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Library» V Qf O ' 1 — VOLUME 35, NUMBER 49 10c COPY VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON PHONE HA 9-3372 THURSDAY, DEC. 5, 1957 » Lions Plan For Placing Decorations Scoring Attack, Defense Of Loggers Win Opener The Vernonia Loggers took the wraps off a well-balanced scor ing attack backed up by a tight defense to win their first start Art Ostiander, chairman of the i Lions club decorations commit tee. is mustering forces for the » all-out effort Sunday to bring the Christmas spirit to Bridge street. Leslie Caron, sixth grade The committee is to meet at the i instructor at the Washington West Oregon building at 1:00 school, has been named as p.m. and those designated to help Scoutmaster for the Vernon are Glen Hawkins. Guy Thomas. ia Boy Scouts according to Marvin Kamholz, Wesley Bol- word from Marvin Meyer, meier, Lyman Hawken. Ed Roe- neighborhood scout commis diger. Bill Horn, Ron Paris, Wil sioner, Wednesday. bur Davis, Bill Vlcek, Eugene Meyer also has called a Dove, Darrold Proehl, Bill John meeting of parents of boys son and Ivan Bodine of scout age for Friday At the meeting held by the night, December 6, when club last Monday evening, Cal registration will take place, Geisler from the stat? game com Registration by the parents mission, showed a film entitled is necessary in order to ap “Troubled Journey" regarding ply for the scout charter. Oregon salmon. It had been made This meeting will take by personnel of the state game place in the Washington li commission and gave the life brary room at 8 p.m. and .on span of the salmon, the spawning ly parents need attend. and return to the sea and the hazards they encounter on their journoy. Next Monday night, the club j wtll observe ladies night with a turkey dinner at the Washington school lunch room. Pat Cody, principal of John Gumm school December 12 has be?n desig i at St. Helens who also is active nated as Goodwill Day and is the in civil air patrol work, will next date for the Goodwill truck speak concerning flying saucers, to visit Vernonia. Persons who There will be a door prize and wish items picked up may call other surprise features. Mrs. Frank Lange. Hazel 9-3161. With incom-> tax time drawing near, attention is called to the fact that contributions can be claimed as income tax deductions. In order to do so, the contributor must itemize the. things donated and send th.? list, in duplicate, Mayor Drtnald Bayley 'issued a with the articles. When the proclamation today urging all package and list reaches the Vernonia residents to take part Goodwill headquarters. it is in the stepped-up attack on traf- checked and the verified list re- ft- accidents program beginning turned to the donor. This must December 1. be attached to the income tax r4fayor Bayley urged the co return when it is filed as proof operation of all motorists and of the deduction. pedestrians and instructed Chieff All repairable items of clothing, of Police A. D Lolley to enforce furniture and other household traffic laws to the limit during goods are acceptable by the the upcoming holiday season. Good will Industries. The proclamation, issued at re- quest of state safety officials, urged all citizens to support of- I I ficials in their efforts to curb holiday accidents, to take part in organized safety efforts and to conduct themselves in “a cau- tious and safe manner." Seniors at Vernonia high CARON NAMED SCOUTMASTER Next Goodwill Truck Due Soon Attack Urged On Accidents Seniors Given Aptitude Tests G ris Attend Convention ~ive girls from Vernonia high school will attend the Girls Ath- )«>• c association convention at Crss Bay this week end. They J.inelle Thomas, Nina Samp- srr. Joyce Sullivan. Jeanette Ol- rm and Carolyn Garlock. Mrs. C 7 Thomas will take them to C-rg Bav Friday. I school had personal interviews Monday and Tuesday of this week with Mrs. Alice Hopkins from the Hillsboro office of the Oregon state unemployment commission. She was here two weeks ago and gave all seniors vocational aptitude tests to deter mine their capabilities for col- lege or job opportunities, The personal interviews were a fol 4 low-up of th? tests. Longer Hours Scheduled Monday to Ease Holiday Rush at Post Office ’ ginning December 9. servic? W idows at the post office will hi open from 8 a m. to 6 p.m. Se’urdays included. The win dows are most crowded at lunch U.-C, so the postmaster suggests th’t packages be mailed before if <70 am. or between 1:30 and 3.J' pm. Saturday of this week, th» office will be open from 8:00 a m to 12 noon P -tmaster Bateman said to- dr '. "We hop? to keep up our record on the Christmas ma > by getting everything pro t-itd and delivered well before C’ ihstmas Eve." He said further t-j»t much depends on coopera- t m in mailing Christmas cards 1 gifts during the next ten '• The postmaster asks for spe- : e' cooperation to be sure that ret. rn address and the recipient’s address are plainly typed or writ er cn all labels and Christmas cards. Use zone numbers, and it’s always a good idea to include so extra label inside packages Per • I post size and weight limi tations vary according to destina tion. Ask about them when at the post office to buy stamps. Be sure to use first class post age on Christmas cards, because j this allows including handwrit • ten m?ssages. Cards sent by first class mail will be delivered I promptly, and forwarded or re turned. if necessary, provided there is return address on Christ mas card envelope, a custom, by the way, which is entirely soc ially correct. Secure free labels at the pos’ which read. "ALL FOR OUT OF TOWN DELIVERY" end "ALL FOR LOCAL DEIJV ERY" and place these labels on bundles of cards. Try to get all ot your out-of town cards and gifts into the post office before December 10, and those for nearby points should be mailed by December 15. The postmaster has asked the cooperation of all business firms to postpone the mailing of circu lars and catalogs until after De cember 25 to keep the mails clear for the Christmas rush. Youth Group Talks Code At Meeting of the season at the expense of the Banks Braves Tuesday by a margin of 58-26. With an impressive display of Mrs. Ora Bolmeier and Ivan shooting Vernonia jumped off Bodine took four Vernonia high to a i wide half-time lead with school students to Salem Satur the i scoreboard reading 36-10 at day to attend th' meeting ar the intermission. The Loggers, ranged by Governor Holmes’ this 1 time with the reserves show youth planning committee for ing cell, maintained the pace the presentation of the recently devised teen-age code. Students during the second half to go on who went were Judy Fetherston, to victory. All of the boys di l Helen Mills, Marion Knoll and a good job, with Aker? and Bill Howard. Crowston dominating the back- The representatives from th 1 boards and good outside shooting schools all over the state met ability being shown by Howard. first Saturday morning in gener Nanson and Savage. al session. It was strictly a young The Loggers will attempt to peoples' meeting and advisors continue their winning ways this were allowed only in the bal Saturday night against Neahkah cony. Dr. Chamberlain presented nie and are back hard at prac the code after wmeh the dele tice sess ons getting ready to do gates were divided into discus just thrt. Coach Moran was great sion groups, with an advisor as ly impressed by the entire team signed to each group. They went show ng in the first game of the over each item of the code and yea- and the spirit demonstrat- from the groups, suggestions e». by the squad. were brought to the general as The Vernonia JV’s started the sembly that climaxed the meet aasketball season right with a ing in the afternoon. There, cacn >1-34 win over Banks JV Tues- item was then accepted, amend lay night. ed or rejected by the assembly. After a close first half the I The delegates will present the Logger JV’s applied a tight de- code soon to the student body fense in the third quarter and as is being done in all the schools auilt up a sizeable lead early in represented at the meeting. ’.he fourth quarter. The scoring Next year, a conference of par >vas very evenly spread with ents is planned and another nine of the eleven players con youth conference will be called tributing points. in two years. Purpose of the conferences and the code is to awaken the teen agers to their own responsibility for their actions and the reputa tions they establish for their ago group. It is an effort to combat the present trend toward juven Arthur Armstrong, 81 year old ile delinquency. retired lumber mill worker who had resided in the Timber, West Timber and Vernonia communi ties for over thirty years, died at his home in Vernonia Saturday morning following an extended illness. Funeral services were held at The grade school basketball Fuiten’s Chapel in the Hills mor. jamboree will be held at the Mc tuary, Vernonia Tuesday Decem Bride school in St. Helens to ber 3rd at 2 p m. with concluding morrow night, December 6. The committal rites at the Riverview Vernonia team is coach'd by Abbey in Portland. • James Johns and those on the Mr. Armstrong was born Oc- squad are Lloyd Vike, Jimmie tober 1, 1876 in Prince Rupert, Mullins, Randall Aultman, Mar Canada and came with his fami- vin Crowston, Freddie Mangat, ly to Portland the following year. Ronnie Callister, Jack Hoisey, After living in Portland for a Tom Cavanaugh. Ray Hamnett number of years, the family mov and Ron Welch. Jimmi? Eckland ed to Albany, Oregon where Mi. is team manager. Armstrong made his home for There will also be a cheer many years before moving here. leader competition and girls who Prior to his retirement he worked will represent Vernonia in that for the Oregon American Lumber are Judy Caywood. Toni Mon Company at Vernonia and was a aco, Donna Ledbury and Diana member of the International Minger. Wood Workers union. Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Margaret Armstrong to whom he was married at Calgary, Alberta December 5, 1918; a son, George Armstrong, Port Orford, Oregon: two grandchildren and three sis The local interest in the tin ters. Mrs. Adelaide Smith. Crab can craft and dried arrangements tree, Oregon; Mrs. Alice Viene which have been projects for the and Mrs Maude Turner, both of extension units was evident Mon Portland. day night when 43 pprsons turned The Rev. John Cowles, pastor out for the public demonstration of the Vernonia Bible church of- given at thte West Oregon build ficiated at the services with music ing furnished by a vocal trio com Mrs. Doris Baker from the prised of Betty Jane Jacob.-. Jo- Timber route unit demonstrat ann? Parcel and Alice Brown witn ed the making of arrangements Mrs. Lloyd Thomas serving a- from dried materials. She also pianist. was the person who had made ----------------------- the Christmas tree from tin cans which was on display in the bak. ery window last we?k. Mrs. I Ralph Reynolds and Mrs Marian Cassel demonstrated the making of the ornaments from tin can3. Mrs. Reynolds has sent for Mrs Marvin Meyer, mimb-r of more of the instruction pamph the Timebr route extension unit lets for persons who want them who represents this area on the and has also said that she will county extension committee this advise others who call her con year, has been selected as chair cerning the wav to make the or man for the annual Homemakers naments The ladies describe it Festival which is held at Rainier as simple when the proper t^ois each May. Sh.? is already busy are at hand. making plans and is seeking sug gestions from units throughout Honor Roll Adds Name Columbia county for making it The name of Craig Davies has the best festival possible. Th? Homemakers Festival is been added to the list of freshmen the culmination of the extension on the high school Honor roll year and work done by units submitted for publication last throughout the county is display week. He also should have ap ed. Officers for all the units are peared on the roll which appeared at the end of the first six weeks. also installed there Armstrong Rites Held Tuesday Jamboree Due Grade Teams Interest Great In Tin Can Art Mrs. M. Meyer Festival Head LINE DIALING RULE CHANGED I ! : | Officials of the West Coast telephone company have call ed attention to a change in the method of dialing per sons who are on the same line which became effective December 1 when the new directories were distributed. The method is explained on page 4 of the directory, with specific directions for Ver nonia at the bottom of the pagei Method now .or calling someone on your own party line is io dial 19. then the last digit of your number, then the last digit of the number of the party being called. Replace the receiver and ringing will start. When ringing stops, pick up the re ceiver and start conversa tion. If 119 is dialed as was done previously, a connection will not be given. Garbage Again Before Council Garbage again was the center of attention at the meeting of the city council when a group of citizens appeared Monday night to voice opposition to acceptance of the franchise as it was drawn. Much of the discussion centered around the closing of the dump to individuals. Reason given for such closure was that many in dividuals do not dump in the designated places and make the dump difficult to maintain. All of those present were giv en an opportunity to voice their opinions. No definite action was taken by the council. Other business of the evening was the granting of a liquor li cense to Frances and James B. Flannery at Vernonia Billiards, and discussion of occupation li censes for part time wood deal ers. The recorder was instruct ed to collect license fees of $6.00 from each dealer semi-annually. It was brought to the atten tion of the council that some in surance agents within the city are not paying occupation tax. Notice is to be sent to them at once. A proclamation by Mayor Bay- ley asking stepped-up traffic saf ety measur *s was approved and its text is given elsewhere. School Geis Hi-Fi Sei A new high fidelity record player has been purchased at Vernonia high school to replace the old record player. It will be used in th? classes for accurate reproduction of sound and voice. Plans are now underway for se curing a regular juke box for use at school dances so that this record player can be devoted to class work. Foresiry Speaker Dated A member of the forestry de partment of Oregon state college will be the guest speaker at the quarterly dinner meeting of high way 99W Alternate Road assoc iation in Gaston Wednesday De cember 11 Dinner will be served at 7 pm Annual Yule Program Work Underway Now December 19 has been set a< the date for the annual Christ mas program which is presented by the schools. Work is now un derway on the program which will feature the primary gradt -. in "Christmas Packages" and th intermediate and upper grades in the presentation of the Nath ity and in chorus numbers. Th grade school band will also play Mrs. Harry Sandon is general chairman for the affair and is being assisted by Miss Carol Smith and Mrs. Jane Pace. Wn> B. Johnson directs the band. Plans are again oemg made for the appearance of Santa Claus with treats for the children. Let ters are now being sent to the various fraternal, social and church groups asking for dona tions to the treat fund. In prev ious years, the burden of this project has been assumed by th • union but since there is now no union headquarters here, the si’ uation has changed and the sup port of all organ zations and in dividuals is urgent. Contributions may be sent to James Cox, Mist route, treasurer of the Vernon.a Christmas Party association. Another date to note on th • Christmas calendar is the annual Christmas ball given at the high school. December 21 is the dal • set for it this year and more de tailed information as to orches tra, time and such will be avail able next week. Danny Lawler Succumbs Sunday Death came Sunday evenin ; to Danny Lawler, 9 year old son oi Mr. and Mrs. Darnel Lawler, whose illness of the past year has been of special concern to the entire community. He passed away at the family home on Riverside drive at 7:45 p.m. Sun day. Recitation of Holy Rosary win held at Fuiten’s Chap d in the Hills Mortuary, Vernonia Tues day at 8:00 p.m. with Requiem High Mass offered at St. Mary’s Catholic Church at Vernonia on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. Father William Delpl&nche officiated at th? services with Dave Bruns man, Darrold Proehl, Wayn • Welch and Ralph Sturdevant serving as casketbearers. Con cluding services and intermen* were at the Vernonia Memorial cemetery. Danny Lawler was born June 30, 1948 in Madison, South Da kota, and the family moved to Vernonia four years ago fror i South Dakota when Mr. Lawle began teaching in the Vernonia elementary school. Danny fin ished the third grade here last year, but had been unable to attend school this year. Surviving in addition to hit parents are a brother, Tommy and two sisters, Vicki and Patt . all living at home; his grandpar ents, Mr and Mrs. Joseph Law ler, Vernonia and Mr. and Mrs G E. Thomas, Whittier, Califom ia: and maternal great grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. D E. Perry, Bruce, South Dakota. Holiday Party Scheduled for Next Cub Pack Meeting Due December 18 The monthly Cub Scout com mittee meeting was held Tuesday evening, December 3 at the hom° of Mr. and Mrs Bert Brunsman. Main business of the evening was the planning of the Christ mas party for the next pack meeting which will be held Wednesday night, December 18 instead of the usual Friday night All boys are to bring a 25c gift marked boy and all girls marked gnls. Santa Claus will be pres ent to distribute the gifts and candy The usual Wednesday night meeting of the Webelos will be cancelled that week due to th” pack meeting. However, Web. log badges will be presented at the pack meeting to boys who al ready have their Lion badger. Att?ntion is called to a Suns«” Trail district annual meeting an.i potluck Tuesday, December 10, 6 30 pm. at the new Congrega tional church in Hillsboro. Spec ial feature will be the keynot. speech given by the retiring G. H Oberteuffer. An interesting evening is planned and anyone interested in going please con tact Marvin Meyer or Charles Johnson