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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1953)
I Ï ill ÙO VOLUME 31. NUMBER 3 10c COPY Storm Damage Stops Phone, Power Service THOSE WHO ARE IN IT . . Extensive damage to telephone and power transmission lines re sulted last Thursday night and early Friday morning from the extremely high wind that inter rupted service by both the West Coast Telephone company ana West Oregon Electric Coopera tive. Workmen for both concerns had not been able to fully restore their services oy the first of this week, but full restoration was anticipated Tuesday. West Oregon Manager Guy Thomas said the damage to Co operative lines was the worst since West Oregon took over electric service February 1, 1945. All electric service had been restored by Tuesday with the exception of the line between Keasey and Camp McGregor. Damage in the Dixie mountain area was repaired Monday after noon, he said. Temporary repairs were made in many cases in order to restore service as soon as possible. The Cooperative linemen were as sisted by linemen employed .by WGton-Brown Electric company u' o were working on the con tract job for West Oregon. The as stance of the latter crew made possible quicker restoration of service than would hav? been pos. sibie otherwise. Both local and long distance lines of the West Coast Tele phone company were damaged ex ensively and not until Tues- c ■ was the toll line to Mist re paired and ready for use again. Complete repairs to the long dis tance lines to Forest Grove were also not made until Tuesday. No ir - g distance lin? was available a. of Friday and most of Sat urday. Some local lines were a.‘o out of service yet Tuesday. Amateur Show Date Changed The amateur show sponsored b The Timberline for Saturday evening, January 24 has been postponed to Saturday evening. Jar nary 31 at 8 p.m. in the high sc.'.ool auditorium. The change in date was necessary due to th- ar*ual Old Timers dinner plan ned by the Masonic Lodge for t.".c evening of January 24. The Timberline welcomes en- tr.es of any kind and from all ages. Readings*, skits, songs, cte’ces—all are appropriate for entering. Those who would like to enter may call at the high school and leave their names with M*- McNair, the office secretary or may contact Joyce Jones, busi ness manager for The Timberline. First, second and third prizes w , be awarded to the best grade school entries, the best high school entries, Tthe best high sc*ool club entries, and to the best civic organization entries. Death Claims Rose McGown F nal rites wer? performed at the First Christian church at 2 o’c.ock Wednesday, yesterday, to Mrs. Jack McGown who passed away at her home at 10:15 p.m. Sunday, January 11 following a short illness. Rev. C. F Swander officiated at the services which were in charge of the Bush Fun- ert home and interment took p j;e at the Vernonia Memorial. F se McGown was born at St Mary's Indiana Jun? 17, 188" and passed away at the age of 65 years. She was married to Js:k McGown a Kelso, Wash- March 24. 1943 and he is the •r.y survivor VERNONIA COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON Beryl (Teeney) Normand left i Tuesday for Camp Kilmer. N.J. ' From there he will be sent to i Paris. Fiance. Bids Asked on Quarters for Post Office Lester Wells. Jr., was inducted into the regular army. Basing Wednesday for Fort Lewis. Lease Offered for Term of Either 5 Or 10 Year Period Extensive Outages Caused by High Wind Velocity 1 1 I I Available either at the Vernonia Charle.v Davis has joined the parratrooper and will leave on ; post office or from the post of- I fic? inspector in Portland are Thursday for Fort Lewis. | specifics tons for quarters for Chief Bos’n J. F. Breedin of ; housing the local office, accord- Bremerton spent th** week end | ing to information releas'd here with his family at the home of late last week by F.mil Missing, her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Louis postmaster. Huntley. The notice states: "Proposals are solicited to be received in th? officb of the post office inspector, V. F. Worthington, at Portland up to and including January 21 to furnish quarters suitable for post offic? purpos.s at Vernonia under a Base subject to the provisions Columbia Tre? Farm em of the standard form of lease ployees began the current tree planting program for the farm used by the post office depar."- ment at a stated price per an this week in the Mansfield look, num including heat, light, out area near the summit on the old St. Helens road, according to power, toilet facilities, plumbing, heating and lighting fixtures for Bob Lindsay, resident forest**r for a term of five or ten years from the Farm. February 19." This year’s project calls for The present lease for office hand planting about 300 acres using two-year-old trees grown quarters is with West Oregon at Nisqually nursery from seed Electric and expires on the 19th collected in this area in the fall I of next month. Floor space of about 1500 square of 1950. About 20 men are engaged in ■ feet is desired. Important con the work. Completion of the siderations are a reasonably cen present project will bring the tral location, good daylight and amount planted on the Columbia 1 accessibility to r ar or side en- Farm since 1945 to 2,146 acres. | trance for mails. General building requirements, equipment specifications and | form of proposal, together with i information concerning the pro- | visions of the leas? may be ob tained from the postmaster here or from the inspector, room 215, People who wish to b" given Main Post Office building. N. W. assistance in preparing their fed. Broadway and Glisan, Portland. eral income tax returns for the year 1952 can receive that help her? February 5 and 6 when an internal revenue agent will visit Vernonia. Th? agent will make his office at the Legion hall ac cording to an announcement from the treasury department received Last Saturday’s benefit dance here Monday. revenue plus donations from two Oth'r places in the county to organizations has provided a fund be visited by agents and the of $190 for driv.r training equip dates are: Clatskanie, Tourist ho ment and Scotch lite for bicycles, tel, January 19 and 20; St. Helens, Sid Sorenson said Tuesday after court house, February 9 to 11 noon after all money from the inclusive and Rainier, city hall, advance sale of tickets had been February 13. turned in. In addition to these places, tax Th? danc? was held und°r spon payers may obtain assistance at sorship of the P.-T.A. which do the office of the director of in nated, prepared and sold the in ternal revenue in the Lincoln termission lunch. Cash donations building, 222 S.W. Fifth Avenue, of $10 each were made by the Portland, including the last two V.F.W. and the Lions club and Saturdays of the filing period, the orchestra also provided danc? March 7 and 14. music at no charge. Playing in Final date for filing returns is the orchestra were Mrs. Marie Monday, March 16. Frazee, Mrs. Jim Davies, Floyd Bush, Mr. Tate and Mrs. John- , son from Timber. The Scotch lite for bicycles has been ordered and when the ma terial arrives a date will be set for a meeting to which young Behind the scoring of Ken Nan- sters with bicycles will be in son and Bill Braun, who each vited for a safety lecture. Ar accounted for 14 points, the Log rangements for the meeting at gers ran up the big end of a 64- that time will be handled by the 54 score over St. Helens when driver training class, Claude they were entertained on the Shaw and Merle Graham. Mr. Lions' court last Friday evening. 1 Sorenson said. All P.-T A. members who have The Lions started fast to tally in opening seconds of the game, not don? so are asked to return but trailed near half time by eight their tickets and money to Harold points. A rally put them ahead McEntire, treasurer, as soon as 27-26. but they lost that lead possible. when the Loggers stormed back. Vernonia held the edge and the 10-pomt lead at the final gun to give the Loggers fourth place standing in the Lower Columbia league. The JV game was a reverse of The Vernonia Gun club rifle the varsity with St. Helens win team lost their first match of the ning 61-51. The Loggers will entertain se season Friday when they went cond-place Scappoose here Fri to Clatskanie by a score of 1389 to 1366. Only four shooters re day night. — presented Vernonia in the match. Ralph Aldrich was high man Death Word Received with 284 Ben George was second Word has been received here of with 276, Carl Schaumburg tliird the death of Jack Potts of Port with 272 and Jack Toothaker land. formerly of Vernonia, who fourth with 267. passed away January 8 from a The Vernonia club will enter heart attack. He was buried Sat tain the Old Crows of Portland urday at Longview. here for the next match. 300-Acre Planting Program Begins 1 [ . i I : I | I Library, U of 0 Revenue Agents To Give Tax Aid Dance Benefit Totals $1SO Loggers Tally Win Over Lions First Match of Season Lost PHONE 191 Comparison of Welfare Program Cost Data in County Shows Increase Welfare assistance in Columbia county is a growing program as is indicated by a comparison of costs for the current year with figurues for 1939. The release of data was approved by th? coun ty welfare commission and pre pared by Mrs. Eva L. Tice, ad ministrator of the program. For comparison, current costs of welfare vrograms were com pared with 1939 figures. The year 1939 was s. lected inasmuch as programs were somewhat estab lished by that year. NUMBER DROPS. COST UP At year’s end in 1939 the old age asistance list included 338 persons, the cost b 'ing $16.730.00, Wilson Services Conducted Mon. Final rites w re conducted here Monday of this week at 2 p.m. for Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson who passed away at her horue at Treharn" January 8 at 7:30 a.m. The services were conducted at the First Christian church with Rev. Kaub of Portland officiating. D.ath claimed Mrs. Wilson at the age of 66 years. She was born September 22, 1886 in Illi nois, but had made her home on Timber route for the past 30 years and in this part of the state sine? 1906. She was the daughter of Wil liam and Emma McDaniel and was married to Harry A. Wilson January 17, 1905 at Hillsboro. Mr. Wilson passed away March 25 of last year. Surviving are: a daughter, Mrs, Rilla Snyder; two foster sons, George Hult of Sweet Home and Gus Hult, Vernonia and two grandchildren. Commitment took place at the Vernonia Memorial. Annual Banquet Date Determined i j 1 [ I I | | 1 I an average of $49.50. Today the list includes 310, the cost being $17,061.00, an average of $55.04. Medical care was also given to both groups. In 1939, the total cost for medical care for all pro grams was $1,569.00. Medical care in November, 1952 for old age assistance persons alone cost $3,107.00. The drop in old age assistance cases can be attributed to many things, the changed status of pro perty, of legally responsible rela tives, and the old age and sur- 1 vivora insurance program (com monly called social security). Eighty-two persons receive money from both programs. Possibly increasing costs need no interpretation. Everybody who pays a groct ry bill can interpret this change correctly. CHILD CASES DROP In 1939, there were 73 aid to dependent children cases (174 children) costing $6,405.00, an av erage of $87.74 per case. The list now includes 70 cases (157 child, ren) costing $6,573.00, an average of $93.90 per case. Medical care for this group cost $405 00 in No- vember. The economic factors that are i indicative in old age assistance seem to have little validity here. ' Onvl eight cases receive death benefits from old age and sur- vivor's insurance. Legally res- , ponsible relatives are quite often ' in the groups with a waning earn- ing power. There is little pro perty to become involved. How ever, within the last year two cases were closed because of the sale of property. BLIND AID LESS In 1939, ther? were three blind assistance cases costing $226.00, . an average of $75.33. Now there are two costing $128.00, an aver age of $64.00. No money was spent for medical care for the , blind in November. Aid to the disabled started in November, 1950 when 30 cases cost $1,661.00, an average of $55.36 : per case. Thirty-six cases now ' cost $2,228.00, an average of $61.- i 89 per case. Medical care cost | $233.00 in November. Foster home care cases now i include 24 cases costing $842.86, an average of $35.12. Three of : these children received survivor’s ' insurance checks from their j fathers’ social security account. LIST CHANGES The general assistance list fluc tuates more than any other as it includes the unemployed Cur rently there are 37 cases receiv ing $2.355.00, an average of $63.- 65. Medical care for this group ' cost $517.70 in November. Medical cases for the month of November included such diagno ses as arm and hip fractures, pneumonia, leukemia, kidney in. fection and heart failure. THURSDAY. JANUARY 15. 19. Boards Give Approval to Bus Changes High School Board Authorizes Final Contract Payment The boards of directors for botn school district 47 and the union high school granted their ap proval to the sale by their own ers of two busses which tram port children when the tw > groups met Tuesday evening. The decision to dispose of their busses was voiced by Bruce Mc Donald and C. A. Mills who in terviewed both boards Tuesday, expressing their wishes to retire The former has driven 24 years and the latter for 33 years. New owners will be Bob Curt who will purchase the Mills’ bus and W. A. Davis, the McDonald bus. Effective date of the change of ownership is to be February I when new bus contracts will be signed. The high school board viHed final payment covering the con tract for construction of the new building and also approved to pay the architect’s fee at the same time. Final payments have hinged on a change of locks on the school lockers and that change, which conforms with contract specifica tions, was made last week end. Board action to make the final paytn nt also hinged on the ad vice of John L. Foote, attorney for the district, who indicated the move should be made. A vote of thanks was extended Mr. Foote by the board for work performed by him in investigat ing titles to property prior to letting of bids and also for his cooperation in preparing an agreement to enter the building before it was cofpleted, all at no charge to the district. 4-H Leaders to Hear Official Mrs. Lois Kent, Columbia county school superintendent, will speak to the Columbia county 4-H leader’s association at its meeting on Saturday, January 17, at the Vernonia grade school. The meeting will begin at ID a.m. Mrs. Kent will speak on the subject "Working With Boys and Girls.” She will discuss some of the opportunities, methods and problems in working with boys and girls of 4-H club age. The regular business meeting will be held during the morning with the president, Mrs. Ross Janes, presiding. In addition to Mrs. Kent's talk during the afternoon sesrion, there will be a discussion of the proposed junior leadership pro ject. Recommendations will th<*n be submitted to the state 4-H office at Corvallis. All 4-H club leaders and others The Vernonia P.-T.A. has sched- ; interested in club work are in uled its regular monthly meeting vited to attend the meeting. Mrs for 8 p.m. Monday, January 19 Janes states that parents arc Society to Meet especially welcome. The noon at the high school library. The The Columbia County Historical program theme for January being j meal will be potluck. society will meet Tuesday, Janu health, it is planned to have short I ary 20 at the Clatskanie Grange reports on the progress and work I hall near the Quincy school. The of the county health department afternoon program will feature and to show one of the newer ■ history of the Quincy-Mayger health films furnished by the area, according to Pearl Becker, state department of visual educa secretary of the society. The meet tion. The Bonnev’iUe power adminis ing will be cancelled if the At an executive board meeting tration surveying crew, which has weather is inclement. Monday afternoon, January 12, Mrs. Art Nanson, membership \ mad- headquarters here for th ■ chairman, phone 846, reported past six months, left Tuesday of that collection of dues is still | this week after completing the Visits Planned quit? low in number as compared ' job of routing and staking for the power transmission line from It is hoped that mor? public to school enrollments. Paid-up | Forest Grove to Glenwood, then health nursing services can be memberships are also a very ma- ’ to the Sunset junction substation given the Vernonia area, accord tonal aid toward the maintenance Construction of the H5,(>00 KV ing to Miss Grace Roumagoux, of a local P.-T.A.'s effectiveness. Most of the group’s work in the line is scheduled for completion county nurse, who has announced 1 her visit schedule to this area. I last month was devoted to the in September, 1954. When placed Present plans are that she will benefit dance. January 10 and in service the lin? will provid • be at the Vernonia schools the I it was successful in raising the this part of the West Oregon Electric system with two power first and third Tuesdays of each major portion of the money need, connections with Bonneville. month. td for the safety projects. The banquet for Logger foot ball squad members is scheduled to take place Wednesday of next week. January 21 at the Legion hall, according to arrangements made early this week. The af fair is to be sponsored jointly by the American Legion Auxili ary and the Lions club, a pro cedure that has been followed for the past several years. The grid squad and others at tending will hear Johnny Car penter as guest speaker. If avail able, he will bring all-star game movies for showing after the din ner. Auxiliary members purchase and prepare the banquet while the club arranges for the sale of tickets to finance the cost. Cecil Johnson was named by the Lions in December to handle the club's part of the affair and he named Floyd Bush Monday of this week to take care of the sale of tickets. Health Theme Is Plan for Meet Crew Completes Staking of Line
