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Stores' Flood Damage Might Run to $5,000 j Cleaning Up Process I Will Increase Expenses Later checks by business firms 'i on damage caused when water I from a broken hydrant valve over- flowed downtown streets Thursday night and entered basements of two buildings show little change 'from earlier estimates. The total may run as high as $5,000, it was indi ! catcd. Ycater Appliance, & Plumbing I Co., which had used refrigerators 1 and other appliances stored in the j basement of the Nelson Building, estimate that damage to insulation 2 and other non metal parts may " reach $2,000. About the same figure is reported j by Salem Credit Bureaus, Inc., S whose loss was IBM card material, S some records and paper slock, f Otlo J. Wilson Co. at Center and North Commercial streets ' place a value of $300 on automo ' bile seat covers. The water caused a loss of labels, numbers and other j identification marks on cartons and i auto accessories. ,. Metal merchandise, such as the appliances, plumbing fixtures in the Nelson basement, and acces sories in the Otto Wilson building, were not seriously damaged, but ; will have to be cleaned and oiled ' .to prevent rust. ', The process- of cleaning up will add to the expense. The valve break, which released ; the flood of water from the city reservoir, occurred at the north- j west corner of North Liberty and Chemekcta streets. Santiam High Plants Trees MILL CITY (Special) Nearly 20 acres of burned-out timberlands near Mill City were planted with seedlings by Santiam High School students recently. Under the guidance of Joe Smith, assistant forest ranger, the fresh man class of Santiam school plant ed 5,700 seedlings near Tom Rock, some 10 miles south of Mill City, last Wednesday. The area planted suffered a severe fire loss some five years ago. Don Paul, teacher, said the pro ject was-, part of a unit in con servation. -. GovernorSigns New Pay Bill Gov. Holmes signed into law Fri day a bill to let legislators collect two years' salary during a legislae tiv session. They got $600 a year, with the session being held every two years. The bill would pay them $1,200 each session. Workers Seek Jobs WOODBURN (Special) Larry Austin who is in charge of the farm labor office at Woodburn, reports .54 applications for work on the opening day. Practically no job opportunities are available at present due to weather condi tions but the demand is expected to increase soon. The office is open from 8 a.m. until noon and from 1 to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays for the present. HERE IN THE HOMETOWN Youngsters Await If good weather prevails, a record crowd of youngsters is ex pected to take par in the 12th annual community Easter Egg hunt in. Bush Pasture Park at 1 p.m. Sunday. The youngsters will be seeking 12,000 candy eggs hidden in the park. Children hunting eggs will be di vided into two age groups, 2 to 8 years old and 9 to 12. Fifteen spe cially marked eggs will be placed in each age group entitling the finders to prizes. Easter Lilies will be given to mothers who have, the most chil dren hunting the eggs. PaulDuell to Join WillametteFaculty Paul M.' Duell, instructor of chemistry at Kansas State College, will join the faculty at Willam ette University in September as associate professor of chemistry. He will replace Dr. Charles Nichol, who will become assistant professor at the University of Minnesota in Duluth. A member of Willamette's faculty for eight jears, Nichol, whose main inter est is in the field of research, will have more time to devote to research at the midwestern school. A graduate of Kansas State Col lege in Fort Hays, he received his master's degree from that school in 1951 and taught chemistry at Washburn University in 1952-53. Joining the faculty of Kansas State College in Manhattan in 1953. he has completed his require ments for his doctorate and will receive his Ph. D. degree in Au gust. He Is a veteran of World War II, serving as combat infantryman tn the Army. A visitor to Salem during spring vacation, he and his wife and three children will move to Oregon In fcftambfr, when be will begin Vocalist 3 f Donna Fuller, above, is the vocalist with the Kenton All-Stars, who will give jazz concert in the Willam ett University auditorium next Thursday night at 8. Veteran Unit Busy as More Ask for Loans At an average clip of 32 per day. Oregon veterans have been rushing the State Department of Veterans Affairs applying for home and farm loans since Gov. Robert D. Holmes signed the new loan measure into law April 10. In the first six working days under the new program, a total of 190 applications were made, an average of 32 per day. This is far above the usual normal. In March, for instance, applications averaged 14 per day or 300 for the entire month. The new law raises the maxi mum loan to a veteran to $13,500 for a home and to $30,000 for a farm. Previously, the figures were $9,000 and $15,000 respectively. Veterans may borrow up to 85 per cent of the appraised value of the property where the maximum un der the old law was 75 per cent. H. C. Saalfeld,. director of the department, explained that not all veterans can get the maximum loans ($13,500 and $30,000), how ever. Loans are made only after a judgment by the department on the home's w.rth. Saalfeld commented that "We expect a lavra volume of business and we arf going to process the application's just as fast as we can." Aluminum Plants Put $159 Million Into NW Economy PORTLAND 11 Aluminum smelting plants poured a "direct cash flow" of 159 million dollars into the Pacific Northwest last year, the Raw Material Survey newsletter reports. Raw Material Survey is a pri vate organization which gathers news of Pacific Northwest re' sources. The letter said the smelting plants produced 623,600 tons in 1956 an increase of 14 per cent over 1955 production. Of this total, 288,200 tons were further processed by the region's basic producers. The annual employment in the industry last year was 11,400 and salaries ' and wages totaled al most 60 million dollars, the letter said. Institute Slated The Pacific Northwest YMCA Southern Division Aquatic Teach ers Institute will be held in Salem May 10-12. Purpose of the insti tute will be to test candidates for YMCA leader examiner aquatic instructor and aquatic director. Among the teaching staff will be Dr. W. McArthur, Oregon College of Education, who will teach meth ods, of life saving; John W. Bor chardt, University of Oregon swim coach, who will instruct in spring board diving; Tye Steinbach, pool director at McMinnville and for mer coach of the Aero Club in Portland, slated to teach competi tive swimming, and Hugh Johnson, Portland Northeast YMCA physi- ' A A ST ' - .4 . he s. Y L-JUv,. 3 PAUL M. DUELL teaching courses in general and physical chemistry, I 30 Willamette Men Take Part In 'Work Day' Camp Crestwood Clean Up for YMCA Is Project Some 30 Willamette University men were bus? Saturday in an an nual "work day" project of clean ing up Camp Crestwood south of Salem for use by the yMCA for its annual day camp and for camp outs and other uses. j. Work included Meaning, scrap ing and painting of t4e lodge, cab in, two shops and other buildings at the camp and forming a camp Sfre bowl. ' The' latter is being done with the use of a city bulldozer'to clear and terrace the semicircular area around the campfire site for use in YMCA camping programs. The University men are mem bers of Phi Delta Theta fraterni ty and selected for the job as their annual project for the national work day of the fraternity. Five members of the Salem Y's Mens Club supervised and aided in the work. The project was- in addition to another work day project at the Oregon Deaf School where some 20 other fraternity members were en gaged in a clean-up project. Death Takes Mrs. Parker Funeral services will be held at the Virgil T. Golden Chapel Tues day at 10:30 a.m. for Mrs. Gene vieve Parker, 73, widow of the late Rev. Dr. B. Earl Parker. "Br. Brooks H. Moore will offi ciate at the service and interment is to be in the Portland Memorial Mausoleum. Mrs. Parker died Friday 'at a Salem hospital from a heart con dition that she had had for some time. She had been hospitalized since Wednesday night. Born Feb. 2, 1884, in Decatur, Ind., Mrs. Parker was the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. . Hale. She was married in 1905 in Chicago to Dr. Parker when he was first starting as a young minister.. During their 47 years of married life, the Parkers resided in sev eral different cities in the West and Midwest. In Portland Dr. Parker was pastor at the First Methodist Church. Then he was at Toledo. Ohio, before coming to Salem in 1931. The Parkers left Salem when Dr. Parker was transferred to Great Falls, Mont., after being here for almost five years. They returned to Oregon later when he had pas torates at Eugene and McMinnville. When he entered semi-retirement in 1905, they came back to Salem and he filled the pastorate at the Fratum Methodist Church. Mrs. Parker regularly attended the First Methodist Church here and was active in Chapter G of the PEO Council. A son of the Parkers, the late Theodore Parker, author of the recently puousnea poetical work, "The Road and the Stars." died when they resided here the first tune. Survivors include three daugh ters, Mrs. Eloise H. Evans and Mrs. Betty Marr, both Salem, and Mrs. Carolyn Weleber, Oregon City; six grandsons and one grand- aaugntcr. Egg Hunt cal director, to instruct in begin ners skills Men and women, who are 17 years of age and above, who have completed a course in senior life saving, are eligible to register. ' Klang Appointed The economics department at Willamette University announced the appointment of Larry Klang, senior from Salem, as teaching as sistant at the College of Commerce and Business Administration at the University of Illinois for the 1957 58 academic year. In addition to teaching courses in the economics department, Klang wilLuse the award, which carries full tuition and a $1,700 stipend, for graduate study A Graduate of Silverton High School, he is the son of Mr, and Mrs. Fred Klang of Salem. Business Moves The jewelry business of E. Al- Bvanrinr Tnpsko. 383 Court St.. known as Alexander's Jewelry since it began business in ism, ha hppn mnved tn Lirnnan's De partment store, it was announced Friday. While operating their own bus iness at Lipman's, Mr. and Mrs. Tueske will at the same time be managers of the jewelry depart ment for the store. When Alexander's was first es ishiichoH In Salem it was located at 441 Court, and was moved to 383 Court in 1955. The Nan Wagner estate, owners nf tho hiiildincf vacated bv Alex ander's, has not yet announced a new tenant. Smith Elected Bill Smith has been elected pres ident of the Pentacle Theater group. Other newly-elected officers in clude George Harding, vice presi dent; Jacquc Berkey, secretary; Al Laue, treasurer: Caroline Mad der, historian; and Lorrian More land and Dick Schmidt, board members. The organization plans a mem bership drive during May, . C apitat jMjJou'rnal Section 2 Winning "Cherry Pink ad Apple Dlossom White," entered by Maribel Starr (inset), senior at the North Salem High Schnol, was chosen as the winning design of the float contest for Salem's entry In the Rose Festival SOAP BOX DERBY Morgan, Cummins Enter Race A couple of boys who will only have to do a notch or two better this year than last to be champions in the 1957 Salem Soap Box Derby are Charles Morgan and Robert Cummins. Charles, who lives at 4085 Cherry Ave., raced into the semi-finals of Class B last year only to be edged out by Eric Woodard, the eventual Class B champion. This will be Charles's third year in the Derby. He will be racing in Class A (ages 13-15) this year. He is again being sponsored by Eckley Sign Co. Robert worked his way into the quarter finals of last year's Class B division before being eliminated by Donald Brimm, 1955 Class B champion, who was beaten by Eric Woodard in tne lase uiass a finals. Robert lives at 1149 Huge St., and is sponsored by Cummins Heating Co-, again this year. Some 60 boys have already sign ed for the July 21 Derby, Director Al Pfeifer has announced. (Photos by McEwan) New Round-iip Stand Okayed At Pendleton pcitfnT.F.Tnw im The Round- Up Assn. Friday reported a new s53,uuo granasiana wiu oe ereuieu here in time for the Pendleton Round-Up this fall. The steel structure, for which contracts have been let, will re place the old wooden grandstand. Scholarship Won T.TTRANftN (Knprinl) ReciDient of a summer scholarship awarded by the National Science ounaa tion is Rulon C. Parham, who will aitnnrf thf Universitv of North Carolina. He has taught at Lebanon Union High School since FOUR PROGRAMS WU Artist Series Dates Scheduled Concert dates for the artists ap pearing on the Willamette Univer sity 1957-58 Distinguished Artists Series were secured this week from the National Concert and Artists Corp. in New York. Opening the series will be the Nora Kovach and Istvan Rabovsky Russian ballet on Nov. 23. The Hungarian dance team appeared frequently this year at the Brook- Report Says Segregation Is Ghetto Cause PORTLAND m "Enforced segregation" in housing has cre ated "Negro slum ghettos" in Portland, a report approved by the City Club said Friday. A nine-man committee worked two years preparing the report. The club, with 250 members at tending, approved it without a dissenting vote. The report said some progress has been made since 1945, J)ut that Portland's 11.000 Negroes still suffer "poor" economic oppor tunities. The committee called for stronger civil rights legislation and a "more positive" exercise of state powers. Salem, Oregon, Saturday, April 20, 1957 Float Design CHARLES MORGAN K 4- ,iN Education Gifts Revealed PORTLAND (UP) The State Board of Higher Education will be asked Tuesday to accept gifts and grants amounting to $262,570 for its seven campuses and the gen eral extension dlvlson. Included are grants totaling ' Clean-up Week Set LEBANON (Special) "Clean Up Week" in Linn county will be May 6-11, says M. L. Hansen, Rt. 2, Albany, chairman of Linn County Farm and Home Safety Council. PATIENT RECOVERING SUBLIMITY (Special) Mrs. Anna Hunt is recovering from eye surgery performed at a Salem hos pital last week. She makes her home with her son-in-low and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Meinrad Reiser. lyn Academy of Music following a tour throughout the United States. Following the ballet appearance, Leonard Warren, baritone of the Metropolitan Opera and veteran of Telephone Hour programs, will present his concert, Jan. 22. On Feb. 6 Seymour Lipkin, pian ist, will make his first Salem con cert appearance. The 25-year-old pianist - prodigy has appeared as guest soloist with 30 American symphony orchestras, giving 60 performances. Final artist scheduled with the Willamette concert scries is Mar ian Anderson, contralto, on March 5 A maker of headlines for nearly 20 years, Miss Anderson was front page news again a year ago as the first of her race ever to sing with the Metropolitan Opera RADIANT GLASSHEAT "The Sunshine Heir For Free Estimate PHONE EM 46263 CLEAN SAFE MODERN 1540 Fairgrounds Road SAI.EM, OREGON Revealed Parade this year. There were 25 entries in the contest, sponsored by the Salem Cherrians. See story on Page 1, Section 1. (Capital Journal Photo) well ROBERT CUMMINS nearly $90,000 from the U.S. Pub lic Health Service for 10 research projects. Three grants totaling $40,601 are listed for the Univer sity of Oregon. Nearly $29,000 is for four projects at the medical school and $20,622 for three studies at Oregon State College. Gifts for scholarships and fellow ships from 43 individuals and groups total $26,124. . LJH , :'' ; To solve the problem of problem skin take llicso two simple steps. At night, Medicated Cream to soothe and dry blemishes. By day, Medicated Lotion to conceal as it continues the heal ing action. Medicated Cream: $1.50, $2.50. Medicated Lotion: 1 1.60, 2.60, As a set, $3.00. All prices plus tax., . ..,.! " Page 1 Ways, Means OKs Budgets Of Hospitals The legislative Ways and Means Committee Friday recommended approval of the biennium budgets of the Eastern Oregon Hospital at Pendleton and the Oregon State Hospital and Fairview Home in Salem. They total 18"-4 million dollars, or 2'i million more than the cur rent biennium. The committee approved a budget of $4,142,069 for Eastern Oregon, $4,915,476 for Fairview, and $9,446,187 for the State Hos pital. Eastern Oregon Hospital had asked for $4,726,711, but former Gov. Elmo Smith's recommenda tion cut this to $4,203,855, and the Ways and Means Committeo re duced it by another $61,786. It included an item of $26,000 in salary savings because of de creasing use of the outpatient clinic. The budget is 12.4 per cent more than the current operating costs. Fairview Home sought $5,885, 420, which the Governor's estimate reduced to $5,168,532: The com mittee trimmed this by $253,056. As recommended, the budget is an increase of 19.2 per cent over 1955-57. The Oregon State Hospital bud get is an increase of 16.8 per cent over the current biennium. The Governor's budget recommenda tion reduced the hospital's request from $10,807,000 to $9,635,169, and the committee cut off another $188,892. The hospital anticipates an in crease from 3,400 to 3,700 patients during tne next two years, and the budget provides for the em ployment of six more doctors. Sheridan May I Buy Mill Site SHERIDAN (Special) - In ac tion this week, the Industrial Com mittee for the city of Sheridan took an option to purchase the McCormick mill site in southwest Sheridan for $20,000. According to Mayor Fred Boze man, the purchase price would be $20,000, with $5,000 annual pay ment on the principal, plus 4 per cent interest. Included in the sale would be the buildings, the railroad spur and an area of about 40 acres. The committee has 60 days to take up the option. Named this week on the board of directors of the Industrial Com mittee, were Cecil Harrison, Ken- ncui Graham, Bert Keck, Fred Biskey, William Moore, Paul Per shall and Leonard Hespack. Several sawmill and lumber pro ducts firms have expressed interest in the Sheridan mill site, but want to know-who controls the property neiore going ahead with plans on locating at the site of the former McCormick mill. SOLDIER VISITING WOODBURN (Special)-Airman first class and Mrs. Philip LaBarr, Jr., arrived Sunday night to visit his parents here, Mr, and Mrs. P, L. LaBarr. LaBarr is stationed at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Is due to receive nis dis charge in January after four years in Uie srevice. He has a !0-day leave. Olarfet cj fLc il leimwi'i fosttfktfw, 1st Oregon Fair Ad, Publicity Posts Filled By MARGARET MAGEE Capital Journal Writer Oregon's State Fair was still without a manage! Friday night when the Fair Commission ended that day's session, but two other positions had been filled. Publicity this year will be handled by Jack Matlack, Port land, and Earl Helms and Associ ates, Portland, will have the adver tising. For the past two years Mc Murphey and Webber, Inc., Port land, have handled both the pub licity and advertising. Matlack has the Portland Rose Festival and the Molalla Buckcroo among his accounts and Helms did Independence Firm Submits Low Road Bid Low bidder for crading and pav ing four miles of Wheatland road north of Salem was Central Paving Co. Independence, State Highway Commission announced Miday at a meeting in Portland. Bid price was $84,010. A bridge over the north fork of Ash Creek,- a mile west of Clow Corner in Polk County will be built by Inland Construction Co., Milwaukie, low bidder at $14,186. The commission also announced bids for oiling highways near Ore gon City and Molalla to Horton Construction Co., Portland, and for grading 1.04 miles of the Sil verton Hillsboro highway near Newbcrg to John Havlick, Jr., Scappose. The meeting was the first offi cially presided over by Charles H. Reynolds, new Commission cnair man. Robert Chessman, Astoria publisher, attended his first ses sion as a member oi tne commis sion. Ceremony Honors Ralph . secor Sgt. Ralph S. Secor, who from 1953 until November, 1955, was a deputy in the Marion County As sessor's office, was honored at a special ceremony at the Klam ath Falls Airport recently. Secor, now with the 40Blh -fighter group, won third place in the 1956 Freedoms Foundation letter writing competition for the Armed Forces. The subject tor the competition was "My Vote- Freedom's Privilege." Secor was commended for his award by Gen. Nathan F. Twining. Al Meeting Slaleil , GEARHART, Ore.- WI News paper-advertising executives from Oregon, Washington, Alaska and British Columbia will hold their annual three-day meeting here May 8. Waller Smoldt of the American Newspaper Publishers Assn. will be among tne speakers. tin I Let's I ; r j m uecoraie All the earth is showing new freshness today and in our own valley its abundant new growth displays a tip-toe eagerness to show its perfection of leaf and blossom. It only awaits our "see ing" look. . . , Whether we are building, remodeling or refurb ishing a homo or merely spring houseclcaning a good "seeing" look at your present surround ings is necessary if we arc to create lovely homes for our fam ilies. . . . Are our rooms gay ana pretty, giving a "lift" to those who live in them? Arc they in viting? Or are they, frankly, the combination of soiled and worn furnishings which show a neglect of care? . . . sometimes, tne re- olaccment of a worn sofa or chair, imaginative use of accessories, or new ideas carried out in curtain ing our windows can lend an air nf enchantment to a room. . . . Think what a change could come over a home where soiled, dark walls are treated with today's lighter, clear, fresh colors. . . . New paints, wallpapers, many with companion fabrics of cot ton, linen, forlisan or silk gauze, are a joy to use as they so easily suggest the whole decor of a room. . . . New carpets, too, show a fresh clearness of color. Be sides the ever-popular greens, browns and beiges there are clear turquoise, pink, yellow, pcrsim mon and beautiful tweed mix turcs that have a light effect but because of darker threads in the mixture of colors are still prac tical to use. , , . Although the fine, traditional and the quaint, provincial furniture is still wide ly accepted, even these are used against a lighter background of pure color. New furniture de signs show an airy look and find their perfect place in the free open architecture of today's houses. . . . Selections from these new furnishings, which we would be happy to show you, can give a new look tn your homes and make them true expressions of your finest tastes. 'Bye till later, EM lipman's Interior Decorator 285 N. Liberty St. Stltm, Oregon I I the advertising for the Multnomah County Fair in 1956. Meets With Four. The commission met with four applicants for the position of man ager Friday and received an ap plication from a fifth on the tele phone. ' Those with whom they met were Don Schmidt, Salem, manager of the Valley Farm Store; Eddie Lewis, Salem; Howard Maple, lormerly of balem and now man ager of the Coos County Chamber of Commerce; and Glenn Gregg, former Salem resident and in the bakery business in Bend for the past several years. Gregg in 1953 managed the Bend Water Pageant, Telephoning his application to the board was Harry Grant, Port land, manager of properties in that city. ' On Tuesday the commission had conferred wi th a number of ap plicants for the manager's posi tion. These included Harold Clar- no, manager of the Coos County Fair, Myrtle Point; Joe Varner, Gaston, of the Washington County Fair; Carl Hawlcy, Mr. latent oi TV; Bill Duggan, former theater manager and former manager of the Portland Auditorium; W. H. Mike" Payntcr, manager of the . Tillamook County Fair; Harold Colgan, president of the North . Marion County Fair; Jewett A. Bush, manager of the Columbia County Fair; and Jack Hampton, sales promotion manager of radio ' station KPAM and FM, Portland. Will Choose Next Week Commission members said they probably would accept no further applications and indicated they : planned to announce the new man ager within the next week. , Also to be announced later will be the producer of this year's night revue. Nine producers, all from Oregon, Washington or ..California, nave oia on uie mgiu. revue. Hill Services To Be Monday Funeral services wll lbe held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Virgil T. Golden Chapel for Thomas B. (Tom) Hill Sr., 63, Salem resident for many years, who died Thurs day. Private Interment will be at Bel- crest Memorial Park. Hill, who at the time of his death vas district manager of the Oregon Purebred Nutria Assn., came to Salem from lola, Kan., In Hill He was in the candy business in Salem for many years and at one time operated the Wimpy restau rant in Salem and at Valley Junc tion. Hill was active in commu nity and civic affairs. "WE CAN MAKE OUR LIVES SUBLIME" (Author's Name Below) When your health is good, your every day is more joy ous. Troubles ere conspicu ously absent, and you al ways look forward to a happy tomorrow, But when you don't feel good everything seems to go wrong. So guard your good health carefully. Visit your physi cian at the first sign of any illness and let him help you lo live a more sublime life. We will co-operate by care fully compounding any me dication he prescribes for you. YOUR PHYSICIAN CAN PHONE EM 4-3336-150 S. Liberty St. EM 3-9123310 Court St. EM 3-31572440 Grear St. WHEN YOU NEED A MEDICINE Pick up your prescription if shopping near us, or let us de liver at 1Z:3U and 4:U0 daily without extra charge. A great many people entrust us with the responsibility pf filling their prescriptions. May we compound yours? Remember: At 150 South Liberty Street we are pre pared to supply, your Drug Store needs 24 hours a day, Night and day. We are open at this address daily from 9:00 A. M. until 11:00 F. M. At any other time you need us dial EM 4-3336 or OI 3-9123. Sunday hours are 12:00 un lit 2:00 and 6:00 until 9:00 I' M. We are pleased to be able to give this 24-hour ser vice to the people of our com munity. ""fluisenb far Meaicai i-euiei . 2440 Grear Phone EM 3 .1157 Salem, Oregon Court and Commercial Phone EM 3-9123 150 South l.ihcrtv St. Phone EM 4-3336 Quotation by Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882) Copyright 1957 (4W3)