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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1929)
The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem Oregon, Thnreday Morning-, Angnst 8, 1923 PAGET FIRST MEETING TO STAHTTDQAY Mrs. Jessie Kelly Presides Women Veterans Hold . Their Sessions Salem Legion Post Takes Active Part in Sponsoring $50,000 Municipal Port Artist's View of Salem's New Municipal Airport 1 1 1 f4 ft .Ex-service women and wives of ex-service men have not flocked to Salem only to look upon the annual conven tion of the Amrican Legion, for they will hold their own annual meeting in conjunc tion with the three-day cele bration and business session of the men. The official aux iliary program gets under way at 7 :30 o clock this morning with registration of delegates and alternates with the department secretary in the senate chamber of the state capitol. About 145 del egates are expected. First meeting of the auxiliary will begin at 8 o'clock this morn ing, with Mrs. Jeseie Kelly of Portland, department president. In the chair. Following advance ment of colors and pledge of al legiance and salute to the flag, Mrs. L. C. Gatchell of Lebanon, department chaplain, will give the invocation. Miss Tartar to Lead Ringing of the "Star Spangled Banner" and group songs will be led by Lena Belle Tartar", Salem vocal instructor and head af the music department at the Salem high school. Following thi3 the session will close with reports from the credentials committee and the committee on commit tees, adjourning in time that the women may attend the public mass meeting for Legion opening ceremonies at Wilkon perk at 10 o'clock. At 11 o'clock all convention committees of the Legion are scheduled-to meet in the commit tee rooms of Eaton hall, on the Willamette university campus. The afternoon business session will begin promptly at 1 o'clock, and following call to order by Mrs. Kelly, there will be com munity singing and special music. Reports lp Thursday . Reports of the year's wo;k and outlines of future plans from the following w511 occupy the re?t of the afternoon session: rules com mittee; Mrs. Ke'.lr, depnrtment president; Mrs. Rose Wilcox of Antelope, national committee woman; Mrs. Newton Chaney of Medford, vice-president; Mrs. J. W. Mclnturff of Marshfield, secretary-treasurer; department fi nance committee; Mrs. Allen Cleveland of Salem, historian; Mrs. Otto Heider of Sheridan. Mrs. Harriet F. Gemmell of Heppner and Mrs. W. W. Stuart of Albany, .district committee women. Committees on constitu tional amendments, publicity, leg islation, membership, American ism, community service and guar dianship will also report. The group will adjourn at 3 o'clock Members of the Auxiliary will be guests at a garden party from 4 to C o'clock this afternoon at the home of Mr3. Clifford Brown, 1118 Mission street. Glee Clubs Tonight The dedication of the Salem air port and barbecue will claim atten tion of the women at 5 o'clock and at 7:30 tonight the glee club con cert and Legion initiation contest Allison park will be held. All secretaries, past secretaries, treasurers and past treasurers will gather at the Gray Belle at 7 o'clock Friday morning for a breakfast and parley and at 9 o'clock the first business session of tbe second day will come to order at the senate chamber, with roll call to follow the advancement of colors, and pledge and salute to flag. Invocation by Mrs. L. C. Gat chell, chaplain, and- community singing and special music. Reports on hospitalization, child welfare, poppy sale, constitutional amendments, finance, unit activi ties and music committees will be heard at this session. There will be special music again at 10:45 o'clock, followed by report of reso lutions and recommendations com mittees. Recess for lunch will be taken at noon. Community Singing Booked Community singing lead by Lena Belle Tartar will reopen the ses sion at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon, and then will come one of the ex citing minutes for certain local units; report' of trophies and awards committee, and awarding of department prises, trophies and citations. Glee club and quarter competi tion will draw a crowd to Waller thall, on the Willamette campus, at 3:30 o'clock. A memorial service with Carl B. Fenton unit of Dallas In charge will -conclude the after noon program there. Presidents and past presidents wUl hold a dinner and parley at the Elks' club at 6:30 o'clock. In the evening the drum corps eon test and fireworks at Olinger field -will be as enthusiastically attend ed by the women as by the men. Election Saturday Morning Election of department officers will be chief item of interest at the Saturday morning business cession which is to get under way at 8 o'clock. Complete program outlined for this final business meeting Includes advancement of colors, pledge and salute to flag, invocation, tS"arpnaS- -Invocation, 6tar Spangled Ban ner" and community singing led by Miss Tartar, special music, roll call, committee reports, district caucus meetings, election of de partment president, vice-president, secretary-treasurer, historian, dis trict committeewomen, delegates 'and alternates to national conven tion; special music, unfinished bus iness, new business, retirement of colors and adjournment. The auxiliary will participate In tbe convention parade at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The dedication of the Saiem municipal airport is very fittingly set on one of the days of the state convention of the American Legion m Salm. For the airport may accurately be described as almost a child of the Salem post of the Am erican Legion. Over a year ago when people were beginning to realize that Salem ought to have a better landing field than the plat of ground near the fair grounds, and when men about town were talking here and there about the needs, at one of the sessions of the Salem post a resolution was passed urging united effort toward securing for Salem a complete new airport, to be owned by the city, ample to meet the needs of the city for a long time to come. That was the beginning. Passing a resolution at a post- Fonr runways, providing as many different take-offs In tl wind a are needed, are provided at this new field. The long runway which parallels entrance to the hangars la 4,100 feet in length; the second at the right of the field, east andwest Is 8,400 feet in length and the fourth 8,200 feet. The airport will be formally dedicated August 8. Eyerly Aircraft Plant is Growing Fast With Fine New Field for Operations Local Company Reaches $30,000 Proportions in Two Years With Every Indication of Steady Advancement in Future From a shed housinr one lone biplane with students given in struction in a machine shop and under the overhanging roof of th building to a nlant renresentine an Investment of nearly $30,000 in two years Is the history of the Eyerly Aircraft corporation which Is now located adjacent to tha mu nicipal airport. The corporation eneaeea in the following lines of work: a school of Instruction with over 40 stu dents taking lessons In flying at the present time; taxi service and passenger flights;; and plane manufacturing. The officers of the new com pany, for it was organized early in July, are Lee TJ. Eyerly, pres ident and superintendent of the airport: Frank SDears and W i. Phillips, vice presidents; C. J. (Bud) Jenson, secretary-treasur er and W. H. Harris and Larry Hofer, directors. Ray Eyerly is salesmanager. Eyerly is abo an airplane designer and his com pany Is rapidly" getting on a pro- auction oasis, to manufacture planes designed by Everly who Is a member of the American Society or Aeronautical Eiglneers. Equipment now includes a man ufacturing nlant 85x98 feet with fully equipped machine shop; a combination administration build ing and office and a 44x30 foot building for student Instruction. ixeariy ou students are now en rolled for the complete ground school work and both day and night classes are offered. A new Eagle Rock biplane with a 150 h. p. Hiseo motor was added last month and is used for trainiug purposes while the equipment in cludes a monoplane designed by Eyerly and a Travelalr biplane with an 0x5 motor. Eyerly has been flying for near ly nine years and has spent ap proximately 1000 hours in the air. For years he held all north west dirt track records in auto mobile racing. W. A. (Scout) Hazelwood, chief pilot and ground school instruct or, 8 tar ted -flying five years ago, obtaining his early training at Broks field and later at Kelly field, where he became familiar with all types of planes used by the army. Hazelwood came to Salem direct from Kelly field, and became associated with Eyerly on Jan. 15, 1928. He has more than 1500 hours to his credit. Hia fimt flying was gained with the now obsolete J. N. 4 (Jenny) biplane. Aviation has twon an proposition In Salem but careful instruction nas prevented any ac cidents to students or equipment. Flying was first Incorporated un der the name of the Pacific Air plane Service, which wa later changed to the Eyerly School of Aeronautics and then Incorporated as the Eyerly Air Transport com pany. The present company Is the outgrowth of Interest in aviation upon the part of local men who are backing the manufacturing business. Both the school and the manufacturing are including by the same company but prior to the organization Eyerly maintained the school separately. Much Publicity Given to Meet Publicity, and lots of it, has been forthcoming regularly dur ing the months which have pre ceded the convention. Frank Moore has charge of publicity plana whUe "Fdd" Maison, execu tive secretary of the convention, was responsible for most of the detailed planning. To check results, the legion here employed the services of a clipping bureau. Up to last week, more than 1000 clippings of advance stories on the legion con vention had been received at local headquarters as taken from news papers throughout Oregon. CONCERT II DUTSTHNS Glee Clubs and Quartets Have Ideal Spot for Concert in Park The legion auxiliary concert which is to be given In Willson park Thursday evening promises to be one of the outstanding events of the convention. Glee clubs and quartets form the various auxiliary units that have been invited to appear and most of them have responded fav orably. It is possible at this time to give only part of the program since, in responding to the Invita tion some of the units did not say what their numbers would be. Capital Unit glee club, under the direction of Lena Belle Tar ter, will sing "Land of Hope end Glory" by Elger and the "Gyp sies" by Shuman. Lucille Cum- mings la accompanist for this group. The Sheridan .quartet will sing "The Glow Worm" and a "Medley of War Songs." The Medford quartet will sing "A Tis a Dream" and one other number not an nounced. Diversion will be provided by stunts by the Medford and Grants Pass groups. A beautiful setting for the con cert will be provided in the park with the memorial fountain lights in full play. Many who are inter ested in the competitive sing Fri day in which glee clubs and quar etes from the entire state will compete will appreciate this op portunity of hearing the groups in advance. While in Portland Bates got busy and recruited a brand new fife and drum corps to compete with the crack corps from over the state. Bates Isn't saying, but his buddies took for an "Alexan der Rag-time Band" to trail him as drum major. His favorite se lection will be "The Old Oaken Bucket." finance a city-owned landing field. That was over a year ago. Now the field is ready for dedication. The work of the legion did not end with the approval of the bond issue. Members of the legion serv ed on committees for the selec tion, purchase and Improvement of the field. Many of the men have given hours and hours of time and faced a lot of criticism in the performance of the task of giving Salem Its air field. Legion mem bers who have given a great deal of time to the airport development are Brazier C. Small, J. J. Elliott, Watson Townsend. Carl Nelson. meeting Is not the legion's way of burying a good Idea. Far from it. That resolution mas Just the sig nal for active work to commence. The legion representatives Imme diately took the matter up with the chamber of commerce and se cured the hearty endorsement and cooperation of that body. The two organizations appealed to the- city council to place on the ballot at the election in May 1928 a proposal to' issue $50,000 in bonds for a municipal air field. The council quickly agreed to the suggestion. Publicity TVork Done The, movement thus launched, a campaign was required to ac quaint the people with the neces sity of giving approval to the bond proposition. The legion com mittee took the leadership in se curing support from organiza tions and individuals. Civic bodies, service clubs, influential leaders In community life, all were ap pealed to. The lesion sponsored a special publication which was placed In every home in the city giving the arguments for approv ing the bonds for the airport. An air circus was held on the eve of the election. The result of the balloting showed for the bonds 3300; against the bonds 1681. By a vote of nearly two to one Salem J decorated and most every show residents endorsed the proposal to window has a "welcome" sign. Decorations in City Show Riot Of Bright Color Gorgeous as a Turkish sultan's pantaloons are the street decora tions on Salem thoroughfares in honor Of the Legion. "A riot of color" well describes the brillian ces of the purple and gold of the legion colors as they flash in the August sunshine. Flags, "bunting, banners of the legion colors, the legion seal, abound everywhere down town. Buildings are well- Bert Bates on "Tap" for Old Time Festivity The lure of an Oregon legion convention proved too much for Bert O. Bates, formerly Rosebnrg editor, now sojourning at Holly wood, shining brightly In the movie firmament. Bates reached Portland on the Sabbath day and came to Salem to be on hand for the opening bugle. Insist on 1PMM &flSSN GHNGER ALE Being Served You It's the Distilled Water highly Carbonated that makes it the best Manufactured by Salem,Oregoh GREETINGS To Legionnaires ' and Auxiliary Members II From I r I II ', - i v v"" . 1 1 ' " III " ' -"-'.- i " v Judge Peter H. D'Arcy III t Biographical Sketch of Judge Peter H. D'Arcy (From Cyclopedia of American Biography) D'ARCY. PETER H., Jurist, born in Brook lyn, N. T., 4 March, 1854, son of Peter and Bar bara (O'Nell) D'Arcy. Mr. D'Arcy's family on both his father's and mother's side were disting uished for Its ancient origin. The D'Arcy family traces Its ancestors back to the early dukes of Nor mandy, many of whom bore the name for many centuries. William the Conqueror was a prom inent member of this line. The family from Nor mandy intermarried with the peerage families of England and Ireland and became well known in those countries. Lord Byron was a product of the English branch. The O'Nells numbered among Its members, kings of Ulster and princes of Ty rone and Clanboy, and claimed as an important member, the famous Hugh O'Neil, who stood out. alone with united Ulster at his back, the only prince of Ireland refusing submission to Henry IL For centuries the O'Neil princeB maintained pre sumptive to the throne of Ireland. Some of the descendants of both D'Arcy and O'Neil families have emigrated to America. Peter H. D'Arcy's father was born in Gorey, County Wexford, Ire land, in 1815 and emigrated to America in 1830. He was a carpenter and builder by trade. His mother was born in Caherciveen, Ireland, in 1835. She too emigrated to America, and settled in New York City where she met Peter D'Arcy and mar ried him. In 1855, when their son was 16 months old, they Joined the early pioneer trail and Jour neyed westward across the continent, by way of the Isthmus of Panama. After untold hardship and firm endurance they reached San Francisco, where they remained for a short time, pushing" their way on further until they reached Oregon. They lived in Portland for two years, removing from there to Salem where thy resided for the remainder of their lives. Mr. D'Arcy died 13 Apr., 1895, and his wife 25 Dec, 1901. Peter D'Arcy received his early education in the publlo and private schools of Salem and was graduated from Willamette University in 1876 with the de gree of B. A. He had in the meantime been study ing law in the office of Judge J. A. Stratton of Sal em, and was admitted to the bar 14 Dee., 1876. He has been actively engaged since that time in the practice of his profession, and a history of his life Is necessarily a partial history of Salem, since he has taken so active an interest in its civic and Industrial development From 1884 to 1886 he nerved as municipal court Judge, and from 1891 to 1893 he iras mayor of Salem. He was clerk of the Supreme Court of Oregon at one time and was president of the Salem Chamber of Commerce. He la known throughout the entire northwest for his forceful oratory and lectures and speeches given by him are always attended by capacity numbers. As one of the earliest western pioneefs of Amer ica, Judge D'Arcy has been actively associated with various organizations commemorating the early records. He is a life member and director of the Oregon Historical Society, a member of the Pioneer Association (president 1910), and presi dent of the Pioneer Champoeg Memorial Associ ation. He succeeded after fifteen years' effort in obtaining the final appropriation for the Pioneer Memorial Building at Champoeg, Marlon County, Oregon, to commemorate the meetings of the pio neers who met there on 2 May, 1843, when it was decided that Oregon should become a part of the United States of America. Beside his professional and political activities, Judge D'Arcy has from his earliest youth been connected In some capacity with newspaper publishing. At the age of thirteen he was apprenticed to the printing business and began by running the roller of the old Washington hand press, advancing through, the various posi tions of the newspaper profession. He worked on both the Salem Dally Record and the Statesman and has In the past contributed editorials to both papers. From a printer's devil and his ten years' experience in a printing office he has been selected as an honorary, member of the Salem Typographi cal Union No. 210, and of the Ben Franklin As sociation of Oregon. . Judge D'Arcy's opinion in highly regarded and-he has been an 'important factor in the upbuilding of his adopted city and itate. .