Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974, January 19, 1950, Image 1

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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
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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.