keeping up th-i
public morale at this time whe*.
food Is so important for the fighting
forces, on the home front, and fo>
lend lease.
Entry records already, show tha.
there is to be a record swine depart
ment, and that a well flllud cutu
and poultry buildings are expectc
since entries are being accepted froi.
Washington and Clackamas In add.
tlon to Multnomah county tnls yeai
All premiums at the 1943 Victory
fair will be paid 75 percent in caan
and 25 percent in war savings stamp i
and bonds.
The livestock department entii<
will close August 18, acc iding
Theodore Brugger, Gresham direct'
In charge. This department includ
four classes of horses, six classes of
cows, nine classes of sheep, and milk
goats and swine.
F. H. Crane, route 9, box 1523
Portland, director In charge of the
land products department, points out
that the entries in this department
do not have to be registered with tha
secretary until 10 p. m.. August 22.
Vegetables shown in this class can
not be displayed in any other class,
and must have been grown by the
exhibitor on hie own or rented land.
Forty-five varieties of vegetables, as
well as potatoes, corn, and
shelle<
grains and seeds, will constituts this
class.
Arrangements are being made !n
the exposition building to accommr
date a number of booths carrying ou
government war programs.
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Old Beeswax Wanted
In War
Old beeswax, regardless of condi
tlon. Is badly needed by the govern
ment for war purposes and will be
paid for at prices that will pay any
present or former beekeeper to
clean out all old hives or other sour
ces of the wax, according to a caM
issued b ythe U. S. department of ag
riculture.
Any dealer In beekeep
ing supplies will buy this old wax >
41'4 cents a pound cash.
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Mayfield Sells Business
A. A. Mayfield, who has been In
the aarid and gravel business ?
Reedville, has sold his trucks ar
bought a garage and service et
tlon In Portland.
His family ho1
ever, do not plan to move to Port
land.
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Mr and Mrs. Jess D a-'s f«-o-;
Omaha. Neb., spent Wed- «d .v ><•
Beaverton visiting Mrs Ruby Boyd
and othsr fr lands.