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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.