Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, December 04, 1953, Page 12, Image 12

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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SaWOntw
POLK COUNTY'S OLDEST SCHOOLHOUSE?
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Everett Shibley
Cattleman of Year
At a banquet given In his
honor by the Oregon Cattle
men'! Anociatlon, Everett
Shibley of Clackamai County
was presented with the Her
man Oliver Tropny for his out
atandlnf contribution to the
cattle Industry in the state of
Oregon.
The Shibley story Is typical
of pioneer western America
and proves that success is still
within the grasp of the ener
getic and ambitious. The story
began In 1872 when Shlbley's
grandfather settled in Oregon
after having crossed the plains
Salem Daily Record for April 8, 1868, mentions that
Fairview school on a hillside in Polk county about a mile '
above the ferry landing (J. N. Matheny's steam ferry
launched November 23, 1867) had opened. Tuition was
12 50 or $3 a quarter and Mrs. Chapman had been en
gaged as teacher for the first six months. Thirty years
later. In 1880, Hedda Swart, Marion county engineer,
attended school there. In recent years this old school
house on Moores Way In West Salem has belonged to
Mrs. Sally Damrell. It is now unoccupied.
by covered wagon. It took three
generations of hard work to
develop the ranch on Clear
Creek from a wilderness to a
now ..rosperous stick farm.
Four other Oregon cattlemen
were honored ss district win
ners. J. n. Breese, Prlneville
Herbert Chandler, Baker; Hen
ry Gerber, Klamath Falls and
Gerry Xlose, Grants Pass were
cited for their accomplish
ments during the past year.
fit VANISHES
SOCK BEMAINS "
Seattle John E. Trim
mer reported to police that be
fore retiring he put $40 In his
sock, bolted the door of his
apartment from the inside, put
the sock on his foot, climbed
into bed and went to sleep.
When ha woke up in the
morning he reported, the $40
was gone but the sock still was
on his foot
Off OfilB (&x2&mmB
Which cor ho
cmci dl 48 state
ot on operating
cost at kw as this?
LESS THAN ONE CENT A MILE I
ABO WILLYS of cowricl
. EISNER MOTOR CO., 352 N. High
Special Meeting of
Zoning Board Called
Variance procedure under
the new zoning code will be
discussed at a epecial meeting
of the Salem Planning and
Zoning Commission Friday
nignt at 7:30.
Chairman W. W. Rosebraugh
says that the commission will
hava more responsibility for
variances under the new code
and he wants the members of
the commission to talk about
the subject in private before
the regular meetings of the
month.
Under the newly-adopted
code the commission is said to
have authority to allow excep
tions to the code. By the old
code this authority was entire
ly with the City Council.
McMinnville Gets
Lampshade Plant
McMinnville W A Seattle
firm plans to set up a factory
here in the next two months
to make lamp shades of wood
veneer and plastic.
Beau Veneer, Inc., said a
dozen men would be employed
in making the shade of a thin
veneer sandwiched between
thin layers of plastic
.The shades will go to a Se
attle company, which makes
the rest of the lamp. The other
Seattle firm may move here
later. Beau Veneer said.
New York's People Lost
Without Their Papers
BY MARTIN POST
New York ( When New
Yorkers asked "What's new?"
this week the weren't just
just making conversation.
They hadn't seen a single
one of their mijor newspapers
since Mondsy. They were an
noyed and news-hungry, and
advertising-hungry, too.
Shoppers stayed home in
HD'S i&ARKET
IW0 I. lit. It. Store Hour 7 to 1 1 Phone 2-6403
PRICES EFFECTIVE FRIDAY THRU THURSDAY
FRESH KILLED
TURKEYS
LB.
3ge
Svittning
31 65
Powdered cr Brown Sugar 2 n. 15c
Limit 4 to o Fomily
AA GRADE LARGE
Eggs
Farm Fresh
. Doz.
59
SWIFTS
Peanut Butler
. 5-lb. Pail
$J49
Slightly Dented
MEAT PRODUCE
Fresh Pork Roast JE u s No-1
COTTAGE ROLLS . . lb. Till POTATOES
77" 10 ibi. 39c
ROAST ..23c fA,T
STEAKS
Ik, T kM, SVMt 11 35tl 3 -,25c
" -" - CFLERY
COLORED FRYERS a 49c ,5.
SLICED BACON 39c Sw
limit 2 U Family Lb. 5C
Dean Reese
Speaks Monday
'What If Another Pearl Har.
bor?" will be the subject of an
address before the Chamber of
Commerce forum luncheon
Monday noon at the Marion
Hotel.
The speaker will be Seward
P. Reese, dean of the College
of Law at Willamette Univer
sity. Dean Reese is a colonel
in the Air Force Reserve.
In World Wsr II Colonel
Reese served on General
Hap" Arnold's Air Force staff
as executive officer of a heavy
bomb group and also as execu
tive officer of one of the larg
est pre-flight schools.
Sues Over Smoke
Albany Smoke, soot cinders
and burning sawdust from
forced draft burners operated
by the Santiam Lumber Co. at
Sweet Home, have caused dam
age to his property in the
amount of $10,000, M. A. Puck
ett alleges in a complaint here
in circuit court.
Puckett asks a Judgment in
that amount asserting that he
built and completed a residence
near the mill in April, 1947,
and that the burners were in
stalled after Jan. 1, 1949.
droves when they should have
been massing for the Christ
mas buying rush.
Job seekers and home-huAt-ers
had. no want ads to guide
them. There were no race re
sults, no horoscopes.
Financial houses took emer
gency measures to keep their
clients abreast of Wall street
Many persons missed out on
what waa happening to their
comic strip heroes, although
some comics were read over
radio and television.
iiaDits of a lifetime were
disrupted.
i iook at my wile every
day now while wer'e eating."
one man aaid mournfully.
"There's no newspaper be
tween us.
Subway riders emerged
from behind their newsprint
curtain. They peered at ear
ads, resd books and maga
lines, or Just studied the faces
and clothes of fellow passen
gers.
On the Queens subway rush
hour they saw an attractive
young woman peck at her
escort's cheek without bene
fit of a ahield. Suburban
communters found new de
iignu in the scenery, or
caught up on aleep.
One railroad issued a mim
eographed summary ot the
day's new to its riders.
And a restaurant chain has
been putting out 20,000 copies
of a single page news sheet
for its customers since Tues
day. ,
News stands around the
town reported a heavy run on
weekly newa magazines, cross
word puzzles and comic books.
Ona vendor remarked that
people are buying practically
anything with reading matter.
Hiss to Dray
$715 Pension
Washington Alger Hiss,
former State Department offi
cial serving a prison term for
perjury, is entitled to a govern
ment pension ot S71J a year
when he becomes 62.
Officials said today Hiss
must be paid the annuity under
terms of the Civil Service Re
tirement law. That law, as It
now stands, does not allow the
government to withhold a pen
sion from eligible former fed
eral workers even if they are
convicted ot treason.
Hiss waa convicted of per
jury for denying he slipped
confidential State Department
papers to Whlttaker Chambers,
self-confessed courier for a
Communist spy ring. We began
serving his jail sentence March,
1951, and will be, freed next
year with time off for good be
Marion Co. Turkey
Growers Winners
McMinnville Ut-Final con
tests were held Friday at the
annual Pacific Coast Turkey
Exhibit with the Cath Broth
ers of Turner again in the fore
front.
Their entries won four titles
Wednesday and added three
more Thursday. The latest
championships were tor dressed
birds, including a bronze torn
and a torn and hen other than
bronze.
The dressed bronze hen title
went to the Lyons Triple B
Turkey Farm ot Portland.
Henry Holland, Silverton,
had the top entries in the com
mercial division for heavy and
light toms and for light hens.
The heavy hen division title
went to Johnson Brothers, of
Scappoose. j
D. R. Cooper, Parkdale, won i
JAYCEE HEAD
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Woodburn Gilbert (Gib)
Ramage, newly elected pres
ident of the Woodburn
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
first and second places for live
adult bronze hens.
Friday, Dtcembw 4. 1851
rv U-i
umner neer i
With Norblad
Time and place for the meet,
your-congressman dinner meet
ing sponsored by the Chamber
ot Commerce are Friday night.
Dee. 18, at the Marion Hotel.
Whether the meeting would
be a luncheon or dinner meet- .
lng had been a question, but
the latter was decided oa as
more convenient for persona 1
coming from a distance. ,
The meeting will be for bu
siness and community leaders
ot aU 10 counties ot the First
Congressional District, and Pre-
sident William H. Hammond 1
and Manager Clay Cochran ot
the Salem chamber are send
ing out the notices. Nationally
similar meetinga are being
sponsored by the United States
Chamber of Commerce.
Included among the subjects
to be discussed with Rep. Wal
ter Norblad will be taxes,
spending of public money, ag
riculture, labor, postal rates,
social security, treaty law,
foreign trade, housing, high
ways, and government functions.
Only about 20 of Bermuda's
300 islands are inhabited. - -
BIRD SHOW
PARAKEETS - CANARIES - FINCHES
The All Voriety Bird Club of Salem end sur
rounding communities is holding their Annual
Bird Show and Bazaar at D. A. White & Sons,
265 State, on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5th.
Show hours 9:00 until 5:00. Prizes of Parakeets
and Canaries are to be given away. Come in and
win a bird.
D. A. WHITE & SONS
265 State Phone 22478
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