2 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Friday, March 17, 1950
Question of Constitution
Goes Before Historical Group
Approval of constitution will be one of the business items
at an organization meeting of the recently formed Marion County
Historical lociety to be held Monday night at 7:30 in the Fire
place room of Salem Public library.
The committee on constitution is Allan Carson and Herbert
J. Salisbury of Salem and Blaint-
McCord of Woodburn.
Invited to attend the meeting
are all people interested. And
among those invited are all who
signed the petitions for preser
vation of the old Marion county
courthouse which is soon to be
replaced by a new one.
On the agenda for discussion
at the Monday night meeting
will be a proposed county mus
eum. David Duniway, state arch
ivist and temporary chairman,
says some funds are available
toward the main project and
any pledges received for the
time being will be used for this
purpose.
Sites under consideration are
the building at Commercial and
Ferry where the legislature
once convened, and the old coun
ty courthouse if it is preserved
All persons interested in be
coming charter members may
attend the meeting.
Stores Making
Festive Plans
Damp weather has no damp
ened plans for Salem's Annual
Spring Opening now less than
a week away March 23.
Merchants are in the midst of
making plans and stores after
a poll was taken this week
agreed that all would remain
closed that evening, placing all
of their emphasis on their win
dow displays.
A preliminary to the annual
event is the distribution of tic
kets for the treasure hunt. Mer
chants will start distributing
these tickets, which are "free
for the asking," next Monday
and will continue their distribu
tion through Thursday.
Another musical organization
Friday morning added its name
to the list of bands and orches
tras that would participate in
the Thursday evening program.
Latest to add their name is the
drum and bugle corps of Capital
Post No. 9, American Legion.
Pilots Swarm
To Vancouver
The Sportsmen Pilots of Ore
gon are opening the season Sun
day morning with breakfast
hop to Pearson airport at Van
couver, Wash., where they will
take part in the opening of the
city's 125th birthday celebration.
Among the 13 similar visits
planned during the season are
those to Salem August 6; Leb
anon July 20 and Newberg Aug
ust 13. Other flights are tenta
tively scheduled. A dinner dance
in conjunction with other fly
ing clubs of the state will be held
in Portland April 14.
The Vancouver breakfast will
be served at the airport at
o'clock with formal flag-raising
ceremonies on the parade ground
at the barracks at 1 o clock.
Haywire Orchestra to
Be Entered by FFA Lad
The Salem high school chap
ter of Future Farmers of Ame
rica will enter a "haywire or
chestra" in competition in con
nection with, the state FFA con
vention to be held in LaGrandc
March 23.
Salem will be entitled to two
official delegates and two alter
nates. They are Clay Rambo and
Wayne Johnston; Kenneth Kep-
pingcr and Dallas Roqucmorc.
The orchestra members are
Wayne Johnston, Dallas Roque
morc, Kenneth Keppings. Ray
Tunnel, Don Shryder. Clay Ram
bo and Max Moorcs The Instru
ments include electric guitars,
violins, mandolin, piano and
bass fiddle.
The group will be accompa
nied to LaGrande by Wm. Mc
Kinney, instructor in agriculture,
Labor Man on
Chest Drive
Salem is to have a visit Fri
day afternoon from the AF of L
representative on the National
Community Chest staff of New
York City, Robert A. Rosen-
krans.
Arrangements for the visit
here of Rosenkrans were made
Thursday and a meeting has
been scheduled for Friday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock at the Sa
lem Labor Temple with not only
Community Chest workers in
attendance but all interested
persons invited to attend.
Subject of Rosenkrans' talk
at the meeting is to be "Labor
Participation in Community
Chest affairs."
Rosenkrans is in the west to
attend the annual Pacific Re
gion Conference of Community
Chests and Councils, which
opens in San Francisco April 3.
Prior to ' that he also plans
speaking engagements in Port
land, Tacoma, Seattle and Spokane.
NWSolonsfo
Talk fo Brannan
Washington, March 17 (U.R)
The Washington and Oregon
congressional delegations today
asked Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan to meet with
them next week to discuss pric
ing and marketing problems of
Pacific northwest wheat and
flour.
The request was made In a
letter, signed by Sens. Warren G.
Magnuson, (D., Wash.), and
Wayne Morse (R., Ore.).
They said the two delegations
decided to ask for the meeting
with Brannan to talk over
"problems of mutual concern"
as the result of a joint parley
two weeks ago.
The consensus of the congress
men at that time, they said, was
that the "particularly acute"
wheat and flour problem in Ore
gon, Washington, and northern
llaho "is traceable to three chief
factors."
Floyd Morgan
Owl Manager
When Floyd Morgan, mana
ger, officially opened the doors
of the new Owl Drug store at
the Capitol Shopping center
Thursday morning he was as
sured by Robert Campbell, sec
retary of the Oregon Board of
Pharmacy, that the Salem store
was the "most modern drug
store in Oregon.
Morgan, a native of Portland,
is a pharmacist graduate from
the University of Denver. He
has been associated with drug
merchandising for the past 23
years in California. Colorado,
Tennessee, Alabama. Florida
Kentucky and Iowa. Since com
ing to Salem he has acquired a
family home at 135 Kenwood
avenue.
New Owl Drug store has a 50
foot frontage on Capitol street
and 125 on Center. Walls and
ceiling are finished in pastel
shades and all lighting is fluor
escent. Full vision windows are
featured throughout.
Besides a complete line of all
nationally advertised drugs and
pharmaceuticals the store will
stock associated sundries and
many household wares. In ad
dition there is an extensive ca
mera department and a refresh
ment fountain. Morgan, howev
er, is particularly proud of the
ultra modern prescription de
partment in the new Owl Drug
store.
Assisting the manager will be
a sales and clerical force of 30
persons all of whom are resi
dents of Salem.
County Road
Estimates Made
Estimates for the improvement
of two roads in Marion county
were submitted to the county
court Friday by A. D. Graham,
county surveyor.
The two roads are Bradley
drive, in the Neef subdivision
south of Salem, and Illinois ave
nue, east of Salem The road
improvements would be financ
ed through an Oregon law which
permits the county to conduct
the work, then assess those who
own land adjoining the road.
Graham estimates that the tO'
tal cost of improving Bradley
drive would be $1650 22 This
would mean an assessment of
$1.77 per ownership foot. The
estimate o n Illinois avenue is
$2420, or $1.70 per ownership
foot.
Hearings will be conducted la
tcr, when landowners may ap
pear to object to such road im
provemcnl.
Squeez-Easy Invited
To Show at Exposition
Society of Plastics Industry,'
which annually sponsors the Na
tional Plastics Exposition has In
vited a Salem firm, the Squeez
Easy Dispenser and Container
Co. Inc., to participate in the
annual exposition set for March
27-30 this year in Chicago.
The polyethylene squeez-easy
Howard Miller Will
Fly to Convention
Howard F. Miller, vocal mu
sic director at Snlem high school,
loft early Friday by plane for
St. Louis, Mo., to attend the Na
tional Music Educators conven
tion. As president of the music
teachers of OrcRon, Miller will
represent the state in the exe
cutive sessions.
While at the convention, Mil
ler will also lead the traditional
lobby sing in the huge Jeffer
son hotel. These are a highlight
of all music conventions.
bottles of the firm are to be
included in an educational exhi
bit based on the "Plastics Build
Better Products and Better Va
lues" theme of the January and
April issues of Modern Plastics
magazine.
One of the stories in the April
issue of the magazine was on the
Salem firm's product
DANCE
SATURDAY
MARCH
18th
SALEM ARMORY
Glen Williams and His Modern Music
THE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE
Floyd Morgan
Actuary Tells Group
Of Legal Provisions
Roy Green, actuary for the
slate industrial accident com
mission, told members of the
Salem Credit association Friday
of provisions of the law gov
erning the state agency.
He pointed out that employers'
could remove themselves from
liability for injuries of em
ployees by coming under the act
Workmen receive compensation
for lost time, medical costs, and,
if there is permanent disability
they receive regular benefits.
Before Green's talk, Charles
Schmitz, secretary of the asso
ciation, announced that the 29th
regional retail credit conference
would be held in Spokane in
May.
11 of 16Top
Places Taken
Taking 11 out of 16 top places
the Salem high school debate
squad swept the district speech
tournament at Linficld college
at McMinnville Thursday with
all first and second place win
ners eligible to compete in the
state meet March 31 and April
1.
First places in seven of the
eight events went to Salem
students with James FranU, In
dependence, taking the only
other first place. The Salem
squad is coached by Miss Aman
di Anderson.
Other schools taking part in
tho tournament were Wood
burn, Dallas, Independence, Al
bany, Sweet Home and Monroe.
Winners of the various sec
tions were Paul Ward, first, Sa
lem and Millie McCormick, Dal
les, second, after dinner speak
ing; Frank ViTaris, Salem, first
and Richie Wilbanks, Albany,
second, impromptu; Gilbert
Bateson, Salem, first and Frank
ViTaris, Salem, second, panel
discussion; John Bone, Salem,
first and Albert Hansen, Wood
burn, second, humorous read
ing; James Frantz, Indepen
dence, first and John Bone, sec
ond, extempore; Gene Poindex
ter, Salem, first and Eunice
Peckenpaugh, Salem, second, or
atory; James Humphrey, Salem,
first and Paul Ward, Salem, sec
ond, radio; and Eunice Pecken
paugh,, Salem, first and Janet
Lundy, Dallas, second, poetry
reading.
Peak Reached
In Selling Price
The majority of lending insti
tutions feel that a peak has been
reached in the selling price of
property and that it has slid off
to some degree.
This was the opinion express
ed by Robert B. Hynd, head of
the real setate loan department,
Salem branch of the First Na
tional bank as he spoke before
members of the Salem Board of
Realtors Friday noon).
Hynd believes that the present
level will be maintained for
quite a period,, a condition that
should result in loosening funds
for building to some extent.
Recent action of the First Na
tional in placing a 12-year limit
on GI loans resulted in virtu
ally elimination of this type ot
transaction, said Hynd, As a
result his organization is now
prepared to loan for a maximum
period of 20 years to qualified
applicants, On new construc
tion the maximum might be
stretched to 25 years.
Hynd went into some detail
concerning FHA and GI loans
as 'well as so-called "combina
tion" loans. He stated that with
in the past few months FHA has
tightened its restrictions consid
erably in regard to location of
property involved and the con
dition of the streets.
Student Marked
For Electric Chair
Lancaster, Pa., March 17 ()
A sobbing Franklin and Marshall
college student was marked last
night for death in the electric
chair in the '"impulse" slaying
of Marian Louise Baker.
A jury of seven men and five
women found dark-haired Ed
ward Lester Gibbs. 25-year-old
senior from Pitman, N. J., guilty
of first degree murder with the
death penalty mandatory.
SATURDAY
NITE!
Calico Cat
Really Was
Fire Resistant
Minerva, O., March 17 ()
Minerva's celebrated cat-in-the-
kiln test was completed today.
The experimenters said they
found:
That Miracle, the calico cat,
really was fire-resistant;
That she could have lived for
36 hours in a brick kiln where
the temperature reached 900 de
grees. "Now," exclaimed Joe Bucola,
superintendent of ' t h e brick
plant, . "maybe they 11 believe
we're not a bunch of liars."
Miracle! a stray feline stag
gered out of one of Bucola's
kilns March 5. Her fur was sing
ed; an inch and a half of her
tail was burned off ana her
paws were badly burned But
she was alive.
The cat tale was scorned by
some experts. So a test was un
dertaken to prove the story.
Because it would have been
sinful to put the cat back into
the kiln, a synthetic cat was
substituted. It was made up of
a sirloin steak wrapped in a second-hand
sealskin hat.
This prefabricated cat was
placed in the kiln Wednesday.
Again the temperature was rais
ed to 900 degrees. This morning,
36 hours later, the kiln was reopened.
One end of the' package steak
and fur was burned to a crisp.
But most of the package was in
good condition. The fur was soft
and the steak was tender and
juicy.
A thermometer wrapped in
the synthetic cat still registered
320 degrees. And this was hours
after the kiln's heat had been
turned down.
The National Geographic So
ciety says there is evidence the
Norwegians occupied parts of the
Shetland Islands in AD 700.
giving walls and masonry the
appearance of expensive textur
ed surfaces.
Interesting patterns and fin
ishes can be worked into the tex
ture paint much as can be done
with plaster, Malin said. These
patterns will be shown by Malin
while demonstrating the versa
tility of texture paints, which are
merely mixed with water before
being applied to interior surfaces.
Texture Wall Paints
To Be Demonstrated
Tips to homemakers who plan
to do their own painting and
decorating will be given tonight
and Saturday at the Montgomery
Ward store in Salem by Frank
Malin, paint expert now touring
Montgomery Ward stores in Ore
gon. Malin will demonstrate new
texture wall paints with which
an amateur can cover even
cracked plaster and nail holes,
"Captain China"
with
John Pavne
Gall Utissell
Jeffrey Lynn
Lon Chunry
and
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Lammers Gets
Reserve Honor
Radarman First Class Clinton
G. Lammers, USNR, Thursday
night was named the first "Re
servist o the Month" for the Sa
lem Organized Naval Reserve
Surface division.
Announcement of Lammers'
selection was made by the com
mander of the unit, Lt. Comdr.
Coburn Grabenhorst, at the divi
sion's regular meeting Thursday
night.
Veteran of World War II with
16 months of duty as a radarman
aboard LSMs in the Pacific,
Lammers was named for this
honor because of his excellent
record and outstanding service
to the Salem unit.
The radarman was a member
of the original Naval Reserve
electronics unit organized here
shortly after the war and joined
the surface division when it was
activated in September, 1947.
Since that time he has not only
had a perfect attendance record
for all of the meetings but has
spent at least one other night a
week working on classification
at the training center.
Lammers is specializing in per
sonnel classification and is con
sidered by the 13th Naval dis
trict officials to be the best clas
sifier in the entire district.
Employed by the state high
way department since coming to
Salem following his discharge
from active duty with the navy
after the war, Lammers prior to
entering the service was an un
derwriter of insurance in Chica
go. Navy activities do not claim
all of his time here for he finds
time to be a Cub Scout leader
for a pack sponsored by the
V. F. W.
Radarman Lammers is mar
ried and has two sons, Dean and
Kent.
Walfons Meet
Here Saturday
nirinn nf the state division
of the Izaak Walton League will
meet at the Senator notei aai
,Hiv .tartinir at 9:30 o'clock
This is the quarterly official ses
sion, according to oeorge nris
tenson, of Silverton, secretary
treasurer. nr nnvld B. Charlton. Port
land, president of the league,
plans a report on the abatement
of polution in the Willamette
river from industrial waste. Two
of the dam projects, the Rogue
and Snake river, will be discuss
ed.
Silverton is sending a large
delegation to the meeting, in
cluding Christenson, W. Clark
Bachman, director; Allan T.
Gribble, membership chairman
nnd Harrv Riches. Marion coun
ty agent who is serving the
league as conservation chairman
on soil discussions.
Another Tree Falls on
House of Sid Simning
Another tree fell on Sid Sim
ning's house Friday.
It was the third time. The
Simning house is north of Sa
lem near the city limits, and in
a grove of firs.
The first tree fell over a year
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