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l’âge I Aid Funds Mental Health Assn. Asks Gifts Federal Allotted Central For Oregon’s ’Forgotten’ Folk Oregon Highways The Sentinel, Cottage (.rove, Oregon The Cottage Grove Sentinel Jistablished August 15. PHON EH Published every Thursday at 1889 Some money is needed to secure The Mental Health Association of Oregon is again attempting to large scale recreational device» The Oregon Highway commis such as an electric piano, tape re sion has outlined pi n to allot secure from the citizens of Oregon I than three months. Subscription rates, cash in advance. N< corders. etc . which cannot be sup a large enough number of gifts 3 M $28.800.000, largely in ¡edera! aid | so that no one of the approximate plied by the hospital. * Oregon interstate funds, fc major im- Til Oregon. outsi ly 7.000 patients at the three in- The state institutions operate at provement projects on inter' Outside Oregon । stitutions for the mentally ill or this time on about $ - a lay p»i primary'- secondary, and i irban Publisher i retarded w ill spend Christmas patient. This amount covers tood. routes in central Oi ton W C. Martin James Roles ' without being individually remem- clothing, heat, medical care drugs, W C. Williams, s tate highway physician and other staff salarie- I ■ bered highway de- Only about half of the patients It is only as the generous citizens engineer, said that have relatives or friends who will of Oregon send gifts that a meriy part ment plans call tumbía remember to send gifts. Christmas can be achieved at the (XX) in project on E DITORIAl NATIONAL River Intersta' highway: $5.551 \ significant factor in mental hospitals. (XX) on primary highways. $2.9 illne-s, according to Melvin Mur ASSOCIATION Gifts should be sent or delivered s and phy. director of the Mental Ik*alth to Mrs. Ida Boehmer. Oregon (XX) on secondary highway urban assn., is that the patients, because State Hospital. Salem; Dr. Don another $2,058.000 on annin Philadelphia of the things that have happened ald Wair, Eastern Oregon State routes. New York • Chicago Williams who earner had given tc these patients, things that have Hospital, Pendleton: Dr Irvin Weekly Newspaper Representatives, Inc happened at heme, at church, at Hill. Fairview Home. Salem, or details of four and two-lane pro National Advertising Representative school, on the job or otherwise to the Mental Health Association jects on the Columbia River high in the community for which all of of Oregon Christmas headquarters. way. said bulk of the work sched us are responsible to some extent, 735 S.W. 20th Place, in the base uled elsewhere on primary roads Yes, But in central Oregon was planned on are unable to maintain useful re ment of the KPTV studio. The Dalles-California highway. lationships with other persons. When Christmas comes the time If someone asks you what kind of a person an acquaint Public charities and benevolent ot good feelings for all persons, "The biggest single project on ance is. you would not stop to list all of his or her short-com those patients who do not receive associations for the gratuitous re US 97 will involve a 6 Si mile ings. On the other hand, if the same individual asks us abou lief of every species of distress, gifts are encouraged in their be stretch between The Dalles and the kind of community we have, a lot of us feel more or less liefs that no one really cares, that are peculiar to Christianity; no Eightmile. Acquiring rights-of-way other system of civil or religious they are "outsiders " Receiving no obligated to list some of its shortcomings, like this place is and grading and paving on th.« gifts can deepen a patient's men policy has originated them, they section will cost about $1.9ab.<XX), too hot or too cold, or too poor or does not have enough in form its highest praise and char tal illness; a gift that is obviously dustrial potential. We could just as well list a few of the not just a matter of institutional acteristic feature. Colton Other projects on pr.mary high good points and reasons whv we live here. “routine" can and has made it ways included earmarking $ >6a,- possible for many persons to be What sunshine is to Howers, (XK) for paving on a 208 m Ie The fact that we sometimes feel duty bound to list a gin the road to recovery. smiles are to humanity. They are Central Oregon few of the shortcomings of the place we happen to live in is . All kinds of gifts are needed. but trifles, to be sure; but. scat stretch of the one of the quirks of human nature that certainly does not Anything that anyone could use | tered along life's pathway, the Highway between Fort Rock Road and Brothers; $89O.(XX) for grading or would like to receive can be . good they do is inconceivable. do the community any good. gotten to a patient who has a - Besides that, if everyone tried to locate in the so-called similar interest. Gifts for adults auuns । ] _ TROOP l!M>. mccoik I- k rader*, had investiture and ideal place, it might be so over crowded as to be uncomfort Blit>W Ml are those more badly needed such 5 at the home of their pins December able. Or we might give the country back to the Indians, if as cosmetics, tobacco, games, ties, Brit Morris. The girls are, front row, left to right: candy, soap, playing cards, etc. they would still take it. But wherever we choose to locate, lender. Mûrie Wilson, Susan Rosenthal, Linda i A list of specific suggestions is Rebecca Metall, X the place won't have all the advantages available from this paper or the Some of us have to live a lorn? time to learn to say the Rikillä; second row. ( hr ist ine Quimby, Patty Isaacson, I.Inda Mae Mental Health Association of Ore Brit right things. And that’s the big disadvantage of having to Hood. Susan Morri anil Carla Bruner; third row. gon, 429 Park Bldg. Portland 5, Oregon >. live to learn. Some money is needed. Checks tiremen, doctors, nurses, and should be made out to Mrs Thom Predicting the Weather others in handling the problems as T. Denison, Chairman. Christ The mas Project, and sent to the Men arising from that We note there is a meteorologist who says that in a few We single out today a public servant who Church and School Counsellors as tal Health Association. Money received will be used in years he can predict the weather several years ahead with sociation takes this opportunity to rarely, if ever, gets a hand from those he the on three ways, depending appreciation to all expi e a fair degree of accuracy. He says this feat can be accom serves. The Man at the Pump. The cheerful. amount received. ns who nobly assisted in a plished through the use of electronic devices. His prediction, Johnny-on-the-spot Filling Station Attendant Television has proven to be row Ilie of community need. Second tune tremendous asset to the patients. incidentally, was made in Dallas, Texas, one of the large His place is like an oasis on the desert It several wards which There cities of the southwest where a six or seven year drough heki investiture December 5 al Edward C. Bush brings refreshment and relieved vigor to your do not as yet have TV' It is hoped The Reverend Edward Bush, the home of their leader. Mrs Brit has prevailed. tireless motor cat. Gas, oil, water, ail. ties» that some clubs will donate sets, President If the same prediction could have been made five or six Morris. are the commodities the Service Man sells, beginning of the cere- Church and School Coun especially to the Oregon State Hospital at Salem, which is the vears ago, it would have been worth millions of dollars to mony the Brownies sang "Hello these are the essentials your car must have. sellors Association least well covered. A local distri guests farmers and ranchers of a 35-county area in the southwest. Hello" to welcome When you drive into a service station, bear in butor of television sets sells them given and At least it would have taken the gamble out of ranching and The flag 535 Taylor Street mind that the Man at the Pump is a friend, to the Association for this purpose Aniee Marie Wilson lead the San Francisco, Calif. maybe a neighbor, a good guy to know. All farming. at below wholesale prices. group in singing "America ” December 5th, 1956 Some money is needed to secure While nobody could predict even the Oregon weather Mrs. Joseph Berchtold. assist hail these ever-ready boys in white! Editor individualized gifts for special for sure up to this time, we can safely sav that the weather ant leader, gave a brie! outline To We the share with Cottage Grove cases. here follows a more definite pattern and we can be fait Iv on what the Brownies would be its grief in the recent gas dis- and told Sponsored in the Public Interest by during the sure of a definite amount of moisture over a 12-month period. doing briefly the "Brownie Story." We thought alter we reached j The investiture ceremony was home and had time to think, >t Varley’s Rexall Drug staged around a pool of water. would be easier to Church Giving Each girl came to the pool look thanks to thoie who contributed) Phone 82 6th & Main aw her- ing for a Hrowniv as she aw her so greatly to our comfort and wel- TL^- PamilPC According to -the Changing Times magazine, the bulk self in the water, she repeated the fare during our recent stay in the | I ndH rdCm rdmilltb of the church members over the United States give little Brownie premise and n reived her l Cottage Grove area. It isn't. more than a pittance to keep their churches going. The big pin from the leader. We are grateful for the unlimit I City families spend about 75 more for food and alco- majority, it seems, give on the $1.00 per week basis ami Mrs Berchtold w as presented ed assistance offered us by the percent . her Girl Scout leader pin and Red Cross and to those who do-; holic beverages than farm fam- many occasional church goers contribute as little as $2 00 with the committeewomen were intro nated blood or offered skin for ' 1 0 dies, Mrs. River« Fdvera Horrell Horrell. — reports Mr« when they go to church on Easter and Christmas. duced to the guests and each given Harold. We wish to thank the extension agricultural economist Of the ten Protestant churches studied, the Presbyterian a Girl Sco.it pin 1'hey were Mrs. civic, fraternal, religious, and so-. at Oregon State college. churches receive the greatest total contribution of an aver Robert Bl oner. Mi- Elmer Wil rial organizations and their auxil She says a 1955 survey by the and Mrs. Arlene I'arsons. The iaries for their various contribu- U. ,S department of agriciWture age of $75.54 per member- and the poorest paid is to the son latter was unable to attend the tions To those who contributed showed rural families spent an Disciples oi Christ, $34.77. investiture because ot the sudden 1 to the Volunteer Firemen’s Fund average of $17 a week, compared illness of her Brownie daughter, we would like you to know that to $30 a week spent by city fam Vicki Harold shed tears because he did ilies. Rural nontarm families were Major Problem their not know how to repay your kind in between, spending an average Brownies who were Linda Mae Hood, Patty ness. of $24 a week for tood and alco- What to do with the auto graveyards is,a major prob pins Isaacson. Susan Kaye Morris. Un- We would like to thank those holic beverages. lem faced by neatly every community. Old autos have been da Rikala, Christine Quimby, Re- who This doesn't mean farm fam- offered us the hospitality of 'all, Susan Rosenthel, their homes, and those shops and ¡lies have smaller appetites. Mrs. accumulating so fast the large numbers threaten to littei becca stores who rendered services to Horrell hastens to add They pro an increasing amount of space, which not only poses an un- Anice Marie duce a part of their food on their Bruner. si fhtly appearance, hut a health problem as well. Location Jean As a closing, the Brownies form We feel tenderly enriched by the farms and in their gardens. And or graveyards has caused quite a bit of controversy and ed their goodnight circle around anecdotes concerning Harold's per. farm families tend to buy fewer the pod and sang I've Something sonality and activities during re services in the form of processed friction in some communities. and prepared meals. Burial of the wrecks with a bulldozer offers about the in My Pocket" and "Goodnight cent months. We are touched by food Regardless of how much they who gave up recent snap best solution to the problem, unless some one comes up with Brownies" Refreshments of deco- those shots of him so that we might spend, there should be plenty of a better idea or unless the price of scrap metal would justify and coffee were served the food for both rural and city fam have them. guests and the Brownies. shipping the old cars to some foundry. We are grateful to Harold s ilies during the holiday season clientele. His last chuckle was ahead. Even before their year's har over the little folks whose hair he Avoid Tragedy at Christmas cut and whom he loved so dearly. vest, the nation's cupboards were To those who were unable to see far from bare. And on top of Don’t let carelessness or a fire hazard in your home hint. we would like you to know that, Mrs. Horrell says farmers ho put a terrific clamor to see his appear to lx* on their way towards bring tragedy to your family this Christmas season Here friends as long as he was able. making their 1956 crop output are ten safety rules to follow in the erection of your Christ In hi- behalf we thank you for one of the largest on record in mas tree as listed by Wilburn Dodge, acting fire chief: spite of drought in some sections the cards and gifts. As parents wc are thankful that of the nation. 1. Obtain a fresh treo, which has been stored out doors opportunity to had until needed. LIVING ROOM SETS We share in the grief of the know how wonderful a small com 2. Before setting up the tree, cut trunk off diagonally munity can I m * He loved Cottage other stricken families. If we had ROCKERS Grove We will never forget Eire to lose our dear one so tragical at least an inch above original cut. ly, it eould not have been for a Chief Shipley, the tiremen. police LOUNGE CHAIRS the Editor: 3. Stand tree in container of water. Ixmgthwise cuts in To The some men. and city hall gang w ho cor* grander community. fire gas pin Yours sincerely, ★ VIBRATOR LOUNGE CHAIRS the base of the trunk will also help tree to absorb water. in our tributed so much to his enjoyment, weeks ago was Freda & Milton Dean 4. Be sure tree is well supported and away from fireplace, community People in the Cottage and the Motorcycle and Jalopy & Jim ★ BEDROOM SETS demon- chib members who came so faith have are heating stoves, radiators, radio and TV sets or other sources (¡rove Peter & Evangeline Dean MATTRESSES (Foam or Innerspring) strafed the splendid cooiwration of fully to see him Oregon • nuttier. A Tribute To Service Station Attendants? Investiture for 9 New Brownies and paving a 5.45 mile section be tween Wi!lowda> and Lyle Gap on US 97. $550.000 for grading and paving north of Madras; nine miles of grading and paving on Sherman highway between Gras, Valiev and Kent at an estimated total cost of $540,000. ■Additionally we have earmark ed $750.000 for nine miles of grad in and paving and right-of-way between Wasco and Moro on Sher man Highway, plus construction of 5.14 miles in climbing lanes on the Warm Spimgs highway tween the Deschutes River and Agency Plains." the highway en gineer said. Williams said one of the biggest single projects on secondary high way- in Central Oregon would in volve expenditure of $66U.00(j .n grading and paving along the Mt. Hood highway between Parkdai. ami Hood River. Other secondary highway job- planned included $960.000 in grad ing and o.ling on the Paulina high way. near Post to Camp Creek 1 '.-mile stretch; 12 miles of grad ing and oiling on the Paulina hign- wav between Camp Creek and Paulina at a cost of $660,000 and 9.96 miles of grading and oiling on the Wasco-Heppner highway between Hay Canyon and the John Dav river ot $515.000. “FEET FSRST” By Ed Hoover Watch this space every week. THE FOOT Before a salesperson can ex pertly measure and judge feet, he must have at least an elementary knowledge of foot structure and the functions oi each oart of the loot i This does not necessarily mean that he should memorize the names of the bones. However, he should know the arches and their functions and how to fit shoes to different arch types. He should know that bones are living organs and that a child s foot is mostly cartilage which de velops into bones. He should know that the foot is make up of a net work of a multitude of ligaments and that all the muscles except one are on the bottom of the foot. He should know where the im- p etant joints are and that a shoe should never constrict foot action if the blood is to circulate normal- Iv through the foot, feeding each part of it He should understand that there is a labyrinth of nerves in the foot, sending messages of । pain to the brain whenever a shoe is uncomfortable and pinches any part of the foot. Hoover's Shoe Store 75% More for Food We Salute Our Town 532 Main St. Cottage Grove, Oregon Christinas Gifts SHOP AND SAVE AT £ SMITHS BOX 66 of heat. 5. Avoid use of flammable decorations on or near tree. 6. Use only electric lights and see that all connections are in good condition. Lights that are safety tested bear the stamp or tag of the Underwriters Laboratory (UL). 7. Do not leave tree lights burning when no one is in the house. 8. Inspect tree from time to time and see if needles neai lights have turned brown. If so. change location of lights. 9. If tree is kept after Christmas, do not keep it lighted 10. When needles start falling, take tree down and dis card it. With Easy Terms and S&H Green Stamps HASSOCKS, HAMPERS, SMOKERS FIREPLACE SETS ENTRY BLANK Cottage Grove Home Lighting Contest — 1956 (Open to all residences within a 3-mile radius of Cottage Grove) (Complete and return this blank to Chamber of Commerce. 303 Main St., Cottage Giove, not later than 5 p.m. December 14, 1956) Many more miscellaneous furniture and household item Open Every Night Til Christmas Starting Dec. 14 TLUO Name FOR THE i S&H GREEN STAPS EASY TERMS ELECTRIC HEAT 50-50 Holiday Special We pay 50% of your first 6 month's I'hone Classification : $15.00 and under $15.00 to $25 00 SMITH'S j ^^ Over $25.00 ^21 Whiteaker Phone 887 Note Judging will be completed by midnight, December 18th. Minneis will appear in Cottage Grove Sentinel of Dec. 19. and be announced over KOMB Dec. 19th. heating bill if you order electric heat during the holiday season. We handle all type* of electric heating. NOTHING DOWN, NO I’ U Ml NT FOK 00 DAYS L H. Morris Electric Co 944 Went 5th. Eugene Ph. IH 4-6272, eves. Ill 5-21)50 on the no down payment up to 24 mos. to pay RSBV portable WITH TWIN-PAK THE ONLY QUICK CHANGE RIBBON! OFFICE SUPPLIES Phene ! 465 -.13 Main Cottage Grove. Oregon
