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
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Complete Line of Lawn & Garden Needs
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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
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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.
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