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VERNONIA i .o.I.h
Vtb
.
OREGON
purpose of electing one director
and one clerk and the transaction
of business usual at such meet­
ings.
In districts of the second and
third classes the ballots shall not
be counted until one hour after
i the time .
or the meeting to
begin. Until the count begins, any
Brother,Can You Spare Five Minutes a Day?
A Simple, Yet Sure Way to Safeguard Lives ’
A Few Suggestion« by Widely-
Known Cartoonist, Don
Herold
FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1934.
__________
___ —a
legal voters of the district shall
be entitled to vote upon any
business before the meeting,
Dated this 21st day of May,
1934.
R. M. ALDRICH,
Chairman, Board of Directors
ATTEST:—LOEL ROBERTS,
21c2
District Clerk.
NOTICE OF SCHOOL MEETING
/
I have a few suggestions which
ought to cut automobile accidents ,
in this country down about 50 |
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the legal voters of School
District No. 47, of Columbia County, State of Oregon, that a
per cent over night—well, any­
school meeting of the said district will be held at Washington
way, by the middle of next week.
School, on the 18tih day of June, 1934, at 8:00 o’clock in the
My suggestion to all motorists
afternoon, for the purpose of discussing the budget for the fiscal
school year, beginning June 19, 1934, and ending June 18, 1935,
is: Drive carefully enougn for
herein set forth, and to vote on the proposition of levying a dis­
yourself and the other fellow too,
trict tax.
because the chances are he isn’t.
In districts of the second and third class when the budget meet­
My own system is to expect the
ing is held in connection with the annual school meeting, the fol­
world’s prize idiot around every
lowing provision of Section 35-1006, Oregon School Laws, 1931,
should be observed: “* * * And the ballots at the election in such
next corner.
district shall not be counted until an hour after the time set for
When I turn a curve or go over
such election. Until the ballots are counted any legal voter of the
the top of a hill, I hug my side
district shall be entitled to vote upon any matters before the
of the road like glue and 1 slow
meeting.”
down a bit, because I always pic­
BUDGET
ture a congenital imbecile at the
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
wheel of a car coming at me from
Balance on hand at beginning of the fiscal school year
the other (direction—a bird who
DRIVE CAREFULLY ENOUGH FOR YOURSELF AND THE I
(third Monday in June) for which this budget is made
None
was born on the wrong side of
OTHER FELLOW TOO, BECAUSE THE CHANCES ARE HE To be received from the County School Fund ....................... $ 4,038.00
ISN’T
| To
the road.
” be received from the Elementary School Fund ............. 2,760.00
------------------------------------------------------------------- I . To
748.00
. „ be received from the State Irreducible School Fund ....
!
Slows Down a Bit
26,527.27
man as our enemy. The fact is ed and sold in the United States! T° be received from Delinquent Tax ..........
At an intersection, I always we have killed more than 325,000
in the last several years have been
TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
$34,073.27
imagine the other intersecting ar­ of our friends with motor cars in
tery filled with morons. And I the last 15 years in this country, equipped with four-wheel brakes.
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES
alow down to offset their moroni­ whereas our enemies have killed Yet many automobiles with only I. General Control
ty with a double dose of my own only 300,000 of us in all our two-wheel brakes are still in use.
Clerk ................................................................... $
216.00
Census and Comp. Ed.................................
30.00
sanity.
wars to date. We’ll be darned if More than 18 per cent of the
Legal services (Clerk’s Bond, telephone,
Of course, I know this is a that guy passes us or gets across
cars in fatal accidents last year
electricity and pub.....................................
125.00
pretty cynical slant on my fel­ the street intersection first. I’d
low motorists, but I don’t think say, Aw let him pass you or let had only two-wheel brakes, ac­
TOTAL GENERAL CONTROL
$
371.00
a group which killed about 30,- him beat you to the crossing. You cording to statistics. The ratio of
III.
Instruction
—
Teaching
000 victims and injured some don’t have to prove to him that two-wheel brake cars involved in
Principal ...............................
$ 1,800.00
950,000 others last year, is wor­ your car has the greatest pick-up atal accidents to the total of
Teachers—5 @ $110.00
such
vehicles
in
all
accidents
was
thy of very many medals for in all creation, or that you are
4 @ 105.00
33 per cent greater than for
bright and shining mentality.
3 @ 100.00
the master motorist of all time. A
2 @
95.00
13,140.00
The present system is to let the little Alphonse and Gaston stuff cars equipped with four-wheel
Supplies ..
250.00
other fellow take care ot us— would help us keep folks out of brakes.
250.00
Textbooks
and look at the figures! My sug­ hospitals and cemeteries.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL
gestion is for each of us to take
15,440.00
TOTAL INSTRUCTION—TEACHING
MEETING
Those Vanishing American«
care of himself and one other
IV.
Operation
of
Plant
driver, too. Don’t you think it’s a
And now a word to those van­
Janitors Salary and Insurance—
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
dandy plan?
ishing
Americans,
pedestrians.
1 @ $1,180.00, 1 @ $245.00
$ 1,425.00
to
the
legal
voters
of
School
Dis
­
If everybody agreed to this They should be careful enough
Janitors’ Supplies ..........................
200.00
system, we’d have twice as much for themselves and the fellow trict No. 47, of Columbia county,
Fuel ....................................................
420.00
Light and Power ...........................
250.00
motoring carefulness as we need in that approaching motor car, State of Oregon, that tne AN­
Water .................................................
200.00
In the world—instead ot half too, for the chances are he isn’t. NUAL SCHOOL MEETING of
enough, as at present.
And they should get up every said District will be held at Wash­
2,495.00
TOTAL EXPENSE OF OPERATION
morning resolved to contribute ington school; to begin at the
Due to Fast Driving
hour
of
8
:00
o
’
clock
P.
M.
on
the
V. Maintenance and Repair
five minutes a day of their time
I’ve often heard it said that it
Furniture and Equipment
75.00
$
to keeping out of automobile ac­ third Monday in June, being the
isn’t fast drivers who cause ac­
Buildings and Grounds .....
350.00
cidents. Five minutes a day will 18th day of June, A. D. 1934.
cidents, but statistics gathered up­
This meeting is called for the
keep the ambulance away. These
425.00
TOTAL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
set this glib philosophy with fi­
figures show that around 800
gures showing that nearly 126,000
VI. Auxiliary Agencies
persons were killed last year
accidents last year were tne re­
Library Books and Repairs ...........
150.00
$
crossing streets against the sig­
Health—Supplies ................................
15.00
sult of exceeding speed limits. So
nal,
while
only
around
200
were
Transportation—Personal Service
4,280.00
there!
killed crossing with the signal.
Hurry. There’s the hub of thia
4,445.00
TOTAL AUXILIARY AGENCIES
That’s 600 persons who could
whole accident business. Probably
have avoided death by waiting a
nine-tenths of our automobile ac­
VIII. Capital Outlay
A. F. of L. LOGGERS
minute on the curb. Another 3,-
Alterations ......................................
$
200.00
cidents are caused by people try­
300 could have avoided death by
Local No. 18742 meets second
250.00
New Furniture and Equipment
ing to save five minutes. We rush
going to the corner instead of and fourth Thursdays in the
like mad to get somewhere and
450.00
TOTAL CAPITAL OUTLAY
hurrying across in the middle of month at Grange hall, 8 p. m.
it doesn't amount to much when
the block. More than 35,000 pe- Visiting members cordially invit­ IX. Debt Service
we get there. Methods of locomo­
destrians were hit last year by ed to attend.
$ 3,500.00
Principal on Bonds .....
tion have improved greatly in re-
stepping out from behind parked
26,527.27
Principal on Warrants
Fred Lumm, president.
cent years, but places to go have
3,575.00
Interest on Bonds .......
cars—they didn’t have sense
remained about the same. If we
1,000.00
Interest on Warrants
enough for themselves, let alone
have an appointment with some­
a little extra sense for the fellow
a
.
F.
&
A.
M.
34,602.27
TOTAL
DEBT
SERVICE
body, the chances are, anyway,
who needn't have hit them.
Vernonia Lodge No. 184
that he will be 30 minutes late,
...................... $ 1,000.00
1,000.00
I 'don’t know exactly how many
A. F. & A. M. meets X. EMERGENCY
having been smashed at an inter -
persons
were
killed
last
year
at
Masonic
Temple,
i
aoction or pinched by a cop for
.................
$
540.00
XI. TUITION
540.00
Stated
Communication i
pushing through a red light. If walking along highways with traf­
First
Thursday
of
each
1
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES
everybody in America would re­ fic instead of facing it, but I’ll
month.
Special
< called Total General Control .........................................................
$ 371.00
solve to contribute five minutes bet plenty . . . persons who were meetings on all other Thurs-
fhurs- Total Instruction— Teaching ...
.............................................
15,440.00
a day to the cause of automobile leaving it to the other fellow not day nights 7:30 p.m. Visitors I Total Expenses of Operation
2,495.00
safety, we could cut the death to hit them instead of seeing that most cordially welcome.
Total Maintenance and Repair
425.00
he
did
not.
|
Total
_
.
4,445.00
Auxiliorv Agencies .........
and accident toll in two. Five min­
J. B. Wilkerson, W. M.
I
Total
Capital
Outlay
450.00
A careful study of tables of
utes a day. Brother, can you
F. D. Macpherson, Secretary Total Debt Service .
34,602.27
last year’s motor car death and
■pare five minutes a day?
Emergency .................
1,000.00
ordinary
courtesy accident causes shows that a
A little
Tuition ........................
540.00
would help,
We are usually large percentage of them were
Order of Eastern Star
TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES FOR YEAR $59,768,27
the result of “stupidity,” under Nehalom Chapter 153, O. E. S.
which I group unnecessary hurry.
Regular commu­
RECAPITULATION
nication
first
And nearly all of them could
$59,768.27
and third Wed­ Total Estimated Expenditures for the year ..
have
been
avoided
if
every
driv
­
34,073.27
5 mim #C
nesdays of each Less Total Estimated Receipts for the year ..
er had' started out every a. m.
month, at Ma­
AMOUNT
TO
BE
RAISED
BY
DISTRICT
TAX
......
$25,695.00
sonic Temple.
with the resolution to drive care­
All visiting sis­
fully enough for himself and the
TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS OF DISTRICT
ters and broth­
other fellow too, and to tax him­
Bonded Debt, including negotiable warrants ............................$60,000.00
ers welcome.
self five minutes a day for the
Amount of Endorsed Warrants Outstanding............................ 26,527.27
Mrs. M. F. Wall, W. M.
general cause of automobile safe­
Leona McGraw, Sec.
TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS OF DISTRICT
$86,527,27
He saved five minute« and lost ty. and to show his fellow hu­
I
I
mans
just
a
wee
bit
of
ordinary
five weeks
Dated this 21st day of May, 1934.
Pythian Sister*
■ourtesy.
LOEL ROBERTS.
R. M. ALDRICH,
Vernonia temple 61
meets
District Clerk
Chairman, Board of Directors
every fourth Wednesday in W.
pretty peaceful in our attitude rWO-WHEEL BRAKE CARS
Approved by Budget Committee May 21, 1934.
IN TOO MANY ACCIDENTS O. W. hall.
towards our fellow man, but the
Signed: Loel Roberts,
R. M. Aldrich,
minute we get behind a steering
Rose Fletcher, M.E.C.
Secretary. Budget Committee
Chairman. Budget Committee
Practically all can manufactur-
Clara Kerns, M. of R. & C.
wtieel, we seem to regard every
LODGES
a