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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1953)
Library, U of 0 THURSDAY, FEB. 12, Loggers' Height Decides 49-46 Game with Rainier A near-capacity crowd of yell With just minutes to go the ing spectators cheered the Ver- ’ Rainier squad came within two nonia Loggers to victory last Fri- j counters of Vernonia making the day evening when they met and , score 45-47 after the Loggers had defeated the Rainier Columbians | stalled to that period. The crowd in their first game of the second . was very excitable as the visi haif of the 1953 net season 49-46 , tors put in their bid in these in a thrill-packed contest. The I hair-raising minutes. A foul by Loggers led by Bill (Big Mac) , Vernonia gave the Columbians MacDonald swept the boards, shot ' one point and with seconds to and passed their way to victory ' go Gill put the game on ice for over the visitors in an exhibition I the locals by putting in a driving lay-in. From the tie in the first of speedy ball playing. The tall timber of Vernonia quarter the Loggers led all the led by MacDonald, Bill, Bud Ful way. ton and the return of Jerry Her The Vernonia JV’s won the rin was too much for the shorter preliminary game 36-33. Rainier squad. The Columbians Box scores and league stand were much the speedier team ings on page 6. which made this game spned vs. height with the height of the lo cal lads proving the deciding fac tor F irst quarter play was n:p and tuck with MacDonald making several of the Loggers first nine Chief Bos’n J. F. Breedin left counters in that period, enabling th“ locals to keep astride with | Monday after visiting at the Louis the visitors. Quarter end res- t Huntley home since January 15, su.led in a 9-9 tied up ball game. | going to Bremerton where his ship In the second stanza the Log has been for repairs. He will go gers caught fire and forged out from there to Los Angeles, thence front dominating the boards and to Japan. THOSE WHO ARE IN IT . . commanding a 22-17 lead at the haiftime whistle. The Loggers started a scoring spree in the third quarter and surged ahead at one time to a 10-point lead, which was narrow ed down to 38-20 by quarter’s end. A lot of fouling resulted in the fourth period as the result of th? Rainier five trying to pull the game out of the fire, pulled a full court press. Pvt. Billy Kyser is home at Mist until the 20th of this month from his camp in Washington. When he returns to duty he is scheduled to leave the state for Korea. Marvin Krieger has left for Fort Lewis, Washington to begin his term of duty in the army. Richard Brown has been dis charged from the navy at Nor folk, Virginia and flew home in order to spend his 21st birthday. A few days later he drove his mother and sister, Martha, here to see his brother, Roger, and the D.’Witt families. It had been over two years since he had seen any of his folks. PT A to Observe Founding Date The observance of the founding of the Parent-Teacher association wi 1 occupy the February meet ing of the Vernonia unit when it meets Monday evening of next week at the Washington school. The evening will be devoted to a social program only in obser vance of the date and no business meeting will b held. Farmer votes totaling 75 were On th? program that evening cast to decide last Tuesday’s will be numbers by: the grade election on the question of in sc.nool folk dancers, vocal num cluding the Nehalem valley as bers by grade students; numbers a part of the Clatskanie Soil Con by the high school band and a servation district and the vote piaylet by the high school Thes- ■ favored the district by the count pia.ns. I of 60 yes and 15 no. Jack Sather of Clatskanie is chairman of the Clatskanie dis Key Service Added trict and C. L. Waddell acted as A new service is now being polling superintendent for the offered at Lynn’s Sho? Service election which took place at the the 'owner announced Tuesday Natal Grange hall. Virgil Lance afternoon. Because of the instal is technician in charge of the lation of key making equipment Clatskanie office. that day it is now possible to Officials of the district ex have keys duplicated h re, in pressed the opinion the 75 votes cast was greater than expected. cluding keys for automobiles. Soil District Given Approval Pomona Grange Authorizes Two Scholarships, Park Reforestation A large attendance of Grangeis from all the Granges of the coun ty enjoyed the hospitality of Boa ver Homes Grange at the regu lar meeting on February 7. The Pomona Grange voted to give scholarships to the Juvenile Grange summer camp in Jiily and to the 4-H summer school aCCorvallis in Jun?, one scholar- ship to each. The Juvenile Grange scholarship must be earned by the recipient through worthwhile achievements to b? set up by the Grange. The 4-H scholarship will be based or good records of achievements. Since the Pomona Grange owns parks which are in need of im provement, it was derided to al low 4-H forestry clubs *o olant their trees on these tracts when desirable with the assistance of th Park Board. 4-H Club Agent Harold Black and others who wish to help. These parks are at Natal adjacent to Natal Grange hall and at Big Eddy, both on the Ne halem river. The Natal Park cons sts of 30 acres of logged ; i j | I j . | j | I , ‘ I ' ' I off land, deeded to the Grange by Clark-Wilson in 1941. On a? count of the war. re-forestat ion was delayed until th ? present time. Both tracts are permanent ly dedicated for pdfk purposes. Announcement was made of the projected health survey next month as planned by the county health council, co-operation of al' present being solicited that this survey may be a success. A feature of th? evening pro gram was a film shown by C N. Ellery, Columbia Co. coordinator for the ground observation co-p«-. with the assistance of arnv of ficers who operated and explained the purpose of the program. Thus? pres:nt were urged to assist in manning observation po ts throughout the county. At pre sent, only Clatskanie has an ac tive organization, with St. Ha>cnr in process of getting started. A class of eight candidates was instructed in the Fifth Degree. The next meeting will be held in May at Warren. 1957 Ambulance Pledges Grow High School Post Office In First Week of Drive Listed with Head Given 100% Rating New Contract Periodic Inspection Completed Friday Earns Tcp Position Board Elects Dove Superintendent for Second Year Tuesday A listing of 100 per cent was earned by the staff of the Ver nonia post office for the manner in which business is handled ther? when department inspec tors made a periodic inspection A third of the estimated total last Friday, postmaster Emil of $3000 needed to purchase and Messing announced early this equip an ambulance for the use week. of people in this area was achiev The inspection was made by V. ed up to Tuesday evening of this F. Worthington and R. C. Shel week, as indicated by figures re don. Their inspection was based leased at that time by Jim Cox. i business agent for 1WA Local on such activiti.'s as handling of 5-37. At that time pledges along finances, handling of the mail with money that had actually and administration of the office been paid by people contacted and under these headings are a amounted to slightly over $1000, total of 88 points upon which the he said. inspectors make their judgement. Steps have also been tak.n by At the last inspection previous the IWA committe? charged with to the one made Friday, the of handling the project to form a fice earned a rating of 99 and for non profit corporation which will the inspection before that, a 95. take care of the purchasing of A letter received here this week the equipment aft?r the fund goal ' from the inspectors stated: is reached. The corporation will • “Mr. Emil F. Messing also have charge of administer- I Postmaster ing the business of the ambulance I Vernonia, Oregon after that time. Dear Mr. Messing: Most business firms had been 1 The inspection of your office, this date, disclosed it to be in ex cellent condition. No irregulari ties were noted and a rating of 100 per cent is given. We commend you for your ef- i forts in maintaining the office in I Playing befor? a throng of its present condition.” wildly cheering fans, the arch enemies, Vernonia and St. Helens battled to a 51-60 final count that gave the visitors a victory Tuesday night at the high school gym and split the season for the two teams. Up to Tuesday night's fray, The second training meeting ; for home extension unit program th? Loggers held five victories in planning leaders was held at the league play and two losses, to Rainier high school February 5, Clatskanie and Rainier while the Thirty-one leaders from 17 units picture was reversed for the attended. The groups voted to Lions with five losses and two continue work on the problem, wins. When the two teams met "How to save money, time and earlier, the Loggers handed the Lions a 64-54 defeat. energy,” for the coming year. Gill played one of his best Other problems facing Colum bia county homemakers to re games as he handled r bounds ceive attention in the home ex well and collected 12 points. De tension program are (1) how to spite some very cloi ? checking, make articles for the home and to Nanson broke loose for four field supplement the income and (2) goals, but was not up to par on how to improve nutrition and the foul line, g:tting only 7 for However, he collected 15 preparation of food in the family 17. diet. At the next regular unit points for high man for the meetings, the leaders will explain evening as far as the Loggers the program planning procedure were concerned. and home extension members will | The Saints sacrificed many vote for projects for the 1953-54 ■ personal fouls in stopping Ver- , program, to help solve the three | nonia's offense and it paid off , problems. for them, especially since the | Loggers weren’t collecting at the foul line. The Lions showed con- i siderable improvement over their earlier season efforts and moved th? ball up court faster than the Loggers could cover. In the JV game Cunningham work?d the boards well and scor. ed on several rebounds, but in general the Logger ball handling was pretty ragg d. Bill Higley broke through for 10 points and presented a good floor game. Cunningham was high for the evening with 16. Lions Overthrow Loggers to Win Leaders Vote to Continue Project Rain in January Totals 14.07 In. Rainfall in January reached a total of 14 07 inches, the records of Mrs. Helen Spofford, observed, indicate and they also show that 1.22 inches fell on January 7 for th? greatest amount of precipi tation in ar.y one day during the month. Mrs. Spofford released the Jan uary report early this week. At that time she also gave figures for high and low temperatures dur ing January. The maximum reading was taken on January 8 for 58 de grees. The minimum of 24 de grees came on the 5th of the month. contacted by Cox early in the week and petitions for pledges had been circulated in the Ore gon-American sawmill, the stacker and shipping departments by Tuesday to bring the total to a third of the goal. The Vernonia Lions club was contacted Monday evening by a committee of C. A. Toothaker, Jewel Lloyd and Cox represent ing Local 5-37 to point out details concerning the project. The club took no definite action Monday as to the part it would play in help ing with the proposal, but is ex pected to decide its cours? of action at the next meeting Mon day evening of next week. Fred Tousley Taken by Death Fred J. Tousley, a resident of Vernonia until a year or so ago, passed aw/ay Tuesday evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harold AkFrstedt, at Astoria fol. lowing a short illness. Death came at the age of 78 years. Th" deceased came to Vernonia in 1923 and was employed as construction foreman while con struction of the Oregon-American mill was taking place. He be came construction superintendent lat?r after the mill began opera tion, but while construction work was still in progress. He remained as an employee of the concern and in later years be came dry kiln foreman which position he held until April of 1950 when he retired. He made his home here after that and until he moved to Astoria to stay at the home of his daughter where his death took place. The deceased was born March 7, 1874 at Fort Gratiot, Michigan and held membership in the Ma sonic lodge of Gratiot. Surviving are: his wife, Ethel, of Astoria; six children, R. W. Tousley of Clarkston, Washing ton, Marion Tousley of Olla, Louisiana. Mrs. William L. Collins of Napa, California, Mrs. Archie Adams of Cathlamet, Washing ton, Mrs. Harold Akerstedt, As toria, and Mrs. A. E. Tousley and son Arthur of Oakland, Cali fornia; a sister, Mrs. V. M. Higin- botham of Red Lake Falls, Min nesota and a brother, S. E. Tous ley of Olla, Lousiana. Masonic final rites will be con. ducted here Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Bush Funeral Home chapel and commitment will be at the North cemetery on Timber route. Red Cross Fund Drive Scheduled "W • This year’s Red Cross campaign designed to raise funds for the coming year is scheduled to open March 1 tor the county under the chairmanship of John M. Hel- frisch of St. Helens. The people in Columbia county will be asked to contribute the amount of $8,116 as the quota, according to Gerald Kelly, chair man of the county Red Cross board of directors. No figure had been established early this week as the portion the Nehalem valley will be asked to supply towards meeting the county-wide figure. It is planned to organize a canvass of homes in the various communities as well as business firms. Eugene Dove, V. rnonia high school superintendent for the past year, will act in the same capa city for the coming school year because of one action taken Tues day evening at the February meeting of the high school board of directors. The board gave its official ap proval to his contract for an other year when the matter caine up for discussion. At that time both the board and the superin tendent decided against a con tract of longer than a year for the mutual benefit of both. OTHER CONTRACTS LATER A decision concerning the of fering of contracts to high school teachers will be reached at the March 10 meeting of the board so no action was forthcoming at the meeting this week. State re quirements specify that teacher contracts be offered not later than the 15th of March. Locks for the school lockers are still a problem facing the board New locks were install'd several weeks ago, but have prov en faulty, if not more so, than those originally installed by the building contractor. Steps have been taken to obtain satisfaction on that matter the board was in. formed. CORRECTIONS ASKED The building architect has also been called upon and has in spected the building concerning other matters, the board learned, and some corrections have been made. Through efforts of the architect, low wat' r pressure at both the shop and in the showers has been corrected. Loose ceiling tile is another matter that is pending correction. A $75 bid for the small con struction building used during th.* time the building was going up has been accepted by the contrac tor. A. G. Ostrander will move this small structure to the back of the school property where it will be used to house outside power equipment. This equip ment cannot be housed inside the school building because of a state fire law. STATE REPORTS RECEIVED Inspections have be n made by three state authorities and in practically all instances met with approval of the men making the inspections. The bureau of labor inspector pointed out that a propane gas tank should be mounted on con crete and attached to the build ing with a steel band and that it should be connected to burners with neoprene hoae. His exami nation was not sufficiently care ful, however, for the tank is mounted on cement. His other recommendations have been par tially met and will be fully met soon. Both the state sanitary author ity report and the report of the director of physical education for the state were satisfactory. The latter, however, recommended more complete first aid equip ment, and the installation of a horizontal bar and horizontal lad der. He approved a szmester course on health that is being planned for next year. DRIVERS HIRED The board officially signed bus contracts for Dan Cason, M. B. Steers, W. A. Davis, Bob Curt and George W. Johnson for an other year as anoth r par* of the Tuesday meeting. No contract was necessary for the Austin Corll bus as he is operating on a three- year contract of which one year yet remains. Preparation was started to wards landscaping of the ground« around the building when the board examined a proposal which submitt?d a plan for proper shrub bery and turf. Definite action was not taken, however.