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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1953)
Library, U of O Most Stores Vets Decide To Open on Sponsorship Dec. 26th Most places of business here will reopen their doors Saturday for business the day after the Christmas holiday a check with owners Tuesday and Wednesday morning indicated. Earlier in the week a move was underway to close business places Saturday, but by Wednesday morning only seven business owners definitely indicated they would close. To close for the day are: King's Grocery, Mill Market and Lockers, Jones’ Grocery, Vernonia Bakery. Bush Furniture, Vernonia Trading company and Vernonia Eagle. An announcement issued early this week by C. L. Johnson. S.- P.&S. agent, indicates the depot office will close Saturdays, start ing December 26. and continue to close each Saturday until further notice. IM KEEPING with ihe Christmas season is this painting which ap- pears on the window of ihe Lulah Fullerton home. The winter K.n: shew nj homes and ihe church on the hill combine to wish Of Fish Derby December 29--March 15 Dates Listed For Sport Event Steelhead fishermen can c or. pete for prizes this winter in. > derby, the rules for which war- issued Tuesday by Ben Fowler, commander of the Veterans Foreign Wars post. The po.-r will sponsor the derby. Th»1 event is scheduled to get underway next week, Tuesday, December 29, and continue on through Monday, March 15. Th • closing time will be sunset th.rr day. The drafting of rules for the derby, although pretty welt worked out Tuesday, may be sur ject to slight changes before th? affair begins. The regulations under which competition will be conducted call for weekly prizes as well as first, second and third gran i prizes to be awarded after th • closing date. Rules are listed b.1 low. A hearing on the question of 1. Derby opens December 31 annexing to the city limits of and closes at sunset March 13. Vernonia the property upon 1954. which the high school building 2. All fishermen must show is situated will be the topic Mon- their derby cards when weighir 4 day evening, January 16. at tne in their fish. city council meeting. City coun- 3. All fish must be* caught « 1 cilmcn adopted a resolution Mon hook and line as per Oregon gam • day evening to start the annexa laws. tion procedure. 4. All fish must be weighed in The resolution provides for legal notice of hearing and speci at one of the weighing stations by fies the date above wh n the pub 7:30 p.m. ‘•ach Monday evenm, 5. The weighing stations ar lic may appear to object to the annexation if they so desire. Brunsman Hardware and Der- When the buildings and grounds trie, open untii 8 p.m.; Nehalctw become a part of the city, fire Market, open until 6 p.m Sunny and police protection can legal side Service, open cv r day in- eluding Sunday until 7 p.m. and ly b° provided. King's Grocery, open until II City councilmen also were given a detailed explanation Monday of p.m. 6. The weekly prize will be on* the annual audit of city business affairs by Bill Holm, partner in of the following: rod, riel, lin? It may be the firm of I. D. Wood and com or hunting knife. pany, which makes the annual claimed after 4 p.m. each Tues day at Brunsman Hardware. check-up. 7. The grand first prize will b« a Gep rod and Pfleuger Sumni t THOSE WHO ARE IN IT r el, total value $23.50; second 45th Div., Korea Ffc. Kenneth prize, $7.50 Bristol rod and third $4.60 Estwing hatchet. H. West, 20, son of Mr and Mrs. prize, i Kenneth B. West, Timber rout?, These prizes will b“ givi n at tn ■ will sp nd this Christmas north end of the derby. if the 38th parallel in Korea. Stationed ther” with the 45th infantry division, he will mark the festive season with special religious services, Christmas trees and decorations and th“ tradi tional feasts on Christmas and The case tried in the justice «.* New Year’s Day. p. ace court here Saturday i.i A 2c Melvin Snook arrived which the state charg d that Wednesday from Lockport, N.Y. log truck owned by Art Johnson to spend the holidays at the home carried a load in excess of 132,00 of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vir pounds or approximately 13,00i gil Snook. He is to report to board feet of logs, will be ap Parks Air Base in California pealed to the circuit court John ston said earlier this week. January 7. The state claimed the load t > be 56,090 pounds in excess of th ■ Former Resident Die* Statutory limit. The statute sp Death due to a heart attack cifies a fine of 5 cents per pound claimed the life of Les Gre ma of for the overweight which wou.jt Aloha Monday whil’ he was driv amount to $2841 in this case. The defense testified the true c ing to Hillsboro. He was a for mer resident of Vernonia. The was also weighed on Crown 2*1. lerbach scales and showed a final rites will take place today, Thursday, at I p.m. at Donelson total weight of 66.000 pounds or and Sewell mortuary, Hillsboro. a scale of 6700 board feet. Hearing Due On Annexation viewers a Merry Christmas. Another window of the Fullerion home has also been painted to depict the yuletide theme. i Appeal Intended For Truck Case INDICATIVE of the extent of work in progress to restore the high school gymnasium is this picture taken last Friday when work ”.en for the firm of Reimers and Jolivette had started replacing ihe roof structure. Since then work has progressed to the point Settlement of claims for the ¿..— age to th’ high school was •:hed Tuesday afternoon at a •.■.al meeting of the board of c - ctors of the district when a , • • ?k foi* $83.219.97 was turned r to the board to cover all " f this figure, $67.980 covered ■ • ■ actual cost of replacing the . ■ ding damage. $2.379.30 co Service Read at Chapel Tuesday " nal rites were performed here ’ .• day afternoon for Nellie L. hlstrom. a resident of Ver- >—>a for several years, who -ed away at Scappoose De- -ber 18. The deceased was — 1 in Kansas April 4. 1883 and th came at the age of 70 years. . t months and four days. She survived by a nephew, Clifford Timm. Portland. 7-ie services took plac at the •_>«h Funeral home chapei with z. W. A. McBride officiating with music provided by Mrs. -y Frank and Mrs. Howard . -k. Interment was at the Ver- » a M. mortal. vered the amoqpt of fee for the supervising architect and $12,- 860.67 will pay for damaged equ:pm nt, individual items lost and the cost of temporary opera tion of the school between the where sheathing has been placed. Hall and classroom redecorating was well along towards completion also by Wednesday and should be completed well ahead of the date set for school to recpen. time pf th? fire and the Christ- mas vacation. Bleachers used in the gym are to be replaced with new and larger units. Superintendent Eu gene Dove said earlier this week. 40 Students Achieve Listing on Honor Roll The names of high school stu Wyckoff. Sophomores — D> nna Bayl y, dents who earned listing on the honor roll for the second six-week Gretchen Bolmcicr, Patricia period were released earlier this Brissette, Rhonda Edgerton, Vir week by Superintendent Eugene ginia Johnson, Rosalie Kirkbride, Dove. The list includes the names Loretta Mills, Sheila Parrish and of 48 students with the junior Margaret Wells. class leading with 15 students. Juniors — Joyce Akers, Marga. Both the freshmen and seniors ret Buckley, Margaret Cooke, plac?d 12 each on th’ roll while the sophomores placed nine. T* Dorothy Gwin. Sharon Hamilton, earn honor roll listing, students Harriet Heath. Kathryne must have no scholastic grade ard. Patrick Lloyd, Peggy under two and have a citizenship Ke , Patrick O'Brien. Ki'i and conduct grad: of average or Parker. Chester Fay, Robert Yvonne Russom and Nadine better. By classes the students listed nell. were: Seniors — William Braun, Mar- I Freshmen — Donna Buckley, garet Brissette, June Cunning- James Davis, Wynetta Dyer, Myr- ham. Marylyn Good. Marlene ns Drips. Robert Drips. JoAnn Gray, Patricia Hickman. Joyce Dibben, Richard Fletcher. Art Jones. Dorothy Liles. Kenneth Lamping. Jim Peters. Marjorie Nanson. Pete Norr is. Kathle n Reyn« ’dRuby Wells and laurel Sauer and Don Shafer. The new bleachers will have a 24-inch vertical depth or space from back to back as compar.d to 22 inches for the original units, This increased space will provide more cmfort. Workmen are scheduled to con tinue on the job through th.’ day before Christma. and likewise on the <lay before the New Year holiday. INDICATIVE of interest in home and yard holiday season decorations is this display which has bwn attracting interest s nee Sunday at the home of I t. and Mrs. Grant Thayer, Other displays in town include lighted outside trees and window pa ntin's depicting Christmas scenes.