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VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
VOLUME 15, NUMBER 2
McNeill
Resigns
City Post
Councilmen Dispose of Loc­
al Blis'iness; Council to
Appoint Monday Night
K. A. McNeill resigned his post
as Vernonia city councilman Mon­
day evening at an adjourned ses­
sion held in the council chambers
here.
In submitting his resignation,
Councilman McNeill stated that he
had disposed of his business inter­
ests here and that he felt it bast
to resign in view of his future
plans. The council, on motion by
Councilman Roy Raymond and sec­
onded by Councilman Stacey, ac­
cepted the resignation, announcing
immediately that a week would be
taken to "think over" a new ap­
pointment for the retiring offic­
ial’s chair.
McNeill has been active in com­
munity affairs since 1924 when
he came here. Though he had served
on the council a few days over a
year, he has held responsible posts
in the Chamber of Commerce, aided
in the airport development project
and is a prominent member of the
Masonic order.
McNeill was chairman of the ju­
diciary and health committees in the
council and a member of the fin­
ance and street committees. In all
probability, his successor will step
intv these at po7„l.tients following
his naming at the regular meeting
here Monday night.
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Goble to Be
Scene ol
Mass Meeting
Townsendites to Assemble
At Dedication of New
Hall; Public Is Invited
A Columbia County Townsend
mass meeting has been called at
Goble, Sunday, January 16th. The
purpose of the meeting is to dedi­
cate a new Townsend hall that
has recently been completed by the
Goble Townsend club consisting of
some 40 members.
Dinner will be served at noon.
A business meeting of all club
officers and members will be held
at 1:45 p. m.
Clarence R. Wagoner, Portland,
will deliver the Townsend address
in honor of the occasion. Everyone
is welcome and it is hoped that a
large crowd will be present to ex­
tend congratulations to this group
for its achievement. Mrs. C. O.
Thomas, district manager for Col­
umbia County, is arranging this
meeting and extends an invitation
to the public.
Library
Board Makes
1937 Report
Balance on Hand Shown
At $103.87; New Mem­
bers Attend Meeting
The Vernonia library board met
Monday evening at the Mrs. Paul
Gordon home to review the work of
the past year and to formulate plans
for the ensuing year.
During the evening the financial
report was made. Receipts during
1937 were $151.46. Balance on
hand January 1, 1937, was $49.29;
rentals during the year amounted
to $50.40; fines $45.04; miscellan­
eous donations $2.89; Rainbow Girls
fines and rentals $3.84.
Disbursements were: magazines
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Vemonia Lady Re-elected to
Townsend District Presidency
The Townsend district convention | Townsend movement in District 1.
for district No. 1, was held in the j Arthur Moore, congressional dist­
Elks’ Temple, Sunday, January 9, ' rict manager, presented an intei-
' esting address on Townsendism and
at Corvallis. Ninety-eight delegates
, received an ovation that lasted for
registered from the clubs in the several minutes.
district.
I Gordon Ware, national represen­
An enthusiastic audience of 1100 tative, Chicago, addressed the con­
people attended the convention and vention and announced that since
filled two spacious rooms in the September, 500 new members had
temple.
been signed up in the state and
Mrs. C. O. Thomas, president of 3000 of this number had been cred­
the congressional di^tric$ board, ited to District 1. He also stated
called the convention to order at that this was the only district con-
11:00 a. m. and acted as tempor- ventiion that had been held in the
iry chairman throughout the morn- United States since a National bul­
ng session and until mid-afternoon letin had been issued in September.
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at which time Charles L. Paine,
district board secretary, was elect­
ed by a large majority as perman­
ent chairman. Mrs. Fitch of Cor-1
vallis, acted as temporary secretary ïkllilyvil lVIflll
and was later elected permanent
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secretary.
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Mrs... Thomas then, introduced
Jdila
Mayor W. H. Hand of Corvallis, I
who gave a cordial welcome and j L. Van Blaricom, Resi­
congratulated
all
on
the
pro
dent Here in Youth, Pass­
gress the Townsend workers have I
es in Newberg
made in behalf of the movement I
and assured them he felt they would i
Joseph Lawrence Van Blaricom,
■be successful in enacting the Town- '
72, veteran Newberg groceryman,
sent Plan into National law. He
and a former Vernonia resident,
also announced that they knew
well known here, died the morning
when it was decided the district
of January 12 at his home follow­
convention was to be held there they
ing a brief illness.
would not need to keep the police
Funeral rites are being held this
force on duty to keep order at
the convention so they had been afternoon in Newberg at 2:30.
The deceased resided here as a
given the day off.
youth and until he grew to adult­
Other »qeakers at the convention
hood. He was well known over the
were Mrs. Marion Nagel Lacomb,
entire county.
who spoke on “Selling the Townsend
Aside from his widow, Ida M., and
Plan to the Business Man Through
Transaction Stamps.” W. H. Ward, a son, Elgin, who is an employee
Tillamook, spoke on “Selling ' the I of the state license department at
Townsend Plan to the Business Man Salem, Mr. Van Blaricom is sur­
Through Publicity.” Charles Paine, vived by a sister, Mrs. Emma Weed,
■Eugene, spoke on financing the and a niece, Mrs. E. E. Garner,
Townsend work through transaction both of Vernonia.
stamps and the progress of the
Former Well
Chamber to
Clark-Wil son
Ask Change
Crews Repair
In Test Hours
Storm Damage
Slides, Telephone Lines
Give Trouble, Superin­
tendent Baker Says
The Clark and Wilson crews at
Wilark are busily engaged in clear­
ing the recent storm damage which
affected the logging company’s rail
and telephone facilities, Superin­
tendent Frank Baker annnouced
Saturday.
A crew of men have been work­
ing on the company’s 50 miles of
railroad track throughout the oper­
ation, clearing slides and replacing
damaged ties and rails, in order
that the lines will be accessible,
should further storms blanket the
area.
In addition, the company’s tele­
phone communications through to
Scappoose were also severely ham­
pered due to the storm and crews
have been busy since repairing and
replacing sections of the line, which
included new poles and wire.
A note of encouragement, as far
as local employment conditions are
concerned, was sounded Saturday
by Superintendent Baker when he
announced that approximately 18
men had returned to work in the
Wilark shop making repairs on
equipment and setting the depart­
ment in order, evidently in prepara­
tion for anticipated activity at the
camp. The bulk of the repair work
is being done on locomotives and
gas equipment, the report stated.
Student» Here
Herbert Stratford of Billings,
Montana, accompanied Clare Jarvis,
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Jarvis
of Vernonia, home to spend the
week end here. Both of the young
men attend Pacific University at
Forest Grove.
Drivers’ License Exams in
Afternoon and Evening
To Aid Workers
Phone Conversation With
Sheriff Calhoun by Eagle
FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1938
Reveals Order
Weed Is
Named
Director
WOOLSEY SLATED
FOR BABY
DERBY AWARDS
By virtue of the birth of •
son, weighing 714 pounds, at
11:59 a. m. the morning of
Sunday, January 9, Mr and
Mrs. A. A. Woolsey are the
winners of the awards offered
for "First Baby Vernonia” by
the local retail merchants. Mr.
Woolsey is an employee of the
Oregon-American Lumber Cor­
poration, and the family has
resided in this community for
a number of years.
The new arrival has been in
a serious condition due to ill­
ness, a report stated, and some
fear was expressed for its re­
covery. However, the baby’s
condition was reported “fav­
orable” yesterday.
Jubilee Week
Is Planned
By Church
Special Services Each Even­
ing to Prove Attractive,
Pastor Says
I
H. M. Condit Resigns from
Union High School Board
Saturday Night
Oscar Weed, Pleasant Hill ranch­
er, former sheriff of the county
and a former school board member,
was appointed Saturday night to
a place on Union High school dist­
rict No. 1 board to succeed H. M.
Condit, who resigned at the same
meeting.
Condit submitted his resignation
verbally during the meeting and
the appointment followed. Condit
has been a director for 12 years
and in that time had missed but two
meetings. He was chairman of the
board.
W. E. Crawford, Beaver creek,
was named chairman to succeed
Condit.
Peter Bergerson is the third mem­
ber of the board.
Aside from the appointment, oth­
er important business included the
retention of Wallace McCrae as
superintendent of the union high
school for a 3-year period. His con­
tract was offered to him Saturday
and was accepted by him.
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A Jubilee Week, designated by
the Christian church in celebration
of its passing from the red ink
column, will start at the local edi­
fice Sunday morning, January 16,
and continue through the evening of
January 23.
Meetings will be held each even­
ing at 7:30, presenting special mes­
s’jes, music, pantomimes and other
features.
Visiting ministers and
churchmen will conduct the services
on week nights and the Livingstones
will preside Sundays, The closing
ceremony of the week will see the
Commonwealthers
Will
‘burning of the debts. A total of
Hold
Mass
Meeting
Jan­
$2,500 has been paid off in two
uary 21
years, Rev. Livingstone said, and
there remains no question but that
The Oregon Commonwealth Fed-
a small remaining balance will be
cleaned up before the week’s ar- eration, progressive political org-
inization of the Northwest, will
rival.
probably branch out in this district,
a report this week states.
Local men interested in the move­
ment are making arrangements this
veek for a public mass meeting,
iresumably in the Washington grade
ichool, for the evening of Friday,
January 21.
Dr. Ralph Shadduck, member of
h? state OCF board of directors,
Dr. L. G. Ross Is County s billed as principal speaker and
Health Officer; Mallabar he appearance here during the
neet of Monroe Sweetland, state
To Manage Fair
ecretary, is anticipated.
Appointments for the ensuing
Additional information covering
year were made by the Columbia letails will be announced later, the
county court Tuesday at its meet- nen stated.
o-
ing in St. Helens are as follows:
Dr. L. G. Ross, county health
officer; Miss Nettie Alley, county
health nurse; J. A. Bacon, fruit
inspector; and E. E. Mallabar, mem-
her of the fair board to succeed
Earl Dowler.
Mallabar is due for appointment
as secretary of the board and man­
ager of the county fair. Other
board members are S. F. Heuman Mile Span to Be Replaced
B y Structure Down
and W. F. Sheets.
OCF Group
Here, Is Plan
Advanced
County Court
Names Officers
For New Year
In a phone conversation with
Sheriff
Calhoun
of
Columbia
county late late Wednesday af­
ternoon, The Eagle learned that
store and tavern owner* of the
district harboring slot machine*,
ball
pin
punch
until
rid
be
would
January
Monday,
their
device*
“»kill”
board*
place*
of
The order come*
heel*
of
Court**
which
the
Oregon
ruling
declares
of
17,
the
ment.
and
given
to
equip­
on the
Supreme
Tuesday
the device*
un­
lawful.
“They can say all they want too,”
hastily conversed Lester Sheeley,
city attorney, yesterday morning,
"oilowing the ruling of the state’s
highest tribunal which placed the
Indian sign on pinball machines
and nickel-in-the-slot machines now
being operated within the state,
“but Vernonia is hit hard by the
ruling if it is to be enforced.”
Approximately $2,100 is the rev­
enue to this municipality on the de­
vices, it was learned. Each opera­
tor is required to pay $100 license
and each individual in whose place
if business the machines are stored
for play pays $5 monthly on each
nachine.
A quick check of the city indi­
cated that between 25 and 30 of
the machines were affected by the
•uling. With the district attorney’s
office including the punch boards
in the order, adhering to the state
ruling, it was estimated that 50
or 60 of the punchboards would
be affected in Vernonia with nearly
that many included in the immed­
iate vicinity.
CUTS
DIRECT TAX
The City of Vernonia budgeted
a total of $6,865 to be raised by
lirect taxation h■ its last budget,
Of this total $3,000 was to have
been raised by fines and licenses
with $2,100 of the $3,000 to come
in anticipated pinball, slot machine
ind similar machine license money.
The operators’ fees have been paid
here, it was evidenced, and the
first quarter of the monthly funds
have been received and receipted
by the recorder.
NO RETURN,
SAID
Attorney Sheeley intimated that
the city could not return any of
the fees dut to the fact that at
the time the money was taken the
law was valid and that all operat-
ors and dealers were warned of
the hazard of a court reversal.
It was feared here by city of­
ficials that should the court’s stand
remain, a higher millage on the
■ssessed valuation of the city would
■nsue to cover the loss in license
'ees.
The stand of the court, according
to press notices, was evidently wound
iround the lottery clause in the
tate constitution. Justice Belt wrote
‘he d cision. The 1935 legislative
set authorizing municipal corpora­
tions and counties to license and
tax pinball games, dart games and
other games of like character was
declared unconstitutional.
The Vernonia Chamber of Com­
merce, at its first meeting in the
new year, held Tuesday noon at
the Masonic temple, voted to seek
a change in hours for the drivers’
license examinations to accommo­
date mill employees unable to take
the tests during the present hours.
It was pointed out that the
present hours extend from 8 a. m.
to 5 p. m. on the day the examiner
is here. The chamber will request
that the hours be altered to give
local driver the hours of from 1 to
JUSTICE QUOTED
8 p. m.
The secretary was instructed to
The justice said that some courts
write the secretary of state for
take a broad view of the term
the change.
lottery, while others take the some­
The members ordered member­
what restricted view that a lottery
stream; Bids Called
ship cards printed and some form
has broad social consequences and
of card devised for members to
amounts to a “widespread pestil­
Bids were called and opened at ence.’
display in their windows desig­
9 a. m. the morning of January 7
nating membership in the local org­
"No doubt this feature gave rise
in the Oregon State Highway Com-
anization.
to prohibitory legislation against
mission
’
s
office
on
the
13th
floor
T. M. Crawford explained the
the operation of lotteries,” Justice
of the Public Service building in
lack of proper lighting facilities at
Belt continued. “In our opinion, a
Portland
for
a
span
across
new
the Camp Fire Girls’ cabin in the
scheme or device may constitute a
the Nehalem river i at Riverview,
city park and after discussion, the
lottery even though it does not
a report this week states.
chamber decided to have a light
Prospective Ordinance to The successful bidder was not amount to a ‘widespread pestilence.’
installed at the cabin which could
"We have no hesitancy in saying,
Make Payment of De­ revealed.
be controlled by a switch inside the
however, that various types of slot
The plans call for improvement of
structure.
posit Mandatory
machines have become a ‘widespread
.24 of a mile which includes the
The members discussed the pos­
pestilence’.”
Vernonia
residents
will
soon
be
surface of the bridge. The location
sibility of ewening ticce tings in
place of noon meeting and a deci­ confronted with a new city ordin­ of the span would be moved down­ Two Seniors Finish School
sion to hold the next session, with ance requiring a deposit in advance stream a short distance with the At End of Semester
from local water users, the consen­ approach on the west side to be
ladies present was reached.
Hugh McDonald and Ed Baker,
sus of opinion at the council meet­ changed.
two seniors who are ninth termers
ing Monday night indicated.
Improve Building—
The bridge is to be 210 feet
A rough estimate placed the am­ long, constructed of timber, steel at the high school, will finish their
Bent Brickel has a crew of men
busy this week remodeling, reno­ ount of water delinquencies at be - and concrete. It would retain it* courses at the end of the first se­
vating and improving the Coyle tween $9,000 and $10,000, it was present name of “Mile Bridge.” mester.
Both were prominent in football,
building which he recently purch­ learned, and a stoppage of the del-
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with Hugh being an All-County
ased. A new shingled roof was the inquencies must be brought about Motor To Portland—
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wall went team member, and Ed playing on
first improvement made by the new I it was said. Councilman Raymond J
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to Portland on business Saturday. J the regular line up for two yean.
owner.
'
iNew Bridge
In Prospect
For Riverview
Council Says
Water Rents
Must Be Paid