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VOLUME 30, NUMBER ’1
VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
County Championship Winners
THURSDAY. MARCH 13. 1*52
Senior Class Prepares
For Play Presentation
Washington
Wins County
Tournament
The high school Senior class
will present a three-act comedy
entitled "The Daffy Dills" Friday,
March 21 at jhe Washing» n grade
school. Play practice began on
F bruary 25 and is progressing
quite well.
Deraid Borders the stage mana­
ger. and his assistants, Bob Al­
len. Gordon Crowston and Larry
Brown, under the direction of
Louis Graven, shop instructor,
are building a new s t of flats
for the presentation.
i’rs. Wesley Bolmeier and Miss
*ook are directing the cast con-
sisting of* Richard Dill, “Papa."
David Pittlekau; Carol Dill. Bar-
bara Howard; Rodney Dill, Mar-
tin Tapp; the twins, Doris Dill,
Doris Hahm yer and Dudley Dill,
Bill Wells; Grandmother Dill,
Alice Davis; Cousin Maude Mad-
dox, Leona Hoehner; Elaine Es-
cott. De Loris Thompson; Aimee
Two Win All-Star
Honors During 3-Day
Grade Competition
'iHE cOUillY championship went to the Was' in
e annual grad? school tournament by dat.aluig
:rcm left: L'si » Harding, Roy Higley. Darrel Fla
_>a.y Li.ipay, HaL.y B-sn, L-a L..-U. u—war
ivn school Toppers last week end when they swept
..cBiide of Si. Helens in the finals. Front Row
j, i. arry Johnson. Richard Schneibel; back row:
,n. B.bby Crcvrston and Ccach W. F. MacDonald.
County Coroner
Office Sought
THE TOPPERS placed two boys on the county all-star team,
5-d Fulton, left and Bobby Carson.
( Dr. Richard M Sn.’th cb;ro-
practic and naturopathis physi­
cian cf St. Helens has filed on
he republican tick't for the of-
",ce cf county coroner he sair
'ate last w*ek. He has ben a
- id nt of thiS county for about
15 months, cornyg from ¿’ort-
and.
He is a vet ran of the navy and
. a- a part time private' investi-
"ator during his college days,
"resent affiliations '.îclude tt»
\merican L'gion, Kiwanis club
end Toastmasters club of St.
Liens.’
Girl Scouts Plan
j Death Claims
Courtesy Lack
Resident Sale of Cookies
Causes Mishaps Valley
The annual sale of cookies by
Joseph Meth Holec, a resident
Vc-nonia Girl Scous is sched­
Impatience and discourtesy a^e of this comm nity for the past
ul'd to being today. Thursday,
urd riving factors in most Ore-
five y ars and a resident in Ore­ when the girls will b’ divided
(7fn highway accidents, accor.’-
gon fcr 31 v.-ars was c airned by
n.to sales groups who will so-
me to Secretary of State Earl
d ath a-lv Wednesday morning. *ir it hr mes in this area for • rders.
T. Ncwbry.
He was at the Jones hospital in
Th’ annual cookie sale is con­
i'ewbry, who pointed to the Hillsboro and had ben there a
duct'd in orded to build up a
■rate’s more than 71.000 traffic day when death came.
fund which is us’d for summer
a, id' nt last year, remarked that
The deceas d was born Jj.ie camnng and for other Girl Scout
many of these mishaps were
caused when one or more in­ 23, 1886 at Morad a, Czecho;’o- activities.
volved driv.rs co.nmittod a dis­ r vakia and passed away March 12
The cookies sell for 40c for a
courteous traffic .action.
10-mince package containing ap­
"at the are of 65 years, "ight
More th-n 20 person wsr’ kill­ months and 19 days. He was a
proximately 25 assorted choco-
ed during the first six months
•.awmi’l worker.
'ate and vanilla cr -me filled cook
of 1051 b: cause of actions such
iea.
Surviving are: his ■ ife, Johan­
a- ’aking the right of way from
na; three daughter, Sophie De-
»nether driver, failure to yield
Zort,
Stephanie Hol -c and Rose
• pedestrians, passing in the
Holec;
three sons. Eddi’, George
.*«iec of traffic and disregarding
and Josef: a grandson, Brua De-
stop signs and traffic signals.
These actions, Newbry said, Zort and a granddaughter, Ra­
rtem from a lack of courtesy or mona D Sort.
Thursday. Friday ai d Saturday
The services are scheduled for |
ir patience in heavy traffic. To
of this week have been sch’d-
avo.d such happenings, he advis­ Saturday ths 15th at the Bush
uh d as the dat’s for celebrating
ed motorists to apply common chapel at 2 o'clock an! inter­
sense social manners to their ment will take p.’ace in the Ver­ th" 7th anniversary sale of
Er.^amn Hardware. P’tc Bruns­
nonia Memorial.
e: •ving.
man said earlier this week when
he announced plans for the event.
Gifts are b ing offer’d to every
lady who comes to the store as
Tonight at 8 p m.. March 13. the it’ms of business to be consider­ part of the event.
Vernonia P.-T.A. will hold its ed.
Along with special arrange­
r.thly meeting at the Wash­
Usual'y the local P T A. unit ments for the anniversary, of­
ington school. A brief musical convenes on Monday, but because ficials of several wholesale firms
program is being planned and the schools will be closed Monday
in Portland are expected to check
Gicn Hawkins will give a short and Tuesday. March 17 and 18, the methods used in carrying out
ta.k and discuss questions from the unit will meet this Thursday, this annual event of the local
the audience on "Problems of a to give the officers a committee firm The proc dures us'-d will
School Board ” Election of P.- chairman an opportunity to com­ be compiled by the wholesalers so
T.A. officers for the next term plete all business reports which that the idea may be given other
and election of delegates to the must be done before convention retail stores in preparing for
state convention in April are
.ime, April 7, in Pendleton.
sales of merchandise
Washington grade school's bas­
ketball team swept through a
three-day tournament here Thurs­
day, Friday and Saturday to
asi’.y win the county play-oft
event in which eight teams com-
pot d and also placed two men at
the top of the all-star sclecions.
Vernonia, und r the tutelage of
Coach W. F. MacDonald, opened
‘he sari's Thursday afternoo®
’aainst St. Fredric's who went
down before the expert shooting
of the Toppers 54-17. John Gumm
defeated Clatskanie 39 to 23 in
the second game that day, Rain­
ier won over Quincy 34-21 and
McBride overcame Warren 40 to
18.
.‘.I the Vernonia-John Gumm
fray Friday th" Toppers again hit
I the basket for 47 to John Gumms
32 while McBride barely squeez­
ed out a victory over Rainier 38
to 40.
The championship decision was®
taken by Vernonia Saturday by
a 40 to 20 tally over McBride.
. C'atskanie defeated Quincy in
• the opening game Saturday 23-
21 for consolation winner, while
Raini r defeated John Gumm
28-26 for third place.
During th" season the Toppers
| tallied a total of 847 points of
I which 147 were recorded during
the tournament. Opponents me’
during the season by the Wash­
ington team scored points total­
ing 426. Th’ Toppers’ average
j score per game during the season
I was 38 plus.
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Top individual scorer was Bud
Fulton who talli -d 389 points
during the s ason for an average
.of 18 plus per game. Following
Fult n was Bobby Carson with
155 points for the s ason, Bobby
Crowston* with 111, Ricky Bush
with 35 and Gary Er. pey with
16. Fulton tallied 62 points in
the three games during the
tournament.
On the all star s' lection after
the tourn’y, the Toppers placed
two men, Fulton and Carson, who
wi'.e number 1 and 2 selections
by the judges. Others who plac.
; ed on the all-star listing were:
j Marlin Marsh and Leslie Ross,
; McBride; Dennis Johnson, Clats-
I kanie; Harold McGlone and Hr--
old Gore, Rainier; Charles Her-
mo, Quincy and Joe McKnight
and Don Mason, John Gumm.
Ice Cream Wins
In Competition
A Columbia county industry
won high honor recently w'hen
the Rainier Creamery won the
distinction of being the only ice
cream manufacturing plant i>* the
state to win twice in competition
for the Wilster cup which is
awarded annually to the com­
pany scoring highest with its
vanilla ice cream.
Ole Titland, the ice cream
maker for th . Rainier plant, top­
j ped all entries in the chocolate
and vanilla classes, a feat which
the Rainier cream’ry won in
1939 and which has not been
equaled by any manufacturer.
In 1948, the Rainier creamery
took first place in the ice cream
division of th" Washington Dairy
industries Foundation invitation­
al competition at Pullman There,
thy competed with manufac­
turers from all of the Pacific
Northwes states and from dailies
as far away as Canada, Texas
i nd California.
The Rainier Creamery is own­
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Mike Tolles-
haug and sons John, Norman and
Robert and Mr. Titland.
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Low well, Margaret Michener
Pi te Norton. Loren Mills; Widow
Woggles; Charlotte Davis and
Arnica Jukes. Nona Sawyer.
The play is produced by spe­
cial arrangement with T. S.
D. unison and company, Minnea­
polis, Minnesota
Proceeding the play w ¡11 be a
band concert by the first-year
high schocPband under the direc­
tion of Miss Lilias Petersi n.
Tigers Overcome
1st Half Lead
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A narrow first period margin
j of 22-21 he'd by the Logger*
was lost during the last half of
I the game wh n Vernonia m’t the
| Clatskanie Tigers nere Friday
i light. This was the last season
game for Vernonia and the next
to last for Clatskanie.
The Loggers presented a per­
formance that has been typical in
many games this season by hold
ing the edge m scoring for th:
early part of their games, but los­
ing the winning margin lattr.
Their first-half lead, although
small, demonstrated the usual
patter again Friday.
Top scoring Logger and also top
scorer for the evening was Gor­
don Crowston who swished the
basket for 16 points. The Tiger’s
Jerry Kangas tallied 14
Clatskanie is scheduled to play
Warrenton this week, as also is
Scappoose, both of these games
having been postponed because of
illness on the Warrenton team.
If both Clatskanie and Scap­
poose win their games, which is
likely, both will share leaguc-
1 ading honors for the season.
zAt present th >y each have nine
wins and four loses.
I.QWER COLUMBIA
STANDINGS
W
9
Scappoose
9
Clatskanie
9
St. Helens
8
Parkrose
6
Rainier
5
Seaside
5
Vernonia
2
Warrenton
league ;
l
4
4
5
5
8
8
9
10
Pct.
.685
.685
.643
.609
.428
.380
.357
.167
Polio Fund Grows
i New AFB Center '
To Train Boys
Th’ first shipment of enlistees '
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7th Anniversary
DIan of Store
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to a new air force training base,
which has been oper .ed near San
Francisco, wi'l be made from
Portland Sunday according to
Sgt Bill Judy, air force recruit-
ing offic r for this .'.rea
Sgt. Judy was here from St.
Helens Wednesday to outline the
plan for the first group of boys
that will go to thè base from
this county. Several prospects,
who are interested in enlisting in
the air force, were contacted
here yesterday by the sergeant.
PTfl Session Due This Evening
THIS YEAR'S March of Dimas fund grew to tha figure of 3(53.75.
the amount of the check being handed to Jim Davies, left, by
George A. Remnant. As contributions were received during tse
drive they wore turned over to Mr. Rmnant who acted as trea­
surer of the campaign. He, in turn, drew the chock which wat
sent earlier this week to Elmer E. Jenson. St. Helens, county
chairman of the Dimes campaign. A check from the Oreg.n-
American for 3100 and a net revenue of 380 from the dance la.t .
Saturdey night helped to swell the contribution of the Upprr
Nehalem Valley to the March of Dimes.