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'No Panty-Waist Operation Lane Plans First Forest Youth Camp By SAM FREAK Of thft BcUtlr-Quud Tim Is short, but Lane County officials plan to set up the state's first public experimental forest youth camp program by July 1, County School Supt Dale Farnell reported last week. He said that with the $10,000 recently- allocated for the project by the County Budget Committee, about 20 boys "perhaps we can crowd in 25" will take part in the first camp. Parnell . emphasized that the camp will Involve "rough, hot, dirty, nasty work" and 'that the living conditions for the boys will be "far from ideal." But he stated that the boys who take part will receive many benefits, not the least of which is money. Parnell said that it has been tentatively decided to pay the boys $50 a month for the first month. , $75 for the second, and $100 the third. MUCH DISCUSSION The youth camp program is in large manner the work of State Sen. Robert Straub of Eugene. Appearing before the county budget' committee last Monday, Straub said the program would' benefit boys "who have never de veloped a work discipline." There was much discussion at the meeting of the few opportuni ties available to boys to learn how to work. Committee member Earl McNutt said "there just aren't things for them to do." Parnell said that many 15-year-olds "want to work, but there is nothing for them to do."' The program Is designed to take 15- to 19-year-old boys and have them live at a forest camp in tents. They will clear brush, make picnic and camping sites, do minor tree pruning, make fire roads and clear stream beds. ' The county commissioners pre fer the camp to be held at the county's Blue Mountain Park near Cottage Grove. The county's $10,000 contribu tion will be used to pay the boys' wages and to furnish their food. Straub said the State Forestry Dept. estimated food will cost 65 cents a meal per boy. STATE TO PROVIDE , Under the bill enacted by the 1961 legislature, the state will provide $50,000 to experiment with the forest camps this year ana next. The money was author ized to be spent in Lane and Multnomah counties, The state will provide the for est department supervisors, the tools, the campsites and the tents, Straub agrees with Parnell Three Eugene Students Win UO Scholarships Three Eugene high school stu dents have been awarded full tui tion and fees scholarships to the University of Oregon as winners of second annual "Oregon Award for Creativity." RoseMary Trump and Joseph S. O'Brien, both of South Eugene High School and Sandra Lee Coleman of North Eugene High School have been named. Also named is William R. Fri day of Roseburg High. UO Symphony Band to Play Original Work University of Oregon symphony band concert Thursday will mark several firsts and a last. Tho nnna will Tru. tliA Icef concert of the season for the band, conducted by Robert Vag-ner. It will be the first perform ance of "Sym- phony for Band," the first major composi tion for band by a student at the university. The four - movement svmnhonv was Madscn ; o m p o scd by Farrell Dean Madsen Jr. of Chico, Calif. Madsen, who is a graduate student in the School of Music, plays clarinet in the symphony orchestra and the symphony band. He was solo clarinetist with the band in 1959. A concerto for orchestra which he composed was performed by the university orchestra last week. The band will also present for the first time two works scored by Eugene musicians. Vondis Miller, music teacher in the Eugene Public School System, arranged one a Gabri elli work. Rae Fctherstonhaugh, a graduate student in the School of Music from Vancouver, B. C, arranged Brahms Variations on a theme by Haydn. Other works on the program include the music of Strauss, Ber- loiz, Handel and Bruckner. The concert will be at 8 p.m in the Student Union. that the work to be done is not easy. "This will be no -summer recreational camp," he told the budget committee. "It will in volve healthy, useful work." He emphasized that the pro gram will not tolerate loafers. "If the boys boondoggle and re fuse to work, they will end the program," Straub. said. "I don't want it if It ends up as summer camp only." One point that worried budget committeemen was the possibility that the program would swell to unmanageable proportions. "I think the program is wonderful," said Commissioner Kenneth Niel sen. "But if the program turns out to be a huge success, 20 boys are nothing. There are about; 7,500 boys in Lane County who could qualify." PROGRAM ENVISAGED But Parnell pointed out that the program should not be in tended for just any boy in Lane County. He envisages a program to help "the ridgerunner," the boy who is treading a fine line between juvenile delinquency and promise. "We're talking about boys who are not prospects for Skipworth Home or the McLaren School for Boys," he said, "but ' the boys who are also not prospects for school, either." Farneu believes the camp could prevent boys from slipping over into juvenile delinquency, at the same time finding an oppor tunity "to contribute something to society." "There is no way to estimate the value in terms of eliminating the necessity to care for these boys after they might get into trouble," he said. Parnell believes that at the most the camp would deal with about 100 Lane County boys. He and other proponents of the plan are fearful that" the camp might be branded as a juvenile delinquency camp. "It won't be that, it will be just a work camp," Parnell said. One method to prevent the de linquency brand is the provision that boys can be fired from the camp if they fail to work. Thus camping is an earned privi lege, not a three-month sentence, Parnell wants to operate the camp on a team basis, including himself, Straub, the county com' mtssioners, and Circuit Judge W am Fort, The first, task of the team will be to set up criteria for the se lection of boysi When this is done, high school principals all over the county will submit names for possible choice. But the boys who want to attend must be sure of one thing. "This is no panty-walst opera. Hon," Parnell said. "They must be willing to produce." Hospital Gets Funds WASHINGTON (UPI) Sen. Maurine Neubcrger, D-Ore., says the U.S. Public Health Service had approved an application of Oregon for $99,672 in HUl-Burton funds for work at the F. H. Dam- masch Hospital at Wilsonvllle. The federal money will help con struct the $356,289 new multi purpose unit for occupational and recreational therapy. Labor Parley Set COOS BAY Ml The state AFL-CIO convention is expected ot bring 450 delegates to Coos Bay June 12. Gov. Mark Hatfield is scheduled to address the con vention that da& said J. T. Marr, state AFL-CIO executive secretary. Burglars Use Truck to Haul Enough Stuff for Giant Picnic Some burglars in Eugene may be planning a weekend picnic with lots of guests. That's one theory behind a burglary at the River Road Mar ket, 645 River Rd., Thursday night or early Friday. The loot, enough for a king sized soiree, included 24 steaks, a case of wieners, 4 canned hams, 2 rolls of lunch meat (which the burglars took time to slice up), 10 cases of beer, some soda pop, 5 cases of coffee (in two-pound cans), and 8 cartons of ice cream slices. Total value of the "mak ings" was estimated at $350 to $400. 1 Have an Automotive Prob lem that can't be solved? IF YOU'VE TRIED THE REST... NOW TRY THE BEST ! OUR BODY SHOP IS NOW OPEN AND EQUIPPED WITH ALL OF THE NEWEST AND FINEST EQUIPMENT THE FINEST IN PAINTS COM BINED WITH OUR OWN BAKE OVEN GUARANTEES A SU- . PURB JOB BY OUR FACTORY TRAINED SERVICE MEN FRIENDLY DODGE 77 W. 11th DI 5-3312 Deputy Sheriff Don Hughes said the burglars, judging from the tire tracks, apparently used a truck to haul everything away The truck also was apparently used to break in a rear door through which the burglars gained entry to the building. Meanwhile, Eugene police Fri day were investigating a burglary which occurred during the night at the Gerald D. Arliss Mobil service station, 1694 Willamette St. A bank bag containing about $100 was missing, polico said. Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon Sunday, May 21, 1961 - 9A MIL-MART ? J Follow Blondie and Dagwood Daily and Sunday SCREENS for a carefree summer I . . let Iresh ait in, teed the bugs out with screens made of ALL ALUMINUM MIDGLEY'S M1LLWORK and GLASS 4th & High DI 3-1131 Miss Trump won first nlace in the non-fiction field and Miss Coleman in poetry. O'Brien was first for his short story, "The Savage" and was also first in the graphic arts category. Miss Cole man's poetry entry was entitled Yes Yes" and Miss Trump's non- fiction piece was entitled "I Re member the Valley." The winning entries, chosen from a field of 144 from through out the Northwest states, Canada, and Alaska, are for the specific fields of graphic arts, short story, non-fiction, and poetry. Virginia Henzler, North Eu gene, placed third in non-fiction, and in short story. Stan Darling, boutn Eugene, and Gayle Lueck, Junction City, won honorable mention. Court Settles Land Claim For $77,000 A dispute over the price the state of . Oregon should pay for land it took for a portion of the Pacific freeway north of Eugene was settled by a Lane County Circuit Court jury Thursday. The jury awarded a price of $77,000 to Kenneth W. lie, whose land on Garden Way was used for the freeway. Evidence pre sented at the trial showed that the state acquired about 30 acres of Wylie's property for the new road. Wylie was asking for a price of $125,000. 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