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About Vernonia freedom. (Vernonia, Oregon) 1978-198? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1981)
Thursday August 20,1981 Classified Ads Continued GARAGE SALES 55 5 family Yard Sale— 191 B St. Aug. 20,21,22.9 am to 6 pm. CARS FOR SALE 90 1968 Mustang, recent valve job, good interior, four slotted mags, $1000 or best offer. Trade for jeep or pickup. Call 429-0223. 90-8-20 NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Columbia County Planning Commission has fixed the 31st day of August, at 7:30 pm in the Vernonia Administrative School District 47J office, Vernonia, Oregon as the time and place for a public hearing. The purpose of the public hearing is to receive testimony on the amendments to the Columbia County Comprehensive Plan for the City of Vernonia's Urban Growth Boundary area, amendments on the Land Use Designations and amendments to Columbia County’s Zoning Map for the Vernonia Urban Growth area. Testimony can be given in writing, prior to or at the public hearing or presented orally at the public hearing. For further information contact the Planning & Building Department, Courthouse, St. Helens, Oregon or call 397-1501. Bernie Weber, Chairman Columbia County Planning 8-13,8-20 Commission obituary... Albert Martinez Albert Martinez, 95, a resident of the Vernonia community from 1922 until entering a St. Helens nursing home recently, died late Sunday, August 9 at St. Helens following an extended illness. Funeral services were held at the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Vernonia, on Friday, August 14 at 9 am with the Rev. Jerome Schmitz, pastor at St. Mary’s Church, officiating. Concluding committal prayers and interment were at the Vernonia Memorial Cemetery. Albert I. Martinez was bom in Manila on the island of Luzaon in the Phillippines on May 1, 1886 and spent his early life there. He joined the Merchant Marine service in 1912 and came to the United States and settled at Astoria in 1918, living there until coming to Vernonia in 1922. He worked at the Oregon American Lumber Company mill in Vernonia from the time it started until his retirement. He was a member of the Catholic Church. His wife, Estelle Martinez, whom he had married at Seattle, preceded him in death here in 1952. Suviving are two step daughters, Natalie Vaughan of Irving, Texas and Madeline Hermes, Malrose Park, Illinois. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Fuiten Mortuary of Vernonia. The Meat Department Manager at the Beaverton Mall Albertson’s for five years Zeke says, “I’ve lived here for six years now and I love it, and I’m looking forward to serving all my friends and neighbors.” Top Sirloin Steaks $3.89/lb Reg. $4.18/lb. Armour Pan Size Bacon $1.29 each Reg. $1.59