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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON TUESDAY. JANUARY 8. 1963 Development of Civic Center In Eugene Reviewed at Lunch A program of colored ilides, with accompanying pre-recorded sound narration, describing the development of a civic center in a section of downtown Eugene was pre sented at the Monday noon meeting of the Medford Chamber of Commerce Roundtable. The slide-narration program was prepared by the south west Oregon chapter of the American Institute of Archi tects (AIA). Medford Archi tect Jack Edson of Edson and Pappas Architects,' together with City Planning Director Ned Langford, made the presentation. In introducing the pro gram, Edson praised Eugene's civic center development, and said he felt it "went consid erably beyond what one would anticipate in a city of its size. City With Problems The narrator described Eu gene in the early 1950's as a city with some problems typi cal to medium-sized commun ities and some that were "unique." Eugene had a growing population of about 35,000, traffic congestion that seemed to worsen daily, inadequate parking facilities and a de teriorating central business district. A problem peculiar to Eu gene was the Willamette river, whose banks had be come "industrial slums and dumping grounds." "Existing public buildings, the courthouse, library and city hall were outmoded and poorly related," the narrator said. "Housing for state of fices was scattered. The old courthouse square was in a state of disrepair, flooded with autos and crowded with unusued buildings. The coun ty was divided both on needs and location of new facilities. There was no movement among various divisions of government for unifying their locations." Attack The Problems Challenged, the architects of the Eugene - Springfield area banded in 1953 to attack some of the problems. They called their 20-man organiza tion, "Architects Collabora tive." From the group came the suggestion to centralize a new civic center in an area adja cent to the central business district, a location which linked the natural beauty of the river front, a nearby butte and the new city entrance through a park and cultural center. The core of the loca tion was the only small bit of remaining civic open space the courthouse square. Detailed plans were drawn up, traffic was studied and routed to the perimeter of the area, land use was tabu lated, ownership plotted, overpass circulation planned, and, finally, a model was pre pared for presentation to the people. The Collaborative formed speaking teams, and service clubs and other groups were contacted. Within six months, the county government indi cated acceptance of the gen eral plan. Further, the city library board agreed to locate its new building in the civic group. Approved By Voters Slowly overcoming dissen tion, the proposal for rede velopment of the courthouse square was put before the voters. It passed by a 2 to 1 margin. Construction began almost immediately and the completed courthouse was dedicated in 1959. Simultaneously, the archi tects were commissioned to refurbish the square and in corporate parking in the area adjacent to the courthouse. Large public open spaces for group activity, utilizing native masonry materials and existing trees, were develop ed. Water was brought into play with the construction of pools and fountains. Pieces of art and sculpture were com missioned and installed. Im aginative night lighting was used to enhance the entire project. A parking structure, screened from public view, was built. Approve Construction Inspired by the activity, private enterprise went to work with enthusiasm, and within months new or com pletely refurbished commer cial buildings made their ap- Expenditures by Big Tax-Exempt Groups Attacked Washington-dJPII-A congres sional report has charged that tax-exempt foundations spent a "disturbing" amount for advertising and public relations. The report, issued by Chair man Wright Patman, (D-Tex.) of the House Small Business Committee, also said the big tax-exempt foundations were being used to build new mono polistic business empires. The report is part of Pat man's study of 534 of the na tion's estimated 45,000 tax exempt foundations. It said the 534 took in $7 billion in 10 years but spent only half for grants and contributions. The report said 10 per cent went for operating expenses but the remainder was unac counted for. Revisions Suggested ' Patman proposed a long list of recommendations for revisions in the law controll ing foundations. They ranged from a 25-year limit on the life of a foundation to a ban on commercial business or financial activities. Questioning the public re lations expenditures of foun dations, the report charged that the outlays by the Ford Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute were "indeed disturbing." It said the Ford Foundation paid $172,583 between 1952 and 1961 to Arthur Newmyer Associates, Inc., Washington, D. C. and the Hughes Medical Institute paid $46,417 to Carl Byoir and Associates, New York, between 1955 and 1960. In addition, the report said, there were payments to the Bjwir firm of $712,439 by the Hughes Aircraft Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of the med ical institute, between 1956 and 1962. Patman said these payments were "an abuse of the public trust" that should warrant revocation of t a x-exempt status. The taxpayers, he said, "have enough of a load with out carrying foundations that engage in brainwashing acti vities." Expenditures Defended The Ford Foundation de fended its expenditures. It said that nearly every such organization spends money for public relations as "a necessary part of its opera tions." The foundation said this was "plainly justified and indeed consonant with the public's right to know how foundations spend their funds." The Ford Foundation said that its public relations out lay was only a small fraction of the $1.4 billion given to schools, hospitals and other charities during the same period. The Byoir firm said that its income from the medical in stitute was repayment of ex penses only and contained no fees. It said the payments from the aircraft company represented a business ar rangement between Byoir and "It's large tax-paying elec tronics and aerospace firm." pearance In the area of the civic center. The state of Oregon in 1H6U deemed to locate its regional office in the area. And shortly thereafter the voters of Eugene approved the construction of a new $2 million city hall. The result, according to the narrator, was that the square, once populated only by old men and pigeons, has again become meaningful to the city and has accelerated revitali zation of the entire core area. The citizens of Eugene have learned, too, that an idea, if big enough and hu man enough, can be realized through vision, planning and cooperation, t h e narrator said. Counsel With . . . Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan FOR ALL YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS, SELECT A CERTIFIED INSURANCE AGENT. QUALIFIED ALL LINES WRITTEN F. R. Brennan, C.I.A. MEDFORD INSURANCE Agency PHONE 773-7343 27 North Holly Street Family Council Edttor'i Nice: Thf Family Coun cil consists or a Judge, a psychia trist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor a women's editor, and two writers. Each article Is a summary of an actual case history. The Council reports on problems that have been dealt with by respon sible agencies and counselors. (Copyright 1963 General Features Corp.) Jules T. - She should show more affection for my moth er. Nancy T. - He can't order me to love her. Jules T. - My mother is the most gentle soul you can im agine. She never raises her voice and her only wish in life is to be loved by my wife as she is by me. I'm married two years now and in that time Mother has never miss ed a week without sending over some token of her thoughtfulness - a piece of embroidery, a jar of pickles, a small plant. But Nancy continues to be as formal towards her as to a stranger. Yes, she invites her over for dinner once a month, sends her birthday and holiday cards along with gifts. She never gets close to her, however. If she'd loosen up, she'd find Mother is really her best friend. Nancy T. - Jules is a physi cal education teacher in high school and he's used to giv ing orders and blowing whis tles. I can't make him under stand that the relationship between his mother and me can't be changed just by his command. She's a nice enough person But I know dozens of nice people and certainly I'm not going to tell all of them my innermost secrets, and run to spend every free hour with them, which is what Jules expects me to do with his mother. He is constantly push ing me toward her, for a mat inee, a trip, a walk. While I'll never be rude or mean with her, I just can't be her girl friend either. She's just not my type. The Council - Wonders of invention never cease, but no one has yet come up with what Jules wants - push but ton love. Love is still a reser voir that must gush spontane ously from hidden well springs.. It can't be legislated or blueprinted into being. Nancy is right. When a thousand small "likings" have had time to accumulate, they may silently and unobtrusive ly transform into the devotion we call love. And these lik ings are formed, in turn, out of small admirations, grati tudes and harmonies. While there may be instant liking, there's really no instant love, regardless of what the ro manticists claim. But if Jules's mother is really the paragon he says she is, sht has enough under standing of human psycholo gy to know that Nancy may never love her exactly as her son does. If Jules's nagging is really prompted by his mother, then he's being bull dozed and the situation looks bad. If however, the insistence that Nancy be more palsy' walsy toward the senior Mrs T. is Jules's own Idea, we bid him to desist and let nature take its course. His mother is in a favored position to carve a cozy niche for her self in Nancy's heart. While Nancy regards her now mere ly as one of several loyal friends, her special brand of attentiveness and consider ateness will eventually lift her "out of the chorus" into a leading lady In Nancy's estimation. It my make things clear er to remind Jules that in laws are "wished on" each other from the wedding day on - for the usual better or worse. And It's better not to rush or force an intimate i friendship. At first a mother-in-law may be merely a sym ! bol to the bride. She repre sents the woman who bore I and nurtured the man who ' is now a husband, j It's a happy day when in j laws come to appreciate each ; other as people, not Just sym : bols. With patience, Nancy I and her mother-in-law may I yet talk "person-to-person." Grange News Grange Council And Conference The Jackson County Grange Council and officer's confer ence will meet at the Central Point Grange hall Saturday, Jan. 12, at 8 p.m. All Grange members are requested to at tend, particularly newly elect ed officers. Demonstrations of floor work will be given. Women attending are request ed to take cookies. Upper Rogue Grange At the Jan. 3 meeting of Uppei Rogue Grange it was voted to hold the social meet ings jt the homes of members rather than in the Grange hall. The Jan. 17 meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don McLean on Crowfoot rd. Those attending have been asked to take a sack lunch. Edward J. Craig of Trail was voted to become a mem ber, and the application by demit of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Worth was accepted. Refreshments were served by Mr. and Mrs. Don McLean and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tor rance following the meeting. The Home Economics club will meet at the home of Mrs. Rick Eastin Thursday, Jan. 10. A potluck lunch will be served at 12:45 p.m., with the business meeting to follow. Central Point Grange v New officers of Central Point Grange filled stations for the regular meeting Jan. 4. Standing committees with the 1962 chairman gave reports. The HEC chairman, Mrs. Morris Frink, read the quart erly report, and announced that the next meeting will be at her home on Linden lane Jan. 16 at 1:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hoover of Eagle Point Grange were present. Hoover reported on the flood damage and urged those who had flood damage and needed loans to contact the necessary agency immedi ately. He gave highlights of a trip they had recently taken to Kansas. Dclmar Smith, chairman of the community service com mittee, reported on service projects participated in 1962, During the lecturer's pro gram, Mrs. James Cornutt di rected the members in games. Resolutions for better Grange meetings, and suggestions for future programs were given to the lecturer. The first and second de gree team have been invited to put on the degree at Up per Applegate Grange Friday, Jan. 11. Dee Hendrickson, captain of the team announced a rehearsal will be held Jan 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Central Point hall. All members of the team are asked to be present. Roscoe Roberts, overseer of the Oregon State Grange, was present. He stressed two im portant announcements. They are the Grange council meet ing at Central Point, Saturday Jan. 12, and the County Con ference Wednesday, Jan. 30, also in the Central Point hall. Master Jr.nes Cornutt read the list of committee chair men appointments for the year. Griffin Creek Grange The Griffin Creek Grange will meet Thursday, Jan. 10, at 8 p.m. at the Grange hall. Items to be discussed will be the use of the building for Scouting activities. Officers who were not pre sent for the installation ceremonies will be insalled and new officers will preside at the session. Gold Hill Gold Hill - Herman Kamp- mg, new master of Gold Hill Grange presided at the last business meeting. Plans were discussed for the annual Grange potluck dinner for Grangers and their families, which will be held Sunday, Jan. 13 at 1:30 p.m. at the hall. Reports were given by Ferd Jones, legislative chairman and Charles Footc, agricul ture chairman. Mrs. A. A. Walker has been named Home Economics club chairman. She replaces Mrs. Gertrude Rosecrans retiring chairman. It was announced that the HEC meetings will be held at the hall on the same dates that regular Grange meetings are held. The next meeting is tentatively set for 2 p.m. and Grange will meet at 8 p.m. same date. Samt Valley The Sams Valley Grange meeting will be held Jan. 19 in order that the newly elect ed officers may attend the Grange council and officers training course at Central Point Grange. 1 Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF NEAREST THING to legalized mayhem was the East West judo championship matches staged recently in Manhattan. 300-pound behemoths tossed each other around with delirious abandon, and the reporter for a d i g n i fied metropolitan daily was so carried away by the goings-on that his story next day began, "From hajime to sore made, the sound of the kiai echoed through the New York Athletic Club yesterday as 24 judo players strained for the tippon and settled for the waza-ari." We hope that's as crystal clear to you as it was to us! "The LINES TO REMEMBER: Author P. G. Wodehouse (on his eir-htieth blrthdavi thought that I shall never have to wear a paper hat again at a party ia a very sustaining one." Walt Kelly (the well known humorist): "I'm against all extremes: the extreme right, the extreme left, and the extreme middle." Geoffrey Bocca (author of "Bikini Beach"): "Any loon can be interested in good food. It takes a connoisseur to really appreciate horrible food." Truman Capote: "I know one beautifully balanced couple. Ho makes the money and she spends it" Overheard at a golf club: "What do you mean, your wife does bird imitations!" "Well, for one thing, she watches mo like a hawk." O 1963, by Bennett Cert. Distributed by King Features Syndicate Concessions Made For Reorganization Of National Guard Washington-OJPll-The Arn.y is going ahead with its re organization of the National Guard, but it had to make a major concession to get the support of a state governors' committee. The Army proposes to eli minate four of the present 27 National Guard divisions under the reorganization plan which must be approved by each state affected. Last summer, the governors pledged to withhol '. their support of the - sweeping changes until they had con sulted further with the Army. Over the week end, the Executive Committee of the National Governor's Confer ence got the Pentagon to agree to start its planned in ternal improvement of the guard during the next six months instead of sometime in the future. The improve ments will be made in con junction with the guard's re organization. Would Delay Plan The governors at their sum mer meeting refused to agree to the changes which will re sult in a net loss of 338 company-size units. They said it would delay the improvement plan called ROAD (Reorgani zation Objective Army Di visions) originally scheduled since 1961. Under the concession, the Homeowners Told Of Model House Re-siding Racket 5 Mohair Marvel ROAD plan calling for a con siderable increase in the num ber of tanks, personnel carriers and other weapons assigned to guard units will go ahead at the same time the reorganiza tion is put into effect. The week end Pentagon an nouncement said thai "the conversion of Army National Guard divisions to the new structure (ROAD) will be ini tiated as soon as agreement is reached between the gov ernors of the affected slates and the National Guard Bu reau on troop lists and sta tion plans. "The ROAD reorganization of both the Army National Guard and the Army Reserves should be completed prior to the start of annual field train ing this summer." Should Be Acceptable Gov. Albert D. Rosellinl of Washington, president of the Governors' Conference and chairman of the Executive Committee which met with Army officials, said he thought "these plans should be acceptable to the majority of states. "The Army has made a real concession, and we hope to establish the rest of our case in Congress." However, Rosellini said there still would be some gov ernors who would refuse the Army permission to reorgan ize the guard. SEES TRAVEL BOOM Washington - IUPII - The Fed eral Aviation Agency predict ed Monday more persons will travel in fewer airlines in the next five years. The FAA's annual five-year forecast said the nation will have a total of 62 billion revenue passen ger-miles by 1968, compared with 42.5 billion in fiscal 1962, but airline fleets will be re duced from a current 2,000 airliners to 1,750. NO USE FOR IT Hertford, England - rtlPII- Harold Hunt won a home permanent wave outfit in a raffle Monday. Hunt is bald. MONEY BOTHERS HIM Honolulu OIPli- Clifford Fu jlwara, 21, a teller at a local bank, has been transferred to the commercial department where his work is confined to ledgers. 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He explained that a number of reports concerning the model home re-sidin. racket have come into the Chamber office recently. "Although the vast ma jority of firms engaged in home repair or improvement nd maintenance work are reputable businessmen," he continued, "there is a small, shady element in this field which operates one of the slickest and hardiest rackets to which the public falls vic tim. It is known as the model re-sidlng job racket and the procedure used is one with which all homeowners should be familiar." Home as Model McNeil explained that the promoters approach a home owner wilh the yarn that they are just coming into the neighborhood and would like to use his home as a model to demonstrate to others what a fine re-siding job they do. They frequently falsely claim they are representing a well known manufacturer of alu minum and that they are auth orized to make the offer on behalf of these firms s a part of an advertising plan. They offer $50 or $100 as commission on every subse quent sale made in the area and a bonus for every custom er the victim recommends. Those who do sign contracts soon learn that everyone is given the same sales pitch, the price stipulated generally is higher than the prevailing costs for such and the work is apt to be sub-standard, Mc Neil noted. Price is Stated However, the homeowners obligation to pay is clearly set forth in a signed contract. McNeil gave several sug gestions how homeowners can avoid being victimized on a re-siding job. They include: 1) Take your time, don t rush into any home improve ment job. 2) Beware of the salesman who represents at the outset that your home is desired as a model and promises a com mission for each sale lead. 3) Deal only with firms who-e dependability and re liability are known to you or which you have established through intelligent inquiry. 4) Get several estimates from reliable local firms. 5) Get the names of several others in or near your home town who have done business with the contractor selected. Check Salesman ' 6) Make sure thai the fales- man you are dealing wilh rep- resenls the company you think he docs. 7) Read and understand the contract before you sign and keep a copy of it. 8) Make sure that the sales rcpresentaiions made to you are set forth in substance in the contract. If they are not, don't sign it. 9) Don't sign a completion certificate until the job is in fact complete. 10) If the work is guaran teed, be sure that you under stand the specific terms and conditions of the guarantee, and thai they are incorporated in the contract. Rusk Sees Peace Progress in 1963 Miami Beach -IUPII- Secre tary of Slate Dean Rusk said Monday there was a "fair chance" of progress in 1963 toward a more stable peace. "1 don't like to be a proph et, but I believe there is a fair chance we can make his tory in 1963 toward a mora stable peace," Rusk said at the home of his brother, pub lisher Parks Rusk. As for Cuba, he said, "the immediate- future is not easy to predict." "But this -hemisphere can not accept a Marxist-Lenin penetration by forces from outside our hemisphere. So long jis a Marxist Lenin situ ation exists in Cuba, there is unfinished business in our hemisphere." MEETING SCHEDULED Salem - IUPII - The Oregon Slate Board of Aeronautics will meet here Jan. 15, direct or Robert W. Dunnvsaid today. Managemsnt Men Our firm has funds to invest in small, progressive commer rial or industrial enterprises. Write to Fred H. Hoyer & Co., MnnnKcmcnt Consultants, 5H1 Monroe Street. Corvallis. Ore. Former Resident Is Killed in Accident Word was received here re cently of the death in Arizona of a former local youth, Wil liam Atkins, son or Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Atkins, now living in Arizona. Atkins, 15, was killed in an automobile accident two days before Christmas in Arizona. His grandmother, Mrs. Hazel Atkins of Eagle Point, recent ly retired Jackson county school teacher, received word of the accident and left im mediately for Arizona. Other relatives were informed later of the boy's death. No details of the accident had been re ceived here Monday. Atkins is survived by his parents and three sisters. 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