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LihTary» U of 0 VOLUME 35. NUMBER 14 VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTV’. OREGON 10c COPY New Commission Starts Planning J. Horn, elected chairman; Cliff White, vice-c h a i r m a n ; Gene Drips, Pete Brunsman, Art Gard ner, Louis Towne and Hank Hud son. Hudson was elected secre tary of the infant organization. The commision learned that theirs would be the responsibili ty of planning for the highest and best use of the Vernonia area and it’s facilities for the enjoy ment of citizens and to attract industry and payroll to the area to bolster the economy and mor Weather statistics tabulated for ale of th? community. March by Frank Slemmons, show - One of the first assignments p’-ecipitation here was 6 35 inch was to survey and make recom es. This is lower than that re mendations for corrections and re. corded in Portland where 8.7 pair or replacement of some of inches fell. Th? greatest amount the more dilapilated buildings fe.l here on March 17 when .79 around town, It was pointed out of an inch was measured for a that one of the major require- 24 hour period. On March 21. 2.2 ments of industry is a town that inches of snow fell at the weath- looks like it has some pride in er station. itself, a place that a business can Highest temperature in March be proud to be id?ntified with. wes 63 degrees on March 27 and Scemcallv sonrt of the lushest lowest was 25 degrees on March countryside in Oregon is here 2t and it will be the responsibility An annual survey sent out as citizens to s?e that the town fr-.m the weather bureau to Mr. reflects a cleanliness and attrac Slommons last week, showed the tiveness to match. average temperature for 1956 was Members of the commission 49 1 degrees which was .7 de will be directed to make recom grees lower than the averagi mendations, in an advisory capa shown for the years Vernonia city, as to the establishment of weather has been recorded High a uniform building code and zon er- temperature in 1956 was 1OT ing ordinances for the area, an degrees on July 19, and lowest integral feature of modern, pro w s 2 degrees on February 1. gressive cities. The lack of such Total precipitation for J956 ordinances is at the present time was 44.31 inches, 6.1 inches less a serious bar to the establish thsn normal. ment of new business in Vernon ia. It*was also learned that there I is a possibility of obtaining fed eral funds to match local funds that might be set aside for area development surveys and this will be explored at a later date. Plans have been announced by Members of the commission t-c Lions club for the annual i felt that there will be a great atMetic banquet which they spon- deal of work involved on the part s'.c and which will be held next of the whole community, but M nday evening at 7 o'clock at that the results, if recorrynenda- Legion hall. A ham dinner tions are carried out in good will be served by the American faith, wjll certainly justify the Legion auxiliary for $1.50 per efforts involved. plate and parents and others who There is no real reason why v. -.sh to attend may do so if they Vernonia, "The Gateway to th • w. 1 make advance reservations Nehalem Valley," can not take ■with Bill Horn. it’s rightful place in the progres Speaker for the banquet will sive, expanding economy of the fast-growing Northwest as a be Ted Ogdal, director of athlet- ics at Lewis and Clark college in clean, community of happy peo ple. Portland. The banquet will tak? the place of the regular meeting of Lindsay on Forestry Panel thr Lions club. Robert C. Lindsay, resident for ester at the Columbia Tree Farm, Ayrshire Purchased alt* nded the meeting of the So Harold J Dimbat recently pur- ciety of American Foresters at Salem Saturday where he ap ehased a registered Ayrshire ac- e*vding to the Ayrshire Breeders' , peared on the program as a mem association executive secretary. I bcr of a panel discussing restock Chester C. Putney, of Brandon. | ing of forest lands. He talked on seeding. GAME TALK, FILM DINNER AGENDA R. C. Holloway, chief of the information and educa tion division of the Oregon state game commission, will be guest speaker at the cham ber of commerce quarterly membership dinner meeting on Wednesday. April 10. He will talk on fish and game management activities of the game commission and will bring a film of interest along. The dinner will be served at the Masonic Temple by the Nehalem Social club at 7:00 p.m. The public is in vited and tickets are on sale at the chamber office, by members, and by members of the social club. 1956 Weather Statistics Told Goodwill Truck Trip Redated I THURSDAY. APRIL 4. 1957 I t The newly organized Vernonia city planning commission held it’s initial meeting at the city hall Thursday evening with May or Don Bayley presiding. Present at the meeting m addi- t'”n to Mayor Bayley were Bill Athlete Banquet Set for Monday PHONE HA 9-3372 The Goodwill industries pick up truck will not be here as scheduled on Thursday, April 11. due to unforeseen circumstances, it was announced today by Mrs. Frank Lange, local volunteer re presentative for the Goodwill or ganization. The truck will resume its regu lar schedule in May and will be in Vernonia on May 9th—the second Thursday. Persons who wish to contribute their disused articles of clothing, housewares and furniture are asked to hold them for the truck collection in May. To arrange for a pick up at that time, or for further in formation. call Mrs. Lange, tele phone HA 9-3161. Baseball Season Gets Underway Banks defeated Vernonia 18 to 4 in the baseball game played on the local field Tuesday afternoon Rainier played here yesterday and. weather permitting. Clats kanie will be here for a game tomorrow at 3:30 p m The Ver- noma team will play a return game with Banks there next Tuesday All the above games are prac tice games and the first leagu? game will be played at Rainier April 12. Bass Goes to Fori Ord Henry (Hank) Bass left March 25 for Fort Ord for army training for which he had enlisted earlier in the month. I I MEMBERS cf the Senior play cast pictured abovz are putting finishing touches on the three-act romedy. Me and My Shadow", which they will present on the stage at the high school auditorium »morrow evening. Pictured are (from left to right), seated: Donna Buckley. Jim Davis. Marjorie Peynolds: standing. Ruby Wells. Herb Bender. Laurel Wyckoff. Jan Garner. Danny Fletcher, and by talbe, Margaret Miner and Leola Anderson. The play will start at t p.m. With enthusiasm mounting as the parade date approaches, the kick-off for the chamber of com merce paint up. clean-up, fix-up campaign promises to be an out standing event to exceed any pa rade in Vernonia's history. The list of entries is growing steadily with the following among those that have already given confir mation of participation: New Site Considered Both the high school and grade To Solve Question; school bands, the Ridge Riders No Extensions Given club, Carroll Buckley and his The problem of garbage dispo wagon and six-horse team. th«. sal stili confronted councilmen 4-H clubs. Boy and Cub scouts, when they met Monday evening » the VFW and American Legion, the city fire department and am at their first session for the month of April, Fire season re- bulance. the chamber of com merce, a Crown Zellerbach truck gulations, which went into efffect loaded with logs, new cars ent the first of the month, must be complied with by making changes ered by auto dealers, various bus at the present dump site to con iness floats and commercial en tries. form with these rules. Considering this problem and Route for the parade is as the work that would be neces follows: All participants will sary at the present site and the assemble at the Washington fact th? location would still not school grounds between 10 be satisfactory, councilmen again and 10:15 a.m. io be lined up. considered purchase of a location At 11:00 a.m., the parade will on Capitol hill that has been move from the Washington previously considered. school down Bridge to State County authorities and the street, north on State to C state forestry service will be ask- street. west on C to Washing- ed for approval before the pur- ton street, south on Washing chase takes place, however, and » ton to Bridge, then westward if both are favorable, steps will through the downtown sec be taken to acquire the new pro- tion io Weed avenue, south petty. on Weed avenue to Maple, Councilmen heard the reading east on Maple to Third, then of two letters, one from Mrs. north on Third to Bridge and Ruth Falconbury and the oth ?r and east through town back from Mrs. Amy Wilkins, both of to school grounds to disband. which asked extensions of time for connecting to sower lines. The Many others contacted and ex former indicated notification had pected to participate have not yet not been given far enough in confumed jt with the committee. advance of the time when the Awardi will be given the best connection must be made and in entries, according to Bob Thomp both instances the council de son. parade chairman. He and his cided against extensions. committee members, Wilbur Da- Albert Tandy asked the city vis and Bill Johnson, met last for markers along D street to aid evening to complete plans. drivers in avoiding the danger of Mayor Don Bayley who is also driving off the fill on which the general chairman for the clean street is built and also requested up campaign, has issued a proc rock to stop bank erosion where lamation which appears on page his property borders Rock creek 7 in which he urg «s everyone to Approval was given the first re get behind the campaign that quest, but the council indicated started as of April 1. the erosion problem should be As an incentive to participate, solved by the property owner. several contests have been out Mrs. J R Lee asked a council lined to i run from now until Oc- decision on the question as to tober 31. First of these is the yard whether the old county Rock contest, Each month, one yard creek road had been vacated will be selected from each of City Attorney C. F. Bradley will the four Vernonia voting pre- be asked to determine the status cincts on i the basis of apeparance of this old road, a portion of and improvement and these will which concerns property owned be eligible to compete in the fin by Mrs. Lee. als October 31 for the grand prize Lyman Hawken, representing and the second and third prizes. the new industries committee of Precinct chairmen appointed are: the chamber of commerce, told Mrs. Omar Vernon, No. 1; Mrs. councilmen of prospects for new Edgar Hartzell, No. 2; Mrs. Ev concerns and some of th? prob elyn Heath, No. 3 and Bill Horn lems facing the highly competi No. 4 tive undertaking of attracting in The other two contests relate dustry. The council offered help to home and business improve in every way in which the city ment, such as remodeling and re can take part in making the com pair and judging will be done munity more attractive for thr October 31. purpose Various committe chairmen who are working on the cam paign are: Darrold Proehl. school committee; Bob Thompson, vac ant lot committee; Art Ostrander, streets, highways; Bert Bruns man, finance; Jack Thompson, re Response to the Girls League tail and Marvin Kamholz, con plea for toys for the Shriner’s tests and publicity hospital in Portland to date has About a thousand window stick been almost nil and the girls feel that perhaps many have over looked the information or for gotten to call the school for pick up Because of this, the drive has been extended and persons who Members of the 4-H clubs have have useable or repairable toys taken as their project for the or childrens books that they clean-up. paint-up. fix-up cam can donate are asked to please paign. a paper drive which thv call HzX 9-3521 and give their will kick off with participation name and address. in the parade Saturday and Will conclude on Saturday. April 27 Clean-up Assembly Slated Getting nd of all old papers and magazine« has been suggested as Mrs Evelyn Heath’s fifth grade claas at the Washington school a feature of every family's clean will use the clean up. paint-up, up program, and the 4-H clubs fix-up theme for the assembly will provide the means of dispos ing of them. A truck has been program which they will present tomorrow afternoon at 2:45. Par art anged for to transport them ents and friends arc all urged to to Portland where they will be sold to yield revenue for club attend. Garbage Still Problem for Councilmen Girls Extend Drive for Toys ers have been distributed by 4-H members to home owners wlv are expected to register their support of the campaign by plae mg the sticker in their window Some bumper strips are already out and more will be distributed today and tomorrow. Posters are being placed in prominent plait . also and lapel pins will go out through the school. Tisdale Retires Bert Tisdale, veteran letter car rier for Vernonia, retired Satur day after giving Vernonia resi dents 24 years of faithful service. Mr. Tisdale began th-1 work on July 1, 1930 when house to house delivery first started here, Ciar- ence Watts was the other earner at that time. His service was interrupted from January 11. 1942 to October 16, 1944 when he left here to work for the Weyer- hauser and Clark and Wilson companies at Longview and Kef- so His service was continuous since his reinstatement in 1944. Mr. Tisdale was born at West Plains, Missouri June 18, 1893 and served in the armed forces during World War I until receiv- ing a medical discharg? May 22, 1918 from the Norfolk Naval him pital. Mr. Tisdale is an ardent horse race fan and immediately after his retirement went to Portland Meadows. Thefts Prompt Police Warning A series of daylight thefts in the Vernonia arsa Tuesday after noon have prompted a warning from state police that cars should be kept locked and that persons driving pick-ups should have locks on their spare tires and wheels. Tires and wheels wen- taken from six pick-ups parked at the mil) Tuesday afternoon. Also, Tuesday evening, a |7 > bicycle was snatched by two men in a car near the Monaco home on Pebble Creek. The boy had left- it by the roadside for a bit while going down to the creek Second Grade Visits Eagle Twenty-four pupils from Mrs. Kienle's second grade class visited the Vernonia Eagle office Wed nesday afternoon to see how the papers are printed. 4-Hers Take on Paper Drive Project fis Part of Current Clean-up Event activities, also Mrs. Herb He< kenliabl?, club leader who is heading the drive, asks that everyone prepare their papers for pick-up by club m-m bers by tying them in bundles, with the magazines and news papers tied separately. Anyone whose papers have not been pick ed up by the evening of April 27 may call Mrs Hcckenliablc at HA 9-5684 4-H members also helped th>* campaign this week by distn buting window stickers to homes .■nd businesses