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Th«* Newtlnrl, Cottage
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both i
tuber, I
CotUfle (Brm £rntmrl '"ci
•cntly i
tor of
tlorers,
ilta of
n nmt
J Establish
W. C. MARTIN ....................... |................... I
Subscription rates, cash in advance. No
than three months.
1 Y
In l^anc and Douglas Countiei .......... 2.50
Outside This District ........................ 3.0U
Foreign Rates on Application.
Entered at Cottage (¡rove, Oregon, as secon
Issued
ihatnui
mi any
ions or
uld like
NATIONA
DANGEROUS HOMES
The housing shortage L m forced many >«opl« , > .
,
temporary dwellings, when* wiring, heating units and cooking alike and w
equipment are frequently makeshift am! unsafe. And that, in of the city after .. its Un city j you
turn, has created a new and very grave menace to life from fire. for whom thej are working that
As a tragic example, a woman in a Washington town recently pays their salaries invite Indus
left her infant children in a temporary shelter while returning tries in lather than try to keep Nd: inpiahs orfiN <;o H ome
-fSlSHOlK WAV *Y CLIMgiNq
out Being a native of this
a borrowed utensil to a neighbor next door. She returned home them
iu» ii and
aim a dog-gon-good
aog-gon-guoa "Orc-
i >re- eJE CilEP WAILS at CAMtON Pl
town
to find the house in flames and the children dead.
gonian" that I have enough for-
^NtLlINCiE as
It will l>e a good many years before the housing shortage is titude to boast and want people MUA ABOVE fW CANYON M.KJMA liv
eliminated. In the mean time, the problem of reducing the hazard out here. The kmd of people that
in substandai-d structures is two fold. The first phase must be will want to work, live and s(a> ’^
Kern
. ,, Myrtle
.
, UR K>R(H KNI.IHTMKNTN
a constant vigilance on the part of the families in them. Every out here. Not the kmd that don't summer session Miss
AGAIN KENTRICTED
want to help us grow. No town or ■
’ * n *
thing must be done to make electric and heating equipment as citv
wants them
, Dusenbcrry heads the summer
Beginning the month of June,
safe as iMiaaible-and it ahould he done by a qualified mechanic,
I,• 2L J T
.i .
recreation pregram here in Cot- one applicant per month will be
not an amateur handy man. (’hildnen should never be left with demn anyone but if our streets
accepted for enlistment in t h e
n
out adult sujiervision. And some sort of fire extinguisher should are not cican. our streets in a bad ,, R
?.
'' Umti-d State» Air Force, lit ar-
be available for instant use.
state of repair that it's almoat im-
, Da,bcrs remaln* in ( o,ta«v cordance with new enlistment re
strictions received by T Sgt. J. U
Second, it is the duty of municipal authorities to constantly possible to drive over them with-1 ' ,
inspect dwellings, partmuiary those which are of a temporary I out losing your car if the people Grade school teacher»: 1 he ma Johnson, local recruiting Sei grant
nature, and enforce adequate safety codes. This will cause hard that live here and are willing to -i°r'D °l (hem w ill al lend summer for the Army and Air Force.
The expansion of the Air Force
put out a little time, effort
yr»|,ch00* •'*«»’». University of Ore-
ships-but no hardship Is as serious as death by fire.
to seventy-group strength was rec
even
money
in
taxes
to
push
our
K
on
.
Donalenc
Hastie.
Dove
Trask,
The hazard of fire can be serious even in well-built, well-
forward instead of helping Elmer Fleming; Portland branch ognized as a rare carver opport un
maintained homes. It is critical in old run-down dwellings, or town
...................
. ....
u
o jean Olsen: Monmouth. ity by thousands of young men
to
"knock
it in the
head".
new “cardboard bouses.”
Any big business needs a man * College of Education, Mr. and Mrs. throughout the country and they
ager. superintendent or call it Neal, Gladys Guben. Margaret
whatever you care to. 'That's not Leum¡Occidental College. Los An
The United States in the current year will pour about a billion dictatorship in any manner nor geles, Helen Zimmerman; Mrs
dollars more into Germany in an avowed attempt to help re means? Does any intelligent per Grace Cowan will remain at her
in Yoncalla; Mrs. Wert. Mr».
suscitate its economy and make it self-supporting. The objective son call our own government ot home
Bradford. Mrs. Rude, Mrs. Nichols.
is a good one; we cannot go on forever supporting the Germans the United States or our schools Mrs
Gischler and Mr. Hance re
DICTATORSHIPS I hardly think
alms.
so. If you will check with this main in Cottage Grove. Miss Lula
■sterday Mr. Evans, writing for the Wall Street Journal. type of people that do all the Digby is to be married and will
rted from abroad on some of the ways our tioveriuuent "SQUEALING" on the STREET teach
in Silverton next year. Miss
,
ns to spend this money. Today,in another column, he points CORNERS.
____ _
. POOL HALLS, etc • D‘*l°rus Delson and Miss Clarice
that all the money we have spent so far in Germany so far HAVE YOU VOTED ’ ninety-nine
i....... ..... s«etre are returning to Minnesota.
PLANNED WASTE
lost no time taking advantage of
that opportunity.
Then“ are still no restrictions as
to the number of men acceptable
.tor service in the various branches
of the U. S. Anny. High school
graduates may still apply for spe
cific army sch<Kiling and be as
sured la-fore enlistment, of obtain
ing the school of his choice us his
first assignment after basic miii-
tary training.
availed little except that it has prevented starvation. Ger- [ and nine tenths of the time the -'I'*® Alice Lund to California, and
SOIL PKTI KES AT
ny is not much further along the road to recovery-
| answer is NEGATIVE. But yet ^I‘s* Meyers to V isconsin.
HEBRON
GRANGE
lermany is being strangled with red tape and bureaucratic «*7
the “empty barrels that, Awjmb...
Hebron Grange will hold its reg
trols. All the planned economy schemes, from price fixing | ™
that we‘High school student tJdyUst Frb
ular meeting next Saturday night
trotted Out’ Mr’ E'a“» «»»Ply I should not "quit now " Hell no ।
waa featured with awards and at the hail, the- program being ar
•
-
.
not that- onl> 8et out and push •"»««« them Lester Porter re- ranged by the men.
ne Chief result from all this gigantic planning is waste. A our town forward Whether the eeived the’ Letterman Club track County Agent O. S Fletcher
te of German labor, skill and physical resources, and more man be local or foreign. Mayor award as the outstanding track will be present and show pk'tures
ntedly, a waste of our substance which is subsidizing this I manager or superintendent get in maB Mike Gamble was voted hon- on soil conservation with regular
of totalitarian economy. The pity of it is that .so long as we and get someone in there that will °rary captain for the. season and farm equipment. With this pic
these socialistic theorists play games with Germany there support our town, our council, and received the captain's star. He ture he will give a short talk on
I believe if I'm not mistaken the a,so received the Letterman Club the same subject. Additional pic
ms to be no end to the billions we will have to keep pouring council
will welcome all grievances activity award for the athlete par tures will be shorts on “Screw
to prop up the planning.—Wall’Street Journal.
anyone may have. We are all ‘¡cipating in the most school ac- Drivers and Screw Jays", a com
human and make mistakes. As the ^'ities. Special awards to seniors edy (safety education). Also a 10-
THE FORGOTTEN FRONT
old adage is 'TO ERR IS HUMAN *>nmng letters in the three ma jor minute Mexican travel picture.
«
Courtney Swander
—TO CORRECT IT IS JUST, sP°rts went to Mike Gamble. Milo
Refreshments will he served and
JjEvents in far countries are attracting considerable interest GOOD BUSINESS" OK then Chapman. Spud Campbell. John are in charge of Mr and Mrs.
tMse days. The problems of what to do with the communists, of LETS CORRECT OUR ERROR Leonard, and Ken Harker.
Frank Sampson. Belva Garoutte,
tOviet friction in Germany, and the Marshall plan for European We are not licked nor struck out.' Track letters went to: seniors. and Richard Lewis. All members
Porter. Mike Gamble, Spud are asked to bring cake, or jello-
rm-overy account for much .of the comment in the press and over Let's quit our back biting and put ,
Cottage Grove back on the map I Campbell- Ben Campbell, Handd salad.
tie radio. Yet we have a forgotten front here in Cottage Grove where
she rightfully deserves to p°dard. John Leonard, Ken Har-
t&t is rapidly growing worse day by day. and that is—our roads be and make her so industries and *er' ^ec. "(><>d. and Milo Chap- Sufficient gasoline for reason
a{i highways.
people wil want to live, work and man- juniors. Wes Thompson, Leo able requirements of tourists mo
ur section of southern Lane county is rugged and mountain- play here and make this place Hawkins. Vernon Coop, Ronald toring abroad is assured in most
, making highway maintenance more difficult. At the same their home. We can if all our civic Chapman, Marvin Schaffer, Ken countries open to travel this sum-
e the state of Oregon has more registered motor vehicles than I organizations, merchants will do Wicks, and Jerry Miller; soplm- mer, according to the Oregon
any previous period, calling for added safety precautions by like our fair neighbor to the north. mores. Bob Hite, Ron Hite, Albert State Motor Association.
Eugene, is doing. Let's “wake up Martin, Bob Gasper. Duane Coop,
using the public roads.
and
give her some competition." Richard Smith, mgr. The squad
Among America's moat famous
..ese particular problems need attention:
old American way of life. presented Bob Dusen berry. head race connus is Churchill Downs.
Ji. The county roads. These are in poor condition, full of chuek- The good T.
coach, with a gift.
L. TOMMY GALLO
at Louisville, Ky.
l»lcs. When they are full q £ water—as is usually the casi—there
h
V /
h1'0
a^.rTUlt4‘‘ii v
f
i$nq telling how deep they may be. These roads should be re
Nine Awards
paired before jogging operations make them worse.
Eb^streeta ip Qottage Grove. These should be improved, making : Presented
sure there is proper drainage.
3. Highway 99. This should be straightened between Cottage I . (Cantinued from Page 1)
Grove and Creswell. This section constitutes a bottleneck in the
und< r fbe direction
route conneotmg with the county seat. A good start is being
mu*,c «upervis-
made on the three mile section between the two overpasses I enjoyed.
very much
south of Cottage Grove where the highway is being widened.
Eighth Grader Program
4. Another grave danger—narrow bridges on the main high- a capacity house crowded Jef- i
ways near Cottage Grove. The bridges on the north and south ferson gymnasium Thursday eve-
of town should I* widened. It should be sufficient to note the ning for the promotion program of
bus-car collision there February 29 resulting in a fatality. A ! 78 eighth graders, nearly all of
similar situation prevails on highway 58 near Trent, where a i wbom will enter Cottage Grove
bus and truck hit head-on in a covered bridge February 1.
I Union High School in September
Many of these conditions are well-known to local residents.1
under the direction of Miss
but they exist elsewhere, too. Eugene has called attention to the |
um and Fred Hollister
bad road conditions prevailing in central Lam* county and has which Sow^d the ^ne^pT
aroused sufficient publv sentiment to promise early correction. tem of a high school commence-
Wetfcave problems just as urgent and must make them known. |ment.
Tbe county road situation is due partly to a lack of funds and Always an exciting part of the
to waiting for necessary equipment. When the road budget for evening is the American Legion
tbeljiext fiscal year is prepared, the needs of southern Lam* award of plaque» to the outstand
county should be ineluded as well as up north where the cam- ing boy and girl of the class. This
year these were won by Enid Ann
pai*ning has been going on.
Milk Is Makings uManM of My Baby
How right »he is. She knows that only tnilk offer» so many
of th« requisite» for building »trong sturdy bones and
healthy bodies. Our sulk is creamy rich and full bodied . ..
the perfect drink for everyone in the family. Phone now—
we’ll start delivery at once.
Grove Maid Dairy
505 8. 5th
?
3
«e '
Ph. 321
LaBlue, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank LaBlue, and Wesley Mal-
colm, son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy
Malcolm.
Rev. Peter Bakker made the
principal address of the evening
Teachers on Vacation
The close of the school year
brings the departure of teachtrs
to well-earned vacation spot»,
their homes, or more schooling
and the following has been gleaned ■
from school principals as to plans
of the Cottage Grove faculties this
summer. High school: Kenneth A.,
Wood, principal, summer school. I
U. of O.; E L. Clark will do field ,
supervisory visits with students of
agriculture and the veterans' class
in Cottage Grove area; C. E. and
Mrs. Bjornson, summer school, U. ’
of O.; Lillian Quast, Seattle; G.
Fordham, undecided, perhaps back
to Minnesota; Stella Holt, U. of O.
summer session, with a trip to Du-
I luth, Minn, in August; Jule Crume!
and Gertrude Branthover plan a
trip to British Columbia in August,
Miss Crume first attending U. of
O. session. Mrs. Kraus, to Wyom
ing after summer school at the
University. Miss Lottie Lee Lamb
leaves next month to attend school
in Denver at the University there,
for special library work; Gardner'
Sellers will study at the Marine.
Biology Institute of the University
in Coos Bay; Miss Eleanor Brun-i
quist will be here supervising,
Home Economics summer projects
for two weeks, then attend OSCj
This Is Clean-up Week!
intiirmatkaii i
reived from IkMtmastei
aldson of a new stamp is
commemorate the 100th annlvvi
sary of the migration of the
Swedes to the Middle West. This
new stamp.will first go on sale
at Chicago, 111 on the -1th of Jun«*
Many parades and gatherings in
eluding an address by President
Truman and Prince Bertil of Swe
den are scheduled In conjunction
with this cek-bratlon.
The new stamp will lie blue in
color, dem miinatkin of 5c, the re-
quinti color mal cost of prepaid
foreign fust class mail postage
Die design « III show a cover«!
wagon and team depicting t h e
westward journey of the Swedes
«lune 2
Hews
Views
by (¡ENE WARE
From all reports, the man
nitll a television set Is not a
lonely man. Ills home is head
quarters for the neighborhood
curlon» unit hr's sure of a full
hollar while TV la o|H-r«Ung.
Trh-ilalon prophets claim that
TV will bring (he family closer
together than an overlapping
golf.grlp. At the same lime,
they any It's going to br rough
on unphotogeaic |M>lltlcal rondt-
datra! You can cultivate a
voice, but you're lairn with a
facr. On«- mother aays her trlr-
V ialon act Is the best “sitter" In
the World. When Il's on, I he
kids won't leave It. Ao.vway, It
hink« u* though TV wlll make •
big liiqirr««l<>li ou idle lu the
I lilted Matra.
>uard. 78, an old-1 mu*
licic, |MMrd a* ay at
..,i?i„
Hospital, Vancouver,
Washington last Thursday, May
27, and according to his wish,
funeral service» wrye held here
yesterday afternoon, June 2. with
interment In BnmilmUgli ceme
tery.
Mi Hubbard was burn Octo
ber n. IH89 at lake <'lt>. lujo
(■•unity. California lie Was the sor
of Alvaro mid Susan E. Hubbanl,
well • dressed Hlsmari k.
early pioneers. He cmne to Cut
North Dakota, man stole a
tage Grove to’inakC his home comic book. He said hr llkrd
many year» ago mid m later years
read
ti n I
had lai n confined to tin* Veterano* »shamrd to buy th«-m. Luotaa
laMpltal
llkr hr lakit hl« (un whrrr br
Surviving relatives an* one flnd» II. And you*tl flnd JuM,
bi other anil two Maters. Wiley E
uhat
von w n n t and IM< q
Here is a list of most of the new sun. Waterloo. U^vgvu. and Ignora at COMMUNm JEWKLrRK
stamps to be issued this year with HubKird. Drain; kfarthn Wiscar- 81? Main Mrrct. Ntnp In and
Larnon, Portland. Oregon.
even more on the probable list:
look ovrr uur flnr llnr of na-
19-IN Aug 9. 3c Francis Scott
tlonally advrrtlsrd wah int , .
A
|M*r»Oti
IN
years
’
of
pge
I
n
eli
Key. at Frederick, Md.
Elätin . . . liruen . . . Hamilton
gible
to
vote
in
rttr
»tau-
of
Geor
19-IN Nov. 4. Will Rogers stamp
. . . Ihr big thrrr of the wal< h
nt Claremore, Oklahoma lienom- gia. In all other state» ntc age re World. Phonr: SAI.
quirement is 21 years.
mation not announced
1!HN Dec, 9, 3c for 100th anni
Khaki uniforma were adopted
versary. birth of Joel Chandler
by the Unitisi State» army during
Harris, at Eatonton, Ga.
1948 Date and place unan- the Spanish-American war.
nouncl'd. Gold Star Mothers
Try a Sentinel Wantad
19-18 Date and place unan
nounced. Clara Barton. Founder
of American Red Crass.
1948 Date and place unan
nounced Oregon Centennial.
1948 Date and place unan-
nounced. l<<0 Years of Peace and
GENERAL REPAIRING ON
Cooperation between U. S. and
Canada.
1948 Date and place unan
nounced. 100th Anniversary of Ar
•rival of
Civilized Indian
Tribes in what is now Oklahoma
19-IN Date and denomination
Also
not announced. Place: Scnaca
Falls. N. Y. 1Q0 Years Progress of
Women.
19-IN Considered,
current
small air mail in ls»oklcts If
Your Work Appreciated
issued may not tate first day ser
vice by P O. Dept.
194» Likely. 100th Anniversary
"MACK"
Territory of Minnesota
1101 E Main
The last two stamps I told you
Phone 302
of the Four Chaplains and the
COMMUNITY
JEWELERS
MACK’S FIXIT SHOP
Electrical Appliances
Refrigerators
Washing Machines
Several New Models For Sale
■ Ollit Grocer haw dhr
NEW ALMOND ROCA
MEDO - RICH ICE CREAM!
Have Your
Medo-Land in Eugene brings you this amaz- ■
ing new Ice Cream with all the »weet, but- f
WEEDS MOWED
goodness of Almond - Roca ■
creamy, smoothest ice cream !
you evar tasted. BUY MEDO - RICH AL- I
In Parking» and Vacant Lots
Call 250-L
Á í MONDROCA
13-Up
MONQ.ROCA ICE
CREAM' TODAY!
Almond-Roca is made from
specially roasted almonds
and butter sweet candy,
combined for rich
crunchy goodness
by the Brown-
Haley Com-
pany.
&
th»
PRACTICAL LUXURY
fOf IMU coviti, tCMVtS, HAMi
Thl» naw material wWh Hw Unwi-lks fad
it made with HIXOFRfNf, which bonds
th»
iaca pormananMy to Iha fabric.
Rayalclodi pottauat long Ilf« and
durability, rathlr crario and
(taint, doos not naod to be
laundered. If wipe« clean
wilfi a damp cloth. Sanemi
and colon are b*autifoi and
enduring.
-FOYAICIOIH" ANO “fit»OSIN!" AH
TIAOT MARKS Of INTMCHIMK.AI CORR.
LEE’S PAINT STORE
I’lioiw T«<U
GDI, Wbilnk.T
45‘
a onart
MEDO-LAND
dairy products