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THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1945
About Nothing
Of Importance
RONA MORRIS WORKMAN
ROCKING W RANCH
VERNONIA, ORE.
I am sure that in the far be
ginning of time upon this earth
I must have been an earthworm
or perhaps a sleek furry litt'e
mole, because I do so enjoy the
feel of fresh earth. I like to dig
in dark rich soil, and when the
first scft warm day comes in
spring, I want to rush out of the
house and start spading. The Big
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THE EAGLE, IVERNONIA, ORE.
Boss—perhaps never having been
an eaahworm—tells me firmly
that the soil is still t o wet for
working and that I will have
nothing to show for my labor
but a bed cf clods. Sometimes,
being a reasonably obedient wife,
I wait, but more frequently the
u-ge is too strcng and I puddle
blithely about in the dirt, get
ting all gummed up with mud,
and wet and cold, but I am
quite unconcerned, because I
have the feel of the soil again.
Seme folks have a “green
thumb” and every thing grows
for them, even house plants. Ap
parently I do not possess that
magic. I read of red geraniums
on a window sill and think what
a pretty picture it is, but when
I try to have them on my own
window sill I forget the silly
things and soon they begin to
look like refugees frcm a con
centration camp and a reproach
to my conscience. I did have a
sweet potato vine once that
climbed all over the kitchen win
dow. However, it was practically
fool-proof and even my lack cf
care couldn’t stunt it’s prolific
growth.
Bet the grow'ng things out of
doors fill me with del:ght. There
is a joy when the first rose-red
point cf a peony pushes through
the earth, or the soft pale fin
gers of my bleedinghearts reach
for the light, and when the gold
en cups of daffodils spill sun
shine into a gray rain-swept day,
I go about with a wordless little
song in my heart.
Have you
ever noticed 'new many of the
earliest spring flowers are yel
low and blue? It is as if nature
offers us a preview of sunshine
and blue sky to keep us patient
until the rain is past.
Always, no matter whether in
logging camp or city, the Big
Eoss and I have planted things—
shrubs and roses and a bit of
garden and hopefully set out a
fruit tree or two. But never have
I lived more than a few years
in one place, never quite long
enough to sit under my own “vine
and fig tree,” yet I do not mind
that too greatly, for we left a
touch of beauty, of clved growth,
wherever we have been and per
haps others here loved and cared
for the things we planted. Some
times, ot' course, they do not.
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I recall the sharp pang I had
when, driving by my former home
in Fore.-. Grove, I. «aw tf at th •
pecple who bought the place
from us l ad cut down the cedr.s
decdur:.. It was like the untimely
demise of a loved friend. I had
planted it, a slender young tree,
and it had. before I left, grown
into tately giacious beauty in
front of the wide living-roc m
window. I had loved the seclu
sion it gave, but the new owners
wanted to see folks going by,
so they cut it down. O’ well,
each one to his cwn idea.
The Big Boss says that if I
would quit moving things around
they would gr.w better.
Of
course he is perfectly right. He
so frequently is, to my great an
noyance, but when sipring comes
I trot about making new arrange
ments. The dark blue delphini
ums need the pink climbng rcse
for a background, and the thick
green vine by the woodshed cries
aloud for a flaming clump cf
orange day-lilies t keep it com
pany. The gray Stones of the
terrace wall need more dark-
red peonies to touch them with
rich cclor and the white-washed
dollhouse, where the gulden
Banty rooster and his harem
lives, needs a rose vine as well
aa a silverlace. Perhaps, if I
stay long enough at the Recking
W, I shall have everything ar
ranged to my satisfaction and
let them rest and grow, but I
rather doubt it. Changing is too
much fun. I get tired of the
same old pattern. Most women,
I think, are a bit that way. Men
are more conservative. They wear
the same type cf clothes and
bats, hold :n to the same an
cient political ideas and howl to
high heaven if you move their
favmite chair to mother corner.
Eut women are always willing
to try something new.
If it
doesn’t work out, they throw it
into the junk heap and try some
thing else. I sometimes think
if it were not for this trait in
thp females of the Tace, men
would still be squatting over a
smoky fire in a cave and bath
ing the heads of their neighbors
with a knotty club. The poor
things have been compelled to
learn new tricks in order to keep
ip with their wives. It was the
only way to live in peace with the
changeable wenches. Of course,
Miey take all the cred't for any
new thing that turns out well,
but women, being wise, only ¡mile
and let them swagger and boast.
After all, woman gets what she
wants, it doesn’t matter to her
who gets the apnlause. As the
old saying gees, “There are more
ways than one to make a cat
jump,” and I have an idea
that through the centuries women
have learned most of them.
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At the
Churches
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
—Rev. H. Gail McIlroy, Pastor
9:45—Sunday school with clas
ses for all ages.
11:00—Morping worship.
7:30—Evangelistic service.
7:30 —Wednesday, prayer meet
ing.
7:30 — Friday, Bible study.
FIRST CHRISTIAN
t45—Bible School led by M. L.
Herrin.
1:00— Junior church, Bernice
Tunnell, Sup’t.
1:00—Morning communion ser
vice.
7:30 Wed.—Prayer meeting.
LATTER DAY SAINTS
Sunday school convenes at 10
a.m. at 925 Rose Ave und
er the direction of Charles
Long, Branch President. Polly
H. Lynch, Superintendent.
7:00 P.M. — Evening Sacrament
ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC
Rev. Anthony V. Gerace
Rev. J. H. Goodrich
Mass: 9:30 a.m. except first
Sunday in month—Mass at
8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.
Confessions from 7:45 a.m. on.
EVANGELICAL
—Rev. Allen II.
Backer, Minister
9:45 — Sunday
school.
11:00 — Morn
ing worship.
Endeavor and
Evangelical Youth Fellowship.
7:30 p.m. — Evangelistic service.
7:30 Thursday—Bible study and
prayer.
8:00 p.m. Wednesday—Devo
tional service.
Sermon by district leader—
First Saturday of each month.
A cordial invitation is extended
to visitors.
NAZARENE CHAPEL
Services each evening through
the week at 7:30.
Evangelist Coryell telling his life
story Friday evening from lum
ber woods to pulpit.
10 a.m. Sunday—Sunday school.
Message following.
7:30 p.m. Sunday — Message.
Public invited.
Outside music this week. (Reg
ular pastor wil sono be here.)
The gauge is breakable and
should be well padded and
wrapped in a tin can or card
board box, and name and address
attached directly to the back of
the gauge with tape, not muci
lage.
A piece of cardboard
acres the face is desirable. The
cost way to detach the gauge
from the cooker is with a flat
wrench.
Pliers may damage
metal.
This test’ng peri: d is limited
'.his year to the period from April
1 to April 30, and gauges sent
in after that time cannot be test
ed.
Gauge Testing
Service Told
Safe caning of meats, fish and
non-acid vegetables require a
pressure cooker with an accurate
pressure gauge. If your pressure
cooker gauge has not been tested
for two years or more, says Mrs.
Maud C. Casswell, home demon
stration agent at St. Helens, send
or bring it to her office by
April 25. The food technology
department of Oregon State col
lege will test your gauge during
the month of April only. The
charge is 50c which includes re
turn postage. Send gauges with
money either to your home dem
onstration agent or directly to
Mr. E. H. Wiegand, food tech
nology department, Oregon State
college, Corvallie, Ore.
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Vernonia
Phone 1121
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
Services on Saturday:
10:00 a.m.—Sabbath school. ’
11:00 a.m.—Gospel service.
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cf the family—ahd its highly
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Friday, April 5
LADiES BRING BASKETS
AUCTION STARTS AT 9 P.M.
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FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES
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Everybody Welcome
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Yes, spring is here officially and so is the time
to spruce up every meal for the changing
tempo of the season by placing the new sea
son’s foods before your family. Let King’s be
your servant in supplying these needs.
composition.
THE VERNONIA
EAGLE
KING’S Grocery - Market
“Where Your Money Buys More’’
At the Mile Bridge
Phone 91
Riverview
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