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Water District Chief Says Annex People 'Creating Alarm' The possibility of contaminated water entering mains in the McKenzie District water system east of Springfield is "no greater than in any other public water system," Superintendent Jay Hicks declared Monday. He said recent statements by proponents of annexation in the area are creating unfounded alarm in regard to dangers to the water supply. Rather, he declared, the fact that people have a pure water supply and don't have to rely on wells in the polluted area has Group Hears Survey Expert In Springfield . Ivan Bloch, Portland engineer and former consultant for the Bonneville Power Administra tionwas scheduled to speak at a noon meeting Monday in Springfield. Bloch addressed the 7-man committee charged with the job of finding the best sur vey organization to make a thor ough study of the area east of Springfield. : To be financed by the indus trial section of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce, the study was proposed by the chamber and endorsed by the city council last week. The study is to be com pleted in 12 weeks and will cov er drainage, sanitation, bonded indebtedness, fire insurance rates, industrial development, zoning and air pollution. Committee chairman is Lane w County Commissioner Bob Straub. Other committee mem bers are: Jack Briggs and Paris Breedlove, representing the Springfield City Council; Elmer Maxey and Merv Dahl, represent ing the chamber; George Weyer haeuser and Winton Platte, rep resenting industry. "Our purpose is to bring re lief to existing drainage and sanitation problems in the east city area," Straub remarked. "And at the same time we want Springfield to maintain a healthy climate for present and future in dustries," Straub stated. Other firms being considered to make the study include Indus trial Survey Associates of San Francisco; Stanford Research In stitute; and Danielson consult ants of San Francisco. VITAL STATISTICS BIRTHS probably been a big reason why health conditions are as good as they are. Hicks pointed out that water in the mains is under SO to 60 lbs. pressure, which means that when a leak occurs, 'the flow is all outward from the mains. Through mtdern techniques, most repairs are made to lines while the pressure is still main tained, he said. FLOW OUTWARD In event the pressure is shut off, the water still flows outward from a leak for several hours, he said. Hicks said repairmen fol low standard precaution which include isolating the leak from all contamination before the pres sure is shut off and thoroughly flushing the line before service is restored. Our system isn't any different from any other system," he said, "since any surface water must be regarded as contaminated. The danger is no greater than in Springfield, or Eugene, or any other community. Hicks said the McKenzie Dis trict draws its water supply from Eugene s system where the water is tested daily at the filtration plant. In addition, random tests are made from taps in the dis trict's system to ensure the con tinued purity of the water, he said. WELL AWARE Hicks said he was "well aware" of open sewage conditions in some areas east of Springfield and wasn't trying to minimize the need for improved sanitation. However, he said he felt reflec tions upon the water system should be answered. 'We've got a good, modern system. The mains are new ones. The danger of dirty water getting into mains is very, very rare es pecially in a new system like Mc Kenzie, he said. AT SACRED HEART HOSPITAL (March IS, 1955) BBYSON To Mr. and Mrs. Lewis' A. Bryson, Rt. 2, Junction City, a daughter. BURCH To Mr. and Mti. Roy L. Burch, Rt. S, Box 318A, Eusene, a aon. CADDELL To Mr. and Mrs. James L. Caddell, 910 K St., Springfield a son. CROWSON To Mr. and Mrs. Eu gene Crowsolt, General Delivery, El- . mlra, a son. HARRIS To Mr. and Mrs. Marleau S. Harris, 771 W. 12th Ave., Junction City, a son. HAYES To Mr. and Mrs. Vernon R. Hayes, 1122 W. 7th Ave., Eugene, a daughter. HOLMES To Mr. and Mrs. John L. Holmes, 2061 Jackson St., Eugene, a daughter. JACKSON To Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Jackson, Rt. 2, Box 237, Springfield, a son. JONES To Mr. and Mrs. Raymond H. Jones, 602 Kreatx Rd., e.ugene, a k daughter. i PRAHAR oT Mr. and Mrs. Louis n. Prahar. Rt. 1, Box 516. Bandon, daughter. v TREMBLEY To Mr. and Mrs. O'. Neal R. Trembley 50 6th St., Lebanon, a son. WANNER To Mr. and Mrs. Frank N. Wanner, General Delivery, Oak ridge, a son. DEATHS MASEMG IL Rf ley M. Masengll of Oakridge died In Eugene Saturday. March 19 at the age of 44. Funeral itprvlcea are Tuesday. March 22 at 2 p.m. in the Poole-Larsen Chapel, with concluding services and Inter ment In Rest Haven Memorial Park. RUDDER William Dean Rudder, 3- Hsv old son of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Rudder of Myrtle Creek, died at a Eugene hospital" March 19. Grave side services will be held at West Lawn Cemetery. Tuesday. March 22 at 1:30 p.m. with Bartholomew-Buell Chapel in cnarge ot arrangements. WINFREY Loranzo Sylvester Win- fry, Dexter, died Saturday at the age of 82. He had lived at Irving, Lowell and Dexter for 68 years. Services Wednesday, 1:30 p.m., at the Veatch Holllngsworth England Funeral Home. SARTER Sharon Lee Sarter, 11, of Shelton, Wash., died at her home Saturday. She had relatives in Eu gene and Halsey. Graveside services will De neia luesaay ai w.sv a.m. Speaker to Cite Labor Problems Norman Nilsen, state labor commissioner, will be the princi pal speaker Thursday evening at the third in a series of forums begun by Democratic leaders in Lane County. The meeting will be at the Washington Park Recreation Cen-I ter, 19th Ave. and Washington St. It will begin with a buttet dessert at 7 p.m., and talks and reports will start at 8 p.m. NUsen will speak at 8:40 p.m. on "Labor and Its Problems. Other speakers will be County Commissioner Robert Straub, County Assessor Winfred W. Smith and local Democratic Par ty committee heads. Sponsotr of this meeting are the AFL Central Labor Council and the IWA-CIO. Omer Vroo man is in 'charge. (Register-Guard photo, Wiltshire eng.) GREAT DECISIONS The neigborhood study experiment on U. S. foreign policy gets underway this week in Eugene and Springfield. Shown above are some of the persons who participated Saturday in a discussion leaders' institute for the Great Decisions program. They are, left to right, William Pierron, Don Derickson, K. E. Montgom ery, Marty Edberg and Bill Barber. Montgomery, a UO professor of speech, was one of the institute instructors. Edberg, with Ralph Cobb, arranged the institute. The others will lead neighborhood groups. Petitions Out On River Rd. Street Lights Petitions are being circulated within the River Road Water District this week calling for in stallation of street lights at inter sections in the heavily-populated residential area. J. Norman Bennett, chairman of the River Road Civic Club street lighting committee, said the petitions are the result of aJ request by the water district s board of directors. He said the board asked the club to obtain 400 signatures of residents in the district before action will be tak en to set up the lighting program. The request for the petitions came at a meeting of the commit tee with the board of directors in February, Bennett reported. Ben nett and S. A. Sorcnson, who is president of the club, met with Commissioners D. D. Dickinson, Arthur Bccbe and E. Roy Smith. Bennett explained that the board feels the petitions will give them an indication of what the people want. An election in the district will probably be held when the petition results are known. If such an election is held, and the voters approve the , lighting program, the board of. directors will work with the Eugene Water & Electric Board in making the actual installation. Bennett said there would be about 150 lights needed to cover the district. They would be in candescent-type lights. It is estimated that the com plete program would cost resi dents an added 1.7 mills in taxes. WEATHER U.S. WEATHER FORECAST Eugene and vicinity: cloudy with occasional rain Monday night. Mostly cloudy with scat tered showers Tuesday, little change in temperature. High Monday 47, low Monday night 38; high Tuesday 52. Local Statistics: Highest temperature Sunday, 53; low Sunday night, 36; rain in 24 hours ending 10:30 a.m. Mon day, trace; total for month, 1.34 inches; normal for month 3.86 inches; stage of river at 7:30 a.m. Monday, -1.8 feet. 'Reading at 10:30 a.m. Mon day; barometer, 30.33 inches, steady: humidity, 68 per cent; wind, S-14. Sunrise and sunset (PST): Tuesday, 6:12 a.m. and 6:27; Wednesday, 6:10 a.m. and 6:28 p.m. TEMPERATURES By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 24 hours to 4:30 a.m. Monday Max. Mln. Prep. Baker 35 19 Bend 42 28 Eugene 53 36 Klamath FaUs .., 43 23 Lakevlew .. "38 17 Medford ; 55 25 Newport . 50 41 . North Bend 49 39 Pendleton 47 .37 Portland 50 40, T Roseburg 55 30' Salem 54 36 T Boise 38 21 Chicago 47 42 .24 Denver 29 6 .21 Eureka 48 38 Los Angeles 69 4B New York 48 38 T Red Blufr 62 36 T San Francisco 63 39 Seattle -- 46 38 T Spokane 37 26 Police Arrest School Boys Four visiting high school stud ents went home without seeing the final game in the state basket ball tournament Saturday after they tangled with the law on shop lifting and liquor charges. The shoplifting charges were placed against two 13-year-old Roseburg boys by employes of Thompson s Record Store, 96 E. Broadway, who said the pair had stolen a phonograph record from the store. Police said the boys ad mitted the theft. They were re leased to their parents' custody. Arrested on charges of illegal possession of alcoholic liquor were Everett W. Millard, 18, and .lames R. Patterson 19, both of Salem. They were first stopped on a routine traffic check by a city policeman, who took them into custody after discovering a case of beer in the back scat of their car. , Police said the youths told liq uor control commission agents they had purchased the beer at a Salem store. They were turned over to the state liquor officials. fcANS COUNTV5 HOMK HSWJUAMSl SECTION B EUGENE, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1955 Postponement Of 2nd Bailey Trial Asked District Attorney To Resist Motion A motion for postponement of the May 3 trial of Richard G Bailey, charged with conspiracy, was on file Monday in circuit court. Bailey, who is charged with con spiring with his brother, Alfred, to obtain mney by false pre tenses, was tried last week but the jury failed to reach a verdict. A second trial was then scheduled for May 3. Defense Attorneys Lamar Tooze and Roland Rodman, however, have requested postponement un til the next term of court. The motion said the postpone ment was necessary because the defendant needs time to raise funds to bring out-of-state wit nesses into court. District Attorney Eugene Venn indicated in court Monday he will resist uie motion. Judge Frank Reid said the motion will be forwarded to Judge Dal M. King at Roseburg, who will decide whether or not to grant the defendant's request for postponement. Whether argu ments on the motion will be held in Eugene or Roseburg was not immediately determmed. BLOND1E By Chic Youn Charges Faced By Motorist, 79 William H. Hunt, 79, of Junc tion City, was charged with driv ing with defective brakes and fail ure to leave name and address at the scene of an accident in Eu gene Sunday evening. Eugene police said Hunt's car hit a parked car and skidded into a tree near the intersection of Wil lamette St. and E. 24th Ave. He was uninjured. Complaint Levels Larceny Charge A complaint charging larceny by bailee was signed Monday against Harry O. Redfield. 37. of 614 Mill St., Springfield, who was arrested by Eugene police Sunday morning as he attempted to sell a television set at a downtown store. Walter S. fiarrptt ntrtnriolAi of the Garrett Appliance Co., 136 a. Broadway, Eugene, signed the complaint against Redfield. He said the television spf hurl hnnn purchased from his store and pay ments were sun due on it. Redfield was originally arrested on a vagrancy charge after em ployes of a clothing store told police Redfield was trying to sell them the set. Police said he had a receipt indicating the set had been purchased in Portland. Vaughn Man Fined On Dnmk Charge Herman Louis Garbani, 25, of Vnnnhn nlearlpri ifuiltv Mondav to a charge of being drunk on a public highway and was lined. $a in district court. Garbani was arrested Saturday by state police after a disturb ance was reported in the unity Market at Lowell. A complaint was also, rprpivpd from the oper ator of at nearby service station who said he had been involved in an argument with Garbani. Illegal Entry An illegal entry at the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority houe, 821 E. 15th Ave., was reported to city police Sunday by Ralph W. Nis sen, caretaker for the sorority. Police said they had no way of determining whether anything had been taken from the build ing until members of the group return from their spring vaca tions next week. Entry was made by prying open a rear door to the house. ANNOUNCING CARL T. VELTMAN IS NOW ASSOCIATED WITH Sterne & Whiliaker Agency Real Estate & Insurance BURCII'S 1ashion-nt YOUR FEET IFdDM (EdDLIF WITH Ret, U.S. Pal. Off. and Canada SENIORS FLEXIBLE SHANK SHOES j'i 'f PERFORM BETTER because of the flexible shank that walks when you do. FEEL BETTER they're unlined . . . won't rub or pinch. 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City Issues Permit For New Saw Shed A permit for construction of a $3,000 saw shed at the Barman Planing Mill, 2515 W. 6th Ave, was issued Monday by the Eugene Building Department. One other application or a building permit was also on file, but no permit had been issued It is for complete jcconstructlon of a Texaco service station at the northeast, corner of 11th and Hieh St. The work will eost an estimated $12,000, according to the application. NEWS BRIEFS REP. HARRIS ELLSWORTH of Oregon will speak on "Abundant Power vs. Politics" Tuesday at '6:45 p.m. on KVAL-TV. There will be general reference to part nership power policies, an,d spe cific discussion of the Cougar Dam flood control and power project, sought by the Eugene Water & Electric Hoard. MARILYN DICKERSON. daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell E. Dickcrson of 1160 28th St., Spring field, has been named to the hon or roll for the first semester at l a Vornn College. La Verne. Calif. She is a senior at the col lege. RIVER ROAD CIVIC CLUB will moot. Mnndav at B P.m. at River Road Women's Club. A business meeting will be followed by barber shop quartet singing and refreshments. MT. VERNON ScouC and Ex plorers' Mothers Club, Troop 37, will hold a cooked food sale at the Pay 'n Save market, Spring field, March 26. ' 'FREF.rtOM TO LEARN." a National Education Assn. film, will be telecast next Monday at 5 p.m. over KVAL-TV. . Xk 'ffftairn 1 5V . EASTER' PteEJirm WEARING fifP G,VING j ; iP ' V6T BURCH'S M LJ Mr m$' i f PRICE 1 -fV Trimfit 60 GAUGE 15 DENIER Dark Seami and Self Seams NYLONS BUY ONE PAIR I50 New Spring Colors SECOND PAIR only 7S LIMITED TIME for this Burch's Easter Sale HURRY! Phone 4-2771 Res. 5-0724 O 1060 WILLAMETTE 1060 WILLAMETTE KwJ 941 Lincoln O
