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
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W ashington Grade
School Lunch Menu
Thursday, A p r il 1 1 - Beet stew
a ssorted v e g e ta b le s ro lls and
b u tte r a p p le crisp m ilk
F rid a y , A p ril T4 • , ish sticks
green beans, p e a n u t b u tte r
s a n d w ic h
c a b b a g e s a la d .
Jello, m ilk
M o n d a y , A p r il 17 - N o o d le s
and c hit ken cheese s a n d w ich
green beans o ra ng e h a lf, m ilk
Tuesday, A p r il 18 - H a m b u rg e r
gra vy H u ffy n t e, ro lls and b ut
te r
t a b b a g e salad
c e le ry
sticks c h e rry c ris p m ilk
W ednesday, A pril 19 - Sub
m a rin e - s a n d w ic h , le t tu c e ,
c o rn , o ra n g e h a lf m ilk
T hursday, A p r il 20 - M a c a ro n i
and cheese ro lls and b u tte r
c a rro t d o lla r, salad
a p p le
w edge, m ilk
N e w son w e lc o m e d
a t Titus h o m e
Mr
and M rs
D on Titus are I
th e p a re n ts o f a b o y b o rn M o n
day. A p ril 10 at th e U n ive rsity
o t O re g o n M ed ic al C en te r He
is n a m e d C h ris to p h e r M e rle
and he w e ig h s e ig h t pounds
e ig h t o u n c e s and is 20 -inc hes
lo n g
G ra n d p a re n ts are M r and
M rs B ill T itus. M is t R oute, and
M rs Jennie S c o tt o f W arren
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