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VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1932.
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I with her sister and mother, Mrs.
were In Vernonia Friday shoping.
kanie to a ball game Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F Beeler were | Mike Willard and Mrs. J. Lara-
Gene Shipman from Vernonia
rlxir 1 ztlr ’s IllOl'C
at Mr. and Mrs. C. Ct»*nn
Streadwiek
demonstrated
Maytag washing
Mr. and Mrs. George Dror
for dinner on Sunday.
Mrs. Jake Neurer
machines in this community last
(CAMP EIGHT)
week.
baugh and daughter Maybelle of
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Pacific Coast
Cocci Representative I
Alice Beker
;Port Angeles, Washington, were
Mrs. Dave McMullin enjoyed
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Robb and
Arthur W. Stypes, Inc.
Riverview visitors Monday.
a visit from her mother last week,
_
Arthur
San w Francisco
children from Portland arrived
Jeanne Hughes and Bonnie
Mrs. Lina McFall of Portland here to join the Ernest Robb Mrs. John Estes from Riverview,
Buff mire lof Vernonia visited
J and Mrs. Winnie Henderson of 1 family who have spent a week’s
Mr. Holstrom from Vernonia,
Alice and Patricia Baker and
C. J. James and family of San Diego, California, visited Mr. vacation along the Nehalem river. an employee of the state 'board
Member of National Editorial
Mrs. F. Baker on Thursday.
Ga js creek visited the Devaney and Mrs. Craig Donaway Sunday. i The two families left for their of forestry, was checking up on
Association and Oregon State
a fire in the lower Nehalem last
Mr. and Mrs. R. Woods spent and Gilliam families this week.
Mrs. Virgil Powell left Sunday ' homes in Portland Sunday.
Editorial Association.
week.
Sunday visiting Mr. Woods’ mo- They all went blackberrying and for a week’s visit with her moth-
Mrs.
Maud
McMullin
was
in
ther and friends at Clatskanie. returned with 17 gallons.
|er, Mrs. Hannah Smith of Port St. Helens transacting business.
Mrs. Loretta Foster ana ner
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Webster land.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Sandon paid
She just recently sold some prop baby daughter spent Friday vis-
Issued Every Friday
12.00. Per Year in Advance
iting her sister’s family, Mrs.
a visit to Wilark on Monday and and son Walter of Milwaukie vis
DeLoss Powell returned Thurs erty in Scappoose.
ited over the weekend at the De day after spending several days
James
McCormick at Natal.
also
called
at
the
home
of
Mrs.
Noble
Dunlap,
builder
and
con
Entered as second class matter August 4, 1922. at the post
vaney home.
Mrs. Mollie Wright and daugh
with his father on the lookout tractor is head carpenter on Mrs.
office at Vernonia. Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879. Woods.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Cummins station at Timber.
Ethel Ray’s home new being built ter, Mrs. Ella Caywood were bus-
Mr. and Mrs. R. Butts were
of Portland spent a few days va
Advertising rates—Foreign, 30c per inch; local, 28c per inch; Vernonia callers on Sunday.
Mrs. B. B. Hawkins visited Mrs. in Vernonia. Her other house was ness callers in Vernonia Thursday.
Miss Marion McMullin is work
legal notices, 10c per line first insertion, 5c per line succeeding
Mr. and Mrs. R. Woods are cation camping on Rock creek. I Paul Driscoll on Stony Point on destroyed by fire.
insertions; classified lc per word, minimum 25c first insertion,
ing at the Bungalow lunch at
D.
K.
Mendenhall
made
a
busi
Bob
Lindsay
was
away
on
a
Monday.
time
with
having
a
delightful
15c succeeding insertions; readers, 10c a line.
ness trip to Portland Saturday. 1 Alva Lou Cleveland returned business trip for a few days last i | Mist for Mrs. W. R. Johnson
their new Ford V-8.
this week.
Mrs. E. L. Pringle and Mrs. C. i Sara McGee spent Sunday with | Wednesday after spending a week week.
Dave McMullin went to work
visiting friends in St. Helens.
Mrs. Charlie Hill accompanied
RAY D, FISHER, Editor and Publisher
Mackie had breakfast Saturday Anna Devaney.
for the Columbia county fire
Estey
Martin
of
Los
Angeles
by
Annie
McMullin
drove
to
Port
with Mr. and Mrs. Chet Everrat
Joe Lindsley returned Sunday
association.
from Banks where he has been spent a few days with Mrs. J. land last week. Miss McMullin
at Chapman.
Mrs. Noble Dunlap and son
Laramore
and
Mrs.
Mike
Willard.
left
again
for
Seaside
where
she
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Pringle working the last three months.
THE EAGLE CELEBRATES ITS TENTH BIRTHDAY
Floyd, and Mrs. Bob Lindsay and
He left his sons, Dwigbt and has employment.
and Mr. and Mrs. C. Mackie and
Lloyd Gilham and J. O. De
I Jack, to spend the summer.
Joe Peachey from Riverview her son Clarence with their mo-
Yesterday was the Vernonia Eagle’s tenth birthday, for daughter Joan spent Sunday at vaney are helping John Luther
was
a Natal business visitor last ther, Mrs. Mary Peterson motored
with his haying.
| to Portland Monday.
on August 4, 1922, Paul Robinson issued the first number. Big Eddy.
Wednesday.
Mrs. J. C. Bond and daughter
Mr. and Mrs. C. Piert called
Ten years is short in the life of a newspaper, and the on Mr. and Mrs. W. Lindsay Sun- Helen, Mrs. Louis Fitzgerald and
A number of folks from here i Fire Warden Harry Saxton and
attended the Liberty rally at Ver several men are at work this week
Eagle is still only a fledgling in comparison with the ma day.
son and his wife and Mrs. Jones,
clearing out the fire trail along
nonia last Friday evening.
turer years of some of its contemporaries within the county I Mr. and Mrs. N. Lee spent all of Vancouver, Washington,
Maple creek leading to the Enter
Miss
Mrs.
Oliver
Burris
and
—with the 50 years of the St. Helens Mist, the 37 years Sunday in Portland visiting with and Mrs. Boeck of Vernonia had
prise burn.
Beatrice
Perry,
her
grandaughter,
a picnic on the creek Sunday.
i Jake Neurer, Hy Tracey and
of the Clatskanie Chief and the 26 years of the Rainier friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs, Chet Taylor and They are old friends and neigh-' Mrs. Tom Scott and Tommy nour is rapidly improving and will Clyde Johnson were business cal
Review.
daughters Zoe and Maxine and bors of Mrs. D. K. Mendenhall,1
leave the Doernbecher hospital in • lers in Vernonia Saturday,
The Eagle is young because Vernonia as a city is young. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Pringle and who was invited to spend the who have been living at Tweedle- a few weeks.
Many families enjoyed an out-
ville this summer were in camp
The community’s development from a village tucked away Mr. and Mrs. C. Mackie attended day with them.
Miss Reva McCormick is spend- ! ing and basket lunch at Big Eddy
overnight last week.
Mrs. Leo Comstock, Mrs. Lloyd
in the forest to the center of an extensive logging and the dance at the Legion hall on
1—*■ Sunday.
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park *- last
W. M. Benedict visited his ing several weeks with the Orval----
Cummings and Mrs. D. K. Men sister, Mrs. E. R. Estey, for sev Young family at Sherwood.
Lee Osborn spent Wednesday
lumbering activity was just getting fairly under way wheniSa^d“^
We are sorry to hear that Mrs. denhall were in Vernonia Tues-
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Appleton_ at __ the
_ ____
home ___
of ____
his _____
aunt, , ___
Mrs.
the Eagle was founded. Among the first things that the Hodges’ brother that has been day. O. H. Devaney and Lloyd eral days recently.
Miss Delores Deaver returned spent a few days with L. A. I Julia Whittig and Mr. and Mrs.
growing young city wanted while preparations were being hurt is not doing as well as they Gillam were in Vernonia Tues-
Fred Bush.
to Portland after an extended Young recently.
made to build the big mill and completion of the new rail expected.
day.
visit here.
were
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
Virtue
road was only a month in the future, was a newspaper, and
Andy Olson and family are
St. Helens visitors on Monday.
spending a week in Portland.
I
Mr. Robinson grasped the opportunity.
Mrs. R. Woods and Mrs. L.
' Eleanor Olson has secured work
Yet in these brief years the Eagle is a much different Sandberg and Mrs. H. G. San
in the city and will not return
Mildred Hawkins
product mechanically than what it was when its founder don of Vernonia were in St.
with them.
published the initial issue. The type (except for two pages Helens on Tuesday.
■ Pat Jones returned home for
of “ready print” shipped out from Portland) was set en Mrs. R. Beeler and daughter Ole and Oral Estes and Chuck'one day and then left to visit
tirely by hand, the press was operated by a slow-motion Needa visited Mrs. R. Butts on Fountain spent Sunday in Natal: Ms brother at his turkey farm at
Tuesday.
Under Government Supervision
gas engine, and certain fads and fancies in newspaper make Violet Wold, Elizabeth Piert, visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Estes,' Perrydale, Oregon.
who
are
guests
at
Mr.
and
Mrs.!
E-
R-
Estey
was
in
Vernonia
up had not then been generally adopted. A tremendous task Clara Wold, Margaret Stewart,
Dav McMullin’s for several weeks, on business Monday.
The Forest Grove Nat’l. Bank
it must have been to get out that first issue, for Mr. Robin Bud Baker, Lyle Baker, Herbert I
Serafin of' Mrs. Lulu Morris and Tom
Marie
and
Yola
Forest Grove, Oregon
son, we are told, had to dump the equipment in the street Piert, Patricia Baker, Alice Bak Trenholm were the weekend Batch visited the Estey family
and John Piert had an enjoy
THE ROLL OF HONOR BANK
[over the weekend.
until the Bridge street building was ready for occupancy. er
guests
of
Mildred
Hawkins.
able evening swimming and af
To arrange the type cases, set up the machinery, get or terwards went to down to Dor Beth Davis of Newberg is spend 1 Word has been received that
STATEMENT OF CONDITION
several
Beulah Paul Thompson, former engineer
ing t.
— — weeks
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ganized and “hand peg” four pages of a six column paper othy Givin’s house.
At Call of the Comptroller of Currency
here,
is
stationed
as
lookout
at
j
Mr. and Mrs. G. I. Baker and I Parker.
was no slight task. If the Eagle of today makes a more
Hardesty near Signal, Ore.
June 30, 1932
L.
L.
Lewis
is
spending
a
few
Mt.
fastidious appearance it is because of the advantage of a family spent Sunday in town days at his home here. He has
Mr. and Mrs. Oral Imbodin and
RESOURCES
visiting relatives.
typesetting machine, new and improved type faces, a better Mrs. C. Hanna, Mrs. C. Mackie been employed near Astoria.
i children Maxine and Oral Lee
Loans ...................................... 1321.832.25
Junior Visnaw of St. Helens a‘e «pending the week as guests
press and a commodious shop.
18,400.00
Banking House ....................
and Mrs. E. L. Piert spent Tues
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Estey.
Real Estate ...........................
3,291.00
Just as this newspaper has developed, so has Vernonia day afternoon playing five hun is spending a week with Mr. and
Mrs. Cleveland and daughter.
The blackberry season has been
U. S., Municipal,
itself. Vernonia then had no water system, no electric dred at Mrs. G. I. Baker’s.
Dewey Lilly is visiting Elza'very successful to date. The
Other Bonds $204,408.18
Miss Maxine Taylor returned
lights, no sewers, few sidewalks, and mud so thick that it
Varley this week.
: highest number of jars canned by
Cash and Due
from her visit in Dallas Thursday
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Olsen, who Ione individual is 115 quarts,
was not uncommon for automobiles to get mired while try accompanied by her sister, Zoe
from Banks
109,985.97 314,394.15
ing to park on the main street. Then all was feverish Daniels of Chico, California, who have been employed at Gresham, i _The infant son of H. C. Ride-
$657,917.40
returned home Sunday.
|__
anxiety to get things done—to build houses for working will spend a month with her.
Mrs.
Edith
Varley
and
son
Oral
LIABILITIES
Bud Baker, Lyle Baker, John
men and their families to live in, to lay water mains and
Ringlette
Mr. and Mrs. Dan May and son'
Capital .............. $25,000.00
string wires. The railroad, soon to bring trainloads of steel and Herbert Piert, Dick Lewis, Johnnie were in Banks Saturday
Permanent
Surplus ............... 50,000.00
Jack and Lee Baker spent Mon
and machinery for the new mill, was almost at the town day swimming at Pittsburg.
on business.
Beautiful,
Undivided Profits 17,763.63
92,763.63
Lasting
Elza Varley purchased a sad-
limits, and Vernonia had to prepare speedily.
Circulation
.............................
24,700.00
Mrs. Chet Taylor and her two
Steamed
i
Deposits ................................. 540,453.77
In most respects, indeed, the contrast between the daughters Maxine and Zoe spent die pony from Mr. Opndorf.
with 10 times
Mrs. Fred Rainey and Mrs.
less heat and
Vernonia of 1922 and the Vernonia of 1932 is complete. Monday afternoon in Birkenfeld.
$657,917.40
George Drorbaugh visited Mrs. M. •
15 times less
,
i
Mrs.
F.
Baker
and
daughter
Then there was a pioneer community, somewhat boisterous,'
J. A. Thornburgh, President
weight.
Jane Claire are away for a few>£*unlaP ‘ast week.
R. G. Thornburgh, Cashier
perhaps, with few comforts and scarcely any luxuries, yet days.
•
I Mr. and Mrs. W. Krebs of Wes-
Wes-I
$3.50 and $4.50
!
John E. Bailey, Vice-President
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with plenty of work for everybody and money passing freely
Mr. and
Mrs. w M.
B. m
Tompkins
timber sricsifnzi
visited Ki
Mr.
and KT
Mrs.
Gier,
I
W. J. Mills, Asst. Cashier
Peoples
Friday.
from hand to hand. It is the difference between a Vernonia motored to Astoria on Sunday.
Harold Knox, Asst. Cashier
BEAUTY SHOPPE
knowing itself to be at the threshold of a marvelous pros Mr. and Mrs. H. Huett were : Mrs. M. Dunlap was surprised
by a group of old friends from
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT
over
to
visit
Mr.
and
Mrs.
M.
B.
Vernonia
Hotel
Building
perity, and a maturer, better organized and sightlier Ver
; Portland calling on her Sunday.
Tompkins on Tuesday.
Phone 1261
nonia conscious of a year of depression.
Mrs. C. Mitchell and son I They were Mr. and Mrs. Wiley
Yet the experience of ten years is not without its Charles were in Forest Grove on and daughter and grandmother
Wiley.
lessons and the year 1932 not without its hope. The careful Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. H. Huett and fa
planning for the future that was not in the nature of things
and daughter spent the weekend
mily
were
over
at
Mr.
and
Mrs.
then is possible now, for the effort. The prudent economy
I with Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Peoples
C. Mitchell’s on Sunday.
that seemed unnecessary then, both in public and private
L. Wold and family visited and they all motored to West-
For your convenience the following businesa and professional people ere listed on
expenditures, is an essential now. The backward look from with the Sundquest family in ' port Sunday.
this page alphabetically. These men and women are known in Vernonia as reliable business
and professional people.
Mrs. Leia Nelson of Westport
1932 shows that the future does not always stand as heavy Portland over Sunday.
'and
Mrs.
Glenn
Peoples
visited
Mr.
and
Mrs.
H.
Bryson
and
a mortgage as it appears to promise.
I Mrs. Depue last week.
RAsnrp chops
DENTISTS
RESTAURANTS
As for hope, this very issue, though it has no definite family were in Portland on Tues
Glenn Peoples went to Port
day.
big news to chronicle as did Volume 1, Number 1, tells
MARY KATO
Harry Bryson, Jr., stayed with land Wednesday on business.
Ira/
BARBER
JLy
SHOP
enough of the highway situation to show Vernonia’s fine Mrs. B. Kenton Tuesday.
i Mrs. Fred C. Young and chil-
M. D. COLE
CHOP SUEY RESTAURANT
chances of a heavy payroll in the near future from con Mr. and Mrs. L. Sanberg went i dren of Seattle returned home
Haircutting for Men
Open Friday, Saturday
Dentist
Women and Children
struction of the road to the coast. Lumber, too is showing to St Helens and then to Clats- I Friday after a two week's visit
And Sunday
Vernonia, Oregon
lfenuntia Eagle
r
Natal
Wilark
KEASEY
I
Camp • • •
McGregor
■liver view
>flilady*s
Professional and Business Directory
signs of recovery, and when more camps in this locality
resume and the mill reopens, Vernonia will again have to
offer plenty of work and wages.
FATAL ACCIDENTS
SHOW
vious year during the same time.
Only two of the four deaths were
DECREASE due to accidents within the city
limits there.
This year, during the four
weeks period ending June U,
there were 548 persons killed in
automobile accidents
in
86
large cities. This compares with
648 killed in 1931. Most of these
deaths were due to accidents with
in corporate city limits, although
some accidents occurred outside
of the city.
For a 52 week period, ending
June 11th, there is a decrease of
267 fatalities. The totals, accord
ing to the department of com
merce statistics, were 8,788 this
year as compared to 9,055 for
the preceding yeer. Ten cities re
ported no automobile deaths for
the last four weeks, while five
citiee reported no deaths for the
corresponding period in 1931.*
Deaths resulting from automo
bile accidents have been show-
ing a sharp decrease in large
cities throughout the country, ac
cording to a summary of mortali
ty from motor vehicle accidents
just released by the department
of commerce. The report, based
on mortality census taken from
•• large cities in various parts
•f the country, shows a decrease
of 200 fatalities this year from
the total during a corresponding
four weeks period in 1931.
Although the foregoing statis
tics were compiled from cities in
all parts of the country, the ratio
of decrease was even more notice
able in this state, the report dis
closes. In Portland, Oregon’s rep-
roeentative in the census report,
but four were killed during the
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four week period just ended as
compared with ten deaths the pre- claasified columns of the Eagle
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Phone Hospital 931
Town Office 891
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Physician and Surgeon
Office Phone 663
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