Towns Advantages Pointed Out
Last Sunday, when coming home
from Forest Grove, I found the
traffic held up at Banks. I pulled
off to the side of the road and
went to see what it was all about.
They were having some kind of a
horse show or rodeo and a big
barbecue. Everybody seemed to
be there and everyone was having
a good time. The first thing I
knew I was carried away by the
enthusiasm of the town folks and
found myself cheering with them.
I was not sure what I was cheer
ing about, but everyone was having
such a good time that I wanted
to have a good time with them.
On the way home I got to com
paring Banks to Vernonia and
found that Vernonia outclassed
Banks in location, population, in
dustries, payrolls—everything ex
cept local pride and enterprise.
The location of Vernonia is ideal;
on the banks of the wonderful Ne
halem river with beautiful Rock
creek through the center of the
town. It has one of the largest
sawmills in Oregon with a weekly
payroll of thousands of dollars;
it has the largest dry-kiln units in
the northwest, owns and operates
its own railroad and the federal
housing commission would do well
to consult the manner in which
the
Oregon-American Lumber
Corporation conducts its housing
project for its many employees.
Is Vernonia prideful of all this?
Apparently not.
The Vernonia Rod and Gun club
with a membership of over two
hundred and fifty, owns a- hundred
and fifty acres of land extending
nearly three quarters of a mile
along the banks of Rock creek, one
of the best streams for steelhead
fishing in Oregon. There is a fine
house on the property for the use
of the club members and the care
taker. Do we hear anything about
it? No. If the Portland Rod and
Gun club, or any other city, had
anything like that it would be
proclaimed far and wide.
We have a shingle mill that is
shipping carloads of shingles reg
ularly and within a few miles of
town there is a coal mine ready
to go into production. There is a
nine foot vein of coal with less
than 9% of ash content and the
quality improves with every foot
of drift. With a little help and
cooperation from the citizens of
Vernonia it would soon be in
production and that alone would
make Vernonia one of the indus
trial centers of the state. Do we
hear anything about it? No.
With all these resources and
advantages why does Vernonia let
little Banks steal the show? , One
can harldy pick up a newspaper
without reading about something
doing at Banks while Vernonia
seldom makes the headlines. Banks
evidently has a good publicity man
or an up and coming chamber of
commerce. I have noticed that
many of our young folks make
the long trip to Banks over the
week end; there is always some
thing doing there while here, in
Vernonia, outside of an occasional
church supper, the only social ac
tivity is the community singing
inauguarated by Marshall Crowell;
he is making quite a success of it
and deserves the thanks of the
community, but Mr. Crowell is
not a native Vernonian — just
a recent acquisition; probably
came from Banks.
I always root for the home
team, but I like to see them get
in there and play ball and I would
like to see our city dads try and
put Vernonia on the map. It pays
to advertise. Let everyone know
what a fine town Vernonia is and
the opportunities it has to offer
even if its citizens are of the
sleepy kind. They will wake up
sometime — I hope. What is the
matter with our chamber of com
merce? Maybe we haven’t one,
I dunno. Anyhow the only public
meetings I have seen is when a few
old timers gather on the street
cornr and debate the weather or
have serious discussion of the
whichness of the why or the this-
ness of the that. Vernonia should
wake up and take its place among
the up and coming cities of Ore-
EAGLE,
ORE. THURSDAY, AUG. 25, 1949 S
Bible School Being
Held at Birkenfeld
THE
BIRKENFELD — The Catholic
Bible school is holding a weeks
session in the school house.
Noble Dunlap is doing some car
penter work for T. M. Hopkins,
Stella Bellingham is helping at
the Vernonia Drug store for a
couple of weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Elsemore
and family of Anderson, Calif
ornia are spending a few days
at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Johnston.
Alton Berg was an Astoria
business visitor on Saturday.
RIVERVIEW — Mr. and Mrs.
Huntley and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald McCool and son, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank McCool and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Claude McCool and
daughter, LaVonne, and Dave Car-
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Dunning, Mrs.
Grace McCool and grandchildren,
Mr. and Mrs. George Fiel and
son, Mr. and Mrs. Waer and son
and uncle, Mrs. Unroe and son,
VERNONIA,
Large Group Gathers For IWA Picnic Sunday
gon; it has so much to offer and
so little is done about it.
It is written “He who tooteth
not his own horn, verily his horn
shall not be tooted.” Wake up,
Vernonia, and blow your horn.
Rely on Shell gasoline to take
you farther easier and with less
wear on your engine's vital parts.
Fill up with Shell the next time.
Vernonia Serv. Sta.
Geo. Johnson
Telephone 311
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Tom Tiel, Nate Huntley and the
Amos McGIoughlin family all
met at the union picnic
Miss Nancy Buckner of Hills
boro visited at the Artie Buck
ner home Friday night.
Byron and Glenny Hawkins-
spent three days visiting rela
tives in St. Helens.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Steele of
Sweet Home spent the week end
at the W. D. Steele home.
Stock up!
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No. 2^2 can
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Welch's
Welch's
Welch's
Welch's
Welch's
Welch's
jar 43<
Ib. jar 35*
Ib. jar 27*
Ib. jar 27*
Ib. jar 25«
Ib. jar 25<
Strawberry
Raspberry
Peach
Apricot
Plum
Grapelade
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NESTLE’S MORSELS
These are but a few of
the selections and bar-
gains when you shop at
Mill Market. Stop in
today and look around
and see for yourself.
MILL MARKET
AND LOCKERS
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Cherries Pie Cherries can 29*
Santiam
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303
Fancy Peas ¿ir can 15*
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under the act of March 3, 1879.
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PEACHES
Green-ripe
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lb. 7c
lb 13c
lb. 9c
BARTLETT PEARS
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CABBAGE
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CARROTS
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CAULIFLOWER
Tender staihs of
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ONIONS
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3-lb 19c
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TOMATOES
Danish
SQUASH
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2 f°r 25c
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Swiss Steaks
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Mak*< Cloth«
Lait Long«
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Sno-White Salt
4-lb. bag 13c
Cider Vinegar, Old Mill, qt.l9c, gal. 59c
Heinz White Vinegar, qt 19c, gal. 59c
Macaroni, Porter’s, 14-oz. 19c; 24-oz. 31c
Mrs.Wright's
WHITE or WHEAT
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Regular Bar
Bath Size Bar
Marvin Kamholz,
Editor and Publisher
Melvin Schwab, Linotype Operator
Official Newspaper of
Vernonia, Oregon
Gravenstein
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Salmon cu
can 29*
Lima Beans o / b ««?’.2 10*
29-oz.
Chicken
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No. 303
Pickles Äjr
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