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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1957)
Vic! Fryer I Today in Salem Two Suits on Detroit Fii e in 1951 Settled Nearly 14 yeare from the fac tory to the store is the record of box of matches purchased in Salem the other day. Pat Toler of our classified ad vertising department here bought a box of the large wooden "kitchen" matches at a local grocery. When she opened them, she pulled out a piece of cardboard from the box with the message, "Let us know when you receive these matches and where if pos sible."' The note was dated Aug. 22, 1943. On the reverse side of the note were the names and address: Janice Hobhe and Eula Copley, 118 Pine St., Wadsworth, Ohio. Spelling of the first one's name was not clear but appeared to be Hobbe or Hubbe. q Pat says her curiosity is aroused I but isn't sure whether she'll write them or not. It's doubtful that the two still live there. Probably two single girls writing a note and enclosing it in the box of water proof' matches with the intention that some serviceman somewhere would find it. Both probably now happily married and with scads of kids running abput the house. Let's get out the bat and ball tor a game of Softball but be quiet about It. We must honor National Noise Abatement Week and Let's All Play Ball Week at the same time. For something quieter thai! a ball game you might observe National Sunday School Week or National Model Building Week, both also this week along with two or three other "weeks". Haven't figured out on that last one whether it's a week to honor Model Buildings or a week to build models. And don't forget to have a cupa eawfee Thursday. It's Coffee Day. And it was 117 years ago' today that the first wagon trains left St.' Louis for Oregon. ' Wonder if the legislators have something against kopplng crea tures. Frogs were officially de clared gamefish and rabbits Based on stipulations by attor neys for the defendants, Circuit Judge George R. Duncan Tuesday signed orders of dismissal in two civil suits that had their origin in the forest fire of 1951 near the Detroit reservoir. ' A total of (730,811 In damages had been sought. The suits were Drought by Ore gon Pulp and Paper Co. and Opac co Supply Co. against Vancouver Camellia Meet Billed in .City Over Weekend The eighth annual Camellia show by the Salem ' Camellia and Rho dodendron Society will be held Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13. at the Meier and Frank audi torium. Competitive classes of snecimcn. Camellias will he segregated ac cording to flower form, single, double, semi-double and peony or incomplete form, subdivided into standard color groups, red, white, pink and variegated. Also included in this year's show will be classes for potted camel lias, specimens of rhododendrons and azaleas, spring flowering bulbs and plants, spring flowering trees or shrubs and a section for decorative arrangements with and without camellias. A number of merchandise prizes are being offered for the best in each of the competitive classes as well as camellia plants being of fered as door prizes. Committee members responsi ble for this year's annual show in clude: L. N. Simon, chairman: Walter Barkus, vice-chairman: George Candeaux, staging; E. C. McElroy. publicity: Rex Pelfcr. judging; Walter Barkus, merchan dise prizes; Mrs. J. A. Pankratz, garden clubs; Mrs. Carl Miller, entries and placing; Mrs. E. H. Herrell, hospitality; Mrs. Carl Miller, finance; Ellen Quail, rib bons: Walter Barkus. schedules No entry fees are being charged exhibitors and there will be no admission fee to the show that opens Friday, April 12 at two o' clock, according to officials of the society. Plywood Co., Lee ' Logging Co., Edith and Ford Converse and the Russell L. Heacox Logging Co. the defendants in both suits were charged with negligence for laiiure to provide adequate fire watchmen, allowing the use of motorized equipment on the prem ises and permitting unauthorized persons on closed territory. Some 10 sections of timber land owned by Oregon Pulp were burned over in the Sardine Creek fire for which the plaintiffs asked $675,011 in compensation. Opacco Supply Co. asked $55,800 in damages for losses said to have been sustained in a fire which cov ered 1,857 acres of land near De troit reservoir. No announcement of the finan cial settlement was made in either case. Salem Kiwanis Hosts Gresliam The Salem Kiwanis club took part, in a joint meeting with a group of Kiwanians and their wives from Gresham Tuesday noon at the Senator. It was one of a series of inter-club meetings which Kiwanians plan each year. The Gresham visitors provided the program with Rev. Harry W. Monroe of the Methodist Church of that . community making the principal address. Speaking upon a religious theme, Rev. Monroe said, "We need to make sure that our faith is cred ulous and intellectually sound. Whatever happens, God is in the middle of things and not out on the fringe," was the assurance of the speaker. The visiting Kiwanians were ac companied by their president, Robert McWilliams. Many of the Gresham men were accompanied oy tneir wives. have been proclaimed poultry. Now, let's see. There's no kangaroos around but there's al ways a few crickets and in the summer, grasshoppers. Maybe we could classify them as worms so they could all be lumped under a law covering ushbalt. And If we don't hnve a law covering flshbait, why not? Aft er all, the fish are protected. Circuit Jury Acquits Powell A Marion County Circuit Court jury returned a verdict of acquit tal in favor of Raymond Laurence Powell, Astoria, late Tuesday aft er deliberating for approximately two hours. Powell had been accused of con cealing knowledge of a holdup last November of an Erickson su permarket. The grand jury indictment brought against Powell had charged him with compounding or concealing the crime lor a con sideration. Capital Section 2 Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, April 10, 1957 Page 1 Many Workers, No Customers I a A est n LT-- ft . A view in (he Auditing Department of sible last-minute rush of customers they the State Tax Commission, showing clerks ' are engaged In checking returns already available for giving assistance to. filers of . presented, income tax returns. While awaiting a pos- Fewer Persons Appear for Assistance with Income Tax By FRED ZIMMERMAN Capital Journal Writer Either Mr. John Q. Public is a bit reluctant to part with his cash or he is procrastinating in the matter of paying his income tax obligation to the State of Ore gon. .. k This was revealed during a visit to the Auditing Department of the State Tax Commission Tuesday afternoon when a single Individual was waiting on the "mourner's bench" awaiting bis turn with an assistant. However. Charles S. Johnston. chief auditor, has a reason for the fact that income filings are run ning approximately 15 per cent behind those of a year ago. He believes many are making their returns by mail, having had the benefit of last year's study of the lorms, "There are not so many who need assistance from our of fice," Johnston says. To take care of the laggards, the Auditing Department, located on the second floor of the State Office Building will be open all day Sat urday and until 9 p.m. Monday, April 15, the deadline. The federal tax collecting office on (lie second floor of the Post Office building reports a decided pick up in the number of people scemng nelp with their tax forms. Since the Internal Revenue Serv ice quarters are not at all com modious, the presence of a half dozen taxpayers in the abbrevi ated lobby crowns" the place. It is probable a new location will be available before next year's rush. Mayor, County Judge Support Armory Plan White Will Recommend Fairgrounds Project To City Council Mayor Robert F. White and County Judge Rex Hartley are both supporting the proposed build ing of a new state Armory in Salem, to be located on the State Fairgrounds and to serve for civic and auditorium as well as military purposes, ' The mayor said he would recom mend it to the City Council and would ask for a resolution direct ing a study of the proposal. Judge Hartley said he would meet with the two county commissioners soon to find out their attitude. ' Both officials expressed their positions after a meeting Tuesday afternoon with state military of ficers. Mayor White said one pur pose of the resolution he suggests would be to encourage the military authorities to prepare the plans, and another to support the Mar ion County delegation in the Legis lature in whatever they ask of the Legislature in the way of an appropriation. It has been estimated that the total cost of the building would be about $872,000. Federal money, which would account for possibly $347,000, is now available. The re mainder would have to come from slate, city and county. Of this $525,000 it has been mentioned as a possibility that the state might appropriate $200,000 or $325,000. to Seek 2-Year Fair Contract Leo Spitzbart, manager of the Oregon State Fair since 1935, will request he be given a two-year contract when members of the new Oregon State Fair Commission meet here Thursday. ' Immediately after Gov'. Robert D. Holmes named the members of the new commission last week Spitzbart submitted his courtesy resignation, effective April 15. Later in talking with some of the members of the new commission he also informed them that if he remained he would ask a two-year contract. Up to Commission Gov. Holmes Monday stated It was not bis intent to have the fair manager "fired." adding that he had told members of the commis sion they would decide- whether Spitzbart remained. Snitzbart ir discussing his re quest for a two-year contract said It was the same protection one would havoyln civil service. Unofficially some of the new commission have said they fa vored retaining the manuger for at least a year, and one com mented it was rather late in the season to get a new manager who was unfamiliar with the fair. Arrangements Delayed Arrangements for the Oregon State Fair have been delayed this year because of the resignation of the old commission and the de lay in appointing a new commis sion. The delay was caused by the introduction of a bill in the Legislature, which would place the fair back under the State Director of Agriculture. Ordinarily by this time of the year, division superintendents have been named and arrange ments made for the night revue and horse show-rodeo attractions. Spitzbart said this week that only the carnival had been "spoken for." Other arrangements have Senior Tests Slated at WU Oral and comprehensive tests for all seniors will be held on the Willamette University campus this week. -, Seniors will take written exami nations covering their major fields Thursday in the library from 1 to 8 p.m. The following week, after exams have been graded, seniors will schedule the second part of their prerequisite for graduation, an oral examination, lasting two hours. Members of the oral board include all members of the stu dent's major department plus one outside department member. 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