General Tele Adds Service
Senior Citizen
News —
CHRISTINE NORMAND
Engagement Revealed
For VHS Graduate
Beryl and Mary Lou Normand
announce the engagement of
their daughter. Christine to Wes
Fagin. son of M r and Mrs Bob
Fagin of Verboort.
Christine attended Vernonia
High School and he is a '71
graduate of Forest Grove Union
High
No date has been set for the
wedding
Home Ec Info
In Newsletters
Home Economics information
is provided to Columbia County
homemakers without charge in
two extension service monthly
newsletters.
"Home and Fam ily Notes"
discusses various topics related
to the home, fam ily, and com­
munity.
Helping young women cope
with demands of a young family
is the goal of the newsletter
"Specially for You, The Young
Homemaker.”
To receive either monthly
publication, write to Home Eco-
n o m i s t. Extension Service,
Courthouse, St. Helens
Annual Schedule of
Classes Published
Portland Community College
has just the thing for the student
who likes to plan ahead—an
annual schedule of offerings.
Rather than printing a sche­
dule each quarter, department
chairmen put their heads to­
gether and planned course offer­
ings for an entire year The
results are now available tn a
complete schedule of all offer­
ings for 1973-74, at all college
centers.
Everyone is busy planning for
guests Jamboree weekend, July
27. 28 and 29
The center will be open Sat­
urday and Sunday. July 28 and
29. to accomodate the public
"Come in and browse in the Flea
Mkt., rest and have coffee, iced
tea and cookies, and get ac­
quainted." the Vernonia Seniors
invite.
l^ast year the center had some
200 guests who dropped in during
the Jamboree weekend
The men folks are now busy
with gathering wood for the win­
ter We wish to thank those who
volunteer their time to help. It's
hours of hard work.
Transportation keeps the vol­
unteer drivers busy, and papers
are going out regular.
Jack Hacksma entered the
Veterans Hospital in Vancouver
Monday for a few days, and
Nellie Schmidlin was admitted to
Forest Grove hospital.
The next potluck will be F r i­
day, July 20, 12:30 p.m All
members are welcome
Art Festival
Due July 27
The Vernonia Society of Arts
and Crafts and Portland Com­
munity College invite one and all
to the annual Friendship Jam ­
boree and Art Festival, July 27
through 29, at the Masonic Tem ­
ple in Vernonia, just one-half
block off Bridge Street at Second
Avenue
Included in the three-day com­
munity fun-fest will be exhibits,
a dance, parade, and that favor­
ite of all Northwest competi­
tions—log-rolling Leather work­
ers, metalsmiths, weavers, calli­
graphers. spinners, potters, and
painters will all display and sell
their creations with continuous
demonstrations on Saturday and
Sunday.
For more information contact
Portland Community College,
Community Education, 244-6111
or in Vernonia 429-5891
New Signs Placed at
Birkenfeld Churches
B IK K E N F E L D — Two n e w
signs have been put up at
Birkenfeld, one at the Commun­
ity Church, which was made by
Jepson Lonnquist, the other at
the Catholic Church, made by
George Richardson They both
look very nice.
Russell Stuve of Beaverton
visited his father, Roy Stuve,
Sunday of last week.
M r and Mrs. E.T. Johnston,
Alan and Debbie Curl flew to
Dallas Sunday to the Gary
Johnston home. They had dinner
there, and enjoyed the day very
much.
J J Lonnquist and fam ily of
Mill City, Eve, Scott and Luke
Uinnquist of Eugene, all return­
ed home Sunday after spending a
week here helping their grand­
father put in a winter supply of
wood
, .
12625 SW Canyon Rd ,
, ( B eaverton
643-4666,,
•'
Roy Stuve drove to Warrenton
Sunday to visit his daughter and
fam ily, M r and Mrs Ray Salmi
He returned home Monday.
X
' I f yo u/Jkor your wife ffs or both
'
Aging Agency
Meetings Set
VIVIAN PUETT
President, Rebekah Assembly
of Oregon
Rebekah Head
Makes Official
Visit June 28
MR. AND MRS. DONALD LARSON
—Muir Studio
Couple Married June 30
In Candlelight Ceremony
Best man was Eric Hepler of
Miss Coleen Webb, daughter of
Vernonia, and ushers were Terry
M r and Mrs Donald Webb, be­
Larson, brother of the groom, of
came the bride of Donald L a r­
Portland, Craig Bergerson, Ver­
son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
nonia, and Dave Trombley of
Larson, on the afternoon of June
Jewell.
30 The candlelight ceremony
Soloist was Miss Penny Stuve
was performed by the Rev. Jack
of Beaverton, who sang “Close
Carlson at
the Evangelical
To You” and “We’ve Only Just
Church, amidst large baskets of
Begun.” Miss Stuve’s mother,
pink and lavender glads and chr­
Mrs. Russell Stuve, had sung for
ysanthemums.
the bride’s parents wedding just
The bride, given in marriage
20 years ago.
by her father, wore a floor-length
Ward Nelson provided the or­
gown of white organza over
gan music for the ceremony.
peau Cluny lace adorned the
A reception in the church hall
bodice of the dress and ruffles of
the same lace adorned the neck­ followed the ceremony and there
again the bride’s colors of pink
line, cuffs of the long sleeves and
and lavender were carried out.
the bottom of the dress Her floor
length mantilla veil was also The three-tiered cake was dec­
orated with pink and lavender
trimmed in the Cluny lace.
roses and was served by aunts of
Her maid of honor was Miss
the bride, Mrs. Joyce Weller and
Jan Johnston of Portland, and
her bridesmaids were Miss Bec­ Mrs. Jan Bernardi.
Mrs. Debbie Medges, sister of
ky McNair, Beaverton, Miss
the groom, served the punch and
Jackie Odam and Debbie Price
of Hillsboro They all wore iden­ Mrs Laura Larson, sister-in-law
tical lavender flocked voile floor of the groom, served coffee.
Attending the guest book was
length gowns with long sleeves
and empire waists.
Ruffles Dale Webb, brother of the bride.
Cousins of the bride, Steve and
adorned the neckline, bodice and
Dennis Weller and Dean Ber­
bottom of their dresses.
They each wore large brim ­ nardi were in charge of the gift
med lavender hats, and carried table.
The bride chose a two-piece
natural colored straw baskets
filled with pink and lavender mint green dress for her going
chrysanthemums with long pink away outfit. After a trip to
Southern California the couple
and lavender streamers.
Flower girl was Dori Bernardi, will make their first home in
cousin of the bride, who’s dress Vernonia.
The bride is a 1972 graduate of
was identical to that of the
bridesmaids, only pink, and she Vernonia High School, and since
also carried a basket of the same that time has been employed by
Baker’s Life Ins., in Portland.
flowers
The groom, a 1971 graduate of
Candlelighters were
Dawn
Bernardi, cousin of the bride, Vernonia High and a recent gra­
and Dennis Larson, brother of duate of Clatsop Community
the groom. Dawn also wore a College, is presently employed
pink dress identical to that of the by Crown Zeller bach.
bridesmaids
XX
were “out of the picture“
WHO WOULD PAY O FF T H E M ORTGAGE?
WE W OVU) —if you had Farmers Aafc «front tM> L mv
New World Life “ moktoagi pat - CoMFroto^onMOW/
OPP** Policy! Exclusive fe a tu r tt
permit inclusion of wife as well as
husband in policy — plus double
AMOUNT paid if death is accidental!
AUTO * k i n • M l • n w c x
LLOYD QUINN
786 Bridge Si., Vernonia. Oregon
Office: 429-8211
Home: 429-7523
JA M BO R E E
BOWLING TOURNAMENT
July 28 and 29
at ALPINE LANES Vernonia
FIVE DIVISIOMS
Mixed Doubles
Women's Doubles and Singles
Men's Doubles and Sing jes
* ENTRY FEE— $5.00 PER EVENT •
GALL 423-6301 ar 429-5733
FO R RESERVED TIM E EN TR IES
gram.
If you are a service-oriented
The majority of the returned
company like General Telephone
forms have indicated satisfac­
how do you know what your cus­
tion with the quality of services
tomers think of your service?
performed.
There are almost as many
"Both positive and negative
ways of surveying customer atti­
comments by customers can
tudes as there are companies
help us do a better job. Our I&R
and organizations making the
survey program is a significant
attempt.
step in getting those needed
But one method that is working
comments," Cagley concluded
for General Telephone's Forest
Grove district is an informal
survey Conducted by Installation
and Repairmen (I& R ) as they
complete their daily
assign­
ments.
According to Lyle Cagley, dis­
trict manager, the program was
T h e Clackamas - Columbia-
started approximately three
Washington Counties’ Agency on
months ago to help district per­ Aging Sub-committee T a s k
sonnel know firsthand what cus­ Force on Housing & Shelter will
tomers thought of the company's
meet July 19 at 12 noon on the
communications services
second floor of the St. Helens
The I& R representative comes City Hall to discuss recent re­
to the home, completes the par­ ports and findings on housing for
ticular work order and leaves a
the elderly in this area.
survey form. On the form are
The Sub-task Force on E m ­
spaces for comments on the ac­ ployment Manpower and Income
ceptability of the work per­ Maintenance will meet at the
formed. There is also space for
same time and place July 23. The
requests for additional assist­ Sub-task Force on Transpor­
ance the I&R man or the com­ tation and Mobility will meet at
pany could provide.
the same time and place July 25.
The customer can at his own
These are open meetings. For
leisure complete the form and additional information call 397-
mail it directly to the employee
4000.
who did the job
The employee in turn, has im­
SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES
mediate feedback on how he per­
USE TH E M !
formed. If the job was not com­
pleted to the customer’s satis­
faction, the employee involved
can take necessary follow-up ac­
tion.
THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1973 3
“These customer responses
have been particularly helpful to
our employees in analyzing ways
For
Your
to change or improve their per­
formance."
TRANSPORTATION
“ A vital aspect of this program
is that if the employee is doing a
NEEDS SEE
fine job, favorable customer
comments let him know it,”
added Cagley.
Hamby Chevrolet
Since the program was launch­
ed in March, there has been a 60
1084 S.W. Oak
percent return rate on the survey
HILLSBORO, OREGON
forms. This return has provided
Bos. Phone
a satisfactory sampling base for
«48-2131
648-7409
customer acceptance of the pro­
MR. AND MRS. CLARENCE OSKINS
Couple Honored At Open House
M r. and Mrs Clarence D.
Oskins were honored, July 7 at
an open house in celebration of
their Golden Wedding anniver
sary. The affair was given by
their daughters. Mrs J.W. Aid-
rich and Mrs Nancy Roe at the
Aldrich home in Portland with 32
persons in attendance.
The Oskins were married. July
7, 1923 in Evansville, Indiana.
They lived in Indiana till the
early ’50’s, then moved to Phoe­
nix, Arizona where they lived for
seventeen years with Vernonia
becoming their home in 1967 The
Oskins have only the two daugh­
ters, and six grandchildren.
The home was decorated with
flowers Punch was served with
the cake which was unique The
white cake was in three tiers, the
bottom a large square decorated
with yellow-gold roses
with
green leaves and a gold frame
easel with a picture of the
honored couple.
The second layer featured a
gold circle with “50" in the cen­
ter The third layer was to the
right of the easel and raised on a
pedestal held up by four white
columns It, too, was white with
the yellow-gold trim , topped with
a large gold heart and a pair of
doves holding gold wedding rings«
above a nest of white netting
containing a white Bible.
Neighbors Visit
NATAL-PITTSBURG—Thurs­
day callers at the home of Mr
and Mrs Noble Dunlap were Mr.
and Mrs. Wm Carmichael of
Hillsboro, and Clyde Johnson
Sunday callers at the home of
Mrs. Mildred Tupper were Mr
and M rr Noble Dunlap, Phyllis
Wood and Lorraine Sherman
Vivian Puett of Prairie City,
president of the Rebekah Assem­
bly of Oregon, paid her official
visit to Mt. Heart Rebekah
Lodge No. 243 Thursday evening,
June 28 She was accompanied
by June Bartow, Marshal of the
Rebekah Assembly.
Other officers introduced and
welcomed with Vivian Puett and
June Bartow were I^igh W il­
kins, Warden of the Rebekah
Assembly; Mertie DeBast, R ai­
nier, D. Deputy Pres, of District
5A, Gertrude Schalock, Verno­
nia, D.Deputy Pres, of District
5B, and other appointive com­
mittee members of the Rebekah
Assembly.
After the formal introductions,
Sister Puett was presented with
an orchid corsage by Irm a
Chance, N.G. of Mt. Heart Re­
bekah Lodge, who then read an
original poem written by Flo r­
ence Akers, P.N.G ., who had
dedicated it to the president,
Sister Puett.
Later in the meeting six mem­
bers of Mt. Heart gave a tribute
to the president, Sister Puett.
She was presented with a gift of a
ceramic swan, her emblem, and
a gift of money for her project
which is a covered walkway for
the Oddfellows Home.
Patricia Goodman, who had
drawn a large picture of a swan,
later presented her drawing to
the president.
During the meeting the mem­
bers present participated in an
impressive re-obligation cere­
mony. June Ray, P.N.G. and
Vice-Grand pro-tem, led ih giv­
ing the obligation.
Sister Puett had the honor of
presenting 25-year Rebekah je ­
wels to Reatha Horn and Irene
Meyer of Mt. Heart Lodge. She
also presented Gertrude Scha­
lock with her D. Deputy Presi­
dent’s commission.
Gertrude Schalock read a
poem in honor of Rebekah and
Arlie Emmons, Pat Goodman
and Gertrude Schalock took part
in a short comedy skit.
Evelyn Heath reported that
eight of the lodge members had
attended the District 5 meeting
at Rainier June 23 and that
Reatha Horn had been elected
chairman, and Florence Akers
secretary for next year. The 1974
meeting will be held in Vernonia
at which time Mt. Heart will
celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Sister Vivian Puett gave a
most interesting report of her
aims, projects and program and
thanked the lodge for the many
courtesies shown her.
Leigh Wilkins of Aloha, W ar­
den of the Rebekah Assembly,
and June Bartow of Stayton,
Marshal of the Rebekah Assem­
bly also responded with a few
words.
Visitors from Clatskanie, R ai­
nier, Forest Grove and Aloha
also had a few words to say.
Members were happy to have
twenty visitors present and also
to welcome back Lesta Garner
who had been ill for several
months.
A special thank you is ex­
tended to the musician of the
evening Emma Baisley of La
France Rebekah Lodge of Clats­
kanie, who answered an “SOS"
call when the musician was
unable to be present.
Before the meeting a dinner
honoring the president was held
at the Spar Tree Cafe,
Sisters Vivian Puett and June
Bartow were overnight guests at
the home of Bill and Reatha
Horn.
Eastern Star Picnic
Set Sunday, July 22
Eastern Stars and their friends
in the Vernonia area will picnic
at the home of M r and Mrs.
Walter Linn, 954 Louisiana Ave­
nue. Sunday, July 22, with eating
time schedyled for the noon
hour.
It is suggested that those a t­
tending bring their own table
service Coffee and rolls will be
furnished.
I^ t IRter bug you
Oemonfa Eagle
4aii|j|ijguf
DON ROBERTSON
58th Annual Columbia Co.
MOW THROUGH SUNDAY
k
JULY 22nd
There s
Something For
Everyone at
the 1973
Columbia County
Fair
R.C.A.
Sponsored
RODEO
RODEO
FRIDAY,
JULY 20
SENIOR
CITIZENS
DAY