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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.
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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.