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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.
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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
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20, 1955
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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
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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:.
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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.