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Mailbox Improvement Week Designated by Department "Maybe they’ll drop mt i card on their trio” WHO'S WATCHING 79 ELM WHILE YOU'RE ON VACATION? N ew spapers o n the doorstep, unclaim ed m ail, shades draw n all day— they say “the fam ily’s aw ay”— w hen you’re off o n vacation. Y ou never know when thieves o r vandals are looking fo r these tell-tale signs. But you can be certain th a t you’re fully p rotected against loss— durin g vacation and all y ear round. A sk us how H artfo rd H om eow ner’s insurance can give you the coverage you need. J. Horn VERNONIA INSURANCE EXCHANGE Phone 429-6203 953 Bridge Street Vernonia, Oregon The Hartford laturanca 6reufc fiÄjB * Hartford, Cooiu *3E9 m B The post office department designates a week during May each year when patrons on rural, city motorized, and box delivery star routes are encour aged to examine, and improve where necessary, the appear ance of their mailboxes. The week of May 18-23 has been selected this year. The purpose of Mailbox Improvement Week is to call attention to the need for providing mail receptacles which are designed to protect the mail from the weather, and which are neat in appearance, conveniently located, and safe to use. Mailboxes that meet the above four important require ments contribute to a more ef ficient delivery operation, and the result is an improved ser vice to the entire route. Mailboxes of the approved traditional or contemporary de sign are required, whenever a mailbox is newly installed or a present receptacle is replaced. Patrons still using obsolete, top opening boxes may continue to use them at the same location, provided they are kept in ser viceable conditon and otherwise meet the requirements outlined above. Where box numbers are as signed, the name of the owner and the box number must be shown on the side of the box visible to the carrier as he approaches, or on the door where boxes are grouped. Pat rons should be encouraged to group boxes wherever this is practicable, especially at or near crossroads, at service turn- VOTE — outs, or at other places where a considerable number of boxes are located. Where the use of street names and house numbers has been authorized, the house number will be shown on the box. If the box is located on the street other than the one on which the patron resides, the street name and house number will be inscribed on the box. In these instances, the placing of the owner’s name on the box is optional. Height of boxes depends on the type of vehicle used by the carrier, but requests to change the height or position of boxes should be kept to an absolute minimum. Boxes should be installed with the bottom of the box between 3Ms and 4 feet from the road way. Where boxes are not lo cated directly in front of the owner’s residence, the patron’s name and house number must be shown on the box. Attrac tive protective housings may be used where boxes are grouped, star route must be located on the right-hand side of the road in the direction traveled by the carrier wherever it would be dangerous to serve the boxes on the left or where this would be a violation of state or local traffic laws or regulations. Box es and supports should be kept painted and free from rust. Wherever practicable, mail boxes should be located so that carriers need not halt on the traveled portion of the roadway This specification is particular ly important near curves or hill crests where sight lines are frequently inadequate to assure the safety of carriers when they are serving boxes at these lo cations. Vernonia Postmaster Thomas Tomlin said he would like to emphasize the importance of having the “proper receptacle for your mail box and to have it erected in the proper man ner. It not only speeds up the delivery of the mail, but when your name and number is on the box, it assures the proper delivery of the mail,” he adds. “Your mail box condition not only causes a reflection on the local post office, but also of the patron whose box it is. It does much for the beautification of our roadside to have neat and proper erected mail boxes along our highways and in front of our homes,” he concluded. Candidates to Sign for Exam Congressman Wendell Wyatt (R-Ore.) has announced that he has arranged with the U.S. Ci vil Service commission to hold on Tuesday, July 7, 1970, a pre liminary qualifying examination to determine the eligible candi dates in the First Congressional District of Oregon who desire appointment in 1971 to the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, New York; the Air Force Academy, Denver, Colorado; and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York. Candidates for admission to the Naval Academy must be not less than seventeen years of age nor more than twenty-two years of age on July 1, 1971. Candi dates for the Military, Air Force, and Merchant Marine Academies are eligible for ad mission from the day they are seventeen until they become twenty-two years old, on which latter day they are not eligible. Candidates for all academies must never have been married. All candidates for the Service Academies must be actual resi dents of the First Oregon Dis trict, which includes Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Lincoln, Polk, Tillamook, Wash ington and Yamhill counties, and that portion of Mulnomah county west of the stadium free way. Applicants must notify Con gressman Wendell Wyatt, 414 House Office Building, Washing ton, D.C. 20515, in writing not later than June 1, 1970 of their desire to participate in the ex amination in order that neces sary arrangements can be made for the test. The feUow who goes through life thinking what a hard time he has, has a hard time. Men who travel the straight and narrow have one advantage —they can see a long way ahead. BERNHARDT for County Assessor “Fair Appraisals” 8 8 8 V V 8 V V V V V V V 8 8 8 V V V V HXHXHXHZHZHXHZHZHZHXHXHXHZHXHZHXHZHXHXHXHXHXHXH OIL OF MINK KOSMETICS Presents FREE Facials and Complete Make-Up FRIDAY. MAY 2 2 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.N. at the Company Trained and State Licensed at your service DROP IN ANYTIME OR FOR SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS CALL 429-6121 H Z H Z H MZHZHZHZHZHZHZHZM3ZHZHZHZHZHZHZHZHZHI May 13, 1970 W L Sparky Sparks 19V4 8Vi Henry’s Hippies 15 13 Diddie Wiggles 11V4 12Ms Alley Cats 6 18 Steve Borders 480; Mike Cla- son 475; Bob Borders 456; Bob Borders 199; Steve Bord?rs 197; Steve Borders 195. Splits picked up: Jeri Rundle 2-7; BUI Horn 3-5-10 and 5-10; Mike Clason 3-10 and 2-7. More British people Uve in Kenya than any other part of Africa except South Africa. IRA TRUSSELL (Licensed & Bonded) Sunset Hwy. at Manning Phone 324-3731 CASON TRANSFER FREIGHT SERVICE IN Vernonia 429-3731 THE TIME OF NEED Portland 228-3116 Clatskanie 728-3113 Anything - Anytime - Anyplace ROY A. NELSON The Man Who Made Our County Elections Honest for COLUMBIA COUNTY CLERK 'Youthful, Energetic and Proven Thoroughly Qualified for the Job" V V 8 8 V 8 8 8 8 V ’5 8 V V 8 V 8 8 S 8 ï 8 8 8 i I I 8 8 8 I Í •Í I I I D E M O C R A T IC IN C U M B E N T 8 8 8 8 V 8 I 8 V 1 8 V •5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Mr. Jerry and Miss Pat JUNIOR LEAGUE Why Be Short of Water? V V Ï CUT & CURL ROOM 9 W E LL D R IL L IN G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 BHZHZHZHZHZHZHZHZHZCHZHZHZHZHZHZHZHZHZ H LADY KOSCOT Wait for the traffic lights to change—it takes less time than a patch job in a hopsital. ————— ———————— V V V Don’t waste time looking for sympathy—figure a way out. H Z H Z H Z H Z H Z H Z H Z H Z H Z H Z H Z H Z H Z H BOWLING RESULTS 8 ■ Paid Political Adv. by John G. Bernhardt, 170 West St., St. Helens, Ore. Gordon Hudson, chairman of the Oregon liquor control com mission, issued a reminder to day that there may be no sale of alcoholic beverages for on premises consumption during the hours the polls are open for the primary election on Tues day, May 26. This applies only to those days when state wide elections are held; no closure is required in the case of local elections. Grocery stores may sell beer and wine for off-pre mises consumption. Hudson also announced that all state liquor stores and agen cies will be closed on Election Day and on Memorial Day, Sat urday, May 30. THURSDAC, MAY 21, 1970 RE-ELECT $ 8 Oregonians rate inflation and crime as the “most pressing domestic issues,” according to results of the latest question naire of Senator Bob Packwood. Concern about drugs, environ ment and population control rounded out the top five. Pover ty was rated the sixth most pressing domestic issue, educa tion number seven, civil rights eighth and campus unrest ninth. DEMOCRAT O e r n o n ia E a g l e &*% *xoxcoxox<ox*z<<coxoz*z*xox<c»x*x«x«x«;*x*x«x«x*x«x«x«x«x*x*z«z*x& $ * Questionnaires Give Oregonians Opinions JOHN G. 'On-Sale" Illegal During Poll Hours 8 8 8 8 8 $ 8 g « 8 8 8 8 8 8 S ♦ 8 8 8 Í Ï I Roy Nelson Has the Background and Management Experience Needed . . . 8 ¥ • Born and Raised in St. Helens Area • Graduate of Oregon State University • Officer in U.S. Air Force for 4 Years • County Clerk Past 7% Years • Chief Elections Officer for all County Elections CIVIC 8 8 > I I I A FFILIA T IO N S_____________________ Member of Warren Grange - St. Helens AF & AM No. 32 - Columbia Chapter No. 53 Royal Arch Masons - Columbia County Sheriff’s Posse - Oregon Association of County Clerks and Recorders - Co lumbia Riders - Columbia County Livestock Association - Columbia County Demo Club - Columbia County Democratic Central Com mittee. I I For Your Assurance of Continued Honest Elections and Efficient Management of the Columbia County CLERK’S OFFICE . . . Support and Vote for ROY NELSON IN THE PRIMARIES - - - MAY 2S (Pd. Pol. Adv. Roy A. 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