Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974, March 04, 1954, Image 1

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VOLUME 32. NUMBER 9
10c COPY
VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON
PHONE 191
Team Loses
Decision
To Tigers
Clatskanie's tournament-bound
basketball team took the decision
from the Loggers here Tuesday
night to make it their second vic­
tory in two starts, the first com­
ing last Friday 75-72 and the
second here Tuesday night 74-54
Both were tied for top spot in
district play up to that time.
The two victories for the Tigers
assure them a place in the class
A state tournament as represen­
tatives for district 14. Columbia
county with seven wins and one
loss.
THURSDAY. MARCH 4.
Bids Asked by
Council for
New Tank Work
Engineer Estimate
Places Cost at
$20,000 for Job
City Councilmen. meeting M n
day for their first March sess:"t>,
heard S A. Ross, city engineer
from the firm of N. W. Han *r
and Associates, compare deta ,i
of several different types of settl-*
ing tanks that could bc install. I
to use with the city water pump
mg system.
His work in engineering a tank
that would be suitable for th?
I
FRIDAY
GAME
CLOSE
POSTAL business was transacted for the f'rst t;me last Thursday
facing the lobby was completed after the move was made. D. L.
I
city plant yet cost within the
morning in th;s new build'mg a: Second and Maple :• reets into
Skoog. traveling mechanician, supervised the change, most of
I
Last Friday's encounter wasn't
I
amount available for the work
which post olPca eou-pmet- was moved Wednesday evening.
which was carried out by off ee employees.
as easy for Clatskanie as the has been done to replace the tan i
Corrsid rable work io arrange equipment and refin sh woodwork
Loggers led near the end only to now in use.
The present tank
be tied at the final gun . The was constructed of wood and m
overtime scoring ol! the Tigers very near the end of its us»'.fjl
life, making replacement neces­
won that game for them by the sary very soon.
narrow margin of three points.
Ross was ordered to prepare
75-72.
plans for a new tank late last vea«
Columbia county's 103th birth­
The organization of a better of the proposal drew favorable
Mrs. Isabelle A. Berg, 46. Bir-
Anticipation
for the second and has been working on the joh
day Will be observed in conjunc­ business bureau, which had been comment.
kenfeld. died Tuesday after a I meeting Tuesday brought out a since then as well as se 'king est.
tion with the annual Columbia
a topic of discussion for over a
Purpose of the organization is long illness and the funeral ar­ capacity crowd with even stand- mates as to costs so that the city
county fair from August 5 to 8.
would have a fairly definite ide t
rangements will be Saturday at 2
week previous to the meeting
to provide a clearing center from p.ni. at Birkenf’ld gymnasium.
ing room occupied. Ken Nanson of the amount of expenditur.*
it was announced this week.
I
Mrs. Berg was born August topped the scoring for the night necessary when the job was
The 1954 fair will be the Co­ was accomplish'd Tuesday even­ which either approval or rejec­
ing when about 15 owners of tion will be given for individuals 5. 1907, at Spokane, Washington. I with 20. but the Loggers as a opened for bids.
lumbia County Centennial Fait
The proposed new tank will be
and fair board members are businesses here met.
or groups wishing to contact busi­ She spent her childhood in Colton I team experienced one of those
The meeting was arranged early
which
they larger than the one now in use,
where she attended school. Her evenings during
happy to cooperate with the coun­
ness
firms
respective
to
obtaining
home had been in Birkenfeld weren't at the peak of perform­ will be constructed of metal in
ty historical society and others last week to take place at the
financial assistance.
ance.
stead of wood and will make pos
since her marriage.
interested in observing the 100th Commercial bank where aspects
The individuals or groups in
Spectators who may wonder sible double th«* pumping capo
anniversary
of
the counts s
Survivors include the widowei I
question would be those from out | Robert L. Berg; five children. i about the change of officials city of the plant. By doubling
founding, members of the fail­
of town and the bureau is desig­ Patricia of New York city; Shir­ that was not known about here the pumping capacity summer
board announced last week.
nated to determine whether the ley. student in Portland; John until game time are informed pumping hours can be reduced
While definite plans have not
requests they will make are A., student at Oregon State col­ that a protest has been lodged
Ross presented figures to ind>
been formulated it is tentatively
worthy of consideration from thi
lege and Nicholas and Erick, of , with the state athletic head­ cate that the tank alone would
planned that Saturday. August 7.
people who are contacted.
Birkenfeld; b*r father, A. E. An­ quarters on the matter of princi­ cost $14,500, an agitator mech
will be the centennial day at th»
Licensing operations of the Ore»
It was emphasized Tuesday that
derson of Colton; three sisteis. ple only and not as a possibility an ism $1200 and piping $1500
fair when it is planned that a gon liquor control commission
the bureau would have no author­ Mrs. E. L. Haff Jr., of Portland, of replaying the game.
Contingencies and a base for the
pageant depicting the history ot during 1953 resulted in distribu-
ity to restrict the canvassing of Vaiborg L. Anderson, New York
The change of game officials tank could not be estimated de
the county will be given as an lion of $654,080.50 to cities, coun-
businesses even though it did not City, and Mrs. A. W. McDuffie of was requested by Clatskanie, was finitely, but it is believed the
entertainment feature of the fair. ties and the general fund of the
approve the purpose for which
made without knowledge of the total will be $20,000.
Hyattsville, Md., and a brother
A committee with members state.
The commission reports
the canvass was to be made.
high school here and did not be­
Councijmen ordered Ross to
I Rognar F. Anderson, Colton.
selected from all areas of tile that warrants totalling $391,483.-
Headquarters for the bureau
come
known
here
until
a
few
prepare
a call for bids so the
In lieu of flowers, the family
county will b? named to formu­ 95. r presenting 60 per cent ot
will be located at Brunsman
work can be started this spring.
requests contributions be sent minutes before play started.
late definite anniversary plans,
license fees collected, were dis­
Hardware and a committee of six
Fire Chief Sam Cagle exhibited
to the American Cancer society
NOT MENTIONED
A rodeo is planned as the ma- tributed to cities and counties in businessmen were named.
Of
a sample slick-r and demon
January.
Columbia
county
and
jor evening entertainment <>n othei
this committee at least three mem­
The request for a change was strated a gas mask to councilmen
days of the fair, fair officials cities therein rec ived $6,036.46. bers will be required to act in
made Monday afternoon, yet no who approved the purchase ot ¡2
Forty
per
cent
of
the
earned
announced.
making a decision. If favorable
mention was made at a league of the coats for the fire depar*’
Columbia county came into be- license revenue, or $260,989.30, is to the request, a card showing
meeting that evening, athletic of­ ment. Other types of gas maski.
being
channeled
to
th?
general
ing on January 16. 1854.
approval will be issued.
ficials here say.
The protest will be examined before purchase
fund, plus revenue from out of
The six men who signified will­
filed objects to the change with­ of any of these units is authorized
state licenses and sale of lists,
ingness to act as the committee
The w-hole community is in­ out notice being given. No ob
bringing the total distribution to are: Jack Thompson, Joe Groche.
vited to participate in the World jection has been voiced to the
the geneial fund to $262.596.55.
I Art Gardner, Guy Thomas. Sain Day of Prayer service to be held manner in which the game was
Distributions are made in ac­
Hearing, Jr., and Pete Brunsman.
at the Vernonia Bible church Fri­ handled.
cordance with th? liquor control I
Quarter scores were 19-13, 33-
day, March 5. at 1:30 p.m. Wo­
act which specifies that 60 per
27
and 51-40, all with the Tigers
men
’
s
organizations
of
seven
Ver
­
Seven boys, members of Ver- cent of license fees return to the
nonia churches are cooperating leading. Clatskanie won the pre­
nonia Bov Scout troop 201. par- locality in which the licensed out­
Coastal waters will be clos f
liminary 56-52. Lineups were:
in the program.
ticipated in a Scout court of hon- let is locat.d and the remamder
to angling for a period of two
This is Vernonia's part in a 74 Clatskanie
or which was conducted last go to the general fund.
Vernonia 54 months commencing on March I,
I
| world-wide movement that will F
Thursday at Aloha. Going to the
7 Sorensen
Braun 11 according to information relea.- I
f
affair from here were 15 boys and
O'Brien 8 by the Oregon game commission
Mrs. Wilma Thompson's hus­ cause prayers to be given every F 11 G louse
seven adults.
C 18 Harrison
Fulton C Regulations adopted by the game
band, Louis A. Thompson, just ar­ hour around the whole world.
Mrs. Bruce Bass will be chair­ G
8 Het mo
Nanson 2C commission in January becam •
The seven who received ad­
rived home from a trip around
Bass 7
G 15 Lahti
vancements to second class were:
the world
He left Longview- man of the dav.
effective on February 6. and
There will be child care pro­
Substitutions: for Clatskanie-
Byron Hawkins. Lee Harmon. Jim
last October as third officer on
superseded all regulations pre­
Nanson. Dale Fry-», David Linn.
a Liberty ship, the S. S. Seanan, vided for parents with small Baisley 6, Higgins 4, Jolma 4, viously in effect.
Cora
Hall
Akers,
a
resident
of
Pillar I, for Vernonia, Bush, 2.
Albert Davis, and Douglass Eg-
carrying grain to Pakistan, Fronv children who wish to attend
Steelhead angl rs have inquired
Vernonia for the past year, was Pakistan the ship sailed south
gert.
about the possibility of continu
taken by death Saturday of last again to the tip of India whe e
mg to fish in coastal waters unt I
week. February 27. She had made they picked up sand as the cargo
March 15, assuming that regu
her home here with her daughter
To Speak Saturday
for New Jersey where it is used
lations adopted in January, 1951.
Mrs. Geneva Killingberg, and for hardening steel.
“How Business Looks in 1954
would remain in effect throug ■
prior to that time had lived at
Mr. Thompson then returned io
to a Lumber Manufacturer" will
the winter season. That is n t
Pocatello, Idaho for 35 years.
this country by way of the Suez
be the topic cf speech to be given
the case.
The deceased was born at Mc­ Canal and Mediterranean Sea,
Saturday morning by Judd Green­
Steelhead fishermen need n t
Dowell, Kentucky May 30, 1877 finishing the circle by crossing
man at the annual mc-'ting of
hang up their gear because of the
and death came at the age of 76 the Atlantic. He flew home from
the Western Forest Industries as­ years, eight months and 27 days.
coastal closure
In the wester >
New York last Friday night, ar­
sociation at Gearhart. He is vice,
part of th * state, the Clacka
Surviving are: her husband. A. riving in Portland Saturday morn­
president of the National Lum­ J Akers; th ret daughters, Mrs
mas
Molalla, Sandy and Ho i
ing. He plans to be at their
ber
Manufacturers association
Rivers offer good possibilities.
Killingberg. Mrs. Myra Brunkau home in Clatskanie for a few
The three-dav meeting opens to­
Several other smaller streams sup
of Portland and Mrs. Betty Jones months. Mrs. Thompson ii the
day.
port a steelhead fishery.
of Pocatello and sons. Lee. Clyde Kindergarten teacher at
the
and Walker Akers of Vernonia, Washington grade school.
Paul of Blackfoot. Idaho and
Examiner Due Here
Holce Win» Prize
brothers. Matt and Walker Hal)
A drivers license examiner will of Greenup. Kentucky.
Winner of the last week ot th »
be on duty tn Vernonia Friday.
current VFW steelhead derby i
Services took place at the Hall
March 12. at the city hall between Grant Funeral Home at Pocatello
Wilford Hole«* with a 14-pound,
the hours of 10 a m and 4 p.m.
10-ounce steelhead taken in ths
Persons wishing original licenses
Salmonberry. He also weigh- i
or permits to drive are ask'd to Annual Sale Planned
in a 10-pound eight-ounce cate i
Through information which be-
file applications then.
last week.
Harve Christens» >
Thursday. Friday and Saturday came known here a short time
weighed in a 14 pounder caught
of next week. March 11. 12 and ago, an item published February
in Rock creek to almost equal th *
13 are the dates set for the ninth 18 regarding the case of Arthur
Firemen Practice
top week's catch.
annual
anniversary
sale
at Thomas Johnson was in error.
W. T CRAVES was 11 year» of age February 19 when thia photo
Volunteer fire department mem­ Brunsman Hardware. Every lady The item stating that he was
bers were railed into action Tues­ visiting the store during that time fined $2941 40 in circuit court for
was taken «• Sundland'i where he was th« honor guest at a party
Discharge Received
day evening about 15 minutes be­ will receive a gift.
to crlebrate the event.. Mr. Craves was born February 19. 1173
Wholesale violation of the motor vehicle
fore seven to participate in a firms ar.* participating in the weight law was misleading in
Calvin Bass arrived home last
at Sheridan and came to Vernonia to start work with the Oregon-
practice fir? drill under the direc­ event by helping make the gifts that the case has not been heard
week after receiving his d. »charge
American when the mill fir:« b«gan operation. He has a sister
available.
tion of Chief Sam Cagle.
from the service.
in Florida who is 98 years of age and on# in Sheridan, age 84
in circuit court
Observance of
Centennial Due
Death Follows
Better Business Bureau
Organized Tuesday Night Long Illness
County Receives
$6036 from Fees
World Prayer
Day Arranged
7 Boys Advanced
At Honor Court
World Circling
Trip Completed
Resident Here
Taken by Death
Item Errs on
Law Violation
Fishing Rule
Closes Waters