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THURSDAY, DEC. 12, 1946
THE EAGLE, VERNONIA, ORE.
THE POCKETBOOK OF KNOWLEDGE '
At the
Churches
By PILGRIM
Events in
Oregon
As a service to veterans in the
community, this newspaper will
publish a weekly column of news
briefs from the Veterans Admin
istration. For more detailed in
formation, veterans should con
tact or write to the nearest VA
contact unit at 1091 S.W. 10th
Avenue, Portland.
Few “52-20” Clubs in Northwest
Despite recent publicity, a very
small number of Northwest vet
erans are long standing members
of the so-called “52-20” club, the
veterans administration pointed
out today.
Washington, Oregon and Idaho
are among the 11 states in which
a nationwide survey showed less
than 10 per cent of the readjust
ment allowance claimants had
drawn more than 20 consecutive
weeks payments. In Montana, 20
to 30 per cent of veterans on un
employment rolls have drawn
compensation for more than 20
weeks. Only 197 veterans in the
four states have exhausted their
unemployment allowance entitle
ment.
"Floating” Contact Office
Even Alaska veterans in the
small settlements of Kivalina, Ti-
gara and Kakolik are getting first
hand information on their rights
under the G.I. bill. When the
North Star, operated by the de
partment of interiors office of
Indian affairs, sailed from Nome
recently for Point Barrow, a vet
erans administration contact rep
resentative, R. B. Bolton, was
aboard. Veterans living in the
isolated villages of the northland
received up-to-date information
on education and loans under the
G.L bill, insurance, pensions, ter
minal leave pay and hospitaliza
tion.
Aid to the Disabled
A veteran who knows from
first hand experience the problem
faced by those who left a part
of their bodies on the battlefield
has been appointed prosthetic con
tact representative for the veter
ans administration in the state
of Washington. .He is Phillip R.
Ternan of Bellevue, Washington,
a former army tank commander
who had both legs blown off be
low the knee in a battle with two
German Tiger tanks. Ternan will
assist amputee veterans and their
dependants. The VA plans to ap
point other amputees to give sim
ilar service to veterans in the
other states of thq Northwest,
tluestions of the Week
Q. Wheÿ a veteran claiming
subsistence payment computes
how much he has made during
the month, should he include over
time pay as a part of his wage?
A. He should include all reg
ular scheduled overtime. How
ever, overtime worked occasion
ally should not be included.
Questions of the Week
j Q. How do I go about filing
a claim for pension on the death
of a veteran who was my sole
support ?
A Obtain a Form 5335 from
your local VA contact office.
Q. As a widower of a World
War II veteran, am I elegible to
receive compensation or pension?
A No, the term “widow” does
not include a widower with ref
erence to payment of compensa
tion or pension based on the death
of a World XV ar II veteran.
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Ohio’s biggest industry in 1833
was canal building which in that
year involved an outlay of $4.
778,099.65.
B. K. Stanfill
CITY DEFFENDANT
IN DAMAGE ACTION
M'MINNVILLE — An action
for damages against the city of
McMinnville, its officers and coun
cilmen, and Frank A. McCune has
been filed by Waltheria Hender
son, who seeks to recover $7600
for injuries received February 6,
1946.
The plaintiff alleges that the
sidewalk on Eighth street be
tween Ford and Galloway streets,
¡H McMinnville was broken and,
in need of repair causing her to
fall and suffer severe injuries to
her leg and knee.
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FARMERS’ UNION
PROTESTS RATE BOOST
HILLSBORO—The Washington
County Farmers’ union at its
monthly meeting in Hillsboro
adopted a resolution protesting
the proopsed increase in telephone
rates petitioned for by the West
Coast Telephone company.
COAL STRIKE CUTTING
INTO BUSINESS HERE
PRINEVILLE—The long arm
of the coal strike has reached
out from Washington, D.C., and
tapped the City of Prineville Rail
way on the shoulder with an em
bargo which will go into effect
at midnight tonight, Manager C.
C. McGlenn reported. The freight
embargo, designed to conserve
dwindling coal supplies of the na
tion, forbids shipment of all but
a very limited list of commodities
by rail, except on local lines or
under permit.
Since most of
Prineville’s lumber output goes
to eastern markets by rail, the
embargo is expected to have an
immediate effect on shipments, al
ready badly handicapped by t.ie
car shortage.
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Gasoline Use
At Record High
Gasoline has been burned at
a record pace in Oregon so far
this year, it has been announced
by Rdbert S. Farrell, Jr., secre
tary of state.
In the first ten months of the
year over 31,000,000 gallons of
motor fuels were sold, a 25 per
cent jump over the previous all-
time high set in 1941. The por
tion of this fuel actually used
on the highway is estimated to
have powered Oregon cars for
more than 3,784,000,000 miles.
The state netted $14,000,000 in
tax revenue from the sale of this
fuel.
“Never before in the history of
the state have so many cars been
going so far so fast,” said Far
rell. “While the statistics are al
most incomprehensibly big, they
help give some idea of the size
of the traffic problem.”
Despite the shortage of new
cars, gas consumption has risen
40 per cent from last year's level.
The war-induced influx of new
population is credited with swell
ing registrations and mileage in
the face of slow auto produc
tion.
GUARANTEED
Buxton, Oregon
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The Vernonia Eagle
Marvin Kamholz
Editor and Publisher
Official Newspaper of
Vernonia, Oregon
Entered as second class mail
matter, August 4, 1922, at the
post office in Vernonia, Oregon,
under the act of March 3. 1879.
Subscription price, $2.50 yearly
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NATIONAL tDITORIAI—
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SANDY HOSPITAL
GROUP ORGANIZED
feANDY—Organization of the
Sandy Memorial Hospital Corpor
ation, a non-profit organization
whose aim it is to construct a
modern hospital here, was com
pleted last week and application
has been made for a charter.
The hospital organization has
announced a goal of $60,000 which
will be raised through direct do
nation and sale of 2 per cent
bonds.
Plastering & Stucco
Contractor
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EVANGELICAL
come
That’s the only opinion we
want you to have about
DESSY’S — The tavern where
friends meet for fun.
Bessy’s
Tavern
Cloud Woman . . .
“ ‘Bill,’ I called, ‘is that a Doug
las Fir?’
“He paused and the afternoon
paused with him. I could hear
the hum of bees over a bed of
larkspur, the trickle , of water
from an arch of snow.
“ ‘No,’ he said. ‘Look at those
cones on the top branches. They’re
standing up, see? So that’s a
true fir.
Douglas fir is like
hemlock, with its cones hanging
down. Its Latin name is “pseu-
dotsuga,’ which means “false
hemlock.” The true firs, like the
Noble and the grand, give a lot
of fine lumber, but except for
the sequoias in California, the
Douglas fir has ’em all beat.’
“ ‘But why “Douglas fir” since
its not a true fir?’ I asked.
‘ "Douglas” is for a Scotch bot-
an.st who .came out west in the
early days and made the tree fam
ous. But why “fir,” I can’t tell
you.’
“ ‘Same reason they call you
Wild Bill,’ I suggested. ‘Because
you’re not.’ ”
Thus, neatly and brightly, a
vital bit of information on the
king tree of thq Northwest for
ests is stated by District Ranger
Bill Sethe in a new Macmillan
book by Martha Hardy. The title
is “Tatoosh.” The contents are
Miss Hardy’s story of her war
time service as a “lady lookout”
or “cloud woman” on the peak of
Tatoosh mountain in the Pack
wood Ranger District of the Co
lumbia National forest.
The Story’s the Thing . . .
“Tatoosh” is a prime example
of story-telling—from the first
page, with the packers riding back
down from the lookout cabin,
leaving the cloud woman to brood
alone on her bunk—to the Octo
ber descent on Babe the mule
with pretty legs. One chapter
after another hooks the reader
with suspense—even the one on
fog. If you think a good story
can’t be written on just one per
son caught in the middle of a
fog, then open "Tatoosh” at page
30, and you'll see.
Telephone voices play an im
portant part in the fog chapter,
as they do throughout the book.
In fact, telephone is as much of
a hero in '"Tatoosh” as stove is a
villain in “The Egg and I.” So
do other rigs, such as the look
out’s main reliance “the Osborne
Fire Finder." TJie story travels
on ladder rungs, it climbs trees,
skids on shale, runs on a hook
up of wires that guard the cabin
against lightning strokes, and
operates on tools, nuts and bolts.
Miss Hardy makes these prosaic
items live, simply by making the
reader feel how much they meant
to her on that tall precarious
summer perch.
The lightning-storm chapter
and the one on the brush ape
keep the finger of suspense on
the trigger in exciting style. The
animate life of the mountain top,
from bears to hossflies, is pro
jected with humor, charm and
considerable information.
The
The chapters on a, forest fire that
started in a grass patch are hair-
raising.
All Right—Choke Me . . .
This review has really gone
to the length of bubbling over—
anyhow for old Bitter Root Jim.
But I may be excused when I
confess that the final items that
started me enthusing without
limit about Miss Hardy’s really
fine book is a certain negative
virtue.
Like the real, honest-to-God
work of the Forest Service, Miss
Hardy’s book is altogether of
the government men of the woods
and fire trails. It carries no po
litical propaganda of any kind.
So the final effect of "Tatoosh”
is to project a world of good
will for a government service that
is essentially great because of
the devoted men who do its work
in the field. The Pravda Boys
never got near this book.
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To Win You Back
You stand by the open grave
the box that holds your loved
one is lowered down out of sight.
You have lost your heart’s trea
sure. And just so, in you God
lost a priceless possession. You
were His high work of creation,
His heart’s desire and He was to
make you rich with Himself for
time and all eternity. Then on a
day you sinned and He lost you.
For the wages of sin is death—
eternal separation from God. So
God lost you and He sent Christ
to die for your sins and to clear
your page and to win you back.
Christ came to seek and to save
that which was lost—BIBLE.
The instant you turn to God
and name your sins blotted out
by the blood of Christ, God gives
you new birth. You are then
born of God—born from above.
From that on, you are to name
yourself a son of God. You are
to stand on it that you have new
life, eternal life and your part
is to press ahead and prove the
new life. Live out of the Bible
and look utterly to Christ for
strength, no matter how steep the
way or dark the day. Christ is
God’s eternal gift, for every soul
bowed down with sin, shame or
sorrow.
S. W. McChesney Rd., Portland 1,
Ore. This space paid for by a
Portland garage man.
—Rev. Allen H.
The virtual end of price control
Backer, Minister
will save the government many
million dollars 'in subsidy pay
9:45 — Sunday
ments.
school
The exact amount cannot now
be determined because some sub 11:00—Morning worship.
sidy commitments still exist, and 6:30 p.m.—Young People’s service.
actual expenditures in recent 7:30—Evening service.
months have not been computed. Wed. Eve., 7:30—Bible study and
prayer meeting.
But there are indications that
about $750,000,000 of the ear LATTER DAY SAINTS
marked fund may not be spent.
Sunday school convenes at 10
That is equivalent to a saving
a.m. at 925 Rose Ave und
of about $17 for every family in
er the direction of Charles
the nation.
Long, Branch President. .Polly
Of the remaining subsidy pro
H. Lynch, Superintendent.
grams, housing, plus that for cop 7:00 P.M. — Evening Sacrament
per, lead and zinc, are most im
NAZARENE CHAPEL
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portant.
The church that cares.
Housing Conflict
Congress voted $100,000,000 for —H. L. Russell, Pastor
1208 Bridge St.
the copper, lead and zinc subsid
ies, and provided last June that 9:45 a.m.—Sunday school.
these subsidies be continued an 11:00 a.m.—Morning worship.
7:45 p.m.—Evangelistic services.
other year.
But with the market price cf 7:30 p.m. Wednesday—Praise and
prayer.
these minerals raised, this sub
sidy saving alone will amount to ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC
an estimated $34,000,000.
Rev. Anthony V. Gerace
Wilson Wyatt, housing expedi
Rev. J. H. Goodrich
ter, has ear-marked somewhat
Mass: 9:30 a.n.. except first
more than $50,000,000 of an au
Sunday in month—Mass at
thorized subsidy of $400,000,000
8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.
to speed production of building
Confessions from 7:45 a.m. on.
materials.
He wants to keep on with his SEVENTH LAY ADVENTIST ,
Services on Saturday:
subsidies, but congress may de
10:00 a.m.—Sabbath school.
cide differently because many
11:00 a.m.—Gospel service.
building material manufacturers
A cordial invitation is extended
insist they do not want them.
to visitors.
Abundant Foods
Is Prospect
“Good eating” is in prospect for
Oregonians during December, ac
cording to the monthly abundant
food list released by the state of
fice of the USDA production and
marketing administration.
Potatoes, apples, onions, canned
orange and grapefruit juice and
turkeys are included on the plenti
ful supply list, which is pre
pared by PMA and distributed to
school lunch sponsors by the
state department of public in
struction. Schools taking part in
the national school lunch pro
gram are required to use abund
ant foods as a condition of ob
taining federal assistance.
The abundant list also is sent
to restaurants, institutions and in
dustrial feeding projects. PMA
officials point out that consumers
in general might also heed the
list, which usually includes the
month’s best food bargains.
Cabbage and celery didn’t quite
make the list, but the PMA office
reports that these two vegetables
will be abundant in most of the
state during the greater part of
the month.
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The City of New York operates
522 public tennis courts, 155
baseball diamonds and 2944 soft-
ball fields.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
—Rev. H. Gail McIlroy, Pastor
9:45—Sunday school with clas
ses for all ages.
11:00—Morning worship.
6:30—C. A. service.
7:30—Evangelistic service.
7:30 Tuesday—Prayer meeting.
FIRST CHRISTIAN
—Ernest P. Baker, Minister
9:45—Bible school led by M. L.
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11:00—Morning worship and Jun
ior church.
7 :30—Sunday evening service.
7:30 Wednesday—Prayer meeting.
TAKE THE EAGLE WITH YOU
ON SHOPPING TRIPS. Protect
yourself against rising prices!
WOMAN’S WORK
IS NEVER DONE
Smart women all over town
know this isn’t true . . . they
send their cleaning to the Ver
nonia Cleaners and it’s back in
a few days ... the work is
done . . . economically.
Vernonia Owners
Tomorrow Is Another Day
. . . and
Like
erly
ing.
tomorrow means new hours of strain for your car.
any other mechanism an automobile must be prop
cared for at regular intervals with correct servic
We suggest—
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From where I sit... // Joe Marsh
A Grand
American Tradition
The Cuppers had a grand old
family reunion last week—for the
first time since the war.
Big and little Cuppers came, by
car and train, from as far west
as Nebraska and as far east as
Vermont. They crowded Dee and
Jane’s house, set ug quarters in
the barm, or stopped with neigh
bors—and a jollier gathering you
couldn't have imagined!
I was asked to their final Satur
day night supper, when they sang
c!d songs, drank beer and cider,
reminisced. Dark Cuppers and
blonde ones—Vermont accents and
Alabama drawls—doctors and farm
ers ... all with their differences of
taste and politics, yet as close and
harmonious in spirit as a group
could be.
From where I sit, it’s a great
American tradition—not just fam
ily reunions, but the ability to get
along as one harmonious family,
regardless of differences of taste—
whether it’s taste for politics or
farming, beer or cider.
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