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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1953)
Pag 14 Thuraday. December 10. 1953 THE CAPITAL JOl-RNAL. Salens. Oregon BOILER ONIONS CANNED HERE G3 71 (i IK" , , Thousands at Opening of Lockwood Homes Project Thousands of potential home i Master buyer Inspected and viewed La ue. Servica Stationi; Al the celebrated Lockwood home in Salem during Lockwood's (rand opening last week. The home, which will go to some lucky Korean War vet eran for Chriitreat present, was. received with enthusiasm and gained considerable favor able comment, Howard Ander son, Salem manager of Lock wood Homes said. He went on to say that the turnout proved tnat Salem people were the same as people all Anderson reported Friday that people were still coming out in droves to see the home which is located at the corner of Peck and Harris street in Salem, and that many of those visiting the structure were vet eran who had mad applica tion to win It United States. "Give them what they want, for a price they can afford to pay, and you won't have' any trouble selling your product," Ander son added. "A great number of sales are now being made." People came from all over the state during the week-long affair, which was highlighted with local remote radio broad casts direct from the Lockwood home over Salem station KSLM with Dave Hoss doing the. re porting. . i Hogg Brothers Furniture beautifully furnished the three bedroom model home with fur niture . . . other contributors for the furnishings are: Yeater Appliance, Valley Television, Foreign born people about 13.4 per cent of the U. S. ' ,h"tpopJaUon In 1900 but only Starr Foods, Inc., December 1 started the canning of , boiler size onions at their plant on Mill street. First step . in the process is the cutting of the stem and root ends from, the onion, pictured top left, and lower left. In the fore ground In the top left is Catherine Lenniger, 87?3 McLeod, and shown clipping the ends; lower left is Mrs. Paul Berndt, Route 4, Box 314. Upper right, women on the touching-up belt finish removing skins from the onions. . Lower right onions In the pans in which they fall on coming off the touching-up belt, are stacked and ready to go to the canner. In the center of the picture is Glenn Lengren, plant superintendent, and at right is the assistant plant superintendent, Wilfred Perkins. Canning Onions New in Salem Industrial Life By MAKGARET MAGEK Starr Foods, Inc., plant In Salem ha solved one of the housewives' crying problems. No longer mutt she shed tears peeling for a dish of creamed ' onions, for stew or some other Concoction demanding a good ly number of onions. December 1, the Salem plant ftarted canning boiler onions of the Yellow Denver variety. They come in two sizes of cans, the 303, which Is the retail alze for use in the home and the No. 10 can for hotel, restau rant and institutions. A far as is known, the Starr plant Is the first to can onions locally. However, firms In other part of the country have canned onion and they have been ea the market The new operation la timed to begin after the firm haa ompleted processing prunes nd provides employment for from 28 to 30 persons at a time when the cannery normally would not be operating. It is possible that the canning will continue for two er three months. In addition to providing em ployment onion canning is also providing a market for onion growers for the smaller size of onion. Those being canned this year are coming from Lake Labish and from Gaston and are re ceived by the cannery alter be ing graded out of the larger onion. Preparation of the onions and their canning is relatively simple. There is an odor, but after a short time of working on the onions, it is claimed they no longer bring tears to the eye. Arriving at the cannery in the usual red mesh bags, with i wnicft ail are laminar, the on ions are dumped into boxes and placed in front of the women, I who cut off both the root and the top ends. This is the first step in the preparation for can ning. This group of women, numbering about It, works along a belt. Once the two ends have been sliced from the onion it move ' along to a 12-foot hot water! blancher, which helps In loot-! ening the skin of the onion. As the onion comes out of the ' blancher It drops into an abras-; ive peeler, the whirling disk of which removes most of the label, reading "Starr brand skins. - whole boiled onions." They, The next operation is the , however, are not the only la washing of the onion. This is , bels under which you will find done in a revolving reel wash- the o n 1 o n s canned at Starr's, er. From here the onions go ' for they will also bear the la- onio a oeit wnere women re- bels of the private-label buyers, move any peelings no) taken Next stop of the onion is the off by the machine and do the 1 wholesaler and the store where touching up of the onion for canning. At the end of the touching up belt the onions drop into large pans In which they are transported to the canning op eration, where salt is added to them before the lids are clamp ed on. As the cans roll out of the canner, about 2S0 cases of them a day, they move off to have their label stuck onto them. Starr Foods, Inc., has its own you do your shopping. Then comes its final destination, the dinner table. Here you can find It in any of the dishes In which freshly cooked onions are used, creamed onions, stews, pot pies and oven browned in roasts. TURKEY SHOW OPENS MONDAY Roseburg VP) The annual Northwestern Turkey Show will open Monday at the Doug las county fairgrounds. It will run five days. Men's Club Hears Lecture by Schulze The Men' club of First Con gregational church was enter tained Wednesday night with an illustrated lecture by Dr. Daniel Schulze of the Willam ette faculty about Journeys through European countries in charge of a group of about 30 young people from various parts of the United States. The trip was made last sum mer, and the collection of slides Included' natural scen ery, architecture, folk life and customs In all the countries visited. All were explained or com mented on by Dr. Schulze. ' For Dependable Service Cascade Transfer & Storage Wallace Bonesteele & Son Commercial Trucking, Warehousing and Distribution Service 1625 Front St. Phone 3-4444 FOR HER mm A AV X -:WV-: A' - v Vv S to 10 "cuooiY owwr ITUUVLIMMTIIM U H HWrart last flUNDREOS OF XfcUS IIFTS AT THIS ONE LOW MICE 176N. Liberty Open Friday 'Til 9 P.M. WT INHERE! AND LOOK WHAT HE LEFT FOR THIS WEEK'S FEATURE! FREE PARKING! SHOPPER'S " CAR PARK S. High at Ferry MARION CAR PARK S. 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