8 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Monday, December 5, 1949 r f" rf A'II D A LI
evening jxy yyiii oe MDiaze
With Celestial Splendor
Malecki Back From Turkey
Where 'Unity' Stole the Show
More than' making up in gifts what he obviously had lost In
weight, Gene Malecki, of Salem, returned home Sunday from
By J. HUGH PRUETT
Astronomer, Extension Division Oregon Higher Education System
This coming week the evening sky will be ablaze with celes-
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K.Tt i,V.w. j.:u.ji .;,! pronounced on the 6th, for then the finest of the planets, Venus
5 f i . nevertheless decided y ring. . and Jupitcr wm appcar quilc near to each 0,ner i the south
Malecki was personal escort to "Unity " grand champion Ore-l; M , .
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turkey show at McMinnvillc,
presented to President Ismet
Inonu of Turkey, through f inan
cial arrangements made by C
W. Norton, president of North
west Poultry and Dairy Products
company, Portland.
"Unity" stole the show all the
way and was featured in a four
color cartoon on the front page
of "Hurriet," of the Ankara pa
pers as well as numerous others
In all parts of Europe, Malecki
says. Front pages of many of
these were brought home
proof. In addition "Unity" was
a subject of a news reel photog
rapher.
, In as much as "Unity's" 37
pounds is four or five times that
of the native counterpart called
"Hindi" in Turkey, he was the
object of wide disbelief, people
hardly dared to believe what
they saw. Because of his size his
life was spared and he I,
personal care of the director of
agriculture in the hope of im
proving native stock. Nearly 50
newsmen and photographers
were at the Ankara airport wait
ing arrival of the bird and had
been at the airport all night.
In New York Unity" was
on display in the lobby of the
Statler hotel where he was
sensation while on the flight to
Turkey from New Ycrk he rode
in the front luxury compartment
of the plane. Incidentally the
fair from Portland to Ankara
was $275 for the hird.
Malecki was presented a Turk
ish rug for his own home and
also a prayer rug for Mr. Nor
ton and a smaller one for Rich
ard Beyne, McMinnvllle, who
produced "Unity."
Malecki was guest for Thanks
giving dinner at the home of
President and Mrs. Inonu and
provided the main dish a
dressed turkey he had brought
along. The president was well
informed about this country and
greatly interested in the Wil
lamette valley and Oregon. He
has a son in California and an
other was educated there.
While in Turkey, six days in
all Malecki was given ample op
portunity to see everything in
Ankara and also Istanbul. He
also was well-received at the
Washington, D. C, airport and
slopped at his former home in
Detroit, Mich., for two radio
broadcasts.
Malecki left Oregon the eve
ning of November 19 and return
ed to Salem by bus shortly be
fore noon Sunday. He was un
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They Rolled Out the Welcome Rugs and prayer mats for
Gene Malecki in Turkey, when he delivered an Oregon turkey
to President Ismet Inonu, and to provp it the Salem promoter
brought them home with him. Malecki is shown here being
greeted by his wife, Helen, and sons Johnny and Jimmy at
the Greyhound depot. Jimmy is hidden on his dad's shoulder.
For safety, Malecki carried the prayer rugs personally. One
goes to C. W. Norton, of Portland, president of the North
west Poultry & Dairy Products company, the other to Richard
Reyne of McMinnville, who raised Unity the Turkey.
able to complete his trip by air
because of lack of visibility here
due to the fog. Total cost of the
trip is estimated by Malecki at
around $2000.
Harmony Rebekahs
Elect Mrs. Jones
Brooks Mrs. Margaret Jones
was elected noble grand of Har
mony Rebekah Lodge No. 75 of
Gervais, during the annual elec
tion of officers last week. Mrs.
Maude Gorsuch was named vice
grand. Mrs. Marie Massey, sec
retary. Robert Massey, treas
urer and Mrs. Florence Oddie,
financial secretary.
The lodge Christmas parly
will be held DeconiDer 12 at the
R.N.A. hall. Appointed on the
committee were Mrs. Anna Dun
lavy, Mrs. Edna Manning and
Mrs. Gladys Martin. A short
program will be presented fol
lowed by games which will be
in charge of Mrs. Katie Sturgis
and Mrs. Marie Massey.
This close planetary approach
is known as a conjunction. Ve
nus, the brighter of the two, will
be only two degrees below Jupi
ter. Actually, Venus is now ap
proximately 50,000,000 miles
from us, and Jupiter a little over
10 times farther away. Look for
this gorgeous pair early for they
will sink below the skyline
three hours after sunset. Watch
them separate as the week ad
vances. The winter full moon is now
giving us long hours of welcome
light. Old Luna is rising almost
in the northeast around the time
of sunset and setting toward the
northwest 15 to 17 hours later,
depending on the latitude of the
observer. It will therefore be in
the western sky as a white day
time moon for a few hours after
sunrise.
Around midnight, another
bright planetary pair, but lack
ing considerably the splendor of
the Venus-Jupiter combination,
will be clearing the horizon al
most due east. They, Mars and
Saturn, now appear of the same
brightness. Reddish Mars is the
lower of the two. They reached
their closest approach to each
other on November 30, when
they were only one-seventh de
gree apart.
The only other naked-eye
planet, Mercury, is at present
too close to the sun (apparently)
to be visible. By the end of the
month it may be seen in the
southwest after sunset.
Let us glance around the
heavens at 8 p.m. for the bright
est of the real stars, huge dis
tant suns so far from us that
they appear small. Almost due
west, Altair, still considerably
above the horizon, twinkles mer
rily. High in the northwest,
Vega is very bright. Consider
ably higher but less luminous,
Deneb appears at the head of the
Northern Cross, a fine, large fig
ure of small stars now standing
almost upright.
In the eastern half of the sky
the bright moon obliterates all
but the larger stars. High in the
heavens to the north of east, yel
low Capella sparkles. Consider
ably lower, yet well above the
horizon, white Caster and or
ange Pollux (the lower) stand
one above the other.
A little south of east we find
two very fine stars, reddish Be
tclgeuse to the left, and spark
ling blue-white Rigel to the
right. Between these a short line
of three evenly-spaced, exceed
ingiy-conspicuous stars mark
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Mrs. Orland J. Watts
Mrs. Robinson
Will Speak
Mrs. Nancy Honeyman Robin
son, democratic committeewom
an for Oregon, will be the fea
tured speaker at a no-host lunch
of Polk county democratic wom
en Wednesday, December 7, at
12:30 in the West Salem City
hall.
Miss Ruth Haefncr, state leg
islative chairman for the wom
en's division of the state, and
Mrs. Norma Silverman, state
registration chairman, both of
Portland, will assist the Polk
county women in planning for
voter registration, Mrs. Orla.ld
J. Watts of West Salem, presi
dent, announces.
Invited guests include Mr. ana
Mrs. Walter Pierce, Eola, Mr
and Mrs. Howard Morgan, Mon
mouth, and Polk county demo
cratic chairman W. C. Heise and
Mrs. Heise, West Salem.
In a registration workshop the
democratic precinct committee-
women will outline precmct-by-precinct
plans for registering all
eligible voters in Polk county
and will draw up a county dem
ocratic platform.
"It is the responsibility of the
political parties to see that each
eligible citizen votes," said Mrs.
Watts. "We are planning an in
tensified campaign to register all
voters, with especial attention to
new voters and to new arrivals
in the county."
Aiding in the luncheon prep
aration are Mrs. Clarence Woelk,
Brush College, decorations; Mrs.
N. J. Nelke, Spring Valley, cor
respondence; Mrs. Joe Joseph,
West Salem, service; Mrs. I. F.
Bryan, Kingwood Heights, and
Mrs. Arthur H. Bone, Orchard
Heights, food; and Mrs. John
Goldsmith, program.
Polk Herdsmen
To Make Tour
Dallas The dairy tour spon
sored by the dairy herd Im
provement association will be
December 8, according to Stan
ley Fansher, Polk county exten
sion agent.
Polk county dairymen will
have the opportunity to visit the
Oregon Dairy Breeders" bull
stud and get first hand informa
tion about artificial insemena-tion.
Some of the outstanding Jer
sey Guernsey and Holstein bulls
in the state of Oregon are In use
at the bull stud located three
and a half miles north of Cor
vallis on the Albany highway
Fred Roberts, laboratory tech
nician and supervisor, will talki
to the group about the bulls,
breeding problems, and the ex
tent of artificial Insemcnation.
In the afternoon the group
will see a herd of dairy cattle
containing many artificially bred
heifers, some of which are in
milk, and a New Zealand type
of milking parlor.
The New Zealand type of
milking parlor in use on the
Rex Dick dairy farm near Shedd
has attracted much attention
airwng dairymen.
As many as possible arc
urged to group at the Dallas
court house in order to con
serve on cars. Cars will leave
Dallas at 9:30 a.m.
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