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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.
Dick Meyer will sorve as
master of Ceremonies and a
wall-type plaque will he awarded
Ihc winner ol the final show with
all final contestants receiving a
certificate.
155 No, Liberty
cms
Phone 3-3191
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FOAM RUBBER
SLEEP SET
99.88
This Englander Sleep
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density foom - rubber
core used in sets sell
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more. Mattress and
matching 81 -coil Box
Spring have attractive
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SALE OF BRAID RUGS: 4 SIZES
18x30"
1.66
Save now on top-fashion Casual Rugs in multi-color
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WITH SIMMONS
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94.88
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1.66
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5-pe. Dinette Set
79.88
32-pc. Dinner Set
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