__________________ Thursday, April 30, 1942, Vernonia Eagle, Vernonia, Oregon 3
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LEF’SBE SOCIABLE
Garden Scene, Theme
of Junior Prom—
Business Women Plan
Annual Picnic—
The high school gymnasium was
transformed last Saturday night in-
to a garden for the annual Junior
Prom.
Bowers of flowers and
g.eenery and soft blue lights were
the decorations to carry out the
theme. Garden swings were placed
about the hall.
Music was provided by Bob Ste-
wart’s orchestra of Portland.
Plans for the annual picnic to
be held on the lawn of Mrs. Ralph
Valpiani were made Tuesday night
at the meeting Of the Vernonia Bus
iness Women who were entertained
by Miss Mildred Weed at her home.
The picnic fare for the last meeting
of the year centers about the main
dish, delicious, Italian spagnetti
prepared by the hostess.
During
the
business
meeting
Tuesday, the program for next year
'■‘as discussed with the members
agreeing upon tentative plans to
be developed during the summer
by the program chairman.
Miss Betty Mulkey, in charge of
the lecture for the evening talked
briefly on physical education and
particularly the part it takes in the
defense program.
Wedding Anniversary,
Birthday Honored—
Mrs. Lee Jessee entertained with
a dinner Sunday in honor of Mr.
and Mrs. John Roediger’s sixth
wedding anniversary and Mr. Jessee’s
birthday. Those present were Mr.
and Mrs. Archie Hewett and Mrs.
Meva Wilson of Camas, Washing
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hewett
of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Land Friendship Club
sen and son of Riverview, Mr. and Entertained Thursday—
Mrs. Harvey Crume was hostess
Mrs. John Roediger and daughter,
for members of the Friendship Club
J an. and Mr. and Mrs. Jessee
at her home last Thursday. In addi
tion to the regular members at
tending, Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Ma
har were there as guests. A delic
ious luncheon was served followed
by a delightful guessing game con
ducted by the president of the club,
.
. Clha.'les Biggs.
Missionary Meeting
To Be Held Wed.—
The regular meeting of the Ev
angelical Missionary Society is to
be held Wednesday, May 6th at the
church social hall. This meeting
will also commemorate the annual
birthday dinner.
SHORTAGE RESULT
Sales of honey, mclasses and ma
ple syrup are increasing as a resu.t
cf the sugar shortage.
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JOY THEATRE
Thursday and Friday,
April 30,
May
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YOU’LL NEVER GET RICH
Fred Astaire, Rita
a
Hayworth,
Robert
Benchley
WEST OF ABILENE
Charles Starrett, Marjorie Cooley
Saturday, May 2
A YANK IN THE R. A. F.
Tyrone Power, Betty Grable, John Sutton
Sport Reel
Comedy
Sunday and Monday, May 3 and 4
TARZAN’S SECRET TREASURE
Johnny Weissmuller,
New«
Maureen
Comedy
O’Sullivan,
John Sheffield
Sport Reel
Tuesday, May 5
BORN TO SING
Virginia
Weidler,
Ray
McDonald,
Leo
Comedy
Gorcey
Cartoon
Wednesday, Thursday and Frjday,
May 6. 7 and 8
JOHNNY EAGER
Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward
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COMING—The Bugle Sound. — Courtship of Andy Hardy ——
Maltese Falcon
A
Mrs. America
Meets the War
EDITOR’S NOTE:
War
touches
every
every
on
citizen.
official
This
home
column,
government
and
based
information
and prepared by the Office for Em
ergency
Management,
the
will
war
affect
show,
Mrs.
how
America
and her home.
Benzo will have to start stiatxrh-
ing—and he can blame his new
dog troubles on a shortage alf roten
one. Rotenone 's a chemical widely
used as an ingredient in sprays
and soaps for dogs, cats and other
household pets, as well as a house
hold insecticide. Now all such uses
are prohibited. Unfortunately, the
source of rotenone is certain woody
plants grown mainly in Malaya and
the Netherlands Indies, and our
present supplies must be cons, wed
for use as a spray for specified
food crops.
...
A lot of Mrs. Americas, handy
with the needle, have been asking
ebout putting the cuffs on hubby’s
t 'ousers at home. But if you have
any such plans, you are breaking
the law as much as if you walked
off with a necklace from Tiffany’s.
The War Production Board order
prohibits any person (and the pen
alties are severe) fi<om putting
cuffs on trousers—that means man
ufacturer, retailer, custom tailor
and you, the customer’s wife.
* • •
If you can’t get bananas ifor
dessert some evening, it may be be
cause they have been used instead
to launch a ship for victory. A
subchaser recently went down to
the sea cn a cushion of seven tons
of bananas. With fats and oils in
the critical material class, bananas
have proved a worthy substitute for
greasing the ways.
* • •
A little insect of northe rn Ind a
and your recording of Beethoven’s
Fifth Symphony have always veen
closely connected, but it takes a
war to point out how. The principal
ingredient of phonograph records is
shellac which is refined from the
■esinous substance secreted by tiny
insects on the twigs of certain trees.
Virtually our sole supply of shellac
comes from India. Sc it is not sur
prising that record production must
be cut 70 per cent and other shellac
uses drastically limited. Shellac has
many important military uses as
well as for marine paints, health
supplies and navigation and com
munication instruments. As for your
future supply of Freddy Martin or
Bing Crosby, manufacturers are ex
perimenting with substitute mater
ials and will also try reclaiming old
records.
...
In the first concrete war demand
made of them, the housewives of
America came througTn. Largely
hrough their efforts, the crisis in
the wastepaper shortage has been
passed. Now the urgent need is for
scrap rubber. Look around again
for old tires, inner tubes, hot water
bottles, rubber bath i mats, old rain
coats and rubber jar rings. Re-
claimed I rulbber has . a big role to
play in i winning the ■ war.
♦ * i *
One of the oddities of the war
is that sterling silver may soon be
easier to buy than silverplate. Al-
ready cheaper lines of silverplate
have been discontinued because
copper has been the most common-
ly used alloy. Now further use of
all base metal alloys is forbidden,
A very small amount of alloy
metal must also be used for sterl-
ing, but. so far. there has been
no restriction for this purpose.
• « •
It will be too bad if you’re aller
gic to milkweed 'because you may
soon be sleeping on it. It is being
tried out as a partial replacement
of kapok in pillows, as well as in
life preservers and heat-insulating
coverings.
...
You’ll just have to turn the rug
around again and put the most
threadbare spot under the sofa.
Last week, jute for rug making
was further curtailed; this week,
wool has been banned entirely for
all floor coverings, drapery and up
holstery fabrics. Even wool that
manufacturers had on hand cannot
be put into process. The only bright
spot for consumers is that all wool
now in production will be permitted
to be run through for the civilian
market.
...
Now your laundryman and dry
cleaner are up against it. Just like
Mrs. America they won’t be able
to get new machinery. AH produc
tion of commercial laundry equip
ment must stop after June 1, dry
cleaning machinery after July I.
Manufacturers are not only go
ing to stop making radios, they’re
also going to discontinue about half
cf the radio tubes now on the ,.iar-
ket. Moat of these tubes (349 out
of 710) are duplicate, obsolete, or
small-demand types. Even if your
radio uses one of the discontinued
types, you need not worry, however,
because present stocks are reported
adequate for two years, And in
many cases, other types may be
substituted for those prohibited.
• » •
Right now you may be walking
around on loofa sponges—but not
for long. One of the main uses of
the loofa plant, grown commercial
ly only in Japan, is for inner soles
in footwear. Other popular uses
ere for household cleaners and
scrubbers. From now on, however,
the Navy will take, most oif the
loofa sponges we have, for use as
oil filters.
the automobile industry will be
According to present indications. comP‘etely converted to war pro
duction by September 1.
COMPLETE CONVERSION
Saywith cheerful
S unny .
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METAL SHORTAGE
93 Proof
National Distillers Products Corp., N. Y.
New clothes will be short on zip-
pers, buckles and other metal orna
ments. Most of the buttons that are
used will be made Of wood, bone
and spun glass.
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—almost
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ashamed to admit reading mys-
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Maybe you didn’t know that
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professors,
bank
presidents, great scientists, cap-
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like their mysteries. In fact, mil
lion* of Americans are reading
more mysteries today than ever
before.
Why?
Mainly
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freshing.
It
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short-stcry
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And
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T HE
national Income changes in the
last twelve months, is based on the
monthly consumers' study of In
vestors Syndicate of Minneapolis.
Mr. and Mrs. Public in February
had a "real income” of $118, or an
increase of eighteen cents on the
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This "real income” Is not a sub
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these figures designed to show h
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Cash Income of Mr. and Mrs.
Public in February was $1.33 tor
every $1 a year earlier. This gain
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and salaries twenty-one cents; in
vestment income was up six cents,
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Rents In February were up three
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twenty-two cents, and clothing was
up fifteen cents.
Miscellaneous
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