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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-11-26
Croesus Credited With
Invention Of Coinage

Authorities on the subject tell us
that 1t is to Lydia that we owe the
Invention Of coinage. In all times and
in oil countries, the privilege Of coin.
age has been allowed the sovereign.
Croesus Of Lydia was the first mon
arch to introduce bimetallic system
OF coinage-gold and silver In the
proportion Of about three to four.
This was some time between 500 and
$40 B. G. Metal was chosen, doubt
less, by reason Of its durability and,
in the case Of gold and silver, by rea-
son OF their Intrinsic value. Silver
AID brass were first used, particularly
in Greece, from a lack of sufficient
gold. Later, however, this deficiency
was overcome. The less liable metal
is to change in value, the better 1t is
suited for standard. The Greeks
first issued real coin some time during
the Seventh century, B. 9. BY the
Fourth century the entire civilized
world used money.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-11-26
A GLOOMY MoMENTg

ut is gloomy moment in history.
Not for many years--not in the life
time of most men who read this paper
has there been SO much grave and
deep apprehension; never has the flu
ture seemed so incalculable as at this
time. In our own country /. thous-
ands of our poorest fellow citizens are
turned out against the approaching
winter without employment :.
I'm France the political caldrcn
seethes and bubbles with uncertainty;
Russia hangs, as usual, like clouu,
dark and silent, upon the horizon OF
Europe; while all the energies. re-
sources and influences of the British
Empire are sorely tried. :"
This has familiar ring. 1t might
have appeared yesterday in any one
of hundred publications probably
something like 1t did. But the par
ticular quotation comes from Harper's
Weekly-dated October TO- 1857
seventy-four years ago!
There have been other depressions
in our history. There will be other
depressions, no doubt. in the future.
They will be survived, exactly as those
of the past have been survived. And
the length Of time it takes us to come
out of them is dictated by the fear or
courage Of our people. If they attack
our institutions, put government in
competition with business, sanction
exorbitant taxation policies and tax
deficits, 1t viii take a long time. But
If they live normally, do their best to
carry on their work and uphold sound
and constructive governmental poll
cies, depression will give way to nor
NAL conditions with the least loss and
suffering.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-11-26

st. Patricks Catholic Church.
Mass at 1890 a. m. on 3rd Sunday
of the month at St. Patrick's church
at Dockton.
Rev. Father Robert Kreutz, Pastor.
Maury Church Services.
NJ e. Meyer.
Let every one interested In His work
attend one or all Of our Sunday SER
vices
Sunday school at 2 p. m.
Church services at 8 p. m.
Rev E. @. Randall breaches the
first Sunday In eacl, month. Rev. E.
E. Duley. will preach the remaining
Sundays.
Colvas Lutheran Free Church.
Sunday school and Bible class every
Sunday at 9:45 a. m.
o. I. Raaum, Pastor.
Island Community Church.
Ladies' Guild meets each End and
4th Monday Of the month through the
winter.
Bethel Evangelical Free Church.
Rev. G. o. vikan, pastor.
Sunday school, 10 q. m.
Scandinavian worship, II a. nj.
English service, p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday, 8 p. m.
English Bible class every Friday ut
8 p. m. Take your Bibles along.
This church will hold praise and
thanksgiving service Thanksgiving day
at p. m.
You are cordially invited.
Cove M. E. Church.
Sunday school, 10 =. m.
Preaching service, HOO.
Scandinavian first Sunday In the
month, English all other Sundays.
Young Peoples meeting, 700 p. m.
Junior League every second Sunday
800 p. m.
Ladies' Aid first Thursday, 2 D. m.
Official board. first Monday evening.
Prayer meeting Thursday evenings.
Q. Aug. Peterson, pastor.
Lisabeula Church.
Rev Fretz will conduct services at
the Lisabeula church Sunday morning,
November 29tf, at IL o'clock.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-11-26

Vashon Methodist Episcopal Church.
Edwin M. Randall, pastor, residenc
Sylvan Beach, phone Red 924.
1000 a. M, Sunday school
HOO a. M, Morning worship. Topic
God, Our Brother"
7:so p. m, Evening worship. Topic
How To Live"
Christian Science Society
Branch Of The Mother Church, The
First Church Of Christ. Scientist, OF
Boston. Mass. Services at Center, II
a. m; Sunday School. s:45 a. M; We'd
nesday evening meetings held second
week Of each month at 8 o'clock, In
cludes testimonies Of healing.
Subject lesson for November 20
1881, is Ancient and Modern Necro-
nancy, alias Mesmerism and Hypno-
tism, Denounced"
Presbyterian Church.
Sunday school 1000 a. m.
Morning worship, 1900 a. m.
Subject, Some Questions Answered
Endeavor meeting, 6:l5.
Evening services, 7:30.
Subject, Lessons From Miracles"
Wednesday, 800, Christian Fellow
ship meeting at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. j. Mcgowan.
E. G. Randall, Minister.
Burton Community Church.
Rev. E. E. Duley, pastor, Burton,
Wash, phone Red 1852.
A cordial invitation is extended to
residents of Burton and vicinity to
worship with us.
1000 a. M, the church learning.
HOO q. M, the church worshipping.
Subject, "out On the Firing Line"
$50 p. M, "The Church In Train
ing" A service conducted by the
young people.
Mid-week service, Wednesday at
1880 p. m, in the church parlor.
Full Gospel Mission
Full Gospel Services are being held
on Sunday evenings, and Bible study
and prayer meeting on Thursday
evening at p. NJ, vashon Community
Hall. T. G. Evetts in charge.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-11-26
Miee That Sing"

The singing mouse has been I'm
mortalized by Emerson Hough, who
wrote about these peculiar little ami
mails that make sound that resem-
bles singing. Much has been written
about them, and the fact that they do
sing is supported by the evidence of
trustworthy Witnesses. Mice are un-
questionably fond Of music, but 1t is
not fully determined whether their
ability to make 1t is normal or is an
individual popularity. Some writer's
have gone so far rs to assert that It
Is due only to diseased throat.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-11-26
Away. Bright spo.
in the Denscst Gloom

There Is no situation in life so dark,
30 depressing, so apparently hopeless
that 1t has not single CLEAN of light
somewhere, and 1t Is this bright spot
that should be the starting point for
thought, not the mass of gloom that
surrounds It. Who is there who can.
not say he has not experienced quite
a lot Of sympathy and friendship in
troubles1 Somebody has shaken him
by the hand, some one has said a kind
~ word to him, more than one pair OF
skilled hands have tended him In ILL
ness. Is that all worth nothing1
There are, fortunately, very few peo-
pie In this world who are really
alone. There are a good many who
are lonely, but that is not quite the
same thing: even in their case the
fault often lies with themselves
Friendship, comradeship. help, and
sympathy have to be earned, like
everything else In life that Is worth
having: and they have to be earned
by a willingness to give what we ex-
pect to receive
But, in any case, what's the use of
worryings There is always another
day with all Its possibilities and its
chances. There is always tomorrow.
"I.et us make haste to live" said
wise old Roman, since every day to
wise man is a new life"
There is no need even to wait until
tomorrow. You never know what the !
next hour may bring forth. Even the
next minute may provide the way out
that worry will never find.-London
Tit-Bits.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-11-26

Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Luckey will en-
tertain Seattle relatives and Miss
Goldie Of Burton at dinner Thursday.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-11-26
ROADS FOR SAFETY.

The road is an important factor in
the highway safety problem.
Narrow, one-lane highways, ant
those of inferior construction, are 0
menace to the driver. A false sense
of economy has often, in the past, led
states and counties to build roads far
below any reasonable standard OF
safety.
Now, fortunately, low-cost roads and
safety are not necessarily opposed to
each other. Modern developments
have given us non-skid highways
made of crushed rock bound with as
phalt, at but fraction of the cost Of
highest-type main highways. Main
tenance cost is likewise low. Such
roads are ideally suited to rural dis
tricts where traffic does not warrant
the building Of the more expensive
surfaces.
In the future, It is safe to say the
most pronounced road progress will be
made in the territories to which main
roads do not penetrate. 1t is here
that the farmer is cut off from his
market several months each year by
dangerous, impossible, unimproved
roads. 1t is here that full-width,
moderate-cost, year-round highways
are essential to the progress Of small
town or a countryside. And so low
have construction costs become, both
because of modern developments in
surfacing materials and building
technique, and because of the drop in
commodity prices, that there is hard
ly a territory which cannot afford to
build the good and safe roads 1t needs.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-11-26

Congress has authorized the sum Of
s7oo,oooOoo for government buildings
1t is proposed to construct 245 new
buildings to replace obsolete structures
to provide 1911 existing buildings with
major extensions, and to erect build
ings in l,085 communities which are
now without Federal buildings.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-11-26
cene.rnine Ki..e,

Kisses are sometimes given by SIM
ply kissing hands Throwing kiss. or
blowing a kiss). A man should not
throw a kiss to girl unless she is a
good catch.
The kiss indirect, or the kiss at a
distance, may be described as a nat
ural extension Of the direct, capable
Of development by nny people indie
pendently. But II is a curious fact
that 1t can be trnced from Graeco.Ro-
man civilization TO that of modern
Europe, where, however, 1t appears to
be instructive In children. Exchange.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-11-26

Christmas orders, has help evenings.
Besides his home work he has spent
some time sat the Eastman Kodak
stores In Tacoma, and at Lowman
Hanford's in Seattle where his pic
lures are on exhibition. His inter-
views over KJR by courtesy OF MARY
of Proctors and his pictures which go
all over the country have done very,
very much to bring vashon Island to
the front.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-11-26

Mr.. Alex Smith, for some weeks past
has been and is caring for Mr.. j. A..
Hays ut his home iii Tacoma where
he has been helplessly i'll for some
time. Mr.. Hays is an old friend of
the Hedges and Smiths and was a
frequent visitor to the Island in times
past.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-11-26

Mrs. G. Lou jackson, assistant post
master at Burton, took a short vaca-
ton over the week end spending the
time with friends In Tecoma and
Puyallup.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-11-26

We gre glad to know Mrs Edith
HeudGsetlrck has recovered from hes
late serious illness and is out again.
She is now caring for Miss Grace
Forbes who is Ill at her home.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-11-26
BURTON NEWS ITEMS

Mrs. Florence Irle is spending a
couple of weeks with relatives in Bur-
ton. She will return to her home in
Sumner Wednesday.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-11-26

Mrs. Meta A. Jones of Ellisport was
the guest Of Mrs. Ada Suffer last week
aFG while here attended the meeting
OF the vashon Island Woman's Club
which met at Mrs. Mattson's at Port
age on Tuesday afternoon, on We'd
nesday evening she met with the East
ern Star at the Masonic hall where
grand turkey dinner was served,
honoring some Grand Chapter officers
who later were entertained in the hall
above. On Saturday afternoon, Mrs.
Jones had charge of the library, thus
putting In good week serving and
being served. She spent several days
Che first of the week with her brother
and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Bentley.
Wonder If the editor of the vashon
Island News-Record intends to give
us a bonus" Of slice of turkey for
getting locals in one day ahead so
they can have Thanksgiving peace as
well as the rest Of mankind? We like
the dark meat Lady Smock!
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Luckey will en-
tertain Seattle relatives and Miss
Goldie Of Burton at dinner Thursday.
Mr.. Kenneth VanHouse, who has
been a patient at the Bremerton hos
pital for several weeks, is expected
home in time for Thanksgiving with
the family.
Our Artist Edison has the dis
tinguished honor of furnishing several
large pictures for the new Pacific
Telegraph and Telephone building in
Tacoma which is open to visitors this
week. Mr.. Edison is very busy with
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Making the World Good

(E. s. Nortiu IN Horper's)
Does everybody notice how
large a part Of current troubles
have accrued because too many
people have tried too hard to
make this world too good? We
are in a wretched fix because the
prohibitionists have tried to
bring on millennium for which
we are not nearly ready yet.
Too many people, having pro-
1uced more commodities than the
market can handle, are now
struggling to cut off everybody's
rum and to satisfy human life
with dry goods and mechanisms.
Lord save us 1t can't be done!
Does not everybody recognize
now that the effort to make the
world too good is the next worst
thing to the effort to make it too
bad?
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22

of Robert Durham, W. 0. Daniel,
Chas. Edwards and others, known as
the J. O. and Cornelia Quackenbush
lands, bounded as follows, viz: Be-
ginning at a rock pile, Charles Ed
wards and W o. Daniels corner. run
ming thence E. with the line of said
Edwards 24.S0 chs. to a red oak,
Crawford's corner in Charles Edwards
line; thence n. / deg. f. 40.72 chs.
to a rock pile, Crawford's corner in
Robert Durham's line; thence W. "a
chs. and so links to rock pile ". q.
Daniels corner; thence s. 40.80 chs.
to the beginning, containing 100h
acres, more or less, and being the
same tract of land conveyed by Mat
thew Atwater and wife. to J. 0.
Quackenbush and wife, Cornelia, by
deed dated Jan. 2, 1901, and recorded
in Deed Book Sc, at Page 233, Office
Of the Register Of Deeds of Orange
County to which reference is hereby
made.
This sale is made by reason Of the
failure Of Riley lotion and wife. Zula
Daisy lotion, to pay off and discharge
the Indebtedness secured by said deed
of trust
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22

Beginning at red oak on the Fay
etteville road; thence with said road
SoutheasterIy direction As chs to a
stake; thence S. so deg. E. 20.5 chs.
to stake: thence s. 9 deg. E. 254
chs. to a stake; thence S. : deg. W.
10.1S chs. to a stake; thence n. S0ia
deg. ". 50 chs. to rock pile; thence
y. / deg. E. 10ls chs. to a stake;
thence ". 5 chs. To a souer wood,
corner of the T. A. Bingham tract;
thence continuing W, same being line
Of T. A. Bingham tract, 3G chs to a
white oak, Morrows corner; thence
\. chs. 10 a black gum; thence
\. 6412 deg f. as chs. to a poplar
stump. corner of said F. A. Bingham
tract; thence \. AZ deg. f. 12.5 chs.
10 the beginning point on the Fayette
vile Road. Being the same lands
described in deed of Chas. D. Ed
wards and wife, to j. ?. and W. ?.
Edwards, dated September 18th. 1913,
and recorded in Deed Book 66 at
Page 577, Office of the Register of
Deeds of Orange Co, reference to
which is hereby made. Said tract
containing 1872 acres, more or less.
Second Tract: Adjoining the lands
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
SALE OF VALUABLE FARM
PROPERTY

Under and by virtue of the author
ity conferred upon US in deed of
trust executed by Riley lotion and
wife, Zula Daisy lotion, on the 25th
day of March, 1880, and recorded in
Book 80, Page 286, we will, on Sat
urday, the
a5rd 255rdd DAY BAf OF OF MAJ Nj +, 1881 1851;
IL O'CLOCK NOON,
at the Courthouse door of Orange
County, Hillsboro, n. c., sell at pub
lie auction for cash to the highest
bidder the following land to-wit:
All those tracts, parcels or pieces
of land lying and being in Bingham
Township, Orange County, State of
North Carolina, described and bound
ed as follows, viz: First Tract: Ad-
joining the lands of j. NJ Pickard, A..
j. Robertson, S. S. Webb lands, and
others and bounded as follows, viz:
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22

fContfnued from page one)
hand. continued to engage in
something that looked like ring
around-the rosy. Studying his
face. | saw his expression grow
sadder and sadder. At last,
when there came a pause n the
din. he said: Il move we play
something else" The sugges-
ti0n was agreed to. and While the
managers OF the revel were ar
ranging some new layout he
escaped and Joined me in the
corner. After that We enjoyed
the games just a we enjoy foot
ball-by watching other people
take the exercise.
4 University alumnus Of my
acquaintance became. after
leaving college. critical Of fra
cernities. They're no good,
he told me two or three years
ago; they encourage snobbish-
nesS And l0afing and luxurious
living" His son jim came mere
and loined 4 fraternity. The
father made an unann0unced
Trip to { hapel Hill TO visit jim.
H. halted MS car before the fra
rernity house, and here he sa"
group Of boys engaged in
Working on the yard They
nere moving the grass and rak-
ny and planting. and two or
,aree were grading and packing
ne path jim. welding q hoe.
vas 10 busy tna' foI several
minute, he was not aware Of his
father arrival. Ny friend met
ne .atef and said I've changed
my mind about fra,ernirie> We
haven't been able TO pe, that boy
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Chapel Hill Chaff

to do a lick OF work around our
home for five years, and I've got
a lot of respect for any person
or organization that can get any
work out Of him
+. p. Gates flock of domesti-
Gated Mallard ducks rest under
the willow tree in my printshop
yard and waddle back and forth
across the grass. They decorate
the place. and like TO have
them around. Lately | have
been thinking what fine thing
il would be if We could train
them to pick up the loose papers
that blow over upon the premises
from the adjoining lots. Are
ducks susceptible 10 this sort Of
education This reminds me Of
d story about d plan discussed in
d cotton growers convention IN
d Southern city. Somebody pro-
posed that as measure Of eco
nomy monkeys be imported, and
taught to pick cotton. An old
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22

-. !. C0fn IN the GrreuSJorD
NeWS)
Oyerrun with lobbyists a. all
hands seem TO agree that our
state capital is, We do not for
one moment believe that one Of
hem has been rash enough to Of
fer to buy the vote Of a member
Of the senate, and frankly We are
inclined to doubt if, in a cooled
off interval, any Of those de
manding an investigation be
lleVed IT, Raleigh is too small,
its political life, day and night,
too visible, for the kind of rough
stuff which has been suggested.
With perhaps a half a dozen
reservations, every senator's S
context is so well known that no
intelligent lobbyist within the
last 90 days has attempted to
argue a question with him. The
few who seem to vacillate are
for the most part just as pur
poSeful of character as the rest
of the crew, but being new to the
job of pleasing constituents
while striving to retain 81 per
cent. Of their own self-respect
are more easily confused and oc-
casionally mistake Offstage
noises for rOr pop.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22

The f0UoUiag tribute to Ed
Win A. Alderman Is q minute
adopted By the General Alumni
Association Of the University of
Virginia. It Uos prepared by
". ". Fuller, q lifelong friend
of Mr.. AIdermdn's and mem
Der Of the class Of 1878 at Vir-
ginia:
A tall cedar Of Lebanon has
fallen
l. Edwin Anderson Alderman
early imbibed, and easily ASST
inflated. the creed Of immortal
Jefferson, that "all men were
created free in body and
mind-untrammeled in thought
and unfettered in action and
equal in political and social
rights and aspirations, though
with diverse mental and moral
equipments. having common
endowment Of rights TO life,
liberty and the pursuit Of hap
pinesS.
With him this creed wa :
piet>
Crowned with stately elo-
quence and burning sincerity, he
lived and practiced his belief
Men listened gladly and hearken-
ed earnestly.
He preached d crusade against
ignorance and Indifference, and
exhorted to enlightenment and
advancement by emancipation
from Ia,>itude and environment.
He vas mild and gentle. reason
able and persuasiVe-but al
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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22

Women Lawyers Multiply
ing" In preparation, no doubt,
for subtracting and dividing
Boston Transc,ipt.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22

A deposit Of 10 per cent will be
required from the purchaser at the
sale. This the 10th day of April,
1881.
J. S. PATTERSON, Trustee.
Durham, N. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-14
U.S.NOW COMPILING
EMPLOYE RECORDS
Whole Payroll and Service
System Being Concerned to
New Retirement Act.

A movement of vital Importance to
each one of the thousands of Govern
ment workers is quietly going forward
throughout every Government depart
ment and establishment. designed to
change the whole system of keeping the
payroll and service records of the Gov
eminent personnel.
The change is being made in accord
ance with the new retirement act, and
following comprehensive regulations
promulgated by the Civil Service Com
mission, in cooperation with the Gen
eral Accounting Office.
An individual record is being COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-14

work None of them was seriously i'll
during the entire period.
Part of the wide variation" accord
ing to the report of r. H. Britten. asso-
ciate statistician. and DR.. C. r. Wallace,
may be due to acute illness or I'M
usual conditions Of excitement, but it
is evident that the normal course of
pulse rates from day to day contains
an element of great variability"
Women showed no more tendency to
pulse rate variation than men. The
cleavage between the constant and the
inconstant hearts cut through both
sexes. Among the inconstants, it was
found there appears TO be tendency
toward low rates for several days in
succession, followed by high rates for
similar period, but this has not been
subjected to statistical analysis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-14

some oficials, was not as efncient as it
should have been.
This kind of q system should have
been put into the Government service
years ago." said one official responsible
for one of the largest groups of per-
sonnet records in the Federal Govern
ment.
The installation of the new system is
entailing tremendous amount of work
on the payroll and personnel officers of
all the establishments and departments
of the Government. But they feel 1t
will be an excellent thing, once the new
system is established, and all the rec
ords brought up to date.
These service cards are being speeded
so as TO be ready as soon as possible.
When an employee transfers from one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-14

piled Of every person on the Govern
ment payroll. On one side of this sheet
will be kept his personal history in the
Government, including the date OF his
entry into the service, his salary, name
of department or establishment, and
every move, or promotion made since
that time.
On the other side of that record is
being prepared the fiscal record Of the
employe, to be used in figuring exactly
how much his retirement deductions
amount to, and how much he will have
coming to him when he retires or re-
signs from the service.
This individual service record will
follow the employee wherever he goes on
transfer, and will thus greatly improve
the old system, which, according to