Vernonia eagle., May 17, 1956, Page 4, Image 4

* THURSDAY, MAY 17, 195«
THE EAGLE, VERNONIA, ORE.
Prize Winners Announced At Pomona
Grange Meeting Held at Yankton
There was a good attendance place; Mrs. Pearl Zerkel of Marsh­
at the regular quarterly meeting land second; and Mrs. Selma My­
of Columbia county Pomona ers of Warren Grange, third. Two
Grange at Yankton May 5 with hooked rugs were entered in the
Warren Grange e n t e r t a i ning. national contest. Mrs. Edith Ba.
Many home owners expressed the con of Warren was first, and Mrs
belief that taxes are getting too Udey of Winema Grange was se­
high, and reappraisal of values cond. First place winners will be
came in for a share in the discus- shown at State Grange next
month.
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Under the chaplain’s direction,
It was announced that the Po­
a memorial ceremony was held mona 4-H scholarship was award­
m the afternoon, with the altar ed to Lynda Fildes of Chapman.
being decorated for those who • She was present to thank Pomona
have passed away in the last for this award.
year. Tribute also was paid to
In the evening a class of twelve
mothers, with Mrs. Mary Winn candidates were instructed in the
.receiving a potted azalea for be­ fifth degree of the order, and an
ing the oldest mother present. interesting program was enjoyed.
Mrs Winn just returned from The speaker of the evening was
spending the winter in Arizona. Howard VanNice, who talked on
Mrs Ludine Brown and Mrs. mental health and the present
Faye Tarbell tied for the young­ improved treatment of such cases.
est mothers present.
Plans were made for the an­
Judging of the pillowcases in nual Pomona picnic at Big Eddy
. the State Grange sewing contest
park on the last Sunday of July,
resulted in Mrs. Anna Mauris of with the same committee as last
Fern Hill Grange receiving first year. The grange intermediate
meeting will be held at Yankton
on June 24. The next Pomona
meeting will be at Fern Hill in
August.
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AN ILL WIND . . .
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by the wind, can start a
fire that will destroy
your home. Somebody
else’s carelessness but
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loss. One more reason
why you should carry
adequate Fire Insurance
on your property.
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VERNONIA
INSURANCE
Bill J. Horn, Agent
Phon« HA 9-6203 — Vernonia
905 Bridge Street
A/2c Billy Wells spent Satur­
day night at the home of his par­
ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Wells.
He was on his way to report back
to Paine Air Base at Everett,
Washington after finishing nine
months of special schooling at
Hughes Aircraft at Los Angeles.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Snook re­
ceived word last week that their
son Melvin had been promoted to
staff sergeant in April, just pre­
vious to his discharge from the
Air Force on May 4, after the
completion of his four year term.
He is now visiting in California
before coming on home.
Second Lieutenant and Mrs.
Gerald Millis and baby left Mon­
day for Twenty-Nine Palms, Cali­
fornia where he will now be sta­
tioned. They had visited their
parents, Mrs. Blanche Millis and
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Aldrich of
Vernonia for several weeks.
Golf Tourney Here Friday
A new golf tournament for
school masters of Columbia coun­
ty will be started Friday evening
with a team match being played
on the local course. Teams of
four men will be entered by
schools in the county and Hills­
boro has also been invited to par­
ticipate. A traveling trophy has
been provided by Vernonia to be
retained by the winning team
until the next tournament.
Parents Night
Proves Popular
Two Occasions Noted During Past Week End
Music Festival
Selects Five
TIMBER ROUTE — Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Roehm and child­
ren of Portland spent Saturday
with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Car­
michael and their family. Satur­
day was Mr. Roehm's birthday
and also their wedding anniver­
sary.
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Home for tha week end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. M R. Peter-
were Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Peter-
son_and children from Coos Bay.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Peterson visit­
ed with his father, mother, bro­
ther and family Sunday.
Week end visitors at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Art Kirk were
their niece and her husband. Mr.
and Mrs. Tony Phelan and their
daughter and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Schaffer and two child­
ren of Portland. Sunday morn­
ing, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Lock­
wood arrived and the group at­
tended the Eagle’s barbecue at
Dass park.
Week end guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Bender
were her sister and brother-in-
Five music students from Ver­
nonia high school were among
the more than 500 students from
Oregon and Washington who ga­
thered on the Pacific University
campus at Forest Grove last
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
for the ninth annual Music in
May festival. They were selected
for participation on the basis of
their musical ability on recom­
mendation of their instructor, and
the need for their particular con­
tribution in making up the or­
chestra, band and chorus.
Those from Vernonia who were
selected were Dane Brady, Ber­
tha Keasey, Pat Brissett, Virginia
Johnson and Virginia Ray. Pat
Brissett had the honor of being
the first solo saxaphonist for the
entire group.
The festival was under the di­
rection of Donald Thulean, music
director at Pacific, who also act­
ed as festival director of the or­
chestra. Andrew Loney Jr., di­
rector of music at Klamath Falls
was band director, and Archie
Jones from University of Texas,
directed the chorus.
A very good a:* »«dance of par­
ents made the Mom and Pop re­
ception given by the Girls League
at Vernonia high school last
Thursday evening a very success­
ful affair.
The theme, spring flowers, was
carried out in the decorations
with white and lavendar lilacs in
predominance.
A program of
musical numbers, tumbling acts
and a style show was presented,
after which parents viewed ex­
hibits of students work.
Among the especially enjoyed
features were the reaction tests
used in driver’s training whicn
revealed that often parents re­ New Shrubbery Planted
To help erase the ravages of
actions are slower than those of
their teen age sons and daugh­ the heavy freeze last November,
ters.
shrubs and rose bushes have been
Audio-visual aids were also dis­ replaced at the high school and
played and parents were given seven new rhododendrons have
the opportunity of taping their been set at the Washington
voices.
school.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bob Adams and
family arrived here Tuesday of
last week after he received his
discharge the previous day from
the Coast Guard at Port Angelus,
Washington. After a visit here
with his mother, Mrs. Pearl
Adams, and her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Elliott, they went to
Cathlamet, Washington where hq,
will work for the time being with
his brother, Archie Adams.
Private Billy Weaver finished
his basic training at Fort Ori,
California last week and arrived
home Sunday morning for a nine
day furlough He will report to
Fort Lee, Virginia April 17 and
will enter cook's school training
there.
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Mrs. Veil Barker received a
letter from her son PFC Elroy
Miner telling her of his promo­
tion to corporal. He is now sta­
tioned near Tokyo, Japan and his
new address is:
Corp Elroy Miner 1461149 USMC
H.&N.S. 11 Mag. 11. F.M.A.W.
V.M.A. 251 Det. c oPM
San Francisco, Calif.
Nominato
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JEWETT A. BUSH
Democratic Candidate
for
County Commissioner
Rmideni Columbia county for
1* yoari as businassman in Vat-
nan.a and Clatskama. Two sons
now in business at Vernonia.
Member grange, past president
Clatskanie Kiwanis. Chairman of
committee that sponsored REA
in Vernonia. Treasurer, county
United Fund committee. Sec.
Mgr. Col. Co. fair board for 9
years
Several years member
county budget committee.
The administering of the af­
fairs of Columbia Co. is a three-
guarter million dollar business
and I will give it the full con- I
mderation it deserves through my
many years of business experi­
ence.
Pd pul adv by Jewett A
Bush. Clatskanie. Oregon.
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Crooked politicians get into of­
fice because honest men fail to
do their duty.
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EASY TERMS
MAY
The polling places for the pri­
mary election May 18 will be
open at 8 am. and close at 8 pm.
and will be located at fhe follow­
ing places: (figures represent to­
tal registration by precincts):
Mist, School Building, 211;
Vernonia No. 1, Erickson Build­
ing, 305; Vernonia No. 2. C.I.O.
Union Hall Building, 386; Ver­
nonia No. 3. Washington Grade
School, 492; Vernonia No. 4. City
Hall. 371.
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law, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Richard­
son and daughter, Anne Mane
from Cathlamet, Washington.
Mrs. Pauline Tisdale and Mrs
Sam Beck were in Forest Grove
Monday for medical attention.
THE VERNONIA EAGLE
Official Newspaper of
Vernonia, Oregon
Marvin Kamholz
Editor and Publisher
Entered as second class mail
natter, Augast 4, 1922 at the
post office in Vernonia. Oregon
under the act of March 3, 1879.
Subscription price $3.00 yearly
in the Nehalem Valley. Else­
where $3.50.