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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.” Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon Volume 24 Number 2 THOSE WHO ARE IN IT CO-OP MANAGER IS SELECTED EXPECTING DISCHARGE FClc Thurman Dehart, new sta tin;.! in Cal fornia, is expecting discharge from the navy in Feb- rua-y, Mrs. Dehart, who has been there since before Christ mas, will remain unt:l he gets his separation from the service. The naming of a manager for the West Oregon Electric coop erative was done a few days ago by REA headquarters in Wash ington, D.C., Paul Gordon, sec retary of the board of directors, said early this week when he announced the name of the new official. WALTER NORBLAD Friday Vote Will Decide Representative Electors t? Chscre Bet ween Norbk cl, Spattld ng Jan. 11 Veters in the f'r t cong’e’s- ianal district will go to the polls Friday, Jan ary 11th to select a representative to fill the va cancy left by the death of James W. Mott. Two candidates’ names will appear. They are Walts? Norb'ai of Asteria and B.uce Spaulciig, Salem. Noiblad has been nomnated by the republicans and has also received backing as an independ ent. He i» a vetei-an of world war II, having served in the Normandy invasi.n, and is ail attorney living at Astoria. Democratic backing goes to Bruce Spaulding, Salem attorney who obtained nomination by pe titions which were filed with sufficient names early last week. The fir t concres i nal distr'et is comprised of the ' 10 coun ties in which 147,985 voters are registered. The registratioin is d:- vided into 81,774 republicans and 62,580 democrats wi‘h 3,631 list ing miscellaneous aff’liations. Electors in the four Vernonia precincts will vote in the usual places, according to Wm. Pringle, Sr, county commissioner, who has completed arrangements for the election boards of these pre cincts. V< ting places are: pre cinct 1, J hn Erickson building at the corner of Bridge and Sec ond streets; precinct 2, IWA union hall; precinct 3, O-A bunk house; precinct 4, city hall. This will be the first special election for this purpose in this congressional district, Mr. Prin gle said. Election board members will draw $4 each for their day’s work instead of $3 as was previously paid The pay raise was authorized at the last ses sion of the state legislature. School Bist. 47 Sells Property Property from two school dis tricts which consolidated with school district No. 47, jt. has been sold by the district 47 school board to people residing in those former districts. The buildings and grounds of former district 55 which was located about nine miles out on the Timber road have been pur chased by C. L. Miller while the property of Woodland district 87 has been sold to Mr. Bjomsen. The latter district was located near Sunset Junction. Selected for the position is Frank D. Seelye of Amsterdam, New York. Mr. Seelye, in a tel egram to the local board of di rectors' said he would leave Tues day of this week by car for Vernonia and expected to arrive January 17th to take over his duties. Mr. Seelye was named by REA headquarters from three applica tion- sent in by the local board of directors after their Decem ber meeting when applications were considered. Selection of a new manager was made necessary by the resignation of J. W. Nich ols, previous manager. Mr. Seelye was recently dis charged from the navy where he wa in charge of construction and operation of elect ical fa- cillt'es at several navy centers and also wa- chosen f-om 400 service engineers to supervise the lighting : f Guam, a 5-mil’.ion dollar project. Cauniy Phus Road Paving A meeting of the road super visors of Columbia county is to be called soon by the county commie i ners to diseu.s the possible paving of about 25 miles of road this summer, Wm. Prin gle, S.. said this week. At a meeting cf supervisors the roads to be selected for the woik will be discussed as also will be the possibility of crushing rock to do the work. Other paving work in this area is also earmarked by the state for this summer Mr. Pringle said, ¡pcluded in the state plan is the Timber road from the end of the present paved part to Sun set junction and the Pittsburg- Scappoose road. P.E. Workshop Meet Arranged Physical education directors from Columbia county schools will go to Rainier next Tuesday to attend a work shop meeting which has been arranged by the state department of education. According to Ray Mills, high school principal, who announced the meeting at Rainier, the high school will be closed on that day. Other teachers in the school are being asked to visit some other school that day, he said. Grade school physical educa tion instructors will meet at St. Helens Monday but grade schools will not be closed that day. Rock Slide Breaks Line Field Worker Here A rock slide on the Clatskanie mountain Monday night brought further trouble to maintenance crews of the West Oregon Electric power line over the mountain from the Bonneville substation at Clatskanie. Mrs. Josephine L. David, spec ial fund campaign field repre sentative of the American Red Cross, was here Tuesday to ar range for the coming Red Cross drive in March. Mrs. Harry Cul bertson has been named local chairman for the drive. The line, which follows an old road at that point, was broken by the slide which was being re moved as fast as possible Tues day in order to make connection again. Tbe slide occured between three and four miles from Clats kanie. it was reported here. Jaaia?y 14 Is Starting Data Of Polio Drive Larger Fund f'r Coming Year Is Need cf Chapter B-ginning on Monday of next week, January 1 l.h’, w 11 be the march <f dimes campaign to raise funds f r treatment and research of infanti’e paral'-sis. The driva will last through the en l of the month. Local chai -man Paul Gor don ha3 already completed plani fo- th:.: Reality and will place dime collection boxes in stores Munday as pa’t cf the camravn. Revenue from a basketball ;> me to be played scon w’ll also be donated as wTl th? charges for cfficiah at that game, Mr. Gordon said. In addition, it is hoped that l'eal organizations will sponsor events to raise mon ey for th’s purpo e. After all expenses for the cam paign are paid, 50 per cent of the money is rent to the nation al foundation for nfantile pa •- a'.vsis to be used there for sev eral purposes: 1. Re earch purposes in ord r that a cure, preventative medi cine, or a drug may be found to combat polio; 2. Scholarships for physio-ther apy students; 3. Educational material; 4. Reserve ep’demic fund from which chapte s can draw (as this county chapter has done) dur ing an emergency or epidcm c. In order to pay the obl'ga- tions of the Columbia county chapter and to take care of pa tients suffering from the effects of infantile paralysis, three dimes from every man, woman and child in the county is needed. Last year th:s county was lowest in th? state with a per capita contribution of e'ght cents. Wood Services To Be Held Fri. Funeral service» will be held here Friday at 2 p.m. for Ina Jenette Wood who passed away at her home near Vernonia Jan uary 8th. Services will be held at the First Christian church with Rev. W. O. Livingstone of ficiating and with Bush Funeral home in charge. Mrs. Wood was born July 27, 1866 in Lasure county, Minneso ta and came to this country by covered wagon drawn by oxen with her parents at the age of nine years. Her parents home steaded here and she has made this her home since. Survivors of the deceased are her husband. William Wood: two sons, Bert and Nowell of Verno- ni; five daughters, Mrs. Lida Mills, Verncnia, Mrs. Shirley Neilson. Portland, Mrs. Gaynell Reid, Vernonia, Mrs. Vera Al drich, Vernonia and Mrs. Doris Hillsberry, Vernonia; two sisters, Mrs. Nancy Armstrong, Grants Pass and Mrs. Chamberlain, of Portland; 18 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Interment will be at the Ver nonia Memorial cemetery. DISCHARGED Sgt. Harold Brimmer received his discharge from the service at Ft. Lewis December 28. He was here Christmas morning for a short time before reporting back to camp for his release. He completed three years and 20 days in the army, serving overseas in the European area. OUT OF THE NAVY Ralph Han on has received h's discharge papers f-om the navy, the ee-aration being made last Wednesday at B emerton. C/.FT. O’IN Ht)ME Capt. Tan Oiin arrived here Dr ember 28th after returning from overseas duty. H* arrived at Pan Franc sco December 18th and from th?-? went to Ft. Lew is by b at. He, with Mrs. Olin visited here at the heme of hi parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. R. OI:n rrd at the hem? of his ris'er, Mrs. Vincent Gowen at Point Elakcly. Washington until Wednesday when they left for he- home at Salem. He is on terminal leave. MAJOR OLIN HERE Major and Mrs. John F. Olin, who have been visiting his si;ter, Mrs. Vincent Gowen, at Point Blakely, Wa^h., arrived here on Wednesdav to v’sit his pa-ents, M -. and Mrs. F. R. Olin. He is on terminal leave from th? ser vice. EEG'NS W'^FK Capt. William H. Manning started w-rk Tuesday for Mont- g mery Ward & Co. at Longview. He is the son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olin. DISCHARGED Angelo DeRoia received his discharge f om th? service No- vembe- 11 rfter being on duty for 30 months, 24 of those be ing spent overseas. He and Mrs. DeRoia are living at Scapp-ose now. Ccuncil Plans Street Repair Councilmcn of the City of Vernonia net Monday evening for the first 1946 session of the council to discuss several problem- and to confirm appoint ments of city employees for this year. A problem, brought to the council’s attention by Cleve XJell- inger, read supervisor for this d’strict, was the construction of storm sewers in the East and North street district to pro vide a means of removing water from those streets. Preparation for additional paving next sum mer is being made now by ap plying more gravel to unpaved streets and by planning to care for such details as this storm sewer. The council authorized Mr. Mellinger to begin the sewer’s installation. Councilmen adopted a motion which authorized Mayor John son’s appointments of city em ployee: and aLo his appointments of people to fill vacancies on the park board. Appointed city emloyees are Albert Childs, re corder, Walter Kent, water sup erintendent, and A. D. Lolley and H. H. King, marshals. Named to the park board are Paul Gor don and Loel Roberts to fill the vacancies left by Orile Robbins and Wallace McCrae who have moved from this locality. The council also approved a suggestion that City Recorder Childs attend the joint conven tion of the League of Oregon Cities and the Oregon Finance Officers association in Portland January 21, 22 and 23 at the Multnomah hotel. ~~ „ HP** Thursday, January 10, 1946 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------- o REA Co-op Elects Directors Tues. Directors, who will serve until the next annual meeting in January of 1947, were elected Tuesday evening at the 1946 annual meeting of the West Oregon Electric Cooperative, Inc. The election was transferred from the West Oregon office to the Legion hall due to a larger crowd of members than was anticipated. The selection cf new direc tors was done by ballot after it was determined which people present were members of the or ganization and were therefor en titled to vote. Seme electrical customers present were denied a vote because they had not paid their membership fee which is required before th: voting priv ilege is granted. The new directors selected are the same as those who have served for the past year and is the same group as was named by the nominating committee about a month ago. Two candidates were nominated from tha floor a’-o Tuesday evening and one cf those was disqualified after it was lea’r.ud that he was net yet a member. The other candi dal i was Fred P. Singer from the Dixie mounta'n area. The 1946 director are: Noble Dunlap, Fred Knox, Frank Gen- rer, Paul Gordon, Lee Wooden, Harry King and Charles Uhlin. Delegations were present from nea ly every portion of the co operative territory and their questions were answered follow- inc the election by Jack Parker. REA engineer from Portland office who also outlined the rate structure which would be placed in effect when this district buys all fts power from BcnnevHle. The rates as outlined by Mr. Parker are: 1st—50 KW @ 5c 2nd—50 KW @ 3c 3rd—100 KW @ 114 c 4th—100 KW lc All over 300 KW @ % c Mr. Parker answered a ques tion from the Dixie mountain delegation which asked when they could get electricity by saying that 300 miles of line will be built in the district to serve customers when a contract, now being considered by REA head quarters in Washington, D.C., re ceives final approval. After that approval is given contractors will be asked for bids and the work s’arted if strikes do not prevent obtaining materials. Lines for the Dixie mountain area are includ ed in this contract. At a board of directors meet ing following the annual meet ing Harry King was elected pres ident of the board; Fred Knox, vice-president; Paul Gordon, sec retary; and Lee Wooden, treas urer. Doctor Begins Practice Mon. Dr. Henry E. Schlegel, Jr. began his medical practice here Monday morning of this week in the office formerly occupied by Dr. Glen J. Ten Brook. Dr. and Mrs. Schlegel recently pur chased the Ten Brook property and have moved here from Port land. Dr. Schlegel was recently dis charged from the army and pre vious to that time ho practiced in Portland. Lane Services Held Wednesday Funeral services for Benjamin F. Lane, a resident of Vernonia for many yean, were held in Portland Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock. His death occured December 31st in Portland and burial was at Greenwood Hill. Funeral arrangements were in charge of Bruning and Lundberg Mortuary. Benefit Game Slated Tuesday A benefit basketball game with admission receipts to go to the infantile paralysis march of dimes campaign is slated here Tuesday evening cf next week, January 15th. Announcement of the game was made by Ray Mills, high school principal. Playing here on that evening will be Central Catholic of Portland which team the Loggers also met Tuesday evening of this week on the Central Catholic floor. Officials for next Tuesday’s game will be Paul Gorden and Glen Hawkins who are also do nating their fees to the march of dimes. The L-gger first team met and lost to St. Helens here Friday 12 to 22 in the first county league game for Vernonia and the Lions. The B squad won from St. Helens 23 to 21 that even ing. Another Logger game this week will pit Vernonia against Clatskanie Friday night here. 1945 Rainfall Exceeds 1944 A comparison of records of the cooperative weather station, which is maintained by Mrs. Hel- en Spoff.rd, show that rainfall during 1945 exceeded that of 1944 by almost 10 inches and that for December, 1945 was far greater than the same month in 1944. Her report lists this data for December 1945: maximum tem perature, 57 degrees on the 4th; minimum, 16 degrees the 14th; total ìainfall, 741 inches; most tain in ope day, 1.19 the 28th; prevailing Vind direction, south west; number of days tempera ture 32 degrees or below, 15. December, 1944 data is: max., 56 degrees, Dec. 13; min. 18 de grees, Dec. 15;eotal rain,2.41 in.; g.eatest amount in one day, .68, Dec. 28; prevailing wind, south east; number of days temperature was 32 or below, 23. Total rainfall for 1945 was 43.45 inches and March was the wetest month with 10.05 inches. During 1944, 33.51 inches fell and January was dampest with 5.08 inches. Temperature record ings for 1945 list the maximum of 95 degrees on May 4 and for 1944, 100 degrees on September, 5th. Grocery Store Robbed Saturday The Nehalem Market and Gro cery was entered by theives last Saturday night and cash totaling $30 was taken from the store cash register, police authorities said this week. Entrance to the store was made by a skylight, police said, and the robbers left the store by way of the back door. A series of thefts have been committed in the past in this county and surrounding counties in what is apparently a minor crime wave.