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By CHARLES IRELAND
What has Portland got that Salem hasn't got? . . For one
thing, parking-lot rates that are getting too blamed expen
sive ... If you manage to get into a close-in-lot, you can run!
up a $1.50 bill faster than you can find a place to park at
the curb . . . You valley folks might note this and do your
quote big city Christmas shopping at Salem . . . You can get
one of our Desky oarkin? tickets and still have a rinllar lpft
to buy Christmas presents. -
Elk Prairie School in neighboring Clackamas County has
won the "smallest school" title hands down this year ... A few
monios ago, it looked like five pupils would show up, so Clyde
Babcock was hired as teacher . . . Bat the three families in the
district all went away and Babcock has been presiding daily
' from 9 to 1 o'clock over an empty school ... His salary for
Teaching no pupils: $3,425. , , ' - -
If tickets for speeding spoil your day, observe those new
45-mile speed signs througp. Hayesville out to the Chemawa
Totem Pole . . . G-2 reports State Police will keep a watchful
eye on this 2.7 mile strip in fact, patrolmen have been pick
ing off maybe one-a-day all fall near Hayesville School.
Doable, woe for Oregon's free-lance feature writers ...
. Oregon's most accessible market, the Portland newspaper sup
plements, will soon be a thing of the past . . . One magazine
section is going rotogravure, which is expected to be mainly
; pictorial; the other paper quietly will scuttle its feature-article
section in a week or so.
Men, if you are pondering a Christmas gift for the Mrs.
and want to leave her starry-eyed, I have observed that dia
monds, furs and fortune-tellina are the three thinas that send
women into a tizzy the quickest ... 1 you can't afford a mink
stole or a diamond solitaire, you might buy her a year's sub
scription to The Statesman so she can read her fortune every
day in our new feature, "Star Gazer" . . . No 20 per cent tax,
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SUBLIMITY An old-fash
ioned Thanksgiving Day reminis
cent of the first Thanksgiving
will be observed by St Boniface
Parish at Sublimity Thursday.
Women of the parish will serve
dinner from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Turkey and homemade sausage
will be featured.
Girls from the high school have
volunteered as baby sitters for
children one year old or younger
during the dinner hours.
Early Mass will be offered at
6:30 a.m. followed by a special
high Mass of Thanksgiving at 11
a.m.
Games and bazaar activities
will be held during the after
noon, followed by awarding of
prizes at night An early supper
will be served.
Dance at Night
Festivities will close with a
dance in the parish hall with
music by Stubby Mills orchestra.
Mrs. Joseph Wolf and Mrs.
William Lulay are chairmen of
the dinner committee. Other
chairmen: Dining room, Mrs. Lee
Highberger: variety store, Mrs.
Joseph Jacoby; fancy work, Mrs.
Ben Toepper, Miss Clara Wolf;
fish pond, Miss Agnes Wolf; priz
es, Ted Minden; dance, Joseph
Heuberger, Ted Minden; general
committee, Lee Highberger, Rob
ert Stuckart, Walter Breiten-stein.
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All Aboard for Alaska!
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IDANHA The Beverly B, in which Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Self ridge,
Idanha, made four round trips between Seattle and Alaska, is
pictured with the Selfridges and a friend, Bert steers, aboard.
Canyon Residents Will Miss
Sea Voyages in Small Craft
wny aid Myrus, the fortune-teller, leave rortland so
abruptly? ... Do you suppose he looked into his own future
and saw a lot of bum: predictions coming home to roost? . .
Actually; it was just more of Myrus'astute showmanship. He
left while folks were still clamoring for more instead of wait
ing for his act to wither on the vine . . . Myrus is now at Kan
sas Ciy, Mo. . . . When it comes to Myrus, I'm from Missouri,
too ... No kidding. I am amazed that Myrus created such
a stir around the valley with an old routine . . ..Just proves
that a lot of people enjoy being fooled and having their for
tune told ... By the way, whatever happened to the gal who
used to "read minds" under a big umbrella on the State Fair
midway ("Now your lucky day's Tuesday, your lucky num
bers seven") . . . She was good, too . . . Has missed two fairs
now and fair officials have lost track of her.
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The Amazing Mr. V," who opens today at the Capitol
Theater, is primarily a hypnotist . . . Hell call up a flock of
people from the audience, select maybe 15 or 20 and give them
the "whammy" all at once . . . From then one, the show is sup
posed to get pretty fanny ... Mr. V comes to Salem from
. Seattle where his press notices were good.
Signs of the Times: How to Marry a Millionaire is the
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brand new play . . . The lush '50s are taking on the overtones
of the roaring '30s, but the smart babies are clanking a few
quarters into the kitty . . . They remember October, 1929,
when the gold Cadillac turned into a pumpkin end the ex
millionaires icaited in line to jump off tall buildings.
. When will wide-screen movies come to Salem? . . . Not
, until the1 industry settles on a standard wide screen, says Pete
Jones, Salem movieman . . . Pete, I think 20th Century's Cine
mascope is a good bet to win the wide-screen derby . . . As
you know, some of the scenes in "How to Marry a Millionaire"
are even better than "The Robe" . , . New York City's sky
line looks terrific in Cinemascope ... So does Marilyn Mon
roe's . . . No date set for bringing "The Robe" to Salem yet,
but another religious movie, "Martin Luther," will be shown
here as soon as it can be booked.
From Polk County, our Pedee correspondent reports quite
a bear hunt the other day. Seems a bear had been killing some
sheep and goats on Mrs. Rittie Herbert farm, so a party of 12
hunters and 19 dogs took to the woods. Once when Clyde Wil
son got off his horse to shoot, the horse ran away ... A dog
was tied to the saddle horn and got dragged for a mile . . . Net
result oi ine nuoi, wrote jnrs. aianey nowara, was Killing one
three-legged coyote in Bump Canyon.
Consolidation
Discussion Set
Statesman Newt Service
SILVERTON A general meet
ing of 11 rural districts has been
called for Bethany School, two
miles west of Silverton, for
Thursday, Dec. 3.
At this meeting representatives
of the various districts will report
the ideas of their districts on
consolidation. A meeting was
held a week ago at Evens Valley
benool at which consolidation
with Silverton School district
was outlined by Superintendent
George Balderstone.
Balderstone explained the pro
posed school project showing re-'
ceipts and expenditures under a
consolidation system.
The Brush Creek School board
is calling a meeting for Monday,
inov. 3U. at its school.
Snappy Weather
Brings Requests
From Needy Folk
SUtrrman News Service
DALLAS Many requests for
wearable clothing and footwear
for both children and adults have
been made recently at the Polk
County welfare office, according
to Mrs. Mable Dalo. admini
strator. And a dearth of quilts
and blankets exists now that the
nights are regularly crisp.
contributions oi bedding or
clothing may be made to Mrs,
Fred J. Holman, 891 Washington
St., Dallas, for welfare use.
Joseph Marty, Apiarist, Dies
For Help pn
Garden Problems
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Statesman News Service
SILVERTON Joseph Marty,
70, widely-known valley apiarist,
died here Thursday night. He was
a long-time resident here. Marty
was born in Kansas, Nov. 1, 1883.
Surviving are two brothers, Leo
Marty, Silverton, and Fred Marty.
American Falls, Idaho; and a sis
ter, Mrs. Sam Berdin in Califor
nia.
Private services were held Fri
day with interment at Mt Crest
Abbey Mausoleum in Salem.
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Statesman News Service
GATES A miscellaneous
household shower will be given
in the Gates High School recrea
tion rooms for Mr. and Mrs. Colis
Heath, whose home and contents
burned recently. Date will be
Tuesday at 8 p. m.
- Hostesses for the occasion will
be Mrs. Robert Levon, Mrs. Gwen
Schaer and Mrs. William Pennick.
All friends and neighbors are in
vited, the hostesses stated.
Peedee The Woman's Club
will hold its annual bazaar on
Dec 2 at the club house.
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By WtNNIFREB MOORE
Statesman News Service
IDANHA A former "sea-1
faring" couple, Mr. and Mrs. W.
R. Selfridge, new residents of the i
community of Idanha, will know
sense of loss when their 45-foot
motor sailer. The Beverly B, is
sold at Seattle harbor. The boat
has been to them a source of in
come and recreation, and a fre
quent means of transportation on
the 600-mile trip from Ketchikan
to Seattle.
During their residence in
Ketchikan, where Selfridge was in
the lumber business, the Self
ridges like many other Alaskans
made an annual fall exodus
from their home to return again
with fair weather in the spring.
On four such voyages, they sailed
the Beverly B to and from Seattle.
Seattle-bound, the little ship
followed the regular steamship
channel, reckoning with the haz
ards of rough weather and the
occasionally high swells of larger
ships. Contact with shore was
maintained by ship to shore
'phone.
The Inside Channel
Through Dickson's Entrance,
along the Inside Channel to rough
Queen Charlotte's Sound, then
through Seymour Narrows be
tween Vancouver Island and the
mainland, and finally past Decep
tion Pass the little ship chugged
her way stateward in the fall.
following the same course in re
verse in the spring.
Though equipped with sails, the
Beverly B under Selfridge's com
mand depended largely on its 65
horse-power engine. The running
time of 80 hours was made at an
average speed of eight knots
to "landlubbers," nine miles an
hour; A 2 a. m. start to a day of
sailing, was not unusual, for the
sailors took advantage of each
hour of daylight
Played Quls Games
To pass the time, Mrs. Selfridge
often stood by the wheel with her
husband to share with him inter-
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esting reading or an entertaining
quiz. On the last trip, the com
pany of three friends enlivened
the voyage for the Selfridges. The
longest-seeming trip they made
was the one that took them to
the bedside of their ion, stricken
with poliomyelitis.
And how will they reconcile
themselves to life without the
Beverly B? Oregon offers more
than one solace, say the Self
ridges. The nearness of two of
their five living Children one in
Washington, and , one in Cali
fornia, conveniences not always
available in Anchorage, even the
scenic beauty of the North San
tiam canyon all will help to
make thoughts of . the Beverly B
merely pleasant memories, not
sad ones.
Stayton Basement of the Stay
ton Baptist Church is being re
modeled this week. Workmen are
plastering the Sunday School
rooms.
Functions of Sp ecial Education
Dept. Told to Pringle Parents
By MRS. J. TL CARTES
Statesman News Service
PRINGLE If you have any notion of breaking a leg to get
out of school, don't bother, because if you can't go to school, it
will come to you. v
That, snd several other functions of the Special Education
Department of Salem School District 24CJ, were explained to the
Pringle Community Club Friday night by Dr. A. Weston Niemela
and a panel from the -department Members of the panel were
Mrs. Jean Jones, whose field is remedial reading, Miss Carroll
Cram, speech therapist, and Miss
Genevieve Russell, social worker.
, In addition to home instruction,
which is available to students who
will be out of school for two
months or more because of acci
dent or illness. Dr. Niemela told
of the educationakprogram at the
TB Hospital. There are two full
time teachers there and usually
from 32 to 35 students.
There are a few elementary stu
dents in that group but most are
of high school patients who are
in the hospital from one to two
years. An average of five students
are graduated from high school
there each year. This program is
supported by the state and not
Salem school funds.
Special Class Held
A special class is maintained at
Hoover School for children who
are slow learners. These are
children drawn from schools all
over the city. Dr. Niemela stated
that the slow learning might be
caused by fevers, other illness or
accidents.
Attendance counseling and vo
cational planning are two among
1 several other functions performed
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For some reason, boys seem to
have more reading difficulties
than girls. Mrs. Jones stated that
90 per cent of those children re
ferred to her for remedial read
ing are boys. Many students that
appear to have reading diffi
culties In the lower grades will
have overcome that by the fourth
or fifth grades so most remedial
work is not started before that
tune.
Confidence Needed .
The best way to deal with
speech difficulties is to give the
child confidence, as the lack of
confidence is often at the root of
the difficulty, Miss Cram stated.
She does her work in speech
difficulty on a schedule among
14 schools.
A nervous child has trouble
with school work because he is
jumpy even in his thought pro
cesses, Miss Russell told the
group. She suggested more than
usual bed rest even if he doesnt
sleep, for such a child. In ex
treme cases a doctor may give a
mild sedative to induce rest
During the business meeting,
Don Dawson resigned as presi
dent to become scoutmaster. The
Boj; Hurt mile
Trying to Stop
Marauding Dogs
Statesman News Service
JEFFERSON Two dogs tV
tacked two sheep in the lot be
hind the Glen Cobb home on
Main Street Wednesday, injuring
both, one so badly it had to be
killed. When Glen Jr., 11-year-old
son 'of the Cobbs tried to
stop the dogs, they turned on
him, biting him, and causing him
to step in a hole, turning his foot
and tearing loose the ligaments
in his ankle. Before Cobb could
get home from his work at the
Manufacturing plant, the dogs
had left
This all happened on Glen Jr.'s
birthday, and he thinks it a poor
way to celebrate.
vice-president Don Cannon, will
serve as president the rest of
the year.
Because the club is sponsoring
both 4-H and scout work, two
men. Dr. Irvin HiU and A. W.
Hoerauf, were appointed chair
men in charge of youth activities.
Dec. 4 was set as the date for
a basket social to be given by the
club. The combined Community
Club meeting and school Christ
mas program will be held on the
night of Dec. 18.
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