Salem, Oregon, Thursday, February 21, 1957
KEWS FROM THE ARMED FORCES
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL
Section 1 Page 7 '
Salem Man Executive Officer on USS Forrestal
In the Dost of executive nffinor
of the aircraft carrier USS Forres
tal is a Willamette university
graduate, Cdr. Arthur J.. Brass
field, USN, son of Mrs. Sara
Brassficld, Salem.
The commander, who Is the sec
ond executive officer of the car
rier, started his naval career as
an aviation cadet in July, 1937.
He was a pilot wilh VS41-VF42
on the USS Ranger and the USS
Yorktown until 1942 and in 1945
was on the USS Core as air offi
cer, executive officer and com
manding officer. His last assign
ment with the navy before going
to the USS Forrestal was with the
chief of naval operations in the
Pentagon.
Cdr. Brassfield has the Navy
Cross for heroism in the battle of
the Coral Sea, where he shot down
three Japanese planes, had his
own aircraft damaged and was
wounded. He received the Gold
Star in lieu of a second Navy
Cross for his part in the Battle
of Midway, where he shot down
four Japanese 'planes during one
fight. He also has the Air Medal
wilh Star and the Purple Heart
among his ribbons and decora
tions. Mrs. Brassfield and the couple's
two sons are making their home
at Norfolk, Va., while Cdr. Brass
field is on the Forrestal.
Pvt. Leltoy R. Jones, son of
Mrs. Edna Marie Jones, Sheridan,
who recently began a new tour of
duty with the regular army, is
serving in Germany as a machine
gunner in company I, Sixth Infan
try regiment. A former Willamina
high school student, Jones entered
the army in March, 1956, and ar
rived overseas in August of 1956.
Carl E. Haynes and Ronald E.
Bieberich, Salem, recently have
been graduated from recruiting
training at the Naval Training
Center, San Diego, Calif. Haynes,
Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
L. Haynes, 270 West Rural St.,
and Bieberich, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. P. Bieberich, 7165 Wheat
land Rd.
Robert E. Howard, aviation ma
chinist's mate third class, USN,
and Darrell R. Thomas, airman
apprentice, USN, are among those
men serving at the Naval Air Sta
tion, Whidbey Island, Wash. How
ard is the son of Mrs. Dora How
ard, 3275 Duncan Ave. Thomas'
wife and his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Owen Thomas all reside at
Route 2, box 476, Salem.
Cpl. Edward 0. McKee, U.S.
Marine corps, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh E. McKee, 1954 Hazel Ave.,
is serving at the Marine Corps
Air Station, El Toro. Santa Ana.
Calif. Prior to entering the service
in 1954 he was graduated from the
jNortn saiem high school.
Pfe. Donald L. Slaughter, son of
10m iiaugnter, Jtt. 1, Molalla,
Brassfield Exec Officer
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phase of his training with the air
force at Lackland Ar o, ban An
tonio, Tex., qualified in specialized
training and . been assigned to
Kcesler AFB, Miss.
Pvt. David S. Vale, U.S. army,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley E.
Vale, Gates, recently completed
his basic combat training with the
Ninth Infantry division at Fort
Carson, Colo. He was graduated
from the Gates high school in 1956.
.- . .
Pvt. Bernard M. Blum, U.S.
army, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
F. Blum, Rt. 2, Aurora, is among
those men recently completing his
basic training with the 9th Infan
try Division at Fort Carson, Colo.
Blum is a 1955 graduate of the
Canby Union high school and a for
mer student at Portland State col
lege. Carroll D. Serene, who Is serv
ing with the 24th Infantry divi-
Cdr. Arthur J. Brassfield, USN, executive officer of
the super-carrier, USS Forrestal (right) shows' the below
decks area to Secretary of the Navy Charles S. Thomas
during the secretary's recent visit to the carrier. Brass
field, a graduate of Willamette university is the son of
Mrs. Sara F. Brassficld, Salem.
was recently graduated from the
army s European Engineer school
in Murnau, Germany. A graduate
of the Molalla high school with
the class of 1945, Slaughter en
tered the army in October, 1955
and has been in Europe since
June, 1956.
Pvt. Harold A. Davenport, son
of Mrs. Edna Gregory, Rt. 1,
Sweet Home, has completed a
five-week course in medium and
heavy artillery maintenance at the
army's Antiaircraft Artillery and
Guided Missile School at Fort
Bliss, Tex. A former student at
the Sweet Home union high school
Davenport entered the army in
February, 1956.
Pvt. Walter C. Jackson and Pvt.
Daniel L. Gust, both Salem, have
recently been assigned to duty at
Fort MacArthur, Calif., with the
865th antiaircraft artillery missile
battalion. Jackson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Glen Jackson, 1415 North 18th
St., is a former employe of the
Valley Motor company. Gust,
whose parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Duke M. Gust, 5875 McLcod Lane,
attended the North Salem high
school and was employed by Hunts
Foods, Inc., before entering the
army. .
Donald Mlschke, Lebanon, has
re-enlisted in the air force.
Mischke, who has been with the
air force 'four years is stationed
at San Antonio, Texas.
A.3C. Ray E. Lewis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray C. Lewis, 542 King
wood Dr., has completed the first
3 Guard Units
Slate 'Muster'
Open House
As a part of their "Operation
Muster," which is aimed at re
cruiting more men for the Oregon
National Guard units, Salem Guard
outfits will hold open house on
Sunday.
Battery D, 722 AAA, AW battal
ion, will have its open house from
10 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the quonset
huts on Lee street and at noon
will serve its regular mess to men
of the unit. Companies B and D.,
162nd infantry regiment, will have
their open house at the National
Guard armory on Ferry street
with their hours from 1 to 5 p.m.
All units will serve refreshments
during the open house to their
guests and on display will be
weapons, clothing and equipment.
In addition there will be classes.
Sunday will also find teams from
all of the units out contacting men
between the ages of 17 and 25
years for enlistment in the Na
tional Guard. Those enlisting be
fore April 1 will not be required
to take six months of active duty
training.
Capt. William R. Porter com
mands Battery D. Capt. Dewey
Rand is commander of company
B and Capt. Louis Osborn is the
commanding officer of company D.
sion in Korea, has been promoted
to a private first class. Serene,
son of Mrs. Beula Dehut, Wood
burn, arrived in the Far East in
August, 1956, and is a clerk In
service company of the 21st regi
ment. He was graduated from the
Woodburn high school in 1950 and
entered the army in April, 1956.
, Sgt. Wallace B. Stone, U.S. army
son of Mrs. Klea B. Stone, Inde
pendence, was among those men
participating in "Operation Call
and Haul" at Fort Railey, Kans.
He is a squad leader in company
C, 16th infantry regiment, first
battalion. A former student at the
Central high school, Stone entered
the army in 1954.
Roger V, Hart, whose wife re
sides at Lebanon, has been pro
moted to a specialist third class
in the army. Hart, in the army
since September, 1955, is a me
chanic serving with the 90th ordi
nance company at Fort Benning,
Ga.
Chamber of Commerce Slates
urn on Monday
Legislative For
A legislative forum has been
called by the Salem Chamber of
Commerce, to meet at the Marion
Hotel Monday noon for a lunch'
eon session.
, Speakers will Include William
Bade and Mrs. Louise Humphreys
of Oregon Tax Research and pos
sibly Senator Lee Ohmart.
Stanley Grove, manager of the
chamber, said that retailers, man
ufacturers and all others who are
interested in pending legislation
pertaining to taxation or in any
other way affecting business are
invited to attend the meeting.
The discussion will be general
and there will be questions and
answers.
The meeting is considered so
important that it was called re
gardless of the fact that the cham
ber and the schools of the county
are observing the annual Education-Business
program Monday.
To meet Thursday noon of this
week at the Marion will be rep
resentatives of Salem, McMinn
ville, Newbcrg, Woodburn and any
other city of the mid-Willamette
Valley interested in the Willamette
alrbase which the Air Force Is
reported to have cancelled.
Faster Truck
Speed Okayed
The House Tuesday passed and
sent to the Senate legislation in
creasing the maximum speed of
trucks on Oregon highways from
45 to 50 miles an hour.
Log trucks and school busses
are not affected. Their maximum
speed remains at 45 miles an
hour.
Rep. Joe Roger.- (D), Independ
ence, said the higher speed is
justified because of better and
safer equipment. Washington also
has a 50-mile top speed for trucks,
he said.
Mrs. Sunday Dies
PHOENIX, Aril. Wl - Mrs. Hel
en (Ma) Sunday, widow of evange
list Billy Sunday, died here
Wednesday. She was 88
Bush Selected
President of
Rotary Club
William Bush, office manager of
the Salem band and Gravel com
pany, was unanimously elected
president of the Salem Rotary club
Wednesday noon at the Marion. As
has been the custom of the club
for years there was but a single
nomination for the presidency.
Others elected to- office were:
Jock Brydon, vice president; Rich
ard Petrle, treasurer; Hugh Mor
row, secretary; Harold Hauk and
Del Milne, directors and Rev.
John Cauble, member of the classi
fication committee. .
In commemoration of the birth
of George Washington, William
Rlchter, South Salem high school
senior and prominent in debate
and speech, gave a talk concern
ing the first president.
Willamette university's band, di
rected by Prof. Maurice Brenner,
presented a 20-mlnute concert of
popular selections. The band, re
cently returned from a successful
trip, gave its tour concert in the
Fine Arts auditorium Wednesday
night. ' ; :.
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Featuring
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Gallon 95c in j9 J07
Reusable Carton for a
&C GREEN STAMPS Open Dally and Sunday Til 11 P.M.
CABBIE'S LAMENT
DENVER, olo. CB-Robert Rich
will turn a deaf ear to future back
seat scraps between passengers in
his taxicab. He learned'his les
son when he picked up two
women. When the women started
fighting, Rich attempted to Inter
vene. They quickly forgot their
own differences and attacked
Rich. Shortly thereafter, the cab
bie turned up at a hospital with
teeth marks in his right ear.
Bulgaria Gets
Soviet Credit,
Vows Loyalty
Albanians Due Next in
Moscow With Their
Hats in Hands
MOSCOW HI Bulgarian and
Soviet officials have wound up a
"solidarity" meeting here with an
agreement for a 200-million-ruble
credit to Bulgaria.
The credit (50 million dollars at
the official ruble-dollar rate) will
go to help finance capital con- j
struction in Communist Bulgaria, i
Plans call for the Soviet Union !
to supply Bulgaria with pig iron. I
metals, coke, rubber, oil products
and raw materials. Bulgaria will
send the Soviet Union uranium
ore. nonferrouy metals, ships, to
bacco, shoes, furniture, fruit and
vegetables.
The credit is in addition to the
370.million-ruble long-term loan
Bulgaria got a year ago from
Moscow.
The Bulgarian delegation head
ed by Premier Anton Yugov and
Communist party boss Todor
Zhivkov also signed joint declara
tions reaffirming close govern
ment and parly relations between
the two countries.
Albanian leaders are the only
satellite chiefs who have not made
the post - Hungarian revolt pil
grimage to Moscow and they are
expected soon.
A Kremlin banquet for about
2.000 guests was held in honor of
the Bulgars immediately before
the signing cetrmony.
The guests included Chester
Bowles, former U.S. ambassador
In India, who is visiting the Sov
iet Union as a private citizen.
Bowles told reporters he had
nsked for an invitation to the
Kremlin party out of curiosity and
added: "It's a very interesting
spectacle."
Totem Pole Strays
SAN FRANCISCO tfv-An 8-foot
totem pole was found on a Tele
graph Hill sidewalk by Police Pa
trolman Frank McFarland. He
and three other officers loaded
the 350-pound pole Into a paddy
wagon and took it to the Hall of
Justice. Its owner is being sought.
HOW NOW, BLACK COW?
HAMPTON. Va. m John C.
Bull reported $.10 damage In his
car the result of hitting a black
cow that ambled in front of it on
Armistcad Ave. The cow seemed
only shaken up a bit and limped
away from a policeman who went
to check her damage.
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The Fimily Store
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Women's Print Dresses AAl
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Better Table Lamps
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