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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1935)
VOLUME XII $2.00 per year; 5c a copy. Storm Closes Down Schools And All Camps VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY Chung-Wah Team Fails to Appear For Girls’ Game The storm kept the Chung- Wah team of Portland from ap — pearing on the local floor Wed CLARK-WILSON SUSPEND nesday evening for a game with the Blue Jays. The Wilark CCC YESTERDAY team also failed to put in an ap pearance, and the Reehers team played the reorganized town School Bus Transportation Is team, defeating them after a fairly close contest. Regarded as too The Blue Jays started a prac Hazardous tice game between two of their All the camps are down and own squads, but it was called school is closed today because off owing to dimness of the of the heavy snow storm of the lights. past few days. While the main roads in the county have been kept open by the snow plow, travel has been difficult, and many instances of stalled cars are reported. Decision to close the schools was made early this afternoon because of the hazard to bus transportation. Chief difficul St. Helen* Ha* Record of Wins ty yesterday was encountered This Season by Tom Crawford on the Camp 8 route. He made it out to The St. Helens Lions are to camp nicely in the morning, and play the Vernonia Loggers in was returning with his load when the Washington grade school he became stalled on turning gym tonight. out in the soft snow to let a St. Helens has a strong team, car pass. Harry Emmons, who whose members have been play had little trouble on his Rock ing together since they were creek route, went' out to bring freshmen. They have defeated the Camp 8 children in. Bruce Grant and Roosevelt high schools McDonald, from Keasey, was de of Portland, also Wheeler, West layed, but managed to get in port and Rainier, and lost a without great difficulty. H. M. close game to Clatskanie. Verno Condit, on the Stony Point route, nia, defeated by this same team went into the ditch a couple of last year, is showing much great times but got out. Little difficul er strength this year, and a ty was encountered by W. R. tough battle is expected. Johnson, from Mist. As far as reported yesterday IRRIGATION PROJECT afternoon, all children reacheo Lions to Play Loggers Here In School Gym (Continued on page 6) County W.C.T.U. Holds Institute In Vernonia SURVEY FOR TREHARNE MADE BY GEO. NELSON Survey for an irrigation pro ject on the L. R. Treharne place was made Friday by County Agent Geo. A. Nelson. It is hop ed that the project will be com pleted in time for a second crop of hay or potatoes in July. Mr. Treharne’s place is well adapted for irrigation purposes, Mr. Nelson says, as a gravity sys tem can be put in from a little creek. "How alcohol- injures the hu man system” was the theme of the black board talks of Mrs. Ada Jolley of Portland, state president of the W. C. T. U., at the all-day W. C. T. U. institute held in the Evangelical church Wednesday. Because of heavy snow and bad roads a number of speakers, county officials and visitors who were expected to come from St. Helens, Clatskanie and Rainier were unable to be present. During the morning session ■ Mrs. Jolley began her discussion i Some snow, some rain and lots of alcohol’s harmful effects. Mrs. of cold weather and Rock creek E. J. Douglass, vice-president of looks like it was still summer the local unit, presided and led time, it being so low. If we don’t a devotional service. C. R. Prit get a little high water soon we chard, minister of the Christian will take down the new bridge church, spoke on How to Win ; and move to a better fishing Those Not Yet Informed of the stream. A few steelhead are be Harmful Effects of Alcohol. A ing caught at Keasey but very few. luncheon was served at noon. Mrs. Pritchard led the after However, Larry Marshall and noon devotional service, and Mrs. Ted Anderson both caught their Jolley was the main speaker. A limit last week. good attendance was present. McEntire landed two and I Mrs. Jolley remained to speak lost track of how many he lost. at an evening service, which was Skuzie doesn’t seem to be do well attended, also. She continu ing so well. Don’t give up the ed her theme for the day, using ship in mid-stream. the blackboard to illustrate her Wally Bergerson lost five one points. Rev. A. N. Glanville had day and the next day landed the charge of the evening devotional limit. service. Charlie Melis brought home a Hall Wins from T. Christensen Saturday Night Match I* Reported as One of the Best Seen Here In what is regarded as one of the best wrestling matches put on in Vernonia Bert Hall defeated Tobey Christensen of La Grande two falls out of three. Christen sen substituted for Tom Ray, who could not come because of a broken arm. He proved him self to be a real wrestler, and the fans are hoping for a re turn match. Another good contest was stag ed by Bob Raymer of Vernonia and Jimmy Strater of Portland, who substituted for McGooty. For a while it looked as if -Ray mer was going to be badly beat en, but in the last part he had the best of it. Strater has beaten some of the best wrestlers of his weight in Portland. A return match is planned be tween Ted Thye and Bert Hall Saturday, Jan. 26. Another bout the same evening will bb between Bob Raymer and Dutch Rambeau of Portland. Rambeau is former coast amateur middleweight champion. High School Is To Stage Play January 25 "Here Came* Patricia” to Be Presented by Junior* The high school junior play, “Here Comes Patricia,” is to be staged Friday, January 25, in the grade school auditorium. The cast includes Jeanne Hughes, Lolamae Smith, Dorothy Webb, Thelma Lincoln, Alice Hoffman, Betty Lee, Hamp Rob erson, Harold Cason, Robert De- pue, Toivo Eloranta and Stanley Parker. Miss Nan Crary is coach. There will be stunts between acts. Fishy Reporter Thinks Creek Is Like Summer nice one. It was reported to m* that ! Smoky Parker hooked a big one down the river and Pappy Bruce tried to gaff him and got pulled in. Smoky didn’t know whether to save the fish or Pappy bi«, finally landed both. The fish weighed 17 pounds but Pappy didn’t weigh his words. Some things I would like to see—Albert Childs using that new pole he won at the Rod and Gun club meeting ... A high water so we could get a big run of fish . . . The fishermen from Portland getting a few fish. Sev eral were here over the week end but I was unable to learn tneir names. „ Another wild cat in Armitage’s (Continued on page 6) 18, NUMBER 3. 1935. J. C. Hudson, 86, County Pioneer Dies in Vernonia James C. Hudson, 86, a resi dent of Columbia county for 661 years, died January 13 at the home of his son Thad in Ver nonia. He had been living here for about four months. Services were held Monday at Hudson, the old family home, and interment was in the Hudson cemetery, Rainier. Mr. Hudson is survived by three sons, Herbert and John of Portland and Thad of Vernonia. Blue Jays Win Portland Game By Large Score Defeat Centenary-Wilbur 59 to 1; Future Game* Announced The Blue Jays walked off with the score at Portland Saturday when they defeated Centenary- Wilbur 59 to 1. A free throw on a foul by Hall gave Centenary their only point. The Vernonia team played- ex cellent ball and the second team had plenty of opportunity to show their ability. Especially commend able was the fine team work ami passing of Hall and Shipman as centers. Substitutions after the first quarter were alternated, Thomp son and Bergerson, forwards; Hall, Shipman, Veith and Thomp son, centers; Guertzen, guard. Points scored were Brady, 21 field goals; Lane, 5 field goals and 3 free throw goals; Thomp son and Bergerson, one field goal each. After the game refreshments were served the Vernonia team by members of the opposing team. Highway Work Is Expected to Begin Soon ENGINEERS’ OFFICE IS ESTABLISHED Beaver Creek and Nehalem Highways to Be Improved Oiling of the Nehalem high way from Al Parker’s to Pitts burg, and realignment and re grading of the Beaver Creek highway from the Hess bridge to Buxton is expected to begin as soon as weather conditions per mit. Announcement was made at the time of letting the contracts that work would start about Jan. 15, and the establishment of an engineer’s office in Vernonia this week leads to the inference that preparations are being made to begin the work as soon as possible. On the engineering staff, em ployed by the state highway de partment, are C. C. Gall, in charge, L. A. Johnston, A. C. Vester and L. M. Stratton. Their office is on Third street next to the old post office. COLUMBIA COUNTY MAN GETS ELECTIVE OFFICE IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION James Vernon of Clatskanie was elected Monday as reading clerk of the house of represen tatives for the present session of the legislature, succeeding to the position held for many years by Elbert Bede, Cottage Grove newspaperman. The nomination was made by Grace Kent Ma gruder and seconded by O. Hen ry Oleen. This is the first time in the history of the Oregon legislative sessions that a resident of Co Other Games Scheduled Tomorrow night the Blue Jays lumbia county has been chosen elective again play Turn Verein at Port as one of the seven land, and if each player plays clerks of the house. as good ball as she is equal to, the score will be entirely differ ent from that of the first game the girls believe. On Jan. 30 Jewell will be ready to play here on the local court and in February Longview, Pacific, and the Green Aces, an all-star college team, will be lo SEEN AND HEARD cal visiting teams. A Schedule Roy Nelson trying in vain to with Sherwood is also pending. keep the gutters clear in front Turn Verstín is expected to re of the bakery . . . Bill Briot turn here for another game on and Mike Hanon giving Judd Jan. 23. Greenman’s coupe a shove out of a snow drift . . . Bill Briot stall ed in his own driveway, and Frank Treasurer Makes Hartwick to the rescue . . . Library Report Wilbur Davis’s truck, unable to At Board Meeting turn around at the laundry, back ing down the hill to Bridge The report of the treasurer of street, Tom Carmen directing Bill the Vernonia public library board Ellis, driver, how to steer . . . for the year 1934 was made by High school boys lined up on Mrs. C. F. Hieber at the monthly either side of the approach to board meeting held Tuesday the front door, ready to pelt in night at the Vernonia hotel. coming students . . . Claude Mrs. Hieber has charge only of Thomas shoveling snow off from the funds which are earned by the his roof . . . Joe Gruber knock library or donated to it. These are ing a logger’s hat off with a dispersed for part of the librar snowball . . . Boys and girls on ian’s salary and for books, sup Cass Bergerson’s bus singing» plies and postage f|gr which cash "Hail, hail the gang’s all here,” must be paid. The major part of as they ride through town in the snow. (Continued on page 6) Feathers . . . and.. .Talons
