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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1952)
SolonsTell Ofjerry-Built Vet Housing WASHINGTON ' (-Congressmen told Wednesday about GI houses where the red mud of a lake bed flowed over the floors, and about one where the bath was not connected with the sewer. They invited a House Banking subcommittee to come out and take a look at others which, they said, were, beginning to fall apart after one year. The stories of shoddy work manship, materials and planning were related in an investigation of complaints that some veterans and other buyers have been hook ed on houses financed under gov ernment guarantees. Specifically the committee is looking into the effectiveness of the inspection system and the specifications requirements of the Federal Housing Administration and the Veterans Administration which operate the loan guarantee programs. Rep. Jarman (D-Okla) told about houses built on an old lake bed. He said VA guaranteed the loans on the dwellings, built about a year and a half ago in an area known as Bednar Lake, near Bethany, Okla. Blaming faulty inspection of the original site by the VA, Jar man said water rose repeatedly into 15 to 25 houses. He told of making a personal inspection and finding an inch of red mud on the floors, with heavy damage to structures and contents. Rep. Lyle (D-Tex) described 25 or more houses, about a year old, which he visited at Corpus Christi, Tex.: floors sagging, walls leaning out, roofs leaking, doors refusing to close. It was Lyle who told of the free-flying bath tub. "In one case," he said, "a vet eran and his wife moved into the new house they had looked for ward to so much, and when they tried to take a bath they found the water ran right out of the tub down under the house. It wasn't connected to the sewer. "In this and other instances, the ! construction was very sub-stand- I ard, and the inspections were dis- j graceful." Rep. Bosone (D-Utah) told the committee a "two-year-old child could have installed a better heat ing system" than she found in a group of FHA -guaranteed houses at Kearns, Utah. It was a case of need for sweaters and dressing gowns in some rooms while others were steaming hot, she said. Spelling Cdntesth At Brush College Set Tonight at 8 Statesman News Servte. BRUSH COLLEGE A spell ing bee to choose the winner and runners-up in The Oregon States-man-KSLM Spelling Contest will be held at the Community Club meeting at 8 p. m, Friday, Feb. 8. The semi-finals,: at which the winners of nine schools will com pete Friday night, March 28, will be held at the Brush College School, with the public invited. The three top Spellers in the semi-finals will compete in the finals at Parrish Junior High in Salem, Thursday, April 3. flio Statesman. Sc$nu Orqoa Friday robcocnT 1SI2-t3 Dimes Drive Near $25,000 Marion County March of Dimes campaign may reach the $25,000 mark, it appeared Thurs day. Total collections tabulated thus far was given as $20,594, and con siderable was still outstanding. Anyone with an "iron lung" col lection box still not picked up was asked to notify Stuart Compton at Pioneer Trust Co. Firemen who distributed the "lungs," and have collected many of them, include Alden Addie, Warren Paynter, Dale Manion, Charles Bower, Charles Whitt more, Clarence Frad, Richard Reis, Kenneth Burnett, Robert Mills, Kenneth Sherwood and Rob ert Mobley. The $20,594 came from these sources: iron lungs $1457, boxing matcn $425, Eagles dance $525, Bustles and Beaus dance $572, Oregon employes $530, Mothers' March $7102, wrestling match $170, dollar line $549, block of dimes $1816, general $7444. Power Shovel Purchase Approved for County Approval for purchase of a small power shovel for road projects was granted Thursday by Marion County Court, The purchase was recommend ed by Ted Kuenzi, assistant coun ty engineer. The equipment, in cluding a truck to haul it, is ex pected to cost about $10,000. Officials said the county's only power shovel at present is tied up i considerably on the rock stock piles, and another is needed out on the roads. At Salem Schools Peterson Acquitted Of Burglary Charge A jury acquitted. Fred Leonard Peterson, 1345 Jefferson St., Wed nesday in Marion County Circuit Court of a charge of burglary not in a dwelling. The jury returned a 10 to 2 ver dict after a two-day trial. Peter son nas oeea charged after a Hol lywood shop-window burglary oc curred lasi June. Salem Obituaries LESLIE JUNIOR HIGH A one-act play entitled "The Old Sleuths" will be presented by seventh grade students under the direction of Miss Eleanor Roberts today in the Leslie Junior High auditorium. The plot portrays a young boy's detective service and their adven tures in trying to track down va rious clues. The cast for the play includes Claudia Peterson, Geraldine Wil lard, Ronnie Thiesen, David Brad shaw, Peter Erickson, Joan Osko, Sally Frese, Jack Moore, Karen Ringnalda and Bill Jacobsen. State managers will be Bob Imel, Richard Aufranc and D e 1 m a r Funk. BAKER SCHOOL A puppet show was presented for the Baker School student body Thursday by three boys from Les lie Junior High School. Jerry Pe kar wrote the script and directed the show, assisted by Kenneth All mar and Ronald Johnson. BMtSTMAN Mrs. Hester Berryman. late resident or zj3 vv. Esurnsiae .st., Portland, In this city, Feb. 6. Shipment has been made to Portland by the W. T. Rigdon Company for interment. Phone 3-3173. Harold Arvin Pacquette, late resident oi oil it. ;nurcn at., f ee. , at tn. age of 63. Survived by widow, Helen and daughter, Carol Irene, both of Salem: brother, Arvin, in Vermont. Funeral services wui dc announced later by the noweu-bawuu uiapeu THOMPSON Ida Mae Thompson, late resident of foruana Ha., in this cltv. Feb. 7. at the age of 77. Mother of Owen Bennett of Salem; sister of Emma Ken- ne or st. Joseph, Mont. Funeral ser vices will be held Saturday, Feb. 9, at 1:30 p.m. in the W. T. Rigdon Chap el, with concluding services In Lee mission cemetery, and the Rev. John w. Hodges win officiate. Phone 3-3173. ; SPERLING i Mis. Annie Gay Sderlinff. late resi dent of San Bernardino, Calif.. In that city, Feb. 3. Survived by, sons, Arthur of Eugene, Rudolph of San Bernardino, Herman oi Boise. Ida.: Carl of Vale: daughters, Mrs. Ruth Gray of San Bernardino: Mrs. Alice Shamberger of Yorba Linda. Caul; also 15 grand - cniiaren ana eve great grandchildren. Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 9 at 1:30 p.m. in the Cloueh-Barrick Cha pel. Interment will be in the IOOF Cemetery In Independenc. 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