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The Weather Swim At the New Pool . »yd»” The Cottage Grove Sentinel (Courtesy Cottage Groxe Serving the Heart of the Nation's Greatest Lumber Region Since 1889 VOLUME LXVI COTTAGE GROVE. LANE COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. JULY 21 1955 Exec Board of Western Oregon Exposition Plans for CG Fair Building Planned Life Guards are Non-drinkers Chamber Board Member Passes Away Monday Cottage Grove residents were saddened oxer the death of Cla rence W. (Buster> Cothrell, 47, i who passed away at his home Mon day. following a brief illness. Cothrell. proprietor of the Cot tage Grove - Eugene Freight Co . was an active member of the local Chamber of Commerce, serving as a member of the board of di rectors. More details appear in the . obituary section of The Sentinel. LEADERS AVAILABLE Paving and improvement bids for three city streets were turned in by Central Heating of Eugene and P. J. Bush and Sons, whose bid on all three streets was low and was awarded the projects. Streets to be paved and im proved and the bids are as fol lows : North 11th from the south line of lx>rd Ave. to the south line of the Woodson second addition - P. J. Bush & Sons - $7,561.45. Cen tral Heating . $8,132.11. Pennoyer Ave. from the east line of North 11th to the west line of I^ne St.: .*. J. Bush & Sons - $4.7(16.92. Cen- ,rai Heating - $4,853.80 North ”H Street from the north line of West Main to the south line of Chest- ntrt: P. J Bush & Sons - $11.- 79989. Central Heating - $12,316- Total P J. Bush - $24,068.26. Central Heating - $25,302.81. Registration in Advance is Urged For Swim Lessons | j I I , st. x i i s r.i, I'uui ii A LONG LINE OF ANXIOl S YOt NG SWIMMERS line up in front of the new South Lane Reere ation Inc. swimming pool bathhouse before the opening of the pool Saturday. These are part of the comparatively few 176 children who attended first day swimming at the pool. In the bottom picture first day swimmers are shown frolicking in the water. Band Concert Slated Tonight At City Park Cottage Grove’s Community j Band will present a concert at the city park tonight, July 21. at 8 p.m. This is the postponed con cert from the Centennial week when inclement weather caused the cancellation. The band, under the direction of Charles Steele, has been prac ticing twice weekly and has al- ready performed at the Lebanon Strawberry Festival, Albany Tim- ber Carnival and the Cottage Grove Centennial parade. Director Steele has announced the following program and prom ises an evening of musical enjoy ment to those who come out: BAND CONCERT CITY PARK contract calling for delivery with JULY 21 - 8:0« P.M. in 90 working days and FO B. 1. Headway March Cottage Grove, were turned in by Harold Bennett the following: 2. It's A Grand Night For Singing Richaid Rodgers T. E. Van Pelt Co. of Oakdale, Popular Song Calif., bid $17,209.33. with a 75 day 3. Sincerely Frangkiser delivery date. Coast Apparatus I 4. On The Range Inc. of Concord. Calif., bid $17.- 5. You'll Never Walk Alone Richard Rodger s 525, with delivery in 90 days America - LaFrance. through a . 6. Three Bears - A Comedy Sketch N. L. Ixrng local bidder. Floyd Githens. Inc., I Yoder quoted an $18,195 figure and 150 7. Mantilla - Overture day delivery. Food Machinerv and ; 8. Gypsy Love Song - Paraphrase , Chemical Corp, of San Jose. Calif.. । bid $18,224. with shipment in 5.3 days. Neep Equipment Co of Port land quoted a $19,797.34 figure and a 120 day delivery date. A $22,378.30 figure was given by Roneys Inc. of Portland with shipment in 60 days. ' Bids Rejected Two other bidders. Howard Cooper Corp, of Eugene and Nel- | son Equipment Co. of Portland, quoted bids of $15,000 and $18,- 800 respectively, but the bids were not up to specifications because they were "less chassis." A committee recommendation ■ was given city fathers for a new police car, which was accepted, awarding the bid to Cottage Grove Motor Co. Bids were opened and read at the last council meeting. An er- I ror in CG Motors’ bid lowered it to $1060 20. just $128.20 higher than the low bid. Bidders were as follows: is the McCoy Motors (Plymouth! -i DR. WILLIAM E. $932 net: Floyd Githens Inc new physician affiliated with Dr«. i Ford i . $1.(XK) net; Cecil Beck Merrick and Petty, 303 Main. D.. Motor Co. (Dodge! - $1,059.63. | Spies, who is married and has and Cottage Grove Motor Co. I three girls and one son, began i Chevrolet i - $1060.20. Resolution» Paaned Resolutions No. 450 and 451 and Ordinances No. 1490 and 1491 were also given the green light by the city fathers. Resolution No. 450 called for the paving and improvement of tight Fire Truck Bids South Eighth Street from Harri Bids for the fire department's son to Taylor, while 451 called new fire truck were turned in by for improvement of the south end gight different companies The of Third Street from Quincy Ave. Bids were committed for checking Central Heating of Eugene has figures and specifications, with a contracted for the work. Ordinance No. 1490 called for recommendation reported to the council at a later date The group the annexation of the Dorothy wMJ first meet with the Rural and Walter Calhoun property Fire board to find out whether or iRiver Road Apartments', while ndt they plan to pay their half in 1491 called for the annexation of the Seventh-day Adventist church a lump sum. Blds for the truck, with the | property on North River Road. Pool History Begins Over A Decade Ago Someone Goofed! Fire Truck, Paving, Fuel Supply Bids Heard at Council Meeting Two Paving Bidders Pool Open to Public From 7-9 Each The nexx South Lane Recreation. Inc. swimming [xiol. which opened Saturday. received an enthu- siastic welcome from swimmers of all ages. Approximately 250 swim mers have been in attendance new swim [xx>! aren't lieer Ix't- daily during the good weather, tles but laboratory test Ixittles despite a loxx first day attendance These Ixittles are used for ol 176. Iieriodic tests ot the water for Pcxil manager. W illy Cicchetti, Chlorine content and "water- and the other pool personnel haxe cidity” (alkalinity or acidity i. The history South ini' Ix'en working hard to eliminate Recreation director Robert L. Recreation Inc new sw imming some of the problems that haxe de Dusenberry also brought out a decade ago. veloped. The jxxil filter has been that there have been a 'when H B. Ferrin, superintendent complaints about sore and cut of schools. Dr II A. Hagen. Mrs ter initially and it has necessitated teet from swimmers at the p«xil W IL Daugherty and several that pool personnel backwash the He explained that this is a ot her eix « ic minded individuals filter at odd hours during the common occurrence in nexx formed the Cottage Groxe Youth night. sxx immun |xxils. as there are Group to t gixe the young people Starting tonight. July 21. the usually a lexx rough s]x>ts on some |xx>l will be open from 7 . 9 each of the < the Ixittom ol the pixil summer creation night Monday nights will be re Any rough spot found should Community Chest funds were served for organizations and Wed be reported to the |xxil office made axailable in 1945 and Bob nesday nights for adults only. The so lifeguards can smooth them Dusenberix was hired as director other nights the pixii will be open out. in 1916 The program grew stead- for anyone who wants to swim ily since that time. It was rec- with the whole family being ad however. that the out- mitted for one dollar. standing The [xx>| xvill be open daily from remained a swimming |x»i|, where 1 . 5 each afternoon. Pool charges the young people could be taught are 50c for adults and 20c for If our readers wondering to swim imder favorable condi - other swimmers. The South Lane Recreation is a non-profit set-up why there were no pictures in last tions. to proxide recreation facilities and week’s issue on the rodeo or \< l ion Taken Buckaroo Breakfast, it isn’t be The pool’s more recent histor, opportunities for the community. cause our photographer wasn’t on in September of 1952 dur All ixxil receipts are used to op- the scene with his camera. ' ;ng a District 15 1TA meetinr. A erate the pool. Most of the funds It all started Saturday after , panel of Virgil Kingsley. Me) Fox. of this organization to promote noon when Sentinel photographer Mrs W H Daugherty and Bob their variety of recreational ef No. 2 took pictures ol the parade. Dusenberry discussed "The past, forts are received from the Com munity Chest with some additional When photographer No. 1 tixik present, and future of recreation funds from organizations and in the camera to get some pictures in Cottage Grove." dividuals. This need for a swimming pool urday night he found it closed, was the main subject of discussion, locked and turned up to 1. so the PTA originated a motion Our photographer got some ter that such a moxement lx> under rific shots of the shaving event. taken. Other organizations were Next morning he got up bright and contacted and the following xvere early and got a gixid shot of the the original incorporators: the breaking crowd ation Buckaroo Breakfast, after climb croup; Milt Ttnay, PTA; Ie»ne ing up a rickety fence and balanc Daughters of the ing precariously at the top to get Thelma Kime, High School PTA: Interested parents are reminded the shot. Muriel Peterson. BPW: Dovh that Red Cross swimming classes Shepherd. Jaycees; Vinal Randall. During the afternoon, the photo will start Monday, according to grapher spent two hours at the Jr., American Lcrion; Dwight Robert L. Duaenberry. South I.ane Near, Githens: Viri* Kingsley. rodeo trying to get some extra Recreation program director Chil gixid shots of the events. Risking High School Sunt : Giant Love- dren planning to take lessons are gren. Lion ’ s Club; Bob Dnscnber lite and limb he stood on a narrow . requested to register at the pool ledge a few feet alxive thi bucking rv. Recreation Director; D. Hugh anytime Ixtween 1 and 5 p.m. be- Peniston, Ministerial Assn : Joe । fore Monday. bronco stall to get the pictures. Satisfied that he got enough Rrichcr, City C«inoli: Elmer j Beginning classes will lie on a Fleming, Dist 45 Supt.; Kathleen progressiona! basis, with new shots to put some extra good pic classes starting each week. The tures in the paper, photographer Richards, PTA. first instruction session will be no. 1 went back to the office tc South Lane Recreation Formici With the able assistance nf at- lor four beginning boy and girl develop the roll of film. However, upon opening the cam torney Herbert Izimbard. South classes of 15, for half hour ses- era, it was discovered that there Lane Recreation. Inc. became a sions. There will be three advanced was no film in it. Moral: For best non-profit corporation for the pur- two interme- results, insert film in camera BE nose of furthering recreation and I beginner collecting money to build and op- diates and one swimmers group, FORE taking pictures. crate i swimming pool. 'with 45 minute lessons Junior In July of 1953 the first annual and senior life saxing will he ad meeting was held and a Board of ded in later sessions. Classes are Directors elected as follows- Joe | filling up but there are still open Bricher, In i Daugherty. Bob Du ings in all sections. The classes will lx- scheduled Secv. : senberrv. Jeane Grant I ovegren, V ; Doc from 9:15 to 11:30 daily. Monday The 140 boys who are playing Near. Troas.: D. Hiteh Peniston, through Friday. Registration fee baseball in the South Lane Recrea Virgil Kingsley. Kathleen Rich- of one dollar for the two week In 1954 Jess Fasold lesson period will be charged. The tion program will turn salesmen a rds. elected to replace Virgil registration fee will cover the for the next week and attempt to sell tickets to the Eugene Emerald Kingslev and Bob Dusenherrv [xxil use for the period. The instructors are furnished by and the world famous Bearded elected V. Pres in place of Grant the Red Cross as part of their an House of David team for a double Two fund raising drives were nual swim program. The minimum header at the Bethel Park in Eu gene Sunday afternoon, July 31. held. The first in August. 1953 1 age for the first swim lesson will eight years. The minimum age Each community will keep all with Mrs. Carlton Woodard and be will be lowered on the later ses ticket receipts alxive actual cost Doc Near as chairmen, the next sions. for the promotion of baseball in in May. 1954, with Virginia Brich- Dusenberry added that an adult er a« chairman In these drives. their area. $20. (W was riven and pledged swimming class will start if Anyone who would like to pro- Another $75,(MM) was received and enough interest is shown. Adults mote baseball in the area and en plans were made to build a pool will be grouped in classes of four joy a gtxid game at the same time, on the high school property west , for a one hour class period. may do so by buying a ticket from of the football field Classes will be scheduled from one of the boys or by calling either Portland was 8-9 a m. and from 5-6 and 6-7 p m. Coach Mel Fox or Frank Divers retained to draw un the nlans and and will start as soon as these and they will have one of the boys Gale Roberts hired to build the four are signed up A five doll ar come by with tickets. pool with Vinal Randall Sr. to act registration fee for ten lessons will Tickets are $1.10 for adults and as inspector. ' lie charged. Interested parties may 25c for children. register at the pool office. For those of you w ho may lie wondering, those amlx>r color ed bottles carried around by During the year, a modern all- Many have called to see if weather building is planned to I k 1 The Sentinel's Centennial Edi erected, which will serve as a tion, "The Cottage Grove Lead er" is still available. Yes, it is community hall for group meetings still available. when not in use by the fair. A Anticipating a demand for number of groups have voiced the issue after the Centennial their interest in such a building was over, we printed an ample and have offered to help make this possible. supply to take care of the many requests. A Ways and Means committee has been named, with Mrs. David The issue, the front page of which is a reproduction of the Morris as chairman and Mrs. Carl October 12. 1889 Leader, the ton Woodard, cochairman. One of second paper to be printed in their fund raising plans is to hold Cottage Grove, contains his an auction during the fair. Ex tories of Cottage Grove and hibits from all divisions at the each outlying community. fair may be donated or for those The issues are available at who wish to sell rather than do the Sentinel or at our regular nate, a charge will be made for the auction services. All funds raised will be put into the build ing fund. “Beachburger” It is hoped that the public will Proves Itself be anxious enough to see a suit able building program carried out On Steep Show before next year to enter into the spirit of this plan and assist in How Hi-Point I-ogging Co. every way possible, both by do harvests timber from precipitous nations and bidding. mountain slopes separated by Contests Featured This year's fair will offer some sharp, narrow hogback summits special contests, among them the with a unique set - up equally National Crochet Contest with a adaptable to more favorable log silver trophy cup. Some attractive ging conditions is told in an il awards are being made for can lustrated feature article in the ning, jams and jellies and bread July issue of The Lumberman, na- industries trade Trophies will Ire given in livestock tional forest divisions and for 4-H and F.F.A. journal. Hi-Point, at Cottage Grove, con- Showmanship and Herdsmanship. The Fat Stock Auction for 4-H tract logs and hauls the W. H. and F.F.A. animals will be con Daugherty timber from the moun ducted for the second time and tainous region of the upper drain- local buyers are asked to bid at age of the Smith and Siuslaw rivers to southwest of Lorane. this auction. The premium book is now in the They use a Berger Porta-Tower, printing and will soon be available. for ’ both yarding and loading, This will contain all entries which which can be moved from show may be made at the fair and par to show in a remarkably short ticulars on special contests. Pre time and can yard in from as far mium books may be obtained at as 1000 feet and can handle' as the Chamber of Commerce office much as 4000 bd. ft. per turn. or from any of the fair personnel. The unit has been dubbed the There is no charge for the books, "BeachBerger,” in honor of Rob these having been made possible ert G. Beach, president of Hi- through advertiseemnts of local Point. merchants. It was bid night at Monday eve ning's special council meeting as councilmen heard bids on Cottage Grove's years supply of fuel and heating oil, paving projects on three city streets, and the fire de partment's new fire truck. Next year’s supply of fuel and heating oil for the city was award, ed to General Petroleum and Rich- field General Petroleum's bid of ,13c for diesel heating oil and .135c for stove oil was low. while Richfield was low bidder for the fuel, quoting figures of 22c for regular and 247c for ethyl. Bids were based on a minimum of 400 gallons. Other bidders for the fuel and oil supply were: Cottage Grove Heating - 1465c for stove oil and ,132c for diesel. Standard Oil Co.- ,245c for gasoline. General Petro leum - 2249< mi gasoline. Flying “A" - .225 for regular gasoline and ,247c for ethyl. 1.34c for diesel and 149c for stove oil. NUMBER 49 New South Lane Recreation Swim Pool Opens Saturday PM; Receives Enthusiastic Welcome Event Slated for August 26-27-28; Finances Pose a Problem for Group The executive board of Western Oregon Exposition (formerly the South Lane Eairi is full of plans, which they are rapidly putting into motion now that the Centen nial is but a memory, so that the fair can be held at the new site August 26, 27 and 28. Financial difficulties are the first problem, but the fair board believes that with a lot of hard work and good planning, that a good start will be made this year, along with plenty of donations of materials and labor. A temporary exhibit shelter is planned to be constructed of poles with a meta) roof, with a smaller shelter for livestock. The poles, hauling and all labor has been do nated and work will start within the week on the shelters. Ten Cents Pei j ' Monday in Cottage practicing Grote. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 1911 with a Bar helor of Science degree and received hi« M. D. in 1947. He interned at the University of Oregon Medical School in Port- land. Dr. Spie« atended school in < ottage Grove from his sixth »ear and graduated from Cottage Unclaimed ; Re-drawing is Saturday Hang on to those Centennial buttons! Then' still eight pi izes unclaimed by lucky button winners, with only a few days to go before* a redrawing. Following are the winning Cen tennial button numbers and prizes not picked up from the Chamber of Commerce office, as of noon Tuesday: No. 192, portable radio; 658, sports shoes < men's or ladies''; 1068, lube and oil change; 1257, Kleenex dispenser; 1280, camera and carrying case; 1484. nylon baby quilt; 1916. car floor mats and 4715, Revereware Coffee Maker. If these prizes are not I claimed before noon Saturday, a redraw - ing will be held at the ( । 'hamber of Commerce office sometime in the afternoon. A list of the win ners of the redrawing will be printed in next week's issue of The Sentinel. Those who hold Centennial but tons listed alioxe are urged to go to the Chanfber office and claim your prize as soon as possible. There were over 60 prizes in the button contest, with Mrs. Mar tin Foster, 950 Cooper Street, win ning the grand prize - an all-ex- pense paid trip to San Francisco, via Shasta Daylight, for three days. All stubs are still at the Cham- her office, so button holders need not be present for the drawing. CG Woman Wins "Jingle Jamboree" A Cottage Grove woman. Mis W. White, 304 Washington, has been named a national daily win ner in the Sta-Flo liquid laundry starch "jingle jamboree.” accord ing to an announcement just re- ceixed from the A. E. Stanley Mfg. Co., of Iiecatur, III., sponsors of the contest. Mis White’s prize, a Frigidaire washer, is one of 42 consecutive daily awards offered in the con test. Her successful entry makes her eligible to compete for the grand prize of $10,(MX). Company officials said a prize of $25 will also lie awarded to Wolfard's Market, Seventh A Mam Streets, named by Mrs. White as the grocer who sold her the Sta-Flo. Contestants are asked to fur- nish the last line of a four-1ine jingle All entries are judged by the Lloyd D. Herrold Company Chicago. IORMI R RESIDEN I DH S dent of Cottage Grove, died near his home in Garden Valley. Idaho. Wednesday, July 13. Cause of his . Grnve High in 1940. In the M death was a heart attack. 1 Cook had worked for Woodard year« oversea«. He and his family Lumber Company and had farmed now re«ide at 12(8) South Sixth during the several years he lived St. in Cottage Grove. Grove Gid in Mt Hood M shap Nine yo ng persons, including a Cottage Grove gill, were shaken up Sunday afternoon when a big snow tractor overturned on Mt Hood. The Associated Press reported that Sharon I.averty, daughter of Mr. anri Mrs. Glen J. 1321 South Sixth St., down the slope to Timberline Lodge after the accident. She suf fered only from slight shock and was not hospitalized. The other occupants, who had been on theii way to a high snowfiuld to ski. re turned to the lodge on their skis. The machine, driven by Jim Mis- ko, turned oxer slowly whi n it hit soft snow about 31a miles from the lodge. Sharon had been x ¡siting friends in Portland since Friday and re- turned to Cottage Grove Tuesday New Optometrist Opens Business in Grove Dr. Ivan F Cady. 1953 grad uate of the Pacific University Col lege of Optometry, arrived in Cot tage Grove last Sunday and open ed an optometrist office Monday in the old bank building, 537 Main, Room 2. Upon graduation. Cady spent a short time in the Optometric Clinic at Pacific University before opening a practice at Cave Junc tion, Oregon. He spent over a year (here, where he was a member of the Lions club and chairman ot the March of Dimes for that area During the war Cady was a memlxr of the Merchant Marines Cady is and has a «laughter, five, and nine-months- old son They live at 825 North 11th. Boy Injured by Arrow Larry Berg. 4. son of Mr. and Mrs Ixmald Ixmgh. 1542 Ash. was injured Tuesday evening when a shooting arrow went through his left hand. The laughs attending practice of the Calapooya Archers at the I lorena site when another small boy started shooting ar- accidentally got in his way. Larry was brought to the Cot tage Groxg hospital where he re ceived treatment, then was re- leased. RETI RN I ROM 1 AR EAST Amos Barwick and family were recent visitors of the Henry Isaacs family. Barwick is Mrs, Isaacs’ brother. The Barwick fam ily has just returned to the United Stall's after lieing in the Far East for eight year*. CG Youths to Sell Baseball Tickets Physical Exams For First Graders Urged Taken Soon Parents who haxe not already arranged for complete physical and dental examinations lor chil dren entering school for the first time this fall were urged to do so Thursday by the state board of health. Dr. Harold M Erickson, state health officer, pointed out that Oregon school authorities ask par- •nts for records of such medical ind dental examinations at the time the children first register for school. He said that whenever poKsible such examinations should lx* done in the spring to allow time to complete immunization schedules and any corrective work which is ndicated. but he emphasized that m any event the examinations should lie completed before the children enroll. Dr. Erickson also pointed out that many school districts require copies of birth certificates for all new admissions. These copies may tie obtained by writing or visiting the state board of health, rixim 979, LUM) S W. Fifth Avenue. Portland 1. One dollar should ac company the request for each copy Information should include the full name of the child and the par ents, and the date and place of birth, to enable state Ixiard of health staff members to search the records. M»l I HERN < 41 II DUMA H IS NOTHIN!. ON < OTI \GE (.KOI E. Remember reading a few weeks ago about the hose in a Southern California town that hurled itself and was going deeper every day? ( ottage Grote’« answer to that hose, in reverse, is located on the Bill Render reshlence, 39 North “H”. When the water Is turned on. Bauder's hose makes like a snake, twists, turns and s|H>iit« water in the air and in all directions. Water pressure and an extra small hose Is believed to I m - the cause.
