t Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Thursday; February 9, 1950
DAY Brings Suit Against
Memorial Building Group
A dispute over the collection and handling of donations for
a veterans' memorial building has resulted in a Marion county
circuit court suit between the Salem chapter of the Disabled
American Veterans and the Veterans Living Memorial Build
ine Association of Marion county. .
A complaint was niea wun me
Holmer Talks
On Legislature
A Freeman Holmer, assistant
professor of political science at
Willamette university, told the
Salem Lions club Thursday noon
that the population plan for re
apportionment of the state legis
lature, would be better named
"Gerrymander Unlimited,
With that as the theme of his
address, Holmer analyzed the
proposal filed by Oregon labor
organizations and young .Demo
crats last November.
Holmer explained that under
the method of equal propositions,
one of the many possible mathe
matical devices used in appor
tioning legislature, and the one
used In this plan would have
provided Multnomah county
with 10 senators and 20 repre
sentatives, Lane county would
get four senators and six repre
sentatives, Marion and Clacka
mas would receive three senators
and five representatives each;
Washington county would be
entitled to two senators and
three representatives, Douglas,
Linn, Klamath, Umatilla, Coos
and Clatsop would have one
senator and two representatives
each, Yamhill would get one
senator and one representative,
Josephine, Folk, Columbia, Ben
ton and Deschutes one represen
tative each and Jackson one sen
ator and three representatives.
Holmer presented his so-called
balanced representation plan
in the formulation of which he
was a' key figure. This plan
would give one representative
to each county and distribute the
remainder by the method of,
"equal proportions."
6 ONG Officers to
Attend Staff School
Six officers of the 41st infan
try division, National Guard,
from this area will be among the
25 officers of the division at
tending the Division Staff school
to be held at the Portland Air
base, February 11 and 12.
county clerk Wednesday by
Robert W. DeArmond, attorney
for the DAV.
The complaint seeks recovery
of funds allegedly collected by
the defendant under the pur
ported sponsorship of vhe DAV.
Early in 194B, tne local cnap-
ter of the DAV Intensified
campaign of promoting a me
morial building. The group
purchased a lot at Church and
Marion streets on February 19
of that year. The lot, price of
which was $2198.28, was to be
the site of the proposed me
morial.
Soon afterward, a group of
men incorporated under tne
name of Veterans Building As
sociation of Marion county. The
name was later changed to the
Veterans Living Memorial Build
ing association.
The new association began
working with DAV officials in
collecting funds for a memorial
building. The collections were
handled by the Veterans Living
Memorial Building association,
but, according to the complaint,
the name of Disabled American
Veterans was used in advertising
the campaign.
The DAV alleges that the Me
morial association made no ef
fort to keep accounting figures
on the funds they collected. Not
knowing how much money the
association collected, the plain
tiff merely states that It was
"considerable sums.''
The complaint seeks a court
order to require the defendant
to submit accountant s figures
on the collections. The DAV
also asks that the deed to the
property at Church and Marion
streets be returned to them
well as the funds collected by
the Memorial association in the
name of the DAV.
The DAV further seeks an
order abolishing the Veterans
Living Memorial Building asso
cintlon.
Brig. Gen. H. Maison, assist
ant division commander; Lt. Col.
Sidney D. Hoffman, finance of
ficer of the division; Capt.
Charles A. Barclay, liaison offi
cer; Capt. Samuel B. Harbison,
liaison officer and First FL Rich
ard C. Cutler, postal officer.
One Dallas officer, Lt. Col.
Charles M. Thomas, Jr., G-l for
Going from Salem will be I the division, will be in the group
Roiarians Have
Ladies Night
Lawson McCall, administra
tive secretary to Governor Doug
las McKay, believes in his own
mind that "women are here to
stay." Furthermore he con
vinced a dining room full of
Salem Rotarians and their wives
Wednesday night that his own
conclusions in the matter are
probably right
The occasion was the annual
Ladies Night" program of the
Rotarians, with McCall holding
down the role of principal speak
er.
Opening his address with a
few humorous aspects of female
life and activities, McCall grad
ually grew serious and proceed
ed to point out numerous phases
of politics and civics in which
they might well take an interest.
L. O. Arens, president of the
Salem club, in his role of mas
ter of ceremonies introduced a
number of visitors ard present
ed the musicians who included
the string ensemble of Betty
Kuhlman, Frank Holman, Doris
McCain and Glennis Allen; Betty
Jean Mullin and Robert Gwinn,
vocalists.
C of C to Hear About
Mission to Molokai
Leverett Richards, aviation
editor of the Oregonlan, who
has just returned from a Port
land Chamber of Commerce tour
of the Hawaiian islands, will be
the speaker Monday at the
Chamber of Commerce lunch
eon.
His subject will be "Mission
to Molokai." Molokai is the
island of lepers, which was re
visited by Richards. He first
visited the island last year. He
was the first mainland newspa
perman permitted to visit the
leper settlement' at Malaupapa
on the island of Molokai since
Ernie Pyle wrote his series on
the colony in 1937.
New members to be introduc
ed Monday will be:
Alex Morkal, Rex Air, Inc.
757 Center street; Gertrude
Fisher, telephone service, 1335
State; E. H. McGuire, Fuller
Brush company, 2020 Berry
street
tint. fX
Lee and Collins Honored
At Special Convocation
Jason Lee as a founder and benefactor and Everell Stanton
Collins as a public spirited man were honored during a special
convocation held by Willamette university In the First Methodist
church Thursday morning. Following the ceremony a wreath
was placed on Jason Lee's grave in Lee Mission cemetery.
Jason Lee as founder oi tne'
Oregon Institute which later be
came Willamette university, was
described by Jason Lee, admin
istrative assistant to the state
tax commission, and a probable
Evans Houston
East Salem Club Installs
Officers at Neuman Home
last Salem, Feb. 9 Officers for the new year were Installed
t the Tuesday meeting of Swegle Woman's club held It. the home
of Mrs. Louis Neuman on N. 18th street, as no meeting was held
In January. Serving will be Mrs. Ralph Hein, president; Mrs.
Clifford Yost, vice president; secretary, Mrs. Rex Peffer and
ireamrer. Mrs. Austin Kyle.
Appointed by the president
for the special committees were:
flower, Mrs. Rex Peffer, Mrs.
Menno Dalke and Mrs. William
Hartley; welfare, Mrs. Mary
Swingle and Mrs. Homer J.
Conklln; building consideration,
Mrs. William Damery, Mrs. Hel
en Enloe and Mrs. Charles Nor
ton. Year books were completed.
New members welcomed were
Mrs. George Shull, Mrs. Julia
Jennings and Mrs. Edwin Wil
son. A special sewing day when
comforters will be made for Red
Cross work was planned for
Tuesday, February 14, in the
home of Mrs. E. E. Brandt. A
covered dish dinner will be
served at noon. A gift was pre
sented the retiring president,
Mrs. Neuman, by Mrs. Brandt.
Following the business meet
ing valentines were made by the
guests and the prize awarded to
Mrs. Peffer. Mrs. Otis Dawes as
sisted Mrs. Neuman in serving
the 1:30 o'clock luncheon to
Mrs. Ralph Hein, Mrs. E. E.
Brandt, Mrs. Homer Conklin,
Mrs. George Shull, Mrs. Charles
Norton, Mrs. Edwin Wilson,
Mrs. Clifford Yost, Mrs. Will
iam Dam, Mrs. Mary Swingle,
Mrs. Julia Jennings, Mrs. Rex
Peffer, Mrs. Menno Dalke, Mrs
Walter BiggersiuII, Mrs. William
Hartley and the hostesses. The
March meeting will be with
Mrs. BIggerstaff.
Two members of the club are
serving on the county Jury for
this term, Mrs. Menno Dalke
and Mrs. Austin Kyle.
Central Howell The Febru
ary meeting of the Central How
ell home extension unit was held
Tuesday In the home of Mrs
Robert Bye with Mrs. Pearl De
Sart and Mrs. Shar assisting
hostesses for the covered dish
dinner at noon. At the business
meeting subjects for the unit
meetings in 1950-51 were hand
ed in to the chairman, Mrs.
Theo Kuenzi. Each member may
select seven subjects for unit
meetings, one subject for a
workshop and one for a district
meeting. For the day s demon
stration under the direction of
Ann Bcrgholz each one made a
small drapery from one-half
yard material suitable for dra
peries; lining material and
matching threads. There were
27 members present.
Bush Pupils to Play
Operetta Snow White
Two presentations of the oper
etta "Snow White" will be given
by pupils of Miss AUeyne Spen
cer's fifth grade class at Bush
school. The first showing will
be Friday at 9:30 a.m. and the
second at 1:30 p.m.
Principal characters In the
production include:
Snow White, Marene Sittin-
ger; queen, Barbara Lafky
chief huntsman, Chris Wood
mirror, Karen Flory; prince
Jack Moore; queen mother,
Jean Hubbard; fairy godmother,
Jeanelle Dunsmoore; peasant,
Nancy Webb; peddler, Lois Rey
nolds; witch, Bill Jacobsen
seven dwarfs, George Neidig
Garland Keeker, Charles Dye
Ray Knight, Fred Linton, Jim
my Leobold.
Members of the chorus: Ed
wird Hawkins, Emerson Van
Doren, Bill Balch, Sharon Hill,
Kathie Heltzel, Beverly Down
ing, Joan Hauser, Marlyn Mur
phy, Donald Davidson, Audrey
Campbell, Glenda Fox. Shirley
Koskela.
Evans Houston
Dies In Sleep
Ala Evans Houston, 62, a for
mer employe on the Salem Capi
tal Journal, died in his sleep
early Wednesday morning, Feb
ruary 1, at his home 1545 South
Curson avenue, Los Angeles,
Calif., according to word receiv
ed by relatives.
Funeral services and final
rites under direction of the Ma
sonic lodge were observed at
Los Angeles, Saturday.
Houston was born in Linn
county at the farm home of his
maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur G. Marshall. He
was a graduate of Albany high
school and of the University of
Oregon, majoring in journalism.
His first employment was with
the Eugene Guard. Later he
joined the Capital Journal staff
as a reporter.
He joined the U.S. Marines
and was located on the border
of Mexico when his company
was called to France, and he saw
strenuous action in the first
World War for six continuous
weeks. He was severely wound
ed. Following a period of hos
pitalization in France, Houston
was released and returned to the
States.
He took up his residence in
southern California. His health
condition demanded a dry cli
mate which caused him to give
up his journalism career and
enter the railway mail service
in a run through Death Valley
for many years. He was later
transferred to a clerical job at
the Los Angeles union depot
from which he was retired dur
ing the past year.
Houston's late parents were
Robert Evans Houston and Aure-
lia Marshall-Houston, both mem
bers of well known Linn coun
ty pioneer families. A sister and
a brother preceded him in death,
Surviving are the widow
Gladys, and a son, David, both
of Los Angels, two aunts, Mrs.
Colista Custer of Albany and
Mrs. Frank M. Powell of Silver-
ton.
distant relative of the early day
missionary, and a man who well
deserves the place given him in
northwest history. Lee spoke of
the travels and experiences of
the missionary and of his efforts
to establish and operate an ear
ly day mission.
Upon his death Lee gave a
considerable amount of his
means to the perpetuation of the
school which he was largely in
strumental in founding.
Everell Stanton Collins, lum
berman and capitalist, who con
tributed largely of his fortune to
Collins, said Gunn. not only
contributed to the financial sup
port of Willamette and many
churches in the northwest but he
left a spiritual heritage In tol
erance, honesty, generosity and
modesty. The pioneei lumber
man, lor whom the science build
ing on Willamette's campus is
named, was an Individual who
derived pleasure from hard
work and toiled diligently until
his death.
Willamette, was eulogized by
Jack Gunn, university student
and beneficiary of one of the
scholarships established by Collins.
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