Page 6— Vernonia Freedom
Thursday August 6,1981
Vernonia
Grown
by Bill Hansen
While poking around in the garden
last week, I found several worms
crawling around that I hadn’t seen
before. They were about an inch long,
bright yellow and with about seven or
eight narrow black bands around the
body. I remembered reading about
them before but I couldn’t remember
where or when. After looking through
all my reference booklets, USDA
pamphlets and so forth to no avail, I
called Chip Bubl, our county
extension agent over in St. Helens,
who informed me that the worm in
question was probably the Cinnebar
Moth. Of course, then I remembered
reading about them, and that they
were being released especially to dine
on the Tansy plant. If you see them in
your garden, don’t try to eliminate
them, rather, pick them off your
plants and drop them into a paper
sack for transportation to an area
where Tansy is growing.
By now, your zucchini and other
summer squash plants should be
producing their first eating sized
“fruits”. This year, try and pick them
before they get over eight inches long.
You will enjoy them more and, at the
same time, they won’t get ahead of
you, as they are heavy producers.
Don’t worry, there will still be plenty
for processing and preserving before
the year’s first frost. Of course, this
holds true for all home grown
vegetables as they can be picked at
the peak of flavor, and enjoyed
minutes after leaving your garden.
As your rows of peas, lettuce and
other early crops finish producing
this month, be sure and plant another
late maturing vegetable in the same
space after tilling. There are any
number of fall maturing verities and
there is no reason to let the ground
get lazy. Beets, peas, carrots and
most of the leafy green crops will
provide fresh garden vegetables right
into our mild Vernonia winter.
SPOONFUL
LIBRARY
OF
SUGAR
AT
“A Spoonful of Sugar” will be
offered to children at the public
library August 12 from 1:30 to 2 pm.
Marge Dunay will read stories from
the Mary Poppins series and Janet
Lubbes will lead the children in
games and songs. Mary Poppins
story time will also be held August 19
and August 26 at 1:30.
50th GOLDEN WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin E. Barrett,
longtime Vernonia
residents,
celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary Saturday, July 25 at
Tigard, Oregon. The open house
buffet reception was given by their
children, Donna and Odell Pearson of
Tigard, Dolores and Jack May and
Eldon Barrett of Portland. The
festivities were enjoyed by many
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Barrett had seven of her
brothers and sisters in attendance,
Wilfrid, Gerald, and Thomas Wolfe of
Portland, Howard Wolfe of
Independence, Genevra Hess and
Aldyth Evenson of Portland, and
Nora Burkett of Warrenton.
Also in attendance were nine
grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren.
25th Annual Vernonia
Friendship Jamboree
Parade
ABOVE— Jamboree Princess Melody
Sauer tosses salt water taffy to parade
watchers lining the streets as
Jamboree Queen Holly Holm looks on.
LEFT— Perfect summer weather had
parade watchers from as far away as
Los Angeles lining Bridge and Weed
streets an hour before the parade
began. Here viewers watch the next
entrant as it approaches, while
children« their attention distracted,
pause for an exercise break.
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BELOW— Mayor Henry Anderegg
and his wife Isabelle set off on a jaunty
cruise in their restored antique Ford.
Although their car needed a bit of help
getting started, once on its way it just
purred along.