Mrs. Backer Honored
At Shower Tuesday
shingle. Well, neither had the
Vernonia Eagle Thursday, October 26, 1944 3
Big Bo s nor I, but if he could
that the visitors were pretty dis­
Mrs. Allen Backer was hon­ learn, then so could I. I’ve been
gusted.
keeping
house
for
thirty
years;
bride. The service thia year was ored at a showei' Tuesday aftei-
Annual Harvest
shingling a house is semething
held earlier than usual, the time noon given by the women of
Service Held
Two staunch and devoted dem­
new and gave a zest t< the
GUARANTEED
the
Evangelical
church
at
the
The anovql . Harvest Home ser­ in previous years being the Sun­
ocrats
were in Portland at ‘the
living.
home
of
Mrj.
Judd
Greenman.
Watch
Repairing
vice at the Evangelical church day before Thanksgiving, a time
If a woman can learn to keep Union depot at the time the vice
W. T. JACOBS
was held last Sunday with decor­ when frost usually has destroyed The pink and blue wrapped gifts house, with all that implies, and president nominee, Senator Tru­
941 1st Avenue, Vernonia
were
presented the
honored to rear a family, the most comp­ man, arrived for his visit last
ations in the auditorium being much of the produce.
licated task in the world, then
an outstanding display of farm
guest
in
a
beautifully
decorated
Mrs. Grace Laramore was in
week. The two devotees. Celeste
produce grown in his vicinity.
bassinette. About 50 ladies were she can, no matter her age, Poetter and Hazel Shipman, ex­
leain to do any thing else that
Interesteipg items among those charge of arranging the decora­
in attendance and refreshments she wants to do. I am sure the pected a handshake and a pat on
displayed were a large pumpkin tions.
A dinner was served in the were served at 4 o’clock.
reason folks feel old is that they the back for being there but it
grown by Mrs. B. W. Borton,
are just trotting along in the was not to be. Instead, they re­
a squash by Ernest East and a church social hall to about 40
same
old rut and are bored to ceived a few winks from some
13-foot cornstalk by G. C. Kirk­ people after the service.
Halloween Party
death with just existing. Maybe
Planned
Oct.
31
you can live on meat and po­ GIs (who thought they were
Mi's. Lane Welcomed
The
American
Legion
Auxili
­
tatoes, but it sure gives a fillip good looking) and that was all.
To Advisor Post
ary is planning a Halloween par­ to the appetite to add a bit of Reports of the incident mention
Mrs. Frank Lane, newly named ty for the evening of October 31 fresh garden “sass” once in
Mother Advisor for the Rainbow at the hall, admtShoif to the awhile.
Girls, was honored for that po­ event to be either a gift or a
I have had to endure quite a
sition Monday evening when contribution which will go to the bit of kidding from the Big Boss
members of the order staged the hospital and child welfare gift since I almost went down for
welcome degree. Another feature shops. These gifts are placed at the count under that lady's hus­
of the evening was the initiatory the disposal of the boys in the ky left-hander to the solar-plex­
degree for Miss Arline Kirk who hospitals who have no other us. The other day he came in and
became a member of the Rain­ chance to select gitys to send to remarked that he was going to
bow Girls.
haul gravel. I was drying dishes
the;r families.
GROWING SCHOOL
Refreshments were served aft­
The public is cordially invited but promptly announced that I
erwards.
CHILDREN
and entertainment for all is as­ was gojng to help. He grinned.
“No, my dear, you’re too old,
Need lots of milk for
sured.
“he said sympathetically, “you
Tea for Mothers,
health and energy.
Wet weather holds
get cut your knitting and rock
They’ll like Nehalem Wednesday Feature
REPUBLICAN
and rest on the front porch.
no
terrors for the car
Mothers of high school girls
Dairy milk, too. Phone
Shovelling gravel is no job for
He has a KNOWN BACK­
that is tended by Ver­
us for regular delivery were the honor guests at a tea
a dear old white-haired lady.” I
GROUND of training and ex­
held
yesterday
afternoon
at
the
perience and a KNOWN REC­
looked at the platter in my hand
to your home.
nonia Auto mechanics.
high school. Arrangements were
ORD of accomplishment.
and then at him, but it was a
Reliability
is
the
stand
­
made by the Girls’ League and
Rona Morris Workman
nice platter and would be hard to
His first election to Congress
NEHALEM DAIRY
included a program which fea­
Vernonia, Ore.
ard by which our es­
in 1932 was a tribute to his
replace, so I didn’t. I thumbed
PRODUCTS CO.
tured the girls' sextet, accordian
KNOWN
ACHIEVEMENTS et
tablishment is known.
I had quite a shock the other my nose at him instead. (Some­
HOME, as a leader for eight
Phone 471
numbers by Richard Lalli and a
thing
no
real
lady
—
white-haired
day. A charming woman whom
years in his own State Legisla­
Service and repairs on
reading by Shirley Ray.
ture, as the author of many of
I had met for the first time or otherwise— would ever do.)
all
makes
of
automo
­
Oregon’s most important laws,
asked abruptly, “Are you the Then I jerked off my apro:-.
and as Corporation Commis­
biles with the excep­
one who writes those articles grabbed gloves and a shovel and
sioner of his State.
tion of none. For a
Remember us when you
for our paper?” In some trep­ tore after him. Tell me I was
He is now a RECOGNIZED
repair job or for year
idation I confessed to the crime. too old to do what I wanted to
LEADER of the NATIONAL
think of fruit cake. You’ve
“Why,” she exclaimed, her eyes do, would he? He couldn’t get
around auto mainten­
HOUSE
OF REPRESENTA­
wide wih surprise, “I thought a away with a dirty crack like that,
TIVES, with a national reputa­
ance,
there
is
only
one
never tasted finer. And re­
tion as a lawmaker, and has
YOUNG womhn wrote them”. and I proceeded—in the classical
place to go.
placed the First District of
Talk about a wallop below the language of my college-educated
member, too, they keep a
Oregon in the most command­
belt. That one had mq hanging sons—to “show Pop how the cow
The
Vernonia
Auto
ing position it has ever occu­
long, long* time and mellow
on the ropes. Her stress on the ate the cabbage”.
pied in Congress.
company is always at
word ‘young’ and her amazed
your service !
His reelection insures contin­
with age.
look at my mop of grey hair
ued ACTIVE, EXPERIENCED
gave me the feeling that I was in
and EFFECTIVE representa­
tion in Congress.
the last stages of senile decay
and life could hold nothing from
Read His Outstanding Record
Phone 991
Vernonia, Oregon
in Voters' Pamphlet
now on but a bowl of weak gruel
A
Safe
Place
to
Trade
and a cushioned
wheel-chair.
(Pd Adv.)
Perhaps I have been too busy
and too interested in living to
realize that possibly I really
wasn’t young. Of course, when
some well-meaning,
but mis­
guided friend has sent me a
birthday card I have thought,
The most delicious,
“Dear me, ‘time’s awastin’ and
# Each BAX supplies at least the full
cones
in town. Better
FOR FURNITURE AND GIFTS
adult minimum daily requirement of
there are still so many interest­
MCKESSON'S
double
your order be­
the important vitamins needed in hu­
ing things to learn and do”, but
man nutrition. No freed to take several
MATTRESSES— Economy Cotton and Sealy
cause one is never
it didn’t bother me for long. And
tablets a day. And why lake a prod­
Tuftless. Prices range from $]^95 up.
enough.
also, not being entirely blind, I
uct containing only a few vitamins?
Costs less than 3
a day to take BAX.
have gathered from the reflec­
tion in my mirror that the ve­
DINING ROOM SETS. 8 pieces including a
hicle I travel around in isn't ex­
Buffet, 6 chairs and table. Priced at $129^
ORDER
GALLON
OR
MORE
actly a recent model. These two
LOTS OF
ICE CREAM
A
years on the ranch have slimmed
DAY IN ADVANCE
down the body until it is quite
up-to-date in its stream-lined as­
DINETTE
pect, but it sure needs a new
OPEN — 12 noon to
paint job and to have a few
VERNONIA DRUG COMPANY
10:30
p.m.
SETS
dents and wrinkles removed.
However, it’s still a pretty good
car. Maybe the starter doesn’t
Extension table
work so well—probably the bat­
and four chairs
tery is down a bit—and it isn't
so quick on the pickup as it
used to be and the valves need
$3995
to Be reground and there are a
few rattles and squeaks, but it
still gets me places. Some of
these days I'll climb out of it,
let’em haul it off to the junk
KENT COFFEE MAKER SETS
yard, and I’ll go to the SALES­
Coffee Maker, creamer & sugarer, and
MAN and ask HIM for a new
vehicle—a sixteen cylinder, per­
glass mirror tray $g35
haps, with all the latest improve­
ments and plenty of power so
Coffee maker, hot water jug, creamer
I can take the hills of my next
life in high and not have to
& sugarer, mirror tray $g95
bother about shifting gears.
I asked this lady—when I
Could get my greath—why she
Coffee makers $^69 up; Porcelain per­
thought that youth had held the
pen. She wasn’t sure, only that
colators $|39 and $j95; Wash basin*,
I did th:ngs and laughed at
79c; Stew pans 69c and 79c
things. Oddly, most people think
Representative for
of youth as the time of laughter.
Columbia County
It is, of course, for care-free
laughter» but very few young
A LONG TIME
people have developed a sense of
RESIDENT AND
United States Senator
humor. One must have lived be­
TAXPAYER
fore he can really see the humor
in life. When you are young
everything tor the
Interested in honest
you have no sense of propor­
Portland Prices
tions you suffer intensely about
and efficient legislation
Phone 802, Vernonia_____ Free Delivery Daily
Has Done His Work Well!
a minor matter, or sweep to the
for County and State
heights over a momentary pleas­
CORDON - i. a member of very important U. S. Senate
ure. but life, if really lived and
committees: Commerce, Irrigation and Reclamation, Indian
understood, brings a realization
Affair», Post Offices and Post Roads and Library.
of relative values, and the abil­
ICE REFRIGERATION IS A YEAR-ROUND
CORDON " Has done a wonderful job in eight short
ity to laugh with understanding
months in Washington, D. C. in getting things done for the
amusement.
ESSENTIAL TO GOOD HEALTH. EXCLUSIVE
state of Oregon in war benefits.
And as for doing things: why
that’s where half the fun of liv­
IN VERNONIA WITH GRAVES, IT PAYS TO
CORDON - Knows Oregon and Oregon's needs and in the
ing comes in, learning to do
vital post-war years he will get Oregon its rightful share of
SHOP WITH US FOR THE BEST IN TABLE
new things. The other day I
post-war payrolls. Cordon gets things done for Oregon. Keep
him in Washington on the job for Oregon.
was nailing on shingles—when
SUPPLIES AND KEEP THEM FRESH ON ICE!
you can’t get a carpenter you do
it yourself—when a neighbor
went by. I spit out a mouthful
Vote for Cordon, Gen. Elec. Nov. 7
of shingle nails to answer her
greeting and to laugh when she
informed me that she couldn't
Pd. Adv. Cordon for Senator Committee
Phone 776
Marshall Cornett, Ex. Sec., Imperial Hotel, Portland
imagine herself shingling a house
for she had never put cn 3
LET’S BE SOCIABLE
Sawdust...
Re-elect Your
JAMES W.
I/IOTT
Still in
The Ring
Vernonia
Assto Co.
VERNONIA BAKERY
ALL YOUR VITAMINS
in one tiny capsule
BAX
Timely Advice
PAL SIOT
GIFT SUGGESTIONS-
GUY CORDON
KEEP CORDON ON THE JOB
GRAVES’ GROCERY