Vernonia Unit
To Start Year
Grandchildren
On News List
A new granddaughter, Peggy Jo
Williams, who made her debut
August 17, prompted Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Heckenliable to drive to
Salem last week for a visit at the
home of their daughter and hus
band, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wil
liams. The new arrival has a sis
ter and a brother.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Stiff received
news last week of the arrival of
another granddaughter August 22
at the home of their daughter and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Olan Pous-
son at Farmington, New Mexico.
She weighed in at 6 pounds 10
ounces but when the call announc
ing her arrival was made, a name
had not yet been chosen. Two
brothers and a sister were on hand
to welcome the new arrival.
Mr. and Mrs. Antone Smejkal
spent from July 22 to August 10 at
Empire near Coos Bay at the home
of their daughter and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. William Titus where they
welcomed a grandson, Richard
William Titus who arrived July
22 and weighed 5H pounds. The
babe has two sisters.
Grand Officers Attend
Coos Bay Observance
Mrs. Wilbur Davis, grand assoc
iate conductress for the Grand
Chapter of Oregon, OES, was at
Coos Bay last week end to attend
a Natal Day celebration put on
by the Coos county Natal Day as
sociation. Purpose of the event is
the observance of the birthday of
Robert Morris, founder of the Or
der of Eastern Star.
At the celebration she was
pleased to meet Mrs. Herman
Dickson, former Vernonia resi
dent, who is a member of the as
sociation choir. She asked Mrs.
Davis to convey her greetings to
her many Vernonia friends.
Making the trip to Coos Bay
with Mrs. Davis was Mrs. Belle
Bateman of Delake who is grand
representative to Pennsylvania in
Oregon.
Board to Close
The Selective Service Board
No. 2 will be closed for vacation
from August 29 until after Labor
Day, September 4.
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The Vernonia Extension club
has scheduled a very special pro
gram for their first fall meeting
which is set for 10:00 a m. Septem
ber 20 at the West Oregon Elec
tric building.
For this kick-off meeting, they
have invited Mrs. Emily Terrall
of St. Helens to be here and dem
onstrate hat making. Mrs. Terrall
is Mrs. Oregon of 1962 and also
Mrs. U. S. Savings Bond and the
Vernonia ladies are delighted that
she can fit a visit to them into
her busy schedule of appearances
all over the United States.
She sends word that she will
demonstrate the making of a pill
box hat and asked that those in
terested in participating in the
project bring a pillbox frame, bits
of material to match a suit, coat
or dress, a hat liner, a bottle of
Elmer’s glue, two feet of silver
or gold rick-rack braid, a few
straight pins and scissors.
In addition to showing how to
make a pillbox hat, Mrs. Terrall
will have several other types to
exhibit and talk about. She also
will talk about her experiences
as Mrs. Oregon and the contest in
Florida at which she was named
as Mrs. U. S. Savings Bond.
For this meeting, there will be
a potluck dinner at noon and all
interested parsons are invited to
attend.
Odd Fellows
Work On Hall
Work projects have kept mem
bers of the Vernonia Odd Fellows
lodge busy the past few weeks.
One major project has been the
rebuilding of the porch roof at
the IOOF hall. This work was
carried out under the direction of
Harry Culbertson and tearing
down of the old roof and building
the new one drew assistance from
Tommy Hall, Everett Wood, Pete
Wiederkehr, Carl Davis, Nels
Hogberg, Ernest Herman and
Frank Lentz. After the work
was completed it was spray-paint
ed by Wiederkehr.
Sunday, a group of lodge mem
bers cut and hauled about five
cords of wood for use in the hall.
Those in the work party were
Harry Culbertson, Everett Wood,
Pete Wiederkehr, Thomas Hall
and Allen Ray.
Local Poet Recognized
In Oregonian Column
Recognition was given the work
of a local poet recently with the
appearance of a short poem by
John McRae in the Oregonian
Verse column in the Sunday Ore
gonian August 19. McRae states
that he frequently writes verse
for his own enjoyment and occa
sionally submits some for publi
cation.
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The story of the Pittsburg post
office was published in the Ver
nonia Eagle August 9 and stated
that Peter Brous was its only
postmaster. Since that time, Les
ter Shieley, who prepares the ar
ticles concerning the post offices
has received additional informa
tion which he gives here by way
of correction to the previous story.
Peter Brous served as postmaster
from its first establishment on
April 17, 1879 to March 6, 1888
George Price served from March
6, 1888 to August 4, 1889; Edwin
O. Darling served from August 4,
1889 to April 26, 1892; Warren D.
Case served from April 26, 1892 to
May 3, 1897; James W. Armstrong
served from May 3, 1897 to June
22, 1907; Addison G. Hotchkiss
was appointed postmaster on the
13th day of July 1908 but declined
to qualify or serve and the Pitts
burg post office was officially dis
established by order of the post
office department on November
24, 1908 effective November 30,
1908.
JOHNNY BIGGS
N um ber 6
JOHN FOSS
Mrs. Hays Gets
Secretary Post
Mrs. Frank P. Hays of Vernonia
didn’t attend a recent “fly-in”
meeting of the Oregon Chapter of
the Ninety Nines, organization for
women aircraft pilots, which was
held at Pendleton, but those who
did attend named her as secretary
for the group, a job which is keep
ing her plenty busy now since
the group is preparing to be host
esses September 14 and 15 for the
Northwest Sectional Meeting of
the Ninety Nines at the Continent
al Motel, 808 E. Burnside, Port
land.
Final plans for the sectional
meeting will be made September
6 at the Troutdale airport. Plans
will include the husbands of the
Ninety Nines, known as the 49*4-
ers, who will join in the evening
activities, and will help provide
ground transportation for fly-in
guests from eight states, Washing
ton, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming,
North and South Dakota, Alaska
and Oregon.
Read the ads, it will pay you!
Fuiten's Chapel in the Hills
VERNONIA. HILLSBORO, FOREST GROVE
24-Hour Mortuary Service
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Thomas, Res. Managers
Phone HAzel 9-6611
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POST OFFICES
OF EARLY DAYS
LESTER CHAMBERS
Navy Enlists
Vemonia Boys
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Recently enlisting in the U. S.
Navy at Hillsboro recruiting sta
tion and now undergoing basic
training at the Naval training
center at San Diego, Calif., are
Johnny Lee Biggs, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Biggs of Mist route;
John D. Foss, son of Mrs. Sara A.
Townsend, 1058 First avenue, Ver
nonia, and Lester R. Chambers,
airman recruit, U.S.N., son of Mrs.
Betty Pagh of Timber, Oregon.
All three boys are former Ver
nonia high school students. They
expect to complete basic training
and have their first visit home
about the end of October.
Vows Exchanged in
Riles At Stevenson
Marriage vows were exchanged
August 2 in a civil ceremony at
Stevenson, Washington by Miss
Shirley Jean Baker and Ralph Curl
McPherson of Seattle, Washing
ton.
The groom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry McPherson of Ver
nonia and until her marriage, Miss
Baker made her home here with
Mr. and Mrs. John Andrews, own
ers of the former Killian place on
Third street.
The couple will make their home
in Seattle where he has been em
ployed by Boeing Aircraft for the
past six years.
The postoffice of Bacona, near
the headwaters of Pebble Creek,
which has its confluence with the
Nehalem river at Riverview one
mile east of Vernonia, was estab
lished at the homestead of Cyrus
Bacon (thus the name Bacona) on
the 24th day of May, 1897, accord
ing to the records in the National
Archives and an entry in Postal
Bulletin, the official organ of the
post office department.
Mr. Bacon served as its postmas
ter from its establishment until
the 31st day of May, 1901 at which
time Peter Hoffman, another
homesteader in that vicinity took
over the duties as postmaster and
served until the disestablishment
of Bacona on November 1, 1902.
The Hoffman Lookout is named
after Peter Hoffman who home
steaded from the government in
1890. After Bacona was discontin
ued, postal business of that area
was transferred to Buxton.
As a sidelight to the above ac
count, the original families who
settled the upper Nehalem Valley
came over an elk trail which led
from the upper reaches of the East
Fork of Dairy Creek by way of
Mountaindale, thence over the di
vide at a point which later be
came Bacona and down Pebble
Creek to Vernonia. This trail sur
vived as the only egress until a
road was later constructed by
chopping through logs and tree
roots that obstructed wagon pas
sage.
When settlers followed the elk
trails in early days, they found
that often their horses could not
jump as high as the elk did, so
notches had to be chopped in logs
across the trail in order to get
the horses over them.
Historical data supplied by Les
ter Sheeley.
Date Changed
Frank J. Laheney, field repre
sentative of the Social Security
Administration, announo?s that
the St. Helens contact station wiil
not be open Monday, September
3, 1962 because of the Labor Day
week end, but will be open the
following day, Tuesday, September
4. On Monday, September 10, 1962
the St. Helens contact station will
again resum? its regular hours.
THURSDAY, AUG. 30, 1962
Grange Slates
Contests Soon
KENNETH THOMAS
K. Thomas Completes
Combat Training Stint
Marine Private Kenneth L.
Thomas, son of Charlie W. Thomas
of Timber route, completed four
weeks of individual combat train
ing August 3 with the second in
fantry training regiment at the
Marine Corps base, Camp Pendle
ton, Calif.
The training, required of each
marine upon completion of recruit
training, emphasizes tactical mat
ters and field and combat skills
needed by the fighting marine..
Several Pomona and subordi
nate Grange contests are scheduled
for the near future. The first is
the baking contest which will be
held on Sept. 4 at Yankton with
a potluck luncheon at noon and
the judging afterwards. Members
should consult their Grange Bul
letins for rules. The district judg
ing in this division will be held
at Warren Grange hall Sept. 11.
Needlework will be judged at
Winetna Grange at Birkenfeld on
September 17 with the same ar
rangements for lunch and judg
ing. The canning contest will be
held October 22 in the same way.
All Grangers are encouraged to
participate in these contests. The
canning contest features White
Satin sugar.
Women Golfers End
Season Activities
Lei's Gel Acquainted!
The Vernonia Women’s Golf as
sociation members played the last
group games of the season Tues
Do You Know This Man?
day morning with nine members
Born November 28, 1917 at Madi participating.
son, South Dakota.
All interested women golfers are
Came to Vernonia in 1946 and has urged to continue playing and to
been employed here since that turn in their scone cards to Mrs.
time.
Gordon Reed at the club house or
Married in Portland in 1949.
to Mrs. Ben Brickel, handicap
Has three children, yet sometimes chairman, so that handicaps may
feels like the Old Woman in the be figured for spring play.
Shoe.
The first Tuesday in June is set
Is a Vernonia home owner and for the first play day next season
takes an active part in local af with a pot luck luncheon to be
fairs.
planned for that day.
Has served as president of Lions
club.
DR. R. V. LANCE”
Is also active in fraternal groups.
OPTOMETRIST
(Information supplied by J. W. Ni
chols) Answer to last week’s quiz:
Wed.. 10 A.M.— 5 P.M.
Bill J. Horn.
Phone IIA 9-6565
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