« 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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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