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VOLUME 30,
VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTV, OREGON
NUMBER 8
Model Railroaders to Make
Excursion Train Trip Here
Preparation for entertaining a
group of model railroad enthusi
asts, who will come here in Aug
ust, has already b?en started
because of word that they are
planning an excursion trip to
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Vernonia. The visit here will be
a side trip made by model build-
ing railroaders as part of the na-
t nal convention in Portland of
t e National Model Railroad
Association,
Inc., which
has
headquarters at Canton. Ohio.
The national convention is
scheduled to take place in Aug
ust and during that time, Satur
day, August 23. has been de-
s.gned as the date for the excur-
s 'gi over the S.P.&S. line from
Portland to Vernonia.
Arrangements for ths trip were
r ade by Stephen Donoho", dis
trict traffic representative of the
Chicago Northwestern Railway,
who was contacted by Pete Bruns-
man who is making the
arrangements here. The train,
•which will be powered by a
steam locomotive, according to
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the traffic representative, is ex
pected to bring not less than 200
e people and the number will pro
bably approach 300 because the
nvention will bring model rail
read builders from all over the
* at ion to Portland. A large dele-
b. tion is*cxpected from as far
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as Boston.
The trip will start from Port-
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Students View
Air Force Films
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Sgt. Bill Judy, St. Helens, re
cruiting representative for Col-
. nbia county, visited Vernonia
‘.ch school Tuesday morning to
talk to the Senior and Junior
classes and show two films.
The films, entitl°d "Women of
the Air Force” and "Men of the
Air Force,” pictured exactly the
procedure as to what happens
to them*when they enlist. Sgt.
Judy will be here weekly to
^lk to parents of prospective
enlistees.
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Death Claims .
Former Resident
Mrs. Fred Zeiner of Waldport
passed away February 14. Besides
er husband she is survived by
e son. Donald, of Portland and
.Mrs. Lavina Lisanti of Oakland,
• California.
Funeral services were held on
Monday at Riverview Abbey in
Portland.
The Zciners own"d and op-
' ated a grocery store in River-
v icw for many years.
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Airport Lease Problem
Crew Starts
Considered at Council
Planting of
Meeting Monday Night
Trees Monday
land and arrive here at 11:30.
One of the most important before definite action is consider,
The tram is sch-'duled to leave
items to b> considered by city ed at the next council meeting,
here at 2:30, allowing a three-
Four Areas on Farm
councilmen Monday evening was which will take place March 3.
hour layover in Vernonia, during
the matter of a lease for the
Councilmen were informed by
To Be Restocked
which time somewhat extensive
Vernonia airport, along with an Mayor Lyman Hawken of the
By
Present
Program
plans are being developed ten
easement ask"d for hauling logs proposed August 23 visit here of
Four areas on th" Columbia over the road which runs beside delegates who will attend the Na
tatively for entertainment of the
Tree Farm will be restocked with the airport on city property.
visitors.
tional Model Railroad convention
seedling Douglas firs under the
A feature attraction, not only
Both matters were presented I in Portland.
current tree planting program to the council by Cecil Huff, who
for the railroad builders, but for
He suggested that now was the
started Monday by th" Columbia leased the airport last year from time to landscape and plant grass
people of this area as well, will
Tree Farm.
be an Oregon-American shay
the city and who has held a on the beach at the city swim
A ten-man crew began the leas" on the property in previous ming pool so that it would be
which Judd Greenman will ar
work Monday in the Crooked years.
range to have on display. Glen
ready for th" summer swimming
creek area where th'y will stock
Hawkins has indicated that the
season and also for the visit of
The
casement
question
came
up
about 75 acres. The crew may
Columbia Tree Farm will arrange
the model train builders later.
b’" increased in size later during through a request of Art John Councilmen approved the land
a display showing the procedure
ston
who
wishes
to
haul
logs
over
the planting program to about 14
followed in tree planting, selec
the road this suninv-r. The road scaping proposal.
tive logging, methods of logging CPL. Jim E. Peterson. 23. has m 'n.
divides
for part of the distance
Roy and Al Schneibel appeared
Other areas that will be stocked
and harvesting cones for future completed the XVI Corps Food
beside
the
airport and one of to ask the council what action
before planting is completed this
tr”e planting operations, as well Service school at Camp Schim-
the branches is graveled. How they intended to take about the
as fire equipm.nt used by the i melpfcnning, Japan with the spring include an area near the
ever, this branch is considered pinball ordinance, pointing out
tree farm.
second highest grade in his class. Oak ranch rock pit, an area up as not desirable because it cuts that the operator license and ma
Pebble
creek
and
another
area
Other entertainment may in While attending the eight-week
the property, making it of less chine fees were too high under
clude an appearanc' of the grade course, he rec ived instruction in | up the Scappoose road.
The total planting will amount value should it be needed for the present ordinance. The coun
or high school bands or both. The a<l phases of nutrition, sani'ation.
cil worked out a new proposal
to over 100.000 trees which were farm land.
Nehalem Social club has been
field cooking and mess manage
for charges which will be em
Councilmen
referred
the
ease
started at the nursery at Nis-
asked to prepare the noon lunch ment. He entered the army in
qually, Washington from seed ment matter to City Attorney bodied in a new ordinance to be
for the visitors, who will pro November 1950 and arrived in
that had been harvested in pre Neal Bush with the stipulation adopted at a future meeting.
bably be served at the city
Japan last April.
The council also approved the
vious years from cones picked that the gravel be removed front
Dark chuck wagon style. City
qualified
restaurant license ap
in this area.
councilmen,
who learned of
the road it now covers and be plication made in January by
the coming event before their
placed on the other branch road Lew’s Place and the application
meeting Monday, devoted part
before the easement be granted. will be referred to the Liquor
of their meeting to plans for
commission for their approval.
landscaping of the city park pool
Th" lease of the airport pro The application, if granted, calls
so that it would be an asset to
perty was tabled Monday evening for quite extensive changes in
the park, not only for the start
Mrs. Jcnnlle Moorhead will 1
for referral to the city attorney
the present interior of the build
of the swimming season, but for be the guest of honor at a social I
ing to allow for the serving of
Competition
for
the
post
of
the excursion.
evening sponsored by the John I
set-ups.
Columbia
county
sheriff
d
ivelop-
Mention of the scenic trip was Gumm P.-T.A. in St. Helens, Feb- |
City police are now following
also made at Monday evening’s ruary 26. The event is being | cd with an announcement made
a policy of taking fingerprints
Wednesday
by
John
W.
Whipple
Lions club meeting where busi given so that people in this area
of all people arrested on charges
ness men indicated they would interested in meeting the state of Rainier who will seek the
other than traffic. In order to
r
publican
nomination
on
the
devote every effort to making president of the P.-T.A. may do
Only a small turnou^"<W in satisfactorily classify the prints
May
primary
ballot.
th” stay of visitors here pleasant. ; so.
The Vernonia P.-T.A. has :
terested persons was present on
so that they can be checked with
An indication of his qualifica
Any person or clubs who have
received a letter from the St. |
Tuesday evening for the first
FBI records in Portland, the cuuii
suggestions to improve the recep
Helens association inviting them tions for the office were carried
meeting, which was announced
cil authorized the purchase of
in
a
list
of
past
and
present
ac
tion are asked to contact Mr.
to attend the me:ting at John |
last week, to start a garden club a magnifying glass for the de
Brunsman.
Gumm that evening at 8 p.m.
, complishments. He is at present in this community.
partment.
in
the
peppermint
business
near
Mrs. Moorhead is studying for
The Tuesday meeting was an
City Recorder Sam Hearing
a Doctor of Education degree at Rainier where h? is serving as | nounced Wednesday of last week
read to the council a letter from
local
committeeman
for
P.M.A.
Oregon state college. H >r sp:c-
by Mrs. R. H. Miner at whose
E. II. Showalter, superintendent
I ialty is family health problems. and as president of the Rainier home the gathering took place. of the S.P.&S. Railway, telling
drainage
district.
I She is also employed by the gen.
Reason for the few people pre councilmen that an electric heat
During the year Mr. Whipple sent was the conflict of the meet ing installation is scheduled in
I eral extension division of the
j state system of higher education was senior investigator for the
ing date with other meetings
the near future for the diesel-
Details of the social security i to conduct an in-service training i U. S. civil service commission and
Tuesday evening.
electfic locomotive now used on
law as it applies under changes I program in hca'.th education for was in charge of the training of
However, several projects were the freight run into Vernonia.
which b'came effective in 1951 | teachers.
all their investigators for the 11th
discussed and a future meeting
Complaints had been heard by
were explained to Lions club
U.S. region comprising Oregon,
date set for the evening of the council earlier this year, ask
mijfnbers Monday evening by Ev-
Washington, Idaho, Montana and Friday, February 29, again at
ing that some means of eliminat
erell C. Cummins, field represen
Alaska.
Mrs. Miner’s home. 102 O-A hill.
ing the noise be undertaken. The
tative of th? social security ad
He also served on the war This future meeting will be open letter from the superintendent
ministration.
manpower commission for the to both men and women and
was the answer to a letter writ
The representative
outlined
13th U. S. naval district during their attendance is urged if in ten about the noise problem. In
changes in the law which was I
the war and was cited by Secre terested in the starting of such stallation of the heating system
broadened to cover most self-
Results of the January pro tary of the Navy Forrestal for a club.
is scheduled for the near future.
employed persons at the first of duction of leading cow herds in
sei vices rendered.
last year. He also brought a the county, as tested by the dairy
20-minute movie film which pre herd
improvement association
sented clearly the method in
list several animals belonging to
which social security details are owners residing in the Nehalem
handled.
j valley.
Mr. Cummins may be contacted
Honor roll cows are dstermin- |
by those having questions con ed by the number of pounds
The Vernonia Loggers lost a of 31 points.
cerning social security at 104 Old butterfat produc 'd and listed for
Assistance for those people tagged game to St. Helens on the
The first part of the gam" was
Post Office building, Portland 4. ■ this valley are: Shalmon Libel,
who nred help in preparing their
Lions fl<Kir Tuesday night 44-32. all Parkrose as the visitors jump
Oregon.
■ Mist, a mature cow with 469
state income tax reports will be Both teams played a poor brand
ed to a quick 8-0 lead, only to
I pounds; Ralph McKee. Vernonia.
available in Columbia county at of ball, featured by poor ball
see the locals suddenly come
I two 2-y ar olds with 421 and
two places before the deadline handling, poor passing and er
to life and lead 19-17 at quarter
369 pounds.
for filing the reports
ratic shooting on the part of time. The second quarter was a
A schedule of visits of tax men both teams.
furious affair as 42 points were
was issued earlier this week to
Vernonia scored first on Gor poured through the hemp, Park
show that they will be at St. don Crowston’s foul shot and the rose gathered in 25 of these tu
Helens at the court house Feb game was three minutes old be lead at halftime 42-36.
Lou Fredrickson and Phil Sislcr.
ruary 25, 26, 28 and 29. They fore either team scored a field
accompanied by Franc s Kaspar;
Both teams had apparently
will also be at Rainier at the goal. The score was knotted 8-8
clarinet trio by Hazel Cook, Jean
cooled off during the half as each
An indication of incr?asing po city hall April 4.
at quarter and 17-17 at halftime. scored 8 points in the third quar
Kirkbrid' and Marcia Garner;
The Lions jumped to a 29-25 ter
clarinet and baritone horn duet litical activity between now and
Office hours at both places will
Parkrose dominated play
third period lead and in the enough in the last quarter to
by Sharon and Letha Hamilton. the May primary is carried in an j be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m,
fourth quarter pulled steadily outscore the home team 13 9 and
Girls from the high school announcement made Tuesday by I
away from the luckless Loggers emerge with a final 63-53 vic
Thespians club, directed by Mr. Sheriff M. R. Calhoun.
The sheriff, while here on an !
who couldn't seem to buy a bas tory.
Raines, gave a recital of a child
ket despite many attempts. The
welfare Rainbow pageant. Mrs. official visit, announced that he J
The B squad found going ex
Loggers could have won the (
L. L. Wells, program chairman, would definitely be a candidate ’
ceedingly tough the first half
again
for
the
post
and
that
he
i
game
easily
on
gift
shots
missing
gave a short message about
of the game and was behind 24-10
18 of 24 foul tri s. The Lions
founder’s day and invited the | intend'd to file before the end of
at halftime. After spurting in
|
this
week.
The
Vernonia
Logger?ttes
(the
tallied
6
of
12
tries
from
the
free
audience to a social hour and re
the third quarter to ov'-rtak •
Rumors prior to the announce-
high shool girls) recently or throw line.
freshments arranged by Mrs. By |
Parkrose they seemingly again
:
ment
this
week
had
indicated
ganized
to
play
basketball
teams
Frances
Crowston
led
the
scor
ron Kirkbride, president of the
from Clatskanie, met and de ing for the locals with 10 points, ran out of gas to fall behind again
association. A free-will silver I that the sheriff might not file.
feated the Clat .kani? girls Wed while Jones and Poofs each gar and taste defeat 45-37.
offering was taken at a birthday
Both teams play Seaside h re
nesday afternoon in two games nered 9 for St. Helens. The B
table decorated by Mrs. George
Society
Slates
Meet
Friday
night. The Loggers lost
20-2
and
23-13.
The
local
girls
squad had an equally bad night,
Johnson.
This money is sent
to Seaside on the later’s floor
defeated
the
sam."
teams
at
Clats
losing
48-25
to the state office which keeps
The Columbia County Histori
kanie last week 24-20.
Inability to cope with the sen earlier in the season by 8 points
half for use in Oregon and the
cal Society will meet on Tues
sational
shooting of Lund, Park and will be out to avenge this
other gots to national head day, February 26. at the Scap
These games organized through
quarters. all funds being used to poose Congregation church. There the GAA is the first time the rose center cost the Loggers their defeat.
The game with Warrenton
extend the work of the organiza
will be a pot-luck lunch at noon, girls have played outside schools game with Parkrose last Friday
Lund couldn't seem to originally scheduled for Febru
tion. In this state it is used as
There may night.
followed by the regular business for several years.
an extension work fund to fi session. An interesting program be a two-game series arranged miss scoring 12 field goals on 16 ary 29 of next week has been
nance P.-T.A. workshop confer
is being planned. Ail those in with Banks before the season is tries and points on 8 tries from moved ahead to Wednesday, next
February 27.
the free throw line for a total
ences each year.
terested are welcome.
over.
State President
Due in County
Candidate Seeks
Post of Sheriff
Second Garden
Meet Proposed
Social Security
Rules Explained
PTA Founding Observed
By Association Program
Celebrating the 55th anniver
sary of the P.-TA. a Founder's
day program was sponsored by
•,.-•? Vernonia Parent-Teacher as-
s x :ation
at the Washington
hool Monday, February 18 at
¿0 p m. The entertainment fol-
. wed a salute to the flag led
by Boy Scouts, Richard O’Brien
and Gary Strong and singing of
the national anthem by every-
cne. Rev. H. L. Russell offered
the invocation and then group
singing was led by Mrs. Russell
a.companied by Miss Pauline
Bnstlin.
A humorous sketch, “Tele-
> honing Under Difficulties," was
rresented by Rosalie Kirkbride,
Delores Ols^n and Aaron Lofton.
— embers of the 8th grade drama
club directed by Mrs. Dorothy
Sandon.
Miss Janet Peterson,
high school music director, con
ducted the band in several selec-
ti ins interspersed with varied
strumental numbers including:
c< rnet solo by J. R. Kirkbride
a d a trombone duet by Mars*
Food Studied
THURSDAY, FEB. 21, 1952
|DHIA Test Shows
ißest Animals
State Tax Men
To Give Help
Calhoun to File
; For Sheriff Post
Loggerettes Win
Over Clatskanie
Tuesday Fray Marked
By Poor Ball Playing