13 Is Cold Point
At Mist Tues,
.MIST — Howdy cold folks, 13
above this Tuesday morn. Happy
New Year.
All of the Libel sons and daugh­
ters spent Xmas at home here,
The J. W. Howry family spent
Christmas at Seaside with his
parents.
LIONS CLUB
Invitet you to tune in
TED MALONE
Station KEX
Thur. Jan. 13, 10 a.m.
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Manager Warns
Against Cards
Featuring LIONS' activities
during Founders' Week
Rough driving gives your car
quite a heating. For safe and
enjoyable driving let us give it |
a complete check-up. We’ll I
check everything from brakes |
to tires.
Radiators Cleaned:
and Repaired :
Lee Motors
2nd and Maple Sts.
the Lindbergs from St. Helens, the
Burnhams from Portland, and
Floyd from Fairview.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvery Trotter and
son and daughter from Sweet
Home spent the week end and
Xmas with their grandparents, the
Austin Dowling folks.
Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Wills from
Seattle were here Christmas with
her folks, the I. E. Knowles.
Percy Baillett has been working
for R. Quirin.
Callers Sunday evening at the
Austin Dowling home were Jack
Nance from Vernonia and Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Nance.
Rodger Quirin has a new car.
Jim Hill was a Clatskanie visitor
Monday.
The Lew Choate family is away
for a week on a trip to California,
Reno and way points.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. D. Hall and
Donnie from Glenoma, Washing­
ton spent Xmas and the holidays
with relatives here in the valley.
The Robt. Mathews were the
family they spent Xmas with.
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Social security account number
cards should not be accepted as
identification for the purpose of
cashing checks, according to Mr.
James E. Peebles, manager of the
Portland office of the Social Se­
curity Administration. The Social
Security Administration does not
attempt to establish definitely the
identity of an individual until such
time as a claim is filed at age
65 oi* upon death of an insured
individual, said Peebles.
Therefore, the merchant or other
person who accepts the social
security acount number as iden­
tification for the purpose of cash­
ing a check is on very, shaky
ground.
Furthermore, the records of the
social security administration are
confidential and ordinarily are not
available for verification to per­
sons other than the wage earner
himself. These records are main­
tained solely for the purpose of
keeping a record of wages earned
by individuals covered by the sys­
tem.
Veterans Borrow Qualification
About 8 Million Course Shot
Oregon’s ex-servicemen of World
War II borrowed approximately
$3,000,000 in 1948 to acquire their
own homes and farms under the
state veterans’ loan program, ac­
cording to year-end figures com­
piled by the department of veter­
ans’ affairs.
With over-all loans for the three
and a half years of the depart­
ment’s history amounting to slight­
ly over $10,000,000, the 1948 figure
represents about 80 per cent of
the agency’s entire loan business
to date.
The peak month in 1948 was in
September when 218 veterans bor­
rowed $939,4f0—more than had
been loaned in the first 15 months
of the department’s operations.
Despite a drop in the last three
months of 1948, loans s:nce June
overaged about $800,000 a month.
A. J. Crose, loan supervisor, at­
tributed the year-end drop to.
seasonal conditions, a general slow
down in the real estate market,
and to the adverse effect of bond
buyers’ failure in November to
purchase the department’s $2,000,-
000 in bonds. However, the same
bonds sold a month later at a
favorable interest rate.
On the whole, Crose said, the
program of loans to veterans who
were Oregon residents before en­
tering service has expanded be­
yond all previous estimates.
To purchase a home or a farm,
the eligible veteran may borrow
up to 75 per cent of the appraised
value of the property, to a maxi­
mum of $6,000. Interest is at 4
per cent, and the repayment period
in most instances will not exceed
15 years.
Applications are made through
the Department of Veterans’ Af­
fairs, State Library Building, Sa­
lem, or 416 S. W. 11th Avenue,
Portland. County service officer
also can ass;st the interested
veteran.
Oregon’s streets and highways
were busier than usual in No­
vember as gasoline use rose 14
per cent over the same month a
year ago, Secretary of State Earl
T. Newbry reported. Sales totalled
37,348,030 gallons, he said.
At the same time, the secretary
announced that motor vehicle regi­
strations may have reached the
600,000 mark by the end of 11)48.
Licenses had been issued to 597,-
812 vehicles at the end of No­
vember, with December figures in­
complete.
The state first topped the half
million mark in registrations in
July, 1947, and has been steadily
adding the next hundred thousand
he said. The rate of increase is
approximately 12 percent, amount­
ing to 64,792 vehicles in the first
eleven months of 1948.
State gasoline taxes on Novem­
ber sales were $1,867,401.53, of
which about 13 per cent is nor­
mally refunded to non-highway
users. Revenue from license fees
is more than $1,700,000 below last
year despite the increase in regis­
tration. This is due to the change
On Wednesday night, December
29, members of the Vernonia Gun
club shot the army qualification
course prescribed by the war de­
partment for civilian members of
certified rifle clubs.
The' course is with 22 caliber
rifles at 50 feet and consists of
the following:
10 shots prone, %” bullseye, no
time limit.
5 shots kneeling, W bullseye, no
time limit.
5 shots sitting, W bullseye, no
time limit.
10 shots from standing to prone,
13/8” bullseye, 65 seconds.
10 shots from standing to sitting,
13/8” bullseye, 70 seconds.
This is called course F for 22
caliber rifles and seven men
qualified as follows:
195 expert
Milton Lamping
Ralph McKee
168 sharpshooter
189 expert
J. W. Nichols
186 expert
Ben George
197 expert
Ralph Aldrich
195 expert
Harold Peterson
Clyde Lamping
191 expert
It was possible to make a score
of 200 and shooting must be done
with iron sights. Aggregate score/
required for qualification in course
is as follows:
200
Possible score
180
Expert
160
Sharpshooter
130
Marksman
Less than 130, unqualified.
The next regular match is sched­
uled for January 7 at the Ver­
nonia club’s range and visitors are
welcomed.
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of feed during its growing period
of 28 weeks.
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January 13
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CAPITOL HILL RINK
NIGHTS
Tues., Thurs., Fri., Sat., Sun. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
AFTERNOONS
Wed., Sat., Sun., Holidays
2 p.m. to 5 p.m,
PARTY NIGHTS — BY APPOINTMENT
Monday and Wednesday
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
in the method of licensing com­
mercial vehicles, Newbry explain­
ed. Trucks are now being taxed
on the basis of road use.
Nov. Gas Use
Up This Year
which you will find in abundance at Sam’s.
SAM’S
Phone 761
FOOD STORE
We Deliver Daily