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THE WILLAMINA TIMES
THURSDAY. JUNE 13, 1946
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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.
W illa m in a
Cleaners
Familv allowances for vour
dependents will be continued
throughout your enlistm ent
only if you enter the Regular
Army before July 1, 1946.
If vou have been discharged
from the Army and wish to re-
enlist at your old grade, you
must enlist within 90 days after
your discharge. And before July
1,1946. Think it over. Act now.
ENLIST NOW AT YOUR NEAREST
U. S. ARMY RECRUITING STATION
614 S.W. 11th Av.
Portland Oregon
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C H O O S E T H IS
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P R O F E S S IO N
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w herever or w hoever they are. to
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