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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