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Last Services Held at Chapel TOPICS OF THE TOWN Guests Tuesday of last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Shipley were his brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Shipley from Pasadena, California and his mother, Mrs. Lura Shipley from Portland . Mrs. B. J. Horn and Mrs. Charles Minger were in Portland Sunday eve ning to visit Mrs. Albert Tandy at the University of Oregon medical school hospital where she is recuper- ating from surgery on her spine which was performed Monday of last week. She is making good, though slow, recovery. Jack Bergerson is one of those lucky elk hunters. Saturday, open ing day of the season, at Quartz creek on Sunset highway, three elk, one a legal bull, came right out in front of him. He gave chase and bag ged his prey without difficulty. Luck ier still was having some friends come along to help him carry it out to his car. Rummage sale, Fri. and Sat. Nov. 6 and 7. Fire hall. Pythian Sisters. 44(2c Week end guests at the home of Mrs. M. A. McNutt were Mr. and Mrs. Jim Fluke from Springfield, Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Fluke and two small daughters from Eugene, Mrs. Ted Anderson from Tillamook, Mr. and Mrs. Gaylan Fluke and Mrs. Judy Gardner from Longview. Jim Fluke and son Darrell hunted elk. The ninth birthday of Ricky Davis was observed October 30 with a party at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Davis with 14 boys as guests. The party, held after school last Friday, also combined the Hal loween theme in games and refresh ments. Mrs. Olivia Wood, accompanied by Mrs. Grace Bundy, Mrs. Olive Powell and Mrs. Blanche Millis. drove to Newberg Sunday afternoon to visit Mrs. Mary Skinner who is in the Newberg hospital recuperating from a hip injury received the previous week. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Shirley of Gig Harbor, Washington spent last week end here with Mr. and Mrs. Dee Mil ler. The Thompsons formerly owned the drug store here. Mrs. Marie Shafer returned home Saturday from Salem where she had spent more than a month with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Shafer. She made a point of getting home in time for election. An old fashioned Halloween party was held at the home of Miss Sun ny DeHart last Saturday evening and guests engaged in such games as spin the bottle, charades and cracker spooning. When they arriv ed, they were greeted by eerie sounds from a tape recorder and the living room was decorated to resemble a witches den. After mid night, a scavenger hunt was held to whet appetites for the sandwiches, doughnuts, etc. that were served when they reassembled. Guests in cluded Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hickman of The Dalles, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Howard, Mr and Mrs. Marvin Mask, MLss Nancy Howard, Elvin Stiff, Miss Oertionia Eaqfe 2 THURSDAY, NOV. 5, 1964 •for/ T h e a tr e Fri., S a t Nov. 6-7 JERRY LEWIS as THE PATSY Kathy Weller, Jerry Bush and Rich ard Hunt eman Some of the guests came in costume to add to the fun of the evening. Rummage sale, Fri. and Sat., Nov. 6 and 7. Fire hall. Pythian Sisters. 44t2c Week end guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Borders were Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Piquette of Springfield who came for elk hunt ing. The party in which they hunt ed brought in one elk. Lane Daughtry, son of Mr .and Mrs. D. L. Daughtry, entertained friends Saturday afternoon in ob servance of his seventh birthday. Guests included Brett and Lynette Wuest, with their mother, Mrs. Joe Wuest and small daughter; Brad and Karl Garner who were ac companied by their mother, Mrs. Larry Garner, Scott, Max and Kab Sword, accompanied by their moth er, Mrs. A. F. Sword, Ricky Davis, Mrs. Oscar Vike and Mrs. Harvey Redmcnd. Highlight of the refresh ments was a cake decorated to re semble a race track complete with miniature cars. Mrs. Thora Shafer entertained Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lange Sunday with dinner at the Village Inn, new res taurant near St. Helens. They then enjoyed a ride to see the lovely fall foliage which adds much to the scen ery this time of year. Friends here learned last week ot the death of Lester Mowe of Port land. He was the son of former Tim ber route residents, Mr. and Mrs. Verne Mowe. He is survived by his wife, four children, two sisters, Mrs. Myrtle McCollum of Myrtle Point and Mrs. Edna Kinion of Okahloma. and a brother, Maurice. Interment was at the Willamette National ce metery. Rummage sale, Fri. and Sat., Nov. 6 and 7. Fire hall. Pythian Sisters. 44t2c Vernon Bateman, owner of River view Cabins, who underwent surgery at the University of Oregon medical school hospital two weeks ago, con tracted pneumonia but it is now clearing up and he is making steady improvement. He will be in the hos pital for some time yet .however, and during his absence, Mrs. Bate man's father, Randy Cook of Forest Grove, is here to assist her. Among new residents to move to this area in recent months are Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Klein and five chil dren who moved to the former Mar cus place on Keasey route in July. They formerly lived at Oswego. Mr. and Mrs. George King of Cor- vallis were in Vernonia Sunday to visit his mother, Mrs. Blanche King, and his sisters, and husbands, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reed and Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Ames. George Robert son, father of Mrs. George King, joined the group for dinner. The Kings had received word from Rich ard Mainwaring that his wife, the former Donna Miller, passed away October 22 in London following a heart attack. Services were held in London October 28. Mr. Mainwaring is teaching in London. Board Dates Meet The advisory board of the Columbia County Mental Health clinic will meet in Room 12 of St. Helens senior high school Monday, November 9, at 8:00 p.m. The planning committee will present its conclusions following the recent survey of services needed in the community. Interested persons are invited to attend this meeting. Knocking helps few people, except door-to-door salesmen. LADY ELBERTA FREESTONE 2W Can PEACHES " 3 for SWEETIE PIES LIBBY'S HASH GRAHAMS ¡M IR AC LE <g B| 1 2/79c 3/$l 63c 24-oz. Bottle i ¡SAFFLOWER OIL- 2 / 8 » i BROWNIE MIX 2/75c DATE BAR MIX X X . 2/65c BOILED ONIONS “ 4/85c Oregon’s Finest Whole—No, 303 Can LIBBY SPAGHETTI & 15H-oz. Can 88 MEAT B A LLS-4 for Sunshine Apple Sauce Pound Package lUUKl^J PEANUT BUTTER SALAD DRESSING CROWN’S ZEE K uVC 85c 39c Z 4 Roll Pkg. TOL. TISSUE - 3 for ADD r LEO I EC Go,den De,icious Ar O» From Yakima BROCCOLI nni 111Pf rKUNtJ D EL MONTE ! Bunches lib WW FISH STICKS 55c BEEF TAMALES SI* S T 2/59c Choice Meals cwzz / ok '.T/ oh ' prices PICNIC HAMS 35c BOLOGNA 39c BEEF CUBES 65- Zenner's............Lb. s S or Boneless Closed Fire Season Ends Lb. Each LARGE Dried, Ready to Eat 2-Lb. Pkg 1A- |UC 15c Funeral services for Alfred H. Webb, 84, of Glenwood were conduct- ed Wednesday, November 4 at 2 p.m. at the Fuiten-Friesen Mortuary Chapel, Forest Grove. Mr. Webb passed away at his home at Glenwood Sunday evening following an illness of the past three years. Rev. Ivan Marble, pastor of the Gales Creek Community church, of ficiated with Thornton Jansma as soloist and Mrs. Gordon Merrill as organist. Lodge rites were conduct ed by the Vernonia Odd Fellows with Harry Culbertson in charge. Pallbearers were lodge members, Peter Wiederkehr, Ernest Herman, Sam Hearing Sr„ Albert E. Wood, Albert Tandy and Art Killingberg. Mr. Webb was a native of Ontar io, Canada where he was born Au gust 3, 1880. He came to Washington with his family as a small boy, lived a number of years at Aberdeen, then in 1917 went to Astoria. He was united in marriage to Selma E. Newberg at Astoria on February 14, 1918 and they lived there until 1924 when they moved to Vernonia. Af ter 17 years at Vernonia they moved to their present home at Glenwood where they have resided since 1940. Mr. Webb was a blacksmith for logging companies. He worked many years for the Koster and Clark and Wilson logging companies while at Vernonia. He was then with the Consolidated Lumber company at Glenwood until it closed and then worked for the Diamond Lumber company at Lee’s Camp until his re tirement eight years ago at the age of 76. He was a member of the Vernonia I OOF lodge and several years ago received his 60-year jewel. He was also a member of Mt. Heart Rebek ah Lodge No. 243, Vernonia Lodge No. 184 AF & AM and the Interna tional Woodworkers of America. Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Selma Webb, Glenwood; two daughters, Mrs. Harold (Dorothy) Davis of Clatskanie and Mrs. John (Myrtle) Simpson, Harrington, Washington; and five grandchildren, Bill and Bob Davis, Clatskanie, and John, Betty and Katherine Simpson of Harring ton. His only son, Alfred, died at Vernonia in 1936. Lb. Lb. The 1964 closed fire season ends at midnight November 2. Burning per mits are no longer required and the logging operators are not required to have fire fighting tools on their operations. The State Forestry Department took fire control action on nine fires during this season. Eight were class A fires — less than three tenths acre and one was a class B fire — one acre. Causes of these fires were as fol lows: smokers, 3; electric fences, 2; campers, 1; debris burning, 1; mis cellaneous. 2. Forest fire occurence for the past six years in Columbia county is as follows: 1958, 25 fires; 1959, 16 fires; 1960, 20 fires; 1961, 33 fires; 1962, 15 fires; 1963, 17 fires; 1964, 9 fires. The State Department of Forestry expressed its thanks to the generrt public for their cooperation in ob taining burning permits and report ing of fires. I t t t t t t t I : : MILL MARKET You’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. Scouts to Aid Goodwill Work nO O TEH T Ql'AI.ITY SHOES 8»4 Bridge SI., Vernonia The annual Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts Goodwill bag distribution will be Saturday. November 7 in the Vernonia area. Scouts will leave the bags on the front porch of homes on the 7th and return the morning of Saturday November 14 to collect the filled bags, according to Ray Lamp ing, Scoutmaster. The bags are then deposited at the VFW hall for pickup by a Goodwill truck November 18. Five hundred handicapped m e n and women work at Goodwill Indus tries repairing clothing, toys, appli ances, etc. the Scout« gather for them on this special drive. Please help the boys “do their good turn" by gathering up all your usable items, says tne Scoutmaster. : Dales To Remember THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Vernonia Study club - Home of Mrs. Marvin Kamholz - 8 p.m. - Pic tures by Mrs. Faith Reynolds. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Football - Loggers vs. Concordia - Greenman Field - 8:00 p.m. Columbia Encampment No. 89 - IOOF hall - 8 p.m. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Nehalem Assembly Rainbow Girls . Masonic Temple - 7:30 p.m. Chamber of Commerce board - West Oregon Bldg. - 8 p.m. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Veterans Service Officer - city hall - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Chapter BS P.E.O. - Home of Mrs. Ralph Valpiani - 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 Vernonia Temple Pythian Sisters - IOOF hail - 8 p.m. Natal Grange - Natal hall - 8 p.m. Traffic Court Convictions Up Oregon courts have reported more than 200,000 traffic violation convic tions to the Department of Motor Vehicles so far this year. The department said that convic- t i o n s through September totaled 205,240,up about seven percent over the same period a year ago. The end-of-September report also indicated that driver license suspen sions this year have totaled 34,808 with 29,714 of these based on manda tory provisions of the law. The department reported that 3,132 of the suspensions involved driving while intoxicated convictions, a charge which calls for loss of the driver’s license for a period ranging from 90 days to three years, depend ing on whether it’s a first, second, third or subsequent conviction on the charge. By far the greatest number of man datory suspensions involved failure to comply with financial responsibil ity provisions of the law and these licenses, the department said, are re instated when drivers or owners meet legal requirements. Licenses suspended under discre tionary authority of the licensing of fice included: driving record, 1,970; recommendation of court, 1,896; and failure to pass tests when called-in to do so, 379. Director to Tell Scout Program Girls interested in the program of Girl Scouting and their mothers are invited to attend a meeting this evening, November 5 to hear Mrs. Mary Curran of Astoria, district di rector, explain the program and the requirements for organizing a troop. The meeting will be held at the Washington school at 7:30 p.m. and the girls included are those from grades two through five. If there is sufficient interest on the part of mothers and girls, the PTA will act as sponsor for a local troop. ¡ANNOUNCING PUBLIC ! STENOGRAPHER j service now available at J Quinn Insurance Office J Mrs. Frank (Bobbie) Hays While the Selection Is Complete . . . Order HALLMARK CHRISTMAS CARDS Boxed. Reasonably priced. Highest Quality. figga D R U G c o . 9 ^ ^ HA-9-6254