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t (PTA Section) Salam, Or. PTA Delegates7 First General Session at 10a. m. Wednesday Extensive Program Set Up for Salem's Convention Visitors OREGON CONGRESS OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS 1954 Convention Program EXHIBITS 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thuridij, First Methodist Church. Ml SIC FOR CONVENTION Mr Howard F. Miller. Director of Music for Salem Senior High School. PARLIAMENTARIAN Mrs. Zylpha Zell Burns. TUESDAY April 20th p.m -4 30 p.m. - COUNCIL ICHOOL OF INSTRUCTION. ::30 pm,3; p.m.-TOOL SHOP CHAIRMEN'S WORKSHOP. $00 pm BOARD OT MANAG ERS DINNER China City Restau rant 3S55 S. Commercial Street. 00 p.m. PHX-REGISTRATION Ktw Mi ion County Court House. WEDNESDAY MORNING April 21st tw ,m REGISTRATION OF DELEGATES. New Marlon County Court House. GENERAL SESSION 110 00 a.m. i: 00 m. ELS IN ORE THEATER PRESIDING. Mri. Helmer Llnd- Itrom. President. O.C.P.T. PLEDGE Or ALLEGIANCE TO THE TW-G. ASSEMBLY SINGING. NATIONAL ANTHEM. Mr. Howard T. Miller, Leader. . LNVOCATION. Rev. Louis E. White. Pastor. Knight Memorial Con- tregational Church. r DrrTiMr.5 Mr. Dennis Patch. General Convention Chairman; Dr. Rex Pvtnam. SUte Superintendent of Public Instruction- Mr. Warren Tinker, President. Oregon Education Association; Mr. S. E. Brogiotti. President. State School Board Asso ciation; Honorable A. L. Loueki. Mayor of Salem; Dr. Walter E. Sny der. Superintendent Salem City Schools. RESPONSE: Mrs. Helmer Lind- tr :n. INTRODUCTION OF PROGRAM THEME: Mr. E. Dean Anderson. Convention Program Chairman, and International Relations Chairman. OCPT. ADDRESS : Mrs. Herman L. Nord fors. Vice-President of Region 7. National Congress of Parents and Teachers. "The Role of the PTA In Building Our Future." REPORTS Or COMMITTEES: Convention Rules Mrs. A. V. Plum ndfr; Credentials Mrs. Cecil Scott; Bvlaws Revision Mrs. L. E. Gusti inn: Oregon Parent-Teacher Mrs. John F. AbeVe- Nominating Commu te and Presentation of Candidates; Announcement of Tellers. PLATFORM GUESTS. Executive Committer. Oregon Congress of Par ents and Teachers. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON r April 21st 100 p.m. -4:00 p.m. TOOL. SHOPS. ; Willamette University TOURS ON ALTERNATE DAYS j Tool Shop Presiders: 1. Mrs. James ! Bunnell. 2. Mrs Russell Case. 3. Mrs C D Cummins. 4. Mrs. Ross i N Dotv. S. Mr. C. G. Fellow . Mrs Lawrence T. Fisher. 7. Mrs. Blaine Ison, . Mrs. James A. Kinf. 9 Mrs. Jinnelle Moorhad. 10 Mrs. iA. V. Plumridft. 11. Mrs. L. D. 'Gustlson. 12. Mrs. J. W. Staffs. Tool Shop Recorders: 1. Mrs. E. G. Chuinard. 2. Mrs. Eld red Hansen. 3 Mrs. John A. Carter, 4. Mrs. R. O Wickersham. 5. Mrs. Gordon Loomls. . Mrs. Ralph Herron. 7. Mrs. S. W. Meserve. 8. Mrs. Arlo Harding. 8. Mrs. Verne Hanna. 10. Mrs. John F. Abele. 11. Mrs. C. A. Fratzke. 11. Mrs. Frank Beer. 4 JO p.m. Mother Singers Rehear sal Salem Senior High School. WEDNESDAY EVENING April 21st GENERAL SESSION II 00 p m.- .V) p.m. Salem Senior High School PRESIDING. Mrs. Helmer Lind- Itrom. INVOCATION. Reverand Joseph E "anderbeck. Pastor St. Joseph's Catholic Church. MOTHERS1NGERS CHORUS, Mr. Howard F. Miller directing. ADDRESS. Dr. Thomas Bennett. "Aociate Professor of Philosophy, Willamette University: "The Philoso phy of Citizenship." Informal reception for Mrs. Nord ic. THURSDAY MORNING April 22nd tOO a.m.-J 00 p.m. Lobby FJsinore Theater BALLOT BOX OPEN S OO a m. 1:00 p m. 7:30 am Cave Room Ren a tor Ho tel MEN'S BREAKFAST. GENERAL SESSION III 8 30 a nu ll 30 a m. ELSINORE THEATER PRESIDING. Mrs. Helmer Lind srtrom. INVOCATION. Dr. Brooks H. Moore. Pastor Tint Methodist SOLOIST: Mrs. Betty SUit Ander- "ADDRESS: Mr. Jack Wright. Di rector. Bureau of Community De velopment, University of Washing ton. "Community Vision." COMMENTATORS: Dr. Lloyd Millhollen, Associate Professor of Education. University of Orefon; Mrs. Lillian Van Loan, educator and home-maker. Corvallia; Miss Doro thea Lensch. Directotr of Recreation. City of Portland, and Recreation Chairman NCPT. PLATFORM GUESTS: County Ounril Presidents. OCPT. 1J 00 Noon LUNCHEON (open). THURSDAY AFTERNOON April 2ad 1-00-4 00 p.m. TOOL SHOPS Wil lamette University. TOURS Alter nate days Tool Shop presiders and recorders are the same as Wednesday's. 1:30 pjn. Dinners First Floor Crystal Gardens 1. Presidents Dinner: MRS. HERMAN L. NORDFORS. National Represent ative, speaker; Mrs. Helmer Lind atrom. -presiding. Gold Room Marion Hotel 1. DR. DISPLAY OF BOOKS. Distingu ished children's books of 1953, as chosen by the Book Evaluation Committee of the Children's Library Associa tion, will be on display in the dining room of the First Metho dist Church during the Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers. sbout jfaae 1 The two outstanding photos on Page 1 of this section are from the files of the Oregon State Highway Commission. The one on the left depicts the springtime magnolia blossoms which add to the beauty of the Oregon Statehouse group as they frame the gold-covered pioneer figure atop Oregon's Capitol. The cherry- blossom photo on the right, which could be taken most anywhere in western Oregon, was chosen because of its pictorial excel lence and because it is so typi cally representative of the state's' beauty. FRANK BENNETT. President East--i - Oregon CoUege of Education, speaker; Mrs. William Kletzer, Past President National Congress of Par ents and Teachers, and Oregon Con gress of Parents and Teachers, pre siding. Capitol Room Senator Hotel 3. DR. WILLIAM JONES. Western Re gional Compact for Higher Educa tion, speaker: Mrs. J. W. Staggs, First Vice-President Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers, presiding. Second Floor Crvstal Gardens 4. DR. LOUISE B. AMES, child psy chologist. Geell Institute (courtesy, Oregon State Alcohol Education Committee), speaker: Mrs Jeannelle Moorhead Immediate Past President Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers, presiding. - THURSDAY EVENING April 22nd GENERAL SESSION IV i:00 p.m. Salem Senior High School PRESIDING Mrs. Helmer Lind strom. INVOCATION Rev. Wayne Greene, Pastor First Christian Church. AWARDS Salem High School Choral Group, Mr. Howard F. Mil le. directing. PANEL: "Together We Build." Home and School. Moderator: Dr. John Schultz, Associate Professor of Psychology. General Extension Division; Students: Karen M. John .on. Fred Minifie, Salem High School: Teacher: Lorraine Fletcher (Portland); Parent: Mrs. Norton Peck (Beaverton): School Board Member: Mr. Gardner Knapp (Sa lem). Vice-President Oregon School Boaro Association. PLATFORM GUESTS Convention Committees. 'FRIDAY MORNING April 23rd 7:00 am. -8:00 am. New YWCA Building "CHERRY JUICE SPECIAL" Meet the Officers. GENERAL SESSION V 9:30 a.m. FJsinore Theater PRESIDING. Mrs. Helmer Lind. Strom. INVOCATION: Dr. Albert A. Golden. Salem Jewish Congregation. ASSEMBLY SINGING Mr. How ard F. Miller directing. BUSINESS SESSION. PRESI DENT' REPORT. Mrs. Lindstrom. ADDRESS: Dr. Louise B. Ames. Child Psychologist. Gesell Institute: "Mental Locks." CREDENTIALS REPORT Mrs. Cecil Scott. TELLERS REPORT Mrs. Russell Case, Chairman. PLATFORM GUESTS: State Chair- .: $ tj v V; ' I m iMiiWaWiiiiaM mm m i (- - ,r . ... Br-- ..-.. "i. .. :-,v - ARDENA Invisible Veil Elizabeth Arden's New Solid Compact Powder Completely Different Onre rmi try thi wonderful new solid romrwtrt powder, yon will never p without it! Goes on with a soft rrva ftih, eomplrtelr Hocks out shadows, and" it never flie r miets as you oe it. No other powder hi the worW give your face asieh a look of softness. EJiraheth AroVn has captured this translo't vil ti heaurr and put k in ereamy swlid form in a beautiful Na poleonic Compact. An ex citing accessory to earry in your handbag . . . white, black, red, pink or dark blue, crested in. gold. Invisible Veil ... in 7 graduated shades . . . 22 uisBiih rxf ousfNiftir ceuet s coMMtsaaj MfBlCat CIMTtl Mrs. Nordfors Keynoter for PTA Parley Keynote speaker of the 1954 C. nvention of Parents and Teach ers is Mrs. Herman Nordlors. ice president of the National Congress from Region VII, which is comprised of the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Mon tana and Wyoming. Mrs. Nord fors will speak on "The Role of the PTA in Building Our Fu ture." Immediate past president of the Washington Congress oi Par ents and Teachers, Mrs. Nordfors was previously a vice president of the state congress and chair man of its committees on legis lation, membership and program. She has also been president of the Grant Preschool P TA in Ta coma and of the Tacoma Council of PTA's, and has held offices in local units in elementary, junior high and senior high schools. In community activities she has given her support to . many groups that are concerned with community betterment and the welfare of children and youth. Mother of a professional Girl Scout worker, she was also ac tive in the Girl Scout movement herself both in Tacoma and Longview. Since 1950 she has been a member of the Washing ton State Council for Children and Youth, the state committee appointed in connection with the Midcentury v hite House Confer ence on Children and Youth. In 1948 she was chosen as the "Woman of Achievement" for Cowlitz County. Mrs. Nordfors is a member of the American Association of Uni versity Women and of the Amer ican Legion Auxiliary. She is also a member of Altrusa Inter national. men. Oregon Congress. 11:30 a.m. -REGIONAL LUNCHEONS REGION 1 Gold Room-Marion Ho tel REGION II Green Room-Marion Hctel. REGION III The Spa. REGION IV Cave Room Senator Hotel REGION V Camelia Room-Sena tor Hotel. REGION VI Chadwick Boom- Senator Hotel. REGION VII Nohlgrens REGION VHI Capitol Room-Sen ator Hotel. RFGION IX Golden Pheasant. REGION X Marine Room-Mkrion Hotel. FRIDAY AFTERNOON April 23rd GENERAL SESSION VI 1 :30 pm 3:30 p.m. Elsinore Theater PRESIDING Mrs. Helmer Lind strom. INVOCATION Rev. John L. Cauble. Pastor. St. Marks Lutheran Church. ASSEMBLY SINGING. Mr. How ard F. Miller directing. SYMPOSIUM "Putting the Keys on the King. Mr. i. uean Ander son. Moderator. PARTICIPANTS: Dr. Thomas Ben nett. Mr. Jack Wright. Dr. Louise B Ames. Mrs. Herman L. Nordfors. PLATFORM Mrs. Jennelle Moor head. INSTALLATION Mrs. Nordfors. Installing Officer. ADJOURNMENT. , Representative f i wiuim null iwiiui wwii.wjJBm,' i i i i Liu mmmmm mmmi uwmmmmmmm I 1 4U j MRS. HERMAN The Valley's Leading Store For Men and Boys . . . HEADQUARTERS FOR Famous Name Clothing Furnishings! Pendleton Manhattan Hart, Schaffner & Stetson Stradivari Rogue Munsingwear 145 North Liberty -For NATIONALLY FAMOUS of National PTA NORDFORS B ISHOP'S is proud of its great selection of famous brand merchandise. Since 1890 our policy has been to offer the quality, styling and the dependability of products by famous makers whose brands you've known' and favored for years. These are the great names in men's and boys' clothing and furn ishings you'll find here at Bishop's the Valley's great store for men and boys: Marx Arrow Resistol Botany "500 Michaels-Stern Clothcraft Coopers Florsheim I The Narne to REMEMBER is . 3 Varied Exhibits Are Placed on View in Church Attracting much attention among PTA delegates this week will be the exhibits at the First Methodist Church. The display has been assembled by a com rtiittee under the direction of Vernon Olsen and Boyd Hilles land. Exhibits include space for safety; recreation and youth groups; National Parent-Teacher Magazine and Congress publica tions; OEA and teacher recruit ment; parent education; health; international relations; tuition scholarship; reading and library service; civil defense; educa tional television, and others. Also of interest to delegates is the display of publicity record books and Drozram booklets. A special gold seal "Exhibited at the OCPTA 1954 Convention" will be affixed to all books displayed. Freeman Samsonite White Stag Hickok Scully Hollywood Thomas Sp. L ..... 0) BRANDS . . . Salem's Own Storo Since 1890 J$bout the Oicerd (Pictures on Page 1) MRS. HELMER LINDSTROM Presiding over the 41st convention of the Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers will be Mrs. Helmer Lindstrom of As toria, president Mrs. Lindstrom was first vice president of the Oregon Congress for three years previous to being elected pres ident She was vice president of Region 10, and recording aec retary for the Oergon Congress, president of Clatsop County Council, president of John Jacob Astor, and Astoria High School PTA. She has held numerous offices and chairmanships in As toria units and Clatsop County Council. She is a member of the Astoria School Board, and member on the boards of the Clatsop County Tuberculosis and Health Association, The League of Women Voters and the Clatsop County chapter of the Amer ican Red Cross. She is also a member of the Astoria Chorus. MRS. J. W. STAGGS . Mrs. J. W. Staggs, first vice president of the Oregon Con gress of Parents and Teachers, rs a resident of Milton-Freewater. She was formerly treasurer of the Oregon Congress, vice presi dent of Region 3, general chairman of the 1952 convention, juv enile protection chairman of the Oregon Congress, president of McLoughlin Union High School PTA and secretary of Central School PTA, Milton-Freewater. Mrs. Staggs has also been an active member of the Red Cross, president of the YWCA Board at Walla Walla; chairman of the city council of Federated Clubs, Milton-Freewater, and has done much work with Campfire. Clothes Shirts Lord Jeff Malcolm Kenneth Bernhard Altman Wembley Holeproof Rough Rider Levi Strauss H. D. Lee H 1 D vci o . In Downtown Salem
