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4a (Sc 2) Statesman Salem, Ore WedL July Z7, 1993
THE VALLEY NEWS COLUMNS
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from The! Oregon Statesman's Valley Correspondents 1
Sniall Weekly Newspaper Thrives
Under Husband-Wife Managemen t
. Jty CHARLES IRELAND
Taller. Editor, The Statesman ;
(Fallowing- is the first in
cries ef stories about weekly
newspaper, in the mld-TmHey.
Others win appear at frequent
interval) j
" JEFFERSON There might not
be a Jefferson Review anymore
if Gladys Angell hadn't loat her
brown-end-white collie, Laddy,
the day her family moved to
WellsvUle, Kans.,- years ago.
Les "Shields, the new, blonde
haired neighbor boy, came over
to help Gladys find the lost
Laddy.. i -
Such goings on . eventually led
to the altar, and six days later,
on April 1, 1932, the newlyweds
bought the tottering Jefferson
Review. I
This prompted Salem news
paperman A. M. Church to pen
in his Hollywood Press: '
v. "Lester Shields is a young
man ef nerve and enterprise.
Last week he got married and
embarked in the newspaper
basinets, 'all in one week.
Either is sufficiently adventur
ous and thrilling for the aver
age man. If Lester makes a
success ef both, it will be
proper to add his name to the
What a Man lisf
The Shields have not merely
made a success of news papering.
"They have kept the Jefferson Re
view prospering while most com
parable Marion County news
papers have gone the way of all
flesh. 1
They were at Turner, Gervais,
Hubbard Aurora.
Four-Page Paper
The Jefferson He view is a
small paper by any standard. But
in its four' semi-tabloid pages, the!
news of a rich farming area is
mirrored welL
Most of the Review's 500-plos
subscribers now pay their $2
yearly subscription without winc
ing, but it was not always so.
When the Shields hught the
paper, the depression was in
full flower, and the Review's
tiny newsroom sometimes
looEfcd more like Ernie Fletch
er's market up the street.
Farmers bartered for their sub
scription with hams, chickens,
sides of bacon even homemade
bread.
"One heeds to be part medicine
man, magician and Yankee
trader," concluded petite Gladys
Shields, "to operate a country
newspaper-" V
The Review was founded about
1890 by G. A. Stanford. Subse
quent publishers included "Tip"
Humphreys and H. D. Mars.
Somewhere along the line the
Review acquired a small, hand
operated press which Les con
Verted; it's now ! power-driven.
The press grinds out a week's run
in about an hour. Les feeds it,
and Gladys folds the papers by
hand.
At first the press didnt print
well n the extreme left side
ef the front page, so Les re
duced the size of the columns,
250 Attend
Lewisville-
Airlie Picnic
Statesman News Service
AIRLIE Over 250 residents of
Orejjon and Washington attended
the. annual Lewisville-Airlie pic
nic Sunday at Maple Grove Pic
nic Grounds.
The program was conducted by
the president, G. J. Hiebenthal;
secretary, Mrs. V. 0. Osborn and
historian, Mrs. Leland Prather.
The same officers wiU hold over
for another year. !
Mr. and Mrs, EL W. Staats,
Monmouth, and Mr. and Mrs. C.
V. Johnson, Salem,: were introduc
ed; both couples will celebrate
their 55th wedding anniversary
this faU.
XMr. and Mrs. Frank Sheythe
celebrated their 50th anniversary
last November. Mr, and Mrs. Ken
neth Richards were present with
the youngest child, Garry Linn,
- their two-weeks-old son.
Dr. V. C Staats of Carlton ex
pressed thanks of the group to
the officers and committees, who
made the picnic a success.
Weddiags Listed !
Weddings in the past year have
been Mary Lou Tarter and James
Johnson; Charlene Tarter and
llelvin Lytle; Marion Davis and
Harold LJovd: Peggy Sehroeder
and Leslie McBeth; Sandra Staats
and; Randy Sparks; Patricia Wil
ton and D. Charles Atwatcr;
Blanche Johnson and Earl Henry;
June Davis and Tom Hooker Jr.;
Janet Comstock and Patrick Lai
brant . . . ! - ' ' ;
Babies have arrived in the
homes of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dun
ckel; Mr. and Mrs. Randy Sparks;
Mr. and Mrs. Don Dickey; Mr,
and Mrs. Leonard Crowley; Mr,
and Mrs. Norman Runkle; Mr.
and Mrs. Parker ! Gies; Mr. and
Mrs. Curtis Lamb; Mr. and Mrs,
,James Johnson; Mr. and Mrs. Ja
cob Floub Jr., Mr; and Mrs. Ken
.neth Richards; Mr. and Mrs.
Theadore Boyer; 1 Mr. and Mrs;
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JEFFERSON Smiles usually wreath the faces ef Les and Gladys
Shields on Thursday nights when another edition ef the weekly
Jeff erson, Review is "put to bed." Husband-and-wife team, they
are nominally the entire staff of the newspaper they have pub
lished here for 21 years. (Statesman photo.)
shrinking the paper two inches
in width. It worked.
Big change came in 1934 when
the Review got its first typeset
ting machine. Before that, every
word in the paper was hand-set
in big, 10-point type.
Both Operate Linotype
Both Les and Gladys can oper
ate the Linotype. Gladys learned
"on the job" on the WellsviUe
(Kars.) Globe and Les went to
printers' school.
Gladys operated a Linbtype at
The Statesman, too, before she
was married. And during World
War II she returned to The
Statesman while they leased the
Review. Les went to the ship
yards. But you can't wash off printer's
ink. Both were back in six
months. -
Last year Gladys was ill and
they listed the Review for sale.
"Several people came around,"
Les recalled, smiling, "but I
talked them all out of buying it"
After 21 years, the Shields
have decided that running a
small weekly is a good life. For
the community, tbey gather
news that otherwise might
never see print. Jefferson mer
chants respond with the adver
tisements many of them busi
ness cards that help the paper
flourish.
Legal advertisement's, however,
are the backbone of the Review's
income, often dominating the two
inside pages.
Minncsotans Now
Living at Silverton
Statesman Newt Service
SILVERTON" Mr. and Mrs.
John E. Bronson and small daugh
ters, Kate and Becky, are new
comers in Silverton from Duluth,
Minn. They are living in the
Thomas Blundell home, while Mr.
and Mrs. Blundell are making an
extended visit in Alaska.
Mrs. Bronson, a piano teacher,
is starting classes here. Her hus
band is associated with the
Square Deal Lumber Company.
Since their arrival a short time
ago, they have been at the home
of Mrs. Bronson's mother, Mrs.
Janet Lattto. '
Twins Top ,
Valley Birtlis
. Statesmaa News Service
STAYTON Mr. and Mrs. Har
old Adams. Lyons route 1, are
parents of twins, a boy and a girl,
born July 25 at Santiam Memorial
Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. David Sutton,
Stay ton, are parents of a daugh
ter, born July 25 at Santiam Me
morial Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. "Max Brown, Stay-
ton route 1, are parents of a son,
born July 26, at Santiam Memor
ial Hospital. ,
SILVERTON Mr. and Mrs.
Morris Hammer, ML AngeL are
parents of a son born July 23 at
Silverton Hospital. - '
Leslie McBeth, and Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Schenck.
Deaths have been Fain Simp
son, Jacob Ploub Sr., Mrs. Frank
Byerley and Mrs. Helen Jones
Dilts. ;i: A Vv,
One of the older members,
William Boyer, was confined
much of the year with a broken
hip. ' - -rv--:-.:.
The picnie will be held again
next year on the last Sunday in
July.
Local News Comes 1st
After that, "local" news has
top priority. If there's still room,
a hand-out those interminable
press releases that glut the mail
of newspapers might receive
consideration.
Especially at vacation time.
For 15 years the Shields have
printed an entire edition of the
Review a week ahead in order
to have a vacation. Once they
even printed two editions
ahead.
Reason is the law that requires
weekly newspapers to publish
every week or lose second-class
mailing privileges. Recently leg
islation was proposed to let
country editors "take a break for
two weeks.
While applauding the motive,
Shields said it would not alter
the Review's policy because, as
he saw it, legal notices would
still require uninterrupted publi
cation. Anyway, it's almost a moot
question if you're lucky enough
to publish a newspaper in a
community where folks don't
care if you run in a ringer and
go fishing.
And, as Statesman Photog
rapher John Ericksen and the
writer left this pleasant assign
ment, we decided that Gladys and
Les Shields were lucky to have
Jefferson for a home.
We decided that Jefferson was
lucky to have Gladys and Les
Shields, too.
Liberty Cliurch
To Picnic Sunday
In Sunnyside Area
Statesmaa Niwi Serrlc
LIBERTY The Sunday School
picnic of Liberty Christian Church
will be held Sunday at 12:20 p.m.
at Crestwood Acres in the Sunny
side area.
Each family is to bring a hot
dish, salad or dessert, and table
service. Treats will be furnished
by the Homebuilders class which
is sponsoring the picnic
Mrs. Harold Plew and Mrs. Ger
ald Knepper are in charge of
invitations, Mrs.: Dean Withers
and Mrs. Lester Stringer, games.
Mrs. Floyd Turvey and Mrs. Ro
land Seeger are chairmen.
All who attend the Liberty
church are Invited.
Valley
Briefs
Marquam - The Butte Creek
4-H Club will picnie Sunday at
Butte Creek School. The commu
nity is welcome to attendr
Independence The descend
ants of the Rev, Thomas Manley
Ramsdell a pioneer of 1844, will
hold a reunion Sunday at Chanv
poeg State Park, reports Mrs. S
A. Ramsdell. Independence.
There will be basket dinner at
noon. . . i
Broeks The Brooks Garden
Club will hold a family picnic
in tne pane at buverton on bun
day, August 23. : Plana were made
at a recent meeting at the home
of Mrs. Walter Brutka.
Orchard Heights The Orchard
Heights Womans Club picnie will
be held Sunday at Maud William
son Memorial Park on the Salem
Dayton Highway, A covered-dish
dinner will be served at 1 pjn.
Past and present members are
welcome.
MiUefaan
Holds Reunion
SUUsasaa Nws ferries :
SLLVERTOrSr The HUller re
union was held Sunday in the
Coolidge & McCUise Park at Sil
vertoa with a larger1 attendance
than in former years.
Those attendins were Mr. and
Mrs. John Miller and Jimmie and
Geraldine Allen, Mr., and Mrs.
Lloyd Miller, Wayne and Beese,
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Allen, Roy,
ana Linton, and Aured Fenaarns,
all of Suver.
Mr. and Mrs. George Goodwin,
Turner: Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Nel
son and Wayne and Ronald, Mr.
and Mrs. George Nelson and May
and Harold, Shelda and Shirley
Gisse, aU of Portland.
Marvin Thomas, Deer Island;
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Minkler, Mr.
and Mrs. Edson Kimsey and Ken
neth, Archie, Laura and Ella, all
of Silverton: Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Lowry and Dee Parish, Mr. and
Mrs. Jess Richter ' and Rodney,
Mrs. Alba Dedrick, all of Corval
lis; Miss Maxine Duke, Newberg;
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Miller and
LeRoy, I-onny and Gary, Salem.
Open House
At Mt Angel
Fireball Set
Statesmaa News Service
MT. ANGEL Fire Chief Fran
cis Schmidt has asked all mem
bers of the Business Men's Club
to take part in the Wednesday
night celebration which is ar
ranged to display the new fire
house and the latest fire true to
citizens.
The three-point program is to
start with open house atjthe fire
hall at 7 p.m., the formal bless
ing of the hall and truck at 8
p.m., followed by demonstration
of the new equipment by the Mt.
Angel fire department Chief
Schmidt also gave a brief talk'
on the trip he and Jim Bourbon
nais made to San Diego to get the
new truck.
Carl Mucken reported that the
highway committee is trying to
arrange a meeting with the State
Highway Commission to oush im
provement of the Silverton-Wood-burn
highway.
Pete Gores gave a report on the
Cascade Highway meeting at Scio
last week.
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Landstrom
Appointed to .
BLM Position
i WASHINGTON- (A Appoint
ment of Karl S. Landstrom. Fort
land, Ore., as chief of the Research
and Program Analysis Branch of
the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) was announced Tuesday.
Secretary of the Interior McKay
said Landstrom, now regional
chief. Division of Lands and Min
erals at Portland, will succeed Ir
ving Senzel, who has been named
assistant to the chief, Division of
Lands here.
Harold Hochmuth, chief of the
Branch of Land Classification here,
will replace Landstrom at Port
land. A successor to Hochmuth
has not been named.
Edward Woozley. BLM adminis
trator said the changes were being
made to strengthen the staff in
Washington and regional offices.
The appointment of William G.
Guernsey to succeed Roscoe E.
Bell-as regional administrator at
Portland was announced Monday.
Woozley said Tuesday that Bell
is being assigned to a technical po
sition in the Alaska region.
Aipity Church
Calls Pastor .
AMITY The Amity Baptist
Church elected Richard Crader as
pastor Sunday. If he accepts the
position he will come to Amity in
September. He is a graduate of
Multnomah School of the Bible,
and attends Linfield College.
The Rev. and Mrs. William P.
Bray will leave Amity in August
for California where he will reg
ister at Berkely Divinity School.
Valley Obituaries
Cornelius VanZuyen
STAYTON Graveside services
for Cornelius VanZuyen, 67, Ger
vais resident who died Monday,
will be under auspices of Fidel
ity Lodge 54, AF & AM, at Belle
Passi Cemetery.
Funeral services will be at 2
p.m. Thursday at Bingo Chapel,
Woodburn. Survivors of Van
Zuyen include two brothers and
two sisters in Holland, rather
than in Hollywood, as inadvert
ently reported by The Statesman
previously.
NOW-MORE
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State Sjudied
For Presence
Of Corn Borer
Federal and state entomolo
gists are currently engaged in
three weeks' survey to deter
mine whether ' the European
corn borer . is present in Ore
gon corn-growing areas.
A. G. Selhime, Washington,
D. C, is representing the fed
eral bureau of entomology and
plant quarantine in the survey,
and John E. Davis, Salem, is
with the plant pest and disease
survey service of he State Ag
ricultural department.
The men are now working in
the Willamette Valley and later
will .be in Southern Oregon.
They spent last week in south
eastern Oregon. Every corn
growing area in the state will
be covered.
Live corn borers were found
, in midwest shipments, of corn
into Oregon a few years ago.
The current detection survey
will disclose whether the quar
antine put on Imports after that
discovery has been effective in
keeping this pest out of Ore
gon. -
In recent years the borer has
worked westward until now it
is known to be in western
Colorado.
Retired Farmer
Diea2Weeks ,
After Surgery
Sylvester McFeeley, retired
farmer and resident of Salem for
the past eight years, died' at a
local hospital Tuesday following
an operation, about two weeks
previous.
Announcement of services will
be made later by the Clough-Bar-rick
Company.
McFeeley was born May 6,
1886 in Salinas, Calif., the son
of John and Martha McFeeley.
He married Selina Warner in As
toria, Dec 31, 1920. He was a
member of the Modern Woodmen
of the World.
Survivors, besides the widow
of 915 S. 12th St, include a
sister, Mrs. Karl Lachelle, and a
step-daughter, Mrs. Clyde Nelson,
both of Portland.
Honey bees carry water as well
as honey.
THAN EVER
16,000 Radio
Store Planned ,
North of City.
Construction 1 permit for a
$16,000 radio store at 2890 Sil
verton Rd., was issued Tuesday
by the city engineer's office to
W. B. Sullivan.
The building will house the
Packard-Bell distributorship in
Salem which is now temporarily
housed at Fairgrounds Road, Sul
livan said.
Other permits issued Tuesday
Included A. C. Engler, erect
dwelling. 1479 Evergreen Ave-
$14,000, and Kenneth Dodge,
erect dwelling, 1830 Lorraine Ct,
10,000.
Alteration permits were Issued
to Mrs. Florence . Beardsley,
dwelling. 757 Center St, $190:
W. R. Mefford, dwelling, 2495 S.
High St, SL500; Mrs. Agnes
Larson, garage, 2385 Laurel Ave.,
$1,800; Kay's Dress Shop, store
and) office, 460 State St, $2,000;
Honeywood Inc., warehouse, 501
S. 14th St, $2,000, and Dwight
Leer, store, 1695 Market St, $500.
Permits were also Issued to
Mrs. Carl Anthony, repair apart
ment, 660 N. Commercial St, $50;
Minnie Deppen, repair dwelling,
1665 N. 5th St, $1,000; H. W.
Free tag, reroof dwelling, 482 S.
18th St, $50, and O. W. Klang
Wrecking Company, wreck ga
rage, 175-179 S. Liberty St, $50.
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MiicLaren Boys'
Camp Site Okelied
AtiTillamookHead
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Transfer of 40 boys o Mac
Laren School from Netarts' Forest
Camp to. Tillamook Head was ap
proved by the State Board of Con
trol here Monday.
James Lamb, boys' school
superintendent, said abandoned
barracks . at Tillamook Head
would be - renovated and placed
in condition for use. He added no
objection to establishing the
camp at its new location has come
from Seaside or Cannon Beach.'
The new campis isolated, Lamb
said, and located four miles from
the highway. V
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Listed Missing
In Korea War
Eleven Oregon men are miss
ing in action in the Korean riser,
gency. the adjutant generol's of
fice reported here Tuesday.
This information was received
in reports from the federal gov
ernment They are:
1st Lt Rayman C Helple. Ma
rine; next of kin, Kayman C
Heiple, Molalla. i v .
Pfc Juan Archuleta, ; Army
next of kin, Micario Archuleta,
Bonanza. .
Pfe. Peter A. Birkel, Army;
next of kin, Theresa P. Birkel,
Route 3, Hillsboro.
Pfc. Albert W. Brant Jr.. Ar
my; next of kin, Albert W. Brant,
5526 N.E. 29th Street, Portland.
CpL Allen L. HarrelL Army;
next og kin, Henry J. Fields, Dex
ter. . ' 4
Capt John C Moore, Air
Force; next of kin, Jane E. King,
4802 E. 72nd Avenue, Portland.
Ted E. Pailette Navy; next of
kin, Henry Pilette, Klamath
Falls.
Ensign1 Randolph T. Scoggan,
Navy, next of kin, Leslie W. Scog
gan, Bayton.
Pfc. Lowell E. Shapp, Navy;
next of kin, Ervin Shapp, Mer
rill. .
Sgt Albert E. Todd, Army;
next of kin, Dollie F. Murphy,
Rosetjurg.
Pfc Dow F. JWorden, Army;
next of kin, Joyce L. Worden,
Boardman. ,
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