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2—Port Orford News, Thursday, August 21,1975
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If you include today. George, there’s only 12 more of
’em left until the school bells ring and sounds of children will
again echo through the hallowed halls of learning. That’s
right, kids, you only have 12 more days of summer (again
I ask where did it go) freedom and then it's back to the books.
That happy day will be on Tuesday, Sept. 2. and there'll
be a full day of classes and bus runs and hot lunch. Registra
tion is being held next week in all schools.
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From the things you may not know department, how
about this: The Oregon Traffic Safety Commission said this
week that the U.S. Secret Service has reported good results
from their tests of the Oregon Deceleration Alert System
(ODAS) . . . which 1 bet you never even heard of. In fact,
since April, even Henry Kissinger's limousine has been
equipped with an ODAS. And on top of that, it is anticipat
ed that in the near future all 33 limousines under control of
the Secret Service, which includes the cars the president
travels in. will be equipped with the system.
So, O.K., what’s ODAS you ask? Well, now, it’s a green-
yellow-red taillight system that flashes green when a car is
accelerating, yellow when decelerating and red when brak
ing. A car’s existing red taillights are utilized with the green
and yellow lights added in a unit attached to the rear of the
car.
Oregon was the first (isn't it always?) state to allow a
green-yellow-red taillight system, under authority of a 1973
law sponsored by Representatitves Stan Bunn of Dayton and
Ed Patterson of La Grande. The law allows any Oregon
motorist the right to use the system . . . in addition to Kis
singer and Ford and the USSS.
The ODAS is manufactured by Safety Development
Systems of Haines. Oregon, and the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration is already considering a
rule to require the system on all new cars. Even
Gil Bellamy, Administrator of the Oregon Traffic Safety Com
mission has predicted that within ten years the system will be
standard equipment on new automobiles.
Bellamy says that about one-third of all two-car crashes
are rear-end collisions, and that advance communication of
a driver's intentions is a critical safety factor, in his opinion.
And you can’t really disagree with that opinion.
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County Extension agent Walt Schroeder passed along
the information today of a Chipping in the Woods Confer
ence at Oregon State University on Sept. 4-5-6 to discuss tech
nical problems and solutions of woods chipping, and to an
alyze the entire chipping process from the harvesting site
through the manufacturing plant.
You can get more information by calling him at
247-7011. or Commerce 9213 and ask for the extension office.
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Failure to appear or respond to a traffic citation is
proving to be a costly mistake for an increasing number of
Oregon drivers this year.
The Oregon Motor Vehicles Division has reported that
8,782 licenses to drive were suspended during the first seven
months of this year when drivers failed to appear or get in
touch with courts in the way outlined on their traffic tickets.
The figure represents an 11 per cent increase in comparison
with 1974.
When a driver fails to respond to a ticket, the court may
then notify DMV and the licensing agency suspends the driv
er’s license for an indefinite period or until the court notifies
the division that the driver has appeared.
Bail also is increased in these cases so that courts can
recover the $5 cost involved in notifying the division and re
questing suspension.
In the long run, a driver who ignores a citation will pay
more than usual, be inconvenienced by a driver’s license
suspension, and will then have to pay DMV an $8 fee to re
instate the license once the court clears the case.
The moral to the story is simple: it is wiser and cheaper
to handle a traffic ticket promptly, as spelled out on the cita
tion, than to try to ignore it.
Committee Coming To Oregon
To Hear Farmers Problems
The Seante Small business
Committee will hold hearings in
Eugene, Oregon, on August 25.
to look into the problems Ore
gon’s farmers and ranchers face
with stringent government reg
ulations, Senator Bob Packwood
(R-Ore.) announced today.
Senator Packwood, who is a
member of the Small Business
Committee, said that the Com
mittee
Chairman
Senator
Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.) and
Senator William D. Hathaway
(D-Me.) also plan to attend.
“ The subject of these hear
ings is Will the Family Farm
Survive in America?’ Since this
is the first of a series of hear
ings that will be held across
the nation on the various prob
lems farmers face, Senator Nel
son has expressed a personal
interest in attending and pre
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siding over the hearing, and
Senator Hathaway and I will be
co-chairmen,” Packwood said.
The Committee wants to hear
about the problems the farm
operator faces with loan pro
grams, taxes, import restric
tions. marketing, agribusiness,
transportation and corporate
farming. Packwood said. “ In
short, we want to know about
any problem the farmer faces
in regard to the federal govern
ment because he is a small bus
inessman and we don't want
that business to be unneces
sarily threatened,” the Oregon
Senator said.
Persons interested in submit
ting testimony should call or
write
Senator
Packwood’s
Portland office, P.O. Box 3621,
Portland. Oregon 97208. Tel
ephone (503)233-4471.
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L. Laursen. 44-30, $27; Pamela
R. Wilson. 42-30, $17; Sarah
W. Dudley. 44-30, $27; Jane
C. Dudley. 44-30. $27; Stanley
J. Allison, 55-25, $37; Lauren
A. Nestor, 42-30, $17.
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By Helen Taylor
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STRANGERS NOTOF
THIS WORLD
We can capture the wildest
beast in the darkest jungles
of Africa: but we cannot capture
one of these strangers called
Bigfoot, Yeti. Sasquatch. Abon-
inable snow-man and others
reported all over the world. So
are they supernatural? or in
disguise and put here bv these
UFO?
Nothing should surprise us
anymore. We read where two
men in Pascagoula. Mississippi
were taken aboard a UFO by
very odd-looking strangers.
And Heb. 13:2 says “ Be not
forgetful to entertain strangers:
for thereby some have enter
tained angels unawares." Now
who would want to entertain
these ugly strangers? or do we
have a choice? (It seems not).
Why is the supernatural side
of this suppressed? (even by
religion?)
And what are the greatest
deceptions this world should
look out for? Jesus greatest
warning was against men who
appear beautiful outwardly, that
he called serpents and gener
ations of serpents (Matt. 23:27-
33); and Rev. 12:9 says the
whole world is deceived by the
old serpent. So before the whole
world is deceived by these
serpents that appear beautiful
outwardly, Angels (that appear
as strangers) will be sent on
two final missions. (First) Rev-
7:3 & 22:6. (And second) Matt.
13:41, which could be going on
right now.
But what form will these
angels appear in, that we might
entertain angels UNAWARES?
LEO BARTSCH (Non-Sectarian)
744 South 4th St.
Coos Bay, Oregon 97420 U.S.A.
Rotary Seeks
5 Young Men
Recommendations are now-
being accepted for young men
to represent this area in the
Group Study Exchange between
District 511 of Rotary Inter
national and District 318 of
India.
Five non-Rotarians between
the ages of 25 and 35 will be
selected from District 511,
which includes some 34 clubs in
western and central Oregon and
northern California. The team
will depart by air from Portland
next January 8 and spend six
weeks in southern India.
Round trip transportation
costs will be paid by the Rotary
Foundation. Board, lodging and
transportation while in India will
be provided by the host district.
From mid-April until late May
a similar number of young men
from India toured this district
with the Oregon and California
clubs as hosts.
The Group Study Exchange
program is sponsored by the
Rotary Foundation of Rotary In
ternational as a part of a broad
plan promoting understanding
and friendship among the peo
ples of the world. Each district
of a participating pair selects
a team of five young business
and professional men and a
leader who is a Rotarian.
Each team spends six weeks
in the other country to observe
and study the cultural and
economic aspects of government
on all levels, schools, health
programs, churches and in gen
eral their way of life.
The candidate must be from
this Rotary district and must
have been successfully engaged
full time in a recognized bus
iness or profession for at least
two years. Any business or
professional man in the com
munity may nominate a candi
date from this area.
More complete information
and application blanks may be
obtained from Dale Hughes of
the Port Orford Rotary club.
His phone number is 332-3441.
Timber Sold
District Ranger F.W. Burgess
announced the sale of timber
from an area on the Gold
' Beach Ranger District of the
Siskiyou National Forest. The
apparent high bidder for the
Burnt Snout Salvage timber
sale on August 12, 1975, was
Brookings Plywood Corporation.
The advertised price was $75.27
for 270 M board feet of Doug-
las-fir and other coniferous
species. Brookings Plywood bid
$132.00 per M board feet for
the Douglas-fir. PAM sold at
the fixed rate of $66.83 per acre.
Other bidders on the sale were
R.L. Mathews and South Coast
Lumber Company.
The fair is past history, all
that needs be to finish it up is
a description and thanks for
helping. Our float took second
place in the parade. We were
happy to have our work recog
nized and believe me there was
a lot of volunteer hours put
on it. The Retired Senior
Volunteer Program (RSVP)
group used Bob Pinkel's pick
up for the nuclear. We want to
thank Bob for letting us tie his
truck up for a week. After the
plans had been made for the
float it was decided to add the
Historical Society wagon so
the queen and her princesses
from Port Orford could be in it.
We thank the Curry County His
torical Society for the use of
the wagon. From there the float
grew like Topsy.
Here is a list of the people
that rode on the float. Walt
Woodward was the lumberman
on the front. Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Baker were the farmer and his
wife and Patricia Riley and
Michele Green with Patricia's
ewe and two lambs were there
w-ith the farmers. The miner
was Clyde Durham from Nesika
Beach. On the high wagon seat
rode Ruby Purdin. In the wagon
was Queen Josie Forty and her
princesses, Margaret Meyer
and Noma Thomas, represent
ing the Port Orford Battle Rock
RSVP. Our own Asa Carpenter
and Larry Pinson furnished the
music for the float. Bringing up
the "tail end" were Charles
and Diana Hartwell’s cow and
Herman Laurion as the Chinese
cook and Friendly Freedy!
Way out in the front rode Rose
Walker as the scout with Mvron
Parks as the circuit preacher on
the mule. Driving the pick-up
was Fred Taylor--an unseen and
unsung hero.
The follow ing people and bus
inesses helped with the building
of the float with materials:
Riley's Creative Crafts, One
Stop Building Supply, Gold
Beach Lumber, Jo and Mike
Dodge. Fred Baker, Lloyd
Evemden. Walt Woodward,
Carl Wentzel and the Gull
Players for costumes. We want
to thank all of them. Also our
thanks go to Oliver Bettis
for the use of his hangar.
Donations of fern for decor
ation came from Iona Sherman,
Ken and Mabel Miller, Gladys
Taylor and Trudie Reid. Clyde
Durham donated the butter
churn for the float and to the
RSVP. Hazel and Ernie Fritz
loaned us articles of dress.
Then comes the building of
the float and the builders:
Dollie and Lloyd Evemden.
Fred and Helen Taylor, Mary
and Walt Woodward. Fred and
Beryl Baker. Lilah and Martin
Powers, Sr., Iona Sherman,
Herman Laurion, Ken Siver.
Carl Wentzel, Otis Stansbury.
Paul Wagner, Gladys Taylor,
Vesta Walker and Kelly Dodge.
Thanks to all. without their help
it couldn't have been. At our
booth in the community build
ing at the fair many volunteers
took turns “ tending shop".
Thanks go to Ethel Boyd, Helen
Taylor,
Bess
Richardson,
Edith Ismert, Flora Mead, Her
man Laurion. Nellie Boatman.
Jean Huntley, Larry Pinson.
Ken Siver. Vida Walker, Iona
Sherman, Carl Wentzel, Fred
Baker. Margaret Bullard. Asa
Carpenter and Otis Stansbury.
Birthday greeting for the
month of August (some belated)
go to Miriam Milhollin. Edward
(Pop) Stevens, Fred Baker.
Elizabeth
Martin,
William
Howell, Alice Bowman, Docia
Sweet Manning. Edna Kurka.
Irene Brians, Pearl Bentley
and Ethel Boyd. Hope you all
have happy days this year and
many years to come.
Zone Changes
Hearing Due
Public hearings on four zone
changes, one conditional use
and one variance, will be held
tonight. Thursday, August 21,
during the Curry County Plan
ning Commission meeting at
8 p m. in the circuit court room
of the Curry County Courthouse
in Gold Beach.
In other business, an appli
cation to the Army Corps of
Engineers by Thomas M Mc
Kenzie seeking to riprap a por
tion of the south bank of the
Chetco River for erosion control
will be considered and corrspon-
dence and reports will be heard.
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Old Book Is Reprinted
Log Exports
Up In June
A total of 266.8 million board
feet of softwood logs. Scribner
scale, was exported from all
ownerships in Washington. Ore
gon. northern California, and
Alaska in June 1975. The June
volume was up 16.6 percent
from May 1975 exports, and up
17.6 percent from the June 1974
total, according to research
economist David Darr of the
U.S. Forest Service, Pacific
Northwest Forest and Range
Experiment Station in Portland.
Some 252.6 million board
feet, or 94.7 percent of the June
1975 west coast log exports,
went to Japan.
June exports from Washing
ton and Oregon totaled 255.8
million board feet, up 13 per
cent from the May volume.
June shipments from northern
California totaled 7 million
board feet, up from the May
volume of 1.3 million board
feet. Alaska exported a total of
4 million board feet in June
compared with 1.1 million board
feet in May.
Douglas fir accounted for
31.9 percent of June exports,
and Port Orford cedar, 0.4
percent. Other softwoods, pri
marily western hemlock and
true firs, made up the remain
ing 67.7 percent.
June shipments had a total
value of $73.4 million at port of
exportation and an average
value of $275.01 per thousand
board feet. Douglas fir aver
aged $272.23 per thousand
board feet. Port Orford cedar,
$354.94. and other softwoods.
$275.90.
Export of softwood logs from
the west coast totaled 1.3 billion
board feet through the first
six months of 1975. 4.6 percent
less than for the same period of
1974.
New Deposit
Program Good
Peak consumer interest in
First National Bank of Oregon's
new social security direct de
posit program was recently
reported by bank officials.
Over 5,500 social security
recipients registered for the new
service at First National branch
offices during the first five
days of the sign-up period.
The free direct deposit pro
gram, effective Oct. 3, allows
social security recipients to
have their checks mailed direct
ly to First National for auto
matic deposit into either check
ing or savings accounts.
First National will guarantee
the deposit to the recipient’s
selected account on the regular
day the social security payment
is received, even if the check
has not arrived at the bank.
Benefits to the recipient
eliminate the possibility of
check loss, theft, or forgery
even if the recipient is away
from home. Furthermore, First
National guarantees every sub
sequent monthly payment ap
proved by the Sorial Security
Administration and the service
is free.
Individuals desiring to take-
advantage of the new service
should contact any of First
National's 142 statewide offices,
anytime, for further information
on the direct deposit program.
Food Stamp
Rule Change
For Students
Oregon's Food Stamp Pro
gram announced today that due
to a new federal regulation, stu
dents, whose parents or guard
ians are not eligible for food
stamps and claim the student
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THIS 1893 ENGRAVING showing the "Dressing and Clean
ing Department" in Hume's Cannery in Gold Beach is one
of the many contained in ‘Salmon of the Pacific Coast', writ
ten by R.D. Hume in Wedderburn, Oregon, in 1893. The
80-page booklet contains engravings showing the operation of
salmon fishing and canning as conducted in Gold
Beach in the late 1800’s and the apparatus they used for the
artificial propagation of the salmon. The Curry County His
torical Society recently reprinted the booklet using a
photo-offset process from an original copy of the booklet.
The booklet, which sells for $2.50, may be purchased at the
Curry County Museum which is located at the Fairgrounds at
Gold Beach. The Museum is open from 1-7 Tuesday thru Sat
urday. and 1-5 on Sundays. Mail orders should include an
additional 25C for postage and be sent to: Hume Booklet,
CCHS, P.O. Box 1856, Wedderburn. Or 97491.
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JULY DOCKET
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Exceeding speed limit:
Kevin P. Buss. HO. $53.00;
Norman W. Parrish, 68. $17.00;
Harvey G. Smith, 65. $17.00;
Winfield, S Ross, 68. $27.00;
James G. Frame, 64. $17.00;
Timothy E. Williams. 64.
$17.00: Manuel C. Blankenship.
75, $27.00: David A. Kerns. 65.
$17.00: Marlin R. Christensen.
74. $27.00; Henry K. Bunnell.
69. dismiss, motion D.A.;
William R. Julian, Jr., 64,
$17.00; James R. Johnson. 65.
acquitted; Leo H. Robinson,
63, $17.00; William B. Edwards.
65. $17.00; Kenneth L. Penning
ton. 64, $6.00; Terry D.
Hermes, 69, $27.00; Glen A.
Doetsch. 65. $22.00; William
A. Sandison. 65, $17.00.
Violation of basic rule:
Donald E. Day, 40-30, $17;
Michaelyn D. Poole, 43-30,
$27; Richard G. Wilson. 40-30,
$17; Barbara G. Eaton. 46-30,
$27; Gertrude V. Morris, 40-30,
$17; Dorothv R Martin, 42-30.
$27; Robert L. Booth. 43-30,
$27; Robert J. Hildebrand,
45-30, $27; James L. Johnson,
48-30, $27; Roy W. Carr, 48-30,
for federal tax deductions for
half or more support, are no
longer eligible for fixxl stamps.
Prior to enactment of the new
regulation, students with little
or no income were eligible for
food stamps regardless of
whether or not their parents
or guardians were claiming
them as deductions.
To be eligible for food
stamps, under the regulation,
a student must be enrolled at
least half-time in an institution
of higher education, meet fixxl
stamp criteria, and not be listed
as a deduction by a parent or
guardian for half or more sup
port.
In addition, a student is
eligible for fixxl stamps if his
parents or guardians are eligible
(regardless of whether or not
the parents or guardians are
enrolled with the food stamp
program).
Students desiring further in
formation regarding the new
regulation should contact their
local food stamp office.
"There is no way to deter
mine at this time how many
Oregon students, 18 years of
age and older, will be effected
by the change,” said Tony
Cardiello, State Fixxl Stamp
Outreach coordinator.
LUNCHEON DATED
The monthly Battle Rock Re
tirement Club luncheon will he
held Wednesday, August 27,
I p.m., at the Rainbow Cafe,
with an interesting program
planned.
Reservations may be made
by calling Grace Wagner, 332-
4812; Anita Braun, 332-3695;
Ailecn Smith, 332-4132; or Edna
Kurka. 332-6401.
LUTHERAN PICNIC
A special coastal Lutheran
worship service and potluck pic
nic will be held at Humbug
Park on Sunday, August 24.
The worship service will begin
at II a.m., with the picnic fol
lowing. In cast of rain, it will be
held a* Zion Lutheran Church in
Port Orford. Everyone is wel
come to attend.
$6; Maurice L. Haines. 40-30,
$17; Raymond A. Lewkow.
46-30,
dismiss,
summarily;
Bahman R. Foshtami, 42-30,
$27; Clorus I. Ktamper. 54-40.
$27; Edgar Tillman, 40-30,
$17; Galen V. Pennington.
46-30, $27; Jorgen L. S. Nielsen,
44-30, $17; Robin G. Walsh,
42-30, $27; Victor L. Napier.
44-30, $17; Larry P. Olson.
46-30, $27; Roberta R. Mc
Farland. 43 30. $11; Cheryl A.
Melheim, 46-30, $27; James E.
Sprague, 43-30, $27 susp.;
Raymond W. Willison, 40-30.
$17; Gedney G. Grotzke, 47-
30. $17; Richard O. Maze, 44-
30, $27; Michael L. Elukinger.
44-30. $27; Donald E. Kirkland,
40 30,, $11; Kathleen A. Mur-
dzxk. 48-30. $17; Darrell E.
Perreault, 48-30, $27; Ejvind
Other court action:
Karen L. Nowlin. Imp. muf.,
$11 susp.; John L. Forty,
disobey s/s, $17 susp.; Herman
H. Hoppe, fl. dr. r/a hw.,
$17; Gordon D. Murphy, no
a/c on tlr., $11 susp.; Lewis I.
Butler, fl. dr. r/a hw., $17;
Ray C. Helm. def. equip.,
$11 susp.; Billy D. Jerde. op.
cont., $22; Kathleen A. Mur
dock, fl. dr. r/a hw., $17; Ed
win Bement, fl. pi. off hw..
$5 cost; Robert E. Leake, no
op. lie., $27.50; Daniel J. Calla
han. no ang. lie., $22; Robert
W. Kime. fl. dr. r/s hw.. $17;
James A. Bryant, ex. veh.
lie., $5 cost; Louis B. Sherman,
imp. pass. $22; Gary A. Franko
vich, no muff., $11; James R.
Laskaris. fl. tra. title, $11 susp.;
Jesse L. James, ex. lie., dis
missed motion court; Robert W.
Dickson, fl. ob. t/s, $17; Dean
W. Halliwell. disobey a/s,
$17; Donald F. Kurka, op.
cont., dismiss motion court;
Marie K. Stephens, fl. too
close. $17; Robert E. Thomas,
imp. r/t, dismiss summarily;
Jimmy E. Kamph, no veh. lie.,
$11; Robert P. Anderson, no
op. lie., $27 susp.; Robert W.
Sutton, imp. r/t, $5 cost; Craig
E. Lannom, def. equip., $11
susp.; Kenneth L. Pennington,
fl. tra. title. $11 susp.; Mojave
Smith, imp. pass. $22; Russell
E. Pettit, u/a dsp. aya., $17;
George R Silvey, def, equip.,
$11 susp.; Gary A. Frankovich,
def. equip., $11 susp.; Carolyn
A. Shaw, imp. r/t, $6; Thomas
J. Yegge. Jr., def. exhaust,
$11 susp.; Joe L. Bens. ex.
noise, $11: David L. Gamble,
def. equip., $11; Glenna M.
MacKinnon, no op. lie., $27
susp.; Joyce A. Buss, imp.
r/t, $17; Darlene B. Schaub,
fl. cont. veh., $37; David N.
Cooper, def. equip.. $11 susp.;
John R. Coutrakon, fl. pull off
hw.. $6; Victor Noble, no veh.
|jc., $27 susp.; Richard C. Ed
wards. no m /c end., $6; Melvin
D. Sutton, def. equip., $11
susp.; David L. Duncan, no
s/c, $5 cost; David J. Kiesow,
fl. Iv. na. scene acc., $37;
John M. Rutherford, dr. wh.
susp., $5 cost 20 days jail.
COASTAL ORGANIC
ftritenng
BY RANDY SUTTON
This week we'll digress a little from presenting gardening in
formation to offer some parallels between growing healthy plants
and growing healthy people. For this week's material we owe a
large debt to Robert Rixlale. Many of our past columns have dealt
with the nutrients, trace minerals and conditioners which must be
present in the soil to grow healthy plants. Seeds will sprout in
soil of low quality, but they will not thrive there; lack of vigor and
a premature death is the usual result. The soil that supports hu
manity is fixxl, and like the plants, we need a plentiful supply of
nutrients and trace minerals and conditioners in order to
thrive. As with plants, lack of vigor and a premature death can
result without them.
Gardeners like to argue that if their vegetables are healthy,
then they will be healthy, but this is only partly true. Few, if any,
coastal gardeners can rely solely on their own vege
tables, meat, milk, and eggs year-round. Most will continue to visit
the market on a regular basis, purchasing fixxl which is abundant in
calorics but sometimes wixffuliy deficient in vitamins and trace
minerals. Enriched white broad is a classic example: the list of B
vitamins required by law to be added to such bread has not changed
since 1947, yet several B vitamins necessary for minimal health
have been discovered since that date, to say nothing of vitamin E
which is almost totally lost in the refining process. The federal
government’s diet survey showed that many Americans—from all
economic levels—arc commonly deficient in calcium, iron, and vit
amins A and C.
Adding a daily vitamin-mineral supplement to our diets will
go a long way toward preventing subclinical deficiency dis
eases, but even such supplements may not be enough to promote a
more vigorous healthy life. Research into the need for such
supplements results in the government constantly revising its rec
ommended amounts upward, and several vitamins and minerals
necessary for optimum health remain to be discovered.
One frequently hears the statement made that if you cat a
balanced diet, you don’t need vitamin-mineral supplements. Such
an axiom ignores the effect that climate and geology have on nu
tritional needs. The Pacific northwest prides itself on its soft
waters, “ soft" because they contain few calcium compounds;
yet people who live in softwater regions like ours have a much great
er incidence of heart disease than people from hardwatcr regions.
Chromium is another trace mineral recently discovered to be nec
essary for healthy hearts, yet the Willamette Valley is almost total
ly lacking in this mineral.
Increased prices for meat during the past year, and coming
increases in milk prices, will mean less of these foods on the table
for many Americans. Unfortunately vitamin I) is available only in
animal products and in ultraviolet rays from the sun (lipids
beneath the surface of our skin manufacture vitamin D from
sunlight). For residents of our cloudy coastal climate who will be
cutting down on meat anil milk this winter, a supplement contain
ing vitamin D will be badly needed. Vitamin D is essential for the
bixly to make proper use of calcium and phosphorous, the two min
erals most important for growing children.
Most vitamin preparations rely heavily on synthetic vitamins,
that is, man-made duplicates of natural vitamins. Such prepara
tions contain only the vitamins listed on the label, in contrast to
preparations made from natural ingredients which may contain
other vitamins as well. When the first of the B complex vitamins
were discovered, thiamine and riboflavin, these two were added to
the synthetic vitamin supplements. At the same time, producers of
naturai vitamin supplements furnished the entire substance in
which thiamine and riboflavin could be found. Years later, as the
rest of the B complex was discovered, it was found that those who
had purchased the vitamins made from natural substances had been
getting the entire complex, while the purchasers of synthetic vit
amins had not. It was also found that certain vitamins are more
effective when taken in the presence of other closely related vita
mins. More vitamins remain to be discovered, and our best
insura ce for getting enough of them Is to rely upon supplements
derived from natural substances.