W WI Groups
Seat Officers
Mexico to Canada Trailride
Movie Scheduled for Showing
Past Chiefs To
Admit Members
Oeruonia Eagle
THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1965
3
The members of World War I Bar-
Arts and Crafts Society
Eleven members
die Past Chiefs
Don and June Mulford will show “Art Linkletter’s House Party” , Ben
racks and auxiliary met January 25
To Elect New Officers
at the IOOF hall. A 6.30 pot luck their Mexico to Canada Trailride” Alexander’s “About Faces” and club attended a meeting at the home
of
Mrs.
Harry
Culbertson
last
The regular monthly meeting of
movie in Vernonia at the Joy Thea Jack Linkletter’s “On the Go” , all
supper preceded the meeting.
the Vernonia Society of Arts and
The auxiliary initiated four new ter, Sunday, February 7, in St. Hel on national TV, and have appeared Thursday evening for which Mrs
members; Mrs. Mike Ludwig, Mrs. ens at the Columbia Theater, Mon on about 50 local TV programs. Merle Folken was hostess. Since the Crafts will be held on Monday ev
Orville Armstrong, Mrs. Orville Ma- day, February 8 and in Clatskanie They rode saddle horses down Hol date was the birthday of Mrs. Lau- ening, February 1, at 8 p.m. in tlie
kinster and Mrs. H O. Hansen, dur in the Avalon Theater, Tuesday, lywood and Vine, in Hollywood, Cali, nee Cousins, the group sang Happy West Oregon Electric building.
Birthday to her and slie received
Members are urged to attend this
ing their business meeting. Talks February 16. Doors open at 7, show forma, for the Jack Linkletter show.
important meeting as officers for
were given by the guest from out starts at 8, and is over at 10 p.m.
This movie will be shown in mag a gift from her secret pal.
of town concerning tlie various func Admission for adults is $1.00, chil nificent color at the Joy Theater in
Delicious refreshments were served the ensuing year will be elected
dren under 12, 50c and pre-schoolers Vernonia, Sunday, February 7, at and the hostess prize was drawn and amendments to the constitution
tions of the organization.
and bylaws will be presented for ap
Alter the business meeting the are admitted free.
the Columbia Theater in St. Helens, by Mrs. Culbertson.
women were joined by the men for
Plans were made for the next proval.
The Mulfords sold their herd of Monday, February 8 and in the Ava
joint installation of officers. Mr. and registered cattle, leased their ranch, lon Theater in Clatskanie, Tuesday, meeting February 18 at the home of
Mrs. E. V. Johnson, department of which is at Rt. 1, Castle Rock, Wash February 16. Don and June will be Mrs. Faye Davis at which secret
ficers from Portland, were installing ington, trucked their horses south to there in person. Plan to attend.
pals will be revealed and new
officers, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. the Mexican border. There tliey sold
names drawn. Also, new members
Harvey Wick as conductor and con their truck and started back north
are to be initiated. There will be
ductress and Mrs. Marie Calfee as the hard way, on horseback. In Cali
a Dutch auction for a beautiful pair
chaplain.
of embroidered pillow cases made
fornia, they rode on the California
At the regular meeting of Nehalem
Mrs. Mary Pearson of Roseburg
for the club by Mrs. Mary Sawyer.
The following officers were instal Riding and Hiking trail and the John
announces the engagement and com led for the Barracks:
This will be the annual valentine Chapter, OES, held January 20, Lil
Muir trail, crossed Oregon on the
lian Davis, associate grand matron
party.
ing marriage of her daughter, Jan
Loren E. Stiff, commander; Reuel Skyline trail, and crossed Washing
of Oregon was an honored and wel
ice Lucille, to James Milton Coxey, J. Smith, Sr. vice commander; Ray ton on the Cascade Crest trail.
The Oregon Agate and Mineral so
come visitor. She told of the flood
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Coxey Cameron, Jr. vice-commander; A. F.
Mulford said one of the "tough ciety will present their annual rock
devastation she had viewed in her
of Roseburg.
Lewis, quartermaster; Frank Lange, spots” was on Mt. Whitney Pass in show a t the Oregon Museum of Sci
travels around Oregon and also re
The bride-elect was graduated chaplain; L. H. Sargent, trustee for Southern California at an elevation ence and Industry, 4015 S. W. Canyon
ported on her trip to General Grand
from Vernonia high school and is em three years; Ralph Valpiani, judge of 13,777 feet in early June. They Road, Portland, February 6 through
Chapter in Dallas, Texas.
had to dig their trail through the 14. This year’s outstanding displays
ployed by National Plywood, Inc. adjutant.
Another guest of the evening was
in Roseburg.
snow
to
reach
the
top
of
the
pass.
are
expected
to
attract
the
largest
Four new members were received
Mrs.
Louise Hamnet, mother advisor
Vernonia
Lodge
No.
184
AF&AM
Impassable
snow
banks
blocked
an
crowd
in
the
museum's
history.
into
the
Barracks,
also.
They
were
The bridegroom-elect is a graduate
Norman Hall, show chairman, and observed its 33rd annual birthday of Nehalem Assembly Order of Rain
of Roseburg high school and is at Rev. H. L. Russell, Orville McKin- east slope descent. Then they rode
tending Umpqua Community College. ster, Orville Armstrong and lx>uis to the top of Army Pass and again his committee members have select dinner and old timers night last bow, who reported on the activities
the east slope stopped them. Next ed as theme for this year’s show, Saturday evening, January 23. There of the girls.
He is employed by the Oregon Wat Wirth.
day
they made it over Cottonseed “The Many Branches of the Rock- were 68 in attendance, 29 of whom
After the meeting, refreshments of
er Corp.
The auxiliary officers installed
Norwegian sandwiches and coffee
March 20 has been chcsen as the were: president, Leah Stiff: Sr. vice- Pass to Lone Pine. By this time they hound Hobby.” On week ends there were visitors from other lodges.
Members returning who now live were served at tables decorated
wedding date.
president, Rose Valpiani; Jr. vice- had been out of grain for the horses will be educational slides and talks
president, Thora Shaffer; secretary, for three days and down to hotcakes and a demonstration on the use of elsewhere included Stephen D. Waite, with souvenirs brought from Europe
Reedsport; W. T. Lilly from the Ma by Mrs. Murel Folken who was as
Cora Lange; treasurer, Faye Davis; and coffee three times a day for the lapidary equipment.
The show hours are: Saturday, 9 sonic and Eastern Star home, For sisted by Mrs. Bess Nichols with the
chaplain, Esther Cameron; conduc themselves.
June thought that the “tough spot a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to est Grove; Carl O. Anderson, Rus serving.
tress, Marie Atkins; guard, Marie
The next meeting of Nehalem
Shafer: trustee for three years, for her” was when she had to lend 6 p.m.; weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. sell W. Conley and Frank D. Hart
her two horses across a swinging
Florence Brunsman.
Admission is charged to the mu wick, Portland; Gordon L. Cline, Chapter will be February 3 and will
Those attending from out of town bridge, high above the middle fork of seum only. There is no additional Vancouver, Washington and Sam be the annual birthday party, cele
brating all the birthdays of the year.
charge to the rock show in the audi Fret well, Salem.
The 1965-66 edition of the State of were: Mr. and Mrs. E. V. John the Feather River canyon.
Other former Vernonia residents All members of Eastern Star are
Riding
the
same
two
horses
they
torium.
The Vernonia Gem and Fos
son,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Harvey
Wick,
Oregon’s most useful and popular
reference work — the Oregon Blue Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Calfee, Mr. and had trucked to Mexico and leading sil club plans to enter a display case were Walter D. Vebrees and Emil welcome.
"Whitey” Norgorden. Russell W.
Book—went on sale to the public Mrs. G. B. Smith and Mrs. E. S. a pack horse, and a mule named in the show.
Conley was presented with a 25-
Knowledge is power, if you know
this week, according to Secrtary of Thompson, all of Portland, and Mr. “Handy Andy” , they covered 2485
year membership pin.
it about the right people.
and Mrs. James Harris of St. Helens. miles of wilderness trail in five
State Tom McCall.
Grade Honors Earned
The price remains at $1, McCall .Mrs. H. L. Russell of Vernonia also months and ten days and finished
the ride still able to smile.
By Lea Ann Ramsey
said, and copies may be purchased was a guest for the evening.
Don said, “We’re alike, June and
by mail or personal application at
Miss Lea Ann Ramsey, daughter
I. All our lives we’ve wanted to
the secretary of state’s offices at
of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ramsey of
see what’s over the next hill, to trail
the capitol in Salem or state office
into the high country with never a Birkenfeld, who is a freshman at
building at 1400 S.W. 5th avenue,
bit of backtracking. If we lost the Cascade College, Portland, made a
Portland. The $1 covers postage.
and once again we a re looking forw ard to
trail, we never backtracked; just 3.64 grade point average for the
This price is for the hard-bound vol
first
semester
and
has
been
named
greetin g our m any friends and patrons during
kept going imtil we hit the trail
ume. The book sells for $1.50 with
to the dean’s list. Miss Ramsey grad
again. It’s fun that way” .
The
city
of
Portland
will
be
the
th is brand new year of 1965. As alw ays we
spiral binding—a form much in de
“We finished the ride September uated from Vernonia high school last
site of the 19th annual convention of
mand by writers and students.
May.
are eager to serve you delicious top quality
28, one day later and the last pass
“In no other volume is it possi the National Association of Soil near the Canadian border was block
food in a pleasant atm osphere.
ble to find in streamlined form such and Water Conservation districts ed. We could have been snowed in
February 7-11.
Vernonia Grange Dates
a wealth of information on Oregon’s
Flood protection measures, a sub on the north side, and would have
REMEMBER THE OPENING DATE
government, constitution, economy,
Card Party. Club Meet
had
to
wait
for
the
snow
to
melt
be
ject of concern to Oregonians these
traditions and history,” McCall said.
Vernonia Grange will hold a card
days, is also a major concern of fore we would have been able to
He was high in his praise of the
Tuesday, February 2
find the trail out.”
party with potluck refreshments on
NACD
which
provides
major
support
two editors of the book, Pete Suka-
When
the
ride
was
completed,
the
Saturday,
January
30
at
8
o’clock.
lac and Wanda Merrill, both state for the federal small watershed pro Mulfords, after seeing the horses
If there is snow on that date, the
gram.
employees, who prepared the layouts
Nearly 3,000 soil and water conser were well cared for, edited their party will be postponed.
and contents under the general sup
film and headed for Hollywood.
Mrs. Ed Crawford will be hostess
ervision of McCall’s predecessor as vation districts in 49 states, Puerto There they leased TV rights on the
for the Vernonia Grange home econ
Rico
and
the
Virgin
Islands
are
Elsie and Everett Cox
secretary of state, Howell Appling
working to conserve and develop movie to “The High Road to Dan omics club Thursday afternoon, Jan
Jr.
land, water, forests, wildlife and re ger.” They have also appeared on uary 28.
The presses printing the Blue Book lated resources for the benefit of
were stopped to enable the printers, all.More than 2,000,000 landowners
Agency Lithograph of Portland, to are served directly or indirectly.
replace six pages of facts of Oregon
SWCDs are local subdivisions of
with newspaper pictures of Oregon’s state government which focus on
Christmas flood. Other last-minute local problems the technical, finan
inclusions, which make the book the cial and other assistance available
most current ever published, report from private and public, local, state
the appointment of three judges and federal agencies.
whose terms of office will not begin
until early in 1965.
New features in this 1965-66 edition
Bariles Visits Ports
highlight Dr. John McLoughlin;
In Japan and China
“How the Democratic and Republi
Shipfitter Third Class Laurence
can Parties Began” ; a resume of
progress on automated voting in Ore W. Bartles, USN, son of Mr. and
gon, and the proper display of the Mrs. George W. Bartles of Timber
route, is serving aboard the sea
U. S. flag.
plane tender USS Salisbury Sound,
operating out of Whidbey Island,
Knitters Clinic Dated
Washington.
His ship recently returned to
By Arts, Crafts Group
Whidbey Island after completing a
The needlework division of the tour of duty with the US Seventh
Arts and Crafts Society will open Fleet in the F ar East.
its 1965 program with a Knitters Clin
While with the Seventh Fleet,
ic to be held at the West Oregon crewmembers of the ship had the
Co-op meeting room February 3.
opportunity to visit the ports of Yo
Two sessions will be held, 2 to 4 kosuka and Iwakuni, Japan and
p.m. and an evening meeting 7 to 9
Keelung and Koashiung, Taiwan
so that all who are interested may (Republic of China).
attend and make known their prob
lems an0. desires. Future classes will
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