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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS T lIlIlT T -r iR B T YK a NO. 42 STUDENTS WAN' DANCES IN GYlfl RE-ELECTED 09366975 III IHIAVDR RICE Petition Presented To School Board Signed By 100 Citi- lene And Parents Of Diet BOARD TO ACT NOV. 19 Lack Of Properly Supervised Amusement Given As Rea son For Student Dances How Springfield Voted Baptiste To Hear Mission Man; Methodists Plan Pageant At 6 O'Clock Service Rev. Veltie Pruitt, pastor of the Christian Church will speak on "Shall We Have High School Dancing In Springfield?'1 at his evening service Sunday. "Our Un finished Task" la the morning theme. Special music at both ser vices. Dr A. M Petty, retired worker for the Northern Haptlst conven tlon of home missions will be here from Glendale, California to speak at the evening service In the Bap tist (Jiurch. Key. Bolens will preach In the forenoon. Key. Dean C. Poindexter will dis cuss "Non Violent Coercion" ut the morning service. The church Is planning a pageant, "(lathing of the Nations" for the twilight service tq be held at 6 o'clock. » CARD CLUB TO TAKE NEW MEMBERS TONIGHT MORE CRUZAN GIFTS TO CHURCH REPORTED Another contribution amounting Io *760 was made to the Methodist church of Hprlngfleld by Mrs. Jane rttsnn shortly before her death It was revealed here this week. Home Imc rgo Mrs. Cruzan cancelled a note tor *760 which the church had given her at the time the play ground lot west of the parsonugo was purchased This was not re corded In the will and therefore was not mentioned last week. GOSPEL ASSEMBLY GETS bi her will Mrs. ( rttxaii left *1260 NEW SHINGLES ON ROOF to the church for a musical Instru ment mnklng a total of *2000 re A new shingle roof wan being celved from her estate. p in ed on the building housing the Pull Gospel Aasemhly thin week. BANK DIVIDEND CHECKS The shingles wore purchased by do TO BE SENT TH IS WEEK nation funds, and the work in being done gratia by members. Dividend checks amounting to 16 percent of the claims will be LEGION MEMBERS TO mailed out to creditors of t he sav MEET AT TAYLOR HALL ings department of t ho Commer- lal State Bank Friday by F. G. Regular meeting of the Spring- Havemann. in charge of liquidation field American Legion post number for A. A. Schramm, state bank ex- 40 will he held at Taylor hall thia miner. The payment of this dlvl- evening at 8:00 according to an dent will bring the total payment nouncement made by W alter N. In the savings department to 66 Gossler, naw adjutant. percent. Crystal Bryan and Joey Hardy will be Initiated as new members of the O No card club thia evening at the home of Mrs. Wllda Cotton Miss Doris Gerber, who has re turned to Springfield from Hose hurg, will again assume her mem bershlp In the card dub. She In a former member. The club meets at 8 o'clock. 3 4 lili 138 168 146 668 »6 126 147 142 609 161 134 136 186 161 148 189 134 149 <67 616 621 Emmett W. Gulley ....... James W. Mott ....... _ .................. W 8. Richards __ .......................... .. R. R. Turner ____ _ ____________ 16 87 16 63 17 168 • 94 16 166 3 86 71 372 26 311 Governor Harry J. C o r r e l l ...... ................ ....... Joe B. D u n n e _____ ......... _........... .... Charles H. M artin ........................ 34 Abraham M Silverman ... .......... .... Hank B. W l r t h ___- ......................... Peter Zimmerman 84 4 61 48 — — 89 1 72 68 — 1 96 74 68 1 — 70 6 249 218 1 1 333 117 • 8 36 162 4 7 86 384 22 31 268 City Voters Stage New Deal Upheaval; Peterson Only Office Holder Retained Poejtlon 7 George ((»asman City voters staged something of a New Deal victory themselves lo re Tuesday wheu they expressed .heir ..... Ire to retain only on- of I Circuit Court U. F. Hklpworth. Initie Carl B. Wimberly, Douglas . „ „ T MrBUd' ° STORES 10 CLOSE FOR VEI HOLIDAY A warning to parents of children suffering with chicken pox was la sued Ibis week by Dr. W. H. Poll ard. city health officer. Dr. Pollard says that last week there were five cases reported In the city and that he has heard that there are several others which have not been report ed. Failure to report a contagious disease constitutes a violation of the law he says. W hile chicken pox. Itself. Is not a serious disease, yet frequently a severe case of chicken pox and m'ld case of small pox have the snme characteristics and It 1s very possible for a person to expose a large group to small pox thinking It ehlcken pox. sayx the doctor. Chicken pox patients rerover quickly and do not have Io be con fined alono for u great length of time, but the disease Is highly oni.iglous and persons III with the germ ought no' expose others, es peciully school children, who are moat susceptible. 2 Supreme Court Position 4 John L. Hand ...... ............... the eutltrs present staff of elective' officers. They expressed that desire * very decisively when they return-. Congressman Jamas W. Mott ed Ira M Peterson to the office of : city recorder over a field of three rivals with one of the largest m aj orities ever accorded a local can didate. W. A. Taylor, hold-over council man. acting mayor, and unsuccess ful candidate for the mayor place will be the only councllniau carry- lug over from the present regime Mayor I m u h Proclamation after January I with the exception Asking Observance Of Day; of Edw. , Prlvat who la serving a No Local Celebration temporary appointment. but who also was elected to fill a four year Business houses In Springfield term. III be closed all day Monday, Mo I Interest, perhaps whs a t November 1Z. It was decided this tached Io the campaign for mayor morning when all merchants con In which B. II. Turner was victor tacted declared they would follow over C. F. Barber and Taylor. the recommendation of the acting Chester Aldrich easily defeated mayor In making this a complete Elsie Pollard for the treasurer post, holiday. The following proclamation was aud I. D. Imrlmer was re-elected constable. Issued Wedue-day by Mr. Taylor John D. Pyle, councilman, was lu behalf of (he local holiday; defeated for the two-year term by PROCLAM ATION I*. J. Bartholomew, and Prlval and Whereas, Armlatlc Day this Earl Thompson were chosen tor year falls on Sunday. Novem full terms without opposition. ber, 11, and Complete analysts of the voting ".Vbereas. Monday. November lu Springfield by precincts and IZib, following Armistice Day totals are published elsewhere on will be generally observed as this page. a holiday. A petition lu allow student danr lti( In the lush acbuol gymnasium was presented Io Ilia school board at Monday nlght'a meeting Io Iba city ball Tba board will act on the potltlou at a apodal called lueettug November IS at the city boll at which time all proponents and opponents of dauclng will ba given an opportunity to be heard The petition presented to tba board contained the names of 100 ettlseas, mostly parents of high school students, who also agreed to chaperone the dances The board Inxtrucfed the committee who pres ented the petition to organise dancing club and draw up a aat rules for the conduct of the dune and then It would determine whether In Ila oplulon the students were capable of properly handllug dancing. Ilauclng la allowed lu the Eugene high school gymnasiums as well as many other high schools In th state and the student committee has made some study of the methods used It was pointed out that amusement fur youug people Is limited In this city and that as s result many uf them go to public ilsnres and other places of amuse ment out uf town last are question Now, therefore, I, W. A. Tay able In character. The committee lor. Acting Mayor uf Spring held that It was better to allow field, do hereby designate Nov dauclng In the high school under ember 12th aa such holiday the proper supervision than allow and recommend that stores and the present situation the prevail places of business close on Members of the school board ex such day for the purpose of ob pressed themselves that the high serving the day In a fitting scbiMil gymnasium was public prop manner. erty aud If there seemed <o be Dated this 7th day of Nov majority of cltlaena In iavor of ember. 1834. danclug It would be pe’. milled W A. TA YLO R . Acting Mayor a majority disfavored dancing then The holiday will mean a two-day It would not be permitted. Two week-end holiday, the stores dos weeks were allowed In which thia ing Saturday evening not to r e sentiment might eipreas Itself In open until Tuesday morning. Peo order that the board will know bow ple are urged Io remember thia to act. when making their week-end pur The school board ordered a cun i-hasee tract drawn and entered Into with No community entertainment has the W altervllle high school dlt been planned for the Armistice trlct for the tuition charges for the day holiday, but many expect to pupils brought to Hprlngfleld In the go to Portlund for the Oregoo-O. S school bus. The contract w ill be C. football game aud aome w ill r e the same as the one with the coun main there for the weekend ty non high school district board Others will participate lu the pro which provides that the per pupil gram In Eugene. coal will be paid. Several new students from the CHICKEN POX CASES middle-west have moved to Hprlng MUST BE REPORTED field and entered the grade schools and the board authorised the pur eba e of books for them. All grade Health Officer Says Several Faml Ilea Fall To Comply W ith school books by law are furnished State Health Lews by the district up to *1.60 per pupil CHURCH MEMBERS TO HEAR OF H. S. DANCE Hprlngfleld Precincts Bprlugfleld voters followed close ly the state and county trend In casting their ballot except for gov ernor where Zimmerman was a given a majority with Dunne run ning second. lilll, Mesrlam aud Hyde were auccesful candhktles for the legislative posts here and voters in thia city gave Holland a lead over Crowe for county com- mlsstoner. All of the measures were voted down. FUNERAL TODAY FOR DEXTER LADY Mrs. Minnie Huntington Dies At Home Monday; Final Ritee In Eugene at 2 P. M. Funeral services (or Mrs. Minnie Huntlugtuu who died at her home near Dexter Monday will be held this afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from the Braustetter-Hlmon chapel In Eugene. Dr. E V. Stivers will of ficiate and Interment will be made In Rest Haven cemetery. Mrs. Huntington was 67 years of age having been born In Joseph county, Missouri on April 14. 1867 and came tx> Oregon from San Francisco by boat when three years old. She was married to C. O. Huntington on March 11, 1886 at Vancouver. Washington and lived In Oregon (or three years be fore moving to Lewis county, Washington. They returned to Oregon five years ago and have lived in the Dexter vicinity since that time. She Is survived by her widower; three daughters. Mrs. M J. Fanan, Dexter. Mrs. Hay Clove. Kelso, Washington, and Mrs. James Rec tor, Centralia. Washington; two sons. Jumes K. Huntington and C. I ’. Huntington both of Dexter; one sister. Mrs. Josie Charlton of Port land and one brother, David Oiler of Oregon City. She also leaves three grandchildren. ADULT EDUCATION TO START HERE TONIGHT Night Classes For Persons Over 16 To Be Offered At High School Every Week Enrollment f’ .* Springfield's adult education classes to be held Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings of each week at the high school will be started at the high school building this evening at 7 o'clock. Among the subjects offered will he elementary reviews, reviews of arithmetic, grammar, and geogra phy, etc., social problems, letter writing, and high school English The classes are being arranged by Laurence C. M offitt, county school superintendent, and are fin anced by the federal government. All adulta 16 yeara of age and over are eligible to enroll In these free classes. The classes are open to persons living In nearby communi ties. also. KENSINGTON CLUB TO HAVE MEETING FRIDAY Members of the Kenslngtcn club will be entertained Friday after noon for their monthly meeting at the home of Mrs Edw. G. Prlvat. Mrs. W. K. Barnell will be the as sistant hoateas. NEW GOVERNOR REW DEALERS IN Total Crowe, Huntington Defeated By Democratic Rivais For County, State Positions STATE Secretary of State 94 6 8 86 DIVIDED Independents Show Strength, Zimmerman Trails Martin; Meaaures Go Down Representative, Congress F irs t District Earl Snell ...... ...... ........................... Earl C. Steward ..... ............. ........ Harlln Talbert ____ _______ ___ Horace E W alter .. ............. HOUSE « » J, <3 E k. « » » T l» NtW MAYOR TO TAKE ROSE SOON _______ Back washes of the Democratic New Deal which swept across the nation in Tuesday’s election were greater ¡n Oregon than was the first sweeping victory of the Roosevelt party two years ago. As a result General Charles H. Martin will become governor of Oregon next January. Mott and Ekwall, republicans will represent the first and third districts, and Iderce. democrat, w ill represent the third district. When the final tabulations are i completed It js expected that Mar- Of- wUh *PP™dmnteiy i m . mo Turner To Be Sworn Into fice Tuesday Evening; Im- ' voteB wUI ”« leadln« PMer Zim Superintendent of Public Instruction Charles A. Howard ......... ......... J. W. Leonbardt .......... .. Blanche II Myer ........ mediate Changes Unlikely • merman by nearly 20,000 votes. Dunne Is running In third place. 93 110 io 89 108 96 10 70 81 6 • 74 107 96 111 <6 94 62 11 10 16 110 99 102 63 84 62 18 11 14 108 93 14 71 116 16 10 104 105 11 122 78 173 167 W. A. Taylor ___ ____ ______ ___ 61 C. F. Barber „ ___ ______________ 27 E. H. Turner __ _________________ 86 70 43 118 64 62 99 Recorder Win. G. Hughes ........................... .....12 E. E. Kepner __ ________________ 4 Mary M iller ..... ....... .............._______ 16 Ira M. Peterson ........... _..... ... ___... 128 42 13 10 159 36 16 6 163 Chester L. Aldrich ...................... — .103 Elsie M Pollard ....................... ....... 46 138 10 141 <0 Other state oficers elected are The new mayor, E. H. Turner, elected to fill out the unexpired republicans They are Snell, sec term of the late Mayor W. P. retary of state; Howard, superin Tyson, will take office next Tues tendent of public instruction; and day evening after he Is sworn in. Gram, labor commissioner. County Election Upsets Ordinarily a new mayor elected In Major upsets to the county elec November would not take office c*H | January 1. tions included the defeat of Hun The new mayor elect finds hlm- tington. republican, by Hyde, demo 60 crat. for state representative, and 360 363 other mayor ever has in that he of Crowe, republican, by Holland, has two councils. The present democrat, for county commissioner. council, which will serve until the Hyde today has a slim margin of end of the year, and the new coun slightly more than 56 votes in the 313 cil elect, which Is composed of unofficial complete returns. 43 new members with the exception H ill and Merr'am, republicans, 266 of Councilman W. A. Taylor, who hold the Other two lower house was his opponent at electioo time. seats with substantial margins. 362 The new cuuncll will come Into Wheeler won the state senatorshlp 309 office January 1. over L. L. Ray. democrat, with a 359 Since the new mayor is filling margin of only 1066 votes, and 262 out the un-exptred term of Mr. T y-| after much uncertainty, E. A. Me 366 son It is likely that all appointees Cornack appears to be winner for 262 of the present city government will the Lino-Lane senatorshlp over C. 63 be continued until the first of the a . Schooling, democrat, after * 57 year. Then ti changes are made close race, 67 ratification will come from the new Another close race won by Grace ] council. Otherwise it might take Mchiska as county ireeaurer. was 300 two sets of municipal employees fought with Ross Mathews, demo 390 to satisfy the two different coun crat. 66 cils. | A ll moa’ures were defeated la Long Lumber Experience the election both in the county The new mayor. Mr Turner, who) 41 and in the state. The Grange power 417 came here with Mrs. Turner a n d , bill waa running closest with wide 323 their grandson two years ago from [ margins against the Healings Arts, Olympia. Washington, resides at 848 A. street. He ts In the life In -) and 26-Mill limitation measures. <06 In Lane county both liquor mea- surance business and has become well known Jo the city even in the I 8Ures have polleB' ’‘“ •’atantUI neg- 249 166 system of school operation was de 403 The new mayor is 63 years old. feated about 2 to 1. The effects of the election over He was born in New Hampshire 106 aud reared in Maine. His relatives• the state w ill be seen in the com- 63 w»re all lumbermen In Maine and plexion of the legislature next Jan- 42 he grew up in the lumber business. llar-v when the democrats will con- 686 When he was 35 years old he went trol the house with a narrow mar- to Wisconsin where he was era gin while the republicans w ill hold 486 ployed as superintendent in a » two-thirds majority In the senate. I” ) Councilman 2 years Phil J. Bartholomew ....................... 88 John D. Pyle ............. .......................... 64 138 78 123 78 Mr. Turner come west to Ellens FOOTBALL TEAM 466 I burg, Washington, to become gen PLAY GROVE 287 eral manager of the Cascade Lum ) Councilman 4 years Edw. G. Prlvat .................. ................n g Earl N. Thompson ...... ....... .............11* 169 163 161 144 69 114 7* 128 42 168 86 119 70 117 77 86 78 105 10« 89 38 164 86 116 74 98 66 88 Commissioner Bureau of Labor C. H. Oram _________ __ _______ W alfred Mhubolm ......................... Imwrence W aer .... .... ................ ... State Senator Lane County C. F. Hawkins _ L. L. Hay H. C. Wheeler ie State Senator Lane-Linn Counties Elwln A M('Cornack ____ __ .... Joseph Muhr ______ __________ C. A. Schooling ___________ Representatives Earl H ill __________________ Charles A. Huntington ................ Howard H. Merriam ____________ Frank ( ’aril ............ j . __ ______ __ ('. F. Hyde ............... ... ............... ....... Belle Lydick ........... ................ .......... Geo. O. Adams .................._.......... Frank Hamblen _______________ J. G. Hadabaugh _ ________ ___ 48 68 40 7» 63 n lg 11 County Commioaioner O. E. Crowe ........ ............... ...._ ........63 W alter J. Holland ____ ______ __ 73 W. W. W hile County T reasurer Violet N Adams ______________ 14 Roas Mathews ......... 76 Grace Schtska _____ 66 Conetable I. D. Larim er _____ 123 143 M ayer Treasurer , F . MEASURES Grange Power Bill _________ Yea 68 20-M ill Tax Limitation Healing Arts Amendment Total Prohibition No 103 Yea 46 6 Percent Prohibition .... County School District ........... Yes No SCHOOL CENSUS SHOWS CAIN OVER LAST YEAR A gain of 10 children during the past year waa reported In the school census tor 1934-36 over and above the total of 790 foe 1933-34 Sever! Jacobson, achool clerk an nounced this week following hie final check of the lists. This year he took the census himself and re ported a total of 801 children be tween the ages of 4 and 18 regls tered. The census Is compulsory aud Is used In the apportionment of the county elementary school fund. GIRL SCOUTS PLACE EXHIBITS IN STORES Exhibitions of Girl Scout work were placed in the windows of sev eral Springfield stores this week ns a pari of the national observ ance of National Girl Scout week. Most of the exhibits consist of handicraft work made by the girls themselves. C. E. MEMBERS START STUDY OF PROCEDURE A study of parlimentary proced ure will be hold by the Christian Endeavor society of the Christian church each Bunday evening during the fireside hour with Miss Uldine Garttn In ctmrge It was decided last Sunday. About 26 young people en rolled fer the Orat study period. TO MONDAY ber company, the largest pine oper CotU g e Qrov. p „ n, Qam. a aa 581 ation in eastern Washington. After ture Of Arm istice Celebra 676 14 years as manager of this con tion; H ave M any Breaks cern he retired to go Into business 293 for himself. The next three years Marion Hall and high Springfield 377 he was head of a timber corpora high school football players are go 343 tion in Seattle and during that ing to invade Cottage Grove Mon 370 time Installed a large logging o;ier- day afternoon for their annual 149 ation on Vancouver. Island. A fte r| grldiron encounter. The game will a teuture 666 that for six years he owned a n d ; 8tart a, 2;30 and w„ , 286 operated a logging operation on of the Cotla<e Oro, v Arm„ tlce celebration. 437) 260 Based on comparative showings 390 He has always been a pioneer lo the two teams w ill be about evenly 225 ¡ matched with the Grove school put 334 1 ■ ging camps and railroads and as ting forth a heavier line. A dry such has employed many hundreds' field wlU the Spring- IUKA CIRCLE PLANS of men. , hatk8 a chance to get away Mr. Turner says he likes Oregon for run8 the slow, mud- BENEFIT CARD PARTY ----- -- 1 and expects to continue to make Yield usually proves an advan- Mlss Melba Harris has been htg home here the vear8 to come ! tage to the team boasting a aeavy ranted general chairman for a Mrs H . E. Maxey Is the only liv in g ! Hne benefit card party which members da)lfthter of M r anil Mrg Turner The boys will make a determined of Iuka Circle number 37 will spon- _________________ effort to win this game, having sor at Taylor hall on Tuesday, taken a bow to the Lebanon high CARD OF T H A N K S November 27. Miss Harris will be . quad last Friday 20-0 In a game assisted by Miss Eva Louk. M r*. | I wish to sincerely thank the played on a slow, wet field Edythe Laxton and Mrs. M yrtle voters of Springfield for the h o n o r _________________ Eggtmann. Preliminary plans for bestowed upon me by electing me the party were made here last to the office of mayor. I hope I will ODD FELLOWS NOMINATE Thursday evening at the regular always merit the trust you have OFFICERS FOR NEW YEAR meeting of the circle. placed In me and discharge the Springfield I. O. O. F. nominated Mrs. Jean Kllskie of Enumclaw, duties of the office satisfactorily. Washington was initiated as a n ew ) I want to assure everyone that officers for the next term Wednes member of the local circle at the the doors of the office of mayor day evening aa follows: R. E. Mor meetitng held at the home of Mrs. will be open to all alike and what- ris, noble grand; Lynn Stone, vice- Fred Louk. The next meeting will ever you have to offer for the grand; Uawald M. Olson, secret be held at the home of Mrs. Edythe | good of Springfield will be given ary; K arl Girard and M. J. M c *lln , treasurer. Laxton of Friday. November 23. serious consideration. A car of local members are ------------------------------j Signed, E. H. T U R N ER , Mayor Elect. ) Panning to drive to Crow tonight DAMAGES AWARDED FOR to attend a meeting there. HIGHWAY AUTO DEATH All meetings of the lodge will CARD OF T H A N K S be held at 7:30 p. m. e ffe ctive last J. C. O'Quinn was awarded a I wish to thank the many per- night it was announced. Judgment of *6000 against Horry ! I son*, who supported and voted for W. Neet of Cottage Grove by a Jury , in Circuit Court last week-end. ! ™ " i ^ a l t , elec- M R . A N D M R g - WALKER tlon. I wish also to extend by con O’Quinn brought suit ngalnst Neet ENTERTAIN IN EUGENE 1 gratulatlous to Mr. Turner in win charging hint with negligence In ning the office, and promise him striking his son, Herschel O'Qutnn, Several Springfield people were t my stfhport In his efforts to bulid with a motor car on the highway guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. a better Springfield. near Judkins point last February. W alker at a social gathering at W. A. TAYLOR. He as*ed for *10,000 damages. their home In Eugene last Sunday O'Quinn and several companions evening. Among loose present were were walking home from Eugene Joint Husband— Mrs. Louis Ship- Mr. and Mrs. E C. Stuart. Mr. and late one foggy night when the acci ley left Sunday for San Diego to Mrs. Alex McKpnsle. Dr. and Mrs. dent happened. A coroner's jury ex meet her husband who will be sta W. N. Dow, and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd onerated Neet at the time. tioned there tor the winter months. Flanery.