V.F.W. Members Attend Banquet
Vernonia Future Teachers
Guests of Tau Chapter
A veteran's banquet was held
at the Shrine hall in St. Helens
Monday night in honor of nation
al commander of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Merton Tice, with
almost 400 present.
Attending from the local post
«nd auxiliary were: Commander
Ralph Hartman and his wife,
Imogene: Albert Brunsman, quar
ter-master who is also deputy
«■hief of staff of the Department
wf Oregon; Earl Eckerson; Jim
Cox, member of the civil service
• ommittee for th? Department of
Oregon and his wife Myrtle;
Kenneth Anderson, senior vice
commander of District II and
Mrs. Maeva Brimmer, president
o* the local auxiliary.
District II of the Department
of Oregon VFW was given the
honor of this visit of the National
Commander because of its high
quota of paid-up members and
because it is the only district in
the state with two department of
ficers both of whom are mem
bers of the Vernonia post.
John Schumn, quartermaster
of the Department of Oregon
acted as master' of ceremonies
and introduced national and de
partment officers who were pre
sent, including the commander
of the World War club post 53
of Portland which is the largest
post of that organization in the
world and has over 800 members,
most of them also members of
the VFW Also present were of
ficers of the DAV (Disabled Am
erican Veterans).
National Commander Tice
spoke on the positive way oi
winning the war against com
munism by stressing the advan
tages of democracy.
Tau Chapter, Delta Kappa
Gamma
of
Clatsop-Columbia
counties, entertained the Future
Teachers of the area at a lunch
eon at Zion Church, Astoria, Ore
gon recently.
Delbert Moore, Astoria, played
three violin selections, accom
panied by Miss Ethel Wicks.
Mrs. Irene Halberg, state ele
mentary supervisor, Salem, dis
cussed the vocational field of
teaching, urging the girls to start
into the field with the idea of
becoming career teachers.
The Future Teachers who were
guests of the chapter were: Mary
Ann Jensen. Charlotte Anderson,
Trudy Schenk, Florence Palmrose
and Norine Fulmer from Astoria;
Rita Mae Hazen, Grace Quinn
and Alberta Anderson, Clatska-
nie; Alice Clark, Pati Baseel,
Marilyn Romani, Irene Ashberry
and Beverly Olson, St. Helens
and Nadine Tunnell, Joyce Akers
and Sharon Hamilton, Vernonia.
Nehalem Social Club
Meets With President
Pinochle Club Meets
At Riverview Home
Pythian Sisters Plan
For Seaside ConvenMon
Vernonia Templi© No. 61 Py
thian Sisters, met last Wednes
day night for the regular exem
plification of ritualistic work and
transaction of business.
Plans were made for attend
ing the district convention at
Seaside April 2£ This temple
will exemplify the ritualistic
closing and provd? an entertain
ment number.
Also, Margaret
Cone will act as convention trea
surer. Following adjournment,
delicious lemon pie and coffee
were served at %bl es decorated
Nehalem Social club met at
the home of Mrs. Sam Hearing
Sr. Wednesday, April 13 with 19
members present.
Co-hostesses
were Mrs. Wilbur Davis and Mrs.
Sam Hearing Jr.
Mrs. Wilbur Wilson resigqgd as
secretary because of illness and
Mrs. Alvah Swanson was elected
to serve for the remaining por
tion of the year.
After a short business meeting
a pleasant social evening was
spent.
Mrs. George Tolson of
Timber will b? hostess for the
next meeting May 11. Co-host-
ess will be Mrs. Farrell West and
Mrs. Lee Branson.
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The Friendly Pinochle club
met at the home of Agnes Gib
son in Riverview last Friday af
ternoon for a delicious dessert
luncheon and an afternoon of
play.
Marie Sauer held high score and
Margaret Vanderzanden, low. The
next meeting will be at the home
of Margaret Vand Tzanden April
22.
in a yellow and orchid color
schem ? by Alice Weed and Nlpr-
garet Cone.
The hostess prize
was drawn by Jennie Stanl?y.
VFW Auxiliary Expects
Visitor (Tuesday Night
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Dancing, Refreshments
Lure Do-Si-Do Members
Do-Si-Do Square dance club
members and friet^is ar' remind
cd that Saturday night, April 23,
is the time to gather at the VFW
hall for another evening of danc
ing to Glen Hawkins calling. Re
freshments will b? potluck.
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Perfume History
Timber Iniant
PEO Program
Buried Monday
THE EAGLE. VERNONIA, ORE.
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Members of Chapter BS of the
PEO Sisterhood met at *he home
of Mrs. Judd Greenman Tuesday
evening, April 12.
Mrs. Ben Brickel, who was in
charge of the program, gave a
most interesting and informative
talk on the history of perfume,
telling of its origin which dates
to the Garden of Eden, and of
the bases used in the manufac
turing of the various scents. The
first known recipe for perfume,
or incense as it was called then,
was found in the Bible. The high
light of the program was the per
fume type test given by Mrs.
Brickel, who had a set of vials
containing seven basic types of
perfume.
The next meeting of the sister
hood will be held at the home of
Mrs. Ben Brickel, Tuesday even
ing, April 26, with Mrs. Evelyn
Heath in charge of the program.
Members of the VFW auxiliary
are especially mvit®! to come to
the regular meeting being held
Tuesday night, April 26 at the
hall.
A visitor is expected with a
message of interest to all mem
bers. After the meeting there
avill be a cake walk and refresh
ments.
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Rose Ellen Roberts of Timber,
Oregon, age 26 months, died at
1:45 p.m. Thursday. April 14,
1955 at the Twality Community
hospital in Hillsboro, Oregon
Rose Ellen was born to Wil
liam and Evelyn Roberts Feb
ruary 10, 1952 at Seattle, Wash
ington.
Her parents moved to Timber
from Seattle April 4 and a week
later she contracted pneumonia
but the direct cause of death is
undetermined. Her father is em
ployed by the Southern Pacific
railroad
Surviving are her parents, Mi
and Mrs. William Roberts; one
brother, William Jr., ag'* 14
months: four grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Ryan of Auburn,
Washington and Mr. and Mrs
John Roberts of Tacoma, Wash
ington and numerous aunts and
uncles.
Services were Monday at the
Donelson and Sewell funeral
home in Hillsboro with Rev. Har
old A. Ankeny of th* Timber
Friends church in charge. In
terment was at the Hillsboro
cemetery.
THURSDAY, APR
21, 19 . >
Historical Society To
Meet at Scappoose
The Columbia County Histori
cal Society will meet Tuesday,
April 26 in the Scappoose Con
gregational Church
with Un
usual potluck meal at noon. Mr.
and Mrs. J G. Watts are ar
ranging the afternoon program,
and will have an int‘resting r?
port on the development of th •
area. All interested are invited.
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APRIL 11, 1955
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RESOURCES
Cash on Hand and Due from Banka . ...................................................... $ 158,348,622.15
United States Government Bonds..............................................................
287,302,756.37
Municipal and Other Bonds........................................................................
72,944,505.56
Loans and Discounts—Net ........................................................................
277,849,699.77
Stock in Federal Reserve Bank...................................................................
1,080,000.00
Bank Premises (Including Branches)/.....................................................
8,518,992.90
Customers* Liability on Acceptances........................................................
312,916.24
Interest Earned................................................................................................
2,501,680.39
Other Resources..............................................................................................
966,698.49
$809,825,871.87
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Capital.............................................................................
Surplus............................................................................
Undivided Profits.........................................................
$ 18,000,000 00
18,000,000 00
18,211,125.79
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Acceptances......................... ......................... .................................................
Dividends Declared........................................................................................
Deposits.............................................................................................................
Interest Collected Not Earned........................................*.............................
Other Liabilities...............................................................................................
54,211,125.79
4,396,403.82
312,916.24
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3,627,165 86
22,429 19
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