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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.”
Most Stores
To Close 4 th
Start of Day
Camps Set
For July 5
Program Sponsored
By Girl Scout
Leaders for Month
Day Camps, sponsored by the
Vernonia Girl Scouts, are sched­
uled to begin Tuesday of next
week, July 5, and continue through
the month to the 29th on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday of each
week, according to an announce­
ment made earlier this week by
Mrs. Ralph Reynolds.
The camp will be at Maple Mea­
dows four miles from Vernonia on
the Mist highway. Day camp is
a place where any girl between
the ages of 6 and 18 years can
have fun of camping without
going away from home, Mrs. Rey­
nolds explained. Transportation to
and from the camp w'll be pro­
vided and will leave at 9:30 a.m.
each morning camp is held from
Second and Maple streets.
Girls are asked to bring carfare,
lunch, parent consent form, drink­
ing cup and money for milk. Girls
10 years old or older, who have
attended at least three days of
camp and have proven themselves
good campers will have a chance
to camp out one night.
11-Year China
Stay Completed
Miss Adeline Bertha Gray, a
former Vernonia resident, recently
returned to Oregon after 11 years
spent in China and a very short
stay in Japan. Miss Gray who was
known in Vernonia as Bertha
Gray, is at present making a short
stay with her cousins, Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Parker, 125 Clairmont
St., Gladstone.
Miss Gray, whose aunt is Mrs.
Albert Parker, an old Vernonia
resident now living in Clatskanie,
spent much of her childhood in
Vernonia and graduated from Ver­
nonia high school in 1931. She
then entered the U. of O., Eugene.
Miss Gray, who speaks Chinese
which she studied at the Univer­
sity of California, was teaching
in Chinese universities in China,
also worked on the English press,
and with the tl. S. Army, UNRRA,
etc.
She also visited other parts of
Asia, including India, Indo-China,
Japan, while she was in the Orient.
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Examiner to Come
A drivers license examiner will
be in Vernonia Friday, July 8
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and may
be contacted at the city hall dur­
ing that time by persons wishing
permits or licenses to drive.
Owners and employees of nearly
all Vernonia places of business
will enjoy a longer week end free
of their regular jobs because of
the July 4th holiday Monday, a
check earlier this week indicates
Many firms plan to reopen for
business again Tuesday morning,
July 5, but in at least one instance
that of the Vernonia Cleaners,
the business will be closed also
on the 5th, and 6th and possibly
on the 7th. An announcement
of the longer closing was made
Tuesday by Mrs. Bob Cline.
Publication of The Eagle will
be delayed one day and will be
received by subscribers Friday,
July 8.
Community Sing
Well Attended
Last Sunday’s community sing,
the second since the organization
was formed, brought an atten­
dance at the Baptist church that
nearly filled the building, nearly
all seats being filled. At the
close of the meeting, Miss Beverly-
Herrin was selected as secretary
of the group.
The sing features group singing
as well as special music and mem­
bers of all churches are cordially
invited to participate according to
Marshall Crowell, president of the
group.
Rev. Thomas J. Kilcoyne has
suggested that the meetings be
held at the different churches, the
place to be decided by the group
at the preceding gathering.
It
is believed that the activity would
soon outgrow the present quarters
of the church in which it was
organized.
However, the next gathering
will take place at the Baptist
church Sunday,_ July 10, at 2
o’clock and there will be no charge,
the president said.
Large Booster
Needed for TV
A larger booster to assure a
proper reception of television
broadcasts here from Seattle was
indicated by tests made late last
week at the Bush Furniture store
when TV experts were here to
attempt pickup of the Seattle
station.
TV broadcasts were received Mr.
Bush said, and were considered
satisfactory considering the dis­
tance from the station, but they
could and would be improved w;th
the addition of the larger booster.
Success of the test indicated
that reception from Longview and
Portland would be good when
stations are installed there.
Herrin Named Welfare Expenditures in
To Board of June Total $29,803.81
High School
Exceeding of Six
Percent Limit Gets
Approval on Ballot
The vacant position on the
board of Vernonia union high
school was filled Monday after­
noon when voters selected M. L.
Herrin to fill the position which
was vacated by the expired term
of Noble Dunlap. Mr. Herrin’s
name had been place! on the bal­
lot by a petition which had been
circulated locally two or three
weeks before ths election by mem­
bers of the high school parent-
> Teachers association.
The ballot also asked for ap­
proval or rejection of the right
to exceed the six per cent limita­
tion. The vote Monday granted
the right to exceed the limit.
Cubs Get Awards
At Pack Meeting
At a pack meeting of the Cub
Scouts Tuesday evening of this
week, the boys received awards for
their work and the future date
was set when their picnic will be
held, weather permitting. The
recent picnic date was postponed
because of the weather.
The future date for the event
is July 24.
Receiving awards Tuesday were:
Wolf badge — Richard O’Brien,
Jack Howard, Joe Taylor, Ronnie
O’Brien and Delbert Tunnell’ Bear
badge — Ronald Anderegg, Dale
Hing, John Kirk and Kenneth
Wagner; Lion badge — Bobby
Hackney, Leslie Harding and
Larry Bernardi; Weblos badge—
James Kirkbride; Gold arrow —
Bobby Hackney, Larry Bernardi,
Dale Hing, Jim Peters and Ronald
Anderegg; Silver Arrows—Bobby
Hackney, Larry Bernardi, Dale
Hing and Jim Peters and Bobcat
pins — Ronnie O’Brien, Dane
Brady and Gary Strong.
Laborer Takes
Truck, Money
Minnard Hawks, workman for
the Johnson Construction company
which is working on the Timber
road into the junction with the
Sunset highway, is being sought
by state police following a robbery
here Monday night. Hawks worked
Monday with the construction gang
and roomed that night with Boyd
Summers at the Vernonia hotel.
He left during the night with
$50 of Summers money and a pick­
up truck belonging to the con­
struction firm.
Expenditures for the month of
June in Columbia county on wel­
fare were released earlier this
week by Mrs. Eva L. Tice, ad­
ministrator of the Columbia Coun­
ty Public Welfare commission as
totaling $29,803.81. Mrs. Tice also
released a statement of matters
reviewed at the commission meet­
ing for the month.
The report of expenditures was
itemized as follows:
General Assistance, 118 cases, $5,-
985.26. (Three applications on
hand).
Old Age Assistance, 368 cases,
$15,218.00 (Eight applications
on hand).
Aid to Dependent Children, 73
cases, $6,745.00.
(Seven ap­
plications on hand).
Aid to the Blind, 5 cases, $324.00.
Administration, 7 cases $1,501.55.
Total, $29,803.81.
In the statement released by the
commission was pointed out the
support given dependent children
as well as the disposition made of
several complaints regarding ex­
penditures of funds where not
justified. The statement follows:
"This month we have had two
pleasant inquiries and several con­
demnatory criticisms regarding
families supposedly on public
funds who have no right to as­
sistance. No one family identified
was actually receiving assistance
and most of them were not known
to this organization.
“However, the complaints would
not identify two families, so no
determination could be made re­
garding them. In both cases the
complaints were ‘sure’ of their
‘facts’, but would not identify so
status could actually be deter­
mined.
‘‘Such complaints have value in
interpreting welfare standards,
and may without violation of the
law regarding the confidential na­
ture of our records result in the
complaint securing information
that she needs to have to under­
stand what becomes of the welfare
dollar.
“Rarely is a complaint or inquiry
received regarding a family for
whom a long-range plan has been
made. Occasionally an approval
is registered. Recently there have
been several regarding children
under care in foster homes super­
vised by this agency. Currently
there are 30 Columbia county
children in foster homes, one is
partially self-supporting, another
is fully supported by his father,
although supervision is by this
agency. At this time, four of these
children persist in some unap­
proved attitude or activity, the
Shipman Added
To County Force
A new state patrolman has been
added to the Columbia county
force to replace William Radose-
vich, who has been transferred to
the Milwaukie area, according to
Patrolman Roy Wilburn.
The new patrolman is Glen Ship­
man, Vernonia. Shipman has been
with the state police for seven
months, having been assigned to
the Milwaukie office prior to his
transfer to the Columbia county
force.
Sgt. Holly Holcomb, who has
been training with the air force
reserve in Washington during the
past two weeks was due to return
to St. Helens last Sunday and was
back on duty Monday of this week.
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WITH water . WHEN
LEAVING
THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1949
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
VOLUME 27, NUMBER 26
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Blood Donors Wanted
The visit of the Red Cross
bloodmobile in Vernonia is sched­
uled for July 13 of the coming
month. People who wish to con­
tribute blood at that time are
asked to call Mrs. Guy Thomas.
1011, or Mrs. John Kirk, 84, so
that a list of the names of donors
can be prepared before the day
the unit will be here.
others appear to be normal, happy
children. For many of these there
has been a drastic change from a
deprived unfavorable situation.
The expressed approval of neigh­
bors and teachers is not uncom­
mon.
“Foster homes are certified on
investigation. Warm, out-giving
foster parents are the prime re­
quisite—generally a child wants
love in quantities—and it interests
him not at all to have overstuffed
and polished furniture. When a
child needs a home one is picked
for him from those homes already
certified, or if no home is avail­
able, an effort is made to secure
one. This agency is not an adop­
tive agency and the children who
remain under supervision are not
adoptable children.”
Swim Manuals
Available Now
Swimming and diving manuals
are available here and can be
obtained from Doug Culbertson,
guard at the city park pool, he
said Tuesday evening. The man­
uals, which sell for 60 cents each,
are being provided by Herbert
Eisenschmidt, water safety com­
missioner for Columbia county and
director of the St. Helens swim
pool.
Culbertson also announced that
a two-way swimming meet be­
tween Vernonia and St. Helens is
scheduled to take place about
the middle of July at St. Helens.
Swimmers from there will come
here later in the year for a re­
turn meet. Events will consist of
relays, breast, back and free style
strokes. Several time marks have
been set by Vernonia swimmers
at the annual county swimming
meet which is also scheduled to
take place again this year at a
later date.
During good weather the average
number of youngsters taking swim
lessons at the park pool has been
15, the guard said.
Fall from Car
Injures Girl
Carolyn, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Krieger, Jr., was
seriously injured last Sunday when
she fell from the Krieger car as
it was traveling about 30 miies
an hour.
Mrs. May Krieger,
grandmother, attempted to prevent
the fall and succeeded temporarily
by catching the girl’s coat but
the youngster slipped out of it.
It is thought that the car wheel
ran across her legs, one of the
upper leg bones being broken. The
child was treated here and taken
to Providence hospital, Portland,
where she will be for probably
three weeks.
Fire Warning
Sounded by
HOG Chairman
Extra Care Over
Holiday Period
Asked in Forests
The practice of extreme care
with fire in forest areas was
urged earlier this week for the
coming long week end when many
people will take advantage of th?
opportunity to enjoy a short va­
cation over the 4th. The warning
was issued by Glen Hawkins, coun­
ty chairman of Keep Oregon
Green. He pointed out that people
can camp now without first ob­
taining a permit, as a general
'.•rest area closure has not been
declared, but that extreme care
should be exercised in picking the
camp site and in the use of fire.
Forest fires can start at this
time even though there have been
recent rains in this locality. For
the state as a whole, the past
two months of dryness has turned
forests into a tinder box and a
carelessly started fire could cause
another Tillamook burn from a
forest fire standpoint, the ex­
tremely dry weather having creat­
ed a situation identical with 1933
when 350,000 acres went up in
smoke in the Tillamook burn.
In this vicinity a very enviable
record has been maintained on
the Columbia Tree Farm where
no calls to supress fires have
been received so far this season.
The Pittsburg guard station, how­
ever, has been called into action,
mostly beyond the St. Helens
mountain.
The KOG chairman pointed out
that five large signs reminding
people of the need for care have
been posted in this part of the
Nehalem valley along with other
smaller signs. The large posters,
which are mounted in a substantial
wood frame of rustic construction,
have proven so popular that three
of them have also been made by
Columbia Farm workmen for use
on the Clatsop Tree farm Tith
headquarters at Seaside.
Six precautions have been listed
for Oregonians who take to the
woods this week end. They are:
1. Never leave a camp fire burn­
ing.
Use plenty of water to
drown it out. 2. Never smoke
when walking or traveling through
forest land. 3. Never throw a
lighted cigarette, matches or burn­
ing material from cars. 4. Always
use an ash tray. 5. Never light
fire crackers in the woods. 6.
Be sure cigarette or pipe ashes
are ground out in mineral soil.
Building Painted
The exterior of the building
owned by West Oregon Electric
Cooperative was being painted
earlier this week by Ed Hartzell,
employee of the Cooperative.
Vernonia 4-Hers Take Part in
Summer School Program at OSC
Columbia county’s delegation of
38 club members and four leaders
to 4-H summer school at Cor­
vallis returned home Friday, June
24, after spending 10 days at
Oregon State college.
A full schedule of classes deal­
ing with all phases of agriculture
and home economics, organized
athletic games and swimming,
special assemblies, programs, and
parties kept everybody busy every
day while at the school.
Upon arriving home, one of the
4-H club members remarked that
it was the happiest 10 days that
he ever had.
Ralph Gabrielson, Warren, plac­
ed third in the livestock judging
contest held the last day.
Girls from Columbia county who
took part in the style review and
modeled their dresses were Nancy
Seline, Scappoose. Marry Barr, and
Rose Barr, both of St Helens.
In the state poster contest spon­
sored by the State 4-H leaders
association, the poster made by
Billy Waller, Neer City, won a
white award.
Four members from Columbia
county took part in a special re­
creation leadership training class.
The purpose of the class was to
train boys and girls in the tech­
nique of leading certain phases of
recreation so they can help with
these activities in their home com­
munity. Those taking thia class
were Frances Brady, Warren;
Phyllis Laramore, Vernonia; Clif­
ford Shoemaker, Scappoose an 1
Harold Schmidlin, Vernonia.
Those who took part in Columbia
county's radio program over
KOAC were Sue Johnson, Clats­
kanie; Jean Kirkbride, Vernonia;
Mildred Thomas, St.
Helens;
Charles Schwab, Deer Island; Mrs.
John Harvey, Quincy and Harold
Black, county extension agent.
Local club leaders from Co­
lumbia county acted ns chaperone»
were Mrs. Alta James, Deer Island
and Mrs. John Harvey, Quincy.