Wesf Conquers East in First League Jamboree Here
The West won over the east nearly tied at the end of their
teems last Friday night in the encounter. Scoring seesawed back
first Lower Columbia league jam­ and forth until the end when the
bore ever held here by the total Indians pulled into the lead by
game points of 102 to 83 in what one point to win 21-20.
provided basketball fans with a
Not until the third game was
full evening of cntertainm-nt. •he contest pretty much decided
Jamboree arrangements were un. between the West and East teams,
der the supervision of Bill Vlcek. ' Hill Military, meeting Seaside,
Best contest of the evening dropped behind 37 to 17 to give
came at second game when the the West a sizeable lead. West
Loggers and Scappoose Indians teams were. Warrenton, V-rnonia,
Seaside and Clatskanie and the
East teams were: St. Helens,
Scappoos?, Rainier and Hill Mili­
tary.
St. Helens defeated Warrenton
25 to 20 and Clatskanie won over
,
i Rainier by the same figures.
I
Attendance Friday is placed at
between 1025 and 1050, more than
. were anticipated in advance, with
the result that many stood to
view the affair. Players from the
competing schools, totaling 80,
and their coachs were introduced
individually before team cap­
tains drew opponents and playing
positions.
Financial outcome of the jam­
boree was not available up to
yesterday because returns from
ticket sales at the competing
schools had not been received
here.
THOSE WHO
ARE IN IT . .
Pvt. Kenneth Lindsley, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W J. Lindsley, is
receiving his boot training at
Camp San Luis Obispo, Cali­
fornia. He was inducted into the
army, leaving here November 10
Sgt. Ralph E. Keasey, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Keasey, is en­
route home after 18 months in
Korea. He served in the combat
zone with the 44th Engineer Con­
struction Battalion, a suporting
element of the Eighth Army. Kea­
sey entered the army in January,
1951
Preparation
For Annual
Program Made
Presentation to
Be Made December
22 at Grade School
Students of both the grade ani
high school will appear in this
year’s Christmas program which
is scheduled for presentation on
the evening of December 22.
Title of the affair is"Song Over
the World," a Christmas pageant
by Valeria R. Lehman. Work on.
Cpl. Lonnie Justice, son of Mr. the program is being supervised
and Mrs. Charles Justice, was by Mrs. Harry Sandon, who is i.i
married Tuesday at 2 p.m. to
charge of arrangements for C ki -
Miss Lorraine VanDomelen, tumes and staging, and Miss Pau
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
line Bristlin and Miss Lilias
Van Domelen, Portland, at Im­ Peterson, grade and high scb<> 1
maculate Heart church, 2926 N. 1 music instructors.
Williams avenue.
The corporal
The pageant will be made up of
left here the latter part of Oc- ,
tober for Fort Bliss, Texas fol­ students from the fifth to eighth
lowing a furlough after return­ grades. Children from the third
and fourth grades will appear in
ing from Korea.
He returned here again Decern, the angel chorus and boys from
ber 1. After the ceremony Tues­ the seventh and eighth grades in
day and a reception at the the boys’ chorus. Another chorus
home of the bride’s parents, the of girls will be made up of stu­
couple started the trip back to dents from the fifth to eighth
Fort Bliss where he is scheduled grades.
The high school glee club and
to report for duty the 15th of this
triple trio will present several
month.
numbers during the evening.
Calvin (Tick) Bass arrived here
a few days ago from his former
station mar Knoxville, Tennessee
where he had been since last
May.
He will be home until I
January 10 when he is scheduled
to report to San Francisco from
The union high school board,
where he will be sent to Alaska.
Mrs. Bass, who had been at meeting Tuesday evening, au­
Knoxville since September, will thorized final payments to the
remain here when he returns to electrical contractor and the
plumbing and heating contracto-
duty.
for construction work on the new
building, but still withheld final
payment to the general contrac­
tor.
This action in withholding the
general contract payment revolvrs
around the loekt r problem of
The Vernonia Study club li­ which the district refuses to ac­
brary committee which insti­ cept the present locks. The lock
gated a series of coffee hours problem will probably be solved
a few weeks ago, has reported December 15 when the Metal
the sum of $40 which will be craft company of Olympia is sup­
added to money which will even­ posed to install a different type
tually be used for the structure. lock which will conform with
A re port of the progress so far contract specifications.
on the current project was made
Indication that final payment
Wednesday morning by Mrs. J. may still be held up even after
W. Nichols, chairman of the com­ the locks are changed came from
mittee.
the board because the» district has
Mrs. Nichols pointed out that received a bill for merchandise
the coffees can be continued after from Chown Hardware, Portland,
the first of next year, if desired, which was ordered by the gen­
thereby postponing them to fol­ eral contractor but for which pay­
low the Christmas season.
ment has not been made. A
Coffees have been given so far similar situation has developed
by Mesdames Evelyn Heath, Ben with an eastern firm and until
Brickel, A. F. Swanson, Don these matters are straightened out
Campbell, Jud<^ Grumman, Bob satisfactorily the contractor will
Lindsay, Mathilda Bergerson, probably not receive the final 10
Glen Hawkins, Dan Cason, Guy per cent of the contract amount.
Thomas, W. A. Davis, Clarence
Superintendent Eugene Dove
Nance, Lloyd Callister, Irma ,
told the board that all field light
Chance, Sam Hearing, Jr., Fran­ ing equipment has now been de­
ces Mullins, Emil Messing, Dar- livered so the board allowed pay
rold Proehl and Marvin Kamholz. ment for the material to Westmg
house and also approved pay
ment to West Oregon Electric
which supplied two priority
transformers need d for the field
installation.
Approximate etui
for the lights is $7,000.
The clerk of the district, Mrs
Students of this year’s high
Mona Gordon, was instructed to
School driver training class have
request an
explanation from
undertaken a safety project that
Warne Empey, high school super ■
will place displays in 12 Vernonia
intendent her? last year, of vana
store windows from now until
tions in the high school studerr.
January 1 during the worst driv­
body funds so that a deficit that
ing month of the year from the
now appears can be clarified.
standpoint of traffic accidents.
The auditorium stage is new
Announcement of the project
supplied with basic tracks and
was made earlier this week by
bars above for the back and sid *
Sid Sorens-n, class instructor,
drops and with the protective
students in the class have been
buffer screen and tracks, the
grouped in twos and the groups
board was informed Total cork
are preparing displays depicting
of this equipment amounted to
various phases of safe driving to
$1080 and no further installation«
show situations from which ac­
on the stage will be made until
cidents can result.
after the budget is adopted for
The proj.'cts are to be judged
the coming fiscal year.
and free show passes awarded the
winners. Stores to display the
projects are: Bush Furniture, Report Cards Out
Sundland’s, Brunsman Hardware,
Report cards were issued Wed
Mill Market and Lockers, Neha­
lem Market and Grocery, Miller’s, nesday to Vernonia high schoit
Vernonia Bakery, Safeway, students after the completion of
Schaumburg's, Hahn Hardware, work of the second six-week peri
od this year.
Sam's Food Store and Nance’s.
Board Approves
More Payments
PANDOM shots at the Lower Columbia League jamboree last Friday caught these Vernonia and Scappoose players in action at the
evening affair. At left: Bill Braun. Logger guard, casts off for an at empted basket; center: Bill MacDonald. Logger, and Clarence Ho­
rten. Scappoose Indian, reach for a jump ball tip while at the right Bob Powell. Logger forward tries for a field goal. Public address sys­
tem announcing was done by Lew Choate and Jim Davies through a rangements made between the school and the Lions club.
HOURS AT POST Condit to Remain with
OFFICE LONGER District to End of Term
Vets to Occupy
Building Soon
Patrons of the Vernonia post
office will have available to them
more hours during which to pa­
tronize the mail service from
now until Christmas. Emil M:ss-
ing, postmaster, said Monday.
As of the first of this wek the
post office windows will be open
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day,
Saturday included, until the holi­
day. First class
mailing of
Christmas cards is suggested as
well as early mailing to insure
delivery before Dcc-mber 25.
By using three-cent postage,
letters can be forwarded or re­
turned to the sender if not de­
liverable. a sarvic? that does not
appy to letters left unsealed and
mailed 'for two cents.
This year's mailing rush has
alrtady started at the office.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
building, the erection of which
was started s. veral years ago by
Smith-Christensen post, is nearly
ready for use for post meetings
Commander Mike Anderson an­
nounced Wednesday.
Principal job remaining to be
completed is the ceiling, he said,
and if that work can go forward
as planned, the post should be
able to use the hall by the first
of the year.
He also mentioned that, be­
cause of a district meeting at-
Clatskanie Friday and the Christ­
mas holiday, only one meeting
will tak? place this month. This
session is scheduled for December
19.
Members of the V.F.W. Aux­
iliary assembled Wednesday after­
noon at the IWA hall for a kitch­
en shower to help furnish the
kitchen of the new hall.
School Census
Total Lists 848
The annual school census,
which was completed for this
area the latter part of October,
lists a total of 848 youngsters
and teenagers between the ag:s
of 4 and 19 years inclusive. This
total resulted from the canvass
made by Mrs. Art Nanson, who
compiled the figures and turned
them over to R. M Aldrich, dis­
trict 47 clerk.
Of the total, 464 are boys and
384 are girls. Mrs. Nanson found
that all homes outside city limits
were occupied as she made th?
canvass and that families in most
of these homes had children with­
in the age limits. However, there
were vacant places within the
Vernonia city limits and many
hemes occupied were lived in by
c cerly people who had no child,
ren of school age.
The census provides a basis for
the district in planning atten­
dance for the coming school year.
E. H. Condit. who accepted the
job recently to fill the superin­
tendent position for district 47,
agreed Tuesday evening to con­
tinue in his present capacity un­
til th-' end of the current school
year. That decision was made
at a m.1 ting of the board of di­
rectors.
When he accepted the superin­
tendent post a short time ago, he
agreed to remain to the first of
the coming year, but difficulty
in employing a new superinten­
dent led to his decision earlier
this week to remain longer.
The district board examin'd the
credentials of 10 men who have
applied for the grade school post,
but decided against making a
selection at that time. The board
holds the opinion that men with
experience to handle the job are
now employed, hence would not
be available to step into this
superintendent job in the middle
of the teaching year.
The board recommended that
the man to be employed, when
a selection is made, have at least
two years experience in a super­
visory capacity.
Th? hot lunch program came
up for discussion after examina­
tion of figures showing that $1408
was taken in last month while
the cost of supplies to provide
the meals totaled $1337. No change
will be made in the charge of
20 cents per meal on a weekly
basis, as is now charged.
Th? board confirmed the date
of December 22 for the annual
Christmas program. Students will
go to school the following day,
the 23rd. for individual class
Christmas parties and school will
be dismissed early in the after­
noon for the holidays. Classes
will resume again Monday, Jan­
uary 5.
District 47 board members and
the u.non high school board may
get together on disposition of
the heating system boiler former­
ly us'd at the old high school
The high school wishes to dispose
of the boiler and the grade school
is in need of an additional boiler
to handle satisfactorily the heat­
ing of the Washington school.
Loggers Bounce
Knappa Tuesday
By Joe Taylor
Coming back strong in the
second half, Vernonia won its
first game of th? season Tuesday
night by defeating Knappa 51 to
39. Just barely leading 22 to 18
at the half, the Loggers came
back with 12 points in the third
quarter and 17 in the last.
Rich Perkins of Knappa was
high for the game with 16 and
Bill MacDonald of the Loggers
was second with 15.
Knappa
Vernonia
Elliot 3
Gill 9
F
Kumpala 11
Crowston 7
F
Kelly 1
MacDonald 15 C
Nanson 9
G
Perkins 16
Braun 9
G
Puckett 0
Shaw to Speak Monday
Claude Shaw will speak to
P.-T.A. members next Monday at
their December meeting on the
subject of traffic safety, accord­
ing to an announcement Wednes­
day. The association will also
hear details of a bike safety pro­
gram from Sid Sorensen and dis­
cuss the proposed purchases of
physical test equipm nt for the
driver training program.
Attack Suffered
Elmer Green, owner of Green’s
Shoe shop, was stricken by a
heart attack early this week at
the shop and was not found until
Wednesday when entrance to the
back of the store was gamed and
be was removed for medical at­
tention. He is being cared for
now at the J. R. Lee home.
Girl* Sponsor Dance
The Girls League of the high
school is sponsoring a formal
Christmas Ball to b' held Sat­
urday, December 20 at the high
school auditorium from 8 p.m.
to 12 p.m. The prices are $1.00
single, and $1.50 couple. A band
from Portland will provide the
music. There will be no guest
list and no invitations will be
sent. All friends of the school
are invited.
Examiner Scheduled
A drivers license examiner will
be on duty in Vernonia Friday,
December 19, at the city hall be­
tween the hours of 10 a.m. and
4 p.m Persons wishing original
licenses or permits to drive are
asked to file applications well
ahead of the scheduled closing
hour in order to assure time for
completion of the required license
testa.
'Coffees’ Aid
Building Fund
Class Undertakes
Safety Program