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t r, ::fi; Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Poge 4 Wed., May 21, 1952 Firemen Slate Medford Meet The second annual meeting of the Oregon Rural Fire Protection Districts Association will be held in Medford, May 26 to 28, with headquarters at the Jackson Hotel. The first day of the meet is to be held jointly with the Oregon Fire Chief's Association at the Holly Theater, starting at 9:30 The speakers will include Gov ernor Douglas McKay; R. B. Tayl or, state fire marshal; Jack A. Hayes, director of civil defense for Oregon; Frank S. Sever, at torney of Portland; and Loren Bush, chief engineer, board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific, San Francisco. The group will meet at the Jackson Hotel on May 27. A joint banquet will be held at the Elks Club at 7- p.m. All rural districts may send delegates whether or not they belong to the association Oregon Crop Outlook Good PORTLAND VP) Oregon crop conditions last week were generally favorable, the summary of the weather bureau ana ae ""partment of agriculture reported Wednesday. In the Klamath Basin and some "scattered areas of Central Oregon there were some below-freezing minimums but elsewhere temper atures were listed as relatively moderate. Showers aided some rain-shy wheat regions. Showers and warm weather also brought on the weeds and row crop cultivating is now urgent, the report said. The outlook: In Western Ore gon, cloudiness and cool tempera tures through Sunday with some light showers Friday and again Sunday. Eastern Oregon, mostly fair with scattered mountain showers on Wednesday and again Sunday. No major frosts. News Briefs SHOWERS jsviM)JTV"' i 1 J Wiltshire pnitravlns) 500 YOUNG DOUGLES FIRS were planted by ten young 4-H members of the Mt. View Foresters Club on Bohemia Lumber Co. property last week, Dick Green, above, presi dent of the club, led the group along with adult leader Ted R. Hudson. The young timber crop was planted in marked rows by the boys near the Table Rock Road up Sharps Creek. The club is composed of Cottage Grove area youths. Braggin g Am ericans Disliked in Europe Roberta Sue Glenn Roberta Sue Glenn, 11 -year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Glenn of 318 Columbia Court, Cottage Grove, died in a hospital in Salt Lake City Tuesday, May 20, 1952 following a short ill ness. She was born In Loma Linda, Calif., Sept. 27, 1940. She came to Cottage Grove at the age of 3 and she had attended the Harrison School. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Lat ter Day Saints. She Is survived by her father nd stepmother; her mother. Mrs. A. R. Robinson of Los Angeles; a sister, Mrs. Betty Linhart of Los Angeles; a stepsister, Mrs. Shirley Hess of Cottage Grove; three brothers: Robert with U. S. Army ai uuam, jacK ana Jcloyd, Jr., both or cottage Grove. Funeral services will be at Smith Funeral Chapel in Cottage urove f riday, May 23 at 2 p. m. (DST) with interment In West Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Eu gene. Elder Virgil C. Hill officiating. Arthur C. Todd Arthur C. Todd of 3515 Pattison Dr., Eugene, died May 18, 1952. He was born April 25', 1920, at Llsko, Neb., arid had lived in Eu gene for six years. The deceased was a Marine veteran of World War II and was employed by the Southern Pacific Co. He is sur vived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Todd of Klamath Falls; two sons: Ronald and Donald of "Eugene; a brother, Albert R. of Eugene. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Poole-Lar-sen. Eugene Rotarians Tuesday heard a European tell what Americans do wrong when they visit Europe. Some of them didn't like it The .European was Wilhelmus Van Eekeren, exchange student from The Netherlands who is spending this year at the Univer sity of Oregon school of journal ism. He told the Eotanans that Americans brag too much, look down on Europeans, spend money too freely, and fail to appreciate what the war did to European standards of living. ROTARIANS INVITED Van Eekeren, a Dutch radio news an alyst, to present a critical picture oi Americans overseas. He was asked not to pull punches and not to flatter. Ho followed his direc tions. The air in the Eugene Hotel Persian Room turned from stuffy. hot to distinctly cool before he was half through his talk. "New economic ideas, he said, are being tried in Europe by peo ple "who have seen olddeas and systems fail." Yet, he complained, Americans regard new ideas as hare-brained socialistic schemes. Nonetheless, he admitted, "We in Holland were liberated by you Americans," and spoke of Ameri can cemeteries in his home coun try. AFTER his talk, he was chal lenged by Rotarians who objected to his criticisms of the conduct of Americans abroad. Frederick M. Hunter, former chancellor of the state system of higher education, asked him if he Springfield Council To Meet Thursday Springfield City Council will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. The ses sion will precede the meeting of the budget committee. On the agenda will be (1) can vass of the bond issue election held last Friday, (2) consideration of the parking meter fund, (3) and transfer of sewage plant funds now in the city treasury to Spring field Utility Board. thought Rotary was wasting its ' site. money By sponsoring exchange student programs so "scions of cultured European families can come over here and live among us barbarians?". Van Eekeren said he didn't mean that at all. He added he felt exchange student programs were an Important step toward world peace and understanding. He ap pealed to Rotarians to realize that neither America nor Europe is all gooa or an bad. II. S. WEATHER BUREAU FORECAST: Eugene and vicini ty: Mostly cloudy through Thursday, with showers Thurs day afternoon. Little change in temperature. Western Oregon: same. Local Statistics: Highest tem perature Tuesday, fiO; low Wed nesday morning. 42; rain in 24 hours ending 10:30 a.m., Wednes day, 0 inch; total for month, .29 inches; normal for month, 1.80 Inches: stage of river at 7:30 a.m., Wednesday 0 feet; wind at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, NE-2; prevailing Tuesday, SSW-11.5. Sunrise and Sunset (PST): Thursday, 4:39 a.m., and 7:38 p.m. Friday, 4:38 a.m., and 740 p.m. LADIES AUXILIARY of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen will meet Wednesday at 730 p.m. (DST) at the Knights of Pythias Hall. Mrs. A. R. Clough, Mrs. R. D. Busey, and Mrs. A. R. Cole are in charge of refreshments after the meeting. THE BAUGHMAN family re union will be held in Eugene, Sun day, May 25, 1 p.m. in the 4-H Club building on the Lane County fairgrounds. SQUARE DANCING programs, usually held each Saturday night at River Road Grade School, have been cancelled until June 17, Eu gene's Bureau of Parks and Recr reation announced Tuesday. The dances will be resumed then at Washington Park on the tennis courts and will be open to all persons. DEPRESSIONS will be the topic at the Friendly House discussion hour Friday at 8 p.m. Discussion leader will be Harlow E. Hudson. Friendly House is at 2445 Kincaid St. MRS. JAMES E. Baker, 2566 wishes to thank the persons who heloed save her furniture and combat a fire which destroyed the Baker house Monday. WOMEN'S BIBLE Class of the First Christian Church will have a hot lunch potluck Friday at 12:30 p-.m. (DST) at the church. Mrs. R. R. Elmore is in charge. - THE NEXT meeting of the Eu gene Kennel Club will be June 10 at Skinner's Butte Cottage at 7:30 p.m. At a recent meeting the group approved new by-laws. Spear Plant Burns PORTLAND (P) Fire early Wednesday razed a small lumber and planing mill north of Portland with an estimated loss of $35,000. Spear Lumber Company operated the plant, located on N. Portland Road west of the old Vanport Swim Program Plans Studied The summer schedule for the annual Red Cross swimming pro gram is being worked out by the swim committee, Max Strauss, Junction City, chairman of the program, reported this week. Strauss said that classes will be conducted in a large number of communities, with the first class to begin about June-16. Volunteer instructors will teach the classes. These instructors will leave soon to attend Red Cross Aquatic School at Prescott, Ariz., and will begin teaching upon their return. They will include two from Florence, two from Oak ridge, one from Springfield, two from Junction City, two from Eu gene, and possibly others from other communities. The Lane County Chapter sends the instructors to the school to learn the latest in teaching tech niques. When they return they teach the free swim classes on a volunteer oasis. Arvilla Briggs Arvilla Briggs died at her home, 1890 Grant St., at the age of 66. She was born at Yakima, Wash. Nov. 7. 18R5. anri mart-inr! rule H. Briggs at Donna, Ore. Dec. 24, iauj. iner lamny settled in Lane Countv 82 venrs non Rocirlae hny husband, she is survived by four cnuaren: tona Mccue of Glide, Gerald of Lakeside, Virgil Briggs and Edith Wpawr iwv, f gene; three brothers, Jess, Vern ana Bryan smitn of Harrisburg, a Sister. Mrs. CatharinA MovuroM oi u Angeles, and five grand- cnuaren. rne iuneral will be at the Poole-Larsen Chapel Satur day. Mav 24 at 0. n m Tha Tin., Clark Aydelott will officiate, with vauic interment at west Lawn Memorial cemetery. Cute Gadgets Fire Hazards TWe iMite little celluloid merry-go-round gimmicks for Juniors birthday cake are fun but they can be dangerous, Eu gene Fire Marshal Lester Barker warned Wednesday. Barker said he had received several calls from frightened parents who had lit candles near the contraption and the whole thing went up In smoke. For sale at several bakeries, the rariri-t is celluloid structure which Is mounted on top the i birthday cake. When wound, it whirls and simulates a merry-go-round. Perfectly safe, says the fire marshal, except when near heat or fire. Then the whole thing Is highly dangerous. Barker warned parents to keep fire and heat away from the gadgets. He pointed out that a birthday cake Is nearly always mounted on a table with paper table clothes or napkins and surrounded by children. 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