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About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1952)
f! " ' ' ' - . New FB F7m Bares Secrets SECURITY : Savings & Loan ; ASSOCIATION ' Lniile 4A T , . . nutnemont has com- made with the full co-operation p.eiua editing on his new FBI film, "Walk East on Beacon" and of the FBI. Some of the innermost opera LANE COUNTY'S HOMI NEWSPAMB. "as turned the final print over to tions of Communist conspirators, Where Saving 4 nis studio for release this sarin SECTION B EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1952 comprising an elaborate, detailed system of intrigue developed through years of preparation, will be revealed in the film. New FBI investigative techniques, some of PAGE 21 tlTJ0 "The Hous on 92nd earn ya Established in 1924 Z- ""wi, ine new fi m tu j Meadowview Club of real life" suggested by John Bark Peeling System Open in fc. Broadway nwveri xne crime of The Plays Cards r"",'; wmcl 'o'a of the nation-wide FBI offensive against Communst eninn. L mem emDoaying the scientific principles which gave our Armed MEADOWVIEW Mr. and Mrs. SEATTLE (P) The Wash ington Institute of Forest Products reported Tuesday that an eastern firm has opened to public use the patent rights for chemical de barking of trees. . The institute was advised the Armstrong Forest Company of Ralph G. DeMoisy, technical di Leslie McCormick entertained the HEARING AID -BATTERIES r Tea, we carry the batteries that tit your hearing aid. Factory fresh service for your conven ience. HIRONS EVERYBODY'S DRUG 986 Willamette United States. The picture w Forces radar, atomic devices and a score of other weaps, are also featured. rector of the Institute, commented: Meadowview 400 Card Club Sat urday evening March 22. After an "This means that wood-using U.S. HAS VARIED TRCE FORMS A total of 1177 different forms early potluck supper five tables of cards were in play. Mrs. Marion Harpole and Viggo Bertie sen received high scores: Mrs. firms in the Northwest may con tinue to experiment with and "Walk East on Beacon" was made completely on "live loca of tree 862 species, 228 varieties, and 87 hybrids grow in the Unit ed States, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. practice chemical debarking of tions" in Boston, Portsmouth, N. pulpwood and sawlogs without fear of patent infringement. The action of Armstrong Forest Com H. and Washington, D. C. George Ladrew Misner and Gus Flint re. Pennsylvania took the action after buying the patent rights two Murphy, Virginia Gilmore, Fin- ceived second high. Mrs. Marion lay Currie, Karel Stepanek and I Harpole will entertain the' duh months ago from Alexander R. White of Port Arthus; Ont. pany is an outstanding contribu Louise Horton are starred. April 5. tion to tne lorest industry." iTi mi rmranrt jg rmrrhnirrn-rmm .nn i nnm fini t i i iiiii ti-wtiti-i ttttttt-iiib twm lisTF Allen Atwood Foster U f-Al" to ill SSSI'VS?."- Jw l church or club affairs where his music is often heard ,1 inc wnere ne is the oldest employe at 83. a. Five Year Old Musician Popular Wesffir Neighbor tr DONALD DOURIS ltililtrGnird Corretpondent (rcTfiR The month of March Uj the Zzna year spent m K,j at the local sawmill i-nCa.) by Allen "Al" Atwood fa, 85. He is the oldest em L'at the mill, and probably oldest active worjter in me 'U Foster is a resident in the U Hines dormitory for men. kives at 8 a.m. eacn a ay lor itrk as "clean-up rrian'I in the basement. He puts in an hour day, six days a week, lob which would test some ball his age, in sweeping and mllng sawdust and mill-ends 1 1 wheelbarrow, and in dump- It tor the conveyor which ti to the burner pile. Al ad. fc be has had several falls and bi escapes in the sawmill, tea that he has been very kaitein his dangerous occupa- fe says he was a "Christmas .jilt", (Dec. 24, 1866) and his ft years were spent on the fcf tarm at Daretown, New fn, At 43, he took his family, a and son, west to Montana fet, it Hedgesville, they opened iterated for 16 years, a dry Mi and grocery store. In 1925 k moved to Missoula where Al fciM In a gas refinery. it! in March 1930 that the Kycame to Westfir, where Al il to work in the mill. Mrs. CM was stricken with pneu li In December,' and died. Al ipt i small home where he fad until 1946. Seven years of selling were shared by Ar- the one church, he became a Con gregationalist for 16 years At Westfir, he joined the Methodist church. In 1942 he helped build the present church building When, in 1950, the Westfir church became a Presbyterian church, Al, after a 41 years' absence, returned to the Presbyterian fold. Ho cli mates that he has missed Sunday church services very few times in the last 75 years. THE SECOND thread of-inter est was that of music. As a boy in Daretown, he learned to "twanir" out tunes on a Jew's harp and harmonica. By the time he was 16, he was playing a flute. At 18 he was piaying the cello' in a com munity orchestra and two years later was a member of the com munity band in which he played a uaiuuiie norn. . Singing also was important in him. A member of a community quartet in Daretown, Al sang eiuier Darnone or Dass. He recalls making numerous appearances with this group during the first weeks of the Spanish-American war. Moving to Montana, he sano wnn me community quartet, and later, at Missoula, he sang tenor in the Congregational University Church. During his early years at wesmr ne led tne conereeat nna singing in the community church services and was a member of the cnoir. SUNSHINE KRISPIE Crackers ub. jC AMERICAN CHEDDAR CHEESE HIS LONG tenure of work at the Westfir mill was InterrunteH briefly, when, in December, 1945 he recevied word that his oldest hrnther Hev CKI r.A U l.m-j H.. ..t... 1 - tl . ...... ., uiu ran nmm F.7 u i u """ in an automobile accident. Al de. aploye, who has been one of closest friends for 17 years, L'l son Leonard, now living in isuia, Montana, served as r technician in World War II as recalled to active duty Ima, After exciting action on fc. O. Small, which was damaged by a mine off the p of East Korea, Leonard was Piged, much to his father's A erand-dauehter. Marilvn Nithe University of Montana! p BRIGHTLY colored Ni of interest are woven FJithe fabric of Al's 85 years. -"rst was the church. Born 'Presbyterian familv. Al has ra umseu a real "ecumeni- Be sang the Presbvterlan puntil he was 43. Mnvin to griUe, where there was only mkts Help cided at this time to go east to live with his youngest sister. It was not destined to be so however. for, while stopping for a visit with nis brother s widow in Rineline. Montana, word came that his sis ter in the East had suddenly pass. ed away. By April, 1946 Al was back on the job again at Westfir. AT 85 AL still maintains an active interest in church and musical affairs. On Men's Day Sunday last month, Al shared in program presented by the church men, by playing a solo on tne Baritone horn. At present he is rehearsing with the community church choir which is preparing the cantata "The Golden Dawn." Asked about his future plans. Al remarked recently that he planned to retire next year with hopes of entering an Oregon old people's home, there to spend his remaining years in the enjoyment of his favorite hobbies, church work, reading, and playing the horn. WESSON OIL Pink Grapefr'f F'l ISLAND, Wash. (P) r irom McNeil Island P penitentiary will be part - rorce on a project to U World War IUapanese- r uuernment camp into pior subversives. 0IHan w i ...... . f1 Tuesday about 50 Mc- r-wes will be sent to the K"1U "ke, some 28 miles C. 51 Klamath Falls, Ore., g a few weeks." Fft form i W.i. ?'ners irom California and Southern Cmplete the R to w,! nB w slx bei"8 Jj the event of an Fire Victim From Oregon LOS ANGELES VP) The Coroner's office reported one of six men killed in the St. George Hotel fire Tuesday has been ten tatively identified as A. D. Bern hardt, believed either from Seattle or Oregon. Two other Pacific Northwest men were among me injurea. Emil Mongee, 29, Seattle, was critically hurt in the blaze, and Alfred Buckee, 70, 3462 Poak St., Vancouver. B. C. was nospnai. ized with minor injuries. c EACH 1 1 -v. onucE f cleons as it waxes . ithout scrubbing! A i "o mopping iSRsfe-J bbmf fSiS RIPE (ALAVOS C EACH Keep your Lenten meals alive with appetite appeal! 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