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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1946)
-Tho Startman. Sal.m. Prolog, Sunday. October 20, 13-U Shortage of Plumbing, Plaster Fixtures Still Stymies Building Of Homes; Barn, Garages Used Br Don Dill BUM Writer. Tb Statesman For want of home a Salem veteran and his family are living In acorrverted dairy txirn on the Stay ton road. They pay $45 a month rent. Other Salem families are living in ca rages built three years mgrt aa the start of -m new home. The rest of. their plans for a house hare been held up first by war, then by reconversion, and now by a lack ci materia And there are many other exam ples just as typical. The bousing situation in the Sa lem area, in fact, t tew kind words. An ambitious' peoject in which 50 new Homes were scheduled was -began ten months ago. Twelve were actually started. Today these houses are one-third to one-half completed, and the last house will not be finished until next Febru ary. The individual veteran or oth er person building his own home by his own labor has been able t eke out the lumber, shingles, antf nails to at least get a good start on his home, but the lack of plumbing, plaster and futures has stymied most attempts to fin ish the work. Sarvey Made - A recent survey by Col. George Sandy, director of the ' State vet eran affairs department, indicates that if materials were available more than half the housing un der construction in the state could be comeleted within a month. But still, the overall picture I are stall over 200 vetcrn families h rhar.eerf in aw.ct. ' n ; 0:'t-iit'.".n Ji4s. Jn-h The. housing situation itself has r e s o 1 v e d from the desperate scramble of a year ago, J by re turning veterans and displaced renters trying to find a place to live, to a condition today in which a resolute search is being made by renters looking for better or cheeper living quarters. A few months ago houses of all kinds sold at any price, but today, ac cording to real estate men, house buyers are wanting more expen sive homes of better quality. Buyers are not Just looking for a place in which to live, but they are looking for a home in which they wish to stay. Building lots and plots which -were selling read ily a few months ago are today waiting for buyers because home builders do not want to invest in real estate until they are! certain that they can build. j j Ceteny Quickly Filled ( Salem's veteran' colon v built from surplus wartime housing units was quickly filled, si d there School News . . . . By Denns Carr Senler nigh School Ten dollars in cash has been offered by the Salem high school Civics club for the best suggest--ion handed in conceding a theme for the organization's, annual car nival. Deadline for entering the theme-naming contest is Novem ber 18. j - Edgar Possehl is the new presi dent of the Sigma Lamba chapter of the National Honor Society at the senior high school. Nancy Morley is vice-president. Barbara Bates secretary, and Dick Mase treasurer. The . group is already laying plans for their annual homecoming banquet to be given in mid-December.; Fairish Jr. High : The Parrisli A band has elected Hopkins, in charge of the project, said that 40 to 50 of the families now at the project had been situ ated previously in homes or apart ments, but were evicted beca'use of children or pets. That Is anoth er housing question. While various Salem agencies have many home (hunters apply for aid each day, there is little that can be done for there are few it any vacant apartments listed with the agencies,; a survey showed. It is generally agreed that the only solution to the problem is the building of new homes and apartment houses the population still is growing. And until plas ter, plumbing and fixtures once again become 'plentiful, and build ers can finish their projects, Salem families looking for a home or an apartment apparently have a long and oft-times discouraging search h"d. $ ' officers, with Bob Meaney named as the president of the group. Vive-president is Ronald Little; secretary-treasurer. Bill Hill; sgt. at arms Ray Westinghouse, and reporter Dana Lindstrand. . Karl Thelen directs the group which has 53 members. Students from the science clas ses taught by Mrs. Frank Beer at Pa irish made observation of the recent meteorological display and sent them to the American Meteorological. Society in Penn sylvania. The society requested reports from amateur observers. The annual Junior Red Cross membership drive at Parrish will get underway Monday morning. President of the organization is Bonnie Bell Stewart. Other offi cers are Shirley Nieswander, vice president; Jeanette Sullivan, sec retary; Marilyn Meyers, treasurer; Rhea Jones, librarian; Don Hughes, song leader; Dick Evans, sgt. at arms. Prices for the, recent song and yell contest will' be awarded at a special student body assembly for Parrish students next Wed nesday morning. Sponsored by the Girls' League, the contast drew Mrs. Bolinger Dies Saturday Mrs.' Olive Bolinger, 83, of 360 McGilchrist at, died at a local hospital yesterday. Services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Clough-Barrick chapel by the Rev. Chester Hamb lin. Interment will be In Belcrest Memorial park. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Marie McGilchrist, Salem; a son, H. S. Bolinger, Priheville; seven grandchildren and Itwo greatgrandchildren. an even 50 entries in both the song and yell divisions. 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