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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1954)
Past Chiefs View Slides of Scenery YESTERDAYS Öur Great America ^ The Past Chiefs Club met Mon - ay evening, January 4. at th h-me of Faye Davis. Following tie business session, delicious icfreshments were served to 12 mbers present after wh ch Mrs. Davis showed colored slides of D-egon scenery and views taken o- their trip to South Carolina. The next meeting will be Feb ruary 1, at th» home of Edna Heenan, at which time new mean bi.rs will be initiated. Public Invited To Installation The Knights of Pythias and thian Sisters will hold a joint : ublic installation of officers at the I.O.O.F. hall next Monday » •cht at 8:00 p.m. Friends wish g to witness the ceremony arc ■••¡ted to attend. The Pythian Sisters will also et again on Wednesday niglK '•.- the first meeting with the new - ‘ icers in the chairs. » ! 4 4 For the Best In NICE GOOD BEST BRANDS THE BEST IN t t « I < I « « 1 « < < < I « * I i I i « i « -jSWSR We Recommend MILL MARKET AND LOCKERS , Remember— j DELIVERIES TWICE ’ DAILY : 10 a.m - 3 p.m. PHONE 1391 I OUT OF THE WOODS Man of the Hour The man to s 11 on forestry in this hour of history is the small forest owner, particularly the farm woodlot owner. The small owner who is sold on the practice of forestry automatically becomes a star salesman of for ,‘stry prac- tic himself. Invariably this man has been sold by virtue of market and use conditions and not by grand bureaucratic theory. There's Stanley Baker of Gra ham. near Puyallup, for example. He mak s one of the best forest practice talks, on both markets and methods, that ever hit my ears. He talks, not theories, but conditions. He speaks, not from the books, but front experi nee. Faller's Savings In 1938 Mr. Baker took savings from his wages of years as a tim ber faller in the Douglas fir and invested it in 480 acres of cut- over land. In that year one might still buy up cutovers for a song, even ’and well heeled with the green gold of young growth. At first the trees on the land were as unwelcome weeds in Stanley Baker’s eyes. His only hope was to clear the old cut overs and build up rough pas ture for livestock. But too much of the 480 acres was in Douglas fir 20 or more years old. Baker had no money to pay the high cost of clearing. He urgently n eded buildings—a home, a barn, poultry house. A cruise revealed that much sawtimber and many shakes could be salvaged. In 1939 and 1940 the market for light construction lumber grew mightily, through home building demand and the canton ment requirements for the new army. Mr. Baker made himself a sawmill out of scrap parts and began to produce for that market. Some of his logs were snag and windfall salvage. Sbme were from young trees that had out grown their mates, reaching sizes from which 2x4s could be sawed. They paid for tractor, truck, and other logging equipment. A good market for products from Mr. Baker's woodland kept growing. He built roads for light logging and fire defense through his tract. He sawed his own timber to build his own home and barn. Outside sales yield d returns enough to start a dairy herd. Th” sawmill was made to cut 3.000 board feet a day. Stanley Baker knew all that anybody need d to know abou’ logging. He proceeded to teach himself forestry management on a Douglas fir farm woodland, with a modicum of professional advice. He became a tree grower and protector, And now he has made application for tree farm certification. The Four Million There are more than 4,000.000 other forest land owners in the United States that are rated as "small.” Mainly they are farm ers who by tradition and in grained habits of thought con sider the woodlot as the last part of the farm on which to expend time and money. Most of them do need education on the values of good forest prac tice. The very first need is education on the markets for farm woodland products and how to mak” money from these mar kets. Nation-wide they have not been getting this kind of educa tion but mostly theory and pro paganda with socialized forestry the goal at the end of the trail. The foresters of industry are still prone to play into the hands of the theorists by the practical exclusion of forest products and forest products marketing from professional consideration, They have something to learn from practical farm foresters like Stan- ley Baker, one-time timb r faller. H X K X M H H X H M H H X N X H X M X H X H X H X M PLANNING A WEDDING SOON Remember It Forever Parents Announce Employees Gather for Annual Holiday Party H I t Chapter BS of the PEO Sister hood will meet Tuesday evening, January 12. at the home of Mr.-. Weslev Bolmeier. VERNONIA. ORE. Car Wrecked on Seattle Trip TREHARNE — Mr and Mrs. Bert Tisdale had the misfortune to have their car wrecked Satur day evening at Longview when they started to Seattle to visit his mother for the week end. Mr and Mrs. Don Beck and Mrs. Ruth Pierce made a business trip to Portland Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Buckley visited Mr and Mrs. Byron Kirk- bride and familv Tuesday even- ing. Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ' Charles Justice during the holidays were Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Turner and Lloyd Stuv-. Mr and Mrs. Ralph Sturdevant. Mrs. Max Meilis and Jam is John son. They all visited with Glenn Justice. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Beck. Susan and Mary, returned home follow- ing a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Tisdale and Ruth Pierce and Billy, during the holi days. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cox, and Carrol, enjoyed TV with the Tis dales Friday evening. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Justice was the scene of a birthday party Saturday night in honor of Mr. Justice and Emil Messing of Vernonia. Those pre sent to help them celebrate wer. : Mr. and Mrs. Otto Goertzen of Clatskani”, Mr. and Mrs. Lon nie Justice of Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Justice and family and Mrs Emil Messing of V inonia. and Mrs. Charles Justice, hostess. Golden Rule for safe all farm machinery is: TRY TO CLEAN. OIL ( JUST A FARM MAC WHEN IT IS RUNNING THURSDAY, JAN 7. 1954 Miss Helen Selhe, daughter of Conrad Sellie of Cathy, North Dakota, became the gride . f Frank Hazard, son of Mrs. Etta Hazard at 2 p.m., December 26, at Epiphany Lutheran church m Richmond. Virginia. The bride wore a suit of pastel blue wood with matching hat and dark blue accessories, Sh • carried a prayer book with or- chids. Mr. and Mrs. Kennet Angus were the only attendant! to the bride and groom. After a reception at the horn • of the groom’s sister. Mrs N. A Nelson, the couple left for a wed ding trip to Williamsburg, Vi ginia. They will make their hon- • on the groom’s farm near Rich mond. Laundry and Dry Cleaning IN THURSDAY BACK THURSDAY Bring To- BEN BRICKEL’S BARBER SHOP Oregon Laundry and Dry Cleaners ALL-CHANNEL AT SUNDLAND ELECTRIC NOW 21-inch \ Console $234.95 I » Including t-rdrral Tax and Warranty Engineered by PHILCO To Outperform Any Set Near it in Price! Wherever UHFutationa are on the air, Philco All-Channel television is the aermation of the induatry. In addition to finest performance now, it insures full coverage for the future. 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Joanne, to Donald Wantland. son of Mrs. Marion Wantland, The ceremony too« place at Stevenson, Washington December 11. Attending the ceremony were Mrs. Earl Want land, Doris Wantland and Mrs. Wantland. Mr. and Mrs. Wantland are at home at the Riverview cabin.-, and he is employed at th - mill, Mrs. Wantland, a senior at Ver- noma high school, plans to finish school. With wonderful picture H coverage.. at reason- H H able prices. WE DO NOT DELAY THE WEDDING I EAGLE, Mahogany Finish ^XHZHZHZHZHZHZHZHZHZHZHZh Wedding of Couple Mr. and Mrs. Carl Webb M H X M f FIVE YEARS AGO From The Eagle, Dec. 30. 1948 A low temperature reading of 10 degrees was recorded at the cooperative weather station De cember 27 by Mis. Helen Spof ford, who makes the official weather readings for this vicinity. Fifteen families in this region ben fitted this Christmas from baskets prepared and paid for by funds from the community chest. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Baker opened a skating rink in a re modeled building at their home on Capitol hill. I TEN YEARS AGO From The Eagle, Dec. 30, 1943 The civic committee of the Vernonia Study club and the CIO war chest committee met Decem ber 14 to appoint a permanent community chest committee. Those who will comprise the chest group are: Harry Hail, Otis Fuller, Tom Henderson, Isabel Culb.rtson, Olivia Brickel, Mary Fletcher and Evelyn Heath. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO From The Eagle, Dec. 30. 1938 Officers installed for the Eastern Star for the coming year are: worthy matron, Mrs. Tom Craw ford; worthy patron, Glen Hawk ins; associate matron, Sarah Dror- baugh; secretary, Mrs. L. H. Dewey; treasurer, Mrs. Myrtle Brock; conductress. Mrs. Allie Dickson and associate conduc- I I tress. Mrs. George Plumb. Howard Reher displayed a I steelhead caught Monday in the Wilson river. The fish weighed 19*2 pounds. THE STORE HOURS 8 to 6
