t (Sc' D-Staftsman, Salem, Ore., Thurs., June 16 1955 Allstate Firm Welcomed at Building Rites Allstate Insurance Co. was of ficially welcomed to Salem Wed nesday as its officials performed the ceremonies of ground breaking for a new office buiMing to be oc cupied at the corner of Ferry and Commercial Sts. by a new region al headquarters for the firm. The insurance company, a sub sidiary of Sears. Roebuck k. Co.. intends to employ 123 to 200 .here and to serve all Oregon and South ern Idaho. The building will be erected by C. L. Corp., Portland, for lease to Allstate. ' Instead of the usual polished shovel for the ceremonious earth scooping, Allstate Wednesday used a fresno drawn by a pair of oxen. The fresno is an oicUme iron dig ging or grading tooL The ceremony and a luncheon which followed for the dignitaries served to 'introduce Barret Bailey, who has been selected from the insurance firm's home office, near Chicago to become resident man ager of the new Oregon headquar ters. The old time theme was appro priate to the building site, for the northeast corner of the Ferry and Commercial Sts. was the location of Salem's first store, built in 1847 by Thomas Cox. This and other . history were touched on in an address to the luncheon group by Dr. Burt Brown "Barker, Portland. Official greet ings, at the groundbreaking came from Salem ' Mayor Robert F, White and from Allstate's Pacific Coast vice president, Enoch A. " Frederick, Menlo Park, Calif. Frederick commended Oregon for its many high school and other driver training courses, noting that SVx , per cent of the public high schools of Oregon have some form of driver training, compared with 44 per cent national average. Several other Allstate officials were present along with Salem city; officials, chamber of com merce leaders and representa tives of the building corporatiin. DARBY KITES FRIDAY SWEGLE Funeral services for Robert Darby, a former Swegle community resident who died Mon- . ni a L cay m a aiayion nospiiai, wui oe Friday. He more recently lived on a farn. near Scio but was building a. new house at Swegle Road and Birchwood Drive. Groundbreaking Done in Style of 18909$ A 4 MSMBSM - -4 Yoked oxen above palled an oldtlme fresno for ground breaking at site of new Salem office building at Ferry and Commercial Sts. which will serve for aew regional headquarters of Allstate Insurance Co. Girls in period costume are Barbara Adamek (left) and Jane Blazek, Salem employes of Sears, Roebuck which DAY Delegates Leave for State Session Seven Salem 'members of the Disabled American Veterans will be in Tillamook today through Sat urday attending the department's annual state convention. Those elected as Salem delegates are Arch L. Brewster, Paul Thar alson, A. J. Harnsberger, Dr. Roy Reynolds. Dean Byrd, Albert Schultz and George Kealey. . Schultz was elected commander of the Salem chapter at elections Tuesday night Other officers and executive committee members are Vicar Wagers, senior vice -commander;. Steven Paulus, Junior vice-commander; William Shinn, chaplain; Charles Peterson, treas urer; Gerald McGuire, serge an t-at-arms; Dean Byrd, adjutant; Paul Tharalson, state executive committeeman, and Frank Hunt, Luther Cook and Dr. Roy Rey nolds, chapter executive committeemen. . ; ;- , A As 1 u i t-'- yA '.II ' v- m :T v t i K 5i is parent concern for the insurance company. Hen are Barret Bailey (left), Chicago,! who win come here as manager, and Enoch Frederick, Menlo Park, Calif., Alstate vice presi dent. Oxen, featured in parades and celebrations, came from Sher idan. (Statesman Photo,) , - 'Primp' Hideouts Doomed at 'Annex Two small, unused buildings at the state prison farm will be torn down, the board of control said Wednesday. Gov.' Paul Patterson noted that the buildings are good places for prisoners to hide "pruno" an alcoholic drink that is made of anything that wiU ferment Highway Bids Called; County Paving on list The Oregon Highway Commis sion called for bids Wednesday on 34 projects, costing S4,000,000. Bids will be opened in Portland June 30 and July 1. rrojects in, me aaiem area in clude: , j Marion Construct -quadrail and fence on Battle Creek June-tidn-Illahee unit of Pacific High way east 9 miles south of Salem. Linn Pave 4.54 miles of Orleans-Lebanon road, i from Vk miles east of Corvallis to 1 mile north of Tangent; install 5,400 feet of guardrail on North Santi am and Santiam Highways, 21 miles southeast of Detroit and 18 miles east of Cascadia. j Marion Grade and -pave .73 miles of Church and ; College Streets in Mount Angel; seal 9.6 miles of pavement on Salem by pass. Marion and Clackamas Install 25,000 feet of guardrail on Port-land-Salem Expressway, north of Salem. Washington, Clackamas and Multnomah Seal 11.34 miles of pavement on Portland-Salem Ex pressway and Banfield Express way, south and east of Portland. Yamhill Construct 182-foot concrete bridge over North Yam hill River on Moores Valley Road. 8 Salem Men Commissioned CORVALLIS Eight Oregon State college seniors from Salem were among , 125 senior men sworn into the armed forces at commissioning ceremonies held recently at OSC. - William Duane Noteboom was commissioned as ensign in the Navy ' and will report for active duty immediately on a ship or flight unit Commissioned as second lieu tenants in the Air Force were William Clark Johnson, Charles Oliver Hargrave, Robert Law rence Sullivan, and George Ben jamin Durham. They will report for flight training within a year. Army second lieutenants in clude Rodney A. Jipp, signal corps; David L. Massee, artillery and Walton H. Reeve, engineers. They- will report for active duty within 24 months. All men completed academic requirements in the OSC reserve officers training corps programs. Sixty per cent of the coal mined in Indiana is produced in strip mines compared to a na tional average of 23.6 per cent Ramey Chosen, Head Of Red Cross Board i Lloyfi Ramey, 136 W. Washington St., ha been elected chairman of the Marion County Red Cross chap ter's board, it was announced Wed nesday. He succeeds Elton Thomp son, chairman for the past two years. Other officers are Sol Schlesin ger, first vice-chairman; Loren Hicks, second vice-chairman; Wil lard Glaze, treasurer; Mrs. Gordon Shattuck, secretary. VelVaSole Shoes it Smart -Ar ComfortabU Different vCv i FOOT RELIEF j Guaranteed " Or Your j Money Back ; If wlthla cki wear ; arc not completely satisfies1 j YOC MONET WILL , : BE REFUNDED I 5 The Perfect Shoe For Ladies Who Are On Their Feet Alt Day" The Nurse" Black Kid or White Elk. Sizes SV to 10 . 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