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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1952)
Liera y, U of 0 VOLUME 30, NUMBER 12 Garden Club Plans Civic Improvements Landscaping of Ball Field Started as Part of Undertaking VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON Teachers Re-Elected by Board; Course Approved All teachers active in the Vcr- I nonia high jphool system were re-elected for another year at the district board meeting last week as part of the work ac complished at the March sesqjpn. The teachers include: Ora Bol- meier, Laverne Lanee, Margue rite Cook. Lilias Peterson. Myra Sorenson, Marie Raines, Francis Raines, Lee Pangle, Sidney Sor enson, Harold McEntire, Jack Reyno'ds and Louis Graven. Principal Warne Empev had been elect "d for another year at 'the February meeting. Another action taken at the meeting was approval of a driver training course which will be added to the curriculum for next year. This course is one that is being taught in many schools to give young people the opportuni ty to learn driving rules a? well as the control of a car when they reach driving'age. Bids were op-ned for the sale of the old wooshed on the pre sent school grounds and also for the purchase of 500 folding chairs for use in the new auditorium. Removal of the old shed was • . Landscaping of the new high school athletic field is the first project that has been undertaken ty the newly organized garden club which met again Monday to continue its work of carrying out projects which will stimulate civic improvement of homes and gardens in this community. The first project, that of as sisting with beautifying thq» at- lctic field, has alrAdy been started, a club®member said Wed- n .flftiy morning. Trees that will eventually be planted at the field have been furnished by the Co lumbia Tree Farm and hav> been p snted t°mporarily at the home of Mrs. Marie Frazee. When leveling work has been finished at the field, the trjfs v. 1 be transplanted there. Several committees have been appointed since the club started to work on other projects which W j *1 be designed to promote bet- I ter homes and gardens. One question that has arisen is the use of wat-r and whether more water can be obtained during the summer months without the Friday night the Vernonia rifle cost becoming prohibitive. team downed the Blackbirds So far membership in the group frem Portland 1397 to 1386. This is listed at 16, but 22 others have was made up of old h-ad rifle signifjfd interest in joining al though they haven't been able men, but it was no use. They just couldn't quite match the to attend any of the meetings. local boys. Two meetings each month, one Harold Peterson was head in the afternoon and qpe at night are scheduled. The afternoon’s Blackbird killer with 100 prone, session takes place on the first <17 kneeling and 92 off-hand, total Monday and th" evening meeting 289. No. 2 killer was M. Lamp ing with 100 prone, 93 kneeling, on the third Monday. Officers of the club are: Mrs. 83 off hand, total 281; No. 3 killer R H. Miner, president; Mrs. Clar was Tod Bowerman with 99 e-ce Nance, vice-presid'nt; Mrs. prone, 96 kneeling and 85 off J. A. Bush. Jr., secretary and hand, total 280; No. 4 killer was R. Aldrich with 99 prone, 90 Mrs. Marie Frazee, treasurer. kneeling and <6 off hand, total 275; No. 5 was B Lamping with 100 prone, 89 kneeling, 83 off hand for total score of 272. This was one of those grueling kneeling matches that no one enjoyed. On March 29 and 30 a zone Vernonia has second place in meeting of the Eagles lodge will the expert division almost sew d be held in Vernonia with Ver- up although there is still one nenia A°rie No. 2324 as host postponed match that may be Aerie. Fourteen /#ries will be sho and one, the last one. at Mt. • session here and many state, Hood. Zf< and district celebrities will b* present including State Presi dent, Jack Henry. Starting off the celebration will be an oldtime dance in the 1 O.O.F. hall Saturday night, March 29 with members of the Announcement of tlw date for C-.umbia River Bovs of radio station KVAS and local Eagle the organization of a Business and Professional Women’s club members furnishing the music. Sundav morning at 11:00 a.m., was indicated Tuesday morning an officers meeting will be held by Mrs. George Hahn She listed at the I.O.O.F. hall after which the date for the jjieeting as Tues lunch will be served at the Eagles day, April 1 at which time of Fal at 858 First Avenue. At ficers and members from the 2 30 a regular meeting will be Forest Grove club will be here held at the I.O.O.F. hall where to start the group. Women interest'd in such a a class initiation will take place i and a business meeting will fol- i group will meet at 7 p.m. on iow . i that date at the Washington The B^piece band from Port- ! school. Women activ- in busi land 4 .vene will be present as | ness or profession are eligible well as a number of drill teams. | for membership as also are house A.bout 600 are expected to at wives who have previously be-n active in either business or pro tend. fession. • Close Match of Riflemen Won Lodge Plans for Zone Meeting Start of Club Intended April 1 Boys Get Awards Check on Dogs At Honor Court Plan of Police • •Last Thursday night at a court* rf honojfc at Hillsboro 77 boys t -»presenting 15 troops of the White Eagle • district received ' sz ■ uting awards. Those from Vernonia Troop 201 were: Jon Sa quist, 2nd class; Richard Ha st-land and John DeHart, home rrpairs; Edward Curnngton, Gary Strong and Jackie Henderson. Pc ttery. The highlight of the evening was the awarding of five Eagle badges including those received . v Ken Parker, Dave Strong and C et Ray of Explorer Post 201. City police plan a ch“ck-9p on dogs in the city limits to deter mine those that have not been licensed, as the result of an inci dent that took place a short time ago. # The check-up is planned be cause of a report that stray dogs had been responsible for killing eight chickens. Police plan to impound dogs not having licenses and do away with the animals Final date for obtaining dog licenses without penalty was March 1. authorized for Fd Tapp who sub mitted th? high bid for the build ing. The North 'in School Sup ply company of Portland will furnish the chairs. Plans for irrigating the new athletic field were discussed at the March meeting, but no ac tion. was taken, as the matter was tabled until th? next meet ing. o Council to Talk Plans for Camp Plans for development at Camp Wilkerson during this y ar will b ‘ discussed Tuesday, March 25, at a meeting of the develop ment council scheduled for 8:00 p m. at the Sjt. Hel ns high school, states Harold Blacky chairman. The lodge building at the camp sit? is now two-thirds completed. A swimming pool was added to the camp during the summer of 1951; however some work still remains to be don? on this. Some funds for development of the camp became available in 1951 as a result of selective log ging on part of the area. The logging was under the direction of Glen Hawkins and Bob Lind say, Vernonia. Black states that representa tives of all youth organizations in the county are invited to the meeting on March 25. The camp has been set aside for us? of any youth organization in this coun ty. The only groups which have held camps at Camp Wilkerson so far are the Gul Scouts end 4-H clubs. New Punch Card Now in Effect Repair Work On Building Authorized Bank Structure to Be Given Attention; Fire Hose Bought An authorization that will make possibl ? the repa*mg of the exterior of the building oc- cupi d by the Commercial Bank of Oregon was granted by city councilmen when they met Mon day evening. Repair work on the outside of the building came up for consideration last year at a council meeting and an at tempt was made at that time to obtain a price quotation for the work needed. Several firms which specialize in such jobs were contacted, but not until last week was a bid for the work submitted. The work will include removing loose mor tar from between the bricks to a depth of three-fourths inch or deeper if required, replacing with new waterproof mortar, remov ing the efflorescense from the fac? of the brick and repairing the fire wall at the back of the building. Georg" A. Remnant, bank manager, appear d before the council and offered to under write the cost of repairs to the back of th" building, an amount of $177. The city will pay the $448 quoted as the cost of re pointing and cleaning, council men decided when they accepted i the manager’s offer. The work is i xpeeted to be completed by May 15. Landscaping and other im provements at the city park oc cupied part of the meeting’s dis cussion time and resulted in the council giving authorization to Recorder Sam Hearing to super vise the work. He will arrang" for the con struction of a cement retaining wall along the bank back of the beach at the swimming pool as w H as the cutting and removal of brush on th? bank and also above the pool. Tentative plans for the park also call for construction of steps from Park drive down to the beach. An ordinance regulating the licensing and use of pinball ma chines was read for the first time, but was not adopted because of features omitted that councilmen believed the ordinance should contain. It will be rewritten and considered again at a later meet ing. The addition of 400 feet of one and one-half inch hose will be made to city fire trucks because ^he purchase was authorized Mon day. Th? game commission has an nounced that copies of the 1952 Oregon angling regulations are now available at all game license agencies. The commission also reminds anglers that the new salmon steelhead punch card is now in effect; the old tag card expired March 16. When a salmon or steelhead 20 inches or more in length is caught the angler punches his card in the space provided and writes in the date arj^i stream. Unlik? the old cards, a tag does not« have to be at tached to the fish The new punch cards expire March 15, 1953 and should b? retained until May 15. 1953. Ang lers elected at random will be asked to return their cards to the commission so that an ana lysis of the annual salmon-steel head sport catch and a determi- rMtion of strAms receiving th? greatest angling pressure may be made. Coastal waters are now closed “Th re’s gold in your farm to angling for trout, salmon, and woodlot.” That is the title of a steelhead and will remain closed until the opening of trout season, ^series of six well-illustrat 'd ar April 19. Winter fishing rules ticles, the first of which appears continue in effect in the other in this newspaper today. fishing zones. * This is the story of farm wood lots and how to manage them to make them pay mon y. There are many hundred forest plots in the county. They average 40 acres to every farm. Ther" are 50,046 farms in west 'rn Oregon and Washington containing 2,- Final services will take place 000,000 acres of forests. at the Evangelical U. B church Foresters from private, state Saturday for Mrs. Eda Lindstrom and fed ral agencies have worked who passed away at the Astoria up a cooperative program as a hospital Tuesday of this week, second growth management com March 18. Death cam? at the mittee to develop a simple, but age of almost 80 years. | sound method of managing these The deceased had made her , woodlands to mak? them profit home at Seaside for many years, able for the farm owner. but previous to moving there had been a resident of Vernonia. She History Meeting Dated was a sister of Franklin, Sidney Th? Columbia County Histori- and Charles Malmstcn and Mrs. I cal society will meet Tuesday, Eva West. The servic?s will take place i March 25 in th? St. Helens Chris here at 1:30 with^ Rev. Paul tian church, 185 S. 12th. The Sisler officiating and commit usual pot-luck lunch at noon will ment will take place at the Pio be followed by the regular busi neer cemetery ness session. ---- • Series Explains Use of Woodlot Final Rites to Take Place Sat. •THURSDAY. MARCH 20. 1964 Short Power Outage Due Voters Fail Duty by Lack. Of Interest An interruption in electric*! s.Tvice to homes on the east side of Vernonia is sch du led Friday afternoon, starting at 1 p.m.. cording to an announcement from West Oregon Electric officials Greater Attent ion to • Tuesday afternoon. School Problems, Need The outage will effect only <Sound<*tl at PTA Meet • those people living in the area from Bridge street north and east “It isn’t a healthy situation whrv of Rock creek. The shut-off will only«four or five voters appe.w last on? and one-half hours« to vote on an annual school boa while repair work is taking place there by Cooperative repairmen. get in excess of $150.090 With costs ever on the increase, A merican people must show mor- interest in solving school prob lems on their local level if wr are to avoid federal aid. In rag opinion, if this takes place, wr ijo longer would have "free’’ pub Another meeting of the newly- lie schools. Totalitarian govern organized archery club is sched m<its control first a nation’s uled to take place next Tuesday economy and then it’s youth.’* evening, according to Derrel stated Glen Hawkins, chairman: Rose, president of the club. The of the grade school board in a talk before the Vernonia P.-T.A group was organized earlier this which met Thursday evening month at a meeting which took March 13. place at the high school. F. W. In addition to financing andi Raines is the club secretary. public disinterest, other problems The meeting next Tuesday will again be held at the high school, discussed by Mr. Hawkins whirls starting at 8 p.m. concern a school board wer? A range site back of the W. F. salaries and qualifications of the. MacDonald home south of Ver teaching staff, attempting t» nonia on highway 47 has been comply with the varied’and öfters selected. Immediate future work changing requirements set by the of the club will be to lay out the state department of education for' range so that shooting can start a ‘standard’ school, educational as soon as possible. policy and school administration. The school board chairman said, “We have been fortunate in Vernonia in having and keep ing a first-rate school superin tendent, Paul Gordon. Also the conscientious care given by Mr A steelhead weighing almost Latmire, custodian, and his wark 17 pounds, 16 pounds and 12 ers has kept our school plant in ounces to be exact, won the Hahn fine condition.” Hardware steelhead derby this All present P.-T.A. officers year for Earl King who received were re-elected for another terra. a drift rod. Word of the winner They are: president, Mrs. Byron was given out Tuesday by George Kirkbride; vice president. Mrs. L Hahn from records kept during L. Wells; secretary. Mrs. St.-phers the season of fish weighed in Waite and treasurer, H E Mi- at the store and at Sunnyside Entire. Mrs. Wells and Mrs Service. Waite were elected delegates tw • Second largest catch was made the state convention in Pendle by Dale Barker who weighed in ton April 7-9 with Mrs. Marion a 16-pound, 2 Mt-ounce steelhead Steers and Mrs. George Johnson to receive a reel and line. C. W. as alternates. Robinson tallied a 15-pound, 10- While refreshments were serv ounce catch for 100 yards of cast ed Byron Hawkins entertained ing line and third place. the group with several accordror» Consolation prize went to Andy numbers. Brimmer who weighed in the baby catch of one pound and eight Discharged, ReeiJists ounces to receive a fisherman’s • knife. M/Sgt. Albert Woolsey will br Archery Club to Meet Tuesday Awards Given Derby Winners PTA Council to Meet Members of the Columbia County PTA council are sched uled to meet at Rainier Monday, March 24 at 1 o'clock, according to an announcement made Wed nesday. Part of the meeting will be devoted to an election of of ficers. in the army for another six years* his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A- Woolsey learned last we-k in a lettej from their son who i* sta tioned at Naha, Okinawa. Hi* former term in the sc rvic end rd February 17 and he has enlisted again for six years, the letter said. He is in the supply de partment of an anti aircraft mo bile division at Okinawa. Rural Council Started To Study County Health the constitution, by-laws and The Columbia county rural health council was organized at goals committee; Frances L. Gat a meeting of representatives of laiin was appointed chairman of county organizations held at the the publicity committee. court house March 13. Th" pur Dr. R F Day of Scappawe. pose of the council is to consider who attended th? recent national and study health problems of conference on rural health, took home and community life and to an active part in thia meeting assist Columbia county people Dr. and Mrs. Day are well known to improve rural health. Offi- for their int?rest in developing e rs elected are Mrs. Earl Chart rural health programs. rey of Clatskanie, chairman; Mrs. Frona A. Yeager, rural health Dewey Golden of Goble, vice- chairman and Miss Frances L. education specialist from OSC, Gallatin, home extension agent, Hilton Hedrick, field consultant of Oregon Tuberculosis and secretary. After discussing health prob Health association, and Francis lems in the county, the group R ierson, director of health edu placed major emphasis on the ’ cation for Oregon State Board of need for health education, in Health, attended the meeting in cluding (1) the services local an advisory capacity. All county organizations in people can expect from a public health department, <21 cleanli terested in county health prob lems are invited to send represen ness and sanitation, (3) mental health, and (4) accidnt preven tatives to the next meeting of the council to b? held at the court tion. » Mrs. James Luxford of Clats house at 8 p.m. on Wednesday. kanie was appomt?d chairman of | April 16
