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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1953)
VOLUME 31, NUMBER 22 Council Asks Advice from Citizen Group Decision to Seek Advice Made at Special Meet Friday 10c COPY PHONE 191 Sewer Cost Plan Outlined A preliminary report on sani tary sewers and sewage treat ment for the city of Vernonia was explained to city councilmen at a special meeting Friday evening of last week by Sully A. Ross, engineer, who was authorized by the council last year to study the proposed project. His report, which th? council h:ard Friday, covered such items as extensions to the present sys tem, improvement of pumping fa cilities, treatment plant facilities, cost estimates and financing. Probably of first importance to property owners are the figures showing probable costs and the proposed means of paying those costs. Th? engineer presented two schemes. One would provid for construction of all sewers, re conditioning of existing lift pumps City councilmen, meeting in a special session last Friday even ing, adopted a resolution that calls for the establishing of a citizens committee composed of a repre sentative group of residents of the town. The move was made aft"r a discussion at the special meeting of problems that face th? city and the need for a wider txprsssion of opinion in reaching decisions on those problems. Of immediate importance is the question of the city sewer instal lation for which a plan has bean developed and which was ex plained at the Friday meeting by S. A. Ross, engineer. ¡5 NAMES CHOSEN Fifteen names were chosen as prospective committee members Students of the Washington and and they were asked to a meet- Lincoln schools held their last ing which took plac? Monday evening of this week, At that regular assembly of the year Fri. time an explanation of the en- day. May 22, for the prsentation gmeer’s report was presented and of awards and a program includ- ing a short play and musical opinions asked by th? council. A favorable response was given numbers. The awards presentation for the by th? committee to the report and th? proposal was accepted to school year followed a new pro hold at a later date a public meet- cedure this year, being made at ,-.g when a full explanation will the assembly instead of at the graduation program. James Cox, oc given of the plan. Jr., presented the marble tourna Composing the committee ar?: ment awards for the V.F.W. George A. Remnant, Ed Salomon- Twenty-eight students received sen, A. L. Kulland?r, George perfect attendance certificates, Hahn, Floyd Bush, Guy Thomas, these being presented by E. H. Don Bayley, Loel Roberts, Harry Condit, superintendent. Ecxland, Bill Horn, Vern Sykes, Basketball and track letters orant Thay?r, O. T. Bateman, were awarded by James Johns Jaek Nance and Ralph Aldrich. and Mrs. Dorothy Watson. Eight TRIP COST APPROVED boys won basketball letters, nine At last Friday's council meet received letters for track and 17 ing councilmen authorized ex girls won track letters. Miss penses for sending Mrs. Merle Pauline Bristlin and Mrs. Doro Graham to Beaver lake near thy Sandon pr:s?nted 13 music S'; attle where she will attend a letters and 34 safety patrol let water training school conducted ters and certificates. by the Red Cross. Mrs. Graham will act as lifeguard at the city swimming pool this summer. The school will last from June 15 to 25. i I An explanation of the sanitary sewer project and costs appears Forest operators are asked to c.sewhere on this page. attend one or the other of two me.tings that have been arranged estrly n°xt month by the North I west Oregon District forestry I headquarters at Forest Grove. The first session will take place Jun? 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific A total of $197.65 was add:d to Grange north of S'-aside and the the fund to be used for outfitting second on June 11 at district the Vernonia union high school I headquarters at Forest Grove. Purpose of both will be explana band with uniforms by the F.O.E. barbecue held at Dass Park Sun tion and discussion of the 26 new forestry laws passed by the last day. May 17. Barbecued ham with the trim Legislature. Refreshments will be mings was served to approxi served after the meetings. mately 450 people between 1 and 3 p.m. The purchase and prepa Examiner Scheduled ration of the food was made by the Eagles and their wives. A drivers license examiner will This amount raises the accumu be in Vernonia Friday, June 5 lated band uniform fund to ap at th? city hall from 10 a.m. to proximately $470. It is estimated 4 p.m. Persons wishing licenses that the cost for outfitting the or permits to drive are asked to entire band will cost $3000. call at the city hall Jun? Students Given Awards for Year Operators Asked To Forest Meet Band Uniform Fund Increased St w? Ht* JO F VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON n» KL* A and station and continued use of existing septic tank with chlorina tion of the effluent. SECOND SCHEME OUTLINED The other scheme would pro- vide for construction of the sewers, reconditioning of lift sta. tion and construction of a new treatment plant. The former scheme is estimated to cost $84,940 while th? latter would cost $149,270. | The council was told that th? state sanitary authority may ap prove carrying out the former scheme now if provision is made to install the treatm.nt plant within the next few years, If such Js the case, the charges pro- posed by Ross would, over a period of tim?, cover not only refunding of th? $85,300 bond is- sue necessary for the former scheme, but would provide a sink ing fund that could be used to build the treatin.nt plant at a later date. CONNECTION FEE ASKED The report provides for a con nection charge to be assessed against all new services, th? amount of this charge to be at the discretion of the council. How ever a minimum of $40 per ser vice is recommended with a higher rate applicable to indus trial connections or those outside the city limits. In addition to this connection fee, a combined sewer use and treatment plant service charge proposed in th? amounts of: $1.50 per month, flat rate for residen tial; $1.50 p.r month for up to four fixtures and 40c per month for each addition fixture for com. mercial, apartments, schools and hotels; $5.00 per month for each 20,000 gallons of water used for industrial. REVENUE ESTIMATED The estimated gross revenue from the sewer use charge is placed at $932 monthly from 540 services which are broken down as: 462 residential, 10 apartments and hotels, 66 businesses and two industrial. Yearly this figure would total $11,184.00 and after operation and maintenance ex penses would leave an annua! net r°venue of $5.164.00. This net revenue figure is esti mated by the engineer to be on the conservative side while the expenses of operation and main tenance are based on the higher costs of more recent years. Ross pointed out to the coun cil that discussions he had had with bond buyers indicated the most economical financing can be effect'd under a general obliga tion issue to which is pledged the revenues of the water and sewer systems. In the report he proposes to combine the water and sewer utilities in one unit to improve the position of the city relative to financing. FUND USE SUGGESTED The funds which would b' ac- cumulated from connecti o n charges should approximate $8,- 0J0 the report stated, and this amount was not applied towards the reduction of the suggested bond authorization as it was felt that it would be desirable to have these funds available for immedi ate improvements. If revenues hold up as antici pated, funds should be available for completion of the treatment plant facilities from accumulated surplus at the end of the fifth year. By the end of the 10th I year, it is estimated that surplus will be available to redeem the major portion of the outstanding obligation. The report emphasizes that the authorization by the state sani Marylyn Good, Pat Hickman, tary authority, if forthcoming, for and June Cunningham have been continued use of the existing sep selected by organizations in Ver tic tank is only temporary and nonia and will be attnding Girls that definite steps should be taken State which is held annually at to provide a sinking fund to pro Willamette University at Salem. vide funds for the plant within The dates this year are June 8 to five years. 14. Girls’ State is a legislative pro gram sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. Its purpose is * to arouse a love of democracy and a s?nse of freedom in tach girl who attends. Approximately 200 girls will be in attendance Wh'-n staff members of The this year from various communi- Timberline, bi-monthly publica ties in Oregon, The Girl Stat rs tion of Vernonia union h gh will hold their own governmental school, closed its books this week, activities, and elect their own they found that they had not government officials. only paid for their publication for Following the girls return from this school year but had a balanc? the week long session each will of $10.95 to hold over for next give a report of her activities year. to her sponsoring group. The cost of publishing the paper amounted to $525. This cost was met by the receipt of 75 cents Paving Work Due from the sale of each student body Paving of the driveways and ticket, which entitled that student parking area at the high school to a fr?e paper throughout the is expected to take place Tuesday year, the proceeds of the chili or Wednesday of next week, Led and the talent show, annual weather permitting. Preparatory Timberlin? sponsored events and work is done including graveling from advertising by local mer Joyce Jones, business and grading. The paving will be chants. don? by the Oregon Asphaltic manager, and Dorothy Gwin, as sistant business manager, were in Paving company for $5600. charge of the securing of adver tising. Mildred Thacker was edi tor for the year. The Timberline is published by the Vernonia Eagle. Mrs. Myra Sorensen is the high school ad visor. Three Selected For Girls State School Paper Completes Year THOSE WHO ARE IN IT y THE second reunion of the class of 1942 was held Saturday night. May 1C. at the 1.0.0 F. hall. Thirty- two people were present, which included fifteen actual class members, their husbands and w>ves, and iour former teachers. This represented an increase over last year's attendance. Dinner was served by the V.F.W. auxiliary and class colors of blue and white were used throughout the halL A musical program was presented by Pat Brissett. Dane Brady and Frances Kaspar. Following dinner, a short business meeting was held. Tentative plans were made to hold a similar affair next year with the Lasses of 1940. 1941 and 1943 to be invited. The remainder of the evening was spent visiting and leading letters sent by many class members who were unable to attend. Copies of this picture may be obtained from The Eagle or by contacting Mrs. Cloice Hall. S/Sgt. Donald A. DeWitt has been transferred from Donaldson AFB in South Carolina to Lar son AFB in Washington. He and his bride drove through from South Carolina and surprised her parents in Gainesville, Texas as well as his folks here, It is so nice to have them near enough to see occasionally. May Jurors Listed Four Nehalem valley people are listed on the circuit court jury list for the May term. They are: May J. Mills, Mist, and Harry Sandon, Oliver H. Graves and Charles Biggs, Vernonia. THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1953 Observance Arranged for Memorial Day Veterans to Take Part in Program at Memorial Cemetery FRIENDS of C. F. Hieber. city treasurer, were served light re freshments of cake ice cream and coffee Tuesday afternoon at an informal open house at his apart ment in the Cherry Tree apart ments on the occasion of his 83th birthday. The Judge, as he is most frequently greeted by friends, attributed much of his good health to the observance of the rule of not eating sweet foods and not becoming excited. Forty people came to wish him well. Fund Drive Fails To Reach Goal Funds were still trickling in for the fund-raising drive of the American Red Cross in Columbia county, but the final figure will be short of the $8,116 goal for this year, Mrs. Margaret Bitte, chapter secretary, said last week. A total of $5,247.38 had been collected up to the latter part of last week. Mrs. Bitte said the collection at Rainier and Clats kanie was incomplete. The drive was held during March, but extended into April when volunteer workers were un able to raise funds during the al loted time. As of late last week, contribu tions by communities were listed as St. Helens, $3,566.76; Clatska nie, (incomplete) $123.85; Scap poose, $431.86; Vernonia, $535.91; Rainier, (incomplete) $338; Deer Island, $54.50; Columbia City, $37; Mist, $59 and Delena $58.75, Th? failure of the drive to reach its quota will bring financial problems in operating the Colum bia county chapter during the year, Mrs. Bitte said. She explained that the blood collection program in the county, alone, has cost more than $1,000 so far this year. Expenses have risen sharply since more blood is needed for production of gamma globulin to fight polio. College Students View Tree Farm Thirty-four forestry students from the University of Washing ton and 21 forestry students from Oregon state college viewed the Columbia Tree Farm last week. The U of W group, with their professor, Stan Gessel, came Wed nesday and th" OSC group with Dan Robinson, their professor, were here Friday. Both groups of students saw thinnings nsar Natal, tree growth at Baker point lookout and aerial seedings mad.? on the farm in re- cent years. Exclusive Use Given Henry H. Ander gg and sons, Vernonia, have been given the privilege of the exclusive us? of th? name, "Vernonia,” as a herd name in registering their purebr?d Holstein-Friesian cattle. This pre fix name is granted and will be recorded by The Holstein-Friesian Association of America at Brat tleboro, Vermont. Over 1350 pre fixes were reserved for breeders in 1952 Members of both veteran or ganizations are scheduled to gather at the American Legion hall Saturday morning. Memorial day, at 9:30 for the start of a program devoted to the observ ance of that date. Tentative plans for the occa sion are being worked out by two men representing the organ izations, Vern Sykes for the Le gion and Ben Fowler for the V.F.W. After veterans meet at the hall, th'y will march up Bridge street to the Vernonia service station and from that point will take cars to the Memorial cemetery for the remainder of the service. Rev. H. L. Russell will officiate at the Memorial. Business places will close their doors for the day Saturday and owners urge their patrons to take care of business matters before Saturday. Social Security Pay Increases Fifty thousand dollars a month now go to Columbia county f?d- eral old-age and survivors in surance beneficiaries. Almost half of Columbia county folks past the age of 65 now receive monthly social security insurance payments, according to Ev Cum mins, social security field repre sentative for Columbia county. Cummins reports that 946 of the 2070 senior citizens of the county receive an average of $14 per month based on social secur- ity wage and self-employment tax contributions. On December 31, 1952, 1194 county pi ople were r”ceiving the old age and survivors insurance checks, an increase of 113 com pared with the same date in 1951. Cummins gives the following breakdown of th" social security beneficiaries in the county: 670 work?rs receive benefits on their own social security wage record; 76 aged widows and widowers; 196 wives and husbands and 4 parents receive monthly bene fits based on the social security record of another worker. In addition to the old-age bene fits 216 minor children receive an average of $32 per month and 32 young widows an average of $40 per month. Cummins further noted that for the state of Oregon "Columbia County ranks second only to Multnomah County in percentage of people receiving old age and survivors insurance benefits.” The representative stated that “much credit can be given th? newspapers of the county for keeping people of the county in formed of their right under the federal program.” Cummins may be contacted any Monday, 1 00 to 3:00 p.m., on the second floor of the court house in St. Helens for information * and assistance in filing social security claims. Cancer Campaign Totals $1340 Contributions to this year's can cer drive reached a total of $L- 340.51, an amount below th? quota, but still greater in propor tion to the quota than was achiev ed in other recent drives. Word of the figure was released Tu s- day by Bill Hom, county chair man, and he also expressed ap preciation for the r"sponse given the drive. By communities in the county the contributions were: Vernonia $278.07; Rainier $231.93; Scap poose $58, St. Helens $437, Clats kanie $205 50. Amounts total ing $130 were sent to Oregon cancer h' adquarters, but this county receives credit for it.
