EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Sunday, April 21, 1963 Page
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J By DON' BISHOFF shubsxcs;:
This column from time to time deals with the confusions
caused by bureaucracy in various agencies, public and private.
But now comes a letter from Mrs. Grover Allison, 910 W,
19th Ave., Eugene, pointing out bureaucracy within our own
midst. It has to do with an incident that occurred about ten
years ago when the Allisons were moving.
According to Mrs. Allison's letter, they phoned the Register
Guard office, asked that paper at old address be stopped, paper
tarted at new address on following Monday. She goes on:
"Monday, no paper but we are patient people waited un
til Tuesday. Tuesday, no paper.. Drove downtown to public
telephone (were having trouble getting our telephone trans
ferred, too but that's another story).
"Telephoned Register-Guard. Since it was after 5 there was
a long wait, but finally an answer. Tried to explain the prob
lem, but was told 'Sometimes the paper boys are a little slow.
If he doesn't show up by 7, call back.'
"A decided 'click' told me we were disconnected. Went
home, waited 'til 7 p.m. Drove back downtown to public tele
phone, dialed, let telephone ring long enough to know there
wasn't going to be any answer. Drove home.
"Next day telephoned Register-Guard during business hours.
Explained problem. Was assured we'd have paper delivered that
evening. Went home and sat on front steps waiting for paper1
boy. When he came by I hailed him and asked him if he might
have a paper for us. . .
" 'I dunno,' he said. 'Where do you live?'
"Drove downtown to public telephone. Telephoned Register
Guard. Since it was after 5, there was a long wait, finally an
enswer. Tried to explain problem, (the reply was) 'Some
times the paper boys are a little slow. If you don't get a paper
by 7 p.m., call back. . .'
"Next evening waited until 7 p.m. Drove downtown to public
telephone. Dialed Register-Guard. No answer.
"Driving home, began to wonder if we really needed the
Register-Guard. Decided to try to live without it for a few days.
; "A knock on the door one evening. Opened door. 'Paper
boy!' I exclaimed.
' "Was in the act of snatching a paper from him, but halted
my hand in midair.
. " 'Saw you were new in the neighborhood, he said. 'Was
wonderin' if you'd like to subscribe to the Register-Guard?' "
Well, our sympathies, Mrs. Allison. 'Bout the only thing we
can say is that these days our circulation department's doing
better.
; But if you doji't get a paper by 7 p.m., write again. . .
From Park to Street Use
Change in DeedforParkStudied
. MAN NAMED Jerry More, who lives at 1018 Hilyard St., Is
little irate these days.
According to More, his car was parked at Sixth and Oak the
other night, while he attended a movie. Came out to find car'
had been clipped by passing vehicle.
More found a note on car which read: "I'm writing this note
to make people believe that I'm leaving my address, but you
look like the type who can pay for it anyway."
There was no address.
' DON'T KNOW if you've noticed it or not, but the WCTU
sign is missing from the position it used to occupy at the point
where Railroad Boulevard become River Road.
Since 1952 the sign has warned passing motorists: "One
drink is one too many." and "A drink may cost a life." But
it disappeared a couple of months ago.
Called Mrs. Charles Cornell, president of the county chapter
of the temperance group. She was unaware sign was gone,
but said it would be replaced.
Mrs. Cornell had no theories about what happened to the
sign, but she did say darkly, "It's getting so these days they
don't want that sort of thing around."
Steps to make it possible for
the city of Eugene to use a strip
of Amazon Park land for the
Pearl Street extension were
taken Friday noon by directors
of the Century Progress Fund.
The land was originally do
nated to the city by the Century
Progress Fund. Deed restric
tions limit the land's use to park
purposes.
Directors, meeting at the Lane
County Courthouse, voted to
take "the necessary legal steps"
required to make land "usable
for street purposes" along the
proposed city extension of Pearl
Street from 24th Avenue to
30th Avenue "contingent upon a
satisfactory financial settlement
for the land."
The directors further agreed
to authorize Kenneth Nielsen,
Century Progress Fund chair
man and Lane County commis
sioner, and Virgil Cameron,
treasurer, to represent the Cen
tury Fund in selecting an ap
praiser or appraisers to place a
fair market value on the land in
volved. The city will probably also
name an appraiser. Negotiations
will be on the basis of these ap
praisals. City Manager Hugh McKinley,
who outlined the city's need for
the strip of land along the west
side of the park, said the city
council has indicated a willing
ness to reimburse the Century
Progress Fund for land taken
from the park for street use.
The money would then be
used by the Century Progress
Fund to acquire other park
land.
Mrs. Virgil Earl, director rep
resenting the Fortnightly Club
on the board, spoke out against
releasing any of the park land
for street uses.
The money to buy the land.
she said, came from school chil
dren's contributions and should
remain a part of the park.
Nielsen said he agreed that
the Century Progress Fund's in
terest in the park should be
protected.
"But if we receive a sum of
money to enable us to buy an
equal quantity of equally good
land I can't see that the chil
dren have been cheated," he
said.
Further, Nielsen said, Ama
zon Park was originally envi
sioned as being in the center of
Eugene and being its biggest
park.
Since then, he noted, popula
tion has expanded and the com
munity now plans the 500-acre
North Bank Park, plus exten
sive park lands along the south
bank of the Willamette River,
Amazon Park is about 75 acres
in size. About eight acres would
be required for the Pearl Street
extension right-of-way.
Dr. R. M. Overstreet, who was
on the board which formed the
Century Progress Fund in 1943,
said he has always felt the fund
was "an elastic fund ... so that
we could tie down land for the
future that could be used, trad
ed, or dickered for, so long as
the ultimate goal was obtaining
recreational property."
The Century Progress Fund
was established as a non-profit
organization to receive gifts for
community benefit. It acquired
a good part of Amazon Park and
also helped in beautifying what
became the Franklin Boulevard
gateway to Eugene. ,
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Cancer Drive Volunteers
To Solicit Homes Tuesday
Hundreds of April Cancer
Crusade volunteers will ring
doorbells in the Eugene-Springfield
area Tuesday, seeking to
raise funds to combat a disease
which claimed an estimated 275,-
000 Americans during 1962,
1 John H. Wilson, chairman of
the county-wide campaign, said
Friday the goal for the Lane
County drive is $20,000.-
He said additional volunteer
workers are needed in some
areas of the county to assure
thorough coverage. The cam-
Speech Trials
Due Monday
Area finals for the 18th an
nual Knights of Pythias public
speaking contest for high school
students will be held Monday
at 8 p.m. at the Knights of
Pythias Hall, 1230 Lawrence St.,
Eugene.
There will be seven contest
ants representing area high
schools in the competition, a
member of the lodge said.
"Rights and Responsibilities"
will be the theme for the eve
ning's speeches.
Monday night's winner will be
eligible to participate in section
al competition, and this winner
will then compete in state com
petition. National finals are
scheduled for August, and the
top winners will receive college
scholarship prizes.
paign is already underway in a
number of localities. Wilson
said anyone interested In vol
unteering a few hours of his
time is requested to call the
Lane Count)' cancer office, DI
3-6621.
Co-chairmen for the Eugene
area are Mrs. Dick Richards and
Mrs. Daniel Bond. Mrs. D. F.
Swincheart and Mrs. Frank
Smiley are heading Springfield's
campaign.
During Tuesdays Eugene-
Springfield campaign, volun
teers not only will seek contrl
butions but also will distribute
informational material. "We
can save lives just by informing
people about the seven danger
signals of cancer, Wilson said.
Cancer, a family of diseases
characterized by abnormal
growth and spread of cells, will
strike one in every four Ameri
cans, according to present rates,
the chairman said.
"Last year more school chil
dren died of cancer than from
any other disease. This year
about 280,000 Americans will
die of the disease, if present
rates are not checked.
He said today half of those
who get cancer could and
should be saved. "About 88.000
cancer patients will probably
die this year who might have
been saved by earlier treat
ment." Wilson said the American
Cancer Society Is now conduct
ing "the greatest research at
tack" ever conducted against a
single disease.
Common Language
Called Still Remote
LAGOS, Nigeria W) A
UNESCO group is studying pros
pects for an all-Africa language
but Prof. Elome Diop, president
oi the bociety for African Cul
ture, sees little change for a
common tongue soon. High
among the many languages and
dialects spoken on the continent
are English, French, Arabic, the
Bantu tongues, and the trader
coined Arabic Bantu called
Swahili.
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