Floyd Albin numcu lriuiimuum Elementary School Principal Statesman -Kaws Serrle J I INDEPENDENCE Floyd Albin was selected last week by the district ISC school board as principal of the Monmouth, elementary school and director of the student teaching program in all the Inde pendence and Monmouth elementary schools. t. i George Corwin, district superintendent, said Albin would replace Dr. Elmer Ensz at the beginning of the 1951-52 school year. Ensz will be director of Instructional serv ices for the Alhambra, Calif., pub lic school system. Albin's appointment resulted from joint action by the school board and Oregon College of Edu cation. Dr. Robin Maaske, presi dent of OCE. represented the col f ':. lege at the board meeting. Both Albin and Leslie Huff, new principal of the Independence ele mentary schools, will work with Dr. Louis A. Kaplan, chairman of the department of education and psychology at OCE. Kaplan's pri mary concern in the school sys tem is the supervison of student teachers for . the lower grades. The new official has been on the OCE staff as an assistant pro fessor this year, following a year of work on his doctorate at the University of Utah. During the 1948-49 school year he taught In the: Independence elementary schools. He plans to complete his doctorate this summer. Albin is married and the father of a son, 10, -and a daughter, 9. Before coming here in 1948 Albin taught in the J Portland public schools for 10 years. His tenure there was interrupted during , the last war when he served as a field director for f the Red Cross from 1943 to 1945. He then acted as assistant director of the junior Red Cross in San Francisco for one year. 1 . j Prior to entering the teaching profession in Portland, Albin at tended Salem public schools and received his bachelor's degree at Willamette university. He earned his master's degree at the Uni versity of Washington. Ensz is not new in the Alham bra school system. He was an assistant principal there before coming herd two years ago. In his new position he will deal with approximately 12,000 students. In other action at the school board meeting, Mrs. Albin's ap pointment as secretary at Central high school was confirmed. She began her duties this week. The board also approved a 10 i - " ' MIM I i i i : ,1 I per cent cost of Ifvlntf increase for secretaries. Janitors, and cooks in the district; and decided 'to add two teachers in the Independence elementary ; schools next year, which .will bring the total to 17. Relations between the school district and OCE also were dis cussed with Dr. Maaske at the meeting. Corwin said that Maaske favors expanding of courses in music, art, and physical education in the elementary schools. Mill City Youth Attends Meeting luttoua Kwi Serrle MILL CITY Patricia Cree at tended the Oregon State Christian Endeavor convention- in Lebanon. The Mill City grade school band presented a concert for : the high school Wednesday. Mrs. F. H- Hollyman honored her son, Terry, on bis ninth birth day with a party last week. Fol lowing refreshments of ice cream and cake the group went to the movie. Present were Terry, John, and Linda Sigfrit, Micky McClin tock, Larry Moberg, Robert and Kenny Ziebert, Lee McNealy and Teddy Ficker. , Mr .and Mrs. Eugene Carey of Portland are parents of their sec ond daughter, Beverly Marie, born April 16, in Portland. Grandpar ents are Mr .and Mrs. Carl Chance of Mill City, and Mrs. Velma Carey of Gates. I hi Flamstival Plans Revealed hi Mt. Angel - ...... V : . StaUsmaa ; Nw Sarrte I i MT. ANGEL The Flax Festi val committee, with Bill Meissner as chairman, made tentative plans Wednesday night for the -annual celebration to be held ; this year August 10, 11 and 12. j Plans exclude the former queen contests and propose instead a jun ior royal court to be chosen from ML Angel, stress the children's parade and arrange for free rides throughout the three days of cele bration. . i Sylvester Schmitt was elected secretary-treasurer of the five man committee. Chairman Meiss ner appointed Harold Brenden, Otto Wellman and Schmitt on a ways and means committee to plan an industrial display which Droved very practical last year. The committee also decided on a competitive garden and agricul tural exhibit j LETHTN SHOWS FILM WEST STAYTON Clark Lethln of Albany, boy scout executive, showed a scout film at the West Stayton school auditorium. Thurs day. i . Ml''' Valley Obituaries Kws Service Andrew Nelson ' ALBANY Funeral services for Andrew Nelson, 84, were held Fri day with burial in Willamette Me morial park. Nelson, a resident of Albany for 35 years, cuea Wednes day in a Salem hospital. Born July 18. 180.8 - in Den mark. Nelson came to the United States in 1885.' He is survived by sons. Harry A.. Walter J- and John Nelson, all of Albany; and Ralph R. Nelson of Salem; two daughters,-Mrs. J. E. Foster and Mrs. Milton E. Hoyser, both of Salem; a step son, Allen T. Clark of Port land; eight grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. His wife, Mary Elizabeth Nelson, died Aug. 2, 1949. Mrs. W. A: Jones Of Macleay Gets 50-Year Honors i MACLEAY Mrs. W. A. Jones of the Macleay grange was pre sented with a 50-year membership gold certificate by the Oregon State grange Wednesday night. The presentation was at the Pomona grange meeting at Roberts. Tlav Festival Scheduled in Independence .'-' - SUtcsauui Ntws Scrvks ' INDEPENDENCE Plans for the "May Festival of Values" May 4. when Independence tnercnants will remain open in the evening to display spring wares, were for mulated at a breakfast meeting Wednesday Of the retail ! trades committee of the Chamber of Com merce. : .There will be a concert by the high school band at 8 pjn. and a street dance at 9 pjn. . j . All business establishments par ticipating in the spring show will display prizes in their windows. Merchants began distributing tickets for the prizes Friday. . Attending the retail trades com mittee meeting were Chairman Bev. Walker, Elmer Oppllger, Mar shall Powell and Frank Hedges. .... : SAVE 5 Jo 46o DURDiKIG TTMOS SAB-EE TP. i. nrs k- rr jam 3.9S-vm MM mi ..ill 4: 5 HlzS DmdapOSSi r l . . Mann I mm 4.20-vi Ownla Craftsman 28x8, a Oft Ai $3 DunUp jC3 j fun JT'- AIM I Bit- 4?s 1 TB&'JlLm0m OYSTOt BEDS SEEDED BETHEL ' TV. L. Creech has been at North 'Bend for some weeks directing and assisting in feeding the oyster beds of the 1 Oyster Growers association. The work is nearly finished and he is expected home within a few days, i t t -Tha Slgtatraan; Salam, Oracron, Sundcrf, April 22, ISSI H Spring Valley Qub Views Comedy .- ; Statesmu Nws Sarrle SPRING VALLEY The Sun shine dub of Spring Valley spon sored the program for the April meeting of ' Spring 1 Valley Com munity club. - Featured was a humorous play, directed by Nina Owens, with the cast including Vida McLaughlin, Alice Updegraff, Eileen Mischel. Katherine Hammond, Teen a Kohln, Helen Johnson and Helen Willwert; quartet numbers by Nina Owens, Grace McKinney, Vida McLaughlin and Eileen Mis cbel; vocal : solo, Ruthanne Sus milch; a skit by Grace McKinney and Nellie Applebury, A group of young people of Spring Valley gave a square dance which was called by Roy Carr; vo cal solo, Harold Owens, accom panied by Mrs. Harold Owens. Lunch was sold by the club after the program netting $25. Alice Updegraff has gone to Butte. Mont, to be with her sister who is convalescing from surgery. Recent guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey McLaughlin were Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Mc Laughlin and Patty, Glen, Delbert and Howard of Oregon City. PolkCountM Council Electe Neic Officers Stateunaa Newt Srrlc ' J MONMOUTH New officers elected at the . April meeting of Polk county Council of Parents and Teachers were: President, Mrs. Roland Dustaiv Independence; vice) president, ' Mrs.. Willard Pruiett, Buena Vista; secretary, Mrs. Mel ford Nelson, Independence: histor ian, (re-elected) Mrs. Jack R. Wells, Monmouth. The total membership this year is 860. Duties and qualifications of room representatives and ! school legislation were features of the general discussion. Named to audit treasurer's books were Mrs J Leon Miller, Independence and Mrsi Charles E. Moore, Monmouth. 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