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BLEWETT FINED
James Vestal Blewett, Roseburg,
was fined $250 Thursday In Mar
ion county district court alter he
had pleaded guilty to a charge of
driving while intoxicated. A 30
day jail sentence was suspended.
Blewett was arrested earlier this
week by state police on the Pacific
highway near Brooks.
Hi Fellas! See us down at the
Smoke Shop. Babe Martin & Walt
Myers.
LUMBER FIRM INCORPORATES
L Articles of incorporation for
Geil and Van Handen Lumber
company, .Stayton, were filed
Thursday with Marion county
clerk by R. N. and Alice Geil and
L. C and Regina Van HandeL
Capital stock is listed at $15,000.
Trader Louie needs large quantity
good used furniture. Ph. 38558.
INSPECTION DUE TODAY ,
Inspection of a drainage ditch
at-Gervais is slated for 1:30 tnis
afternoon by Marion county court
and the Gervais city council.
Fresh killed young turkeys 39c lb.
also young white face baby beef
49c lb. Orwigs Market, 3975 Sil
verton Rd. Ph. 26128.
Painting & decorating. Ph. 37552.
Births
MURDOCH. To Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice Murdock, Turner, a son,
Thursday, September 21, at Salem
Memorial hospital.
PURVIS To Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin Purvis, Monmouth, a
daughter, Thursday, September
21, at Salem Memorial hospital.
SCHULTZ To Mr. and Mrs.
William Schultz, .2370 Claude St.,
a son, Thursday, September 21,
at Salem Memorial hospital.
TITUS To Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Titus, Stayton, a daugh
ter, Thursday, September 21, at
Salem Memorial hospital.
HOUCK To Mr. and Mrs.
William Houck, 577 S. 25th st a
daughter, Wednesday, September
20, at Salem Memorial hospital.
DAILY To Mr. and Mrs.
George Daily, 1940 S. 12th st, a
daughter, Thursday, September
21, at Salem General hospital.
DOKNBUSCH To Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Dornbusch, Salem
route 2, box 453, a daughter,
Thursday, September 21, at Salem
General hospitaL -
GIBBONS To Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Gibbons, Independence
route L a daughter, Thursday,
September 21, at Salem General
hospitaL ; -
FORD To Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur Ford, 531 Skyline rd., a son,
Wednesday, September 20, at Sa
lem General hospitaL
I . o 7 p. i
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GRANGE PICNIC SUNDAY
Annual picnic of West Salem
grange will be held Sunday after
noon at Williamson park, at Hope
well junction, 11 miles north on
Salem-Dayton highway. All mem
bers and , friends have been in
vited. Cars are to gather at West
Salem Methodist church at 12:15
p jn. .
Accordion - Marimba - popular
piano, classic piano, Hawaiian
Guitar Spanish Guitar. We rent
accordions. Marimbas. Guitars.
private instruction. Wiltsey Music
stucuos, leso n. zutn, pn. s-iibb.
PETITION REFUSED
Request for surfacing of Blair
street in Mehama was denied
Thursday by Marion county court,
upon its finding that the street
was not on the county road sys
tem and thus not eligible for
public road funds. Residents had
asked the work.
Johns - Manville shingles applied
by Mathis Bros., 164 C. Com!.
Free estimates. Ph. 3-4642.
PaT vour fuel oil bill In Mira
monthly payments. Ask about
our plan it service. Call Tweedie
Uel UU Z-4131. "
PRINTER RECOVERING
Frank Doree, 241 N. High st.
Statesman linotypist, underwent
major surgery Thursday morning
at Salem Memorial hospitaL The
hospital reported him in good con
dition Thursday night and he is
able to receive visitors during reg
ular visiting hours.
Spencer corsetler. Fit guaranteed.
Ph. 35072.
Attention:- United States Natl
Bank stock holders. Fractional
shares now being traded. For fur
ther information or assistance call
Conrad, Bruce it Co. 3-4106, 203
uregon mag.
REALTORS SLATE POWELL
Robert Powell, of the Salem
Federal Savin es and Loan associa
tion, will speak on new regulations
affecting loans, at the noon meet
ing today of the Salem Board of
.Keaitors in tne senator hoteL
Leather looseleaf notebooks, zipper
Closing St zipper pocket inside,
Choice colors. From $1.19 to $10.80,
Shafers Leather Goods, 125 N,
Court.
CRAIG S ON JOURNEY
Mr. and Mrs. Hut?h Craiir 147
N. 18th st, left Thursday on a 10-
U1P to i-os Angeies, via iieno.
They plan to visit several friends
in souinern California.
Hi Fellas! See us down at the
Smoke Shop. Babe Martin & Walt
Myers. ,
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Irregulars from a
$6.95. All sizes.
Saylpr Quits :
As Retirement
Board Aide
Resignation of Jerry S. Saylor,
executive secretary of the state
employes retirement board, and
appointment -of Ried H. Stone,
Clackamas county auditor, as his
successor, was announced Thurs
day by W. C. SchupeL chairman
of the retirement board.
Saylor has served as executive
secretary of the board since in
ception of the agency in 1945.
He was appointed board secre
tary by the Late Governor Earl
Snell and previously served as
manager for all the late governor's
political campaigns. Saviors resig
nation becomes effective October
10.
Retirement board members were
informed that Saylor had eccepted
an Important position with a large
insurance concern. He made no
reference to his future plans in his
letter of resignation but expres
sed appreciation to the board and
Gov. Douglas .McKay for the co
operation given him in conducting
his office.
Stone has been Clackamas coun
ty auditor since 1942. He also serv
ed as president of the Clackamas
County Fair association. Stone re
sides at Oswego.
Interim Tax
Group to Meet .
What probably will be the final
meeting of the 1949 interim legis
lative committee on taxation prior
to writing Its report wll be held
here Monday, Chairman Howard
Belton, Canby, announced in Sa
lem Thursday.
The committee has held several
meetings along ;with a series of
public hearings in various sections
of the state. Committee members
indicated it was their purpose to
streamline the state tax structure
without increasing taxes. The final
report of the committee, to be com'
pleted In October, will be present
ed to the 1951 legislature.
FELTON AT CONCLAVE
Marion County District Judge
Joseph Felton will attend" the
Oregon Bar association convention
at Gearhart today. Felton Is a
member of the committee on
criminal procedure.
Leather looseleaf notebooks, zipper
closing & zipper pocket inside,
Choice colors. From $1.19 to $10.80,
Shafers Leather Goods, 125 N.
Com!.
Jay Morris, Florist open and ready
to serve you. Phone 38637.
SPECIAL
FOR TWO
DAYS ONLY
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ALL WOOL
Sizes 34 to 44
Regular, Short ; and Long
NEW SHIPMENT
famous maker. Reg. sell at
Friday & Saturday special.
Folio w-Up X-Rays V
Scheduled loday
Follow up X-rays on 35 persons
who had X-rays at the state fair
here will take place today from 2
to 5 pjn. at the First Methodist
church.
A portable unit from the state
board of health will be here for
the operation. Health authorities
explained Thursday that, because
a person is called back for a re
take of a previous X-ray, he does
not necessarily have tuberculosis.
Some X-rays have to be followed
up for a number of technical,
medical and mechanical reasons.
Oregon Wages
Increase After
Start of War
Average pay of Oregon's pro
duction workers Increased $1.20 a
week during the first month of
Korean hostilities (from mid-June
to July), bringing earnings up to
$71.99. highest on record and $0.81
above the figures of October, 1949,
the state unemployment compen
sation commission announced
Thursday.
Reports from 450 representative
Industrial concerns showed wages
of lumber, logging and wood pro
duct employes somewhat lower in
July because of vacation periods,
but seasonal expansion in food
processing and added overtime
among ship repair firms more than
offset these declines.
Average earnings in printing and
publishing dropped nearly $3 from
June to . $78.68 because of shorter
work week, but remained at the
top with loggers a close second at
$78X2. Lowest weekly pay was
reported for canning and preserv
ing workers with $51 and furni
ture and fixtures at $51.34.
The average work week length
ened during July, reaching . 39.6
hours against 39.3 a month before
and 39 last fall. During the past
nine months the average hourly
wage advanced from $1.67 to $1.82.
Loggers now average 2$ an hour
against $1.81 last fall while print
ing and publishing workers re
main at the top with 2.24, only two
cents higher than last year.
Ex-Salem Man
Dies in California .
Death of Albert Leisi of Oak
land, Calif., was learned here Fri
day by a sister, Helen Leisi. Born
49 years ago at the family home,
2510 Lee St., Leisi; died suddenly
Wednesday.
Other survivors are 'the widow
Margaret; another sister, Mrs. D
E. Daniels of San Jose, Calif.;
brothers, Walter Leisi of Seattle
and Fred of Salem.
DONEGAL TYPE
IN BOTH
Your Community Chest
. ' it ;
"When we give to the Salem
Community chest we are not giv
ing to an organization but actually
to our boys and girls," declares
Edward Majek of the Equitable
Life Assurance society, chairman
of the professional division of the
1950 chest drive.
"Personally I will never be able
to contribute enough to pay for
the happiness I have enjoyed here
and for the privilege of raising my
family here," he said, "and Just
contributing money is not all of it.
l tunic we all should give some
effort to aid this campaign.
- "This is one fund raisin event
where the money really goes to
the people for whom It is intended.
Through a single unit operation
we are able to eliminate adminis
trative costs of many agencies plui
the overlap which occur when
each is operating on Its individ
ually raised funds. This is a good
one package drive."
The quota in the professional
division is $11,800. .
County Births
Continue at
Record High
Births in Marion county this
year continued at a record high
level it was reported to the county
health department executive com
mittee at a meeting Thursday.
During August 109 boys and 96
girls were born. This boosts the
1950 total so far to 1,794 compared
with 1,620 for the same period
last year. To date 926 boys and
868 girls have been born this year.
Deaths also showed an increase
over last year. A total of 32 men
and 21 women died in this county
In August making a total of 527
for the first eight months of 1950
compared with 515 for the same
period last year. The malt death
rate continues to lead the female
by 83.
Heart disease Is the chief killer
according to health department
reports. Eighteen deaths were
caused last month by this ailment,
bringing the total this year to 180
compared with 130 deaths during
the first eight months of 1949.
Apoplexy caused seven deaths
last month and cancer, nine.
New cases of communicable dis
ease reported during August in
cluded five chickenpox, seven
mumps, four measles and seven
venereal diseases. One death each
was attributed to pneumonia and
tuberculosis.
Eggs that fail to hatch in U. S
commercial Incubators would load
nearly 1,400 freight cars a year.
Chest Funds Aid Boys, Girls
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EDWARD MAJEK
Stuart Hamblein
To Speak Tonight
The Christian Business Men's
committee of Salem win present
Stuart Hamblein, former movie,
radio and television actor, tonight
at 7:43 in Salem high school audi
torium. Hamblein recently was convert
his string of fast race horses and
ed in a Billy Graham revival, sold
began telling others of his new
life. A former Texas cowboy, he
win sing at the meeting some of
the songs he has composed re
cently. The Department of Arrftulrnra
says 283,000 acres were planted
io watermelons in tne y. 8. in
1949.
FOR '
Insured Savings
see First
Federal
Savings
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Currant Dividend 2H
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and Lean Ass'n.
142 So. Liberty
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eserve
Given Orders
Four officers of the Salem naval
reserve unit received orders last
night to report for active duty
with the navy. ,
The officers, all veterans of
World War II, are to report this
week or early next week for phy
sical examinations In Portland.
They are to report for active duty
In the first week of October. They
are: - -
Lt (jg) Warren W. Cooler. 1251
Elm st, who has been communi
cations officer and radio and elec
tronics training officer in the unit
He has been with the local unit
since 1942. He is an insurance
salesman with the ; Guarantee
Mutual life insurance firm. He is
married, has one ; child. During
the last war he was a naval com-,
munication officer . aboard a
troop ship in the South Pacific
Lt (ig) Clarke C Brown. 1240
N. 24th st- recruit training officer
in the unit He la an Insurance
adjuster with the State Farm
Mutual firm, is married with one
child. He served aboard a de
stroyer in the last war after re
ceiving V-12 training at Willam
ette university. v
Lt fig) Thayne W. Cole. Salem
route 3, box 601, communications
officer and athletic officer. He
has been In the unit since 1947.
He Is a local telephone company
employee and served on navy
troop transports during the war.
He is married and has one child.
Lt (Jg) Joe L. Pecore, 1715 S.
12th st, a law student at Willam
ette university, who Joined the re
serve unit In 1949. He transfered
here from Portland. He served on
amphibious craft during the war.
Sfcjspiraiicn
and
Gospel Fill
Tonight Sept. 22
7:45 P.II.
EVERYONE INVITED!
OPEN BIBLE CHURCH
1U1 N. Commercial
Rev. A. C Grimes, Director
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Visiting in Salem ;
From U. S. Capitol
CoL and Mrs. Elmer V. Wooton.
long time residents of Salem and .
now of Washington, D. C are
visitors in Salem this week dur
ing a brief leave from Colonel
Wooton'a duties with selective
service.
The colonel, who headed the
Oregon selective service set-up '
until he was called to the na
tional capital two years ago, at
present is with the training sec
tion of the selective service' ' -
field division.
' Colonel Wooton, who was ser- '
lously in last year while in Wash
ington, is back In full-time ser-.
vice. .
The Woo tons, who atm ; Aim
their home on East Wilson street,
are guests of the Conrad Paul
sons while In Salem.
-We are still residents of -.
lem, too," the colonel declared
TfcjRrsday, "and most certainly we '
are coming back here to live." ' j
INSURANCE DOUBLED V .'.
WASHINGTON, Sept 11
The amount of federal insurance1
on deposits In banks, buildjflf and '
loan and savings and loan asso-i '
clarions was doubled today. Presi-
dent Truman signed Into law to--day
legislation raising the insur
ance from $5,000 to $10,000. .
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LEXINGTON, Ky (INS )
Parachute Jumping Is merely a,
relaxing hobby for " 41-year-old
Clarence -Alverson of Lexington.1
Alverson turned chutist witht the.
Navy In 1927. He has since made
300 successful jumps with only'
one minor accident
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