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Library, U of 0 “Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.” VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON VOLUME 25, NUMBER 21 Soil District Hearing Date Set June 5 29 Landowners Ask Soil Conservation District Set-up Set for 2 o’clock Thursday, June 5th is a hearing upon the subject of establishing a soil conservation district in the Nehalem Valley. The hearing results from a peti tion which was filed with the state soil conservation committee at Corvallis April 10th requesting the set-up for the valley. The petition carried 29 signatures of landowners in the proposed ter ritory to become part of the dis trict. A description of the land to be included calls for: all or parts of Townships 4, 5, 6, and 7 N. Range 3, 4, and 5 West W.M. The hearing will deal with the question of desirability and neces sity and also deal with the gen eral welfare to be gained from the proposal. Invited to be present for the hearing is every person, firm, cor poration, state, county or munici pal agency holding title to 10 acres or more of land lying within the limits of the territory. • Wilkerson Cup Award Made Awards made at tho commence ment exercises Wednesday evening for the graduating Vernonia high school Seniors placed the Wilker son cup in the hands of Elna Morris. The award is made on the basis of the scholarship record maintained during the four years of high school study. Miss Morris was also presented the Reader’s Digest award. Other awards made last night included that of the Danforth Foundation in recognition of the qualities of leadership. The two students who were named for this honor were selected by the teach ers to rece've copies of the book “I Dare You.” The books were presented Miss Mary Ann Johns and Owen East. • Three Teaching Places Vacant Three places on the high school teaching staff are vacant yet Prin cipal Ray M'lls said Monday of this week when he l sted the names of instructors who have been offered contracts for the com ing term which will begin this fall. The positions which are filled for the coming year are: mathe matics, Harold McEntire; history, physical education and coaching, Jake Hergert; Junior and Senior English, James Chipps; industrial arts and social economics, Louis Graven; science and assistant ath letic coach, Lee Pangle and com mercial and girl’s physical ed ucation, Elaine Hayden. Summer School Starts June 2 The annual summer school, which has been held for the past several years, is to be conducted again this year by St. Mary's Catholic church. The school this year will be in charge of two Sisters and children will go to class at the Lincoln grade school on Corey hill starting June 2. All youngsters are invited to come. The school will last two weeks. Plans are also being made to open a daily vacation Bible school at the Church of the Nazarene on June 2. All children from the ages of four to 14 are welcome to attend. • Poppy Sales Being Planned Two organizations here, the Auxiliaries of the V. F. W. and the American Legion, both are planning the sale of poppies on the streets of Vernonia Friday and Saturday of this week, May 23 and 24. The Buddy poppies to be dis tributed by the V.F.W. Auxiliary will raise funds to commemorate the war dead and aid their living comrades in need and the families of those veterans. This annual sale will be the 26th to be conduct ed by the V.F.W. Mrs. Blanche King, child welfare chairman of the Legion Auxiliary, points out that much of that groups work for the welfare of veterans’ children is financed by poppy contributions. The money which Vernonia people contribute will remain largely in this com munity to meet local needs in the year ahead. It will be divided between the rehabilitation and child- welfare funds, part going for emergency relief for veterans themselves and part for. their children. • Rev. Aplet Asked To Fill Pulpit Rev. Ray L. Aplet of Spokane has been called by the First Christian church to fill the pulpit left vacant by Rev. Ernest P. Baker. Rev. Baker resigned to attend school and leaves the first of June for Lexington, Kentucky. He and Mrs. Baker both plan to make further studies in their line of work. Rev. Aplet will come to Vernonia the first of July. The pulpit, in the interim, will be filled by Rev. W. 0. Livingstone of Hood River, who served here ten years before his retirement. The church con gregation believes that the year that Rev. Baker has been pastor has been a very successful one. • Fined $100 Tuesday A plea of guilty to the charge of misdemeanor brought a fine of J100 and costs for Lee May Tues day. The case was heard in the justice of peace court by Judge Oscar G. Weed. Truck Operators Case Heard in Circuit Court; Levy Possible JUDGE HEARS TRUCK CASE; TO DECIDE SOON ST. HELENS—Judge Howard K. Zimmerman is expected to an nounce in a few days his decision on the writ of review brought by Lower Columbia Truck Operators association against the county court regulation requiring truck ers to pay a permit and be liable for any damage caused to county roads. The case was argued Mon day before Judge Zimmerman. OCTOBER BALLOT MAY CARRY HOSPITAL MEASURE ST. HELENS—When local vot ers go to the polls on October 25. of this year to ballot on the recently proposed state salea tax measure they will also be pre sented with the opportunity to vote on a special levy for the construc tion of a hospital here if plans discussed by the port commission at a meeting Tuesday evening materialise. SWIMMING POOL TO OPEN SOON ST. HELENS—The St. Helens high school swimming pool will be opened to the public about June 1 weather permitting. This an nouncement was made last week by Herbert Eisenschmidt, physical education instructor at the high school, who will supervise the pool. Eisenschmidt stated that the pool has been newly painted and the bath house cleaned up and that only inclement weather could delay the opening. THURSDAY MAY 22, 1947 Memorial Day City Tax Levy Not Needed Program to Begin at 10 BOY'S camp opening SET JUNE 1 Budget Group Draws Up Cost Sheet Monday ' • V 11 May 30 Rites at Bridge, Legion Hall Are Planned * The annual Memorial Day pro gram is scheduled this year to be gin at 10 a.m. that day, May 30, an announcement by the Woman’s Re lief Corps this week states. The Relief Corps and the American Legion Auxiliary will work togeth er for the program. People attending the ceremonies are asked to be at the Legion hall at 10 to march in a body to the Rock Creek bridge where a service will honor those who gave their lives while serving in the Navy. Following that, the group will re turn to the hall for another pro gram. For Memoral Sunday all Wo man’s Relief Corps members are asked to again come to the Legion hall and from there march to the Christian church for the Sunday services. Children especially are urged to be present for the May 30 pro gram and other organizations wishing to participate are invited to do so. • MiG :e Service Set for Friday Funeral services for Eva McGee will be held here Friday at 2 p.m. May 23, at the Bush Funeral home. Mrs. McGee was born January 31, 1874 at Garnet, Kansas and passed away May 20, after an illness of about six months, at the age af 63 years, three months and 20 days. Surviving are: her husband, Lester E. McGee, Vernonia; one daughter, Mrs. Carl Ertneberg, Mist; two sons, Raymond of Wil lamina and Perry of Vernonia; three sisters, Mrs. Hattie Williams of Kennwick, Washington, Mrs. Gilbert Edelman of Milwaukie and Mrs. Bertha Kennedy of Coupe ville, Wash, and two brothers, George K. Fisher of Astoria and Henry Fisher of Muckleteo, Wash ington. Interment will be at the Ver nonia Memorial cemetery and Rev. Ernest Baker will be in charge. • Reunion Intended By Class of '32 A reunion of the Vernonia high school class of '32 is being planned for May 30 at the I.O.O.F. hall at 7:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs, Lee Engen said Monday when they mentioned the names of several former students whose addresses have not been obtainable. Members of the class who have not been notified of the affair are Cleo Hall, Helen Lamoreaux, Faith Royer, Helen Charlesworth and Frances Peterson. Anyone know ing their whereabouts is asked to contact one of the following people: Mr. ard Mrs. Lee Engen, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Smith, Des mond Laird or Mrs. Carlin Hack ney. • Credit Report Given The Ver.onia Federal Credit Union held its monthly meeting at the horn-.- of Kenneth Anderson recer,«.iy. John Roediger, finan cial secretary, gave the following report: paid in on shares, $3397.- 92; loans made, $721.58 and num ber of members, 83. The amount of loans made by the Credit Union to date is 16549.00 • Store Bums at Jewell The building owned by Ed Meier at Jewell burned early Monday evening. The structure, which housed the post office, a grocery, hotel and service station, was a complete loss. The opening of the Fox Camp for Boys, a new undertaking for this part of the Nehalem valley, is scheduled for June 1 Maurice E. Fox, owner, said late last week. Mr. Fox outlined plans for the the summer season, as a camp that will offer everything to the camp, which will be open during boys who enroll. Outdoor activities will occupy much of the time and will include John Crowston Rites Read Wed. Funeral services for John Kris tin Crowston, a resident of Ver nonia since 1938 and a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, were conducted at the Bush Fun eral Home Wednesday at 2 p.m. His death occured Friday, May 16, at his home. John Crowston was born Oct ober 22, 1910 at Hallson, North Dakota and passed away at the age of 37 years, six months and 17 days. Surviving the deceased are: his wife, Edith; one daughter, Lor raine; six sons, Harold, Gordon, Francis, Robert, Richard and Mauein; his father, Edward of Hallson; three brothers, Wilfred of Hallson, Walter of Langdon, North Dakota and Edward of Vernonia; three sisters, Emily Spangelo of Concrete, North Dakota, Edith ‘ Slater of Niche, North Dakota and Helen Siguidson of Toledo, Ohio. His mother pre ceded him in death nine years ago. Interment took place at the Vernonia Memorial cemetery and Rev. Ernest Baker was in charge of the services. • Pythian Sisters To Convene Wed. Scheduled here for the afternoon and evening of Wednesday, May 28 is the Pythian Sisters con vention for district 5 with Mrs. Edna Heenan serving as District Deputy Grand Chief and Mrs. Silvia Turner as convention sec retary. The afiernoon program will start at 12:30 with reception and reg istration of represenatives from the nine temples of the district. The group will convene at the I.O.O.F. hall. Temples representing the dis trict are: Friendship, North Plains; Phoenicia, Hillsboro; Del phi, Forest Grove; Dianicia, Mc Minnville; Kinni-Kinnic, Seaside; Fern, Yamhill; Neah-Kah-Nie, Wheeler; Lakeview, Gaston and Vernonia, Vernonia. • Five New Books At Library Now Five new books have been added to those already on the shelves at the Vernonia library Mrs. Paul Gordon, librarian, said Tuesday. The new volumes and the authors are: “"There was a Time,” Taylor Caldwell; “The Side of the Angels,” Robert McLaughlin; “The Preying Mantis," Nancy Rutledge; “Sassafras Hill,” Chas. A. Smart and "Tarzan and the Ant Man,” Burroughs. Mrs. Gordon also listed current magazines which may be borrow ed. They are: Life. Reader’s Digest, The National Geographic Magazine, Popular Mechanics, Good Housekeeping, In Kentucky, Health, Our Times, Liberty, Wee Wisdom (children), News From Belgium and Soviet Russia Today. - hiking, fishing and training along those lines. The camp is situated on the location of the former Rock creek school house which is being used as the main resi dence. Some other property there has also been purchased to enlarge the grounds Mr. Fox said. Boys may be enrolled from the ages of six to 16, but preferred ages are 10, 12, and 14 the owner said. A charge of $75 per month will be made for boys 12 to 16 or $200 for the summer season and will include all expenses of lodg ing. Mr. and Mrs. Fox and his father plan to operate the camp now but hope to obtain the assist! ance of two or three more people as the facilities are enlarged. • Church Plans Note Burning The Evangelical United Breth ren church is celebrating the liquidation of the indebtedness with a note burning service Sun day morning. The service makes the church free of debt, a cir cumstance which the congregation has looked forward to for a long time. With the liquidation of the debt, other improvements are now possible. Rev. F. R. Witmer of Eugene will be the guest speaker of the morning and A. D. Campbell, also of Eugene and chairman of the board of trustees of the confer ence, will take part in the program. Following the morning service a pot-luck dinner will be served. • Petition Hearing Issue Closed A hearing, which was scheduled on the matter of Pete Brunsman as agent of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, has been dis missed at the request of the peti tioners, he was informed early this week. The hearing was orig inally scheduled because of a peti tion, signed by several local mer chants, requesting a change in the method of handling of the local liquor agency. According to the letter received here, the matter has been removed from the agenda and the issue is considered closed. Property holders in the city of Vernonia will have another year free of a tax levy. That circumstance was determined Monday evening of this week when the budget committee met with the council to draw up the ten tative budget for the 1947-48 fiscal year. Sitting with the council as members of the committee were R. M. Aldrich, A. L. Kullander, Roy Raymond, Loel Roberts and Sam Hearing, Sr. A preview of the expenditures intended for the next year includes salary increases for city employees and a sizable increase over last year of the amount intended for the city park. That item drew con siderable comment and discussion revolving principally about the swimming pool ¿nd the ball field. The pool will need repairs before next year when it is also planned that a wading pool be set up for tiny tots. The city water system also is go ing to require some extra finan cial attention and that matter also was considered with an appropri ation to cover anticipated needs. Although there were only two councilmen present In addition to Mayor Johnson, the matter of granting a franchise to West Coast Telephone Company yras considered and a decision reached that will very likely be adhered to when the council meets again with a quorum. Decision on the fran chise matter was to table the com pany’s request pending improved service and the installation of better equipment. Waiting for long distance service was talked as the principal objection, but sev- l .-1 ethers were also mentioned. In adition to consideration as a budget matter, the swimming pool opening was decided upon for a- bout June 15 and Deraid Proehl, grade school instructor, who has applied for the life-guard position, will likely be chosen for this year to watch swimmers. • Coroner Holds Inquest The inquest held here Saturday by County Coroner Ben Coleman listed the death of John Crowston as due to hanging and placed the time between 11 and 12 p.m. Fri day night of last week. 4-H Club, FFA Field Day Event Plan at County Fair Grounds Youth of Columbia county and their parents are invited to a 4-H Club and Future Farmers of America field day or. May 24 at the county fair grounds in Deer Island. The Invitation is extend ed by Milfred Gregory, president of the Guernsey cattle club and Roscoe Lloyd, president of the Jersey cattle club, which organiza tions are sponsoring the event in behalf of the Columbia county livestock industry. The following program has been arranged: 10:30 Purpose of day, J. C. Moran, Vernonia, master of cere monies 10:40 Demonstration by Scappoose FFA chapter. 11:00 4-H Club work in Oregon, L. J. Allen, state club leader of 4-H Clubs. 11:20 4-H Club girls demonstra tion. J 1:30 Adjourn for potluck lunch. Barbecued planked salmon, ice cream and coffee fur nished free. Each family bring a dish and eating utensils. 12:45 Scoring dairy cattle. Chick Smith, Guernsey Cattle Club Fieldman. 1:00 Scoring contest on Guern- ney and Jersey heifers. Everyone participates with 18 prizes for winners. 2:00 Sport events and contests for youths and adults. «:00 4-H Club boys demonstra tion. 3:15 Demonstration by Rainier Chapter FFA. 3:30 Awarding of prizes. 3:45 Adjourn. This event has been arranged to allow children and parents a pleasant opportunity to become better aquainted with the 4-H and FFA work according to Greg ory and Lloyd. The demonstra tions to be presented by the boys and girls at the field day will be a good example of the achieve ment of children receiving the benefits of this work. The scoring contest on dairy cattle, directed by Chuck Smith, will be an excellent opportunity to become better acquainted with the points to consider in judging good dairy stock. All rural families in Columbia county are invited to attend this event and participate in the act ivities.
