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4 THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1947 Events in Oregon PUPILS EARN »400 DESPITE SHOWERS SANDY, April 10—April show er* over the weekend interrupted the campaign of the Sandy grade school students to raise »1,000 as a eontrigution to the Sandy Me morial Hospital. The rain ipade it impossible to work on all of the 398 jobs avail able to the students, who plan to contribute their wages to the Memorial. Howevdr, approxi mately »400 has been earned by the students already. The drive has been extended for another ten days which will allow the students to work after school hours and on two Saturdays, de clared Principal Duane Knapp. CAMP FOR BOYS DUE AT TIMBER FOREST GROVE—A camp for boys from the Woodburn training school is to be established near Timber in a former CCC camp, according to action taken during the past week by the legislature. A bill appropiating »150,000 for establishment of the camp received senate approval. Of the total amount, »100,000 will come out of the state’s general fund and »50,- 000 from the state building fund. Licensed Contractors REFRIGERATION RADIO SERVICE Appliance Repairing STRONG’S RADIO AND ELECTRIC ¡969 Bridge St. Ph. 576 HEAR-HEREI • See the sensational NEW SONOTONE with “MAGIC KEY”! Solves the greatest problem of all-in-one hearing aids! Ev ery hearing advance—PLUS extra power always available —PLUS ability to save up to % in battery costs! No charge for examination or advice. MacDonald Hotel Vernonia, Oregon Kenneth R. Sax Certified Sonotone Consultant Thursday, April 24th 2 P. M. to 6 P. M. HONOTONE The House of Hearing THE EAGLE, VERNONIA, ORE. THE POCKETBOOK OF KNOWLEDGE WHISKER CONTEST TO START ON APRIL 10 SEASIDE—April 10 is the day when the whisker contest, to be held in connection with the Lewis and Clark festival, started. And woe to any man capable of grow ing a beaver to be without it, or a non-whisker permit. The festival is expected to be one of the outstanding events of the summer. To be held June 27. 28 and 29, the pfogram will in volve a revival of a western at mosphere with emphasis on the story of the Lewis and Clark ex pedition and its visit to Seaside and Clatsop county. A cut in President Truman’s requested »37.5 billion budget would not impair defense effic iency, in the opinion of tax ex perts. Examination of the de fense budget shows that the civilian personnel of War and Navy Departments is about equal in number to the military person nel. THE ARMY AND NAVY de partments should prove their case for maintaining as many civilians as there are men in uniform, the tax experts point out. AT THE PEAK of the war, we spent an average of »6,960 per soldier. THE PRESIDENT’S budget for 1948 is equivalent to an expendi ture of »6,790 per man, or only $170 le3s than when we were fighting a global war. FOR EXAMPLE, the Army does laundry and, dry-cleaning for officers, and when the war ended it had enough equipment to per form these services. Yet, in 1946 it bought »33 million worth of new laundry equipment; in 1947 it bought »23 million more, and in 1948 it proposes to spend another »23 million. NAVY OFFICIALS have com- ]■’. ined that the 1948 fuel allow ance would permit only three days steaming per month. How ever, the figure is only »5 million less than for 1947 and there is no complaint this year. EVERYONE, say the experts, should weigh Admiral Nimitz’s statement that “No naval or mili tary man is ever satisfied with what is made available. • The speed of a champion racing greyhound on an English course recently was timed at 525 yards in 28.99 seconds, or 37 miles an hour. • FISHING FOR BARGAINS? DROP YOUR LINE IN THE CLASSIFIED COLUMN. Oregon-American LUMBER CORPORATION Vernonia, Oregon By PILGRIM HREF BALLS ON PAWNSHOPS WERE COAT OF ARMS OF THE MEPICI FAMILY! FIRST FAMOUS / 1 PAWNBROKFR// -c FIRST IRON FURNACE IN THE U.S. WAS BUILT IN VIRGINIA IN fVJ-ORt THAN A QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS IN NEVJ LIFE INSURANCE PENSION TRUSTS WERE SET UP LAST yEAri By COMPANIES FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES /6/9 TH/ffp MOAZ TH0AJ O\’~' ■ T-r ALL rruc •S t The Old Lumber Yard Any day now I expect to see display adds under some such heading as “Moderne Building Products Salon” or “The Ritz Lumber Parlors,” with announce ment that a line of cosmetics has been added to the Fine Arts and Wallpaper Department, and that a slick hostess has been hired to put on bridge teas as a daily feature in the Orange-Pekoe Annex. Worse than that happened to the oldtime drug store. Tile change of the pre-Volstead saloon into the cocktail bar of these de generate days is an even more disheartening subject for male meditation. As successor to the livery barn, the garage is. a tomb of the hopes and dreams of an age in which the Horse was mightier than the Atom. The old lumber yard down by the tracks has been the hardest of all the traditional institutions of its kind in the American com munity. It is yet to be found in its ancient form, albiet rundown, ramshackle, nigh to dissolution, in many a town. Before the war I stumbled into one such in the capital city of California. The proprietor was out in overalls, unloading a car of cedar shingles. (Once upon a time there really were whole cars of shingles.) I stood back and watched him for a long time. He set me dreaming. Mountain to Prairie What I remembered mostly was first breath of magic from the mountain pines. It was in a little town of Southern Iowa, a farm village in the prairie cornfields. I was seven. In one way or an other I was taken along with an uncle when he drove to the yard over by the Wabash tracks for a jag of timber. A boxcar on the siding was half unloaded. The dealer said that it was just in from Wild Idaho. That impressed me, for realatives were living in that Wild Western state. 1 “Yes , sir”-the lumberman said to Uncle Joe. “Prime pine from Idaho, the best I’ve ever seen. White, bright, planed to a hair. I expect to handle a lot of the same.” My uncle put me up in the car, and I smelled pine as I had never known it before. The scent haunt ed me for days, and seemed to breathe life into pictures seen and tales heard of the mountains of the West and their forests. There were more visits to the lumber yard, and it later became one of the places in town where I’d hang around with other boys to watch men’s doings and hear their talk. The yard was just that—a lot by a Wabash siding, lumber piled in rough assortments, without cover, the office a shack with a stove. A draying business was operated from the place, and it had a small barn, wagon shed and storeroom. Eventually the part ners added an icehouse and coal piles to their enterprises. No women set foot in the lum ber yard in myj time around it. The one step toward modern building materials merchandising that I can recall was the erection of a rough shed to protect siding, flooring and other high-grade lumber items from the weather. The yard owners were commonly to be seen in working clothes, sweating at hard labor, or else talking with male customers and callers. Such was my recollection as I stood in the dusty and weathered establishment of California retail lumber dealer and watched him at his heavy labor. It was all a spectacle to scandalize a retail sales expert. It was a throwback to the horse and buggy. But it restored a bit of boyhood in a quiet little Iowa town ... a shack and lumber piles by a Wabash siding ... a locomotive whistling in from the We3t ... a carload of pine, strong with breath of mountain timber and high adven ture. Frank's Pastime I management ER UP Redecorated and Remodeled We are now open With Signal AT Heath’s Service Station Phone 5711 At the Mile Brige, Riverview CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST (Colored) Elder J. C. Foster, Minister. Services every Sunday at 1:30 and 7:30. ASSEMBLY OF GOD —Rev. H. Gail McIlroy, Pastor 9:45—Sunday school with clas ses for all ages. 11:00—Morning worship. 6:30—C. A. service. 7:30—Evangelistic service. 7:30 Tuesday—Prayer meeting. ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC Rev. Anthony V. Gerace Rev. J. H. Goodrich Mass: 9:30 a.n>. sxcept first Sunday in month—Mass at 8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Confessions from 7:45 a.m. on. FIRST CHRISTIAN —Ernest P. Baker, Minister 9:45—Bible school led by M. L. Herrin. 11:00—Morning worship and Jun ior church. 1 :30—Sunday evening service. 7:30 Wednesday—Prayer meeting. NAZARFNE CHAPEL The church that caree. —H. L. Russell, Pastor 1208 Bridge St. 9:45 a.m.—Sunday school. 11:00 a.m.—Morning worship. 7:45 p.m.—Evangelistic services. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday—Praise and prayer. EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN —Rev. Allen II. Backer, Minister 9:45 — Sunday bool 11:00—Morning worship. 6:30 p.m.—Young People’s service. 7:30—Evening service. Thursday evening 7:30—Prayer meeting and Bible study. SEVENTH oAY ADVENTIST Services on Saturday: 10:00 a.m.—Sabbath school. 11:00 a.m.—Gospel service. A cordial invitation is extended to visitors. J. E. FOSSUM Electrical Service ! Home, Commercial, Residential BE WISE Preserve your winter Clothes by having them Cleaned before storing. Vernonia Cleaners For Pasteurized MILK CREAM and BUTTERMILK right from the farm to your door, write or call Telephone No. 7F51 OUR PRODUCTS (ALWAYS SATISFY 11-22-47 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 PEBBLE ¡CREEK DAIRY Timber Rt., Box 56 Vernonia, Oregon BEAUTY TREATMENT FOR YOUR CAR Everything from a Facial to a Permanent Th* finish of your cor con bo kept sparkling new by a little care. If you wont to do this work yourself, wo carry all kinds cf "beauty” olds, such as Polish, Wax etc, that are highly recommended for H WOk WASH & POLISH We are mighty proud the way the boys wash and polish cars in our place. They take a lot of pride in their work—and have proper equipment for doing a splendid job. Better phone us in advance for an appointment, as this department is kept busy and naturally we do not wish to disappoint you. BEAUTIFUL WAX JOB COMPLETE PAINT JOB With the choice of late modem color,. If your paint is scratched or faded . . . and if your car is shabby looking, have it painted at our place, and it will look like new. EASY PAYMENTS IF YOU WANT—and the price of a complete new paint job is surprisingly low. Get our estimate. HAVE YOUR CAR STEAM CLEANED WITH OUR NEW KERRICK CLEANER Pick up, perk up for the Spring Parade for your recreation Our job includes steam cleaning the chassis and motor and washing the car for $6.50 Ed's Recreation Center Vernonia Auto Co. Ed Ling, Proprietor I I 208 B St Vernonia Telephone 283 CONTRACT DAY WORK* INSTALLATIONS ALTERATIONS REPAIRS There is no two ways about it. A WAX job, when it is done right and the way we do it, just adds life and sparkle to your car. Dirt and grime just slide right off on a waxed car . . . and it is so easy to keep clean and looking good by just wiping it off. Now under new FILL Paris, France, was founded be fore the Christian Era as a fort ified town of the Gallic tribe of the Parisii and was originally called Lutetia. At the Churches Phone 342 “A Safe Place to Trade”