Grange Party
Series Starts
Club Presents
Memorial Book
Vernonia Grange will begin its
winter series of card parties Jan
uary 22, 8 p.m. Hosts for the ev
ening will be Mr. and Mrs. Julius
Hytrek. The usual potluck and sil
ver offering will be taken instead
of an admission charge.
The Home Economics club will
meet at the hall January 27 at
1 p.m.
Oscar Weed, Mrs. Mabie Graves
and Will Harders were appointed o
the auditing committee. Chairmen
for the following committees will
serve in 1966: Youth, Mrs. Nora
Harders; relief, Mrs. V i v i a n
Counts, juvenile, Mrs. Mabie Grav
es.
A conference of officers and com
mittee chairmen will be held at
the hall Saturday, January 15 at
7 p.m. to practice floor work and
plan the 1966 program.
Three new applications for mem
bership were read by the secre
tary, Mrs. Alice Weed. The lecture
hour program included a birthday
game, a word contest and New
Year resolutions.
Visitors from Natal Grange were
the Grange insurance agent and
her husband, Mr. annd Mrs. Mar
ion Steers, and the Columbia coun
ty Pomona chaplain, Mrs. Laura
Carmichael.
Veteran Loans
Down in County
The Oregon Department of Vet
erans’ Affairs granted farm and
home loans to 3,377 veterans last
year in the amount of $39,087,150,
H. C. Saalfeld, director, reports.
This was a 6 percent drop from
1964 when 3,734 veterans borrowed
$41,723,000. Last year’s volume
makes a total of 52,021 loans in
the amount of $455,083,324 to Ore
gon’s World Mar II and Korean
veterans since the program start
ed in 1945.
In Columbia county last year,
loans were granted to 38 veterans
in the amount of $438,550, com
pared to 47 loans in 1964 for $442,-
700. Since the start of the pro
gram, loans have gone to 649 vet
erans here in the amount of $4,-
993,700.
Saalfeld said that of the $455
million borrowed, veterans have re
paid $298 million in principal and
interest. They are repaying at the
rate of about $3.8 million a month,
with interest payments alone av
eraging about $980,000.
Of the more than 52,000 loans
granted, 30,017 were outstanding on
december 31 in the amount of
$283,675,713.
OES Hears of
Eye Foundation
Special guests at Nehalem Chap
ter No. 153, OES, last meeting
were Lillian P. Davis, worthy
grand matron and Ogden Hutch
inson, chairman of the Knight’s
Templar eye foundation committee,
both of the Grand Chapter of Ore
gon and Clem Nelson, worthy pa
tron of Sunrise chapter and Mrs.
Hutchinson.
A very impressive talk was giv
en by Mr. Hutchinson on the eye
foundation in which he told of the
project and how one person’s eyes
willed to the foundation could give
sight to two blind persons. He
urged support financially and by
gifts through wills for this won
derful work.
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Daughter Added to
Ralph Keasey Family
An eight pound daughter, Mary
Elizabeth, arrived last Fri d a y
morning, January 7 at St. Vincents
hospital in Portland for Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Keasey. Mrs. Keasey
and the babe came home Monday
to be eagerly greeted by the
babe’s two sisters and two broth
ers. Also eager to make her ac
quaintance were three sets of
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Char
les Zinn, Mr. and Mrs. Sid Warbis
and Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Keasey,
all of Vernonia.
Census Bureau
Survey Planned
The Census Bureau plans to ob
tain information on the number
of persons 50-64 years of age in
this area, as well as throughout
the nation, who are covered by
private pension plans, according
to Director John E. Tharaldson of
the census regional office in Seat
tle.
The pension plan information is
being obtained for the U. S. De
partment of Labor’s Bureau of
Labor Statistics. These questions
will be asked in addition to the
regular monthly inquiries on em
ployment and unemployment, in
cluded in the bureau’s current pop
ulation survey.
The survey will also include
questions asked each quarter on
consumer intentions to purchase
cars, houses, and major household
appliances in the next three to
six months.
The information will be collect
ed during the work week start
ing January 17 from scientifical
ly selected sample households in
the area as well as other sample
areas throughout the U. S,
Census Bureau interviewers who
will visit sample households in this
area during January include: Mrs.
Helen E. Lahti, Rt. 2, Box 798,
Astoria.
Fletcher Does Practice
Teaching at Silverton
James Fletcher of Vernonia, a
senior at Oregon College of Educa
tion, is student teaching at Silver-
ton union high this term to com
plete one of the last major re
quirements for the bachelor’s de
gree in education.
Seventy OCE students in elemen
tary and secondary education are
student teaching this term in Wil
lamette Valley schools. Student
teachers work under the close sup
ervision of cooperating teachers
and members of the OCE staff,
who visit the schools regularly.
Student teachers must have
reached senior standing and have
a satisfactory grade average,
successfully completed their stu
dent teaching requirements and
remaining course work may earn
a bachelor of science or bachelor
of arts degree in education and
become eligible for certification to
teach in Oregon’s public schools.
Maple Meadows Club
Changes Leadership
The Maple Meadows Livestock
club met at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Francis Wright January 8 at
2 p.m. The meeting was called
to order by Tim Johns, president.
Sunya Loyd was a new mem
ber. Donna Walker was elected as
news reporter.
Due to illness, Mr. and Mrs.
Wright are resigning from leader
ship. The new leader will be Jim
Johns.
The next meeting will be held
at the Scout Cabin February 12 at
2 p.m.
Refreshments were served.
Reporter, Donna Walker
Marriage Rites Given
By Justice of Peace
A marriage license was issued
at Hillsboro the latter part of De
cember for Eagene J. Riloy of
Woodburn and Geraldine Clausen
of Keasey route, Vernonia. The
couple was married December 29
at the home of the bride’s par
ents by Justice of the Peace Os
car G. Weed.
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Vernonia Study club met at the
home of Mrs. Harry Culbertson
January 6 for their regular meet
ing, which was presided over by
the president, Mrs. Claudine East.
The book that is being presented
to the Vernonia Library in mem
ory of one of their members,
Launee Cousins, was shown during
the meeting. The selection was the
National Geographic Society’s Song
and Garden Birds of North Amer
ica. It is a beautiful book and the
club hopes that residents here will
enjoy and use it.
After hearing the reports of the
Christmas baskets and caring for
other business items, the program
on Taoism was presented by Mrs.
Ralph Reynolds. She used for her
reference, Man’s Religions b y
Noss. It was well presented and
interesting to all present.
Refreshments were served by the
hostess, assisted by Mrs. Justin
Folken.
The February meeting will be
at the home of Mrs. Bill Horn
with Mrs. Charles Minger assist
ing.
September Wedding
Plans Are Announced
Planning a September wedding
are Kay Lynn Sonnenberg, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter W
Sonnenberg of Portland and Craig
Edward Davies, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James R. Davies of Vernonia.
The bride-elect is a senior at
Oregon State University where she
is majoring in pharmacy. She is a
member of Sigma Kappa sorority,
Mortar Board and several honor
ary pharmacy groups.
Her fiance, an OSU graduate, is
doing graduate work at Pennsyl
vania State University. He is a
Oernonia Eagle
THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1966
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mcmbty of Chi Phi fraternity and
American Institute of Aeronautics
and Astronauts.
IT PAYS TO READ THE ADS!
County Salon
Meet Held Here
December meeting of the Colum
bia County Salon No. 440 was held
on the last Tuesday of December
in the home of Mrs. Harry Cul
bertson. Due to the weather and
the season a small attendance ans
wered roll call.
The sum of $10.00 had been sent
to the National Jewish hospital in
Denver to be used towards Christ
mas. This is one of the special
projects for this group, to assist
in the care and control of tuber
culosis in children.
Mrs. Culbertson had her home
decorated in the season motif and
fruit cake and coffee were served
following adjournment.
The January meeting will be in
Vernonia also since the Le Petit
Chapeau, Marie Atkins, and desk
officers reside here and the weath
er is not too dependable.
OCE Student Earns
Honor Roll Listing
Among the 107 students at Ore
gon College of Education at Mon
mouth who earned places on the
fall term honor roll with grade
averages of 3.5 or better is Miss
Cathy DuPuis daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert DuPuis of Bir
kenfeld. There were 16 students
who earned perfect grade averag
es of 4.0.
Miss DuPuis is a graduate of
Vernonia high school.
Lesson on Electricity
Scheduled for Unit
Mrs. Merle Cline and Mrs. Ray
Lamping will give the lesson,
“What a Woman Should Know
About Electricity” at the January
meeting of the Vernonia Extension
Unit which will be held at the
West Oregon Electric building at
10:30 a.m. January 20. There will
be a potluck luncheon at noon.
Friends Are Invited to
Brooks-Sargent Wedding
Friends are invited to attend the
wedding of Miss Jeanie Sargent
and James Brooks this Friday ev
ening, January 14 at the First
Christian church at 8 p.m. A re
ception will follow in the social
hall.
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