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5ozi S7nn High Band Concert Set
Washington Correspondent Visits Here
if Six
801TH SALEM HIGH i
The South Slem high band
will preent i concert Monday in
the Leslie auditorium it p.m.
, The concert
-..- which is free to
f V;
the annual North-South Chorus
Festival this evening. The choirs
of the two schools will begin
their performances at 8 p m.
Director of the North Salem
choral groups will be Howard
the public will Wallace Johnson will lea a
inrl'ide var'ed w J0"'" alem vocalists
program of Tle North Salem Girl's Glee
brrd selections wi'' ,cal 'f tne program and be
nrf will fMtiir followed by the S'u;h Salem
. ti tf t-ton tw'-I- choir. The second half of the
t il ing of Mary program will consist of numbers
I , t,nf y;tt by the North Salem choir and
-V H: Ip lcdB for vuiu kMiiriii 111311 mu i uiw.
the frrthrnminff for me iisi numDer 01 me
operetta pro- evening the two schools will join j
duction. "Babes together In singing the "Battle
in T 0 y 1 1 n d " Hymn of the Republic."
B. toolfoto
have been cast. They are Wayne
Schroyer, Fred Ca.'welL Ralph
Alexander, Roy Steele, Mike Ro
low, Ron Thiesen, Steve Little.
Larry Stein, Dick Gabriel and
Paul Baal.
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County Court May Reverse Order
The County Court will probably!
have to reverse an earlier decision
to authorise construction of a ;
drainage each to carry surface
water from portions of H.ithorne
Street to a state-o ned ditch just
drainage ditch could not be ful
filled. Court members advised Arldcr
son to inform property owncl
along Hawthorne St. of the situation.
p.it nf thp rvnitentiarv.
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io 01 six men wno escapea v, - .. h . oil4 ,h
f .1 p, j. t f ; uv.i "vii tia. 11 aHiiii n v
1 Tiu.j.fl iquinment of a guarantee a
rr'f," 'Vu',cu..u"uay! excessive flooding of the state
itawr.js inur ai large. .one was I ;
considered dangerous, hospital at-1
tendams said. PG&C to Cut Prices
Returned Tuesday were Benjnnv i
2Si Threatened in
LESLIE JUNIOR HIGH . I ti
Tlie Leslie Junior high school k I I i 70c
aevenib grade class will hold a .HV1 UlUit9
elzss party Fr'day afternoon fol
lowing school.
Committees for y-.
the p a r t y are - - -
Bospiumy, Ctr
ol Robb, chalr
man, Steve
Stewart and
Glenora Daven
port; entertain-
ment.Terri
G u staf son,
(hairmin,; Jin
Armpriest,
Bruce Ramage
and Rov Fe.r-
"ing; publicity, Richard lk w kins, Williams,
chairman, Dsle Ilenkin, Sharon Brad'ey, 6j, Ncufeldl stated.
Rogers and Judy Warren: deco- was act at $2,000 each and pre
rations. Nancy Van Houtcn, liminary hearing was scheduled at
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INDEPENDENCE A 17-year-old
Independence boy who admitted
setting fire to his own home three
times in 24 hours was committed
to Oregon State Hospital Tuesday
for examination, state police said.
Investigation of the case brought
charges of Incest against the boy's
mother and her father, also resi
dents of the house, piulk County
Sheriff Tony" Neufeldt Mil ' The
charges were filed by Neufeldt..
Charged were Irs. Dorethca
39. and Lafayette H.
Bail
In Lobdell of Roseburg, committed
as a psychotic, and Kenneth Ed
gar of Salem. listed as alcoholic,
attendants said. Both were report
ed found in Salem.
Still at larse Tuesday nisht were
Clifford L. Mulkey. 41. Silverton; i
Kenneth Donald Ridenour. 39. Phi
lomath: Vernon Plate, 36. Port- s
land, and George Humphries, 34,
Tacoma, Wash.
Mulkey, Ridenour and Pate, all
committed as alcoholics, escaped
Sunday night with Edgar,- appar
ently with a key obtained from an
unknown source, attendants said.
Humphries, listed as psychotic, es
caped Monday night by means of
knotted bedsheets from a third
floor window, they said. '
...-y tram his aatlossl espltol beat a few days while visiUng the Pacific Northwest, Statesmaa Carrc-
pondent A. Robert Smith (center) cheeked p a washlnctoi aews arriving by wire la The Statesmaa i
ews room. The Washlngtoa correspondent spent most of Tuesday conferring with Statesmaa newsmea, 1
Including City Editor Robert E. Gangware (left) d News fcditor J, Wesley Snllivaa (right). (States
man Photo.) ; ,
Statesman
Columnist
Visits Saleni
Public
Records
CIRCUIT COURT
State of Orecon ex rel Jo Ann
- "Oregon teriainiy is in me na- Murphy vs Edwin P. Murphy; De
tional limelight politically. adrfendant held in contempt of court
may be even more so, A. Kobert for failure to abide by previous di
Realtors Plan
Meeting Here
; Circuit Court
Jurors Listed
During April
On Saturday
Smith The Statesman's Washing-; yoke decree; sentenced to 30 days t , buusinessmen are expected I Frank Peter Adelman. Elmer C,
ton, D C. correspondent, said Tueavm Manon County jail with st.pula- t0 , meU .turdav ta' Aline. Walter I. Allen, Charles E,
Marion County Clerk Henry Matt
son issued a list Tuesday of 50
county citizens who will be called
for circuit court jury duty April 3.
T prospective jurors will be
given instructions by Circuit Judge
George Duncan on that date.
They are:
day. tion that he may purge himself by
Smith is on a tour of the west paying $375 before March 23.
chairman, Julie Dodge and Jerry
Helgeson; refreshments, Eddie
Attebury, chairman, Kenny Ep
ley, Lynne DeVriet and Candy
Painter; clean-up, Mike Holden,
chairman, Sally Jochimsen and
Bon Woodard.
NORTH SALEM HIGH
North Salem . nigh will host
10 a.m. Wednesday before Justice
Kenneth Shetterly in Dallas.
Some scientists believe that
warming of the earth will cause
melting of enough polar Ice to raise
the level of the oceans and flood
some low coastal areas within the
next 50 yean.
See this HEW (rS
i nnnrtmvrnr i n i. i in 3 in
Q U JdbyilldilGl btiVAIVlVN W
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coast, partially to study the cur
rent public vs. private power con
troversy and partly to ascertain
the trends in politics.
TUp-Flop Noted
"Walter Norblad'i flip-flop from
the congressional to the guberna
torial race and vice veru stirred
up considerable Interest, and now
with Secretary of the Interior Doug
las McKay potentially a candidate
Elnora Jeppe vs Paul D. Baker:
Suit dismissed on motion by plain
tiff on grounds that it has been
settled. . ")
Herschel G. Petersen vi June 6,1 Oregon
Petersen: Divorce decree granted
to plaintiff, as well as real prop
erty formerly held jointly by plain
tiff and defendant,
Wilma Deen vs Otis E. Deen,
otherwise knpwn as Odis E. Deen:
the Marion Hotel which will feat
ure James C. Downs, Jr., housing
and redevelopment coordinator for
Chicago, as guest speaker.
The meeting is sponsored by the
Real Estate Department
as part of its education program
designed to bring national authori
ties in contact with the practicing
real estate brokers and salesmen
of Oregon.
firms, director of the Chicago Title
Allenbach, George M. Ba'es. Carl
A. Barth, Betty Jo Barrett, Chris
tine C. Bartruff, Louis G. Berning,
Ann E, Bjorg, Ethel M. Blessing
ton, Beverly C. Brazie, Alberta
Challis, Evelyn Christenson, Ver
non Edward Coates, Edith M. Coo
per, Jo W. Copley.
Robert W. Copley, Lydla A.
Dawes, Cicily A. DePeel, Addie L.
Doud, Sybil C. Doughton, Charles
A. Duncan, L'ucy M. Eastman.
Gaylord W. English, Sydney Fran-
niCAA Tf f'VlAcrTM f C nrA mm f
Virgil J. Gooley, Pegy C. Gray,
Gas Heating
Rates to Take
Biggest Drop
(Story also oa pafe
Heating customers will receive
the greatest reductions in proposed
gas rate changes filed Tuesday by
Portland Gas' Coke Co. with the
State Public Utilities commissioner.
A residential customer paying an
average of $Z7.70"monthly for gas
w"l receive a reduction of about
$3.25.
me monthly minimum of $3 30
for nine therms will not change.
The proposed price of the next 51
therms, however, is 16 cents each,
and at that point the cost will drop
to 11 cents.
Present rates are 20.5 cents
therm for the next 25 therms after
the first nine, and 15.3 cents on
additional amounts.
Average Bill
Customers who use gas for cook
ing and one or more appliances pay
and average bill of about $6 Their
! reduction will be about 35 cents, or
5 8 per cent. Those who use more
gas will get a higher reduction.
The minimum for this type of cus
tomer will remain $3.30 for nine
therms. Additional therms will be
17 cents. Present 'rates are 19.5
cents on the next 16 therms after
the minimum, and 18.6 on addi
tional therms.
Drainage Plan
Marion County Court was threat
ened Tuesday ith legal action
unless court members order co
struction halted that would drain
an area in which Berg s Keizrr
market is located.
Herman Refus. who owns prop
erty in the vicinity, as:rtcd th.it
the county was merely shifting
water from one property owner
to another. He alleged that hu
property would be more suscei
tible than ever to flooding if the
county's project were completed.
Assistant Engineer Ted Kuenri
said Tuesday that the Refus prop
erty has always been under water
during the winter months because
of its relatively low position.
The court decided to drain the
area in question after public bear
ings in the matter several weeks
ago. r
Girl Jailed
In Car Theft
A 15-year-old Junction City girl
is held at Marion County jail,
charged with possession of a stolen
automobile.
Dr. James Ashbaugh, county
Juvenile -department director,-W
ported this is the first instance ia
his experience of a juvenile girl
being involved in auto larceny.
She admitted the theft of the car '
from Junction City shortly after
her arrest Monday night, officers
said, when she fled from a Salem
service station without paying for
gas, police added.
The police report also stated that
RatM win Bnt rhan fnr' w. the girl was prevented, from dis-
with gas automatic water heaters Psin of aiuicide note addressed
. . .... ! 4a "Infill vvtnmn '
Dr. Ashbaugh said Tuesday the
car's Junction City owner had
signed a stolen car complaint
against the girl.
and Trust Co.. president of the i Merritt A. Hamblin. William M
Dnant ia cpninr MrttiAf In An
TVtrnrftA 1iipriA erwfinta4 t r tOaitt.
acainst Sen. Wayne Morse, this "f .T:.
state Is in the limelijht for cer- ty
tain." t i t
Smith sa'd "The Statesman is be- tl, n,, h-V cuTXn ad Real Esta!e Research Corporation Harlan. Jane Ann Harvey, Michael
ing microfilmed at the Library of v TVrcd IT Pe erson: Per- and au,thor of "Tlie PrintiPles of P.-Hunt, Viviaa C. Jones.
congress, ana is nigniy respeciea sonai mjury suil; complaint al- ...st..i...i.
in Washington. I am proud to be ees neclirent drlvine on Dart of ' He will participate in a mort-
on its staff, from a standpoint of defendant and seeks judgment to- 8ge finance forum wtih six real
i its journalistic excellence and its 1 taling $19,198
Journalistic integrity."
The Washington correspondent
was last in Salem Vk years ago.
I Ea Joys Work
"Oregon voters have quite a re
futation for individual indepen
'dence," Smith said. "Even if I
i were in the business of prognosti
cating primaries and elections,
which I am not, I would hesitate
to put all my eggs in one basket
, in this state. Maybe that is why
I so much enjoy trying to keep
The Statesman readers appraised
of' what is going on behind the
scenes I never know what they are
going to do with or how they are
going to assess, the information
available."
Smith, who also Is correspondent
for two newspapers in Washington
and two in Alaska, has his offices
Salem steel and Supply Co. vs
Martin C. Hammond and Vivian
Irene Williamson, formerly Vivian
Irene Hammond, doing business as
Hammond Body Co.: Judgment or
der decrees that plaintiff recover
$1,100 from defendant, based on a
default action.
Ernestine Barrett Pfeifer vs
Hugh Pfeifer; Divorce decree
granted to plaintiff and restoration
of plaintiff's farmer -name of Er
nestine Barrett; property settle
ment confirmed.
Clarence B. Jungwirth and Paci
fic Indemnity Co. vs Gene H. Win
kle: Personal property injury suit;
complaint alleges negligent driv
ing on part of defendant and seeks
estate experts following his speech.
Heading the forum will be Ragnor
Johnson, state real estate commis
sioner. '
Other members of (he panel and
their subjects 'include Ernest
Smith, state department of vet
erans' affairs, who will discuss
state G. I. loans; Cecil Gartrell,
vice-president of Portland;? First
National Bank, business, commer
cial property, farm and acreage
loans; Ernest Gohrband, vice
president of Portland's U. S. Na
tional Bank, FHA and Federal
G. I. loans; Fred Keeler, vice
president of Salem's First Federal
Savings, residential loans; and
Robert Powell, executive vice
president of Salem Federal Sav-
Ktfby L. Kremer, Ernest Lafky,
Thomas Lerinicky, Marvin Long,
Phihpp J. May. Sylvia C. McGee,
Oscar Olson, Naomi Radcliff, Ly
ton I. Rice, Lillian Rue, Susan
Schaecher, Bruno L. Schmidt, El
sie M. Spencer, Elsie E. Volkel,
David B. Ward, Galda M. Wheeler.
hidement totaling $744
Frances Hlghberger vs Richard i "8. construction loans.
L Highberger: Suit for divorce; , ;
complaint alleges cruel and inhu
in the National Press Building at 'man treatment, asks custody and (.rami Tlirv (.Pis
Washington. D.C. and Is accredited ! $100 monthly suroort for two chil-1 J
to the White House and all other
federal departments. '
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units
Sheepmen Told of
March 31 Shear
Deadline in Plan
PORTLAND ( Sheepmen
who want to get in on the 1955
wool program will have to (hear
and sell their wool by March ,31.
when the marketing year ends. ,
Those coming under the 195S
marketing year will get their
incentive payments next sum
I mer. Those who wait to market
in the 1956 year will get pay
l mcnts in the summer of 1957.
E. Harvey Miller, chairman of
the Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Committee for
j the state, said the 1955 wool clip
, may be carried over after March
Birthday Bandits
Salem's two
bandits
accused birthday
were bound over
dren, $50 monthly alimony and ap
proval of property settlement. Mar
ried Dec. 29, 1944, at Saleni
Thelma A Cnlhurn v Viroil fi
fnlhnrn- Divnrre rierrp prantpH . Party
to plaintiff and restoraiion of for-!0 the Marion Countv rand Jur
mer name of Thelma .. . "'ng. on char8.e of armed robbery
State vs Logan Delp: Leiendant aller preliminary hearing Tues
found guilty by jury of non-support;
sentencing to take place
Monday.
PROBATE COURT
Estate of Lene B. Snedecor, de
ceased: Order approving final ac
count and directing distribution.
Conservatorship of Thea B. Krin
gen. an aged person: Estate de
clared settled and conservator dis
charged. Estate of John H. Race, deceas
ed: Order sets April 21, 1956 as
date for hearing final account.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
Lester Phillis Sandusky, 23, re-
Rose Society's
Show Set for .
June 22, 23
Salem's annual rose show will
be held in the auditorium of the
Meier & Frank store this year in
action taken by the Salem Rose
Society at its meeting at the YMCA
Tuesday night. Dates for the show
are June 22 and 23.
The varieties Peace and Charlot
te Armstrong were selected by the
society membership for special sec
tions in the show. This will be the
Uth exhibition to be sponsored by
the Salem group.
George Candeaux, society presi
dent, said the show will be open
to entries by any amateur rose
grower regardless of membership
in the sponsoring organization.
Fred Edmunds Jr., of Wilson
ville, one of Oregon's largest grow
ers of rose plants, addressed the
Tuesday night meeting, describing
a number of the newer introduc
tions most of which are being im-
or refrigerators but not using gas
for heating or cooking. These rates
are already in line with the new
schedule, company officials said.
, "Convenience" customers, with
only a non-automatic water heater
or hot plate, will receive reductions
averaging 1.1 per cent. The month
ly minimum will remain unchanged
at $1.30.
14 Per Cent Drop .
The 142 single-meter gas-heated
apartments, motels and business
buildings in the Valley will receive
reductions averaging more than 14
per cent, according to the company
estimate.
Nearly 600 restaurants and gas-
heated stores in the Valley will
save about 1.2 per cent, the com
pany estimates.
Corvallis Farm
Pheasants Free of
Pnlloruni Disease
All pheasant breeders on the E.
E. Wilson state game farm at Cor
vallis, for the sixth straight year,
have been found free of pullorum
disease, the state agricultural de
partment reported Tuesday.
More than 2,000 breeding phea
sants were blood tested last week
under direction of Earl Reitsma,
supervisor of the department's
poultry improvement program. The
program of testing pheasants at
this game farm -started in the
spring of 1951.' .
German Youth
Gives Best Wishes,
To Gov. Smith 'J,
Best washes in his new position
as governor were received Tues
day by Elmo Smith from a Ger
man youth entertained in the Smith
home at John Day four years ago,
while on a tour organized by the
University of Oregon School of
Journalism.
"The memorable dinner party
and later house party in your horn
bas made John Day one of the
outstanding experiences in what I
call most typical, the American
spirit of understanding and friend
ship," Jurgen Dehncke said in hit
letter from Westfalen,' Germany."
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UtUfOfXthk r4 Ctwopntit Phytic
aouti too in MiMt im4 csmtii tmai
day before District Judge Edward
O. Stadter.
Bail for Luverne Francis Truitt
and Earl Eldon Lane-was con
tinued at $5,000.
They were arrested shortly
aftter a group of 15 women and ported from Europe.
children attending a Marion birth-j 1
day party were held at gun point vr T
and robbed of about $50. Lane j West UreffOll L02
subsequently admitted tome 12
other crimes, sheriff's deputies
said.
31 and still be eligible for the ceiving clerk, 4348 Market, and
payment, although there will be Carol Edwina Wright. 18, stenog-
a year i delay in getting the rapner. Z40 n. uin m.
money. Warren Alva Sperry,-46, radio
Applications fer payments technician, 395 N. 20th St.. and
under the 1955 program must be Barbara Hildegarde Ortman, 43,
mailed before May 1. librarian, 1195 N, Cottage.
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Women Treated ,
After Tumhles
Two women were treated Tues
day for falls on downtown side
walks, first aidmen said. Mrs.
Fred Dickman, West Stayton, re
portedly received a wrist fracture
in a fall about 1.30 p.m. in the
200 block North Liberty street.
Mrs. Alma Hatfield, 913 Judson
St., was treated for arm bruises
and a laceration over an eye after
a fall about 4:13 p.m. in the 200
block South High street, they added.
Market Quiet
CORVALLIS 1 - The log
market was quiet In Western
Oregon last week, with some
logging roads still closed, Ore
gon State College said Tuesday
in its weekly report.
Long No. 2 second-powth
Douglas fir sawlogs sold mostly
at $55 a thousand at Willamette
Valley mills.
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