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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.”
VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
VOLUME 28, NUMBER 8
More Logs Salvaged
Thomas Named
County Head
Of Red Cross
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Quota Set for Fund
Drive Scheduled to
Start Next Week
THIS VIEW is another which was taken on Piling hill in the Pebble creek area of the Columbia Tree
Farm to show salvaged pulpwood and the larger of two mobile cranes used in loading. The logs cold
decked here were salvaged from timber remaining after the original logging operation.
No Load Limit Placed on
County Road Hauling Yet
No load limit restrictions have
been placed upon county roads
as yet according to Clyde Hen­
derson,
county commissioner,
who said Tuesday that present
plans of the county do not call
for hauling limits unless evidence
appears that roads are starting
Operetta to Be
Heard Feb. 25
■‘Rose of the Danube,” a musi­
cal operetta to be presented by
Vernonia high school, is sched­
uled for production at the Wash­
ington grade school auditorium
February 25 at 8 p.m., Mrs. Winn
Kelley, director, said Monday.
The story concerns a mythical
kingdom, complete with royalty,
conspirators, a revolution and a
rose festival. Together they com­
plete a plot that is both sur­
prising and delightfully romantic.
Ingenious lighting, striking
costumes, and exotic stage set­
tings are combined for an even­
ing of entertainment. The music
is beautiful and the talent of the
high school is brought to the
public in this) production of
“Rose of the Danube.”
Students who will participate
and the parts they are taking
are named elsewhere in this is­
sue.
Cubs Pack Meet
Due Next Tues.
The cub scouts will have their
monthly pack meeting Tuesday
February 28 at the Union hall at
7:30 p.m.
Awards will be given out and
more details on the Boy and Cub
Scout circus will be viewed. The
meeting for last month was can­
celled due to weather conditions
A well filled evening is plan­
ned with the pack registering
for the coming year. Also the
new pack flag will be displayed
for the first time.
Guests for the meeting will be
Beryl Morris, field scout execu­
tive, who will assist with the
registering and Lloyd Quinn, lo­
cal Boy Scout master. A film
will be shown at the conclusion
of the meeting.
Orders Sought
The Girl Scouts will take orders
for cookies this week and pro­
ceeds from the sales will go to
the camp fund and for scout
equipment.
to break lip.
At the same time Mr. Henderi
son asked the cooperation of
truck men in avoiding heavy
loads until the roads have had
ample time to settle so break-ups
will be avoided. County road
officials are keeping close watch
on roads ordinarily used for
heavy hauling, he said, and if
trouble should occur, a restric­
tion will be invoked.
For an overall county picture
only normal winter damage to
county roads was reported last
week by County Judge J.W. Hunt
following the gradual melting of
the heavy snow, which had given
a protective cover on the roads.
The judge said that the roads
in the St. Helens-Scappoose area
were in particularly good shape
considering the severe winter
conditions just past.
The most severe damage to the
county roads was reported in the
area back of Rainier, where there
was considerable damage.
Dance Fund Aids
Drive for Dimes
Word received by Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Culbertson from
their son, Douglas, who is at­
tending college in Vienna, Aus­
tria. is that he gave a March
of Dimes ball to aid the fight
against infantile paralysis. Doug­
las is a graduate of Vernonia
high school.
Guests of honor were Douglas
Fairbanks, Jr., and Turhan Bey.
Culbertson’s orchestra, the Sky­
liners, is rated as Austria's top
U.S.-Viennese band. The affair
was held January 27.
Playground Fund Sought
Several organizations are work­
ing on projects to build up a
fund with which to finance tne
proposed community playground
for the coming summer. IWA
Local 5-37 has indicated that the
revenue from one of their Sat­
urday evening parties will be
turned over to the cause. The
party scheduled for this purpose
will be that taking place April 1.
Steelhead Catches Up
Sportsmen who have been try­
ing their luck at steelhead fish­
ing have been reporting better
catches during the past week or
10 days. Most of the fish have
been taken in the Nehalem and
the lower part of Rock creek. The
steelhead season closes next
Tuesday, February 28.
Services Read
At Chapel Mon.
Final rites were performed at
the Bush Funeral Home chapel
Monday afternoon for Phoebe D.
Sandon who passed away at her
home in Vernonia last Friday.
Death came at the age of 73
years three months and 19 days.
She was born October 29, 1876
at Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
Surviving are her husband, L.
Sandon of Vernopia and one son,
Harry, of Vernonia.
In 1900 she was married to L.
Sandon in Weyerhauser, Wis­
consin and in 1907 the family
moved to Oregon. They lived in
Vernonia since 1932.
Interment was at the Vernonia
Memorial cemetery. Rev. Paul
D. Sisler officiated at the.ser­
vices.
Lunch Program
On Paying Basis
The lunch program of the Mist
P.-T.A. is now able to pay for
itself. In the five weeks that
hot soup has been served to the
children $30 has been taken in.
The average number served a
day is 17. The food that has
been used for the soup has been
mostly donated by volunteer
cooks. More cooks are badly
needed. This report was given
by Mrs. Ashley at the regular
P.-T.A. meeting held at the school
house where it was decided the
association would meet regularly.
A basket social has been plan­
ned for March 14 at 8 p.m. at
the Mist gymnasium. A good
attendance is hoped for as the
money will go toward the lunch
fund. Coffee will be served with
the basket lunch.
The next meeting will be on
March 9 at 8 p.m. and new
officers will be elected then.
Location of
Shop Changed
The location of the Second
Street Shoe Shop was changed
the latter part of last week by
the new owners of the store. Tip­
ton and Kelly, from the location
on Second street to the building
formerly used by the Baptist
church on Bridge.
In addition to their regular
shoe repair business, the owners
have opened a fixit shop which
they will operate in conjunction
with shoe repairing. They will
accept all appliances except ra­
dios.
County chairmanship of the
county chapter of the American
Red Cross was voted to Guy
Thomas last Thursday night at
an election of officers for the
chapter at St. Helens.
Vice-chairman for the various
communities were also named at
that time to be: Glen Hawkins
for Vernonia; Mike Talleshaug,
Rainier; Ed Zielaskowski, St.
Helens; Chester Cowan, Clats­
kanie and Mrs. A. R. Dorris,
Scappoose. Mrs. Gladys Curte-
man of St. Helens was named
secretary of the chapter and Eu­
gene Hegele of St. Helens, trea­
surer.
Quotas for the fund-raising
campaign have been set at
$1000 each for Vernonia, Rainier,
and Clatskanie and $650 for
Scappoose, with the balance of
the county quota of $6500 to
come from St. Helens. The coun­
ty area will be divided according
to the high school districts, ac­
cording to Hawkins who will
head the campaign for funds.
Leader Group
Schedules Meet
The Columbia county 4-H
leaders association will meet on
Saturday, February 25, in the
Vernonia high school, at 10 a.m.
announces president Ralph Mc­
Kee, Vernonia.
Officers' for the coming year
will be elected. Important items
dealing with the county fair and
summer camp will also be on
the program, states McKee.
Short reports will be given by
leaders who attended the 4-H
leaders conference at Corvallis in
January.
Instruction and suggestions for
giving demonstrations will be in­
cluded in the program. Two club
members will actually give a
demonstration so that the new
leaders may have an opportunity
-to see a demonstration presented.
A potluck dinner will be served
at noon. All club leaders are
urged by McKee to attend this
meeting.
Patrol Plans 1st
Overnight Camp
The Green Bar Patrol of Ver­
nonia Troop 201 will make its
first overnight camp of the year
at the new camp site on the
property of the Vernonia Rod and
Gun club above Keasey the
second week end in March. De­
cision to undertake the camping
venture was made at Monday
night’s Scout meeting, according
to Lloyd Quinn, scoutmaster.
The patrol consists of the senior
patrol leaders, patrol leaders as­
sistant patrol leaders and boy
officers of,the troop.
Thirty-two boys were present
Monday night at the regular
meeting when it was decided that
the camp above Keasey would
be named Camp Ed Frazee.
THURSDAY, FEB. 23, 1950
Churches Plan
Prayer Day
“World Day of Prayer” will
be observed by the churches of
Vernonia Friday, February 24
with a union service at the
Evangelical U.B. church at 1:30
p.m. Mrs. W. M. McBride will
have charge of the service. Each
of the churches will have a part
in the program.
This special day is being ob­
served throughout the world by
churches which are uniting in
union service.
Award Won lor
Script Delivery
At the closing of the annual
three-day Interscholastic Speech
Tournament sponsored by Lin­
field college in McMinnville Con­
rad Mertz, local high school stu­
dent was presented a third-place
award for his outstanding de­
livery of a five-minute radio
script on the H-bomb. Bill Wells
represented Vernonia at the Fri­
day night talent show event by
singing and playing his ukelele
to the tune of “Frankie and
Johnny.” His talent was well
received by the audience and he
was named one of the finalists.
Other Vernonia students who
traveled to McMinnville last
Thursday were Jack Bumham,
Janet Peterson, Sharon Magoff
and Marjorie Roland. The fol­
lowing events were entered by
the group: extemporaneous
speaking, after dinner speaking,
impromptu, interview, radio
speaking, oratory and a competi­
tive talent show. All the stu­
dents participated in three rounds
of their respective events. Miss
Wanda Gossage, public speaking
teacher, accompanied the group.
PTA Schedules
Motion Picture
The high school P.-T.A. meet­
ing next Monday evening, Feb­
ruary 27. will be featured with
a motion picture on the topic
of social diseases. Announcement
of the film subject was made
yesterday by Mrs. Bruce Bass,
head of the association.
The showing of the film will
be followed by a ■ round table
discussion on why children won’t
confide in their parents, with
Dr. R. D. Eby, Rev. Joe Smith,
Miss Nadine Stanhope and one
parents participating.
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Singing Program
Well Received
The crowd that attended the
Vernonia Community Sing last
Sunday almost overflowed the
building that now serves as the
Baptist church. The program was
very well received. Some very
enjoyable numbers were solos by
Miss Helen Frank and Miss Mary
Ann Clark and a quartet made
up of Mrs. Shirley Kirtland, her
son, daughter and son-in-law who
sang and played the piano, steel
guitar and electric guitar.
The next sing will be March 5
at the Christian church at 2:30."
New Procedure to Start
Company Adds
New Car Line
Starting this week, two spell­
ing errors will appear in the
Brunsman Hardware advertise­
ment each week and the first
two people who discover the er­
rors and call at the store will
receive gifts, according to Pete
Brunsman, store owner. The
people who find the errors must
call in person at the store and
point out the mistakes in order
to receive the gifts, he said.
Handling of the Buick line of
automobiles is being undertaken
for this area by the Vernonia
Auto company according to an
announcement made earlier this
week by Jim Davies, manager of
the company.
A selection of the new line of
can will be available for custo­
mers, he said, along with acces­
sories and service.
Objections to
Phone Service
Voiced Monday
Lions Club, Council
Plan Actions Seeking
Improvement Here
The subject of telephone ser­
vice was the topic of conversa­
tion at two seperate meetings
Monday evening of this week.
Members of the Lions club heard
several proposals following their
Monday evening dinner and the
members of the city council also
discussed the subject at con­
siderable length. Both groups
took action that it is hoped will
bring some improvement in the
equipment being used here and
consequently in the service now
received by subscribers.
The Lions club plan of action
will probably be the drawing up
of a petition and the seeking
of signatures of local telephone
patrons, the petition to propose
action on the matter of service
by the public utilities commission.
Discussion of the petition will
probably also occupy part of
the coming Monday’s meeting of
the club.
City councilmen will try a
different procedure in that they
authorized City Recorder Albert
Childs to write the Pacific Tele­
phone- and Telegraph company
asking that firm if it would be
interested in providing service
to this area if sufficient subscrib­
ers could be obtained.
Qualifying Tests
Being Given Now
The first tests to be given ap­
plicants for crew leader and
enumerator jobs for the 1950
census are scheduled to begin
this week according to Lyman
Ross, A"*oria, district supervisor
for the bureau of the census.
Ross states that applications
are still being received and that
all applicants between the ages
of 21 and 65 who meet the gen­
eral qualifications will be noti­
fied by mail of the time and
place to report and will be re­
quired to take the oral and writ­
ten tests to determine whether
or not they can comprehend and
follow the detailed and exacting
written and oral instructions ne­
cessary to complete an assign­
ment.
Mr. Ross says that the tests will
be given under the direction of
his assistant, Mrs. Ethlyn Lind­
strom, who has considerable ex­
perience in educational work.
Two crew leaders and 32 enum­
erators will be employed in Co­
lumbia county, and the actual
werk will being on April 1.
Successor for
Assessor Named
Leo W. Mickelson was offocially
appointed Wednesday of last
week by the county court to
suceed James M. Anliker as coun­
ty asse^or, effective March 1.
The new assessor has been work­
ing in the office for the past
week to familiarize himself with
the duties of the post.
Mickelson is no stranger in the
courthouse, for he worked in the
county clerk’s office for a period
of eight years, part of the time
as deputy clerk.
Anliker, who was elected to a
four-year term in November,
1948, submitted his resignation
on January 10 of this year, to
become effective February 28.
He left his post here to accept
a position with the Longivew
Fibre company. Anliker will act
as overseer for the firm's prop­
erties in Tillamook, Lincoln and
morion counties.