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Feast Draws Near
By Mrs. Effle Maje White
Statesman News Service
FTJTJE CORNERS To the American way of life Thankaetv
Ing and turkey are synonymous.
The first Thanksfivinr was three eentnries ace In December,
1621. when Governor Bradford, then Governor of Massachusetts
colony proclaimed a three day holiday of prayer and rejoicing to
celebrate the first plentiful harvest after the Mayflower's arrival
at Plymouth. The wild turkey of that region, tocether with other
wild fame "hatred by the Pilgrim hunters furnished the meat
course for that first Thanksgiving feast.
Some where along the centuries naturalists rave the common
wild American turkey the aristocratic sonnding name of "Meleag
ris Gallopavo." This specie of turkey was abundant In all parts
f the United States, Canada, and as far south as Mexico.
- The Spanish conquerors of Mexico in the sixteenth century
found a domesticated turkey there and sent some to the West
Indies and Spain. Charles the ninth of France at his wedding
banquet was the first kin to dine on turkey thereby setting a
precedent that the turkey was food for kings and presidents.
About 1525 they were Introduced into England and from
there they were brought back to America by English colonists.
Hence, our domesticated turkey traveled from its native habitat
In Mexico to the British Isles via Europe and back to America.
Science distinguishes only two species, the occellated turkey of
Yucatan and our wild turkey.
The governor of Massachusetts proclaimed the first Thanks
giving day but tradition has kept it alive. On this truly American
holiday relatives and friends gather for prayer and feasting.
The American Indian and the wild turkey are closely con
nected all through the pioneer history of the United States. Head
dresses and other of their paraphernalia were decorated with the
wing and tail feathers of the prised bird while the meat was
much desired.
To the adventurous and' daring pioneers who were ever
conscious of the call of the west, the wild turkey, together with
ether wild game, often furnished an otherwise meatless meal
and sometimes It was the complete meaL
Today the wild turkey is extinct In many states, his clarion
"gobble in the early dawn lost to civilization and superceded
by the domesticated turkey. The turkey industry ranks eleventh
In Oregon with an estimated cash income to the growers of
$10,000,000. In 1945 there were an estimated 1,770,000 turkeys
- raised In Oregon and as of August 24, 1950, the amuaber of birds
total around 1.628,000.
Turkey steaks, the twentieth century edition of the wild
turkey rolled in elay and roasted feathers, et cetera, by the early
.pioneers and Indians of the sixteenth century. No roasted bird
. ever tasted like the culinary wrinkle" of preparing turkey steaks.
. To the gourmet they are an epicurean delight; to the hungry they
are a mouth watering delicacy and to the tired and hurried house
wives they are an answer to prayer for time saving.
- No longer is the turkey saved Just for Thanksgiving but with
modern refrigeration and the flocks of turkeys from a few
hundred to many thousands they are marketed and available all
through the year. Once considered food only for kings and poten
tates, it is .now within reach of the housewife doing her daily
shopping or in a can shipped to the battle front to bring a touch of
home to our incomparable fighting GIs.
Mothers Group
Makes Plans
At East Salem
Statesman News Service
. EAST SALEM Washington
school Mothers club met at the
school Thursday. In the absence
of all officers Mrs, Warren Clark I
presided at the tmsiness meeting,
and ' Mrs. H albert Kemper acted
as secretary. -
Appointments made were Mrs.
Garrit Van Hess, chairman of the
committee assisting with school
clinics; Mrs. Irvin Larson will
: serve as chairman of the room
; mothers and Mrs. Lewis Johnson
win be a new leader of a blue
bird group..
There were two subjects for
general discussion: one the ef
forts to be made to have a side
walk placed along Lansing ave
nue from Sunnyview to the school
house and one of the social ac
tivities the dub will sponsor.
Project chairman, Mrs. L G.
Lermon presented for considera
tion the purchasing of a public
address system for the school,
which would be a two-year proj
: ect . . .. .
For the preogram Dr. A. Wes
ton Nielela, special education di
rector of the Salem schools spoke
on the tests given children to de
termine their progress in their
school lessons. ..
SUverton WMF
Plans Project
SUtesaua News Service
SILVERTON At th Thurs
day meeting of the Women's Mis
sionary Federation of Tmmannol
church, chief order of business
was the appointment of commit
tees, with Mrs. John Overlund in
charge. The nominating commit
tee was ine omy one whose mem
Dersnip was elected. , .
A committee to write letters to
shut-ins and to service men will
be composed of Mrs. Ed Zitzwitz;
Mrs. Elser Aarhus, Mrs. E. Saa
berg and Mrs. M. N. Koelln; greet
ing committee at church functions,
Mrs. H. B. Jorgenson, Mrs. Ed
Overhand, Mrs. B. E. Gaffey, Mrs.
Harold Satern and Miss Hannah
Olson; nominating committee, Mrs.
H. B. Jorgenson, Mrs. Stanley
Swanseon. Mrs. R Poverud. Mrs.
Harold Satern, Mrs. Marvin Fahl
and Mrs. Conrad Johnson.
Plans were also made, for the
collection of articles to be used by
four displaced persons expected
to arrive soon. These are being
sponsored by the WMF with the
endorsement of the church body.
Money was also voted 'for the
Parkland Children's home, the
Seaman's Mission in San Francisco
and a native missionary in Africa.
The next meeting of the WMF
will be December 21, a night meet
ing at the church social rooms.
Thanksgiving Services
Planned at Lebanon
St&tesm&a News Service
LEBANON Union Thanksgiv
ing day" church services will be
conducted at 10 a. m. Thanks
giving in the" First Baptist
church, v - v
The Rev. Henry I. Brown, pas
tor of the Church of the Nazarene
and president of the Lebanon
ministerial association, will de
liver the morning address.
The one hour service is being
sponsored . by the Protestant
churches affiliated with the min
isterial association.
4-H Clubs Organized
At Sunnyside School
Itatesmaa News Service
SUNNYSIDE Four 4-H groups
have been organized at Sunnyside
school this falL
Mrs. May Brown, Sunnyside
teacher, is leader of the health
group. Richard. Grim Is president
and Barbara Graham secretary.
The woodworking club is led by
Clarence Poole with 'William Reed
as president and Jimmy Thorton
secretary.
Mrs. G. Tarnansky Is leader of
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Lebanon Paper Mill Believed
Near Solution to Pollution '
Of River; Pilot Plant Ready
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MEHAMA Some ef the 109 persons who Jammed the Mehama
Woman's clubhouse, recently for the Ladles Aid society's ' bazaar
and dinner are shown partaking of the ham dinner served. Others
In the background are fishlnc In the fishpond and playinr the
various games offered during the event Funds derived will go to
imtnfriq the community church. (Statesman-Eobert Yeness photo).
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Statesman News Service
WEST STAYTONr-Residents
of the community have been in
vited to attend the Thanksgiving
day program to be given by West
Stayton school students Wednes
day, November 22, at 1:30 p. m.
KE1ZER Keizer's Garden club
will meet Tuesday, November 21,
at 8 p. m. in the fire hall for a
business session and program.
S. E. Ward, Salem flower grower,
will speak on fuchsias.
DALLAS Al Paget, African
missionary home on furlough, will
be guest speaker at the Dallas
Christian church Sunday, Decem
ber 3, during the morning serv
ice. Mrs. Ross J. Griffeth, wife of
the president of Northwest Chris
tian college, will be women's day
speaker December 10.
DALLAS Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Hayter will observe their 62nd
wedding anniversary Tuesday,
November 21, Hayter, ill for sev
eral veeks recently, returned
home from the hospital last week.
GATES Mrs. Joseph Joaquin,
who underwent surgery in Salem
Memorial hospital Tuesday, is re
ported improving satisfactorily. ;
SWEGLE All parents are ur
ged to attend a meeting of the
Swegle Parent-Teachers associa
tion at the school Tuesday, No
vember 21. The executive com
mittee will meet at 7 p. m and a
health program will be presented
at 8 p. m. Several important issues
will be decided during the busin
ess meeting.
North Marion -Has
Program
HUBBARD Future Homemak-
ers of America at North Marion
union high school completed a full
weeks activities in observance of
FHA week with a "Teacher's Tea,"
Friday afternoon.
Oa Monday the girls listened to
speaker on "Careers in Home
Economics; Tuesday was Hobby
Day, Wednesday was photography
day and a demonstration by rep
resentatives of- the Singer com
pany on use of sewing machine at
tachments; Thursday, Mrs. Deich-
er, state FHA representative, talk
ed on activities of the organiza
tion and planning their program
for the year; Thursday evening
the North Marion FHA entertain
ed the Canby FHA with a no
host banquet.
the combined sewing and cooking
groups. Bessie Kline is president
and Kathleen Tarnansky secretary
of the sewing group. Kathleen
Tarnansky is president of the cook
ing group and Marian Graham
secretary.
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Farm Classes
Will Commence
Itatesman News Serrlce
ALBANY November -21 has
been set as the date for the first
meeting in the series of adult class
es of farm management, and will
be held in the Santiam Central
Farmers Union hall near Cotton
woods, starting at 8 p.m.
At this first meeting in the ser
ies, which has been organized at
the request of the Farmers Union
and the Grange, a movie on soil
conservation will be shown. All
farmers and their wives, as well
as any others who are interested,
are invited to attend these meet
ings. E. H. Foreman, Albany high
school instructor, states the meet
ings are being sponsored by the
Albany high school in cooperation
with the Union and Grange.
SCOUTS REACTIVATED
SILVERTON Explorer post 88,
Boy Scouts, has been reactivated
with John Schwabe as advisor and
Lowell Brown as committee chair
man. A meeting for organization
was held Monday night at the
Methodist church.
Draft Leaves I
Dallas,with
MD Shortage
Statesman News Serrlce
DALLAS Dr. J. M. Camp
bell, Dallas physician, left
Monday for Bremerton, Wash
to report for active duty with
the navy, leaving Dallas with
only five physicians.
- I Campbell , is the third Dallas
doctor to report for military
duty dnrinff the past year. Dr.
Don White and Dr. C. E. Gibbs
left earlier this year.
Dr. Campbell came to Dallas
about IS months ago after serv
ing with the navy during and
after World War DL. He plans
to resume practice In Dallas
when he Is discharged front
the service.
Statesman New Service
LEBANON The paper mills of Oregon and Washington are "on
thej spot since they must stop dumping sulphite waste materials into
rivers and streams by May 1, 1952, Herb Wymore, manager of the
Crown Zellerbach corporation re
vealed this week.
Since all 31 northwest paper
mills use a sulphite pulping pro
cess, the order issued by the sani
tation authorities of both states
would sHut down the industry
completely for substantial portions
of the year.
However, he said. Crown Zeller
bach is conducting experiments
with a full sized pilot plant in
Lebanon which they hope will
eliminate the necessity of dumping
such waste into the streams.
Million Dollar Industry
Wymore stressed (he importance
of paper to the northwest's econ
omy saying 25,000 employes draw
170,000,000 in wages annually in
addition to $40,000,000 worth of
logs and $210,000,000 of raw ma
terials purchased by the industry.
In order for Oregon and Washing
ton to keep this industry some
new process must be devised and
placed into operation within a year
and a half.
Crown Zellerbach thinks It has
found the answer by using an am
monia and sulfur base for their
cooking rather than bisulphite of
caicium. calcium compounds can
neither be burned nor dissolved,
said Wymore, and thus be just
sluffed off. The Lebanon plant
pours nearly a million gallons of
waste material into the Santiam
river each day, he stated.
Ammonium compounds however
are soluble, may be evaporated or
burned. In fact, continued Wy-1
more, the pilot plant under con-1
srrucuon at Lebanon will burn
much of the waste after concent
rating it by evaporation to pro
duce steam which is so essential
to the .papermaking process. Also
much of the sulfur may be re
claimed and re-used.
Pilot Plant Ready
The pilot plant' which Crown
Zellerbach officials hape to have
in full operation in six weeks is
not a small model but full sized
industrial equipment. Only one
tenth of the present waste liquor
will be treated in the pilot study,
and If detailed and thorough tests
indicate- the process will work,
more equipment will be added to
treat the entire output.
Wymore stated that the word
"pollution" is frowned upon in pa
per circles since the waste dumped
into the rivers is as sterile as a
physician's scapel and in itself
perfectly harmless. However the
chemicals have a great affinity for
oxygen, and if the concentration
is too great there is no oxygen
4-H Clubs to r
Be Organized
At Auburn
in
News Service
AUBURN For the first time
several years Auburn school
children will have 4-H clubs, i
At the meeting of the Mothers
club Thursday night, definite
plans were made for three clubs
and perhaps more. Mrs. George
Starr will lead the 4-H rabbit
club; Mrs. Lloyd Mass a sewing
group and Harrold Bressler a class
for boys in woodwork.
The first plans for the club's
Christmas treat for the school
children was made and Christmas
program is planned. The room
of j Mrs. Velma Laverty was given
the record at the award for the
latgest percentage of mothers
present at the meeting. For the
social hour refreshments were
served by Mrs. C. C. Durkee, Mrs.
Cornelius Feskins and "Mrs. Loran
.Richey.
From 2,000 to 3000 silkworm
cocoons are required to make a
pound of silk.
left for fish. And fish play a largo
part in attracting "tourists,' Ore'
gon's third largest industry. Wy
more feels that the people of Ore
gon are entirely justified in forc
ing the paper mills to help clean
up Oregon's streams.
Producing, pulp with an am-'
monium base is nothing new, 'con
tinued Wymore, and has been in
the textbooks for some time.' Two :
mills in the United States and ono
in Sweden use variations of the
process. Nevertheless, he conclud
ed, worldwide attention is being
focused on Lebanon which might
point the way to better, cheaper
and more healthful paper manufacturing.
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