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4 Thurs., Nov. 29, 1945 VERNONIA EAGLE Sawdust... From November 19th until Christmas has been designated as the time for the sale of Christ mas Seals. Th^ doming year will require a greater fund from this source if announced plans of the county health association are car ried through to completion. The plans embody a dental inspec tion for every school child in the county and a return visit of the mobile chest x-ray unit. The work of that unit alone warrants the purchase of seals by everyone. The carrying out of x-ray work throughout the United States and the benefit that has resulted has been en dorsed by Philip Murray, presi dent of the CIO, who has urged continuing support by the pur chase of seals. Whenever A. L. Kullander ap pears at a dinner of the Boost er club he “enjoys” a razzing about the amount he eats. Mon day night was no exception for Pete Brunsman gave Shorty the usual ribbing about pumping him self up with a lot of food. . . There will be a lot of disap pointed football players on this year’s Logger squad if one an nual event is allowed to pass without completion and that is the football banquet. This event has been held for the past five or six years without fail whether the team won or lost and this year shouldn’t be any exception. There has been some talk about the banquet but nothing definite has been accomplished so far. Action is necessary, not talk, if there is to be a banquet. The af fair is ordinarily held about this time of the year and it is still not too late. Heavy rains the first of the week left its mark—on a lot of ceilings. And Dessy’s Tavern was no exception, Dessy being occu pied with patching during the downpcur. Events in Oregon TURKEY PRICES UNDER YEAR AGO MEDFORD—Turkey growers of the Rogue River valley are receiving less money per pound this year for their turkeys, but they are still going to realize a profit on their crop. The birds this year are bring ing around 35 cents a pound, net, for young hens and 31 cents for toms, compared to a ceiling price of 39 cents last year, when both hens and toms, in most part, brought ceiling. The birds, this year, are being sold to the civilian trade because -the army has gone out of the turkey market. The Rogue River valley is producing almost twice as many birds as it did last year and the birds are averaging larg er. H-D TO BUILD CANNERY UNIT IMMEDIATELY FOREST GROVE—Expansion of Hudson-Dunean’s food proces sing plant through immediate ■construction of another building south of the present structure, was announced this week by Charles Grube, plant manager. The new building with an over all size of 98x100 feci will house canning machinery which the r mpany is to install at its plant there. Ground is expected to he brok en on the structure this week and construction will be rushed ns fast us materials can be obtained. POWER CO. TO START BUILDING PROGRAM SEASIDE—With construction echeduled to start in 60 days. Pacific Power ami Light company will invest more than *45,000 in new equipment and facilities to benefit electric users in the Seaside area. Major item in the company's program will be the installation <f additional transformer equip ment at the Seaside substation t» boost the capacity there by <'.0 per ent and provide for post war growth of the entire Sea side - Gearhart - Cannon Beach resort area. EDITOR’S NOTE: This newspaper, through special arrangement with the Washington Bureau of Western News paper Union al 1616 Eye Street, N. W„ Washington, D, C., is able to bring readers this weekly column on prob lems of the veteran and serviceman and his family. Questions may be ad dressed to the above Bureau and they will be answered in a subsequent col umn. No replies can be made direct by mail, but only in the column which will appear in this newspaper regularly. A 500-FO0T TANK SHIP EXPANP5 12-14 INCHES WHEN CAR&O OF OIL 14- LOAPEP ©IO6EHE5 U4EP Few Continue Insurance Concerned with the large percent age of veterans who are not convert ing their national service life insur ance Into permanent insurance, or with maintaining their policies in present form. Gen. Omar N. Brad ley, Veterans' administration di rector, recently held a meeting with a joint committee of the American Life convention and the Life Insur ance Association of America to lay plans for a nation-wide educational campaign on the subject. "Recent figures indicate that only one out of five veterans discharged is continuing his term policy or is converting it into one of the three types of permanent insurance of fered," General Bradley said. This figure, the committee was told, is approximately three times the ratio experienced after the last war. A committee of insurance men headed by Alexander Patterson, ex ecutive vice president of the Mutual Life Insurance company, of New York, assured General Bradley that the committee “is prepared to go all- out to co-operate with you in your program to present to the veteran the many advantages of maintain ing his national service life insur ance policy.” Questions and Answers Q. My husband, a veteran of World War I is sick and disabled and about four months ago put in a disability claim and has not heard from it. Will they write and tell him whether he is eligible for pay or not? —Mrs. W. J. G., Lebanon, Va. A. Yes, he will no doubt hear from the Veterans administration. If he does not soon, write again to the nearest regional office of the Vet erans administration. Q. My 18-year-old brother is now entering the army. How much time will he have to spend in the service or has there been a definite length of time decided upon. If a soldier re-enlists in the army, then decides within 20 days that he wants a dis charge, can he get it?—Mrs. L. J., Pontotoc, Miss. A. The answer to your first ques tion is that there has been no defi nite time decided for 18-year-olds in the army. To the second question, the answer is No. Q. My husband has been in serv ice since February, 1945. He is 31 years old and he has r ever had any training. Will there be any chance of him getting out soon? He was classi fied in F-4 and put in A-l.—A read er, Remlap. Ala. A. Indications are that your hus band was inducted as a replacement and that he may be in limited serv ice, but the chances of his early dis charge are not good. Q. How can I get medical care, other than maternity care, for a sol dier's family? I have three children who must have medical care and I am under a doctor's care myself. —Mrs. W. R., Wilmington, Ill. A. Write to the nearest army med ical center, or apply to your local Red Cross and they may advise you. Q. What does the navy get dis charge points for? Do they get any points for battle stars or citations? —Mrs. A. A., Dennison, Ohio. A. Under present regulations navy discharge points are awarded only as follows: One-half point for each year of age; one-half point for each month of active service; one-quarter point for each month of sea duty; ten points for dependency. Forty-one points are necessary for discharge. Any navy man with three children is eligible for discharge. Q. My husband was told when en tering the service that he would be discharged six months after the war. Will he get out by then or will he have to stay in the army until he has enough points?—L. L.. Gloster, Miss. A. The chances are he will have to stay until he is eligible for dis charge under the point system. The war is not officially ended until de clared so by proclamation of the President or by congress. Q. If a man is sent to the Pacific tor occupation, how long will he have to stay?—Mrs. K. C., Denni son, Ohio. A. His service would depend en tirely upon the number of points he has earned and the nature of his service. Q My husband, a veteran of World War I, did not receive his transportation home after being hon orably discharged. Can he still col lect his transportation? — Mrs. L. D.. St. Maries. Idaho. A. It is 25 years late, but you might write to the office of the Ad jutant General. War department. Q How long is it permissible for a discharged soldier to wear a full uniform after arriving home? _ M E T.. Onekama. Mich. A. The regulations provide a sol dier may wear his uniform up to 90 days after his discharge. TO SCENT HIS FEET. BELIEVINÖ THE RI5IN6 VAPORS PERFUMED H is Booy A VllfCOrJsifJ MfìfJ SALT IfJ ■me- to/L, raues salted celerà At the Churches Tie Mill Burns At Elsie Thurs. ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC Rev. Anthony V. Gerace Rev. J. H. Goodrich Mass: 9:30 a.m. except first Sunday in month—Mass at 8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Confessions from 7:45 a.m.' on. MIST—The tie mill of Hughes Sundland and Woodard burned down Thanksgiving night at El sie. It will be quite a loss as there was no insurance. Mr. Robt. Mathews attended the birthday dinner of her moth er, Mrs. Maud Rogers in Ver nonia Sat. Another daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Stark, from Scap poose and Mrs. Don Hall from Glenona, Wash were also guests. Ralph George was a village shopper Mon.—The elctricians wiring Robt. Mathew’s home this week. Last week Mr. Sundland and Bernard Dowling wired the Antone Birkenfeld house now owned by L. Jepson at Birken feld. The Banzer boys, Geo., Dave and Richard, are sawing some lumber in their mill. The Mist Helping circle will meet Dec. 13th with Mrs. Geo. Jones. It’s thei annual birth day dinner and all members should attend. The Wm. Bridget's folks spent Thanksgiving at Roseburg with their relatives, the Wm. Keatons. Jimmy Garlock is spending a few days at home from the US navy this week. Minnie Hughes visited last week with her sister, Mrs. Robt. Mathews and the) Dowling fam ily. The L. P. Mathews family had all the children home for Thanks giving with the exception of Stanley, who is in the service. Carl Wickstrom is in the hos pital at Hillsboro where he was operated on last Thurs. He’s doing nicely. His mother is there with him yet. FIRST CHRISTIAN —The Livingstones, Ministers 9:45—Bible School led by M. L. Herrin. 11:00— Junior church, Bernice Tunnell, Sup’t. 11:00—Morning communion ser vice and preaching. 5 to 6 — Vesper hour. SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST Services on Saturday: 10:00 a.m.—Sabbath school. 11:00 a.m.—Gospel service. 8:00 p.m. Wednesday—Devo tional service. Sermon by district leader— First Saturday of each month. A cordial invitation is extended to visitors. EVANGELICAL —Rev. Allen H. Backer, Minister 9:45 — Sunday school. 11:00 —Morning worship. 6:30 — Junior Endeavor and Evangelical Youth Fellowship 7:30 P. M.—Evangelistic service 7:30 Thurs. — Bible study and prayer. The Two Forests of “Firtown” A century ago the site of Fir town was a riverside clearing. It had been used by the Indians as a campground for uncounted years. They kept it clear by burning. In the drier summers the Indian fires often swept into the surrounding wilderness, killing off tens of thousands of old trees. In the years of summer rains these burns were seeded from neighboring forests. The second growth on Indian burns is the older part of the junior forests of Firtown. It was a very small part in the days of the Indians and the pioneers. Today the acres of junior forest land are more than the acres of old-growth forest. In Western Oregon and Wash ington, the Douglas fir region, we have more than 25 million acres of commercial forest land. Firtown, representing the aver age of a hundred Douglas fir communities, has as its share 250,000 acres. About 110,000 acres are yet in the old-growth sawtimber. The other 140,000 acres are growing the junior for est, with types of trees from 160 years old down to seedlings on recently harvested land. These are the two commercial forests on which the present and the future life of Firtown de pends. How Firtown Grew , . . The 250,000 commercial forest acres are four-fifths of all the land area tributary to Firtown. Nature made it timberland, suit ed best to the growing of timber, as Iowa is suited to corn, and Georgia to cotton. In its primitive wilderness state, Douglas fir forest re newed itself, in the common way of nature. Cones ripened and opened on mature trees, seeds flew forth, glided afar, and set tled on the forest earth. They found soil with winter rains. The seeds w’ere in spots reached by sunlight burst into growth when spring camq along. The seedlingk grew, the stronger crowded and shaded out the weaker, the younger trees towered on year by year into forest giants, un til aS last they were mature tim ber. Then growth stopped. The decay of age struck the trees. Dead tops appeared. The oldest trees died and became snags. These fell in windstorms, and rotted on the forest earth. Then, where sunlight feP. Douglas fir seedlings grew again. This was the cycle for thousands of years. Then the Douglas fir region was settled by the pale people, and forest use began. Tree» and People . . . Thq people who settled on the site of Firtown were farmers. But the growing of farm crops was the main support of the cqm- munity for only a short period. There were markets for lum ber in the Orient, the Hawaiian Islands, and California, and many sailing ships to carry lumber car goes. So the making and shipping of lumber cut from the old Doug las fir forests became the main business of the pioneers of the Western Oregon and Washing ton country, and of each of their settlements. The money paid for Douglas fir lumber cargoes in California, Japan and China, came back in large part to Firtown. Some of it, in the form of taxes, built schools, roads and a courthouse. More of it, in the form of wages spent by forest workmen and their families, supported dry goods and grocery stores, and paid for the building of homes. A railroad was built to Firtown, so that lumber might be trans ported to Nebraska and Iowa, making yet greater markets for products from Firtown’s forest. In a typical pre-war year— 1937—about 65 million feet of old timber was cut from Fir town’s forest land. Sold in the lumber markets of the United States and other countries, it brought money back to Firtown which meant to the community $685,000 in direct payrolls, etc.; $750,000 for rail and water transportation; and $100,000 in timber and manufacturing taxes, for the support of public insti tutions and services. So Firtown has grown, and so Firtown lives, on use of the old forest. The Vernonia Eagle Marvin Kamholz Editor and Publisher ASSEMBLY OF GOD —Rev. H. Gail McIlroy, Pastor 9 :45—Sunday school with clas ses for all ages. 11:00—Morning worship. 7:30—Evangelistic service. 8:00 — Wednesday, prayer meet ing. 8:00 — Friday, Bible study. CEMENT WORK OUR SPECIALTY Ready to go on house raising and foundations, sidewalk work and general carpentry. (Also handle mason sand for chim neys and inside plastering.) ALL WORK GUARANTEED E. M. 52 GIFTS IN ONE— AN EAGLE SUBSCRIPTION YORK CONTRACTOR & BUILDER 108 A St. Hats Cleaned, Blocked 85c DRY CLEANING PRICES REDUCED Pants ................ 50c Overcoats .......... $1.00 Dresses ............ $1.00 Suits ................. $1.00 Sweaters................50c Pick Up and Delivery Weekly on Thursdays Office: Ben Brickel’s Barber Shop Oregon Laundry and Cleaners NEW AND USED PARTS Expert Auto Repairing Gas and Oil Open at 7:30 A.M.; Closed at 7:30 P.M. WE CLOSE ALL DAY SUNDAY LYNCH AUTO PARTS Phone 773 RIVERVIEW SHOP AT Entered as second- class mail matter. August 4, 1922, at the post office in Vernonia, Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879. Official Newspaper of Vernonia, Oregon Subscription price, $2.50 yearly Meyniel 0 R E Glo0N LW $[pjjp E R P u b l i s h [ e r , s ' 4* 11 0 N WASHINGTON COUNTY BANK BANKS, OREGON FARM AUTO PERSONAL COMMERCIAL LATTER DAY SAINTS Sunday school convenes at 10 a.m. at 925 Rose Ave und er the direction of Charles Long, Branch President. Polly H. Lynch, Superintendent. 7:00 P.M. — Evening Sacrament I LOANS Mail Your Deposits We Serve You Best In: GROCERIES MEATS HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES DAIRY PRODUCTS BAKERY GOODS KING’S Grocery - Market “Where Your Money Buys More” At the Mile Bridge Phone 91 Riverview
