Crane Devours
Meals oi Trout,
TIMBER—Miss Gladys Johnson,
owper of the Halfway house cafe
and fish pond at Vemonia-Timber
junction, has a regular non-paying
boarder. At the rate of six cents an
inch for trout, this old crane runs
up quite a bill every night.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hamilton,
former residents of. Timber, were
here a few days recently visiting
friends and on business. They had
been on vacation at Fallon, Nebras­
ka and were on their way home to
Port Orford where they are em­
ployed at a fish hatchery.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Simonson of
Seattle were guests at the Roy May
home Tuesday. They are friends of
Mrs. May.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Tallman spent
Thursday at Troutdale at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Earle Tuttle. Mar/y
years ago Mr. Tuttle worked at the
old West Timber mill as log scaler.
Mrs. Gertrude Williams, postmas­
ter, who has been quite ill, recently
was back on duty for a short time
when she became ill and has been
confined to her home again. Thurs­
day she said she was sure she was
feeling better again and expects to
be back on the job soon.
Next meeting of PTA will be the
14th of this month. Mrs. A. Peterson
of Cornelius will be present to install
the new officers for this year.
Sheila Sponsel has been out of
school the past few days with intes­
tinal flu.
Speech by Senator
Heard in Portland
BIRKENFELD—E. T. Johnston,
and Art Bellingham were in Port­
land Saturday to hear Senator Gold-
water.
Mrs. Don Lousignont has been ill
the last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Arby Mills were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Arnold Olson of Clatskanie.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Andersen of
Grande Ronde flew here Sunday to
see the Art Bellinghams. The Sody
Scderbacks of Jewell were also here.
A pot luck dinner was held at the
church Sunday with Rev. and Mrs.
Eldon Shetler and children of Ariel,
Washington as guests. Rev. Shetler
had the services for the day. Fol­
lowing the pot luck the Shetler fam­
ily and Rev. and Mrs. Sanders and
Leslie were supper guests of Miss
Anna Hanberg.
Miss Ann Ramsey was home over
the week end from Cascade College
in Portland.
came Saturday to stay at the Berg
home while Shirley is away. Sunday,
she had company from Clatskanie,
Rev. and Mrs. Clarence Desler and
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Annundi. They
looked at the Fishhawk dam project.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Larson and
the Herbert Rodgers family were
Friday evening dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Hebe Rodgers. It was the
birthdays of Herbert and Lorene
Rodgers.
The Nehalem Valley Garden club
will meet at the home of Anna Han­
berg Wednesday, October 21 at 1:30
p.m.
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Family Returns from
Vacation at Coast
TIMBER—The Farrell West family
has returned from a several day
fishing and hunting vacation on the
"Did you ever stop to ask your sell
coast. Eddie, one of their sons,
just what 4-H stands for?, asks Ro­
caught two chinooks, one weighing
bert H. Stevely, Columbia county 4-H
35 and one 40 pounds
agent. The four H’s stand for the
Mrs. Farrell West has been help­
head, health, hands and heart of the
4-H club members. The Pledge goes ing cut at the pizza parlor at the
like this: "I pledge my head to clear­ junction recently.
Mrs. Melany Hadley of McMinn­
er thinking, my heart to greater loy­
alty, my hands to larger service, and ville was a recent guest at the home
my health to better living, for my of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vern
club, my community, and my coun­ Sponsel. The occasion was her 23rd
try”. When you really let this soak birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Sponsel and
in, it is pretty all inclusive. It really
does include the whole person, Steve­ son of McMinnville spent the week
end at the parental Vern Sponsel
ly continued.
home.
In 1964, Columbia county had an
enrollment of 467 club members with
602 projects that range from photo­
graphy to livestock, to sewing to food
preservation. Whatever a youngster’s
interest, there is probably a project
to fit it. In addition to the projects
carried in Columbia county, there
Trucks with special “farm ” li­
are over 25 more from which to
cense plates may not legally carry
choose.
Among the most popular projects, campers or pull camping trailers ac­
clothing ranks first, followed by hor­ cording to the Oregon Department
ses, knitting, and foods. Horses is the of Motor Vehicles.
Department Director Vern L. Hill
fastest growing project.
said
that violations have occurred
Mrs. Margaret Allyn, home exten­
when
owners of motor vehicles with
sion agent, spends a part of her time
with 4-H home economics clubs. You farm plaes misinterpret the uses
might ask, “How can two agents they can make of these specially
handle this many club members and licensed vehicles.
"Farm license plates are issued
clubs?” The point is, they can’t. The
whole program and its success is for vehicles used solely for agricul­
built around community and local tural purposes.” Hill said, “and their
leaders who, to a great extent, carry use for anything other than trans­
out the program on the community porting farm or forest products, live­
level. There are 94 leaders in this stock, farm equipment or supplies,
county, who volunteer their time and as outlined in the law, is prohibited.”
Campers, loaded on the back of
energy to make the 4-H program
farm
licensed pick-up trucks, have
successful.
“Do these people work for nothing?” , been reported to the department by
you might ask. No, they are paid in police, especially now that hunting
satisfaction in seeing boys and girls season has opened.
learn skills, assume responsibility
and grow. What greater pay is there?
The 4-H club year is just starting
so if there are persons interested in
leading or organizing a 4-H group
they can give the 4-H office a call in
St. Helens, 397-3462 or 397-3463 or
write to Robert Stevely, 4-H club believes FEDERAL AID to each
agent at the court house, St. Helens. state should be prompt return of
one-fourth of all income tax paid by
School food service is worth its that state’s taxpayers for that state
salt because it provides your child to spend.
with the energy he needs to grow and
LESS UNEMPLOYMENT in Ore­
to be a good student.
gon if we handle our own money.
Now we support beaurocrats in
Washington and elsewhere to handle
it inefficiently for us.
NO FEDERAL GAS TAX. Then we
won’t have to pay for the graft back
east.
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License Exams
Are Curtailed
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1964
The driver license examination
schedule will be sharply curtailed
during the week of October 19 while
local examiners attend the annual
in-service training session at Depart­
ment of Motor Vehicles headquarters
in Salem. ,..,,
No examinations will be given any
place in the state October 20-22 and
many stations will be closed all day
Monday. October 19. Only those of­
fices close to Salem will bt open
Monday.
The normal examining
schedule' will resume Friday. October
23.
The local Department of Motor Ve­
hicles office can give residents the
exact examining schedule for this
area. The field office will be open
as usual to process motor vehicle
registrations and driver license re­
newals.
Emphasis of the training sessions,
according to the department, will
be a refresher course on all driver
licensing examination procedures.
Greeks used sponges to pad their
armored suits, centuries ago.
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