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VOLUME 34, NUMBER 41
PHONE HA 9-3372
Development Commission Director
Urges United Action of Area to
Meet, Overcome Future Problems
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON
Loggers Drop
Hard Fought
Grid Game
One of the most successful, en­ comes in with an idea, especially
thusiastic meetings of the Ver­ recreational plans. He feels that
nonia chamber of commerce was Vernoma can pull herself up by
Wy'Easi Score Only
attended by 48 members and her bootstraps if everyone gets
Seconds Before Gun
guests Thursday evening, October enthusiastically behind her and
Loses Contest 13-7
helps.
4 at the V.F.W. hall. F" - V
Smithwick Sr. said he wa in
Coach Bill Vlcek’s hard-luck
Troute, executive director of thi
Oregon development commission. tensely interested in Mr Trouts's I Loggers, playing the usual under­
S. Carl Smithwick, president of remarks and mentioned that th I dog role, displayed good hard
Smithwick Concrete Products and young people were one ass't over­
football behind the excellent gen.
R. L. Thompson, chief of the Ver­ looked; that th? caliber of the
eralship
of Loggers halfback Bob
people here is high and intelli­
nonia fire department, -poke. C
C. Smithwick,'vice-president and gent; that most towns have a Crowston and nearly defeated th"
general manager, and wife also spark plug, such as C. of C., mayor strong Wy’East eleven last Friday
or businessman. and comparea | night on the local field. They
were guests.
Mr. Troute said he felt it his with the 48 attending this meet­
| held the highly talented Eagle.
duty and responsibility to be ing with the Portland C. of C.
overly candid in his remarks to meetings, Portland would have to 7 6 ’till the last 23 seconds of
the group regarding Vernonia. H ■ have 2400 persons attending ac­ play only to haw the visitors push
used as a basis for his talk, cording to population ratio—an over for the winning T.D from
one-yard out to win the tilt 13-7
“Where have you been?” and unheard of happening.
Mr. Smithwick said his com- and go into first place in Lower
“Where are you now.'”
He urged the group to look, not nany is seriously considering mov- Columbia league standings.
Vernonia kicked off, starting
at Vernonia alone, but at th" con­ ing part of its operation to Ver-
text of the area as a whole, The nonia. but that no definite deci- their second league encounter of
future is in our hands, as mdi- sion has been reached, It is a the season, with the Eagles re­
We basic industry, transforming use­ turning the ball to th? 45. On th<
viduals and as a group
should look toward growth to less material top usefulness and first play from scrimmage Wy’-
sustain and improve the values of does not rob the community of East fumbled with Vernonia re­
our pronerty and community. anything. There ar? very few covering. The Loggers couldn't
With enthusiasm and growth, the places where this raw material is get rolling and kicked to the
area prospers, but Arst a com­ found.
visitort 20 with a runback to the
munity must show a capability for
R. L. Thompson, fire chief, talk­ 45. Wy’East. demonstrating a pow­
growth
ed on fire prevention, saying tha: erful running attack, drove down­
Troute urged each member to each year there are 1000 children field to the locals’ 12 where they
try to look at Vernonia as a com- between the ages of 1 and 15 and fumbled once again with Ver­
1C.000 adults killed by fire and nonia hawking the ball. The Log­
he enters the town, decide, is he that carelessness is the greatest gers proceeded to drive to their
own 35 where they fumbled with
doing the best he can with what factor.
Eagle recovery.
Wy’East
A ham dinner was served by the an
h ■ has to do with? The Paint-up
backs once again drove the pig
Fix-up program just completed V.F.W. auxiliary.
skin to the Loggers’ 15 as the first
was a good start, but there is no
quarter ended with the scoreboard
magic formula. Vernonia must
reading 0-0.
do everything possible for itscit
In the beginning minutes of se­
to see that there xs no usable re­
cond quarter play Wy’East skirted
source that remains idle. Watch
Vernoma’s left end from 10-yard-
the ores in the area, the markets
out for the first score of the game.
for a gadget or s.ime simple item
Federal Civil Service announces Try for point failed sending the
that might be produced Recrea­
tional activities, especially water examinations for Substitute Clerk Eagles ahead 6-0. The Loggers,
and natural resources, could be and Substitute Carrier for the taking the visitors kickoff, started
made much of. Charcoal, bri- Vernonia Post Office. Entrance on their own 35 and using a pass­
ing and running attack penetrated
qurted and hard woods are being salary is $1.82 per hour.
Apply at any post office for ap­ all the way to the opponents’ 22-
investigated. Highway improve,
i
ment will do a- great deal to lift plication forms or information as i yard marker wher" they were
to where such forms may be ob­ stopped in their tracks by a deter­
morale and increase opportunity
If the community is more attrac­ tained, to the Director, IIth U. S. mined Eagle defense, thus ending
Civil Service Region, Federal Of­ Vernonia’s only serious threat in
tive. success is easier.
In the past, Troute pointed out, fice Building. Seattle 4. Washing­ first half play. The rest of the
the impression has gotten out ton. Application must be filed second quarter was a see-saw
that Veinonia is dead.
Mcr- with th<*-above address, or must affair with neither team getting a
chants haven’t retained as much be postmarked not later than Oc­ serious offensive driv? going. Ver­
nonia took over possession of th
of th? retail trade as they feci tober 29. 1S56.
Applicants must actually reside ball on their own eight after rc-
they should - have; many young
people have gone away to make within the delivery area of the ceiving an Eagle punt as the
their homes; very few new build­ I Vernonia Post Office, or be bona halftime whistle sounded.
Second half play started with a
ings have been built. This ar1 fide patrons or employees of th-
bang for the local eleven as they
some of th? things that must be V' -rnonia Post Office.
took the opening kickoff on their
fought.
10 and returned it to the 30-vard
Enthusiasm must b" stirred, he
Drivers'
Examiner
Due
marker.
From that point the Log­
said That there were many young
A drivers' license examiner will gers, concentrating on a ground
people at the meeting was a good
sign. He urged the membership be in Vernon.a at the city hall on attack, drove ail the way to the
to support the chamber, the high­ October 19. between 10 a m. and Wy’East 11 where the locals at­
tack bogged down with the
,
way association, and anyone who 4 p.m.
Eagles taking over. The visitors,
failing to make a first down, kick­
ed to their own 48 where Ver­
nonia took over On the second
play from scrimmage, Dick Crow­
ston, Logger right end, took a re­
verse and dashed around the
Eagles' left end to their 24-yard
Marker. Taking to the airlanes
the locals connected with Bob
Crowston doing the heaving to
Larry Johnson who caught tn-
toss on the Eagle three-yard line.
On the next play Larry Akers
scored the local's T D standing
up. Try for point was good with
Bob Crowston's kick splitting the
goal posts and sending Vernonia
ahead 7-6. The Loggers kicked
to the Eagles' 20 with a return to
the 30 At the end of the third
quartet the visitors had driven
all the way to the Loggers' 30
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Civil Service
Exams Slated
Commiitee Meet Held
LARRY JOHNSON. Logger end. had just snagged this pass on
the Wy'Eait three •* this photo was taken. On the next play
Larry Akers crossed for the Loggers and Bobby Crowston con-
verted sending the locals ahead 7-8.
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Mrs Grace Mathews, grade­
school instructor, was in St Hel­
ens Monday for a meeting of the
county language arts textbook
committee whith. at that time,
heard representatives of book
companies evaluate new school
*texts. The committee will later
make recommendations on new
books that should be selected for
school use. i This committee is one
of three in the state.
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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 11. 195
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Improvements on Homes Merit Awards
HOME at 959 Rose owned by G. L. Russell was enlarged by six-
lot add'tion to living room, front entrance was enclosed, new roof
added ar.d entire building painted. Corner picture windows were
added to living room which was redecorated.
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BILL CARMICHAEL enlarged the front of his home lix feet,
making possible addition of one room and enlarging of two other
rooms. Ha also poured new foundation and installed larger front
windows and sided house with composition shingles.
NORBLAD SCHEDULES Cancer Board
STOP HERE THURS.
To Be Set Up
Walter Norblad, Republican can­
didate for congress from Oregon's
first district, has scheduled a stop
here for this morning, Thursday,
Glen Hawkins said yesterday
morning.
Norblad has asked that arrang ■-
ments be made for him to visit
with as many local people as pos­
sible during the morning hours,
which arrangements wer? being
taken care of by Hawkins when
he made the announcement.
The candidate’s stop is being
made during a tour of this pait of
his district .
Point System to
Decide Plaque
At the PTA executive commit­
tee meeting held at the Washing­
ton school Monday, October 8, a
point system to determine which
grade will win the membership
plaque each month wan decidea
upon
Mrs. Irene Minger, PTA pre i-
dent, also announced that a sug­
gestion box will be in place at
each meeting Purpose of the box
will be to give anyone having
topics th y would like discussed
at future meetings an opportunity
to have such subjects considered.
The next regular PTA meeting
will be at the high school Mon­
day, October 15 at 8 p m. when
an interesting program has been
plann-d This program will in­
clude a report by Marjorie Rey­
nolds on her tour of the U.N Re
freshments will be served follow,
ing this meeting.
Scout Reunion Due
The second council-wid reun-
ion for Eagle scouts'will be held
Thursday, October 25' at Lincoln
high school. Portland, Marvin
Meyer,
neighborhood commis­
sioner, said Wednesday All Eagle
scouts are asked to contact him
by calling HA 9-6504 before Oc­
tober 17.
The accomplishments of two
home owners in this area w n
them a tie and a split of the gran t
prize money awarded in th«»
chamber of commerce paint up,
fix-up campaign which ended the
last of September. Judging of
the entries in the campaign was
completed last Sunday and the
awards listed at that time. Th?
grand prize of $50 was awarded
by the Vernonia division of the
Long-Bell Lumber company.
In the judging, the remodeling
work done on their homes by B. I
Carmichael and Gerald Russell
was considered equal in extent,
hence th - decision to divide this
award. Both men enlarged thew
homes by additional construct, i
work, thereby improving both the
appearance and the floor space
New construction on the club
house and improvement of the
grounds at the Vernonia country
club by the new owners, Mr. and
Mrs 'Bill Meadows, won for them
the plaque awarded by the cham­
ber of commerce for business lm
provement. Mr. and Mrs. Men
dows enlarged and remodeled th •
club house and removed an o’.d
barn from the property to greatly
improve appearance.
Two major projects of improv *-
ment, on? of them complete and
the other now under construction,
have been carried out by people
associated with the board of dire
tors of the chamber and hence
were not eligible to participate
in the competition. The coinplet
ed project is that of Brunsman
Hardware which resulted in an
.entirely new store front and the
Nither is the construction of a new
! store building for Sunnyside S«-
I vice. Both were given honorable
mention.
Other winners in the home im­
provement part of the campaign
are: George Robertson. Bob Spen­
cer, Mrs. R. D. Eby, Howard John,
son. W T. Lilly, and Bob Linds^z.
Prizes in addition to the grand
prize were made available by Ver
nonia Trading company, Vernonia
Milk Farms, Sundland Electric,
C. J Schaumburg, Slaight Hard­
ware, Vernonia Branch of the
U S National Bank, Vernonia
Drug Company and Brunsman
I Hardware.
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An enthusiastic group of Co-
lumbia county people agreed un-
animously to set up a formal
board of directors for a Columbia
County American Cancer Society
to be operated under the junsdic-
tion of the Oregon division at a
m?cting held in Rainier, October
4
A C. Jacobson, national field
representative from New' York,
stated that specifically the board
of directors was to direct all ac­
tivities on a county level in a
cancer control program which in.
eluded education, service, and the
April Crusade campaign to sup­
port these projects.
“More and more money is going
into research these days and still
more is needed. Fifty per cent
of all cancer victims can’t be
ived because ot lack of research
knowledge Another 25 per cent
die because of lack of cancer edu­
cation, leaving only 25 per cent •
that are cured.” said Mr. Jackson.
Children Given
Hearing Tests
Approximately 600 children iri
Columbia county schools wet ■
given hearing tests during th •
past few weeks of which 90
youngsters were from Vernon..»
schools.
This year only firit-
graders and special referrals w
checked. Mrs. Jean Cauthore,
audiometnst from the . Oreg n
state board of health conduct 'd
the testing as part of the hearing
conservation program
Parents will g?t a report from
the health department during tl <■
next few days concerning child­
ren with hearing losses.
A diagnostic otologic clinic wilt
be held at McBride school, St
Helens, Thursday, October 18 f ir
children who have been found • »
have a hearing loss according to
Miss Grace Roumagoux, public
health nurse.
Names Filed for
Council Posts
Four names have been filed for
council positions, two for the po­
sition of mayor and one for city
treasurer tor the city el etion
which will take place November
6. Recorder Sam Hearing said
Wednesday morning Acceptances
have been filed by all candidates
for the positions
Named by the nominating peti-
lions for the council are A W.
Gardner, Art Davis, H H Sturd.-.
Voters
vant and Loel Roberts
will »elect two to fill two terms
of present councilmen that will
expire at the end of this year.
The names of Lyman Hawken
and Don Bayley will appear on
the ballot for Mayor and one will
be chosen for the position Mrs.
Paul Gordon will be th? candidate
for city treasurer. R M. Aldrich,
for whom a petition was filed for
treasurer, refused to sign the ac­
ceptance
Bid lor Curb
Work Selected
»
Three bids were opened at th«?
adjourned meeting of the city
council Monday evening for th •
job of constructing curbs on Soul.i
First avenue, an improvement
district that was set up a sho t
time ago upon the request of .a
petition of property owners t u
that street.
Award of the bid was made . j
W. P. Snider of Vancouver, Wa<
ington who quoted a price of *1 ■ .»
a lineal foot for curbing The to.
tai amount for the construction
work will be 11897 50 for the 1159
feet of curbing.
The second lowest bid was $1.82
and the highest for $2 70 per lineuf
foot.