TOPICS OF THE TOWN
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lange, Irma
cer were two brothers-in-law and
their wives, Mr. and Mrs. C. L Dug-
gins of Grover City, California and
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Duggins of Oak
land.
Chance and Thurman DeHart went
to Seaside Saturday morning to
spend the day with Mrs. Thurman
DeHart and Sunny who were spend
ing a few days at the beach. The
Langes and Mrs. Chance came home
Saturday evening. They stopped at
Saddle Mt. park on the way home
The DeHarts came home Sunday.
Richard Crowston who was called
home from Germany because of the
death of his brother, Francis Crow
ston, has returned to his duties over-
Mr?. Florenz Huff is keeping busier
than usual as chairman of the bar
becue committee of the Clackamas
Broiler association. Wednesday, she
will spend in Canby where the as
sociation will serve barbecued chick
en at the Clackamas county fair.
Mrs.
Jake Van Zee visited
her
daughter, Mrs. Orval Bishop of Rock
Creek Sunday at Forest Grove where
she is hospitalized because of an ap
pendectomy.
Friends of Mrs. Ethel Creesbro,
who recently moved from Timber
Route, will be pleased to hear that
according to a letter received by
Florenz Huff she is in good health
except for a broken toe which is in
a cast, sustained when she stubbed
her toe on a chair.
Marguerite Wendling, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Wendling erf Ha
waii, has arrived at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Elroy Miner to enroll
at Vernonia high school where she
will be a senior this year. Her fath
er is stationed in Hawaii with the
army and expects to be transferred
near the first of the year, so Miss
Wendling chose to complete her
schooling in Vernonia to avoid trans
ferring in the middle of a term.
Mrs. Corena Everett, mother of D.
L. Daughtry, has arrived from Sum-
rail, Mississippi for a stay at the
home of her son and family. She ar
rived Sunday by bus and was met in
Portland by the Daughtrys.
Mrs. Mitchell spent the week end
in Washington stopping in Tacoma to
visit a daughter, Mrs. Earl Cooper,
and call on a former resident of Ver
nonia, Mrs. Taylor. On Saturday she
visited the navy yards at Bremerton
where her gran dam, Ivan Ward, who
is on theHUSS Qpskany, acted as
guide for the tour* of the yards which
included a 'trip to the famous Mis
souri on which General McArthur
signed the articles of surrender with
Japan on August 14, 1945. She also
saw the arrival of the aircraft car
rier Kitty Hawk which is the largest
in our navy. The floating bridge
across Hood Canal and the Narrows
bridge were of special interest. The
remainder of the trip included a
drive around the Olympic peninsula
and the ferry trip to Astoria.
O e m o n ia C a g le
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1964
J o y T h e a tr e
Fri., Sat.
Aug. 21-
RAM PAGE
Robert Mitchum
What’s new
in your home?
A hom e co n ten ts inventory
may show that you’ve acquired
a surprising number of new
possessions. Make a room-by
room list of everything you
own. Then total up its present
value. You may find that your
p resen t in su ran ce on hom e
contents falls far short of the
amount you really need. If so,
call us for more up-to-date
protection through a Home-
owners policy.
Jess
(Buster)
Forquer
and
VERNONIA INSURANCE
EXCHANGE
Phone HA 9-6203
905 Bridge Street
Kepreienling
Hartford Accident and
Indemnity Company
Member Hartford
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Insurance Group
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Hartford IS, Cono.
son
Dan, former Vernonia residents from
Deer Island, visited at the Frank
Lange home Sunday. Mrs. Lange
went to the old tuners picnic with
them for awhile.
William G. Biddle, son of George
Biddle, Vernonia, has been named
general manager of Burns Brothers
Recap and Service company, Port
land, according to an announcement
from the owners. Jack and Bob
Burns.
The children of Mr, and Mrs. Ralph
Krieger have returned home from
ivsiting relatives. Jeffrey spent three
weks with his aunt, Christine Finner-
ty and Marcia visited her grandpar
ents in Salem, Mr. and Mrs. War
ren Stevenson.
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B L E A C H - _ Gal. Plastic Jug
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PINEAPPLE JC. 3 for
Sunday visitors at the David Zama-
rippa home were old friends they
had not seen for years, Mr. and Mrs.
Alan Friesen of Lebanon, Oregon.
Ricky Curl is home after travel
ing with his dad, Bob Curl, on a re
cent truck trip that took them to Con
cord, California. Reno and Salt Lake
City. The boy took the bus from Salt
Lake City to Portland where he was
met by his mother. Bob continued
on to Philadelphia and Allentown,
Pennsylvania and will go to Boston
before starting back-W Denver and
home.
ähurfine
14'/i-oz. Cans
EVAP M ILK
COOKIES
. 8 /$ l
Nabisco Baronet Creme
Iwich— Pound Pkj
Sandwich—
Pkg.
The swimming pool at Perry’s
Sports Camp will be open on the
following schedule from Monday,
August 24 through Friday, August 28.
MORNING
9:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. — Beginners
10:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. — Advanced
Beginners
11:00 a.m. to 12 noon — Intermediate
Fee for lessons will be $2.50 per week
AFTERNOON
1:00 to 3:00 — Open for all ages
3:30 to 5:30 — Open for all ages
Fee for all sessions will be 50c per
person.
EVENINGS - 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Monday — Teenage swim
Tuesday — Adults
Wednesday — Teenage swim
Thursday — Adults
Friday — Family Swim. Children
must be accompanied by parents.
Fee for all sessions will be 50c per
person.
Sunshine Cheez-it
CRACKERS i3>2-oz. Pkg.
NESTEA
31c
Large 3-oz. Jar— Save 52c
M USTARD
Prepared...........9-oz. Jar
WOOL FO AM
Perfect Cold Water Wash for Wool and All Fine Fabrics
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PICKLING TIME IS HERE
VINEGAR
M O RTON'S SALT
TATER TOTS
SHRIM P
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20c
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Pound Pkg........
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21
Columbia County Fair opens • Deer
Island fair grounds
Columbia Encampment No. 89 -
IOOF hall, 8:00 p.m.
4/$l
Booth Frozen
Breaded— 2-Lb. Pkg.
$1.29
II I DENNISON’S Reg. or Hot— 15'/2-oz.
Rale Increases
C H IL I'™ ' ™ - 3 lo r
DATES to Remember
2 /2 9 c
2 /6 5 c
V eieräns Loan
laOcLIl
Veterans
The Oregon department of vet
erans' affairs granted farm and
home loans to 3,834 veterans during
fiscal 1963-64 in the amount of $43,-
095,700, H. C. Saalfeld, director, re
ports. This was a 10 percent increase
in loans and a 19 percent increase
in dollar volume over the previous
year.
In Columbia county last year,
loans were granted to 64 veterans in
the amount of $534,200. compared to
50 loans in 1962-63 for $488,900.
Since the loan program started in
1945, loans have gone to 594 veterans
in this county in the amount of $4,-
359,900. Statewide. 46,764 veterans
have borrowed $395,188,024 since
1945.
They have repaid $176 million of
this in principal and another $57.4
million in interest, with monthly
repayments averaging $3.2 million.
Interest payments alone are running
over $800.000 a month Of the more
than 46,000 loans, 28.521 were out
standing June 30 in the amount of
$254.469,592.
2 /8 5 c
INSTANT T E A ........
Schedule for
Pool Offered
Museum open 1 to 5 p.m.
BILL J. HORN
I1*S YOUR LAW
^ V0 OUR CART with THÍSB
Recent visitors here of Bob Spen
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 23
Final day. Columbia County Fair -
Deer Island
Museum open 1 to 5 p.m.
MONDAY, AUGUST 24
WW I Barracks and Auxiliary - IOOF
hall, 6:30 p.m. Potluck
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2«
Natal Grange - Natal hall, 8:00 p.m.
POLSON GRASS
Bob Green bought a jug of quack
grass destroyer for use in killing
quack grass on his farm. There was
no label on the jug, and the store
owner, who sold it to him, said no
thing about its being dangerous to
use, or that it was poisonous.
Greep used the quack grass de
stroyer generously, even spraying it
on a field where his cattle sometimes
grazed. Later, eight of his cows died
from eating grass sprayed with the
weed killer. When he found that his
cattle had been poisoned, Green sued
the owner of the store where he pur
chased the mixture.
“He should have warned me that
this stuff was poisonous,” said
Green. “The jug should at least have
been labeled poison.”
The store owner denied that he
was liable. “Anyone with an ounce of
sense knows that weed killer is pois
onous. I shouldn’t be held responsi
ble for Green’s lack of good judg
ment,” he said.
Can the store owner be held liable
in this case?
Yes, said the court. The sale of a
poisonous substance without the buy
ers being made aware of its danger-
our character, and without the con
tainer being plainly labeled with the
word “Poison,” is prohibited. The
law requiring proper labeling of
poisons applies to manufacturers and
retailers. A violation of this law
amounts to negligence on the part of
the person violating it.
In this case Green proved that the
store owner had violated the statute,
and the jury found that such negli
gence was the major cause of the
death of Green’s cattle.
Bob Green won the case.
(Oregon lawyers offer this column
as a public service. No person should
apply or interpret any law without
the aid of an attorney who is com
pletely advised of the facts involved.
Even a slight variance in facts may
change the application'of the law.)
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LETTER TO
THE EDITOR
To the Editor
“A VECTOR is an organism, usual
ly an insect, which carries and trans
mits disease-causing micro organ
isms,” says the dictionary. To who
ever wrote the law, credit is due for
using broader word than mosquito.
And KILL THAT VECTOR is a
shorter slogan than KILL THAT
MOSQUITO.
Lawrence Meissner
Falls account for about half the
accidental home deaths.
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Skin — No Shank — Semi Boneless
PICNIC HAM S
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Fresh Hourly
Lb.
GRND BEEF
COTTAGE CHEESE
MILLMARKET
39c
19c
and
Lockers
M ore M uscle For
N o rth w e s t Industry
V ou re as close to Mill Market as your Phone— HA 9-3492
Member of United Grocers
Free Deliveries Twice Daily— 10 A.M., 3 P.M.
Sewers Picnic, Work
On Books for Fair
On August 11 the Busy Sewers 4-H
sewing club met in their leader's
backyard for a picnic lunch. After
lunch they discussed the county fair
and completed their records.
Reporter, Heather Higginbotham
Americans spend about $69 million
a year on aspirin tablets and another
$213 million for pain killers contain
ing aspirin and other ingredients.
BEN'S BARBER SHOP
Expert Tonsorial Work
Open Six Days a Week
TUESDAY. AUGUST 25
Museum open 1 to 5 p.m.
change the application of the law.)
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SATURDAY. AUGUST 22
Columbia County Fair - second day.
Deer Island Fair grounds
Museum open 1 to 5 p.m.
PROPERTY OWNER’S LIABILITY
A popular misconception of law
has it that qyeryobe who is injured
on another’s property is entitled to
recover all damages he may have
sustained from the owner of that
property.
Property owners themselves, as
well as those seeking recompense
for injuries, often subscribe to this
erroneous principle, and it is not at
all uncommon for a home owner, dis
cussing an injury at his home, to re
mark, albeit relunctantly, “Well, I
guess I’m liable — the accident hap
pened on my property.”
This is not the law. The concept of
“fault” is still essential to a recov
ery for damages in all but a few
specialized fields of law and mere
ownership of private property does
not produce the necessary “fault”
for recovery.
In most cases of accidents on his
residence property, a home owner
will not be liable for the resulting in
juries. This is because most visitors
at his home and on his residence
property will be social guests.
Towards his guests a home owner
owes the duty only of refraining from
willful and wanton misconduct, and
of warning them of any hidden traps.
He is under no obligation to use any
active care for their safety, and, if
they are injured, he has no obliga
tion to make good their damages.
This rule ¡^ derived from the na
ture of the relationship between the
host and his guests — the host re
ceiving no benefit from the visit ex
cept the pleasure of his guest’s com
pany; it would be unjust to place up
on him the burden of protecting his
guests from all injury.
As it was put by one Judge, the
visitor in a home takes his host as
he is and for the purpose of liability
becomes a member of the host’s
family.
A different rule applies to persons
who come on one’s property for the
purpose of a business in which the
owner is engaged1. Toward these per
sons the owner owes the duty of
"‘reasonable care” for their safety.
Thus one who Opérâtes a store is
liable to his customers for injuries
they may sustain as a restât of his
negligence. H t‘ must do what a
reasonable raaft would do under the
same circumstances to provide for
the care and safety of these so call
ed “mviteek;**11^-
Even where- the owner of the prop
erty would otherwise be liable for
injuries to persons coming onto his
property, thé* irtjitted party cannot
recover if he. iiLskio guilty of negli
gence which contributes to the in-
.
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jury-
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(Oregon lawyers offer this column
as a public service. No person should
apply or interpret any law without
the aid of an attorney who is com
pletely advised of the facts involved.
Even a slight variance in facts may.
Hoped fot Low M ain Dtmoeracy ilve
Economy is half the battle of life;
it is not so hard to earn money, as to
spend it well.
Vernonia, Oregon
All of us at the Spokane Portland and Seattle
Railway are proud to announce the purchase
of seven new 2400 horsepower diesel electric
locomotives which are this very moment serving
Northwest industry. This investment exceeds
$1,500,000—and is rolling proof of our con
fidence in the growth of the area we serve.
FO * INFORMATION CAU
J. H. TAYLOR
T ra v e ’ing, F reig h t and Passenger
Agent
A m erican Bank Building
Portland. Oregon CA » -» in
SPOKANE, PORTLAND and SEATTLE
RAILWAY SYSTEM
General Offices American Bent Bld(. Portlend Orejoe
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