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..Eugene Water & Elec
ta meeting Monday
areeplng rale revision
.jnntcd. would also
JeUl rate to households
H)t mu"""'
j.kiloOTtthours used.
Proposes
in Rates
The proposed new schedules
were explained to board mem
bers by Frof. Harold Coekcrline
of Oregon State College and Jim
Howell, EWEB chief engineer.
The two men have spent almost
three years studying current
rates ana preparing their recommendations.
Cockerline told the board that
at tne present time some cate
gories of power arc being sold
for less than it costs to produce
it. At the same time, he said,
smile resmeniiai users of elec-
WEB Requests
Mlding Rights
, Eugene Water & Electric Board Monday filed a
iwith the Federal Power Commission in Washington
lor a preliminary permit for construction of Cougar
the SOUtn rum in
hn
kmzie River,
preliminary pcrum, ;
lo engine"', wuu ... .
e the city-owned utility
la nriority over construc-
pwer generation facilities
huge projjusua uwu
At the same time, the
could go ahead with stud--i.
orooosed construction
Lntion for application for
hi license.
il tie same project en
bjr President Eisenhower
perfect example of the
tahip" poliey in tne ae
nt of hydroelectric gen-
sources. .
ire now two bills in
i asking for authority to
power generating facili
ties in the construction of the
dam. One of them, in the House,
will go before a public works
committee on April 28.
The dam would be built, owned
and operated by the Army Engi
neers. The power portion of the
structure would be paid for and
owned by the EWEB, however.
The EWEB would also pay a por
tion of the dam construction costs.
Cougar Dam would contain a
50,000 or 52,000 horsepower plant
tor generation of electricity. An
other plant included in a re
regulating structure downstream
would be rated at about 2,200
horsepower.
Altogether, the structure would
generate about 37,000 kilowatts of
power.
"' ' LANE
COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER
(Register-Guard photo by Fithlan. Wiltshire engraving)
PED BY THE BLAST that wrecked the Trawler
Ernie Tatum of Florence is taken from the rescue
by firemen and a state policeman. Firemen turned
p and went to the scene at the harbor mouth to
first aid. Tatum, his head, face and hands burned,
was treated by a Florence doctor.
VITAL STATISTICS
I1AGE LICENSES
Hoigy, 23, 1377W Arthur
m, nd Joan L. Hammcrton,
City.
fl Alnsworth, 27, 1147 Htsh
I uoiores J. Simmons, 23, 586
p"., bolh of Eugene.
Wf Ardlth M. Bailey, 22, 643
i , Eugene.
lr W B. Baker, 73, Orovllle,
"J Elhol Duncan, 68, 166 8.
'Pnngncld.
L Fouler, 25, Junction City,
"ly 1. Cavallerl, 26, 100
'f., Eugene.
G. Abrahamson, legal age,
at.. EllBene. nnH It'l,,...!..., 1
W W, 290 s. 42nd Ave.! I
RilmvMor, SS, Long Beach,
'Uitrecia Crott, 67, Vcneta.l
T. Mnll.a., n, ,....
f I Alice L. Langc, 18, Lane
rtni, ootn of Eugene.
leSal S, HI N.I
v ,5.'Lth.A- Br". teRl
10th Ave., both of Eu-
Pi,.C' ovhi, 35, Junction
' rany Moo Green, 40, 1518
'J E!cne.
I w7, . ' "u "ainpori, ana
.' McLclland, 16, Newport.
,, ,"" ". i, ana Beverly
both of Cheshire.
I Sadthcr, 22, 2396 Roose-
ri?.-Mr. and Mr.. ri.mi v
" E. 11th Ave., Eugene, a
pElL-Mr, and Mr. Ath.ri
.,.' JJ3S Jettcrson St., Eu-
Vrr- md ir. w... t
M.rcol,,", .'""
r-Mr. and Mrs. Roh.rt E
Fryback, 2255 Hllyard St., Eugene,
.on.
HUNTER Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Hunter, 300 Harlow Rd., Eugene, a
son.
LATHAM Mr. and Mrs. Irwin L.
Latham, 561 Madison St., Eugene, a
son.
MULL Mr. nad Mrt. Herman H.
Mull, 451 W. 131h Ave., Eugene, a son.
PETERSON Mr. and Mrs. Frances
E. Peterson, Rt. 1, Box 99, Eugene, a
SANFORD Mr. and Mrs. Charles H.
Sanford, 1151 North 31st St., Spring
field, a daughter.
STRADLEY Mr. and Mrs. Billy R,
Stradley, 2037W City View Rd., Eu.
gene, a daughter.
lAnrll 9. 1954)
CHUNG Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D.
Chung, 433 W. 81h Ave., Eugcnc;
rinuahter.
HEIN Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Heln,
9790 Whltwnrth T.ane. Euecne. a SOn.
SHARR Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Sharr, 5007 McKenile Hwy., Spring,
field, a son. ...
SMITH Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester H.
Smith. Fall Creek, a son. '
WOODCOCK Mr. and Mrs. Melvln
L. Woodcock. 2250 Wicks Ave., Eu
gene, a daughter.
DEATHS
FRIAR Burn Benton Friar, 61, 421
River Loop I, died Sunday. Services
wilt be Wdencsday, 10 a.m., In Simon
Lounsbury Mortuary.
HANSEN Pete Hansen, 66, 960
North 70lh St., Springfield, died Mon.
day. Services will be announced liter
by Bartholomew-Buell Chapel.
IRELAND Mary Ireland, 68, Forest
Grove, formerly of Eugene, died Sun
day. Recitation of the Rosary will be
Tuesday, 8 p.m., at DeMoss-Durdan-Mayflower
Chapel In Corvalll... Re
quiem Mass will be Wednesday, 10
a.m., at St. Mary's Catholic Church,
CNABAKOWSKI-Charles Willis Na
hakowskl, 64, 126 Madison St., Cottage
Grove, died Saturday. Services will be
Tuesday, 11 a.m., at Mills Mortuary.
tncity are, paying more than
their fair share.
"We've tried to find out the
cost of servicing various types of
customers," tie explained, "with
the idea of equalizing the rates."
ACTION DEFERRED
The board deterred action up
on the proposed rale revisions
for one week, primarily to allow
Cal Smith, new member of the
board, more time to study the
complicated rate proposals. The
board, however, authorized the
EWEB staff to prepare a bro
chure explaining why the rates
are being revised and what de
mand rates involve. The bro
chure will be printed and dis
tributed to the public if the pro
posed new rates are adopted.
The new rates would require
the installation of "demand
meters" at most homes and busi
nesses. This is a device which
measures the customer's peak 15
minute use of electricity each
month.
The demand charge is designed
to benefit housewives who space
the use of their electrical appli
ances to avoid a heavy peak load.
For example, a housewife who
on one particuar morning used
an electric clothes dryer, her
kitchen -angc, the hot water heat
er, and possibly other appliances
an at once would have a higher
electric bill than a woman who
used just as much electricity but
managed to avoid using so much
at one time.
Residential rates would be di
vided into two classes. The lower
rate would be for homes where
all the appliances and water
heater are electric.
NEW SCHEDULE
Electric house heating would
be included under this lower rate,
where installations are approved
by the board. The proposed new
rate would probably amount to
25 to 30 per cent less than the
current so-called "balloon" rates
for electric heating which the
board established when it was
attempting to discourage the use
of electricity for household heating.
That estimate was made by
Ray Boals, superintendent of the
Eugene Water & Electric Board.
Rates for business and industry
would be combined under a new
schedule, "C." In some few cases
where power has been sold for
less than cost in the past, the new
rates might mean an increase of
as much as 75 per cent, Boals
said. But for most firms, he
added, rates would be about the
same as now. Likewise, he said,
the majority of households would
see little change in rates under
the new proposal.
Several electric heating con
tractors and Ken Gustafson, an
oil fuel dealer, attended the meet
ing. Gustafson said he feels the
new proposal is "a fair approach"
to the problem.
A proposal last January to do
away with the penalty rates on
electric heaters without the de
mand charge provision was
abandoned by the board in the
face of protests of fuel deal
ers.
OTHER ACTIONS
In other action the board:
Approved the purchase of
1.15 acres of land under the
Ferry St. overpass from the City
of Eugene for a price of $10,.
901.25. The land will be used for
EWEB facilities.
Approved three-week vaca
tions for EWEB employes with
15 or more years of service.
Authorized Superintendent
Boals and Engineers Byron Tay
lor and Byron Price to attend
congressional hearings on the
proposed partnership construc
tion of Cougar Dam. The hear
ings will be April 28 in Wash
ington D. C.
Approved a construction of
$2,178 to the Central Lane Coun
ty Planning Commission.
Approved a project to bring
city water to an area in Sunny
Hollow at a cost of about $21,.
610. Some 20 prospective cus.
tomers and Realtor Frank Kin
ney signed petitions agreeing to
pay a higher rate to subsidize the
cost of the project until there are
more customers on the water1
lines.
SECTION B EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1954
BLONDIE By Chic Young
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Full-Time Status Asked
By Teachers on Tenure
A Eugene High School teacher
Monday night contended that
under terms of the Oregon teach
er tenure law he should be re
assigned by the Eugene School
Board from half-time teaching to
a full-time job at the school.
The appeal was made at a
board meeting by Cloyd B. Makin
son, vocational agriculture teach
er, and his attorney, Charles O.
Porter.
In February the board re-as
signed Makinson to half-time sta
tus after considerable study of
problems involved, on the basis
that there were too few students
enrolled in the agriculture course
to justify its continuan-i full-time.
The school board attorney in
formed school officials earlier
this year that the action would
not be in conflict with tenure
law.
REAFFIRM STAND
School officials at that time
indicated, and Monday night re
affirmed their stand, that it the
enrollment at school reopening in
September reaches 40 students.
they should reinstate tne course
to full-time, Makinsons re-as-
sisnment in February was to be
effective with the beginning of
the new school teaching year.
But "orter charged Monday:
"In effect, the re-assignment is a
dismissal. He said Makinson had
"been demoted to half-time sta
tus and is in effect being dis
charged without a hearing."
Porter also inferred, but did
not attempt to introduce evidence
to support his inference, that
NEWS
BRIEFS
Makinson's activity as an officer
in the Eugene chapter of the
American Federation of Teachers
was partly the reason for his reassignment.
QUERIES PORTER
Referring to Makinson's union
membership, Porter said, "It is
a factor which we think at an
other time would bear looking
into by the board."
The boards attorney, W. P.
Riddlesbarger, countered with,
What does that mean?"
Porter answered, "That there is
evidence his union activity has
entered the case." Porter also
hinted that activity of other
teachers had also caused discrim
ination against them by school of
ficials.
The Monday night hearing was
not a tenure trial; but was held
at the request of the teacher to
permit further consideration of
factors in the case.
BIOLOGY TEACHER
Makinson's attorney said that
his client is qualified as a biology
teacher and should be given at
least a half-time assignment
there, if necessary, to supplement
his half-time ag work.
"If tenure means anything to
the teachers of District 4, it
should mean something in this
case," Porter said. He added that
other teachers could be forced to
quit the school system by being
placed on part-time status, Makin
son, he said, can not afford to
work for $2,600 per year, which
would be his half-time salary.
The attorney also said that one
teacher at Eugene High not on
tenure is teaching biology. He
argued that preference should be
given to tenure teachers in these
assignments, assuring Makinson
of full-time instruction work.
Superintendent of Schools Clar-
Baseball
Results
ence Hines told the group that,
"The supervisory staff at the
school advises not to hire Makin
son as a biology teacher."
5 YEARS' TENURE
Under the state tenure law,
teachers are placed on proba
tionary status during the first
three years' service. After that
time they go on tenure, unless
dismissed, and can not be later
dismissed except for cause. Mak
inson has been on tenure about
five years in, Eugene's school
system.
Porter introduced Bert Kerns,
EHS science teacher, who told
the audience that he had observ
ed Makinson's teaching of bi
ology at the school last year and
that in his opinion Makinson is
well qualified to teach the sub
ject. Several former students of
the teacher, parents, and AF of
h labor union officials were
present.
Superintendent Hines told the
group that Makinson's re-assign
ment "is not a dismissal from
our point of view."
ENROLLMENT IN DOUBT
School officials told Porter
and Makinson that it will be
necessary to wait until Septem
ber to find out how many stu
dents will enroll: that any fig
ures at this time would be only
estimates.
Porter said a check among stu
dents showed that about 20 cur
rent students at EHS would be
taking the ag course again this
fall and that about 16 students
from the junior high schools in
dicated they would enroll when
they start high school in Sep
tember for a total of about 36.
Hines said the estimate is as
close as can be made at this time.
Board members took no further
action after Makinson's group
left the meeting.
National League
R H E
Brooklyn nil) lot 000 3 ft 2
New York 002 011 OOx 4 4 1
Erskine, Labine (71 and Campancl
ia; Maglie, Grlssom (7) and St. Claire.
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Philadelphia . 000 020 000 2 7 1
Pittsburgh 000 000 04x 4 7 0
Roberts. Konstanty (6) and Lopata;
Friend, Law (7), Hetkl (9) and At-well.
American League
R H E
Baltimore 000 000 000 0 7 0
Detroit 000 101 lOx 3 a 0
Larsen and Courtney; Gromek and
Batts, House (3).
CLEAR. CONTINUED MILD
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST:
Eugene and vicinity: partly
cloudy Tuesday, clearing at
night.. Fair Wednesday, and
not quite so warm. Predicted
high Tuesday, 62, Wednesday,
64. Low Wednesday morning
40. Western Oregon, generally
the same.
Local Statistics: Highest tem
perature Monday, 66; low Tues
day, 50; rain in 24 hours end
ing 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, .17
inch; total for month, 2.48
inches; normal for month, 2.54
inches; stage of river at 7:30
a.m., Tuesday, 1.10 feet; wind
at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday SW 18;
prevailing Monday, SSW 8.4.
Sunrise and Sunset (PST):
Wednesday, 5:31 a.m., and 6:54
p.m. Thursday, 5:29 a.m., and
6:56 p.m.
Humidity, 10:30 a.m., Tues
day 75 per cent. Barometer,
30.17.
TEMPERATURES
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
21 hours to 4:30 a.m. Tuesday
Max. Min. prep.
Baker 66 46 .09
Bend 65 47
Eugene 66 53 .17
Klamath Falls 67 51
Lakovicw 67 48
Mcdford 70 54 .05
Newport 54 48 1.27
North Bend 53 50 .98
Ontario 71 50 ' .02
Pendleton 68 53 .10
Portland 61 53 .30
Roscburg 72 54 .22
Salem 65 52 .15
Boise 74 54 T
Chicago 60 43
Denver 64 42 .03
Eureka 59 49 T
Los Angeles 67 54
New York 58 43
Red Bluff S3 58
Lane Grand Jury
Convenes Under
New System
The Lane County Grand Jury convened in the courthouse
Monday to hear evidence in felony matters arising since the be
ginning of the March term of circuit court.
This is a new system, worked out by District Attorney Eugene
C. Venn, and Circuit Judge William G. East. It was worked out to
give arrested persons speedier trials than they might have had
under the old system of convening the grand jury only once a
term.
Previously, Venn explained Monday, grand juries were called
only three times a year, save in special instances when "special
grand ;juries" were called. Under that system it was not unusual
for a defendant to spend 100 days in jail between the time of his
arrest and his indictment by a grand jury.
Under this system, Venn said, a defendant will spend no more
than 30 days in jail before the grand jury gets around to him.
In many cases it will be less, because the grand jury will meet
every 30 days.
In working out the system, Venn said, he and Judge East
viewed the grand jury as a continuing body which could be sum
moned at any time within the court term. Members of the grand
jury remain the same through the court term, regardless of how
many times it is called into session.
INDEPENDENT Order of For
esters will meet Wednesday, 8
p.m., at their new office, 76 E.
13th Ave. (
CLEAR LAKE Fairfield PTA
will hold an open house at 7:30
p.m. Thursday, at Clear Lake
School, followed by a business
meeting. Supt. Tom Powers will
discuss the proposed school
budget, officers will be elected
for next year and an explana
tion of the polio vaccine pro
gram will be given.
UNITED COMMERCIAL Trav
elers will hold their annual
spring formal dinner and dance
Saturday at the Eugene Hotel.
All reservations must be made
by noon Thursday. No tickets will
be sold at the door.
LADIES AUXILIARY, Aerie
275. will meet Tuesday at 8
p.m. at Eagles Hall for election
of officers.
The Dalles Dam Bill
Passes House Monday
WASHINGTON (IB A bill de
signed to help keep The Dalles
dam project on schedule passed
the House and went to the Senate
Monday
The measure authorizes another
16 million dollars for the Colum
bia Basin project. , Rep. Homer
Angell (R-Ore), the measure's
sponsor, said the funds would be
earmarked for The Dalles Dam.
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