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Friday, May 30, 1941
Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon
Nehalem Pioneer Group
Vernonia to
Annual Trip
To Meet at Birkenfeld June 8 To Station
Be Bost to
Flyers June 15
Memorial Day
Is Planned
Flying Club to Break­
fast Here June 15 Is
Information
Vernonia will be host to the
Sportsmen Pilots of Oregon on
the morning of June 15, Sunday,
when about 15 planes of that club
plan to be here from Portland. The
announcement of the event was
made Tuesday noon by Dr. U. J.
Bittner to the Chamber of Com­
merce and a discussion of plans
for the occasion was heard.
As was explained, the club makes
a practice of flying to various Ore­
gon towns for short visits. The
flyers will breakfast here that
morning, planning to arrive be­
tween 8 and 9 o’clock. Transpor­
tation to town from the field must
be arranged, it was stated.
Meet July 22
No important legislation was
brought to the attention of the
chamber group at the meeting with
the exception of a motion to dis­
continue the regular bi-monchly
meetings for the summer with the
exception of a meeting July 22.
Another meeting after that will
not be held until after Labor Day
in September.
Only a small number of members
were present at the meeting.
Scheuermans to
Remain Here
At the annual Oregon-Washing­
ton conference of the Evangelical
church held in Salem last week, H.
R. Scheuerman was named as pas­
tor of the Vernonia church for a
succeeding year. This year marks
the beginning of Mr. Scheuerman’s
seventh year as minister of the
local Evangelical church.
Attending as delegate from Ver­
nonia was Mrs. S. V. Malmsten,
who had the distinction of being
named one of three who had been
in the conference as long as forty­
eight years.
G. W. Plummer who was pastor
in Vernonia a number of years
ago' was honored at the meeting
by special recognition, upon reach­
ing the end of his fiftieth year
of service. Forty years and eight
months of the fifty were spent as
a member of the Oregon confer­
ence; Mr. Plummer lived in Iowa
preceding his coming to this state.
The minister and his wife will re­
tire to their home in Portland,
ending a career of fifty years of
active service for the Evangelical
church conference.
Five Traffic
Arrests Made
Five arrests were made by state
police last Saturday for traffic
violations, four of them for failure
to stop at the highway intersection
at Trehame. Frank Eden, Michael
Ludwig, Truman Knight and Dave
Reynolds were assessed a fine of
$2.50 and casts of $2.50 for fail­
ure to obey the stop sign. Leonard
Johnson was fined $25 and costs
of $2.50 for wreckless driving. All
sentences were made in the Ver­
nonia Justice of Peace court.
State Patrolman R. W. Wheeler
and City Marshal A. D. Lolley were
first on the scene of the accident
on the Wolf Creek highway early
Monday morning when a man was
burned to death as the result of
an accident about 300 yards west
of the Oregon-American overcross­
ing. The accident happened' at
2:10 a. m.
The Nehalem Valley Pioneer As­
sociation will hold its annual meet­
ing and get-together at Birkenfeld
Sunday, June 8th, an announce­
ment from T. P. Johnston, presi­
dent, states this week.
Plans Given
Memorial Day rites on Friday,
May 30, begin with a parade in
which members of the Women’s
Relief Corps, the American Legion
Auxiliary, the Legionnaires, Eagles,
the local I. W. A., and children
will take part. Concerning the chil­
dren, it is stated by the Women’s
Noble Dunlap is vice-president Relief Corps that all children are
and Gust Wonstron, secretary of invited to take part. Those young­
sters enrolled in the Bible School
the organization.
will meet at the Evangelical church
from where they will be brought
by bus to the depot where the
line of march begins.
A program has been planned for
those who will attend and an in­
teresting day is in store for pio­
neers of the Nehalem valley. It is
probable that a pot-luck dinner
will be served at the annual event.
Highway Petition
Circulated Wed.
J. W. Nichols and Tom Craw­
ford, named by the Chamber of
Commerce as the Committee on
Roads, have been sent petitions
on which to get names to be sent
to the State Highway department
asking for the completion of the
Rainier-Apiary road and the nam­
ing of the highway running from
Forest Grove through Banks and
Vernonia to Rainier as a primary
State highway.
Distribution of the petitions
came about as the result of a
joint mee^ng of chambers of com­
merce held in Forest Grove last
Friday. Petitions were sent to For­
est Grove, Rainier, Banks, Ver­
nonia, McMinnville and points as
far south as Corvallis.
Now
Is
the Time
It was expressed that this Is the
time to complete the Vernonia-
Rainier road because of the na­
tional defense program, military
roads are of great importance. This
road would be the shortest and
most logical cut from the Wolf
Creek highway to points across the
Columbia from Rainier. More busi­
ness activity would be realized by
the cities affected by the comple­
tion of the Apiary road and the
declaring of the highway from
Forest Grove through Vernonia to
Rainier as a primary State high­
way.
Bulletin Tells Time
To Burn Slashing
Thornton T. Munger and Donald
N. Matthews, of the Pacific North­
west Forest and Range Experiment
Station, Portland are the authors
of a bulletin entitled “Slash Dis­
posal and Forest Management After
Clear Cutting in the Douglas-fir
Region,” which recently came off
the press.
“This circular brings together
the results of years of study and
experience. It gives the scientific
bases for rating fire hazard after
logging, it suggests when and when
not to burn, and it gives concise
suggestions on the technique of
burning. The relation of slash dis­
posal to reforestation, water con­
servation, and grazing are discuss­
ed. Chapters are devoted to pro­
tecting logged-off lands from fire
and to their subsequent uses and
management.”
Four Carriers
To Make Trip
Four Vernonia boys will leave
on a trip to Victoria and Van­
couver, B. C., June 17 was the
announcement made Tuesday by
Wallace Struohen, Oregonian rep­
resentative for thia area. The trip
comes as a reward to the boys
Blower Fan Breaks
for the new subscriptions they have
A fan used in blowing shavings taken in this vicinity. Each boy
from the Oregon-American planer added 26 new names to his list
broke shortly after 1 o’clock Tues­ it was said.
day afternoon and caused the
Those who will make the crip
shutting down of that department
Leonard
Belongia,
Gordon
for the remainder of that after­ are
noon. Repairs were made and work Cline, Beryl Amer and James
resumed again Wednesday morn­ Johns and they will be gone for
ing.
four days.
Line of March
From the starting place, the de­
pot, the parade will continue
through Bridge street where at the
bridge, in the center of town, a
ceremony will take place. From
Rock Creek the body will move to
the old Vernonia cemetery where
services by the American Legion
and by the Relief Corps take
place.
From the old Vernonia cemetery
the group will go to the Vernonia
Memorial Cemetery where tnere
will be conducted a short dedica­
tion ceremony honoring the Legion­
naires whose resting places are
there.
Legion Hall Scene
Northrup Creek Experi­
ment to Be Visited by
Farmers, Stockmen
The annual trip to the Northrup
Creek Experiment Station by Col­
umbia and Clatsop county farmers
will be made on Saturday, June 7,
it was stated by George Nelson,
county agent, this week. The ex­
periments carried on there in grow­
ing pasture on logged-off land
and the pasturing of cattle, sheep
and g^ats wilt be inspected. Some
very interesting s"4 informative
developments in connection with
these experiments is promised.
Those making the trip should
plan to arrive about 10 o’clock in
order to attend a short program
arranged for the morning. Dean
E. L. Potter from Oregon State
College will be the speaker and
will discuss “The Economics of
Livestock Raising.”
In the afternoon visits to the
ranges will be made. Those attend­
ing the tour should bring a picnic
dinner for which coffee will be
served.
Awards Given
Graduates
Following the impressive rites a
pot-luck dinner, which is open to
the public, will be held in the Leg­
Barbara Nichols, daughter of
ion hajl. In previous years the Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Nichols, was
dinner was held in the I. O. O. F. presented the Wilkerson trophy at
hall.
the annual high school commence­
ment exercises held last Friday
night. The class validictorian re­
ceived throughout her four years
in high school an average of 94
plus. Barbara is one of the 75
high school students receiving a
The PUD Board met May 17 scholarship to attend Oregon State
evening in an adjourned meeting college next fall. She plans to
to hear a report from Robert Bur­ major in nursing.
ley that he as district attorney Activities Listed
had had several meetings with the
In addition to being advertising
Oregon Gas and Electric represen­
tatives with resulting friendly neg­ manager for the Timberline and
the Memolog, production manager
otiations.
According to Burley, it may be for the Timberline and editor of
some time before the district will Men*>log, Barbara was active as
be able to get Bonneville power, a member of the glee club, gins’
and before acquiring the Oregon sextette, pep club, junior class
Gas and Electric property, an ef­ play cast, general chairman of the
fort will be made to have the junior prom committee, yell-leader,
rates of that company reduced. junior class president, girls’ league
Arrangements have been made to treasurer, librarian, office worker
have the property examined and and costume manager for the sen­
appraised by an engineer from the ior play.
Lillian Hedman received a schol­
McMinnville municipal plant. The
engineer is described as one with arship to Pacific University in
considerable experience and as one Forest Grove for the coming year,
who has been very successful in as a result of her scholastic ef­
forts in the high school.
the field.
At the eighth grade graduation
held Thursday night, Mrs. Alice
Estey, president of the American
Legion
Auxiliary, presented to
Phyllis Bonsilaw the Auxiliary
award given the outstanding eighth
grade girl. George Baker, Legion
A report from the American Commander, gave the boy’s award
Legion Auxiliary shows that all of to Max Millis.
the 950 poppies purchased at ihe
price of $18.52 from the Portland
and the Roseburg Veterans’ hos­
pitals were sold. The members of
the organization feel justly pleased
in selling every poppy.
Because a number of people
According to word received here,
wonder where the money from the
poppy sales goes, the Auxiliary 10 Columbia county students of
wishes to make clear that part of the University of Oregon will re­
the sales receipted remain in the ceive degrees at the impressive
local Unit. The total amount made baccalaureate and commencement
in Vernonia on the sales conducted exercises to be held June 8, Sun­
last week was $96.72. Of this the day, at McArthur Court. Among
local Auxiliary keeps $37.10 to use the 10 candidates for degrees from
locally for child welfare and re­ Columbia county is Leon Brock,
habilitation vSork. The Veterans son of Mr. and Mrs. Carol Brock
who made the paper poppies re­ of the O. A. hill. Leon, who is an
ceive $22.52 of the total sales. education major, will receive the
The remainder of the total is sent degree of bachelor of science.
to the Department of Oregon,
American Legion Child Welfare Greenman Flies East
Center.
Judd Greenman, vice-president of
O. A. lumber corporation left
Joanne Nichols Appointed the
from the Portland airport Sunday
Joanne Nichols was appointed night for a short stay in Wash­
assistant news editor on the Oregon ington, D. C. where he will appear
Daily Emerald for next year, her with others before the National
sophomore year at the University Mediation Board in presenting the
of Oregon, it was announced .his grievances of the employers and
week. Miss Nichols served as a employees of the Columbia basin
reporter during her freshman year. Loggers.
Engineer to
Appraise Property
Auxiliary Sells
950 Poppies
Leon Brock to
Receive Degree
Volume 18, Number 22
Merchants, Residents Object
to Nuisance Ordinance;
Petition Asks Change of Rule
Fifty-Five Names Signed on Request by Wednesday
Morning; Opinion of Many Opposes Action as Taken
at Recent Meeting
Fifty-five names of merchants and residents of the City
of Vernonia had been signed to a petition which was circulated
the latter part of last week an d the forepart of this week in
regard to a recently adopted ordinance of the city council
which was printed in The Eagle last week.
An opinion which was heard
many times regarding the ordinance
was that the legislation would
prove harmful to the establishment
of business enterprise here both
now and in the future.
The petition was headed as fol­
lows:
“We, tlje undersigned business
men and residents of the City of
Vernonia, Columbia County, Ore­
gon, do hereby petition the city
council of Vernonia, Oregon, to do
away with the ordinance passed on
the evening of May 19th, said
ordinance being: An ordinance de­
claring the operation of saw mills,
planing mill's, shingle mills, pulp
mills and other similar manufact­
uring establishments within the
corporate limits of the City of
Vernonia a public nuisance, and
providing a penalty for the viola­
tion of the same, and repealing all
ordinance or" parts of ordinances
:n conflict herewith . . . The Ceisar-
wood Timber company, the mill in
question, and the resulting payroll
therefrom will be lost to Vernonia
if the ordinance is not rescinded."
Fifty-Five Names
Are Signed
Fifty-five names were signed to
the petition asking City councilmen
to rescind the ordinance passed at
the meeting of May 19th. Signers
are:
Kennth White, H. H. Sturdevant,
A. H. Morris, Olive White, O. E.
Edwards, Mrs. Earl L. Smith, Har­
old Nelson, Oscar Kaphammer, Earl
S. Carter, W. H. Kupersmith, B. F.
Rogers, A. H. Tisdale, Clinton
Adams, Gladys B. Dial, N. Soden,
C. Lusby, H. White, Peggy Hat­
field, Mrs. IC. O. Thomas, C. O.
Thomas;
Fred Romtvedt, Mrs. Merle Cline,
L. W. Skuzie, Nick Federici, L. H.
Dewey, E. J. Douglass, Murel
Knight, Mrs. A. H. Morris, Robert
E. Tipton, W. J. Armitage, Lew
E. Floaten, F. Ensworth, Harold
Carrick, Mrs. Otto Goertzen, H.
Pallant, F. K. Moon, Mrs. E. C.
Laws, Mrs. Ida M. Harris, E. C.
Lews, Marvin Kamholz, Mrs. R.
Brown, H. L. Hatchard;
H. C. McDonald, Vernonia Laun-
rfry, Sam L. Hearing, J. W. Nich­
ols, T. M. Crawford, Jack Tomlin,
Mrs. David MacDonald, Mrs. Mar­
tin Pumala, Blaine Cobat, R. L.
Rasmussen and E. G. Roediger.
The petition has been deposited
at The Eagle office where it may
be signed by others who wish to
Modern living conditions con­ do so.
stantly increase the fire hazard in
Oregon forests and make necessary
statewide efforts to check the need­
less waste of man-made forest
fires, according to Nelson S. Rog­
ers, state forester. Mr. Rogers
pointed out these developments
which threaten the safety of Ore­
A number of repairs for both
gon’s greatest economic asset—her the Lincoln and Washington grade
green forests:
schools are planned for the summer,
Thirty years ago we had 670,000 it was learned this week. Class
population with only a few autos. room and hall floors will be refin­
Thirty years ago we had a 60-hour ished at Washington to counteract
week and, consequently little time the wear of the coming term. Var.
for recreation; now we have a 40- nish and wax will be used to re­
hour week. Thirty years ago there finish the floors. Some work will
were no auto tourists; in 1940 also be done on floors of the Lin­
more than 150,000 out-of-state cars coln building.
visited Oregon.
The construction of sidewalks
will
occupy some time at both
Area* Concentrated
places. A walk is to be built from
Thirty years ago cutover areas the west door at Washington to
were concentrated along the Colum­ the street and the front walk at
bia River and Coos Bay; today Lincoln will receive attention.
The work will be done by W. E.
there is a large area of suCh land
in each timbered county. Twenty- Crawford and Alfred Bays, jani­
five years ago there were 80,000 tors.
hunters and fishermen; last year
200,000. Twenty-five years ago
there were 100 miles of hard-sur­
faced roads; in 1940 there were
7,300.
“Hence the hazard of fire has
been increased many fold and con­
The hangar for planes at the
stitutes a serious challenge to the
good citizenship of every Oregon­ Vernonia Airport will be complet­
ian,” said Mr. Rogers. “We eed ed within another two weeks bar­
a public consciousness of the need ring bad weather and unforeseen
for better cooperation from the difficulties, Harold I>ow stated this
forest using public. Remember yes­ week.
At present structural work has
terday; think of tomorrow; art to­
been completed and two sides and
day to keep Oregon green.”
one end of the building have been
boarded. The roof has not yet
been completed.
Some 'grading work has been
done on the field by John Ellis
but intermittent rains necessitate
additional work that would other­
William Voegl was arrested Mon­ wise be unnecessary.
day night for a charge of obtain­
ing money under false pretenses. Traveling Examiner
He was apprehended in Portland
A traveling examiner of opera­
by State Police Boss and Detec­ tors and chauffeurs is scheduled
tives Ohren and Stoops on a war­ to arrive in Vernonia, Thursday.
rant with set set at $500. The June 5, and will be on duty at the
complaintant was named E. D. Car­ City hat! between the hours of 10
ter who operates Dad's Hamburger a. m. and 4 p. m. All those wishing
Shop here in Vernonia. Voegl was permits or licenses to drive cart
returned to St Helena by state are asked to get in touch with the
policemen.
examiner during these hours.
Modern Living
Increases Hazard
School Building
Repairs Planned
Plane Hangar
Work Progressing
Voegl Arrested
On Money Charge