“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.”
VOLUME 26, NUMBER 46
Youth Select
Officers for
Organization
Teen Age Recreation
Group Asks Help of
Other Organizations
The naming of officers and the
talking of plans for the first
amateur show occupied most' of
Tuesday evening’s meeting of the
Teen Age Recreation group which
is getting underway here, accord
ing to Floyd Otis who has been
active in starting the organiza
tion.
Officers to lead the boys are:
Don Renfro, president; Earl Want
land, vice-president;. Steve Hibbs,
secretary and treasurer and John
Brown, sergeant-at-arms.
Girls’
officers are: Patty Floaten, presi
dent; Beverly Herrin, vice-presi
dent and Nancy Fletcher, secre
tary.
Two representatives from each
organization and church are re
quested by the Teen Agers to be
at the Legion hall Tuesday even
ing, November 23 at 8 o’clock in
order to advise the group about
future activities. A full program
has been worked out, but help in
carrying out the program is need
ed.
The coming year’s program in
cludes such activities as a ping
pong tournament, monthly ama
teur show, semi-annual waltz con
test, bowling teams, an annual
photo contest and during the sum
mer such activities as tennis,
swimming and archery if equip
ment can be obtained for the lat
ter.
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Legion Backs
Sale of Bonds
Vernonia Post No. 119 of the
American Legion has joined the
more than 17,000 Legion posts
throughout the country in spear
heading the U. S. Savings Bonds
campaign which opens Armistice
Day, and continues through De
cember 11.
This voluntary effort on the
part of Legionnaires will include
publicizing the campaign in the
community and a drive among
Legion post members to buy sav
ings bonds regularly — urging
those members who employ work
ers to promote the payroll savings
plan and those who are self-em
ployed to enroll in a bond-a-month
plan at their banks.
To every post which can certify
that half or more of its member
ship has taken an active part in
the bond campaign, the U. S.
treasury will award a special ci
tation signed by Secretary John
W. Snyder.
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
Squash, Spud
Grow Large
Squash and potatoes grow to
large properties on the Louis
C. Boeck farm on Keasey route if
those on display at the Vernonia
Bakery are any indication.
The squash measures 46’,ix73
inches, is 30 inches in length and
weighs 65 pounds.
The potato is 12 inches in length
17 inches in circumference and
weighs 31a pounds.
Mr. Boeck
is wondering if both do not set
somewhat of a record, at least for
this vicinity.
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Turkey Shoot
Planned Sun.
The Vernonia Trap club is plan
ning this week for a turkey and
merchandise shoot to be staged
Sunday, November 14, Bill Heath,
president of the club, said Tues
day evening. This shoot will be
one of several held so far this
year since the club was organized.
Shooting Sunday will include
both 22 rifles and trap shooting
and is scheduled to begin at 9
o’clock that morning.
Successful marksmen will re
ceive turkeys, chickens and mer
chandise, the president said. The
shoot will take place at the Ore
gon-American ball park.
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Church Banquet
Set for Tuesday
The annual father and son
banquet, sponsored each year
by the Evangelical United Breth
ren church, is scheduled to take
place this year on Tuesday even
ing of next week, November 16.
The turkey dinner will be served
at 7 p.m. the church social hall.
Dr. P. P. Petticord, who re
turned recently from conferences
in Europe, will speak as part of
the evening’s entertainment and
musical numbers will be provided
by the Four Flats male quartet
from Newberg college.
The ladies and girls of the
church will serve the dinner which
is being planned for 150 guests.
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Pictures Taken
Snapshot pictures of students
of Vernonia high school were
taken by the Claude Smith Photo
company recently. Students in the
grade school were snapped the
same week by the same firm.
•
I
Rehearsal Time Set
A rehearsal will be held for
those singing in the church cantata
Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Evan
gelical church. If anyone else
wishes to sing, they are asked
to phone 264.
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Rainier Columbians Win Annual
Grid Game with Loggers Here Fri.
Friday evening, November 5 on
the local field the Rainier Colum
bians defeated the Vernonia Log
gers 27-12 in a game in which the
Loggers line outplayed the Co
lumbians in the last half and
maintained a fairly even first half.
Rainier kicked off to the Loggers
to start this annual gridiron
game.
Williams picked up the
ball on the Logger 5 and carried
it to his own 39 before being
downed by a Columbian.
The
Loggers kicked to the 50 where
the Columbians started their first
touchdown drive which netted
them their first tally after five
minutes of the first quarter had
elapsed. The try for point was
no good. Rainier kicked off to
the Vernonia three where Wil
liams again made a runback to
the 23 before being downed. Bass
then went into the game for
the first time of the evening and
on a run around left end covered
72 yards for the Loggers first
been much closer as the Colum
bians could hardly penetrate the
Vernonia line in the second half,
tally. The try for point failed.
Late in the first half the Co
lumbians once again started a
drive from their own 40 which
ended in a tally. Half time score
was 13-6 in favor of the Co
lumbians.
In the second half Rainier
started a passing attack for their
remaining two tallies. Both in the
third and fourth periods the Rai
nier squad took advantage of the
Loggers’ poor pass defense to
score. The last Logger tally came
late in the fourth period when
Brown bulldozed his way over
from the 2-yard line after driving
the ball from the 35 yard stripe
through a series of line bucks.
The try for point was no good.
Final score was Vernonia 12,
Rainier 27.
The Loggers went into this
game decidedly the underdog and
were supposed to be defeated by
much more than two touchdowns.
If the Loggers had had a good
pass defense, the game would have
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1948
Before and After
Sportsmen to
Name Officers
FrL Evening
Keasey Property
Transfer Intended;
By Laws Drawn Up
Sportsmen who belong to the
Vernonia Rod and Gun club will
undertake another step towards
purchase of the Keasey property
of West Oregon Electric Friday
night of this week when they
meet to name officers and adopt
the by-laws of the corporation that
is being formed. Announcement of
the meeting was made early this
week by Harry King, president of
the club who has asked that every
sportsmen who can be sure to
attend the session.
The adoption of by-laws for
the corporation and the naming of
officers will be the culmination
of a movement started early this
year when West Oregon Electric
Cooperative offered the property
at the Keasey dam for sale and
sportsmen undertook a fund rais
ing program to obtain money for
purchasing the land in order to
preserve Rock creek in its natural
state for fishing.
The meeting Friday evening is
timed to start at 8 p.m. at the
high school, Mr. King said.
Some promises by sportsmen of
money for the purchase have never
been paid, according to those who
have had charge of collections. If
those who promised to pay wish
to make good their promise, they
may do so Friday night.
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Club Asks Help
For Children
Mrs. Elizabeth Meier, formerly
Betty DeHart of Vernonia, is at
present living in Strauberg, Ger
many where her husband is serv
ing with the occupation forces.
She is active in the American Wo
men’s club in Strauberg and the
club has pledged itself to give
aid to two orphanages.
With the help of people in this
country, the club hopes to pro
vide for 200 children from infancy
to 15 years of age. These children
need help desperately and Mrs.
Meier urgently appeals to the
citizens of Vernonia for contri
butions of old clothes, old shoes,
old toys, fabric or food. Nothing
is too old!
Contributions to the club for this
purpose can be mailed to: Strau-
ing Women’s Club, % Chaplain
David M. Reardon, 6th Constabu
lary Regiment, APO 305, %PM,
New York.
•
Student Named
Club Officer
PICTURED is the dam at Keasey which was blasted early this year by authority of West Oregon Electric
Cooperative in order to reduce the Co-op’s tax and insurance load. The change in the stream resulting
from removal of the dam and the Cooperative's desire to dispose of the property brought about a move by
sportsmen to purchase the land surrounding the dam in order to preserve this steelhead stream which is
rated highly by fishermen throughout the state. The scene above shows the dam originally and below is
the result of the blast. As nearly as can be determined, the dam was built in 1924 by the Vernonia Light
and Power company to provide the first electrical service for Vernonia. It was 30 feet high and 70 feet in
length. Non-reinforced concrete was used throughout with the exception of the lip at the top.
Photos by Guy Thomas
Cast for Junior
Play Chosen
The cast has been chosen and
the date of December 3, Friday,
chosen for the presentation of
this year's Junior class play, Ray
Mills, high school principal said
Tuesday.
Title of the play is
“Enter Angela.”
The parts and students acting
them are: Angela—Carol Lobdell,
Octavia—Lois Frank, Marjie Al
len—Barbara Bass, Mrs. Pell—
Mary Ann Clark, Mrs. Smith—
Mary Stevenson, Max Phillips—
Don Renfro, Bill Smith — John
Brown, Anthony—Bill Chalmers,
Ronald—Lonnie Justice and police
man—Floyd Snyder.
•
Barbara Keasey of Vernonia, a
sophomore in lower division at
Oregon state college, was recently
named public relations manager
for the newly-organized Mike
club.
The Mike club was formed at
the beginning of fall term in
order to give students interested
in radio work an opportunity to
gain valuable experience in actual
production. Club members will
have an opportunity to learn script
writing, program direction, con
trol board handling, announcing
and acting.
It is expected that programs
prepared by the group will be
broadcast over the local sta
tions.
•
Plans are going ahead for a
Christmas program to be present
ed by the Evangelical United
Brethren Sunday school on Sunday
evening, December 19. The pro
gram will be in the form of a
play entitled, "Christmas Memo
ries,” which will be prefaced by a
community sing of favorite Christ
mas carols.
Children wishing to take part
in the program should all be pre
sent at Sunday school to learn
further details.
•
Pal Shop Remodeled
Over 900 Register
Remodeling of the Pal Shop
was accomplished during the past
week end when the business was
closed temporarily. The work in
cluded painting of the walls and
wood work and rearranging and
recovering the booths and counters.
Most of the work was done by the
owners, Mr. and Mrs. Carrol
Over 900 people registered for
the two-day opening of the new
sales room at Brunsman Hard
ware and Electric and over a thou
sand attended the event Ptte
Brunsman, owner, said early this
week. He estimated the response
to the sale to be the best of any
event sponsored by the store since
its opening.
Yule Program
Plan of School
Smoker Date Set
November 19 is the date set
for staging a smoker at the high
school gym under the sponsorship
of the student body. The event
will be the first of its kind
this season and admissions will
be used, as a fund to bolster the
school's athletic expenses. Tenta
tive matches have been arranged,
but a definite schedule of the
fights that evening has not been
released.
•
Stock Association
Schedules Meet
A meeting of the Columbia
County Livestock association will
be held at the Yankton Grange
hall Friday evening at 8:00 p.m.,
November 19. There will be im
portant matters in connection with
the livestock industry for Co
lumbia county to consider at that
time advises E. E. Wist, president
of the association.
All livestock men and others
interested in the industry are
invited and urged to be present.
Refreshments will be served after
the meeting.
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Store Announces
Two-week Sale
Timed to start Saturday of
this week is a sale being placed in
effect by Bush Furniture. An
nouncement of the event which
is scheduled to continue for two
weeks, was made early this week
by J. A. Bush, Jr., owner of the
store.
Work was started Monday on
remodeling part of the store show
room in order to facilitate better
displays of merchandise for the
sale.
County Receives
Amusement Tax
Apportionment of $111-7 to Co
lumbia county from amusement
devices taxes aggregating $203,-
048.32 in the state was announced
last week by Secretary of State
Earl T. Newbry.
The money was collected as a
privilege tax on coin-in-the-slot
operated music and amusement
devices. Forty per cent goes to
the counties on the basis of old
age assistance expended by them
during the year ending June 30,
1948.
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Poster Judging
Planned Friday
Boys and girls from the 5th
and 6th grades and girls from the
7th and 8th grades who are com
peting in the Book week poster
contest sponsored by the Vernonia
Library will have their work judg.
ed Friday of this week.
A first and second prize for
the best posters will be awarded
and the posters will be on dis
play the following week, Nov
ember 14 to 20 at the library and
in merchants show windows. New
books will also be on display that
week.
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October Receipts Highest
The highest county clerk re
ceipts of the year were reported
for the month of October, by Coun
ty Clerk C. W. Wickman early
last week . Receipts totaling
$1107.45 included circuit pulge,
$78; district attorney, $35; re
porter fees, $65; law library, $41.-
20; liquor license, $5.00; migratory
chattels, $28.00; aid treasurer,
$855.25.