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Governor's Plans Outlined
Harry R. Swanson, adminis
trative assistant to Governor Ro
bert D. Holmes, was gubst speak
er at the second annual dinner
meeting of the Highway 99W Al
ternate Road association held at
Vernonia March 13, which was
well attended by people from
Hillsboro, Banks, Gaston, Yam
mil, Carlton. , Newberg. Astoria
»nd Longview, Washington. The
dinner was served by the Rain ■
dow Girls at the Masonic temple.
PROGRAM VIEWED
Mr. Swanson spoke of the work
of Governor Holmes toward es
tablishing a planning and deve-
lopement department for the
state and other plans toward get
ting a fair share of industry for
Oregon. According to complaints
received by his office, the rea
sons Oregon has not secured many
new industries are not enough
dh.'ap power, transportation cosls
and high Oregon taxes. He feels
that with the new economic pro
gram being set up by Governor
Holmes with a trained specialist
ir. charge, assistance and coordi
nation in these three major prob
lems can be secured and industry
can be attracted to Oregon.
Mr. Swanson also said that full
cooperation is being given in all
departments, whether appointed
or inherited, and that Governor
Hplmes is trying to put into ef-
fect the points made in his cam
paign talks.
ROADS TO BE FEATURED
James Stanard. association dl
l' tor, reported that on April 21,
the Northwest section of the Ore
gonian will carry a feature story
on the area covered by highway
.8 from McMinnville to the coait
add the twenty miracle miles
from Oceanlake to Newport. Al
so featured will be the Portland-
Salmon River cutoff and the
route covered by the Highway 99
W Alternate Road association
•from McMinnville through For-
Planning Commission
Organization Dated
For Next Thursday
HARRY W. SWANSON, speaker at the dinner of Highway 99W
Alternate Road association, and Art Ostrander, seated, president.
est Grove, Vernonia and across
the Longview bridge to highway
99 at Kelso.
Art Ostrander, Vernonia, was
re-elected president of the asso
ciation for a third term, a posi
tion he has held since it was
first organized.
Other officers
named were Ralph Kletzing
Carlton, vice-president; Mona
Gordon, Vernonia, secretary; and
Everett Haney, Forest Grove,
Family Living
Class Completed
The Family Living class which
has been taught by Mrs. Ora
Bolmeier, was concluded March
. which was the last of eight
-.ass sessions for the group Mem-
.- -s of the class expressed much
appreciation to Mrs. Bolmeier
v. '■■o had given her time without
renumeration.
All felt that :t
had been a worthwhile expen-
-•re m adult education.
Those who completed the class
wtre Mesdames Marvin Kam-
boia. Guy Harris. Art Davis. R
L. Thompson. Ralph Reynolds.
Howard Carter. Bernard Lamp
ing, Roy Cook. Wilma Thompson.
Dan Lawler. James Davies. Earl
K ng. Marvin Meyer. Ruth Sulli
van, Glen Hawkins, Charles
Minger. Loren Ellis Jr. and Herb
rfeeken liable.
James Stannard,
McMinnville
and Lawrence Kummer, Gaston,
directors for a three year term.
Mr. Ostrander gave a summary
of the years activities and urged
the group to increase member
ship, advertise the roads and
keep striving for the ultimate
goal of an alternate 99 highway
through this route.
The next quarterly meeting
will be at Yamhill June 12.
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35-Year Resident Buried Tuesday
Riders Slate
Club Meeting
The date was set earlier this
week for a meeting of people who
belong or ar? interested in be-
longing and participating in the
activities of the Vernonia Ridg>'
Riders by Bob Thompson, presi-
dent of the group.
Anyone interested in riding is
we come to be present at the ses-
s'on which will take place Tues-
ai y of next week, March 26, at
ty-' West Oregon Electric office
starting. at 8 p.m.
At this meeting an attempt will
be made to build up club activity,
to prepare for a parade which
w'l open this year’s paint-un.
f:x-up campaign and plan for rid
ing club events proposed for the
tb-ec-day July 4 celebration.
Thompson pointed out that peo-
p.e interested in joining the club
•ay do so at a lower fee than
ha« been charged formerly. Ini-
t.stion costs $1 50 per family and
monthly dues are now 25c per
person.
Previously the charge
was $5 and 50c monthly.
Parking Rule • Celebration Name Chosen
Restriction
By Group; Suggestions
Area Extended
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Additional survivors include
James Ross Lee, 74, a" resident
of Vernonia for the past 35 years four stepsons, Lloyd Bam. Al-
passed away at his home in Ver ■ bany; Marvin, Newhall, Californ
nonia Friday morning, March 15, ia; Russell. DelNortc, Colorado
and John W. Bain of Quincev,
following an extended illness.
Funeral services were held Washington and 18 grandchild-
Tuesday, March 19 at 1:30 at the ten.
Nazarene» church in
Vernonia
with concluding rites and inter
ment at the Forest View ceme
tery, Forest Grove.
The Rev. Harry Burk, pastor
of the Nazarene church, officiat
Candidates for king of the St.
ed at the services with Fuiten’s
Chapel in the Grove mortuary. Pats dance which will be held
Forest Grove in charge of arrang- at the high school Friday even
ing are as follows: Senior, Herb
ments.
Casket bearers were
Brady Bender; junior, Jeiry Dinger;
Waters. Jueles Matzek, Lloyd and sophomore, Don Savage; fresh
John Blain, Herbert Sturdevant man, Dick Aldrich and Paul
end Alfred Bayes, with Mr. and Bunyon club. Dick O’Brien. Dis
Mrs. Gerald Russell serving as cussion as to which will reign
is left to the vote of the girls
a vocal duet at the services.
and
results will be announced at
Mr. Lee was a native of On
tario, Canada where he was born the dance.
The dance is sponsored by the
December 3, 1882. and lived
there until moving to Vancouv Girls Athletic association and the
er Island in 1913. In 1919 he came public is welcome to attend. Re
to the Unit id States, living at freshments will be served.
North Plains and then at Gales
Creek before moving to Vernon
ia 35 years ago.
He was united in marriage to
Ella Randle at Hamilton, Ontar
i<. on June 8, 1908 who preceeded
him in death here in 1939. On De
“Home Gardens,’’ both vege
cember 20, 1944 he was married table and flower, will be the
tp Mrs. Pauline Martig at Van topic upon which Don Coin Wal-
couver, Washington who sur lod, county extension agent, will
speak next Tuesday at a meeting
vives.
Also surviving are six children; which has been arranged by the
two sons, Howard R. Lee of Port Vernonia chamber of commerce
land and James R Jr. of Cali for 8 p m. in the ag room at the
fornia; four daughters, Mrs. Jo high school.
Walrod will also present illus
seph (Ruth) Beasley and Mrs
Charles (Vern) Vlad, both of San trative material and some plants
Diego, Mrs. Jueles (Elizabeth) for inspection of the people who
Matzek and Mrs. Brady
(La- are present
vonne) Waters, both of Forest
Grove Another son, John J. Lee
was killed at U’eaverville, Cali
fornia three months ago
St. Pat's Dance
Friday Evening
'Gardens' Topic
Of Tuesday Meet
Toy Collection
Due Saturday
Historical Meet
The high school Girls League
I which has taken the collating
and children's story books
At Beaver Homes I of for toys
the Shrine hospital, Portland,
The Columbia County Histori
cal society will meet Saturday.
March 23. at the Beaver Homes
Grange hall There will be a pot
luck dinner at noon and business
session and program in the after
noon. The meeting is open to all
interested person».
at a project, plan to gather up
those available from homes Sat
urday. starting at 11 a.m. Per
sons who have toys and books
may call the high school office
by Friday and give name and
address so the girls can call for
them.
Offered for July 4 Event
The need to select a name for
the proposed 3-day July 4 cele
Nine items of business were bration being considered by this
considered by city councilmen ! community was the main item
when they met Monday for their of business last Friday at a ses
second March session and the sion of the planning committee.
slate for the evening’s business By choosing the name Friday and
was cleared by 9:30, the earliest, forwarding it to the Oregon state
hour for adjournment since the highway department immediate
ly, Vernonia’s celebration will re
“present council took office.
Jay Hall and Leonard Rauch ceive state and national recogni
asked council consideration on tion not possible otherwise.
Committeemen present consid
establishing two-hour parking on
ered
ten suggestions and decided
Second street between Maple and
Bridge streets and the request on a combination of several of
these in selecting “Vernonia
was approved on motion and
second by Councilmen Charley Friendship Jamboree" as the title.
Heading preparation details for
Hickman and H. H. Sturdevant.
the celebration is planning com
BOARD MEMBER NAMED
mittee of Louis Towne, Jack
A library board recommenda
tion of the appointment of Mrs.
O. T Bateman to the library
board was also approved to fill
the vacancy caused by the resig
nation of Mrs. George Remnant.
Councilmen rejected a request
The 70 voice University of Ore.
by Bert Brunsman for financial gon choir directed by Max Ri
aid for the paint-up, fix-up cam singer will present a concert at
paign, pointing out that it would Vernonia high school
Friday
be unethical for th? city to spend
morning at 10:00 am. The
tax money on a project of this public is invited to attend and no
kind.
charge is being made.
Another decision concerning
Included in the program will
the need for another city truck be Then Round The Starry
was accomplished by an order to Throne, Handel; Psalm 150, Nor
repair the old truck formerly used ton; selections from Ceremony of
by Frank Slemmons, cemetery
the Carols, Benjamin Britton and
sexton instead of purchasing a a number of Fred Waring ar
later model. This decision was rangements.
reached after the council heard
This choir has been selected
two quotations on pick-up trucks for a guest appearance at the
of $1095 and $1295 from Bill Northwest Music Educators con
Wilson, Vernonia Auto company ference to be held at Boise this
salesman. The council also or year.
dered Slemmons to determine
the amount of repairs needed on
the garage at the cemetery and
1 eport at the next meeting.
LEASE CONSIDERED
Pursuant to a request at a
According to an announcement
previous meeting concerning a
lease of the airport to those fly from the office of Ralph C. Gran-
ing planes off the field, council quist. district director of the in
men issued an order to Attorney ternal revenue service in Ore
C. F. Bradley to prepare such a gon, offices are being opened
throughout the state to give as
ldase for future consideration.
Another order wJs issued au sistance to income tax payers.
Office most convenient to peo
thorizing publication of a notice
concerning delinquent water us ple in this area will be Hillsboro
er accounts. The notice appears where consultants will be at 205
building
elsewhere in this edition and ex U. S National bank
plains a procedure that will be Mondays, March 25 and April i,
followed in the future in handl and every day except Sunday
from April 8 through 15.
ing collections.
CONNECTIONS ORDERED
County Sanitarian Clarence W. Kindergarten Entertains
Clark appeart d before ,the coun
Pupils from the morning kin
cil to tell them all hodscs, where dergarten presented a clever pro
feasible, must be connected to gram at the P.T.A. meeting Mon
I sewer mains very soon or state day evening
It was entitled.
! authorities will force these con-
Around The Clock, and showed
I nections made. The city has al what they did throughout the
ready sent final notices to the 13 day at kindergarten. The pro
cwners of property not yet using gram was directed by Mrs. Wilma
city sewer service.
Thompson, kindergarten teacher.
Five men appointed two weeks
ago to the newly organized city Seniors Prepare Play
planning commission were pre
Seniors at VHS have begun
sent Monday to accept their ap
pointments and to decide on the intensive practice on the play.
date of March 28 when they Me and My Shadow, a comedy,
will elect officers and begin plan which they will present April 8.
Carlton Moran is coach.
ning work.
U of 0 Choir to Be
Here Tomorrow
Tax Assistants
At Hillsboro
Thompson, Pete Brunsman, Bill
Horn and Sam Hearing Jr., thi-
group having met prior to Friday
to decide on some of the events
to be staged. Their list, includ
mg various suggestions by indi
viduals at earlier meetings, w:
swim meet, golf tournament, pa
rade, picnic, fireworks display,
band concert, logging display,
mill open house, tree farm tour,
barbecue and entertainment for
youngsters.
Many organizations in towrt
have indicated they will assist irt
setting up concessions' such a>
trap shoot, hot dog stand, game*
of chance and rides for young
sters. Along with consideration’
of this part of the event, a mo
tion was adopted specifying no
concessions will be allowed at the
celebration other
than the.-«
sponsored by a recognized local
group. No outside carnival at
tractions will be permitted.
Publicity to properly promote
the event and assure a large at
tendance brought such sugges
tions as: wearing of an approp
riate costume; visits to other
towns in the county and arv-
nouncement of the event over
Hillsboro and Forest Grove ra
dio stations.
Further planning is scheduled
for Friday, March 29, at the West
Oregon building, this being the
next meeting date.
Former Teacher
Author of Book
A recent announcement Mk
made in the Education News*
published by the Oregon State
department of education that
Enoch Dumas who taught here
in the elementary schools during
the 1930's, had written an unique
book. Arithmetic Games, for use
in kindergarten and through the
sixth grade. His belief is that
games should b? a part of the
teaching-learning situation
but
that they should add to rather
than subtract from the efficiency
of teaching
The book is available from
Fearon Publishers in San Fran
cisco.
Band Members to
Go to Festival
Six members of the Vernonia
high school band have been cho
sen to participate in the Music in
May festival at Forest Grove
May 9, 10 and 11. They are Dane
Brady, Darlene Bernardi, Donna
Buckley, Jim Davis. Julia Waite
and Jan Garner.
Music will be sent to them to
practice preparatory to the event
and the festival will feature both
a band and orchestra in which
musicians from school through
out the state will participate.
Cub. Scout Troop 201 Host to Sunset Trail Roundtable
On Tuesday. March 12, a Cub
Scout Roundtable for the Sunset
Trail district met at the Wash
ington school. This is the first
time Vernonia Troop 201 has
been host to the group consisting
of representatives from Wash
ington county troops and the
local troop. The roundtable, pri
marily a training course for Cub
Scout leaders and Den Mothers,
develops a given theme of the
month as projects for the vari
ous dens
The classic, "Swiss Family Ro.
bmson" was the subject Tuesday
night with a resume of the story
given as a TV play. Scout mas
ter John Harns acted a* M C.
with Mrs. Harns, Margaret Hart
zell, Irene Meyer, Bob Lindsay
and Ilene Larson manipulating
characters and scenes on the cle
ver shadow box.
Following the play, the group
visited four projects developed
Irene Meyer and Chuck Johnson
cleverly depicted the shipwreck
on a simulated ocean and the
island on which the family later
made their home, including palm
trees and animals.
Margaret Hartzell and Lige Ro
binson used housing for the ship
wrecked 'family as their project
Authentic looking palm trees, a
tent and a real log cabin, which
Mr Robinson and some of the
boys built gave that pictare
Bob Lindsay at his table pro
vided wood and knives to the
visitors to practice carving spoons
as the craft project.
John Harris and Ilene Larson
had two games which afforded
much amuseemnt.
Mrs. Dan Lawler registered
each guest who pinned on a min
isture foot print with his name.
Nora Redmond made these, Fred
Roediger mad- huge footprints
on the floor guiding the guests
to the various activities.
Big straw hats and other sem
blance of native attire wen
worn by the hosts to further th •
atmosphere of a tropic island.
A large assortment of cookies
made by the mothers of the Ver
nonia Cub Scouts and coffee were
served at the close of the even
ing