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CMA Colorfully Entertained in Bare Mac Court' Qreek Troupe Finds Stage 'Familiar' By DAN WVANT Of the Resist? r-Giiard "In Greece," explained Eleni Tsaouli, "we dance a lot in the city squares. People look down irom the houses and balconies and they are all around us." Accordingly, Hiss Tsaouli's folk dancers of "Panhellenion" mst have felt at home on the bare stage of McArthur Court Monday night. There, dancing with much of the Civic Music Assn. audience of more than 4,000 looking down from the basketball court bal conies, and dancing without stage entrances, a curtain, or other usual theater facilities, the troupe put on a colorful, entertaining show of folk art steeped in the traditions of centuries of Greek life. Miss Tsaouli, a dark-haired, vivacious en thusiast of folk' dance, founded the company some nine years ago, and is directing its first American tour with intense interest. Unlike many large European traveling troupes, the Greek folk festival has no fi' nancial backing from its government in its expensive American tour. "I'm interested in dancing," Miss Tsaouli explained. "Not in sitting around tables, trying to negotiate terms . . . trying to work out arrangements for help." To make ends meet, the company has launched itself into a grueling, 15-week tour of the United States and Canada, perform ing six out of every seven nights. On an average day, the troupe will travel by bus what is the equivalent of the whole length of Greece. Sunday night they played in Seattle, Wash., and after appearing Monday night in Eugene they were up and on the road early Tuesday en route for Reddinf, Calif., their Tuesday night stop. Youthful Niko Fartalis, who at the age of 8 is one of the stars of the troupe, has been getting the same warm reception in other cities that he did from Monday night's audience, Miss Tsaouli said. The young boy danced several solos, dis playing complete mastery of the intricate steps of each dance. "We didn't find him," Miss Tsaouli said, "he came to us by himself one day and asked if he could dance." Neither of the boy's parents are accom panying him on the trip. "But he's got 24 parents every member of the troupe looking out for him," inter jected Phillipe de Conville, company man ager for the troupe. This is De Conville's second visit to Eu gene. Last year he managed the Paris ballet company that appeared in the CMA series. De Conville observed that a troupe such as Panhellenion remains- true to the "pure" folk art it claims to represent. The dances, costumes, and music are authentic, with noth ing added to pacify American tastes. "A few years ago European companies said they couldn't do this," he noted. "They felt they had to make changes to please American audiences. What they gavo us were stage performances . . . not true folk art." Monday night's performance included dances representing many sections of Greece. A number of the final dances, from the island of Crete, were not listed on tho program. "Every dance tells a story," Miss Tsaouli noted. "But it is impossible to explain them all on the program it would be a whole book." Musicians, playing a variety of native in struments, provided the accompaniment for the dancers and were featured by themselves in several numbers. Particularly entrancing was the Cretan lyre, a small string instrument tucl.ed under the chin and played with a bow like a violin. Michalis Stratigis, a farm boy from Crete, was the performer of this instrument. Used to getting up at daybreak, he's always wait ing in tho hotel lobby when the others come down for breakfast. At the conclusion of their show, tho danc ers were warmly applauded then, in turn, applauded tho audience for their kindness. The dancers sang two songs as encores "Never on Sunday" and "Athena." " ; n -.,- Speaker Outlines Proposed Changes In Naming Judges Oregon's citizens may have the chance to vote in the next two to four years on a new method of choosing judges for state courts. This possibility was outlined Monday in Eugene by Oregon Supreme Court Justice-elect Arno H. Denecke. Denccke, appointed circuit judge in Multnomah County in 1959, ran for the supreme court position in the 1962 primary election and won. He will begin serving on the high court in January, although he is already serving as justice pro tern. Speaking to some 40 members of the Eugene Life Underwrit ers Assn., Denecke said he is sure that the public wants inde pendent judges who, at the same time, are not tyrannical and dic tatorial. Now, he said the Oregon Con stitutional Revision Committee is recommending to the Legis lature that a different method be used in selecting and elect ing members of the judiciary. The revision committee's draft, Denecke said, calls for the governor to make appoint ments iur an vauanuies in me TTinrr A XI TWKlvntrz? judiciary, provides for a lay-bar ,U5SEr-tHI;,StE law commission that will recom- H!'1 Court Jtce-Elect mend candidates for appointment, and the most drastic change proposes that, when an appointed judge's term is up, the voters would vote only on whether to retain the man as judge. There would be no opposing candidate. Under the existing system, judges run for re-election every six years, frequently with op posing candidates. One Case Cited While running for re-election against another candidate is a check on arbitrariness in a judge, Denecke said, it also means that "certain things are pressed upon them that should n't be ... If they are not strong judges, it might affect them." He cited the case of one judge running for re-election who had to sentence a convicted molester of children. The judge, because of information he had about the man's back ground, was considering plac ing him on probation but was worried about community and newspaper reaction. However, he went ahead and placed him on probation, Denecke said. Not Entirely Happy There is also the possibility confronting some judges run ning for re-election that if they rule against certain attorneys on close questions of law, these attorneys or clients may take an active role against the judge, Denecke indicated. So far, he continued, the Ore gon State Bar is not entirely haDDV with the cnanges recom mended by the Constitutional Revision Committee. The bar, voting at the annual conven tion in Coos Bay, has recom mended a substitute for the pro vision that voters choose only whether or not to retain a judge. Advertising Issue To Be Discussed Three panel members will dis cuss the "Freedom to Adver tise" issue Wednesday night at a meeting of the Eugene Adver tising Club. A bill may be introduced at the next session of tne state I.eeislature to liberalise the present restraints on adveitis-ine. Discussing the subject will be Karl Nestvold of the Oregon Broadcasters Assn., Carl Webb of the Oregon Newspaper Pub lishers Assn.. and Eugene Attor ney Keith Skelton, who current ly is handling a test sun. The meeting will start with a social hour at 6:30 p.m. at Bev i Steak House, Eugene. Meeting Notices Tuesday ELKS DUPLICATE Bridge Club special master point play at 7:15 p.m. at 2727 Cen tennial Dr., Eugene. Open club, visitors welcome. For information call DI 3-6104. -. EUGENE CHAPTER of SPEBSQSA, Cascade Chorus, meeting at 8 p.m. at West minster Presbyterian Church, corner of Coburg and Harlow Roads, Eugene. All men wel come. Wednesday SENIOR ACTIVITY Center meeting from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Celeste Campbell Rec reation Center, Skinner Butte Park, for crafts and sewing. Bring sack lunch. All senior citizens welcome. NORTHWEST CHAPTER of the Sierra Club meeting at noon at the Erb Memorial Student Union, University of Oregon campus. Expansion Site Bought By Goodwill Lane County Branch of Goodwill Industries of Oregon Tuesday announced the pur chase of a 4 ',4 -acre site on El mira Road for expansion of the group's activities. The purchase of the Ed Jen sen Implement Company site at 3885 Elmira Rd. was announced by Elmer E. Cone, chairman of the advisory committee for the Lane County Goodwill branch. Included in the purchase were a plant building, machine shop and dwelling. Announced purchase price was $35,000. Harold Thorin, manager of the Lane County Goodwill activi ties, said that the Jensen com pany will continue to use about orte-third of the total 10,000 square feet for some months. Expansion of Facilities Purchase of the site, Thorin said, will allow expansion of Goodwill's sheltered workshop facilities, now conducted in a 2,500-square-foot room behind the retail store at 72 E. 11th Ave., Eugene. At present, Thorin said, 30 handicapped men and women are employed. The new quart ers, he said, will allow eventual expansion of the sheltered workshop to accommodate 100 or more handicapped workers. Repairs and remodeling of the buildings on the new site will begin immediately, Cone said, and complete transfer of the sheltered workshop facilities to the Elmira Road site is expected to be completed in the next four to six months. More Sales Space Space vacated at the down town Eugene building will be used for expanded sales space, Cone said. The Lane County Branch of Goodwill Industries will con tinue its capital fund drive to provide money for improve ments and expansion. Thorin said $10,000 to $15,000 is still needed to meet the year's capital fund goal of $50,000. Total goal for the capi tal fund campaign is $150,000. LAN E COUNTY HOME NEWSPAPER. SECTION B EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1962 Architects Give Opinions On School Construction Firm Gets Charter PORTLAND (UPD Stockman's Life Insurance Co. of America received its charter here Mon day the eighth insurance com pany to be founded and char tered in Oregon. Stockman's in corporators and directors are mostly from Eastern Oregon. By DON ROBINSON or the Register-Guard When a lawyer, doctor, in surance agent, store proprie tor, and engineering company manager begin asking archi tects about their qualifica tions for designing new schools, what sort of ques tions come up? This was the situation Monday night at a five-hour meeting of the Eugene school board. The five members of the board interviewed 11 ar chitects representing six ar chitectural firms. After the interviews the board did select Wilmsen, Endicott and Unthank of Eu gene to design the school district's eighth junior high school. Although a site for the school has not yet been nam ed, the project is to be ready for bidding by July of next year and ready for occupancy by the fall of 1964. - During the interviews Mon day night several questions kept recurring: What do the architects think about their responsi bility for supervising a job during construction? What do they think about windowless vs window wall schools? Is it belter to build a sprawling single-story school or a more compact multi story one? How can a school be de signed to accommodate the rapid changes in teaching techniques and educational methods? As to the first question, all the architects agreed that they have some responsibility for supervising a job and pushing the contractor along. One said that if it were not for architects doing so, the av erage time of completion would' be about 30 per cent . longer than it is. Another remarked, "Hold ing a contractor to a predeter mined time schedule is real difficult. There are too many variables. I don't know what the solution is." One architect said he ad vised his. private clients to choose from a selective list of contractors for bidding the jobs. "This is not necessarily tho least expensive way, but it avoids a lot of trouble,'' he said. He acknowledged that the school board as a public agency is not able to follow this practice. One architect remarked that contractors could use an "ex pediter" or a hired employe who can ramrod the work. And still another said flatly that the architect has to be NCC President to Head Annual Christmas Appeal Ross J. Griffeth, president of Northwest Christian College in Eugene, will be chairman of this year's annual Christmas ap peal by the Eugene Corps of the Salvation Army. Capt. Oliver Stcnvick, com manding officer of the Eugene Corps, announced Griffeth s se lection as chairman Monday after a meeting planning the Army's traditional Christmas activities to aid the needy of Lane County. Vital Statistics BIRTHS I SACRED HEART HOSPITAL (Eugene) (Nov. 12, 1962) PEARSON Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pearson, 1267 Ferry St., Eugene, a daughter. REED Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reed,1 Oakndge, a daughter. LAMBtKI Wr. ana mra. nonma Lambert, 2950 Willamette St., Eu gene, a son. RUSHONG Mr. and Mm. Fred erick Bushong, 2296-3 Patterion Dr., Eugene, a daughter. V GHIrTllM Mr. ana mn. niiin Griffin, 870 Lawrence St., Eugene, a daughter. MvisLfci nr. ana nr, nourri Mosley, 2110 Friendly St., Eugene, PIERCE Mr. and Mri. Lloyd Pierce, 1383V4 Coburg Rd.. Eugene, a ion. iSow. 13. 1962) SMITH Mr. and Mri. Donald Smith, 55 Washington St., Eugene, rimiffhter. JOHNSON Mr. and Mrs. Donald Johnson, 1638 Columbia Blvd., fcu gene, a son. MrKENZIE-WILLAMETTE HOSPITAL f Not. 12. 1962) SPRAGUE Mr. and Mrs. David M. Sprague, Box 226, Dexter a daugh ter. JONES Mr. and Mrs. Marvin D. Jones, 770 S. 42nd St., Springfield, a daughter. DEATHS DAVIS Dorothy Helen Davis, 42, of 369 W. D St., Springfield, died Nov. 12. Arraneements are pending Bums-Frederick sen Funeral Home, Springfield. WILLIS Austin A. (Bud) Willis, 42. of 450 Flgueroa St., Eugene. died Nov. 12. services wm oe inurs- day at 2 p.m. in First congrega. tlonal Church with concluding serv ice! In Rest-Haven Mausoleum. SO R ENS EN Marie G. Sorensen 63, of 1775 Bennett Creek Dr., Cot tage Grove, died Nov. n. Mrvices will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Smith Funeral Chapel with vault interment in tne lour cemetery, Junction City. BARROW Floyd D. Barrow, 63, of Chico, Calif., died Nov. 11. Grave side services will be Friday at 1 p.m. In Rest-Haven Memorial Park, Eugene. BASS Iva Mae Bass, 67, of Hal- sey, died Nov. 12. Services will be Thursday at 1 p.m. in the Harris burs Chapel of the Murphy Funeral Home with interment in the Glllan Cemetery, Sweet Home, at 3 p.m. DL'RFLINGER Minnie Durflinger, Eugene, died Nov. 13. Arrangements are pending at bimon-ixjunioury Funeral Home. The Christmas appeal, Cap tain Stcnvick said, will open Nov. 23 and continue through Christmas Eve. Included in this year's program will be the tra ditional kettles on street corn ers, Eugene's "tree of lighta," programs for residents of nurs ing homes and material aid to the needy. This year's fund goal will be $16,000. St. Nick Due In Springfield At Early Date Santa Claus and his rein deer will come to Springfield early this year 17 days beiore Christmas, to be exact, so they can participate in the city's annual Christmas paraae. . The Springfield Chamber ot Commerce, which is sponsor ing the Dec. 8 event, will re ceive parade entry forms until this Friday. Some 20.000 Emerald Empire residents lined Springfield streets last year to watch more than 40 colorful floats and marching bands participate in the largest Christmas parade in the city s history. According to parade officials first, second and third place awards will be presented in the c o m m crcial, non-commercial, nativity and marching divisions. Miss Springfield, Joyce Mc Coy. and Miss Slick Chick, Kcl lie Partce. will take part in the Dec. 8 procession. The Spring field High School and Thurston High School bands have been invited to participate in the parade. "hard nosed" not only with the contractor but with the client or owner when the owner is making unreason able demands. The question of the need for exterior windows "How much of the great outdoors do you have to let into a classroom?" brought a va riety of responses. Most of those interviewed said evidenco today, shows that it is not as necessary as has been thought in the past to have classroom windows opening on the out-of-doors. But ono architect dissented strongly from this view, ar guing that the psychological effect of a room without win dows is not pleasant. None of thoso interviewed were very enthusiastic about the idea of building up rather than out when asked about the relative advantages of multiple-story buildings. They frequently cited the added expense of making a two-story building conform to fire safety codes. And they pointed to disadvantages in the necessity or non-classroom space and in difficulty of dealing with acoustical problems. All the architects acknow ledged the challenge of ad justing school design to meet educational needs that are in a state of flux. The need for "flexible" room arrangements is one of the greatest chal lenges. Along this line there was some discussion of the kinds of partitions to put between classrooms, A school repre sentative said experience in Eugene has shown that in some instances no partition is needed, Classes can bo con ducted at opposite ends of an undivided room without dis turbing one another. This situation has limits, the rep resentative noted, since it is not always possible to sched ule classes or activities that are "compatible" In the same room. vVfaeSiSi NIKO PAUTALIS 1 Some of the Dances Are Vigorous 1 Fire Runs : (Runs from noon Monday through noon Tuesday) Eugene . Q'9.fl a rtv TimsHnv V.u. gene Medical Center Bldg., 3 132 E. Broadway, smoke B scare, no fire. i j Springfield 3:03 o.m. Mondav B Knrninfr linf in plnthna 3 dryer at 2765 C St., no b damage. Funeral Rites I Held for Judge Services were held last week in Columbia, S. C, for Judge John Wolff Crews, 72, associate judge of the Richland County Court.. . Judge Crews' wife is the former Juanila Wilkins of Eu gene, daughter of Airs. Amos Wilkins who now makes her home in Columbia with her daughter. A daughter of the Crews is Mrs. Walter B. Bran don . of Columbia and grand children are Varian Crews Brandon and Walter Brandon Jr. Judge Crews was a former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and as an acting associate justice of the state Supreme Court. He had been active on many state boards and in many civic works, remonstrance petition Two Councils Meet Tonight After Holiday City Councils of Eugene and Springfield will meet tonight- day late because the regular meeting date fell oa Veteran'i Day, a legal holiday, i . Both public agencies will meet . at 7:30 p.m.. In the city halls - of the two cities. The Eugene Water & Electric Board also delayed its meeting ' for a day and was scheduled to convene Tuesday afternoon. In Eugene,, the council will act on a committee-of-the-whols recommendation regarding re. maining costs of repairs and stump removal resulting from the, Columbus Day storm. 1 it the council adopts the pol-. icy set out in the committee re port, property owners will ba ' held responsible for repairing sidewalks damaged by uprooted ' trees, rcmoWng stumps from parking strips, and cutting down trees which aro still in a dan gerous condition. The property owners will have a choice of do ing the work, or having the city arrange for it and assessing the costs to the adjacent proper-' ty. In Springfield, the council will conduct a public hearing on the proposed paving of a 3V4 block section of West L Street. Residents have already indi cated, however, they intend to block the project by filing a THE CIMC SHOE NOW AT BURCHS... FAMOUS CLINIC SHOES IN COLOR TOO! WHTE OR TAN S in95 Now In color ... the famous Clinic fit and comfortl ... for years, THE shoe for women In white. 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