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Library, U of 0 I I VOLUME 35, NUMBER 44 9i VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON 10c COPY Lions Prepare Annual Benefit Hotcake Affair Most of the business at th' meeting of the Libns club held Monday evening had to do with completion of plans for the hot cake feed which the club will sponsor November 16. As pre- UF Drive Nears 60% of Quota United Fund drive solicitation in Vernonia has been about 60 per cent completed this year to date, according to David Knowl ton. drive chairman, and about $1000 has been raised in pledges and cash. Quota for this area is $2800. Contacts are being made through the businesses where both employers and employees are solicited. The work is be ing carried on by district chair men. A b'tter than usual res ponse is noted in the Mist-Bir- ker.feld area by Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Sundland who are in charge tnere, Fraternal, church and civic or ganizations are yet to be con tacted and any individuals who have been missed and wish to make, contributions may contact Knowlton. Last Rites Read For A W: flndrus Archie Andrus, born October 2G, 1875. who has been a resident of the V'rnonia area for the past several years, passed away Oc tober 22. 1957 at the Columbia District hospital in St. Helens Funeral services were h'ld at the Coleman Funeral Home chap el, St. Helens, Oregon. October 26 at 10 a.m. with Rev. J. Pal mer Sarlicn officiating. Soloist was Mrs. Burlyn Lange. Con cluding services and interment were at the I.OOF. cemetery. Warren, Oregon. Surviving are two sons: Ro be; • Andrus, Vernonia and Bill Andrus, Fullerton'; California: two daughters. Ruby Gaston, Ful- lerton, California and Ruth Shaf er. Vernonia and nine grand chi.dren. Casket bearers were Robert Hodgson, Howard Carter. Bil, Gaston, Hank Wilson. Jim Sir ¡th and Harvy Reddling. Co-op Prepares For Annual Meet H-.paration for-this year's an no«’ meeting of West Oregon Electric cooperative has b'x-n un- dervav for several weeks and is waring the point where official notification of the affair will be se- : members within a few days. Program details for the No- vo"bcr 16 affair will follow along lines similar to previous yetra with the exception of one feature, an open house. After the close of the regular meeting, which will take place at th- Legion hall, all those attend ing will be taken on an escorted tour of the new office and ware, house building next to the hall viously announced, it will be at Kate’s Cafe and will start at 6:00 a m. and continue all day. The cooking and serving will all be done by Lions who will work in shifts throughout the day. The fund this year has been designated as the Young Danny Lawler fund and will be used t > help defray the expense of his long hospitalization and treat ment Some contributions to th. fund have already been made. The publicity committee head ed by Wesley Bolmeier will dis- tribut handbills here and also in various neighboring areas to pub licize th' event. The fact that the West Oregon Electric coopera tive will hold their annual meet ing that sam' day is expected to bring many people into town who will also participate m the hotcake feed. Finnish Student Visits Classes Irmeli Haataja from Finland was observing methods at Ver nonia high school Wednesday and expects to spend other days ob serving various classes later on. Her husband, Paavo Haataja, is a forestry exchange student to this country and is presently at the Crown-Zellerbach tree farm here. Mrs Haataja has studied Eng lish in the schools in Finland and is preparing to teach English there. During her visit to the high school Wednesday, she was im pressed with the social studies taught here. She says that in Finland they do much memoriza tion of facts but do not get th? practical training. One of the classes she visited was the class in family living taught by Mrs. Ora Bolmeier. Wilson Opens > Garage at Mist The Mist Auto Service was opened for business Saturday un der the management of Bill Wil son Sr., an announcement con cerning th' undertaking indicate- The garage will feature auto re pair work, Chevrolet sales and service and Standard Oil products, Wilson said. Word of the opening indicates the firm W'ould be open seven days weekly from 7 a m. to 7 p.m Wilson has just completed nine years here as an employee of the Vernonia Auto companv and has been in automotive bu siness for the past 35 years. Ambulance Makes Run The Vernonia ambulance was called last Sunday evening to take P'te Eckstine to Tuality hospital after his car had failed to negotiate a curve on Rock Creek road near the former Harve Christensen plac' Later reports were that he had suffered brok en ribs. Commercial Heating Rate Given Approval of Cooperative Board The board of directors of West Oregon Electric coopera- t: ■ have given their approval to an electric rate for commer cia heating. Manager Guy I Th -nas said when he announced figures for this type of service a '?-v days ago Mi mbers of the board had con- s.dered the move, for several month« before approval. The new ra‘ is designed to encourage the us< of electricity for commercial booting and will amount to a substantial reduction for firms de- iding to utilize ei'-ctricity for this purpose. The rate, which is listed for al) kw? per month at 0 8c. will be available Throughout the entire i territory served by the coopera | tive Minimum charge for this type service is not less than $50 per year for the separate meter. Service to be supplied unde;- this schedule shall normally be single phase. 60 cycles, alternat ing current at nominal 240 volts Upon specific approval by the cooperative, three phase 240 voit or three phase 480 volt service i may be supplied. Other provisions governing the commercial heating rate include the member's circuits shall be so arranged that all service under this schedule may be metered at I one location and • heating elc- 1 ments shall be non-inductive and • thermostatically controlled. 1 L Fire Record Statistics tor Season Told ' : I i I I Figures compiled by the Keep Oregon Gr?en association from statistics as reported by the U.S Forest service and the Oregon State Board of Forestry, concern- ing fires on state and f deral lands during 1957, show this to have been one of the better yeais firewise since 1941 when th' Keep Orgon Green organization came into being. That year, Ore gon had 3,338 fires with 636 cf them man cau 'd and 2,702 light ning fires. In 1957. there were 1,344 fires of which 774 were man caused and 570 lightning fires. Of the 774 man caused fin - recorded this year, 218 were at tributed to smoker's carelessness. 60 to logging. 108 to slash and debris fires that went out of control, 104 to campers careless ness, 27 to incendiary, 37 to rail roads and 190 miscellan ous cau ses. The district state forestry of fice at Forest Grove reports that only 34 fires occurred in the dis trict which includes Clatsop. Co lumbia. Tillamook and Washing ton counties. Of th ise, only six were in Columbia county, all of which were man caused. How ever they were quickly controlled and caused only minor damage. Both th' Keep Oregon Greet, association and the forestry de partment attribute the smaller number of fires than anticipated this year to good publicity as to the fire danger this y-'ar, better education of the public which has brought a better public atti tude and more cooperation on the part of individuals and the in creased protection crews that were on the job to locate and su press fires quickly. The Keep Oregon Green pro gram of education. Smoky the Bear, Red Hat days, and the co operation of newspapers and ra dio and TV were all credited with a share in the education of the public. A good attitude was no ticeable this year. One signifi cant fact is that in spite of in creased use of forest lands by hunters, campers, fishermen, pic nickers and sightseers, there has not been a corresponding increase of man-caused fires Dunlap Service Held Wednesday Funeral services where held yesterday afternoon at the Evan- gelcal United Brethren churcn here for Elmer Hugh 'Dunlap, better known locally as “Red” Dunlap, who passed away sudden ly last Friday, October 25, at Aberdeen, Washington. The ser vice was conducted by Rev. Day ton Loomis, pastor of the Clats kanie Methodist church and ar rangements were in the care of the And'rson-Haakinson Funeral Home at Clatskanie. Mrs Frank Serafin sang and was accompa nied by Mrs. Lois Clark. Mr. Dunlap was born June 12, 1889 at Kansas City, Missouri. When young, he moved to North Plains and in 1918 was married to Myrtle Derebery at Vancouv-i. Washington. In 1924. they mov ed to Camp McGregor and lived there for 33 years while he serv ed as dispatcher and brakeman for the logging train. Only re cently, since the camp closed, they moved to Copahs Beach, Washington. He is survived by his wife, and a sister. Mae K'lly of California and several nephews and nieces. Vault entombment was at the Vernonia Pioneer cemetery. Pomona Grange Saturday The Columbia county Pomona Grange will meet Saturday at Marshland with sessions taking up at 11 00 am The annual Whit? Satin sugar canning con test will he f?atured. PHONE HA 9-3372 THURSDAY. OCTOBER 31. 1957 FARM OBSERVES 1000th DAY Tuesday, October 29, marked 1000 days since the last lost time injury at the Columbia Division of Crown Zellerbach. Employees assembled at the shops where E.M. Boddy, personnel safety supervisor. Crown Zeller bach, Portland, presented a "Certificate of Safety Achievement" io the Edward P. Stamm Tree Farm. Glen F. Hawkins, tree farm supervisor, and John V. Harris, chairman of the safety committee, accepted the plaque on behalf of the division employees. Also presented was a letter of commendation from George Lahusen, corporation safety supervi sor, together with the traditional box of cigars. THE ABOVE play accounted for a net gain of six yards as Mike Mullins cut between guard and tackle in last Friday nights' game, which was won by Reynolds 13-13, and displayed the best Logger effort to date. Board Members Hear Reports from Committees at 2nd October Meeting Concrete Facts, published by the Expanded Shale, Clay and Slate Institute, Washington, DC. contained pictures and a good write up of the recent Smith wick dedication ceremonies that were sponsored by the Vernonia chamber of commerce A copy of the publication was read by Vernonia chamber board members Monday evening at the second October meeting. » The article said in part, “a pre cedent-shattering even occurred August 15 wher, .'jr me first time in the history of Oregon every major segment of the con struction industry ever to assem- Veterans Day Observance Set Preparation is under way at the Washington school for an as sembly program to be presented Friday afternoon, November 8. at 2:45 which will be a combined observance of V'terans Day. No vember 11. and a kick-off for National Education Week, No vember 10-16 A play. “The Talking Flag”, Is being prepared under the dir.-e- tion of Mrs. Dorothy Sandon and will use students from a numb«-: of classes. The grade school band will play and there will also be other features The Veterans Day obs»-rvanc<- by the school is being held Friday because November 11 13 a school holiday in Oregon. Classes Holding Halloween Fetes • Pupils in the Vernonia elemen tary schools are enjoying Hal loween parties today with class, s from the fifth grad? down having room parties this afternoon with which PTA room mWiers art assisting. The sixth grade classes will have a skating party in the base ment after school and the seventh and eighth graders will have a «kating party in the evening. . blc at a single function, gathered to witness the ceremonies com memorating the opening to pro duction of the expanded shale plant of Smithwick Concrete Products, located near Vernonia, Oregon.” Reports by various committees were heard by the directors Mon day There will b- an organiza tional meeting of the group of men interested in a Toastmasters club Thursday morning. The club needs 30 memb'rs to start and 1 the initiation fee is $5 and dues ; ar«- $1 per month. It was suggest- | ed that this be a breakfast me-; ; ing and be held weekly. A report on dues investigation I was given and it was agreed that | nothing b? done to chang«' the I local chamber dues at this time. President Marvin Kamholz ap- | pointed a committee of Dave 1 Brunsman, Bill Horn and Sam Hearing Jr. to call on delinquent and prospectiv’ members for m'mbership. The work of the industry com mittee was outlined by Guy Thomas, chairman, who said sev eral new prospective industries w-re being sought and that con siderable work with them had been done He also reported on a trip taken to Longview last wees where Ixingview Fiber company and International Paper company officials were visited Another committee, headed by Pete Brunsman, is working to secur-" a location for a shay en gine t« b? given the community by International Paper when the locomotive is no longer n«?eded I Several possible locations were discussed, but further contacts must be made before a definite site can be named A good meeting was report'd for the Rock club at which Mr. Hancock from John Day spoke and exhibited some unusual fos sils including a petrified head of a horss no larger than a dog, the jaw bon? of a deer no larger than a dog's jaw and others. Al bert Schalock announced that members of the club will have the opportunity to visit the Ric' home at North Plain.« in Novem ber Guests of the board meeting were Eugene E. Dove, Wilbur A. Davis and Edwin Ade. Grid Surprise Awaits Fans Friday Night Homecoming proved quite ex citing Friday night for local gnd iron fans as they viewed the league tilt between Reynolds high and th«- local squad, which was won by the heavily favored visitors 20-13 in a hard fought contest by both teams. Th«- Log gers, who in past games haven t been able to muster up any sort of an offense, surprised every one present, including th«- visitors with their strong ground and passing attack and gave every in dication of not being th«' four touchdown underdog tabbed to them prior to the kickoff Coach Vlcek’s Loggers scor 'd early in th«- contest as they re covered a Reynolds' fumbli- on th«- visitor’s 35. A pass from Mui lins to Shafer went all the way to the 2-yard marker. On th<- second play from that point Ak ers powered his way over for the six points. The try for point was good, sending Vernonia ahead 7- 0. Reynolds, not to be humbled by the Loggers, took the pigskin and drove it to midfield from which point Reynolds threw a long aerial which went all th: way for the score. The try for point was good, tieing the tilt at 7-7. In th«' latter minutes of tbe half the local squad scored one* again when they intercepted a Reynolds’ toss on the visitors 38. Using strictly a ground attic.; the Loggers took the pigskin a% that point and ripped huge holes in the Reynolds defense and drov- all the way for the T.D The try for point failed sending the Log gers in the lead 7-13 at halftime. To start second half play, th ■ Loggers kicked off to Reynolds. Once again Vernonia's secondary alertedly grabbed off a visitors toss on their 30 Th«- Loggers drove all the way to the 7-yard strip«- at which point Reynolds intercepted a Vernonia toss. In eight plays the visitors scored their second T.D. with the try for point failing and tieing the game once again at 13-13 Reynolds last score occurred in the beginning minutes of the fourth quarter when they took over on the Loggers' 45 after the local lads tried a fourth down gamble which didn't pay off. From that point it took the visi tors seven plays to push over tty- ball for the final score in the game. The Loggers did manage to pen etrate once again deep into the opponent's territory in fourth quarter play when th?y went all the way to the 12-yard marker only to be push«*d back by th? defenders. Friday night Coach Vlcek’s Loggers will take to the road once again when they will jour ney to Clatskanie and - ngage that eleven in combat. This game will be rated a tossup with the log gers being slightly favored after their spl'-ndid effort last Friday evening Store Owners Talk Promotion Owners of over 20 business firms here met last Thursday evening at th' West Oregon Elec trie building to hear several idea« for trade promotion during the next several months. Th«- group was called together by Jac* Thompson, chairman of the reta ! trades committee of the chamber of commerce After discussion of the sever«! proposals last Thursday, th-- group decided on another get-to- gether Friday night of this week, also at the West Oregon building, when more definite decisions will be reached concerning the action to be taken towards building business. The Friday night meeting will begin at 8 o'clock.
