Oakdale Leader from Oakdale, California • 16

OAKDALE LEADER, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1950 OAKDALE, CALIFORNIA PAGE EIGHT Published Weekly Every Thursday (Established 1888) For Every Gift You Lose A Freedom Some people may have thought we were a little biased on this federal housing deal and wondered "Why should Oakdale be the one town in the country to reject federal housing when all the big cities will be grabbing up the GATHERED FROM HERE AND YONDER lewsiiinliw? MEMBERS mJ UD1T (From Leader of March 12, 1925) UREAU 09 'offered monev?" Twenty four boys turned out Tues- OIie evening at the Legion club rooms Well, it hasn turned out that way. Instead day iy RCULATK NATIONAL EDITORIAL asTocStQn 8. F. WAKEFIELD Editor P. J.

CO RTELYO Superintendent LOUIS MEYER ESTATE, S. F. WAKEFIELD, P. CORTELYOU, Ownero-Publishers SUBSCRIPTION (Strictly in advance) Per year $2.50 Six months 1.60 Per year (outside California) 3.00 Under six months, per month ,30 Single copies .05 for the initial meeting for tne organization of a Boy Scout troop. It was decided to go ahead with the organization of but one troop at the present time, and there will be room for eight more boys in the troop.

Paul Hunt will be scoutmaster, and H. G. Dobson will be his assistant. (And so we have the birth of Scouting in Oakdale. Ed.

Note.) Mrs. Esther Akers and Miss Telva Milner, whe came here froia Fresno several months ago and opened the "Magic Mud" beauty parlors quit business the first of the week and moved their equipment back to Fresno. Drs. Hagedorn and McKibbon will move back into the offices at an early date. Chas.

Fish has purchased a new Hudson. The members of the Oakdale Legion and Woman's Auxiliary are making rapid progress in getting things under way for the vaudeville show which will be given March 30 at the Rialto Theatre. Dr. J. A.

Young reports the birth of a thirteen and a half pound son to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ghilarducci on March 11th; also the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cor-tez on last Friday.

Vernon Rodden returned last week from the city and is recuperating from an operation for appendicitis. Harrv S. Crowe was again elected of going along with the big cities, Oakdale is going against the general trend on city action on federal housing. Seattle and Yakima, Washington, turned down the federal housing offer just Tuesday. Also Tuesday Oakland recalled a councilman who insisted upon going for federal housing.

Stockton is right in the middle of a big fight about it. Los Angeles has rejected the 2eal as a bad one. This seems to be the general trend throughout the nation. Why did Oakdale take on the federal housing? Because it was sold to the City Council on the premise that if Oakdale didn't get its share, the big cities would grab off all of the money being spent for this purpose. This idea was implanted in the minds of local people by Jack Sinclear, housing administrator for Stanislaus county, who, when he urged the- housing upon the city, said he was against the principal of the thing himself but as long as everyone else was doing it, why not Oakdale.

Well, Sinclear was wrong in his guess that all the big cities would jump on this band wagon of free government houses for cities. How wrong, is being evidenced every day as city after city tells Uncle Sammy, "We don't want any of your socialistic housing deals." The county housing administrator was as wrong in this surmise as he was when he said the 10 per cent in lieu tax would more than compensate for loss in taxe, when actually the 10 per cent in lieu tax will not pay to the City 30 per cent of what an individual would pay if he owned the same property. The Council was also told houses would not Do Your Bit Our Red Cross quota has been set This obligation, we will have met If one and all, will do their bit By giving to, and working for it. The women and men are on the job From street to street, they will trod, Ringing door bells, and calling on you, Explaining just what the Red Cross will do. They leave it to you, the amount you give.

By giving, You help "Someone" to live. Tornadoes strike and we know not where, It might be here, it might be there. Fires Rage and wipe out a town People crying My home is burnt down. Then come the floods. So much worse, Raging Waters Oh What a Curse! Should any of this happen to you Then you will know, what the R.C.

will do. The widow's mite, it does much good How well she knew, and understood The rich would give in a large amount But it's the nickels and dimes that1 really count. Signed, Mrs. Rolland Traband. president of the Oakdale Irrigation Entered as second class matter at the post office at Oakdale, California under the Act of March 3, 1878.

THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1950 blank on the questionnaire in the survey to put down the number of vacant houses or apartments a landlord had. With no need established, with a heavy loss in tax revenue facing the City, and with the trend against accepting federal housing throughout the nation, it would seem Oakdale's City Council could very reasonably call Mr. Sinclear back and hand him back the agreement for the Oakdale federal housing project. Nothing could be better for this nation than to have every single municipality in the country throw this project back in the face of the socialistic Congress that voted in the abominable housing law in the first place. By accepting the housing project, the city and county and schools and irrigation district give up the right to call upon the property included in the project to carry its fair share of the cost of government.

Yes, for every "gift" the people get from government the people give up a freedom. This fact should never be forgotten by Americans. Never, never be forgotten. District at the meeting held yesterday for organization, following the seating of three newly re-elected directors. E.

N. Moulton. H. B. McMath and G.

L. Maerneson. M. P. Kearney Progressive Education To manv narents who feel their children are not getting the proper was again elected secretaiy, having be built until a survey was made to determine served continuously in that eapacify the need ot the houses (Jakdale.

This survey has never been made either. Instead, a survey was made to decide what kind of house to build, not whether they were needed or not. This is not our interpretation of the survey but that of the federal housing man since the district was formed. The Pacific Pea Packing Co. started this morning on the spinach pack with about 100 people employed.

The number will be increased to about 200 within a few days. The spinach is being- brought here from the uplands near Modesto. Pack on the bottom land spinach will start in about 10 days. Sixty four new members were added to the Oakdale Paront-Teacher Association as the result of the membership drive between two teams from San Francisco who conducted the survey here. In fact, we know of an instance where the interviewer told the landlord that there was no educational foundation, the current flare-up of the three R's vs.

progressive education controversy should prove interesting. Elsewhere on this page is an editorial from the Oakdale Leader, which shares our opinion that schools have strayed too far from fundamentals. For more information on the subject we recommend reading last week's caver story in Time Magazine. Time reports that critics over the nation are attacking modern educational methods. Time says: "Were the schools tryin to do too much, and thus doing nothing thoroughly?" Time thinks so, saying: "In attempting to do all thing? to all men, they (the schools) indeed seemed to be losing the sense that one subject may be more important than another, that history, for example, is likely to be moro important than the daily headlines, and science more important than sewing.

'They seemed to be cluttering up their programs with too" many matters that should be learned at home, or in jobs and daily life after the school had finished its work in the basic essentials." To the parents who have wondered why their children are barely able to ead and understand English after years in school, the above will seem like just criticism of our school system. What is the solution? It lies in the words of Kenneth Obei holtzer, superintendent of schools in Denver: "Our schools will be just as good as the citizens." So it's up to you. The Manteca Bulletin. Cai-nival to be held March 25th. Mary Nola Circle will meet Friday, March 17th, at the home of Mrs.

Wm. Meyer at 7:30 p. m. Mr. and Mrs.

Ben Myers and family, former residents of Oakdale and now living in the bay area, were visiting Mrs. Myers' parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. A.

Bromley, over the Joseph Axelrod of San Francisco was an Oakdale visitor Saturday. He and his brother Milton operated the Economy Store here a number of years ago. George Chappell of the P. E. Van Pelt Mgr.

flew the company-owned plane to Seattle last week, accompanied by D. F. (Frank) Hedrick and W. H. Lowrv.

The latter two and Mrs. Mansel Swift and drove back truck chassis for the plant. They report very stormy wea headed by Mrs. Hartwell Summers and Mrs. Hodgkins.

respectively. The Hodgkins team will serv a dinner to the Summers workers at the next meeting oX-the association in April, Feed in the Oakdale foothills has been so rich and luxuriant that steers are ready to be turned off, several months ahead of their usual time. Some of the cattlemen are al- ready selling stock, for future deliv- ery, and at good prices, because of the prime condition of the beef. Although frost has been reported for three successive mornings now very few growers believe either the fruit crop or the almond- crop has been damaged to any extent. The nonpareils are said to be slightly hit in some parts of the district, but over the entire section there is every indi- cation of a bumper crop.

The rainy weather has been given the credit Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Havens motored to Ahwahnee hospital Sunday to visit Mrs.

Don Havens, a patient at Ahwahnee for several years. Mn. W. F. Chrisman accompanied Mr.

and Mrs. Havens on the trip. Clarence Lack Jr. of San Francisco has spent two weeks with his grandmother Mrs. Magda Neuncr on South Second street.

Rev. and Mrs. Fern Raymond entertained Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Rex MacDonald and family of Santa Clara and Mrs.

Lyda Nicholls of Santa Clara. MacDonald operates the Santa Clara Lumber yard. Mrs. Nicholls, a piano teacher, was church or- Henry Swift, recent owners of the Oakdale Linoleum and Carpet Mart, are leaving Oakdale the first of next month for San Jose where Mansel will be associated with a similar firm. Al Lowenstein and Walt Ashe have started spring house cleaning at Oakdale Mercantile with a complete painting of the store, inside and out, scheduled for completion soon.

The interior of the store is in the process of receiving a coat of white paint and the front and canopy will be painted soon. Mrs. Gene vie ve Gates will leave about April 20th for Honolulu. Mrs. Gates will sail on the Lurline and plans to spend a month visiting on the islands.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. E. Smith left Monday for an extended vacation trip through Arizona by way of San Diego.

ther. The plane had to land at Portland enroute and they had to use bus transportation beyond Portland. Frank Cortelyou, who has been a guest of his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and- Mrs. Pete Cortelyou, left yesterday for his home in Kansas City.

Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hirnes entertained over the weekend, Mr.

and Mrs. Ken Floyd of Van Nuys. Mrs. Floyd is a niece of Himes. Mr.

and Mrs. E. Viesinor of Fresno were guests of the C. E. Wilcox and Toney Erwin families last Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Parish and daughter Mrs.

Dennis Crum and her daughter Ardean motored to San Francisco. Parish went for dental surgery. atVV Sat- ganist of the Santa Clara Methodist for saving the almond crop, by the growers, as the moisture in' the soil Church for 50 years. She retired last verified protest with the State Board of Equalization at Sacramento, California, stating grounds for denial Cb provided by law. The premises are now licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages.

CECIL DICKENS Published March 16. 1950. Son Petitions For Letters In Estate A petition for letters of administration of the estate of Joe Simas. Escalon, who died March 4 th at 72 years of age, have been filed in Modesto by Tony A. Simas, Route 1, Box 244, Oakdale, a son.

Simas estimated h5" father's estate as "more than $10,000." -O Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Himes are spending the weekend in Santa Cruz.

NOTICE OF INTENTION" TO ENGAGE IN THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES March 14, 1950 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Subject to issuance of the license applied for, and commencing not less than 15 clays after the date posted, notice is hereby given that the undersigned proposes to sell alcoholic beverages at these premises, described as follows: N7S Sonora Hwy, 2 mi. E. of Oakdale, California. Pursuant to such intention, the undersigned is applying to the State Board of Equalization for issuance by transfer of an alcoholic beverage license (or licenses) for these premises as follows: On-Sale Beer Anyone desiring to protest the issuance of such license (s) may file a prevented the frost from iniurine- the i vear bloom, and drew the frost to the St. Catherine's Auxiliary of tre Episcopal Guild will meet with Mrs.

B. W. Gripenstraw, 645 N. Second ground instead. Joseph Priester of Modesto and Jo- seph Axelrod of San Francisco, who! avenue, Monday, March 20th, at 7:30 bought the old Leader property on Milnes Mothers' Club will hold its street from Rodden Bros, a few years regular meeting Friday, March 17, at 2 o'clock.

The meeting will be given over to plans for the Penny EVA Jk The story with a happy ago, are gening estimates on a new brick structure, which they hope to construct there this year. The building as proposed would be 30x80 feet. Priester has been planning for some time to open a branch of his ready-to-wear business in Oakdale and if conditions are as expected may do so in the new building. The site is now occupied by a wooden structure which was partly burned a few months ago. It has not been repaired since then.

C. R. Traughber of Vallejo has closed a deal for the purchase of the Live Oak Inn lease and fixtures from Charles Fish, who has conducted the hotel for the past two years. He took possession yesterday. The Live Oak is owned by Rodden Bros, and has always been a popular stopping place for traveling men.

The Oakdale Chamber of Commerce will cooperate with the Woman's Club in securing a new swimming pool for Oakdale. The matter was submitted to the directors at their meeting and a committee composed of J. L. Sawyer, H. L.

Appling and L. Meyers was named to work with the women and formulate plans for securing the funds necessary for the undertaking. The American Legion, Dinner Club and other organizations will be asked to join in plans for the new swimming pool. An early start in preparations for the annual run over the Big Oak Flat road into Yosemite will be made. At last night's meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, President Bentley appointed a committee composed of Earl Haslam, P.

E. Van Pelt and W. T. Kerr to take charge of the run. Last year more than 100 people participated in the run, which marked the formal opening of the Big Oak Flat road for the season, and double that number is expected this year; W.

T. Kerr announced that Modesto had signified a willingness to join in the run this year. FIFTY YEARS AGO (From Graphic of March 14, 1900) And it's particularly good news this year as Oakdale merchants complete plans for their gala Spring Festival tomorrow night. Local merchants will decorate their windows for the official welcoming of Spring and will have their shops open from 7 to 9 p. m.

tomorrow to show you the latest in the season's merchandise. Why not drop in and pay a friendly visit to your hometown merchant Friday night? When Bob popped the question and Marian coyly said "yes" the future was bright and rosy. Moonlight starry skies daydreaming all played their part. But solid plans where to live what they set as future goals, were important topics to these young people. Their first step to future happiness was begun when they opened a Savings Account and set up a systematic savings plan.

Before the first anniversary the nest egg has grown plans for building that home will shortly be a reality. Bob and Marian have quickly learned the advantages of systematic savings they know now that once you set a goal, and keep to it, your future will be happy. A ne scnooi trustees nave decided to call an election for a bond issue for a new building in Oakdale. Rainfall to date, 11.83, last season 5.77 inches. Miss Minnie Nelson and George Crawford were married last Sunday.

Born to the wife of C. B. Garden-hire, March 6, a son. STANISLAUS COUNTY BANK formerly Stanislaus County Savings Bank at Third and Oakdale A Friendly Service to the Entire Community of Oakdale MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION since 1904 Guests of C. Wilcox and Toney Erwin families Saturday were Mr.

and Mrs. Jake Smith and daughter Barbara Lynn of Redding. rw).