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Career in Religious Social Work
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By LORETTA DEHLER
Statesman News Service
MT. ANGEL "I thought it
about time to stop writing about
what other v people do and do
something myself," was Miss Bet
sie Hollants reply 'to my ques
tion, "Why did you give up news
paper and radio work?"
Miss Hollants, who has an in
ternational, background in press
and radio work, currently resides
at ML Angel Women's College
where she is resting before re
turning to New Mexico and her
"new love," rural social work.
A native of Kelgium, she was
a general assignment reporter on
a leading paper in Brussels from
1926 until 1940. She quit because
she refused to write under Nazi
censorship.
Reorganized Paper
After the war, she reorganized
the newspaper and in six months
had two dailies and several maga
zines going.
"Then in 1945," she said, "I
accepted an invitation of Presi
dent Roosevelt to visit this coun
try and fell in love with it right
away. I returned to Belgium and
lectured and wrote about the
United States. Several years later
I came back on assignment to ex
plain .Europe to the United
States." Later, she broadcast daily
commentaries to Belgium from
United Nations headquarters. ,
Miss Hollants writes and broad
casts in French, Dutch, English
and German and can speak sev
eral other languages.
First Adventure
She has been in the U. S. most
of the time since 1948 and her
first adventure, in social work
was with a gr oup of New York
families who removed to" a rural
community in Vermont for the
purpose of living "a simpler and
more Christian life" than they
thought was possible in crowded
city centers.
There was no community liv
ing. &acn lamny had its own
home and acreage, but there
were many community . gather
ings. Miss .Hollants taught school
in one of the homes. '
. She recalls that there was
"very much music, folk dancing
and singing in several languages."
Trained to Help Others
The people had gardens, grew
their, own vegetables. The chil
dren were taught to work with
their hands, find pleasure in sim
ple things and, above all, were
trained to help others without
pay.
The families worked actively
with other inhabitants of the
area, and a religious study club
was formed. It was attended by
both Catholics and Protestants
including a priest and a minis
ter. .
Miss Hollants left this project
to answer a call from the Voice
of America to head its Belgian
department But after seven
months of preparation, the as
signment was indefinitely i post
poned.
Went to New Mexico
She returned to New Mexico
to work among the poorer rural
folks "to further Christian living.-
Miss Hollants and a companion
got together with .a Benedictine
nun who had permission to pros
pect for possibilities of starting
a Benedictine community in New
Mexico. Their objective was
farm comprised of two separate
communities one religious and
one for lay people, with the two
working together to help families
of the area
The inhabitants were all of
Spanish origin, and the area is
the poorest in New Mexico. They
worked over two years, adding to
their activities soil conservation
land leveling and installation of
irrigation systems. But the proj
ect had to be abandoned for
time because the religious com
munity did not materialize.
This spring, however, the ener
getic ex-journalist will return to
the same area to continue socia
work.
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MT. ANGEL Miss Betsie Hollants (center), Belgian ex-journa
list who is currently at Mt, Angel Women's College, is pictured
with two students at the college, Carol Wachter, ML Angel, and
Betty . Lanning, Gerrais. c
$2,300 Pledges Assure New
Dallas Bible School Quarters
Statesman Newt Service
DALLAS A new Bible School
building for Lyle .Grade School
was assured here this week when
$2,300 in cash and additional ma
terials donated or pledged for
the project
Amity -Area Farmers See
Field Corn as Major Crop
Statesman News Service
AMITY If all goes well,
this area may become the first
major corn producing area in
the state.
Because of the cool summer
climate, field corn has never
done well in Oregon, but that
has been remedied.
Woman Dies
In Car Crash
GRANTS PASS ( An Olympia
woman was killed and her husband
was badly hurt when their car col
lided headon with a plywood truck
on a narrow bridge on the Red
wood Highway about 15 miles
south of here Friday.
Dead was Mrs. Edna Morris.
The car driver, Frank Morris, 61,
was taken to a hospital here where
the attending physician described
his condition as "extremely seri
ous. He suffered fractures of
both legs and kneecaps, and head,
chest and other injuries.
The truck driver, Gerald Wil
liam Dooley, Crescent City, Calif.,
was not hurt.
Two other cars were involved
in the accident and traffic was
tied up two hours. No one else
was injured.
Oregon State College, after
years of experimental work, has
produced a seed corn that may
give a profitable yield for Ore
gon farmers. ,
A - number o farmers in this
area will plant corn on a com
mercial scale this year for the
first time in history.
The final arrangements have
been made. Each farmer in the
pool will buy one piece of corn
farming machinery and will loan
it to all of the other corn farm
ers. This will cut the initial
expense of machinery needed for
the raising of corn.
The farmers are convinced
that they can make money with
this new crop. Heretofore, corn
has been shipped to Oregon from
corn growing states by the train
load. Oregon State CoUege as
sures the farmers they can do
well with this new crop.
Corn was the one crop that
the pioneers wanted to raise be
cause of the easy harvesting as
compared to wheat in the old
day of hand mowing. But the
late, cold, wet springs and the
cool summer nights defeated
their efforts.
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Sisters Sue
Sister Patti
HOLLYWOOD (UP) Two of
the Andrews sisters have filed suit
against their sister, Patti, in a
dispute over inheritance which
has broken up their singing team.
La Verne and Maxene Andrews
petitioned the Santa Monica Su
perior court lriday lor an or
der for distribution of a $60,000
estate left them by their parents
Attorney R. Bruce Murchison,
representing Maxene and La
Verne, said he hoped the wuit
would lead to an amicable settle
ment of the sisters' differences.
The Rev. Walter Penner, chair
man of the steering committee,
said Saturday that construction
of the 30 ' by 50-foot building
would start at an early date.
The Bible School council will
meet Monday night to appoint a
building committee to see the job
through. A special committee
headed by Mrs. Hollis Smith and
Mrs. Carl Gerlinger Jr. is busy
locating building materials neces
sary to finish the structure.
Children from Lyle School at
tend Bible School classes on re
leased school time. The classes
are taught by Goldia Ferguson
who recently was one of three
teachers to receive 25-year Bible
School pins at a meeting at Cin
cinnati, Ohio. j,
Valley
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Statesman, Salem, Of., Sunday, March 20, 1933-($oc l)-7
EMERGENCY STOP
GRAND ISLAND. Neb. CP Truck
driver Riley Lee Barton, Temple,
Tex., thought it was strange when
be saw a pair of dual tires com
plete with wheel rolling past the
cab. He pulled up short and took
a look. The tires were off bis
trailer.
Statesman News Service
Swegle James Lamb, superin
tendent of MacLaren School for
Boys school. will be guest speak
er at the meeting of Swegle PTA
Tuesday night The subject of his
talk will be "discipline," follow-
ed by a question and answer period.
Central Howell i Mrs. A. E.
Janz has moved to the tenant
house at the J. L. Kaufman .place.
She has been living in' Silverton.
Union HOI Mrs. M. M. Gil-
mour, a former charter member
of the Union Hill Woman's Club
was a visitor at the club's meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Robert
Humphryes Thursday. Arrange
ments were made to hold a cook
ed food sale at a furniture store
in Stayton at 11 a. m. on Satur
day, April 2. , j I
Sheridan Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Magnuson of Portland left this
week for Honolulu where he will
be employed. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Magnuson
of Willamina, and a graduate of
Sheridan High School.
Brooks Mrs. Ernest Page will
undergo surgery Monday at Sil
verton Hospital. Mrs. Lenora
Frey was reported "resting well"
at Salem Memorial Hospital fol
lowing here confinement there
Wednesday night
Sheridan Voters of Mill Creek
School District rejected con
solidation with the, Sheridan
School District, by a rvote of 23
to 8. Sheridan school district
voters approved the consolida
tion by a 45 to 1 vote. Increased
tax millage levy was reported, to
be the major reason for the re
jection, i
Willamina At the meeting of
Primrose Rebekah Lodge, plans
for initiation ceremonies on May
5 were begun. Kaye Reynolds
will De initiated. The resigna
tion of Geraldine McNamar as
drill captain was accepted. A re
port was given on the Easter
breakfast the lodge will serve
after sunrise services.
Central Howell Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Dettwyler and Miss Esther
Dettwyler moved to the Joe
Schmidgal home in Bethany Dis
trict this I week. Mr. and Mrs.
Schmidgal, son-in-law and daugh
ter of the Dettwylers, moved with
their six children to the family
home in ! this community. Paul
Dettwyler Jr. and Schmidgal will
D. A. Claims Witness to
Attack on Lebanon Man
. Statesman. News Service ,: ;
ALBANY District Attorney Courtney Johns Saturday said
he had an eye-witness to the attack on LA GalL 63, at Lebanon
on March 9. .
' Johns said Martha Foster, 15, Lebanon, told him she saw Dale
T. Hetland strike Gall and that she was in a car with Hetland, his
wife Joanne and a third person on March 9 when they drove to a
driveway near the Gall home.
"I saw Dale, hit Mr. Gall and
knock him down," Johns quoted
Miss Foster as saying. "He then
went to a telephone, used it,
and pulled :t f.-om the wall
Peered in Window
The district attorney said the
girl told him she and the other
two persons were peering in a
window when Gall was attacked.
After the alleged beating, Het
land drove to Salem where he
had been living.
Sheriff George Miller said
Gall earlier had identified Het
land from a photo as the man
who beat him after Mrs. Goldie
Gall made public charges that
welfare recipients in the Leb
anon area were squandering pay
ments they were not entitled to
in the first place.
Hetland was arrested at Long
Beach, Calif., but has refused to
waive extradition. The district
attorney here said he is prepar
ing extradition papers which will
return Hetland here to face
charges of burglary and assault
be associated in the dairy busi
ness. Sheridan The seventh annual
Talent Fest, sponsored by the
American Legion Post and Auxi
liary will be Friday at 8 p. m.
at Sheridan High School gym.
Mrs. Fred Wirfs, general chair
man of the event states that
many clubs and organizations
have signed up numbers for the
program. An offering will be
taken with proceeds to be divid
ed between the high school,
grade schools and the Legion
Building fund.
APPROVE BUDGET
OAKDALE The Oakdale School
district voted unanimously 9 to
0 in favor of the school budget.
Wanted $150,000
1st Mortgage for 4 good down
town Portland buildings.
Will pay 1 interest.
Write Box 138 co
Statesman-Journal
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To Buy CD Tag
WASHINGTON (UP)-The word
now is that you can get your
civil defense identification tag
from the Pet Milk Co. for 25
cents straight. You won't have to
send in a label from a company
product too.
The Civil Defense Administra
tion announced this Friday- in
-commending the company and the
nation's grocers for cooperating in
the nationwide program to equip
every one with the tags.
Divorce Case
Termed 'Filthy'
MIAMI (UP) The marital
troubles of John Jacob Astor III
and his third wife will be settled
.this week on the basis of testi
mony- a judge called "the most
filthy I've heard." .
The portly playboy and the
stately Mrs. Dolores (Dolly) Full
man gave the stories of their
story, 46-day marriage iri a secret
court session Friday before Judge
Vincent C. Gibun.
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SHERIDAN Pfc. Loren L.
Stout, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.
R. Stout, Sheridan, is now sta
tioned in Austria with the Army.
He is a member of the Field Artil
lery. '
Births
At Valley Hospitals
SUtesm News Service
STAYTON To Mr. and Mrs,
William C. Tierce, Turner route ll
a son, March 18, at Santiam Mem
oriai Hospital.
To Mr. and Mrs. Gerald C. Sil
bernagel, Scia Route 1, a son,
March 17. at Santiam Memorial
Hospital.
SHERIDAN To Mr and Mrs.
Elbert Green, Sheridan, a son,
March 15, at McMinnville Gener
al Hospital.
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