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Here Friday Night;
Hillsboro, Oregon, Thurndny, December 2
Hillsboro Argus and Hillsboro Independent Consolidated in 1932
Annual International Good Will Drive
Car, Bus Hit;
One Dead, 10
Are Injured
.
Burton B. Cairn« Die*
For Saturday Afternoon
Head-on Crash Friday
One man
By Hillsbcro Chamber
killed
instantly,
With the
Christmas i
absence of traditional
"white"
weather. Washington county resi
dent vere joyou: ly lost in a tangle
of tinsel and gift wrapping this
week as they prepared for the
year's most loved holiday we< k-
end
Indication of extensive gift-giv
ing on Christmas Dav was seen in
reports from crowded Hillsboro
stores and shops Saturday that -ale-
for that day had topped al! previ-
mid eight others were treated tor
minor hurts Friday afternoon when
an auto and a Portland-bound Ore
gon Motor bus collided head-on on
the Pacific highway mar Tigard.
Death made its claim on Burton
was an architect in the Sun Fran
cisco regional office of the farm
security adnilnisti ation. according
to Stute Officer 11 G Hoxie.
PaMenger Hurt
Most seriously injured was Gar
rett Eckbo, 29. of Sun Francisco,
who was treated in the St Vin
cent's hospital, Portland, for a po-
sible skull fracture und eorn|><>und
fracture of the lower right leg lie
was a passenger in the Cairns car.
A leg injury and shock sent Mrs
Ruth E McClamrock of Portland.
a bus
to the
Samaritan hospital for treatment
Donald Thomas Fahey of McMinn
ville, driver of the bus, wax among
the eight persons who suffered
minor bruises and lacerations.
turn-overs
Mrs. Flint
Early County
Resident, Dies
Sunshine Maybe?
Ordinance for Revenue
Bonds Passed by Council
An ordinance calling for issuance of $180,000 in water
revenue bonds for the triple purpose of purchasing, im
proving and operating the existing water system in Hills
boro was passed by the city council in special session
Wednsday night. The ordinance will become effective in
30 days.
Of the total authorization, $160,000 is explicitly named
Fire Destroys
Jack Gottlieb
Farm Home
Brother, Sister are Re-united
After Separation of 49 Years;
Recognition Difficulties Told
A happy reunion Sunday was the meeting of A. (' . Wil-
son, 63, and his “big sister," Mrs, Evert Richman, 74,
who had not seen each other since separation 49 years
ago.
They met at the Union depot in Portland, where Mrs.
Richman left a train which had just come in from Med
ford. She had sent him a description of herself and of
the clothes she would be wearing#..... ...... - ----- ------------ -----
In County Since 1516
A contracting carpenter by trade.
Wilson has been
resident of
Washington county since 1916 His
home al the present time is just
north of Hillsboro's city limits on
the old North Plains road.
Possessing a tenacious and un
failing memory for details, Wilson
did not hesitate in giving an Argus
interviewer exact dates sketching
his and his sister'« lives
we
"I remember the very
last saw each other," he said "It
was in Dixie. Washington, on Oc
tober 12, 1899 We didn't exactly
expect to get separated so long
.... A lot of water has run under
the bridge since then. I guess we
don't look much the same us we
did.”
Procuring an old family album
which contains pictures of both his
und Mrs. Ricluuuu's grandparents us
for
Announcement was made by
Chambc r of Commerce
;tary
Leon Davis, meanwhile that a gila
Yulctide program will be broadcast
over a loud speaker system from
tht chamber offices hero Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. In addition
to Lucille Fisher and her children's
chorus from the B W. Barnes
school, who will again be featured
in a
•s of Christmas carols, two
other attractions have been billed,
Tom Baker and his violin will en-
tcrtain on the broadcast and a
number of vocal selections will be
rendered by a girls' quartet from
the Hillsboro high school music de
partment.
Mrs A B Flint, 67. resident of
Scholls for inuny years, died at the
Good Samaritan hospital m Port ------------------------------------- ----
----- *as the citv S top ppronriation for
land Friday after an illness of
j purchase of the company's fixed op-
several weeks.
| erating facilities. None of the bonds
Funeral services were held Mon
arc to be issued, the law provides,
day aflcrmam nt the Scholls Metho
until such time as a transfer of the
dist church with Rev. F R. Sibley
company properties has been nego
officiating Interment was in Moun
tiated but the entire issue will
tainside cemetery. Pallbearers were
be offered for sate on the effective
W C. Christensen and J W Con
date.
nell of Hillsboro. Charles Imlay
The $20,000 cash thus realized in
and Henry Hagg of Recdvllle, Ce
excess of the purchase appropri-
cil Barnes of Beaverton and Ves
The farm home of Jack Gottlieb, I ation would be used for immediate
Baney of Cooper Mountain. Bert three miles north of Hillsboro on i necessary repairs to the system and
Rowell and Mis J. M Stretcher the Jackson school road, burned to j for opening operation of the utility,
sang, with Mrs. Ina Sutherland as the ground early Monday morning The council's original plan of au-
accompanist.
with a loss estimated at about thorizing $290.000 was abandoned in
Cornelia A York was born in $2000
favor of issuing only the amount
Little Rock. Ark , April 14. 1872.
A L Brock and Lester Lackey immediately needed.
daughter of the late J W and Mar of the Hillsboro volunteer fire de
Negotiations relevant to purchase
garet York They came to Oregon partment responded with the rural of the utility will be continued,
in March. 1877, settling first at rig at about 7:15 a. in but arrived meanwhile, between city officials
Cornelius, and in February. 1879. , .
— to save the house, which and the Peoples Water and Gas
moving to Rendville She was mar- was already completely enveloped company, according to City Man
lied to Arthur B Flint November | in flames A fruithouse and wood ager J. W Barney. If some agree
9. 1898. and lived at Scholls the re shed adjoining the burning build ment as to a fair purchase price
mainder of her life.
ing were saved by a dousing of for the company properties cannot
Deceased is survived by the
be reached, filing of a condcm- I
widower; four children, Mis’ Julia
Cause of the fire was believed to nation suit in circuit court to set
E McInnis of Rendville. Leland A. be a defective flue Gottlieb suf a price may be the city's only al- I
Flint of Kinton. Waldo B and Mar- fered burns on his hands and arms ternative, Barney declared.
garet E
of Scholls; seven when he went upstairs with a gar
Revenue bonds do not mean add- 1
grandchildren; two brothers, Jody den hose and attempted to ex cd tax burden to a city inasmuch
T. York of Aloha and John A. York tinguish the blaze before it spread as they arc redeemed with income !
of Reedville. and two sisters. Mrs. out of control but was forced to derived from operation of the util
Charity Baldra of Portland and abandon the house because of acrid ity to be purchased, it is pointed
Mrs. Alice Hughes of Oswego.
smoke which choked him Brock out by City Attorney Paul Patter- '
Mrs. Flint was a charter member administered first aid to the burned son. The $180.000 issue will be
matured over a period of 21 years
of Scholls Grange and a member of fire victim.
Beaver chapter Eastern Star.
According to an account by Gott at the rate of $8000 per year, he j
lieb. smoke was first noticed in the said.
Funeral arrangements
charge of W E Pegg of Beaverton
(Continued on page 8)
so he had little trouble finding her
in the crowded station.
"If we'd met on the street, we'd
never have recognized each other.
I'll admit," Wilson said, "I bad a
bit of difficulty at that . . . almost
stopped another woman, but she
didn't look just right."
contemplated
Yule Program Set
Account Given
Fahey's ncocunt of
■
the accident,
corroborated by witnesses, said
that Cairn'« car skidded Into the
path of the bus and sent both ve
hicles crashing into (he ditch from
the impact of the head-on collision
Passengers in the bus who suf
fered superficial injuries were Miss
Una E Smith, 75 McMinnville;
Miss Hazel Fau and Miss Jean Lar
sen. Linfield college students. Mc
Minnville. Mrs Boyd Ramsey, Van
couver. Wash , Miss Norma Justin
and Miss Vivian Stoneman, both of
Bremerton. Wash . and Miss Elea
nor Adams. Seattle
(Picture on page 3)
are
well as many old curious tintypes
and one genuine daguerreotype, he
thumbed the pages and indicated a
picture of hinutelf taken in Albany,
Oregon, when he was 18 and an
other of he and his sister when
they were tiny tots.
Mrs. Richman has been a resident
of Oregon since 1893. She and her
husband, only recently deceased,
homesteaded at Troy, Oregon, in
that year and had resided there un
til November. 1938. when they pur
chased a home in Wallowa.
Horn In Oregon
"We’re dyed-in-fhe wool Oregon
ians." Wilson said proudly when
questioned concerning the place of
his birth He was born in Prine
ville. April lit, 1878. and she in Al
bany, March 13. 1865 Their par
ents came to California from Ten
nessee in 18.>2 and migrated to the
Willamette valley in 1858.
Each of them have six children,
two of Wilson's sons having been
born in Washington county. They
are Joseph, born near Connell sta
tion and now employed at North
Plains, and Donald, born at Orenco
and now living at home.
(Picture ou this page)
Tivo Days Left
To Enter Xmas
Lighting Contest
Adding to the gaiely of Hills
boro's
Yulctide
season.
proud
home-owners were busy this week
stringing outdoor lights and pre
paring novel night exhibits for
prize competition in the annual Ru
Christmas
home
tary-sponsored
lighting contest.
Only two day remain for those
intending to enter the contest to
turn in their entry blanks and be
come eligible for competition in the
cash prize event. The contest will
officially close at 5 p. m. tomorrow
i Friday >.
t Nick wa- one of the party's
i" per onages, however, for
h. pl< asant duty to stand
a large Christmas tree and
ut<- presents to all attending.
H
MacKenzie, chairman of the
in charge of arranging
presided at the dinner
during a novelty Yulc-
vhich
followed. Tom
Bailey and Al Busch were the other
Xma- party committee members.
B u . m 1 i
Best Hunter"
Among
special gift-receiv-
< r at the evening affair was Bob
Busch, who was presented with a
chamber of commerce present in
recognition of his abilities as the
"most skilled hunter" in this civic
behalf of the chamber. R W
Weil presented gifts to six girls
from the B W Barnes home eco-
nomi
cla-s in gratitude for their
table waiting services at chamber
of commerce dinners through the
past year H irry Bates, represent
ing the Hillsboro Pharmacy, also
gave each girl a gift. They were
Molly O'Donnell, Gale Kohlmeier.
Irene Jones Beverly Gray. Helen
Holm and Joan Grass.
Davises Get Present
In appreciation of splendid ser
vice- rendered during the past year,
chamber of commerce members
gave Secretary and Mrs. Leon Da
vi- a present On the musical en
tertainment program were Wayne
Nickeson and "Happy" Hansen.
professional guitar and banjo team,
and Tom Baker, vocalist, who was
accompanied by his mother,
H C. Baker.
Vocal numbers were also ren-
dered by a quartet and trio of stu-
dents from the Hillsboro high
school music department. They
.cere Nancy West. Viola Bean and
Vida Bean, who sang three semi-
populur songs, and Evelyn Ann
B i-c
Neva Ziegler. Donna Mae
H ird and Marjorie Sigler, who sang
M
Hurd
accompanied the girls on the piano.
While weather observers were
waiting for the year's first killing
frost and declaring the probability
that blue skies instead of snow-
might prevail on Christmas day.
odds and ends of business were be-
ing cleaned up by Hillsboro stores
and offices in preparation for a two-
day closing on Sunday and M >n-
It was almost a county Grange day Deccmber 24 and 25. In keep-
conference here last Wednesday ing with holiday custom, the Hills-
night when over 150 officers and boro Argus will close its doors on
members
of seven community those two days and will distribute
Granges assembled in the Hills- its next edition on Friday. Decem
boro hall for joint installation of ber 29. one day later than usual.
their new leaders. Seventeen offi-
Chamber of commerce meetings
cers represented each group.
are at an end until the night of
Grangemasters who officially took January 8. the next two Mondays
over new duties for the coming being Christmas and New Years
year were E W. VanHorn. Kinton; Day. Davis announced. The first
Walter L Jaquith, Scholls; T. N meeting of the new year will feat
Nelson. Dixie Mountain;
ure a news review in pictures of
Whitaker. Hillsboro; H. R. Find activities in Hillsboro and vicinity
ley. Leedy; Oscar Hagg. Aloha during the year 1939 A main speak
America's Red Cross, already
Mrs John H Dobbins, Beaverton er will also be on the program.
rushing aid to thousands of suffer
and Mrs. Sadie Loftis, Washington Poultry Favored
ing people in Finland, this week
Grange
In addition to the worry of what
Theodore Roy, Grange deputy of to buy for dad and junior and sis announced opening of a fund for
Multnomah county, conducted the ter. Washington county housewives contributions towards relief of the
installation ceremony with the as found themselves confronted with Finnish people, suffering now as a
sistance of Mrs. Roy and Claude the problem of what to prepare for result of the Russian invasion ol
H Miller. Multnomah county Po a Christmas meal. Turkeys and their country.
"Thousands of helpless men. wo
mona master. The Russellville chickens are the cver-favorite mam
Grange drill team from Multnomah courses for 1939 tables, it would ap men and children of Finland w’U
county staged a fancy drill follow pear from advance orders being re become increasingly in need as
ing installation, and refreshments ceived by county poultry raisers winter advances. There are emergent
needs for medical and other sup
were served in the dining hall
while ingredients for fniit cakes,
Another joint installation, at Ti plum pudding. pumpkin, apple and plies and assistance." declared Nor
man
H. Davis, national chairman
gard. will be held tonight (Thurs mince pies and other culinary cre-
of the Red Cross. "Our organization
day) with Sherwood and Tualatin ations
taking their annual
granges participating Charles Dick share of popularity in grocery stores. has already made initial shipments
of medicines, but needs funds for
inson of Oswego was installing of
With only two days left to enter
ficer for an installation of officers the contest. Hillsboro home-owners future increasing needs. The Re<
in the Green Mountain Grange at i were hurrying this week to get Cross will receive and administer
contributions designated for Fin-
Buxton Saturday night.
their decorations up and file entry nish relief, and all funds so desig
i blanks for eligibility in the cash nated will be applied wholly t(
prize competition of the. annual that purpose."
Legion Meet Off
War sufferers of all nations al-
Hillsboro post. American Legion, Rotary-sponsored home lighting
contest.
<For additional details, see ready involved in conflict are bc-
will not hold a meeting next Tues
story
on
this
page.)
ing aided by the Red Cross at pres
day night on account of the busy
ent. but growing hostilities abroad
holiday season. Next meeting will Gifts for Needy
be January 9.
Lest the county
unfortunate indicate the probability of growing
J children and families be forgotten, demands in the near future. The
the county welfare office w a s recently-namde Hoover committee
wrapping toys, clothing and food- is co-eperating with the Red Cross
in aiding Finland, with the com
Hillsboro Argus will be stuffs donated by charitable citi- mittee furnishing food, clothing and
zens here for distribution before similar supplies while the Red
distributed throughout the the Christmas
holidays to the un- Cross provides medicine and surgi
county on Friday morning employed and needy. Toys and cal necessities. W F Norman of
next week instead of Thurs clothing collected by the Lions club Aloha. County Red Cross chairman,
day on account of the here were loaded into a truck and asks all roll call chairmen, to co
Christmas observance Mon delivered to the welfare office operate by accepting contributions
Wednesday night.
for the Finnish relief.
day. The Argus, like other
Contributions from Washington
A word of caution concerning the
local business firms, will be dangers of fire around Christmas- county are being accepted at the
Hillsboro Argus office, or with Red
closed
all - day
Monday. tunc
issued Wednesday by Cross chairmen in other commun
People are asked to please Fire Marshal Wilbur Dillon "Well ities. it was announced by Mrs. E
turn in their copy as early have a black Christmas instead of a C. McKinney, local chairman.
as possible. Deadline for bright Christmas." Dillon declar
ed, "if Hillsboro residents are not
Classified ads will be at extremely careful in wiring then-
8:30 a. m. Thursday.
trees and outdoor decorations."
Over 150 Grangers
Assemble Here for
Joint Installation
Red Cross Opens
Drive to Aid
Finlanders
Argus Day Late
They Hardly Look Like Us
Grand Jury
Returns Five
Indictments
Five indictments, two onen and
iree secret, were returned by the
mnty grand jury as that body ad-
jourm-d its regular December ses
sion Monday after an investigative
meeting which extended over three
davs
Dclmer Lambert 26. was indicted
in the first true bill on a charge of
receiving stolen property. Lambert
was named in the confession of
two admitted walnut thieves as the
man who bought their stolen sacks
of orchard produce Lambert is now
at liberty on $599 bail.
H W. Poe. who was caught prowl
ing in a blacksmith shop at Dixon's
mill rccentlv was charged with
burglary not in a dwelling in the
bill.
appre
hended bv mill employes after
night chase
Tour on Friday
Judges appointed by the lighting
contesi committee will four the
city Friday night directly following
the deadline hour and will make
final decisions on the most attract
ively decorated homes after view
ing exhibits of those whose names
have been turned in on entry
blanks.
Prizes have been established this
year for two classifications, the
General Home division, with a first
prize of $5 and a second award of
|2.50. and the Doors and Windows
division, with $3 as first prize and
$2 for second.
Residents who have already dec
orated their homes and are intend
ing to enter the contest will only
be eligible by filling out an entry
blank and returning it to the Argus
office before the deadline. < An of
ficial entry blank / printed on page
6, this section >
"The small number of entries re
ceived thus far in the prize contest
leaves plenty of room for some at
tractively decorated home to win
one of the four prizes." it was com
mented Wednesday by Fred Amach-
er. chairman of the committee in
charge.
ut in his second
ice in
Hillsboro
the annual cham-
• Christmas party
party guest
him as the tainted per-
called him "Ross" or "Mr
me of the other guests Almost 100
t-hamber members and their wives
Street Entertainment Set
Mrs. Evert Richman, 74. and A. C. Wilson. 63. brother and sister.
who saw each other for the first time Sunday ; rfter a separation
of 49 years, referred to their respective family al Ibinns when they
arrived at Mr. Wilson's home near Hillsboro and
;
decided they
wouldn't hate recognized each other if they had met on the
street. (Their story; Bottom column one, this po^e)
Of Xmas Holidays
Is the Argus Wish
For All Subscribers
Volume 46, No. 41 Two Sections—Sixteen Pages
Santa Denied
False Identity
Pre - Holiday
Activities
Rush County
The Very Best
To Attend OSTA Meet
Many of Washington county'»
grade and high school teachers arc
planning to attend the annual
meeting of the Oregon State Teach
ers' association in Lincoln high
school. Portland, on December 27.
28 and 29. according to County
School Superintendent O. B. Kraus.
Business sessions will be held on
the first of the three days, Kraus
said.
Electric Rate Reductions
Effective on January 1
Savings Up to 30 Per Cent on Monthly
Bills to Favor Low Use Customers
Rate reductions up to 30 per cent for Portlab ! Gen
eral Electric company customers in Washingt'- . county
will go into effect on January 1, 1940, in acco- .ance with
a new rate schedule proposed by PGE officials and tenta
tively approved by the state public utilities commissioner
Wednesday, according to word from R. R. Easter, Tuala-
'tin Valley branch manager
The approved rates, also being of
fered by the Northwestern Electric
company, will mean a total saving
of $700,000 annually to 1M.000 resi
dential customers served by the two
companies. Northwestern Electric
has no service in Washington coun-
Merger of Two
Savings Firms
Here Probable
Other Reductions May 1
Approval has just been received
from Washington. D. C.. by the
Washington Savings and Loan as
sociation of Hillsboro for a 100 per
cent conversion into a federally
chartered association with perma
nent federal insurance up to $5000
per account, according to J M Per
son manager of the association.
This means that every account
will be transferred in full and in
addition will receive insurance un
der the regular federal plan up to
$5000 without any charge. The new
institution will be known as the
Washington Federal Savings and
Loan association and it is con
templated that it will merge with
its companion association, the Tu
alatin Valley Federal Savings and
Loan association, which is already
under federal charter and federal ,
ly insured. The two will then oper '
ate as a single institution.
Founded in 1925
Including commercial rate reduc
tions, promised beginning May 1.
the total savings for customers of
both systems will be increased to
an aggregate of $1,340.000, officials
estimated.
In stamping tentative approval
for the rates. State Utilities Com
missioner Ormond R. Bean reserved
the right to make adjustments after
further studies but definitely okay
ed January 1 as the effective date
for new rates of both companies.
Washington county residents, in
cluding customers in Hillsboro and
other municipalities as well as those
residing on rural routes, would en
joy exactly the same rates as resi
dents of Portland under the pro
posed system of rates.
Starting at 3.5 cents for the first
50 kilowatt hours as compared with
5.0 cents for the first 40 kilowatt
nours under the present cost sched-
ule. the new rates would bring the
greatests savings to small consum
ers. With the minimum monthly bill
reduced from $1 to 85 cents, user of
only 25 kilowatt hours per month
would get a ...
bill _ of 88 cents as
compared
cornPared * 16275553 r--------- The
saving. 37 cents, would be 30 per
cent.
Washington Savings and Loan as
sociation was founded in 1925 by J.
M Person, its present manager, and
is among the few institutions in [
this state which maintained an un-'
broken record of dividends through
out the depression. It has also main Low Rate Restricted
The seven mills per KWH rate
tained sufficient liquidity to meet
the ordinary needs of its investors listed under the proposed schedule,
at all times with the exception of it is pointed out, applies only to
a short period during the "bank use of electricity for hot water
holiday" of 1933. The association heating. If no electricity for this
was the first in the state of Ore purpose is used over and aoove the
gon to construct its own home of first 325 kilowatt hours, the pres
fice building, which was built in ent rate of eight mills per KWH for
the year of 1930 and in which both such use would still be in effect.
The eight-mill rate is at the pres-
associations are now quartered.
Notices to its savings account ।
¿'T6, bn‘n?
by users
:.holders are now in process of being °‘ electrically-heated water on a
mailed for a special meeti: g to
meter
ratify conversion into a federal as-
r.ai? reductions mean more
sociation. There are also a number ,ban Just the initial savings, East-
of formalities to be completed be- er P0111^ out ln comments on the
fore consummation of conversion. proposed lowering of monthly bills.
"A pronounced increase in the con
sumption of electricity and a wide
spread tendency toward use of more
electric appliances will follow with
a resultant pickup of sales in this
I line."
Franklin T Griffith, president of
the PGE. declared in a public
'"Made to Order Christmas." a statement concerning the new rates:
one-act comedy directed by Frank “It is our hope and expectation
Roberts, will be presented at 8 p. that the inducement of the lower
m Thursday at the Hillsboro union rates will rapidly increase the
high school auditorium. The pro average consumption of our do
gram is free and the public is in mestic customers. The principle of
vited. Lynn Michel is arranging the the proposed rate is to increase the
uses of electric service at lower
music.
Cast in the play includes Ned unit costs and eventually restore
Ross. Jim Abts, Marjorie Sigler. the earning power of the company."
In comparison with the present
Stanford Grey. Ceolla Gernhart down-scaled
cost schedule, the new
and Frank Ryan.
rate system would mean smaller
Jim Abts is stage manager and percentage savings to large con
the dramatic class is building the sumers. The new and old rates and
stage §et.
a schedule indicating savings fot
The same program will be pre various levels of monthly consump
sented in assembly on Friday.
tion will be found on page 8.
Program Slated
Hilhi Tonight
Social Security Benefits Under
Amended Law to Be Paid After
January 1, Peebles Announces
Monthly benefits to aged workers and to survivors of
workers who die will be made after January 1 under pro
visions of the federal social security act as amended at the
last regular session of congress.
The Portland office of the federal social security board
will receive applications for these benefits from eligible
Music Featured
At Lions Party
An all-musical program was en
joyed by the 40 Lions club mem
bers and their wives who attend-
ed the club's annual Christmas
party here Tuesday ngiht.
Headline entertainers on the eve
ning program were Wayne "Nick
Wayne" Nickeson and Verne “Hap
ly" Hansen, banjo and guitar team
known in midwest theatre circles
as the "sophisticrats," who pre-
sented a 45-minute rendition of
cowboy and popular tunes.
Others on the entertainment bill
were Hughie Ring of Orenco. union
high school student, who accom
panied himself on the guitar for
three vocal selections. Byrle Ramp,
well-known Hillsboro pianist, ren
dered a number of piano solos and
presented two of his pupils, Gloria
Bates and Naotni Hamel, in re-
Rains Damage Roads
LAUREL—The heavy rams of last
week did considerable damage to
several dirt fills that were made
during the summer. The road crews
were kept busy hauling dirt and
rock to stop the washing. The re
cent rain is the first of the season
to cause the water to flow in road
side ditches.
persons in Hood River. Clackamas.
•Multnomah.
Yamhill. Tillamook.
Washington. Columbia. Clatsop and
Wasco counties, according to an
announcement by James E. Peebles,
Portland manager.
Law Explained
These monthly benefits. Peeblel
explains, will be based entirely on
work performed since January 1.
1937. at jobs covered by the social
security act. All lines of commer
cial and industrial employment are
under the law. Workers in these
jobs are required to have a social
account card They also pay a tax
of one per cent of their wages and
salaries and the employer pays an
equal amount.
The following groups of persons
are entitled to these benefits:
(D Workers of age 65 or more
who choose to retire and who have
worked in at least six calendar
quarters since January 1. 1937. and
earned at least $50 in each quarter.
<2* The surviving widow and
children of a worker who dies after
December 31 if there is a child un
der age 16 or under 18 and in school.
The deceased worker must also
have had the six quarters of em
ployment stated above.
13 Surviving parents who were
wholly dependent on an unmarried
son or daughter may receive bene
fits when each parent attains 65.
The deceased worker must have
been fully insured under the law
at time of death.
Booklets explaining the old-age
and survivors benefits plan of the
social security act may be obtained
without charge by addressing the
social security board Old Post Of
fice Building, Portland.