”2 THURSDAY, JAN. 28. 1954 THE EAGLE, VERNONIA,
ORE.
TOWN TOPICS Daughter Seen
A recant guest at the home of
In Hospital Sat
•r and Mrs. Bob Curl was her
bruiher. Sgt. Robert Froman, who
was just recently discharged from
the Marine corps. He left here
Saturday to return to his home
«o Illinois.
BAZAAR and cooked food sale.
February 13. Sundland Electric,
Sponsored by Ruth Circle.
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Among those who were here
Saturday night so the men could
ittend the annual Homecoming
<1 inner of the Masonic lodge were
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mills of Cor­
nelius and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Hartwick.
George A. Remnant entered the
Emanuel hospital Friday where
in planned to stay for a week to
receive a thorough medical check
sip.
The
of
winners
last
week's
Hrunsman profit-sharing numbers
were H. T. Chivers, Sam Potter
and Fred May.
Mr» Emil Messing is confined
Ao her home b cause of a serious
‘ 1*11 which took place Monday and
resulted in injury to her back.
M*> broken bones resulted.
Mr and Mrs. Guy Thomas and
daughu-r returned here last Fri-
ilay aft r a trip of several weeks
»luring which they flew to Detroit
where they took delivery on a
ww automobile. From there they
drove io Miami, Florida for the
.muual convention of the Nation­
al Rural Electric Cooperative as-
■ ««cuation
VALEWTINE
dance Saturday,
Cotruary 13.
Bill Durbin's or-
chostra. 9:30. 1 Hal Cook will be
4t3c
hare March 13.
Mr. and Mrs. . Lyman Hawken
returned here last Wednesday
tram a trip to Miami, Florida
Na-
«there they attended th
Aiunnl REA convention.
«In. Wells Honored
Al Shower Monday
Mrs. Charles Poetter and Mrs.
M»«*ne Shipman sponsored a pink
<«ud blue shower for Mrs. Pete
"Wells at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Hank Hudson Monday evening.
•Fr*. Wells received many lovely
fills. Refreshments of cake, jello
and »•offee werz served to the
■olkm ing:
Mrsdames Ed Burton, Dessy
Xarrd. Homer Gwin, Lew Choate,
'AVajTMe Reynolds, Hank Hudson,
*nv honor guest. Mrs. Wells, and
•In Puett.r and Mrs. Shipman.
C.rfts were sent by Mrs. Jack
**uuace and Mrs. Ben Barker who
«-< uki not attend.
TMURS
JAN. 28 29
FRI.
THE STEEL LADY
Rod Cam ron • Tab Hunter
JAN. 30
SATURDAY
LOOSE IN LONDON
Th»
Bowery Boys
Plus
V.IE FIGHTING LADY
Robert Taylor
Jan. 31—Feb. 1
I JM. MON
Bl.OWING WILD
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Bai tiara Stanwyck
WED
FEB 2-3
IWS
'nJTPOST IN MALAYA
J.ihn
Payne
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Preston
Foster
TREHARNE — Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Wienecke and Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Smith and Mary Lola visited
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Falconer and
watched TV Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wienecke
visited Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Falcon­
er and watched the March of
Dimes telethon program Friday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Kirkbride,
J. R. and Rosalie motored to Port­
land Saturday where Rosalie had
her glasses changed.
Mr. and
Mrs. Kirkbride visited Jo Ann a
half hour m the afternoon. She
is coming along fine. The Kirk-
brides visited Mr. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Kirby and Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Kirby and Debbie in N.W.
Portland before returning home
in the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cox and
Virginia and Stephen and Walter
Kirkbride visited Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Tisdale Friday evening and
watched TV.
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Kirkbride,
J. R., Stephen and Walter and
Edgar Jones visited Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Tisdale Sunday evening.
Byron Kirkbride r turned to
work Monday evening following a
week layoff from a back injury.
Edgar Jones visited Stephen
and Walter Kirkbride Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Exie Weaver returned
home Saturday from Miami, Okla­
homa where she has been the
past few weeks at the bedside of
John Weaver who is very low
with cancer. Word received by
Monday mail was that he is no
better or no worse.
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Couple United at
Simple Ceremony
been introduced and a savings ci
$10,000,000 a year already has
been recorded in large post ot
fices.
Longer hours of post office
window service are in effect it.
200 larger cities.
Regional offices are being es
tablished to decentralize man
agement and provide closer su
pervision over operations.
FAIR COST SOUGHT
Administration has been re
“In contrast we are told, pub­ organized and simplified to elim
lished statements indicate this
inate duplicate functions and
sum is over twice the realized
save money.
losses of one billion forty-nine
"Much progress has been made
million dollars in the price sup­
under the nev.
port program given to the farmers in this first year
Mr. Summerfield
management,
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of the country by the commodity
said, "Much more can and will
er dit corporation.
be done in the days ahead to
"We believe it unconscionable j
assure better mail service.
that this postal deficit should be
"Dramatic proof that our citi
passed on to succeeding genera­
zens
are getting better mail sei ■
tions to pay. Instead we beli.ve
the cost of operating the postal vice at lower cost is evidenced b.
service should be distributed the recent holiday mail season
fairly among the actual users of when the department handled
more Christmas mail than eve.
the mails.”
before at lower operating costs
Postmaster Gen.ra! Summer­
It did so efficiently and promptl
field pointed to these significant so that the Christmas mail w;.
improvements in service this past delivered by Christmas day.”
year:
Later pick-ups from mail boxes
in most cities now spe.d de­
i Dr. William A. Pollock
liveries by a full day.
Optometrist
being
Air transportation is
speed
-
in
used as an experiment
ing first-class mail and is work-
Dr. L. K. Pollock
ing out very well at no increased
cost.
Dentist
M rit is the primary criterion
for promotion of postal em-
1917 Pacific Ave.
ployees to supervisory positions.
Over Bus Depot
STANDARDS SAVE MONEY
Forest Grove, Ore.—Phone 941|
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Performance standards have
“Our taxpayers should know
the size and extent of our losses
on both second and third-class
mail.
"Since 1936 through the fiscal
year 1952 the losses on second-
class mail with magazines com-
prising 68 per cent of the total,
were two billion one hundred
and twenty seven million dollars.
Better Mail Service Now Provided
Rural Areas, Deficit Being Reduced
(Note: The following report
concerning the post office de­
partment, the Jarg.st peace-time
agency of the government, has
been released by
Postmaster
General Arthur E. Summerfi.Id.)
Rural America no longer is the
"forgotten zone” of mail delivery
according to Postmaster General
Arthur E. Summerfield.
Millions of citizens now are
getting better mail service be-
cause of a new emphasis on rural
free delivery, Mr. Summerfield
said, pointing out that th? post
office depaitinent is modernizing
service everywhere to deliver the
mail faster and at less cost.
In a r.port on ».peration for the
past year and plans for |954, the
postmaster general declared:
year.
“We
believe
that congress
should recognize that economies
already mad ’ and to be made by
the new management of the post
office department cannot by
thems Ives bring the postal de­
i
ficit into balance.
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“We have asked the congress
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to raise the cost of out of town
tú
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letters by one penny from three
cints to four cents. That rate
£
hasn't been raised in 21 years, 7
but meanwhile the cost of op­
erating the postal establishment
has doubled in that time.
SAVE
Dancers who belong to the Do-
Si-Do club and th< ir friends and
guests are scheduled to go to
Natal Saturday night of this
week, January 30. for another
dance.
Are you the 'THRILL
or the 'PILL
of your party
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Good With Every Meal
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so good
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WITH MILK
RATE RAISE ASKED
Miss Ada Normand and Pfc.
“We have askd the congress
Kenneth Lindsley were united in
for a modest raise in second-ciass <
marriage with a simple ceremony
mail rates for newspapers, maga­ Z
at Kelso, Washington January 19.
zines
and pzriodicals to bring in Z
The ceremony was read by Rev.
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added revenues equal to 1 ss than
C. H. Sprague.
DIRECTIVE ISSUED
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nine per cent of the present loss
They were accompanied to Kelso
“Just a year ago, a n.w team on this class of mail.
by Mrs. Rex Normand, Beryl
of
executives took ever the man-
“Second-class man rates are
Normand. Mrs. W. J. Lindsly
ag.ment of the post office de­ lower today than th y were in
and Mrs. Sam Smith.
Mrs. Normand will remain here partment’s $10,000.000,000 a year 1925; in fact our revenues at pre­
and attend school. Pfc. Lindsley business with a directive from sent rates are barely sufficient to
returned to Fort Lewis Sunday President Eisenhower to provid. cover our bills for transporting
after spending a 30-day leave better mail service while r.duc- second-class mail, with nothing Z
ing costs and the postal deficit. left over for the enormous ex­
here.
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“We are undertaking one of pense in handling, distribution
Mrs. Dewey Hunt served a wed.
s
the
largest
reorganization
pro
­
and
delivery.
■n
ding supper Wednesday evening
"We have also asked the con­
honoring the newlyweds. Besides jects ever made in the United
the brid? and groom, guests were: States and the dangerous trends gress for an increase in third-
Mr. and Mrs. John Normand and towards poor mail service, poor class mail—comprising advertis­
baby, Pat Normand and Mr. and employee morale and ever-mount­ ing matt.r—circulars, and pack­
ing deficits have b en reversed.
ages up to eight ounces. We lost
Mrs. W. J. Lindsley.
“For example, the department 191 million dollars on this class of
closed about 600 out-moded fourth mail in 1952.
Pinochle Club Meets
class post offices and substituted
At Davis Home for Play
modern rural free delivery ser­
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After a delicious luncheon vice.
"We intend to proceed witn
served by the hostess, Julia Davis,
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members of th»' Fi r. ndly Pinochle this policy of improving rural I i
club enjoyed the remainder of delivery. It is badly needed, not •
the afternoon playing pinochle. only by agricultural families who
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Marie Sauer won high score and d serve better service but also
in
rapidly
growing
suburban
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Margaret Vand rZanden won low.
Mrs. Freda Nelson was a guest. communities around our cities. • You’ll find it pays
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Th»’ next meeting will be at the More and more pe»>ple are mov­ i
walk a ways
Vandei Zanden home Finlay, Jan. ing into these areas and they iI Our low overhead permit
must
have
modern,
fast
mail
de
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uary 29.
[ to sell at reduced prices. Our
livery six days a week."
I quality is high and our prices
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• low.
Natal Hall Dance
BALANCE SOUGHT
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Scheduled for Club
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COOKIE
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MARKET AND GROCERY
For Delivery Every Day Phone 721
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ONLY A RIVET
but 10,000.000 rivets
put together, built
hull of
the
mighty
the
QUEEN MARY
COMPARE
One of the big tasks facing the I
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new postal administration was
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cutting the deficit to help balance t
Furniture
Slightly
•
the national budget and put the t
Higher
post office department on a mor.’
6-Way Floor Lamp
$4.95
nearly break-even basis. Mr. Sum­
Coleman Oil Heater
$19 9$ *
merfield pointed out.
Wood Heater (Perfect) $15.00 [
S15 00 1
"Already we have reduced th.’ i Daveno (Pretty Good)
Daveno (Darn Good)
$29 95 , |
estimated postal deficit for the
Assld Chest Drawers from 2:
$5 i !
current fiscal year to about $440.-
Also save on beds (all or any •
I 000.000
That represents a re­
part) buffets, tables, etc.
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duction of th? deficit by about
Come in and look around, Let '
one million dollars every work-
us know what you want and |
we’ll g«t ii.
ing day," he said, "But we still
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are running behind, In the eight
years since World War II. the i
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p»'stal deficit totaled $3.800,000.-
000. Th»* interest alone on this I
huge debt costs th • American
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taxpayers over $100.000.000 a
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Vernonia
Bargain House i
^g^ONLY A DOLLAR
but many dollars, deposited
regularly at this bank, can help
you build security, and have
the other good things you want.
Vemonia Branch
Commercial Bank of Oregon
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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