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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Fanning, Recreation.
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Loggers Bow
To Seaside
Friday Night
Two-Point Margin
Gives win to Gulls;
Columbia Prep Next
Coach Hergert’s Loggers agré
gation invaded the Seaside Sea
gulls’ territory last Friday night
to lose a close grid game 14 to
12. Both elevens contacted scor
ing territory twice, but the con
version of points after each of
the Gulls’ touchdowns provided
the margin for them to win.
The Loggers’ passing attack
that clicked so well a week before
against St. Helens failed to work
with the result that very few
passes were completed. On the
other hand, Seaside made both
scores with passes, one in the first
quarter and another in the second
period.
Vernonia’s first counter was
also made in the opening period
when Duke Byers drove over from
the 19-yard marker. A try for
the extra point failed. Again in
the third quarter the Loggers
made yardage into Seaside terri
tory and scored another drive.
Eleven first downs were tallied
for Vernonia on a sandy, slow
field.
A sidelight of the game which
created much unfavorable criticism
by local fans present there was
the reaction when a local doctor
offered his assistance to an in
jured Seaside player. The admo
nition “You’re not one of us,”
was the expression made.
Vernonia fans will see the Log
gers in action against Columbia
Prep this week when that Port
land team appears on the local
field at 8 p.m. Friday night.
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Banks Wins Mon.
Grid Contest
By MELVIN SCHWAB
At 2 p.m. Friday afternoon the
Vernonia Loggers second string
was defeated by Banks high school
on the local field.
Vernonia drew first blood in
the first quarter of the game by
scoring on a series of line bucks.
The touchdown being scored by
Brownhill who went right over
center for the first score of the
game. Grenia made the extra
point by another line buck.
Banks drew blood next by in
tercepting a pass on their own
40-yard line and made their first
touchdown.
The try for extra
point was good which brought the
score 7 to 7.
In the second quarter* Banks
threw a 30-yard pass which was
taken by Cobb of Banks making
a very beautiful one-arm catch.
He ran the rest of the field for
another Banks touchdown. The
try for the extra, point was good
making the score Banks 14, Ver
nonia 7.
The third quarter was about a
draw for the two teams with both
of them playing good ball. In
the fourth quarter Vernonia drove
the ball down the field in another
series of line bucks and scored
the second touchdown with Renfro
finally making the score by car
rying the mail from his own eight
yard line over for a touchdown.
The try for that most important
point failed, making the score
Banks 14, Vernonia 13 as the
gun ended the game.
The local team showed a fairly
good line and backfield and two
men stood out in these two places.
John Brown, a freshman, played
a hangup game defensively and
offensively. In the backfield Rich
ard Thompson seemed to have
wings when carrying the ball and
made several good runs.
The
Loggers’ pass defense is still
weak, but much improved over
last week.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1946
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
VOLUME 24, NUMBER 41
COUNTY NEWS
“BLUE BABY” MAKES
GOOD RECOVERY
ST. HELENS—Good news comes
to St. Helens from Baltimore, Md ,
where Earl Jennings, the local
“blue baby,” is a patient. Earl,
who underwent his operation last
week, is reported well on the road
to recovery. He has been in an
oxygen tent since the operation,
but was due to be released from
the tent.
Earl’s condition is still in the
critical stage, and probably will
remain so for some time. But ac
cording to information received
here this week, the odds are rapid
ly swinging in favor of a complete
recovery and a return home in a
few weeks.
“BLUE BABY”
FUND STARTED
CLATSKANIE—The Wauna lo
cal. of the International Wood
workers Alliance, C.I.O., has
started a campaign to secure
funds for an operation for Jimmy
Bristow, “blue baby” of Wauna.
Jimmy is twelve years old and
doctors have given him only
three years to live. Jimmy at
tends school but qannot play
with other children as a slight
exertion uses up the insufficient
supply of oxygen his blood gets as
a result of the impaired opening
in the heart valve. It is the lack
of oxygen that causes a “blue”
appearance in these cases.
Reading of the apparent suc
cess gained by a new operation
devised by Johns Hopkins scien
tists in treating such cases the
members of the IWA decided to
raise a fund of $2500 to send
Jimmy to the Baltimore clinic to
have a chance of becoming well.
CLATSKANIE CORPS EIGHTH
IN NATION A LCOM PETITION
CLATSKANIE—The Clatskanie
American Legion drum and bugle
corps placed eighth in the stiff
competition between corps from
all over the United States at the
national legion convention at San
Francisco Monday of last week.
Sixty-three drum and bugle
corps were said to have been at
the convention but only fourteen
of these considered they had- a
chance and entered the national
competition.
AUGUST BUILDING
DECLINES IN S.H.
ST. HELENS—Construction in
St. Helens during August slumped
sharply* compared to the preced
ing month, a 172 per cent decline
being recorded. Nineteen of the
41
northwest cities surveyed
showed similar drops in build
ing.
During August, construction
here totalled only $9500, while
in July the total .was $25,850.
However, in August of 1945,
only $2500 in building was done.
FARMERS FORM
NEW CO-OP
CLATSKANIE—A total of 42
signed up members, 30 of whom
have paid in their membership
dues of $50 each, is the current
standing of the newly organized
Clatskanie-Rainier to-op.
A complete farm supply busi
ness to take care of farmers’
needs in gasoline and petroleum
products, building supplies, farm
machinery, refrigerators, electric
appliances and other farm and
home needs is the goal of the new
organization.
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Stolen Car
Wrecked Tnes.
Held by police here early
Wednesday morning and later
taken to the county jail at St.
Helens were Albert and Delbert
Landers who live on the Stoney
Point road and Elwin Hillsberry
who are charged with taking and
wrecking the automobile belong
ing to Andy Ramer, former Ver
nonia resident now living in
Washington.
The auto was taken from its
parking place on Bridge street
near Nance Pharmacy late Tues
day night and wrecked on the
Stoney Point read near the Cal-
hoon place.
Valuation in
County Gains
For Year 1946 Electric Service Asked
Vernonia to Have New Bank
Assessor Releases
Figures Showing
Increased -Figure
Valuation of Columbia county
property is up nearly a quarter
of a million dollars, a summary of
the assessment roll of the county
for the year of 1946, as released
by Assessor Fred Watkins, showed
Monday. The assessed valuation
this year made by the assessor
and equalized by the county board
of equalization showed a total
value of $11,317,985, compared to
$11,059,995 last year.
Timber land in the county con
tinues to shrink both in acreage
and value, but not at such a
rapid rate as in some previous
years. There are now 8922 acres
of timber land iin the county
worth $232,785, while a year ago
there were 8876 acres worth
$274,895.
Mineral reservations have shown
a decided rise apparently as the
result of prospecting by Alcoa
Mining Co. crews searching for
laterite from which aluminum is
eventually obtained.
This year
there are 13,380 acres of county
land classified as mineral reser
vations, with a value of $13,380—
thus being valued at the nominal
price of $1 per acre. A year ago
there were only 9040 of such
arces.
There has been some reduc
tion, in the number and in value,
in the acreage of tillable land in
the county, the present figure be
ing 26,800 and valued at $1,727,-
725, while in 1945 it was 28,333
with a value of 1,735,650.
A drop in virtually all classi
fications of livestock is shown
in this year’s figures. In 1946
the county has only 857 horses
and mules compared with 1081 a
year ago; cattle 12,744 compared
to 1945’s 19,182; 723 swine instead
of the 1090 reported in 1945.
There are even fewer bees in the
county now—232 stands ini com
parison with 302 last year.
But if some items are going
down, taxes seem to be headed the
other way. Total levy for the
general fund this year is 11.80
mills, where it was 5.40 last year,
and the amount to be raised for
this fund by taxation is $164,-
372.05 compared to $74,710.81 in
1945. Heaviest jumps in millage
are recorded in the county school
fund (from 1.58 to 2.73 mills),
relief items (from 1-05 to 2.99
mills) and in the miscellaneous
county department (from .56 to
2.08 mills.) A new tax of .12
mills was added this year to raise
$1950.18 in tax money to help pay
the county’s share of its employes’
retirement fund, a fund which was
started at the first pf this fiscal
year.
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Jury Convicts
On Game Charge
A justice of the peace court
jury returned a verdict of guilty
last Friday in the case of Spurge
Golden who was charged with a
violation of the fish and game
laws by having a game bird to-
wit, grouse, in possession during
closed sason.
Attorney for the defense was
J. E. Burdett of Hillsboro and for
the state, Walden Dillard, district
attorney from St. Helens.
A sentence of $25 and costs
was levied by Justice of the Peace
Oscar Weed.
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New Books Added
New books added to the Ver
nonia library shelves this week
are “Mortgage on Life” by Vicki
Baum and “Crescent Carnival” by
Frances Parkinson Keyes, author
of “The River Road.” The li
brary is open for patrons every
afternoon, Monday through Fri
day, from 1 to 5 p.m.
By 10 Wilark People
A request for membership in
the West Oregon Electric Co
operative was asked of the board
of directors at their monthly meet
ing Tuesday evening by 10 people
living in the Wilark area and the
request was granted at that time.
The board, in accepting the re
quest, instructed Manager Frank
D. Seely e to perform the neces
sary engineering and present the
required documents to the rural
electrification administration ask
ing for additional finances for the
work.
Construction of service lines
will be required to provide service
for people asking membership.
Tuesday evening’s consideration
of new members by the board of
directors is a continuation of the
expanding need for electricity in
this area.
Named in the request were
James E. Burk, J. J. Troy, Ella
Roeser, Robert T. Read, Mary E.
Youth Center to
Reopen Oct. 15
The recreation center conducted
by the churches for the high
school youth of the Upper Ne
halem valley will be reopened
for the winter season Tuesday
evening, October 15. The Evan
gelical church social hall will be
used by the group which will
gather from 7:30 to 9:45.
The sponsors desire to make
the center one of entertainment,
recreation and fun and sugges
tions "for improvements to attain
these ends will be welcomed.
All young people of high school
age are invited to come.
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Insurance Advice
Gived by Craig
To save their families possible
litigation later, veterans owning
G.I. insurance should name bene
ficiaries in their policies, Thomas
M. Craig, veterans administration
representative in this area, said
Wednesday.
“Families of some veterans have
discovered recently that in pol
icies where no beneficiary is
named, insurance is paid over to
the estate, with all the litigation
which that usually involves,”
Craig said.
The VA representative reminded
those ex-service men who have
allowed their national service life
insurance to lapse that their pol
icies may be reinstated simply by
paying two monthly premiums
and furnishing their own state
ment of unchanged health.
The VA’s branch insurance of
fice in Seattle has advised Craig
that among the half-million G.I.
insurance accounts in the North
west, about 200 premium pay
ments daily are receiped without
identification.
A premium was received re
cently from a veteran who signed
simply "Joseph D.” The VA staff
tracked down his identity and
credited payment, but not all im
proper identifications can be
solved, Craig commented.
The VA office at the City Hall
in Vernonia will assist any vet
eran with his G.I. insurance prob
lems, Craig said. Hours here are
from 8 a.m. to 12 noon Wednes
day.
More Concrete Poured
More concrete was poured
early this week for the Texaco
service station approach at Sec
ond and Bridge streets. The work
has been delayed several months
past the intended completion data
due to difficulty in obtaining ce
ment.
Read, Frank Floeter, D. W. Bunde,
L. D. Smith, E. H. Potter and
George A. Nelson.
At the present time the Cooper
ative is serving 1465 consumers
of which 311 are farm users, 947
residential and 207 commercial.
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Enrollment in
Schools Greater
The number of students in the
high school and in the grttdes ex
ceeds last years figures in both
cases school authorities said this
week. At this time the enrollment
has reached a point where it will
be pretty well stabilized for the
year.
Most latq registrations
have been made and changes
from now on will be about equal
as to new students entering and
regular students dropping out.
For the grades Paul Gordon
lists 476 students in his first
monthly report, an increase of
15 over last year.
Principal Ray Mills reports a
gain of 30 students over last year
with the present enrollment stand
ing at 198. Of the high school
students, 112 are boys and 86
girls.
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Reid Services
Set for Sat
Funeral arrangements for Mrs.
Anna Luetta Reid have been made
for Saturday at the Christian
church at 2 p.m. Mrs. Reid was
born February 3, 1863, in Indiana
and passed away October 7 at the
age of 83 years at the home of
her son, Charles Reid, of Ver
nonia.
The deceased spent the greater
part 'of her life in owa and Idaho,
coming to Bend, Oregon, to live in
1923. She was known and loved
by all her friends there as Grand
ma Reid. She spent the last year
of her life here.
Mrs. Reid is survived by 10
children: Al and Aura Smith of
Nebraska; Mrs. Vesta Wilson of
Texas; Eva Burkhart, Agnes Kim
ble, and Myrtle McCarthy of Port
land; Edna Shepherd of Colusa,
California; Nellie Aker of Warm
Springs, Oregon; Clifton L. Reid
of Magna, Utah, and Charles B.
Reid of Vernonia. There are also
29 grandchildren and 14 great
grandchildren surviving.
Rev. Ernest P. Baker will of
ficiate and the Bush Funeral
Home is in charge of the services.
Interment will be at the Vernonia
Memorial cemetery.
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Activities Get
Greater Show
By JANET PETERSON
Keen interest is being shown
this fall as the activity classes
of the Washington grade school
gets into swing. A variety of
sports is offered for both boys
and girls such as: boxing, archery
and gymnastics.
For those interested in the fine
arts there are dramatic classes,
journalism. Campfire, Junior Red
Cross and leather work. Shop
work is also offered while the
sewing and weaving class is fine
for girls interested in that type of
work. All in all, it promises to
be a lively, year at Washington
grade school.
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To Attend Conference
Paul Gordon, grade superin
tendent, and Ray Mills, high
school principal, will go to Salem
next Monday and Tuesday for the
annual conference of Oregon
school administrators.
Authority to
Establish
Branch Ashed
Firm to Use Old
Bank of Vernonia
Building, Fixtures
An application has been filed
with
the
Superintendent
of
Banks and the Federal Depos't
Insurance Corporation by The-
Commercial Bank of Banks, Ore
gon, for authority to establish a
branch in the City of Vernonia,
Oregon, according to George Gu
Laver, manager of the Banks in
stitution.
The new bank will be located
in the building formerly occupied
by the Bank of Vernonia, and
which is owned by the City of
Vernonia. The building is equipped
with vaults and bank fixtures
and with some repairs and renova
tion will be modern in every re
spect. Vernonia had been without
banking facilities since the sus
pension of the former Bank of
Vernonia in 1932.
Mr. Laver states that Vernonia
is the largest incorporated city
in the state without banking facil
ities. At this time it is 'estimated
that there are 2000 people living
inside the city and 1000 just
outside the city limits. Vernonia
is the center of a trade area con
taining 6000 people.
Earle A. Bowman is president.
Geo. G. Laver, cashier, and R. E.
Coe, Jr., assistant cashier of The
Commercial Bank of Banks. Mr.
Coe will be the manager of the
new institution.
The Cammercial Bank of Banks
is an affiliate of The Commercial
National Bank of Hillsboro with
its affiliates at St. Paul, Newberg,
Tillamook and Banks has capital
funds of $850,000.00 and deposits
of over 20 million.
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4-H Leaders to
Meet October 19
Columbia county’s 4-H club
leaders’ annual meeting will be
held Saturday morning, October
19, beginning at 9:30 o’clock at
the Columbia county fair grounds
in Deer Island, according to Mr.
L. E. Rennells, president of the
association.
L. J. Allen, assistant state club
leader, will be present at that
time to discuss with the 4-H
leaders some of the problems in
connection with 4-H club work.
There will be other important dis
cussions among the 4-H club
leaders and other business to
transact including the annual elee-
tion of officers for the coming
year.
It is desired that there ba a
good turnout 6f 4-H club leaders
and parents and friends of 4-H
club work.
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Council Orders
Duo-parking Ban
Complaints and more complaints
have been coming the way of
city officials concerning the
double-parking problem that shows
growing proportions on Bridge
street’s business sections and the
result was an order to arrest is
sued by the council Monday night.
City policemen will be on the
lookout from now on for infrac
tion of the ordinance dealing with
double parking.
Allowance will be made for
loading and unloading of cars and
trucks city police say, but cars
must be attended by a person
capable of driving if the driver
leaves the auto double-parked mo
mentarily.