" Back From' Overseas First
Lt. Lindley Dowe Hutchens, son
o Mrs. Lula B. Hutchens, of the
Klamath Falls post office staff,
arrived here Friday evening
from Seattle, after 26 months
overseas during which he was
on Oahu, Saipan, Guam and Oki
nawa with the army. Lt. Hut
chens is now on his .terminal
leave, and expects to receive his
discharge in April. , His brother,
Ronald, who was also a lieute
nant in the army, stationed in the
European theater, met him in
Seattle. They returned home to
gether, and Sunday Ronald is
leaving for Corvallis to resume
Jits studies at Oregon State col
lege. , ; ; . '
In Japan Word has been re
ceived from PFC Joe Victorine
that he is with the headquarters
company of the 6th army in
Kyoto, Japan, and stationed in
the Kyoto hotel. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Victorine of
Malin and left for overseas duty
last October. He and a buddy
from Portland spent a great deal
of time sightseeing around the
city, Joe wrote his parents, as
they are on duty every other
day.
H In navy These six ooys nave
enlisted m the navy at the port-
M . land office this week from the
Klamath basin. James Francis
Gwin, Malin; Robert Cornelius
Chambers Jr., Klamath Falls;
Thomas Alton Touse, Malin;
Clarence William Randall, Klam
ath Falls; Jack Bronson, Klam
ath Falls and John Thomas Har
grove, Klamath Falls.
Waterfowl Plentiful Don C.
Fisher, custodian of Lava Beds
national monument, who was in
town Friday on business, report
ed thousands of white whistling
swans on Tule lake now, and
also some ducks and geese. Lots
of deer are seen in the lava beds,
Fisher said, but muskrat trap-
pers report only fair luck in the
area.
Visiting Parents Jack F.
Way brant, S 1c, is on leave
from the navy until February 1.
He arrived this-week and is visit
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Waybrant, 535 Lowell.
Waybrant served on the USS
Wiley in the Yellow sea in the
area of Korea.
Guest Speaker Mr. Winni
fred Gillcn will be the guest
speaker at the meeting of the
Catholic Daughters of America
in the parish hall Monday eve
ning. She will demonstrate
time-saving methods in ironing
mens shirts.
Women of Moose The Worn
en of the Moose . are having
a household shower Tuesday
nieht. January 19. at 8 o'clock
at the Moose hall for the J. Barn-
ham family of Albany, whose
home burned recently,
Pension Club The Railroad
Employes National Pension asso
ciation will meet at the home of
Mrs. S. R. Berry of 2105 Rec
lamation, Monday at 8 p. m. ,
Due Home PFC David R.
Clubb. husband of Mrs. Clara I.
Clubb of Chiloquin, and PFC
Howard Cramplet, husband of
Mrs. Louise A. Cramplet of
Klamath rails are on their way
home from Pearl Harbor, accord
ing to a press release from the
command service force of the
United States fleet.
Meeting Date Changed The
date for regular meetings of
Klamath lodge 99, Knights of
Pythias, has been changed from
Thursday to Monday and the
next meeting win De neid Mon
day, January 14, when the rank
of page will be conferred on four
candidates.
1 Home Dr. and Mrs. Samuel
D. Earhart and son Dean, jun
ior at KUHS, returned Friday
from Seattle, where Dean had
major surgery at Swedish hos
pital on December 27. He if
greatly improved and expects
to return to his classes Monday.
Girls' Club Members of the
Girls' club are asked to bring
their ice skates to the club to
night. It is possible that thev
will be able to go skating. Trans
portation will be furnished. In
the event that they are not able
to go, the usual activities will be
available at the club.
New Business Jack Fitzger
ald and Joe Snyder, both well
known here, have opened the
f aramount itooi company. Fitz
gerald was foreman on the bar
racks' job at the naval air sta
tion and was previously with the
sig Basin dumber company and
local contractors. .
To Sacramento The group of
Klamath people who will attend
the Pacific Coast Baptist Mis
sion meeting eany next week in
clude Rev. and Mrs. C. C.
Brown, Mrs. Perley Webster,
Mrs. E. T. Homer, Mrs. Jack Or
rel, Mrs. Harley Stoler and Mrs.
Rodney Larson.
Arrive In Klamath Mr. and
Mrs. Al Motschenbacher, 2941
Bisbee, have arrived in Klam
ath Falls from Florence, Ariz.
The Motschenbachers expect
their son Verne home from
Korea in the near future.
On Leave Fred D. Floetke,
MM 3c, is home on leave from
the U. S. navy visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Floetke, 224 McKinley. Fred
reports to San Pedro, Calif., on
Monday.
Business and Lunch The
17th annual meeting of the Com
munity Congregational church
will be held at the close of morn
ing worship this Sunday. Busi
ness will follow a potluek lunch
con at 1 p. m.
Operation Mrs. Edwin Tur
ner, 241 Mortimer, has returned
to her home from Klamath Val
ley hospital after submitting to
surgery. She is greatly Im
proved, members of her family
report.- -- ,
Business Visitor! Woody A
Joe of Chiloquin and John L.
Atchley of Dairy were in Klam
ath Fails on business Friday and
Saturday.
Roger Torrey
Taken By Death
Roger Torrey, 44, former
Klamath Falls resident and son
of Mrs. Rose M. Poole of this
city, died suddenly Thursday
night at his home in Ft. Lauder
dale, Fla.. according to word re
ceived here from his wife. Helen.
Friday morning. It is under
stood death was due to a heart
ailment.
Mrs. Poole and her daughter,
Mrs. Prentice Yeomans. left last
night by train for Florida where
linal rites will be held.
Roger Torrey moved from his
native state of Michigan to
Klamath Falls with his mother
and sister in 1911. He was srad
uated from Klamath County
high school and later attended
the University of Oregon. Tor
rey enlisted in the Canadian
army at the age of 15, and
served overseas for one year dur
ing World War I.
Torrey was a writer and his
fiction was widely published.
He had just completed a new
home at Fort Lauderdale. Mrs.
Poole and Mrs. Yeomans plan to
return here early in February.
Blue Skies Seen
Over Weekend
Clear skies and warmer days
are forecast for the weekend, the
U. S. weatherman eenerouslv
'promised today; I
Temperatures dropped this
morning throughout the area and
minimum here was 8 degrees
above zero. Maximum for the
past 24 hours was 31.
Roads leading out of Klamath
Falls were in good condition. No
new snow was reported on the
summits of the three major high
ways. At Odell lake the total
snow depth was 103 inches and
chains are advised on the Willa
mette pass. There is one-way
traffic between Oakridge and
the summit.
Man Confesses
Double Slaying
KALISPELL, Mont.. Jan. 12
(JP Frank Ross. 81-year-old
bridegroom of two months, to
day pleaded guilty to a double
slaying at nearby Montana
Soldiers' Home and told District
Judge Dean King at arraign
ment: '
"I admit it. I killed them, and
I'd do it again.
Judge King said he would
sentence the Spanish-American
war veteran Monday for shoot
ing to death Mr. and Mrs. Ven-
cel btibai, both about '55, at the
home Wednesday.
Ross testified he shot the
couple because they "picked on
me."
Icy Pavement
Causes Wreck
Ice-coated pavement on high
way 66 early yesterday evening
caused a traffic accident in
volving cars driven by Sally E.
Buckncr of Klamath Falls and
Harry Ikaml of Sacramento,
Calif., about half a mile south
of the city limits.
Miss -Buckncr reported that
she was driving south on 66 and
had just rounded a curve when
she saw Ikami's Buick sedan
skidding apparently out of con
trol on her side of the road.
As she attempted to avert a
crash the other car smashed in
to the right side of her vehicle,
ripping off the front fender and
damaging the rear one. The
back end of Ikami's car struck
her car, Miss Buckner reported.
. After the crash Ikami's car
spun around and into an em
bankment headed in the opposite
direction it had been traveling.
Milton Travis, 1610 Division,
and Howard Shearer, route 3, re
ported an accident on Shasta
way this morning.
Travis snid that he had pulled
off the road to test his frozen
brakes and then nulled back on
the pavement right in front of
bhearer s car without giving a
warning signal.
Block Plant
Being Built
LAKEV1EW Construction of
a concrete block plant near the
gravel pit south of town is un
derway, and if weather condi
tions permit and needed mate
rials secured the plant will be
in operation in about a month.
The new plant, owned by A. B.
Seymour and Ben McWhorter,
local contractors, will be known
as the Concrete Products com
pany. The owners have made ar
rangements to lease some coun
ty land for the building site
and. have purchased bunkers
from the Lakeview Building
Material company. The plant
will have two bunkers, shaker
screens, batching scales, con
crete mixer, vibrating casting
table, and a steam curing room.
The company will manufac
ture building blocks and all
kinds of pre-cast concrete prod
ucts, all up to laboratory speci
fications, as materials will be
sent in for tests. The blocks
will be compacted by vibration
and steam cured.
Aroused Veteran
Punches Picket
BEAUMONT, Tex.. Jan. 12 (P)
An overseas veteran's desire to
punch the first picket I saw in
the nose" was fullfilled but the
episode landed him in jail.
,The scene - occurred . durine
picketing of the local Southwest
ern Bell Telephone company
plant yesterday. The victim was
an association of communication
workers picket who recently
was discharged from service fol
lowing 17 months overseas in
Italy. He suffered a broken
nose.
- CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our thanks
and appreciation to Klamath
Elks lodge and to our friends for
their many expressions of kind
ness and sympathy shown us in
the death of our husband and
brother, George E. Grider.
Blanche Grider
Betty Allen
Margaret Allred
Lillian Duracha
Sheriff Works
On Theft Lead
LAKEVIEW Sheriff H. A.
Cnskiuy is following a lead on
a susuect in the robbery nulled
off at the American Cleaners
und Tailors on the evening of
December 20, when four for
mals and a 'dress shirt were
stolen from the plant. It Is be
lieved that a susiioct who is be
ing traced to California may
prove involved in the theft.
The sheriff's office and state
police are also working on the
robbery of Ahlstroin's service
station some time during the
evening of December 19 or the
morning of December 20. Some
one broke into the station by
breaking a light adjacent to the
front door and removing the
night lock. Gaining entrance,
the thief made off with some
pennies from the safe. Also
missing were about five car
tons of cigarettes, two rolls of
lunch meat, a brick of cheese
and two cases of beer.
Operetta To
Be Presented
LAKEVIEW "Tom Sawyer,"
a three-act operetta, will be pre.
sentcd by the Central school in
the high school auditorium Fri
day, January 18 at 8 p. m.
The well-known story pre
sented as an operetta by Theo
dosia Paynter and G. A. Grant
Schaeffer includes 150 pupils of
the Central grade school under
the direction of Norma Butler.
The humorous and exciting
narrative of the escapades of
Tom Sawyer and his friend Huck
Finn loses none of its eerie flavor
when presented as an operetta
with solos, duets, and choruses
revealing their encounters with
friends and enemies.
The main characters In the
performance are:
Reader of poem, Kay McCol
gen. Aunt Polly. Ruth Anderson;
Tom Sawyer, Rodney Wiman;
Joe Harper, David O'Connor,
Amy Lawrence, Peggie Single
ton, Becky Thatcher. JoAnn Mc
Donald: Huck Finn, Elmer Jones:
Injun Joe, Jimmy Lange: Muff
Potter, Howard DcPriest; Widow
Douglas, Eunice Lawrence.
Nomads Invade
Iranian City
TEHRAN, Jan. 12 WP) Na
tional Gendarmerie headquarters
announced tonight that armed
nomads had invaded the Iranian ;
city of Khorramshahr from
Iraq, but were driven back
across the frontier. The tribes-
men were identified as follow-1
ers of the Shick of Khazal.
The announcement added that
the tribesmen had "forced them-J
selves Into Khorramshahr estate?
UL Wllll.ll me -auiuil iwu uiauucu
ownership."
Khorramashahr, generally re
garded as being in the British
sphere of influence, is situated
about 10 miles northwest of the
Iranian oil port of Abadan and
is only 30 miles from the Persian
gulf. The joined Tigris and
Euphrates flowing out of Iraq
and the Karun river, which
drains west central Iran, meet
at Khorramshahr.
In northern Iran calm appar
ently had been restored after
new outbreaks of violence were
reported yesterday.
Potato Growers
Meeting Slated
. Klamath Potuto Growers asso
ciation will hold a meeting of
grent Importance to potato grow
ers Monday, January 14 at 1:30
p. m,, in the 'grunge hull at Hen
ley. Among subjects of Interest to
be discussed will bo the pro
posed Brewster bill to establish
allotments on potatoes.
Furm lubor for 1U4U, disease
control and advertising Klamath
potatoes will also come under
discussion. All Interested grow
ers are urged to be present.
Classified Ads Bring Results.
Saturday- Jan. IS. !
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Visitors Mrs.-Charles Mack
of Lowell street is improving
at Hillside hospital following
an operation for the removal
of her appendix, and .may now
have visitors; -
To Practice The Eagles aux
iliary officers and drill team
are asked to meet Sunday at
2:30 p. m. in lower FOE hall
lo practice. ...
From Boise K. A. Moore is
home after a business trip to
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Bus Drivers Will
Vote On Contract
PORTLAND, Jan. 12 (IP)
The 192 striking bus drivers
of Overland Greyhound west
ern routes will vote on a new
contract offered by the com
pany to settle the three and a
half month strike.
Harold Oathes, business agent
of the AFL union, said his
members would vote at meet
ings in Salt Lake City, Boise,
Pocatello, Spokane and Port
land. Results will be announced
in several days.
Neither the. union nor the
company disclosed the contract
terms.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our heart
felt thanks and appreciation for
the acts of kindness,, the mes
sages of sympathy and the many
beautiful floral offerings during
our recent bereavement, our
darling Nonie.
John C. McClelland
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Clement
Douglas W. Clement
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Wiard
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wiard
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Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lunilsten
Mr and Mrs H. E. Stiles
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