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THE REGISTER-GUARD. EUGENE. OREGON. Page FIvt pequiem Mass for I Bobbins Tuesday JT Fueenean who was killed fWtoie crash In Florida. "ifL beU in St. Mary". Catholic here Tuesday. 9 a.m. Rev. ffu P Leipzig, pastor of the S church, will give the sermon. ...siting at the service will be f n P Curley.Rev.Loul.Sohl ind Rev. Clifford Carroll, f ends of Lieutenant Robbins are ,( to the service, to St Augustine's CathoUc ., h south Boston, Mass., also Tuesday, the funeral nri will be held-for Lleuten Tbbins and burial will be in lieutenant Robbins was born in Poland. Ore., March 16, 1917, and Sie with his family to Eugene at Ztie of five. He attended the Soob here Un 1 verstty high rhool, and the University of Ore la (or three years, receiving his lapolntment to West Point his Jun to rear on the campus here. He Z, graduated from West Point hit May 29 as a second lieuten ot and went into the army air orces, receiving his wings last De cember. He recently had been pro moted to first lieutenant. Lieuten. t Robbins was killed Thursday flvine on a special detail. He is survived by his wife, the former Mary Kelly of South Bos (on, to whom he was married in February of this year; his mother, )rs. W. F. Sears of Eugene; his iaiher, Lieutenant Colonel Carl W. Robbins, former Eugene physician, and now with the U.S. forces over ieas; an older brother, First Lieu tenant Carl W. Robbins, Jr., U. S. irmy air forces; and a sister Miss Betty Grace Robbins of Eugene. Lieutenant Robbins Joined the Catholic church while a student at West Point. He was'a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at the University of Oregon. 1. " .Z.lZ2:r- " .... ' ' - tat 9iS ',.. 3 f Names of Inductees Meetings on New Livestock Regulations Are Scheduled Announced by Board 1 Lane county local board No. 1 Saturday released names of men who entered the armed forces on March 12. All are from Eugene. To the navy: Robert Louis Bon ney, Robert Russell Kramer, Syl vester Thiessen, Clifford Wallace Farmer, James Robert Buck. To the army: Norman R. Cory, Richard Thomas Owen, Curtis Henry Albro. Willis Vernon Ruble Jr., Donald Eugene Woolwine, Dar rel Morton Draper, John Joseph Koler, Gail William Card, William Metlln Stratton, Thomas Howard Staley, Charles Raymond Hucka, Robert Otis Van Atta. Nicholas Valentine Riasanovsky, Howard Franklin Steele, George William Allis. Alfred R. McCullugh, Wil liam Robert Reeves, Jerry Hal- stead, James Wilde McMullen, Francis Joseph Mueller, Fred Amos Bauer, Wesley Braxton Hoyt, Nor man LeRoy Bissell. i...nHhr., . .,,Wir8 RESCUED A navy PBY stands by to rescue Brlr. Gen. Nathan F. Twin-S5- -isJufi P 7 14 a,te;,they had spent five days and six nlshU In small life rafts In the open sea. ' jM ,C0Innanainr an army bomber on a combat mission in the Solomons when a forced J""""" ta darkness. A member of the rescue crew (left, in water) can be seen brinring a tow une to one of the rafts. Among those with Gene ral Twininr of Portland, Ore., were Col. Glen C. Jamison, Washiiigton, D.C RUJor H. C. Seashoals, Cleveland, Ohio, Lieut. Edward T. Brown, Nashville, Tenn., Lieut. Edward W. Durant, Charleston. S. C, and Sergeant Wilbur A. Rathbun, Powland, N. T. Associated Press photo from U. S. Navy. n!jCify Youth Council Discusses Problems Eugene's Youth Council met re cently at the Frances Willard school to consider ways In which the youth of this area can best be served, President Winfield Atkin son exhibited a motion picture on victory gardens, now being used in the Eugene public schools. There was talk of incorporating the vic tory garden program Into the sum mer activities of already existing boys and girls clubs. George B. Nelson was appointed chairman of the project, to be aided by Mrs. Robert Leeper and E. A. Daniel son. C,mmM 1 1 ;..;,. .Km il U 1H of I ;".p.uj..iic..i ui raja miu :( .. r. "r girls in harvest activities was con- Eugene homes this week to collect , Forest (i work old papers and magazines. h, h school vkt " g ; The Lane county defense coun-1 j snior Employmeynt pPro'Jecti and ol has received word to ahip out oJects sJ,Tei bJunt and carload at this time and the Jun-;r go;ernment agents, were ,u r X , i ,. T i discussed, and It was agreed upon Junior Marines Will Collect Paper Junior Marines, with arm bands at mulh as possible in lommuni ty service and in the lolal war ef fort as well as stressing good cit-Iraship. MISSING PRINTS Should Be Obtained Now! Why don't you go through your nega tives and let us make prints for those that you have given away. Bring your album up to date. Carl R. Baker FILM SHOP 7th & Willamette that the council's primary objec tive In this connection was to see that proper working conditions are maintained. Supervision of younger children whose parents are working was brought up and the possibility of the Citizens Service Corps block leadership system was suggested, as an answer to the problem. . Juvenile delinquency problems were again brought to the atten- tion of the council and President Atkinson emphasized the need for cooperative planning by both pri vate and public agencies. A deten tion home for boys, with a com petent husband and wife In charge, might be started if some initial financial support from the Com munity Chest could be obtained. The council was reminded of the nationally observed Boys and Girls week, scheduled for the last week of April. OFFICIAL VISITS Mrs. David Dickover, Boise, Ida., province director of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, is visiting Nu chap ter at the University of Oregon. l1" driving amdithm, for which i?l"n"r'!' hm trighulfy y"f "" adjusted, ntcissiuit ET' Hcrt " JnM uc ngmtert to help rem rutrd Huna "hl end txcetihm wr. Exgtnt kmct f "ping", nqmentfy tsmud h lower tune, war-time llin: can be corrected through motor tune-up, timing adjustment or m uriout cases removal of cylinder head to clean out carbon. - - " &?",mrml living required Iton cr"Zkca" ,il rj 3,000 to JWO m,. Today, shorter drives on harmful con- ttAr """" Batteries discharge in idle ears. Pontiac engineers advise, especially for A Card drivers, limited use of electrical accessories, battery check-up every two weeks, periodic check of generator, starter, voltage regulator. IN THE SERVICl OF THE NATION Z.. ".' d,i'' of odi acffr tad iU of ow ikill, hcilidti tad equip Zr1 " l lU-AiMricaa ob of knpioa yemr Poodu tad all BikB ol cut J "ftlr ud rfScimUr tot At dandoa. FoadK dUlf ud ib -fin Amid difficult rnrMl.tnna vw 1 ttri.i ""-Power problems and 1 .borages. It is good news eSJL" o the job' Our staff of M our ock of functional replacement parts are here to help you keep your car running for the duradoa. Whatever make of car jou drire I . I whaiercr your aerrica problem may be, we loWie you to make uae of our complete facilities and our skilled workmen. UST rAYMETTS ON SOIVICB WtlU OT fUM OB MORC CASCADE MOTOR CO. . IV- Moll's Book Is Reviewed Abroad From London, England, and Melbourne, Australia, have coma favorable reviews of "Cut from Mulga," Ernest G. Moll's latest book of poems. Dr. Moll, who Is an associate professor of English at the university, recently had his book published by the Mel bourne University Press, in asso ciation with the Oxford Univer sity Press. Five meetings to acquaint farm ers, slaughterers, dealers, agents. and others with the purposes and provisions of the orders of Claude R. Wickard, secretary of agricul ture, in regard to the need for permits in connection with the handling of livestock and meat will be held in Lane county this week by the Lane county USDA war board, Geo. W. Piatt, chairman of the board, announced Saturday. Effective April 1, the orders of the secretary of agriculture re quire local slaughterers, butchers and farm slaughterers to obtain permits before doing any slaugh tering of livestock where meat is to be sold. People who purchase and sell livestock, operators of auction markets, auctioneers, and other agents also must have per Three Fall Chemistry Classes Given at UO (or the first time In nearly 15 years, three fall-term chemis try courses are being offered again spring terms this year at the University of Oregon. Dr. A. H. Hunz, head of the chemistry department, said Thursday. The first-term subjects are freshman chemistry, second-year chemistry, and organic or advanced chemis try. Purpose of repeating the cour ses is to facilitate speeding up of scientific training for pre-medl-cal students, most of whom will continue their schooling through the summer. Students that took beginning chemistry last summer had completed a year's work in the field by the end of winter term, and those who take the course this spring, accelerating meir education Dy attending sunv mer scnooi, will Classes in Selling Shoes Are Scheduled Those Interested In selling shoes will have an opportunity to take a class on the subject, sponsored by the Eugene vocational school In cooperation with shoe merchants of the city. The first class will be held Tuesday night at 7 at EVS. Arthur Yates will be instructor. The classes have been arranged primarily for unemployed women who wish to become shoe sales people. The course will elbrace fundamentals of selling techniques, construction of shoes, and shoe selling under the ratlonig program. mlts. These permits will be Issued by the county USDA war board on application. The purpose in re quiring permits Is to keep livestock and meats flowing through legiti mate channels. Wednesday, March 24 VH club building on county fairgrounds in Eugene. Meeting for commercial dealers and slaughterers, auction eers, operators of auction markets, and commissionmen. (Farmers will be welcome at this meeting if they are not likely to be able to attend some other meeting.) Thursday, March 25 Communi ty meetings for farmers at Junc tion City grange hall and Florence city hall. Friday, March 28 Community meetings for farmers at Jefferson school building In Cottage Grove and in the 4-H club building on the county fairgrounds in Eugene. Commercial dealers ad slaugh terers, auctioneers, operators of ouctlon markets, and commission men who cannot attend the meet ing in Eugene Wednesday evening may attend any of the other meet ings and obtain Information in re gard to the whole permit program. Mr. Piatt urges everyone affect ed by the orders of the secretary of agriculture to attend on of these meetings where the program will be explained and where appli cation blanks will be handed to people desiring to obtain permits. Mrs. Amy W. Stoffer Mrs. Amy W. Stoffer, 69, 41 tt E. 18th, died Friday at a local hos pital. Born July 15, 1873 at Han over Kan., ahe married Abe M. Stoffer May 10, 1893 in Kansas. She waa a member of the Chris tian church. Survivors include her husband, the following children, Harry E. of Portland; Dale H. of Vancouver, Wn.; Faye W. of Ca mino, Calif.,; Warren E. of Cor vallis; and Mrs. Mildred F. South ard of Vancouver, Wn.; two grand- children; two sisters, Mrs. Cora Price and Mrs. Grace Frye, both of Kansas, Funeral service will be teld on Monday at 11 ajn. at the Branstet-ter-Simon chapel, Rev, Walter Fla ms officiating, and Interment in the Rest Haven Memorial park. , Nurse to Join Army Miss Margaret B. Woodruff of Pomoa, Calif, who has recently been Pacific area Red Cross con sultant for the state of Oregon, has been released from the area staff and will enter the U.S. army nurse corps, according to word received Saturday by the Lane county chap ter. Miss Woodruff Is well known in Eugene, having made frequent vis its here as nursing consultant. She is a niece of Mrs. Charlotte Hell man, Red Cross nurse who waa decorated for her outstanding work with mothers and children in Greece after World War I. She has a long record in nursing service. 4-H Marketing Tour To Be Held April 3 to be sponsored under the aus- pices oi tne ommonweaitn Kum high school graduates to enroll in freshman chemistry this sum mer, thus obtaining valuable' scl- HIS SUB GOT 13 SHIPS Lieut. C o m d r. Lucius H. Chappell (above), of Columbus, Ga., waa the commanding officer of a sub marine that the U. S. Navy said sent ten Jap merchant ships and three of Nippon's warships to Pa cific Ocean graves. (U. S. Navy photo.) eranr fund, an Australian gov ernment fund administered by the leading critics and the prime minister oi Ausirai.a entiflc training before they enter 1 ,!etS!wS, K ma: tervice- He b-Uevt many reviewed the book In ttie maga- .clence.mlnded studenta wilI ,ean zine "English," saying This is a hMV,. ,, .k '! Passionate, singing compelling faecause f hoTta.. of doc. tors and the opportunities to en ter a specialized army program. He cun- Committees fo be Named for Meeting Work was begun this week by the committee on associate mem berships of the Northwest Music Educators conference, to be held In Eugene April 9-12, Mrs. Lillian V. Eldridge, committee chairman, announced Saturday. Commit tee heads from every civic or ganization will be announced next week, Mrs. Eldridge said. With the cooperation of the Eu gene chamber of commerce and all community organizations the committee is promoting the sale voice from the Antipodes U a varv real noet and ning master of language." I Louis Untermeyer, American author , and editor, commented: "This man has something keen and alive. He has observed sharply, but has added Imagina tion to observation. In other words, he is a poet a genuine creator." The editor of the Meioourne (Australia) Advocate had this to say; , , .. "It catches the mood of the bush with lines that crackle and metaphors that hurt. Stark, cheerless, brutal, reticant cyni cal, meditative as the real Aus tralia that few Australians know. New CD Classes Will Begin Monday Eve Organization of new civilian de- feme classes, to meet the needs of associate memberships in' the j 0f men wishing to become air raid Northwest Music Educators' con- wardens but who have not been ference. Memberships are being aDie to do so because of pressure sold by civic clubs, the chamber f winter work, has been announc- of commerce, and the committee e(j Dy L. K. Shumaker, commander on associate memberships Associate memberships, priced at $1, give admittance to seven general sessions of the conference, including addresses by nationally known speakers, discussions, clin ics, panels, and workshops, and four evening .festival concerts. The evening concerts are Eugene night, the all-Northwest college faculty concert, a Eugene all-city choir with a 100-piece Northwest symphony orchestra, and a com munity sing and all-Northwest symphony orchestra, and a com munity sing and all-Northwest symphony band. Montie Lesley Montie Lesley, 62, died at his home, 208 W. 19th on Friday. He was born Jan. 13 1881, in Salem, and had been a resident of Eugene since 1912. He married Emma Mor row In Salem Oct. 10 1908. He is survived by his widow; two sons, Captain Cletus Lesley of Camp Lewis, and George Lesley of Port land; a sister, Mrs. Myrtle DePeatt of Seattle: a brother, Eliott Lesley and a half brother Albert Stewart, both of Salem. He was a member of the Elks lodge of Eugene. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. from the Bran stetter-Simon cnapei. i ne of District 10, Lane County De fense council. The first meeting will be Mon day night at 7:30 in Friendly hall on the campus, and enrollment of all Interested may be made at that time. The course will be conducted under the official training speci fications of the office of civilian defense, Washington, D. C. All graduates will be entitled to the detailed privileges of such volun tary workers, and will receive benefits In case of injury or death in pursuit of duty. Meeting night of the weekly class, arranged on request of Eu gene water' board employes who wish to attend, may be changed -the course progresses, Commander Shumaker said. The new series of Instruction classes for auxiliary police, orig inally scheduled to begin last week, will start Tuesday night at 7:30 in the council chamber of the city hall. This series has no con nection with Mr. Shumaker's classes for air raid wardens. ' Lane County Hi-Y Meet To Be Held Tuesday Wartime shortages and transpor tation restrictions have made nec essay the new, one-evening Lane county Hl-Y confeence, to be held Tuesday fom 5 until 9 p.m, at St. May's Episcopal chuch, Eugene. Chester Stevenson of University high school, county H-Y president, will be assisted in his duties by Lee Krause, Cottage Grove high school, vice-president of the counr ty organization. . Program features will Include pre-supper conference for Hl-Y club offices, to be led by Everett W, Harding, Portland, member of the area YMCA staff. A potluck supper at 6:15 p.m. will be follow. ed by entertainment, with James Working of Eugene high school In charge. A talk on Hl-Y directives for 1943 will be iven by Everett Hard ing after the entertalnrent period. Motion pictures of the University of Oregon basketball team will be shown and election of county Hl-Y officers for the coming year will be held. ' Plans for the annual 4-H club marketing tour, an event long looked forward to by the club members of Lane county, are crac- have completed tlcally completed, E. A. Danlelson, oy county club leader, said Saturday. The tour this year is dated lor Saturday, April 3. This tour is participated In each spring by several hundred boys and girls of the county who have completed their marketing projects and written their marketing essays. The essay contest closed Saturday and the papers will be judged in a few days. Prize-winners are us ually announced on the day of the tour. The program of the tour will be carried out this year about the same as in the past except that the boys and girls will have to bring their own lunch on account of the rationing point system. Heretofore there has always been a big "feed at noon, held In the cafeteria at the cannery of the Eugene Fruit Growers' association. Further an nouncements in regard to the lunch will be made later. The tour usually begins with a show at one of the theaters. The boys and girls are then divided into groups and they visit Indus trial plants, public buildings and other places of lntetrest through out the day. John Dunlevy COTTAGE GROVE John Dun levy of Delight Valley died Fri day at the age of 58 years, at the Veteran's hospital In Portland. He was a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Disabled American Veter ans. Funeral announcement will be made later from the Smith chapel at Cottage Grove. FIRES REPORTED Fires reported by the city fire ; department were Friday afternoon i at Eugene Planing Mill, 311 Law- I rence, where fire In a fuel bin I caused small damage; and early Elks I Saturday morning at residence of I will have charge of the graveside Robert D. Horn, 1825 Fairmount, ! service at the Rest Haven Mem-1 where the blaze was caused by an orial park. overheated flue. , ! MORALE WORKS BOTH WAYS . . . ... It should bo high on the fighting front and at home. Your laundry Is Important ... for vary plec of linen you save through conservation keeps labor and ma terials free for war production. Let us help you keep your linen looking better . . . longerl Call us todayl NEW SERVICE LAUNDRY 833 High Phone 82S T- tS5 WWW Though furniture manufacture has been greatly cur tailed due to the all-out war effort, there are still many fine furniture pieces available, We Invite you to look over our stock and solect those needed Items. New furniture does much to maintain home morale on a high standard. Plan to Attend Spring Opening Wednesday Night. March 24th We invite you to see our window displays at Spring Opening and shop our store later at your leisure. Buy United States War Bonds! 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