OUT OF THE PAST: County to collect aluminum for defense industry
Collection of old aluminum for use in defense industries will be the first task of the Wallowa County Defense Council, which was organized last Wednesday night at a meeting in the courthouse. … The committee for gathering the aluminum consists of C.H. Zurcher, chairman; Dr. B.R. Scharff, A.S. McKinley, Raymond Smith, M. Crow, Fred Himelwright, Willard Lewis and G.D. Best.
When the new Safeway grocery store opens in Enterprise tomorrow, much that is new in merchandising facilities in Wallowa County will be disclosed. The store is one of 48 new buildings recently constructed in the west and the end is not yet. … All are alike in size, equipment and arrangement of stock. A patron familiar with one Safeway store will find everything in the same place in every other.
James A. Burleigh passed away Wednesday, July 16, 1941, at his home in Enterprise. … For many years Mr. Burleigh was recognized as perhaps the leading lawyer of Eastern Oregon. … He was born at Bellton, W.V., and came to Wallowa County in 1888.
Safeway Grand Opening, July 18 & 19 – Free candy bars, ice tea served, hostess cake demonstrations. Sirloin steak, 25c/lb.; fresh salmon, 17c/lb.; sugar, 10 lb. cloth bag, 59c; Brown Derby beer, case (24 cans), $2.15; watermelons, 2 ½ c/lb.; Ball or Kerr Mason jars, 83c/dozen.
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