THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
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H PHI.M IE I ELD. LANK COUNTY. OKKOON, TH I-'K H IlA Y. .MAY 28 1935
CITY DISPOSb; ,A>cal
$20,000 IH 80110b '
T
Five-Year Payment Extension
Arranged With Woodmen
Of the World
GREAT SAVING TO CITY
City Now Haa Control Of Its
Finances and Can Prevent
Threatened Litigation
at PLAN PROGRAM TO Ball leam Near FINAL REPORT ON Discuss Electric H.S. STUDENTS I»
Close of Season
Rates on f riday
AID PLAY CENTER
E
RECEIVE H U I S
High School Adds Wins Over
Council Committee Goes To
pn.
' ,d Send« Nineteen to
U. H. S. end Lowell; Close
Salem To Meet With State
Project Costa Total $6,241-07;
Public Invited To Free Enter
Rebixah and I. O. O' F.
Fifty-Four Young People Te
With Pleasant Hill
Utility Commieeioner
tainment At Lincoln School
Government Furnishes
Sessiona At Salem
Conclude High School
At 7:30 Tonight
$3,749.60
Eduoation Here Friday
Bport
fans
who
were
wondering
The
petitions
calling
for
a
lower
B’irlngfleld waa well represented
I hi» week al Ibe
assim hly. and the
tion of I. O O. F In
whlrh were hold
week,
Misto Rebekah
Grand conven
Oregon, both of
In Baleni this
WILL GIVE SHORT PLAY
Prison Warden Lauda Super-
vised Playground Move
ment in Letter
The Itehekah , lodges met Mon
day, Tuesday end Wednesday, and
First public program to be pre
A payment sxtanson of five year« the Oddfellows mat Tuesday, Wed
sented by tbe recently organised
on 33U.UOU In bond«, which would neaila: and are concluding their
Bprlngfleld playground association
ham otherwise b»«n lu default No ■ iimk I oiis today.
will be given at tbe Lincoln school
vember 1. la announced today b)
this
evening at 7:30. There will be
Iteproaentlna
t
h
e
Hpringft«ld
Mayor K II Turner. An agree
ment ha« neen reached by Iha city li,un»-» nr«: Rebekah, Mr« Clara no admission charge and all Inter
of Bprlngfleld and the Woodmen at »»‘»dgraB«. Ml»« Bunks Gerber, ested are Invited to attend. Re
Ills* World lodge uot only to tub«* Mrs. Ulaan Hion«, Mr». Bertha freshments will lie served after tbe
House, Mr«. Kali« Brumette, and program. Small charges will tie
rive year aerial refunding bond»
Mr and Mr«. W illiam Htrunk; and made for these and proceeds will
lor the tlU.OOe lasue, but to cut the
Uddfallow», K ¡6. Pyne and W V*. go Into the playground fund
lutarett rule from six per cent to
Walker,
lour and three tourtha per cent
Largs Saving
This arrangement mean« a sav-
Ing to the city or several hundred
dollars. It meik« the second step
lu the city's relluanclng program
started by the new council, the
first being the paymeut last week
of 111.SOU defaulted for the- last
three years
Incidentally the pay
tng off ol the »11.600 default bonds
hinged upon a settlement of meth
od» to refund the »20.000 Issue
since the city faced litigation upon
the dlaaovery by the Woodmen of
the World that there bad been no
•Inklug fund created to take up lb#
»20.000 laaue when due
Imprevee Finance«
The refunding of the »20,000 Is
sue Instead of letting II go Into de
lault Improves Bprlngfleld'» flnan
elal situation greatly, according to
Mayor Turner. It places the pay
ment date« within th« city's ability
to pay. Il r*” * «me and one-quarter
per cent Interest. It stops threat*
ened litigation whereby all city tax
mouey might have beeu «sited. It
gives I he town once more control
ol 11» finance« beside« Improving
lb« town'« credit so that It may do
further bond refinancing and pro
vide for warrant payment, the
mayor pointe out
Negotiations for the refunding of
(he »20.000 Issue were started by
»1. V. Breese, city auditor, who
visited the Woodmen of the World
headquarters In Denver. Colorado,
on bis trip lo take option» for fur
■ her refuudlng. Subsequently form
er Congressman W illis Hawley, one
of Ibe head managers of the lodge,
Vlilted Bprlngfleld. Inspected the
recent audit of the book«, and the
minutes of council meetings over
previous years.
W hile here be
agreed with Mayor Turner to
recommend the refunding at lower
Interest at the meeting the head
managers of the lodge.
Weodmen Resolution
Following 1« a copy of the certi
fied Resolutions and Order passed
by the Board of Head Managers.
May 16. IM 6. A d received from
the Woodmen of the World cover
ing the »20.000 improvement bonds:
"Where»», Our association. Wood-
men of the World, of Denver. Colo
rado. la the owner and holder of
»20.000 principal amount of Town
of Bprlngfleld. Oregon. Improve-
munt bonds, bearing Interest at six
per cent per annum payable seidl-
aunually lu May and November,
dated Novamber 1. l»10. and matur
ing November 1, 1026; and
"Whereas, said town of Bprlng
fleld ba« represented to said Wood
man of the World that It will be
Impossible to pay and discharge
said bonds on their maturity d ata
^ C d T n g ^ s V ." .^ ^
to
NO. IS
Other« who drove to Salem Wed
nswlay Io alt«nd the public seasloh
and program were Mr«. Harav
Juhlia, Mr» Fred Ixiuk, Ml«» Eva
Ml»» Mary Anu Ixiuk, Mrs
Clarlna Putman. Mr. and Mrs. Krn-
«■I Black. Maxin» Bnodgraaa. and
Mr and Mr«. Bert Banker.
Ml»» Em Louk «ra» Inatailed «»
condnclrn«» or Jnanlta lodge Mon
day to fill the unexplred farm of
Ml»» Irma Noll who had to resign
because of other dull«»
IN STATE EVENT
Smith Gets Third in High
Hurdles and Hansen Comes
In Second In Mile
Bprlngfleld high school track a r
tists completed I heir year’s work In
a brilliant manner Balurday on
Hayward field In Eugene whan they
won five points and placed tenth In
the state high srbool track and field
meet with only two entries.
Not only did the two beys, Mal
colm Hansen and Dleque Bmlth,
place tenth In tbe meet, but tbay
also won mure points than any
other entrants In their district from
the same school.
Hansen repealed hie performance
of last year at Corvallis when he
who second place In tbe mile event.
Dleque Bmlth qualified Friday after
noon In the high hurdles, but failed
to qualify for tbe low hurdles Sat
urday he took tbe lead In tbe
hurdles event, but fell back Into
third place at tbe finish line when
he struck two hurdles which slowed
down bis speed.
Disregarding the limited number
of men with which be was con
fronted wben he started to build hie
track team. Marlon Hall, completed
tbe season with an admirable rec
ord for any school His team won
i-ond place In both tbe W illamette
valley and tbe district track meet
over such schools as Eugene high.
University high. Roseburg and Cot
tage Orove and Cbemawa. Corvallis
and Salem In the Valley meet
Three men qualified for the state
meet but Kerrigan Hutchlneln wae
forced out of competition with a
pralned ankle.
Hansen and Bmllb are graduating
with tbe senior class and entered
their final events for Bprlngfleld
high school Saturday. They are ex
pected to find placet on track
teams of larger schools next fall.
A abort play. "Forty Winks,”
written by Mrs. It E. Dawson, pres
ident of the ussoclatlun. will lie the
feature of the evening program.
Mrs Floyd Thumpson, Miss Bar-
nice Conoly and Mlsa Dorothy Mae
Potter are In charge of this number
Program Announced
Tbe program will open wltb selec
tions. "March M llltelr" and "Jolly
Copperamlth." by the toy orchestra
of the Brattaln school Short talk»
will then be given by I. O. Shaw.
Dean C Poindexter. It K. Rolen».
Mr». A. B. Van Valxuh M A I'.dil
Koy tgulney and Mr». Elmer FergU-
tun F. B Hamlin will be ma«ter of
ceremonies. Other numbers will In
clude lap dancing by Miss Dorothy
Myers class, violin solos by Oma
Mae McNetl and Marie Holllater,
selections by tbe Lincoln school or
cheatrs. the play, a closing pageant
featuring the Boy Scouts. Girl
Scouts and Brownies, and conclu
»ton with everyone »Inglng "On
ward Christian Soldiers."
Sing Sing W srdsn W rit«»
Commendation of tbe work being
attempted here by the Playground
a»»o<’lallon waa contained In a lei
ter received this week from Lewis
E Istwe». warden of Bing Bing pris
on. In his letter addre»sed lo Mrs.
Duw»on. he »ay in im rt:
" Il la surprising that no such
recreation canter exists In tbe com
munity today
I have always felt
that supervised recreation Is essen
tial for the youth til any locality.
Of course education Is also a prim»-
necessity, but both should supple
ment each other. The school» only
take care of children for a certain
period of the day. ' After that time
if efforts are not made to properly
supervise the ai-tlvltle» of those
children, there Is every likelihood
that antisocial tendencies may be
Inculcated
Proper recreation Is
conducive to their best Interests. It
creates proper contact« and Incul
cate« what 1» known In my opinion
«« character education
May 1 ad
(Concluded on Page Four)
what had happened to the high
school baseball team wben they be
gan losing umes freely- after a
long chain at unbroken victories
were equally surprised yesterday
afternoon at the manner In which
they won their game with Ixiwell.
Both teams started off strong
wltb no score until the last of tbe
second when Bprlngfleld »cored
three run». After that tbe game
waa their» only for one Inning
wheu tbe vl«ltora brought In seven
runs In the fourth. Bprlngfleld re
taliated wltb a nice string of runs
which left the acora 14-7 In the sixth
inning
Lowell brought In two
ruus In the final Inning to end the
Maine, 14 3
lo u t Friday afternooo the boys
broke their losing streak when they
held what looked like a track meet
wltb University high school. Tbe
game finally ended wltb the score
standing, 17-3.
The local leam has lust one more
game on their season s schedule.
This has been advanced from F ri
day until Tuesday afernoon of next
week and will be played at Mwlm-
mer's Delight park as a feature of
the all-school picnic Their oppon
ents will be Pleasant Hll. They
have alreedy defeated the Hillbillies
but they, lu turn, handed a 10-6 de
feat lo Eugene high Tuesday after
noon
At thia time the Bprlngfleld team
has wou vlctorlea over each of the
teams on the schedule. They di
vided games wltb Junctiao City,
Eugene. Lowell and Oakridge, ana
have won double vicorlea over Mar
cola and University high.
Final reports on tbe Bprlngfleld
HERA street projects were made
this morning and shows that the
city actually received a total of
33.74».60 for labor under tbe pro
ject and that the city expended 81,-
713.27 In cash and received a credit
of 3766.20 for use of Its tractor and
trucks, making total outlay of 32,-
43147 on tbe part of tbe city In
the project participation.
Final summary of tbe City's par
ticipation In the project which
closed last week »bowed total ex
penditure» a» follows:
G ravel
...
»730 33
light and power rae In Bprlngfleld
will be formally presented to the
public
utility
commissioner In
Salem Friday. Members of the city
fire and water committee and City
Attorney James K. King will go to
Salem for an appointment with tbe
commissioner at 10 o'clock.
Tbe petitions recently circulated
carry 702 names of local residents
and users of electricity. The com
mittee expects to present tbe pe
tition» and also determine Just
what place Bprlngfleld w ill have 1»
the bearing to be held by tbe public
utilities commissioner In Albany on
June 3. Thia meeting has beeu ar
ranged when all communities served
by the power company will be con
sidered for lower rates.
Lane Co. Road Patrol
17#.»3
Ind Acddent In»
*127.16
Lumber
34.22
Gasoline
....... .... 18».lb
On their return from Salem the
Oil and Grease
7.2»
Supervision
236.41 committee wj> »top In Albany for
Hardware
47.»6 a conference with Mountain States
Truck and Tractor Main
46.12 Power company officials In regara
to light and power rates. It Is pos
Credits Received
sible that Home of the requests of
Truck participation:
the city petitioners may be settled
2 one-ton (t #0c hour for
60S hours
.............. . »646.40 outside of the utility commissioner's
hearing, councilman say. They
Tractor Grader:
At »1.16 per hr. for 1»8 hrs. 227.30 point out that their action w ill be
The SERA participation repor. a friendly effort to adjust rates In
allows a total of 1.180 man-days of Springfield to iower levels more in
labor or 7.0«» man hours for which line with the Eugene W ater board
Ibe following amounts were ex rate« which are competitive here.
pended
January ________ ___
(144.00 SCHOOL PETITION FOR
February .........................
»»0.00
E C. STUART IS FILED
March ._......... ............
........... ......
.............. 9(0.00
April ....... ............
......_...............
.. ..........
.... #o».oo
A petition bearing 64 names was
May
746.61, filed yesterday on behalf of E. C.
Only about two-third» of tbe 36.- Stuart as candidate for re-election
300 grant for labor waa used by the a» Hcbool director tor three years.
city lu tbe project. City officials .Mr. Stuart consented to become a
have been promised that they will , andldate after many of hla friends
be permitted to take up the balance visited blm personally urging him
,f tbe project money at a later date to accept the nomination.
SCHOOL PROJECTS GET
if they are able to finance the op
This la the only school petition
APPROVAL IN PORTLAND
erating coHts and materials.
filed at thia time. Severt Jacob
son has announced bis Intention of
Springfield « HER.» «»-bool project
being a candidate to succeed him
ha» been approved in Portland by PAST OFFICERS TAKE
self as school clerk.
the state committee and work Is
OVER O. E. S. MEETING
expected to be started very shortly
on the schools. The gymnasium 1» ( Past officers of Cascade chapter, GIRLS LEAGUE PLANS
uow being emptied a' materials ana i O. E B took over all chairs of the BREAKFAST FOR SENIORS
equipment In preparation for the! local chapter Tuesday evening dur
remodeling there, and the equip- ' Ing the Past Matrons and Past
Final plans for tbe annual break
ment lu he manual training and do Patrons meeting
Mrs. Lena Fred fast which the Girls League at the
mestic aclence room» 1» being crick was seated as worthy matron high school gives the seniors were
»tores elaewbere In the building.1 with C. A. Swarts as worthy patron. made this week. The breakfast will
Paining the outside of the building Mrs Darr Wilson was assistant ma be given Tuesday morning at tbe
u-d regrading the ground« will be tron. and W. E. Buell, assistant Methodist church at 8 o’clock. Fea
done at the Lincoln school.
ture of the breakfast is the an
patron.
Mrs. Ida Swarts was conductress, nouncement of tbe name of the out
standing girl chosen as the winner
Typhoid Reported—Two cases of Mrs. Abbie Wheaton assistant con
of the Civic club cup
ductress.
and
Mrs.
Janie
Green
typhoid fever In one family were
Committee chairmen for the
reported last week-end at Marcola treasurer. Pearl Bchantol was sec
by Dr. R. C. Rotnlg. county health retary, Mrs. Jeannette W right. breakfast are Pearl Helterbrand.
officer.
Shallow wells and no Martha. R. B. Oldham, sentinel, and menu; Muriel Tyson, decorations;
Mary Faye Bettis, program; Martha
sewage disposal system were crlti- Mrs. Opal Roberts, marshall.
All past matruns were presented Welch, place cards, and Colleen Cor
claea by the health officer follow
nell. tables.
with corsages during the evening.
ing an Inspection.
These Students Receive Diplomas From S. H. S Friday
Regular meeting of the Bprlng
fleld Four-L group wl|l be held at
Taylor hall Friday evenln«
The
masting has been called for 8
o’eloefc.
Bprlngfleld Chamber of Cotq
merce will hold a meeting next Wed
nesday evening at Taylor hall start
Ing at 8 o'clock according to notices
sent out this week by B. F. Hamjta,
secretary. President W. K. Barnall,
w ill preside at the
Fifty-four students will receive
diplomas bare Friday night at the
Methodist church when asm.uel soa-
meueemeni exercises era held for
tbe senior class of Bprlngfleld high
school. Fifty-two student» will ha
graduated from the local high
school, and two others will peas
through the formality of having
their diplomas presented bare.
Two sister«. Bertha and Margaret
Gradall. completed their work at
Pearce. Arisons, high school, bat
moved here before tbe comUiêBOS-
ment exercises and wtU also receive
their diplomas which have
»ent, here Friday evening.
W ill Hear University Man
Jesse H. Bond, professor of :
nés» Administration at the Univer
sity of Oregon, will be the com
mencement speaker. He has not an
nounced the topic of hla address.
The program will open with the
march. "Maestoso." by MacDowell.
played by Mrs. Buford Roach; the
invocation by Rev. I. O. Shaw, pas
tor of the Christian church, sad the
Salutatory address, "Learning for
Living." given by Mary Trotter.
The march will be played on the
new pipe organ and will be tbe flrat
time the Instrument la used la a
public function.
Ruth Pollard will sing. "Tha Ker
ry Dance,” by Malloy, and Margaret
Jarrett w ill play the piano nolo.
“Chant D'Amonr.** Opus 10. No. 2.
by Paderewski preceding the ad-
dr e«« by Professor Bond.
Students Te O ffer Music
Following tha address tha girts'
trio w ill sing Kreislar’a, "The Old
Refrain." The trio Includes Juanita
Seaman. Ruth Pollard, and Joaa
Seavey Frances Stiles w ill offer an
the
valedictory addr
World tsnd I.”
Jack W illiam » w ill i
Herbert's. “Ah. Sweet Mystery of
Life.” Just before E. C. Staart.
chairman of the school board pre
sents the diplomas, and Rev. Dean
C. Poindexter pronounces tha hen
edicUon.
Names or the graduating students
are listed under their pictures
shown elsewhere in tbe i
Although graduaGon
ill be held Friday evening, the
Rcnool year is not ended nntll 1
day evening the following
Final examinations began this
morning at tha high school and w ill
c-onUnue Friday.
Tha all-school
plonk- and contests will he hold
all day Monday at Swimmer*» De
light, and the senior close day sad
preeeniation of awards will be held
Tuesday.
Annual senior girls’ breakfast w ill
be held Tuesday morning at which
time the winner of the Civic Club
cup for the' most outstanding girl
student will be announced.
Birthdays of W. H. Whitney and
Mrs. D. W. Crites were observed
here Friday evening at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W hitney by members
of the Birthday club. Present were
Mr. and Mrs. Critea, M r. and Mrs.
George Prochnow, Mr. and Mrs. N.
L. Pollard, Mr. and Mrs. W. N.
Long, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Olson, M r.
and Mrs. Harry Stewart, M r. and
Mrs Whitney. Miss Olyde DIUey.
Miss Alma Edwards. Misa M ary
Elisabeth Whitney, and Ernest An
derson.
M'MORRANAWASHBURNE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Exams Started This Morning;
All-School Picnic Monday,
Class Events Tuesday
TWO ARE HONORED AT
BIRTHDAY CLUB PARTY
equal principal amount, grade and
CASH CITY WARRANTS
character of security as said bonds
Bprlngfleld city warrants will be
now owned and held by our aaao
elation and to be substituted and cashed at par at tbe McMorran and
etc hanged therefore, said refund Washburns store whenever pur-
ms
— bear
___ ______
Ing bonds to
Interest — at ___
the chase» or payments on account are
rale of four and three-quarters per made. Carl Wasbburne. manager of
cent per annum payable semi anau ibe store, announces.
consider Bprlngfleld
n May
»lay and
uou November w.
r
-------- war-
ally In
of ------
each ------- We
und'matur*
as
follow«:
»4.000
rants
as
good
as
cash
and believe
year
on November 1. 103«; »«.00« «'> the city will be lit a position to
November 1, 1037: »4.000 on No redeem them In a few months, de
vember I. 1»88; »4,000 on Noyam clared Mr Washburne. "W e see
her 1, 1(8». an<$ »4.000 on Novein no reason why anyone should dis
bar I, 1140; and further that said count them." continued Mr. Wash-
refunding bonde shall be duly auth burne, who said that his store bad
urlsed by special and exclusive on already laken many warrants at
dlnapce of said town and »hall be par.
dated either May 1. 1336. or Novero
bar 1, 1636. and in the event the MISS LONG HOSTESS FOR
May 1. 1036, —
said
........................
“
LODGE OIRLS FRIDAY
same are dated
town of Bprlngfleld shall, If and
Members of the F. L. Girls club
when the proposed exchange of
bonds hereunder la effected, pay to of Juanita Rebekah lodge were
our association »186 In cash, d iffe r guests at the home of Ml«» Flor
ence In Interest up to November ence Long last Thursday evening
for their annual meeting
Miss
1. 1336.''
i
The refunding bonds are ex Irma Noll was elected president;
pected to be authorlxed and fur Miss Ixmg, vice-president, and Miss
nished the Woodmen of the World Bernice Conoly Is the new sacra-
lodge within the next few weeks tary-treasurer.
or as soon as the city attorney can
prepare the Issue.
MEETING CALLED FOR
FOUR-L MEETING SET
AT JAYLOR HALL FR’PAV
JESSE H BOND SPEAKER
POPPY DRIVE OPENS
IN CITY ON FRIDAY
Friday and Saturday have
designated as Poppy days In Spring-
field and members of tbe Spring-
field American Legion auxiliary
will offer tbe red flowers for sale
both days. A ll funds from the sals
ol the flowers are used for rehabil
itation work among soldiers.
CARD CLUB MEMBERS
END YEAR W ITH DANCE
Members of the O-No card club
concluded their season's activities
last Saturday evening when they
held their annual banquet at the
Del Rey cafe In Eugene. Eighteen
people attended the banquet after
which 24 went to W illam ette park
where they spent the evening wtth
dancing.
EUGENE FOREION WAR
VETS INVITE COUNTY
Top row (left to right) Jerry Clark. Edna Severson, Dl»que Smith. Margaret Haack, Charles Cole, Margaret Jar
rett. Robert Ixijoie, Genevieve Henry; second row. M arjorie Currant. Dori» Marie Robinson. Ellen Moskop, Laurie
Downes, Imrna Chase, Alpha Prlndel, Gwendolyn Barrett, Mary Young; third row, Faye Squires, Jack W illiams, Le-
Verne Pugh, Don Nelson. Greta Zehner, Harold H ill, Ruth Stratton, Woodrow W are; fourth row, Joan Seavey. Mary
Katherine Harris. Evelyn Johnson. Faye Stratton, Ruby Cabe. Ahaphla Palanluk. H artle Olson, M yrtle Logan; fifth
row. Irvin Darr, Ruth Pollard, Robert Benson, Eunice Rh Inevault. Jack Clark. Olga Hrynchuk. Raymon Withers,
Irene Je»sen; »IxUi row. Frances Stiles, Carl Stevenson. M ary Trotter, Mary Elkow, Geneva Thompson. Gladys Chase.
Verlin Posey. Clair Hadley; seventh row, Anton Uchytll, Juanita Seaman, Arnold Scolt. Malcolm Hansen. Gertrude
Boring. Obert Andrews.
Eugene post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, will hold a large social gath
ering at the Eugene armory Friday
evening at 8 o'clock. Veterans liv
ing in Bprlngfleld and all other
parts of the county are extended an
tnvitatton IwattaML