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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1953)
1 t. Oregon's Radio ' Ham sy Keady for Salem Meet The 16th annual Oregon Amateur Radio Association convention will be held in Salem for the first time in 14 years Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday and is expected to draw about 250 radio ama teurs (hams) to the city. Punctuating the role of radio- transmission and receiving in the convention will be Radio Station W7SAA to be set up at conven- headquarters in the Marion Hot el. Starting Friday evening broad casts will be made to hams throughout the state who are eith er unable to attend the conven tion or are driving to Salem with mobile units in their cars. Regis tration for the convention offi cially begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday and will be followed that evening by movies and television. Saturday Station W7SAA will begin operation at 7 a.m. continu ing to communicate with hams and registration will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. Official opening of the convention is to be at the Marion Hotel at 10 a.m. Welcome from the city will be by Mayor Alfred Loucks and greetings and introductory remarks by Orval Nunn of Salem, president of the OAR A. Tours of the city will be conducted in the late morning and afternoon Saturday. Demonstrations Set i An open forum at 1 p.m. Sat urday will be conducted by J. H. Hallock, engineer in charge of the Federal Communications Commission District 13. Slated to be demonstrated through the aft ernoon and evening at the Mar ion Hotel are geiger counters, mi crowave and TV repeaters and other equipment familiar to am ateurs. A dance will be held in the Mirror Room of the Marion Hotel Saturday evening beginning t 9 o'clock. Music will be pro vided by Esthel Benner and her orchestra. Intermission entertain ment will include prizes for the most original "junk box hat" (hats constructed from odds and ends radio parts). Sunday convention proceedings will include two hidden transmit ter hunts during which amateurs in mobile uniys will endeavor to locate two transmitters secreted in the Salem area. Weather per mitting, there will be a demon stration of mobile field strength at Bush's Pasture. Also Sunday morning there will be code con tests and equipment displays in the Marion HoteL Style Shows Women aren't to be forgotten during the convention either. In cluded in the convention planning are hair style shows, luncheon engagements, a special ladies breakfast Sunday and a flower arrangement demonstration. One of the featured displays at convention headquarters in the Marion Hotel, along with radio equipment, will be a board full of QSL cards. These station identi fication cards are exchanged by hams when radio contact is first J. Deardorf f Rites Today Statesman New Service MONMOUTH Funeral ser vices for John M. Harris Dear dorff, 80, who died at the family home here May 18, will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Smith Mortuary Chapel at Indepen dence. ' Born at Clackamas Jan. 4, 1873, Deardorff spent his lifetime in Oregon, becoming a resident of Independence in 1942. He had lived in Monmouth since 1950 and was a retired farmer. Surviving are his widow, May Deardorff, Monmouth; three daughters, Mrs. Rachel Kerns, St Paul, Minn., Mrs. Georgie Em bree, Salem, and Mrs. Anna Par ker, Sweet Home; dne brother, Estes Deardorff, Beavercreek; 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The Rev. William F. Rademach er will officiate at services and interment will be at the IOOF Cemetery, Lebanon. FAST FINE nnvicn 945 A. VL; 12:15 P. KL and 6:20 P.M. PORTLAND . . 30 min. SEATTLE .... I hrs. Ixrthbewne1 MeinlbMrs Uv at fc25 A. IX; 335 P.M. and &33 P.M. MID FORD ... 90min. SAN FRANCISCO 34 hrs. LOS ANGELES . J4hr. Locol Hmt shown. For frovf information, caff or writo Unitod. Airport Tern! not. Colt 2-2435 r yew travel agent. COMMA! THf fAMM AND rovucosrju made. The display will represent over 190 different countries of the world. Addresses during the day Sun day will include "Mobile Receiv er Installations," Ray Morrow, Sa lem radioman; "Civil Defense and Amateur Radio," R. W. Sands trom and L B. McKinney, acting director and deputy director of the i State Civil Defense; "VHF Communications and Noise Re duction in Mobiles," Ray Cum mins, representing Motorola, Inc.; "The Tuna Fish Can RF Bridge Voltmeter," John Reinartz; "El ectrical Shock Hazard Demonstra tion," John Haggard representing the California-Oregon Power Co. The concluding address will be given Sunday evening during a banquet in the downtown Ar mory, by Comdr. R. E. Thomlin son, U. S. Naval Reserve, of Sta tion W7LY. He will discuss "El ectronics in Our Time." Fire Estimate Set at $9,4300 Fire did an estimated $9,000 damage to the Meadows Restau rant in the Pacific Building on State Street Tuesday midnight. Art Peters, manager, said Wed nesday. The eating establishment, which is adjacent to the Capitol Thea ter, will be closed for about 10 days, Peters said, while the en tire interior is redecorated. Firemen believed the blaze discovered by three policemen started in or near the kitchen range and swept up a ventilator shaft which led to the root A woman's lounge above the kitchen on a second floor balcony was ruined by flames and walls were charred. Some dishes and food stuff were also destroyed, said Peters. Smoke and water damage was considerable. - All downtown fire equipment responded to the fire and fire men quickly brought it under control. Although tea has been grown in South Carolina, labor costs were too high to permit it to com pete on the world markets. Salem ?eIliooTs GARFIELD SCHOOL The Garfield School Mothers and Dads Club held it final meeting of the year on Tuesday with election of next year's of ficers highlighting the meeting. Officers elected were Dr. Bay J. Pinson, president; Ralph Nobl gren, vice president; Mrs. Richard Lankow, secretary; and Mrs. Irv ing DeFrance, treasurer. The mothers of the first grade, headed by Mrs. Richard Lankow and Mrs. Rudy Meffert, acted as hostesses to the group. The program for the club meet ing was furnished by the Gar field School fifth and sixth grades. Taking part were Eliza beth Alderson, Paula Andre gg, Sarah Busick, Shannon Dyer, Da vid Fix, Eddie Funderburk, Scott Gordon, Leo Harris, Susan Hoff man, Charles Hoover, David Hoov er, Janet Klinefelter, Herbie Klohk, Larry Lane, Judy Mason, Charlotte Millard, Loraine New comb, Douglas Nohlgren, Jack Painter, Robert Perry, Marilyn Pinson, Jack Potticary, Craig Rosenbalm, David Searcy, PearH Tyler, Donald Waller, Jill Amund son, John Arringtorv Kay -Berg-land, PrisciHa Calderon, Walter Cauble, Martha Creighton. Marie Dyer, Tommy Finch. Janet Gass- away, Charley Herrman, Diane Hopkins, Susan Klarr, Sharon Langley, Mary Beth; Lockenour, Alexandria March. Mary Lou He Collum, Karen Meier, Kay Ann Meier, Judy Ohmart, Ernest OWeU, Edward Painter, Connie Sue Rose, Brenda Lee Russell, Charles Searcy, Nancy Smith, Jer ry Steinbock, Joyce Stevenson, Suzette Taylor, .Richard Teague, Virginia Wimmer and Justin Woyke. GRANT SCHOOL On Friday, the fourth grade, with Mrs. Vivian Mets as instruc tor, will present a group of mar ionette shows, written by the stu dents, about the several different geographical areas which they have studied .during, the year. The third grade of Grant School School will take a field trip Mon day to Champoeg to end their study of Oregon history. They will be accompanied by their teacher, Miss Elizabeth Hoyer, Principal Mr WUHsm EL Smith and Mrs. A. T. Hanson. ' A program in honor - of the Grant School graduating class will be held Monday with the Rev. Ernest P. Goulder of Jason Lee Methodist Church as speak er. A ; combined orchestra of Grant and Garfield Schools will play under the direction of. Mrs. Grade E. Erickson. During the afternoon athletic events will be held. A similar program will be held at Garfield School May 29. LINCOLN SCHOOL j With the weather unfavorable,; Lincoln School faculty and stu dents moved into the auditorium Tuesday to present the Spring Festival program for the parents, j - ine weme was u. a. A., tne Great Melting Pot Students par ticipating were Gary Kilgore, Howard Keen, Phil Gilstrap, Larry EtzeL Gary Brunk, Mason Burn ham. and Gary Nieland. : Students from each grade pre sented songs and dances of other countries. Included were Indian, Swedish, German, Czechoslovak ia n, Irish and Spanish. Concluding the program were the May Pole dance and singing by the stndent body. All costumes in the program were made by the students.' The Statesman, Salem, Ortw Thmdar. May 81 Onerator Dies i ' f i Under Tractor HEPPNER in A tractor over turned and fatally crushed its op erator Wednesday on l. S. High way 30 at Heppner Junction- The victim, Bradford M. Long, 34, of Boardman, was pinned be neath the vehicle. He was employ ed by a road construction firm. : ; r-.i . 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