The Lebanon Express from Lebanon, Oregon • 1

loIlGBiPSfl mwm i. MONDAY PUBLISHED TWICE lafil; WEEKLY 22. 1357 SEVENTIETH YEAR NUMBER 67 LEBANON, AUGUST ClM WW CofifiiiyiEig 'ilave-aTime AtLebanoh's Fall Opening Lebanon's Fall Opening will be something likean old day night a half century ago, except there will be three days ana two nights pi it. Tne-dates are Sept. or 6:21 or On South Sister Alt.

Slono A search party shortly after poon Wednesday found the remains of Dr. Ralph Johnston, Lebanon' dentist, within 50 yards of the wreckage of a plane which disappeared more than a year-ago and was discovered Sunday afternoon by a party of Boy Scouts and their The doctor was the pilot. The plane had plunged into a tree on a snowy lope southwest of the South Sister mountain June 14 at 6:50 p.m.. after taking off from the Lebanon airnort at when I eet is I rom .9.1 and street from p.m. The hour was established by a watch found in the plane and stopped at that time.

i The search continued today for the body of the passenger, Hartwick Hanson, singing evangelist from Sa- 1 -v; 'K -v, I 1i W- -I ratyjuuflB FOR FALL Th football field and track at lha new high school is tha center of much activity as workmen get area ready for iha fait-approaching football season. In fore- ground an electrician installs wiring on one of the light poles which will be erected around lha field. Truck ir background is mounted with a post-hole digger and is digging the hole for ona of the poles. The 90 foot poles are set 10 feet in the ground. Framework for bleachers is at the left.

(Express Photo) City Dads Order Sidewalks to High School, OIC Truck Route sinn Vome awtfyi he added, a seat cushion, was found propped up against a tree, but it was unknown whether one of the men had Used' it as a backrest or whether the impact of the crash had thrown It Inside the "plane, 'they found fishing equipment, a quantity of clothes and, a flight log reg istered to Dr. Ralph Johnston, The altimeter of the plane was stuck at 8,000 feet. Reed inion that the altitude at the crash scene wasn't much over 7,000 feet. i Added Reed: "Another 500 feet in the air and he would have cleared." TKa ttilnf AA mil IiIa ft fat plan with the Civil Aeronautics administration, and search for the missing plane did not start until a few days after it disappeared. 'Clem and other members of the search party highly praised Sgt.

Hirtzel. "He displayed excellent leadership and planning; it was only through his fine direction that we could find the body so soon," they said, Clem also reported that Hirtzel declared he -would person ally go to tne scene searcmng parties were not successful in locating Hanson within a day Dr. Johnston's wife and dau ghter still live here at 60 Jen nings street. Funeral seryicw are pending from the us ton Funeral home. Reglsfref Set tlext 7ee5c For i LUIIS Studenfs i Lebanon Union high school students will register from Monday through Friday next week, at the new high school cafeteria with hours each day from 9 a.m.

to hoon; 1 to 4 p.m. and' 7 to 9 p.m. Principal Lawrence Page said students will copy -their class schedules and be assigned to lockers. ,1 Twelfth graders will i have their own lockers, but 9th, 10th and Uth graders will be assign ed two students to a locker. The principal reminded students to bring their own locker partners with them when registering, of to have the name of the student the student with whom he or she is sharing the locker, 'Registration fees are $12 for 9th, 10th and 11th graders, arid $10 for seniors.

Students may also pay for theia annual. The Warrior, when they come to register. The Warrior will be reduced in- price this year and may be purchased for $3. which is a drop of 90 cents, tinder the cost of the annual the past five years. principal reminded all 9th graders that physical examination forms be completed and returned to the school before "the start of the school year Sept.

9. The 9th graders may mail these to the Senior high school or bring them when they come to register. Alrpcrt fo Get. Added Runvcy Hard surfacing of the runway at the Lebanon airport will con tinue this summer with about 300 feet due to be added to the 300 feet of existing hard sur facing which was built last year. Profits from the annual Sportsman Pilots fly-in which was held July ,28 have been turned over to the runway fund by the flying enthusiasts organization.

the contribution of the Sportsman pilots chapter will "be; matched py the airport own en Construction Is slated ta Ship Ragsdale Seated As Elks Deputy In Utah Saturday Robert Ragsdale will be initiated this Saturday as an Elks district deputy, grand exalted ruler, at Salt Lake City. Ragsdale' territory is Oregon north containing 19 lodges. The Ragsdale family left today by car for the Utah metropolis. After a meeting Friday, Grand Exalted Ruler H. L.

Blackledge, Kearney, Neb. attorney, will initiate the next--day all deputies from areas- west of the Mississippi, give them instruction and outline his Ragsdale's district extends from here to the coast, is bounded on the north by the Columbia river, extends east to Gresham and then south. He must make visitations to each lodge on initiation nights before early December and make observations. Set Openings Three jural schools announc ed opening dates today and two of them listed faculty members and general pre-opening plans. Ralph Gibbs, Lacomb prin cipal, reported children in his area will return to school Sept.

9. Hamilton Creek will reopen Sept. 5, and Crowfoot Sept. 9. Teaching staffs of both districts will attend the Sept.

3 and 4 workshop at Lebanon Junior high school, to which staffs of all rural schools in the Lebanon area have been invited. Hamilton Creek teachers will meet in their school the after noon of the 4th, as will the bus drivers and custodian at 3:30 p.m. that day. "-t-n (Additional Hamilton Creek school news" page F7, section 1 Crowfoot teachers will meet sit 10 a.m. 5 at the Crowfoot school for a general meeting.

The afternoon will be de voted to room readiness. On Sept. 6, all children in the district will register at the school they will attend. There are three schools in the district. To eliminate congestion at the Crowfoot school, changes of boundaries have been made.

Children in the 1st, 2nd and 4th grades who live in the following area will attend the Waterloo school: All of Sturdevani road south to Ernie's cupboard on Highway 20 and north on Cascade drive tq Sturdevant road. All other children in the dis trict will attend either Crowfoot or Seven Oak, depending upon their grade. Bus runs will start Sept. 9. Nq bus service will be offered on registration day.

(More Crowfoot news page 5, section 1). Two Fire Calls A grass fire in the 300 block on Tangent street resulted1 in two fire Calls Wednesday af ternoon. The first alarm wag goundsd at 3:39 p. m. and firemen quick ly extinguished the blazing grass.

One fire truck was called back at 4:38 p. m. when a mattress wtuj discovered smoldering in a small The mattress was an old one and no damage was reported from either alarm. i 7 THURSDAY 14 PAGES PRICE 10c Police Urge Driver Caution 1 Extra caution on the part of arivers wnen schools reopen I. early next month was urged today by Police Chief Ned Crip- He called attention to the 20-mile-an-hour speed limit in chop! tones', lo-the fact" school children have right-of-way at cross walks, which will again be guarded ty school patrols, He added that motorists from each direction must stop when busses are loading or unload ing passengers, except on four- lane highways where cars must stop only in the two lanes in which the bus is traveling.

ne expressea concern over the safety of 7th and 8th grad ers who will be attending junior high school and crossing Main street. Added protection in this area. however; is an overhead flashing light, in continuous operation, which will be erected at the Main and Wheeler intersection. Fair to Open 1100 Exhibits sale to be held as a finale. Scheduled for 8 p.

Wednesday, this year's -sale will have as co-chairman Lowell Seaton and Dick Reid, both members of the Albany club. Advance entries indicate this will be the largest sale ever conducted. Only top-quality animals will be offered for sale, All animals will be graded according to USDA standards and only those grading good or better will4)e offered for sale. With sheep, they must grade choice or better for sale. Approximately 35 steers, 90 hogs, 90 sheep and 40 chickens will be offered for sale.

Calling the sale again will be Dan and Larry Roth, who have given their services for a number of years. The sale is open to anyone interested in securing itop quality meat and in helping the youth of the county. Animals purchased will be delivered to the packing house of the owner's choice provided it is within Linn county. Huston Adda Two To Funeral Staff Huston Funeral home nounced the addition of members to their staff an-two this week. They are Royal Cochran, from McMinnville, who is moving to Lebanon with his wife and daughter, and Richard Hoberman, from.

Ipwa, who will serve his apprenticeship Both began working at the Lebanon funeral home Aug. 20. lem ana Longview, mei men's destination was Minneapolis, where, they intended to join their wives. The party consists of about 10 men, including Ed Johnston, brother of the pilot, state police and forest service personnel, under the direction of State Police Sgt. Lowell Hirtzel, Bend.

Hirtzel Ulso directed the Wednesday 'search "party, which Included Delmar Clem, Ralph Scroggin, Merle Klinge and Roland Jantzl of Lebanon; Johnston, Seattle; Dr. Clark Lamberton, Glenn Reed, scoutmaster of the group which located the wreckage; state police and forest service men. Lebanon party brought the body here to Linn county Coroner Glenn Huston. Clem reported there was evi? dence the plane's motor had failed and the propeller had stopped before the crash, and the plane had dropped through the tree as snows melted. The body was fttund downhill from the wreckage." The party had traveled, by jeeps from Century drive to about a mile from the wreck: age, and from there hiked in over rugged terrain.

The search- lers from the valley did not 1 reach home until after 'mid night Wednesday. They traveled or r-; -f Jantzi leading today's search, The two men had tied a rope to a windshield support and used it to c'imb down from ihe cockpit of the small Fairchtld plane Which was perched at about a 45-degree angle in a small lava rock valley. The two men took oft here in stormy weather, planning to fol low Santiam pass to Bend or Redmond. They apparently veered off course at Canyon creek, where residents reported a plane, overhead at that time. There were low clouds and visi bility poor or The four Boy Scouts, their leader and father of one of the boys, Peter Palartuk, searched the area for an hour after spotting the plane but.

gave up as darkness neared. Keea said the plane was found near timberline, south, southwest Of the South Sister, he first spotted something in a tree which look ed like a kite, but realizing it wouldn't be a kite, he Sent one of the scouts up td investigate. The scout found the "kite" to be a piece of plane fabric, and then he noticed the plane wreckage. Reed said the maroon-colored plane apparently had clipped off some trees, which cut off the aiuraft's tail section and both wings The fuselage came down in a small lava rock valley, with the front end of the craft sticking out of the lava rock at about 45-degree Both safety belts in the wrecked fuselage, were broken. "Ej-sr-r PLUS lit in 26-28, depending upon widening or Second completed.

Hours are to 9 Thursday and Friday, ur course, merchants will want to show their, new fash ioned wares, but they're pri manly interested in people-1 coming to town a-visitin' and to have a good time. It will be done something like this: Main street will be closed from Vine to Oak. Northbound traffic will be routed at Vine' to Second street, rejoining Main at Oak. Side streets between Park O-- MM .1 unu oetuuu wui oner iree pane- ing meters will be hooded, Store personnel will either leave their cars at home" or park far from places of business, so that Mj Ainu wiivdiicijfc parking. where the fun come in? Possibilities include these the blocked-off main drag: Playground for the kids Rides, even perhaps a small merry-go-round.

Balloons with merchandise certificates inside, Band concerts, bazaars. Bargain merchandise piled on counters on sidewalks. And many other gimmicks" yet to be determined by the merchants committee of the chamber of com merce. The plan is patterned after Shoppers Paradise plan in i opruigneia wnere right now it's going great guns. Com mittee members vill see Para dise tonight to see how it works.

Dog Cites Boy, Mr. and Mrs, John W. Williamson, 210 Wheeler street, are defendants in a suit filed in the finfWIJg ,54500 for injuries the suit claims were inflicted on a 5 year-old boy bitten by a dog June 3. Filing the suit was- Bruce Mc- I I 1 uu uugn nis moiner ana guardian, Mrs. June Edney of Brownsville.

The sutt claims that Bruce was bitten by "a large retriever dog" owned by and Mrs, Williamson. The boy, according to the suit, was bitten while playing near the Williamsons' residence. 7 The bite on the right forearm caused Bruce to suffer pain, shock and mental anguish and has left a permanent scar, according to the report given by plaintiffs. The suit asks for $1,500 gen eral damages and $1,000 punitive Women Escape Crash Injuries Six Lebanonlwomen escaped injury Tuesday afternoon when 4he car in which they were riding was involved in a collision between Harrisburg and Hal-sey. -i The women are Mrs.

Phil Lanning, driver of the car, Mrs. Lena DUlard, Mrs. Elizabeth Moody, Hannah Jordan, Mrs. Earl Michelson and Mrs. Peter Smith.

They were returning from a garden club tea at Eugene. Driver of the other car was William S. Ewer, Junction City, tcisuncuijr was cuea Dy state officers for failing to yield right of way. Mrs. Lanning said her car was traveling north when' Ewer attempted to turn his southbound car across the Both cars were damaged.

Dig Crowd Seen At Demo Picnic Linn county Democrats will start cleaning up grounds" at the River park Friday for what they expect to be the biggest crowd ever to gather there the Linn county Democratic central committee picnic, Sunday. wvTviuvt ivwizi I nuiIUCS Will Ka 1 Via tnoin tiff ni -qWkW est W1C picnic. He's due to arrive at noon sharp, and make an address at 1:30 after the 12:30 picnic, according to Chairman Katherine Harris. 1 3 of in an in a on all in he The city council, as a result of an earlier request from School Superintendent J. W.

Kingr approved a resolution Tupsdav nieht nrHprinr nuinan Von both sides of Fifth- street from Oak to the new high school to build sidewalks. A petition from one of the property owners, Frank B. McAdams, asking that the city build and Bancroft 126 feet of sidewalk on his property on Fifth street, 'was accepted and action deferred -until the Sept. deadline for Jhe receipt of such petitions. 1 City Recorder Van R.

Thome was authorized to advertise for bids on the buildirtg of a shelter at the proposed new city park on Fifth-and Rose and for the providing and planting trees in the park area according to a previously- adopted plan. Money for the shelter will come from a fund placed the budget the past several yea A trucK route from the west recommended by McPherson's committee was approved by the council. It would route log trucks coming into town on Tangent Street south along Fifth Street to Oak and then east to Main street. Work progresses on the sec ondary clarifier at the sewage treatment plant, McPherson said, although some trouble has been encountered in excavating. Plans for the sewer line to serve the Blanchat clinic now being built on Main street have been, apjprovedby-- his com- ariprc W7 Kansas City Bike Weather Records are kept at- iha a i a Lumber company weather station by Walter Kirby.

Readings are taken daily except Sunday for the ending at 8 a.m.- Max. Min. Aug; 19 83 48 I Aug. 20 85 54 Aug. 21 86 SO Total precipitation to date .33.

Hospital Lists July Statistics Occupancy at the Lebanon Community hospital dropped some in July, according to the report for that month, which gives trie percentage at 60.3.; The stork called on the average of almost twice every day-there were 54 births. Gross patient days numbered daily average of patients, 32.5; gross average length of stay, 4.1. i Admitted tothe hospital were 220; out-patient treatments totaled 650; operations totaled 86, and 256 were taken. Linn. 4-H Fall More than 600 4-H boys and girls will participate in the 1957 Linn county 4-H Fall fair at the Albany fairgrounds next Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day.

The fair will be open from a. m. to 10 p. m. Lebanon area members have 177 of the more than 1100 exhibits, with livestock rhei largest group with.

77 entries: forestry 60; gardening 22; canning 18; and entomology 10. County-wise the newest state wide project, photography; has 16 entries. Gardening exhibits both flower and vegetable, have increased over last year. Livestock entries including beef, horsey dairy, swine and sheep. Other exhibits are rabbits, poultry and freezing! Judging exhibits will start Monday noon.

All exhibits must be in place. The fair will end with a parade and presentation of awards Wednesday at 7:15 p. m. Judges for the fair are Harry Lindgren and Dean Frisch-knecht, Corvallis, sheep; Harry Lindgren, swine ad beef; Ed Blinkhorn, Oregon City, and Marvin Lorenzen, Dayton, dairy; E. L.

Potter, Corvallis, horses; Noel Bennion, Corvallis, poultry; F. S. Klause, Dallas, rabbits; Kim Roberts, vegetables and flowers; Gladys Turnbull, Salem, canning; Harold Sasser, Eugene, forestry; Bob Every, Corvallis, entomology; and Dwight Fairbanks, Corvallis, photography. For the 12th consecutive year the Albany Kiwanis club is sponsoring the 4-H fat stock Monday mittee and work authorized while the plans are sent to the state sanitary authority for approval, he added. Reporting for the police committee, McPherson said that two new officers have been hired, effective Augi 2.

They are 'Wartda Ridber, mat ron, or bweet Home who will replace Betty Carr, moving to Coos Bay; and Harold Swartz, Lebanon, replacing Joe-. Hainz who has resigned to accept -a position with the state police. Swartz formerly the merchant patrolman in Lebanon, i It was reported that an ordinance is being drawn up to put the police reserve in the same catagory as volunteer firemen for estate industrial accident coverage. Mayor Ralph Scroggin said that log ponds and other breeding places in Lebanon area are. being sprayed once a week with good results.

A vote of thanks was offered by the city fathers to the firemen who painted the catwalk on the roof of the city hall building connecting the auditorium with the fire halL It was noted that thecity's motor vehicle fleet lacks in surance coverage in certain respects and the finance com-: Imittee was asked to study the problem and reportjitJhe next meeting. Dick Usvts, chairman of the' finance committee, said that his group will soon undertake to review the city's entire, insur ance program. Postman Hews? iness district route, occasionally implemented by a two-wheel cart. David Blacketer also walks his rounds, while Norval Taylor delivers' parcel post in a government-owned jeep. The Lebanon post office also Serves areas south and east of town by mounted routes.

Frank Lovejoy, and -Kenneth are salaried employees of the department who contract their cars with the government to cover the routes. Total of all city routes is estimated at about 65 miles, witA the two mounted routes another 34 miles. i The Kansas City trial ron" apparently won't work out very well. The AP story readr "It didn't take one of the 12 long to make up his mind about mounting and -dismounting from his bike at every house. I'm sore, back Art Gallion, 27, reported bluntly at noon.

'I would rather he said, climbing back on." Apparently our postmen are made of sterner stuff. Hah! 3 Bikes, Scooter Used Here Post office officials and em ployees here are chortling over Associated Press dispatch which revealed that 12 postmen Kansas City recently started 30-day trial at riding bicycles their delivery "If that's news, I'll eat it," one Lebanon official scoffed. Bicycles 1 are in common use here and in mariy, many cities over the country." It's true that four or five years ago, the postal department gave up supplying bikes for all carriers; here, for instance, only one bike is government property. The other postmen go by vehicle or by shank's -mare, whichever they perfer. The word "vehicle" rather than "bike" is used for good purpose.

One carrier, Walter Rowley, chugs around his route a home-made scooter, which thinks has bikes beat all hollow. Bike-rider-carriers are Ber nard Boff, Ed Dennis and John Lehns. Lloyd (Tommy) Tucker prefers' footing it on his bus THIS WONT LAST LONG is a good bei because most anon sarvica stations war reducing or have dropped ihalr regular gas prices le 29.S cants, including six-canli state and three-cant federal taxes, compared to 30.1 up to Tuesday, There ware no Immediate Indications when the war will and. (Express pheto) begin in the pear future. fi l'WW-1' if-'".