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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1956)
Library, U of 0 Voters to Decide Choice Of Candidates Tuesday, End Active Campaigning A single X on the part of vot ers at next Tuesday's election will indicate their choice for pres ident, vice-president and the elec tors who will cast th? electoral votes for them. In the state ballot, hotly con tested campaigns will be decided for the following offices: United States senator, Douglas McKay. R. Wayne Morse, D; representative in congress, first district, Walter Norblad, R, Jason Lee D; gover nor, Elmo Smith R, Robert D. I i i VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON THURSDAY. NOVEMBER Two Groups Give Rides on Election Day Hearing Ordered On Water Rates In an order dated Monday of last week, October 22, Charles H. Heltzell, Oregon PUC com missioner, suspended for a period of 90 days from October 24 new- flat rate service and interest charges of the A. F. Schalock water system serving customers tn Riverview. The commissioner also has set the date of a hearing on rates for Friday, November 9 at the water System office on Mist route. The program of the hearing, as stated in th? order is to: ”... show that the tariff pro posed to be established, or in creased, or changed, is just and reasonable and that, after such hearing, the commissioner shall issue such order or orders as shall be justified by the facts deter mined.’’ The proposed new rates were filed September 24 of this year. Holmes D; secretary of state, Mark Hatfield R, Monroe Sweet I land D; state treasurer, Sig Unan- der H. Wiley Smith D; attorney general. Carl Francis R. Robert Y. Thornton D. VOLUME 34. NUMBER 44 COUNTY TO ELECT SEVEN In the county, offices to be filled are state representative from Co lumbia county, district attorney, county commission?r and sheriff ■ in the contested races and county treasurer, surveyor, coroner and school superintendent in non-con- tested ballots. •Robert Kit msen, D, incumbent. St. Helens, will face Norman Barmeier. St. Helens accountant, Polling Places for who is the Republican nominee in Tuesday Vole Listed; the state representative election. Baby Sillers Available For district attorney county voters will choose between W. W. Polling places for Vernonia and Dillard, D, and Dave Williamson. vicinity will b ■ op-n at 8:00 am. R. Dillard is the incumbent while Tuesday for what is expected to Williamson is a St. Helens at be a record vote on national, state torney making his first try at pub. and local candidates. Polling lie office. places for Vernonia are: Precinct FOUR ARE UNOPPOSED 1, the old post office space C. R. “Bud" Holmes ,R. and the West Oregon building; Raymond J. Johnson, D, are the I cinct 2, the Union hall; precinct nominees of the two parties for 3. Washington grade school and county commissioner to fill the precinct 4, the city hall. Mist post which is now held by Clyde and Birkenfeid voters will go to the Mist school. Henderson Warren Forsyth, R. is the in Several local organizations are cumbent sheriff and is running helping to get out the vote. Boy for re-election. Democratic nom Scouts will distribute door hang ine? for sheriff is Louis Wasser, cis to Vernonia homes this Satur- Goble, who is currently serving urday urging all to exercise th" as county commissioner. light to vote. Incumbents running for re-elec Jim Cox. acting for the local tion to offices they now hold and union, has stated that transporta unopposed on the ballot are Jea- tion will be provided for person- netta Ostlund. St. Helens, coun who wish it if they call him at ty treasurer; Clarence Wagner, HA 9-6031. Also. Stephen Waite, Ft. Helens, county surveyor; Ben commander of the Legion, an Coleman, St Helens, coroner and nounced that disabled persons will Mrs. Lois Kent. Rainier, school be given transportation to the superintendent. polls by members of their organi LOCAL RACES LISTED zation Such persons desiring their Locally, Oscar Weed is unoppos service are asked to call HA 9- ed for justice of the peace. 6332 prior to election. City of Vernonia residents will Mrs. Harry Culbertson and Mrs. also decide on a mayor, treasurer Nora Mitchell of the American and two councilmen. Candidates Lsgion auxiliary have volunteered for mayor are Lyman Hawken Sr., I their services as baby sitters b<. ■ incumbent, and D E. Bayley. Mona tween 1 and 5 p m. Tuesday to M. Gordon, present treasurer, is free mothers who would tM oth- .unopposed. Two councilmen will eiwise b? able to vote. be ctwsen from four candidates: J. Arthur Davis, Arthur W Gard r.er, Herbert H. Sturdevant and Loel Roberts. I Oesier Becomes Curry Co. Agent Special Extension Agent Lou Oester has resigned his position hire in Columbia county to be come county agent for Curry county with headquarters at Gold Beach, announces County Agent Don Coin Walrod. Oester has been on the exten sion »taff in Columbia’county for more than a year and taught vo. cational agriculture at the Scap poose high school for three years previously. While on the exten sion staff, Oester has been work ing intensively with -a number of farm families on general manage ment problems, record keeping? and demonstrations. Oester indicates that he will move his family to Gold Beach as soon as suitable living quar His posi- ters can be obtain'd tion in Columbia county probabl” will be filled as sbon as a quali- fied person can be obtained, says Walrod. Lions Plan for Annual Hotcakes This year’s annual Lions club hotcake feed is scheduled to take place Saturday, Novem ber 10. the club decided at a re cent meeting. Plans have already been started arranging for the af fair, which will take p’acc at Jay’s cafe. He will make the res taurant available for that purpose for the entire day. People who donate for the feed this year are informed the money v'ill be used by the club for health and welfare purposes. Club members heard Charles Creamer speak at their meeting Monday evening on driver train- Halloween Given Snow Shades of Hallowe’en ghosts! Were you up early enough Wed nesday morning tq see that th” whole town was shrouded in a white blanket of snow for the oc casion! Ì Directors of 99W A Plan Presentation Preparation Made For Meeting with Highway Commission MARY MILLIS. high school Senior, will be crowned homecoming queen Friday night at dance scheduled io follow Vernonia-Clats kanie gams, last Logger grid game on the home field for the sea son. I i I I Gridmen Slate Final League Game, Homecoming Event Friday Evening Coach Vlc.'k's Vernonia Loggers, currently enjoying a co-chana- pionship ti? with Wy’east, will put their record on the block Friday night on Greenman field when they play host to the hot and cold Clatskanie Tigers in the final lea gue tilt of the season for Vlcek's charges. If the Loggers defeat the Clats kanie Tigers. Vernonia will share the Lower Columbia League championship with th? Wy’East Eagles, who won that honor last week when they defeated the Rai nier Columbians in their last game of the season. Both squads will receive championship tro- phvs, but Wy’East will"represent the league by virtue of it’s win I over th.? Loggers as stated in last week's Eagle. The funeral for Alfred H. Erb, The Clatskanie Tigers are re- 63. was last Saturday at 10:30 puted to be a team that is capable a m. at th? Ringo-Cornwell funer of defeating any team in this league on any one given night al chapel in Woodburn. He died Th" Tigers upset both Wv’East in Portland Monday of last week and Scappoose earlier in the sea following a heart attack. Inter son. going into both games the ment was in Belle Passi cemetery. underdog. Both of the I decided Mr Erb was born at Hubbard. above teams dealt the local eleven April 18, 1893 and had lived mortal blows as far as the cham- there most of his life. He was pionship went, Vernonia’s Log employed for many years in the gers will rate a slight edge over Long Bell sawmill at Vernonia. the visitors, but will have to be Survivors are two brothers. Ted on their toes to come out of this of Canby and Grant of Donald; scrap with a win. four sisters, Mrs. Louise Kauff Spirit and confidence runs high man, Canby; Mrs. Edna Dickin in the Logger's camp this week son, Springfield; Mrs Nettie S ■ as they settle down to business ly. La Center, Washington and after a weeks layoff due to an Wilma Whitney, Port Orchard. open date Vernonia fans will see Washington. a slight shift in the local eleven's backfield with Don Holsey mov ing up to the quarterback slot. Erb Rites Held At Woodburn Dick Crowston will fill the wing- I ac k position with Larry Akers having the fullback spot. At tailback will be shifty Bob Crow- ston. Vernonia will be practically at full strength for this important fame, which will d Tide a cham pionship for Vernonia Rally Tonight For Homecoming Homecoming festivities for Ver. nonia high school will get under way tonight with a pep rally and parade through the downtown dis trict which will be followed by a bonfire at the high school field. The rally will begin at 7:00 p m. and will be participated in by the hand, players and students, all of whom hope the street will be well lined with rooters to spur the team on to a victory over Clats kanie Friday night. Arrangements for the rally are being made by the Pep club di- lceted by Mrs. Jennie Wallace and the bonfire has been con structed by the Boys League. At tomorrow evening’s game, th" band will present halftime entertainment and the queen, Mary Millis, will be presented to the crowd However, the crowning ceremonies will not be until the dance which follows the game. Mrs. Ora Bolmeier, dean of girls, is in charge of the queen’s arrangements. I t I A special meeting of the diree tors of Highway 99W Alternate Ri ad association was held Thuri- day evening. October 25 in the new offices of Homer Waltz in Forest Grove Present were A G. Ostrander, president, Mrs. Paul Gordon, secretary, Eugene Drips, Vernonia; Horner Waltz and Wrn Eaton, highway committee of the Forest Grove chamber, and At nold Franks, manager; Ralph Kletzing, editor Carlton-Yarnhi.I Review, Keith Scbrepel, Yamhill; James Stanard, president First National Bank, McMinnville; Wm Heesaker, mayor of Gaston, and John Richardson, News-Tunes, Forest Grove The purpose of the meeting was to make arrangements for plans and requests to be presented to the state highway commission when the committee appears be fore it November 9. Spokesman for the group will be Cliff Elliott, McMinnville chamber of com merce manager. Local people are urged to sup port the association when they appear before the commission on November 9. The larger the reg istration supporting the group, the better. Interested people shoul I be at the Imperial Hotel in Port ■ land by 10:00 a m. to register. The hearing is set for 10:30 t > 10:45 am. A reminder of tnii time and date will be printed tn a later edition of the Vernonia Eagle. Prior to the Thursday evening session, Chuck Ellis of St. Helens, representative of Governor Elmo Smith, Ostrander, Guy Thomas and Marvin Kamholz met here to outline the work accomplished so far by the association and itemize the future aims of the Highway 99W Alternate group Ellis plan ned to inform the governor in de tail the next day concerning the highway group Highlight of the meeting w.u the unveiling of 5000 newly com piled and printed brochures that the 99W Alternate Road associa tion has been working on for some time, showing this scenic route between McMinnville, Forest Grove, Vernonia. Kelso and t-i Highway 99 It gives a short dei cnptive story about each of the towns along the proposed rou'a and a map giving distances. Annual Audit Shows City Condition, Work Accomplished A check-up of the f nancial con dition as well as a survey of ac complishments which have taken place during the past year will be presented the city of Vernonia within a short time by the firm of I. D. Wood and Co., Portland certified public accounting firm, which completed last week the annual audit of city affairs. The audit has been made by this sam ■ firm for the past nine years, showing the method of handling city business, giving suggestions for changes, outlining the work that is accomplished each year and presenting the financial standing. VARIOUS FUNDS LISTED HIGH SCHOOL judging team, from left: Leo Pelstsr. Freshman: Jerry Buckner. Junior: Gary Smith. Sophomore, and Walter Lankston. Sophomore. . A dairy judging team compos?d of Jerry Buckner. Leo Pelster, Gary Smith, and Walter Lankston alternate, took part in a dairy judging contest held at the Pa cific International Livestock Ex position in Portland This FFA team ranked sixth of all the Oregon teams entered in the contest that included teams from all over Oregon. Washington and Idaho In all, there were 133 chcols represented, making a to- i tai of over 500 boys. The members had six classes of dairy cattle to place in order of their worth to a dairyman These included; Jersey, Guernsey. Hol stein and Ayrshire cows, Holstein and Guernsey heifers. The team that most closely approximated the official judges opinion is de clared the winner This was the first time any of these boys had participated in any kind of a judging contest and it was considered quit? success ful. particularly when they were compe*'ng against boys who hav been judging for the past three or four years in county, state and national contests. Installation of the newly organ- zed Vernonia chapter of the Fu ture Farmers of America will be held November 15 with the Banks high school chapter officiating This year's audit will show sinking fund balances of S3M5.21 for the cemetery, which fund pro vides for perpetual maintenance: $11.114 65 for the sewer depart- m?nt and $7640 63 for the water department. The latter two will not show amounts budgeted for the current year of $4500 and $7000 respectively, which should be added to the above. Most of the amounts m these funds is deposited in interest bear- ing government bonds. Another accomplishment that will be listed in this year's report is the number of sewer project bonds retired up to the present time. Six of these bonds have be* n retired under the regular rchedule of payments as prescrib ed under regulations set up when the issue was sold BONDS PAID EARLY In addition to thes? six bonds. 24 bonds were paid off August 17 of this year far ahead of the pres cribed schedule to save interest that would accrue if this move had not been taken. A saving to the city of $960 yearly in interest was made by this advanc? pay ment and the amount of bonded indebtedness reduced from $85,- 000 to $55,000 The report for the current audit will also show that a new lease with the U S. National Bank was negotiated this year for a period of five years for occupancy of the bank building. The new lease stipulates a rental figure in keep ing with expenses incurred by the city in maintaining the build ing. IMPROVEMENTS NOTED Reports prepared by the audit ing firm in past years have point ed out improvements for the city such as the following: Installation of a new water main on State street in 1951 3t a cost of approximately $20,004 to replace a main that gave con stant trouble because of leaks; A new filter tank built in 1931 lor the city pumping plant to re place a worn filter and to also increase pumping capacity, cost about $10.000; Improvements at the city pa- : swimming pool were also includ ed in that year’s report, cost about $7,000; WATER CAPACITY DOUBLE!? New settling tank for the pumping plant, built in 1954 at i cost of nearly $15,000 to replace a badly rotted wood tank and to complete plans for increaain; pumping capacity to double the former capacity. Completion of curbing on th • east side of town in 1954 at a co.a of $10.000 Sewer main project, mostly cn Corey hill, built in 1955 to comply with regulations of the state sani tary authority. With all of these improvements, it is pointed out that city budget.» have been drawn up so that pr-< perty tax levies have not exceeded the six per cent limitation.
