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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.”
VOLUME 27, NUMBER 49
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
Community Invited to
Christmas Cantata Sun.
The community is invited to
be present at the presentation of
"The Cradle of Bethlehem” by
Berge which is to be presented at
the auditorium of the Washing
ton grade school by an all
church choir on Sunday evening
at 7:45 p.m.
The cantata pictures musically
the annunciation, which led to
birth of the Christ child and fol
lows through the adoration of
the shepherds and kings. Worked
in throughout are a variation of
carols of all countries. The chor
us is featured in many numbers
with soloists lending great as
sistance.
Soloists to bo heard include the
following: Sally Roediger, Ruth
Rainfall Total
Is 7.02 in Nov.
Rainfall for the month of No
vember is listed at 7.02 inches by
Mrs. Helen Spofford, weather ob
server for this vicinity, in her
report for the past month re
leased Wednesday morning. No
vember of this year is behind the
rame month last year by over
two inches, a comparison reveals.
In November, 1948 the rainfall
was 9.36 inches.
Other data for November, 1949
is: maximum temperature, No
vember 5, 74 degrees; minimum,
November 20, 27 degrees and
greatest amount of rainfall in a
24-hour period, November 23,
1.10 inches.
Maximum for November, 1948
was 56 degrees and minimum,
20 degrees with the greatest rain
fall in a single day for that
month being 1.13 inches.
As compared with Ketchikan,
Alaska, where Mrs". Spofford's
son, Earl, resides, the rainfall
here is small. So far this year,
rainfall there has totaled 187.88
inches and lacks less than 2t4
inches of setting an all-time re
cord. The all-time record for
Ketchikan occurred in 1917 when
the city was deluged with 190.31
inches. The driest year was 20
years later in 1937 with 117.12
inches.
Stolen Pickup Found
The pickup truck belonging to
Robert Reed was stolen here
Monday evening and recovered
about midnight in Washington
county. When found, the pickup
was in possession of Reuben Lee
Hall. Hearing has been set for
Thursday, today, at 1 p.m. in
justice of peace court.
Anderson, Mrs. P. P. Weidman,
Mary Ann Clark, sopranos; Amy
Kamholz, Helen Lindsays con
traltos; Paul Sisler, tenor; G.
Wm. Anderson, baritone and E.
P. Brous, bass. This is the third
cantata which the ministerial as
sociation has presented with G.
Wm. Anderson directing and
Lois Clark and Louise Thomas
accompanying.
The First Ten
! Playground
Supervisor
Is Planned
Logger Netmen
Start with Win
The Vernonia high school bas
ketball team got away to a fly
ing start in the local gym Tues
day night with the Loggess
dumping an overconfident Tilla
mook five. The tall Cheesemakers
found themselves behind from
the opening whistle and were
never able to get rolling against
the hard fighting Vernonians.
The game was a see-saw affair
until the final quarter when the
Loggers built up a ten-point
bulge over the boys from the
coast country.
The scoring column found all
the local boys contributing points
to their total. The final gun
found the score at 35 to 27 for
the winners.
In the preliminary game the
Junior Loggers found the Tilla
mook boyS too big and too fast
and lost their first game. The
Vernonia B team is composed
entirely of freshmen and sopho
mores.
The next games in the local
gym finds Yamhill here on De
cember 13 and Forest Grove on
December 20. The county Jam
boree will be played Friday
night at St. Helens.
Salary Schedule
Talked by Men
The Columiba County men
teachers meeting, held here Mon
day evening at the Washington
school, was devoted principally
to a discussion of the topic
of retirement and a county-wide
salary schedule, according to
Paul A. Gordon, grade superin
tendent.
Mr. Gordon was named to a
committee headed by Howard
Tong and including Ray Pigott
to study the problem further.
Attendance for the session was
listed at 43 men who were served
a fried chicken dinner in the
school cafeteria.
THURSDAY, DEC. 8, 1949
High School PTA
Asks Help of Other
Groups for Project
A playground supervisor this
coming summer will be discussed
as the principal topic of the
next meeting of the High School
Parent-Teacher association when
the group gathers next Monday
evening at the high school.
Announcement of the meeting
was made Tuesday evening by
Mrs. Bruce Bass, president of
the association.
The other organizations here,
such as lodges, clubs, churches,
etc., are being asked to have
representatives present at the
meeting, Mrs. Basss said, so that
the plan can be given the at
tention of all local groups. Let
ters of invitation have been sent
out, but if some group has been
omitted, this may be considered
as a request to attend, she said.
A supervised playground for
next summer is a project that
has been mentioned before as a
needed addition to the summer
use of the city park.
Freshmen Top
Honor Listing
The Freshmen topped the list
as far as the last six-week honor
roll listing at the high school is
concerntyi according to Principal
Ray Mills who released the
names this week of students
listed on the roll. The first-
year high school class totaled
seven honor students. By classes
the high students were:
Seniors—Lois Frank, Marjorie
Roland, Betty Jane Snook, Floyd
Snyder and Jack Burnham;
Juniors—Delores Barrett, Nancy
Fletcher, Wesley Hunt, Janet
Peterson, Marguerite Thomas;
Sophomores — Darlene Aspinall,
Jimmy Sozoff, Sharon Magoff;
Freshmen — Margaret Golden,
Jean Kirkbride, Frances Kaspar,
Glenna Pearl, Joy Silver, Ora
May Smith and Irene Weaver.
Meeting Date Set
The next Townsend club meet
ing is scheduled for Sunday,
December 11 at the Legion hall
and at that time Joe Dunne will
be present to speak to those who
attend. An open invitation to
attend has been extended.
First Team Squad
THE LOGGER first 10 men were named by Coach Robert Hoefs late last week. Standing from left are:
Charles Tapp, Floyd Snyder, Ronald LaFollette, O. Bahr, Gordon Crowston: kneeling, Harold Crowston.
Loren Mills. Gene Wall. Gerald Millis and Sylvester Williams.
(VE photo and engraving)
Scouts Go to
Honor Court
Santa's Visit
Due Dec. 22
Show Planned
By Scout Troop
At the Boy Scout court of
honor held at Forest Grove De
cember 1, Troop 201 Vernonia
was represented by 24 boys up
for advancement and merit
badges Lloyd Quinn, Scout
master said earlier this week.
Fifty-three per cent of the local
troop was up for some type of
advancement that night.
Five boys, David Strong, Pat
Lloyd, Ozzy Ray, Bruce Hoyt and
Charles McAdam, were awarded
Star Scout badges. Kenneth Ja
cobs and Bobby Rose were
awarded first class ranks. Ver
nonia Star Stouts and first class
scouts weft the only first class
and Star Scout awards in the
Forest Grove district. Merit
badges and second class ratings
were too numerous to mention.
The scout committee expressed
its thanks to all parents present,
but regrets that the honor award
was not given Vernonia because
of the lack of sufficient parent
participation.
The court was preceded by a
pot-luck dinner enjoyed by over
200 boys and parents.
Four of the Scouts from here
and their Scoutmaster witnessed
the state high school football
championship game in Portland
December 3. Scouts are used as
ushers for some of the games and
two of these games were partici
pated in by Vernonia boys.
At the troop meeting Monday
night, 39 boys were present plus
the Scoutmaster and three com
mitteemen.
Immediately after the big
Christmas program at the Wash
ington grade school on the even
ing of December 22, Santa Claus,
who will be sponsored by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, as-
sited by other Lodges and busi
ness houses, will appear on the
stage with goodies galore for all
good little girls and boys.
Santa will also be here sever
al times later this month to visit
stores in order to take orders
from children for Christmas de
livery. His appearances then
will be made possible by the
Vernonia Lions club.
At a meeting of the Scout
committee and Jim Davies, Cub
master, at the home of D. F. O’
Brien, chairman of the commit
tee, Monday night, plans were
prepared and definite steps taken
for a Scouting merit badge show
which will include the Cubs and
Boy Scouts to be held during
National Boy Scout week Decem
ber 6-12.
The meeting was attended also
by Beryl Morris, Scout field ex
ecutive from Portland. Forty-
five" Scouts and 40 Cubs will
participate in the show.
A joint meeting of the Scout
committee and the’'Cub Scout
committee will take place De
cember 14 at the School library
to plan further for the show.
Sportsmen to
Meet Friday
« Sportsmen who are interested
in activities of the Vernonia Rod
and Gun club are scheduled to
meet at the West Oregon Electric
office Friday evening, tomorrow
night, at 8 o'clock.
The meeting has been called
by President Harry King in
order for members of the club
to take care of general business
matters that have arisen and to
adopt by-laws for the Keasey
property.
Incorporation of the club was
started some time ago in order
to purchase the property a short
distance above Keasey from the
Cooperative and preserve that
area as a public fishing area.
Join* Service
THESE ARE the 10 boys who make up the first si-ing grade school basketball team for the 1*49-50
Mason- From the left kneeling: Homer Fuller. Kenneth Nanson. Lee Faulk. Speed Lusby and Francis
Crowston: standing from left: Coach Paul Gordon. H rnry Bass. Billy Braun. Darrel Borders. Henry
Higley and Wayne Thomas. Dick Gwin, manager, a lands at left Red MacDonald is helping with the
coaching of the boys.
Cpl. Keith Cowan, recruiter
who visits several times each
month, announced late last week
that Calvin Lamar Mitchell had
enlisted in the Corp* of Engi
neers for a priod of three years.
Community Sing
Date Changed
The regular meeting of the
Vernonia Community Sing was
held November 27 at the Baptist
church with Mr. Hibbs as leader
and Mrs. Lois Clark as pianist.
The Jones’ quartet sang several
request selections and other
special numbers included a duet
by Rev. and Mrs. Paul Sisler
and solos by Helen Frank and
Murvel Frank. Rev. Joe Smith
surprised the audience by play
ing a recording of the special
numbers and group singing.
Since one of the regular meet
ings would be on Christmas day,
it was voted to hold the next
Community Sing December 18.
At this time Miss Barbara Bass,
who will be in charge, has plan
ned an interesting Christmas
program.
Everyone is cordially invited
to help in the singing of Christ
mas carols at the next meeting
which will be held at the Chris
tian church, Sunday, December
18 at 2:30 p.m.
New Business Opens
The service station at the S. E.
comer of Bridge street , and Rose
avenue is now under the man
agement cf Rill Olinger, accord
ing to an announcement made
earlier this week. The station
will ba open every evening from
6 to 10 and on Saturday and Sun
day from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
1 K SHOPPINrG
10 DAYS LEFT
Councilmen Hear Proposal on
Slot Machines; Garbage Talked
Vernonia city councilmen heard
one proposal at their Monday
evening meeting concerning the
proposed operation of slot ma
chines within the city for the
coming year when the owners
of three taverns appeared and
one of them, Wray Hudkins, pre
sented a request that he be per
mitted to install machines which
he would purchase. The matter
of slot machine operation will
also come up for consideration
again at the next council meet
ing later this month and then the
council will decide upon disposi
tion of the matter and the
amount of revenue that will be
asked for operation of the ma
chine*.
Harry French also appeared
Monday concerning the garbage
disposal problem and indicated
that he would not be interested
in conducting the collection ser
vice for another year unless the
council provided assistance in
correcting the problems of a
dumping site. An examinaticn
of the present site wi.l be made
before the next meeting and a
decision reached at that time.
An improvement to the Scout
cabin was given the official nod
for installation of an electric
stove to replace the present
wood range. Wiring for the
improvement will be done free
of charge by Dwight Strong. The
council also agreed to a change
in the doorways of the cabin so
that doors will open outward.