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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1953)
Library, U of O X-ray Survey Saturday to End in County Schools to Start Classes August 31; Rules Explained The opening of school August 31, will find the Washington and Lincoln schools ready for the start of classes. Superintendent Darrold Proehl said Tuesday morning of this week. The first day will be devoted to registration and a half-day of classes and students will be home by noon. Parents of children just old enough to enter the About 10,000 Expected , To Take Advantage of Check-up Opportunity The Columbia county chest x- ray survey of small x-rays will b? < ompleted Saturday evening m St. Helms where two units are perating. On Monday afternoon large x- rays were taken of 28 people in Vernonia which is an excellent response to the 29 invitations sent cut. This does not indicate tha, these individuals have active tu berculosis, but it does mean that those people were wise enough to try to find out why the small x- ray was not clear enough to be read as negative. Tuesday, larg? x-rays were taken at the Clatskanie city hall. Almost 6,003 miniature x-rays were taken in ths county as o; Saturday, August 15, when Scap- poose secured 1105 x-rays of people in that vicinity. It is estimated that approxi- mately 10,000 miniature x-rays will be taken in the county by Saturday evening. The success of this survey is due to the ex cellent co-operation of individuals and organizations throughout the county. | I ! I BARBECUING for the county fair event Saturday afternoon was handled for the fair board by Wil liam Clark, right, and Howard Hornbuckle, Jr.. Vernonia men. The previous experience of both in cooking the meat paid off for fairgoers who were served sandwiches from 2 to 4 p.m. The serving was handled by the St. Helens Jaycees who were aisisted by Lew Choate and J. A. Bush, Jr. | I ’ Building Work THOSE WHO Near Completion ARE IN IT The custodians of the Wash Dr. J. R. Manley whites that he ington and Lincoln schools will had an interesting trip to Tokyo. next week put on the finishing H" spent one and one-half days in touches in pr paration for school the Hawaiian islands, was on opening August 31. The annual Wak? island, and after about 30 program of summer cleaning nears hours flying time in all arrived completion with the waxing of in Japan to await further orders. the main halls of the Washington I He expected, when the lett.r was building. Summer improvam: nts that written on August 7, to serve have been made include two new about 10 months in a Seoul. Korea ,* larence Sundquist. formerly of floors in the basement. The band evacuation hospital. • f Vernonia, di:d at White Sal- room floor is of concrete and a Tn Tovko, the form r Vernonia mon, Washington July 29 from n.w wood floor’was laid in the dentist visited Budhist and Shin an accident which occurred at kindergart ?n room. In addition, to Shrines, the Imperial palace the sawmill at Lyle, Wash. His the tables and chairs in the kin and the Japanese Diet building. home was at Gresham where his dergarten were refinished and a He claims that the use of horns wife, Ruth, and children. Joyce new cloak room added. inst ad of brakes by the cabs and Galen, live and also his The building of storag? bins sounds like a New Year's eve as mother, Mrs. Gust Sundquist. and a broom closet were com they weave in and out of traffic He had two sisters living in pleted in the kitchen during the I made up of all kinds of carts, Fortland, Mrs. Clara Seversen and j summer. Two new outside lights motorcycles, busses and other ve Mrs. Mary Milsted, and a sister. were add d. Two r»?w rooms of hicles. Mrs. Anna Danielson, Mahtowa. I desks were purchased under the Minnesota as well as a brother, long-range plan of adding some John Sundquist, of Vernonia and to this n?w equipment each year Pvt. Wesley Hunt of Fort Lewis niece, Hild"r Davis, and several until new seats have been pur spent the week end at the horn? nieces and nephews of Portland chased for the entire school. of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hunt. Former Resident Taken by Death I Improvements Noted for Cleanliness of Cafes r esults of a "swab rinse" sani tation check made in Columbia county restaurants, cafes and other eating places last week re vet. ed an improvement since 1950 in handling of utensils, Ben Rine hart, county sanitarian, said a few days ago. R.nehart said a bacteria colony count showed that restaurant < p-rators were attempting to pro- v de cl'an utensils for their cus- t. ’-ers. Of 43 eating places tested in ‘he county, 14 were rated as satisfactory. ONE PLACE PERFECT On" establishment, Heinie’s Cof fee Shop, St. Helens, rated a pcr- fect score. Technicians wers un- ab.e to find any bacteria coloni s or. the spoons, glasses or cups tested at Heinies. Humphrey’s, Clatskanie, was rated as second cleanest in the county as far as utensils were c. • ,-erned. f.hers rat"d as satisfactory’, and < .cse behind Heinie’s and Hum- phrey’s, were Kelley’s Tavern, Lt t.ha's Rich Maid Ice Cream shop, Tu p cafe. High School conf:c- tc* r ry. Kozy Kom?r, Do Ra Cafe Theater Coffee shop and Town Ta all of St. Helens; Dixon drug, Tourist grille and Bear Ta. vem, all at Clatskanie, and Bop's cafe, Raimer. METHOD EXPLAINED 'I m .'hart said the tests applied <r.. to standards of washing and har d!mg methods for dishes and other utensils. The survey was mad; by using swabs of cotton moistened with salt water. The swabs were rubbed ov?r the lips of cups, glasses and spoons in each establishment to collect three bac teria samples The samples were taken to a la boratory truck in St. Helens where they were placed in specially pre pared containers. Bacteria were permitted to grow for 48 hours. A count of bacteria colonies, which by that time were visible, showed th" state of cleanliness of the uten sils tested. Results varied from excellent to poor, Rinehart said. Any uten sil showing a brlctena colony count of 100 or less was considered satisfactory. SOME TOO NUMEROUS Samples from four establish ments produced colonies “too nu merous to count” while others showed only a few. Twenty-five establishments that failed to reach the satisfactory mark, came fairly close. Rinehart said they are not considered unsafe for eating. In some cases only one of the three types of utensils surveyed failed to pass the tests. If a spoon or cup were touched by the hands the bacteria colonies could increase to such an extent that an unsatisfactory rating re sulted or a count could not be made. In 1950. only eight of 26 places tested were satisfactory. ASSISTANCE OFFERED Rinehart said failure to pass the test indicated improper wash ing techniques, improper storage or handling of dishes. He said the county public health of fie.- will assist cafes found below stan dard in improving their methods The test also showed that cups were th? most difficult to clean of the three utensils tested. The larger bacteria counts were found on cups than on spoons or glasses in most establishments. Cpl. Frank Van Dusen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Purcell, was discharged from the army th ■ latter part of July and returned to his parents home. He had just finished 18 months of active duty in Korea and has now found em. ployment at Longview, Washing ton. Pvt. Kenneth Lindsley arrived Monday from Camp San Luis Obispo, California to spend a 10- day leave at the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W J Lindsley. He is to report back at Port Ord, California August 28. County Given Control Fund Allocation to 31 counties of $29.500 for predatory animal con trol for the fiscal year was an nounced last Friday by the state department of agriculture. The state sum represents half the biennial appropriation made by the last legislature and is allo cated to the counties on the basis of about 28.4 per cent of th? county budgets for predatory con. trol. Budgets for this purpose in the 31 counties rang’ from $500 in Hood River to $9.000 in Douglas and total $103.820 The county budgets, plus the state allocation and other monies available in cluding that from the state game commission, bring to $159.880 the amount earmark d in Oregon for control of predatory animals here in the year ending next June 30 The department of agriculture allocation for Columbia county is $230. 1 Home Extension Agent Appointed first grade must be six years of age on or before November 15, 1953. The child’s sixth birthday must fall on or before that date, not at some time after that date. Childr°n entering kindergarten and first grade youngsters who were not exxamtned at the pre school clinic must have a medical examination before entering school in order to meet state re- quirements. This requirement will be strict- enforced and forms to fill out for children who have not al ready had the examination may be obtained at the doctor’s office here. DIVISION EXPLAINED Parents who may not know to which school to send their child ren are informed that the Lincoln school on Corey hill will accomo date students of the first, second and third grades who live west of the S.P &S. tracks. All youngsters in grades 1, 2 and 3 who ride school buses must nroll in th? Lincoln school. This is necessary to "qualize the clas ses in the Washington and Lin coln schools in order to meet state standardization requirements. The school administration is authoriz d to adjust zones and to shift pupils to attend th" school of their choice, but in order to adjust the teacher-pupil ratio to an effective size, it is necessary to request pupils to shift from on" school to another. The co operation of pupils and parents will be appreciated in the mat- ter the superintendent said ' Appointment of Miss Helen Sel be as Columbia county horn” ex tension agent effective Septem ber 1, is announced by F. L. Bal lard. associate dir. ctor of the Ore gon State college extension ser vice. Miss Seilie had been home ag nt in Tillamook county four years and in Benton county two years before going to Hanover county, Virginia last year as home d m- onstration agent. One of the first agents in Tillamook county, she had developed the program there. She is a graduate of Concordia college in Moorhead, Minn sota, and took graduate work at the University of Minnesota, Univer sity of Idaho, and Oregon state i college. Miss S'llie replaces Miss Fran BUS ROUTES SET FORTH ces Gallatin, who resigned to be Th" buses and the routes th"y married. will follow are: Dan Cason bus— Her appointment is subject to Sunset camp to Trcharne junction approval by the state board of with the load from there on to higher education. be equalized with the Curl bus; Bob Curl bus—Pebble Creek loop; George Johnson bus—Camp 8 to Riverview; Wilbur Davis bus— Rock Creek route; Austin Corn bus—Mist route and M. B. Steers bus—Stoney Point*and overflow at Riverview. Vernonia’s P?eWee baseball club There will be two sessions ot competed yest'rday in the state kindergarten again, the first from tournament, the first time a team 9 to 11:30 for youngsters coming representing this community has by bus and living the greatest had the opportunity to meet heav distance from school and the ier competition on a statewide second from 1 to 3:30 p.m, basis since the youngsters were organized by George Peters a year PRICE REMAINS SAME Th ’ lunch room will operate or so ago. He learned that he was to take again the same as last year on a the boys to the tourney earlier $1.00 a week basis or 25c for a this week after Scappoose, win single meal and the first meal will ner of county play, was disquali be served Tuesday, September 1st fied because of an ineligible Students will be requested to pay for lunches on Mondays for a week player. The PeeWees met The Dalles or more at a time and all checks in their first game at 1 p m. The are to be made payable to the tournament opening games were Vernonia elementary school. Youngsters will be required to played at Jantzen beach. bring 60 cents Tuesday morning I for the first week’s lunches. It is hoped that if enough youngsters participate in the pro gram the school will bt» able to , maintain the $1 per week charge. I Lunches will be made available Roger Quirin of Vernonia came to high school students desiring up in th? world of hardtop jalopy them. racing at the McMinnville track Sunday, August 9. He brought horn" a trophy for first place in the class B helmet dash, also first place in third heat race and second place in class B main event. An all-day meeting of the in Cloice Hall is still high point man for the Columbia County structors who will teach in the Drivers' association this year. He union high school during the com placed first in first heat race, also ing year is scheduled to take place first in class A main event Sun Saturday of next week, August 29. Superintendent Eug ne Dove day. This is Mr. Quirins* first year announced earlier this week. The meeting will convene at at racing and so far he has placed at every race, making a record 10 a.m. so that the group can plan it’s work for the opening day for himself. The county drivers are sched August 31 and for the term. The uled to race again this coming six new teachers will be guests Saturday at McMinnville with of the teachers who are returning from last year at a noon lunchran. ne trials at 6:30. PeeWees Compete In State Tourney Trophy Won for August 9 Racing Instructors to Plan for Opening SUB CHANGE TO CAUSE OUTAGE Users of electricity from the West Oregon Electric Coopera tive syst‘*m will be without pow ?r early in the morning of Sunday August 23, an announcement Tues day indicates. From 1 a.m. to 4 a.m. that morning the entire Vernonia area will bt> subject to service inter ruption during the installation of a new switching pole at the River view substation. Communities affected will b' Mist. Birkenfeld, Vernonia, Top Hill, Bacona, Timber route. Tim ber and along the Sunset high way. Ordinance Lists Connection Rules Regulations that will govern the connection of homes to th 1 sewer system proposed for this- Corey hill area are contained in an ordinance adopted Monday evening by city councilmen. The ordinance, prepared by City at torney C. F. Bradley, was another step towards completing the legal work necessary to carry out the project. Th" regulation sets forth re quirements for connecting to sewer mains and outlaws privies, cesspools and septic tanks. The city meeting Monday was adjourned until Monday of the coming week whm th' opening of bond bids is scheduled at 8 p.m, that is if any bids are received Indications up to this week were not too favorable that any would be forthcoming. At th? meeting earlier this week the council was informed that an audit of city books would again cost $475. This is th" same amount ( as paid for the past several yean I to the firm of I. D. Wood and company, which ha done this work for the city. Budget Drawn For United Fund , | Representative from the vari I j ous areas of this county convene * [ Monday evening of this week at St. Helens to work out budget figures for the coming driv" of the Columbia Unit d Fund which is the combination of agencies of the Oregon chest, the Red Cross. Cancer campaigns and county or ganizations for which financia' assistance is sought. A budget of $26,000 in round figures was drawn up to includ all drives in one with' the excep tion of the March of Dimes. This budget is subject to examination and approval of the board of di rectors of the Columbia United Fund at a meeting they will hold Wednesday ot next week. This community was repres-nted on the budget committee by B 11 J. Hum and George A. Remnant Examiner to Come A drivers license examiner will be on duty in Vernonia Friday. August 28. at the city hall between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m Persons wishing original licnsr- or permits to drive are asked to file applications well ahead of the scheduled closing hour in order to assure time for completion of the required license tests.
