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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1942)
Thursday, November 12, 1942 2 . Vernonia Eagle YOUR TOWN’S TOPICS Portland to visit with hvr brother, Ben, who left for the Navy Thurs day. Hera for Week-End— » Returns from Trip- Miss Daisy MacDonald returned to her home in Portland Thursday, November 6, after being gone a month on a vacation trip to Chi- ixhxhxhxhxhxh : Make Sure You Have Enough Dishes for Thanksgiving 32-Piece Set of Dishes Special— $5.75 ------•------ 32-Piece Set of Pottery Ware in Pa - 1 Shades Special— $6.50 42-Piece Set of Dishes with Platinum Band $16.50 ------•------ 20-Piece Tea Glass Set $2.65 For H»rdware— See Hoffman HOFFMAN Hardware Co. HXHZHZHXHZHZ Victory Senice League Planned Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Garner were cago. In Minneapolis, Minnesota Vernonia visitor» over the week Formation of a Vernonia chapter she visited friends and in Fargo, end. They are living in »outhwest- of the national (Victory Service North Dakota, Lola Bennet, who ern Washington now. league, a national alliance of motor once ran a variety store here. Armistice dance, Legion hall, Sat., ists, was announced here this week Smashes Car— by Edward Salomonsen of the Ver Nov. 14. Adm. 50c inc. tax. George Johns, while enroute to nonia Auto company, which will Portland Sunday night, swerved his Visit* Here Sunday— serve as local headquarters of the Robert Acord now-bearded Port car in order to avoid hitting three land shipyard worker, was in Ver new organization. Mr. Salomonsen pedestrians and thus smashed an just returned from Portland where nonia Sunday. other car. Both cars were damaged, he was formally inducted as Ver War benefit luncheon Sat., Nov. but not too badly to run. No one nonia chairman of the VSL. was injured. Mr. Johns was taking 14. 12 to 2 p.m. 50c plate. Masonic Temple. Nehalem Social club. 46tl — The Victory Service league, ac his wife to Portland, as she is work cording to Mr. Salomonsen, has ing in the shipyards now. Mr. and Here for Few Days— Mrs. Johns, together with Mary Arthur Williams spent several been founded as a patriotic organ Ann and James Johns and Emma days this week with his father be ization of car and truck operators Lou Davenport, were planning on fore leaving for Marshland, Oregon. who are pledging themselves to car spending the evening in Portland. conservation in the interests of Visit Here Friday— Dance every two weeks at 1OOF Mary Anne and Jimmy Furnish maintaining America’s transporta hall. Nov. 21, Dec. 5, Dec. 19, were visitors here last Friday. Mary tion system. Jan. 2. 46t2— Anne is a senior at Roosevelt high In addition, the league will pro school in Portland. Jimmy, a grad Livings one Is Spsaker— uate of Vernonia high school, is vide motorists with a correlating Reverend W. O. Livingstone was agency through which they can par the speaker at the district rally of working in the shipyards. the 90 and 9 at Forest Grove Thurs Dance at Natal, Saturday, Novem ticipate in any nationally-sponsored day evening, NovembeV 12. ber 14. Glen Davis orchestra 46tl-- activity designed to further the country ’ s war effort, he said. Reunion Held— Returns with Baby— Mr. and Mrs. Emil Minger had as Mrs. Harold McEntire returned Chevrolet People, Base their guests last week Mrs. Minger home last week-end with her baby, and son, Eddie, from Oakland, Cal Pa.ricia Adele. More than 8,000 Chevrolet deal ifornia. Following this stay, the ers and 75,000 of their employees War benefit luncheon Sat., Nov. group drove to Portland for a three comprise the basic group about 14. 12 to 2 p.m. 50c plate. Masonic day reunion with their daughters which the Victory Service .eague and families, and also with Mrs. Temple. Nehalem Social club. 4611-- has been established. This group has Minger, Sr., her brother, son and In Portland— a twofold purpose in making the family. The gathering turned out Mr. and Mrs. George Drorbaugh league effective in our war effort. to be a real party which can’t be have been in Portland for a week. First, they have taken an active repeated soon, as the sons are join Mr. Drorbaugh is receiving medical part in four of the nation’s greatest ing the armed forces. patriotic drives. They were extrem attention. ely effective in the drive to estab War benefit luncheon Sat., Nov. Ladies gym classes and volleyball. lish the ten per cent bond drive. 14. 12 to 2 p.m. 50c plate. Masonic Monday night* at 7:30 at grade Second, they engaged in the Temple. Nehalem Social club. 46tl — school. Mr*. R. D. Eby, director. scrap rubber campaign—the metal 4611 — Return* from Bremerton— scrap campaign just finished has Mrs. R. A. Simmons returned to In City Wednesday— been marked as a tremendous suc Vernonia Saturday after being with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gordon were cess. The purpose is to assure con her daughter, Mrs. E. J. Hutchin Port'and visitors on Wednesday. servation of passenger cars and son, in Bremerton since the Monday trucks and will bring to the nation before. Mrs. Hutchinson was oper Trio Gone Saturday— a full realization that the motorist Mr. and Mrs. W. W. McCrae and must protect his equipment to get ated on for appendicitis on Monday. Mrs. J. W. Nichols were in Portland the most economical mileage and to Turkey shoot, Andy Parker farm last Saturday. prolong the driving life of the car Sun., Nov. 15. Plenty of shell*. or truck he is now using in his Armistice dance, Legion hall, Sat., Injured in Play---- country’s service. Nov. 14. Adm. 50c inc. tax. I Verlin Crume suffered a left I* Vital Life-Line Colle’s fracture Tuesday afternoon, Myers Parent* of Boy— Mr. and Mrs. Richard Myers are November 3 while playing at the “Automotive transportation is the parents of a bay, Richard Le America’s vital life-line,” the local Washington grade school. roy, born at 8:10 p. m. Monday, No man said. “The 27,000,000 passen Here from Portland ---- vember 9 at the Smith hospital in ger cars and ihe 5,000,000 trucks Mrs. Elmer Hackney and sons, Hillsboro. The infant weighed 7 and now operating in this country con Bobby and Spencer, were here from one-half pounds at birth. stitute a great source of mobility in the hands of the general public. Turkey shoot, Andy Parker farm How that essential mobility is con Sun., Nov. 15. Plenty of shells. served has a very direct bearing on Away Last Week-End— the war program. It is the aim of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mills were Port the VSL to foster sane, sensible land*visitors last week-end. conservation of transportation. “The national slogan of the VSL, Mr. Salomonsen added, “is ‘save the wheels that serve America’. That Father Die*— slogan must be translated into ac Alexander Chalmers, 94, oldtime tuality and the VSL affords an ex resident of Cornelius, died at his cellent medium for so doing. home there on November 2. Among the survivors is William R. Chalm VSL members, he said, will re ers of Vernonia. ceive a free car conservation inspec- Nov. 14. Adm. 50c inc. tax. Armistice dance, Legion hall, Sat., Turkey shoot, Sun., On the Seven Seas For 45 years General Electric has developed and built electric equip ment for warships. Here are a few of the ways in which electricity serves the Navy. Nov. Moving to 15. Andy Parker Plenty of farm shells. Portland— Mrs. Jack Parry and children moved to Portland Thursday to join Mr. Parry, who is a welder at Kaiser’s Vancouver shipyard. After three more nights of training, Mrs. Parry intends to work there also. Tuesday Mrs. M. B. Steers re ceived a very interesting V-Mail letter from her brother who is sta tioned somewhere in Australia. Mr. and Mrs. Lew Boddy had as week-end surprise guests their son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Charles NATAL—Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Dass Boddy of Newberg. and family spent Sunday in Ska- mokawa visi.ing with Mrs. Dass’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cook. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pringle, Jr. motored to St. Helens on business Tuesday. M. B. Steers, Jr., took one of the company trucks to Linnton Tues day. Ben Dowler was up from Cedar creek Monday evening and had sup per and spent the evening with the Carmichael family. Mr. and Mrs. Swanson and Mr. and Mrs. Gibson were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hen derson. Those a.tending Pomona Grange Saturday were Noble Dunlap, Rich ard Peterson, Mrs. Nettie B. Pet erson and Mrs. Carmichael. Those attending in the evening were Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Henderson, Mrs. MacNeil, Mrs. Dunlap and Mrs. Steers. Friday evening a feW of the neighbors gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap to practice songs. A very enjoyable time was had by all. Mrs. Vern MacNeil was in Port land most of last week. Richard Peterson is spending a few days in Portland this week. Natal Folk Attend Grange Meeting 1. Just one battleship may have electric generators to produce as much as 180.000 kilowatts. This power would supply the needs of a city of 375,000. 2. Searchlights produce millions of candlepower of light to aid in detecting enemy ships and planes, and to guide Navy gunners to their targets. 3. More than 20 different opera tions are performed in bringing a naval gun to bear on its target. Electricity helps to co-ordinate these operations. 4. When a battleship goes into action, electricity helps direct the ship, operate the guns, and give the orders. G.E. is building equipment to do these jobs. General Electric believe that its first duty as a good citizen is to e a good soldier. Genera/ Ehctnc Company. Schanottady, N. Y. •** » m GENERAL Æ» ELECTRIC Mr. and Mrs. George Brown of Riverview spent Saturday evening with the Ira Peterson family. Mrs. Ira Peterson was very pleas antly surprised Sunday by a visit from her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Raddatz, of Cornel ius. tion when they sign the national pledge. In addition they will be giv- en membership cards and emblems to display on their cars. Owners of all makes of cars and trucks are urged to sign the VSL pledge and the fact that local head- quarters will be the Vernonia Auto company has no bearing on the aims and intents of the program. A good reason to buy gas at Heath’s Heath’s sell only Signal gasoline—the gasoline which gives you more miles to the gallon. This type of gas will be especially welcome when gal lons are so limited. Heath’s Service Station Phone X57 At the Mile Bridge, Riverview Notice to Our Customers We have been asked to conserve tires and gasoline and in order to do this we have to make fewer service trips. All service orders taken in the city in the forenoon will be executed in the afternoon and all orders taken in the afternoon will be executed the following forenoon. Orders taken in rural sections will be exe cuted the following day. We hope this does not inconvenience you too much but we feel that it is necessary in the present emergency. Oregon Gas & Electric Co.
