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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1953)
VOLUME 31, NUMBER 50 10c COPY VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON PHONE 191 Office Open All Saturday THE LOG DECK in the Long Bell pond at Vernonia, when completed on December 1. 1953. contained 4.000 logs, all of which were Douglas Fir. The last deck put up in the Vernonia pond, when completed on November 25. 1949. contained 4.798 logs, but THOSE WHO ARE IN IT PE2 Wesley D. Hunt graduated from radio operator's school No- v -ibcr 27. He is stationed at F<-t Lewis. /2c Billy Wells let Wednes- for Paine Air Force Base in V shington after spending a 12- dt leave at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Wills. B' y came from Lowry Air Force c at Denver. Colorado. Dewey Hunt received d last week that her husband be;n promoted to Corporal. Kenneth Lindslev and a f—t id. Pfc. Blaine Roberts, of Fr. t Lewis spent the week end the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Lindsly. ' 3c James Frank left Monday •-.t to report to Parks AFB. fornia for assignment over- Game Man Gives T alk to Students ’ ’aterfowl management was the of a new program in the fe conservation scries de- d by the Oregon stat? game - mission and presented at the school Monday. rtoon-like charts illustrated 0-minute talk bv Game Com- on Education Agent Milton ¡non, followed by the sound, film, “B?hind the Flyways." : 27-minutc movi? showed many cooperative waterfowl -..gement activities being car- ■' on bv federal and state ?.?• -cics. with h lp from private nizations and sportsmen, cgon’s part in the nation program to provide feeding resting grounds for watcr- to study waterfowl migra- , and to acquire lands for :c shooting grounds should be iter.st to every young citi- Liymon also ores'mted a si- ■ er program Monday at an as se oly at the Jewell high school. because the average log sixe in 1949 was smaller than in 1953. the company believes the footage in the 1953 deck, estimated at 7 million feet, is as great as that in the 1949 deck. First Two Gaines IVon by Loggers to Open Hoop Season; To Play Saturday This year’s hoop season opened with a bang for the Loggers who have captured wins in two gam's they have played. Th:ir win at Seaside in the jamboree was the only east team victory in that exhibition, for which the total west score was 97 to 71 for th east. Again Tuesday night Knap pa fell 70 to 55 before the speedy Loggers. LOGGERS WIN FRIDAY At the jambor?? last Friday at Seaside Scappoose met Seaside in th? first game and won 26-13. Other games and scores were: St. Helens vs. Clatskanie, 24-17 fa voring Clatskanie; Vernonia i vs. Neah-Kah Nie, 28-24 for 1 V r- nonia; Rainier vs. Warrenton, 23- 13 for Warrenton. Coach Jack Reynolds worked in the entire Vernonia squad dur ing the second ouarter against Neah-Kah Ni?. Judging from the jamboree exhibition, the best per formances were deliver 'd by Sea side, Clatskanie and Warrenton, II th? latter showing considerable strength with most men back I from the squad of last y ar. iI LATE SEASON HINDERS Scappoose floored a fairlv tall team and St. Helens lacked on ’ player who has not recovered from a football injury. Th? Saints lacked time for prepara tion because of their lat? foot i ball season. Raimer offers a team that is inexperienced this year with only one returning lett r- Jury Returns Guilty Verdict A verdict of gu'lty was re turned Wednesday evening of last week by a iustice of the p ace court jury which heard the trial of Art Johnston vs. the state of Oregon. The charge was refusing to per mit officers to weigh and failur: to submit his vehicle to measure ments and weighing. A fine of $100 nlus costs was levied, but execution has been susp nded un til December 28. Whether the case will be appealed to a higher court is not known y:t. man from last year. Neah-Kah Nie exhibited a good brand of ball with several outstand.ng men The Vernonia squad presentid a fast brand of ball although lack- ing in experience and was spark ed by the performance of Braun who led scoring with eight points. Against Knappa ther? Tuesday evening, Braun again deliver'd an outstanding floor game and Cunningham showed exception ally well at times. High point man for the evening was Nanson with 21 of which h? tallied il during the first period. The Log gers" held the lead at the end of every quarter, scores being: 1st, 23-10; 2nd, 41-24; 3rd, 57-41. The r.serves played most of the final frame. FROSH NEXT Vernonia will go to Forest Grove tonight, Thursday, to meet the Pacific university frosh at 8 p.m. in the university’s old gym. On Saturday night fans will view their first home game when the Loggers meet Oregon City, mem ber of the Tualatin Valley league. Preliminary game is scheduled at 6:30 at the Washington school. Oregon City will bring a team of which most men are returning lettermen, The Loggers will ex- hibit their n: w uniforms and the girls drill team will perform at halftime. Columbia county farmers can receive help with the preparation and filing of their declaration of estimated income tax or their income tax returns when an in ternal revenue agent comes to this county early in January, Farmers who fil* an estimated tax return on form 1040ES will have until March 15 to file tax returns. Farmers who do not file an estimate must file a complete return by Monday, February 1. Other taxpayers will be assisted later. Annual Sale Due Schduled for Friday and Sat urday of this week is the annual ladies day sale that is staged an nually by Brunsman Hardware. A free gift will be given to evety lady who visits the store on th"», days. 2 VER 250 years of married lit* is rspresented in this group phot., taken Sunday aftarnoon whan Mr. i-d Mrs. Frank Taylor wara honorad at thair 50th wadding anniversary reception. All of the r.-uples have bean married 50 years or longer. From the left, standing ara: Mr and Mrs. E. J. Doug M. Mr. and Mrs. C. W Stubbs. Portland, parents of Mrs Dorothy Paterson. Mr and Mrs. W. O. r--r ter field. Seated, from left: Mr. and Mrs. Smith Taylor. McKensie Bridge, brother and sister in of Frank Taylor: Mrs Charles Taylor, sister-in-law of Mr, Taylor, and Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Mill Started November 30 ! Bid Selected By District Tuesday Eve Rebuilding Scheduled For Immediate Start , 3 Bids Considered Rebuilding of the union hig.i school gymnasium and other rw pair work that will be necessary to restore the school structur * is exp?cted to get underway by the first of next week and son. ■ equipment will be on hand f. . the start by the end of this week. That was the information give > the district board Tuesday eve.", ing after selection of the succe» ful bidder for the work had bee i made. $70.400 COST LISTED The contracting firm submrr ing the bid chosen by the board The operation of the Roger is Reimers and Jolivette of Port Quirin mill, which was moved to land. The amount of their bi t Canada recently, began Novem plus the architect fee is $70,4Oe ber 30. according to Mrs. Quirin, The board signed the construct i -i who has returned from a 10-day contract Tuesday upon the advice trip there. The mill is locat d at of John L. Foote, attorney for Lac La Hache, B.C. the high school. He will also re The cost of operating appears view the contractor’s conform to be about half as compared to I anee bond as soon as it is sub here, wages being less and other mitted. expenditures cheaper. Lumber The district also submitted !.» prices, however, are about the the insurance adjuster the figure same, but the quality of the lum of $12,860.67 which covers losses ber is higher. for renovation of equipment and Mr. Quirin will join the family materials that were smoke an J here for the holidays and they water damaged, for equipment will return to Lac La Hache with lost and temporary operating ex. him to make their home. pense. Public Aid Budget fc r Medical Care Over-Spent Agents to Help Farmers File The service was announced ear Her this week bv th? department when visit dates throughout the A revenue state were listed, agent is scheduled to be at St. Helens at the court house Jan uary 4 and 5 inclusive. To mak? poss ible better service for patrons, the ■ windows of the Vernonia pos t office will remain open all day for the coming two Saturdays b. fore the Christmas holiday. Emil Messing, postmaster, id Tuesday of this week. At the same time he urged pa trons to mail Christmas greeting cards and parcels as early as possible so that d. livery will be more certain before the holiday. Especially is that true when de livery must be mad ■ to distant points. The all-day Saturday service will be in effect for Saturday, December 12 and Saturday, De- cember 19. THURSDAY. DEC. 10. I» i Compiled as of the first of this canc°r and pneumonia being the month are the amounts of ex I outstanding conditions. Exact penditures for the various depart I cost for November cannot be de ments of the county public wel termined at this date. However, fare commission to show that the it now appears that medical care medical car? budget is over-ex- will be on an emergency basis pended for the amount of $6,558. probably until April 1 when it Figures for the expenses of the may be possible to reduce ex department were re based by Mrs. penditures to funds available. Eva L. Tice, administrator. Her CHILD PICTURE LACKING report follows. Foster home care is also over, MEDICAL OVEREXPENDED spent at $986 on a $708 budget. Th? following reflects some of The situation of children in this the current problems in public as county has never been clearly pic sistance for this county. Medical tured and it is only since a child care budgets were over-exp' nded welfare worker was assigned to this agency this year that any November 1st as follows: Spent estimate could be thought of. Even Budget so, no estimate has b;en arrived General I $ 933 $1,870 at and the current feeling is Assistance that many children in appalling Old Age /assistance 1.630 4.562 situations are not being referred, possibly because so little has been Aid to Depcn- 400 drnt Children 1.429 done in the past in the area of finding, nor is the agency in posi Aid to 353 2,113 tion now to launch a finding pro Disabled gram. A total over Funds for foster home care were $6.558 expenditure of overdrawn, as abovr, by $278 in Some emergency care has had to be authorized in November, November. Once a child is undei care in a foster home, a concen trated effort is made to rehabili tate his own home so that h? can again be with his own family. However, the program is a grow ing one and funds must be trans ferred from aid to dependent At its Portland meeting on De- children for foster horn ■ care. cemb *r 11. the Or. gon state high WINTER CAUSES INCREASE Old age assistance cost $17,270 way commission will receive bid:: for the replacement of the Fall on a $17,325 budget. This program the winter Creek Bridge on the Mist-Clats- increases during kani? secondary highwav at the months. Aid to disabled grants now to second crossing of Fall Creek about 3.4 miles south of data tai $2.570 on a $2,600 budget. is to be Ther" is considerable fluctuation kame. The old bridge I replaced with a i 54-inch metal in this program Du to the ac tivity of the vocational rehabili pipe culvert and high fill. Th? new roadb d is located to tation divison, a few of the dis materially reduce the present cur abled are improved and placed However, th" vature and to provide a new in employment. number of grants increases for the roadway constructed to modern standards of alignment and grade. winter months. Aid to the blind costs $130 on Th • proposed contract calls for 0.13 miles of 36-foot wid? grad a budget of $300. General assis. ing on which a 15-inch thickness tance costs for November are com parable to costs for the same of tase rock is to be placed. Stat" forces are to construct a I month last year. $1.478 as com- 3- inch a.’phait,c concrete pave pared with >1,481. Culvert, Fill to Replace Bridge ment to a width of 20 feet, with » I 4- fo<>t rock should- rs on each Examiner Scheduled sid?, immediately upon comple A drivers license examiner tion of the contracted work which is to be completed by the middle will be in V"monia Friday. De- nf 1954. Traffic is to be carried cemb.r 18. at the city hall be through the project during its tween the hours of 10 a m and 4 construction. pm. SOME WALLS TO STAND The board examin'd compier.' plans fur reconstruction work, which specified that only the west wall of the gym be complete!/ torn down and reconstructed. The other walls of that part of the building were not burned so badly that studding was damaged The specifications call for remov al of the interior finish, replace ment and painting; removal and replacement of ceiling joist* and trusses, flooring, mechanical and electrical equipment, bleacher« and back stops. WORK SPECIFIED Work in the locker room.« is specified as cleaning, re-enamel ing, retiling floors, replacement of insulation, ductwork and wir ing. Cleaning of the walls and replacement of insulation scheduled for the office area. Refinishing, replac ment of th* woodwork where net ssary, new floor and ceiling tile, insulatio.i and light fixtures are listed fo the main entrance and corrido. ♦ and refinishing for the laundry, toilet rooms and band rooms. Hearing Date Set by Council Major item of business M<>" day evening at the first Decern ber meeting of citv councilm .i was the adoption of a resolution which calls for vacation of small portions of two str''-ts Ixrrdermd the city water pumping plan. The decision to carry out the vaca tion proceedings was mad? at j council meeting earlier this year when planning began for the cor struction of a new .eitleing tan., at the plant. Pres nt plan for the tank calls for locating it on a portion of one of the streets involved Publish»' j elsewhere in this issue for th first time this we k is the off: cia) notice of vacation. Streets involved in the matt?: are the south half of G street from Washington avenue w st to Bock creek and Washington avenu? from the south side of G «tre. t A public south to Rock creek hearing will take plac» Monday January 4, 1954 on the vacation. Four liquor applications for I: censes were approved Mond., for Dick's Tavern, I-ew’s Plac- Safeway Store and Mik?*s Plac Dick's Tavern application wa< presented by Duane Smith, <»w er of the building, who plans to reopen the business.
