VOLUME XIV
$1.50 per year,
Churches Present
Xmas Pageants
Sunday Evening
Christian and Evangelical
Denominations Each
Give Yule Program
5c a copy. VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON
i MR. AND MRS. PORTERFIELD
ARE PARENTS OF SON
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A son, Robert Paul, was born
Monday at Hood River to Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Porterfield. The
boy’s weight was 8% pounds.
GORDON HIEBER VISITS
PARENTS IN VERNONIA
25 Baskets to
Be Distributed
About 25 Christmas baskets
will be distributed to local fam
ilies through the aid of the com
munity chest and other organiza
tions including the First Christ
ian and Evangelical churches,
the Union and several lodge
groups.
In many cases the need is very
great said Mrs. E. S. Thompson,
chest chairman. Some families
are left almost destitute because
of sickness or through the loss
of jobs, she said.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1036
NUMBER 52
THEATRE ENTERTAINS AT
CHRISTMAS MATINEE
License Renewals
The Joy theatre gave a free Recommended by
Christmas matinee for school I
¡City Council
children Wednesday afternoon.
Gene Audrey was presented in
“The Singing Cowboy.”
SENIOR “LEAP YEAR” DANCE
BEGINS HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES
OF YOUNGER SET
Chamber of Commerce Com
mittee Inquires about
Money for Dam
Gordon Hieber, of Pittsburg,
Recommendation for renewal of
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Pa., came Saturday evening for
Taking advantage of the last licenses to sell ber was voted Mon
a visit over the Holidays with
thirteen days in the leap year day night by the city council in fa
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
the Senior dance Saturday night vor of Ray Self of Bush’s cafe,
Hieber. He left Pittsburg Friday
proved itself interesting enter Myrtle Layer of the Shamrock,
evening by airplane, arriving at
August Greenfeld of Dad’s Sand
tainment for all who attended.
Portland at 1 o’clock Saturday
Music furnished by Richard wich shop and Mrs. Ada Curtis
afternoon.
Mikkelssen’s “Star Melodians”, of the Terminal cafe. The appli
Another son, Glen Hieber, is
an excellent floor and the fact cation of Jack Lindsay of Skinny’s
expected from Klamath Falls Fri
that leap year was so near its card room was approved at a
day. The daughter, Mrs. D. F. High School Gives
end seemed to bring about a meeting two weeks earlier.
DeCew, and 'her husband and in Christmas Program
A committee from the chamber
feeling of holiday gayety and fun.
fant son from Portland will also
The crowd was largely made of commerce consisting of Tom
be here, so that, with Mr. and
A Christmas program was
Mrs. Lowell Hieber of Vernonia given Wednesday afternoon in up of students, teachers, alumni, Crawford, J. W. Nichols and Ed
the entire family will be together the high school assembly room. and a number of out of town ' Bollinger appeared before the
visitors. A large Christmas tree I council to ask what could be ex
for Christmas day.
Iccluded in the numbers were a
reading by Dick Lewis, solo by added to the holiday spirit andiPected next year from the city
VERNONIA AUTO CO. DE
Doris Lindgren with guitar ac for once the girls had the oppor- in paying the debt on the con
LIVERS CHEVROLET CARS
companiment by Leo Ludwig and tunity of requesting while the struction of the swimming pool
Floyd Rose, and presentation of fellows had that of accepting or dam. They were informed that
Owing to the longshoremen’s $25 by the senior class to the finding feasible excuses, as it $150 would be available after
the first of the year.
strike and strike conditions in student body. Ralph Condit, pre were.
some parts of the plants local sident of the seniors, made the
MASONIC LODGE
automobile dealers report con presentation to Paul Adams, pres
INSTALLS OFFICERS
siderable difficulty in getting ident of the student body.
cars.
The Vernonia Auto Co.,
Besides the singing of Christ
Vernonia lodge 189, A. F. &
Chevrolet agents, delivered Wed mas songs there was a Christmas
A. M. held its installation of of
nesday a Chevrolet panel truck tree and exchange of gifts.
ficers December 17. Besides T.
The high school basketball
to K. Inouye of the Vernonia
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M. Crawford, master, and the
Laundry, a pick-up with 4 speed Mr. and Mrs. Don Richards left squad consisting of eight men I other elective officers, listed last
will
leave
Monday
on
a
trip
to
transmission to Pete Serafin, Monday for eastern Oregon to
week, Roland Treharne was in
Rickreall, Monmouth and Inde
“The Family Beautiful” Rendered and recently a sedan to Joe spend Christmas with Mrs. Rich pendence, where they will play stalled as senior deacon, Harold
Doyle.
ard’s parents.
Shipley as junior deacon, Grant
A short musical program pre
the high school teams in each
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Layer and C. O. Anderson as
ceded the presentation of the
place. The squad will include
stewards, Earl Smith as tiler,
Christmas pageant, “The Family
Adams, Condit, Story, McDonald,
C. L. Brock as marshal and J.
Beautiful” at the Evangelical
Jarvis and Schalock and one other
E. Tapp as chaplain.
church Sunday night.
to be decided later.
The choir rendered two an
The boys dropped a hard
1 STAMP TRADE* JOURNAL
thems under the direction of
fought game with Forest Grove
i ISSUED FROM EAGLE PRESS
Amy Hughes. Mrs. L. H. Dewey
Friday night on the Forest Frove
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sang “Star of the East” and
floor, The Loggers led all the
The December number of The
the audience joined in a group of
way until the last three minutes, Stamp Wholesaler, a monthly
Nearly two thousand years ago, on the first
carols.
when Forest Grove came out pournai for dealers in postage
The story of the pageant told
Christmas Eve, the holy Star of Bethlehem
from under. The final score was : stamps, was issued Monday from
how the “spirit of family life” de
32 to 27.
gleamed as the symbol of the most sublime
1 the Vernonia Eagle press. The
picted by Mary Ann Childs,
The first league game here journnl was purchased recently
event in history. Watching and waiting that
with the aid of her helpers, Un
after the Holidays will be with i by Ray D. Fisher, who will pub
derstanding Love, Sacrifice and
night those Three Wise Men of the East had
Tigard Jan. 5.
lish it from now on.
Devotion, played
by
Bernice
Faith in their hearts—faith serene, invincible
Rose, Maxine John, Mildred Wal
COUNTY JUDGE SPIKES
i
ters and Joan Nichols, changed
RESIGNATION RUMOR
a discordant quarrelsome family
(St. Helens Sentinel-Mist)
into a happy unit, working at the
County Judge J. B. Wilkerson
Christmas season.
yesterday denied the report be
Milton Nix was Discord and
ing circulated in this district that
his “Jangters” were Sherman
Every worthwhile human achievement since
he was considering resignation
Nicar, Harvey Ridling, Erma
has
been
in
some
measure
based
upon
faith.
SEEN AND HEARD
Jan. 1.
Kent and Frances Childs.
The professional man, the captain of finance
Store windows gay with Christ-
Unless he is offered a position
Members of the family were
which pays a better salary the j mas trees, snow scenes, colored
Henry John, Mrs. George Me
and industry, the artist, the craftsman at his
judge is not considering resign | lights . . . The Oregon Gas and
Kay, Dorothy Webb, Howard Da
task—all need faith to carry on successfully
ing. He said that while the salary Electric Christmas tree decorated
vis, Milton Scheuerman, John
was quite small he was not I in blue lights against a back-
Nix and Betty McKay.
going to ask for an increase.
i ground of blue sky and stars . . .
The parts of Joseph and Mary
"There are some phases of my [A gaily lit live tree in the W. F.
in the vision of the manger
work which might be termed as Manthey yard . . . The waters
scene which closed the pageant
unpleasant and trying,” the judge of Rock creek boiling down over
were taken by Robert Acord
-aid, “but I have sought to handle the new dam . . . An old Port-
and Virgie Killian.
Thus the true spirit of the Christmas Season
the office to the best of my abil- land-Vancouver street car on its
Mrs. Enoch Dumas directed
is best evidenced by the expression of faith in
ity.”
j way to join its mates in an Elsie
the pageant with assistance by
Judge Wilkerson receives a sal- logging camp . . . Streets and
Mrs. Henry John, Willard Berg,
our fellow-men, and in the many worthwhile
try of $100 a month which is sidewalks near the Washington
Lenora Kizer and Amy Hughes.
things which have helped in our development
reported as being considerably school jammed Wednesday night
less than the wage paid in other with people bound for the Christ-
Marguerite Laird is clerking
counties for the office.
mas program.
in the Nehalem market.
A pageant, “Glorified Gifts,”
was given
at the Christian
church Sunday evening under
the direction of Mrs. W. O.
Livingstone.
The cast was as
follows:
Joseph,
Roy
New;
Mary, Joy1 Campbell; angels,
Maxine Brady, Louise Craford
and Hazel Ross; wise men, Ray
Ross, Fritz Hausler and Harley
Woodruff;
shepherds,
Robert
Kilby and Cleon Woodruff; man
of wealth, Jim Brady; a young
couple, Floyd Rose and Doris
Lindgren; two young women,
Mrs. Herman Dickson and Mar
jorie Lange; poor woman and
child, Mrs. Oscar George and
^daughter, Alice.
Music was rendered by the
choir. White gifts were brought
for local distribution, and the
offering went to an old people’s
home supported by the Christ
ian church.
The Christian Endeavor ar
ranged the decorations for the
auditorium.
A large attendance were pre
sent, standing room being at a
premium.
School Squad
To Go on Trip
Cltristntas
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Feathers
and .. .Talons