Page Fourteen.
THE REGISTER-GUARD. EUGENE. OREGON
Food for Freedom
Production Being
Surveyed by AAA
' "Food-for-Freedom" production
pn Lane county farms and their
participation in the 1942 agricul
tural conservation program is be
ing surveyed in the annual AAA
compliance check now under way
throughout the county, announces
George W. Piatt, chairman of the
county AAA committee.
' To conserve rubber and man
power needed in agriculture and
vital defense industries, a farm-to-farm
canvass and acreage
measurement, such as has beep
conducted in the past, will not be
made this year. Instead, coopera-
Exact Beginning of Summer Is
Explained by J. H. Pruett
Legion Sponsors
'Victory Day';
Brings Circus
Bv J. HUGH PRUETT I south from Its highest position.
(Astronomer, General Extension, This seeming motion is brought;
University of Oregon) about by the tilt of 234 degrees)
The summer solstice, which of the earth's axis to the plane of
marks the nominal beginning of its orbit, combined with its annual
summer, attracts little attention revolution around the sun. j
in our modern times. Our mathe- Suppose the part of the earth at
matical astronomers at govern- which we are located kept con
mental headquarters calculate for stantly facing the sun for six
us to the exact minute the date of months, thus giving us continuous
this occurrence. Without effort on noon. A little before Christmas the
our part we are satisfied to be told sun would appear very low above
that this year summer begins on the southern horizon. This lowest
June il ai o.ll p. ro., rr. i. """ ,in v.. ..u-h rii.ni.
times lire, men it woiim move siraiKm . - . . -
The local celebration of "Vic
tory Day." next Friday, June 28,
will be sponsored by the Eugene
post. No. 3, American Legion, in
cooperation with many other civic
and patriotic organizations.
Throughout the country various
cities have been cooperating in
observation of the day in aiding
the army and navy.
Merchants and residents of Eu.
But in early historical
I when the people had the leisure
1 actually to observe the sun's move
ments in tlie sky, the summer sols
tice was the occasion for elaborate
1 ceremonies. An ancient Egyptian
: temnle was so arraneeri that on
tors, this year are being asked to , tnese iongest days of the year the But
VISll oesignaiea roura piora , ,un.g r(Jyi at iunr,5e would light
Report for the program year . tne entire length 0, a long hallway.
December 1. 1941, to September 1, i w. reari of astronomers of
many nations carefully measuring
the shadow of a post in order to
I find on what day the sun was
; highest and the shadow shortest
942. Meetings have already been
held for the following agricul
tural conservation communities:
Junction City. Eugene, Irving,
Springfield, and Cottage Grove.
their flags that day, and a procla
mation will be made establishing
"Victory uay in tugene.
The Legion has made arrange
ments to sponsor the Polack
Brothers three-ring circus through
Friday and Saturday at the fair-
trmi n si e TVi nvirBm oalln fna
December 22 the sun's rising and ,w0 aIternoon performances and
setting points, as well as its noon tu, ,,.nin, nerfnrm.n,... ..-h
position, constantly move farther day
north day by day. ! a' special committee from the
At the summer solstice the sun LeBj0n is making arrangements
upward day by day until after six 1
months it would be 47 degrees
higher in the south, the summer
solstice. i
With the earth's daily rotation,
matters are complicated a trifle.
it simply means that after
Meetings are scheduled this
week for Blachly community, at
at noon, thus determining the date
is directly overhead at noon along
the tropic'of Cancer, which is 231?
degrees north of the equator, and
I oi the solstice. At Syene. Egypt, constantly above the horizon for a
r, . . r V Di.-kV,. i.,JT- vertical posts cast no noon shadows full 24 hours everywhere witnin
Slayters store in Blachly on June the Arctic circle. 23 iA deerees from
C2 and 23. and at the old Dead- ! . .werV'nl
wood school fat mouth of Dead- ' ooirom oy .unugni,
wood creek) on June 24 and 25
jfrom 1 p. m. to 9 p. m. each day;
also for the Coast community In
the city hall at Florence and at
the Mapleton Grange hall on June
23, 24. or 25 anytime from 10 a. m.
lo 4 p. m. or 7 p. m. to 9 p. m.
each day. Pleasant Hill, Lorane
and Elmira communities are asked
to call at the county office In the
Public Market building in Eugene
on June 22, 23, 24 or 25 anytime
between 8 a. m. and S p. m.
t Any cooperators who were un
able to call at the meeting place
and time for his community are
urged to call at the county office
at the earliest possible date and
report performance.
"This year's compliance check is
more than a determination of par
ticipation in the farm program.
In a sense it amounts to an inven
tory of the county's capacity for
prouction of the foods needed to
win the war." Mr. Piatt said In
announcing the new plan. "In
formation obtained will be Inval
uable in planning our ctributlon
to the larder of America and our
allies in 1943. The hearty coopera
tion of farmers In helping obtain
this Information will be a definite
contribution to the county's war
effort."
Mr. PIstt explained that pro
visions of .the agricultural con
servation program have been mod
ified in order to encourage the
maximum production of needed
farm commodities and at the same
time conserve soil resources for
top production throughout the
war emergency and In the years
to come.
since the sun was directly over
head.
The word solstice means "sun
stands." If a rock is thrown it
"stands" for an instant at its high
est point before it starts down.
The sun apparently does the same
thing at the summer solstice be
fore it back-tracks toward the
the Arctic circle, 23 'i degrees from
the north pole.
The tropic of Cancer was so
named about 2000 years ago when
to allow wives and families of
men now in the army and navy
service in on free tickets. The cir
cus is the same company which
was here last year at the armory
under the sponsorship of the
Shrine. The company has all new
acts for this year's show.
Headquarters for the celebra
the sun appeared among the stars tion are at 820 Willamette street.
of the constellation Cancer, the
Crab, at the summer solstice. Pre
tession of the equinoxes has since
then placed the solstice sun in
Gemini, but the ancient designa
tion is retained.
LEAVES 171 DESCENDANTS
ROCKLAND. Me. 01 When
92-year-old Mrs. Sarah E. Hamil
tcn died, she left 171 descendants,
Including nine sons, two daugh
ters and 1(10 grandchildren, great
grandchildren and great-greatgrandchildren.
Wood substitute account for
250 pounds of aluminum alloy in
each plane, while the new steel
will replace almost 1000 pounds of
aluminum alloy per plane.
Mrs. Anna Pengra
Hill, Pioneer, Dies
Mrs. Anna Pengra Hill.' wife of
Dr. Claiborne Hill, president
emeritus of Berkeley seminary and
former Eugene resident, died June
12 at Berkeley, Cal. Services were I
held at the Baptist church there !
and Interment took place In Sun
set View cemetery.
Mrs. Hill was a daughter of B.
J. and Charlotte Pengra, early
pioneers of Oregon. The station of
Pengra on the Willamette was
named for her father. She was
graduated from the University of
Oregon with an A.B. degree and
was married later to Dr. Hill, who
Is also an Oregon graduate, and
after leaving here graduated from
Rochester seminary.
Dr. Hill was pastor of the
Eugene Baptist church from 1884
to 1890, after which he went to
Berkeley to become president of
the Baptist theological seminary,
and on retiring a few years ago
was made president emeritus of
the institution.
Mrs. Hill leaves one sister, Mrs.
Ella V. Walker of Oakrldge, be
sides two nephews, Arthur H. and
Norton M. Pengra, of Eugene and
a niece, Mrs. Edith Bockes, also of
Eugene, besides many other rela
tives. Dr. Hill was here when the
Eugene Baptist church celebrated
its 80th and 85th anniversaries.
The 90th anniversary will be cele
brated this coming July.
Pengra Pass, near Odell Lake,
was named for Mrs. Hill's father,
who was the surveyor-general rjf
the stale in the early days and
made the first survey across the
mountains for the military road.
26 Serving Terms
In Jail For Vagrancy
Twenty-six men serving time for
vagrancy were in the county jail
Saturday and more are coming,
officers said.
All these men have been picked
up in the Southern Pacific yards,
some of them having been taken
off of trains. Complying with the
government's request that nobody
be allowed free rides, the conv
pany's special officers have
bringing men to jail every night
and Judge John Bryson of the lo
cal Justice court has sentenced
them to terms of from 10 to 30
days in jail for vagrancy.
Trained Great Dane Dogs
Give Circus Novel Touch
Four-H Boys Have
Big Time At Camp
By RALPH GILHAM
FALL CREEK 4-H CAMP, June
20. Fall Creek 4-H summer camp
is nrovinff a success in cnite nf
rain and cold weather. All of us 1 Lane County Fairgrounds in Eu
think that the water is pretty chil-: ee Wednesday, July 1.
if.
Romeo and Juliet of the world's only troupe of trained Great
Danes in Russell Bros.' Circus, shown with Mllonga Escalante, aerialist.
Unusual trained animal novel-1 standing trained animal features
ties abound in the star-spangled as Jorgen M. Christiansen s cele-
Veterans Back Up
Nayy Recruiting
Buy Vitory Bond,
oferfcV,
Friday even in. JL
Spray Apples and
Pears Now, Advice
Apple and pear growers in the
Willamette vaUey should apply a
f-j uie control ot cod- r""ay evening votm
ling moth, according to word just1 Bennie Hall ita hj. J-j
received from B. G. Thompson. ! 1'!".'' hU J
associate entomologist of the Ore-! vest earnir
gon State college, by O. S. Fletch-! "'val in buyinVZTa
er. county agent, and F. C. St., J 8un " TOO hi.TZ M
enson, county horticulture Inspect- a t
or. Following a period of inactiv-l -d i!JmMti' & p
ity. codling moth, are again ic-iter. Ah"
uvc, .no uunng tne past two eve- reaimed i? !ar 1
nings eggs nave been deposited I
Under ordinary Willamette val-l
ley weather conditions, theee eggs
will hatch by June 27. The spray
should be applied before that date.
The recommended spray is pow
dered lead arsenate used at the
rate of 3 pounds to 100 gallons of
water. In orchards where codling
moth is not a serious problem, two
pounds of powdered lead arsenate
to 100 gallons of water la suffi
cient to give control
Calcium arsenate, used at the
rate of 3 pounds powdered calcium
arsenate to 100 sallom
has been used successfully In the'
"signed becsuw he h
-. inijor w r
was apDointH m
ed the show h.rf iZTrVl
success. The shewXL
ago Saturdsy. m
4
Levings Quits SbJ
Mice, Now In An?
Frank levlngi, J
f'-cer. station u i.'M
1942 program of Russell Bros.
Great 3-Ring Circus, to be at the
ly, but those who don't have colds
or are restricted from this activ
ity have been getting wet every
day. Earl Trabue of Eugene has
arrived and will be in charge of
our swimming and we have quite
a number of the younger ones who
Great Dane dogs, almost as
brated Argentine Criollo horses,
and Winston's Equestrian Sea
Lions which achieve on horseback
tricks that other trained seals per
form on the ground. Nor should
Willamette valley for codling moth ' I"1 ,cur h risj
eontrol Tt -mmA , it J r.as accented ik i
ond lleut,t ta ftTI
StatM ormw ... . -I
leave Monday for Mather f
Sacramento, Csl.
IvinffB .... a
net of the state poli 3
lem, where he had bees J
wince some time
No successor to his no iJ
announced as yet but ,
this district will probiblj b
signed. Sergeant Del i,;
".-sc oi District heado
said Saturday.
control. Testa carried on hv ,.! "a -Pwa tne SDBBW.J
. t . . , second l!.,,,-. . - 1
iitumuiugy department of the Ore
gon experiment station indicate
that under Willamette valley con
ditions calcium arsenate is only
rlightly less effective than lead
arsenate in codling moth control.
To North Dakota
The Rev. Louis G. Rodakowski.
recently ordained pries, formerly
of Springfield .and his brother, Mr.
Albert Rodakowski, Tuesday left
for North Dakota, their native
state, for a three weeks" vacation.
On June 29, the feast of St.
Feter and Paul, Rev. Rodakowski
large as the pony that performs j the elephants, under the "tel8 1 will offer up a solemn high mass
with them, are tne only canines i ........., v..TO.i a, Br. Stanislaus' Catholic church
of their breed ever to be trained1 uaruiier, u ovenuucu.
to do a circus act I The human element of the two-
Of special appeal to children
at Belfield for relatives and
friends. A dinner and receotion
Moosehead, which cuts through
a trackless Maine wilderness fur;
3S miles, is New England's larg
est lake.
I ,
Harvard Man Will .
Speak At (JO Tuesday
Dr. William H. Burton, professor
of education at Harvard, who is!
teaching here in the school of edu
cation during the summer session,,
will speak on the subject "Chil
dren Their Political, Economic
and Social Education," in the Fac
ulty room at Friendly hall Tues
day night at 8. The lecture is the
first of a series designed for the
benefit of summer school students
and citizens of Eugene. The public
Is invited.
Dr. Burton received his B.A. de
gree at the University of Oregon
in 191S. He earned his M A. at
Columbia in 1917 and Ph.D. at
Chicago In 1924. Dr. Burton's
specialty has been teaching in the
elementary grades.
Dr. J. R. Jewell, dean of the
school of education, will preside
at the Tuesday meeting on the
campus.
top before they leave here.
We held our first council with
election of officers on Monday
evening. Our executive commit-1
tee met for a special meeting and
made a rule that only the junior
counselors would be allowed on
the diving platform when they did
not have their swimming suits on
and that those who did not know
how to swim well could never get
on the platform.
On Tuesday morning we all got
a thrill from having Kenneth To
bias from Eugene come out and
give us lessons on fly-tying. We
have materials here so that we
can tie flies in our spare time. We
are having to put in long periods
on our Red Cross first aid in or
der that we can get enough hours
to receive our cards. Mrs. Steele is
teaching first aid.
In our crafts we made leather
bracelets or purses, directed by
Mrs. Morton and Phyllis Foster,
for one group. The other group
worked on finger-printing, di
rected by Mrs. Schofield.
Eugene Man Injured
In Fall Friday
Theodore Samuel (Saml
sustained shoulder anil h.
iuries Fririav whm h hit J
hour nertormance embodies sucn ' .;u i i u .l - , ... . . t u --w
u " ":... cL. ! uc. "a l .lne nome nis. qock at a lumber cominn 4
are John White's cute performing :;;yT.,,,7nt th. kZ V Bel- whoa, address i. the Onpl
uriu. w. v. tet, is employed by ths
Rev. Rodakowski will return to Coast Bureau Lumber GridJ
Portland on July 10, when he will Inspectors. He wu takes. J
be appointed to some parish as an Sacred Heart hospital bj J
ecute unbelievable high and broad
ing a standard 12 feet above the
' . do not know hw tS swim m.t Spitz dogs nd Maree and Her , calantes. the Sensational
bee" hope to learn to at least keep onj p , in a uvely pony and dog 1 1? Wly"eh ,he Fur Ado
night . u-. .i i i.. -" mcijr h"" ouu i l, Bell-Thazer Troupe. Grace
the Bell-Thazer Troupe, Grace
Orton Trio. Aerial Alexandres.
White's leaping Greyhounds ex-' ciarkonians. and many others.
Eddie Woeckenera band pro
vides spirited circus music in the
assistant priest
lance Friday afternoon, '
ground.
Then there is Barney, the play
ful, unpredictable 3-year-old
movie chimpanzee.
All these supplement such out-
modern manner. Doors to the
menagerie and big top open at 1
and 7 p.m., the band starts play
ing half an hour later and the big
show starts at 2 and 8 p. m.
American Rescued
After Week Adrift
LONDON () More than
week on the cold North Sea in an
i open dingy ... no water for a
SPORTSMAN AT 90 .
CANTERBURY. N. H. (UP
The oldest man In this town,
William W. Wheeler, 90, tends 12
hives of bees and cultivates his
large gardens as part of a regu
lar work-day schedule. He also
takes fishing and hunting trips for
recreation.
LENTHERIC'S
"THREE
MUSKETEERS"
GO MILITARY!
In a new bondboi handtomely
decorated with a military motif,
liNTHtaic'l "Three Musketeers"
go marching on to new heights
of popularityl
Included ore handy -grip floconi
of After Share lofion. After
Shove Powder ond "Tonbork"
Cologne ihaving comforts for
any monl
Military Preentotfon $ 1 .9 J
Alto In "Hunt" Package ot tame
price.
HIRON'S
Everybody's Drug
9X8 Willamette Nlreet
PERFUME CLASSIC
BY LEMHERIC
Few perfumes have achieved
the renown of LiNTHtwc's
rawed it friendly, forest
fresh fragrance ia the perfect
note for daytime hours.
Lnsemble this perfume clas
sic with the galaxy of Tictd
Ktnltd toiletries offered by
Lt-NTHtRlc bath requisites.
Bouquet, make-op and spe
cial gift presentations at
prion which encourage you
to indulge yourself!
Tweed Perfume
14.50 to I to-00
Tamed Touethe
from 11.00
HIRON'S
Everybody's Drug
X Willamette Street
Ewe Bears Two Lambs
Within Seven Months
TRENT W. L. Wheeler ot
this community has a "real
challenge" to report to Route
F.
A ewe in the band of sheep
on the Wheeler plare gave birth
to a large lamb in December
1941. The lamb died when
three weeks old.
This past week, June IB. the
ewe gave birth to another lamb.
Route F ran not have any
more productive sheep than this
one, thinks Mr. Wheeler.
Pacific First Federal
Declares Semi-Annual
Dividend of 3 Per Cent
week
food . .
panions
ness.
Pilot Officer Holbroke 'Hoke"
. raw seagull flesh for
the death of two com
. . then complete loneli-
KC Plan Picnic
To Install July 6
The local council of the Knights !
of Columbus will sponsor the an
nual picnic for St. Mary's Catholic
church parish and friends. This
event is to be in July, date to be
announced later.
New officers for the local
Knights of Columbus will be in
stalled July 8. The meeting will
be presided over bv E. J. Eberdt.
Mahn, of the Royal Canadian air retiring grand knight. New officers
force, a Harvard graduate from foe the coming year are:
Denver. Colo, lived through it alii p. A. Gent d kni ht K,r,
as the only survivor of the crew (L d d k, M Wi,
VT .8ub0m V frCed d0Wn Spies, chancellor; Clarence
off the Dutch coast. Iddincs. treasurer: Clarence KnW.
une crewman was miiea in tneikeler. warden; Fred
crasn. Mann and two sergeants
Meads, ad
vocate; Lee Kokkeler, inside
guard; Lewis Gent, outside guard;
Al Hoffman, recording secre
tary; A. J. McAdams, trustee for
three years. The financial secre
tary, chaplain, and lecturer will
be appointed July 15 by the new
i grand knight
For a brief space the three men
climbed aboard their tiny dinghy,
hoping for rescue. For some days
aircraft, friendly and unfriendly,
droned overhead, apparently nev
er spotting the little boat.
Finally a German plane swoop-
Pacific First Federal Savings,
with offices in Tacoma, Seattle.
Bellingham, Portland, and Eugene,
announces another semi-annual, ed iow j0 investigate.
aiviaena oi a per cent, payaoie
T... Qfi - .1 4n nun
'""'",'""""" '""" were jubilant even though rescue .-.. Tx.IT.r
ty folks. F. M. Cashman, manager M r. ?r(.nn TRANSIENT INJURED
of the Eugene branch, announced
1
litnTnime 1 I
that this dividend was earned in
only 'five months' operation and
that the June earnings will be
added to surplus that is now well
over $1,250.000 00
that this dividend includes school
savings accounts In Eugene and
vicinity, so that the school chil
dren share in this dividend the
same as adult saving holders,
jumps, the star. Black Joe, clear-
LEXTIII-RirS TLVCY
SEW fOLOG.E
Tonbork" wilt win mosculine
approval hondi downl This
pleasant scent Is dedicated to
pleasure in grooming a friendly
note with tweeds ond business
suits alike.
It's never obtrusive but, we're
warning you the women in
your life will undoubtedly raid
your supplyl
FIocons-5 oi., $1.00; 16 ox.,
$2.50.
De luie Decantert-4 oi
$2.50; 8 ot, $4.00.
HIRON'S
Everybody's Drug
9 Willamette Street
LOTUS
Jatdltj's new coloym
The proper way to engage an
other pilot in a dog fight in mod
ern warfare is to shake your fist
at him. If he accepts your chal
lenge he will promptly shake his
fist back at you.
would mean German imprison
ment. With all the water theyj Jasse Frank Graham, a transi-
had left they toasted their seem- ent, walked out of a box car in
ing good fortune only to witness his sleep, Friday night, and in-
a British Beaufighter dive out of Jured his side. The extent of his
the clouds. The British pilot nev- injury was not determined. After I
Mr. Cashman further announced V".. u- :,"J .u7 A" 1 m . I . n'
licss nc inascu uic uciuidii fi.ai. uiaitaiu was muveu lo ule
plane. j Veterans' hospital in Portland. j
That night one of the sergeants -
died. The other sergeant died sev
eral days later leaving Mahan
alone in the boat. Starved, Mahn
grabbed a gull which perched on
the rim of the dinghy and ate its
tlesh. He was thirsty for days.
Then rain fell and the flier gath
ered enough to quench his burn
ing thirst.
Finally, a British torpedoboat
came across the Dinghy and Mahn
was taken to a hospital ashore.
DUART OIL
PERMANENT
$3.50
Reg. 5.00 Permanent
O. K.
BEAUTY.
83? Olive Street
PHONE 26T4
Monday Morning
June 22nd
WE BEGIN OUR
JUNE
CLEARANCE
SALE
13 to 12 LESS
THAN REGULAR PRICES
Hundred, oi them In various desirable lengtt
Many oi them would be Inexpensive ot WU"
price.. Get your .hare oi Bargains Mob
BROADWAY
'wearing apparel dry food
20 AND 30 E. BROADWAY
ill
Reirmhine, simplicity of true
KncJiAh lavender mingled with
. rare, new prrfume . . . blended
to dramatic prrfertion ! Splaxh
into roar tub, drench your skin
after rubor shower, or add trachea
throng boat the day to
achieve that lovely
lady aura. The eiotic,
golden-topped bottle.
tooofK
1
Home keeper Does These 4 Things
1. Wwft fmwh tw.
2. fM mth tmemmf naf
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WcH m mm- learwTt tfmw iU.
tm mm upimm rmmrhH teiry,
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Miner Building
efy'
I - n in W m HaHn Mill j L- j '-J"'ilW
F&fom spiStatobs
America' rr.is!
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white pe:'.o:z:A buck, tr-
in turf tan cr ey c.u-
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1060 WUlarnerle St.
HIRONS
Everybody's Drug
9 Willamette Street