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mum Here and Wefs There rirsi for 63) blood nis hurt most' for a little "fear and apprehension" that first time, giving blood has become "almost automatic." He has donated at nearly every bloodmobile visit in Albany in 18 years, and wfll complete giving eight gallons in May. He isn't a lone donor. In December, 1955, he persuaded his wife, Annabelle, to give blood for the first time. She has now given 32 pints, and a By CONNIE PETTY Democrat-Herald Writer the first pint hurt the most," said Lyle Wachsni-cht, Route 2, Albany, who Tuesday wfll donate his 63rd pint of blood through the American Red Cross blood mobile visit here. Wachsnicht started giving blood in 1951 because someone asked him to donate.

Except I i 3) Authorities probe seven accidents member of the Galloneer Club, with a total of four gallons. Wachsnicht is among "top donors" in Linn County, accor-ing to Mrs. Piatt Davis, executive secretary of the Linn Red Cross chapter. The bloodmobile has scheduled visits in the county for 19 years, and there are only a few with his record. His interest in donating blood has made Wachsnicht a likely candidate for Albany's newly formed Blood Donor Recruitment Program, through the Red Cross chapter.

Under his supervision, the new committee seeks donors through "word of mouth," and by signup sheets posted by subdivision chairmen in various fields schools, industry, churchs, federal, state and county governmental agencies, hospital, utility or companies and organizations. Committee workers have also enticed rivalry in the group to gain the most donors, Wachsnicht said. Wachsnicht and his wife both have negative type Wood. Donations of this type are being sought Tuesday during the bloodmobile visit here, to provide blood for a 12-year-old Lakeview girl for open heart surgery. Known donors of this type blood are being called by the American Legion, sponsors of the Tuesday's bloodmobile visit.

Persons who whish to donate blood to replace any used by friends or relatives, or for those who await surgery, may do so at the bloodmobile vist, Mrs. Davis said. Tonight's Events 7 p. m. Budget Llnn-Benton Intermediate Education Dto-trfct.

Lton County Courthouse Annex. 7:30 p.m. Albm School board of directon, admfabtntive offices, 2010 8. Elm; budget bearing 4 1. 7:30 p.m.

Albany DMrict 5 elementary board, Maple Kbool bufldiig; election ol teachers. 8 p.m. Harrbburg Union High School board, at the high school. Tuesday's Events 7 i.m. Albany Chamber of Commerce Local Affairs committee, Tops restaurant.

Iul Harris burg Chamber of Commerce, Harbburg City HaU. 7:30 pm. Liu County Planning and Zonkig Commission, Swan addition meeting; room, Lain County Court-bouse. 7:30 p.m. Albany District 5 elementary schools, budget meeting.

8 p.m. Bid openiig, Albany's sec-' ond high school, District 8 board; ad-mioistration offices, 2010 S. Elm. New Arrivals At Albany General Hospital: To Mr. and Mrs.

Clayton Currier, Rt. 4 Box 545A, Albany, a girl, 6 pounds 14 ounces, March 9. To Mr. and Mrs. Charles W.

Crider, 1197 Century Drive, Albany, a boy, 6 pounds 7ft ounces. Harris burg Three Link Rebe- kah Lodge meets at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Oddfellows Hall, Har-risburg. Members of the class of 1949, Albany Union High School, plan i class reunion at 8 tonight at AAsum's hospitality room. Eighth and Ellsworth.

All class members 1 are mvited. Mrs. Fred Koos Jr. is in charge. Willamette chapter, National Secretaries Association, will honor their employers at Boss Night, 6:30 tonight at the Restaurant.

A social hour wfll precede the 7:30 dinner. Dr. John MacGregor, sociology department, University of Oregon, will speak on "Changing Views on Changing Attitudes." Goodwill Industries truck w81 pickup in Albany and Lebanon Tuesday. Phone Mrs. Fred Lee-per, Albany, or Mrs.

Olive Hes-sel, Lebanon, for stops. Albany Rock and Gem Club meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Bldg. No. 2, U.

S. Bureau of Mines, for a potluck. Business meeting at 8 will include a program, "A Field Trip to Mexico." Linn County Mental Health Association invites the public Two. to face DWI charge Two persons were arrested by state police on charges of drunken driving. Arrested early today was Susan Mae Falleur, 21, 1219 Oak Hfll S.E., Salem.

She was taken into custody four miles north of Albany on the Freeway and was lodged in the Linn County jail in lieu of 300bafl. Earlier, Jackie Gordon Taylor, 40, 1640 S. Sherman, was arrested at Pacific Boulevard and Waverly Lake. He posted $300 bail and was released. Sunday was one of ihose days It was one of those car washing days Sunday in the Mid-Willamette Valley.

Sunny skies were in part responsible for the activity. Here John West and Karen Vogt, both eighth graders at Seven Oaks in Lebanon, are busy at it. Both are members of ChiRho, youth group of the Lebanon Christian Church, which staged a wash Sunday afternoon. (Staff photo by John Buchner) Seven motor vehicle accidents were investigated over the weekend by state and city police. Investigated by state police were four accidents.

Involved in one collision two miles east of Albany on Highway 20 were vehicles driven by John Marcum Balsam, 31, 42SMi W. 14th and William Vincent Hanel, 51, Independence. Balsam suffered a bump on the head," and was taken to the Albany General Hospital where he was treated as an outpatient and released. Balsam was cited on a charge of changing lanes In an unsafe manner. A pickup truck driven by Iceland David Nydigger, 30, Rt.

2 Box 450-, Lebanon and car driven by Sharon Nadme Whitson, 23, Rt. 3 Box 909D, collided one mile east of Albany on High- Sunny days, cold nights 'Sunday's temperature in -A- bany reached 55 degrees and this morning's low was 28. No precipitation was recorded, leaving the year's total to date at 13.36 inches. Willamette River reading 8.22 feet, down 1.57 feet Forecast for Linn County is through Tuesday continued cold nights. Lows in the upper 20s, highs 5045.

Portland and Salem recorded lows for March 10 at 22 and 21 degrees respectively. The fore-, cast for Western Oregon is for continued clear weather in the next two days with tempera-' tures remaining cold at night and climbing into the 50s during the day. Lows tonight 25-35 expected highs both today and Tuesday, up-, per 40s and 50s. 24 hoars to 4 a.m. today High Low Precip.

Linn County area obituaries to hear Dr. Dean K. Brooks, superintendent of Oregon State Hospital at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Linn County Courthouse annex. "Food For Young Families," a series of lessons on meal planning and food preparation, will be given in two sessions Wednesday, 10 a.m.

to noon and 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., at the Linn County Courthouse annex. Child care is provided for the daytime meeting, according to Gloria ShiUey, Benton County Home Extension Agent. Bands play in festival Tuesday A festival band made up of 53 students will play in Albany's third annual Junior High School Band Festival at 8 p.m. Tuesday at North Albany Junior High School. The special ensemble will play "The Far Country" and "Rhythm of the Winds." Calapooia, Memorial and North Albany school bands will each play two selections.

The program will conclude with all three bands. Conductors are Thomas Ho-gan and Darle West. ine puDiK is invnea at no admission charge. VEHETIANbpjiondflS ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION CLIFF ROBERTSON BEST ACTOR A love story that begins with an incredible experiment! SlillffirTCTMScb(nl ROBERTSON ASSOCIATES IJFF ROBERTSON C4Ly CLAIRE BLOOM TEoaecoin nenncart- PATENTS his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Paris Thornton Lake Place; grandmother, Mrs. Anna BekUer, Cottage Grove; and sister, Wayne (Joann) Chambers, Route 2, Albany. hart of Covina, Ernest Young of Portland and Ronald Young of Portland; a sister, Mrs. Mabel Deusinger; and a brother, Verd Kibbey, both of St. Louis, and eight grand children.

Ethel Ingram LEBANON Ethel 'Booth Ingram, 81, Sonora, former, resident of Lebanon, died there Saturday. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Huston Funeral Home in Lebanon, the Rev. Oscar Luchs, officiating. Burial will be at the IOOF Cemetery.

She was born June 19, 1887 in Ames, Iowa and came to Lebanon from Oklahoma as a small child. She had lived in the Lebanon-Albany area until 1944, when she moved to California She was a member of the First Methodist Church. Her husband died in 1944 Survivors include a son, W.J. Ingram of Salem and a daughter Mrs. Mary Raney of Sonora, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Alfred K.bbey Alfred, HV Kibbey, 66, 1050 S. Oak, died of a heart attack early Funeral service will be held in theAutumn Chapel of the AAsum Funeral Home at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Pastor Franklin Dodson, off icia-. ting. He was bom, Feb.

20, 1904 in St. Louis, Mo. and was raised there before moving to Shedd and later Albany in the early 1930s. He served in the army during World War I and married Pearl Chapin Sept 23, 1941 III health forced his retirement in 1965 from a position as custodian with Albany Union High School district. Survivors include his wife in Albany; a son, Morris Kibbey, Fairless Hills, Pa; stepsons; Richard Barnhart of Whittier, Donald Barn- 301 Womens way 20.

An unidentified vehicle struck a car being driven by Kathye Ann Bailey, 19, Everett, Wash, as it traveled south on the Freeway seven miles north of Albany. The other vehicle did not stop. An automobile driven by Sandra Lucille Scott, 23, 2560 Sixth Lebanon, struck a sheep two miles west of Lebanon on Highway 20, killing the animal. City officers investigated a collision at Second Avenue and Thurston Street, involving automobiles driven by Reba White, Mayo, 71, Corvallis and Dennis Lyle Almendinger, 25, 338 E. Sixth Ave.

They were also called to an accident at Main Street and 23rd Avenue involving an automobile driven by Robert Michael Pugh, 23, 919 W. 20th Ave. and a Mayflower milk truck by Robert Maklin Cox, 35, 548 W.Grant Lebanon. Two cars were involved in a collision at Salem Avenue and Oak Street. Driven were Se-gundo P.

Aralljo, 27, 528 S. Washington and George Lee Scott, 17, 1005 E. Second Ave. Aralljo was cited on a charge of failing yield the right of No other injuries were reported in any of the accidents. Wife of Benton off icial dies CORVALLIS The wife of the 'chairman of the Benton County Board of Commissioners died Sunday in a Corvallis hospital after a brief illness.

-H Mrs. Ella E. Hawkins, 58, wife of JWelvin Hawkins, died of a heart attack. Mrs. Hawkins had taught school at Philomath Elemen- tary School since 1953.

She and her husband resided on Philomath Rt. 2 Box 235. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday in Phi-. lomath United Methodist Church under direction of the McHenry Funeral Home, Corvallis.

Surviving besides the widower are: two sons and three daughters. Zoning eyes re-approval Three Linn County rural areas where land use zoning was established by petition prior to this year will be con sidered by the county planning commission Tuesday night for rectification of this zoning. The Linn County Court had scheduled a hearing Friday morning on a new interim zon- mg ordinance for the county and the planning commission wants to assure presently zoned areas of continued zoning protection when the new ordinance is approved. Planning Director Gary Hol-loway is also scheduled to review enforcement of road improvement and bond requirements of the subdivision ordinance at Tuesday's 7:30 p.m. commission meeting in the Linn County Courthouse basement meeting room.

The commission is expected to establish citizen advisory committees in areas requesting zoning study. i 1 1 1 1 1 r-i I ft' ''3 Astoria 51 26 Baker 42 25 Brookings 59 39 Burns 34 16 Eugene 54 30 Klamath Falls 35 22 .07 Lakeview 32 16 Medford 49 25 Newport 52 35 North Bend 52 34 Pendleton 43 27 Portland 51 27 Redmond 37 18 Salem 54 22 The Dalles 49 25 Mildred Knox LEBANON Memorial service for Mildred L. Knox, 53, 140 Sixth Lebanon, who died Friday at Albany General Hospital, will be 7:30 tonight at Kingdom Hall, Sixth and Harrison, with Steve Cuda officiating. Graveside; service was conducted at 2 at 'the IOOF Cemetery, Lebanon Raynwnd "TNeesfoff Rev. iciating.

nusion unerai Home was in charge of arrangements. Leonard Paquin Leonard M. Paquin, 56, of Yakima, Wash, died of a heart attack Saturday at Albany General Hospital while visiting his daughter Mrs. George (Linda) Clark of Albany. Local funeral arrangements are being handled by AAsum Funeral Home with burial scheduled through' Shaw and Sons Funeral Home in Yakima.

Paquin. was born Dec, 24, .1913 at Red Falls, moving to Yakima as a young man and married to Ruth Pattee there in 1935. He was an industrial welder. In addition to his daughter here, survivors include his widow, Ruth, at a son, Ron of Camas, Wash. a sister, Mrs.

Aldia Barnett of a brother-in-law, Walter Pat-tee of Los Angeles; his mother, Mrs. Joseph Paquin of Yakima and two grandchildren. Irvin Drake LEBANON Irvm L. Drake, 63, 370 E. Isabella, died at a Salem hospital Sunday after a short illness.

Funeral service is pending at Huston Funeral Home. He was bora June 26, 1905 in Iowa and came to Oregon when he was 10 years old, living Salem. He was employed in the shipyards in Portland during World War H. He had lived in Lebanon since the mid-1940's, and was employed by Crown Zellerbach for 18 years. For the past three years he had driven a school bus for Lebanon District 16C.

He married May Mercer Nov. 19, 1949 in Dallas. Survivors include his widow; three children, Mrs. Leah Mae Barlow and Mrs. Janice Allen, both of Washougal, Wash, and a son, Robert L.

of Newport; two step children, Mrs. Shirley Grenz and Robert Mercer, both of Lebanon; one brother, Len-nie of Bremerton, two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Fix of Washougal and Mrs. Bernice Hammer of Camas, and by 13 grandchildren. Carl Wallin Funeral service for Carl William Wallin, 61, of who died in his truck on' Interstate 5 Friday, was at 2 p.m.

today at Portland Memorial Chapel with cremation following in Portland. Rev. Leslie D. Saunders of the Unity Church officiated. AAsum Funeral Home handled local arrangements.

Wallin was bom April 20, 1907 in Stockholm, Sweden and came to the United States with his father when he was 16, settling in Washington. He married Jean Brown on June 25, 1960 in Vancouver, Wash. He worked for Oregon Transfer Co. and for the past 21 years was employed by Arrow Trans-. port Co.

He holds a 37-year safety record for his driving. include his widow: a son, C.R. Wallin of Hills boro; a stepson, Steven Webber of Vancouver; two daughters, Janice and Donna of the family home; stepdaughters Mrs. Jesse Woodward of Vancouver and Mrs. R.

A. Tercek of Port- land and 10 grandchildren. William Breedlove Funeral service for William Paris Breedlove, 27, 1383 E. 27th who was killed Satur- -day in a dune buggy accident at Florence, will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Fisher Funeral Home.

Burial will be at Rest Haven Memorial Park, Eugene, Rev. Orville Coats, officiating. He was born Feb. 8, 1942 at 'Cottage Grove and came to Albany with his parents in 1957. He graduated from Albany Union High School in 1960 and from Oregon State University in 1965.

He served with the Third Armored Division, U.S. Army, in Frankfurt, Germany before release from service in 5 September 1968. He was associated with his father at the U-Save Oil Co. in Albany. He had been initiated into-Albany Elks Lodge this year and had been manager of his fraternity, Sigma Nu, at OSU.

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