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Vernonia Eagle Thursday, January 7, 1943 2 Twin-Engined Bomber Several Illnesses Noted at Mist YOUR TOWN'S TOPICS Doris, California with Orle Robbins and brothers from Pensacola, Florida. family have moved from the Boeck MacDonald Hotel now open for house to the house formerly oc- tl— business. Roomer* welcome. cupied by the Melvin Harpers, both on State street. They are buying Here Week-End— the house, and the Perry Brown Robert Acord visited here ings are anticipating occupying the week end. He is working in Boeck place later on. Swan Island shipyards now, but Grades Are Good---- pects to be called in the Army Miss Erma Kent has been named in March. Corps to the second honor roll at the O.C.E. at Monmouth for the fall Treated for Wound*---- term. She achieved a grade point Clyde Davis of Mist was treated average of at least 3.0 but not here for a four-inch scalp wound higher than 3.5, the qualification and an equally-long cut in his hand, for the first honor roll. after being hit with a brick Sunday Dance every two weeks at IOOF afternoon As he was leaving the Jan. 30, Feb. 13, hall. Jan. 16, tavern at Mist, two apparent en lt2 — Feb. 27. emies assailed him. Residenci Change MIST—Don Hall has been . t home with a case cf influenza since last Thur. day. Mrs. Art Barnes has been on the sick list the past week but is able to be ooi again. Joseph Banzer was a village shop per on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lindberg nnd sen, Larry, of St. Helens were at their parent’s home over the week- end. Her parents are M and Mrs. O. Libel. s. Wm. Gar'ock is going to with the Biglow family wh’e their house keeper is rec Vering from a broken leg. The Biglows live near Clatskanie. Earl Roper is taking his vacation from highway dulies this week and next. Austin Dowling is looking aft er Mr. Roper’s job. He’s the high way boss. Joanne Hayden is helping Mrs. Bridgers with her work before and after school hours. Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Libel we^e Sunday visitors at the Austin Dow b ling home. Mr. and Mrs. Teacher« Ski— Grade school teachers Shirley Wrong Ci'y Named— Weigal Hardesty and Betty Mulkey Mrs. J. M. Peachey is attending Puell spent their vacation since the welding school in Forest Grove middle of last week until Sunday skiing at Mt. Hood. They returned rather than St. Helens, as was stat to school Monday uncomfortably ed last week. stiff and sore. MacDonald Hotel now open for In California business. Vacation---- Miss Esther Willers spent a week of her vacation from high school teaching duties on a trip to San Leandro. California where she and her mother visited rela.ives. Miss Willers returned Saturday and re ported the weather sunny there. Her mother is con.inuing her visit. MacDonald business. Reurns Hotel Roomer, to new open welcome. for tl---- Hillsboro— Mrs. L. B. Pugh, mother of Mrs. Charles White, returned Sunday to her home in Hillsboro after spend ing the holidays here. In Portland Tuesday— Mr. and Mrs. Gene Shipman were Portland visitors Tuesday. Visit on Sunday---- Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Watson and Francis of Buxton were Sunday afternoon visitors at the Charles White home. Goes to Hospital— Roomer* welcome. tl— Kullander*« Have Guests---- Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Kullander of “The Northwest’s fallers, buckers Milwaukie were guests of Mr. and , and sawyers are 4he ground crews Mrs. A. L. Kullander on New Year’s , of British pilots, gunners and bom day. The two Kulianders are broth- bardiers,” says the office of war in ers. formation, as quoted by the West Visit in Yakima— Lumbermen's association. Coast Mrs. F. H. Layman and daughter, “They are cutting the propellor Marianne, returned Sunday from blades of Lancasters, Halifaxes, Yakima, where they visited Mrs. Wellingtons, Spitfires and Hurri- Mrs. canes. They are cutting wood for Layman’s mother-in-law, Fletcher. fuselage frames, spars and long- . erons. engine mountings and bomb Visits Here— doors. Miss Borgny Romtvedt of Bonan za, Oregon was a guest of her uncle “From the forests of the Pacific and family, the Fred Romtvedts, Northwest to English aircraft fac- Saturday afternoon and Sunday. tories there is a steady flow of Sit She had been in Portland to enlist ka spruce, Douglas fir, West Coast as a WAAC, and returned Monday hemlock and Noble fir. One-.hird morning to complete her enlistment. of the weight of all the craft flown by the Royal Air force is wood. Items of Week At Natal Written Robert Gardner was taken to the ■St. Vincents hospital Tuesday aft- abdominal ernoon because of NATAL—Mr. and Mrs. Clyde trouble. Henderson were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Swanson of River Attend Funeral— y Mrs. Charles White and daughter view. Mrs. M. B. Steers and :h’.l<lren Leota, attended the funeral of a relative Wednesday of last week in visited with the L. Carmichaels Sunday. Hillsboro. Mrs. Choates is home from Port Returns Monday---- land for a few days. She was called Mrs. Cecil Johnson returned Mon there by the sudden illness of her day afternoon after being gone mother. since before Christmas visiting in Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Henderson and Mr. and Mrs. Craig and son, Kenneth, motored to Portland a week ago Saturday to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Norman Henderson and small son. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Peterson took their son, Norman, back to Laurel wood Monday where he is attend TO BRIGHTEN THE ing school. Mrs. Victor Berg and children WALLS IN YOUR had New Year’s dinner with Mrs. Berg’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. HOME Carmichael. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Lindsay spent Red, White or Green New Year’s eve with Mr. and Mrs. In 3 Styles with White Dunlap and Mrs. Mary Peterson. Noble Dunlap and Louis Çar- Wall Brackets miehael and Johnnie were in Poi\- land Tuesday on business, Mrs. Berg called on Mrs. Dun- lap and Mrs. Mary Peterson New- For Hardware— Year's day. DECORATIVE FLOWER POTS 35c 40c~60c See Hoffman HOFFMAN Hardware Co Hat ht eus Grappins says- Present Store Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Open until 8 p.m. Saturdays Lumbermen Said Ground Crews Yep! I'm back at work agin. I Sggei on buyin' lots of War Bonds to help our hoys. Don't forget—we're all sup posed to be signed up for 10% The Forest Grove NATIONAL BANK Invites You to Bank by Mail if Inconvenient to Come in Person J. A. Thornburg, President THE ROLL OF HONOR BANK” “Northwest loggers had their share in the bombing of Cologne by RAF Stirlings, and in blasting the diesel works at Augsburg,” the OWI statement continues. “They helped build the twin-engined Beau- fighters which have been so succes- sful in Libya and in the coastal command Blenheims which keep the North Sea free of German ships.” Pictured here is the “Mosquito, »» 1 Britain’s new twin-engined recon naissance bomber. Developed by the De Havilland design office staff, it is of simple wood construction and lends itself to widely dispersed man ufacture. In the “tight little isle” that is Britain’s homeland and pro duction base, airplane factories are mahy and small, so that even the best-directed air raid will not crip ple output. Several Guests Present At New Year Party; Corporal Ends Visit TIMBER—Mrs. Francis Wann daughter, Billie, of Wheeler were overnight guests of the Mooneys last Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Riche of Hills- boro were Sunday visitors here. Guests at the New Year’s watch party at the Bert Swallia home were Mr. and Mrs. John Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Harkson and Mr. and Mrs. Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Braden of Cottage Grove spent la>t week with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Elliott and son, Rich ard. Corporal Tommy Ramsey, Jr., left last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Pete,-s?n uf Sun set camp spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shank at Westslope. Ed Ferg'rsun returned Sunday night from Per.land whe.e he spent the holidays w’th his mother. Mrs. Percy McCampoell spent from Tuesday until Friday in Port land at the J. H. Thomas home. FORESTS FURNISH MATERIALS American forests have furnished most of the material used in the homes of the people, which now represent a value of about $80,- 000,000,000. Oregon traffic death rate for the first eleven months of 1942 was 8.3 persons killed per one hundred million miles of travel, exactly the same as for the first ten months of the year, according to figures com piled in the office of the state traf fic safety division. The fact that the rate for the eleven-month period was the same as for the ten-month period indi cates Oregon drivers and pedes trians are driving and walking more safely, the division reported. For the month of November alone the deathrate was 7.7, compared 1« 11.2 for the corresponding month in 1941. The death rate indicates the num ber of fatalities in the s.ate in proportion to the exposure to acci dent, as revealed through travel over Oregon’s highways and streets. TEse cheerfulness of Dessy’s Tavern Makes it a place to which you’ll return. It’s a clean and pleasant place to go for your favorite beverages. Dessy’s Tavern LUMBER — SHINGLES — VENEER WHOLESALE AND RFTAIL See my bargains in Kiln Dried Lumber at $8.7*5 Open Saturdays from 8 a. m. to noon. M and up If It’s Gas, Gil- ÍOr Greasing il ant Janey closed the bedroom door and locked it. Alone at last! She threw back her head and heaved a American Income Rises deep sigh. Then she peeked out of 30 Cents; Living Costs the corner of her eye at the mirror to see whether she really did look Up 8 Cents Over 1941 like Hedy LaMarr. Quite a lot, she decided. And now to business. She drew forth from the bottom of her top bu reau drawer the sheet of pink writ ing-paper and the envelope that she had been saving for this day. She sat down at the table by the window and dipped the pen into the bo tip of green ink that her sister Rose was such a pig about. She wrote, with beautiful ara besques, “Dear Mr. Morgenthau,” and held her head back to admire this effort of the best pupil in penmanship class. “Here are my stamps for a bond. $18.75. I started last Christmas when I got $3.00. Not counting 50 cents, I have earned all the rest, working one or more days a week at a local gro cery store, and Ihn ou t? proud to say I worked hard to get it. Janey strred out o< th-« window nt Peterson’s house and beyond at the big yard where the kids were play ing football. She held her pen ele gantly in air. “Sitting here looking out the win dow. I see a peaceful little town, and I wonder how the world can b? in HE above chart, showing how such a turmoil and the people of this the average American fared in national income changes in the world can have such hate for tl eir fellow men. So I’m proud to send last twelve months, is based on the these stamps because I know I’m monthly consumers’ study of In helping to make tbe whole world vestors Syndicate of Minneapolis. peaceful again like our little town.” The American Public in October She signed her name with an im had a "real income" of $1.30. or ar. portant nourish, not forgetting a con increase of thirty cents on the dol spicuous “Miss” in front of the lar over the same 1941 month. This “Janey.” After she had sealed the "real Income" is not a subtraction letter she went on staring out of the of cash income and expenditures but window. It really was awfully peace an average relative of these figures ful. Overhead she heard a plane co designed to show how living costa humming by through the sunny aft alfect adjusted income dollars. ernoon air. Cash income of the America!: Then the voice of her best friend, public In October was $1.40 for Betty, called from outside—"Jan every $1 a year earlier. This gain ey!’ In an instant Janey was on of forty cents on the dollar resulted her feet and tearing downstairs and from the following changes per dol out. She was not Hedy LaMarr nor lar: wages up fifty-five cents, other a deep philosopher any more, but Income up thirty-four cents, and exactly twelve years old. T salaries also thirty-four cents on the dollar. Investment income at JI cents was down seven cents. Rents in October were up two cents over a year ago Clothing was up thirteen cents and food was up sixteen cents. Miscellaneous items were two cents higher than in October. 1941. Traffic Death Rate Unchanged (Letter from an actual communication tn the files of the Treasury Department.» • • • Grown-ups and children alike should all help the "breadwinner" of the family to budget for War Bonds. Let's all join a pavro’l savings plan and “top that 10% by New Year's.” L. S ¡»fjttry Dfftrtmtnt Stop at Heath’s. He handles the best quality of each, accompanied by prompt, courteous service. GREASING JOBS » ARE EXPERTLY DONE. Heath’s Service Station Phone X57 At the Mile Bridge, Riverview
