Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, February 13, 1961, Image 13

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Newspaper Page Text(RegisterUuard photoi CATS' DON'T LIKE WATER The "cat" shown above, sticking partially out of the Willamette River, really got wet last weekend as torrential rains sent rivers over their banks. This bulldozer was being used at the construction site of the new Willamette River Bridge near Santa Clara. The 'dozer and a power shovel were completely sub merged as the river level surged upward, but were becoming visible again Monday as the waters dropped. Neither Snow, Nor Rain, Nor Abe's Birthday . . . Add ' Abraham L i n c o 1 n 's birthday to the list of elements snow, rain, heat, and gloom of night that canno'. slay postal couriers from the "swift completion of their appointed rounds." Add Lincoln's birthday, In spite of announcements to the contrary. Sunday's Register-Guard car ried a story including the post office in the list of agencies that would be closed Monday for the Lincoln's birthday holi day. That information was transmitted earlier by someone, perhaps a too hopeful employe, who had answered the post ' office telephone. The post office was open Monday, and local residents did receive their mail. As a result of the ' faulty announcement, , the Eugene postmaster receiv ed 15 inquiring telephone calls Sunday, and the post office had received, 58 of the same type calls by 10 a.m. Monday. Members of the Springfield City Council Tuesday evening will consider a proposed agree ment for preparation of final plans and specifications for ex tending and improving the muni cipal sewer system. The agreement, if approved, will authorize the Corvallis firm of Cornell, Howland, Hayes & Merryfield to ' complete final work for installation of an inter ceptor line to provide sewer serv- Ex-Eugenean,65, Dies in California A former Eugene resideit, Lowell J. Withrow, 65, died Feb 4 in Salinas, Calif. Mr.' Withrow, of King City, 'Calif., was born in Eugene in 1895. He lived here uniil 1918. Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Annette Bailor of Eugene, Mrs. Mabel Cook, Watsonville, Calif., and Helen Stewart, Long Beach, Calif.; and two brothers, Vern Withrow of Junction City and Marlin Withrow of Eugene. Funeral services were held in King City,.with interment in the King City Cemetery. Councilmen to Consider Sewer Extension Plans Student Oath Issue Raised SALEM (Special) Rep. Ed ward N. Fadeley, D-Eugenc, Mon day introduced a House Joint Me morial asking Congress to repeal the disclaimer affidavit required of college students who accept loans under provisions of the Na tional Defense Education Act. The Memorial will be voted on in the House, then forwarded to the Senate for consideration. Fadeley said the Memorial made no objection to the loyalty oath provision of the NDEA, which requires only that a stu dent pledge allegiance to the United States. It does oppose the affidavit, which requires the stu dent to disclaim affiliation with any subversive organization. . Many college and university faculties, including the faculty of the University of Oregon, have opposed the affidavit. ice in the annexation area and expansion of the city's sewage treatment plant. The firm did the preliminary study for the city s recent $1, 960,000 sewer bond election. In other actions; the council will: , Give the second reading to an an ordinance to regulate house trailers and trailer courts in Springfield. Consider the feasibility of raising present $1 a month seweri user charges to $2 a month, ef fective April 1. Consider the granting of new garbage franchise, effective March 1. Discuss several miscellane- ous zoning matters. Deadline March 1 The deadline for applications to attend the institute in the nat ural sciences scheduled at the University of Oregon next sum mer will be March 1, not Feb. 15, as previously announced. Vital Statistics BIRTHS McKENZIE'WH.LAMETTE HOSPITAL (Feb. 10. 1961) STRAWN Mr. ind Mr. Ernest Strawn. 1415 Mississippi St., Eugene, a daughter. SACRED HEART HOSPITAL (Feb. II, 1961) ARNOLD Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Ar nold. 1330 Wallace St., Eugene, (on. DITLEFSEN Mr. and Mrs. James Dltlcfsen. 275 Crocker Lane, Eugene daughter. HF.GSTROM Mr. and Mrs. Eric Hfgstrom. 217 High St., Eugene, a daughter. BOOTH Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Rnnth, 1730 W. Jnd Ave., Eugene, a daughter. (Feb. 12. 19l) PROPER Mr. and Mrs. Peter Prop er Jr.. I06i Bauer Lane, Eugene, a daughter. WARTEV Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Warton. Rt. 3 Box 40, Harrlsburg, daughter. PICKETT Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Pickett, 305 Bailey Lane, Eugene daughter. ADKINS Mr. land Mrs. Robert Ad kins, 39 Federal Place, Eugene, twins, a son and a daughter. WYC.I.E Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Wy. gle, 2588 Friendly St., Eugene, a aon. DEATHS BATEE Melvln K. Batee, 58. nf IIS54 Falrmount Blvd., Eugene, died Feb. 12. Recitation o( the roarv will he at 7:30 tonight In St. Mary's Catholic Church. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday In the church. Inter ment will be In Ml. Calvary Cemetery. with Poole-Larsen Funeral Home tn charge of arrangements. DONOVAN EHworth E- Donovan 70. of 22)0 Minnesota St., Eugene, died Feb. 11. Funeral arrangements will be DRISCOLL Thomas Eugene Drls- roll, or 8149 Thurston Rd., Springfield died Feb. 13. Funeral arrangements will be announced. LEWIS Audra Lee Lewis. 51, of 2280 Roosevelt Blvd., Eugene, died Feb. 12. Funeral arrangements win be an. noil need. BOWN Thomas K. Bnwn. 74, of Rt. 2 Box 516. Elmlra. died Feb. 12. Funeral arrangements will be an nounced. QUANSTROM David Quanstrnm, of 1970 Hayes M., eugene, aiea reD. ix. Funeral arrangements will be an nounced. Driver Arrested On Liquor Count Clavie Stanley Bright, 59, of Chehalis, Wash., was arrested Sunday and charged with driving while under the influence of in toxicating liquor. Eugene Police said Bright s car struck and knocked down a light pole at the intersection of Alder Street and Broadway, shortly be- fore 7 p.m. The pole fell on a car being driven by Robert A. Ren- ken, 21, of 901 Norkenzie Rd. Eugene. Renkcn told police Bright drove to a service station at Franklin Boulevard and Villard Street after striking the pole, and it was there that police arrested Bright. He is scheduled to appear in Eugene Municipal Court Tuesday. Shopping Mall Bill Presented To Legislature Authority Requested By Planning Group A bill requested by the Eucene Planning 'Commission that would enable cities to' establish pedes trian shopping malls has been in troduced in the Oregon House of Representatives by Rep. Edward Fadeley D-Eugene. Fadeley said the bill is pattern ed after California legislation. It would allow retail shopping areas to be created with existing build ings but with several of the ad vantages such as exist at the Lloyd Center in Portland. Under the bill, city councils could ise bonds or general funds to provide landscaping, public as sembly and child care facilities. The bill establishes procedures for a declaration of intent to es tablish a pedestrian mall, and for a public hearing before the pro posal is adopted. The bill also makes provisions for the city to compensate any one damaged by the pedestrian mall. In Eugene, City Ally. Herman Hendcrshott said he asked Fade ley to introduce the bill on in structions from the city Planning Commission. Hcndershott said such a law would be needed be fore Eugene could proceed with an often-discussed downtown per manent shopping mall. He said the city needs author ity to close a street to traffic and turn it into a shopping mall. Merely vacating a street wouldn't work, he said, because the land would then go back to the adjac ent property owners. The proposed bill would cm- power the city to purchase or ac quire by eminent domain the ad jacent property owners' rights to the street. ft ft Eugene News Briefs ft ft CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S Fellowship of Eu gene First Christian Church will hold a lunch eon meeting Tuesday, 11:30 a.m., in the church. Previously, the luncheon was scheduled (or noon. YOUTH TEMPERANCE Council, a branch of the W.C.T.U., will have a speaker and film pro gram Tuesday, 7 p.m., for teen-aged youth and young adults. Meeting will be in the basement of First Evangelical United Brethren Church, 834 Monroe St., Eugene. INSURANCE WOMEN of Eugene-Lane Coun ty will have a dinner meeting Thursday, 6:30 p.m., at Ford's Dinner House. Speaker will be Hank Cline, Vho will discuss Education Month, observed nationally by the organization. SANTA CLARA Thimble Club will not meet Wednesday as scheduled. Next meeting will be in March. LEADERS of 4-H foods clubs will meet Tues day, 9:30 a.m. until noon with June Pehrson, ex tension agent in 4-H club work, in Room lb'0, Lane County Courthouse. Leaders of already established clubs as well as persons interested in organizing clubs are invited. EUGENE DUPLICATE Bridge Club meets at 7:45 p.m. tonight, 1144 Charnclton St. Visitors are welcome. EUGENE GARDEN Club will not meet Tues day as previously scheduled. The meeting will be. Feb. 21. SECTION B EUGENE, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1961 District 19 School Committee College Teaching Conference Due Robert D. Clark and Hugh B. Wood of the University of Ore gon will speak at Oregon's third statewide conference on improve ment of college teaching. The conference will be held at Oregon State College Feb. 17- 18. The theme is "Experiment in College Teaching." Clark is dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Oregon and Wood is professor of education. OSC organized the first college tcacntng conterence in 1959 as special Centennial 'Year pro gram. Wilbert J. McKeachie. Uni versity of Michigan professor of psyenology, will lead the con terence this year. LANK COUNTY HOME NEWSPAPER. Report Contains No Surprises By DON ROBINSON Of the Register-Guard The report of the Springfield School District citizens commit tee on the 1961-62 budget has turned out to be no jack-in-the- box. There are no surprises or revo lutionary recommendations in the document. The report is being considered by the regular school district budget committee as it prepares a proposed budget for the next school year. The 50-member lay group submitted its report eight weeks after it was appointed. The group met four times in those eight weeks. SIX SUGGESTIONS Contained in the report arc about six suggestions for specific and direct action. Most of these were on the list of plans previ ously drawn by school district administrators. Actually, the report itself was not one but five individual re ports submitted by the five sub committees of the larger group. The subcommittees made their own recommendations separately, and none of these were voted upon by the whole citizens com mittee. FORM OF ANSWERS The subcommittee reports were in the form of answers to writ ten questions distributed by the school district administration. Citizens committee recommen dations include: 1. Acquire a single, fire-proof building as a central warehouse for all supplies and equipment of the school district. 2. Give consideration to even tual creation of a supervisory po sition to administer transporta tion and maintenance. This would relieve assistant superintendents who now administer these func tions as part of their overall jobs. 3. Raise the pay of custodians, maintenance men, and bus driv- Increase the minimum hour ly rale to $1.80 and the maximum ate to $2.40. TWO NEW BUSES 4. Add two new school buses, and replace a third. The two ad ditional buses would relieve the necessity for some junior and sen ior high school students to leave home so early and return home so late. 5. Give teachers a raise in pay by providing across-the-board $400 increase in 1961-62. The increase would apply to all steps on the salary schedule. 6. Participate, as a school dis trict, in construction of the Mc- Kenzie Ditch. FUTURE NEEDS Of these recommendations, the first two are intended more for future consideration than for im mediate action or inclusion in the 1961-62 budget. The third was adopted by the district budget committee last Monday. And the last three are con tained in the tentative budget pre pared by the district administra tion and given to the budget com mittee last Monday as a base from which to proceed in forming the actual 1961-62 budget. School to Be Dedicated Eugene's Meadow Lark Elementary School, named for the state bird of' Oregon, will be dedicated Tuesday afternoon the state's 102nd anniversary. Principal Loren Downey said the dedication ceremony had been set to coincide with the state's anniversary. The public is invited to the ceremony, which will begin at Meadow Lark School, 100 Queens Way, at 1 p.m.. Lee P. Bishop, chairman of the Eugene School Board, will make the presentation and dedication of the building. Michael Rhodes, student body president, will give the response. Other students will participate in the program. Dr. Glen Purdy, PTA president, will also speak. Among the guests will be Mrs. Dorothy deVcau, of Eugene, who designed a copper plaque that will be presented to the school by the PTA, and L. F. (Pop) Bonson, copper artist, who made the plaque. Millard Z. Pond, superintendent of schools, members of the Eugene School Board, and school district officials will attend. The Eugene architectural firm of Hamlin and Martin de signed the school, and Eldon Shields, of Eugene, was building contractor. Cost was $287,925. ; : i . County Parks Report Shows f T bain in use 1,266,500 Visits Recorded in 1960 An estimated 1,266.500 visits ere made during 1960 to 27 Lane County parks and recrea tion areas, according to, the an nual report of the Lane County Parks and Recreation Dept. The figure is a better than 100 per cent increase over 1959, when total attendance was estimated at not quite half a million. The biggest favorite again was Harbor Vista Park near Florence, Inch overlooks the outlet of the Siuslaw River into the Pacific and the entry point for vehicle traffic to the north jetty. The estimate for 1960 737,000 visitors, . as based upon traffic counts and comparison with Honcyman State Park figures. A total of 200,000 visits were estimated for the two county- operated recreation areas on Dex ter Reservoir. Estimates were 135,000 for the north shore area near the town of Lowell and 65,000 at the area on the south shore next to Highway 58. Third most popular spot, based on estimated visitors, was Heccta Beach Recreation Area with 120,- 000. In fourth place was Baker Bay County Park on Dorcna Reservoir with an estimated 95,- 000 visits. Estimated visitors at other county areas included: Mercer Lake landing, 1,500; Baker Beach Recreation Area, 1,500; Clear Lake Dunes Park, 1,000; Triangle Lake Landing, 500; Tide County Wayside, 32,000; Camp Lane, 9, 500; Linslaw County Park, 1,000; Brown's Landing, 3,000; Ferry Street Bridge Recreation Area, 500; Awbrcy Recreation Area, ,500; Sandy's Community Recre ation Area, 2,000; Harms Recre ation Area, 5,000; Bake Stewart Recreation Area, 2,500; Vaughn Recreation Area, 4,000; Blue Mountain Park, 6,500; Landax Landing, 11,500; Ivan Oakes County Park, 12,000; Bellinger Landing, 500; Whitewater County Park, 2,500; Clover Point way-. side, 3,000; Blue River Commu nity Recreation Area, 6,500; For est Glen landing, 1,000. Y Member Drive To Open Tuesday The YMCA annual memDcrsnip drive will officially begin Tues day with a dinner at 6:30 p.m. in the Central Lane Y Building. J. Roger Dcas, representative of the corporate offices, of the American Can Co., New York, will speak on the topic "The Spectacular Sixties." Gene Pitchford is chairman of the 1961 drive. 9 Motel Units Being Rebuilt Nine units of a north Eugene motel which were extensively damaged by a Feb. 4 fire are be ing reconstructed. Work on the units at the Blue Moon Motel, 595 Hwy. 99N., was started Monday and is expected to be completed in less than two months, according to the owners Mr. and Mrs. James F. Lovewell. Five of the units are being re built and four remodeled. Esti mated cost of the improvement is S20.000 according to the owners. Six of the motel's units located at the front of the business site were undamaged by the fire. PEANUTS By Charles M. Schulz aWM 1 UlE (uOaDNTliANTTOlOSE THATONE,0JOW.PU)E? HA HA. HA HA HA HA 7 OJAlT... 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