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
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That HARG ON
Creoaiubioa relieves prom pity becatnt
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CREOMUUSION
MM Cm. CkMt CM. Acan SimMie
to install safety devices re-
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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.
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40 years ago this Christmas eve.
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East Salem Thursday, Au
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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?
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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
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There win be no admission
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Additional Christmas pro
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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.
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