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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1951)
Permission bought to Change Home into W.U. 'i By Robert "T City Editor; A sorority house, confusing variations occupied the attention mission in a "light session" Tuesday night at city hall. f Alpha Chi Omega's local sorority chapter has initiated local op tion petitions for converting a home at 610 N. 15th st. to a sorority house, it was reported by City Engineer J. N. Davis who said tl&e spe Phone Company Repi iort Shows Firm's Growth Pacific Telephone's president, Mark R. Sullivan, said Tuesday in the company's 1950 annual re port that as a sult of five years of record construction the com pany' is in better shape than ever to meet the communication serv ice demands of the national emer gency. The report was released here by E. A. Berglund, telephone com pany manager for Salem. Sullivan said Pacific Telephone raised $567,000,000 of new perma nent capital in the past five years to finance a postwar construction program reputedly the largest ever executed by any public untility operating company. This is 41 per cent more than was raised by the company in the previous 68 years of its history. Citing the present 43 per -cent bonded indebtedness as being too high, Sullivan emphasized that the money needed to continue expan sion must come from the sale of stock. He said the company's earn ings are still too low to attract common stock investors. Pacific Telephone revenues in 1950 were $431,304,313, of which $258,260,888 came from local tele phone service. Operating expenses were $306,869,330. Wages and as sociated employee costs made up C9 per cent of the total operating expenses. Additional construction during 1950 involved expenditures of over $122,100,000, exclusive of $26, 500,000 of. reused material put back into the plant. Operating taxes amounted to $66,008,164 and were nearly 50 per cent higher than in 1949. The total telephone taxes, including federal excise taxes paid by the customer, amounted to $2.63 per telephone per month. Walker Named Asst. Manager At Shrock's . Howard G. Walker is new as sistant manager at the Shrock Mo tor Co., according to an announce ment by Claren- yr ce Shrock Tues day. Walker returns to Salem after three years spent in the automobile business in Wal la Walla, Wash. He was with the Shrock company for four years prior to leaving Salem.-' Mr. and Walker Mrs. Walker and their two-year-old daughter will reside at 760 S. Liberty st. where they have pur chased a home. He is a past presi dent of the Salem Junior Cham ber of Commerce. Leland Birtchet Dies in Chicago Death of Leland Birtchet, 29, former "Salem resident, in Chicago on February 2 was learned Tues day by Salem friends. Birtchet was the son of Mrs. Grover C. Birtchet and the late Dr. Birtchet, who was pastor of First Presbyterian church here during the 1930s. They resided In Chicago at 10737 Wabash ave. The state flower of Mississippi is the magnolia. SHAFEK Denver City Shafer, late resident of 299 N. Cottage St.. in this city. Feb ruary 17. at the age of 83. Survived by wife. Mrs. Edith Shafer of Salem: two sons. Phillip Shafer of Dec Moines. Iowa, and Uovd Lenhart of Cody. , Wyo-, and a daughter, Mrt. Winnett Seimers of Oakland Calif. , Shipment has been made to Dea Moines. Iowa, by W. T. Rigdon company for services and entombment. WILSON Kenneth Albert Wilson, former resi dent of Centralis. Wash., at Salem route 3. box 82UE. February 17 at the age of 45 years. . Survived by pareth. Mr. and Mrs. Estill Wilson. Centralis; brothers. Floyd and Velmer Wilson, Centralia: three sons. Donald, Jimmy and Richard Wilson, all of Centralia; and daughter, Lois WUson. Centralia. Services will be held at Centralia Wed nesday, February 21. at 1 p.m. Inter ment at Stricklyn cemetery under di rection of the HoweU-Edwards chapel. TCTTBJt Baby boy Tetter, Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Fetter. Lebanon, at a local hospital. February 1. An nouncement of services later by C lough-Barries: company. wekxt " Clin M. Weekly. In this city. Febru ary 16. at the age of 47 years. Ship ment has been made by the W.T. Rig - don chapel to Portland for services and Interment. , IEDUUTX ' "" John P. Sedhnayr, late resident of Central Point, in this city. February 17 t the age of 99 years. Survived by step-son. Phillip Sedlmayr. Farmers berg. Iowa. Funeral 'services will be held Wednesday. February 21. at 10 a.m. from the W. T. Rigdon chapel with Father A. J. Gelinas officiating. Interment in St. Barbara's cemetery. DOKAH " Joseph Doran. late resident of Salem, tn this city February 19.' Funeral serv ices will be held Wednesday. February 21. at 1 a.m. from the W. T. Rigdon cbacel with Father A. 9. Gelinas of iiiwrii f IL i 1 (City ODIbntfnnairnes ; Sorority House ! E. Gupvart h . j The Statesman I ; f street names and proposed building of Salem planning and zoning com cial property use wouldbejigrant- ed automatically if no remon strance from 50 per cent o jmore of affected property owners is received within 10 days and the new use starts within six months. Baying Residence j f jj j The sorority is buying the -residence of Mrs. Herman Lafjce, lo cated near North jMill! creek in a class I residential zonef. The Alpha Chi Omega house s i now. at 299 N. Winter st. in a building owned by First! Presbyterian church. S i ! Several street name rfequ,ests or conflicts were referred by the commission to a committee com prising M. L. Meyers and Robert A. Forkner. j. Warren court residents want the name changed to Olive street as their street actually! continues the latter. John Ai Gardner sug gested Larry avemie asfnarie for a road near Sunset avemie and River Crest drive, i i City Engineer Davis railed at tention to two Linden panes and suggested the on withojit any houses, near South jFiver rjad, be given a new name; to avoid con flict with the Linden: laine on Candalaria Heights. Pqlice; Chief Clyde Warren recommended that the easternmost of two 14th i streets in the block just n0rtb rf ifdission street be re-named East 14th street. j To Convert House! j j I Request for permission to con vert the house at 3"6 K. 12th st. from two-family to fiveifamily dwelling, presented byi Ecjgar S. Fortner, was denied upon Recom mendation of a committee? which called attention toi the Jsmjill size Another tangle of street jj names was brought to the commission's attention and referred to the en gineers committee inSsmiuch as routing and road; condition as well as names were mentioned by residents of Montrose drive, Sum mit avenue and Grand Vievy place, all of which form a continuous road on Kingwood: Heiehtsj ; The commission! endorsiect the proposed vacation 6f Prospect lane, which lies adjacent jjto the new extension of North Commer cial street. City officials said the 40-foot "lane" is not heeded in view of the new 66-fodt rjght-of-way acquired to eliminate a jog in the through street: just north of Hickory street. j The variations Committee was assigned to study ireoUest of Dr. Joseph I. Moreland for buildin" to within six feet of a property line in order to add to bis and dining room st 1495 Pearl st. and a request from Lee Rj Cline for permission to bund a house on a 50 by 120 foot property on South Church street between Oxford and Rural. Ideals Unite urverse ideas, Kiwanis Tolfl MM The United States has 'laceept ed and assimilated ideas Strange to our ears but sound jtci our ideals, and has prosperedj' -William C. Hill told Saleih Kiwanis club Tuesday in a talk; tyiucal of those being presented ithi 3 week for Brotherhood week.; He pointed out thatjth: back ground of the men who framed the constitution and I ot ierwise founded the country -was'' lot one of freedom but was part of the European class struggle. The na tion's contribution to Jthe! world have proved that those men found ed well, he declared. f The U. S. today -. faces a danger that pits class against clas: com munism, said Hill, and t ie: citi zens must recognize the ejyil and its tecnniques of whitperf, ;slan der. confusion. ! s M Hill, an engineer; with the; state aeronautics department; is i one of a group of Brotherhood week speakers. I i li ficiating. Interment i n Si. Barbara's cemetery. i SHARP William A. Sharp. ' late I resident of Salera route 4. box 890. at a local hos pital. February 19. : Survived by a daughter, Mrs. Gladys Timm ot Salem; brother. Linzy Sharp of Corvallis; granddaughter. Miss; Doris MacRey nolds of Springfield, and several! neic es and nephews. Services wiltjbe held Thursday, February 22, at 1 :3q i p.m. at the Clough-Barrick chapel. Iiiterment at Riverside cemetery, AlbanV. : CKANGLK ' Robert Raymond Crangle, at the residence at 2260 N. Liberty tf., Feb ruary 20. Survived by wife Mrs.; Mary E. Crangle of Salem; nieces. Mrs.' Mild red Wyncoop, Mrs. Grace Dal ton of Dallas. Mrs. Bessie Smith cf Portland and Mrs. Lois Crawford of Lincoln, and a nephew. Jack Spong tt Saierri. Ser vices will be held Saturday, February 24. at 1:30 p.m. at the Clou gr-Bar rick: cnapei witn icawua:r. Harmon om- ciating'. i METERS Mi William Karl Meyers, late' resident of Salem route 9. box 766. in tins city. February 20. Announcement iot ser vices later by the W. T. Rigo C ha pel. OLSON - - ti - t 1 1 f V EUen Louise Olson, at the residence at 1419 Mission st4 February 120. Sur r vived by husband. Alton Qison of Salem, and a brother. Earl pifki of Everett. Wash. Announcement! of ser vices later by the W. T. Rigdoi chapel. HA MANN ' " n I I j I David Hamann. 4. late resident of 49t S. 24th st at a local hospital February 20. Survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs Harvey Hamann. Salem; two brothers. Charles and Thomas Hamann, Salem: a sister. Marie Hamann. Salera: grandparents. Mr. and Mrs.) Grover Hamann. Salem, and the Rev. and Mrs. E. Scharlemann. Lake City, Minn. Ser vices will be at Christ Lutheran church,' Friday. February 23. at a p.nu under the direction ef Clowghi-Barries: funeral home, with: the. Bey, iC E. acnua siuatDBf. :V IIP; -r. .- W f . &hl Is! - S. 1 1 .:t; i i - - - -i . ; l . The Rev. George Swift bowi his head fora royal award after receiving the dubious honor of being nam ed Salem Kiwanis club's biggest liar Tuesday noon. Bestowing the wampum Is Queen Martin Qua empts of Chemawa, who, with her court, was on hand at the luncheon to mark the 71st anniversary of the Indian school (February 25). The. Rev. Mr. Swift was winner of the club's liars contest. From left are Joan Smith.. New Mexico: Mitzl Charley, Yakima. Wash.: I sa belle Patchpe, Nespelem, Wash.; Swift; Queen Martina and Loretta Quaempts, both of Pendleton. (Statesman photo.) Champion Liar Prize Goes To Rev. Switt When the mayor, superintend ent 'of schools, a professor and a lawyer try to outlie each other, Salem residents might wel) won der what the city's coming to but a minister topped them ell Tuesday. That was the outcome of the Salem Kiwanis club liars' . contest, which the Rev. George Hi Swift won from a field of sevpn en trants, j j Almost the entire meeting was a succession of iibs and whoppers, spurred on by President I Robert White and Dr. S. A; Wheatley, stunt committee chairman who acted as master of ceremonies. Swift, rector of St. Paul Epis copal church, said as; yoijths he and a companion headed from Minnesota to Montana by train but were thrown off the tjrain in mid-desert. Trying to reacij a dis tant farmhouse, they became fam ished and ate what they thought to be turtle eggs. ; Soon they be came sick, and up tame tijiy rat tlesnakes. That night, said Swift, both had delirium tremens and went insane. The "liar" claimed his friend never recovered but that he (Swift) did and went into the ministry. Other entrants were Mayor Al fred W. Loucks, Superintendent Frank B. Bennett, Prof. I M. E. Peck, Forrest W. Breakey; Law rence Osterman and Ethan Grant. Judges were Edwin Schreder, Clay Cochran and Harold FJ Boss, pres ident, manager and assistant man ager of the Chamber of Commerce. Banquet Set for Keizer Gubs I Plans for Keizer Cub scoiits an nual Blue and Gold banquet this Friday were formulated by mem bers of the Keizer Cub Mothers club Tuesday afternoon. Meeting at the home of Mrs. Floyd McNall, the club finished plans for the banquet to be held at the Keizer school t 6:30 p.m. A court of honor for advancing Cubs will be held after the ban quet. ! FISHING BAN REMAINS j PORTLAND, Feb. 20 -itf)- The Oregon fish commission refused to open Tillamook baySto commer cial fishing today. It also ijnposed a week end closure for cdmmer- cial smelt fishing rulnning from j Thursday noon to Saturday! noon. Railroading Is Exacting Job rtanroading is indeed a! mans life . . . it's a hard, eicactihg, but satisfying job. And no onel knows this better than Mr. Ben. E. Nix, Sr., of 2115Rin go, Little Rock, Arkansas, who has ;beenj a rail road man for twenty seven Yes. years. Iwehty 4 seven years is a long time, and a man has to feel in ttci notch Condi t: on to Ben. E. Nix keep going- For a while Mr. Nix didn't fee much like eating, and was just gen erally run-down. He - hadj heard a lot about HADACOL, but just didn't quite believe iti Finally, he decided to give it a trial and was amazed at the results He started feeling better after the first bot tle and says he is going to con tinue taking HADACOL. Mr. Nix found that HADACOL contained Vitamins Bl, B2, Niacin and Iron which his system lacked. Here is Mr. Nix's own state ment: if . "Sometime ago a friend of mine recommended HADACL very highly to me. At the beginning I was very 'much amused at the thought of HADACOL. However, I did decide to give it a fair trial, and to my amazement, it j helped me greatly. I was run-down, tired and had no appetite. After the first bottle of HADACOL, I felt better. My appetite had picked up, and I really felti like eating at mealtime for the first time in a long time. I feel -that the Vita mins and Minerals, which HAaDA COL contains, have built up my run-down condition, and I intend to continue using HADACOL." Copyright 1951, The LeBlanc Cor pora tioru ( Fa. Adv.) ""' " ' i-f",. , , ,, Rotary District Meet at Eugene Members of Salem Rotary club have been invited to join 40 other clubs in Oregon and southwestern Washington at a district meeting in Eugene April 8-9-10. Approximately 600 Rotar i a n s and their wives are expected to fflKDSd j -, ' ; - " " ; t . . i . - ."'.'' '! ' ' ' j . . (;. I sac j - ..5 1 S'W . ' S Xt attend the meeting in the new Erb Memorial Union building on the University of Oregon campus. The conference will be presided over by Joe P. Breckle of Vancou ver, Wash., district governor. One international and several national speakers have been lined, up for the meeting along with a program of entertainment for the wives. Al ton F. Baker, publisher of the Eu gene Register - Guard, is general chairman. NOW MORE THAN EVER fc l(D)im(E(Bdl earn MSB fc 1 fcpffiB Plymouth brings you exciting new styling ... luxurious new interior! sensational new "Safety-Flow Ride" .. . and a new high in value Ihey're talking about the New Plymouth they're driving it... they're enthusiastically calling it the greatest value of all! This brilliant car is new every way you look at it from its massive, gleaming new grille to its sleek, new wrap-around rear bumper. 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Lamb. 35. former Sa lem resident and son of F. F. Lamb of Salem, died Saturday in a Catholic monastery in Missis sippi, it was reported here Tues day by relatives. j Lamb was a member of the Cis- terican order of Rose Hill, Miss. Funeral cervices ; were held there Monday. He was born at Albion, Neb., in 19V. j i " He spent his early years in Ne braska and came to Oregon in 1936 with his parents. Later he resided in California and went to Rose Hill in September of last year. : j - Surviving besides the father are sisters, Mrs. A." J. Biegier and Mrs. Arthur Warner, ! both of Salem, and Mrs. Ernest Stotezer of Stock ton, Calif.: and brothers, Sgt. R. G. Lamb of Ft. Ord, Calif., and Louis J. Lamb Of Bloomingberg, N. Y. A Hearing 'Aid Users Cash Paid for Your Used Mercury BatleriesI O Sore for Notional Defense I Bellone Hearing Aid Co. 228 Oregon Bldg. Ph. 1 2-4491 tieeMemw TTTTI 1 atymirlytr.(mdiDealerbMzo Th Satointm. . ScIbl Of Wxlaasctcrr. 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