Uemonia Eaqie 3 THURSDAY. NOV l. Task Force On Aging Holds Meeting October 19 ir~3 SEVMOR INC.. Publisher. B. RHOADES. Editor MELVIN SCHWAB C tm p iih w OFFICIAL NFWSPAPER Vernonia Oregon Entered as second class mail matter August 4. 19E. under the act of March S. 1879 Published week!.' on Thirsdsy at 721 Madtsoc A n .. Vernonia Oohsnhia County Oregon STJW and paid at the Vernonia Post Office as second class matter C Of Per Year — ht the Nehalem Valley 84 00 Per Year Elsewhere moooooooeoeooooooooo« Moo. OFFICE HOURS Twc* Wed.. Ffi.—8 ajn. to C p m . Thors h SaL-C a m to U Boot Phene » £ 3 7 7 JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK T H T V E R N O N IA Police Deparment has In s ta ll erf i u new Breathalyser. which measures the hiaod alcohol cotuou. The u nit. which has bees •cw w ttficalb proven as la accuracy w ill save iacal officers many hoars of travel time. P rior TOWH TOPICS 3000000000000000000000k W eekend »isitors at the home os Mrs Sam Devine were or Saturday Mr and Mrs Stanley Devine of Corvallis on Sunday Mr and Mrs James Locke of Clatskanie Recent visitors at her home also were Mr and Mrs James Swansor of .Apiary Mr and Mrs Hale G raves and David spent Sunday after noon with Mrs Mabei Graves who has not been feeling too »ell W eekend visitors a t the home of Mr and Mrs Adnan Logan were his sister and husoand Mr and Mrs Warner McCorKel of Weston Mr and Mrs Frank Schmtdlui visited her sor. and family Mr and Mrs Bert Snyder at Scap­ poose on Sunday That evening the Schmidlins enjoyed dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs Will Harders on Capitol hill Recent \ isitors at the Schmid- iin borne were Mr and Mrs Doc Townsend of Redmond and Mr and Mrs Howard Seal and family of Beaverton Pvthian Sisters Rummage Sake Legion Hall Friday and hatu rd ai. "Vuvumbor 1 smxi X Inez P o w ell and D o ro d n San don drove to St Helens where they met Rose Yalparr: at the Village Inn to help celebrate Mrs Valpant s birthday They then went to the hospital to visit with Ralph Yaipani who was real pleased to see them Mr and Mrs Harry Allen moved into the Friendship Mobil Park last w ees The .Aliens are Juanita Morfords parents Mrs Mori art with the help of her brother Clair Alien moved their parents from Albany A weekend outing was re­ cently er. joyed by Mr and Mrs Raipr. McKee and Mr and Mrs BiL Harr a: the Paiisaoes Cove State Park Madras Oregon Two days fishing on the Lake Bil­ ly Chinook resulted in a -fish fry' over the campfire both nights While the McKees and Bill fished on Sunday Mrs Horn called on Mr and Mrs Frank Serafin and Mr and Mrs Glen Hawkins at their vacation spot near the lake An added at­ traction at the campsite was the tameness of the deer and e s ­ pecially a four-point buck that took a fancy either to the bread or Mrs Horn as be stuck pretty close to the trailer door most of the weekend even foil owing ner across the street kC C C CO KCCC CCCaso»»»» JO Y T H E A T E R F ri. Sal. No». 2-3 A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE Rod Steiger toooooooooaooaaeooQg»»: ******** ****** Lal the Verno^a Branch of the Axd- •rican Caacar So- t* * * * * * * * * * * * * ] Society Topic The meeting oi the Columbia County Historical Society on October 24 was held at Warren Grange Hall with a good atten­ dance After the noonday lunch­ eon the meeting was called to order by the president. Clarence Green New in attendance was Mrs Josepnme Rods All were happy that our member Mrs May Johnson, who is now 98 years of age was able to be present with her daughter Mrs Hilda Schneber and to be part erf the friendly group For the program Mrs Pearl Becker told of her recent trip to .Alaska especially stressing the history erf discovery and explora­ tion of the N W coast of America by Spanish English and other explorers She told of the several places visited and what they were privileged to see of thè interesting peopit and tneir oc cupations When Alaska was bought from Russia in 186? by the United States, with the Secretary of State being Wm Henry Steward peopjé in the ca sto n i part o i vtu. United States were very critical because S?J2O6.iX» had beer spent for this frozen land which they called "Steward's Icebox ’’ The seal, fisheries, white m ar­ ble coal iron and gold, besides the timber, salmon and halibut were worth many times the cost of the land In 1896 the great gold strike took piace and caused the historic gold rush The glaciers which were visit­ ed were most interesting for they can be seen at close range also several Indian villages where the natives entertained with native dances and other a c­ tivities All seem ed happy and friendly to their visitors It was voted to meet regularly during the winter at Warren Grange Hall, the next date being December 12 to avoid the Thanksgiving and Christmas rush All are welcome to these meetings and all will profit by attending Visit Castle "Fabulous ' was the most descriptive word 41 members of Chapter 499 American Associa­ tion of Retired Persons could find to convey their view of a tour of Hoquiam s Castle on Tuesday October 23 The "Casiie" is a 20-room mansion built 76 years ago by one of the early day lumber barons Situated on a hill over­ looking Grays harbor and Ho­ quiam, Washington the place was purchased about five years ago by Mr and Mrs Robert Watson With their two children they moved into the old house and have spent most of their time and money ever since in re­ storing it to its original splendor The AARP group left St Helens at 8 a m arriving in Ho­ quiam just in time for lunch at Colonial West one of the city's more colorful eateries After seeing the Castle, the group re­ turned via Olympia and made a special tour of the state capitol and arrived in St Helens at 6 » pm The United States produced more than 1.7 billion pounds of tobacco in 1972 with a value of about l 4 billion dollars VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE Old Courthouae Baaamanl ST. HELENS. OREGON Phone 397-2268 - Alter Houri 397-1730 I Monday - Wednesday - Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 12 Noon < and c a n of the m it K*?«nOCC