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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1945)
LET'S BE SOCIABLE Wedding Ceremony Read At Christian Church Wednesday Evening The first Christian church was the scene Wednesday at 6 p.m. of the candlelight wedding of Miss Shelby Caton, daughter of Mrs. Cleo Caton of this city and of Carter Caton of Houston, Texas, to Pvt. 1st Class John Wofford, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Wofford of Cuero, Texas. Reverand W. O. Livingstone read the services. , The bride given in marriage by her brother, Lt. Hugh Caton, wore a blue wool suit with brown accesipjri'es. Her corsage was a white orchid. The bride’s attend ant was her sister, Miss Mary Pat Caton, who wore'a tailored dress of pink and brown acces sories. Her corsage was of gar- SUNDAES The reason they are so good, is because we make them with our own ice cream. It’s a treat that can’t be beat! THE PAL SHOP ORDER GALLON OR MORE LOTS OF ICE CREAM A DAY IN ADVANCE denias and pink bouvardia. C. F. Hieber was best man. Mrs. Marvin Kamholz played the wedding music. A reception was held at the Merlin Whedbee home in Port land. The bride and groom will be at home in Portland where Pri vate Wofford is stationed with the army engineers. Tea Planned April 6 By Deborah Circle The March meeting of the De borah Circle was an event of last Tuesday for the members and their friends who met at the home of Mrs. A. J. Hughes. Mrs. Hughes was hostess and she was assisted by Mrs. W. T. Lilley. The 18 members and guests present for the afternoon planned for a tea to be held April 6th which the three circles of the Evangelical Missionary Society will attend. The Deborahs will be hostesses at that time to the Martha and Pollyana Circles. A feature of the afternoon was the presenting of flowers to three of those attending: Mrs. Judd Greenman in honor of her birth day; Mrs. Ernest East in honor of her 35th wedding anniversary; and Mrs. F. R. Olin for the glad tidings she recently received from her daughter, Mrs. Frances Gow en, and family, in the Philippines. Stork Shower Enjoyed Thursday The Otto Michener home was the scene of a stork shower Tuesday of this week. Guest of honor was Mrs. June Woolridge and Mrs. Michener was assisted as hostess by Mrs. Georgia Mell inger. Eighteen ladies enjoyed the afternoon gathering and fruit salad, cake and coffee were the refreshments. The Forest Grove NATIONAL BANK INVITES YOU TO BANK BY MAIL IF INCONVENIENT TO COME IN PERSON A Locally-Owned, Independent Bank THE PIE THAT TAKES YOUR EYE These are pies that prac tice no deception. They’re every bit as good to eat as they are to look at. Fruits, berries, creams and oth ers in various assortments to give you a dessert that is in keeping with your delic ious meals. VERNONIA BAKERY . Phone 991 Vernonia, Oregon Church to Observe Open House Sunday Red Cross Benefit Slated Saturday Open house will be observed by the Christian church from 2 to 5 p.m. next Sunday. The pur pose is to afford the public the opportunity to see the improve ments made in the interior of the various departments and the work that is being undertaken. Officers and members of the church will be present to wel come the guests; a brief hour of fellowship will be observed in the social room of the church. The public is most cordially in. vited. MIST — Don’t forget the pro gram, pie social and auction sale of all kinds of articles, Sat. nite at the Mist Gym for Red Cross benefit, given by the Mist Help ing Circle. The school will fur nish the program in part. Mr. and M rs. Irving Knowles were Sun. eve. callers at the Aus- tin Dowling home. Mrs. Laura De Rock was up from Florence a week ago and visited her parents, the L. P. Wikstroms. Leo Jones and wife went to Seaside Wed. to attend the fu neral of their brother-in-law, Er nest McCauley. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Ross from Portland visited Sun. with her daughter, Mrs. C. 0. Hayden, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Harmon were down from Portland Sun. They called on the Roy Hughes family. Mrs. I. E. Knowles spent two days last week in Portland. The L. P. Wikstrom family drove to Florence Fri., return ing Sun. afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dowd from Jewell were callers at the Knowles’ home Sun. Legion arid Auxiliary to Observe 26th Anniversary Members of the 'American Le- gion and the Auxiliary will ob serve the 26th anniversary oi the founding of the legion at a birthday party scheduled for Monday, March 19th at the hall. A birthday cake and other enter tainment will feature the even- ing. e All service men of this war and veterans of other wars are invited to attend and enjoy the party. Double Birthday Celebrated Sunday Two birthdays were celebrated Sunday at the Ed Frazee home when Mrs. Frazee entertained in honor of her daughter, Betty Lou, and Miss Tempie De Hart, both for having reached their 12th anniversaries. 1944 Accident Report Made Alva Mae Harris Takes Initiation The Rainbow Girls met Mon- day evening to initiate Alva Mae Harris into membership and to accept the petition of Anna Leo Lewis. The Girls also made fur ther plans for a party and dance to be given in the near future. Pic. Gets Party For Birthday RIVERVIEW — Mr. and Mrs. Olof Jacobson, Laurel Wittwer and Mrs. Herman Wood and »on, Bertram, spent Sat. in Portland and Vancouver. A telegram received from Mr. and Mrs. Nick Tock, who left on the evening bus Mon. of last week for Chicago, brought the news that they had arrived safe ly at their destination Fri. Pfc. Walter Buckner, who ar rived from Carlsbad, N. M. on a ten-day furlough really enjoyed his birthday when the Ed Buck ners entertained in his honor Sunday. Guests were his mother, Mrs. Artie Buckner, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bond and daughters, Ida and Lucille, of Riverview, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Buckner of Tigard and Mrs. Ray Buckner of Hills boro. Walter left Tuesday for Amarillo, Texas for further train ing. Mrs. Robert Moore of St. Hel- ens spent the week end at the home of her sister, Mrs. Glen Hawkins. A correction in regard to the cancelled Fortieth Wedding An niversary of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Hawkins at Camp McGregor which we reported last week reads like this: There was open house all day Sunday, Feb. 4th at the B. B. Hawkins’ home where relatives and friends in large numbers came to wish them many happy returns of the day. Altho not in the pink of health, Mrs. Hawkins was making a good re covery from her recent attack of pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hawkins and sons, Glen and Peter Byron, attended the gathering and Peter celebrated his fourth birthday anniversary along with the celebration of his grandpar ents. Thursday, March 15, 1945 Sprained Ankle Is Result of Accident; Guests Entertained RIVERVIEW — Mr. and Mrs. Claud Gibson transacted business in Porland Tuesday. Mrs. T. M. Crawford had the misfortune of spraining an ankle this week, It is giving her much pain. The W. J. Smiths were busy entertainers during the week end. Their daughter, Miss Margaret, of Portland and their sister-in-law, Mrs. W. D. Smith, of Oregon City came Saturday while their daugh ter, Mrs. J. G. Ruggles, of Astor ia, accompanied by her husband came for a Sunday visit. Mr. and Mrs. John Krinick motored to Gales Creek Sunday where they helped their nephew, Melvin Howell, celebrate a birth- day anniversary at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Howell. Melvin had just returned from army life with a medical 3 discharge. , Mrs. Chester Reynolds came Fri. evening from the General Hospital in Forest Grove to spend the remainder of her con valescence period at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Riley Hall. Mr. Reynolds and daughter, Cheryl, will also stay with the Halls this week. Estella Murry of Portland spent the week end with her friend, Mrs. Anna Parker. Dorothy, Betty and Bobby Huntley went to Carlton Saturday for a visit with their aunt, Mrs. George Feil, and their uncle, Nate Huntley. They returned Sat. eve. FOR CLASSIFIEDS THAT CLICK—THE EAGLE GUARANTEED Watch Repairing W. T. JACOBS 941 1st Avenue, Vernonia A new .overcoat for your tire is just the thing to keep it percolating. In times like these we’ve got to milk our tires for ev ery mile that there is in them. Geo. Johnson Vernonia Serv. Sta There was one traffic accident for every 13 motor vehicles reg istered in the state of Oregon during the year 1944, Secretary cf State Robert S. Farrel said this week in announcing a total of 30,953 traffic accidents re ported in Oregon last year. The ratio of 13 vehicles per accident was the same in 1943 when there were 31,376 report able accidents in Oregon, rel said. In 1941, the peak year motor vehicle operation in gon, the ratio was one accident for every eight vehicles regis tered in the state, compared to the one for every 13 during the past two years. Twelve friends of the girls attended. Two birthday cakes with ice cream comprised the refreshments for the gathering. 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