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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1953)
Monday, December 21, 1953 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. Salt. Oregon Pag 11 OSEA Presses For More Pay The boird of director of tie Oregon State Employes usoeUtion met in Salem thli week-end and voted to move vigorously for salary increases or state employes. Virgil C. O'Nell, state prest dents, said "the association wants a review and survey ol the salary situation to deter mine where state employes Beware Coughs land in comparison with Jobs w inousiry.- He said the board believes salary adjustments en the basis of a rurvey would o far toward reducine nerson. nel turnover. The board approved a med ical and hospital service plan. uetaiis win be announced to members throughout the state as soon as the contract is sign ed. The board commended state officials, department heads and members of the legisla ture for efforts toward im provement of conditions sur rounding state employes, and pledged continued endeavors by the association to Improve i ine efficiency of the state serv- Cmm faanmii fuLtJ""- "elative to reports that rim VOmmOtl VOWS tome department, have failed That HARG ON Creoaiubioa relieves prom pity becatnt k soe into the bronchial fyttem to help looKa and expel (era ttaea phlegm sad aid nature to looihe tod beal raw, tender, inflamed bronchial membranes. Guaranteed to pkax yoa or money refunded. Creotnukio hat stood the teat of millions of turn. CREOMUUSION MM Cm. CkMt CM. Acan SimMie to install safety devices re- quired by labor law the board ordered an investigation be fore any action Is taken. Some matters concerning the state retirement program was discussed. After further study they will be presented to the legislative interim com mtitee now studying the whole retirement system. or nsLifiDLE rinno ikyr.M.i .IM4 APPLIANCE REPAIRS Ph. 2-5665 UNITED REPAIR CO. 255 N. LIBERTY Authorized Repair on All Major Appliances and All Srntl Appliances Guaranteed Service Pickup and Delivery on Waltt Ivan Royse and t Claus. Owners CONCRETE MIX-RITE -Ph. 4-1317 VIESKO SAND & GRAVEL At Wheatland Ferry Rt. 1, Gervais Ready-Mix Concrete, Sand. Gravel, Crushed Rock Prompt. Courteous Service Equipment Sales-Rentals Ph. 3-3646 f HOWSER BROS 1185 S. 12th ST. v Garden Tillers - Power Mowers Paint Sprayers . Air Com- i pressors - banders - Plumbing Tools - Power and Hand Mower I Sharpening Repairs on All Small Gas Engines FJOOR COVERINGS Ph.4-5751 CAPITOL FLOOR COVERINGS 217 S. HIGH ST. ;: Armstrong & Congoleum-Nairn-Asphalt and Rubber Tile' Residential, Commercial Installation Rugs and Carpets Estimates Gladly Given! SALEM LIGHTED FIRST OUTDOOR TREE . . I 'J o (J o Salem Chcrrians Lighted First Outdoor Yule Tree pit The Salem Cherrians lighted this, the world's first out door Christmas tree on the lawn ot the old courthouse 40 years ago this Christmas eve. East Salem IRRIGATION - PUMPS Ph. 26038 STETTLER SUPPLY CO 1810 LAN A AVE. Water Systems Deep Well Turbines Aluminum and Steel Irrigation Pipe Galvanized Pipe and Fittings WATER WELL TESTING Complete Service on Any Pumping Equipment OFFICE MACHINES Ph. 3-5584 Typewriters, Adding Machines, Calculators, Accounting Machines SALES SERVICE RENTALS CAPITOL OFFICE EQUIPMENT CO., 531 COURT R.W. "JOE" LAND East Salem Thursday, Au burn Woman's club held their Christmas meeting at the Com munity hall. Hostesses for the dinner hour were Mrs. Henry Hanson and Mrs. Ed Wiggens. Present were Mrs. Arfo Mc Lain, Mrs. Jack Scorgie, Mrs. Cornelius Feskens,.Mrs. Harry Eckstein, Mrs. Charles O. Gill- ming, Mrs. M. D. Brumfield, Mrs. Calvin Durkee. Mrs. George Starr, Mrs. S. W. Bur ris, Mrs. Virgil Birtell, Mrs. Stuart Johns, Mrs. C. C. Rob inson, who became a new mem ber, Mrs. Paul Gilmer, a guest, and the hostesses. Wednesday the annual chil dren's party for mothers and children of the Monroe Ave. Sewing club members was held at the Stuart Johns home on Monroe Ave. Each child re ceived a gift and candy. Moth ers exchanged gifts with secret pals, who were later revealed. Attending were Mrs. Donald Townscnd, Steven and Jim; Mrs. Paul Gilmer, Paula Jean and Lee Ann; Mrs. Melvin Shaw, Melvin and Carol; Mrs. Glenn Moody. Glenda Lee, Larry and Dennis; - Mrs. Ray Fisher and Melissa; Mrs. John and grandchildren, Fred, Dor othy and Keith Miller; Mrs. Donald Rollodson, Donam ana Dotty, Rse Ann Maske and Mrs. Townsend's mother, Mrs. James Kincaid from Neuman, 111., and the hostess. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Olson were surprised by about 90 friends and neighbors with a By RENSKA L. SWAKT , Do the eitltena of Salem know that it has been just 40 years ago this coming Christ mas Eve that the Salem Cher rians illuminated the first live out-door Christmas tree in the world and started the out-door illumination ot trees and shrubbery, as well as arrang ing Nativity scenes about the homes In Salem, which is spreading all over the world? PLUMBING SERVICE Ph. 3-9811 NELSON BROS. PLUMBING & HEATING Repairing 355 Chemeketa Contracting Residential Commercial Industrial PRESCRIPTIONS Ph. 3-9123 24 WlUt "waaa "ewiaw SuVlu t We give Penny Saver Stimps THE QUISENBERRY PHARMACIES Ph.3-3157 ft 110 S. lltxrtr 310 Court. Downlova 2440 6rur, Mtdktl (tutu ii 24-HOUR SERVICE jj Service for Your Convenience. FREE Delivery Dally J 8:00 A M to 11:00 P.M. 130 S. Liberty Store Open 12 00 to 2:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. All Sundays and Holidays Radio Repair X.&X'ZZ Ph. 3-7577 MITCHELL'S Radio-Television 1880 State Motorola Dealers for General Electric Pick up and Delivery TELEVISION I SALES AND nl Salem 2-1913 SERVICE rn. Woodburn3611 VALLEY TELEVISION CENTER 2303 Fairgrounds Rd In Woodburn at 171 Grant St. DUMONT TELEVISION SETS Featuring MOTOROLA . RCA VICTOR HOFFMAN tor UST MINUTE SHOPPING '25 1. '1500 sfort repaying next year in fit-your-budftet amount. Come in. write or 'phone lor 1-TRIP SERVICE 317 Court St. Phone 4-3396 rwt Am i a ri" rr OIIGON mif - IS m HI MR. Topcoat Buyer! housewarming party Saturday night at their new home on Kennedy Lane. Merry Minglers club held a Christmas party Thursday at the home of Mrs. R. Gordon Scott on Silver-ton Rd. Attend Ing were Mrs. Ernest Butler, Mrs. Ernest Barker, Mrs. Wade Carter. Mrs. Covil case, Mrs. Clyde Colwell, Mrs. Albert Fabry, Mrs. Robert Fromm, Mrs. E. A. Jackson, Mrs. Anna Jess, Mrs. Leonard Malm, Mrs. Harvey Paeg, Mrs. Carl Sny der, Mrs. Henry Sprick, Mrs. J. I. Wagers. Mrs. W. B. Whit tington, Mrs.- Allen McCain, Mrs. Scott The first January meeting will be with Mrs. Main. Merry-Go-Round club mem bers held their Christmas par ty In the home of Mrs. Russell Proudfit on Hollywood Dr. Games were played, gifts ex changed and each one brought samples of their favorite cookies, and the recipes for ex change after sampling, Mrs. Harold Holler received the door prize. Mrs. Paul Barham assisted the hostess in serving. Others present were Mrs. J. P. Robinette, Mrs. David nam Mrs. Kenneth Sides, Mrs. Keith LaDue. Mrs. Edward Curtis, Mrs. Sam Rehfeld, Mrs. W. J. Buck, Mrs. Melvin LaDue, and a suest. Mrs. Lansing. The January meeting will be 'with Mrs. Buck. The December meeting of the Garden Road .Neighborhood club was held at the home of Mrs. Mary Swingle with Mrs. Julia Jennings as assistant hos tess for a luncheon. The sea son's special decorations were used throughout the home and gifts of secret friends were under a large lighted tree. Present were Mrs. Frank Rick et, Mrs. Paul Lynch, Mrs. Earl Wood, Mrs. Richard T. Wick lander, Mrs. A. R. Tartar, Mrs. Jess Hatch, Mrs. A. C. Schafer, Mrs. Ralph Werner and the hostesses. Chirslmas Story in Pantomime at Bush The Bush fourth grade, taught by Mrs. Grace Sten back, gave the play "Peace to. Earth" late last week. It por trayed the Christmas story in pantomine with the use pi the cnoir in singing carots. Pupils taking part: Donna Helton, Tommy Cleary, Don na Domes, Warren Brown, Terry Boman, Kenneth Klein smith, Leonard Keen, Thomas Vanderhoff. Eddie Withrow, Raymond McDougal and Roy Barley. Members of the choir were Twilla Johnson, Cheryl Fleish man, Susan McDonald, Bever ly Cannon, Gary Finseth, Den ton Nelson, Alix Adair, Timmy Ryser, Barbara Mickenham, John Clouse, Maria McVay, Rick Lewis, Charles Heltzel, Margaret Mallorle, Gayle Hen sey, Lanny Cox, Keith Salter and Mary Prine. PRATLM PROGRAM Prelum The Methodist Sunday school will present a program at the church at 7:30 p m. Sunday, Dec. 20. Do they know that the city of Denver, Colo., think they were the first to have a live out-door Christmas tree. Den ver's story goes something like this At Christmas time 1918 (five years after the illumination of the Cherrian tree) 10-year-old David Sturgeon lay very ill in Denver. His father lit a small tree in his aick room. but little Davie noticed evergreen growing on the front lawn and said, "Oh Daddy please put some lights on that tree too. It would look wonder- ful," His father, who operated an electrical business, strung the tree with lights. David, lay there smiling as ha watched the lights sparkle. The towns people talked about the tree and many came by the Sturgeon home to ad mire the tree which Denver ltes proudly believe was the first illuminated - living tree in the country. Two years la ter, little David was dead. But the dying boy's wish was per petuated byi bis friends and neighbors who illuminated their trees outdoors, house by house and block by block the same way the idea spread in Salem five years before. Another story from San Francisco, eight years after the Denver tree, making it 192S, that another little boy wai ill at Christmas time, but he could not see the family tree. This little fellow had thoughtful neighbor living across the street wno painted some full sized light bulbs and with them illuminated an ever green tree on his lswn, which the little boy could see. This kindly neighbor was Clarence F. "Sandy" Pratt. It attracted as much atten tion as Denver's tree. How ever, not like Denver's little boy, this little fellow in San Francisco was well by the next New Year's eve. "Sandy Pratt was impressed with mak ing a little boy happy that he resolved to spend the rest of his life persuading others, not only to light living trees, but to plant them. Today, "Sandy" Pratt has thousands of living monuments that were planted during his lifetime. It is such a tragedy that Sa lem seems to see fit to uproot its historic trees that have a story to tell. The enormous black walnut tree on Church street between Court and Chemeketa was up rooted to make way for the automobile parking lot. A pic ture of this tree now hangs in the Hall of Tree Fame in Washington, D.C. The Dr. Richardson tree, the Cedar ot Lebanon which was one of the msny trees and shrubs around his home on Chemeketa and Church street. It was uprooted to make way for an automobile business. Three elm trees standing In front street between Union and Division were sawed down. Two of these trees located in front of the old Hatch place and the other across the s'reet in front of the Rev. Dickinson place. It is reported that the cuttings or slips of these trees were brought across the plains in a trunk. The 33 or more trees were uprooted around the statehouae grounds because the tree wreckers failed to understand that the trees marked with a cloth wrapping around their trunks were to be the trees left standing and not uprooted. Because ot this loss the em ployes working on the south side ot the statehouse nearly melt in the summertime. The 14 trees on the old East school (Washington) grounds with jars or iron boxes con taining names of school chil dren who planted them there on Arbor day were all uprooted by a bulldozer. Not a single box or Jar could be located. Now the trees left standing around the East school square or block are dying for want of water in the summertime. A search. was made covering the 14 states in the union and all possessions, to see if there could be a tree that was 11- lumlrated before December 24 1013 when the Cherrian tree was illuminated. Not a single state had a live outdoor Christ mas tree. Programs by Local Schools PsrrUh Junior high school will present its Christmas pro gram tor parents and interest ed town people at 7:30 Tuesday night in the Parrish audito rium. Included in the program will be selections by the Parrish SO piece band directed by Karl Thelen; carols by music groups under the direction ot Mrs. Vera Suko who will also pro vide musical background tor living picture. The nativity, scenes, por trayed by Parrish pupils, will be under the direction of Mrs. Paul Rowell, Miss Margaret Simms and Robert Voigt, As sisting with the staging and lighting are Parrish teachers- Dee Green, William Noland and Charles Chapman. A tragedy is this the world's first live outdoor Christmas tree was uprooted in August 1052. Salem, a city ot trees, has been blessed with so many his toric trees. Before any more ot such beautiful trees are up rooted why not say, "Only God can make a tree." Welfare Costs Skyrocketing Portland W Oregon's wel fare budget is straining under unemployment and rising costs, the state Welfare Commission was told Friday. Administrator Loa Howard Mason said payments tor gen eral and medical assistance and aid to dependent children are increasing. Mrs. Mason reported that at tempts are being made to find some unemployed fathers who have disappeared so their fam ilies can get welfare assistance. The commission voted $23, 8S8 to help Lane county make up its welfare budget Part of the county's difficulty msy be under estimation ot Its wel fare needs, welfare commis sioners said. There win be no admission charge. . ' Additional Christmas pro grams this week include: Mon day 8 p.m. Senior high audi-. lorlum; 7:30 p.m. Hsyesvtlle and Swegle. Tuesday 1:13 p.m. Bush; I- 3 p.m, open house, McKlnley; 3 p-m. Roberts; 4 tua. Faculty tea, senior high; - 1:30 P m. Hayesville; Richmond, - Rose dale; Llncoln-Zena at Zena; pjn. Auburn. Wednesday 10 a.m. High land; 1 p.m. Homecoming as sembly, senior high; pm. Halls Ferry. FRENCH BEAT OFF AMBUSH Hanoi, Indochina (A A French army spokesman an nounced that French and Viet namese troops beat off an am bush today by Vietmlnh sol diers In the Red river Delta, killing 13 ot the communist rebels and capturing 49. LookNEAT ohenRltt oBelM with Shrell's LATEST CREATION THE BLOUSE Gr SKRT TENDER ( f"-- i ' . j Mokes Skirt and Blouse "Stay Put", Only . $JS0 Yea'll kn this marvelous new belt sensation keeps blouse trimly Uicked into skirt or slacks prevents skirt from twUUnc or turning th. creation ot the century ior connect ana neatness ideal ice wore -or dress and )ut perfect wlUi aoorta wear. Olna you thai aienaeruea loos, oil ana on in a jury washable Invisible when being worn. 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