Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-08-17
TURNER NEWS
(Capital journal special seruicel

Capital journal Special Service)
Turner, Or, Aug. I'D. l.. Webb took
seriously ill at Breightenbush Hot
Springs, he was brought home Tuesday
Harvey Ransom is away on his va
cation, Irwin Robertson is clerking dur
ing his absence.
Prof V. V. Willis is improving.
Mrs. Ida Belknap stopped in Turner
this week enroute home from Fossil,
Oregon.
Mrs. M. B. White has been visiting
her father V. v. Willis.
Mrs. Lena Moore and Mrs. Lou Small
were callers en- Mrs. Lars Larsen who
is quite ill in Salem.
Mrs. Mary Barr was in Salem Mon
day on business.
Mrs. Palmerton and Mrs. L. w. Rob-
ertson were in Salem Tuesday shopping.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Witzel and daugh-
ter Goldie OF Salem spent Sunday with
l.. d. Barr.
Mr.. Davis, the machinist at the Flax
plant left Wednesday afternoon for a
few days in Portland.
Warner Lee, Mr.. Battern and Mr..
Parks have rented the Jay Baker
threshing outfit for the season and es-
DCCI " UCkAh WOfA 4nuIcudI ks
Jay is at TT. Leon Springs, Texas, drill
ing hard SO his letters home say. In one
letter to his mother he gives her the
brief outline of what they do each day.
and the time seems pretty much taken
up from 4:45 a. m. until 8 p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thiessen went to New
berg to see Mrs. Thiessens brother,
home on furlough, Corporal Gerald h.
Cover, medical department U. s. army.
Miss Ruth Parsons of Salem, is visit
ing at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
A. Thiessen.
Mrs. Emma Cornelius Howell of Port
land, who came up to attend her broth
er-in-law's funeral, the late VIM. Hill
larry, is visiting at the homes of her
brothers, 0. I'll. p. and Addison Cor
nelius, also with Aunt Amy Cornelius.
Mrs. Ada Crawford, Mrs. Geo. L. Morris
and Mrs. Malinda Barzes.
G.. w. eHunsaber and wife spent last
Friday in Stayton, it being the occasion
of Mr.. Miller Is mothers birthday.
Mrs. M. A. Peek is visiting her cousin
Mrs. Henry Hughes of Oregon City.
Mrs. Jas. Rosman of Salem, and Mrs.
Lizzy Poewll of Los Angeles, Cal, are
also visiting Mrs. Hughes. The four la
dies were school mates and friends in
early girlhood days.
Rev. Mcfarland, John Chavis and Lee
Crawford went to Marion, where they
are joined by several boys and all go
for a hike and camping trip along the
Santiam river.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Burkhart, of Al
bany were callers at the Crawford home
Sunday.
The funeral services of William M.
Hilleary of Brownsville, but formerly of
Turner, who died Saturday afternoon in
st. Mary Is hospital at Albany, was held
from the Presbyterian church of this
place on Monday, August 10. Rev. A.
j. Hunsaker of McMinnville, a life
long friend of the family preached the
funeral sermon, and the grange or
which Mr.. Hilleary was charter mem
Der, and leader in the state for many
years, took charge at the grave. In the
forenoon the G. A. r. held services at
Albany with Cyrus w. Walker, director.
Mr.. Hilleary was prominent in the pub
lie affairs of Oregon for half century.
He was born near Burlington, Ia, in
1910, and crossed the plains by OK team
to California in 1861. He came to Ore
con in the same year and located near
the present town of Turner, where he
resided continuously until years ago,
when he moved to Brownsville. Mr.. Hill
leary was married to Miss Irene Cor
nelius, daughter of the late George Cor
nelius, and together they have worked
as companions, and had he lived two
weeks longer they would have celebrat-
ed their golden wedding. One SON Lloyd
is left them, son, Homer, and a daugh-
ter Clara haTing passed away. Mr.. Hill
leary was an upright man and viii be
greatly missed.