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M THURSDAY, FEB. 14. 1952 THE EAGLE. I Miat Unit Studies Furniture Arrangement VERNONIA, ORE. BY W. G. NIBLER Extension Agoni AROUND THE FARM County thinning a row of garden peas- you get better fruit. Water sprouts that are growing up through the tree center shohld also be removed. If the water sprout is on a major limb, and a limb is broken away or there is » an open space, leave it for a Ung. fruiting branch. Pruning home orchard trees is I The amount of brush to remove not difficult and it will pay. Just in neglected trees may run as follow a few simple rules. high as one-fourth to one-third Usually old home orchard trees of all branches of the size men are too thick in their tops. Thin tioned. nut some of this brush. Limbs Usually, it is not necessary to to cut are those about half the cut branch tips; in fact, it is size of your thumb; take out generally bad practice. the weak, leave the strong, Do It’s impossible to catch up on this throughout the tree top. your pruning in one year. Take Thinning out thick top branch it easy on that poor old tree follows the same principle as that has not been touched for 25 years. Give yourself three to five years of some pruning every year to shape up the tree. The Mist-Nehalem Unit of home extension met at the home of Jeanette Sundland for the February 8 meeting. Miss Fran ces L. Gallatin, home extension agent, gave the demonstration on furniture arrangement. Mrs. Sundland’s living roam furniture was rearranged according to the principles of furniture arrange ment which are balance, propor tion and relationship and order and unity. The next meeting will be at the home of Virginia Hansen on March 14 starting at 10:30 a.m. The subject for demonstration is to be "Yeast Breads and Rolls” and will be 1 under the project leadership of Jane Hansen and In°er Ashley. Everyone is invited to attend and are ask-'d to bring a sack lunch. Coffee will b? served by the hostess. Mrs. Knowles will be baby sitter as usual. ttbD Many folks are now pruning tree» in the home orchard. Judg- cig from the appearance of some of these pruned trees, the owners aumetimes get a little over en- thusiastic when they start cut- ABOUN DTHE FAR M Laundry and Dry Cleaning IN THURSDAY BACK THURSDAY Same service for Dry Cleaning. (No extra charge) Bring To— BEN BRICKEL’S BARBER SHOP Oregon Laundry and Dry Cleaners FRANCES L. GALLA’/.N, Columb’a county hom: r~ent (right) showing construction features ci cloth handbag to Mr'. Hans Hovland. Rainier, chairman of the home extcns on county ccm- mittee. Certified Marshall strawberry plants are in good supply this year. Columbia county growers putting in new plantings this spring should have no difficulty in obtaining certified plants. The price of certified plants is also down from last year parti cularly when they are purchased in quantity. Growers who have been pro ducing strawberries for a number of years are pretty well agreed that using certified plants is by far the best procedur?. It is a good idea to check with growers jn your area, however, to see wfiich lots of plants have tjfen doing the best. Results» from different lots of certified plants has varied in Columbia county and growers are developing d fi nite preferences for certain lots which are giving better perform- anse. Forestry Club To Plant Trees The Mist Forestry club reor ganized for 1952 and had its first meeting at the home of Robert Mathsws on Saturday afternoon. February 9. At present there are two members in Forestry 2 and eight members in Forestry I. Ro bert Mathews is club leader; Vir ginia Johnson, secretary; Dick Johnson, president; Tim Coryell, vice-president and Margaret Coleman is club reported. At this meeting members plan ned their program for the com ing year, worked on tree iden tification for a little while and discussed exhibit boards. Th club hop s to get movies to show at the next meeting and is order ing 1000 Douglas Fir Trees, 100C Port Orford Cedar trees and 1000 Cascara trees. These trees will be planted at the homes of the ’club members for future Christmas trees, lum ber trees and medicine trees. T! next meeting is schduled for the afternoon of February 23. Frances L. Gallatin came to harmonize with her wardrobe. By Columbia County on February 1, using left over materials ,rom 1951, as hom? extension ag nt garments sh? has mad., she will with the Oregon State College not only save money but also extension service. Sh? is in hav? smart wardrobe accessories. charge of organizing and con This is one of the eight monthly The Vernonia Eagle ducting the hom? demonstration projects in the year’s program of Marvin Kamholz program for all homemakers the 18 hom- evtension units in NATAL — The Vernonia Edftor and Publisher interested in home improvement. the county. All interested mem- Official Newspaper of An important phase of her work b?rs and homemakers are wel- Square Dane? club sponsored a Vernonia, Oregon is the girls 4-H club program. | corned to join the nearest unit. square dance ,?t the Natal hall last Saturday night. A large She shares the county extension Entered as second class mail Duiing F bruarv. Miss Gallatin crowd attended. office in the Columbia county matter, August 4, 1922 at the is giving furniture arrangement Maxine Oblack was o an over past office in Vernonia. Oregon, court house with W. G. Nibler, dem nstrati« ns* for half th? night guest Saturday at her agricultural agent and Harold I uniA; project leaders previously order* th? act of March 3, 1874. grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Re d I Black, 4-H club agent. Subscription price. $2#50 yearly I train'd und r th? supervision of • Miss GaLat.n and Viola Par. in. * Holding. Miss ¿lallatin was raised on a * • • Mrs. Don Hall of Morton, dairy and poultry farm#near Ash r hom? furnAhings sp cia'ist, are ft IS YOUR DRIVERS LICENSE Washington was an ov’ernight land and attended the Ashland I teaching ! members of the other WORTH $11.000 guest Monday of her sister and Under the new Financial Respon grad? and high schools. Sh was units to mak ■ attractive economi family, the ‘Robert Mathews. sibility law now in effect in Ore active in both livestock ana I cal draperi s for their homes. In Mrs. Hall was enroot? home from gon vou may be required to post homemaking 4-H clus attending March, trained project laders Seaside where she has visit:d as high as" $11.000 in case of, an several sessions of the 4-H club will ^demonstrate making yeast •her mother, Mrs. Maude Rogers. aut8 accident—or lose your right to drive. Find out how little it summer "school at Corvallis and bread and rolls for all units. All e, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kyser costs you to insure with Stat? winning trips to the state fair, project leaders give their* time ■ and daughters were in Forest Farm Mutual—the automobile#in- the Pacific International Live without compensation. • • » I Grovt Saturday. The Kvi'er’s also s.urance company that dared to be stock Exposition and the National different in ways that save you In the above picture, M.’s,Hov visited Mrs. Riser’s brother and Club Congress. A B.S. degree land and Miss Gallatin are seated family in Hillsboro before re money. JAMES J. JOHNS — Phone 1165 in professior*il home economics on a davenport wliich Mrs. Hov- turning home that evening. 1249 Bridge St. — Vernonia. Ore. was earned at Oregon state col lA.nd reupholstered in a home ex- STATE FARM MUTUAL TREHARNE — Mrs. Byroi^ lege after which she taught vo I tensk»n workshop in 19494 This AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO. For results—Eagle®Classifisds! Kirkbride was a Tuesday even cational hom? economics m the i winter. Miss Gallatin is super high school at Glenns Ferry. vising a slip cov t workshop.* ing caller of Mr. and Mrs. Joe •Idaho. Her extension expedience Project leadersewere trained* in BOYS 15 YEARS OLD HAVE Miller • DEFECTIVE EYESIGHT Larry Garner was injured quite includes eight years with the January on selection of suitable • Alaho extension s.rvics as district material.^measuring chairs to^le- badly Sunday while working on Much of this could be a! oid d home demonstration agent and his car. The jack slipped and he tuftrnine the amount of material if an examination had been extension clothing specialist. I needed and innerspring repair. I was struck across his nose and mad? earlier in life. The time i Jn 1943, Miss Gallatin enlisted In March, project leaders will face. His nose was cut severly to check trouble is before it and broken one one side. His in the* Army to serve her coun make slip covers under th? direc starts. Come in today for an mother rushed him to Vernonia try as a WAC. After basic, of tion of Miss Gallatin and Miss examination. fic rs and specialized training in where he received medical at- Hansen, at a three-day workshop; Louisiana, Iowa and Georgia, her the leaders will then teach their tt ntion. DR. C. A. PLUMSTEAD — Optometrist Mrs. Joe Miller spent Saturday principal assignments were those unit members. • Phone 445 Hillsboro 233 E. Baseline and Sunday in Portland Sith a of mess officer, postal officer, For Further Information Inquire at Ku.lander’s Jewelry Si or,. • • “You Can’t Be Optomistie if You Have Mis’v Op’’eo” friend. It was the first visit* to- and personnel officer at Spoken Cooking III Club Meets Washington, Oro Bay, New gether for the ladies in eight — —----------------------- —---------— ”, Guinea and Manila, Phiiippin •years. To Name New Officers I The Timber Route unit ^net Islands, ^fter h'r discharge from The first me- ting of The Teen FREE INSPECTIONS — - LOW PRICES — CLEANING Tuesday, February 12 at the the a rmy, ?ne accepted the posi age Dinner club. 4-H Cooking III, • • • • hom? of Mrs. Mae Wieneckc^with tion of registration officer with YOUR HEALTH' "GUARD v^s h 'd Wednesday eeat w Jhe ten members and three guests. the veterans administration in Washington grade school in Mrs. J. D. Mendenhall : The morning was spent with the San Francisco, processing claims Heath’s class room. for subsist' nee allowance, tuition business meeting. A short dis- : Th* officers elected were: presi cussioti and information on fu and f -es of veterans in training dent, Pat Hickcian; secretary, ture projects and program plan- under the G.I. Bill. She l?ft this I Faye Cook; news reported, Doro All Work Guaranteed — No Mileage Charge ning for next year was It’d by position to come to Columbia i thy Gwin and song leader, Pat Miss Gallatin. At noon a pot county. < Hillsboro, Oregon, — Phone 33*03 — Rt.^!, Box 302-E Stiff. luck dinner was served after J The purpose of the home ex t The leader is Mrs. Evelyn Toll Charges Accepted which the county agent gave her tension program, says Miss Galla Heath. Th? meetings will be demonstration on Furniture As tin. is to t ach new and proved ■ held every Wednesday «afternoon You Like It. The next meeting methods of homcmaking with after school at the»Hea9h home. will be March 11 at the home of th? ultimate goal of improved Mrs. Doris Baker to study yeast and happier family living. Above, For Buys—Eagle Classifieds! breads and rolls by project lead she is showing Mrs. Hans Hov .............. A . . ..-_.* ers, Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Stanley. land, county committee chair i Dr. William A. Pollock I man, one type of cloth handbill' e OPTOMETRIST : which unit members will learn to make m th-ir spring project Watrous Building i i OVHf the Rus Depot "Making Handbags and Purses". Th« Comm«rcl«l Group Forest Grove. Oregon i Each member will make one or Phone Forest Grove 941 more types of cloth handbags to of Benkt Serving North Dance Sponsored At Natal Hall Face Injured When Jack Slips 1 Out of 4 DON’T BE TOO SURE Fire is a most unwel- rsmr guest, one that can ruin your home . . . and rob you of thousands of dollars, unless you have idequate Fire Insurance. 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