Local Assembly Hosts
Fellowship Meet Monday
The Vernonia Assembly of God
church was host Monday for a
sectional fellowship meeting at
which they entertained represen­
tatives from the churches at St.
Helens, Chapman, Goble, West-
port and Forest Grove. About 100
attended the afternoon and even­
ing services and about 85 attend­
ed the dinner served at the Legion
hall by the ladies of the local
church.
The speaker in the afternoon
was Mrs. Ruth Lascell, a convert­
ed Jew, and the evening speaker
was Rev. Batterson from Washing­
ton whose wife is a niece of Mrs.
Agnes Barker.
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Young Ladies Continue
Services At Fire Hall
Undenominational gospel servic­
es are being continued each Sun­
day at 3 p.m. and Friday at 7:45
p.m. in the Vernonia fire hall.
These services are conducted by
Miss Karen Willis and Miss Mur­
iel Erickson. An invitation is ex­
tended to the public.
Scholarship
Fund Offered
A new scholarship loan fund of
$25,000 has been made available
to Oregon College of Education
students through the United Stu­
dent Aid Funds Incorporated loan
fund.
An appropriation of $1,000, by
the OCE Alumni Association has
made the larger total available to
OCE students. Interested appli­
cants must have completed the
freshman year of college and may
receive blanks from hometown
banks or through the dean of stu­
dents.
Loans may not exceed $1000 a
year or $3000 for undergraduate
and/or graduate work. Repay­
ments begin within four months
after completion of college work
and are spread over 36 monthly
payments. No notes under this
plan may bear more than 6% sim­
ple interest. No collateral is need­
ed by students. Notes will be en­
dorsed by the USA funds.
USA Funds is a private, non­
profit service corporation which
endorses low-cost, long-term loans
made by local banks to college
students.
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GRATITUDE
Gratitude is the sign of noble
souls.
—Aesop
A thankful heart is not only
the greatest virtue, but the parent
of all the other virtues.—Cicero
Gratitude is much more than a
verbal expression of thanks. Ac­
tion expresses more gratitude than
speech.
—Mary Baker Eddy
Words are but empty thanks.
—Colley Cibber
One ungrateful man does an in­
jury to all who need help.
—Publilius Syrus
He enjoys much who is thankful
for little; a grateful mind is both
a great and a happy mind.
—Thomas Seeker
LODGE AND CLUB NOTICES
V. F. W.
Regular meetings:
Fourth
Wednesdays, 8 P.M.
V.F.W. Hall
Donald George, Commander
J . E. Ade, Adjutant
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NEHALEM VALLEY
COIN CLUB
Meets last Thursday every month
West Oregon Electric Auditorium,
7:30 P.M.
Patricia Burns, President
Richard Burns, Vice-president
Ruth Steers, Secretary
Ralph Bergerson, Treasurer
VISITORS WELCOME
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
Harding Lodge No. 116
Vernonia. Oregon
I.O.O.F. Hall
Second
Monday
of Each Month
Jack Bergerson, Chancellor
Commander
Robert Wyckoff, Secretary
PYTHIAN SISTERS
Vernonia Temple No. 61
Meetings: I.O.O.F. Hall
Second and Fourth Wednesdays
of each month
Cleo McNair, M.E.C.
Cora Lange, Secretary
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Vernonia Barracks
Veterans of World War I
Meets 4th Monday
each month at the
IOOF hall, 8 P.M.
Art Gardner, Commander
Carl Davis, Adjutant
AUXILIARY
Meets 4th Mon.. IOOF hall 8 p.m.
Mabel Gardner, President
Cora Lange, Secretary
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VERNONIA
LIONS
CLUB
MEETS FIRST AND THIRD
MONDAY EACH MONTH
6:30 P.M., FIRE HALL
John Jensen, President
Neil Zimmerman, Sec.
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IWA Local
5-14
Meets First and
Third Thursdays
7:30 P.M.
A.F.L. — C IO .
Business Agent is at the hall,
North and Washington Sts.
third and fourth Thursday 10
a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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Order of Easier Star
Vernonia Lodge No. 246
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Meets Every Tuesday
8 P.M.
Pete Wiederkehr, Noble Grand
Lee Rogers, Sec.
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MT. HEART REBEKAH
LODGE NO. 243
Meets 2nd and 41h Thursday
evenings of each month in the
I.O.O.F. hall.
Gertrude Schalock, Noble Grand
June Ray, Secretary
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AMERICAN LEGION
VERNONIA
POST 119
Meets Second 8c
Fourth Fridays
of each month.
J. Horn, Commander
L. Towne Adjutant
AUXILIARY
Second and Fourth Fridays
Otilia Heckenliable, President
Leah Stiff. Sec.
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Nehalem Chapter 153, O. E. S.
Regular com­
munication first
Wednesday
of each month
at Masonic Tem­
ple. All visiting
sisters and broth­
ers welcome.
Isabelle Brunsman. W. M.
Mona Gordon, Sec.
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VERNONIA CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
Board of Directors report to
members quarterly. Board meets
2nd and 4th Mondays, 8:00 p.m.,
at West Oregon Electric office.
Visitors invited.
Robert C. Lindsay. President
Mrs. Evelyn Heath. Secy.
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A. F. & A. M.
Vernonia Lodge No. 184
A. F. it A. M. meets at
Masonic Temple. Stated
Communication
th ird
Thursday of each month,
at 8:00 p.m.
Albert B. Brunsman. W.M.
Harry G. Sandon. Sec'y.
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AT THE CHURCHES
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Third S:.. back of Miller's Store
A. W. and Lillian Wilson,
Ministers
9:45 a.m.—Bible school. B. L.
Mitchell, director. Orchestra
prelude. Classes for all ages.
11:00 a.m.—Morning worship
6:15 p.m. — NYPS second and
fourth Sundays. Kenneth Mish-
ler in charge.
7:00 p.m.—Evangelistic services.
Lively
singing of favorite
songe
Wednesday
7:00 p.m.—Midweek service. All
are welcome to "The Homelike
Church”
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
2nd and Maple
W. C. Armstrong, Pastor
9:45 a m., Sunday school. Clas­
ses for all ages.
11:00 a.m., Morning worship.
1 :30 p.m.. Evangelistic service.
7:30 p.m. Wednesday — Prayer
meeting at the church.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
North and Washington Sts.
Bruce Roberts, Pastor
HAzel 9-6522
9:45 a.m.—Bible school.
Mrs. Earl King, Sup’t.
11:00 a.m.—Morning worship.
7:00 p.m.—Oldsters and Young­
sters for Christ.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
2nd Ave. and Nehalem
Gordon Geer, Pastor
Services on Saturday:
9:30 a.m.—Sabbath school.
10:45 a.m.—Preaching, mission­
ary programs, or Bible study.
VERNONIA BIBLE CHURCH
E. J. Ruff, Pastor
First and Maple Sts.
Gene Weller, Sunday School Supt.
9:45 a.m.—Sunday school
11:00 a.m.—Morning service.
6:30 p.m.—Classes for adults and
high school age.
7:30 p.m.—Evening worship ser­
vice.
8:00 p.m.—Tuesday home study
class.
9:30 a.m. Thursday—Ladies cot­
tage prayer at Virgil Snooks.
7:00 p.m. Thursday — Christian
service brigade.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
E. T. Wilcox, Pastor
A and Washington St.
Sunday services:
10:00 a.m. — Sunday school.
11:00 a.m. — Morning worship.
6:30 p.m. — Training Union.
7:15 p.m. — Evening service.
VERNONIA EVANGELIVAL
UNITED BRETHREN
State Avenue
Raymond Targgart, Pastor
1768 N. Ainsworth, Portland, Ore.
BUtler 5-8159
9:45 a.m. — Sunday school.
Carl Holsey, Sup’t.
11:00 a.m. — Morning worship.
Nursery for small children.
6:00 p.m.—Youth Fellowship.
7:00 p.m.—Evening service.
Wednesday
7:00 p.m.—Hour of power, pray­
er and Bible study.
VERNONIA BRANCH
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
LATTER DAY SAINTS
925 Rose Avenue
Branch Presidency — Elders Wil­
bur E. Wilson, Henry T. Hud­
son, and Clarence Updike.
Sunday:
9:00 a.m. — Priesthood Convenes.
10:30 a.m. — Sunday school.
Robert E. McNair, Supt.
12:15 p.m. — Sacrament Service.
Wilbur E. Wilson, presiding.
Tuesday:
4:00 p.m. — Primary. Cleo Mc­
Nair, Pres.
Thursday:
10:00 a m. — Relief Society.
Laura E. Carmichael, Pres.
Visitors Welcome at All Meetings
MIST-BIRKENFELD
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Sulo A. Sanders, Pastor
Shirley Berg, Sunday School
Superintendent
At Blrkenfeld Community Center
Sunday
9:45 a.m.—Sunday school tor all.
11:00 a.m.—Family worship. Nur­
sery for pre-school children.
Wednesday
7:45 p.m.—Prayer and Bible
study.
Saturday
7:30 p.m.—Youth Fellowship and
recreation.
At Mist Church
8:00 p.m.—Sunday evening, wor­
ship service.
ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC
Rev. William Delplanche
Bridge St. at 2nd Ave.
First and Second Sundays, Mass
at 7:00 p.m.
Third, Fourth Fifth Sundays,
at 8:00 a.m.
First Fridays, Mass at 7:00 p.m
P a g e s F rom Our P a st
By Kenneth L. Holmes, writer historian
STORM SHATTERS CIRCUIT
RIDER STATUE
The recent devastating Pacific
storm tipped over and broke up
the bronze statue of the Circuit
Rider on the Oregon Capitol
grounds at Salem. This statue of
a minister riding his horse on his
preaching circuit was created by
sculptor A. Phimister Proctor in
1921. It was the gift of Robert A.
Booth to the people of Oregon in
memory of his father, the Rev.
Robert Booth, an old-time circuit­
riding Methodist preacher.
The elder Booth was born in
England in 1820 and came to
America with his parents in 1830.
He did the rest of his growing up
in and about New York. He be­
came a Methodist minister, and in
1852, with his wife and two child­
ren, crossed the plains to Oregon
by ox team and covered wagon.
From the time of his arrival in
the Pacific Northwest until his
death in 1917 at the age of 97, he
was beloved, not only by Method­
ists, but by folk of other religious
leanings as well in our region.
Much of his ministry was carried
out afoot and horseback. He was a
typical circuit-riding preacher of
the old schools.
But the statue of the Rev. Ro­
bert Booth was meant to commem­
orate more than the memory of
one man. In his letter offering the
gift of the statue, the younger
Booth indicated that it was to re­
present the memory of such men
of all denominations who “be­
came their friends, counselors and
evangels to the pioneers on every
American frontier and who so
largely directed the thought of our
citizenry and shaped the course Of
our civilization.”
It was the Methodists who sys­
tematized the function of the tra­
veling preacher and called him a
“circuit rider.” An example of
such a circuit rider is described in
a report of Methodist Superinten­
dent William M. Roberts of the
Oregon Mission, written to the
national headquarters in 1848. He
told how the “Yam Hill circuit”
lay ‘.between the Walamit and
the coast range of mountains and
includes the Twalatine Plains,
Chehalem, Yam Hill, and Rickeral,
an extent of country some 75
miles in length and varying in
breadth with the meanderings of
the river and encroachment of
spurs jutting out from the coast
range of mountains."
There were 135 members in the
flock over that territory but “no
Sabbath Schools.” It was the work
of the preacher in charge to visit
the families, hold worship services
in homes, conduct weddings, fun­
erals and other functions of the
church. The country was predomi­
nantly rural and the minister tra­
veled on horseback with all his
equipment in his saddle bags or
pockets. The rider depicted in the
statue is reading his Bible as he
QUESTION. I began getting so­
cial security payments a year ago.
I am still running my small store,
but I am now earning less than
$1200 a year. I was told by a
friend that after I started getting
social security, I did not have to
pay any self-employment tax. Is
this right?
ANSWER: No. If you clear $400
nr more from your business, you
must pay your social security tax.
QUESTION: I was in an auto­
mobile accident in May 1961, and
was permanently paralyzed. I am
27 years old and was told by a
friend that I could not get social
security disability checks because
I am too young. Is this correct?
ANSWER: No. Even though you
are only 27 you can get disability
payemnts if you worked under
social security for at least five out
of the 10 years before you became
disabled and are so disabled that
you cannot do any substantial
gainful work.
QUESTION: I know that if I
live thirty-odd more years I can
begin to get social security bene­
fits. Is this the only protection my
social security tax dollar is buy­
ing?
ANSWER: No. Retirement pay­
ments are only one part of the
protection you are buying. You
also get protection against total
disability and your family is pro­
tected if you die.
Education and religion are the
prime requisites in drawing out
the best that there is in mankind.
prepares for his next sermon dur­
ing the ride from church to
church.
The Rev. William Roberts con­
tinued in the above-quoted letter,
"The arrangement of our provis­
ional government by which a per­
son under conditions can secure
a mile square of Land tends di­
rectly to distribute the people all
over the country and operates
most prejudicially against the ga­
thering of any considerable con­
gregation in any one place. Our
only recourse is to go from one
cabin to another through prairie
and forest which is a slow process
requiring more time and men, and
shall I add grace? that we have at
present. , .Add to this the almost
impassible state of the roads dur­
ing the rainy seasin. We have as
yet very few bridges and the
crossing of many of the streams is
perilous and often impossible.”
The statue of the Circuit Rider
has depicted the traveling preach­
er over the years, and now the
work of sculpture lies broken on
its side. We hope that a way will
be found to repair it so that once
more we may look up at the
bronze rider and wonder what his
next sermon will be and what the
text as he rides to his next ap­
pointment.
Letters Must
Be Signed
An Editorial
Letters to the editor which are
published in The People Speak
column are welcomed when they
deal with topics that are of gener­
al interest, have something con­
structive to offer and are in no
way libelous or written with in­
tent to hurt anyone. Often, let­
ters to the editor bring valuable
bits of information which are ap­
preciated and enjoyed.
The policy of this paper, howev­
er, is to accept for publication on­
ly letters that are signed. If, for
some really good reason, the writ­
er wishes his name withheld, that
can be done but the original copy
which is placed on file in the of­
fice must carry a signature.
Usually, those who have a ligit-
imate cause for writing are wil­
ling to sign their name. Anony­
mity is a screen behind which
those who write hide because they
are ashamed to admit authorship.
Sometimes it carries a barb which
can hurt deeply. Often it is writ­
ten because the writer has failed
to look deeply enough to see the
other person’s point of view or to
see that the good of a thing out­
weighs what they seek to criticize.
So, please, contributors, send in
only those things you are proud
and willing to sign.
Probably one of the most vis-
ious phrases that can be used to
start a conversation is “they said”
or “he said” for so many times
the quote is worded differently
than it originally was said, carries
a different connotation because of
tone of voice or emphasis and can
cause a great deal of misunder­
standing. In a community which
prides itself on friendship, this
fault should be carefully guarded
against for it is a great destroyer
of friendship.
If everyone took time to think
before he spoke, and also used
judgement in listening so as to
determine facts rather than ru­
mor, much ill will and confusion
could be avoided.
This holiday season of the year
is a good time to clear up misun­
derstandings and resolve to avoid
them in the future.
A community full of buck-pass­
ers seldom gets very far in the
march of progress.
The common sense in a man’s
head is often crowded out by too
much money in his pocket.
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THURSDAY. NOV. 22, 1962
Police Capture
Last Escapee
With the capture late Thursday
night of Orville L. Stuart about
12 miles from St. Helens, the last
of three escapees from the Coos
county jail were taken into cus­
tody. Stuart was picked up by
Sheriff Spencer Younce and Depu­
ty Roediger as he walked along
a road about two miles from Tren-
holm. Earlier, Stuart had appeared
at the George Patterson home in
the area, and had asked for a drink
of water. After he left, the Pat­
tersons notified the sheriff’s office,
and a search of the area resulted
in Stuart’s capture.
According to Sheriff Younce,
Stuart made no resistance, and
made the remark, "I’m sort of glad
you guys came along.”
First reports of the escapees
came in an all-points bulletin over
the police teletype on Monday,
and the report indicated that the
escapees might be headed for the
St. Helens area. Their escape was
effected during church services at
the Coquille jail Sunday afternoon.
Monday afternoon St. Helens
authorities were alerted by Scap­
poose police that a car bearing the
fugitives was seen passing through
Scappoose.
St. Helens Police Chief Glenn
Ray and officer Ray Wallis spot­
ted the car as it neared the Milton
Creek bridge on Highway 30 and
gave chase.
In trying to shake the pursuing
police, the escapees turned their
car into the parking lot of the
Heinie’s Feed Store, not knowing
they were turning into a blind
alley. When they realized their
mistake, they scrambled from the
car and fled.
Charles Logan was caught by
Officer Wallis as he attempted to
hide under a car, while Paul Muns
eluded capture for a little more
time, with police in hot pursuit.
Muns was finally captured near
the Columbia District hospital, af­
ter a warning shot gun blast had
been fired over his head by Offi­
cer Wallis.
Meanwhile Mrs. Muns was ap­
prehended at Scappoose where she
was awaiting the return of her
husband.
A cynic is a man who knows the
price of everything and the value
of nothing.
The fellow who uses cutthront
tactics to reach the top usually
gets it in the neck.
DERREL ROSE
Our concern is to give you con­
siderate care, handle all details
with a service of quiet dignity
and boauly that will comfort
you and your family for years
to come.
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