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Egg Hunt Provided For Kids of Vernonia, Area in City Park Sun. VOLUME 15, NUMBER 15 Easter Drama Is Due Sun. “He Lives” to Be Presented by Little Theatre Group; Music Is Billed “He Lives”, an unusually inter esting Easter drama will be pre tented Sunday evening for the pub- lie of this district by the Verno- nia Little Theatre group. Special music will be furnished by the Evangelical church choir under the directorship of Mrs. L. II. Dewey. The program starts at 8 p. m. and there will be no admission. The event is explained as a special ob servance of the Easter season. The cast is as follows: Miviana, the blind girl, Mrs. Dell Long; Re becca, the servant, Mrs. F. E. Malm- aten; Philip, the rich young ruler, E. I. Sehom; Peter, R. C. Slaw son; John, Bill Lumm; the soldier, Gene Gillard; an angel, Alice Baker; Mary, Mrs. Peggy Hatfield. Special musical numbers include “While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks at Night,” “Jesus is Standing in Pilot’s Hall,” “Watchman, Tell Us of The Night,” “Nailed to the Cross,” ■“He Arose,” “I Know That My Redeemer Lives,” “Hallelujah,” a| ’ “OpfcGalilee”. Ln ■ lighting and sound effects 'J be I . banged by Les Skuzie and Paul Gordon. --------- o---------- I VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON JOHN GLASSNER TAKES PLEASURE DIP IN RIVER Everyone knows John Glass- ner of the Treharne district, John is one of the secretaries of the Local No. 37, IWA, and is considered a genial sort. However, according to reports reaching ears of his friends this week, John’s geniality ceases when he slips and rolls into the Nehalem river . . . with all of his clothes. But that’s what happened, the re ports have it. John says he was testing the stream for the ensuing spring and summer swimming season. His friends say he was running from trouble. Whichever be the truth, John knows what the river feels like, and he vouches that pre-season plunges are a bit out of his line. Registration Books Again Open in City To Accommodate Local Vo ter» by Keeping Office Hours in Evening Mrs. E. H. Washburn, Vernonia district registrar for the county clerk, said yesterday that the regis tration books reopened last Satur day following the special election hut will be closed again Tuesday, April 19. CORRECTION— For the accommodation of local On Psge 3 will be found adver tising covering the Christian Ladies’ people wishing to file their regis Mother's Day bazaar. The date tration, Mrs. Washburn will keep was changed at a last moment, too I the office open at the Oregon Gas late for correction there, and should di Electric Co. this (Thursday) evening. Friday evening and Mon read Friday, April 29. day and Tuesday evenings, aside ---------- o from the regular daily hours, The Busin«» Trip— Dan Brutkie made a business trip office will be open Saturday only until 1 p. m., she said. to Portland Monday. Souths May Be Immunized from Diphtheria, Smalloox Sans Cost coincidental with Child Vernonia and district pre-school gram children, especially, or others wish- , Health Day, slatedl for May 1, when ing, may be immunized ^against dip-, gc^oig throughout the land will htheria and smallpox free of ex-1 memorialize the program with spec ceseive costs, a report this week' ial features in class rooms and gen states. » eral assemblies. Vaccine for the immunizations Though the immunization practice will be furnished to Dr. Roland D. is directed primarily at the pre Eby, Vernonia city and school school class of children, others will health officer, by the State Board be invited to take advantage of the of Wealth, it was learned this week. offer, as well as any adults who A service charge of 10 cents will be vzish, the doctor said. made. “We want to stamp out these The 10-cent charge will cover either or both of the immuniza- diseases,” Dr. Eby said, “i and the tions, Dr. Eby said, Both may be program is one designed to safe guard the children. We have little taken at the same time. The program here is in line with trouble with the adults with these similar plans being worked out in diseases,” he pointed out. Parents here are urged to watch districts over the entire state, the State Board cooperating with local The Eagle carefully for the date health officials. A date and place and place. In the mean time the for the mass immunizations will be health officer wishes all parents selected by next week, but will be who are interested in having their prior to May 1, Dr. Eby told The children immunized to contact his Eagle. office at as early a date as conven- The plan is in line with a pro- ient. special District Proposal Ousted AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY TO “PLANT” EASTER SURPRISES IN HIDDEN SPOTS; EVERY ONE ISSUED INVITATION TO ATTEND EVENT; TO START AT 2:30 P. M., MRS. HAMMACK SAYS FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1938 EAGLE PUBLISHES FIRST EXTRA IN HISTORY OF DISTRICT Vernonia and vicinity youths who enjoy Easter and its multiple sweet stuffs, including all the Easter table stuffs that go with the annual feast, will be pleased to learn of the arrangements consummated yesterday which insures them an Easter egg hunt right in town. Mrs. William Hammack, speaking for the American Legion Auxiliary, said that the city* park, along Rock creek, would be designated as the spot for the egg hunt. Though the managers of the paper did not realize it at the time, they published the first extra edition of The Eagle ever to roll off the presses in Vernonia, it was learned from sources Saturday and the Rural Sections Vote “Yes” many fore part of the week. The While Urban Districts “Extra” which greeted every Say “No” to Utility Plan home in the city and the Ore gon-American and Riverview Friday’s special election, called to • districts carried the tabulated vote on the proposed 7-county peo results of the power district ples’ utility district, found a wealth election held Friday. The edi of opinion, pretty much mixed up, tion came off the press at 2 as far as any portion of the pro a. m. Saturday morning and posed issue is concerned. was distributed, before the man By and large, the rural sections ager, editor and printers saw voted “yes” while the incorpora their beds. Many were saved tions save four ci the total, voted for keepsakes by local persons. “no”. In Columbia county, all of the district outside of the incorpora- tions voted for the plan while the cities voted against, As a whole, the four precincts in this part of *.'.e valley voted Yes—289, No—349. Within the incorporation the vote was Yes—133, No—199. A comparatively light vote was I. O. O. F. Hall to Be Scene cast, those who watched the. pro of Important Session; To cedure stated. Name Directors Just what would happen to the pro- is not known. The law district Members of the Columbia County tides that if ■'feasible, those conti Stockmen’s Association will meet guous districts voting for the forma Friday evening at 8 o’clock in the tion could forge ahead under their I. O. O. F. hall to discuss several own power, exclusive of the areas matters of importance to the re- which voted no. However, with the cer.tly organized group. loss of the value in the incorpora- Chief among the topics will be tions, there existed a question as the naming of two more directors io the authority of Oregon State in the county, Secretary-Treasurer Hydroelectric Commission to grant V/. E. Crawford of Vernonia said. the permission. The official, in making the an Vernonia, though it was not gen nouncement, urged stockmen of this erally known, was considered a “hot and all county districts to make an spot” in the campaign by the antis, effort to attend in order that the and much personal effort was put program to be carried out can ;e forth here to defeat the measure centralized. Friday. It was felt that if Verno Elody McDonald, Vernonia, to nia and Clatskanie voted no, the ent tire strip from here to the river v:ce-president of the country group. Constitution and by-laws will also would have been out of the proposal due to lack of valuable tax pro oe considered Friday evening. -o perty between. However, advocates told The Eagle yesterday that they were al ready planning a campaign to for mulate a Columbia county district, vith its own directors. ---------- o Power Line Extension Is Intended Plan More Cutomers to Be Ser- ved by Oregon Gas & Electric in New Service Formal announcement was made to The Eagle yesterday by J. W. Nichols, local manager of the Ore gon Gas & Electric Co., to the ef fect that the existing power line I assing through the Riverview dis trict south along the Mist highway will be extended one-half mile from the bridge near Ann’s Tavern up the Stoney Point cut-off to in clude the Herbert Oondit farm. Construction of the extension, the manager said, would cost in excess of $1,200. When the line reaches the new' point, a check of the map showed, ‘■.here would be little distance re maining before Pittsburgh would be reached. However, the manager did not make any definite statement regarding the possibility of serving that community. Construction started Monday. Stockmen to Meet in City Friday Night Seniors Give Annual Play Friday Night 'Green Light” to Flash at Washington School; Cast Is Presented The annual senior class play will be presented Friday evening at the Washington grade school by a cast of amateur, but “highly polished” actors selected with care from the local student ranks. The play will be under the dir- ection of Miss Evelyn Cook. The cast includes: Miss Marston, the sleeping lady— Margie Lange; Jerome Forrester, her nephew—Fred Erven ; Mary Marston, her niece—Ruby Condit; Kitty Corey, Mary Marston’s best friend and a writer of mysteries— (Continued on page 12.) Dance Band Here— Ivan Koeber, dance band direc tor, with his 10 musicians were in Vernonia Sunday evening making arrangements for their dsAc.e to be held here Saturday evening in the I.O.O.F. hall. The band will play bere, starting at 8:30 p. m., the director said. Koeber and his music have been playing is several more important ball rooms of the North west in recent weeks. Much en joyable entertainment will be fur nished with the dancing Saturday, Koeber said. t Special Cachet For Vernonia Planned Here Special advertising, stamped neatly on all air mail going out of the local office between May 15- 21, Airmail week, is the plan of the local post office department and Vernonia Chamber of Com- merce. Information concerning the cach et (stamp for imprinting the en velopes; is embodied in the follow ing letter from Dr. E. T. Hed lund, Portland postmaster: “A cachet, as you know, is an inscription placed on the left side of the envelops denoting the fact of the mailing. These can be ap plied by gummed sticker, rubber stamp or by printing press. The cachet should be under nine square inches in size so as to conform to postal rulings. A smaller cachet is more applicable and neat in ap- pearance also, Such cachets can tear wording to suit your local needB with, of course, wording of May “National Air Mail Week 15-21, 1938” as the main theme.” Thousands of candy eggs will be hidden about the wide circle of greenery that borders the park and at a given signal, the anticipated crowd of children will be given a free hand in the finding of the delicacies. “There’ll be plenty of eggs,” the Auxiliary officials said, “and all we want is plenty of young people to help find them Sunday afternoon.” The time set for the event is 2:30, and all young people, with their parents are asked to be on the 'grounds. The unusually cool spring this far, the committee said, has retarded growth of grass, andi has made the problem of the hunt much more complicated, however, the weather will not stop it, they said. ---------- o — Mile Bridge Makes for New Horizon Approach Timbers Driven; False Work All in; Grad ing Work Forges Ahead , s .1 , -■ .1..., ■— The whole complexion of the Riverview district is changed this week as workmen with Warren . Northwest, Inc., conractors, com- pleted the false work for the new Mile bridge across the Nehalem, , and which will replace the old span I 200 feet upstream. The pile driver completed the driving of the heavy timbers for The both approaches this week, grading on the west side is nearing completion. Due to the fact that no fill is necesaty on the west approach, the surface will be ap plied as soon as possible, it was said. Vernonia Students Invited to Enter Air Mail fVeek Contest I Vernonia high school students f school students throughout the have been invited, with those of United States, Postmaster Hedlund First prize winner of other high schools over the state, I reported. to compete in a nationwide essay ' Oregon and> each state will be given contest which will feature National ' an air trip from his nearest air- Air Mail Week, May 15 to 21, I port to Washington, D. C., and re- >938. Valuable flights and other [turn through cooperation of all air prizes are being offered in all 48 line companies. The second state prize will be a trophy. State essay states. Rules and regulations regarding winners will be guests at a ban the contest are being given state quet in Washington where grand The widle release by Postmaster E. T. prizes will be announced. first national prize will be a trip Portland, State Chair- Hedlund of man of National Air Mail Week, ,o Hollywood and return with hotel Essays, to be on the subject of a commodations and meals for five “Wings Across America” and not days if the winner lives east of to exceed 250 words on the ideas, ' the Mississippi, or to Miami and purposes and advantages of air ' return with hotel accommodations transportation as it affects modern ! and meals for five days if the communication, a must be in the : winner lives west of the Mississippi hands of school principals by the river. - Second national prize will [lie a trophy and third prize, a close of school, May 1. high p’acque. to The competition is open faster ^Services Are ^Jlannrb bu JJenionta (Cljurcljes for jSiufoag, April 17, Survey Unbicates. ■Umitfys tn He Teatureb • ' The Resurrection of Christ, as Christians of the Earth know the story, and as it is unfolded in The Book followers refer to as The Bible, will be reenacted in words and drama in Vemonto Sunday a a culmination to a Lenten season that has produced many interesting religious services and formal gather ings. The Eagle has gathered the data from the respective denominations end prepared it in news fashion for readers and church members. ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC SERVICES PLANNED To observe the Easter season and end of Lent, St Mary’s Catholic will hold mass at 8:30 a. m. in the Confession will be | local church, held Saturday evening, day before and Joyce Knight; "He Is Here” J be “The Victory of the Cross.” • Easter message but the day will be to high school age. The numbers follow: "i Easter, by Marvin Turner, “He Put it | The Christian Endeavor will hold climaxed by a program planned and „ , - - _ . —. produced through the Sunday school, Stories” by choir, “Welcome1 by i Everywhere” by Lynn Brady, Phy- 'ju reguUr evenjng service with the Rev. Merle A. Glew announced tnd which starts at 7 o’clock. Alice George, “Meaning of Easter” Ills New, Lois Raymer, Bobbie Bo-1 Resurrection as the theme. No even this week that his group would fea- Preaching services follow. C. F. by Barbara Lolley and Martha del), Delmar McDonald, Nina Me-1 ing preaching service is scheduled ture the Resurrection throughout the Swander will preach morning and Wells, "A New Easter Dress” by Donald, Irene Driscol, Gwendolyn as the members, pastor and choir Long and Joyce Turner; "Little Phyllis Laramore, “ Prayer at Eas in Sunday school where all of cay, t vening. The Christian Endeavor Society ter” by Johnny Plymale, "In God’s Lights” by Mary Lou Raymer and are cooperating in the public ser <bs children will enjoy an Easter program and lesson. The Assembly will sponsor an Easter breakfast in Garden” by Ralph Sawyer, “The Irene Driscol, and "More about vice and drama to be held, at the of God bus will pick up members J the church at 5:19 a. m. The regu- Message of Easter” by Bonnie Ross. Jesus” by the choir and congrega- Washington grade school gym and which will feature members of the from the Riverview and Treharne ' lar service will be held at that time, Bettie Cummings and Evelyn Ste tion. Vernonia Little Theatre group. ■'¡strict». The Sunday school starts'with no evening young peoples’ ser- venson; “Up from the Grave” by BAPTISM TO BE HELD SEVENTH DAY CHURCH ....___ at 9:45 a. m. and _ is _________ followed __ at ..(vice. 11 ¡vice. The program will replace th< Ralph Long, Donna Lee Plymale AT EVANGELICAL CHURCH During the Sunday school hour TO OBSERVE DAY and Donald Banta; "Assurance” by with the morning worship service | evening Endeavor hour. The Resurrection will be the fea The evening service at 7:30 will | The program promises to be a Joe Brimmer, “Open Up” by Bever- at the Evangelical church, Rev. Har again feature the Easter tidings as | delightful and inspirational event, ' )y Herrin, “Fairest Lillies” by Shir- vey Seheuerman announced, bap tured topic for the Vernonia Seven The children of the Bible school. | ly Herrin, Viola Jacobs, Virginia | tism will be featured. The regular' th Day Adventist church, the church brought by the pastor. ’, during which , assisted, by Mrs. Jim Monger, Mrs. | L-’e, Elmer Katilla and Joyce New; worship service at 11 will be featur- leaders announced, CHRISTIAN CHURCH ed with special music, reception of ' special note will be made of the SLATES EVENING PROGRAM 1 Alvin Herrin and Mrs. Luther Her- "Near the Cross” by Joyce Turner, I The morning services at the'iin are preparing for the program | Rosalie Driscol and Joyce New; “He members and the Easter message by reason through Bible readings and Christian church will deal with the' Participants include ages from three Arose” by choir, Kathryn Crawford | the pastor. The morning topic will the religious message. Easter, at 7:30. ASSEMBLY OF GOD TO HOLD SPECIAL PROGRAM