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t Th Statesman. Salem. Oregon. Sunday, April 24. 1949 125 Hi-Y Members to Join in . YMCA's Youth Legislature At Statehouse Next Week End Br WlnsUn H. Taylor Staff Writer. Tht Statesman On th heels of Oregon's official legislature, boys and girls of the tate will b in Salem next Friday and Saturday to show how they would make laws. About 125 delegates will comprise the second an nual Youth and Government program of the YMCA and will conduct a regular session in the legislative chambers. Salem youths will be among the leaders of the meetings, with James Cooke, high school senior and president of Arthur Cotton Hi-Y club, as governor, elected by other delegates at a preliminary meeting. And the three Salem Hi-Y clubs have prepared bills which they will toss in the hopper and take through the regular processes. Harrison Elliott chapter's will be for a senate concurrent resolution providing an interim committee to study the problem of enforcing the state requirement of high school attendance up to 18 years of age. FesUtenUary Revislaa Bills will be introduced in the bouse by Abel Gregg club to au thorize construction of a spearate state penitentiary for first -time of fenders 17 years of an or young er and providing $750,000 for the project; by Arthur Cotton chapter for restriction of angling rights within 10 miles of any city re questing it, for exclusive juvenile use. Similar bills, prepared in ap proved legislative manner, will be coming from each of the 60 clubs which are sending two delegates. Each club is entitled to one bill for each house. Most of the legislators will be high school Hi-Y boys but approx imately 20 wUl be girls from Tri-Hi-Y groups in towns with no YWCA. District Meetings Held After selection by their clubs, the delegates and advisors have had district meetings to elect their top leaders and to determine which 30 youths would be sena tors. In local chapter meetings they heard from legislators and learned the recognized procedures for action during the session. The officers will meet here Thursday afternoon and evening with advisors to organize and to appoint committees in readiness for the weekend. They are Cooke; Rod French of LaGrande, senate president; Don Boyd of Portland's Lincoln high, speaker of the house; Carol Winslow of West Linn, clerk of senate; Barton Adams of Klam ath Falls, clerk of house; Bill Brady of Roseburj, senatt chap lain. Registration Friday Registration will begin at 10 a.m. Friday, conducted by Willamette university YM, followed by lunch at the capitol and ; a tour of the statehouse. The afternoon session will include a joint senate-house meeting at 1:43 to hear messages by Governor" Cooke and Gov. Douglas McKay. That evening will feature a banquet at the YM, with Carlton Greider. Salem YM mem bership secretary, ! as principal speaker. Committees will meet later in the evening Saturday's sessions will begin at 9 ajn. Luncheon will again be at the capitoL Following the after noon session wilt be a closing Joint meeting at 4 p.nv, when Dr. U. G. Dubach, Lewis and Clark college professor and state chairman of 1 Hagcr's For Shop FUR STORAGE Pat your valuable furs in oar moth proof, dry, cold air storage vault. FUR RESTYLING- Sara money. See Mrs. Hager about ha vine jour furs restyled to up-to-date Eastern modes. CALIFORNIA PROCESSING Give your furs that wonderful NEW LOOK. J MILLINERY Fur hats and all kinds of millinery made and rest vied by Eva Black, our millinery expert. FASHION NOTE Eva Black has gone to New York. When she returns, she will be very happy to see all her old customers, and new customers, too, and show them all the latest styles direct from New York and Paris. HAGEB'S FUR SHOP 1225 So. Commercial Phone 3-6607 Youth and Government, will sum marize the events and give a cri tique. Housing Committee Housing is being arranged by the local Hi-Y Mothers club, whose committee comprises Mrs. Ray L Crittenden, chairman. Mrs. James McClelland, Mrs. Fred H. Humph rey and Mrs. J. Edgar Reay. Salem delegates will be Cooke and Dick Wyatt, representative from Arthur Cotton club; Rollin Cocking, senator, and Gordon Sloan, representative, of Harrison Elliott; Tom Paulus, representa tive, and Tom Angle, senator, of Abel Gregg. David Blackmer of Salem will be a reporter. Each of the state's four districts will have two reporters to carry the session's story back to the local areas. Advisory Committee The official advisory committee, which will be active in directing the youths' progress here, includes Governor McKay, Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry, State Treas urer Walter Pearson. Sens. Dean Walker of Independence, Howard C. Belton of Canby and Philip Hitchcock of Klamath Falls. Reps. Frank J. Van Dyke of Med ford. Rudie Wilhelm. jr., of Portland and Ralph Moore of Coos Bay, The state-wide committee for the program includes Frank B Bennett. Mayor R. L. Elfstrom, Tinkham Gilbert. C. A. Kells, Gus Moore, Dr. Rex Putnam and Dr G. Herbert Smith, all of Salem; Paul S. Campbell, Dr. Carl J. Hol- lingworth. John C. Planklnton of Portland; Herb Smith of Albany. Contracts Ask Cleaner Hops At Lower Price Salem area hop growers are go ing to be paid less for their hops this year than in 1948 and the har vested hops will have to ran tain less leaves and stems, according to a number of contracts filed last week with the Marion county re corder. The contracts call for a sale price from 47 to 50 cents per pound for prime hops with not more than 6 per cent leaf and stem content. The contracts were signed by Williams and Hart company and S. S. Steiner, Inc., both hop dealers, with about a dozen Salem area hop growers. The amount of hops to be bought by the individual contracts varied from 9,000 pounds to 40,000 pounds with the average 8,000 to 10.000. Contract prices last year ranged from 90 to 60 cents per pound with the average around 90 and 99 cents, according to records in the office of County Recorder Herman Lanke. Most of the contracts on the 1948 crop specified a leaf and stem content of not more than 8 per cent. Salem Obituaries Lebanon Straicberry Fete Queen Candidates 3 yfiSK,- la ' . . -t 4 4. Schmitz Asks Court Overrule Accident Board In an effort to complete an in jury claim for compensation Char les R. Schmitz of Salem, an em ploye of Credit Bureaus, Inc., fil ed suit in Marion county circuit court Saturday. j Schmitz seeks a court order di recting the state industrial acci dent commissions to -withdraw a previous directive overruling Schmitz' claim for compensation. Schmitz alleges he incurred exten sive back injuries last December when a bale of hay; fell on him while interviewing a prospective client. i LEBANON, April IS These seven girls will vie for the right to rule over Lebanon's 17th annual Straw berry festival Jane 8 and 4. Selection of the queen will be announced at a Queens' ball May 18 at Cotton woods dance pavilion. Back row. left to rlfht. are Joy Kilrore, Brownsville; Mary Ann Tur ner, Lebanon; Norma Latimer, Sweet Home, and Janet Corblt, Halsey. Front row, left to rifht, Joanne Sefert, Scio; Mania Petersen, Albany, and Charlotte Pease, Corvallls. (Statesman-Eggen photo.) Lard Gains, Oats Drop In Grain Market CHICAGO. April 23 -P)- Strength in lard and weakness in oats featured dealings on the board of trade today. Other grains and soybeans were mostly lower. turning easy during the last 15 minutes after having backed and filled without getting anywhere most of the day. Lard futures spurted following another boost in the price of loose lard, which moved up to $10.87Vi a hundred pounds. A good demand has developed for this product in recent weeks, particularly from export sources. Lard futures did not hold onto their best gains. Wheat closed Vii-l1 lower, corn was lower to nigner, oats were m-27 lower, rye was 1 to 3 cents lower, soybeans were 4- ll4 lower and lard was 19 to 20 cents a hundred pounds lower. r 0 TVTnro OrUiial Crs for batteries and supplies for all makes and ! models of Hearing Aids. Three Different Makes of Hearing Aids jnow in Stock . . varied styles . . complete price range! Proper Hearing at a Proper Price I Morris Optical Co. I 444 Slot SL Phon $-5528 i. Azalea Time Red, Whits, Pink, Lavender shades and in a variety of size of blossom. Plants In most rarietit ft ?l fffc and (Soma for 75c) ZpiLallil up Early Red Evergreen tSEfTiif Azaleas for 5o2y up RHODODENDRONS Siariing io Dloom A General Line of Nursery Stock and BEDDiMG PLANTS Open Snnday Phone 2-1307 FerrilVs Nursery 13 mile east of Keizcr Cl ARK Louesa Houghton Clark, at the resi dence 711 N. Cottage St.. April 23 at the age of 88 years. Survived by son. Francis E. Clark. Salem: daughters. Mrs. June Clark Wheaton. North Battle Forge. Saskatchewan. Can., and Ltla B. Clark. Salem; sister, Mr. Amanda L. Sargetnt. Philadelphia. Pa. Services v i i i dy iiriu munaa . prn za, 4 p.m. at the W. T. Rigdon chapel. TOOMBS Price Toombs, at the residence 2275 I-aurel ave.. April 23 Survived bv the widow. Charlotte Toombs. Salem; daughter. Mrs. Rita Jewel Stortz. and Mildred Amelia Toomba. both of Salem: sons. Clifton A. Toombs. Salem, and Edwin E. Toombs. Exeter. Calif.; bro ther. Glenn Toombs. Newton. Iowa: al so three grandchildren. Services will be held Monday. April 29 at 3 p.m. at the Clough-Barrick chapel. Interment in Belcrest Memorial park. Barn Collapses, Oivner Also AUBURN, Wash., April The wind was strong and persist ent, and the 35 - year old barn creaked and groaned under the impact late today. Owner George F. Trott. 63-year old retired farmer, and his son-in-law. Glen B. Eaken, already had torn down side buildings and were preparing to demolish the barn. Then the wind blew the barn down. Trott dropped dead beside ji. A physician said death was due to a heart attack. SX Sale aJ Fer It days enly. Ne refunds . . . Ne ex changee . . Ne approvals. ieon's Bay the first pair at the regular pries ... get the second pair PIKE! . . . TRUSTED EIIBEZZLEIiS If embezzlers were not trusted employes at one time they could not have had access to company funds. A bond written by SALEM'S GENERAL OF AMERICA AGENCY will reimburse you for fidelity losses. CUSTOMER PARXma AT OUR NEW LOCATION SttRCK 8 m CHflT ISA! SP ft fVI Af" INSURANCE 373 N. Church Phone 3-9119 Salem Offices In: Salem, Coo Bay. Myrtle Point Gold Beach Price Toombs Rites Monday Funeral services will be held Monday at S p.m. at the Clough Barrick chapel for Pries Toombs, 66, resident of Salem for the past eight years, who died at his home Saturday. Interment will be at Bel crest Memorial park. Born In Memphis, Mo., Oct. 11, 1882, Toombs attended schools there. He was married to Charlot te Bell Dye, Oct. 28, 1900. He was a member of the Christian church. Toombs moved to Salem in 1941 and was residing at 2273 Laurel avenue at the time of his death. Survivors besides the widow ara daughters, Mrs. Rita Stortz and Mildred Amelia Toombs, both of Salem; sons, Clifton A. Toombs, Salem, and Edwin E. Toombs, Ex eter, Calif.; brother, Glenn To ombs .Newton, Kans., and three grandchildren. Because they regarded the cus tom as heathenish, the Puritans at one time tried to abolish the use of the ring and wedding ceremonies. 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