8 (Sec. 1) Statesman, SaMm, Ore., WecL April 21. 1954
Foundation for Store Tested
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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
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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. She taught
school at Denver and in Puerto
Rico.
She married Williams in 183L
They had no children-
Three out of four U. S. auto ac
cidents occur on dry pavement in
clear weather.
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