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S O U T H E R N O R E G O N M IN E R T H U R S D A Y F E B R U A R Y 14, 1946
turns pasting 48 gold stars in the several weeks. Wanda Oden, the compunied by Lois Downing. It
blue field. In our sand table we class secretary, read Miss lluger’s ' wu- decided to have another pro-
have a “Vulentine's Land seem note. Lois Downing was selected1 dram at the next meeting,
which we are completing. In to purchase and deliver a gift.
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room at the ,ust ‘’L s meeting Kitchen at Marshall-Well. Store,
By Ruth Taylor
B,e“ lTad Evatt brought bis accord,.,,,, on the Plase. phon. 2-1231.
We re-learned one important A m ir ic i”
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lesson during the war years. It
The Third Grade began work- Du,e Cullop and Bobby Baseyj
was a lesson, the application of
Entered as second-class mall m atter in the post office at Ash­
ing
on maps of Early Oregon in Si,nk a duet, Dick lhornton and
whut made this country great in
land. Oregon, February 18, 1935, under the act of Congress
Geography class today. We color- 1 *,a,n'1’ Smyth played on their
the
past
and
gave
the
world
a
of March 3. 1879.
new goal of prosperity and free­ ed our maps, marked and named bumpets, Bob Myrick plnved the
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dom at which to aim. This lesson all the boundaries, located the 1 P*nno> W illiam Tozier recited u
Cascade
Mts.
us
well
as
the
Col-
,
P°e,n>
Gurnet
MeCourrey,
Betty
or
greatly
reduced
by
new,
aim-
was that there is no subsitiute
umbia, Willamette and Snake ^renner, Betty Clary, Pauline pie device. Send 92 to Sleep-Well
O P E N Y O U R EYES
for hard work.
nnd Carole Oviutt sang, ac Box 223-E, Beaverton. Ore.
few people today have any conception o f the important part the
A wise man once said that Rivers. Then we located Portland ,
The
Dulles
und
the
site
of
the
Bible teachings played in the business progress o f the United States or ninety percent of what men call
first trading post ut Fort Astoria.
the creation of our government. America was founded on man’s con­ genius is only a talent for hard
Richard Whited und Bet t y
work. And he was pretty near
sciousness of God, man s daily labor and the fruits therefrom.
right. The great discoveries, the Blatter are back again with our
A ll over the world, during the past two decades, political teachings great invention, the great deeds Third Grude, ufter several days
absence cuused by sickness.
which aggrandized an idividual, have taken the place of Bible teach­ we acclaim were done by men
Mrs. A. 5. Watrus, mother of
with an infinite capacity for tak­
ings. Equality, freedom and religious liberty have been lost in nations
ing pains ,by men who were not Jimmy Watrus, one pi our Four­
which glorified individuals rather than principals.
easily dlscou|agvd, who went th Grude boys, was a visitor in
our room last Thursday, January
In our own country, strong factions are seeking to tie our future right on working even when they 31st.
didn’t want to keep at it, who
progress to all-powerful government. People are losing sight of the fact
Room 8
just wouldn’t give up as long as
Several of the pupils of Room
that America was not built on this basis, but was built upon a Con­ there was something to be done
There isn’t any other way to 8 have been absent from vaccin­
stitution that embodies the teachings of the Bible.
ations.
I t is high time that we came to our senses, and, instead of aping succeed. Success must have a
The children are getting ready
firm foundation if it is to be per­
foreign governments that criticize our country but turn to it for men manent and that firm foundation to write a class poem.
In art period the pupils have
and money to settle their everlasting quarrels and poverty, renew takes energy and labor and coin ­
been making Valentines. Some
age
to
build
aright
pur respect for the spirit that breathes behind our own Constitution,
During our prosperous years, of them are very good. We have
based on ideals which have given us liberty and blessings bevonc we sought too often for short also been modeling clay.
In language lesson we wrote a '
those enjoyed by all other peoples.
cuts to what we wanted. We let
letter to Miss Hager. We are
our
wishes
govern
our
actions.
And don t let any foreign or domestice politician trv to tell you
We hunted madly un Aladdin’s planning to buy her a gift.
he has a system under which government will do for the individual lamp which we could simply rub
The children are getting the
what the individual cannot do for himself if he keeps government his to make our wildest dreams materials ready to make a book­
come true. We indulged in snap let of Lincoln and Washington.
servant rather than his master.
courses. "Learn without effort”, We hope it turns out nice.
Room 7
’Reduce without exercise or diet­
Romp
7
has
a new’ boy, his j
ing.” “Easy jobs at good pay"
were our slogans. We didn’t want . name D is Marvin
,, .
_ Robeson, he is
to
give
up
to
succeed
-
but
sue-
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Oregon
We are
B R O K E N H O M E S R A IS E C R IM E R E C O R D
cess
comes
only
through
self-sac-
g
to.
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0
h,T
,n..?ur
ro°™
In an address before the annual meeting o f Catholic Youth, J. Edgar
The fifth grade will start hav­
rifice, not by sacrificing others.
Hoover, Director o f the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in discussing
In war we again learned the ing fractions again in five days.
the importance o f efforts dedicated to good citizenship and toward habit of work. All of us had some We sure look forward to it.
Colette Perrine had a birthday
thing to do, and we found out
clean living, said:
the
twenty eighth of January,
that the more we did, the more
"The postwar crime wave which we feared is upon us. It is m ount­
we could do. We developed new and Norma Davis is going to
ing in intensity. I t is growing in severity. Lawlessness is not inherited; skills - from the white collar have one the twenty-third of this
month. We wish them both a
it is acquired— and so is character. Therefore, it is not much more im ­ men who went into the factories
to the homekeeper who went very happy birthday.
portant to build character?
Mrs. Bond was absent from
back into the kitchen. We all
' View w ith me, i f you w ill, the passing parade o f crime. It presents learned to work - and above all school Friday and we had a sub­
stitute teacher. Her name was
a sordid spectacle. O u t of each 1,000 marching in this endless parade, to work together.
Mrs. Howell. We are vqry glad
Now
the
war
is
over,
are
we
J 2i have marched before to a prior arrest, and 210 are under 21 years
Mrs.
Bond is back this week.
satisfied to go back to our pre­
o f age. More persons aged 17 are arrested than in any other age group.
In Social Studies we are study­
war attitudes? Or will we put the
O f each 1,000 murderers, 140 are under 21 years of age; of every new knowledge into making this ing about the Congo river. Each
row has made a poster about the
1,000 robbers, 360 are under 21; o f burglars, j i o ; of thieves, 340; of world we have worked to save,
the world in which we want to Congo, they are very nice.
arsonists, 250; of 1,000 car thieves, 630 are under 21; and of 1,000
Gregg Lininger moved to Lin
' live, the world we want to pass
coin
School. Donna Travis mov
rapists, 320 are under 21 years of age.
down to future generations. If
ed
to
Alaska, Saturday. We miss
we
work
as
hard
for
peace
as
we
" In the background of each of these youths lies a story of shocking
them
both
very much.
did for war we can win the vic­
neglect. Boys and girls are being deprived o f the care and guidance
We have a new work bench
tory of peace and set up for all
necessary to the proper formation of their characters. T heir lawlessness time the kind of a world of we work with a saw, chisel, and
had its roots in every instance in broken homes, in homes where moth- which we have dreamed, a world sand paper. We enjoy it very
much.
rs and fathers, because of^ their neglect, misunderstanding or irrespon­ of opportunity for work, for ser­
Miss Hager is home from the
vice fQr all mankind.
sibility, had failed in their primary obligation.”
hospital convalescing now. We
miss her very much and hope she
wijl be back with us soon.
In chorus we are learning In
Room 3
dian Dawn, Big Brown Bear
F A R M E R S F A C E IN F L A T IO N
Robert Travis has moved to Mighty La’k a Rose, The Green
Washington has been warned by editorial writers that as labor raises Alaska. The pupils will miss Cathedral, for the Spring con
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wages in the cities, farm labor will fade away from the farms. Farmers , w ite to the
and girlg an(J
Room 6
will have to raise wages in order to compete w ith the cities. This will te ll them about his new home,
The children of Room Six were
increase the cost o f production o f food. N atu rally, just as soon as an^
experiences he has.
pleased when they received
Roberta
Mitchell has moved to note from Miss Eunice Hager,
food prices go up, labor w ill come in for more wage increases, based
upon the cost o f living. So there’s a kind of inflation that people haven’t
been figuring on. D o n ’t get the notion that there is going to be any
quick return to "norm alcy” .
PLACING THE VETERAN
A businessman posed a question the other day which w ill arise w ith
disturbing frequency. This employer said:
*T am in a state of perplexity. Soon to return to my establishment will
be a discharged serviceman. H e was a lieutenant commanding infantry
H e fought in and won some battles. When he worked for me, he was
fresh out of school. I employed him in a minor capacity, that of an o f­
fice hoy at a salary of eighteen dollars a week. So far as I know that was
— and is— the only work around my business for which he has had ex­
perience. Under existing law he is entitled to, and I owe him, his job.
W hat to do? The job of office boy no longer is appropriate for this
young man after his m ilitary career.”
A n expert in job placement probably would counsel the businessman
to offer the former serviceman something superior to thè position of
Portland.
who has not been at school for
The boys and girls have made
pictures for a moving picture
show about Eskimos. John Van
Dyke fixed the box for the pic­
tures. The children have enjoyed
studying about Eskimos.
Room 3 had a race between the
boys and girls to see which
could be quieter going up and
down the stairs. The boys wone
the race.
The boys and girls in Room 3
Choose a profitable Dost war
are enjoying the pictures of Abra
professional career—
ham Lincoln and George Wash­
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ington which have been put up
Attend a four vear accredited
in the room. There are many
college in New York. Chicago.
pretty Valentine pictures too.
Indianapolis.
Portland.
or
Room 5
Toronto, under the C. I. B ill
Last Friday our room enjoyed
of Rights.
making Valentine place cards for
Por further ln f.rm .tlo n . w rit.
the Junior Red Cross. We have
National Chiropractic
our February Calendar, which is
Association. Inc.
made in the form of a shield,
Wehntei C ltr. Iowa
National
Ride.
ready, and Monday we all took1
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A L W A Y S A G O O D SUPPLY O F FRESH F R U IT S
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W H E R E Y O U R T R A D E IS A P P R E C IA T E D
Now meat m arket in connection with store
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office boy. A fte r all, if he could lead in fan try he certainly hai qualifi­
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cations reflecting ability to shoulder responsibility and executive tasks.
But fundamentally, the issues lie deeper. The problem is not one of
merely engaging another hand around the office or the factory or the
farm . And particularly, it is imprudent to peg an ex-serviceman purely
to his pre-war pursuits. In almost every instance the armed forces gave
their personnel experiences in the field of leadership, initiative, team
Something to Remember-
work, new trades and new ideas. These apply to the coming era. The
army clerk can administer an office. The navy machinist is handy at
EVERYBODY’S TALKING!
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necessity for good health.
Everybody Can Find . . .
tooling. The air corps crewman is fam iliar w ith motors. The confident
Marine learned how to use a rifle; he can learn salesmanship.
their favorite vitamin products in the complete vitamins sections
at W E S T E R N T H R I F T S TO R E in Medford.
The qualities attractive to an exployer are there. They can be brought
out and developed by interview, by examination of employment regis­
tration cards, by personal appraisals. There are agencies to assist the em­
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ployer, such as accredited employment offices and bona fide veterans
organizations as the local American Legion post.
Looking at the situation externally, an adequate armed force is good
insurance for national security. The internal situation must be equally
sound. And the placement of veterans is essential to a healthful economy
in the community as well as the N ation as a whole. The rate of dis­
charge o f members of the armed forces is increasing. The obsorption of
these men and women into gainful occupations must keep pace. This
not only is our fulfillm en t of a sacred contract but provision for our
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