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20 Capital Journal, Salem,
When Christmas
Wasn't Merry
AP NewsfeiturejO
has not always been
Merry Christmas
history.
Unmerry times started very early. The Pilgrims landed at
Plymouth four days before Christmas, 1620. Christmas day
found them between the Mayflower and the cold, hostile shore.
Big Records for
County Cattle
Dairy cattle in the Marion
County Dairy Herd Improve
ment association are continuing
to make high records this year.
Jim Daugherty of Woodburn
had the high 305-day record re
ported this month on Cherry, a
grade that produced 705.2
pounds of butterfat and 11,736
pounds of milk in the past 10
month period.
Herb Coleman of Woodburn
had four registered Jersey com
plete 305-day records over 500
pounds. S. R. Berry of Aums
ville had eight cows complete
record, five of them above 500
founds. Other herds in this
class were Floyd and Lesta
Bates, Salem, with two regis
tered Jerseys; Oregon State
Boys school, Woodburn, Jersey;
William Vogt, Salem, one, and
L. L. Lee, Aumsville, two Jer
aeys. Frank Poepping's Holslein,
Zozo, at Mt. Angel, completed
one record 534 pounds of fat
and 15,278 pounds of milk. Lady,
in the O. A. Parton Jersey herd
at Woodburn, made 523.8 pounds
of fat in 305 days. DeGuire's
Dairy at Silverton finished one
record on a Jersey cow at 551.7
pounds of butterfat.
John Crassman, Route 1,
Woodburn, joined the testing as-
aociation this month and will be
reporting records In a short
time.
One thousand six hundred and
twenty-five cows were tested
during the month in Marion
county in 58 herds. All of these
cows averaged 597 pounds of
milk and 28.3 pounds of butter
fat.
Twenty-one more herds were
on Owner Sampler test with 339
cows. They averaged 602 pounds
of milk and 27.9 pounds of but
terfat. Further Information about
production testing may be ob
tained from your county agents
office in the Postoffice building
in Salem.
Planing Mill Burns
Coos Bay, Dec. 24 VP) Flames
destroyed the Coos Bay Logging
company's planing mill in North
Bend last night. The loss was
estimated at $30,000.
A short-circuit in an electric
motor was believed to have
atarted the fire.
Oregon, Saturday, Dee. 24, 1949
merry in American
'Most of them were still living on
the ship.
And they didn't be
licve in
celebrating Christmas
anyway.
Washington's ragged troops
were crossing the icy Delaware
in the dark early morning hours
of Christmas 1776. They defeat
ed the Hessians at Trenton next
day.
Christmas 1786 found unrest
in New England. Shays' rebel
lion flared that day. The rebels
had a rough time.
In 1837, Col. Zachary Taylor
and his troops were down in
Florida fighting the Seminole
war. Christmas day found them
fighting and defeating, the In
dians at Lake Okechobee.
ine Mexican war also saw
Christmas day action when Col
Doniphan and 450 volunteers de
feated 1,100 Mexicans at Braz-
ito in 1846.
The national capital had trou
ble the Christmas of 1851 when
the Library of Congress arid
part of the capitol burned.
Nine years later on Christ
mas, 1860, South Carolina Issued
its declaration of independence,
the spark that made the Civil
war Inevitable.
One of the early railroad
strikes, that of 1887, started
Christmas day. Some 20,000 em
ployes of the Reading railroad
walked out.
The surrender of Hone Kong
on Christmas 1941 was not part
of American history, but Amer
icans, watched the event anx
iously. It was one step in the ad
vance of the Japanese which
came after the Pearl Harbor at
tack in 1941.
One of the classic Chrislmases
of the un-merry type will long
be remembered by the men de
fending Bastogne in 1944. The
Battle of the Bulge and the fight
for the defense of the little
town were at a climax. It was
just two days later that the iso
lated Bastogne garrison was re
lieved. That Christmas day
found the boys deep in the fight
ing. Club Formed for Ike
Cleveland, Dec. 24 F) A
'Dwight D. Eisenhower for
President Club" has been set up
in Cleveland.
Allen James Lowe, managing
director of a hotel (The Carter),
launched the club, which was
issued incorporation papers as a
not-for-profit organization In
Columbus yesterday.
Tragic Fire Kills
Six of Family
San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 24 (Pi
bix persons died in their blaz
ing home here early today San
Antonio's worst Christmas sea
son fire in history.
A mother and five of her chil
dren were the victims. The fath
er and two others escaped, but
the father and a daughter were
critically burned.
The family was planning a
happy Christmas. To add Yule
cheer the interior of the house
was painted yesterday. Firemen
believe this caused the tragedy
the fresh paint caught fire
from a stove left burnine all
night.
The heroine of the tragedy
was Josefina Montelongo, 9, who
managed to open the door to the
home when her parents coii
not. Then she led her father and
mother and 13-year-old sister
to the outside. The mother, bad
ly burned, succumbed shortly
thereafter.
Dead were Mrs. Maria Mon
lenongo, 37, the mother; two
sons, Alejandro, 10, and Carlos,
one year; and three daughters,
Andrea, 7; Yolanda, 5; and Al
icia, 4.
Critically burned and near
death were the father, Ascension
Montelongo, 36, and a daugh
ter, Francesca, 13.
Josefina escaped injury. '
Boy Electrocuted
Under Xmas Tree
Newton, Mass., Dec. 24 OP)
A six-year-old boy died last
night under the Christmas tree
he had helped his parents dec
orate. The body of Albert Kevor
kian, Jr., was found in a tangl
ed mass of wires at the base of
the gayly-decorated tree.
Medical Examiner T. Morton
Gallagher said the boy was elec
trocuted when he put his finger
in an open socket of a Christmas
tree light while lying on his
stomach on an iron hot air reg
ister. The parents said Albert help
ed them decorate the tree only
a few hours earlier.
Fewer Hens in U.S.
Produce More Eggs
Portland, Dec. 24 VP) There
weren't as many hens in Oregon
last month, but they tried hard-
and the result was a record
number of eggs.
The department of agriculture
said the number of hens was
down from an average 3,010,000
to 2,846,000. Their record
achievement: 11.9 to 11.7 eggs
per hen.
Christmas Recipe:
Play It Safe!
SET the tree up In the
coolest corner of the room
. not, for Instance, near
. an open fireplace.
CHECK carefully the wires
and switches of your Christ
mas lights. Defective wires
could cause fires.
Catch as Catch
Sold As Is and Where Is
Oldland, England, Dec. 24 VP) Weary Charles Cryer has
sold his two racing heifers as is and where is.
Now all the buyer has to do is catch them.
The heifers a pair of three-year-old Shorthorn sisters named
Rosle and Daisy are lurking in a 25-acre field.
A wo weeKs ago Cryer decided'
to round them up and take them
to market. Rosie and Daisy
seemed suspicious. They ran
like gazelles every time he en
tered the field. This went on
for days.
In desperation, Cryer put up
a reward of 5 pounds ($14) for
their capture. Fifteen men and
four dogs chased Rosie and Dai
sy fruitlessly up and down the
field. This also went on for
days.
Finally Cryer gave up and
sold them, at 30 pounds ($84)
under the market price, to Deal
er Albert Lovell.
"I've got a few ideas up mv
sleeve," Lovell said today. "Now
I'm going to let them calm down
a while before I have a go."
Farm Group Feted
Unionvale About 200 at
tended the Christmas party for
the employes and their families
of the Alderman farms, held at
the Unionvale Evangelical Unit
ed Brethren church social room
ABSTAIN from sampling
all the home-made candles
and the cups of cheer prof
fered by friends and relatives.
REMEMBER your age and
the age of your ladder be
fore you climb a wobbly one
to hang the decorations.
Can Heifers
.
94-Year Preacher
Goes on Honeymoon
Sandusky, O., Dec. 24 VP)
The Rev. Silas L. Sears, 94, was I
on nis noneymoon today. He
married Mrs. Addie Jetter, 59, of
Barberton, O., yesterday.
A great-granddaughter of the
bridegroom by a previous mar
riage was among guests at the
wedding reception.
Amity Henry Miller will go
to Eugene for the holidays with
relatives.
December 27th
10:00 A. M.
BREATH-TAKING BARGAINS GALORE
SENSATIONAL REDUCTIONS . AMAZING VALUES
First Come . . . First Served, So Plan Now To Be There Early
450 Employes
Get Pink Slip
Haverhill, Mass., Dec. 24 VP)
Pay envelopes containing un
happy news were received yes
terday by some 450 employes
of Toby True Shoe company.
Notices in the envelopes told
the workers the factory "is now
closing down and will not re
sume operations."
Most of the work force was
caught by surprise.
The company, whose payroll
exceeded $1,000,000 annually,
said there was no solution to its
problems "and we are therefore
left with no alternative."
The plant is the second to
close in Haverhill within two
weeks.
The two closings mean the
loss of approximately 1000 jobs
in Haverhill.
Father Hit by Car
Saves Daughter's Life
Independence. Ore.. Dec. 24
VP) Francis Holt, 46, Indepen
dence, was struck by an automo
bile here last night, but he sav
ed his two-year-old adopted
daughter from injury by throw
ing ner to safety.
Holt said he saw that he would
be struck by the car, and so toss
ed the girl, Sonnie, toward the
sidewalk. She landed unhurt.
Holt threw himself flat, and
the car ran over his legs. Hos
pital attendants said he appar
ently escaped serious injury.
Police said the car was driv
en by William Paul Hirschy, 21,
independence, a student home
on vacation from Oregon Tech
nical Institute at Klamath Falls.
Visitor in Wheatland
Wheatland Miss Laverne
Barr of Los Angeles, Calif., has
arrived by bus to be a guest
of her grandmother, Mrs. Clyde
M. LaFollette, and other rela
tives for almost a month.
$$ MONEY $$
FHA
, 4 M Real Estate Loans
Farm or City
Personal and Auto Loans
State Finance Co.
153 S. High St. Lie. S-Z16 M 222
THE ANNUAL
JANUARY
STORE-WIDE
CLEARANCE
WILL START
AT
Mace?
Parking Meter Sluss Thrown
Into River by City Clerk
Ray Maker, clerk in the office of City Treasurer j,,,,,
Friday heaved into the Willamette river over 85to , h
spurious coins that have been put into parking mcJnCS
last year to beat the city out of parking space. 111
There were foreign coins, mutilated American coins wash.
just plain discs of nickel-size
and other things of weight and
size to trip a meter Fifty pounds
of them went into the river at
the Salem Boat house. '
Some people too still put
dimes in the meters, good for
only 12 minutes of parking. The
city doesn't throw those into
the river.
Good money is still flowing
through the meters at the rate
of about $100,000 a year.
But for the month of Decem
ber to and including December
21 City Treasurer Hauser re
ports the take a little under the
same period last yar, which may
mean, he thinks that more
Christmas shopping has been
done before 9 a.m., and after
p.m. than in previous years.
Last year the December months
ran a little over $2600 weekly.
This year the third week was
$2612, and the first two weeks
even lower.
However November collec
tions were higher than last year,
be at happy,
joyous and carefree at o
children this glad Christmas r
Seaton . . . may the New Year 1" d
be the bett you've. "rid. '
ever known I Certi U9 ComP "
PAY
as were those of most other
months of the year, so the total
at the end of the year isn't like
ly to be reduced.
The week following Christmas
is usually one of the shortesl of
the year in meter receipts. Last
year it was $1846.
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