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THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON
Plank So Far Sole
Candidate To Head
Stale Young Demos
A large delegation from Eugene
ana Lane county will go to Cor-
vallls next week-end to attend
the annual state convention
Young Democratic clubs April
26, 27 and 28.
Special Interest to local groups
In the meeting is the fact that
Paul N. Plank, president of Eu
genes Young Democratic club.
candidate for the presidency of
tne state organization. So fa
Plank is the only candidate i
tne field, although there are
rumors of several "dark horse1
contenders for the post. Etha
Newman as campaign manager
for Plank, is very active in lining
up pre-convention support for
the Eugene man.
James Roosevelt, son of Presi
dent Roosevelt, has signified hi
Intention of attending the gath
erlng at Corvallis.
So far two candidates are in
the field for young democratic
national committeeman, Martin
Fitzgerald of St Helens, and An
thony J. Sambuck of Portland,
Harold Lance is actively cam
paigning for the state treasurer-
ship of the organization having
been secretary the past year.
! According to the state presl
dent, Albert T. Kemmer, there
will be a large convention this
year, with delegations attending
from nearly every county.
i. Arthur Lowe, convention chair
man, states that Carvallls young
democrats will be hosts with the
aid of the Corvallis chamber of
commerce, the Elks lodge, and
many other Benton county civic
groups, who have taken an ac
tive part in arranging for the
convention. Friday, beginning at
2 p. m. registrations will be taken
throughout the afternoon. Friday
evening will be taken up by a
meeting of . the state executive
committee, and by the usual cau
cusing among different county
delegations. Saturday morning a
breakfast will be held honoring
the women candidates for public
office on the democratic ticket.
Saturday morning and afternoon
will bo dominated by the con
vention proper, Including elections
of officers and action on several
amendements to the constitution.
Saturday evening will see the in
stallation of riew state officers,
and the convention banquet, and
a professional floor show and
dance following.
Colonel C. A. Robertson will
be highlighted as will Bruce
Spauldlng during the convention.
Mr. Robertson is the democratic
candidate for congress in the first
district, and Mr. Spauldlng the
democratic candidate for attor
ney general.
Sales Record Eyed
By Ford Officials
Mercury 8, the sensational
Ford-built car that ranked among
the nation's 10 best sellers in
1939, Its first year on the auto
motive market, gives every Indi
cation of setting an even greater
sales record this year, Merrill H.
Kendall, of Simmon-Kendall Co.,
local Ford dealer declared this
week.
i The local dealer revealed that
We have
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Activities Calendar
April 21
Obsidian trip to cabins.
April 24
University of Oregon Mothers' Club meeting, Gerlin
ger hall.
7:30 p. m. Open house at Frances Willard school.
April 25
And through April 26, 27 and 28, Shrine indoor cir
cus, Armory.
Afternoon Women's City Club tea.
6:30 p. m. Matrix Table banquet of Theta Sigma
Phi, St. Mary's Episcopal church hall.
April 26
County music festival, McArthur court.
County P.-T. A. benefit, River Road clubhouse.
Boy Scouts court of honor, Roosevelt school.
April 27
Boy Scouts Circus, McArthur court.
April 28
Obsidian trip to Mt. Nebo.
Moyl. -
Youth League benefit dance for University of Oregon
scholarships, Wintergarden.
2 p. m. State highway commission public hearing
on rerouting Pacific highway through Eugene.
May 3 and 4
American Legion Junior Olympics.
State Convention of Junior Chamber of Commerce;
' also through May 4 and 5, Eugene hotel.
May 5
Obsidian trip to Castle Rock.
May 6
Spring concert of Womens Choral club, school of
music.
American Legion Trade show, armory; also through
May 7 and 8.
May 10, 11
Master Plumbers conference.
May 10, 11, 12
University of Oregon Junior Week-end and Mothers
Day week-end.
May 12
Annual Obsidian spring ski trip to Sunshine shelter.
May 17
State Primary election.
May 18
Junction City fat lamb show starts at 9 a. m.
May 19
Obsidian trip to Silver Creek falls.
Annual Rhododendron festival of Western Lane
county, at Florence.
May 20
National League of District Postmasters, Oregon
Division, Convention, Osburn hotel.
May 21
Spring concert of Eugene Gleemen, McArthur court.
National League of District Postmasters, Oregon
Division, Convention, Osburn hotel.
May 25
Pomona grange meeting.
Annual Register-Guard Lane county pet parade.
Eugene Hunt club Horse Show, fairgrounds; also on
May 26?
May 26
Obsidian coast trip.
May 29
University high school commencement.
May 30
Eugene high school commencement.
May 31
Graduation event for Woodrow Wilson and Theodore
Roosevelt Junior high schools.
June 7
University examination week opens.
June 9
University Commencement.
June 19, 20, 21
Daughters of Union Veterans of Civil War state con
vention, Eugene hotel and Elks temple.
Juno 30
Boy Scouts annual summer camp opens at Camp
Lucky Boy,
Girl Scouts anual summer camp opens at Lake Clea-
wox. v
in the Pacific northwest territory
alone, sales of 1940 Mercury 8
models during the first three
months of this year were 88 per
cent above those for the same 90-
ay criod of 1939.
Apparently feeling the stimulus
of an intensive "Let's Go" sales
program and the opening of the
spring travel season, sales were
particularly strong the final ten
days of March, statistics showed.
Mercury 8 business Increased 94
per cent the last tcn-doy period
of the month, compared to March
20-30, 1039.
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LOW COST
AUTOMOBILE
FINANCING
Your local home owned bank will flnanr
your now car on easy monthly Install
ment. Such a loan makes you a cash
buyer and permits you to buy insurance
Irom your own local agent.
OTHER MONTHLY PAYMENT LOANS:
Include loans far repairing or lemodehnci
your home or business properly (FHA) and
loans for personal needs.
The First National Bank
of Eugene
Home owned and managed since 1RSJ
deposits up to $5,000 Insured through' the F. 1. I. ft
Home Units, Spring
Festival Featured
Here This Week
Only two home extension unit
meetings will be held in the
county this week but there will be
other meetings of interest to
homemakers, it is announced by
Miss Nellie Lyle, county home
demonstration agent.
Tuesday the Camp Creek unit
will meet at 10 a. m. with Mrs.
Abbie LeVee where Miss Lyle will
demonstrate buffet luncheons.
The Willakenzie unit will meet
on the same day at 10 a. m. at the
grange hall. Mrs. Frank Pattison
and Mrs. Palmer Walls, project
leaders, will give a demonstration
on the subject "Food for the Fam
ily When the Cook is Away.
Wednesday the county commit
tee will meet at the home of Miss
Lyle at 10 a. m. and Thursday
Mrs. Buena M. Maris, extension
specialist in family relationships,
will speak to girls and their
mothers at the Springfield high
school. On the evening of that day
Mrs. Maris will meet with three
study, clubs at Wendling. This
will be parents night and the
fathers as well as the mothers are
expected to be present. The meet
ing will begin with a potluck din
ner. Mrs. Vera Todd Crow, mem
ber of the county committee, will
also be present.
The annual spring festival will
be held at the Four-H club build
ing on the fairgrounds Friday,
April 28, beginning at 10 a. m.
There will be a demonstration and
exhibit by various units in the
forenoon, a covered dish luncheon
at noon and a fashion show in the
afternoon. The spring coats made
at the coat school in March will
be shown. Several skits and musi
cal numbers will be presented.
Miss Joan Patterson, extension
specialist in home furnishings, and
Mrs. Azalea Sager, state county
home demonstration agent, will be
present. Miss Lyle says she ex
pects 150 or 175 members of home
units to be present.
52 Creamerymen,
Cream Graders Meet
Fifty-two cream graders and
creamery men from seven western
Oregon cities attended a meeting
at the Eugene Farmers' creamery
Fridav evening, held for the pur
pose of discussing butter and
cream grades and compliance with
the state law. Graders and cream
ery operators from Eugene,
Springfield, Roseburg, Corvallis,
Albany, Lebanon and Toledo were
here.
Professor H. P. C. Nielsen of the
dairy department at the Oregon
State college discussed cream
grades and Bryant Williams, dis
trict superintendent of the state
department of agriculture, took an
active part in the meeting.
: -
Banking Progress
Is Told At Session
aul Robeson Records
Ballad For Americans
A reflection of the American
ipirit of independence is the re
cording of "Ballad for Ameri
cans," sung by Paul Robeson,
which has been released in a
Victor black label album. The
words, written by John Latouche,
have been set to music by Earl
Robinson. The song is accom
panied by a chorus and orchestra
under the direction of Nataniel
Shllkret and Earl Robinson.
When Paul Robeson first sang
the ballad on a radio broadcast,
met with such success that
he was forced to repeat the pro
gram.
The album which includes two
10-Inch records, is now available
at the Wilson Music House.
Progress of the Lane county
chapter of the American institute
of banking was outlined by Gor
don Brunton, retiring president
of the organization, in a speech
before members of the organiza
tion Friday evening.
About 45 attended the banquet
and dinner dance held at the Del
Rey cafe. New officers of the
chapter were installed by Rogers
Kimberling of the First National
Bank of Eugene. Included were:
Charles McCormick, Eugene
branch, U. S. National bank,
president; Ray Hegberg, First Na
tional bank of Eugene, vice-president;
Jessie Hull, First National
bank of Eugene, secretary-treasurer.
C. L. Carpenter of the Junction
City branch of the U. S. National
bank, and Loy W, Rowling and
Mr.' Brunton, both pf the First
National bank of Eugene were se
lected as new members on the
board of governors.
At the meeting J. . Wesley
Haines, of the First National bank,
was awarded a standard certifi
cate, representing the completion
of eight courses of study under
the AIB. The organization was
founded in 1938. with about 20
members. It now lists 35 enrollees.
MRS. NAGLE TO SPEAKS
JUNCTION CITY, April 20
(Special) Junction City Town-
send club will meet on Thursday,
April 25 at the Greenwood hall
8:30 p. m. At the close of the
business session Mrs. Marian
Nagle of Lacomb will speak on
the Townsend plan.
Lawyer Urges Stand
Against Entering War
Speaking to students of the
University school of law Friday,
H. H. DeArmond, president of the
board of governors of the Oregon
State Bar association, declared
that the greatest service lawyers
or anyone else could do for this
country is "to take a firm stand
against our nation's going into
war."
He spoke to the embryo barris
ters as "the future leaders of this
country" and said "all great ef
forts to enlarge or enhance per
sonal liberties in this country, have
been led by members of i the legal
profession."
DeArmond explained the recent
Integration of the bar system set
up in Oregon and declared that
the new setup had allowed the as
sociation to raise the standing of
Oregon lawyers.
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Local Winners In
Audition Contest
To Receive $87.35
An idea, brilliant in its con
cepts but never before tried in
a radio talent search, will be put
into operation in the great "Car
rie Carter Talent Search," to be
conducted over 85 stations of the
coast-to-coast network of the Mu
tual Broadcasting system on "The
Carters of Elm Street," popular
day-time script program.
The search started on April 15,
with local auditions to be held in
each of the 85 cities and towns in
cluding Eugene carrying the "Car
ters" program. Then, recordings
of the voices of the local winners
will go to Chicago for the nation
al selections.
One of the other judges will be
one of the nation's outstanding
motion picture talent scouts. In
addition to the national prizes,
KOBE is offering $87.35 in prizes
to local winners. Those wishing to
enter the contest are requested to
write to K.OKE for their audition
appointment, according to Dav
Foster, production director of
KORE.
'On To Portland'
Trek Plans Progress
Chamber of commerce mem
bers will be "signed up" this
week for participation in the "On
to Portland" trip April 29, by
Dr. J. E. Richmond, chairman ot
the event. He said 16 business
men had already registered for
the event.
The special bus will leave the
chamber offices at 8 a. m. Mon
day, April 29. Plans call for a
brief stop at the state house in
Salem, where the chamber mem
bers will greet Governor Charles
A. Sprague and convey felicita
tions of Eugene for the Salem
Centennial. .
In Portland speakers repres
enting Eugene will talk before
the joint meeting of the two
chambers. Dr. Richmond said
Elmer Fansett, alumni secretary
of the University of Oregon, w.v
cooperating in preparing program
events.
One of the main events of the
day in Portland will be a free
air tour over the city through
the courtesy of the United Air
lines. Chamber officials recently
received confirmation from S. R.
"Speed" Newman, district traffic
manager, that the tour would be
held. .
'High Tor' Is Next
U-0 Theater Event
Forced to abandon its produc
tion of Macbeth because of un
foreseen staging difficulties the
University theater announces that
its next and final production of
the school year will be Maxwell
Anderson's romantic comedy
"High Tor." .
This will be the first time a play
bv this author has been presented
on the campus, but not the first
time Eugene audiences have had
an opportunity to see his work.
The screen has shown many of his
successes such as "What Price
Glory," "Elizabeth the Queen,"
and "Winterset." Anderson won
the Pulitzer prize with "Both
Your Houses," and "High Tor"
was given the drama critic's
award in 1937 as "the best new
play written by an American
playwright and produced in New
York."
Scheduled for production May
17, 18, 21 and directed by Mrs.
Ottilie T. Seybolt, head of the
drama division of the University,
the play will prqjent a cast com
posed almost entirely of people
not registered in drama classes
but selected from the campus and
the city at large.
Delinquency Is Topic
For Church Forum
The problem of juvenile de
linquency in1 Eugene and Lane
county will be discussed at the
open forum of the Community
Liberal church Sunday evening
at 7:30, when preventive meas
ures being sought by various
community agencies will be con
sidered. Speakers will be W. L.
Van Loan, president of the com
munity youth council, who will
discuss "Co-operative Community
Planning,'' T. W. Fisher, play
ground director; and A. F. Hol
mer, secretary of the Y. M. C. A.
A period for questions and discus
sion will follow the addresses.
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Vote RegisbA
Totals Due Soon
Total figures nn it. .J
ir voters ft
registered for the prim,
tion Mav 15 win k. .'
Monday or Tuesday, it '
at tne omce of iw
Walter B. Dillard S,i,J.
The names of those id
by special deputies oulsW
gene were about aUtasd
j.ne cams on wh rh n.
were placed are :
and checked and the ocl
De made soon.
Two or three nffir.
remained at the
Saturday afternoon, aitea
fice closed, to facilitate
The secretary of sll
has asked for the figum
totals as soon as possibk,
The United SlatujJ
border is made uo of JIM
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