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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1956)
Library, U of 0 Achievements of Students Bring Trophies, Awards At Graduation Exercises At commencement exercises held at Vernonia high school last Friday evening, the Wilkerson scholarship cup was awarded to Miss Donna Bayley on the basis of holding the highest grade av erage for her four years of high school work. Scholarship pins were given to the top six student Donna Bayley, Gretchen Bol- meier, Loretta Mills, Deloris Ol son, Patricia Brissett and Sheila Parrish. Glen Hawkins. Crown-Zeller- bach tree farm manager, made the presentation of the four-y^ar $2000 Crown Zellerbach Founda tion scholarship to Deloris Olson. The scholarship is to be used in preparing for a career as a teach er. Other scholarship awards were the Harrison-Collins scholarship for study at Oregon State college which went to Bertha Keasey; music scholarships from Western Washington College of Education at Bellingham for Patricia Bris sett and Marjory Marr and a tuition scholarship to the College of Puget Sound given to Gretch en Bolmeier. DRAMA CUP AWARDED The drama cup for the most outstanding dramatic performance of the year was awarded to Pa tricia Brissett. Joe Taylor, class president, pre sented the class gift, a sundial, which was accepted by Mr. Dove lor the school. Dr. R. E. Lieuallen, president of Oregon College of Education at Monmouth, addressed the class on the subject. “A Faith to Live By,” and emphasized the need for faith in onself, the age in which we live and in the future. Honor speakers, Donna Bayley and Gretchen Bolmeier, both ex pressed appreciation for the edu cation that had prepared them to go forth to larger things, and de. termination to make the most of it. Following the presentation of the diplomas to the 35 seniors by Oscar Weed, chairman of the high school board, the band mem bers and class joined in the sing ing of the traditional “Halls of Ivy.” TCP STUDENTS NAMED At an awards assembly held last Thursday, a number of other per sonal awards had been made in addition to those announced at graduation. They included: a pm for outstanding art work which went to Ron Anderegg; a medal for outstanding athlete. Bob Crowston; outstanding band stu dent, Patricia Brissett; citizenship awards, Patricia Wildt and Ri chard Fletcher; certificate for outstanding work in chemistry, Marjorie Reynolds; intramural sports medal. Deloris Olson; li brarian medal, Deloris Olson; mathematics medal, Particia Nor man; most inspiring athlete. Roy Higley; photography medal, Ricn- ard Fletcher; public speaking award, Loretta Mills and the Fer guson science award, Herb Bend er. This is a permanent trophy presented by Mr. Ferguson, sci ence intructor, to be awarded each year to the most diligent science student. Medals for their work on the two school publications went to Patricia Wildt, Timberline editor and Joyce Thompson, manager, and to Gretchen Bolmeier, Memo log editor, and June Jones, man ager. Complete list of letters, pins and certificates given in the van- ious school activities is listed elsewhere in this paper. GRADERS GRADUATE TUES. At eighth grade graduation ex ercises held Tuesday night at the Washington school, Mike Mullins, son of Mrs. DeVere Hershey, and Joyce Thompson, daughter of Mrs. Wilma Thompson, were awarded the Paul A. Gordon trophies which go each year to the boy and girl from the eighth grade selected as most outstanding on the basis of achievement and per sonality. Nominations for the award are made by the faculty members and selection is by se cret ballot. The winners receive small trophies to keep and their names are inscribed on the large trophy kept at the school. Pre sentation of the awards was made Tuesday night by James Johns. CLASS GIFT PRESENTED Mike Mullins made the presen tation of the class gift wjiich was a suni of money to be used toward the purchasa of a trampoline for the school. Speaker for the evening was Cecil Posey, executive secretary of the O.E.A. and music on the program included a piano solo, Contra Dance No. 1 by Beetho ven, by Greg Kamholz, and num bers by the grade school chorus. Marches were played by the grade school band. Glen Hawkins, chairman of the board of directors, presented the diplomas to the 49 members of the class after which Superinten dent Darrold Proehl presented the class to Eugene Dove, high school superintendent. Following the exercises, parents and friends viewed exhibits of school work and activities which lined the sides of the auditorium. Students Visit Tree Farm Forty students from the Fores try school at Oregon State col lege, accompanied by Tom Adams, instructor, visited the Crown Zel lerbach Columbia Tree farm here last week end. They were shown primarily the tree farms program on thinning of second growth trees. Welfare Expenditures Indicate Costs Currently Higher Than Previously A report showing percentage of expenditures for th<> fiscal year was released last week by the Columbia county public welfare commission indicating that 83.3 percent of the fiscal year has been depleted, with 82.2 percent of the budget spent. However, costs are currently higher than average and old age assistance now costs $16,354, as cempared with last July at $15,- 775. Aid to dependent children is costing $5,577 as compared with $5.121 last July. Aid to the disabled costs $3,- 567 as compared with $3,417 last July. General assistance was $2.. 998 in April as compared with $1,102 last July. However, this month (May) is showing a rapid drop in general assistance costs, and in numbers of people apply ing. Medical care is now showing a small decrease, $3,227, as com | pared with $3,550 last July. The Columbia county welfare | commission gives continuous ser- • vice to the public without pay or remuneration of any kind. They are always “on call” for consul tation with department staff and assemble once a month to audit welfare grants, to review cases and to give directions for the con duct of the commission’s business by the paid department workers. The commission consists of: Judge J W Whipple, ex officio; Commissioner Clyde Henderson, ex officio; Commissioner Louis Wasser, ex officio; Louis Fluhrer, chairman, Mayger; Elmer Loyd, Deer Island; Mrs. Johanna Jen sen, St. Helens; Mrs Dorothy Eg- gelston, Scappoose. These citizens not only give their time, pay their own travel expenses, but also they carry re- | sponsibility for directiong the welfare program in this county. Scouts Win Blue Award At Camporee Boy Leadership Given Emphasis in Camping Contest Inspections The week end of May 18, 19 and 20, Scoutmaster Jewel Lloyd and seven members of the Eagle patrol of Troop 201, attended the Sunset Trail district camporee held at Camp Brown, three miles south of the old Owl camp on ths Wilson River highway which was attended by between 300 and 400 boys and their lead ers. Vernonia boys who attended were Jim Hult, patrol leader; Lloyd Vike, assistant patrol lead er; Harold Hawkins, scribe; Bil ly Tomlin, Stanley Chadwick, Jim Justice and Jim Eckland. Emphasis of the camporee was placed on boy leadership with the scoutmasters and adult leaders staying in the background. The whole program was on a camping contest basis and scouts and their camps were subjected to three rigid inspections. Tents (wore pitched over a wide area and boys did their own cooking. Contest projects which the Ver. noma scouts participated in were the blindfold compass test, mea suring of the heighth of the flag pole,string burning, water boil ing, etc. At the end of the camporee, the Vernonia boys had passed their tests and inspection with proficiency which gave them a blue ribbon to bring home. Only a few of these were awarded, with the major part of the groups drawing red ribbons for stan dard. or white for participating. The same week end. Explorer Advisor Truman Knight and ex plorers Gary Smith, Lee Harmon and David Linn were at Camp Bonneville, Washington attending an exploring field trip. They participated in log bucking, log chopping, archery field round, 22 rifle match and bait casting. Las* Honor Roll Given For Year The honor roll released at Ver nonia high school Tuesday for the sixth and final six week per iod of this school year carries 24 names with the seniors topping the list with nine. Names on the list are: Seniors, Donna Bayley, June Jones, Pat ricia Goodman, Delons Olson, Joe Taylor, Sheila Parrish, Lor etta Mills, Joan Peters and James Weller. Juniors, Ron Anderegg, James Davis, Richard Fletcher and Marjorie Reynolds. Sophomores, Judy Cantwell, Carolyn Heath, Robert Helvie and Janice Pearson. Freshmen, Sally Bigg.-, Cather ine Floeter, Joanne Kirkbride, Evelyn Kyser, Laureta Lamping, Sharon McKee and Janelle Thomas. Leiter Carrier Retires A clipping from the Los Angeles Times which was received last week by R S. Lindsay of Pitts burg earned a picture of Leo G. Davis and an item telling of his retirement May 4 at the Santa Paula post office after 31 years of toting marl. It stated that Mr Davis began delivering mail in Vernonia in 1925 and had been delivering it in Santa Paula since 1934. He estimated that he had ridden his bike halfway around the world and had walked just about as far in his letter earner work. Berries Ready June 1 The warm w'ather has speed ed the ripening of strawberries and picking at the Roiling Hills farm at Banks is slated to begin Friday, June I. J ank Trophy Awarded Top 4-H Score At the 4-H Community day held here last Saturday. Glenda Robertson won the trophy award ed by the Vernonia Branch of the U. S. National bank on the basis of highest score in exhibit, re cord books, demonstrations and judging contest. Her score was 359 points of a possible 400. In close competition with her for the coveted award were Virginie Heckenliable with 355 points and Sherry Roediger with 353 points. Weather conditions interfered somewhat with attendance at the affair and cut down the number of entries in the livestock compe tition and outdoor activities. However, on the whole, it was voted a success. Better attend ance of parents would have been appreciated by 4-H leaders in charge of the event. Mrs. Margaret Allyn, county home demonstration agent, was in charge of judging of home Chamber Nears End of Second Year; New Directors, Officers Selected A concrete reminder that the Vernonia chamber of commerce will soon be two years old was realized Monday night at the reg ular meeting of the directors and committee chairmen when the ballots to elect four directors for a three-year term were opened and counted by the committee: Mary Drips, Louise Hahn and Ed Roediger Jr. Those elected were Don Bayley, Dave Bruns man, Wesley Bolmeier and re elected was'Guy Thomas. The new board consists of these four and the follow ing holdover directors: Albert Schalock, Marvin Kamholz, Sam Hearing Jr., Ed Roediger Jr., Mary Drips, John Thompson and Floyd Bush. Elected from these eleven 1956-57 directors were these officers: Guy Thomas, president; Marvin Kamholz, 1st vice-president; Don Bayley, 2nd vice-president; Wes ley Bolmeier, corporation secre tary and Mary Drips, corpora tion treasurer. These officers will begin their term as of July 1. Louis Towne reported that aft er making a study of the forest statistics of Columbia and Clat sop counties, published by the State of Oregon and other infor mation, he felt there would not be enough available raw mater ial, mainly peeler logs, to warrant the expenditure necessary to set up a green veneer plant in this valley. Other projects are being explored, however. Lyman Hawken read a report from Ivan Block and Associates, ind istrial consultants of Portland and recommended their proposals be considered at the next regular Vernonia Riders Garner Ribbons Eight members of the Vernonia Ridge Riders attended the trail ride and fun day of the Forest Grove Westerners last Sunday in which over a hundred riders participated. Vernonia riders tak ing part were: Mr. and Mrs. Bob Thompson, Cecil Markley, Dick Thompson, Steven Kirkbride, J. W. Johnson, Bill Bergcrson and John Siedeiman. In the baton race, Thompson, Markley and Siedeiman took rib bons and Thompson garnered an other one in the stake and barrel race. Next Sunday, the Ridge Riders will go to St. Paul for the annual cowboy breakfast followed by a trail ride and fun day. meeting. Warning reports from Oregon chamber executives have been received on a magazine company houe-to-house canvassing group from Jackson, Miss. Twenty com plaints had been received on this company by the OCE on high pressure tactics, selling to minors collecting and not producing magazines. They have been work ing recently in the Beaverton area. Also, two complaints had been made on a group represent ing themselves as wounded vet erans, selling ads for a show pro gram. Contracts were misrepre sented by fast talking salesmen. Organizations are urged to be ex tremely Cautious if contacted. Trap Club Plans Shoot Sunday Scheduled for Sunday, June 3, is a shoot being arranged by the Vernonia Trap club to take place at the ball park on the O-A hill. Plans for the affair are being handled by Carl Davis, president of the club. The shoot will start at noon. Purpose of this shoot is to help with the raising of funds to be used for financing this year's United Nations trip delegate, which this year is Marjorie Rey nolds, high school junior. New X-ray Machine Added Latest in X-ray equipment was added recently at the office of Dr. R. D. Eby with the installa tion of a double focus and rotat- yig disc tube X-ray machine capable of taking sharp pictures in any part of the body. This makes available in Vernonia the latest and best in X-ray equip ment. State Hiqhway Commission Asks Bids for Bridge, Road Change Work At its next regular meeting in Portland on June 4 and 5, the State Highway commission will receive bids on three projects in Clatsop county One of the pro jects involves the construction of 0 40 mile of roadway and 374 feet of bridge superstructure over the Nehalem River on the Jewell- Elsie highway. The proposed new bridge will be built utilizing two of the three bridge piers of the existing timber truss spans. A temporary detour bridge will be provided to carry traffic during the construction period Bids on this same project were received at the April meeting of the high way commission, but all bids were rejected at that time as being too high. The project is scheduled for completion by May 31, 1957. Problems of loggers and land Another project involves the owners as they relate to forest gr ding of 1.59 miles of “creeper” fires will be the topic at a dinner lane on the Sunset highway, meeting Friday evening, June 1, about 4'4 miles west of Elsie. at the Masonic Temple. Frank Plans call for widening the exist Sargent from the Forest Grove ing highway to a width of 41 feet headquarters of this district will to provide a third lane for slow explain new forestry legislation moving traffic on the ascending as well as plans for the 1956 grade on Humbug summit. The fire season and will also intro grading work is to be completed duce the new members of his this fall, and paving work will be staff • done under a subsequent contract The dinner will be prepared * next year. The other project involves the and served by the Order of East reconstruction of two sections of ern Star at 7 pm. Fire Problems Meeting Topic making entries and was assisted by Mrs. Lester Peterson and Mrs. Hovland of Raimer; Mrs. Earl Avis, Columbia City and Mrs. George Harper, St. Helens, All 4-H leaders in their communi ties. Awards were made as follows: Demonstrations — Blue ribbon winners, Marian Mathews, Judy Mathews, Glenda Robertson, Di ana Minger, Patricia Robertson, Carolyn Vike, Loritta Ceballos and Carolyn Waite.. Red ribbons: Melody Ellis, Kathy Barker. Jeanne Wiggins, Virginia Heckenliable, Jeanna Mason and Delores Pelster. White ribbons Karen Hoyt, Mary Steers, Patty Vlcek, Karen Russell, Leo Pelster, Barbara Weed, Janet Johnson, Sherry Roediger and Mickele Anderson. Exhibit awards were: Spungo cakes, blue—Karen Hoyt, Glenda Robertson, Diana Minger; Red— Mary Steers. Cookies, blue—Marjorie Jones, Jeanne Wiggans, Kathy Barker Pat Ridout, Virginia Heckenlia ble, Janet Johnson, Jeanne Mason Barbara Weed, Joyce Irish. Red—Carolyn Vike, Patty Rob ertson, Judy Mathews, Carolyn Henderson, Patty Vlcek, Melody Ellis, Karen Russel. White—Kathy Roeser, Marian Mathews, Laura Mae Harmon, Deloris Pelster, Carol South. Muffins, blue—Shirley Pace; White—Loritta Ceballos. Judging awards: Thirty-one girls took part in judging con tests in seven classes: canned beans and peaches cookies, cakes, skirts, scarves and table setting. They also gave their rea sons why they placed them as they did in the class that related to their 4-H project for the year. Awards were: blue — Carolyn Heath, Shirley Roediger, Mickelc Anderson, Glenda Robertson, Delores Pelster; Red—Vicky Serafin, Joyce Ir ish, Marian Mathews, Mary Steers, Barbara Weed; White—Judy Mathews, Laura Harmon, Carolyn Waite, Jeanne Mason, Janet Johnson. Electric club exhibits were judged by Richard Bums of the Burns TV and Radio Repair store and blue awards were given to Gregory Kamholz, Dick Aldrich, Owen Enevoldsen, Leo Pelster and Larry Hickman for building radio receivers and crystal sets. Results of the judging in crops and weeds contests and the live stock contests were not available and will be given later when re ceived. the Fishhawk Falls highway just north of the junction of this high way with the Sunset highway. The work involves the reconstruc. tion and widening of 0 2 miles of highway roadbed to correct slide conditions on the highway. A new stone base and oil mat sur face is to be constructed on the new highway roadbed The work is scheduled for completion by fall, 1956. They will also receive bids for the furnishing of approximately 22,850 cubic yards of crushed materials in stockpiles for later use by the state in connection with maintenance operations on the Elsie-Sunset camp section of the Sunset highway. Completion of this project is scheduled for September 30, 1956. For Columbia eounty, they will received bids for the construction of a 125 foot bridge over Oak Ranch Creek on the Pittsburg - Apiary highway. The proposed new bridge of treated timber and reinforced concrete design will re place a badly deteriorated timber bridge. Columbia county will provide a temporary detour at th • bridge site to carry traffic during construction of the new bridge. Construction of the new bndg? is scheduled for completion by October 31, 195«.