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WIMER Tea to Honor Teachers By MAHJORIE BAKER a meeting of the directors of Wimer-A tea honoring the teacher of Evani Valley Union school will be held Sunday, May 3, at the Grange hall in Wimer. Some teachers will be leav ing, Mrs. Musa Hagbery is retiring, . and Mrs. Mariette Pilgrim Is going on a world tour. Evans Valley residents and friends of the teachers are invited to attend from 2 to 4 p.m. The Evans Valley PTA is sponsoring a dance, Saturday, May 2, at 8 p.m. at the Grange hall in Wimer. Proceeds will help pay for the projector for the school which was the PTA project of the year. Miss Joyce Boulter recently spent two weeks on her vaca tion visiting her family here. Mrs. Victor Adams fell and broke her arm recently. The Evans Valley Parent Teachers association held the last meeting of the year April 21 at the school. New officers were installed by Mrs. Wil liam Johnston. - New officers are president, Mrs. Elmer Baker; vice presi dent, Mrs. William Purrier; secretary, Mrs. Tilden Pierce; and treasurer, Harley Brown. " Refreshments were served by the third grade mothers, assisted by some first and sec ond grade mothers. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Salber have returned from Bakers- field, Calif., where they visit ed relatives and friends. The Busy ' Stitchers and Stirers 4-H club met at the home of Jeane and Barbara DeRoboam April 18. Plans were made for observance of Rural Life Sunday, May 3. There was a discussion of the demonstration for? the Home Extension Unit Festival to be held May 7. Refreshments were served by Barbara and Jean DeRo boam. One visitor, Jessie Marie Holsinger, was present The local Home Extension unit is having a Centennial Festival Thursday, May 7, at 1:30 p.m. at the Grange hall in Wimer. There will be dis plays of the past year's proj ects, and 4-H groups are plan ning demonstrations. Refresh ments will be served. the Oregon-Washington Milk Sales, Inc., at the Senator hotel in Salem. Mrs. Johnson went shopping in Portland while the meeting was in ses- sion. Mr. and Mrs. Carson Weir of Ventura, Calif., are visiting their son-in-law and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. William D. Hitson. Wimer Community church is having a Sunday school con test, with members divided into two teams, the yellows and the greens. Points are given for attendance, being on time, bringing a Bible, staying for church, and bring ing m new people. People who are already attending else where are not considered fair game. The losing team will have to give a picnic for the winners. Pvt. Walter (Buddy) Davis and friends from Camp Pen dleton attended a baseball game of the Los Angeles Dodgers through arrange ments made by a second cou sin of Davis, Carl Erskine, who pitches for the Dodgers. Davis grandfather and Ers kine's mother are brother and sister. : ".u w Y 14 Y-N I ? ' -.r.i r, .ill ROGUE RIVER Two Residents Die Women of the, Missionary circle of Wimer-Community church joined women from the Eagle Point area for the annual- luncheon April 23. There were 28 ladies and two children present. Mrs. Lewis Collins of Central Point was guest speaker for the occasion. She told of experiences and impressions from the mission ary trip to Japan last fall by Mr. and Mrs. Collins. Rogue River -Two deaths have been in Rogue River in the past week. Mrs. Earl (Lucy) Young died April 18 in the Laurel Hill Nursing home in Grants Pass. Funeral services were held April 21 at Hull and Hull Chapel. The Rev. L. G. Fraser officiated. Interment was in the Woodville cemetery at Rogue River. Mrs. Young was born May 14, 1890, a native of Nicara gua, central America, ana had lived in Rogue River 26 year. She is survived by her husband, Earl Young, of Rogue River, and several nieces and nephews. - Mrs. Pearl Linderman died Sunday in a Medford Nursing home. Mrs. Linderman was 77 years old and had lived in Rogue River several, years. Funeral services were held Thursday at the Assembly of God church. The King's Teens group of Wimer Community church held the last meeting of this school year April 27 at the church annex. Dinner was served, and after a devotional period, the group went to the skating rink at Grants Pass. Mr. and Mrs. William Stra han and family visited the church Sunday evening, April 26. The Strahans are buying a place on the coast and came to this area on business. Mr. and Mrs. Russel John sen and family returned April 20 from a four-day visit to relatives at Eureka, Calif. This week, Johnson attended Man Uninvited To His Own Party San Carlos, Calif. - (DPD -James Sanduval hosted a fab ulously successful party at his residence Wednesday night but the strangers who attend ed didn't even invite him. Sanduval, 28, arrived home to find a car and two motor cycles parked in his driveway. The garage door was open, and his patio furniture was missing from its storage area. He found the furniture in the back yard - occupied by five men and two women, who were nonchalantly drink ing highballs and chatting gaily. "What's going on here? Sanduval asked. The party broke up imme diately in seven directions. All "that remained was three empty bottles from Sandu val's liquor cabinet. NEITHER SIDE ANXIOUS Union,. N J. (CPU Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt said Thurs day night she believes neither Russia nor the West is anxious to see a unified Germany. She told a Newark State college audience the West would be uneasy about German militar ism and Russia would fear it could not control a unified Germany. NEW PEOPLE RECORD Atlanta (UPD New York's Metropolitan Opera set a new people-packing record here Thursday night. An audience of 5,000 was seated in 28 min utes for a Met performance. Godfrey Takes News of Cancer In 'Good Spirits' New York (DPD Arthur Godfrey was told today that he had a part of his left lung removed because of cancer and he received the news in "good spirits." A spokesman for the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Cen ter said that Godfrey, 55, had come through the post-opera tive period satisfactorily. Five Hours of Surgery The entertainer underwent five hours of surgery Thurs day after an exploratory op eration revealed that a tumor in the upper lobe of his left lung was malignant. The surgeons would make no prediction about the pos sibility of a recurrence of the cancer. Issue Medical Report The morning bulletin on Godfrew today read: - "Mr. Godfrey was taken from the recovery room to his room in Harkness Pavilion this morning at about 7 a.m. His doctors stated that his condition is entirely satisfac tory and he has been doing fine in post-operative re covery. VHe has been told the re sults of the operation and had no special comment about it. He was described as being in good spirits." . Indefinite Convalescence Godfrey will spend an in definite convalescence in his $40 a day bedroom-living room suite at the hospital. His physicians said Thursday that he might posibly resume some of his TV-radio duties in two months. His doctors declined to speculate Thursday on the chances of full recovery for the red-haired radio and tele vision personality, or on the possibilities the cancer al ready had spread to other parts of his body. A cancer generally is con sidered by specialists to be "cured" if there is no recur rance within five years of its arrest or removal. PIONEER DIES Safford, Ariz. (DPD Mary Elizabeth Ellsworth, 83, pio neer Arizona resident who came to the state 80 years ago in a covered wagon with her parents ffom their native Ozark, Ark., home, died Thursday. "new room a beautiful in just one day with All DI LUXI LATEX WALL PAINT FREE PARKING BREAK WITH PRECEDENT Japanese Crown Princess Michiko (right) is greeted by her mother as the princess braved a drizzling rain to visit her parent's home in Tokyo. It was a blow to tradition, because this is the first time in the history of the Japanese Imperial family that either a princess consort or an empress consort has been allowed to visit her parent's home after marriage into the royal family. ' Passenger Planes At 2,000 MPH Seen (PfCMWSTS IN HOMCWAtfS! 245 S. Central at 10th Portland - IUPD - Passenger airliners capable of going 2000 miles an hour will be avail able by 1965, an aviation en gineer said Thursday. Robert A. Bailey, chief en gineer for Lockheed Aircraft Corp., further predicted that airlines will be able to finance the supersonic airliners by 1963. He spoke to the Airport Operators Council which closed its annual convention here. , "Our studies show that more airline seats will be needed by 1962 and that fi nancing can be accomplished by 1963," he said. "The air lines may not desire to re- equip this early, but it takes only one airline order for a supersonic jetliner and they will all come around." He said the sonic boom problem would be serious but that it would only come as a roll of thunder since super sonic airliners would fly over 65,000 feet high. . Ashland Women Hurt In Highway Mishap A vehicle operated by Mar garet Starnes Mann, 41, of 935 Garden Way, ' Ashland; went out of. control on slip p e r y. pavement yesterday morning and went over a 25 foot embankment along High way 99 south of Talent, state police reported. Mrs. Mann started to pass other vehicles on the highway when one slowed, police said She applied the brakes and the car skidded on the pave ment. She and a passenger Rachel K. Kneebone, 32, of Grandview dr., Ashland, were treated . at Ashland General hospital for minor injuries police said. Mrs. Ed Owens. The Lloyd Smiths are mak ing an extended visit at For- tuna, Calif., at the home of a daughter, Mrs. William Baker and family. Mrs. W. W. Paterson Sr., has returned from Oakland, Calif., where she underwent surgery. A family dinner was held Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rhoten at Wi mer in honor of their daugh ter's birthday. Those present were the guest of honor, Mrs. Don Haynes, her son Carl, of Wimer, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mil ler of Rogue River, and Mr. and Mrs. Conley Rheten and daughters of Wimer. Mrs. Chan Stokes of Lake Creek has sold her home here to Mrs. Beryl Engle. Salmon Fishing Reported Slow Portland - (UPD - Salmon ported taken further down- fishirig was reported slow on the opening day of the spring commercial season on the Co lumbia river, Thursday. Catchers averaged about 12 fish to a drift in the Corbett-to-Dodson area. Only a small number of salmon were re- stream near Bogle. Fishermen hoped for better luck at night. Clear water during the day is making it possible for salmon to avoid nets, they said. . About 2,000 Chinook per day are going over Bonneville dam. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Friday, May 1, 1959 CALL RAILWAY STRIKE Paris (DPD The Communist-led Confederation of Gen eral Workers (CGT) and auto nomous labor unions have called a 24-hour nationwide railway strike for May 6 in, support of demands for high er wages and better working conditions from the state owned railroads. Mr. and Mrs. Claire Mathes of Ashland visited Mrs. Mathes' brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Stra han over the week end and attended the Rogue River Garden club's flower show. Brian Wiegart and Russell Miller spent the week end fishing at La Molla lake. Just after they passed on the Dia mond lake cutoff the slide oc curred and they had to return by way of Roseburg. Ella May Douglas of Med ford spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claire Douglas and their granddaughter, Lynda. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bab- cock of Upper Lake, Calif., are visiting friends and look ing after property, interests here. . Mrs.; S. W. Thexton left April 18 for an extended visit with her daughters in Sacra mento, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Seaman visited Seaman's brother-in- law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Magerle, recently. Mrs. Ambre Blayden held open house Monday in honor of her uncle, Tom Wilson, whose birthday was that day. Wilson was 77 years old. Harry Nelson of , North Broadway was one of the lucky fisherman, landing a 30-pound salmon at Pierce rif fles recently. The Rogue River Hobby club met Tuesday at the coun try home of Mrs. Esther Shock with seven members and three guests present. The guests were Mrs. Lanabelle Deck, Mrs. Charles Babcock, a for mer member, and Mrs Shock's sister from Los Ange les. Luncheon was served aft er which, hobby gifts were exchanged. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Miller were shoppers in Grants Pass Tuesday and visited Mr. and Hunt Believed Stealing Autos Portland (UPD - The FBI said today that fugitive Rich ard Allen Hunt, 26, may have stolen two cars since Monday. Hunt is wanted for the ab ducting last month of the Harrisburg police chief and the wounding of the Browns ville police chief. The FBI said one car, a 1953 cream and bronze Dodge station wagon, has been miss ing from Pendleton since -10 p.m. Monday. About two hours later a 1957 white and blue Buick sedan was reported missing in Burns. The FBI did not reveal how It connected Hunt with the two car thefts. Tennessee Woman Rejects Publicity Knoxville, Tenn. - (UPD -Southern Bell Telephone Com pany planned to have special ceremonies today at the home of Mrs. George W. Manning, who was to receive its 900, 000th Tennessee phone. Mrs. Manning hung up on the celebration, however. 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