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About The Beaverton enterprise. (Beaverton, Or.) 1927-1951 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1944)
P U B L I S H E D W E E K L Y IN O U R P L A N T O N Y O L . 17, N O 28. Good Report From Treasurer Revenues Have Increased 60% Transactions of the State Treas urer have grown with war activities The current volume is double that of prewar in 1939-40; exceeds $100,000,000 a year. Revenues have increased 60 percent. Cash on hand currently ex ceeds $40,000,000 allocated by law to more than 40 separate funds, each of a different purpose. Security holdings amount to $33 - 000,000. The increase of revenues and turnover comes from many sour ces, large and small. The largest sources are industrial accident and unemployment insurance, liquor con trol, income taxes, public utilities, fees and taxes, gasoline taxes, insur- surance premium taxes, an d estitu tion fees. The state holds $2,000,000 of United States securities, mostly war bonds. The state treasury staff is handling this business without increase of per sonnel. The state treasurer, in addition to his duties as custodian of state funds and securities, serves on six adminis trative boards along with the gover nor and secretary of state: Board of Control, Land Board, Banking Board, Bond Commission. Printing Board and Reclamation Commission. The Board of Control directs the affairs of 2 insane hospitals, the Fairview Home for the feeble mind ed, 2 tuberculosis hospitals, the peni tentiary* 2 training schools for boys and girls, the blind school and the deaf school. The Board of Control also directs the buying of supplies for all state boards, commissions, and institutions except the liquor commission. These purchases run to nearly $3,500.000 a year. The Board of Control also ad ministers the restoration and insur ance fund for state properties des troyed by fire, storm, or flood. The Land Board directs the affairs of the irreducible school fund and of the former soldier bonus commission of World W ar I. The capital assets of the school fund are fiearly $10,- 000,000 and revenues $450,000 a year. Assets of the soldier bonus are nearly $15,000,000 and revenues $1,000.000 a year. The state treasurer is the collector of taxes on inheritances and gifts, in the routine amount of $600,000 to $700,000 a year. All the business of the state centers financially in the state treasury. The state treasurer is an active and busy executive of state affairs. The pres ent state treasurer, Leslie M. Scitt, has been in office 3)y years. The state treasury has kept exact ac counts of all money, and has been audited regularly by the auditing staff of the secretary of state. Save “A ” Book Covers Do not throw away the cover of your ‘‘A ” gasoline book as these will be needed when applications are made foi renewals early in Septem ber, The A book expires September 21. Edmond W. Eggen. district OPA mileage rationing representative, said that motorists will be advised in plenty of time when and where appli cations for renewals will he ready. Xmas Seals on Hand Work has already begun on folding sheets of Christmas seals and filling envelopes at the headquarters of the Oregon Tubepculosis association in Portland. Fifty million seAls. Ore gon's quota, have arrived. Seals are on sale at their headquarters in the Woodlark building for those who want to use them in Christmas pack ages for service men overseas. TOWN TALK Mrs. Don Long is recovering from a siege of blood poisoning in her arm. Mrs. W. C. Fields, who has been visiting her daughters family the John Barnes’ has returned to her Loris W. Bixby of Beaverton, has been promoted to Sergeant at an 8th A A F bomber station in England. Myron Gray, California, son of Mr. tnd Mrs. Dcy Gray, has been promot ed to captain. Mrs. Tillie Kelly of Los Angeles is visiting her sister Mrs. George Thyng and other relatives Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Barnes of Oak land. Calif., are visiting relatives hereabouts but are leaving for home on Saturday. Little Barbara Goyt of Portland is spending the week with her grand parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Goyt. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Beach of Omaha Nebraska former residents of Beaver ton are spending their vacation in Oregon visiting their children and friends. They were in Beaverton this week. Lieut. Billy Leonard USNR and wife of Seattle, arrived on Wedne«day for a visit with his mother Mrs. Car rie Leonard and other relatives and friends Upon his return to Sand Point Naval Air Station Seattle, he expects to be transferred to Australia- For the pleasure of Mr and Mrs Leonard they left on Thursday with his mother and Uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs Elmer Stipe for Tachata to remain until Sunday S H O R T ST. A N D C A N Y O N H I G H W A Y Beaverton, Oregon. Friday. August 11, 1944 ____ E ST AB LISH E D 1927 Here and There IS IT Justified? j Jack Menzes signed up for three j years in the Navy and left for Camp \ I’ uesday morning on eighteen hours i notice. Babson Says Investors Mr* Guy Alexander left last week N e e d M o r e V i s i o n by bus for Riverside, Calif., and will drive home with her daughter M rs.1 Chicago, Illinois, August 11—My Ted Hetu and baby. He Mrs. l'red Ott of Spokane, Wash., father was a real conservative. has been visiting at the home of her voted the straight Republican Ticket, stuck close to home, ran his farm, brother-in-law on S. Watson St _ _ ______ Judie Masters, daughter of Archie served on the board of his local Masters, is visiting her cousin Mel- 1 bank' went to church regularly and hung on to his money. Upon his valee Beeler. Mrs. Bertha Wilson is spending a death there was found in his estate few days with her mother Mrs. Losli a particularly choice selection of stocks and bonds. During his life ot route 2, Beaverton. Mrs. Elmer Stipe and Mrs. Bob time he sucoassfully preserved his Summers attended the Daughters of principal and maintained a generous Conservatism in investing the Nile luncheon in Portland Wed income. was warranted during his time. Now. nesday. Donald Remington who has gradu- however .the picture has changed. It ated as a minesweeper is spending a will progressively take far different investment qualifications to even few days furlough with relatives. K'leased by U S. War Department Bureau o f Public Relations Mr. and Mrs. Charley Straley went maintain, let alone increase, capital ARM Y N U R S E S P R E P A R E FOR O V E R S E A S H A R D S H I P S — “ Toughening up" instruction given to Longview Monday joining her and income. sister and family from Seattle to say ImetttorM Being Squeezed members of the Army Nurse Corps as part of their basic training courses is paying dividends around Most current large fortunes were goodbye to her sisters son who was the globe where in every theater of operation these women are serving. Dressed in G. 1. overalls, these accumulated before the years of in leaving for overseas. nurses spend hours on an obstacle course crawling through barbed wire entanglements, jumping over Crandall Peck is in the infantry heritance and income taxes and, of water hazards and walking over rough terrain such as shelled fields afford. They learn to climb rapidly and and has been transferred from course, before the decade or more Ft la>wis to Camp Roberts, Calif. of Government regulatory practices. and easily in the meshes of a cargo net, as shown on the right. He writes of having met Bruce Particularly in recent times, invest- |018 have had to contend with rising Wightman and Bill Keil in camp. Mrs. E. E. Swenson after a short Dixes, rising living costs and lower visit at the home of Dayton Peck i tnte| est rates. Many Investors have Multnomah County Fair Announce Marriage and friends in Portland, left Wed developed a defeatist attitude with Opens August 21 nesday for the Peterkort home on ■'“sped to their position. There are Of Daughter Betty Barnes Road where she will be em -! cel tainly as many investment oppor- tunities, but investors may have to Just a little mere than two weeks Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Richard of ployed. Capt. Bob Norton, husband of Ger- throw overboard many of their for- remain before the gates of the Mult Aloha, announce the marriage of nomah county fair open for the 38th their daughter Betty Olive Richard, ildine Smith Norton, flag fortress pi- j mer theories to take advantage of Annual Agricultural Exposition at Seaman* first class. U.S.N.R., of San lot, after a furlough was ordered to l ^£,n1' Gresham, Aug. 21 to 27. Manager A. Upon his arrival it w a s ' . Ten y **ars aK° an investor with --------- Diego, to C hief Petty O fficei B u i Italy. H. Lea reports that many entries »►tudents in Washington county will ‘ Frederick Gray, U.S.N., son of Mr. found that the order was a mistake *nnds conservatively divided between have been received to date, but there be glad (? ) to know that most of the and Mrs. Arthur Gra> of Hobbs. New ind he was returned to the United *»overnments, corporate bonds, pro states and is now acting as an in ^erlet* Mocks and common stocks is still time for prospective exhibitors schools will open the first week In’ Mexico. could count on a return of 4.75%. ¡could to enter their livestock and home September but others have chosen The young couple were married in structor. making projects in several depart the 11th and 18th. Mrs. Seldon of Allen Ave., accom- From this a married man with no de- It is hoped that a double ring ceremony Wednesday ments. students will be able to register the . evening July 26, at San Diego's wedd- panied her daughter Mrs. Bob Long Pendents would pay about HZ', In Mrs. Long has j taxes leavinS a net return of 3.93', Poultry department entries closed opening day. . , ing Bell Chapel with Rev. Roy G. to Seattle last week. securities while August 9. as have the grange and gar Reedville, Kinton, Cedar Mill, Gar- Cockerell officiating. Mrs. Neil W. ■ntered the U. S. Marine Hospital for Today these sarne Bob is receiving treat- 3h ° " dnK Rn increase in value of 1.66'; den club entry lists. The livestock den Home. Aloha-Hubet w'ill open the; Ball attended as matron of honor, treatment. entries do not close until August 16; 5th ot September. While in j would Yield 4 <3% and taxes would while best man was Stanley Koby- ment at the same hospital. Seattle Mrs. Seklen visited with Mrs amount to 2.28% leaving a net yield textile and art, August 19; and land Beaverton high and gradé school, larz, U.S.N. products, floral, domestic science, 4-H Tigard Union High and Cooper Mt. on Rev. Burns. Mr. Burns is still in a 1 of onIy 2 1 1 is obvious that In- ----------------------- club work. August 20. hospital. Harvard in the navy, all vestors must forget certain ortho- three girls and Mrs. Burns have po- Jdox methods of investing but still An increase of nearly 40 percent in S Tua?aUn school. September 18 . President Announces the total value of premiums to be of sitlons. Mrs Burns mother is keep-! SitnK * ° J broad diversification. Mrs. Florence Withycomhe of Gra New Committees *ng up the home for the family and I**“ r*“ *t Trends Superseded fered b ythe 1944 fair is drawing far bel, has been named as elementary ( . ■ ..... j Conservative investors have long larger early inquiries and requests school supervisor for Washington J Mrs R. P. McHenry, well-known looking after the youngest boy. for entry blanks than in any previous county schools to serve for a Archie Masters of Portland was in *>ee™ * C(,U8t°rn«yt to making a choice Port/and primrose grower made the year, Lea said. A total of $11,000 in month period at a meeting o f the July 21 meeting of the Beaverton Beaverton Tuesday calling on friends j blue chip securities and then i sitting tight. For the successful premium awards will be posted this county educational board. Mrs. M. Community Garden club especially and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Masters spent 1 mana)iprncnt of their portfolio they year in comparison with approxim L. Powell of Garden Home was chos- worth while by explaining the grow- - have depended upon correctly fore- ately $8,000 in past years. en secretary of the board. i jng and care of polyanthus primroses the week end at Mt. Hood. Born to Capt. and Mrs. J. Hubner; ra8t,nft general market trends. The Mrs. Withycomhe is a graduate of at the club's meeting held in the rose OCE and has had 21 years experience j test gardens of Washington park. nee Josephla Lagerfeld) of Port I trend of marknt averages still plays Keep Oregon Green teaching in Washington county. Mrs. John Holmes, president, has 'and, a daughter, Georgia Margaret a part In determining security values. Dale Shelley of Aloha who has been ” ^e important consideration in announced the appointment of the fol ALW AYS ipriously ill of blood poison fr o m ;_____ Continued on Page t lowing on committees: Mrs. R. B. State Picnic to be Held Denney, Mrs. T. W. Blakeney, pro which was paralyzed, is now out I The following excellent editorial At Champoeg Park gram; Mrs. A. E. Tweeddale, birds; of danger from use of the sulfa drug * August 18 Last Day appeared in the Engene Register- Mrs Wesley Murner and daughter j — ' Mrs. Marguerite Norrbo, Mrs. I*aw- Guard. July 17: Altha Rae of Bremerton are visiting To Redeem Property The State picnic ot the Oregon rence, horticulture; Mrs. A. S. Funs- This is the time of year when the Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Murner and Mr. Keep Oregon Green movement bids Farmers Union will be held at Cham ten, seeds; Mrs. M. C. McKercher, and Mrs. Fred Goyt. The period for redemption of prop for your close attention—because it is poeg Park on August 13th. Pot luck hospitality; Mrs. Richard Smurth- Harold Murner who is stationed In erty on the 1943 tax foreclosure list the season for fires. I f you have for lunch at nocn, bring your own cof-1 waite. publicity; Mrs. H. A. Hart- Seattle with the navy, visited with on which the county has given a Sports will follow the program. shorn. ¿arden show education and gotten just what it is, there are hun fee. Judgment and decree of foreclosure David Simpson, president of the ; arrangements; Mrs. Carlton F. Lee his parents over the week end. dreds of kids enrolled in the Green Mr. and Mrs. Alford I^jfond. Gene July 30, 1943, will expire August 18. Guards who will tell you. I f you Portland Chamber of Commerce, w ill; Mrs. Ida Hauptman. door prizes; All properties described in this I-afond and daughter Margaret, Mr. want to feel that you really belong speak on "The Relation of A g i i cu l - Mrs. A. R. Ringe, history; Mrs. Geo and Mrs. Irving I<afond and Mr and judgment unless redeemed before that ture to Business.” Al l members and Martin, typing. you can join by paying $1. A list ot The August meeting of the club Mrs. Rihble and children are spend time,will be deeded to Washington places is being prepared. Nobody is friends are cordially invited. county after August 18. will be held in the I. O. O. F. hall, ing the week at Long Beach, Wash. going to "ding" you for money, and and Mrs. Carpenter and family Field Burned by Tractor Beaverton, at 11 a. m. The commit of Mr. you don't have to join, but you can 8th and Watson St., and their ter includes Mcsdnmcs DeYoung, E. J. LaRue Manager help, wherever you live, in town or 'louse guests are spending the week Soule and Unger. The fpll garden country. All you have to do is P R E Backfire from a tractor caused a at I<ong Beach, Wash. The J. B. Imlay and Sons ware V E N T FIR E S ! fire in Scroggin valley on a farm be show will be planned at this meeting. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan J. house at Aloha has been enlarged, Since we got into war, Oregon has longing to Pete Case of Beaverton. Nault, July 18th, a son, Michael E. also the hardware department in had a pretty good fire recoYd. Last According to reports two rounds of Nephew Visiting Sgt. Clyde Smith while on his way their fine looking building on the season Oregon had only 632 fires the field had been cut by a combine from New Guinea to Charleston, S. C., highway. E. J. LaRue is now gen which burned over 7,838 acres. In drawn by a tractor when the entire Mac Olsen, aviation machinist mate to spend his furlough, called on Mrs. eral manager. a 1942 we had 492 fires in 5,654 acres field was on fire. second class, was home on furlough 'larold Cadell. He is with the same For the 20 year period preceding from Corpus Christ i. He is a neph division of U. S. Engineers and work the war. we had an average annual Religious Conference at ALOHA ew of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Richard ing with Mr. Cadell, so brought much burn of 144.592 acres with an average rood news direct from Harold. He of Aloha, with whom he made his Forest Grove Sept. 1 annual loss of $1.246.620. In the last home while attending Aloha-Huber also reported they had seen Bob • A pre-school age children's clinic four years wc have cut the annual was held August 9 at the Reedvil.e Shively. loss to $72,190. A Northwest regional conference grade school and Hillsboro high. The Alumni of Pacific University, school house from 1 45 to 4 p. m. “ Keep Oregon Green” began with will be held at Pacific University,] Forest Grove, held their annual pic- This was sponsored by the P. T. A. the lumbermen, it is still financed Forest Grove beginning Monday. Aug- ¡ Musical Service at nic last Sunday. August 6 In the gar- and county health department, mainly by them. Its work is mostly ust 28 and including Friday, Sept. 1. den of the Bethel Congregational A marriage license was given Ralph education:# but it is one of the most Services will be held in the Congre Nazarene Church Sun. Eve Ichurch. LaVelle Miller of route 3. Beaverton important undertakings in Oregon. gational Church, while meals will bp A special one half hour of music j Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Clement spent and Sophie A. Mode, Portland. Trees and green fields are not quite served in McCormick hall. The Uni Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gesberg re will precede the regular evening ser *wo days last week at Ocean Lake “ worth their weight in gold” , hut it versity will furnish pillows, sheets, fishing. cent arrivals in Reedville, were hon- vice at the local Church of the Naza- takes nearly 100 years to replace a blankets, but not towels. Mrs. Charlotte Hogate of T>os An- 1 ored with a party at the home of J. rene. Sunday evening August 13. at burn—especially when it hits “brush” 7 30 p. ;n. Various combination vo geles, Calif., has been visiting her W. Connell where the young trees grow. Mrs. Arthur Clement. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Shelles have B R IE F S & P E R S O N A L S cal numbers and instrumental num- sister Bill Greene has been home on a moved Into their new home at Huber, _. , „ , _ . . bers will be presented, followed by a The following Girl Scouts are lea , m * b> the ¿ T. i he short furlough visiting his mother I Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hagg are enjoy- ALL ABOUT TO W N ing Sunday for Camp Wildwood: M«»- community of Beaverton and vicinity Mrs. Christine Hauver of West Slope, ing a vacation at Seaside. ■* mid-summer ser- Harold J. Peterson, brother of Mrs va Lee Beeler Pa McCloskey, Vn- Dr. and Mrs. Mason and son Dr. Elmer Waters is spending a short H. Barnes, and Mrs. M. Metcalfe, ar gimia Talbert, Carol Jean Sheeley an<l , vice. David Mason took a hurried trip to vacation at home. rived on Wednesday from Oakland. Nancy Nagues. Cannon Beach and return the other I'. L. McGeorge has increased his Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barnes gave a Calif., to spend his vacation here, his Sunday. . turkey ranch to more than 2000 dinner Wednesday night in honor of former home. On his return to Cali Oregon Dewey Club Mr. and Mrs D. P. MacDonald birds, Harold Peterson. Their guests were fornia he is to enter the Navy. were “ at home” to friends a few days : Rev. G. D. Loree and family will To Organize Mr and Mrs. Jack Fleetwood of Ma- Mr. and Mrs. M. Metcalfe and Don ago for the pleasure of their daugh- take their vacation this year frori pleton, Oregon, arrived Wednesday to ald. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fleetwood. ter Margaret. Soon after Mrs. Mac- August 14 to 28. The Republican rally which will greet her brothei Harold Peterson Mr. and Mis. John Barnes and Baby Donald and daughter left for Los The Aloha Baptist Community conclude an organization meeting of upon his arrival and visit other rela John and Miss Marine Cady. Angeles, Calif., where Miss MacDon- Church have made plans to enlarge the state central committee and a Miss Margaret Campbell of Broad aid will be wed this coming Saturday. ; the parsonage. tives. gathering of affiliated party organi Jack Menzes. Navy, is in training view Place, Sorrento Road, is visiting Mr MacDonald left Monday night for David Lofgren Jr. is now stationed zations in Portland Saturday, August in Seattle her former home. at Camp Farragut. Idaho. Los Angeles. in England and likes it very much. Mrs. Karl Miller has returned after IS, will be held in the sunken ball Mrs. Francis Sturtevant, children ; Gale Emmons returned to his dutier, Mrs Clara B. French of West Slope room at Masonic temple at 8 p m caught her finger in an electric wrin visiting her husband for three weeks with United States Representative Ev and friend Miss Eloise Atkins of as coast guard at Astoria, after ger and took the flesh off to the at Camp Carson, Colorado. Portland, are sojourning at Nelscott. spending a week with his wife at the Miss Alice Clement, Dean of the erett M. Dir keen of Illinois as the Beaverton li r e Department were coast, bone. principal speaker. Doy Gray and wife visited Mother Conservatory of Music of Linfield called last Friday to the Hillsdale Norman Crocker celebrated his fifth A Oregon 50,001 Dewey Club has Gray last Friday to help her celebrate College, will present six of her pupils dairy on the Golf Club road. To- birthday recently at his home. ed on the vote In the Oregon primary her 86th birthday and wish her many in a piano recital this evening in tlis gether with three Multnomah County .......... .. - Bethel Congregational Church Mel- on May 19 when S',001 voters wrote In fire trucks they were able to^ bring £ i g ht Beaverton Boy* more happy returns of the day. Dewey’s name as their choice for Mr and Mrs. F. G. Foe have Just va Lee Beeler, Beverly Besmehn, Jo the blaze under control after it had a t at ^ J returned from a two months trip, vis anne Branch, Lila Mae Cullen, and president, will be organized. consumed seven thousand dollars Attend INazarene Lamp iting their three daughters in Llmon, Caryl Jean Short, alt of Beaverton, worth of hay and swept through the -■ ■ ■ - Colorado, and relatives in Nebraska and Kathleen Imlay of Reedville, will B IT S O F N E W S adjoining cow bam, burning half of One hundred thirty three boys at- and Kansas. They report plenty of each be heard in several numbers. C, l. Pa re and family will spend the barn and threatening other build- tended the first District sponsored The public is cordially invited. rain and wonderful crops in the mid th 'ir vacation at Cannon Beach ngs at the dairy. All the stock in Nazarene boys' camp at Camp Adams Miss Ruth Nyman was a guest of dle West John Bergin of Metzger, formerly the barn were safely removed from August 1-8. The pastor o f the Fifteen or more of Jobs Daugh Agnes Konantz over the week end of Beaverton. Is new with the U. S. R I. Maol^ughlln * Co. have about local church of the Nazarene served ters spent last week end camping out and they visited Mrs. Little in the forc«e in Normandy, according to a finished processing the- early crop» as one of the counselors, and the boys over night on the Yamhill River, Nehalem river. recent letter to his parents. and a very good season it has been attending from Beaverton were as A sale of wanted farm tools is an hiking and swimming . Guardian. Dewev The Plumber now has 20 gal home In Richland, Oregon. follows: Philip West, Charles Cos Mrs. Betty Cadell and Guy Carr ac nounced by the Beaverton Mower * automatic gas water heater on dis Dario Casaie has been home on a lett, Albert Terry, Lea Lovett, Pan companied them. They report a Cycle Shop, west end Besverton, on play This Is what you have been fifteen day leave but has returned to ny Garrick, Jimmy Readv. Billy Lov. Canyon road, naar Cedar Street grand time and having seen a deer. looking for. his camp In Louisiana. ett and Norman Vermillion. Schools Open In September
