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Loggers Tame
Lions Friday
In Grid Game
Power Drives, Air
Attack Net 34-0
Win for Vernonia
It happened again. It’s hap-
pened before so many times it’s
getting to be a habit that the
Vernonia high school Loggers
have no intention of breaking if
they Can help it It’s the win­
ning of that annual Columbia
county grid classic the Vernonia-
St. Helens football game.
The Big event took place Fri­
day night at the city park field
and shortly after the opening
kick-off the Loggers began their
drive for the first contact with
the St. Helens end zone and the
consequent first score—for the
Gaining yardage for
Loggers,
that first «core was a 40-yard
pass from Duke Byers to Jack
Frank who made a beautiful
catch and then ran 20 yards for
the touchdown.
Byers drove
over for the extra point. Score:
7 to 0.
Again in the second period the
march began for the Loggers and
from the 6-yard line Byers packed
the ball over for the counter- A
pass from Byers to Grenia com­
pleted the point. Score: 14 to 0.
That touchdown ended the scoring
for the half although the Loggers
were on their;way again but the
time was too short to score
again.
. The third period was a repeti­
tion of the second and first as far
as scoring with the exception that
the Lions knocked down a pass
for the extra point. A mixture
of passes and drives pushed the
Lions to their eight-yard marker
from which point Byers again
drove for the end zone, this time
off tackle. The pass for point
was started by Byers for Grenia,
but didn’t connect Score: 20 to
0.
Rudy Sabilino and “Tick” Bass
produced the last tallies of the
game, two of them, in the fourth
quarter by drives for touchdowns
and points.
Both boys pushed
hard for every yard of gain
and from the three-yard line
Sabilino plunged for the first
fourth quarter tally and also for
the extra point to make the
score 27 to 0. Not satisfied with
that the Loggers started another
drive for pay dirt with Bass
carrying the load and doing a
good job if it. His last run from
the 20 netted Vernonia another
six points and to top it off, he
again took the initiative for the
try for point and succeeded. Final
score: 34 to 0.
Only once during the evening
were the Loggers forced to punt
their way out; of difficulty and
both times good kicks took them
down the field to safer territory.
Scores of past games back to
1939 list three ties and one
win for the Lions. The scores
are:
Vernonia St. Helens
0
34
1946 ..............
13
13
1945 ..............
0
38
1944 ..............
7
13
1943 ..............
8
1942 ..............
0
18
1941 ............ .
0
0
1940 ..............
40
0
1939 ..............
Coach Jake Hergert will take
his boys to Seaside this Friday
for their third competition of the
season to meet the Seagulls at 8
o’clock under Seaside’s new lights.
Seaside met Rainier on the same
field last week and conquered
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Hollyhocks
Grow and Grow
Riverview isn’t the only part
of the Nehalem valley that’ll pro­
duce flowers of more than usual
proportions and beauty because
there’s a report this week from
the heart of Vernonia about holly­
hocks.
This time Mr. and Mrs. George
E. Nichols’ residence on Third
street across from the city hall
is the location where the blooms
are growing
The plants have
reached 12 feet, three inches in
height Mrs. Nichols said Tuesday.
Clerk-Carrier
Exam Scheduled
An examination for substitute
clerk-carrier at the Vernonia post
office is to be held soon and ap­
plications for the position are ac­
ceptable now and will continue to
be accepted until October 14 of
this month, according to Assistant
Postmaster Tom Bateman.
Examination for the position
will be competitive for probatiopal
appointments to the position. Ap­
plicants must actually reside with­
in the delivery of the poet office
named or be bona fide patrons
of such office.
From the list of eligibles in
this examination, certification will
be made to fill vacancies in sub­
stitute clerk and substitute car­
rier positions and occasionally to
regular clerk and regular carrier
positions. Substitutes are required
to be available for duty on short
notice and their employment may
consist of only a few hours a day
or week.
The basic rate of pay for sub­
stitutes is $1.04 an hour. After
2024 hours of service the basic
rate is increased five cents an
hour and each year thereafter to
a maximum of $1.50.
Veterans have certain marked
advantages over nonveterans in
appointment to clerk and carrier
positions.
Widows of veterans
and wives of disabled veterans,
under certain conditions, are given
similar advantages.
Application blanks are avail-
able for the examination from
Mr. Bateman at the Vernonia post
office.
Hunters, Anglers
To Meet Friday
Members of the Nehalem Val­
ley Hunters and Anglers club will
meet again this week end on Fri­
day night, club officials announced
Tuesday afternoon. The meeting
ds scheduled for 8 p.m. at the
I.O.O.F. hall and all sportsmen
are invited.
Business affairs and probably a
discussion of the coming election
campaign for the fish conservation
bill will occupy the evening.
the Columbians 45 to 25 so Ver­
nonia won’t have easy sledding
this week either, but if every
play clicks like last week local
fans may be well pleased with
the results.
Vernonia has lost one game
with Seaside since 1939, the rec-
ord shows. The list is:
Vernonia Seaside
6
27
1945
0
26
1944
14
7
1943
Cancelled
1942
20
0
1941
0
S
1940
7
1939
In normal times sixty percent of
all Oregon’s income from manu­
facturing comes from her forest
resource«.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1346
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
VOLUME 24, NUMBER 40
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Free Matinee
Saturday to
Discontinue
Week's Fire
Toll Small
In Valley
Football Banquet
For Logger Squad
Talked by Club
The board of directors of the
Vernonia Booster club, meeting
Monday evening of this week,
considered again the free Satur-
day movie matinees which were
started three weeks ago as a
feature for Saturday trading ac-
tivities. The results of the three
trial weeks proved unsatisfactory
the board decided after hearing
reports of damage to the theater
property and of the small at­
tendance at last Saturday’s show.
The consideration left little
doubt that the free shows were
not satisfactory and led tq the
decision to discontinue them.
A football banquet for the
Loggers is also assured later this
year because of another Monday
night move. The banquet subject
was brought up in advance of the
end of the football season and a
committee to begin planning for
the event was named by Vice-
chairman Cecil Johnson. Boosters
who will plan for the banquet are
Frank D. Seelye, Lyman Haw-
ken and Ed Salomonsen. If pos­
sible the dinner will be held a
week after the last game of the
Loggers’ football season.
Another future event that is in­
tended before the banquet is a
dinner meeting and evening pro­
gram for Booster club members
and possibly election of officers
for another year.
Middendorp Rites
Read Here Sat
Funeral services for R. R. Mid­
dendorp, who passed away sudden­
ly Wednesday evening of last
week from a heart attack, were
held at the Bush Funeral Home
Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock.
Reemt Raymond Middendorp
was bom April 19 1880, at Mason
City, South Dakota.
He was
married December 19, 1906, to
Hulda Norland and to this union
four children were born. They
are: Ralph of Kelso, Washington,
Grace Lance of Rainier, Venla
Martin of Portland and John of
Quincy.
Besides his wife and four chil­
dren Mr. Middendorf is survived
by: four sisters, Margaret, Eliza­
beth, Dina and Magdalene; and
four brothers, Sam, Rene, Tony
and John. There are nine grand­
children.
Interment was in Longview Me­
morial Park and graveside services
were conducted by the. Order of
Moose.
Rev. Kendall was the
minister.
Joy Willard Takes
Tokyo Position
Joy Willard, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. M. B. Willard, left Se-
attle Tuesday, September 24, for
Tokyo, Japan, where she will
have employment for the coming
year with the armed forces in a
civil'service position.
Miss Willard’s position will be
that of a clerk-typist, she having
taken the examination recently
and having completed it with a
No. 1 rating. She will remain in
Japan for at least a year and
may decide to stay longer.
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Club to Meet Thurs.
The Vernonia Extension club
members are asked to be present
for a meeting Thursday, October
4, at 10:40 a.m. at the high
school to hear Mrs. Irma H. Little
present a study of family rela­
tionship.
The meeting is an­
nounced by Mrs. Maud Casewell,
county home demonstration agent,
who urges that ladies attending
bring a lunch.
Danger Not Over
Yet KOG Official
Warn« Public
PICTURED is the probable lighting effect that Vernonia people
will enjoy when installation is made of mercury vapor street light­
ing units. The order for the modern lights has been placed by the
city cou.icil and delivery is expected in 1947. The units will give
Vernonia’s business section the most modern lighting of any city
in Oregon.
13 Mercury Vapor Fixtures
To Light Business Section
Mayor George Johnson reports
that approval has been given by
the city council and that the City
of Vernonia is now ready to ad­
vertise for the necessary materials
and equipment for the proposed
mercury vapor street lighting in­
stallation for the City of Verno­
nia.
Mayor Johnson reports that the
proposed installation will consist
of 13 units composed as follows:
One union metal pole 23 feet,
2 inches iq heighth with a six-foot
ornamental bracket. This bracket
will mount a luminaire.
This
luminaire will house a type FH-1
mercury vapor lamp. This lamp
will produce 400 watts or 16,000
lumens of light.
The control wires for these
lights will be installed under
ground and since the West Ore-
gon Electric Cooperative and the
West Coast Telephone company
have built their lines in joint
construction through the business
section of Bridge Street, this
modem installation of lighting
should give Vernonia one of
the finest illuminated main streets
in Oregon.
Mercury vapor street lighting
has been tried and proven to give
the finest business district lighting
that science has yet developed.
The first installation of mercury
vapor lighting was made in Den­
ver, Colorado, in 1937.
Today
there are over 1000 fixtures of
this type installed in Denver. Most
every 'other city in America has
adopted or plans to adopt this
type of lighting through the main
business section or along their
high-speed interurban highways.
Providing this installation is
made prior to May 1, Vernonia
will be the first town in the state
of Oregon to have a complete
business section installation of
this type.
The high intensity mercury va­
por lighting has become popular
largely because of the distinctive
color which attracts attention and
arouses interest amongst all en­
gineers who deal with city street
lighting.
Mercury vapor lights
are over 100 per cent more, effi­
cient than the corresponding wat­
tage in incandescent lights. This
high efficiency will result in lower
electrical energy costs, at the
same time providing 100 per cent
more illumination.
The luminaires which were
placed on order by the city coun­
cil will be of the type which will
direct light downward and toward
the center of the street as shown
in the above cut. This factor as­
sures better lighting where bet­
ter lighting is needed and elim­
inates the hazard of glare beyond
the focus of the luminaires.
Leaders for
4-H Needed
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Few small fires have beerr
reported in the Upper Nehalem,
valley in recent weeks and thoaer
that did start were insignificant
in size and were extinguished.
quickly, Glen Hawkins, local ehair-
man of the Keep Oregon Green-
committee, said Tuesday.
The smoke that has been visible*
at times here in recent days hasp
come from the burning of grazing*
land under permit from the proper-
authorities. However, the danger
from uncontrolled burning is far
from over for this season. A few
warm days without rain io all
that’s required to make forest
areas inflammable.
So far this season forest of-
ficials here say public coopera­
tion has been excellent in obaeiv-
ing safe practices while in tim­
bered land.
t
Mr. Hawkins stated that all
gates on the Columbia County-
Tree Farm had been opened previ­
ous to the hunting season for th®
convenience of hunters and that
extra employes had been adder«
to patrol the farm to watch, for
fire.
This precaution and th®
excellent response to Keep Ore­
gon Green educational activitie*
will do much to prevent serious
fires it is believed.
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Building Owner
Change Made
Another change in ownership
for a Bridge street business!
building
was
completed
this
week. This time, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Lines have sold their prop­
erty and are planning to retirw
from business for several months
during which time Mr. Lines wilr
receive medical treatment.
The sale of their building was
made to E. P. Broun of Portland
who has already started remodel­
ing the interior so that at will ba
suitable for a variety store busi­
ness which he is planning to open
in the future.
Mr. and Mrs. Lines have not
sold their shoe repair equipment»
but have placed it in storage»
planning later to reopen a shoe
repair business. They have been
in business here over three years.
They also announce that shoes
which have been left with them
for resale may be reclaimed by
owners who wish to call at Green’s
Shoe Shop.
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Almost 90 grade students and
a few high school students sig-
nified interest in 4-H club work
at a recent sign-up meeting con­
ducted by Mrs. Byron Kirkbride
with the result that two addi­
tional leaders for club work are
now needed. Two sewing clubs
and a rabbit club have been or­
ganized from the names of young
people interested.
The new air mail postage rate
These two clubs are in need '
of 5c became tffective Tuesday of a leader Mrs. Kirkbride said
and the new stamps went on sale Monday. The work is highly ben­
at the Vernonia post office along eficial to young people.
with other offices in this coun-
Mrs. Kirkbride has also set
try.
the date for another sign-up of
Postmaster Emil Messing urges those interested in 4-H work for
Regular drills for volunteer
people using the service to re­ Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock firemen are on the schedule for
member that the new rate is a at the Washington grade school
every Tuesday evening, Chief
decrease from the previous charge auditorium. Parents are invited Cleve Robertson said Tuesday
of 8c and that letters are being to come also.
morning when he explained that
received with the incorrect post­
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these practices are being held
age affixed. The 5c rate ap­
to familiarize the department
plies anywhere that the American
members with every piece of
flag flies, including all United
equipment and hydrant locations,
States possessions. It is also ap­
The practice sessions are be-
plicable to the armed forces
ling conducted along with a pro­
abroad and to Canada and Mexico.
gram which calls for checking
Most aeries of the Fraternal of every hydrant in the city to
Order of Eagles favor lowering determine serviceability in th*
the voting age to 18 years H. W. event of a fire.
Carrick, president of the Vernonia
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Aerie said last week when he
Schoolmaster«
to Meet
announced results of a poll of the
question which was under discus­
The Columbia County School­
Vernonia fire department volun­ sion by that fraternal order dur­ masters* club is scheduled to con-
teers were called between 9:30 ing September.
ven« again next Monday eve-
and 10 o'clock Sunday night and
The F.O.E. discussion of topics ning at 7 o’clock st Rainier,
again at 1:30 to extinguish a of national interest is part of a High School Principal Ray Mills
chimney fire in a residence owned new program for that organi­ said Tuesday, Main topic at that
by Mr«. VanBlaricom at 900 zation.
time will be the basic school
Shady Lane. The blaze developed
The local aerie will conduct a support measure to appear on the
in a terra cotta flue. It was pro and con discussion on the sub­ November 5th ballot. Local peo­
extinguished on the first call, ject "Should We Have Peacetime ple interested may attend by mak­
but later use of the chimney Military Training?” at the Octo­ ing arrangements with either Mr.
caused it to blaze again, making ber 11 meeting President Carrick Mills or Superintendent Paul Gor­
said.
the second turnout necessary.
don.
New Air Mail
Rate in Effect
Regular Tuesday
Drills Intended
F.OÆ. Aeries
Favor 18 Age
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Firemen CaUed
Twice Sunday