Salem, Oregon,' Tuesday, March' 26, 1957
THE CAPITAIi JOURNAE
Section 2 Page 3
Town Enjoys Substantial Growth Since Founding 87 Years Ago
WaclismuthV
Plea Innocent
EUGENE W A 65-year-old
Eugene man who Monday pleaded
innocent by reason of temporary
insanity will go on trial April 15
on a charge of first degree mur
der. Albert L. Wachsmuth is charged
with the fatal shooting of Sir's
Policeman Charles Sanders Feb.
22 in a Eugene suburb.
A grand jury indictment return
ed last week also charges Wach
smuth with wounding sheriff's
deputy Dave Hefner. '
lloth men were shot after an
swering a call for help from Mrs.
Wachsmuth.
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Front street in Wood burn faces the Southern Pacific
railroad tracks and on the initial plat of the town made
In 1870 was The Avenue. Shown here is Woodburn's
well established business district. In recent years about
Woodburn
Town Platted
In Year 1870,
Had Eight Lots
By BEN MAXWELL '
Capital Journal Writer
Before 1870 there was no Wood
burn. Then came J. H. Settlemeir,
C. Hubbard and others to plat a
new town along the Oregon & Cali
fornia railroad.
A railroad worker, the slory
tells, watched slashings burn on
the new townsitc and had an in
spiration: "Call it Woodburn."
Now Woodburn has a population
of 2,700, sustained by a diversity
of industries, agriculture predom
inating. Indeed, Woodburn is
known as a berry center and the
soft fruit production within the
area is estimated to have a value
in excess of $3,000,000.
Birds Eye Division of Generay
Foods Corporation, largest indus
trial plant in Woodburn, flourishes
because of agricultural production
in the area. Now the plant proces
ses only a frozen pack. Last can
ning was done there in 1949. The
factory was established in 1927 and
acquired by General Foods in 1944.
Ralph Sebcrn is manager.
Birds Eye's Woodburn plant
specializes in a frozen pack of
most vegetables and strawberries
Inside
Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD Wl Walt Disney
continues to be the wonder of the
TV industry. He hasn't yet made
a pilot film.
Nearly all TV film shows are
sola on ine Dasis
oi puois single
films made on
the gamble that
a sponsor might
buy it as a scr
ies. Millions of
dollars have
been spent on
pilots and only a
small percent
age have paid
off.
Disney already has sold two suc
cessful scries without a pilot and
-now is doing another based on the
fictional Zorro talcs of an early
California adventurer. He recalls
a conversation he had with a big
wig sponsor before entering the
TV field:
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Doctor Says Faith and Hope Can Help Cure
By ALTON L. BI.AKESLEE
AP Science Reporter
ST. LOUIS Ml Faith, hope and
medicine make a wonder formula
for many seemingly hopeless crip
ples, a physician declared today.
It often brings back crippled
limbs whose muscles have wasted
from disease or accident, said Dr.
George J. Boines of Wilmington,
Del.
The patient's faith and hope are
vital ingredients, he said. The
medicine takes many forms, in
cluding special exercises and phy
sical therapy to regain control of
useless limbs.
Dr. Boines described methods
and results in an exhibit at the
oicning of the ninth annual Sci
entific Assembly of the American
Academy of General Practice, the
or-anization of family doctors.
.Muscle failure caused by polio,
c- cbral palsy, injury, multiple
r rnsis and other conditions can
a'd should be treated enereetic
n'iv. he said. And such crippling
"shrnild never be regarded as in
curable." A first ftep is to correct any
coexisthlg problems such asQane-
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Birds Eye division of General Foods Cor
poration, Woodburn's leading industry, is
housed in this plant, specializing in pack
ages of frozen foods for retail outlets. At
in from 9 to 16 ounce packages
for retail outlets.
At the peak of the season, about
800 persons are employed there
Sponsor Your plan for a Dis
neyland show sounds interesting,
Mr. Disney. When can we see a
pilot?
Disney Oh, I'm not going to
make a pilot.
Sponsor You're not! But how
can we tell what you are going to
do?
Disney I'll just be doing the
same things I've done at this
studio for years.
The producer recalls
that the
sponsor told someone afterwards,
"I don't think this Disney is really
interested in television."
His Disneyland and Mickey
Mouse shows proved otherwise.
The kicker of the story: the same
sponsor is in the new lineup of
Disneyland backers for next sea
son. Disney added: "I think it's a
mistake to make pilots. Too often
the pilot either Is worse than the
series can be or it promises more
mia, dietary faults, diabetes and
anxiety.
Then comes physical therapy and
exercise, often with the aid of
jury in 1954. Today she walks with
braces and crutches. All the time,
the patient is making a determined
PftftTLAND
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By BOB THOMAS
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half of the structure along Front street has been remod
eled and refaced. A new bank structure, theater, post
office and newspaper plant have been recent additions to
downtown Woodburn. (Capital Journal Photo)
Sustained by Industries,
Eye Housed
and the annual payroll is approx
imately $1,000,000. The initial 1957
pack will start with rhubarb in
May.
Town Has Ice Plant
James Stevens is manager of
Woodburn's new Terminal Ice and
Storage plant, established in 10S2
and increased in capacity by 85
per cent during 1956. This concern,
with plants in Salem, Portland,
Ilillsboro and Nampa, specializes
in commercial freezing, principally
in carload lots.
The Woodburn ice plant has stor
age capacity for 400 carloads of
produce. During the season's peak,
it employs 20 hands and their an
nual payroll amounts to $50,000.
Woodburn has two banks, the
Woodburn branch of the First
than it can deliver."
The Zorro series already is half
sponsored sans pilot. What's more.
Disney has resisted urgings to star
a name player in it. His reason
ing: "I think that's what televi
sion is for to create stars. When
you start with a name player.he
wants a pile of money and starts
giving you trouble from the be
ginning."
Disney said he Inst money on his
TV enterprises last year, may
make a little this year.
"But I'm not in it to make
money," he explained. "My rea
soning is the same: Our business
is still making movies. Television
can help us sell movies."
effort to help himself.
Dr. Boines cited some exam
ples: A 55-year-old woman was re
garded as incurable, with no hope
nf evpr u'atlcinff. jiflpr fl hrnin In.
cane and a foot brace, is earning
living by teaching school.
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GENERAL ELECTRIC
Here
season's peak 800 persons are employed
here and the annual payroll is $1,000,000.
(Capital Journal Photo)
National of Portland in the down
town section and the new Bank of
Oregon along the highway. Their
combined deposits are $7,325,000.
L. W. Froom is manager for
First National, established in 1933
and moved to its new location in
1947. The bank has 12 employes.
Bank of Oregon, a local owned
institution, had its origination at
Gervais in 1907 and came to its
highway locaton at Woodburn in
1949. H. S. Wadsworth is presi
dent and R. V. Colby, cashier. The
bank employs seven persons.
Old Industry
Older among the city's industries
Is the Woodburn Feed and Supply,
an enterprise with roots extending
back into the 1890s. The corpora
tion deals in seed and grain, manu
factures feed and mixes and dis
tributes fertilizers.
Not all of Woodburn's industries
arc conventional. Located there is
the - Valley Manufacturing Co.,
specializing in making stirrups and
saddle trees. A. A. Hoofer and E.
W. Lawson are now owners.
Oregon's native oak finds one of
its few commercial uses in Wood
burn because, says E. W. Lawson.
it is the only wood in the West
suitable for the manufacture of
stirrups. The firm was established
65 years ago.
Roland Food Products, manu
facturers of ill sorts of pickle
products, employs 14 persons at
the peak of the season and has an
annual payroll of $25,000.
Many Cripples
A girl of 181, crippled by polio
as a baby, couldn't walk because
of a deformed left knee and
leg. A year later she was walking
with a foot brace, afterward dis
carded it. She's now a school
teacher. full information.
COMPANY'
Recent expansion of Woodburn has seen this develop
ment along highway 99E. Located here in modern struc
tures are a locally'owned bank, food markets, automobile
agencies, motels, stores and factories. Tlvjs is the part
It has a factory retail store and
does a sizable business there with
patrons who know and esteem the
quality of the product.
Many Stores
Among Woodburn's retail estab
lishments are three dress shops,
seven groceries, three drygoods
stores, four automobile agencies,
four hardware stores, two furni
ture, two variety and three ap
pliance stores. The city has two
dentists, three lawyers, three doc
tors, a small hospital, four beauty
shops and a weekly newspaper,
housed in a new plant.
Woodburn post office, with Paul
Mills as postmaster for the past
15 yoars, is a second class office
almost- reaching the first class
status. Office business in 1956
amounted to $39,000. Employed
jcre arc 13 persons.
Washington Elementary School,
with grades from the third through
the eighth, has 392 pupils and 16
teachers. Principal is Charles M
Campbell. Lincoln Elementary
School has 130 first and second
grade pupils. The faculty consists
or six teachers including the prin
cipal, Mrs. Mildred Odgcrs. At
Woodburn High School 272 students
arc enrolled and the teaching stnff
numbers 15. Principal is David C.
Cavctt. Frank Doerflcr is school
superintendent. ,
Also located in Woodburn, is St,
Luke Parochial School with 250
pupils and Sister Josephine as
principal.
Jaycecs Active
Fraternal, civic and social or
ganizatiins arc well represented
at Woodburn. There is an active
Junior Chamber of Commerce and
a newly organized group calling
itself the Woodburn Progressive
Club. Max Simmons is president.
There are 14 churches in Wood
burn. '
Woodburn has a fire department
consisting of three paid members
and 20 volunteers. Two regular
policemen arc among the munici
pality's 16 salaried employes.
The city has 18.98 miles of
streets, 12.25 being paved. About
4,300 additional feet of paving will
be laid this year. During 1956 the
city acquired a radio Irasmitling
station for the police and fire de
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B0NESTEELE SALES & SERVICE INC., 370 N. Church Street, Salem
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partment. Woodburn's water, sup
ply is municipally owned with
four active wells as its source.
The system supplies 1,150 users.
Mayor
i, Thomas L. Workman,
above, is mayor of Wood
burn. City officials are: Thomas L.
Workman, mayor: Mark II.
Thompson, recorder and munici
pal judge; Glenn A. Goulet, treas
urer; Harold A. Eichslcadt, city
attorney; Leonard A. Fuller, chief
of police; Floyd A. Marcilc, fire
chief; Dr. Gerald B. Smith, health
officer; Winton J. Hunt, chairman
of the planning commission; Clar
ence H, Ahrcns, Louis H. Hildc
brandl, Robert L. Hurst, Norman
F. Tyler, councllmcn.
Woodburn was incorporated Feb.
20, 1889 and Jessie H. Settlcmirc
served as first town mayor.
Workman Is Mayor
Thomas L. Workman, present
Woodburn mayor, is serving his
second term after three terms as
a cduncilman. He, too, is a local
industrialist.
T. L. Workman and Sons manu
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through. Woodburn's
Journal Photo)
the
Agriculture
facture a patented truck hoist that
finds wide distribution In western
states. '
For 80 years Woodburn has en
joyed a conservative substantial
growth. When the town was platted
87 years ago it consisted of four
blocks facing the O & C railroad
with a front street called the Aven
ue. Each block contained eight
lots. ,
Seven years later the little (own
consisted of a post office, depot,
Presbyterian church, blacksmith
shop and Mathoit's General Store
that did an annual business
amounting to $10,000. Then the
population of Woodburn was 145,
the district school had an enroll
ment of 65 and there were 98 legal
voters in the precinct,
In 1877 good, cleared land in the
Woodburn area had a price of
from $25 to $50 an acre and the
town was a shipping point for
grain.
A decade later Woodburn's popu
lation had increased to 405 and
there was a large iron foundry,
machine shop, cannery, grain
warehouse and weekly newspaper.
L. H. McMahan, former Marion
county circuit judge and proprietor
of the Woodburn Independent in
1889, now resides in Salem.
Old Railroads
In 1889 Woodburn was served by
two railroads, the Southern Paci
fic mainline and the Woodburn-
Cobtirg branch of the narrow
gauge Oregonian railroad. Orc
gonian railroad became standard
gauge more than 60 years ago and
is now SP's Woodburn-Springfield
branch.
At the turn of the century Wood-
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population Is now 2,700,
(Capital
burn had a population oi 828. Hops,
grain, apples, flour and potatoes
were leading area products. Then
the town was served by the Bank
of Woodburn and had three large
warehouses,
A singular Woodburn advertise
ment appears in the Oregon &
Washington Gazetteer for 1903-04:
Moshbergcr a Sons were black
smiths, wagon makers and under
takers supplying caskets, cases,
burial robes and furnishing black
and white hearses for local funer
als.
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Assault Trial
VALE, Ore. Wi Martin Rich,
Nyssa police officer, will go cn
trial May 8 on a charge of as
sault with a dangerous weapon.
Trial date was set Monday when
Rich entered a plea of innocent in
a hearing before Circuit Judge M.
A. Biggs. Rich was indicted by a
grand jury following the shooting
of George Espinosa in front of a
Nyssa tavern March 10.
Espinosa is recovering in a
Nyssa hospital.
MUSEUM DIRECTOR DIES
JERUSALEM tin Dr. Morde
dial Nnrkiss, director of the Jew
ish National Museum in Jerusa
lem, died today after a long ill
ness. He was 58.
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