agi e Derno Z “Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering. Farming, Recreat’*- ____ _________ ______________■ .J-.'."- ~ VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON U ®* ° ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------- VOLUME 24, NUMBER 21 Awards for School Work Are Listed Wilkerson Cup Won By Patricia Berg For Scholarship t. Awards for students outstand­ ing In school work were announced Wednesday evening at the an­ nua! commencement exercises for the graduating high school class by Principal Ray Mills. Patricia Berg, valedictorian for the class, received the Wilkerson cup for her record of scholarship and in addition she received the complimentary subscription to the Reader’s Digest for one year. The Wilkerson cup is awarded to the graduating student who has achieved top rating in scholastic work for the four years. This trophy was made available by Mr. Wilkerson during the time he served as principal of the school a number of years ago. The Willers trophy award was made to Jack Riley for his out­ standing performance in the Sen­ ior class play “Snafu,” this cup being awarded to the outstanding Junior or Senioi- in dramatics. Mrs. Esther Willers, former school drama instructor, made this award possible. Two Seniors received copies of the book “I Dare You” by Wil­ liam A. Danforth. The award is made to the outstanding boy and girl who are outstanding in the whole ischool in leadership and scholarship. Ralph Keasey and Mary Pat Caton received the books. An award of $5 goes to Martha Wells, a Sophomore, for her essay “A Tribute to Mothers,” which was accepted as best from 155 es­ says submitted to the publishers of the magazine, “Voice of American Women.” This essay was written as part of her school English work. • Rogers Park Used Friday The first) use of Rogers park located about six miles out on the Pebble creek road was made Mon­ day by 8th grade students when they held their annual picnic there. This park is offered to the public by the Columbia County Tree Farm for use at any time as a picnic aid recreation grounds, Glen Hawkins said Monday. The management of the Farm asks only that reasonable care be ex­ ercised with the picnic equipment that has been provided. Rogers park is named after Nels Rogers, state forester and a former resident here, and the loca­ tion is that of the Rogers home many years ago. Two Firms Open Soon Two new businesses will open their doors to the public within the next few days here, announce­ ments this week by the owners state. The service station being con­ structed at the corner of Bridge and Weed avenue will be ready for customers the early part of the coming week, Jake Berger, owner, said early this week. A small amount of construction ma­ terials are needed yet to com­ plete the new building he has erected there but they are expect­ ed before the end of this week. The station will feature Union Oil products and general car serv­ icing, Mr. Berger said, and he is inviting automobile owners to vis­ it his station to inspect the new building. Intended for opening here Mon­ day of the coming week is an­ other business for Vernonia, the Langdon Cabinet and Novelty Shop. The shop will be located in the new building now nearly completed at the corner of Wash­ ington and Bridge streets, George O. Langdon, owner, announces. Mr. Langdon has been working on the structure for some time and ha» just installed cabinet-making machinery that will be used in the business. He had previously pur­ chased the cabinet shop and equip­ ment owned by Oscar Rand and has moved that machinery to the new location. Mr. Langdon formerly resided at Ashland. • First Pulpwood Mill Constructed The first steel construction pulpwood mill has been built by Harry Junken and will be set up this week by its owner, R. H. Meyer, Mr. Junken announced Tuesday when he explained the manner in which the mill would operate and told his plans for construction of additional units. The mill is of all-metal con­ struction and is designed for the quick and easy cutting of pulp­ wood logs ‘into 8-foot lengths. Logs will be brought into posi­ tion for sawing by a power roll frame and the cutting will be done by a 15-inch saw mounted on a swing frame designed to operate with ease through a weight attachment designed by Mr. Junken. Power will be supplied by a 30-horsepower motor on this unit but car engines will probably be used on later unitjs, Mr. Junken said. He plans to build other units as soon as possible for the use of pulpwood cutters in the valley. The first mill, which is being set up this week will be priced between $625 and $675 but mills built later will be less in price Mr. Junken paid. ELECTION RESULTS Last Friday’s election results for the four Vernonia precincts showed a small voting turnout here which was in keeping with voting throughout the state. A tabulation of results of the vote here follows: DEMOCRAT Precinct 1 2 3 4 LYMAN ROSS. Representative in Congress, 1st District 24 35 36 19 RUFUS E. WOOD, Rep. in Congress, 1st District........ 15 10 24 8 CARL C. DONAUGH, Governor ....................................... 35 35 60 24 DAVID C. EPPS, Secretary of State ................................ 25 29 48 19 FLOYD K. DOVER, Secretary of State ........................ 13 15 13 9 RALPH W. PEOPLES, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor 33 39 58 25 LESTER SHEELEY, Senator, 14th Sen. District.......... 22 20 32 20 RUSSELL HOGAN, Senator 14th Sen. District .......... 11 15 22 4 BYRON G. CARNEY, Senator, 14th Sen. District .......... 7 11 16 5 O. HENRY OLEEN, Representative, 2nd Rep. District 37 43 56 30 MANLEY J. WILSON, Representative, 33rd Rep Dist. 34 37 52 26 J. G. NAUMAN, County Judge ....................................... 36 37 54 23 OSCAR LARSON, County Commissioner ..................... 35 37 56 22 REPUBLICAN WALTER NORBLAD, Representative let Cong. Dist 16 26 32 34 HENRY BLACK, Governor .............................................. 2 3 8 6 EARL SNELL, Governor .................................................. 14 27 27 29 ROBERT S. FARRELL, Secretary of State .................. 15 28 31 36 W. E. KIMSEY, Commissioner. Bureau of Labor........ 11 25 29 28 1 6 1 DEAN BYSON, Senator, 14th District ........................... 1 5 6 7 JOHN D. GALEY Senator 14th District ......................... 4 IRVING RAND, Senator, 14th District ......................... 9 19 20 26 E. H. CONDIT, Representative 2nd District ............... 14 28 31 33 A Councilmen Adopt Two Ordinances Budget Meeting Is Set for Monday; Oil Heat Talked The city council's main order of business Monday evening was the adoption of two ordinances, one dealing with parking and the other with reckless driving while under the influence of liquor or drugs. At the same meeting re­ pairs and changes at the city park swimming pool were dis­ cussed, a 'supervisor for the sum­ mer was considered and the instal­ lation of an oil heating unit was talked. No definite action was taken re­ garding the pool and a super­ visor or the oil heating installa­ tion, but those matters will be brought up for definite action at a later time. Difficulty of ob­ taining wood for the present city hall furnace and its expense led to the talk of oil which will be considered again at the budget meeting set for the coming Mon­ day night. The first ordinance adopted deals with regulating traffic, parking and limiting the time of parking. Pertinent parts of the ruling set forth are: Section 1. It shall be un­ lawful for the driver of a ve­ hicle to stop, stand or park such vehicle, whether attended or un­ attended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traf­ fic or in "compliance with the di­ rections of a police officer or traffic control signal, in any of the following places: Within an intersection; On a crosswalk; Within 15 feet of the driveway entrance of any fire station; Within 10 feet of a fire hy­ drant; In front of a private driveway; On a sidewalk; At any place where official traffic signs have been erected prohibiting standing and park­ ing; In any street, alley, lane, side­ walk, or parking strip for the storage of any vehicle in lieu of a garage or barn; In any emergency zone; In any entrance zone except to load or unload passengers for a period of time not to exceed one minute; On private property without the consent of the owner of such private property. The manner of parking is desig­ nated as: In parking a vehicle on any street it shall be placed with the right-hand side parallel to the right-hand curb line and not more than one foot therefrom . . . Angle parking is prohibited except where properly designated by official signs or markings. A parking time limit can be established under Section 3 of the ordinance which states: It shall be unlawful for any person to park or stop any vehicle for a longer period of time than designated by official signs park­ ing meters, or other markings . . . The second ordinance adopted Monday evening definitely estab­ lishes penalties for reckless driv­ ing and driving while under the influence of liquor or drugs and defines also a basis upon which arrests may be made for such driving. Another part of the ordinance deals with drinking in motor ve­ hicles and states: It shall be un­ lawful for any person to consume alcoholic liquor while an occupant of a motor vehicle, while such motor vehicle is parked or being driven on any tsreet or highway in the city. All police judges or recorders or justices of the peace or district judges of the county, or circuit courts, shall have concurrent jur­ isdiction of all violations of the provisions of this ordinance. Both "rulings were adopted as emergencies by .he council and are effective now. West Oregon Gets Copper Shipmen t THURSDAY, May 23, 1946 Memorial Day Program Plan Made Ready The West Oregon Electric Co­ provement to result from the operative received a shipment of change will be well worth any in­ 30,000 pounds of new copper wire convenience created during the in­ Bridge Service, Monday. This material will be stallation. Hall Ceremony to The shipment of copper re­ used in the’ rebuilding of the Pitts­ Be May 30 Program burg-Vernonia section of the co­ ceived Monday was the last pur­ operative’s power line and when chase of the cooperative previous The preparation of a program installed, power will be routed to a 15 per cent ceiling price in­ to be .carried out on Memorial over the lines from Clatskanie crease which was made effective Day is being undertaken by sev­ May 1 by OPA. to the Vernonia section. eral organizations here for the The wire, when installed, will Frank D. Seelye, West Oregon manager, states that work has be the backbone of the proposed May 30 event Thursday of next been resumed on the line and will new system that is being planned week. No parade is planned for take approximately two weeks for by the West Oregon engineering the day nor will the group as­ installation of the copper. Con­ -dorce under Mr. Seelye’s direction. sembled , march to the cemeteries siderable overtime work will be as was done several years ago. necessary due to the urgency of Undertaking parts in the pro­ getting the wire in place. During gram will be the Woman’s Relief this time Mr. Seelye requests the Corps, the Boy Scouts, the Veter­ patience of consumers in this area PRESCOTT P.O. ans of Foreign Wars and Auxil­ because some power outages will AT TRAIL’S END iary and the American Legion and be necessary, but these times will RAINIER—Closing of the Pres­ be kept to a minimum. The im- cott post office May 15 was an­ Auxiliary. The first part of the program, nounced by John Rupprath, post­ a ceremony on the Rock creek master. The Prescott boxholders bridge, will take place immedi­ now are being served by a rural ately after the people attending delivery route originating at Go­ assemble at the Legion hall. Aft­ ble. erwards, a return to the hall will Closing of the postoffice is an­ be made where the rest of the other step in dismembei-ment of program will be held. Friday and Saturday, May 24 the village that had its life in the • and 25, will be Poppy days in operation of the Clark & Wilson Vernonia and in thousands of lumber mill, a process that might other cities and towns through­ have been completed by this time out the United States. had it not been for the housing Volunteers will be on the shortage that made residents cling streets early tomorrow morning to their houses there as long as with baskets of poppies which possible. The Northrup Creek Experi­ they will offer to be worn in mental Station field day for farm­ honor of the dead of both world JOHNSON NAMED TO wars. They will continue to dis­ COLUMBIA’S TRIPLE-A POST ers of Columbia and Clatsop coun­ ST. HELENS—Lawrence John­ tribute the little 4ed flowers ties will be held Saturday, June throughout the day, endeavoring son, former state president of the 1 this year, George A. Nelson, Future Farmers of America, has to give everyone in the city an opportunity to wear a poppy in been named assistant secretary of county agent, said this week. There are a number of import­ memory of those who gave their the Columbia county agricultural conservation association, replacing ant developments on experiments lives for America. No price will be apked for the William Denny, who resigned to of pasture seeding on the cut over poppies, but contributions will accept a job as purchasing agent land. These experimnts have been be solicited and all money received for the Coos Head Timber Co. at of interest to farmers in Columbia will be used for the benefit of Coos Bay. The new Triple-A secretary, son county for many years and the disabled veterans and fapiilies of veterans. It will be expended of Mrs. Matilda Johnson of War­ experiments have been visited by largely in aid to needy veterans ren, gained the coveted American many people from both counties. The plan for the tour is to start and families in Vernonia during farmer degree in 1941 a year after he had been graduated from Scap­ at 10:30 in the morning with a the coming year. program in regard to the work poose union high school. • of the station. The afternoon will PUZEY SHOP be devoted to a trip over the GETS BIG JOB various seedings. People attend­ CLATSKANIE—Puzey Machine ing should bring their own lunch and Sheet Metal Works has re­ and cups for coffee which will be ceived a contract from the Ther- furnished at the station. maxx Corporation of Portland for • At the last regular meeting of the manufacture of all steel and the board of directors of the West sheet metal work for their elec­ Oregon Cooperative on May 14, tric furnaces. This is a new the board decided that the co-op type of furnace to the market. should become a member of the The Thermax Corporation of National Rural Electric Cooper­ Portland, has signed a contract ative association. with J. D. Puzey to manufacture Two motion picture films deal­ This association has its head of­ $100,000 worth of these furnaces. ing with forestry and presenting fice in Washington, D. C., and is For this production 40,000 primarily an organization to as­ pounds of steel angle and 20,000 features in an educational manner sist in bringing rural electrifica- > pounds of aluminum arrived here were viewed by the Boy Scouts tion into being. last week. of Vernonia troop 201 last Since its organization it has J. D. Puzey announces that a Wednesday evening. The pictures continued to carry to congress night shift for the building of the story of REA in its effort;; to these furnaces is now under way were screened by the Washington bring electric service to the mil­ and production is off to a good grade school and were provided for lions of rural homes in America. start. This addition to the night showing by Glen Hawkins through • shift will bring the annual payroll the Columbia County Tree Farm. One of the pictures presented of the Puzey Works to $25,000. “Alaska, Our Forest Arsenal,” and COUNTY NURSE TO the other dealt with logging from QUIT POST IN SEPTEMBER the standpoint of duties in for­ ST. HELENS—Miss Ruth Pef- estry. The films were two of a fley, Columbia county health nurse series that the Tree Farm will Two new names were added to since Sept. 1, 1942, announced last have available here from time to the list of contributors to the Thursday that she was resigning time, Mr. Hawkins said. Vernonia street lighting fund the post effective next Sept. 1. • which is being sought from busi­ Miss Peffley, who came here from ness and property owners in or­ a city-county health department der to finance the purchase of at Great Falls, Mont., plan)» to entirely new light units for the enroll at the University of Ore­ gon for a year’s work in order to business district. To the fund this week is added receive her bachelor of science Added to the business structures the financial help of I*w'» Place degree.* No announcement has yet been which have been improved within and the United Electric and Sup­ made by the county court regard­ ply company. ing a successor for Miss Peffley, recent months by painting and re­ • pairs are the building owned bw PASTOR BEGINS WORK HERE but it is expected that the state Rev. Ernest P. Baker, dis­ board of health will submit names Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bays and the charged army major and chaplain, of eligible applicants along with Chat ’N Nible cafe. The front of the former was conducted his first Sunday serv­ its recommendations. • painted late last week. ice here May 12 at the Christian The cafe building front is be­ church. He and Mrs. Baker ar­ CARS WRECKED The automobiles owned by Ag­ ing painted th*» week by Cleve rived here May 6 from Nebraska to fill the church vacancy. Rev. nes Cole and F. M. Scott collided and Ray Robertaon. The work Baker spent five years and four Monday on the Beaver creek high­ there will include paint for the months in the army, two years way about ona mile from town. entire structure before comple­ of that time overseas in Wales, Both car» were damaged consid­ tion and following that a com­ Scotland, England, France, Ger­ erably. No injuries resulted from plete redecoration of the interior is planned. the accident. many, Holland and Belgium. COUNTY NEWS May 24, 25 Poppy Days June 1 Set for Experiment Tour Co-op to Join National Group Educational Films Seen Light Fund Names Grow Two Buildings Get Paint