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VOLUME 31. NUMBER 32
10c COPY
Over Half of
Population
Visits Unit
'THOSE who
¡ARE IN IT
Owners Change
For Business
Jim Frank. Airman 3rd class,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Elgus Frank,
lias been transferred from Parks
Air Force Base in California to
Chanute Field, Illinois where he
1 will be for four months for train
ing in the electric branch of air
craft accessories His family ex
pects him home for Christmas.
Pvt. Donald V. Bergerson, son
i of Mr and Mrs. Elinor Bergerson
of Timber Route, recently arrived
in Korea for duty with the 25th
infantry division, now the senior
American division on the Korean
Peninsula The 25th landed in July
1950. shortly after the Communists
launched their attack against Ko
rea.
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Man Disappears
From Rome Here
Np clues were available earlier
this week as to the location of
Otto Knov er. 46 who disappeared
from his home here after leaving
a note indicating he intended sui
cide The note gave directions for
finding the family car in Oregon
City on High street.
'
He had been despondent over ill
health and had written that he had
been a burden on the family long
enough Mr and Mrs. Knower and
their son. Harry, have lived for
several months in the W. D. Steele
house on Tenth street in River
view He worked for Jim Smith at
Pittsburg up until the time he left
Mrs Knower feels that her hus
band is all right and hopes to hear
from him soon
dust fuel business which had been •
operated by Mr and Mrs. J E
Tapp for a number of years In
maxing the change. Mr and Mrs
Tapp have moved to their new
borne located on an acreage just
off the Sunset highway near North
Pia:ns and Mr and Mrs. Stiff are
o< spying the Tapp home on State
street.
The home formerly owned by
Mr and Mrs Stiff has been pur
chased by Mr and Mrs Alfred i
Jones, who have been residing near
their store located across the high-
wt from the Washington school
At Monday evening’s city coun
cil meeting another step was com
pleted towards realizing a sewer
system for Corey hill when an
ordinance was officially adopted
authorizing the bond issue.
The ordinance. No 330. provides
for the “issuance, sale, maturity
and retirement of general obliga
tion sewer bonds authorized by a
vote of the people at a special
election in the amount of $85.(MX)
for a sewer system and provides
for a sewer use charge
. .”
The act. prepared by City At
torney Carrell F Bradley, also
provides for the calling for bids
from bond buyers The bonds must
be purchased before the city can
authorize the completion of final
engineering plans and call for bids
for the work Bids for the bonds
are to be opened at a council meet
ing set for August 24
Monday's meeting was partially
devoted also to the hearing of com
plaints by C A McDonald and
Clifford D. Fisher against the po
lice department The former ob
jected to the method of handling
and the latter to an arrest of his
son who was AWOL from the army
Both were answered by police to
the satisfaction of the council
when points of law and additional
information to that voiced in the
complaints was brought out.
The last official act of the eve
ning was the issuing of an order
that the engineering firm employ
ed by the city, N. W Hancr and
Associates, prepare a preliminary
survey for replacement of the
wood settleing tank with a unit of
increased capacity at the city
pumping plant
The present wood tank has de
teriorated to a point where re
placement is necessary soon.
4-H Judging At
Fair 1st Feature
Something different in the way
1 of entertainment every afternoon
I and night is in store for those at
tending the 38th annual Columbia
county fair August 13, 14 and 15
at the Columbia county fairgrounds
at Deer Island
Members of the fairboard an
nounced the complete revised pro
gram this week with the signing
of the Multnomah county sheriff’s
. motocycle stunt team to put on an
' evening show in front of the main
1 grandstand at 7 p m Friday. Au
gust 14 The motorcycle stunt rid-
' ers replace the hardtop races on
Friday night's program.
A troop of 17 expert motorcycle
; riders will be in the sheriff's crew
' that will be featured in the hour
and 40-minute show Precision mo
torcycle drills will occupy only
about 15 minutes of the show and
the rest of the evening’s enter
tainment will be made up of 50
[ stunts including precision riding.
a board wall crash, riding through
a hoop of water, broad jumps over
20 people and pyramiding of men
on from one to three motorcycles
Joie Chitwood and his auto dare
devils with their fleet of new
Fords will be in the spotlight on
the opening night of the fair when
they perform on the track in front
of the main grandstand
Precision driving, ramp to ramp
leaps, wingovers. crash dives into
parked cars and a head-on crash
are only a few of the features of
the Thursday show that has been
revamped since it made its show
ing at the fairgrounds last year
Saturday evening, with time
trials at 4 30 p.m. and races be
ginning at 5:30, drivers of the
Columbia County Racing Associa
tion will take over the improved
half mile dirt track at the fair
grounds. The hardtop races will
feature drivers of the Columbia
. County association and will be
their first appearance on the fair
grounds track this year. They have
been driving this summer at Mc
Minnville.
Thursday afternoon's entertain
ment will be at the 4 H judging
ring where 411 and FFA mem
' hers will participate in showman
ship contests and parade their
animals. Two rings are available
so that two classes may be judged
at the same time
Friday afternoon a pair of new
features aimed at providing par
ticipation and entertainment for
Judging contests will be fea
tured as the first activities for 4-H
club members when the Columbia
county fair opens on Thursday,
August 13.
The livestock judging contest
will b°gin at 9:30 and the home
economics contest at 10:00. Each
club is eligible to enter a t am
Last rites took place Saturday,
of three members in the contest August 1 at Oregon City for Ernest
Funeral services were held Tues corresponding with their project
Harris Steen who passed away
day, August 4. at 2 p m at the
Judging of 4-H dairy animals here last Thursday morning,
Coleman Funeral chapel in St.
will b gin as soon as the judging July 30 Death came at the age
Helens for Mrs Lena Rainwater
contest is done. Events in th° of 54 years. 10 months and 29 days
Jones
Steen
was
born
at
Mrs. Jones. 60. died at her home rabbit and poultry building for Ernest
in St Helens
4-H club members in the after Grangeville, Idaho. September 1.
Survivors include: her husband. noon include a rabbit judging 1898 He had been a resident of
Harry Jones; Mrs. Helen Halsey judging contest at 3:00, a rabbit this state for the past 30 years and
20 of those years he had spent in
and Harry E Jones, Jr., all of
St Helens; a brother,- Martin Rain showmanship contest at 3:30, a this community where he was oc
water. of Vernonia and five grand poultry judging cont st at 4:00, cupied as a logger
Surviving are: his wife, Rose,
and a poultry showmanship con
children
and daughter, Mary Rose, of Ver
She is the aunt of Glenn Rain test at 4:30.
water and Mrs. Thelma Bergerson
The 4-H cooking demonstration nonia; four sisters, Mrs George
Newton of Oregon City. Mrs. G E.
of Vernonia
contest is scheduled for Thursday Long of Portland, Mrs Carl John
at 1 p.m. in the 4-H building.
son. Camas, Washington and Mrs
On Friday, August 14. the fol A E. Paulson, Eagle Creek and
lowing 4-H contests are scheduled: one brother, Alvin Steen of Haines,
cake baking cont st at 9:30; lower Alaska
Commitment took place at Moun
Columbia salad making contest
tain
View cemetery. Oregon City.
at 11:00; bread baking contest
Walrod spoke on new sprays which at 12 noon; clothing demonstra
may be used to combat flea beetle tions at 1:00 and canning contest
and other pests The moths which at 2:00.
lay the eggs which develop into
Four-H beef, sheep and hog
the destructive tent caterpillars
are now out, and are laying eggs classes will also be judged dur
for next season’s worms. Spray ing th’ morning in the shijw ring.
can be used to kill the eggs if One of the highlights of the fair
The treasury of the Vernonia
applied to the trees
for club members and spectators Boy Scout troop will be enriched
A class of three took the Fifth alike will be the 4-H showman
Degree in the evening, after which ship contests on Friday afternoon. in the amount of $86 because of a
the Lecturer’s program was en A trophy will be awarded to the decision made a few days ago by
joyed by ail This consisted of
members of the Vernonia Trap
stunts, skits and music, and a talk | champion 4-H showman.
club.
The
annual
4-H
dress
review
by the Crange Historian Pearl
The club sponsored a trap shoot
Becker on county, state and grange will be presented on Saturday
earlier this year for the purpose
history Mrs. Becker showed the morning, August 15 at 11:15.
Oregon state flag which has been
A number of special contests of raising a fund which was to be
so little known until this date are also scheduled for Saturday used to send a scout to the jam
and spoke of the 1'iOth anniversary
boree As no scout from Vernonia
of Columbia county coming next morning. These include the crops
attended the jamboree, the fund
and
weeds
identification
contest
at
year.
i still remains with the trap club
In discussing grange history. 9:30. forestry identification con
test at 10:00 and vegetable judg ! Bill Horn announced Wednesday
Fern Hill Grange was the topic
This Grange was organized in 1920 ing contest at 11:30.
morning that the fund was to be
with 77 charter members, three of
| disposed of by giving it to the
them being present at this session
local troop
The accomplishments of the group I GARDENERS MEET FRIDAY
Vernonia
merchants
donated
through the years is the history
The next meeting of the Ver prizes for the shoot to help make
of the community development, be
ing always for good roads, schools nonia Garden club will be held at the affair a success.
the home of Mrs Herb Sturdevant
and other improvements
The trap club will sponsor an
The next meeting of Pomona will
Friday. August 7 at 2 pm The
be in November with Wmema discussion slated for this meeting other shoot at the O-A ball park
Sunday. August 23
is fall planning
Grange at Birkenfeld
Services Held
Mr. and Mrs L E. Stiff recent- | For Relative
ly took over the wood and saw
Services Held
At Oregon City
McClure Discusses Farm
Problems at 200th Meet
The regular quarterly meeting of
the Columbia County Pomona
grange was held Saturday, August
l. st Fem Hill Grange hall, this
N ?g the .’•'h meeting of the
group State Master Elmer Mc
Clure was present and addressed
the meeting in the afternoon
McClure, in discussing farm prob-
Ir-s. stated that the present food
surplus in this country is much
better than a food shortage as ex
perienced in some other countries
Alttough farm prices may go
do» a on account of over supply of
wheat, com. etc. it is less ex
pensive than having to ship these
foods into the country
He also spoke of the things
which develop when people are
hungry, such as communism and
other isms, along with famine and
disease He also spoke of the de-
ve rpment of Hell's Canyon, whe
ther it was tn be the maximum
as planned if the Government
builds one large dam. or the mini
m. in as may be provided if three
small dams are built by Idaho Pow
er Co. Water power is now our
or,.
natural resource and the
most should be made of it for fu
|
ture development
•runty Agricultural Agent Don I
PHONE 191
THURSDAY. AUGUST 6. 19.
City Issues
Full Program, New Features Prepared by
Bond Bid Call Fair Board for Annual County Show
At Session
ENGINEERS ASKED TO
PREPARE ESTIMATE
FOR SETTLING TANK
NUMBER FALLS BELOW
PERCENTAGE DESIRED
BY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
More than 50 percent of the adult
population of the Vernonia area
xisited the mobile chest x-ray unit
during its stay here, according to
figures released from the office of
Miss Grace Roumagoux of the
county health department While
this is short of the hoped for 70
percent of the population, it is a
good showing and was achieved
through the combined efforts of
the volunteers. One thousand, one
hundred seventeen persons were
x-rayed
The Mist-Birkenfeld area almost
reached the 70 percent goal, as 100
people were x-rayed during the
four-hour period that the unit was
in Mist In addition to this num
ber. it is known that a few people
were x-rayed at Vernonia Since
the estimated adult population of
the two towns is 151. this will prob-
abb be the highest coverage in
the county
Figures from Clatskanie are not
yet complete, since there were two
units there The portable unit was
set up in the city hall for four
da: - with the mobile unit moving
in to complete the survey on Satur
day. August 1. The approximate
number filmed there was 1193,
which is about 54 percent of the
a h it population of the Clatskanie.
Ma.-ger and Quincy areas.
T.ie portable unit is now station
ed in the offices of the Pacific
rev.er & Light company in Raini-
er a here it will operate until Au-
gtw 8 Both units will operate in
St Helens through August 22 and
the survey, will be completed by
th' portable unit in Scappoose
where it will set August 12 through
15
Teturn cards are being received
by the majority of the people, and
letters are being sent out to those
vhr.se x-rays show ed a need for
the larger film Miss Roumagoux
states that so far no serious find
ings have come to light, but that
thc.-e receiving letters to return
for the larger film usually show
films will be taken in Vernonia on
August 17. between the hours of 1
p.r. and 7 p.m
VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON
Scouts Given
$86 From Club
all county residents will be fea
tured when the county fair Olym
pics will be staged in front of the
grandstand and the first annual
county fair doubles horseshoe
championship tournament will be
held
The county fair Olympics prom
ises a fun-filled afternoon with
cash prizes going V the winners
of each of the events Various age
groups among the children for both
boys and girls w ill give fair goers
of all ages an equal chance to win
prizes and special novelty events
for men and women are planned
The program will include sprints,
a fat man's race, a women's shoe
kicking contest, rolling pin throw
ing, softball throws, three legged
races, backwards races and a
variety of other novelty events
Saturday afternoon from 2 p m.
to 4 p m the free barbecue will
be held Eight head of prime beef
will be barbequed over open oak
coals and served with bread and
a special barbeque sauce free to
all in attendance during those
hours.
The Sather Nusoin ranch at
Clatskanie and the St. Helens Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce each
provided one animal for the bar
beque Bread will be furnished by
the Langendorf bakery through the
cooperation of "Heinie” Heumanu.
St Helens
A surefire attraction throughout
the fair will be the giant West
Coast Shows and Carnival which
will again set up on the midway
Featured with the carnival this
week will be the Four Barretti -
in an aerial thrill act which sees
them performing 125 feet in the
air
A number of new thrill ride»
with special emphasis on new
rides for the kiddies are include t
in the Carnival's attractions this
year A total of 10 shows and li
rides will line the midway to pro
vide entertainment for all.
The county’s 4 Hers. FFA mem
bers. granges and farmers will
have on display the county’s best
in handiwork and agricultural pro
duce and animals throughout the
fair
TWO OF the eight prime animals to he barbequed over an ojien pit tor
free distribution to all in attendance at the fair Saturday afternoon froi i
2 to I p.m. arc pictured above. Robert Muhr. left, president of the St.
Helens Junior Chamber of Commerce is with the animal his organisa
tion donated to the fairboard for the barbeque. In the center is Ja »
Sather of the Sather Niisom farms in Clatskanie which donated C e
Brahma bull held by Jewett A. Bush, Clatskanie, secretary-maaagT
of the lairboard who received the animals from the two dorors. lire: f
for the barbeque will be furnished by the Langendorf ba'.cry through
the cooperation of Heinie lieumann, St. Helens.
(Clatskanie Chief Photo.)
PICTURED above is one of 50 thrill aits to be performed before U:c
main grandstand at the Columbia county fair as the featured nig t
attraction on Friday, August It. The famed Multnomah County Sher
iff's motorcycle troop will stage the hour and tu minute thrill show.
Expenditures Itemized
JULY REPORT OF COUNTY WELFARE EXPENDITURES
“Matched Programs, i.e. payments in the cost of which the Fed
cral Government part.cipates.
Cost
Cases
$15.981.0’)
310
Old Age Assistance
$ 8,294.5)
55
Aid to Dependent Children
$ 2.33500
35
Aid to Disabled
$ 176.0 )
2
Aid to Blind
General Assistance, i.e. payments in the cost of which the Statu
and County participat ■ 70/30.
General Assistance
$ 2,854.3)
60
(Family and Single cases)
$ 590.05
18
Foster Home Care
Medical Care
$ 838 72
30
Gen'ral Assistance
$ 4,653 65
92
Old Age Assistance
$ 778.30
22
Aid to Dependent Children
$ 867 39
11
Aid to Disabled
.. I
5.40
1
Aid to Blind
935.370.41
565
TOTAL
$ 6,49926
County Participation
$ 2.446 95
Administration
No County Participation