JANITOR'S IDEA SAVED HISTORY
Supreme Court Doodlers
Left Notes on Events
By WILLIAM WARREN
tOnlwd Prei Stiff CorrMPondtott
Thanks to the foresight of a Janitor who thought the doodling
might ome day have historic value, drawen of the supreme
court bench yield a capsule history of Oregon's highest court
since It moved into Its present quarters.
Arthur S. Benson, clerk of the supreme court, discloses the
itorv.
When the supreme court mov
ed Into Its present three-story
structure back in 1941, Janitor
Carroll L. Moores suggested to
Benson, then deputy clerk, that
he scribble a record of the event
on the floors of the drawers
long the court bench.
Carroll, frugal bachelor who
liked to collect postcards of his
toric sites In these parts and who
left the city of Salem a trust
fund of $30,000 for a memorial
to our pioneers, told Benson: "I
think it might have some histor
ical Interest some day."
Benson agreed it might, and
went to work with his pencil.
The idea caught on, and soon
others were scribbling penciled
notations of highlight events of
the court Inside the bench draw
ers. The first notations were
scrawled by Benson. They read:
"February 14, 1914. This build
ing first occupied by the sup
reme court. The members of the
court and officer at the time are
as follows:
"Thos. A. McBride, C. J.
(Chief Justice), Frank A. Moore,
Robert Eakin, Geo. H. Burnett,
Henry J. Bean, William M. Ram
say, Charles L. McNary,
Clerk, J. C. Moreland; depu
ties Arthur S. Benson and Lee
Moorhouse. Bailiff, P. H. Ray
mond. Librarians, Edna May
Hawley and E. N. Gillingham.
"Caretaker of rooms, C. L.
Moores (Carroll). Stenograph
ers, Mary Wann, Elizabeth Saw
yer, Murray M. Wheat, Gene
Belle. Elevator operator, J. P.
Ward."
Then underneath, name be
low name, follow the names of
justices who since have served,
down to and including present
Chief Justice Hall S Lusk.
The list: "Henry L, Benson
(Arthur's father), Lawrence T.
Harris, Wallace McCamant.
Chas. A. Johns, Conrad P. Olson,
Alfred S. Bennett, Geo. M.
Brown, John McCourt, John L.
Rand, Oliver P. Coshow, Martin
L. Pipes, Harry H. Belt, George
Rossman, P. R. Kelly, J. U.
Campbell. J. O. Bailey and Hall
S. Lusk."
Still on the bench are Justices
Belt, Rossman, Bailey and Lusk.
Names not yet inscribed in the
drawer are the other Justices
now serving, James T. Brand,
Arthur D. Hay, and E. M. Page.
The only other notation in this
drawer Is the penciled scrawl:
"Wnlly Herder, 3-13-17, Jeff
Hi."
To the left of this drawer,
looking from back of the bench
toward the front of the 40-foot
square room with its mahogany
trim, are sentence recordings of
notable events. Such as:
"The custom of wearing robes
was first begun by the court on
this day, Monday, March 2,
1914." and:
"Monday March 2, 1914. The
first case heard in this court
room on this day. Cook and City
land Co., V. Dabney, Attys. A.
E. Clark (still practicing law in
Portland) and (then U. S. Sen
ator) C. W. Fulton of Portland,
Ore." and:
"The 2nd case same day was
Nicklas V. Rathburn. Attys. A.
M. Crawford, attorney general,
M. O. Gersoni and T. B. Hand
ley of Tillamook.". That was
Tom Handley, at one time state
senator and later district attor
ney of Multnomah county.
A couple of chairs to the left
of the chief justice, a drawer
bears the information. "Clnude
M. 'Bud' Johns (grandson of Jus
tice Johns) took office as bail
iff Sept. 2nd, 1940, resigned
March 16th, 1942."
It didn't note the reason for
resigning. Johns resigned to go
to war. After serving in the
armed forces in World War II.
he resumed his law studies and
was sworn in as a member of
the bar April 1, 1947.
In the same drawer notes dis
close: "Charles A. Johns, sworn in
June 4. 1918, by C. J. McBride,"
and "Hall S. Lusk, 1st case Sept.
2, 1937."
Move over a drawer to the
left, and you find: "McNary 3-3
14. 1st case heard." That was
Charles L. McNary who later
became one of Oregon's out
standing U. S. senators and once
was republican nominee for vice
president.
You learn that Johns heard his
first high court case June S,
1918; McCourt, Oct. 12, 1921;
Olson, Oct. 7, 1918; Bailey, Jan.
3, 1933.
And among all these pencil
led notes, some wag has left
the stamped notation In large,
capital letters:
"KILROY WAS HERE!"
Addition to Keizer
School Under Way
Construction of new class
rooms is under way at the Kei
zer school and these are expect
ed to be completed by the first
of the year. Enrollment this
week shows 587 children in
school.
The school now has 19 class
rooms In operation with ten in
the newest building, four in the
old building and junior high
school and one in the auditori
um. Classes in manual training
are held in the shop building.
Teaching the 21 classes are
21 teachers with the addition
of a manual training and physi
cal education teacher and one
full time music instructor. In
charge is the principal who has
secretary.
The first grade has four class
es and attends on a double-shift
basis, half in the morning and
the remainder in the afternoon.
Three classes are held by the
second, fourth and fifth grades
with two classes each for the
third, sixth, seventh and eighth
grades. '
Notre Dame and Michigan
State met for the first time in
1897, second year of football at
State.
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Captain Burl Cox Goes to
Plans and Training Post
Salem's Company B, 162nd infantry regiment, Oregon National
Guard, has lost its company commander, Capt. Burl Cox, in orders
issued by Oregon's adjutant general, MaJ. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea.
The orders, issued by Rilea October 21 and forwarded to the
National Guard bureau for approval, transfer Cox to the posi
tion of plans and training officei
for the first battalion of thepast tw0 tummer training en-
lona lnxamry, one urumuiuy
held by a major. Taking Cox's
place as commander of company
is First Lt. Joseph B. Meier, vet
eran of service with Company
B.
campments and this year it was
his company that was chosen the
most outstanding Oregon Na
tional Guard unit.
The new commander of Com
pany B first joined the Salem
outfit September 15. 1938. He
Cox, slated to return Satur-went overseas with company B
day night from the National and saw service in Australia and
Guard meeting in Alabama
Methodists at Amity
Wait Sunday Program
Amity A program will be
presented at the Methodist
church Sunday evening at 7:30
o'clock. Rev. Ennis Wnhloy,
colored, of Portlnnd and his
group of singers will present the
program.
Rev. and Mrs. Fremont Fraul
attended an all day "advance
meeting" l.t Portland.
Women of the church attend
ing from here were Mrs. Glenn
Stevenson, Mrs. P. E. Meeker,
and Mrs. Joe McKee.
Capital Journal. Salem, Ore., Saturday, October 29, 19191
Another group of WICS wo
men attended the caravan meet- j
ing held at the Sheridan Meth
odist church with Mrs. Faul jj
directing, a quiet hour fromj;
noon to 2 p.m. in observance ofijil
prayer and self denial week. !
Luncheon was served.
Death Calls Aged Woman
Portland. Oct. 29 (IP) Funeral
services will be held here Mon
day for Mrs. Samantha E. Reed,
who would have celebrated her
103rd birthday Nov. 8. The aged
woman, who came here from
Quincy, 111., 50 years ago, died
at her home Thursday.
Cox Transferred Capt.
Burl Cox, who has been trans
ferred from the position of
commander of Company B,
162nd Infantry regiment. Ore
gon National Guard, to that
of plans and training officer
of the 162nd infantry regi
ment, Oregon National Guard.
started with Company B as a
private in 1940. He went over
seas with the 41st division and
spent 38 months in the Pacific
theater but saw overseas with
the 186th infantry regiment of
the division. When Company B
New Guinea before receiving his
commission as a lieutenant Sep
tember 27, 1944, after attending
officer candidate school over
seas. After receiving his commis
sion Lt. Meier was transferred
to the 127th Infantry regiment
of the 44th division, also in the
Woodburn Offering
Forty Hours Devotion
Woodburn Forty hours de
votions will be held in St. Luke's
church on Sunday, Monady and
Tuesday. The Very Rev. Dam-
ian Jentges, OSB, STD, profes
sor of sacred theology at Mt. An
gel seminary, will give special
sermons at the 7:45 p.m. evening
services.
The exemplification of Forty
Hours will open at the 10:30
high mass Sunday morning and
close Tuesday evening. There
will be evening services each
night at 7:45 p.m. The chil
dren's choir will sing the high
masses each morning, with the
men's choir singing the evening
services.
Leadership Training
Court Is Presented
Lebanon Scouters and dib
bers of the Calapooya district
studied leadership training un
der the guidance of Charles
Cammack, district training
chairman, at Lebanon high
school this week. It marks the
first session in a series to be
undertaken by the Boy Scouts
and the younger cubs.
was reactivated early in 1946 pacific. During the time that he
uox was named tne executive
officer serving with Capt. Rog
er Quackenbush, who was ap
pointed commander.
With the enlistment of Quack
enbush in the regular army, Cox
was named commander. He com
manded the company during the
was in the Pacific he took part
in the battles of New Guinea,
Leyte and Luzon. With the re
activation of Company B Meier
rejoined the company and ever
since has served as company
supply officer and as platoon
leader.
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GIVES m:
GREEN STAMPS
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Vou Will Be
Welcome
9:45 a.m. Church School
9:45 and 11:00 a.m.
Identical Church Services
"The Star Fight
Against Wrong"
Sermon by the Minister
7:30 p.m., Choir Musical
Program - Miss Hope
Jaquith, Violinist,
Guest Soloist
First Presbyterian
Church
Chemeketa at Winter
Chester W. Hamblin,
Pastor
John Goodenberger,
Assistant Pastor
Charles Stowell
Director of Music
East Salem Garden Club
Is Shown Pressed Flowers
East Salem, Oct. 29 Highlighting the program for the Octo
ber meeting of the Lansing Neighbors Garden club held at the
home of Mrs. Edward Tobin on Lansing avenue, was a display
of pressed flower pictures made by Mrs. Ann Trowbridge of
Salem. Mrs. Trowbridge demonstrated the method she uses for
pressing fresh flowers, and for
drying them for winter bou
quets. She has this for a hobby
now and has been Invited to
display her collection of framed
flowers at the First National
bank the first week of No
vember.
At the business meeting with
the president, Mrs. H. W. Cole
presiding, plans were made for
the club's display at the Salem
Heights Little Garden club show
November 5 and 6. Arranging
the display will be Mrs. Ben.
Rathjen, Mrs. Roy Lively, Mrs.
Marcia Aplet and Mrs. Cole. The
by-laws were read by Mrs.
Rathjen and some changes will
be made and voted on at the
next meeting.
Guests for the afternoon were
Mrs. V. P. Kremer. Mrs. J. L.
Perry, Mrs. G. McHone, Mrs.
C. B. Wilson and Mrs. Jack
Parks. Members present were
Mrs. Lively, Mrs. Lowell W.
Hann, Mrs. Joe Zajic, Mrs. Aplet, j
Mrs. Rathjen, Mrs. R. H. Bal-'
lard, Mrs. William Marsh, Mrs.
H. L. Kempler, Mrs. Cole, Mrs.
I. H. Sion, Mrs. William Hart
ley, and the hostess. A dessert ;
luncheon was served by the host-1
ess assisted by Mrs. Marsh. j
Mrs. Arthur Stowell was host
ess for the Monroe Avenue Sew
ing cjub at her home Wednes
day afternoon. Several new
neighbors on the street were
guests, Including Mrs. Wlllard
Hamby, Mrs. E. S. Forest, Mrs.
C. Irving, Melissa Meiser of Port
land, Mrs. John Meier and Lin
da; Mrs. Warren Shrake, Mrs. i
Hugh Williams, Mrs. S. M. Hus
selmen, Mrs. Henry Hanson, Mrs.
Charles Barney, Mrs. Clarice
Mahoncy, Mrs. Glenn Moody i
and Mrs. Stuart Johns and the
hostess.
Mrs. Robert Pickerel was host
ess for the meeting of the Mer
ry Minglers at her Lancaster
drive home Thursday afternoon.
Guests were Mrs. Anna Jess, Mrs.
Clyde Colwell, Mrs. Cleo Kep
pinger, Mrs. Carl Snyder, Mrs.
J. I. Wagers, Mrs. Earl Malm,
Mrs. Robert Fromm, Mrs. Covil
Case, Mrs. John Ackerman and
Mrs. Orlen Kring who will be
a new member of the club. Mrs.
Fromm received the door prize.
For the dessert luncheon the
hostess used the Halloween mo
tif for her decorations.
EVANGELISTIC
TEMPLE
Assembly of God
Market St. & Park Ave.
Take Madison St. Bus
Sunday Services Oct. 30th
9:45 Sunday School
Bring the whole family . . .
Classes for all.
11 a.m. Pastor's Sermon
"THE NEW LIFE"
6:30 Youth Groups
7:45 p.m.; Evangelistic Rally
Gospel song service, testi
monies, choir and orchestra.
Sermon: "THE GREAT
REMOVAL"
Theme, the second coming
of Christ
Saturday Radio ProRram
5:30 p.m. - KSLM
Rev. Walter S. Frederick,
Pastor
Healing Services
Faith Tabernacle
North 5th at Gaines
Services Nightly, 8 p.m.
(Except Monday)
Rev. Melvin Wayman of
Washington. A man with a
message of faith and deliv
erance. Scores have been
healed. The Gifts of the
Spirit Set Forth.
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
Communion Topic
"Not Discerning the Lord's
Body"
Prayer For the Sick
Sunday Night
A WELCOME FOR ALL
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Last Great Day
of Life and
Right Crusade
Halbert Memorial
Baptist Church
(Hayesville Community)
Your Last Chance to Hear
Clyde Paul White
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
Division Day
Sub. "The Tears of
Jesus"
11 a.m. "Examination
Time"
3:00 p.m. "The Third
World War or Will the
U.S. Fight Russia"
6:30 p.m. "God's Call to
Youth"
7:30 p.m. "Giving God a
Chance"
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Every muscle tense . . . every sense attuned to their surroundings . . .
they're readyl A scent, a sound, a glimpse of the unexpected and they
will streak silently into the forest. They're alert, but their alertness
indicates a readiness to run away.
Rightly man scorns that kind of alertness. For human
achievement is born of a different alertness. When men are
awake to their opportunities, alive to their responsibilities,
brave to their challenges . . . then progress is realized,
eroals are reached.
Our religion helped to establish this human standard A'
of alertness, and our churches constantly inspire men to
achieve it. For when the mind is attuned to life's environ
ment, and the soul is attuned to God, then a man has the if
wherewithal to go forward to greater goals.
True alertness begins when we discover the riches the
Church can add to our lives!
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