tternonia EagU THURSDAY. JAN 2 *4. 1974 _ . B. RHOADES. M ELVIN SCHWAB OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Veraaaia. Orrg«a Entered as second class mail matter August 4. 1932 under the act at March 3 l«79 Published weekly oe Thursday at 721 Madtsoc Ave , Yeratxua. Columbia County. Oregon 97064 and paid at the Veraoma Post Office as second class m a tte S3 « Per Year — Ir the Nehalem Valley J4 00 Per Year Elsewhere to :» :* » » » » :« :« » » :* :« :« :» OFFICE BOtTLS Wad., Fri.—9 »ns » f p jn . A Sat.—« a m la 12 » S X U - I M Publishers 1 « s h h Association I ■ ■ TOWN TOPICS lOOOOOOOOOOOOBSOOOOOOQK A belated birshdav dinner for Mrs Sylvia Falconer was held at the home of her sister Mrs Nell Thacker or Sunday It was revealed at the dinner that it was the 47th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Falconer Other guests were Mr anc Mrs O tic Stowell of Buxtor. and Mr and Mrs Wilbur Thacker Nell Thacker was sur­ prised recently by a visit from Mr and Mrs Paul Stipe who had lust returned from Puertc Rico where be was stationed with the Sea Bees Mrs Stipe is the former Patty Rosser They are now stationed at Port Huememe. California COMING SOON - The Ameri­ can Legion Auxiliary will hold a Rummage Sale Watch for an nouncement of dale and time life Mrs Bruce Hazel McDonald is hospitalized after a fall in which sne fractured two bones in her back Her doctor reports she is doing well but will be in the hospital for a month or more Mrs McDonald moved to Ver­ nonia in 1920 and lived here until going to Portland in 1972 She would love to receive cards from all her old fnends Her address is. Room 621. Providence Hospital Portland 97213 Mr and Mrs Bill Carmlcbeal were visitors at the home of his mother Mrs Laura Carmichaei. Sunday After over a week of travel bv car through about the worst weather they have ever encount­ ered Mr and Mrs Richard Goodman arrived at their home in Nenana Alaska Basee o r tt>e c o m ro v e m a oooe I ' m thatlaraO com anhona! f'> « x ’/e i ot h-story ano arcna& ogy ’EomrcoLO" • & © JOY THEATRE TOES., JAR. 29 7 PM . & 9 PJ4. Adults ____ Under 12. $1.75 75c Bridgers was Rites Held For George Snyder George F Sny der 36-year-old resident of 730 S.E. 24th. Hills­ boro. died January 17 at a Portland hospital He had heart surgery last October and was hospitalized for additional su r­ gery at the time of his death Funeral services were held at the Fuitet. Mortuary Chapel Hillsboro Monday January 21 at 11 a m Rev Henry Brown of Wcwdburr. and Rev Jam es Kim sey of Hillsboro conducted the services with Dick Thompson soloist Concluding n te s and vault interment were at the Vernonia Memorial Cemetery with Lodge rites under the auspices of the Moose Lodge No 247 of Hills boro George Sny der was born at Orleans. Nebraska on November 5. 1937 the sor. of Nellie Shaver and the late Carl A Snyder He came with his family to Verno­ nia .n ¡945 and attended grade and high school in Vernonia and after graduation worked at the Oregon American Mill in Verno­ nia He later lived ten years in Lebanon, where he w orked in the U 5 Plywood Mill there and then eight, years ago moved to Hills­ boro Since living in Hillsboro he has been a television repairman working lor Sears at Swan Island Mr Snyder was a former member of the Vernonia Chris­ tian Church a member of the Moose Lodge No 247 at Hillsboro and had been an outdoor man enjoying hunting fishing and motorcycle riding He was m arried to Danna Harlan or. September 23 1955 in Portland who survives at the family home Also surv . mg are FLOOD D AMAGE » It takes only one tree to make a million matches It takes 'inly one match to destroy a million trees Old Courthouse Basemeaf ST. HELENS. OREGON A fter H e m 397-1730 Monday - Wednesday • Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 12 Noon The emptier the pot the quick er it boils Match your temper w Q tic o o e e c a w M M B o o o o a i JOY T H E A T E R FrL Sal. Jan. 25-26 LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL LOOK HERE FOR the fi of the back with the p at» oa the baak of the Nehalem River which is located aa Pebble Creek The People Speak . . . Editor's Note: This is one of the many interesting letters received by Vernon La Police Department for the Vernonia Heart Machine Fund Vernonia Ambulance Fund I am sending you 85 00 for the traum a fund in honor of Mr William Bndgers I am not a resident of Vernonia now but lived in that commun'ty many years My parents moved up Rock Creek in 189« and as Mrs Clive A Mills lived ui Vernonia near fifty years Our children were born and grew up there We had no ambulance part of the time no doctor So now I am past 90 years, so am glad to send a little check to the Trauma Fund Respectfully Yours. Mrs Clive Teck Mills Cornelius May I give my heartfelt thanks to the wonderful ■fireman who came to lift our heavv furniture up or. chairs last Tuesday during the flood ’ My husband was in Portland at the doctor and I don : mind telling you I was plenty scared with the water rising so fast We feel very fortunate to have moved to Vernonia where there are so many v olunteers to lend a helping hand Thanks also to Mr and Mrs Claude Gileson and Merle Cline for their help I don t know the gentlemen who helped me but do appreciate their help Again. I say thank you Mrs John Kudrna ’eopie of Ve lernoma Mayor • Sherman Fisher and the Vernonia City Council would like to thank the "firemen, police­ men and all other volunteers for their serv ices during the flood Also thanks go to the citizens who provided food for the volun­ teer workers and nousing for people forced to evacuate their homes It is people like those who make Vernonia special We wish to thank you again Mayor Sherman Fisher Vernonia City Council Services Pending For Florence Lane Florence Messing Lane 70, formerly of Vernonia died Wed nesdav morning January 23 at the Tuality Hospital in Hillsboro Arrangements for the funeral services are pending at Fuiten Mortuary Chapel _ ò C r V lC c S tv »• i e n d in g At whether the at ahp further r> I OT Mrs Blanche DeWitt, a form er resident of Vernonia died Monday in Pasco Washington where she had lived with her son. Don DeWitt for several years Funeral serv ices will be held at the Fuiten Mortuary Chapel in Vernonia Saturday January 26 at 1 p m with burial at The l ernoma Memorial Cemetery Birkenield Resident Passes Away Jan. 23 May B Mills 81. resident of Fishliawk Road. Birkenield di ed Wednesday morning. Janu ary 23 at the Tuality Hospital Hillsboro F u n e r a l arrange m enu are pending at Haakmson F uneral Home in Clatskanie This La rid Is Your I .a rid Keep It Clean Great Bear Lake in the North­ west Territories, is frozen must of the year but when thawed provides good fishing k wffi as «• «a the the Patrol Procedures Class To Be Ottered Carler* L Mrs. Blanche DeWili George A . Martin J and Deanna D Snyder all of Hills boro Additional survivors include his mother Mrs Frank Nellie Schmidlin of Vernonia two brothers Floyd of California and Ber* Snyder Scappoose; and two sisters Mrs Donovan Edna Reynolds, Vernonia and Mrs Charles Velma Harders Montesano Washington 1 19-74 Henry Anderegg reported I he theft of 100 cement blocks from the rear of the Alpine thanes Also vandalism to the front of the building I 19-74 laddie Novak 1003 Clat­ sop Street reported the theft of gasoline 1 2O74-three runaway Juveniles were reported They ... ----- later apprehended in San Ber nardino. California MCOMXOOOOOOOOSOOOOMMX borr. in W ashington county Arkansas on November 25. 1984 and spent his early life there He came to the Nehalem Valley in 1913 to work for the Kerry Timber company He was m arried to Jam DeRi»ck whose family were hom estead­ ers on the Burr area near Mist on December 1, 1914 at Van­ couver Washington lr. May 1921 they bought the store and post office at Mist and lived in the building and operated the store and was Postm aster there until he retired m 19+8 Mr Bndgers then moved to Vernonia and resided there for twenty-fiv e years and last Sep tember moved to his present home at 3624 23rd Avenue lr. Fewest Grove Mr Bndgers w as a member of the Vernonia Christian Church and had serv ed as an Elder m the Church for twelve years He was also a life member of the Clatskanie Masonic Lodge which he had been a m ember of since 1926 He w as also a member of the Royal Arch Mason s in St Helens, of the Tancred Com mandry and A1 Kader temple of the Shrine Surviving is his wife. Mrs Janet Bndgers Forest Grove and a number of nieces and nephews three of which they raised from childhood they are Mrs Ray Bertie Mills of Cornelius Mrs Kenneth Irene Smith Willamina and Melvin DeRock of Hillsboro He was preceded in death by his nine brothers and two sisters VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE Phone 397-2268 - POLICE REPORT L 10-74 William Bokoskie report­ ed the theft of gasoline l-10-74a report of an assalt occuring outside the city lim­ its 1-12-74-Rav Roady. 831 3rd Ave reported the theft of a spare tire and wheel Firestone br and. rayon. 8 ply. 750x16 and 1 blue tool box with mis tools, total loss $60 1-13-74-a juvenile was taken into custody for violation of curfew »3 10 a m > 1-14-74 assisted Columbia Coun ty Sheriff Dept on a shpoting case 1-18 74-At 4 30 p m at the corner of Jefferson and Bridge an adult and a juvenile were taken into custody and charg­ ed with criminal activities in drugs i Felony ' William H Bndgers 89-year- <4d longtime resident of the Mist and Vernonia areas and late of Forest Grove died Monday. J a r uary 14 at Forest Grove Funeral serv ices were held at the FU'ter. Mortuary Chapel Vernonia Thursday January 17 at 1 p m Russell Vmyard. pastor of the Vernonia Christian Church con ducted the services with Mrs William Kretschmer, soloist and Mrs Frank Serai in organist Lodge ntes at the serv ices were under the auspices of Clatskanie Lodge No 133 A F and A M with Glen Hawkins performing the work Concluding n tes and vault interment were at the Vernonia Memorial Cemetery with Sam Hearing Jr Wilfred Holce. Thomas Tomlin E m ar uel Johnston. John Karas: i and Fred Grannis serv ing as pall bearers Mr Mrs Police Report * Services Read SEL-MOK. INC.. Thars. Wm. M. Bridgers Rood Loss Proof Needed A class on Patrol Proced­ ures will begin at the Vernonia High School Monday . January Proof is important in claiming 28 From 7-10 p m. tax deductions for flood damage Cost tor the .aw enforcement and your cam era may prove to class will be 821 plus books and be a most useful tool remind will give three hours of college Oregon State University E x­ credit and entail 12 classes of tension economists three hours each Instructor will It photographs of the property be Jack Cunningham chief of taken before the high water are police for the city of Vernonia available they may also prove Law enforcement personnel helpful the specialist adds as and anyone interested in a law may pictures taken after the enforcement career are urged to repair or replacement of prop attend The class is open to the erty public Homeowners who may have suffered damage or loss they feel could be deducted from their income taxes, also should con­ It’s when people do not know sider providing visual proof of how to play that they forget how what happened to think and how to live We Are Now Serving Home Cooked Family Style Complete Dinners EVERY SUNDAY ALW AYS UNDER $2.00 Served from 1 P-M. to 9 P.M. - SUNDAY JANUARY 27 - Meat Loaf, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Salad, RoIL Veg., Coffee or Tea______________ ews DICK & MONA STEARNS— YOUR HOSTS