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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1955)
School Reporter ' By BARBARA BONIFACE and WILL BATESON . North Salem Has Talent Show I Contributor iV 4 i1 - NORTH SALEM HIGH , The junior class had hayday Thursday in the "form of its an nua! talent show. "Hillbilly Holi- day was pre- sented to the f student body alter Juncn. The show .opened with, a short speech by first vice-presi- Vi V. li V WVIIU derks. The cur tain opened on a scene of an ancient tumble- :-wiu'BatPMia down shack of ' hillbilly family. Alembers of the family, were played by Ron , Maddy; . Harold Lotis, Ronnelle Carlisle, . Joan Maguren and Bar bara Wolke. , .As the family-'discussed -the Various merits of patching a roof Donna Finlcy sang "This Old House." Next on the stage were Joanie Newell and Evelyn Hough who danced a pantomime. An outstanding act was a girls tjuartct consisting of Shirley Taber, Diane Dependehner. Jean .Roth end Carol Mefford. The girls were dressed in old overalls and they accompanied themselves with off . key instruments. . 1 Playing his guitar and singing with Buell Hadley was George Wyatt. Janet Pcarsall lmita- S veu i.iuei ace 011 the piano com plete with a broken candle in a coke bottle. A pantomime b y Debbie Lamb and Sandie Hill was next. The following two numbers were - Corky Meisinger Barbara Bonifar and his accordion and the Valky ries. v . .High point of the show was a humorous reading on anatomy by Dick Hansen. The rest of the pro- Pram was taken up by a har monica solo by Mavis Carter, duet by Millie Messmer and Diane 4Fer- guson and a dance by Joyce Brown and Sharon Kendall. The show ended with a hillbilly band playing and singing "She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain." There is a new art exhibit at North Salem Highjhis week. This gives the Vikings a chance to show what they can do in department of ; art. The exhibits are mostly water color and tempera work. The paintings range greatly in subject. - The paintings are set up in an upstairs room where music is pro vided by the art department's hi-fi record player. The North Salem . High music j department decided this week that it would nroduce ' "The Fortune Teller" by Victor Herbert as its annual ; operetta. Two , songs, "Romanv Life" and "Slumber on My Gypsy , Sweetheart" are well known and it is e::pected the pro-; duction will draw a large audianee. ; begin next month. vs.. New Bank's Deposits Near Half-Million The first annual meeting of stockholders in the new Com mercial Bank of Salem met Thursday night and heard that 18 days after' opening for busi ness $413,731 had been deposited in the bank. The meeting was held in .the bank's temporary quarters in the Griffin Building, across the street from the corner of Chemeketa and Church streets where the bank is constructing headquar ters. ' ' ' 1 ' ' Two new directors were elect-i ed and all present officers of the bank re-elected. New directors are Jake Weil, Hillsboro, and Ralph Raines, Forest Grove. Officers re-elected were Donald B. Peterson, president; Charles A. Sprague, chairman of the board; Tinkham Gilbert, vice president, and Richard F. Hauge, cashier. Re-elected to the board of di rectors were R. L. Elfstrom, Gard ner Knapp, Roy Harland, Gilbert, A. L. Reiling, Hillsboro; , Axel Erickson, Portend; Peterson and Sprague. , - - Thirty-two stockholders attend ed the meeting. The bank opened J2n. 3. Next year's meeting will be held on approximately the same date as this year's, said Peterson. Tt. ' &t i , Vil Rager W. Babsaa, Bated fiaaacial and builaess reporter, becomes a regular contributor ta The Ore- : fan Statesman starting today. Babson Starts New Business re Today Film Scheduled By 4-H Group Statesmaa News Servir VICTOR POINT A motion pic ture on Mexico is planned at the Victor Point School on Wednesday night at S o'clock, sponsored by the Victor Point 4-H Livestock Club. A feature-length film will also be shown sometime during Febru ary by the club as a fund-raising venture to finance a club sign for shows and exhibits. Roger W. Babson, a pioneer in the field of business and financial statistics, has become a regular contributor to The Oregon States man. His articles will appear each Friday.. j Babson will discuss business and investments, jobs and wages, land and building, living costs and re tail trade, inflation and taxes, and other topics of the. day. His views are regarded as of inestimable value by many per sons, j The first article appears today on page 3, sec. 4. Plaintiff Asks New Trial in Damage Suit The unsuccessful plaintiff in a suit which sought $13,056 in dam-, ages made a motion in i Marion County Circuit Court Thursday for a new trial. i Carl Wendt, plaintiff, alleges that on Jan. 6, the court erred in not dismissing the jury after it bad deliberated eight hours and in giving the jury additional informa tion,jver the protest of the plain tiff, after it had retired , to con sider the case, i The jury ruled in favor of the defendants, Glenn 0. and Ethel A. Burright, after deliberating nearly nine hours. wendt claims he tripped on a curb in front of the defendants' store at 198 S. Church St. and broke his ankle oo March 7, 1934. He alleges the Burrights were negligent in tftat the curb was so constructed that it stuck up above the sidewalk level. . Promotion of Soldier From Ml. Angel Told Germany Friedrich Lenzer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Josef Lenzer of Mt. Angel, has been promoted to corporal whilejserving with the Fourth Infantry division in Ger many. Lenzer has been in Europe since December, 1953. Korea Pvt Paul E. Riha, son of Adolph E. Riha of Independ ence, is serving as a rifleman with the 7th Infantry Division in Korea. Riha entered the Army in January, 1954, and completed ba-. sic training at Fort Ord, Calif., before being assigned overseas. Kobe, Japan Two mid-Willamette .Valley soldiers recently spent seven-day leaves here from their units in Korea. They are Pfc. David W. Boje, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer C. Boje of 2025! S. 12th St., and Cpl. Lauren K.j Schlaeppi, son of Mr. and Mrs. j James L. Warner of Dundee' Route 3. i Fort Lewis, Wash. Second Lt. ' Howard Saucy, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Saucy of Dundee, is serving as assistant communica tions officer with the headquar ters battery of a field artillery battalion here, i ; . . Korea Capt. Lloyd L. JacksOn, son of Mrs. Marie Gorton of 1225 N. 23rd St., has been awarded a commendation ribbon for meri torious service ' as an infantry company commander in Korea. His wife, Mrs. Mary Jackson, lives at 2095 Laurel Ave. Japan Lavant I. Hopkins, Sil verton, was recently promoted to sergeant while serving with the Kobe Quartermaster Depot in Japan. Hopkins, a veteran of more than 10 years in the Army, arrived overseas in November, 1952. Fort Lewis, Wash Pfc. Wil liam G- Michael, son of William G. Michael of Sheridan Route 1, is serving with the Second In fantry Division here. He has been in the Army since November, 1953. . Japan Marine CpL Philip C. Goble of Mill City is serving with the Third Marine Division Band in Japan. He enlisted in the Mar ine Corps in July, 1953. . - '. nnnrin nn Statesman, Salem, Onsen, Fricfiy, Jan. 21, 195S-(Stc. 1-S 1 1 A 6 MONTHS SUPPLY! cat 0G:7DDD(g) .(SQ Two Cars Damaged In Salem Collision A collision at the intersection of Belmont and 'North Summer streets Thursday evening dam aged cars driven by Delene Pou ley, 15, of 1392 Park Ave., and William White Davies, 782 Sunset) Dr. T accident occurred about 6 p.m. There were no injuries. OUJ? Bid PRICE JOLTING CONTINUES - NEW STOCKS ADDED! Imported and domestic fabrics. Flannels, Worsteds, Gabardines, Sharkskins, and Twatds by Hart, Shaffntr t, Marx, Mkhaels-Sttrn, Hollywood, Clothcraft, Malcolm, Kannoth Ltd and many ethars in this group. Now suits hava been added to make size ranga com plat. Value to 75.00 . : i - - . Value to 65.00 mm Value to 85.00 Not All Sizes in Edch Lot But All Sizes in the Group Here's your opportunity to get a good suit at a low sale price. 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