Gleemen to
bing on
-Tuesday
" : The, Y Gleemei will ' present
a varied program in their' con
cert Tuesday night at 8:15 at the
high' school auditorium.' Edouard
Hurlimann is directing the men's
chorus of 30 voices and is said
to have' a flare for handling
such a chorus. Miss Alice Crary
i Brown is accompanist.
This is the Gleemen's second
year under Mr. Hurlimann. Fea-:
tures' with ' the chorus will be
Josephine Albert Spaulding,
mezzo ' soprano,!; and Kathleen
Broer, violinist.
Grant Vt to Do With Zel Bch
Break Forth. O Beauteous. Heav'nly
Lisht . Bach
Ho. Ral My. Nut-Brown Maiden
OW Higl
hland
Melody)
Arr. Burleigh'
Mount Your Horsei..; -Brahma
O Don Fatal (Don Carlo) Verdi
Spring Song of the Robin woman '.
(Shanewis) . : Cad man
' - Josephine Albert Spaulding i
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes '.
f - , Arr. Vogrich
Home on the Range Guion-Riegger
" - Solo, Richard D. Barton -
A Brown Bird Singing Wood
. ... ,.v,:- Ronald Craven
Kow the Day la Over . Barnby
Quartet ' . -
Beau Soir . ,-,..,.., Debuasy
Iclt Liebe Dich ;.-, .Grieg
The May Night ...Brahms
One, Two, Three .Malotte
The Year's at the Spring-. .Beach
Josephine Albert Spaulding
X Am an American Schuster, et al
May Day Carol English folk song
Arr. Deems Taylor
When Children Pray Fenner
I Got Plenty. of Nuttin'.
..Ciersnwin
..Gershwin
fwanee
Seraphic Song Rubinstein-Gaincs
tnonu
Solo. Josephine Albert Spaulding
Violin obligato, Kathleen Broer
Dean Geist Will -Be
Soloist
Dean Melvin H,' Geist, head
of the Willamette university
school of music, will be the '
guest soloist at the March meet
ing of the Town and Gown club
Thursday at 2:30 o'clock In Lau
sanne hall. Mrs. Geist wiH play
her husband's accompaniments.
At the tea hour Mrs. L. O.
Clement, president, and 'Dean
Olive M. Dahl, secretary, will
pour. The tea committee in
cludes Mrs. Charles H. Johnson,
chairman, Mrs. James T. Brand,
Mrs. J. B. Crary, Mrs. Charles
V. Galloway, Mrs. Paul H. Hau
ser, sr., Mrs. C. C. Higgins, Mrs.
Bella A. James, Mrs. Abner K.
Kline, Mrs. J. H. Lauterman,
Mrs. Roy Lockenour, Mrs.
Charles Ratcliff, Mrs. A. S.
"Wells and Mrs. W. H. Wood.
Alma mis Handel
Stornellata Marinara Cimara
If I Were King of Ireland (Irish
Air) Arr. by Fisher
Borne Rival Has Stolen My True
Love Away Arr. by Broadwood
Ah, Moon of My Delight Lehman
.Aria: None So Rare, from the op
era Martha Flotow
Morgen Strauss
Iruhlirigssonne Trunk ,
As Ever I Sw .' .-Warlock
The Lament of Ion the Proud, Griffes
- The -ToU Gate House....Bowley
Yarmouth Fair (Norfolk Folk
Song) r.... '.Arr. by Warlock
Margery Mack.
Is Engaged
Announcement is being made
this weekend of the engagement
of Miss Margery Ruth Mack of
Portland, formerly of Salem,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest J.
Mack, to Mr. Oran 'Benjamin
Robertson of Seattle, son of Mr.
nd Mrs. Arthur Edward Rob
ertson of Turner.
Both Miss Mack and Mr. Rob
ertson attended Salem schools.
She is with the Moss company in
Portland, and he is employed in
the Boeing plant in Seattle.
Mrs. Willard N. Thompson and
- Mrs. William Lidbeck 'were
guests at luncheon and bridge
t ef Mrs. Robert Boals at her
Portland home Thursday. Other
former Salem matrons making
, VP the guest list were Mrs. Kim
. ball Page, Mrs. Peter Buck, Mrs.
' Robert Evans, Mrs. Henry Beck
or and Mrs. Carl Rickson.
t Woman's Relief Corps met at
the American Lutheran church
: Friday.' On Thursday a ' group
of the members will motor to
Jfewberg to attend the district
, School., of instruction of ,WRC.
Sey will meet at the American
theran church at 9 a. m.
University ef Oregon Mathers
Will be entertained at the home
7 ef Mrs. - Ray Yocom Tuesday
afternoon at a 1 o'clock lunch
eon. For reservations call Mrs.
He --d Pickett, 6630. The com--Tni
in charge includes Mrs,
Theodore Nelson Mrs. Claude ,
Murphy, Mrs. P. J. Meany and
Mrs. Pickett
WO
.-. Camp Fir Girls
-' Column .. .
The Stanyan Camp Fire Girls
held their regular business, meet
ing Friday, The girls will have
their fingerprints taken next
Friday as. a iorm of identifica
tion In case of air raids. They ,
received leather attendance and
birthday honors. " J; .
The Ahwahndah -group of ;
Camp Fire Girls met at the home
cf ." the , guardian, r. Mrs. . James
. Bunnell on -Thursday afternoon.
The girls belonging to the group
are DeloresvShadeck, president; '
, Patricia Willard, treasurer; Ma
jrilyn. Reay, Joanne . Bunnell,
: vice-president; Janet Ramsdell,
: To .her Perkins, secretary; Sylvia
" McClelland, recorder; Ethel
; Trotter, Dcloris Canine, Marjo
'tie Steward, Mrs. James ' Bun
nell, r-sardian and Mrs. Gran--::'.3
Fcikins, assistant guardian.
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Seen and Heard
By JERYME
. EASTER BONNETS were
modeled by young matrons and
maids at the Junior Woman's
club benefit on -Monday . . ,
Opening, the show were Carolyn
Brown and. Mark Waltz who
came in singing "The Easter
Parade1 and made ' quite a hit
with the guests . . . Six -of the
Juniors modeled perky spring
hats, sitting before a vanity and
.' trying on their bonnets
Hattie Bratzel was the honor
. guest as the. . proceeds will be
used to send her to Texas to the
national Federation of Women's
clubs convention ". . . She wore
black and a beige sweetheart,
bonnet . . . From where we. sat
we noticed brunette Mrs. Harry
LaDou chic in a beige tailleur
- with brown check and Kelly
green felt hat . . . Mrs. J. Deane
Patterson wearing a smart Inca
gold suit and Mrs. Estill Brunk
in,gay print in shades of fus-
, chia . . . ' .
Green and red were very
much in evidence . . . A" bright
green pancake, hat and blouse !
. worn with Mrs. James Pike's
black suit . .'. Ethel Weber,
brightened her turf tan suit
with a Kelly blouse and Ruth
Whitehead wears a green hat
and beige suit . . . Mrs. Clinton
Standish has a pair of Rancho
green sport shoes with nail trim
...Mrs. Maurice Saffron,
chairman of the successful show,
was distinctive in a porcelain
gray tailleur, a petunia straw
bonnet and shoes ... A blue
print frock was worn by Mrs.
Merrill Falkenhagen with beige
felt hat ... A new bride, Mrs.
Daniel Olin (Beth Billings)
smartly dressed in a navy suit
and white straw pompadour
hat
A HURRIED TRIP taken by the
Paul Heaths a week ago ... In
one week they attended a flor
ists convention in Salt Lake
- City, went through San Fran
cisco greenhouses and to Port
land for the northwest conven-
' tion . . . There was . still snow
on the ground in Salt Lake but
the sun was shining . . . Helen
said it was a lovely sight to look
out of her room and see the
snow capped mountain range en
circling the city . . . Helen at
tended schools all day, banquets
and dances in the evenings . . .
At one of the luncheons she sat
next to the man who decorated
for the Gloria Vanderbilt wed
ding . . . He said it was one of
the hardest jobs he had ever un
dertaken . . . the flowers were
at a premium after the holiday
Girl Reserve's
Corner
The Leslie ninth grade Girl
Reserves met with their adviser,
Mrs. Ralph Nohlgren, Wednes
day. The group made a "Know
Ypur Town tour through the
state penitentiary and returned
to the YWCA for a business
meeting.
The Parrish ninth grade girls
met Thursday with Mrs. Esther
Little. Margie Slater, a new
member, was present They de
cided to learn square dances for
the "Kord and Kalico" dance on
April 17. .
Monday, Parrish seventh and"
eighth grade Girl Reserves met
with Miss Lois Robinson. . Pat
Schaeffer is a new member and
Rose Schaeffer and Diane Riggs
have transferred from the Les
lie club. Shirley Kinnane Was
in charge of the meeting. The
next meeting will be a wiener
roast
Tuesday, at the general study
period, the four sections of the
high school Tri-Y club met with
leaders, Nancy Brown, Marian
V ampler, Dorothy Dalton and
Clarice Buselle. Section I made
plans for a bicycle trip and an '
Easter program at the Hillcrest
school. Section IL the . finance
and publicity, discussed ways of
raising additional money for the
camp and conference expenses.
Section III, the service commit
tee, discussed plans for a rum
mage sale. Section IV will en
tertain club dads. Violet Gisler
has been appointed as chairman
of the committee to make ar
rangements for this party which
will be held within the next two
weeks.
The Girl Reserve Inter-club
council met Friday at the
YWCA, making plans for the
spring recognition ceremonial on
Palm ; Sunday at the Calvary
Baptist church. v Girls taking
speaking parts In the program
are Delvon Long and Carmen
Campbell from the high school,
Connie Keller, Patty ' Brown, .
Diane Riggs, Shirley Kinnane
and Jane Acton. Members of the "
Girl Reserve clubs of the, slate
school for the blind and Che
mawa Indian school wilt take
part in the musical program. .
Others participating are Alice '
Rose, Betty ' Zo Allen, Edith
Fairham, and about 40 members
from the ; different j. clubs : who
will form -a choir for the cere
monial, -v iS-l- V:V'::;:
: Much interest Is being shown
by the junior and senior - high
school girls In the possibility of
J a training class in nursery work,
to fit.. In with the -civilian de-
fense program. Girls who have
already signed tip for the course
are Betty Lou Vasby, ; Ethel
Lawless, - Viola ' Swanson, Elsie
Furrer, Gladys Brandt, Emma
line Bair, Rea Kahtz, Appa Sto
ber, Ida Park, Veta Smith, Car
men Campbell, Marian Burns,
Lena Grosso, Helen Manoles,
Janet Gibson, Elizabeth Nelson,
Carolyn Carson and Eva Lou :
Barrett " "
ENGLISH
rush and weddings were sched
uled every hour of the day at
the mission, .with only 15 min
ute intervals between V..' They
had to do all of the frame, work
on a stone floor and then rush
it inside between weddings .-. .
KEEPING BUSY these days is
Mrs. George A. White of Clacka
mas ' who . was in Salem last
weekend. She told of duties as
hostess one day a. week at the
; George" A. White Service Men's
: ' club; id Portland . . .She assists
soldiers with shopping and letter
. writing; . , -.Mrs. White is an ac-
tive member of St Paul's Epis
copal church in Oregon City .
She is" also doing Red Cross
work and spends a good deal' of
time withher mother, daughter
and granddaughter in Portland.-.
TEA FOR A BRIDE
Mrs.
Glenn Stevens was hostess at tea
for. her 'sister-in-law, Mrs. Rayf
mond Charles Busick (Mildred
Stevens) Saturday . . . Ray Is
now with the navy in San Diego
and Mildred receives . several
letters a day and plans to fly
down this spring to see him . . .
Presiding at the tea table, Mrs.
Harold Busick in pink and Mrs.
William M. Hamilton In blue.
Three Dallas matrons talking
it over . . . Mrs. Wayne J.
Page (Jean Bahlburg to us),
busy with nine-month-old Ju
dith ... Mrs. William Ott,
Jean's sister-in-law, who is an
ardent bicyclist and rides to and
from school each day . . . and
Mrs. Harold Holmes . . . Straw
bonnets worn by Mrs. Howard
Kurtz and Mrs. Robert Coffey
. . . Mrs. Robin Day and Mrs. Al
Petre, enthusiastic over the com
ing golf season . . . Mrs. Day
wore a beige tailleur and Mrs.
Petre's good-looking ensemble
was sierra brown with fox col
lar . . . Mrs. Louis Lor en z
wearing a grey suit with grey
and white checked jacket and
red felt hat
DANCING BY at the inter-sorority
formal at the Veteran's
hall . . . Mrs. Maurice Brennen
In a becoming gown of geranium
red silk jersey with torso length
bodice, enhanced with bows and
a full gathered skirt . , . Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Wedel (Jessie
Cooper) down from . Portland
...Paul in uniform and Jes
sie spinning in a patrol green
silk jersey with yoke of eggshell
on the bodice . . . Betty Starr
and her fiance, Robert Ander
son, from Portland ... Betty
attractive in a bright red silk
jersey frock trimmed in gold
. . . Other couples . ; . Mr. and
Mrs. William Thome, Mr. and
Mrs. Dale Wood, she in blue
chiffon,. . . Dorothy Cutler in
pink taffeta, escorted by an ar
my man . . . Dr. and Mrs.
Charles Kaufman . . . they will
be moving to Astoria in July
where Chuck will practice , . ,
Mrs. C. Ronald Hudkins wearing
cotton print with blue jacket
VFW Head Calls
Meeting" .
Mrs. Ward Wolfe, district
president of Oregon Veterans
of Foreign ' Wars auxiliary has
called a meeting of the district
at VFW Monday at 8 p. m. Mrs.
Ethel Keck, department presi
dent will pay an official visit
The regular VFW auxiliary
meeting will be postponed until
March 31. A delegation of local
VFW auxiliary members attend
ed inspection of the Silverton
auxiliary, when Mrs. Wolfe paid
an official visit The following
attended from Salem: Mrs.
Wolfe, Mrs. Effit Wetzel, Mrs.
Eva . Rush, Mrs. Dave Furlough,
Mrs. Bert Tompkins,. Mrs. A.
Strayer, Mrs. Leon Hansen, Mrs.
-W. E. Wickert,,Mrs. V.-Bolton,
Mrs J. . Moorman, Mrs. -F.
Prince, .Mrs.; Russell Mudd, Mrs.
J. Stimiman and Mrs. Cyril Na
don. - ' v
Pearl feosson was ' initiated
into the Centralia chapter, Pyth
ian Sisters Thursday night at a
meeting in Independence! The
latter group put on the initia
tion. Special guests from Salem
were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kin
zer, LenardHixson, Pearl Ros
son, Hattie" Cook, Dora Evans
and Susie Parmenter.
Mrs. William Bnrghardt and
Mrs. Thomas E. Rilea will en
tertain the Daughters of St
: Elizabeth at a covered dish
luncheon at 1 o'clock. Tuesday
at the Burghardt home on "Union
. street . , "
" Miss Lillian Robertson ef Spo
kane and Miss Dorthea Harris
of Portland, Oregon State col
lege students, are spending the
weekend as guests of Miss Cora
Talkington.
Eastern Star social afternoon
.dub will meet for a dessert
: luncheon at the Masonic temple
at 1:15 o'clock. Cards will
follow.
. Mrs. Kay Smith will entertain
members of chapter B, PEO
Monday night at her home.
1833 Center street, at 7:45
o'clock.
Tillicvm - club members will
hold their monthly formal dance
at the Veteran's hall; Tuesday
night and several; Informal par
ties are planned to precede "the
Pioneer
Wells omarii
Aged 94 to
Give up Home
Aunt Kate Vamlerpool
Enjoys life -There,
Doesn't Mind Move
t By BEULAH CRAVEN
(Statesman Staff Correspondent)
. Mrs. Kate Yanderpool of
Wells will be 94 years old
March 25, and has lived almost ,
all of that time .within a stone's
throw of the site I chosen ; for.
the Polk-Benton military canton
ment post-town. She is.-asserted -
ly, the oldest native white woman
in -Benton county : .
Born'in 1848 on the' donation.
land claim of her parents, Drury.
and Mahaha Hodges, she lived
her first 12 years in a log house!
The Hodges' home stood about
one-fourth mile east of where the
new cantonment administration
building has just risen.
Kate or Katherine. as she was
christened is the oldest of 11
children, of whom only three are.
now alive. A brother. A. J.
Hodges, 79, lives in Albany; and
one sister, Mrs. Georgia Davis.
85, in Tacoma.
Her parents and paternal
grandparents came from Mis
souri In 1847. Her grandparents
land claim lay west of their
son's. Part of the elder Hodges'
land later became the tewnsite
of Wells, and Included also
"Coffin Butte," the long, sinister
shaped hill about a mile west
of Wells. This lull swallows the
setting son and throws darken
ing shadows earlier there than
anywhere else in the area. Mrs.
Vanderpool's grandmother
named it "Coffin Butte." A
highway overpass Is to be built
across the Butte-Wells inter
section. ' The Butte, separated from Wells
by farmland and by highway 99W,
is now a feature of focalized in
terest in the cantonment's initial
construction program because it
is a natural gravel mound and
is furnishing tons of hard surface
material for l road building
through the post site. An endless
stream of huge trucks co to and
from the Butte, layering gravel
with amazing speed to criss-cross
the flat dank fields surrounding
Wells with roads. Until the net
work of , roads is finished, build
ing construction cannot be pushed.
Bin. vanderpool, living- lm
(he eldest : Bouse In . Wells In
this village of less than dozen
families says she knitted 88
pairs of sox during the World
war, but she cant do needle
work now because she's too busy
watching construction progress.
She doesn't want te miss a mor
sel of the excitement surging
outside her windows. Survey
ors, engineers, construction of
ficials, all have extended court
esy and kindness to this soci
able, aged little lady.
She has lived through every
conceivable epoch of chance in
her sector of the Willamette val
ley, has clung - to cioneer ways.
altering her lifetime habits slow
ly, and she has never seen any
events, she says, to compare with
the speed, accuracy and drive of
this gigantic cantonment program
unfolding daily before her eyes.
A curtain has been lifted on a
vast theater of industrial activity
which moves like a play before
her fascinated vision.
And "Aunt Kate," as she is
known throughout Benton
county, does have excellent vi
sion. She wears glasses for
reading only, and sometimes
reads without them when she
gets In a hurry. Her hearing
is as good as it ever was. She
walks erectly. Her hair is gray ,
-Tiot white. Her eyes a brown,
humorous twinkle in a youngi sh!
face.- - ' ,,-.;'J;;':V
"I , like to s be with vounaer -
people," she told us. as she rocked
comfortably before the fire while
gravel trucks roared past her
doorway. "Young folks are active.
They do things and have interest
ing news to talk about I like
gossip oh, not the malicious.
heart-hurting kind-i-but the vivi
dramatic happenings , of people,
me, places. I like to know the
news! . - .
; M - never had eleetrie lights
until 1841. Didn't want 'em.
New, I couldn't get along with- ,
out 'em. Drew water from: the
weU with a bucket till a few
years age. Have a hand-pump
now.' Just last summer I hired
my A garden plowed and bar- -rowed,
then worked It and
planted it all myself. I always
tend my own vegetables and
. flowers. '-'vi - ."v"'-'
"I saw the Southern ; Pacific
build, this spur here more ' than
60 years ago. Saw the paved high
way replace dust and rocks. I can
remember back before the Civil
war, to the first day I went to
school, in a Tittle log schoolhouse.
It stood right where the Dutton
house . stands now, about a half
mile southeast ef the cantonment's
first building. It had rock fire
place In the corner. No chairs or
smooth seats ; Rough, backless
benches." Ky short legs couldn't
reach the floor and I got terribly
tired that first day. Our" teacher
was Jesse Stump. There' were
seven pupils. Many years later my
only daughter, - Mrs. R. Walker,
went to school In the same build
ing." . . .
Mrs. Walker and her husband,
from Calgary, Canada, spend win
ters at Wells with Mrs. Vander-
Sees
'Army
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'"ITS
t
' 1
i -
Mrs. Kate Vanderpool, who is
enjoying watching - Uncle;
Sam convert her old home
stead she was bom there
94 years ago at Wells info
an army cantonment and
doesn't mind the prospect of
moving. In fact she looks
forward to apartment life in
Albany ,as an Interesting
new experience. .
pool, prd were present the 'day
I visited her. They took her to
Canada for a winter and two
summers. She thinks Victoria, BC,
is a beautiful place but she can't
be induced to leave Oregon for
long.
Asked if she could explain why
she has lived so long. Jonger than
her parents or any of her grand
parents, she said:
"Contentment In life helps a
lot, I never envy another's pos
sessions. Fm always working;
and I never overeat For break
fast I have one soft eooked ear.
one enp of coffee . with plenty
f cream bo sugar; and pear
preserves. Very little meat
bread, cake or candy. Vege
tables are my standby. I weigh
95 pounds.. I've had . occasional
sick spells but I never gave up.
"Young people shouldn't run
around so much nights. Go to bed
early, get up early, and work.
When I was young we had few
social amusements. I attended
dances in the homes of friends
escorted by my father. Mother
didn't believe in dancing. A fiddle
furnished the music. Our 1 old
square dances were grand. I was
a good horseback rider, too.
Horses were plentiful around
here, and furnished our only
transportation."
Mrs. Vanderpool's first hus
band, Peter Ground of Mon
mouth, died a few years after
their marriage. In 1884 she was
married to Campbell Vanderpool.
a veteran of Oregon Indian wars!
In 1925 they retired from active
farm life and moved to her pres
ent home, where the first post
master of Wells '.once lived and
conducted the postoffice. It is a
small, white frame house, the in
side walls finished with smooth,
painted boards. Mr. Vanderpool
died there several years ago at
the age of 93.
"When I move from here
which will be I think early in
April fm going to Albany to
live in a modern apartment
My brother Jack owns the
building, and my cousin, Mrs.
Ainu Stewart also lives there.
I have many friends fh Albany
so shall not be lonely. It's go
ing. to be like a playhouse the .
apartment Hot and cold water,
steam heat v electric: range. I'm
going to like it"
. So does Mrs. Vanderpool, the
oldest resident to be moved from
the cantonment area, look for
ward zestfully to leaving her an
cestral acres to enjoy a new,
stimulating experience.
Spain's Mutes Offer
'Wordless Theatre'
MADRID-Cffr-Spain's first the
ater for deaf mutes starring deaf-
mute actors and actresses opened
in Madrid recently under the aus
pices of Catholic Action. .
Weekly., performances of popu
lar plays rewritten for the deaf-
mutes language of hands are ad
vertised ' the 1 preceding week in
the deafmutes' weekly newspaper,
"The Voice of Silence."
As Savoyards Say, ,
It Was the Cat :
' OKLAHOMA C I T Y-flP)-A 1 1
theories failing to pan; out- off
cers investigating the ..tripping of
an automatic burglar, alarm at a
grocery store finally figured it
was an "inside job."
' The store's cat the officers said
in their report, "was walking
about ,in. a furtive, - suspicious
manner", when they answered the
calL
Swedish Exports Up '
STOCKHOLM - (JF) Sweden's
1941 imports dropped 16 per cent
from tne ' 1940 figure to a Ttotal
of. .1,671,000,000 kroner (about
$417,750,000 at par), but exports
rose "one per cent over the 1940
figure .to . 151,000,000 kroner
(about $337,750,000). Overseas
trade, carried in navicert ships was
approximately 10 per. cent of the
total turnover. - . "
Fe.auiLuires
r Sec 2 Page 4 ; Sunday MorsingV March 22, 1942
. . . or .iflhoyuise
A By ETHAN GRANT ' n - ,
He who shuns life's inevitable hazards is more a miserable
coward thanr a reasoning individual, "s-The. world- is. filled ,with
risks, and it man -must learn to
learned, it is thea and xrnly then,
the fullest measure of enjoyment
Learning without mature counsel
Is hard.-1 took many a spill be
fore learning how to live with the
risks of riding a bicycleJ ;
: But I . did learn, - and there
t was nothing I could not do with
a bike, except lead it to water
and. make , it drink. For four
young years of my. life I "made :
, my living on a bike,- and dur
ing all the years since, I have
been an authority on how to
ride one. Many a youngster
and grown-up alike have prof
ited from the mature advice
always . volunteered of old
Otherwise, the maestro.
' Ctnm last week, it being
my 42nd birthday, I became the
recipient of a new bike, bne of
those excellent lightweight,
streamlined racer types. : A very
fine bike indeed, for my good
family knew that nothing but the
best was good enough for an ex
pert That evening they stood in
the yard and watched me depart,
coattails flapping, for down town.
From where we live, down
town means down hilL I sailed.
It was swell. It was great It
was glorious. Like flying. So
easy for one who really knew
how. It brought back memories:
how easy it'd been way back
then to ride without holding
onto the handlebars. Suddenly
I-straightened up and 'turned
loose.
And suddenly the front wheel
went into a fit of crazy wobbling.
I reached for the handlebars, but
they weren't there. It's an awful
feeling, trying to use your arms
for wings and finding that you
haven't any feathers, and that the
air is altogether too thin to help
you. And did you ever, get1 down
real close and look at the concrete
pavement? It's porous and ragged
and mighty rough, when viewed
from only six inches beyond the
tip of your nose.
And if yon want to see what
concrete can do to a knee, a'
hip, an elbow and a pair ef
. good pants well, rm still : ;
"long, way from recovery 'this
Sunday' morning.
Youth is a dangerous age and
so is 42, for at 42 a man can't
quite decide if he's young or old.
I like this idea the air raid war
dens have in San Francisco, or
ganizing their respective blocks
into neighborhood clubs; all get
ting together and becoming ac
quainted. It might be tried in Sa
lem. There are a lot of people
in our block I've never met And
also why not designate a house
in each block as a first aid' sta
tion? It might come in very handy
in the event of an air raid.
Years before we came to Ore
gon, a man named Mike Bock
told me a story about what he
termed "the hard heartedness
of western women." Mike had
bummed his way through' the
western states and suffered the
bum's usual agonies of hunger.
One afternoon in California he
was so hungry he thought he'd
,soon ' collapse. Passing a pre-
tenuous home where a lady was
sitting serenely on . her porch '
he thought to impress her with
his plight by plunging Into the
yard and, pretending to eat' the
grass. .
But the lady wasn't very easily
impressed. Mike said he'd actual
ly eaten some of the grass before
she seemed to notice him.
Then she said. "Look, bo, the
grass Is a lot taller and greener
In the back yard." '
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In wartime there are no re
publicans or democrats or social
ists or capitalists or communists
or laborites or Townsendites or
nudists or technocrats. There are
only Americans and un-Ameri
cans. , , .. :
In Peoria, Illinois, a few years
ago there was a young police offi
cer with a very, very red face
Early one afternoon while cruisi
ing a residential neighborhood Jie
stopped at the curb where a three
year-old boy stood crying his little
eyes out; The young officer took
the child into his arms, wiped his
eyes and his nose-and asked him
where :he lived. The boy ; appar
ently didn't know. .The officer
took him into the car and drove
slowly around the block, pointing
at eac& bouse and asking the child
if that was where he lived.
But apparently the child didn't
like in that neighborhood at' alL
so the young officer took him to
headquarters, w h e r e a frantic
mother was soon reporting , the
child's description by telephone.
The desk sergeant looked up at
cop and child and told the lady
her little runaway had been found
and Would be returned immedi
ately He gave the young officer
the- lady's .address and bade him
scram. Y .-.
A few moments later cop and
child arrived at the address be
hind the very -curb from.; which
the youngster had been picked
upr ......
Base- Grow
live with them. Once he has
that Tie may extract 'from life
Family , Bookshelf
Two New War
Books Listed
At Library
Among the large number of
books about the war that the
public library Is making avail-
able to Salem residents are two
new ones with more than usual
appeal. V " '
One is "Fighting Ships of the
US Navy" written by Fletcher
Pratt and containing colored . Il
lustrations drawn by the famous
naval draftsman Jack Coggins.
Author Pratt presents a complete
pictorial guide to our navy, from
the mammoth new 35,000 ton USS
Washington to "the sturdy little
minesweeper USS Bobolink, . The
text is brief but accurate, and the
pictures hi this oversize book are
colorful action views.
The other volume is recom
mended because it seems certain
to take its place in literature as
an outstanding personal account
of an aviator in this war. The
book is "Flight to Arras" by An
toine de Saint-Exupery, who has
attained a permanent place In let
ters for his "Wind, Sand and
Stars' of two years ago. This
translation from the French tells
the' story of the final days of May,
1940, . when the defeat of the
French was certain, the fliers of
France fought on. Here is war
flying as experienced from mom
ent to moment ' during one long
flight the jammed guns, the rou
tine of -flight the alternations of
depression and exaltation within
the cockpit of the plane, and then
the final homecoming and safe
landing.
- What might truly be called a
monumental literary work has
Just been added to the library.
It is "Admiral of the Ocean Sea,
A Life of Christopher Colum
bus" Written by : Samuel Eliot
Morison. In gathering the mate
rial for this book this historian,
author, sailor. and professor of
history - at Harvard university,
actually followed the sea cour
ses across the Atlantic which
Columbus set on his voyages.
This close contact together with
the author's thorough research
into extensive literature on Co
lumbus make for an aliveness
and freshness - usually lacking
in such volumes.
Speaking of America's discov
erer, few people realize that Am
erica was named for Amerigo
Vespucci as a result of a scholar
ly error which attributed the dis
covery of this continent to the
wrong explorer. All of the fasci
nating story is set down in Ste
fan Zweig's recent book "Ame
rigo.'' - '
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' By LILLIE Lr MADSEN
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The first two weeks' in April are
the best for quick germination of
lawn grass In developing a new'
lawn, according .to Prof. Arthur
Peck, landscape architect Instruc
tor at Oregon State college.' Prof.'
Peck , reports that f "water Is no
problem-then the grass will grow
more, . rpMly :f ndbetter f choke
out the Weeds . If started at this
time. : 'J'itjf ; ", .;
As 1o soiL a iairlv heavT rfar
loam Is besV"Th.!s 'should be pre
pared, tnoroughly, and , uniform! v.
A. thorough " working Is . economy
in me long run. . t -.
Do. not think of covering any
grass seed. If you are planting.
Astoria Ben .Kentucky Blue
Grass or Highland Bent, simply
roll It down.. Do not . rake It
However , the fescues sfi o u I d ,
first be raked In and then rolled.
In mowing young grass, do so
first when you can make a fair
cutting and yet leave 1 Inches.
Cut three times this way, before
mowing down to one Inch. If you
catch the grass, mowing is usual
ly needed but once a week. If
you do not catch It It Is much
better to mow at least twice a
week. "
In irrigating the lawn it seems
early to speak of this, but we will
be at it before we realize place
water on one spot for 1 to 114
hours and then do not water again
for four or five days.
When it comes to fertilizing,
this depends somewhat upon re-
is good only for a quick start.
Organic matter is really better.
Cottonseed meal Is good when
nitrogen is needed, and bonemeal
for phosphate. Fertilize old lawns
in March and again in June just
before Irrigation starts. A bal
anced fertilizer Is considered best
particularly one that is not too
heavy in nitrogen.
"The best control for weeds is
bard work. Pulling them in
early spring gives you a "good
start Daring the summer, the
weeds pull best the day follow
ing irrigation. Commercial sul
phuric 'acid will kill weeds. Dip
a pointed stick in the acid' and
then punch the center ef the
weed.
When ft comes to variety, it Is
somewhat a matter of personal
choice: ' ;
Astoria Bent is a yellow reen
grass and considered a good lawn
grass. I recall' that Prof. Peek
used to say that it was a little
too . fine for his liking. It grow
sdoui tne band stand at Oregon
State college. It takes a little more
labor and care In both watering
and mowing, but for those who
like a very fine lawn grass, it is
ideal. You sow one pound to 700
square feet
Kentucky Blue Grass is a very
green grass and will withstand
considerable neglect Some con
sider an ideal lawn made up of
75 per cent blue grass and 25 per
cent red top at the rate of one
pound to 350 square feet
Highland Bent: A little easier
to grow than the Astoria Bent.
but -all bents go off somewhat in
summer.
Che wing's Fescue: This was
grown originally for sheep pas
ture in New Zealand. It is among
the toughest and wiriest of grasses.
Needs less water but must be
kept growing vigorously to keep
it from bunching. It is sown at
the rate of t pound to 200 sou a re
feet
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