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I Section B f ! Sports a LANE COUNTY'S HOME NLWSPAPEU. SECTION B EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1963 f 5,000 Attend Home Show t By BOB NEWCOMB or the Reglster-Guard An estimated 5,000 men, women and children and there were plenty of children poured onto the Lane County Fair grounds Thursday night for the opening of the first annual Home Show presented by the Eugene-Springfield Homebuilders Assn. And about half of that number remained until 11 p.m. to see a two-hour-long stage show that evoked chuckles, open laughter and generous applause. Ken Dart, chairman of the home show committee, said Fri day "We're tickled to death by the turnout. It's about 1,000 more than we expected on the opening night. It looks like it should snowball now." The home show opened again Friday afternoon and will con tinue until 11 tonight. Saturday, gates will remain open again from 1 to 11 p.m., and Sunday the show's final day they will be open from 1 to 9 p.m. The stage shows, starring honky-tonk pianist Jo Ann Castle, start at 4 and 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 4 and 7 p.m. Sun day. They are held in the fairground's Horse Arena Bldg. with seating for 3,000. Thursday night crowds ambled through the three buildings that contain 135 display booths featuring a variety of home construction and home-related products. To mention only a few, there are kitchen appliances, roof ing and siding materials, air-conditioning and heating units, cab inet work, lighting fixtures, and a variety of materials for use in home construction or redecorating. Jetty Road Must Wait Park Action By DON JEPSEN Of the Register-Guard FLORENCE An access road which would open the South Jet ty Beach area to recreation ap parently must await action on a proposed Oregon Dunes Park. More than 35 persons met here Thursday to discuss the possibilty of pushing a surfaced access road through Bureau of Land Management land to the beach. Upshot of the session was that until the National Park Service acts one way or the othe r on conferring national seashore status to the area, not much can be done on releasing right-of-way privileges- for the proposed road. BLM representative Irving W. Anderson, commenting on his agency's position regarding the access route, said the bu reau is not now in a position to make any final decisions on the matter. He said the land under dis cussion, in addition to being in a "special withdrawn status" be cause of the dunes stabilization program, would probably be af fected by the yet to be deter mined status of the dunes area in general. Local interests are seeking an extension of the county road through BLM land just south of here to the south jetty. The road would roughly parallel the boundary line between BLM and Forest Service dune prop erty, ending in a parking lot at the beach. An extension from there would push the road north be hind the forcdune to the mouth of the Siuslaw River, a distance of some four miles. Chief instigator of the pro posed project is the Siuslaw Port Commission which has al located $10,000 toward construc tion of the road. Most civic or ganizations here, including the chamber of commerce, are sup porting the port proposal. Emerald Contestants Win Top Music Contest Ratings Several instrumental music Undents from six Emerald Em pire high schools received No. 1. or superior, ratings at the Western Oregon Solo and En semble contest at Oregon Col lege of Education in Monmouth last weekend. Those who returned with su perior ratings were: Creswell Hign: uannci quar tet Diane Akins. Kay lligdon, j Jean Hanby. Alvin Schamber; saxophone quartet Diana Fire Runs ( Runs from noon Thurs day to noon Friday) Eugene 5 47 p.m. Thursday Smoke from flue circu lated into building by fan. Sunct Home. 3500 Hil yard St. No damage. 6 32 p m. Flue fire. 2785 Rivcrview St., no darru-c 7:15 pm. - Flue (ire. 1071 E 25th Ave., no dam age. Springfield 2.51 p.m. Thursday Burning cgfcs cau.cd some smoke damaac to dwelling at 4311 Smith Way. There is a remote-controlled garage door that rolls up or down at the touch of a button. A demonstrator was having fun as one little boy stood watching. "Snap your fingers," he told the youngster. The boy did, and up went the door. "Snap them again," said the man. With an other snap the door closed. A major attraction in the brightly lighted home show Thursday night was the 50,000 piece replica of the Ringling Bros, circus. Children and adults formed a long queue as they passed the realistic model. The entire layout is hand carved to scale. Ernie Paltnquist of Pennsyl vania, the owner, is also a song writer. He turned out such tunes as "The Music Goes Round and Round," and others. Porpoises Popular Another major attraction for young and old is the four-foot-deep salt water pool containing two bottle-nosed porpoises. They toss balls in the air and honk a horn held by trainer Homer Snow. "How do they kill sharks?" one small boy asked the trainer Thursday night. "They do it by ramming the under part of the shark," Snow answered. "They swim up to JU knots." The two dolphins, who per form only when they're fed, drew applause from the specta tors, many of whom had to stretch their necks to see the aquatic acrobatics. The dolphins are fed only at 2, 3, 6, 7 and 10 p.m. Mimic Cheered Efforts of the performers in the two-hour-long stage show paid off in terms of audience response. An estimated 2,000 persons, seated in the chilly Horse Arena, cheered mimic Johnny Frank as he deftly imi tated jazz band instruments, using only his larynx and cupped hands to do the trick. Many "ooohs and aaahs" re sounded through the arena for Anden's Poodles during some tauchy balancing acts. Climaxing the show was Jo Ann Castle, who appeared in a flowing, gold maternity frock. "I feel funny in it." she said, "but it's so comfortable. Ladies, you'll never know." Her re marks drew laughter: her boogie-woogie piano playing plentiful applause. Akins. Nita Kerr, Nancy Scham ber. Harris Murphy; vocal solo Janice McCollum; drum duet Nilcs Babcok, Tim Benton. Pleasant Hill High: Clarinet quartet John Large. Judy Ol son, Dixie Anderson, Susan ! Warren. ! South Eugene High: Vocal en i semble Donna Jones, Linda ; Storm. Marilyn Mueller, Linda Luttio. Phyllis Mattley, Cathy McEwcn. Janet Murdock, Glen da Storm. Vivian Lusk; French horn solo Herb Gustafson; flute solo Mila Nicmi; clarinet solo Jan Murphy. North Eugene High: Violin solo Marie Rogers: cello solo Janice Potampa; drum duet Skip Biggs and Greg Nance. Willamette and Elmira High Schools also sent representa tives to the contest, but none received a No. 1 rating. d?:uN?TrtAT5 .l) OS .. Jurors Find Carl Lewis Guilty a- k ...jmjii'ii i i. ii in i mum ii . w ia yfa-rc"! " - ,feY- fe1 ft fcj Mffir "t I y Intellectual Climate In Lane Circuit Court 8 Enter Six persons entered guilty pleas, two pleaded innocent and four others were arraigned with pleas scheduled for Monday in Lane County Circuit Court Fri day morning. -unln.. iru.il tit: t .ino.i VMdllV llCllldlll, UU, Ul lUOi loin Ave., tugene, was one of, those pleading innocent. He entered the pleas through his attorney to charges of illegal possession of alcoholic liquor and mash. Whetham was arrested Feb. 26 by sheriff's deputies, who said they found mash ferment ing in a cooker and a quantity of "moonshine" whisky in his house. The other innocent plea was (entered by Millard T. Holt, 18, of 405 N. 52nd St., Springfield, who was charged with grand larceny in the theft of an acety lene torch, hoses and tanks on Jan. 19. Judge William Fort ordered Holt's bail reduced from $2,500 to 51,000. Those entering guilty pleas: Abraham Bland, 56, who gave his address as 636 Willam ette St., Eugene, charged with cashing a worthless check for $7.31 at a Eugene laundry on Feb. 7. A pre-sentence investi gation was ordered. Clyde E. Mathews, 18, a San Jose, Calif., soldier sta tioned at Fort Lewis, Wash., charged with taking and using an automobile without authority on Feb. 26. Sentencing was continued. VOJRS 6J..NG 70 TAKE THAT jcK 00SS5 'feT,r'0J 60..S5 Hz.z ;nn Jess "c ojT And to 7A,s&: it up in some 7AS6: l7 AS3JfOWf S? 7lEfM0N OJiRcS UrtcSc IT OH, hQj) CZOcl i iO.a. !:A"6 All SMHEH A3 ' v, , r 3c SJr riTcO W Tnc &i Mr N 75.' t It riW Ci?a!3H,MJiMiMAAN! Tension among University of Oregon stu dents facing final exams appears reason ably bearable, if these two are typical. John Hamlin, sophomore in business administra tion from Medford, and Lyn Philbrook, freshman in liberal arts from San Jose, Calif., determined not to waste the early spring sunshine Thursday as they made an outdoor study hall of Armitage Park. Final exams at the university begin Saturday and Pleas; 4 Arraigned Arlie Gene Swindell, 21. Arkoma, Okla., charged wilh burglary of a Springfield res taurant and the theft of a candy machine on Feb. 26. A pre-sentence investigation was ordered. Scouts Will Sell Tickets Saturday Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Explorer Scouths in Eugene, Springfield, and Cottage Grove will be out Saturday asking their neighbors for 50 cents. Their mission is to sell tick ets to the Eugene Scout Skill Show that will be held at the Lane County Fairgrounds on April 5 and 6. All three cities participate in this show. Approximately 7,500 scouts are involved, and a good num ber of them are expected to be out selling tickets this weekend. One-quarter of the 50-cent ticket price remains in the treasury of the local scout unit and the rest goes to pay for ex penses of the Skill Show. Meeting Notices Salurdav KIGENE CHAPTER No 78. National Assn. of Retired Civil i Employes, meeting and potluck i dinner at Eugene Water and Electric Board cafeteria, 500 E. J Fourth Ave., Eugene. All re- tiled federal civil employes wcl i come. (KcKlstcr(iuard photo by Mlrko Pltncr) will continue through next Friday. Spring vacation will intercede March 16 through 24, then it's back to campus for spring term registration on March 25. At least through the weekend the weather is likely to con tinue to lure students and others out of doors. It will even be nice on the Oregon coast, for those who feel that the best ap proach to a final exam schedule is from a sunny weekend on the sand. Merle Junior Foster, in. also of Arkoma, who charged with Swindell was He pleaded guilty to the burglary charge and will plead Monday to the grand larceny count. Elbcr. E. Emmons. 38, of 1410 W. Sixth Ave., Eugene, charged with failure to provide support for two minor children. Fort set Monday for sentencing. Dennis Carl Kellogg, 21, of Cottage Grove, charged with two counts of sexual perversion, al leged to have been committed with two boys, 12 and 13, on June 2. A date for sentencing was not set. Those scheduled to plead on Monday: Richard Earl Rushton, also known as Henry Rushton, 37, of 1612 Polk St., Eugene, arraigned on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of minors. He is accused of sexual offenses with two 8-year-old girls. Marvin A. Steadman, 29. of Philomath, who was ar raigned on a charge of cashing a forged check for $91.23 on Feb. 8 at a Eugene market. Albert George Hinlz, 19, a Lodi, Calif., youth presently serving a tearm in the Oregon State Correctional Institution, charged wilh cashing a forged olieck for $35 in Springfield on Nov. 3, 1962. William Clyde Harris, 25, of Salem, accused of passing a worthless check lor $10 at a Eugene market on May 4, 1962. ( I'D tlKc TO RB7USN U A KITE, PLEASE!" M Students Vote On Sheldon Nickname Celts, Patriots, or Irish. These were the choices up on which more than 1.000 stu dents were voting Friday in an election to determine the nickname of their new school Sheldon High School. Results of Friday's ballot ing was to also determine the school's colors. If the win ning name is cither Celts or Irish, the colors will be green and white; if the winner is Patriots, the colors will fol low the flag red, white, and blue. The voting took place at the seven schools that will feed students to Sheldon when it opens in September. These arc North and South Eugene High Schools plus C'oburg High School, and Jefferson, Cal , Young. Wilson, and Roosevelt Junior High Schools. Sheldon Principal C. Wayne Flynn explained Thursday that the choices for nickname and colors were narrowed down by an interim student council that has been meeting Monday nights for the past several weeks. The approximately 40 stu dents on this council were chosen by those who will he attending Sheldon from the various schools. Flynn said he hopes that in the spring the main student body officers and the rally squad can he elected so that these students can work with him during summer and be ready to begin their full func tions when school .opens in September. Ex-Justice Convicted Of Fund Conversion By JACK WILSON or the Kelter-Guard It took a Lane County Circuit Court jury just 15 minutes Thursday to convict Springfield Justice of the Peace Carl Lewis of converting $40 in public funds to his own use. The unanimous verdict followed an afternoon largely de voted to long closing statements by prosecution and defense attorneys. Three witnesses also took the stand during the after noon session. Lewis was charged with substituting a $40 personal check for cash kept in a justice court fund. That Lewis wrote the check as well as two others for $35 and $10 and that there was insufficient money in his account to cover the check were not disputed. The principal issues, emphasized during cross-examination and in the closing arguments, were whether Lewis knew the check was worthless at the time he placed it In the fund, and whether the money taken was used for personal purposes. In his summation, Deputy Dist. Atty. Robert McCrea told the jury to remember testimony of Sheriff's Deputy James Misner, who had talked with Lewis on Jan. 14, the day the JP was arrested by Misner and McCrea. McCrea re-emphasized Misner's testimony that Lewis had said he knew there were insufficient funds in the bank to cover his checks, and that he did not intend them to go to the bank. The fact that the money was not there, and that Lewis could not produce it when McCrea and Misner demanded it, constituted sufficient evidence of conversion, McCrea said. Attorney William Thomas of Lebanon, who with Ernest Lundcen of Eugene defended Lewis, told the jury in his argu ment that the state had not proved the JP took and used the money. "Mr. Misner would have you believe that Lewis said he had no money and took cash from the office fund to pay a bill," Thomas declared. "But Carl (Lewis) said things in anger and confusion on that day, and the stale has no other proof of misuse." Lewis testified Thursday morning that he had given a $122 check lo a secretary and told her to deposit it. He said he didn't learn until the day of his arrest that she had deposited only $20. "It's probable," Thomas said, "that McCrea was the first person to tell Lewis the checks were no good just before Misner arrived on the scene." Putting checks in the fund was not illegal, Thomas said, "lie had a right to all of the funds, because they were under his control. He recognized that he would have to make good any shortages, but that doesn't make him guilty of a crime." Thomas asserted the state's only proof that Lewis had used tne money to pay a repair bill was Misner's testimony con cerning what the JP had told him. And that was refuted, he said, by testimony of the repairman. Roland G. James, Springfield auto mechanic, had testified During the morning session. He said he received an Insurance check for "over $90" from Lewis in payment of an $18 bill for a tire, and brought him change from a bank. But on cross-examination, James said the payment had been made after Lewis' arrest, although he could not recall the exact date. He was not brought back to the stand. Three witnesses testified Thursday lo Lewis' personal rep utation and character. Eugene it'orncy H. V. Johnson said Lewis was "a man of integrity in his work" and "had a good reputation." Springfield businessmen Ralph Nicholas and Edward Lak soncn said they had known Lewis for many years and said his character and reputation for veracity were good. Called by the state Thursday afternoon as a rebuttal wit ness, bail bondsman Anson B. Cornell of Eugene said Lewis , told him he had no money when ho was asked to write a $1,000 bond for the JP. "He told me he was very short of cash," Cornell said. Defense motions for dismissal of the indictment and a directed verdict of acquittal, all of which were denied, were based on several grounds, Thomas said after the trial. Those Included the contentions: That no evidence was produced to show misuse of money belonging to the state or county; That the evidence showed there was always enough money on hand in the justice court fund lo pay the state and county; That there was a variance between the proof and the indictment; That the evidence did not exclude the possibility of other persons having access to the cash fund; And that the justice of the peace law provides its own remedy in cases of this nature. In his instructions to the jury, Howell said they could find the crime of conversion of public funds had been committed if "a public official used funds entrusted to his care for any purpose other than that prescribed by law." (See Story Page One) Vital Statistics BIRTHS SACRKD HEART HOSPITAL Eugene March I, 19S1 MAYNARD Mr, end Mri. Hmo Meynard, 7Vi E. 19lh Ave., Eugene, a daughter. LAMBEnT Mr. and Mra. Guy Lamhert, 543 Lawrence St., tugene. a daughter. HAN1UK Mr. and Mri. Walter llanluk, Hi Kilrvlew Dr., Eugene, son. TUFARKS Mr. and Mri. Ted Tufarei, 22S9 Pierce St., Eugene, daughter. March I, 1981 PORTER Mr. and Mra. I.eo Porter, Rt. 3 Box 811, Eugene, a ion. STEWART Mr, and Mra. Bobby Stewart, 379 Court Dr., Eugene, a son. GOODWIN Mr. and Mrs. Kusnell Goodwin, I2S0 W. 13th Ave., Eugene, a son. MlKK.N.tK-WII.I AMKrrK HOSPITAL Springfield March 7, IM1 THOMAS Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas, 1123' Jackson St., Spring field, a son. MUSK Mr. and Mrs. George Muse, Rt. 1 Box 181 , Springfield, a daugh ter. GARDNKR Mr and Mrs. Robert 3. Gardner, 1200 Elkay Dr., Eugene, a son. HASSE Mr. and Mra. T. David Haase. 2133 N. 31st St., Springfield, a dsughter. DEATHS MAXWKLL-Kthtl B. Maxwell, St, of Hal?y. died March B. Sorvlrei wilt be Monday at 1:30 p.m. in ey Chrtitlan Church, with lntrmnt In Rcil Hven Memorial Park, Ku Rene, Fisher Funeral Home, Albany, In charge of arrangement!. BENCH Frank M. Bench, of 4534 B St., Spring field, died March 8. Btiell Chapel, Spiingfttld, In charge of arrangement. KRAMBKAIi John Paul K ram bet I, or Coburg, died March 7. Arrange ments are pending at Buell Chapel. Springfield. MYERS Eugenia M. Myera, 78, of 960 Waihlngton St., Eugene, died March 7. Services will be Monday at 1 :30 p.m In Slmon-Lounabur Fu neral Chapel, Eugene, with Inter ment In Weit J.awn Memorial Park. SNKI.L OHn L. "Vern" Snell, 85, of 1745 S. ltth St., Cottage Grove, died March 6. Service! will be Sat urday at 10:30 a.m. In Mills Mortu ary, Cottage Grove, with Interment In Suniet Hills Cemetery, Eugene. KISSLEK Trace Michelle Klsnler, Inrant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Klaaler, or 2727 McMillan St., Eugene, died March 6. Services will he Saturday at 11 a.m. In Burnt Frederlcksen Chapel, Springfield, with Interment In Laurel Hill Ceme tery. STOUT Edna Stout, M, of Black Butte Rt , Cottage Grove, died March 7 Arrangements are pending at Smith Funeral Chapel, Cottagt Grove. HALL C prim de May Hall, 93. of 1lSM"i W. Sixth Ave., Eugene, died March 7. Services will be Monday at 10 a m In Simon-Lou nsbury Fu neral Chapel, Eugene, with Inter mcnt In West Lawn Memorial Park. THIRION Arthur A. Thlrlon, 70, of 874 Sunnyatde Dr., Eugene, died March 6. Private services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. In the Chapel of Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland. Slmon-Lounsbury Funeral Home, En gene, In charge of local arrange ments. SHANNON Mrs. Myron (Lillian) Shannon. 73, of Florence, died March 7. Services will be Saturday it 1 p.m. at Davidson Riverside Chapel, Florence, with Interment In the Masonic Cemetery. Florence. KOROLENKO John Korolenko, of 123 Main SL, Springfield, died March 7 Arrangements are pending at Burns-Fred eric ksen Funeral Horn, atprlni field. s at at i j
