Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974, July 04, 1946, Page 6, Image 6

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    0 THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1946 THE EAGLE, VERNONIA, ORE.
hard to prove there are none. If
they didn’t believe in ghosts—
and fear them—they wouldn’t be
interested enough to attempt a
denial of ghostly existence. Now
I believe in ghosts. I expect to
become one some of these days
and I have a long list of folks out
of whom I hope to scare the liv­
ing daylights just; as soon as I
learn the correct technique of
haunting. When that time comes
I’ll probably be the only ghost in
this neck of th<| woods. No ghost
with any sense would stay here in
this rain if he had a nice hot dry
place where he could have full
right of entry.
Of course our ranch house isn’t
old enough to have a ghost; it is
only old enough to give me a
pain in the neck
(and how I
would love to make a ghost of
the man who designed it and
threw it together) but I remem­
ber a delightfully haunted old
house where a restless shade
walked the upper halls and de­
scended the stairs. I was al­
ways going to spend a night
there, but as evening approached
by courage retreated and I was
never able to remain long enough
to hear the eery footfalls. That
house, where no one dared to live,
has been burned and cattle now
graze over the haunted spot, so
my opportunity to meet that vis­
itant is gone forever.
Nevertheless, even if we can’t
rake up a ghost at the Rocking
W, we did manage a touch of
the eery a few nights ago. Shep-
pie, our collie, called the Big Boss
from the ranch house. The B.B.,
investigate a strange light that
was dancing in the darkness of a
narrow ravine across the road
fro mthe ranch house. The B.B.,
being a practical man, deduced a
hunter with a flashlight and went
to investigate. He and Sheppie
could find no one. Knowing my
insatiable curiosity about any­
thing unusual, he routed me from
pleasant dreams and dragged me
out into the darkness. From the
somber woods of the hill came
the sound of rain-drip, a little
wind rustled through the shrub­
bery behind me, and as I watched
where he pointed I saw a sudden
flashing ball of light. It swayed
slowly upward, paused a moment,
then complete blackness only re­
mained. Again the light came,
and again and yet again, and now
tiny cold fingers began playing
a dance tune up and down my
Ghost Hunt
RONA MORRIS WORKMAN
ROCKING W RANCH
Alexander Wolcott retells in
“Long, Long Ago” on oft-told
ghost story about two men meet­
ing in the half-dusk of an old
English picture gallery. One of
them shivered. “Rather spookv,
isn't it-?” “Oh,” said the other,
“so you believe in ghosts.” The
first speaker laughed. “I do not,"
he said, “do you?” The second
answered, “Yes"—and vanished.
Everybody believes in ghosts,
even the “wise guys” who try so
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vertebrae, even though I told my­
self and the B.B. that it must be
someone trying to escape the
meat shortage. “There is no one
there,” he insisted stubbornly, “so
it must be lightning bugs,” I
hooted. I used to catch lightning
bugs in my early days and no bug
ever made a light like that.
Someone must be prowling around
over there and if it wasn’t a
hunter for deer, it was probably
some modern Diognese trying to
find an honest man, and there­
fore he was crazy as a loon, so
somebody had to go over and
chase him out.
So the Big Boss, craving com­
pany, awakened the ex-marine
and the two bravely advanced to
take the enemy by assault. I,
like all wise generals, remained
to direct the attack from the
home front.
I could hear them scrambling
through the brush toward where
the light waited. Then, suddenly
against the dark hillside, ap­
peared two balls of white light
about three feet apart, moving
slowly upward toward the crest of
the hill which my brave men
were climbing.
I let out a
startled yelp. “Now there are
two and they are coming closer
to you.” I think—though I will
not swear to it as fact—that the
ranks hesitated for a moment, but
rallied and moved on. The B.B.’s
light and the Unknown moved
closer together. I broadcast this
fact to the surrounding territory.
Shivering in the damp darkness
I watched the beam from our
flash sweep among the dripping
trees, explore the ravine, pass
over the strange balls of white
file without pausing and search
the farther hillside. “Nothing up
here,” ’boomed the Big Boss. The
ghost lights moved closer to him.
“They are almost on you right
now,” I squeaked shrilly. “They’re
not fifty feet from where you
are standing.”
Now I wouldn’t want to go on
record as saying that my two
men hurried down from that hill
and back to the house, but I will
say that never before have they
made such good time from up
there, not even when I call them
in for food, and yet they swore
there was nothing up there. Oh,
well—
The next morning the big dic­
tionary and I held a long con­
ference. Webster insisted stoutly
that it must have been an ignis
fatus, those dancing lights caused
by methane gas, and frequently
called “fox fire.” He is prob­
ably right, but it isn’t nearly as
much fun to think about. I’d love
to have a ghost living in that
ravine. It would give such a
nice spooky feeling when dark­
ness walks through the valley.
Perhaps, though, I’d better keep
to Webster. If even an ignis Property Improvement
fatus could make me dive for In Riverview Noted;
the house and slam the door be­ Clams Are Magnet
hind me, what would a real ghost
RIVERVIEW—A surprise was
do? Of coqrse, once 1 know the
in store for Mr. and Mrs. Walter
ghost of a little red dog—but
that, as Kipling says, is another Moore and his mother, Mrs. C. T.
story.
Sometime, perhaps, I’ll Moore who is their house guest at
.present when Mr. and Mrs. Law­
tell it to you.
rence Shoemaker and daughter,
Darlene, of Seattle, drove in Sat­
Visits of Past Few
urday for a three-day visit. Mrs.
Shoemaker is a sister of Mr.
Days Mentioned; First
Moore.
Grandchild Born
Goingson that indicate improve­
RIVERVIEW — A birth an­ ment here this week are: Bulldoz­
nouncement received by Mr. and ing activity on the Art Owens
Mrs. Frank Mills this week reads acreage where a clearing of sev­
like this—Name Ronnie Bert, date eral acres is being made and the
June 27, 1946, weight 7 lb. 14 oz. follow up work of blasting, piling
Place, Oregon City hospital. Par­ roots and plowing; Merle Cline has
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Cleone Wood­ a double garage well under con­
ruff of Portland. This is the struction; the George Bell prop­
first grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. erty has a new picket fence en­
Mills.
closing three sides; and A. F.
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Kennedy and Schalock and his handy man, Roy
son, Robert Hall, and his daugh­ Oakes, are improving our water
ter, Bobby Ellen, of Seattle were system by placing new pipes dur­
week end visitors at the George ing their spare hours.
Carl home.
Clams acted as a magnet to
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Callister draw a goodly number of our
and son Ronnie, spent Friday people to the Oregon beaches Sat­
and Saturday at Rockaway at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
Struchen who had been luncheon
guests at the Callister home on
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wasser of
Goble spent Sunday of last week
at the home of Mrs. Wasser's sis­
ter, Mrs. Albert Nelson.
Raymond Kono of the State
Forestry who is stationed at Wil-
ark, spent the week end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
MACHINE
Kono.
or
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Martingale
MACHINELESS
of Portland were week end guests
at the Guy Herd home.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dial and
infant daughter, Roberta, of
Other na'-ionally adver­
Moses Lake, Washington, spent
tised psrmanents
from Tuesday until Friday with
Robert’s sister, Mrs. Earl King.
COLD WAVES
Having arrived on this mundane
sphere prematurely with only
four pounds of avoirdupois to her
credit, Roberta, after several
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weeks sojourn in an oxygen tent,
Marinello graduate
can now be rated as an active,
healthy babe.
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urday and Sunday. We have the
following names—Mr. and Mrs.
H. E. Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. C-
R. Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Lindsley, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Lindsley ar.d Claribell and Ken­
neth Lindsley who tried their luck
at Gearhart and Johnson Sozoff
and son Jimmie who got their
limit of clams both Saturday and
Sunday at Seaside.
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carelessness, can cause a disastrous
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to fight forest fires is never to start
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Miller’s Department Store
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