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Y ears in Reirospect The Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Sunday. January ; 19SQ-,13 Half Century Brings Loss of Statchouse, Thcii a New One . . ' t yk 1 nunawaym f Salem Starts IV "A v'ejy .runaway and a noisy New "YearV UiWme featured jthe first day of 1900 in Salem SO years . ago; , . The half century since that time has found the day, in the main, quiet one- (after the first few wee hours), but some interesting little tidbits of news, were gleaned from . old Jiles of Trie Oregon Statesman. Some of them follow: . (0 Yean Are Today '' Salem Dr. John F. Calbreath of McMinnyille . succeeds Dr D, A. Paine as superintendent of the state hospital. Portland Multnomah athletic club eleven beats Stanford 11 to 6. . ... . - Manila American troops defeat . rebels at ' Cabiuago, Luzon. Salem Civic leaders announce that famed concerts Rime. Nevada will sing , in Salem. ' ' 45 Yean Ac Today Salem The. Rev. W. S. Gordon of the Leslie M. E. church spoke on "Forgetting the past." t Salem Virginia Campbell is married to O. L. Martin. ! Salem $12 men's suits go ion . saiel of $6, and The Statesman has a classified ad for a four-room brick) house at $5 a month. Yean Axe Today Salem -- Work continues all - through New Year's di tn hntn completion of Portland, Eugene & Eastern Railway street car tracks In Salem. ' Fresno, Calif. Snow falls here for first time in 16 years. Woodburn First car runs from West Woodburn to Woodburn on newly-completed Valley Electric ; Bailway. . t Y tS Yean Age Today " . Salem Fifteen volleys are fired by 15 members of M company, ONx3, to usher in the new, year. Petrograd Turks cross into Russia, in the Caucasian mount v fins. t ; i .. J Salem Stateman's H. J. Hen ' dricks writes - that "Salem will , have 50,000 people in the course . of" time." . ', , r . j- i Salem Apron gingham adver tised at 5 certts a yard. 20 th Century Many Yule Contributions Help More Aid , Ctratitude for the many jcoritrl- butions which meant focjd land clothing and toys and a inerrier 5 Christmas for families short on fi nance was expressed this week . end by Marion Bpwen, Marion COUntV welfare administrator Meanwhile, welfare funds for De- . cemDer reacned rock bottom. r : AU but 17 of the 129 families who received outside aid for Christmas were those of emnlnv. able unemployed. Those 17 includ ed some receiving old, age assist ance and others getting regular welfare grants. The employable ; group, said Miss Bowen, have been receiving: only emergency, short term assistance. Most of them have families (as large as 10 chil dren), at whom aid was directed principally. v freed Greater This Year Most of the Christmas baskets were delivered by the donors, but ' many were taken out by welfare workers. An were cleared through V other relief agencies to eliminate duplication, as well as' to assure that any needy family known to any agency was helped. The need was greater than atr any time - since before the war, said Miss Bowen, and the public response matched the problem, -i- 1 General assistance funds, run ning low before Christmas, were down to $250 on December '29, - while daily expenditures during 1 the past- two weeks have ranged from $230 to $1,260. When the 1 county gets to the end of its $20, 000 budget for December, it .can not overdraw or 'borrow on next l-month's, the office stressed. The funds are limited by those avail able from, the state, which pro vides 70 per cent to match the county's 30 per cent. Migrants Need Aid 1 AThe migrant families arriving, even at this time of year", consti tute an added drain on welfare, funds,; since many of the new ar rivals have no : established resi- . dence and become the responsi- cmiy oi me community. Many re , portedly have been attracted here by the beginning of Detroit dam construction but lack the experi ence required for. a majority of workers there. : , One of the groups which gave generously to the Christmas bas kets was Englewood school, which demonstrated the means of visual izing and inspiring its job. Each of the 18 classrooms was given a needy family. Not knowing the names of the people to whom they were giving, the children invent ed names for them and even cut ... and pasted magazine pictures of a mother, father and each of the children in the family. While several organizations, ! firms: and Individuals mnrrfhut! to the much - appreciated bas kets. manV tM-eforml tn romntn .'anonymous and others were spon- wuiruusvr lormea groups, with out namr-s. v--Many ne Welfare ; " ? Otbert-v her gavo, as listed by the Welfare office, included Amertcan Legion auxiliary unit 136,lAltrusa club, Berea class of First Presbyterian church. Brown ie troop 9L Bush school. Business and. ( Professional Women's dub, two i groups at Calvary Baptist church, den 6 of Cub Scout pack -. 50 Years (From Files of The A serious runaway ccarred on the streets of Salem which happily terminated wltheut fa talities. T. C. White. Kaiser's Bot tom, had his team hitched to an ordinary 'farm' hack, tied In front of Etamon Bros. Grocery store (on Commercial street), when the delivery team of Sa vage & Reld. standing Ln front of the latter firm's store, took fright at' something and started to ran away; turning in the street to go north, the de livery team ran into "Mr. White's riff, frightening the tat ter's horse, and they- promptly broke loose and started down Commercial street at break neck speed. " The frenzied horses kept to; the street until' after crossing Division street, when they took 30 Years Ago Today ' Salem Fred Hammond of eight miles north of Salem told a report er he had vmost encouraging re sults'' from his first planting of Golden Bantam corn, getting 8 cents a dozen last falL 'Salem F. W. Jobelman, night clerk at Bligh hotel, entertained 20 Salem newspaper carrier boys at a banquet. and theatre party. ; Pasadena Harvard beats Ore gon 7- in grid game at Tourna ment park. , Salem. 1920 came to Salem "like a lamb," Statesman says, but five persons were shot by drunks in Baltimore, Md. t : 25 Yean Ago Today ,Salem-2,000 people attend YM- CA open house. Chicago Windy City hit by season's first big snowstorm. Salem Wedding of Clella Curts and Richard Fisher solemnized at Colonial Dame Tea shoppe as bells ring in the new year. 19 Yean Ago Salem From The Oregon Statesman: "Bells, auto horns, mill whistles, train whistles, sirens. bagpipes, drumsj patent noise- msstra&vei anl WAArk4. 1 to make the instant of midnight the noisest Salem has exDerienced in several years." . .Washington, D.C. iHoover's White House reception one of most brilliant-ln years. Pasadena USC beats Pitts Necessitated Than in 10 Explorer Scouts of troop IP, three .groups at First Christian church, First Congregational church, three groups at First Me thodist church," fourth grade at Garfield school, two groups .at Ja son Lee Methodist church. Junior Chamber- of Commerce, two groups at St Paul's Episcopal church, Knights of, Columbus, Li berty Church of Christ, Salem Li ons club auxiliary, first grade of McKinley school. Optimist club, employes of Pacific Telephone and sorority. Phi Delta Theta frater- '' "V i , iamuy T .. Ago Today Oregon Statesman) to the sidewalk la front of the Babcock residence, following It for a hundred feet, they then jumped the hedge Into C M. Parmenter's yard, carrying the hedge with them. This leap over the . hedge caused the breaking of the pole and whif fletrees; and the horses were released from the hack, leaving it -standing in Mf. Fannenter's front yard, while the frightened animals continued on-out-of town, never diminishing their speed. The damare to the hack and harness will be about $15 or 429, while the horses, although somewhat scratched up, were not seriously Injured. Mr. White says this Is the tint run away he ever had. The team of . Savage 4c,Reid 'was captured without sustaining any damage. burgh 47 to 14 in Rose Bowl. Salem Willamette loses to Multnomah 27 to 24 in basketball. IS Years Ago Today Salem Fifty motorists get slips warning them to have new licenses by tomorrow afternoon or else. Portland Salem's Jimmy Nich olson leads Oregon High, School All-Stan to 19-7 victory over Washington All-stars, in grid game. Salem Maximum temperature 50, minimum 32. Pasadena Alabama defeats Stanford 29-13 in Rose Bowl. II Tears Age Today ; Salem Statesman survey indi cates Salem population 32,580. Pasadena USC defeats Tenne ssee in Rose Bowl 14-0. Salem Dr. Trank Brown en tertained a committee on week day religious education, at Knight memorial church. I Yean Ago Today SHAEF Germans lost 541 planes ln greatest air strike at Sf auies in inree years. . Salem New Labor Temple opens. Pasadena USC beats Tennessee Z5 to 0. In Rose Bowl DIES FROM RUM ' LILLE, France Profiting irom tne temporary absence of his parents, four-year-Kld Jean Dum oncheL of Merirourt-sous-T.n Jiear here, downed a pint of rum. ine cnua aiea shortly afterwards Needy Families Several Years relegraph company. Pi Beta Phi nity, Roberts Mothers club, Roh- land's store, Salem - Willamette Supply 'company, Salvation, Army, Spinsters club, Sunnyside Friend ly club, Kappa Alpha Theta alum ni, Tri-Y clubs of Salem high school and YWCA, wage records division of ; state unemployment compensation commission, United Commercial Travelers auxiliary. White Shrine, two groups at St John's Lutheran church, YWCA clubs, youth of Leslie Methodist churd, Zonta club.? : Salem ' parting , Jxtetaltve' Q a qaaui "- . in'49 Not Far Off From Normal By Winston Taylor ' Staff Writer, The Statesman The year of weather extremes promised by events of early 1949 didn't last very long. Outside of January and Febru ary, the rainfall and the temper atures averaeed out neariv nor mal, according to mWris at th Salem airport weather bureau srauoa? j 1 The mercury dronnM tm Jan uary IS tO 11 deffTMS .th lvarorf since the S degrees recorded in 1943. But also it didn't get above 96 degrees (on July 14 and Sep tember 13). Not since July, 1948, has the temperature soared above iw degrees; then, it was 105. Months Set Records i Right, in succession, ! January set a new record-fori lack of rainfall and the wettest February on r. ord poured down. January had .57 men oi precipitation, mostly in light snows, compared to a pre vious low for the month, of 1.3 inches in 1917. Februarys rain totaled 12.31 inches, rising above me earner record of 11.68 inches in 1940. Low in rainfall was July's .26 inch. Heaviest 24-hour rain. fall was 3.16 inches over the night of February 16-17. Snowfall was about the usual Salem variety -- gone almost be-' fore it lights: January had 3.5 in ches, February 2.4. Inches along With the traces in March, April and December. Ground stavoH white tniite.a spell In higher ele vations near salem. Rainfall Below Average Onlv Whrnanr onH Mo mm above normal in precipitation, wnue mosi montns were slightly behind the average. The year showed 84 clear days, 86 partly Cloudy and the rest rlnnHv Win- xls the final two days, the rain to tal was J3.il inches, compared to a normal 37.80. Every dav in Jamiarv h?t ih freezing mark, compared to a 56 year average of 13 freezes for th month. Three days never got aoove sz degrees. The month es tablished a new record for local stretches of freezing wathr January's mean, of degrees was 10.1 below normal but not down to the record 27.4 of 1930. February had 12 nicrhts with freezing temperatures. Deviation irom tne normal temperature was about evenly solit Februarr drnn. ped down 2 degrees, July 1, Aug ust 0.8 and October 5.5. Those above average were March n April 1JS, May 2.6, June 0.4, Sep- lemoer ut and .November 3.6. Winds Are Recorded December's mercury has ran. a aea as low as 24 aeerees tmt nm warm days are .expected to keep me average near a normal 41. , ' Just to prove that there was considerable wind durfacr th (even after the lpislatnr re journed), the bureau's anemom eter recorded a high pne-minute average velocity of 46 milmi nr hour on November 26. At several times during the year gusts hit be tween 50 and 60 miles per hour. Cities and counties in Georgia collected $6,900,000 from alco holic beverages in 1948. ago vre y&c 59 ydar? f cr - Weather ft i 9 .ft 4 V 4 ? Xx " "."', ' f ' 'i : : :H : t.r " i t - Ar Y&l ' Y'! 'rk- d ' f V . cd v iuix OF Jnst faefore the torn of the cenlnry TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT DAYS r . AND HAVE THOSE PICTUHES HADE FOB YOUR EASTEEII FBIEIIDS ...... . .: DO IT HOW CRONISE STUDIO Early pioneer ad from V -i''Ok .--.) Barry W. Cronise, pieaciit owner manager . 4 , I t 3 I I' r V :";i tJi Jj , .'V a ua , . ;. . .. .-:. ? ,,i . ., . .. .. " nMLr'.Viti PIC TU RIM the Statesman files The river boat "City of i Salem" Was ln artioti when Cronise Studio opened for business in. 1880, and placed ads like the one at the left from the files 6f the Statesman, urging other pioneers to remember their friends in-"The asL. i A lot of history hta been made In Salem since Cronise Studio ' ' .. oponed 70 yeara 0x70. Down through the years it baa remained In the same f am fly ... has grown and progressed 'with the dry. Today. Harry Cronlae. the present owner and manager bollev Ihe policy his father followed is the best way' a business can . prosper and 'grow Into cm lnatiration eVffled WOTkmcmahlp . . latest equipment fedr prices and a pride m one's work. Salem has been Kind to us in the last 70 yems and wo humbly say. Thank You". : ' 'j :'- r.v Xl '-:'.'-:- s Zt .- ...-) , .v- r r,. -, .i i f 7i m t l'I ,0.r rrrw GSALEM y n;iu'iM.' ; '" j .-r -fC- i -r -"v r. ."iw.'4rai i' rr r UPSTAIRS 439 COURT 11,11 .PICTUKING SAXEM SINCE 1830- -i i V Taken Just a half -century ago, tn PPet photograph of Oregoa'S) eld statehonse Is part of the col leetloa of Milton Ii Meyers of : Salem. The historic edifice was destroyed by fire in April of, . 1915. Rising on the same site te the new statehonse shewn at the ' left It was completed in 1939 at S cost of $2.50t.00i. Of madera Greek architecture, tWe new cap Itol has a sheer white 75-feat central to war topped by the na- . i tionally-famoos bronze statue of : the "Pioneer,' his eyes looking v i to the west. The .new strnctoro haoses the executive department, - . j iu mmmw m vuncy .ra. .t il. .1.1. : m, i the state land board. On the sec ond floor are the two bouses of the state's legislative' assembly, i the sienate chamber in the east wing land the house of represen tatives la the right wing. Busi ness of the growing state; already has outgrown the new state house and an additional state of flee building Just to the Mrth eas at tt is to open within a. few months. .-..-r -rn itityv' -1 4 f a 4. -'i i' :r. s - t I t
