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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.”
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1948
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
VOLUME 26, NUMBER 51
School Pageant, Singing, 2 Groups Back
Cantata Among Plans for 4-H Summer
Yule Week Programs
Numerous programs, a com
munity sing and Christmas can
tata are among the events which
will mark the week before Christ
mas in this community. The first
event will be the community sing
which is scheduled by the Lions
club for Saturday night of this
week at the lighted tree on Bridge
street
The singing will be led by mem
bers of the Teen Age club who
have been asked by the Lions to
appear that night for the oc
casion. Everyone is welcomed to
the affair President Lynn Thomas
said Monday and a snecial inv’ta-
tion is extended to attend. The
singing will start at 7:30.
On Wednesday evening of next
week, December 22, the annual
school Christmas program will be
given at the Washington grade
school auditorium. The presenta
tion will be in the form of a
pageant of good will entitled
“Merry Christmas to the World.”
The pageant depicts the children
of England, Italy, Spain, France,
Mexico, China, Sweden and Hol
land who are coming to America
to spend Christmas with the child
ren of America. These* fore gn
children are welcomed at the pier
by Uncle Sam, Dick Gossar; Co
lumbia, Faye Millis; Ann, an
American g'rl, Catheryn Keasey;
Billy, an American boy, Bertrum
Woods; two clowns, Albert Ful
ler and Wayne Thomas and by a
typically American Santa Claus,
Jimmie Barker.
Christmas carols will be sung
by these children representing the
foreign countries.
Both Lincoln
and Washington children will par
ticipate. Vocal selections will be
sung by Dane Brady, Ronald An-
derbergg, Jimmy Davis, Charlotte
Welty, Carl Parker, James Stearns,
Patricia Nrrmand, Kathryn Leon
ard and Irene Weaver. Piano solos
will be played by Stella Woolsey,
Marjorie Reynolds, Karen Greene,
Patricia Stiff, Frances Kasner and
Ricky Bush. -Leatha and Sharon
Hamilton will sing a duet ac
companied by Letha playing the
guitar.
The Christian, Evangel'cal U. B ,
Assembly of God, Nazar«ne aid
Seventh Day Adventist churches
are to present the union Christmas
cantata entitled, “The Lights of
Christmas,” at the Evangelical
auditorium December 23. Rev. G.
Wm. Anderson is directing the
choir in which between 40 and
50 people are singing.
Dates for rehearsal are tonight
at 7, Sunday at 3 and next Tues
day at 7. Tickets are available
now at no charge and may be
obtained from any _ minister.
The Christmas program of the
Nazarene Sunday school will be
given Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock.
The program will consist of reci
tations, dialogues, exercises and
songs. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
At the First Christian church
the junior choir will be featured
in the special Christmas Sunday
program in the morning service.
A service of carols and candles
has been arranged and the sanc
tuary will be filled with a beauti
ful array of Christmas candles
and decorations.
The evening service will consist
of a Christmas program of carols
and the special features of the
church school program. The clos
ing feature will be a pageant with
Juanita Falconbury and Bill Wells
in speaking parts. Following the
service the intermediate groups
are to carol in the community and
return to the church for a chili
feed.
Two masses will be held at
St. Mary’s Catholic church Christ
mas day, one at 8 and the other
at 9:30.
In plac« of the regular Evange
listic service, the Sunday school
Christmas program will be held
Sunday evening, December 19 at
7:30 p.m. at the Assembly of
God church.
You are cordially
invited to attend this special
service.
The First Baptist church will
hold its Christmas program Mon
day evening, December 20 at 7:30.
All are cordially invited to attend.
The program will be put on by
the boys and girls of the Sunday
s hool under the direction of Mrs.
Fred Lundgren. There will be
treats for the children.
Vets Tally 3
Net Victories
Three wins in three successive
games arc tallied for the V.F.W.
team since Tuesday of last week
and in all three, Ralph Sturde
vant led the scoring for th« lo
cals.
Against Banks Tuesday of last
week the Vets won 42 to 31, the
closest of the three, and Orenco
came here last Thursday to lose
57 to 26. Both were played here.
Gaston also lost Monday there
47 to 26.
Scholarships
Vernonia Grange,
Pythian Sisters
To Aid Club Work
Two Vernonia groups have al
ready given their support to the
4-H club movement to send two
participants of club work to the
summer school at Corvallis next
year and additional help is being
sought from other organizations
and businesses in this region.
The support of the two organiza
tions, the Vernonia Grange and
the Pythian Sisters, was announc
ed Monday by Mrs. Frank Morris
who said that each group is
sponsoring a 4-H summer school
scholarship.
The scholarships
w’ll be awarded to two youths
who carry on outstanding club
work in the Vernonia district.
The scholarship will provide for
attendance at the school.
In addition to the two organiza
tions who have already indicated
their interest in the work, others
are sought which will increase the
number of 4-Hers who can attend
the annual school. Bus'ness firms
are also eligible for participation
Mrs. Morris said.
Those who
wish to back the movement can
obtain details by galling Mrs.
Morris, telephone 83.
•
Helicopter Seeds 1,000 Acres of Crown
Zellerbach Land; Work Completed Tues.
New City Fire
Truck to Be
Here Soon
Vernonia’s long-awaited new
fire truck and modern fire fight
ing equipment is scheduled for
delivery before the end of this
year, Mayor George Johnson said
Monday. He was notified of the
possible delivery date that day by
a representative of the Howard
Cooper company, Portland, who
was here to see city officials re
garding the machinery.
The truck will be placed in the
hands of the underwriters De
cember 23 for testing and after
this certification is received, the
machine will be delivered here.
A change at the city hall garage
to enlarge the space available for
the truck will be made as soon
as measurements can be obtained
after the truck’s arrival.
A larger doorway will be ne
cessary to permit the truck to
be housed there.
Portland Wins
Honorary Group Rifle Match
The Vernonia rifle team
Adds Keasey Girl Portland
’s No. 4 team there
Cora Mae Dusenborry of Keasey,
a sophomor« in busirio-s and tech
nology at Oregon state was re
cently initiated by Aloha Lambda
Delta, sophomore women’s scholas
tic honor society. Fourteen new
members were added at this time.
In order to be eligible for mem
bership, women must have a 3.5
grade point average for on« term
or a 8.38 average for two terms.
A 3 5 average indicates an equal
number of “A” and "L” grades.
•
Peddlers Fined
Two men were brought into the
city recorder’s' court Monday by
police on a charge of s«lling from
house to house without a city li
cense and were fiped $10 for viola
tion of the ordinance. The men
were attempting to dispose of
oranges brought from California.
They sold the remainder of their
merchandise outside the city li
mits. The oranges were reputed
ly partially spoiled.
Runts and Coaches
met
last
Friday and also defeat at the
hands of the sharpshooters in a
setting and off hand match. Ver
nonia dislikes the sitting position
very much and as the score below
shows, needs quite a bit of prac
tice in this position.
Tod Bowerman, one of the reg
ulars on the Vernonia team, was
unable to make the trip.
Scores and. totals were:
R. Aldrich 178
180 N. Orr
B. George 171
176 R. Wilkinson
M. Lamping 170
169 W. Knoff
H. Peterson 157
169 Vias
B. Lamping 154
163 Pete Free
Totals
830
857
Seal Sale Fund
Coming Slowly
Funds from the annual Christ
mas Seal sale in Columbia county
are coming in about as well as
they did in 1946, but not quite so
well as in 1947, according to Mrs.
W. W. Collis, of St. Helens, chair
man for the county Seal sale.
"We have not yet compiled the
returns by cities,” Mrs. Collis stat
ed,” but will have that ready
about the 15th of December.” Mrs.
Collis also urged that those who
have not sent in their money do
so very soon so that few, if any
reminder cards need be sent.
• '
4-H Goat Club
Starts Work
A Rock creek 4-H Dairy Goat
club was organized December 9
officers were elected and a start
made on the year's program of
activity.
Each member owns a
goat as a project in which strict
cost and record sheets will reveal
the degree of success.
Pictures of record milk pro
ducers were studied in J. F. Fet
ter’s
book,
Stucker Saanens.
Others who wish to join at the
next meeting are asked to see
Laura Mae Seibert.
•
Examiner to Come
SPECIAL credit for their work with 18 grade school boys this summer goes to Msrvia Turner, Ralph Stur
devant and John Brown who coached a group of grade school boys in the fundamentals of both softball and
football. Parents of the juniors believe the boys derived a lot of help from the work of the three coaches.
I ictured arc, back row: Turner, Stardevant and Brown; 2nd row: Skeeter Gill. Speed Lusby, Francis Crow-
otoe. Buddy Fulton; front row: Bobby Crowston, Tommy Ralston, Wayne Thornes, Pat O’Brien. Henry Base,
and Demy Thomas. Not present* for the shot were Jim Peters, Gail Gill, Albert Fuller. Michael Grady,
Melvin Roland, Jack McLaughlin. Merlin Goodbume and LaVeme Goodbume.
(Glen Justice Photo)
A driver’s license examiner will
be on duty in Vemonia at the
eity hall between 10 a.m. and
4 p.m. Friday, December 24.
People wishing licensee or permits
can contact the examiner on that
day.
Stores Plan
Later Hours
Many retail stores plan later
closing hours during the coming
week, a survey of most of them
indicated Monday of this week.
The extended shopping time will
start Saturday of this week and
continue through next week until
the night before Christmas.
The later closing hour will be
8 p.m. instead of 6 as usual in
order to allow last minute shop
pers to make gifts purchases.
•
Student Taken
By Death Friday
MIST — Sudden and unexpected
death came to the C. L. Waddell
home Friday night, taking their
daughter, Margaret. She had at
tended high school in Vernonia
that day and had complained of a
headache on her arrival home after
school.
Her mother advised relief for
the pain, but she was unable to
stand and became violently ill.
She was taken to Clatskanie for
medical attention, but to no avail
and passed away shortly after
reaching there.
Cause of the
death was a brain hemorrage.
Services were held at Mist
yesterday, Wednesday, afternoon
and interment was at Vernonia.
Magaret Waddell had spent her
life in the valley. She was 14
years of age and had graduated
from grade school last year. Left
to mourn her passing are her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Waddell; one sister, Ethel; two
brothers, her grandparents and
many other relatives and friends.
•
Culbertson Edits
Joke Magazine
Released for reader consumption
last week at Pacific university in
Forest Grove was the first edition
of the P. U. Stinker a joke maga
zine edited by Doug Culbertson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cul
bertson.
The magazine, as it describes
itself, “is half ads and half wit,
hence—the half wit magazine.”
Culbertson was instrumental in
writing most of the advertising
and editorial matter appearing in
the magazine and has received
considerable publicity, both by
radio and the newspapers, for
his efforts.
•
Trap Club Sets
Next Shoot Date
Another shoot is scheduled for
next Sunday, December 19, by the
Vernonia Trap club President Bill
Heath said Tuesday when com
petition will be open for turkeys,
chickens, hams and merchandise.
The affair will take place at
the O-A ball park and will fea
ture both 22 rifles and trap shoot
ing.
•
Free Show for
Students Dated
Students in the grade and high
schools are scheduled to view a
free matinee at the Joy Theatre on
the afternoon of December 23
Manager Jay Taggart said early
this week. The picture is timed
to start at 1:30.
Transportation for those stu
dents who reside out of town will
be provided by busses as usual
through arrangements made with
the schools so that the trip home
can be made after the show.
Planting by
Hand Also
Being Planned
The 1948-49 reforestration pro
gram of Crown Zellerbach corp
oration is now underway in Wash
ington and Oregon, with a total
of 4500 acres to be restocked by
helicopter seeding, hand planting
and hand seeding. Due to the
successful results from seeding
last winter by helicopter, thia
same method will be used to re
stock 3500 acres on four of the
company’s eight tree farms in
Oregon and Washington this sea
son.
Last year was the first
time that tree seeding had beeD
attempted by helicopter, and the
initial check of several areas
shows satisfactory germination.
The restocking program is on
land serving pulp and paper mills
of Crown Zellerbach at Camas,
Washington, West Linn and Leba
non, Oregon, and is one phase
of the company's action program
to attain true sustained yield for
its Pacific Northwest tree farms
totaling some one-half million
acres.
The helicopter seeding of 1,000
acres on the Columbia Tree Farm
was completed on December 14.
The seed sown consisted of a
mixture of Port Orford cedar,
western hemlock, Douglas fir and
Grand fir and was dispersed at
the rate of approximately 25,000
sect’s per acre. The area is lo
cated south of the Camp 9 cross
ing on the old St. Helens road.
The Central kircraft company
of Yakima has again been hired
for , the helicopter seeding job.
This company Has flown for
Crown Zellerbach several years,
first in *dusting” a looper-infect
ed area in Clatsop county, next
in airplane dispersal of tree seed
over logged areas, and last year on
the helicopter seeding project
The reforestation program will
be carried out under direction of
George Schroeder, assistant chief
forester of Crown Zellerbach corp
oration.
The helicopter is equipped with
a special seed dispersal unit and is
able to fly consistently at a very
low level above the areas being
seeded.
Uniform seed distribu
tion plus ideal weather conditions
of the past eleven months are
credited with producing good
germination and survival from
last year’s seeding.
The hand planting program for
the Columbia Farm will include
70,000 low elevation Douglas fir,
10,000 Monterey pine plus the
experimental plantings.
The restocking program was
made possible this year only by
the most exhaustive search and
procurement of seed from British
Columbia to southern Oregon. In
the spring indications were for
an adequate seed crop, but wet
weather and failure of polleniza-
tion added up to one of the poorest
seed crops in Pacific Coast his
tory.
Cones were purchased from lo
cal people in these spots or were
harvested by the company's own
men. A total of 12,400 pounds of
fir cones and 5400 pounds of Wes
tern Hemlock cones were taken on
the Columbia and Clatsop Tree
Farms ip Oregon, and 3700 pounds
of Hemlock cones were picked on
the Cathlamet tree farm in Wash
ington, and varying amounts from
British Columbia, Lake Tahken-
itch, Neah Bay arid other places,
including some spruce and Port
Orford cedar. The cones were
hauled to Salem, where a private
seed operator extracted the seed
for delivery to Crown Zellerbach-