FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1940
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
Oregon Gas, Electric
Announces Reduction
Of Customer Rates
Schedules Become Effec
tive as of January 1,
1940, Stated
During the past several months
the Oregon Gas and Electric com
pany has been making a careful
study of rate and service classifi
cations in Vernonia and as a re
sult of that study is announced the
following new rates to be ef'ective
for service used after January 1,
1940. The new schedule is as fol
lows:
CITY RESIDENTIAL
First 12 KW or less
$1.20
Next 28 KW @ 8c per KWH
Excess @ 3c per KWH
Minimum $1.00
RURAL RESIDENTIAL
First 12 KW or less $1.20
Next 28 KW @ 8c per KWH
Excess @ 3c per KWH
Minimum $1.50
Schedule “RS*’ Both in and out
of city.
First 30 KWH @ 8c
Next 70 KWH @ 3c
Excess @ 2c per KWH
Minimum $2.00
Commercial
Lighting
30 KWH @
170 KWH @
100 KWH @
300 KWH @
Excess @ 12c
Minimum $2.00
First
Next
Next
Next
8c
6c
5c
3c
Flat rate water heater»
Available only to existing cus
tomers now using the rate only
for the life of the present
equipment being used for flat
rete water heating service.
Metered off-peak water
heating service
Separate water heating service
for heating water only metered
at l%c per KWH.
This service is limited to installa
tions requiring not more than 5,-
000 watts capacity of storage type
and restricted to 18 hours out of
24. When so restricted company
will provide suitable time switch
to regulate the hours of use. The
ratio between heater capacity and
tank capacity must be within the
following limits:
30 gal. tanks 75 Watts per gal.
40 gal. tanks 62% Watts per gal-
All installation must be properly
insulated and controlled and where
more than 1,000 watts are required
two heating elements are to be in-
stalled. Details will be furnished
upon request.
It is stated by the company offi-
cials that the earnings of the Com
pany are inadequate to permit a
reasonable return on any valuation
that could properly be placed upon
their property, but a reduction was
nevertheless decided upon in the
hope that it would encourage a
greater use of electric service and
thereby give the customers a much
lower average cost per KWH and
eventually increase earnings to a
point where still further reductions
would be possible.
In addition to changes in rates
the new schedules embody a re
classi ¡cation of services so as to
give the smrll user of several
classes of service the benefit of
larger use through a single meter
and thereby eliminate one minimum
and provide substantial savings in
most cases and some reduction in
all instances except that of mini
mum users.
All of these changes have been
discussed with the Public Service
Commissioner of Oregon and have
received his approval. These new
schedules will become effective as
of January 1, 1940.
License Examiners
Due Here Monday—
Two examiners for those desir
ing to take tests for automobile
driver licenses will be in Vernonia
on the coming Monday between the
hours of 10 a. m. and 3 p. m. it
was stated this week. The visit of
the examiners at this time comes
in addition to the regular schedule
maintained by those giving the
tests.
GEESE LIGHT ON
HIGHWAY; MISTAKE
FOR WATER
A flock of geese, Canadian
Honkers, flying over Top Hill
near Buxton early last Monday
morning, lit on the highway
where a driver of a bread truck
coming to Vernonia accident
ally killed a number of the
birds. Patrolman Raleigh Wheel
er was notified. It is thought
that the birds, unable to see
because of the very thick fog,
lighted, mistaking the strip of
highway for water.
Students
Honor Roll
Issued
Grade
Six-Week Period End ScllOOls
Also Ends Semester; |
Many Get Mention
I
Close
Principal Wallace McCrae issued
Tuesday the names of high school I
students who are on the honor
116 Children Absent on
roll of the past six weeks, and
Wednesday to Bring De
cision
those who are on the honor roll
for the entire semester. The third
Washington and Lincoln grade
six weeks period which marked the schools closed Wednesday afternoon
end of the first semester or half for the remainder of the week as
of the school year came to a close a result of a decision reached after
last Friday. The classes having the Nettie Alley, County Red Cross
nurse, paid her visit to the schools,
largest number of honor roll mem 116 youngsters
were absent that
bers will be listed first:
day from the two grade schools
with whooping cough, flu and
Third Six Weeks Honor Roll
Sophomores: Priscilla Hansen, .chicken pox. Because so many of
Virgie Killian, Lillian Laird, Etha the attending children had cold»
and coughs the danger of an in
Morris, Jack Olin, Winifred Romt- crease in the number of cases of
vedt, Opal Scheuerman, Martha the diseases deemed it necessary
Tapp.
to school officials to close the
Seniors: Bessie Bell, Delores schools for Thursday and Friday,
George, Joanne Nichols,
Heidi Classes will be resumed Monday if
Reich, Wilton Rogers, Helen Romt- enough of the pupils are present
to continue the regular classes. A
vedt.
number of schools in the county
Juniors: Barbara Nichols, Betty
have been closed this week because
Thacker.
Of the flu epidemic. The local high
Freshmen: Barbara Kennedy, Joy
school had only 25 absentees Wed-
Willard.
nesday.
Semester Honor Roll
Juniors: Barbara Dusten, Lillian
Hedman, Betty Thacker, Barbara Dance Due Here
Nichols.
Saturday Evening—
Sophomores: Winifred Romtvedt,
Announcement made this week
Opal Scheuerman, Martha Tapp, gives information of a dance to be
Fred Thompson.
held here Saturday evening of this
Seniors: Joanne Nichols, Heidi week, January 20, at the Legion
Reich, Helen Romtvedt.
hall. Music for the evening will be
Freshmen: Barbara Kennedy, Joy furnished by Bill Hune’s eight-piece
Willard.
Hollywood Sweet and Swing band
which will feature a vocalist.
Icy Road
Causes Truck
Turnover
Paralysis Dance Slated
Here Saturday, Jan. 27
Baby Contest Winner Bollinger
Determined by Birth Named
Chairman
On Januasy 14
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Bell Parents of Child,
Announced
Whetmore’s Orchestra to
Play for Benefit Affair
at Legion Hall
Announcement is made this week
of the winner of the Vernonia Mer
chants Baby Contest instigated with
the opening of the year of 1940.
The winner is the child born to Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Bell last Sunday
Three-Act Comedy to Be I morning, January 14, at 10:55 a. m.
Presented at Washington The child, a girl weighing six
and one-half pounds, was born at
Grade School
the home of Mr. and Mrs. V. M.
The Junior Class play, “Button, Whitsell here. Dr. R. D. Eby was
Button”, will be given Friday night the attending physician.
January 26, at eight o’clock at the
Washington grade school. The three
act comedy centers about a young
man, Bill Duncan, who is thought
to be a mental defective. He is
taken to the home of a very
wealthy brother, George Turner,
through the interest of the sister-
Sportsmen to Meet at
in-law, Lillian Hedman, who is con
Astoria in February to
tinually involved in antique dealing
snd in some philanthropic project.!
Form Group
Complications arise when the girl j
The annual meeting of the St.
next door, Barbara Dusten, falls in
love with the patjent who is in love Helens Rod and Gun Club held last
Wednesday at Houlton brought
with the maid, Pauline Rollins.
As a final conclusion, the aud forfh a discussion of the possibil-
ience will realize that all the char ¡ties of forming a tri-county sports
acters are more mentally deranged man’s association at a future date.
than is the young man under treat The meeting of the St. Helens
club was attended by delegates from
ment.
Dorothy Austin is to be commend several other clubs in this area in
ed for her convincing performance cluding a delegation from Vernonia.
of a much addled antique collector. Emil Messing, president of the Ne
halem Hunters and Anglers group,
was present accompanied by Lester
Sheeley.
The counties to be included in
the discussed association would be
Columbia, Clatsop and Tillamook.
To gain further progress on the
matter a meeting in February at
Astoria is scheduled at which dele
gates from local sportsmen clubs
Unavoidable Mishap Re n the three counties are urged to
suits in Fractured Rib be present.
E. M. Bollinger, Vernonia mayor,
was appointed local chairman this
week to be in charge of the staging
of the infantile paralysis benefit
dance to be held here tfie evening
of January 27. The appointment
of Bollinger was made by George
Caldwell, Clatskanie, county chair
man.
Bollinger, Tuesday evening, nam
ed his committeemen to assist him
in promoting the affair as follows:
J. W. Nichols, Lyman Hawken, E.
H. Washburn, George Baker and
0. T. Bateman. The committee was
to hold its first meeting yesterday
evening but arrangements lor an
orchestra had already been made
by Nichols so that the date of the
dance was already established.
The names of local chairmen for
other communities in the county
were made known Wednesday to
ne: Mayor Milton Butler, Scap
poose; Mayor Ray W. Simeral, St.
Helens; Ferris Brooks, Rainier;
William Kumpula, Clatskanie; Wil-
liam Bridger, Mist; Representative
J. D. Perry, Deer Island; Cai’s
I Fowler, Goble; Guy Bellingham,
Birkenfeld.
Half of all funds collected remain
in Columbia county for local use
and the other half is sent to the
National Foundation for general
use.
Junior
Tri-County
Association
Discussed
Collission of
Cars Injures
William Pringle
for Commissioner
Hartwick Injured Slight
ly in Thursday Night Ac
cident
One of the Nehalem Valley Mo
tor
Freight trucks
overturned
Thursday night at Timber on the
hill in back of the church. Frank
Hartwick, owner of the truck line,
was driving from Portland with a
load of furniture and produce in
the truck and a load of oil in the
trailer. Due to the ice on the road,
as the carriers made the sharp
curve, the trailer skidded, and with
its weight of oil pulled the truck
over the bank.
Hartwick fortunately suffered!
only a badly bruised ear and elbow Accident Damages
-• a result of the impact caused Cond’t Car
when the truck cab landed on its
In driving on the East side of
side. The freight with the excep Portland last Thursday, Mrs. E. H.
tion of one chair was intact. The Condit had the misfortune to collide
ye connecting the truck and the'at an intersection with another car.
railer was snapped off when the Mrs. A. L. Parker, a passenger in
railer skidded. Damage to the rear, the Condit car, was bruised some,
end of the truck was the most Considerable damage was done to
serious damage done.
the front of Mrs. Condit’s car.
William Pringle, County Road
Commissioner, suffered a fractured
rib, a cut over the right eye and
severe bruises when his car collid
ed with that of Abele Palanuk at
the intersection where the Wilark
road comes into the highway. Th*
accident, which occured last Friday
morning, was unavoidable, accord
ing to Palanuk, who claims he did
not see the Pringle car until it was
upon him. Palanuk was on the Wil-
ark road; Pringle, on the county
road to St. Helens.
The Pringle car is under repair
at the Crawford Motor Company
with damage amounting to about
$90; the Palanuk car is at the
Vernonia Auto, damage amounting
to $160.
Man III with Chicken Pox—
Garland Gilman has been quite
ill since last Friday with the chick
en pox. Most of the children a'flict-
ed with the sickness are having very
light cases, but the adults are not
faring so easily.
Bill to Seek Cultural Station Here
According to a telegram received
by Lester Sheeley from Senator
Charles L. McNary. United States
Senior Senator from Oregon, he
will re-introduce Senate Bill 3485
providing for the establishment and
construction of a fish cultural sta
tion at a suitable location on Rock
Creek, a tributary of the Nehalem
River. This Bill was introduced in
1932 by Senator McNary in the
United States Senate and in the
VOLUME 17, NUMBER 3
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House of Representatives by Repre
Be it enacted by the Senate and
sentative Willis Hawley, but failed House of Representatives of the
of passage on account of the fact Unite# States of America in Con-
that an qmnabus bill had been pre gre • assembled, that there is here
viously introduced providing for a by authorized to be appropriated
program of fish hatcheries through for the establishment and construc
out the United States. Mr. McNary tion of a fish-cultural station at a
stated in his telegram that a nation suitable location on Rock Creek, a
al survey is now being made for
tributary of the Nehalem River, in
suitable locations for fish cultural
stations.
I Columbia County, Oregon, a sum
The proposed bill is as follows: 1 not to exceed $50,000.00
District 5
Tourna nient
Plans Changed
Playoff Between Winning
Team» of Each County to
Be Held Instead
Gun Club
Wins Two
Matches
Canco, Corbett Get De
feat Score» from Ver
nonia Riflemen
The Vernonia Gun Club was
success, ul in winning two shooting
matches held during the past week
end, one of them Friday and the
other Sunday. The Friday match
with the Canco Rifle Club of Port-
land resulted in a score of 896 to
836. Scores for the five highest
men shooting on the Vernonia club
were as follows:
Zimmerdahl
183
Kellmer
163
Nichols
181
Fetsch
178
Culbertson
171
The Sunday match was shot in
competition with the Corbett Club
resulted in 821 for Corbett and 847
'or Vernonia with results as follows:
Zimmerdahl
181
Fetsch
170
Tomlin
168
Melis
165
Nichols
163
The Vernonia Club has won six
of the seven matches held so far
during the season.
Through action taken at O. S. T.
A., the Oregon State Athletic As
sociation decided to discontinue the
former basketball tournament plan
of District 5, composed of Class A
teams in Columbia and Clatsop
counties. Heretofore the seven
Class A teams of Columbia and
Clatsop counties have held tourna-
ments in Astoria and St. Helens,
alternately, each year.
Because of the grinding nature
of a two and one-half day touma-
ment, play was too difficult and
taxing on the high school boys. The
newly adopted plan is as follows:
A playoff held between the winning
team of each county, determined by Stage Scenery to
regular schedule during the regu Give Surprise—
lar season shall consist of one game
The public will be pleasantly sur
in Columbia County, Tuesday, Feb prised when it views the setting for
ruary 27 at the winning school; and the Junior Play, Friday night, Jan
one game in Clatsop County, Fri uary 26. Through the combined ef
day, March 1, at the winning school. forts of the Industrial Arts dass
If a third game is needed it shall and the Drama Club of the high
be played on a neutral floor Mon school and Miss Wilkinson, drama
day, March 4, place to be deter coach, scenes to give the effect of
mined by a District Board to be an interior are now being built.
made up of principals from schools Wooden frames which can be used
of the two counties.
for other plays provide the founda
Proceeds of the playoff games tion over which muslin which has
after deducting expenses will be been sized is tacked and stippled
divided equally am<ng the seven to give an effect of softly graded
Class A sohools.
shadows.