“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.”
Back in Uniform
Councilmen Talk License;
Business Definition Asked
City councilmen were again con
fronted Monday evening with a
problem concerning the city oc
cupation license, which recently
was considered at a hearing in
the circuit court at St. Helens.
The council also heard City At
torney Neal Bush explain that the
case may be appealed from the de
cision handed down by Circuit
Judge Howard K. Zimmerman that
the license covers bread trucks
which deliver here from bakeries
located elsewhere.
The problem that councilmen
were asked to decide Monday was
v.hat constituted a business under
the wording of the license ordi
nance. The question was posed
by John Kirk who operates a ma
chine and repair shop as a hobby
after regular hours of work. He
Heavy Tree Seed
Year Expected
Newell Wood, local Crown Zel-
lerbach employee, brought into
the Crown office last week a
sample of an exceedingly heavily
cone-laden cedar bough. The bough
is now on display at the company
office. Wood reported that he
cut the specimen from the cedar
tree at the spring on the old
George Lawrence place.
There
have been several other reports
of heavy cone crops on cedar
trees in the valley.
Indications are that it will be
also a relatively heavy Douglas-
fir seed year. Crown Zellerbach,
which is planning to commence
the purchase and collection of
Douglas fir cones in the near fu
ture, plans the collection of a
larger quantity of cones this year
than last. Last year’s cone col
lections in this area amounted to
178 bushels.
Also on display at the company’s
offices are several noble fir cones
hrought in by Carl Enneberg.
These cones were found on an
isolated tree near Mist in an
area some distance putside the
normal range for this naturally
high altitude tree.
The cones
on this tree average approxi
mately 8 inches long and grow
upright on the branches similar
to those of the grand or white
fir which is found locally.
Rites Conducted
At Chapel Wed.
William Ancel Roberts, age 58,
died here July 16 following a
heart attack. He was bom April
2, 1891 at Hall county, Nebraska.
He came to Rainier at the age of
eleven years where he spent his
childhood and since then has spent
most of his life in Portland and
Vernonia. His survivors are his
widow, Anna, of Vernonia, a bro
ther, John Roberts, of Rainier,
three sisters, Mrs. Pansy Blari of
Rainier, Mrs. Edna Griffs of
Uriah, California and Mrs. Myrtle
Challott of Long Beach, California,
his nephews and nieces and many
friends.
Services for the deceased were
conducted here at the Bush chapel
yesterday, Wednesday, July 20 and
interment was at the Memorial
cemetery.
Annual Grange
Picnic Dated
The annual Pomona Grange
picnic will be held Sunday, July
24 at Big Eddy park on the Ne
halem river. All Grangers and
their friends are invited to come,
bring basket lunches and enjoy the
program of sports and games pre
pared by the committee in charge
of arrangements.
Local Grangers have been work
ing at the park, cleaning up and
preparing for the event.
THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1949
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
VOLUME 27, NUMBER 29
pointed out that the. tax, if it
were to be assessed for part time
work, should be levied equally
on all people so occupied. He
presented a list of businesses that
were not being taxed under the
ordinance.
The city attorney pointed out
that the ordinance was not defi
nitely worded to cover all types
of business.
The council's decision on the
matter was that, for the license
to be assessed, a place of business
must have been established and
that part time work, such as the
case brought to their attention,
did not come under the tax ordi
nance.
Tom Henderson appeared before
the council to ask what was to be
done concerning Bear creek, which
floods some property during the
winter season. II. H. King, who
serves also as city engineer, placed
before the council a diagram of
the creek bed and adjoining pro
perty subject to flood and sug
gested that part of the creek bed
can be straightened. The city
recorder will write the Harris
estate asking
permission
to
straighten the bed to prevent fu
ture trouble.
It was also suggested that a
six-inch extension to the curb
be constructed around the fire
hydrant at the post office so
that cars would not be able to
brush the hydrant as is pos
sible now. Quite a number of
cars have been damaged as a re
sult. The construction of a side,
walk from the east end of the
Rock creek bridge to the Oveson
property was also discussed be
cause of numerous complaints
from pedestrians that cars park
over the gravel walkway now
being used there.
Forced Landing
Damage Small
The forced landing of a Piper
Cub plane in the Albin Bergstrom
field at Treharne Sunday after
noon resulted in no serious damage
to the plane and little injury to
the pilot and passenger, accord
ing to Shirley Kirtland, city mar
shal. The landing was made
about 2 o’clock after the plane’s
motor quit while flying in the
vicinity of Vernonia.
Pilot of the craft was Louis G.
Cechmonek, Clatskanie, and he
was accompanied by J.J. Mikalonis,
ranger at the Pittsburg guard
station. The pilot attempted to
reach the field formerly used as
the Vernonia airport, but was un
able to do so and barely cleared
power lines into the field where
the landing was made.
The plane’s landing gear and
one blade of the propellor was
damaged.
It was partially dis
mantled by an insurance company
and removed from here for re
pairs.
70 Minutes of
Movies Scheduled
On Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m.
the Christian church will show
70 minutes of movies. A color
film, "Red Wagon”, will be shown.
It is a stirring story of enter
prise when the west was young;
of Gustavius Swift whose vision
crossed the frontiers. Two hymno-
logues will be shown featuring
the singing of Nunc Dimittis. The
final film will be a religious film
entitled “Who Is My Neighbor?”
It is a story of a Samaritan
family and their unusual exper
ience in Jerusalem. True to the
events in the parable of the Good
Samaritan, as Jesus told it, the
story reaches its climax on the
road from Jerusalem to Jericho.
The public is cordially invited
to attend. A silver offering will
be received.
Donors Give
26 Pints to
Blood Program
41 Offer to Give
To Unit; Value
Of Giving Noted
UNIFORMED, but only for a short »time, was this group of veterans who posed last Wednesday after con
ducting the graveside services for Louie Tunnell. The men are members of Smith-Christensen Post, V. F. W.
More Singers
Expected Sun.
Post Office Fiscial Year
Business Up Over 1948
The Vernonia Community Sing
will be held at the First Christian
church next Sunday at 2 p.m.
and it is expected that the at
tendance will be still larger than
at the last meeting.
Everyone is asked to have in
mind a favorite song to request
and those who will are invited to
give solos, duets and special com
binations.
Among those scheduled to give
special numbers at the coming
meeting are Rev. and Mrs. W. A.
McBride, duet; Mrs. C. E. Pier
son, solo; Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Frank, duet; Mrs. Virgil Jones,
Mrs. Ei-nest Jones, Mrs. Alfred
Jones and Oliver Drennan, quar
tet: Charlie Castner, recitation
and Mrs. Laramore’s Sunday
school class of little folk, song.
A group of singers from Port
land has indicated a desire to at
tend and will come if possible.
Business for the fiscal year
1948-49 ended for the post office
department as of June 30 and
figures for the year were re-
leraed earlier this week by Post-
Berserk Dog
Causes Damage
Four homes were damaged by a
large police dog which evidently
went berserk early Friday morn
ing and which was killed by City
Marshal Shirley Kirtland. Three
of the homes were on State street
and one on D street.
At the Pat Miller home on D
street the back porch was dam
aged and the same procedure was
followed at the other three homes,
those belonging to Ernest Steen,
Perry Browning and Frank MdV-
|"is.
General damage included
chewing screen doors, knocking
over mops and buckets and de
stroying anything that came in the
animal’s path.
Marshal Kirtland shot the dog
at the Morris home. Owner of
the animal was Joe Midge, a
resident on Capitol hill.
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Cub Scouts to
Picnic Sunday
The Cub Scouts will finally
get their picnic, which was post
poned some time ago because of
unsuitable weather, and the date
is set for the coming Sunday at
1:30. The affair is to take place
at Rogers Park.
Committeemen and den mothers
are being asked to be present
for a meeting Thursday evening
at 7:30 to go over plans for the
picnic. The meeting will be held
at the home of Jim Davies, Cub
master.
Lodge Rebuilt
For 4-H Camp
The first annual 4-H summer
camn will begin next Tuesday,
July 26, at Camp Wilkerson, ac
cording to Harold Black, exten
sion agent in charge of 4-H club
work.
Camp registration is now nearly
complete.
The lodge at Camp
Wilkerson has been rebuilt and
everything placed in readiness for
opening day.
Cooking will be done by Mrs.
Dallas Salyers and Mrs. John Har
vey, Clatskanie.
Mrs.
Robert
Bock, Chapman, will serve as
camp nurse.
The list of classes and instruc
tors include: nature study and
forestry,
Charles Ross, farm
forestry specialist, Corvallis; in
sect lore, Robert Every, entomo
logy specialist, Corvallis; basketry,
Mrs. Pearl Becker, Warren; yarn
novelties, Mrs. Mary Shangle, St.
Helens; metal craft, Mrs. Enos
Fluhrer, Mayger; rifle care and
use, Vernonia Rod and Gun Club;
and first aid, Mrs. Robert Bock,
Chapman.
Mrs. Isola Morris and Mrs. Lil
lian Meyers, Vernonia, will be
in charge of the dining room. Mrs.
Pearl Becker is chairman of the
camp committee.
Junior
counsellors
will
be
Runts Lose 1,
Win 1 Fit, Sun.
The Vernonia Runts met Hills
boro Friday there to lose 10 to
3, but garnered a win Sunday
when they met Cornelius here Sun
day to tally a win of 10 to 4 in
t h e s last
two
game
they had played previous to going
to Verboort Tuesday night.
In the Hillsboro game Rick
Fulton starred with a homer.
Runs for the Runts in the Cor
nelius game were tallied by Rick
Fulton 2, Skeeter Gill 2, Homer
Fuller 2, Tommy Ralston 2, and
one each for Henry Bass and
Kenneth Nanson.
The Verboort game Tuesday
marked the beginning of the
second round of season play.
The Runts are being coached
by Ralph Sturdevant and John
Brown
master Emil Messing. Postal re
ceipts at the Vernonia office were
up over last year, his report shows,
with a total of $14.667.52 as com
pared with $13,148.01 for the fiscal
year ending in 1948.
Postal receipts include such
items as the sale of stamps, box
rent, newspaper postage and per
mit matter postage and these are
the determining factors in decid
ing the office classification. To
obtain a second class rating, under
which the Vernonia office is now
listed, postal receipts must amount
to $8,000.
In nearly all the other depart
ments of the Vernonia office, re
ceipts were down as compared
with the previous fiscal period.
The sale of Series E government
bonds was the exception, with
sales amounting to $40,181.25
this year as compared with $39,-
468.75 last year.
The amount of money orders
issued is listed at $245,983.66 and
the fees charged totaled $2,236.61.
The amount issued is a decrease
from last year. Postal notes, how
ever, were somewhat greater, to
taling $22,583.36.
Postal savings deposits have
also decreased during the past
year with the amount on deposit
as of June 30, 1949 be'ng totaled
at $229,930. At the end of the
previous year the amount was
$231,629. The Vernonia office is
sued postal savings notes total
ing $121,241 during the year and
cashed notes amounting to $122,-
940.
Scouts Prepare
For Camp Week
Dr. Gordon S. Dugger, chairman
of the blood committee of the
Columbia County Chapter Am
erican Red Cross, which is par
ticipating in the organization’s
national blood program, expressed
appreciation of the 41 offers to
donate blood and for the 26 pints
donors were able to give when
the bloodmobile visited Vernonia
July 13. The neighborly spirit
which is characteristic of thia
community has been amply dem-
onstrateu by the individuals who
responded so generously.
“Although the number of don
ors did not meet our quota, we
cannot believe that the showing
made on future visits of the blood-
mobile will continue to be disap
pointing. Blood cannot be made
synthetically. It must come from
human beings. Our program must
be successful if we are to provide
the quantity of blood so badly
needed by our community. When
our citizens realize the great need
locally for blood, when they fully
understand the benefits this pro
gram can bring, I feel confident
that the necessary number of do
nors required to meet our quota
will be forthcoming. A number
of our citizens assumed the res
ponsibilities and gave not only
blood but time and energy to the
project.
Tribute was paid to the large
staff of volunteers who assisted
the physician and nurses who ac
companied the bloodmobile on its
visit to Vernonia. The smooth
manner in which the center op
erated a week ago Wednesday was
largely due to the efficiency of
the volunteer groups. Vernonia
volunteers who worked at the
center were Mesdames John Kirk,
Bill Horn, Frances Mullins, Peter
Hing, '"’ordon Larson, Lyman
Hawken, II. E. Schelgel, Winston
Walker, Roland Eby, Chas. Biggs,
and Herbert Taylor. Mrs. John
Kirk and Mrs. Guy Thomas spent
a great deal of time and effort
in signing up prospective donors
prior to the visit of the blood
mobile.
The blood program is carried
on by the people in the com
munity for the benefit of peoplb
in 'he community.
Mrs. Linda
Justice was the first one on hand
to give her blood when the blood
mobile was in Vernonia.
Chairman Names
ACA Secretary
Appointment of Wesley Fuller,
Corvallis, to the position of as
sistant secretary for the Columbia
County Agriculture Conservation-
association has been announced
by Wm. Armstrong, Clatskanie,
chairman of the county committee.
Fuller replaces D. W. Cooper
who resigned June 10 to attend
summer school at Oregon State
college where he will complete
studies to get his Bachelor’s de
gree in agriculture.
Fuller graduated from Oregon
State college this June, majoring
in agriculture economics. A na
tive of Washington, he spent sev
eral years on a Puyallup valley
general farm.
Following three
years service in the army he
purchased a farm at Corvallis and
attended Oregon State college. He
will make his home in St. Helens.
Preparation is well underway
for the Boy Scout summer camp
at Camp Meriweather from July
31 to August 7. The camp is lo
cated just south of Tillamook on
the coast. At the last count, 16
boys from Vernonia were prepar
ing the necessary gear for the
week's outing.
Scoutmaster Ed Frazee, who has
been unable to attend recently
due to illness, was present Monday
night to supervise and instruct
the boys on their conduct while Premium List* Available
at the camp.
People who are interested ia
Plans are also being made to
the Columbia eounty fair and the
clean up the old cemetery again
in conjunction with the Odd Fel premiums being offered at that
time may obtain copies of the
lows lodge. However, the work
awaits information as to the cor premium list at The Vernonia
Eagle. Included are premiums for
rect time to cut fem so that the
4-H club projects, rules govern
plants will bleed and anyone
knowing that time is asked to ing the awards, advisory com
mittees and department superin
call either Bob Spencer or The
tendents.
Vernonia Eagle.