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Last Eye Dimming Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hodgdon, who are
both blind, listen as their 12-year-old daughter, -Mary Hope,
reads a letter to them in their Portland, Ore., home. Blind
in her left eye, Mary Hope has been her parent's "eyes" since
she learned to read, but now the sight in her right eye is
threatened. She will undergo a dangerous operation in hopes
of saving her one good eye. (Acme Telephoto)
Aquarium Director's Trouble:
His Eels Need Transfusion
Washington, Nov. 11 U.R John C. Pearson, a pleasant little
dark-haired man who is director of the national aquarium, is
In a quandary.
His eels need a transfusion. It's quite an unusual story.
Pearson has a rather skimpj
budget from congress. So he de
pends on friends and the public
for donations of fish to the
aquarium. His most recent
"catch" comprised three lamp
rey eels. They came as a gift
from his old friend Donald R.
Brockway of Cornell University,
who got them from Lake Cayu
ga in New York state.
The lampreys, blue-gray beau
ties, are considered pests be
cause they suck the life blood
out of lake trout. During the
spawning season, they hit for the
zide streams.
When Pearson first got the
eels, he put an off-color gold
fish in their tanks to solve the
food problem.
The eels turned up heir noses
Instead of attaching themselves
to the fish, they hooked their
suction noses onto the glass of
their tank. Dumb like.
Pearson has solved his prob
lem temporarily.
He dug Into his fine library
on things aquatic and learned
that the lanprey eel can live
for months without any food at
all if in cold water. So he
turned the heat off in the tank
and poured in a lot of icy water
The goldfish didn't like the
treatment, but the eels apparent
ly did, for they have been asleep
ever since.
But sooner or later, the eel
like any other poor fish, will
need something to eat. And this
.particular kind doesn't survive
to a healthy old age-without
blood.
Pearson, who hat been with
fish and wildlife service for a
quarter of a century, knows his
business and has built his aquar
ium into one of the best any
where. He has one of the world's
finest collection of albino trout.
They are entirely white and
have pink eyes which don't see
too well.
Pearson's office is cluttered
with tanks of marine characters
which he nurses along until he
feels it's time for the public to
see them.
Among the current crop are
miniature albino turtle and
two frogs also with pink eyes.
Pearson rather envies Dr.
William Mann, head of the
Washington Zoo, who doesn't
have much of a budget, either.
Dr. Hann, in fact is so hard up
for grub for his tigers and ele
phants that he calls on people
in the neighborhood of the zoo
to save table scraps for his pets.
"But Dr. Mann," says the
aquarium man, "has a great
advantage over me. When he
trades a prarie dog for a lion,
he can have the lion shipped to
him in a cage just big enough
for a lion."
If the aquarium finds it can
bring a two-ounce rare fish in
from the Orient, it can't have it
put in a match box for ship
ment. It has to come in a tank.
"The tank weighs a lot, but
not nearly as much as the water.
And on a long trip even for
one tiny fish, you have to bribe
some attendant to change the
water and pitch in some fish food
every once in a while.
Even so, Pearson wouldn t
trade jobs with Dr. Mann.
"You can trust a fish," he says,
"but you can't trust a lion."
Rehabilitation Funds
Received by Guard
Portland, Nov. 11 ( Nation
al Guard buildings in Oregon
are due for $250,000 worth of
rehabilitation.
Mai. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea,
state adjutant general, said yes
terday he had obtained commit
ments for that amount from de
partment of army chiefs.
About $150,000 worth of the
work on Air Guard units will
get under way this month. The
remainder will be spent at Camp
Adair, Camp White and Camp
Withycombe ground unit facili
ties.
Democrats oi
Polk to Meet
W. C. Heise of West Salem,
chairman of the Polk county
democratic central committee.
announced Friday that it will
have a meeting Saturday night
at 8 o'clock at the Dallas Cham
ber of Commerce, and that sev
eral state leaders will participate.
The principal business of the
meeting will be the organization
of a women's division of the
county Democratic club.
A special guest and principal
speaker will be W. L. Josslln of
Portland, chairman of the state
central committee. Other spe
cial guests will be Walter J,
Pearson, state treasurer; Ruth
Haefner, legislative chairman of
the women's division of the dem
ocratic party in Oregon; Mrs.
Minnie Smeaton, vice chairman
of the Multnomah county demo
cratic central committee, and
Mrs. Laonie Brooke, secretary of
the Multnomah county central
committee.
Awards Given Over 200 at
4-H Achievement Event
Awards for 4-H club achievements during 1949 were given out
at Bush school Thursday evening before over 200 parents and
friends with Anthol Rhiney, county club agent, acting as master
of ceremonies assisted by Miss Ann Buckholz, county extension
agent, who presented the awards.
Address of the evening was
given by Mrs. Agnes C. Booth,
county superintendent, and
Dwight Fox, representative at
the national club congress in
Washington, D. C, in 1948,
showed colored pictures of his
trip. Theresa Dehler, Mt. Angel,
led the flag salute, and Pauline
Saalfeld, Mt. Angel, led the
singing.
The Mary L. Fulkerson trophy
for exhibiting the best sewing
project went to Frances Fox. 13,
Silver Cliff, the award being
presented by Superintendent
Booth. Little Miss Fox is daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fox,
themselves active for years in
promoting 4-H club work.
The Middle Grove livestock
team captured the Rhina Kra
mer judging trophy, members
being Lewis Patterson, Wayne
Good and Marshall Jelderks.
These lads were highest judging
team at the Pacific Internation
al this year.
Dclbert McLaughlin, 10, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Delbcrt Mc
Laughlin, Union, won a pure
bred Ayreshire calf presented
by Elmer Klein, Aumsville. Del
bert was the youngest of the
winners.
The Denver Young $25 award
for the most deserving sheep
club member went to Carol
Dawn Newkirk, 13, Cloverdale,
who during the year raised an
unregistered ewe into the pure
bred class.
Marvin Cage, 15, Middle
Grove, captured the George
Eyre trophy for the best swine
project. This presentation was
made by D. W. Eyre, Salem
banker, son of the trophy's do
nor, who was one of the most
active men in the county in
promoting 4-H club work in Its
early days.
Others named during the eve
ning were winners of national
4-H awards this year, Wayne
Goode, 18, Middle Grove; Joyce
Kuenzi, 17, Silverton; Joan Fab
ry, 15, Salem, and Doris Lane,
17 Liberty.
First National
Reports Totals
In answer to the November 1
call of the comptroller of the
currency, the salem branch of
the First National bank of Port
land reports deposits of $19,-
274,949 and loans of $8,088,158.
In charge of the local banking
office is Guy N. Hickok, manager.
On June 30, 1949 the figures
were: Deposits $17,595,822 and
loans $7,277,676.
The First National bank of
Portland, with 45 branches, re
ports deposits of $488,740,919.47
and loans of $154,818,145.64.
Against this loan figure there
has been set up out of earnings
from January 1, 1949 to October
31, 1949, a reserve for possible
loan losses in the amount of
$500,000. This reserve is to ap
ply against any loan losses that
may develop in the future; it
has not been allocated to any
particular loans or type of loans.
Total resources are $509,038,
522.34, according to F. N. Bel
grano, Jr., president.
On June 30, 1949 the figures
were: Deposits, $458,205,572.36;
loans, $156,556,423.26 and re
sources $497,187,407.18.
"The comparative figures
from November 1, 1949 to June
30, 1949 represent normal fluc
tuations in business at this sea
son of the year," Belgrano said.
He stated that, in his opinion,
Health Clinic
Al Buena Crest
A child health conference will
be held at the Buena Crest
school from 9:30 to noon next
Monday by the Marion county
department of health. The Bue
na Crest voluntary health com
mittee will assist. Physical exa
minations will be offered, 1st,
2nd and 3rd grade pupils and
immunizations against smallpox
and diphtheria will be available
for all grades.
Other activities for next week
scheduled by the health depart
ment include:
Monday: School health ex ami. 1st irad-
en at Gates, 10 a.m. -2:30 p.m.; immuni
sations Salem Height, 9 a.m.; Immuniza
tions, vaccinations for children at health
dept., 30-4:30 p.m.
Tuesday: School health exami 1st trad
er!, Mill City, 0:30 a.m. -3 D m.: tmmunl-
tation clinics at 0 a.m., Bush, Richmond.
cngiewooa; immunisations ut traders at
Woodburn. 9 a.m.; immunizations, vacci
nations, children, health dept., :30-i;30
p.m.
Wednesday: Health exams, Hayesvllle,
9 a.m. -3 p.m.; child guidance clinic.
health dept., 1-6 p.m.; chest fluoroscopic
clinic by appointment at health dept.
Thursday: CririDled rhllrlrtn rlinin at
First congregation si church, saiem; child although business in this area
health conrerence at health dept.. 9:30- ha PnrniinWpH soriniis rpad-
1..JW .m.; immjn iii oni bl Euiem riiifi
jusimenis since January isi, me
year-end statement of business
houses in the Pacific northwest
would be better than the fore
casts made by some economists
earlier in the year.
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Friday, November 11, 194913
Elks Pledge
$10,000 to Fund
The Salem Elks lodge Thurs
day night voted a donation of
$10,000 to the Salem Hospital
Development program.
The pledge wag recommended
by the lodge trustees during the
recent campaign, and Thursday
night'i action was a vote of ap
proval by the membership of the
lodge.
With this addition the total
pledged Is $394,153. With other
smaller pledges that have come
in during the last month about
$12,500 has been added.
Milton L. Meyers and Mai B.
Rudd, chairmen of the boards of
Salem General hospital and Sa
lem Memorial hospital respec
tively, both spoke at the Thurs
day night Elks meeting.
school. Silverton. 9 a.m.
Friday: Crippled children clinic at First
Congregational church, Salem; blood tests,
examinations for foodhandler, milkhand
lers and beauty operators, 8:30 a.m. -4:30
p.m.; Immunisations, vaccinations, health
dept., 10 a.m. -4:30 p.m.
Saturday: Immunlaatlons, vaccinations,
children and adults, health dept. olflce,
8:30 a.m. -11:30 a.m.
Austria has an area of 32,369
square miles and a population of
about 7,000,000. It is somewhat
larger than the state of Maine.
Campus Clippings
WILLAMETTE
UNIVERSITY
By GERI BOWLES
"Big things" are In the offing for Willamette this week-end.
The university's calendar of events is Just packed full of in
teresting things to do, and students are determined not to miss
out on a single function.
Yesterday, Cap and Gown, senior women's honorary, registered
delegates from 13 Oregon col-f
cial dinner before the dance
The lucky girl chosen will re
ceive an array of gifts two tro
phies, jewelry presented by Sa
lem merchants, a recording of
the coronation, a pictorial scrap-
book of the contest, a colored
portrait, and a corsage designed
similar to the Sigma Chi pin.
Alumni and members of pre
vious courts have been invited
to the dance which will center
around a sweetheart theme, with
small blue sparkling hearts
covering the ceiling and walls,
silhouettes of the candidates, and
a songbook at the doorway. Uni
que pale blue plastic crested
programs and orchids will be
presented to all the coeds.
East Salem People Take
Over Salem Hotel Property
East Salem, Nov. 11 An Auburn couple have taken over
what was known as the Bcllview hotel on North Commercial
near the corner of State. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stowell have
bought the furniture and rented the 32 rooms, taking possession
on Monday. After being completely redecorated 30 of the rooms
will be rented as sleeping rooms-
Mr Stowell having recently re
turned from several years' work
as an engineer in road construc
tion work in Alaska will be in
charge.
The November meeting of the
Ametie club of Middle Grove
community was held in the home
of Mrs. Theodore Kuenzi Tues
day night with 43 in attendance.
Hostesses were Mrs. William
Kleen, Mrs. Lewis Patterson and
Mrs. Kuenzi. Guests were Mrs.
Charles Wenger. Mrs. Bert Bye
and daughter, Darlenc, Mrs M.
E. McCauley, and Mrs. Clement.
Mrs. Melvin Van Cleave, Mrs
Harris Ault and Mrs. Lucile Cope
were the entertainment commit
tee. Plans were made for a gift
exchange at the December meet
ing to be held at the Earl Ham
mer home. The Thanksgiving
theme was used by both the
refreshment and entertainment
committees.
Mrs. Charles Barney enter
tained members of her Sewing
club at her Monroe avenue home
Wednesday afternoon. Sewing
were Mrs. Steve Irving, Mrs
Bernard Kenney and Kathy, Mrs.
Willard Hanby, Mrs. Henry Han
son and Mrs. S. Stuart Johns.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hanson
were In Portland Sunday as
guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Earling Landsem.
Mrs. Rex Peffcr has returned
to her home on Hollywood drive
from a three weeks' visit with
friends and relatives in Boise,
Idaho. She was accompanied by
her sister, Mrs. Andy Shanks
of Oregon City. The women
have a sister and Mrs. Shanks
a daughter living in Boise.
leges for a three-day conference
of the Oregon Federation of Col
legiate leaders. Russ Tripp,
ASWy president and secretary
of the federation, and Diana
Arpke are hosts to the conven
tion which will include sessions,
committee meetings, and reso
lutions concerning all types of
student body problems. Fea
tured speaker of the conference
will be Governor Douglas Mc
Kay. Interclass rivalry was at a
high pitch last night during the
Whip Whitman banquet when
the four classes competed In
spirit and pep. The traditional
banquet is designed to promote
enthusiasm for the annual foot
ball battle between WU and
Whitman college of Walla Walla,
Wash. Each group presented
skits and an original yell adapt
ed to the "Whip Whitman"
theme in an effort to win the
trophy which last year was
awarded to the present senior
class. Honored guests included
the football team and Coach
Chester Stackhouse. Dave Beck
ett and Donna Lambert, both of
Salem, were in charge of the
affair with the losing class per
forming the Job of cleanup. After
the game tonight, the student
body will sponsor an Informal
dance in the gym, with dancing
to records. Goal posts and "Wel
come Whitman signs will carry
out the rallying spirit.
Saturday evening the long
awaited news the identity of
this year's "Sweetheart of Sigma
Chi" will be announced at
Delta Zeta Chapter's annual
Sweetheart formal, held at the
chapter house. The three candi
dates comprising the court, Jean
Kell, Dclores Fisher, and Shir
ley Griffin, have had a busy
week of whirlwind excitement,
Including portrait sittings, an
airplane ride, appearance at the
alumni banquet in Portland, and
climaxed tomorrow by a spe-
note Just how well their secret
can be kept from the curious
eyes and ears of womanhood.
...
Phi Delta Thetas will initiate
informally their dates into the
mystic order of "She Delta
Theta" Saturday evening, and
according to chairman Jack
Weisser, it will be "pretty
rough." After initiation at a
haunted house in the country,
the group will return to the
chapter house for dancing and
entertainment. New coed mem
bers of the order will be pres
ented with "something special"
in favors.
So, all In all, this week-end
will certainly provide welcome
relief from the routine of study
ing and the monotony of six-
weeks' exams.
Young Girl Killed
In Auto Accident
Venie Clement, 17, of Inde
pendence, died of injuries early
Friday morning as the ambu
lance bringing her from the
scene of an automobile accident
reached the hospital.
Miss Clement was riding with
Robert D. Tlumlee, 23, of Cor-
vallis, when the car skidded on
the pavement about a mile north
of Independence about 11:45
o'clock. She was thrown clear
when the vehicle overturned
near the Standard Oil company
plant.
Both she and Tlumlee were
tossed from the car but he was
not injured and was able to
summon help after stopping a
passing machine, according to
state police who investigated.
Tlumlee told police he was
driving about 35 miles an hour
when the accident occurred.
Party Triumph Elected to
congress from the fifth dis
trict in San Francisco, John
F. Shelley, a democrat and
labor leader, won a congres
sional seat held for its entire
history by a republican. Dem
ocratic leaders acclaimed his
victory a party triumph, a
new pledge of confidence in
the Truman "fair deal" and a
fresh rebuff to republicans.
(Acme Telephoto.)
Verboort Purchases
Store at Mt. Angel
Woodburn Mr. and Mrs.
Wilfred Verboort of Woodburn
have purchased the Marshall
Wells hardware store at Mt. An
gel and took possession this
week. They plan to move to Mt.
Angel as soon as housing can
be secured and will have a grand
opening of the store early in December.
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