The OREGON STATESMAN. Sakm, Oregon, Sunday Moniinjr, November 25, 1934
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Renovizing Activities in Salem Homes Shown
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Much of Dwelling Erected
85Years Ago Will Be
Replaced, Word .
"Work ot renoTixlng tne 85 year
old historical landmark, now on
. the courthouse lawn will be start
ed as soon as - weather permits,
members of the executive commit
tee ot the Marion county housing
. committee reported alter, a meet-
', . Ing with representatives of all
- building trades participating iu
the program.
Early this coming week, unless
adverse weather conditions con
tinue, workers will start wi-ecking
the aged home, which at fln
" time stood on property otned by
Chloe Willson, lirst teacher In the
Oregon InstttuteJater Wihamette
;' university. The old timbers, turn
ed out in the first sawmill to be
constructed in this section of the
country, will give way to modern
construction. Sagging rafters will
be replaced. The roof, which for
years has been in need of iepairs,
will be wrecked and the thlmy
partitioned rooms will be demol
ished. ,
Out of the wreckage, however,
will stow the model modern five
room bungalow, which building
leaders, cooperating with the
housing committee, are attempt
ing to make one of the best of the
smaller bouses.
' ? . Specifications for the place,
which have, been completed for
- several days, were worked over
yesterday by representatives of
the various crafts. At the conclu
sion of the session all crafts had
agreed to furnish the materials
for the place. Cuyler Van Patten,
chairman of the planning commit
tee, will be the -general contract
or for the project. .
The renovizing project is con
sidered by the executive commit
tee to be a demonstration of what
can be done, with old properties.
"We do not expect home own
ers to do to their homes what we
are planning to do to the 85 year
old house on the courthouse
lawn," Sheldon F. Sackett, gener
al chairman, said. "That would
not be logical. We do like to
have this project understood as a
demonstration. It might well
serve as a renovizing department,
out ot which home owners may
rain . valuable ideas on making
changes in their homes. While
we will completely renovize the
old house, sanding the floor ot
another home would be a renoviz
ib project In itself."
Hundreds of home owners in
this district have inspected the
- old house since its transfer from
Its original location at 415 Union
street to the courthouse lawn.
This number is expected to
greatly augmented as soon as
, work gets under way.
To facilitate the work of re
modeling the house and to permit
interested property owners to
. ' view the project, arrangements
are being made to have the wpik
- on the place done in the early
hours of the day, leaving the bal
ance of the time free for inspection.
Ex-Legislator Weds
Pendleton Woman
, JEFFERSON, Nov. 24. Of In
terest to the- people ot Jefferson
and vicinity is the announcement
of the marriage of Sterl H. Coin
' of Jefferson: and- Mrs. Hattie A.
Smith of Pendleton, which took
place at Vancouver, Wash., Sun
' day, Nov. 17, the Presbyterian
minister reading the marriage
service.
' They were attended bv Mrs.
Gertrude Livingston ot Portland,
; youngest daughter of the bride,
land Harvey Thurston, son-in-law
' of the groom.
Present for the eeremony were
Mr. and Mrs. Livingston. Miss
Frances Coin, Mr. and Mrs. Har-
vey Thurston, Mr. and Mrs. B. E.
Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Jones and Bert Francis, all of
Portland.
Mr. Goin is a prominent farm-
er of the Greens" bridge road, and
has been active in comniunity af-
fairs and democratic activities of
the state
He represented Linn county lr
the state legislature In 1923. Mrs.
- Goin attended the Jefferson school
, In. her girlhood days, and Is well
known here,
r Tuesday evening a group of
over a hundred neighbors and
friends chari varied them at their
- home on the Greens bridge -road.
PLUMBING FOR TAVERNS
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i ixation loan may be 'used to In-
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and. turning their faces to, the
front, marched toward the fen-
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" "After -passing through New
- town, at a point about eight miles
south of Winchester, the first or
ganlzed troops were' met,' which
proved to be two divisions of the
cth corps, : " i and on their
right and ' rear were two divis
ions ot the 19th corps. . . .
General Sheridan, on riding to
the front of the line, was received
with cheers; it was at once evi
dent that the courage and enthus-
. iasm of the troops had returned,
' - and that they could be relied on
. for future service as gallant and
effective as any they had yet per
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t "As the cheers broke out on
"'the left and rear of these troops
, f the Cth-corps-' a -line of regi
mental flags, appeared, ' which
proved to, be the colors of the
several r regiments of v the 8th
corps, andv most of the superior
. officers and some enlisted men.
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Above, attractive bathroom and bedroom created where there wag
" before an unused attic in the home of Thomas K. Rilea, 1080 South
High; below, old house to be changed into modern residence, the
R. J. Frizzell home at 1528 Court street. Both projects are In line
with and results of the home modernization program now under
way here.
Major Renovizing Jobs Are
Launched by Frizzell and
Rilea; Plans Interesting
Prompted by activity of tha
Marlon county housing committee,
two Salem home owners are mod
ernizing their properties at an es
timated expenditure of $7,000.
Renovizing a 40 year old house,
of the old lean-to type, into a
modern home simjlar to plans
printed in a magazine two years
ago, is the task undertaken by R.
J. Frizzell at 1528 Court street.
The contract calls for the expen
diture of approximately $5,000.
The remodeling of an unused at
tic into three beautiful bedrooms
and bath is the undertaking of
Brigadier General Thomas E. Ri
lea in big home at 1980 High
street. The cost is estimated at
$2,000.
Tho Frizzell home was one of
the better structures of the city
40 years ago but has proven in
adequate in recent years, during
which time it has been vacant for
long periods. Entering the house
through a dark hallway you pasB
ed into the dining room on the
west or the old time sitting room
on the east. Leading from the
dining room was the kitchen with
the woodshed in the back. Back
of the sitting room was a bed
room. Upstairs were four bed
rooms with an old fashioned bath
room.
The house when completed will
be a modern type home, with
green composition rooft green
"Headquarters were established
immediately in the rear of Getty's
line, and Generals Wright and
Crook, who were now met, briefly
described the. events of the early
morning. . . . From the mo
ment of the arrival of General
Sheridan on the field the whole
current of movement was chanc
ed, and the army, invigorated by
his presence and animated bv the
confidence that was felt in his
leadership, was. bv an ImDulse
that was almost spontaneous.
again ready and eager to resume
the conflict of the morning.
"The effect oroduced bv his un
expected and most welcome pres
ence and the feeling excited in
the troops have been graphically
described bv some who were Dres-
ent on the occasion:
" "Far awav to the rear was
heard cheer after cheer. What
was the cause? Were reenforce-
ments coming? Yes, Phil Sheri
dan waa coming, and he was a
host. . . Dashinx alonr the
pike, he came upon the line of
battle. 'What troops are these?'
shouted Sheridan. 'The 6th corps'
was the response from a hundred
voices. 'We are all right," said
Sheridan as he swung his hat and
aasnea along tne line toward the
rtght. "Never mind, boys, we'll
whip them yet, weTIl whip them
yet; we shall sleep in our Quar
ters tonight,, were the encour
aging words of .the chief as he
roae aiong, wnue the men. threw
their hats hich in the air. 1mm4
and danced", and- cheered in wild-.
est Joy.' . . After reforming
and arranging his lines, .
General Sheridan rode along the
whole front of his infantry lines
and satisfied himself by personal
inspection that the morale ot his
troops were restored. . . . By
this - time (about noon) General
Early bad become alarmed at the
reports he received of the restora
tion of the Union lines &nt th
aggressive attitude that the en
emy ae naa supposed defeated was
assuming. With much difficulty
he called oft his troops from the
plunder of the Union camps and
their enjoyment of the unwonted
luxuries they had found, and pre
pared his left, for a fresh assault!
. No difficulty was found
in repulsing this attack, and arter
a spirited but short contest the
Confederates, who suffered heav
ily, fell back to their lines, and
made no further aggressive move
ment. . . An advance of the
Union lines was ordered at 4
o'clock. ... THe attack on
the enemy's lines was begun by
the 19th corps, on the right of
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shutters, copper gutters and air
conditioned throughout. 'Th
downstairs will be finished in
finished in hardwood with fir
used for flooring upstairs. En
trance to the house will be gain
ed through a Colonial type door
way with a large living room on
the west. On the east will be
the dining room, kitchen and li
brary. Two bedrooms and bath
will be upstairs.
The kitchen, one cf the feature
rooms of the new home will be
finished in red cream and black.
The built-ins will be cream, with
black moulding and red stencils.
There will be two windowg over
the sink and the room will em
body all ot the latest type "step
savers". The work on the Frizzell is un
der the direction of H. C. Hum
mell, local contractor.
Turning unusued attic space in
to three bedrooms and bath' and
enlarging the downstairs living
room is the Rilea project. To ac
commodate the upstairs bedrooms,
the back of the roof had to be
raised and a dormer built across
the rear of the house. Downstairs
the front of the house was remod
eled to accommodate a large liv
ing room which before the work
was started, was both a living
room and bedroom. The Joining
of the two rooms greatly enhances
the beauty of the entire place.
our army, under the personal di
recti on of General Sheridan, and
taken up successively by the line
from right to left, and, the cav
alry on the flanks charging at
the same time, THE WHOLE Vr
GENERAL EARLY'S FORCE
WAS AT ONCE SWEPT AWAY,
without having been able to check
our assaulting lines at any point,
and as a whole DRIVEN FROM
THE FIELD IN A GREATER
ROUT THAN HAD BEEN SEEN
ON ANY BATTLEFIELD SINCE
THE BEGINNING OF THE
WAR."
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General Early's own official re
port of his defeat makes inter'--!
esting reading too long for
printing here. It acknowledged ig
nominious defeat anc complete
rout.
His losses were about 1800
killed an, wounded, 1200 prison
ers, 24 guns, 56 ambulances and
a number of battle flags. A
large number of abandoned wag
ons and ambulances ware burned
for want of animais to bring
them into the Union lines. The
guns and ambulances lost in the
morning by the Union troops
were all retaken, and excepting,
the loss sustained in men, Sheri
dan's army reoccupied its old
camp in as good condition as on
the previous day. ,
' 1 So ended the battle of Win
chester, Oct. 19. 18(4, after Sheri
dan's ride on' that forenoon .from
Winchester to Cedar Creek.
(Continued on Tusday.)
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The writer wishes to add his
testimony of grief over the pass
ing of Esther McNary, wife --of
Judge John H. McNary, and his
tribjite of respect for her spotless
and useful life. She was born a
child ot Dr. C. H. Hall and wife,
pioneers ot Salem. Her mother
was a daughter of A. F. . Waller
and wife, missionaries coming
with Jason Lee on the Lausanne,
arriving in 1840, "Father Wall
er as he came to be known, was
the builder of the first Protestant
church erected for church purpos
es west of the Rockies, at Oregon
City. He was one of the founders
of Willamette university, and all
but saved that institution when
Waller Hall, named for htm, was
erected.
Esther Hall McNary represent
ed the best type of womanhood, in
all the things. that make for high
character, true culture, genuina
neighborliness, and the full round
ed list of attributes Laat blss the
name of a good woma j and a lov
ing and faithful wile. Her going
Is a loss te the wboh; community.
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MONMOUTH, Nov. 24. Mrs.
Axel Osterholm and Miss Goldie
Wells, missionaries from the Bel
gian Congo, were complimented
by the World Wide guild girls
of Monmouth with a banquet
Thursday night in the social
rooms of the Baptist church. The
tables were attractively decorated
in blue and white, the guild col
ors. The honor guests spoke on
phases of their respective work in
the Congo. A brief program in
cluded musical numbers by Esther
Bracken and Lois Flelschman, and
a humorous reading by Martha
Mae Blair. A collection of use
ful gifts was presented each of
the missionaries by the guild.
Those enjoying the affair were
Mrs, Osterholm and daughter,
Kathryn Jean, Miss Wells. Rev.
and Mrs. W. A. Elkins, Rev.. H.
Scbeuerman, Rev. and Mrs. Rod
ney Britton, Mrs. F. R. Bowersox,
Miss Edith Clark, Esther Bracken.
Margery and Rosalie Chambers,
Dorothy Cobb, Mary Jane Coch
ran, Virginia Craven, Martha Mae
Blair, Gertrude Clarke, Dorothy
Friesen, Frances Hill, Peggy
Johnstone, Lois Flelschman, Lila
Hamar, Helen Hutchinson, Mary
Elkins, Eloise Ebbert, Catherine
Parker, Olga and Alberta Sacre,
Ruth Smallwood, Cleo Kearns,
Doris Riley, Donna Sivier, Garnet
Smith, Ann Thompson, Olive
York, Ruth Tilton and Willene
Wriggle.
Mrs. Kreason Heads
Christmas Seal Sale
DALLAS, Nov. 24. Sale of
Christmas seals, proceeds of
which will go to combat tubercu
losis in Oregon, will start here on
Friday, November 30, according to
an announcement by Mrs. R. S.
Kreason, chairman of the Bale in
Dallas. Mrs. Kreason is serving
in behalf of the Dallas Woman's
club which sponsors the sale here
each year. Her assistants will be
Mrs. Maurice Dalton, Mrs. Roy
Donahue, Mrs. William Blackley,
and Mrs. E. W. Cruson.
The sale of the Christmas seals
is sponsored by the Oregon Tu
berculosis association, and one of
the main benefits received in this
county is the aid in securing a
county health nurse. According
to the county budget for 1935 the
health nurse will be employed on
a six months basis instead of
three as in the past.
Party for Ladies
Attended by Thirty
GRAND ISLAND, Nov. 24. A
surprise party was recently held
at the home of Mr. and Mrs
James Hill complimenting the
birthday anniversaries of Mrs.
Floyd Milford and Mrs. E. A.
Letley. Approximately 30 rela
tives and friends participated in
the affair. Refreshments were
served:
Both Mrs. Lefley and Mrs. Mil
ford were the recipients of many
beautiful gifts.
Paul E. Brant of Beaverton
who attended the Island grade
school last spring while making
his home with Mr. and Mrs
Charles A. Ferguson and family,
has . returned to the Ferguson
i arm wnere ne has employment
Miss Scovall, county health
nurse was out weanesaay aner
noon visiting the school and giv
ing the children health examina
tions.
When you paint ...
IPanmitt
With the Best Paint Made
and SAVE
NELSON
BEOS.1 In
K. L. Elfstrom, Mgr. Taint
and Roof" Dept.
861 Chemeketa St., Phone 38 lO
MISSIONARIES (II
20 at Total $3974 Cost in
Week Add Greatly to
Autumn's Total
Building permits continued
soaring to new high records last
week, with the issuance of 20
grants for construction estimat
ed at $3974, an Increase of 800
per cent over the record for the
corresponding week last year. The
report of City Building' Inspector
E. C. Bushnell shows that all but
one permit issued last week was
for improving properties.
The building permit record this
fall is direct reflection of the
home modernization campaign in
Marion county, local building
leaders reported yesterday. Busi
ness is showing a decided upward
trend, W. J. Liljequlst said yes
terday. "Lumber dealers and supply
ment throughout the district are
very appreciative of the program
outlined by the Marion county
housing committee," he said. "We
realize this has been a large un
dertaking and we want you to
know that the results are being
reflected in the business uptura
of the last few weeks."
According to Bushnell's report
yesterday, permits issued last
week maintain the pace set early
last month, giving Salem another
week in the continuous record
breaking periods. Since October
1, each week has shown a decided
increase in the number of build
ing permits granted in compari
son with the same period last
year.
November 16
Repair 2 story church .... $250
Reroof garage 16
Reroof woodshed 10
Reroof grocery store 30
Reroof dwelling 98
Reroof dwelling 45
November 19
Reshlngle 2 story dwel
ling 100
Alter 1 story dwelling 50
Alter IV, story dwelling.. 150
November 20
Reroof 1 story dwelling- 45
Repair 1 story dwelling.. 50
Alter dwelling 400
November 21
Repair 2 story building.. 71
Alter 1 story dwelling 45
Alter 1H story dwelling 100
Reroof 1 story dwelling.. 25
Erect woodshed 20
Alter 1 story dwelling 200
November 22
Move 1 story garage 20
Erect 1 story dwelling.. 2250
Total J3974
Corresponding week in 1933:
Will You Be a Furnace Slave
this winter?
Install Modern Heating Equipment With
National Housing Aid
Are you facing this wintry prospect: out of a warm bed,
into a frigid house to start a fire in a f reezingly cold stove 6r
. furnace? Does extreme . winter weather .mean a continual
stuffing of the- stove? Will your winter evenings be constantly
interrupted with trips to tend, the furnace?
To everyone who must answer "yes." Uncle Sam has good
cheer. He makes it possible for you o install automatically
fed, thermostatically controlled heating equipment in your
home at once. National Housing Act funds are available for
modern heating systems, and at 'the r lowest installment
interest rate of modern times. ,
Prepare at once for, the cosiest, easiest winter you've ever
spent in a home comfortable and warm throughout, every
hour of the day. A winter free from, back-breaking, dirt
making fire-stoking.: See your banker or Joan association for
your National Housing Act loan at once.
Available for Homes, Business Properties,
Apartment Houses
MARION
I WAS ASKED during the week
If it is too late to plant peon
ies and for a few peony cul
tural suggestions. September is
really the peony planting month
but they can be set out any time
during the .winter when there is
no frost in the ground. However,
the earlier they get in the better.
Peonies should have a location
with plenty of sunlight during the
greater part of the day and light
shade in the afternoon for the
later blooming sorts. They may
be left undisturbed for several
years and thrive better for it.
When they are moved and reset
it is unadvisable to plant them
in the same spot immediately
again. Their preference for soil
is a clay loam, a sweet, rather
than an acid, soil. Good drain
age is essential and bonemeal is
the best fertilizer for them.
Question: Should gladiolus
bulbs be left in the ground or
lifted?
Answer: Lifted by all means.
They should have been taken dp
before this. I have found it best
to take them up, cut off the stalks
to three or four inches In length
and let them lie in sun to cure,
stirring them every once in a
while. After they are cured they
should be stored in a cool, dry,
frost proof room for winter. Dur
ing their period of storage, the
bulbs should also be stirred oc
casionally. Occasionally on warm
days, the windows should be op
ened and air permitted to circu
late about them.
Q. What can one do to pre
vent window boxes which cannot
be removed during the winter,
from becoming too unsightly?
A. Why not, after the autumn
beauty of the box is gone, take
out the plants and replace with
terminal branches of cedar, pine,
holly, Oregon grape, hemlock and
oher evergreen. Previous to
"planting" these branches, it
might be well if the soil in tne
boxes was changed and tulip bulbs
planted beneath the evergreen
bouquet. The tulips will bloom
in spring before it is time to plant
the boxes for summer.
Q. What is the theory about
apple peeling and rhododendrons?
A. I have heard rhododend
rons which are not given to bloom
can be brought to do so by plac
ing apple peelings about their
roots. Never having made the ex
periment or having heard of any
Number of permits, 9; total cash
involved. 525.
This Advertisement
COUNTY
508 Bligh Building y? 'Salem -.Telephone 3718
Free Consultation Service and Housing Literature Daily: 8:30 to 5:30 o'clock
one particular case where it has
been tested out, I cannot vouch
for its efficacy.
Q. Will you please give me the
name of a good Inexpensive shrub
book?
A. There are many good shrub
books. I find one of the mosi
useful ones of the more Inexpens
ive to be Hottes' "The Book of
Shrubs".
The double wnite narcissus
about which I have had so many
Inquiries, is undoubtedly the Alba
Plena Odoratoa. It Is a lovely
thing and I set out several in
October. I secured the bulbs
from a Salem grower and did not
find them expensive.
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FOR MISSIONARY
DALLAS, Nov. 24. A special
program in observance of foreign
missions day will be presented
at the Evangelical church Sun
day evening. The observance this
year is in honor of Ruth Lowell
McBride, who died in Africa Oc
tober 10, 1933, while filling her
position as an Evangelical mis
sionary. Rev. Duane Wain of Oregon
City, returned missionary, from
Africa, will be the principal
speaker. He spent several years
in the Portuguese territory of
Angola, West Africa, where Ev
angelistic and industrial work was
his main task. In his talk, he
will tell of many of his experi
ences while working among the
natives, and will exhibit curios 11
lustratingA trican life in this
particular sector.
A candle light consecratory of
fering will be taken at the close
of Rev. Wraln's address for the
cause of foreign missions in the
Evangelical church.
MODERNIZING TOURIST CAMPS
With the increasing preference
of the public for tourist camps
fully equipped with all modern
conveniences, many proprietors of
tourist camps are installing
plumbing fixtures with hot and
cold running water in all cabins.
In many parts of the country the
heating of cabins with a radiator
heating system is a good investment.
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HOUSING
Full Guarantee is Carried if
Debt Doesn't Exceed 80
Per Cent Value
Commencing operations Nom
ber 1 under Titles. II and III ot
the National Housing Act, which
lay the groundwork for a Ion
term program of amortized home
financing, the-" Federal Housing
Administration la now moving for
ward on three fronts in its nation-wide
prapertj rehabilitatic a
and home-building program.
The housing modernisation
movement, first to get under way,
is continuing to gain momentum
In every section of the country,
with the peak of activity expected
in the spring.
Next in line is the mortgage in
surance section of tb.e act, under
which the Federal Housing Ad
ministration sponsors a mutual in
surance plan through which mort
gages on homes costing up to $20.
000 are fully Insured, provided
the mortgage does not exceed SO
per cent of the appraised value
of the property. Salient features
of this plan are ther20-year amor
tization period and a maximum
basic interest rate of 5 per cent
in all sections of the country on
new mortgages, and 5 per cent
for mortgage refunding.
The third important element of
the program is the establishment
of a permanent mortgage market
through the setting up of national
mortgage associations, thus pro
viding facilities for liquidating
this type of assets now frozen in
banks and other financial insti
tutions, and at. the same time sta
bilizing real estate financing.
The operation ef Titles II and
HI the Iong-nuife portion of the
housing programing. is expected
in many ways tw stimulate activity
in the field arfeetsE by Title I.
which confines itself to moderni
zation and repair of homes and
business properties.
The modernization movement,
under which the Federal Housing
Administration insures financial
institutions against loss up to 20
per cent of all funds they advance
for property repairs, became op
erative August 15 and will con
tinue in effect through. December
31. 1935.
Unlike the modernization pro
gram, which went forward rapid
ly once launched, the home fi
nancing plan is expected to require
more time to get under way, in
volving as It does much planning ,
on the part of prospective home
purchasers, consultation with ar
chitects, and budgeting the fam
ily income.
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