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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1952)
Library, U of 0 o Polio March Of Dimes to Open Jan. 1 County in Debt to National Foundation $21,800 for Care Scheduled to open here Thurs day of next week, January 1, is the 1953 March of Dimes cam paign, which will be headed by Jim Davies as local chairman. He acepted appointment for th; job earlier this month and this will be the second year he has con ducted the drive in this area. County chairman this year is Robert Abrams, Scappoose at torney. The campaign to raise funds for the fight against polio will continue through the entire month of January. w Best Wishes for the Holiday fe y M gr • . V w w 5 w V * V / V fe W fe • Season and Throughout the Coming Year THE VERNONIA EAGLE Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kamholz, Publishers Melvin Schwab Patti Bass Mrs. Pat Remnant Mrs. B. A. Kirkbride X X ¿a X Mrs. J. M. Peachey Mrs. H. A. DeWitt Mrs. Austin Dowling Mrs. Cecil Elliott V X X A SHORT WORK LAY-OFFS DUE Contract Work Date Extended .'inly short lay-offs are intended in both the Oregon-American Lumber corporation and the Co lumbia Tree Farm during th; ho..day season, according to bul- Je’ina from both organizations. The Oregon-American mill and c<- -p will be closed Thursday a- d Friday of this week for the Christmas holiday and Thursday arid Friday of next week for th' N' v Year’s week end. Work on the Tree Farm ended w .h the close of work Friday of la; - week, the 19th, but is sched- t. -d to resume again January 5, weather permitting. The date of completion for the present construction project being carried out for West Oregon Elec tric has been set for the end of January, 1953, Cooperative Mana ger Guy Thomas said Monday. The completion was originally scheduled for the first week in January, he said. The extension was made at the last meeting of the West Oregon board because material procure ment has delayed the job some since it was started the latter part of September by the Walton- Brown Construction company ot Salem. Wh?n completed, the project will provide 13.3 miles of 34.5 KV transmission lin- between the Vernonia and Sunset Junction substation as well as 3.8 miles of loop feeder line on the Johnson road. Election Costs Filed with Clerk Candidates for the serveral of fices in the county have filed t-f.r election cost statements with the county clerk J. W. Hunt, republican for coun- V .'ommissioner, spent $63.10 for cards and advertising and his democratic opponent Clyde Hen derson spent $82.99. Charles Ramp, democratic can- c oate for county judge spent $.65.70 and his successful op ponent John Whipple, republican spent $166.83. L. J. Wasser, democrat for sher iff spent $118.86 and his sucess- fu opponent, Warren Forsyth, spent $48.31 according to his statement. Mrs. Lois Kent, county school superintendent; Clarence Wag- • ner, county surveyor; Ben Cole fan, coroner; Jeanetta Ostlund, treasurer, and C. W. Wickman, county clerk, all of whom were u-. apposed, spent nothing. 2 Co-op Men Go To Council Meet Going from here to Seattle last week for the two-day session of the Bonneville regional advisory council meeting as representa- tives of West Oregon Electric were Lee Wooden, treasurer of the Cooperative board, and Guy Thomas, manager of the concern. The council is made up of I representatives from private [ power companies. PUDs. and REA financed cooperatives. Highlight of the meeting was a speech by Dr. Paul J. Raver ad vocating the creation of a region al board to take over the Bon neville system and eliminating the federal government from the generating, distribution and sale of hydro-electric power in the Pacific Northwest. I ' I ' Safety Project Winner Named Margaret Cook’s and Harriet Heath’s safety project, recently erplayed at the Bush Furniture str re, was selected as first place •* r.ner over 12 other contes ts-'ts. These safety education pro ves were made by the driver ' 7 ication class of the high school and were displayed in the win- cws of local merchants all last week. Selection of the winning pro ject was made on the basis of TYPICAL of the growing interest in window painting of Christmas scenes is this winter scene which covers the west window of the Texaco service station. It was painted by Ted Matlinski of Portland, formerly S.P.&S. depot agent here two years ago. The painting was done two weeks ago while he was here for a short time. NO QUOTA SET originality, organization, convey ance of mean*ng and neatness The judges making ‘he selec tion were Sam Hearing, city re- colder; Claude Shaw, sub. police ctficer; Merle Graham, city police officer; Marvin Kamholz, editor of the Vernonia Eagle and Mss E-ickson, art teacher at Vernonia .grade school. The driver education class wishes to thank all the merchants for their splendid cooperation and their help in making the safety projects successful. This year’s campaign in Co lumbia county has no quota. Abrams said, but it is being started early so that as much money as possible can be col lected. Last year’s contributions totaled $10,112, and Abrams said the county should do at least as well this year. Columbia county is now in debt $21 800 to ths National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis. This was the amount in outside aid needed to care for new and con tinued polio cases in the county during 1950 and 1951. In addition to this debt, Co lumbia county must continue to meet its annual obligations to ‘he National Foundation, and also keep some money in the local cnapter’s treasury to treat new and continued cases in the coun ty. Station Opened For Business The service station located at the corner of Bridge and State streets was opened for business again Tuesday of this week by Otto Barnell and will provide several features that were not available to auto owners pre viously at that location. The business will bg operated by Mr. Barnell and his son, Otto, Jr., who will provide complete servicing facilities for cars in cluding gas, oil and lubrication, as well as some accessories. Mechanical repair service will also be provided along with a body and fender repair shop. Tor the convenience of motorists, the station will remain open in th? evenings until 11:30. POLIO CASES UP Polio is being conquered, but it is dying hard. During 1952 a record number of persons in th; 1'ni‘ed States contracted pa’uly- tic polio. More than 2000 were placed in iron lungs, more than thiee times the 1949-51 average. Even if the promises of science to bring about the final conquest of polio comes true next year, care and rehabilitation of those air. adv suffering from the ais- ease will remain a tremendous t :sk. Support of the National c'oun- danon for Infantile Paralysis comes only from the county chapters, and their support comes only from the people in each county. Money collected bv the National Foundation is used to treat polio victims wherever lo cal funds are inadequate. 9 Given Orders For Induction The following men have been sent orders to report for indue- | A 2c Richard McNair arrived at the Claude Gibson horn“ early Monday to spend a 15-dav leave with his wife and baby and her parents. He is stationed at the Air Force Base at Bryan, Texar. M S George Peachey is spend ing a 15-day leave at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M Peachey, coming from the Presido at San Francisco. Pfc. Beryl (Teeney) Normand arrived home Tuesday from Fort Story, Virginia to spend a 27- day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Normand. AT 3 Earl Wantland of Whid- bey Island. Washington is spend ing .a 10-day leave at the home of his parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. Al. vin Wantland. Service Plans Still Pending tion on January 7, 1953 by Local I Board No. 2, St. Helens Arrangements for th" final rites James Leroy Fisher, Over guard, Ariz., formerly Vernonia; for Mrs. Charles Cederburg had John Bernard Elbert, Rainier; not been completed by Tuesday Jack Milton Pengra, St. Helens; afternoon following her death at James Emil Hansen, Scappoose, 5 o’clock Tuesday morning. Dale Clinton Chapman. Clatska She passed away at her home nie; Fredrick M. Cook, St. Helens; on the O-A hill at the age of Lester Lewis Wells, Vernonia; 40 years. She was born Decem Charles John Gabrielson, Rainier ber 21. 1912 at Reardan, Wash and Ellis LeRoy Clark, Rainier. ington Surviving are: her Twenty men are to report for mother, Mrs. Emily King; her physical examination on January husband, Charles Cederburg; son, 5, 1953 and 22 men on February Billy Howard and tjvo brothers, Earl and Bob King. 5. More Books Go Into Library New book additions to the shelves of the Vernonia library are: Steamboat Gothic, Evelyn Parkinson Keyes; Executive Suite, Camcron Hawley; The Fam ily Scrapbook, Dr. Ernest G. Osborne; Auto Album, Motor Car in Picture and Story from 1769 to 1952, Throm A Crenshaw; Hunter (a professional hunter in Africa), J. A. Hunter. The Space Sh-p Under the Apple Tree, Louis Slobodkin; Karen, Marie Killilca, Carver's George. Florence Crannell Means; Green Treasury, A Journey Through the World’s Great Na ture Writing, Edwin May Tcale; Be Happier, Be Healthier, Gay- lord Hauser; Roses, Illustrated and how to grow them. Sharp A Collins (sponsored by Portland Rose Society!; Little White Foot. P."rta and Elmer Hader; Kippie the Cow, Esther Gretor; The Best House in the World. Laura Bannon; Buffalo Bill, In- gri and Edgar P. d’Aulame; A Golden Treasury of Natural His tory, B Parker; Fireside Book of Favorite American Songs, Margaret Boni; The Lady and the Lumberjack, Olive Barber. Beginning January 1, 1953, the Vernonia Library Board has au thorized the increase in fines for overdue books from one cent to two cents per each day overd’ie. , THOSE WHO ARE IN IT . . I ! j , Court Appoints Nurse to Full-Time County Job For the past six months Co lumbia county residents have had the services of a public health sanitarian, B n Rinehart, a .d a part-time public health nurse, Mrs. Emma Mueller. Thir king of tne public health needs .n the county, the Columbia c >unty lourt appointed a full-time p’’blic health nurse, who began work ing on Decrmber 15 WORK DONE BEFORE Miss Grace Roumagoux comes to Columbia county with a wealth of experience in th • field of public health For the past four yews, she has beer the supervising public health nurse in Pendleton. Umatilla county, Oregon, her home county. Mis« Roumagoux is a registered nurse and received her bachelor of -cience degree from the Univer- ,itv of Michigan where she also was an instructor in public health nursing for one semester. She did public health work in Michi gan for many years before re-' turning to her native Oregon. ’Public health is for every- one,” Miss Roumagoux stated in an interview. "Everyone bene fits from services performed by pjblic health sanitarians and jublic health nurses. Many people confuse public health ser vices with welfare services,” she added, however, the two depart in'nts are completely separate units.” HEALTH PROGRAM DUE "I also want to stress,” Miss Roumagoux said, “that public ■ health nurses are not trained to make a diagnosis of illness' that is the family physician’s job.” She concluded, ’ We will be busy the next few weeks planning, in cooperation with the Columbia • County Health Council, school ac mmi’trators, and ths Colur.'bia County Medical Society, a publ c health program which we hope •vi’l be satisfactory to nil the people in the county. Following Mrs. Mueller’s past s»hedule. Miss Roumagoux plans to be in her office in the court hou«c every Wednesday to con sult with people wishing to se» her there. Shirley Kirtland Rites Performed Final rites took place here Tues day at 2 p.m. for Shirley Kirt land, former Vernonia resident and chief of the Vernonia police department. The services were conducted at the Bush Funeral home chapel with Rev. H. L. Russell officiating and interment followed at the Vernonia Memori al. Shirley Leroy Kirtland of North Bend passed away Friday, De cember 19 at the age of 59 years, seven months and four days. He was born April 23. 1893 and came to Oregon with Ips parents when a young man. He made hu bom» in this state until his death. Mr. Kirtland worked on the police forces at Vernonia, Port Orford, Myrtl" Creek and North Bend where he was on active duty when he passed away. Dar ing World War 1 he served in the navy and spent several months overseas. His affiliation^ included membership in the IOOF lodge, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. Surviving the deceased are: his widow, Mrs. Betty Kirtland, three daughters, Bernice Town send of Baker, Genieve Edmonds of Portland and Mildred Kraft of Memphis, Tennessee; five grandchildren; two brothers, Ed of Scappoose and Chet of Port Orford and a sister, Mrs. Ora Mae Bressie of Sacramento, Cali fornia. Committal rites were conducted by Odd Fellows lodge members and the colors were presented by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. • * Benefit to Help Buy Equipment A safety benefit dance, spun- j sored by the local P.-T.A. and the Lions club, will be held at the American Legion- hall on the evening of January 10. Music will be furnished by local people who will be donating their talents for i this worthy project. Lunch will be served by the P.-T.A. The price of admission is only 50 cenU per person. The purpose of this dance is ' to purchase testing machines for determining faulty vision, reac tion time, glare vision, steadiness, side vision, etc. The physical education classes of both grade and high school will have access to these machines. The driver education class and all adult- will find them available and use I ful. The sponsoring oi ganizations also wish to purchase Scotchlite tape to make your children’s bi cycles safer to ride at night The total cost of these two projects will be approximately $180 and the help of people in the community is needed to pur chase as many dance tickets as possible in providing the safety material.