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VOLUME 29, NUMBER 25
Jalopy Race Fans See Jack Gates Win
Sunday Event at County Fairgrounds
Jack Gatss, Vernonia, cap- i Third and fourth places went to
tured the featured Class A main H. Pellham and Clyde Lamping.
In addition to winning the fea
event Sunday in the second of a
tured
race, Gates also won the
series of jalopy races scheduled
trophy in the helmet dash with a
during the summer at the coun time of 1:48.5, in addition to win
ty fairgrounds by the St. Helens ning the first heat race with the
Junior Chamber ol Commerce.
At the finish of the 35-lap event
he led by three-quarters of a
lap over Walt Waldron who
placed second.
Waldron’s second place win
came over Paul Brasmer and
Behind the three-hit pitching
Dick McNair, who finished in
that order. Several spills pro of Fisher, Forest Grove d?f ated
vid'd extra thrills for the 1500 Vernonia 8 to 5 last Sunday when
or more fans who saw the races. the locals traveled to the Wash
Gat A raced for Chuck DuBois, ington county town for another
contest in the Tualatin Valley
St. Helens.
The 15-lap Class B event was league schedule.
It was a no-no game up until
won by Frank Walborn and
second went to Jack Lehman. the fifth frame when Vernonia
broke the ice.
Hunt tripled
over the left fielder’s h:ad and
scored on a wild pitch. Forest
Grove came back in the last
half of the sixth with six runs
on two hits and five Vernonia
errors.
The Grove nine scored two
Columbia county taxes for the
1951-1952 fiscal year will be in more runs in the eighth on a
creased about two per cent over walk, a hit and two more Ver
the current year, according to nonia errors. However, Ver
recommendations of the county nonia came nearer to evening
budget committee, made public the score in the ninth with four
last week. This will mean ap runs on two walks and two hits.
proximately .4 mill on taxable Langford pitched five-hit ball
for the losers, but seven errors
property.
The general fund tax levy as were too much to overcome.
Next on the sch;dul° for the
recommended will be $163,981.90
and the road levy $167,272.87 Nehalem valley team will be Cor
for an increase of $6,495.20 over nelius, which team will make the
trip here for Sunday, June 24.
the 1950 budget.
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Included in the above is an
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item of $62,860 the $10 per capita Forest Grove
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elementary school fund item V.rnonia
which has been assumed by the Batteries: Fisher and Nosac;
Langford and Byers.
state for the past two years.
Estimated expenditures for the
coming fiscal year are listed at
$326,217.60 for the county general
f«nd and $325,546.56 for the gen
eral road fund. City roads will
take $27,740.05.
Estimated receipts outside of
The Vernonia Junior Legion
taxes, for the county general
fund are $191,742.74 and for the team won one and lost one in
road fund, $188,382.55.
their last two games, the first
The budget committee recom with St. Helens here last Sunday
mended a 10 per cent increase in and the second with Rainier there
the salaries of all clerks and dep
uties in the county offices and a Tuesday.
In the former, the Saints tal
$300 increase for the office of
agricultural ag nt and $100 in lied five runs as compared with ’
creases for the offices of both Vernonia’s 12. In the second
the home demonstrator and 4H game, played Tuesday at Rai
club leader.
The hearing on the proposed i nier, the story was different. Rai
budget will be held July 9 at the nier crossed the plate eight times
to the locals three.
courthouse in St. Helens.
Clatskanie is scheduled here
Members of the budget com
mittee are J. C. Moran. C. R. this coming Sunday at 1:30 on
Evenson and Walter Erickson the grade school diamond.
and the members of the county
court.
Grove Captures
Sunday Game
2% Tax Raise in
County Expected
Juniors Split
2 Game Scores
day’s best time of 2:59.5.
Top time in the time trials went
to Paul Cade with 34.3, three-
tenths off the record set two
weeks ago by Oscar Roth. Close
behind Cade in the time trials
was Walt Waldron with 34.5,
Gates with 34.7 and Oscar Roth
with 36.0.
The second heat race was won
by Dick McNair, who raced for
Caton’s Automotive Service, Ver
nonia with a time of 3:06.4.
The condition of the track Sun
day was greatly improved by the
application of diesel and crude
oil to hold dust to a minimum.
The next racing date will be two
weeks from Sunday on July 1.
Legion Poppys
Bring in $135
The recent sale of poppys by
members of the Am rican Legion
Auxiliary brought a gross amount
of $135, according to an an
nouncement earlier this week
by Mrs. H. H. King.
A total of 1259 ponpys were
sold and cost the Auxi'iary $31.25.
Half of th? remaining amount
of money has be.n sent to the
state department for rehabilita
tion and child welfare work ex
penses. The local unit will have
$45.87 to us? for rehabilitation
and child welfare work.
In addition, ten cents per capi
ta in the local unit was sent to
a “Dimes for Disabled” fund.
Building Front
Being Improved
The exterior of the building
in which Hawken Motors is lo
cated is being improved this
week with painting of the wood
work, the job being done by Bill
Shafer.
Other plans for improvement
call for changing the name on
th? neon sign from that of the
former owner of the business to
Hawken Motors and redecorat
ing of the show room.
REPORT ALL FIRES
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KEEP OR l CO^GREEN
Park Pool to
Be Ready by
End of Week
In the Service
The summer swimming season
will open officially as%far as the
city park pool is concerned, by
the end of this week when the
dam across Rock creek is sched
uled for placing. An order that
will bring about the pool was
issued Monday evening by city
councilmen.
At Monday evenings session the
council also arranged for a guard
to be at the pool during the swim
ming period by accepting the ap
plication of Mrs. Paul Dyer for
the job. She will begin work as
soon as the pool is ready, but
will be on duty only during a
part of each day. The hours
will be posted at the pool so
swimmers, especially youngsters,
can know when the protection is
available.
A provision whereby men who
are signed with the civil defense
po’ice force may receive first
aid training was given council
approval Monday. An instruc
tor will come out from Portland
to give first aid lessons and the
council agreed to reimburse him
for traveling expenses in order
to make the training available
for policemen. The civil defense
police force has been organized
under the direction of Marshal
J A. D. Lolley, who asked the
council’s approval in paying the
expenses incurred.
Not only will th? next council
meeting be the time of the bud
get hearing, but bids will be
opened that night for construc-
! tion of the filter tank at the
pumping plant.
Bids for th? work were asked
for in a notice which appeared
in the Daily Journal of Com
merce. Portland, with the opening
scheduled July 2.
Girls Go to State
Th? three girls chosen to at
tend Girl’s State at Salem this
year are Margaret Michener,
Alice Davis and Mary Tapp.
They left Monday for the ses
sions which started June 18 and
will continue through Saturday.
Th? girls from here attending
this event, which is held each
year, are sponsored by the Legion
Auxiliary.
Water Minimum
Amount Raised
Double the amount of water
regularly allowed as the mini
mum for city consumers will be
available for this month and the
■following three months, they are
reminded this week.
The
change
in minimum
amount comes about through a
procedure which has been in
force for several years whereby
city water users may consume
cOOO gallons of water per month
instead of 4000 and not exceed
the minimum charge of $3.25.
The increased amount for the
minimum charge will be available
during the months of June, July,
August and September.
One of. the largesj turnouts of
voters in many years appeared
to express an opinion Monday
evening at th? annual meeting of
district 47 when the question of
filling a vacancy on the board of
directors was th? big question of
the session.
Only one nomination for the
post, T. F. Keasey, was made
previous to the balloting and he
received the unanimous backing
of the 183 votes cast.
Two other questions to be
settled Monday were also given
a favorable vot?. A total of 151
ballots favored exceeding the six
per cent limitation on taxes and
far outnumbered the 12 votes
which objected to exceeding the
limit.
Likewise, by far the greatest
number of votes favored giving
the board of directors permission
to sell an acre of property for
merly belonging to district 27.
Opinions on this subject totaled
169 in favor and five against.
Mr. Keasey’s position on the
board will be for a term of three
years.
Following the election, mem
bers of the board and Superin
tendent Paul A. Gordon, expres
sed their appreciation for the
vote of confidence which was evi
denced by the large turnout of
.voters.
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PVT JACK MAY, above and SA
Dick May, below, frothers, are
both serving with the armed
forces. Jack is with the Third
division seeing action in Korea.
He trained at Camp Pickett,
Virginia. Dick is stationed on
a destroyer at Long Beach, Cali
fornia. He entered the navy in
October last year and has receiv
ed three months training in
journalism school at Great Lakes,
Illinois. The boys are brothers
of Mrs. Charles Minger and Mrs.
Arnold Counts and made their
home here before entering the
service.
Election Slated
By High School
The electors of union high
district 1 will decide two ques
tions at the annual school meet
ing scheduled next Monday and
the meeting will be conducted
rom 2 to 8 p.m. daylight saving
time. Th? reminder of the
meeting time was given earlier
this week so voters would not be
confused as to the hours of the
meeting.
The balloting will call for the
naming of a director to serve a
five-year term and the name to
appear on the ballot will be Harry
Sandon. Voters will also be
asked to decide the question of
exceeding the six per cent limit.
Son Home from
Stay in Korea
G. W. Biddle, FC3 c, has re
turned from Korea, arriving here
Monday after spending H months
there and has been transferred
from the U.S.S. Comstock upon
which h? was formerly stationed.
He is scheduled to report to
San Diego July 3 and will take
additional schooling.
Biddle is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Biddle, Sr., who re
side on Timber route.
Group Adds New Bank
THIS was the J. O. Libel sior< at M>st some 35 year i «go. Mr. Libel can be seen standing on the porch
between the leader and the pole team of horses. Austin Dowling, driver of the rig stands by the scat
and Bernard Dow.ing ii cn the s;de of the wagon. Two trips a week and sometimes more were made to
haul freight from the boat "Steamer Beaver" at Clatikanie. Then there were those days when a load of
supplies, feed, machines/, etc., had to be taken to cveral ranchers. The work took long hours and the
pay was small but steak wasn’t a dollar a pound ei her. This photo was subnrtted for publication by
two valley residents. County Commissioner Clyde H idzrson and Mrs. Austin Dowling.
District 47
Director for
Year Chosen
Voting Monday Give«
Three-Year Post on
Board to T. F. Keasey
Guard Hired by
Councilmen at
Monday Meeting
Haulin j Freight 35 Years Ago
The Commercial Bank of Til
lamook held open house at its
new Cloverdale Branch Satur
day, June 16, after which dinner
was served at th? Naval Air
Barracks at Tillamook. This event
was attended by Mr. and Mrs.
G. A. Remnant of the Vernonia
Branch, Commercial Bank of
Oregon. The opening of this new
branch brings to ten. the num
ber of banks in the Commercial
group.
THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1951
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
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GREEK'*
Red Cross Board
To Name Officers
The annual meeting of the Co
lumbia County Chapter of the
Red Cross is scheduled at St.
Helens June 25 at 8 o'clock, ac
cording to an announcement by
Betty Simeral, executive-secre
tary of the board. The election
of new board members will take
place at the meeting.
Two speakers are scheduled to
be heard that evening, one of
them a World War II and Korean
veteran now recovering from
wounds in Korea and the other
the civil defense coordinator
from Portland. The former is
Lt. Donald Burr and th? latter
Fred Weisenheimer.
The election will choose board
members from names suggested
by the nominating committee and
from nominations from the floor,
if any. The receipt received by
donors to the Red Cross during
the March campaign entitles
them membership and a voice at
the meeting.
Cutting of Grass
Required by Law
City residents are notified this
week of a job they are required
to do in accordance with a city
ordinance. The job is th? cutting
of grass where it has grown
excessively tall as well as any
other noxious vegetation.
The requirement is explained
fully in city ordinance number
163 which explains that the grass
and vegetation must not only be
cut and removed from the pro
perty, but also from the half of
the strreet abutting the property.
The offiical notice concerning
the regu'ation appears on page
six of this issue of The Eagle.
Cub Pack to Meet
The attention of the Cub
Scouts is asked, in that they are
to attend a pack meeting sched
uled for the city park Tuesday of
] next week, June 26. A wiener
and marshmellow .roast is plan
ned that evening. -The meeting
will start at T:30. *