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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1939)
VOLUME 16, NUMBER 16____________________________ VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON______________________________ FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1939 Three Girls, One Boy IRRIGATION Win Bicycles in Eagle Program of S ubscriptionCampaign BandConcert EXPERT SPEAKS LARGE EGG IS PRODUCED AT FRANK REED FARM Exciting Finish to Sub scription Campaign as Awards Announced While scores of excited boys and girls in Vernonia and surrounding territory impatiently awaited an nouncement of the final' results, The Eagle’s subscription and prize cam paign came to an official close Sat- urflay night, when the judges de clared the campaign over and re moved the sealed ballot box from the window to start the final count Beverly Wridge of Vernonia se cured the highest number of votes of all candidates and won the Dis trict No, 2 Capital Prize, a fully equipped bicycle. Mary Katherine Norris was high of all the candi dates living outside Vernonia and was winner cf the District No. 1 Capital' Prize, a fully equipped bi cycle. , | Under the campaign rules one of the District Capital Prize bicycles was set aside for the highest can didate in each district regardless ol their standing with candidates in the other district. This is the reason that a candidate in District No. 1 received one of the Capital Prize bicycles despite the fact that she had less votes than another candidate in District No. 2. Double Winners— In addition to being winners of one of the prize bicycles, Beverly Wridge and Mary Katherine Norris won one of the two $10 cash prizes. The two other prize bicycles were won by Andy Killian and June Mc Kay of Vernonia, who finished in the order named. The candidates not winning bi cycles were each paid a commission of twenty per cent of all money he or she turned in for subscrip tions. The sealed ballot box was placed in The E gle window Thursday and was handy for the candidates at any time up to the closing minute of the campaign, when tne cam paign was declared officially clos ed by the judges and members of the advisory board broke the seals and made the final count. Elsewhere in today’s Eagle is a complete list of each candidate’s votes and the final standing of each of the winners. Judges Busy--- The judges commenced their work shortly after 9 p. m., and finished only after some time of strenuous1 labor. They found hundreds of new and renewal subscriptions in the envelopes. Every receipt, check, money order, bill and coin was care fully checked and the results tabul-' ated minutely. It was truly a wonderful race, the individual number of votes run ning up to the hundreds of thou sands, and the grand total for all candidates ran more than 3,000,000 votes. The utmost accuracy was ob served by the judges in tallying each candidate’s votes. Had the men selected not been acquainted with the handling of figures, the job might hrve taken much longer. Thank Official«— To those very competent judges who worked so faithfully and care fully Saturday evening, The Eagle wishes to express its sincere thanks. The management is indeed grateful to them for their work. The publishers wish to take this means of expressing their sincere thanks to every candidete in the list for his or her part in making the big campaign the rousing suc cess it was. More than anything else, the man agement of the campaign appreciates the expressions of the various c-n- d'da’es abodt the fairness of the entire campaign. —o ■— - ENROLLEES ENTERED AT CAMP REEHERS— A new group of 72 Florida and , Georgia bo vs were brought from 1 the barracks at Vancouver. Wash ington. to the CCC camp last Thurs day morning. Announced Fires Number Over 50 in County, Said Tuesday, April 25, Set as Time for Program of Var ied Attractions Estimate Places Numbei of Acres Burned at More Than 20,000 Monday Reports reaching The Eagle Wed nesday stated that over 50 fires were in progress at the present time in Columbia county and during the time they have been burning have covered an area in excess of 20,000 acres as of Monday of thi- week. Since that time it was stated that an additional 10,000 acres hac probably been covered. Of those acres burned probably 1,000 acres have been of slashing and brush or cleanup fires and the remainder have been in reproduc tion forests. STATE PRESIDENT DUE FOR OFFICER INSTALLATION— Mrs. Leona Bryant of Coquille, State President of the Business and Professional Women’s club will bt in Vernonia Tuesday, April 25 fol the installation of recently electea officers of the club. They will as- ume office in July. Also expected at that time will be Mrs. Veda. Morgan of Hillsboro, last year’s state president and Miss Marjorie Gray, Hillsboro and last Year’s Ver nonia club president. Mrs. Rose Vslpiani will give a dinner honor ing the guests and officers. C. R. Watts, sporfsor and direc tor of the Vernonia Junior Band, announced the program of the band intended for release Tuesday, Aprii 25, at the Washington grade school auditorium. Tickets are being sold to the affair to accumulate funds to finance the band during summer months of play. The program will include seven numbers by the second band, several intermission numbers by the first band. Numbers which will be featured >y the second band will be “Warni ng Up,” “Starter,” Yesternight Ser enade,” Trombone Toboggan,” (a trombone novelty) “Honor Band.” “Bl'ue Moon,” and “Neptune.” Intermission numbers will include an accordian duet by Jane Watts ind Bernice Dass, “Simplicity,” by he Dogpatch Serenaders giving spectators real-life characterization of the famed comic-strip charac ters, an exhibition by eight major ettes and “Songs My Mother Used tn Sing.” a vocal solo by Jewett A. Bush. Numbers to be played by the first band will' be “Our Director,” “Washington Post,” “Cathedral in the Pines,” “Wagon Wheels,” “Let Me Call You Sweetheart,-’ “March Salutation,” trombone solo by He en Bennett and “National Em blem." JUDGES’ STATEMENT We, the undersigned members of the advisory board of Judges, sppointi J to take charge of the ballot box and make the final count cf votes in the Vernonia Eagle’s subscription and prize cam- cairn, were present at the Eagle office tnd took charge of the ballot box at the hour and date named for closing the campaign. We have thi3 date made a thorough canvass of the sealed ballot box and have added the votes and points for the subscrip tions contained therein to the total votes and points earned by the candid- tes prior to the sealed ballot box as shown on the indi vidual signed • statement of each candidate. It was found that the correct standing at the close, together with »he prizes won and the number of votes cast by each of the candidates who continued in the race to the end, was as follows: District No. 1 Capital' Prize. Mary Katherine Norris 332,250 (Outside City Limits) District No. 2 Capital Prize (Vernonia City) Beverly Wridge ........... 413,750 Third Choice of Bikes .......... Andy Killian ................... 396,500 Fourth Choice of Bikes ....... June McKay .................. 327,000 Th? four candidates whose names are listed above won the four prize bicycles. The following candidates (as well as all others who turned in even as much as one subscription during the camp.-ign) wilt each receive 20 per cent cash commission on all money he or she has turned in for subscriptions during the entire campaign! Commission ...... Johnny Plymale ........... 229,375 Sixth—Cash Commission ....... Alma Jean Norman ...... 238,250 Seventh—Cash Commission Marie McMullen ......... 203,750 E;ghth—Cash Commission ... Clayton Aldrich .......... 191,250 Ninth—Cash Commission ...... Max Millis ........................ 142,250 Tenth—Cash Commission ....... Maritnne Furnish ...... 118,500 Eleventh—Cash Commission Ray Tyrone 88.250 Twelfth—Cash Commission ..Douglas Culbertson ..... 76,750 Thirteenth—Cash Commission Norman Riggins ............. 69,750 Fourteenth—Cash Commission Robert Murphy ......... 66,000 Fifteenth—Cash Commission Thelma Wilkinson 62,500 Sixteenth—Cash Commission .Nora Vike ....................... 47,250 Fifth—Cash The first EXTRA prize of $10 in cash offered to the candidate securing the most points on NEW (and ONLY new) subscriptions handed in between Saturday morning, April 1, and Wednesday night, April 5, was won by:— Mary Katherine Norris of O.-A. Hill with 45 points The second EXTRA prize of $10 in cash offered to the can didate securing the most points on old and new subscriptions handed in between Saturday morning. April 8, and Saturday night, April 15, was won by;— Bever'y Wridge of Vernonia with 339 points. Er ch of the $10 cash prizes was an EXTRA prize, and is in addition to the bicycle or cash commissions won by the two $10 cash prize winners. (Signed) Lee Schwab Albert Schmidlin An egg of unusual size was brought to the Home Grocery, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Zeiner, Monday of this week. Measurements revealed that the hen responsible for the over sized production had laid an egg a fraction less than eight inches in circumferance. The hen is owned by Frank Reed. Scales registered the weight at exactly four ounces, which if obtained in dozen quantities, would provide the weight of four pounds. Four Arrests Made by State Patrolman Angling in Closed Area Given as Cause for Ap prehending Fishermen The opening day of the trout fishing season was unlucky to four anglers in waters of the Upper Nehalem Valley. Saturday, April 15 marked the arrest date for all but one of those apprehended. The fifth offense occured on Monday, April 17. None of the offenders were local residents. Fester Cook and George Johnson, both of Portland, made the mistake of angling in the East Fork of the Nehalem river Saturday. They were taken into the arms of the law local State Polich' dnd brought into the court of Justice of the Peace Oscar Weed. Fines of $25.00 and $2.50 cost were meted each. On the same day Melvin Curtis of Portland and Walter Colvin of Aurora were discovered! at the headwaters of the Fish Hawk past Mist and were charged with the same offense, angling in closed area. Both offenses were squared with fines of $25.00 and $3.00 costs in the justice court. Monday, April 17, brought to jus tice Henry Brusco for angling in the closed area on Oak Ranch creek. The case was transferred to the Juvenile court at St. Helens. LITTLE THEATRE GROUP PLANS PLAY FOR FUNDS— Plans are being formulated for a' one-act play and several skits to be given in the grade school auditorium by the Little Theatre club to raise funds for the beauti fication of the new Vernonia Mem orial Cemetery is the announcement this week. The date set for thi benefit program is May 26th, Fri day. The regular meeting of the Little Theatre was held in the Washington grade school' Tuesday evening with Mrs. Judd Greenman presiding. o---------- CEMETERY GRASS SEEDING COMPLETED TUESDAY— The seeding of grass on the Ver nonia Memorial Cemetery was com pleted Tuesday of this week by O. i B. Turner, Claude Tackett and Ar-j thur Blum working under the direc-1 tion of the city council cemetery committee. City Dads Forage Can Authorize Be Grown to Safety Lanes Advantage Yellow Lines to Appear on Bridge Street Intersec tions Soon Arthur King Says Bene fit Would Be Large to Farmers of Valley Under the sponsorship of the Two delegates, Mrs. W. O. Port Vernonia Chamber of Commerce erfield and Mrs. Sidney Malmsten, and County Agricultural Agent Geo. of the ladies of the Vernonia Grange Nelson farmers of the Upper Neha appeared before city councilmen at lem Valley were privileged to hear their Monday evening meeting to an address delivered by Arthur King, Irrigation Engineer of the request the painting of safety lanes Oregon State College Extension at intersections of side streets with Service Tuesday evening at the Bridge street between the railroad Masonic Temple. track and the junction of State Following the regular short busi street with Bridge. ness meeting George Nelson was A motion passed by councilmen introduced to those present for a authorized the painting of the safe talk of short duration. Nelson an ty lanes to provide an additional nounced the date of June 23 as measure of safety to those cross that of an intended visit to the ing the much-traveled street. Northrup creek Columbia-Clatsop Necessity of providing additional county experiment station. material for work on the Vernonia Possibilities Explained— Memorial Cemetery brought, through Nelson then introduced King who the form of a motion, the authoriz explained some of the possibilities ation to the cemetery committe which could be derived from the to proceed with the purchasiag of use of irrigation on farm land of supplies. To bring nearer to com ‘ the valley. Under cultivation at pletion the supplies needed at the the present time are 3,000 acres present time include moulds im which with the application of water permanent cement grave markers, could be nearly doubled and with plumbling materials for the city- the improvement the benefit would owned care-takers home, light fix greatly increase farm income as tures for the residence and water well as act as a supplement to pas ing hose for irrigation of the new ture land on surrounding hillsides. ly seeded grass, and paint for the Forage crops could be grown which house. during months requiring feed other , Vrom two bids submitted for than that possible for cattle or the cost of painting a motion pass xheep to obtain themselves, which ed gives the work to Bert DePue. would insure more extensive pas Both the house and garage and turing. storage shed will be painted. In the production of butter fat Councilman E. A. Stacey report alone, it was explained, the cost of ed results of the meeting with » producing could be reduced by pro delegation from the Ladies Auxil viding better pasture per each acre iary of the IWA. An attempt will under irrigation. Yields have been be made to seek the construction of more than doubled per acre under septic tanks as alternate for the similar circumstances in other lo construction of a sewer system calities and the yields have been of which would be excessive in cost better quality. it was stated. At the same time Another advantage mentioned by Loel Roberts, City Recorder, wa King was that increased revenue rdered to communicate with the from irrigation had in many instan State Health Department seeking ces mrde possible the payment of the services of an inspector. The old deibts incurred by farmers plus letter will ask the inspector to ex payment for the new debt load amine and recommend possible in, acquired through the installation movements for the Corey hill dis of a system. The government has trict of the city, Riverview and provided assistance in numerous Treharne. cases by establishing credit at low Another motion at the meeting rates on farms having locations anctioned the sale of lot 4 block conducive to irrigation. ' 2 to Ed Bafford for the sum of --------- n--------- 550.00. The property is located on PIANO STUDENTS TO BE Second street two houses south of PRESENTED IN RECITAL— Mrs. Lulah E. Fullerton will pre he property owned by Lester sent a group of piano students in Sheeley. Motion for adjournment closed -ecital at the Fullerton Studio Fri day evening, April 21 at 8 p. m. city business for the evening. to which friends and acquaintances HOME MAKERS’ FESTIVAL are invited. Numbers will be pre TO BE STAGED TUESDAY— sented by the following: John Peter Word from Mrs. Maude Purvine, son, Laureline Cameron, Tommie Lu County Home Demonstration Agent, Holcomb, Virginia Vaughan, Arthur Wednesday announced the Columbia Tousley, Barbara Kennedy, Deri county home makers’ festival for St. Roberts, Elsie Duncan, Patsy Tis Helens Tuesday of the coming week dale, Florieda Graves, Sheila Mc- to start at 10 o’clock of that morn Catfery, Nina MacDonald, Gwen ing. A display of hobbies and dolyn Graves, Betty Jean Cummings, speeches will be features of the Erma Koberstein, Beverly Wridge, day. Luncheon will be served at I Aretha Brzdy, Lucille Colson and Robert Kent. the noon hour. These Four Win Bicycles
