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 . . .
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Family
Council
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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
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permanent wave outfit in a
raffle Monday. Hunt is bald.
MONEY BOTHERS HIM
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bank, has been transferred to
the commercial department
where his work is confined to
ledgers. Fujiwara couldn't
stop sneezing at his teller's
job and a doctor diagnosed
his trouble an an allergy
to money.
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Area residents are warned
by Medford Chamber of Com
merce Manager Don McNeil
of various itinerant rackets
traveling in the s-tate.
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.
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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.
DIE MINUTES APART
New York - IUPII - A 06-year-old
retired grocer collapsed
and died Monday less than 10
minutes after a doctor pro
nounced his wife dead In tholr
Brooklyn apartment. The cou
ple, John Cantarella and his
wife, Rachel, 64, would have
celebrated their 20th wedding
anniversary Jan. 20.
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