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fage 8, Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Tue., Jan. 13, 1948 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER (Pub)lihtd Bvtrj Bvmlug and Iun4.tr EDITOR AND PUBLISH Alton F. Bakaf MANAGING EDITOR William M Tufman KXWS SERVICE .AoeUU1 Praia, United PrM WHWBER Audit Buraau of CLrculatloo Entcrad at tht Poit O filet at Buftaa, Oregon, ai atcond tlaw matUr. Tha Rtflitvr-Ouard'a policy la tha aomplata and Impartial publication In Its ntwi pagaa of aU nawi and itaUmcnU on nawt. On thla pagt tha edltora of Tha Reglitar-Guard offar their opinion! on avanti of tha day and matter of Importance lo tha community, endeavoring to be candid but fair and helpful In tha development of eona tractive community policy. High Honor for a Great Teacher The University of Oregon is greatly hon ored in the recognition that has come to Professor L. O. Wright, the presidency of the National Association of Teachers of Spanish. In the great learned societies the honors usually go to men from the older and histor ically famous schools, and sometimes it is the prestige of the school rather than the scholarly achievements of the man, and the school, for the long labors of Leavitt Wright have done much to bring distinction to the University of Oregon in the romance lan guages. Nearly everybody in Eugene, of course, knows Leavitt Wright. We shall not speak of him as Dr. Wright because it irks him to have his PhD. paraded. He does not even like to be called Professor, and is usually just plain Mister even to his classes. He has been active in Rotary and Round Table and the Congregational church. He was ordained in the ministry before he decided to teach, and he is' still called upon to marry the children of his friends and to read the ser vices or the departed. The home of the Wrights on the hillside in Birch lane has been "a gathering place" for years and years. It would be impossibble to catalogue the students (and others) whom the Wrights have befriended. Both of the Wrights were the children of American missionaries in Mexico. It is impossible to think of Leavitt without thinking of Marian. Leavitt went to Harvard and Marian to Mount Holyoke. Leavitt lived in an ancient and unheated' dormitory called College House, worked his way through school. He acquired none of the "Harvard taint", but he did pick up that Harvard ideal "to live with distinction" and there is no better proof of how well he has lived up to that self-sacrificing service to this state. Few people know that some years ago one of the great Universities back East sent for Leavitt Wright. They paid his expenses and offered him a much larger salary than Oregon could pay and many other induce ments to come to them. Leavitt chose to re main with the University of Oregon simply because his home and friends were here. (So far ai wa know wa did not aven pull tha inn n 1 stunt of dinging tha President for raise on tha strangth of a big offer.) Maybe wt shouldn't - say these things. . Great teachers are scarce, and real Chris tians are even scarcer (but even rough necks oan appreciate such things). All these years, despite all his other in terests, Leavitt Wright has been a scholar In the Spanish language. He has advanced the art of teaching Spanish In this country, mainly because he has believed and dem onstrated that people can be taught to speak and write and' think in Spanish as well as memorise a few verbs and rules of Spanish grammar. His profession gives him top place. In the learned societies sentiment has little to do with honors. That is why this recognition signifies. $200,000 to Add to Schools Merely a first step toward meeting the building needs of Eugene School District No. 4 is the $200,000 grade school construc tion program on which taxpayers (only lax payers may vote on school finance measures) will vote Thursday, January 22. It is designed to provide by next September these addi tional facilities to relieve congestion: Three-room unit in the Westmoreland dis trict to relieve Lincoln overload, this unit Inter to become a full-sited school. Two-room addition to Magladrv. One-room addition to River Road, pending new grade school between River Road and Santa Clara. One-room addition to Edison. Onu-room addition to Whiteakcr. This is a CASH proposal, continuing for Thanked for School Gift the time being the policy of "pay-as-you-go." If the taxpayers approve, a special levy will U m.t am tiiitli Mavl vmt'i rVinnl fnva tft cover this $200,000. It will replace the lev'iChOrd! C1"UD which we have been making lor the new Eugene High School and the Colin Kelly junior high which are now paid up. It will run only one year. This is really an emergency measure be- Executive Board of Womens cause if the additions are to be ready by next ll September, contracts must be let early this spring. The levy for the $200,000 (about 8 or 9 mills) will not take effect till July 1, and the money will not be collected till Novem ber, but 2 per cent warrants can be used to cover initial construction costs and the war rants will be paid off before the year is out. In our opinion, this is an extremely con servative, hard-headed plan. We think It de serves overwhelming approval. This will meet the most urgent housing needs for the coming year and allow more time to prepare the much bigger program which must in clude: New Eugene High School, for which we have more than $500,000 cash accumulated, site paid for, but may need an additional Sl,500,000. New Condon School which may require $250,000. New school for Kincaid Park area (east of Judklns Point) to save kids coming "over the hump" to Condon. ' Completion of the Westmoreland school. New facilities for Wlllaglllesple-Garden Way area. New school between River Road and Santa Clara. Forward looking plans for an additional senior high school and possibly another Junior high. Rebuilding of Vocational School. Superintendent Hines and the school board are studying the school population maps, watching closely the trends in population movement and traffic. New schools attract population, but money can be wasted by fail ing to locate schools in the most logical cen ters of school population, We shall need In the near future not less than $2,000,000 for this major school housing program and it is reasonable to assume that a large part of this major program should be financed with bonds so to get the use of the new school housing as soon as possible without putting too much construction levy in any one year. Until the present "tax base" is corrected, which cannot be done till or unless the voters of the state approve the constitutional amendment which is coming up in November, we shall also have to vote some $500,000 for operating budgets "outside the 6 per cent limit," as we have been doing for some years. That vote will come In the spring. Complicated? Sure it is. But the Eugene school system is something to be proud of. Financially District No. 4 is one of the strongest in the state. Actually we are a bit disappointed to see the school board limit this first undertaking to $200,000. We would like to see the major program under way. But we recognize that, with present building costs, caution is probably the better plan. SOCIETY,' WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS By ANN CONNELL Reader Editorial St. Louis Food Inquiry Begun BELt, FOUNTAIN DISPLAYS! SPRING WONDERS WONDERS BELLFOUNTAIN (To the Editor For the past tew years I have read with amusement the eternal wrangle between Route F and other Lane county points aoout who has the biggest, best and iirsi or everyiniug. Not living in Lane County, novo Kepi ineni ana just Deen content to be living in Oregon where EVERYTHING is most wonder ful. Sure, this has been a mild winter lots of rain but no cold weather to speak of. After all, It was winter all summer (remember it rained on the Fourth of July and remomher also wh.t h.nr,v.,x ;,nt the tail-end of the big pngent?), so now It looks win De summer all winter and is a rase of the l:,st rose of summer meeting the first rose of spring. However. I Iwant to tell Route F what II found last week. In a Higher area on our farm I found wild orchids up and some of them budded ready to bloom; also 1 found red wild currants bloonilng. I ntiide this discovery on December 31st. My daffo dils, hyacinths and scillia arc up three inches and the golden kerria is In bloom. Everyone is talking of sweet harbingers of spring Rut on January second 1 heard a robin sing Now when he sings his love call to his bright-eyed little mate, You may be very sure, my dears, spring will not be late. Sincerely, Flossie Stanturf, Bcllfountain. dinner and program was planned for the second Monday in Febru ary. Mrs. A. R. Shaffner, social chairman, announced that the YM YW Community Center has been engaged for that night, and that the director, Glen Griffith, and the accompanist, Marjorie Scobert Wilson will provide the program. Civic work of the club was dis cussed and several communica lons read. One was a letter from Dr. Madeline Marr, director of Health Education and School Physician of Eugene- Public Schools, In which she thanked tha club for tha gift of two hun dred dollars, and gave a report of the way it was used. This money was used to provide care for children who have needed it for the past three yean.. Eugene Couple Wed During Holidays A late December wedding was that of Miss Shirley Johnson to William C. Fulps. The ceremony was at the First Congregational Chapel, the Rev. W. Nicholson of ficiating. She la the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Johnson and the bridegroom Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Fulps, Salem. "Because" and "I Love You Truly" were sung by Miss Treva Rice. The bride wore a street suit with brown accessories and carried an orchid centered on Bible. Maid of honor was Miss Erlena Johnson who wore a suit of Burgundy color with .gray ac cessories and carried a nosegay. Ned A. CoUett was the best man and Larry Spencer and Norman Ohrllng were ushers. All are from Eugene. At the reception at the home of the bride s parents, Miss Nonda Johnson, sister of the bride, and Mrs. Kenneth Wilson served. The couple will be at home in Eugene. EUGENEANS RETURN Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Chase and son Cliff, returned recently from a trip to Phoenix, Arizona, where they spent the holidays visiting at the home of Capt. and Mrs. Alan Long, and getting acquaint ed with little Karen Long. Mrs. Long is a daughter of the Chases. WOMEN TO HOLD D1NNNER Falrmount Presbyterian Wom en's Union will hold their month ly dinner for Jhe public Friday from 8 to 8 p. m. at the church. Fifteenth Ave. and Villard. The committee for this dinner are Mrs. John Simons, Mrs. Albert Ander son, Mrs. Nils Carlsen. and Mrs. J. W. McArthur. CDA TO PLAT BRIDGE Catholic Daughters of America Bridge Club will meet In the home of Mrs. John Wellnitz, 892 Twen ty-first Avenue West, Wednesday evening at eight o'clock. Mrs. Stanley Lorence will be co-hostess'. CLUB TO SEW ON QUILT Thursday Club will meet to sew on a quilt, tn tne nome ot Mis. A. R. Barlow, 1487 .Nineteenth Avenue East. This meeting was postponed last week. . 0 i; Hi Presldin Wednesday even ing at her first meeting since Installation will be Mrs. Harry McAdams, new president of the Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. WAC Sergeant Visits Parents TSgt. rrancei L. Smithion of tha WAC, who recently returned home on tha Admiral Sims from Italy, l spending her furlough at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Smlthson, I7tja orchard wedneirt... . 1 occupation in the Leghorn district of Italy, and was decorated lor meritorious service befora com- LODGE TO INSTALL OFFICERS FOR NEW YEAR Oregon Rose Lodge will hold a special meeting Wednesday after noon at one o'clock in the Knights of Phythias Hall. They will install officers for the coming year. Those who will take office are; Mrs. W. C. Sprites, president; Mrs. W. C. Scharon, past president; Mrs. S. H. Whitten, vice-president; Mrs. P. J. McGhehey, secretary; Mrs. C. S. White, chaplain; Mrs. S. A. McMullen. collector: Mrs. H. W. Hanson, treasurer; Mrs. R. H. Elmer, warden, Mrs. H. W. Weir, conductor; Mrs. R. C. Brown, delegate; Mrs. C.M.Knowl- ton alternate; Mrs. J. A. Gardner, inner guard; Mrs. J. T. Tucker, outer guard; Mrs. Vern Neet, flag bearer; Mrs. H. E. Hill, musician; Mrs. H. H. Hughes, magazine cor respondent; and Mrs. C.A. Vaughn, legislative representative. Serving on the board of trustees are Mrs. P. A. Saunders, Mrs. J. R. Mertz and Mrs. H. N. Bruce: VFW Auxiliary To Hold Dinner A potluck and social meeting of Willamette Auxiliary No. 293, Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held Thursday evening in the an nex of St. Mary's Episcopal Church at six-thirty o'clock. Husbands and friends of Auxiliary members are being invited to this first meeting of the new year. The committee in charge will be Mrs. C. D. McClintlc, Mrs. A. D. Jessen. Mrs. Thomas W. Kiess, Mrs. F. D. Wltbeck, Mrs. L. V. Bryant, Mrs. W. B. Nelson. Mrs. L. S. Whiteley, Mrs. H. W. Smith, Mrs. A. B. Smith and Mrs. H. B. Page. P-TA GROUPS TO MEET Mt. Vernon P-TA will meet In the schoolhouse Tuesday evening at eight o'clock. This meeting was postponed last week on account of the high water. There will be a program and refreshments. River Road P-TA will meet Wednesday evening in the school at eight o'clock. Refreshments will be served by the mother of the children In the fourth grade. Lincoln P-TA will meet Wed nesday afternoon in the school at two-thirty oclock. Dr. Madeline Marr and Lloyd Gillette will be guest speakers. Holiday Colors tTspH rrt Wedding JUNCTION Cl'l X am-" m i slreet. holly and polnsetias were used to sergeant Smithson for the past decorate Hlnson Memorial Church 'lw0 yearSi nai been secretary to in Portland, for tne weaums . commanaani oi ine army or Miss Barbara June iw daughter of Mr. ano mre. McFadden of Portland and Elvan McClure Pitney, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Pitney of Junction City, the double ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. S. P. Ben son, Sunday afternoon December 28 at four o'clock. Miss McFadden, given in mar riage by her father, wore a gown of white satin, made with bustle back, and fingertip veil, held In place by a head dress of seed pearls. Her white Bible was top ped by a white orchid. Mrs. Leon ard Semler, cousin of the bride was matron of honor, wearing green velvet with headdress of white marabou. She carried a muff of white fur with nosegay of holly. Other bridal attendants were Charles W. Wentworth, Jr., Mrs. T. A. Bowen, Mrs. C. A. Dunham and Mrs. H. P. Anderson, who wore red velvet with white mara bou headdresses. Flower girls were Miss Alice Ann Pitney, neice of the bridgroom, and Miss Jane Ann Semler. Best man was James B. Pitney, brother of the bridegroom. Ushers were, Raymond McFadden, Dale Hocker. Keith Miner ana nowaru Anderson. The first two lighted the tapers. Music was provided by the Rev. Carl Mason ot junction City, who sang, "Because" pre ceeding the ceremony and "The Lord's Prayer," afterward. He was accompanied by J. D. Jones, the church organist. Following the service, a recept ion was held at the home of the bride's parents. For traveling Mrs. Pitney wore a suit of white wool with white accessories and the orchid from her bouquet After a honeymoon at the coast, Mr. and Mrs. Pitney will live at Albany, where she is a teacher in the high school. Mr. Pitney, who recently return ed from occupation duty with the army in Korea, is resuming his studies at Oregon State. He is a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. man . l Needle Thursday ,ftL le. VOTl theafterZ m TOi "at III! SPECIAL CAKE SwiS A 'm,'y cake freah and fl.v f KEPI orsom " though rlh from I HU ,our ow.n ven. Two iyei? f HWIkI generously " Only I W JSr eny-n'n cents. I At Tonr Orocer'a I MORS PLAN LONG TRIP Mr. and Mrs. Earl G. Muir left Sunday on a four months' trip through the south and east. They plan to go as far south cs Mexico City, thence to Florffla, where they will remain some time, com ing home by way of the Atlantic coast states and Canada. W.O.M. INITIATE Women of the Moosa initiated the following candidates at the meeting Friday evening, Mrs. Bernard Bean, Mrs. Irene Forth, and Mrs. Mary Baker. . Officers practice will be held Friday evening in connection with the practice of the drill team. NAVT MOTHERS PLAN SALE Navy Mothers Club meet for sewing Wednesday afternoon in the home of Mrs. J. L. Elsensohn, 1165 Pearl Street. Plans will be made for a rummage sale. ' WASHES CLMSB QUICKER EASIER j IMMII DELIVI TRADE I OLD Speed-washing twin tub actually put yew wt en the line In half the time, because doulls cuts your vashlng time in two! Come In and see for yourulil I OPEN FRIDAY NIGHTS A3 USUAL! ftft 7 WEST TENTH, R I Officer Suffers Broken Hand Cecil Arthur Wyble, 664 Char nelton, posted $50 ball bond against a disorderly conduct charge Saturday evening while Police Officer William Jones nursed a broken hand which he reportedly suffered in arresting Wyble. Jones' report stated that he at tempted to take Wyble into cus tody at the intersection of Ninth food Industry.' indicated the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange and 12 em will look "rsnep- inlly into the production, distribu- iiuii.no msii price or milk" inldenlrrs in thnt city, charging them the St. I.ouis metropolitan area, j with a conspiracy to fix the prices rour special departmental ainf PL'ic tlirniinhn,, Ma... ir..ni 1 i..-i Atior-i"- -'..-. cir HKsignen 10 worK ! , ney General Claik lMondav order-1 wl,h lT- S. Attorney Drake Wat- U II c n- i ed a federal grand Inrv lm-rtl. ' ' the eastern Missouri J " a' 'OCe J. rieDkOm with an unidentified youth after a minor traffic accident on Pearl St. Ashwell said he was driving be hind Wyble's car when the acci dent took place, and that he step ped from his car to stop the argu ment between Wyble and the youth. When Wyble turned on him, Ashwell said, he endeavored only to protect himself until police could be summoned to the scene. Junction Man Reported in Navy William C. Ayers of Route 2, Junction City, is serving aboard the destroyer USS Henley, oper- Ave.." and Pearl after answering i ati" ,he Mediterranean gatlnn into food prices In St. Louis Mo. The Justice Department said the jury, rnaiged to inquire Into KUPPENHEIMER CLOTHES yrofn ft Kneelind TIIK MAN'S SHOP II Fast lUi incl In the investigation. A similar grand jury Inquirv into food prices,' especially mllit the 1 l,rll'. is now underway In the uisuict or Columbia, and a fed eral grand Jury in Chicago also is Investigating meat and milk in dustries In that area. A Boston grand jury last month II.IX 11(14 in .Ki;rs SIGWART ELECTRIC CO. 958 Willometle Phone 718 a call to break up a fight in prog ress there. He said that Wyble re. sisted arrest and turned upon him making it necessary for him to use his fists to complete the arrest. However, Jones stated, he broke his right hand almost immediately, and had to ask Raymond Ashwell, the man with whom Wyble had been fighting, to assist him in sub duing Wyble. Ashwell made a signed state ment The Navy said he Is a fireman first class, and that he is the son of Chester E. Ayers. The USS Henley has visited such ports as Gibraltar. Algiers. Malta, the French Riviera. Izmir. Turkey, Venice. Alberia and Greece. 'IIKTTIilt , II A K ED"! CORN'S BREAD tllg: TgWMTT "Mai J STANDARD 8 E, 7th Are, wallare Samuel Pleiikorn. Med ford, former resident of Fugene. I died Monday In Medford, where !he was employed as dispatcher ifor the Greyhound Bus Co. He was born Sept. 19, 1906 In Phoe nix. N. D. and married Ethel j Adelina Watt July 14. 1P3.1 in Calgary, Canada. They moved to K.ugene in that year where he was a salesman for Korn Baking Co. I for seven years, and a Greyhound bus driver for one year. j Surviving are his widow; two! children. Sliaren Kthel, 7. and i (.laiy Wallace, 3; his father, Charles A.. Fugene; a brother. Farl C, Springfield; a sister. Mrs. Mabel MlUer. Cutbank, Mont. concluding sen-ices will be Thursday at I SO p.m. at Rest Ha ven Memorial Fark, with Dr. Vance Webster officiating Veatch Hollingsworth England Mortuary will have charge. HONOR ROLL , Ronald Byers and Bcrnice Els ton of Springfield earned a 3.0 grade point average carrying 15 hours work durins the fall term at police headquarters tn at the nrosnn Colieo. f rj... which he reported that Wyble be- tion and are named on the honor came engaged in an altercation roll at OCE. FEED CO furlalns cleaned In Sanllone, Electric Cleanen, 1110 WtllamUta ft V vr OtialitV S - - -7 -1 79 -Year" Quality f1 Reputation Behind Helm Baby s A McKETTERICK ORIGINAL Beautifully designed to flatter and fit . . . That' this fashion first .. , A pert peplum and a soft ballerina go dancing together , . . Five buttons and a Peter Pan collar . . . Fashioned of rayon gabardine. Budret Prleed, Too 14.95 DRESSES DOWNSTAIRS SHOP u you 12-" - t'" I ft k "ni,i & f f . i I I l N i I Misses sljes 10 to 20. Col Tan and Gray. 1004 Phone 44 w.
