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Tax Notices
To Be Mailed
This Month
Columbia county residents will
be receiving their tax notices
this year about the week of Oc
tober 21. according to the coun
ty sheriff's office.
The notices, which will num
ber 15,359. will be turned over
to the sheriffs office on Octob
er 15. The total tax bill this year
will be $2.012,231.57, plus $6.-
432 26 and $5,332.01 in forestry
and fire fees.
Persons who wish to receive a
rebate on their taxes this year
will have to pay them by No
vember 15, the sheriff's office re
ported.
The sheriff’s office advised tax
payers to come in as soon as the
bills are received and not to
wait until the last two or three
days, so that the work can be
precessed faster.
The office also said that it was
important that persons who sold
property during the year turn
the tax statements for the prop
erty sold over to the new prop
erty owners. Many persons who
purchased property during the
tax year have failed in the past
to receive rebates because form
er owners failed to give them
tax notices.
It would also save time if all
remittances were accompanied
by the tax statement, either
when paying in person or by
mail, the office reported.
A break-down of the tax bill
is now being prepared by the
county assessors office and a
booklet describing the counhy
taxes will be available to the
general public.
Night Classes
Attract Many
Boards Give
Bus Approval
The elementary school board
which met Tuesday evening ac
cepted the resignation of Bob
Curl as driver of the bus on the
Pebble creek loop route and ap
proved the sale of his bus to
Bob Thompson who was given
the contract as driver for the
route. The action had been given
approval of the high school
board the previous evening
Reason for Curl’s resignation
was that he is leaving here Mon
day to fly to Indianapolis to be
gin a three weeks training course
with the Aero-Mayflower Tran
sit company, nationwide mov
ers for whom he will work. His
family will remain here.
Rites Saturday
For Higley Baby
Vicki
Lynn
Higley, threo-
month and twenty-one day old
infant daughter of Owen and
Alice Higley, was found dead in
bed last week» end at the home
of her grandparents in Yamhill
where she had been visiting with
her parents.
She was born June 13 in Port
land and most of her brief life
had been spent in Vernonia.
Surviving besides the parents
are two sisters: Deborah
ann
Laurlei Higley; her grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Long, Yam
hill; W. O. Higley, Timber route
and Mrs. Bertie Wright, North
Plains.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at Prickett’s Mortuary,
Forest Grove, Saturday at 2:00
pm., followed by interment in
the Forest View cemetery. Of
ficiating at the chapel services
will be Elder Alfred L. Carlson,
Elder Hyram H. Long, Elder
Henry T. Hudson and Elder Hu
ey P. Long. Dedication of the
grave w’lll be by Elder Joseph A.
Long.
Musical selections will be fur
nished by the Hillsboro Ward
Choir singers of the Church of
Jesus Christ of the Latter Day
Saints. Serving as casket bear
ers will be Henry F„ Leland,
Roy and William Higley, uncles
of the deceased child.
That becoming a teacher does
not end the need for going to
classes as a student is evidenced
by the number of Vernonia
teachers who are taking evening
courses this year.
Monday evenings, Mrs. Grace
Mathews, Mrs. Dorothy Sandon
and Mrs Jane Pace go to Clats
kame for a class in audio-visual
education.
Most of the other
evenings of the week find some
of them attending classes some
"place.
Leslie Caran, Ivan Bo
The week of October 6 to 12
dine and Miss Margaret Cotter has been designated as Interna
who came into the Vernonia tional Letter Writing week ac
schools from out of state are tak cording to O. T. Bateman, Ver
ing courses in Oregon school law nonia postmaster.
and Oregon history to fulfill
Commenting on the establish
Oregon certification require- ment of
International Letter
m< nt«. Kerry Moran, Joseph Writing week, Mr. Bateman point
Roemer, Marilyn Knox. Janice ed out that each year since 1938
Archibald, James Johns, Mrs. th? post office department has
Loanee Cousins.
Mrs. Grace ’ joined in the observance of na
Cantwel, Miss Carol Smith, Miss tional letter writing week -an
Mirilvn Knox, Miss Janice Archi annual event celebrated to em
bald, Mrs. Ruby Kyle and Miss phasize the meaning and value of
Lucille Edmundson are all tak letter writing as a symbol of
ing courses, many of them at American freedom
Portland State college in Port
As a result of its success, na
lard.
tional letter writing week will
Also taking courses at Portland be conducted on an international
State arc Mrs. Gloria Ferguson basis this year for the first time
an 1 Wilbur Wilson from the West International Letter Writing week
Oregon Electric office
is based on the idea that written
communication between people
in all the countries of th? world
will contribute toward the build
ing of a lasting peace.
A persona) letter is next to an
actual visit, the most intimate
The Social Security adminis- means to communicate with our
Letters
tra'.on has announced new office fellow human beings.
s.
in St. Helens The repre- between peoples of different na
s tative will be in the sheriffs tions are a sure method of es
.cc on ground floor of the Co tablishing friendly relationships
and understandings. The prob
rn-*bia county court house
Callers are asked to use the lems of freedom loving people
ramp to left of the court house will be more quickly solved if
r r*. The hours will remain the they are better understood.
Letter Writing
Week Observed
Social Security
Office Changed
sf.'-e. 9 a.m.
V- -day.
to
12 noon each
F.re Destroy« Trimm Barn
Tie large bam at the Carl
Tr-mm farm, on Pebble Creek
r--,d burned Friday at 9 a m
Th: origin of the fire is un-
-'wn although it is thought to
hive been from detective wiring.
Ti e place originally was the Elon
Malmsten place
Store Building Purchased
A change of ownership for
some Vernonia business property
took place last week when Mr.
and Mrs Sam Hearing Jr pur
chased the building which houses
Sam’s Food Store from Frank
and Ralph Wortman of McMinn
ville. The former location of the
Vernonia Bakery is also a part
• of the building.
Council Told Logger Squad Travels to
Wy ’East for 2nd League
Chief's Plan
Game; Rainier Next Try
To Resign Job
Lions Plan
Annual Feed
As Benefit
At the meeting of the city
council held Monday evening, a
verbal statement was heard to
the effect that Bob Curl will
tender his resignation as fire
chief It was tabled pending the
presentation of his formal res
ignation and Herb Heckenliable,
assistant chief, was authorized to
serve in the interim.
The garbage franchise was dis
cussed and the attorney is being
asked to mak" certain changes
before it will be ratified.
Another complaint was heard
concerning wood piled by Mil
lers store due to the fact that
fenders had been scratched bv
protruding sticks. The council
authorized Mayor Don Bavley to
write to Millers requesting them
to remove any pieces that pro
trude so as to cause a hazard
and also to inform them that pil
ing of wood on the curb would
not be permitted for another
year.
Remainder of the business
Monday was routine.
This year’s annual
hotcak ■
feed, sponsored annually by th
Vernonia Lions club, is scheduled
to take place Saturday, Noven»
ber 16 the club decided definitely
Monday evening at their régulai
meeting The date had been und
er discussion from the meeting
of the previous week when it
first came before the club.
Arrangements hav? been ma««
for the feed, an all-day affair, to
take place at Kate’s cafe start
ing at 6 a m. and to continue
until the evening hours. Club
members will work in shifts to
prepare and serve the meals and
these details were being prv
pared this week by Lions named
to handle the work.
This year’s revenue is desig
naled for a special purpose, the
club decided Monday. Net in
come from the feed will be de
voted to the Young Dan I .aw lev
fund to help defray expenses
incurred by the boy’s extended
illness. Because of this worthy
purpose, people who are unable
to attend the hotcake feed, but
who wish to help financially may
do so by forwarding their con
tributions to the Lions club and
designating the money for this
fund.
The boy underwent brain sur
gery at Good Samaritan hospital
Monday. September 16 and his
condition has been listed as crit
ical. He had been ill for a ycai*
prior to the operation and betort*
his trouble was diagnosed. He is
the nine-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Lawler.
Mrs. O'Rourke
Taken by Death
Last Friday evening Coac'i able to capitalize on what yard
Vlcek's Vernonia Loggers took to age they did secur ■.
the road and made the long trip
The last score of the game re
to Wy’East to engage that eleven sulted in the third period when
in the second league encounter a hard charging Eagle line block
for the local team, only to go ed a Logger punt on the locals'
down to defeat 20-0 in the third 38, which rolled all the way to
Vernonia’s five with an opponent
straight loss for the Loggers.
Once again the local eleven’s recovery. In two plays Wy’East
lack of offense spelled the out pushed over their last T.D mak
come of the game. The Loggers ing the scoye stand at 20-0
The remainder of the game wa-
made yardage, but couldn't keen
a drive going with the result that a slow affair with neither team
the first downs they did happen threatening seriously until the
to make wer ■ so scattered final seconds of the game when
throughout the game that they the Loggers got lucky and com-
went to no avail in the procure plet ’d a long toss going approxi
ment of points on the scoreboard. mately 60 yards from Howard to
On the first play of Fridav Tunnell who made a beautiful
evening’s game after the kickoff, catch on the 10-yard stripe of
Wv'East caught the Loggers nap Wy’East, only to have time run
ping and on a reverse went 60 out on the local team at that
yards all the way to the Logger.-,’ point.
Bill Howard had a field day as
10. Vernoma held at that point
and taking to the air lanes drov > far as pass completion.« went,
up to their own 25 where one completing 14 out of 27 tosses and
toss was snagged by the oppon having only’ two interceptions,
ent eleven. From that point the both of which proved disastrous,
Both occurred at the
Eagles drove for their first T.D . however
scoring with the first quarter just start of the game. With lessons
learned in this game the Loggers
minutes old.
Once agaiu early in first quar should sport quite an attack, pro.
ter play Wy’East scored when viding they can ke -p a drive go
they succeeded in snaring a Ver ing all the way.
Friday night of this week Ver
nonia toss on the local's 40, go
ing all the way for the tally. nonia will take to the road once
Halftime in first quarter play again to play a league tilt. Rai
revealed the Wy’East eleven nier will be the intended victim
sporting a 13-0 edge.
of the local eleven The Colum
After the disasterous first peri bians by virtue of their 19-7 win
od of play the Loggers settled over Hood River last week will
down and held the' Wy’East ele definitely be the favorite in this
ven, actually securing more first .tilt and should win quite easily
downs than the* Eagles, but un I over the Loggers.
Mrs. Margaret O'Rourke, moth
er of Mrs. Dave Brunsman who
had lived here with her daugh
ter for the past year, died Satur
day night while enroute to a
Portland hospital in the ambu
lance. She had suffered from a
heart condition for some time but
it became critical quite suddenly.
Mrs. O’Rourke was born in Ire
land but came to this country
when a girl so had lived most of
her life in the United States.
The Columbia county unit of
She was 66 at the time of her
death. Her husband. Frank O' the American Cancer society held
Rourke, passed away in Cali its annual meeting at St. Helens
The
fornia about a year ago and it Monday, September 30th
meeting was attended by the
was after that that she came to
Vernonia to live with her only board of directors and individuals
daughter.
! interested in the work of the
Services for her were at S*. I American Cancer society. Field
Cecelia’s church in San Francis Representatives Charles Clark
co. Wednesday morning and bui- and Jack Green from th” Port
ial was in the Golden Gate na land division office also attended
tional cemetery. Mrs. Brunsman the meeting as advisors to the
went to San Francisco Monday to board.
care for arrangements.
The meeting was opened with
Surviving besides Mrs. Bruns a film showing of a new cancer
man are six grandchildren, a bro education film called “The Other
ther in Ireland and a number of City" which will be shown pub
nephews and nieces in Ireland licly throughout the county at a
and in the Bay area.
later date.
Mrs. Wm. Horn. Vernonia,
chairman of the education com
mittee, reported on the 1956-57
work of the committee. Ralph
Bergerson, treasurer, reported the
final figures on the 1957 cam
paign was $2392 30 for the coun
Funeral services were held on ty and memorials totaled $77 00
Thursday of last week for Mar-
Two new members were ap
guerette L. Mangat. 41. Vernonia pointed to the board of directors.
in Roseburg. She was killed in a Mrs. Verne Soley, Raimer and
car accident near Cornelius Sat James Akins, St. Helens.
urday, September 28
The board of directors elected
Mrs. Mangat was born in Port officers as follows: Mrs. Joe
land. She lived in Canyonville Walker, president, David Wil
between 1930 and 1938 and had liamson, vice-president; Ralph
spent the last 18 years in Ver Bergerson, treasurer and Mrs
nonia. She is survived by her
stepfather and mother, Mr and
Mrs. Charles L?iser of Canyon
ville; a son, Fredrick, and a
daughter, Martha, both of Ver
nonia.
County Cancer Group Elects New
Officers, Names Committees Monday Two Firemen
John Whipple, secretary.
Groups Merge
Rites Held for
Mrs. M. Mangat
Savings Stamps
Sold at School
483 Get Chest X-rays
A total of 483 person wen-
x-rayed by the chest x-ray unit
during the two day stand here
last week, according to informa
tion received from the county
nurses office. Friday, 234 went
through the line and Saturday,
there were 249 Reports on the
results will be mailed to thos«
x-rayed
Ladies Day Planned
The 12th annual ladies day
affair sponsored by Brunsman
Hardware is scheduled this week
end from Tnursdav through Sat
urday. Pete Brunsman said Wed
nesday morning Details ot the
sale appear on page 8 of this
issue.
The savings stamp program is
being sponsored again this year
at both the Lincoln and Wash
ington schools by the Parent
Teachers association Stamps are
sold ”ach Monday during the
noon hour and Mrs. C. L John
son is in charge of the sale at
Lincoln school and Mrs. Earl
King at Washington
« Stamp sales have been run
ning around $50 each week with
a good representation of children
participating in the program.
Teachers Slate Senator
Senator Richard L. Neuberger
will be the speaker for the
meeting of the Columbia county
schoolmasters which will be held
at Ra.mer Thursday evening of
next week
Mrs. Walker appoint 'd stand
ing committees as follows:
Education: Mrs. Bill Horn,
chairman. Mrs. John Whipple,
Mrs. Robert Bovee, Oliver Mel
linger, Miss Lois Kent, Dr. G.
E Muchleck, Miss Grace Rouma
goux, Dr. R. L. Deaver, Mrs.
Lloyd Garlock, Mrs. J. B. Stew
ard and Len Monroe.
Service: Dr.. J. B. Steward
chairman, Miss Grace Rouma-
goux, Mrs. J. B. Steward and
Mrs. G. E. Muehleck.
Public relations: Mrs. H C
Shadley and David Williamson
Budget and finance: Ralph Ber
gerson, chairman, Mrs Bill Horn
and Mrs. Vesta King.
Campaign: David B William
son, Mrs. H. A. Shadley, Mrs.
Roy Garlock, Mrs. George Con
yers, Mrs. Vesta King, Mrs. Nel
lie Neuffer, • Mrs. G. E. Mueh
leck, Sgt. Hindman, Mrs. Verne
Soley and James Adkins.
The Columbia county fire-w
men’s association met Septem
ber 25 at Scappoose and voted to
merge
with
the Washington
county association to form a
larger, more efficient organize
tion which could serve the area
better in case of disaster. Merger
will increase the facilities avail
able for disasters in either coun
ty and will provide opportunity
for an exchange of information
on fire fighting procedures.
Bob Curl, Bill Krieger and Don
Murray attended the meeting
from here.
The next meeting will be Oc
tober 18 at the Tuality fire hall
White Satin To
Sponsor Contest
One of the main interest*, at
the next meeting of Columbia
county Pomona Grange will be
the annual State Grange White
Satin Sugar canning contest
This will be held at Marshland
on November 2nd. and all mem
bers of the grange are encouraged
to enter their best products, us
ing White Satin sugar in their
products of jelly, canned berries
or tree fruits. There is also a
contest for mtn, and another for
children.
The prizes which are well
worth working for will b? sugar
on the county level, and electri
cal equipment as state prizes.
PT A Announces
TV Programs
A series of informative pro
grams on TV are being sponsored
by the P.T A. and are recommen
ded for viewing by all parents.
They are presented on channel 8
each Monday at 2:00 pm and
the first in the series was pre
sented Monday of this week.
Programs for the rest of this
month are as follows: October 14.
The child of elementary school
age; October 21. O.C.P.T. tuition
scholarships; October 28, A panel
of teen-aged students discuss pro.
blems with Principal Howard
Horner of David Douglas high
school.
|
Dove Attends Conferences
Eugene Dove, high school su
perintendent, was in Portland on
Wednesday to attend the meeting i
of the American Society for Cur
riculum Development.
Monday
and Tuesday of next week, he
will attend the fall session of
the Oregon Association of Se
condary School Principals at Sa
lem at which he will be in charge
of one of the group sessions
DAVIS APPOINTED
AS COMMISSIONER
Art Davis was appointed
as county commissioner at
the session of the county
court held Wednesday at St.
Helens. His appointment fol
lowed the acceptance of the
resignation of Bob Thompson
who had been appointed re
cently to fill the unexpired
term of Raymond C. Johnson.
Thompson's resignation be
came necessary because of
the conflict in hours after be
accepted the school bus con
tract to succeed Bob Curl on
the Pebble Creek run.