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Ingenious Showcase for Fast-Moving Entertainment League Batting .666 With 'Carnival' X r- - .. i. 3- s - , , ,v. , . i 1 Kc' v A, i l wv f I A ELAINE MALBIN She Makes a Tiny, Appealing Waif Library Rated High by Study ' ' By DAN WYANT Or the Register-Guard Eugene ranks second only to Portland in size and scope of public libraries in Oregon but Lane County stands 21st among Oregon's 36 counties in terms of service available on a countywide basis. This conclusion can be drawn from a recent report, "Public Libraries in Oregon," which calls for improvements in the state's library system. The report was prepared for the State Library Board by the Bureau of Business Research at the University of Oregon. Authors of the 125-page report are Catherine Lauris, of the University of Oregon, and Mary E. Phillips, of the Multnomah County Library. The report shows that Eugene, in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, had a total yearly circulation of 362,080 volumes, had a total income of $105,843, and boasted a book collection of 71,408 volumes. In comparison, Salem's yearly circulation for the same period was 259,949 volumes, its income was $66,965, and its book collec tion totaled 63,388 volumes. Springfield had a total circu lation the same year of 77,706 volumes, had an income of $32, 395, and included 18,075 vol umes in its collection. : Tracing the history of differ ent public libraries in the state, the report indicated that the Eugene Public Library, in 1914, had 5,974 volumes in its collec tion, a yearly circulation of 31, 898, and total income of $4,745. : Only ToWen Service The new study examines li braries not only from the stand point of city services but how well the county, as a whole, is served. In the case of Lane County, it notes, county resi dents have only token service. Eugene and Springfield li braries provide service to coun ty residents who pay a yearly fee, the report said. There are also city libraries in Cottage Grove, Florence, junction City, and Creswell. Funds expended by all city libraries in Lane County figured ou to a county per capita ex penditure of 84 cents in 1961, the report said, putting Lane County 21st on the list of Ore gon's 36 counties. The report contends there is a "prevailing failure to provide satisfactory support for public libraries in Oregon." As an example, it cites a "la mentable series of elections in which people have voted against tax measures for library sup Dort." CUM as one ot tne examples was the rejection by voters of Lane County of a county library iystem in May, 1962. If the Public Library Service Itandard of at least 100,000 vol umes of currently useful print ed materials in a library system is applied to Oregon, only four counties come up to the mini mum standard, the report said. '- Check Lists Submitted When the resources of the various city libraries in Lane County are pooled, Lane is in cluded in one of these four counties, with 120.000 volumes, The others are Multnomah, with 838.947 volumes; Clackamas with 124.457 volumes; and Jack son. with 108.608. One method the authors used to determine the quality of book collections held by the libraries was to submit three check lists one of 41 basic and special ized reference books, one ot the 83 titles on the "Notable Books of 1960" and "250 Best Books of 1960," and the third, a list of "Notable Children's Books of 1960." Only 10 libraries in the state held more than half the titles on the lists, the report said. Among them were both the Eu gene and Springfield public li braries. G-P Builds Plant COOS BAY (UPJ The Georgia-Pacific Corp. has announced completion of its new formalde hyde plant here and start of its production. rvn v j 1 Fire I Runs if (Runs from 10 p.m. Satur. If day to noon Monday) J Eugene 10:50 p.m. Saturday Mistaken alarm, 1510 Tay- II lor St. 10:52 p.m. Malicious 'j false alarm, Eighth Avc- nue and Pearl Street. 9 9:10 p.m. Sunday Flue fire, 1209 Olive St. Springfield 2:53 p.m., Sunday -fire at 6793 Main some damage. Car St., 3:10 p.m., Sunday Fuel oil washed off roof of of fice at 126 N. Fourth St. 7:29 p.m., Sunday Air leak in sprinkler system at Clear Fir Sales Co. ac tivates alarm, no damage. 9:45 a.m., Moday Fire in dwelling at 5470 Frank lin Blvd., minor damage. Cost $85 Million SALEM IUPI) Traffic acci dents in Oregon cost $85 mil lion last year, or more than $232,000 per day,- the Depart ment of Motor Vehicles said Monday. Vital Statistics BIRTHS SACRED HEART HOSPITAL (Eugene) (Jan. 19, 1MJ) WALDEN Mr. and Mrs. Glen Walden, 730 Jefferson St. Eugene, a son. (.Ian. 20, 1M5) RICHARDSON Mr. and Mrs. Ter ry Richardson, 911 Fillmore St., Eu gene, a daughter. LEVISON Mr. and Mr. Stuart Levison, 1M1W Mill St., Eugene, a YOUNKIN Mr. and Mrs. John Younkln, Rt. i Box 96,.Veneta, a son. ( Ian. 21, MILLER Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Mil ler, Rt. 1 Boi 391, Veneta, a daugh ter. BRITTIAN Mr. and Mrs. George Brltlian, Box 32, Harrlshurg, twin sons. KIMBALL Mr. and Mrs. David Kimball, 130 Oakway Lane, Eugene, a daughter. MCKENZIF.WII.1.AMETTR HOSPITAL (Springfield) (Jan. IS, 1963) T.ANGDON Mr. and Mr. Daniel Lanedon, 6444-B Main St., Spring field, a son. (Jan. 19. 1961) QUALLEY Mr. and Mrs. Carl (eualley, ova t-neamui ur., tusii risiishter. SMITH Mr. and Mr. lllo K. Smith, 708 N. Slat St., Springfield, a daughter. (Jan. 29. 1MJ) WILSON Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Wilson, RL 1 Box 133, Springfield, CYPHERT Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Cyphert, 219 W. D St., Springfield, a son. SILKE Mr. and Mrs. James Sllke, 7 Thnmss Lane, Springfield, a son. HARBICK Mr. and Mrs. Dean Harhlrk. MrKenzle Bridge, a aon. ELLINGSON Mr. and Mrs. Lester By KENNETH PAYNE For the Register-Guard In baseball circles a batting average of .666 would be con sidered sensational. Although not so astounding when trans lated into theatrical terms perhaps, two hits out of three times up is still pretty good going. With the production of the musical "Carnival" Sunday night, Broadway Theatre League now has two for three. "Car nival" and "Mary, Mary," seen here early in the month, prove that Eastern agents can provide good entertainment for the Western road if they put their minds to it. "Carnival" has all the coior and clamor of the midway that the title suggests. The stilt walker, the juggler, the strongman, the harem girls, the acrobats, the magician, the roustabouts, all the characters, bright and shady, from the canvas world of illusions appear. They are the human backdrop against which this musical is played; they are the people who play it. Thus "Carnival" is an ingeniously contrived theatrical piece that takes advantage of the talents of its characters to present about every type of stage act imaginable. The nature of the musical provides staging advantages, too. The scene as the show opens is the countryside just before dawn. A lone performer appears and begins to play the musi Two to Get Year's Study In Costa Rica Going to Costa Rica for a year of schooling will be Rob ert Lee, a Thurston High School senior, and Marcia Haggerty, a junior at South Eugene High School. Lee and Miss Haggerty, the daughter of William Hagger ty, Springfield Rotarian, will begin their year in March and will live in the homes of two Costa Rican students who have come to Springfield. The "summer vacation" for students in Costa Rica is from January to March. This is why Lee and Miss Haggerty won't leave for Costa Rica un til March. , The exchange program was initiated after four Springfield Rotary Club members last summer went on a flying tour of several Central America countries. Making the 8,000-mile round trip were Dr. William Stenstrom, pilot of his own four-seater; Dr. J. W. Cun ningham, then club president; Charles MilHman and Harry Wright. Two 17-year-old Costa Rican students who started school in Springfield Monday have nev er seen frost or snow. The students, pretty dark haired Liliana Morice, of San Jose, Costa Rica, and Pedro Jose Ferandez, of Alajuela, Costa Rica, arrived in Spring field Friday under an ex change program sponsored by the Rotary Clubs in Spring field and in Costa Rica. Liliana, who speaks good English, will be staying for the next eight months at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Criswell of Springfield. : Pedro, who comes from a city of about 14,000 people, will stay at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Pcglow of Springfield. Both Criswell and Peglow are Rotarians. Criswell and his wife Sun day took Miss Morice on a trip up the McKenzie Pass. "Lili ana wasn't bothered as much by the cold weather as my daughter was," Criswell said. The brunette took 13 major subjects at her high school in San Jose (250.000 population) last term, Criswell said, and received high grades in all of them. The girl's father U vice president of the San Jose Ro tary Club, Criswell said. L. Elllngson, Rt. Z Box 2M, Spring field, a daughter. COLE Mr. and Mrs. Scott Cole, MIS N. IStn St., Springfield, a son. DEATHS SMITH Allle M. Smith, 86, of 1129 Oak St.. Eugene, died Jan. 20. Private services were held Monday. HAFLEY Gary Lewis Hafley, II, of 2548 Pacific Highway S Junction City, died Jan. 19. Private services will be held Tuesday with private cremation to fallow. LYMAN Services for Burt Ly man, 61, of Goshen, will be Wednes day at 19 a.m. In Ruell Chapel with Interment In Lane Memorial Gar dens. GARDNER Frances srnenx He, (er Gardner, 64, of 2551 Chula Vista, Eugene, died Jan. 20. Private serv ices will be Tuesday In Poole-Larsen Chapel with Interment In Rest Hsven Memorial Park. NEAL William Thomas Nesl. 71, of 1950 Alvadore Rd Junction City, died Jan. 19. Services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. In the Junction City Chapel of Murphy Funeral Home with Interment in FrankUn Cemetery. HALL Eva Jean Hall. 62, of 646 Pltnty Lane, Junction City, died Jan. 21. Ar.rangemente art pending at Murphy Funeral Home, Junction Cltv. WALKER Private cremation for Patrick 8. Walker, 22, of M areola, who died Jan. 7. was held Jsn. 19. FOX Douglas Ray Fox, Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Fox Jr., of 746 D St.. Springfield, died Jan. 18. Graveside services will be Tues day at 1 p m. at Fir Grove Cemetery, Cottage Grove. WIEHRDT Raymond Leroy Wlehrdt. 49. of 2928 Country L Eugene, died Jan. 19. Services will be Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. In Slmon Lounsbury Funeral Chapel with In terment In Rest-Haven Memorial Park. SECTION B EUGENE, UO Stadium Issue Comes Up But Board Takes No Action By DON ROBINSON Of the Register-Guard PORTLAND (Special) The State Board of Higher Educa tion almost but not quite got its teeth into the Univer sity of Oregon athletic sta dium issue Monday morning. The board's building com mittee agenda included a pro posed exchange of property between the university and Lane County in North Bank Park. When the item came up for discussion, however, UO Pres-. ident Arthur Flcmming recom mended that no action be tak en pending a final report of a study being made by archi tects Skidmore, Ownings and Merrill, of Portland, on the best location for a new sta dium. Flemming said he has asked the firm to study the pres ent Hayward Field site as well as the proposed North Bank site. He said the univer sity is interested in combining a stadium with other uses, such as laboratories, housing, or classrooms, and he noted that the possibilities for such mul tiple use appear to be greater at the Hayward Field site. V ' K. 700 cal's theme on the concertina. Roustabouts enter and begin to erect the carnival midway, and with a well controlled, gradu ally accelerated pace, the show gets under way. Throughout the performance whenever changes in scene are called for, roustabouts take care of it, without blackout, without curtain, so that action flows from one scene immedi ately into another. It is dusk when the show ends. Roustabouts dismantle the Judith Anderson Next The same ticket arrangements applied to "Carnival" will be used for the final Broadway Theatre League show of the season, Mrs. William Reynolds, BTL publicity chairman, said Monday. BTL season-ticket-holding members may order additional tickets for the show, a presentation of scenes from "Macbeth" and "Medea" by Judith Anderson and her company, for friends, Mrs. Reynolds said. The show is scheduled in Eugene Thurs day, April 25. Present members may submit mail orders $5 per ticket to the league at P.O. Box 5164. LAN COUNTY'S HOMK NtWSPAPttt OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1963 If the stadium is not located in North Bank Park, Flcm ming said, it would be pos sible, to negotiate for differ ent facilities to be located there. The university now owns 88 acres in North Bank Park. It has been negotiating to trade some 22 acres ol its . land for a like amount of land owned by Lane County, in or der to block its ownership into a single piece. After hearing Flcmming's comment, the board's building committee took no action on the proposed exchange. Mcanwhwile, In other action Monday morning, the building committee discussed a pro posal for the precedent-setting establishment of a dormitory at the University of Oregon dental school in Portland. The building committee approved a plan to take over the equity Psl Omega frater nity holds in two buildings about six blocks from the campus. After the buildings are pur chased, , alterations will be made to convert them to dor mitories, housing about 30 students. This will be the TACKED. WEBS,W0aB 700 first time state supported housing has been provided to single men at either the den tal or medical schools in Port land. Dean H. J. Noycs, of the dental school, said the frater nity offered to donate its equity in the building. He jus tified the transaction on grounds that with more super vision and a better study en vironment, fewer first and second-year students will fail. He said at present a num ber of students who have a capacity for dental education do not -make the grade. He said he hoped provision of a dormitory will salvage six to eight students per year who otherwise would fail. The purchase price is $36, 500 and the cost of alterations is $24,500. Some $15,000 of the total will come from state appropriated funds and the rest will come from dental school funds comprised of various student fees and charges. Committee sessions were being held by the State Board Monday. Formal action on committee recommendations will be taken Tuesday. mm casuais EKMJCED AflOBE i REG. II95 NOW... EDITH HENRY, PENAUO, TORINOS, TOWN & COUNTRY, SBICCA, AND MANY OTHERS ... ALL FROM REGULAR STOCK. BROKEN SIZES 4 to 12 A A AAA to C SIZES OVER 10 . . . 1.00 EXTRA MEN'S and CHILDREN'S SHOES ON SALE TOO! QUALITY SHOE REPAIR WORK DONE WHILE YOU WAIT AT BURCH'S ALL SALES FINAL . . . NO EXCHANGES OR REFUNDS tents, and the wagons pull out. The concertina player appears, and the lovers are reconciled. Songs from "Carnival," except for the theme, "Love Makes the World Go 'Round," are not up to those of many other popular musicals. More often than not, lyrics may as well have been nonsense syllables because it was almost impossible to understand them, at least from some scats in the house. The show was blessed, however, by an excellent road orchestra. The musical tells the story of a teen-age waif who makes her way to the carnival, fails, she thinks, in love with the magician who is in every way a cad, only to find that it's really the poppctecr she loves. Elaine Malbin was the waif, a wee mite of a girl, and she has a great deal of charm. So has David Daniels, the puppeteer. These two and Don Potter as Jacquot, concertina player and friend of the Puppeteer, and Michael Davis and Marge Cam eron, magician and mistress who supplied much of the comedy, were favorites of the audience judging by the hand they re ceived. Highlights of the show were undoubtedly Miss Malbin's scenes with the puppets, the comedy capers of Davis and Miss Cameron and the dncing of the roustabouts. From beginning to end, "Carnival" was good entertainment. I QUESTION fitf ME J LET'S LOOKATITTrllSCiM, IN THE FIRST PLACE.... 2 Slightly Hurt n Auto Accident A Springfield woman and her passenger received out-patient treatment at the McKenzie-Wil-lamctte Memorial Hospital Saturday night for minor in juries received when their vo- hicle struck a parked car. ino driver. Mora uerg, 730 B St., told police she was driving west on D Street in the 1100 block when she looked down to adjust the car heater. A mo ment later, according to police reports, the car struck a parked car owned by Robert Conway, 1120 D St. - The passenger, Mary MuUer, 255 Game Farm Road, Eugene, received a face laceration and bruises. Mrs. Gcrg received bloody nose. : ' ' to 16 95 ONE GROUP WOMEN'S FLATS and CASUALS KEG. 9.95 TO Then 690 $ NOW... BROKEN SIZES (JELL IFVOU ANDI tVER J& GET MARRIED, DO VOtf THINK ME Bt PLAV INS THE HANOf Notices Tuesday SENIOR SOCIAL and Service Group will be open to all per sons 50 years or older from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Eugene Moose Lodge, 13th Avenue and Chambers Street, Eugene. Cards and music. Bring sack lunch. Cotfce furnished. McKENZIE RIVER Lodge No. 105, AF and AM, potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m. at McKenzie River Temple, 850 E. 14th Ave., Eugene. All Masons and fam- iline I ( that's just what I Vj EUGENE GOLDEN Age Club meeting and dance at 7:30 p.m. at Washington Park Recreation Center, Eugene; Bring cake. i Anyone 50 years or older wel come. . THEN 890 12.95
