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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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