.Tlx OREGON STATESMAN Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, January U 1942
P AG3 THREE
Word Arrives
Of Death
Brother of Silverton
.1 Woman Dies at
Idaho Home . , ' '
- SILVERTON j' Mrs. Martin
Hanrum ha recciverf word nf th
unexpected death1 of her brother,
Elmer Windes, 62, at his home in
-Mountain Home, j Ida., Saturday.
He was known to many here, hav
ing visited a number of times.
: Raymond Bristol,. who-was
called "here by the death of his
father, C. S. Bristol, left for his
home at Alhambra, Calif., again
A sister of Bristol, Mrs. Edith
Schroeder, will return to her Cal
ifornia home within a fortnight
She, too, came north for her fa
ther's funeral. Raymond Bristol
is a former Silverton youth and
attended Silverton schools. His
wife is the former Amy Ross, sis
ter of Enroll and Don Ross of Sil
verton and Custer Ross of Salem.
She did not come north.
Salem had a number of unwil
ling overnight guests Tuesday,
when commuters found the roads
too. slippery to make the journey
In ' comfortable safety:
Under the direction of William
Gates, industrial arts instructor in
the Silverton high school, a sheet
metal class is (opening for seniors
The classes will be held three
hours each afternoon, and when
the seniors complete their work in
June they will be ready for em
ployment at airplane plants.
Changes in Advertising Staff
Of The Statesman Announced
Recent changes in personnel of the Oregon Statesman's ad
vertising staff were announced Saturday by Robert Sprague,
advertising manager.
Phil Gilstrap, who has been in yie department for the past
two years, has been made assist-
New Members
Taken Into
Congregation
New members will be received
at the quarterly communion serv
ice administered at First Presby
terian church at the 11 o'clock
hour Sunday. This group is the
second coming into the fellowship
of the church as a result of lay
men's visitation.
The j third group will be re
ceived j tne second Sunday m
February.' Indications are that
First Presbyterian church will
close the year with a substantial
gain notwithstanding the removal
of numerous families to defense
areas, says Rev. Irwin Williams.
pastor.
The communion meditation will
deal with the subject of "Sin.
The morning ' soloist is Garland
Hollowell. The vested choir will
; sing "My Faith Looks Up to
'Thee" (Schnecker).
At the 7:30 o'clock service,
which! is broadcast over KSLM,
a mixed quartet will sing two
Welsh hymn tunes and the pastor
will bring the second in a series
in the biographical sermons en
titled "Dr. Burris Jenkins, Chris
tian church liberal."
PHIL GILSTRAP
ant advertising manager succeed
ing Charles Bier, recently re
signed. .. .;. . "Q' - .
David R. Compton, a Salem
man, who for the last year and
half following his graduation
fro mthe University of Oregon
had been a member of the ad
vertising department of the Eu
gene News, is now ,' associated
with The Statesman as display
advertising salesman. Mary
White continues as classified ad
vertising manager, jf
unstrap, prior to joining The
Statesman, had served six years
In display advertising depart
ments; of Oregon and Washington
daily newspapers. He attended
the University of Oregon and is
member of Alpha Delta Sigma,
the advertising fraternity.
Compton has returned to Sa
lem with his mother, Mrs. Ber
tha V. Compton. While ' on the
News in Eugene, Compton par
ticipated in promotion work for
Eugene's Oregon Trail pageant
last summer. He is also a mem
ber of , Alpha Delta Sigma.
DAVID R. COMPTON
to
Navv Tues
Get Indian
Tribe Names
Four US navy fleet tugs under
construction at the Commercial
Iron Works plant, Portland, will
be named after American Indian
tribes,; the secretary of the navy
has announced.
The vessels will be christened
the USS Tawasa, USS Tekesta,
USS Yuma and USS Zuni. Navy
policy for some time has provided
for naming of tugs after Indian
tribes., -The
four ships under construe
tion at Portland are among .15 now
building in yards there, at
Charleston, SC, Philadelphia and
at San Francisco.
Trout Season
Set for 1942
PORTLAND, Jan. lO-HflVThe
state game commission Saturday
set the 1942 trout season .from
Aprli 18 to October 31, except in
11 eastern Oregon counties.
The 11 counties, Baker, Gilliam
Grant, Harney, Klamath, Lake,
oMrrow, Umatilla, Union, Wal
lowa, Wheeler and Mahleur, will
have a season from May 2 to Oc
tober 31. Certain lakes and streams
were exempted.
The limit was set at 15 pounds
ande on fish, not exceeding 15 fish
any one day, or 30 pounds
and two fish, not exceeding 30 fish,
in any seven consecutive days.
Coastal waters will be open gen
erally the yean around, for trout
over 10 inches, salmon and steel-
head, provided, however, that
from November 1 to April 17 the
bag limit shall be three of all
species in one day and ten in seven
days.
Cherrians to
Seat Of f ieers
Installation of new officers and
" initiation of new members are
included on the program of the
Salem Cherrians' annual banquet
Tuesday night at 6:30 at the Ma
rion hotel.
Frank Earnest will succeed
Frank Doerfler as king bing.
Resignation of Fred Thielsen
as chancellor of the rolls and se
lection or cnet zumwait to re
place him were announced Sat
urday. ' -
County GOP Selects
C A; Lewis Treasurer
Appointment of C. A Lewis,
Marion county deputy assessor,
as , treasurer ' of the county re
publican central committee, sue
ceeding the late U. G. Boyer, was
announced Saturday by Herman
Lanke, secretary. '
' At a special meeting, the com
mittee also named to a commit
tee to audit the books, Chris Ko
witz and Mrs. Ellen Fkke, and
discussed plans for the Lincoln
day banquet. ,
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Heads, Heels,
Hips, Hands,
All Mixed
CAMP WHEELER, Ga. Jan.
10-H,P-Makinr his first attempt
to lead his company in calis
thenics, young non-commissioned
officer commanded brisk
ly: .;'.;" .
. "Hips on heads, placer
; Laughter swept around him
as lie realised that he had gar
bled his intended erder, "Hands
on hips," so he hastily yelled:
"As yon. were men, that's
wrong. 'i
And then:
"Hips down!"
Salem Youth
In Hospital
Sees W ounded
Arrival of wounded soldiers and
sailors from Pearl Harbor has
relieved the monotony of lying in
a military hospital at Presidio,
San Francisco, recovering from
an appendicitis operation forWil
ham B. Crary, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Burton Crary. Salem.
Crary wrote to friends:
"Fellows coming In from the
islands are pretty well shot up.
A lot of shrapnel was flying and
many of them got it in the seat
of the pants as well as other
places, punctured lungs and
broken bones. They make one
realize we're really at war."
Named as first alternate for ap
pointment to West Point by both
Senators Charles McNary and
Rufus Holman, Crary continues
to strive to win his way into the
military academy. His was the
highest grade of all candidates
from the ninth corps area when he
took the examination for national
guard appointment to the school
in early December.
Meanwhile continuing his pre
paratory -studies at Fort Winfield
Scott, to which he was 'assigned
from the 249th Coast artillery
from Fort Stevens, he will take
his final examination in competi
tion with candidates from other
areas in two months.
Fox Valley
Hit by Storm
FOX VALLEY The school bus
was not on duty Wednesday, ow
ing to the slippery condition of
the highway.
The basketball game at Mill
City was postponed. It was to
have been Tuesday night The
heavy rain Wednesday night has
thawed the ice and most of the
road is in good condition now in
this locality.
However, much inconvenience
is being experienced with the el
ectric lines being still out of or
der. Families with' electric wa
ter systems are having difficulty
getting along without fire in their
kitchen ranges and carrying wa
ter from neighborhood wells. The
power lines had been repaired to
Mehama late Thursday night No
telephone or telegraph commun
ication is available between here
and outside points yet today.
Miss Lucile Lewis came home
from North Santiam Thursday, as
her school was dismissed until
traveling conditions in that vicin
ity improved.
At the regular Parent-Teacher
club meeting Wednesday at the
Fox Valley school it was decided
begin serving hot lunches at
the school next Monday.
Mrs. John Worden has been en
gaged to do the cooking.
Each family is expected, to pay
75 cents per month while tne
lunches are being served.
Service Men
Whero They Ar
What They're Doing
Assigned to the infantry re
placement training center at Camp
Roberts, Calif., is Pvt Alfred Mc
Callister of Salem.
their sonJ
tioned With
Harbor,
George L. Surgeon," sta-
the navy at Pearl
Thomas B. Gabriel of Salem has
navy
the reported Saturday.
The youth wrote, "We are o. k.
ana we wut wipe tne japs on tne
face of the earth sooner or later.
been sent to the air corps unas-1 v-, ? . mm.
signed at Sheppard field, Tex, 4hroij:h th vlrtn
from the reception center at' Fort
Iiewis.
Great Lakes, HI., Jan. 10-()-
The nation's largest navy school
has been forced to close its gates
because of the flood of incoming
recruits.
Since Pearl Harbor, 650 men a
day have entered the US naval
training station here and today
Capt T..D. Carr, executive offi
cer, 'said It was possible no more
volunteers could be accommodat
ed until the next class graduates.
The station gives a six weeks bas
ic course before a sailor Joins the
fleet
Capacity of the school is a naval
secret Until last November the
average attendance was about
8000. In World war days it reach
ed 47,000.
Navy recruiting stations in the
midwest were asked to put up new
enlistees in local hotels until
training space is available. :
MONMOUTH Mrs. Elsie Mc
FJdowney, longtime resident . of
this community, has two sons al
ready in military service: Joe,' a
first sergeant at Fort Richardson,
and Donald, just entered, the air
corps and has been sent to Wichi
ta Falls, jTexas. Also Bill is en
gaged in .defense work at Anchor
age, Alaska, and a fourth son, Jim,
now employed at Yakima, Wash-,
nas received his papers as an ac
credited flying instructor and ex
pects a call soon to an army post
Northwest Fair Associations
Conclude Meet; Dates Named
PORTLAND, 'Ore Jan. IMffJ-Oregon and Washington fair 1
associations Saturday concluded their first joint session with
election of officers and the scheduling of 1942 fairs.
All Oregon officers were relected, including Herman H.
Chindgren, MolaHar president and
Mabel j H. Chadwick, r Eugene,
secretary-treasurer. ; . jr
Washington elected Chapin D.
Foster,! Chehalis, president; A. E.
BarteL' Puyallup, vice-president;
Thomas E. Wood, Chehalis, secretary-treasurer;
Perry WoodaH,
Toppenish; M. R. Looey;' Walla
Walla;! : William Volz, rWatervflle;
J. K. Martini, Longview " and G.
C DuvalL Mt Vernon, directors.
v . Oregon fairs:
' Lincoln county, - Aug. 27-29;
Clackamas county, Sept, 2-5,
Lane county. Sept 18-19; Coos
county, Sept 17-19; Sherman
county, Sept 18-20; Wasco coun
ty. Sept 25-27; northwestern
turkey show, Dec. 8-12; state
fair, Sept 7-13; Pacific Interna
tional Livestock exposition, Oct
3-10; Lebanon strawberry festi
val, June 8-8.
Two Have Measles
UNION HILL Maxine and
Lynn Scott, children of Mr. and
Mrs. Harley Scott are confined to
their home with the measles.
PORTLAND, Jan. 10-ff)-Tim
Putnam, 27, Harvard man who
said he was direct descendant of
the brother of General Israel Put
nam, famed revolutionary: war
fighter, was enlisted in the navy j
here Saturday.
Pujtnam, whose home is Boston
but who has been working here, I
said "I just figured that this coun
try had a job to do and I should
be helping to do it"
His illustrous relative was one
of the commanders at the battle
of Bunker Hill and also was fea
tured in an escape from the Brit
ish in which he rode head-long
down a stone staircase.
TB Patients
Knit Sweaters
Patients in pavilion 'D" at the
state tuberculosis hospital here
can not enlist in the army or pur
chase a substantial number of sav
ings bonds but they can and are
knitting sweaters for the men in
the front lines, Red Cross officials
reported here Friday.
A number of the men said they
would rather give actual battle
than knit sweaters but hospital
physicians said that was impos
sible.
Materials lor tne sweaters are
being furnished by the state and
the Red Cross.
Two Injured
At Stayton
STAYTON Pedestrians on
Stayton's sidewalks thought the
blitz had arrived as huge icicles
fell from trees and wires, punch
ing holes in umbrellas and "conk
ing" people on the head, but
otherwise Stayton escaped from
the silver thaw with but few
minor injuries.
une peaesman sunered a
broken collar bone as the result
of a fall on an icy walk and an
other several broken ribs after
turning over in his car on an icy
road. r
As a result of the worst silver
thaw here in 20 years, Stayton's
power and telephone lines were
damaged, and farmers state that
orchards have suffered broken
down trees.
CC Meeting
Topic Told
'Is the Rising Sun Setting?"
is the announced topic of Dr. G.
Bernard Noble, professor of po
litical science at Reed college,
who will speak at the Salem
chamber of commerce luncheon
Monday, . ,
At the request of army offi
cials. Fred Thielsen, chamber
secretary, said Saturday, a sur
yey of all vacant houses, apart
ments and rooms in Salem is
slated this week. He asked own
ers of such properties to call the
chamber office at the earliest
possible time.
Highway Department Receives
$15,093;637 From Revenues
Net state revenues turned over to the state highway com
msision in 1941, aggregated $15,093,637.57, H. R. Baldock, state
highway engineer, reported here Saturday.
An additional $2,752,058.86 was turned over to the counties
as their share of the highway funds
and the state police. : 1
The counties' share was $2,140,-
961.39 and the state police $341,-
097.47.
Gross revenues were:
Motor vehicle and operators'
license fees, less administrative
expenses of the secretary of state,
$3,629,074.04.
Gasoline tax, less administrative
expense of the secretary of state
and ' refunds, $ 12,867,932.37. .
Motor transportation fees, less
administrative expenses of public
utilities commissioner, $1,-
297,786.27.
Fines from traffic law viola
tions, $31,145.05.
Cash discounts, $9,758.70.
Highway department revenues
are used largely for construction
and maintenance of roads and
bridges, payment of bonds and
bond interest and administration
costs.
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Patriotic Group
To Name Officers
Annual banquet and election
of officers of the Salem Federa
tion of Patriotic Orders will be
held at Legion hall at 6:30
o'clock Tuesday night, B. E.
Kelly" Owens, president, an
nounced Saturday. Principal
speaker will be Secretary of
State Earl Snell.
Owens said the banquet was
open to any member of a service
or patriotic order, provided ad
vance reservation was made.
Seriously ill in the Veterans'
hospital in Seattle is Corp. Wil
liam R. Porter of the Oregon na
tional guard, according to infor
mation received here by his
grandmother, Mrs. R. L. Penton,
1365 Lee street. He is suffering
from acute appendicitis.
ALBUQUERQUE, Jan. 10-m-
"Get in line there," snapped a re
cruiting sergeant to the man
standing apart "Where do you
think you are? You're in the army
now!"
But no recruit was Chief Tur-
rent Captain Carl Peterson of the
navy, who had wandered into the j
office in civilian dress.
HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 10-)
-rvt. w. b. Hamniirs car was
tagged here lor illegal parking
and from his camp the soldier
mailed the city court a dollar and
this bit of verse:
"I had to come to Hartford to
learn the score
"About the meters and a few
things more.
"What's a dollar? We have money
galore.
"IH pay the dollar; I have 20
more."
Judge Jacob Dunn sent the dol
lar back to Hamhill.
SILVERTON Wayne Satch-
well, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Satchwell. has been called into
active service and left early this
week for San Diego. ' Satchwell
has been an instructor in Linfield
college at McMinnville.
After a month's waiting, Mr.
and Mrs. George Surgeon, Ger-
vais. have received word from
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