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.
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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. '
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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
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NIGHTS A3 USUAL!
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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