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Page 4, See. 4, Capital Journal, Mon.. Mav 33. 1957 age 16, Sec. 1, Capital Journal, Tue's'., May 1'4, 1957 Labor Shortage In Lebanon Area Seen With Berry Season Unemployment During April at Higher Level Than in 1956 But May Work Offers Growing LEBANON (Special)-A labor shortage in the local area could become a reality within a few weeks, according to information from the employment office. Strawberry harvesting will require around a thousand pickers, start' ing the last week in May or the following week. During April, 43 per cent more workers were unemployed than at the same time a year ago. A fast - back-to-work pace was set in March, but slowed in April. Turnover was at a minimum be cause of the scarcity of new jobs, both in sales and services and in logging and lumbering. Garage end service stations reported fewer employees than a year ago, as did most grovery stores. Agriculture work increased In April, through planting of grains Dallas Bosses Paid Tribute By Students DALLAS (Special I Retailing class members honored Ihcir em ployers al a Dallas High School distributive education class ban quet recently at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Supt. Ellis Neal welcomed em ployers, their wives, students and special guests. 0. I. Paulson, Salem, stale vocational education director, spoke. Roger Bakke was master of ceremonies. Henry Dalpez, manager of the local Safetwny store, told of changes in retailing through the years. Ed Caillier, instructor for the distributive education class was presented with a gift on behalf of the club. Members and officers of the class are Roger Bakke, president; Larry Dlehm. vice president; Cora Swanstrom, secretary; Jay Ann Grooms, treasurer; Charlotte Dunn, Carol Clark, Milton Clio quette, Lorry Daniels, Eugene Giesbrecht, Dennis Ediger, Lavina Friesen, Diane Hads, .1 e r r y Lanig, Bill McKown, Jcanelte Rogers, Bob O'Neal, .Tohn Mc Queen, Donna Rompol and .Jerry Lefley, who was slate dclegnlc to Oklahoma City for Hie national convention in April. YESTERDAY'S CLOSE II. STUCK QI'OTATIOVS fBy rh AnorlAtrfl Pre..' Mmiral Corporation Allied Choniical Allis Chalmers Aluminum Co. America American Airlines American Can American Cyanamidc American Motors American Tel. k Tel. American Tobacco Anaconda Copper Arnica Steel Atchison Railroad Bclhlchcni Steel Boeing Airplane Co. Borg Warner Burroughs Adding Much. California Packing Canadian Pacific Caterpillar Tractor Colanese Corporation Chrysler Corporation Cities Service Consolidated Edison Crown Zcllerbach Curtiss Wright Duuclas Aircraft du Pont de Xcinours Eastman Kodak Emerson Radio Ford Motor General electric General Foods General Mnlors Georgia Par Plywood Goodyear Tire lnternalional Harvester International Paper Johns Manville Kaiser Aluminum Kenneci.V Copper Lihby, .V..:eill Lockheed Aircraft Lnew's ' -.corporaied Montgomery Ward New York Central Northern Pacific Pacific Gas : Electric Pacific Tel. fc Tel. Penney U.C.i Co. Pennsylvania R. K, Pepsi Cola Co. Philco Radio Pugel Sound P & L Radio Corporation Rayonirr Incorp. Republic Steel Reynolds Metals Richfield Oil Safeway Stores Inc. St. Regis Scott Paper Co. Sears Roebuck & Co. Shell Oil Co. Sinclair Oil Socony Mobil Oil Southern Pacific Standard Oil Calif. S'andard Oil N.J. S'udebaker Packard Sunshine Mining Swift & Company Transamerira Corp. Twentieth, Century Fox Union Oil Company Union Pacific United Airlines United Aircraft United Corporation United Slates Plywood United States Steel Western Union Tel. -Westinghouse WesUnghouse fffWt ttsoJ worth CnjfcJj 11 V4 H7 M .lit ion ' 18 i. 42 ' 81 Ml 178 la 13 53 V 23 'A 4fi 40 42 4fi v, 43 .Hi 5 98 i: 77 M ,j 44 52 41 k 81 l'.IK 'i 97 , fi ' and hoeing of mint and berries. Businesses recently opened in clude Cornel's Variety tore in Southgate Shopping Center; Ress ler's Variety, Cascades Farm and Garden Supply and Red's Floor Covering Shop in Grazley'a Shop ping Center; The Best Cleaners in the downtown area; and Lebanon Electrical Repair at Main and Vine streets. Two service stations recently closed. ' Unemployment in the Sweet Home area' was 13 per cent high er in April than last year, but 60 per cent less than two years b" Unemployment in Lebanon is 28. per cent less than two years ago. Dallas Legion Picks Officers nAi.T.AS (Snecial) Another organization electing officers re cently was carl o. rmi F. American Lesion, ram ""f""; World War II, veteran, will head the post and Norman Guedon will be first vice-commander; Ken Martin, second vice-commander; Frank Richards, adjutant; Ken neth Woods, finance oficcr; J. N. Urncss, chaplain; It. S. Kreason, historian; John Corny, service of ficer and Mars Slack and Earle Richardson, members of the exe cutive board. The Memorial Day program this year will lie moved back to the court house lawn where it was held in past years. In re cent years it has been held at tho high school gym. Philip Hay- Icr will secure a speaker for the program being arranged by Frank Richards, retiring commander. Delegates to Boys State this year will be Mike Kclley, Claud McLean, Boh Fr:osn and Dennis Hagcstrom, all juniors. The ses sion will he held on tho Oregon state college campus. 'Casca'de Royalty and Court Six PTA Groups Set Installation LEBANON '(Special) Joint in sinuation ceremonies for the offi cers of Lebanon's six PTA groups will be Thursday at 8 p.m. in the high school. Chairman Mrs. Richard Johnson said the public Is invited. Mrs. Mel vin Spalingcr, city PTA council prcsidcnl, has invited school board members. Assisting Mrs. Johnson are Mrs. Reulah Miles, Mrs. Helen Pcrard, Mrs. Harold Reeves, Mrs. Fred Van Loh and ftlrs. Joe Burian, with hospitality: Mrs. Gus August. Mrs. Chris Weber, Mrs. Merle Klinge and Mrs. Claude Robert son, with publicity; Mrs. Jim Me dals, Mrs. Dclbort Chinhurg, Mrs. Ronald Gilson and Mrs. .1. W. King, with program; Mrs. Dewey .Moss, Mrs. Ed Meng, Mrs. Don Snyder. Mrs. E. L. Stenberg and Mrs. Dale McKcc, with refresh ments; and Mrs. R. 0. Garrison, with installation. King and Queen of the May and their court, above, will have places of honor Wednesday night at Cascade Union High School. Their coronation will climax Achievement Night program for parents. ? Front row, left to right, are Alice Graves, Jeanette Townsend, Qucen'Karen Vose and Joan Kronbuegel. Back row: Jim Uhrham mer, Glen Bruce, Kurt Norlin and King Dale Magee. . . Pre-School Clinic Set For Dallift DALLAS (Special I Children who will enter the first grade next fall and their parents are invited to visit the Morrison and Lyle schools May 17 for a preschool "roundup." Children who will be 6 on or be fore Nov. . 15, 1957, are asked to come at 1 p.m. to visit the urst grades. Their parents arc asked to come at 2 p.m. and meet in the lunch rooms. Mrs. Jane Domkowski, county health nurse, Ellis H. Neal, city superintendent, principals of the grade schools and first grade teachers will speak to the parents. Those families who live north of Washington street and in the vicin ity of the new Whitworlh school are asked to visit the Lyle school and those living south of Washing ton street should visit the Morrison school. Cascade to Crown May Queen, King 360 Lyle School Pupils in Spring Event at Dallas DALLAS (Special) Some three hundred sixty pupils of Lyle school participated in the school's spring festival Friday night at the Dallas high school gymnasium. Theme of Ihe production was 'This is My Country," with Linda DcWitt depicting Miss Columbia and Billy Warkentin as Uncle Sam. Also portrayed were Paul Bunyan by Jackie rood ann Johnny Applcseed by Joe Mc- Mahon. Parents and teachers made Ihe colorful costumes and background scenery. CASCADE UNION HIGH (Spe cial) Miss Karen Vose and Dale Magee will be crowned queen and king of the May at a ceremony Wednesday night at Cascade Union High School. Tho coronation will be part of program which will climax Achievement Night displays and performances for. parents. The annual event attracted more than 800 last year, according to Bob Stewart, vice-principal. Others in Ihe court, selected by vote of seniors, arc Joan Kron buegel, Jeanette Townsend, Alice Braves, Kurt Norlin, Glen Bruce and Jim Uhrhammer. Open house in each department will begin at 7:30 p.m. and the program at 8:30. Don Smith, pub lic speaking student, will be mas ter of ceremonies. Mrs. John S e I m, dramatics teacher, will be in charge of a Slayton Petition Urges Clean-up of City Mill Race STAYTON (Special) Asking clean-up of Ihe millrace through Stayton, a petition bearing 74 sig natures, was presented to the May meeting of the City Council. The petition asked the Council to lake steps necessary to pre vent the placing of garbage and sewage in the Oregon Pulp and Paper company's ditch. The Coun cil turned the petition over to Councilman Jack Powell for in vestigation. He is to report his findings to the June meeting of the council. skit to be presented; Miss Nancy Itoden will direct the physical ed ucation portion of the program; and Rod Woita will direct the band numbers. . Junior and senior girls in formal dresses will wind the traditional May pole. Classroom displays will show student projects, equipment and accomplishments. Valley Dates KEIZER Roy Hewitt will show slides of his tour of Central Amer ica at the regular social meeting of the Keizer Grange at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at tho Grange Hall. WOODBURN Woodburn Post and auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will meet Wednesday at the library club rooms. At the last meeting Mrs. Les Jordon of Mo lalla, district president, was a visi tor. Mrs. W. L. Jones and Mrs. Mayme Palmer, will serve re freshments at the May 15 meeting. WOODBURN Mrs. W. A. Bar kuei Marion county president of the Women's Christian Temper ance Union, will rpeak at the monthly meeting of the Woodburn unit Friday, May 17. The meet ing will be at the Woodburn li brary club rooms, beginning at 2 p.m. ' . AMITY A Well Child Clinic is scheduled to be held at the Amity grade school on Thursday morn ing, May 16, from 9:30 a.m. until noon. Assisting with the Clinic will be Mrs. Ida Williams and Mrs. Ivan Shields. I 3 Units Install As Meets End In East Salem EAST SALEM (Special) Three East Salem and Middle Grove home extension units installed new officers at final meetings the past weekend. Next meetings will be in October. Meeting in the home of Mrs. Emory Good, Middle Grove unit officers were installed by a county committee member, Mrs. J. Brines. Mrs.' John Cage will act as chairman; Mrs. John Van Laanen. vice-chairman and treasurer; and Mrs, William Scharf, secretary. Mrs. Fred Scharf, chairman for the past year presided at a bus iness meeting and the project was discussed. Swegle unit met in the home of Mrs. William Hartley. The project demonstration was given by Miss Barbara Fessler, county agent. Mrs. Dan Stauffcr, chairman for the year, presided at the business meeting following the noon lunch eon. Mrs. Royal Wcnig installed as new officers, Mrs. Harold Holler, chairman; Mrs. Ronald N o p p vice-chairman; Mrs. Carl Pruitt, secretary-treasurer. Lansing Neighbors unit met for a covered dish dinner in Grace Lutheran Church for the final yearly meeting. Mrs. Wendell Se- bern Installed as new officers, Mrs. Roy Glover as chairman; Mrs. Maynard Nelson, vice-chairman; and Mrs. Robert Hamilton, secretary-treasurer. Special guests were Mrs. Harlan Scott and Mrs. II. john Stricklin. Mrs. William Kuiper presided. Play School' for St. Paul Opens ST. PAUL HIGH (Special)-The annual play school for pre-school children sponsored each year as part of the work of the home eco nomics classes of St. Paul Union High School started Tuesday, and will be held in the mornings through May 17. The first week, May 6-10, the school was held on Tuesday and Thursday morning and the second week it will be held on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The time will be 9 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. each day. Only children from 3 to 4 years of age will be admitted and par entsvwho would like to have their children attend may telephone Miss Ley at the St. Paul Union High School. The enrollment will be lim ited to the first 15 children apply ited to the first 15 children apply-i ing. Activities include story telling. clay modeling, painting, music hour, refreshments, outdoor play and indoor play. Stolen Car Found LEBANON (Special) A car stolen from Marion E. Piatt of 1210 Chestnut St. in Albany Sat urday night was located Sunday afternoon in Lebanon, parked in Cascades school yard. oeb s is1 ojejuu SEE School at Brooks Slates Activities BROOKS (Spcci.iP Mimy activ ities arc scheduled for the P.T.A., and the school in the next few weeks. The P.T.A. will sponsor Ihe eifihlh grade parly for jirnduntes May 17. Mrs. James Moiley ami Mrs. James Hiekard are chapor ones. Graduation exercises will he at B p.m. Tuesday. May 21. at the school gymnasium. Teachers' Work Dav will he Mav sr. 23 fi4 l The annual school picnic will be ' May 24 on Ihe chool grounds. Par J l pills and pre-school children are j'" invited. ;j : Students will receive their report May 27. 1-11 Club 51 I 111 i li.i V 11 V AMITY iSpociali Members. 4K ' mothers and leaders of Ihe 411 20 Water Burners, rooking: club and M ' the 4-11 St it c-h and Kip, sewing 3! club ol Three Mile Lane were 4: 411 128 , fill ' 7 2.1 17 ' 2!) M Cfi ' M 1 64 i M .13 1 Ml ' feted at the eighth annual Spring Tea Riven by .Mrs. Hoy Freeman al her home reccnlly. Mrs. Free man began the annual event when her daughter, Itelle 1'roeman. now a stiHicnt at Oregon Stale college, was a niemher of the clubs. The altair began with a com bined business meeting ( Ihe chihs in Ihe garden ol Ihe Free man home. Mrs. Freeman was presented ith a decorated lern tub. containing a large assortment or plants, bulbs and sreds hv Pegjy Criiicksliank. junior leader ol Mitch and Itip club, and Leala R(. I.epper on behalf ol belli clubs, i . During the afternoon Mrs. Alice i iiol,lt.- " itch me iraoer oi 44 S4 'i ,-or!! ,n U !?" rn"" mi:S aoCWTM HOLIDAY COUP i mm fil 4 80 7 ' M '. 3i 27', .VI j the Milch aod Hip sewing club (or Ihe past 21 years, and Mrs. Elsie W. Maynard, leader ol Ihe Water i i Burners rooking rluh lor Ihe pasl i 1 2.1 years, were honored in a spe-; eial tribute. 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