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StatesmanJournal.com SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2014 I 9E Heritage Oregon ONLINE Go to StatesmanJournal.comHeritage for more on area history. History of Bush Elementary School runs deep Bush Elementary School is seen in the 1970s or 1980s. The building was torn down in 2005. Willamette heritage center 2011.037.0666 Portland artist Louis Bunce, with help from Salem artist Clifford Gleason, painted two literary murals in 1938 that were hung in the library at the old Bush Elementary School. The project was part of a Works Progress Administration federal art program.

The murals now are at North Salem High School, special to the statesman journal By Andy Zimmerman Special to the Statesman Journal The roots of Bush Elementary School spread much farther and much deeper than the current building. There were schools in the neighborhood since the late 1800s, notably Yew Park and Lincoln. Yew Park was on Mission Street SE between 13th and 14th streets, and Lincoln was on High Street SE, where St. Paul's Episcopal Church stands. The original Bush Elementary, at 755 University St.

SE, replaced those schools. The school was built in 1936 and included 14 rooms, an auditorium, two playgrounds, a principal's office and a teachers' room at a cost of $192,531.83, according to "A 100 Years of Marion County Schools: 1857-1957." The school was named for pioneer banker and newspaper publisher Asahel Bush, whose home and property were nearby, south of Mission Street. According to "100 Years," Bush was the first elementary school in Salem with an intercom system. It also was unusual for its fireplaces in what was then first-grade classrooms. Bush was home to a pair of literary murals ONLINE Go to to find previous stories and photos, and articles published in the Capital Journal and Oregon Statesman.

Chime in: Tell us what you remember about the SJ Time Capsule stories and photos and use our form to upload your own photos from the Mid-Valley. SUGGESTIONS? Do you have an idea for a future SJ Time Capsule? Email SJTimeCapsulegmail.com. created through a Works Progress Administration program in the 1930s. One portrayed tales of the "Arabian Nights" and the other of "Alice in Wonderland," complete with the Cheshire Cat and Mad Hatter. A Statesman Journal story in 2005 said the murals were created by Portland artist Louis Bunce and Salem artist Clifford Gleason.

The original plans called for later additions on each end of the building. In 1949, a six-classroom addition was added to the north end. As Salem grew, the neighborhood changed. Houses were replaced by businesses as the city moved outward. The schools enrollment went from a high of 498 students in 1952-53 to 226 students in 1984-85.

And Keizer School District discussed selling the site to Salem Hospital for a new psychiatric unit, according to an Oct. 10, 1985, Statesman Journal story. The district completed a two-month feasibility study on the issue later in 1985 and decided it was not the time to sell the property. Consultant Don DuBois told the newspaper, "my recommendation is that they look at it again in 10 years or so. That building has a good life left in it at least 25 (years)." Despite distractions about a potential sale, the school continued to flourish.

About 150 people attended the school's 50th Education Secretary Lamar Alexander as a "Break-the-Mold" school with the elementary school's Even Start family literacy program, a Sept. 1, 1992, Statesman Journal story reported. Sixteen years after Salem Hospital first approached the Salem-Keizer School District, officials came to an agreement about the Bush school site. The hospital agreed in June 2001 to pay as much as $6.2 million for a new, 12-classroom school. Construction for the new school began in late 2004 at 410 14th St.

SE. The WPA murals were saved and repaired. They now are at North Salem High School. In 2005, the 1930s building was demolished and replaced by a parking lot for the hospital, and the new Bush school opened, continuing the rich tradition of schools in the neighborhood. SJTimeCapsulegmail.com or Twitter.com ZimmermanSJ birthday celebration in 1986, including Gov.

Vic Atiyeh. Fifth- and sixth-graders acted out the school's history through music and dancing. Bush was named one of 158 national "centers of excellence" by the Council of Teachers of English in 1986. Native American Chief Quinaby was rumored to have been buried on the school grounds, so five Bush sixth-grade students in 1989 wrote and illustrated a 24-page book about Quinaby. Bush students also created a garden area for him.

In 1990, Bush open a playground built especially for handicapped children, the Brandon Johnson Memorial Playground in memory of Brandon, a former student who died in 1988. According to a May 28, 1990, story it was the first playground in Oregon built to accommodate children in wheelchairs. In 1992, the school was praised by an issue unique to the Bush school community was the growth of nearby Salem Hospital. By the mid-1980s, the hospital expressed interest in purchasing the property. In 1985, the Salem- Celebrating Salem 's German roots By Kylie Pine Willamette Heritage Center The First Wednesday celebration in June we'll be celebrating the history of Salem resi 1 Willamette heritage CENTER a-lht-MiU IIMil I'll 49tm A Why risk surgical complications before checking out Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression For a FREE consultation and snow.

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But in the area of spiritual life, there is great concern. Never before have we lived among people like here, with so many non-believers, freethinkers, church-haters and brazen, insolent, philosophical lecturers. Also never before, like here have we seen so many broken marriages, dens of vice, suicides, mental illness and so many people where it is obviously not the unhealthy air, hard work, hunger, etc. but rather self-indulgence and an unhealthy life style that contribute to their damage health, destroyed life and early death." According to these newly translated articles, in addition to his work in Tualatin, Muellhaupt was also involved in the establishment of the German Lutheran Reformed Congregation Bethanien in Salem, which started out with a congregation of 20 people. The church would continue to grow.

By 1883, it had a building located on Capital Street on the southwest corner of Marion Street. Not to be confused with the German Lutheran Church, German Methodist Episcopal Church or the First German Baptist Church also located in town, the German Reformed church grew under Rev. Muell-haupt's care to two weekly Sunday services and weekly Wednesday Bible classes by 1905. Muellhaupt died in 1907, but many family members remained in the Salem area. If you are interested in learning more about Salem's German history, check out the walking tour that will be held downtown, Wednesday.

The tour starts at 6:00 pm. More information is available at Salemdowntown.net. 503.362.8892 3962D Center St. NE, Salem www.salemchirodrx.com HANSEN CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC dents. German, Swiss and Austrian immigrants to Salem brought with them their language and their culture.

The Salem German Society met monthly in Salem during the years leading up to the outbreak of WWI. Their programs included speakers, music and readings in German. They were one chapter of many organizations statewide which sought to promote the German language and culture in Oregon. They also organized many community celebrations to commemorate events important to the German-speaking population. There were parades and pageants to celebrate German Day, "the landing of the first Germans on American soil, in Pennsylvania, October 6, 1683." They even ordered two special train cars to bring folks from Portland and beyond to celebrate the 100th anniversary of "Tyrolese Independence" or the 1809 defeat of Napoleon-loyal French and their allied Bavarian troops in the region of Tyrol, now in Austria.

Austrian-born Salem resident Joseph Al-brecht was given a place of honor at this celebration, being the "oldest Tyrolese present, three of his mother's brothers having fought under Andreas, the immortal." Longtime Salem educator Mary Eyre gives a tantalizing tidbit of information about an enclave of German-speaking Salem residents she says was referred to as "Dutchtown." As she explained: "The far corner, 25th Street, south of the railroad was known as Dutchtown. Some Ger- EBB Unlabelled photo from the Muellhaupt Family Collection. Possibly the Rev. Jacob Muellhaupt and his wife. Photo was taken about 1880.

WILLAMETTE HERITAGE CENTER 2006.47.62.2 man families lived there and Americans have had a way of substituting Dutch for German. Family names were Bach, Tasto, She-deck (fireman), Zwicker (long associated with carpets, the Zwicker Fluff Rug was a way of recycling old carpets)." We also recently uncovered journals and scrapbooks from Jacob Muellhaupt, who was a pastor of the German Reform Lutheran Church in Salem. Muellhaupt was born in Switzerland 1846. Through the generous help of Irm-gard Forsythe, we have been able to translate a few pages that talk about the pastor's impression of the Oregon he found when he arrived in the 1870s. In his own words as he wrote to a German language newspaper back east from his outpost at Tualatin: "Here at the Willamette River we cannot speak of a freezing winter with ice PERFECT LOOK.

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