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VOLUME 33, NUMBER 42
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.