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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1948)
Tn Stcdi Salm. Oregon. Tudaj. ffcpt 21. 1948 ! New Officers Installed for Legion Posts New officers of American Le gion posts 9 and 149 and post 9's auxiliary were installed Monday night in a joint ceremony at Le gion halL More than 400 Legionnaires, auxiliary 'women and guests wit nessed the event the first of its kind to be held in Salem. Dis tinguished guests and legion mem bers were U. S. Representative Walter Norblad of Astoria; B. E. Kelly Owens, Salem, newly elected state commander, and Sam Bose, Grants Pass, new state vice-commander. Charles Huggins, new com mander of post 9, announced plans for 1949 would include con struction of a new auditorium adjacent to Legion hall, acquired early this year. Other projects for the year, he aid, would include reactivation of the post's drum and bugle corps nd revision of by-laws to clearly define the 'duties of the executive committee. Larry (Merman, retiring post 9 commander, and retiring Chaplain C. V. Richardson, both received diamond lapel pins from the mem bership in recognition of - their work during the past year. Oster man was credited especially with expediting purchase of the new Legion halL Harriet L. Belcher was install ed as commander of post 1 49. the a 11-woman group, and Mrs. Helen McLeod as president of post 9s auxiliary. Where The Bix Fk-tares Play! 3 lf-f I v, 1 J1 ENDS tonight: CNMtS 4ACK 'Tr."3rjysFr::4TixiT TOMORROW! 0 Vf ,rn mc-;. v. 3t v bo o I iie1 tiai liAililHM 0) 2nd Majer Hit! " Gervais Star Owners Disclose Retirement -t i i A certificate of retirement i from the Gervais Star, a newspaper and job printing establishment, wmcn was destroyed by fire several months ago, was filed Monday by Isaac V. McAdoo and Eliza J. Mc Adoo with the Marion county clerk. j The newspaper has ceased pub lication, l i Final Riteslfbr Fred Delano. Set Wednesday Final rites for Fred G. Delano, Salem businessman and resident since 1917 who died at his home Sunday will be held from the W. T. Rigdon chapel Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. . The Rev. George H. Swift will officiate and interment will be in Belcrest Memorial parki Delano, a resident of 292 N. Church sL, came to Salem 21 years ago and operated the Salem Auto mobile company until 1929. From that year until his retirement he was engaged in the real ' estate business nad was local represen tative for the Benjamin Franklin Loan association of Portland. He was a member of the Salem Elks lodge and was a 32nd degree Mason. He had been active in civ ic affairs until retiring because of illness than a year ago. Delano was born in Columbus, Ohio and came to Oregon in 1911 from Hutchinson, Kan. Prior to moving to Salem he was In the au tomobile business in Portland. Surviving are the widow. Mrs. Julia Delano of Salem; two daugh ters, Mrs. James Teed of Salem and Mrs. Donnell Sanders of Coos Bay; two grandchildren. Jay Fred erick Teed of Salem and Delano Edward Sanders of Coos Bay; and two great grandchildren Karyn Marie Teed and James Ira Teed, both of Salem. Kit ps for Former Area Physician Set for Thursday Graveside servics for -Dr. A. L. Victor, 79, Washtucna. Wash., pioneer Oregon and Washington physician, will be held in Belcrest Memorial park Thursday at 1:30 pjn. under the direction of Clough Barrick company. I Funeral services will be in Pendleton Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Fulsom chapel. Dr. Victor had practiced in Woodburn, Yoncalla and Gervais before moving to southeast .Wash ington. He died Friday in a Pendleton hospital after suffering a cerebral hemmorrhage; He was a native of 'Iowa and came west aftr graduating from medical school. He is survived by seven children. i Homestead Forms Available Soon at Service Offices Applications for filing home stead entries on 86 farm units in the Tule lake division of the Kla math project will be available soon at the office of Marlon Coun ty Service Officer H. C Saalfeld. Filing period for applications be gan Monday and will close Decem ber 20 at 2 p.m. A total of 8.283 acres will be thrown open to eli gible veterans. Winners of the un its are to be decided by a draw ing. . Saalfeld said Monday be expects to receive applications and addi tional information on the home steading within the next several days. The program is being handl ed through the U. JS. department of Interior, f j Salem Police Arrest Check Artist Suspect I William F. Corey. 550 N. Sum mer st., will be arraigned in Marion county district court today on aj forgery charge brought by city police who arrested him Mon day, i : Detective Wayne Parker said Corey was arrested at 5:30 pjn. on a idistrict court warrant charg ing with passing a forged check for $125 on a Salem merchant in August. ; The check,; Parker said, was made out to a J. R. Lake and signed Claude Lake, by Foreman Freeman. Other aliases employed bj Crey recently were C. J. Free Rum and Claude E. Lake, Parker stated. Corey told Parker he had been in Salem for about two months. He is being held in the city jail in lieu of $1,500 bail. Grain Wavers, Closes Higher ! CHICAGO, Sept 20 -UP- Sep tember corn influenced the action of: other grains today after some' fairly wide fluctuation, it man aged; to close above Saturday's finish. At the close corn was H higher to i lower than Saturday's close. September $1.69i-70. Wheat was to 1 cent lower, September $2.25 H. Oats were h higher to i lower) September 7Ui-. Rye was ii lower,- December $1.59V4. Soybeans were 1V4 to 2Vi lower, November $2.45-44. The first car of new crop corn arrived here today. It graded 20.6 per cent moisture. 1 Reassignment Due Recruiter M-l Set. Ignatius Bachmeier, member of the Salem army and ajt force recruiting office, has been directed to report at Camp Stone man,! Calif., on October 1, the lo cal office said Monday. ; Sgt- Bachmeier is to be commis sioned a first lieutenant and as signed to overseas duty. He intends to; leave Salem later this week. ; The army man has over 13 years in' service. 3 1 months of which was spent In the Pacific theatre during the late war. He has been in Sa lem since December, 1946. Meter Lack Draws Arrest for Driver In Taxi Law Check A Salem taxi driver was arrest ed for operating a cab without a meter Monday when city police began a campaign for strict en forcement of the city taxi ordi nance. W. T. Holmes. 1070 N. 19th sU driver for Eddie's Deluxe Cab company, posted $20 in municipal court after being cited on the charge. Both cabs, owned by the com pany immediately ceased operation after Holmes' arrest. Police said all other cabs in the city were equipped with meters, a require ment under the recently adopted taxi ordinance. School Rolls Near 7,000 Public school rolls in Salem neared the 7,000 mark Monday, as 81 pupils augmented the registra tion. Officials said the increase was well distributed and caused no difficulties. Monday's total was 6,694, com pared to 6,432 on the opening day a week previously. Elementary en rollment rose during the week from 3,273 to 6,376; junior high from 1,637 to 1,692. and senior high from 1,522 to 1,626. An increase was tallied in all grades, but principally in the first and second, where the rise was 24 and 25, respectively. Norway Sons Plan Program Thor lodge, Soris of Norway, is planning a Leif Eriksen day cele bration in Salem, which is to fea t u r e appropriate entertainment from Portland's Griegj lodge. The local observance has been set for October 16 - - a week aft er the official celebration day - -so that singers and dancers fcom the Portland lodge can repeat the Portland portrayal of Leif Erick sen's landing in North America. At its recent fall organization meeting, the local lodge elected Theodore M. Michelson financial secretary to succeed Paul Ratch ford who has moved to Berkeley, Calif. Salem, Police Seek Wife of Portland Man Salem police early this morn ing were searching for Mrs. Jeanie Crawford Harris whose husband is in critical condition in the Port land emergency hospital. Portland police enlisted aid from local police shortly after midnight when they were unable to locate Mrs. Harris at a Haze! avenue address. The ill husband is James E. Harris. Salem police did not know the circumstances which I brought about his serious condition. Any j person knowing the where abouts! of Harris' wife was asked to contact Salem police or call his mother-in-law at Empire 8227 in Portland. il Yakima Pressman Here For Bethel Class Meet John Bennett, pressman of the Yakima Republic, was a visitor in Salem ;over the weekend. On Sun day he attended a reunion of for mer pupils at Bethel school four miles east of Salem. Students there prior to 1909 held their annual reunion. Bennett served his apprentice ship on The Statesman, and has been On the Yakima paper for many years. Arson Suspected In S6,000 Blaze Of ; Empty Crates I A Sunday morning fire believ ed started by two young arsonists destroyed 7,000 empty fruit crates at Kelley, Farquhar and company, 1460 Tile rd, at an es timated loss of $6,000.. Robert Skinner, a resident of 2560 i Myrtle ave., near the plant, told police he saw two boys run ning j from the stacked boxes a short time before the fire broke out. j Thousands of other crates stack ed near the blaze were saved by city firemen who quickly brought the flames under control. Four loaded boxcars, parked near the Budding Lawyers Get Commissions At Capitol Today Seventy applicants who passed the 1948 state bar examination will receive their commissions to day at 11 o'clock in the supreme court chambers. Lamar Tooze, Portland judge, will present trie candidates 'and W. W. Balderee, Grants Pass, president of the board of bar gov ernors, will administer the oath. Chief justice George Ro6sman will present the certificates and deliver a brief speech at the conclusion of the ceremony. Members of the board of bar governors will entertain the new attorneys in a noon luncheon at the Marion hotel. fire, were moved by Oregon Elec tric company. New Show Tonite! i fl OPENS 7:30 P. M. 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