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VOLUME XIII $1.50 per year, 5c a cony.
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY,
OREGON. FRIDAY,
Messing Receives
Lack of Quorum Emil Letter
Townsend Club
From James Farley
Causes Delay in
Is Organized
A letter signed personally by
Postmaster General James A. Far-
Budget Hearing I ley
At Birkenfeld
wtus received this week by
OCTOBER
18,
1935.
DR. HALL TO MOVE
INTO OWN BUILDING
NUMBER 42.
Tapp is Named
As Member of
Budget Group
Dr. R. I. Hall is remodeling
the building at 965 Bridge street
across from the post office for
Emil F. Messing, local postmast
I use as an office. The building,
FEW ATTEND MEETING er, thanking him for two Ver­ Matt Gibson and M. E. Turking- which he owns, has been vacant COUNTY COMMITTEE IS
nonia airport dedication covers
' for some time. New floors, plumb-
ton Help to Form Group
IN CITY HALL
NAMED
________
I ing, partitions and other alter-
which Mr. Messing sent him. Mr.
Farley stated that he was glad to
Gibson
and
M.
E.
Turk-
ations
essential
for
a
physician
’
s
Matt
Matter of Cemetery Project have them for his collection.
ington of Vernonia and Henry °ffice are being installed. Dr. Louis Fluhrer and John Foole
Is to Be Brought
Are Other Mem­
Young of Hillsboro organized a I Hall expects to move in the lat-
Report of Stage Line
bers
new Townsend club at Birkenfeld J ter part of the month.
up
I
Sale Denied by Gronbeck Thursday evening, Oct. 11. They I
—
Shingle Nail*
The budget meeting set for
report that 99 per cent of those
J. E. Tapp of Vernonia was
yesterday evening was postponed
Reports that the S. P. and S. eligible present signed the mem-1
In Good Condition
named a member of the county
until next Monday at 8 p. m. on Tronsportation Co. has acquired bership roll with 100 per centi
Found in 40 year Roof budget committee, it was an­
account of the lack of a quorum, the Portland-Banks stage line are dues paid at the time.
nounced Monday. The others are
only two members of the council denied by Thor Gronbeck, own­
The organizers have made ten-1 Jack McGowan is showing some Louis Fluhrer of Mayger, a for­
and one of the budget committee er. Mr. Gronbeck has issued the tative arrangements for forming iron shingle nails free from rust mer county commissioner, and
being present beside the mayor following statement:
one or possibly two new clubs and in the best of condition which John L. Foote of St. Helens, for­
Don’t be Misled
and recorder.
in the Nehalem valley.
he took from a roof of a Gales mer district attorney. Mr. Tapo
The Portland-Banks Stage line
On account of the public in­
Others from Vernonia present' Creek house while reshingling it was the choice of Commissioner
terest in the proposed allowance is in no way affiliated with or at the Birkenfeld meeting were last week. The shingles had been Wrn. Pringle, Mr. Fluhrer of Com­
for the cemetery project it was sponsored by any corporation or Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Thomas, Mrs. in place for 40 years, the own- missioner Tilden Graham and Mr.
anticipated that a number of firm whatsoever. It is solely own­ A. E. Adams, Mrs. Dora Wash­ er told him.
Foote of Judge J. B. Wilkerson.
taxpayers would attend the hear­ ed and operated by me.
burn and Mayor Ben S. Owens.,
The county court and the bud­
ing to appear either for or against
Thor Gronbeck
Local Club to Meet
get committee will meet October
Jack Christiansen
increasing the item to $1125.
The Vernonia Townsend club
24 for a two day session to draw
To Open Furnishing
The
audience,
however,
was McCollom Is Chosen
will hold a special meeting to­
up the budget.
small.
night at J. W. Brown’s to ar­
Store on Bridge St.
President of County
range for financing the expenses ’
Educational Club of a delegate to the Chicago con- | Jack Christiansen will open
Clatskanie Game
t'ention. About $40 was realized tomorrow in the old MacMarr
To Be Played Here
I. N. McCollom, grade school from the food sale last Saturday. store next to the Paterson Fur­
Tomorrow Afternoon superintendent, was elected pres­
niture store on Bridge street a EXPRESS YOUR OPINION
ident of the Men’s Educational Boxing Season
men’s furnishing store featuring
Many a street corner discuss­
One of the outstanding games club of Columbia county at a
work clothes.
ion
has been held the past few
Opens
Tonight
In
of the season is to be played on meeting of the group held as part
The front part of the room has
days regarding the amount re­
the local field when the Vernon­ of the teachers’ institute in St.
Legion Hall been partitioned off for a dis­ quested by a committee interest­
ia “Loggers” meet Clatskanie Helens Thursday of last week. He
play loom. For several days al­ ed in the cemetery project. Some
high school tomorrow at 2:15 was also chosen as one of the
The boxing season will open terations have been in progress
p. m.
five delegates to the annual meet­ tonight at the Legion hall with to fit the store for its intended have favored it, others have
denounced it as too expensive.
This probably will be one of ing of the Oregon State Teach­ bouts between Joe Magoff and use. The first of the stock was
Such discussions were natural
Chet Pettit, Cortesi and Ken moved in Wednesday.
the best games of the season er’s association in December.
and spontaneous, but wholly un­
On
Friday
the
teachers
visited
Parker, Red Vike and Red Byers,
due to the fact that last year
official.
Clatskanie took the local team different schools. From the Wash­ and others.
Lodge In St. Helen*
Thursday evening an official
ington
grade
school
Miss
Lenora
A
fast
and
exciting
contest!
for a 20-7 loss and the Loggers
Celebrate* 7 5th Year
discussion of this and any other
are anxious to have the chance Kizer visited in Hillsboro, Miss is promised by the matchmaker, I
matter pertaining to the pro­
of being on the bigger end of Ruth Holaday in Longview, Miss K. H. Cliff.
The seventy-fifth anniversary posed budget was scheduled-—
Grace White in Salem and the
the score this year.
St.
Helens
of the founding of
and only a handful of citizens
others in Portland.
Astoria Bridge
j lodge 32, A. F. and A. M., was
Stiff competition will be of­
attended. As it happened, the
Project
Rejected
fered by the opposing team, which
celebrated
Tuesday
night
in
the
I
discussion wa|> postponed be*
BAZAAR DATE IS
By Government I
is coached by Ira Tucker, and
Masonic temple in St. Helens. cause of lack of a quorum, and
DESIGNATED
a very good game is forecast.
Among those attending from Ver­ the hearing has been set for
(Astorian-Budget)
The condition of the local team
nonia lodge 147 were Glen Haw­
Final disapproval of the app- kins, master, Ed. Bollinger, Low­ Monday evening.
Saturday, November 9, has
is much better as the boys are all
lication
for
a
loan
and
grant
of
If your are interested one way
been
set
as
the
date
for
the
in better shape. King, one of
ell Hieber, Tom Crawford, George
the outstanding back field men bazaar and cooked food sale to $6,374,000 for the building of a Plumb, Oscar Johnson and Ira or the other, be on hand and
.-.ay what you think. If you want
ond Buckner, a strong lineman, be given by Mountain Heart Re­ trans-Columbia bridge at Astor­ Mann.
the tax increased to provide for
will be back in the game after bekah social club. The date wa ia has been issued by the PWA at
the sum asked, say so. If you
having been on the bench for arranged at a special meeting of Washington, according to word JOHN L. FOOTE
the club called on Tuesday af­ just received by Mayor J. C.
don’t want it, say so. If any
a time due to injuries.
NAMED CHANCELLOR
ternoon for the purpose of chang Ten Brook, president, Judge Guy
other items are objectionable, you
OF STATE PYTHIANS have an opportunity provided by
ing the original date which con­ Boyington, secretary of the Ore­
law to be heard on the subject.
flicted with that of another or gon-Washington Bridge Board of
John L. Foote, St. Helens, was To wait until after the budget
ganization.
Trustees.
The notification was sent by' elected - grand chancellor of the is acted upon and then vote
Cleve Mellinger and Curly Horatio B. Hackett, assistant ad-!Krand lodge, Knights of Pythias, against it because some provision
Buffmire were among the suc- ministrator and said in part, “WeJ8*' ^*e j°'n^ session of that or- therein does not suit is poor
are of the opinion that the rev-; ganization and the Pythian Sis citizenship. Budgets can be chang­
cesful bird hunters Sunday.
Report has been received that enues to be expected from the ters in Portland yesterday,
ed if a sufficient number of
SEEN AND HEARD ....................... Mrs. W. A. Davis, who under­
operation of the project would j Other grand lodge officers were taxpayers present at the hear­
Judge Ilieber trying to get his went an operaton in a Centralia, not provide debt service with a| named as follows: Louis Ben­ ing express their wishes for a
daughter’s spaniel to behave . . Washington., hospital recently, is reasonable margin of safety. | nett, Lebanon, vice-chancellor; change.
. Mayor Owens, Walt Kent and improving rapidly and expects to Therefore, the revenue bonds of-1 William Schultz, Forest Grove,
It is to be hoped that the ad­
Ernie Stacy conferring on the return to her home in Portland fered would not constitute reas­ prelate; Walter G. Gleeson, Port­ journed hearing will be attended
city hall steps . . Officer Forsyth Sunday.
onable security.”
land, keeper otf records and by a representative audience. To
and a bunch of high school boys
Ira Mann and F. D. Macpher­
seals; A. J. Rose, Portland, mas- object in time and have a bud­
examining new mounted speci­ son attended the dedication of
Word has been received from mer of exchequer; Melville H. get that is right is a far better
mens in Norris Soden’s collection the. new Masonic hall in Sandy Fred Henderson, who is stationed Geil, Portland, master at arms; policy than to object later at the
. . . Joe Wangler waving at Tuesday night.
with the marines at San Diego, Claude M. Snow, Portland, inner polls and have no budget. The
friends as he drives along Bridge
Eugene Shipman is clerking that he is making an excel- guard; J. B. Long, Rainier, out­ city must have a budget of some
street . . . George Laird driving in the post office while O. T. lent record on the marines foot­ er guard; Leif S. Finseth, Dallas, kind, and the hearing affords
a coupe just bought . A . Helen Bateman is away on a hunting ball team and has received high supreme representative; Carl Bro- the opportunity for making such
Messing back again.
trip.
praise from the coach.
derson, Forest Grove, trustee. changes as are desirable.
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