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VOLUME XII *-------- ■-■■■ ........... " VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1034. $2.00 per year; 5c a copy. ■ Two Are Killed Four Hurt in Auto Accident HELEN BRIMMER, VER NON JONES VICTIMS Crash Takes Place on High way South of Town Helen Brimmer and Vernon Jones were killed, and Margaret Lines, Otto 'Coleman, Andy and Clarence Brimmer were injured Friday night when the coupe in which they were riding veered from the highway near Josh Rose’s just south of town and plunged down a 60 foot cliff to the railroad. Mr. Jones died in stantly, his neck being broken, and Miss Brimmer lingered until about 10:30 a. m. Saturday with a fractured skull. The accident happened between 9:30 and 10:00 while the group were on their way to Arcadia park. The survivors state that the lights went out just at the turn. Andy and Clarence Brim mer, who were riding on the running boards, one on either side, leaped. Andy being on the side next the bank, was the worse hurt. Otto Coleman suffered a fractured shoulder blade, and Miss Lines escaped with bruises and shock. The injured were brought back to Vernonia at once and given medical attention. Mr. Coleman was taken home to Astoria by his family Saturday. According to re port by his brother who attend ed the services here Tuesaay, he is getting along nicely. The two others of the injured have also been doing well. • Services for both Miss Brim mer and Mr. Jones were held in the Christian church Tuesday morning, with F. Claude steph ens, former pastor now of Leban on, officiating. The attendance was so great that many could not get inside, and the floral tributes were profuse. Local stores closed out of respect during the funeral. Interment of both was in an As toria cemetery. Helen Myrtle Brimmer was born near Lewistown, Mont., (Continued on page 6) NEHALEM VALLEY MEN REPORT FOR CIRCUIT COURT JURY DUTY Heniy Jepson, L. A. Peterson and J. C. Libel of Mist and John Johnston of Birkenfeld are among those who report for jury duty in circuit court at St. Helene during the October term. Lee Os born of Mist is on the list of grand jurors. No names of Vernonia resi- dents were drawn on the first panel. EDWARD BEAVER DIES OCTOBER 14 Edward Marion Beaver, 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey F. Beav er, died in Seaside October 14. He was born in Vernonia July 9, 1927. He leaves to mourn his loss his mother, father and one bro ther, James, besides many rela tives and friends. ------------ ■ - - ........... Masons Hold Dist. Meeting Wednesday In Vernonia Temple A meeting of District 24, Grand Lodge of Oregon, A. F. and A. M., comprising Columbia county was held Wednesday night in the Vernonia Masonic temple. Attending were Israel Wilson, grand master, Rufus Cheney, grand secretary, F. D. Macpher son, grand deacon, E. E. Rose- braugh, district deputy grand master and others of the grand lodge official family including L. V. Jenkins and James Duffy. Lodges represented were those of St. Helens, Rainier, Clatskanie, Scappoose and Vernonia. Addreses were given and re freshments prepared by the Na- halem social club and served by the Rainbow girls were provided. About 100 were present. CCC Boys from Latourelle Are Now in Wilark Contingent Arrives Tuesday From Up River Camp Wilark again became a main camp when a detachment of tree troopers from Camp Latour elle were brought there Tuesday morning. John Forsberg is woods super intendent and Capt. W. R. Fargo is army offeer in command. For the past year and a half Mr. Forsberg was superintendent at the Wendling camp. The boys in the contingent are from Chicago. Blanche Grable To Manage Blue Jay Basketball Number Turn Out for First Prac tice of Y ear Blanche Grable was named as manager of the Blue Jay basket ball team at a meeting in the Washington grade school Wed nesday night. Those turning out for practice were Hazel Shipman, Margaret Veith, Hazel Lloyd, Bon nie Linn, “Toots” Linn, Doris Vosnick, Mildred Hawkins, Julia Wangler, Marguerite Laird, Mil dred Brady, Helen Bergerson, Frances Bergerson, Mrs. Lane, Theresa Goertzen and Blanche Grable. The girls showed much enthu siasm and expect to put out a winning team this year. Meeting for Choice Of School Director To Be Held Oct. 29 Decision to call a special school meeting Monday, October 29, to elect a director to take the place of A. C. Knauss, resigned, was made at the board meeting for District 47 Saturday night. Mr. Knauss tendered his resig nation several weeks ago because of removal to Madison, Wis., for the winter. ■ .......... - Education Work At CCC Camp Is Topic of Speech Chamber of Commerce Hears Addres by Pernu Educational work at OCC camps was described at the cham ber of commerce meeting Tues day noon by Lauri Pernu, camp educational adviser at the Reeh- er’s camp, Westimber. Instruction is rather complicat ed, he stated, as the men range in age from 19 to 61, and in edu cational preparation from the third grade to five years in col lege. There are, however, certain definite interests, diesel engines and music being especially popu lar, and the effort is to adjust the program to the interest of the men. These vary from anthro pology to welding, he said. Educa tional courses are not compulsory. The Westimber camp is com- psed entirely of men from Ore gon, about 50 per cent being from Columbia and Washington coun ties. Drouth Question Discussed Discussion of settlement of lands by farmers from the drouth areas followed Mr. Pernu’s address. Judd Greenman pointed out that there is no way of attracting the desirable settlers and keeping out those undesirable from an eco nomic standpoint. Oregon is not in a position to adveitise exten sively for settlers and has no great amount of land available, he maintained. Railing Suggested Clarence Watts suggested a railing at the point where Fri day’s accident occurred. It was moved and carried that the secre tary prepare petitions to the high way commission for the purpose. Discussion of cleaning up the creek beds as a SERA project brought out the fact that such work could not be done here be cause of private ownership of the lands. Louis Bowerman, 63, Resident of Oregon For 35 Years, Dies Louis Bowerman, 63, a resident of Oregon for 35 years, died Oct 7 in Portland, and was buried Oct. 10 in the Rose City ceme tery. For the past three years he lived with his family on the old Sheeley homestead near Ver nonia. Mr. Bowerman was at one time associated with the New York World and other papers, and' for many years was promi nent politically. He was born in West Plains, New York. Surviving are his wi dow, Julia, two sons, Ralph and Louis, and a daughter Anita. ADDITIONAL DONORS TO COMMUNITY CHEST REPORTED THIS WEEK Additional Community Chest donors since the publication of the list last week are Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Douglass, J. B. Wil kerson, Mrs. J. R. Annbelle, Mrs. H. C. Ridenour and the Vernonia Trading Co. ... " --------- :■= NUMBER 42. ' Lee Schwab Returns To Vernonia; Will Work for Newspaper Lee Schwab, former editor of Vernonia Eagle, moved with his family to Vernonia from Dufur Friday, and is occupying the Hen derson house on Third street. Mr. Schwab expects to be busy in campaign work for the republi can party until election. He will also have part time employment on the Eagle as advertising solici tor. He has had conspicious suc cess in this work, the Dufur Dis patch, which he published, carrying large advertising despite the small size of the community, and the Eagle, when he was in charge and the mill was operating, en joying the reputation of having the most advertising lineage of any newspaper in a community of the size in the state. Legion Post Has Largest Number Out in Months Kullander, McGraw, Timr-on» on Executive Committee The largest attendance for any Legion meeting in months was present Tuesday evening when Post Commander Earl Atkins started the ball rolling for the 1935 membership drive with his own card. Executive officers elec ted to serve during the new term were A. L. K llander, H. E. Mc Graw and J. L. Timmons. Commander Atkins made sev eral committee appointments. Those to serve on the house com mittee are Roland Treharne, and Henry King, Armistice dance and turkey shoot, Earl Washburn, publicity and membership, Lee Schwab and Gene Shipman. “Like old times,” was the re mark of all as the meeting un der the guidance of Earl Atkins and Jack Biggs progressed with the lining up of many fall ac tivities for Vernonia American Legion post 119. The next meet ing will be held Tuesday even ing, October 30, when plans for Armistice day celebration will be completed. Feathers . . . and.. .Talons Two of our respected fellow citizens changed their politics temporarily last week end. Shorty Kullander, ardent republican, dis played a Martin poster in his window—and some job he had scraping it off so as to reveal in its original clearness the jovial countenance of Joe E. Dunne be neath. Nat Perdue, enthusiastic cham pion of the new deal, supported Dunne for a while, until he used a chisel or something to get that Joe-E-dunne thing out of his win dow. The practical jokers used alto-; gether too good a grade of glue, say both Shorty and Nat. ■ ------- ------------- -1 •=• Budget Hearing Conducted with Few Attending JUDGE HARRIS SUGGESTS TWO CHANGES Golf Course and Airport Ex penses Allowed at Meeting In the presence of a very small audience the budget committee and the city council conducted a hearing on the c'ty budget Wed nesday night. Two additional items were sug gested by Judge W. A. Harris, of the committee, and they were incorporated in the budget. They were $700 for insurance compen sation on the airport project, and $1,000 for mortgage and taxes on the golf course, now being ac quired by the city. Upon motion of R. M. Aldrich, seconded by Judge Harris, the sum of $25 was added for library equipment. Mrs. Ray D. Fisher, appearing for the library board, asked for this item in order to buy new books, the rest of the fund being used for repairs of old books and other similar items. The tax to be raised according to the budget is now $14,359.00« or $1,111.84 less than that of the current year ($15,470.84). November 5, was set as the date for voting on the budget. I Walter Kent’s Cow Is Instantly Killed By Falling Tree Walter Kent’s cow was instant ly killed Saturday afternoon by a falling tree that had been weak ened by a slashing fire set by Mr. Kent the morning before. The fire went out of bounds late Friday during the unexpect ed clearing of the weather fol lowing heavy rains in the morn ing, and climbed the wooded hill just off of B street. Although some concern was felt for a time over O.-A. proper ty and also for cord wood be longing to Jack Heenan, the fire eventually burned itself out with out doing any property damage. Two Escape Injury In Auto Accident Sunday in Portland Ruth Holaday and Marjorie Gray escaped injury Sunday when the car driven by Mrs. M. D. Cole of Longview in which they were traveling to Vernonia from Portland was struck by another car near the Montgomery Ward store as they were leaving the city. The car driven by Mrs. Cole had a wheel and fenders badly damaged but remained upright. The other car turned over. No one was hurt. Miss Holaday and Miss Gray, teachers in the Washington school, spent the week end visit ing relatives in Longview and Kelso, and had accompanied Miss Holaday’s suiter, Mrs. Cole, and children to Portland Sunday. Mrs. Cole was starting to bring them to Vernonia on her way home to Longview. The two teachers finally reached here by stage.
