4 PU BLISH ED W E E K L Y IN OUR P L A N T ON V O L . 18, NO. 7 Saved By Dead Man's Grip SHORT ST. A N D C A N Y O N H IG H W A Y Beaverton, Oregon. Friday March 1(>. 1945 Junior Red Cross Member To Visit Schools Here and There On M arch 19 and 20, Miss R uby I | Dahlin. a Junior R ed Cross represen-j tative from the P a cific a :ea o ffice , | i will visit W ashington cou nty chapters i j to observe Junior R ed Cross program s! ¡a n d operations in the schools. Mrs. Thrilling Story of j Zola M o:gan . W ashington county Jun- Flight Over Europa ! ior R ed Cross chairm an, is m aking T ------— j plans fo r Miss Dahlin to visit a num- Lit. V ance R. B osw ell and w ife are i ber o f schools in the county. now visiting his m other Mrs. Stella _____________________ B osw ell o f B eaverton, having arrived ' hom e last week. Lt. Bosw ell w ho attended B eaverton school, enlisted in the O regon N a­ tional Guard in 1940, and w as com m is­ sioned in the air corp s 1942, in this country. He entered a ctive duty in May, 1943 in Europe, it w as while fly- About Our Boys ? r Tire Dealers Co-operate Special gifts this week to the Red : C; oss war fund drive, from local organizations were: $15 from Boy Scout T roop No. 208 and $25 from Beaver chapter, order o f E astern Star. National “Check Your T ire There were many expressions o f ' W eek" Starts March 19 reg:et as people have learned R ev. _ _ _ G eorge O ’K eefe has left B eaverton N nti0na| ‘ch eck you tire w eek" this week for a larger parish in *>a- will start Monday, M arch 19th. with lent. His parish ion eis and . , , „ , v „ nds I nearly 20.000 tire dealers th .ou gh ou t g r e him a farew ell dinner last Sun-|ttte country coop eratin g in attem pt to day and presented him with a m one Drpvpn, f thousands hnil * . . . o f prevent autom obile ° tary gift from being forced o f f the road for R ebekah Lodge No. 248, Beaverton, lack o f tires. Thi s announcem ent will have initiation at their next has just been released by R ay Grim - regular m eeting March 20th. All shaw, Portland. Oregon, president ,, , , Í I 2 k“ h! . are ur« ent,y requested to N ational A ssociation o f Independen ih»t°»'her S ! rn Ta " y Ln aS? tem,b? r, Red Cross w orkers are greatly be present. T ile Dealers. l o w i n g i ? a „ _ ,f!*S f ’ n a a ^e- ^ ol" elated over the generous support to The R ed Cross o f Beaverton are The situation is alarm ing. Due par­ h o w fhpv «.•» , U,n ° |the tJ 'P- am i their drive fo r funds to carry on the having a benefit dance at the M a­ tly to the Impression that the w ar in ™ Z ‘ nte/ ned ,n l_S w U ler- ! g ood work land. T he bom bardier on the plane sonic T em ple this Saturday night. For the w eek ending M arch 10th | Europe would soon be over and that Em erson W alker and bride are here new tires, would be released for civ il­ " " W a r ’ is^heM*" « BoS/)V^i1 c. ¡B ea v erton area had contributed from Alaska visiting his parents Mr. „ 2 h S°MSalu G en ' . S.h er'I S1631.50, Barnes, $175; C edar Mill $89; ian use. the public generally has been and M .s. L L W alker. ™ h *f! N orthern legions ; Garden Hom e, $34; H iteon, $86.25; lax in tire conservation. This was At the special school meeting Tues- '• i h o ^ 8 an the lneS ° f C° n‘ M cK ay *382.76; R aleigh. South o f the a.... , . „ , - . . . . Proven by surveys m ade in several fe d e ia c y about 8° y e a is ago H ighw ay, $130; Tualatin View $303; day night Melvin Beeler was elected | cities by O R A which tevealed tb a school director to finish the unex- alm ost tw o tires per cat w ere in need Z it S°, Sa>'8. , ST Union (W est Cedar M ill) $231 T he' Turner upon his return to Orlandi, quota was j 3700 o f which $3062.50 or I Pin'd term o f W. D. Cam eron, w h o ; 0f recapping , has resigned to serve as a m em be, o f I The tire situation Is m oie serious m in t , oe ' ' ' eryv, . a SWiSS ,n,tern; &2-77cr has been reported. m ent cam p w here he was con fin ed c ,p o,e reports $105 coUected; DuiJ m 1 " " j w Kh Board now than ever before. T he dem and i Mr. and Mrs K. T hom pson have ] Qf the armed forces have not us yel F oT tr'enss h a m ' 1113 75; M etZRe‘ $3l8; S h erw ood O iU citl U. S. S .t m l C orps P hoto attack on H itler's roofless eturned to their home in Alaska af- been met T housands o f tires m e $200; T igard $1027; Tualatin $141.50, Europa. An American soldier in Italy works on his tent, using shell containers and ter visiting their daughtei Mrs. R oger ruined every day on the fightin g total o f $190525 w hich is 47.63% o f parked dirt as protection against shrapnel. In the background is a tank Nace. A lthough m ilitary censorship fo r- \ fronts. More thousands are detnol quota o f $4000. moored in (hr mttd while beyond i- a transport stioplj > tad. Help Uila bids any m ention o f his return, Lt. Mrs. G ordon H cughen o f Sorrento ished by shell file or bom bs; and are soldier return to a real home by backing him with War Bonds, A loha-H uber turned in $604.26; Beth- T urner told a spine-chilling story to is in a Portland hospital for a m a­ cut to pieces over the shell pocked From U. S. Treasury | any $100; C ooper Mt. $150.75; St. jo r operation. a gathering o f his fam ily and fiie n d s roads. Even A rm istice in E urope ¡M arys, B oys School $57.50, a total o f j recently M ;s. W ayne Smith and children o f would not relieve the situation, as oui o _ t i,. . $912.50 or 73% o f quota o f $1250. o n the m orning o f Septem ber 6, ______________ ______ _________________ Camas, Wash., are at present with main e ffo its will then be directed 1943, Lt. T urner bom ber pilot was c a ll - ! . Mrs. W F. Dessinger and daughter, against Japan, w hich 4-H Club Leaders on KALF. would mean Mi Smith having enlisted. ed into the briefin g room and shown ' R - i - f c r \ " f M / s T > r n traveling over Burm a and C hina Program March 21 the target fo r the d ay—Stuttgart, S jl. IV cV V o Mrs. R uby Boyd and Mrs. G eoige where even so-called good roads are Germ any. It w as just an ordin ary Blasser attended the funeral W ednes­ deadly to motor transportation. W ashington cou nty 4-H club lead day for this you ng pilot as he headed d a y in Portland o f Mrs. B oyd's a u n t1 Lt Gen .Brehon Som ervell, com - ers will be speakers on the "P a' across F rance to p erform his duty. Mrs. Jessie S. Frazier, w ho its a girl | m anding, urges support to "ch eck D i.t" 4-H program W ednesday m ori He and his men thought they were lived at Progress. your tire w eek ” with this com m ent! Sgt. A lvin L. B ecker, son o f Mr. and ing M arch 21, at 6:30 on station foitu n a te in not m eeting any e ie m y The A nderson Byrd children a re, "O ur soldiers on the Germ an Fron planes b efore reaching thé target j M rs- s - A B ecker, Beavei ton, is an air K A LE, Portland, it is announced by quite sick ut the home o f theh g r a n d -; tier know that the road to Berlin area. “ It's not goin g to be a bad r a i d 'cra ft m echanic in the m aintenance Burton Hutton, K A L E farm service parents on Seventh and W atson St. must be traveled on rubber tires Bloodmobile at Hillsboro after all,” they agreed. A fter leaving ; division at a E ighth A A F service com - director. Mrs. E lm er Stipe entertained eight E ach soldier is doing his individual their target, they headed fo r th eir ! mand station in England. j A ppearing on the program will be ladies at luncheon and con tract on j part in the greatest tire conservation This Friday next m ission over France. A bout 1 5 1 -------- ; John Schm eltzer. Mountain Hom e, i Monday. ¡cam paign in history. A rm y trucks miles out, Lt. T urner spotted e ig h t' Mr. and Mrs. Paul F rederick Schu- ' leadei foi 12 years; Mrs. Harrier P rospects for a third 200-pint day . . aei ° f route 3, has and jeep s in E urope ore not tu rn in g enem y fighters high up to the right. ! etze, Beaverton, have received word F old. H illsboro leadei for 20 years in a lo w were bright this week ns la ° lc' a notice fio m the G overn- over their wheels an unnecessa y H aving the utmost faith in his top i that their son, M otor M ach. Mate 3d Mrs. Louisa M cG eorge, R eedville. m em bers ot the W ashington county ment °* the lleath o f her son ln the mile. If w e ut hom e are half as real gunner, he called his attention to it C, U. S. naval, reserve has been w oun- and Don. E. Anderson, assistan , l*ttc as our fighting men, if we w ork i county agent o f W ash in gton county. blood donor service com m ittee c o m - iSCI-Y ce' . and im m ediately forg ot about them. ded. V\ alters is visiting her ; half as hard to save the tires we do , --------- | “ Pay D irt” K A L E 's farm service pleted plans for the March visit o f , . * . ,IS' . Ulmer Suddenly, a second later, there cam e the Red Cross "blood m obile” to the us ¿and w ho is in a C alifornia A r- have, we will go a long w nj tow ard W ord has been received by Mr. and program , is heard at 6:30 a. m., and a blinding flash o f light. i county center at Hillsbor. H ow ev- hospital. solving this most vexing problem . I T he fron t o f the plane had blow n Mrs. A. M. Jannsen o f R eedville, that at 12:15 p. m., M ondays th iu Satur- I cr, full public co-operation in t h e 1. ' 'V 'c’e . B osw ell is spending u fur- urge ull w orkers In w ar plants to up. T he first thing entering my m ind I their son E dw ard M. Jannsen, has days. ¡m a tter ol reporting prom ptly to ap- ou8 h \'ith his w ife and m other after w atch th eir tire pressures, to repair was the possibility o f its being the | been prom oted from captain to m a -1 ___________________ pointnients will be necessary to as- m any m onths in service overseas. H e , and recap before It's too late.” oxygen supply,” the o ffic e r said ! j°r . He was recently., aw arded the j sure success. spent some time In hospital and | Jam es F. Byrnes, director, O ffice o f "My co-pilot began m aking fran tic | Distinguished Flying C ross with a p v C p n r o p O ’ K p p fi* It is im perative that d on o.s report ,>n*‘ n,y ca mp- ^ W ar M obilization and R econ version gestures at me. I looked dow n and ! b ionze Oak L eaf cluster fo r gallantry JV W ^ , prom ptly at the tim e o f their ap- an^ i , °^n Beaverton O. E. S. support "ch eck you r r tire week with you saw I no longer had a steering wheel . ! in action as pilot o f a B-26 Marau- Gets New Post at Salem pointm ent, those persons unable to y " uP,er visited M inerva Chapter, this statem ent: force in Then I realized that the instrum ent der w ith the 9th arm y air report at the eentei at the time as- Portland, Tuesday night it being their "B attle experience hns lesulted In a panel had been totally dem olished. It F rance. A fter 9'* years in the St. C ecelia signed should con tact Mrs. A ben- v' r<* anniversary and charter mem- substantial increase in requirements! His w ife and infant son are m aking ch u r ch at Beaverton, O regon. Rev. droth, so that a substitute can be ob- i was hanging like con fetti from the were special guests. o f the A rm y for truck and com bat dashboard. My first thought was to their hom e with h e p a r e n t s , M i. and George O 'K eefe left M arch 15 to as­ tained i Mr. and Mrs. W illiam O. Mundell tires. It is obvious that we must ex­ bail out and he q u ick ly reached fo r j Mrs. L S. W o lf o f R aleigh Hills, sume his new duties at St. V incent de A ppointm ents a .e now being made ;,I< parents o f a d a u g h l?:, Nin- ercise every possible precaution to e x ­ the button. As he did so, his eyes j --------- ^ Paul's C atholic Church in Salem. tend the life o f the tires we now have. ! for the April 20 visit of the ‘ blood- ( • met a horrible sight. T he bom bar- An Eighth Air F orce L iberator Sta - 1 ^ potluck dinner was given Sunday m obile” , Mr. and Mrs. Gerald B. Gray o f Y our publicity cam paign should held G roups w anting appoint- dier and navigator w ere lying in a ! tion in E ngland— 2nd Lt. S teilin g G. ¡n y,j3 honor, over 300 guests, both m ents are asked to make arrange- A loha are the proud parents o f a b o y ,; m aterially to this end.” p ool o f blood on the floor. The fron t Fligge. route 3. Beaverton, co-pilot, is f rom his parish and friends in this menta before April 5. 1 liomaa B. John D. Mann, ch ief tire rationing; end o f the ship had been blnow n a m em ber of the 392nd Bom bardm ent area were present to wish him suc- M arble C ook has tendeied his r e s ig -: branch o f OPA says: “ A carefu l re Group. a L iberator unit recently cited cess in his new church. A substan- aw a y— all the way back to the bom b- nation to and been accepted by the j view o f this plun by anyone cognizant for “ distinguished and exceptionally jja ] p Ur8e was presented to him. sight, Turner said. school board o f Klamath Falls as of the seriousness o f the tire shortage ALOHA R ev O ’K eefe has alw ays been Both his and the co-pilot's para­ outstanding perform an ce o f duty” on football coach and physical education | can produce nothing but the most en The 392nd attacked gteatly interested in civ ic-a ffa irs. He ch utes were blow n to shreds. C hok­ 200 missions. „. . . instructor. His resignation becom es thusiastic reaction and support. You ing fo r breath, he lifted his hands to 120 targets in Germ any and 80 tar- w-as a mem ber o f local clubs, was on The annual m eeting of the R eedville effectiv e at the end o f the school I have my best wishes for its full suc- gets in enem y occu pied territory des- ad ju st his oxygen mask, only to fin'd the county board of the Red Cross. C om m unity 'P resb y teria n church will year. Mr. C ook coach ed the B e a v e r-' cess ” adve:se conditions and incle­ and will be greatly missed. he no longer had one. H e found a ! pite be held March 29. O. L W alter, L) ton High School football team seveia li T ire dealers throughout the country strip o f rubber, the front o f his but­ ment weather, overcom in g fierce ene­ D S yn od ic« executive o f P ortland , years , have agreed to assist in a tire checE- tered mask. Feeling a sharp pain in m y fighter opposition on many o c c a ­ ] ' m odel ate the session Ml s j Qhn E rlcson has just return - 1 ¡ng program . Mr. G rim shaw points in order to reach assigned i his chest, he glanced dow n and saw sions Lee M orris Schoubee Jr. has been ^ f om seVeral m onths vacation trip out that while the public is urged to New Studio Open spending a lengthy furlough with his vis ,ting her son and brothe r in the have their tire* Inspected till* week, blood oozing through his shirt. He objectives. w ife T argets attacked by 392nd Libera­ and his p a.en ts Mi and Mrs. middle west. She is now m aking her that it I* a con tin u al proves* and m otioned to his co-pilot to dive below D ick K okick has opened a studio in and ca tch up with the planes lying tors includ B e.lin , Gotha, Politz, Bre- his home on Center Street, Beaverton . with the home with her daughter Mrs. H ow ard tin-* should he carefully ch ecked by W eed. under them, but it was no use. T hey men, H am burg and other objectives , nd will >rive ]pssons on th(. accord- I A A I experienced servicem en at regular Aloha-Hu- Hg w j„ Riv), lessons u , t,ofh n oth ' The l , ,r new ,,c ” addition a o u in o " to IU the L.c n iu n a-n u - Miss Pearl Shei lock, director o f R e- periods. w ere already too far ahead. In des- in G erm any, France. N orw ay, Hoi- ,a £ er : seventh , K d.i.-.tion for the O regon Con-1 ___________________ p e.ation , Lt. T urner gave ord ers to land. B elgium and Poland. ¡ch ildren and adults in modern or I ber School and eighth g .a d cs have moved in ference, will speak at the M ethodist! Funeral services were held Satur- head for the ground. ; -----> — | classical instruction. Im m ediately, w ere met by . . they . . a ! D esm ond O. Mead, son o f Mrs. Vic- Ij Mr. K okich has ha9 a studio in | A daughtei was b o ,n March - to church Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clo ck day for A rdlllo A dam s o f 3107 SW II- flo ck o f G erm an M E 110's w hich pro- to .ia Mead. 7320 SW Benz P ark drive. p ort]and over a yes but feels that a Mr. and Mrs. H ow ard Zoet Hei theme will i,c "Youth Adult Co lihota si . fathei of Herman C Adam Frank Allm an and his m othe. Mrs. op eration ” . ceeded to m ake quick w ork o f them has been prom oted to sergeant at his Kipa( m any people in this area would She will illustrate her j st. Paul, M inn; brother H erm an E.. M ary Allm an are m oving to Coquille Only a quirk o f fate saved the lives station with a m echanized cavalry- )jke tQ takc lessons ln h is home there­ talk with a fine set o f cor do-ch rom e Priest River, Idaho; gran dfath er o f soon. F rank is em ployed there. o f those men in the skeleton ship. T he reconnaisance squadron in Europe. hy saving gasoline and tiies. s' ' dps- 1 Leonard A. Adam s, B euverton and R a y Tw eed, son of Mrs. R oscoe Ben- j Funeral services will be held F ri-jM rs. V ivienne Arnold. Alham bra, Cal. turret gunner, badly wounded, d ied — nett of R eedville. has now com pleted An Eighth A.ir F orce B om ber Sta- his hands closing on the grips o f his day March 16 for R oxan n e K o lk e n -jA ls o father o f Lew Adam s, who pass- gun, causing the ball to rotate. T h is! tion, England -S ergean t Charles R. A m arriage license h is been issued his work with the incentive division beck in the R ose Chapel o f J. P. F in -, ed aw ay a few weeks ago. W . E. Peg>f at Del Monte. C a lif... dead m an's grip, accord in g to Turner, b oom er. B eaverton. Or , it 2. 26 years to E in est Elm er W entz, Portland, and and , , is stationed . , . . _ . Ipy * Son but will be under a r ra n g e -; was In ch arge Interm ent was in fo i furthei naval ti lining rw eed nu.nt o f w E Pegg. kept the ball m oving, so the Germ ans old waist gunner on the crew o f a B- Thelm a Aletha Keebaugh, Beaverton C om m ittal at B ellingham , Wash. hid in Guam ovci tw o years fugitive R tvervlaw cem etery. thought gunner still alive and shoot- 17 flying fortress, has recently been a daughter, N inetto Y , was born ............ Surviving a r e ' ing. T hey never tried to attack from awarded a second Oak L eaf Cluster to Feb. 28 at B eaverton to Mr .and Mis. from the Japs before he was le.-cued s i„tera m Portland and Port O rfoid , I T he R ev Francis Sturtevant will be the bottom . In the midst o f bursting the an medal He won the Wm O Mundell. “I 1 ^ ■' __________________ and S> ,attic. W ash. the apaakl at the Annual T h in k s shells, the wounded navigator craw l- tion for “ cow ' and -kill Mr* Paul K nepp is staying m port ¡o ffe rin g Servics oi the Womeu's So ed up to the cock -p it to give instruc- and his outstanding perform an ce of land at the hom e o f her sister-in -la w , ciety o f the First C ongregational tion fo r reaching Sw itzeiland. His duty during a num ber o f Eighth Air this week carin g f o r Mr. Knapp’s ; C hurch ..t Ftorssl Ol ■ Thurs- left eyeball was bulging out o f its j force attack on Germ an war targets, m other w ho has been ill. day. The Leadership Training C o u rs e : sock et, T urner said. Jettisoning their He is now a m em ber o f the 486th con ducted by the P ortland Council | bom bs over the B lack Forest, the B om b, group, a unit o f the Third Air of C hurches closed this Tuesday ev­ men headed fo r Switzerland, after f l y - ; Division, the division cited by the ening. A m on g the B eaverton people ing for fo rty fiv e m inutes H aving no president for its E ngland-A friea shut- attending w e .e Mrs. G raydon Pace of instrum ents to tell how high we were tie hom ing of the ^ M esserschm itt the M ethodist Church, Miss Bernice flyin g, or how fast, we decided to plant at R egensburg. Germ any, Conoly, Mias A m arette Karnes, Mrs. land on a lake instead o f the field s! N orton Peck, R ev. Francis Sturte­ su rrou nding it. At an estim ated 180 An Eighth Air F orce B om ber Sta- vant and M :s. L P. Putnam o f Bethel miles an hour he m ade his approach tion. England. The Air Medal was re- C on gregation al Church« T he R ev. and proceeded to land. T he plane cently awarded to Sergeant Da\id . L. P. Ihjtnam, w ho is on the sta ff o f hit the water with te rrific force, A ckerm an for 'm erito.iou s achieve- the P ortland Council, taught a course k n ock in g the m en's safety belts loose m ent” while participating in bom bing o f particular interest to C hurch of-| and th row in g T urner and his copilot attacks aganst G erm an targets fice. s. against the w indshield T he seven j Sgt. A ckerm an 22. is a ball turret Janet R ae Shofner, Phyllis Oldman. ^ men in the radio : oom were flung in gunner on an Eighth Air F orce B-l> Janet Felsher, David Cady. David the bay. T hey lost no tim e in gett- F lying Fortress in the 385th B om b­ B uffam , W ilbur Miller, Harold Steele, i ing out o f the plane and with m uch bardm ent G roup His w ife is the Bonnie G risham , E m ily Sayre, V eile d fficu lty released the life raft and form er Miss Lorrine Savage. Beaver- H andy and Jam es T aggert of Bethel m anaged to get on it, assisting the ton. Oregon C hurch attended the week-end C on-, uncon scious bom bardier. T he body __ feren ce of the O regon State Pilgrim o f the turret gunner rem ained in the Billy E. Duhaine. 17 graduate an Fellow ship at Forest Grove. The plane until it was b ought to the sur- form er student body p esident o f the R ev. F -ancia Sturtevant acted as fa ce by the Swiss harbor police T he B eaverton high school, enlisted in Adult Adviser to a Section discu ss­ seven w ounded received prom pt rued!- the U. S Coast Guard February 28 a ing W orship. cal care, including Lt Turner, w ho Portland and left the same night Tor said, the bom bardier lost his left eye Alameda. C alif , to start his basic and p ractically lost his left arm T h ey training were taken into custody by Swiss W hile in high school. Duhatme was L C K ram ien o f H illsboro and vet­ m ilitary authorities and placed in a editor o f the school paper, president eran o f W orid W ar I has been named ca m p o f interm ent for tw o m onths of his sophom ore class and partlci- a m em ber o f th e W ashington County ___________________ pated in football. basketball and V eterans' Farm Loan C ertifyin g C om ­ L u d en d orf bridge at R em agen Ger- track His parents now live in Port- mittee. announces V. S. Madsen, many. w hich was set to be blow n up land. county farm security supervisor and by G erm ans at 4 p m Ten m inutes secretary o f the com m ittee. earlier A m ericans cut the wires and M rs K athryn W y e k o ff has received All applications for governm ent- saved the vital link for invasion w ord that her husband R obe t a . guaranteed farm and farm equipm ent •cross the R hine. It is estim ated this W y e k o ff has recently com pleted ba- loans as provided under tho G I B ill,' shortsned the duration o f the war by ¡s ic trainin g and Is ready fo r co m b s, LT STERLING O FLIGOE, son of Mr«. E. Fltgge, route », Beaverton 1 will ha review ed by this committee. I R O B E R T A. W Y C K O IT a month wtth •i™ 0»'*4 UB,t Generous Support Given Red Cross ♦ E STAB LISH ED 1927 Donors Wanted March 17