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COUNTY ASSURES WORK
Cleanup of poison oak and stag
nant surface water along Triangle
Drive south of Salem was promised
Tuesday by Marion County En
gineer Hedda Swart. He investi
gated after John A. Kinney, 3344
Neef Ave., asked the County Court
for this work, plus a "slow" sign
on Neef and a survey for street
and yard levels. Swart said only
the two checked were county
problems.
Richmond School P.-T.A. rummage
sale Thursday over Greenbaums
Castle Permanent Wavers, 305
Livesley Bldg. Phone 3-3663. Per
manents $5 and up. Ruth Ford,
manager.
POSTMASTERS TO MEET
Postmasters of Marion, Polk and
Yamhill Counties will meet at 7
p.m. Saturday in the Senator
Hotel, with Robert Ballard of Mc
Minnville presiding. State Presi
dent Dorathy Elliott of Florence
is expected to attend.
Johns-Manville Roofing applied by
expert workmen, nothing down,
36 months to pay. Mathis Bros.
164 S. Commercial. Free estimates.
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For Sale: Indian Arrow Motor
cycle. 1400 Mi. $395. Ph. 2-3973.
TAVERN NAME CHANGED
Change of assumed business
name from Chuck's Tavern to
Chuck's Fine Foods, for a Gates
firm, was filed Tuesday with Mar
ion County clerk by Oliver M.
and Delia M. Willis.
Kiwanis Visits
Portland Club
Nearly 50 Salem Kiwanians
trekked to Portland Tuesday lor
the first joint meeting with that
city's Kiwanis Club in 10 years.
President Carl Greider led the
caravan, arranged by T. Harold
Tomlinson, interclub chairman.
Speaker for the program in
Multnomah Hotel was Dr. Torrey
M. Johnson, Chicago, founder of
Youth for Christ International.
Following the luncheon about
half the Salem group toured the
Oregon Journal newspaper plant
as guests of Managing Editor Da
vid Eyre, formerly of Salem.
Jaycees Try
Public Speaking
Salem Junior Chamber of Com
merce got its members on their
feet Tuesday for brief remarks
in continuing a program of fa
miliarization with public speaking.
The program was in charge of
Jack Hazelett.
The chamber entertained its
second Junior Jaycee, Jim Heenan
of Sacred Heart Academy. Heenan,
who will attend April meetings of
the group, is a senior and promi
nent in athletics and other student
activities at the school.
CHEMEKET AN S TO WORK
A work trip for Salem Chemek
etans is planned for this week end
at the club cabin on Whitewater
Creek, to prepare it for the com
ing season's activities. Those who
are going are to sign the register
at 248 N. Commercial St. by 1
pjn. Friday.
For Sale: 5 yd. hydraulic dump
box and hoist. Excellent condition.
Flaps inside trip. 30 gal. gas tank.
Call 2-4151 or 3-5247 evenings.
POSTAL, RATE RISES
Second 10 per cent increase in
second class postal rates went into
effect Tuesday, Salem Postoffice
reminded. The postmaster said
anyone interested could ask at the
Postoffice for details on the change,
which affects newspaper, maga
zines, catalogs, pamphlets and sim
ilar items.
Rent: Wheel chairs, hospital beds.
3-7775. Max Buren. 745 Court St.
TALKS ON CHECK ARTISTS
Capt. Max Alford of the Oregon
state police will talk about the
activities of bad check artists, and
how they are being combatted, at
the Salem Retail Credit Associa
tion luncheon Friday noon : in the
Golden Pheasant.
Merchandise
Value Totalled
A spot check in 33 of Oregon's
36 counties by the State Tax Com
mission shows improper merchan
dise valuation reports aggregating
approximately $6,788,999, Robert
Maclean, tax commissioner in
charge of the assessment and tax
ation division, reported Tuesday.
An actual check of all merchan
dise stocks in all counties iwould
increase this figure to $100,000,
000, Maclean estimated. The law
requires that merchandise reports
shall be filed with the tax com
mission as of January 1 each year.
Maclean said the spot checks
indicated the need for adjustment
of ratios between merchandise
valuations and some other! prop
erty classifications
Services for
Mrs. Gorton
Slated Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Irma
Faith Gorton, who died here Sat
urday, will be held today at the
Clough-Barrick Chapel at 3 pan.
The Rev. John Cauble will of
ficiate and interment will be at
Belcrest Memorial Park. Mrs. Gor
ton died at her home, 1045 Garnet
St., following a heart attacK.
She was employed by the State
Bureau of Labor for the past 31
years. She was one of two em
ployees in the bureau office when
she started in 1921 under Labor
Commissioner C. H. Gram. She was
a chief supervisor.
The deceased was born at Ver-
donia, Wis., Dec. 30, 1890. She
lived for a tune at Sheboygan and
was married Nov. 5, 1917, at Great
Falls, Mont., to Percy Gorton, who
survives.
They came to Salem in 1919. She
was a member of St. Mark's Luth
eran Church here. Surviving, in
addition to the widower, are a
brother, Wilfred Landgref of Mil
waukee, Wis., and a niece, Mrs.
June Russell of Woodbury, N. J
Benton County
Group Opposes
County Zoning
Oregon Farm Bureau Federa
tion officials in Salem said Tues
day their Benton County members
and others are organizing a re
sistance to proposed county zon
ing there.
Keith Robinson of Corvallis was
named chairman of a citizens ac
tion committees The OFBF lead
ers said the opposition is based on
lack of control on administrative
costs, increased taxes, lack of any
plan of recall of zoning commis
sioners and failure to spell out
specific use of farm lands and
buildings under such zoning.
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The practice of keeping the
Salem and Portland offices of thj
Lstate pUjblic utilities commissioned-
open on Saturday lorenoons will
be discontinued after May 1,
Commissioner Charles H. Heltzel
reported Tuesday.
Other offices of the commission
er have been closed on Saturdays
for considerable time, Heltzel said.
Heltzel said his .decision to close
the Salem and Portland offices
Saturday mornings is an economy
measure.
.. The change of office hours is
in conformity with the practice of
most other state departments,
Heltzel said. Only a limited num
ber of state agencies have re
mained open since the five day
work week was adopted.
The Stat man. Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, April 2. ISS2 5
BASE GETS NEW CO.
. PORTLAND (VThe Portland
Air Base got a new commanding
officer Tuesday CoL George J,
LaBreche, transferred here from
the Larson Air . Tore jBat at
Moses Lake, Wash. Be uccdj
Brig. Gen. Chester X. UcCaxty,
who Is being transferred to Japan
with the 403d Troop Carrier Win.
COMMUNISTS PROTEST
NEW YORK (P)-Sixteen "sec
ond string" Communist leaders
went on trial Monday, challeng
ing New York's jury picking sys
tem just as the nation's top Reds
did three years ago.
Federal Judge Edward JL Di
mock delayed proceedings to ac
cept their 42-page written argument.
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NEEDHAM'S oZ&i
465 State Street, Salem, Oregon
When a banker tries to lure an unsuspecting victim Into a bank with
a king-slse wallet on a string, that's news. Bat In this case it's only
an April Fool Joke. Guy N. Hlckok, vice president of the Salem
branch of the First National Bank of Portland Is the canny gent hid
ing behind the glass door (right), string in hand. The fall guy in
this fool drama is Fred Shafer, who was caught by the camera Tues
day as he reached for what he probably thinks is the Brinks rob
bery loot.
Drugs Institute
Planned Friday
An institute on new drugs,
sponsored by the Oregon i State
Nurses Association, will be con
ducted Friday at Salem YMCA by
Miss Violet Galbreth of the Uni
versity of Oregon Medical School
faculty.
Sessions will be from 3:30 to
5:30 and from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
All nurses in the district are eligi
ble to attend both sessions.
Sale of PGE
Stock Okehed
Sale by the Portland General
Electric Company of 250,000 shares
of common stock was authorized
by Public Utilities Commissioner
Charles H. Heltzel Tuesday.
Heltzel said the company and
underwriters have agreed on a
price of $26.50 a share with a
price of $27.50 to the public.
Money derived from sale of the
bonds will be used largely for improvements.
Births
SHELTON To Mr. and Mrs. J.
Roy Shelton, 172 West Meyers St.,
Salem, a daughter, Tuesday, April
1, at Salem Memorial Hospital.
League of Cities to
fHold Meet in Salem
The League of Oregon Cities will
conduct a district meeting in Sa
lem April 24, Mayor Alfred Loucks
has announced.
Salem aldermen and city offi-
cials are invited to join with of
i ficials of other Marion and Polk
County cities in a dinner and pro-
gram of mutual interest.
DO YOU
KNOW?
The physically handicapped
need your help. Goodwill
industries needs your dis
carded clothing, furniture
and household articles to
keep the handicapped em
ployed. Telephone 4-2248
Pickups on Fridays,
Saturdays
Former Pen
Guard Dies
William Clarence Buckley, 61,
former Oregon State Prison guard
and turnkey, died at his home in
Portland Tuesday.
Buckley lived in Salem for
about 10 years and later moved to '
Portland. Funeral services will be
held at Riverview Abbey Mauso- j
leum in Portland Thursday at 2:30 j
p.m.
Survivors include the widow.
Mrs. Pearl Buckley of Portland;
daughter, Mrs. Virginia Kauzman.
son, Gordon Buckley, and two sis
ters, all of Yakima, Wash.
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