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Bible-Reading Grandma
Admits She's a Pickpocket
Berkeley, Calif., Oct. 13 U.R A 73-year-old woman calmly
admitted today that she is "one of the most accomplished pick
pockets in the world" as she read her worn Bible.
Mrs. Frances b. Worthington said her favorite psalm was
The Lord Is My Shepherd; I Small Not Want" because the
words had come true for herf-
so often during her 40 years as
a pickpocket and shoplifter.
"You know, my dears," she
Clear Lake Pioneering 35 Years Ago When Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Stolk acquired a farm at Clear Lake 35 years ago it
took real pioneering to put it into condition for cultivation.
The picture was made at the time, and shows them burning
stumps in the process of clearing an 18-acre tract. Shown in
the picture, from left, are: Theodore Stolk, who died two
years ago; Bill Stolk, then 3 years old, now living at 1460
North 21st street; Mrs. Minnie Stolk, now living at 1912
, North Fifth; Freda, a daughter, then 14, now Mrs. George
Benson, living on Market street; and, sitting on the stump,
George Priehm, son-in-law who married Emma Stolk. They
live now on Garden road.
Stolk Family Worked Hard
To Put Farm Into Condition
When Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Stolk and their family came to
Marion county in 1910 they bought a farm at Clear lake in the
north part of Marion county, and ran into some real pioneering.
Mrs. Minnie Stolk, a widow now, living at 1912 North Fifth
street, recalls the hard work over a long period of time to clear
the farm of timber and bringt
ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD'
It into cultivation. It was neces
sary to fell the trees and burn
out the stumps, and a tract of 18
acres was cleared.
"It was awfully .hard work,"
Mrs. Stolk recalls, "but we ac
complished it, and made it into a
good farm. My husband died
two years ago, and last Novem
ber the farm was bought by Wil
liam S. Walton and Clifford Orey
of Salem."
Mr. and Mrs. Stolk were both
born In Holstein, Germany. Aft
er coming to this country they
were married In Nebraska 60
years ago. Later they went to
Oklahoma, and came to Oregon
from that state in 1910.
They have eight children, all
but one living in the Willam
ette valley. They are: Bill Stolk,
now living at 1480 North 21st
street; Freda, now Mrs. George
Benson, living on Market street;
Emma, now Mrs. Henry Priehm,
living on Garden road; Mrs.
Mary Maurer, living in Benton
county; Fred, a resident of Polk
county; Margaret, widow of the
late Will Jones, and living near
Beuna Crest; Henry, a resident
of Yakima. Wash.; and Mrs.
Anna Meles
county.
of Lacomb, Linn
Lord Lorr Wins
Nobel Prize
OSLO, Norway, Oct. 13 (U.B.
Lord Boyd Lorr, Scottish food
expert and former director of
the United Nations food and ag
r 1 c u 1 1 u ral organization, was
awarded the 1949 Nobel peace
prize tonight.
The announcement of the
award was made by the Nobel
committee of the Norwegian
parliament. Details were not
made available Immediately.
The prize will be given to
Boyd Lorr at a ceremony in Oslo
Dec. 10, anniversary of the
death of Alfred Nobel, donor of
the award.
Boyd Lorr devoted his life to
the study of nutrition and its ef
fect on the economy of the
world. Throughout his life he
prophesied world famines and
collapse of civilization. .
Weyerhaeuser Mill
To Rise in Coos Bay
Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 12 P)
The Weyerhaeuser Timber com
pany has started work on a half-
mile bulkhead in Coos Bay for
its long-planned southern Ore
gon coast mill operation.
Charles H. Ingram, vice pres
ident and general manager, re
ported last night the size of the
sawmill operation had not yet
been settled. He expected, how
ever, the mill would cut about
73,000,000 board feet a year on
single shift basis.
He said no pulp operation was
foreseen because of the coastal
city's lack of large quantities
of fresh water. No plywood pro
duction is planned either, he said,
at least not for a while."
The mill will be at North
Bend and represent the second
new expansion of the firm's
operations in Oregon. The com
pany recently dedicated an in
tegrated lumber and kraft board
told reporters, "I'm one of the
most accomplished pickpockets
in the world."
In 40 years, I have stolen
close to $500,000. It's been a
wonderful life of travel and fun.
The police are all such nice Ren-
tlemen, and my Bible comforts
me."
Mrs. Worthington was quite
surprised when she got off the
train here Monday to find a re
ception committee of policemen
awaiting her. She came to
Berkeley from Salt Lake City.
I don t know why I was ar
rested. I ra not wanted any
where," she said.
However, Police Inspector E
F. Parker said Mrs. Worthington
has been arrested at least 50
times. On her last visit to Berk
eley, police records showed, she
was picked up in a University of
California fraternity house while
looking through a bureau
drawer.
Judge Oliver Youngs of Berk
eley justice court decided
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"grandma" oucht to take a rest
for a while. He ordered a 60-
day visit to the Alameda jail
farm for vagrancy.
Mrs. Worthington left Salt
Lake City because "people were
beginning to notice me. She
decided to settle in Berkeley,
because it has so many churches.
She said railroad detectives
watched her closely.
"As If I'd be stupid enough to
steal anything on a train!" sn
chirped.
Pilot Crashes to
Death in Mud Flat
North Bend, Oct. 13 W) Pri
vate Pilot Larry Reynolds,
North Bend, plummeted to his
death yesterday in a mud flat
of Coos Bay near the airport
here.
County Coroner Brewer Mills
said Reynolds was alive when
pulled from the wreckage but
died before he was carried to
an ambulance on shore. Wit
nesses said the aircraft stalled
at low altitude.
Guglielmo Marconi, Italian
inventor, first began to experi
ment with wireless In 1890. He
obtained his first English patent
in 1897.
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Gen. Marshall, Chief
Of Red Cross, Booked
Portland, Oct. 13 W) Gen.
George C. Marshall, new chief
of the American Red Cross, will
be a dinner speaker here Octo
ber 26 at a Portland-Multnomah
chapter meeting.
He is scheduled to arrive by
airplane from Seattle and leave
the same night by plane for San
Francisco.
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