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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1954)
r i ! Statesman, Salam. Valley News t Statesman Newt Service Scoutmaster At Monmouth Gets Award SUtctnuu News Servics MONMOUTH Scoumaster Grant Mills i was named for the Order of the Arrow at a meet ing of Boy Scout committeemen here Wednesday. A Boy Scout will be named to receive the same award soon. The committee planned a three-month scout program. Dr. Jack Bridges volunteered to give required examinations to the scouts. - . Other committeemen present were - E. K. Gentle, Derwood Schjoll, George Gragg, Henry Alsip, R. & McDonald, Mr. Bur sell and John Agard, assistant scoutmaster. ' The Explorer Patrol has plan ned its first overnight camping ,trip since organizing. The patrol has permission touse a cabin on - King's Ranch between Pedee and Falls City, j ; . Briefs North Howell Mrs. Rose Dit- chen underwent surgery recently at Silverton Hospital. Valsetx The Rev. Leo deSmit is conducting a series of meet ings at Valsetx Community Church through March 5. TurnerMrs. Walter Harris is confined to her home witn back injury incurred when she fell while standing on a cnair. Donald Mrs. Walter Sample reports that funds raised in Don- - aid for tne Marcn oi wimes came to $109. ! ' ; ; Valsetx Howard McCallister has returned home from a .Port land Hospital where he under went surgery on his knee. 4 Oakdale Only nine people gathered at the school house to unanimously pass tne scnooi duo. get for the year. Jefferson Officers of Ankeny Grange will meet at 8 p.m. Mon day for practice. Next regular meeting of the Grange, March , 6, will be visitation night Monmouth Hal Sanir, who has been hospitalized in Portland recently : for observation and treatment, is improved in health and is now at home. Falls City Miss Tillman Hous er and the Rev. W. S. Kendell of Salem will be in charge of World Day of Prayer services March 5 at the Free Methodist Church here. x ' Sheridan Frank W. Smith will head the 1954 Sheridan Red Cross campaign, which ' will begin March 3. He will be assisted by Leon French and Wendell Heath. The Yamhill . County quota is $15,000.- j Stayton- Mrs. Gladys Belden of Stayton Union High School will co-direct a pageant to be given at the Future Homemakers of America meeting at Corvallis Thursday and Friday. Joyce Hall of Stayton will appear in the pageant j Pioneer March 2 is the date set to vote on the school budget The school has been suspended for the last year and plans are made to ( suspend for a second year. There are only six children living there now so it .is easier to let them commute to Dallas. SwegleNew owners of the Swegle Market . on Birchwood v Drive are Chris Midthun, Bert McQuirrie ; and Mrs. Lee John son, who came to this area from Albany. Mr. and Mrs. James Pickersglll, who have been at the . store several years, have moved ; to Salem. . . Silverton Miss Agnes Booth, Marion County school superin ' tendent, will be guest speaker at the Business and Professional Women's Club dinner Tuesday night at Toney's. She will talk on the equal rights amendment now pending in congress. John : Digerness will entertain on the marimba. Other clubs in the city are invited to attend. Wmamiaa Night classes in farm machinery repair and con struction will begin March S at 7:30 p.m., at the new vocational agriculture building at the Willa- mina High School. The classes are being sponsored by the high school-vocational agriculture de partment and will run for at least five weeks, two nights. - week, and two hours a night YOUNG BULL SOLD , JEFFERSON Joseph and Wilhelmina Van Well of The Dalles have just purchased the young Guernsey sire. Daybreak Rosette s Brandy, from L. W, Erb of Jefferson. " HEP'-IVA Experienced Drapery Saleswomen wanted. Salary & Commisfion. APFLY TUESDAY ROBERTS BROS. 340 Court St. Ort. Men March 1, IS 54 Clear Lake9 s Players Set 3-Act Comedy CLEAR LAKE Players of the Community Club .will present the three-act comedy,. "Meet My Wives," at the schoolhouse Thurs Wives," at the schoolhouse Thursday and Friday evenings at 8 o'clock, Mrs. Harvey Evans is coaching the play. In the cast are Clifford Orey, Howard McCalL Nick Eichel- berger, Mrs. Arthur Evans, Bert Murphy, Mrs; Fred Zeeb, Miss Lois Sorensen, Mrs. Jess Taylor, Mrs. J. D. Watson, T. C. Mason, and Mrs. Virgil Hulser. On Friday j evening there will be a short i business meeting. Mrs. Bert Murphy, Mrs. Jack Chapin, and Miss Carol Mason will serve refreshments both evenings. i The play is scheduled to be presented on March 12 at Pop corn scnooinouse ana juarcn m at Keizer Grange. ' Mt. View Students Win Flag Contest On Perfect Score !?. Statesman New Service ' ORCHARD HEIGHTS A flag has been presetted to sixth grade pupils at Mountain View School for winning the flag-code contest sponsore' by Capital Unit f , American Legion Auxiliary. i Each member of the class scored 100. They are Gary Gib son, Jim Schindler, Kenneth Becker and Bill Newsom. - The flag was presented by Mrs. Bra bee who spoke on the meaning of the flag salute. Other guests were Mrs. William Gibson, Mrs. Charles Newsom, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Becker, Mrs. Gahlsdorf, ; and Arthur Myers, suburban principal, who spoke on the life of George Washington. Valley Obituaries SUtewnam News Service . . Henry B. Will JEFFERSON Henry B. Will, 53, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Otto Will, succumbed to double pneumonia at Oregon City Feb. 14. Burial was at Ore gon City. The family lived on Greens Bridge road moving away several years ago. Sur viving are two sisters,' Mrs. Lucy Webber and Mrs. Adele Nydeg ger of Milwaukie. Fred Klein AUMSVILLE Word has been received from Fairmont, Minn., of the death of Fred Klein, brother of Elmer and Albert Klein of Aumsville. He had spent some time in Aumsville three years ago. Funeral services were held Monday at Fairmont R. D. Leedy ALBANY Funeral services for Ros:oe Daniel Leedy, 68, who died early Saturday, will be held at 10 a.m.. Tuesday at the Fisher Funeral Home, with Rev. James W. Neely officiating. Burial will be at Pendleton. Mr. Leedy, a retired farmer, was born near Albany March 1, 1885, and spent his entire life in Oregon. He moved to Pendleton when h. was 19. On Oct 3, 1917, he married Annetta May Donaldson at Pen dleton. Mrs. Leedy survives. Valley Births i Stateimaa News Service SHERIDAN . Mr. and Mrs. Gordon J. Bronson are the par ents of a : son, born Feb. 20 in McMinnville. Grandparents are Mr.' and Mrs. Virgil Bronson and Guy Tatom. Mr. and Mrs. William Wyss are the parents of a son, born Feb. 21 in Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Rogers and Mr. and Mrs. Sig Wyss are grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Todd of Tulelake, Calif- formerly- of Sheridan are the parents of their fifth son. They also have a daughter. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.' Clyde Todd of Sheri dan and i Mr. and ; Mrs. George Scanlon of Seattle. Democrat Ward Workers File ; SUteunaa News Service ALBANY Two Scio Demo crats were among 25 Linn Coun ty voters to file their candidacies for precinct committee . offices Friday,; records of the county clerk showed today. Included among the list of candidates were Louis H. Thiel son, North Scio, precinct, nd Walter R. Johnson. South Scio. Of the total number of filings, only three were made by Re publicans. . MED First Spelling Bout DaUasToriidit i Statetmaa New Serrlce " - i DALLAS Spelling cham pions "of seven Polk 5 County Schools will compete at Dallas Junior High at. 7:45 j Monday night in the first of 10 semi finals in The Statesmsn-KSLM 1954 Spelling Contest . , ' The ton two spellers! in each semi-finals will qualify; for the Grand Finals,' in Salem, March 24. The' winner of each semi finals also will receive! a hand some Webster's 'New Collegiate Dictionary, f V i - Monday night's contest here, which is open to the public without charge or collection of any kind, will have these par ticipants: i t r Ballston: Lonnie Kilmer, 12, 7th grade. , " i . Bethel: Mary Freeman, 13, 8th. Buell: Darlene Moore, 14, 8th. Dallas: Layeta Robinson, 14, 8th. - Grand Ronde: Gary: Bowers, 13, 7th. , ' I Perrydale: Mary Barttu 13, 8th, Rkkreall:'Susan Kay Lewis, 11, 7th., x ... , Master of Ceremonies! will be Dave Hoss. manager oil KSLM, and the words will be called by Wendell Webb, managing editor of The Statesman. Special judges also will be on hand. Host prin cipal is , Philip Newitti j; Dallas School Sets !." P-TA Meet Program SUtetmaa Newt Service DALLAS 4- The annual Mor rison school night will . be ob served at the Elementary P-TA meetine Monday. March f 1, at 7:30 p.m. . 1 i The program, presented by Morrison school third, fourth and fifth graders, is j scheduled for an earlier hour than is cus tomary in deference to the large number of Children expected to attend. . r - . - U 4- RETURNS TO GERVAIS GERVAIS j Mrs. Lena De- Wolf has returned to i her home here, accompanied by her daugh ter, Mrs. William Wood of Coulee Dam,yWasU Mrs. DeWolf has been convalescing at' the home of her daughter following her re moval from a Spokane hospital. i . t pT- . s. . : - ' T - : - -: j " .-; --- - , I .1- , - -: fi ' - . '. - . ! -. I ' - '. ' 'i ' ' ' , ' ' : : -. ' ' ' - ' " - ... ' i : ....... ... - . . . i , . s . r - -v 1 - Houses i on Historic Land: Due iomqve to inane way ror Highway Through Hayesville By GEORGE STROZUT JR. 'v, . SUteunaa New f ervtc HAYESVILLE Major changes are taking . place in . this long placid Community, due largely to the newly, encroaching by-pass and expressway interchange. - The west side of Portland Road from the Hayesville school south to Oscar Olson s greenhouse is to be vacated by March 1.' ! ; i These houseswere built on the donation land : claim of Adam Stephens, founder of Hayesville. His daughter, Mrs. Berrilla Hal bert, wrote that in 1880 there were only 10 houses in the com munity. . j Working south from the school. the first house is the Jacob Den ny place, which has just been va cated by Mrs. Jacob Denny, Miss Ida Penny, and Miss Pauline Denny: who have moved into their newly constructed home lo- Scouts Given Promotions at Honor Court - - i Stateimaa News Service OAKDALE At a court of honor held at Community club Dale Overholser, - Scoutmaster, awarded badges and service stars to the Scouts of his troop 36. Richard Laudahl and Robert Fletcher received 1st class pins, while James Fletcher received his 2nd class pin. The follow ing merit badges were awarded: Rabjbit raising, horsemanship, and life saving to Robert Fletch er; sheep farming, reading, book binding, stamp collecting, animal industry to Buddy Laudahl; woodcarving, art bookbinding, personal health and woodwork to Richard Laudahl, and sheep farming to. Denys Overholser. Colored slides showing some of the troops past activities were shown during the program. During the Community club meeting the following important dates were set: March 13; no- host supper at school house, (March 19 ten Oakdale donors needed to give blood to Red Cross at Falls City; March 26 cake walk at school to raise money for annual Fourth of July fireworks and April 10 buffalo dinner in evening at the. school house to be open to the public. More and more people are living to a healthy, active old age. In 1900, j there .were only 3 million people aged po or over. Today, there are about 13 million, j . I That more people are living longer; is i but one of many significant changes that have come about in recent years. In fact, i our whole scale of living is changing. We're : raising larger families. Were building more homes. Were earning more money, i cated across the highway t the east of the old home. This is a modern three bedroom house with ' a full basement and fire place. l- . .."..V. ;M Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Denny pur-i chased 60 acres, 15 of which were partially cleared, in March, 1884, and the family has resided here continuously since. A house had been erected on the land in 1878 by Jacob -honen who sold to the Dennys. This house was ' dis mantled and a new house was built on i the same site in 1905. The De.mys raised their fami ly of five girls here. Jacob Denny, born in Switzerland, passed away in December 1939 at the age of Mrs. Denny today, at the age of 92, has the honor of being Hayesville's oldest resident both in age and residence here. She enjoys fair health and likes to watch - the traffic go by thru their new large picture windows. The second and third houses to the south belonging to the Ing Torresdal and Joe Moorman families are not as yet vacated. ': The fourth house as owned by the Horace Smiths, residents of Hayesville since 1927, who have purchased sew home! at 2195 Englewood Avenue and are par tially moved. The next three houses owned by the Anton Benes (Hayesville Auto Court), the At Bensons. and Smith Real Estate,' respec tively, were sold at public auc tion on 1 January 28. The eight cabins , in the auto court have already been moved to the Four Corners district The houses ' are to be moved to Sunnyview Ave nue in East Salem. For years these three homes were graced by seven stately firs which had been planted in 1887 by John Peterson. Progress has cut down two of them this week with others to follow soon as the homes are on blocks waiting to be moved. The center house, recently owned by the Bensons J was for merly the William Dunsmoor home and was the showplace of Hayesville, with its sunken din ing room and a sunken garden surrounded by many shrubs and ornamental trees. j The eighth house to be vacated soon is ithe Grover Farmer home which Was built by Adam Steph ens in fthe 1880's. The j Farmers purchased their two acre tract in 1940 and are now moving to a half -acre tract and house at .1225 Chemawa RoacL I r t enjoying more leisure time. As a result, we now have much more to protect. ? And the life insurance hittineu ii ketjni pace and i constantly growing more flexible to meet our new needs. . For example, the life insurance companies have developed a wide variety of retirement plans. Millions of people are using them to provide income when working days are over. ' : j - - v.. - 3 -i '- i - ' Of course, the main reason why people buy Deadline Today : For U02 Licenses H ' States New enriea DALLAS Deadline' for pay ment -of dog licenses without penalty is ' Monday. ; March 1. it was announced by E. B. Hamil ton,. Polk County clerk. The deadline normally is the last day of February but, since it fell-on Sunday this year, an extra day! is being allowed. The fee for male or;-spayed female is $2. and for female $3. j . A penalty of $2. will be added to the fees after Monday; it was pointed out Fees may be mailed to the county clerk with the fol lowing application ; information: name and address of owner, sex of dog, breed and color. Applica tions postmarked after Monday will be subject to the penalty. 65 GIs Added To Korea War Death Number WASHINGTON ! The Army Sunday identified 65 additional. sol dier who, are khown to have died in Korea. All have been listed as missing in action for more; than a year. The determination of , death was made on information obtained from eye witnesses and other sources, u- ? ' . The list included ' these from Oregon: :j: j ' CpL Gene Mutter, husband of Mrs. Shirley -Mutter, 818 East 15th St, Eugene. k i Sgt. Harry C. Prunier, son of Mrs. Edith Thompson,; rural free delivery, Colton. I YearV Plans Laid At Jefferson Meet JUtetmaa Newt Service JEFFERSON 1 The Three Links club met Wednesday aft ernoon 'in the I OOF halL Com mittees were named for the year and plans made for a card party on March 27. . It was! also decided to buy a first aid! kit' to use in the halL Volunteers also were asked to meet at: the . grade school gym Saturday afternoon for the re ception that evening. Of the '615 planes used on European airlines, 23 or 4 per cent are! French with 38 per cent British and 58 percent American, Mr. ! - j: i . r . i w ' Incllluro of lite Incurcnro Central Source of Information about Life Insurance -. 4SS MADISON AVENTJi new y0RX 22, N. J, Scouts Relate Camp Tales ' i At Jefferson i ; ' Stateuaaa Ktw terrtc i JEFFERSON Two hizh school' boys, John Wright and Larry Wells, were featured on the Wed nesday afternoon program of the Jefferson Woman's . club.' John spoke on "With the Boy Scouts at Camp," telling of this trip with the Scouts to the national jamboree at Valley Forge a few years ago and to California last summer. Larry told of "The His tory, Program and Purposes of the Future Farmers of Amer ica," and also gave highlights of the. National FFA convention at Kansas City last November, j. A George Washington dessert luncheon was served preceding the" short business meeting and program. Hostesses were; the Mesdames W. F. Gulvin, jLes Shields and Clayton Wills.; John Wright also entertained with a trumpet solo, accompanied by Mrs. Gilbert Looney. : Guests of the club included Mrs. Claude Torgeson of Canby, Mrs. John Wright Sr., Mrs. Eu gene Finlay, Clayton Wills, Lar ry Wells and John. x j- The next meeting of the club will be on March 10 with the program to be arranged. Dessert luncheon will be served at 1:30 o'clock: by the hostesses, the Mes dames Virgil Bailes, E. F.I Pow ell, IS. H. Goin and W. R. Ter hune. . . : . . ! v Gervais School Play Scheduled Stateunam News Service GERVAIS The senior class of Gervais Union High School will present a three-act comedy "You Can't Kiss Caroline" on March 26; in ithe Gervais High School gymnasium. The play is 'based on ; a j story by Maureen ! Daly, writer; of teenage ' stories, s i The; action takes place in Ma Rand's drugstore, social center for the high school crowd. RETURN FROM TRIP !, Stateimaa New Service ' HUBBARD Mr. and Mrs. Willis. Berkey and Kenneth Hooley returned the middle of the week after driving" to Mon terey and Ft Ord, Calif., where the former's sony Private Larry Berkey, was stationed and was on a i three-day furlough before being ordered to South Carolina in: the U. S. Army. Laurent Af Clement of Pound Ridge, . . her ihowt two DInl life insurance is to cover the expenses that usu : ally occur at death and to provide an income ' for tie family. Beyond that, hundreds of thou- sands of families are also using life insurance -i to make sure the mortgage will be paid off, or i to assure. funds for the children's education. , A suggestion: Have your needs or cnxunvr I stances changed? Have you looked over your ! life msurance to see'how i stacks up with r your'present way of living and the goals you f and Jrour family have set for yourselves? W. F. Geren, Oiice Police Judge, Dies1 SUUuaa News Service ! SILVERTON Walter; F. Ger en, former Silvertonf police judge, died here Sunday afternoon fol lowing an illness of several months. He was 73. j - Geren became police judge here early in 1953 and held the post until November when ill health forced A his retirement Born Nov. 18, 1878, at Columbus, yjuw, dc auenaea Ohio State University and taught school in that state for some time hofnr the Spanish American War when ne served in Cuba and later in the Philippine Islands.- A former newsman, he was a reporter for the Manila Ameri can and later city, editor of the Manila Cable News. He returned to this country in 1903 and held positions on papers in Rocklin, Calif., and in Portland, j j In .1906 Geren I homesteaded near Scotts Mills and later work- ' ed for the Morning- Astorian and the Oregonian where be was po lice reporter. He had been ac tive in civic and farm torganiza tions ia eastern Marion County ' for many years. ;; , .j , . .,; Geren is survived by his wid ow, Mrs. N Ada Robinson Geren, Silverton; sons, John Geren, Sa lem, Walter Geren, Delake, Don ald Geren, Medf ord; daughters, Mrs. Margert Shepert, Scotts Mills; Mrs. Dora Balmquist, ML Angel Mrs. Helen Erwert, Port land. and Mrs. Ruth Vining, Mo--lalla; brother, Mae Geren of Co-' lumbus, Ohio; sister, Mrs, Ruth . Edwards, Minneapolis, Minn, and 17 grandchildren. , T. ' Funeral ' services ' will be an- nounced later by the Ekman Fu neral -home.- N.Y. enjoys pdnting 'et pastim or hit latest to a group of runai Ill Mar. 5 fort 1
