' Tuesday, August 18, 1953
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. Salem. Orwn
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East Salem By-pass Spans Highway and Railroad
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Gl Loan Papers Lead Man
To Reunion With Mother
Donald Walter Aldridge,,pendence, Ore., in 1923.
high tchool teacher and athletic! The children were supposed
coach at North Marion Union to be put in a private home
high school, little realized when 'until she regained her health,
he made out his application fori Instead, her little boy, Waldo,
a GI loan to purchase his home was put out (or adoption. When
in Donald that he was going she went to pick up her chil
to be united with his mother, dren a year later, having re-
Mrs. Carson, who lost him 30 ; gained her health, she couldn t
years ago. find any trace of him. She and
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It was after the war when
he sought a CI loan, and the
government asked family sta
tistics that started him search
ing through old records and
questioning former neighbors
in an effort to find his real
mother.
Mrs. Carson had six children
of her own and adopted another
boy. However, sorrow and
trouble caused her to suffer a
nervous breakdown in lnae-
Times-Guild
Reopen Parley
Seattle UP) The Seattle
Times and the American News
paper Guild CIO Monday
agreed each to appoint three
man committees to seek re
open negotiations on a contract
dispute that has closed down
the Times ainra Jnlv IS.
The Guild Times unit, in a 1 from Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kruse.
her family moved to Oakland,
Calif., and she reared the fam
ily by working as a seamstress.
Waldo, who became Walter
to his new parents, grew up,
went to college, served in the
Army in World War It and later
became a school teacher.
Mother and son began cor
responding about three months
ago, then Walter, his wife and
two children,.. Irene, 9, and
Rhonda, a year old, went to
Oakland and saw his mother
for the first time in 30 years.
He also aw his two sisters,
Mrs. Josephine Avery of Ala
meda, Calif., and Mrs. Ruby
Bachelder of Point Richmond,
Calif., and his brother, Eugene
Carson, San Leandro, Calif,
The adopted son, Roger Lo
gan Carson, disappeared five
years ago and two other chil
dren have died. Mrs. Carson
now has IS grandchildren
"since I found these two,
Federal Court j
Returns Case I
Portland (ft An attempt'
to transfer a case from the
Marion County Circuit Court
to a federal court was turned .
by Federal Judge Gus Solomon
Monday. ; -
The case was that of Gerald
T. Macomber, seeking release
from prison on grounds be was
forced to plead guilty end that
he had been denied certain
civil rights. i
Macomber was sentenced to
life Imprisonment from Jack
son County in 1950 on an as
sault conviction. He was ar
rested after an extended hunt
that attracted wide attention.
The state attorney general'
office had attempted to hand
the case over to the federal
court. But Judge Solomon said
the state courts were able to
handle it . ;
KILLED IN EAST OREGON
Jordan Valley, Ore. ift A
former resident of Burley, Ida..
Robert Eugene Dick, 21, was
killed and his companion, a
Burly serviceman, was injured
when their car upset 20 miles
north of here yesterday.
Husbands! Wives!
Mr. Aldridffe mirchated
home in Donald- thii rammer .Bit PiD. Villi! Fl Yniinffr
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Grads in Picnic
Woodburn The first reuni
on of the 1942 graduating class
of Woodburn high school was
held Sunday, August 16, at
Settlemier park in Woodburn
with about 50 present including
husbands, wives and children
of the graduates.
The picnic dinner was at 1
p. m. followed by a short pro
gram which included reading
of the class will by Vic Fryer.
Most of the afternoon was spent
renewing old friendships. It
was decided to have andther
reunion in 19S7. Miss Margaret
Yates of Woodburn was chair
man of the committee in charge
of arrangements, assisted by
Mrs. Marlin Hammond and Vic
Fryer.
Present were Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Martin, Aurora; Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Crosby, Wood
burn; Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Baldwin,-
Oswego; Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Shrock, Woodburn;
Mr. and Mrs. Clem Dryden,
Woodburn; Mr. and Mrs. Mar
lin Hammond, Woodburn; Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Herigstad,
Pasco, Washington; Mr. and
Mrs. Harley Branigar, Wood
burn; Mr. and Mrs. Myron Har
per, Brooks; Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Willeford, Portland; Harold Til
den, Los Angeles; Mrs. Jean
Coverstone, Portland; Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Brusch, Portland:
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McCraw,
Tillamook; Virginia Kirsch,
Woodburn; Mr. and Mrs. Har
old Fish, Woodburn; Mr. and
Mn Gerald B. Smith, Jr.,
Woodburn: Miss Margaret
Vote. Woodburn: Mr. and Mrs-
Paul Rvan, Woodburn; Vic
cw.,. Wnnrihurn: Mrs. Betty
Mosick, Woodburn; Mr. and
Mrs. Virgil Adamson, Oregon
City; Miss Elizabeth Moon,
Portland; Mr. and Mrs.. Frank
Krupicka. Eugene; Mr. and
Mrs. Marsden Workman, Wood
burnt Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Fatbin. The Dalles; Mr- ni
Mrs. Robert Anderson, Silver-
Inn: Mr. and Mrs. minora
Pahl. Aurora.
Top, left: Turner road overpass, now standing alone
like some classical monument, will join the S. P. overpass
when earth now being moved from Bartosz completes the
fill between the two' viaduct. Lower, left: Ten yard
"can" used by Roy Houck, Jr., prime contractor for this
section of the by-pass, to move about 105,000 yards of
earth from Bartosz hill to complete a by-pass fill to Mill
creek overflow. Top. right: Grader working in a new
nine tenth mile realignment of Turner rSfad that passes
beneath the overpass. Lower, right: See the train roll.
New overpass spanning S. P. track may become a mecca
for railroad photographers because of picture possibilities
offered here by track curvature. '
School Sept. 1 4
For Silverton
Silverton Superintendent
Howard Balderstone of the lo
cal school system has an
nounced the opening of all de
partments for continued class
work to begin Monday, Sep
tember 14.
The t e a c n e r in-service
school of instruction is to be
September 8 and 9. Senior high
school registration days are
September 10 and 11, with
evening registration permitted
to accommodate the young
men and women who are sea
sonally employed.
For grades and Junior high,
the principals and teachers re
to meet their prospective pu
pils Thursday, September 10,
ana again rriaay, &epiemoer
1 1, for room location and class
Keizer
v.iT.r Vinitlne at the home
m. Mr W. H. Eck
stein on Churchdale Ave. is her
mother, Mrs. ina imswonn,
from Portland.
r..u..t. t the home of Mr
and Mrs. W. H. Eckstein on
r-hnrxhriale Ave., have been
u ivutln' brother and
family, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy
Ditsmore and son, Ronnie, of
Alsona, Iowa.
Rnv Smuts of Keizer will
pick up paper or magazines
from homes in the district. Four
boys will take calls and the
waste paper will be picked up
within a week. Anyone having
paper call Clifford Harris. 4455
riovt.i. RH Phone 3-4850: Bill
Shattuc, 882 Sunset Ave., phone
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4-1232; Richard Konn,
Dearborn Ave., phone 2-0741,
u.aln MIS North
River Rd.. phone 2-8203. This
is a year rouna project.
Mn Fr.H Kurtz. 3890 N
River Road, entertained several
friends Fridsy afternoon.
Guests were Mrs. Fred Reick,
prrv Mn. Allan
McRae. Mrs. Floyd Martgeson.
Mrs. Edward Kline, Mrs. r ran
Hanley. Mrs. Elwood Kelty.
i rM,.ji Dn(t Mrs. Carl
Jandt, Mrs. Claude Gulre and
Miss Mildred Anderson.
If...: ..W war nlavefl
muiiv nuuiuvi -' r '
by the guests and television
was viewed. A luncn was serv
H hv th VtntM later.
Visiting friends in Oregon is
Mrs. George Robinson and
children, Tony and Ragan.
Thursday Mrs. Robinson and
children were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. T. V. Ryan, 5035 Robin
dale drive. The Robinsons, now
living in Washington, D. C,
formerly lived on Robindale
drive in. Keizer.
Guests at the home of Mrs.
George Long, 5080 Newberg
drive, are Mrs. Long's patents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Lawless and
her sisters, Betty and Doris,
from Palisade, Neb., and a sis
ter, Connie Lawless, from Lin
coln, Neb.
assignment. This will complete
preliminaries to insure regu
lar work to start Monday, Sep
tember 14.
i Around 60 kindergarten chil
dren have been registered
which may present a teacher
requirement and class divi
sional problem to yet be
worked out.
George Gillis of McMinn
ville has signed a contract to
teach industrial arts for the
coming school year, replacing
Archie. Tlmmons who went
from the local schools to Mc
Minnville.
Two teachers, Miss Hannah
Olson of Silverton and Miss
Muriel Bentson, a Silverton
young woman and Salem in
structor, are completing a
three months' stay abroad, vis
iting various European coun
tries, observing, first hand, so
cial problems.
Chinese Now Masters
In Northern Korea
Panmunjom. Korea W. A
returning war prisoner said to
day the Chinese Communists
have replaced the Russians as
the masters of North Korea.
"There is no more North Ko
rea," Cpl. Lester E. Williams,
26, Kemah, Tex., said. "The
Chinese run everything."
Williams returned to free
dom today with 74 other U.S.
captives of the Communists,
bringing the number of Ameri
cans freed in 15 day old "Oper
ation Big Switch" to 1,180.
Marine Sergeant
Receives Discharge
Sgt. Raymond C. Donnen
wirth, who since May, 1952, has
been on the instruttor-lnspec-tor
staff here for the Marine
Corps Reserves, August 14 re
ceived his discharge from the
Marine Corps.
Donnenwirth, whose home is
at Portola, Calif., enlisted in
the .Marine Corps August 14,
1951, and came to Salem from
a supporting arms training
regiment at .Camp Pendleton,
Calif. At the Salem office he
was a classification clerk.
The sergeant will attend Chi
co State Teachers' College at
Chico, Calif., this fall.
Seely Clan Holds
Picnic at Champoeg
Woodburn The annual
reunion and picnic of the
Seely clan was eld Sunday,
Aug. 16, at Champoeg park
with 75 present. Of this
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group there were 16 first cou
sin. The oldest member of
the family present was Mrs.
Mary A. ' Seely. of Portland
who is 95, and the youngest
was Diane Seely daughter of
the Clifford Seelys of Wllson
ville. Coming the longest dis
tance for the reunion was
Clarence Seely and family of
Moscow, Idaho.
s Archie . Seely of Portland
was chairman for the day. and
for next year Percy Seely of
Woodburn will be chairman.
The 1954 reunion will be the
third Sunday in August at the
same place.
membership meeting, passed a
resolution proposing the move.
The Times, informed of the
Guild proposal, said it would
be "pleased" to go along.
At issde is a Guild demand
for a 7.8 per cent pay increase.
The Times has offered in
creases ranging from 3.S to 5.88
per cent. Some 250 Guildsmen
are on strike, idling 450 other
Times employes.
Portland Will Use
Radar on Speeders
Portland f) Mayor Fred
L. Peterson said Monday he
will ask the city council for
authority to purchase radar
equipment to check speeding
vehicles.
He made the announcement
after Police Chief James Fur
cell, Jr., had approved the
radar system. Purcell said it
k.jl hn tx.f.jt.iil In Galm
and Akron, Ohio.
At present he is working for the
Donald Co-op, but will resume
his teaching and coaching work
at North Marion Union high
school, Sept. 14.
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A CHRISTIAN KINDERGARTEN
OPENING AT
CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH
175 STATE STREET
Sept 21, 1953 Follows Public 8ehooI Tear
to 11:45 A.M. Dally
Limited to: 25 children 5 years of age
For Reservations and Information Call 1-6718
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