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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1937)
VOLUME XIV $1.50 per year, LICENSE EXAMINER unable Moran to TO GET TO VERNONIA As Sch<K>I Electric Light Rate Reduction Is Now Effective Object la to Encourage Use of More Electricity by Lowering Rates for Quantity Consumers Effective this month the Ore gon Gas and Electric company with the consent of the public utilities commissioner of Oregon, puts into effect new rates on resi dential and commercial lighting. After meeting with some of the business men of Vernonia and representatives of the public commissioner the company of ficials decided that if a re duction in rates was accompanied by an increase of use of electri city they would be justified in lowering their rates. At the meetings it was clearly shown that the earnings of the company were entirely inade quate on their investment in Ver nonia and did not justify a re duction in rates. However, they were willing to file a new rate schedule by which will permit of increased use of their service by their customers at a lower aver age cost per kilowatt hour. The old rates will remain in effect for the small residential consumer, who uses less than the minimum, unless he elects to adopt the new rate, which he may do at any time, but having adopted the new rate must stay on it at least one year. Under the new schedule the starting rate is 8 cents a kilo watt hour, dropping to 3 and 2 cents for quantity use. The minimum charge, however, is $2.00. The old rates start at 12 cents, with a minimum of $1.20, which may be retained by small consumers who choose to do so. In discussing the new reduced rates Mr. Nichols said, “There rates were put into effect re- 1 Resign JANUARY 15, MARGARET SHOP IS SOLD TO MARY SCHMIDLIN Director Ice on the lower Columbia: j c Mora^°c“h;innan of the highway between Astoria and grade school board, announced Clatskanie yesterday morning pre 1 Tuesday in a long distance con vented R. J. Dooley, examiner of versation with T. C. Graves, dis- operators and chauffeurs, from . trict clerk, his intention to re- keeping his scheduled date in the I ¡sign from the board. For some i local city hall. time his duties in the state fores- e.. I try department have kept him 1937 NUMBER Vernonia Post Meeting Monday Is Enthusiastic 3 Miss Mary Schmidlin, who has been engaged in beauty shop work in Portland, purchased Sat urday the Margaret Beauty shop from Margaret Powell. Miss List of Activities for 1936 Schmidlin took immediate posses Surprises Even Some of Most Active Members of Unit sion. I The shop is located above the I Vernonia Post 119 had a very Five School Songs away from Vernonia, and he is Hoffman hardware store. enthusiastic and well attended now residing temporarily in Chosen in Contest meeting Monday night, Jan. 11. WPA Project for Salem. About 30 were in attendance. Five songs set to various pop- Action on the part of the School Lunches The post voted to give $25.00 ular tunes were selected among a local board awaits definite no- ti the inhalator fund after J. C. To Start Monday number of entries in a school tification from County School Lincoln reported the states of —o--- song contest at the Washington Superintendent E. H. Condit that vlmv A WPA project for serving inhalator finances. gradeschool, Thursday. Winners , Mr. Moran’s resignation has been hot lunches to school children at The commander, “Happy” were Nora Vike, Barbara Nichols, if¡]e(j w ith him. .......... ...... His successor will nominal cost will be started Mon- Thompson, arranged a member- Miss Condit’s 6 ” ■ , I ^a®s> Esther either be elected by local voters day at the Washington and Lin-1 contest between Navy and Williams and Letha Gaines - joint 1 - lor appointed by the county super coin schools. The school district Marines against Army, and if ly and Irene Valpiani.. , Judges | jntendent, at the option of the will pay for the equipment, and t|,e pOgt membership is raised to were Miss Amy Hughes, , Miss j other two directors. In either the WPA will pay the wages of members, the post will pay Marjorie Gray and Enoch Dumas. i case the term of Mr. Moran’s the women who do the work. f dinner. If not. the side These songs were used at a ¡successor will end at the annual Arrangements have been made having least members will pay basketball game Friday evening. ¡meeting next June. whereby the community chest for the dinner. A. P. Bays will automatically board will pay the cost of the A very fine report was turned COLD WEATHER PREVENTS become chairman, and retain the lunches of children whose par in bp the Christmas charity com GRADE SCHOOL SESSION position next school year. ents are on relief, and also un mittee. Bert Tisdale and George dernourished children from needy Baker spoke on how successful Inability to heat the Wash families. At least one hot dish the committee was in having the ington grade school in time for will b provided each noon. cooperation of the entire com Monday’s classes prevented use munity. Mr. Baker spoke espec of the building that day, and the Railroad Freight ially of how the teachers of the children were granted an unex schools cooperated to make this Service Now Daily pected holiday. No difficulty was the most successful Christmas experienced on other days. The S. P. & S. railway is now Vernonia ever had. gardless of the low earnings of giving daily freight train service | A long list of post activities SEEN AND HEARD the company, with the hope that to Vernonia in place of the three I since Aug. 3, 1936 was read, the increased consumption in A new smoke stack looming up day a week service operated for : which greatly surprised even some electricity would increase the on the city hall . . . Clarence some time past. The train arrives 1'of the most active members, company’s earnings. Watts expressing the opinion that in the evening and leaves in the j They were in part: “Similiar rate reductions in walking on slush is better than morning, averaging 13 cars of Vernonia post sent in the 'first 1937 members in the state; othe communities have been fol walking on ice because the slush lumber outward bound. There is no service on Sunday. i started program to purchase in- lowed by increased use of elec indicates that the snow is on the A tricity and it is the hope of the way out . . . K. A. McNeill i halator for city; continued to F. M. Ruhl returned from Kan company that the same may telling about the new baby boy 'furnish ambulance service to city; . . . Thor Gronbeck declaring sas Sunday morning. prove true in Vernonia.’’ ■ sponsored Boy Scout movement; In commenting on the new that he doesn’t like baching while Mrs. L. H. Dewey was a Port erected safety signs on high ways; repainted bulletin board rates Mayor Ben S. Owens re his wife is away on a trip to land visitor Monday. and put new names thereon; marked, “The company has been California . . . The two loud more than fair and certainly has speakers on Kenneth White’s Garland McGee, whc operates 1 started school award at grade treated the city fine.” Council truck wrapped up in the cold . . . a barber shop in Skinny’s Card school; sponsored boxing and man K. A. McNeill said, “Cer The county snow plow coming Room, is seriously ill. 1 (Continued on Page 12) home after a day’s work on the tainly sounds good to me.” mountain . . . Marjorie Holtham shoveling snow all 'up and down the block. I ---------- *—“ Feathers . . . and... Talons Vernonia Loggers Achieve Brilliant Win over Beavers The Vernonia Loggers made history on the local floor Tues day night by dropping the Bea verton Beavers 30 to 4 without allowing a single field goal. Bea verton, one of the strong teams of Washington county, was un able to penetrate the tight zone defense of the Loggers, while the Loggers’ offensive functioned smoothly to rattle the net for 30 points. The Vernonia boys using a new type of offense never be fore used here of alternately pas sing and rolling the ball on the floor to penetrate a zone defense baffled the Beavers as well as some of the fans. The game started slowly with little scoring for several minutes, but the Loggers soon pulled away to lead at the end of the first FRIDAY, 5c a copy. VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY. ORlEGON quarter 9 to 1. The score at the half was 15 to 3. Coming out for the second half the Loggers opened up with a fast breaking offense while holding the Beavers to a single goal shot. All eight men on the squad were used by Coach McCrae with Storey and Adams leading the scoring parade. The lineup was as follows: (4) F (1) Gibson Condit Storey (12) F(l) Karpe nstein Adams West (8) C G Brown Schalock Meeker Iassacson (4) G (2) McDonald (2) S Barnes Bixby Byers S Whiting Thompson S In a preliminary the B squad defeated the freshman team 34 to 7. Program for Soils Meeting Announced The program for the Columbia county soils resources conference to be held in the Legion hall, Rainier, January 21 and 22 was announced this week by County Agent George A. Nelson. There will be noon luncheon served by the Methodist ladies each day. There are more than 30 dis tinct soil types on Columbia county farms and this conference will be devoted to the inany problems relating to the manage ment of these many soil types. The response of the different soil types to various manage ment methods and to fertili zers, as well as crops, varies con siderably. Many of these pro blems will be discussed in detail. (Continued on page 3.) Small Crowd Braves Cold To See Wrestling Match Carl P. Linn show from the start. Frankiln Only a small crowd braved the dragged out his usual line of cold to take in the wrestling at rough tactics with Hagen run the Legion hall on Tuesday ning a close second at hair pul night. ling, ear chewing, etc. Because of the inclement wea Franklin took the first fall in ther some of the contestants did 19 minutes 30 seconds with a not show up and some not until body press after Hagen was late so that Promoter Tisdale groggy from too much rough ■was about to call off the festivi treatment at the hands of the ties. At this time Noel Franklin, Portland ruffian. Portland “meanie”, Jack Hagen Hagen came back strong and and Dilly Davis, three of the took the second in 17 minutes 10 headliners arrived on the scene seconds with a headlock forcing and agreed to go ahead with Franklin to pound the mat. After the Frankin-Hagen match with fifteen minutes more of rough Davis for referee. The specta-, going Davis awarded the third tors being given their own choice j fall and the match to Hagen on as to how much “mazuma” to dig, a foul after Franklin persisted up to be allowed to witness the I in using strangle holds and other spectacle. unfair tactics. The match, a one hour or two Davis had the approval of the of three fall affair, was a good' cash customers on the decision.