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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1957)
Library, U of 0 Logging Events on 4th Promise High Entertainment with Five Events. Prizes Now Scheduled Aspirants for the S25 first priz' offered in the log birling contest on July 4 are giving Internation al Paper company employees some good laughs as they catch moments to practice on logs in tne mill pond. Reports are that some of them are becoming quite accustomed to being all wet. Terry Brady, chairman of the logging events committee, has an nounced that there will be five ontests on the afternoon of the fourth with a $25 first prize in each event and second and third prizes of merchandise. Events Scheduled are trailer backing, log 'ruck and trailer; power saw fall ing. 7 to 9 horsepower falling of 44 to 48 inch tree; power saw bucking, 7 to 9, 6 and 3 horse power; eye splicing, seven eighths meh line, three-tuck eye; and the birling. Persons interested in registering for any of these events should contact Terry Brady now. The log birling will be done in tne city park pool. cede the fireworks. John Harris who is in charge of the swimming contest that will be held the morning of the Fourth has announced that there will be events for three age groups with three prizes offered in each group KIDDY RIDES SECURED Confirmation was given at the meeting of the Jamboree com mittee last Thursday evening that Jajk O’Brion of Portland would bring three rides concessions here for the three days. They will b? a train ride, an airplane ride and a pony ride. The Stardusters, dance band from Pacific University, has been secured to play for the street dance that will be held Saturday evening, July 6. In case of in clement weather, it will be mov ed to the Legion hall. Of special interest locally is the fact that Dane Brady, as a result of audi tions last week, has been selected to play in the Stardusters band during the summer. As a result of the publicity in "WINDOW DISPLAYS GROW The window display committee. the Portland papers Monday, th? Art Ostrander, Mrs. Georg’ wooden nickels have gained in ¿.•ddle and Mrs. Dean Wood, popularity with letters coming have been busy this' week ar from various places asking for ranging for exhibits and have lo some and one request for a pair cated some very interesting and of earrings from a woman at unusual ones about which most Seaside who has a very large Vernonia residents have not and interesting collection which k"Own. They promise interest she has had on display there dur ing the Miss Oregon pageant. As ft - both local people and visitors: a further promotion in this line. A complete directory of the ex- b aits will be published before Janelie Thomas is in Portland the Fourth. Best window display today to purchase a ticket on the is to be given special recognition, excursion train with wooden nickels. As a reminder, tickets a.so. for the train ride are on sale Mrs. C. C. Fugate who is in at the S.P. and S. depot here, but charge of the art and hobby ex require the coin of the realm omits which will b? shown in the rather than wooden nickels. c d post office building plans PARADE ENTRIES WANTED t- be there every day from July Parade plans are shaping up, through the Jamboree to re- ; ve and arrange displays and also, with a band and color guard care for them as they are being parade planned on the Fourth, v't wed. She suggests that child the kiddies pet and costume par- ren who wish to visit the dis , ade on Friday, July 5, and the giand parade on July 6, Satur- plays do so on July 3. day. Bob Thompson is chairman To correct an error made last of the committe for the Saturday ✓ 'eek. the band concert which w.ll be given at 7 p.m. July 4 parade and persons and organiza- wj] be on the lawn at the Wash- tions who will enter floats, ■ ?ton grade school and will pre. marching units or drills should contact him as soon as possible. In order to make it a GRAND parade, there must be a lot of entries that are interesting to view. Groups still wanting conces sions should see Pet."* 1 Brunsman. ill persons inter''sted in the Plans are underway for a pan o. camzation of a Rock or Agate cake breakfast, with details as to c ub here are invited to attend a who will serve it, time and place rr 'ding at the West Oregon to be announced later. Eight trophies and 32 ribbons ¡■.Hiding Friday evening at 8:00 lock wh"n delegates from the are being offered for events in P.--ck club at Tectronix near Bca- the horse show that will be stag ed Saturday afternoon, according v -ton will be here. Mrs. Albert Schalock is making to Bob Thompson, chairman of - -angements for the mee^ng and that event. The Jamboree committee will a • umber of Vernonia people have already mdicated interest in hav- meet again tonight at the West mg a club here. Plans are for a Oregon building and all com- iT-all membership fee, probably mittee members and others who ■ to exceed a dollar. Mrs' Scha- have ideas to help put the Jam- boree over are urged to attend s indicated. Rock Hounds Bid To Meet Friday Five Juniors BUDGET, DIRECTOR DECISIONS DUE Attend State County Development Commission Training Week Asks Aid lor Experiment Farm Effort I I . Three girls and two boys from Representatives from the Gran I evening, June 26 at 8 o’clock | Vernonia were among the high ges in Columbia county and other Purpose of the meeting is to lay I school juniors from all over Ore interested groups are especially out a program to be followed in < gon who were participating in invited to attend a meeting of an effort to have the proposed citizenship training last week in the Columbia County Develop t xperiment farm located in this »he Girls and Boys State pro ment commission which will be county. grams on the Willamette Univer I held here at the West Oregon The legislature, while m ses sity campus at Salem and the meeting room next Wednesday sion, acted favorably on the bill Oregon State college campus at I authorizing establishment of a Corvallis. Northern Willamette Valley Ex Carolyn Heath, Julia Waite and perimental Farm and stipulated Helen Mills of Birkenfeld were at that it must be located in Clacka Salem for the Girls State sessions mas. Columbia, Multnomah, or which drew attendance of 248 Washington county. It would be girls from all over Oregon. For used for research work in co Vernonia ball teams were again the week they were there, they operation with the central ex became parts of a mythical state on the short end in the scoring periment station at Oregon State in which county and city govern during the past week end. Ten college. Corvallis. It is estimated ments were set up and officers errors and some very good pitch it would spend about $50,000 per for them elected as well as for ing beat Vernonia Legion Juniors year as an operating budget. the state government. One of The June 26 meeting is open 11 to 0 at Astoria Sunday. Final th-1 most memorable session was to all interested persons. held in the state capitol building tallies were as follows: • R H E Thursday when the Girls State governor was inaugerated. Gov Astoria 11 0 5 ernor Robert D. Holmes was guest Vernonia 0 4 10 speaker. Astoria pitchers were Osmus 6, One of the most impressive Paulson 1 and Thom. For Ver meetings was held Saturday nonia. R. Hunteman pitched 3, One of the shortest council evening, when all the girls gath meetings of the year was held ered in the rotunda of the capitol Baker 3 and M. Mullins 1. The Legion Juniors played Sea Monday evening with only a few for a candle light service. Th” thrill of the setting and the echo side on the local field last even items outside of routine business ing of their singing in the capitol ing and play Scappoose here claiming the attention of the o'clock body. dome made it especially memor Sunday afternoon at 2 able for the girls. Helen Mills in a make-up game for the one Bob Thompson resigned as fire and Carolyn Heath were elected rained out last Wednesday. chief and recommended Bob Curl The PeeWees also had <heir for the position. The recorder as representatives, also. * troubles when they played at was instructed by the council to Jim Nanson and Byron Hawk Clatskanie suffering a 15 to 1 de contact Curl as t6 his willigness ins were the boys who attended teat. Vernonia pitchers were M to accept the job If he consents, Boys State at Corvallis. They i Crowston, Ray Hamnett and Ol appointment will be made at the I lived in the main men’s dorm and son. Apparently some of the July 1 meeting. Mr. Thompson were among 400 boys participat j ing in the program. They were other schools in the county have will serve until his successor is baseball programs in the spring appointed. on a full schedule beginning with which gives those boys a big ad No one was present to discuss reveille in the morning and end vantage over Vernonia. ing with laps tor lights out at the budget so it was approved The PeeWees wilkentertain Rai by the council as it has been night. They were required to i nier on the high school field Fri published. make their own beds and clean day evening at 6:30 and will go their rooms and had marching Miss Margaret Miner was ap ; to Scappoose Monday evning drills, calisthenics and flag rais pointed as regular guard for the | for a game starting at 7:00 p.m. ing ceremonies, so said they felt park pool and Judy Towne was i a bit like they were in the army. named as her assistant. Hours I There were daily assemblies that they will be on duty will | depend on weather conditions, | and classes in politics, American history and American govern and parents should check when ment. These were all put to I uncertain as to their being there. practical use in th? setting up of They will begin giving swim local, county and state govern ming lessons right away with A new feature for customers of ments during which elections time for the lessons being from Brunsman Hardware is being an were held and mythical govern 10 a m. to noon. Lessons will b? nounced this week by the owner ments carried out. given free any week day th? pool to replace the profit-sharing se is open. One day, the members of •lection of numbers in which cus Bovs State visited the capitol at The council also ordered 25 tomers have participated for th»' Salem and also met with the ’ mile per hour signs to be placed past two years. Girls Staters for a social time. I on Bridge street above Rose ave- The last selection of numbets Sponsors of the delegates from will take place June 29 and the i nue because of many complaints here were American Legion aux new feature. Bonanza Buys, will j of excessive speed in that area iliary. Julia Waite; Mt Heart Re begin July 5. On that day the < endangering children as well as I other motorists. bekah Lodge. Helen Mills; PEG first 200 ladies visiting the stor Sisterhood, Carolyn Heath; Le will receive a valuable gift free gion, Jim Nanson and Lions club, as an opening feature of the new Byron Hawkins. profit-sharing plan. At the same time that the Bonanza Buys will feature Boy Staters wre on the OSC throughout the store many mer campus, there were over 1800 chandise items at wholesale or I 4-H club members at their sum less than wholesale prices and 1 mer school. Entire list of club will provide greater savings to A freezer school will be con . memebrs from here who were at customers than the $25 formerly ducted in the West Oregon Elec tending is not yet available given away each week. The new tric meeting room next Thqrsda plan will make possible a mor- June 27, from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m equitable distribution of the pro by Mrs. Margaret Allyn, county extension agent from St. Helens. fit-sharing plan. The school is op”n to the public and will deal with the latest in- formation on freezing of foods and will stress care and operation road as a Portland by-pass, n of freezers. Freezing of pre should be considered as a new cooked and prepared foods will alignment, which it really is and also be featured that this would be a more con Ron McDonald of Keasey route structive and better approach to was named director for elemen the problem tary school district 47 Jt. at the Eugene Crumb, manager of the election held Monday. He will Ixmgview chamber, sent word that their committee had worked serve for five years. A total of 103 votes were cast with the toll bridge authority Monday with 51 for McDonald, The last of four bridges on the i and had secured a reduction in 49 for Dave Brunsman and three Scappoose-Vernonia road that the passenger car toll from 60c write-in votes for Gl?n Hawkins. were to be replac-d was under to 50c and that research is being construction last week as workers done now on truck rates. It is continued to build the concrete hop?d that by next year a re Lions Plan for Picnic pilings that would support the duction can be made for trucks Lions club members and then structure. New signs directing traffic to Work on the first of the four and from the bridge have been families will picnic at the city i asked for, which would be val- park Monday evening for their bridge projects, according to last meeting of the year Sched County Judge John Whipple start I uable to this association It was agreed that more sup- uled for 6:30 is a softball game ed in 1956 and three of the l porters and more memberships to be followed by the picnic at 7. bridges have been completed in The new concrete in Highway 99WA are needed The club will serve hot dogs for that time for this important long range the youngsters St°el doors were bridges replace wooden struc installed recently on the three tures program s Success All of the work is part of a The next meeting will be held community kitchen fireplaces by federal and state aid project in Welcome Rumbaugh I in Banks in September. Highway 99W Alternate Road Group Presents Ideas at Yamhill Meeting to Promote Route; Toll Rates Talked The Highway 99W Alternate Read association met at Yam- Wedncsday night for its reg u ar quarterly dinner meeting They were welcomed by Keith S irvpcl. secretary-treasurer and ¿•tetor of the association. No formal program had been panned. but a good round tabl? a «russion followed the dinner * *h good suggestions and ideas c.-ming from it. George Zimmerman, Yamhill, d of the work of a group start ed 31 years ago that is finally mg its dreams come true, that .' a road from Yamhill through tc the Nestucca valley and the .-'•a»t for which contracts will b- let soon. Judge RE. Renne and Cliff El- ..ott. McMinnville chamber man ager. Charles Teegarden, coun ty commissioner. Wm H Bennett and Ron Miller, new owners of th» Carlton - Yamhill Review; John Richardson, News - Times, Forest Grove; Warren Jones. President of 99W Road associa tion; Gordon Larson, secretary Banks chamber; Mayor Krum mer of Gaston; Guy Thomas, Vernonia chamber president and A. G. Ostrander, president of the 99W Alternate association, pa:- ticipated tn the discussions. Ostrander conducted the meet ing and others present from Ver nonia were Mrs Ostrander, Mis. Wm. Heath, Mrs. Ed Frazee and Mrs. Paul Gordon, 99WA sec retary It was agreed that more ex planation and advertising for the route is needed. Other ideas were, that in the near future a caravan beginning at one end of the proposed road, gathering mo mentum along the way and end ing with an old-fashioned picnic would create interest; that in stead of thinking of the proposed Legion, PeeWees Meet Defeats Chief Resigns Department Job Store Announces Change of Plan • Freezer School Here Thursday McDonald Gets Director Post ; j j I The approval of a substantial! reduced budget and the selectio of a member for the board i' directors will be placed befor ■ the voters of the Union High School district Monday, June 21 at the high school. The term er Oscar G. Weed, director, expire.. June 30 Polls will be open lx tween the hours of 2 and 8 p.m The budget, which appeared ui detail in a recent issue, features a reduction of M.1M.M tot th general fund and a reduction oi $13,255.05 in the total estimated lax levy This would reduce th rate from the current 47 9 nulbs to an estimated 41.1 mills. What ever additional funds the distric* may receive as a result of th ■ recent increase in the basic school support fund enacted bv the state legislature will by law be used to reduce this levy stiil lower. The budget committee, com posed of directors Oscar Weed, Antone Smejkal, Sam Hearing Jr., Claude Johnson and Howard Jones together with Richard Fletcher, Robert Mathews, E. T (Boone) Johnson, Joe Johnston and Bill Horn, set the budget and turned down a special re quest for funds to build u tennis court. In detail the budget shows no increase in the allowance for teachers although the teachers re ceived a $200 raise for next year This was offset by a reduction in the number of staff members Operation and maintenance costs are higher and expansion of bus service according to state law haa increased the budget need for transpi irlation. Capital outlays were reduce.! $11,792 00 to bare necessities, it was the budget board's opinion that further reductions could not be made without impairing th« school's standard rating. It is hoped that all legally eiv titled to vote who are interested in the well-being of schools will assume the responsibility of vot ing. Last year it required a sec ond election to pass the budget and each election costs the dis trict nearly $300 It should be noted of the levy to be voted, the "amount inside the 6 per cent limitation, $27. 403.58," which is known as tn-- tax base, is less than half of the "amount outside the 6 per cent limitation, $79,681.63,'' because the district was placed in the rural school district some years ago and thereby lost its accumu lated “tax base." A high tax base or a low tax base has absolutely no bearing on the actual amount of taxes to be levied, except that it gives a false appearance that a great excess above actual needs is be ing levied. A more realistic tax base can and should be estab lished in a future election by a vote of the people. Up to noon Wednesday, only one petition for director had been filed, that of Warren Aldrich Other petitions could be accepted until Wednesday night and names may be written in on the ballot Examiner Due June 28 A drivers license examiner wilL be on duty in Vernonia Friday, June 28 at the city hall between the hours of 10 a.m and 4 p.m . Work Starts on Fourth Concrete Bridge on Scappoose-Vernonia Road which the fed-ral government the state and the county share in the expenses of the work. Th? contracts for the bridges were let by the state. The latest bridge is expected t<> be completed around Sept">mb r 1 and is costing about $24,000 The cost of the entire four bridge project is about $100,000. Judge Whipple said. He added that the bridge now under construction would probab ly be the last one to be built on the Scappoose-Vernonia road f »r some time.