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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1950)
Library, U Of O VOLUME 28, NUMBER 29 Council Issues Swim Warning Vernonia’s Ol' Swimmin’ Hole has indeed come in to it’s own the past few weeks, and during the warmer afternoons is filled with young folks having the time of their lives. Mrs. Nora Stanhope, the lifeguard in charge of the pool has been authorized by the city to remain an extra hour in the afternoon during the warm season. This gives the pool good supervision from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. each day. Parents are asked to allow their children to swim as much as possible during the super vised hours, as the city is pro viding the lifeguard to protect the youngsters and feels that they should be relieved of any liability during unpatroled hours. All swimmers are warned that the pool is unlighted, and the possibility of accident to late swimmers is a real one. Ex treme caution must be used by anyone entering the pool, and es pecially at unsupervised times. Vernonia boasts one of the best swimming pools in Oregon. It's entirely natural setting makes it a delightful spot to spend an afternoon. The water is always clean and clear, and possibility of contamination and pollution is nil. It is a civic project of which Vernonia can well be proud. Bank Features Budget Checking "The foot-weary man or wo man who trudges around from one store to another paying the monthly bills in cash can now meet his financial obligations by going no further from home than the corner mail box,” officers of The Commercial Bank of Oregon said today in announcing the bank’s Budget Checking Plan ac count. The plan, established in the interests of local residents who have never before been in a position to maintain checking ac counts because of monthly ser vice charges and the necessity ol keeping fixed amounts of money in their accounts, eliminates both these factors and is available al extremely low cost, officers of the bank statted. Accounts can be opened with a deposit of as little as one dollar and will continue in effect so long a s they are actively used, regardless of the amount ol money on deposit. In announcing the plan, of ficers of the bank said that it brings the advantages of a check ing-account service and a bank ing connection within easy reach of everyone, irrespective of the size of his income. Emphasis was placed on the fact that depositors will not be required to maintain minimum balances in their account or pay monthly service charges. The program, bank officers stated, will now make it possible for thousands of local and near-by residents to pay their bills by check, budget their expenditures more closely by the use of check stubs, mail their deposits to the bank, preserve their cancelled checks as legal proof of payment, and facilitate the preparation of income tax returns. The checks are printed on special safety paper incorporating a patented self-cancelling feature and are insured against specified types of fraudulent alteration. The plan, functioning through a seperate department of the bank is expected to be one of its most popular services, officers declared. Cub Scout Picnic Cub scouts and their families will enjoy a picnic at Rogers Park on Sunday of this week. Pot luck dinner will be served. Games and recreation for the en tire family. All who attend to go are asked to meet at the park prior to dinner time. THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1950 VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON Playground Valuable to Local Youth "The Seven Busy Bees 4-H Cooking Club" of Mist City Council Finds Budget Approval Easy Games and Fun for All at 10 to 5 P.M. Supervised Daily Meets No One Calls at Open Hearing; “Don’t Cry Joe!” Is Advice Small-frys playground activi ties are booming this season un der the able management of Gerry Heskett, who was employ ed at the beginning of the season to give the city kids a summer of good clean fun. Heskett, who this year completes his senior year at Northwestern College,' Minneapolis, Min?.., has had ex tensive training in the psycology involved in administering to the young folks, and all reports indi cate that Jr. Vernonia appreciates and enjoys the efforts he puts into his job. He supervises activity at the playground six days a week from 10 a.m. until 5 in the afternoon. The playground is available to both boys and girls. Fastest growing favorites on the docket are baseball, softball, ten nis and football. A miniature golf course is being constructed at the grounds, and the clubs to be used are coming from Glen Hawkins. Equipment of all kinds is at a premium. Any person having sports equipment are urgently requested to leave it at the play ground so the younger genera tion can “wear it out honest.” A Cub baseball club has been organized and is receiving good response among the boys. Al though it was started at too late a date to compete in the Cub league throughout the county, they have a busy schedule of games planned for the next few weeks. The clubs first game was play- d Monday night at St. Helens, and the laddies popped out four runs while they held St. Helens to zero. Bob Powell pitched and allowed only two hits. Thursday the boys travel to Clatskanie and have tentatively dated nine or ten more games with other town cubs. Any old ster who wants to see the kids play, and help transport the boys to the games can get in touch with Heskett at the playfield or at home. Vernonia City councilmen met at it’s regular session on Monday night of this week in the city chambers with the expectation of added attendance. It was the meeting set for the public hear ing on the adoption of the city budget for the ensuing year. No city dads made appearance how ever, to discuss the pros and cons of the slated etxpenditure of their officials, presumably, holding their tears and jeers until such later date as they feel they can be justified in making such expenditures a personal is_ sue against council members. Members of the city council" approved the budget as adver tised. Although the amount to be raised by taxation for the coming year is less than bas been re quired previously, a raise on- proposed budget for expenditures in the water department was noted. This additional expens? is largely due to repair and re placement work required on the city system during the coming months. These added expenses ordi narily would have necessitated a special election of the city to approve tax levys over the 8 per cent maximum. In order to eliminate the additional expenses and confusion entailed by such an election the budget committee recommended a $1.00 per month assessment on each residential water user, and suggested prac tical adjustments on all com mercial water users. The coun cil later passed an ordinance to legalize the assessment. This in crease in the water bill will take effect August 1, and will continue until needed money is raised, and further action is taken by the council. Luther Herrin Builds Mill Here Luther Herrin, former owner of Herrin’s Grocery on Bridge street, has completed plans to open a saw mill in the vicinity. He recently leased a plat of ground from Vern Boyer, and construction is already under way. The mill will be located a few miles south-west of Ver nonia on the old site of the Arcadia Park. Machinery was purchased in Portland. .4 PICTURED above is the group of girls in "The Seven Busy Bees 4-H Cooking 1 Club." They are, left to right: Charlene Jones, Bertie Lu Ashlev, Maxine Oblack, Marjie Cargo, Esther Kyser, Ella May Kyser and Dolores Wilson. The group is under the leadership of Mrs. Inger Ashley. Bruce to Attend Dry Kiln School Clem Bruce, dry kiln foreman at the O-A mill plans to attend the short course “Kiln Drying of Lumber” given at OSC which starts on August 14. The course is held for dry kiln operators and other personnel in the wood, working industry. Enrollment is limited to 25. Dean Paul H. Dunn reports that many requests for this years school have been received due to the high caliber of last years in structions. Cooperating again in providing instructors will be: Course Materials and Kiln fa cilities, by the Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment station in Portland, the U. S. Forest Products Lab. at Madison, Wise., and both schools of fores try and forest products at Cor vallis. Mr. Quinn attended last years school. The Oregon-American Lumber Co. is defraying all expenses in curred by Mr. Bruce during his stay at Corvallis. The local Townsend club will meet this Friday night, July 21 at eight o’clock. Meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Nichols next door to the MacDonald Hotel. Every body out. Please! Sing Group to Picnic Sun. The Community Sing will hold its next meeting Sunday, Julv 23. Weather permiting a picnic will be enjoyed at Rogers pork. Gather at Christian church at 2:30 p.m. All those able to furnish extra transportation con tact Marshall Crowell, phone 172. Each family is asked to furnish it’s own lunch. Ed Thinnes is Injured at Work Ed Thinnes, employee of the O-A Mill was painfully injured while working on the mono rail at the plant on Monday of this week. As a result of the acci dent, which caused a badly bruised and broken ankle, as well as possisbln other injuries, Thinnes was taken to a Portland hospital in the Bush ambulance. M. G. Davis Home Razed by Fire; Faithful Dog Dies in Rescue Try The M. G. Davis family were a mighty happy group last Sun day when they moved into their new home on the Beaver Creek Hiway south of Vernonia. Their dream of the home of their own had been slowly unfolding for the last three months, since Mr. Davis had made payment on his land with money received from his soldiers bonus. A little house had been bought from Martin Peterson, and moved to the farm, clearing and cleaning had pro gressed beautifully over that period of time, and Sunday’s "moving in” was a happy cli Lloyd Quinn and Clem Bruce max and a definite forward have returned from a meeting move for the little brood. of the West Coast Kiln Club at Included in the family was Snoqualomie Falls, Washington. the faithful dog. recently the T. R. Scholl, Kiln inspector for mother of three snuggly pups. the U. S. airforce was the prin The Davises can remember two cipal speaker, and served as very happy days in the new moderator during discussion per home before tragedy struck. iods. At 3 o’clock Tuesday morning Technical subjects concerning the family was awakened by the methods and procedure were dis smell of smoke and the crackling cussed at some length and a very of burning lumber. The entire informative meeting was report house was ablaze. ed. They were able to save only L. A. “Shorty" Nelson, who has what clothing they could snatch retained a wide acquaintance in in their frenzied exit from the Vernonia was at the meeting. He frame home. Shortly after they is now lumber manufacturing left the house Mrs. Davis tryed Editor of the “Timberman.” unsuccessfully to return to save The place and date for the some belongings, and at this time next meeting was tentatively set | the mother dog entered the flam for Valsetz, Oregon on August ‘ ing structure, presumably to re trieve her puppies. The dog 28. Dry Kiln Meet Draws Local Men Townsend Club Friday didn’t come back out of the house. The pups, however, had been outside the dwelling and had scattered when the fire started. Two of them dared not venture back until the next day. The Davis family, which in cludes Mr. and Mrs. Davis, a daughter 15 and a son 13 lost all their earthly belongings in thirty minutes of blazing inferno. The small frame dwelling and all its contents were burned to the ground. They even lost their faithful dog by its heroic but vain effort to save it’s litter. The family is temporarily being sheltered at the Frank Schmidlin home close to the scene of the fire. Mr. Davis is employed by Mr. Peterson in logging opera tions on the Crown-Zellorbach tree farm. Undaunted by the tragic events of the last two days, Mrs. Davis told the Eagle reporter Wed nesday morning, “We’re going to stay on and re-build. It will take time.” Neighbors and friends of the Davises are making contributions of miscellaneous articles and clothing in an effort to help the family in it’s time of need. It is a very praiseworthy jesture, and any one wishing to help is asked to leave contributions at the Sunnyside service at Tre- harne. or at the Frank Schmidlin home. Scouts Start Camp Trek Sun. All scouts who have made ap plication to go to camp Merri weather with the troop this Sun day were given their physical exams at last Monday’s meeting by Dr. R. D. Eby. Each passed the physical requirements. Information received at the Eagle office today indicates it is not too late for boys to sign up for the camp, and that any scout desiring to go should con tact either Jim Davies or Lloyd Quinn as soon as possible. 19 boys have signed up to make the trip so far. The cost of a week at the summer camp is nominal, $12.00 ach, which includes all meals. The scout committee urges every :cout to make an effort to attend camp. It is an experience never to bo forgotten. There will be approximately 350 boys from all parts of the state in camp with local Troop 201. Jim Davies, local scoutmaster will accompany our boys. Scout headquarters advise this will be the biggest program in history for camping activities. The program has been scheduled :o that some new entertainment and activity will be enjoyed each day during the stay. Some ac tivities in addition to the large number previously available in clude horseback riding, archery and rifle shooting. Transportation has been ar ranged and the troop will leave Sunday morning, July 23 at 10:00 a.m. from the West Oregon Elec tric office. All camp gear will be trucked down by Lew Choate. Park Playground Construction Now A spokesman for the Park Improvement committee has sta ted that work on the rest rooms and dressing rooms at the city park will definitely get under way this Saturday. Some dif ficulty has been encountered at the building site, and because of the amount of gravel and cement work necessary to carry out the first plans of a cement floor, it was decided to move the build ing somewhat, and place a frame floor on cement blocks. Fred Oveson is slated to be on hand at the park this Saturday to take charge of all volunteer help for the project. Volunteers already listed include Mayor Sam Hearing, Ben Davis and Fred Lundgren. The union is cooper ating to the extent of promising to send workmen at all possible times. Assistance Cash For Polio Arrives Ben R. Coleman who recently succeeded Otto H. Peterson, of Scappoose, as County chapter chairman of the National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis, has issued a statement that advance funds from the National Founda tion amounting to $4900 have been received by Mrs. Thelma Hounshell of St. Helens, treasur er of the County Chapter. This amount had been requested to carry the chapter through the next sixty days. At a meeting with Joe F. Kie vit of Portland, state representa tive of the national foundation, it was determined this amount would be necessary to continue follow-up care of the cases which are now receiving medical at tention from 1949. No new cases of polio have been reported in Columbia County this year. The 1950 March of Dimes in the county netted $2,959.48 which was considered quite successful despite the adverse weather con d it ions and other problems. Th" financial burden incurred durins or before 1949, however, make it impossible to operate without as. sistance from the national h?ad quarters. The national assistance fund from which the advance was taken, is built up by the local chapters. Fifty per cent of the campaign receipts each year go to the national headquarters for use in financing needy chap ters during epidemic or high in cident periods.