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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1950)
Willamette Valley Native Recalls Early Stayton Days "X r LOKENCC CARLTON 4 Stayton In the earliest recollection of Thurston H. Thomas fhe town 01 auyion consisted of only a sawmill owned by the Stayton family and a carder. Thomas, who celebrated his 90th birthday October 29, was born in we joruan country 01 tne Wiliamette valley and his ea tire llieume nas Deen speni in'' that area and In Stayton. Thom as creek in the Jordan country was named by later residents of the area for Frederick Thomas, grandfather of Thurston, who was the first settler on the creek to establish a donation land claim. Coming across the plains from Missouri around 1846-47 were the Thomas, Shelton, Bilyeu and Cox families. Mr. Thomas' moth er was a Shelton. Thomas re called that his father had fought in the Cayuse Indian wars and drew pension because of it. In the winter roads which Monmouth Election Returns Evaluated Monmouth The largest num ber of voters ever to turn out for municipal election in Mon mouth, were on hand Tuesday, ue perhaps to the interest tak- m the proposed bill to sell package beer and wine in the :ity. 1 ne proposition was defeat ed overwhelmingly by a vote of 392 to 105, almost four to one. The regular city order of 500 sallots, usually only a small por tion of w h i c h is used, didn't prove sufficient to meet the number needed this year. How ever, a few extra ballots had oeen printed, saving the situa tion, so that it was not necessary to use sample ballots to finish the voting. Adding to the interest in the election was the feature of a ri val woman candidate for mayor. Printed handbills had been cir culated proposing the name of Margaret Campbell as a candi date. Mrs. Campbell, the wife of Asa Campbell, substitute Mon mouth mail carrier, is a teacher in the Dallas schools. Mrs. Campbell received 130 write-in votes as opposed to Mayor H. W. Morlan who won with 327 votes. Mrs. Elsie Brisbane, who was un opposed for city recorder, re ceived 469 votes. The name of Carl Fischer, in cumbent councilman, was also ubmitted by petition for re-election in time to get on the printed ballot He received 241 votes as against the 309 votes for E. A. Stebbins and 333 votes for O. A. Macy. Three Appointed to Bar Examiner Board The Oregon Supreme Court Coday announced the appoint Vent of three new members nf the nine-man board of bar ex- iminers. They are Clarence D. Phillips of Portland, Robert H. Foley of Bend and George L. Hibbard of Oregon City. Their terms, for three years each, start immedi ately. The three suceed Robert W. Gilley of Portland, Wesley F. Brownton of La Grande, and Kenneth G. Denman of Med ford, whose terms expired. were scarcely more than trails became a hopeless mire, and horseback was the only means of transportation. It was only possible to hold school about three months out of the year, and all the schooling Thomas receiv ed was from the Jordan school. June 30, 1897, Thomas mar ried Miss Latha Cox at the home of her parents above Mchama near Taylor's Grove. It is an in teresting fact that Thomas' grandfather built the first store in Portland, while Mrs. Thomas' great uncle had the first .store in Salem, bringing stock across the plains by ox-cart. Purchasing a home on First street in Stayton from Mrs. Louise Goeters in July, 1920, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas retired from farming and ajock raising. He continued to work as a team ster but has long since retired from that also. Their house has been remodeled several times and now is an apartment house. Both Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have long been active in the Grange, the Rebekah and Odd fellow lodges. Thurston has been a member of the Grange for nearly 75 years. There is only one Grange member who was in when he joined, now living. He is Haitian Shelton, 93, who now lives on the coast. Mr. Thomas is quite proud of his 50-year Grange pin, and of his 50-year Oddfellow jewel. Both Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are members of the Baptist church. They never miss a meeting of tne Joab Powell reunion held annually at the old Providence church near Scio. Thomas is probably the only person living who knew Joab Powell, early day evangelist. Remarkable for one of his years is the fact that Thomas does not wear glasses steadily, only donning them to read. On the mantel of the brick fireplace which dominates one wall of their living room is a lovely clock, a Seth Thomas which belonged to Mrs. Thom as' mother. It is well over 100 years old. Thomas laughingly re marked that the name of Thom as had played a prominent part in his life, as even the clock was made by a Thomas. Claire Thomas, their only son, still lives on Thomas creek. His daughter, Letha Thomas, a sen ior at Oregon Collepe of Educa tion, is their only grandchild Of a family of 11 children, Thurston and his sister, Mrs. Rebecca Kimsey of Portland, are the only survivors. Mrs. Kimsey has been in poor health and was unable to be present for the open house held for her brothers birthday. Britains Donate State Park Site Messers James Cerstley and Henry Sergius Scott of London, England, are going to receive a neatly prepared letter of thanks and appreciation, duly signed by the Oregon state highway com mission because they have giv en a beautiful and scenic two mile stretch of Oregon ocean frontage in Curry county to the conynission as a state park sUe. The two English gentlemen are the officers of "Borax Con solidated, Limited" of London, which company has owned the beach and headlands including Cape Ferrelo and Whales Head. They have deeded the prop erty to the highway commis sion as an outright gift, the first grant made by an alien owner in the history of the com mission. The commission order ed the letter of appreciation sent at its November meeting in Portland. Salem Turkey on Way To Soldiers Overseas Turkeys produced in the Sa lem area are on their way over seas to furnish Thanksgiving dinners for the men in the arm ed services, but just in what quantity can't be estimated. Loaded in New York aboard a navy air transport were 59,- Portland Symphony Earns High Acclaim in Concert Salem's concert season opened auspiciously Tuesday night with the Portland Symphony orchestra presenting the first of three programs it is to play here this winter. Although there were some vacant seats at the high school auditorium for this first concert, the audience attending was a most appreciative and en- thusiastic one, greeting James Sample, conductor, and the or chestra with a big ovation. And so it should have, in the opin ion of those attending, because the organization is outstanding. Well worth the price of ad mission was the Britten number, "Variations on a Theme by Purcell," or "A Young Person' Guide to the Orchestra." In other words, a "lesson" or refresher on how a symphony is put to gether and how the many differ ent instruments move in to con tribute their part in the theme and harmony of the whole. The larger number of the eve ning, Brahms' "Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98, and Wag ner's melodious "A Siegfried Idyll," were especially well re ceived. On January 23 the orchestra returns to Salem for its second concert, the noted Ernest Bloch to be the guest conductor. Final concert of the orchestra for the season comes March 6. Work of Optimists For Youth Recognized Oregon this week is observing Optimist Week in recognition of the youth work done by Opti m i s t International in carrying out its role of "a friend of the boy." Salem's club is among the many in the. nation carrying on a youth program. The program nere lor the young people in- uauaspy; third place in mens extempore, Ronald Swanson. 000 pounds of Oregon eviscerat ed turkeys from the Northwest Dairy & Poultry company. A proportion of the shipment was from this area, but O. F Ryals, manager of the Salem plant of that concern, said it would be impossible to determ int the exact quantity. MILLIONS offamiliu KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE what ANAHIST m dot i ' I. Th 1. 1. CtoMMNI rMilrl iMilWltM Another Family 111 lUTITTIflTI rnuws mmmz ifj-j for finlrts! J'HS1 STOPS Cold Symptoms in many cases in a single day! J I yoar Orv Stm "an AH 1ST stopped my cold symp toms in leu than 21 hours. That convinced us ... we all use anahist now!" writes Mrs. Christensen. Anahist contains pure antihiita mine. Promptly stops sniffles, sneezes and other similar cold, miseries in many cases in a single day. For best results, take anahist at first sign of cold. 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Three first places, two sec onds, and two thirds gave Salem eludes a Boy Scout troop co sponsored by the Leslie Metho dist church; a rifle team of 58 boys, divided into two groups, one meeting Tuesday and the other Wednesday night; and a baseball school to be organized. In addition to this the club each year sponsors an oratorical contest and the Salem club has sponsored the Civic Alliance of Service clubs. In observance of Optimist Week in Salem the local club has planned a special program for its regular Thursday noon meeting at the Senator hotel. Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Nov. IS, 1950 21 a share in the top award which she also won last year. First place in women's oratory went to Annida Alexander; first and third places in men's ora tory, Marion Putnam and Paul Ward; first and second places in men's interpretive reading, John Bone and George Matter; second place debate team, Marion Put nam, Gilbert Bateson, and Anne Third place in the sweepstakes was won by Eugene. Twenty- one schools bringing a total of 282 students registered for the contest Friday morning. Last year Salem was. sweepstakes winner with Hillsboro and Bea verton tying for second place. Over 150 students from 20 schools took part in last year's competition. Fish Harvest Hong Kong, Nov. 15 MV-Villagers on the nearby mainland -harvested hundreds of yellow fish in rice paddies today after freak tidewaters reaeded. Runs in Stockings Puzzle Phone Girls Los Angeles, Nov. 15 U.R) Women employes of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph com pany's general offices complain ed today of an epidemic of runs in their nylon stockings. "We no sooner come to work." one girl said, "when we begin to feel little pops in our stock ings which soon develop long runs. "At first we thought it might have something to do with the current communications work ers strike against Western Elec tric, but the strike doesn't af fect us anyway," they said. 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