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VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1939 PAGE THREE The Isbisters came to the United ' turned in a ditch, pinning hjm be Advance notices point to a big States 48 years ago, coming direct neath it. While the accident occur- convention and incidentally the first ly to Portland and remaining for a ed shortly after 6:00 a. m., the one of the Reclamation Congress time with an uncle and brother of overturned truck with Thomson’s to be held west of the mountains, poured. Mr. Isbister on Sauvies Island. One I body beneath it was not discovered I The program briefly, calls for Chapel Wedding Out-of-town relatives were Mr. business sessions and addresses by of the first persons to meet' the ' until' late in the afternoon. Held Saturday— and Mrs. Lloyd L. Smail and daugh Isbisters in Portland was Mrs. O. j At the time of the fatal accident, prominent men Monday morning, Miss Virginia Ellen Barton, ter, Arlene, of Bethlehem, Pennsyl- J. Gould who will also be able to Thornspn was on his way to the noon luncheon, a short memorial daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. ¡vania; Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Kline of attend the reception. ■ Aspin Wall ranch, where he was service earTy in the afternoon and Barton of Seattle, became the bride 'Trumwater, Washington. Both Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. isbister have lived' employed. When he failed to ap- then a tour of the dyked lands and of John F. Marshall, son of Mr. iSmail and Mrs. Kline are sisters of in St. Helens 39 years and have1 pear for work his mother, Mrs. Vera the reclamation work which has and Mrs. Dave Marshall of Verno-lthe __ __ ____ bride. Mrs. Alice Estey and been in the hotel business for 30 Thomson, who is employed in the I been done in this area will be in nia, Saturday evening. I Mr and Mrs. Dave Marshall of Ver years. ¡office of the West Coast Power Co. I spected. The ceremony was read by the' nciiia. About 50 guests attended at Clatskanie, instituted a search. | Tuesday morning, again business Dian and Rector, Dr. John D. Me-1 the reception. DRILL REACHES DEPTH OF I The truck and its victim was lo- : sessions and addresses and at noon Luuchlan, in the chapel of St. j Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Marshall will 440 FEET IN CITY WELL— jeated by Alton Bailey, manager of j the Kiwanis club is planning a big Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle. I be at home in Ellenbert Apart- Equipment drilling a well at the' the company. The accident was in-1 free barbecue in the city park. AM E. Harrison Street, The ceremony was read in the- ments, 915 ~ site of St. Helens municipal water, vestigated by State Police Sergeant Zundel, county agent of Clatsop presence of the immediate families. I Seattle, Washington. storage reservoir had reached a C. E. Thorne and County Sheriff county, will do the barbecueing. --------- depth of 440 feet Thursday morn-1M. R- Calhoun. The body is at the Given in marriage by her (father, I ing. While there is 300 feet of 'Anderson Funeral Home in Clat3- CLATSKANIE PICNIC AT the bride wore a bristle gown of ¡Church Ceremony water in the well, no tests of vol- j kaiiie under the supervision of J. O. PORTLAND WELL ATTENDED— green crepe with black accessories, Read Thursday— ume of water per minute has been Elbon, county coroner. ’ A large crowd gathered at the and carried a bouquet of white Miss Amy Hughes, daughter of Garden Rite made. 1 Peninsula Park in Portland Sunday gardenias and tiny pink rose buds. jfor the annual Clatskanie picnic. The equipment will continue to FREE BARBECUE AT Her attendant, Mrs. Harry A. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hughes of Ver Unites Couple— nonia, became the bride of Marvin drill several days longer before a RECLAMATION MEET— I The weather was ideal and every- Kline, sister of the bride, wore a In an attractive garden ceremony Plans were outlined for the an- one enjoyed the reminiscing after gown of burnt sugar crepe with a ■ Kamholz, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. I on Saturday evening, August 26th, decision is reached whether to con E. Kamholz of Goldendale, Wash nual convention of the Oregon Re- a bountiful lunch. A debt of thanks tinue deeper. corsage of white gardenias. at the home of the bride’s parents claimation Congress which will be is due to Mrs. Hattie Burke whb Mr. Paul Wetzler of Portland, ington, at a simple ceremony read on Corey hill, Miss Kathryn Mar UTILITY DISTRICT IS held in Clatskanie September 11 sees that many are notified each friend of the groom, was best man. Thursday at the Evangelical church' garet McKenzie became the bride HELD UNNECESSARY— and 12, at yesterday’s meeting of year and who makes and supplies After the wedding a reception at Vernonia. Rev. H. R. Scheuer- of J Alfred Crist, son of Mrs. N. Creation of the Scappoose Peo the directors of the Kiwanis club, the coffee for the gathering. was held at the home of the bride’s man officiated. The bride, given in marriage by Crist of Milton, Washington. The ple’s Utility District, embracing vir parents, Decorations were pink iS service was read by the Rev. W. O. gladiolas and pom pom dahlias. A her father, wore a white lace dress Livingstone before a large group of tually the same area now included in | the Scappoose drainage district will with train and finger tip veil. She wedding cake designed in the shape friends and relatives. Mrs. William be of no advantage to the irriga- i of a cross, decorated with white carried a white and yellow colonial AT nn.A n-f D/1141 anti ill o v/i/1 4Vi 4 1 x tion ■ _ __ / - — .... _■ j . . the 1 , . Munro of Portland played the wed- project or :. its residents, roses, lattice and love birds, adorn bouquet. ding march. | state hydroelectric commission held Mrs. Harvey Wright of John Day, ed the dining table. It .was lighted The bride, given in marriage by 'in a report on the feasibility of the' with tall pink candles. Wm. the bride’s only attendant, wore a her father, wore a lovely dress of * ' of the proposal. dress of blue brocade satin. She Barkman and Mrs. Kline pink net trimmed with blue ribbon, The purpose of asking for the I she also wore blue bows in her hair proposed utility district, the report Thursday and Friday, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 A»<1 carried a bouquet of yellow, read, was to establish a buying and pink and white flowers. selling agency to purchase electri Miss Christine McKenzie, sister city at wholesale for resale to the >t the bride, was maid of honor. drainage district and to those land She wore a dress of blue taffeta, owners or residents of the project has «ver reached the .diss Wilma Adams, the bride- whe would build their own distri jrcom’s niece, was bridesmaid. She bution lines to take energy from .vere a blue lace dress. Each had the district system. link hair ribbons. Miss Marcia Turner, dressed in R. R. HANKINS ISSUES illow, and Miss Shirley Lord, FINANCIAL REPORT— faitii in the. dressed in blue trimmed with pink, A financial report of the St. Hel were flower girls, each carried a ens Golden Jubilee committee has WEDDING MARCH To basket trimmed with pink crepe been issued by R. R. Hankins, fi nancial secretary. The report shows paper. Joe Armstrong acted as best man receipts totaling $2,190.76, and dis bursements of $2,146.17, leaving a for the bridegroom. ir •••”> A lunch was served after the bank balance of $44.59. Receipt from the sale of buttons ceremony to the following guests: ¿z°duced and Directed by Mr and Mrs. Erven and son, Fred, and dance tickets by the four can- FOR BOTH RINGS Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Vike, Nora and didates for queen totaled $1,791.50. An unusually low price for John Vike, Shirley Lord, Luke This was divided: Queen Marguerite thisexquisite 10-diamond en J-DIAMOND Bjornsen, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Stolen Johnson, $574.00; Princess Marcine semble of glorious splendor. Perfectly harmonized yellow and son, Vernon; Richard and Wil- Cross, $552.50; Princess Jean King, gold mountings of newest jma Adams, Joe Armstrong, Rosalie $376.25; and Princess Karen Holm DOUBLE FEATURE Saturday, Sept. 2 design. 'Layer, Mr. and Mrs. Lisenby and gren, $288.85. The carnival playing I daughters, Wilberta and Noreen of here during the celebration paid the CONVENIENT | Gales Creek, Mr. and Mrs. F. Lange, committee $152.00, and receipts TERMS! A lovely yel- ' Mi and Mrs. Carl Davis, Mr. and from dances in the Blue Rose, low gold ¡Mrs. T. DeHart, Harley Woodruff, Eagles and Knights of Pythias halls mounting set with WILLIAM GARGAN • . 'Miss Helen Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. brought in $223.60. The baseball With George O’Brien 3 sparkling blue >. IRENE HERVEY ■ j white diamonds. Ex ' Harold Gay, Mr. and Mrs. Dan game netted $17.50; and gates re AL PICTURE 1 ceptional value! I Richards and Miss Marcia Turner, ceipts from the coronation program Watchmaker and Jeweler Guests from Tualitan were Mr. were $6.06. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 3, 4 and 5 Disbursements: program, $193.00; land Mrs. Bob Barnes and Mr. and ¡Mrs. Ray Thornbrue and son, How- wrter sports, $146.55; advertising, THE WONDER SHOW OF SHOWS' $141.35; girls’ committee, $146.82: I ard. | Portland guests were Mr. and dances, $170.40; insurance, $120.00: Mrs. W. Munro, Miss Margaret El- baseball, $70.00; general, $637.32: ¡rick, the bride’s aunt, Mrs. Mary and expense of the four girls ami ¡Mason, Malcolm McLellan, Mr. and official chaperone to San Francisco Mrs. Joe Cull and daughters, Jean World’s Fair, $470.63. gorgeous Elaine, Mrs. N. Crist of Mil- Washington, Mr. and Mrs. J. HOLDS GRAVESIDE SERVICE— TECHNICOLOR! ' > Graveside services were held at McKenzie, the bride’s parents, i ■ JUDY FRANK • > John and Christine McKenzie. the Lutheran cemetery at Warren GARLAND * MORGAN it 10:00 a. m. yesterday for Fred RAY BERT IACK < > C. Drury, 77, who died in his home BOLGER • LAHR • HALEY n West St. Helens last Monday. He Directed by Victor Fleming Produced by Mervyn LeRoy is survived by three sons, Theo anil Harold of Reno, Nevada, and Don-’ aid of Long Beach, California, and See this picture, the biggest of the year, which is two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Mattison now running in Portland for five weeks. Why does this little boy squint when he reads? It of Santa Monica, California and, and Also a SUNDAY AFTERNOON MATINEE. may be his eyes. But it's probably poor light! PIONEER GROUP Mrs. Dorothy Gibson of Reno.‘'Ro t PICNIC SUNDAY— gers Funeral Home of St. Helens Wednesday, September 6 Three hundred persons attended wa° in charge of arrangements. the ninth annual picnic of the Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers held at Scappoose last Sunday. The principal address was given by Circuit Judge Howard K. D. N. THORNSON DIES IN MISHAP— Zimmerman. Officers re-elected for another Dwight N. Thomson, 25-year-oM year were J. G. Watts, president; Clatskanie resident, was fatally in- 1 Robert Bonser, vice president; Mrs. jured Wednesday, when the truck Thursday and Friday, September 7 and 8 See the difference when you give him a good reading Rose Watts, secretary - treasurer. he was driving left the highway lamp? He doesn't have to strain his eyes to seel Chairmen selected were Mrs. D. W. near the Wallace fish station in the Price, hospitality; Mrs. Earl Kil- Beaver drainage district and over- werth, Mrs. Laura McKay and Mis« KEEP YOUNG EYES BRIGHT Six of the biggest stars of screen and radio Mary E. Ewing, dinner; George in the year’s biggest entertainment! Frakes, care of grounds. Vernonia Grange No. 305 Among the pioneers speaking Mqpts Second Saturday of Every Month briefly were Martin White of St. 8 P. M. Helens, J. W. Fullerton of Warren No mother wants to let her child strain his eyes by and Maude Collier of Portland. reading or studying in dim light. But what most « BUY NEHALEM VALLEY Asa Holloday welcomed the visitors. mothers don't know is . . . how to tell what’s good FARM PRODUCTS t Mrs. Babel Kilworth was in charge light and what isn’t! For instance, surveys show that 2 out of 3 bulbs used in homes today are wrong size of the potluck luncheon. for easy seeing. LET’S BE SOCIABLE carried a colonial bouquet of blue and pink. Mervyn F. Ranes acted as best man. Ushers were Edgar Culbert- sor and Middleton Crawford. Mrs. Retta Johnson sang preced ing the ceremony and Mrs. Marion Sexton played the wedding march. A reception followed in the social hall of the church. Presiding at the table were Mrs. F. M. Ruhl, Mrs. Charles Burrow, Miss Zonweiss Douglass and Miss Doris Rae Estey. Assisting were the Misses Vivian Laird, Geraldine Cason and Bonnie Amer. Following a wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Kamholz returned to Vernonia to live. For traveling the bride wore a silk dess with black coat and accessories, and a corsage of gar- denies. I I i I j Your week’s Program at the JOY THEATRE PERFECT QUA ^NNE-MacMURRAY TUETTE ^I'lTATlOV HAPPINCSS sg7-° CH ä DI RUGG les the HOWE efFEAR /I A. L. Kullander Arizona Legion fk/luck IS YOUR CHILD? County News i------------- St. Helens- Victor McLAGLEN Clatskanie SONG NIGHT The best of the BENNY pictures! uüih, ßeü&i Jßüjld, josi ßetteA, ßöflit I Call on us for information and suggestions to improve your lighting. Oregon Gas & Electric Co TO CELEBRATE 50TH WEDDING— Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lester wiil hold a reception in the Plymouth Hall of the Congregational church from 7:30 to 10 o’clock Tuesday evening. August 29, to celebrate their Golden Wedding anniversary. All their friends are invited to at tend. Mr. and Mrs. Isbister were mar- Avgust 29, 1889 on the Orkney Islands, Scotland. Mrs. James Mc Kinley of Portland was the brides maid and will attend the reception. HOME-Sltwr BRINGS BICCEk PAY Don’t be caught nappl ng when Opportun! 1/ knocks. Prepare for advancement and more money uy ira’ i - Ing now for the Job ahead. Fw litige Lo.tt T< I Ro*. Write for the book on the bue*' * •h-i i like—or mall ua this ad with j our mat ad.lrtM la the margin. 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