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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1950)
Library, U of 0 LOOKING east on Bridge street from the railroad crossing, this view greeted the eyes of those who drove into Vernonia last Saturday morning. Some snow had been cleared from the center of the street and piled at the curbings. Owners of many buildings were busy last week clearing roofs to prevent possible damage from excessive weight. FROM THE O-A hill Vernonia presented this snow /■ scene Saturday to those who thought to look. Part of the day was clear and very appropriate for photo fans, many of whom have taken the op portunity to record in pictures the beautiful winter scenes. The mantle of white reached a depth here that exceeds any recorded for many years. Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming Recreation.” VOLUME 23, NUMBER 3 West Oregon Annual Meet Postponed Attendance Here Sat. Totals 28; Quorum Lacked for Business THE CAR above was one of many left outside late last week* io be almost covered with snow. Below is the triangle at the entrance io O-A residences. Final Rites for Mrs. Hieber Read The necessary number of mem bers of West Oregon Electric Cooperative to form a quorum were not present last Saturday for the Cooperative’s annual meeting with the result that the session was postponed until No vember 18 of this year, Coopera tive Manager Guy Thomas said Monday. In order to conduct the annual meeting, at least 87 members must be present to legally con duct business at that time. Weather conditions prevented a larger attendance than the 28 who did come. Upon a motion by Mrs. Hattie Draper, member of the Coopera tive, the postponement was given an unanimous voice vote and that the annual session be held ■at that time. Part of the pro gram for November will be a change in the annual meeting procedure to place it permanently in that month when weather conditions will not prove a hind rance as they have for the past two years. The present members of the board of directors will continue to serve until November. Last rites for Martha Hieber were conducted here Tuesday morning at 10:30 at the Evangeli cal church following her death at Hillsboro January 15. Death came at the age of 77 years, three months and one day. She was born at LaCrosse, Wisconsin October 14, 1872. Mrs. hieber had been a resident of Vernonia for 25 years and held membership in the Order of the Eastern Star and in the Polly anna Society of the Evangelical Dimes Dance Planned United Brethren\church. For i A March of Dimes dance is over 40 years, as a younger wo being scheduled for the latter man, she sang in church choirs part of this month or early in February by the American Legion and musical groups. Surviving are her husband, and Auxiliary. Funds from ad Charles F. Hieber; four children, missions to the affair will be turned over to the current polio Charles Gordon of Corpus Christi fund campaign as part of this Texas, George Lowell of Ver area’s contribution to the cause. nonia, Mrs. Helen DeCew of A definite date will be set soon. Salem and Melvin Glen of Hills boro. Interment was at Bellcres't cemetery, Salem and arrange ments were in care of Donelson and Sewell mortuary of Hills- I Deposits at the Vernonia boro. Branch. Commercial Bank of Oregon show an increase during the past year, both for demand Legion Hall Braced and time deposits according to Repair of the American Legion Earl A. Bowman, president. Data hall was made a few days ago to on the increase was released :.iere correct a settleing of the roof Tuesday at the same time as the which resulted from weight of combined statement of the Com the snow. Noble Dunlap ex mercial Group of Banks which amined the structure to recom is published this week. Demand deposits for Decem mend bracing which corrected the trouble and which makes ber 31, 1948 totaled $«18,184.78 the roof structure stronger now and for December 31, 1949. $652.- than it has ever been. Over 863 94 for a gain of $36.679.16. half of the redecoration of the Likewise for time deposits, • interior of the hall has now been gain of $91,074.92 is evidenced by the difference in figures for completed. VERN«NIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON Schools Plan Opening Mon. Difficulties encountered by the school busses traveling their routes due to snow conditions led to the decision the latter part of last week to close local schools until the early part of this week. Another decision this Tuesday continued the closure for the remainder of this week. School doors will open for classes again next Monday if roads can be cleared sufficiently for busses to make their trips. Deputies to Give Income Tax Aid Assistance to those who pre pare their own income tax re ports will be available in Ver nonia February 20 and 21 when deputy collectors from the office of the collector of internal reven ue will be here. The deputies will assist taxpayers in prepar ing their federal income tax re turns for the year 1949. The same assistance will be available at several other places in the county also according to a treasury department announce ment. Deputies will be at Clats kanie January 24, Rainier Feb ruary 6 and St. Helens February 7 to 9 inclusive. In addition, assistance in pre paring the forms is available at the branch office of the collector of internal revenue at 222 S. W. 5th avenue in Portland. Red Heads Expected Scheduled for Friday evening at the high school gym are Ol son’s Red Heads, popular wo men’s basketball club, to meet the V.F.W. quintet. Fans are re minded of the date of the event which is expected to be one of the sport hightlights for this winter. Report Shows Year's Deposit Increase at Commercial Bank A LEVEL place on Maple street near the corner of Third street measured this depth Saturday morning. Higher elevations near here measured from five to seven feet depending upon the locality, according to reports. Pick-up Delayed There will be no garbage pick ups this week due to the deep snow, H. A. French said Wednes day morning. Garbage pickups will be made next week provid ing there are paths to the cans or if they are set within reach. the two dates. On December’Bl, 1948 time deposits stood at $226,- 838.07 and for the same date in 1949 at $317,912.99. Total de mand and time deposits have increased $127,754.08 in the past year to a total of $970,776.95. Resources for the entire Com mercial group of banks now stands at $22,462,708.22 as shown in the December 31, 1949 com bined statement. Thia figure also is an increase from the last re port for November 1, 1949 when resources stood at $21,902,111.92. Total deposits in the Commercial group are listed at $21.048.660.94 for December 31. THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1950 Ice Prevents Work at Mill; Fall of Snow Nears 100 In. The continuing breath of winter finally became so severe earlier this week that work; at the Oregon- American Mill was discontinued Wednesday morning' pending a rise in temperature that would remove ice from the mill pond. The ice prevented moving logs to the lift and made necessary a stop order. O-A trainmen staited a drive Wednesday morning to clear tracks into Camp McGregor and reached there yesterday after noon. At the same time tele phone service to camp was being restored and the state board of forestry was breaking the car road into camp from the Sun set highway. The opening of travel to the camp will make possible medical attention for Carolyn Waite, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ste phen Waite, who became ill since the roads have been blocked. Linemen who worked to re pair breaks in West Oregon Elec- tric"s service to consumers pro bably feel qualified to travel in the far north if the method they have been using to reach isolated places is any indication. Last Friday’s break of the transmis sion line between here and War ren was reached by men travel ing on snowshoes. Depth of the snow at the break on the iiill east of Camp 8 was five feet and the road to that point was not open so the crew could drive. A tree fell because of the high wind to cause the break which re quired W hours and 35 minutes to repair. Linemen who worked that break began at 7 a.m. Friday morning and worked continuously accord ing to Manager Guy Thomas for a total of 35 hours without rest About 70 miles of line in various areas served by the Co operative are still out of com mission and accesible by snow shoes only. Repairs to service on the Clatskanie mountain will probably not be made until at least part of the snow melts. Telegraph service has not been restored from the S.P.&S. depot A. H. Landers, agent, said Tues day and trains had been stalled on Tophill. A snowplow cleared the way Tuesday and arrived here that evening, however. Snowfall as recorded at the cooperative station by Mrs. Helen Spofford lists 37.5 inches since Wednesday of last we»k for a total fall this winter of 97.2 in. Mrs. Spofford also lists the maxi mum and minimum temperatures from Wednesday of last week through Wed. of this week as: January 11, 38 and 27; January 12, 37 and 26; January 13, 38 and 20; January 14, 23 and 10; Jan uary IS, 38 and IS; January 16, 38 and 18 and January 17, 25 ■ __________________ Smith Named As Supervisor Ben Smith was named by the County court as road supervisor for Vernonia at the court’s first session of the new year last week. He takes the place of G. C. Mellinger, former super visor, who has retired. Other county road supervisors named were: A. R. Mills, Mist; Lloyd Lynch, Scappoose; Fred Colvin, St. Helens; J. R. Par mer, Deer Island; R. H. McAdams Rainier and Roy Tice, Clatskanie. Also appointed by the court were: Dr. Gene C. Webb, Clats kanie, Hairy herd inspector; Leys H. McCarter, deputy county as sessor and James A. Bacon, horti cultural inspector. The county has contracted with the Shell oil company to supply gasoline during 1950 for 18.58 cents per gallon or 2.87 cents off # the posted price. The agreement also provides that the price will not be increased during 1950 re gardless of retail changes and stipulates that in event gas prices drop, the county will get the benefit of the decrease. Meeting Wanted Of Delegates A meeting of delegates ap pointed by the various organiza tions to the supervised play ground board will be dated in a short time if those delegates will make themselves known to either Harold McEntire or Mrs. Clara Kirk. The appointment of two dele gates from each organization in terested in the project was to be done some time ago, but names of the delegates are not known, according to Mrs. Bruce Bass. If those elected to serve will notify either of the two people above, a meeting will be called to plan further for the project to be launched during the coming sum mer.
