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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1954)
t City Mews IKirfieffs AID EXAM OPEN Examinations for the position of museum aid are now open Ihrough the U. S. Civil Service Commission. The -position, with annual salary ranging from $2,950 io S3, 4 10, might involve work in such places as the Nation Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institu tion or the Department of the In terior. Washington, D. C. Infor nation may be received at the post office. Fresh killed broad breasted hen turkeys 35c lb. Orwig's Market, 3975 Silverton Rd. or Ph. 4-574 PROFF.SSOR TO SPEAK Dr. Gertrude Boyd Crane, pro fessor nf religion and philosophy at P a c i l i c University, Forest Grove, will speak this evening at 6:30 at the annual dinner meet ing of the Salem Council of Churches at the First Presbyte- rian Church. The meeting is open ; to the public. Dr. Brace I. Knapp, council president, said. ; Cash In Your Pockets for idle ', things in closed: To place Fori Sale ads call 2-1441 for an ad- writer. FIVE PKRMITS ISSIF.D Five permits for alterations of buildings were issued Monday by the city engineer's office to Rich ard T." Rogers, 880 Electric St., $1,000; Mrs. V. Hoeni", 1475 S. Commercial St., $990. J. B. Nath man, 248 S. 25th St.. $200: R. L. Melton, 1050 Sixth St.. 51,000, and David Lassie, 1140 Gafnet St., $50. CAPS FOR FOL'R Four Salem women are among 33 student nurses who will be graduated Friday at 8 p m from I Good Samaritan Hospital School j of Nursing, Portland. They are Beverly Benner. Josephine Ny strom, Mary Nopp and Wi'.amine White. A Ainsworth Lodge No. 201, TAF L AM. Special meeting at Howell-Edwards Chapel, May 19th at 4 p.m. Ritualistic Rites for Wm. M. Hall, Sr. GOING TO CONVENTION For Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra ternity. Province Lambda conven tion Sunday in Portland dele ooios Imm Will.imptlc I'nivprsitv chapter will be Loyal Howard, Salem, newly elected president; Dick Adams, Salem vice presi dent, and Bill Lasswell, Yoncalla. Big boy hybrid tomato plants, flower plants, choice plants, fin est varieties. Jay Morris, 135 E. Ewald ft Liberty Rd. MOOSE TO TRAVEL Officers, members and initiates of Salem Moosa Lodge will go to Corvallis Wednesday night for a joint meeting and enrollment reremony. The Salem group will leave in cars from Moose Hall here at 6:30 p.m. Siegmund for Co. Commissioner Vote 31X. Pd. Adv. Public Records PROBATE COURT Pearley L. Barber guardianship estate: Order closes estate. Josephine Bunce estate: Order permits real property sale. Inora Dennis guardianship es tate: Order permits real property sale. William Walter Gilchrist guar dianship estate: Onder appoints Darrell Melson Gilchrist as guar dian. Glenn E. Morgan estate Order appoints Richard L. Morgan as executor. Louis H. Gohrlte estate: Order for sale of personal property. Nellie Ruth Whittaker estate: Order releases, administrator. Carl Brand estate: Order ap points William J. Ettncr as execu tor. CIRCUIT COURT John E. and Robert R. Marr vs. George Putnam and Ray Moore: Order denies motions of defendants for a new trial. MUNICIPAL COURT Stephen Jasper t'ustor, 1615 N. 22nd St., fined $50 for reckless drixing: $250 for driving while iously was junior lieutenant gov privilege to drive suspended in- ernor Named district governor definitely, and fined $15 for per- , was Victor Miller of Portland, mittins illegal driving, committed succeeding Lew Smith of Port Monday in lieu of payment. land Ross Albert Austin. Portland, Winner of the speech contest fined $250 on charge of driving was George Loney. Portland, who while intoxicated and committed will compete in the zone contest Monday in lieu of payment. at Seattle, June 5. John Dennis Brrnnan. 1823 j " Broadway St., frned $50 on charge o reckless driving. William Bernard Calvert. Port 1 I 4 - .1 eiAl U . 1 nM UrtA of reckless driving. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Robert L. McFarlane. 25. base ball player, Garfield, Utah, and Margaret June Helgeson. 25, re- ceptionist. 818 N. 14th St., Sa ,em. (Father John Sutton.) Walter E. Odom, 21, store clerk, 1168 Second St., and Mary Jane Gilman, 22, bookkeeper, 1017 Sixth St., both of Salem. Charles Robert Knytych, 20, service station attendant, 3575 Liberty Rd., and Barbara Joan Pickens, 20, dictaphone operator, 445 Academy St.. both of Salem. Robert B. True, 20. U.S. Army, 733 Piedmont SL, and Nancy Os terberg. 19, newspaper employe, 245 N. 27th St.. both of Salem. BIRD RAISERS TO MEET Plans for their annual show and bazaar will be discussed to day at the May meeting of All Variety Bird Club at the home of Mrs. C. N. Quartier, 4565 Hazel Green Rd. The meeting is sched uled for 1 p.m. Siegmund for Co. Commissioner. Vote 3 IX. Pd Adv. Y ALBANY MAN CHARGED Lloyd Earl Walker, Albany, was arrested by state police Mon day evening on i charge of driv ing while intoxicated. He was lod ged in the Salem jail in lieu of bail. Marshall 11:30 a.m. ners. Open for lunch daily Special Sunday din- TOWNSENDITES MEET Townsend Club 17 will meet today at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Maude Morlan, 2244 Hyde St. Learn Knitting 1 to 4 p.m. 341 State St Phone 3-56.4. $125 Million Spent in State Bv Tourists Tourist are a major business in Oregon and last year spent nearly 125 million dollars in the state, according to Carl W. Jor dan, director of the State Travel Information Bureau. Speaking at a Chamber of Corn- merce luncheon Monday at the Marion Hotel, Jordan pointed out that while most tourists are trav fling for pleasure, several are looking for possible sites for new businesses. An estimated one million out-of-state cars entered Oregon dur ing 1953 Jordan said, and over half of these came from western states where extensive advertis ing has been done by the travel information bureau. OSC Students Visit CoilIltV Health Office Sampling the busy day of a full time county health department will be the aim today of a group of Oregon State College students who will te guest of the Marion County Health Department. The health education students, about 15 of them, will tour the health department headquarters in Salem this morning. Then they will split into small groups and ac company health nurses and offi cers on actual routine calls in the fieW this afternoon. Leader of the students will be Professor Henrietta Morris. The group will be handled by Mrs. Ber nice Yeary. supervisor of nurses and Wade Patterson, health edu cator with the county department. Hubcap Thieves Busy on Sunday Hubcaps were apparently a pop ular item Sunday night with thieves or vandals operating in one section of Salem and three residents in close proximity to each other reported losses to city police Monday morning. The cars were owned bv Jack T . Axtman. 1590 B St., and Mrs. Flor- ! Here hnCIS VlSlt ence Tucker. 653 N. 16th St. j 'around the corner', who each lot ; Winston Tavlor. formerly prest two. Axtman estimated his hub- j dent 0f tne Salem Council of caps to oe vaiueo ai w ana Mrs. , Tucker said hers were worth $4. V Two were also taken Sund night from a car belonging to Don ald Swartwout, 1779 Chemeketa St., and he valued the loss at $4. His home is about five blocks from where the other four were taken. Toastmasters Elect Robert Batdorf PORTLAND Robert Batdorf o' Salem was chosen senior lieu tenant governor of District 7 Toastmasters' International at the weekend parley here. He prev- i'.oiintv Red Cross Chapter Meet Mav 27 The annual meeting of Mar ion County Chapter, American Red Cross, will be held May 27 at 8 p.m. at the YWCA building. Committee reports will be submitted and election of offi- cers held at the public meeting. Births BOUCHER To Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Boucher, 4958 N. River Rd., a son, Monday, May 17, at Salem General Hospital. DONALDSON To Mr. and Mrs. Buryl Donaldson, 2580 Simpson St., a daughter, Monday, May 17, at Salem Memorial HoepitaL Navy Facility May Receive More Planes Possibility that more aircraft may be assigned to Salem's Na val Air Facility was made known Monday during an unofficial vis it there by three officers from Naval Air Reserve Training Head quarters, Glenview, I1L The three, Capt. F. K. Upham, Cmdr. G. C. Gould and Cmdr. J. F. Litsey, came to Salem Monday from Seattle where they inspect ed the Naval Air Station. Comdr. Gould expressed satis faction over the Salem station's "economical and efficient" opera tion and indicated he will attempt to increase the number of air planes assigned to the unit. Naval reservists here now have nine planes, according to Lt, Cmdr. James L. Thornton, com manding officer of the facility. They include five torpedo bom bers, three single-engine trainers and one twin-engine light cargo craft. If more aircraft are added to the fleet, Cmdr. Thornton said, they will be of the same type as those now on the -station. Possi bility of jets being assigned to Salem are remote, he explained, because of short runways and in adequate plane parking facilities. Most jet planes require more than 5.000 feet of runway, espe cially in hot weather, he pointed out. Monday the second summer cruise started at the Salem sta tion when 18 officers and nine enlisted men of Squadron AAU 892 arrived for the 14-day train ing period. Squadron commander is Lt. Cmdr. Don Hartvig, Port land. WU Hono rary Legal Chapter Elects Leader Allan Franzke, Portland, has been elected president of the Wil lamette University chapter of Delta Theta Phi, honorary legal fraternity. Other officers named are: Da vid Card, Coos Bay, vice dean; Thomas Joseph, Weiser, Idaho, tribune; Warren Colver, Anchor age. Alaska, master of ritual; Walter Stauffacher, Salem, ex chequer: Harold Lance, Para mount, Calif., clerk of roles, and James Ellis. Salem, bailiff. During installation services, David Card was presented the C Johns cup for outstanding achievement during the junior year. New members initiated into the legal fraternity are: James Ellis, Eldon Lafky, Walter Stauffacher, Warren Eckels and Luther Jen sen, all of Salem: Thomas Jo seph, Weiser, Idaho; Harold Lance, Paramount, Calif.; Wil liam Sundstrom, San Carlos, Calif.; Roger Rook, Princeton, Minn.; Bernard Bednarz, Canaan, Vt., and William Colver, Anchor age, Alaska. Justice Walter Tooze of the Oregon Supreme Court conducted examination of the candidates for membership in Delta Theta Phi and awarded certificates to the new members. Ex-President of Church Council churches and church editor of , The Oregon Statesman, left via I car Monrlav for San Frsnritcn to . - return to his headquarters as director of the Methodist public relations commission. Taylor and his wife and two children, Allan and Hope, spent a week in Salem visiting his mother, Mrs. Milo Taylor, and many friends in this area. He left Salem a year ago. His fam ily accompanied him back to San Francisco Monday. M iracle the 'Transistor7 ELIMINATES ALL 'B" BATTERIES OREGON HEARING CENTER 319 Court St Sales tc Service - Ph. 43501 Repairs made on all makes We Have Cords and Receivers for all Hearing Aids FAST SERVICE Zenith Dahlberg Gem eu : Ar AcousticoB 0 Otarion Aurez Paravox Sonotone Telex NEW HEARING MIRACLE THE "TRANSISTOR" SPECIAL DEMONSTRATIONS Y TRAINED SPECIALISTS I Mail This Coupon for FREE Information : I want to learn more about the principle of hearing correc- j tion. I understand there is no obligation. :Nom : I Address j jCity . Moil to Oregon Hearing Center, 319 Court St., Solem Or Phone for Appointment - 43501 Keep Oregbn Green Contest Winners Told Winners of the 1954 Keep Ore gon Green poster contest were announced Monday as being the best of more than 200 entries. Sue Meyle, Hood River, placed first; in the senior division, ages 13 to 16. The junior division winner is Ardle Page, Albany, this being the 8-12 age group. Both win $10 prizes. The other winners, all of whom get $5 awards: Senior division Second, Jackie Phillips, Hood River; third, Mar garet Rigert, Beaverton; fourth, Lorene Soderberg, Gresham; and fifth, Barbara Sexton, Corvallis. Junior division Second. Stu art Morris, Portland; third, Bruce Hamilton, Ontario: fourth. Ronnie Zeiler, Rockaway; and fifth, Irene Rader, Eugene. $315 in Fines Meted Out to Young Driver Eighteen-year-old Stephen Jas per Custor, 1615 N. 22nd St., was fined a total of $315 in municipal court Monday for traffic viola tions and he was committed in lieu of payment. The charges against the youth i evolved following a police chase I Saturday morning and crash of 1 Custor's car into a tree at North j Capitol and Gaines Streets. i A 15-year-old companion, who j was driving at the time of the i crash, was cited to court, but did not appear Monday. Police reports indicate that Custor was driving the vehicle when the chase began. Custor w2S fined $250 for driv ing a motor vehicle while privi lege to drive was indefinitely sus pended; $50 for reckless driving, and $15 for permitting illegal driv ing. Bloodmobile Collects 98 Pints Monday The Red Cross bloodmvbile col lected SHi pints of blood at the Sa lem Armory Monday afternoon. The drawing was sponsored joint ly by the Salem Oil Information Committee and the Salem Heat ing Oil Dealers Association. Dwight M. Bowen, 761 Mill St., donated his eighth pint to join the "galloners club" and three per sons reached the 14 pint mark. They are Mrs. Dorothy Bell. 2235 Carlton Way, Mrs. Jeane V. Mary, 2355 Townsend Way, and Dennis Howarth, 785 N. 20th St. Other high donors are Frederick Mor gan, 1348 Saginaw St.. 11th pint: and Eugene Vandeneynde, 585 N. Winter St., 21st pint. The next drawing in Salem is scheduled at the Armory on June 3. Plywood Workers Vote to Strike If Negotiations Fail Statesman Newt Servlct LEBANON One thousand em ployes of the Cascade Plywood Company here Sunday approved a strike vote, Tom Gamblin, busi ness agent for the AFL Plywood and Veneer Workers local, re ported. The union is seeking a 124 cent wage increase. No date for a possible strike has been set, he added. Fire Destroy Home In Silverton Hill Statesman News Servir SILVERTON Fire destroyed the -George Orrlck home in the Silverton Hills Monday morning, with the family escaping only with their clothing. The Silverton fire department was called but tbe house was gone before they arrived. Cause of the fire was unknown. St Entries for Grassman Honor In Polk Area Due In by May 22 By LILLIE L. MADSEN Farm Editor, The Statesman INDEPENDENCE Any farmer in Polk County who aspires to being county Grassman of the Year must submit his entry by May 22, committee members said Monday. Selection of tbe county grass man will be made in early June with announcement of the winner to be made at the Polk County Fair Friday night, August 27. Sponsoring organizations include committees representing the Chambers of Commerce of Inde- pendence, Monmouth and Dallas. r l i Taking part in the planning were Orailt, OartielCl Charles Eastabrooks, Monmouth, . Clarence Thomas and E. Oppliger , ScllOOlS tO Hold ot Independence, and Andy Irwin, Ed Himes, Claude Hoisington nd N. John Hansen of Dallas. Sponsored State-Wide The purpose of the grassman contest, sponsored state-wide by the Portland Chamber of Com- merce .is to encourage the pro- .. .. r auction oi improved pastures ana the better utilization of grass for forage purposes, including hav. rilage and pasture. The income per acre of pasture can be quite high in comparison toother crops, Clarence Thomas said here Mon- day. He cited as an example, George Knaupp, the 1953 county acres of irrigated pasture, pro duced a gross income of $780 per acre in pasture, silage and hay lor forage purposes. Polk County is again divided . i - .... l , - me commute, wnereuy eacn 01 : . . the three chambers of commerce ' wnen the ,eader popped sudden will select a grassman in its own , 1' Monday morning in the 1600 area, and the entire committee i block of Center Street, will meet visit the three nomi-j AU tnree vchicies sustained nees ana iinauy seiec; ine cvuniv wide representative. Geographical Divisions The geographical divisions are the area south ot Rickreall-Salem highway and east of 99-W, spon sored under the Independence chamber; the1 area south of Pal las and west of 99-W, by the Mon mouth chamber, and the north portion ot the county running from Salem through to Valley Junction by the Dallas Chamber. Thomas said that the commit- tee is urging any farm operator who has made some improvement in grass production, or who is in- I! USED Furniture and Appliances WHY NOT clean that attic, gar age or basement? You can do yourself a favor and make mon ey too! Just call us to pay you SPOT CASH for your old things. Phone 4-3319 wrjarii 515 S. Commercial (Across from Main Store) D f ? Mtinrr rdreniS lUeeUIl" Grant and Garfield Schools will hold meetings this week for 1 parents of children who will en i . t. , .. f .,), j ter. thfe fl"' g"e next fall. Tnetriirt ivn unit h rivn on 7 7 registration and preparing for ! tne school year, ' The Grant School meeting will j be at 1:30 p m. Wednesday and ! the Garfield meeting at 1:30 p.m. j Thursday. ) I i Collide in Salem Three Astoria cars in a nine- iiar caravan to Salem collided minor damage and one passen ger suffered a bloody nose and a bump on his head. The vehicles uere driven by Edith I. .Johnson. Georgia A. Mir lsset and Edith D. Schenk, all of Astoria. creasing the grass program on the farm, to make an entry with ; -nm m.mhr nf ih, rnmmitt.. 80 that his farm mav be consid: ered in tnc selection this year. Entries may also be made at the Polk County extension offices at Dallas, where score cards to be used are available. Wise summer travelers choose the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway. Whether they're traveling on business or vacation, every S. P. 4 S. trip is a pleasure. You. tod. will thrill to the beauty of the scenic water level route, relax in the comfort of reclin ing coach seats or deluxe Pullman accommoda tions and enjoy the delicious dining car meals. SPOKANE, PORTLAND and SEATTLE RAILWAY SYSTEM Ship and travel mfht Northwest's own railway' Statesman, Salem. Ore-. Tus Grand High Priest Sprague Carter, grand high priest of Pendleton, was a re cent visitor at the session of Royal Arch Masons, Multnomah Chapter 1, here. Other visitors included Lynn Woodson, grand principal sojourner; A. H. Mc Donald, grand captain of hosts, of the Grand Lodge, and Isaac Williamson of Woodburn Lodge and L. H. Holman of McMinnville. Carter introduced his official family, including Rex Davis, grand treasurer of Salem, and Milton L. Meyers, past grand high priest of Oregon. A covered-dish dinner was Salem Girl to " "I . . GraClUate at t v. Bible College LOS ANGELES Miss Betty Darkne Schreder. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schreder, 1620 S. Commercial St., Salem, Ore., will be graduated June 1 from the Biola Bible College of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, where she majored in education. Miss Schreder previously at tended Salem Academy. She is a member of the Salem Bible Church. While attending the Bible In stitute, Miss Schreder as Cor ridor Prayer Leader, "business manager of the yearbook, first vice president of the women students, served on the student council and was editor of the student directory. SPRING CLEARANCE SALE! lA OFF 7 s i4 OFF - w i&Svs...... $7 7.5 2 or. 1 '&; 143 NORTH HIGH New Store Hours: Closed Monday, Open Friday 'HI 9. Make your summer trip a pleasure caB Oregon Electric Railway for mfonnatioft. Getter OflUat: AmarUee tank EuiltMng, Portland, Oregon. May lt. liS Sec 1) 5 At Masons' Meet served. Ralph A. S pence of Salem re ceived tbe past master degree. TO THE VOTERS OF POLT COUNTY My Fledge: Efficiency and Courtesy in Office. I believe that years ef service in school board and city council work, in building and maintaining roads for the County and the Logging Industry, qualifies me as a Candidate for the Office of County Judge. If elected I will spare no effort to faith fully and conscientiously serve the People of this County in all administrative and execu tive duties of this office. If you believe in my ability and integrity I will appreciate your support in tbe Primary Elec tion. Mav 2 1st C. M. (Col) BARNHART Rep. Candidate Polk Co. Judge (Fair Trad Itims beiptul f 11 1 M. . : ; Y v ae... tar E IJ? Off I JC- -WRiEJtv.w. T J. D. Surlts Oregon Electric Freight Depot