Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, March 20, 1955, Image 21

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Newspaper Page Textf SECTION C EUGENE, Drawing by Graham B. Smith, architect, Wiltshire engraving) PROPOSED HOME FOR THE AGED This drawing is of the Severson Memorial Sun set Home which will be constructed near Adams Grade School in southwest Eugene if financing can be provided. Operated on a non-profit, and non-denominational basis, the home would provide facilities for approximately 125'aged persons, including those in need of nursing care. The Severson Memorial Home Assn. already owns the 6-acre site for the proposed home which would replace Sunset Home now operated at 12th and Charnelton Sts. Association Plans New Home for Aged The annual meeting of the Sev erson Memorial Home Assn., op erator of Sunset Home in Eugene, will be held Thursday at 8 p.m. at Emmaus Lutheran Church, 1371 W. 4th Ave. The association will hold its an nual election of board members at this meeting, M. 0. Dahl, pres ident, has reported. The annual message and report of the Rev. B. T. Gabrielsen, sup erintendent of Sunset Home, will be another topic of this session. Jaycees Awaiting Visit by Chieftain Jaycees of this area will gather at Springfield Tuesday noon to hear E. Lamar Buckner, 33, na tional president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The public is also invited to the noon luncheon, at the Willn- malane Memorial Bldg. Tickets are available from Springfield Jaycee members. Springfield is one of 3 cities in Oregon which Buckner will visit during his official lour of the 48 states, Alaska and Canada. His address will be devoted to "Jayceeism." Jack Lively, of Springfield, state Jaycee president, will meet Buckner at Ashland to conduct him on his tour through Oregon. Buckner was Utah state Jay cee president in 1951-52 and holds the Utah Junior Chamber of Commerce distinguished service award. Troop Ships SAN FRANCISCO WV-Two troop transports are due here next week from the Orient with almost 6,000 Marines and navy men. The Gen. William M. Black will arrive Wednesday from Sasebo with 2,673 veterans of the 1st Marine Division. On Friday the Gen. Nelson M. Walker is due from Inchon with 3,121 Marines and 101 Navy personnel. I?, iy& -7 W . Avi tm CI V -T. l y I Sk (Reelster-Giiarrf ohotni. WilUSlre enffr.vinfft TO FOOL THE FISH Artificial fly tying is in vrjgue around Eugene Ciese d;fys, with one local sporting goods stort? Eivins'a series of free lessons on the difficult art. Fifty adults and 15 Bbys have been in at tendant and by next Wednesday's class session will have mastered the art of wrapping materials on LANS COUNTY? HOMI KCWSPAPEa' OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH His report will deal with opera tion of the home, now located on Charnelton St. between 12th and 13th Aves.; with problems involv ed in continuing at this location; and, with plans for construction of a new nursing home on a site owned by the association near 24th and Adams Sts. NON-DENOMINATIONAL Sunset Home has been operated in Eugene for 27 years. It is a non-profit and non-denominational home for the aged, although it was founded by Lutherans of this area and has drawn much of its support from Lutheran churches. The property on Charnelton St. was willed to the charity board of the Lutheran Brotherhood of the State of Oregon together with other assets in excess of $20,000 by a pioneer Norwegian couple who designated that these be quests be used for the establish ment of a home for the aged. The association named in honor of this couple was formed soon after ward to take charge of the project Last fall, when 63 persons were residing at Sunset Home, the Lane County Welfare Commission ruled that some 29 welfare-supported residents had to be moved from the home because it did not meet requirements of the State Board of Health. NEW, MODERN HOME For some time prior to that the Severson association had been considering selling its Charnelton St. property and building a new, modern home. With the withdraw al of welfare-supported residents, this plan became more imperative because the . association found it could not otherwise continue to meet operational costs. Negotiations for sale of the Charnelton St. location, where seven cottages and one large frame building have contained the home, have continued to date. Funds obtained through sale of the property would be used to construct the new Severson Me morial Sunset Home, plans for which already have been drawn by Architect Graham B of Eugene. Smith a hook to simulate nature. In 20, 1955 ' J$$ EWEBEyes Bethel Water Supply Plan The Eugene Water & Electric Board took under advisement Fri day a request by the Eugene City Council that tlie EWEB assume water service in the entire Bethel Water District in the event a portion of the district annexes to Eugene. The proposal, discussed at a meeting between City officials and the Bethel board of directors more than a week ago, is a new policy question for the EWEB. Heretofore, the city utility has given water service outside the city limits to water districts only, not to individual customers. It is expected that the EWEB will have an answer to the coun cil's request by the council meet ing on Monday, March .28. The dissolution of the district was originally suggested by the Beth el board as a means of solving service problems in annexation. The council and water board met to discuss the Bethel issues at the EWEB offices Friday noon, It was explained by EWEB en gineers that if a proposed annex ation, recommended by the city planning commission, takes place, about two-thirds of the Bethel District's 1,600 customers would be inside the City of Eugene. The rest of the district would be un able to operate without help from the EWEB. Officials also pointed out that if the EWEB operates the en tire district, the city would take over the bonded indebtedness of the special district. This would amount to about $180,000t they saia. it was indicated that even though the EWEB does take over the district, rates for those out side the city would probably re main the same as they are now. But for those who annex, there will be a 10 per cent reduction Building Featured Sidewalk Superintendents will have their night Sunday in the first of a series of "The Eugene Scene" television programs. The first, a 5-minute production at 9 p.m: on KVAL, will show. step-by- step construction of the new I Y.MCA-Y WCA Bldg. at 20th and Patterson. photo at left, i man, 11, son - j " r - IN ONE EAR ... 1 By JIM WELCH ENOUGH can't be said about cleanliness, the easiest of the virtues. This column Thursday noted that Eugene High girls last week elected one of their num ber the cleanest. At ttiat time the vote seemed worthy of men tion, chiefly because it revealed gradations in cleanliness and inversely, dirtiness at the school- And it's s shame. But more information has come in, indicating this is no jesting matter and that the selection was not based on popularity or wnim. The Clean Queen actually is spotless every moment, practic ing vhat exponents of a future sub -science will call Dynamic Cleanliness. This past week, for Instance, she was scheduled to perform at the basketball tournament in her white rally sweater to urge EHS on to victory over the nasties to the north. But late the day before she got green ink on the sweater. After trying all evening to get the spots out, she made a 10 p.m. call to the home of a clean ing shop proprietor.. Being s strong ncart in the unceasing battle against' dirt, he was hanov to meet her at the shop and van quish the abhorred spots at mid night. And that, my children, is whv the Clean Queen is clean, and why good old EHS won that game. AUSTRALIANS are earthy people who award valor where they find it. Catoblastis Hall in Boonarga, Queensland, was built in honor of the caterpillars that saved the farms from a prickly pear invasion. SCHOLARS who have been telling us that Victorians really weren t prudes should look again. A local student of miscellany has turned up this bit from an etiquette guide published in 1863: "The perfect hostess will see to it that the works of female and male authors are segregated on her shelves. Their proximity, unless the authors are married, should not be tolerated." A good point. Think of Byron cuddled in with all those will- full Bronte sisters. Or Boccac cio tweaking Elizabeth Browning while Robert Browning looks on helplessly from a shelf across the room. BUT book arrangement in home libraries is an old and harmless controversy among book-lovers of the sort who scoff when they see Book of the Month or Heritage libraries. Clas sification by subject leads the list, with author exponents and those who urge putting all the books of the same size or color to gether trailing for behind. Why not just put all the good books together? Keep the girls from the boys, of course. JUDGING people by their li braries is dangerous. Another method might be by surveying the items which have fallen intv furnace registers. But a quick check on a visit to a University St. home was a puzzler. The regis ter revealed a dozen beans, a similar amount of hairpins, a handful of BB shot and a piece of torn playing card. SLIDES KILLS 4 STOCKHOLM, Sweden W An avalanche crashed down on 13 sun-bathing tourists on Hamra Mountain Friday, killing 4 and injuring several others. I Rav fiarnpr nuts a litfli mnnthwnrk into his pffnrt. Hp's thp son nf Mr. and Mrs. George Garner, 3511 Concord St., up" of the finished product. Right, Instructor Al Davis helps Leo Gor- of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Gorman, Raw Sewage in Open Ditches Sparks Annexation Demand Ss"T :'-;r -SR:. 'SvTcy few-- 5tviv",: i : IT'S r UN Kids like to play in water, but when that water is contaminated by open sewage there's a definite health hazzard, according to county health department. Here young Allen Sales plays in surface water at his grandmother's home at 484 N.' 33rd VITAL STATISTICS BIRTHS ' AT SACRED HEART HOSPITAL (March 17, 1955) BOYD To Mr. and Mrs. Hueh H. Boyd, 833 Lawrence St., Eugene, a son. CISNEY To Mr. and Mrs. Robbie G. Clsney, 1440 K St., Springfield daughter. COLRUD To Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Colrud, 3801 E. 21st St., Eugene, a uaugnier. KNOTT To Mr. and Mrs. William J. Knott, 1215 Melvln Way, Eugene, a daughter. McCONNELL To Mr. and Mrs. Ray M. McConnell, 1300 Golden Ave., Eu gene, a son, AT VALLEY-LANE HOSPITAL (March 14, 1055) BAKER To Mr. and Mrs. David Baker, 3091 Elmlra Rd., Eugene, son. (March 15. 19551 MILLER To Mr. and Mrs. William Miller, 163914 Jefferson St., Eugene, a son. DEATHS GUERIN Leo R. Guerln, Rte. , Box 72, Junction City, died TiiursdHy, March 17, at the age of 67. Funeral arrangements will he announced by the Murphy Funeral Home, Junction city. GUERIN Leo Rcynalds Guerln, of Rt. 1, Junction City, died Thurs day. Recitation of the Rosary will ho ncld at 7 p.m, bunclay in tne Mur phy Funeral Home, Junction City. Requiem Mass will bo said at the St. Hose latnollc unurcn, Monroe, ore. at 10 a.m. Monday. Burial will be In the St. Rose Catholic Cemetery. LARSEN Nels P. Larsen, 83, of 508 E. 12th Ave.. Eugene, died Saturday. Private funeral services wilt be held Monday at the Poole-Larscn Chapel. uremallon servlcea will follow. PEDERSEN The Rev. I.aurlts Ped ersen, of 4440 Royal Rd., Eugene, died Friday. Funeral services will be held In the Bethesda Lutheran Church at 2 p.m. Monday. Burial will be In West Lawn Cemetery. Simon-Lounsbury are in cnarge. 9th Corps Ordered To Do Its Own KP SENDAI, Japan Wl It's back to KP for the U.S. 9th Corps, stationed in this area. The Army has ordered all units to fire 225 Japanese dish wash crs, assistant cooks and kitchen police. After this week the soldiers will peel their own spuds and mop their own floors. Eugene. Center is a "blow 160 W. 37th Ave., Eugene. at., outside Springfield. (Roglstcr-Guard photo, Willshu-o eng.) SEES DANGER Sewage-polluted surface water stands next water meter box and water lines in the front of the Gary Washburn residence on North 33rd St., east of Springfield. Washburn says county health officials tell him there's always the danger that polluted water could enter the mains during a period of negative pressure, if a leak is present. NEWS BRIEFS THERE WILL BE a polluck dinner for all Masons and their families at McKenzie River Lodge at 850 E. 14th Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. ED GILMORE will call for a square dance at Fern Ridge Ball room Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door. The dance is sponsored by the Wagon Wheelers Square Dance Club. DISABLED AMERICAN VET ERANS and auxiliary will hold a potluck dinner at the Veterans Memorial Bldg. Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. A film on cancer will be shown. The public is invited. EUGENE SCOTTISH Rite Ma sons will hold no meeting Tues day. WORLD WAR I Veterans of Springfield barracks 177 will have a potluck dinner in the VFW Hall, Thursday at 6:30 p.m. A business meeting, election of officers, and organization of a ladies' auxiliary will follow. IVANIIOE COMMANDKY No. Knights Templar, will iieot -t I r0 n m. Monday in the Masonic Temple, at 10th and Olivu me urucr of me Red Cross will be conferred in full form. Re freshments will be served. Plywood Firm Incorporated Here Articles of incorporation have been filed in Salem for a new $250,000 Eugene plywood firm.' Associated Press reports that I tho firm. Empire Plywood Corp. ihas been incorporated by V. C. Engwall, L. G. Engwall and Wind sor Calkins, all of Eugene. Both the Engwalls are former employes of Associated Plywood Mills Inc., and Calkins is a local attorney. None of the incorpora tors could bo reached Saturday for a more complete report on the new firm's plans. (ReglstAr-Oimrd photo, Wiltshire eng.) Willard School To Be Dedicated Dedication of the new Frances E. Willard School has been set for the evening of March 31, ac cording to Oscar Strauss, presi dent of the Willard PTA, which is sponsoring the event in coop eration with the Eugene School Board. Strauss said Saturday that a program will be worked out be tween the PTA and the super intendent of schools as soon as possible. Clarence Ilincs, super intendent, has been in Denver during the past week at a region al meeting of the American Assn. of School Administrators. Public attendance at the affair will be welcome, and the pro gram will probably start at 8 p.m., Strauss said. Tho 18-class-room school is located at W. 20th and Lincoln St. WEATHER U.S. WEATHER FORECAST EUGENE AND VICINITY: Fair Sunday and Sunday night. Skiing conditions good Sunday with clear weather in the Cascade mountain ski areas. LOCAL STATISTICS: High est temperature Saturday, SO; low Saturday morning, 30; rain in 24 hours ending 10:30 a.m. Saturday, trace; total for month, 1.34 inches; nor mal for month, 3.86 inches; stage of river at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, jminus 1.7 feet. Reading at 10:30 a.m. Satur day: barometer, 30.26 inches, steady; humidity, 38 per cent; wind, NE 13. SUNRISE AND SUNSET (PST): Sunday, 6:18 a.m., and 6:24 p.m.; Monday, 6:14 a.m., and 6:29 p.m. Sanitarian Calls Suburb Hazardous By DAN WYANT -. Ot The Kesisterauard Raw sewage, in open ditches and contaminated surface water, were termed a definite hazard to health" last week in the area just east of Springfield. The danger goes Deyona tne immediate area, according to Vic tor Morgan, Lane County sanita tion officer, to Include sizable portions of the city of Spring field. "I think If the people inside the city realized the threat," he said, "they'd be more concerned about annexation." Morgan said he feels the only solution to the problem is the construction of a sanitary sewer system. "I'm certainly not in sympa thy with delaying annexation for further study," he declared. Morgan said the problem stems from the fact that water tables in the area are high and the soil is dense. Consequently,, septic tanks do not function properly in many cases. The sewage trickles into open ditches or seeps into sur face water. Morgan said that in one tract of 90 homes, 48 are piping sew age into open ditches or spread ing it into surface water, EASY TO SEE It's easy to see what Morgan is talking about by walking through the area. Open ditches run along the rear of lots on both. sides of 33rd St., for example, filled with slow-moving water and chunks of sewage. At one spot, a ditch drains waste from an open outhouse right into the main ditch. Similar conditions exist out to about 42nd St, according to health officials. Children and pets play along the ditches and in the contam inate surface water. Polluted wa ter stands close to drinking-water mains and meter boxes and on the back of lots where gardens will probably be planted later in the season. Gary Washburn, one of the an nexation leaders, said that county health officials have told him that planting a garden on his lot Is "out of the question." He said that while water mains aro kept under pressure, he's been told there, is always the threat of polluted water leaking into the mains during negative pressure. Infectious hepatitis, sometimes fatal, is the disease which health authorities fear the most in areat with inadequate sewage facili ties. Spread by a highly infectious virus, the disease saw its worst year in Lane County in 1053 when 143 cases were reported.- com pared to only 5 the year before that. A survey at the time showed that about two-thirds of the cases centered in the area east of Springfield. ; POSSIBLE ERROR The disease rate declined some what last year but is always a danger, Morgan said, so long as improper sanitation exists. He said contaminated water is car ried on Into Springfield in the McKenzie Ditch, posing a similar threat Inside the city. Morgan conceded the county "may have been in error" in the way it handled building per mits in the area east of Spring field. "Some houses have been built without permits," he said, "some with permits that didn't clear the health office, and some with per mits that have cleared the health office but probably didn't come up to proper specifications." He said the county is extremely careful in approving any new building permits in the area. "We can't assume the role of a dictator and say that people can't build under any circumstances," he explained, "but we do require proper installation of septic tanks." He said that with adequate fill, sewage can be contained with septic tank systems in some parts of tho area. ONLY SOLUTION Homes which are spilling raw sewage into ditches or surface water are in violation of the law, Morgan said. He shrugged off the question of the possibility of con demning homes in violation of sanitary requirements. The only satisfactory solution to the problem, he declared, is the installation of sewer lines. Meanwhile, proponents of an nexation in the area indicated they will approach the Spring field City Council Monday night to request the councilmen to re consider their petitoins for an annexation election, on the basis of county health department warn-, inss. The council last Monday turned down tho request for an election in favor of a chamber of com merce proposal that a complete survey of tho area be made. Clnna hivn hi.n falrAn hi m special committee under the chairmanship of County Commis sioner Bob Straub to pick out a research firm to make the survey. The committee plans to go over a list of possible survey firms at a Monday meeting.