Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, March 13, 1950, Page 10, Image 10

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    10 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Monday, March 13, 1950
Mew cars Come Down Not the price, diu 14 new cars
themselves, tumbled down at this Victoria, B. C, agency when
the roof collapsed. A salesman escaped by diving beneath
one of the eight used cars crushed below. Cause of the col
lapse has not been determined. (AP Wlrephoto)
Nespecfial Arrested
On Felony Charge
Silverton Held In Marion
county jail in lieu of $5000 bail
to await district court action is
John Joseph Nespechal, 30, of
509 Jerset street, Silverton,
charged with threatening to
commit a felony. A shot was al
leged to have been fired into
the house occupied by the wife
of the accused man.
Silverton police who made
the arrest reported a bullet had
been fired through the wall of
the Nespechal home after seri
ous arguments between the man
and his wife.
.Harley DePecl of the local po
lice force relieved the man of
the German weapon as he stood
on the porch of the house.
.pfficers found the bullet had
curved off a wall and hit the
floor near Mrs. Nespechal's
feet. She had accused her hus
band of threats and said that she
had hid a part of the weapon
but on his promise to get rid of
the gun had returned the parts
to her husband and shortly after
this, the shot was fired.
Little Garden Club
Holding Plant Sale
Salem Heights Mrs. Floyd
McClellan was hostess to the
Little Garden Club of Salem
Heights at her home on Ratcliff
drive. Mrs. Ed A. Carleton as
sisted.
Reports on the third district
meeting was given, and it was
decided to have a paid luncheon
and a plant sale at the next
meeting March 23 at the home
of Mrs. E. O. Welling on Boone
road. Named on the committee
were Mrs. Virgil Sexton, Mrs.
Carl Harris, Mrs. Paul Acton
and Mrs. Ed A. Carleton.
Mrs. C. A. Kells sDoka on
plans and planting, care of
flowers, . growing flowers and
Top Post to
Kent Myers
Salem high school senior,
Kent Myers, son of Mr. and Mrs
Arthur V. Myers, received a top
position in the annual YMCA
Oregon Youth and Government
legislature assembly which is to
convene in Salem April 28-29.
Myers was elected speaker
of the house for the mock youth
sessions Saturday at a prelim
inary session in Eugene in which
the topics of bills, parliamen
tary procedure and various oth
er subjects concerning the state
government were discussed.
In Eugene about 65 Hl-Y boys
and Tri-Hi-Y girls from one of
the state's four districts heard
state- officials tell of their du
ties in the legislative proced
ures. Also on the agenda Satur-
da" were several University of
Oregon speech students demon
strating the handling of a bill
as in a house of representatives.
Other officers elected Satur
day included Bill Reeves,
Springfield, clerk of senate;
David Blackmer, Salem, and
Janet Elliott, Roseburg, report
ers for the sessions.
The duty of the reporters is
to write the story of the affair
and send it to all newspapers in
their respective districts. Black
mer was house of representa
tives reporter in the 1949 legis
lative assembly.
Each district will have two
officers and two reporters as
well as a limited number of
senators. Delegates not elected
senators by drawing from a hat
automatically become represen
tatives.
Senators chosen at Eugene
Saturday were Bob Meaney, and
Chuck Wilhoit of Salem, Heike
Ohling of Albany, Vic Senders
of Roseburg, Lynn Johnson of
Eugene and Bob O'Conner of
Springfield..
Myers is an active student. He
is a member of Able Gregg chap
ter of Hi-Y, National Honor so
ciety, and ticket chairman for
the annual Civics club carnival.
He also participates in track and
golf. Myers has been Salem
high school's yell king for the
past two years. He was honor
ary Rotarian for the month of
February by vote of the stu
dent council.
trees from seed. Mrs. Virgil Sex
ton gave Dr. Krause of Corvallls
report on the culture of chry
santhemums. Guests were Mrs.
Lyle Zobel and Mrs. D. V. Ran
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Singed Cat This is the housecat, an unnamed female,
that according to a Minerva, Ohio, veterinarian. Dr. Wil
liam Orr, and a plant superintendent, Joe Bucare spent
36 hours inside a fiery brick kiln. They say she came out
singed and dehydrated, after surviving temperatures ranging
upward from 400 degrees. Dean W. R. Krill of the veter
inary college at Ohio State university, commented "it's
Impossible." (AP Wirephoto)
Barber's Scissors Sets Off
Battle Over Waist-Long Curls
Pleasantville, N. J., March 13 UPl A barber snipped off little
Helen Marie's waist-long golden curls and then the trouble
started.
Magistrate A. H. Keller freed Barber Edward Anzalone, 57,
on $500 bond Saturday, pending grand jury action on a charge of
malicious injury to personal
Blast of Gas
Kills Woman
Martinez, Calif., March 13 Cff)
A freak explosion of a cloud
of low-hanging gas killed a
woman and seriously burned two
men yesterday.
The blast occurred over the
highway along the east shore of
San Francisco bay at ..nearby
Oleum. Highway Patrolman Gor
don Campbell said the gas ap
parently escaped from an over
head pipe carrying waste from
an oil refinery to a dump.
Three automobiles caught fire
after the explosion. The blast
was believed set off by exhaust
sparks from a car, or an ignition
spark.
Mrs. Ursula Adams of Alame
da, Calif., was killed. Pvt. Bur
nett Hale, 21, and John Esta of
Berkeley, Calif., were burned.
Hale, attached to the Fairfield
Suisun airbase, was burned pull
ing Esta from his blazing car.
They said that, shortly before
the explosion, a fog seemed to
be hanging over the highway.
Scio The new Baptist church
parsonage is progressing rapidly.
Rev. Elvin Fast and his father
are doing most of the work.
property, brought by her father.
Alfred Wilkins of Northfield
said his daughter's hair "was our
pride and Joy."
Mrs. Wilkins testified that six-
year-old Helen Marie accompa
nied her older brother, James,
when he went to get a haircut
at Anzalone's shop.
Anzalone testified that he "felt
sorry for her and thought she
must get headaches with all that
hair hanging down. Besides, it
is more sanitary cut short. I
thought maybe the family could
not afford to have it cut. I was
doing it out of the goodness of
my heart."
Mrs. Wilkins said the barber
walked over to Helen Marie and
snipped off her long curls. She
began to cry. Anzalone gave her
some candy, he said in court.
Church Holding Dinner
Scto A potluck supper Is
planned for the members of the
Baptist church on the evening of
March 31. This will be the an
nual election of officers for the
church. Letha Lynch is the
chairman in charge of this
event.
Bendix
Service
Oil Burner
Service
Division Chairman Head
ing the utilities division in
the Red Cross fund campaign
directorate is T. W. Lowry.
Quota for this division is $600.
The campaign swings into its
third week here, Monday,
with committee workers out
to raise the county quota of
$42,000. Third report session
will be Friday noon at the
Senator hotel. (Bishop-Mod-erna
picture)
Royal Arch Masons
Hosts for Official
Woodburn A district meeting
of the Royal Arch Masons will
be held at the Woodburn Maso
nic temple Tuesday evening
with the local Royal Arch chap
ter No. 29 as host. This will be
the official visit of, the grand
high priest, Robert E. Dodge,
who will be accompanied by sev
eral of his grand officers. Chap
ters participating will be Inde
pendence, Dallas, Salem and
Woodburn and between 65 and
70 visitors are expected. The
event will begin , with a dinner
at 7 o'clock. Percy H. Seely is
the local high priest.
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