10 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Sept. 21. 1949
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F. E. "Ferd" Barnick, with a record of 35 years as a Salem
postman, starting out on his route through a semi-residential
business section. Barnick is the second oldest city carrier
working out of the Salem post office.
Postman for 35 Years Finds
Most People Considerate
By FRED ZIMMERMAN
A postman who has spent 35 years In delivering mail to Salem
residents in sunshine and storm, through mud and snow cannot
help but acquire a few convictions. And such is the case of F. E.
Ferd" Barnick.
Barnick, owner of a modern and attractive home at 1440 Jef
ferson street, packed his first
load of mail August 17, 1914
and has been at it ever since.
He came on the scene about the
time a number of his contem
poraries were approaching the
retirement age and early in his
career drove SI Howard a one
horse mail delivery cart, a con
veyance remembered by many.
As to Barnick's convictions,
here they are:
Most people are considerate of
the men who deliver the mail;
there are few cranks.
Few dogs are bothersome If
properly handled.
Orcgonians are remiss In
times of snow, with many of
them falling to clear their
walks.
Contrary to the opinion held
by many, mall carrying is no
(inecure, and Barnick does not
go in for the "postman's holi
day" theory. When interviewed
he was about half way through
his annual 15 working day vaca
tion. Part of It was spent with
Mrs. Barnick at the state fair
and a week at the beach was in
prospect. "I like to rest during
my time off, he explained
In spite of the well known
perverseness of human beings,
Barnick's experience with his
patrons has, for the most part
been pleasant. "I have encount
ered few cranks," he said. A
philosophical attitude is essen
tial If one is to prevent the every
day occurrences from raising
the blood pressure.
Dogs Made Friendly
"Learn a dog's name as soon
as possible and do not pay too
much attention to him," is the
way Barnick has handled ca
nines with considerable success.
He has been bitten twice during
his career, once by a dog that
was virtually toothless. The oth
er took a hip pocket off his
trousers and left his teeth marks
on his anatomy. "The owners
were fine about it," Barnick
hastened to add. "They paid for
having my pants fixed and as
sured themselves the dog had
done no damage to my person.
Having lived in Oregon for
a number of years, Barnick says
he has no dread of the rainy sea
son. He fortifies himself against
the rain by having two sets of
rubbers for his shoes and two
umbrellas. These he places at
strategic spots and are quickly
available if needed.
But snow is something entire
ly different in the life of a mail
man. Regardless of the depth
and the slowness with which his
patrons remove the snow the
carrier is expected to make de
liveries. Barnick recalls an Incident
during one of Salem's infre
quent snow storms that proved
illuminating in human nature.
Walking along one side of a
snow-filled street, a man came
out on the porch on the opposite
side waving some letters.
"Wish you would mail them,"
the man, prominent in the min
isterial life of the city, said as he
stood at the top of two flights of
steps leading from the sidewalk
that was packed with snow.
"There's a mail box down the
street a short distance," sug
gested Barnick.
"But I can't get there on ac
count of the snow," the man of
the cloth rejoined.
"How do you think I'm going
to cross the street?" countered
the loaded mail man. Barnick
did cross over and accepted the
letters. But before he left he
prolonged the conversation.
Christianity Pressumed
"You are presumably a Chris
tian man and as such, interested
in others," said Barnick. "Down
on the corner there is an 80-year-old
lady who has not only
cleaned the walk around her
property but has taken care of
the lot next door. If she can do
that It would seem you and your
two boys could clean the snow
from the one lot you own."
When Barnick made his
rounds the next day the side
walk was clear.
During his 35 years on the
force, Barnick has seen the com
munity grow into a city. Once
TO HELP FORTIFY NATION'S HEALTH
Government Wants to Get
'Iodized Salt' in all Shakers
It aids in stimulating the normal Pinec Ara Accecco4
growth of bones, hair and skin rmes Mre 55eS5ea
It helps the normal development Silverton L. A. Hienz, Jr
of the brain. hclDS stimulate and John Wolfe, no operators li-
sexual development at the age of jcense, each paid $5.00 fine and
salt
By FRANK CAREY
A.uoclatrd PrfM Betrne Writar)
Washington, Sept. 21 w The government wants every
shaker in the nation filled wiili "iodized salt. '
That's ordinary table salt with a little iodine added to it.
Government and other authorities have just announced a new
nrogram to encourage its use. They contend this will give the
average person enough iodine to
1 HclD prevent one of the
commonest forms of goiter.
2 Help fortify the people
health generally because io
dine is an essential food ele
ment and some folks don't get
enough of it from their regular
food.
Iodized salt is not new. As
early as 1831 its use was sug
gested to prevent goiter. Over
the years various health groupsj
have advocated its use. Now
Health Reports":
"Many people who take vita
min tablets and are careful
about getting an adequate sup
ply of vitamins neglect the io
dized salt which will insure a
health minimum of iodine for
the normal person."
Scbrell is director of NIH's
institute of experimental biol
ogy and medicine.
He says that it has been shown
many times in this country and
the government, the medicallabroad tnat ..iodine deficiency is
profession, public health author
ities and the salt industry have
joined to attempt to get every
one to use it.
Dr. W. H. Sebrell of the Na
tional Institutes of Health (NIH)
says in an article in ruonc
muddy streets have been paved
while wooden sidewalks have
given way to those of concrete.
In the matter of seniority,
Barnick is second to Jess Prince,
who became a carrier in No
vember of 1913. Prince is now
on leave due to illness.
Because of the 40-hour week,
a carrier is supposed to be back
at the central postoffice not lat
er than 4 o'clock each afternoon
where he registers his arrival on
a time clock. Each Monday the
carrier shows up at 6:30 in order
to care for the accumulation of
mail over Sunday. Other week
days he punches the time clock
at 7 o'clock. Following a Sat
urday or Monday holiday there
is a 6 a.m. show up.
Future Plans Uncertain
The first three days of each
month are usually the heaviest
for the mail man who is loaded
down with statements. If he
finds that he cannot complete
his scheduled second delivery he
must return to the postoffice
and make a fresh start the next
day.
Postmen bid on the routes and
naturally the oldest in seniority
are able to secure the choice
runs. Barnick serves a section
north of Court street between
Cottage and 12th, which is
largely residential although dot
ted with apartments and an oc
casional business establishment.
What will he do when he had
reached retirement age? Right
now Barnick believes a small
acreage in the country would be
just about the ticket. However,
he hasn't fully made up his
mind that he will quit when he
reaches 60. He can continue on
for another hitch if he desires.
It all depends upon the state of
his health. "I have seen too
many men break down before
they gave up; I don't want that
to happen to me," Barnick explains.
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easily corrected and better health
achieved through the daily rou
tine use of table salt to which
tiny amounts of iodine have
been added by the manufactur-
puberty. It helps in the main
tenance of a normal pregnancy.
costs in justice court here.
Calvin B. Hildeorandt depos-
And it aids in the production of ited $50 bail for appearance in
an adequate milk supply for : Coos County on overload charge
nursing mothers. Arthur V. Lengele, no oper-
If the gland doesn't get enough ."tors license, $10 fine and costs.
iodine, it doesn't function prop
erly.
One possible result of such
iodine-starvation is the disease
called "simple goiter". One form
of "tocix (poisonous) goiter"
may result as a complication of
simple goiter.
Simple goiter is an enlarge
ment of the thyroid gland. The
gland, in trying to produce hor
mone without sufficient iodine,
literally overstrains itself and
gets large.
John W. Wolfe, defective
muffler, $5 fine and costs.
Jacob Amstutz, overload
charge, $21 fine and costs.
After preliminary hearing in
the Silverton Justice Court,
Garold Francis Steele, was re
leased from non-support chargelfiled by his wife.
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Ql'ESTION: We belong to a
social group of about twenty
couples and each couple takes
a turn as hosts for a house
party at which tile others are
guests. Martha, a local maid
of all work, always helps with
the serving and cleaning up at
the home where the party Is
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slipped, going down stairs to
the basement party room and
although she wasn't hurt,
some of our group thought we
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This salt is just as pure
ordinary salt, he says, just
cheap, and tastes no different
(Caution: Iodized salt is not
suggested as the answer to all
nutritional needs. You have to
have other essential elements in
your food iron, calcium, cop
per and many others. Iodized
salt is a handy way of getting
enough iodine, but only iodine.)
Why is iodine so essential any
way? In your neck is a gland call
ed the thyroid. It produces a
"hormone" or chemical mes
senger that is carried by the
blood stream.
This hormone controls the rate
of heat production in your body.
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School will hold their first meet
ing of the school year on Fri
day night, September 23 at 8
o'clock. Mrs. Maurice Heater,
as, president of the group, will pre
side. Mrs. Ole Meland. director
of the hot lunch program of the
school will give a report.
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