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State Enters Independence BridgeDispnte Another hitch In proceedings to settle title to tland oh which is being built the Marion county end of the Willamette river bridge at Independence arose Tuesday. Marion County Judge Grant Murphy - was informed that the state is claiming ownership by ac . cretion of certain property af the i bridge site. Judge Murphy said Tuesday he will arrange a con ference with Marion County Dis trict Attorney. Miller B. Hayden and with Joseph Devers, state highway commission attorney, to seiue .we ma tier. Otto K. Paulus, attorney for Paulus . Brothers Packing com pany, informed the judge of the state's recent move. The state earlier this month had refused to become a party to a suit filed by the company seeking to acquire title to land at the bridge site. , The state contended it could not be sued unless It had given Its consent and that no consent had been given. Paulus brothers and other defendants also are involved In a condemnation suit brought by Marion county seeking to ac quire a bridge site right of way through the land involved. '- The county wants only t nar? row strip consisting of about 1 acres. However 'the Paulus com nany is seeking to settle its title to abeut 44 surrounding acres of land. Most of the land involved has been created by accretion of river soil. If the state presses its claim of ownership to the land, - Judge Murphy said Tuesday. Marion county will either have to amend its condemnation suit or file a new complaint. He expressed hope, however, that an. agreement could be reached. , : . Despite the legal battle, work on the new bridge is going ahead, the judge reported. A pier has al ready been built on the land Claimed by the- state and other construction work Is continuing. Bliss Strong in Visalia ' Friends of Miss Georgia' Leora Strong, former tlirector of the re ligious educational program in the Salem public schools, ' will be In terested to learn she now holds a similar position in Visalia. Calif. and will continue to use her pro-, gram called the Salem plan, .which was the subject of her ed ucation doctorate. . Because of the recent -supreme court ruling which terminated the . program in Salem, the plan of presentation has been altered slightly, to instruct the children' in nearby churches. Plans are underway whereby neighboring . communities will in time cooper ate with the program as was the : policy during the time Miss strong was in Salem. , Smith Camp Closes Smith camp forvGIrr Scouts closed August 31st after a 47-day 1 session with girls , attending from Newport, DeLaJte, Brooks, . Mt Angel, Sweet Home, Lebanon, Al bany, Salem and Silverton. Mrs. Carrie Ringo and Mrs. E. Sneed, zoom, have completed 12 and 7 years with the young people. Mrs. Bingo will leave for Yachats on . the coast, .and Mrs. Sneed will take her vacation with relatives, ! both returning to Salem later. . : FALLS CITY A shower was given for Mrs. Phillip Murray at . the home of Mrs. Billy Shepherd -Friday. Hostesses were Mrs. Shep- V Jierd, Mrs. Dick Murphy, Mrs. Xloyd Ames and Mildred Wray. Games were played and first prize went to Mrs., George Kitch- en; second to Mrs. Bill Diehm, and a special prize to Loretta Couper. ' Those present and sending gifts were Mrs. Clare Tayer,- Mrs. Bill Diehm, Mrs. Geo. Kitchen. Mrs. " Clarence Lehnert, Mrs. Mary Westbrook, Mrs. Jessie Moyer, - Mrs. Max Morton, Mrs. Willis Hart, Loretta Cooper, Mrs. Jim Alderson, Mrs. Don Chmunins, Mrs. Don Sundstrom, Mrs. Cecil , Scott, Mrs. Granville Wilson. Mrs. ' t Chet Bur bank, Mrs. B. Freer, Mrs. J i Fred Dornhecker, Mrs. Don Mur ray. Mrs. Don. Ferguson, Mrs.. Lee Beim, Mrs. Leroy Teal, Mrsu-Ray Pack, Mrs. Chet BenifieL Alice Ogan, Mrs. John Gilbert, Mildred Ingram, Evelyn Dfehm, Fred and Linda Dornhecker, Master Larry Murray, Mrs. Leanord Westbrook, - tdna Freer j Chummy Bancore, Mrs. Walter Westbrook. Mrs. John Qualey, Mrs. Morris Bakke, Mrs. L Woody Robinson, Helen Morgan, j Mrs. Mel Ferguson,' Mrs. Lester Grippin, Mrs. W. E. Wilson. Mrs. ' Loren Couper, Mrs. Roy McMur--1 phy, iMrs. Grant Frink and the 1 hostesses. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Harrison W. El gin, jr, and sons, Billy, Michael and Eddie, and Mr. and Mrs. Os car White have returned from' .a several days sojourn at Elk Lake. - . t , '-. . 1 A WITH SALEM'S MARINE RESERVES AT: CAMP PENDLETON. CaliL Ie eream and coke bars are popular after duty hears 'with 'marine reservists here, many of whom are enly 17 and IS years eld. Mai. Gen. G. B. Erskine post commander, stated that the pest exchanges try te stack every type ef soft 1 drink the boys desire, as well as lee cream jand milk, with the result that the sale ef such Items has sky rocketed far above former beer sales, hewn above at a post fountain are, left to right, CpL Emerson Murphy, Dallas: Pvt. Ervin Smith, 71 N. Summer St.; Pvt. Doug McLeod. 1SL5 N. Winter St.; Pvt. Bob Muller, AumsvUle; and Pvt. Wes Nlst, Dallas. (All photos by Den DHL Statesman staff photog- rapher.) ; if t s 1 i - 1 t - W 7 ! f 7 Jkv 1 ?-ao '' " . V'- f " :j -.' ' (Vj t"-T sso, store are um niarauurn i prni-ai . - battery going through the eafeterU-styl mess line at Camp Pen dleton, and from the looks on their faces they aren't sure whether or not they are going to like It. A UttloUter the young reservists learned many ef the proMesas ef f coding tes te ZJM men at one time from personal obserraUens while MjtP. :cV Vi i 3 1 . - f - Ketchum Wins Idahna Scout ' Soap Box Race DDANHA The soap box rac ers, sponsored by the Boy Scouts. reced Sunday for a crowd gath ered at Big Springs. First winner was Donald Ketchum. second. Richard Hansen and third Dick Woodward. Winners each received prizes given by the scout officials. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ray at tended the wedding and receo- tion of the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Noel Day of Bend last Sat urday. 7 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Anderson spent the week end at East lake where they report the fishing good. Idanha Lumber company is black topping the entire dock at their mill. Among those attending the De schutes county fair at Redmond last week from here were Ralph Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Huber Ray and the Wayne Woodward family. Mr. ana Mrs. Carl Schaffer and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hallford spent Sunday on a picnic at Clear lake. SaH6ni marine Reserves cApke BarM Health Unit to Pose Problem Meal time Is always welcome to troops, and members of Salem's C il and there Is certainly lots ef it," to fit's net like Mom's." All food is prepared under the direction ef experienced mess sergeants irom ,pMuincu iucuu. ( J. O. (Jerking Rites ill Seattle Viniml m-rvirtm wcrt ! held Tuesday in Seattle for Jonbthan Otis Gerking, retired larmer ana resident of the Salem area until th aim who died i last Thursday in af Seattle hospital at the age of 80 Gerking was born In Silverton nl was a member of the First Christian church in Salem. I Survivors are his daughter,! Mrs. Clyde Short. Seattle, with whom h mada Ma home! a son. A. L. Gerkin. also f of Seattle: three brothers, George Gerking of Athena, Groveir and Ray Gerking, both of Bend: and two sisters. Mrs. Ted Becker of Bend and Mrs. Minnie Saylor of Buttercreek, Ore. - ' ! ' Mill City Youth Attend Lebanon! CE. Rally Sleeting MILL err -r- Attending the Lebanon Christian Endeavor ral- 5 JX v.ierlccztv Steel corrtx- TOOLS t.MMn. twah. frmNcs h . STAINLESS STTIL i SimT -fast Atiirty acrvic f ky4 to Nf raraMta. Try as oa yoor mnct ieo. Tm call or lattar riU rcoi . UMMtliato aluoriao. vjAncnorjsn co. ly Sunday were the Rev. and Mrs. Tom Courtney, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Glen Shelton, Patricia Cree, Donna kelson, Bob Shelton, Den nis Martella, Hazel Neal, Betty Humphries, Dorothy Downer and Wilma'; Mao Howe. ' , Mr. . aiid Mrs. Marion Huston, Dolynn nd Richard of Tillamook spent this- weekend at the Floyd Shepherds. Lebanon visitors Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Plymale and family I and Mrs. Fred Carter. Gordoi Miller, and Kirk Wirick of Lyons are' vacationing 'in Cali fornia jfr two weeks. Collins Cree and children, Joyce arid Charles of Vancouver, Wash., ! spent the weekend witn his uncle and aunt, the George Crees. II- and Teddy Ficker are at the Curtis Howards Dickie visiting in .Detroit. About! annually. 7,000 Americans drown Many Guests Entertained Jii Gervais GERVAIS Mr anrf Mrt M1 vin Scalbera: and rhiIHrn An. netta and Ernest of Medford, were weexena guests or her parents the Rev. and Mrs. Ernest Tremb lay and- were enroute to Rock-away. Mrs. Roy Cameron, accompan ied by little Sharon and Sheldon Stratford of Charleston. Om spent the weekend with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. St. John. Guests at the R. S. Marshall home last Sunday to honor Mrs. Marshall on her 75th '.hirthriav were Mrs. Donald Mars and dau ghter, Helen, of Nealem, Mrs. A. D. Colson and Mrs. A. M. Sau ter of Portland, and Mr. and jars. Jonn jeiderKs, and sons Marshall and John of Salem. B. B. Barner was tH vn a hirfh- day dinner Sunday. Guests were jut. ana Mrs. i. c. Barner, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Brutka and children, and Mr. and Mrs. Brutke all of Amity, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Barner and son of Philomath, Mrs. : Jane Warner of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Cutsfbrth and children, and Buelah Barner. Canners Association Gtes Food Prices WASHINGTON, Aug. SI i Canned fruits and vegetables are Mrs. Housewife's best buy in these times of high prices, the National Canners association as serted hero today. The N.C.A. said that foods costing $1.00 before the war were priced at $2.17 during Jury, but canned fruits and vegetables that cost $1.00 perwar were sold at retail for $1.58. . III. I . IIIM I ! 1 DOZER aW SHOVEL WORK oft st carmtrr W2 illnnouncement . Selections of CompartoentsCrypts and Niches) now being made in New Addition to Mt Crest Abbey MAUSOLEUAI and CREMATORIUM ( Now Nearing Completion) For Appointment Please Call 5484 or 3173 Lloyd T. Rigdon Manager Salem Mausoleum & Crematorium (Story also on page 1) Financing for a joint Marion Polk county health department as agreed by the two county courts Tuesday, will pose intricate ac counting problems, it was assert ed by Marion Judge Grant j Mdr Phy; f ' ' 1 . Explaining, the judge ! said Marion: county now receives 12 per cent of its total health bud get from the state funds jand Polk county, under a different population-based matching funds policy, receives 27 per cent. "Since the same level of health service; will be administered un der the new plan over the entire district, we are unable to see any justification in two , levels of matching funds," he declared. Te Ask Uniform Rate "Perhaps," he added, "the (sen sible way would be to negotiate with the state health department for a uniform, rate to be provided for the entire district." If adopted, the new program will not affect the budgets of either county for the coming fis cal year, Judge Murphy noted. Next year, however, the entire program will be set up in a joint budget, and operated as such. Currently Marion county is operating under a $90,000 health department budget Polk county on the other hand is under a much smaller budget. Polk Asked for Aid Tuesday's proposal grew out of a series of requests from Polk county for aid from Marion coun ty-in the Polk health department. A tentative plan calling for divid ed services of a health officer be tween the two counties was dis cussed. This plan fell through, how ever, when the state departmentl advised Polk county it would Ipse its federal matching funds if it did not acquire a full-time health officer of its own. Under the joint district, as approved Tuesday, Polk county' will, receive its own health I oficer. Marion county health depart ment, in addition to its regular budget, is also operating under thetKellog foundation plan,- which this; year is to give the county $25,000 for health purposes. Judge Murphy said the new unified pro gram and the new health board would not in any way disturb this program. Kelts Retires s i - - - . .. , : ... - ..... City Commission 'mt Backers to Form Campaign Plans The ; local citlzehs committee which recently placed a measure on the November ballot seeking to inaugurate a commissioner form of city government In Sa lem, will map its fall campaign at a public meeting at 8:30 to- Claode A. Kella Kells to Step From YMCA Position Today After, more thai a quarter cen tury as general secretary of Sa lem YMCA, Claude A. Kells will step into retirement today, to be succeeded by Gus Moore, on tfife staff here much ot,the past 19 years. The YM staff and their fami lies honored Kells Tuesday after noon with an informal party in the YM building. Kells came to Salem In 1921, two years before the present YM building on Court street was con structed- Prior to that, in the nearly 10- years since his grad uation from Springfield Y col lege in Massachusetts, his work had included a time as traveling secretary fpr -the Oregon-Idaho state YM staff. He has already begun newl work as director of the M 948 Salem and Marion coun ty Community chest drives. Moore was on the local staff full-time from 1933 to 1940, when he went to Ing Beach, Calif. He returned a year ago as asso ciate general secretary. Patched Trousers Illustrate Lack of Clothes in Norway Tangible evidence of Norway's clothing shortage, was shown to the Salem Klwanis club Tuesday pair of pants, patched and re- patched and frayed to a point be yond repair. The pants belonged to a broth- night in the Salem Labor temple. The group s temporary offices will be placed on a permanent basis," Herbert Barker, secretary of the committee, said Tuesday. Plans to finance the coming campaign also will be discussed." Ctoi as, Salem, Oracrea. VTmdhmw&crr. Cert. I. ISIS 7. -r - : - 1 -In-law of Mrs. E. T. Ameson, Mrs. ArnesoiT said Norwegians er the club's 'speaker. She , and her husband recently returned febm a trip to Norway. The brother-in-law had money in the bank, but monejf wont buy clothes when there frre none to be had, Mrs. At neson pointed out. The speaker also said Norway as a whole was not starving, but that food deficiencies were very evident, especially in children, j On ,the international picture. were hopeful that America was "ready to stop the' Russians,' and were "extremely apprehensive of their own vulnerable position. TAKE BABIES HOME I. Mrs. W. J. Byars, Salem route 9, box 373, took her infant daugh ter home from Salem General hospital Tuesday. Mrs. Donald Jackson, Salem route 2, box 256, went home from Salem Memor ial hospital with an Infant son. rOTHER METRO MARVEL ... a... BARRYMORE COLLAR and lovely coiors are comuinea in una FASCINATING 01 1; i , BLjDUSE.ipl ; O Rayon Crepe S vi- O Lace) Trim ' O White A y7X l a Aqua 7 I M J 1 a Pmk 7 ' Sizes 38 to 48 y I YdiuH Want Several V o These Blouses-for ,y . J -,! I Glcrmorous, All Occasion 'J. ; ! 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