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Library, U of 0 VOLUME 33, NUMBER 29 PHONE 191 VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON Sunday Ends Contest For Miss Oregon THURSDAY. JULY 21. Highway Group Plans Meeting Week End Activities Devoted to Choosing Of Winning Girl Miss Columbia County, Ver- i nonia's Sharlee Powers, is recup erating this week from a stren uous round of activities last week end at Seaside which ended Sun day afternoon with the naming f Miss Beaverton as Miss Ore gon of 1955. Miss Portland was i runner-up and Miss Coos Bay won the title of Miss Congenial- | ity. Sharlee and her chaperone, Mr?, i Guy Thomas, went to Seasid? I-RS. S1LV.A WGI FF leaks at lhe old switch bind wh ch wa. relegated this week to the back Thursday to join the other con - m w th a bd <■>' resale a. It was put out of ¡erv c" S.ncay mom ng when the switch-over to testants and their chaperones for d ais was e c?inpl s’i'd. Mrs. Wolff begri work i . th; local office :n 1942 and shortly afterwards the preliminary preparations for b cam» manager ci the local office, a position sh hild a> long as the office was open here. Retire- week '■•nd events. They wer? m .it of the boa d m?ant her retirement r.’so. greeted by the Seaside hostess ard assigned to their rooms in the Seaside; hot'd. Sharlee and Mrs. Thomas were in the Pent i House. The Seaside chamber of cr mmerce had plac'd flowers in a’.l the rooms and from the ' t.me the girls arrived until the ents were over, they did every-J thing possible to make things I peasant and convenient for the cirls. Both Sharlee and Mrs Th? switchover to the new dial Tnomas report that Seaside w?nt 1 system was accomplished here all out for them and did a won [ by th" West Coast Telephone Co. derful job of entertaining. J last Sunday morning with very The girls were given the schcd. go< d success considering the ule Thursday afternoon and ! amount of work it had entailed. hr efed on rules they would However, some "bugs" were pre ab.de by during the week end \ sent this week and the company personal hostess was assigned io has been busy getting them out. each contestant also. J Lack of understanding of the cor- Friday morning, bathing suits | | rect method of dialing has been w<re issued to the girls by the . I responsible for som? of the diffi- S aside chamber of commerce. I * culty to date. The switch board Saturday morning the contes lias to recpive the correct impulse tants had breakfast aloni with before it can transmit correct ! .c five judges and Saturday [ ly and that is where the respoa afternoon they were guests of sibility of the dialer comes in. hr nor at a tea at The Tides for ' If the rub's are carefully noted which Mrs. Scoggins was hoste much of the difficulty encoun and Miss Oregon of 1954. Diane tered this week can be overcome. Carmen, and the Seaside hostess, Telephone users are urged not Patti Boyer, poured TV pictures to confuse the letter O with the were taken here as well as at the figure zero, or the letter I with p. i formances ‘ and these will be the numeral 1. Letters are run in a series later on. BLACK and numbers are RED After the Saturday evening Wh n dialing, the dial must be show, the girls and their chap- turned as far as possible to the er nes enjoyed a ge(t-together at right, then let go back of its own th«' Partee Room at the golf accord. Il the dialer forces it course. back, the impulse transmitted is Sunday afternoon. the parade not correct. through the Seaside streets in When taking the receiver down, w.-.ich each girl and her Seaside the user must hear th? dial tone hostess rode in a convertible, pre- I before beginning to dial or the ceeded the final performance at whole number is not transmitted the central school. LOWELL SHEELAR of Forest Grove, equipment man for the correctly. Each day the girls made ap- ! West Coast telephone company, is shown with the "switch beard Mr. Goodrich of the West Coast pearances on the beach to give | with a brain" which went into operation here Sunday morning and Telephone Co. has also urged camera fans a chance for pictures, i which cares for the dialed calls without the a d of an operator. peopl" wishing to dial someone on Each girl received a sterling ' their own line to read directions tach girl received a sterling sii- ! carefully. If your number is ver Miss American bracelet as a HA 9-5841 and you wish to call ir mento of the occasion Arrangements have been made available every Friday is to al HA 9-5842, remember that the Sharlee has expressed her sin cere appreciation for the privilege for Virgil R. Lance, soil conser low more farmers to take advan 584 is the line number. You of representing Vernonia and Co vationist with the USDA soil tage of this program through dial 119-1-2, then hanft up and lumbia county and says it is a conservation service to be ip the which they can get help in soils let the phone ring. When it stops r. er to be forgotten experience. Vernonia area on Fridays to give and engineering problems on !I ringing that means your party has answered and the receiver assistance in soil and water prob their farms without cost." Through the cooperation of can be raised and conversation be- lems to farmers in this part of Pomona Grange August 6 Columbia county. West Oregon Electric, Lance, or 1 gun. The new switchboard is only as In making this announcement, one of the other technicians, will Beaver Valley Grange will en efficient as th ’ dialers make it. be in that office from 9 00 a m. to tertain Pomona Grang? on Aug- M P. Mil's, Birkenfeld, who rep- with U m m saion being rcs nts this area on the board 12:00 rn Fridays. The afternoons Mr Goodrich expressed the de h> d in the Fern Hill Grange hau. of supervisors of th? Clatskanie will be used for farm visits and sire of the company to give help with any problem and this may A.i Grangers are asked to take soil conservation d.strict states: service work in this area. be obtained by dialing the opera This service will s art tomor "Our puipose m arranging for note of this change m melting tor. in ? of the SCS technicians to bo row, July 22. place. Phone Change Accomplished; Rules Noted Help for Farm Problems Available JUST PART of the crew that participated in this year s sl-awberry picking season at Rolling Hills Farm were lined up Monday noon at the Ferd Hartwick home for pop and ice cream at the clots of pick „ig. About 130 youngsters and adults from this vicinity picked at lhe farm this year, starting June 17. Bad weather conditions destroyed part ci the crop and shortened the picking season to four weeks. Otherw.se the season would have been at least six weeks. A 10c COPY At right. Mery Katherine Hartwick, seated, hands check io Joyce Akers for berries picked during season. Miss Akers picked the most berries of anyone in the crew this year and received SI95.22 for her work. She picked about 325 flats. Mrs. Joe Magoff. one of checkers during season, also seated at pay-off table. The Hart wicks expressed appreciation of lhe satisfactory job of picking by th;s year's crew. Badger Inn. Forest Grove, was the meeting plac? for the direc tors of the* Highway 99W Alter nate Road association Wednesday night. July 13 Present at the din. ner meeting wire: Jim Stanard and Cliff Elliott. McMinnville: Ralph Kletzing, Carlton-Yamhili Review, Carlton; Homer Walt’. Bill Eaton, Chet Broders, John Richardson and Leonard Dunlap. chairman of civilian defnse, For est Grove; Patricia Hanson, Mr and Mrs. John M. Gonich, Kelso, Parents Warned Records Needed i Washington and Art Ostrander, president. Guy Thomas and Mona Gordon, secretary, Ver nonia. | The meeting ws called to dis i cuss the information gained from th? committee meeting with State Highway Engineer R H Baldock last week and to formu late plans for the meeting of lhe | association committee with the state highway commission ?rs Chandler, McIver and Reynold, at the Imperial Hotel. Portland, Friday. August 12. Clifford El liot. manager of the McMinnvilir chamber of commerce, was s ■ lected spokesman for the group It is hoped that there will be a delegation from each city alon; the proposed 99W Alternate ! route present at this meeting. Leonard Dunlap, civilian d fense chairman at Forest Grov ?, gave a comprehensive review of the work being done in that art ;> and spoke of coming to Vernon ia’s alert practice July 5. He praised Bill Horn and his com mittee for the good job they did. After discussion, the nanv "Highway 99W Alternate Road association" will be kept the some. Memberships will be sold by the committees. Guy Thomas will attend a luncheon meeting of the Kelso chamber of com merce Wednesday, July 27, ,u a requested speaker for that group, which also wishes to take part in this work. The next regular meeting at th? association will be held at Kelso S‘ptember 14 at 7:00 pin and will be a dinner meeting Parents who hav? not already arranged for complete physical and dental examinations for children entering school for the first time this fall were urged to do so Thursday by the state board of health. Dr. Harold M Erickson, state health officer, pointed out that Oregon school authorities ask par ents for records of such medical and dental examinations at the time children first register for school. Dr. Erickson also pointed out that many school districts re quire copies of birth certificates for all new admissions. This is true of Vernonia. These copies may be obtained by writing or visiting the state board of health, room 979, 1400 S.W. Fifth Ave., Portland 1. One dollar should accompany the request for each copy. Information should include the full name of the child and th? parents, and the date and place of birth, to enable state board of health staff members to search the records. These should be ap plied for at once to avoid a last | minute rush and delay in receiv- | ing the certificates. Local Garage Robbed The Rose Avenue Garage oper ated by Herb and Ralph Sturde vant was broken into through a back door Wednesday night of last week and tools valued at be. tween $250 and $300 taken. As yet no clues as to the identity of the robbers have been revealed. License Examiner Due A Drivers License Examiner will be on duty in Vernonia Fri day. July 29, at the city hall be tween the hours of 10 a m and 4 p m., according to an announce ment received from the Secreta.v of State’s office. Hearing Friday For Game Rules The second public hearing on the 1955 hunting regulations wdl be held at 10 a m. Friday, July 22 at the game commission’s Port land office at 1634 S.W Alder. Any changes in the tentative regulations proposed by the com mission following its July 8 meet ing will be discussed and the final rules adopted at this hearing. All persons d“siring to be hea d should submit their recommen dations or suggestions to lhe com mission in writing either prior to or at the time of the meeting. A synopsis of the r gulatuin« will be available for distribution about the first of September at game commission offices and li cense agencies throughout thr state. Chest Unit Visit Scheduled Sept. 1-3 Mrs Stella Harris, executive secretary for the Tuberculosis and Health association in Columbia county, was in Vernonia Monday to make arrangements for a meeting here at the union hall next Wednesday evening, July 27, at 8:00 p.m. at which prelimi ■ ary plans will be mad- for the visit here of the chest X-rav unit September 1, 2 and 3. George Safford and Christine Ling from the stat? organization will b? here to speak at that meeting. This will be the first visit of the X ray unit here for several years and it is hoped that the survey can be very thorough Heads of all civic and fraternal organizations and any others in terested in the program are asked to attend the Wednesday night meeting and help with th? plan ning work. Bill Horn is in charR • of local arrangements.
