POST OFFICES
OF EARLY DAYS
Pomona Meeting at Birkenfeld
Recalls Events of Early Days
Clair Devines Entertain
Niece, Maureen Gordon
MIST—Maureen Gordon of Tur­
ner is spending a week with her
aunt and uncle, the Clair Devines.
She returned home with the De-
vines Saturday evening.
Mrs. Geo. Mathews is enjoying
having four of her grandchildren
with her.
Mrs. Shalmon Libel participated
in the program at Birkenfeld for
Pomona Grange Saturday even­
ing.
A welcome visitor at the meet­ which 45 members took the fifth
Pittsburg post office was located
at the junction of East Fork of ing of Columbia County Pomona degree. It is well to recall that
the Nehalem river with the Ne­ Grange at Birkenfeld Saturday, the Kerry Logging Co. was in op­
halem river at a point five miles August 4 was State Grange Mas­ eration then, accounting for the
northeast of Vernonia and was ter Allen P. Wheeler, who was large attendance. In those days
established on the Peter Brous elected at the June session of the Winema Grange was the largest
homestead in his original home Oregon State Grange. Mr. Wheeler Grange in the county. The large
which consisted of a log cabin. It came to help celebrate the 60th hall was the gym for the school
was served by carrier on foot or anniversary of Columbia County as well as being a Grange hall
and was jointly owned by the two
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Sharar of on horseback from Houlton (which Pomona Grange.
Loren Millimen, the new editor groups.
Stoney Point road welcomed a is now West St. Helens) once a
of the Grange Bulletin, also was
Those taking the fifth degree
daughter, Teresa Ann, July 29. week.
Fruit Torie Making
Mrs. Sharar and the babe are now
A trail had been cut out of the a guest, and took pictures for the Saturday were David Crawford of
Project
for Goodies
at home from Emanuel hospital. wilderness and later a passable Grange paper, especially of the Winema Grange, Stanley and
charter
members
of
Winema
Florence
Chandler
and
Kit
and
The Goodies 4-H club meeting
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. road was constructed. The Ne
James Sharar of Portland. The halem Valley pioneers furnishing Grange. Seven of these faithful Anita Kennedy of Natal Grange, was held August 1 at the home
grandfather is now working in the labor and the St. Helens and members were present. There and Lawrence and Grace Meissner of the leader, Mrs. Loren Ellis,
West Pakistan on the Mangle dam Houlton merchants furnishing the were no charter members of Po­ of Fern Hill Grange.
Jr. The members made fruit torte
mona present.
Pomona meets next with Chap­ and served it with koolaid.
project. Mrs. Linnie Scott of Ver­ grub.
Also, a picture was taken of man Grange in November.
nonia is the babe’s great grand­
News reporter, Joyce Knowlton
The date of the original open­
mother.
ing of the Pittsburg post office the State Grange master, the Po­
James Allen is the name of the was April 17, 1879 and it was mona master and Mrs. Alice Lind­ ¡ X H X H X H X H X H X H X H X H X H X X H X H X H
son born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. closed on the 26th day of April, say of Natal Grange. Mrs. Lindsay H
Rainbolt of Vernonia Monday, 1892. Peter Brous was its only was honored recently by being X
July 30 at the Columbia District postmaster. From the date of its awarded her 60th year pin.
The Grange historian told of H
closing its business was merged
hospital, St. Helens.
the
founding of Pomona Grange X
An eight pound daughter, Re­ with Vernonia.
at
Clatskanie
on September 11, H
The name of the original post
becca Ann, arrived Friday, August
1902, with 68 charter members. As
office
was
Pittsburgh,
named
after
3, at the Vernonia Clinic for Mr.
far as is known, the only charter
and Mrs. Jim McClendon of Kea- the former home of Peter Brous member still living is Mrs. Flora
which
was
Pittsburgh,
Pennsyl
sey Rt. Grandparents are Mr. and
vania, but the name was later Stratton who is now a member
Mrs. George Orr of Keasey Rt.
of Aloha Grange in Washington
changed to Pittsburg.
county.
She was Flora Young at
At the time of the residence of
Peter Brous at Pittsburg, he oper­ that time and a member of Cedar
ated a flouring mill and a saw mill Grove Grange near Clatskanie.
Winema Grange at Birkenfeld
by waterpower generated by a
was
organized in 1924 although
dam and water wheel in the east
Fork of the Nehalem river, and there had been a Grange in that
MIST—Mr. and Mrs. Bernard later there was a sash and door vicinity earlier known as the
Dowling who recently returned factory which operated for many Fishhawk Grange. Records were
from a trip to Missouri, visited his years before the turn of the cen­ read of the Pomona Grange meet­
father and sister from Friday until tury on the opposite bank of the ing held at Birkenfeld in 1926 at
Sunday when they returned to Nehalem river, which rafted its
their home in Vancouver.
product to Mist and thence by
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Devine and wagon and ox team to Clatska­
Mr. and Mrs. Clair Devine and nie.
family enjoyed a family picnic at
A covered wagon bridge span­
H
the home of Edwin Danielson at ned the Nehalem between the east
To
the
Editor:
Banks Sunday.
and west banks of the Nehalem
In Vernonia two gas stations K
Mrs. Brower of Calif., mother river and from the west bank of
alternate
in being open on Sun­
of Mrs. Sulo Sanders, is spending the Nehalem river a dirt and
some time at the home of her puncheon road served the early days. An excellent idea. If you
daughter and family.
settlers along its route and it ter­ elect me as your state representa
Mr. and Mrs. Shalmon Libel minated at a point which is the tive, I will introduce this bill:
These businesses shall be closed
spent Sunday in Seaside where present home of Everett Wood.
the
first and third Sunday of each
they visited his mother, Mrs. Clara
According to an account told
month:
any business with only a
Libel.
to Joseph Van Blaricom who
Mr. and Mrs. Evan Rassmusen homesteaded the townsite of Ver­ north or east entrance; and any
of Clatskanie were dinner guests nonia, Peter Brous informed him business with entrance on more
recently of Mr. and Mrs. Charles that his family had owned a small than one side, including a north
Hansen.
flouring mill on a tributary of the entrance. These businesses shall be
Mrs. Wayne Kyser and Mrs. Alleganey river a few miles up­ closed the second and fourth Sun
Hugh Cox drove to Portland Mon­ stream frem Pittsburgh, Pennsyl­ day of each month: any business K
with only a south or west entrance;
day, returning home Tuesday. Mrs. vania, and after he had home
and
any business with entrance
Cox went in for a check up.
steaded at Pittsburg, Oregon, he
on
more
than one side, excluding
had the small flouring mill dis­
a north entrance.
mantled and its machinery includ­
BUT any business that is more
ing the stone mill wheels shipped
Come
by barge down the Alleganey than five miles from a similar
river, thence down the Ohio river business need not close any Sun­
see why
to the Mississippi river, thence day if only one person is in at- |
“Zts the Water
by sailing ship to the city of Port­ tendance at any one time.
This gives every person in bus­ H
land
where it was unloaded and
that
hauled to Pittsburg to become the iness every other Sunday off and
m akes the
first flouring mill in the Nehalem gives the customer service every H
Sunday at those places that choose
Valley.
difference.
to stay open on permitted Sun­
An
interesting
sidelight
on
this
Visitors
days.
account is the fact that the two
Lawrence Meissner,
are always
stone mill wheels, now resting in
Meissner
Rd., Deer Island
w elcom e at
the Vernonia city park, are the
identical
mill
wheels
brought
to
the Olympia
the Nehalem Valley 90 years ago.
Jew ell County Kansas
Brewing
Joseph Van Blaricon related this
Folks
to Picnic Soon
Company
account of the stone mill wheels
to
the
writer,
Lester
Sheeley,
The annual Jewell county, Kan­
at Tumwater,
more, than sixty years ago.
sas picnic will be held at Kenil­
near Olympia,
(Historical information supplied worth Park, 3300 S. E. Holgate in
Washington,
by Lester Sheeley.)
Portland at noon August 19. Coffee
8.-00 to 4:30
and cold drinks will be furnished.
every day.
Stork Delivers
Two Girls, Boy
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Oernonia Eagle
THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1962 3
Lei s Get Acquainted!
Do You Know This Man?
Bom January 31, 1926 in vicinity
of Vernonia.
Married in 1950 at Hood River.
Now a Vernonia home owner and
booster.
Has two children.
Employed locally.
Active in fraternal groups, cham­
ber of commerce etc.
Is a collector and sports enthus­
iast.
(Information supplied by J. W.
Nichols) Answer to last ’.veeks
quiz, Dave Brunsman.
Invite friends now for the Jam­
boree, July 27, 28 and 29.
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Oregon Trailers
BEN'S BARBER SHOP
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hearing Sr.,
who last year acquired a vacation
trailer and started enjoying trips
with it, are now members of the
Oregon Trailer club. Recently,
this group was host for a potluck
dinner at Delta Park in Portland
at which 93 trailers were ent?r-
tained enroute to the Seattle fair.
The Hearings have enjoyed sev­
eral trips with the group and have
made many nice contacts.
Jamboree week end, the Hear­
ings had as their guests here Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Muster and her broth­
er and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Oren
Cook, all from Portland.
Last Saturday, the Hearings left
with their trailer for Siletz where
they were to join the Cooks for
two weeks.
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