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New Salem General Hospital Wing with 70 addlUonal
beds will be ready November 15. Top, left: View ihowing
facade of the new, $970,000 wing for Salem General hos
pital now nearing completion. Top, right: Efficient ambul
ance entrance on the west side of the structure. The small
Independent structure with an open door houses the in- '
stitution's oxygen supply. Standing at right - is Lillian
McDonald, hospital superintendent. Lower, left: Top of
the new wing suitable for a future solarium. On the
ground level is the modernistic east entrance to the
structure now ' under construction. Lower, right: Helen
Yockey Memorial room, contributed by Salem Zontas as
a play and classroom associated with the hospital's pedi
atric division.
New General Hospital
Occupied About Nov. 15
By BEN MAXWELL
New wing for Salem General
hospital, constructed at a cost
of $974,000, will be completed
and ready for occupancy about
November IB, say hospital
authorities who are not shy
about saying that the new, 70
bed unit is needed now.
Today workmen art putting
finishing touches on a struc
ture for which a contract was
signed about one year ago. In
terior walls are now being
painted in cheerful pastel
shades, least irritating and
most soothing to patients, tile
floors are being mechanically
polished, finishing touches are
being added to multiplicity of
Installations. Even the area is
being graded preparatory to
landscaping.
Meeting, delivery and nurs
ery rooms in the new struc
ture will be entirely air condi
tioned and other rooms will be
adequately ventilated by forced
air. Sound-proofing Is another
feature of the structure that
patients will appreciate. Oxy
gen for hospital usage is hous-
Dallas to Buy
Chest X-Ray
Dallas Purchase of a Pick
er X-ray 4xS attachment- for
use at the Dallas hosplUl was
authorized at the regular
monthly meeting of the board
"of directors of the Polk Coun
ty TB and Health association.
This attachment is for the
purpose of taking chest x-rays
of all patients admitted to the
hospital as well as for the use
of citizens of the county and
'fees for its use will be nom
inal both to groups and indi
vidual. This is an advanced step in
hosplUl practice since very
few hospitals in the nation are
so equipped and on'!' one 'ner
hosplUl in Oregon has this fa
cility. Purchase of this at
tachment will constitute the
program of the TB and Health
association for two or three
y"unge Weist of Independ
ence, president, presided and
the Polk county public health
nurses, Mrs. Jane Domkowski
and Miss Marjorle Paul at
tended the meeting.
um nnmkowskl reported on
the work already begun by the"
recently employed county ssn
atarian, Stan Fitts. Also of in
terest was her report on the
monthly well-child clinics
which are held at West Salem,
Grand Ronde, Valsetx and
Monmouth.
Mrs. Ernest Letteken, ex
ecutive secretary, reported
that the association would have
material available at the state
fair and that the mobile x-ray
Jhit would also be in attend
ance for the first six days of
the fsir.
The next board meeting will
be a no-host menu luncheon at
the Busy-Bee Cafe In Indepen
dence Oct. 2 at 12:30 pm.
ed In a small building outside
the main structure and piped
through the new wine to af
ford many convenient outlets.
The Helen Yockey Memorial
room, a Zonta contribution to
the hospital, is now practically
completed as a children's play
and classroom. Walls will be
papered with a figured paper
and the floor will laid in a de
sign appreciated by youngsters.
This room derives its name
from Miss Helen Yockey, now
deceased but for many years
secretary and treasurer for the
Capital Journal.
Miss Lillian McDonald, hos
pital superintendent, stresses
the need for two Isolette incu
bators, net ordered because of
a lack Of funds but necessary
lor the care of prematurely
born babies. Pediatric rooms in
the new wing provide for the
care of 36 children.
Another feature for this ad
dition to General hosplUl will
be an entrance from D street,
an entrance from the east shel
tered by a modernistic porch,
a special parking area for phy
sicians cars and a westerly en
trance designed to handle am
bulance cases efficiently and
expeditiously. A tunnel 380
feet in length connecting the
older section of the hosplUl
with the new has already been
completed and is now in use.
James L. Payne is the local
architect. Original consultant
architects were Schmidt, Gar
den tc Erlkson of Chicago who
made the basic plans and ap
proved the final plans. The
prime contractor is Ross B.
Hammond of Portland. Further
plans for Salem General Hos
plUl call for ultimate construc
tion of two additional wings
at a cost ' estimated at about
22,500,000.
New Fire Alarm at
Woodburn Ordered
Woodburn A new fire
alarm system has been sUrted
in Woodburn, according to Fire
Chief Floyd Maricle. Hereafter
one blast of the siren will in
dicate that the Unker truck is
to be sent to Gervais or out on
a grass or chimney fire requir
ing only a few firemen. Three
blasU on the siren will mean a
fire of a house, barn or build
ings requiring all members of
the fire department
The old system of one blast
indicating a fire outside of
Woodburn and two for a fire
within the city llmlU has been
discontinued. The new signals
are designed to conserve man
power by not calling out all
firemen on all calls.
GRAND ISLAND CCESTS
Grand Island Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Clow and, two sons of
Waldport were Labor Day
week-end guesu of Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Palmer in
Grand Island district They
also visited Clow relatives in
the UnionvsJe district
Brother of
Pastor Talks
Rev. Charles Poling, pastor
of the Wickenburg, Ariz., Pres
byterian church, will preach
at the 9:45 and 11 a.m. Sunday
services of the Salem First
Presbyterian church. He will
be substituting for his brother
Paul Poling. His subject will
be "The Man Called Andrew."
vnaries poling served as
chaplain during both world
wars, going over seas In the
second. He is now directing a
series of cowboy camp meet
ings which is developing a pro
gram for young men on the
EZ ranch of 1000 acres near
Albuquerque, N. M. This ranch
la a part of the holdings of
Lee Evans who owns 120,000
acres of land in New Mexiso.
' Men who go to the EZ ranch
are given horses to ride and
are designated to do a certain
amount of work around the
place. Along with manual la
bor they are taught Christian
principles.
Revr and Mrs. Charles Pol
ing, while in the valley, will
visit Mrs. Poling's parents, the
Dave GranU of Dallas,
Executive Board of
Richmond PTA Meets
Members of the executive
bosrd of the Richmond PTA
will hold their first meeting
of the school year at Rich
mond school Monday night at
8 o'clock.
Mrs. L. E. Marschat, presi
dent has announced the board
members as follows:
Russell Barker, budget; Mrs.
Chris Seeley, family life edu
cation; Mrs. E. N. Snyder, flow
er arrangement; Mrs. Calvin
Keuscher, hospitality; Mrs.
Charles Ladd, health; Mrs.
Malcom MacDonald, interna
tional relations; L. E. Mar
schat, legislation; Mrs. Donald
Cades, magazine; Mrs. Ildon
Klnton, mother singers; Bob
Laws,- membership; Mrs.
George Birrell, publicity; Mrs.
Wilbur -Varan and Mrs. Daniel
Zeh, room represenUtives; Mr.
and Mrs. Henry E. Burke, rec
reational chairmen; Bob Cole,
social chairman; Mrs. Reginald
Williams, safety; Fred Rem
ington, ways and means; Mrs.
L. F. MacLaughlln, youth co
ordinator; and Delmsr Als-
shlre, program.
Other board members are
Ivan Osterman, treasurer, and
Mrs. Lloyd Relnwald, secre
Ury. Funds Sought for
Mt. Angel Seminary
Mt. Angel Catholics In
Oregon will be asked to con
tribute to a collection of funds
next Sunday, Sept 13. for the
new addition to the Mt Angel
Seminary, the grave -need of
which has been stressed by the
Most Rev. Edward D. Howard.
D.D., archbishop of Portland
in Oregon.
The Seminary building now
In use was originally built to
house 75 students, and at pres
ent 175 studenU are enrolled.
More than 30 boys were re
fused admittance to the sem
inary this year because of lack
of space.
To provide for the immedi
ate need of more dormitory
space and to Insure for future I
expansion, the Monks at Mtl
Angel Abbey plan to erect an
other two-story residence hall
which will accommodate 180
students.
Half of the 8600,000 cost of
the residence hall now nee 'd
will be provided by the monks
themselves. The general pub
lic is expected to donate the
balance of this fund. It is to be
noted also that since the be
ginning of the seminary this
is the first time that a general
appeal or drive for funds for
the seminary has been made.
Sheridan Election
Sheridan Sheridan resi
dents will vote Wednesday on
a 8350,000 sewer bond issue
which was defeated bv ballot
last tall. The polls will be open
at the city hall from t a.m. to
8 p.m. The bonds would be
paid off in about 25 years, with
the total cost of the project es
timated by engineers to be
8435,000. The city baa been or
dered by the atata sanitary
authority to have the project
completed by Dec. 31, 1833
Classes Monday
At Woodburn :
Woodburn A full day of
classes is scheduled for the
Woodburn public schools on
the opening day, Sept 14. A
short registration session was
held Friday.
All classes will convene
Monday at 8 a.m. Children in
the first three grades will be
dismissed at 2:30 p.m. and all
others at 8:30 p.m. Busses will
operate on the same schedule
as at the close of school last
spring.
All first, grade pupils, high
scnooi iresnmen ana omer new
studenU should bring the Ore-
ion pupils medical record br
Monday. First graders will also
be required to brine olrth cer
tificates and only those six
years of age on or before Nov.
15 will be admitted..
The elephant la by far the
largest land animal today.
Capital jyfournal
Viola and Ray Ruby, 14 and
18. of Scio' took the top soot
In the dairy demonstration with
their ''Preparing Cow for
Milking" during the 4-H dem
onstrations at the Oregon SUte
rair mis year.
Also taking champions his
ribbons were Frances Hughsoo
and Rhoda Pittman of Albany,
whose demonstration In home
making was entitled "Spotless
Wonders." Getting red lib
boa in that division were Gale
Brundage and Delbert Mc
Laughlin of Woodburn.
Several other 4-H club mem
bers from Central Valley
places among those taking eith
er blue or red ribbons.
Red ribbon winners In the
health and child care division
Karolyn Sevander and
Evan Hull of Lebanon '
Deanna Seeley and Diane
O'Brlst of Woodburn. -Taking
blue ribbons in the
food preservation demonstra
tions were Sara Mayer of Sa
lem and Carol Ann Hudson of
Chemawa. Red ribbons went
to Pat Boyle and Marjorle
Spearllng, Independence.'
In the dairy foods demon
stration Geraldlne Crenshaw
of Scio took a blue ribbon. .
Taking red ribbons In live
stock were Doug Gatchel and
Minnie Swanso, Linn county.
Extension on
Bridge Asked
Application for 80-day exten
sion in time for removal of
falsework on the north and
south spans of the Wilson villa
bridge has been filed by the
iseineiem Pacific Coast Steel
corporation with the office of
the district engineers of the
Corps of Engineers In Portland.
The present permit autho
rizes falsework on the two
spans with removal dates on the
north span by September I.
1953 and the south span by
October 81. The application re
quests that the army engineers
extend the time on the north
span to October 31 and the
south span to November 80.
T. W, Ragsdale, chief of the
operations division of the army
engineers said that e rectum of
steel in the center span -will
not be commenced until the
north span ia clear at false
work. . -
"This wlU leave the north
span clear for navigation when
tne center span la obstructed,"
Ragsdale explained. '
I mraon or um center span
lis expected to be done from I
Carol Ness, 12, Greshsm,
oven at Oregon SUte Fair.
Club bread baking contest.
barges without : placing of
falseworks.
Letters concerning the effect
of the falsework on navigation
are invited by the engineer
from all parties concerned, par
ticularly navigation interesU
and state and local authorities.
Such letters should reach the
army engineer office In the
Plttock Block, Portland, not
late, than September 29.
Woodburn Golfers'
Family Day Sunday
Woodburn Family day will
be heldat the Woodburn golf
fT"1- 14 w'us
ww we oxx a:so p.m. ana
pot-luek rapper at 8:30. Games
will follow the supper. Kay
Bishoprick. Mildred Plank and
Blanche Pickering wlU be the
committee in charge of the
(upper,
even teen women were
out
for play Thursday with Alma
Tlmm and .- Rose Bcbmld
hostesses at the luncheon hour,
Flay for the day was the
best
chip shot on No. 9 green, woo
by Bea Palmer. The rail tour-
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Whatever You Have to
Sell
Whatever You llavo to
Rent
Chances are you'll find someone
who Is looking for iust that very
thing through the Capital journal
classified columns.
Try It MOW
Phone 22406 Before
10 A.M. to Place
Your Classified Ad
For the Same Day's Paper
SAY
"CHARGE IT"
bastes her loaf of bread in
Loaf will be entered In 4-H
Beer Prices
Take Jump ;i
' Chicago Increases In the
wholesale price of ease 'beer
were announced Friday
throughout the country.
Tne paost Bale Co, of Chi
cago -eat the prioa rise pace
Thursday, although as early aa '
Tuesday wholesalers learned .
a hike was to take eCeet Oct 1.
The National Bear Whole
salers Association, represent
In iAm a OOA rftatrlHittAM
TAnrfaMl Vis InaMWMsss a whnla. '
.veraies 14 cents for ..
case of 24 12-ounea bottle.
a Brewer Ualdea Pabat who .
are raising prices, the asaocla-
Uon sell, tra Schlltx, Aaheua-
tr-Buscb, inppart ana Bellas
tine. AU blamed tne Moat on
increased labor coats.
namant waa dismissed. Thoea '
aa
wishing to enter must play the)
croaurying rennoa on epiem
be 11, the tea oft to fee at : '
a.m. Committee far next
Thursday will be Anne and
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