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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1948)
6 THURS., JUNE 17, 1948 THE EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON TOPICS OF THE TOWN and Mrs. J. W. Wilcoxen •nd Bonnie made a trip to Jewell last Sunday to visit Mr. Wilcoxen’s mother, Mrs. K. M. Wilcoxen. His sister and fan)i|y, Mr- and Mrs. Dean Abrams, of Tillamook were also there. They went on to visit relatives close by. Mrs. Myrtle Stevenson and son, Vernon, went ■ to Springfield for a visit with her sister, Mrs. H. C. Stevenson and family, past resi dents of Vernonia. Wayne Pitts is now employed Mr. BIKE WRECKS CAR! save the child he hit the tree—he'll be glad the little girl is safe, but mad about the damage to his car. In fact, he may expect her folks to pay the repair bills. Just one more reason why par ents should have Compre hensive Personal Liability Insurance, which covers such claims. To VERNONIA INSURANCE 905 Bridge Street BILL J. HORN, AGENT Phone 231 Vernonia Representing UIirOOD ACCIDENT Md INDEHNITY COMPAMT ■artford. Coaaictlcut with the Forest Grove of forestry. Mr. and Mrs. Orlo division Gore and family recently moved from Ver nonia to Medford, he having em ployment in a mill there. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Spittier re cently moved from Vernonia to Gold Hill where he is employed. Mrs. J. E. Snook and new baby daughter, Mary Jane, came home from Hillsboro last Sunday. Mary Jane was born May 25 at the Jones hospital, Mrs. Snook, hav- ing relatives in Hillsboro, remain- ed there awhile longer after leav- ing the hospital. Miss Beverly Bateman, daugh ter of Tom Bateman, will repre sent San Mateo in the Northern California beauty contest to be held in Santa Cruz June 17. She competed against seven other girls. The winner of the Santa Cruz contest will represent Calif ornia at the national M:ss America contest in Atlantic City later in the year. Charlotte H. Steele was one of more than 1100 students who re ceived their degrees from the Un- 'varsity of Oregon on June 13. She was awarded her bachelor of science degree. Those who left here Tii“sday evening for Pendleton were Vivian laird, Virginia Walker, Adeline Walker and Mr. and Mrs. Hamn Roberson. Jr. They will attend the V. F. W. encamnment. there and plan to return here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tunnell are the parents of a daughter, Reverlv Ann. born Thursday, June 10. The girl weighed six pounds, 11 ounces. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Bob Curl n bov, weighing six pounds, at the Lloyd Maternity home June 11 at 3:25 a m. Returning here Mondav of last week from a trip to Nebraska, Iowa and Miss’ssippi were Dessy Laird, George Laird, Sr., and Miss Vivian Laird. They were gone 18 days during which time they saw relatives at Wahoo. Nebraska. DesMoines, Iowa and Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Here last Sunday for a short time were Mrs. Laura Collins and Fred Cain and fam’ly. The former is Clark Cain’s mother and the latter a brother. Mr. and Mrs. Kent Bi uersfeld are leaving this week to be gone while he is on vacation from work Kullander’s Jewelry store. Damaged Car Seen at Bridge MIST — The Claud and Ernest Kyser families were in Vernonia Saturday. Mrs. L. P. Wikstrom, Sr., and her daughter, Mrs. Clenderien drove to Forest Grove Tuesday to get the latters car which had to be left because of damage As we came up the river Sun day we noticed a car had gone down off the end of the Banzer bridge to the flat far below. We have not been able to learn who the car belongs to. It was smash- cd up quite badly and probably happened Saturday night. Clarence Kyser is working at the Wikstrom mill. Mrs. Austin Dowling and son were shopping in Vernonia Sat- urday. Mrs. Emma Aldridge aqd Mrs. Lizzie McCanles were up from Seaside for the Pioneers meet- ing. Margie and Shirley Wikstrom and the Closners are leaving Tues day for the strawberry field. Wm. Hill was here last week from California visiting his father Jim Hill and sisters, Mrs. Bialett and Mrs. L. P. Wikstrom. Mr. and Mrs. Walt Batson were in Portland recently. Mrs. F. R. Wills is at Olney this week visiting Mrs. Frank Jauverson. Mr. Wills is staying On at the Knowles ranch. Mr. and Mrs. Frances Burnham and family came down from Port- fugee” planes from the flood-hit airports are being based at the field. The refugee ships started land ing at the Hillsboro airport af ter evacuation of the Columbia airport and other fields when the Inman’s dikes began breaking, reported flying service alone about 20 above its normal number. • Crossing between intersections killed 3,200 and injured 51,000 pedestrians in this country in 19- 47. Don’t jaywalk! land and visited the week end at the J. O. Libel home, going to the Sunday meeting at Birken feld. Mrs. Ed Lindberg and son from St. Helens were also guests of the Libels. In Oregon SEWER CHARGE LEVIED WILLAMINA — Water con- sumers here will find a $2 sewer tax charge tacked on for the first time to their water bills for the month of July. The city council wrote this much discussed issue into law at its regular session last week. The charge will go into a “sewer sinking fund,” purpose of which is to start a nest egg toward the final cost of construction of the sewer system and disposal plant. The current cost of an edequate outlay for Sheridan is estimated tentatively to be about $244,000. ELECTRIC PLANT USED M c M innville — The flood waters of the Columbia river have seriously curtailed the output of electric energy by Bonneville dam with the result that it has been necessary to use the diesel gen erating equipment in McMinnville since May 29 to make up a defict in the normal local power supply. PLANES JAM AIRPORT HILLSBORO — The most ac tivity in the history of the Hills boro airport is being experienced as a result of damaging floods which have been sweeping through the Portland area for more than a week. 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