SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
USO COUNCIL
SOCE ISSUES 2ND
ALUMNI BULLETIN HOLDS MEETING
Thursday, April 15, 1943
A LECTURE
LENTEN LIGHTS
on
CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE
By Ruth Taylor
Tiie Ashland UBO Council met
As the lights of the world p e
Wedneaday, April 7, at luncheon'
dimmed this lenten tide, as the
in the Plaza Cafe Much of the
Entitled
battle uf the «ge« the battle be­
time was given to discussing pro-1
tween slaver». and free men
gram activities for the coming
rages in the far corners of the
summer. The problem of housing
earth, there is more than ever
the large number of soldiers visit­
need for those of us who believe
ing in Ashland over weekends was
to light litle candles in our hearts
The recant Uwue la a Lincoln also considered and a committee
HERBERT W. BECK, C. 8. B.
-candles of devotion arid faith to
Training School number, consist­ appointed to investigate commun­
of Nan Fnuu-lsoo, Calif.
see us through dark days and
ing of a message to teachers, from" ity posaibiiltles. There is great
Member of the Board of Lecture­
darker nights and to enable us to
each member of the lAncoin ! need for additional cots and bed-
ship of The Mother Church, The
face whatever may come unafraid,
School staff, with notes and news I ding.
First Church uf Christ SdentAst,
because we have seen the light
Items concerning activities in the
The Council also discussed the
in Boston, Massachimei Its.
Our first candle is the clear,
school. The bulletin announces
rennovatlon of the Civic Club
The nature of sin, its unreality,
steady flame of truth- the light
two ref reMier enure« to be of-
Building housing the USO, a work must be known before its effects
that dispels the shadows and false
fered the coming »ummer, planned
in progress since Monday when may be scientlfiuHly destroyed
images of darkness and propa­
for former teachers who are will­
electrical wiring and plumbing All wrong desire is bused upon sin,
ganda We must keep its light
ing to return to teaching during
work began.
Cakdmlnlng and which would insist that man is
burning bright in our hearts so
the emergency. One course will be
painting start soon, and later floor physical
that we may not be led astray
at intermediate mid uppergrade
finishing. The work is to be com-
Hln is only a supposition, though
into following after chimerical be­
levels and one at primary level,
completed soon aft err the middle it claims to be real, as real as an
liefs or selfish ambitions, hatreds
a kindergarten, course including of April.
J and prejudices.
expression or emanation of divine
<lemonstration work at the train­
Our second candle is the slow-
Miss Frances Dodds, director of Mind That U bra supposition may
ing school, with all class rooms
burning light of patience — the
the total be proved when Gods sllniwa and
the U8O,
reported
open for observers throughout the
light given us by which to wait
March attendance at the UNO was over-presence is understood and
session Summer school students
and work for the fulfilling of the
4,605, a considerable Increase over demonstrated as infinite good with
who are mothers with children of
no place for its opposite. Evil hav­
law
We must guard well this
the previous month.
grtuieachool age, may place them
light in our hearts, for we will
Present at the meeting were: ing no place, no reality, the truth
In the Uncoln Training School,
have need of it in the dark hours
Mrs. Will Dodge, chairman; the may be realized that sin has no
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before the dawn of the new day
Rev H. O. Eddy, secretary; Dr. control or power over man, God’s1
of peace, and the resurrection
Divine Ijuve la our hope, strength Ralph Poston, T J. Norby, Clint man. Also, the real man can have
morning of all our highest visions.
and shield. We have nothing
Baughman, Dr. Walter Redford, no sinful desires because uf his
fear when Ixive la at the helm
W. M Briggs, Gerald Wenner and perfection, because of his likeness
Our third candle is the gentle
on earth ami in heaven.
Frances Dodds, director of the to God
gleam of mercy—not a conde­
Sin is mesmeric. By it the sin­
scending charity, but a helpful
USO.
Mary Itaker Eddy
ner believes he receives good, if
spirit toward all our brothers. We
only temporal, he is convinced
must tend this light, for without
that it pays to sin, that one be­
I it all is lest. There can be no
comes more uf a man for wrong­
light for any. if there is not light
doing. All of us know how we
for all.
I have been cheated through listen­
Our fourth candle is the warm
ing to these deceptive suggestions
glow of friendliness—the spirit of
love for our neighbor, regardless
There is no real necessity for
of his class, creed or color. We
man 10 an; no law of God makes
I it compulsory In fact, God’s man
must cherish this light, for in it
lies all the law and the prophets,
is not capable of sin, for man re­
for “if a man love not his neigh­
flects or expresses his perfect cre­
bor whom he hath seen, how can
ator The real man's natural de­
! he love God whom he hath not
sires are for the good of God's
The
federal-
state shipping
Oregon motorists used 14,611,- ■seen?”
giving When the human is con­
point inspection service certified »22 gallons of gasoline during the
Our fifth candle is
Is the high-
vinced of this truth, his gaze is
1,552 cariaods and 304 truckloads month of February of this year, reaching flame of gratitude of
turned away from the 'Dead Sea
of fruits and vegetables for ahip-
according to figures releaaea to- hankfulness for the mercies of
apples” full of sorrow and disap­
ment in March, reports the plant
pointment to the ever-satisfying,
division of the state department day by Secretary of State Robert 0,6 P3*1- for the opportunities to
S Farrell Jr
serve of the present, and for the
never-failing fruitage of rightful
of agriculture Potato shipments
'
courage to face the future—”aa-
living,
of 963 1 cars accounted for 62% ‘ The February consumption this flUPed alone
ltfe Or deafh
Recently a man walked unstead-1
' of the total.
year is 22 per cent under the use HL, mercy ^4^,^ .. We must
ily into a Christian Science prac­
Match shipments were 102 car­ for the seme month last year The keep ;hu candle bnrnl
&
titioner's office and remarked that
loads ahead of the February total February decrease was slightly rLficia| -
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fire which
warms our
he was intoxicated Following a
but 94 cars behind March, 1942. less than in January when con­
hearts even as It bums.
, short conversation, a treatment
Pear packers shipped 358 carloads sumption this year was 29 per
was given as we are taught in
The sixth candle is the brilliant
last month and 132 cars of apples cent below the 1942 figure For
Christian Science. Several weeks
were hird in volume. About 80 the first two months of this year light of faith, of a belief in the
later the man returned healed to
carloads of onions were certified the decrease aments to 25 per Goodness of God. of the knowledge
express his gratitude and asked
that tn the words of St. John.
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cent.
how bis healing had been brought
"V>'e are the sons of God.'' We
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about. The practitioner replied,
must place FIRST the light of
SPORTS DAN CIS AT MEDFORD faith, ftor through faith all things
"You told me you were drunk, in­
We 'll bet you never heard of Pcquop, Nevada. But
toxicated, but I knew it was not
Miss Frances E. Dodds, director are possible faith not in man
true; that it was impossible for
of
the Ashland USO. announces a alone, but in God and in the God­
A
two-way
radio
weighing
only
we know Mr». Charles Moore of San Francisco has.
man as God's image to be drunk 32 pounds has been developed for sports arena formal dance at the given power of man to do right
or intoxicated, because of man's the armed forces, Westinghouse Medford USO, Thursday April 15. that the end may be right
Mrs. Moore is the mother of Private Eugene Moore
present perfection and love of engineers report. Carried on a Junior
.
and Senior hostesses are
These are the candles of the
of the U. S. Marines-the man who was beaten,
good.” ’ Well,” exclaimed the for-| mans back and having a rangie of urged
'
to attend, and are asked to heart and spirit to be nursed with
stabbed and mauled by a small army of Japs in the
mer patient, "your declaration was 10
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,_____ notify the Ashland office of their care and to be kep- ever before
miles _____
In daytime,
it ____
has , proven
certainly proved true, for I am useful not only on land but also purpose to go, so that the office us. for only as we keep the light
Solomons-and lived.
free from my desire for strong at sea. Ships in a convoy can may know how much transporta­ ahead of us will the shadow’s fall
' drink.”
hear the signals, but they fade out tion means to request from Camp behind and the way be made clear
Eastbound on Southern Pacific’s Train Number 88,
Was not this reasomng simple, before reaching enemy ears.
White
into the pathway of peace.
Mrs. Moore had given up hope of seeing her son
practical, effective? Was not the
again, when a telegram from her husband was deliv­
sinner purified when he was
ered to her on the train at Wells, Nevada. It said:
awakened to his true being?
it may be asked, Where did evil
come from? One could answer
"GENE IS HOME. COME BACK.
Ootselrio
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that question if he could tell where
SOUSSI
Mrs. Moore ran frantically through the train, found
ignorance comes from. We refer
to the Christian Science textbook.
the conductor and cried, "I’ve got to get back-my
NO MAN’S LAND
"Science and wealth,” with key
son is home safel”
IN TUNISIA
to the Scriptures (p. 390). which
TELEPHOTO—Big German
deciares: "It is our ignorance of
drive against American forces
Now conductors are used to emergencies, and they
God, the divine Principle, which
has turned the war spotlight
try to be as helpful as they can. But when Conductor
on this mountainous area in
produces apparent discord, and
central Tunisia. U. S. troops
Fred G Snooks found out that the son was inde­
the right understanding of Him
and tanks based on Tebessa,
restores
harmony.”
Ignorance,
ALGERIA
structible Moore of the U. S. Marines he really went
Algeria, had as their main
then, is the only thing to be rid
objectives the Nasi-held ports
into action.
of, and this you are doing every
of Sousse, Sfax and Gabes,
but the German counter at­
day. You are constantly finding
Quickly comparing his train orders, Snooks saw he
tack threw back allied ad­
out thing 3 you did not know a
'ItoLGabtf
vances on the Faid-Maknassy
would meet the first westbound train at Icarus,
abort time before, and what hap­
front.
Nevada, but he knew he wouldn’t be able to get his
pens to the ignorance on the sub­
Chott Di*rtd
ject? Is anything destroyed? As­
i?
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flagman far enough ahead to stop the other train
NLi.R
suredly not. You simply accept
in time. So he decided to take the siding at Pequop,
a fact which destroys ignorance
• a small station west of Icarus, and make the transfer
about that fact. So in working
there. It would delay two trains, but what of it? The
out the problem of life, you are
shown the way through Christian
main thing was to get Mrs. Moore back to her son.
Science to a definite understand­
ing of divine Principle and to dis­
Approaching Pequop, Snooks signalled his engineer
cover the ease with which you
to stop and take the siding. His head brakeman ran
may make use of that Principle
forward a quarter of a mile and flagged down the
In destroying the ignorance which
westbound train. Conductor Snooks transferred Mrs.
is holding mankind in the depths
of darkness.
Moore to the care of Conductor Linton and sent her
The second number of tile alum­
ni bulletin has been issued by the
Southern Oregon College 'These
bulletins are published to take the
place of eduouUoiial meetings
which the problems <rf war prohib-
it.
ALL WE
A5K0FY0U
“Christian Science:
Its Simplicity”
by
THEIR LIVES
Why Number 88
Potatoes Still Top
Produce Movement
Gas Consumption
Decreases 25 %
Pack Radio Serves
Army and Navy
speeding westward, back to her son.
This incident has nothing to do with Southern
Pacific’s part in the war effort. It simply show« chat
a railroad is more than trains and tracks-lt is peoplt.
And no matter how busy or hard-pressed railroad
people are, they are still human beings, and their
hearts are in the right place.
To got 125 a month
starting In 10 year«,
buy an
118.75 War Bond
every month now
S*P
One $18.75
War Bond
will buy «averi
«tasi helmet«
Aid to Enemy
“Any American who wilfully
neglects to pay hla taxes on
time or to invest every cent he
can is War Bonds is surely giv­
ing aid and comfort to the
enemy ... We have a job to
do and we are all called for
service to our country. Our
dollara are called to service
too. Let us all ask ourselves,
'Shall we be more tcr*"r vtth
our dollar« than with the lives
of our sons?* ” — Secretary
Morgenthau.
t,
The Friendly Southern Pacific
Buy your Memorials now for
Decoration Day.
,
(Mrs.) M. T. Burna.-On the Plaza.
(PRESIDENT REVIEWING OUR ARMORED MIGHT IN MOROCCO
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President Roosevelt is shown passing along a line of our light tanks in a surprise review in North
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