Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974, January 07, 1954, Page 3, Image 3

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    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.
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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.
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PLANNING
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WEDDING
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Remember It Forever
Parents Announce
Employees Gather for
Annual Holiday Party
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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.
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Dry Cleaning
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THURSDAY
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THURSDAY
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BARBER SHOP
Oregon Laundry
and
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Including
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The employees of Wot Oregon
Electric cooperative gathered De­
cember 18 for their annual Christ­
mas party at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Striker where th -y
were served a buffet turk y din­
ner.
On» of
carbon is
connects
parts of
the most useful forms of
the graphite brush tiiat
moving and stationary-
electrical devices.
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PEO Chapter Schedules
Date for Next Meeting
have
announced the marriage of their
daught: r. 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.
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Mr. and Mrs. Carl Webb
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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.
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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
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tress. Mrs. George Plumb.
Howard Reher displayed a I
steelhead caught Monday in the
Wilson river. The fish weighed
19*2 pounds.
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