VOLUME 32, NUMBER 40
Engineer to
Begin System
Work Plan
Contract Covers
Details of Sewer
Proposal Project
The job of preparing detailed
plans and specifications ’ for con­
struction of the proposed sewer
system for the Corey hili area and
other small sections of Vernon-s
is scheduled to begin soon be­
cause of a contract that was con­
sidered and signed Monday even­
ing by city councilmen.
The contract was the principal
item of business at this meeting,
-the first for October The agree­
ment was made between the en­
gineering firm of N. W. Haner
and Associates and the city and
calls for plan preparation, the
making of an estimate of the pro­
bable cost of the project, exami­
nation of bids received, super­
vision of the job as it is being
done and payment for all of these
services.
N. W. Haner and Associates is
the firm that has in the past been
employed by the city for the pre­
paring and carrying out of con­
struction work. It is expected
that plan preparation will begin
within a very short time.
Bill J. Horn appeared before
the council to explain advantages
of blanket insurance and present­
ed suggestions for coverage that
should be considered. This mat­
ter was tabled until a future
meeting.
Definite action was taken on
the suggestion that the city pur­
chase a line marker. This piece
of equipment will make possible
the painting of yellow lines for
crosswalks and special parking
areas much easier than has been
done in the past.
Two other orders issued by the
council provide for bus parking
only in front of the bus depot
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and for no
parking on the east side of First
street between Maple street and
the Legion hall.
Data Confirms
Cool Summer
According to information com­
piled by Mrs. Helen Spofford, co­
operative weather observor, the
warmest day of the year was on
September 25 when the mercury
climbed to 87 degrees here. Se­
cond warmest day was in May
with a 85 degree reading. One day
in June touched 84 degrees and
one in July 81 degrees. Was it
summer? We wonder.
In September, the minimum
temperature was 31 degrees on
Septermber 29 when frost touched
the gardens.
Percipitation fur
September was 1.35".
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THOSE WHO
ARE IN IT
Pfc. Patrick Sauer suiprtsed his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alois Sauer
Saturday with a call to meet hirr
at the Portland airport. I’' ar
rived by plane from Fort Camp
bell, Kentucky where h? is u
member of the 601st Q M. Aerial
Supply Co. and will have 20 daj s
at home.
VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON
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Residents living within the pro­
posed rural fire district and who
are duly qualified voters will
have the opportunity to decid-' in
favor of or against the question
of forming the district when they
vote next Tuesday, October 12.
The district was proposed earlier
this year and explained at a pub-
lie meeting April 19 bv J J
Hicks, deputy state fire marshal.
Tuesday’s election will take
place at the Nehalem Service
station in Riverview and the
polls will be open from 8 a m. to
8 p m. A map showing the sec­
tions to be included in the dig
trict appears elsewhere in this
issue of The Eagle.
Shortly after the April meet­
ing petitions wore circulated call­
ing for a hearing and also for an
election and sufficient signatures
of real property owners were ob­
tained to make possible the hold
LOGGERS HIT COME-BACK TRAIL
FRIDAY EVENING; DEFEAT TIGERS
140-12 IN THIRD LCL ENCOUNTER
Pfc. Darrell Borders spent the
week end here from Fort Lewis.
Pfc. Raymond Jones is spend
ing a ten day leave here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Bay-
ley.
He is stationed at Fort
Lewis.
The Columbia County Com­
mission of the Highway Life
Savers of Oregon met at the
Scappoose City Hall on Thurs­
day, September 23, for their reg­
ular monthly meeting. A county
Safe Driving Pledge was decided
upon and it will be printed in all
the papers of the county,
along with information about the
Life Savers program, early in No­
vember.
Organizations throughout the
county will be contacted to obtain
the support of their member­
ships in publicizing the plans of
the commission. A number of
inspiring movies on highway safe­
ty were previewed by the group
and a suitable selection made for
showing at various public meet­
ings over the county.
Teachers on Committee
Two members of the Vernonia
high school faculty. Myron Vlcck
and David Turnbull, have be-n
chosen to serve on the state text
book committee and meetings are
sch-duled to be held at St. Helens
tonight and in Salem next Tues­
day and Wednesday to consider
selection of new social science
text books for use in Oregon high
schools.
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Style Revue
Mrs. W. J. Lindsley received
news from her son, Kenneth, re­
cently that he had been promoted
to Corporal. He left Korea Oct­
ober 3 to return to his home her?
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Rural Fire District Vote Due Oct. 12
A/lc and Mrs. Darrell Elliott
are the parents of a daughter.
Darnell Jean, born September 21
at Fitzsimmons Hospital in Der.
ver, weighing eight pounds. She
is the first grandchild of Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Elliott of Birkenfeld.
Highway Life
Savers Meet
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 7.
CARL HOLSEY intercep s a Clatskanie pass and brought down
aftir a substantial gain in the latter minutes of 'he first half in
last Friday night's game which the Loggers won 40-12.
Coach V leek’s Vernonia Log­
gers hit the come-back trail Fri­
day evening when they enter­
tained the visiting Clatskanie
Tigers on the local turf and de­
feated them by the count of
40 to 12
The Loggers started their touch­
down parad ■ early in the game
when the Clatskanie team kicked
out of trouble from their own 20
after taking the kickoff and fail­
ed to make a first down. The
Loggers took the ball on the visi­
tors 43 and drove all the way
downfield to their three-yard
stripe using a steady ground at­
tack. On the next play the local
eleven fouled up the Tiger de­
fenders and passed over for the
TD with Hols-y heaving the pig­
skin to O’Brien. The try for point
was good with Bill Higley split­
ting the uprights.
Once again during first quarter
play the visiting Tigers ran into
difficulty with the haid charging
Logger line
which
wouldn't
budge. Taking to the airlanes a
Clatskanie pass was snagged by
an alert Logger defender on the
visitor’s 40. Staying on the
ground, Vernonia proceeded to
drive the ball all the way down
to the nine-yard stripe. Vernonia
scored from that point when Hol-
sey took a lateral from Crowston
• nd skirted left end. The try
for point was good with Holsey
passing to O’Brien for the extra
counter.
Second quarter play started
with a bang for the visitors as
they drove all the way from their
own 19-yard stripe for their fir-:
TD of the game. Th- scoring
play occurred on a 39-yard pass
and run play The try for point
was no good. In the waning min­
utes of the first half Jerry Bush
recovered a Tiger fumble on the
11-yard »tripe The Loggers fail­
'd to gain and lost the ball on
downs with the visitors taking
over. Vernonia's hard charging
linemen then tackled a Clatskanie
back on the Tiger's own two-yard
stripe forcing them to kick out.
On the punt the kicker stepped
out of th? end zone giving the
local eleven a safety and two ad­
ditional points, making the score
stand at 16-6 at halftime.
Clatskanie kicked off starting
third quarter play to the locals'
30 and carried to the 40-yard
stripe
From that point Holsey
skirted end for 53 yards all the
way down to the visitors seven
before being downed On third
down Ricky Bush scored for the
locals from one yard out
Try
1 for point failed. Twice again the
' Loggers scored in third quarter
[ play.
Midway through the quarter
Vernonia intercept?d a Tiger pass
at midfield. Bobby Crowston ran
■ all the way to the visitors’ 15
I before being tripped up.
From
| that point Holsey drov' down to
I the one-yard stripe. The Loggers
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1 doing the honors. Once again the
! try for point failed.
Vernonia’s third TD in the third
quarter came in the final minutes
' of that period when Clatskanie
' punted, after failing to make a
! first down, to the Loggers’ 25.
' Holsey, Ixigger safety man, took
the ball from that point and ran
it all the way back for a tally be-
hind excellent blocking in the
most exciting play of the game.
Try for point failed as the quarter
ended with the score standing at
34-6
Midway through fourth quarter
play the Loggers scored once
I again when the combination of
I^Crowston’s lateral
to Holsey
1 worked from 20 yards out for the
1 TD Try for point failed.
Clatskanie scored their second
' TD in the final minutes of play
! against Logger reserves as a Tiger
| back got loose from his own 25-
Ivard stripe and galloped all the
w'ay to the locals' eight-yard
marker before being hauled down
from behind. The visitors TD
came on a pass play. Try for
point failed. Final score 40-12
Vernonia will journey to Scap­
poose Friday night to engage that
squad in the local eleven's fourth
league encounter. Scappoose was
defeat'd last Friday evening by
the Seaside Seagulls and this
game should be rated as a toss-
up
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Read Sunday
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Funeral services were held on
j Sunday afternoon at the Bush
Funeral home for Lee Franklin
Wood who passed away last
Thursday at the Bennett Nursing
Home at Tillamook after an ill­
ness of about eight months.
Mr Wood was born at Vernonia
February 17, 1899 and had spent
the greater part of his life in or
near this community. He had
lived at Tillamook for the past
five years.
He is survived by one daughter,
Dora May Zeiler of Manhatten,
hi» father, Albert Wood of Ver­
nonia, a brother, Everett Wood
and a sister, Mary Schedwin,
both of Vernonia, and two grand­
children.
Services were read by Reverend
Ervin Leake of the Christian
Church and soloist was Mrs.
Frank Serafin. Burial was at the
Vernonia Memorial Cemetery
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Telephone Co.
Files for Raise
Conference Attended
Eugene Dove, Vernonia high
school superintendent, spent Mon­
day and Tuesday at Salem at­
tending the twenty-sixth annual
' fall conference of the Oregon As-
' sociation of Secondary School
Principals Principal topics used
! for study and discussion were
i "Citizenship E d u c a t i on” and
“School Mv»'- and Their Inter-
I pretauon." Laws given special
J study were the ones pertaining
Ito compulsory attendance and new
health education requirements.
The style revue presented Tues­
day evening at th? high school
auditorium under sponsorship of
the 4H clubs was well received
by a good audience.
Harold Black, county club a-
gent, opened the program and
introduced Mrs. Allyn, county ex­
tension ag"nt, and Mrs. Turnbull,
high school Home Ec. teacher who
had been instrumental in getting
the revue lined up here.
With Marie Stager as reader
of the script which introduced the
models and Miss Wagner pro­
viding a musical background,
girls from the high school home
ec department and 4H clothing
clubs entered one by on? wearing
garments provided by the Sim­
plicity pattern company and made
from current simplicity patterns.
Styles shown included a coat,
suits and dresses ranging from
sports type through dress up
styles and formals. Sports shorts
were also shown.
The fact that the boys are very
interested in what the girls wear
and like to see them dressed up
was emphasized by the number of
boys who were present for the
show.
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Th'' West Coast Telephone Com­
pany has amended its current
rate filing, according to Ray Dal­
ton, vice president and gen Tai
manager of the company, and is
asking for $250,000 additional an­
nual gross revenue
This makes
an average addition of about
forty-three cents per month per
telephone in Oregon
Increased cost of operation and
larger investment in plant addi­
tions have mad* the revised fil­
ing necessary. Dalton announced
today
ing of the election.
To vote on the district quest is,
a voter must have the qualifica­
tions of an elector of the stats*
and have resided m the disirwt
not less than 90 days preceding
the date of the election.
At next Tuesday’s election, a
board of directors will also be
chosen to manage the affair« of
the district by selecting a fire
chief, providing equipment, ci n
tracting with towns regard-ig
fire protection, providing an
alarm system and levying a tax
not to exceed four nulls to defray
expenses.
The names of those propose:!
for the board of directors are;
Albert B. Brunsman, Eug<.ne
Drips, Desmond E. Laird. Jan -s
H Smith and O. G. Weed.
Indebtedness of the district
shall never exceed five per cent
of the assessed valuation for state
and county purposes on all pro­
perty within the limits of the
district. Four mills may be levied
by directors and an additional
10 mills after special election an!
approval by a majority of th»
legal voters of the district.
Reductions in insurance rat.**
are possible in the district u»
proportion to the fire protect; ; ii
provided.
Candidates At
Republican Meet
Many out of town guests, in­
cluding a number of candidates
for office in the November 2
election, were present for the Re­
publican meeting held last Wed­
nesday night at the Legion hall.
Present from Astoria were»
Mrs. Laurence Jackson, president
of the Astoria Republican dub,
Mr and Mrs. S. H. Ixte, Mrs
Fred Leudstrom and Mr. an!
Mrs. Joe Dyer. Mr. Dyer is a
candidate for joint senator for
Clatsop and Columbia counti ».<
From Clatskanie were Mrs C.
Evenson, Mr. and Mrs. Haro'.d
Aspinwall and Mr. and Mrs. An
Steele Mr. Steele is a candidate
for state representative.
From St. Helens were Mrs.
Mary Whittier, president of the
Republican women’s club, wh.>
presided over the Wednesday
night meeting, Mrs. Harvey Jor­
dan, and Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Poff.
From Deer Island were cand
date for county commissioner,
Elmer Loyd and Mrs. Loyd.
Principal speaker of the even­
ing was State Treasurer Si<
Unander of Salem who stressed
the accomplishments of Presider’
Eisenhower during his first 13
months in office and spoke of
the sincerity and capability of
Governor Patterson. He ala-»
indorsed Guy Cordon, Art Steele
and Joe Dyer.
Also speaking during the even­
ing were Art Steele, Joe Dy^r
and Elmer Loyd.
Crew Leaders Trained
Millard R Calhoun of St. Hel­
ens was chosen from Qplumb.a
county to participate in a pre­
gram of training for crew leade-.s
in the 1954 Census of Agriculture
which was begun at Salem Mor
day. After completion of the five
day training course, crew leader»
will return to their counties anj
recruit and train enumerators fr
the actual work of taking the
census.
Fire Trucks Get Call
Both fire trucks were call'd
out shortly before noon la*t
Thursday when a trash fire near
the Cedarwood Timber Company
shingle mil) went out of control
Because of lowered humidity and
the dryness of surrounding brusn
it spread rapidly and was quit?
menacing for a time before being
brought und“r control. It dem
onstrated clearly that the fire
season is not over and extreme
caution is still required.