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Library, U of O VOLUME 33, NUMBER 42 PHONE HA 9-3372 VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON $31,652 Set as Goal For United Fund Drive Scheduled November 1 Columbia county residents will drive in Vernonia with a number be asked to raise some $31,652.38 of co-chairmen working under as their part in the United Fund him to handle the various phases drive which will get underway of the drive which will include November 1, according to Brooks solicitation of the business dis- Dickerman, county drive chair 1 trict, house-to-house solicitation and collection of funds through man. The fourth year of the United the mill and other industrial Fund in this area, some 30 agen groups. cies’ needs are included in the amount to be raised. Agencies listed are the Oregon Chest— which includes a host of smal ler agencies—the American Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Arthritis and Rheumatism foun Rehearsale are now underway dation, Salvation Army and the for the annual junior class play, Cancer society. Besides th? $31,652.38 set as ‘'Gramercey Ghost,” which will th? county goal, the individual be presented November 10 at the cities will add a portion to be high school. "Gramercy Ghost,” is a pleas used for their own needs. So far Vernonia has requested Tin emer ing mystery comedy which con gency fund of $710, and St. Hel cerns itself with a young girl who ens lists $1500—$1000 to be put is beset by many strange hap penings and events including be into a sinking fund for commun ing the object of affection of a ity projects and $500 in an emer gency health fund. Scappoose, ghost, who happens to be a young revolutionary soldier who is striv Raimer and Clatskanie as yet ing to gain an entrance to heaven. have not indicated the amounts How she solves this problem and they will seek foi their own use. other related ones provides a de Darrold Proehl will head ths lightful two-act play. The cast of "Gramercey Ghost” includes: Jan Garner. Ruby Wells, Wynetta Dyer, Sharon Aldrich, Donna Buckley, Marjorie Rey nolds, Danny Fletcher, Ron An- deregg, Jim Davis, Dick O'Brien, Jim Peters and Jerry Bush. Mrs. Alice Hopkins, Oregon Additional student personnel state vocational guidance con sultant forking out of the state are: Marlene Shafer, producer; employment office at Hillsboro, Carol Ray. director; Joyce Thom was at Vernonia high school Mon pson, stage manager and Herb day, Tuesday and Wednesday of Bender, property manager. Carl th.s week conferring with senior ton G. Moran is faculty advisor. Juniors Prepare For Annual Play ¡School Count • Scheduled to : Start Monday All Persons Under 20 io Be Listed By Enumerators The annual school census of the Vernonia elementary schools will be conducted during the last week of October, Darrold Proehl, superintendent, said earlier this week. This year, the job of enum erating the approximately 900 persons of census age will be done by members of th? Nehalem social club. OES. The co-operation of all persons of the district is asked in help- iifg the census takers. The census is required by law and includes the names of all persons under 20 years of age who reside in in the district. The school census aids the dis trict in planning for its future needs and provides considerable money in appropriations from county and state funds. The census takers would be greatly aided if each patron would have the following infor mation available: legal name of each child, birthdate (month, day and year); and age as of October 25th. Residents are also asked to co operate by seeing that dogs, es pecially those that are disturbed by strangers are kept under con trol. 1 I 1 I I 1 Aptitude Tests Given Seniors students, especially those who do not expect to go on to college. Tests to determine vocational aptitudes and interests were giv en here October 10. and the con ferences this week have been de signed to use the information gained from them to determine what fi?ld students can best ent er when leaving high school. This is a part of the regular vocation al guidance program established at the high school. Speech Clinic Conducted Here Robert Blakely, speech thera pist from th? Oregon state board <>f health is conducting his first clinic for this year at the Wash ington grade school today. This service helps both teachers and parents to diagnose speech difficulties and work together to correct them. Parents of children who are be ing referred to the therapist have been requested by mail to com? to school for the interview. Decorations Planned Tentative plans of the Ameri can Legion for observance of Armed Services day on Novem ber 11 call for the decoration of store windows in keeping with the occasion. Students Revise Code of School A committee from the student council at Vernonia high school supervised by Carlton G. Moran, faculty advisor, is working on revision of the student body constitution. Meetings for this purpose ar? being held one night each week and wh n a draft is completed of the revised constitution, it will be submitted to th? council for approval after which it will be put up to 4he vote of the student body for acceptance to replace the present constitution which is outmoded. Vernonia Girls Attend FHA Meet I I Miss Apphia Koch, home ec I teacher at Vernonia high school, and Caroline Heath and Irene Akers, representatives from the home ec classes, attended a Fu tures Homemakers of America district convention at McMinn ville last Saturday. Included in the activities were a FHA noon luncheon in observance of the tenth anniversary of the organ ization; a style revue put on by I the McMinnville girls and various I discussion sessions pertaining to J the work of th? organization. Purpose of the Vernonia group attending the meeting was to learn more about it so that they could give consideration to menf- bership in it. ■ Directors to Meet Directors and committee chair men of the Vernonia chamber of commerce will convene for their regular meeting, Monday night at 8:30 p.m. in the West Oregon Elec tric office. Local Ladies Take Offices Mrs. Bill Horn, county com mander for the American Cancer society, has named Mrs. Norman Hamnett as captain for this area. Also, Mrs. Lona Weidman will serve as county secretary for the society and Mrs. Bob King as county treasurer. Anyone who wishes informa tion or literature may secure it by contacting Mrs. Horn or Mrs. Hamnett. Historians To Elect The Columbia county histori cal society will meet next Tues day, October 25, at the Marsh land grange hall. The usual pot luck dinner will be held at noon and will be followed by a pro gram dealing with the history of that area and the annual election of officers. Welfare Department Underspends Quarterly Budget The Columbia county welfare commission Tuesday issued a re port of expenditures showing that it underspent its quartely budget by $3.982 This total underexpen- d.ture resulted even though three programs went over their appor tioned budget. Transfer will be made accordingly, it was announ ced. The three items that were over expended were old age medical assistance, blind assistance and medical aid to the disabled. Total budget for the quarter was $98.029. while actual expen- d tures only amounted to $94. 047. Foster home care was under spent $50 00 One child was re turned to his father, who had be come able to support and one child was placed with a relative who assumed full support In both cases, custody remains with tht department, the children to be released if the plan for each proves satisfactory. Children under care of the child welfare workers of the Columbia county welfare commission now total 107 for primary services and 42 for secondary services. Twenty-eight of the total child ren under care are in foster homes Eight children, supervis ed by the agency, are in foster homes, supported by funds from other sources, mainly parents. It is interesting to note that 57 children in their own homes and 14 in homes of relatives received services from the agency in Sept ember Among the 51 children who were added to the child welfare list in September were 22 boys on probation under the juvenile court. Through a recent order of the juvenile court. Miss K M Knauf was designated juvenile counselor | ; j | : and all juveniles currently on un expired parole were referred to her. Several cases on informal referrals have been assigned for her investigation. Miss Knauf is on the staff of the Columbia county public welfare commission. Salary and expen ses are paid by that body, but services are under the direction of the county court Casework approach is being used in services to the children and the communi ty All rules and regulations go verning other welfare employees apply to this worker, including the law of confidentiality. Infor mation can be made available only to juvenile authorities. The service now takes the full time of one worker and part time of a second. A full statement of the welfare budget for the first quarter ap- pears inside. 10c COPY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1955 Students Select Field Name Team Lacks Early Spirit; Earns 12-7 Loss Friday Friday evening was a bit on the rough side for Coach Vlcek’s Vernonia Loggers as they jour neyed to Wy’east and were treat ed rather unhospitably by that eleven to a defeat in their fourth league encounter by the slim margin of 12-7. The local eleven lacked any spirit whatsoever in the first half of play, looking sluggish and not being able to get organized to start a drive on offense in that period. Defensive play was about par with offense in first half play with the local gridders not being able to muster any resemblence to the team that beat Rainier Charter Granted New Lions Club A delegation of 15 Lions club members and wives from Ver nonia were in Rainier last Wed nesday evening for the dinner and installation ceremonies rela tive to the chartering of a Lions club in Rainier. About 300 Lions and their la dles were present for the affair, held in the elementary sch o' cafeteria. Besides Vernonia, rep resentatives were present from seven Portland clubs, and from Vancouver, Longview and Kelso in Washington and Astoria, Os wego, Troutdale, Sandy, Tilla mook, West Linn and St. Helens in Oregon. The club organized with 52 charter members. District Governor Ivan N. Koe ber of Portland, presented the charter to Verne Soley. president of the new Rainier club, with the exhortation to follow the ideals of the club, liberty, loyalty, love and service, and Harry W. Potts, of Oklahoma, internation al representative, followed with of an exceptional exhibition humorous oratory and a review of the aims and ideals of the service organization that claims 1100 chapter and almost 600,000 members throughout the wot Id. Judge John W Whipple Rai nier, was toastmaster, and Dr. Keath Swisher, president of the Portland Central East Lions club, which sponsors the Rainier club, participated in the cere monies. Those attending from Vernonia were Art Gardner, zone chair- man of this zone, and Mrs. Gard- ner; Myron C. Vlcek, Vernonia club president and Mrs. Vlcek; Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Davis, Mr. and Mrs. George Hahn, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bush, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hawkins, Mr and Mrs. Bill Ferguson and Eugene Dove. Guests Visit Coffee Hour , Mrs. Grace Roumagoux, coun ty health nurse, and Robert Blakely, speech therapist from the Oregon state board of health will be special guests at the cof fee hour of the elementary teach ers this evening at the Washing ton school. Mrs Dorothy Sandon, Mrs. Launee Miller and Mr. and Mrs. James John are the commit tee in charge of refreshments. Dedication of the Vernonia high school athletic field will be an important event of the home coming activities this Friday ev ening in connection with the football game to be played by the Vernonia Loggers and the Scap poose Indians on the local field. At a student body meeting last Friday afternoon, the name Greenman Field was selected bv student vote. This is in recogni tion of the part played by Judd Greenman, Long-Bell superinten dent, in obtaining the ’ property for the school as well as his con tinual interest in the school and community during the years he has been here. Dedication and formal naming of the field will be done during half time cere monies. Also, at half time, Grel -I in Bolmeier, homecoming queen queen, will be presented. How ever, her crowning will be de layed until 11:00 o’clock at the homecoming dance which will follow the game. This dance is being sponsored by the Mem O- Log. Special effort is being exerted to get as many former graduates as possible out for the game and dance Friday evening and festiv ities are in their honor. In anticipation of the game, students will stage a pep rally and bonfire this evening. soundly two weeks before. Wy’east scored on the second play from scrimmage on a 40- vard jaunt. The try for point failed. Th? Wy’east eleven tal lied once again in first half play at the start of the second period when a pass and run play was good for a total of 20 yards. Once again they failed to make the ex tra point. The remaining part of 1 the first half saw the locals hold several drives by their opponents : and go into the dressing rooms at half time on the short end of the 12-0 score. Third period play was rather even with neither team being able to get serious threats going. The Vernonia eleven began to pep up in this period with their defensive team holding the op ponents in check. Fourth quarter play was strict ly the locals’ as they tallied once and nearly won the game in the final minute of the tilt. Midway through fourth period play the Loggers stopped a Wy’east threat on their own 20 when Dick Crow- ston intercepted an opponent's pass. On the third play from scrimmage Bob Crowston heaved a perfect strike to Don Holsey who galloped all the way for the locals' TD. Try for point was good. With approximately five min Monday evening’s council meet utes of play left the Loggers started a drive which went a’> ing, the second for this month the way to the Wy’east 7-yard brought before councilmen an ap stripe. Clipping put the locals plication for license for Dick’s Tavern as one of the items of busi back on the 20 with but one nun Approval of the license Ute of play left. A Logger heave ness. was than intercepted ending the was given for Otto and Elma locals' threat and giving the I Phillips, Portland, who presented game to Wy’east by the score of the request. The council also approved the 12-7. Friday night of this week the purchase of 12 badges for the ju Loggers will entertain the highly nior police organization and or talented Scappoose eleven on the dered tile for replacement of local turf. The Indians turned driveways on Corey hill where back Clatskanie last week by the necessary because of sewer con resounding score of 49-0 and will struction. probably be out for a repeat per formance against the local eleven. Vernonia again is the underdog in this tilt, which is scheduled to start at 8:00. License Given Council Vote Air Education Workshop Theme Forestry Group Touring Farm A number of employees of the Crown Zellerbach corporation here attended the meetings of the Society of American Forest ers in Portland Monday, Tu'-sday and Wednesday of this week Those attending all or part of the sessions were Pat Wallace, Bob Lindsay, Don Campbell, Lee Pugsley and Glen Hawkins. Today, a group of about 150 delegates from the convention are touring the Columbia Tree Farm here. Vernonia schools will be closed Monday and Tuesday, October 24 and 25 while teachers attend a combined Clatsop-Columbia coun ty workshop at Seaside. The theme of this year’s meet ing is “Air Education” and has been planned in conjunction with the CAA. Cubs To Meet Friday Pack 201, Vernonia Cub Scouts will meet Friday evening, Oc tober 21 at the Washington school at 8:00 o’clock. Mothers of Den 1 will serve refreshments and Wilbur McKinney will have charge of the games which fol low the meeting Ag Class Views Dairy Procedures With the purpose of studying methods of producing and handl ing milk, the agriculture classes of Vernonia high school recently visited the Anderegg dairy farm on Mist route The Pebbl? Creek dairy is the only complete pro More Salk Shots Given ducer, bottler, distributor, in Co According to information re lumbia county and one of the few leased by Darrold Phoehl tins remaining in the state. The An week 10 or 12 children in the deregg family has been handling five to nine year age group were all of the work and management given the Salk anti-polio vaccine phases for two years, but have this week by Dr R. D Eby. Some decided to hire additional help vaccine is still available and I for the ever expanding business. parents of children between the The production cycle calls for age« of five and nine who are in the feeding and milking of a herd terested may contact Mr. Proehl of 30 cows and pasteurization, homogenizing, standardizing, bot tor information. tling, and refrigeration of 250 quarts of milk a day for delivery Bank Forum Scheduled to Vernonia homes. The pasteurization process in The U. S. National bank will sponsor an estate and trust for volves the heating of th« whole um m St. Helens in the auditor milk to a temperature of 145 de ium of the McBride school Tues grees Farenheit for a period of day, October 25. The me?.'ig 20 to 30 minutes in a 'am heat ed tank. A permanent record is will start at 7 30. kept of the temperature chart used during the heating period and this proof must be furnished the state inspector who mak's periodic visits throughout the state approved dairy plants. The next step involves the stan dardizing of the milk to a con tent of about 3.8 per cent butter fat. After standardizing, the milk is either bottled in glass botfles for regular milk buyejs, or may be sent through the homogenizing pump which utilizes 2000 pounds pressure to change the natural structure of the milk fat so that it is evenly distributed through- out the milk and will not rise to the surface. The homogenized milk is bottled in paper cartons for sale. This trip was onç of the series planned by Mr Rumbaugh, teach er of the agricultural classes, to give the students first hand in formation of the various phases of agricultural pursuits in this valley.