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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.”
''VOLUME 28, NUMBER 1
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
V.F. W. Netmen Schedule
Votes Favor
Use of Funds Red Head Team Jan. 20
By District 47
Balloting Saturday
Draws 100% Favor of
Residents of District
Four Degree Low
Recorded Jan. 3
Scouts to Meet
Again Jan. 9
The Scouts of the Vernonia
Troop will meet for the first
time in the new year on the
coming Monday evening at the
cabin, Lloyd Quinn, Scoutmaster,
said Wednesday and will prepare
for the coming merit badge
show.
Other preparation for the fu
ture event will also occupy the
attention of the Scout and Cub
committees and the recently-ap
pointed merit badge committee
when they convene for a meeting
also called for next Monday
evening at 7:45. D. F. O'Brien,
chairman of the Scout committee,
called the session and it will be
held at the Washington school.
Sportsmen to Meet
The annual meeting of the Ver
nonia Rod and Gun club is
scheduled for Saturday evening
of this week. January 7, at 8
p.m. The session will take place
at the high school and will be
devoted to an election of officers
and possible changes in by-laws
of the corporation. To be elected
are a president, vice-president,
secretary, treasurer and direc
tors.
Officers for
City Named
Wed. Evening
Ordinance Regulating
Pin Ball Machines
Adopted at Meeting
The special school election' last
Saturday evening to decide the
use of over $32,000 available to
district 47 for expenditure for
improvements to the school build
ings resulted in an unanimous
ballot favoring retention of the
money here.
A total of 86 ballots were cast
at the election.
The district board of directors
will next plan for the calling of
bids for the improvements for
which the money was voted, ac
cording to Glen Hawkins, chair
man.
Expenditure of the money or
the committment of its use be
fore the end of June must be
accomplished if it is to be re
tained here, he said.
A low temperature reading of
four degrees was recorded at the
cooperative weather station Jan
uary 3, according to Mrs. Helen
Spofford, observer and the maxi
mum for the early»part of this
week was 34 degrees. Mrs. Spof
ford released a report on weather
so far this year to indicate that
snowfall so far in 1950 has total
ed 15 inches and that there has
been .61 of an inch of precipita
tion.
Mrs. Spofford also released the
weather report for the month of
December and some data con
cerning the year, 1949. Maxi
mum temperature in December
was 51 degrees on the 1st and the
minimum was 15 on the 19th.
Precipitation for that month to
taled 7.65 inches and snowfall
amounted to 22 inches.
Total precipitation for the year
1949 was 44.61 inches with the
most for any month being listed
for February with 14.30 inches.
The coldest average temperature
for the past year was recorded
in January with 25.2 and was
closely followed by February
with 26.4. The warmest aver
age temperature for the year *
came in September with 60.3 de
grees and was closely followed
by August with 60.7 degrees.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1950
Vernonia basketball fans have
a treat in store for them in the
form of a nationally famous
girls basketball team, Olson’s Red
Heads, which has been booked
for an appearance here on Janu
ary 20. They will play the Ver
nonia V.F.W. team which has
won four of its last five games.
The Red Heads are considered
the world’s tallest women’s team
having a team average of 5’11”,
two of the girls being 6 ft. 4 in. in
height. They play only men’s
teams and under straight men’s
rulesand feature 11 ball,handling
plays, piggy back stunts, under
legs dribbling, etc., as well as
good basketball.
The Red Heads have been fea
tured in several national publica
tions including Life, Colliers, Pic,
Sportsvue and Riplev’s Believe
It or Not.
The game should prove to be
one of the sports highlights of
the year for Vernonia fans.
Starting time will be 8:00 p.m.
high school gym and manager
Al Pierson of the Vernonia squad
announces there will be no re
served seats. Tickets will go
on sale at the gym at 7:00 p.m.
on • Friday, January 20 at the
the night of the game.
Life in Europe Described by
Mrs. Hausler at Society Meet
Speaking to the ladies of the
Evangelical U. B. Women’s So
ciety of World Service on Wed
nesday afternoon, Mrs. Fritz
Hausler mixed humor with pa
thos as she described conditions
in parts of France, Germany,
Switzerland, and Italy where she
and her husband spent several
months last summer.
The Hauslers found many Ger
mans still holding Adolf Hitler
in high regard and feeling that
the Americans "sold them down
the river” at Yalta by agreeing
to let Russia take over control
of much of the richest part of
Germany.
Many food items were not to
be had. such as pies and cakes.
Also, prices were exorbitantly
high.
When asked what she
ordered on first arriving in the
U.S.A., Mrs. Hausler said, "a
hamburger.” There were no short
order restaurants in the parts of
Europe the Hauslers visited and
meats were all cooked too rare
for the Hausler taste.
In a slight misunderstanding
with one of the customs officials
at the German border over the
newness or oldness of a fishing
rod, Mrs. Hausler says she lapsed
into rather torrid English at the
stubbornness of the officials only
to discover that they had under
stood what she was saying. The
officers threatened to charge
duty on the pole and intimated
they had been having trouble
with many smugglers.
“Well
there isn’t anything in that fish
ing pole,” Mrs. Hausler reported
she told them.
Berchoesgaden, Aachen, many
points along the much-bombed
Rhine valley, and famous Munich
were visited by the Hauslers.
The Alps of Switzerland were
enjoyed and the good old U.S.A,
looked wonderful as they return
ed to it. “But we're spoiled over
here.” Mrs. Hausler commented
with a little bite in the words.
Sign-up of Men
18 Handled Here
Further information concerning
the sign-up as required under the
selective service law was avail
able this week to young men
approaching 18 years of age. A
reminder last week of the re
quirement to sign was issued by
the army recruiting service, but
no information was released then
that the detail could be taken
eare of here
Bill J. Horn announced Wed
nesday that his office in the
bank building will take care of
the requirement. A youth must
sign up within five days after
reaching the age of 18.
Councilmen for the city of
Vernonia met Wednesday even
ing of this week for their first
session of the new year, which
was postponed from the regular
Monday evening time because of
the holiday. Part of the time
was occupied with business that
had first arisen during 1949, one
matter being a further discussion
of the garbage disposal and an
other being an ordinance govern
ing the operation of pin ball ma
chines.
The garbage discussion came
up with a proposal by H. A.
French that he purchase a piece
of property up Rock Creek to
be used as a disposal site. Coun
cilmen asked that he contact the
state sanitary authority regard
ing the proposed location because
that area would be above the
intake of the city water pump
ing plant.
The pin ball matter was the
adoption of an ordinance which
had been drawn up by City At
torney Neal Bush.
The same appointive officials to
serve the city were elected again
Wednesday by Mayor Sam Hear
ing as part of the procedure ne
cessary at the first meeting of
the year. Named to their jobs
for another year were Albert
Childs as city recorder, Walter
Kent as water superintendent and
Shirley Kirtland as marshal. Mr.
Kirtland again named his deputy
marshal as A. D. Lolley and H.
H. King. Mr. King will also
serve as assistant water super
intendent.
Councilman Roy Raymond was
elected as president of the coun
cil.
January 5—Appearing in this issue of the Eagle was the state
ment made by the Vernonia bank that the year 1948 was very good.
Of the total deposits in the Vernonia bank at the close of 1948
checking accounts amounted to $616,184.74, which was an increase of
$70,228.06 over December 31 of '47. Savings accounts totaled $226,-
838.70 with an increase of $67,362.84.
January 13—The listing of students as determined from the an
nual school census taken late last fall placed the number at the
highest point in history for this area. The total within the ages of
4 to 19 was placed at 923, which exceed’s the previous year’s 905.
January 20—At the second meeting of the new Vernonia council
Monday evening its members heard Neal Bush, city attorney, explain
the procedure it would be necessary to follow in answering the suit
filed last week against the city of Vernonia by the Continental Bak
ing company. All the councilmen, Mayor Sam Hearing, City Re
corder Albert Childs, and Marshal Shirley Kirtland were cited in the
' case which may well serve as a test of the legality under the present
chapter, of charging bread companies the city occupation license.
February 3—A summary of the weather for January by Mrs.
Helen Spofford, cooperative weather station observer, was released
stating that the snowfall for the month of January reached the total
of 20.5 inches and the rainfall 1.99 inches.
February 17—A fairly heavy, continuous rain fall of Wednesday
night of last week and the following day plus warmer weather dur
ing that time combined to raise the Nehalem river and Rock creek
over nine feet so that a number of homes in low areas were en
dangered.
March 3—Tree planting was begun Monday, February 21, on
Crown Zellerbach corporation’s Columbia Tree Farm. Seventy
thousand Douglas firs are being planted in areas immediately ad
jacent to the Vernonia-Rainier road west of the county rock pit.
March 17—A decision to act as sponsor of the Teen Age club,
which was started the latter part of last year, was taken at a recent
meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary.
April 14—The Pacific Northwest’s earthquake Wednesday a few
minutes before noon did but minor damage here but did topple a
few chimneys and vibrated a few dishes from the shelves.
May 19—A turnout of 125 persons made the Nehalem Valley 4-H
Community day held Saturday, May 14, at the Legion hall in Ver
nonia, the biggest 4-H day which has been held since it was started
three years ago.
June 9—Forty-six 4-H forestry club members and leaders re
presenting nine forestry clubs attended the Columbia County 4-H
Forestry field day held Saturday, June 4, at the Crown Zellerbach
picnic grounds.
June 23—Voters in the City of Vernonia and in School District
47 Jt., both gave their approval to exceed the six per cent limitation
in levying taxes for the coming year at elections held Monday.
June 30—The vacant position on the board of Vernonia union
high school was filled Monday afternoon when voters selected M. L.
Herrin to fill the position which was vacated by the expired term of
Noble Dunlap.
July 14—The city of Vernonia’s occupation license as it applies
to bread trucks which come into town is alright, city officials learned
Tuesday from City Attorney Neal Bush.
August 11—Named as Scoutmaster for Vernonia Troop 201 last
Friday was Lloyd Quinn who will hold the position as the result
of a decision made when the Scout committee met and made the
choice.
August 24—The start of paving of the road to Sunset Junction
was made Tuesday of this week to complete the final step that will
provide Vernonia with a paved highway from Treharne to the Sun
set highway on Timber route.
IWA Local 5-37’s picnic Sunday at Dass Park hit an all-time
high for attendance. The Local served over 100 gallons of coffee,
75 cases of pop and 115 gallons of ice cream.
September 1—The Boy Scout campaign to raise funds for Troop
201 was considered successful according to Calvin Davis who arrang
ed for the drive. Over $300 was added to the Scout treasury.
About 25 owners and managers of Vernonia business firms met
Owner | of automobiles are
at the IWA hall Monday evening to hear an explanation of the pro
asked to remember the Boy posed CIO setup for organization of employees of business firm.»
Scouts when they plan to dispose in the town.
of their 1949 car license plates.
September 8—Ownership of another local business has changed
A request that the plates be
hands as the result of a transaction which became effective Sept
saved and turned in was made
ember 1. At that time the Cedarwood Timber company shingle
again this week by the local troop
mill was sold by L. C. Cotner of Los Angeles to Eddie Miller who
and auto owners can leave them
previously had been local manager of the plant.
at Heath’s Service Station in
September 29—Yule season decorations for the business section
Riverview.
The Scouts will collect the of Bridge street are practically assured again this year during the
plates, which are made of alumi year-end holiday season because of.action taken Monday evening by
num, and turn them in for sal the Vernonia Lions club. At that time the club voted that the
vage metal as a means of raising group again sponsor the decoration program.
October 6—What was probably the highlight of Monday evening’s
money for troop activities.
council meeting came when Harry West, representing the Frantemal
Order of Eagles, appeared before the councilmen to present a pro
position concerning a city parking lot. The fraternal order owns a
lot on the east side of Second street which was purchased several
years ago with the idea that the lodge would use it as the site for
a hall. Mr. West proposed that the lot be developed for off street
parking and asked that the council grant permission for such use
Scheduled for next Monday
of the property should funds be obtained sufficient for financing
evening at the high school is the project.
another meeting at which discus
October* 13—Preliminary work that will eventually lead to the
sion will be heard concerning the construction of approximately 80 miles of new power line has been
proposed supervised city park started by West Oregon Electric Cooperative, according to Manager
playground for the coming sum Guy Thomas.
mer.
October 20—Enrollment figures in the grades and the high school
First step towards planning for have varied but little since the opening day over a month ago. A
the supervision was undertaken
total of 547 students was listed in the ofticial report for the grades
earljf in December at a meeting at the end of the first month. The high school enrollment now
called by the high school Parent-
stands at 197 as compared with 186 at this time last year.
Teacher association.
October 27—Rehearsals started for the American Legion Auxili
Next Monday's meeting was
announced by Mrs. Bruce Bass ary’s presentation, “Laff It Off,” to be given to raise funds for the
when she asked that representa Teen Age club. Abotit 70 local people are to participate in the pro
tives of other organizations which duction.
November 10—Membership cards have been signed by 60 local
are interested be present to plan
further on the project.
The people to make possible the start of a Townsend club in this com
munity, according to Mrs. A. E. Jennings.
meeting will start at 8 p.m.
November 17—School district 47 Jt., was awarded the decision
over the U.S. National bank of Portland to receive over 30 thousand
Sing Scheduled Sun.
dollars which the district had lost several years before.
November 24—The Washington school auditorium was the scene
A reminder of the next date
for holding the Community sing I of the silver anniversary rite for Nehalem Chapter No. 153, O.E.S.
was issued earlier this week by Saturday night. Six of the 20 charter members of the chapter
Marshall Crowell, president of were present in addition to many former Vernonia residents who
the group. The people who wish came here for the special event.
December 8—Under sponsorship of the high school P.-T.A. re
to attend are asked to come to
the Assembly of God church on presentatives from many local organizations met to discuss the
proposition of a supervised playground for the coming summer.
the coming Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
Old Car License
Plates Wanted
Playground to
Be Topic Monday