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Library, U of O Derno VOLUME 31, NUMBER 20 VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON Dates Set for Graduation of 1853 Classes Closing of School Scheduled May 29; Programs Arranged «4 PHONE 191 THOSE WHO ARE IN IT LeRoy V. Huff, son of Mrs. Boyd Huff, was recently pro- moted to private first class with the army in Japan. He is assigned to the cold stor. [e section at the huge Tokyo Quartermaster Depot, one of the main supply arteries for UN forces in the Far East. Pfc. Huff previously served in Korea from July 1941 to No- vember. 1952. He entered the Army in Feb ruary, 1951. I Graduation programs for both the eighth grade students and the seniors of Vernonia high school , are scheduled in coming weeks to mark the end of the 1952-53 school year. The high school seniors will go to their baccalaureate program Sunday, May 24, at the Evangeh- ctii U.B. church to hear Rev. W. A. McBrid? deliver the sermon. This will be th? 35th annual event. Commencement exercises are scheduled for the evening of Thursday, May 28, at the hign school gym and will mark the completion of four years of high school work for th? 39 seniors in this year’s class. Fifty-four eighth grade students will go to their graduation pro gram Tuesday, May 26, at the Washington school auditorium. Closing date for classes and tne end of the current school term will be Friday, May 29. Grade Girls Win Track Trophy vl JEAN KIRK3RIDE DONALD MORGAN ORA MAY SMITH Announced Tuesday morning were the five scholastic honor students of this year's senior class. The selections were made on the basis of grades earned during the students' four years of high school work. Two of these seniors, Jean Kirkbride and Don ald Morgan, will be the speakers at the annual commencement. Track Man Slated For State Meet MILDRED THACKER FRANCES KASPAR Games Lost Due To Hitting Slump The Logger baseball team has faired well in the way of many encountered a hitting slump, walks from Logger hurlers. dropping their last four games last Newest addition to th? Logger week when they were bested by pitching staff is Dick Gwin, who, i the bats of Warrenton in a double i in his role of relief pitcher, has 1 header 6-3 and 4-2 Frid’’- after pulled the locals out of several noon. Again on Monday the Ver bad spots. All in all, a short nonia nine appeared in another baseball season, bad weather and twin bill and were defeated by practically no practice is the sad Clatskanie 7-4 and 7-1. story of why the Loggers lost Lack of practice continues to most of their games this year. Warrenton was chosen to repre- be Coach Vlcek’s main problem. sent this district as the Mid-Co- Nice weather sees the local team lumbia League, the winner of making up games instead of prac which game will play Lincoln of ticing, which accounts mainly for Portland, and the victor of that the Loggers’ numerous errors. contest will be a quarter finalist. Another reason for the losses Friday and Monday is the hitting slump the Loggers have slid into. In practically every inning of all I games the locals could get men I on base and outhit the other team I but they couldn’t hit when needed badly. On the other hand the A public hearing will be held Warrenton squad and Tigers Friday, May 22, at 10 a.m. by the public utilities commission to hear evidence on a request by I Oregon Motor Stages to abandon regular route scheduled service for passenger and express trans portation between Staley’s junc Chairman Louis Fluhrer, Columbia county public welfare commis tion and Vernonia. Also on May 22 at 1:30 p.m. the si n, released the following information regarding expenditures for commission will consider at pub public welfare for the month of April. The total expenditure for all programs is $32,634.00. Of this sum lic hearing the application of Don t- total federal participation was $13,849.00, state $7,937.30 and coun Bayley for permit to authorize transportation of passengers and ty $5,650.52. Federal participation is entirely in so-called social security cases, express between Vernonia and r.s-iely old age assistance, aid to dependent children, aid to the blind the junction. and aid to the disabled as follows: Cases Cost Federal State County Old Age Assistance 312 $15,954.50 $ 8,979.75 $4,882.32 $2,092 43 A;’ to Dependent Children 69 6,840.50 3.621.75 2,253.13 965.62 Ad to Blind 3 17600 101.50 52.14 22.32 36 A d to Disabled 2.217.00 1,146.00 749.70 321.30 Petitions for nominating the 13.849.00 $7,937.30 $3.401.70 $25,188.00 Programs in which there is no federal participation are as follows: rural school board members to Cases Cost Stat? County represent zone 5, which is the 67 General Assistance $3.025 69 $2,117.98 $ 907.71 Nehalem valley, are available Foster Home Care 10 550.69 385.48 165.21 from R. M. Aldrich, clerk of school district 47. Medical Care for General The petitions muse be filled out Assistance 618.63 433.04 185.59 with the required number of M'dical Care for 63 Old Age Assistance 2,593 31 777.99 names and turned in to the 1,815.32 county school superintendent by Medical Care for Aid to 21 465 06 325.54 139.52 Saturday of this week. Dependent Children The office is presently held by Midical Care for Harry Sandon, whose term ex 8 80 2 6 16 2 64 Aid to Blind pires this year and who is one M'dical Care for 6 233.87 163.71 70.16 of thos? being nominated for the Aid to Disabled $7.496.05 $5.247.23 $2,248.82 position again. It is noted that total medical cost for March was 83,919 67 Th«* cost for medical care is constantly increasing, the greatest increase Chosen A* Prince»» be..ng for hospital care. The figure reported for foster home care shows the actual cost of Miss Nancy Fletch"r. daughter car» for children, who are m custody of the county welfare commission, of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Fletcher, and are supported by public funds. Three other children are in custody was honored recently when of the commission and are supported wholly by old age and survivor’s chosen as one of 27 princesses at a Grand Ball at Kemper Military insurance payments. The aid to dependent children’s program will probably be reduced Academy, Boonville, Missouri. in July, as in the two previous years, by the elimination of support for She is a stud nt at Cottey college, Missouri. Additional children over 14 years of age. It is anticipated that this group will be Nevada. details page 3. able to secure summer work. Washington grade school’s girl track team captured the first p.ace trophy at the county meet last Friday at Scappoose with a p nt score of 96. well above the St. Helens John Gumm girl team with 594 points. The Vernonia relay team also placed first due t. the performance turned in by Marlene Shafer, Donna Buckley, Georgia Parrish and Sharon Ald- rich. Marlene Shafer and Donna Buckley were high point girls for the meet with four blue rib bons each. Other scores for girl teams at the meet were McBride 39; Scappoose 154; Mavger 15; Clatskanie 15; Westport 9; Quin cy 4 and Bachelor Flat 1. Scores for the boys teams were: John Gumm 874; McBride 61; Scappoose 51; Clatskanie 404; V monia 33; Quincy 7 and West, port 4. Stage to Seek Service Change County Welfare Expense Data Listed for April Nominations for Board Spot Open Billy Braun, Logger cinder star, put Vernonia high school on the map in track circles last Friday afternoon at Beaverton when he placid in three events, which will entitle him to compete in the state preliminary at Corvallis Friday afternoon. If he places in the pre liminary he will go into the state finals. Braun, showing up Marshall of St. Hekns, took a first in the 100. yard dash, second in the 220 and a fifth place in the discuss. The first and second place wins of the first two events will entitle him to compete in the state meet in both of them. Other Logger trackmen placing were Ozzie Ray, fourth place in the shot put and Schaumburg, fifth place in the javalin. Kenny Nanson and Jerry Herrin, remain ing two members of the track team making the trip to the dis trict meet, didn’t place. District teams competing Friday were squads from both A-l and A-2 schools inClatsop.Columbia, Washington, Tillamook and Yam hill counties. Marble Tourney Winners Named The annual V.F.W. marble tour ney was shot off Monday and Tuesday at the grade school to name the winners who will com pete in the state tournament May 23 at Jantzen Beach. Darrold Prorhl, Washington principal, an. nounced the winners Wednesday morning. Top shooters in class A, young sters from 6 to 12 years of age are: Darrell Elliott and Donald Savage, first and second. Class B first and second place winners are: Jon Sallquist and Ray El liott. This classification com prised contestants from 13 to 15 years. Proclamation Sets Poppy Day Everyone in Vernonia is urged to wear a poppy in tribute to I America’s war dead next Friday and Saturday, May 22 and 23, in a proclamation usurd Wednesday by Mayor Lyman Hawken, set- ting aside these days as Poppy Days. Poppies. made by disabled ve- terans, will be distributed on the stre:ts throughout these days by women of the American Legion Auxiliary and V.F.W. Auxiliary who will receive contributions for the welfare of the disabled men and needy children of veter- THURSDAY. MAY 14. 19 ’. I Clubs Prepars For Annual 4-H Achievement Judging Contest» to Open Event; Cups to Be Awarded Winner» Four-H club members will have an opportunity to participate- in a number of events at the Neha lem Valley 4-H Community day to be held at the American Le gion hall here Saturday. May 16, according to Henry Anderegg, chairman of the annual affair. The program will begin at 9:30 with a home economics judging contest, a forestry judging con- test and a crops and weeds judg- ing and identification cont. st. These will be followed by demon- strations at 10:30. Anderegg states that all home economics and forestry exhibits should be in place by 9:30 if they are to br judged. Instruction in dairy and ^evf showmanship will begin at 1.00 p.m. This will be followed by the showmanship contests. Cups will be awarded to the club members with the best re cord at the community day in forestry, home economics and live, stock. The cups are being awarded by the Vernonia Branch, Commercial Bank of Oregon, Ne halem Dairy, and Vernonia Ttad. ing company. These cups will be awarded to the club members receiving the highest number of points in each of the three divisions. Points will be awarded on exhibits, record books, judging contests and dem onstrations. The livestock »cor Major Clarence H. Lamping ing will include showmanship and and his crew assigned to th« 77th fitting and condition of the ani strategic reconnaissance squadron mals. stationed at Rapid City AFB, Committees in charge of the South Dakota were chosen to fly various activities include: Mrs the RB-36 which was christened at Carswell AFB, Texas April 30 Evelyn Heath, Vernonia, demon strations; Mrs. Aldon Ashley, as the "Matthew Z. Brady.” Brady Mist, Mrs. Harold McEntire, Ver was the famous picture taker of nonia and Mrs. E. Knoedler, Ver the civil war. nonia, home economics judging Lamping, a graduate of Ver contest; Don Campbell, Vernonia, nonia high school in 1938, entered forestry identification contest, the service in November, 1942 as Miss Joan Grabel, Vernonia, scor an enlisted man and graduated ing; Mrs. W. A. Wilson, Mist, ar from pilot training in September, rangements for noon meal; Mrs 1943 at Yuma, Arizona. Majot D. I. Cantwell, ice cream sale; Lamping took instructor’s train and E. T. Johnston, Birkenfeld, ing at Hobbs, New Mexico and crops and weeds judging and then taught B-17 training at identification contest. Hendricks Field, Florida for one The noon meal will be potluck. year. He has served in the All club members not bringing a European theater and was en- dish are requested to bring sand gaged in the polar reconnaissance wiches. Home extension units 46th squadron in Alaska for two which will help with the meal and a half years. include the Timber, Vrmooia, He has flown 33 combat mis Mist-Nehalem and Keasey units sions and 280 combat hours. The Everyone is welcome to attend Major has a record of 4,216 fly- the event, states Anderegg. ing hours of which 2,626 are RB-36 flying time. He has re c: ived four Battle Stars on ti is ETO ribbon; the Distinguished Flying Cross; Air Medal with four Oakleaf Clusters and the Ameri can World War II Victory Medal. A barbecue that is being ar ranged by the Vernonia Acne, Fraternal Order of Eagles, will take place at Dass park Sunday, May 17 from 1 to 3 p.m. Pur- pose of the undertaking is to help with the raising of funds for th ■ City and state police have been purchase of high school band uni on the lookout since last Satur forms. day for clues that will help them Starting at 1 p m. the band will find out who is responsible for present an outdoor concert of poison bait distributed last Fri light, popular music such as day night that has resulted in the "Syncopated Clock” and "Doggie death of eight dogs. in the Window". The cost of the Police found several of the pieces dinner will be $1.25 for adults of poison food, bologna into and 75c for grade school students which strychnine had been placed, An ice cream concession will be but have had no luck in determin- operated by band members. ing who is to blame for the dis- The qnenu includes barbecued tribution. beef and ham and extras. Games Greatest concern voiced by for the youngst- rs will be pro people here has been the pos- vided during the afternoon. sibility that some of the poison might have been found by little Installation Scheduled children. Officer installation, pre-achool clinic and state convention re Society to Meet ports are items on the last P.-T.A. The Columbia County Histori meeting this year. At the meet cal society will meet Tuesday. Monday. May 18, Mrs. HatTy May 19 at the Prescott community Sandon will direct an 8th grade hall at noon. The pot-luck din skit. The new officers are: Mrs ner will be followed by a busi L. L. Wells, president; Mr*. Art ness meeting and program based Nanson. vice-presid"nt; Hauton on the history of Prescott and the Lee, secretary and Jack Reynolds, treasurer. surrounding area. Barbecue to Aid Uniform Fund Police Seek Dog Poisoner
