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VOLUME 33, NUMBER 23
PHONE 191
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
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C of C Sets
Dinner Date
The Vernonia chamber of com­
merce is planning a pleasant
family and friends get-together
in the form of a dinner meeting
to be held in the Legion hall
Friday, June 10 at 7:03 p.m. This
is the first meeting of this kind
to be held since the group has
been organized. A good program
has been arranged.
The newly
elected directors
will be regularly installed and
they are: John Thompson, Mary
Drips, Sam Hearing Jr. and Ed
Roediger Jr.
The regular meeting of
the
board of directors will be held
Monday night, Jun? 13, at 8:30
in the West Oregon Electric of­
fice.
>
Mrs. Hallie Kirk
Dies Wednesday
Summer School to Attract Nine from
Valley for Sessions June 14 to 24
Nine 4-H scholarship winners
from this area will join other
cltib members from
Columbia
county the first of next week for
the trip to Corvallis to attend
the 1955 4-H summer school
from Jun? 14 to 24. Eighteen
«hundred Oregon 4-H club mem­
bers are “xpected to be in at­
tendance.
Those attending from this area
arid the sponsors of their schol­
arships are: Dick Aldrich, Ver-
n nia-Timber Rout?-Kea»ey ex­
tension units; Donna
Buckley,
Vernonia grange; Margaret Buck-
ley. Safeway
Stores;
Harriet
Hrath, Pythian Sisters.
Joyce
Sullivan, P. E. O. Sisterhood;
Darltne
Tucker,
Mist,
Mist
Young People’s club;
Clinton
Baker. Birkenfeld, Eagles Aux­
iliary; Douglas Bellingham. Bir­
kenfeld, Mist-Nehalem extension
unit; Eugene Berg, Birkenfeld,
Wmema grange.
The older boys are housed in
fraternity houses ai^i the young­
er beys in the two men’s coop-
crative houses, Reed and Heck- j
art ledges, and the girls live in !
sororities and Waldo and Sack- I
ett halls. The 203 supervisors i
are drawn from college counsel- I
ors, county extension agents and ♦
volunteer local leaders.
Friday night, June 17, the 4-H
assembly will be host to the 400
Beaver State delegates in thè
college coliseum Owen C. (Red! |
Dunning and his entertainers !
from KOIN, Portland, will be !
featured on this program. The •
club members will participate in
a talent show during the second
week and many other activities
are planned to allow no dull mo­
ments.
Classes will fill a good part
of each day and special empha­
sis this year is being given to
training of junior leaders. This
helps to encourage continuance
?»f older members in club work.
Ten year pins will be award'd
by the First National Bank of
Portland to all ten-year club
members
Marshall Featured in Western
Foresi Indush-ies Review Article
An article of great local inter-
est appeared recently in
the
Western Forest Industries review
under the heading, "Men Among
B.g Trees.” The feature was an
interview of
Larry Marshall,
manager of the Dolly Varden
Lumber Co. of Arcata, Californ­
ia, who is also president of the
Redwood Region Logging con­
ference.
Larry, the son of Mr and Mrs.
Dave Marshall of Vernonia, re-
pl.ed to the question as to how
he happened to get into the
lumber busmens by saying. “I
was born into it.” When he was
bom in 1913 his father was a
lumberman in Carson. La., in the
pir.elands of the south. In 1923.
his father came to Vernonia and
has been with the Oregon-Amer-
Ki.i and Long Bell companies
. here ever since •
Larry began working for the
I
Oregon - American
company
summers in 1930 and worked for
, them off dtid on until 1938 He
' also worked for the old Clark
and Wilson Lumber Co.
He is a graduate in forestry
of Oregon State college where
he was a member of the Phi
Kappa Phi scholastic society
and during hiss senior year in
1941. won the Lipman
Wolf?
award given to the senior, junior
or sophomore man or woman
with the highest standing
Following his graduation he
w orked for the Eastern
Lane
Fire Patrol Ass'n. at Eugene, and
the West Coast
Lumbermans
Ass n., also Eugene, before join­
ing the W -st Gate Lumber Co. at
Sweet Hume in 1948. From there
he went to Arcata in 1950
THURSDAY, JUNE 9. » ’
Election tG
Pick Three
As Directon
District 47 Meeting
Scheduled June 20;
Grounds Get Aftim*ic9
Voters of school district 47 JL
are reminded of the school erec­
tion to be held Monday, June 23
at which three directors must b-
elected, one to fill the e:Tp> :
1 • -i >>f S’l’ii lb n mg
and
to fill out the requireni.-nti cl
a five-man board as specified bv
the new law now in effect. S t
H i .ii ini Si has filed a p tit
to pfcu
his name on the ba
for re ejection and l.ocl Rob
and Wilbur Davis have filed far
th other two positions
PETITIONS AVAILABLE
PICTURED above is B'U Pringle, center, and his |
Ariyone else who wishes hie
helper, Eric Feasey, using Pringle's horse. Red.
name placed on the ballot n .»
io get out timbers from an area on the Columbia
Word was received here Wed-' secure a blank petition from I:
Tree Farm on Oblack road for use in the restora­ nesday of the death that morn­ M Aldrich, school Merk, or ’O
office. Such
petition»
tion of Fort Clatsop on its original site south of ing of Mrs. Hallie Kilk at' the school
Astoria as a part of the Lewis and Clark Sesqui- Odd Fellow^ home in Portland must be signed by at least 18
centennial celebration being held in Clatsop where she had been a r -sident legal voters and must be filed
county August 21-23. Four hundred pieces were for some time. She had been in with Aldrich seven days pm
gotten out from under-story trees in a 50-year very poor health for several to the election, or by Monday.
stand owned by Crown Zellerbach. They were months and lapsed into a coma a June 13, in order to have the
the ballot
shipped fre.m here to the Astoria airport to be few days previous to her death. name placed oit
framed and set up and sent to Wauna for a pre­
Mrs. Kirk was born May 4. Names not printed on the ballot
servative treatment known as Wolmanizing be­ 1871 at Kirksville, Missouri, and may be written in at the time of
fore being taken io the old Fort Clatsop site for was just a month past her 84th the election.
final erection. Pictured below is the restored fort birthday at the time of her death.
Work is underway on the
as it shoud appear when completed. Rolf Klep, She came to Oregon when only Washington school ground*
former Asiorian and now an architect in New four and had lived the remaw
which will greatly improve facil­
York city, drew plans for the restoration. He ing 80 years of her life in this ities for primary children. Per
searched archives for a description of the fort, state.
mission has been given by the
six miles southwest of Astoria, after original site
She was married to John Kirk high school board for the use of
was located by the Oregon Historical society. Each at Heppner and later moved to an additional portion of ground
of two barracks will be 50x15 feet, with 20x50- Vernonia where they lived for until such time as it shall be
foot parade ground inclosed by stockade.
needed t>y the high school. This
many years.
She is
survived
by
four is being graded and leveled by
daughters, Mrs Alta Sharp, John I Art Ostrander and will be seed
Day; Mrs. Ethel Bell, Condon: "d, also.
Mrs. Florence Whitsell, Portland COURTS PLANNED
and Mrs. Zelma Dow, Vernonia,
Plans are to install a basket­
and one son, John Kirk of Port­
land She also had 15 grandchil­ ball court, volley ball court, hor­
dren, 19 great-grandchildren and izontal ladder and sand box.
Work on the building will in­
two great-great-grandchildren.
clude
painting the exterior foun­
I
Funeral services will be Fri­
I
dation and stops and revision of
day afternoon at 2:30 at th? A. J
I
Rose Funeral Home in Portland. classroom storage closets in ad­
I
Death came suddenly Monday Interment will be in Lincoln M". dition to the usual
cleanup,
If traffic has been halted this I
painting
and
general
mainten­
to
Mrs.
Frank
(Anice)
Roberson
morial
cemetery.
week by the
Vernonia high
ance work usually done during
school band, citizens can al) of Vernonia who had gone to
the summer months.
chalk it up to helping do their Portland to attend the Rose Fes­
Superintendent Darrold Proehl
bit for the Portland Rose Festi­ tival festivities and suffered a
has
announced that three teach­
val Bill Johnson began inten­
ers will not return next year.
sive marching practice with the fatal heart attack there.
They are Mrs. Gladys Spoklie.
Mrs. Roberson was the widow
band Monday evening in prep­
Mrs. Grace Hendrickson and Mix
aration for their participation in of Frank Roberson who passed
Wilma
Feller.
The
Cub
Scout
White
Eagle
the grand floral parade Saturday away here in 1942. Following his
morning. The band will be at death she returned to her form­ district field day wa% held in THIRD GRADE INCREASED
Banks Sunday, June 5. Vernon­
the Multnomah stadium at 8:00
er hörn'- in Louisiana and lived ia was represented by about 60
Miss Mtrcia .Manville will
a m and the parade will b »gin
there for a number of years be­ Cubs, families and fn-nds. The transfer from her present art*
to move out of the stadium at
fore returning here about two Cubs competed in the games n and crafts position to third grad •
9:30 Lin’’ of march was given
years ago to make her home with age groups and local boys came This will be an additional third
in the Northwest section of Sun­
her sister, Mrs. L. H Roberson. home with several ribbons gach. grad“ room, making three next
day’s Oregonian for those who
In the den mothers competi­ year Miss Manville plans to do
Mrs. Roberson was a member
wish to choose vantage points
of the Baptist church in Texas tion Den 1 den mother Verna summer school work at Oregon
for viewing it.
The band has also accepted an and was very active in the work Harris and her assistant den College of Education at Mon­
won the mouth.
invitation from the Junior Rose of the Baptist church here. She mother, Ruth Hult,
Two primary teachers hav?
Festival committee to participate also was a member of an East­ second place ribbon. There were
free balloons for each child and been hired Jor next year and two
Sunday in the rose planting cere­ ern Star chapter in Louisiana
mony at Penninsula park. This She also was an accomplished all the pop, ice cream and coffee additional teachers will be hin d
to complete the staff.
will take place at 1:30 pm. and musician and taught music in the Anyone wanted.
the band has been asked to play schools in the south for many
the processional. national an­ y ars.
Remains were forwarded Tues
them. some special numbers dur­
by the
ing the ceremony and the reces­ day to Ruston, La.
Colonial Mortuary in Portland
sional.
At present funds for financing for services and burial beside her
th? trip are greatly needed and husband.
A beef barbecue on the J. C. in this area during th?*past de­
organizations and
individual-
Surviving besides Mrs. L. H. Moran ranch. Vernonia, will be cade
who plan to make contributions Roberson are two other sisters,
After the night at Salem, the
a feature of _Ae second day of
are asked to get them to Mr
group wilA visit ranches near
Mrs. Yancy Robinson in Lou
Johnson or leave them at the isiana and Mrs. C. F. McCarthy a three-day tour of shorthorn Jewell, Birkenfeld, Mist and then
Vernonia Eagle office or Jay's | in Texas and one brother, Till­ cattle ranches June 16 through to the Moran ranch fallowed by
cafe. Only check received by man Hardy, also in Texas.
an (Overnight stop at Irtjrgview,
18.
Johnson so far is on? from the
The tour, starting at the Tower Washington. At Mist, the tour
Lions club for $20
However
Askeriund farm, Leaburg,
on members will see the largest reg
other
groups
have specified
Thursday. June 16 at 11 am. istered shorthorn herd in west
their intention of helping. A con­
will include ranches in the Wil­ em Oregon on the Re^d Holding
siderable sum will be needed to
lamette valley from east of Eu­ ranch and at the Berg Bros, ranch
cover the two trips and since th?
gene to the Vernonia area in at Birkenfeld will see a large
band is r-presenting
Vernonia
northwestern Oregon and con­ commercial herd where short
in the narade everyone should
The Nehalem Valley Pioneer clude with visits to operations horq bulls have been used in an
want a part in it.
association will have its annual around R?lso, Castle Rock, Win­ upgrading and impruvemi nt pro.
•
meeting at the Birkenfeld gym­ lock and Oakville. Washington. gram.
At the Muran ranch th?y anil
nasium
next
Sunday,
June
12
A
Stops
will
also
be
made
the
first
Second Polio Clinic Sei
According
to
word
Wed­ program has been planned which day at Cheshire, Oregon State see a smaller herd of registered
shorthorn cattle that has been
nesday from the county health I will include numbers by the Co­ college and overnight at Salem
As the caravan moves through filled and shown with consider
off.ee at St. Helens the clinic for lumbia Cordsmen, a recently or­
the second sf>its- of Salk polio I ganized male chorus from Clats­ various counties, extension ag- able success in the Northwest
numbers I enta will outline liveatock pro- area.
vaccine will be given in Vernon­ kanie. Other musical
Persons interested in inakin?
and
the
usual
’
talks
by
pioneers I grams, highlighting pasture im-
ia Wednesday, June 22 at 9 00 1
I provement with emphasis on fer- the tour may contact Gus Wood.,.
will also be featured
a m. at the Washington school
A pot luck dinner will be held | tilizer and production techniques. Prineville. Kehne Wain, Rt. 4,
Parents of all first and second I
grade children who had the first I at noon and time given for vis­ I Examples can be observed of th? Box 205, Salem; J. C Moran. Ver­
Hein mann,
shots should have th?ir children ' iting and renewing acquainten- | change from dairy to beef cattle nonia, or Ralph
I production that has taken place Waukon, Washington.
ces.
there at that time.
Band toPlay Heart Attack
Again Sun. Claims Woman
Cub Scouts Have
Dist. Field Day
Beef Barbecue at Moran Farm to
Feature Second Day of Cattle Tour
Birkenfeld Host
To Pioneers Sun.