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About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1955)
Annexation To Be Issue For Council Petitions to Ask ': Election for Area' ; - Petitions urging annexation of an area east of Springfield will be presented to the Springfield City Council Monday night. : Gary Washburn, one of the an nexation leaders, said the coun cil will be requested to set an annexation election In the pro- pobcu area immediately atier trie 28-day waiting period required by law. ; Also expected at the council meeting are representatives of the Springfield Chamber of Com merce to urge that the annexa tion election be delayed until a vstudy of the area is made. Election first . : Washburn said his group will propose that the election be held first, "then, if it's carried in the area, let's have the survey made." He said he feels the proposed study, to be financed by indus trial members of the chamber, "is certainly a good idea so long as it doesn't delay the election until next summer." Washburn said his group will suggest that the council call an election for city voters on the an nexation proposal If the measure passes in the area up for annex ation. He said petitions bearing be tween 250 and 300 signatures of registered voters in the area will be presented to the council urg ing annexation. IMPARTIAL GROUP The " Springfield chamber's board of directors voted Thursday to urge the council to consider delaying the annexation election until the chamber hires an im partial survey organization to make a study of the problems of the area east of Springfield and ! 1 . i; - i tugene Bank Cashier Cancer Drive Official I f Mw (Reglstor-Guard photo, Wiltshire eng.) ON THE JOB P. D. Flcissner recently arrived in Springfield to take over his job as administrator of the McKenzie-Willamette . Memorial Hospital, now nearing completion. He told the Greeters Club in Springfield last week there is a chance the hospital may be in service before May 1, the previous "target date." Fleissner form erly headed a hospital at Emmet, Idaho.- 1 County Teachers to Hear Education Assn. President Many Lane County school teach ers will hear Miss Waurine Walk er, president of the National Education Assn., at Portland come up with recommendations fiexi inmsudy. for its future. She will be a major speaker 'Those seeking annexation snyiat the 52nd Oregon Education Eldon F. Woodin. assistant cashier at the First 1 National Bank of Portland, Eugene main branch, has been appointed treas urer of the American Cancer So ciety' 1955 educational and fund- raising campaign. - Mrs. William Klotzer, state commander for the society, an nounced the appointment Satur day and reported that throughout the month of April volunteer workers- will not only gather funds to help fight the disease but also will carry on a syste matic campaign of education. GRQWING OLDER "Our population is growing older," Mrs. Kletier said. "People are' living longer, and as a result, the incidence of cancer cases in the United States Is rising. More and more men and women are entering the age group "most sus ceptible to the disease. Hence the cancer society must intensify Its nationwide program of service to patients, research toward finding new methods of cure, and educa tion of the public in ways to de tect evidence of cancer early enough to enable effective treat ment. BRIGHTER ASPECTS "Lives saved in this country last vear throuch earlv detection . . . and prompt medical atten- tion .totalled 75.000," she added. The state ACS commander also noted that in the last 10 years the society has provided 33 million dollars. for cancer research. In cluding about 5.5 million raised in the 1954 cancer fund campaign. LANE GRANGE iteKisiet'-utuUti, btifceiiti, Oie.iuu., uiur. 13, 19a5 7 A FOUR OAKS grange Home Ec onomics Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Marion Parker, Bailey Hill Road, March 16, for a 1:30 p.m. dessert. Mrs. Ray Bower and Mrs. Cloyd Makinson will be co-hostesses. 'LITTERBUG' RESOLUTION .A resolution was passed bv Franklin Grange Feb. 23 protest inn 1Kb Inn MmmM nrqitlrn nf est aspect of the picture is that the cancer death rate women has begun to drop. "By giving generously to the volunteers here in April," Mrs. Kletier concluded, "people of Lane County can piny a com mendable part' In the unceasing battle to conquer cancer." on the sides of county r,oacls and among jjn tne drainage ditches, and scat tering such trash along the roads to the county dumps. In cataract, the eye disease, the lens inside the eye- becomes cloudy and cuts off essential light. Michigan Nimrod Has 'Magic' StumV GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Ml Jackson Flcckenstein of Ionia claims to have a "magic" hunting stump. He shot his fourth deer in four years while seated on the same stump. Flcckenstein's friends have sug gested he sell tickets to his "magic" stump in Osceola County during next year's deer season. 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