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VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
VOLUME 30, NUMBER 1
ACHIEVEMENTS OF UNION HIGH
SCHOOL DISTRICT DURING 1951,
ARE TOP NEWS STORIES OF YEAR
A review of news stories ap
pearing in The Eagle during the
year 1951 gives top plac? rating
to the accomplishments of the
union high school district and
its board of directors.
News
items of the several steps that
were taken during the year oc-
ei’.prd several columns of space
starting in January.
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be issued to finance th’ cost of
the new high school building ex-
pressed themselves as favoring
the procedure. A total of 209
votes were cast of which 168
favored the bond issue and 41
opposed.
THURSDAY. JAN 3.
Wilson Taken
By Death
In Portland
Bank Change
Effective at
Start of Year
Complication After
Operation Given as
Cause of Demise
Funeral rites were held in
Portland "arly V.’ dnesday after
| Calf V/cn at Competition noon for State Senator Manley
J. Wilson following his death
May 24 — Jerol Moran won
Friday night in Portland follow
Voters Opinions Due
i over 19 other contestants to ob ing an operation and a kidney
January 18 — Ray Mills, high
tain possession of the registered complication. The services were
school principal, announced the
Holstein h ifer calf awarded by held at Finley’s Mortuary, Port
intention of the district board
the Vernonia Trading company land and commitment was at
t > call for an election at an early at the annual Nehalem Vall"v
Lincoln Memorial.
date as a step to decide about
4-H Community day held May 19.
Senator Wilson, 46, was a vet
constructing a new school plant.
eran legislator. He served four
Swimming Season Opened I consecutive terms as a member
Line Added to System
h’ne 21 — The summer swim | of the state house of representa
February 8 — Seven sections ming season was scheduled to tives and in 1950 was elected to
of the 85 miles of new electric open by the end of th? week as the state senate from Columbia.
Clackamas and Multnomah coun
line for West Oregon Electric
th" result of an order issued on
ties.
were turned over to the Co-
Mondav evening by city council-
< perative by the contractors. The
He was also known widely as
m"n that the dam be placed in
construction work started in the nocitinn
Councilman also ac a labor editor, grang" member,
* . of 1950 to add about 200 new cepted the application of Mrs
labor union leader and exponent
< r.sum'rs to the Cooperative sys-
of the school district reorganiza
Paul Dyer for the job of guard
tem. When the lino was fully
at the pool during swimming sea tion plan.
< nergized, increased revenue was son.
Wilson was born September 1,
t xpected to amount to about
1905 at Tacoma. He became an
J 23,000.
Oregon resident in 1929 and in
Largest Vote Recorded
1934 went to work in a Wauna
June 28 — The larg°st vote
Work Record Celebrated ever to be recorded at an elec sawmill where he served as as
sistant foreman and secretary of
March 1 — The Columbia Tree
tion concerning the business of the mill’s CIO local. He moved
Farm was preparing for the cele choosing a director to serve on
after th" war to Warrerr and
bration of two years of work
the board of th" high school dis maintained his work as editor
without a lost time accident,
trict resulted Monday at the an of the Woodworker, labor news
with a dinner scheduled for Fri nual election. Harry Sandon was
paper, in Portland.
day evening. The dinner marked
named to fill the vacancy for a
He is survived by his widow;
the completion of two years from
five-year term.
He polled 126
two
daughters, Barbara and Janis
March, 1949 to March, 1951 with-
of the 137 votes cast.
and one son, Jamey.
< at an accident that prevented a
man from being on the job at
Rainfall DroDS Low
ment used.
the time he was scheduled to ap
Jun? 26—Good having w"ath»r
pear for work.
was th" case during June as indi
Lodge Jewel Presented
cated bv a weather data report
Heavy Snowfall Measured bv Mrs. Helen Spofford. Infor
August 30 — Fifty years ot
continuous membershiD in the
March 8 — The winter’s snow
mation from weather records for
Knights of Pythias lodge was re
fall, or spring snowfall, which-
the past five v"ars during Jun"
< ver most appropriately described
indicat'd that June. 1951 had the warded by the presentation of a
the late season storm had brought
i»ast rainfa’l Precipitation dur- 50-year jewel earlier in the month
to Frank Taylor.
Mr. Taylor
4’ inches of snow up to 12 o’clock j
June totaled only .18 of an
holds membership in the lodge at
of March 7. Measurements were I inch.
Eugene since April, 1901.
made by Mrs. Helen Spofford. '
( operative weather observer. On
Exchange Service Stopoed
the ground the depth stood at
First Grid Game Won
July 26 — A’l Vernonia tele
19 inches.
phone calls, except of an emer
September 20 — The Vernonia
gency natur" and long distance. I Loggers started a successful grid
Team Wins Championship w?r" discontinued over the local season by winning their first
March 22 — In competition
telephone exchange T u “ s d a v garh? with a victory over the
with 21 bowling teams from
night and Wednesday and that Forest Grove Vikings Friday
throughout th" state, a Vernonia situation was due to continue as evening.
team rolled the highest score to lone as the current strike was
take the championship in the
in force.
Mrs. Silvia Turner,
Youth Center Started
state VFW bowling tournament manager of the Vernonia ex
at Hillsboro. On the Vernonia
change. handled the board alone
October 4 — A Christian Youth
team were Georg" King. Charles during the strike.
Center was scheduled for open
Jrhnson. Winston Walker, Darold
ing in a few days under super
Proehl and Joe Dennis. Their
vision of the Calvary Taber
Road Work Bid Awarded
score W'as 2870.
nacle. All youth in the com
Julv 26 — The low bidder for munity were invited to partici
the job of oiling 5.5 miles on pate in the activities of the
Tournament Place Won
the Rainier-Apiary road was cent"r which included a small
March 29 — Twelve women
awarded earli"r in the month by
library, games and refreshments.
ft im Vernonia enter'd competi-
the state highway commission to
t: n in the Oregon State Women’s Harr and Horton. Portland, for
Wading Pocl Completed
Bawling tournament held at the the amount of $16.873. This state
Rose City Bowl in Portland. The project was the Apiary section of
October 25 — Workmen for the
team, sponsored by Betty’s Cafe, the road
H&R construction company com
consisting of Mary Wiese. Agnes
pleted the job of pouring cement
Blount. Esme Closner, Bess Wells
for the wading pool at th? park
Firms Win Bid Awards
and Hazezl Shipman, rolled a
August 23 — The school board swimming pool to complete a pro
2044 to place 7th in their division.
of the high school district met ject started earlier in the fall by
Monday evening to name th" city councilmen. Other work at
Land Tract Accepted
construction firms to which the the pool included a cement re
taining wall along the west side
April 19 — Last Saturday’s bids wer? awarded for erecting
of
the pool. The wading pool
balloting by union high school the district’s new building. Total
increases recreational facilities
cost
of
the
work
was
disted
at
d1 strict residents overwhelming
The
Remington-Tol at the pool and is 20x30 feet in
ly favored the move to the tract $295.285.
Construction
company
was named size.
of land belonging to the Oregon-
American Lumber corporation. for general construction; Plumb
The official count of ballots tal ing and Heating Engineering
Anniversary Celebrated
lied 100 voters in favor of the company, for plumbing and heat
November 1 — The 13 years of
ing work, and Graham Electric
change and 13 opposed.
lodge
activity for members of
1 company, electric wiring, signal
alarm system, light fixtures, etc. the Fraternal Order of Eagles was
Vacant Position Filled
All three firms have headquarters the reason for plans by that
group for an anniv"rsary cele
May 3 — The board of the
in Portland.
bration planned for Sunday. No
high school district filled the posi
vember 4
tion of principal of the school
Volunteer Work Accepted
by the election of Warn» Empey
August 30 — An offer of volun-
t fill the vacancy arising from
Dog Wins Specialty Show
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tter
labor to do the leveling work
the resignation of Ray Mills car-
towards constructing a playing
November 8 — Mrs. Helen Spof
11 r in the year
field at the back of the new high ford’s
18-months-old Shetland
school was accepted at the Mon Sheep dog won Best in Show at
Bond Issue Approved
day evening me "ting of the board. the Northwest Shetland Sheep
May 10 — The voters who par Labor and equipment for the dog Specialty show in Portland
ticipated in the balloting last work was donated and the dis November 3 and consequently
Saturday afternoon and evening trict accepted the expense for received five points towards
to decide whether bonds should gasoline and oil for the equip- achieving his championship.
1952
Consolidation Will
Improve Service to
Patrons of Local Bank
Effective January 1. The Com
mercial National Bank of Hills
boro, as the institution has been
known since the consolidation of
the Hillsboro Tational Bank, and
the Hillsboro Commercial Bank
in 1127, became the Commercial
Bank of Oregon under state char
ter, stated George A. Remnant,
Manager of the Vernonia Branch.
Under the new consolidation,
the Commercial Bank of Oregon
at West Slope, Banks and Ver
nonia and the Citizens bank of
Sherwood, become branches of
the Hillsboro institution.
The new bank has a Capital
of $600,000.00, surplus of $530.-
000.00 and undivided profits and
reserves of $107,798.55. Deposits
of the new bank were $17,000.-
000.00 at the time of consolida
THIS POSTER emphasizes the 1952 March of Dimes under
tion.
taking which opened officially Wednesday morning of this
week under the direction of Jim Davies. Greater empha
The new arrangement, will af
sis is being given the March of Dimes campaign this year
ford better service to the people
because of the greatly increased number of cases last year
of this vicinity, economy of op
and a resulting rise in expenditures for treatment.
eration and simplicity of manage
ment, Remnant stated.
Under
this consolidation the Commercial
Bank of Oregon becomes the
largest state bank in the state of
Oregon. The other banks in the
Commercial Group at Tillamook,
Wheeler, Cloverdale. Newberg
Final rites were performed at ! and St. Paul will not be affected
On and after January 1, all
trailers that are for rent must St. Helens Monday, December 31 ! by this change.
bear license plates before being for Herman Perry Usher who pas
operated on public roads. Secre sed away December 26, 1951.
tary of Stat? Earl T. Newbry Committal took place at the War
ren cemetery.
reminds.
The deceased was born Septem
Amendments to the motor ve
ber 9, 1883 at Deer Island and
hicle law, enacted by the 1951
Word was received here recent
legislature, require titles and li passed away at the age of 68
ly by his mother, Mrs. Silvia
censes for all rented trailers in years, three mifnths and 17 days. Turner, that George Turner, stu
cluding the two-wheeled type, He had lived at St. Helens with dentbody president of Oregon
the exception of the last few College of Education at Mon
Newbry said. He cautioned the
years when he made his resi
mouth, was initiated into Alpha
users of rented trailers to check
dence in Portland.
Si Omega, national dramatics
for the presence of current li
He was marri"d to Bertha La society, the Wolf Knights, a men’s
cense plates before placing such velle Olson in 1905. Surviving are service organization and the
vehicle in service on public three children: Darwin Perry Crimson “O” club, a local dra
Usher, Vernonia, Delsie Lavelle matics club.
streets and highways.
George is also affilliated with
License plates will be issued Bartlett of Valsetz and Wesley
L. Usher of Portland. Bertha
Phi Beta Sigma. Teacher’s hon
to the trailer owner under a
Usher passed away in 1923 and orary society, Theta Delta Phi
procédure similar to that for other he was later married to Mrs. Ad Society and was selected as one
commercial vehicles. The license die Kinken, who preceeded him of the students from O.C.E. for
the "Who’s Who in American Col
fee is $10 a year if the combined in death on November 22, 1951.
In addition to the thive child leges” annual book.
weight of the trailer and load is
ren, he is survived by: four step
4500 pounds or less.
children, 14 grandchildren and
For combiner weights in ex two sister, Mrs. E. H. Gerty of ! Committee to Meet
cess of 4500 pounds, weight cer Monrovia. California and Mrs. [
The Vernonia P.-T.A. executive
tificates are required from license Clyde Hardistv of Portland.
committee will meet Thursday,
applicants and the regular truck
The Bush Funeral Home was I January -10 at 1:30 p.m. at the
license fees apply.
Vernonia high school.
in charge of the services.
Trailer rent"rs are responsible
for making certain the load does
not exceed the maximum limit
for which the license is granted
officials
warned.
Overloading
renders the user subject to arrest.
Rent Trailers
Need Licenses
Last Rites Read
For H. P. Usher
Student Earns
Club Membership
State Tax Official to
Check County Property
Soldier Given
Okinawa Station
Pvt. Gene D. Odam of Timber
rout", Vernonia, arrived on Oki
nawa recently and was assigned
to Headquarters and Headquar
ters Company of the 29th Infan
try Regiment
Prior to coming overseas, Odam
was stationed at Camp Roberts.
California He "ntered the army
in May. 1951.
In civilian life. Odam was em
ployed as a logger with the Ore
gon-American Lumber corpora
tion. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. M. Odam.
Former Resident Die»
Death claimed Oscar Rand of
St. Helens January 1. He had
made his home in Vernonia for
about 10 years before moving to
the county seat town
Personal property returns which
Columbia county taxpayers will
soon be filing will be subject to
special scrutiny if they contain
merchandise inventories. County
Assessor Leo Mickelson reported
this week.
Returns containing
this type of personal property
will be spot-checked by Frank
Bass, appraisal engineer for the
state tax commission, in coopera
tion with the Columbia county
assessor’s office.
Most county assessors, as well
as th? state tax commission, be
lieve. according to Mickelson, that
some merchandise is not getting
on their rolls or being under
valued Consequently, the other
taxpayers in their respective
counties may be carrying more
than their fair share of th" total
tax burden.
In making these spot-checks,
Bass will be aided by the recent
strengthening of Oregon’s omit
ted property statutes. These sta
tutory changes subject any under
valued property to the same treat
ment as omitted property. Omit-
ted or undervalued merchandise
can be assessed in any of the five
subsequent years if it is missed
in computing the current roll.
After the bulk of personal pro
perty returns have reached this
office, Mickelson declared, Mr.
Bass will be sent to this county
The assessor’s office will an
nounce later the date of his ar
rival. Returns containing mer
chandise inventories from com
parable establishments will be ex
amined, and some of the returns
which app?ar low will be sub
jected to an actual audit of their
stock-in-trade as of the annual
assessment date, January 1. Any
undervaluations disclosed will re
sult in revised valuations being
placed on the Columbia county
rolls.
Frank Bass is a former chief
deputy assessor of Lultnomah
county, and was a member of
the assessor's office there for ten
years before joining the state tax
commission. Much of his work
in Multnomah county consisted
of appraising merchandise in
ventories.