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VOLUME XII
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SERA Report
Is Issued by
R.E. Culbertsop
PROJECTS APPROVED TO
DATE LISTED
Equitable Distribution Is Aim
Throughout the
County
A report of activities of SERA
in Columbia county up to June
20 has been made by R. E. Cul­
bertson, master timekeeper and
food department superintendent.
The SERA projects approved
to date are as follows: administra­
tion work program; office equip­
ment work program ; adult illiter­
ate education in St. Helens and
Rainier; school district 5, Clats­
kanie; eradication of potato flee
beetle, Scappoose drainage dis­
trict; watershed, Rainer; athletic
park, Clatskanie; city parks, St.
Helens; public library, St. Hel­
ens; airport, Vernonia; Beaver
Springs-Walker road, Goble and
Rainier; North fork Scappoose
creek; McBride school, St. Hel­
ens; Birkenfeld school; Helena
school;
South fork Scappoose
creek; memorial park, Clatskanie;
street cleaning, Rainier; water
main, St. Helens; city park, Scap­
poose; city camp site
(Boy
Scout), Clatskanie.
Projects submitted to the state
engineer’s office for approval are:
Clatskanie, Rainier, St. Helens
and Vernonia juvenile, six weeks;
reservoir,
Clatskanie;
Beaver
creek flood relief, Delena.
Equitable Distribution Sought
Effort is made to secure pro­
jects of equitable distribution in
relation to the place of residence
of the eligible workmen. It is the
desire of the county administra­
tion to have projects available
close to the homes of the rural
workers, since they must be paid
in kind.
The relief administration has
little to do with the actual opera­
tion of the various projects. These
are sponsored, supervised and the
industrial accident insurance cov­
ering the workmen on the jobs
is provided by the individual poli­
tical subdivisions of the county.
SERA is responsible only for the
proper administration of funds
expended for labor to workmen
drawn from those registered for
direct relief prior to April 1. In
addition the county administra­
tion distributes such surplus gov­
ernment food comm o d i t i e s
through its four agencies which
are received from the public
warehouses.
192 Urban Worker* Employed
Workers in urban areas are
limited to a maximum of $24.00
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Reed Is Reelected
Director of Union
High School Dist.
Clarence Reed was reelected
director of union high school dist­
rict 1 Monday afternoon.
Thirty-nine votes were cast, of
which 30 were for Mr. Reed. The
other candidate was W. E. Craw­
ford.
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1934.____________
New Evangelical
Pastor Delayed
In Reaching Here
Because of having to cross the
international line from his home
in Canada, it will be impossible
for Rev. A. N. Glanville, newly
appointed pastor of the local Ev­
angelical church, to arrive in Ver­
nonia in time to take his pulpit
next Sunday, according to word
received here this week.
Rev. D. R. Kauffman, former
pastor, will preach at the morn­
ing service Sunday, July 1.
Town Team Beats
Old Timers 11-4
On Local Field
Harry King Prove* to Be Spark
Plug of Attack
The first gathering of fans and
old timers that has jammed the
local park in the last four years
saw the town team defeat the
old timers 11 to 4 Sunday. The
old timers were slow to start but
once the old soup bones limbered
up they played good ball. In the
latter inning they played the lo­
cals on even terms.
If the kinks can be ironed out
of the old boys in time it is hoped
to arrange another game in July.
Harry King proved a spark plug
to the old timers attack and was
a source of trouble to the locals,
both at bat and afield. Walt
Parker’s hitting was another high­
light of the game.
The local boys all fattened
their batting averages but the
game never ceased to be interest­
ing. The fans were all in fine
spirit and the cheering was loud
and lengthy.
The team travels to Clatskanie
Sunday, Jewell the Fourth of
July and St. Helens July 8.
The line-up: Old Timers—Dav­
is,c; Nance, 2b; Smoky Joe, 31b;
Meeker, 3b; Kerns, lb; Welch, If;
H. Parker, rf; King, ss; W. Par­
ker, cf. Town Team—Costi. 2b;
Greenman, lb; Dustin, c; Haw­
kins, If; Holcomb, cf; Cline, 3b;
Seranotti, ss;
Gordon, rf, p;
Lane, p, rf.
Wheat Growers of
Valley Pick Board
Members for Dist.
At a meeting of wheat growers
in this district, comprising the
entire Nehalem valley, Yankton,
and Bachelor Flat, held in Verno­
nia Friday evening. Wm. Skuzie
of Batchelor Flat was reelected
chairman. Ross Duncan of Verno­
nia and Wm. C. Johnson of Mist
were elected committeemen.
The committee for the Scap­
poose district consists of Grant
Watts, chairman, John Haber-
lick and John Joose. The com­
mittee for the Warren district
includes Axel Carlson, chairman,
Elmer Dahlgren and Pete Mar-
racci.
The county board organized
Monday night with Grant Watt«
again as president, Wm. Skuzie
vice-president, Axel Carlson, trea­
surer and George A. Nelson sec­
retary.
Pasture Rules
Are Described by
Crop Dept. Head
Prof. G. R. Hyslop Conduct* De­
monstration on McGraw Farm
The use of sod-forming grasses
with bunch grasses for permanent
pasture in the Nehalem valley
was emphasized by Professor G.
R. Hyslop, chief of crop depart­
ment, Oregon State college, at
the field day meeting arranged
by Geo. A. Nelson, county agent,
at the grass nursery on H. E. Mc­
Graw’s place last Friday.
The sod-forming grasses are
the Kentucky blue grass, creeping
bent, chewing fescue, tall fescue,
stated Professor Hyslop. Those
termed bunch grasses for this
part of the country are the rye
grasses which includes the Eng­
lish and western rye grass, orch­
ard grass, tall oat grass, timothy,
and several of the other common
grasses used in this part of the
country.
This proved to be an interest­
ing meeting to about 15 farmers
who attended and heard the talk
given by Professor Hyslop in dis­
cussing the value of these differ­
ent grasse and the place ot each.
Several of these grasses were new
to the farmers in the valley.
Among these were the meadow
fox tail which is a lowland grass
that will stand flooding condi-
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Mail Service to
Change July 1
Under New Bids
Houlton Carrier to Make 2
Trips Daily
Change in the departure of
mails from Vernonia will go into
effect after July 1, when the
new contracts begin.
Mail will leave Vernonia at
7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. The new
carrier on the star route to
Houlton, Clifford Sandy, will
make both trips, starting from
here in the morning instead of
from Houlton, and carrying the
evening mail himself instead of
dispatching it by stage as at pre­
sent. Arrival in Vernonia will be
approximately as at present.
Mrs. Edna Kilby retains the
Timber route, but will deliver
up Beaver creek as far as
Braun’s school in addition to the
present service.
The Mist route will be carried
by Mrs. Lucille Dustin, and Eu­
gene Shipman will continue in the
Keasey star route.
MR. AND MRS. J. F. ROSE
LEAVE ON TRIP THROUGH
SALT LAKE & SOUTHWEST
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rose, sons
Frank and Floyd and daughter
Glenda left Sunday on an auto­
mobile trip through Salt Lake
City and Denver to Missouri and
then through Dallas, Texas, into
old Mexico. They plan to visit
the Grand Canyon and
other
points of interest, and will re­
turn by way of Los Angeles and
Mrs. J. C. Henderson is visiting San Francisco. The trip will take
relatives in Portland and Salem at least four weeks, Mr. Rose
for a week.
^ys.
TALL GRASS SHOULD
BE CUT
•
Tall grass in vacant lots
should be cut at once, de­
clares Marshal Tom Car­
men, both for the sake of
appearances and to reduce
fire hazard.
The city is cutting grass
on city lots and along the
streets, but the property
owners should take care of
their own lots.
J. C. Henderson
Instantly Killed
By Fall from Tree
Was Resident of Nehalem Valley
For Many Year*
Joseph Carl Henderson,
44,
was instantly killed
Saturday
morning when his neck was brok­
en in a fall from a cherry tree in
Judge P. Hill’s yard. A limb upon
which his weight rested broke-
hurling him head first to the
ground.
He was born Oct. 4, 1889, in
The Dalles, Oregon. About 1908
the family moved to Mist, where
Mr. Henderson spent most of his
boyhood. During the war he en­
listed at Independence and for a
year was stationed at Camp Lew­
is, where he was engaged in in­
structing recruits.
After the war he returned to
Independence, and in about 1927
moved to Vernonia, where ne has
been engaged in the house and
sign painting business. He is sur­
vived by his widow, Alice Hender­
son, two small sons, Dean and
Donald, his mother, Mrs. S. J.
Henderson, two sisters, Mrs. B. R.
Wolfe of Portland and Mrs. W.
C. Aylesworth of Berkeley, Cal.,
and a brother, P. C. Henderson
of Portland.
He was a member of the Amer­
ican Legion and the Masonic fra­
ternity.
Services were held In tne lo­
cal Evangelical church Monday,
Rev. D. R. Kauffman officiating.
Interment was in Rose City ceme­
tery, Portland. Pallbearei» were
members of Vernonia post 119,
American Legion—Eugene Ship­
man, E. S. Thompson, Earl At­
kins, H. E. McGraw, A. L. Kul-
lander and E. H. Washburn.
NUMBER 26.
■ Local Golfers
Win Close Match
From Forest Hills
ONLY POINT SEPARATES
CONTESTANTS
Medal Scores of Players Are
Best Seen Here
This Year
Under perfect Oregon skies a
20 man team of the local golf
course won one of the most close­
ly contested golf matches of the
season from the the Forest Hills
club of Cornelius. Only 1 point
under the Nassau scoring system
separated the contestants at the
end of the match and through­
out the play matched players of
the teams were battling furiously
in a struggle of superiority. Med­
al scores of players on both teams
were the best seen this year upon
the local course, several of them
being close to par golf which is
most difficult to find upon this
seemingly easy but exceedingly
perplexing par 70 course.
This was the first of a home
and home series and the return
match will be played on the For­
est Hills course sometime in Aug­
ust, probably the 12th, but it will
be announced later by the tourna­
ment committee.
This coming Sunday, July 1,
the committee has also arranged
interclub matches for the day
based upon playing handicap.
Results of the match were as
follows:
Fore*t Hill* 29 M
Vernonia 30 Ml
Bushong 2 ............. Macpherson 1
Mills 1 ........................... Bateman 2
Goodman 0 .................... E. King 3
Miller 3 ........................... H. King 0
Anderson % .......... .......... Ruhl 2%
Garrett 0 ....................... Brickel 3
Patterson 0 ....................... Childs 3
Holznagel 14 ................ Legler 2M
Todd 3 ........................... Messing 0
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RODEO TO BE STAGED
AT ARCADIA PARK
WEDNESDAY, JULY 4
O ¡on Bros Rodeo, including
riding contests, Roman races,
squaw races, and a carnival un­
der the d notion of Smith Bros.
Carnival Co. is to be held at Ar­
HARLEY VAN BLARICOM
cadia park Wednesday, July 4.
FINED IN JUSTICE COURT1 There will be dancing afternoon
and evening.
Harley Van Blaricom was fined
$25 and costs in Judge P. Hill’s
court yesterday on a charge of
assault and battery.
The complaining witness was
Lester Sheeley, who alleged that
Mr. Van Blaricom attacked him
in Skinny’s Pool Room June 16,
knocking him to the floor. Mr.
SEEN AND HEARD
Van Blaricom pled self defense,
Wilbur Davis, Doc Eby and
asserting that Mr. Sheeley was Tommy
Bateman
calling
Ed
trying to hit him with a beer mug. Fraee out of bed at 11
District Attorney, John L. Stor­ p. m. to celebrate the Frazee
la,
conducted the prosecution, wedding anniversary . . . Wilbur
and H. Van Blaricom, father of Davis’s car painted a fashionable
the defendant, examined witnes­ tan while he was in Seattle . . .
ses for the defense.
shots from th? Wulf charivari .. .
E.- D. Benson scything the tall
Bert Hall, Vernonia logger, was grass back of the Eagle shop . . .
arrested in Portland Tuesday on Earl Smith whetting another
i charge of slugging an appli- »cythe by aid of a vice in the
cant for the job of special police- water department truck in front
man. Mr. Hall denies the charge. of the city hall.
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