Library, U of 0
“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.”
May 4 Marble Tourney
Sign-up Urged by Vets;
Winners to Enter State
More detail about the Vernonia | which is handling details here.
marble tournament being spon­
Entry blanks are available from
sored by the Veterans of Foreign
Mr. Gordon and on the blanks are
Wars post on May 4 were avail­ listed the rules governing the
able the forepart of this week contest. The winners and runners-
after the post committee had made up here will go to the Oregon
definite arrangements for the State Marble tournament cham­
event following last week’s an­ pionship playoffs to be held at
nouncement.
Jantzcn beach Saturday, May 14.
The tournament is divided into
A winner and the runner-up in
two divisions 6 to 12 years and 13
each division are eligible to enter
to 15 years and boys and girls and must be registered at the
who wish to enter can do so by Young Oregonians headquarters in
signing up with Superintendent
Portland by 5 p.m. Saturday, May
Paul Gordon. The local playoff 7. The state champion will re­
■will follow the annual May day ceive a free trip to the Veterans
program being held at the high of Foreign Wars national marble
school in the afternoon of the contest finals at Pittsburgh, Penn­
same day.
sylvanie June 22, 23, 24 and 25.
The tournament will take place . The state champ will also win a
hack of the Washington school and bicycle and other valuable prizes
will be under the direction of mem­ I and there will be trophies, prizes
bers of the V.F.W. committee and awards for other winners.
Cubs See Two
Logger Sees
Black Chipm'nk Films Tuesday
Something unusual in woods lore
•was seen by R. H. Meyer last week
at the logging camp on Big creek
where he is logging. His report
mentioned a coal black chipmunk
which was marked by stripes of
either a lighter black or deep
brown color.
The animal was mingling with
others of his kind but with the
usual coloring. Mr. Meyer plans
to trap the chipmunk this week.
Savings Deposits
Up for Quarter
Savings deposits for the year
up to April 11 show an increase
over figures released for December
31, 1948 in a report made by
Earl A. Bowman, president of the
Vernonia Branch, Commercial Bank
of Oregon a few days ago. How­
ever, the overall deposit picture
here has declined somewhat, as
has been the case elsewhere in the
country, when demand and savings
deposits are combined.
Demand deposits have dropped
$13,654.07 from December 31 while
savings have increased $3,790.02,
making a net decline of $9,864.05.
The condensed statement of con­
dition of the Commercial Group
of Banks as of April 11, indicates
the general decline in deposits, the
drop from December 31 to April
11 amounting to $1,452,299.79.
Since the December 31 report
the Commercial Group has in­
creased its banking facilities with
the opening of a new bank at
West Slope.
Picking Due Early
Picking on the 12 acres of
strawberries owned by Ralph Mc­
Kee and W. G. Heath will pro­
bably start earlier this year than
usual the former said this week
when he indicated it was likely
that harvesting would start about
the 25th of May. A good crop is
anticipated and local pickers will
be employed by the men.
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1949
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
VOLUME 27, NUMBER 17
The monthly Cub Scout pack
meeting was held Tuesday, April
26 at the Union hall under the
direction of Jim Davies and Der-
rold Proehl, Cubmaster and as­
sistant Cubmaster respectively.
Ralph Schumn, district com­
missioner for the Boy Scouts of
America was guest speaker and
he also presented two films on
Cub Scouting in the Home. Cub­
master Davies stressed parent
attendance at the pack meetings
in view of the fact parents portray
such a large part in Cub Scout­
ing.
Summer camping, picnics, etc.,
were discussed, with more definite
plans promised for the next pack
meeting to be held May 31. Re­
ceiving awards
were Jimmie
Peters, Wolf badge; Dale Hing,
Gold Arrow and James Kirkbride,
Lion badge.
A new den has been organized
at Pittsburgh under the direction
of Mrs. Lucille McAdam, bringing
the total of dens to five.
Library Board
Elects Officers
At a recent meeting of the Ver­
nonia library board, officers were
re-elected for the coming year.
Mrs. Marvin Kamholz will act
as chairman of the group, Mrs.
Harry Culbertson as treasurer and
Mrs. Paul Gordon as secretary.
Other members of the board are
Mrs. Lyman Hawken and Mrs.
Lee Engen.
As is the customary procedure,
the board will accept applications
for librarian and assistant li­
brarian.
Appointments will be
made from the applications, sub­
ject to the approval of the city
council.
Pomona to Meet
The Columbia County Pomona
Grange will meet at Beaver Valley
on Saturday, May 7 for the reg­
ular quarterly meeting.
90 Boys, Girls
Enrolled in
4-H Work Here
A total of 90 boys and girls in
the Vernonia area are now en­
rolled in 4-H club work, accord­
ing to Harold Black, county ex­
tension agent in 4-H club work.
This compares to a total en­
rollment of approximately 75 last
year. At the present time there
are fourteen 4-H clubs organized.
This is an increase of five clubs
more than there were a year ago.
Cooking clubs show the largest
enrollment, with forestry being
second. The number of club mem­
bers carrying various projects are
as follows: cooking — 34, forestry
—24, livestock — 18, clothing—
14, and dairy goat — 6.
Local club leaders who make
4-H clubs possible by giving of
their time and efforts are: cook­
ing — "Mrs. Bessie Tapp, Mrs.
Harry Kipp, Mrs. Lillian Meyer,
Mrs. F. W. Slemmons. and Mrs.
Florence Kirkbride; clothing —
Mrs. Lewis Laramore, Mrs. Alice
Gwinn, Mrs. Inger Ashley, Mist;
livestock — Ralph McKee, Byron
Kirkbride, and Henry Anderegg;
forestry—Robert Lindsay, Harold
McEntire, Clint Seibert, Bill Wil­
son and Paul Goodmonson; and
dairy goat—Clint Seibert. Mrs.
Frank Morris is acting as leader
for a number of individual pro­
jects.
Leaders for New
PTA Elected Mon.
At a meeting of parents and the
teachers of Vernonia high school
Monday, by-laws for the newly-
organized group were adopted and
officers to serve for the coming
year were named in addition to the
appointment of committee chair­
men.
Vernonia High School Parent-
Teachers association was the of­
ficial name designated for the
organization which was formed
just recently. The by-laws adpted
Monday designated the fourth
Monday of each month as the
meeting time at the high school
and established dues at $1 per
year.
Heading the group as president
is Mrs. Bruce Bass. Working with
her will be Mrs. J. A. Davis as
vice-president. Miss Velma Ben­
nett as secretary and Mrs. Lewis
Morgan as treasurer.
Committee chairmen are: ways
and means, Mrs. Lewis Laramore;
entertainment, Mrs. D. F. O’Brien;
refreshment, Mrs. Virgil Snook;
membership, Mrs. Blanche Millis
and publicity, Mrs. W. A. Brim­
mer.
Several projects were discussed
but a definite decision on the
association’s first endeavor was
postponed until the next future
meeting when a larger attendance
will be sought. The next meet­
ing is scheduled for May 23.
Sale to Help
Building Fund
The possibility of development
industrially of deposits of laterite
ore in Columbia county was indi­
cated in a recent report by the
state department of geology and
mineral industries. Exploration
of laterite deposits, chiefly in the
area southwest of Scappoose, has
been carried on by the Aluminum
Company of America for several
years.
Extensive deposits have
been found both in this county
and in Washington county.
The state department report,
in mentioning the possible in­
dustrial development, told that
laterite can readily be developed
into alumina cement which has
a number of advantages over reg­
ular cement.
The report said
For the benefit of a fund to
be devoted towards erect iry a new
building for the Vernonia public
library, the Mt. Heart club, with
the assistance of other women’s
organizations in town, is spon­
soring a cooked food sale to
be held in the Sundland Electric
building Saturday, May 7.
The movement towards creating
a library improvement fund was
begun last year by the Vernonia
Study club when that group backed
a silver tea. Later a carnival was
staged by different women’s or­
ganizations. Proceeds from these
two previous events plus that from
the food sale next week are being
held for the community better­
ment project.
Wed. Date Set
For Annual
May Program
Queen Beverly to
Preside at Court
On School Lawn
Number Up from
Last Year’s Total
Of 75 Members
Laterite Deposit in County
Indicated by Geology Report
I that the cement:
1. Showed the strength within
, 24 hours that is not reached by
j regular cement until 28 days.
2. Has resistence unequaled by
any other cement and is particu­
larly impervious to calcium sulfate
and sea waters.
3. Has high resistence in ex­
treme cold temperatures, which
are too low for ordinary cement.
Aluminous cement is manufac-
| tured by only one firm in the
U. S. despite its already extensive
use for special purposes.
The
department's article indicated that
far greater use of alumina cement
; would be made if it were more
I available.
Annual X-ray Unit Visits
Scheduled Here May 2-3
x-ray unit when it comes here Monday and Tuesday of next
week to give free examinations as a check against tuberculosis.
A SCENT similar to this will greet people who go to the chest
This years’ visit of the chest
x-ray unit to Columbia county will
make the survey available to Ne­
halem valley people on two dates,
May 2 in the afternoon and May
3. Preparation for the two-day
stop here has already been made
under the backing of the grade
school P.-T.A. which has been act­
ing as the sponsoring organization
by arranging schedules for people
to come to the unit for x-raying.
Mrs. John Kirk heads the com-
More Scholarship
4-H Awards Made
Columbia county organizations,
groups, and business firms have
awarded twenty-seven scholarships
to the 4-H club summer school
which will be held in Corvallis
during June, it was announced
recently.
The winner of these awards
were selected on a basis of their
4-H club achievement during the
club year ending in 1948, leader­
ship, activities, number of pro­
jects completed, and general 4-H
club record.
The dates for summer school this
year are June 14 to 24. Out­
standing 4-H club members from
all over Oregon attend this sum­
mer school held every year. Ap­
proximately 1700 club members
are expected this year.
In addition to the awards an­
nounced last week, the following
club members will receive scholar­
ships.
Yankton Grange, Mary Barr, St.
Helens and Robert Howard, St.
Helens; Fair Board, Jean Kirk­
bride, Vernonia and Robert Pease,
St. Helens; Bachelor Flat Com­
munity Club, Marlene Thomas, St.
Helens; Bachelor Flat Womens
Club, May Ellen Mowery, Warren;
Warren Grange, Ralph Gabrielson,
Warren; Pomona Grange, Joyce
Radabah, St. Helens; Mid-Colum-
bia Co-op, Wayne Jones, St. Hel­
ens; Rainier Commercial Club,
Billy Hall, Goble and Irma Norred,
Goble; Safeway Stores, Inc., Chas.
Schwab, Deer Island; and St.
Helens P.E.O., Norma Jean Wil­
son, Deer Island.
Dance to Aid
Auto Race Fund
Tickets are being distributed to
members of the Vernonia Lions
club who will sell them as ad­
missions to a benefit dance the
club is sponsoring to raise a fund
for this year’s midget auto race
to be held later in the summer.
Planning of the sale was started
at a recent meeting of the club
when the benefit dance was de­
cided upon as a means of raising
the necessary money for the event.
First-place winner of the race
this year will receive a bicycle.
Bill Horn, chairman of the Lions
dance committee, states. The dance
will be held May 14 at the I.O.O.F.
hall.
Schoolmaster* to Meet
The Columbia County School-
masters club will meet at the
Vernonia Golf and Country club
Monday of next week. Men
teachers in county schools belong
to the organization which meets
once a month.
mittee which has conducted a
house-to-house canvass of homes
in this area to arrange for the
visits.
The unit will be located at the
Oregon-American mill in the after­
noon of the first day and mill
employees will be surveyed under
arrangements made by C. L. An­
derson.
High school Principal
Ray Mills is handling the survey
for high school students.
The annual chest survey comes
to the county through the co­
operation of the Columbia County
Tuberculosis and Health associa­
tion, Columbia County Health de­
partment, Oregon State Board of
Health and the Oregon Tuberculo­
sis and Health association. Object
of the survey is to find early
cases of TB among the working
groups and to prevent employees
from being exposed to active cases
of tuberculosis. X-rays are taken
at the rate of 60 per hour, the
service is confidential and is free
to all who are x-rayed.
The visit of the unit here is
made possible through monies
raised by the sale of Christmas
seals.
Services for
John Ade Read
Funeral services for John Elias
Ade were conducted Monday after­
noon, April 25, at the Bush Fun­
eral home chapel at 2 p.m. fol­
lowing his death Friday of last
week.
The deceased was born Novem­
ber 19, 1865 in Clermont county,
Bantam, Ohio and passed away
at Vernonia April 22 at the age
of 83 years, five months and two
days. He lived in Nebraska the
biggest part of his life, coming to
Oregon in 1934.
Surviving are: a sister, Lyda
Ade of Wichita, Kansas; four sons,
William of Wolf Point, Montana,
Philip of Cutler City and Henry
and Edwin of Vernonia; three
grandsons, Henry Jr., Wesley M.,
and Allan A. Ade, all of Vernonia.
Committment was at the Ver­
nonia Memorial cemetery.
Play* Scheduled Fri.
Two eighth grade plays are
being prepared for presentation
Friday evening of this week at
the Washington school. They are
“The Curiosity Cure” and ‘‘The
Child Wonder” and are being di­
rected by Mrs. Harry Sandon and
Miss Marion Schwartz.
Piano
students who gave the best per­
formances at the recital yesterday
afternoon will perform again be­
tween acts of the play.
This year’s May day event,
the annual festival of the high
school, will take place this year
on May 4, weather permitting, Ray
Mills, principal, said early this
week. The program which is
prepared for presentation on the
high school lawn will depend, as
usual, on a day favorable to the
event, he said.
Queen Beverly Herrin will pre­
side over her court and the festi­
val program in which both the
grade school and high school are
cooperating. Her court will be
composed of two princesses from
each of the classes as well as
prime minister Lester DeHart, the
flower girls and train bearers. A
different feature this year is
that each princess will be escorted.
The princesses are: Seniors,
Marylin Graves and Mary Jane
Armstrong; Juniors, Bonnie Wil-
coxen and Margie Roland; Sopho­
mores, Delores Barrett and Mar­
guerite Thomas and Freshmen,
Alice Davis and Laura Steers.
Jimmy Mullins will be the crown
bearer, flower girls will be Linda
Thomas and Michele Anderson and
train bearers, Donna Cookson and
Jeannie Hanson.
4-H Community
Day Is Topic
Part of the training meeting of
4-H leaders last Thursday, April
21, was devoted to further plan­
ning for the community day event
which is scheduled to take place
here at the Legion hall May 14.
Parents of 4-H club members also
attended the session.
Reports on the community day
project were heard during the
business session which was fol­
lowed by a two-part meeting when
Mrs. Maud Casswell gave instruc­
tion to leaders on judging muffins
biscuits, and cup cakes while
Harold Black gave instruction to
the agricultural leaders.
The 4-H achievement day on the
14th of next month is an annual
event for club members in the Ne-
haiem valley. It serves as a pre­
paratory step for the county fair
later in the year. Several local
organizations are helping this year
to make the day a success.
Mist District Sets
Election Date --’
A special meeting will be held
at the Mist grade school May 2,
according to an announcement of
the session made early this week.
The meeting is scheduled for Mon­
day of next week, May 2 at 8
p.m. when an election will be held
to authorize the board of direc­
tors of Mist school district 52
to dispose of the real property and
buildings thereon formerly be­
longing to Natal school district 22
by sealed bid.
The board of directors of the
Mist district urge all voters to
attend this meeting.
About 250 Attend District No. 1
Conference of Legion, Auxiliary
Nearly 250 people were here
last Saturday afternoon and even­
ing to be present for the district
I conference of the American
Legion and Auxiliary. The after­
noon sessions were opened by
Vernonia Commander Cleo Wal-
rath at a joint meeting of the
men and women who later held
seperate sessions for their busi­
ness meetings.
Following the evening dinner
served by the Vernonia Auxiliary,
both Mrs. Mitchell Thom, state
' president of the Auxiliary, and
Kelly Owens, state commander of
the Legion spoke to the delegates.
Owens presented information on
the Russian situation and also
pointed out that the Legion was
now comprised of a larger mem­
bership than all other veterans
organizations.
Rev. and Mrs. G. Wm. Ander­
son appeared on the evening pro­
gram by presenting musical num­
bers.
The Tillamook drum and bugle
corps also performed during the
evening.