Tsge 2A Register-Guard, Kngene. Ore., Thur.. July T. 1943
County Court
Releases Roads
The Lane County Court Thurs
day turned jurisdiction of several
roads In the Nicholas Gardens
Flames Raze
Waterfront
Junction City
Girl Honored
BANGOR, Me. tPi A $! r.rih.w .Tnnrtinn Cltv
500.000 blaze laid waste a quarter WnQ wa, 5Cnt , the Red Cross
mile of Bangor s waterfront early A aljc Srhoo, at Bremerton.
Thursday.
Wash.,
by the Lane County Red .
Penobscot River wharves carry- Cross, was voted the outstanding!
area of Sprinfifieid over to that!'nK five 'uel depots, a bus garage, jstudent at the school and received!
city The main thoroughfare to be hardware warehouse and a , an engraved plaque, the Red Cross
under citv jurisdiction is the iplumbing supply house were de- lannounced this week. 1
southern part of Emery Road ; "troyed. Miss Gribskov. one of five
(28th St. which is a connector! The Bangor Daily News re. aquatic students sent this year, has ;
u ti,. Ma r.,.ii BnaH nrf norted the hlare under control i been active in helping with the
the McKenzie Highway.
Arthur McChesney and Ralph
Nicholas. Springfield councilmen
shortly before 1 a. m. It had been
raging more than three hours.
Explosions of drums containing
and City Manager Fred Cheatham 'gasoline and oil heightened the
asked the county to oil Emery I "re's fury.
Road south to the McKenzie) Although fire itill was all
Highway but the county court jaround them, four big gasoline
would agree to surfacing the roadjand oil tanks did not ignite,
only as far south as Ash St. Leaping high into the air, the
. County Commissioner Lee , flames were visible for miles.
Raish estimated it would cost the
county $2000 to continue the pres
ent oiling job north of the city
limits to Ash St. in Springfield.
The city of Springfield will par
ticipate in the cost of the addi
tional oiling to an amount of $300.
Neighbors Rescue
iver Road Barn
".While Mr. and Mrs. John L.
Mitchell, 560 Horn Lane, were
M the Lane County Fair Grounds
&1onday night watching the big
Breworks display someone
'(bombed" their property with a
iky rocket.
' The rocket landed In a field
ijf dry grass near the Mitchell
barn, but neighbors reported the
fclaze which firemen extinguished
before any damage was done.
Thousands of spectators were at
tracted. A battery of National Guards
men kept the crowds from the fire
zone, while five fire departments
battled to hold the fire-front north
of the Maine Central . Railroad's
freight houses.
There were no reported deaths
or Injuries. Several firemen were
overcome by smoke, however.
The fire zone is wholly indus
trial and commercial. There were
no residences in danger.
Trailer Thefts Told
"t Kenneth W. Dunn, Rt. 2, Junc
tion City, reported to city police
Wednesday evening that a large
High School Music
Concert Set Friday
The all-state high school chorus,
formed of high school students
from high schools all over the
slate who are on the University
of Oregon campus for three-weeks
intensive training in music, will
appear in concert at 8 p.m. Friday
Red Cross swim program at Junc
tion City for several years.
Others sent this year were June
Beldler, Cottage Grove, Catherine
Getty, Saginaw, Marvin Jensen
and Kenneth Petersen, Eugene.
This is the first time in the his
tory of the local chapter that a
uaiiv iuutiiy ucicgau; una wuii i
this honor. Mrs. Cora Pirtle. chap- I
ter manager, reported. It is given
to the student who proves the
greatest Inspiration to others at
tending the school.
Receive Training
Sudents are trained In use of the
latest equipment, in use of small
craft, and in all waterfront skills.
They are graduated as qualified
water safety Instructors.
The swim program is going well
over the county, Mrs. Pirtle re
ported. Classes started at Cottage
Grove Wednesday, with 120 chil
dren turning out the first day:
First - day classes at Junction
City, taught at Benton-Lane, drew
more than 100 children. Cottage
Grove has also had adult classes in
the evenings.
Entries Still Open 1
For Dog Show
"Do you own a pure-bred pup?
Then step up and enter him in our
dog show. Who knows, he might
turn out to be a 'dog star'," said
Harold Thompson, president of
the Eugene Kennel Club, Thurs
day. He suggested that Lane County
people take advantage of the sit
uation in time granted by the Ken
nel Club, and enter their dogs, up
to 1 p.m. Friday, for the forth
coming all-breed dog show, July
17, at the fairgrounds.
A call to Mrs. Ray Bond, 5-2721,
by that time is all that is neces
sary; the entry blank can be filled
out later.
Professor Tells Lions Club
Of Adult Education Need
, to' He pointed out the competl- White, new district w. ' I
.. . t - hoc Reedsnon. t t..i . 'rtJ
uon xnai "-" t- : :'., ,, , " ' "I in .
iface from many other nighttime officers of the club.
activities.
An efficient adult education
. , mroeram snouia nave
The importance of an adequate ! economy, the tragedies 01 nome curriculum that a student
adult education program was dis-'ufe, and sdcial problems such asmust fouow n0 credit given, ana
Car Overturns,
Injures Three
Three persons were Injured and 1
four others hakn un whpn th I
skidded in loose shoulder gravel For Nicholas Gardens
cussed Wednesday at the Lions j
Club luncheon by Dr. James D.
Logsdon, visiting professor of edu
cation at the University of Ore
gon. Dr. Logsdon is principal of
Shorewood High School in the
Milwaukee, Wise, suburbs, and is
the instigator of an adult educa
tion movement there that has re
ceived much public acclaim. This
is the educator's second summer
in Eugene.
"There are many problems
which cannot be solved in the high
schools today," Logsdon said.
"They require the development
of an intelligent and well-informed
citizenry."
He listed the problems as dis
organized world relationships, re
establishment of a peacetime
education, 'n0 subjects offered excem inose
etc Adult education i uwc "',inai "
fhe best mediums to develop peo-1 professor said. In all cases, the
tne Best meaiuni ,,,, , r. . Ih. ,-her j. 0 recognize
p e more aaequaiei.v cWu,F-- -- - , . -.i...
,l ki.m. the problem of human reiation-
meet uiesc , 7 ' . , j
Dr LoEdon described some of j ships invoked,
the feS of the Shorewood The Lions p ar
program which was started inimeeting to hate
juvenile delinauency,
at their next
present Frank
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Motor Scooter
Rider Injured
Marlon Bloomfield,
Eugene, was taken
and overturned eight miles north
of Oakridge on Highway 58
Thursday morning.
The car was demolished.
Under treatment at Oakridge
clinic are Mrs. Nathan Sears, of
Fantana, Calif., her 12-year-old
son, and her mother-in-law, Mrs.
Orrin Damram, of Los Angeles.
Injuries were not believed to be
critical.
Nathan Sears, driver, said the
group were returning from New
port to California. Three other
children and Sear's step-father
escaped injury.
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This will be the second concert1 , ",...1Jr.'V, r" "!
of the annual University High ! " '"""w" i" ' ,D"ow.'"
School Music summers session. It LV,cc'd'nt "l M h A ' K "nd
will be in the music auditorium.! ag,, al' , . n, ..
Directing the chorus will be Don- jce rted Bloomfield was
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,L. ,.,ni u- ,,.t I iiK watneu am a ucuiuy ui ivo
wind and. string solo, and T .mali: by Thomas W. Mittonbtrger.
school students. The public Is in
oft chair worth $6.1 and a wool of organ and theory. Also Included ! "lly"d.s' a"d ,,tru:k ca,be"
blanket valued at ?fl were stolen
from his trailer while it was
parked at 717 Sixth Ave. W. be
tween 7 and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
: Mystified at the disappearance
pf the articles, Dunn told police it
jvould take two strong men to lift
Ik. -knl- not n hn t-al1r .nH
further, that the chair cushion was j Big Cauliflower GtOWft
left behind. A real (Route r clu)flower
found Its way to the Register
Guard office this week, brought
in by C. H. Richer, the man who
vited to the concert, for which
there Is no admission charge.
A New, Faat
SHIRT LAUNDRY
ELECTRIC CLEANERS
1210 Willamette
grew It.
K.lchcr's vegetable was 20
inches around, 22 inches over
the top, and weighed three pounds
and 11 ounces.
Grass Fire Stubborn
Eugene firemen battled for an
hour Wednesday afternoon what
they called "one of the year's
worst grass fires," atop College
Hill at 28th Ave. W. and Wash
ington St.
The blaze, firemen reported,
was started by two small boys
playing with matches.
One truck was in service for 83
minutes, and nearly 300 gallons of
water was poured into the burn
ing grass. There was no damage.
Weather
'U.S. Weather Bureau Forecast:
Eugene and vicinity, fair through
Friday. Western Oregon, same.
Local statistics: Highest tem
perature Wednesday, 75 degrees;
low Thursday, 43 degrees; no rain
in 24 hours ending 10:30 a.m.;
total for month, none; normal for
month, .37 inch; stage of river at
7:30 a.m., minus 2.15 feet; wind at
11:30 a.m., North 14; prevailing
Wednesday, North 5.
Sunrise and sunset (PST): Fri
day, 4:37 a.m. and 7:57 p.m. Sat
urday, 4.38 a.m. and 7:58 p.m.
SPRINGFIELD Home own
ers in the Nicholas Gardens area
Thursday were instructed by the
city building department they
could hook-up to the new sewer
system immediately.
Department officials said few
people had hooked-up to the
three-mile sewer network to date.
A hook-up permit and an inspec
tion of the connection and service
line is required at the time of the i
hook-up, officials added.
The Nicholas Gardens sewer
project was completed in record
time enabling the city to speed
up sewer surveys of the area !
north of Morning Drive. City En- i
gineer Dean Hodges has been sur- j 3
veying the area for several weeks
and preliminary sewer plans are
near completion.
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