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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1947)
I Tae Stati Salem. Or.. Wedatee day. October t. 1947 Community Chest Campaigners To Report Progress of Drive Community chest campaigners who began blanketing Salem Tuesday for this year! support of the chest will tally their first prof res report Wednesday when division chairmen and other chest officials meet with the Salem Rotary club at a Marion hotel luncheon. Similar reports counting daily what has been raised toward Sa lem's fltiO.QOO chest goal will be made Thursday at Salem Lions dub luncheon, both in the Mar ion hotel. Jhnsen Te Talk For the Wednesday noon chest report meetings, a talk titled "It Does Happen Here" will be de livered by H. C. Johnson, repre sentative f Mountain States Pow er company of Albany and presi dent of the Oregon chest, the statewide chest organization. He will be introduced by Dr. Chester Himblin, First Presbyterian church pastor and local chest speakers' committee chairman. At Tuesday's breakfast "kick off meeting for chest workers, the Riarht Rev. Francis P. Leip zig of Eugene pictured community chest support as a vital necessity for the future because most of the funds support important youth activities. Frestige ef Heme Needed The Ecgehe priest, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church and a state director in Catholic Charities, said prosperity and post-war adjust ments have not decreased broken homes and child delinquency but that communitr chest serves to ward building the prestige of the home as foundation or tne wnoie nation. The giver who helps support the chest gives twice. Father Leip zig stressed, "once to another and once to himself." General Chest Chairman A. C. Haas Dresided at the breakfast the Rev. Dudley-Strain gave the invocation, Ronald Craven ac onmoanied bv his wife sang, and workers presented a skit Past and present chest officials, city ana chamber of commerce leaders urr introduced. Tri-Y girls of Salem's YWCA helped serve the breakfast, and James Todd of the Boy Scouts was bugler. It was on Good Friday night. 1863, that Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Ccnbine the Best Ilcniag Furnaces and Oil Burners The Best tn Healing Plus The Best in Workmanship t nEHZMItl SHEET IIETAL CO. 1945 Fairground Road PVooa 393S Salem, Or. "If it made t metal, we can make it." Plumbing Supply Dept. 4 Bathroom Sets Consisting oi Becess Bath Tub Toilet Wash Basin Complete $210.45 Many other hard to get Items at All for "A Light Beer for the Hone" 'It's the Water ' that aids us in making this fine light beer so good an enjoy able refreshment . . . for good fellow ship . . . for sensible moderation. "America's Original Light Table Beer" WMk BEER It's the Water' CLTxn Bznrnra col oltjou. wjubokitok. v. s. a. "One of America's Exceptional Breweries TADC MAIM KM. U.S. PAT. WC UP AIID DP Tee vsiee f ereeerty is stilT en the increase. If yea have Bet usereaaed year fire insurance recently yee are ader-iasre4. Call SALEM'S GENERAL OF AMERICA AGENT te bring yew istseyaaiea svte-date. CHUCK CHrrr INSURANCE , Oregon's Largest Upstate Agency 123 N. Commercial - Sodom Dial 9119 Salem and Coos Bay EY GAIIG' BUGS BDIIIIY CLUB IsUrU Its Rerslaf Saturday Moraine" Shows Afala This Caaalf SaAawtlay. CARTOON 4 FUN GALORE Pisa Mickey Keener Wallace Beery la ii STABLE! IATES" Tbt Scrtens Greatest Vjmancc ojtbt Shies! lm t tCi GHAITD - SUIIBAY! Pupils Enter Fire Safety Essay Contest A total of $25 In prizes Is the object of students in Parrish, Leslie and West Salem junior high schools who have entered an essay contest concerning fire pre vention being sponsored for the second consecutive year by the Homer H. Smith Insurance Co. of Salem. Deadline for contest entries Is October 17, according to Harry B. Johnson, curriculum director of the Salem public school system. Final judging will be done at the state fire marshal's office, he said. Four prizes will be awarded. The first prize is to be $10; sec ond, $7.50; third, $5 and fourth, $2.50. All pupils In the three schools are eligible, Johnson said. Suggested subjects are: "My Place in Fire Prevention" and "What Can I Do About Fire Pre vention?" The contest is being held in connection with fire prevention week, Johnson explained. He noted that all other Salem schools were emphasizing fire prevention this week with programs, fire drills and showing of a fire pre vention film. How Marion County Voted Elccts Heads Ui committees The sales tax vote Tuesday in Marion county was recorded in The Oregon Statesman as follows (including 54 of the 56 precincts outside Salem and all of the 33 precincts in Salem): YES Auburn M Aumsville 23 Aurora - 11 Breitenbush Brooks 29 Buttevillc 10 Champwi ; S Chemawa 40 CroUan 24 James W. Beall Talks to VFW Past Commander .James W Beall addressed members of Beaver Navy post 7775 of the VFW at their regular meeting in the VFW hall Tuesday night and stressed the importance of co operation between national, state and local posts of the organiza tion. Beall also pointed out the spe cific aims and purposes of the VFW, asserting it is among the top organizations for membership benefits. Commander Joseph Hopkins also spoke, disclosing that recent cuts in veterans administration personnel will now throw an ad ditional burden on veteran or ganizations' service officers. Hop kins said the Salem post service officer will be on hand to help any veteran who wishes to con suit him if help cannot be ob tained from the VA. Members were entertained by several tap dance numbers given by Shirley Woodraska, Sally Kuebler and ! Irene Lester, ac companied by (Mrs. Woodraska on the piano. Refreshments were served after th meeting. Stay to ii Students Elect Of ficers STAYTON Marie Fery was elected president of the high school librarians when they met Friday afternoon to organize and elect officers. Elected to serve with her were Madge Samples, vice president Joan Roys, secretary - treasurer. Letha Thomas, Dorothy Williams and Wahneta Wagner were an pointed to write the constitution and by-laws. Student librarians are Madge Samples, Letha Thomas, Dorothy Williams, Marie Fery, Joan Roys and Wahneta Wagner, and each will' be on duty one period a day, The Dewey decimal system of classification was discussed. A new order of books is expected to arrive soon. Mrs, Inez Kees- ter is sponsor of the group. Truck Driver Cleared Of Accident Charge ST HELENS. Oct 7 - (JP - L. W. Hereford, Salem driver whose truck collided with the car of Mr, and Mrs. James X Buie last Thursday, killing both of them, was cleared of blame today. A coroner s jury held that Here ford was Innocent of negligence in the collision. The Salem man said his truck skidded on a hazardous turn. 1 STARTS TODAY (await-e ROBINSON I ION McCAlUSTDt eaaeaeasesaBS' saaOsSBsssasaapans' i rSsaVSVSsssseT ttJVDfTH AMIIftON tOIT CAIMOVM . . j i "Hawm , . nem HIT NO. S Biasing dans Thundering Heefs KlrbyOraat im "Bad Men ef the Border" Leirion Post 47 NO Z3 S4 14S Donald IS Englewood Fairfield Fairground! East Gervais West Gervats ... Hayesville Horeb Central Howell North Howell .. East Hubbard West Hubbard . Jefferson Liberty Macleajr Marton-. McKm Mehama Mill City Monitor .. East Mt. Angel .... West ML Angel Prlngle Quinaby Rosed ale East Salem . . ; Salem Heights St Paul .. Scollard Scotts. Mills Shaw' , Sidney SUverton Hills North SUverton South SUverton East SUverton West SUverton Stayton East Stayton West Stayton Sublimity Turner Union HIU . Waconda East Woodburn .. West Woodburn . Claggett TOTAL City of Salem SS . S3 . 21 . .10 . S6 8 . 18 8 . W . IS . 51 . 1 . 11 7 . SO . 10 . 22 . 13 . SI . IS . 57 . 2 .. 20 . 20 . 73 . 25 . 23 . IS S . 14 . 44 . J . 7S . 78 . 30 . 43 . IS . 13 . 42 13 . II - 51 75 47 .1468 .2154 104 no 24 247 114 9 210 188 132 70 115 30 90 82 139 108 1S8 93 97 SO 116 98 86 107 219 139 191 SI 114 158 203 96 126 108 43 70 77 238 7 203 275 90 141 68 186 172 90 37 207 187 148 6840 522S Salem post 136. American Le gion, in Its first regular fall meet ing at Legion hall Tuesday night, elected committee chairmen for the coming year and made initial plans for a mass initiation of all new members November 24. The following committee chair men were selected : House. John Latany; legal, Nor man Wmslow; publicity. Eric Allen; finance, Wayne Perdue; service, Wayne ismitn; visiting, the Rev. Lewis White; American ism, Bert Walker; internal secur ity. Tyrone Gillespie; child wel fare, Kenneth Shoemaker; dis aster relief and medical. Dr. Ar thur Fischer; national defense. Bill Dyer; building. Joe Fclton; projects, Don Ballentyne; pro grame, co-chairmen, Clinton Stan dish and Wayne Doughton; mem bership, Carl Greider and Charles Creighton; legislative, Sam Har bison; and athletics, Walter Wood. Post Commander Chester Fritz discussed the Oregon Parent Teacher association's opposition to proposed military training le gislation and members passed a resolution to appoint a committee to confer with the association on the matter. Fritz said the commit tee would attempt to show the mothers the necessity of prepared ness through military training. The organization also decided to form ritual committees and fir ing squads to supply military bur ials or servicemen who died over- , seas and whose bodies are now be ing returned to the United States for final rites. It wa announced that all un initiated members of the post will be taken hi on November 24. Fritz said the initiation committee would be appointed in the near future. nany, Ore.; Hampshire, Ronald Kamp, Tualatin, Ore.; Poland China, Alfred Jungkeit, Albany, Ore.; cross-bred, Kenneth Hill, Cove, Ore.; other beeds, Jerry Jeskey, Aurora, Ore. Calves won in club scrambles last year returned to the show arena today with top awards going to Jo Harvey, Sherman county, Ore., for his heavy Hereford and Bill Volker, Marion county. Ore., for his Angus entry. In fat hog competition, the light barrow top award for Hampshires went to an entry of L. S. Berry, Salem. , The spotted Poland China fat hog awards were dominated -by the Arthur Franke and son, Salem, entries, taking the champion bar row, champion pen of three, light b'Jrrow, heavy barrow and pen of three and heavy pen of three. WAGNER WLN'S .JERSEY CITY. N. J, Oct. 7 (JP)- Dick Wagner, 173 lW Port land, Ore., knocked out Tony Brito, 174i. New York, in 1:38 of the first round of their sched uled four-round preliminary bout at the Jersey City garden tonight. Too Iate to Class! ft GRAND TOTAL 3620 12.085 Halsey Boys Confederate Army, All 4 Dominate 4-II Cenerab, at Convention gJ1QW CHATTANOOGA, Tenn Oct. 7 -(;P)-The thinning , gray ranks of the United Confederate veterans could muster only four men to day for the opening of their 92nd convention. All were privates in the Con federate army, but they have been long since elevated to the rank of general, by courtesy. Three Oregon brothers domina ted the swine 4-H exhibit with the grand champion fat barrow shown by 14-year-old Gary Holmes. Hal sey, Ore., leading the way. Vernon Holmes, 17, was named grand champion 4-H swine showman over an breeds. In a class for Duroc gilts, Norman, 11, won sec ond and Gary, fourth. Brother Vernon also took first in the cross bred hog show. SEATTLE, Oct, 7 (P)- Little jH n.ri,.hP. Gt?J J "T? Charles Gordon, Thorpe. Wash.j Duke, Hoslak Draw outboxed the veteran Al Hostak tonight to earn a draw with the former middleweight champion of the world. Duke weighed 159 and Hostak 161s. The decision was . unpopular with the crowd which thought Duke had earned the call. Chester White, Dale Cooley, Al- FOUND: Tinted Spectacles, at 12th and Mill St., Monday. Ph. 4816 and pay for ad. Sales Tax Vote By Counties Pets Aalcs Tax County Pcta Rptd Yes No Baker 38 12 . 87 226 Benton 31 23 1.791 1.581 Clackamas . 120 M 2.765 10.812 Clatsop ZL 43 SS 1.343 3.338 Columbia 30 . 6 368 38 Coos 88 ' IS TB ' 1.802 Crook 1 It 6 208 342 Curry It 1 TO UT Deschutes 30 10 440 1.041 Dour las 4 43 1.88 3.07 GillUm T T 1S3 358 Grant 18 8 121 134 Harney 22 S 107 242 Hood River 14 602 537 Jackson 88 23 1.444 1.674 Jefferson II 190 234 Josephine 29 28 l.SSt 2.Z2S Klamath 76 84 1.1 12 2.879 Lake 20 Lane 122 S9 3.S52 7,790 Lincoln 33 7 ISO SOS Linn 62 62 1.862 S.733 Malheur 24 12 146 1.312 Marion - 09 87 3.620 12.063 Morrow 0 2 SuO 123 Multnomah S12 S09 22.310 71.692 Polk 36 .28 681 1.800 Sherman 7 2 S4 88 Tillamook 34 12 343 738 Umatilla 41 21 037 1.483 Union . 30 27 697 3.090 Wallowa. IS 6 209 483 Wasco 28 12 534 072 Washington 86 58 1.307 6,065 Wheeler 11 6 104 210 Yamhill - 33 33 1 J87 6.004 TOTAL 1.86 1 .338 54.433 147.673 tO-XO CLUB MEETS Al Schuss, business manager ef station KOCO, was featured speaker at a meeting of Salem's 20-30 club Tuesday night at the Cold Arrow cafe. It was aa Lnounced at the meeting that 20-30 club field representative Bill Oak ford, Sacramento, Calif- would be in Salem next week to assist the local organization in increasing its membership. I 2 e Mat Dally frees 1 TM. OPENS :4S P. ML M G M'I ROMANTIC ADYENTUR! PLUS "SINGINO ON THE TS.AIL" with Kent Certte - Jeff Deesell Gey Klbbee and The Heeeier Hetsbeta W-' Jr J ELIZABETH TAYLOR 1 l GEORGE S.L MARY f s s i in" r w i I fell in lore with Cynthia!' "LOU ELLA PARSONS MURPHY - SAKALL - ASTOR e Ends Tenlte e Errel Fly an Barbara SUewyek la -CRY WOLF" - also -"Unit Tente BUsa" STAKTS TOIIOnilOU! e Extra Added Pet Saalth's Teeibeil TbrUls" Seep Besi Derey" Teas V Jerry Certeea I. SP TRAIN DERAILED MILL CITY, Oct 7 No one was injured when two cars on Southern Pacific logging train was derailed at 4 p m. this afternoon. The train was held up for several hours. Cause of the derailment la unknown here. BOND ISSUE FOR GEARHART GEARHART. Ore.. Oct. tJPr- Voters at this seacoast resort town today approved a $75,000 water bond issue 89 to 21. w .-ar sr Tate , ara arm bj-bi arasavaav e Mat Dally freaa 1 TM. NOW SHOWING! So Real! It's a Wlnnerl So HumanI l -rwrwi H33 ,yv 'IE CO-tuT! THE 'SOUTHERN CROSS' FLIES AGAIN! WORLD SEHIES NEWS! e Opens C.45 TM. e New! (Adnlto t5e) ' Jeasi Porter "BETTY CO-ED" Charles Starrett "Cyclone Prairie Rangers" Caxteen News Ends Today! (WedJ Jamee Mason "Odd Man OwT Co-Hit Adele Mara Txpd" STARiniG Tononnou! BozorncE opens ttu pjc 0 tmi ens? off 008 vimm t - jT "1 ft, A k. -'A: 'v'-.-Tr''-' :-:''.;A v . ' d 'V.-.--..Nr- --':) rJ ; :r'- 3 -w! 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