6 THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1947 THE EAGLE, VERNONIA, ORE. LET'S BE SOCIABLE New Officers for W.R.C. Installed The order of W.R.C. met in regular session January 16 and the following officers were in- . . . and ready to go for any occa­ sion. Keeping your wardrobe in like - new condi­ tion is not a dif­ stalled: President, Ione Justice; Senior Vice, Mae Mellinger; Junior Vice, Grace Bundy; Treasurer, Alma Mills; Chaplain, Marie Shafer; Conductor, Ethel Peasnail; Guard, Faye Davis; Secretary, Alice Gwin; Patriotic Instructor, Hilda Keasey, Press Correspondent, Myrtie Bays, and Color Bearer, Gertrude Rusow. The order is planning a cooked food sale Saturday, January 25 at the Vernonia 5 and 10 store on the corner of Third and Bridge streets. • Mrs. Nichols to Entertain P.E.O. ficulty if you let us du your clean­ The Vernonia chapter of P.E.O. Sisterhood will meet Tuesday eve­ ning, January 28 at 8 o’clock at the home of Mrs. J. W. Nichols. The meeting will be devoted to the founders’ day program and will be conducted by Mrs. Sam Hearing, Jr. ing regularly. Come in Today Made-to-measure Suits Vernonia Cleaners F— Study Club to Meet At Hughes Home The Vernonia Study club, orig­ inally scheduled to meet Thursday of last week, will meet Thursday evening, tonight, at the home of Mrs. A. J. Hughes. The meeting was postponed last week due to bad weather that would have prevented the attendance of many members. . The program will be in charge of Mrs. Judd Greenman who will report on the “Autobiography of Charles Dickens.” Roll call will be to give a bit of unusual information. WHEN YOUR property is damaged, it is very comforting to call your insurance agent and hear • him say:— Bridge Club Meets With Mrs. Olin “Your policy covers The O-A bridge club met Thurs­ that loss I’ll be right over” day afternoon of last week at ASK THIS Hartfora agency to plan your insur­ ance to cover losses to which you individually are likely to be subjected. VERNONIA INSURANCE EXCHANGE 90} Bridge Street Phone 231 Vernonia the home of Mrs. F. R. Olin. Mrs. Olin held high score for the afternoon’s play. Licensed Contractors REFRIGERATION RADIO SERVICE Appliance Repairing STRONG’S RADIO AND ELECTRIC 969 Bridge St. Ph. 576 Mrs. Krieger, Jr., Honored at Shower A pink and blue shower was held at the home of Mrs. Bernard Killingberg, honoring Mrs. Albert Krieger, Jr. Present were Mrs. Melva Barrett, Mrs. Vera Wil­ lard, Mrs. Bob Sword, Mrs. Herb Sturdevant, Mrs. Pete Weidman, Mrs. L. O. Gillham, Mrs. H. A. DeWitt, Mrs. Frank Morris, Mrs. Lee Miller and Evelyn, Mrs. War­ ren Stevenson and Vernon, Mrs. Albert Krieger, Sr., Mrs. Bert Hawkins, Mrs. Margaret Hartzell, Mr3. Vergie Hunt, Mrs. Frank Lusby, Helen Killian, Mary and Evelyn Stevenson, Barbara Brown, Mickie Hall and the hostess. Several who were unable to at­ tend sent gifts. • No Hardship Is VA Instruction Oregon offices of the Veterans Administration have received in­ structions that recovery of sub­ sistence allowance over-payments from veterans in training under the GI bill should be made in a manner that will impose no hard­ ships, Thomas M. Craig, VA rep­ resentative in this area, said this week. Any veteran whose subsistence has been suspended to balance prior over-payments, and who can show that undue hardship is re­ sulting, should apply to the VA regional office for a readjust­ ment, Craig advised. The overpayments following wage ceilings set by congress for veteran trainees last August Mrs. Alstead Hostess 8. To avoid sudden mass sus­ To Altar Society pensions, the VA continued full Mrs. Andrew Alstead enter­ subsistence payments, pending re­ tained St. Mary’s Altar society ceipt of monthly wage reports last Wednesday. A committee of from trainees. two, Mrs. Kenneth Anderson and Report forms sent to veterans Mrs. Dave Brunsman, was ap­ contained the warning that any pointed to take care of cleaning subsistence payments which put and decorating the church. The a trainee over $175 or $200 quilting project to begin next income ceilings would be subject month at the home of Mrs. Alois to recovery by the government. 3auer. Many returned their over-pay­ Mrs. Alstead served a delicious ments voluntarily as they were luncheon after the meeting was received, but others chose to post­ adjourned. pone the “day of reckoning.” • During December, 171 veterans in Oregon cleared up their over­ Mrs. Aldrich payments with the VA. At Entertains Club month’s end, 2095 cases of over­ Mrs. Ralph Aldrich, Jr., was payments totaling $151,702 were hostess for the S and S club still outstanding, for which no Tuesday evening. Mrs. John and recovery arrangements had been Mrs. Ed Roediger held high score made. About 2000 trainees with for pinochle during the evening. overpayments are still drawing • reduced subsistence. Craig meets with veterans each Wednesday morning in the City Hall at Vernonia. , Riverview Man In Hospital RIVERVIEW—Polly Lynch mo­ tored to Portland Sunday to take her mother, Mrs. George Bell, to stay with her daughter, Mrs. Del­ bert Glenn. Mrs. George Davis and son, George, returned home Friday after taking a trip to California where they visited relatives. They report that they had a lovely time. Oscar Steele was taken to the Good Samaritan hospital in Port­ land Tuesday where he is under­ going an intestinal operation. Recent visitors at the W. D. Steele home were their» daughter, Mrs. L, A. Billings and their granddaughters, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Snick (Emmalene Billings) and Mrs. Melvin Newby (Alice Billings) and daughter, Melva, of Portland. This is the first time Mrs. Steele has seen her great- granddaughter, Melva. For Pasteurized MILK CREAM and BUTTERMILK ight Go-n the farm to your door, write or cal! Telephone No. 7F51 CUR PRODUCTS ALWAYS SATISFY 11-22-47 PEBBLE CREEK DAIRY Timber Rt., Box 56 Vernonia, Oregon Modern retain3 its after being Fahrenheit heat resistant steel strength and shape heated to 1500 degrees and cooled repeatedly. • C. P. Rodgers covered exactly 84 miles from Sheepshead Bay t