VOLUME 32. NUMBER 49
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON
PHONE 191
Fire District East Teams Defeat West
Board Hears ! 90-77Friday Evening
Explanations
treated the spectators to some
fine basketball with plenty of
thrills.
Seaside, starting a re­
serve team, was behind 8-13 at
the end of the first period When
Directors, Council
the regulars came in to play the
Learn Details for
last quarter they found an in­
Providing Protection
spired Logger squad which re­
fused to be awed by the taller,
Directors of the rural fire dis­
more experienced Seagulls. With
trict surrounding Vernonia an*
about two minutes left to play
councilmen of the city of Ver­
the Gulls height advantage be­
nonia met Tuesday evening to
gan to pay off as Seaside took
hear three men explain proposals
the lead for the first time an/
for setting up fire protection for
went on to win 26 23. Crowston
the district as wsll as d 'tails that
and O'Brien show d especially
will be followed in determining
I well cn defense. Darrell Fluke.
the .nsurance rate class.
; Logger guard, scored ttn points
The meeting, held at the 1WA
i to tie Rainier's Gary Brown for
iK on hal.‘, brought here Jim
top scoring honors of the even­
Hicks, assistant stats fife mar­
ing.
shal, W. J. Wagner from the
Rainier put the ”ast teams into
state insurance rating bureau and
a lead which they never relin­
O. A. Ridenour, count.'- assessor.
quished by t< pping Clatskanie 23
Outlined at the session were
17 in A very rough game. The
deta.ls that should be followed
Tigers,
having only two return­
m making available a pi ce of
ing lettermen and very little
f.rc fighting equipment capable
height, could not match the size
of meeting standards of the rat- ,
and experience of the Rainier
ir.g bureau so that insurance
team.
rates for property owners in the
St. Helens displayed perhaps
district can be lowered. Also ex-
the
best defensive team of the
pl&.ned was a method to follow
Funeral services were held Wed­ Jamboree,
holding
Warrenton
in financing payment for the
nesday at 2 p.m. at Fuiten's Chap­ to 13 points while rolling up 22
equ.pment.
el in the Grove for Mrs. Christine points in the third game of the
The district directors will con­
Harders ofc Vernonia who passed evening. Jim Ross was the spark
tract with the city for providing
away Saturday morning following scoring eight points in the first
the equipment and for making
an extended illness.
Reverend quarter and Marlin Marsh took
arrangements that will be suit­
E. A. Boosinger, pastor of the over in th? second quarter to
able so that calls can be answered
Forest Grove Christian Church score six points.
qu.ckly. ’The city will ask At­
officiated. Interment was in the
Games Scores:
torney C. F. Bradley to prepare
Forest View cemetery, Forest EAST 90
WEST 71
a contract covering the working
Grove.
Vernonia 23
Seaside 26
a..cement between the city and
Mrs. Harders was born August Rainier 23
Clatskaine 17
district.
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11, 1898 at West Point. Nebraska, St. Helens 22
Warrenton 13
I the daughter of Henry and Louise Scappoose 22
Neahkahnie 21
Çlatt. She attended school and
grew to womanhood at Norfolk.
Nebraska and in 1927 moved to
Sious City, Iowa. She came to
Oregon in 1944 and was united
The following students at Ver­ in marriage to Will Harders at
nonia high school earned places Vancouver, Washington in Oc­
on the honor roll for the second tober 1944. They lived in Port­
Dates havrj been set by the
six weeks period:
land until 1947 when they moved Public Utilities Commissioner of
Seniors: Joyce Akers, Margaret to Vernonia, living on Timbn Oregon for hearings for the West
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Buckley, Margaret Cook. Doro­ Route.
Coast Telephone Company to pre­
thy Gwin, Sharon Hamilton. J. R.
Surviving besides her husband I sent their case as stated in peti­
Knkbride, Pat O’Brien. Bob Rose, are four children: Mrs. Louise tions filed previously in which
A..ce Snook, Nadine Tunnel;
Nicholls; Mrs. Dorothy Fritch and they have asked for rate in
Juniors—Donna Bayley, Gretch­ Verle Jensen, all of Sioux City, creases.
en Bolmeier. Pat Brissett, June Iowa, and Lyle Jensen of Kan­
For this area the hearing will
Jones, Bertha Keasey, Rosalie sas; three stepchildren: Charles be held December 13 at 1:30 p m.
Kirkbride, Loretta Mills. Delons W. Hard’rs, Vernonia; Hendy H
in room 579, State Office Build­
Olscfn,
Sheila
Parrish,
Joan Harders. Glenrock, Wyoming and ing, 1400 S W. 5th Street in Port­
Peters. Patsy Wildt;
Evelyn Harders of Portland and land, Oregon. If they show suf­
Sophotrores — Donna Buckle/, 12 grandchildren.
ficient evidence to justify an in­
Robert Drips, Janice Garner,
Also surviving are two sisters, crease, the commission will so
Georgia Parrish. Joyce Thomp- , Mrs.
Ethel
Hauffman,
Deer order.
sen. Ruby Wells:
Lodge. Minnesota and Mrs. Mane
Frzshmen — Darlene Bernaroi, I Wielde. Norfolk, Nebraska and a
C. of C. Members io Meet
Rot rt Hoerle, Garry Strong and j brother G -orge Clatt of Norfolk
Weyne Shafer.
The Vernonia Chamber of Com­
Mrs. Ray Rogers and Mrs. Ray
Huggett were vocalists at the merce membership meeting will
Examiner Here Dec. 17
service with Mrs. Dale Planer as be held at the IWA union hall,
A drivers license examiner will j organist. Serving as pallbearers Friday night, December 10 at
be on duty in Vernonia Friday. j were Joe Schmidling, Henry 8:00 p.m The directors will meet
December 17. 1954. at the city i Honeyman; Joe Mallette, Bob there at 7:30 for a short business
ha.l between the hours of 10 Hodgson, Walter Baird and Wal­ meeting proceeding the member­
ship meeting
am. and 4 p m ,
I ley Noakes.
The teams of the eastern half
of the Lower Columbia League.
winning three out of four short
games, scored a 90-77 win over
western half teams Friday night.
Approximately 1000 spectators at­
tending the Jamboree at the high
school gym saw the eight league
teams in some very fast, spirited
basketball.
The closest contest of the even­
ing was the final game played by
Scappoose and Neahkahnie in
which the lead changed three
times during the last minute of
play. A set shot by Bob Gilli­
gan with about eight seconds to
play enabled Scappoose to win
22-21.
Neahkahnie had over-
come a 16-9 first period deficit
to take a one-'point lead before
Gilligan’s winning shot.
The opening game between
Seaside and Vernonia set the pace
l'or the entire Jamboree and
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Rites Wednesday
For Mrs. Harders
Juniors Lead
Honor Roll List
Rate Increase
Hearings Set
Safe Driving
Day Set for
December 15
Traffic Rule Observance,
Care in Driving Asked
To Eliminate Accidents
"Whereas, th.” President's Ac­
tion Committee for Traffic Safe­
ty has designated W'ednesday,
December 15, 1954 as “S-D Day”
—Safe Driving Day, a day to
demonstrate that traffic accidents
can be reduced materially when
all motorists and pedestrians do
their best; and
Whereas, President Dwight D
Eisenhower and the governors of
all the states have called for th”
greatest cooperative job ever un­
dertaken in behalf of traffic ac­
cident elimination; and
Whereas all mayors hav” been
called upon to cooperate in the
program.
Now therefore, I Lyman G.
Hawken, Mayor of Vernonia, do
hereby pledge to the Presid 'nt of
the United States wholehearted
support and cooperation in this
high endeavor and call upon
every citizen of Vernonia and the
surrounding community to join in
this crusade so that our commu­
nity may be free from any traf­
fic accident here.”
With the issuance of the above
proclamation,
Mayor
Hawken
stated his desire that every per­
son in Vernonia could realize
his personal responsibility, for
on the action of the driver and
the pedestrian depends the ans­
wer to safety or danger.
According to information re­
leased by E. C. Sammons, Oreg..,i
State Director of S-D Day, the
Oregon State Industrial Union
Council (CIO) has called upon all
its members to join in this pro-
• gram. In their statement they
say, “Safe driving is not merely
a slogan nor even a day. It’s a
settled attitude of mind on the
part of every individual.”
Another organization that is
locally solidly behind the pro
gram is the Knights of Pythias
who have as a national organiza­
tion won presidential recognition
for their cooperation with his
traffic safety program.
Bert Brunsman, local chairman
of the county Lifesaver’s commit­
tee. also urges every one to sign
the safe driving pledges and help
make S-D day and every day
safe.
The president's action commit­
tee is asking every individual to
do three things: 1. observe the
letter and the spirit of all traffic
regulations; 2. be courteous to
every driver and pedestrian,
practice sportsmanship; 3, give
full attention to walking and driv­
ing. In short, everyone should
drive and walk as they would
have every one else drive and
walk.
1955 County Fair
Dates Listed
August 18 to 20 have been set
1 as the dates for the 1955 Colum­
bia county fair, it was announced
this week by Jewett A Bush.
Clatskanie. Columbia county fair
board manager.
Dates for the fair were selected
last week at the annual meetings
of the state fair association held
in Portland.
In announcing the dates lor
th' 1955 fair, it was also revealed
that the Rainier Shows of Tacoma,
Washington will furnish the car­
nival attractions at the Deer
Island Fair next summer
The Tacoma carnival replaces
West Coast Shows which has
plat 'd the fair the past several
y'ars.
6th Grade Plans Assembly
AMBOREE fans saw tha tightest gama of »h svsning at the end of he affair Friday when
Si-ppoose and Neahkahnie tangled and the latter wen by one point. About 1000 fans saw - he eight
team pre-league season event.
Mr Frazier’s sixth grade clam
at Washington grad ■ school will
present an assembly program on
Friday. December 10, at 2:45 p.m
which will include musical num­
bers. a play and a choral reading.
10c COPY
Grade Fives
Prepare for
Jamboree
Eight Columbia county grade
basketball teams representing the
A schools and two that have been
invited to participate will take
part Friday evening in the coun­
ty grade school jamboree.
The affair is timed to open a:
7 p.m. December 10 at the high
school gym and will preceed reg­
ular league play which is to start
the week of December 13-17 and
continue until March 4 with one
game scheduled each week.
Teams to compete from A
schools will be Clatskanie, Rai­
nier, Westport, John Gumm and
McBride of St. Helens and Ver­
nonia. Quincy and Yankton will
be guest teams for the evening.
The Washington school team
coached by James Johns lists
players in the squad as: Donald
Savage, Dick Crowston, George
Brown, Billy Howard, Jimmy
Nanson, Mike Mullins, Elvin Stiff,
Melvin Parrish, Albert Davis and
Owen En ‘voidsen.
THURSDAY. DEC 9
1954
Yule Spirit
Evident in
Streets, Stores
Churches. School.
Clubs Prepare for
Annual Programs
With the turning on of th?
Christmas street lights last week
»■nd and the placing of Christmas
trees and other street decorations
last Sunday by members of th.'
Lions’ club, Vernonia has tak
on a festive air and the Christ­
mas spirit is becoming more evi­
dent everywhere.
Most stores
are gaily decorated and Christ­
mas merchandise has the atten­
tion of both old and young.
Clubs and organizations are
having Christmas patties and a
round of festivities is planned for
the days remaining before Christ­
mas.
Saturday evening, December
18. the Christmas Ball will b •
held in the high school gymnasi­
um under sponsorship of the
Girl’s League
Music will be
provided bv “The Starduster»,’
a ten piec? orchestra from Forest
Grove which was formerly Bill
Durbons orchestra. This affair
is formal and the public is in­
For the convenience of the pub­ vited to attend
The evening of December 19
lic, the Vernonia post office will
be open until 6:00 p m. th” next will see programs presented by
two Saturdays, December 11 and several Sunday schools including
the Christian church, the Assem­
18.
All who have either parcels or bly of God, the Nazarene and thr
cards to go to the east coast are Vernonia Bible church. The date
urged to get them into the mail has not yet been set by the Bap­
at once. At least 10 days should tist church, and the Evangelical
be allowed for any mail to eastern United Brethren church will de­
lay theirs until Thursday even­
points.
To assure delivery of cards it ing, December 23
Monday evening, December 2>,
is best to use three cent stamps.
Two cent stamps may be used on the PT A. meeting will feature a
unseal'd cards that contain no concert by high school music
message, but they are third class groups in the high school audi­
Tuesday evening, De­
nail which is not forwarded or torium.
returned. On cards bearing three cember 21 at 8:00 p.m. the an­
cent stamps, be sure to put a re­ nual school program will be pre­
turn address so that if they are sented at the Washington grad;
not delivered they can be returned school and will b” a traditional
to the sender. Christmas seals school program featuring a visit
should never be put on the front by television to Santa Claus land.
of letters, only on the flap side Music will be furnished from
the grade school under thr? direr
of the envelope
Parcels should be well wrap­ tion of Mr. Wiggins and by the
ped and securely tied with the high school under the direction
address written plainly on one of Mr Johnson. Treats will be
side only. Fragil items should given to the children by the Ver­
be avoided unless packed with nonia Christmas Association.
Various groups plan Christmas
exceptional care.
caroling during Christmas week,
also.
Post Office
Extends Hours
THOSE WHO
ARE IN IT
Robert Lamping left last Wed­
nesday after an extended leave
enjoyed her? on his return from
three years tn Germany. He is
now at March Air Base in South­
ern California.
Cpl. and Mrs. Wesley Hunt of
Ft Lewis, Washington arrived
here Saturday on a 27-day em­
ergency leave necessitated by the
illness of Wesley’s father, Fred
Hunt.
Cpl Dewey Hunt has received
a 5-day extension to his leave due
to his father’s illness.
Marimbisi Coming Tues.
Next Tuesday, December 14,
at 2 45 p m., Flemming Oren, ma­
rimbist, will be presented in a
National Assembly program, “Mu­
sic As You Like It." at the Wash­
ington Grade school auditorium
The high school will join the
grade schools for this assembly
and the public is invited to at­
tend.
Christmas Seals Available
Extra supplies of the T. B.
Christmas seals are available at
the Vernonia Insurance Exchange
desk in the bank for those who
did not get seals through the ma.l
or wish to purchase more.
City Grants Licenses, Asks Survey
City councilmen, meeting Mon­
day of this week for their first
December session, transacted sev­
eral different items of business
that had arisen since their last
November meeting and also act­
ed on matters that had not been
completed at th1 former time.
New items included approval
of three applications for liquor li­
cense renewals, Sam's Food Sto.c,
Lew's Place and Mikes.
Gene
R. Evans appeared before the
council to ask approval of his li-
c nse application, which if gran*-
c-d by the state, will make it pos­
sible for him to purchase Mike’s
Place from Dewey Countess.
Upon recommendation of City
Engineer S A. R om . the council
ordered a new alum feeder *ar
the city water pumping plant.
An order was also issued that
bids be asked for constructing
curbs as specified in nn official
notice earlier this year. The
curbing is being plann- d for the
northeast part of town wheu
curbing is not now installed and
an official call for bids will be
published next week.
House-to-house solicitors will be
notified of the city ordinance
which prohibits such action by
th'! future installation of 2 signs
at city limits. The signs were
ordered by the council Monday.
Albert Tandy appeared before
the council to ask for gravel for
the roadway leading to his pro­
perty. CoUncilm n issued an or­
der that a survey be made to de­
termine the Cost of opening up D
street so that property owners
along the proposed street can
have an idea of the amount ot
expense that will be necessary to
cover the work.