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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1957)
Library, U of 0 I * 1 Vernonia's main street began taking on the new look Monday with store windows being wash ed and polished to show off to the best advantage the displays that are being placed in them by .ndividuals, fraternal and social groups. They include over 25 hobby, craft, handwork, antique and art exhibts which are listed elsewhere in the paper with win dow numbers to identify them. Judging of them will be done this evening. Persons who start out to view them should allow plenty of time and many will wish to cover the route more than one.?. Pete Brunsman will have extensive display of antiques at his store but is not displaying them for competition. LOGGING SET UP SHOWN Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fugate have been busy, also, setting up ex hibits in the old West Oregon of fice space which will be open to the public from today on. Dis plays there include art wor c from the schools, art work of Ron An- dere-gg, antiques including an old sewing machine that dates back to 189!, a complete logging display made by Oscar Vike who lays claim to being the oldest Ledgerwood skidder man nov.- living in the Pacific northwest (Mr .Vike who is now 73 began as skidder man at the age of 17 at Mt Vernon. Washington for He English logging company, came to Vernonia in 1934.), and many pictures of old logging op erations, etc They will also act as an information c mter. Mrs. Fugate has asked that children visit the exhibits today, and also that people that have flowers to spare bring them for decoration. SHAY ENGINE POPULAR A shay engine which has b *en placed on display near the S.P. &S. depot has be.n furnishing a photography field day for cam era fans and have been erected to enable visitors to go into it, also. The July 4 events will begin at 8 a m with the golf tournament at the Vernonia Country club. This will be a flag tournament with entry fee of $2 00 which in cludes green fees. Persons wish ing reservations may contact Bill Johnson. HA 9-3542 Competition will be for both men and women, for 18 holes and awards will be for low gross, low net, closest to pin, long drive and most bogeys. Schedule of other events for July 4, 5 and 6 is fully outlined in the program given on page 7. ¡EADY BUTTONS ADMIT TO DANCE The Stardusters, Pacific Uni- versity dance band, will provide music for the street dance Satur day evening and admission to the dance area will be by booster but ton. They are now on sale by local merchants. In case of ram the dance will move to the Legion hall. Some wooden nickels are still available and persons in charg> cf concessions are reminded to contact Louis Towne for a sup ply to use m change to provide guests with souvenirs. RIDES AT CITY PARK The kiddy rid's, train, pony and airplane, will be set up m the city park where most of th- children's events will also tak place. The parades, both the kid«i-> parade on July 5 and the grand parade on July 6 will form at the Washington school and pr- ceed through town A final meeting of the Jambor te committee will be held July 1 r at the West Oregon office for a report on concessions and oth events and at that time all monii should be turned m and all bills presented so that a clean sfat can be accomplished at the meet ing. Directory Prepared Listing ! Window Displays in Stores I 'OLUME 35, NUMBER 27 Curl Named Hew Chief of Department City councilmen named Bob Curl as the new chief of the Ver- • onia fire department Monday at ‘.’•'lr first July meeting to fill a vacancy that arose list month d o' to the resignation of Bob T" 'mpson, former chief. Til? city also decided upon is- s, ng a call for bids for re-root- rng the city hall and the official nciiicc appears this week specify ing the work needed. Further information about the job can be obtained at the city hall. The council was informed of th ■ possibility that a rock crusher may be located in this area and if so, the city will purchase 4000 yards of rock for us 3 on city streets. Funds for this purchase will come from the state highway street fund which must be spent only for improvement of city streets. Confirmation has been received giving ths city an additional water right for the city pumping plant of dhe and one-half cubic foot seconds from Rock creek Tne city had filed for the addi- tioji in 1950. but had not been informed of approval until rocent- ij by the water resources depart- mrnt of the state engineer's of- fict. This extra water allowance will rr.ake it possible to reduce the hours of operation at the city pumping plant. Councilmen rejected a request for license to set up a fortune telling booth during the Friend ship Jamboree and instructed the recorder not to open the city hall Saturday, July 6 to complete the evening’s business. Bank Statement Shows Condition The United States National bark of Portland m its June 6 -tatement of condition report «-.wed deposits totaling well ever 710 million dollars. Tbe Vernonia branch listed de- p.' its of $1.700.781.55, according tr E P. Steinmetz Jr., manager. Loans and discounts for the statewide system now stand at '223.551.688. The Vernonia branch reported loans and discounts in the amount of $170,972.56 One of the leading banks m nation. US National now total resourc»- of $790.440,- -n increase in savings interest v: became effective January 1, ri sing the rate to two and one- half per cent. At the same time, me bank announced an increased rate of three per cent on three- ycar certificates of deposits pur- -ased after January 1. Interest „ these new certificates is now paid semi-annuallv at U S. Na- VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON THURSDAY. JULY 4, 1957 Firearms Use Brings Fine In City Court DISPLAY YOUR FLAG ***** ****** I ^7.****** Three juveniles pleaded guilty Saturday in the city recorders court to a complaint filed against them the previous Saturday tor discharging firearms across pri- vate property within the city limits and fines were imposed. Tho city ordinance provides that no person shall discharge any firearms upon or across any public sidewalk, street, alley, pub lic building or place or across any privately owned property not his own without written consent. This however, does not apply to officers. The ordinance further provides for fines up to $500 or imprison ment up to 180 days. Emphasis is placed oh the ordi nance at this time because of the recent violation which brought out the fact that all citizens are not aware of the ordinance. Also, use of firearms near town en dangers life as well as property. * *- FOURTH OF JULY PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America ahd to the Republic for whicn it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” Wh. n reciting the pledge of allegiance to the Flag per sons in uniform should render the military salute. Other- should stand with right hand over heart However, civi lians will show full respect by merely standing at att“ntion, men removing their headdress. Natal Grange Hears Reports Courtesy To U.S. Flag Emphasized Veterans' organizations voiced much concern following the Me morial day parade because of the lack of respect shown to the flag of our country Items in other papers indicate that this is not a local problem but that people throughout the nation have a tendency to become careless, it is felt that it is because in times of peace the matter of flag eti- quette is not brought to the at- tention as it is in time of war. and the members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars have asked that the most pertinent rules be given so that in Vernonia, as the flag is carried along the streets by a color guard on July 4 and again in the Saturday parade, there can be a show of proper respect that can serve as an example for the nation as a whole. If adults do not observe the common cour tesies, children have no way of learning them for they are prone to Harn best by example. The following rules are ex cerpts from a pamphlet put out by the Veterans of Foreign War-- which is made available to any- TRAIN TRIP CANCELLED Very disappointing news received Tuesday noon from Port land to the affect that m spite of previous indications, the sale of tickets for the train ride to Ver nonia July 4 had not been suffi cient to warrant the trip so had been caneell“d. Lawton Waddell, master of Na tai Grange. presided at the meet ing held June 26 and also gave a report on the State Grange ses sions he had attended at Bend Clyde Henderson, agriculture chairman, gave informative re ports on liquid fertilizeis and also on the welfare situation. Mrs. Laura Carmichael read an inter esting article on Hells Canyon and the school bill passed recently by the legislature was discussed and petitions concerning it are to b< circulated soon, Two films were shown, one a Standard Oil film on water and tbe other a Shell Oil film on f< -ssils. one who will ask for it at the po;t office. "Wlr-n carried in a parade front with other flags.-the US. flag should always be to the marching right of the other flags, or to the front and center of the flag line. “To honor the passing flag. men in civilian clothes remov? headdress with right hand, hold it at left shoulder, the hand being over the heart Uniformed men render military salute. Men with out headdress and women render hand to heart salute.” i Through the ardent efforts of Mrs. Art Ostrander, Mrs. George Biddle and Mrs. Dean Wood, win dow display committee for the Jamboree, interesting displays will be found in 25 places on main street, Below is a directory of them: 1. Mrs. Lamping, handwork, 2 Nichols Variety, doll display. Mrs. Kyo Huntly. 3. Cafe window, weaving, Mrs. Livingstone. 4. Don Bayley, Caylite candles, Cay wood. 5. Steers Variety. Natal Grange. 6. Burns T V., antique dolls, flag display. 7. Bush Furniture, Columbia County Historical. 8. Radiant Cleaners, Timber Rt Extension. 9 Nance Drug, doll collection, Kirkbride Rites Set For Friday i Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Bush Funeral Home chapel for Guy Carmi Kirkbride who passed away Sunday morning at a Salem hospital. Rev. F. M Knoll will officiate and concluding rites will be at the Vernonia Memorial cemetery. Mr Kirkbride was born Octo ber 16, 1881 at Stratton, Nebras ka and was the son of Franklin and Flora Wells Kirkbride. He was married to Bertha Hanel June 12, 1906 at Tr-nton, Nebras ka where they resided until June of 1937 when they moved to Ver noma. His home had been liere since that time until in 1956 when he became a resident of the Columbia nursing home at St. Helens. He is survived by his three children, Mrs. Eric Cai Ison, Gari baldi; Mrs. Carl Nealeigh, Tren ton, Nebraska; and Byron A. Kirkbride, Estacada; a brother. Walter J Kirkbride Omaha, Ne- bia-ka; five sisters, Amy Fisher. Custer City, Oklahoma; Frances Hardway. Hugo. Oklahoma; Mei cy Mahaney, Mary Huston and Agnes Viken, in California Also surviving are 12 grand children, seven great grandchild ren, six nephews and 22 nieces. Mrs. Kirkbride preceded him m death December 22, 1955 He a iso was preceded by a grandson. Richard Kirk Nealeigh, and one brother and one sister. Holbrook Tallies Narrow Victory; Attitude Mars Game Displaying a high, but misplac ed attitude of superiority, the Holbrook Pee Wee team eked out a 2-0 victory over Vernonia Mon day evening The visiting team and its followers lost no oppor tunity to show disdain for their opponents or to question a de cision. These tactics, entirely out of keeping with the purpose of a Little Leagu" program, marred what otherwise would have been o close, interesting baseball game. After being set down in orda in the first inning, Holbrook cam • back in the second to score the only two runs of the game. Ths lead-off man drew a base on balls, stole second and went to third on a fly ball which Vernonia's right fielder dropped. The next pitch found two Holbrook players oc cupying third base and as a play was made on the runner going » back to second-the player on third scored. The next Holbrook bat ter got th * only hit of the inning, scoring the runner from second base on what proved to be the fi nal tally for the game. Not until the seventh did Holbrook have two runners on the bases in one evening This threat was erasid as Wick struck out, retiring the side. Vernonia threatened to score in th ■ first and sixth innings having the bases loaded with only one out in each case Ford, the very capable Holbrook pitcher, bore down and struck out the next two Vernonia batters in Ford allowed onlv each case. three hits. a double by Marvin Crowston and two singles by Jack Holsey. He struck cut 13 and walked 4 men. Terry Mawhirtcr, only a week out of the hospital after an opera tion. pitched a fine game for the home team. He walked only two men and kept the six Holbrook hits well scattered. The Vernonia PeeWees are to be commended both for improve ment they showed in holding the top team to a close game, and es pecially for the way they con ducted themselves. Disregarding uncomplimentary remarks, . ac cepting decisions without griping, and keeping their minds on play ing baseball, gained for them the compliments of several spectator; and their coach R H E 020 000 0 2 6 •> Holbrook 000 000 0 0 3 4 Vernonia Batteries: Ford and Bell; Ma whirter and Altman, The next game will be at St Helen* Monday, July 8. Mrs. Johnson; artificial flower-, Mrs. Carmichael. 10. Nance Drug, Neighbors of Woodcraft. 11. Jewelry store, agate, Mr. and Mrs. Thayer. 12. Knight's Beauty Shop, flower, and fancywork. 13. Old West Oregon buildim. (old P.O), Cub Scouts, Mis. M. Meyer. 14 Old West Oregon building (engineering office), agates and machinery, P. Lloyd, Carol Sword, Mr. and Mrs. Dusen- berry, Mr. Donahue, Mrs. F. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Scha- lock, Mr. Hunteman, Mrs. Bid die, Mrs. Ostrander. Melvin Bergerson. 15. Lyle’s Barbet shop, fancy- work, Mrs. F. Heckenliable. 16. Strong’s Electric, wild life, Wayne Welch. 17. Strong's Electric, Eastern Star. 1« Bill’s Hardware, antiques, Mr and Mrs. Nance. 19. Bill’s Hardware, salt and pepper collection. Mrs. G. Ma thews. 20. Schaumburg’s, bell collection, Mrs. Valpiani. 21. Millers, Pythian Sisters. 22. Vernonia Drug, models ai>d handwork, Mrs. Mossman, Mr Shipman. 23. Hawken Motors, Study Club 24. Nichols’, war posted», safe walls of No. 3. 33. Hawken Motors, art work, Mrs. Lyman Hawken. 34 McGee building. Churches 35. Vernonia Bakery, salt and pepper shakers, Mrs. W J Lind sley. Mrs. W T. Graves, Mrs. F. M Knoll, Mrs. Toothacker will act as judges and award ribbons for first, second and third places under the following cla.-.sications; 1. Patriotic theme. 2 Hobbies. 3. Organizations. 4. Commercial exhibits and grand sweepstakes award for fin est display of all classes. Windows will be judged Wed nesday afternoon. Livestock Group Picnic July 21 Sunday, July 21, was selected as the date for the annual picnic of the Columbia County Live stock association at a recent meeting of the board of director», reports Don Coin Walrod, secre tary. I .ess Lewis, association presi dent, and executive board mem bers officially commended out going president, Ron Hem, Scap poose, for service rendered to the association during the two years that h? served as president. Dur ing the period that Hem was pre sident the association carried out numerous activities including the sponsorship of tours, the “Grass man-of-the-Year” program, spe cial dinner meetings, support for 4-H clubbers in the form of herds manship awards at the county fair, and the publication of a livestock newsletter. The annual picnic will be at the county fairgrounds with the as seciation furnishing the meat and all other fare potluck. Live stockmill, including dairymen, and families are ipvtted to at tend.