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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1934)
Oct no tipRJE agte vnirME xii no» ** u a **** Masons Hold Disi. Meeting Wednesday In Vernonia Temple Two Arc Killed Four Hurt in Auto Accident HELEN BRIMMER, VER- NON JONES VICTIMS VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1», 1034. —i^———Bamsai^me r-F" 1 : ' " 11 ■ . ■ , a; I Crash Take« Place on High way South of Town Helen Brimmer and Vernon I Jones were killed, and Margaret Uaw. Otto Coleman. Andy »nd Clarence Brimmer were Injured Fndsy night when the coup« in •iueb they were riding ve«re<l frvm the highway near Jo*b Sooe't just south of town and leafed down a 60 fool cliff to the railroad. Mr. Jone* died in- ftaatiy, hi* neck being broken, end Miss Brimmer lingered uatU about 10 JO a. m. Saturday with a fractured «hull. The accident happened between IJ6 and 10 00 while the group «ere on their way to Arcadia par* The survivor* state that the light» »ent out Just at the torn Andy and Clarence Brim- aer. who were nding cm the ntaB.ng board*. one on «liber ude. leaped. Andy being oa th« ude Belt the bank, wa« lhe worse i«rt Otto Coleman suffered a fractured shoulder blade, and Mas Line* escaped with bruts«« •ad shock. i Education Work At CCC fa Topic of Speech A meeting of District 24. Grand Lodge of Oregon, A. F and A. M., comprising Columbia county waa held Wednesday night in the Vernonia Masonic temple Attending were Israel Wilson. Rufus Cheney. grand master, grand secretary, F. D. Macpher- •on, grand deacon, E. E. Jtoae- braugh, district deputy grand master and other* of the grand lodge official family Including L- V. Jenkins and Jamee Duffy. lx>dge* represented were th os« of *t Helen*. Rainier, Clatskanie, Hcappooee and Vernonia. Addreeea were given and re freehmente prepared by the Ne halem «octal club and »erved by the Rainbow girl* were provided- About 100 were present. Hear* Addr«« Par»« CCC Boys from laitourelle Are Now in Wilark Dre«th Qsvstto« Di«<««««d Di»eu«*ion of settlement of lands by farmers from the drouth areas Camp Wilark again became a ! followed Mr. Pernu*« address. main camp when a detachment of Judd Gremman pointed out that tree trooper» from (.'amp Latour- there is no way of attracting the •lle were brought there Tuesda) desirable settler* and keeping out morning. those undesirable from an eco John Forsberg I« woods super nomic standpoint. Oregon is not intendent and Capt W. R Fargo in a position to advertise exten is army offeer in command sively for settler* and has no For the past year and a half great amount of land available, Mr. Forsberg was superintendent he maintained. at the Wendling camp. Of School Director To Be Held Oct 29 I Rsiliag Soggeated Clarence Watte suggested • railing at the point where Fri day** accident occurred. It was moved and earned 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 pnvate ownership of the land*. Louis Bowerman, 63, Resident of Oregon For 35 Years, Dies Louis Bowerman. 63, a resident of Oregon for 85 years, died Oct 7 in Portland, and was buried Oct. 10 in the Rose City ceme- t tery. For the past three year* he lived with his family on the old Shecley homestead near no«“*- at one u. Mr. Bowerman was the New time associated with York World and other papers, and for many yean was promi- nent politically. He was born in West Flams, New York. Surviving are his wl- dow, Julia, two sons, Ralph and Louis, and a daughter Anita. ADDITIONAL DONORS TO COMMUNITY CHEST Decision to call a special school Bdward Marion Beaver, 7, so* REPORTED THIS WEEK •I Mr. and Mr*. Harvey F. Heav- meeting Monday, October 29, to DIES OCTOBER 14 •». died in Seaside October 14. N* wa« born in Vernonia July •. 1127. H* leave* to mourn hi* !<»>• hl* mother, father and one bro. James, beside* many rala- and friends. elect a director to take the place of A. C. Enausa, resigned, was made at the board meeting for District 47 Saturday night. Mr. Knauaa tendered his resig- nation several w*eks ago because of removal to Madison, Wia., for the winter. Lee Schwab, former editor of Vernonia Eagle, moved with his family to Vernonia from Dufur Friday, and is occupying the Hen- derw^n house on Third »treet. Mr. Schwab expect* 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 conspieiotu rec ce»* 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. Budget Hearing Conducted with Few Attending JUDGE HARRIS SUGGESTS TUO 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 city 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- ■ation on the airport project, and 81,000 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 Esecutive Committee similar items. The tax to be raised according to the budget is now $14,359.00« The largest attendance for any I or $1,111.84 less than that of the Legion meeting in month* was present Tuesday evening when ¡current year (115,470.84). Post Commander Earl Atkins I November 5, was set as the started the ball rolling for the date for voting on the budget. I^egion Post Has largest Number Out in Months Ceettssgea« Arrive* Teesday Frwi Up River Blanche Gratile To Manage Blue Jay Basketball I Lee Schwab Returns To Vernonia; Will Work for Newspaper Educational work at CCC camps was described at the cham- ber of commerce meeting Tue»- day noon by Laun Perna, camp educational adviser at Ut Reeh- er*• camp, WesUmber. Instruction is rather complicat ed, he slated, as the men range in age from 19 to 61, and in edu cational preparation from the third grade to five year* in col lege. Ihere 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 lhe wen These vary from anthro pology to welding, he »aid. Educa tional courses are not compulsory. The Westtmber camp is com- psed entirely of men from Ore gon, about 50 per cent being from Columbia and Washington coun ties. Kullaeder, McGraw, Timmoas oa The injured were brought back to Vernonia at once and given asdx*. attention. Mr. Coleman • m taken home lo Astoria by hi* I fssuiy Saturday. According to rw- pwt by hi» brother who attend ’d the service» here Tue*O»y, he The boys in the contingent are • grtting along nicely. The two from Chicago. ’then of the injured have also teen doing well. Service* for both Mis* Brim- aer and Mr. Jon«« were held in »he Christian church Tuesday »’•»rning, with F. Claude Meph- Í •*•, former pastor now of Leban- ! •A officiating The attendance •u so great that many could not r»< inside, and the floral tribute* ••t* profuse. Local «tores closed Number Ter» Out fee First Free- of respect during lhe funeral, t««e e( Y war loterment of both waa ia an A»- ^na cemetery. Blanche («ruble was named a« ! Hrlen Myrtle Brimmer was manager of lhe Blue Jay basket near l-ewistowa. Mont., ball team at a meeting in the (Continued on page 6) Washington grade achool Wed nesday night Those turning out NEHALEM VALLEY MEN for practice were Hasel Shipman, REPORT FOR CIRCUIT Margaret Vol th, Hasel Lloyd, Bon. COURT JURY DUTY nie Linn, "Toote” Linn. Dori* Voanick. Mildred Hawkins, Julia Hemy Jepson. L. A. Peterson Wangler. Marguerite Laird, Mil I ted J. C. Libel of Mi*t and John dred Brady, Helen Bergerson. lakaston of Birkenfeld are among Mr*. ' Lane, I »htee who report for jury duty Frances Bergeraon, — - 1 Theresa Goertsen and Blanche >■ circuit court at St. Helene during the October term. Lee Oa- Grable. Thè girls showed much rnthu- of Mist is on the list of ataam and expect to put out • | Pood jurors. winning team this year. No name« of Vernonia resi- ^*ot* were drawn on the first H b si. Meeting for Choice UWARD BEAVER by NUMBER 42. Additional Community Chest donors since the publication of the Ust last week are Mr. and Mr*. E. J. Douglass, J. B. Wil kerson. Mr*. J. R. Annbelle. Mr*. H. C. Ridenour and the Vernonia Trading Co. 1935 membership drive with his own card. Executive officer* elec ted to serve during the new term were A. L. Kullander, H. E. Mc Graw and J. L. Timmons. Walter Kent’s Cow Is Instantly Killed By Falling Tree Commander Atkins made sev eral committee appointment*. 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 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 completed. Two Escape Injury In Auto Accident Sunday in Portland Feathers . . . and a • Talons just off of B street Although some concern was felt for a time over O.-A. proper ty and also for cord wood bo- longing to Jack Heenan, the fire eventually burned itself out with out doing any property damage. 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 w . j struck by another Montgomery Ward car near the " they were leaving the store as city. The car driven driven by oy Mrs. Nirs« a Colo / vw * had a wheel and fenders badly damaged but remained upright The other car turned over. No Two of our respected fellow citizens changed their politic* temporarily last week end. Shorty Kullander, ardent republican, dis played a Martin poster in his window—and some job he had was hurt «craping it off so as to reveal one Miss Holaday and Misa Gray, in its original dearness the jovi»l teachers the Washington in __ ~ ' * countenance of Joe E. Dunne be school, spent the week end visit neath. | ing relatives in Longview and Nat Perdue, enthusiastic cham Krho, and had accompanied Miss pion ff the new deal, nt"W ucan, supported w.«.rr _ _ ‘ ?, Mrs. Cole, and innc i«i « while, until he used Holaday's sister, Dunne for a ’ * ‘ Sunday. chi-el or «-mething to get that I children i to to Portland 1 Mrs. Cole was starting to bring a t...— __ _ - was Joe-E-dunne thing out of - • his — win- them to Vernonia on her way The two *> The w - practical jokers used alto- ■ home to , Longv>«w- wether U < good a grade of glue, teachers finally reached here by gvther too good • rr,de stage. say both Shorty »nd Nat