“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.”
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
VOLUME 24, NUMBER 31
Way Clearing Creek Clean-up Below
Nearly Done Pool Club Plan Thurs.
For New Line
West Oregon Co-op
Line Building to
Start Next Week
The clearing of right-of-way on
the Warren-Vemonia power line
which, when finished will pro
vide the Nehalem valley with dn
abundance of power, is nearly
completed Manager Frank D.
Seelye said Monday. At that t.me
it was anticipated that the clear
ing would be completed by the end
of this week so that construction
work can start the first of the
coming week.
The next step will be the mov
ing out of material and poles and
the digging of the holes, Mr.
Seelye' said. The crew working
on the line is under the super
vision of Lon Laughton who
joined the Cooperative a few
days ago. Mr. Laughton has had
30 years of experience in this
type of work.
Two employes of the Coopera
tive have resigned, effective Au
gust 1, today, Mr. Seelye also an
nounced.
Mrs. Carol Benson is terminat
ing her work with the concern in
order to join her husband, a for
mer navy man now employed at
Tillamook. Mrs. Benson previous
ly was employed by the Nehalem
Valley Ecctric Cooperative at
Jewell before coming here to be
associated with West Oregon.
F. E. Ensworth, West Oregon
superintendent, has also resigned
effective today.
Mr. Ensworth
announced no future plans. He
has been employed by the Co
operative since its purchase of the
Oregon Gas and Electric and was
formerly employed by that com
pany.
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Missing Woman
Returns Monday
Mrs. Stella Stafford, 58, re
turned to her home at Trehame
Monday morning about 10 o’clock
after being lost in the hills since
4 p.m. Sunday afternoon. Mrs.
Stafford started out to pick
berr.es and evidently was unable
to find her way home before
nightfall.
Roy Peasley, owner of the Sun
nyside Service station placed sev
eral calls Monday morning pre
vious to Mrs. Stafford’s return,
attempting to arrange a search
ing party.
Mrs. Stafford was lost m the
area between Trehame and the
Pebble creek road. She suffered
no ill effects from the night spent
in the woods.
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REPAINTING STARTED
Painting of the exterior wood
work was started Monday by
Henry Richert on the West Ore
gon Electric building. The work
will also include redecoretion of
the interior of the building.
Improvement of Rock creek be
low the city park pool .was defi
nitely planned Monday evening by
the Vernonia Booster club for
Thursday evening of this week.
A general clean-up similar to the
one held last year was talked at
the same meeting and vetoed be
cause of the opinion that much
improvement and clean-up work
has already been done by property
owners.
Last year a good deal of clean
ing in the business section was
New Drivers'
Manual Issued
An entirely new edition of the
Oregon Driver’s Manual has just
been released from the secretary
of state’s office. In more fully
illustrated format, the manual is
intended primarily to give new
drivers the rules of the road. Like
earlier editions, it will be issued
to all those who desire to be
examined for drivers licenses in
Oregon.
“It is hoped that the material
will serve a far broader purpose
by encouraging among drivers and
pedestrians alike a desire and an
ability to assist in the promotion
of greater safety for all on the
streets and highways of Oregon,”
Robert S. Farrell, Jr., secretary of
state, has said.
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Designed not to be memorized
but to be understood, the manual
is far more readable than any
previous edition. It features large
type, prominent headings, and
actual photographs in place of
most sketches.
Highway signs
are illustrated in color. The ma
terial is presented in extremely
brief sections and everyday lan
guage.
Included for the first time is
a check-list of driving faults
similar to the one used by ex
aminers giving drivers’ license
tests. Another feature is a sample
test on Oregon traffic laws. Any
one who studies the manual thor
oughly should be able to pass
with a perfect or near-perfect
grade.
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Beverly Herrin
Wins Scholarship
Beverly Herrin, daughter ,of
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Herrin, was
awarded a scholarship as the most
outstanding student at the Chris
tian Youth camp held last week
at Silver Creek Falls. The award
was made by the faculty at the
camp.
Attending the camp from Ver
nonia, in addition to Miss Herrin,
were Rev. Ernest Baker, Christian
church pastor, and Mrs. Baker,
Delores Johnson, Janet Kono,
Ralph Sawyer, Floyd Sneider?
Barbara Bass and Gerald Millis.
Ten boys of the church also at
tended the Christian Boys camp
at Turner.
These young people will have a-
part in the evening church service
next Sunday and will tell some of
their experiences.
Notify VA Before Job
Is Changed, Craig Says
Veterans who are taking on-
the-job training are advised by
the veterans administration not to
quit their jobs or transfer to
other employment without notify
ing the VA first.
Tom Craig, VA contact repre
sentative in Vernonia explained
that failure to do so may jeopar
dize a veterans chance to resume
training at a later date.
“It is to his positive advantage
to consult with a VA training of
ficer or contact representative be
fore quitting his training or tak
ing another job,” Craig stated.
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“The VA will help the veteran set
up a new program of education
or job training, or will arrange
to postpone his use of G.I. train
ing rights until a later date.”
Changes are permitted only for
good reasons, as the VA intends
that the veteran shoufd utilize his
educational benefits primarily to
further a life-long occupation.
A change of objective in a
training program requires the
counsel of advisers in the VA
guidance section. Veterans in this
area who need assistance are
nearest to the Portland center,
Craig said.
accomplished on lots and streets
that since have been improved
and are better maintained.
The project for this Thursday
is to remove debris from the
creek and thereby improve the
park area further. Business men
are asked by Club President Lou
Girod to meet at the park at 6
o’clock to undertake the work
which is estimated will require
a couple of hours.
A future program for the club
was placed in the hands of a com
mittee named Monday by the pres
ident when he appointed Bill
Horn, Lyman Hawken, Ray Jus
tice and Marvin Kamholz to work
out plans for future activity.
The Boosters will meet again
in two weeks at the same place
as this week, the Vernonia Coun
try Club.
COUNTY NEWS
AIR SHOW BILLED
FOR COUNTY FAIR
ST. HELENS—An air show
will be a new feature of the Co
lumbia county fair this year, Sec
retary Ralph Langdon said last
week in announcing that the fair
board had signed a contract with
Jerry Moreland of McNulty. Coun
ty equipment will be busy during
the next few days leveling the
airport at the fairgrounds so that
it can be used during the show,
August 15 through 18.
Gate admission will be 50c, with
a season tidket selling for $1.50.
Grandstand admission will be $1.50
for the evening shows and $1 for
matinees, while bleacher tickets
will be $1 in the evenings and 75c
in the afternoons.
William A. Kessi, Scappoose,
superintendent of livestock ev-
hibits at the fair, reminded
would-be exhibitors that all live
stock shown at the fair must have
been tested for Bangs disease
and T.B. within two months prior
to the show.
SOIL DISTRICT
HEARING HELD
CLATSKANIE — An election
will be held the latter part of
October or the first of November
to determine whether or not the
Clatskanie Soil Conservation dis
trict shall be formed.
Such was the decision arrived
at Wednesday evening of last
week, at a hearing conducted at
the state so l conservation com
mittee at the Highway pavilion
with about 20 farmers represent
ing the various areas of the pro
posed district present.
ANNUAL SWIM MEET
TO BE HELD AUGUST 4
ST. HELENS—The fourth an
nual Columbia county swimming
and diving championships spon
sored by the St Helens swimming
pool will be held Sunday, August
4. There will be 17 events on the
program. This meet is open to
any resident of Columbia county.
A large entry list is expected
for many of the formed title
holders are back from military
service and are getting in condi
tion for the events. Entry blanks
may be obtained at the pool.
VERNONIA YOUTH
PLACED ON PAROLE
ST. HELENS—John Lacey, 16-
year-old Vernonia youth, has been
sentenced to two years in the pen
itentiary and pa rolled to his sis
ter, a resident of Kansas City,
Mo., Sheriff M. R. Calhoun said
last week.
The Vernonia youth was ar
rested May 25 on a charge of
larceny following the theft ot
guns, dynamite, miscellaneous
canned goods and other items
from a Vernonia home. Arrested
at the same time was an older
man, who was lodged in the Ver
nonia jail and escaped.
Police
are still looking for him.
Lacey had been held in the
county jail here since May 25,
had pleaded guilty to the charge
in June but was returned to jail
until his fingerprints could be
checked against the FBI files.
Farm Issues
73 Permits to
Pick Berries
705 Gallons Picked
by 282 People; Hot
Weather Kills Vines
The blackberry season for 1946
is about over. That is the an
nouncement made this week from
local headquarters of the Colum
bia County Tree Farm and it was
also said that high temperatures
of the past week have killed the
tender Vines and dried the new
berries.
The season this year was one of
the best for a number of years.
The berries were not only plenti
ful, but very large and tasty. The
following data gives an idea of
what the housewives of this vi
cinity will have Ito offer in the
way of dessert this winter. There
were 73 permits issued for 282
pickers who picked 705 gallons
of berries.
When the announcement was
made, Farm Eupervisor Glen
Hawkins said “this is not only a
record yield, but the pickers them
selves are to be complimented
for their fine conduct while in the
woods. ‘Keep Oregon Green’ must
have been uppermost in the minds
of every one for not a single fire
during the picking season was at
tributed to people gathering ber
ries.”
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, IMS
454X-rays Made
By Mobile Unit
X-rays to check for the pres
ence of tuberculosis were taken
of 314 people here Monday and
Tuesday while the mobile unit
was stationed near the high school
gym and of about 140 employes
of the O-A mill where the unit
was set up Tuesday afternoon.
Word of the number of people
checked at the gym was an
nounced by Mrs. Frank Hartwick
who was in charge of arrange
ments for the two-day visit of the
unit.
The number is less than last
year’s “take” when 623 people
were examined, but a greater
number was scheduled here this
time to visit the unit at the
gym, only to miss the opportunity
when the operators of the unit
left late Tuesday morning to
set up at the mill. Instructions
given Mrs. Hartwick last week
were that the unit would operate
here until 5 p.m. One hundred
and forty-six x-rays were taken
Two Teachers
Needed Yet
Monday at the gym and 168 Tues
day.
Results of the pictures will be
received here in about a week by
card, Mrs. Hartwick was informed.
She was assisted in arranging for
appointments and other details by
Mrs. Wilfred Holce, Mrs. James
Troy, Mary Pat Caton and Bev
erly Bateman.
The unit came here from Clat
skanie and left for Rainier.
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VA Man to Spend
Half Day Here
The veterans administration will
continue to conduct its hegular
weekly contact service here, but
starting Wednesday of this week,
time was limited to a half day
instead of the full day offered
previously, Thomas Craig, VA
representative here, announced.
Craig will be at the city hall
in Vernonia on Wednesday morn
ings only, at which time he will
be available to all veterans seek
ing information on the benefits
contained in both the G.I. bill
and public law 16.
Among the latest improvements
in the educational benefits, Craig
said, are several additional cor
respondence school courses, recent
ly contracted for by the VA.
These include commercial bank
ing, investments, savings manage
ment and real estate financing,
trusts, commercial art, cartoon
ing and designing, meat cutting,
accounting, life underwriting, sta
tistics, federal procedures, reports
and agriculture.
The VA will pay for these
courses but veterans who take
correspondence courses are not
eligible for subsistence payments,
Craig explained. Listings- of all
approved correspondence schools
are available, he said.
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Two positions in the Vernonia
high school teaching staff are still
vacant and the problem of filling
the vacancies is not an easy one
Principal Ray Mills said Tuesday.
Instructors are more difficult to
obtain this year than was true
last year both he and Paul Gor
don, grade school superintendent,
have said.
At the high school Mr. Mills
The 1946 hunting regulations still lacks an English teacher due
were finally adopted by the Ore to a vacancy arising earlier in
gon state game commission on the summer. Also needed now is
July 27.
an industrial arts teacher to re
The general deer season will place Leonard Baker, who re
extend from September 28 to signed a short time ago to take a
October 25 inclusive, with a bag position near Sacramento, Calfor-
limit of one deer having not less nia, as elementary school prin
than forked antlers. Five special cipal. Mrs. Baker, who taught in
antlerless deer reasons have been the grades last year, will leave
authorized on problem ranges.
too and cause another vacancy in
The general elk season will ex that staff.
tend from October 29 to Novem
The high school oil burning
ber 20 inclusive in Eastern Ore
unit for the furnace is to be in
gon and close one week earlier in
Western Oregon. The bag limits stalled later this month and the
tank for storing oil will be placed
Donald Renfro, member of Ver
differ by areas.
soon. The tank will be buried nonia Scout Troop 201, will go
Two small special elk sea
and the oil pumped from it to the to the state forestry camp at Pa-
sons have been authorized on
problem elk ranges in Eastern burner. A hole for the tank is melia lake near Mt. Jefferson
being dug by Harold McEntire from August 10 to August 24
Oregon.
who has also assisted Bob Spen Scoutmaster Ed Frazee said Tues
The upland game bird season
will extend from October 19 to 27 cer with repair work on the day. Renfro will be one of the
All summer representatives attending from
in most counties with a bag limit building interior.
of 3 cock pheasants and 5 valley work at the school is planned for the Forest Grove district and was
quail.
The season will extend completion by Setember 9 which selected for the camp because he
to November 2 in Malheur county is the date set for the opening of is the senior patrol leader of the
school.
local troop.
and will not open in the Wil
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About four hours every day will
lamette valley counties.
be spent working for the forestry
The closing date for applica
department and most of the re
tions for licenses to hunt in the
maining time will be devoted to
special big-game seasons will be
studies of birds, plants, trail
accepted until 5 p.m. August 21.
building and other scouting ac
After which time drawings will be
tivities.
held and successful applicants no
The annual Dixie Mountain Pio
The Vernonia troop will be
tified. (No person shall be en
titled to receive more than one neer picniq will be held Sunday, sponsored for another year by th*
special deer license and elk li August 11 at a new picnic loca I.O.O.F. lodge, members of that
cense.) License fees remain the tion, Mrs. Minnie Krinick, presi group decided by a vote taken
same, as last year except that the dent of the group announces this Tuesday evening of this week.
special deer licenses will be $5.00 week. The new picnic grounds
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for residents and $25.00 for non are located about three-quarters EXAMINER SCHEDULED
of a mile from the county post
A drivers license examiner is
residents.
scheduled to be on, duty in Ver
All hunters will be required to on the Dixie road.
A new picnic ground was re nonia at the city hall between
check in and out of special big
game hunting areas; and no per quired because the timber has the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
son shall possess any game birds been removed from the old meet Friday, August 9. Persons wishing
or game animals in an area in ing place. A program has been licenses or permits to drive are
which the season is closed or in arranged and also a picnic dinner asked to get in touch with the ex
consistent unless said birds or for which parties attending are aminer well ahead of the sched
animals have been properly tagged asked to bring enough plates, uled closing hour in order to as
within the area in which they cups, knives, forks and lunch to sure completion of their appli
supply the individual group.
cations with a minimum of delay..
were legally taken.
Gun regulations remain the
same as last year except that the
military M-l carbines and Garand
and Johnson automatic rifle and
machine guns have been banned
for hunting.
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RECORD DEPARTMENT OPENS
Something new for Vemonia
will be the epening of a record
department in the Bush Furniture
store. Preparation for the opening
is being made this week and the
records will include both classical
and popular numbers.
Game Commission
Sets Regulations
Vernonia Scout
To Attend Camp
Annual Dixie Mt.
Picnic Dated