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VOLUME 29, NUMBER 3
First Fish
Derby Starts
This Friday
VFW to Give Prizes
Weekly for Largest
Steelhead Caught
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
Names Asked of
Men in Service
The parents of boys who enter
the armed forces are asked to list
the boys’ names with The Eagle
office. Reason for the request is
twofold, part of it being the mak­
ing of a list of the men from this
area who are serving their coun­
try.
Another reason for the names
was voiced by the American Le­
gion post member that the post
would like the listing for future
use of that organization.
The first annual steelhead der­
by here will swing into action
Friday, January 19 and will be
open to anyone holding a non­
resident or state fishing license,
according to V.F.W. spokesman
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who announced the affair which
is slated to become an annual
event.
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Founders day for the Parent-
Entry cards may be obtained
Teacher
association will be ap­
at four business places, three of
them in Vernonia and one in propriately commemorated here
Riverview and a fee of $1 will be February 19 as the result of plans
charged for each entry. Places being worked out by the grade
where cards can be obtained are
school P.-T.A. and talked over
Bush Furniture, Hoffman Hard­
Monday evening at the January
ware, Brunsman Hardware and
meeting of the organization.
Heath's Service station.
An open house L planned for
The competition will continue
the Washington school that even­
until the end of the steelhead
ing and along with it a program
season, possibly March 11 de­
i built around the two new rooms
pending on definite action by tns
added to the structure last year.
state game commission.
Mrs. Harry Sandon is in charge
A total of $65 in prizes will be of arranging for the affair that
awarded to the winners at the evening as far as the program is
end of the derby and also weekly concerned.
prizes for the largest steelhead
This week’s meeting of the
entered will be given. Rul°s
P.-T.A. was also partially devoted
and regulations for the derby will
to an expression of opinion con­
be posted at all firms handling
cerning a proposed city council
sale of the entry cards.
action calling for an ordinance
This derby is being sponsored which will make parents respon­
by the veterans in order to sible for the actions of their
create more interest and better children. Parents and teachers
fishing in the Nehalem valley.
backed the council proposal fully
and will send a letter to the
council stating their approval.
Two movie films were shown
to the audience during the even­
ing.
PTA Plans Open
House Feb. 19
New Law Firm
Started Jan. 1
Announced here Monday even­
ing was the starting of a new
law partnership at Hillsboro
which, along with the appoint­
ment of Glen Hieber as district
court judge there, will bring a
different lawyer to Vernonia
every Monday.
Mr. Hieber, formerly a mem­
ber of the partnership of Bush
and Hieber at Hillsboro, has been
making weekly trips here on
Monday to handle local business.
He is now serving as Hillsboro
district court judge, having been
appointed by the Washington
county court and taking office
January 3.
The new partnership of Neal
Bush and Paul Patterson at Hills­
boro also started at the first of
the year and associated with the
firm will be Carrell F. Brad­
ley. Mr. Bradley will come to
Vernonia Mondays in the future.
His office will be in the Joy
Theater building.
Vernonia High
Accredited
A certificate received here
earlier this week by Ray Mills,
high school principal, officially
announced that Vernonia high
school was again rated as an ac­
credited school.
The certificate is issued by the
Northwest Association of Second­
ary and Higher Schools, the ac­
crediting organization of the
Northwest. Students whose grades
are satisfactory and who attend
an accredited high school can
enter any college in the área
without being required to take
examinations.
The certificate indicated that
Vernonia high maintains stan­
dards necessary to be accredited
and has done so continuously
since 1933.
“Lend me a hand
Council Hears
Police Club
Proposal Mon.
Specifications for
Filter Tank Needed
For Bidders on Work
Monday evening’s city council
session was devoted to several
business matters, none of which
resulted in the adoption of ordi­
nances although new measures
were considered.
Five new ordinances are being
considered by councilmen, but
the measures were turned over
to City Attorney Neal Bush at
the meeting and he is to con­
sider them from the legal stand­
point before the council adopts
them.
What to do in the event an
atom bomb should be dropped is
the topic of a film which was
mentioned to the council by
Mayor Sam Hearing when he
asked whether the council wished
to back the expense of bringing
the film here for showing.
The council gave its approval
for the film which will be screen­
ed at a later time and for which
a date and time will be set.
Deputy Marshal Merle Graham
talked to the group concerning
a proposed police club which
would open to membership by
teen-age boys. Such a club has
been organized at Newberg ana
the plan followed there has been
proposed here. Councilmen were
in favor of the organization. The
police department was also given
approval to purchase lumber for
building a police room in the
basement of the city hall where
the club could meet and where
other police matters could also
be transacted.
The recorder was instructed to
write for specifications for con­
struction of the filtering tank at
the city water pumping plant.
The specifications will be used by
bidders on the work of construct­
ing the tank.
Seniors Lead
Honor Listing
From the standpoint of the
class placing the most students
on the honor roll for the six
weeks period which ended last
week, the seniors took top posi­
tion with six of their members
listed. The students who ac­
complished school work suffici­
ently high to place them on the
roll totaled 17. They were:
Seniors — Marvin Eby, Tem-
pie DeHart, Dolores Barrett,
Nancy Fletcher, Janet Peterson
and Donna Wood; juniors —
Darlene Aspinall, Sharon Mag-
off, Jim Sozoff and Loren Mills;
sophomores — Frances Kaspar,
Jean Kirkbride
and Glenna
Pearl and freshmen — Pat Weils,
Patricia Hickman, David Strong
and Bill Braun.
The six week just completed
was the third this year and
marked the end of the first se­
mester and half the school year.
Dedication of
Coliseum Seen
JOIN '"'MARCH OF DIMES
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. MacDon­
ald, Mr. and Mrs. Harold McEn­
tire and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gor­
don attended the dedication of
the new Oregon State Coliseum
at Corvallis Saturday evening.
It was a celebration of the
completion of the Coliseum and
the Golden Jubilee of basketball.
Mr. MacDonald was introduced
as a member of the 1933 Pacific
Coast champions of O.S.C. dur­
ing the program.
They all attended the reception
afterward and enjoyed renewing
old acquaintances and making
new ones.
Mr. and Mrs. McEntire stopped
off at Forest Grove on their way
home and spent the night with his
mother. Mrs. Ida McEntire.
THURSDAY, JAN. 18, 1951
First Steps Taken to Bring
About New High School Plant
The voters of Union High
School district No. 1 will be called
upon soon to express their opin­
ions at an election on designat­
ing a new building site and also
give their approval to a change
from the present site of the high
school, according to an announce­
ment made Tuesday afternoon.
The announcement was made by
Principal Ray Mills of the dis­
trict board’s decision to call for
an election as an early step in
bringing about the construction
of a new plant.
Back of the board’s action arc
two reports of the state board of
education which call for a new
school plant. The first inspection
where the need was mentioned
was made in 1948 and at that
time improvements were recom­
mended on the present building
and it was pointed out that a new
plant was needed.
A later inspection by the state
in February, 1950 gave the dis­
trict three months to submit plans
for bringing the present plant
up to date or for replacing with
a new plant.
Within the three-month period,
the state was informed that nego­
tiations were underway for a
different site for a new structure,
but the site did not materialize
until December of last year. Ai
that time the district was in­
formed by the board of directors
of the Oregon-American Lumber
Corporation that the land desig­
nated as the O-A orchard site
would be donated to the district
with the stipulation that the dis­
trict must proceed on a definite
plan of construction.
Stipulation going with the land
is that steps must be taken to
start a definite building program
within time to benefit employees
of the corporation, that is so that
their children would be able to
make use of the new facilities.
The orchard site contains ap­
proximately 16 acres and lies west
of the Washington school and be­
tween the railroad track and
Bridge street.
As a result of the land dona­
tion the district board has al­
ready talked to representatives of
Wolff and Phillips, architects,
Bus Drivers to
Report Violation
School bus drivers throughout
the state still report violations of
Oregon’s school bus stop law,
Secretary of State Earl T. New-
bry reveals.
Although such violations are
becoming more infrequent, New-
bry said, even an occasional viola­
tion on the part of a driver could
mean the life of some school
child.
The school bus stop law, which
requires other cars to stop when
approaching or overtaking a
bus engaged in loading or un­
loading passengers, was first put
into effect in 1949 as a protective
measure for youngsters who must
cross roadways in order to get
on or off a school bus.
Secretary Newbry added that
the law also requires motorists
to remain motionless “if and so
long as any childen are leaving
the bus or crossing the highway.”
PTA to Meet Monday
Scheduled for Monday, January
22, at the high school is the
January meeting of the high
school P.-T.A. Mrs. Bruce Bass
anounced Wednesday morning. It
is planned to have speakers pre­
sent to talk on juvenile delin­
quency and the public, in addi­
tion to members, is invited to
attend. The meeting will start at
8 p m.
who will draw preliminary plans
of a new structure. Selection of
this firm was made on the basis
of visits to four new school plants
in the Willamette valley in De­
cember and January. Board
members were favorably impres­
sed with the one building for
which this firm drew plans.
The election date to designate
the new building and location
will probably be called within
the next two or three weeks and,
should it prove favorable, wiil be
followed by a vote asking ap­
proval of a bond issue to finance
the project.
Figures have been worked out
to show that the millage rate in­
crease on property would be
between seven and eight mills in
order to retire needed bonds in
15 years as based on present as-
sessed valuation. Total millage
levies for taxes for the 1950-51
fiscal year now stand at 104.2.
mills on property inside the city
limits of Vernonia, 76.4 mills out­
side and 88.6 at Mist. Of these
levies, the high school levy
amounted to 28.2 mills.
Along with the February, 1950
inspection report made by the
state board of education was thu
stipulation that the state would
withhold money to be received
from the basic school support
fund if some move is not made
eventualy to provide a new plant.
From the basic school fund last
year the district received between
$14,000 and $16,000. Because of
the law passed at last November’s
election, the amount of the basic
fund support will probably be
increased about one-fourth.
Civil Defense Planning
Book Issued by State
Received here within the past
few days have been several copies
of the book released by state
civilian defense headquarters and
dealing with the organization of
defense at home and suggestea
plans for setting up local organ­
izations.
Governor McKay, in introduc­
ing the book, stated: “The historic
American way of life, with its
emphasis on peace and productiv­
ity and its repugnance for war and
destruction, is threatened by
forces whose objective is the des­
truction of free institutions and
enslavement of man throughout
the world,” and further, “If we
are to deserve our own heritage
of freedom throughout the world,
then it follows that we must be
strong. As we must be strong
militarily, so we must gird our­
selves for the protection in Ore­
gon and throughout the nation.”
Leaders of the defense set-up
here are studying the book now
in preparation for the next meet­
ing which is scheduled for Jan.
26 at 7:30 at the Washington
school.
All chairmen are re­
quested to be present at that
time and be able to report on thr
activities of their department.
Explained ip the book is tne
basic system of public warning
signals which are effective at
once. The regular public warn­
ing signal will be of three min­
utes duration and will consist of
fluctuating or warbling signals
of varying pitch by sirens or a
series of short blasts by horns or
whistles.
The all clear signal will be a
series of three steady one-minute
blasts by sirens, horns or whistles
interrupted by silent periods of
two minutes each.
It is suggested that residents of
this area keep, a copy of these
signals in some convenient place
for quick reference. In the near
future there will be a tryout of
the air raid warning system here.
Accidents Mark First
15 Days of January
Automobile accidents here
marked the first 15 days of the
new year with damage resulting
to seven vehicles and some of the
contents, but with most of the
occupants being uninjured.
Earliest in the month was a
collision of the car owned by
Glen Wood which hit the mail
truck owned by E. G. Roediger as
it was parked at the Frank
Lange mail box on Keasey route.
Both cars were damaged and the
milk and contents of the truck
were scattered.
Mr. Roediger
sustained chest and back injuries.
Jim Elliot, who was sitting on a
fender of the Wood car when the
accident took place, was not in­
jured.
Second accident involved three
vehicles on January 13 when they
collided in front of the Mill Mar-
ket and Lockers. The drivers and
cars were: Richard Thompson,
Birkenfeld, operating a station
wagon which was damaged in
the front; sedan driven by Mrs.
Sutton, Riverview, slight damage
to the left rear fender; John
Ohler, Junction City, operating
pickup carrying furniture which
was damaged considerably and
some of which was totally lost.
Traffic was stopped for some­
time and only one-way traffic was
allowed for about an hour after
the wreck.
The third tie-up came Monday
at North and Washington about
3 p.m. and involved autos
driven by Bill Eckland and Lee
Akers. Damage to the former’s
car was to the left rear fender
and on the latter's to the left
front light.
Credit Union Declares
Dividends of 3 Per Cent
Investors in the Vernonia Fed­
eral Credit Union received a threw
per cent dividend as the result
of action taken last Saturday
evening when the annual meet­
ing of the union was held at the
IWA hall.
The three per cent was recom­
mended by directors of the or­
ganization, voted upon and de­
clared. An election of officers
and the naming of committees
to serve during the coming year
also took part of the time.
John Roediger was named as
president at the election and
serving with him will be James
McCrory, vice-president; Frank
Morris, treasurer and Mrs. Charles
Poetter, clerk. The officers com­
prise the board of directors.
Committees names chosen were
for credit and supervision. On
the credit group will be Mrs.
John Roediger, chairman, Fran
ces Mullins, clerk and L. G.
Bowerman, member. Supervisory
committeemen are: Mrs. M. A.
Oakes, chairman, Charles Poetter,
clerk and E. A. Shipman, mem­
ber.
Mrs. Frank Morris will serve
in the capacity of education on
details concerning the credit or­
ganization.