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8 THURSDAY, DEC. 29, 1949 THE EAGLE, .VERNONIA, ORE. Lumber Maintains Payrolls; Layoffs Due Seasons Heavy in Some Lines After a severe setback last winter due to cold weather let downs in lumbering, construc tion and trade, Oregon's work ing forces finally recovered most of the lost ground to come up in final weeks of the year close to the same period of 1948 as far as unemployment is concerned. according to the December bul letin of the state unemployment compensation commission. Despite seasonal layoffs that pushed the number of idle work ers past the 55.000 mark on De cember 1, weekly increase in the number of claimants were markedly under thos^ of a year ago and chances seemed good that unemployment would not reach last February’s record of 93,000. Seperation notices went to more than 20,000 workers—most ly mill men and loggers—last De cember. but mid-month reports indicated layoffs would be much fewer during the final weeks of 1949, the bulletin continued. Maintenance of fairly high ac tivity in lumber and logging op erations all over the state through the early winter has been the chief factor in holding Oregon's payrolls close to last year’s re cord figures. More than 32,000 persons were laid off by wood products concerns between Aug ust, 1948 and February, 1949, while this year’s open fall con tinued good demand for building material has held employment in Oregon’s main industry within a few thousand of last summer’s 81,000 peak. Even at last February’s low almost as many persons were en gaged in handling wood products as at the height of the war ef fort—and more than at any time during the ’30s. New Car Series to Be Shown Public Jan. 7 Some Guests of Tree Planting to Holiday Noted Start on Burn RIVERVIEW — Louise Donald Three hundred thousand Doug las fir seedlings have been ship ped to the reforestation project of the Tillamook burn from the Nisqually tree farm in Washing ton. District Warden E. Schroeder, Forest Grove, said the trees were obtained from the West Coast Lumber association nursery to supplement the supplies received from the Oregon state nursery at Corvallis. The Oregon nur sery was unable to meet the stepped-up demand this winter caused by introduction of the large reforestation project. Have You Tried Our son of Portland visited at the Bud Rose home Friday. Guests at the E. L. Lloyd home Monday were Mr. and Mrs. Jewell Lloyd and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Rose and family and Mr. and Mrs. Mance Rose of Corvallis. Harrison Young of Longview was a week end guest at the E. L. Lloyd home. Visitors at the Bud Rose home Christmas Day were Mr. and Mrs. Mancel Lee Rose of Cor vallis, Mrs. George Snell. Mr. and Mrs. Mert Jenkins and fam ily of Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Jewell Lloyd and family and Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Lloyd. Normand Helland of Ellensburg Washington visited at the Rex Normand home several days last week. HOME LOAF? KODAK French Bread Raisin Bread Doughnuts • Pies and Cookies • Complete Line of Holiday Candies and Nuts? VERNONIA BAKERY HOME OF BUTTER KRUST BREAD AND ARDEN ICE CREAM Brrr r! A new series of Chevrolet passenger cars is scheduled for unveiling here Saturday, January 7, according to Jim Davies, man ager of the Vernonia Auto com pany. The showing of new models here will be timed to coincide with that of 7000 other dealers across the country. The 1950 cars will make its appearance following Chevrolet’s most successful year. Retail pas senger car sales in 1949 will top 1,000,000 units while truck sales of 350,000 will set a new all- time record for the industry. DEVELOPING SUPPLIES Vernonia Eagle Office. Supplies Cold Weather Ahead Your car has to be in tip top shape to combat the cold winter. Let us check your car now be fore the cold weather sets in. KING'S Automotive Service Mist Rt. Phone 3720 IN COMPETITION with the nation's finest, two first awards for beauty and -distinction of design have been won by an Oregon firm, the brewers of Sick’s Select Beer. F. W. Shepard, manager of Sicks' Brewing Company, Salem announced earlier this month. In national competition with more than 400 beer labels at the annual convention of the Small Brewers' association in Chicago, the Sick’s Select label was voted the ora nd award over all other entries, Shepard disclosed. In the photo above, Wm. O'Shea, left, executive secretary of the Small Brewers committee. Chicago, presents F.W. Shepard, manager Sicks' Brewing company, Salem, the first prise blue ribbon awarded the company for its label. Adctrt ¡acmettf From where I sit... ¿y Joe Marsh DON’T BE A JACK A Tonic For The Missus The missus came marching in with a new hat yesterday. She was as happy as a circus poster. I’ve learned one thing about the hats she buys. A hat is a tonic to her. If she’s feeling blue, nothing gives her a lift like a new hat. Now, I could trade in my old grey fedora without raising my blood pressure a notch. But 111 admit that more than once I've bought a new briar pipe I didn't need—just because life was getting a little bit monotonous. With Buck Howell it's something else again. When Buck is feeling Cepyrig*', low, he gets over it by blowing on a broken-down clarinet he hasn't mastered in twenty years. From where I sit, different peo ple are o/icoy» going to respond to different things in different ways. So let’s keep a friendly under- standing of what other folks get out of a new hat, an old clarinet, a chocolate soda or a temperate glass of sparkling beer or ale now and then. Don’t let your insurance problems care for them selves . . . perhaps lose your investment in home, business, car or other property! Call on us. Let us give your insurance affairs ex pert attention. Let us pro vide you with dependable Hartford insurance. 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