the day and evening, Percy Melis
was master of ceremonies. A
lovely poem composed for the
occasion by their daughter, Mrs.
Fugerson, was read.
We all wish these people may
be with us for many years to
come.
Let’s Be
Sociable
Golden Wedding of
Mr. and Mrs. A. R.
Melis Is Celebrated
Marriage Solemnized
Wed. of Last Week
MIST—The golden wedding of
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Melis was cel
Louise Kofford Shirts and
ebrated Sat. with guests dropping
Lloyd
L. Christensen were mar
in all through the late afternoon
and evening and partaking of ried Wednesday, June 6th at the
cake, ice cream' and coffee and home of Mrs. Polly Lynch in
chatting a half hour or so with Riverview. The ceremony was
this remarkable couple. The read by Charles Long, presiding
Melises have lived together and Elder of the L. D. S. church of
on the same farm for a half Vernonia.
century with only a new house in
later years. Their children were Anniversary of Lodge
all home and also six grand Celebrated Wednesday
children:
Nehalem chapter of O.E.S. cel
Mr. and Mrs. Vern Fugerson ebrated last Wednesday, June 6,
and their daughter, Mrs. Frank its 20th anniversary by honoring
Reece, of Kirtland, Washington; chatter members Mrs. Merle
Percy Melis and his two daught Ruhl, Mrs. Albert Childs and Mra.
ers, Meriman and Donna, from R. M. Aldrich, Sr. Corsages -were
Sand Point, Idaho; Mr. and Mrs. presented the three ladies and a
Chas. Webber from Los Angeles, candlelight degree was given with
Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Richard the charter members and off:cers
Melis and two children from taking part.
Mrs. Frank Lane, Past Worthy
Calif,; and Ch^s, Melis and wife
Matron and Mother Advisor of
and Marcia from Florence.
The people of the community Rainbow, who is moving to Eu
presented them with a beautiful gene, was given a gift, and Mrs.
96-piece dinner set and the Mist Arthur Nanson was presented
Helping circle gave them a beau with a corsage of rosebuds.
tiful glass with gold plated top
Delegates Named
candy dish filled with candy.
During the evening a rousing For Missionary Meet
old-time sing was enjoyed such as
On Wednesday, June 6, the
“Old Gray Bonnett,” “I Love Women’s Evangelical Missionary
You Truly,” etc. Vern Fugerson society met at the church. Elect
presided at the piano and for ed to attend the W.M.S. con
ference at Jennings Lodge on
August 6 were Mrs. Gerald Rig
gins and Mrs. Ira Baucom; Mrs.
Byron Kirkbride was named as
CLEANING, REPAIRING
alternate delegate.
AND
SERVICING
Devotionals were led by Mrs.
Refrigerators, vacuum cleaners,
Franklin Malmsten on the topic
washing machines, sewing ma
“Christian Youth.” A chapter of
chines and all types of house
“The American Indian” was re
hold electrical or mechanical
ported on by Mrs. Oscar Wilde.
equipment.
The next meeting on July 12
E. L. “Al” Robertson
will be the annual picnic which
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
will be held on the banks of Rock
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Workman Loss Dangerous Vernonia Eagle Thursday, June 14, 1945
Pioneers Gather
To Lumber’s War Role
Th« Pacific offensive will be
endangered by shortages of the
lumber it urgently needs in great
quantities unless losses of man
power and vital equipment in the
West Coast lumber industry are
stopper, Col. W. B. Greeley, sec
retary-manager of the West
Coast Lumbermen’s association,
warned in Seattle Monday.
He cited recent war depart
ment statements which projected
the war's greatest lumber de
mands as rising from the attack
on Japan, and pointed out that
logging trucks idle for lack of
tires and the manpower losses
which the lumber industry has
suffered in common with all
other Pacific Northwest war in
dustries, are two prime factors
of the 1945 drop in West Coast
lumber production.
To date the industry’s record
is clear of failure to meet any
military demand for West Coast
lumber, Col. Greeley declared.
“The lumber industry has been
steadily drained of manpower
since the first effort of national
defense,” Col. Greeley said. “Ov
er seven thousand woods and mill
employees have gone into the
armed services and as many more
have been drawn to the shipyards
and other Pacific Northwest war
industries. We are short today at
least 20 per cent of normal man
power. The industry maintained
annual production of 8 and %
billion board feet through 1941
and 1942 and turned out nearly
8 billion feet in 1943 and again
in 1944. To date production is
running about 11 per cent under
that of the same period last year.
The drain of manpower is at last
taking a toll of the industry that
is very serious, in view of the
vast lumber requirements ahead
in the Pacific.
“It has been assumed that all
Pacific Northwest war industries
would somehow manage to keep
rolling along in any circumstanc
es. Authorities on war production
in the region agree that labor
turnover has increased steadily
this year, while the labor exodus
from Oregon has taken at least
30,000 workers.
“Steady production of lumber
in the Pacific Northwest has just
been taken for granted by the
war agencies. Although constant
ly citing the critical shortage of
lumber, they have made no ef
fective effort to provide men for
this industry. Their lack of help
has run through the drafting of
key workers by selective service;
the low rating given lumber, un
til very recently, in employment
priorities; and the constant re
fusal to release on furlough skil
led loggers from the armed forc
es. The unrest and migration of
labor, at the loss of lumber pro
duction, has been seriously in
creased by the complete failure
of the government to enforce its
own orders on wage stabilization.
More disturbance of* lumber’s
manpower has followed the gra
tuitous foisting of the Travel
Time controversary upon West
(Coast logging by the wage and
hour administration.
“Starting in 1940 with the
cantonment construction program,
the West Coast lumber industry
had taken on and completed one
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giant war job after another. Af
ter the cantonments, thousands of
warehouses and related structures
took all the timbers the industry
could reduce. Then navy orders
were piled on the industry, for
ship material in building the
fleet« to fight the submarines.
Aircraft lumber was in such de
mand that specifications were
worked out for Noble fir and
West Coast hemlock as well as
Sitka spruce. Here again the in
dustry came all the way through
and so it did on difficult and
urgent orders for ponton timbers
to bridge the rivers of Europe
and for military truck body ma
terial.
“Now the war department tells
ius that construction troops will
equal combat troops in numbers
with every landing of the attack
on Japan and that lumber will
be their basic building material.
In this offensive we will have no
ready-made bases as we had in
Europe. The war department says
the job in the Pacific will be like
building another Chicago in lum
ber.
. “The West Coast lumber indus
try will again give everything it
has got to war and civilian de
mands put upon it, just as the in
dustry has done during the past
five years. But it is being drained
of. its vital force. To maintain its
record of producing what it has
been asked to produce for the
war, the industry must be enabled
to keep men in the woods and
mills and to procure vital equip
ment for logging.”
Several Reported III
In Mist Community;
Road Crew Begins Work
MIST—Mrs. Robert Mathews
came home from the hospital in
Portland Sun. ~ She is feeling
pretty well.
Casper Libel is visiting his son,
John, and family at this time.
Dr. Starr was called over from
Clatskanie Sun. to see little
Butchie Roeser for a throat and
ear infection.
Mrs. Roy Hughes was a medi
cal visitor in Forest Grove Mon.
She took her mother, Mrs. Rodg
ers, from Vernonia, with her.
The Porter-Yett Co. arrived
Mon. to work below the corner
on the road towards Birkenfeld.
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Hamdurgers.
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Spring Tonic
If your car is all tired out and can hardly
drag around the corner, let the poor old crate
relax in one of HEATH’S special oil baths.
That’s all it needs—a good masseur, a good
grease job, and a first class oil change to
limber up its weary joints. You’d be tired, too,
if you were stiff all over.
. Heath’s Service Station
Phone 5711
At the Mile Bridge, Riverview
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MIST—Mrs. Elsie Richardson
spent a few days last week from
Portland with the Roy Hughes
folks.
Mrs. Willard Garlock was a
Portland visitor last week foj- a
day.
Many old timers gathered at
their home town of earlier days
to attend the yearly meeting of
the Pioneers held at Birkenfeld
Sun. Among them was Fred Wil
son from Portland, an early set-
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Fifteen ladies gathered at the
home of Mrs. Joe Checmonek last
Fri. to help with her birthday
celebration. Many and nice were
the gifts received and delicious
were the refreshments served.
The. Bud Murphy’s had guests
during the week end.
Mrs. Earl Roper was up from
Astoria Wed. At that time her
husband was doing well in St.
Mary’s hospital in Astoria. But
on Fri. he suffered a relapse and
has been a pretty sick man. We
have no report at this time.
James Hill was in Clatskanie
Thurs.
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WIFE. IT IS OUR FIRM CONVICTION THAT NOWHERE ELSE CAN
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