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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1951)
Archery Club Slates Shoot At Mist Range Winners at Fair Three-day Tourney Scheduled to Open September First The annual Pope Young arch ery tournament will be held on the range of the Nehalem Arch ery club at Mist over Labor day week end, starting September 1 ar.d concluding the third. The purpose of the tournament is to familiarize beginners in the use and care of archery equip ment as well as to participate in competition under simulated hunting conditions, which is help ful to all archers whether new or seasonal bowmen. With the new archery hunting area at Clatskanie, as designated by the state game commission, open this year for the first time, many sportsmen who have not previously availed themselves of the opportunity, are expected to obtain archery permits. Last year 118 archers registered for the shoot which was held at Shedd. This year’s registration is expected to exceed that number. On Saturday evening at 5:15, the annual barbecue, supervised this year by Art Dorio, will be held. According to George Reavis, club president, many local resi dents, who do not as yet partici pate in the sport, are expected to attend the tourney. Everyone interested, whether an archer or not is invited to participate. The Clatskanie Archery area opens September 8 with a bag limit of one deer of either sex. including white tail deer. All archers will bo required to have their permits in possession while hunting. The report card attach ed to the archery permit must be returned to the game commis sion within 30 days after the close of the season, which ex tends to September 23 inclusive. A complete description of the open area in this county is con tained in the 1951 Oregon hunt ing regulations which are avail- able at license agencies. League Play to Open Sept. 10 Play for the Vernonia women’s bowling league is scheduled to open the evening of Monday, September 10, as the result of a decision made Tuesday evening when the women bowlers met at the Dessy Laird home to draw up the schedule. Some player positions on the teams yet remain to be filled and women who would like to bowl, but who have not joined a team, may do so by calling at the al leys. Teams to compete this year are: Betty’s Cafe, Vernonia Drug. Rebekahs, V.F.W. Auxiliary, Ver nonia Service station, O-A office, Lew’s Place and Dessy’s. k Course Ends 11 Lettermen Back For Season; Weight Average Increased By MELVIN SCHWAB On Monday evening of this week, 25 hopeful candidates were rostsred on Coach Le? Pangle’s Logger turnout. Of this number, 11 are lettermen returning from last year’s champion team. With the coming of school, those others who ar? working in the crops, woods and locally will swell the total turning out- to about 45 or 50. Rett::.:;ng leltermen from lasl year’s team include: Gordon Crowston, Tommy Peters, Bill Lydie, Jim Smejkal, Deraid Bor ders and Lor?n Mills, all seniors. Juniors who earned letters last year and who will return are Donnie Wantland, Rick Fulton and Donny Morgan while the Sophomores number two who earned their letters. They are Speed Lusby and Lee Faulk. The turnout this week began with typical football weather and the Loggers are busy getting into condition and learning funda mentals for their first game Sept ember 14 with Forest Grove. Vernonia’s team this year will be much heavier than has been the case in previous years with the team average about 175 pound to the man. This increase in weight will make the Loggers about 15 pounds heavier to the man than last year’s squad and possibly will rank it as. one of the heaviest teams in the county. A change in the uniform this year will see the local pigskin tusslers wear blue jerseys, yel low head gears and white pants. ABOVE Jean Ann Anderegg holds the championship ribbon she won with her Holstein at the county fair and Jerol Moran, below, the registered Holstein and first place ribbon he won. Moran's calf is the award made by the Vernonia Trading company at the Nehalem Valley 4-H community day earlier this year. Bowlers to Meet, Plan Schedule Permits Needed Before Burning A permit to burn trash is Bowling enthusiasts will start preparation for th? coming sea needed before the fire is started son when th'y ar? scheduled to was the word of warning sounded meet Friday evening of this week Tuesday afternoon by city police at Dessy’s and figure out the following several fires that were league schedule. I started that day. Police reported that all the Announc:ment of the meeting date was made Tuesday and also fi ?s w re started without author stated that anyone interssted in ization and that considerable participating in play during the danger to buildings and other winter is welcome to attend. The property resulted because of the ' meeting will begin at 8 o’clock, action. Permits are required for all Team rosters are being made up now for the opening of com- trash fires, whether those fires are to b? started after heavy rains petition. cr not. In other words, a permit is required to burn traih regard less of when it is done. The fires Tuesday were started after the slight rainfall that day. People wishing permits may ob tain them from the fire chief, principal and second grade; Mrs. James McCrory, assistant chief, Mabel Blackwell, first grade and Robert Curl, and from city Mrs. Mathilde Bcrgerson, third i policemen. grade. At Washington the teachers will b-: Mrs. Ruby Reese Powell, first; Miss Lenora Kizer and Mrs. Mabel Graves, second; Mrs. Grace Mathews, third; Mrs. Jane Pace and Miss Margaret Brockhaus, Two exhibitors from the Ne- fourth; Mrs. Evelyn Heath, Mrs. ! ha’em valley will take stock to Noma Callister and Haughton j the state fair which starts Sat- Lee, fifth; Mrs. Rose Steen and ! urday, according to the exhibit Mrs. Irma Chance, sixth; James | list released by fair officials Johns and Fred MacDonald, i earlier this week. seventh; Mrs. Dorothy Sandon Exhibiting from Vernonia will and Darrold Proehl, eighth; Mrs. be James C. Moran with three Lulat\ Fullerton, kindergarten; head of Shorthorn and Polled Miss Pauline Bristlin. music; Mrs. Shorthorns. Elaine Valentine, girls' P. E. and Reed Holding of Mist will take Miss Reva Jo Hughes, arts and i nine head of Shorthorn and Pol- crafts. I led Shorthorns to the fair. i Two to Exhibit At State Fair PVT. HAROLD L. CROWSTON, 19, son of Mrs. E. Crowston, has completed his AF basic airman indoctrination course at Lack land Air Force base at San An tonio. Texas. His basic training has prepared him for entrance into air force technical training and for assignment in specialized work. The course included a scientific evaluation of his ap titude and inclination for fol lowing a particular vocation and career. Clinic Arranged For September 7 Arrangements wh.?raby stu dents who enter high school this year as members of the fresh man class will go to a clinic on Friday, September 7, war? an nounced Tuesday by Warne Em- pey, high school principal. The clinic is arranged so that physical cheek-ups can be given freshmen who do not have health certificates in compliance with state law. Students who will enter high school this year are asked to wait until the clinic September 7 for their examination instead of going to doctors’ offices. Teachers will be on hand for registration again Friday, to County jalopy race fans will morrow, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. see the final event of the season and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and all stu next Monday, Labor Day, when dents who can do so are asked the championship races are sched to register in advance of the uled at the Deer Island fair opening day of school next Tues, grounds track featuring a 75-lap day. main event. The St. Helens Junior Cham ber of Commerce will present the championship trophy that day to wind up this year’s series of races and the wins so far this season point to Paul Brasmer, St. Helens, as likely to be the top driver. Brasmer won last Sunday's class A main event by coming in about a third of a lap ahead of Jack Gates in second place who in turn was another third of a lap in front of Cloice Hall. Hall, earlier in the day, cap- tur d a first place in the second heat race. The jalopies will race next Monday as part of a Labor day picnic scheduled for the fair grounds and to start at 10:30 that morning. Free pop and ice cream will be provided for th? children. The races will start at 1:30 with time trials and in the evening is scheduled a dance. Championship Due for Jalopies Grade Teachers Named; Most Positions Filled All but one teaching position on the grade school staff was filled the forepart of this week and that vacancy will b? taken before the end of the week Superintend ent Paul A. Gordon said Wed nesday morning. The vacancy is on? of the Washington school first grade positions. Three teachers who served here last year will not return. Mrs. Mildred Roberson resigned to take a teaching position in Port land where her husband is sta tioned with the army. Mrs. Es- tella Dare has retired from teach ing and is living at Willamina and Miss Harriett Bronaugh is ill as the result of her mother's death earlier this year. Teachers at the Lincoln school will be Mrs. Velva Christensen, Loggers Take To Field On First Turnout Work Slated On Ball Field At New School Offer of Volunteer Labor Accepted by Board Monday Night An offer of volunteer labor to do the leveling work necessary towards constructing the playing field to be located back of the new high school building was accepted Monday evening by the board of the union high school district. The offer was made that labor and equipment necessary to do the work now would be donated so that the field could be made ready for this fall so that seed could be applied and the turf be ready for use next year. The high school district will take care of the expenses incur red for gasoline and Oil for the equipment used. The job of supervising the field layout was given to Lee Pangle, high school coach, and he has asked that anyone having equip ment and time to donate to the job see him. Glen Hawkins will take care of the necessary survey work to provide grades for the field. The area to be leveled and crowned will provide space for a field large enough for football, baseball and track. It is hoped that, by doing the work this fall, the field can b? ready for use next year. Four Enlist in Army flir Force Four local men have e nlisted in the army air force and have reported to Lackland air force base at San Antonio, Texas ac cording to Sgt. Richard L. Mat ney, recruiting officer who comes here every Monday. Leaving for San Antonio Aug ust 16 were Donald E. Tipton and Elmer Brown. On August 20, Wesley Ade and Ronald I. Ellis left for the same base to start their training in the air force. 50- Year Jewel Received Plane Spotting Topic of Meet Sheriff M. R. Calhoun, Colum bia county coordinator for the air force ground observer corps, announces a joint m'-eting with air force officers to be held Mon day evening, September, 4 at 8 p.m. in the court house, to discuss plane spotting activities .in this area. In general, the purpose of the gathering will be to outline the new ground observer corps organ ization in Oregon and discuss problems of training and opera tion of ground observation posts. Sheriff Calhoun urges that all supervisors. Chief observers, and plane spotters in the county at tend the meeting. FIFTY YEARS of continuous membership in th» Knights of Pythias lodge was rewarded by tha presentation of h’s SO-year jewel earlier this month to Frank Taylor at his home. The pre sentation was made by Oscar G. Weed, secretary of Harding Lodge. Vernon’a. Mr. Taylor joined Helmet Lodge, Eugene, in Apr’l, 1901 and has maintained membership there continu ously since that time. A small group of members of Harding Lodge and family members were present at the Taylor home to witness the presentation.
