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VOLUME XIV Legion Approves Banks-Buxton Highway Project 4 5c a copy. VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1937 Poetter Killed By Log Hit by i O. A. Mim, from Glasgow, i Mont., is establishing a lunch Falling Tree ! counter in the Lincoln building Lunch Counter to Open in Lincoln Bldg. Union Votes on Gram Agreement on the Lindsay lumber be sufficiently com- And Wage Scale that the mill can re-, Lindsay Mill to Be Ready to Resume Soon — o---- Repairs ill will pleted so ——o— sume shortly before May 1, be Jule August Poetter, lieves Ben Bennett, proprietor, Result» Will Not Be Known until instantly killed Monday while a who is completely overhauling* Counting of All Ballots from tree was being felled in the the machinery. Unions in Columbia District Clark and Wilson timber. He 1 Vernonia local 2557 of the had leaped upon a log for safety, COUNTY GETS QUOTA Lumber and Sawmill Workers un but was knocked from it when OF TEN JUNIOR CCC ion voted last night on the ques- the falling tree hit another log ENROLLMENTS 1 tion of continuing the Gram- which rolled over him and crush- Columbia county has been Marsh agreement and accepting ed him. given a quota of 10 junior Civi- the wage increase offered by the He had worked for Clark and lain Conservation corps enroll employers. Results will not be Wilson for only two weeks at ments which must be complete known until counting of the bal this time, coming here recently by April 15, according to word lots from all of the unions in from Helena, Montana, where he from Eva L. Tice, executive sec the Columbia river council Satur- had been employed in the mines. retary of the county relief com- day. He was summoned here by the ill mittee. / Any interested persons' i Operators have proposed a 7% ness of his father, A. W. should apply jply at one of the re- cent increase across the board Poetter. Surviving are his wife, lief offices, Juniors receive $5 i wjth 10 per cent increase on $6 or whom he married a short time a month and $25 allotted to rela- above> with the the Gram-Marsh _____ , with ago in Montana, his father, two tives. The follow- Thig month 51 juniors are a greement attached. sisters, Mrs. H. A. Moulton of Vernonia and Mrs. M. E. Slack being advanced to positions on ing referendum ballot was pro- of Salem, and two brothers, supervisory staffs at a salary of posed by the federated policy ; comittee: Charles and Ed Poetter, both of $85 a month. _______ ____ 1. Do you instruct your nego- i * Vernonia. ' tiating committee to continue ne Known Here A. “Ted” gotiations for the original demand Mr. Poetter was a resident of _t for 10 cents per hour increase? Vernonia for about 11 years. He 2. Do you want to accept the had been employed in the O.-A. ! operators’ offer of 7 H cents mill and in various logging camps in the vicinity before going re l Officers of the Nehalem Hun- ’ per hour increase and 10 per | ters and Anglers club were elec- i cent increase on $6 and above cently to Montana. Services were held Wednes-1ted *n a meet’nK in the Masonic and the original Gram-Marsh day in Brown’s mortuary, with - * ' hall Friday night as follows: agreement? 3. If your choice is for the Rev. W. O. Livingstone officiat * Ross Duncan, president; H. G. ing and Mrs. Livingstone furnish-i I Sandon, secretary; C. S. Hoff- original demand and operators ' man, R. M. Aldrich and Emil F.1 deadlock negotiations will you au ing the musical numbers, The thorize strike action to enforce body was shipped to Helena for Messing, directors.. Mr. Messing, demands in conjunction with I Dr. H. M. Bigelow and W. M. interment. I Heath were appointed as a co.n- other district councils? ______ »_______ The actual ballot submitted was i mittee of three to draw up by- COUNCIL MEETING to be revised somewhat, by de laws and regulations. ADJOURNS UNTIL NEXT MONDAY Announcement was made that cision of the Columbia river coun the state game department would cil, but the proposed ballot sum Owing to lack of a quorum furnish China pheasant hatching marizes the points at issue. Monday / night the city council e?gg to sportsmen and discussion meeting was adjourned until next at’'’”th7 meeting'f«vored"“makini VERNONIA GUN CLUB TO MEET FRIDAY NIGHT Monday. , out an application for several i n w ra «. .. hundred eggs to be distributed The newly organized Vernonia J. P. McDonald, former Ver- am°"g familiea. wh° " Gun club is to meet tonight in nonia resident who now lives in c°u ge S8t ing e',’’ e the Legion hall. It will be the ij - ... r pheasant chicks would be taken firls monthly meeting. Springfield, Or., is visiting for a _ , xt_ few days at the home of his ICare °f by the h«"9 “ntl',8ucb Whitey Norgarden Visit* brother, Bruce McDonald. *"7 83 tbey w°uld be able to , look out for themselves, when I Whitey Norgarden, former Ver they would fly away. nonia resident and now a dis Secretary Sandon reported that trict ranger in the Siskiyou na I the club had 98 members in » tional forest with headquarter* ' 1936. at Powers, Or., renewed acquain tances in Vernonia yesterday. adjoining the state liquor store. Connection with Wolf Creek Rd. He plans to open tonmorrow. To Be Sought for by Committee J. A. Jerpbak of the Vernonia Cooperating with Other Posts Appliance store, who is also re cently from Glasgow, is assisting Cooperation with the Legion Mr. Mim in installing the equip posts of the Banks and Buxton ment. district to get a road connection between the new Wolf Creek SOUTH DAKOTA FAMILIES highway and the Beaver Creek LOOK FOR LOCATION highway at Buxton was voted o—— Monday 1 night by Vernonia post Four families from Missouri 119. A . commiittee consisting and South Dakota are staying in of Harry Culbertson, A. L. Kul- apartments in the Nehalem hotel lander and Harry Kearns was ap while looking for a location on pointed by Commander E. S. farms. They are Mr. and Mrs. Thompson to assist the posts in Id Pelton and two children from securing the road. Missouri, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Keat- Incorporation of 'Vernonia post ler, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Leeper and and drawing up of a set of by two children and Mr. and Mrs. laws to replace the ones that Fred Murtishaw and two children have disappeared will be effected from Hot Springs, S.D. They by a committee consisting of A. are traveling in a caravan carry L. Kullander, C. H. Jarvis and ing their household goods and J. W. Nichols, appointed at the ea ca f,tle. ttle. meeting by Commander Thomp-' _______,_______ son. Mr. Jarvis reported that pic- tures would be here to be shown » at a joint meeting of the Legion and the Auxiliary April 19. | * H. J. Zeiner, Boy Scout chair- man, told of the added enjoy- ; ® ® ment the troop had received | —O— from the equipment turned over | The Vernonia library board by C. F. Hieber, who had been J members expressed themselves as keeping it in storage until such i favorable to the matter of open time as the scouts needed it. I ing the library evenings as a The ambulance is paying its reading room for the public at way, stated J. L. Timmons, who their regular meeting last week believed it would continue to do at the home of Mrs. H. G. San- don, chairman. so. An invitation to a dance and | In cooperation with a commit- general good time at Birkenfeld. tee from the chamber of com- was extended by the commander ! merce and the city council some of Wauna post. Representing' pian for enlarging the library Wauna post at the meeting were|gpace suitable for a reading room Comrades Harmon, Bellingham, . wjH be worked out and the de- Goosla, Smith, Kale and Hauser. I tails announced when completed. After the meeting a feed of • It is felt by many that a coffee, doughnuts and hpt dogsi reading room would be an asset was enjoyed , to the community offering the ---------- ■*---------- i men and young people a place Mr. ■nd Mrs. Nance Tour I to go in the evenings foi read Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nance re ing of magazines and books. turned Tuesday from a five-day | The librarian, Edna Owens, re motor trip to the southern bea-[ por*t’^ ‘ the"'Acquisition'' of f ..... new ches, during which they drove internayona] Mind Alcove books, their new Chrysler car. The previous week they spent several i Mrs. Thomas Chosen days at Hood River visiting rela Relief Corps to Hold tives. Mr. Nance is enjoying his As Convention Delegate CHANGE IN TIME OF District Convention annual vacation. CHURCH SERVICES Mrs. C. O. Thomas was unan SEEN AND HEARD A district convention of the imously elected as a delegate to Prestons Have Visitors All the evening services of the Women’s Relief corps will be the third national Townsend eon- Visitors at the home of Mr. Happy Thompson driving C First Christian church from now held in the Odd Fellows hall, and Mrs. E. J. Preston are Mrs.!vention be beld in Washing- S. Hoffman’s old Franklin . . . until October, will begin at 8 Preston’s brother-in-law and sis-'ton- D’ at a meeting »f the Students on their way from Vernonia, Thursday, April 15, o’clock, instead of 7:30 as here beginning at 10:30 a.m. A chick ter, Mr. and Mrs.. Leonard Tay-i Vernonia Townsend club Mon- school throwing crystals of dry tofore. This was decided at the en dinner will be served at noon lor of Salina, Kansas. They ar-lday evenln?- ice into puddles of water and monthly Church Night held on rived Thursday of last week, ex-1 Interesting talks were given by watching it boil ... J. P. Me in the Evangelical social hall to Wednesday evening. the delegates. pecting to remain for about 10 jJ- P- McDonald of Springfield, Donald greeting old friends . . . • ■"” days. On Monday other visitors Or., and W. Manthey of Ver- Whitey Norgarden remarking ARCADIA PARK OPENING Alex Laster Leave* at the Preston home were Mr. non’®- Matt Gibson, secretary, that the town is showing a lot Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Lester and Mrs. Larson of Kansas City,' presented the club with a beauti- more activity than when he had IS POSTPONED of Seattle spent the week end ful Townsend banner with pur last seen it . . . Gordon Thomp-1 who are touring the west. Arcadia park will not be ready at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. ple background and gold letters. son, deputy tax collector, mak-! for reopening April 17, as pre H. Washburn, and took back with Refreshments followed the pro ing the rounds . . . R. M. Aldrich ] viously announced, according to them Mr. Lester’s father, Alex Roy Raymond Ill Roy Raymond has been con- gram. and L H. Dewey waiting in the . Wilbur Denny, the new ana-. Lester, who has been visiting here fined to his home with illness for A large crowd was in atten- city hall for the council meeting ger. The date, not yet determin-! with his daughter, Mrs. Wash the past week. danca. : j i that didn’t meet. ed, will be announced later. burn, for the past six months. Sportsmen Name Libl*HI*V BoilCil FllVOPS Ooeilillii W During Evenings A NUMBER 15 ( MllCei’S IOF (Jill* i Feathers • • • ns