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4 (JT • Y' THURSDAY, OCT. 23, 1947 Yesterdays THE EAGLE, VERNONIA, ORE. 31, 1947. Payment of two months’ premiums and a statement by the veteran that he is in as good health as when the policy lapsed is all that is required in most cases to reinstate any GI term insurance. Remember that date—December 31, 1947 is the deadline for easy As • service to veteran» in the reinstatement. community, this newspaper will Overpay to be Deducted Veterans who fail to repay sub publish a weekly column of news briefs from the Veterans Admin sistence allowance overpayment istration. For more detailed in while in education or training formation, veterans should con under the GI Bill and who later tact or write to the nearest VA apply for unemployment or self Contact Office at Odd Fellows employment allowances will have the amounts they owe the govern Bldg., Portland Oregon ment deducted from the latter benefit checks, veterans adminis G.I. Insurance Reinstated During the month of September, tration has announced. The VA explained that federal 3347 veterans in the Pacific North statutes prohibit payment of any west reinstated more than 22 mil government funds to persons in lion dollars in lapsed national debted to the United States. In service life insurance, the veterans such cases, any current or future readjustment allowances due the administration has revealed. veteran will be withheld and offset Early this year the VA started against the overpayment of sub a campaign to acquaint veterans sistence allowances. with the benefits to be derived Many instances of overpayment from reclaiming their lapsed GI result from delay on the part of insurance and during that time a training institutions and veteran total of 43,377 veterans have re enrollees to notify the VA when instated NSLI policies amounting training is interrupted or discon to nearly 300 million dollars. tinued. Veterans are reminded that the Question of the Week easy reinstatement privilege will Q. Does the veterans adminis remain in effect until December tration pay compensation to vet erans with arrested pulmonary tuberculosis ? Licensed Contractors A. Yes, the VA can make full compensation payments to veter ans who have been discharged and from its hospitals with arrested pulmonary tuberculosis up to two years after date of discharge if Appliance Repairing necessary. • STRONG’S RADIO During its three weeks of nest AND ELECTRIC ling life the crow eats about 10 969 Bridge St. Ph. 576 ounces of food daily, or a total of 13% pounds. REFRIGERATION RADIO SERVICE DO YOU NEED WATER SERVICE Our business is to furnish and install the modern equipment for your water needs. ELECTRIC OR GAS water systems if it has to be pumped. FILTERS OR SOFTENERS for clear, soft water. ELECTRIC AUTOMATIC water heaters or coils and range boilers for hot water. INSTALL AND FURNISH fituxres for the kitchen, bath, laundry room, etc. ALSO, electric or gas irrigation systems from the size for a garden to a whole farm. REMEMBER US TOO, FOR STOCK MILL- WORK, DOORS, WINDOWS, ETC. ALSO BROKEN GLASS REMOVED AND NEW GLAZED TO REPLACE ANDERSON-ROEDIGER Plumbing and Stock Millwork Supplies Vernonia, Ore. Phone: Plumber, 5713, Shop 575 QON DUCTED M odern GAS t APPLIANCES In Oregon RESTAURANTS PLAN RIDERS McMINNVILLE — McMinnville Restaurants will not observe “meatless Tuesdays” and “poultry less Thursdays” as requested by President Truman but they will attach large stickers to their menus reminding people of the President’s request and asking them to forego the items in ques tion on those respective days. TOURISTS SET RECORD SALEM—In the wake of what was the busiest summer travel season on record, with late vaca tionists still arriving in October to enjoy Oregon, preparations are now underway for an even bigger 1948 season, the Oregon state highway commission travel infor mation department reported last week. As a result of national advertis ing, Oregon has seen her tourist industry grow from less than 25 million dollars annually a little over ten years ago to an estimat ed value of 105 millions in 1947. IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED CANNON BEACH—Landing a small seaplane—equipped with no landing gear other than pontoons —on the sand at Cannon Beach was accomplished recently by a Tillamook flyer, and without dam age to his ship. The aviator said that he had made several previous dry landings, but that formerly he had been fortunate in being able to find a patch of grass, which he declared much superior to sand for landing with pontoons. CHEST FIGURES UP TILLAMOOK—Four communi ties throughout the county have topped their Community Chest quota and have surpassed their collections from last year. Twin Rocks collected a total of $71.85, a great increase over their collection of $2.00 last year. Ne tarts turned in $54.00 this year, $36.45 last year; Oceanside, $35.50 this year, $22.00 last year; and Bay City, $112.55 this year, $93.30 * last year. Tillamook county’s quota for the campaign, October 6 to 10, was $8,272. FIVE YEARS AGO From the files of October 22, 1942 Mrs. Tom Turner took over Wednesday as manager of the local telephone office, following the resignation of Mrs. Theda Church. Funeral services were held Mon day for August (Dad) Greenfeldt, Interment was at the Vernonia Memorial Cemetery. C. F. Heiber, chairman of the scrap iron salvage, reported that 280 tons had been collected and most of it shipped. The amount shipped at that time averaged 100 pounds per capita in the local collection area. TEN YEARS AGO From the files of October 22, 1937 The Vernonia Christian church at its service Sunday evening burned the mortgage that has been on the parsonage property for a number of years. It orig inally amounted to $900 and near ly $700 of this was raised in the last 18 months. E. H. Condit, county superin tendent of schools, was elected superintendent of the Vernonia grade schools at a special meeting of the directors Tuesday night. He indicated he would assume his new duties November 1, succeed ing W. Ralph Long, resigned. J. R. (Shorty) Lee has com pleted a hog pen said to be the best in the county. It covers a space 10-14 feet, and has a con crete inclined floor with gutter to carry away the drainage. N-W Man Chosen WILD TRIBES CALL—A Mis sion hospital is to be built in Africa and one of our N-W doc tors has been chosen to join the staff. A young M.D. and ever active in Bible work. Christ called such the salt of the earth. LIKE SALT—Salt penetrates and so do these Bible people. They go out to tell the last man that God had a Son who died for their sins. TWO—Salt gives flavor. Just so do the hospitals and staff win wild tribesmen to the old, old story of God’s love for the man far away. THREE—And salt keeps out decay. Just so do these skillful medicine people bring light and life where fear and ig norance have ruled. Say death takes a tribesman. Then some old person is named a witch and blamed for the death and killed. Come the Christian doctors and nurses and old ways fade out and the new comes in. Yes, Christ’s people are the salt of the earth. MD’S FROM CONVERTS—Our Dr. Yu lost his all by the war. His son was taken by bandits and his beautiful daughter is dying of PAINTING INTERIOR—EXTERIOR All work and material guaran teed. Prices Reasonable FREE ESTIMATES Chas. Seeberger-Contractor 856 Rose Ave. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO From the files of October 21, 1932 Dr. Roland D. Eby, formerly of Amity, has taken over the practice of his brother, Dr. Marvin R. Eby, who moved to San Diego, California. The Vernonia high school foot ball team came out of a temp orary slump last Saturday at Scappoose to take the Scappoose boys into camp 21 to 13. Playing on the team for Vernonia were: Hillman, Powell, Crawford, Aid- rich, Doney, Overson, Holtham, Graven, Nanson, Cline and Hol comb. Bids for grading 3 5 m’les of the Tillamook countv-Sunset camp section of the Wolf creek high way are to be opened at the meet ing of the state highway com mission November 2. an incurable disease. Yet the doctor speaks only of the gain in following Christ. MRS. H. B, WESTERN so writes from Feng- hwa Che, China. ^^7 *^*f**y Qy**” • q S. W. McChesney Rd., Portland- 1- Oregon. This space paid for by a Seattle man. For Pasteurized MILK CREAM and BUTTERMILK right from the farm to your door, write or call Telephone No. 7F51 CUR PRODUCTS ALWAYS SATISFY 11-22-47 PEBBLE CREEK DAIRY Timber Rt., Box 56 Vernonia, Oregon YOU BE THE JUDGE Dependable service to our customers year after year has been and is the policy of this store. Supplying grocery needs that give satisfaction to our customers is the reason we can say “You Be the Judge.” We know the verdict will be SHOP NEHALEM NEHALEM MARKET AND GROCERY Phone 721 LIGHTS PUT UP MEDFORD—The new lighting system being installed on Main Street marks the first important advance since the present system was installed in 1911. Thirty-two lights will be instal led, three units to a block. This system, the first mercury lighting system to be installed in Southern Oregon, will make Main Street Medford one of the best lighted business streets in the country. SHAKERS OUT OF JOBS FOREST GROVE — Walnut picking is in full swing with a good demand for pickers. The re cent heavy rain brought down practically all the nuts so that little shaking is necessary. A few of the smaller orchards have already completed operations, but harvesting will continue in larger orchards for another ten days or two weeks depending on weather conditions. • More than 100,000 patent ap plications are reported awaiting action by the U.S. patent office. “I LIVE IN THE COUNTRY AND COOK WITH PROPANE GAS OUICK - CLEAN - DEPENDABLE COOKING! AUTOMATIC, CLEAN HOUSE HEATING! COMPLETELY AUTOMATIC HOT WATER! SILENT SERVEI. GAS REFRIGERATION! Easy to Install! Economical to Operate! WHY CHOP WOOD? Protect Seedlings "For years I have cooked with wood, and had no idea that I could have a modern gas range and automatic hot water way out in the country off the city gas mains. But now we have a Propane Gas Storage tank right in our own yard and enjoy all the convenience of city gas service. Take my advice and inves tigate!” EST LEG SHOW IN TOWN MOM If you want a new Propane gas system, call MODERN GAS & APPLIANCES. If you don’t know the answers to the above questions, they are: Margie, Apples and Oldsmobile. MODERN GAS £ APPLIANCES L.P6. PROPANE PHONE 3161 HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES RT. 2-BOX 322-A-PAUL HINAMON-OWNER.ALSO IN VERNONIA,OREGON Ih Ml. FROM MILLSBORO ON PORTLAND HI WAY 2 said . yeah , burlesque ? he said . NO, SIX DAY BICYCLE RACK ° O*o °o° o°.° THE PAL° SHOP o o A.F. WAGNER PHON* ¥7/ •o V4RNONlA,OR4«r. • • • o oOo OOo° from Fire! Seedlings and junior forests are just as important to us as the "tall timber." Actually, they are busy factories produc ing wood . . . providing thousands of jobs . . . making myriads of things we need, from houses to note-paper. Forest operators can grow trees only with your help. Protect growing trees from fire! COLUMBIA COUNTY COMMITTEE Keep Oregon Green
