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SalenT, Oregon, Thursday, March' 14, 1957 THE CAPITAE JOURNAL! ' Section 1 Page 11 THEY'RE CONTROVERSIAL School Bills Panel Planned by Demos J Tha TJ-II. Y . .(.I . The Marlnn . Pnllr Domntpa(n Club will sponsor a panel discus- ion r naay ai a p.m. at trie Salem f.MCA on three controversial edu ction hilU hinff tl-a,,caa,i in tka legislature. Speaker I K SL'r A panel of legislators will dis. cuss the bills at the meeting, which is open to the public. . The measures are Gov. Robert D. Holmes' proposal for a raise from $80 to $120 per child m basic school support, the "Key District" formula for distribution of state aid to schools, and the plan for reorganization of school districts by county conventions, according to William A. Wilson of West Sa lem, newly elected club president. Panel members will be Sen. MrmrnA KwpaHanH nf Miltuoitlria Sen. Jean Lewis of Portland, Rep. Joe Rogers of Independence and Rep. John Kerbow of Klamath Falls. Tnm TTnrioM Solum will ha moderator. The' public Is invited to the meeting. Wife's Hair Jails Him CORUNNA, Mich. Ifl Frederick I Webber, 40, faced by a handful of his wife's hair attached to a warrant, pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was sentenced to 30 days in jail, Deputies who j investigated the beating com i plaint brought in the hair and taped it to the warrant. Dr. Ralph Hodgson, head of the USDA dairy research branch In Washington, D.C., is to discuss work on dairy cattle forage and silage at a meeting here next Tuesday. )r. Hodgson" To Give Talk Here Tuesday I I Dr. Ralph Hodgson, one of the : ration's leading dairy scientists, is elated to speak in Salem at the Mayflower hall next Tuesday at I O C10CK. Hodgson, who heads the USDA Dairy Research Branch at Wash ington, D.C., and Beltsville, Md., will discuss Beltsville experimen tal work on dairy cattle forage and silage. He will also talk on problems in production and use of tnilk. Hodgson headed an 18-man dele gation of U. S. dairy scientists go . Ing to the 14th International Dairy Congress at Rome last year and in 1953 was a member of the dairy industries survey group visiting i Latin American countries., -m :. During his stay in this state he $ will visit several farms, including f'ylhe Orvllle Brown farm at St. Paul and the Ivan Loughary farm at Monmouth. Dalke Elected president of : Home Builders , Herbert Dalke was elected presi 1 dent of the Salem Home Builders iVAssn. for 1957 at a recent meet i Ing at the Marion Hotel. , Other officers named include fclyde Keen, vice president; Henry ; jPade, secretary-treasurer; dircc i itors A. Glenn Hamilton, Cecil A. 'Lantz. Norman Hogonsen. S i d ' l.lambias and James Minty; and idviser, Wesley Stewart Jr. The group voted to organize a parade of homes as one of their Objectives during 1957. They also ;iwent on record as encouraging . liiembers to deal only in housing iuhich will be guaranteed uncon ditionally for one year, Dalke ,,aid. i The group plans to meet on the Hhirrl Alanrla., af aaah mnnlh el psthe Marion. Priscilla Guy Files Eviction, Damage Action Real estate consisting of t h e southwest corner of Cottage and Marion streets and a rooming house on Marion street are in volved in a $5,000 damage and eviction suit filed in Marion Coun- ty Circuit Court. Priscilla R. Guy. as executrix of the estate of . Mrs. Maude B. Stegner, filed the complaint which named Moses B. Stegner, the First Congregational Church and Pacific University of Forest Grove as the defendants. Stegner was given a life interest in the property. Upon nis aeatn, the estate was to go to Miss Guy, the church and the university. In her complaint, Miss Guy con tends that defendant Stegner has failed to keep the property m a good state of repair and asks for feiture of his life tenancy and $5,000 damages. Stegner is t h e widower of Mrs. Stegner. SOUNDS SUSPICIOUS TULSA, Okla. UV-A Tulsa firm distributed several hundred keys throughout the city and offered. to install a storm door free to the person whose key unlocked the door. It was won by Mrs. Earl Nichols. Her husband is a locksmith. Salem Policeman To Wed Justice, Patsy Lee That Is An officer says he will wed") Justice while a bartender plans to spend his future with Redwine, Marion county court records showed Wednesday. Everett Jack Van Osdol, Salem fiatrolman, took out a marriage icense application to marry Pat sy Lee Justice. William M. Brown, a barten der, took out a simiiar applica tion signifying his intention of marrying Dana Yvonne Redwine. All are from Salem. . . Lewis Reaches Settlement on Damage Suit A trafiic accident of May 11, 1956, at the Intersection of Liberty and Chemeketa streets reached a financial settlement in Marion County Circuit Court Wednesday afternoon with a jury awarding the plaintiff $1,145 in damages. The plaintiff, Gary W. Lewis, had brought suit against Donald Egbert for $10,000 damages. The jury deliberated approximately a half hour before announcing its decision. Rotary Club Sees Business Film at Meet The part played by collector associations and groups in keep ing the wheels of business func tioning properly was outlined dur ing the weekly luncheon meeting of the Salem Rotary Club at the Marion Hotel Wednesday. "Charge It," a sound motion picture in full color, produced by the American Collectors Associa tion, was shown following brief introductory remarks by Loring M. Grier, manager of a local credit service. Lewis Beatty, Portland, Willam ette University senior, was intro duced as the student "Rotarian of the Month" from that institu tion. A. Freeman Holmer, assistant professor of political science at Willamette University, was intro duced by Robert Johnson as the newest Rotarian of the club. 8HEREE LEAVES HUBBY HOLLYWOOD W) Actress Sherce North, 25, acknowledged that she and her husband, music publisher John I Bud) Freeman, 39, have separated but "that's about all there Is to say- at the moment." A studio spokesman said the separation was amicable. They married Feb. 11, 1955. HERE IN THE HOMETOWN 4 State Employes Win Cash Awards Cash awards totaling $620 were presented to four state employes by Gov. Robert D, Holmes Wed nesday for offering money-saving suggestions for state government work. John F. Bell, staff forester with the State Forestry Department at Salem, won the top award of 300. He developed a "wedge prism" system for measuring lumber. The other winners were all from FalrvleW Home. They were Lydla A. Coleman, Salem, $200 for developing a therapy board for feeding Infant patients; Raymond J. Manning, Salem, $50 for design ing a ramp for loading and un loading laundry; and Mrs. Nora B. Bayliss, $20 for a suggestion for posting permanent metal plaques on patients' beds for in structions to attendants. The four suggestions were esti mated to result in an annual sav ing of "$8,098.96 to the .state by the State Employe Suggestions Awards Board, which picks the recipients. Reach Agreement A negotiating committee for Sa lem and Eugene bus company em ployes has reportedly reached agreement on a 10-cent-hourly wage increase after holding off for two months while the company (ought increased revenues. The recommendation must be voted upon by union members In the two cities before Saturday, when the changes are scheduled to go Into effect. Present hourly pay is $1.77 for drivers and $2.05 for shop em ployes. Tho company, which oper ates In both Salem and Eugene, was granted freedom to set its own rates, schedules and routes in a new franchise adopted Mon day by the Salem City Council, Rate changes are scheduled in both cities this weekend. Plane Crash Kills Former WS Police Officer in Bakersfield Richard Jasper Durbin, former police officer in West Salem, was killed Monday near Bakersfield, Calif., when a plane he was fly ing crashed. Cause of the crash has not been determined. Durbin, who came to Oregon in 1933 with his late parents, was born Jan. 26, 1919, at G o t h c n - burg, Neb. During World War II he was with tho Army at Fort Stevens, Ore., for four years and on re-enlisting for two years was with a heavy artillery division in Germany, Surviving arc his widow, Cor rine Durbin, Bakersfield, Calif.; a daughter, Miss Sharon Durbin, Salem; a sister, Agnes Schind ler, Lexington, Neb.; and broth ers, Edgar and Warren Durbin, Salem; Harvey and Hugh Durbin, Coos Bay; Laurance Durbin, Cas per, Wyo.; William Durbin, Tur- lock, Calif., and Robert Durbin, Reno, Nev. Funeral services are to be held in Bakersfield, Calif., Friday at the Armstrong-Letchcn Funeral Home and interment will be in the veterans' cemetery at Bakersfield. HE'S BREAKING RECORDS ANAHEIM, Calif. (UP)-A used car dealer expects a lot of pa rents to answer his newspaper ad vertisement in which he offered to accept up to 10 Elvis Presley rec ords and allow $5 per record against the purchase price of any used auto. The ad also said: "Spe cial offer to parents only if you're a parent you can wield the hammer on all the records that are traded in." Ask Drainage District nesiaents ot tne area cast or Lancaster drive between Center and Market streets started a pe tition Wednesday night to form a drainage district. The petition started at a meet ing attended by nearly 50 area residents at Serra High School. The group heard County Engineer John Anderson, who said unsatis factory operation of septic tanks In the area is caused by poor u, .,.Mav, ,- The petition ' also ' asks Marion County Court to order a drainage study. It must be signed by 60 per cent of the property owner! in the area. Anderson told the group t':at the cost of an open ditch drainage system would be "within reason." The area would require 8,000 feet or more of open ditch at about 35 cents a foot, he said. Watch TV Show A preview showing of "Hemo the Magnificent, " second program in the Bell Telephone television science scries, was seen here Wednesday by a group from the Salem area. The show Is the second of a series produced for television. "Our Mr. Sun" was first. "Hemo" will be telecast Wednesday, March 20 at 9 p.m. over CBS. iSession Slated On Field Crops Set for next Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Woodburn American Legion hall is a general field crops meeting. Dr. Wilson Footc, professor of farm crops, Oregon State College, who this year is in charge of the cereal variety plots at the North -Marion High School will review cereal varieties and H. H. Ramp ton, USDA agronomist, OSC, will review alfalfa varieties. Also on the program, scheduled to adjourn at 3:30 o'clock are Rex Warren, farm crops specialist, and Dr. Tom Jackson, soil fertility specialist from OSC. Warren will discuss weed control in crops and Jackson, fertilizer suggestions. Buys House for 896 OTTAWA, III. iJP-Homer Math ews bought a nine-room frame house for $96. There's a hilch to the auction sale bargain. Math ews has until April 20 to tear it down or move it from the site where the former owner, Ben Barr, plans to build a new ranch home. HOLDING THE BAG JERSEYVILLE, IU. if - State Highway Patrolmen Francis E. Neubauer and Everett Estes now know how it is to be left holding the bag. They found a suitcase beside the road and opened it to find a gunny sack filled with a strange object that moved. Cutting the string bind ing at the top of the sack, two cats leaped into the darkness and dis RUG 111 R NEARLY 6 FM CO nnrm JU OOP LONG! COLORS (i ri'"'r I 0I runn,r n all f T i iV' I traffic lanes in your IkV I l I r .1 horn to tavo carpets v II I I I I I ' BtSlUt IMC BCD " IN THE KITCHEN I 'k . 1 Everybody wants rug runners . . and we have them for everybody! The largest assortment of styles, weaves, colors and sizes in the entire Northwest. 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