2 Dolphins
Perking Up
In New Home
Pair to Perform V
During Home Show,
Two frisky creatures of the
deep, a pair of Atlantic bottle
nosed dolphins, were showing
signs Friday of adjusting to
their temporary environment at
the Lane County Fairgrounds.
Animal trainer Homer F.
Snow, who unloaded the eight
foot porpoises into a tank of
saline water at the fairgrounds
Thursday morning, said Friday
the two temperamental mam
mals seemed to be perking up.
He dodged to avoid getting
drenched as the female, "Mick
ey," splashed up a shower of
water with her tail flipper."
"She's just protesting," he
(aid.
Mickey and her companion,
"Ivar," now are swimming
around in a tight circle in heat
ed water about Vh feet deep.
Next week they 'will be trans
ferred to a 4-foot-deep lank
where they will perform at the
Eugene-Springfield Homebuild
ers Assn. Home Show March 7
10. Snow, who is 56, has been
training animals since be was
16. -The dolphin, ' he said, is
more intelligent than a chim
panzee. "A, chimp will pick up
a hammer and start pounding
it, without knowing what he's
doing, but a dolphin will watch
another dolphin performing a
trick and will start imitating
it," he says.
Next week, too, an attempt
will be made to put Mickey un
der an X-Ray camera in an at
tempt to confirm suspicions
that she is pregnani, he said.
"It would be a rare thing for a
baby porpoise to be born in
captivity."
The 8-year-old dolphins have
been in captivity only eight
months. Their Eugene appear
ance will mark the second time
in history, said Snow, that
dolphins have performed in in
door tanks. Mickey and. Ivar re
cently performed indoors at the
Portland Boat Show. They were
captured off Florida, and have
been trained by Snow at the
Seattle Sea Circus, an outdoor
aquarium.
Snow's Eugene show also in
cludes an Alaska fur seal,
"Anna," captured off the Ore
gon Coast. She is kept in a sep
arate cage but will perform in
the same tank with the dol
phins.
Man Pleads
Guilty to Theft
Richard Carl Rankin, of 745
E. 19lh Ave., Eugene, entered
a plea of guilty in Lane County
District Court Thursday after
noon to a charge of petty lar
ceny. He was involved in the
theft of bonsai plants last
month from a Eugene home.
Sentencing for Rankin was
suspended for IVi years and he
was ordered to pay court costs
of $25. '
He had admitted to Eugene
police, in a tape recorded state
ment, to stealing several of the
plants from Robert McCollough.
718'-: E. 18lh Ave. McCollough
reported to police the plants
had been stolen sometime be
tween Feb. 5-14.
McCollough told Eugene po
lice Wednesday that he saw the
plants belonging to him at the
Rankin residence.
Fire Runs
(Runs from noon Thurs
day to noon Friday)
F.ugene
7:22 p.m. Thursday
Flue fire, 1150 VV. 17th
Ave., no damage.
7:24 p.m. Thursday
overheated washing ma
chine, 1122'4 W. Seventh
Ave., no damage.
10:30 a.m. Friday Car
accident at 3600 W. 11th
Ave., fire truck washed
gasoline from pavement.
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Animal trainer Homer F.
Snow offers a tempting
morsel to one of his two
ever-hungry dolphins at
the ' Lane County Fair
grounds as owner Bob
O'Laughlin keeps more
food in reserve. The pair
of dolphins, and "Anna,"
the tiny Alaskan fur seal
with big brown eyes at
left, will perform March
7-10 at the first annual
Home Show presented by
the Eugene - Springfield
Homebuilders Assn. The
long - snouted dolphins
play ball, honk horns, and
in general prove them
selves hams. For their
trouble their trainer gives
them the attention nor
mally reserved for play
ful puppies. The 600
pound mammals "Mic
key" and "Ivar" each
consume 20 pounds of
'fish daily.
.Of Willakenzie Flood Control Ditches-
Rights-of-Way at Issue
A meeting on "neutral ground" in the Lane County Court
house was held Thursday to check the progress of the McKen
zie Water Control District in securing rights-of-way for six
flood control ditches across the Willakenzie area.
"The county has put $250,000 into this plan (for the entire
four-stage Willakenzie flood control project, of which the
ditches are the final part) and it certainly doesn't want it to
fall on its face and have nothing df-ne," said County Surveyor
Francis Waggoner.
Attorney Charles Edwards, secretary of the water control
district, said, however, that final arrangements for improving
the channel, number six, are being made "and when we get
that done we will tackle the others."
The six channels will cut diagonally across Willakenzie to
carry flood waters into the Willamette River.
Eugene City Manager Hugh McKinley said that since por
tions of the water control district have been annexed into the
city, "we have been getting phone calls asking what the dis
trict's two mill tax levy has been buying. So far 1 have been
unable to tell them. I don't know much about it."
Both Edwards and district President Gordon Corum, sup
ported by Waggoner, said only $18,000 has been raised 50 far
by the levy, just started this year, and yet Willakenzie resi
dents have received "terrific" benefits from the watershed
project.
Willakenzie, they said no longer is annually drenched by
flood waters surging down from the east. The Willakenzie
Watershed Project's Highbanks Dike, 72 Street Ditch, and the
Q Street Floodway all costing about $lVi million have pre
vented this.
County Commissioner Kenneth Nielsen questioned whether
it is fair for Willakenzie residents within Eugnno to pay the
two-mill levy when they also must pay all other city taxes that
are supposed to care for water control problems.
In the matter of getting right-of-way for the six ditches,
Oke Ecklom, state conservationist for the Soil Conservation
Service which will build the ditches said there has been no
trouble so far in getting funds budgeted for construction, once
the district has everything ready to go.
Edwards said he has hired an engineer to survey the six
ditches, and has arranged with a right-of-way agent to pick up
whatever land is still needed.
LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER.
SECTION B EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1963
'Music Man
Tickets
Going Fast
If you want tickets for South
Eugene High School's produc
tion of "Music "Man," better
send in your order immediately.
South High Drama Director
Ed Ragazzino said Friday that
4.000 of the 6,000 available scats
for the May 9, 10 and 11 pro
ductions have already been sold.
The balance is expected to go
within a few days he said.
Phone orders are being ac
cepted at DI 4-4321. Hours are
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, and
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, except
Sunday. Tickets are $1. '
Mail reservations should be
sent to "Music Man, South Eu
gene High School, 400 E. 19th
Ave., Eugene, specifying which
night. A stamped, self-addressed
envelope must be included.
Meanwhile, the North Eugene
High School drama director,
William Qucsinberry, said plen
ty of good scats are still avail
able for the North High produc
tion of the musical "Redhead
It's scheduled for May 1, 2, 3
and 4.
Phone orders aren't being ac
cented until March 11. Mail or
ders should be sent to the box
office, North Eugene High
School, 200 Silver Lane, Eu
gene. Tickets are $1.25.
Building in February
Shows Modest Gain
Combined building permits of
Eugene, Springfield and Lane
County showed a valuation of
$2,529,727 for February a mod
est gain over the $2,129,633 valu
ation chalked up the same month
a year ago. A similar trend was
reported in other Emerald Em
pire cities.
Springfield's gains were the
most spectacular of the three
agencies. There, 65 building
permits added up to $616,173
last month, more than four
times the $132,084 valuation re
ported in February, 1962.
Springfield's building depart
ment issued permits for more
than a quarter million dollars
worth of residential construction
last month, shattering all pre
vious February residential build
ing records, city officials said
Friday.
A total of 25 single-family per
mits, amounting to $252,806,
was issued in Springfield in
February. By comparison, only
five single family permits total
ing $46,470 were issued in Feb
ruary a year ago.
Eugene issued 72 building
permits in February with a val
uattion of $907,485. This com
pares with 81 permits and a val
uation of $907,485. This com
1962. Eugene issued 19 permits for
single-family residences last
month, totaling $246,350 valua
tion, and nine permits for new
commercial structures totaling
$256,015.
The city's valuation was
boosted on the last day of the
month when the Eugene Hos
pital & Clinic took out a $240,-
000 remodeling permit Thurs
dsy for an addition to the clinic.
Agency OKs Loan
WASHINGTON W Approval
of a $1.5 million loan to the
Alaska Pacific Lumber Co.,
Portland, Ore., has been an
nounced by the Area Redevel
opment Administration. The
funds are to help the firm ex
pand its sawmill near Wrangcll,
Alaska. The project is expected
to create 250 new jobs.
PSC Head Guest Speaker
For Library Patrons Dinner
Branford P. Millar, president
of Portland State College and
scholar in English literature,
will be the featured speaker to
night at the annual dinner meet
ing of the Assn. of Patrons and
Friends of the University of
Oregon Library.
The dinner will be held at 6:
30 in the Erb Memorial Student
Union building.
Millar's talk is entitled,"Gcor
gian Nightingales: English
Broadsides and Ballard-Mongers
of the Eighteenth Century." He
Meeting
Notice
Saturday
RUMMAGE SALE from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. at The Center, 31 W.
Seventh Ave.. Eugene, spon
sored by Bethel No. 60. Inter
national Order of Job's Daugh
ters. To contribute rtimmacc,
call DI 3 1702 or take it to the
center between 7 and 9 p.m. Friday.
will illustrate the talk with
slides.
The 23-year-old association is
composed of faculty members
and townspeople interested in
promoting the welfare and use
fulness of the university li
brary. It sponsors such events
as the Lecture-Forum Series
(Browsing Room Lectures) and
an annual library day contest
for students.
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Jaycees Vote
Aid on Repeal
Support to help get Eugene's
expressway amendment re
pealed was pledged Thursday
night by the Eugene Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
Arlcn Swearingen, chairman
of the Jaycee's Governmental
Affairs Committee, said the
club adopted a motion "calling
for the Junior Chamber to un
dertake to accomplish the re
peal of the existing expressway
amendment."
The action was. taken, he
said, after club members heard
City Manager Hugh McKinley
discuss the issues involved in
the amendment.
Council to Refer Measure
Swearingen said the motion
carried by a "substantial majority."
Eugene's city council has in
dicated it intends to take a
measure to the voters to repeal
the amendment, passed as a re
sult of an initiative petition
campaign in May, 1961.
The measure prohibits the
city from constructing any lim
ited access routes unless de
tailed plans arc approved by
the voters, along with financing
for the project.
City officials contend the
amendment is unworkable.
Swearingen said details ot
the Jaycee campaign have not
been worked out yet.
Delay Discussed
No date has been set for the
special election on the express
way amendment. Some of the
city council members talked
about delaying an election until
next fall at their Thursday
noon commiltee-ol-tne-wnole
meeting.
Concern was expressed that
an election at this time might
jeopardize the city's plan to ex
tend Pearl Street south along'
the edgo of Amazon Park this
summer. The Pearl street ex
tension will not be a limited ac
cess route.
DRESS-UP TIME IN SHOES. by
Emerald Vital Statistics
BIRTHS ,
SACRED HEART HOSPITAL j
tugrn'
b. 28,
PUTTON Mr. and Mrs. Gtorse
Dutton, Y Drive, Oakridgc, a daugh.
ter.
RL'PPLH Mr. nd Mri. Edward
R tipple, 11A5 V. 13th Ave., Lugene,
a ton.
ESCOBAR Mr. and Mrs. Alejan
dro Escobar, 1655 Arthur St., Eu
gene, a son.
BECK Mr. and Mr. John Bock,
2655 Chula VtMa St., Eugene, a son.
STANDEFORD Mr and Mrs.
GeorRe Standeford, P. O. Box 142,
Veneia, a son.
March 1. iI
GLASPEY Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Glafpev, 285 N. Diamond, Oakudge,
a daughter.
BAILOR Mr. and Mrs. .Ir-a'.rt ;
Bailor, 2285 Grant St., Eugene, a !
In Simon-Lounshury Funeral Chapel
with inurnment in Rest-Haven Co
lumbarium EWER William Fraiuif Ewer. 81.
of Rt. 2. Junction City, died Feb. 2fl.
Services will be Saturday at 10 a.m.
in the Junction City Chapel of Mur
phy Funeral Home, with interment
in the IOOF Cemetery.
PETTERSON Chrut Pettersnn, 91,
Tormcrlv of 363 E. Broadway, Eu
gene, died March 1. Private grave
side services will be Saturday in the
Junction City IOOK Cemetery.
KER.EY Bertha May Kersey. IMS.
of 2Zo E. 33rd Ave . Eugene, died
March J. Services will be Monday at
2 P m. in England Funeral Home
wltn interment in Ren-Haven Me
morial Park.
IIOSICK Loiter T. Iloslck of 1
E. ISth Ave., ruKene. died March i.
Arrangements are pending al Poole
Larcn Kuner al Home.
KA YMoN'O Maurii R ucl Ray.
mond. of 13 S 46th St.. hnnr.elield.
are
on- .... ' died March 1. Arraneement
LLO l P - Mr. nonrv -"mei nllrlt ,t Blirl chapel.
tlod, 135: Seneca Rd , Eugene, a, ARMSTRONG Frank Linden Arm
son. Utrnii.79. of 2'i'i Main M . Spring.
. , ! ftetd, and formerly of Redmond,
DKAllla idted Feb 2a Services will
CAKES Service for Pearl W. Zacher Mortuarv. Redmond, with
ikM,. . ftf 377 E. Tenth Ae., Eu-! (ntermmt in Redmond Memorial
$ene, will be Saturd. at 10 30 a.m. i Cemetery.
U of O President
Receives Award
Arthur S. Flcmming, presi
dent of the University of Ore
gon, received the tenth annual
B'nai B'rith Brotherhood Award
of Portland Lodge No. 65 in a
ceremony this week al the Jew
ish Community Center in Port
land. Presenting the award was
Judge Gus J. Solomon of the
U.S. District Court in Portland.
The award is conferred annually
during National Brotherhood
Week to an Oregon resident
whose public deeds illustrate
benevolence, brotherly love and
harmony.
Philip M. Keingold, president
of the Portland Lodge, said the
committee making the choice
"unanimously agreed that Pres
ident 1'lemming's speaking out
on the subjects of desegregation
and fraternity-sorority discrimi
nation deserves recognition, es
pecially in an era when it is so
easy to remain silent."
Springfield Man, 23,
Given Year in Jail
Duncan R. MarPherson, 23. of
4078 Camellia St., Springfield
was sentenced to one year in
the cti county jail Kiday after
his probation was revoked by
Lane County Circuit Judge Wil
ham Fort.
MacPherson, who was placed
on probation m September. 1961.
afler he pleaded guilty to con
tributing to the delinquency of
a minors admitted assaulting i
Springfield youth on Feb. 11.
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