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Lxt"aryr U of O e 10c COPY VDLUME 32. NUMBER 12 VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON County Music Festival to Take Place Manson Holds Top League Scoring Spot Logger Also Named Unanimously for XU-League Team Two top honors for his per- *■>’ "nances on the Logger basket- b* ' team during the season just ended were announced earlier week for Ken Nanson by Lc ¿er Columbia league officials, re of the announcements wat tr • all-league first and second t- ; ■ players which listed Nanson '< th' only unanimous selection *. the first team. He was the Logger named to either firs; second team. The selections first were: Nanson: Dave Jznc-n, Scappoose; Lew Ilarri- and Larry Hermo, Clatskanie; L tyd R?a. Rainier and Jim Ross S'. Helens. Second team men chosen were: Clouse. Clatskanie; Dick V ;'shorn and John Riley, Sea- s Dick Maize, Warrenton and J Spears, St. Helens. Honorable mention went to: R v. Neitzel, Seaside; Walt Skow- hSt. Helens; Ray Oakes, Sea- s.r . Bill Braun, Bud Fulton and H-.'k Bass, Vernonia; George J •■'-on. Scappoose; Dave Poff. S'. Helens and Gary Brown. Rai- niw. • addition to placing on the i. .'ague top team, Nanson set s fast pace in league scoring v; - n he tallied 259 points on 82 f?' .i goals and 95 free tosses for < 11.8 average. ' sison was closely followed by L • d Rea of Raimer with 227 p- on 75 field goals and Ti cz ty tosses, making an aver- of 19 points per game. .*'.’.er high scorers for LCL were r. -.'.’C Johnson. Scappoose 206, D:; \ Walsborn. Seaside 192. Lew Fi-rison. Clatskanie 170, Gary Br'wn, Rainier 169. John Glouse. C'a^skanie 152, Larry Hermc C - 'skanie 147, Bill Braun. Ver- n-,a 144. Dick Maize, Warren- t - 133. and Walt Skowhede, St H...cis 138. Tax Man to Talk April 5 THURSDAY, MARCH 25. 1954 Clearing Bids For Line Work Asked by Co-op Tax equalization will be the topic of the evening Monday, I April 5 when the' problem will be discussed at a meeting scheduled Fifth Annual Music Planned New Line at the IWA hall at 8 p.m. Competition Slated To Add 45 More To speak at that time will be At Washington Gym Power Consumers Sam Stewart, chairman of the The fifth annual Columbia coun state tax commission, and he will Bids for the work of clearing ty grade school music festival, an answer questions from the audi right-of-way on construction event that has never been held I ence afterwards. Stewart's talk planned this summer by West here before, is scheduled for the | Oregon Electric Cooperative a. at 8 p.m. has been arranged for Washington school Saturday of being received now and befo this week. March 27. Details for the benefit of property owners long bids for the new line ai ' rebuilding will be called. Mana staging the affair, which will who are urged to attend. ger Guy Thomas said earlier th.s bring an estimated 400 county week. grade students here for the day, are being handled by Marvin Wig The clearing bids cover both gans, grade school music instruc- . new line construction and the re tor. building of some cooperative line now in use which was acquired The all-day program will open with th ■ purchase of the Oregon at 10 o’clock that morning with Coach Bill Vlc'k’s call for Gas and Electric company almost a festival band rehearsal led by Jack Dalby, Portland public j spring baseball turnout brought 10 years ago schools, as guest director. Mar- I response from 25 hopefuls Mon The new line will start from the jorir? Albertson from Portland day afternoon and a prospect that Chapman substation, connect wtt.i state college will be the guest some JV ball may be played the Wilark guard station and the.i chorus director. this year. He is spending this go to an area on the Apiary Bands and choral groups will week and will spend most of next road to total 30 miles and serve come from Clatskanie, Bachelot whipping a team into shape to 45 new consumers. Flat. Scappoose. Rainier, John meet Banks here April 2. The line now in use, which was Gumm and McBride schools in The Logger pitching staff will acquired from Oregon Gas, be St. Helens, Yankton and Warren include Homer Fuller and Darold tween here and K asey is sched to compete with the Vernonia Fluke with Dick Gwin as a pos uled as part of the rebuild job groups. sible third hurler. Promising This line follows the railroad A grand concert in the evening, frosh out are Bob Crowston and right-of-way and' is difficult tn starting at 7 p.m., will be open Jim Peters. repair during winter weather to the public. Bill Johnson, high Consequently this section is to The first league game is dated school music director, and stu be relocated along the highway for April 6 with Scappoose there dents from the high school music and a night game will possibly as much as possible to eliminate d-'partment will help Wiggans be scheduled in May as an extra practically all foot work neco with the handling of festival ar event for the spring sports sched. sary when repairs are required rangements Saturday. Relocation will place over 94 ule. per cent of the Vernonia-Keasey line along the car road. The other rebuild job for which bids are soon to be asked will provide new, lugher poles for about eight miles of line in the Jewel area, assuring that st Two practice dates for the end Lions club members, at their tion of adequate and continuous of this week, Saturday and Sun regular Monday meeting at the power. When the new line from. day, were established Wednes country club, accepted as a pro here to Keasey is completed, all day morning by Charles Johnson ject the suggestion to provide an line acquired from the former for the town baseball team which electric power operated wheel power company by West Oregon was organized Wednesday of Iasi will have been rebuilt. chair for Mrs. Lois Clark. week. Lion President W. A. Davis The team, which was not or said Wednesday the chair would ganized last year because of dif cost about $525 and that financial ficulty in obtaining a playing aid would be asked of all organ field, hopes to compete in the izations in town Undertakings Southwest Washington league designed to raise funds will be this year. Decision on entrance staged later to help provide the into the league will be decided The annual St. Patrick’s dance chair cost, he said next week at a meeting of league sponsored by the girls athletu officials. association at the high school will Teams participating in that be held at the Legion hall Satur league include Longview, Kelso day evening, March 27, at 8 p m Rainier and Kalama. The high school dance band will Heading the Vernonia team, as provide the music. Admission decided last Wednesday are: charges are $1 per couple and HI Johnson as business manager; Seventeen Scouts of Vernonia cents for singles Frank.Desordi, team manager; E The King of St. Patrick will be trop 201, accompanied by their A. Elliott, sr-cretary-treasurer and leader, E. J. Parkhurst, spent crowned at 10 p.m. Candidate* George Frye and Dick Knight last w"ek end on a combination are Pete Norris, senior; Pat Sei wine, field committee. camping and tree planting expe bel, junior; Dick Johnson, sopho more; Bob Crowston, freshman dition on the Scappoose road Approximately 500 trees were and Roy Higley, sophomore from planted on county property un the Paul Bunyan club. Voting der the supervision of Robert for selection of the king has been Lindsay, Columbia Tree Farm i done by the girls of the studen' forester The Scouts were given body. However, his identity will the use of Glen Hawkins’ cabin not be revealed until the even Wrestling fans will be offered J ing of the dance and grounds for camping. a mat program at the Legion hall | Sunday, April 4 that will include ' a one-hour tag team mam event ‘ match as well as a preliminary i and semi-final. Sam Cagle indi- I cated Tuesday. He was busy I earlier this week arranging de- I tails for the affair for the Ver- I A mass water testing project type of bacteria which are not noma Firemen who ar • the spon- j is being initiated in all rural harmful themselves but indicat> s sors. areas of Columbia county. Mrs. that if any bacteria are present The main event -tag team Helen Sellie Hazard, county there is a possibility of harmful match calls for two out of three j home extension agent, reports bacteria also being present. falls with a one-hour time limit, i that 18 home extension units are Correct construction of a water Strongmen scheduled to partici- j participating in the testing pro supply to eliminate anv chance pate are billed as: Luther Lind- I ject. for contamination to enter is the sey, 222 Eric Pederson, 203, | According to Ben Rinehart George Dusetts, 198. and Ivan • county sanitarian, this is an out ultimate answer Chlorination of a well with ordinary five per cent Kameroff, 226 growth of the health survey The semi-final will match Lind- I which was conducted a year ago household bleach (purex. clorex sey and Kameroff and the pre and included 10 per cent of the is a temporary measure, but is of little use if the well can be re- liminary. Tony Ross, 210. against 1 population of Columbia county contaminated. Pederson. Starting time will be Results of the health survey indi Mrs. Stella Harris, « hairman of 2:30 that afternoon cated that 43 per cent of the coun ty’s population use» wat'r from the health and safety division of wells, springs or supplies other the farm home and rural lif Clinic Examines 75 committee will report March 30 than municipal water systems. Less than 30 per cent of the at the Yankton grange hall be About 75 youngsters who will water supplies had received bac ginning at 10:30. on other activi be old enough to start kindergar ties to be carried out as a result ten this fall were examined Iasi teriological testing which is a of the Columbia county health free service of the state board of Thursday morning at the annual survey. pre-school clinic. This is an in health The public is invited to attend. The bacteriological examina crease over last year when the number of youngsters examined tion of the water indicates the There will b“ a potluck dinner at presence or absence of a certain noon. was 60 25 Answer Ball Turnout Call j I I i | | : i Date Near for First Gym Use ' i the Park,’, all-school op tr- c;; • will be presented the public F .'lav, April 9 in the high school ST -■■. which is nearing comple- t; -.. Superintendent Eugene Dove s. - r. Wednesday. The operetta being directed by F Johnson, high school music director, is an all-school affair th; will feature in leading parts: ,T - Davis, Charley Harvey. John P.-. 'ids, Richard Fletcher. Ron- r r Andcregg. Ruby Wells. Pat Joyce Mask, Donna Bay- 1 •. Tatsy Wildt, Robert McFar- and Bob Hose. Leatha Ham- Ct.'i will be student director. S-on after the operetta on A t 1 13, installation of new bleachers will start. When the sea's are in place, most of the gv— rebuilding will have been c.-~plcted. PHONE 191 | I FIFTY years of membership in the Rrbekah lodce ea-nrd a 50 year jewel Saturday evening for Mrs. Grace Currie. r;ght. The presentation was made as pari of a precision drill by Mt. Heart Rebakah members during which they also honrrrd charter mem bers of this Ipdge. Mrs. Curr’e jo.ncd Riverside Rebekah lodge No. 100 at Gardner, transferred to Cottage Grove where she went through the chairs and then transferred her membership here. Her sister, Mrs. Karl V/ippcr, left, of Turner was a guest at the Saturday ceremony. Customs Noted In Australia Mrs. Trcssie Michener, who is now in Melbourne, Australia with her son. Elmer, and family, writes she is becoming accustomed to the different ways in the land of "way down under." The fall season is now on there. It never freezes, she says. Flowers stay out all year. All places of business close at noon Saturdays including drug stores and show houses (movies), remaining closed until Monday morning. There are no Sunday editions of newspapers. Mrs. Michener saw Queen Eliza beth and the Duke while they were there and says the Queen is very attractive. Elmer, her oldest son. a gradu ate of the Vernonia schools, is attending college, studying in terior decorating and painting He met his wife while stationed there with the armed forces. After his release from service here Elmer returned to Australia where he was married. The couple has three children. Group to Plan 109-Year Event Preliminary plans for’ the Co lumbia county centennial cele bration were started last night with the first meeting of. the county centennial committee at St. Helens. Named to represent this ar a were Lew Choate. Floyd Bush, J. A. Bush, Jr., and Glen Hawk- ms. The celebration committee’s first meeting originated with the St. Helens chamber of commerce, | but planning the event will be tn the hands of the committee. The celebration probably will take place during the county fair. i August 5 to 8. THOSE WHO ARE IN IT Town Team Sets Lions Announce Practice Dates New Project LeRoy V. Thomas, 17, son of Carlie W Thomas of Vernoma is completing his air force basic military training course at Lack land air force base, th:- “Gateway to the Air Fore«." Lackland, situated near San Antonio, is the site of air force basic military training for men and women, headquarters of the human resource research center, and home of the USAF officer military school. His basic military training is preparing him for entrance into air force technical training and for assignment in specialize! work. The course includes a scientific evaluation of his appti- tude and inclination for following a particular vocation and career. An Oregon sailor who jumped into the chill water of Sasebo harbor. Japan, to rescue a drown ing shipmate has been commend ed by his commanding officers for his act of heroism. Seaman William R Usher, son of Mr. and Mrs. D P Usher of Keas'y route, received a letter of commendation from Navy Captain Henry H. McCarley in a ceremony before assembled ot- ficers and crew of the fleet oiler, USS Passumpsic. Ush'-r dove into the water to help rescue August D. Samuelson, boatswain’s mate third class of East Hampton, Connecticut Ush er also received a 30-day leave and is home now CpI. Charles J. Davis, son of Mr and Mrs. George F. Davis of Mist route, is assigned to the 593th Airborne Eng^ company of the 508th Airborne Regimental Combat T-am at Fort Campbell. Kentucky. Davis, a squad leader, has been assigned to the 508th "Red Devil" Airoorne RCT for a period of one year. Assembly Date Set N BEHALF of th» Ke«p Oregon Green association Glen Hawkins, trusty chairman presented this plaque Monday evening at the L.cna club meeting to Marvin Kamholx. Eagle publisher. The s^que carries the wording "Award for distinguished service for Cutstanding support of forest fire prevention education. A national school assembly pro gram featuring American Indian dancers will take place at the Washington school Monday. March 29 at 9:10 a.m. I St. Pat Dance Date Arranged Scouts Camp Out, Plant 500 Trees Firemen Back Mat Program Health Survey Indicates Rural Water Test Need