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.
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-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.
Other bidders and bids were:
Morrow Construction Co., $29,109;
E. E. Batterman, $29,955, H. G.
Carl, $30,974; Mills Construction
Co. $31,924; C. W. and Willis A,
Hill, $32,738; and George Johnston
Construction Co., $36,122.
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with a throat large enough to
swallow a man.
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