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8-Sec. II) Statesman, Salem.Ore., Sunr, Dec. 18, 5 Painting Yule Scenes on Store Windows Assists Careers of Young Salem Artists By CONRAD PRANGE Staff Write(Tbe Statesman three Salem stores. Including the! Connie Is the daughter of Mr. Kathy who resides at 5S S. new Downtown market. They ulso and Mrs. Joseph Barber, 785 Idle-' Summer St., had. too many other ! c-,. j .-j 'decorated the windows with wood Dr. She is a member of the duties to work in the art cuss. t Luiwni. aim mi rwngecr ; , ... . . . . . , CK. .v. lier tfus fall. - 'continue In art work, the said, (pursue Guerrillas on Cyprus Use Decoy Hearse m store windows may not seem much of a job but it has led to better thins for at least several young Salem art enthusiasts. Many local stores annually decor Ate their windows with Christmas scenes. And lots of these are drawn by amateur artists. One merchant. Elmer . Berg,, operator of Berg's food markets in town, has been engaging Salem high school students to paint holi day scenes on his store windows for the past seven years. J Hollywood District ... One of the first to give atore indows in the Capitol Shopping T Center and Hollywood district a f Yule touch with a paintbrush were I wayne ; DaMctx, and his sister, Carol. , ..- I That was in 1948 and they both were in Leslie Junior High School. ' Earlier that fall they had painted State Fair scenes on several stores. wayne is now in the Army and? intends to continue his art studies when he is discharged. Carol is now married to James Humphrey Jr., an Air Force pilot, stationed at Portland. "Both Wayne and Carol won several art awards as students," nys their mother, Mrs. Ralph A. DaMetx, 2445 E. Nob Hill. "Wayne intends to make a career of art." AW Faar Yean ; The DaMetz amateurs painted holiday scenes on store windows for about four years, their mother fetalis. 1 ... .' Another graduate of the market Window decoration school of paint ing is Richard (Dick) Richardson, on of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Rich ardson of Salem. . Dick, now a student at Oregon State College where he is contin uing his art work, painted scenes for Berg's markets at Christmas and Thanksgiving for four years, ending last year. Edit Humor Magazine He is now editor of an DSC turn or magazine and Is art editor , of the school's year book. He plans to eventually major in art at an-! Other school. Newest addition to the market school of artists Is Kathy Doner and Connie Barber, both sopho -: mores at South Salem, High School. They painted Christmas scenes this year on windows at Berg's career in art work. I r """" i rT"fT 'mmmIII8mSmmmm""''"T'"'' ' imiJm "u""l (l rr. &JlS A 'Vv 7X'y?s r , t ; - ,1 NICOSIA, Cyprus I - Cypriots used a decoy hearse Saturday to hoodwink British troops and police however, she hopes toi0ll the aert for demonstrations at the funeral of a slain leader in the 4 guerrilla campaign for union with Greece. The authorities had slapped a ban on more than SO mourners following the funeral procession of Haralambos Mouskos, a cousin of Archbishop Makarios. The Greek Orthodox archbishop is leader of the Enosis Union with Greece) movement, and Mouskos was slain in the ambush of a Brit ish jeep. He had a price on his head when killed. When the funeral cortege ap peared in Nicosia's Metaxas square, troops and police dispersed the 200 mourners with tear gas; a few minutes later, another proces sion of 200 mourners marched out of an unguarded gate -of the old city with the real coffin, and pro ceeded unhindered to the cem etery. Couple's Yule Party for Tots Traditional9 SUteimaa Ntwi Invtc Cub Pack 10 Awards Given A number of awards were denner stripes John Varshj made Friday night at a meeting Denner stripesRobert Daniels, of Cub Pack 10 at Richmond Billy Zeh, Eddie Hrnsen and Ml School. Presentations were by chaol Evans; Gold and Silver v-- nr:iw... ir...U - i A Tultae Ytfirrniiohsl Tsr K.UQ ill SLOT TTiiUUT V HI atlt, ' niiuwawuiiou aunvHa..-( Awardes included: Bob eat ry Braly. Eddie Hansen, Stanley :. .. n j i Viriur sifva ramcron and Jer vrt7Fn ' A rnwlna traHltinn swaros Alien u. r rucn, tawaru .i. Christmas round of parties held for neighborhood children by Mr. and Mrs. Paul " Lenaburg. tu Churchdale Ave. Latest party was held Saturday night with 54 young sters on the guest list. The Lenaburgs started the tradi tion about 10 years ago because they "loved kiddies". They moved to the Keizer area shortly after World War II. Now the couple has a 22-month- old son of .their own to grace the Yuletide parties. The Lenaburgs adopted the baby about a year ago. Also among the kiddies tasteing Christmas goodies at the latest party was a baby from the Port land Waverly Home, who is under the cart of the Lenaburgs. The Lenaburgs have concerned themselves with a number of in fant welfare cases in the past sev eral years, who sacrificed his life, with laurel leaves of admiration and myrtle Trmn mm m th .Wt for fear i leaves of grief," the bishop said. Archhichnn Mnkarina would con- "The tyrant fights freedom and ivert the funeral Into a demonstra- its defenders all in vain. The tion. The archbishop was at the more martyrs graves mere are, funeral but did not speak. The the nearer freedom will come." bishop of Kitium conducted the i British troops Saturday seized service, and praised Mouskos u'six members of a gang who raided a martyr. Yialousa police station during the "Cyprus crowns its heroic child, I night and killed a British officer. Decoration of store windows has been part of the Salem Christmas scene for several years. It has been done mostly by high school art students. Shown above putting the finishing touches on a Santa Claus painting onjhe front window of Berg's Dewntowa food market are Connie Barber (standing! and Kathy Doner. Both are, sophomore students at South Salem High SchooL (States man Photo) Salem Elks' Charity Show Tuesday Eve Store Holds Yule Breakfast For Employes - Lipman's of Salem entertained 215 , employes at a breakfast Christmas party held ' Saturday U the firm's Cherry Room; - - Harold Wendel, Portland, pres ident of the firm's Portland and Salem stores, praised the spirit Of the Salem personnel and com mended employes on the growth ol the store during the past year; ' Wendel was a guest of honor at the party along with Miss Mary White, member of The " Statesman-Journal advertis ing stafL , Gifts were.exchanged by work ers and special employes' pres ents went to Wendel; John W. Adlon, Salem store manager; and Phillip Hawley, general merchsn tise manager. - Entertainment included Wayne Meusey's orchestra; vocalist Pe ter Larson accompanied by Mrs. Ronald Craven; and impersona tions by Jack Larson, accompan ied by Miss Margaret Huxible. Howard F. Miller led the group fn singing traditional Christmas eonga. Presbyterian Church Fund Tops$200,000 1 Cash and pledges totaling 24,'. 164 to help finance construction of t new First Presbyterian Church in Salem were reported Friday tight at final report dinner for Campaign workers. r Dr. Paul Poling, pastor of the church, said the total, though con siderably under the goal of 1300, 00, raised to a half million dollars 4ne fund for building a new church. The remaining 1280,000 comes from sale ef property including the present church building to the itate. . , . . -. f -. - '.,.. 1. Arthur BatesT "who i"led "the Tcam palgn., and Charles ' Crist, who organized it, drew appreciation Irom Dr. Poling and campaign workers at the dinner. Bates noted rt some cleanup work remained be done in the campaign, con ducted by some too workers. ' P .. e.iv Durgl Probe anes Two burglaries were reported to city police Saturday mprnlng. ' An undisclosed amount, of change was taken from the $a m , Woodworking Co 1225 Cross St., where entry was gained through an open window, police aid. I Similar entry was reported at the Electric Corporation, 1270 Vbur St.. a block east of Sa lem Woodworking, but nothing ,ss reported missing.-. ' The burglaries apparently .are the work of the same person or persons responsible for a series of business burglaries la recent '.Weeks, polks said. . The Salem Elks Charity Show to finance the annual children's party will be 8 p.m. Tuesday in North Salem High School, Ex alted Ruler Robert E. Jones an nounced Saturday. The program consists of five professional acts from Portland: Unikids, unicycle, juggling and accordion; Bill Holliday, ventrilo quist; balloon act, comedy and trumpet; Wilbur Hall and Rene, musical comedy; Davis Twiwv dancing and black light routine; and Lee Neveli, harmonica va rieties. - Proceeds will be used ta buy candy and gifts for the annual arty for needy children l p.m. 24 in the Elks Club, includ ing a free show at the Capitol Theatre. There will be no admis sion charge for the Tuesday show but donations will be accepted. . Jones is in charge of both Christmas programs, assisted by s committee consisting of Milan C. Boniface, Flyod R. McNall snd Qzzie Walker. Red Nelson is in charge of publicity. 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