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Statesman, Salem, Ore.; Mon., Nov. 14, 55 (Sec. l)-3r
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.EAST LIONS MEET '
Members bf the East Salem
Lions Club will honor; former
district governors of the organi
zation at the weekly meeting
Tuesday noon at The Chalet, 360
N. Capitol St.
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North Salem
Youth'Iins
Speech Fete
Benjamin .Dawson, 15, sopho
more at North alem High School,
was announced Sunday as first
place winner in the Voice , of
Democracy speech contest spon
sored by the Salem Junior Cham
ber of Commerce.
'Young Dawson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Benjamin F. Dawson, 1090
is. 15U1 M., was. youngest ot live
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nations held at five Salem area
high schools. More than 300 stu
dents submitted five minute
speeches in the contest. Subject
was, "I Speak for Democracy-"
His triumph qualified the . North
Salem sophomore for district com
petition to be held later this month
in Salem. He will compete with
winners " from Stayton, . Silverton
and McMinnville. The district
winner will move to the state
finals and state winner goes on
to national competition.
Runnerup in the Salem compe-.
.tition was Gene Griepentrog,. 16.
junior at Serra Catholic High and
son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl F. Griep
entrog, 2420 Hazel Ave.
Finalists' speeches were judged
Sunday .at KSLM when played
over a tape-recorder. Judges were
Mayor Robert White and Al Bauer
"and Dave - Beckett, both of the
KSLM staff. Beckett, also chair
man of the contest, announced the
winner.
Other finalists were Leland
Smith, senior at South Salem
- Hizh: ' Nancy Evans, junior at
Sacred Heart Academy; and
Joyce . Downer, junior at Salem
College and Academy. "''
Dawson's win also earned him
a prize of a $25 radio,, while run
nerup Griepentrog received a
merchandise certificate.
LIONS SLATE PARTY
In place of its regular meeting
this week, the Hollywood Lions
Club will stage its annual Thanks
giving Party dinner Wednesday,
6:30 p.nL, at the Golden Pheas
ant The affair is for both mem
bers and wives. - "
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PARTY PLANNED v !
Plans for a Christmas party
were made the past week at a
joint meeting of Salem Chapter
305 of the Military Order of the
Purple Heart and auxiliary. The
meeting was held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Boehmer,
4359 N. Lancaster Dr. Next joint
meeting is scheduled Dec. 13 at
the home of Mrs. Freda Colum
bus, 2075 N. 17th St j
Dr. Dale G. Parker announces the
opening of his new office at 1307
So. Comn, Dec.. 1st for the ex
clusive practice of Orthodontia.
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SNYDER TO SPEAK !
Walter Snyder, superintendent
of Salem schools, will speak at a
meeting of the Oregon School
Employes Association to be held
Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., at the School
Administration building., Sny
der's subject will be "The Build
ing Program and Bond Election."
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CHILDREN'S BOOKS EYED
A panel discussion on children's
literature in recognition of Na
uonai inuaren s book week is
scheduled for the regular month
ly meetmg of the St Vincent de
Paul School Parents Club 8 p.m.
today at the school. The nanel
will consist of Salem Public Li
brary staff members, Parents
Club members and others.
On Jefferson
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Grain Elevator
Statesmim. Newt Serrict
JEFFERSON A decision on
whether to . build a new bulk
graift elevator here will be made
at a meeting of the Marion-Linn
Cooperative on Monday, Nov. 21.
The new elevator bad been
proposed because present Co-op
facilities are inadequate to han
dle bulk grain and Portland mar
kets will not accept sacked grain.
The elevator, if built, would care
for grain farmers not only in the
Jefferson vicinity but also those
in the areas about Turner, Al
bany. Scio. Sidney-Talbot and
Ankeny HilL
Site of the proposed structure
would be adjacent to railroad
tracks near the city.
While ionly stockholders will
vote on the issue, all grain farm
ers are welcome to attend the
coming meeting, according to Co
op Manager Peter Gildersleeve.
He requests that they-notify him
in advance.' The meeting will
start at 10 a.m.' on the 21st
Other business at the meeting
will include election of two
board members to replace retir
ing members. Alvin Robison, Jef
ferson, and Howard Snodgras,
Albany. Other board members
are Frank Perry, Scio: Jake Gil
mour, Jefferson, and Ed Drager,
Salem. . ,
Mrs. Torrens
Rites Tuesday
Funeral " services lor Mrs.
Luella A- Torrens, 1236 N. 16th
St.,: who died in a Portland hos
pital the day after her 87th birth
day, will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday
in the Clough-Barrick Chapel, the
Rev George K.. Griffith officiat
ing. Burial will be at Belcrest
Memorial Park. '',
Mrs. Torrens' had lived at the
same address in Salem for 28
years, moving from Newport two
years after , 'moving to Oregon
from the Midwest She was born
Nov. 11. 1868, at McGregor, Iowa,
and taught school for several
years in St' Paul, Minn.
She was a member of the East
ern Star at Newport and the
Presbyterian Church.": Her hus
band, John L. Torrens, died seven
years ago.
She leaves a daughter. Miss
Jean Louise .Torrens, Salem; a
brother, Frank Wright, Racine,
Wis.; nieces, Mrs. Jack W. Grant
and- Mrs. Elbert Bede, both of
Portland, and 16 other nieces and
nephews in, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Willamette U.
ROTC Hears
Dean Reese
Seward Reese, dean of the Wil
lamette University College of Law,
addressed members of the Land-
berg squadron of the Arnold Air
Society during initiation ceremo
nies of the AFROTC unit Thursday
evening on the Willamette campus.
The Arnold Air Society forms the
national honorary for Junior and
Senior men of the advanced
AFROTC unit of Willamette.
Dean Reese spent five years on
active duty during WW II. His duty
was with pilot schools, heavy bomb
groups and General H. H. Arnold's
Headquarters. An active reservist
since the age of 19.; he holds the
rank of colonel in the Air Force
Reserve and has a mobilization as
signment with the Air Defense
Command Headquarters, Colorado
Springs, Colo. y.
Dean Reese spoke of the growth
and impending strength of the Air
Force in relation to development
of new and better air weapons and
their utilization. He stated that "In
a perjod of international competi
tion in weapon development, ' it
takes superhuman wisdom to know
when to freeze a given model for
large scale production.'! j
Area Leader
To Address
Rose Society
The Salem Rose Society will
meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock
at the YMCA with Mrs. Nat
Schoen. Vancouver. Wash., as
guest speaker. ;
. Mrs. Schoen is Northwest . Dis
trict director' of the American
Rose Society. She has won more
ribbons on her entries , on local.
district and 'national rose shows
than any one other rose grower
in the Pacific Northwest and her
rose garden is one of the larger
ones in the West
Members of the society who
have grown some of the new
varieties during the past year
will be asked to give their opin
ions of the new introductions,
according to Eugene Crothers
society president f
.'. Election,. of officers lor 1956
will also be an event during the
Tuesday night .meeting.
Anyone ! interested in rose
growing is' invited to attend.
500 Teachers
To Be Guests
Of Businesses
Approximately 500 school
teachers will be guests today of
area businesses and ; industries.
The occasion is the second annual
Business - Education Day spon
sored by the Salem Chamber of
Commerce.
Teachers, coming from both
public and parochial schools, will
be formed into groups with each
group touring one particular type
of business or industry Some 82
establishments are cooperating in
the affair and many will enter
tain their teacher guests at noon
luncheons. A number of teachers
will be guests at a Chamber of
Commerce membership luncheon
at the Marion Hotel.
The event provides a vacation
today for students of public
schools. Classes, however, will
continue as usual at Catholic
schools in the area.
Floyd Clay,
55, Succumbs
Funeral servires are pending
for Floyd A. Clay, 55, of 4450 S.
Pacific Highway, who died Sat
urday in a Salem hospital.
Clay had, been employed as a
pressman for the State Printing
Dept .since moving to Salem from
Portland in 1939? He and his wife
have operated a motel on South
Pacific highway the past five
years.
He was born in 1900 at Grand
Forks, N. D. He was a member
of the Woodlawn I.O.O.F. Lodge
in Portland and the' Printing
J Pressmen's Union here, t , v.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ber
nice Clay, Salem: a son,1 Gerald
Clay, North Highlands, Calif.; a
brother, George Clay, and a sis
ter, Mrs. Iva Davis, both of Port
land; and three grandchildren.
Virgil T. Golden is in charge
of arrangements. '!
Ytile Bureau
TalkPlanned
Plans for a Christmas Bureau
will be discussed at a meeting
Wednesday, 8 p.tn., at the United
Fund office, 330 Court St, it was
announced Sunday by Mrs. Eliza
beth Rademaker, president ot the
Salem Community Council. ' 7
The bureau, in operation for
several years, is designed to
serve as a clearing house in 'dis
tribution of foods and other
items to needy persons. ' It has
been highly successful in past
years. !
Chief function of the bureau
is providing of names of the
needy to clubs, church group
and other organizations wishing
to make donations. The bureau
works in - cooperation with the
Salvation Army and Catholic
Charities.
All interested persons are in
vited to attend the Wednesday
meeting.
UF Directors
Plan Meeting
The board of directors of the
Salem United Fund will: hold a
meeting Tuesday at 4 p.m. in
fund headquarters at 317 Court
St, according to President Elmer
A. Berglund.
The . program will comprise
various reports, including one
from Kenneth Potts, chairman of
the successful 1955 campaign.
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Death Claims
Chancey Gell
Funeral services for Chancey
Lewis Gell, 73, of 3560 Portland
Rd., who died Saturday in a Sa
lem hospital, will be 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday in the Virgil T. Golden
chapel. Elder H. A. 1 Peckham
will officiate. Burial will be in
Restlawn Memorial Park.
Mr. Gell, an insurance sales
man, had lived 29 years in Salem.
He was born Feb. 5, 1882, in
Iowa. .
Jle leaves his wife, Mrs. Elmina
Gell, Salem; two daughters, Mrs.
Arleta Johnson i of i Salem and
Mrs. Alta Vivian Hester of Chi
cago, I1L; and a sister, Mrs. Ger
trude Irving, Cathlamet, Wash.
The casket, will be open to
friends until 1 p.m. Tuesday at
the Virgil T." Golden Mortuary.
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