VOLUME 9 Locals Win First Game Sunday 9-7 Brooks From Vernonia, Tweedie of Jewell Are Stars Vernonia won the opening game of the 1931 baseball season when they defeated the Jewell club 9 to 7 in a loosely played game last Sunday. A fair size crowd was on hand to witness the open er, a number of the fans driving up from Jewell, Birkenfeld and Mist to see the contest. and Brooks for Vernonia Tweedie for Jewell were the out standing stars in Sunday’s fracas, particularly in handling the stick. Brooks got four hits out of four times up and all of them were for extra bases, there being two doubles, a triple and a home run. Tweedie got four bingles out of five trips to the plate, three sin gles and a double. Ben Davis started on the mound for Vernonia and had his curve ball working to perfection. He pitched the first five innings holding the visitors to three runs and seven hits. Roy Nelson fin ished the hurling job and al though he did a nice job of chucking, he was afforded poor support and errors on his own part got him into a couple of bad holes. Jewell was able to score only in two innings. They marked up three counters in the fourth on three singles and two errors and then shoved across four more in the seventh on three hits and two errors. They threatened to rally in the ninth but a neat double play from Barker to Mc- Rea cut it short. Vernonia started their scoring in the very first inning when Linn was given a life on an error, stole second and went to third or Greenman’s single. Greenman promptly stole second while Me- Rea was working Rierson for f walk. This left the stage all set for Brooks who came through with his first double of the game socking the old pill to deep right center scoring three runs. Brooks later came home on singles by McKillip and Davis. The locals added one run in the second on singles by Linn McRea and Hawkins and one more in the third on Brooks' home run. Hawkins, not to be outdone by the slim right fielder for the local club, drove out a home run himself in the fourth with Greenman on the paths a- head of him to mark up two more counters bringing the total to eight. This proved to be sum total scoring for the locals except for the seventh inning when they pushed across another run on a walk to Linn, a stolen base and Greenman’s single. In the second inning Jewell pulled the old hidden ball trick, catching McRea napping at sec ond base when Tichnor threw to Morrell for the put out. Rierson started in the box for Jewell but was treated so roughly by the locals in the first inning that Larson took up the mound duties and after settling down pitched a mighty nice game, get- VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1931. Mrs. May Ellis Marries Mrs. May Ellis and Mr. Lonnie Ritchie were married in Ione, Ore gon, Sunday, May 17, at 2 o’ clock at the home of Mr. Ritchie’s sister, Mrs. Ted Trogue. The Rev. W. W. Head, pastor of the Congregational church was the officiating clergyman. About 25 guests were present for the ceremony and a large number of friends called on the bride and groom that evening for and old-time charivari. Mr. Ritchie has been a resi dent of Ione since childhood and owns property on First street where he and his bride will make their home. Mrs. Ritchie lived for many years in Vernonia, making her home at the Cherrytree apart ments. She is the mother of Mrs. J. C. Lincoln and Mrs. El ster Williams and had visited them this month, returning about two weeks ago to Heppner where she had been living recently. Clatskanie Game Scheduled Sunday The Vernonia baseball club will play the fast Clatskanie team Sunday here at Vernonia, The locals will have to put up a bet ter brand of ball next Sunday than they did last if they hope to win. Workouts this week indicate the club is becoming more pol ished with the ragged edges being smoother off. Marshall has been ¡witched to short and Linn has been moved over to second in an effort to get a smoother work ing combination at the keystone sack. If they continue to play in those positions as they have in practice sessions they will give a good account of themselves. Sunday’s game will be called at the usual time, 2:30 p. m. Either Davis or Nelson will be in the pitcher's box with Barker be- bind the bat. R. Condit’s Home Burned to Ground The house on Second avenue occupied by Ray Condit and owned by Bain Thompson was burned to the ground shortly af ter 1 o'clock Sunday morning, and all the contents destroyed. The cause is thought to have been an overheated stove. Mr. and Mrs. Condit entertain- id friends during the evening and then left to go to the house of one of them, taking the children with them. Mrs. Ed. Taylor, who lives next door, was awakened by the flames, which by that time had spread throughout the house. She aroused C. F. Hieber, who took his car and drove down town to turn in an alarm, no house convieniently at hand having a ‘elephone. In the meantime Gor don Hieber, thinking that the Con dit children might be trapped in side opened the rear door, burn ing his hand slightly and causing the windows in the house to pop. As entrance was impossible he nulled the door shut. A dog belonging to W. M. Tip ton, father of Mrs. Condit, is thought to have rushed out while the door was open. It crawled under the woodshed as far as it could get, and was burned to death there. By the time the fire depart ment arrived the house was gut (Continued on Page 6) ted, and the roof and porch of the Taylor house were afire. This RAINBOW GIRLS was promptly put out, with no other than scorching. INSTAL OFFICERS damage The loss was covered by $1300 The officers of Nehalem assem insurance, $800 on the house and , bly No. 18, Order of Rainbow $500 on the contents. for Girls, were installed Wed nesday evening by Nelle Green, Wm. Armitage retiring worthy adviser. A bou Moves To Vancouver quet of flowers and a white Bible were presented to Nelle and a Mr. and Mrs. William Armitage bouquet to May De Ett Throop, left Tuesday evening for Van worthy adviser. couver, Washington, where they The new officers are: Worthy had moved their household fur adviser. May DeEtt Throop; wor nishings the day before. Mr. Arm thy associate adviser, Elna Spen itage, who has been associated cer: Charity, Twila Morton; Hope, with his father in the operation Audrey Austin; Faith, Louise Ro of the Armitage Drug store here berson; chaplain, Marian Lindley; for the past year, has accepted a drill leader. Edna Owens; sister fine position 'in the prescription of love, Mary Ann Childs; sis department of the Reder Drug ter of religion, Joy Bush, sister store in Vancouver. of nature, Lorraine Space; sis- __ _ likes Vernonia Mr. Armitage ter of immortality, Verle Mess, iand hopes to return sometime. * ing: — sister ... of . fidelity. Roberta Mrs. Ellen Plummer of Seattle, Andreaaon; sister of patriotism. who is visiting her brother. W. J. Margaret Nelson; sister of ser Armntage, for a week will assist vice, Irene DeRock; confidential him in the drug store temporarily. adviser, Zonweias Douglass; outer Mrs. Jim Rosa has been ill observer, Leona Hillman; musi cian, Mildred Caaon; choir dir for the past week with an at- tack of rheumatism. ector, Florence Wall. In Memoriam NUMBER 44 J. C. .Lindley Visits Here 2 Marshals J. C. Lindley, former cashier of the Bank of Vernonia, was here over the week end from Nys sa, Oregon, where he has charge of the liquidation of the Malheur County bank. He returned there Tuesday, taking his family with him. Vernonia is not so bad off as some folks might think, Mr. Lind ley believes. “We are lucky to have the mill running at all. Committee Appointed To Some other places are much worse off, because they have no Discuss Railway mill.” His time was fully occupied Service while here. Saturday he had a round of golf, he went to Salem The chamber of commerce at on business Sunday, and was in Portland a good share of Mon its meeting Wednesday in the Masonic temple voted unani day. mously to go on record as favor ing the retention of two mar GARDEN CLUB JUNE 2 shals, and instructed Secretary The Garden club will meet Emil Messing to write a letter to Tuesday evening, June 2, in the the city council urging a recon Evangelical church parlors. sideration of the dismissal orde- issued a month ago. Failure of the Railway Express About 800 Attend agency to maintain a pick-up and delivery service in Vernonia while the same rates as where High Graduation charging this service is performed, and discontinuance of railway Keasey were Approximately 800 ..people, a service to capacity audience, attended the criticized by several speakers. graduating exercises of Vernonia It was pointed out that high school in the grade school the groceries, bakery, creamery, and others with customers in that auditorium last Friday. The art of living rather than locality are unable to make de the art of making a living was liveries, as the stages provide for stressed by the speaker, Noland passengers and mail but not for B. Vane of the University of express and freight. J. H. Bush, Oregon. He explained the values Harry Kerns and Lester Sheeley that coordinate the various as were appointed by President Ford as a committee to take up the pects of life. Russell Mills To ¡Gordon Hieber Gets Commencement of the class of matter with the railroad and ex .Government Bank Job 1918, consisting of four girls, press companies. Graduate From O.S.C. Emil Messing, reporting for the was recalled in an address by ----------- ' I Gordon Hieber, who has been Mrs. Ross Duncan. Four boys committee on establishing rural OREGON STATE COLLEGE.) visiting his parents in this city were enrolled, she stated, and routes, declared that nothing Corvallis— (Special) ,— Russell' for the past two months, has re were granted their diplomas, but could be done as far as the post Mills from Vernonia will receive office department is concerned ceived notice from the treasury were absent at the front. his bachelor of science degree at Reminiscences of the class of until all the roads to be traversed department of appointment as the sixty-second annual commen- I assistant national bank examiner, 1924, also small, were given by are graveled, as the inspector cement exercises here June 1,' i and has been ordered to report E. H. Condit in welcoming the would be certain to turn down when 542 students will make up j the largest class ever to be grad-1 Graduation exercises for theat once fOT duty in the fourth seniors to the ranks of the alumni. the application unless It can be grade were held Monday federal reserve district, compris- A musical number not previous demonstrated that the proposed uated from Oregon State college. eighth evening in the Washington school |ing ohiOi part of Pennsylvania ly announced was a solo by Amy routes are passable the year Mills will get hiB diploma in the auditorium. The graduates mar-!and part of Kentucky, When the roads are Hughes of the University of Ore around. school of vocational education. He. ched in to the strains of the j rocked, he stated, there probably He left Wednesday to assume gon. is president of Kappa Delta Pi, i “March,” from Faust, played by would be no delay in securing national honor society in educat-1 the grade school orchestra, and his new position. Previously ho favorable action upon the peti ion, a member of the Physical took their seats on the platform. was with the banking department tions. of the Burroughs Adding Ma Golf Tournament Education club, the Co-op mana The program opened with the President Ford discussed the gers’ association, the Educational invocation by Rev. G. W. Plum chine company. road situation and urged that da exposition committee and the staff er, followed by a song by six of Starts June 7th ta regarding the short cut to the of the Beaver, college annual. He the eighth grade boys, “Those Keasey Log Jam coast be submitted to the state is on the varsity track team and Pals of Ours.” Mr. Condit then To Be Removed highway commission as soon as took part in the cross country introduced the speaker of the The third annual Vernonia han possible. run. He also received the E. D. evening, Professor J. F. Santee, Contract for removing the log dicap golf tournament will start It was agreed that for the Ressler Memorial prize in his jun- of the Oregon Normal at Mon jam from Rock creek above the June 7, with a full week includ the chamber of com or year for the outstand.ing junior mouth. His subject was “Flam power dam has been let by the ing two Sundays, June 7 and 14, present merce would dispense with pro in his school. He is a member of, ing Youth.” He said, for qualifying. Two cups will be Oregon Gas and Electric company and discuss business prob Sigma Phi Epsilon, national social, “Older folks sometimes say to Wm. D. McCormick, Jr., and awarded the winners of the cham grams, lems. The next' meeting will be fraternity. pionship and first flight. that they wonder what the youth H. Jones of Camp McGregor. held Wednesday in the Terminal If enough ladies qualify to cafe, and the following week in of the world are coming to, out They will clean all the driftwood BOUNDARY BOARD I think that the only trouble out back of the dam and burn it, make one flight there will also the Masonic temple. the youth of today is that The job will probably require be a ladies’ tournament with APPROVES MERGER with HAS HIGH AVERAGE they are very much like old folks three months. A donkey engine prizes. Players who do not have was moved there last week from a handicap are urged to turn in Leona Hillman, daughter of The school boundary board, Youth has always flamed, some Camp McGregor and work has be- several scores to F. D. Macpher consisting of the county com of the flaming youths are David, gun. son, Albert Childs or M. E. Ul- Mrs. E. W. Holtham, had the missioners, the vounty judge and Alexander, Jesus, Marconi, and shoeffer so that the committee highest average in the recent the The jam was formed at the county school superintendent, Orville and Wilbur Wright. It time of the freshet March 31, can place them under a handicap. eighth grade examinations, 96.33 approved Monday the consolida is the flaming youths who will do and is between a third and a 1 half The handicap committee, of per cent. The next highest was tion of union high school dis the worth while things in this mile in length, wedged in tight. which Albert Childs is chairman, Benji Wilkerson, 95.5 per cent. trict 1 and district 49, petitions world.” is now working on a revision of Mrs. Neill presented honor let- Mrs. W. W. Mumbach, whose for which were circulated during handicaps and will have the new husband works for the S. P. and PYTHIAN SISTERS ters to Benjamin Wilkerson, Le- the past two weeks. District 49 list ready in plenty of time for ona Hillman and Gertrude includes Braun's school. CONFER DEGREES the tournament. No entrance S. cut her hand badly with a ping as they had been on sickle while cutting grass last fee is required outside the reg honor roll five out of the six The staff and officers of Ver ular green feqs. This should be Friday. Pioneer Association periods into which the school nonia Temple 61, put on Knights’ an inducement for everyone who To Meet June 14th year is i divided- initiation at the Pythian Sisters carries a handicap rating to en Two songs by Dorothy June district convention held at St. ter this popular annual event. According to an announcement Wolff, “Were 1,” and “Philoso- Helen during the afternoon and Saturday, which is a holiday, by Nettie B. Peterson, secretary, Phy,” were heartily applauded. evening of May 21. and Sunday with continued favor the Nehalem Valley Pioneer assoc E. H. < Condit presented diplomas Those who attended from Ver able weather should see a large iation will hold its annual meeting to the following: Lorraine Lines nonia were Mesdames Tom Craw June 14 in the high school gym and Rue Hurley of Pleasant Hill, ford, John Miller, E. S. Thomp number of golfers on the local course. Sunday, a flag tourna nasium at Birkenfeld. Carl Jensen of Kist, Garland son, C. S. Hoffman, Albert Childs, Announcement of the program Monger, Helen Messing, Arnold James Nanson, Dan Brown, M. D. ment on handicap, will be held. These tournaments have proven will be made later. Counts, Otha Dehart, Harold Cole, Earl Smith, J. W. Brown, especially popular. A small en Laughing and driving don’t King, Gertrude Epping, Thaddeus Harry Kerns, A. L. Kullander, trance fee will be charged the mix. So found a group of Ver Lang, Leona Hillman, Earl Don- Van Peebley, Harry Culbertson, money going toward prizes. nonia ladies returning in the wee ey, Sara McGee, Hale Graves, R. Nance, W. L. Van Doren, Wilark Families The past week a large number small hours one night last week Shelby Caton, James Rainey, Misses Ruth Holaday and Ma- of ladies have been patronizing from somewhere up the valley. Page Simmons, Roy Barnes, cile Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. N. S. the course and M. E. Ulshoeffer 'Tis said they had to park several Locating Here Ruth Rose Sitts, Holly Holcomb, Vel Soden and Judge and Mrs. J. A. announces that he will give free times till tiie gusts of merri ma Petty, Thomas Ball, Lorraine Harris. lessons to a class of ladies and ment subsided. A group of four Pythian Sis also to a class of school students t t t Shifting of the headquarters Rose, Roberta Williams, Harley Vernonia drove to Woodruff, June Michener, Dale ters from Doc Eby, Doc Hurley and Wal Saturday mornings. camp of Clark and Wilson from Hillsboro Friday evening, May 22, Mr. Macpherson has just finish ter Wolff took plenty of snake Wilark to Camp 8, and comple Clark, Doris Anderson, Billie Bas tion of the road now under con set, Margaret McNutt, Robert to attend as visitors the district ed working over all the greens. bite medicine with them on their struction to that point, is being, Kilby, Mildred Walters, Benjamin convention of Pythian Sisters held They have been reseeded, sand recent fishing Jrip to the Des Marguerite Laird, there. ed and rolled and before the chutes. The docs affirm that anticipated by the fact that sever Wilkerson, Those who made up the party tournament play begins are sure they did not use any. No testi al of the company’s employes Louis Graven, Marjorie Holtham, are establishing homes in thia city. Earl King, Rhoda Bell, Paul Jep were Mrs. Earl Smith, Mrs. D. to be in excellent condition. mony from Walter. t t t Mr. and Mrs. John Goodman of son, Dorothy June Wolff, George Brown, Mrs. C. S. Hoffman, and Many rough places have also Emil Messing and the rest of been cleared up and the course Wilark have bought the H. C. Veith, Lorraine Space, James Mrs. James Nanson. is now in the best condition since the post office crew have a young Egel us place south of town and Brown, of Vernonia. The exercises closed with the GAS PRICE DROPS it was opened. The added patron sawmill back shop. They practice will take possession at once. age shows that the people of the up every once in while so as to Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Dona way benediction by F. Claude Steph Gasoline, which has been sell Nehalem valley appreciate the be in good trim should the O.- of Wilark have rented one of the ens. The orchestra played dur Foust houses below O.-A. hill, and ing the presentation of the dip ing in Vernonia for 17 cents improvements and it is expected A. mill shut down for a period. lomas and for the class to march during the gas war in Portland, that in the near future Verndhia t t t moved in Thursday. Tommy Bateman had a fine took a drop Saturday when sc^a* will have the largest per capita Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Sandon of ' out. array of cups spread out on Emil’s of the stations reduced to 15 of golf fans in the state. Camp 8 have already moved into I RENT DANCE HALL desk last Friday. The best part cents, and one has been selling at the house at 191 North street,) Mrs. J. B. Schulmerich of Se is that the whole display, save which they purchased recently. Chuck Whitehead of Portland 12 cents. attle is visiting her sister, Mrs. for one or two, were for Ver These transactions were handl and Lars Larsen of Balm Grove nonia golfers. ed by Joseph Scott, who states have leased the Balm Grove dance KENSINGTON CLUB JUNE 4 C. W. Shipley. t t t Johnnie, three year old son of The Kensington club will meet that he has received other inquir hall and are sponsoring dances How about those Clark and ies from Clark and Wilson em weekly. Chuck Whitehead is a next Thursday afternoon, June 4, L. E. Wilkensen, cut his right ployees interested in moving to well known entertainer and com at the home of Mrs. W. L. Van hand badly on a butcher knife Wilson people moving in on us? Are they welcome? We'll say so. this week. Doren on First avenue. Vernonia. edian. & Are Urged By Chamber Eighth Grade Graduation is Held Monday Feathers And . . . Talons. .