Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, February 21, 1940, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextTHE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON Page Two. Eugene Star Lover Paints Word Picture to Enable Friends to Share Pleasure Nearly 80 yeara of atudy and n Jayment of lha atarry heavena hava haen th rich experience of Mra. Trlna Willlama, Eugene, who hat written to the paper in an effort to share tbifc experience with other render. Mrs. Williama descrlbea several of the principal winter constellation! and talis how they can be recounted. fey IRINA DUNN WILLIAMS As I stepped onto the lawn lust ntizht to Raze at the stars that Were out in all their glory, I was overwhelmed with the beauty and rrfejesty of those dazzling scenes ca unthinkably distant from our tipy earth. The older I grow the rrfDie insignificant do I feel, and the more overpowering do the wfcrds of the Psalmist grip my very soul: "The Heavens declare the Glory of God, and the Firma ment showcth His handiwork." Many of my friends, at odd times, have told me they knew so lijtle of the constellations, or how to find tliem, and wished that I wuld aid them. I feel quite in adequate to give the little infor mation that I have, especially on paper. One should point out these groups personally, as siienwy u"e bjf one in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossom me loveiy siai, lrffe f oiBet-mc nots, 0 the angels." Jt has been 66 years since I stood with my beloved teacher, MJss Rodney (at St. Helen's hall), under the stars as she pointed out nambers of constellations that wire in view that night. It was t& better than studying my celes tial atlas. Thus I feel that I may nflt be of much help in describing litem now. But I do so want to sriure my pleasure with others. I kttow if they could link groups of stjrs in proper outlines with al ways a star of the first or second magnitude (and often a number oCthem) to aid in forming an im aginary figure, they would get ntuch pleasure out of It. jfTust at this time (February) Ojfion predominates the heavens, somewhat south of tho zenith at 9 ollock. Orion, tho Hunter, Is p&bably tho best known of the constellations to amateurs. With a little imagination and a knowl edge of the main stars that outline hit figure one can see the famous h9nter as he strides the sky. jIow for the outline: face the sojuth, and about half way be tween the zenith and the horizon fifid three stars in a row a little Intlined this is the belt. Now two stars of the first magnitude ovjlllne the shoulders far above thf belt, the left shoulder some wnat higher than the right as If shjugglng his shoulder. At the right end of the belt Is a cluster of mall stars, that is the glittering hilt of his sword, small stars form h& sword down his side. To the right of the sword at some dis tance, Is a very bright star, which marks the knee of the uplifted leg asr if he were climbing the sky; another bright star further down tthe left is at the too of his left foot. He looks a little askew even lir-the sky. But there Is moro still. Hf has a right arm but scarcely difcernable, covered with a lion's ikin which is upthrust Into tho Tate of Taurus tho Bull who with Inhering head Is lunging at Orion. The face of the Bull Is easily ree ogjiizcd, as a few bright stars form such as every child from time Intmomorlal has drawn for the fage of a cow. One bright star at the corner of the v-named Alder biiran glowers like a fiery eye. In the shoulder of Taurus Is the known cluster of tiny stars railed the Pleiades, or The Seven Sijters. "Glittering like a swarm of. fireflies, tangled In a silver braid." But Orion Is followed by hl dog which carries on his shaiD noc the most famous jewel in all tha galaxy of stars! Slrhls, one jnf the brightest nnd ;he nearest sun to the earth, yet a ray of light travelling IRB.nno miles a second takes 9 years to reach the earth! No use trying to fathom such swiftness: our mind iwoons nt the effort. We will Just elleve It and let it go at that. All you need lo do to locate 3lrlu the Dog Star, If you do not already know, Is to draw an Im aginary line from tho three stars In the belt of Orion to the bright itar In tho southeast. The dog Is large and fur down towards the horizon. quarters as he sits on his haunch es. I can write of only one more constellation. It is familiar to every one and in the north. The Dipper in the Great Bear, or Ursa Major. As you know the two outer stars in the bowl of the Dipper point directly to the Pole star; but did you know that the terminal star in curving handle points to the famous. Arcturas? This star Is mentioned in the most ancient book of Job as arc Orion and The Pleiades. "Canst thou loose the bands of Orion, or bind the sweet influences of the Pleiads; I am utterly incapable of giving a comprehensive description of the the constellations, but I have long been In the hope that our Professor Pruitt of the university might give us instructions about the constellations as ne so inter estingly has done In the past with the planets. He can point out as they appear in their season, all those leaders of the heavens Antares, mat scin tillating diamond of the summer southern .horizon in Scorpia's curving tail. You cannot miss it Lyra or Vega, me Druuani rea star right over head, proudly vaunting her glory to all behold ers Altaire, in the eagle, so easy to see when once we know its whereabouts its three stars plainly showing across the bird from tip to tip of the wings (in your imagination). In the north, the beautiful bril liant Capella always on the op posite side of the great northern circle from Arcturus as they slow ly revolve around the north star in their yearly migration. Just now Arcturus is in the northeast and Capella is In the northwest. Capella has a pointer too. If we can learn only a small part of this heavenly map, we can pluck out groups with their lead ing stars of the first magnitude as the harpist plucks out lovely harmony from the strings of his harp. All this beauty is ours lor tne seeking. The high and the lowly without price! Is it any wonder that the an cients far, far back in the ages were star worshippers and sun worshippers? As they kept their lonely vigils over their flocks by night, and turned with eager faces to the cast as the first rosy beam appeared above the horizon and slowly spread its blushing beauty over the eastern sky, then the sun god himself arose in all his glory, they prostrated them selves and worshipped him, as sured that today had come once more from tho inscrutublo yester day. Even then there must hav been an embryo of thought, untu tored, unexpressed within them, that culminated ages heme in a belief of a Great I Am, a Power that held the Universe in its hand and from which they could not escape, an all enveloping influ ence. No words can belter express this :hnught than these majestic words from the Book of Books: "Whither shall I go from Thy spirit, or whither shall I flee from Thy presence? If I ascend up Into heaven, JT.ou art there; tr I make my bed in hell, behold Thou art there. "If I lake the wings of the morn ing and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall Thy hand lead me." len. The double quartet featured in the Salute to Finland Suoml's Song, the group of singers Inciua intr W. H. Cook. Paul Potter, G. E. Gaylord. Bernard Holtan, Harry B. Johnson, John C. McMullen Perev W. Brown and John Casteel Climaxing the evening's show was the acclaim given John Stark Evans, the united sentiment irom the throng attending being that much of the success of the concert was due to his perfection in direct ing. Mr. Evans was complimented especially for his original arrange ments of several numbers, includ ing the re-arrangement of There Was a Crooked Man into a laugn Ing song. Cora Moore Frey, aside from her usual capaoie ana unaer standing accompanying, won spe cial praise for her work In LieBes traum and in the Czerny compo sition, both being numbers where the piano is important. Gleemen Show New Artistry In Concert (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) men concerts and if they don't sing it on the formally arranged program, then 'they must for an encore. Here and there among the va rious sections of the chorus, how ever, were several other soloists who did not step down but who kept listeners waiting for the parts they sang at times. Among these Incidental soloists were Lelnnd Robe, Wayne Akers, Phillip Glass, lohn Harms, n. B. Carmichnel. Don C'hllriers, Paul Christen. Greg- One can locate his hind ory R. Decker, John C. McMul- Lions Meeting Held With Grange Group The history and achievements of the grange as a national or ganization were outlined for the Eugene Lions club in a talk by Frank B. Harlow, a state grange district deputy, at the club's meeting Wednesday noon at the Wlllakenzle Grange hall. The grange developed following the Civil war as result of the piti ful conditions existing In agricul ture In the south, it was pointed out. The grange is a family or ganization and has done more for rural people than any one group or movement, providing social in terests, as well as a functioning group working for agricultural development and economic bet terment as well as for the legis lative interests of the farmers, Mr. Harlow stated. Quoting some figures, Mr. Harlow said Oregon has 23,000 grangers; Lane county has 30 granges with 1900 mem bers enrolled. The ladies of the grange served a turkey dinner for the Lions. !iv-- r '' ('fen - 0ki&g0Um I Jjrtj I I A.rt II I fr I Ilia LI ml I I III I li 1 II II II I IF. I 032X0 U M: 'mjmi.I -23 ' t J N. W. Lumbermen Fail In Pact Request PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 21 ) Pacific northwest lumbermen have been rejected on their pleas for reopening of the Canadian trade agreement, the. Washington bureau of the Oregon Journal said today. A delegation of west coast men. led by Col. William B. Greeley, was told by the committee on reciprocity agreements In Wash- ngton that to reopen the lumber issue would require that the agreement be opened on all points and would be inadvisable. Further, it was said that there appears lo be no serious danger of excessive imports from Canada and no figures to indicate need for drastic action at this time. The west coast men argued that under present shipping con ditions, Canada is losing her for mer overseas markets and is be ginning a vigorous invasion of outlets to California and the At lantic seaboard. Interest Shown In Snow Train Much Interest Is being manifest In the season's first snow train which will go to Crescent lake next Sunday under the auspices of the Ski Laufers. The train leaves tho Southern Pacific depot at 7 a. m. and will leave the lake for the return trip at 5:30 p. m. Coffee and sandwiches will be available on the train. Those wishing to take their lunch may eat on the train, or those not wish ing to take their lunch may find accommodations at the lake re sorl. Those going for skiing are re minded to tie their skis and poles together with proper tag on them so they will not be lost. All ar ticles will be put In the baggage car. Tickets for the train are On sale at Hendcrshott's, Babb's, Troeh's, Miller's store, Russell's store, Montgomery Wind. Four Women File For Committee Posts Two candidates tor republican committee women and two for democratic committed women have filed their declaration In the office of the county clerk. Ada S. Joyce, 1824 Agate street, seeks the republican committee post for Eu gene precinct No. 29 and Mrs. L. M. Bryson, 516 Lawrence street, for Eugene precinct No. 5. Mra. Clara It. Halverson of Junction City RFD 1 seeks the democratic nomination for com mlttee woman from Junction pre olnct No. 2 and Kathryn E. Hicks of junction City for precinct No. 1 of that city. International Relations Meet Attracts Speakers Three special speakers will be sent to the University of Oregon campus to lecture at the northwest conference of the International Re lations club February 23 and 24 by the Carnegie Endowment. They are Miss Amy Heminway Jones, division assistant for the Carnegie Endowment, G. Bernard Noble, professor of political sci ence at Reed college, and Andre Philip, professor of economics and finance at the University of Lyons, France. 1 Miss Jones will speak at the opening meeting of the conference to be held Friday morning at 10 o'clock. She will be at the con clave to assist and advise the lo cal club in making the meetings a success. Professor Noble will talk to the delegates at a luncheon in St. Mary's Episcopal churoh Friday at 12:15 p. m. The professor was at one time a Rhodes scholar to Ox ford university. Andre Philip, besides his post at the University of Lyons, is a mem ber of the French academy . He is at present on a speaking tour of the United States. He will speak at the banquet in St. Mary s Epis copal church Friday night at 6:30. His topic will be "European Affairs." Besides' the three speakers, round table sessions will be held Friday morning and afternoon and Saturday morning for the benefit of the delegates and anyone else interested. The topics to be discussed are: "The System of Future World Se curity," "American Foreign Pol icy, Isolation, Neutrality, or Co operation," "Peace in the Western Hemisphere," "The Far East and the Present World War, "Democ racy, Can It Survive?" Delegates will read papers on each of the subjects at the round table . sessions. Discussion will follow. . Junior Programs Event On Friday Rural school children wishing to obtain tickets for "The Prince and the Pauper," to be presented Friday morning at the McDonald theater by the Very Little Theatre group, are asked to call Mrs. Vic tor Phelps, 2114-R, Thursday. Adults will be admitted at the door, Friday, If there are remain ing .seats.. Tickets were distributed among all the local schools. The plan of the Junior Programs is to present entertainment suitable for chil dren at non-profit prices. Every child wishing to go will be given the privilege, whether or not he can afford the small charge asked, because local groups co-operating in the Junior Pro grams have set aside a fund to secure tickets for those unable to pay the 15-cent admission charge. Teachers and mothers will be oh hand at the show as chaperons. Two performances are listed, one at 8:30 a. m., the other at 10:30 a. m. The school board and teachers, the American Association of Uni versity Women, Phi Beta, Mu Phi Epsilon, the Welfare League, the Very Little Theatre, the Junior Symphony, Girl Scouts and other organizations are co-operating in putting on the Junior Programs series this year, Finns Still Block. Russian Divisions (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) miles from the isthmus front, there was relative quiet on the sector where Finland two days ago re- ported wiping out a Russian di vision, but "a few enemy strong points were captured." A Russian attempt to send re inforcements to surrounded de tachments near Kuhmo, about midway on the Russian-Finnish frontier, was repulsed. Finnish planes scouted behind the Soviet lines and bombed Rus sian encampments during a day which saw extensive aerial activity extending Into the night. "Several fierce air battles" were reported both in the war zone and far behind the lines but "in many cases attacks by enemy formations were foiled and formations dispersed." Maryland Fireworks Blast Kills One ELKTON, Md Feb. 21() One man was killed and at least IS persons Injured today when a powdar magazine of Triumph Ex plosives, Inc., blew up, setting afire small buildings nearby. The dead man was Identified as Edward Kn'eese. 35, of Glas gow, Del. His clothes were vir tually torn off by the force of the blast All the Injured were reported to have been working In the small building when the explosion occurred, Four-H Achievement Day Planned May 1 1 Plans are under v,iy for the annual county-wide Four-H achievement exhibit to be held in the Four-H club building on the fairgrounds Saturday, May 11. Project and record books must be completed and entered by Wed nefday, May 8, to compete, it is announced at the office of R. C. Kiuhner, county club, leader. The program for tho day will consist of a. county-wide Four-H henlUt roundup, demonstration contests, style revue, sewing con tents, home economics, judging contests, ctx'king contests, forestry tonlciU and handicraft contciU. WILLIAMS' STORES, ING. "Eugene's Fosteit Growing Department Store'' February Month-End 17 I W - aBW Thursday, Friday, Saturday , Feb. 22, 23,24 Drastic Reductions For Quick Clearance! Come in and Get in on These Savings! Lorraine Rayon Undies Pajamas Gowns Slips Com binations Assorted colors. A special factory purchase of slight irregulars. Regular values to $2.00. Extra Special Garment c Women's All Silk Hose Full Fashioned 3 and 4 Thread Chiffons Discontinued colors in LARKWOOD and other orands. Regular values to 79c.' Extra Special Pair NEW SPRING PRINTS 11- New patterns Guaranteed fast colors yard wide. abalaW Reg. Price 15c yard ....... LACE TABLE CLOTHS 07 70x80 inches. . Regular $2.98 values Pm9mM RUCHINGS HALF Reg. Price 25c, 39c, 49c yard . PRICE GIRLS' DRESSES Q7t Good Patterns Junior Sizes 10 to 16. $1.95 values .... W m 0 CHILDREN'S LEGGINGS qn Cotton Chinchilla Pink, Blue,' Royal Wine. Values to JJj CHILDREN'S WOOL SWEATERS, tf m Coat style. Zipper or button front. Reg. $1.98 Ql4f values. Good assortment colors. 6-14 rmw mi ! Pk,, V-l lk,, kill,,,. t-niLUKtrO rLAiNINtL PAJAMAS QA. Fast color Printed Flannel 2 piece style. Reg. $1.00 0 iftC K at .( saw , 4aU nWa uury fULU bhiKib Long sleeves. Assorted colors. Sizes 12 to 18 ......... WV '. SPUN RAYON DRESSES Large assortment of cute styles attractive patterns and colors. Guaranteed washable Fast col ors. Regular price $1.98. Extra Special v. $n oo IS LADIES' WOOL SKIRTS Plaids Monotones Checks Stripes Good range of sizes styles colors Former- values up to $2.98. Extra Special m BOYS' POLO SHIRTS Long sleeves. Brown patterns only. Sizes 12 to 16 .. 44c BOYS' SUEDE LEATHER JACKETS Sizes 6-8-10 only. Reg. $3.98 values .. BOYS' WAIST OVERALLS atlQ Blue denim. Elastic waist. Wide 2 snap waist band. TXmJC Size 7-15 BOYS' WOOL PANTS Sizes 12 to 20. Regular $1.98 values . BOYS' MELTON JACKETS Heavy blue Melton. Zipper front Sizes 12 to 18 BOYS' FLANNEL SHIRTS Tom Sawyer quality. Colorful plaids. Reg. 98c values 98c 79c BOYS' DRESS SHIRTS Kaynee and Robin Hood brands. Fast color broadcloth, 98c values ; . ..... CHILDREN'S ANKLETS Elastic cuffs Big assortment patterns colors. Pair .. :?.$2.44 $1.49 49c 10c LADIES' BLOUSES SWEATERS n i7P. Many attractive styles Cotton and Rayon Blouses Wool Sweaters Assorted sizes col on. Values up to $1.00. Extra Special r PART WOOL BLANKETS 9 Heavy, warm part wool Blankets not less than 5 and as high as 25 wool. Attractive pat terns. Good values at $1.98 each. Extra Special ART NEEDLE WORK One Fourth MEN'S DRESS SOCKS Qpp Cotton and Rayon mixtures. Heg. ISc values . 9c One Third MEN'S SWEATERS Qtl Lunch Cloths Dollies, etc. Reg. 25c to $1.00' values OPE Kiln. (t v,'i. i ... r. q ..,t,,p . WW COLORFUL POTTERY Plates Cups Saucers Bowls, etc. Reg. 20c to $1.30 values . . . GIFT WARE HALF MEN'S PAJAMAS 77fi For bridge prizes birthdays, etc. Ree. 25c to 11.00 Choice of Broadcloth or On II no- Flannel. 2 piece suits. values Urr Extra Special Suit .... . . MEN'S SWEATERS Coat style button front. Reg. $1.98 values .... CI 97 MEN'S DRESS PANTS hJAOt m Cassimeres Worsteds Reg. $2.98 values $2.37 Fancy Cotton Blankets Warm, well napped, extra good size. Attractive patterns. A very unusual value but quantities are very limited. EXTRA SPECIAL ...... ONE LOT CURTAINS Marquisettes Nets Ruffled and plain. White ecru and colored. Various sizes from 32x45 in. to 36x78 in. Regular values to 98c a pair. EXTRA SPECIAL am MEN'S FLANNEL SHIRTS oi 01 values80"1 qUlity" Attractive Plaids. Reg. $1.65 kXtW LILY'S FROST TONE YARNS Brown Lavender Green. Reg. 55c spool OMBRE WOOL YARNS 3-oz. skeins. Reg 65c value. Other short lots ... 39c 39c TIOGA SCOTCH TWEED YARNS in values00' TWd mlxturM- Aborted colors. Reg. 75cfiyC ALL SILK SCARF TWIST 40C '. jara spools white Black. Reg. goc vaiu COLUMBIA RUG YARNS 98C FOUNDATION GARMENTS For the stout figure. Sizes 36 to 50. Reg. $5 00 LADIES' GLOVES Half and Half Fabric and Suede. Sprinf colors. Jl 98c values - ." $3.47 69c