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Library, U of 0 • • I FFA Course Postponed By Directors Church Dedication Sei The Shoreline Evangelical U";ted Brethren church in Seattle <7 which Rev. Paul D. Sisler is pastor will be formally dedicated 1.-..S coming Sunday. May 22, with the Rev. Dr. Ira D. Warner. bish- < . of the churches Pacific area in cfcarge of ceremonies. Jlev. Sis-' l^r went to this new area from V^ftionia and made the initial survey and preparation for build ing the church this year. The building has been used for ser- s res since March 27. DUNLAP TO BE CD SPEAKER THOSE WHO ARE IN IT I A2c Allen Hibbs arrived Wed nesday. morning for a 20-day fur- lough here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugen? Hibbs, He comes from Finley Airforce sta- lion at Finley, North Dakota where he is a radar op-rator. He will accompany his mother and brothers Ronnie and Jimmy to Greenleaf. Idaho Saturday to at. tend th? graduation of his sister, Doris, from Greenleaf Friends Acadsmy. • Awards Assembly Due Grad: school students who have won awards for various ac tivities will receive them Friday, May 20, at tne final assembly of the year. ‘Awards will be pre sented for: safety patrol, basket ball, track, poppy poster winners and the marble tournament. 10c COPY Graduation IVeeÀ Affairs Planned e • Vernonia p?ople will have an opportunity to hear an ey? wit ness of the recent atomic tests Graduation week activities for in Nevada tomorrow night (Fri , 43 seniors at Vernonia high day) at 8:00 p.m. at a meetkig ar- ' ( school will begin at 7:30 Sunday ranged by the local civilian de- J ’ ev mng with the baccalaureate fense committee at the Washing *| ' services at the Evangelical United ton school. Brethren church at which Rev. Leonard Dunlap, civil defensi Ervin Leake of the First Chris director for Forest Grove, wil. tian church will deliver th - ad- be guest speaker for the meeting •dress and pastors >f the other and will tell of his impression' I churches will also participate j when he was a guest of the Unit | Special music will be furnished ed States governm »nt for "Op I by the high school choir. This eration Cue.” All civil defense will be the seniors first app-ar- chairmen and all oth»r persons ance in thcir caps and gowns interested are urn d to be pre Tuesday evening. evening, the seniors sent and hear this imformativ: will be honor guests at the annual talk. I banquet sponsored, prepared «nd [ served by the American Legion Auxiliary with financial assis- | tance from other organizations, I This will be held at the Legion • hall. Thursday evening at 8:00 I o'clock, graduation ■ xercises will Staff Sergeant and Mrs. Tom- 'j I b? held in the high school audi- my Holce arrived home Tuesday, 1 | tonum with Mrs. Goida P. Wick- May 11 from Fairbanks, Alaska ' ! ham. associate director (if student .where he has been stationed , I affairs at University of Oregon as with th.? air force. They will ! | commencement speaker. «pend a 30 day leave here and The nam"s of seniors who will then go to his new assignment in receive diplomas will be found Massachusetts. in an article elsewhere in this is. Vote on Boundary Change Scheduled For Friday, May 27 At the meeting last Monday c ?ning of the high school board of directors, intensive attention was given to the inclusion of agriculture courses in the high school curriculum but final d?ci- < on was that it would be impos- s.hle this year due to the fact that an effort to find an instruc- t-who could handle both agri, culture and shop classes had fail ed. Harlow Hotrum headed a com- rr rtee which made an initial sur- vtfy of agriculture possibilities here in order to g?t state approv- i. of adding such courses; He t d Don Bayley were present at t>.e Monday night meeting to p (-sent th"se facts and they will b used in an effort to work out such a program for the 1958-57 school year. \ budget hearing was held at St Helens yesterday concerning c'.indary chang"s which would trinsfer certain areas from this district to St. Helens in exchange f r others in order to give each ¿ strict the areas ntbst accessible to th’m. Voters of the district are re- rr. "ded that Friday, May 27. will be the date for the election here consolidation of the Birkenf"ld h -h school district with Ver- r na. Hours for the election arc f.- m 2 to 8 pm. at ths high - ool building. .'line 27 will be the annua] sc.’.ool election at which one di. rector will be elected. The term cf Claude Johnson is expiring. <o, the budget will be voted at that time. ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON PHONE 191 VOLUME 33. NUMBER 20 Historical Group To Meet Here The Columbia County Histori. cal Society will hold its May meeting at th" Evangelical United Brethren church here next Tues day, May 24 A potluck dinner will be h?ld promptly at noon .to be followed - by the business ses sion and program, • Oscar W"cd is in charge of program arrangements and any one having interesting facts cn the histqry and development of this area are asked to bring them to the meeting. Anyon" interest ed in hearing of the history of this area is also w lcome to at tend. Ribbons. Cups Will Be Awarded Winners Of Exhibits. Contests JOYCE AKERS ßloodmobile Visit Voted Success The Red Cross bloodmobile mad ■ its regular visit here at the Masonic Temple May 13. New gallon club donors attained were Ralph Aldrich, James Cox Jr.. Homer Gwin. Truman Knight and Murvel Frank. Donations for local people in need of blood were: 14 pinfi for Mrs. Fred Johnson; nine pints for John Woolkey and two pints for Etha L. Johnson. There were seven would-be do nors rejected so total donations was 64 pints. Those assisting at the various stations were Louis? Hahn. Molly Eby, Florence' M Messing. -ssing, Helen Lindsay, Nell Thomas, Elizabeth Serafin. Janet Bridgers, Bea Crawford, , Marie Hawkins, Siena Lotti? Serafin, Eva Hearing, Swanson, Isabel Culbertson, Ida Watson, Edna I „Linn and Rose Valpiani. The committee in charge, Marie Hawkins, Harry Culbertson and Isabel .Culbertson, wishes to ex t ’nd thanks to the above ladies for maldng this bloodmobye vj^it such a success. MARGARET COOK Awards Assembly Mon. Office Lisis Hours Change The Selective Service office, Local Board No. 2, will b* closed during the W2.?k beginning May 23, open for the week May 31 to June 3 and again closed for the week beginning June 6 to Jude 11. Ballots Wanted For Election A special Assembly will be held at 10:00 a m Monday at Vernonia high school for the presentation of all awards except scholarships and those to be pre anted Thurs day night at graduation exercis"s. Ths assembly is open for anyone who wishes to attend CHARLES O'BRIEN Members of the Vernonia chamber of commerce are re minded to send in their ballots for th" election of directors by May 20 The ballots will be counted and the results of the election announced at the di rec- tor’s meeting Monday ev ping May 23. So far 877 completed copies of the economic survey have Deen turned into the chamber offu The cooperation and work of the ladies participating in the survey has been very gratifying. If there are still forms to be turned in, they are still acceptable at the chamber office. Mist-Birkenfeld Graduation Set NAD.NE TUNNELL I t it VINCE« JZ MHS* HYOHKH / i.n* no» (ji.AN » 9 • • LI not (.J AM» THIS FARM identification sign, the first in Columns county, was erected through the combined ef forts of the Merry Stitchers 4-H Club, led by Mrs George Harper and the Merry Eawing Girls, .ed by Mrs. P. J. Merrill, all of Yankton. This pro.ect was first brought up by the Farm and Home Rural Life committee and then endorsed by the C lu mb.a County Leaders Association as the one which they were most interested in having 4-H C ubs carry out this year. It is hoped that other clubs in the county will follow the lead taken by t .e Yankton clubs. Information as to dimensions, cost of materials and cost to the farmers who subs ribe to these identification signs can be obtained from the 4-H Club agent at the county extension of ice. St. Helens. ------- “ 4-H Clubs to Participate • In Annual Day sue. Eighth grade graduation exer cises will be held n?xt Wednes day evening, May 25, at 8:00 o’clock in the Washington School auditorium and Sam Hearing Sr. will present diplomas to 59 stu dents. Speaker for the program will be Dr. Meredith J. McVick.f*. associate professor of education at Pacific .university. Musical numbers will be furnished by th ’ seventh grade girls chorus. Class roll of graduates appears elsewhere in the paper. ■i__ _ _ ____________________________ THURSDAY, MAY 19. I»? Eighth grade graduation exer cises for the Mist and Birkenf’Id schools will take place at the Mist gymnasium Friday evening I May 20. Six pupils from Mist; ofiarfene Tucker, Delore« Wilson Carolyn Garlock, Bonnie Kyser Ewelyn Kys"r -and Paul Wik- strom; and four from Birkenfeld Diane and Dennis I^iul, Harold Lewis and Lorraine Ridout will receive diplomas. s ktrs. Wright, teacher at Mist I has arranged a very entertaining I program with Mrs. Lois» K nt, | county school superintend» ifl, as speaker of the evening The annual 4 H Nehalem V,» • ley Community day will be h-i,r here Saturday with activities bi ginning at 9:30 a m. at the Legi ■ hall. Plans have been made un der the direction of Robert Stev- ly, county extension agent, writ Harlow Hotrum as local chair, man. assisted by Mrs. Ben Fow l?r. Mrs Imogene Brissett, E T Johnson and Mrs. Evelyn Heat- Exhibits will be mad? by th» electrical, clothing and food clul » The home ec judging contest f all food and clothing clubs w i. be held at 9:30 under the dirrc tion of Mrs. Ald?n Ashley Mist. Demonstrations by th • horrt? ec. clubs’ will be supervis d by Mrs Heath and judged by Mt Margarnt Allyn, county hnmi demonstration agent. Food ex hibits will be judged by Mrs. Dn vid Turnbull; record boohs l-y Mrs. James Smith and clothin.:, exhibits by Mrs. Avis of Colum bia City. For file sjock show, Bob Bate.« will be in charge of the sho* ring and showmanship will be di rected by Mrs. Moran A potluck lunch will be server/ at noon by the Keasey extensu n unit yyith Retie Brady as cbau man, and all other units in thr Nehalem Valley are furnishini lunch dishes and all 4-H mem bers are to bring sandwiches. Ribbons and cups will be awwd ed at the end of the days activi ties. Ribbons have be m donated | by Kings Grocery, Mill Market Jones Grocery. Sam's Food Stoi • and Hahn Hardware. Three cup* to be awarded to the ones wihr the highest points from the horn ec. electrical a fid stock c)ub< have been di nat?d by The U. ii National Bank, Vernonia branch Pebble Creek Daify and Nehal em Dairy. The Trading Compare has donated a halter which wal be awarded also. Everyone in the community .«. invited to attend and sei* the wo, t being done by th? 4-H clubs. Mayor Proclaims Poppy Days Here Mayor Lyman Hawken issurd a proclamation early this week designating Mify 27 and 28 a.’ poppy days for the American lx*, gion Auxiliary Members of tint group will have for sale on thus days the paper poppies which are al) made by men in the Vet eran’s ^pspitals Th" ones lo b.» sold here this year are from th<- hospital at* Roseburg. The» > poppies symbolize those on Flafi ders field A perc"ntage of th? moncy raised from this sale is kept here for child welfare work, a percentage goes to the D?pai t ment for hospital ¡<id welfare work in Oregon and the balanc-.- goes to the veterans thniselvej for making them. Opened for business the firstao! this week was the Vernonia Log ging Supply ^tore in the spar? where P bron s Shoe Service for merly iterat'd and announrs- ment of*the new firm was re leased by George. Hahn and Bob McDonald, owners Th- store will featur? McCu! locX ?iwj and mowers, repair work for the equipment and get> era I logging supplies, they stud. Salk Vaccine Gets Okeh Salk vaccine for use here has received an ok?h and shots will and be given to first and grade children at both the Wash mgton and Lincoln schools next Wednesday morning. May 25 be tw.-en 9 and 10 a m. MARGARET BUCKLEY These five students have been chosen as those having the high est grade average for th -ir four years of high school work. Track Meet Postponed Th- grad e school track meet originally scheduled for May 14. has been postponed to Saturday. May 21. Should there be rain that day. the event will be postponed again to Monday, May 23.