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Beards Grow As Silverton
Gears for Centennial Fete
Centennial Emblem
Our Valley
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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.
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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,
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'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
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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
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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
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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
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iuktesaaaa News Service
. By LILLIE MADSEN -
Statesmaa Silverton
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' 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
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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.
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, 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!
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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.
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' meteries W no cross traiflc New
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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 ,
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Female J
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Male'. .
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$3.C3
$3.00
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Make Money Orders or Checks Payable to: I
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