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About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1955)
Release of f m $ a." 1- , "sTM'3. -V'. ( Register-Guard photo, Wiltshire eng.) EROSION Extra-heavy flow of Willamette River, caused by release of stored water from Lookout Point Dam, is gulping up to 5 feet of bank each day from land owned by Kenneth Sparks, near Jasper. Water takes the top soil, leaves rock and gravel. Power System Listed As Class A Utility Financial reports on 1954 oper- With total receipts of $27,405, ations and adoption of a budget: the city-owned power system for 1955 occupied the Springfield: noted a 2 "per cent gain in the Utility Board Wednesday night. total number of customers serv- Board members learned that! ed, a 20 per cent rise in the num- the Springfield municipal power, system passed the quarter-mil lion-dollar mark in gross receipts last year and sn became a Class A electric utility according to ratings of the power industry. VITAL STATISTICS MARRIAGE LICENSES George E1sl Norton, 26, Lowell, and Joann Monks, 16, Star Route, Fall Creek. Thomas Gustave Mention, 23, TU. 4, r.ugene, ana neuy KOiu.se ftieunesney TU. 2S0 47th St.. SDrlnfifleld. John Harrison Conley, 56, Rt. 1, and Kdiin Louise waider, 53, 2163 Wash In g ton St., both of Eugene. Owen Paul Goodrich, 47, Westlake, and Hazel Minnie A. Kind, 47, Flor ence. William God f red Vogele. 25, Rt. 1 Fall City, Nebr., and Georgia Irene ftUckty, 20, Box 129. Veneta. Ranald George Martin, 18, and Inez Abbott, IS, hoth of Rt. 1, Springfield. Keith Merle Campbell, 20, BB Rt., and Patricia Viola Picknell, 17, Rt. 1, both of Cottage Grove. BIRTHS AT SACRED HEART HOSPITAL (Jan. 10, 1955) ALLDRIDGE Mr. and Mr. Donald L. Alldridge, 320 Crocker Lane, Eu gene, a son. ALLEN Mr. and Mrs. John W. Al len. 3250 JameK Lane, Eugene, a ton. BEDORTHA Mr. and Mrs. Wallace K. Redorlha, Rt. 2, Box 324, Crcswell,1 rianphf r BRADLEY Mr. and Mr. Chester ; A. Bradley Rt. 1, Junction City inn. CARPENTER Mr. and Mrs. S. Carpenter, 1521 Highway 99 N gene, a daughter. Eu- EDMUNSON Mr. and Mrs. Mnlcom D. Edmunson, Rt. 1, Box 279, Eugene, j?0!010 GILMOREMr. and Mrs. Donald E. ANOTHER TERM Gil more, Rt. 3, Junction Citv. a son. In other actions, the board -G?A. d Julius C' unanimously reelected John W. Graf. 30-J3 Ohio Ave., Eugene, a son. , : hedges Mr. and Mrs. Charles wJBoesnans for another term as Hedges. ii82 w. 13th Ave., Eugene, nect-mV. and Mrs. Clifford L. I JSain serve as vice chairman, and Ncet. Fail Creek, a daughter. l fr rank Brown, to continue as scc- WEBER Mr. and Mrs. John-' F.frctary. daughter. ' Williams Mr. and Mrs. Roy n. Williams, 1020 S St., Springfield, aaugnter. ferrebee David Lee Ferrebce of Prtneville and formerly a resident nf veneta, died Jan. 10 at the age of 19. Private services were held Thursday, Jan. 13. at Lane Memorial Gardens. ifist oiive'st., Eugene, died Thursday! services win be announced later by uannommew-Dueii inapei. bun. 85. 1492 Oak St . Eugene. died'ra,SS of f;om tvv" ? ur Cents Thursday. Services will be Saturday,13" hour, pklS paid birthday holl- 2 p.m., at Rarthoiomew-Bueii Chapel.! days as is now usual in the REp-Guy Reid 72 3311 Oregon powor industry. The linemen are St., Springfield, died Thursday. Jserv-,L . , - , . . . ices will be Friday, 2 p.m.. at Veatch members of the International Hollingsworth England Funeral Fome.'Brothorhood of Electric Workers. BLONDIE t A JUST FOP A LITTLE y CHANGE TONIGHT I'LL (GO IN THE BACKDOOR N V INSTEAD OF THE f-f FRONTDOOR DON'T YOU -k3 I RECOGNIZE Y ? YOUR OWN -J - ---. 22 Water Erodes Land if. ber of kilowatt-hours of electric- ity sold, and a 14 per cent in crease in the sum total of bill ings sent but to customers. RESERVE FUND The Utility Board also re ceived a report indicating that $419,722 has been spent to date in building Springfield's sewer age disposal plant, and that $27, 298 will be paid to contractors and equipment suppliers before the plant goes into operation. Af ter these payments, the Utility Board will have a sewerage plant reserve fund of $198,029, remain jog from the sale of bonds ap proved by the people for the plant and from collection of sew er service charges. Because of a delay in the ship ment of equipment for the D St. pumping station, the new dis posal plant's initial operation may not come this month as or iginally planned, Supt. Frank R. Brown told the board. This equipment is all that remains to be installed, however, and Brown said that as soon as it arrives and is assembled the disposal plant can be put to work. For 1955 operation of the elec tric system and for retirement of obligations incurred in its fi nancing, board members adopted new budget of $250,000 up .,lKKi from the 1954 budget total. And to pay for completion ASMS I James'01 u lt,,1 uperaiiim in me sew- age disposal plant tne board ap ' , proved a separate oungei oi board chairman; Don Peglow tn The purchase of several office equipment items was aDDroved as the board heard reports that Dlans are nroceedinc according to schedule for moving the Util- ity Board offices to larger quar ters at 346 Main St. by Feb. 1. Also approved, on recommen dation of the board's labor com- jmittce, was a new contract giving , electric linemen employed by the CHy electric System 1955 pay By Chic Young I KJN ti riy, UAdWOD J. YDU CAM i II rWjt OkHAT OIDhT) im JJOAc (agai'n Park Operator . Hit by Lookout Point 'Floods' Release of stored water from Lookout Point Dam in bank-level volume Is causing worse erosion than does a flood, a landowner along the Willamette River as serted Wednesday. Kenneth Sparks, operator of the Ken-Lin recreation park near Jasper, said the high water has been washing away up to 5 feet of his land each day since last Sunday when the Army En gineers started releasing extra quantities of water from the big dam. "A flood comes up and then the water goes down again," said Sparks. "This way, the river just keeps eating away and I'm going to have nothing but rock left." At Lowell, Ray Overholscr, resign t engineer for the dam, said it will require a couple more days of heavy release of water to get the .reservoir back down to its regular level, barring further heavy rains. The water was stored up dur ing heavy rainfall around Jan. 1, he explained, to keep the river from reaching flood stage. The water is being released now to get the reservoir down so it can take the edge off the next heavy rainfall. Overholscr said it is true in "some specific cases" that high water level over a longer) period may create worse bank eiuMuu widii Lite AHiue amuuiii ui water would during a shorter flood. But, he said, "overall good" calls for the control of floods. Overholser indicated the Army Engineers would confer with Sparks on his problem of bank erosion. Award Due Eugene Man's Reserve Unit Commander Arthur Bergstrom. commanding officer of a Portland Naval Reserve unit, will be in Portland Wednesday evening to witness presentation of a high award to one of the units under his corci: .and. Mrs. Bergstrom will accompany him. The Bergstroms recently moved from Portland to the River Road area here. The unit is being cited as the top unit in the nation, based on points earned in its training pro gram, Israel Condemned JERUSALEM Wl The Syria Israel Mixed Armistice Commis sion condemned Israel Wednes day night for sending a five-man patrol into Syrian territory Dec. 8 to monitor a Syrian telephone line. VIA fV Y I Vvl Reg. Holly iroorf Scooirr 4.9 V HALF N&w Y" 5?s. Conclave Set By Boy Scout Honor Group Members of the Order o the Arrow, Boy Scouts camping hon orary, will gather Saturday at Camp Tsiltcoos near Florence for their annual lodge meeting and election of officers. Special sessions will be held for the general lodge member ship, for adult lodge members, chapter and lodge officers, and for dads of Order of Arrow mem bers, who are also invited. Nominations for lodge offices include: Lodge Chief Lynn Rietman, Dave Powell; Lodge Treasurer John Weigant, Den nis McClure: Lodge Secretary Ricky McDuffie, Dick Goad; Cos tume Chairman Bill Henderson, Leonard Kearny; Vice Lodge Chief Keith Ncwsom, Larry Scnn. Each chapter will also elect its officers and select an Indian name for its chapter book. Entertainment scheduled for the program includes dances by the dance team, a tour of the camp, dinner, singing and fellow ship, a report and colored slides of the Laramie, Wyo., Order of the Arrow conference, and ex hibits and costume demonstra tions. Members and dads intending to take part in the meeting should make their reservations with the Oregon Trail Council by Friday. UO President Busy Speaker "What a University President does, in his spare time" could well be the topic for Dr. O. Meredith Wilson, University of Oregon administrator, in address es during the coming week. On Monday Dr. Wilson will speak at Sweet Home, at the an nual Chamber of Commerce ban quet. His topic will be "Who Will Cast the Shadow?" "The Length ened Shadow" will be his topic on Tuesday night when he speaks at the Medford Chamber of Commerce banquet. On Wed nesday night in "Grants Pass at Ihe Chamber of Commerce ban quet he will talk on "The Ameri- can Dream. Whe he addresses the Ameri can Assn. of University Women on Thursday night in Eugene, his speech will be, "The Educator's Dream." No topic has been announced for his address at the First Citi 'zens banquet of the Eugene Chamber of Commerce on Satur- day night, Jan. 22, but he will be the speaker. BURCH'S COLLECTION of FLATS SECTION B ' THE LIGHT Or DAY Motorists and city officials will have a chance to compare four new fluorescent street lights with four mercury vapor lamps if they drive along 13th Ave. between Oak and Olive St. this week. The fluorescenls were installed Wednesday and will be in use for several days. They contain four fluorescent tubes, and extend outward from poles as shown above. The mercury vapor lights (at the top) will be on later, for a comparison. Fluorescent, Mercury Vapor Street Lights Being Tested Four new fluorescent street lights and a similar number of the latest in mercury vapor lamps went on trial along 13th Ave. in downtown Eugene Wed nesday night. The new lights, to be used to show the latest in downtown street lighting equipment,- were placed on poles between Olive and Oak St. along 13th Ave. by the Eugene Water & Electric Board. ! The ' experiment was under- taken when an Alabama equip- ment firm sent the four fluores ccnt units to the EWEB on ap NOW IN lut levin ff FUils . . . for Dress and Cusnal wear,.. Arid several pairs to your footwear wardrobe ut these low, low prices for top quality LANK COUNTY'S EUGENE, OREGON THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1955 (ncEhter-Cuard photo, Wiltshire fnir.) jproval The firm asked that the utility install the lights in the downtown area on a test basis. Officials of the EWEB said Thursday that the fluorescent lights will remain in use for sev eral days. Then the mercury va por lights, installed on the same poles, will be turned on for a similar time. Chamber of Commerce officials and members of a special down town street lighting committee of the city planning commission will look over the two types of lights during the test period. FABULOUS SALE! name rif ls)f ftm-iff Reg. 14.95 9.95 HOME HIWJPAPEfc NEWS JOSEPH K. CARSON, stale sen ator and former Democratic can didate for governor, will speak at a potluck supper at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at the Washington St. Recrea tion Center. EUGENE ELKS will have a hardtimes dance Saturday night in their temple at 7th Ave. and Olive St. The time will be 9:30 to 12:30 and costumes are in order. There will be prizes. Admission will be by Elks card only. FLEET Naval Reserve Branch 151 will meet at 7 p.m. Friday in the Willamalane Bldg. in Glen wood. There will be a potluck lunch. All Fleet Reserve and retired Navy men are invited. A TRYOUT rehearsal for brass, woodwind and percussion ele ments of the all-city elementary school orchestra will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the band room of Eugene High School for those students who have been in vited to participate by their music directors. FRANCIS E. DART, of the University of Oregon physics de partment, will lead the conversa tion hour at 8 p.m. Friday in Friendly House, 2445 Kincaid St, on the topic: "Can Science End War?" TI1EIMA MAE CHAPMAN, 527 Filmore St., a Eugene attorney, was elected recently to member ship in the American Bar Assn, The Bar Assn. is the leading na tional organization for the legal profession. Oregon Trail Diary Given UO Library A diary kept by Evans S. Mc- Comas on his 1862 journey west over the Oregon Trail has been presented to the University of Oregon library by Mrs. Elma T. Havcmann of Eugene, niece of the author. Mrs. Havcmann provided much material from family scrapbooks and from her reminiscences for an introduction to the diary. Martin Schmitt of the special collections department in the university library edited the diary and put it in the form of a , Journal of Travel." The new ; book was published by the Cham Ipoeg Press in Portland. lirantl shoes! to WOMEN'S SHOES Values to 15 05 SALE 3 5 Values to 1B 05 SALE 5 95 Values to 17.05 SALE 705 Values to 18,05 SAI.K 9.95 Values lo 21.95 SALE 11.95 Values to 24.95 SALE 13.95 Entire Sioeli of JWiit' Shoe It educed! MEN'S SHOES Values tn . 9.95 SALE 5.95 Values tn 12.95 SALE 8.95 Values to 12.95 .SALE 9.95 Values to 17.95 SALE 12.95 Values to 24.95 SALE 19.95 CHIUHIEN'S SHOES Values In 4.95 SALE 4.45 Values to 6.95 SALE 4.95 Values tn 7.95 SAL1!5.45 Values lo 7.95 SALE 5.95 Values to 8.95 SALE 5.95 H " R'4?95 BRIEFS NATIONAL Assn. of Retired and Veteran Railway Employes will meet at the Knights of Py thias Hall Friday following a pot luck lunch at 12:30 p.m. Members and prospective members are urged to attend, bring a friend and a covered dish. WILLAKENZIE Grange will hold a potluck supper at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the grange hall. A WILLAMALANE class in tap-dancing, at 3:30 p.m., on Tues days, can accommodate a few more students, according to Mrs. Bea Perm, instructor: The class is for girls from 9 to 12 years in age. The fee is 50c per class. Registration may be made by phoning the Willamalane offices, 7-3604. WEATHER U.S. WEATHER FORECAST Eugene and vicinity Partly cloudy through Friday. Colder Friday night. Low tempera ture, 32; high Friday after noon, 45. Western Oregon: same. Local Statistics: Highest temperature Wednesday, 50; ' low Thursday morning, 38; rain in 24 hours ending 10:30 a.m. Thursday, .15 inches; to tal for month, 1.39 inches; nor mal for month, 5.41 inches; stage of river at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, plus 0.9 feet. Read ing at 10:30 a.m. Thursday: barometer, 30.24 ins., steady; humidity, 89 per cent; wind, W-18. . Sunrise and Sunset (PST): Friday, 7:44 a.m. and 4:58 p. m.; Saturday, 7:44 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. nr ASSOCIATED PRESS 24 houri to 4:10 a.m. Thursday Altx. Mln. Prep. Bakor 2 1.1 T Bend 40 28 T Eugene 50 3B .12 Klamath Fall! 32 Lakevlew 20 II Medford 40 81 .0.1 Newport 49 41 .40 North Bend 1 .14 Pendleton . 4 91 T Fdrtland Airport 41 .01 Roseburg S2 .17 .12 , Salem 47 3 .18 BoI 21 18 Chicago 31 10 .0 Denver 38 11 Eureka 49 44 .nt Lnj Angelea 4 4 .47 New York 3 19 .01 Bed Bluff 54 24 tthn rrancisco a " Seattle 4 41 .02 Spokane 35 31 .11 Reg. 8.95 5.95 OVTEIT THE ENTIRE FAMILY tlac i Convenient f)urch Charge Account! 1060 WILLAMETTI
