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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1954)
1 i n Calico Business Booming, n Pioneer Shiitterbug .Stoioaman, Scdeau Oro Sua. Fob. 21, 1854 (Soc H II Beards Grow As Silverton Gears for Centennial Fete Centennial Emblem Our Valley -y? 1 if i VMS n V . . . By CHARLES 1XEIAND if . s, Everyone in Salem is reading ToreverAmber" again. . This time they're reading it on those newly-installed walk & WATT signals , public acceptance of the; needed signals ap pears to be good, however . . . And did ypU ever notice1 how much faster, the Portland pedestrians switch gears when the traffic lights change? Now that pedestrians in Salem have to wait longer for the walk light, .'they'll probably be bolder about stepping off the split second that thifc light changes, too. ' . - ; .- i , - . i Three young Polk County gkls htd the thrill that comes once ia a lifetime the ether day t J . When primary teacher Bernice Barker became ill at Oakdaltf School, the teacher of the upper grades (Kenneth Willis) had three of his pupils, Margaret Eggert, George Aan Fairchild and Diane Overholser, supervise the IS pupils in the lower grades all day . . . Did a good job, too, , j f ;; J ' - 'State Fair rodeo is being ditched parity because it ailed to produce aJstampede ot the box-office .?.. But fair officials figure the new circus will be a nice change of pace, too . . . Helene Hughe trill be back to produce the grandstand revue at the fair . S j , It was a big news week in Silvertbn . City police there iaolved the . Case of the Phoney Phoner- Without help from higher law-enforcement echelons . . . They solved it by study ing the list of telephone numbers that wfefe called until they i established a pattern. Then they studied; school attendance charts to see who had been playing hookey. Rare or Republican nomination jo Polk County state representative is shaping up as one of themost interesting in the valley ... 1 Mrs. B. O. Schticking of Eola runs, as she very probably will, race will be at least three-way ... So far, Walter Leth of Monmouth area is only probable candidate for Polk County senator - . II -: i.f , : , M TV" or Not TV: Number-two theater; in downtown Dallas is now closed part of the week . . . Silverton movie house has been dark a night a week for some night .... Albany beat Salem to the draw on Cinemascope by ahOut two weeks New electronic gadget, selling by thousands every week, turns off sound on TV (sets during commercial! by remote control . It's called Blab-off. ' if if1 Somber thought: If you are over 45,1 the odds are SO-SO that o mortician1 will rente "heart disease'! on your death cer tificate ... . If tee help the current Hear Drive, maybe some 6f us trill live longer. ! . After watching the auto races at Hollywood Bowl nearly every Saturday for five long season?, Frit convinced that we highway drivers should wear crash helmets and install saiety belts .'. . The only serious injury in five f crash-bang years at the Bowl was incurred by a pitman wjhq would be classified pedestrian . . . It's true the buzz buggies, all aim to travel in the same direction, and rarely hit 70 m.p.h.i on the quarter mile bowl track . . . Even so. drivers .have come through many a fantastic wreck unscathed . . . Thejhelmets and belts are the. main reason. if i ! . 1 Would yon be willing to don' a football helmet and buckle safety belt when you take to the highway if it would reduce your , chanees of becoming a traffic statistic? . i 4 Don't know about the helmets, bat I do think safety belts will become fairly common within a few years . . . They're needed most In the front seat beside the driver. . . Reporters who chase the ; first-aid car get used to seeing a jagged hole in the windshield where a passenger's head went through . . . Safety belts should largely eliminate that Shorties: High-ranking Democrats are sifting the ashes of the limcoln County hassel hoping to find an ember they can fan into campaign grist . I . Freak lamb? born out on Orchard Heights Road week ago had two heads eight legs, one body and one tail. It was bornvdead to thre-year-old Romney ewe owned by Ervin Simmons; and Robert lAdams Pedee School District thinking of switching its high schoolers from Dallas to Central (Monmouth-Independence) nefrt tall . . . Cascade Union High School will graduate 66 seniors this spring and expects 125 freshman next fall Hayesville School janitor, who'elps the kiddies across the busy! highway, too has the perfect name 'for a man in a spot to he idolized by children. His name is Mr. Buttons.! 'If ILNlTalk IS I r Slated at Silverton iuktesaaaa News Service . By LILLIE MADSEN - Statesmaa Silverton M Correspohdeat ' SILVERTON Far. away and long ago is the appearance that Silverton and the surrounding countryside, is beginning to take 5h. Ifs Centennial Year here.! ! Before May L everybody that is anybody in the Silverton area had best be adorned with some type of unaccustomed beard or mustache (if they are male) or some type, of mother-hubbard or bonnet if they ; belong to the feminine gender. Lowell XL Brown, who heads up the Silver ton Centennial Association, re ports. ?, f These early-day customs and costumes will preface the peak of the centennial observance of the Silverton County in early August - v I At the week s meeting of the Silverton Lions Club, whose membership has charge of cos tuming, plans were laid for prizes to be awarded for the very best 'whiskers of a dozen different varieties including mut ton-chops, vanDykes, and many other styles popular in the days of covered wagons, buckboards and a team of bays. t No Rough Stuff I Those who can't qualify in the whisker contest will be asked to buy an exemption, but the committee, decided, "there'll be no rough stuff; we dont want to keep anyone from Silverton, whiskers or no! However, mem bers of the committee, consist ing of Harley DePeel, Bruce Bill ings and F. M. Powell, are going to "urge" everyone to have! a "whisker -tart" by May X. f I Some enthusiastic members of early pioneer families are al ready showing up with stubbles of beards and mustaches. 1 i Besides beards, gay vests as sociated with early day bankers and gamblers, longer coats and taller hats will enter the picture. "Calico is already at a pre mium in Silverton with prefer ence being shown for the darker blues and greys of pioneer days. Mother -hubbards and bonnets are to be no uncommon sights on Silverton streets come May 1. Pioneer Stuff Sougbt Stores are trying to obtain merchandise reminiscent;; of years'ago and rock candy and horehound sucks, along with Msef bread, caramel and choco late layer. cakes and fried corn meal musn may soon be obtain able or served, as the case may be, in Silverton stores andres- taurants. And Toney's restaurant at Silverton is already promis ing "pioneer meals" for oae day a week a bit later this season. An official emblem has been chosen for the Silverton Cen tennial, too, and will be made available to business and other groups or individuals to promote he 100 years of Suverton his tory. The emblem has been copy righted by the centennial association.! The design of the emblem was conceived by Lowell F. Hob- htt of the Silverton Appeal-Tribune staff, a comparative new comer, arriving here with his parents, the late John T. Hob- litt and j Mrs. Hoblitt, in 1010. The idea was submitted to the Centennial Association for its approval which was rapidly grant ed, and the design was adapted to use by Vera Suko, Salem ar tist, a member of the Silverton pioneer i Cooley family. Suko created I the finished emblem, the center picture of which shows a couple in an old buggy, and a lone figure in the clearing, suggested by Homer Davenport's book, "The Country Boy," which playing a big part in Silver- ons centennial observance. Davenport in Buggy Davennort's baggy drawing was of himself and the late Mrs. George ; Cusiter, when she was soil Miss Nettie Ridings. They were on their way to a party at the time, and Silverton folk down " through the years have loved to repeat Davenport's story of how when they arrived at the party they found chickens roosting in the rear part or tne buggy. Mrs. Cusiter, whose hus band was a storekeeper in Sil verton for almost half a century. passed away only a few years ago. Cusiter himself served, un til his death little more than 10 years ago, as city recorder and nonce judge. The pioneer in tne clearing is Ai Coolidge, early-day banker and grandfather of Alfred Adams. Silverton theater owner. Coolidge was a partner in the widely known firm, Coolidge & McClaine, who owned not only the bank, but stores and other businesses in the area in early ally Obituaries Sail Mrs. Laella G. Cornett ALBANY Funeral services for Mrs. Luella Genevieve Cor nett, who died Thursday at the home of her daughter. Mrs.! Anna 1 V. Strancy, will be held at the Fortmiller-(Fredericksett"Chapel Monday at 2 p,m. The Rev. Les ter Jones will officiate. f , Burial will be in Riverside 'cemetery here. Mrs. Coiirctt was born in Al bany July 17, 1865, and resided nearly all her life. , ' She was married to Eugene " . B. Cornett July 3. 1887,, at Con don, r She served as assistant mail carrier for 15 years, serv ing chder her husband,' the first rural mail carrier out of Albany, v Mrs. Cornett was a member of the First Christian church and I of the Royal Neighbors society. Survivors include ' four 'daugh- SILVERTON Marjorie Prich- ard offStajdon area, a young delegate to the United Nations Assembly, will speak and show pictures at Tryphena Rebekah Lodge here Thursday night, Mrs. j o n n Beais, Noble Grand re- ports4 I Miss 1 Pncbard won an essay contest! sponsored by the Odd Fellow Lodge, which entitled her to a free trip to the Assembly. Members of the Silverton- high school faculty and junior and sophomore students are to be speciaif guests. 1 ten, Mrs. Joy Kelly, Jefferson; Mrs. Anna Straney, Albany; Mrs. Merle j Stewart, ' Birmingham, Ala.: I and Mrs. Vida Wilson, Brownsville. . Democrats Meet At Albany Monday States nuui New Servica ALBANY Margaret Clarke, Portland, member of the Oregon Democratic State Central Com mittee, will address the f Linn County Democratic Central Com mittee at 8 p.m. Monday in the labor temple at Albany. I Also during the committee session, members are expected to announce filings for precinct committeemen and women, W. W. Abraham, Shedd, chairman of the Linn committee, said. . Vice chairman of the organi zation is Eva Sylvester of Leba non, s Marion Forks SnoVr Level Is Three Feet! T I Stetesnam Newi Srric MARION FORKS Snov? read mgs on Santiam Summit are about 112 inches with water con tent over 42 inches. Marion Forks received a new snow fall Jof seven inches Thursday? morn- int There are three feet of snow on the level here.! Road conditions were good Saturday. I '-vr-hr'iv -;- -Vt v Serving Saltm and Vicinity j I V' . as Funeral Directors . for 24 Years' V - f : ' onvenleatyiocaUon, S.( Cooysercial ' street; bus line; direct rout'- to eo ' meteries W no cross traiflc New ' modern building seating up to : tOO. Services within your meat : i ! ' Virgil T. GoUea (1 Grace & Goideo i - . ;r - v 'ZJr f ... s . 14-3 ! '. " ' Vi- SILVERTON Official emblem for saverton centennial Is pictured above. . ' - .. SILVERTON Above is June Drake,' reportedly the first Silverton centennial observer to start a beard. He is shown with his 5 By 7 view camera which he bought In 1902. Drake was born at Marquam In 1880 and started taking pictures Shortly after the family moved to Silverton In 1889. He boasts he has been out of the state only once, when he rode his bicycle over the bridge at Vancouver. H6 has been a studio photographer here since 1900. Drake was instru mental in obtaining Silver Falls State(Park. (Larson Photo for The Statesman.) pioneer days. The old Coolidge & McClaine Bank bore the name until two years ago when this was changed to First Silverton Bank. Descendants of Coolidge and Jake McClaine families held the greater part of the bank stock until less than .15 years ago. Mrs. C. w. Keene, a daugh ter of McClaine, still owns and occupies the fine old McClaine residence on McClaine and West Main. i Suko copied Coolidge from a picture "owned by J D. Drake, pioneer photographer, and one of the most enthusiastic centen nial committee workers. DOG LICE Fees , In Marion County Male . .! 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