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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1966)
Rebekah Group To Hold Party The Mt. Heart Rebekah social committee will meet tomorrow evening, December 2 at the home of Mrs. Otto Goertzen, 363 North street at 8 p.m. All members of the Rebekah lodge are automatic ally members of the committee and eligible to attend. Election of officers for 1967 will be held. Other business will In clude plans for sending Christmas gifts to this group’s adopted resi dent at the IOOF home in Portland and plans for other Christmas ob servances locally. This will also be the annual Christmas party with an exchange of gifts. A one dollar limit has been set on price of gifts. SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES — USE THEMI NEW POWER FOR YOUR ENGINE WITH I A TLA S A D D IT IV E S Im proves and m aintains en gine efficiency, perform ance and economy. Methyl first new antiknock compound since Ethyl! Methyl Methyl Methyl steps up octane performance! stops power wasting knock! exclusive in all three Chevron gasolines- at no increase in price! RALPH'S CHEVRON SERVICE Allas Tiras Batteries Accessories Motor Tune-up Auto Parts HAsel 9-6691 P.E.O. Chapter Programs Present Handel's Messiah Chapter BS of the P.E.O. Sis terhood met at the home of Mrs. Owen East November 22. A beautiful pre-Christmas pro gram, “The Messiah” on records, was presented by Mrs. Sam T. Hearing. After giving a brief ac count of the life of George Handel, author of the Oratorio, the first part of it was played. The balance of the program will be given when Mrs. Hearing entertains the chap ter at her home December 13. Oregon Fair to Undergo Study Preliminary report of the San Francisco consulting firm studying the programs and future of the Oregon state fair will be heard at the upcoming state fair commission meeting slated for Monday, Decem ber 12, in Salem, according to Fair Manager Howard Maple. Louis J. Kroeger, executive vice- president of Griffenhagen-Kroe- ger, Inc., will make the report. Existing programs and facilities in light of present and future needs including location of fairgrounds itself will be among topics discus sed in the report, Maple said. The commission will also set dates for the 1967 state fair which in recent years has been a 9 day event beginning on a Sunday in late August, and continuing through Labor Day. Some thought has been given to a Saturday open ing which would result in a 10 day fair. Maple also announced the 1967 Oregon Job Fair, which brings to gether thousands of Oregon high school students and dozens of Oregon industries, in a 3 day con ference, will be held again this year at the State Fairgrounds in early April. Display Shows Artist's Work Of considerable local interest is a display in the window of Fash ions ’n Fabrics which features the Three Wisemen fashioned of paper which were designd by Ron Andregg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Anderegg. Ron is employed in art work for a Los Angeles firm but also has a home studio and does free lance art work. The wise men were de signed for a company which manu factured them for sale and has placed ads for them in Better homes and Gardens and other magazines. They come in a sheet to be cut and completed. L H. Thomases Honored at Observance of Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd H. Thomas were honored Sunday on the occa sion of their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary at a very lovely re ception in the social room of the Evangelical United B r e t h r e n church for which their son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Thomas of Vernonia, acted as host and hos tess. They were assisted with plans for the event by the Thomas’s daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ross of Huntington Beach, California who were unable to be present for the occasion. Betty Crocker Search Slated Senior class girls in Vernonia high school here will be among more than 500,000 throughout the nation who will sit in classrooms Tuesday, December 6, to take a written knowledge and attitude test dealing with homemaking. One of these may go on to earn a $5,000 college scholarship from $110,000 in scholarships available. National runners-up will receive $4,000, $3,000 and $2,000 scholar ships, respectively. State winners will be awarded $1,500 grants with $500 awards going to state runners- up. Their schools will be presented sets of Encyclopaedia Britannica by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Local winners will be presented specially designed silver charms and will have their test papers en tered in state competition. The girls here are among those in approximately 15,000 public, pri vate and parochial schools which are participating in the 1967 Betty Crocker Search for the American Homemaker of Tomorrow. The program is sponsored by Geneal Mills, Inc. Happy C ook 4-H Club Organized The first meeting of the Happy Cooks 4-H club was held at the home of Mrs. Ralph Higginbotham November 29. During their business meeting the girls elected officers. They are as follows: President, Donna Wal ker; vice president, Susan Miller; secretary, Loma Westlind; news reporter, Helen Higginbotham; treasurer, Susan Smejkal and song- leader, Pam Caron. After the meeting the girls had cookies and punch. Heather Higginbotham became a junior leader this year. The club Study Club Meeting welcomed two new members, Mel To Observe Holiday ody Strong and Susan Miller. Mrs. The Vernonia Study Club will Ed Miller drove the girls home. meet this evening, Thursday, De Also, on November 22 the girls cember 1, at the home of Mrs. met to get acquainted and have a Harry Sandon for their annual Thanksgiving party. After the Christmas party. There will be a meeting Mrs. R. Peterson drove program in keeping with the spirit the girls home. of Christmas and exchange of Helen Higginbotham, reporter. gifts. Plans will also be made for pre paring Christmas baskets for fam Gathering in Portland ilies where there is felt to be a Held Thanksgiving Day need. MIST — Norman Hansen took Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hansen as IT PAYS TO READ THE ADSI far as Linnton Thanksgiving morn ing where Mrs. Ted Kulju met E&B LAUNDRY and them. The Kuljus and the elder DRY CLEANERS Hansens were Thanksgiving day Lusby Bldg. — 712 Bridge St. guests of the Tom Ford family in — Also, Shoe Repairing — Portland and returned to Mist that Two-day Service evening. Week end guests at the CASH & CARRY Hansen home were the Kuljus, George Prry, Ben Berry and A1 Becker, all of Portland. The men hunted with no success. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kyser and family visited the Claude Kysers at Vine Maple Wednesday eve ning. Mrs. Claude Kyser had slip ped and fallen earlier in ttie day and sprained her ankle quite bad ly. The Bill Robbins family visited Roy and family Sunday afternoon enrtute to their home in Port Or chard, Wn. Mrs. Carl Dawson Jr. called from her home in Glendale. Calif Thanksgiving morning to wish her folks, the Lloyd Garlocks, a happy day. Guests Thanksgiving day at the Larry Garlock home were Lloyd Garlock. Mist; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Simmons and Jerry, Mrs. Myrtle Simmons and Mr. and Mrs. Ken neth Simmons all of Clatskanie. Sunday Larry and Pam, Jerry, Kenneth and Ruth Simmons were in Portland to attend the auto show. The Norman Hansen family spent Thanksgiving with her folks, the Howard Thompsons, in Clatskanie. Mrs. Hansen and Sandra were in Longview Saturday on business HALLMARK CHRISTMAS CARDS Boxed and Individual. Full Selection Available. SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES — USE THEM I Mr. and Mrs. Thomas were mar ried November 26, 1931 which was Thanksgiving day, in a small wed ding at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Malmsten, who then resided on State avenue across from the Evangelical Uni ted Brethren church. After their wedding, the Thomases lived in Vernonia for some time, then mov ed to Forest Grove, but returned to Vernonia in 1946. For the reception Sunday, the room was attractively decorated with greenery and bouquets of pink and white flowers on the serv ing table where the three-tiered anniversary cake was the point of interest. Pieces of crystal which held mints and nuts were wedding gifts of the couple and keepsake dishes which had belonged to Mrs. Thomas’s mother and grandmoth er. A jade thirty-fifth anniversary plate, a gift from the Wayne Thom ases, was the touch of new, and was used for serving cake to the honored couple. Mrs. Thomas was attired in a blue lace dress which was near the shade of the wedding dress she wore thirty-five years ago. Her corsage was a white orchid with lavender throat. Those who assisted with serving during the afternoon were Mrs. Louis Kauffman and Mrs. Joe Ross of Portland, Mrs. Frank Turk of Cornelius, Mrs. Leslie DeLance of Salem, Mrs. Elvan Cearley of Buxton and Mrs. Ole Titland of Rainier, all nieces of Mr. Thomas; Miss Mary Anne Clark of Porland, niece of Mrs. Thomas; Mrs. Luke Baccellari of Porland, grand-niece of Mr. Thomas, and friends, Mrs. E. S. Thompson of Porland and Mrs. Merle Cline of Vernonia. During the afternoon, Mrs. Larry Jones sang several solos which in cluded selections from Sound of Music and appropriate anniversa ry songs. She was accompanied by Mrs. Lois Clark, twin sister of Mrs. Thomas. Guests were present from Port land, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Corne lius, Forest Grove, Manning, Bux ton, Rainier, Salem and Eugene. Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas drove to Laurelwood Manor nurs ing home to visit her mother, Mrs. Alice Malmsten, and his sister, Mrs. Bertha Turk, who share a room there. They took to them part of the anniversary cake. Ocmonia Cagfe THURSDAY, DEC. 1, 1966______ 3 Veteran's Home Loan Tax Paid The average ex-GI with an Oregon veterans’ farm and home loan paid a property tax of $337 this year, a 5.3 percent increase over the $320 he paid last year and 9.4 percent above his 1964 pay ment of $306. This figure was reported by H.C. Saalfeld, director of the State Department of Veterans’ Affairs, which paid $10,519,611 in 1966-67 taxes this month on the properties of 31,463 World War II and Korean veterans who have state loans. Last year’s tax payment was $9,410,005 on 29,407 properties. This year’s tax increase was higher than last year’s. However, in some counties there was a de crease from last year. In Columbia county, the tax on 353 properties this year was $103,958.86. The average tax here was $294, against last year’s ave rage of $305 and as compared to the statewide average this year of $337. The borrower pays his taxes monthly to the state veterans’ department along with his loan re payment. The department in turn pays the tax collector, and does it by November 15 to earn the veteran a three percent discount. The discount this year saved the veterans $325,349. Engineer Corps- OSU Cooperate Flood control and major drain age problems on the lower Colum bia River from Bonneville Dam to the mouth are scheduled to be dis cussed by the Portland U.S. Army Engineer district and interested parties on December 6 at Astoria, December 8 at St. Helens and De cember 13 at Longview, Washing ton. Colonel William J. Talbott, Port land District Engineer, said the public hearings are being held to obtain data for a new Army En gineers’ flood control study of the lower Columbia river which was requested by congress. The study will include the entire flood plain of the Columbia river from Bonneville dam to the mouth, and is to be accomplished during the next three to five years. It will recommend to congress for author ization those projects needed to provide a high degree of flood pro tection which have economic feasi The annual commemorative bility for Federal assistance. meeting of the Finnish Historical The St. Helens hearing on De Society of the West will be held cember 8 at 10 a.m. will be for Co Tuesday evening, December 6, lumbia and Multnomah Counties, 7:30 p.m. in the parish hall of St. and will be in the Agate Room of Peter’s Episcopal church, SE 82nd the Village Ir.n Motel. and Pine (two blocks north of Alternative flood control mea Stark) in Portland. sures to be considered in the stu The speaker will be Charles Gil dy are levees, pumping plants, man Davis, Portland architect and bank protection works and tide Associate Professor of Art and Ar structures. The works can be en chitecture at Portland State Col tirely new or rehabilitation of ex lege, who will speak on “A Finnish isting inadequate structures. Homestead in Oregon.” His talk is of special interest to those who are interested in Ore Family Gatherings Are gon history of Finnish rural archi Thanksgiving Highlight tecture. Finnish Independence Day BIRKENFELD — Mr. and Mrs. (Dec. 6) will also be observed with Lloyd Beach went to Vancouver several musical numbers. There is no admission charge Thanksgiving day and had dinner with his sister, Clarice. and the public is invited. Mr. and Mrs. George Richardson and Joey had their Thanksgiving dinner with his mother, Mrs. Elsa Richardson at Seaside. His mother came back with them and will spent a few days with her daught er, Marie Bellingham. The state highway commission The Larson families, Francis, has approved the name, “ Baldock Gene, Fred, Bud and a friend of Safety Rest Area,” for the state’s Larry’s the Herbert Rodgers and largest safety rest area, located A1 Berg all had a nice Thanksgiv approximately one - half mile ing at the home of A1 Berg. south of the Hubbard interchange Mr. and Mrs. Allan Berg enter on Interstate 5. tained with a Thanksgiving dinner It is n a m e d for Robert H. at their new home in West Slope. "Sam” Baldock, a former state Those present were Mr. and Mrs. highway engineer, who started with Russell Berg of Calif., Mr. and the department in 1915. He became Mrs. Arby Mills, Roger Berg, Shir highway engineer in 1932 and con ley and Erik Berg and J. J. Lonn- tinued as such until his retirement quist. in 1956. He is now living in Vista, California. The area was opened to traffic on August 2 and has proved very Call 429-5863 Anytime popular. 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