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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1956)
Page 8 Section 2 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL' Salem,. Oregon, Tuesday, August 21, 1956 Musical at ' Pentacle to ; Open Friday Pentacle theater will make its contribution to the political season starting Friday when "Of Thee I Sing", a satire on a presidential campaign, begins its run at the barn playhouse on Dallas Road. The famous musical will continue through September 1. "Of Thee I Sing" won a Pu litzer prize for drama following its presentation on Broadway. The music was written by George and Ira Gerschwin and the book by Morrie Ryskind and George Kauff man. ' Others in the cast are Dick Greer, Barbara Huhle, Dick Schmidt, Elmer Spencer, Paul Bak er, Mac Brand, Althea Ferris, Jim Chittick and C. L. Marstors. . Choral director and choreograph er are Lou Ann and Judy Wolf, Making up the chorus are Karen Whitmore, Allen Stevens, Billic and Irwin Riddell, Dick Reese, June Laue. Dave and Charlie Marsters, Alma Kunowsky, Bob Leik, Jim Hays, Deane Kern, Pat towards, Jacque Berkey and George Baker. Tickets are on sale at Stevens and Son and Dell's Book Store, Local Paragraphs Patching Crew Praised County Commissioner E. L. Rogers took time out during Tuesday morn- ins s session of the court to speak a good word for members of a patching crew that has been operating on North River road. He said their work, especially at the Keizcr intersection, was par ticularly pleasing. North River road carries a heavy volume of traffic and rough shoulders ae vclop with considerable rapidity. Road Hearing A public hear ing in connection with the pro posed improvement of Gary street will be held in the county court chambers at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 21. The county commissioners fixed this date after hearing a report concerning the estimated cost sub mitted by Engineer John Ander son. The Improvement will con sist of a 20-foot strip of asphaltic concrete pavement with roadside ditches. Gary street is located in the South Kclzer area. - . TODAY'S CLOSE 11 STOCK QUOTATION (By The Auociatea HrMi: - Has Heart Attack Mrs. Pearl Spccr. who with her daughter, Mrs. June Spccr Madcn, operated the Little French shop In Salem for many years, is hospitalized at Huntington Memorial hospital, Huntington Park. Calif., following a heart attack suffered Saturday. Mrs. SDecr left Salem in the spring to make her home at Altadena, Calif., with her son, Don Spccr and his family. No Salem Water Shortage Now Appears Imminent A 1 n C -v - ! . f ' ' ' ! . -' t . k I? 4 HI 1 r I V ', . ' I a. aS' S A V -r V. t iUiLilJ.. 4iJ,.:ti ,, L Heat Brings Fire Danger Increasing fire danger loomed for most parts of Oregon, Tuesday, with the mercury rising and condi tions continuing very dry, " . Threat of thunderstorms seemed to be bypassing this area, the sun just going on beating down and the thermometer soaring in Salem Tuesday. A high of around 92 Was booked for the capital late this afternoon, and the same mark is forecast for Wednesday, the overall prediction calling for continuance of the fair weather. The thunderstorm talk seemed to be mainly for the southern part of the state, although the general weather report still says there's a chance for some of the lightning to spread into the northern section. Except for patches of early morning fog, the coast region too continues to enjoy fair weather, Allied Chemical 103 Vt Allis Chalmers ' 33 Aluminum Co. America 125 , American Airlines 23 J American Can 44 V4 American Cynamide 70 American Motors 0 American Tel 4 Tel. i 1H2 American Tobacco ;, 76 V4 Anaconda Copper 81 Atchison Railroad 151 Va Bethlehem Steel ' 181 Boegin Airplane Co. ; 52 14 Borg Warner 46 14 Burroughs Adding Mach, - 42 ', California Packing 45 Canadian Pacific 35 M Caterpillar Tractor 89 Celanese Corporation 15 Va Chrysler Corporation 67 Cities Service 68 Consolidated Edison . 46 Vt Crown Zellerbach 59 Curtiss Wright 36 'A Douglas Aircraft 86 du Pont de Nemours 210 '4 Eastman Kodak 94 Vj Emerson Radio 8 V Ford Motors 57 Td General Electric 1 61 ',4 General Foods 49 A General Motors . . 46 Georgia Pac Corp. 68 y Goodyear Tire ' 77 'A International Harvester ..r, 37 International Paper 12B Johns Manvllle 54 Kaiser Aluminum 64 A Kennecott Copper 135 Vi Libby, McNeill 15 Lockheed Aircraft 47 Loew's Incorporated ' 20 Long Bell A flit Montgomery Ward 42 Va New York Central 37 V4 Northern Pacific 40 Ji 1 Pacific American Fish 11 Pacific Gas it Electric 51 Pacific Tel & Tel. 140 Penney (J.C.) Co. 87 li Pennsylvania R.R. 23 Pepsi Cola Co.. 21 Philco Radio 20 Puget Sound PL 28 Radio Corporation 42 Rayonier Incorp. 384 Republic Steel 51 Reynolds Metals 78 H Richfield Oil 75 Vi Safeway Stores Inc. 56 St. Regis 52 Scott Paper Co. 69 V4 Sears Roebuck Co. " 32 14 Shell Oil Co. !)2 '4 Sinclair Oil 65 Socony-Vacuum Oil i 55 V4 Southern Pacific 50 Standard Oil Calif. 50 Standard Oil N. J. 57 4 Studebaker Packard 6 Sunshine Mining 8 Swift Company 46 Transamerlca Corp. 37 Twentieth Century Fox ' 24 "nlon Oil Company 57 "nion Pacific 31 v4 "nitcd Airlines 39 United Aircraft 81 ( United Corporation 6 ' 'nitcd States Plywood 43 ' United Stales Steel 63 Warner Pictures 27 Western Union Tel. in Westinghouse Air Brake 32 Wcstlnghouse Electric 56 '1 ",'oolworth Company 46 Canadian Air Cools Nation By. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS There was a touch of autumn In the air today as cool air from Canada spread over wide areas in the central and northeast sec tions of the country. Temperatures dropped into the 40s in the northern Great Lakes region and were in the 50s as far south as northern Oklahoma. Readings were about 10 degrees lower compared to 24 hours earli er from Arkansas northeast ward into Virginia as the cool air continued its southward , move ment. Heavy rain fell along the lead ing edge of the cool air from the Texas Gulf Coast to the North At lantic Coast states. Biggest amounts reported included 3.5 inches west of San Antonio, Tex. Reception for Pastor Planned A recognition service for Dr. W, Berkeley Ormond, new pastor of Calvary Baptist church will be held in the sanctuary of the church Wednesday evening. The service will begin at 7:30 with an organ prcluudS by Mrs. James Francis. D. R. Peterson, chairman of the pulpit committee which recommended Dr. Ormond to the church, will preside at the service. .Others appearing will be Russell Bonesteele, the Rev. T. M. Bcghard, the Rev. Clyde Woods, Dr. Harry L. Dillin, Dr. Elmer Adams, Lee Wiens, Mrs. William Reagan, William Watson and the Rev. F. C. Stannard. After the service a reception will be held for. the new pastor and his family in the Upper Fire place Room. 1 Shown In this photograpn Is J. X, Wilson, engineer for Salem water department, at Turner reservoir Intake gate through which flows most of Salem's water supply, Turner 100 million gallon reservoir Is now filled to 85 per cent capacity and a water short age for Salem during 1956 does not now appear Imminent, This year high demand for home irrigation water came during the heat wave of mid-July and before local canneries required their heavy supply of municipal water J Hcllzel Approves New Power Rale Charles H. Hellzel, public util ities commissioner, today ap proved schedules filed by Pacific Power & Light company to elimi nate the demand feature on single phase residential services. All customers having energy re quirements for space heating, will no longer be required to pay the DENTAL OFFICES OF DR. J. J. C0LT0N Liberty and Court Sts. Will Be CLOSED ... August 20th thru. 26th Re-open August 27th . Wall Street NEW YOBK The stock market finished in lower territory Tuesday but not until after a strong comeback in the final hour had erased a good part of the ' day s decline. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks went down $2.10 to $184.80 with the industrials com ponent off $3.30, the rails olf $1.40 and the utilities off 70 cents. Volume amounted to 2,440,000 shares, compared with Monday's 1,770,000. Bean Pickers Wanted Immediately See Ad In Today's Classified Section . (Processors Bean Committee) so-called demand charge on single phase service in addition to en ergy charge. Savings to Oregon rale payers will amount to $37,000 annually in the area served by the Pacific company outside of Portland and Multnomah county. 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CommitteeNamed To Prepare Plan Jbor Oregon Water Gov. Elmo Smith Tuesday ap pointed a committee of six per sons to plan the governor's pro posal for a comprehensive study of multiple-purpose use of water resources in Oregon. The program would involve the entire drainage basin ol a west ern Oregon stream as an outdoor laboratory. Members are State Forester Dwight Phipps; F. E. Price, dean of Agriculture at Oregon State College; State Engineer Lewis A. Stanley: State Game Director Phil Schneider; State Fisheries Director Milton C. Jones; and Fred Merryfield, professor of san itary engineering at Oregon State College. Fire Destroys Mill at Sandy SANDY un The Walter E. Koch Lumber Co. mill was des troyed by fire early Sunday. Damage estimated varies from a quarter of a million dollars to as much as 1400,000. A night watchman first discov ered the flames and called fire men in Sandy and Boring. The fire, took four hours to control. The mill owner, Walter E. 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