Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974, July 02, 1953, Image 1

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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.