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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1953)
Library, U of O 9i VOLUME 31, NUMBER 29 10c COPY £ 1 VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON PHONE 191 THURSDAY. JULY 16. 19 ’ I Sunday Races Scheduled 10 TB Cases Voters Give Approval to Again at Fairgrounds To Be Found Sewer Project With X-Rays Bids for Bonds to Be Asked Soon to Finance New Work Last Friday’s special election on the proposed sewer system project fyr Corey hill resulted in balloting that tallied 115 vot:s in favor and 27 against to decide the question and give the city council approval to carry out the new installation. The strong vote favoring the sewers came as a considerable surprise to many who thought before the election that greate. opposition would develop. City councilmen met in sp cial session Monday evening to take fur.her steps necessary to call for bond bids and discuss the eng neering work with S. A. Ross of the firm of N. W. Haner and Associates. Word from City Attorney Car re 3radley indicated that the call for bids on the bonds can be made after the next council m eting scheduled for next Mon day evening. Until the bonds are sold it is unlikely that the re ma :t in g work to engineer the pro ject will be started. When the sale of bonds is made, the engineering will be started and should b? completed within 30 days Ross informed the council. With specifications ava/.able for the job, construction bids will then be asked and in- st ation started as soon as pos. sit e thereafter. the meantime the engineer has been asked to submit an acreement for his part of the w rk setting forth the price "hat he will charge for preparing spe culations and for supervision during installation. Only other matter of business Monday was an order by the council that heavy trucks avoid usi g city streets during hot wr ath r when damage to pave- mer.t results. City police have been asked to k?ep close check on ‘ruck us? of the- streets at such times. Peewees, Cubs Invited The Vernonia PeeWees will meet the Irving Tigers and the Cubs play the Centenary Wilburs, be t.n of Portland, at an invitational p:. r.e at Jantzen Beach Saturday, Jui; 25. The PeeWees play at 1 :(F/ and the Cubs at 3:00. Thos? speed-packed hardtops roar again Sunday, July 19 at the Columbia county fairgrounds at Deer Island in another race pro gram staged under the sanction of the Modified Racing Association of Oregon. At least 30 of the Northwest's top drivers ar? scheduled to roll in Sunday’s program that will see them in quest of points to wards the association’s driving championship. Clarence Smith, the defending Game Tickets Available Now Tickets are now on sale for a double header at Beaver Stadium for Friday night, July 31, when th? Portland B avers will play Seattle. Reserved seats in Sec tion 12 at SI 50 each are available at the following locations: The Comqmrcial Bank of Ore gon, Vernonia Drug and Hahn Hardware. Children under 13 may pur chase these reserved seat tickets for only 25 cents, but those tickets are available only at The Com- m rcial Bank of Oregon and each youngster must be accompanied by an adult. Vernonia night can be highly successful if enough people take advantage of the ticket sale so that a largo del gation is present for the July 31 game. County to Host Forestry Group Columbia county will play host to 4-H forestry club members from a number of counties in Northwestern Oregon at a 4-H dis trict forestry camp to b? held at Camp Wilkerson on July 20-22. Paul Goodmonson, forestry marketing specialist, and Andy Lanforce, extension wildlife man agement specialist, both of Ore gon state coll:ge, ar? in charge of the program. The program, which is being planned for older 4-H forestry club members, will include timber cruising, tree farming, pacing, use of th? compass, aquatic life, ani mal life, a bird hike, casting prac tice, gun sighting and a tour of the Oregon American mill here. This is the third year this camp has been held. It has been in Tillamook county the past two years. Regulations for Payment Of Social Security Told NOTE: This, the fourth in a sc : cs of short articles, was pre pared by Ev Cummins of the P. rtland Social Security office.! 'When you reach ag? 65 and have retired, you and certain m rr.bers of your family may be- c< ”e eligible for month'y insur- a ' payments if you are insured. Aft r you reach age 75, the pay- rr r.ts may be made even if you have not retired. Retirement under the social se- cur.ty law is determined by the amount of monthly earnings or monthly average income from self employment. An individual 65 to 75 may draw benefits if he is insured and is no longer working for wages of over $75 p?r month in covered employment or aver se, r.g over $75 a month net in- c<—e from his business. Jr. the event of your death at ar., age, certain members of your fam 'y may receive insurance pay. melts if you had an insured sta- tu.: at the tim? of death. It should be emphasized that in all cases bef re any pavm nt can be made, an application must be filed with the social security administration in a certain prescrib'd manner. One of the mam functions of the many social security field offices is the taking of these applications. The following two tables show the different types of payments champion and currently top point winner of the current association hartop racing scries, will head the field of drivers for Sunday's program. Smith won the first race at the fairgrounds three weeks ago. Columbia county’s Walt Wal dron, Dick Gabourv, Portland; I.uckv Glasscock, Arnold Millen and Art Watts are among the other leading drivers who will be aiming at upsetting Smith's domi nation of the state racing circles when the flag goes down Sunday. Extensive improvements have been made on the fast half-mile dirt track at the fairgrounds and some infield structures including chutes that are no longer used have been removed to provide b tter visibility of the back ' stretch for those in the grand 1 stand. I Sunday’s program will include j a 35 lap class “A” main event; a I 25 lap class “B” main event, four [ heat races and a pair of trophy | dashes. Estimate Based on Similar Surveys of Unit Around State The county-wide chest x-ray survey, to be und.rtaken in Co lumbia county from July 25 to August 22. will find an estimated 10 previously unknown cas?s of tuberculosis, according to Miss Grace Roumagoux, Columbia county public health nurse. Miss Roumagoux stat -d in community meetings throughout the county that in similar surveys around Oregon, incidence of tuberculosis has been found to be about one case in every 1000 persons x- rayed. In almost every instance, the person has not suspect , d that he has the disease. Through the county-wide chest x-ray program, it is hoped to discover the cases of tuberculosis Time trials are scheduled for in th? early stages when the dis 1:30 p m. with th racing pro ease is more easily cured. Ad gram scheduled to get underway vanced cases usually call for pro at 2:30 p.m. longed treatment with more loss of time from job and family. Miss Roumagoux pointed out that out of every 100 x-rays tak n at the x-ray units around the i county, about three will b? held out for further study and larger H. G. Sandon, representative of x-rays. Of this group, one may Vernonia, Birkenfeld and Mist, show further evidence of tuber was reelected chairman of the Co culosis and on? may reveal some lumbia county rural school dis other chest disorder, such as cer trict board of directors at a re tain heart conditions, tumors, or early cancer of the lung. cent meeting of the board. Miss Roumagoux cited the tend He will serve tor the 1953-54 school year. Mrs Addr. McAdam, ency of the public today to dis representing zone 4. consisting of regard tuberculosis as a problem Clatskanie, Quincy, Bradbury, because it strikes in undramtic Mayger and part of Westport, fashion and th? average person knows little about it. She quoted was named vice chairman. Both Sandon and Mrs. McAdam one tuberculosis specialist as say- I were reelect d as members of the ing that if only a person's nose board in a rural school district would turn red or his ear curl election. when he contracted the disease, Members of the board are start tuberculosis would have been ing the new year's work with an licked long ago. But it shows no audit of budgets for elementary such outward sign. school districts in the county. The ’’Although people will be busy," St. Helens district and the Clats said Miss Roumagoux, “with ber kanie district are excepted. ries, harvest, logs and vacation, The board will also determine the x-ray units will be around the th amount of money to be allo county for a full month and cated to each district on the basis everyone should be able to find of valuation of the rural district. two minutes for a chest x-ray in Funds received by the individ that length of time. You can come ual schools are taken from the as you are to the x-ray unit. No totai levied against the valuation appointment is necessary and you of th entire rural district, which don’t have to undress.” actually is the valuation of the Community organization is being county excepting the valuation of completed in the county this week. school district 2, St. Helens, ac cording to Mrs. Lois Kent, coun- ty superintendent. Mrs. Kent said the rural board Relcom s attendance of interested persons at its meetings, held the fourth Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. at the courthouse, St. Funeral services for Alma J. Helens. (Grandma) Sitts were conducted Board Awards Bids for Line Construction Work West Oregon El. etne Coopera, tive's board of directors, at their regular July meeting Tuesday evening, designated th? winning bids for work that is planned to provide much heavier electrical service for the Jewell-Elsie area, which the cooperative serves. In cluded in the work for which the bids were chos.n is 16.3 miles of transmission line, a package substation to be located between Jewell and Elsie and construction at the Sunset Junction substation, County Board Elects Sandon made: OLD-AGE PAYMENTS Monthly payments to— Picnic Scheduled You as a retired worker. The annal picnic of the Minne Your wife 65 or over. sota society of Portland is sched You children under 18. Your wif? regardless of age if uled to take place Sunday, July caring for a child entitled to bene 26. at Jantzen Beach park. The affair will begin at 11 a.m. and fits. will feature Marshall N. Dana Your dependent husband (these as principal speaker at 3 p.m. are payable provided that certain This is the annual gathering ot requirements are met in the case former Minnesotans. of women applicants who have supported dependent husbands. Both must be 65 or over.) Firemen Called SURVIVORS’ PAYMENTS i Volunteer firemen were called Monthly payments to— into action about 7:30 Saturday Widow 65 or over. Widow regardless of age, if morning to extinguish a fire in caring for child, entitled to bene- back of The Eagle building. Heat from type metal melting equip fits. ment started the blaze and caused Child under 18. Dependent widower 65 or over. approximately $50d damage. Dependent parent 65 or over. Quick action of the firemen pr?- vented greater damage, Insur- Lump-sum payment to your— Widow or widower or, if no ance covered the loss. entitled widow or widow r sur vives, to the person who paid the THOSE WHO ARE IN IT burial expenses. Payments to dependent parents William D Weaver is scheduled of an insured p-rson are made to return home from Korea soon only where no widow or widower and should be in the U. S. by or child could qualify for pay July 25. He will receive his dis ments. charge at Camp Stoneman. Cali A social security representative forma before coming on to his may be contacted or. the 2nd floor horn? in Vernonia He is a of the Court House in St. Helens, nephew of Mrs. Linwood Rey 1 00 to 3 00 pm. any Monday. nolds. Valley Pioneer Dies July 13 in Portland Wednesday morning at 11 am. at Gable’s Sunrise Chapel. D.ath came July 13 at the age of 92 years at her home in Portland where she had lived since leaving Vernonia a few ytars ago. Mrs. Sitts was a pioneer resi dent of the Rock Creek vicinity, having homesteaded there. Sur viving are: a daughter, Alice M Wagner; two grandchildren, Ha zel Meyer and Rose Foster; three great grandchildren and a brother, LeRoy Nickerson. Commitment took place at the Pioneer cemetery here about 1:30 Wednesday. 0-A Board Holds Meeting Here DONNA JOHNSON, Clatskanie, I Miss Columbia County of 1953. will be one of 14 contestants to participate in the Miss Oregon Pageant to be held at the Broad way school. Seaside. Friday, Sat urday and Sunday, July 17, 18 and 19. Miss Johnson won the county title when judging was completed June 20. Cubs Break Tie, Win with Single In a tight ball game here last Thursday, Larry Akers singled in Nate Pearson for the winning run in the bottom of the 8th ot a scheduled 7-inning game, thus giving the Vernonia Cilbs a 3-2 victory over Clatskanie. Leo Eddings, Clatskanie hurler, gav up only four hits, holding the locals hitless until the 7th. Bobby Crowston was the winning pitcher giving up only three hits, one a 2nd inning homer by Heff- ley, in striking out ten. Team 12345678 il H Clatskanie 010000102 3 Vernonia 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 4 Batteries: Eddings and Heffler Crowston and R. Higl-y. In a game Monday, Scappoose edged the Peewees 6-5 on the Scappoose field. Four runs in the last inning were not enough to win. Nanson hurled for the locals giving up 10 hits and striking out four. Orr, Scappoose pitcher, gave up four hits and struck out eight Team 1234567RH 10 2 111x6 10 Scappoose Vernonia 0 0 10 0/4 5 4 Batteries: Orr and McClellan Nanson and Savage. Vernoma Cubs will meet Scap. poose on the local diamond to night at 6:00. The Peewees will play St. Helens here next Mon day, July 23. according to Guy I. Thomas, manager of the Cooperative. Construction of the 34,500-vo'.t transmission line, the most costly part of the program to improve service to the area, drew four bids, one of which the board d s- qualified The directors cho^p the Estep Line Construction com pany of Yakima to do the job for $54,872, lowest of the three bids considered. The two higher figures wer * submitted by R. C. Hughes Con struction company, Spokane, $71,- 404 and Larned Construction company, Moses Lake, Washing ton, $74,373. The line work is slated to begin the forepart of August and n scheduled for completion early in November to pick up the winter peak load in the Jewell-Elsie area W stinghouse Electric Supply company, Portland, submitted the winning bid to furnish a 1500 KVA 34,500-voit package sub station which will be located be. tween Jewell and Elsie to handl- the increased :» rvice. Figure submitt"d for furnishing the sub was $19,190.96. Board members also gave their approval to purchase a 130x130 foot plot in the area for location of the station. Their authoriza tion included the expenditure of $100 for the plot which will be obtained from John and Anna Collins. The cooperative split two bids in awarding the work that wilt complete the substation at Sunset junction with which the trans mission line will connect. Th? wmk at Sunset calls for the erec tion of steel towers, concrete pad? and footings, wiring, transformers, etc. Seven bidders sought the sub station work. Chosen by the board were: Barnes Appliance Service incorporated to do the steel and wiring for $1889 and H. A. Starr Concrtte to excavate and pour all tlie concrete for $1'326 34. The lack of sufficiently heavy transmission and transformer fa cilities in the past has made it impossible for the cooperative to serve electrcal demands in the area, a situation that will bs changed when the work is com pleted. Fund Wanted lor Lot Improvement Another activity of the Ver nonia Garden club is scheduled for Friday afternoon of this we k when members of the club and friends are invited to a garden tea party that will take place at th - home of Mrs. Judd Gremman at 3 p.m. Purpose of the party Friday will be to start a fund which is in tended for the project of improv ing vacant city lots and carrying out the club's slogan of “Watch Vernonia bloom.” Jess Thornton, Warren, talked to the club at thi July 10 meet ing about gardening and land scaping and both he and Mr.« Thornton have expressed con siderable interest in the impend ing project of the club. He ha.« the contract for landscaping Li lawn in front of the high school Hall Wins Class A Race Event 2nd Time Sunday Cloice Hall was the winner Sunday of the class A main event race at McMinnville, the second The new board of directors of time this s ason he has captured the Oregon-American Lumber the top place at the Shodeo Corporation met here Monday grounds, having won before on forenoon of last week and spent I June 14 in the first contest of the remainder of the day at Camp the season. Olson and on a tour of some of ' His victory places him in top the timber holdings of the firm. spot toward the season champion After the m eting the board and ship with a total of 217 points. others in the party, which totaled Third place in A race last Sun 16 in all, were taken to Camp day went to Roger Quirin. Other placings by Hall Sunday Olson for lunch. From there they viewed timber in the Keasey area. list him for first in the ten lap sprint, second in the class A hel met dash and third in the first heat. Th» 217-point standing place« him in first place among drivers of the Columbia County Drivers’ association and well ahead of second place held by Abe Erner son, St. Helens, with 132 points Dust has plagued drivers at McMinnville since the season has opened and up to Sunday, but was of little bother then although the track was somewhat rough.
