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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1953)
Library, U of 0 X VOLUME 31. NUMBER 17 10c COPY VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON PHONE 191 THURSDAY, APRIL 23. 1953 Miss Vernonia Engineer Presents Ideas old Building Talent Show On Sewer System, Disposal Taken by Fire Set April 30 Plant Monday to Council Thursday Girl to Be Named As Competitor in County Contest WHEN this year's teaching work is over. Mrs. Lulah Fullerton will retire after completing about 40 years in the profession. 22 of which have betn spent in Vernon s. She plans to continue to make her home here and will also continue piano instruction and do substitute teaching when the need arises. Mrs. Fullerton came te this community from Blackfoot, Idaho where she was at one time principal of schools and also county school superintendent. £ EVENTEEN years of classroom work will end for Mrs. Ruby Feese Powell, first grade teacher at Washington, who will retire when the present term ends. Mrs. Powell has spent seven of those years in the Vernonia system, coming here in 1946 from Cali fornia. She plans to make her future home in Portland and io gve more attention to her hobbies of art and the study of Shake speare. She will also devote considerable t me to church work and to visits with her grandchildren and their families. Track Men Compete in Two Meets, Face Third Last Wednesday afternoon the Vernonia Logger track team cros- s<d the Clatskanie mountain to engage that squad in a meet originally scheduled for a three- way meet, the Rainier Colum bians being the remaining t arn, but failing to show up because of mist. The Tigers won the meet 62’-.' to 59’» with the outcome of the battle being in doubt till the last event which was the run ning broadjump won by the op ponents. BRAUN HIGH MAN Billy Braun was high individual man for the meet, amassing a total of 15 points personally. Braun took firsts m the 100-yard dash. 220-yard dash and the discuss. Ths meet, taking place on a muddy field, didn't bother eith'r tram much as their running time and placing in various events were little below par. On Monday. Vernonia journeyed to Scappooss and took an activs participation in a triangular meet with the St. Helens Lions being the third party. St. Helens came out on top in this contest with the local lads beating out the Scappoose Indians by about three points. SFEEDBALL THREATENED Duane Marshall, Lion speed ball, was practically in command of all running events except for thr presence of Billy Braun who threatened him constantly. In the 100, Marshall barely b?ai Braun and in the 220 a dead heat resulted Marshall amassed a total of 15U points and Braun garnered 12X for the locals. Braun also placed first in the discuss. Other Vernonia track men plac ing Were: Javalm throw, Scaumburg. first, high hurdles. Nanson, fourth; ¡00. vard dash. Braun, second. Frank. third and Lusby, fourth; 220- yard dash. Braun, tied for first, Lusby, third; discuss throw, Braun, first. Herrin, second; shot- put, Ozzie Ray, second and Her rin. fourth; high jump, Nanson, tied for second; javalin, Schaum burg, first, Carson, fourth; low hurdles, Schaumburg, third, and Brady, fourth and 880-yard relay Vernonia, second. LEAGUE MEET NEXT Th? l.ague me?t will be held at Scappoose beginning at 9:30 a.m. Friday morning of this week to decide the league standings in track. Prizes will be given to individuals placing and the win ner of th? meet will be presented with a cup. The schools of Clats kanie, Rainier, Scappoose and Vernonia will all be battling hard for the second spot in this meet with the number one posi tion almost positive to go to the St. Helens team, which rates above all the other teams this year. Cancer Drive Lags The current campaign for funds being conducted by the Ameri can Cancer society is lagging in Columbia county so far, accord ing to a report issued a few days ago by Bill 3. Horn, county chairman. So far returns have amounted to >400 against a coun ty quota of >2000. he said. Benefit Shcot Due A r:minder that a benefit trap shoot at the O-A ball park will take place Sunday, April 26 was issued earlier this week by Carl Davis, who is handling part of the d?tails for the affair for the Vernonia Trap club Revenue from the shoot will help finance a Boy Scout trip to the Scout jubilee in California in June. Vernonia’s first participation tn competition that win eventually lead to the selection of Miss Co lumbia County will take place here Thursday evening. April 30, when Miss Vernonia will be se lected. The event next Thurs day will be a talent show staged by Miss Elaine Haling. St. Helens, and at that time the Miss Ver nonia candidate will be chostn. T.ckets for the talent show will be placed on sale today, Thurs day, by Lions club members who will handle that part of arrange ments for the show. Miss Haling, who was Miss Columbia County of 1950, will arrange the talent show program of dance numbers, vocal presentations and musicians. During the evening, contestants for the title of Miss Vernonia will appear and three impartial judgts will select the winner. So far the three who have announced intentions of competing for the honor arc Frances Kaspar, Bar bara Howard and Donna Knight wine. Placed on display at the bank Monday was the trophy which the Vernonia winner will be awarded and she is also to re ceive other gifts as the result of her selection. Miss Vernonia will compete lattr this year at St. Helens with representatives ot other county communities for the title of Miss Columbia County of 1953. - - | Admission for the talent show has be:n placed at $1 for adults and 30c for students. A tentative plan for the proposed sewer system for tTie Corey hill area as well as data about a treat ment plant was placed before city councilmen Monday evening by S. A. Ross, representing N. W. Haner and Associates, city engineers. The plan was the one ordered by the council in July of last year and which has been awaited since that time so that further steps Apartment Blaze Removes Structure Erected in 1922 A building that came into ex istence a short time before th > Oregon-American mill went into operation here was destroyed by last Thursday evtning’s fire at towards starting the project the Rio Vista apartments. Resi other localities in the state could be taken. dents of this vicinity who have His annual operation expenses He placed before councilmen made their homes here for many for their examination a plan which including bond interest, plant op years, remember that construc will next be presented the state eration and maintenance, etc., He pro tion work was ended in 1922 and sanitary authoiity for approval amounted to $12,500. before being drawn in final form. posed three sources of revenue the structure first placed in use. After acceptance by the authority, to offset these txp?nses and pro A Vernonia resident over 30 Ross told th? council the next vide for repayment of the bonds. years ago, Tom Throop, now liv step would be the holding of an First was a 50-cent treatment ing at Dayville, had the building election to seek approval, and if plant charge» per connection per built. At that time he owned granted, a sale of bonds and then month to provide $4950 a year; and operated a grocery store in a second was a sewer use charge of the call for bids for carrying out $1.50 per user per month to bring building which was located in the the work. space between the apartment and The engineer plac.d on th? in $9900 per year; third was a the telephone office and which tab’? figures he estimated would pledge of water department re was later torn down. fall very closely in line with the venue in the amount of $4000 Th? first business to occupy actual cost the city could expect J yearly. All thre? sources were the building was a clothing store estimated to total $18,850 per to do th? word. He itemized I costs as follows: construction of I year which would more than started by a Mr. Holtham of Til sewers, with the exception of a | cover operation and maintenance lamook. He also owned a store few future laterals, $67,000; treat- | expenses and allow for refund at the latter place. That business was followed by a furniture store ment plant and pumping station ’ ing bonds. improvements, >65,000; engineer- i Late in the evening council owned by Jim Brown, now de ing costs and contingenci.s, $10,- 1 men approved an ordinance which cs ased. Part of the upper floor was .»Oil; bond discount, $3750; legal provides that a $10 water use expense, $1500; printing of bonds, deposit be made before service first occupied by Dr. and Mrs. advertising and election, $1,000. is provided instead of th? former W. H. Hurley of Portland and was The total of these figures is $148,- amount of $5 which was required. his first office and also the plac? he began his dental 750. Th? city attorney will be asked where Ross also presented figures for his opinion before approval practice. which h? ?stimated would cover is given for the use of the west Three m n who make their the annual expense of operation end of the airport for hot rod homes in this area carried out the and also figures to show charges races. The council tabled until carpenter work on th? structure. the city could make to provid“ its next meeting a decision mi Foreman of the job was Emil income to offset these expenses. four applications mad? for a Messing and working with him His information was based on job opening in the watsr and were Nobl» Dunlap and Be.-r expenses and charges made in street department. Del’ . Wednesday 4-H Meet Announced Various activities and phases of the 4-H club program will be explained by Miss Frances Galla tin and Harold Black at a 4-H community meeting to be held at the Washington school W’ednrs- day, April 29, at 8:00 p.m. The 4-H clubs in this area will also taken an active part in the prdgram which is being planned I for club members, leaders, par ents and others interested in 4-H club work. Included will be a demonstra tion, a judging contest and a showing of slides taken during the 4-H dress r 'vue at th? Ore gon state fair in 1952. Th purpose of 4-H club work, the parents part in the 4-H program and activities at the county fair will also be empha sized. Heavy Schedule faces Loggers Th? Vernonia baseball nine has a heavy eight days ahead of them as they will swing into full speed and attempt to make up the games lost recently due to in- clement weather. The Loggers have five games scheduled up to tr.xt Friday. Thursday, today, at 2:45 the local ball-clouters will take on the Scappoose Indians on the local diamond in their second gam? of the season and the first on the new field. Saturday will see the Vernomaites journey to Clatskanie to play a contest there, making up the game scad- uled last Friday afternoon. Monday and Tuesday will see much more diamond action for local fans as the Loggers play St Htlens Monday, followed on Tuesday with a contest with Warrenton to be played on local hunting grounds. Thursday the local nine will journey to Sea side to engage that team in a double header to round out an active week for the Loggers. , I • ! I : I 1 CITY FIREMEN were called into action last Thursday evening shortly after • o'clock whan fire broke out in the office apartment of the Rio Vieta apart-nents operated by Mr and Mrs. John Sancare. Origin of the blase, which eventually burned th 13 apartment structure to the ground, was blamed on an overheated wood stove. The building was pirtially covered by insurance. Firemen worked on the blase until three the following morning to prevent its spread to other buildings. Mr. Sancere sustained head and hand burns when the fire started. They remained here until Saturday waen they left for Seattle where ho is in • hospital. It is expected that skin grafting will be necessary before his recovery. The Sancere address at Seattle is 1111 llth Avenue, sone It. (See story this page)
