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4 LET’S BE SOCIABLE 9 V.F.W., Auxiliary To Install Jointly Next Sunday at I.O.O.F. Hall Miss Barbara Nichols Becomes Bride of Lt. Charles Loggan Saturday There will be a joint installa tion, open to the public, of the V.F.W. and Auxiliary of Smith- Christensen Post No. 3763 at the I.O.O.F. hall on Sunday, April 14 at 2:00 p.m. This will be an open meeting and all mem bers with their wives, husbands and freinds are invited to come. A special invitation is extend ed to all veterans of World War II, their wives and friends. A pot-luck dinner will be served by the Auxiliary after the installa tion. Officers to be installed for the Smith-Christensen Post are: Tom Bateman, commander; Albert Brunsman, senior vice-commander; At a four o’clock afternoon ceremony, April 6, in the chapel of Trinity Episcopal church, Port land, Miss Barbara Nichols be came the bride of Lt. Powell B. Loggan, medical corps, United States naval reserves, son of Mrs. Charles W. Loggan and the late Mr. Loggan, formerly of Burns, now of Salem. Reverend L. Franklin Evenson read the marriage rites before the all- white altar with flowers of white gladioli and snapdragons and lighted with candles. ! Licensed Contractors "1 i REFRIGERATION i RADIO SERVICE | Appliance Repairing ! STRONG’S RADIO ! AND ELECTRIC 969 Bridge St. Ph. 576 A. L. Kullander, junior vice-com mander; John Grady, quarter master; Henry King, post advo cate; Dale Roberts, chaplin; Jack Nance, trustee. For the Auxiliary the. officers are: J. Adella Hall, president; Eva Poynter, senior vice-presi dent; Fern Kullander, junior vice- president; Margaret Walrath, treasurer; Bessie Spofford, chap lain; Adaline Walker, conductress; Mabel Thomas, guard; Helen Spofford, secretary; Marie Sha fer, patriotic instructor; Maeva Marie Peters, musician; Macile Grady, Myrtle Cox, Mae Mulkins and Eda Parker, color bearers. The expert at tention given your car at this service sta tion paints the way to many miles of motor ing pleasure. Geo. Johnson Vernonia Serv. Sta. » I t i 4 Oregon-American LUMBER CORPORATION Vernonia, Oregon Miller’s DEPARTMENT STORE Vernonia We Have Received a Substantial Shipment of Heisey Glassware The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Nichols and was given in marriage by her father. She wore a white satin dress with a short train and car ried a cascade bouquet of white camellias and white sweet peas. Her fingertip veil fell from a juliet cap held in place with white camellias. Miss Joanne Nichols, sister of the bride was maid of honor and her only attendant. Her dress was of blue net with full skirt over blue satin and her bouquet was like that of the bride, but of pink camellias and pink sweet peas. Darrel Williams was best man and ushers were Clifford Wil liams, Harry Steingraber and Wilfred Loggan, nephew of the groom. A reception was held after wards in the parlors of the parish house. The reception table held an all-white centerpiece of mixed flowers and was lighted with tall white tapers. Mrs. Harry Loggan served the wedding cake. Mrs. W. Dewey Rigg of Olympia, Wash., poured, assisted by Mrs. Judd Greenman. Also assisting Were Miss Betty Bull winkle, Miss Jewel Neuenfeldt. Miss Moni Bendix and Miss Nancy Richards of Portland and Miss Shirley Jane Riggs of Olym pia. Lt. and Mrs. Loggan left after the ceremony for a motor trip to California where they will make their home temporarily in San Francisco. Lt. Logan is sta tioned at the Naval hospital on Treasure Island. For traveling, the bride wore a cocoa brown dressmaker suit with green top coat and brown accessories and a gold orchid cor sage. e • “A Star Danced” Is Reviewed at Club Mrs. R. B. Fletcher was hostess to members of the Vernonia Study club for the regular meet ing April 4. Business matters discussed in cluded the cancer campaign which will extend through the month of April. Mrs. Judd Greenman, chairman of the Vernonia cam paign, told of the drive and mem bers were assigned districts in which to work. Mrs. A. J. Hughes was in charge of the program and gave an interesting review of the book “A Star Danced” by Gertrude Lawrence. She takes us backstage from the time she danced to the barrel organ on London’s drab side walks to the time she played a farewell to Canadian troops in Antwerp last September, singing amid the din of Von Rundstedt’s mortars. Playing to soldier au diences who are the most critical and forbidding on earth. Miss Lawrence sensed exactly what it was they wanted and needed, and in this way maintained that bond between home and the lonely man far from home. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Walter Work man on April 18 with Mrs. Fred J. Tousley in charge of the pro gram. WANT TO BUY ALDEIt LÒGS—8 ft. or LUMBER Air-Dried or Green Mrs. Kent Leads Society Devotions The Evangelical Missionary so ciety met at the church Wednes day, the 27th of March for the meeting of that month. Devotions were led by Mrs. Walter Kent and Mrs. L. Christensen and Mrs. P. W. Wiedman served refresh ments. • • Mrs. Bassett to Entertain Club The Friendship club will hold its next meeting on April 18, Thursday of next week, at the home of Mrs. Bassett. • • Home Swap Explained RIVERVIEW — We can re port a “swap” of living quarters this week: Mr. and Mrs. James Miller who had been living at 860 Rose avenue, 'Ver nonia, are now nicely settled in , the house vacated last week by Mr. and Mrs. John Colman when they purchased and moved to 860 Rose avenue. John’- mother was the former owner of this home. The Miller home is on 6th street. We welcome them to Riverview and say 'Bye and good luck to the Colemans. Enroute from her home in Reedsport to Vernonia Saturday, Mrs. Vernon Ward arriving in Portland found herself a victim of the bus strike. She phoned an S.O.S. call to her sister, Mrs. Kenneth Walker. The Walker family made a hurried trip to Portland to pick her up. Mrs. Ward was coming over at this time to see her small daughter who is ill with chicken pox at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Roy Sutton. THE EAGLE, VERNONIIA, ORE. - -------------------------------------- r • - Mr. and Mrs. John Elder were Saturday night guests at the Thomas Osborn home fn Port land and on Sunday the two fam ilies drove to Salem for a visit wtih Grandma Osborn THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1946 3 HOT FOOD BETTER Getting better food convenient ly, hot, and at lower cost, some 7,000,000 workers are fed in 173 industrial plants in 47 U. S. cities, through in-plant feeding facilities. 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