10A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL May 11, 2016
O FFBEAT
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
SLMH presents
‘Creating Healthy
Relationships’
Helen Reilly, a therapist special-
izing in early childhood behav-
ioral health, will present “Creating
Healthy Relationships From the
Very Beginning” on Thursday, May
12, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at First
Presbyterian Church, 216 S. Third
St., in Cottage Grove.
Refreshments will be provided
and admission is free.
Reilly’s talk, which will cover
how to establish a sturdy founda-
tion for young children, is the sec-
ond in a series of Thursday evening
get-togethers taking place through
May in Cottage Grove to mark
Mental Health Awareness Month.
All events in May are being offered
as creative ways to encourage and
support mental health.
The 2016 events are organized
by South Lane Mental Health, and
sponsored by Northwest Health
Foundation and the Cottage Grove
Sentinel.
For more information or to re-
quest a sign language interpreter or
other accommodations, call South
Lane Mental Health at (541) 942-
3939 or visit www.slmh.org.
South Lane Mental Health is a
nonprofi t comprehensive mental
health services provider based in
Cottage Grove.
912 Project
Ellen Mooney, a Triangle Lake
resident who sits on the Lane Coun-
ty Weed Board, and Ted Reiss, a
Forester with Seneca Sawmill, will
speak at the next meeting of the
Cottage Grove 912 Project on Mon-
day, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Stacy’s
Covered Bridge Restaurant, 401 E
Main. Mooney and Reiss will argue
against a proposed Lane County
charter amendment to ban the aerial
spraying of herbicides. This meet-
ing is open to the public.
Theatre camp
registration
Registration for Cottage The-
atre’s 2016 summer camps began
May 4, and the Theatre will offer
two theatre camps for young actors
this summer:
SKIT Camp, for beginning per-
formers ages 5-8, will be held
June 20-24 from 9-11:30 a.m. each
morning. SKIT Camp ends with an
informal showcase for family mem-
bers. Please note that 5-year-olds
must have completed kindergarten
to enroll in this camp
Melodrama Camp, for ages 9-
14, will take place June 30-July
15. This camp culminates in three
public performances of an original
melodrama. This year’s production
is “As the Butter Churns . . . OR All
That Glitters is Not Gold,” written
especially for us by Cottage Grove
playwright Keith Kessler.
Sacred choir
The Inter-denominational Greater
Eugene Sacred Choir, accompanied
by a live professional orchestra,
will present a free concert at Cre-
swell Church of Christ located at
380 Kings Row in Creswell on Sat-
urday, May 14 at 7 p.m. A free-will
offering will help defray expenses.
B EYOND THE G ROVE
News from CG's neighbors
Drain/Yoncalla
events
CAL School District hosts tour
As it nears completion of its 10-
year master planning, the Crow-
Applegate-Lorane (CAL) School
Board is inviting the community to
attend an open house to visit and
learn about the recommendations
for improvements to Applegate El-
ementary and Crow Middle/High
School. The open houses will be
held twice – on Tuesday, May 10
at 6 p.m. at Crow Middle/High
School and Saturday, May 14 at
10 a.m. at Applegate Elementary.
Pizza will be served at both.
Superintendent Aaron Brown
and gLAs Architects will review
the Master Planning process and
its fi ndings and then tour the build-
ing to see the need and the recom-
mendations in the context of the
space. The Tuesday meeting will
tour the middle/high school and
the Saturday meeting will tour the
Thursday, May 12
6 p.m. Community 101 Banquet,
Drain Civic Center
Monday, May 16
6 p.m. City of Yoncalla Public
meeting on Shared Rev. Funds,
2640 Eagle Valley Rd., Yoncalla
7 p.m. City of Yoncalla Public
Budget Committee Meeting, 2640
Eagle Valley Rd., Yoncalla
7 p.m. North Douglas Co. Fire
and EMS Meeting, 531 S. Cedar
St., Drain
Please call 541-942-3325 for any
events in Drain, Yoncalla or Elk-
ton that you would like listed here.
Deadline preferred is at least two
weeks prior to event.
elementary school.
The district began the planning
process approximately one year
ago. The goal of the master plan-
ning effort is to identify the con-
dition and needs for facilities over
the next decade.
Facility needs have been priori-
tized, with student security, safety
and building systems effi ciency
and stability receiving the greatest
emphasis. With guidance from the
School Board and Superintendent
Aaron Brown, gLAs Architects
has merged the fi ndings of the re-
views, user needs and district pri-
orities.
Public input is invited at any
time, including during the Open
House. The School Board will hold
a public input session at the begin-
ning of its May 19 Board Meeting,
at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held
at Applegate Elementary in the
board room. Written comments
are also welcome, and can be sub-
mitted via email to Superintendent
Brown at abrown@cal.k12.or.us.
The estimated cost for the high-
est priority efforts totals approxi-
mately $3.2-$4 million which
would be funded using bonds, the
issuance of which would need to
be approved by voters. If the dis-
trict receives matching funds from
the state of Oregon, an additional
3.2 to 4 million would be available
for our second priority projects.
The School Board will consider
the referral of a bond measure to
voters later in the year.
For more information about the
Master Plan and the recommen-
dations, attend the open house or
visit www.cal.k12.or.us.
a delightful evening at the Crow
Music Benefi t Concert and Dinner
on May 17 at 6 p.m., which will
feature Eugene’s Premier Tuba
Ensemble; elementary, middle and
high-school performances and the
ukulele group. A delicious spa-
ghetti dinner is available for $5 for
adults, $3 for children under 10 or
$15 for a family of four.
Wow, it’s time to see what’s
in the time capsule! On Dec. 26,
1967, a time capsule was placed in
the ground of the then new Crow
High School by the fl agpole. It
has remained untouched for 50
years and will be unveiled on Fri-
day, June 3 at 6 p.m. in the front
yard of the high school. All those
witnessing the opening of the time
capsule will enjoy hot dogs off the
grill. Then a new time capsule will
go into the cylinder and placed in
the ground for another 50 years.
Lorane grangers plan on a work-
day, mowing and cleaning the Lo-
rane Cemetery on Monday, May
16 at noon. Volunteers are asked to
bring gloves, weed-eaters and other
hand tools.
Lorane Rebekahs will have a
workday at their Odd Fellows Cem-
etery on Saturday, May 21 at 9 p.m.
Similar tools will be needed.
LORANE COUNTRY NEWS
BY LIL THOMPSON
For the Sentinel
M
any students at Crow High
School have been explor-
ing vocation and professional op-
tions with tours to RiverBend and
the many medical fi elds and visit-
ing with local fi remen and para-
medics. Congratulations to all
CHS students for working so hard
to seek your future.
All children turning fi ve years
old by Sept. 1 are eligible for the
2016-17 kindergarten school year.
Kindergarten Round-up takes place
this Thursday, May 12 at 3:15 p.m.
in Applegate Elementary. They of-
fer a full-day program, fi ve days a
week. Parents are asked to bring
their child’s birth certifi cate and
immunization records. For further
information, call 541-935-2100.
The spring performances of the
Crow Drama Club are beginning.
The fi rst showing is “Nightmare
High School” this Thursday, May
12 at 7 p.m. Then on Wednesday,
May 18, come enjoy “ I Wish...A
Fairy’s Fairy Tale” at 7 p.m.
Both performances are $5 for
adults or $3 for anyone under
18, but a $2 discount applies to
those who bring a non-perish-
able food item when purchasing
a ticket. Adding to these events is
Playground Safety
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drugs or blasting their most sensitive parts with
electrical current read Lee’s advertisement with con-
siderable interest. And better yet, the price was right;
so many of them took the time to write a letter to Lee
requesting more information.
In response, he would send them a form letter. In
this letter, Lee described the benefi ts of his remedy in
much blunter language:
“Safe and sane and scientifi c, it is what every young,
middle-aged or old man should know, as our system
will enlarge, lengthen and strengthen the organs, mak-
ing the weak strong and the strong stronger, and bring
back the fi rmness of youth unlike any other method.”
The letter then announced that the price of the treat-
ment was $2, but the patient need only send half the
money up front. Upon receipt of the fi rst dollar, Lee
would mail the “copyrighted new method” to the pa-
tient with a bill for the remaining dollar, to be paid
only if the patient was 100 percent satisfi ed.
In point of fact, Lee never expected to see that sec-
ond dollar from his patients. When they took his bait,
here’s what they received in the mail from him:
“To build up, to strengthen and increase the blood
and nerve supply to the testicles, they should be
stretched by placing one hand on each side of the scro-
tum above the testicles, and stretch them (the testicles)
away from the body, moving the hands from side to
side in a swaying motion while pulling. The above
treatment frees the circulation in the many feet of ar-
teries, veins, etc., and causes a strong fl ow of blood
and nerve force to the parts. Stretch the penis the same
way. Also stretch the skin of the scrotum strongly with
the tips of the fi ngers. Above treatment should also be
used for variococele, but should be given quite gently
at fi rst.”
It gets worse:
“Should the impotency have been caused by prostate
gland enlargement,” Lee’s letter continues, “anoint the
fi rst (index) fi nger in Vaseline or mild oil and, insert-
ing the fi nger in the rectum, manipulate well the pros-
tate gland, which lies right in front of the rectum and
behind the lower portion of the bladder.”
Lee might as well have saved himself some ink and
simply written, “Thanks for the dough, sucker. Better
luck next time.” And, in fact, he probably could have
done exactly that, in perfect safety. No man who sent
away for a patent cure for impotence would ever dare
to say a word about it.
But Lee’s downfall seems to have come from a dif-
ferent product: a compound he called “Vivian,” which
he was selling as a birth-control product. Birth con-
trol of any kind was, in 1919, against the law; but it
was widely practiced, and there wasn’t nearly as much
social stigma associated with it as there was with im-
potence. Women who were swindled with a sugar-pill
birth control formula could not be depended upon to
keep their mouths shut about it.
And so it was that Edward F. Lee found himself, on
Aug. 4, 1919, facing a federal judge after having been
found guilty of misuse of the mails.
Lee’s attorney, of course, tried his best to get his cli-
ent a decent deal – but the prosecution had an ace up
its sleeve: The prosecutor had found out about Lee’s
conviction for mail fraud up in Spokane County.
Now knowing he was dealing with a repeat offender,
Judge Wolverton threw the book at him, sending Lee
to serve an 18-month sentence in federal prison.
What became of him after his release I have been
unable to learn.
(Sources: Cramp, Arthur J. Nostrums and Quackery.
Chicago: Press of American Medical Assoc., 1921;
Portland Morning Oregonian, 5/09/1915, 7/15/1917,
3/02/1919, 7/29/1919 and 8/05/1919)
Finn J.D. John teaches at Oregon State University
and writes about odd tidbits of Oregon history. For
details, see http://fi nnjohn.com. To contact him or sug-
gest a topic: fi nn2@offbeatoregon.com or
541-357-2222.
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