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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.
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Gervais Star Owners
Disclose Retirement
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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.
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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.
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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.
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