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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1942)
The OSEGOII STATESMAN, Salerau Oregon, Wednesday Morning, July h 1942 - PAGE THESE Hazel Green road and west to the river from that point Two more ' districts are being proposed, Gervais and lit Angel, but it is understood that a dispute about; the. boundary line between the two districts is holding back filing of the petitions. Poster for ' Fourth' in 1884 Tells of Salem Celebration - , -t How the Glorious Fourth was celebrated in Salem 58 years ago is portrayed more or less graphically in a poster" advertising the Grand Celebration and Printers' Picnic" which was sched uled for July 4, 1884; in Marion square. There was also a ball at the Upera House that night The poster was loaned to The States man by Arthur Moore of Mon mouth, who found it among the letters and papers of the late Mrs. Moore. . ... . -- '. 'The circular sets - forth that there was to be an immense pro cession," that the city was in bunting; and there was somewhat ambiguous reference to 300 "street Arabs." The poster was bizarrely illustrated with the stock "cuts" with which printing offices in those days were providedand the "Arabs" were variously depicted AS Arabian horses' and as out landish savages. ; V - On the reverse side bf the pos ter .was an extended list of prizes, to be awarded in "contests 0f which, these were typical? i Ta the swiftest lady compositor m the city. " - To the printer having the larg est feet . - Tohe, young lady most anxious to get jnarried. . . To the most exquisite dude unon fee erounds.' - ToMheHbest -gentlemen waltzer at the ball To the-most popular widow Other prizes were assigned to me winners . or various atmeuc contests; including a $10 cash nri for a rar from Whirh 'rirA- . xessionals were barred- Ah out standing event was the "hose con test" -for hose companies of 12 men each. V Prize donors' names will still in some cases sound familiar in Sa lem: The Statesman,' A. N. Gil- Gilbert, Mrs. C. M. "Cross, Sam Adolph, : McAfee and Hawkins, - Squire Farrar Sc CO., W. L. Wade J. W. 'Crawford, Steiner'& Bios . eer.-.Ed Cross, W. $ Johnson, John Belt - - v -. ;' BrooksJFire Area Electi Slated : Late This Month (vsu:.v:;...i;,,;. Either July 31 .or . August 1 is expected" to be the date set for elWtion of directors of the newly treated Brooks rural. fire protec tion area by - the . Marion county court. Meeting Tuesday morning for hearing of protests, the mem Ders oi ine court found no one tn attendance exdept for Merrill . Ohling, Salem insurance man, One protest was heard later over the telephone from Willis Caldwell, who mentioned that some felt the district as proposed was too large. , Thisu however, had no effect on the issuance of the order. .The district as set Includes 'the territory bounded on the north cy a line from the r i v e r east equivalent to -the Manning' school-Farkersville road,, so u t h from that point along the' Howell -. Prairie road to the Chemawa Cooperative Haul Urged to Farmers Secretary of -State lEarl Snell Tuesday issued a statement urg ing all farmers in Oregon to con sider plans for exchange of haul ing in an effort to conserve the rubber supply and other war ma terials and make sure that all jot the state s food products reach the marketing centers. Snell called attention ' to the law whereby trucks bearing farmers' licenses are permitted: to haul farm products to market and return with supplies for their neighbors and charge a nominal fee when the- crops "are grown on lands within the statutory ra dius of the truck owner's . farm. Bids Received on ( Temporary . Housing PORTLAND, June SO.-frVLow bids on 178 - temporary housing units under the Gatrell system of leased Jots totaled $420,482 and fswere recommended for accept ance, ' the Portland housing au thority reported ' Tuesday.- The units are to be located on 11 sites in north Portland. Aurora News AAURORA Mr. and Mrs. Steve Setwartz and family have bought a home in Canby where they ex pect to move, this week. New Defense Setups Form For Civilians Two important changes In the civilian defense structure were announced here Tuesday by Jer rold Owen, state civilian defense coordinator. - , " 1 ;; . One brings about recognition of those engaged in civilian activi ties as separate branch, to be known' as the United States Citi zens Service Corps and the other creates a new unit -to be known as the . civilian defense auxiliary group. - . '., The first group will include those working in approved posi tions in such, fields as consumers' interest, youth participation, re creation, salvage,, war. savings, physical fitness, education, health. nutrition, transportation and other types of community war activity carried ori) with the approval of the state defense council. The second unit Is a new aux lliary group established to ui- elude presons, who, because of their occupation, should be eligi ble to be on the streets and per form their duties during black' outs or air raids, but who are not engaged in" protective work r as members of the United States Citizens defense corps. ' Special insignia has been pro vided for both of these units and changes have, been made in some insignia heretofore used. Each county defense council was advised to appoint an executive of the citizens service corps who shall keep "records and control ad mission to the corps. Specific qualifications for mem bership in the service corps have been established as follows: Completion of training courses which may have been prescribed and officially approved by the county -defense counciL . Completion of 50 hours of work in a position ap p r ov e d by the county defense council, providing no specific training course is re quired. ' Members of the service corps mav wear lapel pins or buttons but may not wear arm bands or brassards. , Persons who may be included in the civilian defense auxiliary group within the numerical lim its of local needs are: , Doctors other than those in the emergency medical corps, v ; Registered trained nurses, other than those in the nurses',, aide corps.;. - -,.."( ' "'X7" Members of the clergy who may be required "to mike emergency sick calls, other than chaplains in th? United States defense corps. ; Reporters of local newspapers orj press services and press pho tographers who are regular mem bers of established photographic news services. ' - Authorized newsreel camera men and sound crews. .:. - ' - Telegraph 'messengers, limited to delivery of urgent ... messages, and telephone and telegraph oper- atoi resentatives of humane so cieties and undertakers. . perators of essential transpor- 9413 Jiiunp in Swim Pools' Salem's swimming public, mostly children taking advantage tation facilities, streetcar crews and bus drivers, principally in; lo calities where such facilities are essential lor transportation of workers in war industries. of the summer playground swim ming pools, flocked to the Leslie and )linger retreats 9413 strong during the Monday and ' Tuesday warm " -spells, "Director Gurnee Flesher announced Tuesday night The Leslie pool wasv jammed with 2033 swimmers Monday and 2450 Tuesday. The Olinger pool had 2370 on Monday and -2560 Tuesday. - .' " ' These totals are believed ,to be the largest in the history of the city playgrounds,' Padres 3. 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