Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, December 27, 1956, Page 35, Image 35

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    Salem, Oregon, Thursday, December 27, 1956
Accidents Low
In Linn County
Over Holidays
Only Two Injuries
Reported to
PoKce
ALBANY (sTTcial) - Jam
packed highways and patches of
h.ayy fog made holiday driving
hizardous in Linn county over
Cnristmas, but only two injuries
were reported in the county frcm
h hway mishaps.
Three autos stacked up in a far
end collision just north of Tangent
Christmas night.
State police report the first car
In line was that of Carl V'illis
Bo;svert, 55, 316 . Second Ave.,
Albany. His auto was struck from
the rear by the second car, driven
by George A. Middlesteadt, Port
land. The operator of the third vehicle
was Charles L. Kceler, Portland.
Injured were MiddlostcaCs
wife, Elsie, and Mrs. Boisvert.
Mrs. Middlesteadt suffered a bro
ken wrist, mild concussion, knee
injuries, a severe head laceration
plus minor cuts and bruises. Mrs.
Boisvert suffered back and neck i it is satisfied that no Communist
injuries that were believed not! or member of the Hungarian sec
serious, ret police has reached Camn Kil-
Kceler was cited ' for following
too close.
26lh Wedding Day
Brings Death to
'Martha M. Wilber
ALBANY (Special) Mrs. Mar
tha Mae Wilbcr, 45, HFD 4, wife
of Albert Wilber, died early Christ
mas day, on her 26th wedding an
niversary, at an Albany hospital.
She was taken there Monday after
having suffered a cerebral hem
orrhage. Funeral services, under
direction of the Fisher Funeral
home, will be at 1:30 p.m., Friday
at the First Methodist church.
Burial will be in the Riverside
cemetery.
Mrs. Wilber was born April 22,
at Lander, Wyo., but she had
lived here for the last 35 years.
She was the daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Haglund,
who came to Albany in 1921. She
was married Dec. 25, 1930 to Mr.
Wilber.
Surviving are the widower: four
children, John, James, Dorothy
and Dorris, all living at the family
home; two brothers, Leonard Hag
lund, Albany, and Charles B. Hag
lund, Washougal, Wash.; and three
sisters, Mrs. Gladys Shelby, RFD
2, Albany; Mrs. Elmira Bray, Cas
tro Valley, Calif., and Mrs. Mil
dred Wright, Camas, Wash.
TODAY'S CLOSE
S.V. STOCK QUOTATIONS
(By The AMociitrtPrm:
Admiral Corporation
Allied Chemical
Allis Chalmers
Aluminum Co. America
American Airlines
American Can
American Cyanamide
American Motors
American Tel. & Tel.
American Tobacco
Anaconda Copper
Armco Steel
Atchinson Railroad
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing Airplane Co.
Borg Warner
Burroughs Adding Mach.
California Packing
Canadian Pacific
Caterpillar Tractor
Celancse Corporation
Chrysler Corporation
Cities Service
Consolidated Edison
Crown Zellerbach
Curtiss Wright
Douglas Aircraft
du Pont de Nemours
Eastman Kodak
Emerson Radio
Ford Motor
General Electric
General Foods
General Motors
Georgia Pac Plywood
Goodyear Tire
Interntional Harvester
International Paper
Johns Manville
Kaiser Aluminum
Kennecott Copper
Libby, McNeill
Lockheed Aircraft
Loew's Incorporated
Montgomery Ward
New York Central
Northern Pacific
Pacific American Fish
Pacific Gas & Electric
Pacific Tek k Tel.
Penney (J.C.) Co.
Pennsylvania R. R.
Pepsi Cola Co.
Philco Radio
Puget Sound P k L
Radio Corporation
Rayonier Incorp.
Republic Steel
Rcvnolds Metals
Richfield Oil
Safeway Stores Inc.
St. Regis
Scott Paper Co. .
Sears Roebuck k Co.
Shell Oil Co.
Sinclair Oil
Socony-Mobil Oil
Southern Pacific
Standard Oil Calif.
S andard Oil N. J.
Studebaker Packard
Sunshine Mining
Swift k Company
Transamerica Corp.
Twentieth Century Fox
Union Oil Company
Union Pacific
United Airlines
United Aircraft
United Ccrpora'inn
I'rted States Plv-ood
United States Steel
Vainer Pictures
Western Union Tel.
Westinouse Air Brake
Westini ouse Electric
Woolwofcj Company
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Molalla Organizes Group to
Finance City Swimming Pool
Dr. Roy Heckard
Named Head
Of Body
MOLALLA (Special) An organi
zation for the all-community drive
to build a $50,000 swimming pool
here has been completed, with Dr.
Roy E. Heckard elected president;
Luther Rousch, first vice presi
dent: Mrs. Zoe Durst, second vice
president, and Karl R. Treadwell.
secretary-treasurer. Fifteen Mola
lla civic organizations arc back
ing the drive. Official n.-me of the
organizaticn will be Molalla Rec
reation council.
Officials Sure
No Red Agents
With Refugees
CI
WASHINGTON m
The lm.
I migration Service snid Inrl.
mer, N.J., with the waves of pa-
ruiea Hungarian relugees being
processed through that Army cen
ter. Officials said, in response to an
inquiry, that hardly a day passes
without some accusation of this
sort being made at the camp. In
every such case, they said, the
accuser and the accused arc with
drawn from the processing line
and examined in great detail. The
service said none of these exami
nations has developed any evi
dence warranting the return of
the accused person.
The service said it believes its
screening process in Austria is
working well, but it will exert I
every effort to prevent any Com -
munists or secret policemen from
reaching this country.
At Camp Kilmer an Army
spokesman said government
agencies are alert to the possi
bility that Hungarian Reds may
try to plant secret agents among
the refugees.
Man Injured
As Car Rolls
SCIO (Special) A Christmas
Eve accident put Oscar Hair of
Scio in Willamette Osteopathic hos
pital in Albany over Christmas
Day, with a possible fractured
neck. His condition was not con
sidered, serious, . . . ,
Hair and his son were driving
home about 7 p.m. Monday when
his car went off the road between
Hungry Hill and Franklin Butte
and rolled down a steep embank
ment near the George Brock place.
His son apparently was unhurt.
Hair was taken to the hospital by
Jost s ambulance.
Hungarians Help
Fellow Refugees
BAKER Ml Two Hungarian
refugees who found sanctuary in
the United States and employment
in Baker have dipped into their
savings to help their less fortunate
countrymen.
Janos Kern and Stephan Huszar
who have worked at construction
iobs here onlv a few weeks have
i contributed S50 to the Oregon Com
mittee for Hungarian Refugees.
And they have told their spon
sor, Mrs. Jan Goodjohn, the;' also
plan to repay their transportation
costs to Oregon.
Christmas Babes
Avoid Silverton
SILVERTON (Special! Al
though no Silverton babies arrived
at the local hospital on Christmas
Day, two, a girl and a boy ol par
ents of neighboring towns were re
ported. A daughter was born at 12:08 cn
Christmas morning to Mr. "id
Mrs. Floyd Lenhardt of Hubbard,
and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Dansky of Woodburn, at 3:48 a m
Christmas Day.
Silverton is boasting the birth of
a baby boy, Christmas Eve, the
son of the Kelph ijchimmeis.
SDA Services Set
SILVERTON (Speciall The
Seventh-day Adventist services in
clude Sabbath school to convene
at 9:30 a.m. Saturday with A. W.
Bovce in charge. The lesson topic
'iTii. 'trnr, nq,-, r.t rUnu-chin Fnl-
lowing Christ's Passion." recorded
in all four gospels ana Acts i. iik,cmum.
morning worsnip service tu .-
gin at 11. being conducted by the
iMKtnr. F rier Kenretn .Met ay.
531 Praver meeting is held Wednesday! I.eora Stevens, president, pre
li' evening at 7:30. A meeting of the sided at the business meeting
' local elders of the Silverton district The next meeting ''''
m 3 1 is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 3, home of Mrs. Alice Huber with
in the Monitor church. Rota Cruson program leader.
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Molalla, Mt. Angel Lutherans
To Join for
7 ' MOLALLA (Special" - In Grace . Saturday, Jan. 5: the annual con
' 'Lutheran church there will be no gregational meeting u. slated for
Ml41New Year's eve or New Year's Wednesday. January 9 At the
37 daV services this year. The Mt. council meeting, it was decided to
23 " 1 Angel rongregat on invites mem- proceed with the completion of the
M4 bVrs of Uie Molalla church to be ! Sunday school rooms, with wirmg
30 V with them on New Year's eve for, to be the first step
4? .'"J2. ,i nm with a watch' Ladies aid appoin ments for De-
, Darly following.
'The next meeting of the adult
fi xi ocrx New Year's mornir? Ml. tar commuter. ,ir.v i,uim .jhik aj timer oi .m-.imniiu;. ine fl. urn. am., ann win iae a
"4 li Anipt u 11 h-vc rvce cipher at and Mrs. Otto Lucht; vck com- l.ttle g.rl weighed 7 pounds 13 ihort term of training each year
r. iii w am Yn hch !o!a!la mttef. Mrs. William Lucht and ounces and wa born in Doctor's during their enlistment period. j
7 1 10 JO o. 11 a m. W ii vranlr RnrkPfihar-pn- honi- hernial OrrPon Titv Thiithrir, I
,,..,- . ujl k, he d Jan. -Mrs. IVia lai!rg. nusirMi-s im
TZ nJlt miJn'g of the junior January are Mrs. Kenneth Hoff-
coiaui S vin be heidimao and Mrs. Delmar Peas.
The drive for funds to build
pool first was proposed by Mola
lla Rotary club, which has for the
past three summers provided free
swimming lessons at the Wood
burn pool for Molalla children,
even transporting them daily to
Woodburn in a hired bus.
Several thousand dollars in dona
tions, memorial funds, labor and
materials already have been
received. George Guild, local Ro
tary president, states that the offi
cial purpose of the council is to
stimulate community interest in
iccreation and wholesome play for
children and adults in the area. I
There will be 'no restrictions as to1
race, color or creed, he stated.
Rev. Rex Jones heads the' or
ganization committee and How
ard Peterson heads the planning
committee. Elton Lantz is chair
man of the Rotary swimming pool
committee.
Definite assurance that the com
mittee will be given city-owned
property for their proposed pool
Burglars Steal
Worthless Books
Of Lebanon Man
LEBANON (Special) An un
explained burglarv was discov
ered Monday by Harvey Wight,
justice of the peace here for 23
years. When he went to his of
fice Monday, he found glass
smashed In the door and his
desk broken open. Taken wefe
papers described as useless to
anyone except the owner, non
ncgoliab' bonds, ledgers and
duplicate deposit' books.
Wight told police he had no
Idea who might want any of the
information contained In the
ledgers and books and expressed
the opinion that none of the
"loot" could have any value to
anyone else.
.
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Steel Firm's
Plane Crashes
NEW CASTLE, Pa. (UP) A
two-e n g i n e d plane owned by
Youngstown Sheet k Tube Co.
crashed in flames juit outside the
city limits' today, killing the pilot
and a copilot.
. A third man identified as a me
chanic also was reported to be
aboard the craft which went down
near the New Castle-Pulaski, Pa.,
road near the Ohio line.
The plane was a Super Ventura
on its first test flight after its
conversion from a Navy bomber.
The pilot was tentatively iden
tified as Al Tucker of Pittsburgh,
and the copilot as Wit Tillison.
Joseph Frcidham, an official of
Jamison Memorial Hospital here,
said the plane's pilot and copilot
were burned to death.
Robert Douglas, secretary to the
president at Youngstown Sheet
and Tube, said he understood a
third man also was aboard the
plane. Douglas described the
plane as on a "routine flight."
Last Day Shopping
Rush Surprise to
Albany Jlcrchants
ALBANY (Special) An almost
phenomenal last day rush of
Christmas buying Monday
caught many local merchants
napping and boosted the sea
sonal volume in most lines here
to an all-time high.
Merchants revealed Wednes
day they were astonished at the
Christmas Eve buying, which
they said boosted their volume
unexpectedly and may have so
tipped the scales that the entire
year's total volume may be ex
celled. Usually, businessmen generally
agreed, sales slack off the day
before Christmas but this year a
brlatrd stampede for merchan
dise had clerks fagged and
stocks depleted before buyers re
luctantly terminated their shop
ping at 5:30 p.m. Monday, when
nearly all stores closed.
Merchants said they must
await results of Inventories and
audits before comparing precise
ly the 12-months results with
those of 1935.
Lyons WSCS Has
Christmas Partv
LYON'S (Speciall The WSCS
had a meeting and annual Christ
mas party at the home of Mrs
, Alex Bodeker recently, with a gift
names were
' " . .
vealed and new ones drawn for
.mwrei .. .
Watch Services
tality. Mrs. Arthur Raasch and
closing with ves- cemtXT-January mciuoc on me u- io mnr son ana ne. .ir. ana .-irs. i ?pem six monins in irainms ai .
and center was revealed at a
joint meeting of the Molalla coun
cil and recreation committee re
cently in Molalla city hall and
the main acreage that the recre
ation council has hoped to obtain
probably will be released by the
city within the next few weeks.
Warren Adams, local high
school superintendent, recently
pointed out the possibility of in
cluding swimming classes in the
school's curriculum when the pool
is completed.
Pick Winners
Of Decoration
At Woodburn
E. A. Buchanan Given
Top Honor for
Seniors
WOODBURN (Special) E. A.
Buchanan was winner in the
Christmas display contest, in the
adult division, sponsored by the
Woodburn junior chamber of com
merce, with a painted window
scene at his home, 575 Elm street.
Second place winner was Mrs.
Gclta Mae Conncll, 185 North Sec
ond, with a nativity scene on the
porch.
Contestants were divided into
three classes, sixth grade and un
der, class 1; seven to 12th grade
inclusive, class 2, and adults.
Winner in class 1, Richard Ful
ler, 520 West Hayes, aged 10, na
tivity scene: second place. Mary
Coman, aged 10, 839 . Lincoln,
window scene.
Class 2, Carol Mitchell, age 17,
615 Fir street, window scene.
Judges were Mrs. Gerald B.
Smith and Mrs. O. L. Withers.
Several other beautiful scenes
were not entered in the contest.
Sixteen baskets of food and toys
were distributed Christmas Eve by
the Jaycees in addition to many
other organizations who delivered
a number of baskets. In the Jay-
cees baskets there were about 36
items including chicken, canned
goods, sweet and Irish potatoes,
meat, fruit, canned milk, margar
ine, beans, jello, candy, oranges,
nuts, soap and toys.
The food was contributed by in
dividuals, money to purchase food
by individuals, and food by the
various stores around the city. All
families on the list furnished by
tne well are were cared for.
Committees in charge of the dis
play contest included Ed Koski
chairman, Don Burlingham, Ray
Miller, Kev. Donald Eaton, Maz
Murray and Bob Sawtellc. Mem
bers of the Sunshine committee in
charge of the food baskets were
Rev. Donald B. Eaton, E. A. Bu
chanan, Bob Miller. Lynn Simon.
Reuben Baisch, Roy Grossen and
Harold Livcsay.
Molalla Vets in
Christmas Party
MOLALLA (Speciall A Christ
mas party was held Thursday eve
ning by members of Champoeg
Barracks, Veterans of World War
I, and the auxiliary, at Mulino
community hall, with a large at
tendance. A no-host fried chicken
dinner started the evening at 7
p.m. followed by a cake walk with
Mrs. Carl Doerfler, Mulino, receiv
ing the coke. The membership
prize went to Clyde H. Olds, Mu
lino. Music for the evening was
furnished by Carl Doerfler, James
Hudspeth and Joe Strobcl with
their violins, accompanied by Mrs.
Harold Johnson at the piano. Doer
fler also played a violin solo "Star
of the East." There was a gift ex
change next, follo ved by games.
Quartermaster urval h. Karns
announced that the business meet
ing of Champoeg Barracks and
auxiliary is slated for Thursday
evening, January 10, in Mulino,
hall.
Lafavetle Women
Try Bread Making
LAFAYETTE (Special) - Lafay
ette's Home Extension unit met
last week, in the home of Mrs.
Frances Beard to have demonstra
tions on' sweet bread and rolls.
Leaders for the demonstration
were Mrs. Frances Beard apd Mrs.
Julia Kcffer.
Lunch was furnished by Mrs.
Agnes Merrill, and Mrs. Cecile
Hathaway.
Mrs. Alice Bosshardt and Mrs.
Vonda Lena Clemens reported on
a Christmas decoration meeting
The business meeting was led by
ir t..ii;i k'uffnr
Mrs. Julia heifer.
Yule Parly Given
LYONS (Special' The annual
Christmas party for pre-school
children was hold at the Catholic
community hall last week, with
approximately 80 mothers and
children present. Mrs. Charles
Power was in charge of the enter
tainment and showed Christmas
pictures. The committee in charge
included Mrs. Leland Manning,
Mrs. Donald Huber and Mrs. Roy
Lambert.
GREET GRANDCHILD
MOLALLA (Special) Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Affolter announce that
they are grandparents again when
a daughter was born December 20
third child and they now have one
otiy aim iw kuis. i iic omer
j grandparent is Mrs. Goldie Anns
ol Canby.
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL
Road Signs:
i - '"X msmn HOME
I jCREuDfl I . . . J
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sr-? k1 ' l 1 1 '
JERUSfLH HILU! .. ! j
JEWISALW. HILL Rl
Life Ends for
Harry Fellows
ALBANY l Special) Harry Le-
Roy Fellows, 63, resident of Jef
ferson for the last 10 years, died
at his home Saturday. The funeral
was at the Fortmiller-Fredericksen
Funeral home Wednesday. Burial
was in the Waverly Memorial '
cemetery.
The deceased was born at Shad
ron, Neb., March 22, 1893, and he
had been employed in road con
struction in portable engineering
for several years.
He married Louise Andrews at
Bandon Nov. 3, 1955. Surviving
besides his widow, are his mother,
Mrs. Lillian O. Thompson, Ash
land; three brothers, Orris B.,
Ashland: Oliver R., Chelan. Wash.,
and William R. Fellows, Mayview,
Wash.; a sister. Mrs. Lillian Flor
ence Huston, Wenatchce, Wash.;
and seven step-children, Robert
Sch rain, George S c h r a m, Bill
Schram, all of Albany; Mrs. Nor
ma Orton, Jefferson; Mrs. Dor
thca Olson, Trinidad, Calif.. Har
old Everest. George and Robert
Everest, Sand Lake, Ore.
J.' Lawrenson
Dies at Albany
ALBANY (Special) The funeral
for J. A. Lawrenson, 83-year-old
retired Albany building contractor,
who died at a Eugene hospital of
a heart ailment Monday, will be
Thursday at the Fisher Funeral
home.
A native of Liverpool, England,
born Jan. 21, 18118, but a resident
of Albany the last 37 years, Mr.
Lawrenson came to the United
Slates when a small child, living
in Iowa for several years before
coming to Oregon in 1902. He re
sided at Eugene for six years and
at Dallas seven years before com
ing here in 1913.
He married Kate McDonald at
Mapleton, Iowa, March 18, 1897.
She died Aug. 24, 1954. Surviving
are two children, Mrs. Lucile Hart,
RFD 3, Albany, and Harold Law
renson, Portland; and a sister,
Mrs. Fannie Habinck, Mapleton,
Iowa.
For five years Mr. Lawrenson
served as an appraiser for the
National Farm Utan association in
Linn and Benton counties.
Future Business
Group Organize
S1LVKRTON (Speciall A Sil
vrrton chanter of the Future
Rusiness Leaders of America will
be installed with charter members
m February.
Officers elected at the la.st ses-
5ion were cions .Morgan, presi
dent; David Almquist, vice-president;
Etta Cooper, secretary; Ver
lene Miesheimcr, treasurer, and
Barbara Olson, reporter.
The club will meet every third
Thursday for evening meetings
which will be In the new business
education department of the Sil
verton Lnion High school.
End (ruanl Dutv
LAFAYETTE (Speciall-Cnarles
Sheckler and Cyrus Warren have
finished their enlistment in the
National Guard, and returned to
their home Friday, Dec. 21, in
l time to sprfid Christmas with
( their families. The two young men
Coal constituted forty per cent Countries." was presented by Mrs.
of ail dry cargo imported in lI56Verna Hedgecoke and Mrs. Elsie
into West Germany, Meeker.
Respect Their
Hungry IIH1 road In Linn county (upper left) received Us name
from early settlers who found the soil there so thin that they
despaired of a good living and moved away. Also In Linn County
are these signs (upper right) thai point the way to names If not
places of distinction. For the scoffer there ts also a sign In
dicating the way to Sweet Home. Cannibal Mountain remote In
the Coast Range f Lincoln County Is a misnomer. Cannibals do
HUNGRY HILL,
Some Road Signs Stimulate
Inquiries, Others Amusing
Motoring Big
Spur for
Marking
By BEN MAXWELL
Capital Journal Writer
Esteem the rood sign. It Is t
guiding light of ancient distinc
tion. The Roman centurion slog
ging along the Appian Way be
tween Porta Capena and Brundu-
sium in the time of Lmpcror Ti
berius noticed the signs with in
terest. They were milestones indic
ative of the distance between camp
sites for the cohort.
Death Claims
Hopmere Man
Services for William M. Buchan
an, 78-year-old Hopmere farmer
who died Tuesday in a Portland
hospital, will be held at 10:3(1 a.m.
Saturday in the Ctough-Barrick
chapel.
The Rev. Ernest P. Guulder will
officiate. Burial will be in the City
View cemetery and Gervais lodfie
121, lOOF, will hold ritualistic ser
vices.
He was born June 22, 1878, in
Eric county, Pa., and he and his
wife moved to Hopmere in 1914.
She passed away last year.
Buchanan lived at Itt. 2, Box
230. He was past grand noble of
the lOOF lodge. Buchanan entered
the hospital three weeks ago for
heart treatment.
Survivors include two daughters,
Mrs. Dolores Porter, Ordnance,
and Mrs. Constance DoBauw, Port
land: three sons. Grant T. Buchan
an, Portland, Donovan J. Buchan
an, Canby, and Kenneth L.
Buchanan, Salem; a sister, Mrs.
Leona Jackson, lone; and eight
grandchildren and four great
grandchildren. Con KncanrH
JACKSON. Mich. Prison
officials
relrntrd today to let
Donald F. Wolfe, 25, attend his
mother's funeral despite his es
cape in a futile effort to see her
before she died.
The former trusty walked away
from a southern Michigan prison
farm last week when he learned
his mother, Mrs. Kathcrine Wolfe,
58, was critically ill in Los An
geles. She died before he could
reach her and Wolfe gave himself
up to St. Louis, Mo., police.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday In Battle Creek, Mich.
WSWS in Meeting
LAFAYETTE (Special) The1
Women's Society of World Service
held a monthly business meeting
recently in the annex of the Poling
Memorial Et'B Church. Mrs. Ruth
Hayes, president of the organiza
tion, led the business session. The
lesion, entitled "Christmas as Des
cribed by Missionaries in Other
Information,
CANNIBAL MOUNTAIN
Nineteen centuries later a sign
daubed upon a board at the out
skirts of Oregon City pointed to
ward a morass that was the road
to The Mills that became Salem.
Come With Auto
In horse and buggy days the
need for road signs was not urgent.
Hardly anyone ventured beyond a
known territory with Old Dobbin.
Event of the practical automobile
brought the need for numerous and
reliable road signs. They came in
profusion after 1!)20.
Now Oregon stale highway de
partment, counties and cities paint
signs and engage crews to erect
them. And it is a growing bus-:
iness. A remote country cross
roads without its sign is an ac
cusation of negligence on the part
of some authority. Sometimes folks
are heard to complain about the
mulliplicity of signs. But to try to
get along without them would add
cuaos to contusion.
Some Amusing
Some road signs are amusing,
others stimulate inquiry. Some do
both. Such is the sign for Hungry
Hill Road midway between Scio
and Crabtrec.
Did the hill get hungry?" Non
sense! But those who lived on this
655-foot butte in earlier days prob
ably did. The soil there was so
thin and rocky that the struggling
farmers gave up in despair and
moved away. Thereafter the hill
was Hungry Hill. Another hilt in
Ihe Jefferson area is called Hard
scrabble for the same reason. And
over in Clackamas County there '
is a community called Needy, not
because of area unproductiveness
but because some early settlers
there were in a destitute condition.
So much for poverty row in pio
neer Oregon. Nor is there any rea-
Serviws for Ex-
Resident Friday
Services for Andrew Klett, for
mer resident of Salem who died
Dec. 17 in San Francisco, will be
held rnday at 2 p.m. in the Vir
gil T. Golden Chapel.
Burial will be in the Salem Pi
oneer cemetery. A ritualistic sorv
ice will be conducted by Elks
Uxl-AC 336.
Klett. who lived in California for
a number of years, leaves a cous
in, Gus Grab, Portland, and a sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. Bertha Klett, Mex
ico City.
EARL SAYS
21 Yein
Experience
In Hilunl
Gai Heeling
All MUMAY
AT CHERRY CITY ELECTRIC
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not have and have not lately resided there. Adventlstt arriving
In Yamhill County about 1900 gave Jerusalem Hill road Its nam
to honor a precept of their faith. At first It was New Jerusalem
road; a later generation dropped the "New." Tourists approach
ing Lake Louise In the Canadian Rockies are confronted by 19
signs (lower right) pointing to grandeur but attached to a single
post. (Capital Journal Photos) '
son to suppose that folks from
Hungry Hill and Needy resorted
to cannibalism on Cannibal Moun
tain in Lincoln County. Iteally, no
one seems to know how this J 946
foot peak did get its name. But
this writer who on occasion found
himself in that region famished
and bewildered had a disposition
to eat his wife. , . So, his facetious
explanation for the name may be
as sensible as some already pub
lished. Jerusalem Hill Derivation
Derivation of the name Jeru
salem Hill Road between Dayton
and Hopewell was determined by
ringing doorbells and not from
McArthur'a "Oregon Georgraphic
Names." i
About 1900 a dozen or so families
of Adventists settled in this locality
and named the road New Jer-
' usalem out of consideration for
tltoir religious precepts. After the
old family heads had disappeared ,
a younger generation dropped the ,
"New" and settled for Jerusalem
Hill Road.
Other signs along Oregon high
ways and byways likewise reflect
names for piety and divinity.
Over in Clatsop and Tillnmook
Counties there is a Gods Valley,
so named presumably because
famished and thankful hunters
found vension in that vicinity.
The sign pointing to Gods Val
ley obviously originated, and re
cently, in some highway sign
shop. Gods Valley sign is a fre
quent target for vandalism. But
pious folks in the neighborhood
are not cynical about their sign.
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They castigate those who would
tamper with it by a quotation from
Jeremiah (44:29) "And this shall
be a sign unto you, saith the Lord,
and I will punish you in this place,
that ye may know that my words
surely stand against you for evil."
Saints Give Namei
Marion County has its Sublimity,
Linn county its Providence and
nearly every county in the slate
has a place named for some more
or less prominent saint. Oregon is
not deficient in names significant
to the Christian religion. Its Indian
names are not much used because
they are incomprehensible and un
pronounceable. Even those born within and not
traveled beyond their county
boundaries get a cosmopolitan
feeling from reading a Linn County
road sign that points to such cele-
r P,ace, namea as merlin,
Waterloo and Lebanon. Cynics who
soy these place names are "Corn"
foisted upon the community by
some hick school teacher are in
vited to read the other sign on
that post: "Sweet Home, eight
miles."
Tourists approaching Lakt
Louise in the Canadian Rockies are
impressed by a sign on a single
post that directs the travellers at
tention to 10 major scenic attrac
tions. The landscape is an inspira
tion. But Ihe conversation reverts
lo the post and its signs. "Say,
Ma, wouldn't that post with all its
signs make a great hat tree for our
lodge hall?"
FOR PENNEY'S!"
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