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VOLUME LXV
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COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. JANUARY 21, 1954
Council Accepts
Revised Highway
Throughway Plan
Countywide Event Open to Amateurs, Experts;
Shoot Starts at 10:30 a.m. at Local Club Grounds
The Cottage Grove Rod and Gun club will hold a countywide
shoot, proceeds of which will go to the Polio Drive, this coming Sun
day, January 24. The shoot will begin at 10:30 a m. when the traps
are Ojiened. Competitive shooting starts at 1:30 p.m. Announcement
of the event was made by A. D. Baker, chairman,of the shoot.
Baker extended an invitation on behalf of the club to any jierscns
in the area to participate. They may compete in the Hileman Handicap
or may shoot for merchandise. He
stressed the fact that the persons
who do not do much shooting will
not be competing with experts.
Ability of the shooter will de
termine into which classification
he or she will participate.
Club members said the success
of the March of Dimes Shoot will i Many events are planned to
depend on the turnout of local help the local March of Dimes
shooters. There will lie competi I Drive during the remainder of the
tive shooting on a small bore ' month, according to Mrs. Virgil
range indoors. There is a large Kingsley, chairman.
1. Mothers' March, set for Jan
bore, outdoor range, which will
also be open for use. Club mem uary 28, 6 pm.
bers have extended a special in
2. Local high school “blanket
vitation to local boy scouts to use toss" at the game between Cot
the ranges, but they stress that tage Grove and Junction City at
anyone desiring the use of either halftime, January 26.
range is welcomed.
3. Rod and Gun club countywide
Light refreshments will be shoot at the club house, January
served during the Shoot. Proceeds 24.
from the kitchen sales will also
4. Dorena Grange food sale at
go to the March of Dimes.
Coast-to-Coast, January 23.
There are now nearly 240 mem
5. Dance for Elks and their
bers of the Cottage Grove Rod guests, January 23.
and Gun club. Baker said that the
In addition to these special
members will lie donating their
time to make the Shoot a suc events (and there are others not
reported ini, members of BPW
cess. He added that many of them
are manning a special booth at
were bringing pies and cakes to
the First National Bank where
help cut down bn kitchen operat
contributions may be turned in;
ing expenses.
contributions will be collected in
Baker said that the club mem
many area grade schools this Fri
bers hoped that folks in the area
day, and parents are urged to
would find time to drop out to
send their donations to the school;
the Gun Club which is located
two siwclal boxes, painted with
north of Cottage Grove and watch the school colors of the University
the Shoot.
of Oregon and Oregon State Col
lege, will be placed at Maurie's
Thursday, and supporters of the
two schools are urged Jo place
contributions in the box of their
choice.
Snow and rain joined forces last
week end to cause more than the Mothers’ March
Final plans have been made for
usual number of vehicle collisions.
As of 10 a.m. Monday morning, a the Mothers’ March on Polio to
total of 11 accidents involving be held on January 28, with the
cars had been reported in at the starting time set at 6 p.m. The
local police department. No se areas to be covered have been
rious injuries to persons were re divided into three sections with
ported, neither were there any । Beta Sigma Phi, Jayceettes and
collisions resulting in complete BPW responsible for coverage of
their specified area.
loss of the vehicles involved.
Among the more serious acci
Several outlying areas will also
dents was one involving Jim C. be covered.
Bonnichsen of Dorena and Archie
Stiecial care will be taken to
Harrington of Cottage Grove at contact every house that has a
5 p.m. Saturday. Harrington, 42. porch light on. Residents are
was driving a '48 Kaiser. He had I urged to be sure to have the porch
slowed to pull off the Disston.
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highway when his car was side- ’
swiped by a ’46 Chrysler driven
Storm Causes
by Bonnichsen.
/ Bonnichsen, 23, said in his re Power Failure
port that Harrington had stopped
By Mm. Florence Eriksen
suddenly and that he was not able
to stop before -the collision. He । CULP CREEK Residents here
was going aliout 40 miles per i were without electricity from Sun
hour at the time. Damage to his I day morning at 1 a.m. until 9:45
car was approximately $350; that Monday morning. The power
breakdown occurred when the
to Harrington’s less.
Harrington said he'd given a ' snow and rain storm blew down
hand signal indicating he was pull- L some light poles.
ing to the side of the road, but I Oil lamps had to be taken off
said he hadn't come to a complete the top shelf and filled to use and
candles were found in old hidden-
halt when his car was hit.
Actually, road conditions in the away places. Many families with
Cottage Grove area were not so electric stoves were inconven
serious as those farther north. Ac ienced and found it necessary to
cording to the State Police, 105 cook their meals by other means.
Culp Creek school was dis
cars were off the road betweer
Eugene and Portland last Satur missed Monday because of the
power* lack.
day because of slippery roads.
Authorizes Immediate
Work on 3 CG Streets
City Council members, in a spe
cial Friday night meeting, accept
ed the routing of the expressway
highway through the southeastern
JsTtion of Cottage Grove as pro
posed and modified by the Oregon
State Highway commission. Coun
cil adopted the proposal officially
I by Resolution 438. Th«' routing
of the throughway will make it
' necessary to vacate a portion of
j Parks Road w hich now intersects
a iiortion of the proposed highway.
Th«' ordinance also stated that
1 no points of access to the proposed
throughway will be located in the
। corporate limits of Cottage Grove.
| (This is the only place where the
I throughway crosses city property.)
Residents living on parts of
I Parks Road not taken by the
j highway will have access on Tay
lor street.
School Board member Lloyd
Griggs was present and said that
th«' school board had had no ob-
ijections to the revised routing of
, the throughway which would cut
[ across a small, rough section of
। the baseball field at the board's
meeting the previous night.
Councilman H. B. McMillan
pointed out there will be no access
to the highway directly. Th«' ac
cesses to the city will be for
l people east of the highway and
vice versa and all accesses will b«'
overpasses or underpasses, with
the exception of the north access
road.
Variety of Events
Planned to Help
Polio Fund Drive
May We Tell You Of ...
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NUMBER 23
Ten Cents ] mt Copy
Leadership Goal of All
Gov.PattersonTellsGrovians
200 Residents Attend Chamber Dinner; Hear Representative Stewart,
Engineer Baldock Discuss Area Happenings; C. of C. Directors Introduced
Oregon's Gov. Pau) Patterson; chief engineer of the State High-
Baldock; and state representative ' Loran
commission, R.
Stewart were principal s;»eakers at the Chamber of Commerce's
annual banquet Monday evening.
Governor Patterson, who also awarded the "First Citizen” Plaque
to Mayor Joe Crepeau, told his listening and radio audience that he
was "astounded at the list of accomplishments of the local Chamber.”
He added that he was delighted to be in Cottage Grove again on such
an occasion.
The Governor ;x>inted out that the accomplishments of the Cham-
lier and the honoring of the First Citizen are often one and the same
। thing. "No community improves
without leadership of men and
I women in that community," he
'continued, “and, of the leaders,
one will stand out."
"I’m cheered on by these people
and their communities," the Gov
ernor said. He added that one pri
mary reason for Oregon's having a
lower per capita tax rate than its
to the north and routh
ASB to Give Proceeds neighbors
is due to the outstanding record
For Swimming Pool
of voluntary service by citizens in
this state.
“Huckleberry Finn," made fa
Mr. Patterson told his listeners
mous by Mark Twain, will be pre
sented in play form by the Asso that of 103 board and commission
ciated Student Body of Cottage appointments he makes, only four
Grove Union high school at 8 pm or five are not volunteer workers.
Friday in the school auditorium. He said "because of such leader
The
is directed by Gardner ship, government in this state is
Sellers. All of the play proceeds less expensive than elsewhere.”
In the latter jxirtion of his
will b«' donated to the "Swimming
speech, the Governor said that as
Pool” fund.
citizens in a free country, we must
Tickets may be purchased
always be aware of what we have
the high school the evening of and what we're trying to do."
the performance. Admission price "Leading World Nation”
is adults 60 cents, students 25
"Whether we wish to pay the
cents.
price of 'normalcy' or not," he
The cast includes Craig Hickok continued, “America is the lead-
as Huckleberry Finn, an adven ing world nation, with a govern-
turous boy who has always been ment built on the principle of the
accustomed to look out for him- fatherhood of God and brother-
Self; his pal, Tom Sawyer, played । hood of man."
by Doc Kingsley, is a mischievous
"And, he said, "in order for you
imaginative boy of twelve.
। and I to run a government for
Aunt Sally Phelps, played by ■ the people it is necessary for the
Carol Thiel, is about 45, good- people to help."
“Cottage Grove is now a better
hearted and excitable. Her daugh
ter, a cousin to Tom Sawyer, is place," he said, "because people
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i fun-loving, long-legged child of
11, and is played by Billy Culvey.
CG High Play
‘Huckleberry Finn’
Set for Fri. Night
“FIRST CITIZEN
More than 2(X) area residents
and guests, present at (he Cottage
Commerce’s
Chamber
Annual Installation and First Citi
zen banquet Monday evening, ap
plauded enthusiastically when
principal speaker Gov. Paul Pat-
terson awarded the
CrejK-au.
plaque to Mayor
cd the
Mayor Crepeau
awa rd in recognition of his out-
g service to the community
In presenting the award Gov-
He added that there W’ould be ernor Patterson congratulated the
at least four overpasses or under Mayor for his services and ex-
BIG < AH II. Emery Harris is pictured at Acapulca, just before passes. As now planned, they will pressed the hope that he would
Christinas, with two fish he’d just caught. Big one is a sailfish, 9 feet be at Main, Taylor, South Sixth ■ not stop in his good work.
I inch in length, which weighed 85 pounds. Small fish is a dolphin and Latham. He said that many
Mayor Crepeau in accepting the
which measured 10 inches and weighed 40 pounds. Harris said the people believed the Sixth Street award said: "I'm deeply appre-
sailfish put up a big fight for 30 minutes before he was able to land would dead end at the highway. ciative of thj, honor. I wish it
but he said this is not the case could have been possible to pre-
him. Harris and Ills wife and small boy went to 'léxico about Decem-
since th«' overpass or underpass S(>nt thc award to the City Coun-
ber 7. They returned to the states about December 31.
w’ill be provided by the highway cil as a whole. The work towards
i commission.
improving the city has not been
Council members also heard of one man’s job. It has been done
the possibility of the city's being by a group of people working very
allowed to lay pipeline on the edge hard."
I of the highway’s right-of-way I Prior to presenting the plaque.
Dain J. Domich, 25, of Sacra I from Main *treeh»to Taylor. Mc Governor Patterson read to his Three Wilks Girls
Carol McCracken is Lize, a col
mento, Calif., national president Millan said t h e pipeline would assembled and listening radio au
Inside The Sentinel...
of the Junior Chamber of Com increase pressure in southern por dience, the list of achievements ored girl. The Wilks girls include
I. Creswell voter* ballot to re
merce, will make a coffee stop in tion of city and in the main district of the City Council in 1953 and Joanna, age 14, played by Claudia
main in rural school district . . .
DeBord; Susan, 15, played by
Cottage Grove next Wednesday, and would provide added fire pro planned projects for 1951.
At the organizational meeting
full details on < reswell page.
Karol Oviatt; and Mary Jane, 19. of the South Lane Democratic
January. 27, around 3 o'clock in tection for the high school and the
2. Axemen beat Lions 80-63 in the afternoon. His brief stop will grade schools. The pipeline com
played by Joyce Carpenter. Jerre committee held last Saturday in
hang-up game . . . see account on be at the D-M Cafe and will give mittee was authorized to work out
Sears is Dr. Robertson, a good- the offices of Justice of the Peace
'ooking young doctor friend of thb John Wells in Cottage Grove. Wal
sports page.
the Jaycees and other interested an agreement with the highway
W'ould
be
offi-
commission
which
Phelps family.
3. Second installment of “Rus persons opportunity to meet him.
ter H. Dodd was elected chairman
Domich was elected national cial.
Joe Griggs plays the King, a of the organization and Mrs.
sia's Big Bluff” . . . see editorial
Street
Revamping*
president at the June 1953 Jaycee
•onfidence man in his twenties. Gladys Hatch was elected secre-
page.
The quorum of Council mem-
"Flying High,” a hilarious three- Paul Randall takes the part of the tary. Both Dodd and Mrs. I latch
And, throughout The Sentinel, national convention held in Minne
discussed
the
also
bers
present
act local talent comedy will be Duke. Mrs. Hotchkiss, a talkative are from Cottage Grove.
apolis. He has been a Jaycee since
you'll find interesting reading.
improving city presented in Cottage Grove under
1946 and has served as chairman possibility of
little neighbor of about 40, if
The South Lane Democratic
of most of the Sacramento chap streets in need of repair. After a the sponsorship of the American dayed by Thora
Her committee consists of Democratic
District 45 PTA
lengthy
discussion
they
unani
Legion Post 32 January 28 and 29 laughter, Glory Belle, is play«“d precinct committeemen and women
ter’s major committees. In 1950,
he was elected president of the mously passed a motion to have at the local Union high school >y Barbara Woodard. Ray John from the five Cottage Grove pre-
To Meet Monday
the
firm
of
Den
Herder
and
Stroe
The proceeds will be for the bene- son is Jim, a runaway slave.
■incts and precincts of North and
Mrs. Jeanelle Moorhead, former Sacramento Jaycees.
During Domich's terms as presi bel complete1 its contracts on fit of the Junior Legion Baseball
Phyllis Higdon will act as stu- South Latham, Dorena, Saginaw,
state president of the PTA. will be
Gibbs
Avenue
from
Sixth
to
Ninth
lent director. The play was adapt London, Brumbaugh, Row River,
guest speaker at the next meeting dent, Sacramento won the Henry and on Quincy from First to League.
The action of "Flying High” 'd from the book by Jane Kendall. I,orane, and Silk Creek.
of District 45 PTA which will bej Giessenbier award and set a rec Third. When the contracts are fin
Classes at CG high school havr
The South Lane Democratic or
held Monday. Starting time of the ord at the state convention by ished. the City Engineer's road takes place in the lobby of a small
town resort hotel, Purdy's Last livided up the various portions of ganization promises active or
meeting is 8 p.m., and it will be winning 18 award entries.
crew will maintain the street re Resort, owned and oixTated bx vork connected with putting on a
ganizational work in preparation
held in the Multipurjiose room of
He has been very active in many pair and make necessary gravel
a lovable old rascal Jeb T. Pur )lay. Freshmen have charge ol for the 1954 November elections
civic activities in Sacramento and fills.
Harrison school.
dy. A curious assemblage of guests •.cenery; sophomores are making
Mrs. Moorhead, who is with the was selected Sacramento s "Young
They also agreed to notify the at the hotel gives the opportunity ip the program and preparing and hopes to bring to the Cottage
Grove area im;>ortant state and
General Extension Division of the Man of the Year in 1950.”
contractor to level the fill on
ickets for sale; juniors arp han- national Democratic party leaders
Domich is returning from Seat South Eighth street to an equal for many mirth-provoking situa
University of Oregon, is one of
tions. Admission to play is $1 foi lling the ticket sales; and seniors to discuss questions of general im
the instructors in the class "Per tle where he attended a meeting height of 18 inches.
adults, 50 cents for high school vill usher.
portance.
sonal Problems in Daily Living,” and banquet of the 10 outstanding
City Council will meet again students and 25 cents for young
now being held at the local high men of the nation which is spon Monday evening to discuss city
sters.
sored by the Jaycees. He will have matters.
school.
One of the most ap|>caling part«
Her topic at the PTA meeting a luncheon meeting in Salem and
<>f
the play is the Kiddie Circus
is
scheduled
for
an
address
in
is "Today’s Family.”
DUSENBERRY NOMINATED
where a tiger, an elephant an,
Refreshments will be served fol Roseburg.
The Oregon Association of Sec a sprightly zebra will perform
lowing the program portion of the
ondary Principals association will Bugs Bunny will be there along
gathering. All parents of children VFW Building Has
hold its fourth annua) winter with clowns, dancers, singers, an«
attending Jefferson, Harrison and
More than 2fX) adults who live
meeting at the University of Ore William Tell and his son.
A few parents found themselves
Adams school are especially urged Neon Sign-Lighted
n the Cottage Grove area went in the wrong classes. One lady did
gon in the Er)> Memorial building
A
contest
to
select
this
area
’
»
to attend.
on January 22 and 23. The group King and Queen of the Circu» back to school” the evening of attend a boy's PE class. However,
Parking Area Now
The VFW building, located on will consider ways and means of will be held in conjunction witl January 14. The Parent Teacher's Wallace Ciochetti, instructor, told
isaociation of Cottage Grove Un- her that girls 'didn't attend the
South River road has been lighted guiding secondary education i n the comedy.
on high school sjxmsored the classes, and the matter was quick
with a four foot sign with lights Oregon, which has been used suc Young Contestant»
Boys and girls entered in the •vent to introduce parents of CG ly corrected.
around the parking area. W. H. cessfully in curriculum develop
for more than 40 years of her life.
This is the first time that such
icontest are to b«’ between th« ligh school students to instruc-
(Hi) Hubbell announced the first ment.
Looks to Future
At the business meeting on Jan ages of 6 months and 6 years. It’» ors, classes and school facilities, a program has been sponsored by
of the week. All materials includ
Miss Robinette is a vivacious,
The adult “students" brought the local PTA. In previous years,
ing the neon sign atop the roof of uary 23, members will elect a one cent a vote. Voting jars an«
sparkling person. Her brown eyes
the building were donated Mr. vice president and member at pictures of the candidates for CG’» with them a schedule of their the high school has held "open
continually smile, as does Miss
Hubbell said. The Mountain States large. Robert Dusenberry of Cot King and Queen of the Circus youngster’s classes, and followed house," but parents said that last
Robinette. Her cheerful attitude
Heavy Crew built the lines for the tage Grove high school has been have been put in various stores thc schi'dule in 10-minute ses Thursday’s "class sessions" were
toward life was of great help to
park lot area, about 200 feci nominated as a memlier at large and other places of business. Win sions. During these brief class pe- more informative. Teachers were
her before the o[>erations and dur
square and the Cascade Sign Co of the board of control and with ners will l>e announced the night 'iods, visiting parents were told delighted with the good response
ing them. It’s a help now, as she
donated
the sign. "VFW”, which two others will he considered for of January 29. Pictures of candi ibout material the cl ; s covered of the parents, and said they were
looks toward the future with the
was placed on top of the roof. Mr. the post. Three have also been dates will be in Petersen's. Voters during the year, how the class was pleased with the interest shown
knowledge that eventually she
may learn there where the voting «et up and supervised. Parents by the visiting Moms and Dads.
Hubbell was in charge of con nominated for vice president.
will be able to stand or sit at
During the evening, members of
can of their favorite candidate is were also given an op[x>rt unity to
the back corner of her homo out
struction.
ask questions. Their only com- the PTA sold pie, cake and coffee
Due to the particular location of Mitey Cold
located.
on West Main and water the flow
Anyone wishing to enter a child plaint concerned the "shortness" in the school cafeteria to help
the building, the entrance was
ers which she wants to plant in
raise funds for future PTA events.
in the contest is asked to phone of the class periods.
If you shivered January 10.
hard to find before the lighting
her back yard.
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It
had
good
reason
to.
Mrs.
Ralph
DeJarnette,
contest
project,
especially
for
strangers
you
It
was
a
successful
evening,
all
Before her first operation, she
chan man. at 2I3Y. Th«' contest the way "round." Visiting grown-
was the coldest «lay of the
Now the neon sign and the park
walked with a stiff-legged gait
anti low temperature
closes at 8 p.m., January 29. One ups were directed to the class
ing lot lights are visible from the
with the help of two canes. She
was 25 degrees. January 17
half hour will be allowed for last room by high school girls who
highway. The four foot neon sign
was unable to lift her legs from
was a mighty chilly day, too.
minute voting before the Saturday served as guides. They were sta-
could be seen from a much greatei
the floor. Actually She had been
Somewhere- between Salem
Four Inches of snow fell at
evening performance.
distance, barring obstructions.
tioned in the building corridors.
operated on when she was 9 years
and Cottage Grove, and be
the
Cottage
Grove
dam;
five
Jim
Roy
is
general
chairman
for
Most parents found that it was
old, long before medical science
tween Eugene and Cottage
imhes at Blockhütte; and »I»
the event. Miss Janis Bailey will relatively simple to find the class
I PHOLMTERY, SEW ING
had discovered the variety of
Grove there are two packages.
inches at London, Tempe r*-
direct the play.
( LASSES TO BE HELD
rooms, but one freshman mother
helps for polio victims, that are
They contain valuable material.
Anyone interested in enrolling; ture stood at 32
was heard to comment “I cer
available. That very first opcr-1 NEW PRESIDENT of the Re
Not in price, ;>erhaps, but cer
And
just
as
a
word
of
HEALTH
(
LINK
POSTPONED
publican
state
central
commit
tec
in
an
adult
upholstery
class
or
a
tainly know what my daughter
ation was of little success. But.
tainly
in news value. Anyway,
warning,
Bceordlag
to
The
Old
I The Child Health clinic an- meant when she said she had to
the operation performed April. i» Ed O. Boehnke. Eugene, who sewing class should call the local
we had planned to have pic
Farmer’» AlmMUM-, the Jan
I nouncod for Thursday, January 21, walk so much."
1953, did help and it prepared the WM elected Saturday. He was high school at 774, and leave his
tures this week which won’t
uary thaw is coming about
has been ;>oxtponed until February “.No More High Heels”
way for the second operation in chosen unanimously by a vote of or her name and phone number.
appear: they included a shot of
the
23rd,
to
be
followed
by
The
classes
will
tie
sponsored
by
I
18,
due
to
the
fact
that
Dr.
An-
the
29
county
delegations
attend
Another visitor told her com-
October. 1953.
our Governor and "First Citi
bitter cold the last week of
thony Triolo could not be present panion that she'd "not wear high
The second, an Obturator Neu- ing a statewide meeting In Port the high school and the State De
zen" plus others.
partment of Vocational Education.
thia month.
land.
on January 21.
heels to class the next time.'
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Four Inlets, Outlets
Jaycees to Meet National President
At Brief Stop Here on January 21
Sou+h Lane Demos
Elect Area Officers
Royalty Contest
Set for CG Area
See Details Below
CG High PTA ‘Back to School’ Eve
Is Big Success for Visiting Parents
One of the March of Dimes Foundation’s
Staunchest Cottage Grove Supporters
By Laura Olson
One of the staunchest support
ers of the March of Dimes drive in
this area is Miss Opal Robinette.
Miss Robinette says that during
the entire history of the drive she
has always done as much as pos
sible to help support it. not real
izing that it could be of help to
her. For, you see, Miss Robinette
had poliomyelitis at the age of
nine months.
'T'd just taken for granted that
it would be for people who’d just
been stricken with polio,” she
said, "and I saw no point in my
seeing if assistance were available
to me.”
Then, one day in late 1952, a
woman living near one of Miss
Robinette's sisters. Mrs. Orval
Greer who resides in Idanah on
the North Santiam, suggested to
Mrs. Greer that Miss Robinette
was eligible to apply to the Foun
dation.
Mrs. Greer relayed the informa
tion to her sister, and. as Miss
Robinette says, "I applied, receiv
ing wonderful help, and am now.
for the first time, able to lift both
of my feet a little ways from the
floor.” She was unable to do this
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Rod-Gun Club Schedules Shoot
Sunday for March of Dimes
Bad Wea+herCause
Of Many Accidents
(Courteiy Cottage Grov*
Lake Weather Station)
A Real Mystery