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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1957)
Salem, Oregon, Thursday, March 21, 1957 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL Section Page 9 HERE IN THE HOMETOWN Boat, Yacht Club Elects Henderson Members of the Salem Yacht and Boating Club eleceted G. Dudley Henderson as commodore Wednes day nighj. He was unopposed for the position. Robert Hullelle, who Hender son succeeds, was named to the board of directors as were Rob ert Elfstrom Jr., Al Harder and William Ferguson. Other new officers of the club Include Lee Duffer, vice com modore; Melvin Elkins, rear com modore; Leora Johnson, yeoman; and James Armstrong, finance of ficer. To Attend Forum Several Salem residents will lake part in the annual Historical Forum at Portland Friday and Saturday as representatives of the Marion County Historical So ciety. Representatives from 27 his torical societies in the state will take part in the session which is to be held in the library in Port land and the Congress hotel there. Making up the local delegation will be Dr. Chester Kaiser, asso ciate professor of history at Wil lamette university, Lewis Judson, president of the Marion Counts Historical Society; David Duni way, state archivist, and Mrs. Hazel Mills, Miss Merle E. Dim- Ick, Mrs. Sylvia Krapps and Miss Mary tyre. Ciinimiiigs PTA Elects The Parent-Teacher Assn. of Cummings School elected officers at its annual meeting at the school Tuesday evening, naming Walter E. Hartley as president. Other officers chosen were Mrs. Robert H. Butte, first vice pres ident; John F. VanOsdol, second vice president; Mrs. Gordon A. Graber, recording secretary; Mrs. James R, Banks, corresponding secretary; and Dale A. Fitch, treasurer. 5 Charles D. Schmidt, superin tendent of Salem public schools. :3 spoke on the basic school fund , bill and how it would affect Cum mings school. Salem Plans for AFD f Tentative plans for Salem's ob servance of Armed Forces Day, ; to be held some time during the -Week of May 12-18, were made at Betty Ingram Qualifies for Spelling Final 1 Betty Mae Ingram, 13-year-old Amity Grade School student took the top honors in the semi-finals ef The Oregon Statesman-KSLM spelling contest for the Polk-Yam-, hill County area, which was held ;;Bt Amity Wednesday night. !j Betty Mae is the daughter of ;Mr. and Mrs. Elton Ingram, iAmtty. It was her second try for Jtnp honors. Last year as a seventh grader, sne placed tniro in i n e semi-finals. Taking second place and also qualifying to participate in t h c grand finals, at the Parrish Junior High School April 3, was Ronnie Wells, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wells Sheridan. Ronnie, who is 13 years of age, is an eighth grad er at Sheridan. Judv Cardwell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Cardwell, Rt. 1. Willamina, was in third place. She Is an eighth grader and also 13 years of age. Several Salem People lo Alteyd Rural Health Meet Several Salem people will be taking part in the program plan ned for the two-day Oregon Rural Health Conference at Oregon State College March 27-28. Sponsoring the conference is the Oregon Rural Health Council. At the opening session the group will be given a review of some of the basic factors influencing the health dollar. Three panels will follow this. One of the panels will be on co operation for the rehabilitation of the mentally ill and local persons on that panel will be Dr. Dean Brooks, superintendent of Ihe Ore gon State Hospital, and C. F. Keike. director of the division of Vnrnlinnal rehabilitation. County Judge Rex Hartley is to participate in the panel on puDiic health and preventive medicine in nroonn nnri Arihur Rone. Farmers' I'nion representative, is to tw on me panel on Blueprinting iuui Heallh Budget." Larceny Charged To McGranahan Billy Rex McGranahan. 20, 4125 Hudson Ave., was charged wun larceny bv bailee Wednesday, the Marion County Sheriff! Office re fwted. The charge involves a television set, which McGranahan is accused of selling while it was being pur chased on contract. He was arrested on a secret Indictment returned by the grand jury last week. Police Reserves To Hear Sergeant "From the Time of the Arrest of John Q. Citizen," will be the topic of the talk wmcn win m given at the regular monthly meet ing of the Salem Police Reserves at the City Hall Monday night. The speak" will be s"- William Bales of the Salem Police Department. Pistols, revolvers or other fire arms nhich can be concealed on the person are eot permitted In L. S. mails. a luncheon meeting at the Mar ion Hotel Wednesday. Bill Ross, Salem's Armed Forces Day chairman, said the observ ance this year would be aimed at the young men of military age and their parents, as well as the gen eral, public. In Salem to meet with the group Tuesdav was the Oregon chairman. Col. Willard B. Carlock. Represented at the luncheon were the Salem schools, Salem Chamber of Commerce, and the city of Salem. I R ...M,. nr w;.. -x- unlike i trams will Four Salem teams won master points this week at the Elks Dupli cate Bridge Club tournaments. They were Mr. aiil Mrs. Carroll Ford, Carl Charnholm and Oliver Huston, Mrs. A. W. Binegar and Mrs. Dewey Howell, and Arthur L, Lewis and Elmer 0. Bore. In the junior monthly playoff at tne hues Club, top honors went to Mrs. A. 0. .Mueller and Mrs. Gus Wallis. In the weekly Elks Bridge Club event, high score was made by Mrs. W. M. Cline and Mrs. Lucetta McCoskrie of Cor vallis, and Mrs. R. D. Hutchin son and Ellis H. Jones. The March master point of the. Salem unit of the American Con tract Bridge league will be held at 7:30 Saturday evening at the Elks club rooms. Newberry Elected Willamette University's inde pendent town students re-elected Dan Newberry president of their group for a second year. Assisting Newberry will be Sharon Bales, vice president; Dorothy Hudson, secretary-treasurer; Angela Bower and Lcroy Cornic, student council represen tatives; Alan MacKillop, religious life representative, and Don Hodges,' activities board. To Go to Confab ' Arthur 'Gravatt, assistant pro fessor in the sociology department at Willamette University, will at tend the Pacific Northwest Con ference on Family Relations at Whitman College, March 22-23. Professor Gravatt, who teaches courses in marriage and family relationships at . Willamette, will serve as chairman of the research section at the conference. ONE FOURTH OF GARDEN SHOW BOOTH SPACE GONE More than one-fourth of the booth space for the Salem Down town Lions Home and Garden Show is already signed for, ac cording to Roy Feiring, booth sales chairman. Twenty-six firms have already signed and several have asked for additional space. The show will again be held in the grand stand at the Oregon State Fair grounds, April 26. 27, and 28. Felrlng to Call Feiring will call on alt those who exhibited previously, by the end of this week. Any business not having exhibited before should contact him. Esiphasis at the show is on new renovations for homes appliances, flooring, etc. plus new ideas for outdoors, such as lawn furniture, patios and gardens. The general theme of Ihe show is "Fun-Living Through New Ideas." The show is free to the public. To Aid Civic Projects Proceeds from rental by exhibi tors go to civic projects, spon sored or assisted by the Lions, such as boys' and girls' scholar ships, assistance to Boy Scouts and glasses for needy children. Program Chairman Milan Boni face has arranged for a nationally known troupe to provide enter tainment for the four main shows which will be held in conjunction with the show. New Zcalanders consume an an nual average of 218 pounds of meat per person, as compared to 161 pounds per person in the United States. . AT CENTER AND COTTAGE Insurance Co. Structure Planned Construction Is expected to be started in about 10 days on the Salem district office of the Met ropolitan Life Insurance Co. al Center and Cottage streets, it was announced Wednesday upon the opening of construction bids. E. C. Owen Construction Co., Portland, was the apparent low bidder with a bid of $28,882.31, a figure only about $120 lower than the bid submitted by Morrow Con struction Co., one of six Salem firms that also bid on the job. The Owen firm was the only firm bidding from outside Salem, Bids to Get Study Architect Ernest L, Weber said the bids would be studied and the contract let soon with construction to start about the 1st of the month and occupancy slated for July 1. The building is to be constructed on the northwest corner of the intersection, where two houses are to be razed to make room for it. It will cost about $45,000 after plumbing, heating plant and elec trical costs are added to the con struction cost, - Weber said. The air-conditioned L - shaped building will have a 70-foot front age on Center street and a 66 foot frontage on Cottage street. There will be 4,000 square feet of floor space. Arizona Snndstone Construction will include some reinforced concrete walls and, some of frame construction. The building will have Arizona sand stone facing. The new building is being fi nanced by Joseph E. and Mabel DeWitt, it was indicated,' and will be leased to the insurance com pany. The DeWitts have a 25-year lease on the land which Is owned by Charles W. and Esther M. Brock. Some 20 salesmen and an office staff of 12 can be accommodated in the new building, according to William H. Velton, manager of th Salem office. 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