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The Vernonia golf course will
sponsor the first annual North
west Oregon amateur golf cham
pionships on Labor day week
end Saturday, August 31 and on
Monday, September 2, accordin .
to a joint announcement a few
days ago by Bill Meadows, cour.s *
owner, and Gil Frey, Portland,
tournament chairman
Play will be divided into fou-
divisions: men’s division medal
play; men’s division handicaD
women’s division medal play and
women’s division handicap
AJ1 play will be conducted
over a route of 36 holes; 18 hole-
on Saturday, August 31 and 18
holes on Monday. September 2
Entry fee will be $5 and will
include green fees for the two
day event and practice rounds
on Thursday, August 29 and Fri
day, August 31.
Appropriate merchandise priz
es will be awarded in each div.-
sion. A Jarman-Williamson bag
boy golf cart has been chosen as
the men’s medal play first prize
Pairings will be arranged so
that families playing in the tour
nament will have starting times
withui a 15-minute period. Pair
ings will be arranged with men’s
foursomes and women's three
somes playing alternately
Entries will b? limited to the
first 100 applications and should
be submitted prior to midnignt
August 29.
Entries should include city and
golf course affiliation and iiandi
cap and may be submitted in
writing to the Vernonia course
or by calling Bill Meadows.
HA 9-3865 or Gil Frey, Portland,
CA 3-3807.
Death Claims
Former Head
Of Company
Vord was received here Tues
day afternoon of the death thi-t
morning of Judd Greennian, for-
— -r president of the Oiegon-
A.'ierican Lumber company and
aier, general manager for the
Vernonia division of the Long-
Bcll company, who retired in Oc-
tober, 1955 after 30 years in Ver
na. Since that time he has
• sided at 9911 S.W. Lynwood
Terrace, Portland.
.funeral services for him will
be held at the Colonial Mortu-
ry, N.E. Sandy boulevard at
14th in Portland, at 2:30 p.m. Fri
day. The family has requested
that in lieu of flowers, contribu
tions be made to the American
Cancer Society.
He is survived by his wife. Lil
ian, Portland: a son. Hale of Med.
ferd; a daughter. Mrs. Charles
Furrows of Boston and by five
grandchildren.
State to Build
County Bridge
The Oregon
state
highway
commission will receive bids in
Salem on August 30 for construc
tion of two reinforced concrete
and timber bridges on the Scap
poose Pittsburg highway in Co-
iumbia county.
Plans for this project call for
the construction of a 66-foot
bridge ovet the north fork ot
Scappoose creek approximately
- > and one-half miles northwest
of Scappoose and the construC-
tion of an 84-foot bridge over the
south fork of Scappoose cre-k in
the city of Scappoose. Both the
p-oposed structures will have a
26-foot roadway.
It is contemplated the con
struction of these two bridges
will not commence, until
the
spring of 1958. Columbia county
TO ad crews are to provide tem
porary detours to carry traffic
.'.round the bridge during con
struction.
PT A Committee
Plans Program
Members of the PTA execu-
t ve committee met August 21 to
T ftn the program for the teach-
ers’ reception which w»ll be held
at the Washington school the
• vrning of September 9 Music
will be provided by the summer
hand tinder the direction of Wil
liam Johnson. The teachers will
be introduced in order to give
parents an opportunity to know
them One business item which
will be presented is the sponsor
ship of the Cub and Boy Scouts.
Also, that evening there will
be an inspection of the work
which has be-n done on the
building during the summer
months.
Locomofive 105 which brought
the last load of logs from Camp
McGregor io Vernonia Tuesday,
is pictured here as it came into
town last Friday. In addition to
some logs, it brought in seme of
the logging machinery and tocl
sheds filled with the tools, pictur
ed below. Old 105 has been In
service here for many years and
it and its crew were the friends
of the many youngsters who are
train enthusiasts and when pos
sible were always on hand io see
the train come in. Some of them
have been wondering what they
would do now that no more trains
will come. It is anticipated one
of locomotives used in Interna
tional Paper Company logging
operations wili be placed here on
display after final use of engines
in woods is over. Seme discus
sion of suitable location for unit
has taken place, but no definite
decision has been reached.
if
an engine is placed on display
considerable attention will be at
tdacted to it in future years
Director Named
For UF Drive
Last Log Load Ends Era Starting 35 Years Ago
Tuesday
Vernonia
residents
watched the last load of logs
come by train from Camp Mc
Gregor to the pond at the Inter
national Paper company mill and
thus end an era which began 35
years ago in 1922.
In 1922. the land for the mill
was just being cleared and pre-
parations made for building the
"big mill." The railroad was bi-
ing built into Vernonia which
was then a small, isolated com
munity surrounded by the finest
stands of magnificent fir trees
found anywhere in the world.
Every road into the community
led through beautiful virgin for
ests which in the course of the
35 years have become only a
memory.
In the fall of 1922, about No
vember it is believed, a logging
camp was built far up Rock
creek and named Camp McGreg
or for W. H. McGregor, manager
of logging and land for the Ore
gon-American company whose
mill was being built at Vernonia.
The railroad had been extend ‘d
on past Keasey to that point,
and logging began.
The first trains of logs were
brought out in 1922 and from
then until 1924 when the mill was
completed and ready for logs,
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they were taken to Rafton, near
Wilbridge on the Columbia and
sold on the open market.
Some
interesting
sidelights
concerning Camp McGregor are
that it consisted of the bunk
houses, cook house, dining room,
school
commissary, office and
house, While many single men
lived in the bunk houses and
some married men worked in
camp and left their families else-
where, many families establish'd
homes at the camp and th’
school was a necessity. It is be
lieved a Mrs. Perini was the
first teacher. The third teacher
was Miss Mary Patrician and it
was at Camp McGregor that she
met her hero and decided to be-
come Mrs. R B. Fletcher.
In 1933, fire destroyed Camp
McGregor Because the depres
sion had closed the mill and shut
down logging activities, it was
not rebuilt until 1936 when the
bunk houses were built in Ver
nonia and hauled to the camp
sits on disconnected log trucks.
In 1947 when timber w'as too
far away from Camp McGregor,
it was moved to the site known
as Camp Olson, named after the
logging superintendent in charge
at that time.
In 1955, Cam. McGregor was
Planning Department Meetings Explained; Dinner Set
Directors and members of the
V monia chamber of commerce
were urged at their meeting
Monday evening to attend one
of the meetings of the whirlwind
tc jr to be conducted by the state_
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department of planning and de- !
v. lopment next month. Econom
ic and industrial problems perti
nent to Oregon communities will
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be presented at these meetings
by representatives of the com-
r.-unities so the department mav
be of assistance in developing I
present and prospective industry.
Meetings for this area will take
place at Tillamook. Astoria and
Portland and will be attended
by Governor Robert D. Holmes,
Julius R Jensen, executive di
rector of the department. Harry I
Schenk, assistant director. Ivan
B.och. department consultant,
nd other state leaders
Governor Holmes devoted part
of his TV program a week ago
to telling viewers of the poten
tials of Vernonia and the Ne
halem valley. He was especially
interested in the Caylite Candle
factory during his recent visit
here.
New chamber members are Dr.
R. V. Lance and Mr and Mts
Carroll Buckley.
Reservations are being made
for the regular quarterly dinner
meeting of Highway 99W Alter
nate road association to be he’d
at the Sunset chamber of com
merce hall at Banks. State Sena
tor John Hare from Hillsboro
will be the speaker for the ev
ening. Tickets are SI.50 and din
ner will be served art 7 p m Sep
tember 11.
Many letters have been re
ceived commending the chamber
on the Smithwick dedication.
Some contained suggestions to
work on. several suggesting th”
promotion of recreational facili-
First Annual
Golf Event
On Agenda
ties. President Marvin Kamholz
will appoint a recreation commit
tee at the next meeting to per
use this potential. Fold boating
is also being investigated
Directors were told of rising
interest in a Toastmaster club
and that theie will be a meeting
soon to discuss forming such a
group.
The clean-up. paint-up. fix-up
committee announced “yard of
the month" winners as D P.
Moreland, precinct
1; Oliver
Graves, precinct 3 and George
Robbins and Edw. Salornoruen
tied in precinct 4 with Herb
Bender receiving honorable mtn
tion. A report was not in for pre
emet 2.
Albert Schalock announced a
field trip for the Rock club for
September 15 and a regular
meeting of the group September
20 at which time officers will
be elected.
reactivated and Camp Olson dis
mantled. The buildings were
moved by train back to the old
site. At the peak of the logging
operation approximately 300 m -n
were employed.
This year the operations have
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ust 16 the cook house was closed
and Camp
McGregor
began
beckoning to ghosts to inhabit
the buildings left behind with
the memories of 35 years within
them.
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In the 35- year period, 28,000
acres have b'-en logged Figures
as to the scale of ,ogs brought
out are not available, but it is
reported that Judd Greenman
told some of the train crew some
years ago that it had passed the
billion mark. In April of this |
year, sight million feet of logs
were put into the mill pond.
The man who brought the last
train of logs in perhaps had a
greater than usual feeling of nos
talgia He was Chet Alexander,
engineer, who came here in 1922
when the track into the camp
was being laid. He has been her?
continuously except for the few
years when the operation was
closed down
Other men who were on the
last train were Vincent Monaco,
conductor; Swen Westerberg of
Clatskanie,
brakeman;
Verne
Chambers. Scappoose, brakeman
and Howard Colvin, Vernonia,
fireman
Grade, High Teachers Meet, Plan for
Opening Day of School Next Tuesday
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High school teachers are meet
ing today and tomorrow and ele
mentary teachers will get togeth
er tomorrow to get acquainted
and make final arrangements for
the opening of school next Tues-
day morning That day will be
devoted to registration and stu-
dents will remain at school only
until noon. Wednesday. Septem
ber 4, will be the first full day
of school
There will be seven new mem
bers on the grade school faculty,
according to Darrold Proehl, su-
penntend"’nt. Also, a former
teacher, Mrs. Jane Pace, will re
turn this year and will teach se-
cond grade.
Mrs. Nora Rech of Portland
She taught
will be librarian,
last year at Sandy, Leslie Caron,
Longview, and a graduate of
Lewis and Clark normal school,
Lewiston. Idaho, will be one of
the departmental teachers. Miss
Carol Anne Smith of Livingston.
Montana and a graduate of Mon
tana State university will teach
vocal music. Miss Vilene Edom,
Portland will have second grad<
Miss Lucille Edmundson, gradu
ate of George Fox college and
the Portland art museum school,
will have arts and crafts. Mi
Ruby McCullough Kyle, Gaston,
and Mr». Constance Wnght, Hilis-
bom will teach first grad«
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The other positions will be fill
ed by the staff that was here
last year, with some adjustments
in class'». Tentative plans are
for Mrs. Laurve Cousins to have
the kindergarten instead of sixth
grade
The lunch room personnel at
Washington school will be th ■
same as last year, Mrs. Ida Rich
ards, Mrs. Vicky Nanson and
Mrs. Carna Childs In the school
office, Mrs. Margaret Fuller will
serve as school secretary, replac
ing Mrs. Kathleen Gwin who r?-
signed last spring.
Ed Deal. Scappoose, last week
was named county campaign di
rector for the Columbia county
United Fund chapter. He will
head the annual drive of the or
ganization which will be held
in October.
The quota for the drive will
be $28,500 for the county. Cities
of the county may add amounts
to that which will be raised in
their communities for local re-
quests.
The new county campaign
chairman was head of the St.
Helens Unit'd Fund drive last
year. He is assistant office man
ager of the Crown Zellerbach
mill in gt. Helens.
The opening of the Columbia
county drive will coincide with
the opening of the Multnomah
county drive
The quota for the county was
set at the budget meeting held
in St. Helens last wek. It will in.
dude money for 22 different
charitable and institutional or
ganizations.
Former Resident
Dies at Seaside
Funeral services were held
Monday at Seaside for Evan Tre
harne, 85, who was a resident of
this area for about 30 years. He
at one time owned much of the
property now known as Trehame
He; did a great deal of work as a
highway construction contractor,
and was road supervisor for a
number of years.
Mr. Treharne was bom in
Wales in 1872 and came to the
United States in 1886
He is survived by fours sons
Edwin. Seaside; Noah, Rock
away; Roland. Hawthorne, Ni
vada; and Elbert Kelley (step
son, Empire; four daughters,
Mrs Harold Penny, Pittsfield,
Mass ; Mrs. Harry Wilson, Sea
side; Mrs. Floyd Morrell, Philo,
California; and Mrs. Ralph Brian,
Hillsboro; 21 grandchildren and
several great grandchildren
Nurse Urges
Polio Shots
THOMPSON NAMED
TO COURT POST
M 1st Grace Roumagoux, coun
ty health nurae, has urged that
all persons between th- ages ot
20 and 40 go to their personal
physicians immediately for shots
of the Salk vaccine. Also, if there
are still those below the 20 year
level who have not had them,
they, also should get them now.
The fall months are often the
worst for epidemics and the germ
attacks the 20 to 40 age group
frequently
Robert L. Thompson was nam
ed to fill the vacant position on
the Columbia county court Wed
nesday by a decision of the court
made about 2 o'clock. The vacant
position came about because of
the resignation of Raymond C.
Johnson last month and the court
has been considering applicants
since that time.
Thompson is also serving as
councilman for the city of Ver
nonia and has been chief of the
fire department for several years.