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Fans, Reserve
Tickets Early
For Musicals
By PEPPER BERKELEY
01 the Register-Guard
About the second week in April, tickets to this spring's two
Eugene high school musicals are expected to be scarce.
And a month later, the same will probably be true for the Uni
versity Theatre's musical "Showboat." ,
Moral? Buy your tickets early.
Each year, South Eugene High School ticket officials start
ticket sales early. And the same is now expected to be true at
North Eugene, where William Quesinberry is finishing his first
year as the school's first drama director.
If you're undecided about which or how many musicals to see
this year, consider the variety offered. All three have quite an
appeal.
"Bye Bye Birdie," the first to open, will be presented on the
North Eugene High School stage April 25-28. Tickets, priced at $1,
may be reserved by calling DI 3 0842 Mondays through Saturdays
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Basically, the musical which has produced such "top pops"
as "A Lot of Livin' to do," "One Boy," "Put on a Happy Face" and
"Kids" concerns the life and times of a highly successful guitar
strumming rock 'n roll singer, Conrad Birdie.
Any resemblance to Elvis Presley is not coincidental.
In the play, Birdie has been drafted, and his ingenious man
ager is faced with the task of devising a publicity stunt that will
endear Birdie's name, face, hips and voice to the public while the
singer is out of circulation.
New York reviews indicate that the play's script provides en
tertaining satire for adults. For teenagers, the plot and songs are
a delight.
And definitely for the whole family is "Peter Pan," opening
at South Eugene High School on May 3 and continuing May 4
and S.
Complete with "flying" actors and actresses, the musical is
based on the famous play by Sir James Barrie. Three English chil
dren, Wendy, Michael and John, meet the legendary Peter Pan
who takes them to Never-Never Land, home of the ferocious Cap
tain Hook, the jealous fairy, Tinker Bell, and the "Lost Boys."
Reservations may be made now for "Peter Pan." Choice tickets
are all but gone now and all tickets will disappear quickly in the
next two weeks, according to ticket officials.
Reservations may be made by mail order, sending a stamped,
self-addressed envelope with $1 for each ticket to "Peter Pan,"
South Eugene High School, 400 E. I9th Ave., Eugene. Phone res
ervations will be taken Mondays through Saturdays by calling the
box office, DI 4-4321, open from 9 a. m. to 5 p.m.
"Showboat," with its list of now-classic tunes "Just My Bill,"
"Old Man River," and many others has a Mississippi levee, river
boat theme. The musical concerns the problems and romances of
the staff of the showboat "Cotton Blossom," and gives a nostalgic
look into America's past.
Season-ticket holders at the UT will receive the usual chance
lo reserve tickets for the musical first, and public ticket sales
will open in early May, with details due later.
University Theatre production dates are May 18, 19, artd 21-26.
- Vital Statistics
MARRIAGE LICENSES
(LANE COUNTY)
Carroll John Hanley, 20, 750 E.
1Mh Av., Eugene, and Carol Ann
Nolt, 20. Cottage Grove.
Paul Joseph Llzundla, 25, Eugene,
and Sidney Karol Fox, 22, 141 W.
19th Ave.. Eugene.
Larry Lavern Copple, 24, 2976 High
St., Eugene, and Lois Elaine Alex
ander, 19, Bt. 2, Box 219D, Spring
field. Gerald Francis Cundarl, 31. 760 E.
17th Ave., Eugene, and Deanna Lea
Max, 21, 1587 Brentwood St., Eugene.
Dan Louis And reason Jr., 19, 754
Washington St., Eugene, and Lydia
Jane AUdridge, 16, 730 W, Second
Ave., Eugene.
Charles Wesley Reld Jr., 21, Rt. 2,
Elmlra, and Evelyn Sarah Hanson,
IB, Rt. 5, Box 519, Eugene.
-Russell Lee Dore, 23, 82314 W.
10th Ave., Eugene, and Patricia Anne
Sloan, 22, IS 13 Falrmount Blvd, Eu
gene. Philip Boyajtan Boyer, 21, 926 Nor
Kenzie Rd., Eugene, and Kay Ilena
Kcbclbeck, 19, 304 Sunnyside Dr.,
Eugene.
Isom Dcloss Weekly, 32, Junction
City, and May Jennie Weekly, 36,
Junction City.
Howard William Houghton. 26,
Portland, and Linda Marie Delaney,
19, Mount Edgecumbe, Alaska.
Asa Walter Tyler, 66, Rt. 2, Box
458, Eugene, and Robin LeVee, 60.
S04 E. St., Springfield
Robert Dean Embrey, 23, 1451
Onvx St., Eugene, and Irene Jane
Street, 22, 1060 W. 17th Ave., Eugene.
Joseph Franklin Wehr, 20, 4120
Concord Ave., Eugene, and Barbara
Ann Butler, 16, 125 Knapp Lane,
Eugene.
Charles Hugh Gatewood, 20, Cot
tage Grove, and Elizabeth Ellen
Shirley, 19, Cottage Grove.
Huey Dean Dilbeck, 18, Cottage
Grove, and Donna Jean Avery, 18,
Madras.
Keith Raymond Forge, 22, 352 E.
17th Ave., Eugene, and Josephine
Ann Nestle, 23, Rt. 2, Box 151,
Springfield.
Richard Manley Nute. 24. Mapleton.
and Genntter Lee Maschke, 19,
Swtsshome.
Robert Elliott Bonner, 23, 2130 W.
17th Ave., Eugene, and Barbara Anne
O'Connor, 22, 2130 W. 17th Ave., Eu
gene. Luther Gerhard Bolken. 31, 2113
Kineaid St., Eugene, and Susan
Marie Babcock, 18, Rroadbent.
BIRTHS
MCKENZIE-WILLAMETTE
HOSPITAL
(March 16, 1962)
LUNDBOM Mr. and Mra. Gerald
E. Lundbotn. Star Route, Box B51,
Westflr, a ton.
DeMOSS Mr. and Mn. Kenneth
DeMoss, 1775 Park Ave., Eugene, a
daughter.
SACRED HEART HOSPITAL
(March 1!, 1962)
RICHARDSON Mr. and Mm.
Jerrell Richardson. 1315 High St.,
Eugene, a daughter.
.MATTHEWS Mr. and Mr. Elijah
Matthews, 2569 Hilyard St., Eugene,
son.
LAWS Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Laws, 45 E. 38th Ave., Eugene, a
daughter.
STEVENS Mr. and Mrs. Tom O.
Stevens, 1160 Fir Lane, Eugene, a
daughter.
REECE Mr. and Mrs. George
Reece, 822 E. 28th Ave., Eugene, a
daughter.
Enrollment to Drop
PORTLAND t An enroll
ment decline of 7 per cent is
expected at Portland State Col
lege's spring term registration
March 26, registrar B. C. Baum
gartner reports. Baumgartner
said such a decline is normal
during a school year. Fall term
enrollment was 5,289.
City News Briefs
EMERALD EMPIRE Riders will ride at the Lane County
Fairgrounds today at 5:30 p.m., with a short business meeting
In the Hunt Club Room after the ride. . ;'
EUGENE YORK RITE Masons, Ivanhoe Commandery 2
Knights Templar, will have a special conclave Monday eve
ning in the Masonic Temple, 992 Olive St., Eugene. A pot
luck supper will be served.
GERMANY will be the subject of slides shown by Olive
Fields today at 8 p.m. at Friendly House, 2445 Kineaid St.,
Eugene.
SINGLETONIANS will meet today at 5:30 p.m. for a pot
luck dinner and entertainment at Skinner Butte small
cottage. All single men and women welcome. Call RI 6-1451
for information.
NUTRITIONAL HEALTH Club will meet for lunch Mon
day at 11:15 a.m. at Cables Restaurant, Seventh and High.
Visitors welcome.
South
Wilderness
Area Ideal'
Firm Says
The volcanic flow on
the southeast slope of the
South Sister above has
been described by an avi
ation company as ideal
terrain to simulate that
of the Moon. But J.
Michael McCloskey, Eu
gene, a representative of
Federation of Western
Outdoor Clubs, has pro
tested a plan by North
American Aviation Corp.
to use the wilderness
area as a research site.
This photo was taken
during the summer
months by Jim Hosmer,
Eugene photographer.
The area of the lava flow
is supposedly one of the
few places in the United
States approaching what
scientists say is the type
of material on the Moon's
surface.
Sister 'Moon Test' Protested
Residents Asked
To Clear Streets
Of Yard Rubbish
Spring clean up of yards and
lawns has resulted in some resi
dents placing clippings, trim
mings and other rubbish in the
gutters of city streets a prac
tice prohibited by law.
Don Allen, public works di
rector for the city, urged resi
dents to remove any debris they
have placed in the streets and
not to put anymore out.
He said the city's street
sweepers cannot remove piles
of clippings or rubbish and
drivers have been directed to
"by-pass" such accummulations.
Allen noted that crews with
trucks collect leaves from the
city's gutters each fall but said
that is the only time of the year
the city does this sort of thing.
Services Monday
For Marcola Women
Funeral services for Maud' H.
Grimes, 85, of Marcola, will be
held Monday at 2 p.m. in the
Buell Chapel, Springfield.
Mrs. Grimes died Thursday.
She was born Nov. 11, 1876, in
Sand Ridge, Ore., and was mar
ried to W. E. Grimes May 20,
1903 in Eugene.
She is survived by her hus
band; one daughter, Mabel Sim
mons of Marcola; a sister, Delia
Ayers, of Coburg; two brothers,
Delmor Healy, of Dallas, and
Frank Healy of Sweet Home,
and numerous nieces and
nephews.
SECTION C
After Year and a Half of Controversy
Employes to
By DON BISHOFF
Ot the Reglater-Guard
Eugene city employes this
week will receive a green 23
page booklet that has taken a
year and a half and consider
able controversy to reach final
form,
Specifically, it's titled "Per
sonnel Manual, Eugene, Ore
gon." i Despite the flurry 6f fuss that
sometimes surrounded its draft
ings the manual seems-to be a
pretty mild document It reads
like a combination employer's
policy statement and labor
union contract.
'Lot of Unwritten Rules'
City Manager Hugh McKinlcy
said work on the manual was
started before he arrived on the
City Hall scene, under former
Manager Robert Finlayson. The
manual was drafted, McKinlcy
said:
"To have something to refer
to when questions arise concern
ing what's expected of employes
and what conditions they in turn
LANE COUNTY'S
EUGENE, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 19C2
can expect of the city ... We've
had a lot of unwritten rules
around here for a number of
years.
The manual outlines policy
on such things as vacation, days
otr, sick leave, grievance pro
cedures, overtime pay, promo
tions, and outside employment
( moonlighting ).
Actually, most of the contro
versy swirled around McKinley's
attempts to strongly . restrict
partisan political activity on
the part of city employes. Both
federal and state employes
work under similar restrictions
in Hatch Act and "Little Hatch
Act" clauses.
Modifications Thrown Out
But city council members Er
vin Molholm and Catherine
Lauris, along with the strong
Eugene Firefighters Assn., pro
tested. A Firefighters Assn.
member, Pat Flynn, is currently
a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for a congressional
aeat
Two weeks ago, amid impas-
HOME NEWSPAPER.
Get Manual
sioncd speeches about the im
portance of politics to the Amer
ican way of life, and before an
audience filled with Boy Scouts,
the council acted. It threw out
even modifications McKinlcy
had proposed, and adopted only
tne first naif ot one of his pro
posals: "No employe shall use his
official authority or influence
to further the cause of any po
litical party or candidate for
nomination or election to po
litical office."
'The Urbanized Area'
In other words, when an em
ploye is off-duty, anything goes,
including running for any po
litical office even the city
council.
The only other clause that
seemed to cause much discus
sion was one that requires em
ployes to live in the metropoli
tan area of Eugene."
City Public Works Director
L r ogress ruiius
Vntpd tn Eueene
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For Landscaping
rllnM nt it, Pnnlum,
to turn over $1,985 to the city of Eugene for landscaping at
the south approach to the Ferry Street Bridge.
But the group at the same time turned down request for
$1,900 to clean up recently acquired properties along the south
bank of the Willamette River. ,
The money released to the city was contained in the Cent-,
ury of Progress "gateways improvement" fund. Marvin War--lick,
head of the Gateways Assn., had recommended that the .
funds be made available for the landscaping project.
Tex Matslcr, parks superintendent for the city, said the
total project will cost an estimated $6,500. The Eugene Garden
Club plans to do part of the work, he said, with a $150 grant
from Sears Roebuck; through the State Federation of Garden
Clubs.
Other funds are anticipated from "Project Show Off," a
citizens campaign to clean up Eugene in anticipation of sum
mer throngs of tourists on their way to the Seattle World's
Fair.
The area to be landscaped lies on the east side of tha
highway, just south of the Ferry Street Bridge.
Maurie Jacobs, who is heading a private campaign to put
the south bank of the Willamette River in public ownership
from the Ferry Street Bridge downstream to Polk Street,
urged that funds also be allocated to clean up two recently
acquired properties.
One is the site acquired from the Byrnes Construction
Co., just downstream from Ferry Street, and the other Is the
tract donated to the city by the late Alton F. Baker, near
Polk Street.
Jacobs said it would be easier to get more contributions to
buy several rcmakikig properties if these two tracts could be
made more presentable.
But Charles Gillilan and Virgil Cameron, both members
of the Century of Progress Fund board of directors, said the
fund was intended to acquire properties rather than to expend
money on their development.
The Century of Progress Fund currently has about $4,255
in lta park and playground fund.
County Commissioner Kenneth Nielsen, who is this year's
chwtman of tie Centiry of Progress Fund, noted that the
fnup by rcseWi sn; already committed this money to
axaayairinv laid ia Mm lew North Bank Metropolitan Park.
WaUate Savnasti, Euuonn city councilman who attended
(May's Haitian ia pktae si Mayor Edwin E. Cone, said he
M ta tajy latoaN k nMfc tn do the clean-up work on tha
9m asags V4b iarte development funds allocated for develop
natUB .
Don Allen told the council that
he had some problems with em
ployes living too far away to be
effectively called in for emer
gency work.
Other policies and rules out
lined in the manual:
Outside employment This
was under considerable discus
sion prior to voter approval of
a tax levy to give city employes
a raise.
The handbook allows mitsirfs
employment, with the permis
sion of department heads, and
with restrictions about interfer
ence with municipal duties, etc.
"Nepotism" the manual
fhrhirta hirinff mnmhprA nf thn
immediate family of the city
manager, mayor, or council
members.
Grievances A course Is
outlined, for a disgruntled em
ploye to take his complaints as
high as the city manager, but
as provided in the city charter
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