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» U VOLUME 31, NUMBER 11 10c COPY VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON Lions Sponsor Candidate for Derby Queen Grade Board Rehires Staff Tuesday Night Barbara Howard one Of Six Contestants For Annual Event With th? Lions club as sponsor. Miss Barbara Howard will be one of the six contestants who will seek this year’s honor of becom ing queen of the St. Helens sal- mon derby which is scheduled to run from April 11 through 30. Announcement of the sponsor- ship and Miss Howard as candi date was made early this week after the club acted in deciding to back a candidate. This is the first year Vernonia has partici pated in the St. Helens' derby. Miss Howard, 18, was bom at Santa Marie, California Novem ber 15, 1934 and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Howard of Pittsburg. She graduated from Vernonia high school last year and intends to enroll at Pacific university this fall. While in high school she was active in chorus and operetta, was assistant editor of the Memo log and feature editor of The Timberline. She was a member of the Pep club and served as treasurer of the Thespian society. Other county princesses are Marliss Reed, 16, St. Helens; Mo na Rene Brower. 17, Rainier; Ve.ma Lou Howard, 20, St. Hel ens; Nancy Seline, 17, Scappoose and Carolyn Christoferson, 19, St. Helens. Tickets are sold in the name of one of the candidates and will count 50 points in selection of the w.nner. Twenty points will e allotted for talent, 10 for beauty of face and figure, 10 for coopera tion and attitude and 10 points for poise and personality. Finish Work for Dorm Intended I | ' ' BARBARA HOWARD, Vernonia Queen Candidate Loggers Start Baseball; League to Start Soon Thoughts of bastball are al ready occupying the minds of the Loggers who have already spent over a week in preliminary work, some indoors and some out de pending on the weather. Five prospective hurlers have been limbering up under the tutelage of Coach Bill Vlcek with both Bill Higley and Don Wantland in the receiving spots. Four Loggers who have seen action on the mound in previous years will have to prove their worth against Darrell Fluke, Freshman who is showing fair control and who probably will se? considerable action during the season, Regular hurlers out in elude Bob Powell. Homer Fuller, Rick Fulton and Dick Gwin, So far outside practices have been hindered considerably by the fact that poles for the field lighting still remain on the ground, The poles make it im- possible to lay out the new dia- mond. Lower Columbia league play will open officially April 3 when St. Helens makes the trip over the mountain to be entertained by the Loggers, However, a pre- season game may be arranged. This year’s league play may become somewhat complicated because the playoff for the divisions, the Lower Columbia and Mid-Columbia leagues must take place before May 16 which date is before the end of the An effort will be made to fin ish putting the siding on the youth dormitory at the county fa.rgrounds during the work day to be held on Saturday, March 14. states Mrs. Alta Janes, presi- d nt of the Colufribia county 4-H leaders association. All persons who attend the work day are requested to bring a hammer. Some saws will also be needed. Construction of the building was started just one year ago. Although it was not possible to get the building entirely com peted before the 1952 county fair, it was far enough along for the 62 boys and girls to sleep in during the fair. When filled to capacity, the dormitory will hold 122 4-H and FFA members. During the past year money re ceived from the sale of scrap paper and cash contributions from Granges, individuals, 4-H ciubs and other organizations totaled $1.190.00. In addition, most of the lumber was donated by m.ils throughout the county. Also donated were nails, wash room fixtures, hauling and all the labor except for the plumbing. The . Elected to Post ci ncrete floor was poured by ths | Mary Tapp, daughter of Mr. C umbia county fair board. and Mrs. J. E. Tapp, was r?cently elect: d vice-president of the Pine’s, women s co-resident house at Oregon State college, Corval lis. The Pines is one of four women’s co-resident houses at OSC. The women share all house Vernonia elementary and high I work responsibilities except meal school classes resumed Thursday 1 preparation. Miss Tapp is a of last week after a closure ex- I freshman in business and tech tending from Tuesday afternoon ■ nology. second half of the Lower Colum. bia league.. Lower Columbia officials have met several times to work out a plan for deciding the league title holder if a close race should develop and have come up with this procedure. The leader on a percentage ba sis of the LCL after the May 7 game will represent LCL and play MCL for the district title and the right to meet Portland in deciding a team to enter the state tourney. If a two-way tie develops, then a playoff will take place Satur day, May 9 to represent the LCL. If more than a two-way tie, a league vote will decide this district’s representative. Should the LCL team chosen win the decision between LCL and MCL, that team will be consider ed champion of LCL. In the case of a three-way tie for representative or in case of a two-way game playoff to select LCL’s winner and that winner loses to MCL, that team must return and compute its league schedule. Vernonia's part of the Lower Columbia schedule appears on page 6. PHONE 191 THOSE r ARE IN IT Bid Accepted For Sale of Old School Second Lt. Lloyd G. Gardner, MSC, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W Gardner, owners of the Hy-Van hotel, is at medical field service High School Beard Resignations of school located at Brooke Army Considers Eight Four Accepted at Medical Center. Fort Sam Hous Propositions Tuesday March Meeting ton. Texas, to attend a four- weeks orientation course in mili A problem that has been facing School District 47’s board of tary medical service, The class is th ■ board of directors of the directors acted to accept the resig made up of officers recently Union High School district since nations of four teachers when called to duty in the medical the decision was made to con they met Tuesday evening and corps, dental corps, veterinary struct a new high school plant rehired teachers for the coming corps and medical service corps, was settled Tuesday evening by school year. One of the resigna The orientation course stres- the acceptance of an offer for til? tions becomes effective March 13, ses medical service in war. Sub- I old property. Friday of this week. jects include clinical procedures At the Tuesday evening ses W. F. MacDonald submitted his in war injury, essentials of treat sion, eight bids were opened and. resignation to accept a position ment for combat exhausted and considered in complying with a with the state industrial acci preventive medicine measures de call for sealed proposals as adver dent commission and the board tecting health hazards and avoid tised the latter part of last month. accepted it effective Friday, He ing epidemics. will begin his duties with the The district accepted the propos Medical field service school is commission Monday of next al submitted by Harry Culbert the world ’ s largest military medi week. son for the entire property in cal school directing resident and cluding lots 1 to 10 in block 8 and James Johns will assume the extension training for officers lots 5 and 6 in block 9, all in position of industrial arts and and enlisted personnel of the Eastside addition to Vernonia. physical education instructor left armed forces. vacant by Mr. MacDonald and The amount of his bid was Mrs. Grace Cantwell has been >0 Reserved bv the district S/Sgt. Roy H. Frank, son of is the heating boiler and some hired for the balance of the school year for the 7th grade position Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Frank will furniture remaining in the high return this week end to the United school. Mr. Culbertson indicated left vacant by Mr. Johns. Other resignations accepted States for a new assignment fol to the board that he planned to Tuesday were those of Miss Paul lowing a two-year tour of duty tear down the buildings now ine Bnstlin, Mrs. Dorothy Wat with the U. S. Air Force in the standing and construct homes on son and Mrs. Coele Cantril. Two Philippines. the property. other teachers, Mrs. Lulah Fuller Scheduled to arrive in San The board considered and ac ton and Mrs. Ruby Reese Powell, Francisco about Friday aboard cepted the resignations submitted will retire at the end of the pres the USNS “Fred C. Ainsworth,” by three teachers who indicated ent term. Serg ant Frank will assume new they had other plans for the com Another decision of the board duties with the 3275th Air Force ing year. They are Louis Graven was to set aside Monday, March Indoctrination Wing at Parks and Mr. and Mrs. Francis Raines. 16 for spring vacation so that Air Force Base, California. those teachers so desiring may While in the Philippines, he attend the annual convention of performed personal equipment the Oregon Education association. technician duties for the 6200th The high school will close for Air Base Group, Thirteenth Air both Monday and Tuesday of next Fores oh sGLirk Air Force Base, week so those teachers may at- 60 miles nhrth of Manila. He was tend both days of the convention graduated from Vernonia high Vernonia P.-T.A. members are if they choose, The two-day clo- school and worked for the Ver being notified this week that they sure conforms with a statewide nonia Eagle prior to joining the will meet for their March session plan generally followed by the military service in September of on the 23rd, the fourth Monday, schools in closing for the conven 1950. He departed for assign according to Mrs. Byron Kirk- tion. ment in the Philippines March of bnde, president. The program at The coming fiscal year’s budget 1951 after completing supply that time will concern the subjert for district 47 was adopted at the technical school at Lowry Air of health and will include a re board meeting which was also Base, Colorado. port on the county program along the annual meeting of the dis with questions and answers. trict. Scheduled to be present at that Leonard C. Roland, AK3, left for Alameda, California Satur time is the county health nurse. day. He will be stationed there. Miss Grace Roumagoux. Part of He spent a 30-day leave at the the evening will also be devoted home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. to the showing of films being sent George Roland. This is the first out by the Red Cross chapter con time he has been home since cerning the blood program. The entering the service two and a P.-T.A. will arrange for the visit The 31-man committee of men of the bloodmobile here later this from IWA Local 5-37 and the half years ago. He spent two year. in years with the navy airforce community are scheduled to meet Other business to come before Friday evening of this week at the Philippeans. the group will be the election the union hall. The order of busi of a nominating committee and ness at that time will be con Scouts Ask Orders of a delegate to the state con sideration of a proposed set of vention in April. This meeting Vernonia Girl Scouts will be will begin at 8 o’clock at the bylaws governing control of the active during the next few days high school. community ambulance. The proposed regulations have with their annual cookie sals. A been drawn up by Wm. Babcock, house-to-house canvass of this Jr., Portland attorney who is area will be made to take orders handling the legal work of pre and delivery of the cookies is paring for the incorporation of expected to take place within two weeks. th? ambulance. PTA to Sponsor Blood Unit Visit Ambulance Men To Meet Friday Junior to Enter Speech Contest June Cunningham, 17-year-old Junior at Vernonia high school, will be the local Odd Fellow- Rebekah entrant in the public speaking contest to be held Sat urday evening at the high school auditorium. She will compet? against representatives from six other high schools in Clatsop and Columbia counties. This will be the final content to determine who shall be th«- d legate from this district to the United Nations Tour for Youth. This is an international project sponsored by the Sovereign Grand Lodge, I.O.O.F. with the coopera- I tion of the United Nation». There will be 12 or 14 delegates from Oregon high schools; 140 from the entire Pacific Northwest, including British Columbia. Ciasses Resume After Shut Down through Wednesday because of i the prevalence of flu in the I Word of Death Received community, Ciasses were held with reduced I Mrs. Silvia Turnir received | nu—bers both Thursday and Fri word Saturday morning that her I day, many students and some mother. Mrs. Dolly Jones, passed members of the faculties being away Friday evening at Central Services were ill. At the high school absentees City, Nebraska. for Thursday were 112, Friday 90 held there Tuesday of this week. and Monday 20. Monday enroll Mrs. Jones will be remembered by ment was normal and all teach a number of people here, having ers had returned to their duties made her home with Mrs. Turner for several years. in the elementary schools. THURSDAY. MARCH 12. IJ53 Society to Meet A TOTAL of 231 years is represented by the two b others and their sister who were together last Friday when (he funeral of Mrs Ethel DePue was conducted. From the left they ar« Mason De- Pue, SI years of age. of Chariot!», Michigan. Mrs Millie Smith, 73. from Portland and Bert DePue. 77. Mason and Bert had not seen each other for J3 years. The former resides near the original De- Pue homo in Michigan. The Columbia County Histori cal Society will me t Tuesday. March 17 at the Winema Grange hall at Birkenfeld. History of the Birkenfeld area will be featured at. that time. There will be a pot-luck dinner at noon, followed by the business meeUng and pro gram.