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MSec I) Statesman, Salem; Ore Sun-, Nov. 6, '53 Our Valley ly CHAWJ IJEUND 1r : - f . ..niui iuivcii nave counpioa l MHi( . fouce Uiuei Jverett Norfleet of Stayton took a discerning look at female jnotorists last week, found them "good and courteous." drivers j . All stigma, he concluded, should be- removed from the phrase "woman driver " which henceforth should be consid ered a "proud designation" . . Then, in an ultra-chivalrous Je$ture, the chief wheeled six of the best women drivers over Jo:the curb and presented them with corsages for their good driving ... The recipients were Roberta Branch of Lyons, felanch Wagner of Mehama, Emma Golden of Idanha, Neoma iMler of Silverton, Mary McCollum and Myrna Little, both of Stayton. ., .; . . .. , IV,' . .. . .x i : - a . . ?.. . -: f - I want to say that I agree wbtle heartedly with everything the cTJef said and did . . . Witk tne exception . . . And that was a nameless lass who tamed right through a red4ight without stopping last week at Salem's Church aad State street intersection while I was ormng throng the intersection on the green . . . Bat there was a happy ending, Chief . . . She missed me. ' , - Unlike the Oregon State Penitentiary, some penal institu tions have football and baseball teams which still schedule outside teams . . . The Iowa Prison at Ft. Madison had so many candidates for the football team this fall that all were required to fill out a questionaire before they were considered for the iquad . . . Under "experience' one inmate wrote, "I escaped 'from here five years ago. The law has been chasing me ever since and just caught me. Should be a great open field run Rer .'" ' " ", ' - - -v " - ' , , ' The Big Story Dept. . . . Clad to see that Cascade Union High School finally won a football game Friday night . . . When Cascade's -Journalism class visited The Statesman last week, there was a dis cussion of news in 'genera. It -was noted that news editors are always groping for n story worthy of the day's No. 1 headline, often settling for JtmethJnf short of what they'd like . . . Whereupon the elass instructor, Jim Simmons, remarked, "If Cascade's football .team finaHy'wtns a ganfe, that ought to give yon a.dandy." ."Who said one Salem store doesn't help another? . . . At -least one woman came to Salem from Portland to shop last .FtidayV. . She arrived at 9 a.m, . . . The store she planned to ' shop in didn't open jor hours . . . So she shopped in the stores that were open. , . ".' """" Over at Sublimity, news has just leaked ont that the town has ' keen fluoridating its water supply for three months . . . There was nothing stealthy about the decision, however. - A majority of the "iters were contacted before the step was taken ... . There was little opposition . . .Sublimity thus becomes the 'third Marion . County community to have fluoridated water . . . Mill City and Salem Heights are the others'. . Woodbnrn and Salem have thumbed It down. - - . " ; ;A Salem preacher was grocery shopping in Canby the other day ... He filled up his cart with groceries,! wheeled into the check-out stand and added a couple of candy bars to his i i mi : t:ii a a -1 i i & j . . : purcnase ... nnen nis oiu was luuueo, me paiMjii uug miu .his Jeans and found he was a dime short of ready cash . . . So he put back the two candy " bars . . "No, no protested the grocery-Take them. You can owe me theflO cents." . . . The ' preacher insisted that he didn'4 want to owe anyone "a dime . .'"Take it with you," argued the grocer, "and Til go to your church some Sunday. ... The preacher bristled. Til have you know", hesaid, "that I don't preach, ten-cent sermons." Toastmasters Club Receives Charter H J V i i - - . ''"'I 11 I! DALLAS Officers oi Dallas' newly-formed Toastmasters Club beam as they examine charter,' pre sented at Charter Banquet Thursday night by Bob Batdorf (right) of Capitol Toastmasters, Salem. From left are Henry Dal per, vice president; Hal Norberg, sergeant-at-amu; Bob Woodman, also a vke president; Tom Newton, president; and Batdorf. New 'club has about 30 members. T Monmouth-Independence Walk Recalls Efforts to Link Towns "In that case," said the grocer, "I'll go twice." Thursday 'Hearing Set in Harland Case Stateoua New Scrrtc 'DALLAS A hearing is sched uled Thursday at Portland in the case of. Joe Harland vs. the State Highway Commission concerning 'a proposed right-of-way on the Rickreall-Dolplr Corner Highway jratoff. 7 --A hearing scheduled for last Friday was not held, according to - Walter C Winslow, attorney lor Harland. . "Judge Alfred Dobson, Portland, took the Polk County Circuit "Court case under advisement after evidence was presented here. Subsequently, attorneys save filed memorandums. - Harland is seeking to prevent the state from building a new road which would cut diagonally through bis 737-acre farm. Home Destroyed, Family Moves to Guthrie District . SUtctBAa Kcwt Serriet GUTHRIE The A. D. Marcott family has moved to Guthrie fol lowing a fire in CresweQ that last week burned their house and most of . their belongings. Apparently i flu fire, it started during the night Mrs. Marcott wakened only in time to rouse the others and get them to safety.. The Marcotts have owned property in Guthrie for ome time so have returned here. -Their "children, Sandra : in the &lh grade, Michael James in the 6th, David In the 4th, and Linda Ann in the 1st have swelled the Guthrie one-room school to 24 stu dents. . ' , ' Guthrie School lost one student Friday when Mr. and Mrs. Bob Young, their pre-scbool children and their third grader, Sally, moved to Pedee. j -YULE OPENING SET i - SHERIDAN Nov. 25 and 26 have been set as dates for the Sheridan Christmas holiday open ings The Chamber of Commerce, which plans the event, has placed George Mowery, Mrs. Alex Tim Breck. Raymond Yoder, Dean Etlmes, Bill Moore and Robert Weils in charge. . Valley Briefs MU Angel The two-act farce 'Seven Nuns at Las Vegas" will be presented at a p.m. Sunday at ML-Angel Women's College audi torium by the school's dramatic club. Two boys from ML Angel Prep, Tony Konen and Leonard Weisenfels, augment the cast of college girl players which includes Anna Mae Loftis, Marianne Henry, Elaine Kuschnick, Norma Knoll, Charleen Morris, Colleen Meier, Sandra Gallaher. Mary Joe DeBel. Gertrude Rausch, Agnes Peck and Carol Wachter. Albany Edison Earl Culver was sentenced to two years in pris on Friday after he pleaded guilty to a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a 'teen-age Harris- burg girL Judge Victor Olhver pronounced sentence in circuit court Stayton Fred Staples, Port land motorist injured Friday night when his car plunged over a bank near Detroit Dam. was reported in "good condition Saturday at San tiam Memorial Hospital. He incur red severe head lacerations. Dallas Ben Ward, 35, injured Dallas logger, was reported in "fair" condition Saturday after noon at Good Samaritan- Hospital, Portland, where attendants said he had "not fully regained conscious ness' following surgery Friday night Ward incurred a compound skull fracture Friday morning when struck by a falling limb. By BEULAH CRAVEN Suteiaua Newt Scrrtc . MONMOUTH Completion of a sidewalk connecting Monmouth and Independence recently re calls among old-timers that this objective was planned long, long ago. As a safety measure for stu dents of Central High School be tween the two towns, the side walk is an essential. It is being enjoyed by students of Oregon College of Education, too, and residents of both towns, who en joy walking as an exercise, and bicycling off the highway. Sought County Seat Back in the nineties, the city merger of Monmouth and Inde pendence was envisioned, and definite plans were made to bring about this objective. A group of men, organized as the Polk County Land Company, promoted the plan to unite the tvo communities and sell inter vening land it is two miles from town : to town as- city ots. Streets were surveyed, city addi tions platted, and many lots were sold. The ambitious scheme in cluded removal of the Polk County - Courthouse from ; Dallas to Monmouth's east margin. Large Mill Built A large flouring mill and ware house, named the White Star, was built and flourished for a time. An artesian well was to be sunk for a Community water sup ply, and a union high school was to be erected between the town- sites. The railroad, connecting Monmouth and . Independence, had been completed in 1890. Some of the promoters' names were Joe Hirshberg,, long-time Independence banker; "Doc Smith of Lewisville, Dave Sears, who later moved to Portland; Frank Patterson, father, of one of Oregon's governors; Frank Powell, Monmouth; and Abe Nel son of Independence. Race Track Built One of their projects which gained considerable publicity, was the construction of a race track with .stable accommoda tions for 75 horses. At that time it was considered one of the best tracks in Oregon, and flew the colors of the finest stables in the Northwest and Northern Cal ifornia. It was located east and a little south of Monmouth. Polk County fairs were spon sored there by the land company, and racing was a daily feature. Horses were in training' there, daily, and were stabled by the month, among them being "Del Norte V a tamed . Oregon ; guide less pacer. Bull Fights SUged Dr. D. V. Poling, who knew and loved good horses, was among the racing fans on many a big day. Bicycle races and professional bull fighting were added to pro mote interest among spectators. Unfortunately, this fanfare of commercialism and. pari-mutuel Grandmother 'Adopted? by Lodge Group ' SUUtnuta New Serylt MILL CITY Nine members of the Santiam Rebekah Lodge visited the I OOF Home in Portland for a special birthday party in honor of their "adopted" grandmother, Mrs. Augusta Fleetwood, a former Mill City resident ' , -Another former Mill City resident who lives at the Home is William Eidler, who was also a guest at the party. Members attending were Mrs. Melbourne Rambo. Mrs. John Swan, Mrs. ,W. J. Robinson, Mrs. Floyd Fleetwood, Mrs. Ruth Hess, Mrs. Lester Hathaway, I Mrs. Arnold Syverson, . Mrs. Charles Stewart, and Mrs. Susie Haynes. RitesHeld For Sheridan Plane Victim ' lUttimu Newt ' Servte SHERIDAN Services were held from the Sheridan Mennon ite Church, Thursday, for Elmer R. Berkey, 56,- lumber null oper ator who was killed near Harris onburg, Va., when his twin engine Piper Apache plunged into a field and exploded.. Four others, au res idents of Harrisonburg, also were killed in the' crash. Interment was in the Mennonite cemetery near - Willamina. The Rev. Henry Wolfer officiated. Mr. and Mrs. Berkey were in Virginia visiting with relatives pri or to the fatal flight Mrs. Berkey, who returned to Sheridan Wednes day, was not a passenger in the plane when it crashed. Mr. and Mrs. Berkey, who were married June 20, 1920. at Orono eo. Mo., came to Oregon in' 1947. Survivors include the widow, Es ther; two sons, Clayton and Loyd of Sheridan; two daughters, Mrs Kathryn Mishler, Sheridan, and Mrs. Paul Buerge, of Garden City, Mo.; and 11 grandchildren. StetetniB Mrwt Senrie .- - MONMOUTH -Theodore tm- man, noted pianist, win present a public concert in Campbell Hall auditorium at 8:00 pjn. Monday, Nov. 14. ' Ullman, who has the recommen- excitement was short-lived. The bubble burst when the panic of the 90s swept the country. Scarc ity of money led to abandonment of the mile race track. The 70 acres on which it was built became farm land, and was sold to U. G. Heffley. who farmed it for many years. The curves and built-up ovals of the track are still somewhat dis cernible. Railroad Abandoned The White Star mill burned to the ground. The railroad was abandoned as automobiles be came plentiful. One ten-acre tim bered tract remains. . It was planted to maples by Hirschberg, who planned a community park to be' used as recreational grounds for the two communi ties. Most of the trees are pre served, though the tract is part of a small farm. Once again, "history has re peated itself." The high school Central High is a large and growing school built some five years ago to serve both towns. The new sidewalk which would have been built of boards 65 years ago, is blacktop in this modern year of 1955. The land promoters are long since gone to their final resting place but their ideas and plans are living on: A part of that changing trend of life and living which represents Progress. Jefferson PTA Meeting Dated Statesman Newt Service JEFFERSON The Jefferson PTA will meet Thursday night No vember 10, at 8 o'clock at the grade school gymnasium. An open house is planned from :30 to 8:00 p.m., with the school room best represented by parents to receive $1. Speakers will be Mr. and Mrs Robert Miller from the Marion County Tuberculosis and Health Association. Their topic will be "Family Life." Cake, ice cream and coffee will be sold. Pianist Ullman Billed at OCE dation of the Music Artists' Foua dation Bureau New York, will play selections from ' Brahms, Bach Hess, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Shos takovich, Griffes, Ranel, and Bet thoven. Admission is freeT - Wall Jns.rt Htatt'rs' : or. 2' LOWER I Sn . If -1 EASIER TO INSTALL UNDER YOUR WINDOWS UL APFtOYID Solve your homo heating problem now Comt In and set the complete line of Cavalier Hooters MARION ELECTRIC CO. 2715 Portland Road Phono 36671 c) POMEROY & KEENE r i FOUNDED 1 886 diamonds watches 379-383 State St., Salem, Ore. Quality ziry l ly Precision Watch Repairing D Opticians - Lens Grinding ; C) Jewelry Manufacturing t , r Lgin jew( silver crystal , china imports MALO NAMED PRESIDENT SHERIDAN Roy Malo, son cf Mrs. Bessie Malo of Sheridan, has been named principal of Cleveland High School, Portland. He is a 1939 graduate of , Sheridan High School. Bloxham Services Today at Silverton SUWiraaa Newt Servte SILVERTON Services for Lloyd Bloxham. 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