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Legion Gels
Birthday Cake
I The 34th birthday anniver
sary of the American Legion
was observed Monday evening
in the Legion Club with about
150 attending
wts-.'S- In th absence of Command
er James A. Garvin, who is ill,
Don Dill, vice, commander, ac
cepted the birthday cake from
Unit President Mrs. A. D. Ap
person. Mrs. Charles Greene
was general chairman for the
to no-host ham dinner.
The program was in charge
Crifc Mrs. Earl T. Andresen who
presented the following:
h ? From Jori-Mar Dancing Stu-
dios was a soft shoe dance by
r Fatty Whalen: a feature dance
y Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Van
Swearingen; a hula dance by
fDiane Pearcy; Jitterbug dance
1 by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mejstrick:
f vocal numbers by Mrs. Agnes
a ; j. lie iiAic uauuciB " i
1 right, Paul Hale, Bob Moon and
"3 Ray Pease who entertained
m with orchestra end vocal num-
On Friday, March 27, the
S auxiliary will hold a bazaar
and cooked food sale in the
il gas company building, 109 S.
f Commercial St., with Mrs. Fred
Matthieu in charge.
The next meeting of Capital
Unit will be Monday, April 6,
at Salem Womans club. Mrs.
Paul Ficke, legislative chair
man, will have a speaker for
the meeting.
Members are asked to bring
sweaters to the meeting to be
sent to the Korean children.
This project is sponsored by
the Department of Oregon, Am
erican Legion auxiliary. The
child welfare work of the aux
iliary has a two-fold purpose:
First: to assure care and pro
tection of children of war vet
erans, and second: to achieve
the Legions goal of "A Square
Deal for Every Child."
Woodbant WCTTJ
Woodburn The Woodburn
unit of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union will meet
Friday, March 20, at 2:30 p.m.
at the home of the resident.
Mrs. Florence Sprouse.
Luxury Tissue
at a
Budget Price!
SUPREME COURT REVIEWS
Top, left: Bottle and bundled sheet contain mummified
bedbugs entered as exhibits in a case in the Oregon Su
preme Court 35 years ago. The rifle was used by Old
Man Peare to kill one Culver in 1925. Peare, 67, was the
oldest man ever banged at the penitentiary. . Center pic
tures: Miscellaneous exhibits found on shelving in Supreme
Court basement. Top, light: Valentine submitted in breach
of promise suit aided the plaintiff in getting a $1 judgment
against the defendant Lower, left: Obstetrical instruments,
evidence in an abortion case 86 years ago; battered cornet
helped ta lower court to decide the plaintiff was entitled
to $20,000 damages in the case of Tubbs vs. P.E. It E.
Railway; and the lantern that was the light that failed a
brakeman in a suit for personal damages. Right center:
Arthur Benson, associated with the Supreme Court of Ore-
gon for 81 years as deputy and clerk, views a safety box
opened with a can opener to gain access to papers in the
case of Wayne vs. Huber. Lower right: Bicycle that be
came evidence in a fatal accident on Highway 99 near Gold
Hill in Jackson county. The other bicycle, dating an
accident of 19 years ago, pertains to a case not recorded in
Court files.
Washington
Members of
East Salem Two special
programs by pupils of Wash
ington school were presented
the past week, one for the
Mothers club and one as' the
program preceding a tea hour
for members.
The play for the Mothers
club was "Keep Oregon Green"
by pupils of Merlin Marsh's
fifth grade. The announcer was
Sharon Bishop.
Participating were Cherrlll
Doty, James Eliot, Duane
Bosteder, Jean Bohls, Loretta
Kay, Judell Hepp, Douglas
Howard, Sharon Bishop, Dickie
Graham, Marlis Hanh; Dicky
Carlisle, Deliah Jack, Billly
Carlisle, Jerry Henne; Merlin
Henderson, James Anderson,
Harry Kepper, Melvin Holland,
Florence Epley, Billy Clayton,
Larry Isham and Clark Engle.
Special for the mothers of
the sixth grade room of James
Watson was the play, "The
Lazy One." The announcer was
Thomas Prock.
Taking part were: Larry
Patzer; Dem Stoops; Gene
Stoutenburg, Melvin Mocabee,
Betty Caples, Karen Kingston,
Judy Gardner, Lorena Ran
dolph, Beverly Smith, Donny
Stettler, Ted Milburn, Charles
Carter, Richard Stelnke, Rob
ert Graham, Jimmy Shires,
Dickie Robinson, Barbara
Kertz, Sharon Taylor . and
Carol Page.
lOWMOUOtJB
HIGH IH MUST
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Counting 9
BEDBUGS AND VALENTINES
School Hosts
Mothers Club
A successful "Spring Festi
val" was reported by the com
mittee ' working for the event
of last Friday night at Swegle
school.
Assisting the chairman, Mrs.
Alldon Sockwell, were many of
the mothers and fathers of the
school children with Mrs. R.
Jlpp, Mrs'. John Zwempke
working for the special awards
given; Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
DeLapp and Mrs. Everett
Morse, the cake walk; Mrs.
Archie Gardner and the pupils
of the third grade the fish
pond; Mrs. Jack Tipton, Mrs.
Delbert Otjen and in the eve
ning Mrs. Russell Kreuger,
Mrs. Ray Bernardy, Mrs. Julius
Miklia, Mrs. Robert May, Mrs.
M. Focht, Mrs. Oscar Wright,
Mr. Bennett and the teachers.
Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Wilhelm
returned last Thursday to their
home on Swegle road from a
trip to southern California and
Mexico. They were accompa
nied by a house guest, Adam
Knophle, from Bottineau, N.
D., Roger and Janet Wilhelm.
At Riverside they visited Mr.
Wilhelm's sister and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Norberg;
his brother, Robert Wilhelm at
Long Beach and her niece at
San Diego.
Miss Nancy Jo Jayne, daugh
ter of the Charles Jaynes of
you SA
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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Mem, Oretoa
Hearing Tonight
On Zone Code
The first public hearing on
the city's new zoning code will
be .held Wednesday night at
West Salem City hall by the
city planning and zoning com
mission. The meeting starts at
7:30.
The code, which has been
well publicized, is subject to
changes, and already the com
mission has received a num.
ber of requests for changes be'
fore its final adoption, t
Denial was recommended by
the commission at its meet
ing Tuesday night for a request
from Henry Torvend for a zone
change at Center and 20th
streets to permit offices for two
doctors. The new code intends
to make Center east of 17th a
residential district.
Consideration will be given
a 'petition from the Woodry
Furniture Market for a change
to permit it to enlarge its store
at 1605 North Summer, and a
public hearing will be held at
the April 21 meeting.
On the same date hearings
will be given J. E. LeCIerc who
wants to have a real estate of
fice at 1696 North Capitol, and
Mrs. Marguerite Wheatley,
who wants to operate a tea
room at her home 725 Court.
Both conform to the proposed
new code, but they want to get
started before the code can be
adopted. .
COLUMBIA BILLS GIVEN '
Washington UP) Bills auth
orizing expenditure of 150 mil
lion dollars Instead of 75 mil
lion tor flood control and re
lated work in the Columbia
River Basin were introduced
Tuesday by Reps. Angell (R.
Ore.) and Mack (R.-Wash.).
Lancaster Dr., is spending her
vacation from school with a
friend, Miss Patricia Shepherd
in Seattle, Wash.
Merry-Go-Round club of
Hollywood Dr. is meeting
Thursday, March 19, at 7:30
p.m. with Mrs. Royal Wenig,
Jr., on route 6 in Fruitland
community.
Bedbugs, Valentines
Among Court Exhibits
By BIN MAXWELL
Exhibits ranging from bed-,
bugs to valentines have been
inspected by Oregon's Supreme
Court in the review of 18,000
cases presented before that tri
bunal during the past 90 years.
Many of these, dating back
40 and more years, are retain
ed in the basement storage of
the Supreme Court building.
Exhibits presented by liti
gant at the conclusion of their
cases may be reclaimed. Some
do withdraw them. Others are
content to let bygones be by
gones and leave the exhibits In
custody of the court. As yet the
Supreme Court has made no
attempt to dispose of the grow
ing exhibit collection that Ar
thur Benson, for 61 years de
puty and then clerk of the
court, calls "junk."
And junk it is in nearly ev
ery instance. ' '
,'
Take a look at 35-year-old
bottle of bedbugs and the
bundled sheet that is said to
contain many more. Those bed
bugs are dessicated and yellow
with age. Who would want
them or the sheet infested with
dead vermin? Once a plaintiff
did in the case of Hill vs.
CampbeU filed with the Court
January 29, 1918.
In this case the plaintiff had
purchased an apartment house
of sorts in Portland on a pur
chase contract. Soon she (the
plaintiff was a woman) was
disillusioned with her bargain
and sued to break her agree
ment with the defendant. She
alleged that the deal, was a
swindle, that many of the ten
ants (excepting the bedbugs)
were dummies and more par
ticularly that her acquisition
was infested with' vermin
bedbugs to be exact, or clmex
lcctularius if your delicacy of
expression . should be ques
tioned. '
The court took a dim view
of the plaintiff's case and sus
tained the lower court that
bound her to her agreement
and the bedbugs, too.
Well, whnt'a next? Tnhh. vs
Portland, Eugene and Eastern
Railway is next. Exhibit A in
this case consists of a battered
cornet. This case was filed
with Oregon's Supreme Court
October 1, 1912.
Tubbs was a bandsman in a
dog and pony show that hit
Albany more than 40 years
ago. With the others he was
tootling down the main street
of Albany following the street
car track. Others saw the
street car coming and stepped
GOP Committeeman
Sues Ex-Employer
Portland VP) Two former of
ficers in the Interstate Tractor
and Equipment Co. Tuesday
filed suit for more than $2,000
each which they claim as back
salary.
They are Jess Gard, who also
is Oregon republican national
committeeman, and George J.
Alstadt.
They were removed from
their offices in the firm in a
recent organizational shakeup.
COPTER SAVES 27 JAPS
Tokyo (U.R) An Air Force
helicopter rescued 27 Japanese
from a grounded fishing vessel
65 miles southwest of Okinawa
today.
Tonight enjoy
iuild
TJine
Bottled in California
for extra quality
Cakforma
Sherry JvSf
Muscatel
(85)
aside. Not Tubbs with his cor-
net and lyre. He stayed in the
track and kept on playing.
The disconcerted motorman
tried to stop, but, alas,, too
late for Tubbs. He was run
over and his cornet smashed.
At tne Hospital, teeth were
found mining' and amputation
of a leg was imperative.
A lower court allowed Tubbs
$20,000 in personal - damages
The Albany street railway
company appealed, Here is e
case not recorded in the re
ports. Before the case came up
for a hearing the matter of
damages was settled by stipu
lation. What Tubbs finally re
ceived for physical injuries, his
battered cornet and his broken
lyre is nowhere recorded.
Yonder twisted bicycle.
What story does it tell? It re
call! a sad and recent death in
volved in the case of Spence
vs. Rassmussen. The accident
occurred near: Gold Hill in
Jackson county an" was filed
with the court . January 24.
1951.
xrusty rule, how .many
niches does your gun-stock
bear? One said the court in
the case of State vs. Pearse and
sustained a lower court finding
the defendent guilty of mur
der in the first degree. When
that lethal weapon smoked in
the hands of L. W. Peare, Coos
county moonshiner. Culver, a
bachelor, fell dead. The quar
rel? Well, if it matters now,
was about a line fence. The
case was filed February 17.
18Z5, ana on May 22, 1925. old
man Peare, 67, and the oldest
man ever executed at' Oregon
State penitentiary, was hanged.
w w w
roe jignt that failed was
submitted as an exhibit in the
case of Adsklm vs. the O. R. &
N. railroad. Adsklm sued the
company for damages InvoW'
lng personal injuries arising
out of an accident nine miles
west of LaGrande. Somehow.
the railroad's electric lantern
carried by Adsklm, a brake
man, appears to have failed
and was a contributing factor
to his injuries.
Who used a can opener on
the little black security box
inai once contained a will and
r;;K
September 4, 1930. Court re
ports do not say and Arthur
Benson who selected this ex
hibit at random, wonders too.
Adlai Impressed by
Korean Difficulties
Seoul VP) Adlai Stevenson
ended a five-day tour of Korea
today and said he was tremen
dously impressed "with the
infinite difficulties that this
cruel war presents."
i must say I don't know
how long this senseless war
will go on how long the Chi
nese, once the friends of the
Koreans and the Americans,
and most of all, the United
Nations here engaged, will con
tinue to bleed and die for their
Russian masters," he added., .
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Will yea be my valentine?
The court said yes in a small
way to the plaintiff in an ac
tion for damages in a breach
of promise suit when it award
ed a judgment of $1 against
the defendent. Who was the
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