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City Mews IBriefs CHAMBER BOARD CALLED Discussion of Green Peter Dam, which is projected in the long range Willamette Valley planning for flood control, power and other benefits, is scheduled for the Sa lem Chamber of Commerce board of directors at a special meeting Thursday noon at the Marion Hot el, with a delegation from Alba ny's chamber and the Salem chamber's state and local affairs committee. To Be in Business see the Busi ness Opportunities column in Classified today. BCSLNESS-EDUCATION DAY Salem Chamber of Commerce continued its planning Tuesday for a fall Business-Education Day program in which teachers would be invited to visit Salem indus tries and businesses. The cham ber's education committee head ed by Misp Eleanor Stephens dis cussed the project at a meeting yesterday. For rent unfurnished, 1700 Berry St Living room, kitchen, 2 bed rooms, bath, garage, garden space, lawn, $49. Owner will be at property June 9, 12 to 7. Owner B. Smith, Rt 1, Box 783, Lake grove, Ore. Ph. Tigard 3960. GARDEN OPEN Henry Hartwig, peony expert, i will conduct a tour of his garden ' Thursday night when the Men's j Garden Club of Salem meets at the Hartwig home, 3485 Sunny-1 view Ave. This will be a dinner meeting at 6:30. Hartwig will al so discuss peony culture, reports Earl Cook, general chairman of the meeting. Cotton skirts & blouses, 50c to" $1.50. YMCA Budget Shop, 162 S. ComT. Open Fridays & Mondays, 10 to 5. IN COUNTY JAIL Sentenced to 60 days In Marion County jail Tuesday wJfe Jasper Graham of Anderson, S. C, who pleaded guilty to a charge of ob taining money by false pretenses. He admitted passing a bad $6 check at a Salem hotel last week. He was sentenced by District Court Judge Val Sloper. Jos. M. Devers announces the opening of his law office at 270 North Cottage St., Salem, Ore gon, for the general practice of law. DISEASES HIT COUNTY Twenty-four cases of measles and 1L cases of mumps were reported in Marion County last week, ac cording to the weekly communica ble disease list released Tuesday by the Marion County Department of Health. Four cases of hepa titis also were listed. Learn knitting, 1 to 4 p.m. 341 State SL Phone 3-5654. TO CLIMB MT. HOOD The Chemeketans, Salem's hik ing club, will climb Mt. Hood on the south side Sunday. The group plans to start at 2:30 a.m. from the Mazama Lodge parking lot The climb will be open to non-members. Lachelle's, 1348 Ferry St., have a beautiful line of fur scarfs and stoles. Complete fur service and cold storage on premises. JUDGES BACK AT WORK Justices Walter Tooze and W. C. Perry have returned to their desks in the state supreme court following a fishing trip. Justice Hall S. Lusk, now in Washington, D. C, was expected to return here Thursday. VETS MEET TONIGHT Veterans of World War 1 will meet at the Eagles Hall at 8 tonight to complete plans for the state organizational session set for the Senator Hotel on June 19. Public Records MUNICIPAL COURT James Allen Robertson. 805 Plv mouth Dr., fined $75 oa charge of reckless driving. PROBATE COURT James Kansier guardianship es tate: Order permits acceptance of $500 as full settlement of auto ac cident injury claim. Edward H. Clymer estate: Order permits sale of personal property. Norman Bruce Hanes estate: Or der releases guardian. Saul G. Melby estate: Order ap points Helen Wirth as executrix. Lillian C. Ramage estate: Estate appraised at $102,949. CIRCUIT COURT Wyona Conn vs Ernest W. Conn: Decree of divorce awards plaintiff custody of a minor and $60 per month support. Patricia Lee Cutsinger vs Clar ence Edward Cutsinger: Decree of divorce awards custody of two min ors to plaintiff plus $40 per month ! for each. Virginia Van Dell vs Jack Van Dell: Sait for divorce alleges cruel and inhuman treatment. Married Feb. 27. 1925, at Olympia. Wash. Audrey Regan vs Edwin Regan: Suit for divorce alleges cruel and inhuman treatment and asks for custody of two -minors. Married July 4, 1942. at Salem. Louis Melvin Jeffers vs Ruth May Jeffers: Decree of divorce to plain tiff. Marilee LaBarr vs Philip L. La Barr Jr.: Decree of divorce to plaintiff restores maiden name of Marilee Parker. DISTRICT COURT Joseph Graham, of Anderson, S. C, charged with obtaining money by false pretenses, sent enced to 60 days in Marion County .jail following plea of guilty. HUMOR ON PROGRAM A program of humor featuring Dr. Howard Runkel, Willamette professor, in a talk on "Banner Boners'' will feature today's luncheon meeting of Salem Ex change Club at the. Marion HoteL Dr. Woodmansee will be away at convention until June 14. FLAG PROGRAM PLANNED The Salem Elks Club will hold its annual Flag Day program at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Elks Temple. The meeting will be open to the public and will be the last before the summer recess. BOY LOSES WATCH 1 Leonard Hays, 5690 Quinaby Rd., reported to city police Tuesday that a wrist watch, valued at about $50, j was taken from his locker at Par i rish Junior High School sometime j during the day. Dr. A. D. Woodmansee will be i out of his office until about June I 15. j GRADUATES WITH HONORS Hillman W. Fischer, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Fischer, 215 S. 14th St., recently was graduated Summa Cum Lande from Con cordia Junior College, Portland. Marshalls Open for lunch daily 11:30 a.m. Special Sunday din ners. DONNELL REAPPOINTED Reappointment of Merrill Don nell. The Dalles, as a member of the Oregon State Board of Phar macy was announced by Gov. Paul L. Patterson Tuesday. Haley's Beauty Center moving to 464 N. CapitoL Open for business Wednesday, 9th. COUNCIL MEETS TODAY Salem Industrial Development Council will meet at 7:30 a.m. to day for breakfast and a business session at the Marion Hotel. U of 0 to Award Degrees to Salem Students EUGENE The University of Oregon Sunday afternoon will award degrees to 1,100 seniors and graduate students at commence ment exercises at Hayward Field. The number of degrees is ex pected to total 1,165, including 288 master's ao4 26 doctor's degrees. Salem students on the degree list are: Mrs. Shirley P. Jensen; Susan Perry, daughter of K. C. Perry. 829 N. Summer St.; Lou. Anne Wolf, daughter ox Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wolf. 2345 rtjher Rd.; Wayne R. Mercer. Route ; Dorothy J. Pederson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Pederson, 4953 N. River Rd. Thomas G. Angle, son of Mrs. Mil dred Angle, 1290 Wallace Rd.: Joyce R. Armstrong, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Armstrong, 530 N. 18th St.; Marjorie A. Bee Ice. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Becke, 730 N. Summer St.: Howard T. Beugli. son of Aaron Beugli. 879 N. Cottage; Wade C. Carter Jr.. son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Carter, 3165 Fisher Rd. Gloria S. Crowson. Salem; Keith G. Firnam. son of Lester B. Farnam, 1588 D St.: Fred R. Fuhr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Fuhr. 443 N. 24th; John S. Griffith, con of Mrs. Ila Griffith, 156 Court St.; Grace L. Hyatt. 1894 Berry St.; Glean W. Kleen. son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kleen. 3S43 SUverton Rd. Edward D. Meyers, son of Mrs. Helen Meyers. Route 3; Gordon C. Sloan, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Sioan. 1290 McCoy Ave.: Ray Stumbo. son of Mrs. Barbara S. Elefson, 930 Tamarack St.; Porter S. Woods. Sa lem, Ina E. Freeman. 3620 Garden Rd.; William H. Byrd. son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Byrd. 296 N. 14th St. A r line P. Hucklngs, Route 8: Ross L. Hucklns, Route 9: Donald W. DuboU. 1180 N. 22nd: John W., Jones Jr.. Salem, and Philip G. McHarness. 3417 D St. Woods is a candidate for the mas. ter of arts degree and Miss Freeman for the master of business education. Byrd and Mr. and Mrs. Huckins are candidates for the master of educa tion degree. Dubois. Jones and Har ness are all candidates for the mas ter of science degree. Other degree candidates from the Salem area include Marilyn Gardner, daughter of Joe Gardner. Route 1. Aumsville. She is a candidate for the bachelor of science degree. Homemaking Teachers to Meet Today The annual state conference of Oregon Homemaking Teachers will convene this morning in Col lins Hall. Willamette University, with approximately 100 homemak ing teachers in attendance. The conference will continue for three days. Highlight of the session will be demonstrations of the Bishop method of precision sewing, con ducted by Mrs. Katherine Rot ruck, Washington, D. C. She is in charge of clothing construction at the Hannah Harrison school of the YWCA in Washington, and is a specialist in this project. 73 Forest Fires Reported During Spring Season Despite numerous rains a total of 73 forest fires were reported to the State Forestry Department during April and May, department officials said Tuesday . The fires burned over 205 acres with lightning accounting for only seven of the blazes. There were 66 tnan-caused fires. Forty-one of the fires occurred during the May hot spell and 17 were caused by smok ers who either carelessly flipped fags from moving cars or failed to put out a burning match, of ficials said. Legionnaire M Arthur J. Conn 11, national com mander of the American Le gion, who will visit Salem and Woodburn Friday. Legion's Top Commander To Visit Valley Arthur J. Connell, American Le gion national commander, will make a whirlwind visit to Marion ! County American Legion events j Friday, following appearances in Portland and Astoria. . Commander Connell. of Middle- town, Conn., will make his first public appearance here at 3 p.m. during a tour of Beaver Boys State now in session on the Willamette University campus. Following a brief rest period Commander Connell will be guest of honor at a no-host dinner at the Marion hotel at 5:30 p.m. After the dinner the party will move on to Woodburn wfcere Com mander Connell will officiate at a mass initiation of new American Legion members from Marion County at the Woodburn Legion hall at 8 p.m. The initiation will be conducted by the Portland Rose City ritual, team, sponsored by the Marion County Council. The Salem dinner will be attend ed by a small group of state, city and American Legion officials, and is by invitation since Commander Connell will not be making a speech or formal public appear ance. Among those invited are the State Board of Control, American Legion members of the State Sup reme Court, national American Legion committeemen Hollis Hull, Eugene Orr, James Garvin, B. E. Owens, and R. H. Bassett; state department officers; district two Commander H. B. Lichenthaler, Dayton, and Vice-Commander John Muir, Mill City. Commanders and Commanders elect of Salem American Legion posts will include: Ray Rhoten and Ridgeway Miller, Post 136; Hal Lehman and E. A. Dickson, King wood Post 81: John W7ood and Daryel Donaldson, Capital Post 9; Mrs. Lester J. Perry, Post 149; John Crockatt and Claude Martin, Voiture 153.40 and 8. Robert F. White, representing Mayor Alfred Loucks, and William H. Hammond, president of the Sa lem Chamber of Commerce, will both represent the city of Salem. Others are Attorney General Ro bert Y. Thornton. H. C. Saalfeld, state veterans affairs director: and Ray Gilles, Commander Woodburn Post 46. 3 Salem Students Given Positions on UO Newspaper EUGENE - Three University of Oregon journalism students from Salem have been appointed to pos itions on the Oregon Daily Emer ald, the student publication on the campus. Anne Ritchey. daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Ritchey of 1045 N. 13th St., who served this year as feature editor for the newspaper. has been appointed assistant man aging editor for the coming year. She is a Salem high school gradu ate and a sophomore at the uni versity. Robert Paul Robinson, also a sophomore, was named assistant news editor. He has just finished a term as Emerald sports editor. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Robinson, 1630 S. Winter St. Freshman William Mainwaring, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Main waring, 2540 Skopil Ave., will serve next year as business office man ager. Births LOWRY To Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Lowry, Independence, a daughter. Tuesday, June 8, at Sa lem General Hospital. HUGHES To Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hughes, 2286 Claude St., a son, Tuesday, June 8, at Salem General Hospital. WICKMAN To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wickman. 2085 Warner St., a son, Tuesday, June 8, at Salem General Hospital. PURBRICK To Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Purbrick, 598 Ratcliff Dr., a daughter, Monday, June 7, at Salem Memorial Hospital. LIDSTER To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Lidster, 2075 Laurel Ave., a son, Tuesday, June 8, at Salem Memorial Hospital. PATTERSON To Mr. and Mrs. William Patterson, Gervais, a son, Tuesday, Jane 8, at Salem Mem orial Hospital. State Refuses to Seek O&C Ruling Rehearing The State Board of Control Tuesday turned thumbs down on a proposal that it intervene in opposing rehearing before the U.S. Cir cuit Court of Appeals based on a recent decision involving distribu tion of O & C land grant fund.; to Oregon counties. The board was asked to intervene by Clackamas County com missioners Stan Stoko and Robert Jones. The intervention was op WU Building Permits Total $1,038,284 Three construction permits, r4 1 1 i o ei n-Q OQ.4 xmtat-A irnMn tA Willamette University Tuesday by the city engineer's office for con struction of new buildings on cam pus. Included in the three, all having the address of 900 State St., were a $625,670 permit for a fine arts building; a $310,297 permit for a women's dormitory and a $102,317 permit for a health center. Viesko and Post is general con tractor on the job and James L. Payne the architect. The three buildings are scheduled to be com pleted in July and August of 1955. A $277,000 permit was issued by the engineer's office to School Dis trict 24CJ for the new Grant School now under construction at 880 Market St. This school is slated for completion about the first of the year. A permit also went to' Gordon Alle.i. alter dwelling and garage, 260 Hansen Ave., $3,800. Canadians to Visit Salem Fifty-six young Canadian men and women with a flair for travel and outdoor life will visij Salem Saturday. Coming in two buses due here at 4 a. m. will be this group from uic uuiucu nuggci uuu Ul tic toria, B. C, YMCA, under the I direction of Program Secretary' T" 1 a m - Robert Morrison Salem Chamber of Commerce has arranged for the party to taki early-morning naps in their sleep ing bags at Bushs Pasture, or if the weather is wet, at the YMCA and the YWCA here The club will breakfast at the Golden Pheasant Restaurant at 9 a. m., tour the Capitol at 10 a. m. and stay in Salem for shop ping and sightseeing until 3:30 p. m. The visitors are making a 2,-000-foot color movie of their tour. Assessor Discuss Forest Taxation The timber taxation subcommit tee of the Oregon Association of Assessors met in Salem Tuesday to discuss taxation of forest lands, severance and yield taxes and cut ting affidavits. Recommendations were drawn up for committee approval for the fall meeting and later filing with the interim committee on taxa tion. Never of TRY IT AND YOU'LL TELL Hi This is Chevrolet's greatest car and today's greatest value! We're so sure of it that we invite you to 'prove it to yourself by any test you like. Look it over try it out. See how it gives you features and advantages you'd expect to find only in much higher-priced cars! Come in now and prove it for yourself! JVow's the time to buy! Got our BIG DEAL! Enoy a DOUGLAS McKAY CHEVROLET 510 N. Commercial Sr. posed by Clackamas County Judge Wallace Telford along with 17 other O&C land grant counties. The intervention was opposed by Gov. Paul L. Patterson and State Treasurer Sig Unander with Sec retary of State Earl T. Newbry favoring the intervention. Gov. Patterson, at the conclu sion of the discussion, said there was no proof that it would be of any benefit for the state to inter vene. "I most certainly do not feel that the board of control should take sides in favor of one county when officials of 17 other counties are opposed to the state Interven ing," the Governor averred. Frank Sever, attorney for the land grants counties, declared the Cordon-Ellsworth bill now before congress provides for distribution of $5,000,000 land grant funds to Oregon counties and for future dis tribution under the Department of Forestry in the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Administration of 0 t C Land is now a function of the Bureau of Lands, Department of the Interior. The Clackamas County commis sioners said the smaller lumber op erators, based on previous records, have received the best treatment from the Interior Department. They charged that the forest j service has favored the larger op- I erators. Following attacks on the Cordon- i Ellsworth Bill by the Clackamas ; County commissioners and A. W. ! Lafferty, Portland attorney. Gov. Patterson said the board of con- trol was not interested in such a line of argument. j "This bill is now before congress and it is not the function of the board of control to advise congress what action it shall take," Gov. Patterson continued. ; ti 1 o ! rlTinl PrVlPPC Tl J 1 illirSCla V IOr ' :G.W.Reclpath Services for Georce W. ReHrjath , resident of Salem for the past 29 years ana an employe of the Ore- gon Pulp and Paper Company who died Monday, will be held Thursday at 10 a. m. in the Virgil T. Golden Chapel. The Rev. Louis E. White will officiate and interment will be held at City View Cemetery. Redpath was born in Canada in 1886 and he became a citizen of the United States shortly after coming to this country. Survivors include the widow, Minnie S. Redpath. at the family home 1910 Lee St. ; daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Bourson, Salem, and ; Mrs. Mildred Fink, Springfield, j Ore.; son, George R. Redpath, Salem, brothers, James Redpath, Inkster, N. D., and Frank Red-' path. Summers, Mont.: sister,; Mrs. Lizzie Vanderby, of Minne apolis, Minn.: five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. ' OOO3 before has General Motors offered so many features its higher-priced cars In Its lowest-priced line . . US THAT YOU GET THE Hospital Administrator Takes Over Duties V f CUr I I V ml & f Qfi Charles M. McLean, new Salem General Hospital administrator who Monday, is shown above with Lillian McDonald, former hospital the hospital board, McLean was an executive of Ancker Hospital delivery room in the hospital's new building. (Statesman photo) E. W. Chretien Succumbs to 3-Year Illness Edward W. Chretien, late resi dent of 1905 Broadway St., died Tuesday at a local hospital at the age of 83 years. He had been ill for the past three years. Recitation of the rosary will be held this evening at 7:30 o'clock, in the Clough-Barrick Chapel with services to be held Thursday at 9:30 a. m. in St. Vincent de Paul's Catholic Church. Interment will be at St, Barbara Cemetery. Chretien, a farmer for a num ber of years in the Silverton area, wai born in Quebec, Canada ia October. 1870. He moved to Bot tineau, N. D. at the age of 17 years where he homesteaded for about 45 years. He had 'lived in retirement in Salem for the past 10 years. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Roseanna Chretien. Salem; five daughters, Mrs. Wilfred Cole, Willow City, N. D.; Mrs. Carl Guaranteed Watch and Clock Repairing Precision licensed watchmakers. All work carries a 1 -year guar antee at reasonable prices. OPEN FRIDAY NIGHTS TIL 9 P. M. DTrtK ml Sir BEST OF ALL 3 PERFORMANCE, ECONOMY, PRICE! 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For in stance: if the S25 award is not claimed, the first award the following day- will be S50 . . . same with other awards. YESTERDAY'S WINNERS $50 1st Award NO WINNER AWARD CARRIES OVER $75 2nd Award O. J. DOWNEY 2355 State St. $30 3rd Award MRS. STEPHEN TARTER Re. 1, Bex 491 MASTER MONEY BILLS , FREE Center at Liberty Center at Commercial .Marion at Liberty Court at Capitol Keizer District Open Weekday Nites During June Til t p.m. IN (ASH!