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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1953)
Library, U of 0 Pioneer of Valley Taken To Hospital Andrew Parker Found III at Home Tuesday After Investigation Andrew Parker, one of the old- r ■ pioneers of the valley, was -. sen to the Jones hospital in - Jsboro Tuesday in a serious ¿•■'.dition, C. N. Rundell and Virgil Powell -'.iced Tuesday that there was smoke coming from the chim. ■ v of Mr. Parker’s home and s it 'd an investigation which re- • <> ted in finding him on the floor his living room in s.nous con- i : on. They calk'd State Patrolman C tude Shaw, who, looking . ■ "ough a window, saw Mr. ~;.-.kcr lying on the floor and turning that he was dead, call- . d the coroner. When he was f und to be alive, a doctor was c. cd. !r. Parker is 88 years of age . little hope was held Wednes- ,.¿y morning for his recovery al- f.’ugh he remained in a coma c: that time. Price of Meals To Remain Same The price currently being rgcd for the hot lunches at ■ Washington school cafeteria 1 remain the same for the re- tinder of this school year Su- ntendent Darrold Proehl said W:dnesday, if pres.nt conditions р. tvail. By that he meant that the ■ unt of surplus foodstuffs :ig received has been suffi- с. it to keep costs down from at they would be without these supplies. Considerable canned beef has b. < :i received and the lunch pro- ¡..im may be supplied with froz- < - beef within a short time from th national school lunch pro- c. >.-n which is administered by state d partment of education. T charg” for meals is 20 cents , . student per day. . t Program Date Set This year's presenation of th: C ■ istmas program is scheduled take place on the evening of T 'day. December 22. at the hington school. i Goat Remains With President Lions club presid: nt W A ( Davis is the custodian of the goat ■ as far as this week is concerned j and the reason: 100 per cent at tendance at Monday’s meeting Two Listed in This with the exception of one legiti Area by County mately excused absence for ill- Health Authority nets. However, after the meet Seven active cases of tuberculo ing officially ended, that member appeared at a program which sis in various parts or the county followed at the J. A. Bush, Jr., have come to light in the past few weeks according to a report home. He is Art Gardner. made by Miss Grace Roumagoux, The Lions adjourned for the county health nurse, to the Tu program presented by Rev. Steen berculosis and Health association. Three of these cases have be n Whiteside, rector of All Saints Episcopal church, Hillsboro. He hospitalized and the others are awaiting admission to a tuberculo ; talked and showed slides of a sis hospital. In addition to these, trip taken last spring to France, there are several patients under Germany, Italy, Switzerland ana observation. I England. "Two of the cases of active Featured by him were the tuberculosis are in th? Vernonia many stained glass windows and area and several in this area are : the architecture of European ca under observation." Miss Rouma goux stated. “Others are in the | thedrals. One of his hobbies is Scappoose and Goble areas and in the making of stained glass win St. Helens and Rainier." dows. “The help given us by the Tub.rculosis and Heath Associa tion in getting these patients to the hospital has been of great value,* Miss Roumagoux said. "They have also paid for tubercu. lin tests for families of patents | and large x-rays. Even though a 13-13 tie score The returns for the 47th Seal | ended last Friday's St. Helcns- sale in Vernonia are being handled i Estacada semi-final playoff «-in by Mrs. Frank Serafin, local the trv for state grid champion chairman. ship A-2 competition, the Lions lost the game when the net yard age was figured. This one loss eliminates the St. Helens team and leaves Estacada to meet I Prineville this week end for the championship. ] The official tally of net yard A change in plans since early- age listed 299 for Estacada and last week, when circumstances in 219 for St. Helens. Estacada dicated that the annual high registered 12 first downs to the school carnival would be impos Lions nine. The Rangers com sible, was mad? late last week pleted 14 of their 17 pass at and as a result the affair has tempts while the Lions completed been rescheduled to take place three out of five, rushing yard Saturday evening of this week. i age was 171 and 142 and passing That was the information forth yardage 61 and 54 respectively. coming from a d.cision of the Lions Lose Race For State Title Carnival Plan Carried Out Alternate Trustee At an election of 1954 trustees of the timber group of the Lum bermen's Industrial Relations Committee in Portland Monday, Judd Greenman was named al ternate trustee. He will succeed Henry E. Baldridge of the Pub lishers Paper Co., who was elect 'd trustee. The eketion took place at the annual membership meet ings of the Committee’s Port land-Vancouver logging and saw milling districts at the Benson hot;l. Mail Service Changes in County Over Years Told The Rainier M E. Church din room was the sc.ne of the ting of the Columbia County r. rical Society Tuesday, No- v. ~iber 17 with a very good at- • -dance and much interesting :r -rial being reviewed by sev- e ’ speakers. Due to a funeral the church in the afternoon, meeting was transferred to th Rainier Library. ,.s. H. R. Diblee told of the ■ intment of Dean Blanchard - postmaster of Rainier in 1864. 'howed the government docu- ,t giving him this appoint- --. it. Mail was brought up and d n the river by boat until 1898 v. • n the railroad was built. • r this, mail was quicker in . ving, with many changes m - r. ns of transportation up to Development of rural free de- ry, or RED. as usually called as covered by several, with Tra. , Parcher, long time carrier, ng of many experiences as a <„ - er from the days of horse- n vehicles to the present. Be c this time, neighbors often carried neighborhood mail from t - r postoffice so it wasn’t neces sary for all to make trips to get the r mail. ..mong interesting visitors was y.r?. Beryl Buckle Brakke of St. Seven Cases Of TB Active In County student council which has charge of designating concessions offered. Originally the date was set for : Friday, November 20. The new j date is Saturday. Novemb r 28. I The change also provides for the location of concessions in the various rooms and halls in place of the gym wtiere originally sched uled. Seventeen concessions ar? to be set up. Two attractions that will feature the evening are the awarding of a half of beef and a choice ham. Weekly Market Data Presented I Appearing for the first time this week is information concern Helens, who was a native of Rai ing the current market prices of nier and told interesting facts of sawlogs, poles, piling. Christmas her early recollections when th? trees and pulpwood as it applies post office was in her father’s to the western part of the state. store. He came to Rainier in The column will appear weekly 1883. worked for D an Blanch as long as information relativ? to ard for a time and then started a timber products in this part of the store of his own. Sh” recalled state is available. The informa the 1894 flood when the town tion is prepared we.klv and is was quite a flourishing place I sued by the extension department I with several mills and othtr of Oregon State college and the i businesses. U. S. departm nt of agriculture, i Mrs. Maude Rice Baker of St. cooperating. Helens told of being a native Basis for the information is sup daughter and of being raised in plied partially by the state board the Vernonia area. Later at the of forestry and is prepared by F. age of 16. she carried the mail H Dahl, extension agricultural from Houlton to Vernonia by rid economist, who was at one time ing the mountain road through a Columbia county ext-nsion dense timber on horseback. N. agent. The article appears on Perry was the Houlton post- I page 4. master at that time. There was ; a post office call“d Valley where Wilark is now. At that time, Du Pont Company had a logging camp there. Martin White was sheriff at that time. Omar Spencer spoke briefly of I early Rainier history as connected with the early explorations Mrs. Grace Reid also told many in teresting things of early days, connected with the mail and the transportation development. The next meeting is planned for Scappoose m December, time and place to be announced later. Fl&HT T»! Loggers Preparing for Court Season Opener With Evening Practices Preparation for the winter sport, basketball, as far as the Logger squad is concerned is going ahead almost on schedule even though practice sessions are tak ing place under a handicap. That is the word of Coach Jack Rey nolds who pointed out the pros pects for the coming season Tues day. The handicap arises from the lack of high school gym space and the necessity of holding prac. tices in the evening on the grade school floor, thereby lengthening the day for both squad and the coaches. However, prospects this early are good as outlined by the coach, who has cut his varsity crew to 12 men. four of which are lettermen. BANKS FIRST First on the Loggers' list of games will match them with Loggers Place 3 on All-Stars Use of Gym Boards' Topic Tuesday Eve. Banks next Tuesday evening a; Banks. Not until December 12 will Vernonia fans see their team Athletic, Dramatic in action when Oregon City is Events Arranged for dat'd to travel here. On that Washington School night fans will also see the Log At a joint me'ting of th • gers perform in new suits. Another new opponent on the boards of directors for district 47 Logger list this year will be Neah and the high school Tuesday kahnie, which school will par ■ evening a working agre m?ri ticipate in Low r Columbia league was devised to cover the use of track events this year and be a the Washington school gymna. full member of the league in all um by the high school for th * sport events next year. The Log. remainder of the year. Other halls will handle part of g.rs will play Neahkahnie on a home-and-home basis, here on the activities that would ordi January 15 and there February narily take place in the high school gym. 19. JAMBOREE SCHEDULED The next event after Banks next Tuesday will be the jamboree at Seaside. The jamboree was origi nally set to take place here, but again a change of plan was re quired due to the fire. The full season schedule calls for 22 games, the maximum number a:- lowed besides playoffs and tourna ment play. Coach Reynolds will build this y ar's team around his two re turning two-year lettermen, Ken Nanson and Bill Braun, leaving forward and guard places open for decision during pre-league gam s. Showings made at prac tice sessions point to either Charles Cunningham and Rick Bush for the open forward spot and either Bill Higley or Hank Bass at guard. Bass and Bud Fulton, at center, are one-year lettermen back from last year. 15 ON JV SQUAD Others named by Reynolds tor the varsity squad are Roy Higley, Pat O'Brien, Darrel) Fluke, Chet Ray and Larry Taylor. Fifteen Loggers will make up this year's junior varisity squad under the coaching of Bill Vlcek. They are: Dick Johnson, John Daniels, Bob Crowston, Bill Ho ward, Bill Ostrander, Bob Bates, Jerry Bush, Tom Peters, Bob Drips, Dick O’Brien, Art Lamp ing, Larry Johnson, and Jerry DeRoia. Thre? Loggers who played on this years second-place league team won mention on the Lower Columbia league all-star team se- lect d last week by coaches and officials. Three Loggers also placed on the second team and one won honorable mention. St. Helens placed four men on th? top team while Vernonia, Rainier and Warrenton each placed three. First publication of the selec- tions for the all-star team was released premature ly and un officially a week or so ago in an Astoria paper according to Eu gen? Dove, president of the league this v.ar. Original plan of the league was to withhold the in formation until after the chain- pionship playoffs in which St. Helens was engaged. The first team selected includes: 1 ft end. Larry Adkins. St. Hel ens; left tackle, Walter Burgher, SI. Helens; left guard, Bert Dil- ley, Rainier; center Mel Brim, Warrenton, and Larry Htrmo, Clatskanie; right guard, Joe Cod- dington. St. Helens; right tackle, Vic Graham. Warrenton and Jerry Herrin, Vernonia; right end. Ken Gregory, Rainier, Ken Nan- son, Vernonia; quarterback. Results of the annual school Lloyd Rea, Rainier; left half, Carl Rodrigues, Warrenton; right census, which was completed th? half, Duane Marshall, St. Helens last week in October were made and fullback, Fred Drips, Ver available earlier this week by Sup<nnt ndent Darrold Proehl. nonia. Loggers named to the league The total of 851 individuals be- s cond team were: left guard. Bill tw* on the ages of four and 20 Higley; right tackle, Ozzie Ray is a slight increase over last year’s and quarterback. Speed Lusby. total of 845. The census, w hich is taken by Bill Braun won honorable men tion as loft half. Fourteen school district 47. is required by tate law and was directed by R. playi rs were named on th first M. Aldrich, school clerk. Mrs. team because of tie votes. Art Nanson was the census enum erator. As indicated by the enumera tion. there will b? between 70 and 75 youngsters enrolled as first graders next year, indicating a need for three instructors. This A reception, which took place enrollment will be a decrease here Saturday evening at the from this year's first grade of 90 Masonic temple, honor: d Mrs. pupils. The data obtained from the Paul Gordon, memb'r of Nehal- cm Chapter No. 153, Order of census is used as a basis for op- Eastern Star and Grand Warde. portionment of state basic school support money. of the Chapter of Oregon. Distinguished guests present in cluded Mrs. Irene McKinley, Worthy Grand Matron and Ho ward Belton, Worthy Grand Pa. tron, as well as all the other elec tive and appointive officers of the Grand Chapter. Relatives of Mrs. Gerald Millis, son of Mrs. P. Gordon who were here at that time were Mrs. Gen? Nelson of J Millis, was on? of 20 members Cottage Grove and Mr and Mrs. of Pacific university’s varsity football team to receive his letter Don Gordon of Eugene. Preceeding the reception was a in football this fall. Jerry, a junior, has been active dinner for the Grand officers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emil in football and was rated one Messing. Worthy Matron and of the conference’s leading play Worthy Patron of Nehalem chap ers. He is a member of Alpha Zeta, local social fraternity, and ter. Arrangements for the affair, lives in Forest Grove with his for which the attendance was 250, wife. The football team finished sixth were in charge of Mrs. Messing and refreshments following the and last in the Northwest confer program were mad? possible by ence with a record of no wins, four losses and one tie. A.EiAM lodge members. Census Figures Show Increase 250 Present for Reception Here Millis Awarded Varsity Letter FLOOR USE ACCEPTED Under the agreement reached Tuesday, the offer of the Wash ington floor by the district 47 board was accepted bv the hig i school for all athletic and dram.it ic events. The boards and su perintendents agre d in general that high school students would be given specific instructions to use extreme care while in the Washington building to avoid any possibility of dainag?. Use of the space began with basketball practice and the Junior play was presented there Tues day evening. At the joint meeting the boards agreed that the high school would handle the expenses of custodial care involved from high school use, but that the extra use of lights and water would b • expenses to be paid by district 4’’. SCHEDULE ARRANGED The scheduling of events to avoid conflicts was handed Io Superintendents Proehl and Dov for solution and they completed most of these arrangements lat *r that evening. All physical education class a have been transferred to the so cial hall floor of the Evangelical U.B. church through an off?r made early last week by th ■ church board making that flo >r available. The Legion hall, which was also offered early last week by th* American Legion, was accepted for the annual Christmas festivi ties and for the Senior Christ mas ball scheduled December fl. GRADES OUT 23RD The use of the V. F. W. ha I was also offered by Smith-Chris tensen post should the schiMil have need of it. The present plan to dismiss high school class is December 11 will allow three weeks for reno vation of halls and classrooms, as was originally planned early last w.ek. Grade school classes will continue through December 23, th" original date for dismissal for the December holidays. A preliminary examination of bids for rebuilding the gym is scheduhd to be made by the in surance adjuster and the school architect next Monday or Tues day. At that time both Oscar Weed, chairman of the board, and Superintendent Dove will be pre sent at the opening in Portlaric,. Both the adjuster and architect will examine the bids to deter mine whether they meet specif, cations set up for the ieconstru< - tion. BID DATE SET On Tuesday, December 8, the bids will be presented the board of directors here for final selec tion of th" contractor who wi! do the job. Through arrangements made by the state fire marshal, a group of specialists have been conduct ing a thorough investigation of the gym to determin", if possib • the cause of the fire. They b? gan the investigation Wednesday of last week. Services Saturday Death claimed Frank Lousig- nont, Birkenfeld, Monday of thu week and arrangements hav * been made for the services L take place Saturday at Birken feld Burial will be at the Fish hawk cemetery.
