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Council Issues Order to
Form Planning Group;
Swings Given to School
CiU councilmen gave consid
eration to the setting up of a
planning commission as one ot
their main items of business
Monday evening when they met
for the second time in February.
Suggestion that thought be given
such a group and a presentation
to details on the duties of a com
mission were given councilmen
by Mayor Don Bayley and Louis
Towne.
The mayor presented a sample
ordinance which would provide
for the commission and Towne
explained that such a group is
composed of citizens who recom
mend city improvements to the
council. Recorder Sam Hearing
was instructed to draft an official
ordinance establishing the right
Leake Services
Held Thursday
Funerab services were held last
Thursday afternoon at the Fin
ley's Morninglight chapel in
Portland for Reverend Ervin F.
Leake, 79, who passed away on
Tuesday following an extended
illness.
The Reverend Harold
Brown of the First Christian
church in Portland officiated. In
terment was in the Riverview
Abbey mausoleum.
Rev. Leake had been a minis
ter for the Christian church for
62 years and had served pastor
ates in Missouri, Iowa, Oklaho
ma, Colorado and Oregon.
In
1928 he began seven years as
pastor of the First Christian
church in Portland. From there
he went on to Hood River, and
later came to Vernonia where he
served almost three years until
his retirement last summer. From
here he moved to Portland to
make his home.
Rev. Leake was an active mem
ber of the Lions club both in
H'xid River and Vernonia and
three members of the local club.
7. ibur Davis, Glen Hawkins and
Bill Horn, acted as pail bearers
w th three members from the
Hood River club. He was also a
member of the Masonic Lodge at
Hood River.
Survivors include his wife,
Gladys; four sons, Richard W. of
Portland; Lowell L. of Waverly,
NY.; Leslie R. of Eaton. Colo.,
aed James D. of Denver; three
daughters, Mrs. Robert H. Golli-
hur and Nancy, both Portland.
a’id Mrs. A. T. Avey, Idlewild,
Ca.1.; two brothers and a sister
Primary Grades
Plan Assembly
The first grade taught by Mrs.
Daxter and the second grade
V. ight by Mrs. Green will present
an assembly program tomorrow
afternoon at 2:30 in the Wash-
inrton school auditorium.
An additional feature will be a
skd on the history of scouting
w.-ich will be presented by Cub
Sends.
for the council to appoint a com
mission and describe its powers
and duties.
The frames, now located at *he
city park, that have been used for
children’s swings were donated to
school district 47 and will be re
paired and used at the Washinc.
ton school as playground equip
ment. The addition of these
items to the school playground
is one of the requirements the
district must make to comply
with regulations in order to be
come standard. Councilmen felt
the swings would be of more
value at the school than they
have been at the park.
Frank Hayes asked the city to
tell him when he should start
paying rent on the airplane hang
er he built last year at the air
port,
This hangar was con
structed at his own expense as an
addition to the old hangar and he
therefore was told there would
be no rental charge for the first
year.
Councilmen read a proposal by
Cecil Huff, which presents a plan
to take over the garbage dispo
sal business. Huff’s proposal set
forth a 10-point program where
by he would take over the pick
up and disposal of garbage undei
private arrangements. The coun
cil pointed out that a legal fran
chise was now m effect.
Two ordinances were adopted
during the evening, one' to set
forth charges to property on
South First avenue for curb con
struction appears elsewhere in
this issue, and the other to es
tablish standard and oversize
grave openings at the city ceme.
tery and the charges to open
these graves.
Mrs. LeRov Cook and Mrs.
Omar Vernon appeared before
the council to ask for a street
light at the corner of Clatsop and
Bridge streets and also to point
out the bad condition of the
street on Second Avenue.
Councilmen also heard a re
quest from John Honeywell, own
er of the Honeywell Amusement
company, that the license fee on
pinball machines be reduced, on
which no action was taken. Lee
Rogers asked if it were lawful
for tavern windows to be covered
and was informed that the Ore
gon Liquor Commission has au
thority on this matter.
Band to Play Drama Club West Coast to
Slates Play Spend $8500
In Ninties
Parade Again
On Exchange
CHARLES E. BRYANT. Fire
man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
L. Bryant of 728 Rose Avenue.
Vernonia, Oregon, is now at the
U. S. Naval receiving station,
Norfolk, Virginia, awaiting trans
fer to USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
The Norfolk Naval receiving sta
tion processes approximately 8.-
000 men a month on their way
to and from naval activities all j
over the world.
IFYE Student
Speaks Friday
A reminder is given of the
meeting announced last week for
the Union hall tomorrow. Fri
day evening, at 8:00 at which
Ward Armstrong of Newberg, In
ternational
Farm Youth Ex
change student who spent six
months of last year in India, will
talk. The :«ffair is sponsored by
the Fraternal Order of Eagles
and was arranged by W. E. Pond,
4-H club leader.
Mr. Armstrong was here Mon
day to talk at the high school
where he was very warmly re
ceived and all who heard him ac
claim him as a very interesting
speaker whom it is worth while
to hear. He also shows films
with his talk During his stay in
India, he .lived, worked and ate
with different families and shar
ed their family life.
Following Friday" nights meet
ing. Glen Hawkins will call for
square dancing.
Log Conference
Event Planned
The Willamette Valley Log
ging conference will be held on
February 28 through March 2 a'
the Lane county fair grounds at
Eugene,
according
to
Ervin
Smith, president, of Seaside, who
will open the conference Thurs
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Members of the board of direc day. February 28 with his ad
Stephen Waite of Ver
tors of the Cavlite Candle com dress.
pany, elected at the annual meet nonia was at Eugene last week
ing of the corporation Tuesday end to meet with Mr. Smith and
night of last week, met last Fri other committee members to
day night to organize the board. complete conference plans.
Such timely subjects as insur
Named to the board at the an
nual meting were J. D. Caywood. ance and bond^ burn or not burn,
Dwight Strong. Sam Hearing Jr.. salvage logging, chips and fibre
John Thompson and Marvin and equipment will be consider
Kamholz. At the organizational ed. Robert C. Lindsay, resident
meeting Friday, Kamholz was forester for the Crown Zeller-
ejected president of the board. bach Columbia Tree Farm here
Strong was named vice-president ' will present the subject of thin
and Hearing, secretary-treasurer. ning.
Firm Directors
Select Offices
Nine Girls, a royalty play, is to
be presented by the Vernonia
high school drama club Thursday
evening of next week. February I
Brady Invited to
Installation Plans
28. The play is a drama-mystery
Play in All-State
Call
for Direct
ir. which one of a group of col
Band March 15
Distance
Dialing
lege sorority girls disappears.
The Vernonia high school band The unfolding of the plot in ap
West Coast Telephone com
will march again this year in the prehending the guilty party is pany's 1957 construction budget,
Gay Ninties parade at Forest
announced Monday, allocate-
very captivating as the audience
Grove which will be on Saturday.
$8500 to the company's Vernonia
March 2. This will be the third tries to guess the outcome.
exchange for direct distance dial
Characters in the play are: ing equipment and trunks be
participation for the band which
brought home the band trophy Jane, played by Ruby Daniels; tween Vernonia and the Beaver
two years ago and the sweep Alice, Lee Ann Livengood; Eve, ton exchange.
stakes trophy last year.
The company will establish
Judy
Strong;
Sharon,
alias
This year, the band has also "Glamorpuss,” Sunny DeHart; Beaverton as a major toll center
by November of this year, ac
been asked to give a one hour
concert before the parade. This Betty, a southern belle, Carol cording to District Manager Lyle
will be on the lawn of the First Cotton; Stella, Joyce Thompson; E. Cross of Beaverton. The cen
Patty McEntire and I ter will accomodate Vernonia and
Congregational church in down Phyllis,
nine other company exchanges
town Forest Grov" and will be Mary, Janelie Thomas.
which will feed into it.
from noon to 1:00 p.m. Other en
Judy Towne is student direc
Purchase and installation of di
tertainment features will be pre tor of the play; Larry Hickman
rect distance dialing and toll cen
sented there also.
is in charge of lighting and Mar
The band will again be ap garet Miner made the posters, ter equipment at Beaverton will
propriately costumed for the using photographs by Danny come to $378,000. Included will
event and are practising march Fletcher. Connie McKenney is be the first automatic toll-ticket
ing equipment the company will
ing in readiness for it.
in charge of sound effects and
employ in any of its four Oregon
The Vernonia band is also proud Julia Waite is prompter.
districts.
of an honor which has come to one
Mrs. Bernard Dowling is ad
“The new system will enable
of its members, Dane Brady, who visor for the flub and has gen
subscribers at Vernonia and the
has been invited to play in the eral supervision of the play.
nine other exchanges tq dial sta-
all state band at the O.E.A. meet
tion-to-station toll calls direct to
ing in Portland March 15. Mem
all points in the United States
bers of the all stale band are se
and Canada equipped to recel**
lected from the outstanding mu
and connected to the direct dis
sicians from high school bands
tance dialing network," Cross ox
throughout the state. They will
plained. “Subscribers will find
go to Portland for registration
that the service cuts down ma
March 13 and the first practice
As a part of the observance, na
will be that afternoon. Practices tionally, of Future Farmers of terially on the time it now takes
to complete long distance calls,”
will be held also during the next
America week, February 16 to
The $9,000,000 West Coast con.
two days and the concert will be 23, the FFA chapter at Vernonia
presented at th.-: civic auditorium high school has scheduled a re struction budget—largest in th-
Friday evening before the O.E A. creational basketball game with history of thc Pacific Northwest's
fastest growing utility—calls ft»»
delegates.
the Rainier high school chapter
expenditures of $556,000 a in the
The band will be directed by at the Vernonia gym this even
Beaverton district on “routines”
Mr. Moody, band director from ing starting at 7 p.m.
This sum includes such district
Gonzaga University at Spokane,
The Donkey basketball game
wide items as $328,000 for plant
Washington.
held last week was also sponsor
routine projects and $228,000 fbr
Dane is a junior at Vernonia ed by the FFA group and was to
routine purchases of vehicles and
high school and plays trumpet.
raise funds to send delegates to truck equipment, subscriber sta
the convention which will be tion apparatus and equipment, in
held at I,a* Grande during spring cluding nearly 3000 new teln-
vacation in March. This game
phones.
drew an attendance of over 600,
one of the largest crowds to wit
ness any athletic activity in the
gym. Members of the FFA chap
At the PT.A. meetrig held ter played faculty members but
Monday evening at the Washing the spectators agreed that the
ton school, a very impressive game was won by the donkeys.
candlelight acrostic, conducted bv
The grade school basketball
The Vernonia FFA chapter ha.;
Mrs. Robert Lindsay, was used 25 members. Welcome Rumbaugh, team will go to Clatskanie to
in the Founders Day program vocational ag teacher at the high morrow afternoon to play with
commemorating the sixtieth school, is the advisor for the the Clatskanie grade team.
birthday of the P.T.A.
The Vernonia team is now tied
group and officers are Jerry
To complete the program, the Buckner, president; Allen Fow with John Gumm of St. Helens
high school ensemble directed by ler, vice-president; Glen Siedel
for first place in the county
Robert Kelly, sang "Mayday man, secretary; Byron Hawkins, league as a result of winning
Choral” and "Charlotte Town,” treasurer; Walter Lankston, re from Rainier 36 to 21 on Febru
and the film. Families First, was porter and Don Siedelman, sen ary 7 and from John Gumm, 25
shown by Darrold Proehl.
to 24 on February 12.
tinel.
Mrs. Herb Heckenliable. chair
man of the membership commit
tee, reported a membership of
163, 13 over the goal of 150
previously set by the group, and
a great increase over the enroll
ment of previous years.
Local Boy Scouts arc cooper last Friday evening at the Wash
Room count resulted in the
ington school lunch room with
membership plaque being award ating with all Scouts in this area all nine Cub Scout dens and the
ed to Mrs. Steen's fourth grade. in a special fund raising drive
Webelos participating.
Members were reminded of the to raise money needed for en
Guests for the dinner included
legislative meeting at Rainier larging camp facilities and for
Mayor and Mrs. Don Bayley, Rev
this evening. February 21. at 7:30
constructing a council building and Mrs. A. L. Argo; Mr. and
for members of the P.T.A., the
to be used as a headquarters in Mrs. Darrold Pri ehl and family,
Oregon School Board association
Portland. In order to raise th“ Mr and Mrs. Charles Minger and
and the O.E.A., at which mea
amount needed, shares in the family and Mr. and Mrs. Walter
sures before the legislature will
Boy Scouts of America are being Workman and family.
b° discussed.
sold at $10 per share and all per
The invocation was given by
sons
interested
1 n
building Rev. Argo who is pastor of th<
America in this way are asked Baptist church, and Mr. Work
man gave an inspirational talk to
to buy shares
Need for the drive is pointed the Cubs and parents on scout-
up by the fact that camp sites | ing He is an Eagle Scout and was
now owned are not adequate to one of five boys in the nation to
Valley farmers and anyone pise allow all scouts who so desire to qualify at the time he received
who is interested in getting attend them Also, land in Port this honor. Hf. is also one of the
into the production of eggs are land has b“en donated for a coun most decorated scouts in Oregon
invited to a meeting scheduled cil building and off street park and has served as patrol leader
next Tuesday evening under the ing which is badly needed and and assistant Scout leader at For
sponsorship of the chamber of $106.000 has been pledged to est Grove. He presented to John
commerce agricultural commit ward these projects, mostly con Harris, local Cubmaster, a gift
tingent on the remainder being for th(. pack of a flint and steel
tee
fire making kit *
Don Coin Walrod, county agent, raked in this drive
The Mom and Dad award was
The
United
Fund
contributes
will speak on the subject and
later participate in a general dis to the organization's operating presented to Mrs. E E Larson,
cussion of the proposed industry. expense only and will provide no den mother for den 6 which had
The meeting will start at 8 o'clock funds for expansion or building. 100 per cent attendance.
Awards made during the even
Th? annual Blue and Gold din-
at the new West Oregon Elec
ing
will be published next wefk.
net
for
the
Cub
Scouts
was
held
tric building.
FFA Game Date
Sets Observance
PTA Observes
Founder's Day
Need Cited for Enlarged Boy Scout
Camps; Cubs Observe Anniversary
Farmers Asked
To Poultry Meet
MRS. FRANK SERAFIM, local March of Dim»» chairman, receives from Lyman Hawken Jr., a check
tor $84.50 raised by the Vf.W. at the dance given February 9. Looking on are Leonard Rauch.
FJwin Ade. and Harvey Redmond, post commander.
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Graders Tied
For First Place