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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1952)
Library» U of 0 Grade School Staff Short Of Teachers Coach Slates 1st Turnout The Vernonia high school Log gers will accomplish two things next Monday afternoon. August 25. On that date at 2 o’clock as many as can be present will meet their new grid coach, Myron Lunch Program Aid Vleck, and will start their first Fund Less Report i tall football practice. Of Official Shows Word that the meeting was to Vacancies on the teachin? staff ; tak ? place was voiced Tuesday | afternoon by the new coach who < ! the grade schools still existed established residence here last the early part of this week Super week end. Prospective squad intendent Paul A. Gordon indi men ar? asked to come to th? old cated in a report that showed gym and bring shorts for a light that the district needed both a workout that is scheduled to girls’ physical education and a follow the get-acquaint?d ses first grade instructor. sion. Th? vacant teaching positions arose with the resignation of. Miss Margaret Brockhause and Mrs. Elaine Valentin.? and the retire ment of Miss Lenore Kizer. How ever, since these resignations took p ace, one teacher. Miss Dorothy Gibbs of Bruwsvil’.?, has been Mrs. Nannie B Hall Johnson hired. j succumbed Saturday morning at The superintendent was at- ; her horn" after a lingering illness t rnpting to fill the remaining ! at the age of 76 years and 12 plac.s this week, although teach- I days. Mrs. Johnson had been • rs qualified for the particular , ill for several months. Final positions wher" they are needed i rites w?r? conducted Saturday here ar? difficult to find. afternoon. August 16, at 2 p.m. at the Assembly of God church LUNCH REPORT REPEATED and commitment took place at Mr. Gordon also explained the the Vernonia Memorial. The deceased was born August latfst developments as they ef fect the school lunch program I 2, 1876 at Prestonberg, Kentucky for the coming t"rm. His infor and had spent 44 years of her mation came from a report issued life in Oregon and 32 of them Ey Mrs. Laura P. Wells, state in this community. supervisor of the school hot lunch Surviving are; her husband. program in Oregon, which indi Gust E. Johnson; three daughters, cated that the amount of federal Gertrude Kirk and Isola Fowler aid this year will be about the of Vernonia and Martha Mills of same as last year. However, Ft. Jones, California; a brother, the amounts to be divided among J. E. Tipton of Grants Pass; five schools in the state will be less grandchildren and six great because the number of schools grandchildren. having hot lunch programs has Th« likiwiv Fust.rul home wan increased, th reby making it ne in charge of arrangements for the cessary to divide the federal fund funeral. into smaller amounts. Mrs. Wells offered two sugges. tions to participating schools to find money elsewher? to operate lunch programs. One was for the districts to make up the dif- t' rence and the other was to raise Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Graves re. the prices of th? lunches. turned Thursday from Gold 21C CHARGE INTENDED Beach where they were called Mr. Gordon indicated that the August 11 by a boat accident in meals would be served at the volving their son, Morris, and < pening of school at the sam-. grandson. Dennis. Morris' cabin cruiser was cap price of 20c each as charg' d last year, but that an incr-?as? might sized Sunday, August 10, as he bp necessarv bv Christmas. It is attempted to cross in over the possible that a plan may bo Rogue River bar, throwing Mor worked out here whereby high ris, his son. Dennis, and their school students may also obtain companion, Leonard Moore, into lunches at the grade school cafe the sea. teria and should that plan de In the three and one-half hours velop, the additional number of before a rescu? boat could reach meals served might make it pos them. Moore had died of ex sible to maintain the 20c price posure and Morris was near death throughout the year. from shock and chill. Dennis is the hero of the occasion, hav ing supported Moon? and his I father when they became un- | conscious. After Moore died he ; continued to hold onto him till BREAK IT 1 Morris’ condition took all his I strength. KEEP The Graves are both recovered OREGON from their ordeal. Moor.’s body GREEN I has not been found City to hiatal Grange Display Wins 2nd Preparation for the excursion train trip here Saturday of th ■ National Model Railroad associa tion was made last Wednesday evening at a general meeting which took place at the bank building. At that time, commit tee heads to take care of various phases of the entertainment were named and ideas formulated abou* the lunch that would be «tvea Probably the feature attract! xs as far as the railroaders is ecu cerned, will be the Oregon American shay locomotive which will be sidetracked near the dep • for their inspection. Last Rites Take Place Saturday Life Taken in Boat Accident Barbecue Atmosphere REPRODUCTION of the early day chuck wigen was completed early this week in preparation for Saturday's visit of National Model Railroader» who will coene here from Portland on the ex- rursion train trip. The wagon will be displayed at the city park is part of the barbecue lunch the community is preparing for ..he visitors. The wagon belongs to Pete Brunsman. Excursion to Bring Over 350 People DISPLAYS INTENDED Other displays are also bemj arranged to include a loaded log ging truck, a mural depictint logging activity and the county fair display prepared by the Co lumbia Tree Farm. Store win THIS DISPLAY prepared by the Natal Grange placed second among fair displays prepared by county dow displays of antiques and a Granges. The center of attraction was a miniature four horse team hitched to a loaded farm wagon, window with the miniature log below which was a roadway on wh'ch were minis ure trucks loaded with farm and forest products. ging operation made by Bernard Farm products surrounded the center piece. Dowling, Mist. Glen Hawkins will arrange the barbecue, Clarence Nance is to have charge of serving and Prte Brunsman the table set-up, wlncl will be patterned after the early day chuck wagon atmosphere West Oregon Electric Coopera Others participating in lunch gre. Two 4-H showmen from Ver- i Four-H championships won in tive officials issued a remuidci i nonia received champion show- I til- Villi*'v uuirp au/urHwi ui~» >..o wwck uiai a power outage W.a,anA' ffa’rry Culbertson, wn rinoons in stilt vompeu- 1 stein. Ronald Anderegg; fat steer, on the cob. is scheduled for early Sunday tion during the Columbia county I Jerol Moran. morning. August 24 so that con WELCOME ARRANGED fair. Jean Ann Anderegg was The following places were named the champion 4-H dairy awarded in the judging which sumers who might have planned Lyman Hawken will head pub showman and J?rol Moran, the use of electrical facilities can be lie relations details and Guy vas held on Thursday and Fn champion 4-H beef showman. day: Guernsey s nior ca;f—' Thomas, public address system prepared. Results of different showman- 1 Donna Buckley. Guernsey sen or The outage is timed to take Working as a welcoming commit ship classes as they relate to Ne yearling — 3rd, Harold Ashley. tee will be C. F. Hit'ber, Sam halem valley 4-Hers were as fol- I Holstein junior yearling — 1st. place from 1 a m. to 4 a.m. that Hearing, Sr., George Remnant. Consumers will be Marvin Kamholz, Mr. L. Hawk lows: Senior Guernsey division— I Rosalie Kirkbride; 2nd, Jerol Mo morning. 4th, Donna Buckley. Senior oth- ! ran; 6th, James Kirkbrid*. Hol- without power during that time en and Mr. Brunsman. er breeds division—1st, Jean Ann : t in cow—1st, Ronald Anderegg; in Vernonia, Timber, Mist, Ba- Financing for the welcome will Anderegg; 2nd. Ronald Anderegg; ' 2nd. Jean Ann Anderegg. Ayr cona, Chapman, Dixie Mountain, come partially from the tram 4th, Rosali? Kirkbride. Junior • shire calf —1st, Margaret Buck- Scoffield and Birkenfeld. Relo ticket sale and from funds given beef—3rd Denny Jepson. Senior I ley. Ayrshire yearling — 1st, cation of a transmission lin? pol" i by merchants. From the latter beef—1st, Jerol Moran. Margaret Buckley. Shorthorn on the Scappoftse road will be source $89 had been collected up In the herdsmanship contest, j yearling heifer and Shorthorn accomplished during the outage. to Monday morning by Bill Horn, the Maple Meadows dairy ciub, I steer— both firsts, Jerol Moran. who was in charge of the solici Vernonia, r.ceived the $10 firs* I tation. Merchants who contri CLU3 BUILDING FILLED prize by a narrow margin. Annual Picnic Dated buted to the cause are invited to Th" 4-H club building was fil STOVES KEPT BUSY The annual barbecue and picnic come to the park for lunch Sat led to capacity with exhibits fea Two stoves were kept busy by for Columbia Tree Farm em urday. turing many phases of 4-H home To further lend atmosphere to 4-H club members competing in economics club work. The exhib ployees and their families and the occasion, loggers are asked special contests in the 4-H club its were judged under th? Dan friends is scheduled for Friday of to dress in work clothes. building during the fair. Results ish system whereby all exhibits this week. August 22, at Rogers of the various cont.sts were. receive either a blue, red, white Dollar dinner: 1st, Harriet I or exhibitors ribbon instead of park. The affair will start at Former Resident Dies 5 p.m. Announcement of the Heath; 2nd, Bertie Lu Ashley. the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc, ribbons Mrs. Harry Mawson Creswell event was voiced early this week Cake baking: 1st, Bertie Lu Ash that are awarded in the Ameri passed away Tuesday of last week by Manager Glen Hawkins. ley; 4th, Ella May Kyser. can syst m of judging. and the final rites were con Lower Columbia salad making: The results for the N -halem This is fire weather—Oregon’s ducted Friday. She will be re Sr. division: B'rtie Lu Ashlty, 1st. Jr. division: 1st Carolyn valley were: Sponge cake with- forests are the most productive membered here as Nelle Green i out baking powder: blue—Bonnie in the world. Let's keep them that daughter of Mrs. E. A. Grim Heath; 2nd, Delores Wilson. In the demonstration contest i Kyser; white — Evelyn Kyser, way by preventing forest fires. who was employed by the O-A for a number of years. the awards in the following divi i Carolyn Heath. Bread: blue — KEEP OREGON GREEN. I Harriet Heath; red—Bertie Lu sions were: Cooking: blue—Eve lyn Powers and Delores Wilson; I Ashley, Margaret Wells; white ■ —Delores Wilson, Esther Kyser white—Carolyn Heath. | and Elia May Kyser. Clothing CLUB WINS TRIP I III: red—Bertie Lu Ashley. Can- Ten 4-H judging or identifica , ning I: white—Bertie Lu Ahsley tion teams won trips to the Ore ; Special Kerr exhibit: red—Bertie gon sta'e fair or Pacific Interna j Lu Ash I y. City councilmen Monday even a request from the high school tional Livestock Exposition as a ing, when they met for their se board. Useing gravel this yea» ELECTRICITY INTERESTS r?sult of winning at the fair. cond August meeting, issued ord will allow ample ssttleing be Valley club to wn on livestock Four-H electricity exhibits ers that call for the mowing of fore cement is poured later. judging was th? Maple Meadows were on display in th? 4-H build the city park in advance of Sat The council also gave approv livestock club led by Henry An ing for the first time. Seventeen urday so that it will be ready for al to the high school to block off deregg. Team members are Ros exhibits were on display by Saturday use when the National A street between Washington alie Kirkbrid?, Margaret Buck- members of the first three elec Model Railroad association is and State for use as a driving ley and James Kirkbride. This tricity clubs to be organized in served lunch there. rang? for the new driver train t am will compete at the Pacif Columbia county. The 4-H for At the same meeting, council ing course that will be given this ic International. estry and vegetable exhibits year by the school for the first James Ktrkbnde won a first showed an increase over the men asked city firem.n to wash time. in the individual placings in the number exhibited a year ago. the business sccti n of Bridge Cemetery lots will cost more livestock judging. Ribbons in forestry were award street Friday evening. The fire in the future because of an or Some outstanding livestock ed as follows; men’s street washing was com dinance that was given thne of was shown in th? 4-H classes ac Forestry I: red—Byron Hawk manded by councilmen for the ficial readings and adopted. Th? cording to the the livestock judge ins; white — Tim Coryell, Jot- highly satisfactory job that is ordinance increases the prices of Gordon Dunham, Corvallis, ana I Rueser. being done. the lots so that additional num dairy judge. Walter And regg. The condition of sidewalks ey can be placed in the fund set Portland. throughout the town are being I aside for p-rpetual niaintenanc- Examiner Scheduled checked by city police and no of the memorial. Counctlmen be ANIMALS SUMMARIZED A drivers license examiner will tices are being sent ordering re lieve that the fund is not in A summary of 4-H animal ex be on duty in Vernonia Friday. pairs or replacements. The use creasing fast enough to keep up hibits show that there were 68 with increased cost of keeping head of dairy cattle. 27 b?ef cat. August 29 at the city hall be of gravel for the sidewalk in the memorial in a presentabi ■ front of the high school was tween the hours of 10 a.m. and tie, 4 sheep. 2 pigs, 1 goat. 35 authorized by the council upon condition. 4 p.m. rabbits and 10 pens of poultry. Fair Winners from Valley in 4-H Work Named; Championships Won Reminder of Outage Issued Council Orders Mowing Of Park; Lot Prices Up
