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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1954)
i -i I 4 (Soc -Statesman, Salom, Qrtw Sun March' 7. 1SS4 1 Salem Rotary Eiiiib9; 35 Old ears9 ; Stresses Y onth i4ctrnty ! X Charter Member Active Service to the community of Salem, with heavy emphasis on youth activity, has characterized Salem .Rotary Club since its founding nearly 35 year ago. Formation of a service club was first taken up by a small group of business and professional men who met in September, 1919, above Gile's Store. Among these men were J. C Perry who be came a charter member and re mains active with the club; Har ley White and Fred Thielsen. : Others on the club's charter list of November, 1919, were Charles R. Archard, James Baum gartner, C. P. Bishop, Walter T. Jenks, Thomas B. Kay, C B. Clancey, Frank G. Deckebach, P. E. Fullerton, H. S. Gile,TE. McCroskey, John H. McNary, Charles G. Miller, Charles W. Niemeyer, Oscar E. Price, Fred erick W. Schmidt, Dr. B. I Steeves, John W. Todd, Paul S. Wallace and William S. Walton. Became Club 572 The club became Club No. 572 of Rotary International - on its Charter Day, Feb. 18, 1920. The original membership be gan meeting weekly on Wednes day noons at the Marion Hotel, and this today is the pattern of meetings. Boy. Scout sponsorship and children's playgrounds became two of the first activities.. Since 1920 the Rotarians of Salem have sponsored a Scout troop. By now ' a Cub Pack and an Explorer Unit also are sponsored. In 1935 the club built the Rotary Scout hut on Leslie Junior High grounds. In 1920 Rotary set up children's playgrounds near Lincoln School and on 13th Street The club put in $800 a year on this project and encouraged the City Council to take over the responsibility for playgrounds. In 1928 the city did so, appropriating its first $1,000 playground budget, . Scholarships Offered One of the biggest scholarship programs sponsored by a service club of its size has been develop ed by Salem Rotary in its Wil lamette University scholarship program. Start of this dates back to 1942 when the club started raising funds through personal i donations and money-raising ben efits. Since then the financing has become a general obligation of the club's membership. Under this scholarship pro gram a worthy Salem High School' scholar If selected each year lor a fulL four-year scholarship to Willamette. This means that us ually the club has four of its scholarship students a 1 1 e n ding Willamette University in any siven year. In 1926 the Rotarians of Salem furnished a Salem General Hos pital ward at a cost of $675. Main tenance of this ward became a dub project, with subsequent do nations made and a regular an nual donation of $100 for the ward since 1935. .30 Committees Active Much of the youth activity and ; other work of the Rotary is done I by committees. At the start the club had six committees: now -' there are 30. The club from its early days : has worked to combat juvenile delinquency, helping with guid ance, parole responsibilities and jobs. Camping programs and oth er activities of the YM, YW, Camp Fire Girls and Scouts have been helped through the years. Chemawa Indian School has re ceived attention. In wartime a Camp Adair recreation room was furnished. The Women of Rotary, or Ro tary Anns, have also been active in the Salem club and play an important part in its activities. Many Presidents Serve Men who served Salem Rotary as president, listed in . order, were: " John Todd, H. S. Gile, George Griffith, John H. McNary, R. O. Snelling, Thomas B. Kay, Fred H. Thielsen, George L. Arbuckle, R. E. Lee Steiner, William Me Gilchrist Jr., W. L Staley, W. H. Dancy, E. M. Page, William L. Phillips, Earl L. Fisher, Walter T. Molloy, Charles A. Sprague, B. E. Sisson, .J. Lyman Steed, Ivan Stewart, Paul T. Jackson, Bruce Baxter, Ray Yocom, El lis VonEschen, Tinkham Gilbert William Hamilton, Roy Harland, Robert L. Elfstrora, William H. Baillie, Gardner Knapp, Harry B. Johnson, L. O. Arens, Coburn Grabenhorst J. A. H. Dodd, Ro , bert D. Gregg and Reynolds Al len. - Secretaries have been Thielsen, Staley, Snelling, Eric Butler, Knapp, Ervin Smith,' Robert Fenix. ' British railway are using freight cars with rubber buffers and springs to carry fragile cargoes. GREETINGS, ROTARIANS UEMnVf 0 n Statehouse Group on Route for Rotary Tour .if9" ' ."sv'... i i - r The Statehouse group is to be on the route of a bus tour scheduled for this afternoon by the hundreds of Rotary International members who are holding their 1954 district conference in Salem. Rotary Club At Woodburn 16 Years Old BUtesnuin Newt ServW WOODBURN The 55-member Woodburn Rotary Club marked its 16th anniversary this year. Its charter was granted Jan. 6, 1938. Two pet projects of the organ ization have been the acquisition end maintenance of six wheel chairs and two hospital beds which are made available to any person requiring their use, and the sponsorship of Cub Scouts. Farmers Night and Ladies Night are red-letter occasions on the club calendar every year. 1 Present officers include Wil liam f'Merriott t president: N. F. Tyler, vice president; Pat Mc Laughlin, secretary. i Edgar Tweed and Frank Doer fier will assume the presidency and vice presidency, respectively, in wuiy. lines Prepared PROVIDENCE, R. I. (-Women of Rhode Island's Kent and Washington counties soon will have the same privilege as mem bers: of their sex elsewhere in the 'state. The courthouses in the two counties finally are going to provide powder-rooms so that they may serve as jurors at $10 a day. , ; The women in the state's other other counties have been doing jury duty since 1934. Their courts have; had feminine accommoda tions. There's Ncf Kick in Milk ujiACA, n. Y. i) There's no kick in milk. That's one of the reasons many Americans don't drink the stuff, observes Prof. C. M. McKay, Cornell University nu- tntionist. t OUier reasons are: j 1. The average person pays lit tle attention to the nutritional val ues. ' , ' ! 2. A lot of people don't hke the taste.- if For those who insist on a "lift from their beverages. McCay, re commends mixing milk with tea and coffee. For those who gag at the taste the professor suggests, flavoring with chocolate or coffee or combin ing with tomato juice, lemon juice or Cider. Also, soured milk prod ucts such as buttermilk and yogurt may please the milk-hater, he notes. J ROBBERY TO MUSIC WILMINGTON, N. C. MVTwo men walked into. J. H. . Page's roadside cafe 16 miles north of here. One dropped a coin in a juke box slot The other, stuck a gun in attendant Jack Speir's ribs! and took about $100 from hint The juke box tune, "Rags to Riches,? played on as both men escaped. ' ' J Sumatra, with an area of 182, 860 square miles has a population of about 11 million people, t yE HOPE YOU , WILU be glad you cam! " i . . Henry, J. Millio, j voranan 469 State Street s ? V-fri' i ""'tTTiiTrtiTniiAinifii THINGS... Women J .1 A WtW mi . Smallest Park This tree, located almost in the middle of a street, is known as the world's smallest municipal park. It is on North Summer Street in Salem and probably will be a focal point of interest i for Rotarians. y :--s intents iri Castle Rented V DEVIZES, England (P) A re tired scientist is convinced a lot ot people would like to live in an indent castle; if they could keep warm and have electric lights and running water besides. ; ; ; ' William fBeresford-Medlem has converted the 11th Century,. De vizes Castle, 88 miles from Lon don, into four self contained flats.' He plans to keep one for himself Md rent the other three for $11.20 a week, each. i "I have put on a new roof and have blocked up some of the old stone stairs," he said. "The moat has been filled in." j I And for those of a timd disposi tion, Beresford-Medlem has one additional inducement He guar antees there are positively - no ghosts. . . Driving License Suspensions , j i. PHOENIX, Ariz. Arizona ex pects to revoke or suspend the li censes of : about 24.000 automobile drivers this year. It is hoped the crack-down will reduce traffic ac cidents by 50 per cent 1 ; "Motorists should know by early summer that the state means busi ness in trying to make Arizona roadways ' safer for everybody," Said Charles Penn, " head - of the State Highway Department's driv ers license division. "By the end pt the year they will be driving well within the law, in general, to keep their driving privileges. fliiiIilll A. Pi. m Apar We . Welcome You-" Botarians - -and Whros) ! to i Salomv'and fho District 154 Conforonco. Como Back Often! ' :.; " ADOLPH KELSON BOTABIAN NELSON Gonoral Shol Motal Work 41 Yoen of Sarrico 355 Omneketa " v ; . ... - ' Election Held At Silverton, " Dallas Clubs (Continued from Page 2) 40, with Harry Riches just recently elected president to be installed in early June. Riches, former Marion County Agent, with headquarters at Salem, now runs a large ranch in Waldo Hills but retains his Ro i tary membership at Silverton. t Other I newly-elected officers art Elmer Lorence, another fanner, I ,vice president; Wren'Matheny, sec- S A. . t A A reiarj" Xieonara ivepnan, treasur er, and Herman Goschie and Aus tin Sanford, directors. The club meets each Monday noon. Bomb Shelter cted ARLINGTON. TexJ OPV Arch Riddle is building a steel and re inforced concrete atom bomb shelter on the side of a hill next to his home in this city between Dallas and Forth Worth. ' He says it should withstand the worst kind of bombing. "I guess my friends think" I've flipped my lid," Riddle says, "but I remember old Noah. He built an ark and got by all right" His shelter, costing $700, is be ing built in a pit scooped out of the hilL The exposed front wall Is of concrete 20 inches thick with two tiers of steel reinforcement On top of the shelter Riddle clans -j a aouoie garage. Rail Depot Mslde Home ! MANCHESTER, Iowa WVYou would never think that folks 50 years ago bought railroad tickets in the living room of Mr. and Mrs. Les Fink's new home. The home used to be the Manchester & Oneida Railroad station. The shortline railroad ceased opera tion some time ago and the Finks' bought the station. They moved it a short distance up the aban doned right-of-way and rebuilt it into a ranch-style house. The station's waiting room now is a 25x14 living room, which has a large picture window. Fink esti mates she -saved at least 20 per cent on the cost of his new home. as compared with new. construc tion. ! CLIMATE TROUBLE AGAIN NEEDLES. Calif, l-Alfred Sny der. high school principal in this Mojave Desert town, and his fami ly, returned from a visit In Penn sylvania, coming back by way of Florida. Any bad weather on the trip? I "Yes." said Snyder, "it rained constantly in Florida ,and nowhere else." The initial Rotary Club' estab lished in Chicago in 1905 had grown to IS clubs by 1910 and the National Association of Rotary Clubs was formed. Two-thirds of all Rotary Clubs are ia the United States. i BROS. Rotary Strikes fAt Communism (Continued 1 from themselves and 'businesses to the contemplation of giving, of idealism and participation j with others in a broader field of en deavors. .'' " ; .-; : Hr : A scratch beneath the surface of Rotary's exuberance win dis close as in the case of the Ki wanis. Lions, Exchange, and oth er: service! clubs that there breathes .a seriousness of commu nity responsibility- that J bursts forth in an astonishing variety of worth-while activities. ; . Basis Voluntary Rotary dubs are formed on a voluntary basis. There are . no p&id organizers. Every club is or ganized by another club, and each club has -a program, geared to lo cal service which can be shared by others. Seldom does Rotary do anything. by itself. It permits no club activity that has any connec tion with I selfish gain. To un derstand what Rotary is,' mem. bers say its ideals must be lived. i While Rotary's Senor Serrato- sa Cibils emphasizes that the idealism of Rotary the changing of people's thinking and ; efforts toward friendship and peace is vastly more important than the helpful activities it is able to car ry on, they nevertheless are ira pressive. f . c )' 1 ' Up front are the Rotary Foun dation fellowships that are help ing promote international under standing. The spirit pi Rotary shines in the happy faces of many handicapped children who romp each summer in such places as the Sunshine Camp sponsored by Diamond Digging Dying Out; Prospectors Seek Uranium By! ERIC ROBINS CAPETOWN (INS) Diamond digging is a dying occupation in Africa today and the atomic age has turned prospectors eyes toward uranium. - James J. Reid, chief clerk of the Department of Mines in Pre toria, reported that there is a greater demand for Geiger Coun ters than picks and shovels. Reid said: i "There was a time when the diggers always hoped to find a ortune lust around the corner or a fabulous diamond to rival the Callinan and Koh-i-Nor stones. "But today, it is Geiger Coun ers. ;-"iyT--'- if f.i--r j "Only professional diggers are allowed to peg claims in proclaim ed diamond areas and most of the diggers are turning to uranium prospecting. Recalls Figures Reid recalled some of the ro mantic figures who pioneered the diggings when he was a mining commissioner. He said: "Perhaps the strangest charac ter was "Two-Gun Bill Alexander, an American citizen and uncrown ed king of the Western Transvaal diggings, lone , of the richest strikes in South Africa at that time. He used to carry two revolvers and was In the habit of firing them in the air to summon a meet ing of the diggers' committee of which he was chairman The names of the digging re flected the hopes and doubts of the diggers. Among the 25 in the Cape were "Bad Hope," and "For lorn Hope." '.?.' There were 56 diggings in the Transvaal, including Klipfontein, where a 70 carat stone was discov ered recently. Spearheading the new "Urani um rush" is Laurence Byerley, pi oneer prospector who has spent most of his 45 years discovering gold, silver, diamonds, asbestos and now uranium. It was 1 Byerley's discovery of rich uranium deposits in Rhode sia that started a uranium boom throughout the country, Byerley said: "I was one of the first prospect- .x ) x . I; I To All the Mi iH ! ROTARIANS ::V ( IliJ PHllhl' I rAnd.Their Wivet' ? j I District Conference ! .-. ' . j ATTHIS GREAT 1 C i ; v ' 1 i--' T 'H . I f ( I DISTRICT CONFERENCE 1 ? J 1 j . I C ' ' -' Bob tlfstrom, Rotarian . ! LET US RESOLVE ANEW TO REALIZE -A 111 I trom Page 2) the Rochester, N. Y Rotary Club. It was seen in the big Get Acquainted Day Enterprise, Ala., gave for thousands of soldiers based at nearby Camp Rucker. It is displayed in the happy under privileged youngsters at a camp established by the Rotary Club of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and it is evi denced in the workshlp program Rotarians of various skills put on for youngsters on Saturday morn ings in San Francisco. Myriad of Activities Rotary activities on the inter national scene take many forms. Answering an appeal for assist ance, Rotary clubs of Greater Mi ami collected 18,000 pounds of clothing for refugees in West Berlin. A group of 28 Rotary clubs in. Pennsylvania collected 60,000 pounds of clothing for Ko rean children. Rotary has poured out cash gifts to provide CARE food packages for flood victims in England, Chile, and the Neth erlands. ) Where help is needed, whether 1 from those suffering fiom an earthquake in Greece, or from a hurricane in the Fiji Is lands, Rotarians have responded generously. As Rotary international con templates its Homeric accom plishments over nearly 50 years. Rotarians are aware that their organization's progress is contin gent directly upon them individ ually. Their practice of the Ro tary ideals and pursuance of its goals have established Rotary's respected position today and will -determine its future tomorrow. ort to import a Geiger Counter in Rhodesia and found my first ur anium field almost by accident in 1931. My auto broke down be tween Beitbridge and Bulswayo and after fixing the trouble I de cided to browse around the area in case there was something worth while to be found." V "Lucky" Byerley noticed a flu orescent sheen on some nearby rocks which prompted him to bring out his Geiger Counter. It . . . . . " siarxea cucsing iuriousiy. He collected samples of rock and experts confirmed they were radio-active. -r Second Belt Vf Byerley went back to the spot and pegged out . a claim to a ,50 square mile tract which today is valued at more than $1,000,000. Byerley was convinced that Rhodesia was rich in uranium ore and he worked out a theory on the type pf country most likely to yield it A second uranium belt was dis covered by Byerley last year and is estimated to be worth as much as $6,000,000. Byerley is no "main-road dig ger. In his constant journeys throughout the country he has tramped thousands of miles, often disappearing into the bush for months at a time. Today, he is one of the coun try's richest prospectors and when not traveling the country rests at his 6,000 acre farm which once belonged to Cecil Rhodes, British "empire builder in Africa. ! LOSES AT 100 TQ 1 , LOS ANGELES (A3) The pris oner was glad the wallet he stole from a sleeping man in a street car had only $3 in it Judge Da vid Coleman made the fijie $100 for every, dollar he stole, total, $300. CAT IS LIFESAVER - . CTlttlC J JV' ' A RICHMOND, Calif. WVSweetie 1 1 wKEC I IlIW J. f . ' J Pie saved 12 Hves, including Her g -:- , - , : - i " ' - ',1 own 9. When the house caught I " and : I ' fire the cat awakened 12-year-old 1 npf llflCUCC I" VI xrenaa itoveaa, wno rousea ner & nm JllSaJ 1 . ' t : In a recent year, Rotary Inter national consisted of more than 6,000 clubs with more ' than 300,000 members in 80 countries: Greetings to Visiting Rotarians! LADIES . . . W Invite you to M 1' visit our stort. Wt know you'll -- ; . . . . . enjoy your visit!, p ' i ROTARIAN GUESTS- Wt'ro reaching . . . for a new Jim Stone, Rotarian P I A NO 1 n t, nui i !:rinc t r I Ml u ,IUKt" 12SO STATE ST. Y f t$rt - ' i ' . , :- ' " ... , ,- i .. AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICE E. II. Bui-fell Co. Sales and Service for Briggs-Stratton -'and Clinton Engines "... . : " ! - - 1 Rotary International publishes two official periodicals " The Rotarian" (in English) and Eevis- U Rotarian ia Spanish) . NURSERY v Seed Store 415 S. High Rotarian , . ; Jock Brydon, xt Hospitality and Fellowship! BrydonV - HIGH NOTE Hammond Organ Music at Monday Banquet Courtesy of - 3$ CO M PA N Y SALEM Rotarians and Wives X- WERE HAPPY TOx HAVE YOU WITH USl ARTHUR STEIMONTS Rotarian ; I Convention Photographer Steimonts Studio ; 744 NO. CAPITpL ; Rotarians of Salem y Are Exceedingly Glad to be Your Hosts for 7 the District Conference WELCOME! Robert C Burrell, Rotarian - 565 No. High K W.IFhimpaRtarlaiii MmZzras', " ' "' i-lt ' y S f ' i j i ' ' - ',.--. ; . . ! . - ' ; - . ' - 'i v - : - . i