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Lxt-ary, U of O VOLUME 32, NUMBER 20 THURSDAY. MAY 20. !" I Seniors Begin Graduation Rites Sunday Lions Back Clean-up Baccalaureate to Take Place Sunday Commencement May 27 Vernonia high school gradua tion festivities get upderway on Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m. with the baccalaureate services which will be held at the Evangelical United Brethren church with the Reverend Don Darling from the Vernonia Bible Church as the .-peaker. Music will be furnished by the high school chorus. Graduation exercises will be held in the high school auditori um on Thursday evening. May 27 at 8 00 p.m. June Cunningham and Bill Braun will be honor speakers chosen from the top five students in the graduating class, and Dr. Erret Hummel from Portland State college will give the commencement address. Four Teachers Resign Posts Grade school teachers who are leaving Vernonia this year in- elude Miss Reva Jo Hughes who has taught arts and crafts and second grad? here for the past eight years and is now leaving to bo married. Mrs. Ethel Williams, first grade teacher at Lincoln school also is leaving to finish requirements for certification; Miss Lorna Johannaber, arts and crafts teach er will transfer to the Mc- IvLrnville public schools after only one year here and Miss Marilyn Sannerud. physical cdu. cation teacher, will be mar ried and plans to livs in Seattle. Four Youngsters Win in Tourney F jr Washington grade school boys will go to Portland Satur day where they will participate m the state marble tourney at Jantzen beach after winning in the VFW marble tournament here The local tournment is an annual affair sponsored by the veterans and the state affair is sponsored each y?ar by the Oregonian. First and second place Class A winners (6-12 y?ars( are Mike Mullins and Gary Justice and Class B winners (13-15) are Don ald Savage and Larry Akers. Boys Tour Tree Farm F.fty-two boys from the fores try department at University of Washington in Seattle were in Vernonia Wednesday morning to tour the Crown tree farm. The group is traveling by chartered Greyhound bus and are making a 700 mile -forestry field trip ANOTHER Lions club prcjeci. the provid ng of ste->s at the c:iy park swimm’ng pool, was carried out Sunday morning when Art Ostrander, center fore round, donated the use of h’s cement mixer for the pour’ng of the concrete. Guy Thomas stand at ths left cf the rnach ns. The steps will provide easy walking from the street level to the pool b ach. A concrete pillar wh’ch will hold a Lions club plaque remains to be poured add a guard rail will be provided later also. The Long-Bell Lum ber cc.-npany provided Iumbsr for the work at n> charge. THOSE WHO ARE IN IT ■ Vernonia, has recently completed I Pfc. Max Buckner and Pfc Bobby Fulton are spending a 21- day leave at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Buckner and Mr. and Mrs Robert Fulton. They will go to Camp Pendiet n, California when they leave here, where they will be stationed for four months after which they will be sent to Japan. ■ special course of training, at Fort Benning. Georgia designed ti train volunteer officers and en listed personnel from all branch es of the service as qualified para chutists, Students are required to mak ■ jumps from an airplane in flight, and one of the five re- quired jumps is made with full equipment. Pvt. E-2 Henry Pearson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Pearson of Band Prepares Annual Concert Friday evening at 8:00 p m. the Vernonia high school band will present its annual spring con cert in the high school auditorium under the direction of band lead er. Bill Johnson. In addition to the band numbers, the girls sex tette will sing several selection! and the band letters will be awarded during the evening. Numbers to be presented by the band will include The Thun derer, Ballet Egyptian, Huldings- marsch. Four Episodes, Preludt in C Minor, Salutation, Great Gates, Dance of the Apprentices Minstrel Parade, Deep River Symphony No. 5, May Overture Pacific Grandeur, Laurete Over ture, Song of Jupiter and Ode to Music. The public is invited to enjoy this concert free of charge. Board, Committee to Meet The Columbia County fair board and the Centennial committee will meet next Monday night at the county fairgrounds at Deer Island The meeting is set for i 8:00 pm. i noma golf course where they lived until August 1917. At that time fire destroy'd their home and in stead of rebuilding they me vet! into Vernonia. Mrs Rogers was lovingly known by the name of Grandma Rogers by everyone throughout the community. This was partly due to the fact that for many years she worked as a practical nurse, and for a number of years conducted a maternity home cr. North street where many Ver nonia babies were bom. Al) ot these she always spoke of as her babies. Of her six children, only two remain, a daughter, Mrs. Virg.i Sly of North Bend. Oregon, and a son. Lee of Vernonia. She M also survived by 12 grandchild ren. 23 great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren. Two nephews, Leo and Louis Violette, also reside in Vernonia Burial will be in the Pioneer cemetery on Rock Creek road. Vilas Shephard, Clatskanie, civil defense director for Co lumbia county, met with city councilmen Monday evening to explain th' need for appoint ment of a community director for this area and outline the defense set-up for this county. His ap pearance here was at the second May meeting of the council. Named to take the post as di Deri Roberts arrived home May 1 for a 30 day pre-discharge fur rector for Vernonia was Bill lough. He will return to Park: Horn. His work will ba the co- air fore? base in California May ordination of the community’s 30 and expects to receive his dis part in the defense program of the county. charge August 2. City councilmen adopted a re Bill Eckland. Engineman 3rd solution which provides for a 10- class is stationed at Honolulu minute parking limit in front of with the Coast Guard cutter Ber the post office and ordered pur ing Strait. They will be on pa chase of a sign which will b? in trol duty seven months out of the stalled there to designate the li- year. Friends wishing to write mit. Albert Tandy asked the council to him address his mail to Bill Eckland F,N3c, U.S.C.G.C. Bering what could b? done to provide street access to his property. Ttrait, WAVP 382, c/o FI>O, San which is located near the north Francisco, California. end of State street, 'lhe present Pfc. Donald V. Bergerson who road being used as access to his is now completing his first year prop?rty now is under dispute. of service with the 25th Inf. Di vision in Korea, has completed a specialized course on organiza- tional maintenanc" with the Eighth U.S. Army Ordinance school. He is back with his company Budget figures to provide fi now in the capacity of 2no me- nancing for the city of Vernonia chanic for a few weeks until he during the fiscal year from July becomes 1st mechanic of motor 1, 1954 to June 30. 1955 were pre pool. He previously had be“n on pared Monday evening when the ordinance patrols with direct su budget committee met at the city pervision. His present address is halL The cost sheet for the com Pfc Donald Bergerson, Co. M 37 ing year calls for a tax levy oi Wolfhounds Reg. 25th Inf. Di $11,822.13 which is within the vision, APO 25, c o Postmaster six per cent limit and will not San Francisco, California make necessary a special election to adopt the proposed lisi of ex- Private Raymond E Jones, son penditures. of Mr. and Mrs. Don Bayley of Included in the new budget are Vernonia, has been assigned to salary increases for city em- duty with the 44th Infantry Di ployees as well as provision for vision at Fort Lewis, Washing funds to be applied to sinking ton as a member of the heavy funds in both the water depart mortor company, 130th Infantry ment and sewer department The Regiment. total of the amounts placed in The 44th division was recalled these two funds, both of which to active federal service during can be used for sewer cost pay the height of the Korean conflict. ments, is $10,000. A tactical infantry division, the Salary increases were based by 44th is a part of the general re th? budget committee on a raise serve for the Pacific Northwest of five per cent for the recorder, Division soldiers are engaged in policemen, water superintendent rugged mountain and desert utilities superintendent, treasur training so that the 44th can er and librarian move out rapidly and efficiently Acting budget committee were: as a completely equipped modem A. L. Kuliander, Ed Salomonsen fighting force in any military O. T. Bateman, Loel Roberts and emergency. Bill Horn. Budget for City Prepared Mon. Pioneer Valley Resident Taken by Death Monday Services are being conducted th.s afternoon. Thursday, at 2.0C p m. at the Bush Funeral Home chapel for Lou Anna Rogers wno passed away Monday evening after an extended illness. Lou Anna Caroline Franklin war born September 5. 1864 at Sullivan’s Bend, Tennessee. On October 26, 1884 she was mar- ned to Ralph Rogers. In 1887 they left Tennessee and < came west, spending one year in Den ver and another in Seatie. in December of 1889 they came tc the Nehalem valley and took up a hmestead on Pebble Creek, a part of which is now known as Rogers Park They lived there until 1907 and Mrs. Rogers worked with her husband clearing land and max ing a farm from the wilderness as well as caring for her six children, and still finding time for many neighborly acta which endeared her to all who lived near. In 1907 they moved to the pr perty which is now the Ver- Defense Director Explains Plan I Historical Society Meets Snow Falla in April Wm C. Wood and Villas Shep- ard of Clatskanie are the commit tee on arrangements and pro gram for the meeting of the Co. lumbia County Historical Society which will meet next Tuesday, May 25 at the Methodist church m Clatskanie A pot-iuck din ner will be served at noon which will be followed by the regular session. The report from the coopera tive weather observer, Mrs Helen Spofford, reveals that th? month of April was quite cold, with an inch of snow being measured ear ly in the month. The minimum temperature of 26 degrees was re corded on April II, and the maxi, mum of 73 degrees on April 16 Total precipitation for the month was 5 44 inches. i A clean up program for Ver nonia. including the Riverview area, was decided upon Monday evening by the I.ion club after that organization had been asked to undertake the project by Ben Rinehart, county sanitarian. He has been promoting clean up programs in all communities in the county and in many places th? project has already been com pleted. Cleve Robertson was ap pointed chairman of the Lions committee which will arrange for picking up waste material Friday of next week. That day, Friday May 28, was set when trucks will tour the city and Riverview to collect such material. Resident are asked to collect all waste material during the early part of next week and place it in containers at uhe curbing where it can easily be loaded into trucks that will be provided for hauling. Town Club to Meet Longview Baseball fans will see a double header for which the town team will meet Longview here Sunday afternoon at 1:30 to ooc.r this year's schedule of games. Infor mation on the schedule for the early part of the season was given earlier this week by Charles Johnson. The Vernonia team is entered in the Oregon-Washing totf league. Rainier will play at Castle Rock also Sunday and Kalama draws a bye for this date. One more team is expected to enter the league, but not until after June 6, he said. All games here will be played on the high school field Vernonia will meet Rainier there Sunday, May 30 and will go to Castle Rock Sunday, June 6. Cub Practice Set For Saturday The Cub team of the boy’s base ball will practice at 9:00 am., Saturday. The Pigmies and Pee Wees will practice sometime next week. Due to so many boys turning out it will probably be necessary to have a first and second Pee Wee team. All boys who play will be re quired to pay $1 25 for insurance coverage. This can be paid to Bill Horn at the bank or at the union hall, not later than June 1 so that the insurance will be in effect by that date. Efforts are being made to sched ule some practice games before regular play begins. I Ballot Issue Decisions Due Friday Candidates, Measures To Provide Choice at Primary Election Balloting for the May 21 pri mary election Friday will bring before voters the need to decide candidates for nomination as well as decisions on ballot measures. Republican voters in the county's 32 precincts will decide three contests for candidates. For three of th? Vernonia pre cincts, number 1, 2 and 4 which include parts of the city, voters will be asked to determine wheth er an $85.000 bond issue shall be levied by adopting or refusing a proposed city charter amend ment. Only those voters residing within the city and registered for city elections will be called upon to make this decision. Three men seek the Republi can county commissioner num.' nation, being Owen P. Keller, Elmer Loyd and M. L. Greg ory. Other Republican contests include: H E. Barker and Eu gene Allen, commissioner of the bureau of labor, and Governor Patil Patterson and Earl T New- bry, candidates for governor Democratic voters will have no contest upon which to decide. Polling places for the four Ver nonia precincts are: No. 1, Sund- land Electric, No. 2, IWA un: u hall; No. 3, Washington grade school and No 4, city hall. The polls will be open from 8 a m. to 8 p.m. * Bloodmobile to Be Here Monday The Bloodmobile will visit Ver nonia next Monday, May 24, and will i>< tationed at the KX)F hall from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. In addition to thos- who have pre viously been eligible to donate blood, word just received stl.te« that persons having had jaundiee will now be accepted if the at tack was more than two years ago. The Bloodmobile visit is b’ing sponsored by the local Ma.:or.ic lodge with Harry Culbertson act ing as chairman. Handicap Play End* Spring handicap playoffs which were held at the Vernonia golf course last Sunday ended with y»-n George winning first prize Memorial Observance Due and Tom Corrigan second prize At the meeting of the American | Low gross score was held by Tom Legion held last Monday night Bateman and Sid Sorenson had plans were made for the obser the longest drive of 275 yards vance of Memorial Day. Com Honors for closest to the pm on plete details for the program will number 4 were claimed by Ben be released next week. Brickie with 18 inches. Full Day Arranged for 4-H Community Affair A full day of activities is in store for 4-H club member* at the seventh annual Nehalem Vai. ley 4-H Community day to be held at the American Legion hall Vernonia, on Saturday, May 22 Club members will compete for ribbons and trophies. Ribbons have been donated by Nichols Variety Store and Miller’». The Commercial Bank of Oregon. Ver nonia branch, will award a cup to the highest scoring club mem ber in an electricity or health project, Henry Anderegg will award a cup to the home econo mic» club member with the high est Kore, and the Vernonia Trad ing Company will present a show halter to the highest »coring live stock club member The halter is in place ot a cup as previously announced. All exhiBit* are to be in place ready for judging at 9:30. The program of activities for the day is: • 9 30—Home economics judging contest 9:30—Crops and weds identifi cation and judging conte«'. 10:30—Demonstrations. 12:00- Lunch. 1.00—Instruction. 1:30—Dairy showmanship con test. 2:00—Beef showmanship contort 3:00—Presentation of cups and awards The noon meal will be pot-luc.l with part of the food being pro vided by the KciuM'y, Timber and Mist-Nehalem extension uniu The Vernonia unit will provide coffee and be in charge of serv ing the nval. All club membeis not bringing a dish are requested to bring sandwiches, unless other arrangements have been mack with their club.