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Three Win Trophies at Annual 4-H
Achievement Day Program Saturday
Four-H club work in the Ne- I
halem Valley was on display at
the American Legion hall in Ver- i
noma Saturday, May 16. as club
m-enbers from Vernonia, Mist,
and Birkenfeld displayed exhibits
and took part in a number of I
contests.
The total attendance
was estimated at 175.
Bertie Lu Ashley, Mist, and
J'rol Moran and Byron Hawkins,
Vernonia, each won trophies for
being outstanding in their divi
sions. Scoring for the cups was i
based on the exhibit, record book, ,
demonstration, judging and iden
tification contest, and showman
ship.
Bertie Lu Ashley won the home
economics cup presented by
Nehalem Dairy.
The livestock
cup. awarded by the Vernonia
Trading Company, was presented
to Jerol Moran. Byron Hawkins
ABOVE ARE two of the three trcphie winners at last Saturday's
received the forestry cup which
<H day. Jrrol Moran, left, won the livestock cup and Byron
was sponsored by the Vernonia
Hawkins, right, the forestry cup. Bert e Lu Ashley. Mist, not
Branch, Commercial Bank of
pictured, was awarded the top place in home economics work.
Oregon.
A show halter for the champion
results were: Jerol Moran, 1st; ' Carolyn Garlock, Bertie Lu Ash-
dairy showman was pr.sented to
Sammy
Baker, Birkenf Id, 2nd; [ ley, Esther Kyser, Helen Mills,
Ronald Anderegg, Vernonia, by
the Vernonia Trading Company. Clinton Baker. Birkenfeld. 3rd; Joyce Sullivan. Carolyn Heath
Jerol Moran received a show and Douglas Bellingham, Birken- and Evelyn Kyser.
halter presented by the Tuck:r feld, 4th.
Those receiving red awards
Leather Goods Company, Port
Those placing in the junior beef were: Ella May Kyser, Judy Cant
land, to the champion beef show,
showmanship were Edgar Berg, well, Stella Woolsey, Delores Wil
man.
The home economics judging 1st; Walter Berg 2nd; Louie Jones son, Patty McEntire. Mary Lamp
contest was won by Loretta Mills, I 3rd and Larry Jones, 4th. All ing, Glenda Robertson, Roberta
Birkenfeld. Other placings were are from Birkenfeld.
Lloyd, Susan Koch, Margie Kyser,
Bertie Lu Ashley, 2nd; Bonnie J
Ribbons in the forestry exhibit Karen Jensen, Lauretta Lamping,
Kyser, Mist, 3rd; Donna Savage. .
boards were as follows: blue Enola Hicks, Geneva Sullivan and
Vernonia. 4th and Lucilla Mills,
awards,
Byron Hawkins; red Loretta Mills.
Birxenfeld 5th.
award.
Larry
Hickmatj and Glen
White awards were won by:
Byron Hawkins placed 1st in
the forestry identification contest. Hawkins; and white award, Owen Mel va Barrett, Judy Strong, Vio
let Brisset. Connie McK< nney*
He was followed by Larry Hick Enevoldson.
man, Vernonia 2nd; and Owen
In the home economics exhibits Lucille Mills, Donnie Pearson,
Enevoldson, Vernonia and Glen the following won blue awards: Bonni? Kyser, Kathleen Haddican,
Cora J°an Knoedler, Billy Knoed-
Hawkins. Vernonia, who were tied |
Sherry Roediger, Myrtle Parrish, ler and Opal Knoedler.
for third.
Persons serving as judges dur
First place in the crops and I
ing the day included Bill Sawyer,
weeds judging and identification
St. Helens, showmanship; Burrell
contest was won by Judy Hanson, |
Birch, Vernonia, forestry exhibits;
Clatskanie. Other placings were:
Mrs. Marie Raines, and Mrs.
Joanne Johnson, Clatskanie, 2nd.
James Smith both of Vernonia,
Sammy Baker, Birkenfeld, and
Vernonia high school students home economics exhibits; Mrs. Ed
Jerol Moran, tie for 3rd: Robert
Bates, Vernonia, 4th; and Vadien will have a full schedule to meet Tapp and Mrs. Byron Kirkbride,
Hurst, Clatskanie, 5th.
during the next few days to com both of Vernonia, home economics
record books; Ken Beeson, Clats
Teams winning blue award's in plete the remainder of the pre
kanie, livestock record books and
the demonstration contest were: sent school term. Scheduled this
Miss
Francis Gallatin, county ex
Bonnie Kyser and Evnlyn Kyser. evening is the annual senior ban.
tension agent, demonstrations.
Mist; Rosemary Patterson and qu?t, which is being prepared
Home extension units which
Judy Strong. Vernonia and De again by the Legion Auxiliary.
helped with the noon meal in
lores Wilson and Bertie Lu Ash
Senior stud nts will practice
cluded the Timber unit, Vernonia
ley, Mist.
for their baccalaureate and com
unit. Mist-Nehalem unit and Kea-
R?d awards were received by mencement programs Friday sey unit.
Joyce Sullivan
and
Carolyn afternoon of this week and will
Ice cream was donated by the
Heath. Vernonia; Susan Koch and also publish The Timberline, high Lower Columbia Dairy Co-op as
Donna Savag?, Vernonia and Vio school newspaper, Friday. The sociation. Money from the sale
let Brisset and Myrtle Parrish, seniors will not have classes next of the ice cream was used to pay
week.
Vernonia.
for the ribbons awarded during
Teams receiving white awards
Other high school students will the day.
wtre Mary Millis and Judy Cant take their final exams Wednesday
well, Vernonia’; Roberta Lloyd and Thursday of n:xt week and
and Connie McKenney. Vernonia , will return to school Friday. May
and Larry Hickman and Owen ‘ 29, to check in lockers, receive
final grades and cards in the
Enevoldson, Vernonia.
In dairy showmanship, the plac- 1 morning and pre-register for next
ings were as follows: Ronald An- year’s classes in the afternoon.
d:regg, 1st; Donna Buckley, 2nd;
High school teachers only will
Paul G. Fetsch of Springfield,
Margaret Buckley, 3rd; and Ro return to school Monday, June formerly a resident of Vernonia
bert Bates, 4th. All are from 1, to complete records, inventory and employe? of the Oregon-
supplies and plan for next year’s American, passed away Wednes
Vernonia.
The senior beef showmanship work.
day, May 13, at the age of 67
Closing Events
Due for Students
Former Resident
Taken by Death
Tree Falling Viewed at
Farm Forestry Program
years. He came to Vernoma in
1926 and mad^ his home her?
until moving to Springfield in
1947. He was h.ad filer while
employed here.
The deceas d was born at Rib
Falls, Wisconsin April 15, 1886.
He married Katherine Stock at
Cass Lake, Minnesota November
4, 1908. Surviving are: his wife
of Springfield; a daughter, Mrs.
L«o Hanson of Sweet Home; son,
Ronald. Eugene; granddaughter,
Karla Hanson of Sweet Home;
three brothers and four sisters.
Funeral services were conducted
at Springfield Saturday.
Race Cars to
Open Season
Next Sunday
Top Race Names to
Appear on Billing
At Fairground Track
Some of the Pacific Northwest's
top names in racing will roll their
hardtops on the Columbia Coun
ty Fairgrounds half mile track
Sunday, May 24, in the season’s
opening race for this aiea.
A field of at least 30 cars will
be on hand for the opening event.
Heading the field Sunday will
be Clarence Smith, Vancouver,
1951 and 1952 Pacific Northwest
hard top champion who uses a
Lincoln motor.
Bob Porter, Salem, runner-up
to Smith last year, Dick Gaboury,
Portland: Don Guth, Vancouver,
are other top flight racers.
TOP DRIVERS TO RACE
Columbia county’s Walt Wal
dron, St. Helens, has a new hard
top and in previous performances
in early races this year has shown
h? will drive with the best of the
field. Wild Bill Hyde, who re
turned recently from driving big
cars in races at Reno, Nevada;
Larry Garner, Salem, and Stan
Dietz, Portland are others rated
among the drivers to watch.
Dick Braniff, Vancouver, who
has a new Hudson Hornet instal
led in his hardtop with a specially
built cam rates as having one of
the hottest cars in the race and
should rank among the leaders.
Points gained in rac;s at the
Deer Island track, go toward de
termination of the Pacific North
west hardtop racing champion
ship and the local races are sanc
tioned by the Oregon-Washington
Motor Racing Contest board.
ENGINE CHANGED
Hardtop rules permit drivers
and owners to make any inside
engine improvements they wish
in efforts to soup up the cars to
top racing speed with a 300 cubic
inch displacement as a maximum.
Hard tops have bodies up to
1942 design and usually have
1952 or 1953 engines mounted in
them.
Many of the drivers due for the
fairgrounds inaugural have been
racing on tracks throughout Ore
gon
and Washington at the
Aurora and Stat-Tra speedways
in Seattle, the Portland Speed
way, the Hollywood Bowl at
Salem and on tracks in Eugene
and Roseburg.
A match race between Waldron
with his CMC powered car and
Wild Bill Hyde with his Mercury
powered job will open Sunday's i
program which will feature nine
events.
RON MCDONALD. Vernonia, demónstrales the use of a chain saw
■a falling one of two trees where they are grown together. Mc
Donald also demonstrated the method of falling trees io minimise
damage to adjacent trees. The program was planned by the
Columbia county farm forestry committee.
Army Private Kenneth H. West
of Vernonia, graduated with fel
low members of his company as
they completed basic infantry
training May 8 at Camp Roberts,
California.
The Private was a member of
Company C, 31st AAA AW Bat
talion. of the 7th Armored Divi
sion. He is the son of Mi. and
Mrs. K. B. West.
During the 16-week course, the
soldier learned the duties of an
infantryman in combat. The use
of basic infantry weapons was
particularly stressed. Private West
also went through training ma
neuvers involving actual small
arms and overhead artillery fire.
Airman 1/c Jack Gat s left last
Thursday for Camp Kilmer, New
Jersey after a 30-day leave spent
here with his family. He will go
from Camp Kilmer to a base in
the Northeast Air Command.
Lonni? Justice, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Justice, has been
promoted to sergeant in the head,
quarters personnel section at Fort
Bliss, Texas. He is sell duled to
receive his discharge October 9.
Rural District
Budget Adopted
A vote of 24 in. favor to one
against gave approval to exceed
ing the six per cent limitation of
the rural school district of the
county Monday when voters of
district 47 cast their ballots at
the Washington school. The rural
district budget calls for a tax levy
of $14,747.98 above the limit.
Ths board of district 47 also
met Monday evening and con
curred with the high school on
the opening of school this com
ing fall on the date of August 31.
A change in the procedure this
year that the Washington school
will follow calls for an ass.mbly
this Friday at which time special
awards will be handed students.
These have been a part of the
graduation program before. Sixth
grade students will present plays
also at the assembly.
The grade school classes will
end Friday, May 29.
Ambulance
Makes First
Service Calls
Interior Finishing
Work Nearly Done;
Incorporation Due
The community ambulance was
placed in use last week for the
first tint ' when it was occupied
by E. J. Barnes, who was taken
to the Seaside hospital Saturday
afternoon. May 16, for treatment
for a broken leg. He had been
staying at the Dudley Spofford
horn? since April 28 when he fell
and sustained the break.
The second ambulance call came
Monday afternoon when Mrs. Lou
Cates was taken to the Portland
Sanitarium.
Incorporation papers for the
ambulance have been received
here, according to Jim Cox, Jr,
1WA business agent, and the
executive committee set up to
handle ambulance business will
b? called together soon to finish
the work necessary to getting the
corporation formed.
This committee will also ar
range for ambulance driver train
ing classes and set up a fee sch d-
ule for use of the vehicle by
people who do not have medical
insurance that provides for am
bulance travel. The committee
still welcomes donations to the
ambulance fund.
Some work still remains on the
interior of the vehicle before it
will be fully complete. One cabi
net and linoleum is yet to be
installed.
Last Rites Read
For J.T. Brady
Funeral services for James T.
Brady, formerly of Vernonia,
were h Id Monday, May 11, at
Yakima, Washington.
He was
born March 20, 1375.
Surviving are: a daughter,
Edith Young, of Longview; four
sons, Jerome and Donald of Eu
gene, Earl of Sweet Home and
Dane of Vernonia; 13 grandchild-
r.n and 13 great grandchildren.
50- Year Membership Pin
Presented Lodge Member
COMMITTEE CHOSEN
A 35 lap class “A” main event,
trophy dashes for both A and B
cars and four heat rac s and a
"B” main event will also be in
cluded on the program.
Time trials begin at 1:30 p.m.
to determine starting position for
class A and B cars and races will
get underway at 2:30 p.m.
Dick Howell, “Frenchy" Du- i
Bois and Art Steele have been
asked by the fairboard to serve
as the racing committee to work
with the fair board.
Sale Due Two Days
Local people will be asked to
patronize the annual sale of pop
pies, scheduled to take place on
the streets this wt?k end. The
sale will be carried on for two
days. Friday and Saturday, May
22 and 23. Revenue from the sale
of the flowers will go to h?lp dis
abled veterans.
Speaks to Graduates
For the eighth grade graduation
exercises at Mist yesterday even
ing, Eugene Dove, high school
superintendent, was the principal
speaker. The program at Must
was conducted for the graduating
students of both the Mist and
Birkenfeld districts. He will also
speak to the Washington eighth
grade class Monday of next week.
THOSE WHO
ARE IN IT
To Enforce Parking
Strict enforcement of the park
ing time limits on Bridge street
are intend?d by city police in the
future, thzy mdicat;-d earlier this
week. The restriction calls for
one-hour parking in the business
section of Bridge street with the
exception of five-minute parking
close to the post office.
LEFT to right: Smith Taylor. Frank E. Taylor and Glen Hawkins.
Frank E. Taylor was honored
May 14 for his 50 y?ars of mem
bership in the Masonic Lodge by
the pres ntation at his home here
of a 50-year jewel from the
Grand Lodge of A.F. and A M
of Oregon. Th? presentation was
made by Glen F. Hawkins, Dis-
trict Deputy of the Grand Mast r,
and was witn?ssed by 28 members
of Vernonia and other Lodges
and by members and friends of
the family.
Mr. Taylor is a
charter member of Liberty Lodge
No. 171 of Springfield and a form
er sheriff of Lan? county. He has
been retired for several years, but
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had be n active in fraternal
circles and in Columbia couruy
republican central committee af
fairs until the state of his hcal.h
prohibited.
Among out-of-town visitors for
the occasion were Mr. Taylor’»
brother, Smith Taylor, of McK.n-
zie Bridge, a cousin, Ralph Buck,
of Eugene and a nephew, Gilea
Fowler, and Mrs. Fowler of
Aumsville.
Another
interested
spectator was C. F Hieber who
tjad already received a 50-year
emblem from his home jurisdic
tion of Minnesota.