“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.’’
Setting Up
Time, Rules Benefit to
Made for Boy's Aid Library Of Board for
Draft Starts
Car Race
Four Prizeis to Be
Offered Winners;
Entry Rules Made
The rules by which the Midget
Car race, sponsored by the Lions
elub, will be conducted and the
date of the race were decided the
latter part of the week when the
elub committee placed in charge
of the event met to set up regula­
tions for the race.
The date was definitely set for
Saturday, August 28, but some
further investigation is planned
before the final decision is made
as to the hill upon which the cars
will run. Setting the date late
this month will give ample time
to complete construction work the
eommittee believes.
Along with the setting of the
date of the race, a list of rules
was adopted by which it will be
possible to conduct the race fh a
fair and safe manner. The rules
cover such details as specifica­
tions for construction of the cars,
safety measures, inspection by
the committee of the*cars previous
to race time and manner of con­
ducting the event.
Along with
the rules the committee decided
that registration should be made
by August 14 at The Eagle office
and that the final inspection date
of the machines be August 21.
By setting the inspection one week
ahead of the race date, the boys
will be able to correct faulty
points of construction and have
their racers ready for the event.
The entry blanks which will be
on hand at The Eagle office also
call for the signature of parents
or guardian. Entry to the race
is open to boys residing in the
Upper Nehalem valley and is not
confined to the City of Vernonia.
In order to make the affair
attractive to participants, four
prizes of $10, $5, $3 and $2 are
being offered by the club to the
winners of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th
places.
The rules which will govern the
affair appear in this issue of The
Eagle so that boys may prepare
their autos to meet the rules in
advance of the inspection date.
There is also available a number
of drawings and diagrams to show
simple, safe methods of construc­
tion.
Members of the committee hand­
ling arrangements for the Lions
group include: Glen Hawkins, Lynn
Thomas, Cecil Johnson, Ed Sal-
omonsen, Marvin Kamholz, Bill
Wilson and Gordon Larson.
•
Forestry Is
Tour Purpose
Up-to-date forestry practices will
get a thorough inspection from 4-
H Forestry club members Sat­
urday, August 7, in the Nehalem
valley.
A tour for all Forestry club
members in Columbia county will
start at 10:00 o’clock that morn­
ing at Crown Zellerback office on
ing at Crown Zellerbach office on
the Pebble Creek road near Ver-
Tree Farm manager, is arranging
the tour, which will include in­
struction in forest safety and fire
fighting as well as timber man­
agement.
The tour will end at camp
Wilkerson Saturday night and
Coupty club Agent Fred Dahl
said all club members were invited
to camp over night and participate
in some practical forestry work
the next day. "Invitations are also
extended to parents to come out
to the camp on Sunday for a
regular picnic,” said Dahl.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1948
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
VOLUME 26, NUMBER 32
The start of a project that has
been discussed for quite some
time is scheduled for the after­
noon of Wednesday, August 25,
when the Vernonia Study club is
holding a silver tea at the Masonic
Temple from 3 to 5 p.m.
Arrangements for the tea were
made Monday evening when a
committee of club members met
to talk the plans and announce
that money from the tea would
go into a fund which will be used
for library improvement. The club
project is being started as a start
towards civic betterment in Ver­
nonia.
Mrs. A. J. Hughes heads the
committee and the other members
are Mrs. H. E. Schlegel, Mrs.
Harry Culbertson and Mrs. Wesley
Bolmeier.
•
Pastor Called
To Fill Pulpit
Announced a few days ago was
the calling of Rev. Howard Hol­
lar to fill the position of pastor
at the Assembly of God church
which was left vacant for several
weeks after the resignation of
H. Gail McIlroy who is now pas-
toring in Rainier.
Rev. Hollar, along with his
family, will in a few days move
from their home at Bethel Gospel
park at Brooks to the parsonage
next to the church. Rev. Hollar
was called only for a three-month
period, at end of which time the
church will choose a minister to
stay indefinitely.
•
Unofficial Figures
Show Number Subject
To Ccnscription Law
Organization of the draft board
which will serve Columbia County
during the forthcoming peace time
draft was started last week. First
man appointed to what will prob­
ably be a three-man board, is At­
torney Glen R. Metsker, who was
advised of his selection last Thurs­
day. Identity of the other two
board members is as yet unknown,
although Metsker said that C. R.
Evenson of Clatskanie had been
requested to serve and that he will
likely be a member of the board.
Both of these men were on the
local board during World War II.
No official figures are yet avail­
able on the number of county men
who will be drafted for the 21-
month period of service when the
draft machinery is put into actual
operation although unofficial fig­
ures compiled by Rex Putman,
state superintendent of public in­
struction, reveals that there are
207 17-year-olds and 173 18-year-
olds, who will be subject to peace
time conscription.
Passage of the draft act has ac­
celerated enlistments in the reg­
ular army and, in many cases,
quotas have been filled by several
weeks ahead. First Sgt. Jay W.
Troxell, commanding officer at
the Longview, Wash., recruiting
station, said last week that only
two Columbia county 18-year-olds
will be allowed to enlist during the
month of August. One of these
openings will be in the ground
forces and Sgt. Troxell said it is
likely the youth who is taken
will spend the entire three years
at Fort Lewis, Washington.
•
Damage by Flood
Welfare Office
To Be Compiled
Complete statistical data on the In New Location
amount of flood damage done in
Columbia county will be compiled
in a survey which is to be con
ducted during the next two
months, it was decided Tuesday
night at a county-wide meeting
held at the Rainier city hall early
last week. Part of the work of
assembling flood damage data will
be done by county people and
part of it by men loaned by various
federal and state agencies.
About 30 farmers and others in­
terested were on hand at the
Rainier meeting to hear Carl Izett,
a representative of the commod­
ity credit coroporation who is to
be in charge of the flood damage
survey in Oregon, Washington and
Idaho. Izett explained that having
the data will make possible the
request to congress for additional
credit to farmers who suffered
flood loss, if figures disclose that
the loss is large enough to call for
more financial help.
Adequate data on flood loss may
also help in getting dikes and
other protective devices against
future inundations, he pointed
out. Farmers at the meeting were
warned that there probably would
be no direct grants in aid for re­
construction work on homes and
farms but were told that the po-
sibility existed that congress would
authorize additional credit for use
in such work. Izett estimated that
it would take at least 60 man-days
to compile all the information
needed on flood damage in this
county.
•
Pharmacist Employed
John J. Barry is now employed
as pharmacist at the Vernonia
Drug Company. Mr. Barry for­
merly lived at Boston, Massa­
chusetts, but has lived in Portland
for the past year. R. D. Jackson,
former druggist at the store, has
been employed by the firm for
the past seven years. He left
Monday for Portland where he
plans to retire.
The Columbia county public wel
fare commission which has been
occupying offices in the Columbia
Motor company building, 1111 Co­
lumbia boulevard moved last Fri­
day and set up headquarters in
a new location at 130 Columbia
boulevard. Mrs. Eva L. Tice ad­
ministrator for the local welfare
unit, said the house on the west
side of the Plymouth Congrega­
tional church had been leased.
Need for additional space by the
Columbia Motor company made it
necessary for the welfare com­
mission to seek new quarters.
•
I.O.O.F. Sponsors
Softball Team
The start of another softball
team here was indicated early
this week when the sponsoring
group announced intentions for
the rest of the season and listed
the next practice time for players.
The Odd Fellows lodge is backing
the team and members of that
group who wished to play are
asked to turn out Thursday night
for the next practice.
The Thursday evening session
is scheduled for the Washington
grade school diamond with Lloyd
Quinn acting in the capacity of
captain. The first practice was
held Monday evening.
Games will be obtained with
other I.O.O.F. teams and with
teams that have open dates. No
regular league play is intended.
The lodge is supplying balls and
bats for the players, but no
uniforms will be purchased.
•
Examiner Scheduled
A drivers license examiner will
be here from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Friday of this week. August 6, at
the city hall to issue licenses or
permits to drive to those who ap­
ply.
Chapter Selects Board,
Hears Report of Flood
A new board of directors of the
Columbia county chapter of Ameri­
can Red Cross for the coming
year was elected at a meeting of
the chapter early last week at the
St. Helens office. Represented on
the board are two persons from
each of the larger towns in the
county, and one from various
smaller towns. They are: Clats­
kanie, Vilas Shepard and Mrs.
George Conyers;
Rainier, Mrs.
Alice Wood (one position unfilled)
Prescott, Mrs. Guy Bacon; Ver­
nonia, Mrs. W’ilbur Wilson and
Mrs. Gordon Larson; Warren, Rev.
Carl O. Muhr; St. Helens, Rev.
Ernest Bellingham and James An-
liker. Scappoose has two members,
but neither has been appointed.
Miss Mildred Stevens, director
of Region II, national disaster
staff, gave a brief report of the
activities of the Red Cross in Co­
lumbia county for flood relief. As
of July 24, the Red Cross has
spent over $38,Q00 in disaster re-
4-Hers Prepare
For County Fair
The Nehalem valley 4-H clubs
are preparing for the county fair
that will be held August 19, 20,
21 according to Mrs. Maud C.
Casswell,
home
demonstration
agent, who will assist cookery
and clothing club members and
leaders in style review, dollar
dinner, and exhibits of clothing
and cookery in preparation for
the fair.
Clothing II and III 4-H club
members will
meet at
the
home of Mrs. L. Laramore, August
9 at 10 a.m. to work on clothing
II, III and IV projects. During
the morning, the girls will pre­
pare their demonstrations for the
fair. In the afternoon, work will
be scheduled for the style re­
view. Mothers of the 4-H club
members plan to attend.
Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m
at the Evangelical church, Mrs.
Byron Kirkbride’s
Teen Age
club will discuss cookery III prob­
lems for the fair. Girls planning
to enter the Dollar Dinner con­
test will work on the final plans
for that.
At 1 p.m. Tuesday, August 10,
Mrs. J. E. Tapp’s cookery club
members will meet t^> discuss
demonstrations and exhibits.
All members are expected to be
present.
Wednesday, August 11, Mrs.
Boyer’s cookery club members will
meet in the high school home ec­
onomics room, at 10:30 a.m. All
4-H club members attending meet­
ings are requested to bring re­
cord books, secretary books and
food and equipment which the
leaders requested.
The Mist clothing club will meet
in the Mist grade school Friday,
August 6 at 10:30 a.m.
Mrs.
Inger Ashley, leader, and Mrs.
Casswell are assisting the girls
in completing their demonstrations
and exhibits for the county fair.
Mrs. Casswell is assisting with
the home economics 4-H club pro­
gram throughout the county and
is meeting with the Nehalem val­
ley groups.
Youth Program
Due in Sept.
The new youth program for the
Christian church will begin the
same week school begins with
each group invited to a party
to be given by sponsors. Invita­
tions will be sent to all interested
young people in high school, in­
termediates and Juniors.
At the parties, plans will be
laid for organization and meetings
for high school and intermediates
will be from 6-7:30 p.m. and the
juniors will meet during the week.
It is believed the high school group
will be called Christian Youth
Fellowship, Intermediate will be
called Chi Rho Fellowship and
the Juniors will be a Quest Group.
Further announcements of this
will be made.
lief and rehabilitation work, and
the total is expected to reach $60,-
000 before the job is completed.
This figure was compared with
the $3,330 which was Columbia
county’s goal for the national Red
Cross in the last fund drive. Miss
Stevens emphasized that no peti­
tions for aid have been granted
or turned down except on the ad­
vice of a committee of local resi­
dents in each community involved.
•
Last Rites Held
For Boy Tues.
Funeral services were held at
the Bush Funeral home Tuesday
for Kenneth Gene Beck, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Beck, of
Birkenfeld.
The deceased was
born July 30, 1930 at Monowi,
Nebraska and passed away at his
home August 1 at the age of
18 years and two days.
Surviving him are his parents;
three brothers, Albert, Melvin and
Ronnie, all of Birkenfeld; two
sisters, Mrs. Herbert Hull of High­
wood, Illinois and Mrs. Frank
Lines of Timber; his grandparents,
Mr. ar.d Mrs. Noah A. Lyon of
Lincoln, Nebraska
and
four
nephews, David Lee and Larry
Hull and Michael and Pat Lines.
Interment was at the Vernonia
Memorial cemetery.
Kenneth Beck was a victim of
polio in 1931 at Lynch, Nebraska
and spent five years in the ortho-
dedic hospital at Lincoln. He
moved to Oregon in 1944 with his
parents and was in and out of the
hospital all his life and had
suffered a great deal of the
time. He attended school in Ver­
nonia and finished the 8th grade
at Portland. He was also a
member of the Salvation Army at
Havlock, Nebraska.
•
New Owners for
Hotel Named
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil V. Jones
have purchased the MacDonald
hotel property the former owner
Sam Gregory, announced early this
week after the transaction had
been completed. Mr. Gregory has
had the property for sale since
it partially burned some time
ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones plan to
repair and remodel the building
and reopen it along with the din­
ing room at a later time.
Mr. Gregory indicated that he
would return to Glendale where
he has an interest in the Glen­
dale hotel. He expressed his ap-
appreciation for the courtesy he
has received from patrons during
his time in business here.
•
Minister Returns
Reverend and Mrs. Allen Backer
and family have returned to Ver­
nonia where he will minister at
the Evangelical United Brethren
church for another year. This
year will make the seventh they
have been with the local church.
Rev. H. R. Scheuerman, former
pastor at the church, also remained
here seven years before being
moved.
Council Acts
On Rates for
Street Lights
Fire Department
Equipment Talked
By Representative
Several actions effecting city
business were considered by coun­
cilmen when they held their first
August meeting Monday evening
of this week and several decisions
were made at the session on sub­
jects, some of which have been
pending for considerable time.
The fire department equipment,
which has been a topic of dis­
cussion at numerous previous
meetings, again came before coun­
cilmen for their study. Frank
Adkinson representing the Swank
Motor Co. of Hillsboro presented
information on a truck that is
being considered. No definite
action was taken Monday, but a
showing of the equipment was
scheduled for last night, Wednes­
day, when the council could see
the machine demonstrated by Mr.
Adkinson.
The second matter that came up
Monday was one that ha3 been
talked at numerous previous ses­
sions. It was the subject of rates
to be charged for street lighting.
The rates were presented for West
Oregon Electric Cooperative by
Manager Guy Thomas and are
those suggested by the rural elec-
trification administration for
street lighting purposes. Along
with the new rates, the Coopera­
tive is asking that the two per
cent gross earnings tax assessed
by the city be removed.
Councilmen have held the opin­
ion that the proposed rates were
too high, but they did vote to
accept them MondSy and retain
in effect the gross earnings tax.
The tax is levied in lieu of an
occupation tax on business done by
the Cooperative within the city
limits.
The council’s stipulation regard­
ing the rates will be referred to
West Oregon’s board of directors
at their meeting next week.
The new rate calls for the fol­
lowing schedule of charges for
the various size lights and the
amount is service for one year’s
time:
100 Watt Light...................... $15
150 Watt Light...................... $18
200 Watt Light...................... $20
300 Watt Light...................... $24
400 Watt Mercury Vapor light $48
Another action of the council
Monday was the adopting of three
ordinances, the first of which
establishes the new city water
rental charge of $2.25 per month
minimum. The new charge was
recommended at the budget meet­
ing in order to offset some of the
property tax that will be levied
this year for the first time in
several years.
A second ordinance adopted at
the session specified the levy­
ing of the property tax for the
fical year and the third was an
act setting new salaries for city
employees.
Although no vote was taken, the
police department will in the fu­
ture make a monthly report to the
council of the work accomplished
by policemen.
Marshal Shirley
Kirtland suggested that the report
be made and Mayor George John­
son gave his authorization.
Fifth Annual Swim Events for
County Arranged for August 8
The youth of the Upper Nehalem
valley are again invited to partici­
pate in the annual Columbia Coun­
ty Swimming Championships ac­
cording to information received
here early this week from St.
Helens where the event is to held
Sunday, August 8 starting at 1
o’clock.
The event is being sponsored
by the St. Helens swimming pool
and this will be the fifth year
it has been held.
Entry blanks are available at
The Eagle office for boys and
girls who intend to participate,
but
entry in
the
contests
may also be made at the pool
upon arrival.
Last year’s Vernonia represen­
tatives who placed in the county
were: James Brewer, third in boys
junior race; Joyce Silver, first
girls' intermediate race (holds
county record); Pat Bass, second
in girls’ intermediate race; Shirley
Vike, third Girls' Intermediate
race.
The 220-foot free style
senior girls race won by Ruth
Hausler in 1942 still holds the
record.