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About The Willamina times. (Willamina, Yamhill County, Oregon) 1909-1972 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1946)
Pago 3 THE WILLAMINA TIMES THURSDAY. JUNE 13, 1946 ®Ijr WiUatuiua ttin ifa Enterad ut the Poatofflra ut W illamina, Oregon aa aecond-elaaa matter, Aug mt 24, lIMHt, under Act of Congre«« of March 3, 1878, H. ,M. JOHNSON, Editor Puhllahi'd Every Thuraday, Hubacrlptlon Price 12.00 Per Tear In Advance In Yamhill and Polk Counties. Outside of Countlea 12.80. Advertlalny R ates Given Upon Application. What Is The Main Issue In W illam ina's Com ing Election? N earing a city election there arises an old plaint that the reform ers a te going to take over th e city governm ent and capture the top Jobs and m ake the town over Into n “salvation rum p’* and plum b ruin “good business". C ontem plation o f such rum ors lends one to w onder why It should he necessary to suve W illam in a m orally by som e officia l action. As w e see It, It Is not Ihe city hut rather Individuals that need savin g m orally, and they have Moses and the prophets and If they wilt not hear them , they had as w ell go to per dition. C om plaints of beer parlor ow ners that they are paying reven u es Into the city and that W illam ina would lose such reven ues. Is probably per tinent but Is not a very con vin cin g argum ent when on e Is con sid erin g the building of a first cla ss tow n. Tin ro m ost certa in ly m ust he much m ore Im portant m atters In Issue. W illam ina su rely can he som eth in g m ore than Just a first class beer parlor tow n, or a san ctim on iou s town. If you w ant to put It that way. W e have no ob jection to beer h alls and they probably have their place. N eith er do w e object to a strictly m oral tow n. Gur point Is that we b elieve that such Issues are fol-de- rel and luke our a tten tion from the tin main Issue; which Is b uildin g a b etter tow n. W hat W illam in a d oes need Is saving p hysically. Il has open g u t ter« for sew ers. It has w ater that m uch of the year is hardly fit to drink. Il has stre ets th at are an abom ination It has a grade school building that b< overcrow ded, old and siU4 to be a fire trap and u nfit for use. as a school building Many c itie s are building sch ools. secu re the w elfa re and well bein g i o f all the citizen s. T here are w ith o u t doubt m any handicaps to over com e, but W illam in a could be on the way to better thlnga. W illam ina has done ome w onder ful th in g s, it secured the location of one of the ou tstan d in g plywood m a n u factu rin g p lants of the country. It has a high srhool plant that Is m arvelous, second Io none, and Its district co v ers all of the country adjacent to the city But why rest on these laurels, let us go forward to bigger and better tilings. using federal funds, and It has been Itlld e Si liiMd Pritgrain To Be the belief of the Tim es that we should Given Sunday N ight he building one In W illam ina. The T he annual program given by the T im es has advocated a new school H alley vacation Bible school stud en ts building stea d ily for the past three w ill he presented thl Sunday evening years. Had such a project been In itiated . we could he building now and In a union ervlce ae the M ethodist church. The stu d en ts w ill display with federal funds. T he T im es, and we b elieve the hand work they have made and par th in k in g , co n stru ctiv e p eop le are ticip a te In the program , which begins min-h m ore Interested In m aking at 7 :3 0 p.m. W lllam lnu the m etrop olis o f Yamhill county, with first class fa c ilitie s to offer fo lk s to com e here to estab lish an Industry and their hom es. Infln- itesslm u lly few people, we b elieve, com e to a town soley because It has plenty o beer h alls, or h asn't any. om W e are aw are that W illam ina has large debts and that som e of the debts have been paid off. But con d itio n s have been, esp ecia lly con d ucive to paying debts. W ith the country litera lly rolling In co in . It has not been tough to pay o b lig a tions. In fact It would be tragic to 1 EXPESTLY DONE con sid er that a large portion of the w ith d 'b t had not been paid d uring th ese halycon days. SATISFACTION The T im es b elieves the best m inds GUARANTEED of th e city should be put to work ■ to build a better com m u n ity. it b eliev es that Initiative, leadersh ip anil su g g estio n should com e front i those In au th ority, to the end that we ach ieve th e larger w elfare and A WILLAMINA let the petty th in gs go hang. T he T im es would lik e to be for INDUSTRY an ad m in istration that p led g es Itself to building a bigger and b etter city. We are not Interested In reform s of co n d itio n s that are n eith er sh o ck ing nor unusual when com pared to the rest of the country. N elfher arc w e going to b ea g a ln st a first cla ss man lieçaue he doesn't b elieve w hole h eartedly In beer halls. T h e T im es would lik e to see a m ore vig o ro u s and effe c tiv e a d m in istra tio n O n H ig h w ay of th e c ity ’s afalrs. A d rivin g e f fort to cooperate with th e boat brains 2 Blocks E. of Post O ffice FAMILY FINANCES Upside Down If it’s difficult to sa v e m oney a n d b ills a re in a m u d d le, it's tim e to b rin g o rd e r to y o u r fin an ces w ith a co n n ectio n a t th e First N ational. A C h e c k in g A ccount co n tro ls e x p e n se a n d a S a v in g s A ccount h e lp s you la y it a w a y . Try it. O ne y e a r from to d a y you w ill sa y it w a s one of th e best m oves you e v e r m ade. CLEANING A FIRST NATIONAL BANK PRESSING Sheridan, Oregon Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation JUNE 30 J A BIG DATE FOR ARMY M E N ! I f you have been discharged from the Army—if you held a grade and wish to retain it—if you have dependents — then act now'. . . . June 30, 1946, is the last day on which you can enlist in the Regular Army and still take advantage of two im portant benefits . . . retention of your old grade and family allowances. 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