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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming. Recreation.”
Grade School
Opening Day
Details Told
Proper Age Must
Be Attained Before
Child Starts Study
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The opening day of school,
September 8, will find nearly
everything in readiness at the
Washington and Lincoln buildings
Superintendent Paul Gordon said
Wednesday.
An important detail is pointed
out by Mr. Gordon for parents of
children just old enough to enter
school.
Any child entering the
first grade must be six years of
age on or before November 15,
1947. That is, lhe child’s sixth
birthday must fall on or before
that date, not at some time after
that date. Children entering the
kindergarten must be five years
old on or before November 15 of
this year.
Parents who may not know to
which school to send their children
are informed that the Lincoln
school on Corey hill will accomo
date students of the 1st, 2nd and
3rd grades who live west of the
S. P. & S. railway tracks.
In order to equalize classes be
tween the Lincoln and Washington
schools in the first three grades
it will be necessary to send most
youngsters coming to school by
bus to the Lincoln building. The
number of youngsters to be sent to
Lincoln will be determined on
opening day.
The school administration is
authorized to adjust zones and to
shift pupils from one school to
another. The administration would
like to permit pupils to attend the
school of their choice, but in order
to adjust the teacher-pupil ratio
to an effective size, it is necessary
to request pupils to shift from one
school to another.
The coop
eration of pupils and parents will
be appreciated in this matter, the
superintendent sa’d.
The buses and the routes they
will follow: Tod Bowerman bus
(formerly Ira I-ee and Loel Rob
erts) Sunset camp to Treharne
junction with the load thereon to
be equalized with the Mills bus;
C. A. Mills bus—Pebble Creek
loop; George Johnson bus—Camp
8 to Riverview; Bruce McDonald
l’us—Rock Creek route; Austin
Corll bus—Mist route and Bob
Thompson bus—Stoney Point and
overflow at Riverview.
At the Lincoln school the in
structors will be: Miss Velva Ram
sey, principal and 2nd grade; Mrs
Mabel Blackwell, 1st grade and
Mrs. Mathilde Bergerson, 3rd
grade.
Teachers at Washington will
be: Miss Reese, 1st; Mrs Powell,
1st and 2nd; Miss Lenora Kizer,
2nd; Miss Elaine Bristlin, 3rd;
Mrs. Grace Cantwell, 4th; Mrs.
Noma Calister, 4th; Mrs. Evelyn
Heath, Sth; Miss Margaret Brock-
haus, 5th; Mrs. Charlotte Steele,
6th; Darrold Proehl, 6th, shop and
boys P.E.; Miss Mercedes Larsen,
7th and arithmetic; Mrs. Irma
Chance, 7th and geography; Mrs.
Dorothy Sandon, 8th and language;
Miss Marian Schwartz, 8th, his
tory and civics; Mrs. Lulah Fuller
ton, kindergarten; Mrs. Mabel
Graves, high remedial and »th;
Mrs. Pearl Wilkerson, low remedial
and 4th and Miss Reva Jo Hughes,
art and home economics.
Fire District 16 Entries
Suggested Made in Glad
Show Saturday
At their meeting Monday even
ing, city councilmen heard a sug
gestion by Fire Chief Calvin Davis
that steps be taken towards the
forming of a rural fire district
to include Riverview and Treharne.
The suggestion, if carried out by
people living in those districts,
would provide them fire protection
and make possible the purchase
of more and better equipment for
that purpose.
The council also backed the chief
in his request that the fire truck
be reserved for the use of fighting
fires and not for private use. One
of the trucks had been used by
individuals at two different times
within recent days.
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Wheel Guards
Required by Law
Fines and jail sentences await
drivers and owners of cars not
equipped with fenders or splash
guards by the end of August,
motorists are being reminded by
Robert S. Farrell Jr., secretary
of state.
The only exceptions to the re
quirements are vehicles such as
log trucks which cannot practically
be equipped with fenders, accord
ing to an opinion by Attorney
George Neuner.
Passed by the 1947 Oregon leg
islature, the regulation applies to
all personal or business cars,
motorcycles, trucks, busses, or
trailers. Guards or fenders must
be constructed so as to prevent
mud and similar matter from being
splashed or thrown onto other
vehicles which may be following.
“The rule is a protection not
only to motorists from mud and
rocks,” Farrell said, “but also to
pedestrians. A person who might
otherwise be drawn under the car
when hit by a bare tire could be
brushed aside by a fender.”
Safety men have lauded the law.
Violators are subject to a fine
as much as $100 and 30 days in the
county jail.
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District Council
Takes Tax Stand
Concerted effort devoted to the
defeat of the proposed sales tax
which will be voted upon October
7 was taken at the last IWA d:s-
trict council meeting held at Port
land August 9 and 10. A report
of the stand was made upon the
return here of the three delegates
from IWA Local 5-37, Rex Nor
mand, Jack Taylor and John Elder.
The district council has recom
mended that all locals oppose the
tax and do all possible to defeat
the measure in the district which
includes about 15,000 men.
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Mrs. Gibson Wins
Sweepstakes Award
At Bakery Show
Sixteen entries in the first glad
ioli show held in Vernonia dem
onstrated the interest in the event
sponsored last Saturday by Mr.
and Mrs. E. W. Peterson of the
Vernonia Bakery. Mr. and Mrs.
Peterson were well pleased with
the response and hope that the
show can be made into an annual
affair with a greater number of
participants and a greater variety
of flowers.
The sweepstakes award for the
day went to Mrs. G. W. Gibson
for displaying the largest and
most perfect bloom and also the
most beautiful in color. The bloom
was
nearly seven
inches in
diameter.
Two prizes for the
winning were awarded, one by the
Vernonia Drug company for the
shade and the other by the bakery
for the size. Second and third
places were awarded to Mrs. Den
nis Davis and Mrs. Cass Berger
son respectively and honorable
mention went to Luther Herrin,
Charles Cederburg and Ethel
Blackburn.
First prize for the most beauti
ful single bloom was awarded to
Mrs. Ella Fair; first for the most
unusual bloom was awarded Mrs.
G. S. Thayer and first for the
prettiest arranged bouquet, Mrs.
Petersen of Treharne. The last
named award was made by the
Thomas Variety Store.
Judges for the show were Elmore
Knight, Mrs. Herman Wood and
Walter Erven.
Mr. and Mrs.
Peterson expressed their apprecia
tion for the work of the judges
and to the entrants for making
the event a success.
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Former Grade
Student Drowns
Harold Albrie Christensen, 16,
Sweet Home, formerly a resident
and grade school student here,
was drowned Monday evening of
last week when th- fishboat in
which he was a passenger with his
grandparents, Mr.
and
Mrs.
Charley Christensen, capsized and
sank near the Tillamook bar. The
grandparents and also the boy’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Christ
ensen, were former Vernonia res-
idents.
The elder Christensetns were
picked up by a gillnet boat.
As the boat sank it rolled over
into the surf near the jetty and
the boy was never seen to come to
the surface, leading to the assump
tion by coast guardsmen that he
may have been trapped below
decks. Neither the boat nor the
body had been found early this
week.
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Sunday Speaker Engaged
T? Attend Convention
Miss Mildred Drake of the Ken
tucky Mountain Holiness associa
tion will be the guest speaker at
the Evangelical United Brethren
church Sunday evening.
Miss
Drake was an English teacher in
the high school here a number of
years ago.
Planning to leave tomorrow,
August 22, for St. Louis Missouri
are John Gritdahl and John Elder.
While there they will attend the
International Woodworkers con
vention of IWA Local 5-37. They
expect to return here about Sept-
ember 4.
De-activate Explosive Souvenirs, Committee Asks
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ONLY 60 GET
JOBLESS CHECKS
ST. HELENS—Although Thurs
day of last week set a low mark
for applicants for the weekly un
employment checks, Thursday of
this week set a lower mark and
not more than 60 persons called
at the office of the state unem
ployment commission in the city
hall building. About 50 of these
received the weekly checks, some
service men and a few to self-em
ployed service men and the total
disbursement was not more than
(2.000. a big falling-off of a year
ago when several hundred were on
the monthly payroll and disburse-
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1947
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
VOLUME 25, NUMBER 34
ments went beyond $6,000 per
week.
WAR TROPHIES
GROUP SET UP
ST. HELENS—Columbia county
veterans who have explosive “war
souvenirs” such as hand grenades,
land mines and shells, are asked
to cooperate with a'new committee
set up by the U3. treasury de
partment to de-activate these po
tential killers. Ex-GI*s who have
explosives can get information on
how such items may be rendered
harmless by calling Sheriff M. R.
Calhoun, who is temporary chair
man of the new committee.
Committee members in addition
to Calhoun, include Deputy Sheriff
J. J. Callahan, who is acting sec
retary, J. W. Nichols of Vernonia,
Ed Dear of Clatskanie, L. H. Kel
ler of Rainier, Francis Gill and
Robert Pollock of St. Helens.
GARDEN CLUB
FLOWER SHOW HELD
CLATSKANIE—The Clatskanie
Garden Club flower show took
place Friday in the I.O.O.F. hall.
More people entered flowers in
this show than ever before. Records
kept by the garden club show that
in 1940, 91 people brought exhibits
and 11 organizations brought bas
kets for competition. Last year
in the first show since the war,
Garbage Law Talked Monday
Another step was completed
Monday evening by city council
men towards making a change in
the present method of handling the
collection and disposal of garbage,
a matter that has been talked of
some time by the council because
of difficulty in maintaining the
disposal plot. Danger from the
spread of fire at the dump has
been the leading factor for adop
tion of the plan considered Mon
day.
City Attorney Neal Bush was
requested to draft a .franchise
which would cover the problem
mit free dumping by city residents
only on Saturdays. Several pro
visions of the franchise follow
so that residents may become
familiar with it before adoption
and make suggestions if desired
before the final readings.
“Section 4. The collector is to
furnish and maintain, at his own
expense, a suitable dump and in
cinerator for the disposal of gar
bage and to keep the same in a
presentable and sanitary condition
at all times and to comply with
and care for the same in ac
cordance with all sanitary regula
tions which may now or hereafter
be put into effect by the State
of Oregon.
He is to permit the residents
in the city to use the said dump
free of charge on Saturday of each
county will be very limited.
week. He may make such charge
Parents! Is your child ready for the use of the same to res
for school ? You are, no doubt, idents on other days during the
thinking about buying shoes, the week as indicated in charges here
latest sweater and many other inafter set forth. He may make
such reasonable regulations for
items of clothing which are just
the disposing of garbage or refuse
what the “best dressed” school by the residents of the city at
child will be wearing. The “first said dump as shall enable him to
day of school should be a happy properly care for and operate the
experience and good grooming same ... He may fix such reason
cable hours that the dump will be
adds a great deal to the thrill of
open and prohibit the use thereof
the occasion. We should make the at any other hours . . .
most of it.
Section 5. The collector is to
of
garbage
“Your school child’s health make collections
should, also, be given the same throughout the business area of
the city as required by the city
careful thought and attention.
council and at least weekly col
Every child entering or returning
lections in all of the residential
to school should be as free as
districts of the city . . .
possible from any physical defects
“Section 6. Nothing in this ord
which can be corrected. A healthy
child will not only make better inance is to be construed to pre
vent any resident or householder
progress in school work but he
will find it easier to nrake' Sffcial of the city from hauling his own
garbage or refuse and disposing
and emotional adjustments.
of the same in a lawful manner;
“Complete medical and dental
provided, however, that no resident
check-ups should be made this
or
householder will be permitted
month. Have your family physi
cian examine eyes, nose, ears and to haul garbage or refuse for
another person . . .
throat and look for any other
“Section 7. The rates to be
physical defects. Have corrections
charged to all persons, firms or
made at once.
Your dentist should examine corporations by the collector shall
your child's teeth and complete be reasonable and uniform, taking
whatever dental work is required. into consideration the service ren
dered ..."
Healthy teeth add to personal ap
Residences, once per week, 25c;
pearance as well as general good
special call, 50c, both charges
health.
being the minimum.
"Communicable diseases always
Apartments, once per week, $1.25
interfere with school work. Pro
tect your child from them. Have minimum.
Business places, including hotels,
him immunized against diphtheria,
stores, resturants, hospitals
whooping cough and small pox.
"And, then, and not least, make rooming houses, etc., once per
sure that he gets plenty of the week, $1.00 minimum; twice per
proper foods, sleep and rest. Make week $1.75 minimum; more than
twice per week, $2.50 minimum;
your child ready!”
special call, $2.50 minimum.
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Dump charges, less than 100
pounds, 25c minimum; more than
100 pounds, 25c to $1.50.
Caring for old automobiles or
bodies, cut or broken into small
pieces, pried according to time
and
labor required to move at $2.00
A picnic is scheduled on Labor
an hour.
Day, September 1 at Rogers Park
Removal of large quantities of
for all members, families and
friends of IWA Local 5-37 the garbage, time and labor to be
considered, $2.00 an hour.
committee announced this week.
All rates are fixed for one
The affair is scheduled to start at
standard garbage can of 25 gal
9 a.m. and people attending are
lon capacity.
asked to bring their lunches and
Section 11. The collector shall
remain for the day. Coffee and
ice cream will be furnished by the furnish an acceptable performance
bond by an acceptable surety com
local.
pany in the amount of $5000 . . ..
Games are scheduled for all
Section 12. No person shall
ages and prizes will be given
throw or scatter any trash, refuse,
to winners of each contest.
garbage or other waste, or cause
This is the first planned outing
the same to bo thown, on any of
the Local has had since the war
the streets of the city, or any
and a grand time is promised for
public place.
all who attend.
Section 13. Any person hauling
garbage in violation of the terms
of this ordinance upon conviction
Station Being Enlarged
thereof may be fined by a fine of
An addition 18 feet by 24 feet not more than $100 or by imprison
in size is partly completed at ment for not more than 50 days
Jake’s Union service station, the or by both such fine and imprison
owner anounced a few days ago. ment.
The enlargement will make it
possible to better handle ear wash
Missionary to Talk
ing and truck greasing.
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Miss Marie Juergensen, a vet
missionary from Japan, will
Bowling League Intended eran
speak at the Assembly of God
People who like to bowl are church Sunday, August 24 at 7:30
asked to meet Friday evening of pm. Miss Juergensen has spent
this week. August 22, at 7:30 at more than 30 years in Japan and
Dessy s. At that time plans for is returning shortly to the land of
a bowling league for the fall her calling. She is an interesting
season will be discussed. Any and inspiring speaker. All are
one interested is invited to attepd. invited to hear her.
and provide regulations which
would cover maintenance of the
dump as well as provisions and
charges for garbage collection
within the city. The council read
the ordinance for the first time
Monday. It will be read again at
the first meeting in .September
and become effective October 2.
J. R. Lee, who is now collecting
locally is considering acceptance
of the franchise.
As it was first read Monday,
the franchise will prevent free
dumping by people residing out
side the city limits and will per
Health Officer Cites Need of
Child Care, Tells Fund Limit
A statement made a few days
a-o by Dr. J. H. Flynn, county
health officer, points out the: need
of parental attention to the health
of children who will enter school
early next month.
His state
ment follows:
•‘In less than one month all over
funds, public health aid in this
Championship
Matches Ready
The Vernonia Country club
championship matches can
e
played anytime this week,
championship flight . wil
’
these golfers: Kent Bauersfeld vs.
Jack Anderson, Earl King vs. I-oel
Roberts, B. Brickel vs. B. George.
H. King vs. Jim Davies, . » -
man vs. Connie Anderson, Merle
Ruhl vs. John Roediger, Paul Dyer
vs. Duke Byers and Bob King vs.
Lowell Heiber.
The losers of the first round
will drop down one flight.
Second flight matches arranged
are: Frank Hartwick vs. Calvin
Davis, Mike Anderson vs. Jack
Nance, Harold Howard vs. Jack
Riley, Wesley Bolmeier vs• Edmond
Ade, Ervin Mullins vs. Bill Fren.h,
R. D. Jackson vs. E. A. Shipman,
Kay Brandon vs. Marvin Turner,
Tom Turner vs. Charles Cederburg
and S. T. Johnson, bye.
The qualifying scores for the
championship tournament were
established Sunday, August 10,
in order that the matches might
be arranged.
Stages Seek
Rate Changes
A change in rates is in prospect
for people who patronize the
Oregon Motor Stages because of a
hearing that is dated for August
25 at 9:30 a.m. by the public
utilities commissioner of Oregon.
At that time the commission will
hear evidence "in the matter of
proposed changes in rates, fares,
charges, classifications, rule, and
.
regulations
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The hearing is to take place at
625 N. E. Oregon street, Portlam
and all interested parties will be
entitled to be present and hear .
A similiar hearing will be hel
the following day for Pacific Grey
hound lines, Inc., accordmg to
notice from the PUC office.
Labor Day Picnic
Plan of Local