Members of ACLU,
Venn Clash Verbally
On Obscenity Issue
Verbal fireworks cruntnri in
the Eugene lewd literature com
mittee meeting Monday night as
ex-Dist. Atty. Eugene Venn, a
committee member, clashed with
members of the American Civil
Liberties Union.
Venn accused ACLU members
of adding "confusion" to the so
called obscene literature problem.
And one of the ACLU mem
bcrs, Eugene attorney Judith
Maclnnis, countered that Venn
was trying to say he could judge
what's best for other adults to
read.
INVITED TO ATTEND
Three members of the local
ACLU chapter's executive com'
mitlee, Miss Maclnnis, Eugene
attorney Ed Fadeley, and The
Rev. Robert Burtner, pastor of
Trinity Methodist Church, had
been invited to the lewd litera
lure committee's meeting to pre
sent the ACLU's viewpoint to
ward so-called obscene literature.
The ACLU is an organization de
voted to defense of constitutional
civil liberties.
The Rev. Burtner said the AC
LU has no "official" position on
the matter. It was discussed by
the local executive committee, he
said, "but we have no pat an
swers." Asked whether the AC
LU believe;; there is a "problem,"
Rev. Burtner said the ACLU
members "assumed" a problem
Woman Fined
In Lane Court
Glena K. Edwards, 28, of 1601
Brooklyn St., was found guilty
and fined $75 on a charge of vag
rancy as a common prostitute, in
Lane County District Court action
Tuesday morning.
The case was heard by Judge
William Beckett. Oral notice of
appeal was given by the woman's
attorney, Bert Ferris, following
the verdict. v ,
Mrs. Edwards was one of 14
persons arrested June 11, in a
police vice raid on a dwelling
known as the "Ranch" on West
11th Avenue near Fern Ridge
Lake.
Richard Bogle, a member of
the Portland Police Dept. who
worked as an undercover agent
for the Lane County Sheriff's of
fice, testified that Mrs. Edwards
accepted $10 from him for im
moral purposes, but that the act
was not consummated. The act
was alleged by the state to have
occurred in the early morning
hours of June 4, at the Fern
Ridge house.
The defendant stated that she
had no memory of ever having
received the money from Bogle,
but that she did remember being
in a bedroom with him.
Vital Statistics
BIRTHS
AT McKENZIE.WH.LAMETTE
HOSPITAL
(June 19, 19601
GARRELTS Mr. and Mr. Harold
Garrelts, 246 S. 34th St., Springfield,
i daughter.
(June 20, 1960)
WEBB Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Webb,
Rt. 1 Box 3S7, Springfield, a daugh
ter. JORDAN Mr. and Mrs. George Jor
dan, 174 W. K St., Springfield, a son.
DARE Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dare,
13BS C St., Springfield, a daughter.
GALLINGER Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Gallinger, 1545 N. 16th St., Spring
field, a son. '
AT SACRED HEART HOSPITAL
(June 19. 1960)
PROUDFIT Mr. and Mrs. Keith
O. Proudfit, 1331 Dalton Dr., Eugene,
a son.
GROSZ Mr. and Mrs. David W.
Grnsi, 2444 Portland St., Eugene,
son.
WRIGHT Mr. and Mrs. George
L. Wright, Rt. 1 Box 444, Vencla, a
son.
BEARDEN Mr. and Mrs. E. Harold
Rearden, 1451 water Ave., spring-fii-lri.
a dauehtcr.
HUNTER Mr. and Mrs. Garland D.
Hunter Jr.,, 2174-1 Patterson Dr., fcu.
ffpne. a dauehtcr.
WHITAKER Mr. and Mrs. Herman
L. Whltaker, 3920 IS. Shasta Loop
Eugene, a daughter.
STEVENS Mr. and Mrs. William J
Stevens, 2955 Hlllyard St., Eugene, a
xnn.
BON1N Mr. and Mrs. Floyd J.
Bonln, 1412 Jefferson St., Eugene, a
son.
SULLIVAN Mr. and Mrs. Gene D.
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exists, but didn't try to determine
how much.
And, he added, they had con
siderable trouble in legally ie-
fining what's obscene and what's
not.
BOOKS DISPLAYED
Venn, displaying a number of
paper-back books, told the AC
LU members: "I think the trou
ble with your committee is that
you haven't read this stuff as a
whole, and yet, you speak with
authority. . . .
"You add more confusion to
this committee," the cx-district
attorney charged, "but you peo
ple never stop to read this stuff
page to page."
Moments later, Rev. Burtner
asked Venn is he really cared if
he Burtner goes into a news
stand and buys the kind of ma
terial which Venn doesn't like.
"Yes, I do care if anybody
reads it," Venn replied.
Miss Maclnnis spoke up:
"You're saying you can judge
what's best for me. . ."
Replied Venn: "This stuff is
not best for you. . ."
Venn called the material in
question "anti-Christ." "I know
that if things arc anti-Christ they
will eventually whittle away our
whole society, he declared.
QUESTION RAISED
"Do you care if I sit at home in
my living room and read pornog
raphy?" continued Miss Macln
nis. "I do care if people read with
freedom anything that is pornog
raphic," Venn replied. "We have
laws against sodomy, adultery,
fornication and incest. . . this
type of materials seeks to justify,
extol and condone this. . . It seeks
to encourage it. . ."
Miss Maclnnis replied: "Until
it's propelled me into something,
it s done no harm.
Replied Venn: "You're just one
part of society. To make it avail
able to you (and thus make it
available to everyone else) is to
destroy society.
IDEA CRITICIZED
Miss Maclnnis earlier had criti
cized the idea of saying: "This is
all right for me, but I must pro
tect these other people over
there.
'Each of us is expected to
know enough to vote. Why should
we be considered wcakminded
and easily corrupted when it
comes to our reading material?"
she asked.
Members of the lewd literature
committee commented during the
meeting that they are opposed to
censorship. As for the commit
tee's purpose, Mrs. Stanley Kicn-
mond told the ACLU members:
We are not sure any action will
be taken. Some members think
no action will be taken.
Sullivan, Rt. 1 Box 598, Veneta,
WEBBER Mr. and Mrs. Merle Web
ber. 225 River Rd., Eugene, a daugh
ter.
(June la, iswi
MULLINS Mr. and Mrs. John R.
Mulllns, 1541 Tlnamou Lane, Eugene,
a son.
COOP Mr. and Mrs. Duane L. Coop,
Lorane Rt., Cottage Grove, a ion.
DEATHS
FERRELL Grace L. Ferrell, 71, of
4451 W. 19th Ave., Eugene, died June
IB. Funeral services will be at 10
a.m. Thursday In Poole-Larsen Chapel
Interment will be in West Lawn Me
mortal Cemetery.
FISHER Funeral services for
Lawrence Allen Fisher. 75, of Rt. 1
Cresv.cH. will be at 10:30 a.m. Thurs
day In Mills Mortuary. Interment will
De in waiKer cemetery.
I.ARSF.N Karen M. I.arscn, 84
of 551 N. 19th St., Springfield, died
June 20, Funeral arrangements will
be announced.
MARTIN Sadie M. Martin, 62, of
68 Ascot Dr., Eugene, died June 21
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced.
MCMILLAN Alilna McMillan, 89.
of 1140 N. 21st St., Springfield, died
June 21. Funeral arrangements will
be announced.
STONE Funeral services for Helen
G. Stone. 50. of 40 Oak Ct., Eugene,
wlU be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in
Poole.Larsen Chapel. Interment will
be In Rest-Haven Memorial Park.
SM ALLEY Brenda Jo Smalley, 3-vear-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Donald E. Smalley, of 1524 McKinley
Ct., Eugene, died June 20 at Roseburg,
Funeral arrangements will be an,
nounced.
By Chic Young
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BUSINESS LUNCH These two young robins have
established themselves in the midst of Eugene business
activity, under the eave of Gray Feed and Seed Co., 737
W. Sixth Ave., Their mother made a comfortable nest
in a fuchsia basket, then guarded them from half a block
away. Register-Guard photographer Phil Wolcott caught
the young birds as they prepared for their noon day meal.
NEWS
NEBRASKA Club will close its
club year with a potluck lunch
eon Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in
Free Methodist Church, 4th and
B Sts., Springfield. Hostesses will
be Mrs. A. J. Bier and Mrs. Lila
Dent.
EUGENE OBSIDIANS will lake
an overnight camping trip to
Cove State Park, in central Ore
gon, Saturday and Sunday. James
Stovall, leader. Sing-up sheet and
description of trip at Gilbert's
Shoe Store, 49 E. Broadway. Open
to public.
EMERALD EMPIRE Chanter of
Sweet Adelines, Inc., will meet
at the home of Mrs. Llnvri T.pahn
Jasper, Wednesday. Members
meet at tne Osborn Hote . Eu
gene, at 7:30 p.m. for transporta
tion.
OPEN FRIDAY NIGHTS 'TIL 9 f.M.
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BRIEFS
JUPITER AND ITS SATEL
LITES will be the topic of dis
cussion Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at
a meeting of the Amateur Astron
omy League of Eugene. Meeting
will be in the Eugene Public Li
brary auditorium. After the meet
ing observations of the planet
Jupiter will be made, weather
permitting, through several tele
scopes. Open to the public.
EUGENE Members of the
Senior Activity Center will meet
at the center, 490 13th Ave., from
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday,
with all senior citizens invited
TEENAGE SUMMER dance
program at Washington Park
Recreation Center will begin
Wednesday with a 7 p.m. tennis
court dance. Dance ends at 10
p.m.
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'It's Up to Us' to
Clinic Suggests What to Tell
By DEAN RE A
Of the Rf gister-Uuard
"There's somclhing for just
about everybody" when it
comes to recreation in Lane
County, those attending a tour;
ist information clinic were told
Monday night in Eugene.
Tourist industry representa
tives were on hand to learn how
they may persuade out-of-state
tournists to remain in Oregon
an extra day this season.
Hal Boone, chairman of the
Eugene Chamber of Commerce
tourist committee, explained
the meeting was part of a S40
Million for One Club being
sponsored throughout Oregon.
Oregon estimated that S40
million revenue might have
been added to business coffers
last year if out-of-state tourists
had lingered a day longer.
"It's up to us to keep them
here and one of the things we
can do is to suggest attractions
for them to sec," he added.
Twenty-five representatives
of motels, hotels, service sta
tions and food establishments
attended the clinic. Boone said
he had hoped for more than
100.
LANE PARKS
Nicl Ledward, assistant parks
superintendent for the Lane
County parks and recreation
department, told the 25 persons
present that "recreation is big
business in Lane County."
The 25 tracts which have
been developed as parks in the
county the past seven years had
an estimated 468,000 visitors
last yea.-, he said.
Among the outings he sug
gested for out-of-state visitors
were: Dexter north bank park,
Dorcna Baker Bay and Siuslaw
Harbor Vista on the coast.
- EUGENE ATTRACTIONS
Eugene offers a number of
tourist attractions, according to
Tex Malsler, city parks and
recreation director.
Four major attractions which
Library Program
Planned for Children
The River Road PTA's summer
library program for children
starts Thursday.
The River Road School library
will be open every Thursday from
10 to 12 a.m. for children of pre
school age through the eighth
grade, according to Walt Phifer,
PTA president.
Books may be checked out or
reference sources used at the
library by children in that dis
trict. The library room may be
reached through the back school
entrance.
PRICES DEPEND ON SIZE AND NUMBER OF DIAMONDS
AND INCLUDE FEDERAL TAX
CONVENIENT MONTHLY TERMS
Point Out Attractions
may be suggested to the ' trav
eling motorist" were named by
Malsler as follows:
Amazon Park swimming
pool open 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
daily. One of the finest pools
in the Northwest.
The swimming pool at W.
Kith Avenue and Jefferson
Street.
George Owen municipal
rose park al the north end of
Jefferson Street. More than
1.000 roses on display.
Hendricks Park south of
Judkins Point. Picnic facilities
and a rhododendron garden.
For a scenic view. Malsler
suggested a trip to the top of
the buttc at Skinner Park.
There arc zoo and picnic facili
ties at the park, he said.
For a hike, Matslcr suggest
ed a 30 to 40 minute climb of
Spencer Buttc, six miles south
of Eugene off Willamette
Street, as "one of the most re
warding views" of the southern
Willamette Valley.
FOREST FACILITIES
There were 520.000 visitors
lo the Willamette National
SECTION B
EUGENE,
Bxmm leaf !cs tom&
Officers of Council of Kadosh
To Be Installed in Ceremony
Lloyd C. DeLcss of Eugene will
be installed as commander of Eu
gene Council of Kadosh, Scottish
Rite Masons, in ceremonies Tues
day at 7:30 p.m.
The installation will be held al
Eugene Masonic Temple, 992
Olive St., Eugene.
Other officers to be installed
include Rollin E. Mclntyre,' 1st
It. commander; Roy M. Crawford,
2nd It. commander; William L.
Young, chancellor; Harold K.
Lounsbury, orator; Harry H.
Hobbs, almoner; Worth Harvey,
recorder; Linlcy H. Lutz, treas
urer; Murray D. Adams, marshal
of ceremonies; J. Marion Jackson
turcopolier; Ira D. Leake, draper
Ray C. Ramcy, first deacon; Wil
liam A. Grout, second deacon;
Lyman F. Coburn, bearer of
beausant; William R. Bowser,
bearer of second standard; Nich
olas Schncll, bearer of third
standard; Arthur B. Stillman,
lieutenant of guard, and Olaf
I Johnson, tiler.
Forest last year, according to
R. L. Worstell, Forest Service
recreational staff officer, Eu
gene. There are 36 improved camp
sites and 436 family units for
camping and picnicking in the
Lane County area tinder the
Forest Service jurisdiction, he
said.
Worstell suggested that visit
ors who desire the latest infor
mation on recreational facilities
in the national forest to contact
someone at a ranger station.
These are located at Blue Riv
er. McKcnzic Bridge. Lowell,
Rigdon on Highway 58 and Sal
mon Creek.
The ranger stations are
manned seven days a week
from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.. starting
july 1 through Labor Day,
Worstell explained.
"Our facilities are the more
rustic type." Worstell said. But
for the outdoorsman, here are
just a few samples of things
he suggested for outings:
There will be blackberries
to pick in cutover areas after
July 1. "They're free," says
Worstell.
IANI COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER
OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE
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LLOYD C. DELESS
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Tourists
Wild flowers bloom along
side the highway, although it's
beginning to be a "little late"
in the season.
Hunting attracts many per
sons interested in pigeons,
grouse, quail and big game.
For the rugged recreation
ist and mountain climber, there
arc the Three Sisters and wil
derness area in the Cascade
Mountains.
A favorite "take off" point
for hikers on a one-day walk or
10-day pack trip is Frog Camp,
72 miles east of Eugene on the
McKcnzic.
For a short trip, lake
Highway 58 to Lookout Point
Reservoir, drive over the Pat
terson Mountain Road to
Layng Creek Road and then to
Dorena and Cottage Grove.
The Clear Lake Road will be
passable weekends this sum
mer: delays will occur during
the week, Worstell said.
Maps, information folders
and other tourist materials
arc offered through the cham
ber of commerce office as aids
lo business firms, by Fred
Brenne, chamber manager.
21, 1960
Lobbyist Hired
By Peace Group
David Stadlcr, a geneticist on
the faculty of the University of
Washington, has been hired as a
lobbyist at Washington, D.C. by
two Northwest "Platform for
Peace" groups.
Stadlcr will be in Washington
all this week lo interview con
gressmen from Oregon and Wash
ington on the question of dis
armament. He will ask senators
and representatives their views
on disarmament problems and
seek their ideas about what steps
the government of the U.S. should
lake to solve the problem.
Stadlcr has been hired by Plat
form for Peace 1960 of Seattle,
Wash., and by the Platform for
Peace group of Eugene.
School Reorganization
The Lane County Schools reor-
ganizatron Committee will hold a
regular meeting Tuesday at 7:30
p.m. The meeting will be in the
county school superintendent's
office, in the courthouse.
JEWELRY
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