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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1931)
Camp • • • McGregor School’s Out Friday, May 22, marked the close of a most successful school year here. Nearly all the pupils were promoted. AU those taking the state eighth grade examina tion were successful. The per centage of attendance for the year was 97.8, a decided increase over that of last year and a greater increase in punctuality is shown. Florence White and Har vey Wornstaff were perfect in attendance for the year. The eighth grade class which received diplomas this week con sisted of Ruby Faught, Florence White, Oke Anderson, Irma Lar son, Lloyd White and Ellsworth Bemis. Ruby Faught passed highest in the class. Mrs. Theodosia Lambert has gone to Seattle to be with her sister there until summer school opens. She will probably attend at Bellingham, Washington. Oke Anderson who attended a barber college in Portland last summer will finish his course there this summer. He will en ter the school Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Johnson and son visited in Rainier Sunday and made a business trip to Ne halem Monday. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Fletcher spent the weekend in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Williams and daughter were guests at the Bee ranch Sunday. C. E. Westlin and family spent several days in the city visiting relatives. Mr. Westlin went to work with the crane crew Tues day morning. Walter Peterson, engineer on train 103, spent a few days at Luella Williams spent the week his home in Portland last week while the crane was being re end in Portland. paired. Herman Schindler was in Ver Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Peterson nonia on business Tuesday. and little son spent the weekend Mrs. O. T. Bateman was a in Portland and incidentally took Portland visitor over Saturday in the the circus. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Estey and and Sunday. Doris Rae went to Portland Tues E. H. McGraw, Bert Mills and day. J. E. Kerr went to Salem Tuesday George Drorbaugh a machinist on business. of Vernonia was here last week assisting in the repair of the Mrs. J. H. Bush returned Fri crane which broke down last day from a two-week’s vacation Tuesday. at the beaches. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McCormick Dorothy June Wolff had a and H. W. Jones and family hafe moved to Keasey to remain until slumber party, a group of eighth the work at the dam is done, grade girls, Saturday night. which the men have undertaken Mrs. M. A. Gregory and daugh to do. An Oregon-American don ter May left Saturday for New key was moved to the dam last York to visit relatives for the week to be used in removing the summer. logs from the jam. Mrs. C. R. Twineham of Port Miss Marian White of Port land was in Vernonia Tuesday land accompanied Mr. and Mrs. on business connected with the Siemens and visited friends here. Vista Hotel. Hotel Hy Van guests recently Helen Messing left Tuesday were G. J. Alstadt, N. A. Sprague, morning for Hood River where John W. C a m p b ell, Wm. she will spend the summer visiting Brown, Webb Campbell, Mr. and her mother. Mrs. Chas. H. Siemens, S. J. Sergeant Major Fred Weber Domnisse, R. S. Applegate, E. H. Leahy, Harley E. Parker of Port and Mrs. Weber of Astoria called land, H. G. Brace, Seattle, and at the R. M. Aldrich home on B. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Green, San street Sunday. Francisco, and H. Von Cleff, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bush and Clatskanie. Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Bateman Georgia Van Doren, who visit went on a fishing trip to Clats ed her father, W. L. Van Doren, kanie Tuesday. in St. Vincent’s hospital Tuesday, Mrs. Judd Greenman, Mrs. W. reports that his hand is improving and is now in a dry pack. As W. Wolff, Dorothy June Wolff soon as it is sufficiently healed and Mrs. C. Caton were Portland the tip of the index finger will visitors Friday. be amputated. For several weeks C. Caton and son Hugh, who Mr. Van Doren has been able to left two weeks ago, have arrived leave the hospital for walks and in Houston, Texas. Mrs. Caton short visits with friends. will join them later in the sum mer. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. McDaniel entertained at dinner Wednesday night of last week for Mrs. Rose Fletcher, Joseph Scott and George W. Ford. Mrs. Henry Hall, mother of Mrs. Frank Hanna, left recently for her old home in Kentucky, to visit relatives and friends. This is her twelfth trip home. Few people know where and when to , Miss Frances Lappe, who com pleted her high school course here two years ago, graduates June 5 from junior college in Sacramen to, California. She plans to enter the University of California in the fall. Her father, Wayne Lappe, intends to be present at urday and spent Sunday with Mrs. the graduation exercises. Fisher’s parents near Tigard. Kathryn Malmsten celebrated Lloyd Kauffman, Clyde Bettis- her 17th birthday Saturday with worth and Miss Grace Dewey, all a slumber party when the follow of Vancouver, Washington, were ing were her guests: Nelle Camp Sunday visitors at the home of bell, Nelle Green, Edna Owens, her sister, Mrs. Fred H. Veith. Alice Parker, Florence Wall, Louise Roberson and Mary Ann Neal Bush, Glen and Helen Hie- Childs. ber, and Della Cline, students at Registered at the McDonald the University of Oregon, spent the week end at their homes here. this week were P. M. Mason, They returned to Eugene Sunday. Chicago, Albert A. Cohen, Salem, Alfred Johnson, Keasey, N. B. Among those who have stop Zane, Eugene, M. R. Blackley, ped at Hotel Nehalem this week P. F. Harrison, C. C. Lloyd, Ar are A. M. Thatcher, Mr. and Mrs. thur C. Bradley, I. R. White, A. Dwight Lindley of Portland, Geo. B. Steele, C. L. Larson, J. P. Rathburn of Astoria and H. C. Ryan and W. Geo. Walbridge of Gray of Eugene. Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Bough- WASHINGTON SCHOOL er of Portland were in Vernonia All the pupils in the 7-1 and Friday evening and attended the commencement exercises where 7-2 classes passed the state ex their daughter, Miss Constance amination in geography. This is a very good record as there are Bougher, played a violin solo. 53 pupils in the two rooms. Toshi Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hanna Kuge received the highest grade and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Carrol which was 97. left Wednesday for Reno, Nev The grades made by the fifth ada. They are making the trip grade pupils who took the sev by auto. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll enth grade state geography exam have been operating Hotel Vista. inations were very gratifying to their teacher, Mrs. Duncan. 20 Mrs. Chas. H. Siemens of Port of the 34 received grades above land, a niece of W. S. McDaniel a three. There were only four visited Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel at low grades. the Hy Van during the week end, Robert Turner of the fifth while Mr. Siemens was here at tending to business matters con grade fell out of a tree Sunday nected with the Miller Mercantile evening, bruising the side of his face very badly. store. The following had 100 in spell Mrs. Wm. Quick and daughter ing: Sixth grade, Paul Adams, Elizabeth Veith, accompanied by Hazel Chapman, Leona Fetsch, Robert Holmes, all of Vancouv Violet Lindberg, Buster Nance, er, Washington, were visitors at Dorothy Ovesen, Evelyn Shipley, the home of Fred Veith Monday Rachael Throop. Seven-2 Nadine and Tuesday, and attended the Aldrich, .iach Graney, Bobbie eighth grade graduation Monday King, Leon Mills, Dorothy Nan- son, Louise Wilson. evening. a table groaning with wonder fully cooked rich foods. Don't Groan After Eating For Gas, Acid Stomach that unpleasant, stuffy feeling after par taking of too much rich Armitage Gas Tablets at ARMITAGE DRUG CO. Vernonia, Oregon Memorial Day BARGAIN Round-Trip- Spider Has Well Bee-« I Called Natural Marvel It Is agreed by scientists that | the spider is supreme In cunning, ruthless ferocity, Inventiveness and ' courage. Careful study of various ; kinds of spiders lias shown an in-1 telllgence that leaves mankind ' amazed, and their engineering skill and inventive ability is far greater than that of the average human. A silken thread spun by a spider [ is often as thin ns thirty-two mil lionths of an inch In diameter. If I it were enlarged two thousand 1 times it would lie as big as an or dinary horsehair. Human liair en larged the same number of times is six and a half inches in diam eter. With tlds transparent wisp, of line, spiders are able to bind ani- j mnls several thousand times bigger | than themselves, for they attack tadpoles, frogs, lizards and bats. A small ringed snake, nine inches long, was found trapped by a spider. The spider, its body hardly bigger than a good-sized pea, had spun a web in the form of an Inverted cone, from the top of which hung a silken cable. The snake was suspended by this cable still alive, its mouth muzzled with multiple strands of weh and its tail tied by silken cord.—London Tit-Bits. Eagle classifieds get into larger, better operated farms accounts for the loss of 759 units during the past five years. How ever, for the 10-year census per iod Oregon showed a net gain of 4,946 farms, a xery excellent showing. Both urban and rural popula tion made excellent gains in Oregon during the past ten years. Incorporated towns and cities gained 97,565 people, or 19 per cent. The balance of our popu- lation gained 72,832 or 24 per cent. 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OPENING Dance SATURDAY, May 30 Qalm grove PAVILION The following feature a Saturday will PAJAMA DANCE JUNE 6 Chuck Whitehead'» FAMOUS DANCE ORCHES TRA of PORTLAND Admttaion 50c per couple Extra Lady 15c HOSE 50 FEET % RUBBER HOSE — BRASS NOZZLE FREE — ONLY— $3.68 Ask to see a ROTARY IRON Easy Terms Oregon. Gas and Electric Company PRICES LOWEST IN YEARS— , BUY NOW! Hoffman Hdwe. Co. 2.75 2.60 2.35 3.5 DISTANT POINTS San Francisco §17.45 Spokane ......... $ 9.35 Seattle ............... 5.20 Helena ............. 17.05 Medford ............. 8.35 Los Angeles .... . 25,80 Tacoma ............. 4.40 Butte ............... 17.05 Salt Lake ......... 20.35 Pendleton ....... .. 5.90 Vancouver, B. C. 8.65 The Dalles ......... 3.10 Boise ............... 11.90 On sale Thurs.. Fri., and Sat., May 28, 29, 30; Return Limit June 8. Tickets sold in either direction—proportional re ductions between other points, Stage tickets sold only between points served by stages. R. M. ALDRICH, Ticket Agent. J. C. Wright, Gen. Agt. G. C. Pendergast, Trav. Psgr. Agt., Astoria SPOKANE, PORTLAND & SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION CO. I waiting for—one that's so low priced, you actually can’t afford Mr. and Mrs. Ray D. Fisher and daughter Margaret visited Mr. Fisher’s mother in Portland Sat-1 MUSIC BY food, use five years they were deflated to $35,642,615, but in the last five years new capital attracted to farming boosted this amount even above the 1920 figures, or to $42,636,952. This increase of about $7,000,000 is a very en- couraging sign of farm improve- ment. Oregon, in common with all states so far reported, shows the trend to larger and better financed farms, Acres per farm increased from 252 to 302. Utah farms increased from 192 to 207 Portable •.. Small Size... Big (opacity... Irons 90% of your Laundry in one-third the time draw the line In the presence of | same upgrade tendency. These 'acres; North Dakota 451 to 495; CENSUS FIGURES SHOW OREGON AGRICULTURE | items in 1920 were valued at Colorado 416 to 482 i Kansas DEFINITELY ON UPGRADE I $41,567,125. During the next 262 to 283. Tnis consolidation Oregon’s increase of 3,107,393 acres in her farms since 1920 and her increase of 2,518,864 acres since 1925 have attracted nation al attention. The increase since 1^25 is 18 per cent, which is the largest yet reported by any state in the Union; Colorado, during the same period, being next with a 15 per cent increase, followed by North Dakota with 12 per cent; Utah with 10 percent and Kansas with 7 per cent—all of the states reported to date. Values of lands and buildings are on the upgrade, the war- time valuations of 1920 of $675,- 213,284 which dropped to $618,- 068,770 in 1925, have again mounted and in 1930 stood at $632,303,277. This increase of $16,234,507 in the last five years is definite proof that the farm ing industry is beginning to “come back.” Money invested in farm maCh- innery and equipment shows the Stopping at the Gordon recent ly were Claude Hanna, Pete Scott, A. F. Johnson, H. E. Smith and R. B. Early of Port land. Everybody Does It and FRIDAY, MAY 29, . VERNONIA EAGLE. VERNONIA. OREGON PAGE TWO Telephone 691 622 BRIDGE STREET VERNONIA, OREGON
