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Library, U of O VOLUME 29, NUMBER 24 Change Made for Next Fiscal Year A revision of the City of Ver- nonia budget for the next fiscal year which will start July 1, was made Monday evening when Mayor Lyman Hawken called another meeting of city council men and the budget committee to examine the cost sheet in the light of different information than was available when the budget committee met first. With the changes that were made Moijtlay, there will be no necessity to call for a special election which is necessary in order to exceed the six per cent limitation. The new budget calls for taxes only in the amount which falls within the six per cent. The need to call the special meeting Monday arose when it was learned that the figure for the amount of cash on hand, which item appears under the estimated receipts, had been fig ured as of January 1, 1951 in stead of estimated for July 1, 1951, the date when the pro posed new budget will become effective. Budget men met Monday to re write the cost sheet with the new information at hand. Be cause the amount of cash on har.d as estimated for July 1, was large enough, it was not necessary to change the orginal figure of $10,003 which had been figured for park swimming pool construction. Construction work proposed at the pool calls for replacement of the log retaining wall on the west bank by a cement wall ap proximately six feet high and 160 feet long and a wading pool for small children. The wading pool, plans for which have already been drawn, will be 20 feet by 30 feet with drainage tile from the pool to empty below the dam. This work will be scheduled to start during August in order to take advantage of the season of the year when water flow in Rock creek will be lowest. In this way the work can be accomplished more easily and satisfactorily, even though the summer swim ming season may be shortened. The revised cost sheet, as drawn up Monday, appears in ' this issue of The Eagle and calls for the budget hearing to take place July 2 instead of June 28. At the hearing taxpayers will have the right to appear and express their views concerning the proposed cost sheet. Elliott Loses Arm in Accident Dick Elliott, 19 years of age, suffered the loss of his right forearm in an accident at the O-A mill Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. He has been employed at the mill only a short time and was work ing on the chipper at the time of the mishap. Sources available indicated he was on the chipper line and reached his hand in to free the chain at which time his arm was caught and severed at the elbow. He was taken to the Portland General hospital where his con dition is reported as good. Dick is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Elliott and graduated from Vernonia high school with the class of 1950. Attendance Missed at Service Prayer Meeting Wc missed you. When? At the service men’s prayer meeting. Don’t be missed again, but be sure and come for prayer in be half of the boys in the armed forces at the home of Rev. Paul Sisler on Friday evening at 6:45. Rev. Sisler will be in charge. THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1951 VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTV, OREGON Hawkins Rites Today at 2 P. M. Mrs. Molzie E. Hawkins passed away at the family home in Ver nonia on June 10 after an ex tended illness. She was 72 years of age. She was the wife of Bert B. Hawkins. Molzie Eunice Miller was born in Dayton, Arkansas February 28, 1879. She and Mr. Hawkins were married in Arkansas in 1905 and celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary on March 5 of this year. They came to Vernonia in 1924 and have re sided here since that time. Besides her husband, she is survived by a son, Glen F. Hawkins of Vernonia; two daughters, Mrs. Ida Mae Kudrqa of Springfield and Mrs. Louise Hayes of Gaston; two sisters in the east and seven grandchild ren. Mrs. Hawkins was a charter member of the Vernonia chapter of the VFW Auxiliary and a Past Noble Grand of the Re bekahs, and had been active in these activities until her last illness. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today from the Bush Fun eral Chapel with Rev. K. G. West in charge. Pall bearers will be: Bob Spencer, Harve Christen sen, Lloyd Thomas, Emmett Lloyd, Emil Messing and Merle Cline. Graveside services will follow at the Vernonia Memorial ceme tery with the VFW and Rebek ahs taking part. Seabee Home Now John Carmichael is home from Port Hueneme, California where he has been undergoing CB training since January 15. He is classed as a Building Con struction Apprentice. After a 10-day furlough he will go to Little Creek, Virginia for further training in amphib ious construction. Town Team Nabs 1-1 Win Sunday Vernonia blanked Fulton Park of Portland 8 to 1 behind five- hit pitching of Roy Langford while his team mates collected 10 hits off two Fulton pitchers Sunday. Byers led the hitting attack collecting three for four with Hartman and Desordi getting two for four each. R H E Vernonia ______ 8 10 2 Fulton Park 1 5 3 Batteries: Langford and Des ordi, Eckelman, Payton and Davis. Vernonia plays Forest Grove Sunday, June 17 at 2:30 iat For- est Grove, Clatskanie at Ver- nonia Thursday, June 21 at 7 p.m. and Cornelius at Vernonia Sunday, June 24 at 2:30. Batting Averages AB :R H Av Hartman 32 6 12 375 J. Nance 15 1 4 266 W. Hunt 12 1 3 250 Isaia » 0 2 222 R. Langford 4 1 1 250 Desordi 23 5 5 217 Byers 32 4 6 187 Brandow 22 4 4 181 G. Crowston S 0 1 166 L. Galloway 28 0 4 143 Cline 28 2 4 143 Mills 4 0 0 000 McCammon 9 0 0 000 Society to Meet The Columbia County Hisrtori- cal Society will meet at the home of Mrs. H. R. Dibblee in W. Rainier Wednesday, June 20. There will be a pot-luck lunch at noon followed by the regular business meeting. Vernonia Nine Tallies 10 to 3 Win Sunday Anniversary Celebrated Construction of New Building to Be Started Immediately Fourteen Strike-cuts .. Mark Day’s Mound Activity by Pitchers In a loosely played game last Sunday at the Washington grade school diamond, the Ver nonia Junior Legion team steam rollered over the Scappoose Jun ior Legion team by the score of 10-3. Vernonia scored ten runs off eight hits and three errors and Scappoose made three runs off two hits and one Vernonia error. Scappoose scored two runs in the third inning off a hit bats man, three Walks and an infield hit. They scored their last run in the fourth inning on a hit, a walk and an overthrow off third. Vernonia scored twice in the second inning on a hit and an error, twice ini the fourth on two walks and a hit, three times in the fifth on two hits, two walks and two errors and three times in the sixth on three hits and an error. Powell struck out six batters and allowed only two singles. Reed, Scappoose pitcher, struck out eight but allowed eight hits which included triples by Gwin and Fulton, and a double by Ful ler in the sixth inning. Gwin, Vernonia third baseman, collect ed three hits during the after noon and Powell got two hits. St. Helens will furnish the op position for the game Sunday, June 17, which will begin at 1 p.m. on the Washington school field. Scor by innings: RHE Vernonia 020 233 10 8 1 Scappoose 000 210 3 2 3 Batteries Powell and Faulk, Reed and Dering. • _ _ _ Citations for Driving Increase Steps have alreody been tak en by the Vernonia Independent church group to start the con struction of a new church build ing here, according to an an nouncement made Tuesday morning by Rev. Gerald F. Hes- kett, pastor of the congregation. Rev. Heskett said that the lot at the corner of Maple and First street had been purchased and that the new structure would be termed the Calvary Tabernacle. Several suggestions for a pro posed building were submitted to an architect and plans are being drawn now embodying the suggestions. The structure will be built to provide complete educational facilities for all age groups from the primary up and will also give an auditorium with a seating capacity of 400. The lot formerly belonging to Mrs. Ed Laws was purchased. The congregation is meeting temporarily in the Legion hall. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Thacker who celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Sunday. June 10. Game Date Changed The Junior Legion ball gam? scheduled for Wednesday. Juns 20, has b;en moved ahead to Tuesday, Jen? 19. It will be played at .Rainier. Three Students Are OSC Grads Three Vernonia students were among the 1449 Seniors receiv ing their degrees from Oregon State college on June 4. Cora Mae Dusenberry received her degree in Business and Tech nology and Barbara Keasey and Ralph Keasey received their degrees in Science. Miss Dusenberry was among the students honored by Phi Kappa Phi, national scholastic honor society. Oregon traffic courts were busy during May when some 3,338 Oregoians were convicted of vio lating traffic laws, the secretary of state’s traffic safety division said recently. The violation convictions showed a slight drop from the April figure, but still indicated a general increase over violations of 1950, the office explained. While other drivers were pil ing up violations, some 109 mo torists had driving licenses tem porarily suspended by the state department after convictions or court recommendations. Fifty- two drivers lost their licenses because of reckless driving; 10 on speeding; seven on violation of the basic rule; 10, hit and run; 10, failure to leave notice of an accident and three, failure to stop at an accident scene. Eight suspensions were meted out to drivers whose records in dicated they were unsafe driv ers. Such suspensions are given by the state only after warnings and interviews fail to correct the drivers’ mistakes and atti MRS. MATTIE HOWARD tudes, leading to accidents, the Mrs. Howard will conduct «van- division said. ! galistic services in Vernonia. Jalopy Race Enthúsiasts Set For Sunday Thriller St. Helens Jr. Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring another Jalopy race at the Columbia county fair grounds this Sunday. Approximately 2000 fans saw last week’s run, which was one of the best on record here. Thrills and spills were provided in ex cess, and injuries are being kept to a minimum due to new rulings put into effect by the Jaycees. Hard tops and roll-over bars are standard equipment for entry this season and other safety measures are being enforced. The track at the fair grounds Church Group Buys Lot for Tabernacle is being treated this week with diesel and crude oil to eliminate dust during the show, thus ad ding to the enjoyment of the spectators. Paul Cade, winner of last week’s class A main event will be in the pitch Sunday trying to repeat his superb performance H»will be competing with Oscar Roth who holds the record for speed on time trials at the local track. Jack Gates, Paul Brasmer and Wa’t Waldron. Waldron is last year’s trophy winner from points earned during the season. 1951 Polio Fund Exceeds *50 Total Bill Shipman Home from Fight Pfc. Bill Shipman arrived in Vernonia Sunday after 10 months in Korea with the 77th Field Ar tillery which was with the 1st Cavalry division. He debarked in Seattle Saturday from the troop ship General Meigs along with 3600 other men who made the trip home on the rotation set up. After a 30-day furlough he will report at Fort Lewis, Wash ington. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Shipman, made the trip to Seattle to be there at the time the ship docked. Oregon's 1951 March of Dimes brought in a total of $502,000, ac cording to a recent announce- m nt by Dr. E. T. Hedlund of Portland, chairman of the annual polio fund drive. Total receipts for this year were $70,000 great er than those in the 1950 drive. Dr. Hedlund expressed apprec iation to the workers and the public for their “generous ef forts” during the drive. The in crease in funds for the year, however, are threatened to be nullified by the heavy patient carryover from 1949 and 1950 and the high polio incidence of the first five months of 1951, he stated. Colulmbia county contributed In a hard fought pitcher’s bat- $7,321 to the state fund. I tie, the Clatskanie Junior Le- I gion team defeated the Vernonia ! Junior Legion team 2-1. The game was played in Clatskanie under lights. Each pitcher al lowed only three hits, all singles, A name that will reflect the but a costly error by Powell, spirit and scope of the historical Vernonia pitcher, on Pierce s spectacle to be presented nightly grounder paved the way for at this year’s Pacific Internation Clatskanie’s winning run. Powell al Livestock Exposition is being struck out eight batsmen and sought by exposition officials Puzey, Clatskanie pitcher, struck who will present a 1000-pound out nine. Clatskanie scored in the first steer to the person who comes up with the winning suggestion, inning on a walk, a hit batsman Walter A. Holt, P. I. manaiger. and Luoto’s slashing single down the first base line. In the second has announced. Holt said the steer will be inning, Kangas, Clatskanie catch, slaughtered, the meat cut and er, singled and moved to third placed in a frozen food locker, when Powell threw wildly to including five family size hams first on Pierce's easy grounder. and 10 16-pound turkeys, it was Kangas then scored on an in field out. stated. In the seventh inning, Ver The contest will be open until nonia scored their lone run. With midnight June 30 and official entry blanks, which must be two men out, Powell walked used, can be obtained by writing and Fuller lined a hit into left Exposition headquarters in North field that got through Eilertsoa Portland. In the event of a tie, for a triple, scoring Powell. Ful the entry bearing the earliest ler then died on third when postmark will be declared the Crowston fanned. Fuller wielded the big stick winner, Holt reported. The historical spectacle, a new for Vernonia, getting two of the P. I. attraction, will have a cast three hits off Puzey. Faulk, Ver of 1,000 persons and will be nonia catcher, got the other hit. made up of 14 episodes, tracing Score by innings: RHE the development of the Pacific 000 000 1 1 3 2 Northwest. It will include In Vernonia 110 000 0 2 3 2 dian chants and dances, the com Clatskanie Batteries: Powell and Faulk, ing of the fur traders, the great explorers, Indian raids, birth of Puzey and Kangas. Oregon as a state, comedy and color of the gay 90’s, a 100-girl ballet and many other lavishly costumed presentations. Holt said one end of the Ex position pavilion will be trans formed into a mammoth moun tain setting from whose trailers and valleys the spectacle will unfold. > Clatskanie Wins Over Vernonia 1000 Pound Steer For Prize Name
