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THURS., FEB. 7, 1946 Vernonia, Oregon Ben George likes to shoot in the Vernonia Gun club competitive matches and he also likes to tal ly a good score for his efforts. He added a telescope sight to EDITOR'S NOTE: This newspaper, his rifle just before the last through special arrangement with the match with Camas and expected Washington Bureau of Western News- to improve his score as a result. Biper Union at 1616 Eye Street, N. W.t The actual result was that he 'ashington, D. C., is able to bring read’ failed to place among the high ers this weekly column on problems of the veteran and serviceman and his fam five and his score was somewhat ily. Questions may be addressed to the lower than usual. Maybe some , above Bureau and they will be answered more practice will help that sit in a subsequent column. No replies can uation . . . Mayor George John be made direct by mail, but only in the column which will appear in this news son is usually pretty careful in paper regularly. his actions, but that can’t be Freezing Army Points said of the manner in which he handles glass. He purchased a This office has received many let large piece last week at Hoff ters asking whether or not once men man’s to replace a broken win get overseas their accumulation of dow. After the glass was cut discharge points stops. The an and he had picked it up and was swer from the war department ready to leave,, severel people invariably has been that men con asked him questions about city tinue to earn discharge points so long as they are in service. business. Before he was finally This question was brought to a able to leave the store the glass narrowly missed being broken head recently when Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson was sur several times, even after he was prised when informed by the army warned to be careful. However, newspaper, Stars and Stripes, that others present didn’t offer any point scoring stopped September 2. assistance in handling the large The war department now declares window pane ! that both are right. Men in service Religious Discussion “The Second Chance” SERVICE BUREAU Here’s something that’s worth remembering now that a lot of veterans are returning home or have just returned home. Its tak en from a paid advertisement which appeared in Chicago and which was reprinted by the Ore gon Veteran’s Employment News, Portland, January issue. This is it: “Maybe the applicant who wears an honorable discharge button doesn’t know the details of every business. “He didn't know the details of war, either. But he did quite some job on a distasteful assign ment. And the Japs and the Ger mans will testify that he had something which proved more potent than their experience. “You—and we—can’t hire ev ery discharged veteran who comes to us. But we can all well afford to devote some time and thought to his individual prob lem instead of just saying, ‘Not enough experience.’ “He doesn’t care for that, ‘Not enough experience,’ brush-off— and neither will any of us if we stop to think. Remember, the time he MIGHT have spent gaining experience has been de voted to protecting our right to be in business.” Events in Oregon POPULATION GROWTH HEAVY HERE SEASIDE — A population of approximately 7200 people in the district serviced by the Seaside office of the Pacific Power and Light company is indicated by a check made on residential ac counts of that company. The to tal of such accounts is 2401, an increase of 880 since January, 1940. The estimate is based on the theory that there are three people for each domestic account. 25 HOUSING UNITS GIVEN PACIFIC UNIVERSITY FOREST GROVE — Twenty- five housing family apartments from the Vancouver project have been allotted Pacific University by the national housing author ity, a telegram last week in formed Business Manager Ralph Shumm. Though definite data on the housing units is not available, Shumm indicated the university expects them to be set up within two or three weeks. GRESHAM P. O. REMAINS HIGH Hillsboro — Despite a drop in postal receipts during the Chist- mas period, the Gresham postof fice remained high in the first class division in 1945. Total postal receipts for the year were $45,047.20, compared with the slightly higher $46,420- .64 in 1944, the postmaster pointed cut. For the first 11 months of the year. 1945 was more than $900 ahead of the previous year. But during Decem ber stamp sales dropped sharply compared with the pevious De cember. RHEUMATISM and ARTHRITIS I suffered for year» and am so thankful that I found relief from this terrible affliction that I will gladly answer anyone writing me for information. Mrs. Anna Pautz, P. O. Box 825, Vancouver. Wash. Adv. tf do continue to earn discharge points for their record for use when and if a new freezing date is established. They point out that the first freeze date was May 12 when the total for discharge was 85 points. A new freeze date was established for Sep tember 2 when the discharge point total was 70. However, since Sep tember 2, the war department has reduced the point score to 50, or 20 points down, which is more than the veteran would accumulate in the four-month period In other words, while the veteran total is figured at the number of points he had accu mulated up to September 2, 1945, his point total had been lowered since that date from 70 to 50, mak ing all who had 50 points on Sep tember 2 eligible for discharge. Further lowering’of the total points necessary for discharge are prom ised. Questions and Answers Q. Here’s a question I’ve never seen or heard of being directly an swered. Are there answers, or just evasive replies? Can the boys in service In Japan take up correspond ence work or study in the U.S.A.F.I. if they have the time or ability? Our son is stationed in Osaka with a medical company. He wants to get started In a veterinarian course. Will be watching closely for an an swer.—Mrs. A. J. W., Neligh, Nebr. A. Yes, men in Japan can take certain courses of study with the U.S.A.F.I. However, it is doubtful if such a specialized course as veter inary could be taken by correspond ence. Would suggest that your son take the matter up with his company commander. Q. Is the widow of a World War I veteran, now receiving a pension, entitled to any additional benefits above her pension for doctor’s care if she Is an invalid?—Mrs. G. 11., Eureka Springs, Ark. A No. the veterans’ administra tion says that only in some instances of advanced age are widows of W old War I veterans entitled to inr rease in pension. Q. My husband enlisted in the air corps in August, 1944, for the dura tion and six months, lie is now over seas. Will he be discharged when his enlistment period is up or must he wait until he has enough pojnts? —Mrs. R. S., Sunbury, Pa. A. The war is not yet over and will not be until so proclaimed by the President or congress. He will remain in the service until he earns sufficient points. Q. My husband has been in serv ice since August 2, 1945. I am in very bad health. We have two small children and expecting another soon. Do you think I stand a chance of getting him out? — Mrs. J. R. B., Flat Lick, Ky. A. I am afraid you stand little chance at the moment. When the third child is born, he will be eli gible to make application for dis charge. Q. I was inducted Into the army August 20, 1942. I received my hon orable discharge May 10, 1943. Am 1 entitled to the $200 mustcring-out pay? All my service has been in the U. 8. A. How do I go about getting It?—A. W., Scotland. S. I>. A. Yes. The war department ad vises that you write to the Chief of Finance. Enlisted Personnel. War department, Washington, D. C. Q. I have a friend in the navy, lie ha* been In service since July, 1941. and overseas since last Octo ber. 1944. He is single and 20 years old. Ilow many points docs he have?—Miss R. C., Section, Ala. A As of January 1 he has 27 points. Thirty-six are necessary for discharge, 35 on February I. Q. I have a son who has been! In service since December 18, 1914. He has six dependents, his mother, three brothers, two sisters. Is he eligible for discharge?—Mrs. G. E. P., Scottsville, Va. A. Only minor children of the vet eran are regarded as dependents in earning discharge points. It is pos sible for him, however, to file appli cation for a discharge tf he can make out a hardship case. He will lose hlf mustering-out pay, how ever. About his bonds, write to War Bond division. U 8. army. 4300 Goodfellow bird.. St Louis 20, Mo. IS IT SCRIPTURAL? PART ONE On Saturday nights the streets down town are full of people— some are shopping, others are on the way to places of amusement, some are just joining in the ex citement of the last night of the week. Wages have been paid and now they are being spent. It is the end of the cycle of seven days—it winds up a period of time known around the world. It is a ' ’ ■ night in town—it is “Saturday Night.” But we take it as a symbol of something big ger— as a picture of a day that is coming—and we shall call it “The World’s Last Saturday Night.” According to the Scriptures, there is to be an end to -this age, to this dispensation. The times of the Gentiles will be fulfilled, and the day of the Lord will begin. The coming of this day may seem far off and unreal, but it was real to the view of the writers of the inspired word. Three In One Yes — Electricity lights the room. It is light. And electricity runs the washing machine. It is power. Then you plug in the iron and have heat. It is light, power and heat. Three in one. So is electricity. This helps us to see God thru the eye of the Bible. The BIBLE tells of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Not three Gods but one God as seen in three ways. FIRST—God the Father. For his own glory, the Father wills what ever comes to pass. Even the sparrows, for Jesus said — “Not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.” NEXT—God the Son. He is Christ, our Lord. Whatever the Father wills, the Son brings to pass. He created and upholds the universe and is the owner thereof. KNOW YOUR BIBLE. By the will of God, the Father, Christ the Son tast ed death for every man. ALSO—God the Holy Spirit. When Christ had died for our sins and had ascended back to glory, He sent God the Holy Spirit to convict us o.’ our lost state. We go on lost, urtil we posses Christ, the Lamb of God, slain for our sins. A mystery. Three Persons in One. God the Father—God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Three in One equal in power and glory and waiting to give you victory for here and now with eternal life for the ages to come. O Happy Day that fixed my Choice on Thee, my Saviour and my Lord. Do you remember how endless a year seemed when you were a child? Someone would say that Christmas was coming, or that your birthday was coming, and it seemed like an endless wait a- head. But they always came— and they have kept on coming with increasing tempo. So, too, the end of the age, the end of < . - - BY JIM STEVINS the world as our version puts it, will com-’, and it will be the end of Man's planning and devising up sharply. Furthermore, the —the end of h's, unhappy history A Great Railroad Book . . . Jim Marshall was the first war land started paying taxes. In ad as apparent director of world dition, the railrcad had to haul affairs—the end of man’s god hero (he’ll gag at the term) from the Northwest. In Decem government freight, s Idlers and less, self-seeking life—the end also of his gospel opnortunity— ber, 1937, the Japanese bombed officials for half rates, and rnaj! rnd the begninning of judgment. This space paid for by Oregon- the g. nboat Panay on the Yang- at reduced charges. It will 'be the end of carele-s, Washington people. If you wish » heedless, indifferent wo.rldlv life: “ Over the years it was a one tse River. Marshall, Collier’s Chi part in this gospel by newspaper, na correspondent was seriously sided bargain and there should the end of the money-mad, »el send your sum, large or small. fish, pitiful race far pleasure. wounded in the attack. His home be a statue somewhere to the We have a picture of the hu had been in Washington State genius who invented it for the man scene in what the Bible since 1910. Always a newspaper government It was a moneymak calls the last days, as given by and magazine man whr seemed er for the national treasury from the apostle Paul here in 2 Tim. to have no trouble at all in put the beginning.” 3:15, “This know also, that in But read the bock to get all the last days perilous times shall ting mighty, mighty pretty words on stems of solid observations of the case, alung with h story come. For men shall be lovers of and straight thinking, he has sur every westerner should know, their own selves, covetous, boast ers, proud, blasphemers, disobe passed himself with the best rail and some exciting stories. wttii v j dient to parents, unthankful, un road book I ever did read. holy. Without natural affection, A Timber Moral . . . After the Civil War, there truce-breakers, false accusers, in The title of this prime jeb is “i lost 52 Lbs.! continent, fierce, despisers of “Santa Fe—the Railroad that were the Lake States forests and those that are good, traitors, WEAR SIZE 14 AGAIN” Built an Empire.” You won’t there were the treeless prairie heady, highminded, lovers of MRS. C. D. WELLS, FT. As Pictured need to be a railroader or a states. Pioneer lumbermen risked pleasures more than lovers of You may lose pounds and God; having a form of godliness, more slender graceful figure people’s railroad fan to get a lot out of their own and other exercise. No drugs. No laxatives. but denying the power thereof; Eat meat, potatoes, gravy, butter- it. The reader of Western stor money to produce lumber for from such turn away.” The experience of Mrs. Wells may or may not be different than yours, ies can whoop it up vicariously the droves of postwar homestead but why not try the Ayd9 Plan? Look These latter days reach right at these results. with cowboys through the pag ers. Nineteen went broke for up to the last day of this dispen In clinical teste conducted by es and shoot bad men, both red every one who managed to keep sation, which is ended by the re medical doctors more than 100 persons lost" 14 to 15 pounds and bleached. Here, too, is West going in the woods. The con turn of Christ. Will anyone, Jew average in a few weeks with the AYDS Vitamin Candy ern history—a good deal of it struction contractors also took a or Gentile, be converted and Rcdu-ing Plan. saved after this great event? We fresh to me, an old history hand. big risk in the building up of With this Ayds Plan you don’t cut invite you to read the Scriptural out any meals, starches, potatoes, And, throughout, the drama of prairie town and farms. meats or butter, you simpiycut them articles that follow, (to be cont.) down It’s simple and easier when The government took no risk the struggles of giants. The pio G. F. Brown you enjoy delicious (vitamin forti fied) AYDS before each meal. Abso neer railroad builders of the whatever but raked in more tax lutely harmless. 30 days supply of Ayds only S2.25. If not delighted with results? West were powerful individuals. es with every new lumbering op FISHING FOR BARGAINS? MONEY BACK with the very first box. Phone Up here we recall how Harriman eration and each new building. DROP YOUR LINE IN THE NANCE PHARMACY and Hill fought like Paul Bun The Big G men encouraged set CLASSIFIED COLUMN. Tear out this ad as a reminder yan and Hels H.lson. Down yon tlers ta follow the lumbermen der where live the folks who and to burn Lake States forest NEW AND USED PARTS can stomach endless days of sick lands ever, year aft?r year. They ening sunshine, it was the same were doing the same thing in the Expert Auto Repairing Gas and Oil story. Jim Marshall gives you Pacific Northwe t as late as the the inside dope and a ringside depression years. And out of ev Open at 7:30 A. M.; Closed at 6:00 P. M. seat. His book is worth your ery industry Federal tax dollar money even if you make it set less than a tenth of a cent ¡3 We Close Sat. afternoon and all day Sunday. ting chockers. turned back by Big Government A Big G Genius ... into defense against forest fire Myth has it that the system by and other tree growing measures. which the Federal government It’s a sad story, mates, in rail fostered early western railroad roading, lumbering, or any oth building, donating every other er business field. Everywhere the Phone 773 RIVERV1EW section along the route to the kind of government control that builders, was a terrible racket. Woodrow Wilson called “the pro Big Government was robbed by cess of death” is going full blast. Big Business, says the myth. Marshall states, “The land was A Correction William Wood, deceased, also worth nothing until the Santa Fe Railroad reached it. It had Andrew and Albert Wood, his been there for years and no brothers, lived in Iowa quite a body wanted it. What value it number of years just before we had in ’73 and the next few came to Oregon in September, years depended on the fact that 1875 with our stepfather and the road provided reasonably our mother who settled in Cor cheap and fast transportation, nelius, Washington county, Ore not only for crops, but for food gon. Brother Bill was 20 years and supplies to keep the settlers old when he came to Oregon. I going. The government, in fact, My stepfather was George W. made a profit from the deal al Dow. Wm. Wood married Iva most from the start. It took no Jenette Sheeley in the early part chances, but the railroad did. The of 1885, not 1876. Snow was on government still held half the the ground. I was at the wedding. land along the track, and, once A. E. Wood is my son. Brother the railroad started operating, Will was born August 21, 1853. the price of this property went Resp., Albert Wood. r^DUT OF THtWis ’ EAGLE LYNCH AUTO PARTS Oregon-American LUMBER CORPORATION Vernonia, Oregon NOURISHING FOODS jfor four family HERE IS GOOD ADVICE FROM LOU GIROD, HIMSELF. THERE IS NO BETTER WAY OF IN- SURING FAMILY HEALTH THAN BY PROVIDING WHOLESOME, NOURISHING FOOD FOR EVERY MEAL—THE KIND OF FOOD THAT GIROD’S MARKET TAKES PRIDE IN OFFERING TO THE RESIDENTS OF VERNONIA. Phone 76i GIROn'S FOOD STORK
