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Library, U of 0 VOLUME 35, NUMBER 26 Board Elects New Officers For Chamber Officers for the 1957-58 year of the Vernonia chamber of com merce were elected Monday nignt at the regular bi-monthly direc- ior-committee chairmen meeting. Named were: Marvin Kamholz. president; Bill Johnson. 1st vice- president; Dave Brunsman, 2nd vice-president; Dwight Strong, corporation secretary and John Thompson, treasurer. They will take office July 1. The Vernonia Friendship Jam boree was foremost in the minds of everyone and final plans were discussed, the wooden "nickels-' being one of the big attractions. Letters have been received from many places with coins and checks for the "nickels,” the latest being from George W. Smith, Portland, who is going to attend the Boy Scout Jam boree at Valley Forge July 9-1 > ar.d wants to take along a little souvenir distinctive of Oregon to trade to scouts from all over the United States and Canada Mary Drips, Guy Thomas. Don Bayley and Dave Brunsman were appointed on a committee for a chamber of commerce conces sion. Don Bayley, clean-up. paint-up fix-up chairman. reported George Robbins, Carl Da vis, Bill Wilson Sr., and Ed Buckner as winners of the . ard of the month contest for tf s month. Notice of the im provement of the Gene Drips property (not eligible for com petition) was mentioned. A. G. Ostrander told of the Highway 99W Alternate Road meeting recently held in Yamhill. A special meeting will be held of directors in July to plan for tne caravan, the tentative date tn ing the second weekend in August. He had taken a largo supply of map brochures to the L ngview Bridge to service sta- ti is in Kelso and the chambers Kelso and Longview, showing the Rainier-Apiary cut-off to Vernonia and south to McMinn- v je. A letter from State Engi- :>cr Williams regarding signs . - the old St. Helens road had been received. Louis Towne said that there v uld be a meeting of the Colum. t a County Development Com- ssion her" in the West Oregon C -op meeting room Wednesday r ght. Granges and other groups air invited to lay plans for at tracting the experimental farm U Columbia County. Dwight Strong, committee chairman for a large sign at Sta ley’s Junction advertising Ver- n ma. reported that he had se cured permission from H. E Mc Graw. ex-Vernoman, to place the proposed sign on his property. Otncr details are being ironed cut and final plans will be re commended next meeting Albert Schalock said that a "rock" committee had been set up, 20 members signed up and that a meeting will be held July 19 to elect officers and make for- r. „1 organization .yman G. Hawken Sr. and his I d us tries committee has been working with the Willamette Valley Electric Railway associa- • ~n in connection with a museum for their railway cars and other .Ums in that category and also wxih prospective interested groups. I Circus Acts, Flower Show Due at Fair _ I SMITHWICK Concreta Products workmen were busy Monday moving the company's burner from Portland to new location at Haydite near Tophill alter months of planning for change in opera tion. Burner is long cylinder on truck and trailer at left. Unit weighs 103.000 pounds and is 100 feet long. Trip frejn Portland started about 4 a.m. Monday and unit arrived at Haydite about Lions Utilize Park Kitchen Lions club members made the first use as a group of the com munity kitchen they have built in th? city park with the picnic for members and families held there Monday evening. Weather was perfect, turn out was good and the potluck dinner ampl? and excellent, to make it a good con. elusion to the year. Meetings will resume in September. | Volley ball and base ball were I arranged for the children, and many of the older folks joined I in, but felt the effects somewhat the next day. Concensus of opinion of the club members was that the kitch en project had been worth all the effort exp 'nded on it. 10:30 and was being readied for unloading from truck to cradle when photographed. Two large tanks at right called silos will hold green aggregate for supplying burner and two more silos are under construction at left to receive dry aggregate when it leaves burner. (New construction not shown.) Open house is planned next month after installation is completed. Jamboree to Start Week From Today; Last Details ! Topic for Meet Tonight Budget Given Approval by District Vote Circus acts and the return of the county-wide flower show in addition to usual activities wilt highlight the Columbia County Fair scheduled this year for Aug ust 15 to 18, it was announced this week by Jewett A. Bush, Clatskanie, manager of the an nual county fair. "Spangles and Sawdust” is the title of the big grandstand show which is staged by Monte Brook's Productions. Portland. The sltow will feature a variety of circus type acts including elephants and other animals and acrobats. Th. Monte Brooks orchestra will fur nish music for most fair events The flower show returns to the lair this year for the first time in four years and all garden clubs in the county plus other interest ed individuals are invited to par tieipate Announcement of th«- flower show is made at this time to enable all garden clubber and gardeners to plan their entries in the event Mrs. Elmer Loyd of Deer Island is superintendent of the flower show. As in the past few years, the only charge for fair events with, the exception of the carnival at tractions will be made at ths gate The grandstand shows, other events and all exhibits are opvi» to the public without charge. “Spangles and Sawdust" will be staged Thursday night and both afternoons and evenings on Friday and Saturday. The Grange talent show will again be held this year in addi tion to a variety of other events for children which will be an nounced later, th" fair manager said. A Saturday night dance is also planned. Haworth's Playland Shows will present the carnival attraction« at the fair with a variety of kid die rides in addition to the usual adult rides and attractions. In preparation for this year'* fair the fair board has been doing a variety of work at the grounds A new fence has been erected in fiont of the grandstand and ex tensive repairs have been made to the grandstand and bleachers with replacement of seat* and floor boards A welcome improvement of fa cilities is the construction of new modern restrooms and septic tanks and some showers have been installed for the us.? of those who stay at the fair grounds. Also available for the use of exhibitors is a new concrete warh rack for all stock. Work on the new kitchen be ing built on the 4-H—FFA dor mitory is progressing and after the fair those facilities will be i vailable to other groups wishing to stage events at th" fairground-. At the meeting of the Friend from Vernonia merchants. The ship Jamboree committee held 1 I Stardusters, Pacific Universitv The budget was approved and last Thursday evening, a number aanct^ jn chest .a, will provide the a new director elected for th" of d tails were completed for the music. Entries arc invited in all the Vernonia Union high school dis thre? day celebration which will b?gin one week from today. Fi events including golf tournament trict at the election held at the swim meet and logging contest high school Monday afternoon nal details will be ironed out to A total of 121 persons turned out night. The last plann ng meeting for to voice their wishes with 79 of Efforts to arrange for a softbali them expressing approval of the the Vernonia Friendship Jambo game on Saturday have been sue. ree will be held at the West Ore- budget and 30 voting no. cessful and teams from Longview Warren Aldrich is the new | gon meeting room this evening and Portland will come here to at 8 o'clock. All committee chair member of the board of directors play. Also, announcement was men and members and concession as a result of 89 votes cast in made that admission to the street representatives are requested io his favor. Oscar G. Weed, retir dance which will be held Satur ing director, received-30 write-in attend without fail. day night will be by booster but votes and two voters wrote in ton. They may be secured now July 4. kiddie pet and costume the name of Oren Weed. The board will meet tonight parade July 5 and the grand par to reorganize for the coming ade and horse show. July 6 year. They elect a chairman from The swim me’t will offer com their number. Other petition in a number of events among for both boys and girls in age members of the board are Clauds group classifications. Definite Johnson, Howard Jones, Antone Bill Vlcek’s PeeWee team tal scored 12 runs in their half of listing of these was not available Smejkal and Sam Hearing Jr. lied one win and one loss durin ; i the fourth, two of them on deci Wednesday but John Harris may sions unfavorable to Vernoqia, be contact d for information. the past week, with much im and from that point on it was Prize ribbons will be awarded in provement in their game noted Scappoose's gam'*, with the Ver all events. both times. Last Friday, they met nonia team being unable to got For the pet and costume par- Rainier on the local field and back in stride. Final score was ad? Friday, entries are welcomed Columbia county is ending its and information may be obtained fans were treated to a well 21 to 3 for Scappoose. 1956-57 fiscal year in a sound Holbrook will be here Monday from James Johns. First and played game between very well matched teams which ended with evening for a game at 6 30 on I second place prize ribbons will ' financial condition with no debts and more than enough cash to a 2 to 1 score in Vernonia's fav the high school field which w.il be given. Other events Friday or. Marvin Crowston. Vernonia be the last game in the first will include a penny pitch at 10 pay all outstanding warrants, ac Whipple, round of play. Vernonia will a m. before the free show and cording to John W pitcher, allowed only live hits. Score was 1 to 0 in Vernonia’s meet each of the teams for a greased pole and greased pig races county judge. Columbia county in the afternoon. Other activities has no bonded indebtedness and favor at th? end of the second j second game, however. will also be h"ld at the park in is finishing the fiscal year with inning and remained that way a total balance in the general the afternoon. until the sixth inning when Rai and general road funds of $151.- Bob Thompson, Saturday par nier tied it up on a single, an 105.91, less any warrants that ade chairman, still wishes en error and a fielder’s choice. In Because of the July Fourth may be cashed between June 24 tries of any type. Judges for this Vernonia’s half of the sixth, they holiday occurring on Thurs and June 30, 1957. event will be Bob Lindsay, Wai came back to put across wha* day of next week, the special “Credit for our strong financial ter Parker and Mrs. Mathilde proved to be the winning run. Jamboree edition of the paper condition should be given to the Bergerson. The alertness of Miss Margaret Gary Ding"r led with a single, will be published a day early. The window exhibit committee splendid cooperation of officials went to second on fielder's choice Miner, park attendant, in ail As a result, all personal and and employees whose economies has arranged for 24 exhibits. A and Jim Justice hit a short probability averted an accident social items io -be used must I single to right field to have Ding at the swimming pool last Thurs few windows are stil available hag.? made it possible to live be in this office by noon day. June 20. There is a safety and persons interested may con within the limits of their respec er score from second. Monday. tive budgets,*' the judge said i At Scappoos? Monday night, ’ rope that is kept stretched across tact Mrs. Art Ostrander. the pool for small children and I the Vernonia boys got off to a ' good start and scorod the firs* non-swimmers to hold to while j run in the second inning. In the practicing third inning. Scappoose forged That morning, she noticed that Most of th" number of acres seeded by air Crown Z'dlerbach corporation resident forester ahead 4 to 1. with Vernonia com the rope had been cut by vanda.., ing back in their half of the so as to almost sever it and leave planted 123,000 Douglas fir and area artificially restocked was since the program began The continuing reforestation is fourth inning with two runs as it so that if a number of chil white fir seedlings on 293 acres cutover land where natural re i the result of a single, a hit bat- dren had been on it, it would of the Columbia Tree Farm in the seeding faltered designed to restock cutover land« Forester Leland M Pugsley | ter and a double, to make the have broken. In such an event, 1956-57 planting season. G F and reseed burned areas when 1 score 4 to 3. However. Scappoose the guard might not have been Hawkins. Columbia superinten was the planting foreman for nature fails to reseed. Snag re able to rescue all of them and in dent. announced in Vernonia this the 1956-57 operation directed by moval to prepare land for plant Lindsay. all probability some child would week. Check Artists Caught Since World War II, Crown i ing continued as a major part of Crews also planted 400 lodge have drowned Crews felled Zellerbach has reforested 33,500 the reforestation. Virginia Janette Pierce, 39, of It is hard to understand the pole pine seedlings and 100 Nor nearly 178.000 snags on North Oregon City and Sweet Home and motive that would cause anyone dic fir on the Columbia acreage acres on its tree farm properties west tree farms in the 1956 57 The social security representa in Oregon and Washington. Much Ralph Warren Greathouse, 36. to deliberately set the stage for in planting operations that began t,ve has announced that the nev. of this has been hand planting of season hours at Columbia county court Gladstone, were arrested here a tragic accident. If he were ap last fall and were completed in Total planting on Crown Zef- seedling trees grown at the For house beginning July 1 will be Tuesday by city and state police prehended, he could be arrested the spring of 1957 est Industries Nursery at Nis- lerbach's Northwest lands in the Over 1,625,000 seedlings have and the law provides for heavy for cashing bad checks at four 9am until 12 noon each Mon past season amounted to 1.619.000 qually, Washington. fay except national holidays This business places. Both are wanted fines and jail sentences. City of been planted on Crown Zeller- More than 2,000 acres were seedlings on 1,926 acres of tree bachs Columbia county forest ficials have expressed the desire in Clackamas county on a similar change from 12 noon to 3 pm. farm land and 1.084 acres of «'■ed"d by helicopter in the pa.-t is being made tn the interest of charge and are being held at St. that all citizens be alert to ap properties since 1945, according other land. season, bringing to 15,300 th- to Robert C Lindsay, former prehend such vandalism Helens. t-*’cr service. SS Information Hours Changed Win, Loss Tallied by PeeWees During Week; Youngsters Improve Game County Finances In Good Shape Park Attendant Averts Accident ATTENTION 293 Acres Planted on Columbia Farm in Past Season