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Library, U of 0 VOLUME 28, NUMBER 36 ISN'T IT TIME TO SLOW DOWN? AN EDITORIAL What is 'necessary to bring realization to car drivers that speed within the city limits of a town is exceedingly dangerous— to themselves, other drivers and pedestrians? Auto speeds in Vernonia have been noted as increasing in re cent months and especially is that true in the case of younger drivers. Cars have been observed traveling through town at speeds far above the limit; stop signs are many times ignored and safety zones at schools are far from being safe on many occa sions. City police are aware of the situation. They are making ar rests where possible and will, no doubt, follow a procedure more and more strict unless speeds are i educed and closed obser* vance of traffic laws is followed. In the meantime an accident can take place, an accident that may mean the sacrifice of a life. That life could be a child cross ing the street in front of an auto traveling too fast to stop, so —isn’t it time to slow down? School Offers Season Tickets Crop Judging Team Captures Top Honors Mist, Birkenfeld Boys Comprise Top Competing Group A three-man neophyte 4-H crops judging crew from Colum bia county walked away with top honors at the state fair in the 4-H crops judging contest Monday, when they downed a stubborn Union County trio 2350 to 2246 points out of a possible 3600. The Union clubbers, out for the crown for the second time, nearly captured the 1949 crops judging contest, but again failed in their second try. The winning trio, made up of Harold Ashley, 14, Mist; Bruce Larsen, 13, Birkenfeld; and Ron ald Parman, 12, Birkenfeld, beat some of the best for the judging honor only after one year in club work. Scho’arships to 4-H summer school were given to the winning team by the state fair. Other team mgmbers, and individual winners received cash awards. Two members of the third place team, placed first and third res pectively in individual crops judging scores. Harold Ashley, 14, of Mist, placed second. For his ability in raising beef, Jerol Moran was awarded second place for the shorthorn he ex hibited in the steer class of beef cattle. Moran also received first for his shorthorn yearling heifer. Season athletic tickets which will admit adults to all local games are on sale by the high school for $4.00. This ticket will cover seven home football games for which admission will be 50 cents except for the St. Helens game which will be $1.00 and to ten horn? basketball games for which admission will be 40 cents. Savings to fans will amount to $4.00 by purchase of the season tickets. Claudine Gibson is in charge of ticket sales. The first football game for which the ticket can be used is Columbia County Local Board with Banks September 15 at 8 No. 2 sent 46 men to Portland on o’clock on the local field. Coach September 5 for their pre-induc Lee Pangle had a turnout of 18 tion physical examinations. This at the pre-school practice and 15 just about depletes the 22-year- more turned out at the first old unmarried group. Six men school practice this week. are being sent for induction on As the tickets are numbered ! September 22. and the names recorded when There still seems to be some sold, any lost tickets will be re men in th? county who have not placed. registered who should have. All men born after August 30, 1922, and who have not registered Take Examination* since August 30, 1948, should re Five young men from * here gister at once. All changes of had received orders and went to address or other information ef Portland Tuesday for physical fecting their status should be examinations previous to being sent to the board office, City Hall called for military duty. They Bldg., St. Helens, Oregon. were Jim Peterson, Delbert Fow Young men from this area may ler, Marvin Turner, Rex Nor register with Bill J. Horn at mand, Jr., and Verlin Crume. the bank building. Physical Exams Taken by 46 Garbage Disposal Site Change Suggested Tues. A change in the bed of Pebble creek to solve the problem at the city garbage disposal site was suggested to city councilmen Tuesday evening by State Pa trolman Claude Shaw when he appeared before the council. Councilmen met Tuesday of this week for their first September meeting instead of Monday be cause of the holiday. Mr. Shaw’s suggestion was that the council ask for bids to re locate the creek bed and that the change be made to remove the stream flow from the base of the dump. As the dump is now, high water in the stream will carry debris down. The council authorized a call for bids for the work which it is believed will be the most satisfactory manner of handling the problem that has faced city officials for a good many months? Parking on Bridge street also came up for consideration when Marshal A. D. Lolley asked that the council’s opinion about paint markers out from the curbs so that drivers will be better able to park their cars. The markers THURSDAY, SEPT. 7, 1950 VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON will be spaced so that cars can park more closely thereby mak ing better use of the available space on Bridge street. While the parking problem was being discussed a motion was adopted designating a parking space at the front of Dr. H. E. Schlegel’s office. That space will be for the use of the doctor only. Mrs. Gordon Larson will fill a vacancy on the library board. Her name was suggested to the council by the board and the council approved th? recommen dation to fill the vacancy which arose with the resignation of Mrs. J. A. Bush, Jr. The city treasurer will re ceive an increase in salary be cause of an ordinance adopted at the session. In the past the treasurer has received $55 per month, but the ordinance changed the rate of pay to $65 per month. C. F. Hieber holds that office. Final action of the evening was a motion suggested by Council man Lyman Hawken expressing the council’s appreciation for the work of Bert Brunsman. Mr. Brunsman will leave here for army duty September 21. 26 Years of Study Ended Maybe this sets a record. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Justice, resi dents of this vicinity for a good many years, announced Tuesday that this September was the first in 26 years that there will not be a Justice in th? Vernonia schools. Mrs. Justice, when she men tioned the fact, said that their four sons had received all of their education either in Ver nonia or at Pleasant Hill, the school that was consolidated with district 47 in recent years. Ray, Edwin, Glenn and Lonnie are the boys and the latter two completed all their work in Ver nonia. r - - Line Building Work Underway Construction work to provide an additional 85.1 miles of rural distribution lines for West Ore gon Electric Cooperative is un derway now by R. C. Hughes and Hughes Electric Co. of Spokane. Bid for the work was awarded at an official bid opening July II. When completed the lines will serve new consumers in Yamhill, Washington, Columbia and Clat sop counties and will add ap proximately 200 new consumers with the prospect of som? pretty heavy users, according to Guy Thomas, West Oregon manager. The contractor has obtained an earth-boring machine mounted on a heavy truck for digging pole and anchor holes and at this time has about 10 miles of holes dug. In addition about 35 miles of poles have been delivered. The Hughes bid for the work was $149,887.10. Caution Urged Near Schools Schools throughout the state begin to reopen this week and with the reopening the traffic safety division, Salem, issued an appeal to Oregon motorists to drive slowly in or near school zones. More students than ever’before will be going to school this fall, the division said. Extreme cau tion will b? needed if children are not to pay for driver mis takes with their lives, particular ly since speeds in school zones have increased as much as 75 per cent during the summer. These first few weeks of school, the division stressed, can be par ticularly dangerous if motorists do not remember to slow down. The division also reminded the drivers of the school bus stop law, first put into effect last fall, which requires cars to stop when either approaching or overtaking a stopped school bus loading or unloading children. Police Work Heavy in Aug. Activity of the Vernonia city police department during the month of August listed among other things a total of 106 com plaints and activities during that period in a report that was is sued earlier this week. Of that number, 76 were dis posed of satisfactorily and 30 are still pending. During the month 14 arrests were mad?, three of them for drunkenness and the balance for traffic viola tions. Those arrested were fined in the recorder’s court. In addition to the arrests, nine warnings of various types were issued. • Firemen Called The Vernonia fire department was called Wednesday afternoon to extinguish a grass fire which started back of the Nehalem Dairy plant. Hawkins to Act as Head Of Crusade Participation to Be Sought in Campaign To Last Six Week» This county’s participation in the Crusade for Freedom will be under th? direction of Glen F. Hawkins who will h?ad the mass movement intended to create and transmit effective anti-communist and pro-freedom intelligence by radio broadcasts and other facilities to the peoples under Soviet domination on both sides of the Iron Curtain. The appointment was made by F. N. Belgrano Jr., state chair man. Until September 17, every worthwhile promotional device will be utilized to interest Ameri cans in the Crusade and on the following day, September 18, the enrollment phase of the Crusade will begin. The carrying out of the cam paign in this area will be directed by Bill J. Horn who has selected a committee to assist him. Enrollment will have 3 aspects: First —Scrolls will be provided containing space for about 59 signatures headsd by a Declara tion of World Freedom. This pledge is a direct answer to the communist inspired Stock holm “peace petition.” It pro mises resistance to all aggression and tyranny. It is not designed to disarm America and give com munism a free hand. Second—As people sign the scrolls, they will be given an op portunity to contribute what they wish to the Crusade for Freedom and the support of Radio Free Europe. The National Commit tee will make an effort through radio commentators and news paper columnists to identify $1 as the normal enrollment con tribution. However, this iden tification will not be carried far enough to discourage people who might wish to enroll and give only 25c or a dime. What is most desired is mass enrollment— not heavy fund-raising. Third—The symbol of the Cru sade for Freedom is a new t?n ton bronze bell, cast in Croyden, England, the birthplace of our Liberty Bell. This bell will be hung in the Freedom Shrine at Templehoff Airfield in Berlin in late October. It will become the compelling symbol of the Crusade for Freedom and a per manent symbol of man’s strug gle for individual liberty all over the world in the same way that our liberty bell is a symbol of that theme in America. As people enroll in the Crusade for Freedom they will be given a small lapel bell, a replica of the Freedom Bell, as evidence of their personal participation in the battle against communism. The purpose and function of the Crusade for Freedom is to give every loyal American the privilege, as well as the duty in participating: first, in a mass movement which will show the people everywhere, that Ameri cans are working for a free world and secondly, to give every American the chance, directly and personally, to help in the strugg) Candidate Filing Time Nears End The time for filing for candi dates whose names will appear on the city ballot at the genera, election November 7 is nearing an end. The final date accord ing to law is October 6, just 32 days before the election. Candidates are needed for the office of mayor, treasurer and two councilmen. The council vacancies will be for four-year terms. Present councilmen whose terms expire are Lyman Hawken and Bert Brunsman. Fire Weather Outlook Bad A bulletin received here Thurs day morning at 10:40 from the Portland weather bureau contain ed this warning: "The weather bureau feels that the fire weather outlook is defi nitely the most serious that it has been for some time. Easter ly winds will increase and hu midity will decrease at least through Saturday. Operators and the public should be cautioned and if the situation becomes any more acute it may be necessary to close operation." Jobless Pay Claims Down Unemployment claims dropped to 7,475 during the last week ot August, lowest figure in nearly two years, while payments for the month were $620,973, less than half the August, 1949, total, the state unemployment compen sation commission reports. Only 3,700 new claims were filed last month, bringing the total for the 1950-51 benefit year to 21,725 against 40,124 for the same period a year ago. Approximately half of those without jobs were from trade and Service lines, while cannery workers numbered nearly a sixth of the total. Only a few hun dred were from logging, lumber ing and other heavy manufactur ing, where skilled workers were in demand because of defense production needs. Readjustment allowances to un employed veterans declined to an average of around 100 a week. Last month’s payments were $9,- 883, lowest since August, 1945. Swimming Pool Work Slated Work this year to make next year's swimming season more pleasant at the city park pool is slated for this fall and action towards accomplishment of the improvement was started at a recent council meeting. The action was an order that the city engineer prepare plans and specifications for the work needed. Published this week is a call for bids based on the specifications. The work is to include con struction of a concrete retain ing wall on the west side of the pool and a wading pool for youngsters. Need of the work was even more evident during this summer’s swimming season than in previous years because the pool was in use much of the time. The wading pool will be a big improvement for little young sters who in the past have not been provided with a suitable spot for that activity. First Day Enrollment Total Given High School Show* Gain, Grades Drop From Last Year Enrollment of students in the schools here at the opening of the term Tuesday showed a vari ation from the picture last year in that the high school registered a slight increase while the total for the grades was less. The high school figure was listed Wednesday morning by Principal Ray Mills as 197, a gain of four over last year’s 193 on'the first day. By classes th • freshmen could boast the largest group with 63. They were fol lowed closely by the sophomores with 61. Juniors totaled 40 and the seniors 33. In the grades 528 registered Tuesday as compared with 548 last year for th? opening accord ing to Superintendent Paul Gor don. Primary grades w 're not so heavy as expected but the intermediate and upper grades were heavier in attendance than usual. One eighth grade class has been placed in the basement temporarily until construction work on the two new Washing ton school rooms is completed. True in both the high school and the grades is the fact tha* enrollment increases gradually for the first few weeks until all students have completed sum mer work or have returned from vacations which prevented their attendance at the opening. The only vacancy in the grade school teaching staff was filled shortly before the opening when Mrs. Rose Steen was hired for one sixth grade class and the library work. The serving of hot lunches began Wednesday with 250 of the youngsters eating, a greater num ber than had been expected at the start. Preparing food in the school kitchen this year are: Mrs. Minnie Woods as head cook, Mrs. Ida Richards, second cook and Mrs. Sadie Naviaux, third cook. At the high school th? fresh men selected their officers for the year by electing Dicky Gwin president, Earl Ray as vice-presi dent, Wayne Thomas, secretary and Homer Fuller treasurer. Pep club girls selected from the classes earlier this week were: seniors—Pat Lobdell and Betty Lou Frazee; juniors—Doris Hab- meyer and Leona Hoehner and sophomores—Patsy Bjornsen and Faye Millis. Get Service Call* Calls to report for duty in the armed forces have been received in the past few days by two men here. Bert Brunsman will report to Fort Ord, California Septem ber 21 as a master sergeant. He received his call last Saturday. Henry Schmidlin, who received his discharge about six months ago, has also been notified to report again for duty. Safety Topic Discussed By Farm Employes Wed. Seventeen months of work with no lost-time accidents and plan ning for safety rn the future were the purposes of a meeting of Columbia Tree Farm employees Wednesday evening at the Wash ington school. The session was arranged by Farm manager Glen Hawkins and was conducted by Clyde May, chairman of the Farm’s safe ty committee. At the present time 17 months of work have been completed with no lost-time accidents re sulting. The safety campaign is being emphasized now to com plete the remainder of this year with an accident frequency of zero and the campaign is well into the ninth month so far. A new committee was selected Wednesday with one hold-over member from the previous group. Earl Atkins continues work from the old to the new group and the other members are: Cass Bergerson, Bob Tnompson, Ray McCoy, Richard Von, and Robert Lindsay. Frequent changes in the committee membership is planned to bring out new ideas in furthering the safety program. Portland officials of Crown Zellerbach who were present on Wednesday were Otto Hartwich. head of industrial relations, Fred Pontin, first aid training official and Ted Kepner, head of indus trial relations in the timber di vision of the concern.
