’ OLUME 32. NUMBER 2 10c COPY VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON PHONE 191 I Loss, Win in League Games Start Season Loggers Divide First Two Games of League Play Friday, Tuesday One loss and one win marked th? opening of the Loggers' 1954 league basketball season, the first game of which they played last Friday when they entertained St. H lens and th" secund when they traveled to Scappoose Tuesday Their leagu" opener brought the loss at the hands of the Saints 40 to 53. Scoring remained fair­ ly ev:n up to half time which ended 23-23. but during the third period the visitors began to pull away by sinking 20 points as com­ pared to the Loggers' 9. Annual March of Dimes Campaign Started for Area; Program Outlined ~.ne annual March of Dimes <. » paign for this area has been o ranized and is getting under- wt through the chairmanship a; ‘ n this year of Jim Davies, vhas headed the Dim s drive .< r for the past several years- outlined this year's March i'.: •'ier this we k when he named ot"tr individuals and groups to he n with the affair. Coin collection boxes will again b" placed in business houses, as r> been the custom for many Glen Hawkins will take r*j ■ ge of this detail. Eugene .r e and Darrold Proehl will ar- ra-g? the part the schools will h.- . m the drive and George A. Rr '-nant will again act as tr.a- s.j-.r for money collected. All • • ¿tions will be placed on de- posit at the Commercial Bank. The annual March of Dimes dance will be sponsor'd by the American Legion. All leaders of the fight against infantil. paralysis, national. statr and local, emphasize that the next 12 months could mark the turning point in the drive against the disease because the National Foundation is embarking on a larg? t sting program of a trial vaccine. The National Founda­ tion is also preparing to provide for an expanded program of mass gamma globulin innoculations in 1954 to give every possible pro­ tection while the nation awai's the results of th" vaccine tests which start February 8. At the same time patient aid, professional education and scien­ tific research must continue, all of which means that the Foun­ dation's need for funds in 1954 will amount to approximately $75,000,000 and points the way for increased donations from every individual. Paper Plans for Amateur Hour ose interested in app aring the amateur hour sponsored The Timberline, the high ■ ol newspaper, at the Wash- n grad? school are advised to Mrs. Ann Westerberg. high Ca 1 secretary, or to contact Cunningham, Timberline es -. r. by January 20 in order that th: 'rogram may be made up for 4 k, evening. -npetition will include four o .-.ons—grade school students, hg- school students, adults and .nutations. Each group will c:> ■pete within its own division <1 ■ a first, second and third prize be awarded in each division. w ? iggested numbers include Sû.n ;s. dances, drills, skits, musi- Ca - umbers or any other original For th? past two years, ts -t. »U.S evening's entertainment has .ided a variety of all of these, emission charges are adults, rents; high school students. 35 rents and grade school Stu- ¿c- .. 20 cents. FAST ACTION SEEN Ken Nanson was high man for Vernonia with 27 points and was followed by Fulton with 20 and Bill Braun with ¡9. D. Johnson and G. Johnson of Scappoose were high with 26 and 19 respectively. Fans saw a lot of floor action because both teams play a fast­ break system. Knappa and NeahKahNie are next on th? schedule, the former gam ■ Thursday, tonight, and the latter Friday night, both here. Casting Rod Won Ownership of As Derby Prize Dairy Changed A 13-pound 13'i-ounce steel- head captured the second weekly prize in this year’s V.F.W. ste.l- head derby Tuesday when the weights of fish caught were tab­ ulated by Ben Fowler, post com- mander. Th? prize-winning fish was caught by Jim Fluke for which h? received a casting rod. Other catches weighed in for the week were: Earl King, an eight-pound on:-ounce fish: Harve Christen­ sen, seven-pound five-ounce; Har­ ry Woodruff, two fish weighing nine pounds two and one-fourth ounces and eight pounds, 14 ounces. A change in ownershin of the Pebble Creek Dairy was an- nounced a few days ago when Henry Anderegg took over th- operation of the processing and distribution business from Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stag r. The milk processing equipment owned by the Stagers has been moved to the Anderegg farm on Mist route and is being used in conjunction with equipment the latter owned before to handle the business. Mr. and Mrs. Stager still have ownership of their h.rd of cows. The chang" became effective January I of this year. To Explain Grades A meeting for operators of eat- mg establishments in the Ver- noma area will be held at the Vernonia city hall at 3:00 pm January 14. today. A represen- tative of the restaurant section of the Oregon state board of health will assist with the explanation of the restaurant grading in Ore- gon and Columbia county, Res- taurant grading will beg in the latter part of January Bids Asked for Highway Work ?-e state highway commission, ♦s next regular meeting in *-•• and on January 21. will re­ bids for the improvement e Treharne-Washington coun- n? section of the Nehalem - ;-’.way. ' ?ns call for 4 86 miles of ¿tning work to provide a mini- -1 24-foot pavement, three irrves in thickness, with mini- The two foot shoulders, construction follows along g-d will cover the existing 18- cil-mat surface. LOGGERS OFF GAME Statistics of the game show that th"' Vernonia five's p rcent- age of baskets from shots taken was low during the first half, but fell even lower in the second. In other words, the Logg.rs ex­ perienced an off night. Bud Fulton tallied 12 points of the Loggers' 40 while D. Poff posted the same total to become th? two high-point min of the evening. % Tuesday night’s gam? was a different story because shots were effective, more so than tn any basketball gam? the Loggers ever played. They tallied 87 points to defeat the Indians of Scappoose with 75. The total of both scores is also probably the highest for any game in which the Loggers hav? ever played. This data comes from a check of the re­ cords made Wednesday by Coach Jack Reynolds. He figured that an average of five points per min­ ute w.re tallied in order to achieve the 162 points scored dur. ing th? evening. I Film Showing Dated A March of Dimes movie w scheduled for showing M«>ndav evening. January 18 in the high school library following the regu­ lar business meeting of the Par­ ent-Teacher association. The P.- T.A. invites all parents and friends to be present for the meeting. Ice Cause of Truck Damage Ice on the road n ar the sum­ mit of the highway between Ver­ nonia and Scappoose was the cause of an accident Wednesday morning that damaged the front of the mail truck driven by Ed Roed.ger. Sr. Roediger was enroute from Scappoose to Vernonia and was just this side of the summit when the truck started to slide He was unabl" to prevent hitting the back of another truck Damage to the radiator of the mail truck resulted Ben Fowler brought the incom­ ing mail on to Vernonia for dis­ tribution. THURSDAY. JANUARY 14. 19 , I Relative Responsibility To Lower Welfare Cost Welfare expenditures in Co­ lumbia county seem not greatly affected by the relative respon­ sibility law to date. Heretofore, th? amount of earnings on which a relative was obliged to make payment for the support of nis indigent mother, father, son or daughter tthese relationships only) was so high that very t w relatives were liable. Information concerning the cost of welfare in the county was re- Doctor Announces Office Opening Th? opening of his office here earlier this week has been an­ nounced by Dr. L. K. Poyntz, formerly of Portland. Dr. Poyntz has spent quite a bit of time hert during recent weeks to determine the suitability of this location and in making arrangements for the opening of the office. His office is located in the building formerly used by Dr. J. R. Manley, d?nti>t, who owns th? structure. Dr. Poyntz formerly had of- fices in the Stevens building and the Morgan building in Portland He formerly instructed senior medical classes at the University of Oregon, leaving there in 1940 and joining the Canadian army from which he was separated in November, 1953. He has also served as m. dical consultant for the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Cape Britain, Prince Edward Island and New­ Found- land. Mrs. Poyntz and their daugh- ter, who are now living in Los Angeles, will join him here as soon as suitable housing can be obtained. Fish Restriction Petition Purpose Fishermen who object ' i ac­ tivities of commercial fishermen in coastal streams south of the Columbia and who are interested in conservation of decreasing sal- man runs have the opportunity to sign an initiative petition being circulated here. The petition is available for signing at either King's Grocery or the Nehalem Service station in Riverview, Bob King said Mon- day. Only r. gistered voters should sign the p-tition which calls for placing the measure on the next ballot. The ballot tit)? called for in the petition reads: "Prohibiting cer- tain fishing in coastal stri ams— purpose: to prohibit any person from fishing for salmon or trout by any method except hook and line in any coastal stream south of the Columbia river. Ban would also extend in a three- mile radius from mouth of such streams. . . ” The proposed initiative has the backing of the Oregon Wildlife Federation. Leaders to Hear Delegate Mrs. Hildah Highbc. Beaver­ ton. will te it relates to replacement of th- damaged building. In addition, the board approv« t additional work that, if done now. will mean a saving of funds in the future. CHECKS RECEIVED By Monday, the district had n. c ived checks totaling over $dt< 000 from insurance covering th? damage. Approval was given on Tuesday night for payments for items of supply and work per formed which is not included in the amount of the bid under which the contracting firm e R imer and Jolivettc is workin.. In addition, the district will b? credited with over $3.600 for re­ pair work that need not be dotw at the present time, such as floor replacement in some rooms, ir. sulation not need ‘d now and ri placement of the west wall of the gym. PAINT TO SEAL Engaged for a price of $60« was a pray painting firm which will spray a sealing disinfectant paint on areas where smoke smell may remaui. Thu work is ex- pected to begin within a few days The contractor has been asked for a price for providing tw dressing rooms on the stage. Tw small rooms would b? provided if the cost is satisfactory with I the board. At present the places for the rooms each have three walls up, thereby requiring con struction of one wall for each Silage samples will be tested and a stairway for each. Appro­ for farmers wishing the service val was granted to install basic if they will take samples to the wiring now for stage lighting county extension office prior to needs of the future, this wiring to 9:00 a m., Monday, January 18, be put in while walls on the stage indicates County Agent Don Coin are open. By doing this wiring Walrod. now, a greater cost for the work Arrangements have been mini ■ in the future would b ■ avoided with Dr. J. R. Haag of the agri­ BID ACCEPTED cultural chemistry department at A bid of $5360 submitted for Oregon State college to test these silage samples, In giving instruc- 24-inch gym bleachers to re tions for taking of samples Haag place those damaged was ao- says to take a dozen or more cepted and delivery is expected handfuls at random and place in late March or early April. Both Superintendent Eugene them in a plastic bag approxi­ mately 10 by 24 inches. The bag Dove and Harold McEntire were should be sealed by twisting and granted a short have for part of the week beginning February 15 closing with a rubber band. Results of the test will be when they will serve as part of a available in about one month, At visiting committee which will that time each owner will re- work on a self-evaluation pro- gram of St. Helens schools, Thw ccive reports on his silage. program, coordinated by the stati department of education, calls for a review of principles and goal- of education for the St. Helens system and both men have been asked by that school system to help with the evaluation. Vernonia Aerie, F.O.E., will be host next Sunday to the Fraternal Order or Eagles of region No. 1. Ritualistic competition for aeries and auxiliaries will be featured. Weather permitting, th? dele­ gates will parade. Dinner wiil At a two-day conference, which conclude the session. The m eting will be guided by took place here at the Legi* n George Kolibaba of Portland, hall Monday and Tuesday, 16 of aerie district president. J. T. the key men working for the Co­ Anderson of Milwaukie, district lumbia Tree Farm, engaged tn a vice presid-nt; Ed Notebloom and discussion of operating cost prob Charles Ogd n. both of Tillamook, lems as they relate to the farm secretary and treasurer, will as­ Purpose of the discussion was to sist the presiding officer. Rich- seek means of reducing costs. Bob Boaz of the Boaz Person­ a rd Chapman. state president, nel Training Service of Seatti ■ will be a guest. was the conference leader. Th* firm is engaged by Crown Zelk»r League Game Lost bach on a retainer f»’ basis for part of each year. Rainier won by a 73-26 score when the Washington school bas­ ketball team played there last Dance Date Changed Friday afternoon for the first The high school sweetheart county grade school league game Th« Washington second team won dance originally scheduled Feb­ ruary 13 has been changed to the preliminary encounter 43-14 Washington will meet McBride February 6. according to an an here Friday afternoon for the nouncement from the high school second game of the league. I Wednesday. Testing Service Made Available District Meeting Plan of Eagles Farm Men Talk Cost Problems "4»