Library, U of O
\ GLUME 30,
NUMBER 9
Red Cross to
Open Annual
Fund Drive
VERNONIA, COLLIBIA COUNTY, OREGON
Death
Claims
Pioneer
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The annual Red Cross campaign
v. .11 get underway here, as else-
v. ;er? Saturday, March lOwith
t®e slogan, "Answer the Call,”
under the leadership of George
Hahn. He will have charge of
the work conducted towards
meeting the quota assigned the
Nehalem valley.
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His appointment for the job
was made last week by Charlie
• imp of St. Helens, county Red
Cross chairman, 'Fno indicated
that this valley would be asked
to raise over $1200 as its part of
the drive.
• Mr. Hahn v>is busy th" fore­
part of this week selecting
cpie who will be asked topwork
c-. the fund-raising undertaking.
The campaign is scheduled to last
, itil the 15th of March
Stage Firm Asks
For Rate Raise
Logging Accident
Cause of Death
Funeral services were h"ld in
•St. Helensgpaturday, February 2
for W. A. Hudson, who was
killled in a logging accident on
Tuesday, January 29. The%Iud.
sen’s wer" former Scofield resi­
dents now living at War ,?n.
His d*ath was the third tragedy
to strike the family in the past
live months. Mrs. Hudson was
killed in an automobile accident
September 8. 1951. Th? home of
a daughter, Mrs. Jack Campb 11
of the Strassel district was burn­
ed about a men'' previous to this
accident.
The Hudsons were well known
by residents in this community.
Stationed in Florida
Pfc. Thomas-Holce is stationed
-•V at Panama City, Florida and
assigned to radio repair work of
an air rescue division.
Mrs.
Holce is living at Panama City.
WILLIAM PRINGLE, SR.
Columbia county lc»t another timber • six miles north of I Ver-
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of it's pion er settlers when Wil-
nonia. H? still held trti- home-
'•am Pringle. Sr., «passed away
stead < at the time of his death,
Friday, F?bruary 22 in the Co­
under
ths original homest ad
lumbia hospital at Astoria at the
grant.
7»? this union was born
age of 88.
three
sons
and three daughters.
Wiliam Pringle »vas born in
Mr. Pringle, even during his
London, England on November
22, 1863. In 1870 with his par­ period of illness, r<»in?d his
ents ho cam" to this country keen m mory of dates, names
and settl d in St. Louis, Mo.,
and incidents of the histSry of
later migrating westward to
,the
Nehalem valley of which he
D?nver and Oakland, California,
was an ire., resting and colorful
then north by wagon train to the
Neha'.em valley where in 1877 part. His ;.art included packing
they homesteaded two miles east groceries yid supplies on foot
of Vernonia and cleared
tim- over the St. Helens mountain and
the building "of the St. Helens
ber for their log horn?.
Pittsburg road.
Th? e marriage o> William
Starting from St. He» ns they
Pringle to Mary Sumeit/iile took
felled trees and dift out brush
place in St. Helens in 189!. He
brought her to the homestead he where, at Pittsburg, six months
had cleared on a 40-acre tract of later the roau* connected with the
Vernonia to Pittsburgh road and
they were reunited with their
fa: lilies.
He served as county commis­
sioner (’or 16 years, was director
ofc‘he Nat?! school for 25 years,
was a ’charter member of Ver­
Th? Timberline is presenting
nonia Txidg. No. 184 A.F.&A.M. C
an Amateur Hour on February
ana a life member of the Odd
29 at the Washington Grad?
Fellows of Vernonia.
School at 8:00 p.m. with the Stu-
His survivors include one «on,
dent Store as the sponsor.
William Pringle, Jr., of Vernonia:
Contestants will be entered
three daugnters. Mar; u t Parker
into three groups, adult, high
of Astoria. Mabel Miller of Port-
school, and grad? school, First,
lam and Berthia Smith of Bir-
second and third prizes are of­
kenfeld; also five grandchildren,
fered in each group. This will
fiv? great grandchildren and four
offer a better grading system for
step grandchildren.
the judges. The judges include
Final rites took place Monday
Mrs. Warne pmpev, Miss Peter­
sen, head of th? high school afternoon at 2 o'clock. February
Evangelical U.B.
music d partment. Lyman Hawk- 25, at the
en, mayo,. The contestants will church with Rev. H L. Russell
be graded on ability, poise, sta"? officiating, The s rvie? was con-
duct.d by the Masonic ludg" and
appearance, etc.
Several merchants are offer­ committment was at the Pioneer
cemetery
Th? Bush Funeral
ing gifts.
home was in charge of arrange-
m nts.
file
Timberline Plans
Amateur Hour
County Grade Tourney
Date Set for March 6-8
Eight county grade school
basketball teams will convene
here March 6 for the county
grade school basketball tourna­
ment, the first time the event
-as ever taken place here. An-
nouncement of the dates for the
event and tentative plans for
conducting it was given Wed-
neadey by Paul Gordon, grade
school superintendent.
The three-day affair will begin
Thursday aft°moon with the pre-
minary games, be followed Fri­
day afternoon by the semi-finals
and end with the final attraction
Candidate
• Planting May Place
Idle Land in Use
To Produce Timber
George Hahn Named
Valley Chairman of
Drive This Year
A public hearing on the mat­
ter of a petition from Oregon
Motor Stages will be conducted
i'riday, March 7 at 10 a.m. in
order to r 'ach a decision in the
matter of increasing passenger
fares now being charged by the
.•age firm.
Announcement of tljp hearing
a:® issued earlier this «reek by
the public utilities commission.
Th^ petition seeking increased
fares was filed with the commis-
■ .on February 4 and the hearing
cn March 7 will take place in
room 720, state office building,
14)0 S. W. 5th Avenue. Portland.
The rate increase call.*» for a
raise of 5c on all fares 70c
and u*dcr up to 55c increase on
a’,1 fares costing betwren $5.2i
and $ »‘50-
Fir Seedlings
Offered to
Restock Land
THURSDAY, FEB 28, 1852
Saturday night.
The Vernonia Lions club will
offer a sportsmanship trophy and
a trophy for the championship
team, membirs of the club decid­
ed at a recent meeting. In ad­
dition to these trophies, the
County Schoolmasters' club will
present trophies to the first,
second and third p.ace winners
and also a consolation trophy
A bracket showing the teams
that will be matched for opening
game« next Thursday afternoon­
will appear in next week's paper.
Former Druggist
Taken by Death
John Barry, 63, former drug­
gist of the Vernonia Drug com­
pany pass d away Saturday at
the home of his son, Frances, in
Portland where he had been mak­
ing his home recently.
Death was due to a stomach
operation performed last sum­
mer.
Mr Barry came here from
Lowell, Massachusetts where a
daughter resides Several grand­
children also survive him.
Burial was at Lowell, Mass
Many acres of Columbia coun­
ty land unsuitable for agriculture
could be growing a productive
and protitbale crop of young
trees. Th only requirement is
to plant th? trees carefully.
Growth of the plot into a mer­
chantable 'stand of timber with­
in the comparatively she t ume
of 25 years, or into a crop of
Christmas trees in 8 to 12 years
requires no car’1 except for fire
protection.
To meet the growing demand
for trees tc»plant in farm wood-
lots, Douglas-fir
ursery sto '<
is being made availabl • to resi­
dents
of
Columbia
County
through* the Vernonia office of
«‘he Columbia Tree»' arm. These
seedlings, grown in the Forest
Industries Nursery at Nisqually,
Washington, • have been raise«
from seed collecte in Columbia
county and are therefore parti­
cularly well-suited for Jocal
planting.
The trees are being offered at
cost in »an effort ?o encourage
landowners in this ’area to put
tji ir idle lands into the produc-
tion of timber. The price will be
200 trees for $! or 1000 trees for
$■' o Trees may be ordered in
quantities of 2)3 or more. Each
shipm:nt will be ready to be
p eked up at Vernonia within two
weeks of receipt of th? order.
The trees will be accompanied
by complete planting instructions
and recommendations as to the
best spacing between the trees.
As a basil? for estimating needs,
however, it is safe to assume that
at least 700 tre js’per acre0 shoe Id
¿>e plant d on land with no na­
tural trees on it. On land which
has a few natural seedling show
ing 500 tre s per acre will p. o-
bably be sufficient to bring the
stocking into a satisfactory range.
Trees may be ordered by writ­
ing Crown Zellerbach Corpora
twn, Columbia Tree Farm, P.O.
Bo.P 217, Vernonia, Oregon. Or-
ders should be mailed before
March 15, 1952.
Change Made After
Announcement on
Wedneaday Laat Week
JOHN W. WHIPPLE, to run as
candidate for county judge, not
sheriff, as he indicated ;n an in­
nouncemtnt to county news-
papers last we«k. See story,
column six.
Cubs to Mark
Scouting Date
Local club scout pack number
201 will hold a blue and gold
meeting Friday. February 29, to
celebrate the 42nd anniversary of
•.'outing. A pot-luck supper is
being planned by the den moth
ers for the cubbers, their families
and friends.
Richard Whitney, scout repre­
sentative of the Portland area
council, will act as „master of
ceremonies during theo festivities
and will hold a council fire
where he will present badges and
awards to the new m»mbers.
Dimes Dance Set
For March 8
Tl. • annual March of Dimes
dance is scheduled to be he'd
Saturday night. March 8 at the
American Legion hall, according
to an announcement a few days
ago by Bill Wilson.
Hal Cook's orchestra will play
and all proceeds will go to the
March of Dimes, The price of
admission will be $1 a person.
Bonds Total $43,243
Home from Lowry
Cpl. ___
Bill ______
Sword, , ___
son of ......
Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Sword, 1 'll here
Sunday after spending a week
home from Lowry field, Denver.
He left h.re for Langley field,
Virginia where he will serve as
an air crewman. Bill has been
in the air force over a year.
Candidate to
Seek County
Judge Place
Defense bond sales in Colum­
bia county for January totaled
$43 2 43 in all series, according
to Philip L. Hick :y, county bond
chairman. E bond salts account­
ed for th" largest amount, $43,-
189.
State-wide, purchases of
defense bonds during th? month
reflect.d one of the highest vo­
lumes for several months.
Actions came fast as far at
changes are concerned in «>n
nection with the race for county
judge in the May primary, as the
result of decisions made Wed
nesday evening of last week
Earlier that day, county news
papers had been informed by
John W. Whipple, Rainier, that
he would be a candidate for
sheriff in May, opposing M R
Calhoun on the Republican ticket
Telephone calls early
last
Thursday morning changed that
picture becaus" of results of a
meeting the night before when it
was decided that Whipple would
not seek the sheriff post, but
would enter the race for county
judge.
At the same time, Judge J. W.
Hunt, who had indicated the week
before that he would run again
for county judge, announced he
would withdraw from the race.
Whipple indicated when he ca!
led Thursday that a three-way
fight for sheriff was developing,
hence his withdrawal.
Charlie Ramp, St. Helens has
also filed for the judge spot, but
on th" democratic ticket. A« the
situation stands now, Whipple
will seel^ the republican and
Ramp the democratic nomina­
tion.« in May for judge.
The political situation as it
concerns the sheriff position now
has M. R. Calhoun and Warren
Forsythe to seek the republican
nomination. •
Others who have filed for of­
fices include Clyde Hend rson
for commissioner; C. W. Wick
man, incumbent, county clerk;
Jeannette Ostlund, county trras
urer and Clarence Wagner, coun
ty surveyor.
Club Plans for
Practice Night
The Do-Si-Do Square Dance
club will hold» a practice night
on Friday. February 29, from
7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p m., in the
Pleasant Hill Grange hall.
Thos* planning to join the club
are -irg.d to attend this meeting
a a d adline for acceptance of
new members will be set in the
very near future. For furttv r in­
formation call John Roedigrr,
124.
Articles Stolen from Three Stores
THESE ARTICLES were recovered by city police when a group of •ight boy« confessed io taking
merchandise from three stores.
At a Tuesday evening trial in
the municipal court, seven boys
heard a virdict rendered by Re­
corder Sam Hearing which for­
bids them to come to the busi­
ness section downtown for the
remainder of the school year The
boy« will also furnish him copi s
of their report cards for tite re­
mainder of the year, All are
high school Freshmen.
Reason for the sentence wa.i the
stealing during noon hours of
small articles from three places
of business during the past »“»-
eral w eks by six nt the boys,
The other was an assessory to
Their actions were
the acts.
brought into th"* open Wednesday
of last weak by city police. One
boy implicated in the thefts did
not appear for the trial.
In practically all, if not all.
parents of the boys were not
aware of the boys' actions until
the ca3't came to light through
police efforts. Parents of the
boys were present Tuesday night
m court to h ar the verdict.
The court action was taken
under city ordinance 314, adopted
early last year, which places re­
sponsibility for a minor's actions
upon the parents or guardian.
The items of merchandise,
which were taken from Bruns
man Hardware, Hahn Hardware
and Nichol's Variety Store, pro­
bably did not total 150 in value.