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Fiction Map Facilitates Fiction Writing Ethan Grant, Sa
lem ahort atory writer, designed this fiction map showing
towns, mountains and rivers named after Salem persons to
provide locale for his fiction writing. He is shown pointing
to Hicorr dam in the Wassaman valley.
Dallas Church Host
District Mennonifes
Dallas Some 500 delegates
and guests are expected in Dal
las from November 12 to 16 for
the Pacific district conference of
the Mennonite Brethren church
es, according to Rev. G. H. Jantz-
en, pastor of the host church.
The district includes the states
of California, Oregon and Wash
ington. A preparatory business ses
sion will be Saturday, November
12, at 2:30 p.m. Three inspira
tional services will be on Sun
day, November 13, and others
will follow Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings. Ses
sions will be held in the high
school auditorium and the EMB
church.
Business meetings will be
twice daily, Monday through
Wednesday. Dr. Walter L. Pen
ner of Bakersfield, Calif., will
be moderator of the conference
and inspirational speakers will
include Dr. P. R. Lange and Rev.
A. E. Janzen, chairman and ex
ecutive secretary, respectively,
of the board of foreign missions.
Both are of Hillsboro, Kansas.
Stocks Decline
Fractionally
New York, Nov. 3 OT The
stock market slowly but stead
ily declined today.
Losses were mostly fraction
al, a few running to a point or
more. Several railway and air
line issues, among others, show
ed independent stability.
Business was brisk although
below yesterday's 1,570,000
hares. Turnover hit a rate of
around 1,300,000 shares for the
full session.
Falls City
A number of members of the
Falls City high school band par
ticipated with the Salem high
school band in the program for
teachers' Institute. Members of
the band who played with the
Salem band are: Darlene Leh
nert, Patty Ames, Jerry Bau
man, Joyce Murphy and Clara
Warner. I
Irvin Wall of the high school
faculty Is director.
Geo. Loftus is home from the
St. Vincent hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Henthorn
have left for their annual trip to
South Dakota.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Rich have
returned home from their trip
to Yakima, Wash, I
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rise was rated a factor in the
market's setback.
Among the losers were Doug
las Aircraft (off more than 3 at
one time), U. S. Steel, Republic
bteel, uenerai Motor, Chrysler,
U. S. Rubber, Standard Oil (N.
J.), Homestake Mining, West
inghouse Electric, and Union Pa
cific. Also tending higher were
Southern Pacific, American Air
lines, United Aireraft, Consoli
dated Edison and Kennecott Copper.
Longshoremen Lose Battle Harry Bridges (center) and two
officials of the west coast longshoremen's union leave the
CIO convention In Cleveland, Ohio. Bridges unsuccessfully
led a fight to block a constitutional amendment banning com- -munists
and fascists from the CIO executive board. (Left to
right) art Bill Lawrence, Southern California regional direc
tor; Bridges, and J. R. Robertson, union vice president. (AP
Wirephoto)
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Grains Retreat
At Trade's End
Chicago, Nov. 3 W) Grains
retreated after knocking out
some new 1948 highs on tne
board of trade today. Profit
taking forced the retreat. Many
contracts fell below the previous
close.
Wheat lagged most of the ses
sion here, although all deliver
ies at Kansas City and Minnea
polis scored seasonal peaks.
Wheat closed y- lower, De
cember $2.11'8-$2.12, corn was
higher, December $1.19 Vt
hk, oats were 4- lower, De
cember 73, rye was 14-1
lower, December $1.42, soy
beans were "i-lli lower, No
vember $2.25 V-',-i, and lard
was 20 cents lower to 10 cents a
hundred pounds higher, Novem
ber $9.52-$9.50.
Cafe Burglars Get
4 Years in Prison
Dallas, Ore., Nov. 3 Four
years in the state penitentiary
were given Lucius Charles Fen-
ton and Eldon M. Farrians when
they appeared in circuit court
before Judge Arlie G. Walker
Wednesday afternoon. They had
previously plead guilty to bur
glary of the "Y" cafe on the Sa-
lem-Dallas highway the night of
October 16.
Lillian Ruth Fenton, wife of
Lucius Fenton, also entered a
plea of guilty and was sentenced
to three years but placed on pro
bation. She will also be returned
to her former home in Bakers
field, Calif., where the trio had
lived.
In roasting a duck remember
not to pack in the stuffing too
full leave room for the dress
ing to expand. Use a slow oven
for the roasting and pour off the
fat at the end of the roasting
time.
OREGON
PICK YOUR OWN LANDMARK
Ever Hear of Wassamah Valley?
Names There Familiar to Salem
By CHRIS KOM1TZ
Many rivers, mountains and cities throughout the United States
may carry names of presidents and generals, but in the Wassa
maw valley they're named for residents of Salem, Oregon.
You've never heard of Wassamaw valley? Then you haven't
read stories by Ethan Grant in magazines such as Argosy, Adven
ture and Detective Story.
Wassamaw valley is the locale
of nearly all of Grant's fiction
yarns. Grant, who writes from
his office at 3704 State street
in Salem, created the imaginary
valley to serve as a guide to his
fiction writing.
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A map of Wassamaw valley
hangs on a wall in Grant's of
fice. ...
The idea to draw such a map
came to Grant years ago, while
he was writing a series of pow
er-line stories. Technicalities in
geographical layouts of power
sub-stations were causing Grant
to get his wires crossed. To sim
plify matters, he decided to em
ploy a map, and thus Wassamaw
valley was created.
At first, Grant used a sketchy
outline of his imaginary valley,
with a few towns dotted hither
and yon. It was from his origin
al map that Grant began writ
ing his baseball stories of the
Wassamaw valley league.
In 1938, Grant started penning
a long list of stories for detective
magazines, and found it neces
sary to enlarge his map into a
more detailed layout of moun
tains, rivers, cities, etc. Then
arose the problem of naming
those points on his map.
Instead of drilling his imagi
nation for fictitious names,
Grant decided to name his land
marks after his Salem friends.
...
When one of Grant's friends
would drop into his office for a
chat, Grant would explain the
map, and ask "What would you
like to be?
Then Grant's guest would
choose between a river, moun
tain, city, junction, stream, cave
or peak, etc., and Grant would
name a spot of that nature after
the person.
Some of the results are Stone
mountain (Stephen A. Stone)
Compton creek (Henry Comp-
ton); Pekar mountain (Millard
Pekar): Corcoran caves (Fred
Corcoran); Hawver Junction (Cy
Hawver); Kirk mountain (Wal
ter Kirk); Forsyth fjord (Ed For
syth); McSherry bend (Irl Mc-
Sherry); Loucks mountain (Al
Loucks); the town of Homer
(Homer Smith); Morrow moun
tain (Hugh Morrow.)
Boardman mountain (Robert
Boardman); Pilcher Peak (Ira
Pilcher); Mt. Carson (Senator
Allan Carson); also Carson riv
er; the town of Acton (Paul Ac
ton); the small village of Grimm
(Frank Grimm); DeWitt Moun
tain (O. K. DeWitt.)
Among smaller mountains in
the valley are Clark mountain
(Percy Clark); Felton mountain
(Judge Joe Felton); Gahlsdorf
mountain (Fred Gahlsdorf);
Scott mountain (William A.
Scott); Bacon mountain (I. N.
Ike' Bacon); Lightner moun
tain (Al Lightner); Paulus
mountain (Fred Paulus.)
Don Upjohn, Capital Journal
"Sips for Supper" columnist, is
honored by two points on Grant's
map. One of them is Mt. Upjohn.
The other is a river named for
an unprintable peculiarity of
Upjohn s anatomy.
Isabel C h 1 1 d i Rotebraueh.
when asked what she would pre-
ler to have carry her name re
plied: "Just make me a little
one-horse town out in the mid
dle of nowhere."
Grant obliged. Wassamaw's
loneliest hamlet is named Isabel.
Grant finds the man invalu
able to his fiction writing. He
rates it lar superior to a senu-
ine map ior tne purpose. If a
story he is writing calls for
spring, waterfall, gulley or hill
in a certain location, he merely
takes down the map, inks in the
thing he desires, hangs the map
back on the wall, and moves on
with his story.
"You can't do that with a real
map, reminds Grant.
Grant Is very familiar with
Wassamaw valley. He can Im
mediately point out any point on
the map mentioned to him, and
has memorized distances be
tween towns.
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Grant vividly recalls the visit
of one chap to his office.
While seated in a chair beside
Grant's desk, some 12 feet from
the map, the visitor studied the
map for a moment, then remark
ed, "Beautiful country up there."
Grant, without cracking a
smile, asked, "Oh, have you been
there?"
"Sure," the visitor replied in
all seriousness, "Been all over
that territory. No place like it.
Going back some time."
Revivalist Thirty-year-old
Billy Graham( above), has
started what churchmen say
is the greatest religious reviv
al in the history of Southern
California. He is pictured as
he spoke to a crowd of 10,
000 in Los Angeles. (AP
Wirephoto.)
Bible Team Member
Speaks at Woodburn
Woodburn Ed H. Duerksen,
a student at Multnomah School
of the Bible, and one of the
team "The King's Ambassa
dors," which spent the summer
in Germany in Christian work,
will speak at the Woodburn
Presbyterian church Sunday
morning, Nov. 6 at 11 o'clock
and also at the 10 o'clock service
at the Bethel Presbyterian
church. He will give first hand
information on the work done
by the team in Germany where
they worked with a German pas
tor at Hamburg in evangelistic
work and classes among the
German youth. Duerksen, with
two others of the team, spoke at
the Woodburn church before
leaving for Germany last spring.
Women Offer Program
Hopewell World community
service with a program to be
given by local women will be
observed at the Hopewell United
Brethren church beginning at
7:30 o'clock Sunday night.
All Musicians Musician
Meredith Wilson Imitates a fig
urine playing the piccolo, one
of 400 miniatures of musicians
he assembled at his Beverly
Hills home.
Photo Service
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