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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1957)
Library, U of O VOLUME 35, NUMBER 32 10c COPY VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON PHONE HA 9-3372 THURSDAY. AUGUST 8, 195 Schools Prepare For Starting Date PARTIAL VIEW of Smithwick precessing plant at Haydite shows cart of conveyer belt system, storage silos and 100-foot long burner, all of which will be in operation next Thursday on date of open house observance of plant's location near here. Conducted tours of plant are on schedule of program at that time for which Governor Robert D. Holmes will be present along with other state officials ■ncluding senators and representatives, mayors from northwest Ore gon communities, chambers of commerce officials and radio and Something for Everyone Offered at County Fair The staff for Vernonia Union high school is complete and ready for the opening of school Septem ber 3, according to information released this week by Eugene E. Dove, superintendent. Four new teachers will join the staff this year, replacing those who resign ed this spring They are Miss Jams Archibald, home economics. Miss Margaret Cotter, commer cial; Miss Marylyn Knox, librar ian and Joseph Roemer, physical lences. For all but Miss Cotter, is will be their first year of teaching. Miss Cotter has had a number of years experience and comes here from Rupert, Idaho. Miss Archibald is from Troy. Idaho and is a graduate of the University of Idaho. Miss Knox lives at Grants Pass and graduat ed from University of Oregon this spring. Mr. Roemer, a gra duate of Montana State College at Bozeman, is at Missoula, Mon tana this summer working, with the forestry fire department. TV station representaiives as well as many local people. Follow ing the plant tour starting at 4:30 will be a hospitality hour and dinner at the American Legicn hall for which Governor Holmes will be the featured speaker. Plans for the affair were nearing completion early this week and tickets for the dinner will be avail able here today for those wishing to attend the dinner and hospi tality hour. Thieves Enter Two Stores During Week EIGHT TEACHERS RETURN Returning staff members are Mrs. Ora Bolmeier, dean of girls. Klemsen Gives Up Legislature FARMS SLATE PICNIC EVENT Columbia county's fair, an pig scramble; three-legged rac ■, The picnic for the Columbia nually the year’s biggest enter ages 6: wheelbarrow race: back and Tillamook Crown Zellerbach tainment bargain, opens its door . ward races for various ages. Tree Farms will be held Sunday .‘or a three-dav stand at the fair at Rogers park with the m nu Horseshoe tournament. grounds near Deer Island Thurs Two robberies have occurred in centered around the pit-barbe- Saturday afternoon: 5 pm. day, August 15 and runs through Vernonia during the past week, cued beef which has become a Flower Show closes. Saturday, August 17 with one apparently the work >f tradition for these affairs. The Satu day, 8 p m. Full perform Designed to offer something of professionals and the other that interest for all the fair offers a ance “Sawdust and Spangles”. affair is for Crown employees of amateurs who have already star-studded entertainment fea- » and their families who will take Saturday night: Dance in au tu-e in “Sawdust and Spangles ' ditorium following show: Monte been apprehended. salads and desserts to add to the which will highlight the grand Brooks and his orchestra. Last Thursday morning when meat and other items served by stand entertainment agumented Full performances of “Sawdust Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Davis open- the company. by various events featuring and Spangles” are scheduled for ed the Vernonia Trading com- county talent. Feature of the Sunday picnic »■ach evening of the fair with the pany store for business, they At the heart of the fair, the band and animal acts that is new this year is the pre billed real reason for the annual event, for the afternoon and augmenting found that thieves had entered sentation of service awards to I wmeh is now in its 42nd year, local talent and sporting events through a back sliding door and employees of both farms. are the displays. Columbia coun Evening shows are at 8 p.m. had broken into their safe. Cash ty’s finest in the fields of agri I and afternoon shows are set for in the amount of $560.78 was culture and homemaking will be 2 p.m. missing and the combination on on display in the fair's many de. The grandstand production partmen ts. under th - direction of Monte the safe was ruined. The work i )pen throughout the fair add- Brooks is a fast moving circus was evidently the work of ex :n; color and gaiety to the event type show designed for the en perienced ¿afe crackers. As yet w 1 be the Hayworth Playland tire family. Action, color and no clues have been obtained as to Columbia county** plan to in Shows, a carnival attraction with music are the key words with a the identity of the culprits. The stall their RACES (radio amateur seven major rides, a like number troupe of trained dogs providing loss was fully covered by insui - communications emergency sys of small rides for the youngsters most of the comedy in keeping ance. tem) program has b“en given a with the fair board's policy oi and a host of sideshows and con Monday morning, Mr. and Mrs. stamp of approval by Col. A. M family type entertainment cassions. Marion Steers found that their Sheets, civilian defense head for Featured will be Suzi, a variety store had been entered. Oregon, according to information A Grange talent show is set trained elephant; Clines Dog and Since the store was in no way for Friday night. received at St. Helens last wck Pony Circus; the Trio Bassi, a disturbed, the robbery was not by Chester Carroll, in charge of Daily Schedule: troupe of foot juggles; the Clay- detected at first until Mrs. Steers CD operations. Thursday. August 15 dettes and Monte Brooks and his looked for dime and nickel coin All Day — Exhibits in all d Next move, Carroll said, is for boards she was filling and kept p; tments. Hayworth's Playland famous circus band. the state office to send the plans Shows. hidden under a counter and found them gone. Then on investigation on to Washington for federal ap Afternoon—FFA and 4-H judg- in: contests. they found the double door at the proval. The RACES program is an Evening—“Spangles and Saw- rear of the store had been pried amateur radio network to be used dust.” eight big acts. Full per- open to gain entry. Two juveniles fomar.ee. were apprehended Tuesday by > in case of disaster and would be Friday, August 15 stat° and local police and they used to supplement the conelrad network. A« the local program is All day — Exhibits in all de Raymond C. Johnson, who was have confessed to the theft. They being set up, amateur radio op part men ts. Hayworth's Playland named to the post of county com have been turned over to the erators in St. Helens, Rainier. Shows. missioner at the general election juvenile court at St. Helens to Clatskanie and Vernonia are co Morning and afternoon — 4-H last November, tendered his re appear before Judge Whipple. operating, with an additional unit an< FFA demonstrations and con- signation to members of the coun Five dollars in cash, candy bars planned for the Scappoose area. V •-. Afternoon, 4-H style revue. ty court last week, effective on and a deck of cards were return The control unit for the program 2 p m. Grandstand show: “Saw- Thursday. August 1. Johnson, a ed to Steer* but mme $10 in coms will be set up at the St. Helens du:t and Spangles” animal acts. Scappoose area resident, was from the boards was not recover fire station. Carroll said Races for boys and girls 16 and serving his first term on the ed. The mutilated boards were also returned under and in a variety of age county’s guiding body. group*; pie eating contest; fat- In turning in his resignation. man s race, over 200 pounds: Johnson pointed out that he had th ’•e-lcgged race; watermelon secured employment in private eating contest; FFA pig scramble, industry which paid a far higher After show: Tractor driving salary than was availabl? in coun contest. ty employ. The bid of C. E. Miller for 8 p.m Grandstand show: Full County Judge John Whipple shingling the city hall was ac p"-iormance of “Sawdust and said yesterday that low salaries The wind-up meeting for this cepted by the city council at the Sps-igles” with Grange talent and wages offered county em year’s Vernonia Friendship Jam meeting held Monday evening of numbers interspersed with pro- ployees made it difficult to obtain boree committee is dated to take this week The bid in the amount fe-sional acts. and ke"p sufficient help. “In place this evening, Thursday, at of $835 70 call* for the furnish Saturday. August 16 fact, we no more than get a qua 8 p.m. at the West Oregon Elec ing of shingl s, the labor for re All Day —-, Exhibits tn ail de lified person trained for a job tric meeting room Chairman moving the old shingles apd put partments. Hayworth’s Playland than he suddenly makes a move Louis Towne said early this week ting on the new. installation of Showy. to better paying private employ Purpose of the meeting, to new gutters and down spouts and Morning and afternoon — 4-H ment.” Whipple noted. which all members of the com cleaning up of debris when the and FFA demonstrations and A successor to Johnson, a De mittee are invited, is to approve job is completed contests. mocrat. will be named from the for payment any bills that have Other business of the evening 2 p.m.: Grandstand show “Saw- same political partv sometime been presented since the la.t resulted in tlie call for bid* on dust arid Spangles” animal acts; this month. Judge Whipple ad meeting and to prepare imtiu. two items which are listed else 4-H club sack relay race; FFA ded where in this issue. After a d-- plans for next year's jamboree. I Amateur Radio System Approved County Official Resigns Position Last Jamboree Meeting Dated I i I I I I English; Harold McEntire, vice- principal, mathematics; Williav. Johnson, instrumental music an I driver training; Carlton Menu, biological science and coach; Me Olga Petersen, English and so cial science; Welcome Rumbaugh, vocational agriculture and wooeb shop; Myron Vlcek, athletic di rector and social science and Mr Jessie Wallace, girls physical ed ucation. Chorus and art instru« ■ tors from the elementary school staff will be engaged f<>r those subjects at the high school, also Staff members will meet Aug ust 29 and 30 to begin preparation for the opening of school the day after Labor Day, September 3 That day, busses will bring stu dents to school for a 9:00 a.m assembly after which students will meet with their advisors for any revision of their spring pre registrations that may be neces sary. Before the day is over, *tu dents will go through a daily schedule and meet each class. GRADE SCHOOLS READY The elementary schools will also open September 3 and work by contractors on the buildings and grounds is being completed this week so that all will soon be ready for the return of the pupils. Contrary to rumor, there will be a kindergarten again this year For the information of parents of children who will enter kinder garten or first grade for the first time, Darrold Proehl, elementary superintendent has issued the fol lowing requirements: Children must be five years of age on or before November 15 to enter kindergarten and six years old on or before November 15 to enter the first grade. All kindergarten and first grade stu dents who have not been io school before must have a medi cal examination and a birth cer tificate before entering school. Opportunity was provided the majority to have their health ex amination at the annual pre school clinic in April. Parents who did not avail themsetvos of this opportunity may take their child to their own physician Standard examination forms are available at the school office as- is information on how to apply for a birth certificate. The Washington school office will be open from 9 to 12 thr next two weeks and all day Corn- mencing August 26 Parent« an- invited to call or visit the office for further information Detailed information as to bus routes, registration and other items will be publish 'd at a lat ter date Intentions to resign from his post as representative to the state legislature in the near future were announced last week by Robert R. Klemsen of St. Helens. The announcement came after it was announced that Klemsen, an employee of the Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph company, will be promoted to the state headquarters office in Portland. Klemsen, who has ten years of service with the telephone com pany in the plant department, re ported on his new job as area tax supervisor on August 1. He will work on company tax matters in his new position. He has served in the state leg islature since 1950 and during the sessions recently finished, served for a time as temporary speaker of the house, a post he retained until a permanent speak er was named. Among the com mittees he served on as a legis lator in the last term was the labor and industry committee, of which he was chairman; state arid federal affairs and the rules com mittee. In resigning from office, he giv-JS up the possibility of b<’- ing named house speaker at the next sesion, being the leading contender for that post. He was appointed to the legislative edu cation interim committee at the close of the legislature this spring. County Judge John Whipple has announced that no successor to Klemsen will be named in the near future. According to rules governing replacements for members of the state legislature, when a vacancy occurs between sessions a replace The State Highway commission ment will not be named unless a at its next regular meeting in special session of the group is Portland on August 8. will re called The post remains vacant ceive bids for the relocation of until the next general election 3 79 miles of the Columbia River and a successor is chosen by the highway between Goble and Tid<‘ voters at large. Creek Plans call for 3.74 miles However, should a special ses of grading on improved align- sion of the legislature be called, ment and grade to provide for 23 members of the county court will feet of black top pavement flank- name a person to fill the position. <-d by 6 foot shoulders. 4 feet of which adjacent to th ■ pavement will be oiled to prevent infiltra tion of water at the pavement edges Traffic will be maintained on the present highway through the work during construction. At cision to buy 4000 yards of crush points of conflict, the new road ed rock from Wilson and Son way will be constructed part width at a time and traffic car who have a rock crusher on ned over the new work during Apia ry road, the council ordered the stage construction or on tem a cal! for bids for the hauling and porary detours A new structure over Tide stock piling at the city stockpile. The oth“r call for bids order Creek is to be constructed und<— ed was for tires for the city police a separate contract to be let at a car after a decision of the council later date. Completion of thi. work scheduled for the fall of that they should be purchased. Concluding business of the 1958 will complete the improve evening was the decision to again ment from Goble to St Helens employ the I D. Wood company, and will provide a stable all- public accountants to audit the weather roadway built to the lat est standards of design. city books. Council Accepts Roofing Bid, Issues Call for Crushed Rock, New Tires Bids Called for Highway Work