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2 THURSDAY, MAR. 1, 1951 THE EAGLÉ, VERNONIA, ORE. TOPICS OF THE TOWN Mr. and Mrs. Donald Camaron ¿ire the parents of a boy Jx>m February 18, at the St. Vincent’s hoapiial in Portland. He has been named Wayne Lee and weighed sa at eight pounds 15 ounces. Shirley Kirtland came home from the Veterans hospital in Portland Wednesday. At present Ae and Mrs. Kirtland are visiting their daughter, Helen Smith, at Canyonville. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Anderson and daughters, LaVema and La Wan da, of Tillamook started to Ver nonia Sunday, February 18 to visit their parents, Mr. and Mrs. McNutt and Mrs. Mary Anderson. They ran into icy roads and their car left the road and turned on it's side. Mrs. Anderson was quite painfully injured and both tf the girls received cuts and Lruiaes. Mrs. McNutt spent last week at Tillamook caring for the family. I.O.O.F. DANCE, old-time music Saturday. March 3, I.O.O.F. hall. 6! per person. 9ilc Mrs. O. M. Hudson, who has t>een working at Jewell for some lime, has returned home on ac- rount of illness. Mr. and Mrs. Lindy Hudson Friendly Service Super Savings 1 You’ll like our market, you'll appreciate the clean, modern surroundings, the attractive displays, the courteous clerks. # And. you'll applaud our high j quality. low price products. ¡MILL MARKET i AND LOCKERS ‘ Remember— ; DELIVERIES TWICE ’ DAILY: 10 a.m - 3 p.m. PHONE 1391 have returned from Butte, Mon tana and are staying at the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Mansford Johnson. Mrs. Lettie Brown, who has been ill since December 13, is able to leave her apartment tor short walks, so is much better. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schonbeck- ler accompanied by Mrs. June Jones and son, Rickie, were in Hillsboro Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Sennett Drennan and son, Gary, left Vernonia Fri day for a couple of months visit in Mississippi with his mother, Mrs. E. E. Drennan, and brother Otis of Sumrail and other rela tives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blount had as a week end guest, Mrs. Ruth Miller from Roseburg, friend of Mrs. Blount. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Waite are the parents of a son, Stephen Howard, weighing eight pounds, six ounces and born at the Emanuel hospital February 13. He is the 13th grandchild of Mrs. Stephen O. Waite of Toledo. Ma ternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Howard Orr of Pendleton. Mrs. Bonnell and granddaughter, Karen, stayed at the Waite home with Julia and Carolyn during their mother’s absence. I.O.O.F. DANCE, old-time music Saturday, March 3. I.O.O.F. hall. $1 per person. 9tlc Will Harders reports the birth of twin calves, one heifer and one bull, Monday on his farm on Capitol hill. Mr. and Mrs. George Hahn were in Portland Sunday and Monday to attend the Northern Wholesale Hardware convention featuring new spring merchandise. Mrs. Phil Taylor of Portland was here Thursday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Ben Brickel at the home of Julius Stubbs, who has been very ill. Mr. Stubb’s health is improving. Mrs. Betty Bronson was taken to the St. Helens hospital Sat urday night in the Bush ambu lance for injuries sustained in an auto wreck at the Two-mile bridge on the Mist highway. The accident took place early in the evening as the result of a skid which overturned the car in which she was riding. Two people from here were taken to hospitals in the Bush ambulance last week, Harold Bergerson to the Veterans hospi tal and Mrs. Lee Jesse to the Jones hospital in Hillsboro. I.O.O.F. DANCE, old-time music Saturday, March 3, I.O.O.F. hall. $1 per person. 9tlc Mr. and Mrs. Art Kirk arrived home from their winter trip last Friday. On September 6 they left Vernonia for Sandusky, Ohio to visit their daughter and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schaffer (the former Arlene Kirk), spent Christmas in Florida visiting re latives and also visited relatives in Kentucky and Kansas on the way home. They stopped at Meridian, Idaho to see former Vernonia residents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Templeton. In all their traveling they motored through 20 states. Mrs. Helene Hanel received a letter recently from her brother. Unknown Illness Is Cause of Death TREHARNE — Mrs. Walter Cox’s niece, Elsa Olson, passed away last week. Virginia Cox has recovered from her injury received at school. Other children pushed a piano onto her leg. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Whitmire were in Portland on business re cently. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Merkling called on the Rome Whitmires Sunday evening and Mrs. Jerome Whitmire called on Mrs. Snyder Monday morning. FIVE YEARS AGO From The Eagle. Feb. 21, 1946 Repairing of present electric lines and the construction of new lines will be possible within a very short time due to the pur chase of a 114 ton line con struction truck by the West Ore gon Electric Coop., Inc., Frank D. Seelye, manager, said Saturday. Member^ of the Vernonia civi lian defense police force which was active during the war re ceived the sincere thanks of Chief A. D. Lolley this week when he expressed his appr cia- tion for the cooperation he had received. The civilian def.'-nse was disbanded recently when the possibility of needing their ser vices ended. The construction work or. Ver nonia’s newest service station was started a few days ago and will be pushed to compktion as fast as possible. The station is located on the lot at the corner of Weed and Bridge and Jake Berger is the owner. August 14 to 18 are the dates set for the first Columbia coun ty fair to be held since Pearl Harbor at the Deer Island fair grounds. Reverend A. L. Shoning, of Long Island, N.Y. saying he made a trip to Fayetteville, North Caro lina especially for the purpose of baptizing his new niece, Phyllis Louise Renfro, granddaughter of Mrs. Hanel and Mr. ancf Mrs. Red O’Brien both of Vernonia. The child is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dickie Renfro, born January 11. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Harmon of Stoney Point a son, Ned LeRoy, weighing seven and three-fourths pounds, February 18. His grandmother, Mrs. Opal McGuire is assisting the Harmon family. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Herrin and daughters, Shirley and Shar TEN YEARS AGO on, of Oregon City spent the From The Eagle, Feb. 21, 1941 Post office patrons awoke Wed week end here visiting her rela tives, the Spoffords, and his rela nesday morning to find the post tives, the Luther Herrins, and the office located in its new quarters in the Oregon Gas and Electric Bruce Bass family. Sunday dinner guests at the building. The move was made Robert Tunnell home were Mr. during the evening hours. An attempt to organize a flying and Mrs. Clyde Freeman, son and daughter of Stayton, Mr. and school at the Vernonia Airport Mrs. John Anglesey of Mill City is underway this week according and Mr. and Mrs. Walt Anglesey to information given out by of Rigby, Idaho. The Angleseys Harold Dow, Joy Theater mana are brothers of Mrs. Afny Sim ger, who has issued a request that prospective students contact mons, Mrs. Tunnell’s mother. Dr. and Mrs. Hal Graves and him at the theater. The Vernonia bowling alley family were here to visit Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Graves last week property was sold last week by Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Burton to end. Mrs. Joe Vanderzandcn received Mr. and Mrs. Otto Goertzen who a phone call of the serious ill took over management of the ness of her father, Albert Peters, business Friday. County Agent George Nelson is David City, Nebraska. Mr. Peters suffered from a fall December 28. busy here this week supervising Mrs. Vanderzanden boarded the the work of seeding a section of • Streamliner Sunday evening, land which was burned over last February 11, and made the 2000- summer by the forest fire start mile trip in 30 hours. Mr. Peters ing on the Wolf Creek highway had passed away before she ar west of Sunset Camp. Two persons were fined Tues rived, at the age of 77 years. Mrs. , Vanderzanden returned by bus day in the City Recorder’s Court ( Friday, February 23 after a short I for soliciting from house-to-house i which action violates the so- I visit with her relatives. called Green River ordinance. DATES TO REMEMBER Thurs., March 1 — District scout court of honor. Washington school. 8 p.m. Thurs., March 1 — Final date to purchase dog licenses without penalty. Sat„ March 3 — Townsend club meeting. IWA hall. 8 p.m. Wed.. March 7 — Mist P.-T.A. Meeting, 8 p.m. Mon.. March 19 — Grade P.-T.A. meeting. Washington school, 8 p.m. Buildings on Place Moved January Claims . Low for 3 Years • ROCK CREEK — Bruce Berndt is busy moving the buildings left by the Judd family over to his place. Mrs. May Krieger and sons, Billy and Marvin, picked up Blanche DeWitt and Isola Morris and they drove out to the J. A. ‘Armstrong home to wish Mrs. Armstrong a happy birthday. The Armstrongs are moving to Port land, having ¿old the home on Timber road to their son, Irvin and family. The Querins have sold their place and are moving to Ver nonia but Mr. Querin will still operate the sawmill he built. Mrs. Veil DeVaney visited her husband over the week end but since it is necessary for her to stay in Portland for treatments, Mr. and Mrs. Ted DeWitt are planning to move into their house. Unemployment benefits paid in January were $1,698,008. higher than any time since last April but the lowest January re port in three years, the State un employment compensation com mission announces. The total was 59.5 per cent below a year ago but 50 per cent above December, 1950. Claims taken at local offices in creased slightly every week since Christmas but the latest total of compensables (20,945) was 63 per cent less than the same week o. 1950 when 56,609 persons were asking benefits. New claimants also were much fewer than during last winter’s cold spell. Only 69,491 have filed claims since the start of the benefit year last July, while at this time a year,ago 122,045 were on the books. The total reached 144,479 by the end of the 1950 benefit year for an all-time re cord. Payments to unemployed ve terans under the G-I Bill of Rights dwindled to $10,796 as compared with $84,414 a year ago and $974,071 in January, 1943, when most veterans were still eligible for alfowances. Yesterdays FIFTEEN YEARS AGO From The Eagle. Feb. 21, 1936 Because of the storm, r pair work on the S P. & S. between Vernonia and the county line has been shut down. Logging for the most part, has continued but ice in the pond has prevented tne Lindsay lumber mill from oper ating. Work on the airport has been closed down for the rest of the winter, and the 15 men employed there have been transferred to the McDonald road project. Auction Sale Attended Sat. TREHARNE — Andy and Eve lyn Young have been on the sick, list this week. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Biddle and daughter called on Mrs. Doris Young and children Saturday afternoon. Byron Kirkbride and sons and G. C. Kirkbride attended the auc tion sale in Clatskanie Saturday. Mrs. Carl Snyder is recovering after a two weeks illness of virus pneumonia. Mrs. Carl Snyder’s brother, John Shaver, of Nebraska visited the Snyder's Jast week. ZHZHZHZHZHZH »Joy Theatre MARCH 1-2 THURS., FRI. ROCK ISLAND TRAIL Forest Tucker - Adele Mara MARCH 3 SATURDAY TARZAN AND THE SLAVE GIRL Less Barker - Vanessa Brown Plus DYNAMITE PASS Tim Holt SUN., MON. Richard Widmark-Walter Palance TUES., WED. 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