Demonia Eagk McEntire Rites
2 THURSDAY, AVGUST 30 1973
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Harold E McEntire. vener
able Vernonia High School math
teacher tor forty years before
retirement died Thursday Au
gust 23 at a Portland conval
ascent home following an illness
of the past eighteen months His
death was attributed to bone
cancer
Funeral services were held at
the Evangelical Church in Ver
nonia Monday . August 27 at 1 30
p m Concluding rites and in
terment were at the Vernonia
Memorial cemetery with ar
rangements irt care of the Fuiten
Mortuary
Mr McEntire was a native
Oregonian and was born at
Prairie City. Oregon on Sep
tember 19. 1906 His grand
parents had come across the
plains to Oregon and first settled
at Forest Grove and then later
moved to Prairie City He re
ceived all of his early education
at Prairie City and then attended
and graduated from Pacific Uni
versity in 1929
In 1929 he started teaching at
the Vernonia High school and
continued in that capacity until
his retirement in 1969 He had
until his retirement been a
member of the Vernonia Lions
Club and of the IOOF Lodge No
246 a: Vernonia and a member of
the Methodist Church He was an
avid outdoorsman and loved
camping and fishing
He was married to Anna
Watson at Oregon City in 1938.
who survives at the family home
at +42 A Street in Vernonia Also
surviving is a daughter Mrs Art
Patricia Lamping and three
grandchildren Scott. Wendy and
Mark Lamping all of Vernonia
and a sister Mrs Elmer Mar-
jorie Williams erf West Slope
The Rev Jack Carlson pastor
erf the Evangelical Church of
Vernonia conducted the ser
vices with Mrs William Kret
schmer soloist and Mrs Lloyd
Thomas organist Serving as
pall bearers w ere Darrold
Proehi Jim Johns. Bob Glaw
son. Ber. Bnckel Bill Horn and
Warren Aldnch
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Body Discovered By
Sheriff Officers
A body identified as Ijtreru-e
W illiam Brosnan 49 of Willow
Grove Washington was dis
covered by Columbia County
Sheriff officers Sunday after
noon
Brosnan. who was last seen
Wednesday evening was found
face down in a slough between
State Bar Island and Cnms Is
land Witnesses stated that his
boat had beer, seen tr. the vicinity
Thursday and Friday
Officers are presently inves
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Married Vets
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The Veterans Administration
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Local Resident
Held in Washington County jail
in lieu of $50.000 bail is Ralph E
King. 28 of Vernonia King is
charged with conspiracy to com
mit murder
According to reports King
endeavored to hire a man to kill
a Hillsboro resident who had
testified against him in front of a
Grand Jury The man King tried
to hire w as an uneiercover man
for the police department in
formation revealed
KNOWLEDGE
LOCAL STATION man far the General Tele-
pbuor company. Greg Part, checks circuits to
see that they are operating property. Port a
County Takes
Second At Fair
The Columbia County Exhibits
won second place at the state
fair Natal Grange put in the
display as they won first place in
the county fair last year
The theme this year at the
state fair is "Elast meets West "
The Columbia County exhibit
used the foreign exchange stu
dents as their link between east
and west
The background was a collage
of east -west pictures with a map
of the east on one side and the
west on the other In front was
blue crushed velvet representing
the ocean with sand and moss for
the continents In the ocean was
three blocks the foreground
block was a dark skinned doll
with Talk Together on the front,
the second was a light skinned
doll with Walk Together The
background doll represented
Betsy Ross with an American
flag A log divided the back
ground and the water on it was
We Shall Have Peace
On the left side were dolls from
the East with red streamers
from the doll to the map in the
background and on the right the
dolls from the West with white
streamers
On the left side of the collage
was a sign which had Columbia
County on it. on the right was the
sign with the story of the
exchange students
Those who went down to Salem
on Thursday to set up the display
were Mr and Mrs Heory An-
deregg Lawton Waddell Ruth
Steers. Ronda and Tammy
Smith and Nancy Reynolds
AARP Enjoys
OMSI Program
Seated on low wooden benches
ringing a large room with an
open fire in the center of the dirt
floor to provide heat and light 41
members of Chapter 499 Am
encan Association of Retired
Persons, enjoyed a program of
Indian lore at Ariel. Washington
Saturday night August 25
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prescription at
Vernonia Drug
The program sponsored by
OMSI was presented by Le
looska. the wood carver and his
family Featuring the lore of the
Northwest Indians the perfor
m ance included cerem onial
dances in costume a smattering
of the ancient religions and
superstitions interspersed with
Indian humor easily understood
and enjoyed by the audience,
and displays of clothing made of
furs and bark with the materials
and tools available at the time
The .AARP group left St
Helens at 5 p m had dinner at
the Kings Table in Longview and
drove out to Merwin Dam before
taking in the Lelooska per
formance
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Janice and Teresa Dyer of
Bend spent last week at the
home of their grandparents Mr
and Mrs Robert Sword The
girls also visited Mrs Faye
Davis during their stay
Mr and Mrs. Cart Hoisey and
sons have moved into their new
home on the corner of East and A
Streets The house was recently-
occupied by Mr and Mrs Gary
Curtus who have moved to
Beavertor
ST. M A R Y 'S T h rift Shop open
first and third F rid a y of every
month
5tfc
Laura Carmichael and daugh
ters Ruth Steers and Grace Berg
attended the Victorian Arts Fes
tival at Astoria Sunday, August
26 They enjoyed a program of
dancing, singing on the museum
lawn Mrs Carmichael s niece
Martha Flemming played the
piano accompaniment for se
veral groups Lora .Albrecht
demonstrated tole painting Mrs
Albrecht is a former Vernonia
resident
Mr. and Mrs Earnest Barela
and sons drove to Grass Valley.
California last week They vi
sited fnends and relatives and
attended a family reunion where
they saw part of the family they
hadn t seen in thirteen years
They had car trouble on the way
down and had to leave it for
repairs Mr Barela will return
later this week to pick it up
Mrs C assie Livingston recent
ly celebrated her 92nd birthday
She is the wife of former
minister of the Christian Church
and resided m Vernonia for 10
years pnor to moving to Hood
River She now lives at 1060
Holly Sugar Building Colorado
Springs Colorado 80902
M rs Roxanna Brady of turn
er and Bette Rodgers of Napa
California spent Monday at the
home of Mrs Blanche Millis
Other callers were Mrs Maude
Wells. Mrs Ace Lolley. Mrs
Cora Lange Mrs Bill Sword and
Mrs Grace Peachy
M r and M rs William Bok
oskie and family camped at
Ilwaco Washington the past nine
days Most of their time was
spent deep-sea fishing - with
good success
Visitors Wednesday
and
Thursday at the Harvy Sandons
were Mrs Sandons cousins
from Eugene Mildred Holman
and Arahnell Briakley Callers
during the week were Laura
Siebert Vollinger and daughter
Melody and her sister Ruby
Eator. and daughters from
Paradise. California Also Lottie
Swanson from Portland Nita
Ryan and Mr and Mrs Claude
Shaw from La Grande
Mrs Robert Borders. Sr., is in
the Physicians and Surgeons
Hospital where she underwent
surgery Tuesday
Mrs Iva McGilchrist fell Sun
day at the home of her daughter.
Mrs Harry Emmons She in
jured her ankles and legs
Mr and Mrs M ike Grady
drove to Cathlamet. Washington
this weekend to get their son
Ricky who had spent a week at
the home of Mrs Grady s sister
and family Mr and Mrs .Arnold
Suhrdier
M rs
M abel
G raves
spent
three days last week visiting her
son and wife. Mr and Mrs Tom
Graves at Yamhill
M rs
Naom i M ack was taken
to the Holiday Park Hospital in
Portland She became very ill
and was taken by ambulance on
August 18 On the following
Thursday she underwent sur
g ery. having one kidney and her
spleen removed There is no late
news of her condition
Mr and Mrs Robert D illin of
Bonners Ferry. Idaho spent
Tuesday through Friday at the
home of her parents Mr and
Mrs Norman Davis While here
he did some first-time deep-sea
fishing and got two nice salmon
M rs
Verner
Blount
spent
Tuesday through Saturday in
Portland visiting her daughters
and their families Mr and Mrs
Ed Landsen and their daughter
and
husband
Mr
and
Mrs Jim Soloday of Massa
chussetts, and Mr and Mrs Ray
Villegas
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The Boy Scout troop 201 will
hold a Court of Honor this
evening August 30. at 7 p m at
the Scout Cabin to present
awards to the boys who have
earned them over the summer
All boys and parents are invited
Any boy 11 years or over who is
interested in scouts is encour
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Nine Sea Scouts the Skipper
and his wife, all met Tuesday
evening at the scout cabin for a
regular meeting and a small
going away party for two of their
members. Tom Tronson and Bill
(Mack Rhoades who are leav
ing Friday for the Navy
A short meeting was held with
discussion on the East Wind
going into base and learning to
march in step
The boys play football while
refreshm ents
w ere
being
prepared. They then enjoyed
pizza donated by Marios, potato
chips dip. Ice cream, cookies,
and pop
Thos* attending besides Tom
and Mack were Rory Dunnaway,
James and Dawn Goodman,
Chris ( ameron. Chong Tassin,
Brad Garnder Phillip Bartles,
and Skipper and Mrs Ben
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Point spent one and one half
weeks in Portland recently vi
siting her brother Everett Run-
dell and many of her friends
Mrs Violet Hungate was an
overnight visitor at her home on
Wednesday
Washington spent the past ten
days visiting old-time friends
Mr and Mrs Herbert Hamman
Mr
remain off the hook, then we
turn on a "honker" which keeps
up a continuous noise until the
subscriber hangs the phone back
on the hook ”
Although Vernonia suffers
from a lack of pay phon«*s,
improvements are coming in
that area also, according to
personnel Then barring van
dalism. one of the company 's
number one problems, in all
areas, placing a telephone call,
even if not a subscriber, will be
only a short walk to the con
venience of talking anywhere in
the country
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M r and M rs Kenneth Woolen
and boys spent their 10-day
vacation visiting Mrs Wooten's
parents Mr and Mrs Woodrow
Barfield at Oceanside. Calif
ornia Among the many attrac
tions they enjoyed was the
world s largest zoo at San Diego
Mr Wooten spent some time at
the Service Men s Center where
he worked for a couple of years
while with the Manne Corps
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W ATCH
When Vernonia first installed
a telephone line fifty years ago.
the phone was the most modern
m most areas, with a central
operator handling all incoming
and outgoing calls, even between
neighbors
Today, through the miracle of
electronics a phone call is no
longer an event but an accepted
way of life with calls made cross
country as a matter of course So
spoiled is modern man by the
convenience of picking up a
receiver that trouble on the line
causes irritation and comments
about the service
"The minute we have any idea
th ere's som ething wrong
usually when a customer calls in
- we try to get to the problem as
soon as possible." said Greg
Port, local station operator
“ Of course." he continued,
"we can't always get there
within a prescribed time limit
because of lack of personnel but
we try to give the very best
possible service at all times."
Greg who handles the serv ice
calls for both the Vernonia and
Timber area, is also responsible
for the local station which houses
a multitude of equipment in
cluding a battery system which
enables the phone system to
continue even when electric
service is curtailed
"If you remember," Greg
said, "las winter when the
electricity went out because of
the bad ice conditions the phones
continued to be in service Even
in a disaster, service is seldom
restricted for more than 48
hours; generally less "
Each morning the long dis
tance lines are checked first to
make sure they are functioning
properly. then local lines get a
scrutiny Those that show they
aren’t functioning properly are
handled as soon as humanly
possible
The station operator also
keeps an eye out for those who
neglect to hang up their phone or
who may leave it off the
hook to keep from being dis
turbed by incoming calls
"A light comes on." said John
Brunson equipment man from
Forest Grove who has been
checking over the local station
and bringing it up to standard -
"When someone forgets to put
the phon«- receiver back on the
hook When that happens.” he
continued, "we wait a few
minutes then switch the phone
off If the phone continues to
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