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library, U of Q y fl I “Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, c-»-ming, Recreation.” VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON VOLUME 25, NUMBER 38 Service Officer Injuries Hinder Institute Date For Columbia Loggers; Changes Is Set Friday All teachers in the local schools will be away Friday from classes Hired by Court Made in Backs here to attend the Columbia coun Bass Lost to Team For Several Weeks; First Game Friday 4 ■> 1 4 f By MELVIN SCHWAB A heavy loss to the Loggers' backfield occured last week when “Tick” Bass, first string backfield man, suffered a sprained ankle in the first scrimmage of the season Wednesday night, September 10. This first scrimmage of the season brought out a lot of bruises and sore muscles, but the rest of the squad came through with no serious injuries. Vernonia’s passing star Jack Frank will do the kicking in place of Bass. Jack, according to Coach Hergert, is vastly improved over last year, getting better by the day in his passing, kicking and carrying the pigskin. John Brown, last years scrappy guard, is smoothing over rough nlaces after making the switch from guard to fullback. In the words of Coach Hergert, “Brown has to learn to get tough, but play* ing under game conditions will probably see him playing a heads up game of ball.” Replacing Bass in the back- field will be Bob Fredrickson, track star for the Loggers last- year. Fredrickson hasn’t played too much ball ifl preceding year?, but, from the practices, he looks good. The line this year will be strong with many scrappy players try ing for places on the first squad. John Carmichael, Donovan Rey nolds and Alvin Tapp will be tough steady linemen. One man to watch on the line this year from appear ances is Lester DeHart, who will play end. DeHart is green and hasn’t played too much ball, hut can play both good defensive and offensive ball. This week still sees the Loggers learning those plays to a perfec tion basis and concentrating - ra ther heavily on blocking and get ting the backfield straightened out after injuries.’ Working with the club just as hard as Coach Hergert, is assis tant Coach Lee Pangle, who is doing a swell job. Also Louis Graven is assisting in getting the futures ready for their debut when it comes in later years. Friday night September 19 at 8 P.M. will see the Loggers at Tillamook to play their first tilt of the season with the Cheese makers and to test their might and learnings against a team they beat last year 14 to 0. The open spot on the schedule has bgen filled^ by Canby which will journey here October 31 to play a tilt with the Loggers. • Dickerson Indicted Robert J. Dickerson was indict ed by the grand jury last week for burglary. He was arrested here August 6 and charged with burglary in a dwelling in the night time. ty institute at St. Helens, school officials said early this week. No school on that day will result for students. On September 22 and 23, all high school teachers will go to Astoria for the Workshop which is sponsored by state department of education, Principal Ray Mills said. Three Vernonia high teach ers will participate in that event besides being in attendance, Mr. Mills being in charge of a general assembly, Harold McEntire being in charge of a mathmetics dis cussion and James Chipps having a part on the program for English Instructors. Grade school teachers will par ticipate in a Workshop scheduled for October 2 and 3 at St. Helens. i • Line Construction Talked Thursday Present in Portland the latter part of last week to meet with regional heads of the rural elec trification administration were West Oregon Elec. Manager Guy Thomas and Clark Cain, office manager of the cooperative. In Portland Thursday evening also were four directors of the local -cooperative to talk about new construction on the line being planned into Washington county. Speeding up the procedure in order to accomplish engineering and construction details more quickly were discussed and as a result of the meeting it is est imated that about two months time will be gained on the work. Regional REA heads present were: Russell O. Adams, head of the management division; James H. O'Brien, finance division; R. V. Cole, regional engineer and E. G. Keffer, applications and loans. • Loggers Play 3 In Sunset League The Logger B team will have three games in the Sunset League which was organized a little over a week ago, Coach Jake Hergert said Monday evening, with the first game scheduled for Septem ber 25. The schedule lists: September 25, Thursday, Banks here, 8 P.M. The frosh will play two 8-minute quarters between halves of that game; October 16, Thursday, Gaston, there 2 P.M. and October 23, Thursday, Verbort,. here, 8 P.M. Additional games for the B team will be arranged later with St. Helens and Scappoose, the coach said. At the close of the Sunset League season, a banquet for the teams is planned and lalso the presentation of a trophy to the winning team of the season. County School Enrollment Shows Gain; Forsyth Declares I FORSYTH TO SEEK SHERIFF’S POST ST. HELENS—Warren Forsyth, city marshall, and former state police sergeant in charge of the Columbia county detachment, an nounced this week that he would be a candidate for sheriff at the next election. According to For syth’s plans, he will enter the pre liminaries in May against M. R. Calhoun for the Republican nom ination, providing, of course, that Calhoun seeks re-election. GRADE STUDENT ENROLLMENT UP ST. HELENS—As was expected, enrollment in the elementary schools of district No. 2 is higher than a year ago. However, the registration at St. Helens high school is slightly below the 1946 figure. t Here are the individual enroll ments in each unit: John Gumm, 371; McBride and McNulty com bined, 342; high school, 372. GRADE SCHOOL HAS MORE ENROLLED CLATSKANIE—A sharp in crease in students in Clatskanie grade school will be noticed this year with 249 students enrolling the first day of school and several known that had not registered as of Thursday of last week. The number enrolled for the various classes in Clatskanie high school were 43 freshmen 32 soph omores, 27 juniors and 25 seniors on Monday morning of this week. The total of 127 was expected to be increased when the actual class work began .on Thursday of last week. Dolph Stuart to Work on Part Time Basis Now Columbia couflT is to have a service officer to help handle the problems of its estimated 4000 vet erans of World War I and II it was decided Wednesday of last week after the county court re versed its previously-taken stand and approved a monthly payment of $80 to employ such a worker on a part-time basis. The state, through its department of veter ans affairs, will supplement these funds by about $25 a month. Dolph Stuart, present service officdr; for Washington county will be employed by the court un der the new arrangement to spend about a day and a half each week handling Columbia cases. Stuart said that he would work out an itinerary for his Columbia county program. Stuart was in Vernonia last Friday evening to attend the Am erican Legion’s annual corn feed and while here he was able to get acquainted with many ex-service men with whom he may be work ing at a later time. It is expected that he will spend much of his time in St. Helens, but will also ge to Rainier, Clats kanie and Vernonia for half-day periods on alternate weeks. In this manner, it will be possible for him to be available to veterans in all sections of the county, thus eliminating trips to Portland or Hillsboro by former G.I.s wishing assistance under various gov ernment veteran’s programs. Arrangement of an itinerary so that Stuart will cover all of Columbia county's major towns was probably a principal factor in the court’s decision to set up the service officer program. It had been previously planned to have him spend all of his time in the county in St. Helens and Ver nonia, but members of the court pointed out that this would re quire veterans residing in the northern section of the county to travel here for assistance. The county has no money budg eted for a service officer since this worker was not included when the cost sheet was set up early in the summer. It will be necessary to tap the emergency fund for the $80 per month the county will pay toward the program, at least until the end of the present fiscal year next June 30. At that time, it is presumed, a budget item for a service officer will be included. • Police Making License Check Columbia county drivers are being reminded that state police are conducting closely spaced checks of Oregon drivers’ licenses. Secretary of State Robert S. Far rell Jr. has revealed that there is a large number of invalid licen ses still in use. Under a new law adopted by Oregon’s 1947 legislature, driving permits expire by serial number, without regard to the expiration date printed on the face of the per mit itself. All driver's licenses bearing numbers below 5R-99.000 are already void. “Anyone finding his license serial number is below 5R-99.000 must renew that license at one«,” a license spokesman said. » Permits numbered between 5R- 99,000 and SR-132,000 expire dur ing September. A schedule of when higher numbers expire is available from service stations, police stations, sheriffs’ offices, and driver’s license clerks and ex aminers. There is no charge for the schedule. No individual notice will be sent to any driver when his license becomes due for renewal. HEN PRODUCES RECORD EGG Not to be outdone by all the stories about record growths of cabbage during the past few weeks, Mrs. L. Carmichael, who resides on the Stoney Point road, has re ported a possible record-breaking egg produced by a hen on her place. Accurate measurement of the egg lists the circumferende of the shell as 8% inches the long way and 6t4 inches the short way. The egg had two yolks, Mrs. Carmichael said, and was pro duced September 9. An egg makes the headlines, but cabbage is back again also. After reading last week’s report of a 21-poun<f head grown by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cicero, the final contest entry of the season was made Thursday for Harold McEn tire who lists from his garden another cabbage weighing 2214 pounds. • Hunters Can Rent Rifles Nehalem val’«/ people who do not have guns, -but who would like to participate in the coming hunting season can do so under the rules of a proposition announ ced this week by Pete Brunsman. The Brunsman store has 10 En field rifles owned by the American Legion and 10 Springfields owned by the Veterans of Foreign Wars that are available on a rent basis. The service is carried out on a non-profit basis by the store for the Legion and V.F.W. and all money taken in on rentals is turn ed over to the two organizations, Mr. Brunsman said. The rental charge is $1 per day and a deposit is required before the gun may leave the store. Local retailers say the supply of ammunition is very bad again this year. ; • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1947 Lower Electric Rates in Effect Welcomed information for con sumers of West Oregon Electric Cooperative, Inc., is contained in an announcement issued Tuesday afternoon concerning the schedule of rates which will be charged users in the future. The announce ment was made by Manager Guy Thomas and the reduction becomes possible because of action taken at a recent meeting of the Cooper ative’s board of directors. The new schedule shows an overall réduction in rates in some cases as high as 63 per cent for a few users of the former Timber Light and Power, now a part of the Cooperative. Mr. Thomas also ' pointed out that this change in the rate sched ule marks the first reduction since the West Oregon Electric started business. The change is possible through prudent business manage ment and is an example of what an REA-financed cooperative can accomplish on a non-profit basis, he said. A comparison of the old and new schedules is contained in an announcement by the Cooperative on page 5 of this issue. Under V. F. W. Dance Well Attended Joan Lindsley received the gift of the console radio Saturday night at the Legion hall when thp award was made at the Veterans of Foreign Wars dance. The radio is the one which has been on dis play ip various downtown business places for several weeks. Attendance at the dance was fairly large V. F. W. officials said and they expressed their ap preciation for the cooperation ex tended them in making the affair a success. • Legion Auxiliary Students Need Band Instruments Presents Flag The congregation at the Church of the Nazarene was delighted Sunday, at the morning worship hour when a group of women from the American Legion Auxiliary presented the church with a beau tiful American flag. Mrs. Jennie Lusby presented the flag and Rev. H. L. Russell, pastor of the church responded with words of thanks and appreciation, Four children from the Sunday school taking part in the service were, Darrell Wanamaker, Joanne Brown and Bonnie and Janice Shafer. Other ladles present from the Auxiliary were Mrs. Harry Cul bertson, Mrs. Lona Weidman and daughter, Juanita, Mrs. H. H. Sturdevant and Mrs. Edgar Hart zell. • Station KTIL To Broadcast Game For those Vernonia fans un able to attend the high school gridiron game on Friday night, September 19, between the Til lamook Cheesemakers and the Vernonia Loggers at Tillamook, station • KTIL will broadcast a play-by-play description of the contest with sportscaster Rod Phil-1 lips handling ¿he mike assign- m«nt- is 7:55 P.M.—1590 dial. Remember Friday n!ght for the broadcast. $200 Fine Levied Carl Fagrell of Riverview was assessed a fine of $200 and his drivers license revoked perman ently Monday in the recorder’s court on a driving charge made following an accident about 6:30 Sunday evening. The accident oc cured when the car driven by Fagrell left the street and hit the Jim Brady home at Bridge and First Avenue. In order to make possible the organizing of a school band, the call was issued this week by Miss H. I. Siner at the high school for band instruments. Miss Siner will act as instructor for the band and people having instruments they would like to donate or sell reasonably are asked to see her. When organized the band will be the first for this community in several years. * • Mrs. Buckley Is Award Winner Mrs. Carol E. Buckley is the winner of a $25 award because of a slogan she submitted recently in a contest sponsored by the Albers Milling company. The con test was conducted in eight states. Mrs. Buckley, who has been ill for some time, submitted the slo gan: “We like Albers Corn Flakes because they can be used in so many different ways and make a better breakfast.” Five Make Trip ! The boys who attended the car rier-salesman picnic at Seaside •Sunday enjoyed themselves, ac cording to Ernest Nance, town manager of The Oregon Journal. Kenneth Nanson, Dickie Gwinn, Arleigh I^ramore, Rickie Bush and Donald Morgan won the paper selling contest and were eligible to make the trip with transportation and prize money furnished. • Feed Well Attended One of the largest crowds ever to be present was at theLegion hall last Friday evening for the annual corn feed. Commander Bill Horn said later. The com feed is sponsored each year by the American Legion which invites friends of the Legion as well as ex-servicemen. the old farm and home rate, kil owatt hour consumption started at 8 cents, .but has now been re duced to 5 cents and the montNy minimums has beeh reduced from $2.00 to $1.00. Formerly, two schedules were followed for commercial and in dustrial light and small power service one for users inside the city limits of Vernonia and the other for those outside. Now, one rate, a lower one, will cover Users both inside and out side Vernonia and the new sched ule is lower than either of the others.' < • John Libel, Mist, Buried Wed. MIST—It was with regret that the community of Mist learned of the death of John Libel Sunday morning at the Emanuel hospital in Portland. He had been in ill health for a long time and was operated on several weeks ago. Since then he seemed to gain very slowly. However, he left the hos pital and had been at his daugh ter’s home in St. Helens until about 10 days ago when he grew worse and was taken to Portland to another daughter’s home. Last week he was taken back to the hospital where he passed away early Sunday. Mr. Libel owned and operated thé Mist store for 20 years or more, at first being in partner ship with his brother-in-law, E. I* McCauley, but later buying out Mr. McCauley. He sold the store to W. H. Bridgers about 24 years agd and after a year or two in Salem and elsewhere, came back and bought the store at Birken- feld, later selling it to W. H. Bridgers also. Afterwards, he with his family settled on the farm where he has since lived. Everyone in this part of the valley knew J. O. Libel and liked him for his honesty and fair deal ing. He leaves his wife, Clara; two daughters, Mrs. Fay Lindberg of St. Helens and Mrs. Ona Burnham of Portland; two sons, Floyd of Fairview and Shelmon of Mist; four grandsons, two half sisters and a half brother, and many other relatives and a host of friends. Funeral services were held Wed nesday afternoon at 2:30 in the j gym and he was buried in the church yard. » • Lions Talk Team Backing Monday Members of the Vernonia Lions club at their Monday evening din ner at the Hotel MacDonald heard Coach Jake Hergert outline the possibilities of his Loggers in carrying out their fall schedule of football and also met his assist ants, Lee Pangle and Louis Grav en. The three coaches were the guests of Ray Mills. Because of the action taken at the meeting, the club will devote a lot of effort towards increasing the amount of team backing for the loggers in their games this season. • Church Plans ! Conference Sun. Of special interest to all mem bers and friends is the coming branch conference of the Vernonia Branch, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints set for Sun day September 21. The program will be under the supervision of the district president of Portland. The morning session will con vene at 10 a.m. Pot-luck dinner will be served at the church at noon and the afternoon session will begin at 2 p.m. • '
