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1 ALBANY DEMOCRAT- -HERALD WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1956 Really Board Honors Braly The Albany Realty Board Tuesday noon honored one of its senior members and Installed otticers for the coming year. Ragnor Johnson, state real estate. commissioner, was the pripeipal speaker, 1 J. Fred Braly, charter mem-, ber of the board and six times its president, was given a mounted trophy in honor of his "35 years of outstanding service." Johnson made the presentation, saying that Braly's "fine. touch" is evident in many facets of the business.

He also commented on Braly's accomplishments as president of the state realty board in 1946. Earlier in the meeting, "Doc" Woolley, 1955 president of the Albany board, stepped down and the new officers, elected last month, were installed by Johnson. New officers are: Herb Smith, president, Ken Graham, vicepresident; Tony Viducich, secretary-treasurer; and John Boock, Bess Schartfenberg and Woolley, directors. Smith, in accepting his posttion, called for increased community leadership by board members. He said that "Good times are caused by people with enthusiasm and you have the first chance to sell people on the idea that bany is the best place in the world." He also suggested that should encourage businessmen up and down the street to remodel their buildings and get them looking good so that people will come to town to shop." He noted that a number of remodelings now are either underway or in the planning stages, but asked for members to stimulate even more such netivity.

Smith noted that the eity. has number of problems, such a parking and zoning and asked that board members take an active interest in these projects. Special guests at the meeting were two members of Johnson's staff, Ed Ross, office assistant, and Burton Dunn, education director. Statements HUNTER PRINTING CO. There's no sibetitute for prompt service.

225 Ellsworth Ph. WA 8-5464 Road Ice Noted In Mountains SALEM 0 The Umpqua highway remained, closed today by a slide at mile point 1, the State Highway Department said. Chains were required at Timberline lodge, where two inches of new snow fell, and at Warm Springs junction, where a silver thaw was developing. Chains were advised at Government Camp. Spots of Ice were reported Siskiyou, Green Springs, Bend, Santiam pass, Ochoco summit, Sisters, Ontario, John, Day, Seneca and Burns.

Cop Surprises Safe Crackers from Page One) Officer Kenneth Goin, State Patrolman Robert Rissman and state police from Eugene and Salem were on hand to assist in the arrest, Officers said Compton's hands were bleeding when he was arrested. Police Capt. Robert Burkhart said the clinic safe WAS only slightly damaged by the burglars, who arrived on the scene ped with a screwdriver and wrecking bar. The tools were left behind when the burglars escaped, Benefit Movie Dispute Settled PORTLAND The labor controversy between the Jim Bond adventure films and a theater union was settled here yesterday when the union agreed to provide three attendants at the showings and allow volunteers to handle extra large crowds. The films' are being shown at Benson high school to benefit Presbyterian church fund.

The The Portland Central Labor Counell Monday, night declared the showings unfair because all volunteer ushers, ticket takers and cashiers were used. After the agreement to hire three union attendants, labor officials cleared Bond of the unfair charge and urged union members to attend the shows. STOVE OVERHEATS STOVE OVERHEATS A report of an overheated stove 402. S. Geary street Tuesday afternoon sent city firemen into action.

No damage was reported. The 2 new style sensations for'56 are at your HUDSON dealers '56 RAMBLER The smart, new All-American Rambler king-size inside, yet still Rambler-size outside. Beautiful, yet low- priced, it has highest resale value in its class, gives you up to 30 Products m.p.g American Motors '56 HORNET Alive with new V-8 power, distinctive with new V-line styling, it flashes from zero to sixty in just of a minute. Now, more than ever, it's the most beautiful performer of all. TUNE IN "DISNEYLAND" ABC- TV NETWORK See Them at Your HUDSON Dealer's Now! Hub City Motors 135 East 2nd St.

Albany, Oregon (-2 Expands Paper Plant LEBANON A major expansion project now is underway at the Crown Zellerbach plant here. It will be completed about April. I at a cost of 000. The project falls into three major parts, according to Manager B. C.

Smith. About $300,000 will be spent on extending the paper machine, doubling the dryer capacity and lengthening. portion of the equipment. A steam turbine will replace the present reciprocating engine. Other allied machinery will be modernized.

Some $280,000 will be spent for steam plant to replace the six existing boilers. It will be equipped to operate on either hog fuel or oil and will normally assume the entire job done by the old boilers which will be kept for auxiliary help and emI ergencies. The ramaining money will be spent for a tilt-up concrete machine shop to house the shop, storage area and welding equipment. No new machinery is needled. The steam plant was designed by a Seattle firm and is being assembled in Lebanon.

General contractor for the entire project is Thomas E. Gates and Sons of Lebanon. Wages Increased In Building Trades A state-wide wage scale in the construction field has become etfective now in the Albany area, it was announced today by V. V. Harvey, business representative of Building and General Labor Union Local No.

1386, with headquarters at the Albany Labor temple, 222 E. 3rd Ave. Harvey stressed improvement in health and welfare benefits contained in the new scale, noting that in addition to paying the increased wage rates employers will pay 10 cents an hour, for each hour, worked by each worker, into the Laborers' Health and Welfare fund, a feature in force in the heavy industries level. The new scale, as applied to building laborers, will be $2.25 an hour for 1956 and $2.35 cents in 1957. Workers handling and mixing insulating materials of an irritating nature, those tending gunite nozzles, scouring concrete, sandblasting with wet sand, handling charred materials and debris, laying pipe, cribbing and shoring, grading and ditching for sewers, operating tar pots, stripping forms, swinging.

scaffolds and similar work, including decontaminating and pest control work, will receive: $2.45 an hour for 1956 and $2.55 an hour in 1957. A scale of $2.60 an hour for this year and $2.70 in 1957 will apply to gunite nozzlemen, powdermen and dry sandblaster. Foremen will receive a minimum of $1 additional per 8-hour day when supervising four men or less on placement of concrete and when supervising six men or fewer on all other work, and $2 per day when supervising more than six men. Travel schedules are also ineluded for workers traveling more than 10 miles to and from work. MEETING DATE CHANGED LEBANON The January Christian Business and Protessional 1 Women's meeting at Sterling Youth Center has been advanced from Jan.

9 to Jan. 16. FUNERAL NOTICES KAUFFMAN, Mrs. Eva (Roth), 40, Albany, died in Mexico, January 5. She is survived by her husband: Jesse Clayton Kauffman; children: Mrs.

Erma Jantzi of Shedd, Oregon; Kenneth Kauffman of Albany; mother: Mrs. Ida Moses Albany; father: Frank E. Roth of Lebanon; grandchildren: John J. Jantzi, Jr. and Douglas C.

Jantzl both of Shedd; brothers: Uriah Roth of Rt. 3, Albany, Nathan Roth of Corvallis, Oregon, Jacob T. Roth of Hillsboro, Oregon, Reuben R. Roth of Portland, Oregon; sisters: Mrs. Naomi Erb of Jefferson, Oregon; Mrs.

Lois Smith of La Grande, Oregon, Mrs. Eunice Webster of Albany, Mrs. Joan Dotson of Seattle, aunt: Mrs. Barbara Neuschwander of: Albany and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral will be at the Albany Menonnite Church, Friday, January 13 at 10:30 a.

m. Arrangements are in care of the Fisher Funeral Home. Interment Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens. Jan. 11, 12 NOAH, Alonso Edward, 78, died Jan.

8. He is survived by his wife: Josephine L. Noah: children: Mrs. Myrtle Hinkhouse of Palco, Kansas, Enos Noah of Albany, Mrs. Lila Blackford of Albany; brothers: Mark Noah of Agget, Colorado, Ira C.

Noah of Wakeeney, Kansas; sisters: Mrs. Hulda Bennett and Mrs. Rose Cantrell of Limon, Colorado, Mrs. Kate Cooley of Bogue, Kansas, 9 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Funeral will be at the Fisher Funeral Home, Friday, Jan.

13 at 2:00 p. m. Interment Willamette Memorial Park. Jan. 11, 13 Brief News Around Town Lady Eagles Meet -All and the drill team of the Eagles' auxiliary will meet at the Marvin Smalley home, 629 S.

Montgomery at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Mac's TV Servic at new location at 1640 E. 8th Ave-(Hwy, 99E). Adv.

From Trip Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Burek, Albany RFD 2, have returned home from 3-months journey that included a visit at Washington, D.C., with their daughter, Mrs.

Edwin Anderson, and family, where they remained for month. They also visited friends in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Indiana and Atlantic. Illinois as Seaboard. well an along the In Indiana they visited their granddaughter, Marilyn Baker, Goshen college and in Illinois with another daughter, Mrs. John Detwiler and family, with whom they spent Christmas and New Year's day, enjoying at that time temperatures around 63 degrees above zero.

-In conthey encountered 16 betrast, low zero on one occasion. For sale: Boy's bike, $15. WA 6-3162. Adv. Transferred Here Ken Mither, son of Mrs.

Joe Kvanvig, Albany, has been transferred to Albany as full-time agent for the Allstate Insurance Co, with which he has been associated for the last year at Salem. He is a brother of Mrs. Don Margason of Albany. A graduate of Corvallis High school and a former Oregon State college student, he married Lucile Martin in 1938. They have four children.

They plan to move here in the near future. Fishermen and Hunters: Don't overlook bargains galore at the Jan. Clearance Sale now on at Bill's Sport Shop, 806 E. 2nd Albany. We give Green Stamps.

Adv. Sky Scanners to Meet Announcement was made today that a Ground Observer corps meeting, open to all interested, will be held at the city hall Friday at 7:45 p.m., to be followed by serving of refreshments. Meanwhile observers assigned for duty at the local ground observation post from midnight tonight until midnight tomorrow as assigned by Edna Mae Sullivan, captain for the week, include William Coburn, Mr. and Mrs. W.

G. Blake, John McQueen, Evelyn Coburn, Helen Parsons, Billy Taylor, Jimmie Sullivan, Bill Esch, Tom Fosdick, Laura and Clive Bigelow and M. H. Schoblom, AL Corvallis, Meeting- -George Phillips and Mrs. Jack Draper, Albany, attended a of the Willamette Valley Knife and Fork club Friday night Corvallis, where they heard Dr.

Gale McGee, professor of history at the University of Wyoming, discuss "American Foreign Policy." Phillips and Mrs. Draper are directors of the valley club. They said Professor McGee stressed an analysis of Russian foreign policy. To Meet Friday The Knox Butte Community club will meet Friday of this week at the Knox Butte school in the multiroom with Mrs. Myron Fender and Mrs.

Alex Johnson as hostesses. Plans will be made for the carnival to be held Feb. 17. Mrs. Fred Potter announced that all parents are invited to attend.

Daily Quotations On the Market LOCAL MARKETS Following prices were qunted today by local produce and packing houses and are subject to change without noticed, LIVE POULTRY (Plant Prices. Delivered) Colored fowl Leghorns colored springs, lbs. Roasters old roosters EGGS Grade AA large Grade A large Grade AA AA small medium ERE LIVESTOCK Good Commercial and choice cattle cattle 810.00-13.00 Utility cattle Canner cattle Shell cattle 84.00 down Commercial bulls Utility bulls Canner bulls Good and choice calves Commercial calves Utility calves Cull calves $5.00 down Good and choice veal Commercial veal Hogs Sows By UNITED PRESS Cattle 600; market fairly active for most classes except canner cutter cows slow; early sales about steady but some cOws weak to 50c lower than Monday; truck lot good light fed steers 18. sorted at 17: few commercial heifers 14.50; canner-cutter cows mostly $7-8. few large lot eutter utility Holstein cows $9.50.

other utility cows 810. 11.50; few heavy utility-commercial bulls Calves 50; market active, steady: good. choice vealers $21-25; few high choice Tuesday $27-28; few good slaughter calves Hogs 600; market moderately weak to 25e lower; few lots U. S. 1, 180-235 lb.

butchers $13.50: small lot to several lots mixed No. 2 and 3 grade largely. sows 350-550 lb. salable Sheep 400; market active, steady; able lot high choice wooled slaughter lambs held around $18.75 or above: deck good-choice No. 1 pelt slaughter lambs $18; no early sales feeders: good ewes 85-6.

Indians Allaci Missionaries from Pose copter was to be reassembled and start its work tomorrow. An amphibian of the 20th Air Rescue Squadron, which started the search yesterday and first reported finding the plane, is helping in the hunt from Shell Mera. Authorities hoped to drop food and a portable radio transmitter receiver in the area where the smoke column reported. Wives Are Safe In describing the events leading up to the apparent massacre, Young McCully said at his Wisconsin hame that his brother's wife Marilou, 26, had remained at the base camp when the men made their last trip. "All of the wives were together at a contact station at Shell Mera, Ecuador," McCully, 25, said the family home in Wauwatosa.

He said the missionaries had been flying over, the territory "for several months." "The last word heard of them was Sunday McCully said, "They radioed the contact station that everything was okay and that they would call back at o'clock. "They called back at 4 and said another band of Indians was approaching which they had never seen before," he said. "That was the last heard from them." McCully said the family had received the information about his brother, 28, by short wave radio and telephone. TV Cable Survey To Be Extended SWEET HOME representatives of the HUG Electronics conducting a survey to determine if aj coaxial cable television system is feasible in Sweet Home, appeared before the city council at its regular meeting Tuesday night to ask for an extension of the 90-day franchise granted them earlier. They said the survey is virtually complete but they need time to negotiate the financing of the cable system.

According to their report to the council, they feel the system is feasible and have obtained all the necessary easements and rights of way to get the cable into the city from the antenna site and get it working. Their survey showed that 500 to 800 TV sets would be hooked up to the system if it was brought into the city. This constitutes about 70 per cent of the television set owners in Sweet Home, they added, After some discussion, the council decided that the company should have another 90 days in which to negotiate for its financing. Father and Son Accused of Rape Father and son are in the Linn county jail, each awaiting arraignment in district court on rape charge. In custody are Robert Wagner, 38, who is imprisoned in the Linn county jail and George Wagner, 62, confined temporarily in the city jail, each in default of $2,500 bond.

They were to be arraigned this afternoon or torhorrow. The Wagners both reside at Sweet Home, The 14-year-old girl involved is being held for juvenile court disposition. Officers Masonic. The newly installed officers of St. John's lodge No.

17 A.J. A.M. will hold their first meeting tomorrow at 7:30 it was announced today by Cameron R. Williams, who succeeds George Bikman as worshipful master, Peter T. Ployhart is new senior warden, and Amos Crook is junfor warden.

Re-elected were Rufus M. Russell as secretary, Raymond Tomlinson as treasurer and W. Walter Stuart as trustee. Appointive officers are Lewis Kirschner, senior deacon; Robert Towery, junior deacon; Robert Chandler and Terence B. Elder, stewards; Richard Akers, chaplain; O.

E. Edwards, marshal; and John Sumpter, tyler, Acting as installing officer was W. Walter Stuart, grand master's deputy of dist. No. Arthur E.

Kriever was marshal, and Fred H. Forster was chaplain. Ike Asks Aid Plan For Drought Area WASHINGTON I President Eisenhower today submitted to Congress long-range federal program to help solve the "critical problems" of farmers in the drought-plagued Great Plains. In letters to Vice, President Richard M. Nixon and Speaker Sam Rayburn, he said the state Great Plains region has "special problems requiring special attention." He "strongly" urged congressional action this year.

Mr. Eisenhower noted that the Great Plains region, "a vast agricultural empire peopled by 17 million of our citizens," has been hard hit by drought and wind erosion that threaten to produce new dust bowl. He said the Agriculture Department is already taking steps to aid farmers in the region, and will do more. He said he will soon ask Congress for new appropriations to permit steppedup activities. Best Wishes to COOLEY'S Drive-In Dairy We were happy to supply their paint and hardware needs.

TRIANGLE HARDWARE 870 Burkhart WA 6-3716 East Albany Shopping Center Livestockmen Slate Award Praellee Dance Thurblay- -The Albany Circle 8'ers folk and square dance club will hold practice dance Thursday p.m. at the Liberty school, Mrs. James Adams announced. Guild to Meet The Faith Latheren Women's Missionary guild will meet Thursday at 7:45 p.m. at the church, members nounced today, Regular Meeting Scheduled The regular meeting of the Grand Prairie PTA will be held Thursday evening, January 12, at 8 o'clock.

President William Anderson urges all parents to attend. Hostesses for the evening will be Mrs. Jay Ogden and Mrs. Raymond Whitehead. 3 Cars Damaged In Lebanon Crash LEBANON Three cars were involved in an accident at the intersection of Oak and Grove streets about 6 p.m.

Tuesday. No estimate of damage to any of the vehicles was made by investigating officers. Included in the accident were cars driven by Norma Jean Wall, 85 E. Maple and Albert Stanley White, 375 Central Ave, both of Lebanon, and parked pickup truck belonging to Vie Carlson, Carlson Drive, Lebanon. Police said the two cars collided at the intersection and the vehicle driven by White crashed into Carlson's pickup, parked on Ash near its intersection with Grove street.

Drive-In Dairy To Open Friday Cooley's Drive-In Dairy will become Albany's newest business firm Friday when it will be opened for business for the first time. Partners in the firm, which will sell grade A raw milk in gallon and half-gallon sizes, are M. L. Cooley, and his son, Milton. The dairy, located at 2105 E.

Queen avenue, also will sell fresh eggs, Cooley said. Cooley has been selling grade A milk for about five years, but he has expanded his operation into a dairy. Effigy-Hangers Give Apologies PORTLAND The effigyhanging incident at Lincoln high school in Portland appeared to be about at an end today after 10 boys who took part in the episode. apologized to Principal Olin Wills. An effigy of Wills was hanged on the school athletic field Sunday night.

The youths who expressed re-. the notoriety it had attracted morse over the entire affair and their school said the idea of hanging someone in effigy grew out of the recent rash of such incidents on college campuses across the country. Births Koroush Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L.

Koroush of Monroe are the parents of a son weighing 6 pounds ounces, born day at the Albany General hospital. McManis A 6 pound 9 ounce girl was born at the Albany General hospital, Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis G. McManis of Jefferson.

Beckler Mr. and Mrs. Delmar F. Beckler have a 7 pound 9 ounce boy born to them January 10 at the Albany General hospital. Final Markets NEW YORK (P Railroad shares, oils and metals featured a higher, less active stock market today, Greatest activity centered on General Motors which made fractional gain while Chrysler rose more than a point.

The gainers included the steels, utilities, mercantiles, chemicals, glass stocks, drugs, aircrafts, insurance issues, and specials. Some issues rose points or more included U. S. Gypsum, West Kentucky Coal, International Business Machines, American Hawaiian Steamship, and American Distilling. Superior Oil of California rose 20 points to 980 among the high priced shares.

Congratulations on the opening of COOLEY'S. Drive-In Dairy We Were Happy to Supply the Aluminum Roofing Lumber J. M. Flex-Board LOWELL SEATON Building Supplies So. Hwy, 99E So.

Calapoois WA 8-7545 A program of interest to livestock operators has been planned for the 10th, annual meeting of the Linn County Livestock association to be held Wednesday, Jan, 18, at the Lebanon city ball, according to Jack Cochran, Brownsville, president. Highlight of the event will be the presentation of the "Livestockman of the Year" trophy to the Linn county man who has done an outstanding job in improving his pastures and livestock. Past winners are W. R. Eggleston, Brownsville, in 1953, and Carl Nichols, Halsey, in 1954.

Topics to be discussed at the meeting include proposed changes in Oregon's fence laws, provisions of the new law covering quarantined feed lots, and a report on the Western Oregon Feeder Cattle sale. Also on the program is a panel discussion, "The Place of Livestock in the Agriculture of Linn County," with Gordon Dunham as moderator. Panel members will be Ken Bentz, Scio; Leonard Forster, Tangent; Ed Poland, Shedd; Elijah Hayes, Albany; and Leo Cersovski, Harrisburg, Angling Rules Ready For Public. Hearings PORTLAND The State Game Commission said today that tentative angling regulations for 1956 would be set tollowing public hearing here Friday. The hearing will open at 10 a.m.

After a two-week interval, second hearing will be held Jan. 27 to set final regulations. CONGRATULATIONS and BEST WISHES COOLEY'S Drive-In Dairy We're Pulling For You We're pleased to have furnished the lumber and building supplies. MALONEY CHAMBERS Lumber. Company, 11th Jackson WA 6-2223 OUR MOST SINCERE BEST WISHES to DRIVE-IN COOLEY'S DAIRY IN on their grand opening It was indeed our pleasure to have supplied the interlocking block for their new building! Mortarless InterlockL.

L. WALD ing Block Co. 531 No. Geary Phone WA 8-3602 ANNOUNCING The -GRAND OPENING Friday Saturday, Jan. 13th 14th Of Our Newly- Completed STATE-APPROVED COOLEY'S DRIVE-IN DAIRY -2105 E.

Queen Ave: "Dial WA 6-2902 FEATURING FRESH, WHOLESOME, NATURAL MILK FOR YOUR FAMILY SO RICH IT EAR EXCEEDS REQUIREMENTS FOR BUTTERFAT CONTENT! BUYING DIRECTLY FROM PRODUCER TO CONSUMER INSURES YOU OF DELICIOUS, SAFE, FRESH MILK ALWAYS. OUR MILK IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU IN CONVENIENT GALLON AND HALF GALLON CONTAINERS READY TO BE PICKED UP AT YOUR CONVENIENCE. OUR GRADE RAW MILK PRICES: 1 Gallon 70c Plus Also Container Eggs Gallon 40c Deposit Above Prices Cash and Carry Fresh Dally, 55c FOR YOUR HEALTH'S SAKE FOR YOUR BUDGET'S IT'S COOLEY'S DRIVE-IN DAIRY South on Geary from 99-E to Queen Turn Left to 2105 E. Queen Just Follow the Signs for Fresher -Richer Milk!.

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