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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1953)
VOLUME 31, NUMBER 46 10c COPY VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON Annual Meet Of Co-op Due Here Saturday THOSE WHO ARE IN IT Staff Sergeant Le'man Lind- sley left Thursday for San Fran cisco where he is stationed. Weit Oregon Members Scheduled to Elect Two Board Directors This year's annual meet.ng of V>est Oregon Electric Coopera- t''n is scheduled to take place Saturday of this week, Novem- b r 14 and again the yearly af- fn :■ will take place at the Legion bill. The business meeting is tried to open at 10 a.m., the ar- -a’-gements for which have be.n made over a period of the past month by Manager Guy Thomas. Dn the agenda for the business sto.sion is: reports of officers, di- rrctors and committees and the e> ction of two directors as well a any other business that may c’le up during the day. Directors are to be chosen for ' district 2 and district 5 and can- d'sates for both have already I been chosen at district meetings j he'd earlier this year. The can dr ate for district 2 is Noble Dun. lap and for district 5, Guy Grif fith Both are incumbent direc tor whose terms expire. Two speakers will be heard di-’-ing the day. Professor Gerald E Korzan, department of agr;- cu rural economics of Oregon Stole will deliver the morning ad- d.- <s. Fred J. Hart, general field ' •":resentative, western arsa, will tt' in the aft.rnoon. Police Warn of Driving Danger Pvt. Marvin Brewer, Jr., is now a student at Ft. Benning. Georgia where he has completed training as a parachutist, according to a news release from the school. He enlist, d in the service March 31 of this year at Portland and has been at Ft. Benning since Sept ember 12. The course required that stu dents make jumps from an air plane in flight and one of the five required jumps was made with full equipment. He was a stu dent at the high school here un til November. 1952 and was em ployed at the mill for a short tim? be for' enlisting. TWO of Varncn a high school’s teaching staff we-e featurrd prominently in a recent Oregonian article which was partly concerned with National Education week. They are Ann Harding, who teaches girls P.E. and Junior Engl sh. and Mary Hard ng. home economics and American history instructor. Vernonia schools will officially observ? National Education we?k with an coin house at both the Washington school and the high school next Monday i veiling at 7:30. announcements from both schools indicate. The open house will be held to give parents the opportunity of visiting the build ings and hearing programs now being pr pared. Official dates for Education week are November 8 to 14. but the onen house is scheduled the follow ng Monday on November 16. At th: Washington school an assembly in the auditorium will start the event at 7:30 Superin tendent Darrold Proehl said on CO-OPS IMPORTANT Mr. Fenton spoke on the im portance of the co-operative movement, on which he is well informed, being active in the Grang? Co-op. He stated that in Denmark where the co-operative movement has been developed, the farmer r.ceives 74 per cent of the consumer's dollar, while in this country he receives only 44 per cent. Thus it is f?lt that more co-operative effort is needed and farmers are urg ‘d to use their own Grange Co-op. Another speaker was G. A. Heikkila. Finnish consul and a member of Clatskani? Grange. H? spoke on Finland and told of Finnish culture throughout th? years and their present living conditions. They have on? of the oldest civilizations in Europe, Scoutmaster for Troop Chosen ’ | . ' I ! [ having become a Christian nation in the 12th century and had their first university in 1640. They lived under Swedish rule for 600 years, then under Russian rule. Th? country is now a democracy with a one-house parliament of 200 membTs, a president and six major political parties. FINNS GROW BEETS He told of seeing large herds of reindeer on his rec'nt trip to | Finland and th se animals are | sold on the market for their meat, I thus making a living for Eskimos I who live north of the Artic Circle. I He also noted large fields of sugar beets farther south, so they hav? their own sugar. They also have developed the co-operative mark't. both wholesale and re tail. to a high degree. R< berta Tarb 11 of Warren told of her trip last summer to the Juvenile Grange camp near Bend, which she received from Pomona Grange. Berti' Lu Ash. ley of Mist told of her 4-H scho larship to summer school at Cor vallis. also a gift of Pomcna Grange. Five cand:dates took the Fifth Degree in th" evening, aft r which a program of music, read ings and skits was enjoyed. Response to Fund Drive Slow in Valley Area Like the rest of Columbia coun. ty where reports of progress are available, the respons' to the United Fund drive in the Ne halem valley so far has been slow. Bill Hom said Monday ot this week when he list d the amount that had been turned in so far during the campaign He pointed out that up to the C'.ub Represented first of this week $1200 had been A. Davis. Art Gardner and turn:d in to apply on the Ver ge A. Remnant represented nonia quota ot $3350, a figure con V rnonia Lions club Monday siderably short of the goal. The "ting at a Columbia county | quota includes $750 which will 5 - ice club party given for vet- I be turned over to the Vernonia < - at Barnes hospital. Vancou- I Emergency Relief committ"? for »- Only other club represent- use exclusively in this area in ; th: county was the St. Helens helping needy families. X -an is Gifts of candy, ciga- The amount contributed, how •.tes and cakes were given the ever. does not include funds that vet. rant. have been given or pledged by mill employees as no figure is available yet on that amount. M II Equipment Moved Mill men are b»ing ask.d to help Tie Roger Quirin mill, which the United Fund through solici been tn operation on Timber tation being made by the IWA. People who wish to help and te. was moved Wednesday to 2 • dge River. British Columbia. have not yet done so can send H- will continue to operat? his thzir contributions to th? Ver nonia Branch. Commercial Bank | — at Svenson. | i | I I | Co-op Movement Value Told Grangers Saturday On Saturday, November 7. Wi- nema Grange entertained Po mona Grange at Birkenfeld with a large attendance. Several visi tors were present from the Jewell Grange of Clatsop county and also T. H. Fenton of Milwaukie Grange. Clackamas county. Mr and Mrs. H. A. Cieloha were pre Sint from Clatsop county also. C ,ty and state police her? voiced a earning reminder earlier this w k that concerns all people wuo own and operate automo- b s. They pointed out that the a; .’roach of the winter season br "gs greater danger which in ert uses road hazards that may 1 d to accidents. Iso mentioned were the or. ths of two people who lost tht.r lives because of car acci dents in the past year. Police h*;-e that the exercise of greater c.-’c in driving will prevent fur- tF; deaths this y.ar. Eugene Parker is the new -*■ itmast'T for Vernonia Boy S ut troop 201. an announce- t from the I.O.O.F. lodge, s.-nsoring organization, indicates t - s week. Parker was chosen for f position several days ago a’ -. a meeting of the Boy Scout c. --mittee named by the lodge and working with him as assis tants are Walter Harris and Lyle Frazier, both instructors on the tci. hing staff of the Washington school. B'll J. Horn, lodge noble grand. ; ting as the institutional re- p. -entative from the lodge with the scout committee for which to - Lindsay is chairman? Other members of the committee are Gardner. Charles Johnson, J ~ Davies and Merle Graham. PHONE 191 where an account for Fund money ha- bc?n set up. Horn pointed out. Purpose of the united undertak ing is to combine the individual driv s that hav b?en conducted in former years into one solicita tion which, in turn, r?duc"s the effort of carrying out the work as well as the exnense. Conse quently larger gifts of money are asked to meet th? combined budget, which has been reduced from the total of amounts indi vidual agencies would ask were th:v to conduct sepaiate drives. The general plan for combining the individual drives into one undertaking was first worked out by national labor organizations. Word from St. Hel 'ns indicates labor there will set up a single donation syst ; m for its members if the United Fund fails. If the quota is not made here within a short time, the local chairman indcated a house-to- house canvass would be made and that effort towards achieving the goal would continue until it is reached. Tuesday and at that time visitors will hear an explanation of the program, s e a plaj- by the 8th grad? students on National Book week and hear several musical numbers. Room visitation will follow the assembly program during which t:me parents will have the op portunity to visit class rooms. A g neral assembly will also start the op"n house at the high school at the same time, 7:30 when visitors will be welcomed by Dick Gwin, student body presi dent. Sup rintendent Eugene Dove will outline the program, explain the facilities the school offers for student instruction ana give directions for the remaind: r of the evening. Several band numbers will also be heard at that time. Room visitation will follow the assembly, the program for which is being arrang"d under the chairmanship of Bill Johnson, high school band instructor. Play-off Place Won by Lions Net Season to Open December 1 Next event on the sports cal endar for the Loggers will be the opening of basketball season, which this year is scheduled for December 1. Vernbnia will go to Banks for the first game of the season which will continue through March 9. Th ■ full sched. ul? for the Loggers is: Dec. 1—Banks, there Dec. 4 — LCL Jamboree, here Dec 8 — Knappa, there D e. 11 — Pacific U Frosh, there Dec. 12 — Oregon City, here Dec. 15 — Banks, here Dec. 18 — Oregon City, there Jan. 5 — Pacific U. Frosh, here Jan. 8 — St. Helens, h.re Jan. 12 — Scappoose, there Jan. 14 — Knappa. here Jan. 15 — Neah Kah Nie, here Jan. 22 — Seaside, there Jan. 26 — Clatskanie, here Jan. 29 — Warrenton, there Feb. 5 — Rainier, here Feb. 9 — St. Helens, there F’eb. 12 — Scappoose, here F'eb. 19 — Neah Kah Nie, there F eb. 23 — Seaside, here F'eb. 26 — Clatskanie, there March 5 — Warrenton, here March 9 — Rainier, there. Their victory over Oswego high I Hunting Accident Draws $500 Fine school last Friday night 20-14 I earned for the St. Helens Lions I a position in the stat? A-2 play off and will pit them against Reedsport on th" Lion field this George J. Koski, St. Helens, was Friday night. This Friday’s game fined $509 and lost hunting priv will be a state quarterfinal con ileges for ten years, when he ap. test. pearod before Judge Howard K. St Helens tallied its first score Zimmerman in circuit court last with just four plays from the Wednesday on charges of negli first time the Lions took posses gent wounding with a firearm. sion of the ball after an Oswego A ricocheting bullet from Kos fumble on Oswego’s 28-yard line. ki's rifle struck Mrs. Stanislaus The two following touchdowns C St (Inge Octobd I• while came, one midway through the she was camping with her hus first quarter on a 95-.vard punt band near Baker point lookout. return and the other on a 35- Koski, who had not se- n Mrs. vard pass in the second period. St. Onge as he fired at a deer, Oswego also scored in the turned himself in to officers after second quarter and again in the learning of the accident. third period. She was taken to a Portland hospital with face and neck wounds from two pieces of the rifle’s projectile. Officers said th" bullet had struck a stump, glancing to strike Mrs. St. Onge. She was still in the hospital this week. Bertha Elton Bergerson. a for This was one of two hunting mer resident of Kist and one of accidents which caused injuries the cover d wagon pioneers, pas near here during the rec nt sed away at her home in Port hunting season. land November 3 at the ag? of 71 years, nine months and one day. Born at Burton, Kansas, Agency Taken Over she came West at th: age of five Announced here a few days years with her parents in a co vered wagon. Jat.'r homesteading ago was a chang? that now makes Sid Sorensen the Vernonia repre on Braver Creek. On Oclob: r 27. 1397 she was sentative for Stat" Farm Insur married to Adolph Bergerson. ance companies. Because of the is taking over the She was preceded in d-ath by change h her husband and son. Clifford, agency formerly handled by Jim. and toaves to mourn, her daugh mie Johns. ter. Lois, five grandchildren and t:n great grandchildren. Early Pioneer Of Valley Dies Shrubbery Planted Date Set for Rite Final rites will take place Fri day of this week at Birkenfeld for Guy Bellingham, who passed away Tuesday. The services will be h-ld at 2 pm. Shrubbery was planted along th? front of th? Washington school building last week end by Thornton's Nursery, Warren, to replace the shrubs which were cut down last year and earlier this year. THURSDAY. NOV. 12. I ’ Boards Reach Agreement on Land Transfer Vacant Director Post Action Not Taken by Board Tuesday Evening The separate meetings of the high school and grade school boards of directors were com bined later in the evening Tu s day to reach an agreement on i proposed transfer of ownership of a small piece of property w.st of the Washington school. Because of specifications in th • deed for the property on which the high school stands, it will !>• impossible to negotiate a trans fer of ownership of the sn:a,l parcel of land just west of the Washington school until 1961. As a result, both boards have agreed that the minutes of their met tin be written so that the specifica tions of the deed be observed un - til the change can be officially made in 1961. Because no official resignatii i had been received by the high school board from Luther Her rin, who has moved from her ■, no action was taken Tuesday t > appoint a board member to th» position held by him The direc tors were read a report from th • state health and sanitation in spector giving his approval for the school and were informed that almost the full amount of the capital outlay budget figur i had been expended on the plan- for th" current budget year. Date Named for Annual Carnival The high school carnival, an annual affair, will take place in the auditorium Friday evening of next week, November 20, and will offer opportunities to win half a beef and a choice ham to tw > people. Th ■ awarding of the two items will be two f'ature attrac tions of the evening Superinten dent Eugene Dove said Tuesday Fust event sch-duled that, evening is a faculty play. The ham will b" offered by th? Junior class and th? person who will receive it must be present, while the winner of the beef need not b> on hand wh 'n the award is made. Concessions and the classes and organizations handling them will be: athletic commission, bingo Memolog, food booth; Seniors’, basketball throw; Juniors, base ball throw; Sophomores, darto. Freshmen, movie and penny toss Timberline, sale booth and tel?- grams; GAA, cake walk; Pep club, ring toss; Girls League, fish pond; Lettermen, die? gam ■ photography club, inspiration game; librarians, wheel chance, band, wheel of fortune and Th .- pians, sponge throw. Yule Seals to Go Out Monday This y; ar's mailing of th? Christmas Seal sale letters is scheduled to be made here Mon day ot next w:ek under the direc tion of Mrs Frank Serafin, who heads the sale for this area. Mrs Serafin, with a group of helper?, completed stuffing the enve lopes Tu sday Christmas Seals are not a pa t of the current United Fund driv . it is pointed out, because th • stickers are offered on a sa. ■ basis instead of asking for con tributions. People in charge of the sa'. .• of Seals in this county point out that consid rable expense has been incurred during the pa t year because of the many x-rayi taken Those who do not receiv? letters containing th? S"als can notify Mrs. Serafin. The mailing this year will be the 47th year the und-rtaking has been carried out.
