f-(5rc. I) Statesman, Silcm, Ore., Sun., Fek 19, 1936
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Our Valley
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. By CHARLES IRELAND
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Monmouth postoffice using a erntennial slogan cancel
lation on mail to ballyhoo its 100th year. . . . Its similar to
one Silverton used two years ago. . . Monmouth hoped to
ftart using its special cancellation the first of the year, but, the
manufacturers made a slight mistake in the original die. . .
They spelled Monmouth wrong!
The ew Salem-Portland eipresswav may have hurt a few towns
a the fanner route. bu( It Is booming property la the Buttevllle area,
according to Mrs. Ralph Ralr, Statesman correspondent, who reports
, that demand Is firm for both summer homes and year-araund dwell
ings la the area.
Qunie of the Week; .When ronorepotion of Detroit Church
pore their minister a cake in obsrn nnce of his fiOth birthday
ct a dinner last week, he mode a little occeptonse speech. , . .
"A'et'er dread old age," said the Rev. G. E. H'illiams, "It is
the sweetest time oflife."
Valentine's Day is aver but it's still Heart Fund Month . . . Con
sidering heart attacks suffered by the President and the late Cot.
Patterson. Oregon folks eaa srareely afford to treat this eause lightly.
Leap Day is coming, and if any of you bachelor's think
you have problems, consider the case of Florence Bell, who
edits Stateman's Time Flics column. . . . Preparing column
for Feb. 29, 1958 the other day, Florence came face-to-fact;
with unsurmountable problem: There wasn't any 10 years ago
on that date.
Spealcino of bachelor's, if about time Conrad Cunder
ton of North Howell was getting some recognition. ... He is
probably the only bachelor in Orepon who is president of his
choot's Parent-Teacher Association.
Mill City almost observed a mllkless Wednesday last week ... On
that ley morning. Earl Phlpps apaet kls track and spilled load af milk
b was delivering to Mill City stores and schools . . . New supply af
milk was rasbed ap the canyon from Salem.
Consideration that Dallas is giving to a third grade school
dramatizes the growth of our neighbor city to the west.
Still a comparative newcomer to the valley, this writer
remembers when Dallas had only its big Morrison Elementary
School , . . Then Lyle School was built in North Dallas and
now it appears likely that East Dallas will get a achool. . . .
Dallas is indeed growing up.
Safety Record of Schools Twins Tops In
Questioned by OCE-Profff
By CHARLES IRELAND
Valley Editor, The Statesman
MONMOITH-Concerned over a
national rise in the proportion nf
school accidents, a professor at
Oregon College of Education has
raised the question. "Is there an
undesirable national attitude to
ward school safety on the part of
some principals and teachers?"
Dr. H. Kent Farley, a native
Missourian who won the 100-yard
dash at the Drake Relays in 1927,
posts the question in an article in
"Educational Administration and
Supervisors"; longtime school pub
lication. "Safety First Neglected" t
"Have the school principals of
the past few years horn neglect
ing to include in their ranks that
very important principle, 'Safety
First' ."?, Farley wrote,
' The article germinated
recently when the. OCE professor
compared some school accident
statistics. A text that he uses to
leach health education to aspir
ing teachers gave some' figures
for 1M7. Rome fibres In a re
cent handbook mm the same
source (National Safety Council)
showed that the school accident
rate had jumped.
Accident Defined
An accident was defined as a
mishap that caused a child to be
absent from school or to consult a
doctor. c
Farley dug into the subject, and
here s what he found:
Since l!M3, the percentage of
non school accidents involving
children has dropped steadily.
Such accidents dropped from 56
per cent of the total in 1943 to 45
per cent in 1948. Latest figures
show it is down to 40 per cent,,
Accidents in the home
dropped from 25 per cent
per cent in the same period
New ramus Club To Select Officers
sutrtman ni smift i club will meet Monday at I p fa.
MT ANGEL The newlv form-fin the Women's College assembly
ed Ml. Angel Academy Parents ', room In rlrot officers.
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MONMOUTH Dr. H. Kent Farley
OCE professor w k a explores
national school safety record in
article for education magazine.
j per cent fo 23 per cent.
: Figure Zooms
And what about school? In the
same period, Farley's figures show
44 per cent of the total at 60 per
cent.
Why?
Farley suggests that the txadi
tinal practice of granting Wrgal
Immunity to school distrirU'may
foster an attitude that "leads to
Insufficient thought and action
being directed toward the end
that our school children be kept
safe la their schools."
Hts article was titled "The King
StiUtman fi Srrvlrt
Q :otes Authorities
The OCE man quotes Linn and
ties, who wrote "If this immunity , MKEE Tln ,ook t0P
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were not granted, and school dis-
Sandra Hunt
Top Speller at
Broadacres
ft' been nearly a year since the Les Johnsons of Keizer
filed their uranium claim in the Wilhoit Sprtnoi area of
nearby Clackamas County . . . Snow and a drawn-out u'inter
have temporarily slowed his progress to a crawl, but Les
Bays he it still devoting full time to the project and expects
Mome newt to break fairly soon.
'TallTalcs'
Mght Slated
At Jefferson
Statesman News Servlt
JEFFERSON Bear stories.
moose stories and tall stories will
be told at the Jefferson annual
sportsmen's night Wednesday. The
annual affair, sponsored by the
Jefferson Gun Club to promote
good relations between farmers
and sportsmen, will be held in the
high school gym at I p.m.
Also featured win be a duck
calling contest. Movies of a world
famous trap and trick shooter will
be shown.
The program is the kickoff for
the annual trophy shoot to be held
Sunday, Feb. 26, at the Gun Hub's
grounds south of town on Scio
Road. No admission will be
charged.
Sutetaua Nsws Srvlr '
BROADACRES Sandra Hunt,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. C.
Hunt of Route 1, Aurora, won
the" spelling
championship of
this northern
Marion County
School.
Sandra is re
garded as an
outstanding stu
dent and leader.
V She is 12 and
Jn the 7th grade
land her hobbies
are knittlni
ataara hum md cooking.
She was certified for the semi
finals of The Statesman-KSLM
Spelling Contest by her princi
pal and teacher, Mrs. Helen May
field, and will compete at Wood
burn at 7:43 p.m. Thursday,
March 8.
Second place in spelling at
Broadacres, where 625 published
words were used to determine
winners, was won by Brenda
Hawing, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Felix Hassing, Route 1, Au
rora, and third place by Jo Anne
Eichenauer, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Eichenauer, Route 1,
Aurora.
Both Brenda and Jo Anne are
12 and in the 7th grade. Certif
icates of merit will be sent to all
three girls.
Silverton Piano
Musical Today
Suteiaua Nows terries
SILVERTON - Silverton's Ac
credited Music Teachers will give
a musical Sunday at 3 p. m. at
Immanuel Lutheran Church.
This is one of a series of mu
sicales held this year to present
more informal student programs to
the public. An added attraction on
Sunday's program will be a dem
onstration of "What Goes On in a
Beginning Piano Class".
Teachers who will present pupils
Sunday include Mrs. George Gillis,
Mrs. John Branson, Mrs. W. Z.
Iron and Hal Beyers.
Can Do Some Wrong" which puts
havei reverse English on the historic
to 17 principle that "The king can do no
Other : wrong ". The laws that grant im-
non-school accidents, chiefly auto munity to school districts
accidents, have dropped from ,31 based on that ancient canon.
tricts were required to face suits
and pay damages when liable, it
is possible that school authorities
would be more alert to the prob
lem of accident prevention."
Farley stressed that ' 's article
was based an national statistics
and Is not aa lodlrtm. ef Ore
gon's safety record; Because he
wrote for a national publication,
he had no figures far Oregoa as
compared to ather states.
West, South Lag
Figures show, however, that the
East and Midwest have better
scfyol safety records l,n the West
and the South.
Farley said over-crowded condi
tions have been advanced as a
reason for the school accident Tate
climbing, but he questions that this
is the basic cause.
He does believe that supervision
of recess periods by special per
sonnel would cut down on play
ground mishaps. .
Suggests Campaign
"A teacher who has played base
ball is more sensitive to the dan
gers involved than one who has
not," he added. "Also, there are
less accidents in organized games
than during unorganized activi
ties." The professor thinks a full-scale
school safety campaign would pay
dividends, for he believes that at
titude is the key to the solution.
"For the safety of our children,"
he wrote, "Isn't it time that we
rethink about such traditional al
ludes? Isn't it possible that the
king can do some wrong? We
principals, supervisors and teach
ers must accept our share of
liability for accidents occurring to
our school age children while
are' under the -jurisdiction of schools.
'Safety is mandatory."
in the 8th
r , grade. Theii
M I parents are Mr
V ) I nd Mrs. Alfred
A , I Juve, Route 2
V jWoodburn, and
yjthelr hobbies
ing honors at McKee School this
year. In first place was Gene Juve
and in second
Jerry Juve.
They are 13 and
in the 8th
grade. Their
Mr.
Alfred
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d
es
are snorts and
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f" fi cness.
Gen Jut place winner,
was certified for the semi finals
of The Statesman KSLM Contest
at Mt. Angel, Thursday night,
March 1, by Principal Patty Lou
McLaughlin.
Winning third place in spell
ing at McKee was James Boen,
12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Boen, Route 2, Woodburn. James
is in the 7th grade. Certificates
of merit will be Issued for all
three.
Dallas Considering
New Grade School
By HAL NORBERG
Valley Correspondent
DALLAS Construction of a new
elementary school building here
will be considered at a meeting of
the Dallas School Board Tuesday
at 8 p.m. in the senior high school.
Need for additional facilities
reached a critical stage this year
with continued growth of student
population. S. E. Whitworth, . su
perintendent, reported that enroll
ment has reached some 1.600 stu
dents.
Whitworth estimates the total
will reach 2032 by the 1960-61 year.
Of immediate concern is the prob
ability that next year's enrollment
will top the present figure by over
110 students.
Advisory Group
Working with the board on the
expansion problem is a citizen's
advisory committee made up of
representatives from Dallas civic
groups. The advisory committee
will meet with the board Tuesday
night to hear estimates on what
a new grade building will cost.
Preliminary plans and cost es
timates will be outlined by C. N.
Freeman of the architectural iirm
of Freeman, Hayslip, Tuft and
Hewlitt.
Size of a new building, which
would be located on property
owned by the school district on
Miller Avenue, would be deter
mined in part by the district's
bonding limitation, now about $308,-
000. One proposal is for an eight
room building with provisions for
later additions.
New School Favored
Sentiment here has been largely
in favor of a new school rather
than attempt additions ta present
buildings. Tiie board recently took
a poll of Dallas Parent-Teacher
Associations and the Chamber of
Commerce and found almost un
animous endorsement of the plan
for a new school.
As soon as the board determines
the amount needed in a bond issue,
the. matter will probably be pre
sented to district voters in a spe
cial election. .
Double shifts in some elementary
grades will likely be necessary
next fall as new classroom space
could not be completed until late
December, it was estimated.
Woodburn Scores
In Speech Meet
lutcinua Ntwi Irrvlco
WOODBURN - Larry Sterling
won first in the junior division of
men's osatory at the 24th annual
High School speech tournament at
Linfield College, McMinnville, Sat
urday. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Sterling.
Woodburn also had a finalist in
Barbara Paulson, who placed in
junior women's extemporaneous.
Guard Bids '
Public Today
' Suleiman Newi Icrvirt
SILVERTON - National Guard
will hold open, house at the Silver
ton Armory Sunday starting at 2
p.m. Captain Waldo Gilbert is di
recting the event. '
One of the principal objectives
of the open house, guard officers
said, is to acquaint fathers and
mothers of the community, as well
as the general public, with the
"specific advantages" the com
pany offers young men.
A big display of equipment will
be "featured at the open house.
Over 400 medals won' by the
guardsmen will be exhibited.
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where they were called by the
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AMITY Farmers in this area
are' itching to get into their fields.
The few good days recently dried
up the soggy earth considerably.
In a few places, farmers were
able to get on their land and use
fertilizer machines.
A few farmers who still keep
cows have found it profitable to
use light chain saws and clear off
brush patches along creeks, which
will increase their pasturage
somewhat. One farmer figures
that he added a much needed
acre to his dairy pasture by clear
ing brush the last few weeks.
Most of the work now being
done on the farms is on the
machinery. Tractors are being
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