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About The Cottage Grove sentinel. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon) 1922-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1963)
Page * Th« Sentinel, tM t te«$04» «fruii«. fa » il, l9ój T h e E d i tO T A Salute Elite rod a t Cot tag« O r E stab lls Pub Hailed every Thi Subscription rates, cash In advat an sis m onths 1 Yr. 6 Mos. »3 00 14.00 In Lane and D ouglas counties All other a re a s ____ 00 Burton A. Benson Leroy Z im m e rm a n ............................... Goldie Radw ay ___ __ ___ .............., W ayne Monroe ___..........___.............. N A T IO N A L 3 E 1 . Publisher A dvertising M anager Hoc let y Editor lanlcal Buperlntendent 0 ^ E D IT O R IA L H & Ö NEW SPAPER P U B L IS H E R S __L___ ■naiiiLuiArma 4 A SS O CIATIO N W eekly Newspaper Representatives, Inc. National Advertising Repre mtative • Philadelphia New Voi k • Chicago • Detroit report from (^sunshine plaza by Don Mason, Chamber of Commerce Manager Some food for thought: Feder al Funds. There are articles that come to this office that, from time to time, do have some me rit, need to be passed on. so that others may think of them, too. This was one taken from the 57 News in September, 1962. It is titled “ Federal Funds? That's Your Money and Mine” . Of all the lost causes I have pushed I think none is recalled more often than the unsuccessful attempt to do away with the ex pressions "a t government ex pense” or “ paid for by federal funds” and similar phrases. Scarcely a day passes but what the newspapers report on some project which the “ government will pay for.” Quite often a poli tician w ill explain gleefully to his constituents how he has saved them money. The new bridge or highway or municipal building or what have-you will not. says the politician, cost his beloved taxpayers anything but a simple I, ■ “ The big expense” , he tells the audience, “ will be taken care of by federal funds” . Now, except for their own con tribution through personal tax, politicians don’t spend their own money. When the president or the Congress approves a gift or a loan of millions or billions of dollars, inside the country or out side, the money being spent does n't belong to them It isn’t Pres ident Kennedy’s money that’s being spent, any more than it was President Eisenhower’s mo- ner O! I’resid.'iil 1 m m ,m '- net ney or George Marshall's money under the Marshall plan. This money is taxpayer’s mon ey, it is your money and mine, and for a long time I have scor ched with a slow burn when the loot is referred to as government money The implication is when there is a joint financing of some pro ject, any part contributed by the federal government is “ found” money. As long as “ federal funds” are used, nobody has to |MS It seems to me it is about time somebody put to use the known facts of financial life, the most prominent being that there are no such things as federal funds in the sense the government owns money. The government doesn't earn a dime unless you include some of the unintentional profits it makes from its intrusion into business. Because of this. I have sugges ted more than once that the phrase "federal funds” be chang ed to “ taxpayer’s money” . In stead of accepting a statement that the U S. government is spending $500,000,000 for devel opment of a river in South Amer ica, I think the American Socie ty of Newspaper Editors ought to agree to print such an item as follows: "The taxpayers of the United States today sent, etc Instead of telling how the fed eral government is (laying for some new buildings in Catchall, Kansas, through generous loans at low rates, the item ought to read: “ The taxpaying citizens of 50 states today chipped in $43,- 000,000 so that the people in Catchall could have a new down town development.” In the first place, I think the people who come up with the scratch, not the gents who spend it, should get proper credit. In the second place, drumming home the (xiint, day after day. that then* are no "federal” funds but only taxpaying citizens’ contri butions might cause more people to zipper up the national purse strings At least, it might get rec ognition abroad for the hard working folks who make it possi ble for our gents to (day Santa Claus. Federal Funds? Nuts. That’s our dough. Howard Preston, Cleveland Plain Dealer A salute to our Post Service Officer, Vinal T. Randall, Sr. of the Calvin Funk post: Without fanfare and publicity he js doing one of the greatest humanitarian jobs in the nation today. He is prim arily a volun teer who belongs to a noble force of some 17,000 sim ilarly dedica ted men, working only for the good they can do. His reward lies in the happiness he can bring into the lives of war-shattered veterans and in the smiles he can develop on the sad faces of war veterans’ widows and orph ans. He is the true friend of all up on whom the burden of war has fallen heaviest He helps the dis abled veteran get a hospital bed and medical treatment. He sees to it that the war veteran’s w i dow gets her pension and death benefits He looks for possible scholarship and other financial assistance for the education of the veteran's orphans in addition to their other needs. Through him. the American l e gion is able to measure the ef fectiveness and adequacy of the government service to veterans. , He is the pillar of the Legion's vast rehabilitation program. He gives daily substance to the Am erican Legion ideal of consecra tion of the association of Legion naires to mutual helpfulness. His ■ service is that beautiful svmpho- 1 ny of unselfish labor for God and country and fellow man which has made the American Legion so great. This salute also goes for our late George Foster who worked so hard for his fellow : man. Bob Jones. Commander, Calvin Funk Post the last eight games played. Twenty Years Ago Plans are underway by Veter ans of Foreign Wars for a me morial service honoring all local men who have lost their Uvea during the present conflict. Furniture is needed to furnish the recreation rooms at Camp Adair. Lane County is asked to ♦ * furnish 40 of the rooms. Wash ton County News Tunes, For- est Grove. Skull Session' Washington county's retarded children received their education and recreation center for Christ- The county court Thursday overrode planning commission recommendations aud approved ’S t * Mark and Marvin Green, sons of Mr. and Mrs. James W Green, Jr., Cottage Grove. * The Coos County Fair associa tion invited everyone" to attend a Sunday afternoon meeting to formulate ,dans for the recon struction ot storm damaged stru ctures. Members t»f clubs, organizations and individuals interested in the Coos County Fair and its devel opment and future were invited to present ideas for rebuilding at the fairgrounds. The association is borrowing $60,000 from the federal govern ment for repairs to the new live stock bain and to replace the grandstand r o o f , which was swept away in near hurricane g a l e s October 12. — Myrtle Point Herald. Farm Relief Passed » Hoover’s Shoe Store continues its 2 for 1 sale this week This is 1 a semi annual event at Hoover's that has become quite popular, j A Christmas G ift An overwhelming outpouring of ger.ernsity from area individuals, organizations and business far surpassed the $5,000 goal set dur ing the Yuletide designed to fu r nish enough funds to complete the $45.000 Washington County Retarded Children’s Center at Al oha — The Valley Times, Beav erton. ft/ «T It's a new year and after tak ing a short vacation from writing our column, I gues we better get back to it this week. oilier towns ! Cottage Grove Civic Theatre group presented $500 to the hos pital fund. This is the proceeds of a play given November 15. Mrs. Ruth Caldwell was named vice president of the University of Oregon Alumni Association for the year. Lion cagers have won five of > by Zimmerman ßetnetnber When... tow ns as reported in th e ir newspapers. óÉfl business briefs from A to Chemical Road Packer Co., a new business in Drain, announce a new chemical compound, Rey nolds Road Packer, that w ill help you lick the “ mud" problem. ' Owners, Tommy Leach and L. C. I Buck, say the chemical helps stabilize and compact muddy ar- j eas. • • e McCoy's Cottage Grove Phar-1 macy announces a new service available immediately called DrugTax. The system uses data , processing equipment to keep a record of drug store purchases that may be deductible in com- I put ¡ng federal income tax re turns. Paul McCoy, owner, said, there w ill be no charge to the customer for this service. Each purchase w ill be recorded on memory tapes and at the end (fro m S entinel file») of the year the customer w ill re ceive a record of the total amount which may be deductible in com puting the tax return Five Years Ago Tw enty-five Years Ago McCoy indicated that literally Both first and second babies Warren McFarland brought a hundreds of drug items may be born in Cottage Grove were girls, shoot of Black Cap raspberries deductible, and said the new Lisa Kathleen, daughter of Mr. with several blossoms nearly in Drug l ax system should help peo and Mrs. Leon Lemon of Disston, full bloom to the Sentinel office. ple save money on their tax re Route, Culp Creek arrived at Really a mild winter! turns. fr fr fr m January 2 anti1 was fol- Cottage Grove Rod and Gun by Georgia Kathl een, dau- club is making plans to remodel I’he enlarging and remodeling of Mr. and Mrs Donald and refinish their clubhouse on of 3 Boys No. 1 is presently un of 214 North M street at South Sixth Stieet A committee derway and when completed m. January 3. headed by I) J. Scholl has been should make an attractive addi tion to the shopping district of lain C. Hesse wa s named named to work on the project. Cottage Grove. Citi zen of Cotta t :e Grove L‘ Cl hamber of Ct Thirty Years Ago 1 Spiicer will head the Cha- TRIP TO TEXAS Debtors to the Mendenhall jew of I Commerce as president elry store were given a pleasant this year. Mr and Mrs James Spear, Charlotte Shi as w inner in surprise this week when the pro Leah Anne and James Jr. re the cherry pi ing contest. prietors. Mr. ami Mrs. F. F. turned home Monday from a Mendenhall, decided to cancel all three weeks trip to Houston. Tex accounts due their store as, where they visited Mr. Ten Years Ago Some grocery “ Specials” — Spear's parents They went to R mad Su lote oi T B o m steak Texas by way of Colorado and Salaried city employees re your choice, 15c per pound Sliced returned home the southern newed a request for wage in ham, center slices, 2 pounds, 25c; route They reported that they creases before the newly sworn- coffee, 15c per |H>und. had fine roads all the wav. in city council s first meeting. All beds in the wards of Cot for farm zone tax relief all 98 tage Grove hospital were filled ap dications totaling 10.094 acres, and very few vacancies remain 1 ’he planning commission had ed in the maternity ward More rev ommended that 16 applications than enough maternity patients tot aling 3.453 acres be denied to fill the remaining six beds far m zone status on the basis Were expected t n tei n thi tha t they were not legitimate next two days. Extra beds were far m operations or that the pri- moved into some of the medical ry use of the property was wards with 30 beds filled. • • • happening* in other Fifteen Years Ago Bottom row: Roberta, Richard and Leona Barlow. Top row: Gary, Mary and Charles F. Barlow, children of Mr. and Mrs, Charles R. Barlow, Cot tage Grove. Diana and Steven Egbert, children of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E g b e rt, Cottage Grove. Ricky and Ryan Zuvich, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Zuvich, Cottage Grove. Bottom row: Paula, Linda end Terry Bottom row: Ruth, Carol Osburn. Top row: Glen Osburn. Chil- dren of M r. end and Walter Johnson. Top row: Bob Johnson. Chil Mrs. dren of Mr. and Mrs. Rob Geylend L. Osburn, Cot- ert E. Johnson, Cottage tage Grove. Grove. Bottom row: Ricky Leo. Randy Dobra Lee, Sue Bottom row: Lorrie, How Holloway. Tap row: Ste ard, Jr., Kenneth Simons. ven John Holloway. Chil Top row: Marilyn Simons. dren Children of Mr. and Mrs. of M r. end Mrs. A. K. Holloway, Cottage Howard Grove. David, Tracey Hinkle, children Simons, Cottage Grove. end Bert of Mr. end Mrs. Clarence Hinkle, Jr., Cottage Grove. citizens of tomorrow building for the future co ncluding a series o f photographs o f C o tta g e G ro ve area ch ild re n photos by W oltz Studio of Des Moines o
