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DHy News QBrnefis TRIP CALLED OFT , The Chemeketan week-end trip to the coast hat been cancelled because of the weather, it was announced Friday night. Landscaping and designing. No job too large or too small. F. A. Doer fler and Sons Nursery, 150 N. Lan caster Dr. at 4 Corners. P. 2-1322. Air - Steamship tickets anywhere. Kugel, 3-7694. 153 N. High. St DINNER TO HONOR BOYS A luncheon today noon at Sa lem YMCA will honor new mem bers of the Go-Getters club, com prising boys who have secured new YM members during the past months. Pins will be presented. Burton Crary will tell stories. Rummage sale over Greenbaums, Sat Programs for Dairymen's Meet MARINE FLYER DECORATED j The distinguished flying cross with a gold star and the air medal With five gold stars were present ed this week to 1st Lt. Kerwin D, Kerr, USMCR, of Corvallis In cere monies conducted in Salem by G battery, 4th 105 mm howitzer bat talion of the marine corps reserve: New chef, varied menu, quality food. Marshall's, 4. Corners. White's Drive-In will be closed from Jan 16 to Feb 18 for vaca tions. White's Lunch will remain open. TO ALTER APARTMENT Mary Hamre was issued a per mit Friday by the city engineer's office to do 12.000 in alterations to an apartment at 640 S. Capitol ft' -1 " Spencer corsettier. Ph. 35072. Insured savings- earn more than two per 'cent at Salem Federal Savings Association. 560 State st ELB JOINS CHAMBER ' 4 - Thomas L. Elb, owner of Tom FJb's Mohil Service station. Cen ter and Liberty streets, this week I joined the Salem Chamber of Com merce, ... ' : ; ". ' j ' Johns-Manvllle shingles applied fey Mathis Bros., 184 S. Com't Free estimates. Ph. 34642. Old time dance tonite, 259 Court W.M. Persons, t V 77, Succumbs j After i . : ' t . - -'i Walter M. Persons, retired Sal em postolf ice employe, died Fri day at his home at 960 Gaines st after a three-month illnes. He was ' 77. t Born Dec. 9, 1872 in Pilot Mound Minn he came . to Silverton in 1910 and three years later moved to Salem where he entered the v postal seiivice. He retted 12 years ago after delivering parcel post during most of his eaifeer here. Persons was a member of Chem eketa lodge 1. IOOF, Modern Woodmen of America and the Na tional American Letter Carriers association. He was married March 24, 1897; . In St Charles, Minn, to the former Melissa Allen, who survives him; The couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary three yeart ago. : ., j Also snwivlng are three daugh ters, Mrs Rhoda Baker, Spokane, wash.; Mrs. ucuue Messing, uuac; and Mrs. Melissa Maves, Eugene; two sons, Howard W. Persons, Mt " Vernon. Wash., and Irven A. Per sons, Albany; eight grandchildren and six great-grandenuaren. Funeral services will be arrang ed by Clough-Barrick compnay. STL'CH . MOTORISTS AKRON.' O. -(INS)- Two' mil lion American motorists will get secretary-treasurer. Stuck In snow or mud tms wmier and next spring, preoicis we a. t . Goodrich company, despite the in creasingly widespread -use of spe cial mud-snow treads with trac tion buttons. Public Records ' By Llllle L. Mai Farm Editor, Th Statesman Pro era ms for the 56th annual meeting of the Oregon Dairy men's association were issued Fri day. The event will take place January 23-25, with headquarters at the Osburn hotel. Eugene. The program opens the first day at 1:30 wjjh committee meet ings. The eneral meeting gets under- way Tuesday morning, January 24, In the circuit court room of the Lane county court house at 10 a.m. U. S. Sen. Wayne L. Morse will speak at the Tuesday night ban quet Other outstanding numbers on Tuesday will be talks by H. A. Benson, director of membership, American Dairy association, at 2 pjn., and by Dr. G. H. Wilster of Oregon State college, to discuss his attendance at the National Dairy congress in Sweden last summer. Election of officers will also be held during the afternoon on Tuesday as well as all committee reports. Other speakers that day are Ben Simonson, manager of the Oregon Dairy Breeders associa tion, George Fullenwider, chair man of the Oregon Dairy Products commission; George. Bulkley, gen eral director of the dairy exten sion, Carnation company; Told Hamilton and W. W. Henry on Oregon Daily council program; Henry Hagg on the National Co operative Milk Producers federa tion. . .Speakers Wednesday forenoon are Bob Cowan, manager of the Seattle Milk Producers associa tion; Lowell Steen, president of the Oregon Farm Bureau federa tion; D. C. Mumford and G. A. Richardson of Oregon State col lege. The meeting will close with a luncheon Wednesday noon. Arthur Ireland of Forest Grove Is president. Other officers are vice presidents, A. W. Lindow, Portland, and A. W. Sweet, Sixes; Roger W. Morse. Corvallis: directors. W. A. Johnson, Grants Pass; Chris Hoff man, Tillamook; W. O. Christen sen, North Powder; Wilbur Reil ing, Klamath Falls; Fred Knox, Gaston; Homer Shelby, Albany, jand Fred Rudat jr Brownsmead. Driving Snow, Windstorm Sweeps Valley llitmiu Newt ferries (Story also on page one) A driving snow and wind storm swept the Willamette valley Fri day, snarling traffic, closing nu merous schools and disrupting el ectric and telephone service. Polk - county, where a heavy snowfall built up on frozen streets, highways and fields, was hardest pressed. Schools were cloed Friday morning in uauas because of haz ardous road conditions. Six inches of new snow in down town Dallas left cars stranded along curbs and flooded sewers Power was cut off for about 30 minutes in the early afternoon when Bonneville lines leading in to the city were downed by falling trees. A steam auxiliary plant was put fnto operation by the Moun tain States Power company. Two other Polk county cities reported schools closed. .Valsetz residents were struggling to dig out from four feet of snow. Falls City had 20 inches. Logging and nulling operations were at a stand still in both cities. Roads Slippery Schools shut down in Monmouth and Independence to allow school buses to take pupils home before road conditions became hazardous. Roads were! slippery in. the area, but most businesses continued to operate normally. . . Cities along the Santiam canyon in north Marion county were buf feted by high winds and heavy sleet throughout Friday. Detroit measured 37 inches of snow as six inches fell Friday morning and the storm continued unabated Friday night. Residents have been forced to remove snow from their roofs daily to prevent caverns, but schools in the area continued to operate. Sorted Down by Snow Lyons and Mill City were bog ged down by new snow, schools were closed in both cities when power was! off until noon. Many telephone lines were out of ser vice. - i Mrs. Agnes Booth, Marion coun ty school superintendent reported many rural schools closed in the Salem area because of electrical failure, Marion, Turner and Clov erdale schools closed Friday morn ing when the power failed. Others were believed shut but telephone line breakdowns made a complete check impossible, Mrs. Booth said. Albany, covered by five inches of snow, reported road conditions were hazardous most of the day as low temperatures froze slush on streets, bcnoois in that city re mained open Friday. MUNICIPAL COURT LeRoy F. Burns, Silverton, reck less driving, fined $100. Aubrey W. Richardson, 334 Broadway st, soliciting without a permit firfed $15. Raymond E. Gragg, Kelso, Wash, charged with reckless driv ing, posted $100 bail, to "appear January 19. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Glenn LeRoy Althauser, 21, log ger, and Grace Marie Kraus, 17, student both of Gresham. -Richard Ronald Patten, 20, far mer, Salem route 5, and Joye Wy mer, 20, office worker, McMinn ville. ' PROBATE COURT Ray M. Waltz estate: Final ac count hearing set February 20. CIRCUIT COURT Eveline Artiago vs Martin Arti- ago: Default order for defendant. r Villa May Goin vs Harold WU liam Goin: Default order for de fendant George Lund, sr vs Marie P. HtHs: Defendant demurs to com plaint on grounds that facts stated are Insufficient to constitute a caiiM of action. " Joy Fries vs Robert Fries: Com plaint for divorce alleges cruel and inhuman treatment; married March 10, 1948, in Salem Order restrains defendant from molest- ins tilaintiff. - Harry M. Lasswell vs Velma B. Lasswell: Order modifies divorce Walker Stanmore Fitts vs Ore gon Electric railway company and Spokane. Portland and Seattle railway company: Complaint seeks Judgment totaling 137,133 lor in juries allegedly incurred in motor cycle-train accident. Births HALSETH To Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Halseth. Salem route 3, a son, Friday, January 13 at Salem General hospital, LATHAM . To Mr. and Mrs Harvey L. Latham. 3469 D St., a son, Friday, January 13 at Salem General hospital. . BOSVERT To Mr. and Mrs Phillip Bosvert, Rickreali. a son. Friday, January 13 at Salem Gen eral hospital. KOSTENBORDER To Mr, and Mrs. William Kostenborder, Stayton. a son, Friday, January 13 at Salem Memorial hospital. Ben Sawyer. Succumbs to Heart Attack Ben Haven Sawyer.SaIem res! dent nearly 40 years died Friday of a heart attack at hi? residence at 3625 Liberty rd. He was 61. i Sawyer was born Nov. 16, 1888, in Ohio, the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Sawyer, who survive him In Salem. The family moved here about 1910. Also surviving is a brother. Maurice W. Sawyer of Portland. Funeral services will be arranged by the Clough-Barrick chapeL Kerr Re-Elected To Advisory Board By Hop Growers Re-election of Rav Kerr to the joint growers' advisory committee was announced this week at a dis trict meeting in Salem. Homer L. Goulet jr., was named alternate committee member. Plans for the fourth annual hop growers convention, scheduled February 9-11 in Salem, were dis cussed at the meeting held in the Senator hotel. Manager Paul Rowell of the hoD control board attended meetings in Albany and Eugene Friday and Is slated to be in Grants Pass to day for another hop growers ses sion. Washington i Bonus Blanks Available Here Washington World War II vet erans' bonus application forms are now available in Oregon, the state department of veterans' affairs re ports. Veterans who lived, in Washing ton at least one year prior to World War II service are eligible. The bonus pays $10 for each month of domestic service and $15 per month for foreign duty from Dec. 7, 1941 to Sept 2, 1945. Maximum payable is $675. .. Surviving unremarried widows, children or dependent parents of those who died in services are eli gible. Applications may be obtained from the state veterans depart ment in the state library build ing at Salem or from county vet erans service officers. Four Generations Pose as Mother Visits ' v - - r-'-v j lt! Stoeii&cmV Sale'ml 'Owejon, 'dturcfay 7inugy V ' Us6-i Wind Up to 80 mph Takes Toll Of Local Awnings, Trees, Lines jt . (Story also on page one.) .' , Trees, awnings and telephone and power lines took the heavy beating from the high winds which rushed through the Willamette valley Friday. ": ' -- - :-' ----- Gust uip to 80 miles an hour toppled many trees in the Salem area Friday and kept city engineer crews busy clearing blocked streets and sidewalks. ' Mrs. Hattle Gilbert, 11, Lee Angeles, seated. Is visiting her son. LeRey Simpson, 54. f 2252 Mission st, Salem, im complete remnloa of foar genera tions f her family. Pictured, left to right are: Clarence i Brash, 7; Mrs. Eegene Brush, 27, Salem rente f ; Mrs. Gilbert Simpson; and Judy Brush, 5. The yenngs i ters are children of Mrs. Brush who Is Simpson's davghter. (Statesman-McEwaa photo.) Modeled Before the Storm P i A:-. Marion county's courthouse lawn was srmced with a waspwaist snow woman this week following the efforts of several youths, including those above. Left to right Jim Hunt 2480 Englewood st; Joe Mapes, 1860 Waller st; Jim Elliott (with glasses). 1703 Broadway st; and Bud Crair, 930 Imperial dr. Many reports of snowmen have been received by the Statesman, some reported to be 12 feet tall. (States man photo.) One Pen, 2 Jail Sentences in Circuit Court One man was sent to the state penitentiary, another to the county Jail and two others placed on pro bation Friday after pleading guilty to criminal charges in Marlon county circuit court before Judge George R. Duncan. 1 Cecil Gold, charged with rape of a gin last July 31, was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary, with credit given for approximat ely five months spent in the coun ty JaiL . Sherrill H. Baldree went to the county Jail for six months on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. Richard Paul Morris received a suspended sentence and was placed on tnree year's probation on a charge of burglary on September 20. lie is to be released when a Job is secured. Marwell Elwill Blanton was giv en a two-year suspended peniten tiary sentence and placed on two years' probation on condition he make restitution. He was charged with uttering and publishing a forged bank check on May 7, 1948. Only 4 Apply For Police Jobs Civic Service Tests Suited Civil service examinations for 11 different positions in the Pa cific northwest and Alaska have been announced by the U. S. civil service commission. Positions include telephone op erator, zone deputy collector, of fice auditor, aeronautical en gineer, airport traffic controller, air route traffic controller, air craft communicator, painter, di rector of information and air craft cost analyst. - Most applications must be filed by the end of January or early in February. Further information can be secured by contacting William Fischer, local secretary, at the Salem postoffice. Rep. Fisher's Reapportionment Plan Would Expand Legislature Earl Fisher, state representative from Washington county, sent out Suggestions for the "Fisher" plan for reapportionment of the j state legislature this week. He would provide by constitutional amendment that each county have two senators and one representative, and one additional repre sentative for each 20,000 population. In his statement Fisher said Weather Delays Young GOP Vote An election of officers, sched uled Friday . night by Salem's Young Republicans club, was postponed when weather condi tions prevented most club mem bers from attending the meeting. The election was re-scheduled for the group's February session. 95th Birthday For A. A. Ulvin The 95th birthday of A. A. Ulvin was celebrated this week with an open house at his residence at 555 Rose st Ulvin, born in Norway in 1855, came to the United States when he was 15 and has lived in Ore gon since 1900. He retired a num ber of years ago after a long busi ness career in Silverton and has resided in Salem since 1948. FOR . Income Tax Returns - " Made Out by v J. W. Coburn Consultant 157 Market St Ph. Z-C569 Don't Wait . . . Come now! INSURED SAVINGS First Federal Savings First Current Dividend 2Va st Federal Savings and Loan Ass'n. 14 S. Liberty that more legislators are required so that members will not have to serve on so many committees and professed the belief that "each and every county in Oregon has an inherent constitutional right of. One-Four tli of Vet's Insurance Policies Converted One-fourth of more than 7,000, 000 national service life insurance policies in force Oct 1, 1949, had been converted to permanent forms of insurance. This was revealed recently by the veterans administration. The 1 direct representation in both houses of the Oregon legislature." Several other methods of re apporment have been proposed, and two are in process of initia tion: One calling for apportion ment on a population basis except tha.t no county should have more than one-third of the membership; the other,, sponsored by Rep. Giles French of Sherman county, would give each county one senator and apportion the house by population. Damage Suit Asks $37,135 A suit asking. $37,135 damages Only four applications for city police civil service examinations have been completed and turned in, the city recorder's office said Friday. ' The examinations, for 14 Jobs as patrolmen with the city force, are scheduled for the city hall Janu ary 26. Applicants must be in. by January 20. Starting pay for patrolmen is $245 Applicants must be between the ages of 21 to 35 years with concessions for those having mili tary service. They must be regis tered voters who have lived in $alem for one year prior to exam iitation ddtes. The city recorder's office report ed Friday that 47 persons had tak en out applications, but only four of them had been returned. The 800 block of 13th street was barricaded after a tree feU at the height of the storm, but remaining blocks had been cleared by Friday night Crews pulled down a " tree at 1280 N. 21st street after the wind loosened its roots Friday morning. A tree at 1040 N. 16th was staked to another to prevent its falling. Walnut trees which fell in the 2000 block of Chemeketa and on D be tween Garnet and 13th street were cleared. , - t . An old apricot tree at the Doug las Chambers residence, 1337 Court st, toppled by the gale, fell squar ely between a parked car and ga rage. Friday afternoon a maple tree at the Mabel Roberts home on North Summer street fell across the sidewalk.. -rr -, . Locations Checked . Crews checked trees at several other locations including Academy and Water, 15th and Ferry and 410 N. Summer st, when winds threat ened to blow them over into the streets. - The awning at The Moderne, 305 Court st, was whipped and damag ed by the gale. ' The wind and wet snow played havoc' with power and 'communi cation lines throughout the valley. Portland General Electric and Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company both had large crews in the field working to repair badly battered line systems. ., . PGE had 80 to 100 men at work repairing, lines throughout the day and night Friday. Worst outages were reported in the McKain road area. Brooks district Silverton and Pringle districts with minor trou bles spotted throughout the area. T. W, Lowery, assistant division manager, said Friday night he hoped to have all service restored "by sometime tomorrow." Phone Contact Out Telephone communications were non-existent in many areas Friday night but repairs were progressing with all speed, E. A. Berglund, PT St T manager, said. All company crews were troubleshooting Friday after winds had ripped service In the area.. Worst break was on D street where a 200-pair cable snap ped, cutting service In a wide area of the city. Salem Electric reported no out ages due to the storm Friday. Public school students in Salem received a slight break from the weather. Schools were dismissed early to permit busses to get chil dren home ahead of weather which threatened to make road travel hazardous in some, areas. Students Dismissed - Students from the area south of Salem were bused home Friday forenoon because of heavy snow fall in that area. All. students were dismissed an hour early to give buses an opportunity to complete their runs ahead of possible icing of roads High winds were blamed for one flue fire in Salem Friday. Firemen from the South Salem station were called to the Murco Ringnalda residence, 165 W. .Washington st, at 11 a.m. to check a sparking chimney. East Salem firemen went to 1020 N. 21st at 10:25 a.m., where an oil stove in the Gerald Smith, jr., residence had become overheated. No damage was reported from either blaze. ' . Storms Battle For Control Of Portland (Story also on page one.) PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. U-(F) A cold wave from the north .and a howling Pacific storm from the southwest - collided over Portland today and . battled several hours for control of the city.1, The cold front early took con trol in northeast Portland, plum meting temperatures to 15 de grees above zero and piling up a foot of snow in a blizzard at the Portland airport i The south west section meantime had thaw ing temperatures and some rain. -The . weather . bureau - reported the two storms fought to a stand still for several hours over the center of the ci'.y. In one sector temperatures dropped 20 degrees, then rose 20, and finally fell 20 again in a few hours' time. Thun der was heard.' Then the cold began to pre vail and snow and ice spread over the entire city. Long lu.ies of automobiles were stalled. Traffic came virtually to a standstill at nightfall. , tlo 0r.2l!ced Know Ycv'n ARE) ACTOR SCORES MANILA -(INS)- An American actor imported from Hollywood is currently the rage in Manila. Re is Robert Neil, a tall, blonde Hol lywood free-lancer who appeared briefly with Shirley Temple In -Kiss and Tell." ' ' I' with the PhcntomolJ You'll eel poied sad relaxed M toe new Beltone Phantomold becsoi mo button shews in your ear. Beftone Mono-roc -UnM Hearing Aid James Toft & Assoc 228 Oregon Etdg. Ph. 2-4491 Salens, Orgeom , Open Saturday afternoon tin t yxa Fresh Batteries for all Aids. Storm Fails To Block Mail Neither rain nor sleet was able to stop Salem's rural mail car riers this week, but deep snow and wind-felled obstacles did bar two. from short sections of their routes Friday. On Orchard Heights road, above Popcorn school, route 8 was stall ed by snow above the carrier's knees. The carrier said a farmer who had pulled him with a tractor for a few days was unable to help Friday. -By operating from the other end of the route, the carrier .Vnr M !TJ rlSfEi-. hai I for injuries allegedly incurred in was able to serve all but a half ,698,000 converted policies had i a moJtorcycle.train collision was I dozen boxes. total face value of more than 12 billion dollars. N More than half of the converted policies have been changed to 20 payment life insurance. Others in order of popularity were con verted to 30-payment life, ordin ary life, 20-year-endowment, en dowment at the age of 60 and en dowment at the age of 65. filed Friday with the Marion county clerk. Walker Stanmore Fitts named the Oregon Electric Railway com pany and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle railway company as defendants. 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