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Shown above is Gilbert Bateson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cor
nelius Bateson who won the annual "I Speak ior Democracy"
contest held Monday afternoon at radio station KSLM. Bate
son's speech will be sent to the state contest at Eugene later
this month. The contest sponsored by the Junior Chamber
of Commerce will hold a dinner for all the candidates and
prizes will be awarded. Other participants were James Lan
caster, Sacred Heart; James Colleran, Sacred Heart; and Paul
Ward, Salem high school. The winner of the state contest
will be sent to the national contest.
Writer Tells why Light Years
Are Used Instead of Miles
By J. HUGH PRUETT
Astronomer Extension Division, Oregon Higher Education System
A few years ago Dr. A. H. Kunz in a University of Oregon ex
amination asked the question, "What is a light-year?"
One boy answered in a rather unique fashion. He wrote evi
dently rather hopelessly and after considerable deliberation
"A light-year is much longer
than an ordinary year."
Those "in the know" will
agree that the light-year is noted
for its astronomical proportions
-but how long is it? We speak
of 10 years as a decade; 100, as
a century; and 1000, as a millen
nium. Does one who departs this
world at the ripe old age of a
light-year beat even a millenar
ian in life span?
A year and a light-year can
not be compared any more than
can a minute and a mile. The
light-year is a unit of length and
is defined as the distance light
travels in one year.
Without discussing the prob
able nature of light, it is now
known that it requires time to
move from its source to some
other location. Old timers held
that light traveled instantane
ously from one place to another,
but In 1678 Roemer, from ex
periments on the eclipses of the
moons of Jupiter, found that
nearly 1000 seconds were re
quired for light to pass across
the width of the earth's orbit.
We know that light travels ap
proximately 186,300 miles per
second.
How far will light travel in a
year? This is easy if you do
not mind a little mathematics.
Find first the number of seconds
m a year by carrying out the in
dicated process of 60x60x24
x 385, then multiply the result
by 186,300 and come up with
8,873.156,800,000 miles. To make
' it easier, we usually my, "A
light-year is about six trillion
miles." This is a million times
fix million! No wonder the stu
dent decided it was a bit longer
than an ordinary year.
But why use light- years in
stead of miles. Simply because
the great universal spaces are
ao inconceivably vast that our
numbers become hopelessly large
If we try to use miles. It appears
far simpler to state that the dis
tance to the nearest star is 4.3
light-years than to say 25,263
174.240,000 miles.
The members of our solar sys
tem are relatively very near us.
Pluto, the most distant planet,
H around 5.5 light-hours; our
un, 8.3 light minutes; and the
moon less than 1 'i light-sec
onds. On the other hand, many
known stars are distant 1000 or
10,000 light-years. The outside
tar systems are reckoned in mil
lions and hundreds of millions
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Mennonifes Talk
On Home Missions
Dallas, Ore., Nov. 15 Home
mission activities in Oregon,
vvasmngion ana California oc
cupied delegates to the Pacific
District Mennonite Brethren
conference now being held here
ine entire Monday session
was devoted to discussion of
home missions with a $15,000
budget approved.
Fifteen churches on the Pa
cific coast last year contributed
$462,000 for missions, education
and relief In this district and
abroad, a final report showed.
Activities relating to Chris
tian education being carried out
by the organization occupied the
delegate during the Tuesday
business session.
Silverton Events
Financial Success
Silverton With Mrs. Ralph
Francis and Mrs. William
Miethke co-chairman, assisted by
Mrs. A. J. McCannci, Mrs. Wes
ley Grogan, Miss Ruth Loren-
zen, Mrs. Mayo Robison and
Mrs. C. E. Higinbotham, the
noon luncheon and afternoon and
evening refreshments sold to
American Legion Post No. 7
members and guests at the hall
at the Armistice day turkey
shoot, netted the unit more than
$35. The turkey shoot was re
ported a financial success in
creasing the post budget by more
than $250.
of light-years away. And the
most distant known, recently
photographed with the new 200-
mcn naie telescope, is thought
to be so remote that the light
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plate started from its eternity
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City Will Reappraise Three
North Commercial Holdings
make the city'i own appraisal of excess properties acquired by
the extension of North Commercial street.
Appraisers Irom the Ssaiem Keaity ooard turned in an appraisal
of the three properties Monday night, but Alderman David O'Hara
recalled mai in un.vs yi u-t
city had been able to sen prop
ortips at a higher figure than
the appraisal of the realtors and
moved that Franzen ana uavis
make an estimate The motion
oln nrnvlrioH that thev l'st the
I properties with Salem real es
tate deters louowing me ap
praisal. Vnr grounds and improve
ments the appraisal submitted
Monday night Iixea tne vaiue on
one property at $3000, another
S3750 and another svuuu, a loxai
of $13,750.
A letter was read from- the
Oregon Society of Landscape
Arrhllppts exm-essinc opposi
tion to any further change of
zoning within the city that will
it fnrthpr encroachment, or
development of commercial and
industrial enterprises within the
area reserved for captiol de
velopment as recommended by
the capitol planning commis
sion. It was referred to the
city planning and zoning com
mission.
rh rnnnrll nnnroved a peti
tion to extend a sanitary sewer
to serve the north half of Lots
1 atiH i nt Rosedale addition.
and a petition for Improvement
of South 20th from Mission to
Oxford was referred to the man
ager.
The Fire Chief W. P. Roble re
ported that the confusion rela
tive to Beach street had been
cleared up.
After consideration of two
weeks the council approved a
netition for a street light on
Highway avenue between High
way 99E and Silverton road.
Tn a nithlir hearinff nn aoDll-
cation of Wallace Bonestecle for
a zone change at Silverton road
and Lansing no protest was made
and the ordinance bill was
passed. The change is from
Class II residctnial to Class ill
business.
The council granted a request
by Chief of Police Clyde A.
Warren for a cross walk at 12th
and Howard where about 35
school children cross daily. The
request had the approval of Man
ager Franzen.
Referred to the manager with
power to act were an applica
tion by Capitol Cab company
for a taxi stand at 390 State
street, at the Livesley building,
and by the Yellow Cab company
for stand at the Bligh Billiards,
241 North Commercial.
The request brought from Ald
erman Gille a request for a re
port from the manager on the
extent of space taken up by taxi
cabs and street busses.
Applications by Foster &
Kleiser for billboards at 4000
Portland road and 993 South
Commercial were referred to the
aldermen of the wards.
The council set Tuesday night,
Dec. 27, as the time for a hear
ing on a proposal to vacate the
alley in Block 86, original plat
of Salem, to give the state right
of way for the highway office
building. The meeting will be
on a Tuesday for the reason that
the preceding Monday will be a
holiday.
The United States National
Bank of Portland was made a
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Fry Irked by
Proposed Sign
Alderman Dan Fry looks with
very dubious favor on a city
council resolution that would
authorize Foster & Kleiser to
put a signboard on the south
side of Mission street, fronting
the Willamette athletic field,
with the words "Future Home of
the Willamette University Bear
cats." When trie resolution came up
Monday night Fry got it tabled
two weeks, and offered some
criticism of the fact that the uni
versity holds what he termed
the "cream of the park" for an
athletic field.
Fry asked for an overall re
port from the city manager on
the progress of park develop
ment before the resolution is
adopted.
Franzen replied that he is al
ready preparing such a report,
that it will be very complete
with diagrams and drawings, but
that he would not be able to
have it ready in two weeks.
Lutherans Elect
Vefrus Secretary
John Vetrus, Salem, was
named secretary-treasurer at the
Willamette valley meeting of
Lutheran Sunday school teach
ers at the Immanuel Lutheran
church in Silverton.
Other officers are Mrs. James
Phillips, Silverton, president; R.
Unseuth, Woodburn, vice presi
dent; Olga Johnson. Silverton,
librarian, and J, W. Whelm,
Newberg, film director.
Rev. W. Rindahl, missionary
to Africa, was the main speaker
with Rev. R. J. Hovland, Salem,
speaking in the evening. Pro
gram numbers included selec
tions by a group of girls from
Colton accompanied by Mrs. E
Sakrieson, the Immanuel junior
choir of Silverton and a girls'
quartet from Woodburn.
Represented at the meeting
were Sunday schools of Salem,
Silverton, Woodburn, Monitor,
Canby, Newberg and Colton.
safekeeping depository for all
securities put up by other banks
in a resolution adopted by the
council.
Introduced was an ordinance
bill authorizing the chief of po
lice to hold an auction sale twice
a year of bicycles and other prop
erties coming into possession of
the city and unclaimed by own
ers.
Another bill provides for elim
ination of parking strips on bus
iness streets 85 or more feet
wide to make way for car park
ing.
Among ordinances enacted
were 16 street assessment bills
totaling over $79,000.
The Salem Community orches
tra, through Frank Fisher, put
in a request that the city help
finance its concert series with
an appropriation of about 50
per cent of an estimated $1500.
It was tabled for two weeks.
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Silverton From left to right, Eugene Smith, president of
the Silverton Lions club, Ernest R. Ekman, program chair
man and in general charge of the recently staged home
talent play, and Justin L. Dyrud, head of the department
of music in the local schools. Dyrud is receiving a $300 check
from Ekman, the net proceeds of the play, as Smith looks on,
to further increase the band uniform budget. (McEwan
photo)
Corn Show to Be
Held Saturday
The annual Marion County
Corn show sponsored by the Cen
tral Howell local of the Farmers
Union will be held at the Cen
tral Howell school Saturday
night.
Entries will be judged during
the afternoon by instructors from
Oregon State college with the
women of the local serving a
ham dinner from 5:30 to 7
o'clock.
Starting at 8 o'clock a pro
gram will be presented with ar
rangements for the afternoon
show and evening being handled
by Roy Rutschman and Ted Ho
bart. The Clackamas County Corn
show will be held at the fair
grounds at Canby November 26
with all entries to be in place
by 4 o'clock the previous after
noon. A feature of the show will
be the 16 ears of corn variety
trials at the Red Hills soils ex
periment station.
Mobile Blood Bank
Visiting Monmouth
Monmouth Monmouth will
again be visited on Monday, No
vember 21, by the Red Cross
blood unit. All eligible honors
in Monmouth and Independence
are urged to sign up to be blood
donors.
Monmouth had a very poor
showing at the last visit with
less than 20 pints of blood re
ceived. It will take a numerous
amount of donors this time to
make up for last time's deficien
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the county .for this year.
As before the unit will have
its headquarters in the OCE gym
from 3 to 6 p.m. Please contact
Mrs. C. C. Powell or Dr. H. K.
Farley of Monmouth or Irma
Cooper of Independence for fur
ther information.
One hundred donors are want
ed so help donate blood this time
and help put'the drive over the
top.
Grade School Patrol
Presented Raincoats
Dayton The Dayton Lions
club presented white raincoats
and hoods to the Dayton grade
school before the general assem
bly.. The presentation was made
by Lion president Adolph Hraba,
assisted by Glen Abbott, Carl
Francis and Pat Cary. The gift
was received by Robert Tedd,
principal, and captain of the
safety patrol.
The safety patrol is on duty
during the noon hour at school
and the main street crossings,
and have been doing an excel
lent job. The Lions club has the
safety patrol as a project, and
at the close of last year, the
presented the school with flags,
Sam Brown belts, and junior
patrol badges. The white rain
coats and hoods will be used
during the winter months.
Carnival Scheduled
Sheridan The associated stu
dent body of Sheridan high
school will hold the annual car
nival at the high school gymnas
ium Friday night at 8 o'clock
with a variety of events and
prizes. General chairmen in
charge are Bea Oldham and De
Wayne Hampton.
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Stare-Wide Red Cross Meet
To Be Held Here December 5
Marion county chapter, American Red Cross, will be host on
Monday, December 5, to a state-wide meeting arranged as a
preliminary to launching the annual fund campaign of the or
ffanization. March 1.
Announcement regarding the
of the local board last night. A
similar meeting was held here
last year. All chapters of the
Red Cross in the state are to
take part in the r -ent. The con
ference will be held at the Amer
ican Legion club. Several area
officials will be here to go over
with chapter representatives the
plans for the 1050 fund cam
paign. During last night's board meet
ing telegram was received from
national headquarters announc
ing the national goal in the 1950
fund campaign will be $67,000,
000. Quotas for local chapters
are announced following release
of the national goal. The tele
gram also stated that the nation
al board of governors had re-affirmed
its position that the
American Red Cross will con
duct its own independent fund
campaign, and will not unite
with other agencies in conduct
ing joint campaign, thus fol
lowing the rules set up for the
Red Cross as an organization
chartered by congress.
The rest of the Monday board
meeting was taken up with re
ports. It was announced that
on Wednesday of this week Mil
ton L. Meyers, county blood pro
gram chairman, Miss Susan
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Faherty, chapter manager, and
Col Philip W. Allison, blood
donor recruitment chairman,
will attend a conference of re
gional blood center officials in
Po.-tland.
The home service department
stated its caseload for October
was 185. Of this total, 38 cases
were given some type of finan
cial assistance, a total of $457.38
being extended in loans and
grants. Mrs. Mark Astrup, new
Junior Red Cross chairman, an
nounced plans for the program
of work during the year among
the schools.
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