OES Chapter
Initiates One
At the regular meeting of Neha
lem chapter, OES, Wednesday,
November 3, an impressive initia
tion was held at which Cliff Nor
wood received the degrees of the
Order. His sister, Dorothy Waddle,
associate matron of Ridgfield Cha
pter 182 of Ridgfield, Washington,
acted as a courtesy candidate.
Other visitors were Hallie Mc
Michael, past matron, from Ridg
field and Margaret Sinclair o f
Knowles Chapter, McMinnville.
Plans were made to assist with
the birthday party at the Masonic
Home at Forest Grove this Friday,
November 10.
Lillian P. Davis, past grand
matron, i s attending G e n e r a l
Grand Chapter in Washington,
D. C., from November 3 to Novem
ber 10. An interesting report i s
expected when she returns.
The members of the social club
have been busy taking the city
census. This will be completed this
week.
At the next chapter meeting,
November 15, there will be a re
obligation ceremony to observe the
Chapter birthday. There also will
be observance of Thanskgiving.
During the social hour last Wed
nesday, the pumpkin pie w i t h
whipped cream were served a t
tables prettily decorated with fall
flowers and leaves.
Christmas Club
Checks Mailed
Oernonia Eagle
THURSDAY, NOV. 9, 1967
Rainbow Girls at
Event in Newberg
MEN IN UNIFORM
In a letter received by his moth
er Mrs. Harold Shipley, from T.
Sgt. Jack Gates, Phu Cat, Viet
Nam he says that weather there
is around 85 degrees day time and
70 degrees at night. He mentions
the fact that after living in t h e
Sacramento area for several years,
he is used to the heat, but it takes
some of the boys a couple of mon
ths to get acclimatized.
When it rains it is fantastic, he
states. It comes in big drops and
it really rains hard, then it seems
to break up and makes a mist, so
it is almost impossible to see any
thing. But so far the rains h a v e
only lasted about one hour a n d
then it slacks off so things c a n
move about again.
To quote from his letter: “I
work in the control room, same as
I did at Mathers A.F.B. - Control
what aircraft will fly assign pri
orities to jobs and send the mech
anics out to priority jobs first. All
of the aircraft is on a board and
know the status whether it needs
parts work or what.
“We have radio and TV so things
aren’t too tough here!
“We have one aircraft set up for
carrying wounded and when t h e
Army calls for that we know they
have been hit, but the helicopters
bring them to the small strips
then our caribous take them from
the strips to the hospital. We get
a lot of them in the hospital 30
minutes after they have been hit.
“We have another set up f o r
relay of radio messages. T h i s
plane stands by. If the Army gets
pinned down some where, we fly
this one in with the big radios a-
board. The Army calls the air
plane and they relays messages
for support or what they need and
where. Mostly though we fly to An
Khe and move Army troops in and
out of trouble spots etc. We sup
port the 1st Cavalry.”
T. Sgt. Jack Gates
EIGHTH GRADE members of the east for the play
“The Ghost Goes West” , are shown in a tense moment
Markham Attends
I0 0 F Convention
P.E. (Jim) Markham spent from
Thursday to Saturday of last week
at Wenatchee, Washington attend
ing the Northwest Odd Fellows As
sociation convention. There were
247 delegates from British Colum
bia. Washington, Idaho and Ore
gon. All branches of the order were
represented.
Emphasis was placed on the
fraternal wheel of progress with
special significance placed on each
part of the wheel in relation to Odd
Fellowship. Both sectional a n d
general meetings were held. I n
evaluating committee reports, the
one from Idaho was given by Grand
Warden Frank Markham of Mt.
Home, Idaho, son of P. E. Mark
ham participated in the events
for the Association Ladies Auxili
ary, Patriarchs Militant.
Among those at the convention
from Oregon were the grand mas
ter, Oscar G. Beech and Ralph
Pauli.
at a practice held this week. Mystery and comedy com
bine in the play which will be preseated Friday night,
Clason Children
Receive Toy Award
The recently organized Golden
Age club will hold a potluck dinner
at the Vernonia Community Center
in the VFW hall Friday of next
w'eek, November 17, at 12 noon,
after which they will hear Wood-
row Moe, field representative from
the Portland Social Security office,
explain medicare.
The club was formally organized
at a meeting at the center October
27. This followed several get-to
gethers during which the group
decided they would like to form a
club.
Officers chosen for the club are
as follows: Chairman. Norman
Davis; vice-chairman, Mrs. Nor
man Davis; secretary, Mrs. Orville
Armstrong and treasurer, M r s.
Lona Weidman. Mrs. L. F. Lah-
meyer will serve as chairman of
the entertainment committee and
will be assisted by Mrs. W. C. Run-
dle and Mrs. Carolyn Keasev.
There were 27 present for t h e
November 3 business meeting at
which plans were made for t h e
events of November 17. The group
plans to hold a business meeting
the first Friday of each month and
a social the third Friday. All per
sons aged 55 or over are invited
to attend and join the club.
Ray Honored as
Month Trainee
Entertainers
Billed at Show
Veterans Day
Dinner Planned
Spice Shelf Lesson
Due at Unit Meetinv
Good Turn Day Nov. 18
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Representing Nehalem Assemb
ly No. 18, Order of Rainbow f o r
Girls, Sally and Lawayne Leffler
Kathy Tomlin, Mrs. Louise Ham
nett, mother advisor, and M r s.
Lucille Tomlin visited November
6 when they were honoring Peggy
Kennedy, grand representative,
and Sara Fisher, grand choir mem
ber.
There were about 10t> girls pre
sent, among them Sharon Brewer
of Sheridan who formerly lived here
and belonged to Nehalem assemb
ly.
They also visited with the Mc-
Aninch girls, who are the grand
daughters of Mrs. Irma Kent who
now lives in Newberg.
Golden Agers
To Hear SS Man
Nearly $2 billion has been sent
to 15,400,000 Christmas shoppers
in the United States who w e r e
members of Christmas clubs a t
financial institutions this past year,
according to LeRoy B. Staver, pre
sident of U. S. National Bank of
Oregon.
In making the announcement,
Staver said that this was the most
money ever paid out to Christmas
Club members. He said that U. S.
National issued checks totaling
nearly $2 million the past week to
its Christmas club members. The
Two more Vernonia youngsters
total included interest earned on
have
been honored for designing
the accounts.
an
original
model from Tinker-
Surprisingly only $755.5 million,
toys. They are Joyce and Robert
or slightly more than 38 percent
Clason, youthful residents of 101
Chet Ray of Mist route, represen
of the total savings from Christ
North street, Vernonia, whose par tative of the Equitable Life Assur
mas Clubs, will be spent for Christ-
ents are Mr. and Mrs. Carroll ance Society of the U. S., was pre
tmas gifts, while $620 million will
Clason.
sented a plaque honoring him as
be put into permanent savings.
The award, a junior engineer “Top Traimee” in the Fanning
The remainder is used for a var
Stealing an Auto Show isn’t easy, certificate from the Toy Tinkers, Agency in Portland during their
iety of purposes ranging f r o m
winter vacations to the payment but the Frivolous Five may do just division of A. G. Spalding & Bros., recent campaign, “The Protec
that. The five middle aged women Inc., reads: “In recognition o f tors” .
of taxes.
who kick up a storm of Dixieland
Not so surprising is the fact that could commit the theft at the Port creative imagination, ingenuity and
He was the only “Presidential
seven out of every 10 Christmas land Auto Show in Memorial Coli skill, the Toy Tinkers offers this Protector” (over 1,000 points) in
certificate as evidence of t h i s the Biden district.
club checks go to women since seum November 21 through 26.
Although Rick Nelson, the young achievement” .
American women now handle 75
Mr. Ray, who has been w i t h
with eight gold records
Along with the certificale, they Equitable since June 1, 1967, was
percent of family banking trans singer-actor
behind him, tops the variety show
actions.
bill, the ladies with the funny hats automatically will be entered in the also named “Trainee of the Month”
and hot licks have a knack of avoid 1967 scholarship award program for September.
ing second fiddle.
to find the most imaginative crea
Mr. Ray has offices in the Weil
From Jane Sager, the Stevens tion of the year.
Arcade in Hillsboro. He and his
College alum who taught Herb Al-
Mary Odam was previously an wife Georgia have been long time
pert about the trumpet, to Jean
Skinner, drummer and another nounced as a winner of this award. residents of Vernonia.
alum of Ina Ray Hutton’s all girl
orchestra, the ladies are all “first
The American Legion Auxiliary chair.” Highlighting their stomp
ing style of jazz with comic patter,
issues a reminder this week of the the “girls” have been regulars at
plans made by them and the local the A1 Hirt club in New Orleans
Legion Post for the annual potluck and at the Alladin in Las Vegas.
Besides Rick Nelson other spots
The Vernonia Home Extension
Timber Route Extension Unit
dinner at the hall to observe Ve
the six evening and three mat Unit meets Thursday, November will meet Tuesday, November 14,
terans day. The dinner is schedul on
inee stage presentations will be 16 at 10:30 a.m. at the West Oregon
a.m. at the West Oregon
ed for 6:30 p.m. Saturday and in filled by comedian Don Rice, sway- Electric building. Every h o m e 10:30
Electric building.
addition to members of the organ pole stunter George Bruno a n d maker is cordially invited to at
Project leaders Mrs. F. E. Fu-
ization, other veterans and fami trumpet swinging master of cere tend.
quay and Mrs. G. L. Smith, will
monies
Johnny
Matson.
The project is “ Exploring t h e present the lesson on “Exploring
lies, all interested persons in the
The Auto Show will offer nearly
community who wish to bring pot 300 glistening examples of the 1968 Spice Shelf”, so it should be an the Seasoning Shelf.’’
interesting meeting.
luck dinner and join them are in look in domestic and import auto
Members are reminded to bring
mobiles
exhibited
by
the
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mem
ideas for Christmas gifts and de
vited to do so.
Constant dredging is needed to corations. A potluck luncheon will
The three girls who attended ber dealers of t h e Automobile
Dealers Association of Portland. keep sand, blown in from the near
Girls State at Salem last summer
be served at noon.
by desert, out of the Suez canal.
are to be guests at the dinner and
will give their reports from those
sessions. These promise to b e
most interesting.
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