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WACO UFi A young airman
who says his philosophy is, "God
first, others second and me last,"
was spreading plenty of Christmas
cheer here Wednesday.
Cadet Richard D. Siegrest, 22.
of Portland. Ore., whose 72-hour
pass won't permit him to get home
for Christmas, was operating a
special Christinas Eve taxi serv
ice free driving busy last minute
shoppers anywhere in this central
Texas city they want to go.
Said Siegrest:
"I just wanted to do something
for the other fellow here at Christ
mas time. I see lots of people load
ed down with bundles and I . de
cided they might appreciate a
ride."
So Siegrest. stationed at James
Connally Air Force Base near
here, drove his 1949 car downtown
Wednesday morning and started
offering people rides ... just
anybody.
He said for a little while folks
appeared skeptical. So he had a
cardboard sign painted and stuck
it on his car. It said: "Christmas
courtesty car. anywhere in the
city."
Since then Siegrest's been doing
a land-office business. .
Air Force Finds
No Evidence of
Space Visitors
WASHINGTON in The Air
Force aid Wednesday it has no
evidence that beings from some
other world have visited this plan
et, but added that it would be un
reasonable to deny that such a
thing could happen.
"The Air Force has absolutely
no evidence of isitors from
space," a prepared statement
said.
The Air Force released its state
ment in response to a question
from the magazine See as to wheth
er visitors from outer space had
landed on the earth from flying
saucers. The magazine said that
two recent books contained such
statements.
Although many sharks are dan
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water, others feed on nothing but
microscopic sea animals and
plants.
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OLSON ,
Ernest Olson, at a Portland hospital.
Dec XL Survived by wife. Mrs. CaUt
erioe Olson Dallas. Ore.; two ton,
Ovaries Olson. Portland, and Ernest
Olson. WUmett. IlL; two sisters, Mrs.
Edward Larson. Chicago. HI, and
Mrs. Barry Sawyer, Union. Mien, rive
grandchildren also survive. Services
will be held TYiday, Dec. M at l-3
pjn. trom the Howell-Edwards chapel
with the Rev. John N. Wall officiat
ing. Interment in Belcrest Memorial
Park.
WORTH
Harry R. Worth, at the residence.
Dec 22. Survived by wile, Mrs. Irene
Worth. Salem: daughter. Mrs. Helen
Pomeroy. Salem: sisters. Mrs. Adalaide
Naye. Seattle. Wash.; Mrs. Leah Me
Kinney; KaUma-oo, Mich., and Mrs.
Janle Sentner Charlotte town. Prince
Edward Island; brothers. Fred B.
Worth, Vernon. B.C.. and Percy W.
Worth. Charlotte! own. Prince Edward
Island: a granddaughter. Diane Pom
ery. Salem. Services will be held Fri
day Dec. 28 at 1 p m. at the Virgil
T. -Golden Chapel with the Rev. George
H. Swift officiating. Private committal
services at Mt. Crest Abbey Mauso
leum. PETERSON
Darwin L. Peterson, In Spokane.
Wash. Husband of Martha M. Peterson.
Spokane. Wash., and son of Ivan H.
Peterson. Services will be held Friday.
Dec 28 at 3 p.m. from the W. T. Rift
don chapel with the Rev. Harold W.
Black officiating. Interment in City
View Cemetery.
IHBA
Patrick Shea, in this city. Doe. 21.
Announcement of services win be made
later by the W. T. Rlgdon Company.
MYERS
Stella Mae Myers, at the residence.
260 N 15th St., Dec 22. Wife of Ezra
D. Myers. Salem: sister of Porter Lee
Whitehead of Hanford. Calif Fred
Whitehead of Greenville. SC, Mose
Whitehead of Riviera. Calif.. Kyle
Whitehead of Texas and Mrs. Cora
McElroy. Bell Garden. Calif. Services
will be held Friday. Dec. 28 at 1:30
p.m. In the Church of Jesus Christ of
the Latter Day Saints under the direc
tion of the W. T. Rigdon Company.
Concluding services at Belcrest Mem
orial Park.
FOLK
Emit Carl Folk, at the residence
Salem Route 8, Box 880. Dec. 23 at
the ace of 80 rears. Husband of Lena
roue. Salem: father of John Folk
and Otto Folk, both of Salem. Ser
vices will be held Saturday. Dec. 27
at 130 P m. at the W. T. Rigdon
Chapel with the Rev. H. W. Gross of
ficiating Conrluding services in ML
Crest Abbey Mausoleum.
UARDNER
Ruth V Girdner. late resident of
102S N. 22nd St.. at a local hospital
Dec 23. Survived by husband Sher
man L. Gardner. Salem. Announce
ment of services later by the Virgil T.
Golden Company.
DAVIS
Robert J. Davis, late resident-of Ger
vais Route L at a Wood burn nursing
home. Survived by widow, Martha E.
Davis. Woodburn: daughter. Mrs.
Theron Hicks. Salem; sons. James Da
vis. Portland, Jay L. Davis, Gervais.
E. T. Davis. Montesano. Wash., and
Robert Davis. Venice. Calif. Services
will be held Fridsy. Dec 28 at 3 p.m.
from the Howell-Edwards Chapel with
the Rev. William Clay officiating. Con
cluding services In Belcrest Memorial
Park.
BLACO
Wayne Leroy Blaco. late resident of
740 Boone R(i.. to 'this city Dec. 23
at the age of 43. Survived by widow.
Janette; children. JoeL Loren and
Dennis, all of Salem; stepfather and
mother. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. McMillan,
Salem; father, Ralph Blaco. Los An
geles; sister. Mrs. Bethel Garrison.
Salem; brother, Eldon Blaco. Los An
geles. Member - of 1st Congregational
Church: Services will be held Friday,
Dec 28 at 10:30 ajn. from the Howell-
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Huntington officiating." Interment la
Belcrest Memorial Park.
COLGAN
Mrs. Jeanette Ann Colgan, at the
residence 134S Waller St Dec. 24. Sur
vived by daughter. Harriet Elizabeth
DeLangh. Marian; son. Orval J. Col
gan. Newark. Calif Francis B. Col
gan. Salem. Harold J. Colgan. Hub
bard, and Lester L. . Colgan. - Mon
mouth: brothers. W. J. Ramage and
John W. Ramage .both of Salem; sis
ters, Mrs. Riley Davis. Salem, and
Mrs. Belle Jones, Portland. Services
will be held Monday. Dec. 29 at 1 JO
p.m. from the Cknigh-Barrick Chapel
with Dr Paul N. Poling officiating.
Interment In Belcrest Memorial Park.
CHAPMAN 7"
Fred A. Chapman, at the residence
1118 Nebraska St.. December 24. Sur
vived by widow. Mrs. Rose M. Chap
man. Salem: daughters, Mrs. Maurice
Dunlgan. Mrs. Kenneth Marguren and
Mrs. Burns Christof ferson. all of Sa
lem, and Mrs. William Black. San Ga
briel. Calif.; sons. Merle Chapman. Sa
lem, and Fred Chapman. LaCanada.
Calif.; sister. Mrs. Nettie Bibbee. Cor
vallls: also 16 grandchildren and 11
great grandchildren. Services will be
held Saturday. Dec 27 at 1 -JO pjn. in
the Clough-Barrlck Chapel with the
Rev. Ernest P. Goulder officiating. In
terment In Belcrest Memorial Park.
LINN
Mrs. Rosena May Linn, late rest
dent of Monmouth Route 1. Box 109A.
at a Salem hospital Dec 24. Survived
by husband .Joseph J. Linn. Mon
mouth; daughters. Nancy May Linn
and Coeta Maria Linn, both of Mon
mouth; sons. Joseph J. Linn Jr.. James
Henry Linn and Gene Andrew Linn,
all of Monmouth: mother. Mrs. Nancy
Swindler, Monmouth; grandmother,
Mrs. Annie Thornton. Salem; sister.
Mrs .Lucille Ruch. Salem: and brother.
Earl Fr Swindler. Salem. Services will
be held Saturday. Dec. 27 at 3 pjn.
from the Clough-Barrlck Chapel with
the Rev. Rudolph Wouke officiating.
Interment in City View Cemetery.
DOC KINS !
Oren L. Dockins. In this city Dec
23. Survived by widow. Eleanor Dock
ins. Announcement of services later
by W. T. Rigdon Company.
JACOBSON
Frank Ole Jacobson. late resident of
Reeds port, in this city Dec. 23 at the
age of 56 years .Survived by widow
Bessie Jacobson. Reedsport; brother.
Elmer Jacobson. Waldport;- sister, Mrs.
Annie Peterson, Coos Bay; daughters,
Mrs. Lloyd Bickell. Salem. Mrs. Car
mel Thornton. South Bend. Wash,
Mrs. Betty Elfstrom, Coos Bay; sons.
Valdon Ledington. Coos Bay. and
Norman Ledington, CoquiDe. Member
of VFW and American Legion at
Reedsport. Services will be held Satu
day, Dec. 27 at 1 p.m. In the Howell
Edwards Chapel with the Rev. Dudley
Strain officiating. Interment in Bel
crest Memorial Park.
FLUX '
Herbert A. Flux, former resident of
Monmouth, at a local hospital Dec. 24
at the age of 61 years. Survived by
wife, Mrs. Zola Flux, Monmouth;
daughter. Mrs. Wesley Nlst. Dallas;
sons. Dale Flux. MarysviUe. Calif., and
Leon D. Flux. Salem: brothers, Al
fred Flux. Battleground, Wash, Frank
Flux. Doyle. Calif., and George Flux,
both of Doyle. Calif.: also six grand
children .Member of Monmouth Farm
ers Union. Services will be held Satur
day. Dec. 27 at 2:30 p.m. in the Howell
Edwards ChapeL Interment In Bel
crest Memorial Park.
ERICKSON
Conrad Gotfrld Erickson. late resi
dent of 6M Ca Merlin Ave, In this
city Dec 34 at the age of 33 years.
Survived by widow. Beatrice Erickson.
saiem; sister. Mrs. Lester Lippert. Sa
lem; brother, Adolph Erickson, Aurora,
Minn, and Robert Erickson, Roseau,
Minn.: father. John Erickson. Roseau.
Services will be held Saturday. Dec. 27
a? 10 30 a.m. in the Howell-Edwards
Chapel with the Rev. Lloyd Uecker
officiating. Shipment will be made to
Roseau. Minn, for concluding services
and interment.
AGE CLAIM
NEWPORT, R.I. (INS) The
Newport Artillery Company, char
tered in 1741, claims to be the old
est active military organization in
America. Its members have par
ticipated in every major war in
which the colonies and the states
engaged, including the Korean
War.
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for the tremendous patronage you and thou
sands of our Willamette Valley friends fa
vored us with this past year. We are espe
cially grateful for your kindness and support
during the Christmas shopping season.
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Pope Issues
Sad, Sobering
Yule Message
By WILLIAM L. RTAN.
AT Ferelga News Analyst
Pope Pius XII has Issued a aad
and sobering message for Christ
mas Day in a divided and con
fused world.
In six years of savage hot war
and almost eight years of cruel
cold war. the temporal leader of
the world's - Roman Catholics hag
found a mounting, world-wide as
sault upon the dignity of the hu
man spirit as man, in his con
fusion, tries to pull himself lrom
the morass by purely mechanical
means.
"Human society," says the Pon
tiff, "is not a machine, and It
must not be made such, even la
the economic field."
In one half of the divided world.
the dialectic of Marx in the dis
torted interpretation of Stalin is
being applied to human problems
as an electronic brain might te
fed a problem in calculus.
But there are1 factors in the hu
man spirit which are beyond mech
anical calculation, and when the
result of the experiment becomes
blurred, the master calculators in
the anger of frustration wreak ra
venge upon the innocent.
Warns Free Nations
On the -ither side of the world,
the Pontiff seems, to be warning,
the free nations in the very in
tense effort to keep th mselves
free are finding themselves forced
Into repressions which Impinge
upon personal liberty aid human
dignity. '
This is an Important me age
and an eloquent one. Perhaps the
Pope is - warning the , western
world that in attempting to ' fight
fire with fire it runs the risk of
searing itself beyond rei ir. The
Pope put it this way:
"First the real war and then the
'cold war" forcibly drove social re- -lationx
towards an inevitable cur- .
tailment of- liberty itself, while in
another part of the world this ten
dency has reached the ultimate
Consequences of its development,"
What is the answer to this dang-
er the danger that in fighting to-,
talitarianism we may embrace
some of its more serious cimes?
Answer Given
The Pope gives his answer: The
substitution of enlightened self -in- .
terest iirough mutual help. Instead
of blind selfishness.
But man cannot save himself,
the Pontifff continues, through any
ready-made panaceas or any
mechanical devices designed to fit
men's hearts and minds into pre
fabricated molds. I
This struggle we all face today
is the battle of the individual for
.his ow soul, for his own dignity of
spirit, i
No preordained set of rules can
be laid down to bring order to so
ciety. I
To save itself, western clviliza- .
tion must pin its faith and its hope .
on co-operation for the common
good, the Pontiff seem to bp tell
ing us on mutual -understanding
and on enlightened realization that
in the promotion of the general
welfare the -t of all men may be
bettered.
FINE LESSON
LONDON (INS) The house
wife slammed the door on the
man trying to sell logs. The brass
door-handle fell off. The log -sell- .
er, 20-year-old Londoner Thomas
Major, then walked off with the
handle. Major, who was fined
$8.50 for theft at a West London
court, told the Judge: "The lady ,
of the house was a bit rude, so I
took her door-knob to teach her
a lesson."
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