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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1954)
PigtVt THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. Salem, Oregon Thursday, February 11, 1954 Boy of Nine Prevented Forest Fire Spreading Billy Taylor, a nine-year-old boy In Clieinull, wrote: "First I tryed to put out the fire. Then I told my mother and then I told the warden. And he aid that was O.K. It had been burning for two days before I found it." Billy's altcrness. typical of hun dreds of similar cases, prevented forest fire from spreading. He's one of 50.000 Oregon boys and girls, between the age of 8 By PAUL W. HARVEV JR. (AuocUtfd Prs Correspondent! Cherry Men Meet Friday Arrangements have been com filcted for the anual Polk-Mar-on County cherry growers meet ing in Salem Friday, announce County Extension Agents N. John Hansen and D. L. Rasmussen. The program will start at 1:30 p.m. at Mayflower hall, 2135 Fair grounds Road. "New sweet cherry plantings In the Willamette Valley" will be the theme ot the meeting. Speakers will be Robert Shinn, manager, Willamette Cherry Growers, Salem; S. C. Jones, as- lociate entomologist, Oregon State College; Dr. Quentin Zie linski, associate horticulturist, OSC; Norman Dobie, assistant plant pathologist, OSC;and two Polk county cherry growers, Fred Gibson and Jim Smart. In speaking as a representative of the processing industry, Shinn will include observations about the future of the sweet cherry industry. Jones will discuss in fect pests of cherry orchards and Dobie will review cherry disease problems. Dr. Zielinski will sum marize factors to consider in selecting the site for a new cherry orchard and give a pro gress report on testing newi cherry varieties. Gibson and Smart will relate gome of their experiences in establishing new sweet cherry plantings during re cent years, and 16, who have joined the Green Guards since it was created 10 years ago by the Keep Oregon Green Association. Billy is one of 129 boys and girls who won KOG awards during 1953 for putting out fires or reporting tnem. Albert K. Wiesendanger, execu tive secretary of the Keep Oregon Green Association, gives the 10,000 children who now belong to the Green Guards much credit for re ducing Oregon's fire losses. Besides suppressing and report' ing fires, the youths are effective agents m promoting fire preven tion. They do this among their friends, their families and their schools. "The objective of our Green Guard," Wiesendanger said, "is to make our young people conscious oi the need for caution while using our outdoor areas by learning how to report fires, how to prevent tnem, wnat to do in case of fire, and how best to enjoy the great outdoors. Last year 5,537 boys and girls joined. Each got a badge and a kit with instructions how to reduce firest fires. . Wiesendanger is surprised at the wayt it has grown. KOG, which is supported bv e its from lumbermen, county courts. garden clubs, and other conserva tion agencies, is a little organiza tion mat operates on a shoestring. It has only two paid employes wiesendanger and lus secretary. The Green Guards have grown in numbers largely because the enthusiastic members get their friends and schoolmates to sign up. When a member helps out out a fire.or reports one, he sends in his rcpt, verified by ap adult. The boys get pocket knives, and the girls are awarded pretty scraves, The Green Guard program, Wie sendanger says, also is a help in keeping youths out of trouble. He calls is a "worthwhile, educalional and time- consuming activity." inree Doys who live near union Budget Hearing Set for March 8 DALLAS The Polk county court room is the place set for hearing on March 8 of the notice of non-high school district hud get prepared in the office of F. C. Green, county superintendent of schools. . The 1954-55 budget asks $122,- 717, which is $8605, below the $131,322 budget of 1953. There probably will be no change in millage due to consolidation of various districts. Because of this fact, the $122,717 item will be spread over a smaller assessed valuation. The fund is used to cover ex penses of transporting high school students from non-high school districts to high school dis-stricts. Free Concert For Woodburn WOODBURN About 85 mem bers and families of the Band Parents Club gathered at Wood burn high school Tuesday night for a 6:30 pot luck supper pre ceding the regular meeting. Spe cial guests were E. Donald Jes sup, hand director, and Principal and Mrs. Lester E. Keller. The committee in charge included Mrs. C. II. Ahrens, Mrs. Dean Bishoprick, Mrs. Frank P. Doer flrr and Mrs. Layman Baird. Mrs. N. F. Tyler presided at the business meeting, and it was an nounced that the Willamette Uni versity hand will be at Woodburn high school the morning of Thursday, Feb. 18, for a clinic with the local hand. In the alter noon the W. U. band will give a face concert for students and to which the public is invited and urged to attend. Two Wondlmrn boys playing in the band arc John Ticknnr and Paul Edwards The Band Parents will serve a lunch at nnon tn both bands with Mrs. Harold Ticknnr in charge, assisted by a committee. Following the business meet ing the Band Parents were cuests of the high school studrnthndy at the basketball g.imc between Woodburn and Sandy. The next meeting will be March ft. were given membership last Auir- ust for a good piece of work, even though they are over aec. They are Keith Delaney, 18; Dale Briggs, 17, and Larry Watts, 18. They put out a lightning-set fire 20 miles south of Union. without any help. Gary Showalter. 14. student at Cleveland High School, Port land, helped fight a forest fire with wet gunny sacks. His part ner was badly burned. Gary gave him first aid and took him to medical help. Joe Rainwater, 10, who . goes to Salem's Englewood school, carried water and wet sacks to some men who were lighting a fire in a grain field. He also put out sparks that blew over the lire lines. David Swan, 11, Yarhats, saw an abandoned beach fire which had. spread to grass near some beach homes. He aroused the populace to fight the fire, and then he shoveled sand like mad along with the townspeople he had summoned. An 11-year-old Grants Pass boy, Stanley Martin, spotted a brush and forest fire. He built a fire trail, summoned help, and then assisted in putting it out. When Danny Nicholas, 10, Medford, was hunting with his dad, they found a fire in the mountains. They reported it and helped fight it. Those arc a few of the many examples of the Green Guard's help in the Keep Oregon Green program. The State Forestry de partment gives these' boys and girls a lot of credit. iqhts to Observe The Tiller Shop New Business Here Day of St. Patrick WOOOBUItN Plans for a St. Patrick's Day festival on March 17 were completed at the regu lar meeting of the Father Ituhis Council, Knights ot Columbus, last week at St. Luke's hall. Events from 5 to 7:30 p.m. will be a sausage and waffle supper, followed by games and other en tertainment for the benefit n St. Luke's school. Committees appointed are: Program, Alvah G. Cowan, chair man, Tom Gorman, Jr , Robert Wcllman, John E Zenan and Karl Kistner; kitchen. Frank Bentley, chairman, Tom Gnrrnan. Jr., Joe Gamroth, Cornelius Dun. nelly, Mickey MrCliire and Joe Kirsrh. The public is invited tn attend both the supper and the pro gram, Robert Vnlj, sr.md knight, ap pointed the following committee In serve at the "entire hour" fol lowing each of the masses on Sunday, February 14: P. C. Mc Laughlin, Roy MrNully, Edward Murphy, John MrNulty and Rob ert Miller. Sweet Home Dates The Tiller Shoo is a new In ness now open at 1108 Smith Commercial Street operated hy jaf i . Joseph T. Rosen and Lillian A. I j4 I 016111 itlOW JIIIM'II. Knmn nt the tbincs the busi ness will deal In are garden trac tors and supplies, lawn mowers, motors and parts, a full line of Sherwin-Williams paints, and other things of kindred nature. Also 11 will do repairing and serv icing of the tools and implements nd will sharpen lawn mowers. Another service that will be given the public will be tool rent als. The concern Is occupying a new building of 2000 squat feet! n( nriv fnr u-hirh John Grim- ! mrr Groom was the architect, and also another older building of anon square Icet where tnc snop work is done. SWEET HOME The first j presentation of the Sweet Home , Kiwams club's 1054 lalrnt show juries will begin Feb. 11 In the I Sweet Home t'nion high school I auditorium, according to Chair man l-rnnk hike! I he three preliminary shows are slated on three successive Thursday mchts and the grand final show (or the four winners of each preliminary will be held March 4. 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