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IIIROBERT E. REED why they are warm. But I didn t
~it~" & Publisher understand the tones of awe the
IItlwb River News loggers used. So 1 talked to more
bodhnd, Washington loggers.
And I learned that their faith
I learned a long time ago that
~ers, although most of them in black wool underwear
approaches the status of a
not heavy on books, are religion.
iJrt, They are a lot like the
)nstruction men I used to know
I~o worked on big, tall buildings.
~y use their heads.
When the energy crisis hit this
i and the cold driving rains
Ban l looked up several of them
) get thei~,,advice.
"How, 1 asked, "do you
IgP warm when you have to dust
~w off the logs?"
=The reply was always the
- "black wool union suits."
RAnd what in the devil, I
~ed, are black wool union suits?
Ii They explained that black
~ol union suits are longjohns,
rode with 80 to 100 per cent
itural wool. I unders*'~od, then,
Briefly, black wool longjohns
soak up the moisture when one
sweats.
Also, they keep one warm
when he gets soaked to the skin in
snow or rain.
In fact, they are "the only
things that will keep you warm
when you get wet." 'Fhose words
sent me to a nationally known
survival expert who used even
stronger language.
"It's the wool, not the color,"
he said. "Synthetic fibers aren't
worth a damn in the outdoors."
I knew now that wool union
suits are black to hide sweat
stains, smudges and perhaps even
Editor from rear
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INDAY NIGHT
PXED FOURS
Hi Game: Jim Brewer 245
Hi Series: Dan Brown 577
Hi Game: Jean Hartwell
)men's HI Series: Mary Lou
519
Jim Tobin 4-7-9 split.
Standings: Salty Dogs 37-19,
kers 35-21, Farmers 34-22,
30-26, Hl~P#sy Hookers
)-26, H20 30-26,
iALings 29-27, Moonshiners
Odd Balz 25-31, Rookies
;-33, Herbies 19-37, 4 B's 17-39.
Farmers 4, Jim Brewer 559; 4
~s 0, Leonard Johnson 414;
0, Ron Allen 434; Totems
Dan Brown 577; Rookies 1,
Mike Clary 477; Odd Balz 3, t.)el
Hartwell, Sr..510; Salty Dogs 4,
Mary Lou Wicken 519;
Moonshiners 0, Edith Walter 466;
DingALings 1, Bill Boad 464;
Happy Hookers 3, Ben Klein 475;
Lakers 2, Oliver Petty 473; H20
Kgs 2, Joe Brown 526.
dirt. But by this time 1 knew also
that 1 was onto something really
good - a sort of personal solution
to the energy crisis.
(Actually, I'm surprised that
President R. M. Nixon in his
Sunday speech did not add black
wool to the five ways the nation
is to save fuel this winter. I
suspect the President left it off his
list because it is hard to get. He
did not want the nation to know
we have yet another shortage.)
Normally, black wool
underwear has been available at
the Ariel store, stores upriver,
Woodland Logging Supply, Percy
Godfrey's, Bert's Saw Shop and in
Longwiew. Nowadays, to get the
stuff in kxmgview, one has to have
a relative up there who will give
you a rush phone call when the
underwear reaches the sales
counlcr, for it doesn't last long.
Woodland Logging is down to
its last four suits. Percy Godfrey
had a dozen on hand, until we
walked off with two 44's. An
Amboy logger who moved to
Alaska recently wrote Percy for
two pairs - a size 52 and a size
48. Percy had to write back and
say he couldn't get them.
Percy explained he has to
order his stock from a single
Canadian source. Orders require
6, 8, even 10 months to get here.
That source is Stanfield's
Limited or Turo, Nova Scotia.
The labels come printed in French
and English.
It wasn't enough for me to
know that black wool union suits
are wonderful, scarce and, as I
discovered, scratchy. I had to
know their history.
I recalled a mental image of
Grandpa wearing some when I
was little. The tops were hanging
down, sleeves and all, from his
belt while he stropped his razor.
St) I talked to my father who
is 80.
He said Grandpa, an Iowa
farm boy who became a minister,
wore them winter and summer.
My great grandfather wore them
all the time, too.
"They never took them off,"
Dad said. What he meant was,
they wore different pairs the year
round. ~'.'~ "~ !
"You can't tell me they wore
them in the summer during
haying'.'" 1 said. "In the hot iowa
sun?"
"They sure did," he said.
Dad said he wore them, to(),
but he swilched to something
called BVD's as soon as he could
get away from home. In his
younger days, Dad was
progressive.
1 gathered from his
conversation that therewas
something unhealthy about not
wearing wool underwear after you
had once started. This tradition
seems to be part of the dogma
surrounding wool undergarments.
There seems to be support for
this idea. Great grandpa, who was
also named Robert E. Reed, lived
to be 102 Grandpa lived, 1 think,
to the ripe old age of 96.
! have a great aunt who lived
to be 106, but I haven't been able
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Monday -- Lasagna with beef,
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orange juice, brownies and
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Tuesday -- Hamburger on
buttered bun, potato chips,
vegetable tray, apple crisp and
milk.
Wednesday -- Pizza, tossed
green salad, iced graham
crackers, orange and milk.
Thursday -- Turkey and gravy
over mashed potatoes,
seasoned green beans,
sandwich, cranberry sauce,
~umpkin custard, milk.
Friday -- Hot dog on buttered
bu n, French fries, buttered
carrots, jello jewels, Christmas
cake and milk.
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to establish whether she wore the
stuff, too.
Anyway, my personal
experience bears out the concept
that it's not healthy to take your
wool underwear off once you
have put it on.
I wore a pair I got from Percy
for two days. When the weather
turned warm, 1 switched to lighter
things. Next day I caught one of
the few colds and the worst cold I
have had in the past four years.
So here it is. If you don't like
the odor of black wool, stand
back.
As far as I'm concerned,
Grandpa was right!
Editor Reed fights cold
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SHELTON MIXED DOUBLES
Men's Hi Game: Randy Churchill
202
Men's Hi Series: Randy Churchill
511
Women's Hi Game: Debbie
Boynton 173
Women's Hi Series:Debbie
Boynton 438
Standings:CapitalToppers
32-20, Knudsen Pole 3t-21,
Cherry Pickers 31-21, Hot
Pointers 29-23, 50 Percenters
27-25, Brad's 26Vz-25V2, Jailbird~
25V2-26V2, Mel's Shell 22qz-29Vz,
Spotters 18-34, Knots So Goods
171&-34 q2.
Hot Pointers 4, Arvel Tullar
481; Mel's Shell 0, Rick Peckham
502; 50 Percenters 4, Terry
Harkins 390; Knots So Goods 0,
forfeit; Knudsen Pole 1, Randy
Churchill 511; Cherry Pickers 3,
Allen Boynton 474; Capital
Toppers 3, Dick Arnold 396;
Spotters 1, Jane Warren 363;
Brad's 2. Gary Kunnanz 493;
Jailbirds ), Steve Watts 480.
GUYS & DOLLS
Men's Hi Game: L. C. Leman 210
Men's Hi Series: Bob Lanman 600
Women's Hi Game: Betty
Johnson 233
Women's Hi Series: Betty
Johnson 496
Standings: Woodchucks
43-13, Alley Oops 36-20,
Sandbaggers 32-24, Hee Haws
29qz-26Vz, 4 Kyds 28Vz-27q2,
Carpetbaggers 27V2-28V2, Out of
Towners 26-30, Dog Daas 26-30,
Nuts & Bolts 24-32, Splits 23-33,
Bullheads 22-34, Morgan Tfr.
18V2-37q2.
Sandbaggers 2, L. C. Leman
534; 4 Kyds 2, Betty Johnson
496; Splits 1, Rich Waring 488;
Carpetbaggers 3, Judy LaMont
478; Woodchucks 3, Bob
Haselwood 484; Bullheads 1, Bill
Fredson 489; Alley Oops 1, Ron
LeBresh 461; Nuts & Bolts 3,
Floyd Fuller 496; Hee Haws 2,
Larry Johnson 510; Dog Daas 2,
Doug Shelton 436; Morgan Tfr. 2,
Bob Lanman 600; Out of
Towners 2, Jim Hutchinson 564.
MERCHANTS
Men's Hi Game: Bob Haselwood
and Wayne Clary 226
Men's Hi Series: Bob Haselwood
631
Standings: TCF 39-13,
White's 38-14, PSNB 29-23, SBS
27-25, A/S Ins. 25-27, Boon's
25-27 Versapanel 25-27, J&J
22-36 Hiawatha 22-30,
Trailblazers 22-30, Billington's
20-32, Jim Pauley's 18-34.
Trailblazers 3, Ken Simons
458; Versapanel 1, Ron Lawson
440; A/S Ins. 3, Bob Coon 508;
SBS 1, Jim Richards 518; J&J 2,
Ron Dickinson 473; Hiawatha 2,
Ken Chamberlin 424; White's 4,
Wayne Clary 591; Jim Pauley's 0,
Clarke Ferguson 487; Boon~s 2,
Gary Clark 505; Billington s 2,
Milt Jennings 514; TCF 3, Bob
Haselwood 631; PSNB 1, L. C.
Leman 528.
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Tussy's 2-oz. Cologne
Vanilla Musk, $
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Spray Mist Parfum ..........
Shaker of Powder $150-
Desert Flower
$
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Creme Perfume Lockets
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