Thursday, Aug. 13, 1942
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THIS IS THE FIRE HAZARD SEASON!
Saturday will be a historic date in southern Ore­
gon and every person who possibly can should make
the effort to be at Camp White to learn first land
what Uncle Sam’s fighting ire.i a .• doing to prepare
themselves to win this great struggle for freedom and
democracy.
C arnegie
"How to Win Friande and
Influence People’*
THE STORY OF A TIMID MAN
This la the atory of th«« Timid Man on the Back Row
From 1898 to 1912. J. Will Lyaona waa secretary of the Republican
State Central Committee with headquarters in Seattle. Wash. Big-wig
political speakers were sent out from New York, anil it waa Lyaona'
job to assign them to towns for speeches. They were to him great and
mighty men for he was a silent, tongue-tied young man who couldn't
have made a speech to save his life
On one occasion, the man who was to introduce the big gun faile«l
to appear J. Will Lysons was called on. He wax so scared he couldn't
even pronounce the man's name If someone ha«i told him that some
day he would be able to address an audience, he would hav«< thought
the man crazy.
A change came into his life He moved to New York, became cir­
culation manager of The Elks Magazine and grew tremendously In­
terested in the work the Elks were doing for crippled children. J Will
threw himself into this work without pay He sympathized deeply
with the unfortunate children H«1 was trying to rais«1 money for them,
and wrote pages of publicity.
One night he accompanied a speaker who tol«i about children an«l
so touched the hearts of his listeners that $8,000 was collected. J. Will
saw something that he had never seen before. That the spoken word i
was ten times as powerful as the written word. A thought stole into
his mind "If I could make a speech I could do more for the crippled
children than by writing about them for a month " The audacity of!
the idea made him tremble.
But he was so heart-deep in the cause
that he decided to try even if he died on the spot.
He made another decision. He would not walk onto the platform I
untrained, so he took a course In public speaking He was on* of the
most hopeless persons in the class The first time. he spoke one sen-'
I tence and slumped into his seat. Meantim«« the class director had
learned that he was tremendously interested in crippled children and I
, called on him to talk for three minutes about them J. Will g«»t to
his feet. Here was something vital to him He had seen hundreds of '
crippled children. He knew their story, and he talked the shortest
three minutes he ever knew There was a round of applause How ol«j
do you think he was? Seventy! Yes, made his first public speech at 70!
I saw him not long ago On his desk were thirty requests for a
speech at different clubs and organizations He has won four speaking
contests. It has transformed his life. He now likes to speak He is a
power and influence in his own circle. He is no longer the Timid Man
on the Back Row, the Envied Man on the Platform He has developed
power and self-confidence.
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GOOD WILL GOES WITH THEM
ANY residents of the city have expressod regret
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over the leaving of Dr. Claude E. i’ayre and Mrs.
Sayre, who, during their tvo and one-half years’ res­
idence here have made for themselves an enviable po­
sition in the community. Leaving here has not been
of their choosing, for they loved Ashland and would
have been glad to remain, but duty called elsewhere
and being faithful servants they acceded to the de­
mands of their bishop.
In his farewell sermon Sunday morning, Dr. Sayre
made it very plain that he was going to miss the
pleasant associations he has enjoyed in Ashland and
that both he and Mrs. Sayre will carry warm spot
in their hearts for this place.
It is scarcely necessary to remind them that the
latchstring will always be out and that the best wishes
of the community go with them to their new work in
Portland.
z^vREGONIANS who have resided in the state ten or
more years will recall the great holacaust of 1933,
when more than 330,000 acres of timber valued in
stand and lost wages at $350,000,000, was sacrificed to
the demon Fire.
It was on August 14, 1933, when the cry of “fire at
Gales Creek’' was first heard and for the ensuing 11
days flames roared over that vast region resulting in
one of the greatest forest fires in Oregon history. Al­
though that was nine years ago the evidence of the
disaster is plainly seen in the blackened stumps and
charred bodies of the forest monarchs, for it was the
forest primeval, and although greenery has sprung up
to erase some of the sadness from the landscape, the
beauty and majesty are gone until that day when a > land car stopped and he was asked if he would like a
new forest may come into being.
lift. This chap was from Camp Cook, California. He
Through restrictions placed by forest officials, both had a three-day furlough and decided to visit an aunt
state and national, and withdrawals made by Governor 900 miles away in Roseburg. Part of the distance was
Charles A. Sprague, fire losses in Oregon in 1942 have covered by plane and the rest by bus. That exhausted
been negligible. This is up to the present, however, and his funds. He had a few hours with his aunt and then
the time is at hand for redoubling efforts to protect in order to get back to camp on time had to start using
the timber. It is just as well that the forests are not the well-known thumb method. This lad was from Min­
open to free use as in the past. If civilians keep out of nesota. He had not seen his aunt for many years. The
Take your pencil In band and try your »kill at en.,er or both nt the
tanka outlined above. For the Thin Man, Just draw him doing
the timber and if those who use the forests are check­ trip to Oregon meant a lot to him and he took consid- 1 simple
anything you please—running, walking, working, playing, etc. For
ed it will be comparatively easy for officials to put the erable risk to make it. His manner and speech indicat­ Figure Folk, take a number from 1 to U and draw anything around II.
finger on parties guilty of starting fires, whether ed that he was from a good family and that he was a -
through intent or by accident. In this manner the state college bred man. The gratitude he showed for the little
Are you rnillli-d to wear a
and the forest service are cheating the enemy out of lift from Medford to Ashland was all the remuneration •
- “target" lapel button? You
I are It you are Inventing at
no small amount of comfort, for fire is one of his chief anyone could wish.
leant ten percent nt your In­
stocks in trade.
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come In War Homi* every pay
So, this being the anniversary date of the start of IT WILL BE A BIG DAY
day. It'» your badge of pa­
1. Who wan known mt th«*
triotism.
the great Tillamook fire, it is fitting that it be used as
OME things happen once in a lifetime and if one is “March King"?
the starting time for the fall anti-fire kick-off. Re­
not on hand at the time it is a bit of too bad. That's 2. Ia the whale a flab ?
member, nearly all of the great forest fires have burn­ why everyone interested in seeing the re-activation 3. Who wa« the father of the
ed in August or September and if you feel you just ceremonies of the 91st Division should be at Camp modem politics. cartoon?
Hide ’Em, Jock
4. What were the names of the
have to go into the timber, take every precaution that White Saturday morning. We have Major General J Three
Wise Men?
your common sense suggests and double the number. Charles H. Gerhardt’s word for it that there will be 5. Who made the carlieat Arc­
The wiser thing is to keep out of the forested areas, but one such ceremony, and he is urging the public at tic exploration of importance ?
What Indian war waa fought
except in using through highways. Even that does not large to take advantage of this opportunity to witness in 6 Florida
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excuse carelessness of any kind, particularly throwing one of the army’s rarest functions.
7. What ia the ocean tempera­
in the polar aeaa ?
out cigarette butts, cigar stubs or live pipe ashes.
General Gerhardt also has assured us that the new ture
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What
united the thronei I
Bear this in mind: Every stick of merchantable 918t Division will be the smartest and toughest aggre-' of England king
and Scotland?
timber is needed today. Every foot lost through fire or gation of fighting men the army has ever seen. That’s ». To what country doea the
other waste is looked upon by the enemy as a stroke in a big order and we believe the general is the man to Panama Canal zone belong ?
10 When waa the Great Wall ot
his favor. Save the forests’ KEEP OREGON GREEN! fill it. He will have the men, the equipment, and above China
built and for what puipoae’
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all, the rugged terrain of the Rogue country to help I
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GIVE ’EM A LIFT—YOU’LL ENJOY IT!
him.
Miner office.
EN IN UNIFORM are everywhere present these
days and it is a common sight along the high­
ways to see one or several lined up with thumbs point­
ing in the direction they wish to go. While a majority
of the boys are from Camp White, there are some from
distant camps who have made long journeys in a short
space of time to visit relatives or friends in Oregon.
Willie Turnbull. 17-year-old Joc k­
ey, goes io town on a couple of Ice
Perhaps they started with a few dollars in their pock­
cream concn after he had ridden
ets and soon exhausted their limited funds in plane,
seven winners oui of nine mounts at
Rockingham Park, lie placed with
bus or train fares. Their only alternative then was to
one horse and was out of the money
resort to hitchhiking.
with the other.
With no intention of advocating a general practice
of picking up hitchhikers, we would suggest that giv­
Wasted money In wasted
ing the men in uniform a lift is but another way of
Ilves. Don't waste precious
lives. Every dollar you can
showing your appreciation for the things they are do­
spare should lie used to buy
ing and are preparing to do for us. They have but a
War Bonds. Buy your ten
few hours for recreation and should not have to spend
percent every pay day.
most of that time on the road. You will find that they
appreciate your thoughtfulness and you will feel bet­
ter for having given expression to your generosity.
A soldier was standing on the street in Medford
Saturday evening. He had a small grip in one hand and
with the other hand was signaling for a ride. An Ash-
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DEPUTY COUNTY CORONER
Litwiller Funeral Home
We Never Close—Phone 4511
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