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Library, U of O VOLUME 31, NUMBER 33 10c COPY VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON PHONE 191 THURSDAY. AUGUST 13, 1 ■ I Ambulance Dedication to Take Place at Dass Park August 30; Picnic Set District Board 38TH COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR TO OPEN TODAY Forma! d dication of the Ver- n ma community ambulance, now completely equipped to answer calls, has been schedul d at a р. rnic which will take place the e*d of this month at Dass park F "st arrangements for the dedi- с. -.tion were made last weik by a c mmittee named by the group which has been charged with h. idling the business affairs of the ambulance. This committ e is planning to •? ve away a $359.95 Philco console TV set at the picnic and donation tickets have been placed on sale at business places in town and among IWA members. The set is on display at Sundland Elec tric. The ambulance group point- out that the donation ticket will provide money for the fund which will be used to offset expenses of operating the machine on th: numerous trips it is making. Pay- meats received from the trips is not sufficient to maintain paymint of expenses without additional revenue. Tentative plans for the picnic include the serving of free coffee to those who attend, but each group is exp cted to bring it’s own picnic lunch. Entertainment will b’ arranged by the committee. Jim Cox. Jr., IWA business Work that was planned earlier this year to take place during th” agent, said a few days ag<? that summer vacation period on the the ambulance is now fully equip higr school football field has been ped. Oxygen equipment has be»?n Yi arly completed and growth of purchased from Buck Ambulance the turf has reach’d a heighth of Portland, sh< it and pillow cases several inches so that the field I have been donated by the Ameri. will be ready for use this fall Eu- can Legion Auxiliary and a bed ge.-.c Dove, high school superin- pan and splints have b.en fur nished by Bush Furniture. Ore tencent said Wednesday. The work of relocating the field gon Physicians Service is respon cr wn was done to make possible sible for supplying free a year's supply of first aid equipment. greet.r efficiency from the field The machine is station d now lights. The work that remains at the corn r of Third and Bridge is completion of tile drainage that will remove the possibility of streets to b«' available at all times water scttleing betwe n the foot- for emergency calls, but an at tempt is being mad to obtain bai; field and baseball diamond. Th. t .tob will be completed within off-street parking suitable for construction later of a garage to th» -ext few days. house the equipment. So far no T change the contour of the definite word is available about turf the west end of th»1 property such a location that will be satis has been established at a lower factory. lev« by the hauling out of about !»f'» cubic yards of earth, 430 of whit.l were used for the reshap ing The remainder was placed in front of the building to establish the .awn contour. Other work on the prop rtv back of the building has included Enlarg'd x-ray films will be cutt ng all brush on the southeast taken of 29 people who have been port.on of the field to allow for invited to come to the IWA hall lev» :ng and laying out of two Monday of the coming week. softball diamonds and a soccer Miss Grace Roumagoux, county fic.c. One diamond will be avail health nurse, said Wednesday. The able for girls’ and one for boys’ unit for taking the larger pictures games. will b ■ ready to take care of the 2) *t moving equipment will be 29 anytime between 1 and 7 p.m. placed on the job within the next she said. wet» or so to level for th? dia- For some unknown reason, x- mo* ds and soccer fi Id and also rays of these people w-re not to ; re pa re the track. clear, necessitating th? taking W rk on the athletic field has of regular size shots. Miss Roumagoux pointed out b?e-. supervised by Coach Bill that anyone who missed the op Vice x. portunity to be x-rayed while the unit was here can go to Scappoose Thursday or Friday between the hours of 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. for the service. The unit will be on duty there at the Legion hall. She emphasized that all teachers and T. o dates were pointed out as food handl -rs should be x-raved irr.T’-tant to high school letter- m«’ ■ who will return for the com. inc grid season and both of those Future Beavers Invited da*.“ come within the next week An Oregon state college family anc. a half. program is scheduled at McBride F ’st was the date of Saturday. school, St. Helens, at 8 p.m. Mon Au;’, -t 22 when football uniforms day. August 17. Future Beavers wt be issued to lettermen from and their parents arc invited to last year’s squad who will turn attend. Officials to attend from the college art: Dr. D. T. Order out for play this year. Tc second is Monday, August man. registrar; R. S. Keene, ath 24 hen the first practice will be letic director; Bert Fames, dad s he1.-, at the high school under the club president and Ted Carlson, assistant alumni director. dirr-’tion of Coach Bill Vlcek. Field Contour Change Finished 29 Invited for Larger X-rays 1st Grid Season Practice Slated THOSE WHO ARE IN IT Orders Auto Parking Area NEIGHBORS OF WOODCRAFT ot Vernon»« Circle will view th«ir renowned district circle drill team in action August 30 at an initiation Thr. e days of entertainment and exhibits will be provided for this year's annual Columbia county fair for which the gates will open today at Deer Island This fair, the 38th for the county, has been arranged by the fair board to of fer n’w features that will in crease the entertainment over that offered in previous years. Along with the regular and ex tra f’atures, the West Coast shows and carnival has again set up on the grounds. Grange, individual. 4-H and FFA exhibits will oc cupy the exhibit buildings and the stock barns and a forestry exhibit will also again greet spec tators. CONTESTS ELATED Members of 4-H clubs, th. ir leaders and Others interested in club activities are reminded that judging of exhibits will take place Thursday. Both 4-H and FFA m mbers will participle in show manship and nidging contests of animals during the day. Two rings for showing will speed up the judging and showmanship. Th’ aut»> daredevils brought to the fair by Joie Chitwood are scheduled to perform Thursday The board of directors of school evening in front of the grand district 47 met at Washington stand to provide the extra en school Tuesday evening for their tertainment on opening day. Entertainment on the afternoon August session. The heating plant was discussed of the second day will bring a in view of installing the boiler new featur?, the county fair from the old high school as an Olympics, Friday afternoon fea auxiliary unit to supplement the turing races and contests as well system during cold as the doubles horseshoe cham present weather. Estimates of the cost of pionship tournament. Cash prizes the installation were considered will be awarded winners. and because of high costs, it was I STUNT TEAM BILLED For Friday evening another new felt the project was inadvisable featur? will be the Multnomah at this time. All positions on the teaching county sheriff’s motorcycle stunt staff were filled when the board team featuring a troop of 17 ex elected the following new instruc p’rt motorcycle riders who will tors who will fill vacancies: Lyle stage a 40-minute show. Included Frazier, sixth grade; Marvin Wig will be precision drills, stunts, gans, music; Daniel Lawler, sev board wall crash, broad jump and enth and Miss Marilyn Sann-rud. pyramiding of men on from one to three cycles. Square dancers physical education. can enjoy the county square dance Approval was given a motion to jamboree Friday also. It is sched join the State Association of uled from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the School Boards and to attendance pavillion. of Superintendent Darrold Pro 'hl Again Saturday aft’rn»x>n a to the state meeting of school new attraction will be offered, It superintendents at Coos Bav Aug is the free barbecue from 2 to 4 ust 20-21. The board also ap p.m. for which eight h«-ad of proved the bus drivers who will prime beef are being prepared, serve for the coming year and On the word of one of the fair inspected parts of the summer it _ is the inten- board members, .. — ------- work during the evening. tion of the board to provide gen- A/lc Jack G. Gates. son ; Mr>. Joyce C Gates, V’rnonia, Oregon, has been assigned to Erne t Har mon AFB. N wfoundland as an aircraft mechanic with the main tenance squadron. Ernest Harmon, a key base in the Northeast Air Command, is located on the west coast of New foundland. It is one of the first overseas refueling stops for mili tary aircraft flying the North Atlantic rout»' to Europe. Airman Gates entered th»' ser vice in April, 1953. Prior to en tering the service h ’ attended Cor vallis high school and later was employed by Columbia county The Vernonia airman is mar ried to the former Joyce Webb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl W bb of Timber route, Vernonia. They have one child. Robin Gail. 1. Intercom System to Be Placed in Use By School Opening The directors of the union high school board, at their August meeting Tuesday evening took steps that will mak’ possible the preparation of a car parking area at th»’ west end of the property to handle autos of sp ctators who attend sports events of th school. That was on ■ of several matters of business transacted during the evening. The parking area will cov.r nearly an acre of ground and ’he work to prepare it includes re moval of a fence, grading and graveling. The job is to start within th? next few days so com. pletion will be assured by the op"ning of football season, accord ing to Eugene Dove, superinten dent. WORK OUTLINED At Tuesday’s meting, the su perintendent reported to the hoard th ■ extent of work accomplished on the grounds and in the build ing during th? summer. One matter that has b’en in controversy since th? opening of school last fall has been disposed of because th? school has been able to obtain new locks for the lockers. The new locks are now on order and the board gav’ it's approval for th ’ change which will solve the locker problem. About a w»-ek will be required to install the console which will complete the building intercom munication system. Up to date, wiring and speakers have been placed so that completion of the system awaits the central control panel installation CONSOLE TO COME This console will include an amplifier, phonogranh, radio and control panel so that communica tion with any one or all rooms together and the gym will be possible. Programs, either re corded or from the radio, may be played over the system also. Other work remaining before the opening school date August 31 is' installation of the new front curtain and back drape’s for the auditorium stage. A work area has been installed in th’ com mercial room and storage bin . cupboards and cabinets supplied for the physical education depart ment, boiler room, and music room to complete work planned earlier in the year. CANOPY REPAIRED The board was informed that, through arrangements made by Vernonia Insurance agency, r’- pair of the canopy at the cast end of the building had been com pleted at a cost of a little over $1000. This exp nse was covered by insurance carried by the pav- ing concern which caus'd the damage when paving was done at the back of the building earlier this summer. New Features Added This Year, Plus Regular Events to Greet Attendants Board Abandons Heating Change i I League Call Issued The start of a bowling league later this year is intended, accord, ing to an announcement issued earlier this w ek by Desmond Laird, who will open the bowling alley in the near future. Persons interested in organizing a league are ask d to call 291. Secretary Employed Secretarial work at the high school for the coming year will be handled by Mrs. Imogene Bor- gelt, who was employ’d recently to fill the vacancy which arose at the end of last school term. scheduled for eight new members. Norgsard erous helpings of meat, so thi.« should prove attractive to fair goers. HALL TOPS LIST The popular hardtop races fco- turing drivers of the Golumb » County Drivers association wi. perform Saturday evening wilr time trials at 4:30 and races al 5:30. The drivers have been nw ing this summer at McMinnville where' Cloiee Hall has pilotrd hi« hardtop to the top point stamiinx among association drivers. Pro bablv at least 20 drivers will con pet»> at the fair races. To end th? thre»*-day event, modern dance will be held in t> • pavillion from 9 p.m. to I a.m. A condensed program for thus, who may wish it is Thursday—4- H and FF A jud. ing contests and showing of an mala. PROGRAM OUTLINED Thursday evening — The Jon Chitwood show, an automobile thrill show that includes precision driving, ramp leaps, a head-on car crash and crashes into parked cars. Friday afternoon—The couni« fair Olympics, an amateur serie» of races and contests open to all county residents, County-widi doubles horseshoe championship matches. Friday evening — Multnomah county sheriff's motorcycle stun*, team, a precision group with mo torcycle drill and stunts. County square dance jamboree. Saturday afternoon — Free bar b“cue, 2 to 4 p.m., with beef mud wiches for all present. Saturday evening — Hardt.>j races bv members of th Columbt - Drivers’ association. Modem dance. Employees Picnic The employees of the Safeway Store here were at Vancouver Washington Sunday where th»» attended the annual district pic’tu tor people working for the con cern. School Books Audited At present the internal account books of the high school are in Portland where they are beinj audited, Thes • accounts inchid- funds of the four classes, the vc ganizations and the student body Sanitarians Test County Restaurants for Bacteria A “swab rinse” test of 43 Co lumbia county restaurants and cafes was conducted last week by Bob Rinehart, county sanitarian, and Tom Blair, Portland sanitarian with the state board of health. A mobile laboratory operated by th? board was brought to St. Helens Monday and Tuesday to aid in the tests. It completed Its work Tuesday afternoon, although results of the survey will not be available for a f w days. Rinehart said the tests Captain of the team is Km made to check the standards of dishwashing methods in various food establishments of the cuen ty. The county h alth deport ment will aid cafes in improving methods found deficient, Rinehart said. Rinehart and Blair checked 19 restaurants in St. Helens, eight in Clatskanie, six in V'rnonia, six m Rainier and four in Scappoose, each with the owner’s permission Cotton swabs, moistened with sterile salt water were rubbit over the lips of cups and glasM-» or over bowls’of spoons to collect three bacteria sampl -s at each es tablishment visited. The swabs were then rtturned to test tubes of salt water and were taken to the laboratory truck Two technicians placed the sampl s in specially-prepared con tainers wh’re the bacteria colonies were permitted to grow for 4«i hours. Bacteria counts taken at the end of th 48-hour period, dis close the state of cl*anliness of utensils tested. Rinehart said the tests serv ■ two purposes: To help restaurant owners ascertain whether their dishwashing methods and manor r of handling ut< nsils an- effective To establish a mean* of measur ing effective dish washing pro cedure and to help secure uniform standards throughout the stair A similar survey was made in the county in 1950
