The Cottage Grove sentinel., October 21, 1954, Image 1

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VOLLME LXVI
COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURS AY. OCTOBER 21. !:■ 1
Cottage Grove merchants step-
ped up plans this week for their
lug night of the year "Glad To
Show You Night" and put their
cash registers under the counter,
according to Herman Petersen,
chairman of the event.
Tickets are now available at all
local business houses for the Trea­
sure Hunt, where hundreds ot
prizes await the lucky ticket hold-
ers.
merchants plan to
serve refreshment* and give out
balloons and souvenirs. Grove
Maid Dairy will
01 ange
drinks on the streets.
Two dances are in the making.
One a square dance held on
Githens’ car lot, weather permit­
ting, and the other a dance held
in the armory. Both dances open
at the close of the Treasure Hunt
at 9 p.m. Chairman for the dances
are Cecil Caldwell and Bill Helli-
well, respectively.
School hands will furnish enter-
tainment starting at 6:45. Main
Street from Fifth to Eighth will
be roped off for pedestrians only
between 6 and 9 p.m. The section
will l>e flood lighted through the
courtesy of Pacific Power and
Light.
Other highlights will be the
auto showing in the center of
Main Street and the open house
by the Pacific Telephone Co. Sev­
eral dealers will show the new '55
models, according to Ray Albee,
chairman of the auto show com­
mittee. The phone company will
display equipment in front of the
office. Last year over 8,(XX) people
attended their open house, said
Chick Hiltibrand, Chamber Man­
ager.
Other added features will be
the chicken acts and mud show
sponsored by Cottage Grove Feed
and Produce. The Mud Show, for
which there will be prizes, will be
in the afternoon and the chicken
acts that evening.
The ladies of the Lutheran
Church will again have a turkey
dinner at 5 p.m. that evening in
the I. O. O. F. hall. Tickets are
$1.50 adults and $75 children.
A full program of events will
be carried in next week's issue of
the Sentinel, I-ast yerr over 4,506
people attended the event and. ac­
cording to Hiltibrand, many more
are expected this year.
Eagles Honor Mills
With $250 Donation
To Ambulance Fund
The Fraternal Order of Eagles
has recently donated $250 to the
city ambulance fund in memory
of the late Karl K. Mills, who
had been a member of the lodge
for over 27 years.
Mills formerly owned and op­
erated the ambulance, which ser­
ved in conjunction with Mills
Mortuary. He had expressed the
wish that the present ambulance
should be replaced with a newer
model, and it was toward that |
goal that the donation was made,
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Trail Blazer
Art «which way did they go!
Weinkauf missed a rendezvous
I with his fellow deerslayers last
week and as a result, spent a
"slightly chilly" night, 18 inches
in snow, high in the Wallowa
Mountains.
It seems that
meet with other deer hunters
in his party at a certain trail.
Obviously, somebody moved the
trail, because Art missed it
completely. He hiked to Echo
Lake, in two feet of snow, saw
that "somebody goofed” and
headed liack down the moun
tain.
Art set up camp, spent the
night and found “the boys”
that morning. Weinkauf's fel­
low nimrods included Bill and
Wilbur Workman. Joe Crepeau,
Ray Denham. Mike VanderKley
and I >ick and Tom Chambers.
By Mrs. Roy L. Stone
The South Lane Leaders Asso­
ciation held its first meeting of
the year last Monday evening at
the conference room of the city
library. Jeanne Morton, secretary­
treasurer of the group, announced
that the Fair Board had spent
$95.50 in behalf of 4-H club mem­
bers during this year. This amount
included scholarships for camp and
summer school, premiums for the
local fair and the trophies awarded
for herdsmanship and livestock.
There were 114 entries by 4-H
club members at the fair this year.
The scholarships were won in
1953, but used in 1954. The fail-
board earns its revenue by rent­
ing booth space to commercial
firms at the local fair.
C. J. Robinson was reelected
president of the group and Jean­
ne Morton will continue her duties
as secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Gar­
land Hartman will serve as vice
president and Mrs. Roy Stone as
publicity chairman. The group
meets in the conference room on
the second Monday of each month
HALLOWEEN SOU TION
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Any of you oldsters who are
at 7:30 p.m.
Discussion was held about Ac­ । dreading Hallowe'en because you
hievement Day, which will be held have to keep going to the door
November 20. The planning com­ to prevent your windows from
mittee for this event includes Mrs. being soaped or woodpile from
Garland Hartman. Forrest Woods being pushed over, Bill Oglesby,
Robinson. Pins and principal at Jefferson grade school
and C.
awards will be presented to all has the perfect solution.
4-H members in South I<anc
This year the grade school chil­
county who have completed their dren will not soap anyone's win­
projects. The program is open to dows with a white cross symbol in
the public. The local Chamber of them. These crosses, which are
Commerce has offered to furnish white painted on a black back­
ground, may he obtained by call­
ice cream free of charge.
ing Oglesby at the Jefferson grade
school, phone 142. and the crosses
will be delivered to those desiring
them by grade school students.
Oglesby stated that this same
method was used two years ago
with fairly good results.
J. A. Perry New Loaning
Officer in Grove Bank
John A. Perry began work Oc­
tober 11 in the Cottage Grove
branch of the First National Bank
of Portland as Loaning Officer,
replacing Harold Mattoon, it was
learned this week.
Perry, who was transferred to
Cottage Grove after four and a
half years service in the Salem I
branch as Loaning Officer, is mar-
ried and has three daughters,
Mona, 10. Cynthia, 7, and Anita, I
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in the Oregon Senate and is chair­
man of the Senate Elections com­
mittee. Neuberger was voted one
of the five outstanding senators
by newsmen covering the legisla­
ture.
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nationally
Neuberger
known writer with his articles
about Oregon and the Pacific
Northwest appearing in such lead­
ing magazines as Reader’s Digest.
Saturday Evening Post. American.
Collier's. Holiday, and Harpers.
His books. "The I^wis and Clark
Expedition.” "Our Promised
Land,”
and "Royal
Canadian
Mounted Police" are best sellers.
Platform Appealing
Neuberger is waging his sena­
torial campaign on the platform
of eqqal opportunity for all; spe­
cial privilege for none He believes
in the full development of Ore-
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Perry is not yet living in Cot-
tage Grove as he has not found
a place to live. His wife. Lois, and
three daughters are still living in
Salem.
Beginning in Buffalo. New York.
Perry started his banking career
as a teller. He was graduated from
Bethany College in West Virginia I
in 1932, and was a member of the
Sigma Nu fraternity there.
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The United Appeal All-Request
program, given over radio station
KOMB Monday night, was a big
success, stated Shirley Nelson, UA
publicity director. According to
Mrs. Nelson, over $200 was raised
during the two hours the request
program went on.
Those performing in return for
donations to the United Appeal
were: Shirley Nelson. Bill Oglesby,
Jess Fasold. John Dunn. Shirley
and Jim Barnet. Vera and Art
Weinkauf, Billie Coen. Reverend
Robert Kunz. Red Miller, Jack
Winders. Terry Lechner, Dr. Da­
vid Morris, Mrs. Norman Lewis,
Mary Lou Wolfard. Bill Hawkins.
Wendy Ray. Lennard Nossman,
Stella Woods, and Art Schaeffer.
Highlighting the program was
University of Oregon alumni Dave
Morris who had to perform the
degrading task of singing the Ore­
gon State fight song.
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MUS. NORMAX' RICHARDS, winner of the second annual "Woman of tin*
" award holds the
coveted trophy while receiving congratulations from Mrs. Tom Gallo (left), mistress of ceremonies, and
Mrs. George Krauss (center), president of ( ottage Grove’s BPM. The award was given Saturday night at
the annual BPW banquet.
Eighth Annual Voice of Democracy
Contest to Be Held November 22-30
Competition for the eighth an­
nual Voice of I icmoeracy Con­
test, sponsored locally by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
with the cooperation of radio sta-
| tion KOMB, will tie held this year
during the period Nov. 22-30.
The contest is open to l()1h,
I 11th and 12th grade students of
all public, private and 'parochial
high schools within the nation and
the territories. Contestants are
required to write and then voice,
via recordings, five-minute scripts
on the subject, "I Speak for De­
mocracy.”
Finalists Chosen
Following community and state
eliminations, a dozen finalists will
lie chosen among the 52 state and
territorial winners. A panel of na­
tional judges will then select four
co-equal national winners, each of
whom receive a $5(X) college schol­
arship. an all-expense trip to
Washington, I). C. and Williams-
burg, Va., next February and
either a radio or television re­
ceiver.
I n addition
t he national
District 45 PTA
Meets October 25
“How many of you parents have
ever wondered exactly why the
Pa rent-Teachers Association was
established and what go<Mi it does
your children for you to attend
the meetings and participate in
the organization?” queries Mrs.
Nellie Cravens, publicity director
of the local PTA.
Mrs. Cravens stated that the
PTA felt most people have had
these thoughts and has prepared
the second meeting with that in
mind, The meeting is scheduled
for 8 p.m. in the multipurpose
room of Harrison school Oct. 25
Dr. Montgomery, speech pro-
fessor at the University of Oregon
and past president of the Eugene
Council of PTA’s, will address the
group on the “Why's and What
For's of PTA’s.”
As the meeting is also for a
membership drive, Mrs Cravens
urges all attend and help win the
party for y our child,
Messrs, and Mmes Alton Wood-
ard, Bud Husted. Grant Lovegren.
Dr. and Mrs. David Morris, Dr.
and Mrs. Joseph Abbott and Dr
and Mrs. C. H Kime were among
the local people to attend the
Oregon-Southern California loot-
ball game at Portland Saturday.
awards, prizes will be given at
the community level, and all state
and territorial winners will re­
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day morning at the D & M Cafe at
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Membership quota for the com­
ing year for the local Legion Post
is 225. Already some 65 members
have been signed up for 1955.
legion membership is open to
veterans of World Wat- I. WdrM
War II, and the Korean W,i '
The American leegion cham-
pions veterans' legislation, and is
responsible for practically
City Fathers Hear
Fuel Bids Monday
Ry Joan Gallo
A total of 171 persons attended
the second annual Woman of the
Year award dinner at the high
school Saturday night and saw
Mrs. Norman Richards, local civic
leader, win the coveted honor. The
event was sponsored by Business
and Professional Women's club.
The group also heard a timely
talk on the United Nations by
Miss Fern Trull, Grants Pass
teacher and past state president
of BPW. to celebrate the October
birthday month of the U.N.. with
the room flanked by large mem­
ber nation Hags. The event also
celebrated National Business Wo­
men's Week and was an occasion
for a meeting of Cascade District
BPW clubs.
Japanese Student
The international flavor of the
evening also was personified in
the presence of Masu Takeda of
Japan. Oriental scholarship stu­
dent sponsored by the state BPW
federation at Oregon State Col­
lege.
The Woman of the Year plaque
was presented to Mi’s. Richards by
Mrs. H. B. Robbins, selection com­
mittee head. She commended Mrs.
Richards, known to her friends
as Kathleen, for her work in
sparking the recently successful
drive for a swimming pool here,
and also for her work with Scouts
and in other local drives. She is
president of the elementary school
PT/\ and active member of Pres­
byterian Church and Sunday
school teacher.
Mrs. Richards and her husband,
who is also active in Scout work,
have two young sons. Alan and
Mark, who are also Scouts. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Daugherty.
Secret Ballot
Mrs. Richard’s name was read
after opening a sealed envelope
containing the name of the win­
ner. The envelope was presented
to Mrs. Robbins by Joseph Brich-
er, city councilman, who repre­
sented the mayor. The winner was
chosen by secret ballots, which
were counted by the mayor; by
memtiers of the selection commit­
tee, composed of representatives
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Salient on the agenda of the
city council Monday night was the
hearing of bids for the city’s fuel
Ì and heating oil needs. None of
the bids were accepted at the time
as there were many clauses of
maximum and minimum gallon
deliverage which had to be closely
Robert McCoy, new Executive studied. The matter was referred
Director of the Oregon 1 levciope to the purchasing committee to
ment C o m mi s s i o n and Fred analyze the city’s needs and make
Bienne, manager of the Eugene a recommendation.
Chamber of Commerce will lie
Bids were heard from Cottage
speakers at the coming Chamber Grove Heating. Shell Oil Co.,
meeting next Tuesday noon at the Richfield Oil Co., General Petro­
Elks Club.
leum, Standard Oil Co. of Cali­
McCoy Ims served as research fornia, Union Oil Co., and Tide­
engineer of the Oregon I Jevelop- wafer Associated* Oil Co.
Other business included a vote
ment Commission.
Chick Hiltibrand, local chamber by the city fathers to allow the
manager, who has just returned city recorder and mayor to ac-
from the Oregon Chamber Exe­ cept the assignment of the Gowdy-
cutive meeting in Gearhart, says ville Water Users Association's in­
the concensus of opinion there was terest in their water line out
that "the commission has proved Gowdyville.
The city will become the owner SLAVENS OPEN HOUSE
its value in the short period ol
An open house in the Oak Park
existence and that much greater of the water line by taxing each
good can tie expected of it in the subscriber $1 50 per month until Addition, featuring one of Slavens
the debt incurred by the water Construction Co.'s recently com­
future."
pleted houses, will be held October
association is paid off.
Hiltibrand urges that all inter-
The council also discussed the 24. The house will be completely
ested phone 47!) for reservations
necessity of more insurance for furnished by Smith’s Furniture
to the meeting.
the city's vehicles and the pro­ for display purposes.
Following the open house, con­
posal of W. A. Woodard to pur­
chase an Old water line from the struction on the next group of
city. Woodard intends to reroute houses will begin, according to
the line across the South Fork of Slavens. The next group will con­
sist of 15 homes.
the Willamette to his mill.
ChamberWill Host
McCoy, Bren neTue.
Invited
Last year .Malici Kief, a junior
at Collage Grove High was the
area winner. leonard Singhose, a
junior at Lorane High, was sec­
ond. Invited to participate in this
year's VOD contest are the Cot-
tage Grove. Drain, Ixiranc and
Creswell high schools.
During National Radio and I Tel-
evision Week, Nov.
radio
station KOMB will program
series of six five-minute "model”
talks by eminent Americans. The
contestants will listen to these
special broadcasts for background
information preparatory to the
composition of their scripts.
Scripts Transcribed
Station KOMB will transcribe
the winner’s script, and this re­
cording will bi- entered in the
state eliminations in December.
Twelve finalists are chosen by
the national VOD Contest Com­
Parents will have an opportunity
mittee in Washington. I >. C.. from
among the state and territorial to question the deans about school
winner's discs, and these will then procedure and problems in a ques-
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be auditioned by the nation judg­ tion and answer period
ing panel. The four co-equal na­ High School Parent Teacher’s
tional winners will lie announced meeting October 29. and various
aspects of the Safety Program
Feb. 7, 1955.
will lie discussed by county lead-
Awards Week in Washington and
Williamsburg is scheduled for Feb.
Miss Gertrude Branthover, dean
18-25, and the national winners
will receive their
at a of girls, and Orlie Kingzett, dean
luncheon in Washington on Wed­ of boys, will answer questions
nesday. Feb. 23. While in the na­ written by parents and collected
tional capital t h e winners will during the early part of the pro­
meet the President of the United gram. This procedure is similar
States as well
memtiers of to that of one meeting last year,
the Supreme Court and Congress, when parents expressed esfiecial
and will visit many historic interest in the discussion of topics
shrines. During the weekend in which they submitted to the deans.
Sergeant W. D. Smartt, safety
Williamsburg they will join many
distinguished guests in participat­ chairman of the Lane County
ing in a Izemocracy workshop and PTA Council and a member of the
other programs of special enter­ Eugene Police Department, will be
first speaker on the second half
tainment.
of the program. His topic is "Safe­
ty on the Highway and Back to
HOY SCOUT FOOD SALE
School." Captain Wilburn Dodge
Cottage Grove’s Troop 18 of th" of the local Fire Department will
Boy Scouts are having a cookie discuss “Fire Safety."
Speaking on "Health. First Aid.
sale to be held in the front win­
dow of Western Auto Supply Sat­ and Baby Sitting," is Miss Doro­
urday from 9 am. to noon, ac­ thy Marshall, lane County Public
cording to Dr. David Morris, scout­ Health n -se working in the Cot­
tage Grove area. Miss Marshall
master.
Morris stated that there will makes home visits and has recent­
be a wide selection of cookies. ly been working with high school
The money, he said, will go into students rechecking vision in cases
referred to her by school authori-
the troop fund for supplies, etc.
ties.
Music will be supplied by the
high school Music Department.
Following the business meeting
and program, refreshments will be
served. The public is invited to at­
bit of legislation, ^tate and na- tend.
tionai, since 1919 which prosides
for veteran benefits. The Amer­
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ican legion has fought for and
School district 45 is now in the
secured veterans hospitals, se­
cured the G. I. Bill for Wor ld War process of taking a school popula­
II and Korean veterans, and the tion census, according to Jess
American Legion has a |>ormanent Fasold. superintendent. If anyone
staff in our nation's capital to pro­ with five year old children has
tect the rights of all veterans.
not been contacted by the census,
Nationally the membership of Fasold urges that they call him
th«' American Legion totals over at the Jefferson grade school.
three million,
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phone 142.
'Five for '55' Is Slogan for Calvin Funk Post American
Legion as CoHage Grove Membership Drive Starts Up
By Walter Dodd,
Publicity Chairman
With a slogan of "5 for ’55” Cal­
vin Funk Post Number 32 of the
American Legion in Cottage Grove
will start out their 1955 member­
ship campaign.
A house to house canvass by
Cottage Grove legionnaires will
be held Sunday to recruit new
members according to Don Mc­
Clanahan. membership chairman,
legion members will meet Sun-
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NUMBER 10
UA All-Request
Program Raises
$200 for Drive
CG Halloweeners to Collect Pennies
For United Nations Children’s Fund
South Lane Leaders
Meet Monday Eve
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171 Attend BPW Banquet to See
Award Given; Ex-BPW Prexy Speaks
Present at the kickoff breakfast
were Jess Fasold, CG United Ap-
peal chairman; M. O. Dahl. Lane
County United Appeal chairman;
Mr. Jackson, I^ine County Red
(’ross manager, and district cap­
tains Jack Baker, Myron Perry.
Bob Bauder. Ed Hoover. Howard
Gilbert, Herman Petersen. Bob
Duscnberry and publicity director
Shirley Nelson.
This year the children of Cot­
tage Grove will give a Halloween
party for all the children of the
world. Instead of the usual “Trick
or Treat" pattern they will also
collect |iennies and other small
The
coins for the UNICEF
United Nations Children's Fund.
The idea of doing this originated
in 1950 with a group of young
people and has spread widely to
many communities throughout the
United States.
The coins will be collected on
Saturday evening, October 30, the
night set for our Cottage Grove
celebration of Halloween. The
UNICEF arm bands will be dis­
tributed through the schools dur­
ing the previous week, and the
money will be turned in Saturday
evening before or after the Hal­
loween parade at either Hoover’s
Shoe Store or at the Presbyterian
church. Each child should have a
container.
This new style Halloween is
s[x>nsored by the United Nations
Children's Fund, the largest co­
operative effort ever made to
bring health to boys and girls in
far parts of the world who are
desperately in need of food and
health care.
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Mrs. Norm Richards Is Named
'Woman of Year' Saturday Nite
With two days of the Cottage
Grove United Fund drive gone by,
approximately $5,000 has been
raisi'd, according to Shirley Nel­
son. publicity director. Cottage
Grove's goal is $10,500.
Kickoff for the drive began Mon­
day morning with a breakfast for
all the district captains who will
solicit pledges throughout Cottage
R. L. Neuberger & Co. to Be Honored
Sunday Afternoon at CG Eagles Hall
A public reception honoring
State Senator Richard L. Neu­
berger, and his wife, Representa­
tive Maurine Neuberger, will be
held in Cottage Grove, Sunday af­
ternoon at the Eagles Hall, it was
announced by Joe Crepeau, chair­
man of the Cottage Grove Neu­
berger for Senator Committee.
The public reception, with ev­
eryone invited, will provide an
opportunity to meet and talk with
America's only husband and wife
legislative team.
The reception will be held at
the Eagles Hall, 711 Main Street,
from two to four Sunday after­
noon.
Eight Years in Oregon Senate
Richard Neuberger, the Demo­
cratic candidate tor the United
States Senate, who has his pic­
ture in the current issue of Life
Magazine, has served eight years
Ten Cents
S5.000 Raised
For Grove UA
Drive to Date
November 6 Glad to Show You Night
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The Weather
(Courte«y Cottage G zs
Lake Weather Station)
HS PTA Features
Question, Answer
Period October 29
Spelldown Coming
Fourth Annual Sentinel Spelling Bee
Held 8 P. M. Tonite at Harrison School
Spelling Bee Sponsor
Firemen’s Annual
Ball October 30
The Cottage Grove annual fire­
men's ball will be held this year
in the VFW building, October 30,
beginning at 8:30. Ray Walden
and his orchestra will furnish the
music. The event, an annual one.
is sponsored by the Cottage Grove
Volunteer Fire Department and
the proceeds above expenses will
be used to buy needed equipment.
During the past year the local
department has spent $4<X), half
of this amount went to painting
the fire hall and the remaining
part to the purchase of Scott's
Air Pack, an apparatus which en­
ables firemen to eliminate smoke
and dust while fighting fire. The
I units to carry on improvements
are practically exhausted.
The fourth annual Sentinel
Spelling Bee will be held tonight
in the multipurpose room of Har­
rison grade school tieginning at 8
p.m. with the Cottage Grove and
Lorane high schools and the La­
tham. Dorena, Delight Valley,
l.ondon, Jefferson, Harrison. Cres­
well, Mt. View, and Lorane grade
schools the only entrants to date.
The program will begin with in­
troduction of the participants, a
few words by W. C. Martin, Sen­
tinel publisher, and a brief talk
by Virgil Kingsley. The grade
school will start the bee, witn the
high school spelldown last on the
agenda.
There will be four prizes in the
grade school division and two in
the high school group. Each con­
testant will receive one tree pass
to any showing at Morelock’s
Theaters.
One
participant
from each
grade school will compete. The
entering high scnools are allowed
four contestants.
Contestants to date are: High
School CG, Bob Williams, Gayle
Cox, Gary Hankins, and Beatrice
Purcell; I-orane, not yet known.
Grade School Latham, Merrily
Hohman; Dorena, Arlene Dubeli;
London, Johnnie Faye Cox; De­
light Valley, Jerry Snepherd; Jei-
fei-son, Linda Townsley; Harrison,
Ada May Curtis; I»rane, Creswell
and Mt. View contestants not yet
known.
CALL FOK SCHOOL BONDS
Lane county school district
«191 is calling for three bonds for
payment on December 1, 1954.
1 he bonds «23. 24 and 25 were
dated June 1, 1949. See further
details in a legal publication of
this issue.