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Page Sixteen THE REGISTER-GUARD. EUGENE. OREGON. H I riin and tend Uu "IVhl.ll." I aaw. A or marine It's meant especially f or mS News of Lane County Men Now Serving Uncle Sam Air War Over Africa Desert Described by Creswell Flier 3 'An? J .is.? , t'L Ll. John J. Weber, formerly of Creswell and a graduate of the University of Oreson, has been flyln with the AAF In North Af rica since September. "We bombed the panzers and enemy airdromes for 10 days and then the army broke through and now we've pushed to Tobruk and haven't done anything lor more than a week. . Tliis excerpt from a letter writ ten by John J. Weber of Cres well seems to be typical of the impatience felt by the American impatience eWof etao etaoin nn soldier at inactivity. He continues, "We were taking off for the last raid of the day and at 2000 feet the dust made visibility poor, Two bombers tangled up and Tommys toil got chewed off. He did a half loop and hit the deck in about six seconds. I saw it all. We flew the mission and lost two more ships over the target from ack ack. All of us got from 100 to S00 holes. I got hit on one raid and lost an engine but managed to get back." The list of places where Lt. Weber has been since the start of the war includes Porto Rico, Trinidad, Brazil, Ascension Isl ands, Gold Coast, Nigeria, French Equatorial Africa, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Pales tine, Syria, and Transjordan. "And I've flown over a lot of other places," he ends. "One Uiing I'll say for the Sa hara. The nights are the clearest and the most beautiful in the world. The sky has twice as many stars. I flew over El Daba today and took a look at a bunch of wrecked Messerschmidts, gliders, tanks and saw a mess of grave yards. The Huns took a beating but the war Isnt over yet." J THEODORE GRANIK. found er, director, moderator of the 13-year-old "American Forum of the Air," heard over Mutual, Sundays, 5:00 to 5:45 p. m. PWT, will reecire an hon orary degree from his Alma Mater, St. John's University, which considers him its "out standing alumnus." LISTEN EVERY SUNDAY 5:00-5:45 PWT Sixteen Lane Women Members ofWAAC An announcement by Colonel J. J. Fuller from WAAC recruit i ing headquarters in Portland 1 places the number of Lane coun- ty women now serving in the Auxiliary corps at 16. Nine of I these are from Eugene. ! Although appreciative of the , Interest Lane county has thus far shown In the WAACs, Colonel ; Fulmer emphasized the fact that ; hundreds more must be enlisted , if the district 1b to provide its i share of the army of 150.000 re cently authorized by congress. 1 The Lane county representa tion in the women's army now in-1 ' eludes, from Eugene: Mary M. ! Beltz, Hildred Bradley. Lee E. Hammock, Cordelia E. Carpenter, Claire L. Getty, Stella E. Golden, Helen M. Lewis, Madia G. Moor head, Thelma J. Swennes, Gladis E. Harper, Mary C. Kabler, and Barbara F, Yates. From other Lane communities are: Lottie E. Groff, route 1, Creswell, Edith I. Honnold, route 1, Junction City, Eunice E, Knauber, route 1. Cres well, Beryl A. Smith, Cottage Grove, and Jessie H. Keeney, Springfield. Frank P Wadnizak, son of Mrs Victoria Wadnizak of Eugene, en listed in the navy in May, 1942, and went overseas in August. He is a machinist mate I-e now on duty in (he South Pacific. Lola Carroll Wins WAAC Commission I Lota I. Carroll of 1128 Washing j ton, Eugene, has been commission ed a third officer in the Women's I Army Auxiliary Corps, according to word from Des Moines, Iowa. Third officer is the WAAC equiv alent of second lieutenant. ' Cassie Armenda Evans of Swiss home'also has begun training at ! Fort Des Moines. For the first four 1 weeks she will be assigned to a basic company for more detailed training. Aviation cadet Philip Smith, 23, son of Mrs, Gertrude F. Smith of F.ugene, is stationed at Corpus thristl, Tex., for advanced flight training with the naval air force. Cadet Smith, who has three broth ers In the armed forces, attended UCLA for three years. Eugene Officer Has Colorful Career William Milnor Sanford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Sanford of Port land, was promoted early this month to the rank of first lieu tenant. He lived in Eugene from 1930 to 1935 and was graduated from University high school and the University of Oregon, where he received his bachelor of science degree in journalism and adver tising. Lt. Sanford, who is now sta tioned at Maxwell Field, Ala., is one of the few army pilots who wears two sets of wings, for he is a pilot in the Royal Canadian air force before he transferred in to the U.S. army air forces in May, 1942. He wears the RCAF wings on his right breast and the Ameri can wings on his left. He joined the RCAF in May, 1941, and had just completed his flying training there and was awaiting his appointment either as a sergeant pilot or officer when he made the transfer. He was sent to Ellington Field, Tex., where he took a conversion course and was commissioned a second lieutenant. From Ellington Field he was or dered to Colorado Springs, Colo., for photographic operational train ing. His next assignment took him to Alaska and the Yukon territory for three months. He is now as signed to the base photo section here as photo pilot and assistant photo officer. i V W ) I ? j Lt. Fergus J. Wood, son of Pro fessor and Mrs. Louis A. Wood of Eugene, is now at San Marcos, Tex., base weather officer at the army air force's navigation school, A former student of the Univer sity of Oregon, Lt. Wood pursued his studies at the Universities of California, Chicago and Michigan. Donald Coulter Wins Lieutenant's Bars Donald H. Coulter of Eugene was commissioned a second lieu tenant in the U. S. army Feb. 5, upon successful completion of the officer candidate course at the in fantry school at Fort Benning, Ga. Lt. Coulter is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Coulter of 1470 Nine teenth avenue east, Eugene. The new lieutenant was inducted into the army on July 23, 1942, and served with the 89th infantry training battalion, Camp Roberts, Calif., before going to officer can didate school three months ago. He held the rank of corporal be fore being commissioned. He is a graduate of Eugene high school. Jessie Ruhndorf Officer in WAVES Jessie May Ruhndorf, "daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Buhn dorf of 1348 Oak street, Eugene, was assigned to active duty last month after being commissioned an ensign in the U.S.N.R. After being graduated from Wil lamette University with a BA de gree, Miss Ruhndorf worked as secretary of the Springfield Ply wood corp., and then taught at Jacksonville high school, Jackson ville, Ore. She also holds a private pilot's license, having completed a course under the Civilian Aero nautics administration, Herman Earl Raymond, seaman 2-c, stationed at San Diego naval training base, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Raymond, formerly of McKenzie bridge but now of Glen dale. He was graduated from Drain high school and then at tended business college in Portland. Commission Won By Lloyd A. Cummins Lloyd A. Cummins recently was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry of the U.S. army at Fort Benning, Ga., and is now stationed at Camp Walters, Tex., where he has been assigned to the training Cadre. Mrs. Cummins and their young son, Richard, are now residing at the Hotel Baker, Mineral Wells, Tex., near Camp Walters. Lt. Cummins, formerly of Mc Kenzie Bridge, attended Oregon State college and the University of Oregon. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Cummins of Mc Kenzie Bridge and has been in the army since June 7, 1942. Hometown WhistL A wwkl dlswt ot communll MW1 fQr "11 Lt. Burkholder Visits Lt. Kenneth Burkholder visited Eugene last week on his furlough following his graduation from offi cers training school located at Belvoir, Va. He was head of the O. and C. Land administration of fice located in the Federal build ing here for several years before enlisting In the army March; 1943. Lt. Burkholder received his commission on Feb. 3, in the third army enginers, and immediately after his visit to Eugene, reported back for duty in Missouri. His mother is Mrs. Jeanette Smith of Depoe Bay. Lt. Burkholder has a home in Eugene located on Full View Drive addition. Week's Highlights By MARK HOWARD Spring may not be here official ly yet, but all its blessings in the weather line have arrived. Last week saw coats laid aside and white shoes again become the pnnvpntinnal fnnlurpar Tha overhead was (prohibited by the censor) and tugeneans took full advantage of it. the mainritv wait ing to and from ,work and once again hauling forth dust-laden golf clubs and tennis rackets. Those who in times past have enjoyed evening strolls with their dogs were forced to take precau tionary measures during the week, with a dog poisoner already hav ing claimed the lives of several pets. A letter, presumably from the poisoner, which was received at the Guard offices Feb. 18, "de clared war" on dogs in order to "protect" shrubs, flowers and gar dens, , . .Sounds something like Adolf's protection measures, does n't it? Southern Pacific's new main line along the river bank went into operation Feb. 18 making University classrooms again quiet. . . . W. B. Farier. Fall Prppb- Re played a three-and-half fo'ot bob cat here Tecently. He trapped the animal in the hills above Fall t-reek. , . . Funds from the sale- o war bonds for the Lane count "Firebird" lmmher r a a o h h $88,225 this week. Sheriff O. E. Crowe announced that 17 pairs of boots have been loaned to -farmem from th collected from local sportsmen. ine doois were donated for farm ers who have to harvest, prnns nn wet ground . . . another week of this weather and they'll be pick ins their daisv-chaina in thnlr bare feet. Dr. Dallas Dedrick of the Uni versity has been appointed head of the gas protection division of the Lane county defense council. , . , Stanley R. Stevenson was named chairman of the Red Cross war fund drive for the county, said drive scheduled to begin March 2. Sterling Boehnke, former man ager of the Gilbert shoe store, is now an army ski instructor at Camp Douglas, Wi . . . The Uni versity of Oregon was included in me wmus list of 51 additional Ok. ' Biggest ...... . first vf.n J" UK'nT: .18tor Dlstrii-t a i " Was tiMtu-.T4. WUttt main,uJWKS; continue, to giJi Orppnn ... .' 1 . Oregon retain'.; .. "'he northenTdL '"S'H. The sam. ,7 City Hoop Play Back to Normal Axemen, Mailers in Vital District Game .143 .000 Lt. Robertson Is Home on Leave Lieutenant Howard L. Robert son, now stationed at Boise, Ida-! ho, is home on a few days leave visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. i Wayne Robertson and other rela- j '" t;id friends. Lieutenant Rob- i crtson received his "wings" re cently at the army air base at : La Junta, Colo. He Is a graduate I of Eugene high school and attend- ed the University of Oregon for 1 a time. ! You are invited . . ... to visit our attractively remodeled sandwich shop. Slop in and see the bright, new. Interior. We ieature the same de licious food as always, with many addi tional dishes on our menu. This invitation is extended by the employees and Harry Lealon, himself. We Never Close LEATON'S SNAPPY SERVICE 860 Olive Phone 380-M '1TT RASKKTn.M.L LEAGUE MunilhiM W. Man's Shop Guardg 12 Springfield C.I.O. 11 Richfield Oil 10 Northwest C. C. 10 Baptist Church 10 Electric Steel 7 Peterson's Grocery 4 Medo-Land Creamery 4 Uanebo 2 N.Y.A. Came 0 Following a two-week period of ton-id play, City league basket ball reverts to form during the c.ming week when only three of etglit scheduled games show pos sibilities of involving, changes among the five leading quintets. Tile Man's Siiop Guards, victors In 12 consecutive games after two enrly-season defeats, are favored to retain their too ranking during the week making time until meet ing the Baptists and Northwest Christian College next week in the cloving series of the season. The Christians are the only leaders who face a formidable foe In the four games Monday nt the Mimi's gym against Electric Stool Foundry. In the regularly ;clied uled Wednesday and Thursday vumcs moved from the junior high courts tor a complete four S ime series Wednesday th; Bap tists and tlie N.C.C. aggregations vie in the top game, and Richfield Oil will risk its ranking in a tilt .igumst Electric Steel. A special informal scrimmage has been or--r.Sed between the league-lead-in? Guards and the Sisma Chi Ip'.tci'nity at 7:30 p. m. We-mcs-day at the Men's gym. The schedule for the week, all i'ames at the Men's gym, follows: Monday: East gym 8 p. m Dancbo vs. Baptists; 9 p. in., Man's Shop Guards vs. Medo-Land. West gym 8 p. m Electric Steel vs. N.C.C; 0 p. m. C.I.O. vs. Pet c i son's. Wednesday: East gym 7 p. m.. N.C.C. vs. Baptists; 8 p m., Danebo vs. Peterson's; 9 p. m.. Electric Steel vs. Riehficlct. West gvm :'M p. m., Guards vs. Sigma' Chi; 8:30 p. m CIO vs. Medo-Land. DISTRICT 6 Standings Eugene Springfield Junction City - ..... St. Mary's University high .. Cottage Grove W t. Pel. Pis. Op. .-7 1 ,887 299 '.'.11 ..3 2 .714 229 190 -4 4 .500 269 269 3 4 .428 211 250 3 4 .429 212 211 .-0 7 .000 209 278 $200 Purse On Line In Challenge Bowlinq Two hundretd dollars will ride on tlie revolutions of four ebony j bowling balls at the U-Bowl al- I leys Sunday nttcrnoon when two iiK-al keglers take on a pair of are ' HorMiind bowlers, in a 10-gume! challngu match. The four pin- ! bu.-ters will vie in a return match I in Portland later in tlie winter. At 1:30 p. m. Virgil Jones and Roy :oitham of Eugene will toe the starting line against Clarence N'crdsti'om and Walt Woods of Portland. The high aggregate scorw of the two doubles teams will be matched one against the other. District 6 basketball play en ters its final big week with all eyes focused on the game at Springfield next Friday night be tween the Millers and Ford Mul len's league-leading Eugene Axe men. The game will virtually de cide the district championship, providing no upsets are posted in Tuesday's games. The Axemen, who have not yet fully recovered from their em barrassing defeat last Tuesday night to the University high Tid 01 s, can finish no worse than a tie even though they lose to Spring fieldnecessitating a playoff. The Millers, on the other hand, must defeat Frank Thomas' dangerous crew of Junction City Tigers, with Don Davenport back In his old form again, next Tuesday night, and a defeat by either tlie Tigers or the Axemen will give Eugene the title. However, the Millers are riding at tlie crest of the wave, and most experts figure that the Eugene Springfield game will be the best of the year, and decide the title winners. There was little important action on tlie district front during the week, excelpt for Hank Kuchera's first basketball victory over a Eugene high team. The 'B' league tournament forced postponement of the St, Muiy's-Springfield con test, which would have no bear ing on tlie final standings, and in the only other games. Junction City defeated Cottage Grove twice leaving the hapless Lions to still seek their first triumph. Tuesday nightEugene faces the strong St. Mary's quintet, runner tip in the' county -B' tournament. The game at the E1IS floor will find the Gaels out to revenge a nine point defeat in their first meeting. In other Tuesday' games, Cittuge Grove plays University high at tlie Igloo, and Springfield travels to Junction City. Aside from the Springfield con test on Friday, Cottage Grove meets St. Mary's on the Gael's floor, and Junction City will play University highi probably on Thursday night. - The above contests will com plete the district play, except for postponed games between St. Mary's and Springfield and Uni versity high and Cottage Grove. Don Davenport, Junction City's clever shooting guard, scored 18 points against Cottage Grove Fri day night to replace Ernie Ban ner, Eugene, as scoring leader. Davenport now has 90 compared with 88 for Danner who could score only four points against his former teammates, UHS, A recheck in the scoring finds that Jerry Switzer, rugged Tide center, had 67 points last week instead of 77, and the nine against Eugene gives him 76 and fourth place, one point behind Spring field's Wade Cowan. Cowan and Switzer have appeared in only seven games, however, while Danner and Davenport have par ticipated in eight contests. The leading scorers: NAME SCHOOL Uavenport. Junction Danner, Eugene Morteuson. Junction i-uwin, apringtieia Switzer. Uni high Wolf, Eugene Heltznian, St. Mary's Cain. Eunenf. Powell, Springfield nmon, junction city iiM. wuuage i,rove Luckcy, Springfield DeWitt. Cottage 'Grove Baldlnger, Uni high . Stratton. Springfield V Karpolr. Cottage Gravo Marshik. St. Mary's Lednlvkey, Junction City - O Q Ff Ft Pf Tp -.8 42 S 12 90 ..8 38 12 9 88 ..8 23 19 ! Si 7 31 13 9 77 ..7 28 20 13 76 ..8 24 13 19 61 ..7 23 8 5 54 ..7 24 2 13 50 .7 20 10 17 30 ...8 19 9 14 47 ..3 22 1 8 46 ...7 14 13 12 41 7 14 11 11 39 ..6 16 S 19 38 .7 15 .7 14 .6 13 .8 12 7 18 37 8 14 36 7 17 33 S 3 32 SAMTONE CLEANING Electric Cleaners Ph. 300 Cougar Contests Last For Ducks A two-game basketball series between Washington State college and the University of Oregon will feature the local sports program da; ing the coming week for Web foot athletes. The games tu be piayed at McArthur court Friday and Saturday will concl ide Ore gon's regul-)." northern fiivision, Pacific coast conference basket ball season. Coach. Mike Hoyman's swim- fmmg team, defending division champions, will vie in Pullman Saturday in an effort to retain the championship in a meet aganst Washington's favored Huskies, Washington State, Oregon State, Idaho and possibly Montana. The Oregon freshman basket bnll team will close its season at Corvallis Monday when the Duck lings will make an effort to even the score with the Oregon State rlooks. Coach Earl Sandness' yearlings have lost two of three meetings with Luke Gill's Baby Beav.'is. The game is expected to be the 1943 finale for both ag- gresjat'ens. Coac.i Jack Friai's Washington State Cougars come here after a : two g:ne series against Oregon , Stale m Corvallis Tuesday and Wednesday. The Pullman hoop- j men, handicapped by the loss of Captain Owen Hunt, still have a ) good an.nce to lift the northern division crown, but face formid able fees in the Beavers and the Wcbfoois Washington State won both games from Oregon ntate in Pull man, b'.it split with Oregon earlier in the season when high-scoring Gail I'ishop was absent from tlie lineup. The in wccK-pnrt H"kie8 hold . iL Washington Shta over the weekS vctory0verldaiT'4 lias OVPHab ing leader. i 'd b h are within mdividual scorLS' by. Ray Turner H points in i , "'i0Jtis hOUthfm rvt:i. . straight-H Over Stanfn,v(.-T"!Ml'tDj all Pions this w4Zv!riH of of at leastaUelSftH ty: division title. . TH wrestling went on month'.' achih,i.w 1,5 Frit, v'Wwd Eugene HatchetaeoS suffered , w.m.7." , . - mu rasa Gordon's Man's ShoXi leadine the rih, k-.i.-.r??1 after scoring their ljrj, J ana noiiii game margin over Spriniu in the 10-team circuit,,, BIRTHS-Sonj toTITE WUford. Caot. .) mS rITCL Mr. nnrf Mr. ... . tC and ,."S a Sorlngfle di Mr. . u S. " Slocum. and Mr. .a KTSL Mrs. :'Ei r&rrTcffiS1 and Mrs. L. wf'Bu,,, , wSJ "-n'"vn i4j Ml, M Ufa W Mieuwboer. Mr. tai Mn a i J and Mr. atul VI r, -f 1 - . Hug. Humer WW I .. , . iu or, BUB r Mr. and Mn. HirlintJ t Bid of Springfield; Mr. and lit 3J vintner, roruaiid. and Mr Clifford Momingstar, Watsjj fiotininui. i-iLtn&ts-Tnota) ll.... , ..i.u. , 1 Terry and Rosjlnn Vim klirl J .,Bw oiiu uiucisHie nyyiuveai Eugene; Raymond Arthur Eizri Tnr Ilea h.. tVttt nm.. nnrl nn.... t and Anil. r..-. v1 specialized trainine nrom-ams. i lRrJ.nA"e'dj. w,ende" Dr. Norman K. Tully became an adopted father Feb. 11, when a two-weeks-old baby boy was left on his doorstep the note from the baby's mother said that she was 'alone and stranded." . . . William Tugman and Karl W. Onthank of Eugene were elected vice-president and executive sec retary, respectively, ol me uregon 1 Brock, Hirrisbur,: amiom uj Dad's association at the annual j J?"". M,rcol,i Eugene, and Florence Uant im mir5fuieia; wiiuam mm Ben ! tit InH rWntlm srai tH ircno; Rriv Alfrvrl Ktwiw B--J Dean Lee Curtj, KaiTiitKirf. cTa Nell Berryh.ll, Junction CSr. 1 DEATHS Mrs. KjUe B. U J mm ox air, ana nn. ioon iiti Barnett, Jr., Mary Jane Cnm il niinavg, ucuigc o. ruiujui, asi Willouphby, all of Eugene: He? Ha P.llo FIHntt Brut Mn .l)ia fni Shahan, al! of Springing: hi Sgt Harbert Visits Sergeant Wayne Harbert of Eu gene, stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia, is home on a few days leave visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrsi R. R. Harbert at Vaughn, and with friends in Eugene, He is a graduate of the University of Ore gon and is a former news staff member at the Register-Guard. NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING All landowners affected by flood waters from Fern Ridge Dam are urged to attend the meeting to be held at Franklin Grange hall Thursday, Feb. 25, at 8 p. m. The purpose of this meeting is to dis cuss and determine extent of dam ages caused and ways and means to obtain relief. If you are In terested do not fail to attend this meeting. ASH BAILEY, R. F. THOM. PAUL E. 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