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2 ■ Vernonia News W eekly Thursday, April 1 I, 1978 V ernonia Happenings JUST T H IN K IN G Today I d lik e lo te ll yo u a 'to r s It's ra th e r lik e a fa iry ta le or p erhaps a fa b le I ( . i l l it D o n t lo o k Rae k o r N ever h it a t W in d m ills O m e u p o n a tim e th e re liv e d a la d in a lit t le to w n tar ta r away It was a lo v e ly lit t le to w n m ost o f the tim e and m ost o f the p e o p le w ere ve ry happy It was a lo o k in g glass w o rld O n e n ig h t the lad w h o u n lik e m ost fa iry ta le p e o p le d id not su p p o rt a p o o r o ld m o th e r dec id e d to ta k e a s tro ll th ro u g h the v illa g e square And .is he s tro lle d fie < hanged to m ee t a frie n d ly sort o f fe llo w w h o was a lso e n fo y in g the e ve n in g air Together th e y < h a tte d S u d d e n ly the peat e tu i n ig h t was sh a tte re d The lad and hisnew fo u n d frie n d lo o k e d up in a m a z e m e n t S o m e th in g was w ro n g ' The sound o f tr y in g ta m e to th e m a n ti b e in g yo u th s raised in the w ays o f o ld fa s h io n e d g e n tle m e n , th ey w en t to in ve stig a te W e ll as so o lte n happens th ey had m is in te rp re te d w h a t tfie y fia t! seen anti heard I he tr ie s tit the lad y w ere real e n o u g h b u t th ey w ere t ries o f anger n ot p a in H arsh w ords fo llo w e d the lads in te ro p tio n in to th e a tta ir and b e fo re lo n g a tig h t was u n d e rw a y b e tw e e n tw o tit the p rin t ip a l < harat ters I v e n tu a lly th e v illa g e t o n s ta h le s a rriv e d on th e st ene to see w h a t the d is tu rb a n t e was A lte r a lengthy d ist ussion it was th e ir d et isitm to le t one o f the kn ig h ts get on his horse a nti lea ve the st ene I he one la d arg ue d v ig o ro u s ly against this saying th a t it the k n ig h t w ere a llo w e d to le a ve it w o u ltln t he lo n g b e fo re th ere w o u ld be m o re tro u b le in the v illa g e But the c o n sta b le s p re v a ile d a nti the k n ig h t was ta ke n to his horse N ow th e tw o yo u th s le ft the st ene p ro b a b ly a c tiv e ly dist ussmg w h a t hat) tra n s p ire d As they neared the edge o t the v illa g e square th e y heard the p o u n d in g o t h o o ts l o and b e h o ld the angry k n ig h t was g a llo p in g his steed d o w n the stree t w ild ly The lads lo o k e d on w id e e yed W o u ld the k n ig h t be unseated, p erha ps in p ire d o r in iu re so m e on e e ls e ' The co n sta b le s ca m e rushing a lte r the k n ig h t Q u ic k ly th e y o rd e re d h im to d is m o u n t and to o k h im in to t ustody He was n o t able to rid e th ey te lt The firs , la d was ve ry angry now and he lo u d ly c o m m e n te d on th e a c tio n s o t the co n s ta b le s Ib is was a sad m ista ke Som e tim e la te r lo n g a fte r the y o u th h a il a lm o s t fo rg o t te n the in i id e n t save w he n he ret a ile d his fo o lis h e ffo rts to help som eone w h o seem ed to be in d ire need o t aid he fo u n d a c o u rie r fro m th e hig h sh e n tt d e m a n d in g his pre-sent e in t o u rt W h a t h a p p e n e d to the y o u th ' I hat rem ains to be seen M o ra l o t th is ta le N ever try to rest tie a d am sel vou may th in k is in distress or d o n t get in v o lv e d Vou m ay fin d y o u rs e lf the one in tro u b le Bernard Tronsnn's daughter, Margie- was h om e fo r a visit ret e-ntly Rich and Thresa Jones and fa m ily re tu rn e d fro n t a tr ip to M o n ta n a Arlene Rurns is the new shop o w n e r o f the Spec lal D ays Shop la s t W ednesday n ig h t, M a rt h 29 I rant is l e n t / and I o u is e H a m n e tt w ent to T illa m o o k fo r a T illm o o k ( ant er C rusade session and b o a rd m e e tin g Mr and M rs C la u d e V a n d e v e rt |r and baby and M r and M rs Pat M t Auhtee- and baby o t B e a v e rto n spent last Sunday at the h o m e o t th e ir p a re n ts M r and M rs ( la u d e V a n d e v e rt It was a b ir th tfa y g a th e rin g h o n o rin g th e ir d a u g h te r Sue* M t A u litte and Pam V a n d e v e rt. t h e ir d a u g h te r in law Mrs testa Garner came h o m e last S aturday a fte r spen d in g a w eek v is itin g frie n d s a n ti re la tiv e s at W o o d b u rn and Salem At W o o d b u rn she was a houseguest o t her m e t " anti fa m ily M r and M rs W a rre n Haase Mrs Velm a lo g an came h o m e las, Thursday a fte r v is itin g her sister M rs I Ila B la k e in P o rtla n d and also re la tiv e s at St H elens George Larimer was brought hom e fro m S, V in c e n t H o s p ita l a fte r b e in g th e re fo r 1 5 days He u n d e rw e n t m a io r surgery Mrs Julia D ickey of Seattle spent last w e e ke n d at th e h o m e o f her son and fa m ily P astor anti M rs D I Die key Sunday v is ito r th e re was Bert ( o n n e l l o f P o rt O r c h a r d W a sb in g to n V« fernonla 'J>ews V W e e k ly Published every Thursday at 705 Bridge St., V ern onia, O regon 97064 - 429-4201 Second class postage p aid at Vernonia. 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