Image provided by: Cottage Grove Museum; Cottage Grove, OR
About The Cottage Grove sentinel. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon) 1922-current | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1954)
The W eather Thp Cottage Grove Sentinel Only 126 Moro Shopping Days Until Christmas . o v x VO LUM E LXV COTTAGE GROVE, LA N E COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. JU LY 29. 1954 "The G eneral," Filmed in Grove Area, To Be Shown at Dorena Grange Friday "The General.” the story of a wood burning locomotive of the C iv il W ar days film edun this area in 192(*. w ill be shown, at the D or ena Grange hfdl this Friday eve- nine; at 8 p.m. Byron Houck, chairman of the Cottage Grove Recreation Com m ittee, was an actor and camera man fo r pie production. The c li max of . the film , which started Buster Keaton and Marian Mack, occured when "The General” was blown up as it crossed a bridge near where the Bohemia Lumber v j . is now built. For years-it was possible to see it in the river. F ilm ed in Row River The O.P.&E. railroad running east of Cpttage. Grove through the Row River valley is the scene of the picture. A Row River young man, David "S k ip ” . Larsen saw the picture in Japan under the name of "Roaring Rails," and recognizing th e scenery as Row River, wrote his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W alter I -ar- sen, to get information concern- ing i t fo r him. Finding the film to be actually made on Row River, Larsep purchased it, and it is due to him, that the film w ill again be shown here, free to a ll those who wish to attend. Skip has previewed the film and finds it in good condition. Grovers in H im P ra c tic a lly 'a ll extra personnel in the filth are residents of the Cottage Grove area. a t t he tim e it was made, arid should be of in- terest to many s till residing here M r. Houck w ill be present at the showing of th e ’ film and w ill be glad to answer any questions concerning "The General" and- to discuss it w ith you.' _ A fte r the showing o f the film , the Dorena Grange HEC club w ill sell pie and coffee in the basement dining room. » No Stinker Now B y M m . O rv ille Lam b I t was a sabbath day, July 2ft, but the ox was in th«' pit and must be gotten out. O nly the ox th is tim e wan a « B it ra t, pfiSSrer 61 the -ESB otm which was caught in the act and must he elim inated. Dean L am b and his m other under took the job th a t e a rly m orn ing, 'and knowing the anim al was w ell equipped w ith spray ing apparatus, did underesti m ate the spraying distance so w ere social outcasts even In th e ir own home. T h e re was no church attendance fo r the Lambs th a t m orning, but a fte r much scrubbing and p erfu m ing, w ere able to attend evening services at C ottage Grove w ith out too much comm ent. The c lv lt was, w ith o u t delay, given a decent burial and if he hed a tombstone the epitaph would read: “Once bad, but no long- •er a s tin ke r.” ☆ Serving the Heart of the Nation's Greatest Lum ber Region Since 1889 Chamber Reveals Plans of Future (Courtesy Cottage G za Lake W eather S tation ) P L II July July- July Ju ly July Ju ly July 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 43 48 46 46 49 42 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .(X) N U M B ER 50 Ten, Cents peF Copy -» AS. 43 70 79 84 79 81 82 79 Teague Bros. Lumber Company Destroyed by Flames Saturday Committee appointments were r made and future plans revealed at the Chamber of Commerce i Executive Board meeting Tuesday | noon? F irst on the calendar of Cham C R E S W E LL The firs t big' loss by fire in Creswell in some tim e ber activities is the gold rush trip occured Saturday forenoon, when the main sawmifl of the Teagbe . | to the Bohemia area, scheduled Bros. Lum lier Co. was completely destroyed. Through quick action by I fo r the second Thursday in Au- the local fire department; the planer, office, dry kiln and most of . ' ¡ gust. The Chamber has invited j Ì - -J | several county commissioners to t h e . lu m b e r " R a v e d . ' * accompany the trek to view the j * ■ .«•« i' * " Through a m utual aid agree road situation in the area, ment w ith Eugene and Spring- New Industry •- m F - field, fire t nicks reported from ij “Great Pimsihllitie«” both places. A report from the park reerea- Spark S ta rts l i r e -• tion board, headed by Miles Wicks C arl Teague, a partner of the i brought out the '.‘great possibili firm >aid the fire started from ^By M r s ., E sth er T ru n n ell ties” of the Blue Mountain rec- ; reation park. Wicks reported that , A new industry in this area is a spark from a welder used in H eoim el P a o lo was about $800 in ih e coun- | the growing of mushrooms. M r. m aking repairs while the m ill was T ty funds alloted for improvement and Mrs. George MacKenzie, who closed down for Saturday. In spite of the park. The money fo r the I purchased about one acre of of the use of fire extinguishers 420 some «pre area would be spread ' ground“ right behind Hebron and w ater at the m ill, the fire out as- much as possible to cover I Grange h a ll last year, arc hegin- got under the o il soaked floor * i V tufi- M r. and Mrs. Dewey E. M attie improvements o f roads, rest room j ning to harvest th e ir crop of ing and in a m atter of minutes, the whole shed was aflame. »1 Portland. Ore., arrived recently facilities, park benches and tables, , mushrooms •f,.. a' i • 4L* Carl and Charles Teague o f to make th e ir home in Cottage etc, “ Wicks stated. One possibility Mr. MacKenzie, began to erect GFove. Mr. M attie wil,l take gen to obtain more funds fo r the pro- a building 16x20 last January, in Eugene leased the plant from the (cra i management of the Sm ith ( ject Wicks suggested, would be to his spare time. He now has eight Pacific M ill Co. three years ago Funeral Home and w ill live in the tu rn the proposed Baker Bay beds in which he grows mushrooms and report the plant was insured, apartment above the chapel. park over to the state and lise jhe i w ith more room in ■ the building but no plans have been announced S entinel P h n tu fo r rebuilding. M r- M attie is a v e t e r a n . o f money allotted fo r that on the^ S E V E R A L C R E S W E L L F IR E M E N t r y fruitlessly to save the Teague Lum ber Co., which burned to j to-erect four more. The- m ill employs 28 men and W orld W ar I I and a member of Ì Blue Mountain park. ~ N o t Yet Completed T h -------* e subject of ( the - American Legion. He h a s ** *— 1— bringing new in- ****“ Krn,,nd Satu rd ay. They did manage, h o w ev er,-to save the dorks, office .and th e lum ber stacks, 1 Among other things, however, produces an average o f 45,000 ■ ' . ” ' 5 ' taught music fo r 17 years i n and dustries in to the area was b r ie f-I ! steam pipes have' to he added he- feet a day, mostly in green lum around Portland and has played ly discussed.. The suggestion of L_1C A L . r yi.n.1 ! fore w inte r to complete the build- ber. Cooperation Helps thè- violin fo r three seasons in buying up prospective building v ^ l Q v y O i l j Z A I U lT in i ■ in g -' ‘ • - The Camas Lumber Co., The sites to give to the new industries A 7 the Portland Junior. Symphony, The mushrooms, which now- Mrs. M attie (just c a lib e r Kay) and contracting w ith Pacific Pow- i I I C l l I C T O D c Z A U g . / have to he picked every day- are Cteswell Lumber Co. and the ' is very capable and w i l l be m - er and L ig h t to furnish power for called Cultured Mushrooms. The M ilwaukie Plywood Co. are lo * T h e annual |li-d Ctuaa x w i iiiT B y M rs . E sth er T ru n n e lt spawn from which they grow, was cated w ith in the same block as sisting at the funerals. The Mat- them was referred tò the Industri- riling leasons for the Month t>«< have Two' sons, Stan. 12, and , al Committee fo r fu rth e r delibera- I Saturday. * ' ls . .. . . . . . . . purchase^, from a Seattle firm . the damaged property and- only Lane area, w ill s ta rt Mopday A meeting, catted at-the request- ¿are w ith "the . splendid cooperation of "SeotT. 6. . I tion. ' ' OW < Grov" H,* h im trnihg, August 2. LeMons for c o i'o r u l r v c i v i v o i - f v; n t i ' r v a e c u IZxrvcr ~ ' of several property owners along ; School picnic .in the south end the fire fighters was a greater The spawn is planted one and th e area w ill he held in the 7 " Begin Janu ary f Those , the route of the new highway, one h alf inches deep in six inches disaster averted. W U Iam alane pool at Spring- 1 P T T S include both students in grade was held Tuesday even.ng to. dis- . 7 i N. M. Ohring of Eugene, owner 4 revealed at the meeting meluded anf) h| s(,ho)>, ,H.twe(.n 1900 and field. Lessons w ifi be held M o n of the mitt, was undecided Tues cuss matters pertaining to Hood. fe rtlliz e r has addtxF T cn days the dec.sion to let the newly in- * |h c jr Wache„ . day through S atu rd ay fo r a drainage and irriga tion problems . (Continued on page 21 day as to-whether or not he would t stalled o ffice rs,, io to ue be; | tw o week p«*riod. T h e re w ill - —— ysian eu v Chamber n a m u e r univers,. v n „ „ tn n » in .r in t.T i created by the new highway.- j • J * / ______ ____________ rebuild the m ill. A new concern fo r Cottage r* elected in December, take office H he no charge fo r traRH|M>rtatlon 'Present at the meeting were ♦ Grove, G ray’s F urniture w ill be ; at the firs t of the year in s t e a d , iqi.T to 19*16 ar or fo r the lessons. H enry Pavlek. Soil Conservation- F ou r buses operated by the * is t' from the Area Conservation open fo r business Friday, the 30th. ©f w aiting- u n til February: L T T J n c P • . 'n itn n im A n attend in the Cottage Grove hotel b u ild -, meeting in September, honoring . . . Harvev of Fu South lauie R ecreation w ill Service in Albany, his tw o en ing. in the form er quarters o f f the mayor and the c ity council ’ y^ u „ Vhe transport sw im m ers to the gineers, Ralph Brownscombe • and N i c b o h f t ^ T he firm on the improvements in Cottage ^ S ^ S i C Springfield pool. T w o hose* Richard Helm - engineer specialists is composed of R. (Red* B. Gray Grove during the past two years, w ill leave nt * a m . each m orn w ith the U.S. Department of Ag to meet his form er stu- and his w ife Elta Gray. Gray's and a meeting in October w l t b i i always , u. ing. One of the buses w ill trans ricu ltu re Soil Conservation Serv w ill handle new and used fu rn iture Pacific Power and Light to dis- e p port advanced beginners (a n y ice, and officials from the W il and appliances. cuss the possible area promotion Fotltick Dinner Served one who can aw ini a few lam ette Basin Committee, Elmo I A potluck dinner w ill be served R. B. ( Iray has been a resident projects. strokes hut less th an ftO fee t) Chase, state chairman, and Fred of Cottage Grove since 1932 and The appointment o f committees j *» 1 2 - aeon. Coffee, cream and and a second bna w tll take In Knox, coufitjr cftalrtTifth.“ - " " ' - ' during m ost o f bis residence here included the selection o f a ll the I sugar w ill be served. Short im- term ediate sw im m ers. Junior The ^meeting was called In lieu has been associated w ith the past - fir s t citizens o f Cottage prornptu talks, group singing and and senior life savers. Tw o o f a meeting o f jh e Soil Conser Chevrolet agency and u n til re- Grove to pick out the upcoming visiting along w ith registration buses for beginners w ill leave vation D is tric t, which has not yet cently, was an employee o f the fiVst citizens; the appointment of and ,he »«king of the picture of a t 10 a-m. The m in im um age been formed and ready to func Cottage Grove M otor Co. i a c o iW ftilte e tb f i l l "the vacancy ¡the group. Will f i l l the afternoon, fo r beginners Is six years. tion. The property owners asked j - Details of the opening of the ( of B ill S u tte rlin in the Executive . This is. the th ird annual meet- T h e advanced beginners bus the W illam ette Basin Committee new firm are found elsewhere in Board; and the appointment o f a ink of ,his Kroi*P The firs t in w ill re tu rn about jio o n w ith the to make an irriga tion reconnais-1 this issue. 'banquet committee to handle \ 19S2 wa* headed by Ruth Wood- o th e r three buses returning sance survey to determine how to | preparations fo r the annual b a n -( a^d McCall^ and Blanche, Veatch about 12:4ft p.m. Buses w ill best handle the highway situation. Short of the class of 1912. This quet. operate each m orning regard Euqene Band Concert The Chamber of Commerce Ag class had their 40th reunion that less of the w eather. ricu ltu re Committee and repre year. In 1953 tw o classes, 1 9 ll To be Given at C ity T h e Am erk-an Red Cross Is sentatives from five granges were and 1913. held th e ir reunions I t providing the instructors and appointed to follow through w ith Park on August 6th was tho 42nd fo r 1911 and tjje 40th assuming the pool costs. The the project u ntil a Soil Conserva- fo r 1913, This year, the classes South lam e Recreation Is pro ► The Eugene C ity hand w ill be ! tion D is tric t can be formed and of. 1910 and 1914 are sponsoring viding the transpo rtatio n w ith here Friday, August 6. to give a function as such. the a ffa ir. — SaotliMl Photo buses loaned by the ha-al ele concert in the city .park. Norman r K Fire Started by Welder’s Spark Oil Soaked Floors Feed Flames K Mushrooms Grown By G. Mackenzie r v » > D. E. Mattie New Smith Chapel Head Free Red Cross Soil Conservation Swimming Lessons O fficia ls, Property Owners meet Tues. ftrav’e riirm tiiro • A ' I O OpCIl willy 30th X' Richards, who served as contact man to bring the Eugene group heFe, says the band is an excellent organization. The concert w ill be free. No ad- mission w ill be charged. C ounty Building Plans are Rapped By Floyd Gîthens In v ita tio n s Sent O irt Invitations have been sent out Floyd Githens, member o f the which include a picture of the Citizens Court House Committee, old high school building. N ew ad named several months ago to re- dresses of old students are wel port on plans fo r new county come by Blanche Short, secretary, buildings, attended a meeting of Vjna, Ranrtall g the committee^ m Eugene Tuesday £ idcn{ this ycar. a TOS. evehmg. A t this tim e a group o f ff) architects who had agreed to , ’ draw up plans fo r a county center, r . . . J fir ’. a f,e r T vehral I Pfcnte w ill months of study. The county has Jefferson school employed an architect, who drew _,.rfit_r ill_ up a panoramic view of what the Among those missing this year new community center would look w ill be Elsie Lea. form er high likc^ A T n in - A ll ll Dronosed proposed sites sites exceot except where wnere schODl tcachpr- and Stanley passed the present court house stands,, ’ i ai H j j *u ~ away. In the pioneer group, AI- were rejected and the proposal mon* mcnw‘ w i„ ^ isspd A b » L b .„ C u r i . h,«h school program, which would include the teacher fo r 30 years, recently blocks east from the court house passed away. to the Southern Pacific tracks and Skinner’s Butte. A fte r the plan was presented and several talks STATE DIRECTOR GUEST A T made favqring the comprehensive DEGREE OF HONOR JU LY 22 proposal, M r. Githens raised the ] objection th a t the plans, which The Degree o f Honor met July included a cultural center for i 22 at the Eagles hall fo r a short Eugene, were drawn where Ew- meeting- State D irector Clara gene would benefit most and the Heppner, was a visitor. The next meeting w ill be held remainder of the county would be August 26 w ith Olida Brandsness left w itho ut due consideration. M r. Githens said it appeared to and I-enora Pybum as hostesses. him that the comprehensive plan ;__________________ ;_______ __ was drawn principally fo r the L benefit of the Eugene business j — Sentinel Photo men and did not take in to con- THIÎSE “FLOWERS OF THE PA SSIO N ” blooming lor th e first sideration tw o or three other Time In three years are from the rare vine grown by Mrs. Earl Wood-< i sites, better suited for the out- 1 son, «08 South 11th. Ont o f curiosity and Investigation, Mrs. Woodson Tying cdfnffliQpltles. He said the found that the exottr blooms, out for only a few hours each, have question w as still being argued a history dating hack to Biblical times and have a strangely symbolic when he left. Christian connection. " 4 - - i- ? : ‘ Rare Flowers Bloom Christ’s Passion When the Spanish settlers were roaming through South and C entral America they found this •flow er so symbolic of the Cruci fixion th a t they named it the "flo w e r of the Passion." In the five-parted purple or lavender blossoms w ith stripes of w hite they saw the crown of thorns and the five marks of the wounds of O ur Lord. The styles were the three nails and the stamens were the hammer that drove the nails into his hands and feet. The flo ra l leaves were the ten apostles. ¿Judas and Peter being absent, the one having betrayed and the oth- 4 -Letter Dealer Award Goes to Githens for 6th Yr. m e n ta ry and high school dis tricts. The recreation sw im m ing buses to D ra in in the a fte r noon w ill he discontinued d u r ing the m orning sw im m ing les sons. Anyone having questions re garding the sw im m ing lessons may receive Inform ation by calling Roh Dusenherry, Rec reation director, a t IffOR. Registration cards fo r the sw im m ing classes m ay he ob tained a t the park, Cham ber of Comm erce office, or a t the afternoon sw im m ing bus. The cards are to be brought along and presented to the instructors on the firs t m orning of class es. PRICE O F BREAD HIKED Outside bakeries, im porting pro ducts into Cottage Grove, raised the price of bread Monday from one to two cents per loaf. It was understood the local bakery had not raised bread prices at the time. Pound loaves of bread ad- vanced a penny, while the pound and a half, advanced two cents. Stephens to Open Sunny Lawn Home For the Elderly P IC T U R R D IS T H E S M O L D E R IN G F R A M E o f p a rt o f Teague L um ber Co.’s m ill. T h e fire, started by a w elder’s spark, was fed by 4.(>ll .soaked floors. , ~ ............. Senior M em ber Resigns George McReynolds Finishes Sixteen Year Term as School Board Director Sunny I.awn Siesta, a new Cot tage Grove home for the elderly. The sixteen year term o f George McReynolds as a director o f was recently converted from the »he Cotlage Grove High school board, recently taken over by W illia m private home of M r. and Mrs. Roy Rumpus, represents the longest of anyone now on the high school B. Stephens, - scene, save that o f George C urrin, who has been a Janitor fo r CG x ’ S S X d ’T ¡ r S ranch style home, w ith about 3,-! teacher8- coaches, school members, and of course high school students. (XX) square feet of floor space. I t Sports highlights during M c is located a mile and a half from Reynolds' stay included an un the c ity lim its on South Sixth defeated football team in 1944 Street. and a football team in 1945, coach Many special features make the Dusenberry’s f i r s t y e a r here, home especially safe and com for which went a ll the w ay to the table fo r elderly folk. The Haudite state semi-finals before being de block building is a ll on one level feated 7 to 0 by Hood R iver (the w ithout stairways. An even tem only reason CG lost the game, perature in a ll types of weather many felt, was because Gordon is maintained by perimeter, heat- Netdiegh, Grove’s s ta r q uarter and a ir _ conditioping, Tele.- back, broke Mis w rist Just before I vjsion and a large fireplace add the second half. U p until th a t t en»c rta inmcnt and com fort in the time CG got within Hood R iver’s i |jVing room. 10 yard line twice and had out j Overlooking a Creek in a quiet- gained them in yardage). I |y secluded location, the large Sports H ig hligh ts windows of the home give a view More sports highlights: J n 1948 of the green valley. Cottage Grove's football team was The Stephens have previous ex the only undefeated team in the perience in the operation of re s t state. In 1949 CG's , basketball homes. They had a home in Glen- five narrowly missed going to the iContinued on Page 2) “ '<»| J state basketball tournam ent and ft»*« C G Swim Pool Fund H its $23,000 M ark george M c R eynolds W inds up 16 ye ar school baord career. McReynolds became a director er denied his master. The leaves. Cottage Grove’s, swim pool of the school board in 1938, tw o were the hands of the persecutors i and the clinging tendrils th e ; springboard sprung up. another (years before the fir s t classes, were rung on thy ladder to the $23,000 held in the new high school; in scourges. mark, announced Mrs. Kathleen the spring of 1940. In McReynolds’ The plant of the N orth Am er ican passion flower is shrubby and j Floyd Githens. local Ford dfs- Richards, South Lane Recreation firs t year on the board the en- Comfnittee chairman. rollm ent was 380. By 1954 the climbing. being somewhat tro u b le -; trib u to r, has been awarded the 4- The springboard has remained enrollm ent-had increased to 640. some in the southern cotton fields. Ford 4 -le tte r dealer award for at the same level fo r about a Only Two Superintendents The root of some species is poi the sixth consecutive year. Word month. Four m ajor donations, one j D uring the 16 years there were sonous and acts like morphine. of the award was received Wed $1,000, two $500 and one $250 only tw o superintendents. H. B. Other species are planted that nesday morning. There have been g ift, made up the bulk of the Ferrin and V irg il Kingsley, who they may craw l over arbors and only five dealers in the Sealtle $3,000 increase, Mrs. Richards came here in 1948 from Junction district to receive the award con verandas. I- said. j C ity High. Stella H o lt has been The scientific name is Passi flora tinuously from over 300 dealers — ftoatine! Photo As soon as the drawings fo r the ' w ith the high school the longest In the d istrict. Only 65 Ford deal Jncarnata. SO B U S IN E S S IS B A D E H ? W ell, here’s » m an who doesn’t pool are completed. Mrs. Rich- (of any teacher, Joining the s ta ff Inform ation from page 85. Vol ers in the organization have been ume 11. Compton's Pictured En so honored to receive the award ■ th in k so. W ayne Cannon 1« pictured here in fro n t of a whole carload ards. added, bids for construction fo ur years A.M. (a fte r McReyn- of the pool w ill he let; I olds). six years in succession. .— . I of appliance« recently purchased. cyclopedia. . beat EugenF b o t h games th a t (Continued on page 2 ) M ajor W erner Dinfemen ln$tructor in Civil Defense C en ter School M ajo r W erner Dihtem an, grand son of M r. and M rs. F . B. V a n - N ortw ick of Cottage Grove, of the arm y contingents, is one of the instructors in the school started by the Portland civil defense cen te r to identify weapons of war. M ajor D intem an was pictured in the Oregonian of Ju ly 22, demon strating to civil defense classes how an autom atic device detects atomic weapon hidden in pipe. The school for defense is being held on Swan Island.
