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THE SENTINEL Holiday Lights For Main Street To Be Up Soon VOLUME LI F 'o ” OOTTAOE GROVE, LANK COUNTY OREGON, P o n ln o T f’ « T ornrpct THURSDAY NOVEMBER 21, 1940 NUMBER 15 Red Cross Roll Call Completed With 200 Members T \V P F Committee Appointed by Cham ber of Commeroe to Super vlee Erection. Poun. 8p. ’ Concrete for the Started on No T 11th EXPLORATION WORK. 18 The annual Red Cross roll call UNDERWAY AT SANTIAM COMMITTEE H O P E S TO ENLARGE LIOHTINO. i. Ml trict will again lx? decorated for the holiday season, according to plans of a committee appointed at the regular luncheon of the Cham ber of Commerce Tueaday. Presi dent L. C. Schroeder appointed the following committee to super vise the erection of Christmas lights and Christmas greenery along tiie main thoroughfare: Her man Petersen, W. C. Martin, M. V. Craig, Fred Anderson and Fred Ä . 7; % » -to & Knickerbocker. Five strings of Christmas lights, uaed on five blocks of Main street last year, will be available again this year. The lights formed a criss-cross effect at each street intersection and the committee is hopeful that additional funds may be secured to erect more holiday lights anil decorations. The busi- ness district will be canvassed for more funds to buy decorations. It is hoped the lights may Is- erected shortly after the first of Decem ber. Decorations through the use of greenery will be In charge of Wilbur Workman of the Sunny side Greenhouses. Residents will also tie encourag ed to us<* Christmas lighting in the home and It is hoped that more people will decorate evergreens on their lawns. Weather Slows Down Work on pQf^ Dälll This is Just one section— all the fla t ear could handle —o f a spiral casing for one of G rand Coulee D a m ’s power turbines, three of which w ill be in operation b , M arch. 1942. A spiral casing weighs 291 tons—the largest ever attempted« Open House at the Grade Schools to Be December 27th COMING EVENTS OF INTEREST; THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW for this district has been complet ed with gratifying results, Sid Mil- ligan, president of the Cottage Grove I.ions club, announced yes- terday. The roll call, with the help of several organizations and indi- vidua Is, had a much better re- sponse than at the corresponding period of last year and the ulti- mac' results were probably due to the war conditions and increasing need for the millions said to be star, mg in Europe. &<-President Herbert Hoover, who has been aid- ing the European relief work, stated recently that estimates of the number of people actually fac- ing starvation In Europe and China today had been raised from twenty to thirty million people. H. C. Schmelling. James Rod- man and Sid Milligan composed a committee from the Lions club who canvassed the business dis- trict and secured approximately 100 members. The work of can- vassing the residential section was in charge of Mrs. Arthur Jones, who assisted by a group of ladies, reports about 100 members, mak- •ng in all a total membership of 200 with a fund of $200.00 secured for Red Cross work. ----------- ----------- ------------ The following summary of prog- ress on the various flood control' ,lams wa> 1Mued at the U. S. En- Sneer's offlce by Capt E. G. Erb yesterday: ' Grove Progress on the Cottage Grove finds work on earth fm suspended due to wet weather, Activity on this project is now confined to the spillway with ex- cavation and concrete work on schedule. Pouring of concrete started on November 11, in the west wingwall base slab and con tinues in the spillway foundation eastward. Excavation is complete except for final clean up in this section and, barring sub-freezing weather, steady progress is ex peded. 621 barrels of cement have been received at the damsite and som<> 350 quo pounds of reinforc- ing steel are in the storage yard ready for bending. Fern Ridge, 77^ 175th day of construction on the pern Ridge dam finds the earthwork practically stopped due to wet weather. 1,046,500 cubic yards of earth excavation have been compacted into the rolled Canvass Funds for $ 5 8 of the required 59.000 cubic yards The With the Christmas season ap- The outgoing outgoing mail mail service service of of the the n j/li I Z1 J J 9 in Diace " preaching, perhaps It Isn’t ex- Cottage Grove post office will be / h p /Q ljth I J dee n 9 056 cubic yards of concrete the to improved improved wun with anomer another outgoing outgoing * « < ? tS tJ U l V / l r tO O II h aveb een placed p la ced in the concrete A parents' night and open house e emplifying im ju iy in g m e v Christmas n r is u n u s s spirit p im 10 O th er Com m ittees Appointed „ « » ' i 1 will held by the elementary mention that a lot of the business mail dispatch, it was learned Mon- and steel spillway structure of the President L. t Schroeder atto Mchwo,s of (he city on Er)day eve. people as well as residents who day. Details as to the proposed Mrs. H. A. H a g e n and Miss total requirements of 11,000 cubic named two o m e r c o m m itte e s nJng j x ^ e m b e r 27th. A program may due for 8 surprise ap- improvement for letters and news- Eunice VanDenburg Monday were yards. The contractor on this mnurnue Chamber‘T C o ^ L - 4 e «««ritn»: at 7 4 5 p. m t id lf ii'p ie - twe"ty/ 7 5 dayS P8»*™ ** known the business district in work about ready start * u ( ‘ canvassing » L n U tis in A e a in ti/s v i-lr t is c r now »A U / n fr w Y lll fP S flv t to fi .dfK ™ for The enlutng y e ^ « m - M,n,pd in ,h*' *udl,ftrlurn of the fore Q iris mas, but the surprise projected improvement will affect h , of funds for the q *. instaiiation of the 6 -1 8 x 3 4 foot sist£ ? P o “ l F ?Sn Claude J ? « « " 0 " « * o o l on the general w o n t be pleasant and we have N. the north ma. and should be of Grove ArtiUery steel radiaj gates. More than 566,- sisting or ii. c.. M m n i mu < u (|wme of -Learning Patriotism." N elsons word for it. For on some help in the Christmas rush association and and according - . . have . been . in- to an 000 pounds of . metal Kern and Cleo Morelock. and a Representative groups from the December 1st, door to door mail season. early report had secured slightly corporated in this structure to t £ y ? ] 3 l ^ X 7n i f Adams and Jefferson schools will delivery is going to cease at all over a third of the $300.00 fund date. ilJ im l« I’«*ent numbers on the program unnumbered places of business Installs Fluorescent Lights. needed to supply the Battery E Clearing of the reservoir basin McCoy ..______. __ n . . a n r l i r i n n r n n n f K T n m r 4 l ,hou” H o n o r » « ’ - P PS r w tn S S ’X b tO ’ u Work T S k with S S the X 5 Ilohemia X 2 5 ... -...I T lr 5 » Ncw m" h<xb ° ' T > s ¥ « • S 5 T . i S h S S S y ......... . More than 2,840 acres Kthn ihihw»v tK,|nK done In the schools for the have had plenty of warning and if mg is growing in popularity here etc needed this win- of the 4 000 < acres to be cleared k S K T S t o BobSnta and t S ' furtherance of patriotism. ’hey don’t respond they will just as well as elsewhere and increas- ^ffe public response had been have been slashed. L „2,. A’ ’he conclusion of the pro- have to come to the general de- ing numbers of business establish- * »» «aid but the can- South Santiara. hernia ski grounds. grarn v|jllton, w |„ tnvited to in- ’’very window for their mall. Nel- ments are making store interiors ** gbo ’ ¿ r c e nt Exploratory drilling on the dam ■< /I 1# rr I "P1* 1 a11 rowmg of ,he ®>«npn‘* T 80,1 “ y»- "J01* attracU 'L through the use at the tilne the report site proposed for this stream has . H i of s school c h o o l One ___ _____________ , __ ___ M r c f K p m n e f l f i s *rhool where displays resident had ________ difficulty in o t modem lights- was made been started with one d rillin g ----- ¡'¡IO» V « l a v i f l i l v U U o ¡work work will be on hand. Student buying numbers here a short time , The ^h^ latest business business^concern concern to ” planK havp bepn made k by v ad ad- chine employed on a two shift Itost* and hoatesaea wiU explain in ago. but It is believed merchants »uataU Huoresccnt lighting is the P ans adp ^ y basis each room the work exhibited. All carrying a number stock now have Square Deal Barber Shop, at the joining cornmun ties to -— parents and patrons of school dis- a variety, otherwise it will be up rear of Kern’s for Drugs. Two new money for th a fund but so rar as . Cs s I trict 45 are urged to attend this to the purchaser to make a sped- ceiling fixtures with three wall known, results of the efforts to A L- X fn j-fp /l open house. a A complete program al trip to some ioreign foreign seaport sea p o rtto brackets n«vc have been to m the e -------— raise money OKI OZUdUll kJlUI I C U _ . . . . M l*’n nouse. to wrae«?» u m n a added uueu - ----- have not beer1 an- ---------------------------- Mrs. C. J. Kern has accepted the wjh be given In the next issue of get the proper numbers. <Tip to interior lighting. In fact the old nounced. Officers of tne - st as chairman of the 1940 this paper. the merchants- The Sentinel with method of lighting hds been done Coast Artillery assodatlon are I / - . K / lh p i n in lllh port iristma. Seal Campaign. It was _____ T chw e. for Tlurnksglvtag. m S i^ r _______ e i ^ io ? . m indue- away with all together in this particularly amuous that the D U n tllU U V lU U Christmas . ________ _________ ____ w_ _ i ____ . . . i . g . h . . t ________ necessary- funds be ra raised as quick ________ announced -Minced today by Mrs. Vem The Cottage Grove schools schools are are ed ed to to mention mention the the fact fact that that you you shop. *“ Williams ----- ’■ * ' **-* “ * ......................... * ly About twenty members of the lams, president of the South- clming this afternoon for Thanks- have house numbers in your ad if patched tot. tfje boys _ at C^np sk i ciub attended the two days, days, you you do do have have an an ad ad and and the the num- num- ern Lane Health Heaitn association. Mrs. giving vacation of two Modernistic Shelving. Most of of the the bers. bers This This would would be be backing backing up up Anticipating the coming of a ? atSO:P .SO t^at th?_U Jt..Hfla.yt spCT>d|first club m eetin g.of the season K«*m 1 is choosing her committee Thursday and Friday. Most members and plans for the entire teaching staff are going to their that trade at home spirit). cheerful holiday season, Smith and ,he winter in more co here last Thursday evening. Ar- drive will be completed shortly. respective homes for the holiSay ------------ Short, local grocers, have added a rangements were made to have a Campaign material has already i>erlod. Schools will resume next Many Prises series of modernistic shelving near list of volunteers go up to the ski bowl Sunday and complete the red at the association’s head head- Monday morning, November 25th. There were twenty-three major the east display window. This arrived roof on the shelter and mark the quarters, Mrs. Kem said, and an prizes awarded at the Cottage shelving will be used to display early start on preparations for ski grounds. It is planned to start Grove Rod and Gun club grounds holiday candies and goodies, etc. a membership drive at an early mailing is assured. The campaign Sunday in the annual turkey The interior of the store is due for opens on November 25. date. Last year’s membership to- shoot according to John Wilson. a calcimining over the week cndf •’ Cottage Grove, like all other „ taled about eighty and officials secretary. And there were a larg. . , . . Dr. Ira N. Gabrielson, who was arp hopeful that the membership er number of minor prizes. The which should brighten the interior communities, has its tuberculosis well knoum in Oregon before he may substantially increased, problem.” said Mrs. Kem. "and club made about $20.00 he said. a bit. ____________ became chief o fth e biological sur- need of the organiza- least once a year we should Inten vey in Washington, is coming to tion this time is improve- sify our efforts to help solve the Cbttage Grove the state to be the pnncipalvisit- ment from here to the ski problem. ultra-modern . lid « ________ howling alleys, prob- annua Oregon the champion b o a r d i n g I uFx’rrulosiN Ntil] church obly niter Siituixidy at which Wild Life federation conference at work has of death In this country for per- , ime the new ancys' located November in grading the road and in widen- S - T iX î'Z S P the service in road at places, but further headed by Dr. Gabrielson has been improvement is needed not only Christmas when voluntary work- pour aHeys have been installed changed recently, so that he is now Qn the ,ast fpw miJes but p ^ ^ . ers have cooperated with state |n the Nelson building by John and local tuberculosis associations Craig, formerly of Salem. Con- former pastor of the Presbyterian ------------------------- ------------- d w ild T ifp «service to raise funds to carry on the na- struction on the new establish- church here, will deliver the A n o t h e r M u m l fO F t h e ° \ Disston. tlon-wlde campaign against the ment has been underway for more Thanksgiving sermon at a union , .. AH citizens interested m wild The Ski Laufers of Eugene have d . . . . ’han ’wo weeks and by Saturday Thanksgiving service to be held UD LlO n X l l g h S c h o o l matters are invited to attend indicated that the organization Christmas Seals have helped to bad reached the stage where two this evening (Wednesday) at the ________ this years conference, whether would be interested in the possibi- wage n winning fight, but we coats of enamel had been applied First Christian church, the Rev. R s Drenner local artist will rePr?«e ’l t a,?y organization or hties at Bohemia, but it is doubt- must not become over-confident. and six additional coats will be Ellsworth Tilton, chairman of ar- paint another mural in the new 5°!- R- E- Dimick, head of the fuj if any aid frOm the Ski Lauf. b e lS nia n !,u h h 3 f‘ ~ hed .«* tomorrow. rangements. announced yesterday, union Sigh, schoS building He ha" ers un,ess the The partitions housing the new The Rev. Gordon Hypes, Christian the preliminaries underway to Par’ment at the college, who is in roads are made better. alleys have been repainted and re- minister, will preside over the pro- start a 10x12 mural, which will be Chwm iam n re s i FLYING CLUB TO MEET. POSTMARKS, INC. decorated and new fixtures in- gram beginning at 7:45 p. m. in erected in the main entrance to William Smith. Portland, presi- dent of the federation, has ar- s tai led Including the score board which six churches will partici- the new auditorium. The •Hie Cottage Grove Flying club for each alley. Mr. Craig plans to pate. The following is the pro- mural will depict the recreation- ra?,g! d « Program which he says Speaking of commercializing on will hold its regular fortnightly start a howling tourney as soon gram- il fa c ilitie s o f th is s e ctio n W h e t h w lH of 8pnpral interest. Among holidays: You’ve heard of Santa . opening as possible ... which invocation- Dr. J. R. Branton. er additional murals will be ¿ ¡ n t- ^ J t T o n K r ^ i n rollmion India?a’ whose P08** meeting next Monday evening at after the the office of the Cottage Grove will include eight or ten teams H y m n - ’America,” by audience, ed for the new building will de- 5^ °** on annua,1y “ stam ped w'th Gas company. Members are ex- from the city and surrounding ....................... Scripture Rending - The Rev. pend on whether any individuals { S , Chr“ t™M « “* “ «V f" peeted to discuss details of a new country and at least one team Don jn McQuaig McQuaig. or crouos of individuals care to ’. . f ’ recent advancements in re-mailmg. Last week the Board plane. 1 ‘----- ----- . Ladies ... . _ P rayer-T h e Rev. J. R. Hoff- sponsor such murals from Drain. are given a w ild life management and pro- of Commissioners of Beltrami ’cordial Invitation to visit the new man. M r D r e n n e r r e c e n tly e o m n le te d P°sed legislation affecting fish and County, Minnesota, held a special 1.100 T. B. TESTS. !alleys and later it is hoped that Special M u s i c — Presbyterian a second mural which adorns the game this state‘ election in which the voters de- --------- lieglnners may be given Instruc- choir. high school library Both the first The first two d**8 of the con‘ cided- 44 to 30. to create a new About 1300 tuberculin tests wereitlons. Sermon—The Rev. James Aiken and second library murals are ap- ferpnc* will be devoted to general postoffice town named “North ndc the past week In the Eugene ------------------------ Smith. proximately eight by twenty-seven meetings, with the annual hanquet Pole. Minnesota." Iiools of through the county testing health pro- mobile The cost of operating Hvmn — "Doxoloev" audi- Ic fe e t an d d e n ie t c iv iliz a tio n 's dre«!t- ’he evening of Wednesday. No- gram the Lane has decreased 50 an per auto- cent ence i^xoiogy. bv oy auai e la n d depict civilizations West- yember which ¿ abrie, Morrfe ------------------------ CuJver gon Qf Mr and d*Rartment._______________________«ince 1926.______________________ Benediction—The Rev. Atwood The three murals painted by Mr. son ,wi11 sP^ak- The final day will Mrs. Len Culver, nearly severed Drenner will be on display at the be devoted to committee meetings the thumb and finger of his left Foster. union high school building. De- growing out of the conference. hand^Sunday w h ile ja p p in g wood, LIONS AID IN RED CROSS eember 19th, at which time a W ro • n » g 1 K in g o f a .Surprise. Outgoing M a ll Service. m m m « Xmas Seal Sale t Gabrielson Listed Wild Life Speaker Bowling Alleys Ready forOpening Union Thanksgiving Service at First Christian Church Wednesday Evening S IS ii S ' Ä ' S R- S- Drenner to Paint 3=% , Housewarming for New Townsend H all Held Monday Evening Meet ROLL CALL. — The Lions club aided In the an- Monday night the Cottage Grove encouraging new^s to the effect nual Red Cross roll call of the Townsend club held a house-warm- that President Roosevelt h a s business district and the roll call. ing for the new club hall, former- promised Sheridan Downey, Town- which is usually completed over ly the Petersen hall, with visitors send senator from California, that the nation by Thanksgiving, was from Eugene, Glenwood, Spring- he would recommend that cong- discussed by the Lion members at field, Drain and Dorena clubs ress pass a national pension plan the regular meeting last Thursday, present. In all there were nearly at the January session. Robert Fromm was the prlnci- 200 assembled to assist in the Announcement was made of a pal speaker at the luncheon pro- ceremonies and enjoy the program club dance to be held in the club gram and spoke on the uses of the and dance. hall Saturday night, January 23. American flag and the flag eti- W. E. Parrish of Eugene wns Refreshments were served fol- quette. An attendance contest will the guest speaker. Mrs. Hill acted j iOWjng tbe program. Dance music be Instituted soon by the member- as program chairman and Elmer fu rn is h e d h v M r s G n w le v shiP* thc los(>rs will banquet the Kent presided at the business ‘ y’ winners with a dutch lunch at the meeting. Mr. Kent announced that Mrs. Kirx anil Messrs. Hazen. Me- en(t of the period, probably a six the last Townsend Weekly carried Collum, Tucker and Stalder. weeks contest. TS.,,? USBS7 1 V A ÌU a i iu ass w s v a v .a s - s u « r«, Local Sportsmen Adopt Project of view these paintings. —, . x. ------------- — ( O f f iiT TRANSIENT THUMBS WAY i U tlU FROM ALASKA. Local sportsmen w i l l adopt a night at the Del Rey cafe in Eu- project designed to foster and pro- gene were sportsmen representing A transient told Guy Smith, tect the migratory water fowl, it the various organizations in Cot- night officer, here Tuesday night was announced last night at a tage Grove and included Vinal he had thumbed his way from meeting of the Lane county unit Randall, N. J. Nelson Jr., Bob Alaska and was en route to San of the Wildlife Federation. Under Drenner, Joe Smith, John Wilson Francisco. The transient had little the project it is proposed that a and George Matthews, difficulty in crossing the interna- series of smaller dams be built The state meeting of the Wild- tional border according to his near the flood control dams for life Federation will convene in story he found a guard from his the propagation and protection of Corvallis November 27 and 28 The home town at Spokane and could ducks and geese. Here sportsmen answer all questions. He was in will undertake to adopt a project state m a tin g was discussed and too big a hurry to accept sleeping that will care for 10,000 fowls. delegates appointed to the meet- quarters from the city. Attending the unit meeting last ing. \
