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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1954)
Monday, March 1, 1951 THE CAPITAr; JOURNAL, Salem, Orejron Surprise Given For Ivan Hansons AURORA A surprise party honoring Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Han son was given Thursday evening in their home at Needy on the Hansons' 25th wedding anniver sary.' The observance was planned by Mrs. Orlando Hanson, Mr. and Mrs. Don Hanson, Mrs. Charles Trinklein, Mrs. Sam Connelly, Mrs. Lylo McEwen, and the couple's daughters, Misses Shir Icy and Carol Hanson. Others rresent were Mr. and Mrs. Louis SpaRle, Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Hanson of Portland, Mr. and mrs. sam Connelly, Mrs, Henry Klocpping, Salem, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Nicholson, Mr. and Mrs. Solon Kinzcr, Mrs. Don Thackcry and son, Jerry, Wood' burn. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Stuwe, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Thackery, Barbara and Bill, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thackcry, Patty and un da, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Han son, and Virgil, Curtis, Gcral- dine and Charlotte of Albany, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Utter, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Yoder, Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Roth, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Yoder, Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Ernston, Albany,' Mr. and Mrs. Albin Fredrikson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thackcry and sons, Bobby and John, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Barger, Mrs. William Wells, Nelson and Mereta of Bend, Clayton Christian Jr., Richard Anderson, Shirley Han son, Carol Hanson, Billy, Bobby and Barbara Lynn Barger of Portland. Lutheran Circles Announce Meetings SILVERTON Coming meet ings of Immanuel Lutheran cir cles of the Woman's Missionary Federation, their chairmen and their topics in general for the year include: On Monday, March 1, 8 p.m., Circle 5 (co-chairmen are Mrs. E. V. Swayze and Mrs. Wallace Sat ern, the year's topic: "Christian Symbols") meets at the home of Mrs. Elmer Johnson with Mrs. Egil Jorgcnson, assisting. On the same day at the same time, Circle 6, chairman, Mrs. Kenneth Henjum, topic: "The 12 Deciplcs," meets at the home of Marshall Satern, Mrs. Robert Rose, assisting. On Tuesday, March 2, at 2 p.m., Circle 1, Mrs. Glenn Nelson, chair man, topic: "TJie 12 Diciples," meets at the home of Mrs. Marvin Dalil, Mrs. Nels Nelson, assisting. At the same time, Circle 2, Mrs. Conrad Johnson chairman, topic: "Christian Symbols," meets at the Herman Gotschalk home with Mrs. Charlie Johnson, co-hostess. Tuesday at 1 p.m. the fire side room, Circle 3, Mrs. Albert Ovcrlund, chairman, topic: "Wom en of the Bible," meets with host esses, Mrs. C. E. Jorgcnson and Mrs. Clarence Halvorsnn. Circle 4, chairman, Mrs. Harold Satern, topic: "Christian Sym bols," meets at the Anton Dahl home with Mrs. Henry Johnson assisting, on Wednesday. During the month of March each circle membership is to turn in a completed quilt for foreign mis sions, making a total of six quilts for the Immanuel Lutheran groups. Psre T EiNew Hi-Y Leaders Will 1 i ? d-: rv.i.: A-J i. Degm uuxieb yy eanesaay t h iv-Jin v w....v. .. ,.. v.-vk.- iy-...x:jJl Dt Barbara Webb, 17, a blue-eyed honey blonde of Hemct, Calif., was picked as Queen of the National Orange Show at San Bernardino, Calif. She was selected from a field of 30 other candidates from four Southern California counties. Miss Webb, ' a high school senior, is a native of Long Beach, coming to He met about eight years ago. (AP Wirephoto) Complete Line of Sheruin Williams Points I V MAfVWM I'M Gorgeous New Washable Colors Gal., $5.45 Credit Gladly GUWahd I 450 Center St. Ph. 2 2476 Mart Honors Hogg Brothers SAN FRANCISCO (Special) Hogg Bros, was signally honored in San Francisco last week when this Salem, Oregon, store was awarded one of the highest awards in the Western Retail Home Furnishings Advertising Exhibit held at the Western Merchandise Mart. Several hundred entries of successful furniture ads for the year 1953, were viewed by a rec ord attendance of dealers from the eleven Western states, Ha waii, Alaska and Western Can-, ada. Hogg Bros, received First Place in Open House advertis ing for the originality, art, copy and effectiveness of their ads submitted for the exhibit. This was the first time a ma jor furniture market of the country has sponsored an ad vertising exhibit. Thru this means the dealers are afforded an opportunity to gain new ideas for their 1954 merchandising and newspaper advertising. Turner TURNER Mrs. Brutus Ash craft and Emma Jean spent last weekend in Tillamook visiting relatives. Mrs. Lulu Chapman left Thurs day to visit' relatives in Califor nia. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Waller are now in a convalescent home in Salem. They have been in ill health for several months. Mrs. Walter Harris received a serious THEY TALK IT OVER Newly elected Hi-Y Club and governing council officers will assume duties next Wednesday at a joint induction ceremony at the YMCA at 7:30. Phil Burkland, Salem Senior High School junior, will take over Tom Pickens' council presi dency. Jim Anderson and Bob Griffin will ieplace outgoing sec retary, Ron Anderson, and Vice President Ray Taylor. New officers of the six Hi-Y Clubs will also assume the reins Forcep 4 Win Barber Songs FOREST GROVE tfl The Forcep Four is .the champion barbershop singing quartet in the Pacific Northwest. i The University of Oregon medi cal school quartet won the title in the finals of the annual contest here Saturday night. Eighteen singing groups from Oregon and Washington competed. The Varsitones from Seattle, who won last year, were second. Other finalists finished this way: Kord Kings, Everett, Wash.; Van couver Quarter Notes) Fog Bound Four, Port Angeles, Wash.: Four Little Shavers, Portland; Here Too Four, Port Angeles; and the Gay Blades, Vancouver. Miss Owen Top Essay Writer Joanne Lorraine Owen, Salem High School student, has writ ten an essay that placed among the top 12 in a nation-wide con test sponsored by ' the Disable American War Veterans. The subject on which Miss Owen wrote was "What the Am erican Flag Means to Me." Her essay was entered in the nat ional contest after it had been back injury when she fell from accorded first place in the local of their respective clubs. Bob Delke was elected president of J. K. Mott Ili-Y. Jim Wechter and Cabot Clark were elected vice president and secretary re spectively of J. R. Mott.. 1 . Neil Scheidel was elected pres ident; Julian Thurston was elect ed vice president; Ed Taylor was elected secretary; and Don Zch was elected treasurer of Claude Kells Hi-Y. Arthur Cotton's new officers are Jerry Berg; president; Bob Wilder, vice president: Bob Carr, secretary; nd Bob Tom, treas urer. Bob Myers assumes the presi dency of Harrison Elliott while his officers are Kraig Gatcly, vice president; and Keith Boy er, secretary-treasurer. . Terry Salisbury, president; Nick Error, vice president; and Jim Searcy, secretary-treasurer are the new officers of Abel Gree Hi-Y. A. A. Stagg Hi-Y elected Gary Anderson to be president. An derson's fellow officers are Har ry Juul, vice president; Steve Lit tle, secretary-treasurer; and Paul McCloud, scrgeant-at-arms. 'Bad-Tempered Roamer' on List WASHINGTON tfl - The FBI Monday put on its list of "10 Most Wanted Men" Basil Kingsley Beck, describing him as "a youthful and bad-tempered roamer" wanted in three different states for murder, burglary and jail-breaking. Beck is of medium build, weigh ing about 160 pounds. He has blue eyes and brown hair. The fugitive, says the FBI, "should be considered dangerous". Beck was put on the "Most Wanted" list as a replacement for Everett Krucger, robber and jail breaker caugnt al Las unices, N. M., Feb. 15. Library Association Calls Spring Session First of a scries of spring dis trict meetings of the Oregon Li brary Association will be held in Portland Tuesday, starting at 10 a.m., Ainsley A. Whitman, presi dent of the Oregon Library Asso ciation, said Saturday. Purpose of the meeting is to dis cuss library development in Ore gon. The meeting will be held at the Portland Central Library and is open to all who wish to attend. Directing the discussion Tuesday will be Miss F.leanor Stephens and : Miss Eloise EOert of the Oregon 1 State Library, Salem; Miss Mar tha Hansen of Arlcta Branch of the Library Association of Port land, and chairman of the library development committee; Miss Cora Miller of the University of Portland Library, and Mr. Whit man. Two films, "The Common Her ritage," and "The Impressionable Years," will be shown during the day. A similar meeting will be held at Tillomaok County Library Sat urday. March 6. a chair Wednesday. Lilburn Webb. Jack Tucker and Delmer Peterson will leave March 8 for the Army. Mrs. Dick Demke is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Regier. Her husband is in the Army at Fort Lewis but is being transferred to a base in Alaska, she plans to join him la ter. John Clark has been in the Santiam Memorial hospital with a back injury. Mrs. Herman Lewis of Eugene was a recent visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mitchell. Terry Coleman, Gary Klok stad, Dale and Fred Mitchell have joined the Y in Salem. Fred Mitchell was first in the diving contest held there last Saturday. Terry Coleman, second and Gary Klokstad, third. Mrs. Chester Stewart and Mrs. Carl Graves are recovering from the flu. Mrs. Arthur Robertson has her grandson Max of Portland visit ing her this week, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oran Robertson, are vacationing at Sun Valley. Mrs. Floyd Pflug has returned from a trip to California where she visited her son Richard, who was leaving for overseas duty. test. Miss Owen is a junior at high school and is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Owen, 790 Evans avenue. Annual fur sales in the United States have reached half a bil lion dollars in some modern years, far larger than sales in ihe explorer-trader era, says the National Geographic Society. 9 SHIPS TO RKDS TOKYO Ml Nine ships valued at two million dollars will he ex ported to Russia by the Hitachi Shipbuilding Co.- under barter trade, Kyodo News Service report ed Monday. Kate L. Smith Rites Monday Morning Funeral services for Mrs. Kate T.. Smith. 78. who died late Satur day night, were held Monday morning following requiem mass at 9 o'clock at St. Joseph s Catn olic church. Mrs. Smith had been ill less than a week. She had lived in Salem for the last 10 years, com ing here with her husband, C. D. Smith, from Lcmmon, South Da kota. He died here in 1944. She was born September, 1875, in Al gona, Iowa. Mrs. Smith was an active mem ber of the Altar Society of St. Joseph's parish, and the Cath olic Daughters ot America, reci tation of the Rosary was held at Virgil T. Golden Mortuary Sunday night. Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. J. D. White and Margaret Brown of Salem; Sister Mary Rose, BVM, Sioux City, Iowa; Sister Mary Agneselle, BVM. Phoenix, Ariz.; two sons, H. L. Smith, Luvorne, Minn., and Col. Charles R. Smith; a brother, C. C. Lanlry, Spokane; nine grand children and two great-grandchildren. I , , 1 ' ' ' ' ' . . ' " 6 v' p : ( 1c, J Newly elected presidents of four Salem Hi-Y clubs talk over their new responsibilities. Left to right are Gary Anderson, A. A. Stagg Club; Bob Myers, Harrison Elliott; Terry Salisbury, Abel Gregg; and Neil Scheidel, Claude Kells. Not pictured are Bob Delk, J. R. Mott; and Jerry Berg, Arthur Cotton. Benson Says Decline In Farm Prices Halted By OVID A. MARTIN WASHINGTON on - Secretary of Agriculture Benson, in his first annual report to the President, said Monday 19S3 was a year In which a long decline in farm prices had been halted and a "sound permanent" farm program naa been developed. It also was a year, the secre tary said, in which steps were taken to adjust agriculture's pro ductionexpanded greatly during and after the war to peacetime needs. Benson said the Eisenhower ad- Revise Plans for Columbia Span PORTLAND Wl Revised plans for a second bridge across the Columbia River at Vancouver, Wash., will be discussed at a public hearing here March 17, the Corps of Engineers reported. The re-'.sed plans were prepared jointly by the Oregon and Wash ington Highway departments to meet objections of towboat opera tors. They contended the original specifications, which called for a 36,000 rebels entrenched around new bridge to run parallel to the the major French fortification of present span, did not give enough I Dien Bien Phu. No major contact clearance. was reported. ministration had inherited prob lems of surpluses, over-production and declining farm prices from the Truman administration. Much ot me new administration's first year in office, he said, was to deal with these problems so that it could move "constructively" to- waru putting agriculture on i souna basis. "The problem was mad mnr difficult because the tools avail able were not fully adequate to the needs of the 1950s," Benson said. "The present farm programs were basically developed during the 1930s as a part of the battle against the depression of those years. "They were amended during the 1940s as a part of this nation's economic answer to the total war of those years." he continued. "But the age we now live in is different. The demand situation is different than it was in either the great depression or the great war. The production situation Is , also different "Agriculture must strive," the secretary's report said, "to expand markets for farm products both at home and abroad, Drastic ac tion may be necessary remove the accumulated surpluses of the past several years. "Agriculture must also get its production in line with the pros pective market demands a n d cushion the price decline as much as possible through both direct and indirect price supports, wherever practical." French Claim New Successes HANOI, Indochina Wl The French claimed new successes Monday in lushing Vietminh reb els out of the key Red River low lands of north Indochina, with 92 The administration in January Do You Know? You have rehabilitation for the Handicapped in your attic and closets? 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