Thursday, October 21, 1954
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Oregon
SECTION IV Page B
LEBANON The pitcher and mug sets which Mrs. E. C.
Kimmcll shapes by hand offers old timers with good memories
a chance to identify pioneer scenes. Above, the Fir Grove log
school where Mrs. Kimmell, then Minnie Ingram, attended
classes; the Waterloo woolen mill destroyed by fire in the 90 s
Sodaville spring house as it looked in 1901; log house on the
Ingram claim where Mrs. Kimmell was born; house on her own
farm; the Sodaville spring house now designated a state park,
. and the two-story Ingram family home which was an early
day show place. Only two of the seven structures are stand
ing and identifiable at present. Each piece portravs the wild
flower which grew most abundantly near the pictured build
ing. Mrs. Kimell is shown in lower photo. '
Pioneer Scenes Revived on
Linn Woman's Ceramics
LEBANON Reviving an art of
girlhood days on her family's Linn:
cnunty farm, Mrs. E. C. Kimmell
of Route 2, is achieving fame as
Oregon's Grandma Moses. Her
historic scenes and wild flowers
common to the South Santiam
Valley. . .
An excellent grade of red clay
on the Kimmell farm is utilized
for many of Mrs. KimmeU's pieces
which she shapes without use of a
wheel. Her mug sets and plates
are made of commercial white
clay. Paints which she used io
decorate her pottery is of clay
base, as is the glaze. Earth ma
terials on clay are necessary to
withstand the heat of firing, she
explains.
One of her most striking cre
ations is a pitcher and mug set.
Drawing from her memory and old
family pictures, she has painted on
them early Linn scenes in the vi
cinity of Waterloo and Sodaville.
Member of a pioneer family, the
In grams, Mrs. Kimmell was born
on their donation land claim in
the Sodaville foothill country. As
a young girl, Minnie Ingram be
came interested io pottery. She
utilized clay beds on her family's,
farm and achieved various colors
by the use of alder pollen and com
mon household bluing. But she
was one of the elder daughters of
family of 13 and afler her moth
er's death, she devoted most of
her energy to the rearing of the
younger children -with little time
for her pottery.
Married to E. C. Kimmell, the
couple reared a family of four, j
and as they married and left home,
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Mrs. Kimmell again turned to the
interest of earlier years, doing oil
paintings in addition to her ceram
ics. In her attractive farm home m
the mountains above Sodaville,
Mrs. Kimmell shares her creative
work with household duties and
gardening.
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road in Dodglas County, and build
ing a 110-foot bridge near the start
of the road project 20 miles south
east of Glide, are being called by
the Bureau of Public Roads,
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Committee
NoComplaints
WASHINGTON (Pi The
pecial committee to police the
campaigns for 435 house seats
this year made a surprising dis
closure Thursday: It has been
given nothing to investigate
so far.
None of the approximately
1,000 candidates has yet hol
lered foul, officially, to the
congressional group set up for
such complaints.
Usually, the committee does
not have to look for things to
keep it busy. Candidates have
blown the whistle on opponents
with regularity In past years,
generally well In advance of
election day.
This year, too, cries of ''dirty
tactics," have been heard
among the contestants, but not
directed to the house investi
gators. '
NY Truck Driver
Strike Ends
NEW YORK Ml A five-day
strike by truck drivers in the New
York metropolitan area ended'
Wednesday night as the last "hard
core" employer group agreed to
the union demand for a 25-cent-an-hour
package increase.
Trucking company officials pre
dicted that the settlement will
raise trucking fees by 10 to 15
per cent, that many trucking
companies will go out of business
and that manufacturing firms will
flee the area to avoid the in
creased rates.
David Kaplan, chief economist
for the union, urged the drivers
to "give the employers more of
day's work and to cooperate in
every way possible to increase ef
ficiency so a1! to minuniie the unit
cost of the wage increase."
To the employer predictions ot
the effect of the increase. Kap
lan said it could not be "so dis
astrous or the strike would not
have ended so quickly."
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and naturally we were interested to hear him tell about it.
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Tlninirr has, thai- all. The way there's no tang or bite. And the way it's
mild in Insle wilhnnt being weak or watery Well, I just like it that's all."
You may agree with our new friend when you try Rainier. It's the beer
that' growing fastest in popularity.
Political Talks Heard
In all Sections of State
By THK ASSOCIATED PRESS
Political speeches were heard in j Bend that he had nothing to do
nearly every section of Oregon j with the charges recently filed by
Thursday as the fall campaign
entered Us final 13 days.
The top contest, between Sen.
Guy Cordon and his Democratic
challenger, Richard L. Neuberger,
saw both principals in Western
Oregon.
Cordon, speaking at Gresham
Wednesday night, linked himself to
the Eisenhower program in foreign
and dopiest ic matters and urged
"all patriotic Americans of all
parties vote to give the President
a chance to make good on his
promises."
Neuberger, speaking at Salem,
and Sen. Albert Gore, Tennessee
Democrat who spoke at Portland,
attacked Cordon's record. Both
pointed out the Cordon voted for
the controversial Dixon-Yates util
ity contract in the Tennessee Val
ley. Gore said this was "a move to
establish a private power beach
head in TVA," and asserted the
contract would cost the govern
ment 140 million dollars more than
if TVA built a ate am -generation
plant.
In the second congressional dis
trict race, Rep. Sam Coon said at
mum
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against his Democratic opponent,
Albert Ullman of Baker.
Coon said that in fairness to
Ullman an early hearing should be
arranged "so that if he is innocent
he wilt have a chance to clear
himself before the election."
The hearing is set for Oct. 27,
six days before the election. Ull
man s firm is accused of improper
dealing in a 1947 real estate trans
action. Ullman has said the charge was
politically inspired. Ragnor John
son, state real estate commission
er, denied this.
The rival candidates for gover
nor were in Southwest Oregon.
After visiting workmen at lum
ber mills in North Bend and Coos
Bay, Gov. Paul Patterson said in
a meeting at the North Bend City
Hall that "every effort is being
made to cushion the effects of this
summer's lumber strike. Your
state government will do every
thing within its power to protect
and promote this basic industry of
the state."
His Democraic opponent, Joseph
K. Carson Jr., said a few miles
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away at Myrtle Point, "Whenever
the people's interest requires nv
mediate action in a crisis, be it
lumber strike or an industry to b
saved, the Patterson administra-'
tion can be depended on to stand
by and do nothing."
ASSAULT CHARGED
MOLALLA A charge- against
Orvell W. Ball, 35, of Rt. 2, Mo
lalla, has been set over to' Clack-,
amas county grand jury, an
nounced Winston Bradshaw, dis-'
trict attorney, Friday. Ball is
charged with assault on his own
daughter, 12 years old. He was
arrested by deputy sheriffs and
jailed in lieu of posting $5,000
bail. The grand jury meets Wed
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