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-I 4-0k. SJ-StatMBon. Salem. Ore.. Week Jan. 13, 1954 THE From The Oregon Fight Against PoHoToldat Hoover P-TA U ! I Statesman News Service EAST SALEM Polio hit the country in much the same man ner as World War II, Ray Kea ton told i the Hoover P-TA Mon day night in describing how the March of Dimes works. , The country i was unprepared to combat polio; until it became "epidemic in many places. Since the start of the! March of Dimes in 1938 ; there have been three programs of attack with a fourth getting under way on a large scale this year, j ' The first program, direct pa tient aid, has ost $174,000,000, while $20,000,000 has been spent on the second program, re search. The thrd program was professional education. The fourth program is that of prevention through use of gamma globulin and a test vac cine. It is estimated the entire program this year will cost $75, 000,000. It was reported by those in charge of P-TA projects that the movie screen and radio had been purchased and the kiln ordered. Because of the cost of stage lighting it was suggested that it might be feasible to table that project, or a part of it, for this year. A detailed report on the city recreation program, jointly fi nanced by the school district and the city, was . given by Dr. Ian MacDonald. Mrs. Betty Lundy's first grade room won the room count Fertilizer Firm Gets Permit for Hubbard Station Statesman New Service HUBBARD ! The Hubbard City Council has granted permis sion to the Charles H. Libby com pany to install and operate an Ammonia Fertilizer station in Hubbard. Tom Moore, sales agent for the Hubbard Ammonia station and Fenn Emerson, manager of the Albany ammonia station, present ed the application to the council. They pointed out that Hubbard is the first location in the mid-valley for service and distribution of this new liquid fertilizer mat erial The City" Council action en ables the company to develop storage tanks and necessary equipment to handle the liquid fertilizer for ! t h e 1954 season. The station will be located next to the Southern Pacific spur tracks' with offices at the Hub bard Feed and Suply Co. CHURCH CONTEST ON SWEET HOME In the Sun day School contest between the Sweet Homej Church of Christ and the Christian Church of Al bany, Sweet Home is leading. The Sweet Home attendance Sunday was 310; Albany had 30L The contest closes on Easter. Stretch your day ii i j a IS djipjoTsi f it i ! H am. VALLEYi NEWS COLUMNS ! i Statesman's Valley Toddler Rescued From Bathroom At Four Corners ! If -I fUtesmaa Newt Service FOUR CORNERS Volunteer firemen: came to the rescue Tuesday when two year o Id Kristine Bailey locked herself in the bathroom of her parents home at 2259 Byram Ave. The mother, Mrs. R. E. Bai ley, appealed to the fire depart ment after trying in vain to tell the toddler how to turn the lock bn the door knob. Foot i Corners Fire Captain Frank Borden climbed through a window and unlocked the door.; Fire Chief Ted Miller also answered the alarm. Salem H 1 . eigiits 1 1 i Grocer Dies Due to Stroke Mm Statesman News Service SALEM HEIGHTS William F Gatchell, who has operated Gatch eU's .Grocery Store at 3295 S. Commercial St for the past 15 yearsi died unexpectedly Tuesday following a stroke at his home. He Was 69. Gatchell was about to leave for the store, located a short dis tance; jfrom his Triangle Drive home, shortly before 7 a.m. when he was stricken. He was rushed to a hospital where he died about 12:30 p.m. The well-known neighborhood grocer came here in 1938 from Jefferson where he was buying agent for Swift Co. and ran a feed; and grain store. Gatchell's Store, just south of Visti Market, has been operated by Gatchell, his wife, Mrs. Bertha Gatchell, and his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frank Gatchell. The family will continue to run the store. Born in Brookings, S.D., Nov. 30, 1884, Gatchell moved with his parents to Lebanon when he was 12. ! There he later operated a con fectionery store and was married in Lebanon in 1912 to Bertha Cook.) She survives him. In 11914 the couple went to Woddburn where Gatchell opera ted the Bungalow movie theater and: was employed at a garage The family moved to Jefferson in 1923. He! was a member of Court Street Christian Church, Surviving, besides the widow, are one son, Frank Gatchell, Jef ferson school teacher; two grand children, Jerry and Terry Gatch ell, I Jeff erson; and one brother, Dr. SL. W. Gatchell, Albany, Private funeral services will be held j Friday in Howell-Edwards ChapeL Allen Henderson Heads Pringle Student Body i I- PRINGLE A student coun cil! was organized recently at Pringle School with Allen Hen derson chosen as president Other student body officers in clude Arvid Robinson, vice president; Deloria Shriver, sec retary, David Schildmeyer, treasurer; and Benny Bishop, sergeant-at-arms. thp ilainlintr Voy ovwflv i:40 oifi bock Iv 5:50 p.m or choose from 2 other flights daily each way I i ! Shop, visit, work ... United' time-saving Mainliner com muter service conserves your eneTgy; gives you plenty of time at 'your destination with out spending nights away from home! Economical, too, and you enjoy Mainliner cuisine aloft at mealtime without extra charge!. J Correspondents Dial! Phones Win in Stayton Straw es Statesman New Service STAYTON A smaller turnout than anticipated j gathered Mon day night at theiStayton city Hall to hear preliminary figures pertinent to cost of dial -system telephone service 'for the Stayton Mutual Association which line serves Stayton proper, and is one of 19 lines comprising the Stay ton Cooperative Switchboard As sociation, i Gus Kirsch presented his com mittee's study of costs, first for bringing the present system up to tip-top efficiency; versus the change-over to a dial system. He ended by revealing that the lat ter would cost more right now but in the long run would need less maintenance land be more amenable to adding more custom ers. 1 1 1 For the "how to raise the mon ey" side, Merle Crane gave a re sume of his committee's study on rates, which it was, thought would prevail if a changeover would be accomplished; stating that his committee believed rates should vary in accordance with use of phone; business phones being in the highest category. . Preceding these reports, Ed Bell, secretary of j the association, explained the costs of the line during the last year. A straw vote of the 37 pres ent indicated they favored the change to dial system and of consolidation with the other lines of the cooperative sys tem, i : j An annual meeting, when more conclusive j figures will be presented representing a survey by an engineer j .Will be held on Monday, Jan. 25, when the entire 19 lines will be i represented. Annual Silverton Smorgasbord Set Statesman News Service SILVERTON ! i The annual spring smorgasbord of the Meth odist Church has been set for April 20. Clyde Mummery, mana ger of the Methodist Manor at Portland, will assist as he did last year. jlj The Women's Society of Christ ian Service will i hold its general January meeting Tuesday at the social rooms of; the church with Miriam Circle in charge. At this time the new ; 'members joining the society during 1953 will be honored. j S CHAMBER BANQUET SET SWEET HOME Annual ban quet of the East Linn Chamber of Commerce will be held Mon day, Jan. 25, according to Pat Paterson, newly elected presi dent I ' : 1 f . ; If stands fe reason that you!! gtt lha Aewsf Via from fhajwerld largest builder with 40 yoars of ftxperiene In developing and Improving this typa of angina. And now for 54...Nw power! New oconomy of if opararion! For 1954, Chevrolet brings yea your choice of two great high-compression VaJve-in-Hcad engines. One, the advanced "Blue-Flame 125" engine, delivering 125-h.p. and teamed with the highly perfected Powerglide Auto matk Transmission, now available on all models at extra cost And the other, the advanced "Blue-Flame US' engine, deliver- Community Church Started In Pedee Area Statesman News Service j PEDEE A community church was organized Sunday at the tent at Pedee where revival meetings have been held the1 past five weeks by the Rev. John Lawjer of Monmouth. The Mr. Rev. Law ler was called as pastor for the next three years. Pastor Ed Lee of Falls City spoke oh Sunday afternoon. J. j Signing the charter member ship roll were the Rev. and Mrs. John Lawler, Mattie and i John Jr., Ira and Curtis McBeth, Mr. and Mrs. Louie Potter;) Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Dodge, MrJ and Mrs. James Broadus, Leslie, Venita and Loyd, Mr. and Mrs.! Fred Car ver, Mr. and Mrs. Alvis Mills and Terry, Mr. and Mrs. C. jC. Fry. Also Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Herter, Mr. and Mrsi.1 Thomas Tharp, Mr. and Mrs. John McGee, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hanna, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bennett, James Gage, Laverne and Donald Price, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Buyes, Mrs. Grace Lynn and Mrs; Bil l e Smith. The congregation plans to build a church and will continue services in the tent until comple tion of the new bunlding, Community Clufc At Pringle Plans School Program ri i Statesman News Service j PRINGLE A panel discussion by supervisors of various depart ments of the Salem School Sys tem will be the feature of the meeting of the Pringle Commu nity Club Friday night. j Slated to take part in the dis cussion are Gretchen Kraemer, music; Marjorie Chester, library'; Margaret McDevitt, Urt; Mrs. Grace Wolgamott, physical educa tion; and Mrs. Emma Wassom, head of the lunch program. ) Moderator will be Harry John son. The administration angle of the school program (Till be (pre sented by Arthur V. Meyers Awards will be presented to members of the newly formed Boy Scout troop by Scoutmaster Don Dawson. j j ii Work Progresses On Church pyin Statesman News Service J UNIONVALE Siding on! the west and south sides of the; gym nasium of the Unionvale Evan gelical United Brethren Church will be put on as rapidly ai vol unteer labor is available, tit is planned to have it on before Feb. 1 so the contractor can lay the hardwood floor in the gymnasi um during February; j It is planned to seal the inside walls of the gym with plywood and build two hobby shop rooms for the boys and girls on the north balcony, also to make the gym serviceable to the youth of the community. ;j j Smoother, quiattr flntr parformancal ing 115-h.p. and teamed with the highly improved jSynchro-Mesh Transmission, pro viding smooth, quiet gear engagement. ' Both of these engines bring you sensational new power and performance as well as new and improved gasoline economy, j -Come in; see and drive this smarter, livelier, thriftier Chevrolet and place your order now! Vall0y Briefs j Kelier The P-TaI will present a health program at 8 p. m. Thursday at Keizer School audi torium. A brief business meet ing will be held. Students will entertain with 'a tumbling act and calisthenics. A film1 on mental hygiene will be shown. A psychia trist will be present to answer questions. Seventh j and eighth l grade room mothers will serve! refreshments. j Turner Elmer Church has been elected secretary-treasurer of the Turner Telephone Co. to replace James O. Russell who re signed. Fred Denham was re-elected as trustee fori a three-year term. Plans were made at the an nual meeting to finishing install ing metallic lines to replace old lines. Finances of I the ' company were reported "good." Sunnyslde Officers will be el ected when the Community Club meets Friday at Sunnyside SchooL Members are asked to bring pie or cake, j -i Brush College The Home Ex tension Unit will meet Thursday at 10:30 a. m. at the home of Mrs. R. L. Forester, 2180 Wallace Rd. Food for entertaining will be demonstrated by Mrs. W. Lantis and Mrs. F. W. Reed. Everyone is welcome. f Aumsville Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Hudson have purchased a home in Salem where she is employed. He will continue to operate his garage at Aumsville. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Roberts have mov ed to Quincy, Wash. He received a farm through the; veterans' bu reau of the Reclamation-Bureau. Hubbard Mrs. Robert E. Al drich will fry to Frankfort, Gerr many, Sunday, to 1 join her hus band, Corp. Aldnch, with the Army at Karlsrou, IGermany. Mrs. Aldrich has been) staying with her parents here, i Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schei. j Turner The Three Link Club is sponsoring a benefit card par ty m the IOOF hall Friday at 8 P. M. A door prize and prizes for high score will be given. Refresh ments will be free. Pedee Mrs. Howard Perry has her left hand and wrist in a cast as the result of a Jail at the Mrs.1 Rittie Kerber home. One bone was broken and Several cracked in the left hand. I s i Hubbard Three sons of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Meredeth have returned to their respective, stations with the U. S. Army aft er spending 14 days with their family here. Pfcj Everett Mere dieth and Pvt. William R. Mere dieth Jr., returntjd to Ft Lewis, Wash., and will be sent to Korea this week. Pvt. Clifford Meredi eth returned to the Madigan Army Hospital, Tacoma, Wash, I i Unionvale The Rev. Leroy Lindsey of Folsom, Calif., will conduct a series j of Evangelistic Services beginning Tuesday, Jan. 19 through Jan. SSI with services each beginning ;at 7:30 except Monday. He is a member of the Evangelical Methodist Church Conference, has j been a pastor and youth worker and with his family will enter the mission field in Mexico soon. rWin-rM noin b Hw low-prk j I --r- Candidate I 1 Qalntin B. EsteO, Silvertoa muni- : cipal Judge. wh announced his : candidacy for .Justice of the r Peace. I ) Estell Seeks J. P. Position ; SILVERTON Quintin B. Es tell. Tiewly appointed Silverton municipal judge, filed his declar ation of candidacy Tuesday with the Marion County Clerk for the post of Justice !ol the Peace, Sil verton district, f ' Estell wrote in his filing that, if elected. "I will attempt to main tain the office of justice of the peace in a dignified manner and to conduct all legal business with honesty, fairnes and dispatch." Prior to his appointment to the bench Estell was practicing law in Silverton. Aumsville The Aumsville Home Extension Unit will meet Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 10 a. m. at the homej of Mrs. Marvin Bradley. Thej project will be "Simple Home Repairs." : Each person attending is asked to bring a hammer and a small piece of wood. There will 4e a Hawaiian lunch at noon. Anyone interested is invited. Sweet Home The City Coun cil issued 38 permits to erect TV antennae during December. ! t Turner Joint installation of officers of Fidelity Lodge and Ideal Rebekah Lodge will be held h the Oddfe low Hall Thursday at 8 p. m. Hayesville Mrs. Robert E Sanders, wife of the ' pastor of Halbert Memorial Baptist Church here, was to be taken to a hos pital in Portland Tuesday from a Salem hospital where she has been confined since Saturday. She reportedly will undergo sur gery for a brain tumor. Her con dition was reported as "serious." DANGER SPOT WASHINGTON (INS) Ja pan's Inland Sea, one of the most beautiful waterways in the world, is in places one of the most dangerous, says the Nation al Geographic Society. Tides twice a day rush in and out through a labyrinth of islands, reefs and hidden rocks, creat ing tide rips and whirlpools. , Builder of more than twice as many YAIYE-IM HIAD ENGINES as all other makers combined New Hospital Receives 627 Cases in 1953 Statesman 'Newt Service STAYTON--Santiam Memorial Hospital admitted 627 patients during 1953 following its opening in April, a ear-end .report dis clos. Tuesday. ! Another 1,562 ' persons were treated as out-patients and 158 babies were bdrn at the hospital here, 'ncludirjg seen sets of twins. The report listed 392 lab oratory test! land 144 surgical cases. jj Seven directors for the new hos pital will be j elected by stock holders by man ballot this month. The ballots will be opened on the date of the aijnual meeting. Jan. 21, at 8 p miit the City Hall. Terms expuiing are those of J. C. Kimmel, eorge Huffman, A. J. Frank, CllE. Neitling, L. E. Spraker, R. Itj. Stewart and Roy Philippi. 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