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SPRINGFIELD, LANK COUNTY, ORBQON,
TWKNTY-HKVENTH YEAR.
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S ta rtin g Ground School
The second announcement la the
opening of a ground school at the
airport which will be conducted under
the cadet system with aeveral eu-
perlnurod and qualified flyers as In
structors
Mr. MacManltnan will be
one of theae Instructors, but he was
unable to announce the name« of the
others this week.
Students for the ground school are
being sought principally among high
school and university students. The
course la open to anyone, however,
who desires to lesm the fundamentals
of flying. The Cadet system of fly
ing la the oldest and Is the only
standard system of ground school now
In use In the United States. It was
established by the Aviation Press In
San Francis™ and Is highly reentn
mended by the United State« depart
ment of commerce aviation section.
It la being used by all of the large
schools In the country. It teaches all
of the necessary knowledge required
for successful flying Including navi
gation. engines, maps, construction,
theory of flight, aerodynamics, and
melerology.
Building Ship N ow
All students at the school will be
given an opportunity to actually do
some construction work on a new
airplane. One small ship for use of
udvanced students la now under con
struction and another will be started
In the hangar after It Is completed.
Conatruetlon of another new hangnr
nt the Springfield Municipal airport
will be started tho first part of next
week according to Jom MacManlman,
ninnngur of the airport. The hnngar
will bn built for the use of ehe
Senhoriia Yolanda Pereira of H>o
4e Janeiro, who was crowned
"Miss Universe" in an international
beauty contest in South America.
Mike Dutchuk Up
For Man Killing
Fail« to Stop After Fatal Injury
to Eugene Police Officer:
Previous Record Bad.
Mike Dutchuk. 19. Is being held In
the l^ane county Jail at Rugene on
a charge of Involuntary manslaughter
pending the meeting of the grand Jury
which will consider his case. Dutchuk
was the driver of an automobile which
struck and fatally Injured Hal Hall,
21, son of the chief of police In Rü
gen«, about 1:30 Friday morning as
he stood In the street at the corner
of Rleventh and Alder streets with
a flashlight attempting to slow down
all traffic, preventing It from cross
ing (he fire hose being used to put
out a fire In a sorority house.
Dutchuk Is alleged to have been
driving at a fast rate of speed and
after striking his victim, continued
down the street lor several hlooks
to a railroad crossing where he killed
the motor In the automobile. He,
together with Wayne Morse, also ot
Springfield, who was a passenger In
the automobile, were overtaken by
Iw>ster Galt, student, and Rodney
Simpson, milkman, who started chase
after thn-accldent
Morse claims he was riding home
with Ihttchuk and that he was stoop
ing over tying his shoe at the time
of the accident and did not know
that anything had happened. He was
released.
Hall was rushed to the Pacific
Christian hospital where he died six
and one half hours later without re
gaining consciousness. Funeral serv
ice« were held for him Monday after
noon.
Dutchuk had a record on a hit and
run driver In this city before th«
fatal accident. He Is reported to have
admitted driving the automoobils
which hit another belonging to Jim
mie Mitchell on Sunday, December 31.
Paint on the Mitchell automobile was
found to have been scraped from the
license plate on the car driven by
Dutchuk. A ticket for violation of
the city traffic laws la now waiting
for him at the city hall on a charge
of leaving his automobile with the
motor running.
BAPTISTS WILL HEAR
SERMONS ON REVELATION STEARMER HOME SCENE
OF CHRISTMAS WEDDING
Itev. Ralph R. Mulholland will start
n series of sermons on the Book of
Revelation commencing Sunday morn
Ing. Tho sermons will extend over
a period of two months until the first
of March. He will preach sermons
on the loiters to the church contained
In the Book of Revelation during the
morning services.
Other parts of
Revelation will be discussed In the
evening services. The Sunday school
will meet at »:♦».
LEONA ROBERTA LAWSON
CHRISTMAS DAY BRIDE
Lucilie Potterf, daughted of Mr. and
Mrs. Rd Potterf of Noti, became the
bride of Roy Steamier at a beautiful
Chrlstmns eve wedding which was per
formed at the homo of the groom's
parents. Rev. S. Rari Childers of Ru
gene rend the ceremony. Miss Zelph
Houston of Noti was maid of honor,
nnd Donald Palmer was best man.
The ceremony itook place underneath
an archway whilch was beautifully
decorated with Oregon grape, ferns,
and polnsettas. The couple left soon
after the wedding for a short trip
to Newport after which they will re
turn to Springfield to make their
home.
Mrs. Btearmer Is well known In
Springfield having lived here for some
time and attended high school here
before movjng to Noti. Mr. Stenrmsr
also attended thq Hprlnigflold high
Miss I^onn Roberta I^twson be-
camo 4he bride of Kenneth W. Stein
hauser of Swlsshome on Christmas
day. Rev. Walter Flsalr of the Notl
Christian church conducted the cere
mony. Miss Mnrna Stelnhauer was
tho bridesmaid and Orvns H. Gould
Ing was the best man. After a ohort school.
motor trip the couple will establish
Guests at the wedding were Mr
their homo a| McOlynn.
and Mrs. Potterf, Mr. and Mis. B. J,
Poplin and Mr. and Mrs. George
Appendix Operation—Kenneth To Simons of Rugene, Charles Demmlng
bias underwent a major operation for of Myrtle View, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
appendicitis at the Eugene hospital Curtis,, Mr. and Mrs. R. Snodgrass
yestordny morning. The operation was Mr. and Mrs. Istwrence McDowell,
performed with a local anaesthetic Maxine Snodgrass and Rsther Mc
and ho Is recovering nicely.
Pherson.
A change In the personnel of city
appointive officers was announced at
sn Informal meeting of the new
council Monday evening.
Robert
Plrrl* Is slated to succeed George
Valller as street commissioner. A
change will probably be made also
In the n'rht watchman, tho mayor
indicated If a suitable man was found
to succeed Fred Hinson, veteran
watchman, who has served under
throe mayors.
More economical conduct of the
street department Is tho reason given
for a change of the present commis
sioner. It Is desired to change from
horse equipment to motor in street
cleaning, flushing and repair work.
I*1rrle offered to furnish a motor
truck and do the Job for 1126. It
Is said under present arrangements
the coat of the work averaged nearly
»200 a month. Several other appli
cants also wanted the job and Com-
mistoner Valller offered to do It with
horses for a flat salary- of »160.
Hugh Jollff will be retained as fire
rlhef although Jess Snfltson. former
position. Lum Anderson will be re-
dined as chief of police the mayor
chief although Jess Smltson, former
indicated.
The council shows a disposition to
back the mayor up In his appoint
ments as there Is a genuine desire
to hold operations as nearly as possi
ble Inside the budget. This Is some
thing that has never been accom
plished heretofore and the city finds
Itself with nearly »40.000 ot outstand
ing warrants, the majority of which
no funds are available for payment.
The time has come when the city
must do Its best to live within Its
Income was the unanimous opinion
of the new council.
For more than three hours the
councilman discussed the city finances
and cats wherever possible was the
the unanimous sentiment.
The new council will be sworn In
and appointments ratified at a meet
ing next Monday evening.
New Years Eve In
Springfield Quiet
Barnell Is Elected
C. of C. President
Clifford Wilson, Vice-President;
W. A. Taylor and H. E. Maxey
New Board Members
W. K. Barnell will head the Spring
field chamber of commerce during the
next year, being elected to that posl
tlon at the last meeting of the group
for 1930 which was held at the Com
munity hall on Friday evening. Clif
ford Wilson was chosen vice-president
and C. E. Kenyon was re-elected
treasurer.
.
The five candidates for the board
of directors were elected without op
position. They are F. B. Hamlin. W.
A. Taylor, W. C. Wright, Carl Olson
and H. E. Mnxey. The new officials
will take their offices at the meeting
of the chamber to be held the last
Friday In the month.
Retiring officers are W. A. Taylor,
president and C. E. Wheoton, vice-
president. W. K. Barnell and J. A.
Scavey leave their positions as mem
bera of the board of directors.
No announcement has been made
regarding the appointment of a new
secretary. The president will call a
meeting of the new officers soon to
discuss the work for the group for
the new year.
the early part of the evening, but
most of them had dispersed before
the new year was ushered In
People with a flair for merry
making went either to Thurston to
attend the American Legion carnival
dance which was featured by noise
makers and general gayety, or to Ru
gene to attend the midnight matinees
The outstanding gatherings In
Springfield which waited for the ar
rival of the new year were the Watch
Party which the Christian Endeavor
sponsored at the Christian church,
the annual New Year’s party of
Mrs. A. B. Van Valzah's Sunday school
class which was held at her home
Both were well attended, and the I.
O. O. F.-Rebekab watch party.
Those In charge of the Christian
Endeavor party were Buelah Richard
son. general chairman, Margaret Hem-
enway, Marjorie Waddell, and Barbara
Adams, refreshments; Emmagene Tra
vis, Jessie Heals, Elwood Lyle, Buelab
Richardson, entertainment; Dora Ped
erson and Glenn Vaughn, decoration.
The members of the Rebekah and
Odd Fellows held a Joint watch party
at the I. O. O. F. hall. Mrs. Alice
Doane, Mrs. Grace I-an »berry, and
Mrs. Stella Findley had charge of
arrangements.
Several small family gatherings had
been planned for the evening.
Earlier In the evening members of
the Baptist church gathered for a com
blnutlon prayer meeting, business
meeting and social time. The women
provided the entertainment and re
freshments for the evening as a
penalty for having lost a recent
membership contest to the men of
the church.
The regular prayer meeting wi
held at the Methodist church.
FREE METHODISTS TO
CONVENE TONIGHT FOR
DISTRICT GATHERING
The district meeting of the Free
Methodist church will convene at the
church at West Springfield tonight at
7:30. Sessions will be held each eve
ning during the latter part of the
week until Sunday after the 11 o'clock
service.
Rev. G. O. Crow of Cottage Grove
will be In charge of the meetings,
and many pastors and delegates from
various parts of this district are ex
pected to attend. Rev. E. R. Thomason
Is pastor of the church at West Spring-
Held.
A special communion will be -held
Sunday morning immediately after the
service.
The women of the district will hold
a issionary meeting Sunday afternoon
at 3:00 o’clock.
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
STARTS UNIQUE CONTEST
A new kind ot membership contest
will be launched at» the Baptist church
Sunday morning according to Rev
Ralph Mulholland, pastor. During the
months of January and February stu
dents will be divided into two teams
for the purpose of building up the
membership of the Sunday school and
at the end of that time the wtnnlng
group will be entertained with a
chicken dinner, while the losing team
will also be entertained with a meal,
but they will have to eat beans.
CHRISTMAS VACATION TO
END HERE NEXT SUNDAY
The chamber voted to back Rose
burg as the location for the federal
School bolls will ring again Monday
soldiers' home.
morning for teachers and students
alike after an eleven day holiday for
MODERN TEACHING TO BE
the Christmas season. Many of the
SUNDAY SERMON TOPIC faculty members have spent their
vacation period at Portland attending
Members of the Christian church the annual convention of the Oregon
will hear Veitte Pruitt, pastor, preach State Teachers' association.
A renewed actlvltly Is expected to
on the subject, “A Modern Teaching
at the 11:00 o’clock service Sunday take place at the high school with
morning. In the evening he will take the opoening of the winter session.
ns his sermon theme, "Without Ex
cuse.” The Bible school meets at LEGION TO HAVE DANCE
9:46 and the Christian Endeavor meets
AT THURSTON SATURDAY
at 0:30. There will be special music
at both the morning and evening
The regular semi-monthly dance of
services.
the American Ijegion will be held at
Thurston on Saturday evening accord
MRS. McKLIN ENTERTAINS
ing to Jack Larson, finance officer
AENEAS CLUB TUESDAY of the Legion and dance manager.
The fact that the Legion sponsored
Members of the Aeneas club were a Carnival dance on New Year's eve
entertained at the home of Mrs. M. doea not mean that the regularly
J. McKltn on Tuesday afternoon. Sew scheduled dance on Saturday will be
ing and refreshments were the diver abolished, he said.
ton Shinn Dlaved several solo«.
slons for the members and guests.
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IN A L I V I T O W N
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HR MAIL SERVICE
SDOGHI B ® METT
Few Gathering« Held in City:
Many Attend Legion Carnival
Dance at Thurston.
Street Commissioner and Night
Watchman to Be Filled by
The new year, 1931, was quietly
New Appointees Mayor Tells ushered Into Springfield last night.
Council at Meeting Held
Small groups were gathered here
and there for various purpose« during
Monday Evening.
School of Flying to Start Con
struction on Now Hangar
Noxt'Week; Now Enrolling
Students in Ground School;
Student Ship Started.
('mi at rod Ion of the second hangar
10 be built at the Springfield Muni
cipal airport within a few month« will
Mart Monday morning according to
JlB MioManlmun. manager of the air
port. Thn now building will bo 60
by 50 foot, of wood conatrudloon.
with a truss roof.
Thia hangar la being bulit by Mac
Manlman and Isiurencn Neeley, presl-
■lent and vice pnwldcnt, respectively,
<>f the Springfield School of Plying,
operators of thn flying field
It Is
to bo used to house the ships of the
■school, and aa a class room for In-
»trsctlon of students Ip ground work.
11 will have a machine a hop and one
«r more ablpa will be under construc
tion moat of the time.
To Ba East of Oil Station
The hangar la to bo built along
the McKenzie highway Just east of
the oil station and back of the gaao
linn pit uaed In refueling airplanes.
Two other announcements also
made this week at the airport indt
min that the week of cold weather
which we liave been experiencing la
not a detriment to flying and aviation
development.
The first of theae announcements
Is that the two small hangars now
on the renter of the field are to be
moved buck to a new location near
the new hangar built for the Ben
nett Airway«. They are to be uaed
to bouse the gilder belonging to the
Western (»Ider club.
NEW C in OFFICERS
10 BE APPOINTED
THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1931
“The Psopls'e Papar"
Springfield May Get Direct Air
Mail Stop if Postoffice Grants
Carrier Oregon and Washing
ton Contract; Move Being
Sponsored by C. of C.
Montagu Colet Norman, reel
Governor ot the Bank of England
(hr 11th time, is regard
as the at
and most powerful financier in tbs
--.rid He got his early training hi an
American bank
Estacada Defeats
Local High Team
Town Team Wins Games From
Crow and Thurston; Play
Double-header on Friday.
Springfield high school basketball
players took their third defeat of the
season Monday night at the high
school gymnasium when they met the
Estacada fire In this city. The score
was 39 to 24. Players for Spring-
field were John Lynch, Lloyd Matti
son, Gordon Wright, Bert Tomseth,
and Gilbert Ernstlng. Hersey Tom
seth and Gillette were used for sub
stitutions.
The first defeats tor the Spring
field five was the week before Christ
mas at Dallas and Monmouth while
the team was on a barnstorming trip.
Neither of these games or the game
with Estacada were official and ihe
results will not have any bearing
upon the standing ot the team In
the district results.
A gome had been scheduled against
the Pleasant Hill high Lore for Mon
day. but was postponed when It was
learned that the Estacada team was
available for that night.
Regular schedules with teams In
the district will probably be an
nounced shortly after the end of the
present vacation period and games
which will have a direct bearing on
the championship will be played.
The Springfield town team, com
posed largely of alumni and former
high school students, played two
games Monday evening, one before
the high school contest and another
Immediately afterwards. Their op
ponents were teams from Thurston
and Crow, both of which lost.
The town team will go to Thurs
ton Friday evening for another double-
header contest. They will play the
high school team and also the team
composed of alumni and former stu
dents of the Thurston high school.
An air mall atop will probably be
made at the Springfield airport early
in 1931, it la believed by thos« who
are sponsoring the m ovem ent The
Bennett Air Transport has made ap
plication to the postoffice department
for application to carry air mall from
Tacoma to Coos Bay and Medford
with direct connections with the exist
ing through air mall lines.
Portland, Tacoma and other cham
bers of commerce in all the cities
where landings are made by the Ben
nett airways are backing the move
ment and have petitioned the depart
ment and congressmen of Oregon and
Washington for the service.
While this is the first concerted
effort to localise the air mall so that
the smaller cities may get the benefit
of IL the sponsors believe It will be
granted. Senator Charles McNary la
the author of the bill which makes
appropriations to carry air mall and
passengers in the same plane and to
operate as feeder lines for the through
air mail system.
The fact that the Bennett equip
ment is modeled after the postoffice
specifications for air mall planes and
that A. A. Bennett, head of the air
ways, has a wonderful record for
carrylyng mall In Alaska, makes th«
work of the sponsors easier It is
said.
At present a day is lost In reaching
the terminals at Portland and Med
ford In air mail service from here
and the benefits of it has been largely
lo st
LONE HIKER TRIES TO
CROSS PASS ON FOOT
RESCUED BY OBSIDIANS
Robert Symonlak, <1. transient,
rescued from death by freezing on
the upper McKensle highway late
Sunday night by three members of
the Obsidians who were
the cabins of the organization
Loet Creek ranch.
The man was trying to repeat the
efforts of another equally unfortunate
pass to Bend where he sought em-
man last year by walking across the
ployment. He had secured a ride
to McKenzie bridge and walked on
from there. Several people saw him
during the afternoon but paid little
attention to him. It was Carl Knowles.
Harold Trotter and Ed Johnson, Eu
gene members of the Obsidians who
began to feel apprehension for the
lone hiker and set out to find him.
They drove fiv e miles beyond the
cabins In their car and then set out
on ski is In an effort to overtake their
man. It was eleven o’clock before
they found him lying in the snow.
His toes were frozen but responded
to treatment and he was taken to
the highway shelter house where the
four stayed overnight Monday he
was brought to Eugene, tired, but
apparently none the worse for his
experience.
He was taken to the Salvation Army
shelter house where he was cared.
SPRINGFIELD POSTOFFICE
ENDS SUCCESSFUL YEAR TILLAMOOK MAN COMING
The Springfield postoffice has made TO MANAGE POWER PLANT
a very creditable showing during the
year 1930 despite the general falling
off of business according to F. B
Hamlin, postmaster. The local post-
office closed the year with receipts
somewhere above the »8,000 require
ment necessary to maintain the rating
as a second class postoffice. The
receipts are derived from the sale ot
po s t a g e stamps, envelopes and
stamped wrappers.
Six people are employed regularly
at the postoffice besides the post
master. They include two full time
clerks, Walter Gossler and Ira Nice;
one part time clerk, John C. Renton;
one city carrier, Orson L. Vaughn;
two rural carriers, John E. Nice on
route 1, and Burton G. Sankey on
route 2.
In addition to this there are two
star routes out of Eugene wh'ch stop
at the local postoffice each day. One
goes to Wendllng and the other goes
up the McKenzie highway as far as
the McKenzie bridge.
LIONS HEAR CHRISTMAS
TALK BY U. O. PROFESSOR
Members of the Springfield Lions
club heard Professor Frederick Dunn,
of the foregln language department
of the university, spec a on “The
Christmas Spirit" at their weekly
luncheon meeting Friday noon. Dal-
L. E. Wallace of Tillamook will
come to Springfield the second week
In January to take over the manage
ment of the local steam plant of the
Mountain States Power company suc
ceeding W. C. McLagan who has been
transferred to North Bend where he
has charge of the new plant for the
Mountain State company. M r. Wal
lace has been managing the plant at
Tillamook (or some time before com
ing to Springfield.
COPPER WIRE IS STOLEN
FROM POWER CO. SUNDAY
One spool of about 120 pounds of
copper wire was stolen from the
Mountain States Power company build
ing at the corner of Sixth and Main
streets here Sunday evening or early
Monday morning. Between 700 aad
800 additional pounds of wire was
taken out of the building and was
left in the yard west of the plant.
No clues have been found concerning
the cnlprtts.
Coach at Home—Norval May, ath
letic director for the Springfield high
school has gone to Bend to spend
the balance of his Christmas vacation
with his parents. He remained In
Springfield until Monday night for
the basketball game with Estacada
high school.