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6 Thursday, April 19, 1945 Vernonia Eagle PURCHASING POWER BROTHER HOME FROM IRAN THOSE WHO ARE IN IT Staff Sgt. Kenneth McCrae, brother of Wallace McCrae, and who has been stationed in Iran for 27 months, leaves this week from his home at Monmouth for Camp" Shelby, Miss., to report awarded silver star Lt. Col. William H. Fowler, for further assignment. nephew of Mrs. Frank Taylor He traveled two months and and Mrs. Grace Currie, has been 66,000 miles to get home. In awarded the silver star for gal Iran (old Persia) McCrae was lantry in action against the en assigned as a motor mechanic for emy in eastern France last No truck repairs on an 800-mile-long vember. supply line which provided the As commanding officer of an Russians with food and equip infantry battalion, Fowler, ac ment. From the Persian gulf to cording to the citation, personally the Caspian sea trucks were op led his organization in a series erated on a “shuttle” system of of attacks from east of the Le continuous transportation with Remabois Woods all the way to Russian drivers. Sarrebourg. In one instance, on For a time he was stationed the outskirts of Sarrebourg, Fow ler was moving with the lead just seven miles from Dizful, company when they were halted said to be the hottest place in the world, temperatures going to by the intensity of the enemy fire. Continuing to control the 170 degrees- He became accust omed to work in a 150 degree battalion by radio, he worked his heat, putting in 18 to 20 hours way back to the company imme diately behind and led a flanking daily, so had less time for nos action which broke up the resis talgia. The American men had tance and permitted the battalion plenty of food, mostly from tin cans. Fresh meat was obtained to reach its objective. Fowler graduated from the U- occasionally and they obtained niversity of Oregon in 1931 and potatoes at other times from the was at one time principal at the natives, and tomatoes and cucum bers now and then from irrigated Mapleton school. places. From the northern, cooler OVERSEAS THREE YEARS regions, good grapes, much like NATAL — Pfc. William Car those raised in Oregon, could be michael, who has been overseas obtained. Dates grow around the three years, arrived home Sun gulf. day, April 15. He left New York As his work was mostly in March 1, 1942 and arrived in small villages, he had little con Australia April 10. He left the tact with the nomadic tribesmen islands March 22, 1945 and ar of the desert, nor with the city rived in San Francisco April 10, dwellers. The villages had little 1945. He says its grand to be if any sanitation and smelled like back in good old Oregon again. a barnyard after a rain, McCrae says, “Eternal vigilance was the price of safety” in keeping free from vermin and disease. DEC. 1943 vs DEC. 1944 Altar Society to Conduct Drive RIVERVIEW — Mrs. Ralph Valpiani entertained the St. Mary’s Altar society at her home near Pittsburg Wed. Their pas tor, Father J. Goodrich, asked this body to take charge of the national clothing dr»»« for this parish. That was the principal subject for discussion. Final de cision was to ask each donor to parcel their offerings, placing a ticket on each parcel listing the gross weight and number of articles therein, and to deliver the parcels to St. Mary’s church in Vernonia. A change in the luncheon schedule at their meet ings was also forthcoming. Desert IE above chart, showing how and coffee will be served at the average American fared in 1:30 p.m. in the future and bus national income changes In the last iness transacted afterward. The twelve months, is based on the monlhly consumers' study of Inves hostess served a delicious lunch tors Syndicate of Minneapolis. at the close of the business ses The American public in Decem sion. ber had a “real income” of 99 cents, or one cent on the dollar less than Mrs. Gerald Ball and daughter, in December, 1943. This “real in Vici Ann, who have been sojour come" is not a subtraction of cash Income and expenditures but an ning* in Cal. were called home average relative of these figures this week by illness of Mrs. Ball’s designed to show how living costs mother, Mrs. Ralph Mahar who affect adjusted income dollars. Cash income of the American pub is in Good Samaritan hospital in lic in December was 99 cents for Portland. We understand Mrs. every $1 a year earlier. The follow Ball will attend a dietician school ing changes per dollar were: wages off 6 cents, salaries off 4 cents on the $1.00; other income up 6 cents on the dollar and investment in come at $1.06 was up six cents. Rents and foods in December were unchanged compared with a year ago. Clothing was up three cents. Miscellaneous items were up three cents. in. order to be able to prepare food for her mother, who is a diabetic patient. Mrs. Robert Wyckoff and daughter of Portland were here Mon. preparatory to occupying the home they purchased recent ly of Ellis Rainwater. Mr. Wy ckoff is a service man stationed in Maryland and expecting to be invited to take a sea voyage soon. The Rainwaters who are locating in Sweet Home will be greatly missed and we wish them Keep your clothes immaculate with our cleaning and pressing service! Vernonia Cleaners PHONE 1211 AT THAT GREAT BIG GLASS OF BEER. All frothy and foamy just waiting to trickle past your tonsils and make you happy! Dessy’s Tavern The Forest Grove NATIONAL BANK INVITES YOU TO BANK BY MAIL IF INCONVENIENT TO COME IN PERSON A Locally-Owned, Independent Bank KEEP ON with WAR BONDS SAFEWAY. Let’s roll it up and bring it in, every day this month! Heath’s Service Station Phone 5711 At the Mile Bridge, Riverview Our sick report: Mr. L. L. Wells has been having a bad time practically all week with a heavy cold and hoarseness, Bobby Tay lor was a very sick boy the first of the week while Mr. Shep ard and John Ellis are> improving slowly. Copper Bearing Plate SEPTIC TAXKS 10 Guage 200 & 300-Gal. Capacity STOCK MILL WORK DOORS WINDOWS AND SASHES WINDOW GLASS AND MIRRORS ANDERSON WOODWORKING SHOP Phone 575 Riverview PRODUCt . _ at Safeway features top quality flavor ... for Safeway experts select choice fruits and vegetables right in the fields ... send them to you packed with goodness. Try Safeway produce and taste the difference. ASPARAGUS lb. 151 At Its Very Peak! Edwards Coffee Always fresh, reg. or drip 28' 1-lb. jar Airway Coffee 58c 1-lb bag 20c 3-lb. bag Ground fresh for you Borden's Hemo Drink it hot or cold 59c 1-lb. jar Lemon, Vanilla 35c Schillings 2-oz. bottle pure extracts Spinach Soup 13c Campbell's, lO’/z-oz. can 20c Apple Butter Libby's brand $1.18 SHREDDED CABBAGE SHREDDED CARROTS $1.02 fine for slaw something new % lb. cello pkg. 12c Yz lb. cello pkg. 12c 303 jar Blend Flour Fisher's 25-lb. sack all purpose Kitchen Craft All purpose 25-lb. sack Flour Baking Powder "Calumet double action Vegetable Soup Rancho condensed 18c 1-lb. can 14c CABBAGE, firm heads CELERY, Crispy stalks CUCUMBERS, hot house GREEN ONIONS, Tender Ib. 7%c lb. 20c lb. 32c lb. 25c ARTICHOKES, fresh and green lb. 25c YAMS, delicious candied Ibi!2>/ic 2 lbs. 29 c RHUBARB, field grown TOMATOES, red and ripe lb. 25c 22-oz. can Holly Cleanser Mild—but good Per can 4c Rinso Soap Granulated 24-oz pkg. 23« Palmolive Soap Toilel Sodf 3 bars 20« PlireX The perfect bleach */2-gal. jug 23« White Magic Bleaches, Cleans. Yr-gal. jug 17« Soil Off Makes cleaning easy Quart bottle 60« Mrs. Stewart's Bluing 10 oz bottle 13« Sweetheart Soap Peet’» Soap, granulated Lux Toilet Soap 2 bars 13c 33 oz. pkg. 26c 3 bars 20c Cracked Wheat Red Rose 2-lb. pkg. 18c Kellogg Corn Flakes 11-oz. pkg. 8c Nabisco Shreddies Biscuits pkg. 12c Albers Flapjack Flour pkg. 22 c California Honey 5-lb. can or jar »1.15 Old Manse Grape Jam 2-ib. jar 39c Minced Luncheon Loaves, A C. (6 points) lb. 37c Assorted Luncheon Loaves, Type 2 (4 pts.) lb. 48c French Head Cheese & Chicken Loaf (2 pts.) lb. 43c BILL HEATH SAYS: ‘Tn cooperation with the national drive for urgently needed clothing, this service station will be a collection depot until the 30th of April. All Signal Service Stations are behind this effort 100'. . Everyone knows that you ‘GO FARTHER’ with Signal Gas, now make that unused clothing, ‘GO FARTHER’! Mrs. J. M. Peachy left Thurs. to spend a few days with her daughter, Lorraine, at Longview, Wn. r Garden Gas Rules Set Up by OPA Local OPA boards started ac cepting applications for victory garden gasoline on March 26, E. W. Eggen, OPA mileage rationing representative, announced this week, with one additional limita tion not previousily in effect which requires that the garden must not be more than 15 miles from the gardener’s home or place of work. Other conditions which the gar. dener must meet are virtually the same as for the past two years: 1. Applicant must have an area of at least 1500 square feet de voted to the producton of veg etables and the mileage must be needed to provide necessary la bor for cultivation. 2. Ration issued may not pro vide mileage in excess of 300 miles during the six-months per iod immediately following date of application. 3. Applicant must show that no alternative means of transporta tion is available. 4. Applicant must show that a ride-sharing arrangement has been made or is not possible. When more than one car will be used in the ride-sharing arrange ment, all applications for special gasoline must be presented to the board at the same time and the total ration for all vehicles in the group may not exceed 300 miles. everything good in their sweet home. Sugar Belle Peas 2 3 ‘"'"¿’Vi 15c Gardenside Tomatoes «.'»’.'Sl 14c Blue Tag Beets "•’tfiH« 18c Pictsweet Corn 15c Gardenside Spinach «! 15c Blue Tag 303 jar 12c Diced Carrots Spiced Ham, tastes very good (10 points) lb. 55c Bologna, Type 2, A C. (4 points) lb. 34c Liver Sausage (3 points) lb. 32c Polish Sausage, H.C., Type 2 (5 points) lb. 39c Pork Sausage, Type 3, bulk (6 points) lb. 32c Fresh CrabsCT.!.»™“ 24c ib. Razor Clams Crab Meat Ling Cod Excellent breaded ond fned Really fresh Fresh, fillet* it 89« ib *1.06 ib.43e
