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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1931)
. H. WORK IS WIG FAST Remodeled" arid Enlarged Rooms to be Obtained Early This Spring r oust Few people 1 realize the full scope of the work; that goes on during the course of the year at the Yi W. C. A- Four to fire hun dred people call dally," The, rest room Is usually- crowded with girls resting betweeu their work ing hours of while waiting for employment- The lobby' affords a cheerful plaee- as a reading .or writing room, -and-also serves, as a lunch room for many girls each .day, prorldinsr them with, a de sirable place to eat their lunches. There are other women And girls who make the Y. W. C. A. their home. Mrs. Jennie C. Vin aent, as house mother, makes the place a real home, and does much to add""to.thelr comfort and Joy. Many individuals Helped ! Story after story could be told of the individual cases that are cared for in times of need; and given an opportunity to readjust their lives. The work has grown so rapidly fa past year that the present Quarters are to be remodeled to meet the- needed requirements. The rest room is to be enlarged, a new- kitchen and a larger din ing and club room will be fitted out. The sleeping rooms will be changed, giving more light and ventilation. ! Mrs. William McGIIchrist, as chairman of the house commit tee, and president-elect, has worked untiringly on uiese plans. Few persons realize the extent to which the Y. W. C. A. build ing en Liberty street Is used. In fact, some of the board mem beps themselves were surprised to see results of a day's thorough check on activities. On the day taken for the check, only an ave rage, day, 408 persons were in the building. Effort was made not to count the. same person twice. - ' I Here Is what the survey taken October 10, showed: i Persons entering building 408 In before 8:30 a. m. .. 8 Phone calls ,,,,,,,;.; . 8S Children . 18 Ate lunches Fed babies Paid phone calls out Rest rooms ... Reading room Rested on couches Left packages -J. ... Used the desk Singing Played piano THEY HEADY. W. C. A. ENDEAVORS ' t v': f ' . i ' f ... : Left to right: Mrs. Elizabeth Gallaber, general secretary of the X. W Mrs.. M. is. Wagstair, asso ciate and employment secretary; and Mrs. Jeanio Vincent, house mother. JOYOUS, ABUNDANT LIFE IDEAL FOR 'Y. W. GIRLS Work : International in Scope; Modern Need ? i Under Constant Investigation 26 ZH 1 . .143 12A 2 13 11 !2 1 1 Played phonograph Employment calls Rented rooms for night Committee meeting . Girl Reserve to make poster.. Interviews with ; committee ! - chairmen - .. 3 Interviews with O. R. Advisers 13 Interviews ; with - business , girls . . 2 Son called f or mother ., Husband called for wife i Attended Girl .Reserve party 58 SALEM LAUNDRIES' OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT Laundries of the city hare . done their share toward keeping Ip t consistent payroll the past ar. At the Salem (Welder's) sundry, 4S persons have been at work throughout the year and six trucks have been on the Job. At . the Capital City Laundry, which moved into Its large jiew building June 8, 30 employes hare been on . the Job constantly and a fleet iof five trucks has served the city, j Several smaller laundry busi nesses are also serving the terri tory. --' . - I :. The highlight of the year for . the organized group was - the .Laundrymen's convention, "held here for two days last June when , laundry men - from all sections iof the state gathered, as well as visi . tors' from California, Idaho and 'Washington. A fine educational ; program was carried out. . ; During the past year the Salem Laundry has added two .. latest . type washing ' machines and one automatic extractor, - and of course, the Capital City installed much new ... equipment 4,Jn -Its change. ' E. L. Welder who has - been in the - business- ever 40 years. Is most optimistic over prospects for 1131. SPECIfLlffliSS AT QUAKER CHI 1 . - 1 . Commercial at Washingto St. . In March and April a series of illustrated addresses on What it ' Means to be a Christian was giv es on Sunday evening.' These lee ., sons were especially adapted'! to children! and a goodly number al- v tended ithroughout" the course. I : S peclal services ; throughout the year have been devoted to missions, world peace and prohi bition. Dr. Mlchelson gavo two able addresses on the evangelixa- - -Uon of the Jews. . . - .The Christmas pageant, "When the Star Shone," was presented Sunday, December 21, to a full .and appreciative house. This 'pageant - was unusually impres - slve. and Instructive, bringing forcibly before the hearers the ; messages of the prophets, con cerninz the birth of the Messiah. .The change of the hour of the' ; Sunday evening services from'7:' 30 to S o'clock has met with gen oral approval and' will be contln , tied. :.' - -. r- The Y. W. C. A. is a complex organisation with multiple and bewildering activities; with one hand it finds a place for a girl to stay overnight, and with the other It endorses a 48-hour bill for women. It has both swim ming and a policy for peace. From a service organization. It is developing a tendency to- have opinions on a variety of social Questions. It must house girls, find jobs for them, look out for their health, but it is also a voice to express out of it's experience with these every day needs, it's corrections on a large social scale facts which affect womans life. It is " a Christian movement which carries In it's warm stream of human friendship, many kinds oft people; it draws together not only. Individuals, but groups or people. . The movement changes to meet" the needs of the time, the girl, the gTOup: It keeps it's di rection and it's great tried prin ciples, but revises it's ways of working. - ... The Y. W. C. A. is internation al in its scope, having work in 48 different countries. The great policies and pro- Hadley, general superintendent of Oregon Yearly Meeting jbI Friends will conduct a series of Evangelistic ; meetings in this church, beginning February 15, and continuing the rest of the month. The Sunday school offerings are all to be given to the new work taken up by the Yearly meeting In Lk Paz, Bolivia. Chas. C. Haworth, Pastor. grams of the association are set at a national convention when more than three thousand wom en gather from all over the world to think together amd plan out a program that will help the kingdom of God to come in the life of their individual members. One of our national leaders has likened theJY W. C. A. to a bridge, because a bridge is a thing of beauty. The Y. W. C. A. alms to beautify lives by it's teachings and activities; a bridge is a bearer of burdens. The Y. W. C. A. helps to bear the burden of those in need of friendship or help. As a bridge : connects two places, so the association is a connecting link of races, youth and adult, employer and ' em ployee, student and industrial workers, the women of leisure and the one who tolls. : ! "I am come that you might bare life and have it more abun dantly" Is their motto. ; Which ever method is used, there is the ever present purpose to express through the various activities of the Y. W. C. A that the goatls always "the joyous life," because girls and women have learned tie secret of real living. School Startst j Mehama Monday MEHAMA, Dec. 31. The Me hama school started Monday aft er only a four days vacation for Christmas. The Hugh Harris, Grace, Teeters and Wilson fami lies all hare children out of school with the chicken pox. Last week Orval Landers was out of school with the same disease. BIN TO SCHOOL HERE ' ':W 2- ','i:. : - ; Cost of .Transportation Last Year Totalled j $41 ,255 ; I For all Students Approximately-4 90 ' boys ( and girls are being hauled to the Sa lem high school and the . ninth" grade of the Junior- highs : this, year by the 'fleet of 11 school busses, operated by! the McClean Transportation company for the second year. . - f K 4:. . r'--!Y'- The fleet wae put' on In Sep tember 1929, following enact ment ot the state school . trans portation law. -f . T" Last year 383 students jwera brought : to the Salem ' schools by these busses at an arverage co3t of 4.44 per month. Total cost of transporting .these pupils was $14,255.02, Marion county pay ing $40 per pupil ! per year and Polk county: paying $50 for one class , of pupils and. $40 for an other. I- ' - :-(.-'-..." Expenses of this transporta tion la borne by the districts In which there are no high schools and Is paid through the county school superintendent to th school district at Which the pu pil attendi schooL i The law also makes the county superintendent and the district boundary board authority for, es tablishing the various transpor tation routes and j Ironing out difficulties and , conflicts which arise. ; - Inasmuch as the Salem Ugh school haa made no effort to in crease Its enrollment through this means, there have been no difficulties to settle, , . Bringing the older puplu to school by but has tended to keep high school attendance ' ' at a higher level and also haa : In creased enrollment slightly, not only In galem but In other high schools of the county; CATHOLIC FAITH Oil E one a month.' This mean that each member must be pur in thought,-word iand deed-which. It ) k will e readily appreciated, means growth, spiritually and In -HHl mannerJ and the influence Lupon the coming generation of young men cannot do recaoneo. j ' "There Is an j Altar society of women of! the parish, which Is of lnestimlable worth, a sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, compos- 1 Rev. J. R. Cock, Pastor During 1930 St: j J o s e p h s church has steadily . increased In numbers. This la noted from the number of communions, which always f indicate growth. 1 At Christmas and Easter, two days of marked importance , In , the church . ! calendar, nearly - every practical Catholic receives com munion, 1 and during. . special events, such as the Forty Hours' Adoration a very . large number approach the holy table. In all, between 18,000 and 20,000 com munions; were distributed during the; year.". v ' A convert In the Catholic church is one who receives a course of -Instructions, makes reparation sometimes covering months. The number is, perhaps, not so great, but it is seldom a convert falls into indlff erentlsm. Yearly the converts number be tween 18 and 30. St. Joseph's church has a Holy Name society a body of men, who receive communion at least Best Wishes for a Happy New Year MAC MARR STORES - -1931 I Make It A Happy New Year by adopting Shipley's PAY AS YOU GO PLAN We do not particularly care for that "I told you so" attitude, but at the same time we cannot help but think of some of the statements we carried in our New Year's greetings of one and two years ; "Pay as you go, buy, what you need and do not go ' in debt for the luxuries tf- life and you will have no financial regrets 1 People who have followed -this plan are today, figuratively speaking 'sitting - on top of the world.' " I -4 Financial experts have recently stated tjiat "the loose credit method of loading the general public with "merchandise which they did not actually need has contributed In no small way io the com plete adjustment that is now necessary.' Buying a house, furniture and items that go to making a home for one's family and dear ones r considered a legitimate credit obligation when the amounts are, of course, figured consistant to ones income. But the promiscuous buying of this and that and the other 'thing that just happens to strike one's fancy, paying a dollar a week here "and five dollars a month there and a iew dollars a month somewhere else Is the buggaboo that has made thousands of individuals resolve to change their purchasing plans for 1931. Again we say "BUY WHAT YOU NEED, - PAY AS YOU GO.w s&z&si v&mz smzsg smzsk V AHA PPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR JAMES H. NICHOLSON j ' Insurance First National Bank Bldg. , ed ! of the young women of the parish, ana a sanctuary, aocjeij of boys who serve at mass and the various functions of worship, all of which are in a flourishing condition. ' i'-Kr'-r' -. . . ' M The WlUamette river at Salem was frozen over In the year 18 1 and not again until 1923. That's in average of -once every 62 -years, , . I ' ! - . I f !..,' Wish You a Happy And Prosperous . - New Year . - 1 1 ! t ! STATE Savings & Loan Association 1 . . i l IN XL Y Y X XLrX!XV O Y IS YOUR HOPES I. i s : V a 000 ; "OUR everv effort oe rewarueu wim success. 1 our every ae-, J sire :fmfiUe are! n" i the things we wish yoti 1 TI ; : . " . ... i - r j ,- ,x '-.. ' ... ill -; ;- ; .' : ' " " '"x! 1 I 1 1 i--.-; -J---' tr i. J - M f It Is expected that Chester i 1 '.. 1 : 1 !