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PAGE 4 -- THE DAYTON TRIBUNE -- DAYTON, OREGON -- THURSDAY, SEPT. 9, 1976
History of Ebenezer Chapel
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Ludwig
attended the Salem Area Evan-
gelical Preachers' meeting at the
Dallas Park on Tuesday, Sept. 7,
to welcome the new pastors who
have just moved into the area.
The Annual Salmon Bake at
the Hopewell Community Church
will be held Saturday evening,
Sept. 18 with dinner being served
from 5-6:30 pro. There will be a
program of music and entertain-
ment with "Cincinnatus" who
was part of the cast of "Gun-
smoke" as the featured enter-
tainer. Everyone in the area is
cordially invited to attend, and a
farewell offering will be received.
Those attending are asked to
bring salads.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Emil-
camp and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry DeHaan and family of
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, were
guests of the Peter DeHaan
family for several weeks in Aug-
ust. Mrs. Emilcamp is a sister of
Mr. Peter DeHaan and Jerry
DeHaan is his brother.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Allison,
parents of' Mr. Gary Allison of
Fairview have purchased the for-
mer John Geisler home and five
acres, and have moved in this
past week. They had lived in
Portland. Labor Day weekend
guests were their son, Mr. and
Mrs. Mike Allison and family of
Seattle, and Mr. and Mrs. Buzz
Rogers of Portland, neighbors of
theirs in Portland.
Mrs. Esther Polvi and Ronald
Polvi spent the Labor Day week-
end with Mr. and Mrs. Allan
Polvi and family of Walla Walla,
Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. N. O. Pearse
and Mrs. Beulah Reed were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Cave and family and Mrs.
Marvel Brown, mother of Mrs.
Cave who has just recently re-
turned to Oregon from four years
in Bermuda with her son Dean
Brown and family, who were
teachers there.
FAIRVIEW
Mrs. Sylvia Taskinen was a
guest of Mrs. Ila Schuchardt of
McMinnville on Sunday, and Mr.
and Mrs. Benny Taskinen and
son of Portland were Monday
guests of Mrs. Taskinen.
John Kotka was a guest of his
brother, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Kotka of Scappoose Wednesday
and Thursday of last week. Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Kotka and daugh-
ter Susanne of Portland were
Labor .Day guests.
Mrs. May Polvi called on Mrs.
Stephen Tarter of Salemtowne on
Monday.
Cars, Tractors and
Farm Machinery
9-6 MONDAY-FRIDAY
26 Years in Same Location
409 Oak St. Dayton
Phone 864-3336
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[Editor's Note: This history of
the Odell Family was written by
Mrs. Donald Marshall of Rt. 2,
Dayton, in 1976, with reference
material from "Beside the Beau-
tiful Willamette" written by John
Parsons, files of Ruth Stoller and
Phyllis Newhouse. The Odeli
Cemetery is adjacent to the Ebe-
nezer Chapel built as a memorial
to his parents by William Odell.[
WILLIAM HOLMAN ODELL
General William H. Odell, who
retired in Salem, for many years
was an active factor in business
circles and in the development
and progress of the State. He
was born near Delphi, Indiana,
December 25-, 1830, of an old
family of Welsh Lineage, On
leaving the little rock-ribbed
country of Wales, his first Amer-
ican ancestors settled in Canada,
whence representatives of the
name later went to New York.
He was the son of John and
Sarah Odell. Upon the home farm
in Indiana, General Odell was
reared and pursued his education
in the subscription schools. When
twenty years of age he came with
his parents to Oregon, starting
from Indiana on the 10th of
March with ox teams, in a train
of sixteen wagons, with four yoke
of oxen to each wagon. At Peoria
they crossed the Illinois River,
and at Fort Madison, the Missis-
sippi River. They purchased one
hundred and fifty head of cattle
in Iowa, and then proceeded on-
ward. crossing the Missouri River
:it Council Bluffs. At that time
there was not a single house on
the site of Omaha, Nebraska, and
beyond a waste. They followed
the old Oregon trail, and did not
see any Indians between Elhorn
and Green River, except at a
ferry and there they were leaving
because of a smallpox scare. The
family arrived in the Willamette
Valley September 20, 1851 and in
Yamhill County October 3.
Mr. Odell remained with his
father until February, 1853 and
assisted in breaking the fields,
planting the crops and also in
planting an orchard. He then
entered the Oregon Institute, now
Willamette University, where, for
two years, he pursued a course in
the classics and civil engineering,
going into the field in the sum-
mer of 1854, with a corps of sur-
veyors. He began as chairman
with a company engaged in gov-
ernment work in Yamhill County,
and the next spring he again
spent two months in surveying,
after attending Oregon Institute
in the winter. In 1855, he set-
tled on a farm near Dayton, and
continued to improve the place
until 1860, when he rented his
land, and he and his wife took
charge of the Santiam, better
known as Lebanon Academy, with
which they were connected for
three years. Removing then to
Eugene, Ouell entered the service
of the surveyor-general of Oregon
as deputy United States surveyor,
and was thus engaged until 1871.
During two summers, 1864 and
1865, he was employed by the
Oregon Central Military Wagon
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Road Company, in locating and
making the survey of the route,
and in the summer of 1869-70,
was superintendent of construc-
tion of the military road.
In 1871, he was appointed by
President Grant as surveyor-gen-
eral of Oregon, and made his
headquarters at Eugene. The fol-
lowing year he was nominated a
presidential elector on the Re-
publican ticket, and being elect-
ed, he was selected by the Elec-
toral College to carry votes to
Washington, and he became a
prominent factor in what was
known as the Oregon Case. The
votes which he carried for Oregon
made election of the Republican
nominees, Hayes and Wheeler,
possible.
General Odell continued to act
as deputy United States surveyor
until the spring of 1877, when he
purchased the Statesman, of
which he was editor and pro-
prietor until 1884, and during
that time he was for two years
State Printer, having been elected
in 1880. After selling his paper,
he was appointed postmaster of
Salem by President Arthur, and
filled the position for four years
and one month, or until April
1889. In 1891, he was appointed
by the Surveyor-General of Ore-
gon as inspector of public sur-
veys. For fifteen months he was
engaged by the Indian Depart-
ment in surveying and allotting
lands to the Indians on the Siletz
Reservation. With Judge Boise
and Major Harding he was ap-
pointed a commissioner to nego-
tiate with the Indians for such of
their lands as were in excess of
the amount of the allotments. In
this work, General Odell was
made disbursing agent. In 1895,
following the election of Governor
Lord, he was appointed clerk of
the State Land Board of Salem
and upon the expiration of his
four years' term, he retired to
private life and continued to live
in Salem.
In 1855, General Odell married
Mrs. Elizabeth (McLench) Thurs-
ton who was born near Bangor,
Maine, and was a graduate of the
Bangor Female Seminary. In
1853, she became preceptress of
the Oregon Institute, which po-
sition she held for two years, and
in 1860, of the Santiam Academy
for a term of four years. She was
the widow of the Hon. Samuel H.
Thurston, who crossed the plains
in 1847, and settled in Oregon
City. He was an attorney and
served as a delegate to Congress
from the Territory of Oregon. He
died while on the way home from
the second session on the steam-
er off the coast of Acapulco,
Mexico. Mrs. Odell, who died in
Portland, in March 1890, was the
mother of two children by her
first marriage, George H. and
Mrs. A. W. Stowell, who lived in
Portland.
In 1894, the General married
Mrs. Carrie (Bright) Taylor, na-
tive of Ohio.
General Odell was a member of
the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, the Oregon Historical
Society and the Pioneer Society.
Since 1878 he had been a mem-
ber of the Board of Trustees of
the Willamette University and its
President in 1891, and his efforts
in its behalf, were instrumental
in promoting its welfare and
extending its influence.
Always a Republican in poli-
tics, his opinions carried weight
in the councils of his party and
for many years he was a member
of the State Central Committee.
An active member of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, serving
as chairman of the board of
trustees of his home church and
in 1890 he was delegate to the
General Conference of the Church
held in Chicago. If one examines
his life to find the secret of his
influence in so many lines, it will
be seen that it rests upon his
deep interest and zeal in every
movement he endorses--a zeal
which inspires others. He had
much of that quality which, for
want of a better name is called
personal magnetism, and which
arises from a sinc.~e regard ior
his fellow man and a hopeful
view of the world and its pro-
gress.
William Odell spent over fifty
years serving our state, he served
well and died at the age of 90
years.
GARAGE SALE. Baby swing,
school clothes, shoes, misc
starts Thursday, Sept. 9, 1025
Ch/~rch St. 37p
Garage Space for Rent (in
Dayton). Call 864-2745.
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Out-Of-Bounds
Shopper
Planning to ship some books to
his son at college, Ben stopped at
a supermarket for an empty car-
ton. But as he walked into the
storage room at the rear, he
tripped on a crack in the floor and
went sprawling.
Even stepping out of bounds
will not reduce the shopper's
rights if he has been given per-
mission to do so.
A customer at the cleaners
could not find the claim check for
his topcoat. The clerk suggested
that they both go into the back
room for a look. There, the man
fell through a hard-to-notice trap
door.
A court decided later that the
clerk's permission had kept the
customer in the role of an invitee
even in the back room. Result: he
won a substantial verdict.
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In short order Ben sued the
market for damages, charging
negligence. But the court rejected
his claim because he had ventured
into a part of the premises where
he did not belong.
Most courts apply this out-of-
bounds rule to the shopper. In
public areas of a store he is con-
sidered an "invitee," with a legal
right to have the premises kept in
good condition for his benefit.
But beyond this safety zone, he
is a mere "licensee"---entitled, as
Ben learned to his sorrow, to only
a minimum of protection.
If the shopper does stay within
bounds, he retains his preferred
status as an invitee even if not in
the process of actually buying
something.ffhus:
Another shopper skidded on a
grease spot on her way to the pay
telephone in a grocery store. The
store denied liability, saying she
did not qualify as an invitee be-
cause she was not there to make
a purchase.
But the court granted her claim.
The court said management has
the same responsibility toward a
potential customer as toward an
actual customer.
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