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Lj-t-ary, U of O V'LUME 32. NUMBER 11 VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON 10c COPY Grade Music Groups Flan For Concert Tournament Consolation Won by Washington Team C' ’solation honors in the coun ts i. ade school basketball tour- ne.1 .<nd the placing of two play er -”n ths county all-star second tea.', was achieved by the Wii- tington grade school team lai ■ week. The county tourney w played at Rainier last Thurs- di Friday and Saturday. • « the first round. Washington Band Wins 2 in County Rating * rating of 2 in competition wi’t other Columbia county high sr •. ol bands was received at the arrual band festival at St. Helens Saturday. Word of the rating t.nr information about the Ver- no- a bands strong and weak points was released Monday mor ling by Director Bill John- sor 7' c rating was the decision of a b-ard of three judges and listed <ii.r. -anding strong points as tone qu; ty and ensemole and the o’ veak point as intonation The I-• numbers upon which judg ing was based were: Minstrel Parade by Kleffman. Laureate Ovt . ture by Olivadoti and Deep R. <er Rhapsody arranged by Walters. 7‘ enty-seven of the 30 mem- bf ■ of the band made the trip w>t" their director to participate ir t e event. Prison Escapee Caught Saturday Kermit Mansfield, escaped <•. • ct from the state peniten- t>;-- was captured Saturday at a srr.; ’ playground at S. E. 34th avt -ue and Holgate street, Port ia.". by two men who held him ca; ve until police arrived. tiansficld was the subject of a ^tensive search here March 3 ; ■ r his escape from the prison 1 and after reports were re: ved he had been seen here. F-rn captured he gave the na- Ray Brooks and was ar- --.i on a disorderly conduct er'.ge, but a fingerprint check ic"- tied him as Mansfield. He w;.- turned over to prison author- it - Sunday and was on the way b. to the penitentiary where he was serving a 40-year sentence fc. . minal assault and burglary. Voters Approve Levy for Budget 1954-55 budget proposed for school district 47 and the tax 1< necessary for th? cost sheet we" approved last Thursday evening at the hearing held at th' Washington school. The levy will be $73.012 02 for th coming fiscal period from Ju. 1. 1954 to June 30, 1955, an ar- >int $5.985.83 less than the am.iint called for in the current budget. 7 rectors of the district held th< i' March meeting the same evc’.ng. the main item of busi- m -- at that time being a decision ti paint the exterior of the Lin- c n school building during the sur- "?er vacation. Recruiter Plans Visit M/Sgt. A. J. Turner. USMC r .'u ting officer from Portland w .1 be in Vernonia every first and third Thursday of each month he «’nounced last Thursday when hc’u Young men interested in ■- arine corps may talk wi 1» r — it the post office. Srtelf Prices Reduced T td May. manager of the Si.. way store here, announced a reduction in prices that will af- ' .-. 503 items regularly stocked Ai announcement elsewhere tn th;« issue outlines a new store lost to Westport 21 to 42. but won the second round from Yankton 33 to 19 and the third round from Quincy 34 to 31. Rai nier defeated Westport to win the championsh.p and John Gumm outscored McBride for third. Places with the county all- stars were achieved by John Bush and Dale Frye. An indication of the recept: >n given the Vein..ma team anj the reason is contained in a letter to the grade school from Mrs Lloyd Harrison, county council PTA president. The PTA council awarded a sport, manship trophy this year. The letter stated: "I would like to congratulate you on the very fine games you played and the excellent sportsmanship at the tournament. Although you did not win the PTA trophy you did gain the admiration of all who watched you . . .You can feel proud of the teamwork that en abled you to have players named all-stars." Funeral Rite Read Wednesday PHONE 191 | | Delinquency Rate Going Dp Audience Told County Music Festival Scheduled Here for Saturday, March 27 1 Two grade school musical I events are scheduled to take place here next wet k, the first on Tues- I day and the second Saturdav and ' both at the Washington school I auditorium. | ' The Tuesday. March 23 event will be a concert by the chorus i and bands if the Washington school for the general public. No ! admission will b? charged and ; the perforamnee will begin at 7:30 under the direction of Marvin Wiggans, music instructor. The chorus will sing several se- lections which they will use in the music festival later in tne week. Both the beginning and advanced bands will be heard as well as several feature solos and group numbers. The numbers and groups to perform on the program are listed on page 2. Vernonia elementary schools will be host for the Columbia 1 county grade school music festi val to take place here Saturday March 27. Band and choral groups from the elementary schools in the county will meet at that time for an all-day ses sion of practice and performance. Final rites were performed at the Bush Funeral home chapel Wednesday afternoon for Edwin Colmer Derrick, who had made his home here for the past five years and in this state all of his life. The deceased was born Febru ary 7. 1862 at Saginaw, Oregon and death came March 14 at the age pf 92 years, one month and i seven days. He was the son of Oregon pioneers who crossed the plains in 1852 and served as a Members of IWA Local 5-37 scout in the Bannock Indian war Surviving are: a daughter. Mary will take a strike vote Tuesday. Geiser, Portland; three sons. John March 30. at a special meeting at of Salem. George of Vernonia the IWA hall, Jim Cox, Jr., busi with whom he had made his ness agent for the local, said a home and Ralph of Springfield, few days ago. He pointed out that the deci three brothers. George W. of Elsie. Dick of Sheridan and Hu sion to take a strike vote was the bert of Fallen, Nevada; a sister, result of a deadlock in negotia Lenora Bowles of Salem and five tions between th? union negotiat ing committee and employers grandchildren. and that between 750 and 800 men will take part in the vote her?. The meeting will open at 7:30. Balloting will start at 8 p.m. that evening. The ballot asks: "Arc you :n favor of authorizing the North Columbia county n ’tted $4,751.76 west Regional Negotiating com in the recent March of Dimes mittee to call a strike, in the polio drive, according to Harold event it becomes necessary, to se Scharback, county drive treasur cure a settlement of the points in negotiations?" er. • The points being asked by the The figure does not include Clatskanie and Scappoose, winch IWA are: a pay increase of 12’a have not. as yet, reported ’he cents per hour; an adjustment of amounts their committees have wage inequities so approximately equal pay will be given on the collected, Scharback said. Of the total collected $2,270.28 same class of jobs and a vacation was collected in St. Helens. Other of thre-’ weeks after five years amounts collected in the c junty service. IWA Members to Vote March 30 County Fund for Polio Now $4751 Lack of Parental Interest Cited in Many Court Cases 1 1 j ■ i : | I MARGARET BUCKLEY, high school Junior, will participate in this year's St. Helens Salmon Derby competition as the princess representing Vernonia. When judging is completed and the queen of the derby is chosen, the whiner will receive a $500 scholarship to an Oregon college. Miss Buckley is being sponsored locally by the L;ons club, which has made arrangements for transportation when she will appear at public affa/rs and for other details rela tive to her participation >n the contest. Tickets for entering the derby are ava;lable from most Lions club members. Each ticket sold increases the point standing and is part of the basis upon which judges will decide the derby queen. Tax Men to Start Here The county appraisal crew has completed the revaluation of all homes in St Helens. Scappoose and Columbia City according to word from the office of O. A. Ridenour, county assessor. Members of the crew, James Cox, Harry Hallberg and William Templin, under th ■ supervision of William Townsend of the state tax commission will be in Ver nonia within the next week the assessor announced Cards of identification have been issued these men in order to facilitate the work involved in the county reappraisal pro gram. The cooperation of home owners will be greatly appreciated by the assessor’s office. 5 Class Members View Exhibits Society to Note Years of Change The March meeting of the Co lumbia County Historical society will be held in the Beaver Valley grange hall at Hudson, Tuesday March 23. Development throughout the : years will be noted, since the first t settlers came to this area, when | the dense forests reached to the river front and through the years * of logging when John B Yeon I’and Simon Benson made fortunes I from Forests. Mr. Yeon had his camp at Hudson and later went to Portland, where he built the Yeon building. Yeon Avenue also is named for him. Simon Benson logged off the area around Clatskanie and built the Benson hot°l in Portland after he left this county for Mult nomah. Other public works in Portland remind us of the accom plishments of these men, but our logged off areas with hug? stumps I showing along the lower Colum I bia river highway remain as Co lumbia county's share. The usual potluck meal will be served at noon followed by the I business session. Mrs Joe Schne- ber has charge of arrangements I for the program for the day. Five members of the Vernonia high school art class drove to Portland on a tour in the drivers training car Saturday, March 6 Their first stop was at Lipman’s include: Goble, $250; Rainier, art exhibit, which is now being $626.79; Vernonia, 856.70. Colum bia City, $276.59; Warren, $176.22. I held, and then to the Messer schmitt Ceramics company. and Mist, $195.18. THOSE WHO ARE IN IT After lunch at Mannings, they The drive was conducted in Private First Class Patrick D went to the Portland Art Muse Columbia county between Janu um where they saw many paint Sauer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alois ary 1 and February 14 it was ' A change in ownership of ings, statues, old Indian relics, I J. Sauer of Vernonia, was pro- extended for a two-week period ncted to his present rank on Jan- Edward H’s from January 30 to February 14 Lvnn's Shoe Repair service was china and King uaiy 29. He is now serving with announced Tuesday morning by silver. because of the bad weather in Members attending were: Pa the 601st quartermastei company the county which prevented the the new owner who plans to close Aerial Supply) which is attached the store Thursday and Friday tricia Normand. Bobby Rose holding of many of the communi of this week and reopen again Nancy Seidelman. Ronnie An- to the famous 11th aiiborne di ty fund raising functions. vision and stationed at Foil Saturday morning. The new deregg and Miss Johnaber. Campbell, Kentucky. owner is Clarence Hebron, who Prior to his entrance into the purchased the business from Lynn army in March, 1953, Pfc. Sauer Powell attended Seattle University and Powell, who started the repair was employed by the Oregon- business two and a half years ago, said he plans to move to | American Lumb"r corporation. Tacoma. Washington where he [ Pfc. Sauer received his basic Mr and Mrs. Jack Nance, who training at Fort Campbell, Ky. will take a position as instructor Opened for business lat? last recently sold both the Vernonia At the present time he is as Drug company and Nance's, which in shoe repairing at a school for week by Bill Olinger was the garage spar"• in the building signed as parts clerk within th they had owned and opeiated handicapped people. r-wned bv Ira I-ee at Second and air supply section of his unit. here, took over the ownership and Maple. Official announcement of operation of a prescription phar- i Accident Ends Record CpI Dewey Hunt left Friday the opening was made early this rracy in Portland Wednesday I for Fort Davis after spending a A leg injury sustained while week by Olinger who will oper March 3 ' 35-day furlough with his wife The pharmacy is located at N. planting trees on the Columbia ate under the name of Olinger ■ and family. E Killingsworth and Williams. Tre" Farm ended a period of a Motors. Ford sales and service is of year and four months without Portland, and is being managed Pvt. Lester Wells from Fort fered customers as well as body a lost-time accident for the farm by Mrs. Nance. Mr and Mrs Richardson, Alaska arrived Wed and fender repair work and auto The accident took place March Nance moved from their home Complete auto repair nesdav to spend a 30-day fur The last previous accident painting here about three weeks ago and 10 service will be offered within a lough at the home of hrs parents. to cause ¡ast time happened No- are" residing in an apartment at Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Wells. short time, he said. venUxr 20. 1952. Oswego. Ownership of Store Changed Operation of Pharmacy Starts THURSDAY. MARCH 18. 1‘ - Olinger Starts Auto Business John W Whipple, Columb: .» county judge, was the speaker <•: the evening Monday when he pr tented information on juvenii, delinquency at the Vernrn .• PTA meeting. In his talk Judge WhippU pointed out the seriousness of d? linquency in this county, pr> sented facts and figures to show the extent of juvenile crime and emphasized that in the majority of cases appearing in the juvenile court there is a remarkable lack of interest by parents. As for this county, the judge pointe^ out that an expenditure of approximately $98,000 is mad.- for police protection but not or»? cent is spent foi crime preven tion, especially juvenile crime prevention The extent of the increase of delinquency in this country i.> indicated, he said, by these fi gures: juvenile population has m creased six per cent in the last year while delinquency has increased 29 pet cent. There were 385,000 young sters delinquent in 1952 as com pared with 765.000 in 1953. Thi- increase follows a pattern evi dent after the end of every war Of the adult criminals, 90 pel cent were juvenile delinquent» at an earlier age. Figures a’*< show that | the average age juveniles involved in Climes ha; decreased since 1939 when that age was 19 years. In 1942 tiw average age dropped to 18 ami 1945-46 it was 17 years. Emphasizing parents lack of attention to their children th« judged pointed out that, in the case of delinquents, somewhere someone forgot to teach them there is no substitute for honesty Although he has heard over 30 juvenile cases for this county since th? first of this year, Whip ple pointed out that none had originated in this area, for whict he complimented the community District Lodges Prepare Contest Odd Fellow and Rebekah lodge representatives have prepared th«- rules for this year’s United Na tions contest, an event that has been sponsored by the two orders since 1950. They met at Clatak « nie to decide upon the regulation.; to be followed for the 1954 con test which again calls for an e*say of not less than 1000 wards and participation in a speaking con test. Final date for submitting the essays is March 26 and the speak ing contest will take place April 10. June Cunningham was Ver nonia’s contestant last year and she placed third in district com petition. High school students who are participating in the contest this year are Pat Hickman, June- Cunningham, Don Shafer. Pat Wells and Ann Cameron. Boys Asked to See Series Film A reminder that a showing o«’ the 1953 world series movie «3 scheduled Thursday and Friday of this week was issued Tuesday by George Peters, who will again be manager here for the boys’ baseball clubs The first showing Thursday will be made for IWA members only. Friday’s screening will be open to the public at no charge at 7 30 and will be followed bv a sign-up of boys who want to take part in baseball play this sum mer.
