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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1976)
Going home By BOB LOQGAN Of the Emerald Christmas vacation travelers vie for limited airline seating Airline seats are becoming harder to find as Christ mas vacation approaches. Every Christmas, passengers from the Eugene area are turned away because they wait too long to make reservations. Because approximately 30 per cent of the University s students are out-of-state, it is not surprising that Eugene suffers a shortage of airline seats at Christ mas. Many students seek air transportation home, with Los Angeles and San Francisco popular destinations. As of last fall. 9.6 per cent of the University's 17,000 students were from California Even if only a third of these students flew home, that is a sizeable number of passengers Greg Bronson, of Bronson Travel at 86 E. Broadway St., says it is not unusual to see Eugene's long-term airport parking lot crowded with cars bearing California license plates. Only two airlines fly into Eugene — Hughes Airwest and United. Both fly Eugene-San Francisco — a route traveled heavily by passengers connecting to other flights. This traffic helps fin the already popular California flights Eugene-Porttand flights experience similar bot tlenecking at Chnstmas. According to Niki Lamb, travel agent for Eugene Travel, located on campus at 831 E. 13th Ave., Portland-Denver and Portland-Chicago flights are also filling fast "Hawaii is another particularly full Chnstmas desti nation and has been for three months.” remarks Lamb. Hawaii flights between Dec 16 and Jan. 4 are full and people must now sign a waiting list for these flights. Bronson says booking Hawaii flights for Chnstmas sometimes becomes a problem as early as April or May. With the mad crush for Christmas flights, “the Eugene business community is especially hard hit, says Bronson. The large increase in pleasure holiday travel at Chnstmas reduces the normal amount of seats availa ble to the business people flying m and out of Eugene. Ironically, flights booked solid for months takeoff with empty seats due to people who double-book flights or who are no-shows, according to travel agents. In addition to the holiday rush, students may have a hard time booking flights because of the various promo tional fares available. For example, because of the popular roundtnp "ex cursion fare" discount the roundtnp fare from Eugene to New York is $323 instead of the standard $404. The roundtrip excursion fare stipulates that the length of stay be more than seven days but less than 30. Also, passengers must pay for their tickets within ten days of reserving their seats and that they reserve at least two weeks before departure. Because airlines can only sell a maximum of 35 per cent of the aircraft’s seats at excur sion prices, finding seats at excursion rates becomes increasingly difficult as holidays near. A special fare being offered by Hughes Airwest for Thanksgiving flights is also causing a fast sell-out of Ora—lg Oy Tina Fong seats. The fare permits passengers to leave Thanksgiv ing Day and return Sunday. An example of the savings involved: regular roundtnp fare from Eugene to San Fran cisco is $118. With the special rate, the fare is $77 round trip. “The important thing is that students recognize the need to figure out their finals schedule and registration dates so that we'll know what dates to work around—and that they tell us soon," says Lamb. If worse comes to worse and a passenger cannot reserve an airline seat, with or without a discount, he can always fly standby. No standby discounts exist here, but no-shows or last minute cancellations can provide unan ticipated seats. The best remedy of course, is early reser vations. Hilyard’s groceries fills needs of clientel By SHELLEY DENEAU Of the Emerald Dear District Manager: It has come to my attention that many people enjoy fruit juices in the afternoon. I would like to re frigerate juices, as well as soda pop. Sincerely, Manager of Store #24 Dear Retail Operations Manager: I sent forms 1129 and 1130 to your office three weeks ago re garding chilling more fruit juices and have not as yet received your answer. Sincerely, Manager of Store #24 Three months later... Dear Manager of Store #24: Our office in Portland has re ceived your recommendation and prefer space be reserved tor soda pop, which yields a higher profit margin. The Board of Directors The above case is hypothetical, but the situation is not. It exemp lifies the difficulties large chain stores have in satisfying their cus tomers' needs. But the gap between a store and its clientele can be narrowed by independent grocers, says Don Brooke who, with his wife Jeanette, operates the Hilyard St. Market, 1698 HHyard St. A few years ago when chilled fruit juices became popular all Don and Jeanette had to do was stock the cooler with a variety of juices. No hassle. Another time, two backpackers complained that the store didn’t have a certain selection of dried fruits. The mar ket responded with a full line of such foods. "That's one of the advantages of being a small store," says Don. "We (independent grocers) can listen to our customers and quickly adjust to their needs." When the Brookes opened there small grocery in 1946 where Don once worked as a teenager, all stores of that type operated on a delivery and charge account basis. The owner would fill out or ders while the customer waited. But the Hilyard St Market, by na ture of its popularity, spawned the first self-service store in Eugene. The store’s services came to a temporary halt, however, when Don was called to duty by Unde Sam in 1950. During his enlist ment, Jeanette worked in a small grocery with her father. After the war, the Brookes had the chance to purchase the market, which they did. Through the times. Don, who usually can be found wearing an array of unusual hats as he ming les with customers, has seen stu dents changing. ‘‘The younger generation is tired of mass production or any Candidates discuss environment By TOM JACKSON Of the Emerald Eugene mayoral candidates Gus Keller and Neil Murray squared off for a discussion of en vironmental issues yesterday in a meeting sponsored by the Sierra Club in the EMU. Both candidates centered their remarks and discussion around the issues of growth and transpor tation in Eugene. Keller said he is a “strong pro ponent of new, non-polluting in dustry.” Keller, who is presently a member of the city council, said unemployment in Eugene will be increasing in the future, and that "you can't stick your head in the sand and hope it goes away.” He explained that community goals include the creation of jobs. For this reason, he feels the city should seek out and encourage new industries to "build their fac tories and warehouses here,” and “train our people.” Keller also feels that the down town area should be augmented by "major retailers. This, he feels, would attract more people to the core area. Along with attracting more peo ple downtown, Keller said he supports further parking facilities downtown. Keller also feels that one way to improve the flow of traffic is to im prove road access to downtown. He said that cars “piling up" is wasteful of gasoline and also pol lutes the air. Murray said he is “concerned (Continued on Page 23) thing that looks like factories, " he says. “They’re individuate and ex pect even buildings to be indi vidual, and we've got that. Outside the store, a wagon wheel and horse hitches accom modate bikes and dogs. An emergency phone and bench make an oasis for weary travelers. Inside, the sunlight streams through multi-colored stained glass windows. Directions and Declare Your j Independence NATHAN free want ads line the bulletin board. One of Eugene's finest wine selections and an excellent choice of gourmet cheeses, as well as bike maps, stamps (at cost) and even hats for rainy toot ball games add to the character of the market. As for the future, Don sums it 14) by saying, “It's a two-way proposi tion; the area needs us and we need the area 40* beer and hot dogs i at the Den opart 11 a.m.-miidnighl Mon.-Sal. 10 am-midnight Sunday 957 Pearl 343-9323 Under the Hunter Room OB* good •trough OcMtor 16,1976
