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CHAIN LETTERS FOUND
An increased flow of chain let
ters during recent days was re
ported "Saturday by Postmaster
Albert C. Gragg. The letters are
illegal, he said, even though they
do not involve sending of money,
and should be reported or brought
to the postoffice. He added that
many of the "current crop" carry
veiled . threats to persons who
might be superstitious.
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DELBERT GOSSER HURT
Delbert Gosser, 29, of 245 S.
El ma ave, incurred a foot injury
Saturday afternoon when he step
ped on a large spike at Oregon
Pulp and Paper mill, according to
the city first aid squad. Gosser
was given treatment at a Salem
hospital and dismissed. .
Bazaar and apron sale Monday,
19th at Gas & Coke Co. by the
Congenial Club.
LEAVES HOSPITAL
Glenn K. Woodry, 850 Norway
st., Saturday was discharged from
Salem General hospital where he
had been confined several days
with a heart ailment.
Air - Steamship tickets anywhere.
Kugel, 3-7694. 153 N. High St.
CHILD HURT IN FALL
Coela Evans, 5, of 1770 Lee St.,
was injured Saturday when she
tripped and fell down a stairway
at her home, city first aidmen re
ported. Attendants said the fait
loosened several of the child's
teeth and cut her lip.
Ed Ellis Furniture, 153 S. Liberty.
Your own terms. Phone 3-6931.
Births
PAULUS To Mr. and Mrs.
John Paulus, 556 Manbrin dr., a
daughter, Saturday, March 17, at
Salem General hospital.
TAYLOR To Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Taylor, Independence, a
son, Saturday, March 17, at Salem
Memorial hospital.
STEVENSON To Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Stevenson, 3770 Welty
ave, a daughter, Friday, March 16,
at Salem Memorial hospital.
CARD OF THANKS
We- wish to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation to our
friends and neighbors for their
acts of kindness and sympathy
following the death of Frank Os
bom Jr. We especially wish to
thank those who sent floral offer
ings and messages.
Mrs. Cornelia Osbora
. and Barbara
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Osborn Sr.
i and Wayne -
HELD ON CHECK COUNT
Junior Eldon Little, 1510 N.
Liberty st, was charged with ob
taining property byj false pretenses
Saturday in a city, police arrest.
Officers said the charge concerned
a $6 check passed at a Salem? gro
cery store. Little I? was held on
$1,000 baiL :
Landscaping and designing. No job
too large or too small. F. A. Doer
fler and Sons Nursery, 150 Lan
caster Dr. at 4 Corners. P. 2-2549.
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FATHER DIES IN i MEDFORD
Mr. and Mia.. Aetna H. f Carrl
ana aaugnier onaron, oao inpmp
son ave, left Saturday for Bed
ford to attend funeral services for
Mrs. Carr's father, John Cash,
who died at his hbme Thursday.
Cash, 84 years of age died only
five days prior tor his and? Mrs.
Cash's 55th wedding anniversary.
Johns-Manville shingles applied
by . Mathis Bros., ;164 S Coir'l.
Free estimates. Phi 3-4642
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TO REROOF HOUSE
Permit, to reroof; a dwelling at
1125 Norway st. at a cost of $300
was issued Saturday to George
"Barda by the city building inspec
tor s office. g
Buy your children live Easter bun
nies. 23171.
Friendly Nod
To Statesman
For Centennial
The Oregonian, Which observed
Its 100th anniversary four months
ago, gives a friendly nod tf The
Oregon Statesman today in rec
ognition of this newspaper's; cen
tennial of March 28. f
The cover of The Oregohian's
magazine section portrays Charles
A. Sprague, Statesman publisher,
and a two-page spread inside the
section, j written by Richard - L.
Neuberger and entitled "His Pen
Is Mighty," declares that a f'curi
dus parallel exists" between the
careers oj Sprague andV the late
William Allen White, Kansas pub
lisher. I ;
"Both have' had; reputations far
beyond their own editorial realms
x x and both have been1 lifelong
republicans who nevertheless de
serted their party to support many
democratic reforms,'' the stpry re
lates. -i
Written entirely in a complimen
tary vein, the Oregonian'sf story
traces Sprague's career from his
birth in Lawrence, Kan, through
educational work in the state of
Washington to his! acquisition and
publishing of the fhlghly success
ful" Oregon Statesman. J
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Contests All Sft for This Week
Four more semi-final spelling
oontests are slated this week
Tuesday at Eola and Wood bum,
Wednesday at Hubbard and Fri
day at Pedee.. , j
. The - winners will join DeAjm
McClaughfy of Labish Center and
Joanne - Keck of Ballston ; on the
list of those eligible for the grand
finals in Salem on April 19. - j
"DeAnn-and Joanne won serjM
final contests at- Keizer and Perfy
dale Friday night. . .
There are 14 such contests in 11.
O t h e r s 1 will be at Mt Angel
(March 26), Falls City (March
77), Buell (March 30), Parrishjfin
Salem (April 2), Dallas and Jeffer
son (April 3), and Silverton tnd
Stayton (April 4). i fj
As of last night, 80 i scholbl
champion 7th and 8th grade stu
dents had been certified for the
contest, sponsored by The States
man and KSLM for every public
and parochial school in Maribn
and Polk counties. j-
Of the 80, 44 are 'girls and t36
boys. I ' '
Seventeen of them dropped py i
the wayside In the two semi
finals Friday ia . which the two
curls emereed - winners. :
Schools eligible to send their
7th-and 8th-grade .champions to
the semi-finals this week include:
At Eola Zena, Oak Grove,
Oak Point Eola, Brush College,
Spring - Valley, Popcorn, Lincoln,
Greenwood and Mt. View.
At Woodburn Wood burn Jun
ior high and Sti Luke's of Wood-
burn. :- " - !
At Hubbard Donald, Pioneer,
Hubbard, Aurora, St. PauL Butte
ville, St Louis FJdriedge, Ger
v a i s, Parkersville, - Broadacres,
Sacred Heart of Gervais and St
Paul's of St PauL .
At Pedee AirUe, Pedee, Wild-
wood. Buena Vista and Valsetz.
The Eola and Hubbard contests,
at elementary schools, will start at
7:30 cm. The Woodburn compeu
tion will be at Washington school
in Woodburn at 2:30. pjn the
Eola contest at! Eola school at 8
All contests are open to the pub
lic. , 1 -
Army,Guard
Push Officer
Recruitment
An intensive recruitment cam
paign of ;army reserve and na
tional guard reserve officers j in
the company grade is underway
now, the Salem army reserve ujnit
reported this week.
The directive permitting officers
to volunteer came from Oregjon
military district headquarters j in
Portland and is part of a nation
wide program. It includes mem
bers of all components of the or
ganized reserve corps, except med
ical and dental officers, according
to Capt. A- J Brown, unit instruc
tor, i
It also ; Includes active reserv
ists from the reserve officer train
ing corps who were deferred from
selective ! service and have had
less than; two years' prior active
service, ahd reservists of the wo
men's army corps.
Limited to captains and lieu
tenants only, for 21 months active
service, the program is part of
the army's overall plan to increase
its officer personnel. It also in
cludes selection of non-volunteer
officers ' to 11 11 the quotas. 1
Entering active duty status does
not impair re-employment rights
under selective service regulations,
the directive notes. "Insofar J as
practical," reads the directive, in
selecting reserve officers for active
duty without their consent units
will consider such things as active
and overseas duty, number of de
pendents ietc.
Army reservists may submit ap
plication ifor active duty to : the
army reserve unit headquarters! at
2650 Lee St National guard re
servists imay re-enter service
through national guard channels.
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Vandenberg's
Condition Grave
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March
17-P)-Snator Arthur H. Vanden
berg's condition remained grave
throughout the day today. v 1
His physician. Dr. A. B. Smith,
omitted his customary late after
noon report, indicating there had
been no change for the better. His
morning report said the senator's
condition; was "not as good as it
was Friday, when he was report
ed to have been slightly improved.
5 Awardsj Given to
Bush School Cubs
Five boys gained awards at Fri
day night's monthly meeting of
Cub pack 17 in Bush school.
They were Clayton Steihke and
Gcfty Nieland, advanced to wolf;
Ronnie Haltkamp and Tom Helt
zel, advanced to bear; Heltzel and
Philip ! Steinbock, given gold ; ar
rows. ) '
Inspection was conducted by
Jack Rhodes and R. J. Davidson,
Cascade area council officials. The
individual dens gave skits dressed
in the costifmes of countries in
which there is a cubbing program.
Services for
Anes Short
Slated in Utah
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Services for; Agnes Eudora
Short, 85, longtime Willamette val
ley resident, will be held at 2 p.
m. Monday at St. George, Utah.
Mrs. Short died Friday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles
Sullivan, at St.; George. Also sur
viving are two other daughters,
Mrs. .Heber C. Pratt, Salem, and
Mrs. George Little, Sacramento,
Calif 4; two sons, J. E. Short and
V. FJShort, both of Provov Utah;
28 grandchildren and 43 great
grandchildren. !
HighwayDeatli
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With
Recent study of Oregon's 1950
traffic accidents showed that
when the automobile speedometer
registers 51 toi 60 miles an hour
odds on the drive living through
a mishap are 31 to one. It s an 11
to one shot at speeds between
61 and 70 miles.
Any speed above 70 miles an
hour is virtually suicidal, state
safety officials; said.
The study Was conducted by
the state highway department.
Twenty-two uregonians were
killed in Oregon traffic accidents
in" February to bring the two
month toll of fatalities to 48,
the traffic safety division reported
Thursday.
This was an i Increase of 37 per
cent over deaths during January
and February of 1950.
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Alrsalamie Peck
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- The; Oregon City Enterprise-
Courier." recently reported , that
Mrs. Mamie Peck bad celebrated
her 100th birthday at the home of
her granddaughter, Mrs. Charles
Gasser in the Clarkes district. ' .
' Mrs, Peck was born in South
Wales but after . coming to this
country lived for a number of
years at Aumsville t in Marion
county and will be remembered by
old residents of that district. Her
husband was George W. Peck who
was interested in." raising fine
stock. She resided In Oregon City
until she went to her granddaugh
ter's In J950. ,
Near 100,000
Irish Parade
In New York
NEW YORK, March 17-P-The
Irish and a lot of other people to
day Celebrated St. Patrick's day
with parades and gayety.
4 Almost 100,000 wearers of the
green .paraded up j New York's
Fifth avenue under cloudy skies
while bands played IHarrigan" and
other lively tunes. I,
Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri
reviewed the marchers. He wore a
green carnation and said he had
a shillelagh but had left it home.
He Was joined . by former. May
or William OTJwyer, now ambas
sador to Mexico, whose tie was
green.1 ; " , .
Near them on, the official city
reviewing stand were S. At
torney Irving H. SaypoL prosecu
tor of the atom spy trial; State
Supreme Court Justice Aron Ste
uer, and Manhattan borough Pres
ident Robert F. Wagner, jr.
Francis . Cardinal Spellman re
viewed the parade from the steps
of St, - Patrick's cathedral with
other- church dignitaries.
The ordinarily white traffic
stripe in the center! of Fifth ave
nue was newly painted ; in pale
green. City workers said it had
needed repainting ( anyhow and
they thought green appropriate. !
Traffic Patrolman Henry Qumn,
wearing a shamrock in his cap,
gave a sharp blast ct his whistle;
to start the parade; the same as,
he has done for 28 years. -
In San Francisco, the day's na-
rade Included Swiss, Chinese and
Italian drum corps, and represen
tatives of the Spanish town downs
and the colored voters club. There
were Irish bands, too. ' '
Grand : Marshal of the parade
was Sgt. James Robert McCloy,
who lost a leg in Korea and, whose
parents came from county cork. .
Boston -had a huge double-barrelled
celebration, not only honor
ing the patron saint of Ireland but
also marking the - 175th anniver
sary of the British evacuation from
Boston.
From Erin, N. Y. near Elmira
2,000 Kelly - green envelopes
were mailed by residents to Philatelists.-
The post office at St. Patrick,
Mo., also had a busy day.
Hero of Alexandria devised a
steam engine which operated by
jet, propulsion about the year one.
GtvZ
oners to
Convene IwitliV;
County Court
The Salem planning and zoning
commission will meet with the
county courts of Marion and Polk
county in the council chambers of
Salem city" hall at 8 p jn. Tuesday,
Chairman W. W. Rosebaugh an
nounced Saturday, j! j
A better understanding of mu
tual coning problems, particularly
as they - effect : city fringe areas.
The Statesman Salem. Orerron Sunder". S-tareS 35, J"S1"J .
was described as the purpose of
the meeting, to which, the public
is invited. ,: i f -:
3 The planning and - zoning com
mission will hold its! own session
at 7 pin." to avoid conflict vithi
the public meeting. i
TIME OUT FOR BOVINE STORK
! MEMPHIS, Tenn.'-ifP-Federal
Judge Marion Boyd gave a Lucy.
Tenn farmer a brief delay in go
ing to jail because of an urgent
matter on the farm. The prisoner
said he just had to have the extra
time he didn't have anyone to
care for 11 of his cows that "were
expectant, i J. r
Women Advance
Red Cross Drive
i Salem women put their division
of the Red Cross campaign pait
the ' 60 per cent mark Saturday
when they brought in an addition
al $700. making a total of $4,310. .
according to campaign headquar
ters. Worker! in the drive were re
minded by Chairman R. L. Elf
strom of the luncheon Monday .
noon at the Senator hotel, with
complete reports .expected from
all divisions. Speaker will be
Charles A. Sprague, publisher of
The Statesman. c
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