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á s — I Public Hears Explanation Of Sewer Plan Project Outlined For City Residents At Open Meeting general explanation of th? pioposed sewer main project for th- Corey hill area, an outline of the costs, the method of fin ancing and plans for the future w?re presented Monday evening at the public meeting which took place at th? IWA hall. The general explanation came from Mayor Lyman Hawken and details pointing out the necessity for the installation and how it would b carried out were told by three men who are authorities or. such work and who were asked to be present to give such answers. ENGINEER SPEAKS Here to represent the Oregon state board of h?alth and also the state sanitary authority was Ken neth H. Spies, assistant chief engineer. He pointed out th? health menace arising from open s?wage, the danger to children and adults from typhoid and other diseases and the need to do away with this danger. In respect to the present large septic tank being used to collect sewage for that part of town east of Ros? avenue he had this to say. The sanitary authority will grant a period of five years before it must b? replaced. At the end of that time the city must con struct a sewage disposal plant that will properly handl? sewage so as not to pollute the Nehalem river. He emphasized that water f. • ;ng from a septic tank car ries much sewage in solution even though solids remain in the tank to undergo bacterial action. STANDARDS LACKING This sort of system, as is now used, does not provide a pure aff uent and does not in any manner conform with standards of either department he repr?- sent*. N. W. Haner, who represents th? engineering firm working for the city, told listeners the engi neering plan tentatively worked out up to now is designed to do the ,ob at a cost as low as pos sible yet provide a satisfactory system. He answered queries about cost for the connection of homes to the sewer line, pointing out that the $5 proposed connection fee per mit*, d the right to cqnnect. The cost of providing the connection from each house to the line would be the home owner’s responsibili ty. This $50 fee would be paid only by the home ownsr when the connection was made, not by owners in areas of the town al- rsady served by sewer mains. ALL PAY $1.50 A The $1.50 per month sewer us? charge. would apply to all users of the system throughout the city and would be collected with the monthly statements issued by th? city for water use. F nal speaker was Ben Rine hart, county sanitarian. He pointed out that he had been called fre- qumtly to answer complaints of home owners on Corey hill about sewage and could do nothing in these individual instances until the entire hill problem is con- quered. In addition to the facts pre ssr.t'd by speakers, it was men - tier cd that the run-off of sewage from part of the hill now enters R ock Creek above the city swim ming pool, which in itself is high ly undesirable. QUESTIONS ANSWERED General concensus of opinion near the close of the meeting was to present in detail points aocut costs and construction of the proposal. Appearing on page 6 of this issue of The Eagle are questions that have been voiced by property owners interested in the affair and answers det?rmin?d by either the preliminary eng. neering report or the state sanitary authority. Vacations to End July 13 Landscaping Methods Told Garden Club Work at the Oregon-American mill will end Friday evening for the July holiday week and will not resume until July 13 while O-A loggers employed at Camp Olson will remain off work for another week. Work will resume at camp July 20. Columbia Tree Farm employees ended work Thursday of last week for their two-week vacation period and will return also on the 13th of the month. Mill employees receive only one week vacation at this time but will take another week in the Jail. Officers Selected To Head Group at Thursday Meeting On Thursday afternoon in th» Sundland Electric show room 15 women and one man gathered to revive the Vernonia Garden club. New officers w re elected as follows: chairman, Mrs. Mari • Frazee; vice-chairman, S. D. Waite; secretary, Mrs. Dudley Spofford and treasurer, Mrs. Sam Hearing, Sr. Jess Thornton of Warren, who is landscaping the high school grounds, accompani d by Mrs. Thornton, gave a very interesting talk on landscaping. The follow ing are some of the high lights of his talk. Bid Awarded for Apiary Road Job M. L. O’Neil & Son. construction company, Eugene, was low bidder Thursday for work on the Rainier- Apiary road, according to th? state highway commission. The commission opened bids on a number of road projects Thurs day and Friday at Portland, among them the Apiary work. The M. L. O'Neil company bid $41,740.50 to grade and lay a rock base on 1.21 miles of the Apiary road. The section, which elimin ates two sharp curves and reduces the grade of a hill, will later be surfaced. The project is being financed jointly by th? county, state and federal government with federal funds paying 60 per cent of the cost, and the state and county, 20 per cent each. The road, conn;cting Highway 33 west of Rainier with Highway 47 at the Oak Ranch junction, was recently declared a federal aid secondary highway. In its meeting the state high way commission also designated the Columbia river highway be- tween Rainier and Astoria as a throughway. Safe Opened by Thieves Friday Thieves made a haul of approxi mately $1000 last Friday night when they broke into the safe lo cated in th? office building of the Cedarwood Timber company. Entry td the safe was gained by cutting the safe door with an acetylene torch and judging by the extent and manner done, police believe the job was the work of amateurs. The door was cut and portions removed in several places before entry to the safe was gained. Safe burglary insurance was not carried to cover the loss. W. A. DAVIS, new president of the Lions club, acc pted the gavel of authority Monday evening from outgoing president Guy Thomas at the formal installation ceremony which placed in office the men who will lead the group for the coming year. Wor -ing with Davis during his term of office will be Bill Vlcek as secretary; Lowell Hieber as tail twist r; Gene Lacy, treasurer; Art Gardner. Lion tamer and Jim Cox, Jr., and Wesley Bolmeier directors. The club will discontinue meetings temporarily dur ing the summer, but is scheduled to resume again S ptember 14. Two Units to Begin TB Search in County Soon Tuberculosis may not be at all w'lcome in Columb a county after July 25, if citizens of the county have anything to say about it. July 25 is the date on which two x-ray units begin th? search for unknown cases of tuberculosis among Columbia county residents over 15 years of age. i DEATHS DECREASE “Deaths from tuberculosis,” says Dr. J. B. Steward. Columbia coun ty health officer, "have decreas’d rapidly the past several years.” This has been due mainly to bet ter methods of treatment and to finding cases of tuberculosis early when there are no symtoms and when they are more easily cured. “Because we would like to see Columbia county clear of this disease,” Dr. Steward continued, the Columbia County Medical So ciety, Tuberculosis and Health association and h-alth department will sponsor a county-wide chest x-ray survey from July 25 to August 22. Th"* two x-ray units will b? located in various places throughout the county, giving every citizen an opportunity to have a chest x-ray without charge. And it isn’t necessary to remove clothing so having an x ray will take only a minute.” FULL HELP NEEDED Dr. St ward pointed out that a program offering a chest x-ray to everyone is a big job that can’t be accomplished by one person Welfare Child Aid Load Decreased for Summer Support for 40 children over 14 years of age has been withdrawn from aid t6 dependent children cases for July and August. Pay ments for 10 of the 32 cases af fected have been suspended com. pletily for the two months be cause no child in the family is under age 14. This action is based on the assumption that seasonal work will be available and these children can earn two months sup port. FUNDS SAVED Details of the welfare program as it concerns children were is sued earlier this week by the county public welfare commission which indicated that the saving of public funds amount d to $1,483 a month because of the withdraw al. This is the third year this step has been taken by the com mission Last year two children out of 28 removed, failed to secure work Three had kept no record of their earnings The other 22 made $4,- 633 00. an average of $201 00 for those who worked. This average includes some high earnings. COUNTY AVERAGE LOWER The average for all children last year was $165 00 As the state I i i average was $100.00 it would seem that Columbia county has more work to off r children—or per haps this group is more enterpris ing. Set up in the social security act, the aid to dependent childr?n pro gram was established to protect children, who, through no fault of th ir own, were deprived of parental support and/or care. Encouraging to workers in the department is the occasional word of appreciation from the parent who can relinquish the payment, saying, "I don’t know what would hav? happened to my children except for ADC.” FEW GO FULL TIME Few aid to dependent children families remain on the program until age 18 cancels eligibility. Of th? 42 cases closed last year only two were terminated because al! children were past 18. Oregon’s average grant per fam ily is $119.12, 'leventh from the highest among the state* in the nation. Columbia county's av- erage is $97.97. In Oregon 10 per 1003 of the children under 18 year* rec?ive assistance, compared to the national average of 32 per 1000. I GRAFTING EXPLAINED County Drivers To Race July 4 He told of grafting to produce different colors on the same shrub and also stressed th ■ proper plant ing of shrubs. He brought out or one organization. It will r Members of the Columbia Coun the use of the right kind of fer quire the co-operation of every ty Driv rs’ association will stage tilizer. i There are three schemes always organization as w.ll as every a full July 4 hardtop race pro to be considered when planting— individual to be successful. gram at McMinnville Saturday. color scheme, leaf scheme and “There is only one chest per per I More than 20 cars are expected eye scheme. The planting of son,” he said, "so if ev?ry adult to turn out for the event. In berry bearing shrubs should be doesn’t bring his chest to be cluded in the program will be a used to provide color to the gar x-rayed, no one can mak up the helmet dash, a serie* of heat races den after flowers are gone. Of course proper soil is essen deficit.” and Class B and A main events. tial for any planting. In the right The Yamhill County Sheriffs I CANCER FOUND TOO soil anything will grow. posse, sponsors of the race pro- Transplanting in wet weather Oth r chest disorders are also gram, have promised that the is often not as succ ssful as in discovered in th? chest x-ray sur- track at the MrMtnnville Shodeo dry weather because air pockets veys. Dr. Steward emphasized. grounds will be in top condition are apt to be formed in wet There have been many cases of i with sufficient oil to eliminate weather. early cancer of th • lung found in i dust. CLUB STATES AIM these surveys around the state; Drivers of th? St. Helens, Ver- A general discussion followed, and cancer, as well as tuberculo noma. Rainier and other Columbia in which some interesting and i sis, is more easily cured if found county communities will partici informative garden helps were early. Also, th? x-rav may reveal pate. brought out. disorders such as tumors and cer It is the aim of the club to im- tain heart conditions. prove and beautify the vacan Meetings to pi?pare various lots on Bridge street, This will areas for the coming of the x-ray call for help from the service clubs units are being held in Clatskanie, i of the city and all public spirited Vernonia, Mist, Rainier, Goble- citizens. It may seem late in the Deer Island. Scappoose, and St. season to begin any such work, Wayne Meyers, who was i ar- Helens between now and July 11. but becaus • of the constant rain i ?sted by city police June 21 on nothing could have been done a charge of intoxication on i a before this. public street, was taken to the A proper slogan would be county jail at St. Helens yester- ■Watch Vernonia Bloom!” day because of an order issued by Parole Officer Issues Order New County Cost Sheet Prepared The Columbia county budget committee completed prelimi nary work on th? 1953-54 budget last week. A two-day meeting of the com- mittee ended Tuesday. Members discussed the projects that should be includ d in the budget and set preliminary figures for various county services. A public meeting will be held sometime in July to hear objec tions or suggested changes. M mbers of th? committee are Clarence Evenson, Clatskanie, chairman; Rob?rt Mathews, Mist; Walter M Erickson, St. Helens; County Judge John Whipple, Rai nier, and County Commissioners Donald Parcher, Rainier and Clyde H nderson, Vernonia. THOSE WHO ARE IN IT Carl Wikstrom, who has been home on a 30-day furlough from Georgia, returned there Monday. He has been visiting his parents, the L. P. Wikstroms. Pfc. Albert Woolsey, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Woolsey, was here last week end from Fort Lewis. Firemen Called Volunteer firemen were called into action shortly after noon Sunday to the Elizabeth Mullins home when a flue burn d out. No damage resulted. a state parole officer last Friday. The order came after parole had been broken. At the time the order was issued by th? officer, Meyers had been released her? on bail, but was re turned to the city jail to await being taken to St. Helens where disposition of the case will b? made. Pari* Trip Started I * Mrs. Merle Cline left Monday for Paris, France to visit her son and family, Mr. arid Mrs. Don Cline. She went by train to New York City where she will stay a few days. From th re she will go on by plane. Ambulance Trustees to Plan Vehicle Dedication Tuesday evening’s me.’ting of the board of trustees, which is charged with administration of business relating to operation and maintenance of the Vernonia community ambulance, brought forth tentative plans for a formal dedication of the vehicle. That was, however, only one of the matters which the board will take care of in coming w?eks concern 1 ing the ambulance. COMMITTEE NAMED For the dedication Earl Atkins, chairman of the board, named as a committee to work out the pro gram. Sherman Fisher, Mike An derson and Marvin Kamholz. Th:y w?re charged with the task of handling not only the dedica tion, but with formulating a plan by which additional funds can be raised to itieet operation and maintenance expena?*. Anotbir problem facing the board is to determine a schedule of charges for trips which will meet th? costs of operation and at the same time provide a fund to offset depreciation. Insuffi cient time has elapsed since th? ambulance was placed in use to set up a true schedule of costs so at least a month more time will b? required before a nearly true cost basis can be worked out. TWELVE TO DRIvr So far 12 prospective drivers have indicated they would be available to answer calls, but thev have not yet been ask d to mak • trips and will not be asked urn 1 driving and first aid instruction can be given. That instruction will tie mad? available at an early date by a repres ntative of Buck Ambu lance, Portland, the trustee* were informed. Arrangeemnts for the instruction will be made by the firm through Jim Cox, IWA bust n?s* agent. WHERE TO CALL In the meantime, call* for am bulance service may be made to any of the following: Bob Cur . Merle Graham or W A. Davis. The committee named to handl ■ the formal dedication has not yet determined the date for the event, but has consid red a day the lat ter part of this month. Definite announcement will be made later.
