Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974, September 07, 1950, Image 1

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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.
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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.
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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.