The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963, December 10, 1949, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextOregon (storlctl Society Publu Auditorium PORTLAtIO 1, OREGON BEND BULLETIN State Forecast Oregon Partly cloudy with snow showers tonight. Sun ' day. partly cloudy to clear. Colder tonight. High both days 28 to 38. Low tonight IS to 25. LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 34th Year BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1949 No. 5 Aystraliaim Labour Party Defeated! at Polls THE Specialists A panel discussion on "Human Development ond Adjustment," with spcclollsts In several fields answering qut'HlldnH. highlighted the final geni'rol session of the two-day conference of llio Ore son Slate Association for lleallh, Physical Education and Recreation, this morning in the auditor ium of Thompson school. Five of the speakers Inking part ore pictured ubove. U-ft to right they are: Jack Hiyelman, associate professor of physicul ('duration. Oregon State college, who acted as madenilor; Lester A. Klrkendall, associate professor of family life education, Oregon State college; i'.va M. Seen, head of the women's physical education department, Oregon State college; Milton iorilon, assistant professor of education and director of the testing and counseling bureau, Ore gon State collcife; Howard V. Meredith, professor of physical growth, University of Oregon. Also takliiK part in the panel, but not pictured, were: Mrs. Frank li. Queen, chairman of the family und child welfare division of the council of social agencies. I'ortlund; K. It. Huestls, professor of zool ogy und genetics, University of Oregon, und Richard C. Robinson, M.D., president of the Central Oregon Medical society. Square Dancers From O.S.C. Give Program Tonight Oregon State college Promcnod ers, n square dance group - of eight couples directed by Miss Ki ma Weir, arrived hero from C'orvallls over the storm -swept Suntlam pass lute yesterday, und tonight will be presented In a folk ilance clinic, first of its kind ever held In Hend. The clinic will lie In the high school gymnasium, starting at 7:30 p.m. 'Hie entire balcony will be open for specta tors Interested In watching the exhibition and clinic. A small charge . will be made, to bear part of the cost of brlngliiR the group to Hend. Wayne Hamilton, Rend recrea tion director, and Claude Cook, physical education-director In the Hend school system and Instruc tor of local square-dance groups, ure In charge of arrangchicnts. Mixer at Klkhorn The collegians made their first appearance here last night, nt the state physical education confer ence mixer at Klkhorn. The dance followed a dinner. Assisting In calling the square dances were Miss Weir, Cook, Bill Uowerman and several of the Pi-omennders. The stntely dances were presented In the spacious hall of the former Comp Abbott officers' club, be fore blazing fireplaces. The first 45 minutes of to night's program will feature an exhibition by the Promenaders, which includes in membership one Bend boy, Jim Mosmer. Round dance roujlne ulso will be presented. After the exhibitions. local square dancers will Join the group. 18 In Group Eighteen girls and bovs are in the group here from OSC for the flok dance clinic. Girls ore Mori lyn McBoln, Leona Tlbbetts, Phyl lis Flelschman, Shirley Howard, Carol Werth, Betty Johnston, Marilyn Moser, Jean Lamb and Jean Ryder. Boys In the group ore Dick Blgelow, Bill Pohll, Jim Wompler, Tavlo Levensplel, Bob Scott, Don Watson, Jim Mosmer, Bill Dentel and Wilson Foote. Mrs. Virginia Larson Is accom panist for the grouo. Hosts and hostesses for the square dance group during their stay In Bend are Dr. and Mrs. J. S, Grohlmon, Dr. ond Mrs. Bradford N. Pease, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Cody, Mr, and Mrs. Ken (Continued on Pago 5) 12 shopP'nSavs tf" Buy Christmas SeALS Have Part in Bend Cloverdale Plans Storage Dam;UseSquawCreekWater Cloverdale. Dec. 10 (Special) Plans for the storage of run off water from Squaw creek, by the Squuw creek Irrigation district, are about completed. The water will be stored in a natural basin, located north and west of the Cloverdale school on land owned by-Vern Skclton, W; Shaver and Prldy Holmes. A feeder canal will be constructed from the Clover dale ditch to the basin. In the event the reservoir holds water, turbine pumps will he Installed to pump water from the reser voir Into a canal that will return the water through the Wlllard Cyrus ranch to the main canal. The bailn has been surveyed by Al Mansfield and found to hold on estimated 9,000 acre feel with a depth of 35 feet. More water could be stored by building up the sides. Jim Wings, county agent, Art King of soil conserva tion service and Ferd Schlopkohl, state engineer of Salem, and the members of the district water hoara. have gone over the pro posed site and have found the bottom of the basin to consist of light clay with the known depth of 65 feet. The over-burden on the sides of the basin were found to be of lighter soil, containing a great deal of scab rock. Schlupkohl pointed out that there may be a fault In the bas in that could cause a leak such as develoH'd at Wickiup reser voir. It was recommended to members of the district water board, that they begin filling the basin as soon as possible to see If It will hold water. During the past season the district delivered over 18,000 acre New Test Well" Will Get Casing Drilling of a test well several miles west of Bend was halted the latter part of this week when the drill entered sand and gravel at a depth of 170 feet. The sand coved badly, blocking drilling op erations, and casing hod to be ordered. This arrived yesterday and the sand was to be blocked off this week end, The drill struck the coarse sand after penetrating n thick bed of tuft. The sand formation Is be lieved to hold water, but this can not definitely he determined until cosing work Is completed. This. Is the second' test hole drilled In on attempt to locate on auxiliary supply of water, for summer use in Bend. The first hole was drilled at the northern base of Overturf butte, In a ra vine. That hole was abandoned when caving sand was encoun tered 384 feet. Present coarse sand, Interming led with gravel, In the now hole has led to the belief that the drill moy have reached a burled chon nel of on older formation. Geolo gists say thot tho eastern foot hills of the Cascades hove been greatly altered by pumice falls, lava flows anil glaciers, some of which piled heavy moraines In the lower country. Conference feet to C.0O0 acres of farm land now In the district. The water was delivered on a rotation bas is, with most farmers using from a 4 to 7 foot head. The water will be stored for supple mentary use during the latter part of the season for those furmtj and others having lutor water rights. Officers Elected By Bend Masons Masons of Bend will be headed In the coming year by Lyle Smith, who was named worthy master of the local lodge at the annual election meeting on Thursday night. He will take over the duties of Norman Gil bert, master for the past year. Highlight of the meeting was the appearance before the group of Dr. U. C. Coe, a pioneer resi dent ot Bend, who took part In the institution of the Bend lodge of Masons 40 years ago. Dr. Coe, now a resident of Portland, touch ed on pioneer exior1onco in cen tral Oregon. Approximately 100 attended the meeting. A tran scription of the 40th anniversary meeting of the lodge last June 17 was played, nnd various post masters were called on for talks. In addition to Smith, other lodge officers named follow: Les Chapman, senior warden; W. E. Sherl, junior warden; K. E. Sawyer, treasurer, and Warren Sing, secretary. Officers Appoint ed by the new master are Rich ard R. Gates, senior deacon; Wil liam Crooks Jr., Junior deacon; Frank Wonser, senior steward; Emerson Estes. Junior steward; Ed Risen, chaplain; N. E. Gilbert, marshal; Frank Bockman, tiler. Seal Sale Fund Reaches $2,' Slightly more than $2,000 has been received thus far In Des chutes county's traditional Christ mas seal sale for funds to fight tuberculosis, Mrs. Ralph Freder Icksen, executive secretary of the Deschutes County Tuberculosis and Health association, reported today. Persons who have not mailed their contributions were urged to do so without delay. For the con venience of shoppers, a box for seal sale donations has been ploced In the office of Deschutes Federal Savings and Loan asso ciation. ' Testerday the fund had reached $2,043, Mrs. Frederlcksen said. Of this amount, $1,208.35 was con trlouted by Bend residents. From Redmond came $331' and from Sisters, $59. The balance was di vided among the three rural routes, representing outlying communities In the county. Health Group Ends Sessions Held in Bend Highlight of the concluding session of Hit Oregon Stale Asko elation for Health, Physical Edu cation and Recreation in Bend today was u punel dixcusKlon, held In the auditorium of the Thomp son school, with Jack Bcgelman of Oregon State college as mod erator. The two-day conference, declared the most succesful In the history of the state association, ended at noon. l ust night, representatives from all parts of the state joined in a banquet at Elkhorn, Elks' country lodge, 14 miles south of Bend. Just short of 150 persons, well alKivc expectations, attended the Informal dinner, then joined In o western mixer in the big hall of the lodge that served as headquar ters for Cnmp Abbot officers In world war H days. This was the first year that a banquet and a mixer ever were held In connec tion with a meeting of the state group, and participants have sug gested It be made an annual af fair. Extre Tables Needed So great was attendance at the dinner that extra table.) had to be set up. It was a banquet with out speeches, but at the conclu sion Miss Percy Gill of Oregon State college led the group In singing. Western songs Inter mingled wllth Christmas carols. The western mixer after the ban-J qu3t was featured by the appear oncc of the Oregon State college Promenaders, directed bv Miss Erma Weir, with Mrs. Virginia Larson as accompanist. The concluding panel today largely dealt with human develop ment and adjustment, theme of Uic convention. The elcht .persons taking part In the panel were seated on the stage of the audK torlum, with Begelman. associate professor of physical education at O.S.C, In charge. Taking a lead ing part In the discussions was Dr. Lester A. Kirkendahl. asso cite profe3or of family life edu cation at the state college. -lie port Presented Sex education come in for ma jor consideration in the panel dis cussions. Following the panel, Vernon Gilmore, president of the advisory council of the Joint staff committee of tho Oregon state board of health, the Oregon state department of education and the Oregon system of higher educa tion, presented a rQport. Directors of the state associa tion will name officers for the new year and designate their 1950 convention city at their spring conference. Bill Bowerman, of the University of Oregon, is pres ident of the association. Clnud- Cook, physical education director in the Bend school system, was in general charge of convention ar rangements. (Continued on Page 5) Drive on Forest Pests Advocated Portlond, Dec, 10 um Five nun dred delegotes to the Western Forestry ond Conservation associ ation convention approved a reso lution here Friday calling for stern action against the forest pest problem. The foresters and timbcrmen called for "Immediate moves to get early federal deficiency ap propriations through congress so thot the necei.arv control meas ures can be started early next spring. The resolution followed a re port that tho nation lost 022,- 000,000 cubic feet of wood annu ally during the 1934 to 1943 de cade. The danger of the spruce budworm was noted In Oregon and plans were told of a cam paign next year to treat 1,000,000 acres In eastern Oregon for the pest. Trustees were elected during the day's session, The northwest members are: Oregon, E. B. Tanner and Ed mund Hayes, both of Portland; Washington, P. D. Edgcll, Seattle, E. R, Aston, Omad, Roy F. Morse, Longvlew, Dorydon Wogner, To coma; Idaho, John L. Aram, Boi se, C. F. Jowctt, Potlach, E. 'C. RettlgLewlston. The association's other resolu tions Included one opposed to a Columbia valley administration In favor of a resource develop ment through "existing agen cies" ; honored the memory of the late Oregon State forester, Nelson Rogers, and ordered a region-wide continuing committee on slash disposal. Remember Big Snow? It Was 30 Years Ago Today Thirty years ago this morning, old timers recall, Bend was' under a blanket of 47 inches of snow and that depth still remains as the greatest ever recorded In the history of the local weather sta tion. The heavy snow was follow ed by a cold wave that slumped the temperature to 25 below zero, and a minimum temperature that stands as the second lowest mark on local weather records. The great storm of 30 years ago started on a Tuesday and by Wednesday morning, Dec. 8, 1919, lust sliort of four feet of snow blanketed the earth. Ail traffic was stopped, mills halted produc tion and 2,000 men were without work. Rail traffic up the Des- chuter gorge was far off sched ule. In oowntown Bend all. streets were choked by snow and traffic war. halted. I-ire hydrants were hidden by snow and the fire truck was snowbound. Old timers still refer to the winter of 1919-20 as the winter of the "great snow," as a result of the unprecedented December storm. The snow held more than two inches of water. Mountain Roads Snow Blanketed; Still Passable Mountain highways were snow blanketed and dangerously slick this morning, following a storm that added to the depth of the pack In the Cascades and whiten- J the Deschutes plateau " with flurries. All mountain routes re mained opened today, but sev eral of them were temporarily blocked by skidding trucks and cars last night. Motorists crossing the Cascades over the week end were advised to carry chains. In Bend last night, the storm cleared In the early morning hours, followed by a rapid plunge of temperature. At daylight this morning, the mercury reading was 8 above zero. This was the coldest mark of the season. Forecasts from Portland Indi cate that even colder weather Is in prospect for tonight, with a minimum of 5 above expected. Northwest Gets Cold Weather Portland, Dec. 9 UP) The wea ther bureau warned today that the week end will be cold In the Pacific Northwest. Temperatures were expected to plummet far below freezing in high areas of Oregon and Wash ington, with snow forecast in the mountains and rain along the coast. The weather bureau predicted a minimum low temperature of five degrees in the Bend-Redmond area tonight. It was eight degrees shortly before dawn In Bend to day. Other low temperatures pre dicted for Oregon tonight were Ontario,' 15, The Dalles 22, and Klamath Falls 14. The minimum temperature fore cast for Portland was from 26 to 28 degrees Sunday morning and from 22 to 28 degrees In western Oregon generally. Ice was reported early today at higher points in the Portland area. Traffic was hampered by ice. and fog on the Mount Hood highway east of Sandy. NAMED DRIVE CHAIRMAN H. M. Aspinwall has been nam ed Red Cross fund drive chair man for 1950, R. E. Nicholas, chairman of the Deschutes coun ty Red Cross chapter,' announced today. The drive Is scheduled for next March. Aspinwall. attended a stole meeting this week In' Salem, at which Bob Shay, department man ager from Red Cross area head quarters in San Francisco, dis cussed chapter budgets. FIRE DAMAGES TRAILER Prineville, Dec. 10 Fire caus ed substantial damoge to the trailer home of Mrs. Anna Brown, parked on a lot owned by Roy tjoyner on fcast second street Ted Adamson, chief of the Prlne vllle volunteer fire department, which responded to an alarm, said the fire had been caused by an overheated oil stove. Illumination of Trees on Mirror Pond Due To Start in Bend Next Week Illumination of Christmas bank of the Deschutes river coming week, Jaycees, in charge of the project, announced today. It had been planned to day, but required sockets failed to arrive. Work will be started just as soon as the sockets are available. In preparation for the illumination of the riverside area. trees were erected this past Redmond Votes Hospital District, Names Directors Redmond, Dec. 10 Formation of a hospital district, as provided by state law, wa3 approved here yesterday by a vote of 526 to 272, with residents of six precincts, in and adjacent to Redmond, cast ing ballots at a central place, Townsend hall. Also elected were five directors out of a field of nine candidates. Members of the board of directors elected and the votes they re ceived were Lester Houk, 424; Boyd Simmons, 401; Chester Lackey, 381; Gayle Bartel, 350, and J. W. Schrunk, 327. The statute under which the election was held was passed by the legislature this year. The law enables communities to form hos pital districts, which in operation are very similar to Irrigation, water or fire districts. Financing Next Yesterday's election was only for the purpose of forming a dis trict With the district now ap proved and directors named, a second election will be called to provide,' for the financing ot the proposed hospital. The directors will call this election and set the date. A donation campaign was started in Redmond this past sum mer, but the sponsoring organiza tion later switched to the district plan, when it was discovered that many large corporations and util ities were unable to donate large sums, but reportedly were willing to pay their share in taxes over a period of years. The newly-approved Central Oregon Hospital district boundar ies include the city of Redmond and the two adjacent rural pre cincts, is ana is. Bend Stores Stay Open Evenings To Aid Customers In keeDln? with a snhprinlp nn. proved by the merchants com mittee ot inp rnnmrwr nr mm. merce early in the week, Bend Stores lnQt ntaht romDlniut nnnn until 9 o'clock, with similar hours arrangea lor tonight. Next week, a similar Friday and Saturday nlerht schedule will hp nhcamraH for the convenience of shoppers unaDie io get aowntown or to Visit Ronrt In tho ibvHnu On Christmas wpplr ctne u,Ul remain open until 9 o'clock each mgnt. up until Christmas eve. On Saturday, December 24, stores will close at the usual time. 5:30 p.m. Walter CCundell Dies in Portland Walter C. Cundell, 75, a Bend resident for many years, died last night in Portland, after sufferins a heart attack. Arrangements for the funeral have not been com pleted. The Pearson funeral home, 301 NE Knott, Portland, will be in charge. Mr. Cundell was the father of Ernest and Harry Cundell and Mrs. Harold Hagen, Bend. Mrs. Walter Garlick. 59 Shasta. Is a lster. He was a native of Eng land, ana came to Bend In 1922 from Idaho, after moving from Canada. He was owner of the Portland hotel in Bend, now the Oasis. He moved from Bend about 11 years ago for health reasons, living In Oregon City be- iore moving to Portland. Surviving are three sons and four daughters. In addition to those in Bend are Mary Harry Coffman, Eugene; Mrs. Paul Todd, Garbervllle, Calif.; Bob Cundell. Kelso. Wash., and Mrs. John Lund, Portland. There are eight grandchildren. Mrs. Cun dell is his only sUter In America. Four brothers and a sister, in England, also survive. Mr. Cundell was an ex-soldier, having served In India with the British lorces. f Christmas trees erected alonir the west will take place sometime in the place lights on the trees Sun week end. The entire western side of the Mirror pond will be illuminated from the point, on the lower river, upstream to Pageant parkv Popular Feature The Mirror pond illumination project was sponsored by the Jaycees several times in recent years, and the lights, reflected from the Mirror pond, attracted wide attention. In aowntown Bend Bend fire men early this week erected lighti: at two street intersections. Because- of the poor condition of wiring used in past years, a more extensive illumination of the city could not be undertaken this year. Also In plsce in downtown Bend are Santas, on lamp posts, and metal wreaths. In the coming week, there will be a general illumination of homes around Bend, In prepara tion for the Yule season. Power Situation Now Improved PorttnnH rior- in IIP) Tka Bonneville power administration reponea xoaay tnat power con ditions in the Pacific northwest continued to Improve rim-inn tho week ending Friday. anarp gains appeared in the flow Of tho Cnllimhlsi rival- at dams, the' BPA said, with aver age now at Bonneville rising to 130.000 second feet, as compared to 117,000 second feet last week. Grand Coulee inflow roarhAH 56.300 second feet compared to 53,100 last week. BPA said a new all-time 60- minute hiph in cronpratinn noalr was set during the week by the western pool utilities with 3, 266,000 kilowatts from 5 to 6 p.m. vtxemoer i. twin aams reached a new oeak of 2 nfi5 nnn, biinuatto from 5 to 6 p.m. December 8. As a result of improved power conditions, BPA was able to re store 60,000 to 70,000 kilowatts of interruptable power to alumi num companies during the week. The BPA Raid water rnnHitinne seemed favorable for the com ing week with scattered showers West Of the Casrartps nnH enmo snow above the 1500-foot mark east of the Cascade mountains. ALARM ANSWERED The fire deDartment house crew this morning answered a still alarm from the A. H. Marvin home, 974 Roosevelt, where oil, spilled on the floor, had Ignited. UCCUDantS Of thp hniKP pvtinor. uished the blaze. No damaep re. suitea. ARfilTMEXTATIVF. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 10 IP Mrs. jesse juriver said "Phut ' When thi IllrioP finot hat- hiTchon1 Sin nn n tl-nffin -hnfTo vaetprHqo juage Andrew uoyie said $10 more, for contempt. Mrs. Driver said shu hnH $10,000. The judge said S10 more. Mrs. Driver said nothing. ' "All fines suspended " snlrl the judge. Apprenticeship Acts on Vocational Training One completion certificate and i 17 firm and trainee agreements were approved this week by the combination vocational training memorandum and local appren ticeship committee, it was an nounced today. The completion certificate was awarded to Kay D. Thompson, an electric appliance salesman. Among the agreements approv ed were those for Clifford Park er, employed by the Ward Motor company as a bodv and fender re pairman, and Robert E. Dudrcy and Richard C. Ertle. both em ployed by the U. S. National bank in Bend under the veterans' on-the-job training program. Students Approved The following high school stu dents were approved for the trade and Industrial co-op class: Ron ald W. Scott, furniture finisher at the Oregon Trail Furniture company; George Span), employ ed at the Dairy Queen store; Da vid Fuller, salesman at the Plggly Wiggly store; Janls Jappert, va Final Returns Show Victory By Opposition By George McCaddrn (Unilt-il Prew SUft CorrMpontlent) Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Dec. 11 Australia followed New Zea land In a swing to the right to day and threw out the labor government that has ruled the country for eight years. Final returns from yesterday's general election showed the com bined opposition liberal and coun-. try parties had captured a clear . majority of the 123 seats in the house of representatives and thus will have the right to form a new government. The liberal-county coalition has promised that it will halt the la bor (Socialist) government's na tionalization program, protect free enterprise, abolish state con trols, and outlaw the communist party. Labor's defeat in Australia leaves Britain, the mother coun try, the only major common wealth country still with a So cialist government. (In London, Winston Church Ill's conservatives already were pointing to the Australian vic tory as evidence of a common wealth trend to the right that they hope will sweep them to victory in a general election early next year.) On the basis of votes tabulated at 2 a. m. (11 a. m. EST), the liberal-country coalition claimed a maximum of 68 seats in the 123-scat house. It said it was cer tain of at least 65. Majority of Nine Two of the 123 seats, those from Darwin and Canberra, have only limited voting power. This would give the opposition a ma jority of Tiine on. their lowest ; estimate and 15' on their maxl-' mum claim.- - :,-.?: Prime Minister Joseph E. Chlfley, prime minister of the labor government, still had not conceded the election early today, but In a statement around mid night he had thanked voters for their support. The new prime minister will be liberal leader Robert G. Men zles, who headed a coalition gov ernment from 1939 to 1941. "It looks like a great victory," Menzies said early today. "I ad here to my view that the elec tion was one of the great decisive political battles. "If the present indications are confirmed, my colleagues and I will take up our great task with a deeD sense of responsibility and a feeling of thankfulness for the delivery of Australia (from So cialism)." Called Reprieve Deputy liberal leader E. J. Harrison said the election had "reDrieved" Australia. "Our personal liberties will be freed from the Iron hand of state and bureaucracy," he said. The coalition's jubilation was dampened only by indications that labor will retain control of the senate, or upper house of parliament. ' Proportional r e p r e s e ntation voting delayed counting of the senate vote, but it appeared that the labor party would get 33 of the 60 seats In the new senate. Labor controlled 33 of the 36 seats in the old senate. Only one third of those were at stake yes terday, plus 27 .new seats. House Also Eenlarged However, party strength In the senate does not affect the com position of the government. That (Continued on Page 5) Committee riety salesperson employed by J. j. iNewoerry; i-aurey Knowiand, auto parts salesman employed by Bend Garage Co.; Clarence Nel man. motion picture projectionist employed by Charles Clark; Rich-' ard Darst. salesman employed bv P & W Cash market; Wynfred Bergstralh, erocery salesperson employed by The Dairy store; Leo Hopper, automobile salesman em ployed bv Anderson Nash com pany; Clifford Gray, service sta tion attendant employed by Grav's 97 Union station; Dan Bullis, dairy plant operator em ployed by the Bend Dairy; Mery Un Walker, cabinet maker, em ployed by Gibson Cabinet shop, and Glenn Bateman. radio repair man employed by Rles Radio and Record shop. Committee members who ex amined and approved the agree ments Include: Stanley Scott, George Chllds. Charles Lamer ding, Farley Elliott, George Mc Lachlan, Rov Lively, Roscoe Bert and J, W. Bilyeu.