. j . - - ' Our Valley ir? ! i. ; . . . ; By CHARLES IRELAND .6ne of the unique football teams in. valley history was re- called by oldtimers, at Monmouth last week with the passing of James Riddell, 79 . J . While attending Oregon Normal School (now OCE) Riddell and five of his brothers played on the 'same-team . . . Five' classmates rounded out the eleven which 1 sometimes was called the Riddell Brothers team . . Their 'victories included one over Chemawa Indian School , . . And . I in those days Chemawa often compared with the best college ; teanw in the state. ' " '. . . Football wasn't the only sport for the Riddell brothers .. . Out at their father's ranch they made a small private track to practice " bicycle racing, another popular sport of the era . . . The track was !a popular rendezvous for young Monmouth blades of the day In ; eluding Pete and Gene Tatom, Bid Waller, Dsn - Howell, Frank i Fisher, Curtis Hawley, Dell Ireland and Curt McGrew . . . And of course the Riddell Brothers, James, Ed, Dave, Leslie, John and Will. .. , " I - The tragic death of Lt. James Todd of Salem in Pacific maneuvers near Camp Pendleton, Calif., last week was ac companied by one of those incidents that is beyond the realm of human understanding ... Because of the maneuvers, Lt. ; Todd's wife, the former "Ann Gibbens of Salem, had not seen her husband for .three weeks prior to the night he drowned ... And yet the accident happened within sight of the cot tage where she wasfsleeping ... . That night Mrs. Todd dreamed that he1 husband had drowned ... She awoke with a start -at 2:30 a.m: . . . Not until noon was she informed what had happened . . . The rubber boat her husband was riding" in 'had capsized at 2:30 a.m. , One of those exchanges of kindness that warm the heart teas .culminated ai Silverton last week . . .Because they are fond of children, Mr. land Mrs.' Arthur Dahl often serve as volunteef baby sitters for many of their neighbors . . . Last week fire destroyed the home of the Dahls . . . The Dahls suc ceeded in renting another house, but it was in need of clean ing . . . So the neighbors whom the Dahls had befriended got together and scrubbed the floors, hung new wallpaper and put up new curtains before the Dahls moved in. . - i At least one valley Democrat who has a part on the program at the Averill Harriman dinner at Milwaukie Tuesday night has a bunch the New York governor will announce his candidacy for president at the dinner . . . A more prevailing belief Is that he Is out here to help Wayne. Morse ... And didthose form letters the . Mark Hatfield committee .sent to registered Republicans Friday get lost in the mail for two months? . . . Some of them (maybe all) were dated September 18. Win or lose, football coaching is a hazardous profession . . . The number of losing coaches who have been hanged in effigy : this season has been well publicized . . . And a few days ago when Sheridan won iU traditional battle with Willamina, the Sheridan players -celebrated by.. grabbing their Coach Don Hosford as he walked into the; locker room and. tossing him Into the Jihowersl. I . .. ( James Dean, the young movie actor who was killed in an auto wreck near Paso Robles, Calif- this fall, jumped to an early' lead In Audience Award voting which opened Thursday at Salem the aters i . . Other early choices of Salem audiences included James Stewart, Doris Day and Ava Gardner, while Mr, Roberts was favorite for best movie . . J Also right up there with leaders was Fess Parker, ,ior his portrayal of Davey Crockett ... "It must be the kid vote," .aid movie mgr. Pete Jones . . . "Only serious acting Fess Parker ever did was grinning a bear." -. Over at JFalls! City, some high school girls have organized Hope Chest Club . . . They meet regularly to work on things for their hope chests . . . Their officers are Donna Long, Mary Dennis and'Marguerite Fern . . . And their slogan is "Destina tion Marriage." I . ' . - . . Nl Log Jam at Dallas Threatens Bridge By HAL NORBERG . Statesman Correspondent DALLAS Crews Saturday afternoon started clearing a large log jam which had threatened the Levens Street bridge here since late Friday. . The logs were backed tip for 100 feet behind the bridge in the ratting waters of Rickreall Creek. Swollen Friday by heavy rain and melting snows, the creek had dropped almost two feet by Saturday noon. City crewmen and telephone linemen spent Saturday forenoon removing two large trees which dropped on the bridge and adja cent telephone cable. No outages occurred as the table did not break. The upstream bridge rail ing was broken by the mishap. Just Missed Couple Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wiedeman were narrowly missed by the first tree which fell about 11 p.m. Fri day. The couple was standing in the middle of the concrete struts ture viewing the log jam. Wiedeman has an $18,000 con tract for widening the bridge to provide a 30-foot roadway and five-foot walks on each side. Work on the project started in late September and is due for completion ly Dec. 31. With 19- foot roadway and orie small walk, the bridge had long been a haz ard for youngsters attending Lyle School. Temporarily Closed Dave Warren, street superin tendent, said that the structure will be temporarily closed to traf fic due to the work being carried on now. C ' ' Warren said that about two days will be required to clear the log jam. Biggest threat was to falsework on the new construe StaytonYule Contests Due SUteimaa News ferric STAYTON High schools art students will paint water color scenes on store windows in a Christmas contest announced here this week. The art contest is open to students at St. Boniface High, Sublimity, and " the union high school here. . A home-lighting contest also-will be held as in previous years. The Chamber of Commerece is spon soring both programs. Cash prizes will be awarded. ' Davidson Chosen To Head Ankeny Grange for Year IUUmmb Newt Service . JEFFERSON Ankeny Grange members have elected Delmer Davidson as master. Other officers elected were: overseer, Kenneth Van Cleve; lec turer, Mrs. Jake Gilmour; stew ard, Lloyd M a r 1 a 1 1; assistant steward, Walter Wulff; chaplain. Mrs. Louise Johnston; -treasurer, Jake Gilmour; secretary, Mrs. John Zehner,; gatekeeper, George Maria tt; Ceres4 Mrs. Galena Winn; Pomona. Mrs.' Delmer Davidson; Flora, Mrs. George Marlatt; lady assistant steward, Mrs. Faye Van- Cleve. Executive board members. are John Zehner, Mrs. J. C. Bentley and Mrs. Lloyd Marlatt. Named as a committee to ar range for installation were . Jake Gilmour, Mrs. John Zehner and Mrs. J. o. rarr. Boosters Club Names Officers . States man Newt Service - MILL CITY Members of the Boosters Club. IS in number, met Thursday evening to elect officers and to map out a program. Elected to the presidency was Verne Shaw; vice-president.: CarL Kelly; secretary - treasurer, Bob Hill.. . - r ' It was agreed to investigate the possibility of door-to-door i mail delivery, with a report at the Dec ember meeting. Erection and light ing of a community Christmas tree were also planned.. ., ; : Statesman, Salem, Ore., Sun., Nov. 20, "55 (Sec. I)-7 Shell Blast Blinds Deaf Mute in Italy LIBRARY ISSUES REPORT WILLAMINA The annual report of the city library show that 6,678 books and magazines were loaned for home use during the past year. There are 1.144 borrowers register ed at the library, and 3,244 books in the library to be loaned. j tion east of the old bridge. All footings had been completed above the water level and ap peared capable of withstanding log and water pressure. . 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Doctors said Orsi will be blinded for the rest of his life, i VAILEY RENTAL - SERVICE -We rent mast everything from blow torches to baby scales from hospital . equip, to party needs. 2303 Fairgrounds Rd. Phono 4-0382 I Q CC Takes Timber Stand Statesman News Service - STAYTON The Chamber of Commerce here favors the present marketing policy on movement of logs from O & C timber holdings. John Davis has been authorized to make this known to the con gressional committee which is con ducting an inquiry into policies in effect in management of govern ment-lands. , The chamber here feels that the present system of processing O tc - C logs in designated areas is best to maintain the "local' eebnomy, results in the lowest cost of lum ber to the consumer and serves as a -deferent to monopolizing log ymOM 1 TO 101!) 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