Library, U of O
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 3. 1957
Loggers Open Play in
League Friday Night;
Me st, Lose to Dragons
UF Workers
Plan Drive
Undertaking
Friday night broke clear and conds to go in the half, the locals
warm after a rather hectic day decided to gamble and try to pass
David Knowlton, local United
of periodic rain showers for the to catch the visitors off guard
first home grid game for the Their plan w?nt astray when a Fund chairman, announced this
local eleven when they met the Dragon tackler downed the Ver week the selection of his commit
Hood River Dragons and went nonia passer causing him to fum tee for carrvuig out the drive
down to defeat 13-6 in a penalty ble and giving the visitors pos here. Those who will serve in
session on the five with 19 se the various districts are
plagued contest.
Mrs.
Coach Vlcek’s Loggers won the conds to go. From there the Glen Hawkins, Mrs. Ben Bnckel,
toss and elect's! to receive, start Dragons drove th<? ball over to Mrs Ralph
Valpiant.
Wilbur
ing Vernonia’s first league en break into the scoring column Wilson and Art Gardner, for
counter of the still young season. and halftime ended with the Vernonia and vicinity and Mr.
Early in first quarter play the ! score board reading 6-0
and Mrs. Charles Sundland for
The visitors once again hit for Birkenfeld and Mist.
visiting Hood River eleven drov«
all the way down to Vernonia's six points when they took a Log I
They met at The Shack last
IB only to be held at that point ger punt on their own 45 and Friday for preliminary organiza
"by the Logger’s forward wall. from there ripped huge holes in tion and planning of the drive.
The rest of first quarter play was Vernonia’s line going all the way Sobcitation will be carried out
even steven as neither team could down to the local’s 1-yard mark in the business district and some
get a sustained drive going into er from which point the visitor's fund raising activities are plan
the other’s territory. The end of pushed it over. Try for point was ned for later on.
the first quarter resulted with good making the score stand at
Tuesday of this week. Knowl
13-0 at third quarter end.
Hood River'in possession on V?r.
ton and Glen Hawkins attended
nonia's 40-yard marker
Fourth quarter play gave the the county kick-off luncheon at
Start of second quarter play the local fans something to cheer the Moose hall in St. Helens at
Dragons drove all the way for a about when the Loggers recover which Charles Hollaway,
vice-
T.D. only to have the score nulli ed an opponent's fumble on their president of Portland Gas and
fied by a 15-yard penalty for 30-yard marker. From that point Coke company and United Fund
Larry Akers. Logger fullback, leader, was speaker.
holding and put back to the Ver-
■onia 23 at which point the local started practically a one-man cru
Ed Deal, county chairman, also
boys settled down and stopped sade and on a series of plays
pointed out the need for success
the Hood River drive, taking over drove all the way to the 1-yard
of the campaign this year to as
stripe. From that point Akers
at that point.
sure its continuance rather than
Once again midway in second dove over for the score. Try for
a return to numerous and fre
stanza action the Dragons looked point failed. Final gun saw the
quent drives
by the various
touchdown bound when they visiting Dragons trot off the field
agencies it supports.
13-6 winners.
drove to the locals two-yard
Friday night th-> Loggers take
stripe only to be assessed another
lii-yard penalty back to the Log the long trip to Wy'East to chal
gers' 23.
From that point the lenge that squad in league com
invading Dragons took to the air- bat. The Wy'East eleven will be
lares and ended up on the local's heavily favored to take the local
five where the hometown boys squad unless the Loggers can
held firm and took over posses • muster up an offensive better
Eight million forest tree seed
sion of the pigskin at that point. than that displayed Friday even
lings will be ready for distribu
3n second down and with se- ing against Hood River.
tion from the Oregon Forest
! Nursery near Corvallis by De
cember first for tree planting pro
jects throughout liie state, ac
cording to a statement issued by
State Forester Dwight L. Phipps.
He indicated that five million
of the trees will go into the
state's multi-million dollar for
est rehabilitation program, large
ly in the Tillamook burn, and the
balance will be available for the
tree farms, other private land
planting and for the farm wood
land owner.
This year, the state will have
about a million of the true firs
that are so desirable and so much
m demand for the Christmas tree
plantations.
This is treble the
number available in previous
years. The species include the
noble, grand and white firs, the
BILLY HOWARD. Logger back, it stopped for a short gain in
forester added.
, econd quarter play Friday night when the Loggers were defeated
"In addition, there are 100.000
3-6 by Hood River.
of the eastern Oregon variety of
the Douglas fir which have been
grown mainly for the purpose of
checking the value of the tree for
the Christmas tree plantations,"
stated Phipps.
"In its natural
site it grows much slower than
Next week, from October 6 to carded cigarette or match, smok the western Oregon tree and may
12, has be?n designated as fire ing in bed, allowing a cigarette make a very desirable holiday
prevention week and as a part to smolder and the other com tree if it grows true to form in its
of its observance, children at the mon causes of fire resulting from new location.”
Washington and Lincoln schools smoking.
Phipps stated that it is expect
in Vernonia and at the Mist and
And Vernonia elementary school ed that a large number of the
Bi’kenfeld grade schools are be children are learning these and trees will go into plantings under
ing »•nlisted as junior fire mar other precautions, too, through the conservation reserve pro
shals in a program instituted by enrollment in the Junior Fire gram
Under this project the
the Hartford Insurance company. Marshal. program.
landowner takes land out of sur
Boys and girls in Vernonia as plus crop production and plants it
Through their local agent. Bill
He receives cost-shar
Horn, they have supplied to the well as throughout the country to trees
school red fireman hats, rings will renew their anti-match ing and annual payments over a
and the Junior Fire Marshal ma- pledge next week, fire preven period ranging from five to ten
gazine for all the children which tion week. The pledge is includ years, depending upon the wishes
will be distributed Monday. Also, ed in the Home Inspection re of th" landowner, Phipps added
Forest Nursery
Readies Trees
Youngsters Enlisted as Junior Fire
Marshals to Observe Prevention
th-.-re is a film strip for showing
tc the children, a song for them
tr ying, and an achievement ban
ner for the room carrying out
the project to the best advantage.
The children are asked to inspect
their homes for fire hazards and
pledge themselves to safe prac
tices and alertness to dangers.
The following are some of the
: Kings they are being taught
which give food for thought for
During the next 24 hours, more
than 800 homes ■ in the United
States will be destroyed by fire,
aad the number one cause will be
careless use of matches, or as a
direct result of smoking
Smokers should fully realize
the dangers of a carelessly dis
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port. a traditional fall feature of
the Junior Fire Marshal maga
Vernonia Hosts Workshop
zine.
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Thursday of next week, Octob-
Another highlight of the cur
rent issue of the magazine is a er 10, the elementary principals
story on the development of . of Columbia county will meet at
matches, and these five safety the Washington school here for
tips concerning
matches for the first in-service workshop of
the year which will deal with
children to observe:
curriculum improvement.
1. Never play with matches.
2. Never start a fire without
an adult present.
' Lions Hear Solos
3. Always use safety matches;
Lions club members were en
never carry matches in your
tertained with two instrumental
pocket
4. Always break matches in solos, one by Virginia Hecken-
half after using them to be sure 1 table on the saxophone and the
other by Harvey Redmond on
flame is out.
5. Always keep matches in m> the clarinet. They were accom
tal boxes out of the reach of panied by Miss Carrol Anne
Smith, vocal music instructor.
smaller children.
Tree Farm Name Changed to Stamm
Edward P. Stamm, Crown Ze'.-
lerbach corporation vice-presi
dent for Northwest timber oper
ations, who retired September
30, was honored last week b
' 375 friends and associates at a
dinner in Portland. Hi' is cor
tinuing with the company as a
forestry consultant.
D. S Denman, senior vice
president for timber, San Fran
cisco, in reviewing Mr Stamm's
31 years of service with the com
pany, contrasted 1957 Northwest
forestry operations involving
700,000 acres on 12 Oregon and
Washington tree farms to th.'
j 100,000 acres operated by the
I company three decades ago. At
| that time they, employed two
' forestry engineers. Today, then-
are more than 50 professional
D. S. DENMAN, senior vice-president, San Francisco, shows Ed
foresters in the Northwest opera,
ward P. Stamm telegram from A. B. Layton, president, announc
tions.
ing Crown Zellerbach Corporation’s name change of the 78,000
E. W Erickson, vice-president
acre Columbia County Tree Farm at Vernonia to the Edward P.
for manufacturing and construc
Stamm Tree Farm. Announcement highlighted retirement ban
tion, San Francisco, announced
quet honoring Stamm September 24 at Portland.
I an Edward P. Stamm logging
j safety award to be presented an-
School Boards to Convene | nually to the Crown Zellerbach
All school boards in the coun i logging division showing the
ty, both high school and ele j great"st improvement in accident
mentary, will attend a conven I prevention.
tion at Raimer next Thursday j
Clarence W Richen of Port
evening, October 10, at 8:00 p.m. j land has been named manager
The chest x-ray unit will
to select a committee of nine and j of Crown Zellerbach Corpora
be at the Texaco Service sta
five alternates who will work on tion’s Northwest timber depart
tion Friday and
Saturday
the school district reorganization ment to take over the duties of
from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
necessitated by action of the Stamm. For the past year, Mr
and all persons over 15 may
last legislature.
obtain x-rays free of charge
Richen was administrative assis
during those pours. Every
tant to Mr. Stamm.
one is advised to take advan
Teachers Attend Meeting
A professional forester, he
tage of this opportunity
Ten Vernonia teachers attend joined the company at Neah Bay.
since the unit will probably
ed the meeting of the .Columbia Washington in 1939 as a forestry
not be here again for some
county education association at consultant. Later he served al
time.
Rainier Monday night at which Cathlamet. Washington and in
J nek DeLashmutt of St Helens 1946 became the company’s chief
i
reported on the NEA convention > forester.
held in Philadelphia durmg the
He is an Oregon SUito college
summer Also, Marble Cook of | giaduate and for a time served
J Portland presented the OEA in j on the faculty at the O.S.C. for-
• estry school.
surance program.
At the meeting of the Cub
Scout committee held Tuesday
evening at the home of the cub
master. C. L. Johnson, tentative
plans were made for fall activi
ties.
An invitation is being issued
to all boys eligible for Webelos
tc. bring their fathers with them
and attend the next pack meet
ing which will be held October
18 at the Washington school.
Next Wednesday evening, Oc- I
tober 9. at 8:03 pm., there will
be a meeting of the den mothers
and assistant den mothers at the
home of Mrs. John Harris. The
meeting is also open to' anyone
else who is interested.
UNIT SCHEDULES
TWO DAY STAND
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Cub Committee
Plans for Fall
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SES Office Open
Thursdays Only
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The immediate necessity for I
daily service to Vernonia by the |
BOB SPENCER holds head of deer killed Sunday in Camp Olson
Oregon state employment service
area. Animal dressed out over 200 pounds. With Spencer in
is over, Manager Alvin Elkins
hunting party were Charlie and Larry Hickman.
of the Hillsboro local office an-
nounces.
Until further notice, trips will
be made weekly on Thursdays
to discuss any and all problems
having to do with either employ
ment or unemployment compen
sation.
A check on the activities of land. Leola Anderson and Esther
The crew will meet applicants
those 41 boys and girls who re Hire are working at the Alber
as before in the hall belonging
ceived diplomas from Vernonia tina Kerr baby home in Port
to the IWA starting at 9:30 am.
high school last spring reveals land.
Three of the girls who have
that 14 of them are now attend
Goodwill Truck Due
ing institutions of higher learn-, married are making their homt-i
in distant states, Joyce Thomp
The Goodwill truck will make ing
Herb Bender, Allen Fowler, son Weller is in Virginia; Lor
its next visit to Vernonia noxt
Thursday, October 10 and per Arthur Lamping, Marjorie Rey enc Stiff Pousson is in New Mex
sons wishing things picked up nolds and Don Siedelman are at ico and Marlene Shafer Harding
may call Mrs.
Frank
Lange, Oregon State college, Corvallis; is now in Texas. Margaret Min
James Davis, Richard Fletcher er Fuller, a recent bride, is of
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and Ruby Wells are at University fice secretary at the Washington
of Oregon, Eug"ne; Deanne Cook school.
Gordon Slated for Lions
Janice Garner is working at
and Delores Davis are at Port
Sam Gordon, contract bridge land State; Jerry Bush is at Montgomery Ward in Portland
expert from Portland, will ad Lewis and Clark, Portland; Bob in the mailing department; Jan
dress the Lions club next Mon Crowston at Oregon Technical ice Hoyt is working at the cof
day evening prior to the final Institute, Klamath Falls; Carol fee shop at Meier and Frank and
class in the series of three at the Ray, Oregon College of Educa Betty Lou Sauer is information
high school.
tion, Monmouth and Ron An- operator for the Pacific Tele
deregg, Chouinard Art Institute, phone and Telegraph company.
Esther Kyser is working at For
C of C to Dine Wednesday Ix»s Angeles.
Two girls are now in nurses est Grove.
The chamber of commerce
Of the remaining 11, most of
membership dinner will be held training, Vicki Crossan at St.
Laurel them are working or have been
at the Masonic temple next Wed Vincents hospital and
nesday evening at 7 00 o’clock Wyckoff at Emanuel Four of working in this vicinity. For a
and members of the Columbia the boys are in the air force, few, definite information as tu
county development commission Melvin Bailey, David Cotton, what they were doing was not
Roy Elliott and Jam"« McFar- available at present.
are also expected to attend
14 Spring Graduates Now Enrolled
In Higher Schools; Others Train