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Library, U of 0 “Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.” VOLUME 28, NUMBER 2 Wind, Snow Big Trouble Causes Here Electric, Telephone Services Bear Brunt Of Damage to Service The recent heavy snows and Monday night’s wind along with the snow added up to more than usual winter trouble for West Oregon Electric and the West Coast Telephone company as well as others. The heavy wir.d brought falling branches that fouled up both electric and phene lines so that service in terruptions resulted locally Tues day. Heavy snow coupled with the wind whipped lines together to cause outages in addition to these resulting from falling branches. Guy Thomas, West Oregon manager, indicated that trouble from weather conditions throughout the cooperative sys tem had been greater so far this winter than all of last year. Long distance telephone ser vice was interrupted from Friday of last week to the middle of this week both for the line through Timber and that over Top Hill and the telegraph line was also out of commission, all from s*”w and falling branches. Top i-ill, the high point in this vicinity for highway 47, was also a bad spot for drivers with probably the worst tie-up of the season taking place Tuesday morning when a Nehalem Valley Motor Freight truck slid to a stop across both lanes. Cars and trucks behind were held up until mid-morning before the highway workmen and trucks could free the freight truck. Automobiles have also slid from the road at that point because of ice conditions. Two school busses were un able to make their complete routes since the heavy fall of snow. Bruce McDonald com pleted only part of his run to Keasey and C. A. Mills was un able to go up Pebble creek. Two grade school basketball games were postponed because of road conditions so that scheduled games were not played last Fri day and Tuesday of this week. The Vernonia Gun club match with Camas scheduled last Fri day was also called off. VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON 18-in. Snowfall Total for Week An indication of the reason why utility services have been interrupted the past few days is carried in a report by Mrs. Helen Spofford, weather observer. She made the report Wednesday. Since Wednesday of last week and including Wednesday fore noon of this, 18 inches of snow have fallen as totaled at the co operative station. Figures on the snowfall published last week in dicated that 15 inches had fallen up to Wednesday of last week. Townsend Club Slates Meeting A meeting of the Vernonia Townsend club is scheduled for Friday evening of this week at the MacDonald hotel at 8 o’clock, according to an announcement made Wednesday by Don Bayley, president of the group. An invitation to be present for the affair is extended to all club members and their friends. Purpose of the meeting Mr. Bayley said is to plan for a large Sunday afternoon session some time during the coming month at the IWA hall. It is likely that a definite date for the February meeting will also be decided upon Friday. Gun Club Meet Set for Jan. 19 The annual meeting of the Vernonia Rod and Gun club has been postponed to January 19, according to President Harry King who set the future meeting date Wednesday of this week. The session was originally sched uled for Saturday, January 7, but only a few of the sportsmen were present at tiiat time, hence the postponement. An election of officers and pro posed changes in the by-laws of the corporation are slated for de cision at the meeting. Joins Air Corps Frederick Lundgren, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lundgren, left here last Thursday, January 5, for San Antonio, Texas where he was to begin training under his enlistment in the the army air corps. His term of enlist ment is for four years. THURSDAY,, JANUARY 12, 1950 To Meet Red Heads Dime Drive Workers to Start Mmday Paul Gordon to Again Head Seeking of Fund In Vernonia Area The start of another March of Dimes campaign is scheduled for Monday of the coming week, January 16 and is slated to con tinue through the 31st, accord ing to Paul Gordon, grade school superintendent who again heads the drive for the Vernonia area. This year’s campaign, the 12th in the history of the National Foundation for Infantile Para lysis, comes after a year which was the worst ever experienced from the standpoint of victims of the disease. The past four epi demic years which inflicted more than 40,003 seperate attacks has depleted the emergency fund of the National Foundation. The Columbia county budget is also depleted, Mr. Gordon ex plained, so that it has been ne cessary in the past Co ask finan cial assistance from the National organization. Hence it is asked that this year’s contributions be larger than ever to build up a fund to carry on treatments for those afflicted. * This county now has at least six cases receiving aid for treat ments. A similar procedure to last is planned this year in the solicita tion of funds, the local chair man said. Dimes boxes will again be displayed in business places in Riverview and the city and rural dime cards will be mailed to boxholders. In ad dition, the assistance of organiza tions is asked in promoting dances or other functions of a fund-raising nature. Appointments of the campaign leaders in other localities in the county have also been named. The nine community chairmen were announced by W. Wrenn, Scappoose, county chairman of the March of Dimes. Mrs. Jennie Steel, postmaster at Scappoose, was again appoin ted to head the drive in that city and Harold Heers will be in charge of St. Helens. Frank Lance will again head Rainier’s drive. Other appointments announc ed by Wrenn were: Mist, Walter Mathews; Goble, Mrs. Edith George; Deer Island, Elmer Ol son; Warren, Mrs. C. V. Smith; and Birkenfeld, Mrs. G. E. Bel lingham. Second Harvest ON THE PROGRAM for the V.F.W. team, above, fo - Friday. January 20- is Olson's famous Red Heads, the popular women's ball club in one of the season': sports classics. Three gifts will go to three fans present for the affair slated to take place at the hig i school gym. The Vet quintet, coached by Red MacDonald, has exhibited some fine basketball in the last six starts, winning five of them by comfort able margins. The Vets play Orenco in their next game on the Vernonia floor Thursday, January 12. game time being 8 p.m. as usual. This will be their last home game before meeting the Red Heads. Back row from left: Lyle Galloway, Ralph Sturdevant. Coach Red MacDonald. Gerald Riley. Deri Ro berts. Lynn Michener. Manager Al Pierson: front row: Earl Wantland. Derrell Rose, Donald Cline, Don Parker and Lester Galloway. Court of Honor Slated for Scouts Here, Decided Monday Evening A Scout court of honor for the Vernonia Troop is slated for a later date this month, probably the 23rd, Lloyd Quinn, Scout- master, said Tuesday. Decision to hold the event for the local boys was made Monday evening at the regular scout meeting be- • cause of weather Conditions that have hindered a district court of honor. Awaited now is the material ne cessary to conduct the affair and The Scouts of Vernonia Troop as soon as the supplies are re 201 still want those 1949 license ceived from Portjtind headquar plates which auto owners have ters, the definite* date will be removed from their cars when established. the 1950 plates were installed, Several boys have completed according to Lloyd Quinn, Scout the work necessary to receive master. badges and awards. The troop A reminder about the collec court will be a new procedure tion of old plates was sounded for the local scouts, the awards this week when it was also an formerly having been made at nounced that car owners can district courts. now leave the plates at any service station in this vicinity for the scouts to pick up. When the drive was first started, it was requested that plates be taken to Heath’s Service station. The old plates will be turned in by the Troop as salvage metal The Boy Scout merit badge and funds from the turn-in will :how, for which plans are now be used to defray expenses of the being made, is scheduled for organization. Saturday, February 18, according to a decision made Monday night when the Cub and Scout com mittees and the merit badge committee to handle the show met at the Washington school. Previous to Monday, the show had tentatively been set to take The hot lunch program has place earlier in the month dur had a succesful start at the ing National Scout week. Mist grade school this past week, The merit badge group will reports Mrs. Aldon Ashley P.- meet again next Monday at the T.A. hot lunch chairman. An Washington school at 7 o’clock average of 21 pupils were served and the presence of all instruc each school day by volunteer tors and adult supervisors who cooks, Mrs. Lloyd Garlock and are to be contacted by Lew Mrs. Aldon Ashley. Choate are asked to be present Because the school has no also. kitchen facilities, the hot dish was prepared by the cooks at their homes and then brought to the school and served to the children for 10c a bowl. Donations of food and cash are coming in and more will be ap preciated. Refinishing of the interior of This week’s cooks are Mrs. their hall is being planned by Wayne Pugh and Mrs. Bud How members of the American Le ry. Several ladies have signed gion, according to Harry Cul up for a week’s cooking and it bertson who indicated early this is expected more P.-T.A. mem week what is intended in the bers will offer their services. way of improvements. Legion members have almost completed the meeting room overhead by Two Trees Fall previous work and the proposed Two trees which formerly work in the hall below will stood along Bear creek back of complete remodeling work on the Shell station at Bridge and the structure. The walls and ceiling will be Rose have fallen within recent weeks, one of them just a few lined with wall board and all the days ago. The first to fall woodwork will be painted. Cost started the second to lean and of the material was estimated at the weight of snow caused the about $600. he said. Work is scheduled to begin In a few days fall. License Plates Still Wanted Badge Program Set for Feb. 18 Lunch Program Start Successful Interior Work Planned for Hall THIS PHOTO shows ons deck of logs salvaged fro -n the Columbia Tree Farm. It is only a small amount of the actual salvage that has taken place since the land was taken over by Crown Zellerbach after first being logged by Clark and Wilson several years ago. The wood has been used for both pulp and sawlogs. This deck was located on Piling hill on the high ridge between Pebble creek and the Joe Hershey olace. Death Claims Mrs. Wilson Sun. Mattie Emily Gager Wilson passed away at the family home at Mist Sunday, January 8 at 2:20 p.m. She was born at Springfield, Oregon October 16 1874, the daughter of Isaac and Martha Gager. Her father pas sed away December 21, 1874 after which she moved to Col fax, Washington with her mother. The mother met and married William McNeiley in 1876. She lived at Colfax attending school there. In 1894 she met and married Clarence Wilson of Macksburg, Oregon and to this union eight children were born of which seven remain to mourn her loss. They arc: four daughters, Mrs. Lula Fackrell of Carmen, Idaho, Mrs. Mary Chase of Port Angeles. Washington, Mrs. Alberta Burke of Portland and Mrs. Kath'-m Youmans of Long Beach, Wash ington; 3 sons, Henry, Bi’» and Golsie (Roy), all of Mist; 17 grandchildren and 20 great grand children; one sister, Mrs. Grace Wilsey and three brothers, Sam. Hugh, and Art McNeiley, all of Colfax. The services for Mrs. Wilson are to take place at Colfax, but the definite date was not known Wednesday. Arrangements here have been taken care of by the Bush Funeral Home. Enrollment in Grades Changed • Ten new pupils have been ad ded to the enrollment of the grade school according to Paul Gordon Monday. The newcomers started school with the reopening of classes after the New Year. However, Mr. Gordon indicated that the overall enrollment pic ture would not change much be cause of the new names because some former students have left school. Examiner to Visit A drivers license examiner will be in Vernonia Friday, January 20 at the city hall between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Persons wishing licenses or per mits to drive are asked to get in touch with the examiner well ahead of the scheduled closing hour in order to assure comple tion of their applications with a minimum of delay.