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VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON
PHONE HA 9-3372
Follow-Up Due Fix to Talk Council Tallis Road Association Marks
Anniversary with
White House At Banquet Building Code First
Dinner Meeting, Election
Regulations
Conference
March 28 Date Sei
For County Committee
Session at Si. Helens
Eldon Fix, athletic director at
Lewis and Clark college, Port­
land, will be the guest speaker
tonight, Thursday, for the an­
nual athletic banquet at the Le­
gion hall.
This year’s affair, as usual, is
sponsored jointly by the Lions
club and American Legion Aux­
iliary, the former handling de­
tails of financing and invitations
and the latter meal arrangements.
Each Lion member will be ex­
pected to purchase two tickets,
one for himself and one for one
of the boys. Fathers and others
interested may also attend if de­
sired. Tickets are selling for $1.25
for the ham dinner.
Chamber Board Letter
Considered Monday;
Zoning Also Proposed
Monday night’s city council
meeting was devoted mostly to
consideration of a proposal made
by the Vernonia chamber of com­
merce board of directors to give
attention to the establishing of
both a building code ordinanc?
and a zoning ordinance.
The * two proposed ordinances
were discussed by the chamber
board Monday of last week and
a letter written the council set­
ting forth the proposals which
were considered Monday of this
week.
An ordinance defining build
ROBERT HOLMES, state senator, spoke Wednesday night last
ing codes is now in effect for th?
week
at the annual Highway 99W Alternate road meeting. He
city, but relates only to the busi­
emphasized good work of association and urged continued effort
Mrs. Ethelle Tousley, 68, for­ ness section and to th? town as
to accomplish goal of group.
mer Vernonia resident who had a whole. However, the council
been in hosDitals in Portland | will ask City Attorney Carrol F.
Highway 99W Alternate road rectors, who had served one year
and Astoria since 1949, died Wed­ j Bradley to obtain the wording of
nesday, March 14, in an Astoria such an ordinance so that it can assertion celebrated its first by appointment, were reelected,
hospital where she had currently be given further consideration at ■ birthday late Wednesday, March and later the group reelected Os­
been a patient for two months. a later meeting.
14, at a turkey dinner in the Ma­ trander president; Kletzing, vice
sonic
Temple at Vernonia, when president; Homer Waltz of Forest
She suffered a stroke more than
The zoning ordinance was also
six years ago and had since been discussed, but no action taken.
President Art Ostrander of Ver­
Grove, treasurer (he reporter $698
an invalid.
L. R. McNair appeared at the noma rapped the gavel for the in the treasury) and Mona Gor­
Mrs. Tousley was born October meeting to ask about th.? policy I first annual meeting. Attendance
don of Vernonia, secretary.
la, 1887 in Alabama. She lived
for cleaning up lumber piles, was 75.
as a child in Batesville, Mississip­ trash, etc., and pointed out that
During a short business meet­
The good fortune and outstand­
pi, and later made her home in a pile of old lumber in the vicini­ ing accomplishment which has ing of the newly re-elected di­
McAlester, Oklahoma, for many ty of his home, if removed, would marked this group from the out­ rectors lots were drawn to deter­
years. In 1940, she came to Ver­ improve the area. Marshal A. D. set was demonstrated anew when mine the length of time of term
nonia and in December of that Lolley was asked to contact the Vice-President Ralph Kletzing of for each. For three years: Ralph
year, was married here to her owner about doing away with the Carlton handed Mr. Ostrander a Kletzing, Carlton, George Camp­
late husband, Fred J. Tousley, a r.uisance.
report, fresh from the office of bell, Longview. Art Ostrander,
well known Vernonia resident
The only other item of business State Highway Engineer R. H. Vernonia; for two years: Keith
who died at Astoria in 1953. She Monday was the issuing of an Baldock setting out the results of Schrepel, Yamhill, Homer Waltz,
was a member of Nehalem Chap­ order that a street light be in­ a reconnaisance survey of the Forest Grove and H. R. Barker,
ter No. 153, Order of Eastern Star; stalled at the corner of Cougar route from McMinnville to Rai­ Rainier, (or substitute); for one
Mt. Heart Rebekah Lodge; Chap­ street and First Avenue.
nier via Carlton, Yamhill, Gaston, year: James Stannard, McMinn­
ter BS, P.E.O. Sisterhood and the
Forest Giove, Banks, Manning, ville, W. M. Heesacker, Gaston
Vernonia Study club.
Buxton, Vernonia. Pittsburg and and Everett Haney, Forest Grove
Surviving are th» step-child
Apiary, with notations on the
Ralph Kletzing, editor of the
ren. Mrs. Harold (Mildred) Akc:-
cost of bringing the highway on Carlton-Yamhill Review, was au­
stedt, route 4, box 144, Astoria;
this route into a condition suit­ thorized to go ah 'ad with the
Mrs. Archie (Ethel) Adams. Cath­
able for a bypass of Portland brochures.
lamet, Washington; Mrs. Marga­
from McMinnville via the Long­
ret Collins, Los Angeles; Miss
The Girls Athletic association view bridge to Kelso, Washing­ FUTURE MEETINGS SET
Marion Tousley, Olla, Louisiana at Vernonia high school has is­ ton and junction with highway
The next meeting of the assoc­
and R. W. Tousley, Clarkston. sued an invitation to the St. 99.
iation was set for June 13 at Gas­
Washington and several grand­ Patrick’s dance which will be
Required will be new construc­ ton and the September meeting
children. Also, a brother-in-law, held at the high school gym tion on 52.3 miles of this 77-milo
at Longview.
Howard Sherman, and a sist -r-i- from 8 to 12 Saturday evening.
course, at an estimated cost of
Dinner at the Masonic Temple
law, Mrs. McMahon survive at Music will be provided by re­ $4,742,000. This will call for clas:
was served by the Order of Eas­
Batesville, Mississippi and
a cords.
B roadbed, 22 foot pavement, tern Star of Vernonia.
number of nieces and nephews
Highlight of the evening will four foot shoulders and 14-inch
Among the guests introduced
in the east.
be the selection and crowning of base.
by Ostrander was Judge Harry
Funeral services for Mrs. Tous­ a king from the five candidates
Soabold of Washington county;
ley were held here at 2:00 p.m. selected March 1. They are Gary SECTIONS TABULATED
Commissioner Clyde Henderson
Saturday at the Bush Funeral Wright, senior; Denny Jepson,
Of this amount, $1,750,000 is of Columbia county and Com­
chapel with Rev. F. M. Knoll of junior; Dane Brady, sophomore;
1 scheduled for expenditure be­ missioned Newman of Yamhill
the Evangelical United Brethren
Mr. and Mrs. Art Gardner re­ church officiating. Burial was in Marvin Mask, freshman and Don tween the McMinnville junction county.
The and the outskirts of Forest Grove.
ceived a telephon'’ call from the Vernonia Memorial cemetery. Cook. Paul Bunyon club
State Senator Robert Holmes
candidates
will
be
escorted
Sat
­
their son, Lt. Lloyd G. Gardner,
On the other end. working of Clatsop county spoke briefly.
urday
night
by
five
members
of
who has just
returned
from
southward from Rainier to Api­ He commended the association on
the G.A.A. executive board as
Puerto Rico with his wife, Nor­
ary, or 6’a miles of Class B. its progress, observing that as
follows:
Pat
Brissett,
Georgia
ma, and daughters Linda and
grading will be $225,000; paving long as the members remain de­
Parrish, Loretta Mills, Janice
Susan. Lt. Gardner said the trip
$290,000 and right-of-way, $45,- dicated to their goal, eventual
Garner and Deloria Olson.
from Puerto Rico was made by
000. This amounts to $560,000.
success will come. He suggested
commercial airplan? and took
From Apiary to Pittsburg, 14 patience if things do not move
six hours, whereas the trip over
The band concert to be given
miles of class B roadway will with the same rapidity they have
to the island was made by boat by the combined bands of Rai­
cost $1,570,000 Southward from during the first year.
and took seven days. They • ar­ mer and Vernonia high schools,
Pittsburg through Vernonia to
“The more people we can at­
rived in New York City on the directed by Robert Belieu, Rai­
Treharne, the cost will run $750,- tract to take membership in
13th of March where they picked nier, and Wm. B. Johnson, Ver­
000 for 7.28 miles. From Tre­ Highway 99W Alternate Road as­
up their car which had been nonia band instructors, will be
Eigh V"rnonia teachers attend­ harne southward to the Washing­ sociation, the more quickly will
shipped by boat two weeks ahead presented in the Vernonia high ed a meeting of the planning ton county line, the 4.77 miles
come your improvement,” Holmes
of their departure. They journey­ school auditorium next Wednes­ committee of the Columbia coun­ was paved in 1954 at a cost of
said. "There’s something magic
ed on down to Baltimore, Mary­ day, March 28.
ty education association Tuesday $92,000; from the county line about a wife membership roster.
land to visit friends, then on to
The program will include over­ evening at the home of Pat Cody to the summit, a distance of 2 8 Above all, invite the women to
Indiana to spend a week with tures. marches and popular num. at St. Helens. The meeting was miles, widening and paving will
join your cause. The power our
Mrs. Gardner’s parents.
bers to provide an excellent even­ proceeded by a delicious potluca cost $112.000
women wield goes beyond under­
They will leave Indiana March ing of music. Ensemble and solo I dinner.
Between the summit and Bux­ standing ”
21 to report for school at Ft. numbers by various band mem­
Plans for the meeting^ during ton, southward, a stretch of 5 11
Rucker, Alabama where he wiil bers will be intersperced.
the coming year were outlined miles was paved and widened in HOLMES ADVISES ACTION
study for 20 weeks.
Tickets sold previous to the and arrangements made for a 1952 at a cost of $86,500. The
Holmes suggested further that
date which had to be cancelled dinner meeting in April at St. 9 75 miles between Buxton and
a legislative committee, brief d
Robert Bates was here from due to storms will b-’ good for Helens at which officers for next
Forest Grove is labeled on the and prepared to carry the mess­
Paine Airbase at Everett to see this date. Band students now year will be installed.
highway engineer’s map as ade­ age of the new highway, be
his mother, Mrs. Harold Dimbat. have tickets on sale for those who
Those attending from Vernonii quate.
sent to the 1957 legislative as­
wish them or they may be pur­ were Eugene Dove, Miss Olga
This survey, undertaken sever- sembly in Salem It is time, he
Pfc. Richard Fulton of the chased at the door.
Peterson, Mrs. Deane Dowling,
I al months ago at the behest oi pointed out, that a number of
Marine detachment of the USS
The Vernonia band will go to Darrold Proehl, James Johns,
Ycrktown. left San Francisco for Raimer tomorrow night for pre­ Mrs Evelyn^Heath, Mrs. Noma the road association, was read by speakers with the same grasp of
Kletzing at the meeting, and a the highway potentialities as
Japan March 19.
Callister and Mrs. Mathilde Ber-
sentation of the program there.
vote of thanks was given the Cliff Elliott, McMinnville Cham­
gerson.
state
highway commission and ber of Commerce, who has ap­
Bill MacDonald has completed
Girls to Sell Lilies
the state highway engineer for peared in behalf of the associa­
his basic training at Parks Air
Cub Scouts to Meet Fri.
the celerity and completeness of tion in an effective manner on a
Ra inbow Girls, under the di­
Base in California and is now
number of occasions, be in readi­
At the Cub Scout pack meet­ I the project.
attending radaf school for 19 rection of Maryon Peters, local
ness to talk at any time It is
weeks at Scott Air Base in Illin- chairman, will conduct the an­ ing to be held this Friday evening OFFICERS ELECTED
likely a number of smaller or­
at
the
Washington
school,
den
2
nual
sale
of
Easter
lilies
for
the
o.s Friends who wish to write
ganizations represented in the
Shortly after the improvement
him may use the following ad­ fund for crippled children and with Mrs. Glen Gibson as den
area
might desire a thorough
map
was
passed
around
the
mother,
will
present
a
skit
and
dress William E
MacDonald. adults this Saturday They will
AF 19548631. Flight 0236-3317 be on the streets with the lilies Den 6. Mrs. E. E. Larson, d'-n tables for scrutiny, an election briefing on highway 99W alter­
mother, will serve refreshments. meeting was held. All eight di­ nate.
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
PATS, Scott AFB. Illinois.
The follow-up conf?rence for
Columbia county on the White
House conference on education
will be held at the McBride school
in St. Helens next Wednesday
evening, March 28. at 7:30 ac­
cording to Mrs. L. L. Wells, chair­
man of the governor’s committee
on education for Columbia coun­
ty. Also working on the commit­
tee in charge of arrangements
are Ed Condit, president of the
Columbia county school board as­
sociation; Darrold Proehl, presi­
dent of the Columbia county ed­
ucation association and Glen
Hawkins, along with represen­
tatives from other communities.
At the meeting next Wednes­
day, state delegates to the White
House conference will be heard
after which the assembly will be
broken up into discussion groups
on the various phases with pre­
pared chairmen in charge of the
groups. Summaries of these dis­
cussions will conclude the pro­
gram which will be followed by
a social hour with refreshments
served by the St. H?lens PTA.
Purpose of the conference is to
bring a report of the-White House
conference to the people at the
“grass-roots”.
Indicative of the part this con­
ference has, along with others in
the state, is the word of Gover­
nor Elmo Smith on the subject'
"One important aspect of these
conferences is the need for fol­
low-up meetings in various por­
tions of the state to report what
has been accomplished and the
implication for local school dis­
tricts in our state. Th? impor­
tance of these additional meet­
ings cannot be overstressed. The
need for this program has long
been felt and was a, part of the
earlier planning in the state and
it is among the recommendations
from the President’s committee.
“These conferences will be
worth your time, and may deter­
mine the future of public educa­
tion in this state.”
Tousley Service
Here Saturday
St. Pats Dance
Bid Is Issued
THOSE WHO
ARE IN IT
Bands Set New
Concert Date
Teachers Attend
County Meeting
THURSDAY, MARCH 22. 1956
PTA Selects
Officers for
Coming Year
Movie Viewed Monday
Instead of Lecture
Scheduled for Evening
A movie, "Hymns of the Na­
tion," featuring Arturo Toscanini
was shown to a good crowd at
the meeting of the Parent Teach­
ers association held Monday night
at the Washington school. This
was used in place of the expected
lecture and film on the subject of
reading when it was found that
the scheduled speaker would not
be
present.
Two
saxophone
quartet numbers were presented
by members of the high school
band, Carolyn Heath, Jim Davis,
Marjorie Reynolds and Pat Bris­
sett.
Report of the nominating com-
, mittee, Darrold Proehl,
Mrs.
Earl King and Mrs. R. C. Lind
say, was heard and officers for
the coming year were elected as
follows: President, Mrs. Charles
Minger; vice-president, Mrs. Eail
King; secretary, Miss Apphea
Koch and treasurer, Mrs Mathilde
Bergerson. They will be install­
ed at the next meeting.
Mrs. Minger and Mrs. King
were also elected as delegates to
the state convention to be held at
Eugene April 17, 18 and 19.
A report on the savings stamp
project sponsored by the P.T.A.
in the elementary school showed
that the program was meeting
with very good success.
The planter given to the room
having the best attendance of
parents at the meeting was re­
linquished by th- senior class
which won it at the February
meeting, to The kindergarten,
taught by Mrs. Wilma Thompson.
Cattle Disease
Low In County
Columbia county’s 1955 record
of brucellosis control of cattle
show only *4 of one per cent re­
actors. Twenty-nine bangs reac­
tors were found in the 11,177
cattle tested that are over 2 years
of age.
This number of reactors is a
drop from last year when .46 per­
cent reactors were found by the
county veterinarians testing for
the State Department of Agricul­
ture,
Testing annually is compulsory
for both beef and dairy cattle,
says Columbia county extension
agent, Don Coin Walrod.
In working toward a better
animal health program for th ■
county, the dairy committee of
the Columbia county Agnculturel
Planning council, under th ■ chair­
manship of Jack Leu, Goble, has
requested that steps be taken to
have Columbia county become a
modified certified accredited Bru­
cellosis free area.
Jenkins Service
Held In Portland
Funeral services were he'd
Monday, March 19 at 2:30 p.m.
at the Colonial
Mortuary
in
Portland for Murphy Mildred
Jenkins of O-A Flat, Vernonia.
Burial was in the Rose City cem­
etery.
Mrs. Jenkins is survived by
her husband, Elijah; children,
Willie J., Caroline E„ and Sam­
uel E. Jenkins; mother,
Mrs
Hattie Nelson and sisters, Mrs.
Camell Butler, Mrs. Opal Rob­
erts and Mrs. Irma Nunn
Pre-School Clinic Sei
The annual pre-school
for all children who are t
kindergarten or first g
the first time next f
held April 13 from
at the Washington
freshments will
PTA
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