An Unfaithful Friend ...
Mr. Jimniie James,
Portland, Oregon
My Erstwhile Friend:
When I waved you God speed
last night after your very pleasant
visit with us, my heart was filled
with the warmth and comfort one
feels when he has a friend he
loves and trusts. I did not then
know the difference a few short
hours would make. I would not
then have believed that you could
have so deceived and conspired
against me, thou Judas. I now
know what Shakespeare meant
when he wrote “how sharper than
a serpents’ tooth is an unkind
friend”.
I will admit I told you about the
experiment Ma was making, try­
ing to cure the neuritis in my
knees by putting hot packs on
them. I also told you that they
were plenty hot but, by exerting
Spartan will power, I was able to
stand it as Ma had to put her
hands in the water, to a certain
extent, to wring the towels out
although she sometimes used the
potato masher to stomp the water
out of them; but now, by a new
technique which she admits you
showed her, she dips the towels in
NOW
IS THE TIME/
TO ORDER //
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$2.20 Complete
Extra Head $1.55
boiling water and, by a peculiar
twist, wrings them out without
putting her hands in the water and
plops the scalding cloths on my
legs.
Whatever have I done that you
should so betray me?
If you
could realize my torment I know
you would repent. My pleadings
and howls of pain fall on deaf
ears. In fact, she seems to take
an unholy satisfaction in my
misery and I strongly suspect it is
in reprisal for my real or fancied
shortcolhings of the day. If she
intends to cbntinue the treatments,
and I think she does, I very much
fear the outcome. My whole day
is beset by apprehensions of what
will come at nightfall and you,
traitorous friend, are to blame for
it all; you and your bright ideas.
In all justice to’ you, your' inten­
tions may have been good but the
results are painful.
I am about half cooked now
from last night's operation. Two
or three more treatments and I
will be ready to be served up as
a fancy dish. I am seldom vindic­
ative and do not hold grudges for
long. In time I may feel less
bitter and more forgiving but just
now I have pleasant visions of
meeting you out is some lonely
place in the woods where I have
a Winchester rifle and a spade.
Sincerely,
The Old Man on the Hill
Yesterdays
FIVE YEARS AGO
From The Eagle, March 31, 1944
The amount of $130,000 was
agreed upon as the price for the
sale of the Oregon Gas and Elec­
tric property here to the rural
electrification district formed a
short time ago. Negotiations for
purchase of the company property
had been carried on by the REA
committee, Harry King, Charles
Uhlin and Noble Dunlap, the dis-
trict’s
attorney, R. M. Burley,
and E. G. Keffer, REA field
representative.
Six Vernonia ladies donated a
pint of blood each Friday, March
17. at the Hillsboro doning center.
They were Mrs. Frank Lane, Mrs.
Virgil Powel, Mrs. Leslie Waters,
Mrs. Leslie Lane, Mrs. Howard
Frank and Miss Helen Frank.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Robertson
purchased the Cozy Confectionary
from Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Hausler
and took over management Thurs­
day. March 16.
TEN YEARS AGO
From The Eagle. March 31. 1939
The 20th anniversary of the
American Legion and the 15th
of the local post was celebrated
with an appropriate ceremony and
with cómmanders from three
neighboring posts present.
Ed
Tapp, Vernonia commander, re­
viewed the history of the post since
its founding in 1924 with a mem­
bership of 15 and with the
commands, Earl Kingsley.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
From The Eagle, March 29. 1934
Jewell Lloyd who has been with
the U. S. Army for three years at
Fort Mills, P. I., sailed from
Manila March 18.
Friday, March 30 will be clean­
up day according to announcement
by Mayor Ben S. Owens. Effort
will be made to get the stores
to close from 1 to 3 in order to
assist in cleaning up.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
From The Eagle. March 29, 1924
The official name of the resi­
dence site of the O-A Lumber Co.
on Spencer hill is announced by
Supt. E. E. Hayes as “Millview.”
A. L. Kullander of Portland has
purchased the W. Martineau jewel­
ry store and takes charge Satur­
day.
Bert Mills has announced his
candidacy for county commissioner.
The cornerstone of the new
Evangelical church was laid Sun­
day.
THE
EAGLE,
ORE. THURSDAY. MARCH 31. 1949 5
VERNONIA,
God Among Us
Why did Christ, the Creator
lay aside His glory and step
down to take human birth and
live among us as the Son of Man?
And why did He, the Architect of
the universe, stop to learn the
carpenter’s trade and grow up
in the despised city of Nazareth?
Why did He go out those three
years of His public ministry to
mix and mingle with the common
people and heal their sick- and
raise their dead. Why did He all
this? Love drew Him. Sinful and
suffering mankind is the magnet
Christ ever lives to reveal the
love of God the Father.
WHY DO THEY?—Why do
murderers, thieves, prostitutes,
gunmen, the defeated, the care­
worn, the weary of life, trust
their lives over to Him? It is
that God proved his love by tak
ing up among us as the Son of
Man and dying for us.
PAOSHAN, CHINA — As the
prisoners heard how Jesus for­
gave the thief on the cross, a
murmer of hope sprung up in their
hearts and they were touched to
hear that the Son of God loved
His enemies and prayed for them.
At the invitation to accept Christ,
fourteen responded and among
them two murderers, one being a
Buddhist, who confessed his need
of the Saviour. So writes Kathrg
Harrison.
G as.'.
S. W. McChesney Rd., Portland-
This space paid for by a Port­
land businessman, wife, and daugh­
ters.
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