MT. ANGEL PLAY HERE
'Seven Nuns at Las Vegas," a
humorous play j about a ' convent
surrounded by gambling casinos,
will be staged at the Oregon State
School for the Blind today at 3:30
p.rn. and again at 8 p.m, by play
ers of the ML Angel Women's Col
lege. The play is public with do
admission charge.-
NOHLGREN'S Restaurant will be
open Thanksgiving Day, come rain,
sunshine or snow. , , (adv.l
GLEE CLUB DUE V
. Willamette University's Glee
Club, directed by Don Gleckler,
will highlight the program at the
Tuesday noon meeting of the Sa
lem Kiwanis Club at the Hotel
Senator.
Aurora Boys
Winners in
Corn Exhibit
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S CENTRAL. HOWELL David
Myers and his brother Lyle
llyers, Aurora, took the two top
places in the junior 10-ear corn
exhibit at the annual : Marion
County Corn show held at-Cen-1
tral Howell school' Saturday
night 'The two brothers are Fu-
ture Farmers i in the North Mar
ion County High School.
Preceding the evening pro
gram, and following the ham din
ner served by the Central'How
ell women, a-youth corn judging
contest was I held with -Charles
Bernards, St! Paul, proving to be
the best judge. Dennis Bonn of
Aurora was a close second, with
Rudy. Sonnen, also of Aurora
third, place winner.
Hollis Ottaway, Marion County
extension agent, arranged the de
, tails of the born show and eve
ning program, with T. R. Hobart,
Salem, as master of ceremonies
at the latterj
Music was furnished by - a
J ' group of Nbrth Marion County
' High School iyouths.
Dr. R. E. I Fore, judge of the
corn show, talked on the fertil
izer and plant population in corn
experiments conducted at Oregon
" State College this past year.
Placings in the corn show were:
Junior, 1, .David Myers, Aurora;
2, Lyle Myers, Aurora; 3, How
ard" Mikkelson. Woodburn; 5, Ed-
? ward Krupiclsa, Aurora; 6, Ver
. non teooding. Aurora. There
were nine entries.
Open class, 1, Raymond Wer-
ner, Silverton; 2, Francis Ryan,
Aurora; 3, James Hadley, Au
rora; 4, Frank Beutler, Salem; 5.
- James E. Meyers, Aurora; 6
Claude Steusloff. Salem.
i Corn yield j irrigated. Ge;,e Mc-
Carthy Salem;" 2. Carl Morris.
Jefferson. Non-irrigated, McCar
thy; 2, Claude Steusloff; 3. Dan
Steffen, Salem;-. Raymond Were
ner, Silverton; 5, Harold McMil
len, Silverton; 6, Warren Sy
brandt Woodburn..
Foreign Official
To Visit Salem
For. Safety Study
Gerard F.'deGraaf, safety and
, labor inspection head of Surinam
(Dutch Guiana) will arrive Mon
day in Salem to Spend a week"
studying inspection and law en
forcement 'operations of the state
bureau of labor.
De Graaf has been training re
cently in practices 'of industrial
safety with ;the bureau of labor
standards. U. S, Department of
Labor. He will be : interested in
inspection procedures, codes and
legal regulations'; on operations of
boilers, unfired pressure vessels
elevators and electrical installa
tions. !
MODERATE COLLISION
Moderate damage to .both cars
was caused iin.a collision about 8
p jn. Saturday at north Winter and
D streets, police said. Drivers were
listed as Glen Osborne Stevenson.
Salem Post! Office. Box 206, and
Lyle Oscar Fiedeman, Oregon City.
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HONOR. LIST MADE
John Phillip Ritchey, son of Dr.
and Mrs. John A. Ritchey, 1045
N. 13th St, has made the dean's
honor roll list at the United
States Military Academy, West
Point, N. Y. A junior at the acad
emy, young Ritchey is expected
home for the Christmas holidays.
ROOFING, PAINTING, Paper
hanging. Free estimate, no da.
pym't. 36 Mo's to pay. Ph. Mathis
Bros., 4-683L . , ; Oadv.)
Now 'Available, Safe Deposit
Boxes,' $3.60 including tax, at Pi
oneer Trust Co. State k Com'l.
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C SHELLS STOLEN
. A 60-cent burglary from a car
was reported to police Saturday.
G. A. Noffsinger, 1163 Chemeketa
St., said a wing window had been
broken and six 12-guage shotgun
shells taken from his car parked
Saturday morning neat the boat
landing at Wallace Park.
SEVEN NUNS AT LAS VEGAS
Comedy, presented by MU Angel
Women's College, Sunday, Nov.
20th. Oregon State Blind School
Auditorium. Matinee 2:30, Evening
8:00. No Admission. (adv.)
Dr. Dale G. Parker announces the
opening of his new office at 1307
So. Com!, Dec. 1st for the ex
clusive practice of Orthodontia.
Ph. 4-6807 & 4-6808. (adv.)
VERNONIA RITES DUE
The body of Joseph L, McCollum,
78, of Vernonia, who died Thurs
day in a Salem hospital, is to be
sent today to Vernonia for services
and burial. Howell-Edwards is in
charge of arrangements.
See outstanding wall papers with
matching fabric and glamorizing
Treasure Tone paints at Clarke's,
220 N. Com'L ' ; (adv.)
AWARD TO BE GIVEN
The program at the. Tuesday
noon meeting of the Salem Junior
Chamber of Commerce in the Mar
ion Hotel will consist of " school
Voice of Democracy winners, in
cluding presentation of an' award
to Salem winner Ben. Bason of
North Salem High School.
Hallmark Christmas Cards print
ed wyour Fame. McEwai. Photo
Shop in Hollywood. (adv)
Dental plates repaired while you
wait at Painless Parker Dentist,
123 N. Liberty. Salem,
FENDER SKIRTS TAKEN
John Hoffert, 1930 S. High St.,
Saturday reported to police . that
two gray fender skirts valued at
$9.93 had been taken from his
1932 Ford parked at the curb at
his address. :
Thieves Fail
An unsuccessful safecracking at
W. P. Fuller L Co., 171 S. Liberty
St was reported to police Satur
day morning. Investigation dis
closed that $7 was missing from a
petty cash drawer.
Entry, apparently war made by
breaking a glass in a rear door
and opening the door from tbe
inside. The office in which the
safe was found was entered
through a transom, police said.
The dial was knocked off the
safe, apparently by amateurs, po
lice said. The attempt was dis
covered by sale man Ben Radcliff
when he opened the paint store
Saturday morning, y - -
Salem 4-H Entomology
Club Elects Officers '
The Cricket Club, Salem 4-H
entomology group, elected offi
cers at its meeting. Saturday at
the insect survey office of the
State Department of Agriculture.
Carol Anderson will head the
group for the coming year. . Oth
ers elected were: Peter Maltby,
president; Georgia Douglas, sec
retary; John Bealey,'. activities
leader;. Ralph Shepard, sergeant-at-arms;
Steven Sullivan, refreshments.
Try
HSundavs 9 A.M. to 6 P.M.
ft I y y I
Chosen
Betty Coe, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard W. Coe. 3633 Scenic
View Dr., who has beea aamed
South Salem high school Girl of
the Month for November. -
Girl of Month
Honor Goes
To Betty Coe
.Betty Coe, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard W. Coe, 3635 Scenic
View Dr., was announced as South
Salem high school Girl of the
Month for November at an award
assembly held Friday afternoon.
A high honor student, Betty has
a 3.6 grade point average and is
active in many , school functions.
She is president of Tricolere, the
South French club, and a member
of Anne Guthrie Y-teens and Pep
club.
Betty was chairman for the
school's United Fund campaign for
this year and served as secretary
treasurer of the junior class last
year.
The Girl of the Month is chosen
by a group of Girls' League mem
bers on the basis of scholarship,
citizenship and service to the
school. For the honor Betty re
ceived a corsage and the gold
Girl of the Month bracelet.
Police Probe
Bike Found on
SP Tracks
Police early today were ponder
ing the mystery of a girl's bicycle
found by a train crew on the Sou
thern Pacific Railroad bridge
crossing the Willamette River.
The "Carlton ..Logger" train
stopped and did not strike the ve
hide. The crew searched the im
mediate area before calling police.
The bicycle was found across the
tracks near the east end of the
bridge, about 6:30 p.m. Saturday,
crew members said.
Police considered the possibility
of a "joke" as well as a possible
tragedy. The cycle is a two-tone
blue Huffy with a black rack on
the rear fender.
Snlem
Obituaries
Joseph L. McColtnm
November 17th at a local hospital
at the age of 78 years. Survived by
son. Everett McCollum of Sweet
Home, Ore.; daughter, Mrs, Wayne
Smith at Sweet Home; brother, Ever
ett E. McCollum of Adams. Ore.:
sister. Mrs. Mary Cordray of Okor
che. Okla.; 3 grandchildren: Z great
grandchildren. Shipment was made
to Vernonia. Oregon, by the Howell
Edwards Funeral Home.
Mrs. Leonora (Scharf) Pruitt
At the residence. S40 Madison. No
vember 18. Survived by a son. Allan
Pruitt of Salem. Sitter, Mrs. Mar
garet S. Scotney of Salem. Brother,
Ralph L. Scharf of Salem. Grand
children. Misa Roberta Welty and
Stephen Welty both of Florence, Ore.
Mass will be held Monday. 8:30 a.m..
at St Vincent de Paul Church, Rev.
John Reedy officiating. "Rosary Sun
day. Nov. 20. p.m. Interment at
Beicrest Memorial Park.
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The dandelion is found in North j
America, Europe, . central Asia i
and the.-Arctic regions, says the
National Geographic Society.
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Editors Differ on Merit
Of Women As Reporters
(Edltar'i note: WTendcll Webb,
Managing editor f The - Ortn
Statesman, to en a trip ta attend
the Associated Press Manarlnf
Editors' eOBentto in Colorado -Springs
ana ta survey several
major newspaper operations la
the Mldwert and Souta.) ,
By WENDELL WEBB
Maaaiar Editor, Tie Statesmaa
DENVER. Colo. John Q. Mahal
fey of the Texarkana Gazette and
Charles Hamilton of .the Richmond
tVa.) News Leader .may . find
bevies of women waiting in their
offices when they return home
rum W MNujiiN ricss, waii
aging Editors' Convention which
closed Saturday at X o 1 o r a d o
Springs
Mahaffey will enjoy it; Hamilton,
probably won't
Hamilton earlier this week de
clared in enect. mat newspapers
were no place for girls. Mahaffey
at the closing session put up a
spirited defense for women report
ers, declaring them competent pro
fessionally and considerably easier
on managing editors' eyes than an
all-male - staff. Majority - of com
ment appeared heavily in favor of
Mahaffey.
Kind Word
Editors, almost all "working
newspapermen, . aXs o.. had kind
words to say .about publisher
bosses, except for '."those rock
headed monuments , to journalistic
stupidity" who instigated - a move
to narrower columns which most
newspapers have felt compelled to
adopt in recent years. It was not
made clear who were meant but
it wasn't any Salem publishers.
4tli Burglary
Reported in
North Salem
The fourth burglary In three
days in North Salem was report
ed to police Saturday morning by
Stanley S. Smith, 1245 Columbia i
St
A .22 caliber rifle, about 80
rounds of ammunition, two wrist
matches and a Canadian dollar
bill were taken, he said. The loss
was discovered Friday evening
when the Smiths returned after
an absence of three days.
An electric clock had been
taken from the livingroom but
abandoned in the kitchen. ' The
house appeared to have been
thoroughly searched, police sajd.
Three burglaries in North Sa
lem in which similar miscellane
ous articles were taken and entry
had been gained by prying the
back door in a imilar manner
were reported to police Wednes
day evening and Thursday morn
ing. Occupants of all the houses
had been absent lor several days.
Three Cars
Said Damaged
Damage to three cars, two of
them parked early Saturday
mcrning in the 220 block North
Liberty street, was reported to
police later in the day.
Police said driver of the mov
ing car was Mrs. Alice Loken,
3335 Harold Ave. Owners of the
parked cars were listed as Edgar
Reitz, 2225 N. Liberty St, and
Gary McFarlane, 2230 N. Liberty
St
Mrs. Loken's and McFarlane's
cars each were damaged on one
side for their entire length, and
Reitz' car received fender dam
age, police said.
To us, saving money
means BANKING it!
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IT'S SAFE IT'S
IT'S HANDY
Deposits to a savings account may bo mado in person
while you park on our large lot.
Deposits to a savings account may be made from your
car at our drive-in window. .
Deposits to a savings account may be made by mail at your
nearest mailbox. ; j
All savings accounts opened during the months of No
vember and December with -n initial deposit of $200.00
or more will receive the use of a safe deposit box-for
one year without cost. j
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It was generally agreed most
serious problem facing newspapers
is a shortage of competent news
Staff personnel. Many newspapers
already are Setting up their own
training schools', taking up to 10
high school graduates for three
months at a . time to ascertain
which are best prospects for'per
manent training assignments.
Warm Farewell '
Colorado Springs gave a much
warmer farewell to the editors
than it Hi1 in A-"!rVii r a thom fans
. days ag0 Bright skie3 replaced
neavy sn0Wf m0st which na.
! disa ed. Prospects Saturday
j night were good that $. ajn
Sunday plane to Lincoln, Neb., will
leave Denver as scheduied on' first
leg of our new assignment to sur
vey leading newspapers in ' the
Midwest and South.
Mrs. Curnutt
Succumbs to
Short Illness
Statesman News Service
SILVERTON Mrs. Olga Olive
Curnutt, 73, resident of Silverton
for 39 years, died Friday at a Sil
verton hospital after a short illness.
Mrs. Curnutt was born June i27,
1882 in Boon County,. Ind. She came
to Oregon about 44 years ago., j
Survivors include the husband,
James of Silverton; one son, Cecil
D. Curnutt of Ellwood. Ind.; sis
ter. Mrs. Mary Kincaid also of
Indiana.
Services will be Tuesday at 2
p.m. at the Friends Church I in
Scotts Mills. .Miss Charlotte Macy
and the Rev. Walter Cook will of
ficiate. Interment will be at Miller
Cemetery at Silverton under the
direction of the Ekman Funeral
Home.
BEUGLI To Mr, .and Mrs.
Nornan Beugli, 580 Oregon Ave-.
a son, Saturday, Nov. 19, at Salem
General Hospital.
FRIESEN To Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur Friesen. 1490 Sixth St.. a
, dajignter. Saturday. .Nov. 19, at
Salem General Hospital.
PHILLIPS To Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Phillips Jr., 263 Delmar
Dr.. a daughter, Saturday, Nov. 19,
at Salem General Hospital.
CLARK To Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Clark, Salem Route. 6, Box
881, a son, Saturday. Nov. 19, at
Salem General Hospital.
COVEY To Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard Covey, 2175 Dallas Rd.,
a daughter, Saturday, Nov. 19, at
Salem Memorial HospitaL
WENDT To Mr. and Mrs.
Laurence Wendt. Woodburn, a
daughter,. Saturday.. Nov. 19, at
Salem Memorial Hospital. .
HEUER To Mr. and Mrs. Ed
win Heuer; 4205 Cherry Ave., a
son, Saturday, Nov. 19, at Salem
Memorial Hospital.
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Head of State
Recorders
5 Marion County Recorder Herman
Lanke was elected president of the
Association of Clerks and Record
ers of Oregon at the group's j an
nual convention in Portland, it was
announced Saturday. - ;
Lanke, a former vice-president
and holder of other offices in the
group, -succeeded John Liveira,
Grant County i clerk. Other new
officers elected t the convention
Nov. 17 and 18, include Charles
Dorner, Rosebiirg, vice-president;
Jessie M. Bell, Pendleton, secre
tary, and H. F, Jensen, St Helens,
treasurer." i ) ' , . r ' "
In business, sessions the associ
ation . agreed' fo appoint a ; com
mittee to work with a legislative
committee studying problems be
tween counties' and the state, es
pecially in the field of elections.
The group also recommended
that county clerks and recorders
be insured against possible public
law suits arising from errors or
omissions committed, while , hand
ling records. ! j !
David O'Hara, Salem, chief
clerk of the state election bureau,
explained new; election laws.: Si
Cohn, Multnomah County j clerk
and a vice-president of the''; Na
tional Clerks and. Recorders Asso
ciation, said plan's were afoot to
make Portland "the site of the
National convention in July, 1957.
Yule Planning
Of Salvation
Army Slated
Plans for the Salvation Army's
local axinual Christmas program
and winter relief projects will be
discussed at a meeting for Army
workers at the-' Salvation Army
building, 241 State St., Monday at
7 p.m. j-
Traditional i Christmas pArmy
Kettles" will appear on Salem
streets and In local banks on Fri
day. Food barrels will be placed in
larger . food markets throughout
the city on that day, according to
Capt. William Ricken, officer .in
charge. j
"The Salvation Army requests
to the Salem and Marion County
United Fund were not granted in
full for 1955 and 1956," he said. "So
some Christmas funds will have to
be used to help the Army's win
ter relief program this year
Capt Ricken estimated this
year's demands would be greater
than in any year past. 1
Several donations for Christmas
work have arrived, said the cap
tain. Others wishing to donate or
to turn in names of needy families
should contact the Salvation Army
headquarters as soon as possible.
Last year at Christmas the or
ganization provided . this: help:
Gave out 233 food baskets; 1,646
toys to 749 children, 750 bags of
candy, served 42 transients . on
Christmas Day, and to 43 children
on Christmas Eve, visited state in
stitutions with 5,000 gifts and 3,000
publications. I
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Host- of Volunteiers id ' in
Muscular Dystrophy Drive
. The annual Muscular Dystrophy
fund drive will be conducted in the
Salem area Monday and Tuesday
by a host of volunteer workers.
The campaign is under the joint
sponsorship of the Salem Fire
Fighters Association and the Salem
Letter Carriers organization.
Money' raised in the drive will
go to the National Muscular Dys
trophy Association for research
into the crippling , disease, - for
which: there is no known cure. The
association also " allocates funds
for treatment of victims and such
items as crutches and braces.
Main instrument for' fund rais
ing in the Salem sector win be the
delivering of contribution envelopes
to homes by letter carriers'.- Vol
unteer workers then will call Mon-
Mrs.Pruitt
Rites Monday
Requiem mass ' for Mrs. Leo
nore (Scharf) Pruitt who died
Friday at her home, 940 Madison
St, will be 9:30 a.m. Monday in
St Vincent de Paul's Catholic
Church, the Rev. John J. Reedy
officiating. Burial will be in Bel
crest Memorial Park.
A "rosary will be said 8 p.m.
Sunday in the Clough-Barrick
chapel.
Prefabricated railroad stations
are being qsed by British lines.
With jiny purchase
of $55.00 or more from
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but from service clubs and such
organizations as the American
Legion auxiliary and the Veterans
of . Foreign Wars auxiliary, !
The Salem Eagles Auxiliary is
sponsoring a - dance. - proceeds of
which will go to the campaign.
Drive leaders said containers also
have been placed at public places
in the city.
Firemen Charles Bower and
Capt. Charles Patterson are co
chairmen for the .drive. ''. ;
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