Salem', Oregon, FfMay,- Jarraafy 18, 1957 THE CSPITAI3 JOURNAU 400 Expected to Attend Yearly Production Credit Meet Here Farmers from all points of the Willamette valley will converge on Salem tomorrow for the 23rd an nual stockholders meeting of the Willamette Production Credit as sociation. Plans have been made to han dle over 400 at the Marion hotel where they will be served lunch eon. Three chartered buses will bring over 100 from Eugene and other parts of Lane county. The, credit cooperative finances crops, livestock, poultry and farm machinery throughout the 13 north west counties of Oregon and loaned over $6,500,000 during 1956, accord ing to P. M". Brandt. Jr., manager. The main office is located rere at 715 North Commercial street, with branches at Eugene, Tillamook, Judge Orders Prison to Free Roy Landretli Judgment Stayed So Polk County Can Press Charge Holding that two of the four crimes committed by Roy Bert Landreth, an inmate of the state penitentiary since 1944, should not have been considered in his con viction under the habitual crimi nal act, Circuit Judge George R. Duncan Thursday ruled that the convict should be released. At the same time Judge Duncan ordered a stay of judgment for 30 days in order that Polk county authorities may institute proceed ings against Landreth as a second offender. In this connection Land reth could receive a maximum sen tence of 20 years. He has already served 12 years and would be en titled to time off for good behav ior. The two crimes which Judge Duncan held should not be con sidered in connection with Land roth's conviction under the habit ual criminal act were two federal convictions involving the transpor tation of stolen motor vehicles across state lines. Landreth, a Salem welder, be fore he was convicted on a charge of embezzlement in Polk county, was sentenced to serve three years. Subsequently he received a life jolt under the habitual crimi nal act. McMinnville, Hillsboro and Ore gon City. featured on a panel of em ployes, directors and stockholders will be Paul F. Matson. president of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Spokane. Wash., through which loan funds are obtained by me local organization. Matson will explain legislation passed in 1956 by Congress which now permits the local production credit associations to purchase the capital of the Spokane bank. Loans of over $150,000,000 were discount ed at Spokane for farmers last year through the 30 production credit associations who will pur- cnase tne DanK. H A. Barnes, Silverton; Maurice Heater, Sublimity; E. W. Mc Mindcs, Astoria, and Milton C. Rider, Oregon City, have been nominated for directors to be elect ed at the meeting. Barnes, a mem ber of the executive committee, and McMindes is serving present ly as president of the association. Other directors are John Ramage, Woodburn, George H. Fullenwidcr. Carlton, and R. W. Malpass, Eu gene. Other officers, in addition to Brandt, are E. D. Hallock and Wilma M. Burchell, assistant ste-rctary-trcasurers. State Office Shifts Friday The Oregon State Real Estate commission has moved to new quarters in downtown Salem, Com missioner Ragnor O Johnson an nounced Friday. The new quar ters at 465 Ferry street gives the commission more room for its operations and its old quarters will be used by the tax commis sion research department. About 10 employes are involved in the move from the state office building to the new office, deputy commissioner E. F. Ross reported. An open house is planned, for February 1, he said. Seeks $53,000 In Damage Suit A $53,000 damage suit, resulting from a traffic accident on the St. Paul-Salem highway July 16. 1955 has been filed in Marion county circuit court by Robert T. Cole man, guardian for his 10-year-old son, William, of nervals. Named defendant in the suit is James Melchoir Jackson, New berg, who is charged with negli gence. William Coleman, a bicycle rider, received numerous injuries as the result of a collision with the automobile driven by the defen ' dant. the complaint states. Gen eral damages of $53,000 are asked in addition to special damages of $1,703. Gilbert Joins Sheriff Staff Frank James Gilbert, 157 Rose ninnt St., has been appointed dep uty sheriff in the Marion county sheriff's office, Sheriff Denver Young announced Thursday. Gilbert, a former employe of a Berkeley, Calif., law enforcement firm, will be assigned to work in the jail, the sheriff said. He re places Harry Kocher, who retired recently because of illness. Livestock Will Get Attention Livestock production will get special attention from the five short courses planned for Marion county growers in January and February. short course meetings are set for January 25, at 7:30 p.m. Keizer Grange Hall. Dr. Terrill, Beltsville, Maryland experiment station will be the speaker. Feb ruary 4 at 1:30 in the courthouse, livestock building and, marketing with Mike Huber, Agricultural engineer and William Fowler, Marketing Specialist from Oregon State College leading the discus sions. On February 11 at 1:30 p.m. in Salem, livestock health will be covered by Dr. J. N. Shaw, Ore gon State College and Dr. K. J. Peterson, State Veterinarian. In sect control including ticks, lice and flies will be reviewed by Bob Goulding, entomologist and Mr. H. A. Barnes, Silverton, chairman of the Marion county livestock health commission will report progress on the Bangs program. The final meeting of the series will be at North Howell Grange Hall February 14, at 6:30 p.m. with the annual livestock associa tion dinner. E. B. Henningson, Jefferson, is president and has ar ranged for Dr. Burton Wood, Head of the O.S.C. Agriculture Econom ics' Dept. to speak on '"57 Agriculture." Brown in Role At Convention E. A. Brown, advertising direc tor of the Statesman-Journal news papers, will have an important role in the 47th annual meeting of the Newspaper Advertising Execu tives association meeting in Chi cago January 20-23. Brown is state vice president of the national association. At the convention he will be co- chairman with Kenneth Davis, of the Appleton, Wis. Post Cresent, of the important round table ses sion for newspapers with circula tions between 29,000 and 36.000. These are "off the record" discus sions in which every member has an opportunity to speak. The association represents 90 per cent of the circulation of daily newspapers in the United States and Canada. Advance reservations indicate that over 1,000 newspaper executives and advertising person nel will attend the sessions which are held in the Edgewater Beach hotel. Parker Speaks For Realtors At Banquet The 36th annual banquet of the Salem Board of Realtors will be held at the Marion hotel Saturday night, with Dr. Reginald Parker, Willamette university law college professor in the role of guest speaker. Parker, a graduate of the Uni versity of Vienna, spent many years of his life in Austria before returning to the United States. He is considered well-founded in Euro pean politics. Many realtors from the Willam ette valley as well as members of the legislature are expected to at tend the banquet scheduled for 7:30 p.m. It will be preceded by a hospitality tour. Leo Reimann, Salem realtor, will preside as toastmaster, while en tertainment will be provided by a group of dancers and a vocalist. Richard Grabenhorst was recent ly elected president of the Salem board. Producers Co-op 1 Members to Vote On Merger Plan A plan for merger with United Growers will be voted on by grow ers of the Producers Cooperative Packing Co. at a meeting sche duled at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Liberty school. The plan will be explained to the growers by Al Randall, mana ger of both of the canneries, and the directors ot Dotn groups. Randall said both boards of dir ectors have agreed on the merger but final decision will not be made until the membership of both groups have an adequate opportun ity to understand all of the issues Sir Francis Drake explored the coast of California in 1579. N0RGE 1956 Floor Model AUTOMATIC DRYERS $QQ50 FROM ' WHILE THEY LAST Easy Budget Terms Ml IMC Refrigeration LAUL 2350 State St. Phone EM 24195 House Asks Accident Benefits for Staffers The House Thursday adopted a joint resolution that would extend state industrial accident benefits to legislative employes. The resolution would authorize the secretary of state to deduct one cent a day from the employes' pay, with the state providing a matching cost. Montana's state flower. Lewisia. is better known as bitterroot. Name Officers At Bird Club Mrs. R. D. Ramp was re-elected president of the All Variety Bird Club of Salem at the organization's meeting held at the Ramp home this week. Others elected include: Mrs. Karl Harrit, re-elected vice president; Mrs. Roy Blair, recording secre tary; Mrs. S. H. Isherwood, corre sponding secretary and bulletin editor and Mrs. W. H. Hales, treasurer. The group will hold a no-host dinner at the Salem Memorial hos pital chapel on February 19. ( OSEA Asks End To Split Shifts Elimination of split shifts for state workers where possible and added compensation for those hav ing to work split shifts was recom mended to the state civil service commission this week by the Ore gon State Employes Assn. The commission agreed at a meeting this week to look into -it and assigned Charles Bocci to work with James Daniels, execu tive secretary of the OSEA, on a proposal aimed at curbing the problem. The proposal is to be submitted to the commission for action. Contractors Pick Board Members M. L. Mills, who served as presi dent of the Salem Contractors Ex change, was elected to the board of directors of the organization and yarned temporary board chairman at the annual dinner and business meeting of the group held at the China City Cafe Thursday. Other men elected to the board of directors include Willis A. Hill, Clayton Gregg, Robert Arthur, Vern Ratzlaff. George Torrey, G. L. 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