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Workers Prepare YWCA Expansion Goal of $100,000 Set; Stoim Pool Is Project By MARIAN LOWRY FISCHER Capital Journal Woman's Editor ,' With JIOO.OOO their goal, leaders and workers launch the Salem YWCA expansion program next Tuesday, April 16. Immediate project Is the -proposed swimming pool. Kickoft breakfast is slated for Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. in the YW building. From there, 180 workers in 30 teams, 15 in each of men's and women's divisions, will go out or solicitation. An advance gifts solicitation, a general campaign and a "noisy" drive make up the three phases of the swimming pool fund cam paign, reports Gerry Frank, cam paign chairman. Mrs. William Crothers is general chairman for the committee. Committee, Works . "Actually, the advance gifts" committee has been working -the past few days to secure pledges to provide the 40 per cent United Fund suggested that we have on .hand before the .start of the gen eral campaign," Frank stated. Overall picture for different . stages of the campaign have been outlined by Frank and Mrs. Croth ers. One of the special events will b the Blossom Day ice cream Social scheduled by Y-Wives this Sunday, in the YW gymnasium, between 2 and 4 o'clock, all pro ceeds to go to the pool fund. On May 5, YWCA Sunday is to be observed in all churches in the area. Scheduled for May 7 and 8 are HERE IN THE HOMETOWN Damage Action Names PGE A suit asking $10,075 from the Portland General Electric Co. was filed in Marion County Circuit Court Friday by Waldo H. and Mar guerite M. Lowery. . The Lowerys ask the amount for damages to their Lake Labish farm which they charge was done by PGE crews and equipment. Company equipment packed water ' saturated soil, a drainage ditch was blocked and debris left on the land impairing the farm's pro ducing capacity in 1956, the suit charges. The Lowerys ask $5,075 for loss of profit- on the onion crop ' and $5,000 general damages, f Everts Named Ed Everts, junior at Willamette University from Portland, was named president of the campus chapter of Beta Theta Pi in elec tions held this week. Assisting Everts will be Tom 'Gail, Medford, vice president; Dave Peterson, Minneapolis, Minn., house manager; Conrad Moore, ; Springfield, pledge trainer; Charles ; Beaton, Hood River, corresponding secretary; Ralph Litchfield, New- port, recorder; John Bergstrom, Portland, student council rcpre " sentative, and Bob Campbell, Sa lem, treasurer. To Attend Confab Upperclassmen majoring in so ciology at Willamette University will attend the four-day confer- ; ences of the Pacific Sociological Society and the Western confer- ' ence for research on small groups, in Eugene April 17-20. Church Unit to Send t r WU Students Abroad India and the Near East will be the homes of two Willamette Uni versity students next year, when they participate in the Junior Year Abroad program sponsored by the Presbyterian Church Board of For eign Missions. ' Rosemary Gilbert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tinkham Gilbert of Salem, will travel to Lebanon in September and Herbert Talabere of Walla Walla will take classes at the University of Allahabad in India during the year. ; Both students applied through the boa.'d of foreign missions for the junior year program, which has been in operation for three years. Students are judged on the basis of scholarship, recommendations, Partly-Paralyzed Girl to Reign at Sweetheart Ball :' CORVALLIS A partly paralyzed 9-year-old girl from the Children's Hospital at Eugene will become sweetheart of Acacia Fraternity here Saturday night. Linda Anderson was picked to reign over the chapter's 1957 Sweetheart Ball in the "spirit of Easter" and the Easter Seals pro gram aimed at helping crippled children. She will be brought to Corvallis for the dance by members of the fraternity, who are planning spe cial gifts for her and the hospital as part of the occasion. The hos pital is financed by Easter Seal funds. Willard Weiss of Reedsport is dance chairman. Governor Gets Bill on Blind Student 3Ioney The Senate approved and sent to the Governor Friday a bill to in crease from $500 to $750 the an nual amount that is given to each blind student attending an insti- i of higher learning. They're the Directing plans for launching the Salem YWCA ex pansion drive next Tuesday are Gerry Frank, ' above, campaign chairman, and Mrs. William C. Crothers, gen eral committee chairman. father and daughter banquets ar ranged by senior and junior high Y-Teens, these events to open teen age participation in the campaign. A street dance is slated for May 18 and on June 14 there is to be a silver tea sponsored by Salem Woman's Club, Junior Woman's Club, and Zenith Club. A variety of community activ ities is planed in May to make up the "noisy campaign," Frank re ports, these events to be a "sec ret" for the time being. ; It's A Whisper (It's whispered, however, that Dr. John Rademaker and Prof. Arthur Gravett of the department will accompany the students to the Eugene conference. To Represent WU At the national convention of Omicron Delta Kappa, honor so ciety for upperclassmen at Wil lamette Univeisity, President G. Municipal Utility Tax Bill Beaten in House Municipal utiuities won a major victory Friday when the House of Representatives defeated, 30-24, a proposal to allow the state to tax their property outside communi ties. The bill, introduced by three members of the Lane County del egation at the request of the Springfield and McKcnzie school districts, was an attempt to force the Eugene Water & Electric Board to pay property taxes on its holdings, including a large timber tract, in the districts. Other Systems Affected It also would have affected municipal systems in McMinn ville, Forest Grove and Milton Freewater, all of which serve outlying areas. The five-member Lane county delegation split 3-2 for the bill. Voting for it were Reps. Richard and the desire to learn the cus toms of foreign lands. A biology major, Miss Gilbert slated she wished to learn the work of Christianity in the world, and Lebanon today, in addition to its proximity to the Holy Land, is a center of world interest. Talabere, who plans to become a Presbyterian minister, stated he wanted to observe the activities of the Christian church in an Oriental culture. Each year a limited number of students are accepted for the jun ior year program because of the difficulties of housing and trans portation arrangements, which are provided by the church. CARRIER OF THE WEEK John Coleman From Alaska, Is John Coleman, 16, this week's "Carrier of the week," came to Salem from Alaska two years ago after he had finished the eighth grade there. Now a sophomore at Serra High School, John, his mother and younger brother, Gary, who this year is an eighth grader at St. Vincent's Grade School, moved to Salem so that John could attend school here. His father is deceased. A Capital Journal carrier for the past five months, John carries the route on Market street to Sun nyview avenue, to Childs avenue and to Lancaster drive. As a hobby, John spends his time working on cars. He has one that he drives and is working on an older one. Part of the money earned on his route is used for this, but part is being put away to attend school. Interested in mechanics, he hopes to take mechanical training at Oregon Technical Institute after he completes high school. , to Start Program Directors Pat McCormick, Olympics swim champion, is among visitors to be here to spark the campaign next month). 1 In lining up the drive activities, Mrs. Crothers, general chairman, says: "Actual construction of this much-needed pool wilt begin 'as soon as we have working drawings completed and receive bids. "We will get into the 'mechan ics' of this project at (he- conclu sion of what we feel sure, will be a successful campaign. Salem needs this pool badly and we are certain the public is aware of this need and will support the drive." Herbert Smith and Skip Alexander, junior from Grants Pass, will rep resent the local Willamette Uni versity chapter. The convention is being held this weekend in St. Louis,. Alexander is featured speaker at the Saturday luncheon of the biennial convention, talking on "Freedom in a Changing Society." Eycmann, Glen Stadler and Edwin E. Cone. Oposing it were Reps. V. Edwin Johnson and Keith, D. Skel ton. Skclton argued that the "Eugene water Board competes with pri vate industry and "doesn't want to pay its fair share of taxes. Skelton said' he .was opposed to letting the board make pay ments lo me city of Eugene in lieu of taxes. He said it had paid tne city $26,000 by this method. and challenged its constitutional ity. Surtax Claimed Eymann, who led the unsuc cessful fight for approval, con tended customers of the utility outside Eugene paid a 10 per cent surtax on rates while the board was paying the city only 6 per cent of its gross receipts. Giesy said the utility had a valuation of about 20 million dol lars and could afford to pay a property assessment. But Rep. George Layman (R), Ncwberg, replied that approval of the bill would "injure a principle of reciprocity" by letting one tax agency levy on another. "If we are going to do that," he said, "it should be done on a broader issue than one that affects only the city of Eugene." Mrs. Thompson's Reci'al Slated Mrs. Frances Thompson, pianist, will present her senior recital Wednesday evening at 8:15 p.m in the College of Music recital hall on the Willamette University cam pus. A transfer student from the Uni versity of Washington, her recital is a requirement for graduation in the College of Music. Comes to Salem Serra Student JOHN COLEMAN C apit al Section 2 'Tight Money' Defined Here By John Sell "Tight money" is little other than spending more than you take in. It is as simple as that, in the opinion of John I. Sell, vice presi dent of the First National Bank of Portland, who addressed the Salem Board of Realtors at the Marion Hotel Friday noon. Banks have been lending more money than they have been able to match in deposits, Sell said. For this reason the Federal Reserve System raised the rediscount rate to the member banks, who, in turn, hiked the interest charge to their customers. One reason why real estate loans appear hard to negotiate, said Sell, is the fact that much money is being spent on- automobiles, washing machines, TV sets and the like. This means not so much money is available for real estate. The First "National, Sell ex plained, has a current ratio of 57.2 per cent of loans against deposits. A few years ago this would have been considered out of line. The speaker stated that there are three critical areas in the coun try where the shortage of bank deposits is critical New York City, Dallas, Texas, and the entire state of Oregon. The Oregon shortage is largely due to its rapidly expanding pop ulation, he said. The prime rate of interest charged by banks at this time is 5.27 per' cent, a .02 per cent rise over a year ago. Sell said that the general belief was that interest rates would go no higher. There was little indication that an immediate drop was in ht. Donald Sloan Billed to Talk AtCCMeetW Donald C. Sloan of Portland will be the speaker Monday at t h e Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting at the Marion Hotel. He is a member of Donald 'C. Sloan k Co., dealer in investment securities, and is Oregon's state leader in the American - Korean Foundation. His subject will be "The Orient Story." The speaker for the following Monday will be Graham Covington of Portland, . who is with Inter - national Business Machines. He will be speaker for national sec retaries week. Forest Nursery Near Elkton Told A state forest nursery to produce between 15 and 20 million seedlings a year will be located on a 106 acre site near Elkton on the Ump qua River, State Forester Dwight L. Phipps said Saturday. He said Douglas County bought the site and leased it to the state, which has an option to buy it. The U. S. Forest Service will pay most of the cost of develop ing tne nursery. Phipps said the cost of develop ment would be $250,000. This would be used to prepare land, install an irrigation system, build a re frigeration plant to store several million trees, construct a machine storage and garage, build homes for employes, and make other improvements. Marital Success Is Seminar Topic LEBANON (Special) Marriage Success Seminar, sponsored by the Family Center Group for young engaged couples and newlywcds, will start April 28 with two lead ers, one on "Planning the Big Event" and the other on "Legal Aspects of the Marriage and Fam ily." Purpose of the engagement, set ting the date and planning the wedding and honeymoon, will be discussed by a bridal consultant from Meier and Frank Co. William R. Thomas, local at torney, will talk on obtaining the license and physical examination, relationships of the family to the community, and wills, adoptions, life and health insurance. Sessions on Sunday All sessions will be held Sunday afternoons in the civic room from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. On May 5, Dr. Theodore B. Johannis, Jr., of the University of Oregon, wilt discuss "Two for the Money," the financial aspects of the marital situation. Dr. Lester Kirkendall of Oregon State College will talk May 12 on Beginning April 14 We Will Be OPEN SUNDAYS 9:30 A.M. 2:30 P.M. For Your Convenience Complete Line of Lawn & Garden Needs BRYDON'S NURSERY & GARDEN STORE 415 South High Free Parking Ph. KM 4!ifi7R. Salem, Oregon, Saturday, April 13, 1957 Large House Wr '..-Si'--'. ' . .... Vv 1 r BU,lrW .Ltr MMI One of many older houses being disman tled in the Salem area is this white two story dwelling at 266 N. Capitol. The house is being taken down to provide parking space behind the Royal Court' fit's Easier to Wreck House Than Move It, 'R tiler Says By FRED ZIMMERMAN Capital Journal Writer Why is it that so many Salem homes are being, wrecked when the cost of replacing them is so ex tremely high? The answer, provided by an ex perienced building wrecker and house mover is one short sentence: "The expense of moving a building from one location to another." Clearing Lines Cosily Several factors enter into the total cost of moving a house, one of the more costly being that of clearing power and telephone wires, reports E. S. Ritter, who has been operating In the Salem area for the past three years. "The exoense of lifting wires in front of the moving structure will average $2,000". said Ritter. "Na turally the cost will vary according to the route that must be covered and the density of the buildings alone the streets. The utilities provide wire-lifting crews from among their own ex perienced personnels. Since many of the workmen must be paid over time for their work, the labor cost is a heavy item. They movo along in front of the movers so that po wer outages will be no longer than absolutely necessary. Traffic A Factor "Moving a building in the busi ness area is virtually impossible," Ritter said. For one thing traffic density is a factor that is hard to overcome. Then there are the var ious overhead traffic signal lighls and their connecting wires that would have to be lifted or tempor arily disconnected. Occasionally a dwelling that must be moved is sufficiently close to a desirable lot that may be reached over a route that is not too difficult. Then it is possible to save a building that will make a comfortable home for some family. Love Enough to Marry On," in cluding the changing nature of love, keeping love alive and psy chology of sexual adjustment. On May 19, Fredrick R. Asbury, M.D., Corvallis obstetrician, will talk on "Physical Aspects of Mari tal Adjustment," including pre - marital examinations, physiology and anatomy of the sex partner ship, and pregnancy. Parenthood Topic On May 26, Dr. Delbcrt Shalock will speak on "What It Means to Be a Parent." with emnhasis on tmnarl nn the huchn nri-wif ruin. I tionship, responsibilities and satis factions of parenthood, and prepa ration for parenthood. Final session on June 2 will be led by the Rev. D. Hugh Pcniston of Cottage Grove on "The Church's Attitude toward Sex and the Fam ily through the Centuries." Subtopics include the role of church and minister in marriage preparation and wedding service and the place of religion in build ing a happy home. A roundtable discussion will be held at the close of the session. Journal Comes Down Ritter reports that he has been engaged to move a house from Pine and Broadway. In that local ity there are a number of vacant lots, so the project will work out to the financial advantage of the purchaser. A situation that is just the oppo. Holmes Tells Interest in Institutions His active interest in state in stitutions while serving in the Leg islature, was pointed out by Uov. Robert D. Holmes today in con nection with Secretary of State Mark Hatfield s charge that t h e Governor had not visited any state institution since he took office. "I am conccfncd that anyone would question my interest and base It on a technicality," Gov, Holmes said. "While I have not had the time to visit any state institution since the opening of the legislative session, as a state sen ator I visited them all except the State Hospital in Pendleton." In both the 1951 and 1953 ses sions, Gov, Holmes served on the sub-committee of the Ways and Means Committee that dealt with institutional budgets. The Governor said that he helped obtain more money for the entire tuberculosis program and said ho was largely responsible for the es tablishment of the first forest camp for boys at MacLarcn School, He said lie was in the forefront in a fight to set up the teachers' hospital to train the necessary psy- cmatrists and in 1054 led a con ference panel at Gearhart on men tal health. Gov. Holmes said he helped nush the shift towards rehabilitation at the Blind Srhool which has since become known as the "Oregon System." At the Deaf School he succeeded in placing a printing press in the budget in 1053, he said, pointing out that printing is one of the fields which deaf persons can en ter successfully. Don Badty CONGRATULATIONS FIRST PLACE WINNER and receiving the Brownie Movie Camera for the excellent shot of the baby asleep at his job is ERNEST W. ItEEMES of 225 E. Chemawa, Salem SECOND PLACE WINNER.... and receiving the Brownie Bullscye Flash Camera Outfit for the very nicely exposed color slide of a very small baby is W. R. RHIS of P.O. Box 1006, Salem THIRD PLACE WINNER and receiving a full year's supply of roll film in either black and white or Kodacolor is DANIEL R. MADSEN of 4140 Barrett Way, Salem Our sincere best wishes to these folks for their fine snapshots. We really had a hard time picking the winners, there were so many fine pictures to judge. To all the others who entered our contest we wish to thank you for your wonderful response, and hope to be able to award you a prize in one of our next contests. We will be having olhcrs throughout the year, so don't give up hope. There will be a future contest for the best animal snapshot sometime in the summer. Details will be announced before it occurs, so be watching our ads, COBURN CAMERAS 174 North Commercial Page 1 Near Capitol apartments. Despite the livability of many of these older houses, their location is even more valuable for other purposes. (Cap-, ltal Journal Photo) , site exists in connection with a re sidence gn North Cottage Street near the Y.M.C.A. built and occu pied by the late John Farrar, one time postmaster. Wrecking Seems Solution The house, of fairly recent vin tage, is well preserved but no fea sible plan of moving it has been worked out. So it will probably be wrecked. The width of a building and the streets that will be traversed dur ing the moving process must be taken Into consideration at the same time. There can be no muti lation of trees in the parking strips. Since many streets in the residential areas are not more than 36 feet in width, this factor alone rules out many of the older type houses. Houses built of masonry are al most automatically condemned in sofar as moving is concerned. In some instances they could be re located but the cost of shoring them up would be prohibitive. Insurance must be carried against damage to the house itself as well as public liability. But there is no insurance that can lake care of a depreciation charge of 25 per cent against a building once it is off its founda tion, says Ritter. Asked whether he thought as many residences located within the corporate limits of Salem had been wrecked as had been built in re cent years, Ritter said that was en tirely possible. In this connection he pointed out that his organiza tion had torn down 27 houses on Ihe two blocks that became the properly of Meier 4 Frank Co. 3 of 4 Water Units Discuss Interests For the purpose of discussing their mutual interests and prob lems, representatives of three of the four suburban water districts met Thursday nighl. Th Kcizcr district directors sug gested the conference, although no specific agenda was announced or followed. It is probable a second meeting will be held in the near future. DON SEZ: With great pleasure we announce the winners of our FAVORITE BABY SNAP SHOT contest. EM 2-1841 Bates Surveys At MacLareri, Makes Report By JAMES D OLSON Capital Journal Writer Development of more community interest in coping with the juvenile delinquency program, extension of the camp pro gram for boys at MacLarcn School and assignment of more boys to foster homes were among the recommendations made Friday by Dr. Sanford Bates, noted penologist. Dr. Bates, engaged by the State Board of Control to make a survey of juvenile delinquency as it relates to the MacLaren School and the new Intermediate Instiluton, reported to the board and a group of legislators. , After making a survey of Mac-'S Laren School, Dr. Bates came up with an estimate of increased pop ulation in the next two years far below that projected by James Lamb, superintendent. About 513 Dr. Bates said at the end- of 1959 there would be about 513 boys in the institution while Lamb had estimated there would be 700. Completion of a building pro viding beds for 90 boys and con struction of a building with 100 beds in the 1957-59 building pro gram would, in the opinion of Dr. Bates, provide ample room for the institution s 1959 population. Ho was strongly opposed to erec tion of any temporary buildings, saying that too often a temporary building becomes a permanent one, and a poor one, at that. Dr. Bates did not favor a second boys' school In the state, but did urge the board to expedite the construction . of the Intermediate Institution. The penologist said he found 14 youths 18 years of ago In the state prison. Nineteen-year-olds num bered 24. No boy over 17 is in MacLaren School. What's the Need? When Sen. Ward Cook (D) Portland, asked him if there were so few 18 and 19-year-olds in pris on, what was the need of the In termediate Institution? "There are 300 first-offenders in the prison," Dr. Bates replied. "These men should not be in prison. They should be given re habilitation training and not pun ishment." Dr. Bates gave a virtual clean bill of health to the staff at Mac Larcn School. He said he had found the Institution's operation much improved from what it was 214 years ago when he last visited Oregon. About the only concrete criticism DRIVING IS HAVE FUN ALL THE WAY ON A GREYHOUND TOUR A Greyhound tour takes care of your whole trip , , , hotel reservations, transportation, sight-seeing trips! Choose from two types of pre planned tours. On on INDIVIDUAL TOUR you travel anywhere "on your own" by convenient bus schedules. Choice of hundreds of tours ... at amoiingly low prices. On an ESCORTED TOUR you travel oboard a special bus. Friendly escort provides complete service. Sample Individual I Escorted Tours Individual Tours (from Salem): California -....12 days S 86.37 , New York City 15 days 179.50 Florida Circle 31 days 379.70 Escorted Tours (from San Francisco): Southern California 9 days 1135.60 Utah Parks . 9 days 171.95 Great Cities of the East 33 days 445.90 Add low Greyhound fare between your city and Escorted Tour point of origin. Prices are per person, plus tax, subject to change. Greyhound 450 N: Church EM 2-242S It's such a comfort to take the bus . . . and leave the driving to us I GREYHOUND offered by the prison expert- was lack of control by the main office on goods moved in and out of the warehouse. Discipline at the school Dr. Bates reported, was not too strict, yet was satisfactory. Dr. Bates predicted that the population at MacLaren would drop some during the summer months, then probably begin to increase in the fall. When Dr. Bates appeared be fore 'the board earlier this week, he said he thought the law relating to the Intermediate Institution should be amended so as to allow sending prisoners convicted of misdemeanors there. But Friday he said that inas much as a sentence of a felon to the Intermediate Institution would not be counted towards an habit ual criminal record and a pris oner there would not lose his citi zenship, he did not now think that -an amendment would be neces sary. Oregon judges, with whom he had talked, told him they antici pated no difficulty in dealing with commitments to the Intermediate Institution. Blood Drawing Slated Monday The Marion County chapter of the Red Cross will hold a blood drawing Monday night at the Army Reserve Armory, Airport road, from 8 to 10 p.m. , All who can donate blood are asked to attend this drawing or the one to be held at the Wil lamette University April 23. Mrs. Helen Hcydon Bailey, Mar lon County chapter manager, re ports the county 15 per cent be hind in its 1956 quota ol blood units. NO VACATION 1 o