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
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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,
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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
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- at Barnes hospital. Vancou- I Emergency Relief committ"? for
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Only other club represent- use exclusively in this area in
; th: county was the St. Helens helping needy families.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.