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Today in Salem
" 'Among signs of spring are, In
approximately the game order,
convertibles with tops down, pic
' ales and poison oak.
, And at Willamette U., Infirm
ary nurse Henrietta Althoff has
suggested that students who wish
to enjoy the first two should take
more care about getting involved
villi the latter.
A series of itching patients has
Caused her to advise students who
v Insist on walking in the woods to
(1) wear proper hiking clothes in
itead - of sandals and Burmuda
shorts, (2) learn to recognize poi
son oat so they can avoid it and
(3) if they fail to avoid it, as soon
as possible thoroughly wash the
parts of the body that come in con
tact with the plant with soap and
Water.
". Probably good advice for most
anyone, although if No. 2 sugges
tion is followed, the other two
would be of much less importance.
And there are some fishermen who
undoubtedly wish they had follow
ed the advice' over the weekend.
Three more relief wood carv
' - Ings by famed Portland artist E.
B. Qulgley have been hung at a
Salem club. One Is a bronc
' rider, another a Brahma bull
rider and the third, the head of
- a Innghnrn steer. The three dec
orate the opposite wall from an
. elaborate carving of a speeding
' stngecoach and horses, central
theme of the motif at The Stage
coach, Another Salem restaurant that
recently underwent extensive re
modeling is Marshall's. All new
furnishings and ' complete rear
rangement of dining area.
. Salemites who didn't hit the
fishing trail over the weekend
must have hit the trail to the
. beacn. Many of them were seenat
the event of the "Miracle Week
end" sponsored by communities
from Otis south for 20 Miracle
Miles."
: Allen Heed, editor of Ihe Delake
News - Guard, admitted Sunday
that most businessmen of the
'area had been holding their col-
. . lective breath since announcing
. the dates for the event. Chances
. were probably not much better
r than one in ten that they would
have good weather for it, he said.
.. but as it turned out they couldn't
have asked for better conditions.
The weekend will probably be
scheduled for late May or early
June next year, he opined. Rea
son It was set as early as It was
this year was so it would be Just
a week after a Portland Sunday
newspaper magazine devoted
: most of an issue to the resorts
and pleasures of the "20 Mira-
cle Miles."
HERE IN THE HOMETOWN
Lions Home Show
Attracted by ideal weather con
ditions the 4th annual Home and
Garden show of the - Downtown
Lions Club closed Sunday evening
after a record-breaking attend
ance, estimated at 11,000 persons.
- , Admission was free to the show,
housed in the grandstand, where
many of the latest patterns in
:-home development and gardening
'were shown. The project was fi
nanced by the concerns which en
tered displays.
The money realized from the en
terprise will be used by the Lions
in their various civic and chari
table projects.
Winners of merchandise prizes
during the two davs were: Mrs.
P. J. Volh, 1510 Bellevue St.; Mrs.
M. Peters, 1163 Highland Ave.;
John S. Brown, 740 E. Miller St.
and Norman L. Espc, 1740 N. Cap
itol St., $25 each; Ralph Chitwood,
Ht. 1, Box 298; Glen E. Martin,
.1920 Harritt Ln.; Allen L. Olson,
'(Tillamook and Mrs. Arnold
"Wuerch. 1019 Redwood St., $15
each: Mrs. A. DeJardin, 1125 Don
na Dr., Opal Berkey, Hubbard;
Mrs. P. W. Warren, 1580 S. Lib
erty St. and Fred Stone, Mill
City. $10 each.
Girl Best Baker
First place in the Salem 4-H
cake baking contest held Saturday
afternoon at the Marion County
Courthouse was won by Marlene
Mallicnat. daughter of Mr. and
, Mrs. Dale Mallicoat, 2475 Fisher
Rd
The winner is qualified lo enler
int state 4-H contest to be staged
at the Oreson State Fair next Sep
tember, where entrants wi" he
striving for college scholarships.
Winner of a blue ribbon in tne
; cake baking contest was Keith
; Wonderly, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Francis -L. Wonderly. 1305 S. 12th
St., who demonstrated his skill in
muffin baking two years ago by
winning first and second prizes.
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Dr. Shay Receives
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Dr. Theodore L. Shay, associate professor of political sci
ence at Willamette University,
Guggenheim Fellowship Award
of Hindu principles on current
DR. THEODORE L. SHAY
May Weekend
Starts Friday
At Willamette
"Academic Preview" is the
theme of Willamette University's
51st annual May Weekend next
Friday through Sunday, when over
275 high school seniors will be on
the campus.
Festivities will open Friday eve
ning with the drama department
presentation of Moliere's "Don
Juan," followed by a reception for
Queen Flossie I in Doney Hall.
President G. Herbert Smith and
student body .president Neil Caus
bie will welcome the seniors from
high schools throughout the West
Coast Saturday morning at 9 a.m.
in the fine arts building, followed
by an address by Dean Robert
Gregg on "The Value of a Liberal
Arts Education."
Visitors will then visit with de
partment heads In the library, fine
arts Duiiding and science building
concerning their respective pro
grams of studies leading to the
college degree.
The coronation ot Queen Flossie
I will take place at 11 a.m., with
Edith F a i r h a m Gunnar, May
Queen in 1949 crowning the 1957
queen. The rest of the afternoon
will be spent either at the baseball
game with Pacific University or
at the AWS fashion show. Follow
ing a barbecue dinner, the entire
campus will turn out for the
Queen's ball, final formal function
of the May Weekend festivities.
Fifty-one cadets at the U. S. Air
Force Academy have fathers who
also are in the Air Force, twenty
of the fathers being pilots.
Chihuahuas Born
A tiny Mexican Chihuahua be
came the mother of five puppies
at the Dean Anderson home, 3278
Windsor Dr., over the weekend.
It is a king-size litter for the
small dog, (he Andersons said.
Normal litter for a Chihuahua is
two. One of the five may have to
be destroyed, they said, as lit was
born without front feet.
Bertermann to Talk
Dr. Eugene R. Bertermann, Ta
dio director of the Lutheran Lay
men's League from St. Louis, Mo.,
will speak on the topic "Behind
the Scenes of the Lutheran Hour"
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at
St. John's Lutheran Church, 14th
at Court.
Dr. Bertermann began his work
with the Lutheran Hour prior to
his graduation from Concordia
Theological Seminary, St. Louis, in
1937 and has been with the organi
zation constantly since that time,
serving since 1943 as radio direc
tor. Inspection trips in recent years
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has been awarded a one-year
in India, to study the influence
Indian political policy.
He will travel to the Near East
in July, 1958, to gather materials
for a book he plans to write on
the political, philosophy eminating
from the ancient Hindu philosophy,
interviewing the people of the
country to discern how their values
and ideals have" altered since the
Indian independence.
Shay, who lived in India on a
Knickerbocker fellowship, is the
author of The Legacy of the Loka
manya, the political philosophy ol
nationalist leader Tilak.
A native of Portland, where he
graduated from Lincoln high
school, he received his bachelor's,
master's and doctorate degrees
from Northwestern University.
Over 1,500,000 have been awarded
to 344 scholars and artists this
year, persons of "unusual capa
city for scholarly research, dem
onstrated by the previous publica
tion of contributions to knowledge
of high merit."
Open House at
State Hospital
Attracts 600
Ocean beaches and favnrile
fishing holes provided stiff com
petition for the open house pro
gram of the Oregon State Hos-
"pital Sunday.
It was estimated 600 persons
accepted the invitation to tour
the huge plant under. the direc
tion of competent guides. This
number is considerably below
the reported total of a year ago.
The open house coincided with
the observance of National Men
tal Health week and those per
sons who did take time out to
visit the hospital were well re
warded for their time spent
there.
Visitors were shown the vari
ous methods which have been
adopted by the administration in
an effort to reduce the tensions
of the mentally disordered.
Students Hurt
In Auto Crash
A two-car collision south of
Monmouth hospitalized two Chi
neso students at Oregon State
College Saturday afternoon, state
ponce reported.
Officers listed drivers as Gor
don Clifford Murphy, Portland,
and Kyen Lee, an OSC student.
The accident occurred about 1
p. m. at the entrance to Helmick
Park about six miles south of
Monmouth on Highway B9W.
Taken to Dallas Hospital for
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Capital
Section 2
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Frank A. Waldorf, 1150 Lee St., retires after 40 years
of railroading with Southern Pacific, mostly as an engin
eer on branch lines in the Willamette valley. 'For many
years he was a familiar and friendly person to folks along
his Salem-Dallas run. (Capital Journal Photo)
Waldorf Retires After
40 Years on Railroad
By BEN MAXWELL
Capital Journal Writer
Frank A. Waldorf, Southern Pa
cific railroad engineer who retired
last week after 40 years of service,
received his final order at Ger
linger station on his old run be
tween Salem and Dallas.
Frank's order, and it was a
courtesy order, read: "We wish to
extend our thanks for your unfail
ing cooperation and courtesy and
we wish you many enjoyable years
to come."
Started In 1917
Fro many years Frank A. Wal
dorf has resided at 1150 Lee St. in
Salem. He ' started working for
S.P. on the Portland division, Feb.
23, 1917.
For more than 20 years he has
had the Salem-Dallas run and dur
ing that time Frank and this wri
ter, who lives on Salem-Dallas
road, exchanged- waves for toots
without ever meeting one another.
Not until this writer's assignment
came to cover Frank's retirement
did they meet person to person.
for a number ot years Frank
worked on the branch line running
between Salem, Geer, Silverton
and Woodburn. In the early 1920s
a regular passenger service was
maintained with two trains daily
out ot baiem.
treatment of cuts and bruises
were Chung Sik Yang and Yong
Jun Rhee. They were passengers
in the vehicle driven by Lee.
They were held overnight for ob
servation. Both cars were damaged con
siderably in the accident, offi
cers said. They both tipped over
in the crash.
the Salem Armory May 2 are
being sought by the Marion Coun
ty Chapter of the American Red
Cross.
Between 100 and 150 persons
have each donated a pint of blood
during the bi-monthly appearance
of the bloodmobile.
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Final Run
When passenger service was dis
continued in 1925 a mixed train,
called the milk route, made 21
stops between Salem and Wood-
burn to pick up small consign
ments of milk, eggs and farm pro
duce. Stresses Safety
Frank has always stressed the
virtue of safety and caution in
railroading. He never had a
wreck, .never killed anyone and al
ways brought his trains through in
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Bad Time for
Rodents Due
At Meetings
Gophers, moles, rats, mice are
in for a whipping this week.
The Marion County Extension of
fice has a series of rodent control
demonstrations scheduled Tuesday
and Wednesday,
Jack Dietrich of the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service will show
row these pests can be controlled
with traps, baits, or any other way
possible.
The two demonstrations Tues
day, April 30, will be in the Silver
ton and St. Louis communities.
One will be held at 10 a.m. on
the F. B. Lander farm, located
one mile south of the Silverton city
limits on the Silver Falls Highway.
The other is scheduled for 1:30
p.m. at the Ernest Andres farm
one-half mile west of the St. Louis
four-corners, or about 3 miles west
of Gervais.
On Wednesday, three demonstra
tions will be held in the Salem
area at these locations:
10 a.m. Elbert Hart's place.
Meet at Ferrill's Nursery, 1315 E.
Chemawa Road, 1-3 mile E. Keizer
school.
1:30 p.m. Norman Fletcher
farm, Vt mile NE' Middle Grove
School on Silverton Road.
6:30 p.m. , Rickey School
grounds 2 miles SE of Four Cor
ners on Macleay Road (City Dump
Road).
a methodical manner. He became
an engineer in steam in 1923 and
continued running in steam on the
Salem-Dallas branch until the
switch was made to diesel power
in 1953.
Now in retirement Frank is not
looking forward to any well de
veloped hobby for entertainment.
Instead, he proposes to relax and
travel.
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Charles Terry
New President
Of Optimists
Charles Terry, director of the
State Civil Service Department,
has been elected president of the
Salem Optimist Club, it was an
nounced following a special week
end meeting of the service organi
zation. ,
Others elected for the coming
year were Lee Stewart, first vice
president in charge of boys' work;
Bob Chown, second vice president
in charge of membership; Dick
Ostron, third vice president in
charge of attendance; Fred Rus
som. secretary-treasurer; Roy
Gray, sergeant at arms.
Elected to the club's board of di
rectors were' Charles Ross, Dar
win Daspell and Eino Setela.
Terry has been affiliated with
Optimist International for a num
ber of years and was president of
the Montgomery, Ala., chapter
prior to moving to Salem several
years ago. Formal installation will
be held late in June.
The group heard reports of the
children's circus at the Armory
last month, the most recent club
project, and discussed the forth
coming Soap Box Derby which is
co-sponsored by the Optimists.
Reserves to Meet
MOLALLA (Special) -Jack
Kcnncy, captain of Molalla Police
Reserve unit, will be host to all
Clackamas County Police Reserve
units here Wednesday, May 8, at
8 p.m., at Molalla Union High
School. The meeting will take up
advanced training, stated Capt.
Kenncy.
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Chapel Dedicated
In New YM Wing
Eulogies Voiced
At Ceremonies
On Sunday
Paul B. Wallace, Salem business
man -and civic leader who spent
virtually all of his adult life in
this community, was honored Sun
day when a memorial cnapei in
the youth wing of the YMCA was
dedicated to him.
Delivering eulogies were Dr. G
Herbert Smith, president of Wil
lamette University; Douglas Mc
Kay and Otto Wilson, member of
the Y Board.
All spoke highly of the man, who
Heart Disorder
Talk Slated
New developments in the treat
ment and prevention of heart dis
orders will be presented during
the annual meeting, of the Citi
zens Advisory Committee, Mar
ion County Department of Health
at noon, Thursday, May 2,
The meeting, to be held at
Knights of Columubs Hall, 725
Shipping St., will be featured by
an address by Dr. Gordon Prcw
itt of Portland. He will discuss
The Heart. He was secured by
Dr. Gordon Stclnfeld of the Mar
ion County Heart Council,
Luncheon will be served at
noon by the Scrra Mothers Club.
Adjournment time is: scheduled
for 2 p. m.
Arrangements for the meeting
have been completed by Ann
Clark, chairman of the Advisory
Committee.
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DEALER
for a half century was affiliated
with the Y, either as' a member
or president of the board of direc
tors, Presiding over the ceremonies
was Roy Harland, president of the
Board, who presented Charles A,
Sprague, whose leadership was
largely responsible for securing
the funds with which the chapel
was completed and equipped.
' Oak Pewa ,
While the chapel is not large, it
is tastefully equipped with solid
oak pews, walls finished in light-
colored mahogany veneer and
lighted both directly and in
directly. Sunday's dedicatory program in
cluded an invocation by Dr. Paul
N. Poling and benediction by Rev.
George H. Swift. Special music
was provided by Mrs. Betty Starr
Anderson and Ronald Craven.
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