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SPRINGFIELD NEWS
TW ENTY-SIXTH YEAR
A
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NEW SPAPER
IN A L IV E T O W N
SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGÒN. THURSDAY. SEPT. 26, 1929
ENROLLMENT AT H. S.
REMAINS LOWER; SMALL
FROSH CLASS ENTERS
Elect Convention Delegates,
Start
Membership
Drives,
Lay Plans for Community
Chest, Select Committees;
Start Work for Year.
“ The People’s Paper"
No. 37
Daredevil at 69
A n n o u n c e R a lly
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Sunday P rogram
The enrollm ent a t the high school
has reached the two hundred mark
and it is expected th a t a few more
will en ter later, but according to W
E. Buell, principal a t the high
school, the attendance for this year
will not equal that ot last year. A
small freshm an class is given as the
m ajor reason for the decrease. Mr.
Buell explained th at the decrease is
not startlin g in any sense, as it fre­
quently happens th at a class will be
unusually larger or sm aller than the
average.
small boy injured
,N AUTO ACCIDENT
TUESDAY EVENING
WILL 8E OCTOBER 6
Committees Have Final Meet­
Rodney Chase, four year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Chase,!
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ing Last Night; Expect
living on route 1, received a broken ~
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Large Crowd.
left leg and several bad scratches [ Governor Invited to Make Ad­
on
his left side as the result of an
dress, Free Venison Barbecue
E verything is in readiness for the
opening of the big annual Rally at accident which occurred late Tues­
Planned, Exhibition and Pas­
the Methodist church Sunday morn- day afternoon, between A and B
senger Flights, Music and
Jlng, according to H. L. G illette, the streets on Fifth. #
Speeches
Assured.
According to the accident report
The fall work and activities of the
i superintendent of the church school.
Springfield Parent-Teachers associa­
| A final m eeting of the com m ittees filed at the city recorder's office, Mr.
October the sixth has been de-
tion was given a good send-off last
j which have been working on the Chase had stopped his ca r and the finitely set as the date for tb«
Friday afternoon, when the new
I plans for some time was held last sm all boy climbed out and started
officers, headed by Mrs. R. P. Mor­
Mrs. Susan I). Grove, of Hagers­ night and the com plete program across the street. His fath er tried dedication of the new Springfield
municipal airport, located ea st o t
town, Md., 69 year old mother of five
tensen, assumed their posts a t the
Increases which continue to mount
announced.
to overtake him, but was too late as the city on the McKenzie highway,
children, plans to take a trip over
first meeting of the parents and at the oth er school buildings in the
Niagara Falls in a rubber ball this
The regular Sunday school will he ran out into the path of an auto­ 1 Ians for a mammoth celebration,
teachers of the local school system city more than offset the decrease
year. She says she’s not in the least
convene
at the usual hour of 9:45 mobile driven by R. L. Adams, P o rt­ which is expected to bring 2000
bit afraid.
m et at the Lincoln school building at the high school, so the total num
and will consist of a short opening land. Mr. Adams, who is a salesm an people to the local airfield are be­
for the first sesston of the new school I ber of students in Springfield Is in­
I
exercise,
after which tthe classes for a Portland wire rope company. ing form ulated by the com m ittee lu
year outlined the plans for the fall ! creasing rath e r than decreasing The C. OF C. TO TALK BRIDGE
AT MEETING TOMORROW i S e T V ’a o n X . f T o u T pe“ T o f was returning from a business trip charge of the airp o rt work.
work of the group
enrollm ent at Lincoln is now 241; of
to W endling and did not see the boy
Governor Isaac L. P atterson ha«
The new officers of the P. T. A. this num ber 118 are in th e junior
ru
n in front of his machine until It
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I instruction. Thev will then
been extended an invitation to be
are Mrs. R. P. M ortensen, - president;
high
school - and — 123 l in
the
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l lower
U W fl
was too late to stop.
present and make an address. H e
Mrs. Lum Anderson, vice-president; grades. Eight new pupils enrolled
The boy was taken to a local
for the month of Septem ber will be wilI b
f
in th "
16 prOgram doctor's office for treatm en t before has inuicated his willingness to be
Mrs. L. K. Page, secretary; and Mrs. there during the past week
present for the dedication, but no
John Putm an, treasurer.
being taken to his home, w here he
The B rattain school has increased held i„ the cham ber rooms to-
reply has been received to the in­
morrow
evening,
according
to
F.
B.
!
_
Nam e Delegates
will be confined for some tim e while
its enrollm ent by 22, and now has 224
vitation
recently extended.
An­
Hamlin, president.
,! Everyone is invited to attend tthe recovering from his injuries.
Official delegates to the state con- enrolled in classes there,
The
T here has been no special pro- i Sunday sch° o1 session or the Rally
nouncem ent of tth e speakers will be
vention of the P. T. A., which is to classes are all filled and some of
made in detail in next w eek's issue
convene a t G rants Pass beginning them are too full. Some shifting of gram planned for this meeting, but i p l° s,lto> ° r both, as may be con­ HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
of the News.
on the third Friday in October, were , teachers a»d pupils may be neces it is expected th at the principal I venient> says Mr- Gillette.
Invitations have also been extend­
SCHEDULE ALMOST FULL
elected a t the meeting. The dele- sary. This will be decided at the Items of business to come up will be { The Pr °Sra m as outlined last night
PTftPQ Qro
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ed to all members of the Lions club»
gates
are Mrs. A«.,
Mortensen,
Mrs. m eeting of the school board next a consideration of the dedication of is a * follows:
Seventeen
prospective
gridsters anu Cham bers of Commerce in the
George Prochnow, Mrs. Dave F isher Tuesday evening.
the new Springfield-Eugene bridge, 1— Song—Sunday school.
are answ ering the call of Bill Baker W illam ette valley to be present.
and Mrs. John Putman.
and the dedication of the airport.
2— Prayer.
coach, for football practice each The big celebration will be open to
A Freshm an reception for all the
No action has been taken, as yet, 8—Songs—Audience.
The date for the next meeting of upper class students has been plan­
evening from 3:30 until 6:00. The the public and there will be no
the local association was changed ned for Friday night, October 4. on either the m anner or the time 4—Cradle roll promotional exercises practice so far has been mostly in­ charges.
The
conducted by Mrs. Robert Drury.
from the regular date, which is the Stunts, gam es and entertainm ent of of the bridge dedication.
dividual and in small groups, but the
Local sportsm en a r« planning a
third Friday of the month, to the various kinds will be provided by cham ber of commerce bridge com­ 5 Song by the Prim ary departm ent. coach prom ises th a t the strenuous
berbecue dinner of venison it th e
mittee,
consisting
of
E.
E.
M
orrison,,
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6—Recitation—Flora Bertsch.
fourth Friday, to perm it the dele­ the first year students for th eir
practice of plays and form ations will hunting ban is lifted in tim e and If
'Chairman, H. E. Maxey, Welby j 7—Recitation—Leola Bertsch
gates to attend the convention and guests.
get underw ay early next week.
they are successful in bringing In
Stevens,
A1
Perkins,
and
George
J.
;
8—Song
by
Prim
ary
boys.
also attend the local meetings.
Eleven new pairs of football pants any deer. This will be free to the
A m eeting of the faculty advisors Bushman, will be called
for
i
9—
Recitatioon—Harold
Foss
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—Harold
Foss.
To Have Community Chest
have been ordered for the local team public as will be the coffee. Visitor»
scheduled for today to make ar- suggestions and recom m endations. 10— Musical num bers—Barbara
The members present agreed to r a n e e m e n ts n n i t a c t d m e
Bar- and are expected here Monday or
.
.
.
u ,u a ia
rangem ents and set dates for the . It . is . expected
are requested to bring th eir basket
th at the recom m enda­
nell and Florence May.
form ation of a community chest or­ fall class parties
Tuesday. This is all the m aterial dinners with them and eat a t the
tions of the com m ittee will govern 11— Solo—Ruth Pollard.
ganization and selected Mrs. Archie
th at can be ordered this season with field.
the actions of me larger body.
12— R ecitation—Harold Gillette.
Davis as general chairm an of the
the finances abailable.
The com m ittee handling the a r­
SOHOOL
BOARD
MEETS
T he October m eeting will see the 13— Piano solo—Virginia Hansen.
chest. She will select a chairm an at
The date and the place of the first rangem ents for the dedication, which
nom
ination
of
new
officers
for
the
14— Short talk—H. L. G illette, super­ game has not been decided definitely
each of the schools, said chairm an
TALKS OVER PROBLEMS
will begin promptly a t 2:00 p. m.,
cham ber body. They will be elected
intendent.
to be one of th e teachers In the
yet, although a ten tativ e game has promise th a t there will be plenty of
AND SETS NEW DATE in November and installed in Dec­
15— Instrum ental music—"The S tar been scheduled with Lebanon for
school building for which she is the
music, speeches and en tertain m en t
of Hope,” by H. Kennedy, Pauline, October 4. The place has not been for all.
chairm an. These officers can then
It was decided at the last meeting ember. The other officers of the
cham
ber
are
W.
A.
Taylor,
vice-
Evelyn, and Fred Buell.
select whoever they care to as as­ of the school board on Monday night
decided. The schedule as drawn up
One of the big features of the
sistants. A plan of having three to hold an o th er m eeting on Tuesday, president; W. N. Gossler, secretary ; 16— Benediction.
now is as follows:
afternoon
will be the aviators and
separate chests with supplies at each October 1, a t which tim e several of and C. E. Kenyon, treasu rer. The
October 4, Lebanon; October 11, th eir planes. Major G. H. E ckerson,
present
directors
are
W.
C.
W
right,
of the school building, will be fol­ the over-crowded room problems now i T
T
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C*
W ILL START POURING
Junction City, th ere; October 18, who has a, flying school a t the local
E.
lowed. Local people will be asked confronting the board will be taken I Kenner
t
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B'
OF
APPROACH
TO
BRIDGE
Unlverslty hif?h «chool, here; Octo- airport,
_ . is trying
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induce „ several
K epner and J A' 9eavey'
to contribute old clothes and shoes up for settlem ent.
' her 25, H arrisburg, h ere; November of the m ost prom inent pilots of the
Bnd other wearing apparel to the
Only one more week and the 1, Brownsville, th ere; November 8, : N orthw est to bring their ships here
The board was unable to do any- NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN
cuests which in turn will be turned
bridge will be ready. T hat is the open; November 15, Junction City, on th a t date and assist him In pro-
thing positive Monday night, <te
over to the needy. No plans were
BY W. C. T. U. TUESDAY encouraging inform ation given by here; November 22, Cottage Grove, j viding adequate planes for rides and
d a re d W. G. Hughes, clerk, due to
made for any financial drive a t the
the contractors, who are rushing the here; November 28, University high stunting. The M ajor him self will
lack
of
sufficient
inform
ation
con­
Election of officers was the main
present time, although th a t may be
take the air and give the people a
cerning the probable enrollm ent and item of business before the Spring- work to final completion before the school, there.
undertaken la ter if it becomes ne­
dem onstration of stu n tin g and ex­
work a t the various buildings. The field W omen’s C hristian Tem perance first of October. There is only one
cessary.
hibition flying equal to any th in »
meeting was called for Tuesday Union at their m eeting held Tuesday hitch to the announcem ent, however, CHARLES TRYON PASSES
Drive for Members Started
which could possibly be seen a t a n y
night at the high school and the evening. Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson was and th at is the added statem en t th at
AT
HIS
HOME
SUNDAY
A m em bership drive was discussed
! of the o th
in m
the e U
nited
principals of the three local schools elected president; Mrs. Leathe Ry- it will take alm ost a month for the
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vo i«»
uiilieu
and it was agreed to have a two
concrete to set sufficiently to w ar­
Charles
Tryon,
who
has
been
liv
i
S
tate
s-
The
Major
has
recently
were asked to make investigations chard, first vice-president;
Mrs.
w eeks’ campaign beginning Monday,
and to report certain findings at th at Faye Abrams, second vice-president; ra n t the allowing of heavy traffic ing on a farm four and one-half m iles 1 comPeted ln the Cleveland air race»,
Septem ber 23 and to give three
over it.
time.
east of Springfield, passed away at j winniing fifth place in the race from
Mrs. Lizzie Rice, corresponding a sec-
prizes to the school showing the
_ The
— w. n gravel
-M < v a
a fill
aaa
LX
II
L tthe
in e
V
81
H side
id e
on
W V F est
his home early Sunday m orning at Portland to Cleveland, and doing
re
ta
ry
;
Mrs.
J.
H.
H
arris,
se
cretary
;
;
is
alm
ost
completed
and
the
forms
The
new
supplies
for
the
science
g reatest increase in num ber of new
the age of 68.
! exhibition flying while th e re for th«
f„r the concrete part of the approach
m em bers of the P. T. A. Mrs. Dave departm ent were authorized by the Mrs. H arry Gillette, treasu rer.
! builders of his Waco sport plane,
The
funeral
services
were
held
on
F isher is the chairm an of the mem- I board Monday night,
Mrs. A. E. Bachelder, who has ! are alm ost ready. It will only be a
from
the
M ethodist which is one the faste st ships now
bership drive. The campaign will be
moved to Los Angeles, was the for-1 few days now until the actual pour- W ednesday
church
a
t
Smith
river,
of
which
Mr. being m anufactured In th e U nited
m er president.
, ing of concrete is commenced
handled by the principals of the GIRLS' LEAGUE HOLDS
Tryon was a form er member. In ter­ States. He is conceded as being th e
Reports of the work accom plished; The officlals of thg
various schools. The first prize is
MEETING TUESDAY A. M. a t the county convention held In
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nignway m ent was made in the Smith River prem ier flying ace in Oregon.
$5.00, the second $3.00 and the third
Dr. W. C. Rebhan is chairm an of
Eugene last week were read, and
* a
’ qUant,ty ° ' cem etery.
is $2.00.
Myrna Bartholomew was elected
’
<*>rt will be spread over the rock
the
aviation com m ittee. He Is being
The W alker-Poole undertaking par­
The following com m ittees were ap­ secretary - treasu rer of the Girls plans for the activities of the women foundation of the fills on either side
assisted by a com m ltte com prising
lors
a
t
Springfield
had
charge
of
the
during
the
year
were
discussed
a
t
pointed for the new year;
j League of the Springfield high
of the bridge and this will be
rep resen tativ es of th e Cham ber of
iblicity and press: Mrs. H. E . ; school a t a m eeting held Tuesday the m eeting which was held at the moistened down and packed, after funeral.
_
I ommerce, the Lions club and the
home
of
Mrs.
Nelson.
Maxey and Mrs. L. K. Page.
I morning a t the high school.
7h°n
,
near SPr' ng i Am" r k a n Leglon
which a coating of macadam will be •I i r
Jeld for the past 11 years and leaves |
Finance: Mesdames George P ro c n -1
...
applied.
This
will
then
be
used
un­
„
„
,
The constitution wag read to the
now, P ra tt Holverson and W alter
LUMBER MILLS ACTIVE
til spring, when it will have had time a wide circle of friends and acquaint­ P. T. A. PLANNING
assembled group and the officers and
Laxton.
ances.
AFTER
FOREST
FIRES
to settle. The fills will be paved
their class advisor were introduced.
Program : Mrs. Marian Adams,
TEACHER RECEPTION
Surviving the deceased is his
at some indefinite time In the future.
for ,7.
a swimming
Miss Wilma Scott and Mrs. Ivan I Plans
a
K class were
were
Renewed activity in several of the The bridge, however, will be com­ widow, Mrs. Sarah Tryon, a daugh­
M ,
n , , discussed w ithout any action result-
A reception for the teachers o t
Male.
logging camps and sawmills, m ost of pleted and available for traffic by ter, Laura M. Trvon, his sons, Glen
H ospitality: Mesdames W. P. Ty-1 X “ s h ^ d “
, thdt the
tthe
schools
which have been closed down during
and Fred, all of Springfield, and two 1 7 , city
T
8Cn° O,,‘ is being
be,ng planned
plannod
son, C. O. Wilson, Cliff Abrams. Tom *
U’d 86,1 hOt d° ga a t the the recent bad fire season. Is re- the first of November.
sisters, Mrs. Laura Ferguson and ^ 7
0° O'ClOC,t
athletic gam es th is fall.
.
„ .
.
,
M rs. H ild a Irw in
hnth ,,r i
1 W ° ' W hal1' T h e P ^ K ra m w ill
Sw arts and P ra tt Holverson.
,T . o
,
| Po rted by F. L. Arm ltage, superln-
Mrs. Hilda Irwin, both of Crescent
consist
of musical and other en te r­
f
°
^ ertalned ,h e P e°-( tendent of the United States employ- FOUR L ELECTS TYSON
Piano Sought
City, California.
pjano i mgnt bureau for thJs digtrjct
tainm ent features.
R efreshm ent»
CONVENTION DELEGATE
One of the projects which was pie present with several
will
be
served.
suggested for the P. T. A. for the selections.
The mills and camps of the W est­
BEN DORRIS LEAVES
W. P. Tyson was elected official
The following were appointed to ern lum ber company a t W estfir re­
Mrs. Edith Laxton Is chairm an of
next season was the purchasing of a
FOR ^LEGION CONVENTION tthe program com m ittee. MTs. D. C.
piano for the B rattain school. Other represent th eir various classes on sumed operations this week, as did delegate from the Springfield 4-L
organization to represent it a t the
n
'
Ogilvie la th e general chairm an. AH
projects will be taken up from time the governing council. D orothea May several others.
Ben V Dorris past com m ander of parents an „ teacher(, are lnvlted t(>
sta
te convention to be held in Eu­
P
otter,
freshm
an;
Lela
Meyers,
soph­
to time.
The Hills Creek lum ber company
the Eugene post of the American atten(1 the meet1ng
Announcement was made a t the om ore; Dorothy Fisher, Junior and contrary to the prevailing trend, gene on November 2.
Legion
left Portland W ednesday af- i
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Elm
a
Lansberry,
senior.
A fair crowd attended the monthly
m eeting th a t the County Council of
announced a two w eeks' shut-down
ternoon in com pany with several
At 8 t . te F a lr_ Dr. and Mr„ RbI>
m
eeting
held
a
t
the
W.
O.
W.
hall
th e P. T. A. is to m eet in Springfield
Miss Vernice Hawke is president ! at th e ir mill, com mencing last
Monday, and a discussion of the five ^ b e r legion men from Oregon and „an are attending the S tate F air a t
some tim e ih November. The dele­ of the girls’ organization this year 'Monday.
for
Louisville,
Ken- Salem
“ ‘
today.
uay
week of eight hour days revealed W ashington
gates will be entertained by the local and Mrs. William Baker their faculty
tucky,
w
here
he
will
attend
the
an­
th a t the prevailing sentim ent was for
association a t th a t time.
advisor.
False Fire Alarm Given
nual national convention of the
A run was made by the local fire such an arrangem ent. No official Legion.
L
Fire Chief Makes Inspections
truck to the old hospital building at action was taken a t the meeting.
RALLY W ILL REPLACE
YOU MUST
The en tire drum corps of the
All school buildings, their tire es­
10:45 W ednesday m orning in re­
READ IT!
Salem
post,
was
taken
to
the
conven­
M.
E.
SERVICES
SUNDAY
Many Attend Reception
capes. fire drills, and their possible
sponse to a call turned in by a woman
tion city th is year. The party, which
fire hazards in Springfield were the
A good turnout greeted the mem­
T here will be no preaching ser­ resident of the neighborhood, who
Is traveling on a special legion train, j
subject of an inspection made yees-
bers
of the Epworth League of the
became
startled
when
she
observed
vices at the M ethodist church next
will reach the southern city Sunday
terday by Jess Smitson, city fire
Sunday, according to an announce­ smoke rolling up from behind the M ethodist church last Friday night
m arshal. The inspection was one
hosp'tal building. An investigation when they invited the high school
m ent made by the pastor last Sun­
B a p tis t Church 8ervicea
by chief Smitson revealed th a t the students to the church for a recep­
of the regular inspections made of
day. Rev. and Mrs. C. J. Pike have
“A Blood Covenant” has been
the local schools. Nothing serious gone to Portland to attend the see smoke was caused by a rubbish fire, tion m d mixer.
Serial S t o r y
chosen as the sermon topic for the
was
was discovered wrong in any of the •Ions of their church body th e re and which
Starting t h i s
™
7 “ . being carefully guarded • Ga nes, stunts, and oth er varied evening services a t the Baptist
buildings, although there were a few will not retu rn to Springfield until
features were provided for the en ter­ church next Sunday evening at
Week, by that
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minor things discovered which need­
tain
nent
of
the
guests.
Famous
Writer
7:30 p. m.
October 4, a t which tim e the mem
Injured Man Recovering
ed attention.
Miss Dori» Meyers and Faye P ar­
berg of the church will welcome
William Hucka, W alterville rest
At the m orning service the ser­
them home with an appropriate dent, is recovering rapidly from in sons had charge of the plans for the mon will be delivered by Kenneth j
event.
In Seattle—Jam es Mitchell left program.
The rally program will
Tobias. Rev. Ralph Mullholand will j
sustained Hi
at inn
his u'nur*
home laSi
last
for Seattle on Monday w here he will occupy the m orning hour - and the Juries
week when he fell from a pear tree
have charge of the service». The
From Fail Creek—Mrs. W. H. L ari­ Sunday school m eets a t 10:00. A
spend a few days tran sactin g his evening will be given over to the
in
his
yard
and
received
a
broken
business.
mer was a shopper in the city from social hour for the young people will
P age 3
Epworth League.
collar bone and several broken ribs. Fai Creek yesterday.
be held In the evening at six o'clock.
aw u
J/ ’
“Souls for Sale”
Rupert Hughes