PAG. B RIGHT
TH E SPRINGFIBLD NBWS
BED CROSS EXPENDS
EIGHT MILLIONS FOR
RELIEF IN DISASTER
Year Just Closed Put Heavy Task
on Society— 120 Calls tor
Help Were Met.
An unusually large num ber of die
ns!era in the U nited S ta le s and Its in­
su la r possessions h a re required assist
an ce from the A m erican Red C rost
during the year Just closed. The o r
ganixatiou sen t em ergency
relief
w orkers to th e scenes of 120 torna
does, floods, flres and o th er types of
c ata stro p h es and expended $3.020.000
In relief and reh ab ilitatio n of the vic­
tim s.
Calls tor aid cam e from eleven
o th e r nations In which earth q u ak es,
floods and o th er problem s caused dis
tre ss to large populations, and the
Red Cross seat $'$.300 to help In r e
Ueving the suffering.
The catastro p h e causing the great
e st loss of life and m ost w idespread
d ev astatio n was the W est Indies hur
rtcan e of S eptem ber. 1928. In whtcL
B o re th an 2.000 lives were lost In
F lo rid a. P orto Rico and th e Virgin
Islands. A relief fund of $5.883.725 62
was contributed by the public, follow
lng a proclam ation by the President
of the U nited S tates, to which th-
Red C ross added $50.000 from its owo
treasu ry , and the society was ena
hied to give relief to more than 70o.
000 persons.
In the early Spring, riv er floods It
th e so u th eastern sta te s cost a h ear)
loss to many persons, 76.000 inhab
tta n ts being affected In four states
The Red C ross assisted 4.383 fam ilies
approxim ately 28,000 persons, with
food, clothing, tem porary housing,
feed to r stock and seed for replant
ing.
In all, thirty-eight states were vis
Ited by calam ities during th e year,
affecting 364 conntles. Tw enty-eight
counties were d ev astated twice by
storm s. Area and floods.
Red C ross expended $434.000 from
Its treasu ry In giving relief In these
d isasters, and at one tim e had as
many as 120 d isaster relief w orkers,
n u rses and oth er rep resen tativ es in
the Held.
F unds for th is relief work a re ob
tained in th e annual roll call for mem
bers, which occurs from A rm istice
Day to T hanksgiving Day. November
t l to 28. Only once a y e a r—during
this period of Roll C all—does the Red
C ross ask public support to carry on
its m any activities.
S. H. S. STUDENT BODY
WILL PRESENT PLAY
ON FRIDAY EVENING
M em bers of th e c a st of "B ab," th e
play w hich th e stu d en t body at the
high school is o fferin g In co n ju n ctio n
w ith th e d ra m a tic s club u t th e high
school a u d ito riu m on F rid ay night
at 8; 15, a re busily at w ork learn in g
th e ir p a rts and th e c h a ra c te risa tio n s
th e y a re to p o rtray .
"B ab " is a four act com edy w ritten
by E d w ard C hilds C arp en te r, from
• th e novel of M ary R o b erta R in eh art.
It is a ro llix 'k in g com edy, filled v 1th
1 m uch w it an d
hum or.
Bab. th e
young g irl aro u n d whom th e actio n
c e n te rs, ia a lw ay s try in g to prove
I to h e r fam ily th a t she h a s finally
grow n up.
J u n ta May plays th e ro le of “ B ab"
in th e play.
S he is su p p o rted by
Mr. and Mrs. A rchibald, h e r p a re n ts,
w ho a re J e s s e S u m n er an d E velyn
Buell.
T he o th e r m em b ers of th e c a st an d
th e p a rts th ey p o rtra y a re Leila
A rchibald, s is te r of Bab, M arjory
P ro ch n o w ; H an n ah , a m aid. Mina
P e te r s o n ; W illiam , a b u tle r. R ich ard
P ro ch n o w : C a rte r B rooks. F reem an
S q u ire s; J a n e R aleigh. F ay e P a rs o n s;
C linton B eresfo rd , th e young m an in
th e case, E v e re tt S q u ire s; Eddie
P erk in s. Jo h n L y n c h : and Guy Gros-
vetior, C lifford D arr
T h e play is b ein g d ire c te d by Mrs.
W illiam B ak er. R alp a H u g h es Is In
c h arg e of th e tic k e t sale, an d R uth
B ettis is in c h a rg e of th e a d v e rtis
ing.
T ic k e ts a re b eing sold by m em b ers
o f th e stu d e n t body a t th e school.
T h e g e n e ra l ad m issio n c h a rg e
is
th irty five cen ts.
COFFEE CROP AIDED BY
RED CROSS IN ISLANDS
D isaster relief given following the
We3t Indies h u rrican e which struck
Porto Rico, the Virgin Islands and
Florida, as well as oth er talands In the
C aribbean Sea, p resented one of the
largest task s yet u n d ertak en by the
American Red Cross
In Florida,
where 1.810 lives were lost, the Red
Cross aided 41,236 persons
in Porto
Rico and the Virgin islands, w here the
loss of life was not so great, but where
the d evastation was alm ost com plete,
th e Red C ross aided 731,712 persons
D estruction of the coffee plants war
the gravest loss, and the Red Cross
aided in reh ab ilitatin g th is industry
by em ploying 67.CJ0 natives to clear
the eoffee-land. so th at replanting
would go forw ard Im m ediately, thus
providing work and wages for thou­
sands.
LABOR HEAD URGES
SUPPORT OF RED CROSS
"In v ariab ly it is tb s masses of the
people which suffer most when disas­
ters occur," stated W illiam Green,
p resident of th e American Federation
of Labor, recently.
"Because they suffer n.ost and be
cause of th e ir helplessness, the minis
tra tio u s of th e Red Cross organization
take on added significance and impor
tance. No doubt many lives among
these p artic u la r groups are saved
thro u g h the prom pt service which this
organization gives.
"B ecause the A m erican Federatioh
of Labor app reciates th is fact, we have
supplem ented the appeal of the Ameri­
can Red Cross a t each Roll Call period
for m em berships from th e g reat mans
of w orking men and women and th eir
fam ilies.
"T h e continued service o the Amer­
ican F ed eratio n of L abor In this most
hum ane and unselfish work will be
most cheerfully rendered."
Mr. Green is a m em ber ot the Board
of In co rp o rato rs of the A m erican Red
Cross.
NURSES ENROLLED WITH
RED CROSS FOR SERVICE
E nrolled with th e N ursing 8ervlce
of th e A m erican Red C ross at W ash­
ington a re 49,000 n u rses, quallCed
under the so ciety ’s reg u latio n s, who
may be sum m oned to serv ice in tim e
of d isa ste r o r o th e r em ergency.
From the Red C ross e n ro llm en t were
assigned 20,000 n u rses in th e World
W ar. T hese Red C ross n u rses are
the stan d in g reserv e of the Army and
N avy N urse Corps of th e United
S tates, and are also called upon for
service In o th er g o v ern m en tal health
services.
L itile St. E u statlu s Island In the
Dutch W est Indies gave retu g e to
A m erican ships during th e R evolution.
The h u rrican e of la s t S eptem ber
struck the Island, causing heavy io»».
Smallest Man
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THURSDAY. DEC 12, 1920
BELL THEATRE EO
RE-OPEN SUNDAY
Herbert Weiss Takas 30 Day
Lease oil Theatre Front
J. M. Larson.
'
LEGION ORGANIZATIONS
TALK COMMUNITY HALL
T h e A m erican latglon and Auxlll
a ry m et nt th e C ham ber of C om m erce
room s la st F riday night and bad a
Joint pot luck supper.
A fter th e
su p p e r th e tw o groups held individual
m eetin g s to tru n sa c t th e ir b u sin ess
i and to d is c u ss th e m a tte r of Joining
i a m ovem ent to e sta b lish a Joint com
j tn u n lty bull In Ibis city.
N eg o tiatio n s w ere co m p leted last
T ," ‘ «••«•tmenl ex p ressed nt the
w eek
w hereby
H e rb e rt
W eiss ot «beetlng w as very fav o rab le to w ard s
E ugene, fo rm erly of T h u rsto n , h as .
e sta b lish m e n t of such a hall,
ta k e u o v er th e Bell th e a tre from J I
W L arson, an d will reo p en It next REBEKAH LODGE PLANS
S u n d ay,
D ecem ber
15. w ith
th e
CHRISTMAS TREE PARTY
d a r n Bow featu re. "Till- F le e t's In"
us tile opening a ttra c tio n
I’lniis w ere m ad e M onday nlglil at
Mr W eiss will be a ss iste d In the th e re g u la r m eetin g of th e R ebekah
m an a g e m e n t of the th e a tre by bis lodge for a C h ristm a s tre e and pro­
b ro th er-ln law, A ustin M athew s, who g ram , to he held on M onday evening
Is a p ro jectio n m achine o p e ra to r, , D ecem ber 23. It w as d erid ed to have
and w ho will o p e ra te th e m ach in es at an ex ch an g e of g ifts E ach person Is
th e th e a tre .
to brin g a gift w hich c o sts not over
T h e se will th en he
T h e in itia l lease Is being m ade for flft<>en c e n ts.
u pc iod of th irty d ay s, to te s t out d is trib u te d la te r In th e evening
M ajor "M ite," 21 year* old, w alk­
th e w illin g n ess of S p rin g field people I T w o ca n d id a te s will be lllltla te l
ing betw een a New York traffic
cop's tegs. B orn in Seattle, W a s h ,
to su p p o rt a th e a tre In th is city T h e , *n ,° th e lodge a t th e next m eeting
he’s the w orld's sm allest m an.
m a tte r of co n tin u in g th e o p eratio n on D ecem ber 16
of th e p ic tu re house a fte r th a t d e ­
p en d s larg ely upon th e public, a c ­ BAKER’S SON WINNER IN
TELEPHONE COMPANY TO
co rd in g to both Mr. W eiss and Mr.
CUT SERVICE CHARGES
BABY PHOTO CONTEST
L arson.
If th e public h acks th e ex h ib itio n s
E x ten siv e re d u c tio n s In m any ol
C arl Ja m e s M cKee, J r . th e son ot
th e sta n d in g c h a rg e s fo r telep h o n e su fficien tly to m ake them a fin an cial Mr and Mrs C J M cKee, was a d ­
se rv ic e w ill be m ade in S p rin g field su ccess, th en th e show s will be m ade judged w inner of second p lace In the
and
ta lk in g
p ictu re lathy c o n test co nducted re cen tly by
on J a n u a ry 1, a s p a rt of a s ta te w ide p e rm a n e n t,
p h o n e ra te re d u ctio n , a c c o rd in g to re ­ eq u ip m en t will probably he in stalled
cen t re p o rts Issued by high officials early in th e spring.
A dm ission p rice w ill re m a in at
of th e tele p h o n e com pany.
T h e c u ts w ill n o t e ffe c t th e basic ! tw en ty -« » » c e n ts w hen the house is
re n ta l ch arg es, a t le a st for the p re­ reo p en ed . T h e re will tie allows ev ery
*
s e n t, but big re d u c tio n s a re m ade on night except T h u rsd ay s.
th e Wyml P hoto S tudios, of E ugene.
A nnouncem ent of tile decision of th e
Judges w as m ade T uesday
T h e contea! was divided into th re e
groups, and th e McKae child w as a
w inner In th e group u n d er one yeur
of age. H e Is alm ost a y ear old.
BENEFIT DANCE TO BE
GIVEN BY CIVIC CLUB
A benefit dunce will lie given New
Y ear's ev e at Midway pavilion by the
Civic club, acco rd in g to a decisio n
m ade at last m eetin g T he best m usic
will he secu red and a splendid New
Y ear’s p a rty a rra n g e d , acco rd in g to
Mrs. Paul llra tta ln , of th e co m m ittee
in ch arg e.
KENSINGTON CLUB HAS
LUNCHEON AT ROSE GRAY
Mrs I* It M urphy and Mrs. C lar­
ence C hase w ere h o ste sse s F riday to
th e m em b ers of the K en sin g to n club
nt u luncheon held at th e R ose (Iruy
Inn ut th e w est end of th e
new
bridge.
Blue C rane Hoee— A ll
S ilk C h iffo n
61 E. B R O A D W A Y
/
in s ta lla tio n c h a rg e s and on c h arg es
fo r e x tra c o n n ectio n s In business
ROADS WILL BE WORKED
h o u ses.
OVER ENTIRE COUNTY
T h e actio n red u c in g th e c h a rg e s
w as tak en at a m e etin g in P ortlund
la st F rid ay , w hen m em b ers of th e
T h e heav y rain w hich s ta rte d on
O regon public se rv ic e com m ission and S unday ev en in g has m ade it possible
o fficials of th e telep h o n e com pany fl>r fhe county road m a in te n a n c e
m et
1 cre w s to begin a c tiv e w ork of scrap-
U n d er th e new sch ed u le th e c h arg es *nK ,,n,l blading nil of th e 1200 m iles
for co n n ectio n s of se rv ic e w ill be of county ro ad s In L an e C ounty. T h e
e n tire ly e lim in a te d in one case, and ro ad s hav e been too d ry and h ard
red u ced from 14 to o v e r 50 per cen t before th e ra in startt-d to p erm it
In o th e r cases. M onthly ra te s for ex- a n -v su ccessfu l w ork on them ,
te n sio n tele p h o n e s w ill be c u t from
T h e re Is not on e road In th e county
20 to 33 and o n e-th ird p e r c e n t.
w hich will not he gone over, Is th e
T h e $1.50 c h a rg e fo r co n n ectin g p ro m ise of th e C ounty C ourt,
se rv ic e com m only k now n a s th e
ch an g e of n am e ch a rg e , will be elim ­
in ated .
Mrs. Santa Clans
T h e se rv ic e co n n ectio n c h a rg e s for
b u sin e ss and re sid e n c e e x te n sio n te le ­
p h o n es will be $1.50; th e fo rm e r ra te
w as $2.00.
T h e serv ice co n n ectio n c h a rg e for
P. B. X. te lep h o n es will be $1.50; th e
fo rm e r ra te w as $3.50.
T h e se rv ice co n n ectio n c h a rg e for
re sid e n c e tele p h o n e s will be $3.00;
th e fo rm e r r a te w as $3.50.
R ed u ctio n s of 25 c e n ts a m onth
w ere an n o u n ced fo r b u sin e ss and
fla t ra te ex ten sio n s.
.OPTOMETRIST
EYES
E X A M IN E D
GLASSES
FITTED
*92lWillameRe Sr
v4re ijou ivearinq o ld qlasses, uironq qlasses, or no
qlasses when qou should be? Auoid the danqer of
partial blindness from impaired eqesic hi bq havinq
qour eyes examined now.
Tells Stories to Children Saturdays 2:00 to 4:30
e r \e s O\<^\ Ftostc
M- MORE&N £? W AfHBiror
Sen ja H enia, 17 year old world
cham pion am ateur figure skater of
N orw ay, Is due here to exhibit her
skill at M adison quare G arden, New
Y ork, at the benefit to be held for
the New York Music W eek Asso­
ciation.
F rom m u sical com edy to college
d ra m a is th e g am u t of th e v e rs a tile
C liff (U kelele Ike) E d w ard s, v au d e ­
ville and m u sical show e n te r ta in e r,
who plays his la te s t fun m ak in g role
in "So T h is is C ollege," Metro-Gold-
w yn-M ayer's all-talk in g cam p u s ro ­
m an ce now p lay in g a t th e F ox Mc­
D onald.
E d w ard s, w ho com e to th e M etro-
Gold w yn-M ayer stu d io s to he fe a tu re d
In th e "H ollyw ood R evue," p lay s th e
college cut-up in th e new p ictu re and,
w ith his tru s ty ukelele and h is com i­
cal songs, p ro d u ces m any a laugh.
"S o T h is Is C ollege." d ire c te d by
Sam W ood, is a liltin g ro m an ce of
th e y o u nger g e n e ra tio n , laid in a big
A m erican u n iv ersity .
Its h ero in e Is W ood’s la te s t d iscov­
ery , S ally S ta rr.
A sp ecial p rev iew Is to be an e x tra
fe a tu re of T h u rsd a y night.
• • • •
B ennie M- E lfresh . th e sev en y ear
old son of Mr. a n i Mrs. B enjam in
M cE lfresh, w ho live on S outh Second
stre e , died T u esd ay a t th e E u g en e
h o sp ital of in ju rie s su sta in e d when
he w as knocked u n co n scio u s on Main
s tre e t h e re m o re th a n a m o n th ago
by an au to m o b ile b ein g d riv en by W.
D. M organ, of E ugene.
B ennie w as th o u g h t to h a v e lo st
his h e a rin g a fte ? th e a c cid en t, but
la te r reco v ered it and w as a p p a re n tly
m ak in g fine p ro g re ss w hen he d ied
suddenly.
S u rv iv iln g him a re his p a re n ts, tw o
siste rs, H elen r e d 1 .1 ; one b ro th e r,
A yers, and h is r i n d r !i -r, Mrs. Ida
T h u rsto n , B erk eley , C alifornia.
T he fu n eral w as held th is m orning
from th e B ra n d s te tte r ch ap el a t Eu
gene. Rev. R alph C lark, of th e Fair-
m o u n t P re sb y te ria n ch u rch In E u­
H e san g th e m ere fra g m e n t of a
gene, co nducted th e se rv ices and in ­
so n g in “ W olf Song," b u t his ta lk in g
te rm e n t w as m ad e in th e L au rel
voice w as n ev er h eard by p ictu re
Hill cem etery .
au d ie n c e s before, u n til P a ra m o u n t
gave him th e title ro le in th e a ll-ta lk ­
C. J. McKEE TO MOVE
in g o u td o o rs cla ssic "T h e V irg in ian ," I
HIS FAMILY HERE SOON w hich com es to th e Fox M cD onald
T h e a tre for th r e e d ay s b eg in n in g on
T h e room s above th e N ew H om e S u n d ay next.
bakery in th e M elvin H an sen buid in g
H is nam e Is G ary C ooper, and he
, on M ain s tr e e t a re b ein g rep a ire d Is p ro b ab ly th e b e s t screen ty p e th a t
and red e c o ra te d th is w eek prep ara- could b e found an y w h e re In th e ra n k s
, to ry to th e ir b ein g occupied by th e o f film a c to rs for th e p a rt o t th e
fam ily of C. J. M cK ee, p ro p rie to r of lean , lanky, cow p u n ch er hero o t th is
fam o u s play from th e novel of th e
th e bakery.
T h e fam ily h a v e been
liv in g In sam e n am e by O wen W ister.
" T h e V irg in ia n ” w as "shot.” an d
E ugene for th e p a st se v e ra l m o n th s,
and ex p ect to be se ttle d in th e ir new "m ik e d ” in th e plctur«- que c a ttle
rang« co u n try of S o n o ra county, Call-
hom e by D ecem b er 18.
! fo rn ia.
DEGREE STAFF PLANS
CHRISTMAS PARTY FRI. STEWARDSHIP IS TOPIC
FOR SERMON SUNDAY
T h e p ro g ressiv e d eg ree s ta ff of
th e R eb ek ah lodge will h av e th eir
an n ilal C h ris tm a s p a rty a t th e reg u
'a r m o n th ly m e etin g of th e gro u p on
F rid ay ev en tin g . T h ey will h av e a
C h ristm a s tr e e anil each m em b er
PHONE 2700
’’THE VIRGINIAN” IS
coming to M c D onald
BENNIE McELFRESH DIES
OF ACCIDENT INJURIES
98c
“C h ristia n S te w a rd s h ip ” w ill he
th e serm on to p ic a t Ihe C h ristia n '
ch u rch S unday m orning, in ih e even ,
| Ing V eltle P r u itt will talk on th e
j
subject "I Am the Way." The Bible j
O.x r>„.. . . . - ,.a to wln brlng a glft wh)ch w|n be ev school and the C h ristia n E n d eav o r
! changed with other members.
i
^ ave their regular m« otlngs.
T h e Store w ith
T h e T w in k lin g Lights
Invites You
To see the beautiful
Display of Prem ium s
available to all savers of
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CREEN DISCOUNT STAMPS
T hey will b rin g you a Valuable Gift
If you Save S ta m p s on all y our Gift
P u rch ases.
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