VOLUME 30, NUMBER 46
10c COPY
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
PHONE 191
Dedication Planned
THURSDAY. NOV
Cooperative
Year Meeting
Set for Sat
Director Choice,
By-Laws Change to
Occupy Members
SCHEDULED for tonight at 8 o'clock is the dedication program for the new build­
ing of the union high school district, construction of which was started last year.
Tonight's program will include a talk by Oscar Weed, chairman of the district
Board Delays Approval;
Stage Presents Problems
board of directors, vocal and band music and the principal address by Rex Putnam,
state superintendent of public instruction. Open house at 9 o'clock will follow
the program.
ANNUAL 4-H
DAY PLANNED
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Soil District Hearing
Schedùled Next Tuesday
This year’s 4-H Achievement
with play plans anyway.
Many Nehalem valley farmers
day is scheduled to take place
DELAY ANTICIPATED
will be interested in a hearing
Official acceptance of the build, November 21, H. H. Anderegg an­ scheduled Tuesday, November 18
ing as a completed project is nounced earlier this week. He at the Natal Grange hall. The
likely to undergo considerable is in charge this year of arrange
hearing will begin at 8 o’clock on
delay,
The architect employed ments for the annual event .vhuh the question and desirability of
by the district has officially noti-
is devoted to the awarding of including the Nehalem valley in
fied the three main contractors
prize money and ribbons to 4-H the Clatskanie soil conservation
that they had 35 days in which
club members who win ratings at district.
to complete items noted on an
The hearing is being held in
the Oregon state fair.
inspection tour made before Oc­
In addition to the awards to be answer to a petition signed by 56
tober 16. The letters were writ­
made at the program, a moving landowners requesting the inclu­
ten on that date after the board
picture will be shown by Harold sion of the additional territory in
had officially inspected the struc-
Black, county 4-H agent. The af. the Clatskanie district. The ques­
ture.
fair is open to the public and tion of appropriate boundaries
Principal item on which there will begin at 8 p.m.
will also be considered Tuesday.
has been disagreement is the
The petition called for includ­
locker installation. The lockers I
ing land in the district which is
now in use are not proving satis­
not now included in the Clats­
factory from two standpoints. The
kanie or Scappoose soil conser­
latch is poor and lock combina­
vation district.
This territory
tions do not vary sufficiently.
would be all of the Nehalem val­
Once a lock combination is learn­
ley and some smaller areas im­
ed for one locker, it is not too
Vernonia high school students mediately surrounding the dis­
difficult to apply that combina­ will participate in a radio pro­
trict. The addition of this area
tion to other locks, with a small gram once each month over sta.
to the Clatskanie district would
change, and open other lockers.
tion KFGR, Forest Grove, Super­ put all of Columbia county into
PAY POLICY SET
intendent Eugene Dave said Tues­ soil conservation districts.
A definite policy of paying $15 day when he released tentative
State soil conservation officials
per day to substitute teachers plans for the programs students
was establish d Wednesday. The here will present.
stat" minimum for this work is
This high school will be heard
$13.75 and Portland schools are first on December 5 from 12:30
paying $14.50 and $14.75. The to 12:45.
Program topics will
amount to be paid here is the include athletics, musical num­
same as was established last year. bers and students body officer dis-,
Complete delivery of lighting cuss ions.
Parents whose children have
equipment for the athletic field
discarded or broken toys, can
Oth'*r schools participating in
is being asked by the board be­ the series of programs will place
help the Vernonia Girl Scouts by
fore payment is made. This ac­ students on the air from Hills­ calling two numbers and asking
tion was taken because the firm boro, Gaston, Verboort and Forest
that the toys be collected. The
supplying the fixtures has asked Grove.
toys gather'd by the scouts will
for payment although full de­
not be discarded, either. They
livery has not yet been made.
will be repaired and • given to
Cross court basketball goals
needy children.
for installation this year drew a
Announcement of the plan
negative decision from the board
whereby the scouts will collect
Lower Columbia league all- for the reason that insufficient
old toys was issued Wednesday
star football team selections were funds are budgeted for the job
by Mrs. H. H. Anderegg who
National children's book week asked that people in this area call
made by the coaches of the mem­ this year.
will be celebrated November 16- either here phone number, 434,
ber schools last week at Rainier
22 with the slogan, “Reading is or Mrs. A. C. Ray, 433, to request
after balloting by the 12 head
Fun.”
and assistant coaches of the six
the collection service. To make
The Vernonia public library sure that toys will be collected.
member high schools. No Ver­
will observe book week with a Scouts will be assigned areas in
nonia men placed in the firs:
display of new books from the which to ask for these discarded
team selections.
J. K. Gill company and the articles.
Named from the Loggers on the
Vernonia study club members showing of posters made by the
second team, offensive, were. Jer­
The items gathered will be
w'ill start a series of coffee hours grade school students for the
ry Herrin, tackle; Don Wantland,
turned
over to the Portland fire­
this week, designed to swell the annual book week poster contest I
guard; Gene Weller, center and
men
for
repairs before being
building fund which the club is sponsored by the Vernonia li­
R;i < Fulton, quarterback. Hon­
I given to needy children.
backing with the idea of promot­ brary board.
i
ora Die mention went to Bill Braun
ing new quarters for the Ver­
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and Speed Lusby.
nonia public library.
The all-star defensive team in­
Announcement of the "coffees”
cluded honorable mention tot and the procedure under which
Ken Nanson and Bill Higley.
they will be carried out, was
made Wednesday by Mrs. J. W.
Nichols, chairman of the club li­
Pfc. Laurence O. Robbins noti­
brary committee.
Forest trees for farm planting,
fied
his mother. Mrs. Cecil Will­
Each member of the club will a bulletin outlining trees and the
hite of Portland, Friday that he
invite a small group of guests to
purposes for which they are
is on his way home from Korea.
I her home for a social gathering most suitable, is now available He will have a 30-day leave
and each guest so invited will free from th" Oregon state forest­
B.ood donors responded to the be aiiked to invite other guests er at Salem. With the bulletin before returning to his base in
extent that the Red Cross blood- to her home later for a social is included an order blank for California. He has been over-
mobile collected 72 pints when hour. Small contributions will be tree seedlings two years old that seas 14 months.
it visited this Community Mon­ expected by each person, the can be obtained.
James W. Elliott, BUCP. left
day afternoon This response was money to be turned over to the
Fourteen tree species are listed
San
Francisco last Wednesday
smaller than when the unit came building fund.
on the order including the Noble
here edrlier this year in April,
The senes will start this week fir. most popular for Christinas for Guam where he.will be sta­
At that time 120 pints were do­ and run until the first of the com­ tree culture, at the rate of $6 tioned with the Seabees. He re­
rated.
ing month. Mrs. Nichols said. per thousand. Also listed is the enlisted in the service about a
ago, having formerly
th? unit is not Serving uÿh her on the study Scotch pine, most popular tree month
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east of the Rocky mountains. No served with th? Seabep- in 1948
scheduled for this year, but pro­ club library committee are Mrs
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E.
bably will be made the forepart Harry Culbertson and Mrs. Ben ord"r for less than 50 trees or
A.
Elliott
Brickel.
for
less
than
$1
will
be
accepted.
of 1953.
The problem of completely out­
fitting the stage in the high school
auditorium won’t be fully solved
until
an o t h e r fiscal year’s
budget is drawn, but a buffer
curtain will be installed later this
vear. the district board of direc­
tors decided Wednesday of last
week.
Reason for not completing the
full installation this year is a
budget figure that amounts to
$1000 for stage furnishings. That
amount falls short of the esti­
mated entire cost of betwet n
$4300 and $4500 needed for the
entire job.
CURTAIN ORDERED
However, the amount that is
included in this year's budget
will cover the purchase and m-
staJation of a buffer curtain and
basic permanent overhead tracks.
The tracks will be used later for
hanging lights, drops, etc., that
will be add"d when a budget
figure is provided covering costs
of completely
furnishing the
stage.
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The curtain to be hung this Í
year will serve as a protection for
the main screen to come lator
and will also serve as a screen
Tor the remainder of the presen:
school year. It is doubtful if
the buffer curtain will be ready I
for use November 21 when the i
Junior class play is scheduled,
but the class plans to go ahead
Radio Program
Series Planned
Girl Scouts to
Collect Toys
LCL All-Star
Gridmen Named
Book Display to
Mark Observance
Coffee Hours to
Help Library
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Farm Planting
Trees Available
Donors Give 72
Pints of Blood
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THOSE WHO
ARE IN IT .
emphasize that peapie living in
the area proposed for inclusion
in the district who hold title to
land, and others interested, if
the new area is included, be sure
to attending the hearing.
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Members-of West Oregon Elec­
tric will convene Saturday morn­
ing at 10 o’clock at the Legion
hall for their annual meeting,
<;hich again this year will bt
devoted partly to the election < f
directors for the seven districts
and to action on a proposal that
calls for a change in the Coopera­
tive’s by-laws.
Manager Guy Thomas empha­
sized that this year's meeting is
being planned to start promptly
at 10 a.m. and for that reason,
registration must be made before
that time. Part of the gifts will
be drawn for by people who regís,
ter before the time set for the
meeting to open.
Co-op members will hear John
D. Davis deliver the principal ad
dress.
He is assistant admims
trator of the Bonneville Power
administration, His business and
professional career includes post
tions in banking and taxation
fields previous to his connection
with BPA.
Davis started with BPA
1949 when he became the Wash
Scholarship for
Nurse Offered
A scholarship for a student
public health nurse who would
work in Columbia County was
decided upon by the board of
directors of the Columbia Coun­
ty Tuberculosis and Health as­
sociation. according to Mrs. Mil­
dred Anderson, acting president
of that organization.
The scholarship is to be known
as the Paul Gordon scholarship,
as it was the thing in which Mr.
Gordon was vitally interested and
will be one of the ways in which
the 1952 Christmas Seal money
will be used.
JOHN D. DAVIS
The plan is an outgrowth of
an idea on the part of Mrs. Emma
ington, D.C. office manager of
Mueller, county health nurse who the administration He held that
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is at present employed in a part post until 1951 when he becam.?
time capacity until a full time i
dputy
administrator, defense
nurse can be found.
She had power administration, at Wash­
presented to the county court ington, D.C. He was appointed
the plan of hiring a student pub. assistant administrator, BPA, in
lie health nurse to assist her in
1952.
the county for nine month of the
Names have already been nomi­
year. Three months of the year nated for director positions in
the nurse would attend school. each of the districts, but more
It would be for these three nominations may be made Satur­
months that the scholarship would day according to the Co-op by­
be given. Mrs. Mueller states laws.
The namts already sug­
that there are about 22 student gested were made at the district
nurses available for this training. nomination meetings arranged by
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Although the county court has the manager and held the latter
taken no action on the matter, it I part of September.
is felt that this plan would bring i
Candidates nominated then and
a full time nurse into Columbia
their districts were Lee Wooden,
county, as the recipient of the district 1; Noble Dunlap and Don
scholarship could be required to Driver, district 2; Edmund G.
come back to the county when Roediger, ’district 3; Paul Gordon,
her training was completed.
district 4; Guy Griffith, district
5; Norman Bidwell and Louit
Kelly, district 6 and Fred M.
Knox, district 7.
Balloting will also take place
Saturday on the question of a
proposed change in the by-laws.
This chang” will be in the form
Death claimed Sam H Wilson, of an amendment which is de­
former resident of this communitr
signed to stagger the terms of
who was residing at Fortuna, the directors, to insure against
California at the time of his the possibility of a complete
death. He lived here for about turnover in the board in any
10 years during which time he one year.
logged for both Clark and Wilson
If the amendment is approved
and for the Columbia Tree Farm. Saturday, the Co-op will be as­
He left here in 1948 or 1949,•
sured of always having a board
moving his equipment to Cali­ of directors partially made up of
fornia.
experienced members.
He passed away November 5.
Final rites took place yesterday,
Visit Here Scheduled
Wednsday, in the4)rawing Room
chapel of the Colonia) Mortuary,
People who wish to obtain per­
Portland, and entombment • was mits or licenses to drive will
at Riverview Abbey.
have the opportunity to contact
Members of the Vernonia IOOF the drivers licensa examiner next
lodge, of which he was a member, Friday, November 21. The ex­
oarticipated in the service yester- aminer will be at the city hall
that day.
Death Claims
Sam H. Wilson