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First Navajo Class to Graduate at Chemawa OCE Faculty Turn Actors Congress voted 11.320 acres ta what is now Louisiana and 23, 029 acres in Florida to Trench General Lafayette) for his serv ices in the Revolution. -, ! ' t .. THE VALLEY NEWS COLUMNS 14 1h Statement, Salem. Prow Saturday. April IU 19S3 From The Oregon Statesman's Valley Farm, Nurse Roles Appeal To Students Br JEAN RAMAGE Statesman Newt Service WOODBURN Farming and nursing rated high as vocation choices for Woodburn High School students at their first "career day", held at the school Wednes day. The event was sponsored jointly by the Rotary Club and the high school and met with such an en thusiastic response that it is planned to make it an annual affair. There were 35 counselors pres ent, representing almost as many fields of business and professional life, to relate their own experi ences and to answer questions relating to their career choices. Several counselors were Wood burn people, considered outstand ing in their particular field, with the remainder representing some of the best counsel outside the area. Keceptioa Held The program opened with a re ception for the guests and a special greeting by school's serv ice club, with refreshments served by Mrs. Al Ringo, home eonomics Instructor. Lester Keller, high school prin cipal, introduced Frank Doerfler, superintendent of Woodburn pub- lie schools, who in turn intro-j duced the counselors. Glen Weaver, state guidance director for the State Department of Education, spoke on the im portance of adult guidance in helping young people choose a vo cation. The students then separated into groups with the career coun selor of their choice with each student given the opportunity to meet with three chosen counsel ors before the afternoon activi ties were concluded. Woodburn Speakers Woodburn people participating In the program were; Harold Eichenstedt. law; Dr. Gerald Smith, medicine: V. J. Eaden, bakery; Arvid Ostrom, barber; Mrs. Vern Coleman, beautician; P. C. McLaughlin, bookkeeping and accounting; Dean Bishoprick, business; Geo. Omans, cabinet making and carpentry; Mrs. O. L. Withers, homemaker; O. L. Withers, lumber work; Joe Sowa, machinist; Tony Painter, pro fessional golfing; Ed Coman, newspaper; Win ton Hunt, selling; N. F. Tyler, trucking; Dr. Glen Schwenke, veterinary work, and Ernest Livesday. logging. From Oat-of-Teim i Out of -town counselors from Salem included H. , F. Sweeney, airline pilot and stewardess; Art Kehm, auto and airplane me chanic; Mrs. Bea Yeary, Martha Morrison and Edith Holman, nursing and social work; Mrs. Echo Yeater, photoghaphy; Mrs. Agnes Booth and Miss Mary Bow man, education. Others included Ivan DeAr mond, Hubbard, farming; and Dick Gentzskow. Silverton, pro fessional baseball. Speakers from Portland and Corvallis also were present. O. L. Withers and J. F. Lacy were Rotarians taking active part in preparing the career day. They worked with a committee of high school teachers which included Mr. and Mrs. Alf Nelson. Mar shall Barbour and Benton Dailey. Four 'Babies' Hold Reunion On Birthday lUltimi Ntwi Service FOUR CORNERS Something different in birthday parties was observed April 9 when Mrs. Har old Bonner was hostess at a luncheon honoring her son, Roger, on his fourth anniversary. Bidden as luncheon guests were Mrs. Homer Kuper and Connie, Mrs. Charles Linday and Jimmy, Mrs. Chauncy LeVee and David. Roger, Connie, Jimmy and Da vid started out as buddies four years ago when all were born at Salem General Hospital on If arch 25, all occupying the same ward. Each year the mothers and children celebrate the birthday together. But this year Jimmy and David were having a tussle with measles on March 25, so the party was postponed to April 9. Turner P-TA to Choose Officers Staietauui News Service TURNER Officers will be elected by Turner P-TA when the group meets Monday night at the grade school. The program will include a talk by Loren Hicks, who also will show pictures taken on his trip to Europe. Turner band stu dents will present selections. Second grade mothers will serve lunch. COBBLER SENTENCED PORTLAND (jR Charles L. Wells, 43 a Portland cobbler who pleaded guilty to abducting an 8-year-old schoolgirl and molest ing her sexually a month ago, was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison on each of two charges. The UJ5. Geological Survey is currently working on 4,000 qua drangles, covering parts of every state, for its Topographic Atlas. Honor Students at Dallas e a tit 0 DALLAS Two yontha prominent la Dallas High School athletics have swept scholastic honors, too. Named valedictorian of the 1953 graduation class wao Earl Glbbs (left), pictured In front of his school locker with John Kitxmiller who won salatatorian spot. Kitxmiller's father is "Flying Dutchman of Oregon foot ball fame. Cascade Jr. High School Plans Talked SUtesmaa News Service TURNER Possibility of a Cascade Junior High School, to serve the same area now serv ed by Cascade Union High, will bo discussed at a meeting at S pan. Friday, April 17, at the high school. The Union high school dist rict includes Aumsville. CIov erdale. West Stayton, Marion and Turner elementary dist ricts. Most of these schools are said to be faced with crowded conditions which might be relieved by estab lishing a junior high for sev enth and eighth grades. County School Superintend ent Agnes Booth and James Turn bull of the state depart ment of Education are sche duled to attend Friday night's meeting. Home Nursing Glass Formed At Hopewell SUtitsua News Service HOPEWELL A Red Cross class in home nursing is being organized in Hopewell by Mrs. E. J. Terrill, a licensed practical nurse, and Mrs. May Busick of Unionvale at the home of Mrs. Terrill. The first meeting will be held next Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Betty Conway, California area Red Cross worker, will be the supervisor for the first six lessons. The course will be ac credited with certificates given by the Red Cross to all who finish. The course is free. Each woman is asked to bring a fever thermometer to the fir t meet ing. Those desiring to take the course are requested to contact Mrs. E. J. Terrill or Mrs. Charles Van Dorn, Salem Route 1, chair man of the Hopewell Home Ex tension Unit which is sponsoring the course. The Hopewell Community Club will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the schoolhouse. A one-act play, "Thursdays at Home" will be followed by a pie social and candy sale. Characters in the. play are: Mrs. Stephen Tarter, Mrs. N. O. Pearse, Mrs. Arthur Warnock, Mrs. J. D. McKenney, Mrs. Art Reed, Mrs. frank Hersha, Mrs. Charles Van Dorn, Mrs. Albert Terrill, and Mrs, Clarence Logg. Miss Sharon McKenney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D McKenney, and Miss Gayle Lar son, daughter of G. W. Larson, were initiated into the Rainbow Girls at McMinnville Thursday. A chimney fire at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gusti Setala caused smoke and soot damage recently but quick action by the FREE ! it m t r m II V 1 Suif BKftCli Win a Brand Now 1953 Packard Sedan PRIZE DRAWINGS APRIL 4 ... APRIL 11 A HOST OF VALUABLE PRIZES TO EE GIVEN EACH NJOHTI Correspondents f t Valley Groups, Clubs Report New Officers Statesrasa News Service BROOKS Mrs. Howard Car ter was elected president, of Brooks P-TA Tuesday night. Mrs. Marshall Christopherson was elected vice president; Mrs. Rob ert Pirtle, secretary; and Mrs. Lyn Robinson, treasurer. Principle Laurence Barham presented 4-H awards; Mrs. Wal do Lowery and Mrs. William Pfau gave awards to the Girl Scouts whom they lead. The program included a "lion hunt" by Doug Parks and a tum bling act directed by Mrs. Dor othy Wolverton. Exhibits dis played by the youngster drew many favorable comments. MARQUAM Mrs. Pauline Swartout was elected president of the Methodist Church Wom en's Society Wednesday. Mrs. Emery James was named vice president; end Mrs John Beck, treasurer, and Mrs. I. C. Wood ard, secretary. Other new officers arc Mrs. Edith Stetson, Mrs. Flora Jack son. Christina Pederson and Mrs. Orrin Rice.. LABISH CENTER The Home Extension Unit elected officers for next year on Wednesday. Mrs. Jack Oglesby will be the new president; Mrs. Henry Rasmus sen, vice president; and Mrs. Willard Aker, secretary-treasurer. Installation of officers - will take place at the May meeting. The group witnessed a demon stration on "Cleaning of rugs and upholstery" presented by the home demonstration agent. Miss Ermina Fisher. MILL CITY Alfred Nesbitt is the newly-elected president of Mill City P-TA. Other new officers are Mrs. Howard Means, vice president; Elaine Kiersey, secretary; " and Richard Thorpe, treasurer. CENTRAL HOWELL Mrs. Roy Rutschman will be chairman of the Home Extension Unit here for next year. Also elected re cently were Mrs. Walter Haver son, yice president, and Mrs. Mauri Hynes, secretary. Hostesses for the meeting at the Alpheus Schar home, were Mrs. Schar, Mrs. Earl Schar and Kirs. Howard Eggiman. U. S. Indians received more than 15 million dollars in bon uses, royalties and rentals from Indian lands leased for gas and oil development in 19S2. family, la using a fire bomb, and the Amity and Dayton fir de partments saved the house. Mr. and Mrs. Ersel Hallsted and family, former residents of Hopewell, have moved from Aurora to Salem. Hallsted Is employed in Longview, Wash, building a hospital. PHI7K L"i Statesman CHEMAWA The Chemawa Indian School wiS graduate its first class of Navajo students at commencement exercises here on May 15. They have taken a special five-year course here. Most of them had little or xm formal education when they came to the spacious Chemawa campus, four miles north of Salem, as 14-year-olds five years ago. r There-were only a big handful in the first class, and 26 of them will graduate next month. They have received a highly-accelerated program, pointed at prepar ing them for jobs. School Responsible Chemawa School is responsible for seeing that all students find employment on graduation. Mrs. Nell Brannon, principal, reports that nearly all are lined up for, work already. Some will work at the Boeing Aircraft plant near Seattle. Others will become sign painters, . cobblers, farmers and domestic workers. The Navajo program has been stepped up a little each year. Next year's graduating class will be much larger. All told, there are 250 Navajos at Chemawa this year. Graduating with the 26 Nava jos will be 10 students from Northwest tribes who are com- nletina a conventional high 'school education. Among these, valedictorian honors go to Augustine Phillips, a Yakima maiden from White Swan, vWash. Salutatorian is Im ogene Washingston of Seattle, a Skagit-Yakima. Commencement speaker on May 15 will be Martin N. B. Holm, Portland, who will return to Chemawa where he was su perintendent until last falL Holm now is area director of Indian education. Baccalaureate services will be held May 10 at Chemawa. The Rev. Edward Spear of Benedic tine Abbey, Mt. Angel, will speak. Serviceman Shot While On Furlough SUtesmaa Newt Service MONMOUTH William Lofting is anxious to get back to the service where it's safe. While on furlough here this week he went out to the Russell Alsip farm near town to hunt greydiggers. He had to sneeze, so put his .22 rifle down on a stump on which he was standing. The rifle slipped off the stump. went off and shot him in the left hand. The bullet passed through his third finger and . passed through the fleshy part of his palm near the thumb. He was to have gone to Mary land for father training, but was given a furlough extension fol lowing which he wul return to San Diego where he has just completed Doot training. Hunting with him was his bro ther, James, who was homo on leave from Whidby Island. Wash- where he is stationed with the Navy. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Lofting. Macleay Students to Graduate on May 19 SUtesmaa News Serrict MACLEAY Graduating exer cises will be held May 19 at Mac leay School when Sedonia Bur ton, Peter Taylor and George Waters will receive diplomas. Macleay pupils had an Easter egg hunt recently, and at noon the mothers served dinner for all. Cheek yoar uratto& Check Accf&nto yitoWfcH J1M22Z-- a$950 VAun Hsro'ft What Vo Dst 1MSPICT IIAKJ MUSIS 2 "LiSM n ADJStT BIAKI f MOtt TO " tICVII PVU CONTACT WTO Flin Pick-up end Delivery CA!ltC3 Wo'Grv. and libertr News Service Peanut Removed From Tot's Lung Statesman Hew Service SALEM HEIGHTS No more peanuts for siz-y ear-old Nancy Gunn. j Nancy daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kay Gunn, 246 E. Salem Heights Ave., was getting back .to normal Friday after an or deal with a peannt that she choked on last week. The pea nut settled in her lung. Nancy waa taken to a Salem hospital where the peanut was removed by suction. SpringFestival Scheduled at Liberty School Statesman News Service LIBERTY Mrs. , Ed Holden conducted the Liberty Mothers Club Wednesday with about 50 attending. Mrs. Arlie Largest gave a re port on the. club s rummage sale, and George Wright, principal spoke about the school's spring festival, to be held on May 7, when rooms will be open for parents to view students work. Elected president, was Mrs. Lewis Clark; vice-president, Mrs. Sid VanDyke; secretary, Mrs. Sid Boise; and treasurer, Mrs. John Turner. It was announced that a base ball team is being organized for boys in the area ' of Dickson's store. This is for third, fourth, fifth and sixth graders. A ball park has been donated and the mothers will sell pop corn to raise money for equip ment. They have asked that any other group who would like to form a team contact them so practice for both, groups may be gin at once. The club is sponsoring a cake sale on May 2 at Dickson's store, for the Joryville Park fund. All women living in the south Salem Suburban area are asked to par ticipate. The attendance prize was won by Mrs. Mary Lovett's fourth grade. Mrs. Ernest Royse Is room mother. Valley Briefs Donald The Women's Benefit Association will sponsor a bene fit barn dance Saturday night at the Ben Eppers farm, a mile east of Donald. Wniamlwa Firemen of Willa- mina will entertain their wives at a banquet at 7 pjn. Saturday at the Rebekah Hall. Brooks Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Logan have purchased the Inger mansen property here to convert into a rest sanitarium for the treatment of nervous disorders. They have been In business in Salem for 26 years. AC7 CAtr Rum 2-2431 MONMOUTH George Harding tion faculty member. Is shown discussing the play, "You Cant Take It With Yen.' with John M. Howard and Mrs. Yvonne Henry, fellow staff members who will portray leading roles in the second annual OCE faculty play on April 16 and IS at Camp bell HalL VALLEY 4-H CLUB NEWS State smaa News Service FOUR CORNERS The Rickey Rustlers 4-H Livestock Club met at the Stafek home. Life -time production sheets were distributed to members with breeding ani mals. These include Darrel and Jerry Stafek, Larry and Vernon Vogt, Peter and Mike Lossner and Susan Swearingen. Metal 4-H membership plates were ordered for each home. Next meeting will be at the C A Lossner home on May 8. The 4-H cooking clubs I and II are right on schedule with their programs. Kay Rehfeld and Janet Shipman demonstrated for the Busy Bees and Leta and Gar net Thayer for the Sugar and Spice group. The cooking II group will bake and serve the refreshments for the May T Mother's club meeting. The cooking I clubs will also bake COCA-COLA Ccto" o rMeed WeVeriL 1 ' 1 (left). Oregon College of Educa Accident Claims -Dean Culp, Former Mill City Resident Statesman News Service MILL CITY Dean Culp, for mer Mill City resident, has been killed in an auto ' accident in California, Mill City friends re ported Friday. Culp was in the service until last January and had been work ing in a service station. He was about 20. Survivors Include his widow, the former Jane Peterson of Mill City, and two children. He was the son-in-law of Don Peterson, Mill City publisher. His parents live on the Oregon coast. 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