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Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, January 23, 1957 Page 8 Section 1 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL Committee for Auxiliary Named SUBLIMITY (Special The 'executive board of the Marian Home Auxiliary met last week, with the president, Mrs. Lee Hish " ' Merger naming her committees for the vear. The committees are: Visiting: Mrs. William Ducha pau, Mrs. liosc Roisterer, Mrs. l.mma Uoerfler, Mrs. John Laux, ' Mrs. Ray Stuckarl. Food: .Mrs. 'M.ke Benediel. Gift Shop: Mrs. Aniline llassler, Mrs. Ben Toep f:r. Mrs. Raymonl Boedighumer. Mrs. Bert Smith. Ways and T'eans: Mrs. Claude Harding. Mrs. Mike Benedict, Mrs. Carl Poirahsky, Mrs. Kugene Ditter, Mrs. Lee Highberger. Mrs. John Frank. Membership: Mrs. Herman Hassler, Mrs. Wayne Kollis, Mrs. 0. E. Roberts, Mrs. Ann Moffen bier. Mrs. Ben Tocpfcr, Mrs. Ray mind Boedigheimer. Mrs. Lee Highberger. Mrs. Claude Harding, Mrs. John Frank. ... LEBANON (Special! Various typrs of corsages suitable for all occasions were ui-iiiuiimi unu j Mrs. Mirl vuwicr ai a uusines and Professional Women's meet ing last week. Mrs. Vawtcr ac companied her demonstration with a humorous commentary on pro blems of tc corsage maker. The dining tables were decorated with ski scenes in blue and white, made by members of the arts ' committee. Mrs. Lela Jaeohsen, Mrs. Thclma Jaross and Mrs. Helen Perard. - A piano program was presented by Miss Carla (iorrison. Miss Susan Swink was intro duced by Mrs. Thelma Stewart as 'cirl-of-thc-month." PLEASANTDAI.E (Special) There will be a-eommunity meet ing the vening of February 9 in the Plcasantdalc community cen ter, according to Aloha club presi dent, Mrs. William Mills, at whose home the club met- last week. Guests were Mrs. A. M. Vernon and' Mrs. John Michael, Jr. The co-hostess was Mrs. Sam Whitney. MOLALLA (Special) New of ficers for Molalla FL club were installed when the club met re cently at the home of Miss Joanne Breen with Mrs. Dorothy Jackson assisting. Officers installed were Mrs. Betty Wynn, president; Mrs. Bettye Larsen, vice-president; Mrs. Colleen Wyland, secretary; Mrs. Eileen Warrick, retiring president, was presented a past president's pin from the club. Members were reminded of ihe Theta Rho installation set for January 2(i In the 100F hall. Mrs. Bonnie Reed and Mrs. Doris Rich ardson were named on the de corating committee for Thetn Rho installation. Mrs. Betty Wynn re ceived the hostess gift, AMITY (Special) Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Robertson recently celebrated their Mm wedding an niversary with their sons and families and many friends calling to extend good wishes. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson were married January 14. Jfla!), in Granger County, Tenn., coming to Oregon In 1902 and establishing a farm in the Amity area in 1910. ihey operated the farm until 1942, when (heir son, Ernest, look over its management. The Robertsons have two sons, trnest and Herbert, both of Amity, four grandchildren and one great grandchild. AMITY (Special) A recent family reunion celebrated January birthdays and anniversary. Those honored on the occasion were Mrs. Donna Bruczynski and Mrs. Alice Sutherland for birthdays and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ellenberger for their wedding anniversary. A special dinner in honor of the oc casion was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Talmndgc in McMinnvillc. Those present for the reunion were: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ellenberger, Mr. nnd Mrs. Bert Sutherland nnd Dale, and Mr. nnd Mrs. Aner Ruczynski nnd Jeff, all of Amity; Mr. nnd Mrs It. A. Biekford nnd family of Sweet Home, nnd Mr. nnd Mrs .1. S. Rieklord and Rodger of Eureka, Calif. ... LYONS (Special) Donna Asmussen with her assistant, Jack ie Sturdnvent entertained their (iirl Scouts nt their regular meet iitE last week at the Asmussen home. Playing of games nnd work ing on their scrapbnok made the entertainment for the ntlernonn Scouts present were Merry .In Cruson, May Agnes Morgan, Judy Anderson, Sue Davenport, Joyce I'richard kalyn Smith, Mildred Asmussen. Vivian Wilson, tlinger LanUcr, Betty Mierose, and t'haro lette Lanlzer. WOODBL'RN (Special) A group of members of the Woodburn Women's Rural club gave a sur prise houscwarming for Mrs. H. L. Beyer last week at her home here and presented her with a money trie. Arraneements were in charge of Mrs. Jay Weber and 17 club mpmhers narticioated. lie resn- mcnts. brought b' the group, were served. Rainbows Install WOODBURN (Soccial) Open installation of the new officers of llninhow flsKfmhlv No. 12: Order ol the Rainbow for Girls, will be Wednesday evening, January 23, at the Masonic temple when Miss Carole Foster will be installed as worthy adviser. Miss Foster is the daughter of Mrs. Fern Foster who is mother adviser of Evergreen assembly. Mi rami Ann Livesav. the re tiring worthy adviser, will be the installing oflicer assisted oy miss Annip M.-iv -liulterfield of Portland. past worthy adviser of Rose City assembly, as chaplain; Miss Marilyn Roberts, as recorder; Miss Rulh Mane Applegatc as marshal and Miss Joann Meyer as musician. Officers of Woodburn chapter of DeMolay will conduct the crowning ceremony. Refreshments and dancing will follow the installation. MOLALLA (Special) Mr. and Mrs. Rod Durst entertained with a "bad taste" party, with guests coming in costumes showing the height of bad taste. There was a ncty of costumes worn, provid ing much entertainment. T h c group meets once a month to play pinochle and has done so for the past 12 years. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Ernest, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Miller, Mrs. Thelma Mvers and Jack Nelson. all of Portland: Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Hendcrcr, Patsy and Stanley of Molalla, and the hosts. MOLALLA (Special) Molalla Methodist Woman's society of Christian Service sponsored a shower for the new daughter born January 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Nor bcrt Mohrholz. Mrs. Mohrholz is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Domgocrgen who are soon to sail for America from Germany under sponsorship of Molalla Methodist church and Harold Marials, Molal la. Mr. and Mrs. Mohrholz recently arrived in Molalla as refugees from east Germany. The many gifts for the baby were taken to their apartment in Molalla Friday afternoon by Mr. and Mrs. .1. V. Robertson nnd Mrs. Harold Mac-key. MOLALLA (Special) Zakfciu Camp Fire girls elected new of ficers when they recently met in the primary school building. Gaylc Ogburn wns elected president; Barbara Crawford, vice-president; Susie McEwen, secretary; Laurc Norquist, treasurer; Linda Jolley, scribe; Jeanne Bunke, keeper of the memory book. Mrs. Jim Jolley is guardian and Mrs. Chan Bunke is assistant. MOLALLA fSpeclnl) In spile of a snowy evening, members of tho 500 club met Sunday evening at the home of Mrs. P. J. Hreen. Claude Henrici held high score honors. The club will play next in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vic Brodkorb in Portland Sunday evening, February 17. A late luncheon was served by the hostess. Havens Honored At Farewell Event TALBOT (Special) Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Haven were honored Sunday afternoon with a farewell open house from 2 to 4 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Turnidge. The Havens have lived in the Talbot area for 23 years but have sold their home and arc moving to property south of Sa lem. A friendship gift was present ed by the party guests. Mattie and Marlin Shoop sang a duej, "God Bless and Keep You." The serving table was covered with a pink cloth, and pink car nations and pink candles in sil ver holders proviced the centerpiece. Mrs. Lee Cameron and Mrs. Al Gurgurich had charge of the guest book, and Mesdames Ed Lambert, Albert Cole, Dclmer Davidson and A. R. B I i n s t o n poured. Mesdames Dale Turnidge, Eldon Turnidge, Len Edwards and William Knight cut the cakes. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mc- Clcan have bought the Haven home and acreage will be occupy ing it soon. DONALD (Special) Members of the Social club of Venus chap ter, order of the Eastern Star, will meet at the Union Hill club house on Friday February 1, he ginning at 10 o'clock with- mem bers bringing lunches. The mem bers plan to sort and pack rum mage items preparatory for their sale scheduled for February 2 at the American Legion hall in Ore gon City, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Anyone having rummage material hould get it to the club house by Friday, or if they arc unable to take it, they should call Airs. Rob ert Colvin about picking it up. .1NCOLN (Special) Mrs. Ben McKinney was the speaker on the program at the January meeting of the Country Garden club, at the Community Center at Spring Valley. Mrs. McKinney gave a talk on the various kinds of flowers she saw on her trip to Europe and England last summer. She dis tributed flower seeds she had brought back from Europe to four members of the Country Garden club, who in turn will plant the seeds and share with other mem bers in the spring. On display at the meeting were dry arrange ments made by Mrs. Mike Focht who demonstrated the methods she used. LYONS (Special) The Wednes day afternoon Card club met at the home of Mrs. Iota Worden recently. A dessert was served fol lowed by several tables of 500. High score was held by Bertha Allen; second high by Alma Olm- stcad: and low by Margaret Kunk- Ic. Others present were Mabel Downing, Juanila Wright, Donna Asmussen, Eulalia Lyons, Lottie Grosso, Ethel Huffman, Bernico Bridges, Golda Brassfield, Ruth Lyons, Thelma Nydegger, all of Lyons, and 1'hylis Leirman from Stayton, a guest or the afternoon. LYONS (Special) A special meeting of tho Garden club took place last week at the Catholic community hall after a recess of one year. Plans were made to con tinue the meetings with the next one to be on the second Wednes day in February at the Catholic hall, with Martha Cruson and Gertrude Wcidman as hostesses. At that time election of officers will take place. MACLEAY AREA BARN USED Pro-Slavery Hideouts in 1860 Prevented Senate From Meeting By BEN MAXWELL Senator J. S. Mclteeney, a Ben Capital Journal Writer ton county physician, might be Incapacity ot Oregon s legisia- Mound in his home at corvauis. ture to organize and function is Barker sent his assistant there an old story. Back in 1897 there was a "hold-up" session already discussed by the Capital Journal (Dec. 27, 1956) wherein person al emmty and the gold standard issue prevented organization of the house. That year the legisia ture was unable to elect an Unit ed States senator. There was also a "hide-out" session in 1860 when slavery was a hot political issue. Party align ments of 97 years ago do not much matter now and slavery has long been a dead issue. But the hideout session may still have points- of interest to Ore gon's deadlocked senate and sen ators who would like to hide in barn. Gist of the business in I860 was that the pro-slavery element in the Democratic par:y knew it could not elect its own candidates to the United States senate and did not want the other parties to elect their hopefuls. Six Missing So, shortly after the legislature convened on September 11, in the llolman block, Oregon's rent ed capitol at the northwest cor ner of Commercial and Ferry streets in Salem, only recently razed, a roll call in the senate re vealed that six pro-slavery Dem ocrats were absent. There was no quorum, hence no business. Obviously enough two United States senators could not be elect ed with these six willful recalci trants absent. Where, were these absentee supporters of Old Joe Lane and Delazon Smith (Editor Asahcl Bush called him "Delu sion" Smith)? Oregon's press cla mored to know and the public felt that way about it, too. Repub licans, crctainly, and' most Dem ocrats, too, were loyal to the un ion and wanted to get along with election of United States senators who would be also loyal. Come September 13, and the ab sentees had not taken their feats and there was no reason to sup pose that they intended to do so. eaithlul senators were getting ir ritated. They instructed the pres ident ot the body to issue a war rant of arrest for the delinquent members and hail them before tho bar of the senate to answer for their contempt of it. R. A. Barker, sergeanl-at-arms, was in structed to accomplish this pur pose by "using due diligence and, with as little delay and force as possible." One Senator Located Somehow news had leaked that WILLAMINA (Special) Mrs. Ira Green was surprised Saturday on her birthday, when her children Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Green and sons of Yachats, and Mr. and Mrs, Harold Hartley and daughter, Lorcne of Tigard, surprised her with a visit. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fondrich of Laduc, Canada. WILLAMINA (Special) Mrs, Roy Durham was hostess to the members of the Friendship club last week for luncheon at her home. Those attending included Mrs. Earl Richardson, Mrs. Frank Smelser, Mrs. Cliff Rugg, Mrs. Guy Call. Mrs. Karl Lentz, Mrs. Roy Webber and Mrs. O r 1 c y Brock. and, sure enough. Senator Mclt eeney was at home. He submitted to arrest and invited his captor in for supper and lodging. Ihe assistanl-at-arms had a disposi tion to take the Senator into cus tody but no, said the Doctor, it would be just as easy to keep him under house arrest as in custody elsewhere. So, they settled for a pledge of honor and no escape, Then they lighted up their pipes and relaxed. Presently Sen ator Mclteeney arose and went into another room. His captor did not follow because, after all, honor was involved. Next Dr. Mc lteeney went into the kitchen. Thereafter he was seen no more. A report from Corvallis said that he left home without cither a nat or coat. So much for senator Mclteen ey. Where were the other absen tees men memorialized in the nomenclature of Oregon: Senator H. L. Brown of Linn for whom Brownsville was named, Senator A. B. Florence who bestowed his name ftpon the port of Florence, Senator Solomon Fitzhugh who was Gen. Robert E. Lee's brother-in-law, Senator James Monroe of Lane and Senator A. M. Berry of Jackson county? Where were they? Out in the brush Editor Asa- hej Bush facetiously suggested. Hidden in Barn Ttcscarch by a Portland physi cian interested in historical lore has lately shown that "out in the' brush" was Nick Shrum's bo, four miles cast of Salem on the Maclcay road. This 100 year old barn is now property of It. M. Livesley at box 476. Nick Shrum's barn still remains substantial on its trap rock foundation that de fies politics and, seemingly time, too. in Nick's barn fShrum, a Ten- nessean, was a pioneer of 1847 and Marion county delegate to the constitutional convention in 1857) the absconding senators slept in the straw, ate what their partisans provided, puffed their pipes and chuckled in their whis kers over the success of their tac tics. The fact that the sergeant-at-arms collected $160 in his fu tile attempt to apprehend them and that their fellow senators had collected $2500 in pay for doing nothing al all during their ab sence only added to their merri ment. Senate Adjourns Finally news reached the hide outs that the senate had adjourn ed sine die. They had accomplish ed their purpose. They had thwarted the election of two Un ited States senators by the 1860 legislature and they gloated over tna victory. Now they were pleas ed to return to baiem. True, the senate had adjourned sine die because there had been no quorum. But on tho very day the absentees returned to Salem, Sept. 22, I860. Gov. John Whitc- akcr had published an appeal to your sell respect, your state pride and your duties as officers and citizens of Oregon to return to your seats and the service of your country". With the absen tees at hand the senate resumed its sessions. First of its acts was Hide-out Session Rendezvous in 1860 f III RPWMIP J ft . . In this 100-year-old barn en the K. M. Livesley place on Macleay road four miles east of Salem six pro-slavery Democrats took refuge as absentee senators during the legislative session of 1860. Their purpose was to avoid a senate quorum and thwart election of United States senators by the Oregon legislature. YMCA Seeks 1000 Members A target of 1.000 members has been fixed for the annual enroll ment effort of the Salem YMCA which will get under way at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28. The 1,000 members, if secured, would mean a financial value of approximately $21,600. The drive will extend through Thursday, Feb. 7 when a "victory dinner will be held at 6:30 p.m. Larry Rich has been named general chairman for the cam paign. Division leaders will include James Carnes, Business Men; Lee Shinn and Dr. Wiley Young, Sen ior Men; Dean Pfouts, Adult Program. CHILD CHRISTENED SILVERTON (Spccial)-Christ-ened at the Sunday morning ser vice of St. Paul's Silverton Cath olic church, the Rev. Father Tho mas Gadbois officiating, was Dcb- ra Louise, baby daughter, born Jan. 11, at Silverton Hospital, to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kottre. God parents were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kottre of Sublimity. INDEPENDENCE FIRE-FREE INDEPENDENCE (Special) Fire Cheif Wayne Scranton reports there have been no fires in the city limits since the middle of November. Plan Typing Class WOODBURN (Special) Possibil ity of offering evening typing and shorthand classes for adults is being considered by the Woodburn school district officials. Mrs. Alf Nelson who teaches commercial subjects at Woodburn high school would teach classes if enough per sons are interested. Those desiring more information or who wish to indicate interest may telephone the high school. course, voted against the resolution. Horse . trading followed but there was no more traveling into the brush. To the complete cha grin of the absentees James W. Ncsmith and E. ,D. 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