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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1955)
« THURSDAY, DEC 15, 1955 Bride Elect Given Shower BIRKENFELD — Miss Virginia Johnson and Miss Loretta Mills were hostesses for a bridal show er held at the grange hall last Saturday afternoon honoring Miss Marcia Garner whose marriage to Pat Siebel will take place next Saturday morning at the Our I^ady of the Woods church at Bir- kenfeld. Mr and Mrs Richard Thomp son and children of Portland spent the week end at the Lawrence Jepson home. Claire Bellingham was in Port land over the week end visiting at the A. Perry home. The occa sion was his birthday. Mr and Mrs Robert Place of Clatskanie were visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Udey Saturday. Mrs. Martha Kalesse, Mrs. J. Newer and Mrs. Z. Bellingham attended the historical meeting held Saturday at the McBride school in St. Helens. Mr and Mrs Harshman were j. ;n Portland on business Satur- M day Don Jensen and Cecil Elliott * of Warrenton, Ted Bellingham of Astoria and Harry Coons of Clats kanie were at the home of Law rence Jepson Saturday evening attending a business meeting. Keith Elliott is expected home from the Hawaiian Islands some tone this week. He has been sta tioned there in the service for some time. Mrs. Clara Miller of Portland is visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred Udey, this week Home Economics Club Meets with Mrs. Waddell NATAL—The home economics club met at the home of Mrs. Waddell last Wednesday. After the regular business meeting the hostess served delicious refresh ments. I .aura Carmichael re ceived the hostess prize. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Carmichael and family were Saturday even- .ng visitors at the Max Oblacks. Mr. and Mrs. Max Oblack were recent visitors at the home of his father. John Oblack, at Molal la. The senior Oblack is much im proved after a heart attack. Mr. and Mrs. DeVere Hershey visited Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Elsie Hershey, in Portland. Mrs. Hershey is improving after receiving injuries recently by a hit and-run driver. Mr and Mrs. Robert Mathews and Mr and Mrs. Georg? Math ews were in Portland Monday. Norman Henderson of Portland spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Henderson. Mr. and Mrs. Wm Dietz ot Powell Butte were overnight vis itors at th? Max Oblack residence Monday Mrs. Dietz is his sister. Mr and Mrs. W R Wolff were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Faina Heenan at Clatskanie Oth er guests were Mr. and Mrs. Clive Tisdale of Kelso arid CharliA, An ri mon of Clatskanie. Mr and Mrs. Noble Dunlap were in Portland Monday Kathy Schwab who was in an Astoria hospital last week, is now recuperating at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J H Peasnali, at Astoria. --Office Supplies at the Eagle— BEN S BARBER SHOP Expert Tonsorial Work Vernonia, Oregon THE EAGLE, VERNONIA. ORE Friendly Pinochle Club Reports Two Meetings Members of the Friendly Pi nochle club met at the home of Mrs W D. Shafer December 2 for a dessert luncheon preceeding play. Guest for the afternoon was Mrs. Ralph Reynolds who played for Mrs Claude Gibson. Mrs. Mindy Bjomson won the prize for high score and Mrs. Art Davis won second prize. On December 9, the club met again at the home of Mrs. T. L. DeHart. A sprinkling of Christ mas decorations on the tables and about the rooms brought a bit of the holiday air into the afternoon which began with the usual des sert luncheon. Guests were Mrs. C. L. Johnson who played for Mrs Mindy Bjom son and Mrs. Lyman Hawken Jr. who played for Mrs Joe Van- derzanden.' High score was held by Mrs. Claude Gibson and second high by Mrs. W D. Shafer. Piano Pupils Presented In Recital Sunday Mrs. L. H. Thomas and Mrs. Lois Clark presented 30 pupils in a piano recital last Sunday after noon at the Evangelical U. B. church to a large audience of par ents and friends. Children presented were Dane Brady, Linda Frank, Betty Jo Aldrich, Rusty Redmond, Sonny Redmond, Judy Brady, Bonnie Campbell, Janis Martan, Diana Magoff, Jimmy Lindsay, Sandra Vroman, Sharon Brunsman, Jan et Watson, Shirley Pace, Marion Knoll, Vicky Serafin, Geneva Sullivan, Marjorie Jones, Chris tine King, Diana Mingnr, Bar bara Weed, Janice Jones, Theresa Pelster, Carolyn Carlock, Julia Waite, Mary Steen, Louis Jones, Roy Reynolds, Joyce Sullivan and Marilyn Jones. Two other pupils, Judy and Marian Mathews, were unable to be present. Commercial Fishing In Columbia Viewed Preliminary proposals for reg ulations of the 1956 commercial fishing in the Columbia river will be discussed at two public meet ings December 20 and 21, at As toria and Vancouver, according to M. T. Hoy, state fisheries direc tor. Possible changes in the spring Chinook, fall chinook, and blueback regulations will be em phasized. The Astoria meeting will be gin at 1:30 p.m., December 20, at the Labor Temple. The second meeting, December 21, is sched uled to start at 7:30 p.m. in the Evergreen hotel, Vancouver. Hoy emphasized that the meet ings are not being held for the purpose of setting regulations. All interested parties are invited to attend and express views con cerning the proposals for 1956. All ideas expressed will be con sidered along with recommenda tions of the biological staffs of the Washington department of fisheries and the Oregon fish commission at the regulations hearing in January. County Agent Visits Busy Bees 4-H Club Th? Busy Bee 4-H club of Mist met at the home of Berna Howry on the evening of December 5. It was decided to have cooking lessons at each meeting and to take care of the business details at every other meeting Mr Stevely was present dur ing the evening and told the girls ways and means to better their club. At Your Favorite Grocery NABISCO FEATURES Bids Sought for Nehalem Bridge These projects include 32.46 miles of grading. 17.60 miles of stone base, 13 04 miles of asphal- i tic concrete paving and 3.98 miles of oiling. These projects also include construction of nine bridges. 18,500 feet of metal guard rail, 5,000 rods of right-of-way fence, 14.000 cubic yards of crushed rock in stockpile, two traffic signal projects and two highway illumination projects. Included in these is one pro ject for Columbia county. On De cember 19 bids will be received for construction of a 260-foot re inforced concrete bridge with a 26-foot roadway over the Nehalem River and 0.32 miles of roadway approaches on the Nehalem high way. The new structure is lo cated just downstream from the existing bridge near Birkenfeld and will improve the roadway alignment by replacing three re versed curves with one easy curve. The old steel truss will be dismantled and stored for fu ture use by the county. Asphal tic surfacing will be constructed by state forces. The project is scheduled for completion by Oc tober 31, 1956. Application Necessary To Get Wool Payment Ladies' Night Held by Lions The Vernonia Lions club mem bers entertained their wives at the annual ladies night dinner Monday night when a delicious turkey dinner was served in the Washington school cafeteria. The meal was prepared by the cafe teria staff and served by some of the grade school girls. Guests other than wives of members were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hartman, Mr. and Mrs Lou Crovatto, Mr. and Mrs. Sam H caring Sr. and Mrs. Pearl Cart er. A program featured group sing ing led by Lyman Hawken; num bers by the high school Dixie Land band; a reading, “Jest ’Fore Christmas,” by Don Davis; a trumpet solo by Dane Brady, accompanied by Marjorie Rey nolds; and a skit, "Dave Speaks His Piece,” presented by three grade school students, Rosemary Patterson, Mike Mullins and Shirley Ellis, under the direction of Mrs. Dorothy Sandon. Door prizes went to Mrs. George Hahn and Mrs. Darrold Proehl. Equipment stands are made of 2 by 4-inch lumber. Dimen sions will vary with the type and size of equipment Height from floor to working level ia 89 inches for circular saws; 42 for bandsaw or jigsaw; jointer, 32; lathe or sander, 36. Allow room for motor and belts. „ Cut the side and end rails to length, and make slota in the aide rails for the dado joints. To make the legs, lay two 2 by 4’s on the floor at the ap proximate leg angles. Lay. one side rail across the 2 by 4's in approximate top position. Use the other side rail to simulate the floor line. Then, adjust the leg member« to the proper angle* and mark the linea of the leg base, leg top and lap joint Each leg will be cut to the same pattern. Bore H-inch holes for the H-inch rods, so that the rod» go next to the inside faces of the end rails. Join the side rails and end rails with two 20-pen- ny nails at each joint. Attach the legs, using the threaded rods, washers and nuts. Draw the assembly together tightly. If a platform is needed, at tach it to the rails with 4-inch No. 12 wood screws. A shelf may be added, beneath the rails. National Lumber Mani'acturars Association DR. L. M. CROSSAN CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN X-RAY — PHYSIOTHERAPY Hours: Daily 9-6 p.m. Except Tues. 9-12 Noon Sat. 9-4 p.m. GENERAL PRACTICE BY NATURAL METHODS 2nd and Bridge Street --------- Phone HA 9-6303 W. A. Kessi, chairman of the Mr. and Mrs. Adam Koch and County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee re family moved last week to Forest minds wool growers that under Grove where Mr. Koch is assoc the new wool program producers iated with Bump and Meyer real are eligible for payments on their estate company. Their place here shorn wool market, d and their has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. lambs and yearlings sold for Carl Trimm who moved in last slaughter. However, the grower week. Mr. Trimm is brands in must apply for the payment and spector for Columbia county. He the application must be support will raise black Angus beef cat ed by acceptable sales documents tle on the place her.'. Melvin Schwab was confined and certifications. Acceptable sales documents are the original to his ‘home Wednesday with a sales slips with the original sig throat infection. nature of the buyer or his agent. Happin >ss is a relative tgrm, Certifications must be signed by the person authorized to issue the but not always a term of relatives. certifications. Mr. Kessi suggests that produc —Office Supplies at the Eagle— ers applying for payments should file their applications and sup STOCK SIGNS porting documents with the Co No Tresspassing. lumbia county ASC office as soon For Rent. after the sale as possible in order to reduce the risk of misplacing No Minors Allowed. and difficulty in trying to locate i No Peddlers Allowed. the documents at a later date. No Hunting. Wm. Armstrong, county office manager, is in Clatskanie at the Absolutely No Admittance. SCS office on Tu-'sdays and on No Fishing or Hunting Thursdays and will be glad to Without Permission. held with applications. Assis tance can be received any day of THE VERNONIA EAGLE the week at the ASC office in St. Printing — Office Supplies Helens. • • • • • • • Santa Due to Visit At Vernonia Grange The Vernonia Grange is hold ing a Christmas party at the hall near the golf course Saturday night and has issued an invita tion to friends to attend if th-y wish. A program will begin at 8:00 o'clock and will be followed by a visit from Santa Claus. For the gift exchange, .all who attend are to take a fifty cent gift, marked for man or lady. Gifts should be taken for each child, also. Following th ' program there will be square dancing and re freshments will be potluck. It is only world history that repeats itself—your private his tory is repeated by the neigh bors. —Office Supplies at the Eagle— THE VERNONIA EAGLE Entered as second class mail n atter, August 4, 1922 at the post office in Vernonia. Oregoi under the act of March 3, 1879 SubscNption price $3 00 yearly- in the Nehalem Valley. Else where $3 50. MARKET AND GROCERY For Delivery Every Day Phone HA 9 6341 MAKE STANDS FOR ROWER EQUIFMEHT Seventeen members of the Ver nonia extension unit attended the Christmas party held last Thurs The Oregon state highway com day, December 8, at the Chris mission will hold its next regular tian church which featured a pot meeting in Portland on December luck dinner at noon and gift ex 19 and 20. At this meeting, the change among members commission will receive bids on A box of gifts was packed for 21 highway, bridge, guard rail, I the Fairview homes at Salem. highway illumination, traffic sig Also, gift and decoration ideas nal and rock production projects were given by the members. estimated to cost $4.600,000. Official Newspaper of Vernonia, Oregon Mai v in Kamholz Editor and Publisher NEHALEM HERE'S HOW ... Vernonia Extension Unit Packs Box for Fairview NATIONAL EDITORIAL I Watch 11. Lady! FURS AND JEWELS are favorites with crooks and thieves. 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