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Library, U of 0 VOLUME 35. NUMBER 46 10c COPY Lions Prepare for Feed Saturday; Funds Marked By Club for Benefit Use No, Vernonia hasn't had an in vasion from Mars. Those aren't flying saucers that have been sailing about. Members of the Lions club have just been indulg ing in flipping practice and lim- oenng up those right arms for Saturday when hotcakes will be .'lipped high and handsome and browned to a delicate turn by Adult Welding Classes Planned Announcement made from the high school this week is that Welcome Rumbaugh will again have class’s in welding for adults which will start next Monday, November 18. Persons who wish to enroll may call the high school office. Hazel 9-3521 and leave their name and number for Mr. Rumbaugh. Classes will be held two evenings each week for fiv<. weeks at the high school shop. i Subjects which will be cover ed include all phases of electric | and acetylene w-lding; brazing ' miid steel, aluminum, stainless I steel, cast iron; gas cutting and others. Library CoHee Is November 22 November 22 has been desig- nired as the date for the annual coffee hour to be held at the city library- a.-, a part of the ob servance of book week, Novem ber 17 through 23. The affair is sponsored jointly by the library bound and the Study club and th‘ invitation is extended to all patrons of the library and all those interested in seeing it grow to attend. Posters made for book week by students at the schools will be on display and new books will be t x' bitcri. A representative from the state library board is also ex pected to attend. VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON Monday Panel To Observe Theme of Week Lions who don aprons and chef- caps for the annual hotcake feed. As a further observance of Ed. Customers are warned to get in line early, anytime from 6 a m. ,ucation Week which has b‘'en on, at Kate’s cafe which has been designated nationally as Novem turned over to the club for the ber 10 through 16, the PTA will all day marathon Service is have a panel discussion at its guaranteed to be good and gen meeting which will be held in erous tips are expected, all of the teachers lunch room at the which will go into the barrel Washington school Monday ev with donations all earmarked for ening at 8 p.m. the Young Danny Lawler fund. The theme for this year for The street banner announcing the PTA is "Three Hearts of the the affair is up and the members Child's World. Home. School, of the Study club have volun Community” and the topic for teered their services as a tele the November meeting is “Un phone committ°e to see that all derstanding the School.” The Vernonia residents are aware not panel discussion which will also only of the treat in store for those include audience participation who eat at Kate's that day but will center around the topic, "Do also of the worthy caus? they We Understand ” Purpose of the may assist. discussion is to bring out what Sam Hearing Jr., chairman of the school expects of the parent, the food committee assures that what the parent expects of the there is ample food provided to school and what the child needs fit all appetites, and Edwin Ade, from both. ir. charge of work detail, is mak Those who will be on the panel ing sure that all Lions take their are Mrs. Constanc- Wright from turn at the stove, counter or dish the Lincoln school representing washing sink. the primary department whose In case there are those who are topic will be "How Johnny afraid to trust their luck to eat- Learns to Read"; Mrs. Evelyn ing the cakes, or for some reason Heath from the intermediate de are unable to attend, but still partment with the topic “ 'Read- wish to aid the worthy cause, in’, ‘Ritin’, ‘Rithmatic and What bottles are in various business Else”; James Johns from the up houses into which contributions per grades talking about extra may be dropped activities and Ralph Sturdevant, school board member who re cently attended the state school board conference at Eugene who will talk about parent coopera tion with the school board. Bank Officers Talk Problems Officers of the U.S. National Bank and representatives of about 20 branches of the concern in the Portland area held an all-day meeting here Wednesday, meet ing for the morning session at Dessy's. The meetings are held once a month with some branch in the area acting as host for the affair. About 25 w-re in attendance here yesterday. The morning session was followed by a tour of the Caylite Candle factory in the af ternoon. After the panel presents then- topics. the audience will be given opportunity to ask qu"stions or advance ideas as they may wish. It is the hope of Mrs. Earl King. PTA president, and the executive committee which has planned for the program that there will be a good attendance of parents and teachers for this timely discussion. Room count will determine which room will receive this months award. Stevie Curl Is Injured by Car COUNTY TRAPPER Walter Forsyth displays a coyote taken re- .■ently on the farm of Blaine Harr. Rainier. Forsyth, who works nder the supervision of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service, is a vailable to county livestock and poultry owners six months of ike year to help with predator control. Besides such trapping work. Forsyth carries out a closely controlled poisoning program .a isolated areas during the winter. Arrangements for his services —ay be made through the county extension office. Courthouse. St. Helens. Forsyth resides in Vernonia. Stevie Curl, eight year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Curl, is in Good Samaritan hospital in Port land recuperating from injuries received when he was struck by a car Friday evening. He had gone with his brother Joey and a friend to the Pin- Cone during half time at the football game and was return ing to the field. Apparently, the road was clear when the boys entered the cross walk and it was a car coming from the high school driveway which struck him. He suffered head and facial "bruise; and broken teeth and was treated here that evening. Sunday, when som- complications arose, he was hospitalized He is still under observation but is believed to b- progressing satisfactorily. , Carnival Is Postponed Due to the extensive illness this week among students at the high school, the carnival slated for Friday night has been post poned Winter Angling Regulations Now Govern Taking oi Fish '■’piers are reminded that the w.nter angling regulations are nt)?/ in effect. The summer sea- sn- < fficiallv closed on October 3i Anglers wishing to fish for tro .“. salmon, and steelhead will Lnd the winter regulations in th< back of the synopsis begin ning on page 33. Instead of listing the closed waters as in the summer regu lations. the booklet lists only the waters that are open for fishing. In other words, if a stream is net -ted in the book, it is not open for fishing Angling deadlines are also given for each stream listed. Bag limit for winter steelhead, salmon and trout 12 inches or over is 2 fish per day and 4 such fish in possession or in 7 con secutive days. Punch cards must be used for steelhead and sal mon 20 inches or over In zone I, the coastal area, the season will extend through Febru ary 28. 1958 A special season on the Alsea and Wilson rivers will extend through March 17. 1958. The bag and possession limit on these two streams dur- ing the extended season will be 1 fish per days 12 inches or over. 2 in 7 consecutive days. In zones 2. 5, 6. and 8 the season will run through April 25. 1958 Winter angling dates in zones 7 and 9 are listed for specific waters Zones 3 and 4 encompass the Rogue and Ump qua drainages and are listed un- d?r separate regulations on page- 22 and 24 All anglers are urged to con sult the angling synopsis for sea son dates, bag limits, and open waters. PHONE HA 9-3372 THURSDAY. NOV 14. 1957 President on Program for West Oregon Annual Meet John George, President of Na tional Rural Electric Cooperative association, will be the principal speaker at the annual meeting of West Oregon Electric Cooperative, Inc., Saturday. November 16. The meeting, to be held in the Ameri can Legion building, beginning at 10:00 a m. Registration will start at 9:00 a m. George will talk about “Rural Electrification Progress Past and Future." He has been close to the rural electric problems of JOHN GEORGE President. National Rural Elec the Northwest for many years. He is one of the organizers, a past tric association. president and is a board mem ber of the Clearwater Light and Power company of Lewiston, Idaho. Principal business to come be fore the annual meeting will be election of directors in two areas. The election of the community Ed Roediger Jr., of Vernonia and committeemen of the Agricultur Fred Knox of Gaston are candi al Stabilization and Conservation dates for re-election. Additional committee will b • held by mail nominations may be made from and ballots will be mailed out the floor. Other important busi. this week and must be returned ness includes a proposed change to the county ASC office by 10:00 of date of the annual meeting am Wednesday. November 27, from November to October. Ri 1957. Any farmer not receiving ports of officers and the mana a ballot and wishing to vote mav ger will conclude the business contact the county office and get portion of the program. a ballot. An annual event is the cake A county nominating commit tee consisting of the county agent, contest. This year there will be representative of SCS. and re a junior and senior division. The presentatives of county farm or junior division will include all high school and younger en ganizations met and appointed trants. Mrs. Margaret Allyn, Co. nominating committees for the five community committees, who lumbia County home economist, in turn have submitted lists of will be the judge. At noon a free lunch will be candidates for their respective communities. For the Nehalem provided by the cooperative En tertainment will, be by the Ver valley district candidates are: Bruce Berndt. L. E Ellis. Shal- nonia high school Dixieland band mon Libel, Ronald McDonald, and by a trio of Vernonia girls, Marvin Meyer, Albert Schmid, Rubye Daniel. Janice Garner and lin, John Siedelman, Clifford Janelie Thomas. Smith, Oren Weed and Francis Following the meeting, the new Wright. West Oregon headquarters build The person receiving the most ing will be open for inspection. votes will be declared chairman All members and guests are in and delegate to the county con vited to join in the open house. vention; second highest, vice- West Oregon Electric serves chairman and alternate delegate rural areas of Clatsop, Columbia. to the county convention; the | Washington and Yamhill coun third highest, regular member; ties from approximately 12 miles the fourth highest, first alter south of Astoria to the Moore nate; fifth highest, second alter Valley area West of Carlton. A nate. portion of the system in the Jew The delegates to the county ell-Olney area is the first electric convention will led the county system energized under the REA 9 committee at the county conven tion which will be held in the week of December 15. The community committ emen are the representatives to the county committee and have a very important vote in formulat W G Nibier, from the Ore- ing an ASC program that will gin State extension service, will benefit the county. Anyone wishing to vote for be guest speaker for th«- meeting someone who was not nominated of the Vernonia chamber of com of directors may do so by writing in the name merce board November 25 at the West Oregon on the ballot. building as a part of the obser vance of the Farm-City Relations week, November 22 through 28 The meeting is open and an in vitation is extended to all inter- Mail Ballots To Name Committee C of C Slates Guest Speaker Fair Delegates Reelect Bush Jewett Bush of Clatskanie, pre sident of the Oregon Fair asso ciation. presided over the annual Oregon Fairs convention held at the Gearhart hotel Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week Representatives from local fair boards throughout Oregon were in attendance at the meeting which included workshop session - dealing with the problems of both state and county fairs and a look at the centennial exposition plan ned in Oregon in 1959 In his address to th- assembly. President Bush emphasized the importance of the small fairs to the people in their locality and complimented th- support of com munities to them. He voiced the opinion that they ofterf serve a greater purpose than the larger fairs and that they should be kept going He also expressed regret at the lack of legislative support to fairs this year and placed som»- of the blame on those who had failed to write their legislators in regard to their wishes in the matter In the election held Saturday, Bush was reelected president of the association act in the Stat«- of Oregon In the annual report publish«»1 last week, the Cooperative ar nounced that since the Coopera tive was startl'd it has borrowed $2.172,282.82 Of this, $283,202 72 has been repaid on the prin cipal. Total interest repaid t > date is $175.245 94 Also $137, 576.30 advance payments have been made to REA The total repaid to REA to dat«- is $596 024 90 SCHOOLS REMAIN IN SESSION HERE A survey of attendance re cords at the Vernonia schools Wednesday showed 42 stu dents absent at the high school and about 175 at the grade schools. Some students who had been ill were re turning to classes and the outlook for the rest of the week was hard to predict. After careful consideration, the decision reached by Dar- rold Proehl and Eugene Dove, school superintendents, was that the schools should remain open unless the epi demic became much worse. Juniors Choose Three-Act Farce Casting has been completed and rehearsals are now in pro gross for presentation by the high school junior class of Oh. Promu” Me, the new three-act stage farce by Pet«> Williams, which is being produced here by special arrangement with Samuel French of New York. Featured in the cast are the following juniors: Jimmy Nan- son as Barry Hollis; Janelle Thomas as his aunt, Mrs. Hollis; Douglas Eggert as th«> butler; Janice Thompson as Gladys Vance; Tom McFarland as the lawyer; Janet Ridling as the cook, Kathleen; Roberta Lloyd as th«- butler’s daughter, Ann; By ron Hawkins as Ann’s boyfriend, Ralph; Sally Biggs as Patsie, Judy Cox as Patsie’s mother, Mrs. Linden. Shirley Pollock is Barry’s sister, June; and Char lotte Hult as the frustrated moth, er, Mrs. Jones Jeanette Olson and Catherine Flo«-ter are in charg«- of produc tion and Sharron McKee is the student director. Because of Kerry Moran's ill • ness, Mrs. Ora Bolmeier has tak en over ths- direction of th«> play The date set for the play ri November 22 at 8 p m in the high school gym Tickets will be on sale soon Nestucca Ground Attack Reaps Win Over Loggers Friday Night 18-6 Vernonia’s luckless Loggers took five-yard markr-r only to have 1 it on the chin once again when I last second desperate pass pick- they met Nestucca last Friday I ed off and run back to the mid night and were defeated by that field stripe as th«- first half end team 18-6 for the last grid con ed. Midway in third quarter play test of the season for Coach Nestucca once again got their Vlcek's charges. Th? Nestucca took the opening oflensive machine going kickoff of the game and using a Loggers punted to their 35 where powerful ground attack spear it was run back all the way for headed by a pair of hard running the score. Clipping, however, put backs drove all the tvay for their the ball at midfield. From that first T D. The remainder of th" point Vernonia's defens«- wilted first quarter revealed the Log and Nestucca drove all the war Try for point gers driving to the Nestucca 30, for the score. only to be stopped at that point failed. Vernonia, still not giving up, and forced to punt. One-» again the visitors crossed got their score in the final se the local's goal line when they conds of the game. With two took the pigskin at midfield and minutes left the Loggers took drove all the way for the six over possession on their 40 and points Try for point failed, send, drov«- all the way to score wittr seven seconds left in the tilt ing Nestucca ahead 12-0 In the final seconds of the first when they crossed the goal Idle. half th«- Loggers recovered a visi- Final gun resulted in the score toi fumble on their 30-yard board reading 18-6 and the fin marker. From that point Ver ish of another gridiron season for nonia drove all the way to the the local eleven.