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8 (Sec. 1) Statesman, SaMm, Ore., WecL April 21. 1954 Foundation for Store Tested - "V- gj slid They arr not digging for oil in front of the old high school building just investigating foundation conditions preparatory to the start of construction on the new Meier and Frank building. The well digger shown is from the A. M. Jannsen Drilling Co., Reedville, nd supervisor of the project, Sergio R. Zegers, Portland, is shown t right (Statesman photo.) PTA Delegates Get Busy Start At Convention (Story also on Page 1.) Opening of the Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers state con vention in Salem today will see some 1,500 delegates off to a busy start on a packed activity sched ule. More than 60 members of the state hoard of managers Oregon FT A officers, committee leaders and others met Tuesday for con vention preliminaries and dele gates by the scores began regis tering Tuesday night at Marion County's new courthouse. In Tuesday's all-day get-together of state leaders at First Methodist Church, pre-convention business and instructions predominated. Reorganization Plan Work of the nominations com mittee, reported the chairman. Mrs. Russell Case of Portland, is left somewhat in question until the convention decides whether to adopt a recommended state re organization plan. State regions would be changed and eight instead of 10 vice presi dents would be elected from them if the plan carries Mrs. John F. Abele was prepar ing to report on the Oregon PTA bulletin. The convention will be asked to approve a plan of having local chapters help pay for the printing if they order more than 20 copies. Prominent among the men going over convention machinery at the last minute were Dennis W. Patch. Salem, convention chairman: and E. Dean Anderson, convention program chairman. The general assembly opening the convention this morning will start at 10 o'clock at the Elsinore Theater. Tool Shops' The Wednesday afternoon pro gram features 11 tool shops'' in Willamette University buildings where groups of the delegates may gather from 2 to 4 p.m. for In struction on good PTA procedure in principal phases of the organi zation's program. A 12th such session will be aimed specially at the relatively new high school PTA s, with Mrs. J W. Staggs. state vice president, in charge. This will be hold in the State Library Building Speaker for a general assembly tonight at 8 o'clock in Salem High School Auditorium will be Dr. Thomas Bennett. Willamette Uni versity professor, on "The Philos ophy of Citizenship." An informal reception for Mrs. Herman N'ordfors. national vice president, will follow. Salem Teachers Elect Merrill as ! iew iresiueni Dale Merrill, Bush School teacher, was elected president of the Salem Teachers Association at the group's annual election meeting at Bush School Tuesday afternoon. Merrill succeeds Harry Mohr of Leslie Junior High School. Other officers elected Tuesday were Fred Rugh of Parrish Jun ior High, vice president; Mrs. Dorothy Barlow of Highland School, secretary', and Charles C r a r y of Parrish, treasurer. Elected to the group's important economic welfare committee were Mrs. Dorothy Merriara of Bush and Roger Pederson of Salem Sen ior High. Law School At WU Plans Open House The student body of Willamette University School of Law will hold an open house Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., for pre-law students in various colleges throughout the area, it is announced by Seward Keee. dean of the local law col lege. Students from 21 colleges have been invited. The program is under the direc tion of George Gant. first-year stu dent from Coos Bay. Assisting the chairman are William Whitney, Portland, and Walter Stauffacher, Salem. Registration will be held from 9 to 9:30 a.m., with a dean's hour being held at 9:30 a.m. A third year course, trial practice, will be open to visitors at 10:40 a.m. Roy F. Shields. Portland attor ney, will speak to college repre sentatives at noon. Luncheon is scheduled at Baxter Hall at 1 p.m. A moot cpuft. with members of the Willamette College of Law participating, will be held at 2 p.m. A coffee hour, from 3 to 4 p.m.. will close the day's events. Ashland Plans Shakespeare Field Course A Shakespearean field course, will be conducted at Ashland this summer in conjunction with the Oregon Shakespearean Festival. Instructor will be Dr. Margery Bailey of Stanford University. Scheduled from July 22 through Aug. 5. the classes are open to both college graduates and under graduates for two college credits. Students may attend the first four performances of the festival which will open at Ashland Aug. 1 and continue for one month. Plays to be staged this year are "Ham let," "Merry Wives of Windsor." Henry VI" and "The Winter Tale." Test Drillings Underway at M&F Location Death Claims Roy L. Adams Of Qninabv Statetm&ft N'ewi Service Ql'IN'ABY Roy L. Adams, resi UClll tl f U 1 11 9LLJ J Ul MlilliilllJ' 1U1 the past 10 years, died at his home Tuesday at the age of 76 ypars following an illness of the past week. Services will be announced later by the Clough-Rarrick Company. Adams was born in Arkansas, Dec. 14, 1876. He moved from Arkansas to Oklahoma where he remained at McAllister until mov ing to Salem. He first moved to the Hazel Green district and eight years ago moyed to Quinaby. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Survivors include the widow, Pearl Adams, Salem: daughters, Mrs. Rose Phillips, j Brooks, and Mrs. Louise Bryant, Antioch, Calif. ; sons, Louis j and Frank Adams, both of Salem; Kenneth Adams. Tillamook, Ore., and Clif ford Adams, San Francisco; sister, Mrs. Maude Tucker, f Oklahoma; brothers, Charlie Adams, of Okla homa: Lonnie Adams, of Califor nia: Dossie Adams, of Arkansas and Brady Adams, Pootiac, Mich.; and 10 grandchildren. Work of sinking test drillings began this week on the site soon to house a new Meier & Frank Store building on the north edge of downtown Salem. After working Monday after noon and Tuesday the crew is still on its first test hole at the site of the school administration office building. , The drilling is being done by J. M. Jannsen drilling company of Reedville under di rection of Dames & Moore, soil engineers. Test holes will be sunk at va rious places on the block, said Sergio R. Zegers of Portland, en gineer in charge. He said the testings are being made so that construction engnieers will know what sort of soil they must reck on with in planning the store building. Meanwhile Marion County Court has not yet announced a moving date from the school building to the new courthouse. Work on counters and jury rooms has de layed plans for turning over the new courthouse by the contrac tor to the county on May 1. The $2,000,000 building probably will not be ready for occupancy until mid-May. Eugene Man Climbing 6th Highest Peak. EUGENE ufl William Unsoeld, 27, former Eugene resident, is a member of the California climbing expedition now trying to ascend Mt. Makalu in the Himalayas. It is listed as the world's fifth highest peak. A graduate of Eugene High School, he later went to Oregon State College. He has done exten sive climbing in this country, and has climbed in the' Swiss Alps. Wife of Cabinet Official Dies WASHINGTON to Mrs. Ethel Lillian Williams, wife of Under Secretary of Commerce Walter Williams, died Tuesday in George Washington University Hospital It was learned that Mrs. Williams died on the operating table while undergoing an exploratory opera tion for a tumor. She was 59. Mrs. Williams and her husband lived in Seattle before they came to Washington early in the Eisen hower administration. She was born at Florence, Colo., and was graduated from the Uni versity of Denver. 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