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ELAINE MALBIN
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. : ' '
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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