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Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, March 20, 1957; -, Ptgt 8 Section 2 THE CAPITAL' JOURNAL West Germany 'Doesn't Need' This Town Has Continued to Grow Through the Years 1 . - . . , - --. . . u'vuttm-.aiKas'.miim' .n i T I f ; r.l ; ! t i I- NH" OH fit! ShrISi. II " ft I UIMVrmLHpmi 'lip t in i n bh v ii w i s n it 1 1 i nmui- I X. - II ttj3&S tfl" n mil"' - ! 1 ,1 Education has always been a prominent feature of the Monmouth community. Shown above is Oregon College of Education's new and modernistic library. Down the street can be seen the school's administration building. The stu dents in the picture are headed for final examinations for winter term, which ended recently. (Capital Journal Photo) Main street in Monmouth Is typical of other Main streets In several Willamette Valley towns and small cities. Along this business thoroughfare are stores, a bank, a movie, res taurants and offices providing services. In the foreground Is a structure of architectural distinction that housed the Bank of Polk County in the 1890s. Now it is the publication office of the Monmouth Herald. (Capital Journal Photo) Monmouth Specializes in Education, Grain, Seed Town Had Its First University in 1855 ' By BEN' MAXWELL CapUal Journal Writer What specialties does Monmouth have? Tlie answer is easy; education and seeds and grain. Education has always been Monmouth's most prominent fea ture. That's why the place was founded by a religious group which came from Monmouth, 111., in tho early 1850s. Soon donations were sufficient to build a frame structure hopefully called Monmouth University, in 1855. Under tho auspices of the Christian Church Monmouth University became Christian College about 1870, Oregon State Normal School in 1882. Oregon Normal School in 1910 and, in 1940, Oregon College of Education. Oregon College of Education is now a teacher's college granting bachelor and master degrees to graduates in a five year course. The college has 800 students and a faculty of 67. The instilution is housed in five teaching units and students occupy four dormitories. Annual payroll at Oregon College of Education amounts to $526,000, much of which is spent in Mon mouth for goods and services. Warehouse Large Next largest local industry is the Monmouth Cooperative Ware- Rural A larm System Ready house, originating as a coopera tive creamery in 1916. The ware house acts as' a marketing and purchasing agency for 340 mem bers and 1,800 patrons. Sales during the past fiscal year were $754,000, Clarence Curry, manager, reports that 18 persons' arc now on the payroll though 30 arc often employed at the season's peak. Branch warehouses are maintained in Benton and Polk counties. In 1949 Dr. E. F. Barrows at Oregon College of Education was making experiments relative to an allergy. He discovered a prepara tion of vitamins that stimulated enzyme activity associated with the production of hair. For large number of applicants his internal medicine, in the form of capsules, has restored a vigorous growth of hair. For others, baldness persis ted. At any rate the "hair restor er" has helped put Monmouth's name "on the map." Although Monmouth Brick & Tile Co. is not within the corporate limits of Monmoutn to this writer's knowledge, the industry has four in 1908 and acquired by R. B. Swcnson in 1916, is now published by his sons, E. J. and R. I. Swcn son. From a job shop newspaper, published in a local residence 40 years ago, the Herald has been improved and expanded. Surveyed In 1855 The original townsitc of Mon mouth, as surveyed by Thomas 11. STIM.WATKH. Okla. Ml Out ofl sources of water for flro-fightlng a'terrifying experience of a Payne The cord also will list the num- Counly farm woman nas conic a oer ana lypcs oi Dunuings m eni-n plan to eliminate the guesswork in summoning emergency aid to rural areas. ,'Tho plan took shape In the mid dle of tho night after Mrs. Je rome Sykora had called the Still water Fire Department, asking for its resuscitator for her young daughter, who had a severe at tack of asthma. 'Mrs. Sykora, frightened and up set, couldn't remember exactly what she had said on the tele phone. She said sho kept thinking: Whnt if sho hadn't given the right directions to her home? The fire department arrived in time but thoso agonizing min utes of uncertainty gave Mrs. Sy kora an idea why not a rural alarm system that would avoid possible tragic delays from mis takes in directions? From her idea the first rural emergency reporting system in Oklahomu Is evolving. It calls for each rural dwelling in Payne County to he assigned a number. Fire departments at Perkins, dish ing and Stillwater will have n card file system, listing the num ber of each farm and out-of-town home, its exact location, the fast est route there and available location. Numbered signs are being put up at each farm. In the future, when calling for help, all a farm resident will have to do Is givo his number and firemen will speed on their way with all the information llicy need to handle the situation. Mrs. Svkora enlisted the aid of Capt. William C. Buck of the Still water Fire Department in devel oping her plan. County groups added their support. Aa estimated 1,600 farms and suburban homes will be covered by tho system. Traditional Building Portrait of Ex-Mayor Causes Furor Around PhillyCity Hall PHILADELPHIA Ml An off licnt portrait of .Inseph S. Clark, former' mayor of Philadelphia and now U.S. senator, has caused a furor around City Hall. At what might he called a peek preview upon delivery yeslcrdny. Mayor ltichardson Dilworlh let fly with "Oh, my fiod!" "It's terrible," exploded another member of the city's Democratic administration. "Makes Joe look like Hamlet," another man put in. "Is that had?" ventured one of the minority gently. "(inod, had, or a pain in the neck, it ain't Joe," said one critic holly. "Do we want .loe or Sir Laurence Olivier? If 1 had the 3 Decades of Amos 'n' Andy Il3v;"'' :.. ' k'jf--::.' '!;v- say-so, tins picturo would go on the rubbish pile." The artist himself, Franklin C. Wntkins, a Philadelphian of inter national repute, shrugged off the flogging good-humorodly. He said: 'I expected some shrieks. My purpose was to portray a little more thoughtful type of person than a politician. 1 painted Sen. Clark as 1 thought he ought to be painted. I didn't think he fitted into the usual pattern of a mayor and a politician. The question is of more than passing importance since the por trait of Clark, a Democrat elected to the Senate lasl fall, was in tended to hang in City Hall along with the portraits of other Phila delphia mayors going back to co lonial limes. Wntkins was chosen although it was recognized that his work in this category is not always conventional. The city paid him $2,000 for the painting. On the disputed canvas, the 55-year-old Clark is pensive. The standing pose suggests a man much given to introspection. The eyes arc east down, the arms folded, a slate paper drooping from a half hidden hand. Too solemn, too theatrical came as other objections. Hut those who like it say it's a good modern type painting and a "good historical likeness." In Washington, friends said that Sen. Chirk and some of his Intimates didn't know exactly what to make of it but that the senator bad ap proved the portrait for hanging in City Hall. Mrs. Clark was quoted as saying she thought the paint inn didn't really resemble her hus band. Mayor Dilworlh has proposed tli.it the hanging of the portrait be made a public ceremony. The senator, however, doesn't want a fuss. If Dilworlh has his way, somo think, a storm will blow up among ciUzens who want their art created along familiar lines. At nny rate, matters will remain as they arc for at least a few days, with the portrait leaning, face in wnrd, ngaiast a wall in tho may or's office. 5 II iii in i K i Hutchinson in 1855 under the dir ection of Ira F. M. Butler, presi dent of the board of trustees for Monmouth University, consisted of 16 blocks. The plat was recorded on March 18, 1858, by Lucien Heath, Polk County recorder and regular employes and an annual payroll of around $13,000. Konald Zimmcrdahl acquired the plant in 1956. Mayor Proud of City Oscar Groves, now mayor of Monmouth and postmaster from 1933 to 1949, points with pride to the city municipal organization. Monmouth Light & Power Co., a municipally owned system of dis tribution, serves 806 patrons. Dur ing February, 1,848,000 kilowatts were used. Residential rate for the first 50 kilowatts is two cents, above 700 it becomes .007 cents. Monmouth's municipal water sup ply is taken from springs along Teal Creek, 12 miles distant. There are 708 users. For the first 1,200 cubic feet used on the summer rate the charge is $2.50. Dave Zardenta is chief of the fire department with 30 volunteers. Police affairs are under Chief Howard Mole and a relief man, Monmouth also has a well patron ized city library with Mrs. Delia Wilson as librarian. All in all there are seven municipal employes. Monmouth post office is second class. E. K. G?ntlc has served as postmaster for the past six years. This office has two rural delivery carriers, a city carrier, a substi tutc carrier and two office clerks. What Monmouth post office wants and badly needs is a new location in a structure designed for postal efficiency. Population 2,282 A careful estimate gives Mon mouth a present population of 2, 282. According to the 1950 census, the population was 1,970. City tax levy is 22.4 mills. Assessed valua tion of the town, based on a .It per cent true valuation, is $483, 970. H. W. Morlan, former mayor, states that 150 new homes have been built in Monmouth since 1950. At Monmouth elementary school where Dr. W. S. Wagner is prin- OSCAR GROVES Helps You Overcome FALSE TEETH Looseness and Worry No longer be annoyed or feel tll-ftt-ease because of loose, wobbly fnlM teeth. PASTEETH, an improved alka line (non-acid) powder, sprinkled on four plntea holds them firmer ao they eel more comfortable. Avoid em bar rnwment mured bt loose plntes. Get FASTEETH today at any drug counter. Campbell Mull, nbovc, was named for Thomas F. Camp bell uho became president of Christian College in 1870. The structure bears the date 1882, the year tho Oregon Legislature made Christian College a state normal school. Capital Journal 1'hnto) SURGICAL SUPPORTS Of All Kinds, Trusses, Abdominal Supports, Elastic Hosiery Einert Fitters Private Fitting Rooms "Ask Your Doctor" Capital Drug Store 405 Stale Street Corner ol Liberty Z'tT Green Stamps Pleasure ... before Business on the CITY of POOTLAND re CHICAGO and EAST HOLLYWOOD This smiling pair, Freeman doiden, top, and Chirltl Correll, known to tho entertainment ' world u Amoi n' Andy, began their 30th yer of ton ttnaoai bTOidetitlng. Goxdca Is Amoi! Con-ell it Andy. JAP Wlrephajo) - PWMI'NT TOO l.VTK Ml SKI'.C'IN. Mich. dTi A Iiirini'- ;tM!nt has .vnt $1 to r now dt'luiK't bus lirm lo cover the cost of fares she didn't pay in thr past by snrnkinR past Ihe farr box. The woman wrote he used lo think it iu "funny" to avoid paying her fare but hut tmce be come "Christian who feel 1 must make amend for tW Injus tice! I have, done tn my lUe." , Business Travel Can Be Relaxing ttoa faa oa tho food. Btut. Imam wrntlrw Moo twnid I Mat trtvontMEici n iN LAND" i a wonderful war 1 t.it and relax BEFORE im portant meeting.. There's no hurry up and wait" routine! they know (or lure when they leare and WHERE and whn they'll arrtwo ... and ttMf 'll i i III VrSi wV H TUT A . i inc C. H. SAJ.TM.UISH, Reoertl PeWUKr? Ajeetf .... ASSfWfctV cipal, 345 pupils are instructed by 14 teachers. At Central High Mayor School 375 students from Mon mouth and Independence are in attendance. Here Howard Holt is principal. Henry Tctz is superin tendent of Monmouth schools. The Monmouth Herald, founded later Salem's first legal mayor. Sale of town lots financed Mon mouth University. Tuition in the collegiate depart ment 76 years ago was $9 for a half term of 10 weeks. Board was obtainable in private families for $3 a week. Those at Christian College were assured that the fac ulty members "are competent, energetic and devoted to the cause of education." In those times the village consisted of one drug store, two general stores, a blacksmith shop and a meat market. Miss Mary Stump was publisher of the Pacific Christian Messenger. Monmouth city officials in ad dition to Groves are: W. A. Mar tin, city superintendent; Mrs. Elsie Brisbane, recorder; Harry Hatch, municipal judge; Mrs. Vannie Dewey, treasurer; Walter Foster, city attorney: Mole, chief of police; Zardenta, fire chief; M. J. Sauer, Floyd Fisher. C. J. Schjoll and Earl Stcrigerc, councilmen. More U.S. Aid . WASHINGTON Ifl A business executive who made an on-the-spot survey said today West Ger many can get along without fur ther U. S. economic and military aid. The views of William R. Hearst Jr. were contained in a report made public by the Senate For eign Relations Committee. The study was made as part of that group's inquiry into the operations of foreign assistance programs. Hearst said West Germany in tends to buy all its military equip ment in the future. No economic assistance is being given West Germany now, and none is planned, ho added. Hearst, president of Hearst Con solidated Publications, Inc., and editor in chief of the Hearst news papers, also surveyed Norway and Denmark. For Norway, he recom mended a missile development program which he- said "would undoubtedly increase its military capabilities." ; He also said the Norwegian navy is in need of modernization and expansion. He recommended con tinued military aid for both Nor way and Denmark, calling those countries vital links in Western defenses. "No military assistance is rec ommended for Germany, barring unexpected reverses in the coun try's economic growth," he said. "Sufficient reserves now exist to purchase military equipment and the nation has indicated its will ingness to pay for equipment to undertake military obligations ai requested by NATO. "It is recommended that in creased efforts be made to en courage the federal republic to accelerate its defense mobilization processes." Hearst found some fault with the administration of U. S. pro grams in West Germany, adding: "There is reason to believe that an excessive duplication in activi ties in connection with' aid pro grams exists among United States offices in the country. It is rec ommended that the responsibility of United States Information Serv ice employes in this field be better coordinated with United States Embassy activities." THE D.A. SWOONED LOS ANGELES (UP)-The Dis trict Attorney giggled, blushed and swooned all at the same time Tuesday upon meeting Frank Si natra when the crooner appeared to testify before the county grand jury about the celebrated "wrong door" raid. "Oh, gee, gosh!" squealed the district attorney high school student Carol Mc Quown, who was honorary D.A. in observance of Girls Day. Dry Eczema Simple Rash Chafinq Chapping Small Burnt RE5M01""me" "Itching inuring irrrtition mulling from quickly rtlitvtd with soothinf oily Jl CALLING Wf ALL BOYS 11 THROUGH 15 to sign up for tht1957 Soap Box Dtrbyt Do it note build your oien ear and then raei Ufor bit ptittt, Htrt's all you do to enter your local Derby: Just bring a parent or guardian with you to your nearby Chevrolet dealer's and sign a Soap Box Derby entry blank. You'll get your free rule book then and there, as well as complete information about the local races. Local winners will go to Akron, Ohio, in August to compete for $15,000 in college scholarships and a trip to Europe with ai expenses paid! No reason why you couldn't be among them.. .So tntm today . and build to winl CO-SIVNSORKt) BY 1'llKVRol.KT DIVISION OK GENERAL MOTORS The Capital Journal and