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2 The Statesman. Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, July 23. 1952 Oregon's Loveliest to Compete in Seaside Pagaent of Talent and Beauty Iw- y. !;. i:r; ; v- r & tV ? Vi i I' ;; W iv; . 5. - i 4i- 7 ) xy "7' ; I j?y W; - -A - r ' .sSrJT ?w C I xTO ' f"--j ,4 4 v Vj ' A - few fir.' T? These 11 girls, representing 11 Oregon communities, will participate in the sixth annual Miss Oregon Pageant at Seaside, Ore., July 25. 26 and 27. They will be judged on a basis of talent, personality, poise and beauty, and the winner will be crowned "Mis Oregon" No. 3 "Miss Eugene," Mary Lou Yamhill County, Dolores Cary, 18; and will represent the state at the Misa Teague, 18; No. 4 "Mis Portland, No. 8 "Miss Washington County, America pageant in September. Joyce Farnstrom, 18; No. S "Mis Marlene Gayle Olson, 20; No. 9 No 1 above is "Miss Hood River," Gearhart," Margaret Greene, 20; No. 0 Betty Jo Buckhn. 22; No. 2 "Mis 6 "Mis Lincoln County," Katherine Ann Lundell, 18; No. 11 "Miss Linn Wallowa County," Joan Davis. 18; Carol Litchfield, 18; No. 7 "Mis Countyr" Norma Mae Glaser, 22. Prospects for Late Summer Fruit Crops ' Above Average1 By LILLIE L. MADSEN Farm Editor. The Statesman Despite frosts and late heavy rains that caused spotted damage to Oregon's 1952 fruit crops, prospects for the later summer and fall fruits appear better than average, a survey disclosed Tuesday. Apples, peaches, peas and nuts are showing excellent prospects, growers reported. The peach crop is particularly surprising in many areas. In some places, the crop was caught badly by frosts during blossoming time, while in others the blossoms es- er,fe- , caped frost altogether and the The Peach croP was estimated to crop is showing every indication be about 50 per cent larger than of being "heavy". last year's crop of 400,000 bushels. Only the prune crop is expected Here in the Willamette Valley re to be somewhat smaller than av- ports from the Jefferson area show a particularly fine crop ex pected. The apple and pear crops in Oregon are both estimated to be larger than average in contrast to the nation's apple and pear crop which as a whole is estimated to be considerable smaller than the 1951 crops. Oregon's prune crop, however, estimated at 58,700 tons, is smaller than last year's crop and way be low the previous 10-year average. A sizeable increase In eastern Ore gon prunes is offset by poorer prospects than usual in Western Oregon. But Oregon's filbert and wal nut prospects indicate above av erage production in 1952. The walnut tonnage was estimated to be smaller than last year, but quite a bit above average. Filbert prospects are being estimated at a good third larger than a year ago. Harvesting of Oregon's caneber ries continued the second week in July, with processors' prices re maining unchanged. However, a number of the fields wound up their picking Saturday, with oth ers going on into the third week of the month. Some processors were reporting that berries received during the second week at their plants showed some damage from recent high temperautres. Red raspberries in particular were showing signs of sun scald and blistering. Full scale operations on apricots are expected this week, although processing got underway during the past week. One large process or in Salem reported paying $75 a ton f.o.b. shipping point for apricots. Ben W. Olcott Rites Thursday PORTLAND (JP) Funeral serv ices will be held here Thursday for Ben W. Olcott, 79, former Ore gon governor who died Monday. The services will be private, limited to members of the family. Commitment will be at the Mount Crest Abbey in Salem. 11 11.1 111 1 1 in 11 111 11 111 1 1 ii 11 urn mi 11 1 111 111 inn m 1111 jijlh hj juhij umjiiwu uiwjuwiuuuliiwi AMWBiuijwjuuumuiJMiiLijwjt mjwuuiBHM 11 ljiiii in 111 urn , 1 1 mm in 1 inn 1 1. 11.1 11 p i 1. 1111 1 1 ;i m 1 1 T r IT" f" I ' BALLOT wg-giJWJdM:w-d!diajirlHUdidSeiiaSl? I 77 12 77 1 14 14 7 13 60 3 34 1 3 30 W II M 40 3 1 M 12 13 10 S3 13 94 33 S4 34 13 70 13 14 3 S3 13 4 1 33 30 3 IO 4 4 4 3 1330 HARRIMAN HUMPHREY KEFAUVER KERR McMAHON RUSSELL Picture of Ragged Boy's Prayer To Make Parents 'Stop Fightin' Helps Judge to Save Marriages (Editor's note: Following ii the third and last portion of a tory ea Marion County's new Court of Domestic Relations.) By WINSTON H. TAYLOR Staff Writer, The Statesman "Dear Lord, please make Mama and Papa stop fightin', 'cause it s hard to take sides when you love them both, an' besides, I'm ashamed to face the kids." That prayer by a ragged boy, pictured behind Circuit Judge Joseph B. Felton's desk in Marion County Courthouse, has had some powerful effects on potential family disasters. But longer range effects are expected, and are beginning to show, from the new court of dom estic relations established here a year ago. As with juvenile problems, one of the chief accomplishments of the new court is the providing of more time for consideration of marriage problems and for coun seling. These two functions of the though this can best be done before the actual divorce complaint is filed. Judge Felton gives most at torneys of this area credit for aiding reconcilations and referring the case to the juvenile depart ment for aid if the rouol ha court are connected statistics rhiiHron m roiorri. i show broken homes to be a heavy contributor to juvenile delinquen cy, and Felton and others of the so from such agencies as the wel fare department. ri. j .v c- i department are anxious to pre- -..-, ; iviuiiMei idi viiuciauoi on lis re- vent trouble rather than have to cure it. Given by Eagles The ragged youngster's picture cent study of pre-marital counsel ing holding that such guidance "could prevent many broken given by the Fraternal Order of! omes- since numerous couples Eagles, has brought tears to the I h.aKvf n of the respon- . , . . ,i sibihties involved in marriage. cj to ui scvcmi pdit;iii.s tun itinpid i- ing divorce, said the judge. Must Wait 6 Months It doesn't hang behind the bench' Uivorces granted by the court, but behind the desk in Felton's I urder Oregon law, are final. The chambers, since that's where most ; Parties cannot be married, legally, of the action in this court occurs.!10 third Persons for six months, It's informal, especially for juve- but there is no specific penalty for niles. with the idea of promoting violation. Felton would favor an understanding rather than fear interlocutory type of decree, under of the court. which the divorce would not be The important thing, to Felton,' fmaI for six months or a year, as in a divorce action is the disposi- a means of slowing the rush into tion of the children important to the development of the nation's futum citizens because of the emo tional problems which a family split creates. To Maintan Marriages illegal marriage. To do his share until that legislative change is made, the judge specifies that all decrees of his court include the provision that the divorcees may not remarry for the six months, The court has no regular coun- , as a reminder. selor but counsels as much as poss ible through Felton and the juve- Another change desired by Fel ton, regarding his deep interest nile workers, especially w here ' in the children involved, would children are involved, as in 89 of be legislation giving the court au the first 184 decrees issued by the! thority to investigate disposition court. He stresses the court's ob-of children after the rii.vorce is jective as maintaining marriages. ! granted, rather than making it part With limited facilities, reconcillia- and parcel of the divorce action, tions are being attempted, al- Now the court can look into the matter afterwards only if both parents agree to it. Many Uncontested In recent months the court has begun hearing default divorc cases every Monday rather than twice a month. Though at first glance this might appear to b making these decrees quicker or easier, it means rather that the judge can give more time to con sideration of the cases, Of the de crees granted in the new court's first six month, 153 or more than 83 per cent were by default, un contested. - During 1951 Marion County granted 265 divorce decrees, three moce than in the previous year. That raised the ratio of divorces to marriage from 27 to 32 per cent, since marriage licenses had dropped from 947 to 828. During his first six months, Fel ton signed 184 decrees. The per ponderance of divorce actions dur ing the latter half of the calendar year continues a trend of at least recent years. For four years the July-September quarter has had more such cases filed than any other quarter, by 10 to 40 per cent, and the October-December period has usually been second highest. Sign Painter Reports Theft Roy Farley, a sign painter cf 1040 Broadway St., reported Tues day to Salem city police that a machine, valued at $157 and used in painting, was taken from "his paint shop sometime during the night Monday. Farley said he saw nothing dis turbed in his ship but the machine, used by painters and woodworkers to cut designs in wood or metal, was missing. Three Building Permits Issued A new roof, a new location and an alteration of a dwelling were listed Tuesday in three building permits issued by the Salem city engineer. Permits were issued to Robert McLauchlan, alter a dwelling at 770 :. 16th St.w$250; Dean Robin son, reroof a dwelling at 1695 Lee St., $200. end Laurence Peterson, relocate a garage at 2285 Lee St, $50. Going on vacation? yoiTU appreciate laving Ihe Statesman seiratt .to With all the big political maneuvering still coming up thff summer, you won't want to miss the thorough news cover age in The Statesman for even a single day. 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