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.
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Salem Shares
Sweep Honors
Salem high school shared
sweepstakes honors with Grants
Pass at Pacific university's
fourth annual high school for
ensic tournament held in Forest
Grove on November 10-11.
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.
Similar epidemics of runs in
nylon stockings occurred in
1949 in Jacksonville, Fla., and
in 1947 at Cleveland, O. The
cause never was discovered.
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