Oernonia Eagle 8_______ THURSDAY. DEC. 9, 1965 Plane Flight Brings Guests BIRKENFELD—Mr. and Mrs. John Hopkins and two daughters, Sunday and Monday, from Burns flew to Portland Sunday and then drove out to Birkenfeld to visit his parents, 4-Piece M etal T -V Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hopkins and fam­ T ray Set ily. They picked up Hazel Cook in Reg. $6.95 $4 97 Portland and Carol Hopkins in Bea­ ’ Special_____ verton and brought them along. Late Sunday evening they drove back to town and Monday, after taking care of some business, flew back to Burns. While in Portland, John and Aileen also visited with her sister and a brother. A1 Berg was re-elected to serve for another three years as one of Armstrong Quakertone the directors of the Fishhawk Cem­ Vinyl Floor Covering etery association. The meeting was Square IJ1 9 Monday night at the home of Francis Y ard_______ and Ethel Larson. Mrs. Larson serv­ ed coffee, cake and ice cream to Congoleum vinyl Fore cast floor covering. those who were present. Square Mr. and Mrs. Arby Mills attended the evening worship service at the Yard_______ $^15 Evangelical United Brethren church 9x12 Plastic in Vernonia Sunday. Mrs. Joseph Surface Rugs. Lonnquist and Shirley Berg were in 32 Gallai Portland Monday of this week. Mrs. Elsa Richardson is staying 19" Motorola Portable TV with Electric with her daughter and husband, Mr. Stand $<| y |/> 9 5 and WATER and Mrs. Art Bellingham at this UEATCB Only 1 4 *7 “P time. She arrived shortly before Come in and see our Motorola Thanksgiving and will be here until Rectangular Color T-V after Christmas. Mrs. Bellingham, Mrs. Francis Nordstrom and Mrs. Richardson were in Astoria Monday and also in Warrenton where they visited with Wilma Jensen. In Astor­ ia, Mrs. Richardson visited with the Jack Crouches. Anna Hanberg called on Elna Bak­ er Monday. During her absence from home, Clara Anderson and her sister, Mrs. Willis Howell of Sea­ side stopped in to see her. During the week, a number of neighbor la­ SIMMONS dies visited in Anna’s home and pur­ Slum ber King Innei chased some items that she is sell­ Spring M attress and ing. Anna has quite a wide variety Box Springs $ A Q9E of gift items. Price, each T c »7 Mr. and Mrs. Jim Chouinard and Beauty Rest Inner daughter, Amy; Roger Berg, Jepson Spring M attress and Lonnquist and Shirley, Nicholas and Box $FT Q 50 Erick Berg spent Sunday afternoon Springs, Each I <7 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Model WCIAK 3 colors or w h it, Ramsey and family. e Gleaming Porcelain Word was received this week by Enamel inside and out! the Birkenfeld reporter that George Richardson had been a lucky elk • Patented Deep Action hunter. He got a spike up Deep Agitator cleans deep! Creek the last day of the season. • Jet-simple mechanism! California visitors recently at the • Jet-Away lint removal! 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S. depart­ small, and only two suspect ani­ ment of agriculture are engaged mals were found in addition to the in a campaign to eliminate this reactors to brucellosis. N everthe­ disease from our country. less, these herds will now be on The presence of the disease is quarantine until such a time as determined by blood testing on the they car. pass successive tests ranch or farm , by checking ani­ without reactor animals showing mals going through slaughter hous­ up. es, and by a milk ring test. The Currently Columbia county has presence of the disease determined three herds on quarantine, half the by either the milk-rig test or at total of Western Oregon. One is the slaughter house results in blood at Clatskanie, one at Rainier, and tests being made on the herd pin­ one at St. Helens. E astern Ore­ pointed by either th milk or gon counties have a total of six slaughter house test. herds quarantined. Brucellosis, often called Bang's Garden symphylans have been 3 disease after the man who origi­ real problem in all parts of Co­ nally identified the disease, is com- lumbia county with practically no mon to cattle, swine, goats and area being immune to their rav­ man. When infecting man, the di­ ages. Both commercial producers sease is usually called undulant fe and home gardeners have suffered ver. from the damages of the soil in­ Protection of human health is festing pest. certainly reason enough for con­ Commercial producers of farm trolling this disease, but if allow­ and horticultural crops have avail­ ed to. persist, it can be extremely able to them several soil fumigant costly to the livestock producer, m aterials that will give good con­ too, in that it causes abortion and trol for three or four or more reduced production. Frequently, the years. In addition, there are cer­ disease is called contagious abor­ tain soil insecticides that can be tion. 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Because of the limitations of equipment suitable for applying soil fumigants, these m aterials are Do You Know This Man? not well adapted to the small home garden situation. Unfortunately, Born January 4, 1909 at Gales Creek, the m aterials that might be used Oregon. for the protection of a current sea­ Attended the Gales Creek school. son’s crop are much too hazardous Was married in 1945 at Forest Grove to be used under such conditions. In fact, the state departm ent of Has two children. agriculture restricts the sale of Came to Vernonia in 1948 and bought property that put him in business these m aterials to commercial in the landlord category. growers, and they are not availa­ Ill health has since curtailed his ac­ ble in small quantities. tivities. Program s of soil fumigation and (Information supplied by J. W. Ni­ the use of soil insecticides on farm, chols) Answer to last week’s quiz; ornam ental and nursery plantings, Pauline Lee Rauch. and greenhouses are reviewed in a new Oregon State University Ex­ tension bulletin entitled, ‘‘Control­ Serviceman Returns ling the Garden Symphylan.” Al­ To Fort Ord Base though not intended for the home gardener, the bulletin will give a MIST—Pvt. Melvin Kyser left ear­ better understanding of the prob­ ly Friday morning from the Portland lem. Copies may be secured from airport to report back for duty at the county extension offices. Fort Ord, California. He had been on leave after his basic training and Relatively dry weather might visited his folks, the Claude Kysers. Mrs. Hugh Cox was a dinner guest seem to be just what a potato grower might want so that the of Mrs. Earl Knowles Sunday even­ crop could be dug. From the stand­ ing. Mr. and Mrs. Lawton Waddell at­ point of the producer of com m er­ cial table stock, this is probably tended Beaver Homes Grange Sat­ true, but for seed growers warm urday night. Sunday afternoon they weather during digging time is dis- attended the installation at Natal advantaious. Disease control is Grange. probably the greatest problem, but Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Shetler and there are others such as cooling family visited the Floyd Shetler the crop for storage. family at Ariel, Washington Satur­ day. A new weed control technolo­ gy-spearheaded by selective, ef­ vantage of being more than crop ficient and safe chemical weapons protectants or pesticides in that integrated with non-chemical con­ they reduce man and machine trols—was urged late last month hours needed on the farm . Herbi­ by Dr. W. C. Shaw, pesticides co- cides combined with cultural prac­ ordinatoor for the U. S. D epart­ tices now are used on more than ment of Agriculture. 85 million agricultural acres, or "Some 600 species of weeds.” about 25 percent of the national he said, “ compete seriously with crop area, he reported. crops for water, mineral nutrients, Non-chemical control methods light, space and other growth re ­ are employed on about 365 million quirements. Some also are poison­ acres of cultivated crops, a bil­ ous to man and animals ' lion acres of grazing land, and Dr. Shaw noted the increasing millions of acres of industrial and use and advantages of herbicides, other non-crop land, each year. or weed destroying agents. Less expensive than most other weed And a backyard fence often co­ control methods, they have the ad vers a multitude of tins. Lei's Gel Acquainted! Message Tells News of Death MIST—Mrs. Norman Hansen re­ ceived word Sunday afternoon that her grandmother had died that af­ ternoon in a nursing home at Bea­ verton. Mrs. Sulo Sanders visited at the Hansen homes Saturday ev­ ening. Mrs. Howard Grimsbo has been ap­ pointed chairman for the Heart Fund drive in this area in Febru­ ary. The Mist Helping Circle will have its Christmas party December 16 at the Birkenfeld Center with a pot luck dinner at noon. Pals will be revealed and new ones drawn. Mrs. Charles Ramsey, Mrs. John Crawford and Mrs. Howard Grimsbo will be hostesses. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Busch and family attended the Holiday on Ice show in Portland Sunday. Enroute home they visited at the home of Fred’s uncle. Rich Busch, in Hills­ boro. Mr. and Mrs. Shalmon Libel were in Portland Sunday visiting at the home of the Jack Burnham family. The Natal Grange will hold their Christmas party December 18 at Natal. John Crawford was in Portland Saturday to attend the Oregon Pol­ led Hereford show and sale. Mrs. Wayne Kyser accompanied her folks, the Harold Sparks of De- lena, to Longview Thursday. Mrs. Kyser. Ronnie and Gene were in Hillsboro Saturday. Members of the Winema, Vernonia and Natal Granges gathered at the Natal Grange Sunday afternoon for the installation of officers of all three granges Mrs. Pearl Becker and group did the installing. Mrs. Charles Sundland is back in the Good Samaritan hospital in Portland again fe*1 an indefinite stay. Her hip has been giving her trouble and she will be hospitalized for treatment until the condition im­ proves. Read the ads, it will pay you!