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FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1940_______________
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON____________________________ VOLUME 17, NUMBER IS
Joanne Nichols Gets Arrest of
Eden Made
Scholarship to
Thursday
Oregon University
Vernonia Student Award
ed Honor for Third Suc
cessive Year
Announcement from the high
school concerning the competitive
scholarship open to seniors of the
state schools, reveals that Joanne
Nichols, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Nichols, has been namqd as
successful candidate for scholarship
to this University of Oregon for the
year 1940 and 1941.
This is the third consecutive
. year a Vernonia high school stu
dent has attended a state college >n
such a scholarship. This year, Eliz
abeth Schalock, attending the Univ
ersity of Oregon, and the year
before, Bill Thompson, attending
Oregon State College, were recep-
ients of the awards.
Joanne has been outstanding in
scholarship and in student activities
during the four years attendance
in Vernonia high school. This year
she has served as Editor of Timber
line, the school paper. Of particular
mention is the winning of recogni
tion in the nation-wide Thanksgiv
ing editorial’ contest conducted by
Quill and Scroll, national literary
honorary society of which Joanne
is a member.
Below is the letter from Donald
M. Erb, President of the University
of Oregon, to Joanne, congratulat
ing her and giving the purposes of
the scholarships:
Dear Miss Nichols:
Allow me to congratulate you
upon your successful application for
a scholarship at the University of
Oregon for the school year 1940-41.
The number of applicants was large
and the competition severe. The
success of your application is evi
dence Of our belief in your capacity
for unusual accomplishment in the
University.
The purpose of these scholarships,
however, is not only to foster
e
development of the individual but
also to strengthen the University.
We hope that you will develop a
high sense of social responsibility
and that as a leader you will al
ways be found on the side of truth,
sincerity, fair play and democratic
ideals. Your education should give
you a high regard ’or knowledge,
beauty, and community spirit, and
we trust that you will use your
strength and ability to make these
ideals prevail here on the campus.
Very sincerely yours,
Donald M. Erb
President
Pomona Grange to
Meet at Clatskanie
Pearl Becker, Pomona Grange
secretary, announces this week b
meeting for the group at Clatskanie
on Saturday, May 4. The meeting
will start at 10:30 and the Clats
kanie Grange will entertain. An in
vitation is extended all granges,
according to the secretary’s state
ment.
Election Board
Changes Announced—
Two changes in election boards
for the coming primary election
were announced this week by Wil
liam Pringle, Sr., and the name of
the precinct 3 voting place ¿riven
as the O-A bunk house, the same
as in previous years. Board changes
will be G. C. VanDoren to replace
J. W. Nichols and Mrs. M. L. Briot
to replace Albert Childs. Full elec
tion board membership was listed
last week.
Junior Band to
Play at Hillsboro—
C. R. Watts, director, announced
Wednesday that the Vernonia Jun
ior Band *s scheduled to play at
Hillsboro this Saturday in a band
festival. Only the advanced band
will make the trip. The Vernonia
band's concert will last, about 20
minutes in the contest, it was stated.
Speaker
Named for
Graduation
Softball Season Play to
Begin Monday, Decided
F. B. Lane Implicated in
$2,300 Robbery Commit
ted Here Recently
May Festivities Slated on
Frank Eden, logger and resident
of Vernonia for several years, wa» High School Lawn Friday
arrested in Weed, C lifornia, last
Five Teams to Enter Sea
son Play; Eagles, OA to
Play First
Sport fans of the Upper Nehalem
Valley who like their baseball in a
.-omewhat streamlined style will have
the opportunity next Monday to
witness the opening of the season
here when the first scheduled game
between the Eagles nine and the
OA mill team will cross bats.
The Vernonia Softball League
has held several meetings during the
past one and one-half months in
preparation for the season. Several
changes were necessary from the
procedure of last year in that the
city park playing field has been
seeded so that it cannot be used
during the summer playing season.
However, arrangements have been
made by league officials so that
the games can be staged on the
field back of the Washington grade
school. Considerable work is necess
ary in order to be in condition for
the first game, including grading,
moving of bleachers and backstop.
Five teams will engage in schedul
ed play, being the Ford V8’s, Chev
rolets, O-A Mill, I. W. olf A. and
the Eagles. A somewhat different
approach has been taken on he
matter of finances for the 1940
season in that the league voted to
place on sale booster tickets. Funds
from the sale will be used only for
league expenses which include the
purchase of balls, bases, lime, score
book and other material whioh may
b needed to make playing con
venient. In former years collections
have been taken at games to meet
those expenses. U, was the opinio-^
this year that should enough money
be obtained from the tickets, no
collections would be necessary.
In preparation for the opening
game Monday the schedule of play
has already been prepared and p-
pears in this issue of The Eagle on
page 5.
To create additional interest for
player and spectator alike, a number
of Riverview and Vernonia mer
chants are, this year, olffering prizes.
The prize and its purpose is explain
ed by an advertisement on page 3.
May Day festivities to be held group; Winding of the Maypole,
Thursday, according to word receiv
ed here this week by C:-y Marshal on the high school lawn at 2 p. ni. Music by combined high and grade
A. D. Lolley. Eden was arrested this Friday afternoon will be ruled school glee clubs; Recessional, high
for the theft of $2,300 from John over by Queen Heidi with Eunice school orchestra.
Reynolds about March 9 after hav Larson, Delores George, seniors;
ing lived at the Reynold's home Gladys Enneiberg, Lillian Hedman,
Dr. O. R. Chambers En for the past three years.
juniors; Eleanor Siefort, Norma
At the time of his arrest Eden Larson, sophomores; Rosalie Dris
gaged to Deliver Com
implicated F. B. Lane, used ar coll and Mary Katherine Norris,
mencement Address
salesman here, of taking half olf the freshmen.
Seniors of the high school, facul-1 money and of assisting him in
The program provided by the
Note—Information contained in
ty members, parents and friends of making a get-away from the scene grade and high schools under the
the graduating class will be ex of the crime.
direction of Miss Alvenia Connell the following article has been sub
tremely fortunate in hearing Dr.
Both men are now confined in and Miss Mary Fossatti promises to mitted The Eagle by the Nehalem
O. R. Chambers, head of the Psy the Columbia county jail, Eden be be very colorful and interesting Basin PUD Citizens’ Committee. The
chology Department of Oregon State ing returned to St. Helens Sunday with music from and dances based statement is printed below for the
College, deliver the address at the by Sheriff M. R. Calhoun and Dep on Tschaikovski’s “Nut Cracker edification of Eagle readers.
Dear Friends and Neighbors:
Commencement exercises to be held uty James Callahan and Lane be Suite.”
On Friday, May 17, we are to
Friday night, May 17. Vernonia is ing arrested at Oswego. Formal
Processional, Music by high school
very fortunate in having Dr. charges will be filed against them. orchestra; Coronation of Queen Vote on the formation of a “Peoples'
Chambers for the evening for as a i
Heidi by student body president, 1 Utility District” in this county. Nat-
•ommencemenrt speaker he is in !
Tack Baker, Prime Minister; The ; urally we all want to vote for the
lemand more than any other pro- I
Piper’s Song, high school glee club; • best interests of our people. What
feasor in the Oregon State System I
Russian dance, high school girls; ' are the facts? Will a PUD be a
:f Higher Education.
Chimes of Sipring, grade school glee good thing, or not?
We have studied this matter very
Bacculaureaite services will be
club; Dance of the Reed Flutes,
îeard at the Evangelical church,
grade school group; Waltz of the ’ carefully from every possible angle
iunday night, May 12, at which
An announcement long anticipat Flowers, grade school group; Dance and it seems to us that there are
ime Reverend Harvey R. Scheuer- ed by many Joy Theatre patrons of the Butterflies, grade schoul outstanding facts that arc establish
ed beyond all reasonable doubt ana
nan will deliver the sermon. All was made this week by Mrs. Haro’d
argument.
friends of the graduating class and Dow when she stated that the mo
1. A PUD WILL REDUCE ELEC
citizens of Vernonia are cordially tion picture, “Gone with the Wind”
TRIC RATES. Wherever the PUD
invited to attend these functions. is scheduled to show here Satur
principles have been applied there
day, May 11. The announcement
have been immediate reductions of
was made due a number olf queries
rates of from 30 to 60 per cent.
received as to the date of showing.
Sam Hearing, president of the
A matinee is scheduled for the Vernonia Chamber of Commerce, For example in Forest Grove nd
afternoon to begin at 2:15. The announced Monday the next meet Canby using Bonneville power, 100
evening show will begin at 8 o’clock. ing of the chamber to be held May kilowatt hours can now be bough:
The picture will be in Vernonia only 7 at the Terminal Cafe. The meet Ifor $2.50. In Coos County that
Just made revelations of the big
amount costs $4.00; in Lincoln
the one day.
ing will be held at noon.
fees paid for organizing and financ
County, $3.90 to $4.60; in Yamhill
Mrs. Dow also announces that a
Several matters of business will
ing Pacific County’s now operating
County $3.00; in Columbia County
new
feature
is
being
offered
theatre
be
given
consideration
during
‘
■he
Public Utility District is arousing
patrons in that several guest tick business meeting, Hearing stated, $3.63 to $4.38; in Washington $3.00
indignation throughout the district
to $7.03; and in Portland, boasting
which has just announced that it ets will be presented each week. among them being the naming of the lowest rates in the county,
Names
of
those
to
be
honored
are
committees
which
has
not
as
yet
will not make promised rate reduc
$3.00.
tions, but will continue to charge listed at the bottom of the theatre been done due to the small' at
In Canby the average home k
the same rates that the private advertisement on another page tf tendance so far during the year.
saving $8.40 a year; one industrial
this
issue.
companies were charging the public
user in February saved $38.39; the
when PUD took them over.
High School in February saved $54
Those who opposed formation of
.45.
che Pacific County Pud on the
2. THE PUD WILL PAY TAXES.
grounds that it would create new
The Oregon law distinctly requires
ielbt, new taxes and no rate reduc
that this be done. So there will be
A budget committee consisting of no loss of taxes resulting from
tions have already published a few
John Grady, Wallace Bergerson and establishing a PUD.
■>f the yct-uncompleted figures in
The Student Council of the high
volved in PUD activities. The pub school announced Friday to the R. M. AMrich will meet in con
3. NO TAXES TO PAY REV
lished figures show that PUD law student body their nominees for junction with the school board of ENUE BONDS. Some olf the oppos
The high school is sponsoring a
yers, engineers and fiscal agents olfifjces for next year. After nomin district No. 47 Jt. Friday evening, ition claim that in spite of the pro Spring Carnival to be held in the
May
10,
for
the
purpose
of
making
made private profits oif approximate atlons from the floor were heard
visions of the law the revenue gym Saturday, May 11, the purpose
ly $47,000 out of organizing activ the following names were published: 1 p the school budget for the year bonds may have to be paid out of of Which is to raise funds for con
ities alone and exclusive of b'g President: Calvin Davis, Roy Soe- 1940-41. Voting for the acceptance taxes. This, of course, is absolutely ducting student body affairs. The
profits that went to bond houses jima and Barbara Nichol's; Vice or rejection of the budget will be untrue. Let us quote the law which event was scheduled for the fall
that distributed the district’s $690,- President: Fred Thompson, Mid held June 3rd, announces superin reads in section 56-3443 as fol but owing to adverse conditions
000 issue of long-term tax-exempt Crawford, Pauline Rollins and Clif tendent E. H. Condit.
lows: “For the purpose of carrying existing at that time, the date was
bonds.
into effect the powers herein grant postponed. New, exciting and inter
ford Bergerson; Secretary: Barbara
The bond issue was for $201,000 Dusten, Jeanne Ryves and Bettv
ed, any disitriot may issue and sell esting games of skill are promised
more than the required $489,000 for Thacker; Treasurer: Lillian lied
revenue bonds so conditioned as to ’for the carnival which in previous
which the private lines were pur man, Opal Scheuerman -«nd Martha
be paid solely from the revenues years has always been well attended.
chased. Aside from other fees and Tapp; Business Manager: Edgar
derived alfter paying from said
working capital this wiill go into Culbertson and Jack Olin; Yell
revenues all expenses of operation VFW Boasts 100 Per
Use of a new plastic material to and maintenance, including taxes.’’
•rehabilitation and extensions" of Leader: Betty Olson, Margaret Hai-
lines, which private engineers assert ma’ Ethel Parcells, Virgie Killian plug up worm holes in lumber is
4. THE PUD CAN NOT LEVY’ Cent Paid Membership—
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
expected
to
make
possible
the
sal
will' prove of little profit. This and Dean Lionberger.
AN UNREASONABLE TAX. For the
vaging of large quantities of logs purpose of providing a working cap are scheduled to meet this Friday,
figure also includes over $40,000
Election will be held at the stu
from the old Tillamook burn that ital until such time as the project May 3, at 8 o’clock in the basement
paid by the public in preliminary dent body meeting next week.
would be unusable otherwise. Tests gets under way and begins to earn olf the Washington grade school;
PUD taxes.
with the material have been conduct an income the law says the Direct Omar Sheeley, new commander, will
As nearly as can be estimated at I
ed by the school of forestry with ors may levy taxes for a period of preside. Following the business meet-
this time almost 19% of the funds License Examiners
satisfactory results, says Earl G. I ten years but not to exceed “two ' ing, food and entertainment will
realized from the district’s huge Due Here May 9—
be offered. The local post of V. F.
Mason, acting dean of forestry.
bond issue will have been absorbed
I mills in any one year, nor more
W. is the only one in the state
A traveling examiner of operators
Wood-boring
worms
have
invaded
than
10
mills
in
the
said
10
year
by fees paid to outside promoters and chauffeurs is scheduled to ar
some of the logs so that when these period. In other Words if you1 own 1 which has 100% of its membership
and other items of small production rive in Vernonia, Thursday, May 9, are sawed into boards a few holes
. dues pair for 1940.
property with a taxable valuation
value before the district really get’s und will be on duty at the City appear, cutting the grade. A mach of $1000.00, which is considerably
down to business. The fee of one Hall between the hours of 10 a. m. ine has been developed to force the higher than most homes in Ver Jury List Drawn
financial agent alone is reported to and 4 p. m. All those wishing per plastic into these holes rapidly nonia, the greatest amount you could ! For May Term—
mits or licenses to drive cars are where it solidifies, making the Lum be taxed would be $10.00 over the
The names of three Upper Ne
have been over $17,000.-
asked to get in touch with the ex ber paintable and thus increasing 10 year period and not to exceed halem Valley people were listed in
During the campaign to organize
i May term Circuit Court jury list
the lumber value three to four $2.00 in any one year.
aminer during these hours.
a PUD one of its present commis
times its sale price untreated. The
We plan to hold public meetings for Columbia county in a release
sioners published newspaper adver Church Remodeling
process has been tried commercially at the Washington grade school in made by County Clerk J. W. Hunt
at the Stimson mill near Forest Vernonia on May 6, and at the this week. The names were Charles
tisements in which he stated that a Nearing Completion—
The work of remodeling the rear Grove. The plastic is made in Wash Natal Grange Hall May 3. At these Justice and Benita Condit, Ver-
“3-cent rate” would be possible if
and I. E. Knowles, Mist.
ington by a secret formula.
meetings any and all questions er- i I nonia
the district was formed and Bonne rooms of the Christian Church is
.„ ,
taining to the proposed PUD will
ville power used. Actually the dis almost completed, nearly doubling 17 Cases Measles
I be answered. If you want further i A Cappella Choir
trict will charge double the promis J the size of the rooms without inter - Reported—
information write to us, P. O. Box to Sing Sunday—
A report issued by the Oregon 245, Vernonia. Oregon, and We will
ed rate and in addition about $20,- j fering with the seating capacity
The A Cappella Choir of Pacific
University at Forest Grove will givs
000 will go off PUD taxrolls which j of the main auditorium which nas State Board of Health this week gladly tee that you get it.
Sincerely yours.
a concert at the Christian church
must be replaced by new taxation. been redecorated and the platform states that there are 17 cases of
measles in the county as of the
The Nehalem Basin PUD Citi next Sunday, May 5, at 8 o’clock.
of
which
has
been
lowered.
All
the
The 3-cent rate which has been re
week ending April 27. Included in
zens Committee
The public is invited to attend he
pudiated in Pacific is the same rate labor has been volunteer. The ' the report also were two cases of
musical evening for which an offer-
By: Noble Dunlap, President
now being charger at Forest Grove, change is splendid for looks and I whooping cough and five cases of
By: Harry Condit, Secretary
] ing will be taken for defraying ex
P. O. Box 245, Vernonia, Oreg. penses of the organization.
chicken pox.
convenience.
Oregon.
PUD Group
Gives lulo
"Gone With Tlie
Wind” To Show
Pacific PUD Not
ToReduce Rates
Hearing Names
Meeting Date
Student Council Budget Election
Gives Nominees Slated June 3
Spring Carnival
Slated May 11
Lumber Saved
By Plastic
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