Rebekah Degree
Conferral Set
Jewels Awarded
By Royal Arch
At the meeting of Mt. Heart
Rebekah lodge Thursday evening,
March 10, announcement was re­
ceived from the Assembly president
Hazel Wainscott of Pendleton that
she had appointed Mrs. Henry An-
deregg as assistant color bearer to
serve at the annual Assembly ses­
sion to be held in May at Baker.
The lodge congratulated Mrs. An-
deregg on receiving this honor and
thus, also, bringing prestige to this
lodge. Delegates to represent the
lodge at Assembly sessions will be
elected soon.
In the absence of Noble Grand
Marie Atkins, the vice-grand, Jack­
ie Atkins presided. Reports were
that Mrs. Elliott is making good
recovery now from her recent ill­
ness which has prevented her from
attending meetings. It is hoped she
will soon be able to resume activi­
ties.
Balloting was exemplified and
plans were made for initiation at
the next meeting, March 24. De­
grees are to be conferred on three
candidates.
Mrs. Mary Markham, president
of the social committee, reported
that a very good meeting was held
March 2 at the home of Mrs. Ander-
egg and from this meeting an addi­
tional $19 was added to the tele­
phone fund. The telephone has been
installed in the IOOF hall dining
room and the Rebekahs will main­
tain it. A box has been placed on
the wall by the phone to receive
contributions from those who use
it and appreciate its convenience.
The committee also announced
plans for a food sale April 9 at the
fire hall. Funds are to be raised
to cover the obligations of the lodge
for a share in the expenses of the
United Nations delegate and the
expenses of sending a Vernonia
high school girl to Girls State.
The social committee will meet
next at the home of Mrs. Zoe Sal-
omonsen on April 5.
Members were reminded of the
United Nations speech contest to
be held Saturday, March 26 at Sea­
side in which Vernonia will be re­
presented by Ann Sargent and Dav­
id Serafin, Vernonia high school
juniors. Mention also was made of
the activities committee meeting
in Vernonia March 13. This group,
composed of representatives from
Rebekah and Odd Fellows lodges
from throughout the district, spon­
sors the United Nations delegate
Following the meeting, delicious
jello salads were served with as­
sorted crackers by Mathilde Ber-
gerson, Florence Akers and Gert­
rude Schalock. The tables were
gaily decorated with St. Patricks
Day motifs and a centerpiece of
daffodils and pussywillows.
The official visit of Grand High
Priest Glenn W. Smith of Medford
to Vernonia Chapter No. 54, Royal
Arch Masons Wednesday evening
of last week was the occasion for
visitation by a number of other of­
ficers of the lodge and members
from other chapters.
Among dignitaries present were
B. Neally Wood, a former Vernonia
resident who now lives in Portland
and holds the office of grand king;
T. Stanton Ford, Portland, grand
secretary; Norman Hoard, Wheel­
er, grand master of the first veil;
Vilas J. Brown, Portland, past
grand high priest; Richard Meyers,
Portland, grand warden, and also
high priest of Mt. Hood Chapter No.
50 and grand commander of
Knights Templar; Richard Tennet,
high priest of Columbia Chapter
No. 56, Wheeler; J. A. Farris, em­
inent commander, Cowlitz Com-
mandry, Longview, Washington;
Walter Chappie, high priest of
Longview Chapter No. 55; George
Anderson, St. Helens, grand m ar­
shal of the grand council Royal and
Select Masters of Oregon.
Three members of the Vernonia
Chapter who returned for this spe­
cial meeting were J. E. Tapp of
Cornelius, Dane Brady and Lyman
Hawken of St. Helens.
The meeting was preceded by a
dinner at the Masonic Temple at
which wives of members and other
guests were present.
A highlight of the meeting was
the presentation by the grand high
priest of 25 year membership pins
to J. E. Tapp, Lyman Hawken and
Ernie Herman. Also, in the exem­
plification of ritualistic work, the
mark master degree was conferred
on Marvin Kamholz.
The grand high priest brought
greetings to the Vernonia members
from Wm. F. MacDonald of Rogue
River who is a life member of the
Vernonia chapter.
Announcement was made of the
grand session for the state of Ore­
gon for York Rite bodies which
will be held at Medford April 11
through 14 and will be attended by
a delegation from Vernonia.
Girl Scouts to
Sell Cookies
Local Girl Scouts, Troop 66, will
start ringing doorbells Thursday,
March 24, for their annual Colum­
bia Hl ver Girl Scout Council cookie
sale, announces Mrs. Raymond
Peterson of Vernonia, local cookie
manager. The sale will continue
through April 9.
The cookie sale is the one annual
service project in which all Junior
Girl Scouts participate.
Profits from the cookie sale
maintain Columbia River council
camps and underwrite a portion
of operational costs so that every
Girl Scout who wishes to attend an
established camp will have that
opportunity.
Each troop receives five cents
a box bonus for the cookies it sells,
and this provides funds for special
troop projects and trips.
This year the Girl Scouts will
sell three types of cookies baked
especially for the sale by Grandma
Cookie company. They are choco­
late mints, dutch dainties (a lacy
shortbread), and a vanilla sand­
wich cookie with a fudge filling.
Each box will sell for 50 cents.
MRS. JOHN J. MURCHISON
Pythians Await
Official Visit
Mrs. John J. Murchison of Port­
land, grand chief of Oregon Pyth­
ian Sisters will make her official
visit to Vernonia Temple Wednes­
day evening of next week, March
23. The meeting will be preceded
by a dinner in the IOOF dining
room at 6:30 p.m. Visitors from a
number of surrounding temples are
expected to attend, also.
At the meeting of Vernonia Tem­
ple held Wednesday evening of last
week at the IOOF hall, Mrs. J. E.
Tapp of Cornelius was a guest. She
is a member of Friendship Temple
at North Plains. She and her hus­
band had attended the dinner for
Royal Arch Masons and while Mr.
Tapp attended the meeting that
followed that, she came to the Py­
thian meeting.
A number of members were re­
ported ill but attendance was bet­
ter than at the previous meeting.
The group had expected visitors
from Astoria, including the district
deputy, Leona Oberkraemer, but
a telephone call brought news that
she was critically ill, and a mes­
sage the next dhy told of her death
which is mourned by this and all
other temples in the district.
Most Excellent Chief Martha
Brady appointed committees for
the next meeting and all members
are urged to attend this official vis­
it of the grand chief. Those plan­
ning to attend the planned potluck
may call Mrs. Harry Culbertson
to learn what they should bring.
Degrees Are Conferred
By Vernonia Grangers
Vernonia Grange entertained a
number of visiting Grangers at its
meeting Saturday night. Coming
from
Clatskanie Grange were Matt
Miss Marian B. Mathews, daugh­
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Math­ Erickson, Lydia Erickson, Doris
ews of Mist, has been named to Raynor, William Raynor, Elvera
the Dean’s List at Graceland Col­ Jarvi, Nellie Raynor, Mabel Mc­
lege, Lamoni, Iowa. She was placed Pherson and the master, Mrs.
on this list for her academic excell­ Honor Thornton. Other visitors
ence during the first semester of were Arnold Tarbell, Columbia
the current school year. Those county Pomona master, and Noble
students on^thc Dean’s List receiv­ Dunlap from Natal Grange.
First and second degrees were
ed a grade point average of more
exemplified
for Mr. and Mrs. Wil­
than 3.0 of "a possible 4.0 during
liam
Gardner
and Gary Justice.
that time. ’ ’> '
Miss Mathews is a junior at The county Grange deputy, Lawton
Graceland College and is majoring Waddell and Mrs. Waddell assisted
with the floor work.
in English.
The Home Economics club will
Graceland College enrolls about
1,100 students. It is sponsored by meet at the hall March 24 at 1 p.m.
the Reorganized Church of Jesus
Mr. and Mrs. Oren Weed will be
Christ of Latter Day Saints.
hosts for the card party March 26.
Student Achieves
Dean's List Status
Brownie Scouts Observe
Printing of Newspaper
Two Brownie Scout troops visited
the Vernonia Eagle office last Wed­
nesday afternoon to observe the
process of printing the paper. Their
names were set in type on the lino­
type to demonstrate how the type
is set for the paper, also.
Included in the visitation were
the following:
Troop 169, Mrs. James Gaston,
leader; Sherri Thiringer, Rhonda
Persyn, Stephanie Gwin, Sharon
Smejkal, Sheryl Ray, Teri Gilliland
and Lynette Wuest. They were ac­
companied by Mrs. Richard Gwin
and small son Darrell.
Troop 181, Mrs. Kenneth Smej­
kal, leader; Joyce Clason, Evan
Persyn, Cindy Smejkal, Becky Gas­
ton and Judy Grant.
Sewing Seams 4-H Club
Meets at Leader's Home
Oernonia Cagle
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1966
The Sewing Seams 4-H club met
at the home of their new leader
Mrs. Richard Hunteman on Rose
avenue. The meeting was called
to order by President Bonnie Nor-
mand. The girls discussed demon­
strations. When the meeting was
closed they talked about some of
their own demonstrations that they
didn’t quite finish.
Reporter,
Patty Hahmeyer
UN Pilgrimage
Plans Outlined
The United Nations Youth Pil­
grimage committee for Odd Fell­
ows and Rebekah lodges in district
5 met Sunday, March 13 at the Ver­
nonia IOOF hall. There were dele­
gates from Astoria, Warrenton,
Seaside, Clatskanie, St. Helens,
Rainier and Vernonia, a total of 31,
for the potluck dinner and the
meeting which followed. Vernonia
was represented by Vice-grand
Jackie Atkins, Marie Atkins and
Mathilde Bergerson for the Rebek­
ahs and Noble Grand P.E. Mark­
ham for the Odd Fellows. Mr.
Markham was accompanied by
Mrs. Markham and Grace Currie
and Irma Chance also attended as
guests.
The afternoon meeting was called
to order by the president, Slaton
Hughes of Warrenton. Other offic­
ers present were Marguerite Wil­
son, Warrenton, vice-president;
Ruth Swanson, secretary and L.L.
Lewis, treasurer.
Speaker for the afternoon session
was Ralph Wood of Amity, Oregon,
state chairman of the U.N. Youth
Pilgrimage committee. He stated
that it costs $365 to send a youth
representative to these meetings
in New York. Last year 1076 from
the different states attended. Miss
Judy Wychoff of Clatskanie was
delegate for this district.
There are 10 contestants from
this district at this time, including
Ann Sargent and David Serafin of
Vernonia. All 10 will give their
speeches March 26 at the IOOF hall
in Seaside at 8:00 p.m. and a dele­
gate and alternate will be selected
Dr. Willard Baer, assistant super­
intendent of the state department
of education has offered to assist
with judges for the speech and es­
say contests. Mr. Wood stated that
the aim of the pilgrimage is to edu­
cate the leaders of tomorrow.
The Send off Dinner for the 1966
delegates from Oregon will be held
at the IOOF home in Portland July
12. Students will spend that night
at the Mallory hotel and leave Ore
gon July 13 and return August 9.
Election of officers for 1965-66
was held and all officers were re­
elected. Mr. Markham, noble grand
of the Vernonia IOOF lodge, was
asked to install them.
Dist. chairman of the contest,
Chas. VanGorder of Rainier, gave
some helpful suggestions.
The next meeting of the commit­
tee will be a picnic dinner at the
home of Ruby Kelley of Cannon
Beach on June 12. Meetings are
open to visitors, also.
Club Pursues
Religion Study
At the Cub Scout Blue and Gold
dinner held recently, the Cubs of
Den 4 for which Mrs. Carrol Clason
is den mother, presented a skit,
George Washington, This Is Your
Life. Pictured above are the boys
in their colo.ual costumes: From
left, front row, Dick Brunsman and
Dewey Conroy; second row, Don
Gibson, Robert Clason, David Tipton,
Jimmy Proehl; and in back, Mrs.
Clason.
P.E.O. Chapter
Names Officers
Chapter BS, P.E.O. Sisterhood
met March 8 at the home of Mrs.
Loren Ellis Jr. Election of officers
was held and resulted as follows:
President, Mrs. R.B. Fletcher;
vice-president, Mrs. Owen East;
recording secretary, Mrs. J.W.
Nichols; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Sam £ Hearing; chaplain,
Mrs. Evelyn Heath; guard, Mrs.
Wm. Bridgers; delegate to conven­
tion Mrs. R.B. Fletcher and alter­
nate delegate, Mrs. East.
The retiring president, Mrs. Joey
Acaiturri, was presented with her
president’s gavel guard and was
also given a gift in appreciation for
her faithfulness in being present
at every meeting even though it
meant driving from Eugene twice
a month.
The next meeting, March 22, will
be at the home of Mrs. Nichols
and Mrs. Ralph Valpiani will pre­
sent the program.
Mrs. Mathilde Bergerson, with
Mrs. Maude Wells as cohostess,
entertained the Vernonia Study
club for the March meeting.
Meeting was called to order by
the president, Mrs. Owen East.
Following the regular business ses­
sion a very interesting program on
Islamism was presented by Mrs.
Harry Sandon. Her source of infor­
mation was the book of Men’s Re­
ligions by John B. Knoss.
Refreshments were served by
the hostesses to 11 members.
The annual coffee hour will be
held in April under the auspices of
the Vernonia Study club during the
Book Week. The date will be set
at the April meeting.
February’s meeting for this
group was held at the home of Mrs.
Bill Horn with Mrs. Chas. Minger
as co-hostess. The program that
evening was on Shintoism and was
presented by Mrs. Harry Culbert­
son. Refreshments were served to
12.
The April meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Marvin Kam­
holz with Bess Nichols as co-host­
ess. The program will be presented
by Mrs. Minger and her subject is
Judaism. The group has been stu­
dying the various known religions
throughout this year and all have
found each subject to be very inter­
esting and many unknown facts
have been brought to light with
each one.
SHOP LOCALLY FIRST!
Friends Invited to
Moran-DuPuis Rites
Mr. and Mrs. Robert DuPuis of
Birkenfeld extend an invitation to
friends to attend the marriage of
their daughter, Catherine Ann and
James Jerol Moran, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Moran of Mist route,
Vernonia, which will be solemnized
Saturday, March 26 at 1:30 p.m.
at the Nativity of the Blessed
Virgin Mary church at Rainier. A
reception will follow in the parish
hall.
Miss DuPuis is a graduate of Ver
nonia high school and will be start­
ing her senior ’{ear at Oregon Col­
lege of Education at Monmouth
this coming term. She will be doing
her practice teaching at Dallas.
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