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Our Valley ly CHARLES KIIAK3 .1113 j Another mid-valley crime is recounted in January issue of Official Detective Magazine . . . Mr. Lucille Hanna of Mon mouth wrote the piece about the capture of Martin Reyes in the Wagon Wheel Cafe in that city . . . Mrs. Hanna wai work ing in the cafe at the time Reyes, who later was convicted of second-degree murder, was captured by Monmouth , Police Chief Edward (Si) Leum ... The magazine titled the article -Me and Si and The Killer. For it Grave Is 4a a 1M per cent Ussy became Farts Grove Glee men are going U appear Wide, Wide World, NBC-TVs nationwide roundup which Channel n rarrirs . . . Apparently the benntlful, Wash ington County city is going t recreate a full-oenle Gay N's backdrop (or benefit f the TV cameras . . . Anyway, Farest Grave, popalatlsa S.000, Is endeavoring It have 1.000 at Us cltlxens garbed la appropriate co:umrs for the event ... The fact that the program la televtaed live adds test . . . That's la be Sunday, Feb. It, aad not today . . . This afternoon's Wide. Wide World (I p.m.) will carry sceaes, of flooded out Yuba City. Calif., residents preparlag for belated Christmas relebratloa. O t O ' , -f . Reader's Digtst really tikes that speech delivered tit New berg last summer by former president Hoover . . ."Preuiotuly the magazine used excerpts from it a illeri ... In new, Feb ruary issue editors hare extracted bigger portion of the speech uhich is used as short article titled "Let'i Say Something Good About Ourselves." i Tom McCall makes his debut on new TV program at 6:15 p.m. Sunday over Channel 27 . . . Program's called "News maker of the Week" and Tom will interview somebody wh'i just been in the news ... We don't know who Tom ii going to interview as starter, but would suggest that Elmer (The Jug) Deetz of Canby has been one of the area's better news makers of the past two weeks . . . When Deetz announced h might run for U. S. Senator, he generated some of tht best political interest of the year, even knocking a couple of boards loose from the crate that was veiling Gov. Patterson's political plans . . , The day after Deetz spilled the beans, he tot so many phone calls that he had to have a telephone installed in his cow barn. A former ML Angel rural mall carrier eays he Is going to try aa experiment In "age regression", the hypnotic stunt that Is la the aews as a result of the "Bride; Murphy Case" ... The Murphy case, pub lished la a book and picked up by wire services and magatlaes, wai the one In which a hypnotist allegedly carried a Pueblo, Calif., house wife back 150 years to two previous lives. Including the life of "lridey Murphy, a woman who was bora la Ireland la 1791" ... The former valley resident who says he la going to try a similar experiment Is A. B. Perkins, who toted mall around Mt. Angel for eight years, also operating a small apartment bouse la Salem tor a time . . . Rural mall carriers In the valley may recall the demonstrations of hypnotism Perkins sometimes performed at mail-carrier meetings . . . He's now a mail carrier at Lovlagtoa. N. M., where ho teaches a class la hypnotism oa the side. - Al Lighfner refereed h's first baaketball pamej last week end since the storied Penny Incident at California University . . . The games were at Pullman, Wash., where WcJh. State played Southern Cal. . . . The crowds were -polite but ap parently so Al would know they had been reading the papers just as the game ended they showered the floor with pennies and nickels . . . One Bay Area sports writer noted that Al could have come off a lot worse at Cal. U. He said the crowds on previous occasions had sometimes heated pennies with matches beore throwing them onto the floor, and, if Al had been standing in the right place on one becasion, he'd have got socked in the eye with a dead fish! . ... As this is written, the $8,000 question at Albany Is "What happened to $6,000 of the $8,000 that was stolen from the courthouse?" ... So far, only $2,000 has been accounted for . . . First thing that greeted police officers and newsmen rushing to the treasurer's office was a red feather on the outer door and the words "We Gave." . . . "Boy," laid an in surance adjuster, "They sure did." Mrs. Story Faces Jury Monday in Dallas Court By HAL NORBERG Statesman Correspondent DALLAS-Trial of Mrs. Beulah Ethel Story, SS, Monmouth route !. charged with assault with intent to kill, is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Monday in Polk County Circuit Court before Judge Arlie G. Walker. Mrs. Storv has been free on $2500 bail since she allegedly shot and wounded her ex-husband, Frank Story, on a vacant farm in the Airlie district Nov. J. She will be represented by Mark Weatherford. Albany attorney, and District Attorney i Walter Foster will present the case for the state. Mrs. Story was in dieted by the Polk grand Jury late In November. Wounded Nov. 1 The charge was filed when Story signed a complaint here shortly after the shooting. Foster said that, at the time, the Storys were married but living separately in the rural area southwest of Mon mouth. Mrs. Story later obtained a divorce at Corvallis, he added. Story was shot and wounded with a French-made 6.JS mm. automatic Nov. S on a farm near the Polk Benton County line. The farm was owned by a son of Mrs. Story by a previous marriage. Became Paalcky In a statement to Foster and Sheriff Tony Neufeldt, Mrs. Story said she had gone to examine a spring on the farm which is lo-j cated near her place. When she1 A liV -i m -i 1 1 if n r r i f m m m a f.UtfSJTun, S.i!r:.i, Ore.. S.;n.. ZZ, 'Z C Writer Claims Citizens Have Tribal Loyalty Salem Favorite Shopping Center Of Yamhill Town 1 H 1 QP o n ) o .0 Ml y 1 i 1 Playgrcuid Pnnos:d f:r ' Ik KenerArca ScLaol District Otter to i!:ilch ComzninitrFu Polk County Court News autrtmia Ntwt Itrvko DALLAS The following com plaints were on file Saturday in Polk County Circuit Court: Carolyn Wilson vs. Edward C. Wilson Jr.: Plaintiff alleges cruel snd inhuman treatment, aeeks divorce, custody of two minor children. $137 per month for child support Married Oct 24, 1952 In sUte of New York. Philip M. Foster vs. Margie E. Foster: Plaintiff alleges cruel snd Inhuman treatment, seeks divorce, approval of property set tlement agreement Married Feb. 11, 1934 at London Bridge, Va. T autAnia D lTnuar1 uc Tnhff looked up. she said she saw her J Djinnt Howard: puintiff alleges estranged husband approaching in . nd mhuman treatment, a clumped over position, k div , cu,tody of mlnor .u uv.,u. child to be awarded to defendant and also 337.90 child support, asks approval, of property settle ment agreement Married No. 20, 19S4 at Monmouth. A marriage license has been li ne continued to approach and ap peared to be fumbling for some thing under hit shirt. Story said later ha was searching for cigar ettes. Bullet la Cheat A bullet struck a finger .on sued to Harold Ewert. 21, plumb- Story'i left hand, continued through' er. Gaston, and Haiel E. Davis, tna upper portion w me nana ana 20 dent, Amity, lodged In his left chest under the i heart, Foster laid. Story disap-l peared through soma bru?h and 1 AnnplXmith went to a neighbor who drove him i?lt g I UUUIS t0 LehTr; Story called Thanked hf Gift Sheriff Neufeldt who summoned an rr fI Di.I. ambulance and sent deputies to i O llUlUUl rflrWfl By JAMES ALLEY Stalesmaa Correspondent AMITY Amity is a pioneer village of 670 people. It Is the center of soma of the richest, land in Yamhill County and will bold its own in productivity with most any other place in the state. Al though on highway WW which links it with Portland, its favorite city shopping center Is .Salem. Someone has said, "Merely be longing in Amity will not do for an Amitonian. Thev make it al most religion." The statement . is true. There is tribal loyalty hart that this wrker has found no where else In years of roaming over most of the United States. Significance of Name The village was founded upon parts of two donation land claims Mhose of Joseph Watt and Enoa C. Williams. On Feb. 2, ISM, Enoa C. Williams deeded to Jerome Walling 40 acres of his donation land claim and this land was platted tor township by Walling. - However, on July I, 1852, a post office was established here under the name of Amity. Walling wai appointed postmaster by President Millard Fillmore. Amity was not "Just named". There is a rich significance to the name of Amity, the "city of friend ship." Doit Woodman and J. M. Umphlette authored book about Amity. In it they tell the story of how the community got Its beautiful name. v Battle for School Site In 1849 there arose a question among the early settlers of the community about the proper loca tion for a school house. Solomon Allen, a pioneer of 1M7, whose donation lind claim lay about three miles southeast of what Is now Amity, and Abraham Garri son whose claim lay about the same distance west, had large families of school age. Each wanted the school built on or near his farm. After no little controversy, logs were hauled to build two school houses on the sites of their choice. When H came to securing teachers, more diffi culty was encountered. Both factions asked Ahlo Watt to accept the post. He agreed to teach if they would settle their differences and decide on a sit for one school building. After some discussion they compromised and each faction hauled their logs to John Watt's claim, built the school- house at the norm end of town and Watt became the teacher. As a token of this spirit of brotherly co operation, Watt named the school "Amity.' 4 Churchfi Cooperate Perhaps this Is the last serious difficulty this community has ever known outside of the slave ques tion prior to and during the Civil War. And the distress that It caus ed was soon forgotten. The keen sectarian rivalry that is sometimes felt in small towns Is practically non-existent here. This year the ministers sponaored a Go-To-Church Campaign: They called on each other's members and urged them to support the church where they were members.1 The ministers also called together. The Rev. Bruce McConeH, pas tor of the Methodist Church and chairman of the ministerial asso ciation summed up his feelings about tht church life in the com munity as follows: "The four churches in Amity give evidence to the place of faith and worship in the life of our rural community. Wa must not underestimate the role of the rural church In the life of the nation. A new word in the vocabulary of many church members is 'co-operation.' Here in Amity you find It working." Ernest Samuel, president of the Amity Commercial Club and own er of tha Amity market lockers affirms the truth that Amity Is mighty well fed. He reported that ' he had IV) lockers rented and that they would average a third of a beef per locker. He enumerated some of the other meats to be found in cold storage: moose, elk, SS deer, goat, lamb, pork, goose, duck, chicken, pheasant and turkey. Also all kinds of fish, clams and crabs. Amitoniani like to eat. Nicer still, they like to tat together. At the drop of a pot lid you have a "pot-luck" supper. This makes for great sociability. ' AMITY Located 29 miles northwest of Salem, Amity Is prosperoua ' tome of Its store nildfngs dalo bock nearly a mid-valley farming community. Photo looks north along Highway HaD. two-etory building la left foreground, Is are of ff-W waica traverses town s Mala Street. Like many of Its dwellings, (Statesman Phoana) d nattvstsvB, , ' a 1 . . .: '' ' - t.. : . . , i .;- - I - t ;uv;., .... ; i ii jit .. t--,.3- Vh . . . --er m . ma jci Pavi 3 Years Off Bw JAMSTTE BOAItCXOvr Statesmaa ConaapwmVat KE2EJU-Possibility of a sum mertimw playground at Keizer was brmighti out in a forum dis cussloir at the PTA meeting Thursday evening: Walter Snyder,, superintendent of Menr School, outlined, future (dan ami adwowtodgnA acquisi tion of! land1 whiclt-i could, bw used aw junior higtt school aits He denied thai sue! such landt wai sequirvKti solely fbn that purpose, and: stresMd that titw ait ofi future- Junior nigh school would bw dtrtorminod by population con trrw and not by nmrely poaaesatoii of land by tte school, board! Im iwnhs to- uaatiom Mrs. FIdlttt Brydom chairman- a thw Hoalttr and. Racrwatioft Coimoit txw of Sad om School, pointed, out that it people of thw Baiter area dr-rimfe playground; and! eould hum haiE thw cosCv thw school Utmaiaw GATES Paving of now aae-i tlon of the North SmHtam High S".T-Polaby P- board! eould- match that amount; Thrre it tlttla- dme thft ttr raiso State Rep. S. L. tirstrmu told ttw North Santiam Chamoer of Cbm- Iroerce here this week. He had ref- erenct to the highway portie be tween the Sublimity Gun Clun and: Stout Creek, near Mehama. tusirom. a member ot. that lesis- such funds thift year; ah anid, since the schoalboardl 1 altrndy beginning to prapv tha next budget. George Sirniot paat nrnidentof Utrre highway commit said; Ksr rrA max mac aattng for iavuiB the stria muat 'euuaon wm ronnanmi, m coma front secondary highway funds unleaa Congress paasoa, a bill that wouid provide the money. recreation district ami taxes could be levied) tn rail tho m cewswry funds. A atrmrg; effort is being made in til ooromunity ta farm a. eommitte to Bead: such district Cast at amiinina and staffing, thw playground! wast aati- i SHEBJDAN WILBna SOU SHERIDAN Mr. an Sfra. Luther Hyder nave sold thwir ap mitetl at tCOOtfi pluuire building; to A & Smittto of Toi areoumi wouldl bring; to McMinnille. Smith, will: opwratw Xmier are studom thw aama AMITY Some observers sense a New England-like charm at Amity where there Is mock colonial arcM-' fd Store, and wilt tafc pas iom sumnwrttmw CkcilttiB awailrble tectaro like above scboelbowe. One commnnlty group kaa proposed that aO AmMy weHer paint their of the Building rem A Thw Myden tot thoi attemilng: alementary boases white with green trim to further the colonial theme. Tow was named alter peaceful settle. I will move their appliance buainws schowlft within Sklerni and) would meat followed squabble about where to build original schoolhoase. I into their forme supply building, j includ aportav 8rft and! game. the scene. Story's wounds were re portedly not serious and he was released from the hospital within a few dayi following an operation. "Martin Luther" Film Tonight at Salem Ills. UUimoa Ntwt Icrviro SALEM HEIGHTS - The full length .version of the - picture nj had no prospects of a happy i k a w..t eo 111 1 1 ' " . .tianin uintr win oe mown Christmas. lutoau Hwi Itrvlt MT. ANGEI A Mt. Angel young people's group that provid ed Christmas dinners for 100 im poverished families In Italy got a note of thanks this week. The thank-you came from Lt. Norberg Weflman, Mt. Angel, who had written to Father' Spear here, telling Of the parish of Paderro, Italy, whose people are very poor lublldy it 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church here. Admission is free, and an offering will be received accord ing U Dr. a W. Ebright, pastor. Father Spear contacted the Young Peoples Sodality here which contributed 1300 for a Christmas dinner for members of tht parish in Italy. Many Organizations Speaking of clubs, Amity has them as many or more than most communities. A purely social one is the Country Side Club west of Amity when farmer's wives get together from time, to time for an afternoon ot visiting and refresh ments, i The East Side Club to the east of Amity is St years old. It has always been' a help-your-neighbor and fellow-man club. . For years the women have gotten together to help each other patch gunny sacks, 'mend socks, hem dish towels; make clothes, quilt, tht hostess for each meeting being the recipient.- - Amity Union High School has turned out many useful citizens. One of Ms lads Is in the U. S. State Department as Charge D -Affairei la Budapest Another la cal engineering in Cincinnati, I Phumore A. Heinonen is just one local toy who hat made good right at home. He is the AmMy druggist. Hit schooling began in tht old Fairview School. His first teacher, Margaret Versteeg, is still teaching near 'Amity. He graduated from Amity High, en tered Oregon State with one am bition to become a druggist. Returning from the service, he hc.'xl tor Amity, bought the only. drug store in town, settled down and is rearing his family here. Farm Life Favored j l ! Amity School Boys Larry Rich- ter, Dennis Brutke, Richard Fuller and Stanley Goffena all agret that farming is tht best possible way of living. All of them intend to make it their life work, except on who is going to make tht Air Force his career. These boys rep resent several kinds of terming grain, dairy, berries, and cherry orchards. The Amity High itudtnts have spirit. Those who have played against them In football and bas ketball can testify to it. They have lot of good fun at school. They get along together. There art "no rich kids and poor kids in our schools," was the way one girl put It. , Tux, Formals Common Frank Chambers of the Amity branch of the United States Na tional Bank reported that Amity and its farmeri havt 14 million dollars on deposit here. A number of farmers in tusedoe or dinner Jackets at a formal lodge affair here doe not cause an tye brewn to raise. There are more women in tht community who own and wear formals than do not. Yet there la no "upper crust." Many Things Needed However, Amity is not a saintly community. It is not perfect. It needi a lot of things. It needs a sewer system. It needs more side walks and pavement. It needs an Industry that win employ from IS to 100 men. It needs employment that will keep Its young sons and daughters here In tht community they love. It needs more young families than It has to offset the 15 men and SO women, each of whom is said to live in a house alone. Amity needs better bus transportation to Salem. The older people without cars' and families with only one car could then get to Salem and shop. Last summer at tht annual pio neer picnic, a cky-bred young man of a pioneer family came down to Amity for the day. As the day wore on he became bored. Yawn ing, he turned to an elderly citiien and said, "Amity is a sleepy little burg, isn't it?" to which the aged man replied, "Young man, you could afford to be sleepy too, if you had a million dollars In the bank." folic? r fce Mas i i 2690 PORTLAND Q0 Where Pine St Meets Pcrffcnd RA OA nnn r? Mardi Gras Dance Due at Sheridan lubmii atrvKo SHERIDAN The St Cecelia Altar Society of the Church of the Good Shepherd will have Its second Mardl Cm dsnct In tht Chapmin Grade school gym Feb. U. with the Floyd Rosenbalm or chestra providing music' Costumes will be optional, but awarded 'couples A few of the Many, fnr; Cnr davei:?oji ai:d chair 28 fusion lull! 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