Tho OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oreaon. . Wednesday Morning. February II. 1912
PAGE FIVE
Local News Briefs-
Roads Improving Damage sus
tained' by county roads . because
of unusual, weather this winter
has been less than . at . first - esti
mated, - County . Engineer N. C.
Hupbs said Tuesday. New coats of
gravel have been spread t where
needed and most, of the repair
" work - now. required consists 1 of
patching, "he declared. Last sum
mer's oiling jobs held up remark-
ably well under adverse weather
and heavy hauling. County Com
missioner Ralph Girod believes.
Even the portions of the county
- roads where light oil was used as
an experiment, with little thought
of accomplishing more than lay
ing, the summer dust, have re
tained some of their surface, ; he
said. ..';'
Saving; insured to $5,000.00
' nre earning 314 at Salem Fed
eral, 130 South Liberty.
' Boy Chops Hand While doing
a good deed in chopping wood for
a neighbor woman, Dwain Keusch
er, 14, of 1140 Union street, se
- verely cut his left hand Tuesday
afternoon, acocrding to Norval
Hirons of the city, first aid crew.
The laceration was about three
inches long and severed the ten
don in the thumb. The boy was
taken to Salem Deaconess hos
pital. i Lutz florist. Ph. 9592 1276 N. Lib.
Takes Defense Job Leroy In
man announced his retirement
Tuesday as co-publisher of the
Yaquina Bay News to take a posi
tion .in a defense industry. He
came here from Springfield and
purchased interests in. the News
and the, Waldport Tribune, both
of which he has sold.
Advanced Aid Classes-. L.
Clark will direct a course In ad
vanced first aid under the spon-
Coming Events
Feb. 15 National Christian
Mission opens here.
. February 27-28 SUte High
school speech contests at Wil
lamette university. .
, To Train Instructors Prepar
ing . women who have had some
home ' economics in college to
teach others the rudiments of
modem nutritionary knowledge,
Miss Frances Clinton, Marion
county home demonstration agent.
is to offer a course of 10 les
sons beginning at 8 o'clock Fri
day night at the Salem chamber
of commerce rooms. Mrs. H. F.
Mitchell, chairman of the Marion
county nutrition council under the
civilian defense organization, is
arranging for the course and
women interested in registering or
learning more abbut it may get
in touch with her, Miss Clinton
said Tuesday.
Deaconess Hospital Auxiliary Ba
zaar and Cooked Food sale, -Gas
Co., Fri.. Sat.
A
Old Road Order up A formal
order based , upon an order issued
early this winter by Marion counr
ty court closing the cutoff road
to the fairgrounds was prepared
and signed by two members of
the court Tuesday to provide the
record necessary in securing fed
eral reimbursement. Heavy gov
ernment hauling over the road
broke its surface and the light
bridge would not support it, court
members said. The road remains
closed.
Expert, reliable roof repairing.
Johns Manville materials. Mathis
Bros., 164 S. Com'l. Phone 4642.
Five on Program February
meeting of the Salem's Men's Gar
den club is set for Thursday at
sorship of the Marion county j 7 :45 p m at the YMCA. Speakers
chapter of the American Red ! on the program are c. A. Cole
Cross beginning Thursday at ; on pruning, Howard Jenks on de
7:30 p. m. The classes will be held : (ense gardens, Robert E. Reider
in the Willamette room of the on winter snravinir EmMt lufpr
State Share
In Defense
Needs Fixed r
Oregon cities' allocation of .fire
fighting equipment, medical 'sup
plies and . other material, made
possible under 0 the , $100,000,000
congressional . appropriation 1 o r
implementing civilian defense ac
tivities, was received here Tues
day by Gov. Charles A. Sprague
from the regional office for civil
ian defense. '. . .
The apportionment has been
fixed by the national office of
civilian defense and the distri
bution Includes only cities of
10.000 population and over.
Cities included are Portland,
Eugene, Astoria, Bend, Klamath
Falls, Medford and Salem. The
allotment to Portland is for the
metropolitan area which includes
Vancouver, Wash.
Because of priority problems
and manufacturing the distribu
tion may be delayed several
months, officials said.
In the Portland and metropoli
tan area the allocations provide
72 fire fighting pumper units, 3466
block equipment, sets, 8120 steel
helmets, 1624 firemen's helmets,
surgical equipment for 81 medical
teams, and for 40 casualty sta
tions, and nearly .400,000 gas
masks.
In all of Oregon outside; of
Portland equipment includes 29
fire fighting pumper units, 1564
sets of block equipment. 134,400
feet of 21,4-inch hose, 57,600 feet
of 1-inch hose, 1940 steel hel
mets, 388 firemen's helmets,
surgical equipment for 19 med
ical teams and 9 casualty sta
tions and about 85,000 gas
masks.
No provision has yet been made
for furnishing equipment to cities
under 10,000 population regard
less of location or defense importance.
chamber of commerce. Those hold
ing standard first aid cards are
eligible to take the course.
Last week of "Mark Twain" shirt
sale, 2 for $2.95. A. A. Clothing.
To Install Directors Newly
elected and reelected directors of
the Salem Community Chest are
to be installed at the regular
meeting of the directors Thurs
day night at the chest offices.
Officers for the coming year will
be elected at the meeting. The
matter of an emergency war chest
fund raising campaign will be
presented and discussed, T. M.
Hicks, president, said Tuesday.
The Quelle and the Picket Line"
KSLM tonight, 9:15 o'clock.
Permit Issued The Marion
county Court has granted a per
mit to haul logs over specified
county roads to Kauffman and
Learfield. .
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land school pupils served muffins, soap and cocoa Tuesday, second day for the school's new cafeteria.
Two cooks, provided by the WPA. prepare and serve food furnished partly from surplus commodi
ties and partly paid for by the five cent fee charged children. Pupils unable te pay are served free.
Arthur V. Myers, principal, directs the hot lunch project. Statesman photo.
Obituary
Foote
Henry E. Foote, at his residence,
route 2, Salem, Monday, Febru
ary 9, at the age of 86 years.
Survived by widow, Mrs. Laura
L. Foote of Salem; daughters,
Amy Sears of Salem, Mrs. Laura
Schuiling of Iona, SD, and Mrs.
Lucy Dickman of Gregory, SD;
sons, W. B. Foote of Salem and
Earl and W. C. Foote of Fremont,
Nebr.; sister, Mrs. Sarah Hoag
lin of Ithaca, NY; survived also
by 13 grandchildren and six great
grandchildren. Services will be
held Thursday, February 12, at
1:30 p. m., from Clough-Barrick
chapel, with Rev. S. Raynor
Smith officiating. Ritualistic serv
ices will ,be given by Chemeketa
lodge No. 1, IOOF of Salem. In
terment in IOOF cemetery.
Engel
Sunday,. February 8, Melvin
. Frederick ; Engel, aged 25 years,
late resident of 500 Rose street.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Engel
of Salem.j brother of Mrs. Mar
' garet Lenchitsky of Portland, Mrs.
Helen Keyes of Alhambra, Calif..
and Miss : Dorothy Engel of Sa
lem, grandson of Mrs. Magdalena
Engel of Salem. Services will be
held under the direction of the.j
W. T. Rigdon company from St.
Joseph's Catholic church, corner
Chemeketa and Cottage streets,
Thursday, February 12 at 10 a. m.
Concluding services in Belcrest
Memorial jpark. Recitation of the
Rosary Wednesday February, 11 at
7:30 p. m. in Rigdon's chapel,
for the question box and Russell
Pratt on gadgets.
'37 Studebaker pickup. Call at
Riverdale Park after 4:30 p.m.
To Invite Soldiers Cherrians
at their monthly meeting at the
Quelle tonight will entertain 20
soldiers stationed near here. The
soldiers will furnish the program
for the meeting and they are to
be presented with equipment for
their recreational program, Frank
Earnest, head of the Cherrians,
said Tuesday night.
Files for Council First person
to file this year for city office
here is E. W. Acklin, shoe store
proprietor, who seeks to become
alderman for ward one. The posi
tion is now held by E. B. Perrine,
whose term expires this year.
Acklin, who field Tuesday, an
nounced his candidacy Saturday.
Thefts Reported Ernest Hippe,
798 South 21st street, told city
police Tuesday the auto tax stamp
was taken from his car, parked on
South 12th street. Theft of a pair
of skates and shoes from his bi
cycle Sunday night was reported
by Willard Braunberger, Salem
route two.
Traveler Speaks Russell
Brooks, former American consul at
Johannesburg, South Africa, will
address the Rotary club at its
luncheon today. Brooks is a gradu
ate of Salem high school and Wil
lamette university.
Shorthand, grammar and punc
tuation, letter writing, commer
cial law, typing Classes in these
subjects for "beginners on Mon
day, Feb. 16, at the Capital Busi
ness College Liberty and Che
meketa Sts. Ph. 5987.
Chain Stamp
Schemes Get
PO Warning
Despite previous warnings
chain schemes for sale of defense
saving stamps are still going
through the mails, according to
Postmaster H. R. Crawford, who
said Wednesday that several such
cases had been noted in Salem
and that he jreceived frequent
phone calls about the legality of
the chains.
' Persons who take part in them
are violators of the postal fraud
and lottery statutes, Crawford
said, and are required to show
cause why fraud orders should not
be issued against them.
Lovell ? -
.. Zachariah Lovell, 82, at Cathla
met, Wash- Tuesday, February 10,
former resident of Salem. Born
in Bedford, Ind. Survived by his
widow, Jessie and one son, Lowell,
both of Cathlamet, a daughter,
Mrs. W. J. Tobin, Anadell, Minn.;
five grandchildren and 2 great
grandchildren. Services will be
held in the Terwjlliger-Edwards
chapel Thursday, February 12 at
2 p.m. Rev. T. E. Martin, Kelso,
'will officiate. Interment Tin Bel
crest Memorial park. .
Tuel 1
tln this city Sunday, February
,8, Addie E. Tuel, aged 77 years;
Late resident of 2900 Brooks Ave.
Aunt of ' Henry R. Albert and
sister-in-law of Henry- A. Albers
of Salem. Services ; will be held
in the chapel of the W.1 TV Rig
don company Wednesday, Febru
ary 11, at 10a. m. Concluding
services in ; City iView cemetery.
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Obtain Licenses Marriage li
censes have been issued at Port
land to Aim on Banklund and Ber
nice Hampton, both of Willamina,
and Henry Mehling, Eugene, and
Julia Terhune, Albany.
Autos Collide Drivers of cars
which collided Monday night at
Myrtle and Columbia streets were
Harold E. Goodrich, Salem, route
six, and James F. Pugh, 774 North
Winter street
Speaks at Portland Sen. Doug
las McKay spoke in Portland
Tuesday at a Kiwanis club lunch
eon on the bombing of Pearl Har
bor. Club Meet Scheduled Town
send club number 14 is to meet
in the Kolsky home, one mile east
on the first road north of the
Liberty store, tonight ut 8 o'clock.
Gleemen to Sing -The Salem Y
Gleemen will sing at the Zena
schoolhouse tonight. . The group is
to leave the YMCA at 7:30.
Schedules Meet Townsend club
No. 4 will meet at the Highland
school tonight at 7:30 o'clock.
Glee Program
Date Delayed
Freshman Glee, traditional song
festival at Willamette university,
will be March 21 instead of March
7, Jim Glasse of Albany, manager,
announced Tuesday.
The postponement was proposed
by the university administration
because of the nearness of the us
ual Glee date to the opening of
the spring semester, and was ac
cepted by the executive commit
tee. "Centennial" is the theme for
this year's fete, and preparations
for class participation are already
under way.
Youth Held in Burglary of Oil
Station Will Face Grand Jury
Unable to unite in a verdict, the Jury which had heard the
collection case of Crum vs. Torrens in Marion county circuit
court over a period of four days gave up and went home Tues
day night after more than eight hours' deliberation.
The case, which hinged around the plaintiffs attempt te
collect moneys allegedly due on, purchase of a water system and "
and the defendant's claim that the merchandise had proved
unsatisfactory Interposing a counter claim, opened Wednesday
before Judge L. H. McMahan and the jury.
Permit Issued The city build
ing department Tuesday issued a
permit to Ada Ross to repair
apartment house at 498 North
Liberty street, $198.
Loses -Billfold A. A. Bilbrey,
1560 Bellevue street, told city
police Tuesday he lost his billfold
containing $12 in the 400 block
North Commercial street.
Escapes Institution Officials
reported to city police the escape
Tuesday morning from Fairview
home of Edward Wayne Rogers,
15, and Calvin Redding, 14.
Subject Set "Our Ship of Life"
is the topic for the Truth Study
class meeting. Wednesday at 155
South Liberty street Olive Stev
ens is leader.
Births
Forrest To lr. and Mrs. Stanley J.
Forrest. Idanha. a daughter. Sandra
Jean.- born February S. Deaconess
hospital. ...
. Loeffler To Mr. and Mrs. George B.
LoeMler. 2160 North 4th street, a son,
Gary .Michael, born February 3, Dea
coness hospital.
Swearinger To Mr. and Mrs. Ray
E. Swearinger, route one. a aon.Zddy
Ray, born February 8, Deaconess hos
pital. SwarU To Mr. and Mrs, Albert
Swartz, Otter Rock, a daughter. Flor
ence Marie, born January 30, Bunga
low Maternity homo.
Charged with burglarizing a Salem oil station early Tuesday
morning, Norman Bacon, 19, was in Marion county jail Tues
day night awaiting grand jury hearing. In justice court, he had
waived -preliminary hearing; failing to post $500 bail after
Justice Joseph Felton had ordered
him held to answer to the grand
jury, he was committed to jail.
City police, called at about 1:30
a.m. by M. A. Davis, owner of the
station at Fairgrounds avenue and
Hall street, found Bacon crouch
ing in the grease pit, they said. On
his person, they said, they found
90 pennies thought to have been
taken from the station's cash reg
ister. Davis said more money was
missing, and a later search re
vealed a sack of coin in the pit.
Bacon is said to have admitted
to police taking both the $19.50
contained in the sack and the pen
nies from the station,- which he
allegedly entered by the side door
Monday night
The grand jury has been called
to reconvene February 18.
CIRCUIT COURT
Elaine Edith Browning Shannon
vs. Alton B. Shannon; complaint
for divorce, alleging cruel and in
human teartment; married April
27, 1941, in Vancouver, Wash.
Archie S. Mosier vs. Blanche I.
Mosier; plaintiffs suit dismissed
and divorce granted on suit of
defendant, providing that so long
as she remains unmarried she is
to receive $35 a month from plain
tiff and is to recover no costs.
McCoy vs. Shaffler; case in
volving recission of a deed heard
Tuesday by Judge E. M. Page and
taken under advisement.
Credit Bureaus, Inc., vs. Anna
R. Macy; motion to make com
plaint more definite and certain
B. C. Morris vs. Glen N. Ber-
uiger, G. E. Bennger and Lulu
Beringer; motion for plaintiff to
file with court alleged promissory
note referred to in complaint.
Credit Bureaus, Inc., vs. E. S
Patton and Alice L. Patton; mo
tion for default judgment.
: Credit Bureaus, Inc., vs. Loran
T. King and Frances King; md
tion for default judgment. I
Lilith A. Nichols vs. Ward W.
Nichols; order of default and de
Cree of divorce to plaintiff.
Florence M. Syphert vs. Edwin
B. Syphert; default decree of di
vorce restores to plaintiff former
name of Florence M. Craig.
PROBATE COURT
Clara DeGuire estate; Herr.y
Johnson, Harry Mayes arid
Charles Johnston appointed ap
praisers.
I Roy Smith estate; final account
by Kittle Smith, administratrix,
hearing set for March 14.
; Albert R. Lerfald estate; Mabel
G. Lerfald, widow, named admin
istratrix of estate given tentative
$1500 valuation; M. G. Gunderson,
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$7.50.
C. B. Anderson and Martin Smith
named appraisers.
Henry Joost estate; appraised
at $451 by Ned Richards, Goldie
Farmen and Hannah Gardner;
final account shows receipts of
$177.50 and expenditure of the
same, charges and credits of
$628.50 by William Fearheller, ad
ministrator; hearing set forIarch
20.
Henry F. Shanks estate; B. L.
Wright, W. C. Barber and B. F.
Corwin named appraisers; peti
tion by Pioneer Trust company
for authorization- to pay claims.
Mark S. Skiff estate; Ada V.
Skiff, executrix, authorized to sell
a share of stock in Breitenbush
Hot Springs, Inc.
Anna Rivenes estate; reports on
sale of real property by Joseph C.
Rivenes, administrator, show that
58 acres in Clackamas county sold
for $5500 to Alfred S. Oster and
Edna J. Oster, that property in
Ames addition to S i 1 v e r t o n
brought $822 from Ruthe Rivenes.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Allen Friesen, 22, box nailer,
West Salem, and Edith Van. Or-
den, 817 Mill street, Salem.
Roy W. Lindstrom, 33, farmer,
lone, and Katherine Griffith, 21,
student, Oorgan, Ore.
William Hugh Bones, 22, navy,
Taft, and Eleanor Sherman, 24,
835 D streetr Salem.
MUNICIPAL COURT
Albert F.-: Costelow, Jefferson
route one, violation of basic rule,
fined $5
Shelton Attis, jr., Portland, il
legal reverse turn, fined $1.
Thomas Armstrong, 1645 Nor
way street, violation of basic rule,
fined $2.50,
Anabel D. Dickson, Salem route
four, failure to stop, fined $2.50.
Alvin John Diem, Salem route
two, violation of basic rule, fined
$3.50.
George TR. Bannister, Stockton,
Milk Probe
Dropped by
Grand Jury
Investigation into alleged ir
regularities in the move to abol
ish the milk control board prior to
and at the general election in 1940
has been closed so far as Marion
county grand jury is concerned.
District Attorney Miller B. Hay
den announced Tuesday. Word of
the closure came to him from he
governor, he said.
Insufficient evidence was found
by the Marion grand jury in its
study of the expense account in
the referendum move to indicate
criminal intent, Hayden said, so
that phase of the investigation
was dropped.
VFWtbGive
Star Flags
To Parents
' Gifts of ? service flags to par
ents of boy$ in the armed services
of the' United States are promised
by Marjori post No, 661, Veterans
of I Foreign Wars, officers ;of the
organization announced Tuesday.
' Parents are urgedT to' contact
Dr. Roy . Scofield, 302 Pioneer
Trust building,' or Micky Flax at
Mickey's Sandwich shop, 479
Court street , . Personal 'calls or
letters giving name and address of
each boy in service as well as the
name and address of parents will
enable the committee to -forward
proper persons the service flags,
it was said. '
Similar to those used in 1918
and particularly designed for
window use, the flag provides
for display of gold stars for the
deceased, silver star for a mem
ber of ' the family in' foreign
service and a blue star for serv
ice in the continental United
States. As classification of lads
in the armed, service .changes,
the committee plans to provide
the different colored stars.
A recruiting campaign was in
augurated at this week's meeting
of the post with members of the
Military Order of the Cootie, fun
branch of - the VFW, challenging
other members. "Delouse the
Cooties" has been selected as
fighting for the non-members of
the order, with Corp. "P"
Ringle as commander. Frank
Prince heads the Cootie team.
Losers feed the winners following
terminatiori of the contest, March
31.
'tore to have-farm workers de
ferred In thedraft they ttresse
the need for farm labor during .
the 1942 crop seasons. It; was-
: brought oat that the govern-
t ment is demanding larger agri-
cultural yields while at the same
time experienced' farm labor:
; Bearing a. low. ebb in . Oregon .
'and other states. '
Erickson said a survey of the
Oregon agricultural setup is now"
in progress with a view, of obr
taking an accurate, picture of
agricultural requirements.
-Results of the. survey will be.
referred to federal officials
Two Appointed
State Fitness
Plan Leaders
Appointment " of Dean R. W.
Leighton, University of Oregon,
as state director, and Dr.' Eva M.
Seon, professor of physical edu
cation at Oregon State college, as
assistant director of the "physical
fitness program. in Oregon, was
announced by Gov. Charles A.
Sprague here Tuesday. '
The program is in -connection
with the civilian defense move
ment. Purpose of the program is to
keep persons of all ages in good
physical health through indulging
in proper sports and outdoor ac
tivities. Gov. Sprague said it was riot in
tended that this program will in
terrupt health activities carried on
by the schools, Boy Scouts, YMCA
and other organizations. J
Farm Leaders
Stress Needs
At Draft Meet
A group of farm leaders, includ
ing Ray W. Gill, master of the
Oregon State grange, conferred
with Lieut-Com. E. B. Erickson,
national Selective service head
quarters, and Col. Elmer Wooton,
state selective service director,
here Tuesday, regarding the part
agriculture is playing in the World
war.
While members of the group
did not make any specific ges-
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SALESLADY
Y7AIITED!
To work in Women's
wear. Age 21 to 35, past
experi e n c e necessary.
References re q u i r e d.
Stenographic experience
an asset, but not essen
tial. State full particu
lars in first letter; age,
experience, educa tion.
and salary expected.
Write Statesman
Box Ho. 1977
CARD OF THANKS
We the members of Salem Unit
No. 125, International Brother
hood of Electrical Workers Un
ion, wish to express our sincere
appreciation to the public for all
the courtesies and acts of kind
ness extended to us "during our
efforts to restore electrical serv
ice to the people of this com
munity during and after the sleet
storm. The many cups of coffee
and sandwiches also were very
much appreciated. - .
JOE TURNER,
Unit President 1
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