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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

*Adverfiring oppeors in qllernqte i5sues. Acme 5*h & Bqlqnce Co..-.--.----...,-----, * Anericqn Hordwood Co.

* Americqn Lumber qnd Tleoting

Oli,hanaa

Mrs. Arvillc B. Steflensen

Mortin Plywood Co. -.--.--.--------------.---.-.-.-

Mqrsh Woll Products, lnc. -..---,---.----.--.-

Mcdinez Co., t. W, -.......-,-...,-.---..,.,,,.....

CorDorqtion

\Irs. Arr.iila B. Steffensen. 67. n'ife of Elmer E. Steffensen. lvell known Southern California lumberman now retired, passed arvay in the Fullerton Hospital on July 31. Born at Clayton, Minn., she had been a resident of Fullerton for the past twenty-three years and of California for thirty years.

Besides l.rer husband, she leaves a son, J. Leslie Steffensen, prlrchasing agent for the Barr Lumber Company at Santa Ana; tu'o grandsons; her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Noakes of Fullerton; a sister, Mrs. M. J. Graham of Arcadia; and a brother, James H. Noakes of Mandan, North I )akota.

Funeral seryices u'ere helcl Wednesday morning, August 2. at the Fullerton Baptist Church, the Rev. Ernest A. \\iright Jr., former assistant pastor, officiating.

In<., Lumber Divi3ion -- I

Portlond Cement Associqlion .,.-,-.,..--,... *

Red Cedor Shingle Bureou .,...........,,....... *

Ri<<i E Kruse Lumber Co, --...---------.--..,.-.. 53

Rosc Cqrrier Co. .---.-.-.----..---.--..--.--...---.* Rounds T.oding Compony -...,,.,,----.,,,,-, I2

Rudbo.h & Co., John A, -.,,,.,,...,,.-,,.---.--

Fe Lumber Co.

Bomb Site Becomes \(/ar Shrine

Bly, Oregon-On August 20 a bronze plaque set in a native stone monument nrill be unveiled to commemorate civilian \rictinls of an airborne enemy assault. The lonely sitc, to be knou.n as Mitchell Recreation Area, is on tree farm land ou'ned by Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, u'hich is sponsoring the ceremony, according to R. R. X{ac.rrtney, general manager of the company's Klamath Falls, ()rcg,,rr br;rnch ()l)eration.

It rr.as on N[ay 5, 1945 that dealh visited near Bly, a lunrber torvn of about 600 people, 45 miles east of Klamath Falls.

Four bo1's and a girl. ages 11 to 14, and a young married \\'()man met instant death on a picnic outing when they picked up and detonated a bomb attached to a grounded J;rpanese balloon.

Foresl Produ(13 Sole: Compony --..-...

Fountoin Lumber Co., Ed

Freemon 8 Co., Slephen G............-...

Gorcio Troffi< 5eruice, B. R,....-..-..-...

Gomergton & Green Lumber Co.

Gerlinger Corrier Co.

Gilbreoth Chemicql Co.

Gordon, Wm. N. ....---..---.--.----.---..--....-..

Gosslin-Hording Lumber Co.

Holey Bros. ........,,..,.,. 5l

Holl, Jmes L. .-...-----.---...-..----...........,..,.-. I

Hmmond Lumber Co. -- .-.--.-.-...-...-......,

Innocent victims of this lurking death u'ere : Mrs. Elsie N{itchell, 26; Jay Gifford, l3; Edr.vard Engen, 13; Dick Patzke, 14; Joan PaLzke, 13, and Sherman Shoemaker, 11, all Bly residents at the time. Mrs. Mitchell \\,as the wife of Reverend A. E. N{itchel1. nolr' stationed in Indo-China. The recreation area is named after Xfr. and I\frs. Nfitchell, lcaclers of the fatal outing party.

Feature addresses at the dedication ceremon)- u,ill be nrade by a representatirre of Lt. General Albert Wedenrever, Commancler of the Sixth Army, and Governor McIiav of Oregon. Lake county officials and men identified \\'ith the war incident over five years ago \\'ill also appear ()n the program. Families of the victims rvill be honored guests and lvill receive commemorative arvards from the United States Army, according to present plans.

According to R. R. Macartney, the ceremony will be open to the public. Because of the isolated nature of the dedication site, arrangements for transportation and refreshments n'ill be announced at a later date.

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