Saturday, Jftwtaber 28, 1353
THE CAPITAL JOUKAAL. Salaam, OrtfM
Pan I
Arthur Benson Will
Retire at End of Year
Arthur 8. Beaton, clerk ol
the SUU Supreme Court, who
with nearly 62 yean of service
with the state's highest tribu
nal, retires December 11, will
The first clerk of the Su
preme Court was C. W. Le
Breton, who became clerk
January IS, 1844. Benson was
the 16th clerk being appoint-
COURT CLERK TO RETIRE
be honored on December 16 M Fehruarv S. 1918. He serv-
with a reception In his office. led as deputy clerk under J. J.
Hosts for the affair will be Murphy. March 10, 1902, un-
Justlce Earl C. Latourette,
Acting Chief Justice Harold J.
Warner and Associate Justices
George Rossman, Walter L.
Toore. William C. Perry, HaU
S. Luik and James T. Brand.
The reception will be held
between the hours of 4 and 6
and all of the friends of the
honored guest are invited to
attend. Many top state officials
are expected to pay their re
spects to the retiring clerk.
Benson's span of service ex
tends over half of the period of
existence of the office, which
extends back prior to the ter
ritorial government.
Seven Tracts
Being Offered
Fifteen million board feet
of timber In seven trscts ap
praised at a total of more than
a quarter of a million dollars
are to be offered for bids on
December 4, according to the
Salem district forester for the
bureau of land management
Located In the Salem forest
district, three of the tracts are
In Linn county and one each
In Clackamas, Benton, Tilla-
" mook and Lincoln counties.
' The district forester report
ed that four of the tracts,
! ranging in volume from 235,-
000 board feet to 2,157,000
board feet each, consist of
wind fire or insect-damged ' of Adv,nc9 SneeU, ta.
timoer or salvage rrom . rinfHl oninionl of
The tracts which 7. " T
til June 1. 10T, when J. C.
Moreland became clerk of the
court He continued as dep
uty .clerk until he was ap
pointed to the post.
The State Supreme Court
met on the third floor of the
old State House until Febru
ary, 1914 when it moved to
the present supreme court
building. Until 1900 the court
was composed of three Jus
tiers then it was increased
to five and in 1913 it was in
creased to seven, its present
numerical strength.
Since establishment of the
supreme court under Oregon's
provisional government in
1941 with Dr. Ira L. Babcock
as the one Supreme Court jus
tice with probate power, there
have been a total of 74 Jus
tices of the court. Of this
number, Benson has served
under 43, commencing under
Justices Robert S. Bean.
Charles E. Wolverton and
Frank A. Moore.
Benson said Saturday that
until the Introduction of type
writers all records of the
court were handwritten, in
eluding opinions of the court
The first appearance of type
written opinions was that of
Justice Frank A. Moore In
1892. It was not until 1893
that all opinions were type
written. Benson set up the
present filing system and
inaugurated other innovations
in the clerk's office during his
long administration.
In 1925 Benson began pub-
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Meeting on
World Issues
The second public meeting
in the realm of International
relations will be held Monday,
Nov. 30 at p.m. in the lobby
of the YMCA. '
The guest speaker will be
Dr. Norman Huffman of Wil
lamette university who will
speak on "Conditions and
Problems of the Middle East"
Dr. Huffman returned to
Salem in September after be
ing abroad for over a year.
Part of the time was spent In
Italy where he did extensive
study and research on Creek
New Testament manuscripts
on a Fullbright grant
'During June and July tot
this year. Dr. Huffman visit
ed In countries of the Middle
East, where ha had first hand
opportunity to observe condi
tions and the political situa
tions in this area. He was In
Egypt following the visit of
Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles and observed the
reaction of the official visit In
that area. Beyreut was visit
ed while an economic confer
ence of the Arab countries
was in session, giving Dr.
Huffman the chance to better
understand the problems of
the Arab states.
A question period will fol
low Dr. Huffman's lecture.
The interested public is invited.
Well Child Clinic
At Woodburn Dec. 8
Woodburn Appointments
are now being taken for the
two well-child health confer
ences to be held in the North
Marion county area Tuesday,
Dec (. Residents of the
Woodburn and Gervais areas
will meet at the Woodburn
public library from 9:30 am.
until noon and those from
Hubbard, Donald, Butteville,
Broadacres and Aurora will
meet at the North Marion
union high school from 1 JO
to 3:30 pu ,
Arrangements for appoint
ments at the Woodburn con
ference may be made by cal
ling Mrs. Edward Comaa at
6036. For the North Marion
high school conference ap
pointments may be made by
calling either Mrs. Raymond
Peterson in Aurora, 1003 af
ter pjn. or Mrs, Lea Epperi
at Aurora 5715.
FENNY HAS BABY
Los Angeles A T-pound,
44 -ounce daughter was born
yesterday to actress Penny Ed
wards, wife of Ralph Winters,
a television casting director.
It is their first child.
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Again we ore pleased to be
able to open our home to our
many friends and customers
for the annual holiday showing '
of Christmas merchandise and decorations,
beginning November 29th.
House Hours Noon to I p.m. Shop Hour am, to pan.
Arthur S. Benson, long-time clerk of Oregon Supreme
Court, who announces retirement at end of this year.
ous logging.
consist primarily of green
Douglas fir timber are esti
mated to contain 8,344,000
board feet, 3,7Oa,000 board
feet, and 1,675,000 board feet
and are located, respectively,
east of La comb, south of Mo
Islls, and south of Philomath.
Sealed or oral bids, as speci
fied for esch tract offered, will
be received at the regular
monthly . timber sale which
commences at 9 a.m., Decem
ber 4, 1953, at 460 North High
street In Salem.
East Salem
East Salem The third meet
ing of the Merry Mixers 4-H
club, the second of the reg
ular scheduled class meetings,
was held Tuesday at the home
of the assistant leader, Mrs.
Albert Suran.
The lesson demonstration
' was given by Sharon Suran
, and Marlene Mallicoat.
Attending were Eileen Smal-
, ley, Judith Howard, Kay In-
gle, Sharon Suran, Gail Marble,
' Judy Pahl, Diane Muller, Mon-
lea Smith, Sandra Pankratz
' and Marlene Mallicoat, with
' Mrs. Dale Mallicoat and Mrs.
i Suran. leaders.
' Mothers present were Mr
Harvey Page and Mrs. Cleo
' Keppinger.
i The club will not have the
' Christmas party until Dec. 22,
j but will exchange gifts. The
' next lesson meeting will be at
the Page home.
In Auburn community, Mrs.
; Arlo McLain entertained with
a luncheon, members ot her
the court. Ten years later,
under legislative authority,
Benson conducted the first
election of the governors of
the Oregon State Bar.
In the year following, also
under legislative direction,
Benson became custodian of
all plans in a national com
petition of architects for a
new capitol Building, pians
later submitted to the State
Capitol Reconstruction com
mission for award of prizes
and selection of architects.
In his position as clerk,
Benson waa personally ac
quainted with most members
of the bar over the last bail-
century, and many persons
who to the average student of
Oregon history are only
names, are to the veteran
clerk, people whom he knew
intimately and served in the
earlv davs.
Benson, although eligible
for retirement aome years
ago, at t n e request oi uie
court stayed on the Job until
under state law his retirement
becomes compulsory. Hence
on December 31, this faithful
state worker will terminate
his services to the state su
preme court and the Oregon
bar.
He will be succeeded by F.
M. Sercombe of Portland.
Benson was born in San Jose,
Calif., September 19. 1878 and
was educated in the public
schools in Grants Pass. He was
graduated from Willamette
University law school with an
LLB degree in 1905.
On September 12, 1908 he
married Marriett Ann McGreg
or.
Eugene O'Neill, Famed
Playwright Passes
Boston W) Eugene O'Neill,
famed playwright and Nobel
prize winner, died last night
at his home of bronchial
pnueumonia. He was 65.
Funeral services will be pri
vate In accordance with his-
wishes.
Also a three time Pulitzer
prize winner in literature,
O'Neill had roamed the world
for material until recent years
when he wss stricken with
Parkinson's disease. That
disease, a form of palsy, grad
ually cut down his activities
until writing became impossi
ble.
Present at his bedside were
his third wife, the former Csr
lotta Monterey, a nurse, and
hia physician, Dr. Harry L.
Kozol who ssid death was
caused by bronchial pneu
monia. '
High point in his long
career was in 1936 when he
was awarded the Nobel Prize
in literature. The award com
mittee did not cite any partic-
plar work but O'Neill consid
ered his play "Mourning Be
comes Electra," a strong factor
in tne cnoice.
That prize was only one of
the many honors won by the
prolific playwright, who had
more than two score plays
; Jolly Eight card club, at her ,.,.. , . ,..Dhw of for-
, Monroe avenue home. It was j mer Gov Frank L. Benson, who
a birthday remembrance for jucceeded to the governorship
, 'four of the members, Mrs. Earl jn 1909 after Governor George
? Kasson, Mrs. Henry Knight, E .chamberlain had been elect
Mrs. Edwin Jackson and Mrs. ! a to the United States senate.
a McLain.
' Thanksgiving guests at the
a Glenn Meddy home on Monroe
5 Ave. were Mr. and Mrs. Harold
r Wegner, Mrs. Albert Hilke, Mr.
and Mrs. Glen C. Jones, Mrs.
r Margaret Triplet of Portland,
L Glenda, Larry and Dennis
s Moody, and the hosts,
Mr. and Mri. Stuart Johns
J and Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Wil
r ler, Fred, Keith and Dorothy,
J were in Salem at the home of
r Mrs. John'i mother, Mrs. John
J French, for Thanksgiving din-
ner.
" Two o. the shut-ins In Swe
ll gle community were remem-
bered this week by a number of
K small children of the Garden
t Road Christian Bible school
by their
produced. His Pulitzer Prizes
were for "Beyond .the Hori
zon," 1920; "Anna Christie,"
1922; and "Strange Interlude,"
1928.
On receiving . news of
O'Neill's desth, George Jean
Nathan, influential newspaper
and magazine drama critic,
said in New York the Ameri
can theater had lost its great
est playwright and "I have
lost one of my longest and
dearest friends."
Nathan was one ot the first
to recognize O'Neill's talents
and started to open Broadway
doors for him in 1917,
O'Neill's last Broadway play
was ' The Iceman Cometh ' in
1946.
Other O'Neill plays includ
ed "The Emperor Jones," "The
Straw," "Desire Under the
Elms," "Marco Millions," "Ah,
Wilderness," "Days Without
End," "The Fountain," and
'All God's Chillun Got
Wings."
PLAYWRIGHT DIES
5 Thev wer e taken
teachers, Mrs. L. H. Camp and
Mrs. Ralph Robertson .to sing
i. and present a basket of fruit
to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Curry
a of Dawes Rd., shut in with
1 rheumatic fever for two years.
Assisting with cars were
, Mrs. Leonard Odom and Mrs.
Ellen Rickmsn. The class mem
bers were Eric Smith, Kay
; Blackmore, Mike and Linda
v Anglin, Charlotte Robertson,
. John and Danny Cameron,
Terry Alderman. Marcia Odom,
; Roy Rickman, Danny Weigcrt,
Roger and Jeanette Wilhelm,
' Rebecca and Jimmie Baughn.
J Ruth Smith, Susan Kettle. John
v Wright, Randy Quarry, Doug-
v las von Boning, Dick and Ter-
C ry Cordon.
.
; Nearly 150.000 farms In the
United States were electrified
in the year ending June 30,
1953.
Verse Moves
Man to Put
Com in Meter
Farmlngton, N.M. UPi Po
etry, or anything that resem
blesit seems to bring out the
very best In W. H. Christian
sen. He saw this on the wind
shield of a woman's ear as
time was running out on a
parking meter:
"My dear cop,
I'm sorry you had to stop. '
It nearly breaks my heart
But my car won't start
My kiddies are home
, So I ean't stay here
Please don't give me a
ticket
When 'violation' does ap
pear." The "cop" never ssw the
note. Christiansen, moved by
the vnt, deposited a nickel
In the parking meter.
Students Give Help in
Christmas Seal Sale
The class In public speaking
at baiem senior High School
under the direction of Del
Ramsdell. instructor in speech
snd English, is gathering ln-
iormaiion containing facts and
figures on the purpose and ben
efits of the Christmas Seal sale.
The young students are vol
unteering their time to give
short talks before clubs and or
ganizations on the subject
"What the Christmas Seal Sale
Means to You and Your Com
munity." "I feel this will serve a dual
purpose because while these
young people are telling others
about the disease thst still kills
more young people between the
sges of 15 and 35 than any oth
er malady, they will also be
come more aware of the Impor
tance of preventing the disease
in themselves," remarked Co
burn Grabenhorst, seal sale
chairman.
Peter Van Horn, a member
of the class is in charge of
scheduling the appearance of
the students at the various
meetings.
: J i, f
Eugene O'Neill, noted
Amerlcsn dramatist, and
once winner of the Nobel
prize, who died Friday in
Boston.
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