Bennett-Johns
Mill Expeted
To Start Soon
DELEGATIONS FROM
LEGION AND AUXILIARY
VISIT SERA CLASS
Zone Contest
In Declamations
Won by Default
A delegation from the Ameri­
can Legion and the Legion Aux­
iliary visited the SERA Ameri­
TIMBER OUT ROSE AVE. canization class, conducted by Vernonia Representative* to Com­
Mrs. Bernice Lofgren in the high
pete in St. Helens
TO BE LOGGED
school Thursday night of last
week. In celebration of George
Washington
’s birthday, Auxiliary
The zone declamatory contest
Mill Is Ready to Begin as
members served cherry pie and for grade schools which was to
Soon as Logs
coffee following the class session. have been held in the Washing­
Arrive
ton auditorium Thursday after­
—
noon ’ was cancelled because no
Logs are expected at the Ben­ Missionary Rally
other schools besides Vernonia
nett and Johns mill, west of the
Is Scheduled for
were participating. Pupils who
brazing works, any day now, ac­
Christian Church were to represent the local
cording to Ben Bennett. As soon
school are considered winners
as they are received operations
A missionary rally with Miss
will begin, planking for necessary Goldie Wells, missionary from in the ■ zone and will enter the
repair work being turned out Bolengia, Africa, and five state county ■ contest at the John Gumm
school in St. Helens March 8.
first.
officers of the missionary society
They are Betty Schalock, eighth
E. A. Jones, who will have of the Christian church as speak­
grade; Loren Kostur, seventh
charge of logging, has already ers, will be held in the local
Irene
Vaipiani,
sixth
grade;
rigged up a donkey in a patch of Christian church next Thursday,
grade; Leonard Kostur, fifth
in
the
afternoon
and
March
7,
timber out Rose avenue owned
grade.
by the McPherson interests, and evening. The afternoon session
is bringing in another donkey. As will begin at 3:15, so that school
soon as the truck hauling the children may attend. The evening Last League Game
second one is released it will» be meeting will start at 7:30.
Of Season Occurs
used for bringing logs to the |
Miss Wells, who will be the
Here This Evening
mill. While the new donkey is principal speaker at both meet­
being set up some eight or ten | ings, is on furlough, but will
The last league game of the
thousand feet already logged will leave for her work in Africa next season is to be played here to-
be brought out, sufficient for month. She has spent part of her night between Velrnonia high
the mill’s own use.
vacation visiting various mission­ I school and Scappoose high school.
While a definite name for the ary societies and training schools, A real battle is expected. Gate
new company has not yet been
State officers of the mission­ receipts are to be used to pay
adopted the firm will operate for ary society who will participate expenses to the tournament at
the present quarter under the in the programs are Mrs. M. L. Astoria.
name of Bennett and Johns, the Sanders, state president; Mrs. B.
allocation having been granted F. Shoemaker, general secretary;
under this name.
Miss Anna Nissen, treasurer;
Mrs. R. N. Day, young peoples
president; Mrs. V. R. Hickethier,
Soden Barber Shop,
junior superintendent; and Mrs.
Margaret-Ina Shop
H. C. Courter, district deputy.
Change Locations
Members of the St. Helens
Christian church missionary so­
N. S. Soden moved his barber ciety will be guests of the local
A report got circulated in
shop this week from the Joy organization for the rally ser-
Portland that the Vernonia mill
theatre building to the Pringle vices. Several local women will
is going to start and that 500
building across the street.
have parts on the program.
or 600 men are going back to
The walls of the new shop were |
work. Some day, we hope, but
repapered and plumbing adapted NINE CANDIDATES FROM
not tomorrow.
Ben Bennett
to Mr. Soden’s purposes was put |
VERNONIA GET DEGREE
and George Johns are doing their
in. Minor reairs and brightening
IN HILLSBORO I. O. O. F. bit
helping
along
the
re­
the walls have added greatly to
covery program by putting men
the appearance of the premises,
A class of nine candidates from to work, and theirs will be the
now one of the attractive busi­ Vernonia was taken to the Hills­
only lumber cut in Vernonia for
ness places of the community.
boro I. O. O. F. lodge Wednesday nearly four years. No need to
The Margaret - Ina Beauty night for the second degree. The
say, though, that they cannot
shoppe has also moved from the Hillsboro team came here two
use 500 or 600 men.
theatre building to the rooms ov­ weeks earlier to confer the first
er the Hoffman hardware store degree.
Spring may not yet be here
formerly occupied by Dr. W. H.
by the calendar, but days are
Hurley. The rooms were renovat­
longer, weather is balmier, bas­
Council Meeting Is
ed for the purpose.
ketball teams are announcing
Again Postponed Due
their final games for the season,
To Lack of Quorum and we shall soon see the gang
SERVICES FOR SUSAN MAY
HELD AT PUMPKIN RIDGE
An adjourned meeting of the in front of Bill Armitage’s drug
store basking in the sun.
Services for Susan May, 90, city council, scheduled for Mon­
day,
was
again
postponed
be
­
who died Feb. 15, were held the
SEEN AND HEARD
following Monday at Pumpkin cause of lack of a quorum. Mayor
Emil
Messing
watching
a
Ridge, near Banks. Mrs. May was B. S. Owens Telephoned that he
State
gravel
truck
unload
on
the mother of 12 children, of would not be able to be present,
. . The Bennett-Johns
street
whom seven survive, the grand­ and as only Councilmen Adams
office getting its first sweeping
mother of 47, great grandmother and Kent appeared adjournment
n years . . . Kenneth White’s
of 76 and great great grandmoth­ was taken until the regular meet­
truck towing a new two-wheel
ing night, next Monday.
er of 19.
trailer up street and looking
Interment was in the Pleasant
rather bobtailed as it returned
Former Teacher Return*
View cemetery.
Among the members of the alone . . . Adolph Nelson load-
TWENTY-ONE ARE PRESENT highway staff and their families ing up a trailer with the Mar-
Twenty-one were present at the who are temporarily living in garet-Ina Beauty shoppe furni­
Ninety and Nine breakfast Sun­ Vernonia are Mr. and Mrs. Hil­ ture on moving day . . . Earl
day morning in the I. O. O. F. bert Young, who fo: merly lived Smith, too, with the trailer habit,
moving some of his household
hall. President J. F. Rose was at Keasey. Mrs. Young, who
given authority to appoint a com- , before her marriage about two goods . . . Earl Dial at work
mittee to take charge of the years ago. was La Velle Gosa, is 'where Gene Shipman used to
next breakfast, to be held Sunday. a graduate of Vernonia high hold forth . . . Norris Soden’s
March 17. Four new members school and taught the Keasey teddy bear and the rest of his
menagerie in a new setting.
school in 1931 and 32.
joined the class.
Feathers
and
ns
SIX FAMILIES FROM SAME
COUNTY IN NEBRASKA NOW
HERE, SAYS PRITCHARD
Six families
from
Dawson
county, Nebraska, are now living
in Vernonia, says C. R. Prit­
chard, pastor of the Christian
church, one of the former resi­
dents of that county. Except for
a couple of the families who
are related, none of them were
acquainted before coming to Ver­
nonia, he states.
Vernonia Town
Team Is Victor *
Over Longview
BLUE JAYS WIN TWICE
IN WEEK
Double Header Scheduled As
Final Gaines for
Season
The Vernonia town team came
Grade School Head
out ahead Wednesday night and
To Remain on Sick
won from the Don Hanley team
Leave for Short Time of Longview 41 to 31. The game
While Ivan N. McCollom, prin­
cipal of the grade school, does
not have appendicitis according
to diagnosis by his physician in
Portland, a minor operation will
be necessary, and he will not be
able to return to Vernonia until
about the middle of next week, j
He is at the Good Samaritan hos­
pital.
Mrs. McCollom returned to Ver­
nonia Monday and is teaching for
Enoch Dumas, assistant principal,
while Mr. Dumas is taking care
of Mr. McCollom’s duties.
VERNON L. GREEN,
FORMER RESIDENT,
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Vernon L. Green, former em­
ployee of the Vernonia post of­
fice, died in the American Lake
Veterans’ hospital February 20.
He is a son-in-law of Mr. and
Mrs. Ben S. Owens of Vernonia,
and resided here for about five
years. Funeral services were held
in Centralia, Wash., on Monday.
He was a World War veteran
and was 37 years old.
ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS
TO BE ADDRESSED AT
RAINIER BY MARTIN
The quarterly meeting of the
Lower Columbia Associated Cham­
bers of Commerce to be held at
Rainier March 22, is to be ad­
dressed by Gov. C. H. Martin,
according to arrangements made
by Art Steele of Clatskanie, pres­
ident.
was one of the best played by
the locals. Fans were all interest­
ed in the game and gave the lo­
cals plenty of applause. The Don
Hanley team is considered one
of the best in Longview.
The Vernonia line-up consist­
ed of Lewis and Mills, forwards;
Mohler, center; McCrae and Gor­
don, guards. Magoff substituted
for Mills.
Blue Jays Win Twice
The game between the Long­
view girls and the Blue Jays
the same evening was exciting.
Both teams displayed plenty of
fight, and the game was enjoyed
by the players as well as by the
audience. The score was 28 to 10
in favor of the Blue Jays. Brady
scored 13 points for Vernonia,
Lane 9 points, Frances Berger-
son 6. Hall and Veith substituted
at center, Thompson at guard.
Sofia gained two field goals
for Longview, Laman one lield
goal and two free tosses, and
Bell one field goal.
Saturday night the Blue Jays
held the St. Helens girls down to
one field goal, and two other
points were gained by foul shots.
The Blue Jays won 28 to 4.
Brady as forward sank eight
field goals, Lane four, Bergerson
and Thompson one each. Substi­
tutions for the Blue Jays were
Goertzen, Hall and Veith.
Last Game Pending
The last game of the season is
pending as a double header with
the men’s and women’s Turn
Verein teams against the Ver­
nonia town team and the Blue
Jays. In addition a couple of
home games are being scheduled
by the men’s team at an early
date.
Annette Beauty
Shop to Reopen
GASTON.TEAM WINS
FROM REEHERS 29-19
In New Location
Mrs. Earl Dial plans to reopen
the Annette Beauty shop in the
former location of the Vernonia
Radio shop, near the post office,
next Monday.
Alterations to adapt the shop
to its new purpose have been in
progress for the past week. Mr.
Dial and George Nutt doing most
of the work. There will be two
rooms. In the front the walls
will be kalsomined and stipled,
and linoleum will be laid on
the floor.
Gaston won from Camp Reehers
29 to 19 Thursday night of
last week. Taggart for Reehers
and Ralston for Gaston were high
point men, each scoring lz.
Catches Nine Steelhead
Nine silversides were caught
by O. T. Bateman while trolling
in Puget sound north of’Seattle
during his trip last week end to
visit his brother, C. L. Bateman.
Miller*’ Ha* New Clerk
Dorothy Gwinn is now clerking
in the Miller Mercantile store
Peter Bergerson Married
in place of Mrs. Alice Bu?kner,
Peter Bergerson, well known resigned.
oioneer, and Mrs. Otilie Krus?
vere married in Vancouver, Wn..
The Clarence Brittan family
’•’eb. 19. They returned from and Miss Frances Vike were
heir honeymoon last Saturday, dinner guests at the F. H. Wal­
nd are now at the Berger ,.t ters home Sunday, the occas­
home on Timber road.
ion being a double birthday.