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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1946)
Weather ROÑA MORRIS WORKMAN ROCKING W RANCH VERNONIA, ORE. Somebody once remarked that ■“Everybody is always talking about the weather, but no one ever does anything about it.” I haven’t said much about weather this year, principally because, in spite of thirty years’ association with loggers, I didn’t feel my vocabulary was adequate to ex press my real feelings. Never theless, there comes a time when such drastic repression is dan gerous. That time arrived last Monday. The barometer kept showing a low pressure and more rain, while the pressure in the laundry basket had risen until it indicated that I had to wash or else—. So I began washing. The ram came down harder than ever, and my temper kept rising. 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I’ll wager Noah never even asked his wife if she were willing to go. He probably just grunted, “Get on board, wench,” and she replied “'Yes, dear,” and meekly trotted up the gang plank. However, she had only forty days and nights of rain, but we’ve had rain for six months—or has it been six years? I”ll admit she had more ani mals to contend with. I’ve had only the Big Boss, Wallie, our ex marine, two dogs and a couple of cats, but look at the collection her dear husband handed to her. Two of everything, including cock roaches and ants. Noah was just dumb enough to put them and a couple of fleos in the cargo, plus a few other annoying pests. That man irks me. Then she had, if I remember correctly, four sons, their wives and all their off spring. Mrs. Noah has my heart’s deepest sympathy. Imag ine, every time you wanted to rest a moment, having to push a lion off the couch, or chase a knot of snakes from under the cushions, and climbing over a couple of wet leopards and a Ben gal tiger when you were trying to get dinner onto the table. Every time she would get her kitchen floor wiped up, here would come Noah, in his muddy boots, followed by a couple of bears and two wolves who shook water all over the house and left big sloppy tracks on her clean linoleum, besides smelling to heaven. I am also willing to wager that her daughters-in-law quarreled with each other and their husbands, while all the babies howled at the same time. I suppose she used the giraffs for clothes-posts to hold a line in the ktichen for wet diapers, but what on earth did she do with the For Pasteurized MILK CREAM and BUTTERMILK right from the farm to your door, write or cal! Telephone No. 7F51 CUR PRODUCTS ALWAYS SATISFY 11-22-46 Vernonia See us, too, for DEPENDABLE TRUCK SERVICE and Foctoryjjhgineeredï elephants?. I have a feeling that the real reason Noah kept send ing out a bird SOS wasn’t mere ly because of his anxiety about getting his pesky animals onto land, but to get Mrs. Noah out of his hair. I was reading “South by Thun derbird” the other evening and came across the statement that there is a place in Ecuador where it rains only half an hour dur ing the year, and they have only two real rain storms in a century. I called the Big Boss. He dug a hunk of mud out of one ear and listened carefully, but after wards he was sorry he did, be cause he lay awake all night thinking what a heavenly place that would be. Maybe, though if he lived there he might find it less suggestive of heaven than of the other place. Folks are hard to please. The wise man who composed the following bit of verse certainly said a mouthful; “As a rule a man’s a fool; When it’s hot, he wants it cool; When it’s cool, he wants it hot; Not content with what he’s got; Always wanting what is not.” Nevertheless, I will remark in closing, that if it hasn’t quit rain ing by the time this rave appears in print, anyone wanting to write to me had better address all let ters to “The Driest spot in the Mohave Desert,” ’case, brudder, dat’s whar I’se gwine to be. • • Reunion of Five Servicemen Cause For Friday Dinner RIVERVIEW — Mrs. Erlene Snell of Portland came Friday for a week end visit with her sister, Mrs. E. L. Lloyd and family. She reports that her husband is at present in thd Veterans’ hos pital and will be there for at least a year. A tipple birthday dinner in connection with the reunion of five ex-service men, all first cou sins, was held at the Ray Nor mand home in Hillsboro on Fri day of last week. Those cele brating birthdays were Mrs. J. R. Stanford, Mrs. Albert Mead and the hostess. Those attending the gathering from this vicinity were Mrs. W. L. Lindsley and children, Lee, Claribell, Kenneth and Joanne and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Lindsley and two chil dren. Serviceman Returns To Civilian Status; Accident Reported RIVERVIEW — Robert Wyck off, a U. S. civilian again, ar rived here from Camp Swift, Tex as Friday evening having re ceived his discharge at Fort Lewis the day before. He saw much ac tion in Europe before being sent to Camp Swift. Mr. Wyckoff is undecided as to the kind of em ployment he will take up. Marcella Parker spent Thurs day until Monday with her par ents at Barview. Mr. P. L. Welter took his wife to Portland Saturday where she entrained for Wishram, Wash., to spend a long week end with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Abney. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cobat of Lebanon and i.wo friends spent the week end at the home of Ralph’s sister, Mrs. Harold Ray mond. Otto Carlson is getting about on crutches following an accident in the woods Thursday in which a glancing hammer from a badly placed U bolt struck and broke his big toe and caused bad foot bruises. On our sick list this week we have: Gilbert Kipp who missed several days of school due to jaun dice; Larry Fowler who was out of school Monday with a bad cold; L. L. Wells, who has bronchial trouble;- Pat Carl who has chick enpox; Mrs. M. A. Oakes suffer ing from sinus trouble, and Mar gie Wells with flu symptoms. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Beck of Wasco are here for a leisurely visit al the Chas. Ratkie home and the Dougal home in Ver nonia. Bob now has his pilot’s license and is waiting for an opening to try his wings. THE EAGLE, VERNONIIA, ORE. AAA to Handle Building Orders Applications for farm construc tion under the civilian production administration’s new construction limitation order will be processed by county and state AAA com mittees, W. C. Johnson, Mist, chairman of the county AAA com mittee, has been notified. Purpose of the order, Mr. John son said, is to limit less-essential contruction so that more ma terials will be available for build ing new homes for returning vet erans. He has been informed that the order provides exemptions of $400 for farm purposes and $100 for other farm buildings. The AAA chairman expects that details of the order, instruc tions and copies of the necessary application forms will be received soon. He pointed out that this will not be a new job for the com mittee, as hundreds of applica tions for farm construction were handled by the AAA office under the wartime construction order Vernonia Insurance Exchange 905 Bridge St. Writing all forms of insurance ALL-SEASON OIL Now industrial research has made it possible to keep the same motor oil in your car all year ’round. A synthetic product, it does not become thick in winter or thin in summer. WHAT’S IT WORTH? What’« What Worth? 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