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L . ” • “ t» • ) , U of 0 VOLUME 31, NUMBER 36 VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON 10c COPY PHONE 191 THURSDAY, SEPT 3. 195 Grid Men Get SCHOOL STUDENT ENROLLMENT DOWN Ready for LC Jamboree Try REGISTRATION FOR FIRST DAY 176 AT HIGH SCHOOL Heavy Line Indicated; Eleven Lettermen to Start Tuesday Game I I Coach Bill Vlcck’s Vernonia t Loggers got down to practice in | earnest this week in preparation I for the Lower Columbia League jamboree to take plat* at St. Helens next Tuesday evening. On Saturday Bill Vleck’s charges will go through a full- scale scrimmage to iron out smalt difficulties and improve on their GREATER SAFETY at night f-sr bicycle riders at Mist is the pur blocking, tackling and other pose of this group. Scolchlite tape was applied io the bikes of the fundamentals of the game. .’•ommunity recently on the sponsorship of the Mist P.-T.A. for Vernonia will make a change in which Mrs. Jack Criwford is chairman. She is instructing the it’s formation this year by switch •nungsters on the tape application. Helping with the job was ing from the T formation to the Clarence Kyser, vice-president of the P.-T.A. and Mrs. Aldon Ash single wing back. The Logg. rs ley. president. Youngsters in the foreground are Richard Harris. will average about 180 pounds on Bvelyn Kyser and Bonnie Kyser. the line and 170 in the backfield. Coach Vlcek will start Tuesday’s game with 11 of last year’s letter- men with the big change being in the backfield with Freddy Dripps switching to the fullback position and Bill Higley going to the right guard slot, The pro bable Logger starting line-up on > ight high school football teams ner. i as follows: Individual team winners can not Tuesday evening is w 1 meet at St. Helens for the ' Chet Ray second annual football jamboree, | be determined in the games, but Left End the playing will give an indication Left Tackle Ozzie Ray scheduled for September 8. Pat Lloyd The teams will compete in shor, of what each team has to offer Right Guard i Center this year. Hank Bass 16-minute games, thus giving I Bill Higley Coaches and officials of the Right Guard C- umbiii county residents a pre- Jerry Herrin vi: v of each team's potential dur schools were working out plan.-, Right Tackle Ken Nanson this week to offer a smooth pro Right End ing the football season. Quarter Back Speed Lusby gram. Introduction of players as The teams will be divided into i Right Half Homer Fuller tv.n groups for the clashes with dcn> last year will b? eliminated Left Half Bill Braun to speed up proceedings. St. Helens, Scappoose. Rainier and Full Back Fred Dripps Teams scheduled for second, Pt-'krose making up the East The <*Sry?,k!ing of the bleacher ■ ;m and Vernonia. Clatskanie. third and fourth games will warm si‘ tioç -*Wr next Friday night’s up off the field while earlirr W Trenton and Seaside classed a games are in progress to eliminate game with the Forest Grove Vik the West team. « ings started Monday of this week delay between games. All but Parkrose are members I and will be ready for that tilt. of the Lower Columbia league. The bleachers will seat approxi Parkrose was invited by league mately 300 spectators. coach:s as a special guest at the The field is in excellent con jamboree this year. dition and the tram should be in The jamboree is slated to start top shape according to coach at I; p.m. on the John Gumm field. Vlcek. Those fans wishing tickets to At that time team captains will Bonneville power administra- : th'’ jamboree can secure them draw numbers from a hat to de tion has awarded O. T. Elliott, | from members of the football termine their opponents. Con tests will get underway shortly Yelm, Washington, a contract to I squad. The pric is adults $1.00 after with four games scheduled. clear right-of-way for the Forest and students 50c.- Each contest will consist of two Grovo-Timber tiansmission line e ight minute quarters. Scores on their low bid of $55,063, Thom v. 1 be totaled to determine as E. Black. BPA’s lower Colum whether East or West is the win- bia district manager, announced August 26 at Vancouver. The contract provides for clear The annual teacher reception, ing a right-of-way 21 miles long by 100 Let wide, construction of sponsored by the Vernonia Par access roads and felling all danger ent-Teacher association, is being Complications are hindering the trees. It will tpke about eight planned t ntatively for the even p gram of Renan Arteaga. Ecua months to complete the job, ing of Thursday, September 24, "Award of the clearing contract dor who was scheduled to spend this year is preparatory to con according to an announcement this month at the Henry Ander- Mrs. struction of a 115.000-volt power Wednesday morning by e.g farm as an International Farm lin? in 1954 that will carry addi ■ George Peters, publicity chair Y’.ith Exchange from South tional Columbia river energy into man of the association. Oregon’s, Clatsop. Washington and .A "erica. The affair will take place at Arteaga arrived and remained Columbia counties," said Black. the Washington school at 7:45 and O. T. Elliott is to begin work at ths Andercgg home for just a few hours before it was necessary within ten days and expects to is an opportunity for teachers and f take him to the hospital for complete the job in April, 1954. parents to become acquainted. a* emergency appendectomy. He The completion of the power line The first executive board meet was taken to Providence hospital to the Sunset substation of West ing of the association took place Tuesday in the community am Oregon Electric will provide this recently and appointments ot part of the Cooperative area with bulance. committee chairmen for the en During the time h? was to stay a two-way connection with Bon suing year were: program, Mrs. here speaking engagements had neville power. Harry Sandon; m mbership. Mrs. be n made for him to appear b • Arthur Nanson; refreshments, the I.OO F. lodge. Rebekah Mrs. Ralph Aldrich, Jr.; health loege and Natal grange. His ill and summer round-up. Mrs. H. L. ness mak s postponement neces Russell; high school service. Mr. sary. and Mrs. Floyd Bush; publicity, Mrs. George Peters and hospital Another TV set was placed in ity for teacher reception. Mrs. a home here Sunday as the result Guy Thomas. P.-T.A. officers for the year of an award made Sunday after noon at Dass park. The award are: president. Mrs. L. L. Wells; was made by the Vernonia Com vice-president, Mrs. Nanson; sec munity Ambulance committee retary, Hauton Lee and treasurer. : IRKENFELD — The Nehalem under the conditions stipulated on Jack Reynolds. Va ley Garden club will hold its the donation tickets which had a-iual flower show in the Bir- been on sale for three weeks pre k nfeld gvm September 10. En- Teacher» to Study tr 'S will be accepted from any- vious. Grade and high school classes The donation tickets sale gros o_< person, club or organization. T-e rules arc the same as in the sed a fund of $338.50 for the am I will not be held Friday of this Cciumbia county fairbook. The bulance. Winner of the set, a I week while teachers of the coun- awards will be given in the form Philco console model, was Glenn I ty attend the annual Columbia of ribbons. Entries will be re Rainwater. A good siz'd crowd county teachers workshop which ceived from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. picnicked at the park Sunday to will take place at St. Helens that There will be no school Th«« will be a program and re- be present for the award and also day. freshments will be served. The for the ambulance dedication Monday ot the coming week. La bor Day. which took place that day. program starts at 8 o'clock. Eight Teams Slated to Participate in Jamboree Clearing Work Awarded by BPA • PTA Sets Date ! For Reception Illness Strikes Farm Delegate TV Set Awarded At Picnic Sunday Date Set lor Flower Show First day student enrollment figures at the high school indi- cated a decrease in the number of students this year as compared with the number that first signed for classes at the start of 1952. The opening day total was com- piled and released Tuesday morn- ing by Superintendent Eugene Dove. Monday's total was 176 students, a considerable drop from the first day a year ago when 190 signed up for classes. It is likely, how ever, the number will grow in the coming wee k or so as late registrations come in. This in crease takes place each year and is expected by school authorities. It was also announced Tuesday morning that a new class may be added to the curriculum and that it will carry the title of either economic geography of natural history. If it is offered students, and the decision concerning it was to be made Wednesday afternoon, it will serve as an introductory course to later scientific study. Instructor for the course will be William Ferguson. GRADES DECREASE TO 479, DIVISION CAUSE OF PROBLEM 1 * ' ! j . [ ’ j Millis to See PU Grid fiction Gerald Millis is slated for a io: of action with Pacific University’s football squad this year as he is the only experienced running back to return there. That is the word of Paul Stagg. Pacific coach, who outlined prospects Wednesday for three Vernonia boys who are slated for action on the university squad. Millis was second high scorer for Pacific last ytar. He will begin his third year this fall. Gordon Crowston, whfi played with the Jayvees last y"ar. is the only experienced left half return ing and has a good chance for plenty of action this year, espe- cially as a pass hurler. Bert Fleskes is another member of the Stagg aggregation who will pro bably be on the JV lineup. The Pacific schedule includes five home games and is: Sept. 19 — Western Washington, home. September 26—Monmouth, home. October 10 — Wiliam tte, there. October 17 — College of Idaho, home. October 24 — Pacific Luthcrn, home. October 31 — Linfield, home. November 7 — Lewis, Clark, Port land. Novfmbcr 14— Whitman, there. Games will start nt 8 p.m. and season tickets at $6.50 for re serve seats under cover can be obtained from the athletic de- partm nt of the university. County Drivers To Race Monday Drivers of the Columbia Coun ty Driver’s association will race again Monday at the final race program of the summer which is scheduled for the fair grounds track at Deer Island. Harold Thompson of St. Helens currently holds first place in the point standings, but is followed closely bv Cloice Hall in second. Other drivers near the top ar? Abe Emerson, St. Helens, third and Frank Swanson. McMinnville, fourth. The Labor day schedule in cludes four heat rac's, a 10-lap sprint race. 15-lap class B main event and 15-lap class A main event as well as a new feature, th? destruction derby. Six cars are slated to compete in the derby which continues until only one car remains in operation. Time trials are to take place at 1:30 p m and races start at 2:30. The drivers association will race at McMinnville September 13 to determine the championship driver. Th" Vernonia elementary schools opened Monday with a slight decrease in enrollment from the previous year of 509 stud Jnt with 479 students enrolled by Tuesday. While there was an overall decrease in the numb r of students enrolled, the first giad- showed an increase over last y ,u with 84 students. The figure, were released Tuesday by Sup" intendent Darrold I’roehl. Other class figures showed 6J , second. 49 third, 44 fourth. 43 fifth. 43 sixth, 58 seventh. 4L eighth and 47 kindergarten stu dents. Equalization of class loads be tween the Lincoln and Washing ton primary rooms was und.r- taken Tuesday with the transfer ring of some students in the first grade at Lincoln to the Wash ington school and some second FIFTY years of membership in and third grad" students to the the I O.O.F. lodge was rewarded Lincoln school. with the presentation of a jewell Par nts are asked to cooperate in commemoration of the event in the transfer from one school last Friday night to Everett to the other if there is a necessity Both schools ar" operated unde George Johnson, a member of the same administration and fol Pontiac lodge at Livingston. Illi low the same pattern of inctruc- nois which he joined in 1901. Bill i tion. Horn, Noble Grand of Vernonia The plan of division is based < n lodge, and Truman Knight, sec first, second and third grade stu retary, made the presentation at dents living west of the S.P.AS tracks enroll at Lincoln as well the Johnson home in Riverview as primary youngsters who rid ■ Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have made to school in buses. their home here since April. 1945. THOSE WHO Hearing to Ask Milk Information ARE IN IT i ' ! | I , A public hearing to receive testimony and evidence as to the cost of production and distribu tion of fluid milk, resale prices, pooling regulations, allocations of quotas, and unfair trade prac tices in Zone No. 2 comprising Multnomah, Washington, Yam hill, Clackamas, Hood River, Co lumbia and Wasco counties will be held in the state office build ing. Portland, at 10:03 a.in. Sept ember 9, according to notices is su d by the Oregon milk mar keting administration. W. S. Weidel will be in charg • of the hearing which is one of a I series being held by the milk mar keting administration to investi- Pvt. Lee J. Faulk, who L’ft gat" cost and other factors affect here July 16 to enter the service, ing the production and distribu is taking his basic training al Fort Ord, California. After leav tion of milk in the bottle and can j ing here he sp nt a week at Ft. trade. Lewis before being transferred to • California and he has yet II i weeks remaining befor? complcie- ! ing basic. Tentative Year Schedule Issued Pvt. 2/c Patrick D. Sauer ar rived by plane August 16 in Portland, having a 10-day leave at home. He has completed I > weeks of basic training and is now quarter master with the 601st aerial supply co. at Fort Camp bell, Kentucky. He returned to Fort Campbell by car August 25 The tentative schedule of events that will take place during the coming year for th? high school was issued Tuesday by Mrs. Ora Bolmeier, program supervisor. The schedule had been worked out during the summ r and the dates Sgt. Marvin Turn r received were released now so that con his discharge August 14 from th? flicts with other activities may be avoided later. The activities U. S. Marines corps and with his and dates do not include athletic family, return, d to Oregon lasC week. He was stationed at Camp 'events to come. Lajeune, North Carolina. They Included were: will make their home at Pendle October 17 — Carnival. October 26-27—teacher workshop ton where Marvin has a Lachin; position in the elementary school. at Astoria. November 14 — Sadie Hawkins Pvt. Kenneth Lindsley left on danci. (Open to public) Wednesday for Fort Ord, Cali November 21—Junior play. December 12 — Christmas ball. tomia, where he will get ftsrthec orders. (Open to public) January 8—Timberline amateur hour. I Employees Picnic February 13—Sweetheart daneï. About 90 people including ena- March 13—St. Patrick’s day dance I ployees. their families and friend» April 19—Student body play. went to the “Legion hall last Frt May 15 — Junior Prom. Junior varsity football games day evening for the annual Co to be played this fall and the lumbia Tree Farm picnic. The affair usually takes place at dates are: Rogers park, but rain prevent'd Sept. 21 — St. H lens. here. going there this year. Th? main October 9 — Clatskanie, here. October 12 — Scappoose, there. course was barbecued b ef pre par’d by Glen Hawkins. November 2 — Rainier, here.
