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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1956)
Cntty News Dsueffs HOUSE REPORTED ENTERED A. W. Churchill, Portland, laid his vacant house at 2105 N. 4th St. In Salem was entered in the past two weeks and a (ire started on the kitchen floor, Salem police re ported Sunday. Paint was scorched but little other damage was re ported, police said. St Joseph's rummage sale, bold over Monday, 9 to 5. 471 Court St. EXPERIENCED or Inexoerienced advertisers set good results in: usinc Classified. To sell, buy, rent, or lease call 4811 for an ad-writer. FredWoelk, 94, Succumbs Fred J. Woelk, a Salem area resident for the past 50 years, died at his home Sunday. He was 94. Woelk came to Oregon in 1905 and operated a farm northwest of Salem for about 35 years. He was living with his son, Clar ence L. Woelk, Salem Route 1. Box 364, at the time of his death. Woelk was born in Germany Nov. 23, 1861. He came to the I'nited States as a young boy and lived in Michigan, later mov ing to Creat Bend, Kan. He was a member of the Ger man Lutheran church. Survivors include three daugh ters, Mrs. Edna Gritton and Mrs. Velma Carpenter, Salem: and Mrs. Winifred Hicks, Bend; five sons, Clarence L., William L., Frank, Theodore and Fred, all of Salem; seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are in care of CloughBarrirk funeral home. W.H.Bretz Dies in Salem William H. Brcti, an Oregon resident for 50 years, died Sun day at a Salem nursing home. He was 76. Brelz came to Oregon in 1906 and was employed as a conductor h the Oregon Elertrir Railroad which commenced operations in that year. He retired in 1941. He was born Jan. 2(1, 1880, in Cairo, Iowa. He had lived with his daughter, Mrs. J. W. Matujec. 691 Highland St., for the past year. Prior to that time h snent eieht years' in Portland ! , Brctz was a Mason, a Shriner ; and a member of Scottish Rite. ! Survivors include Mrs. Matujec ! and two grandchildren, William, 9. 1 and Mary, Jo, 4. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Virgil T Golden chapel, the Rev. Paul Poling officiating. Ritualistic rites w ill be preformed.by Salem Lodge No. 4 AT. k A.M. Interment will be at City View cemetery. BOI.T To Mr. and Mrs. Rus sell Bolt, 4U9 (ilendale Or , a son, Saturday, May 19, at Salem Me morial Hospital. BERNARD To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bernard. St. Paul, a son, Saturday. May 19, at Salem Me morial Hospital. IH'MAN To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Duman, Scio, a daughter. Sunday, May 20, at Salem General Hospital. SLANCIUK - To Mr. and Mrs. John Manc-h ik, 1038 8th St., a (laughter, Sunday, May 20, at Sa- i lcm General Hospital. GARRISON To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garrison. 1810 Trade St., a daughter, Sunday, May 20. at Salem General Hdspital. ... McDOWELL - To Mr. and Mrs Raymond McDowell, 4(187 Dear-; horn Ave., a daughter, Sunday, May 20, at Salem General Ho-! p al ' BROWN To Mr. and Mrs K David Brown, 35fi0 Portland a son, Sunday, May 20, at Salem l.enerai tiospuai. I TRENT To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Trent, Dallas, a daugh ter, Sunday, May 20, at Salem General Hospital. ANKENY To Mr. and Mrs. Harlow Ankeny, Newburg, a son, Sunday, May 20, at Salem Gener al Hospital. fOX To Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Cox, 2109 Broadway St., twins, a son and a daughter, Sunday, May 20, at Salem General Hospital. 'Ml) n :!i I.X'u'J OWL DRUG STORES 97' Births I I SMOKESTACK STARTS FIRE A fire at the West Wood Prod ucts building. 560 S. 21st St., about 6:45 a.m. Sunday caused little damage, East Salem fire depart ment reported. Lave embers from a boiler room smokestack appar ently touched off the blaze in a pile of lumber, firemen said. Fire en tered the tin-sheeted boiler room and burned oily rags, they said. i.u..,,Kummige aie, nop. inruugn B"' open " 10 ' '3 . r A 0k . Jt AMST 1 A ' ' When you remodel, start with the plumbing & heating. Call Jud- son;,, 34141, for free planning ' ' Flower It vegetable plants, Mor- ris Florist, 135 E. Ewald. (adv.) ROCKET POWER and Classified power have a lot in common. They both get things done faster. Phone 4-6811. (adv I , , For a roof that never needs re - placing or for Revolutionary new ,-asphalt shingles see Mathis Bros 2061 State. Ph. 4-6831. tadv.) THREE TO GRADUATE I Three Salem students will be among those graduating from Pa- cific Lutheran College at Parkland, jWash.. in ceremonies next Sunday. I The three are Raymond Magnuson, Jerald Slatturn and Ida Joe Gronke. Nita McMillin, formerly with I.ove-aU-Miller, is now located at the Camellia Beauty Salon in Keizer Ph. 4-8575. (adv.) ! Court Apts. (Court Cottage) of ifer downtown quiet apts., from i $42.50 to $S6. Ph. 3 7440. (adv.) 'Are you contemplating re-styling ! your furs? Consult Ben Wittncr at Lachellc's, 1348 Ferry. adv. ) i It is cool as a cucumber at Nohl 'gren's Restaurant. Air conditioned , for your comfort. adv. i t'fxrw iv ra a tTDiftrv William J. Cook, son of Mr. and .. , o Mt. j. r,au VUuk. iuou o. uiiac WW b. LOuae 1Z "!mr was among four new members ....uau ,.ku 0.g.. Chi, national professional journal-, ism at the University of Oregon. Young took is a sophomore in journalism and is a graduate of North Salem High School. Dental plates repaired while you wait at Painless Parker Dentist 125 N. Liberty, Salem. (Adv. Installing your own plumbing? Call on Judson's for planning help and advice. 279 N. Com'l. Ph. 3-4141. i adv i 1'jisighlly facial hair safely, permanently. Beauty Salon. Ph. 3-5859, removed ! P r i c e's ! (Adv. ' I Fur ttorage at Lachclle's assures , t ..111.. tl 1 ur lur lne i""1 "K need in refrigerated vaults. 1348 "rry- "h-S"681- dv ) Film Bores Man 'Stiff One patron at a Salem movie , theater Saturday evening was ap- parently bored stiff by the pic ture. Salem police reported that they answered a call at a Salem theater about 7:55 p.m. Saturday. A man was apparently asleep in i a lounge chair. Police shook him. poured a cup of water on his face, but couldn't wake him. Finally an officer and a pro ; jectionist carried the man to a police car. He was booked at city jail on a charge of drunk in a public place. Rotary to Hear DuPont Official Harlan L. P. Wendell, executive 1 in the public relations department !of the DuPont Company, will speak at ,ne Wednesday noon meeting io( the Salem notary Lluo at tne I Hotel Marion. Wendell formerly was public re- rations advisor to Oveta Culp Hobby, secretary of health, educa tion and welfare In President Itisenhowers cabinet. He is a . member of the Natjonai Presg Club jn Wasnington, D. C, j Woman Released From Hospital A Turner woman who was taken 'ill Saturday evening was released , from Salem Memorial Hospital I Sunday. ; The woman was picked up at Airport and Boone Roads by Salem first aidmen about 6:15 p.m. They listed her as Mrs. Doris Tinchnell. IT'S A BIG WIDE WONDERFUL SHOPPING DAY Monday T ta Q Downtown Salem r-Tj P.M. SHOP UNTIL Vy 10 Acrtt of Exciting MtrchindiM Military Rodndup Soldier From Woodburn In New Rank IT. 8. Forres, Frsace Don C, Scarborough recently was pro moted to specialist third class while serving with the U.S. Army, Europe's Communications Zone. A ! nnhlil infmpmatlnn cnAialiol with ... 28th General Hosnital. Sear- I borough is the son of Mr. and Mrs. lw Scarborough, Sr., t53 Lincoln st - Woodburn, Ore. , ... bner.Tte 1. Jg Box 164. Mt. Angel, Ore., has returned to the I nited States after a six month cruise in the Fir East aboard the I'SS Perkins, a radar .picket destroyer. Fori Rirhardsoa, Alaska Sgt. Gerald E. Moe, whose wife Betty I and parents,- Mr. and Mrs. Ludvig E Moe )ive at m MeClaine St., sjlyerton. Ore., recently arrived in Alaska to become a member of the 53rd Infantry Regiment. Fart Knox, Ky. - Pvt. Garry C. Pulver is scheduled to leave the United States in June for Germany as part of Operation Gyroscope, the Army's unit rotation plan. Pul ver is the son of Mt. and Mrs. Cass H. Pulver, Route 1, Sweet Home, Ore. Purple Heart Board Pin us Portland Mw Plans for the state convention of the Military Order of Purple Heart June 24 in Portland were discussed at a meeting of the group's executive board in Salem Sunday. The board, which met at Vrt- .ri nf Fnroion W.r. Hull . - -o" , s , Robert Ca Tok Po: and neara reports irom suie urnar chairmen , committee i cnairmen. i About 20 Salem members of the order and its auxiliary are expected to attend the June meeting, Verne Ostrander, state inspector, said. jMrs.Kadau Dies at 77 Mrs Florence Kadau. a resident 0f tne Salem area since 1929, died at ,a Salem nursing home Sunday. She was 77. Mrs. Kadau was born July 5, 1878, in Tecumseh, Mich. She came to Oregon in 1926 and lived at Baker until moving to Aums vllle three years later. She had been living in a Salem nursing home for the past few years Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy West, Salem; two step-sons, George Kadau, Eugene, and Jack Kadau, El Monte. CaW.; a step-dBUghter, Mrs. Marion Stone; and 13 grandchildren Announcement of services will be made later by Clough-Barrick Funeral Home. Thief May Make Dress A thief with dressmaking plans may have burglarized a Salem woman's car Saturday. Mrs. Bernice Moore, 3285 Abrams Ave., said several yards of cloth, a zipper, a dress pattern and a pair of white shoes were taken from her car about 4:45 p.m. Sat urday while the vehicle was park ed in the 200 block of Court Street, Salem police reported. Police said the goods were val ued at $11.80. Death Claims Salem Man A 74-year-old resident of a Salem hotel .was found dead in his room about 9 p m Saturday city police reported. Police listed the man as Roy Whiteaker. He had lived at the hotel for about a year, they said. Death was apparently due to natural causes, the Marion County coroner's office reported i Funeral arrangements Icare of Howell-Edwards home. are In funeral Unemployment for Americans is lowest between ages 35 and 44. Loiig Career of Road Marked Whea R. H. (Sam) Baldock, Oregoa'i chief highway eafloeer, wcat ta work for the highway department roads throngk Its mountala aad sagebrush areas. The above photo, which was takea during 191, shows a highway survey "fly" eamp State Road Chief Nationally Recognized Bv CONRAD PRANGE went to work for the state high Staff Writer, The Statesman way department in 115. The de- If they ever turn Robert Hugh Baldock loose on life's highway he'll probably want to straight en it. macadamize it, speed it up, weight - mile tax it and then Mnlfc . BeCSUSe Sam BaldOCk, 66, rfinnrtino nut 41 vfun urilh the Oregon state highway depart ,.-", .,h,, ,,,,. ment, is a recognized pioneer in hiehwav con- ' 'hose facets o( highway con Recognized that is, not by back-slapping well-wishers, but by highway experts in this coun try and in many foreign lands. Since he became chief highway engineer in 1932 his driving am bition has been to build better hiKhways under the maxim of "the greatest good for the great est number at the lowest cost." Busman's Holiday His idea of a vacation is to travel around looking over as many miles of other states' high ways as possible. He recently had two days freedom in New York. He spent them visiting with that state's highway engi neers and inspecting their new est roads. Employes close to him refer to .Baldock as a "deep thinker and concentrator." Beneath his rath er gruff exterior, they say, lies a wealth of kindliness and good humor. I . i i .:,l 1.1.. - of ,f and hj, frlcnds know him f,, sharp pnk(.r plav,r who II r relaxes wnn a wc.-iuy gdiiic isn t afraid ot the curves. He s a "heavy" reader and better than well-grounded in geology and philosophy. Thorough Study Co-workers and members of tha utat. I.pdilatiirp reparri him is a man who never commits I himself to a program until he's studied it thoroughly. But once he does, he clings as tenacious ly as oil to a crushed rock base. "I've worked with him for 36 years," says one of his closest captains. "And I've never seen him do an unlair act. Also I've never known him to pass the buck." News reporters have always found Baldock cooperative and helpful. A native of Colorado, young Baldock came west in 1913 and TREML'S tk .tcl! h f o- lif ! . -j I I! If ' ; WatchlhWrafd., $95 i fl fjf! ie .jyy vf: Si; W si i-la Coultra Fantasia C" I $7950 JEWELRY 335 N. High Phone 2 8611 by Evolution of State 4 years aga. Oregoa was pnshlag partment employed 3U men men; now it has 3.000. One of his first jobs, as a transitman, was working on what 'is now the Three Rivers High way, between Valley Junction and Hebo. He worked up through th inh nf riHrnt riivicinn and ;,-. .noin.. .h m,n. maintenance engineers and man aged to pick up a couple of need ed college degrees on the way. Many Honors He is a recipient of many hon ors. He has an international rep utation as a pioneer in highway designbuilding and financing. For his contribution to "high way progress in America" he was given the George S. Bartlett award in 1950, the highest honor a highway engineer can achieve. In 1948 he serve, as president of the national American Asso ciation of State Highway Offi cials. He was named Engineer of the Year by the Professional engi neers of Oregon two years ago. He is the author of many pamph lets and technical papers. He is often called by other states tor advice on highway problems. He i has served on many state and federal committees and other highway groups. I Gorge Highway i His regime in Oregon will long be remembered for the "beautiful five" coastal stream bridges, for the bold modernization of the Columbia River gorge highway much of it is built up out of the riven, and for the freeways. Baldock's big ambition now is to see a four-lane freeway span Ore gon from north to south. Part nf is already completed and the remainder is on the boards. Ore gon, incidentally, is one of the few states in the nation, if not the only one, to construct complete free ways which are not toll roads in rural areas. Dr. Colton Get Rid of Those BAD TEETH Enjoy Better Health! Bad Teeth May Cause Rheuma tism, Neuritis, ditions, etc. Heart Cob Consult Me Personally DENTAL PLATES Artistic and scientifically constructed dental plates can restore that natnral ei pression by removing pre mature wrinkles and build up drooping and sagging muscles. Look younger and feel better. Come ia to morrow. CREDIT GLADLY Ifeur Ten-Are My Termi . . . on Approved Credit Make Yoor Own Terms Within Reason . Dr. J. J. Colton Crtdit Dantistry l.ihertv and Court Sts. Phone 2 0331 PLATES REPAIRED . . . WHILE YOU WAIT i 0 Eiiinnecr Baldock :,. 1 la cattera Oregoa with Baldock. then retideal eaglaeer, at extreme lef The crew waa sarveytag far a new highway aktag Um desolate Cracked River near Priaertlle. Plctare waa takea by Tan Opedal, aw a resides engineer ta Portland. Law-Cost Roads While still a resident engineer in eastern Oregon in 1926, he helped this state out of the dust age many years ahead of its neigh bors when he perfected a mass- production, low-cost method of macadam-oiling gravel roads. This type of pavement is used all over , th wnrtH nnw r in m Later, in 1936, he developed the design for building highways based on the speed engineers feel is right for a road. The road is designed to handle a certain speed even on grades and curves. This has been adopted on a national level since. An expert on highway finances, he authored the weight-mile tax for trucks in 1937. The Oregon Legislature adopted it in 1947. He is also the author of his de partment's study of highway eco nomics, the first of its kind in the nation. From his travels in Eu rope he brought back to Oregon the theory of p re-stressed concrete structures for highways. Bluepriat Maps He also was one of the first highway engineers to use blue prints, maps, scale drawing and scale models in winning the often- reluctant Oregon public over to his ideas. Annual highway expenditure in this state now average about $50 million. In 1915, a year which 'Won't cost to heat tliis "He's a good build or... always puts In oil furnaces "I've lived in houses with all kinds of heat and, believe me, I know. Oil heat is cheaper. With oil our fuel bills are lower and we get real even heat all the time. My wife says it's cleaner and too. I wouldn't bi didn't have oil heat SAFI, DEPENDABLE LOW-COST Oil kA. - try fV'PS'' eg h; my,, in, -- 3v ft. Highways .- ". t C;vi ; J.'i; c: Robert H. (Sam) Baldock. chief highway eaglaeer, win he haaar ed by highway employes at a pragram Friday Bight. Baldock has beea hailed by highway ex perts as aae af the nation's best. Baldock recalls as a "heavy con struction year" the budget ran to $600,000. In honor of bis recently passing his 40th milepost with the depart ment and for hit many recent awards and recognitions, highway department employes are feting their boss at a testimonial dinner Friday night at the Marion Hotel much i ly a houscthaP Jj an -t..ai a m a r.w v i :. -: ii it 'v lift !f'-'rr1 HI. . .Aas V-jrvr-t-rr- J from tit holtr wh fnplayt Mil tl qafif...Nt if en til htet Statesman. Salem. OreTMorLTMav 21. o8 (Sec IV Ceremonies Initiate New WU Fraternity A chanter of Phi Mu Aloha, na tional professional music frater nity, was installed Sunday at W0-: lamette University. Twenty-two ; student and two faculty members became charter members. i The charter was granted with Province Governor George Broughton, professor of violin at University of Oregon, making Um installation. Members from the University of Oregon Chapter wcrt ia charge of the initiation. ' Student Darrell Wright was named first president of the Wil lamette chapter. Other charter f officers arc Lawrence Kimtue. vice president; Ronald Kingsley, Secretary: Eugene Corey, treas urer; and Gary Monical, warden. The two Willamette (acuity members who became charter members were Dr. Willis Gates and Associate Prof. Don Gleckler Other students becoming charter members of the fraternity Includ ed: Page Bailey, Eugene Corey, David Doerksen, Robert Ellis, James Fiske, Kenneth Hedeen, James Holloway. Roger Hunte- mann, Gerald jonnson, jonn Mo del, John Kefley, Lawrence Kim ble, Ronald Kingsley. Frank Le- bold, Gary Monical, Roger Moor- head, Charles Peter, John Vale, Robert VanVactor, James Warner, Darrell Wright. Four members of the College of Music staff at Willamette already are fraternity members. They arc Stanley Butler, Ralph Dobbs, Maurice Brennen and Dean Melvia H. Gelst. nan Gelst served as advisor to the student group which worked I to gain the charter for the Wil lamette campus. Former Salem Resident Dies Word has been received here of the death of Frederic A. Wiggins, former Salem resident. Wiggins died Sunday at New York. N.Y hospital at the age of 17 while oa selling trip. Wiggins married the former Myra Albertin of Salem in 1894. He was born in ISN in Ontario, Canada, and came to Salem hi IBM. In 1907 be moved with his family to Toppenish, Wash., and later to Seattle where he operated a wholesale nursery stock store. Wiggins was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Wash- intoa Stat Horticultural group. 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