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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1957)
THE EAGI.E, VERNONIA. ORE. I • 1 i f i 1 i > I t i i i i SAM'S FOOD STORE NEED A PLUMBER? FINI FOODS This service is just one of many available to people liv ing in the Nehalem Valley. When the need arises, jusl phone HA 9-5183 for the answer to your plumbing prob- lems NOTIONS — GIFTS THREAD — YARN Meal Planning Is A Pleasure < HERE! A Variety of Varieties THURSDAY Brunsman Hardware : And Electric TED'S SAW SHOP H omelite FRIGIDAIRE APPLIANCES DIRECT DRIvt CHAIN SAW FINE FURNITURE MARSHALL WELLS PAINTS We Deliver—Phone HA 9-53S1 SALES AND SERVICE Used Saws for Sale VERNONIA INSURANCE HENRY AND POLLY HUDSON OUR JOB IS YOUR PROTECTION Riverview — HA 9-6058 DRY GOODS — NOTIONS Simplicity Pattern Hdqtrs. FIRE & AUTO INSURANCE REAL ESTATE Representing old line, sound companies. WE GIVE S&H GREEN STAMPS BILL J. HORN Bob's Union Service Union Oil Products MR. & Hood Tires MRS. CLIFF WHITE 9 S641 Nic-L-Silver Batteries Featuring a complete line ot clothing and shoes for men. women and children. Free Pickup and Delivery Phone HA 9 3731 VERNONIA MILK FARMS BURNS TV & RADIO SALES AND SERVICE Vernonia's only independent owner-producer of Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Cream. flöfiman HENRY H. AND ISABEL EASY-VISION ANDEREGG television Ed Roediger Jr Strong's Electric Company The old adage,^you never miss the water till the well runs dry, might be revised to read, you never think of the plumber until the faucet starts to leak, or the pipes freeze up, or the sink drain plugs, or the water tank springs a leak. Then, he’s the most wanted person imaginable and he’s wanted RIGHT NOW. Phone HA 9-3123 The man who qualifies in that catagory here is Ed Roediger Jr. who has spent the past 13 years in the business. Ed was born in Kansas but when he was quite small his parents came to Oregon in 1917 and to Vernonia in 1925 when Ed was in the fourth grade. They lived on Corey Hill near where the Lincoln school is now and he attended school in Vernonia for the fourth, fifth, sixth and se venth grades. Then, his family moved to the location now known as Sunnyside Service and he com. pleted eighth grade at th? Plea sant Hill school. He then at tended Vernonia high school and graduated in 1934. Complete Line of Revlon Lip stick refills in every shade: Lustrous creamy, Lanolite non-smear and Living 24 hour. CLEAN & CLEAR Cleansing Cream. SHAMPOO for tinted and bleached and normal dry hair. FUTURAMA cases, Love Pats and Touch and Gio. Nance Beauty Shoppe Miller's Store — HA 9-6121 Vernonia Service Station At the time he finished high school, the mill here was closed and work not very plentiful so he went to Klamath Falls to work for awhile. When the mill re opened here, he returned to Ver nonia and was employed at the mill until 1944. In 1937, he had married Edith SHELLUBRICATION Repairing Ed Roediger, Jr PLUMBING Phone HA 9-5183 Westinghouse Appliances Phone HA 9-5441 ROYAL Wiring Elec. Repairs—Moior Winding ] Refrigeration Service Hotpoint, Maytag, Philco Appliances fi anc' • Television Gasoline • i i ♦ » i » i i • » » • I 9 I Anderson, daughter of Mr. Mrs. C. I. Anderson of Riverview. They had been residents here since 1922 and Mr. Anderson op erated a woodworking shop. In 1944. when Ed decided to change his occupation from mill worker to being in business for himself, he took up the plumb ing business in connection with his father-in-law’s woodworking shop and th? business was known as Anderson and Roediger. Mi. Anderson has since retired so it is now strictly a plumbing busi ness. In addition to being the service man who gets called in all t hos » household emergencies when something springs a leak, wear 3 out, or plugs up, Ed also sells, installs and services American and Crane plumbing fixtures, Fowler water heaters and Pacific pumps. He is well prepared for a!l emergencies, including two elec tric thawing machines which will thaw any frozen pipe. Only dif ficulty there is that when a sud den and severe freeze occurs such as the one in November of 1955, he is wanted in 20 or 25 places all at the same time and it is pretty difficult to cover the territory fast enough to satisfy everyone. Ed is a member of the Ver nonia Lions club, the chamber of commerc and the Masonic lodge. t FEATURING national BRANDED MERCHANDISE The Complete Department State Full Line of Footwear Phone HA 9 8122 I i I t ! R U L Y MODERN Portable Typewriter THE Oernonia Eagle Ph. HA 9 3372 — Vernonia. Ore. Vernonia Texaco Service FIRESTONE PRODUCTS McCULLOCH CHAIN SAWS SALES AND SERVICE MILL MARKET AND LOCKERS i Wes Bolmeier. Bill Nelson Member United Grocers Froxen Food Lockers KING'S GROCERY AND MARKET HAPPY NEW YEAR "WHERE YOUR MONEY BUYS MORE‘S YOU RING i * WE BRING / Vernonia Drug Co. "YOUR REXALL bTCHE" : • i 1 t i i : The World's First He also has served as director for West Oregon Electric Cooperative th ■ past five years and is now vice-president. His REA office is th? thing that started him on his water skiing hobby. Early in 1956. he and Mrs. Roediger attended an REA convention in St Louis, Missouri. When tickets were drawn for the door prize, out of 4700 ticket holders, Edith held the lucky one and the prize was an aluminum boat. They brought it home, be gan boating and water skiing and now it is their favorite pastime when w'-ather permits and Mer win lake on the Lewis river in Washington is their favorite spot for it. The Ruedigers have two child ren. Dave who is 15 and in high school and Jean, 11, and in fifth grade. M;. Roediger is another Ver noma business man whose faith in the future of Vernonia is firm He owns his home here and hopes to stay here the rest of his life. He says he has made trips beck through Kansas and to other pit - ces but has seen no place for which he would trade. Now, with the winter weather settling down, he expects most anyday to again b-come that "most wanted man,” but is glad it will be the harried housewives who are calling for his services, not the FBI who is on his trail. t JliUeÜ, : I I • I I • I » ♦ I » » ♦ ♦ I I I « t * I i i i • i SUNNYSIDE SERVICE Open from Noon to 7 Prescriptions — Drug* — Toy* Sundrie* — Jewelry — Photo Suppie* — Greeting Card* Coimetic* — Baby Supplies < i GROVE STUDIO & CAMERA SHOP 19928 Pacific — Forest Grove P.M. Sundays and Holidays. I j I MOBILGAS fr SERVICE THE PHOTO GRAPHIC 112 S. 3rd — Hillsboro Washington County's Largest Photgraphic Headquarters. Two Handy Locations. » » » » ♦ I i I » i OAKES RADIO SHOP ADMIRAL i » » TV—RADIO—APPLIANCES I Guaranteed Service All Makes J ! i : Hawken Motors t 1 : i : DODGE PLYMOUTH DODGE TRUCKS i Expert Service Department I I