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GLUME 35. NUMBER 50 VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON 10c COPY Pageant to Be Next Member Meeting Set; Suggestion Heard on Feature for Possible Finance Means Yule Program Short Outages Explained by Cooperative This years annual Christmas program to be presented Thurs day, December 19, by the local i '-bools will feature a Nativity ; 1 grant presented by the intei - mediate and upper grade chorus - nd accompanying scenes. The narrator will be James Fletcher. The primary grades from Lin en,‘n and Washington school will present a Christmas fantasy en- led "Christmas Packages.” The ;”ade school band under the di- ■ -»ction of William Johnson will •»»en the program with a concert selected Christmas music. The high school chorus directed Miss Carol Smith will coll ide the program and Santa aus will make his appearanc' : t the end of the program witii t.'.ats for the children. B<nneville power administra- ticn work in connecting circuits it Keeler substation made it ne cessary to switch loads on De cember 5 and 6. The switching resulted in seven short interrup tions to members receiving ser vice from Vernonia, Timber and Elsie substations. The Keeler substation which located near the Sunset highway and Cornelius Pass road junction will help to give better service to Bonneville customers in the Washington and Tillamook coun ty areas. This will also provide improved service to the coopera tive at Timber affecting the Tim ber, Vernonia and Elsie substa tions. On December 6, a limb blew through the transmission line between Timber and Elsie. This caused a four-hour interruption in service at the Elsie substation and affected the Elsie Jewell area. A tree through a line in the Chapman district caused an in terruption affecting four or five families on December 6. The high wind that day also caused other scattered interruptions re sulting in individual outages. Lions Entertain Guests Monday January 8. was selected as the date for the next membership meeting of the Vernonia chamber of commerce when directors and committee chairmen m?t Monday evening, A potluck dinner will precede the meeting and Sam Gordon, bridge expert, form r business advisor and CPA will be invited to speak. Mr and Mrs. Richard Meyer were present and displayed a line of doll clothes and patterns that she is interested in marketing. It is a very simple pattern that even the youngest sewers can make. A meeting with the new indus- tiy committee was scheduled. Th-* industry committee report- t d on the new sawmill going up on the old Garner site and that negotiations are still going on for several other projects. The Highway 99W Alternate as sociation meeting was announced for December 11 at Gaston. The retail trades committee re ported having a follow-up meet ing but only half a dozen people showed up for it. so nothing was accomplished. A combined list of resources is being compiled by the Columbia County Development Commis sion, according to another report. The Clean up, Paint up. Fix up campaign winners were: 1st, for home improvement. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Burns; 1st, Yard of the year, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Buckner. 2nd, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Solomon- sen, 3rd, Mr. and Mrs. D. i . Moreland; a certificate of merit will go to the Vernonia Trading company and honorable mention to the city water department plant. A report on the visit to the Rice home on the Sunset highway was given by the Rock club chair man. stating it was a most in teresting exhibit. The agriculture committee had received word from Don Coin Walrod to remind all persons 5ixty-one Lions and their guests •joyed a turkey dinner Monday . /ening when the local group and ■tertained their wives -r ends at the Washington grade rrkool lunchroom. Special guests invited were r, -opl- who had helped the Lions • uring their annual pancake feed. ””'cy were Mrs. Kate Coates, Mr. arid Mrs. Clarence Nance, Mi azd Mrs. Wilfred Holce, L. Sar- :*it, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ander- epg and Charles Cederburg. Gifts *-cre presented to Mr. Nance and Mrs. Coates in recognition of their 'erts toward the pancake feed. / door prize was won by Mrs Marvin Kamholz. The program for the evening '"rluded several music numbers :y members of the grade school hind. Solo numbers were by ¿'-ristinc King, David Brunsman > ’ d JoAnne Aldrich. The feature of the evening was •- alk by Pat Cody on the history aviation and the mystery of the "Flying Saucer”. Cody, who > principal of John Gumm school ■ St Helens and an active mem ber of the civil air patrol, has > Vernonia residents had their ■ irtured extensively on air edu- I pride in a favorite son given an ct ‘ton. extra large boost Tuesday when Slats Gill, Oregon State basket, ball coach, described K<-n Nan son. senior from Vernonia, as the player who comes nearest to ful filling his top potential of any he has coached in 30 years at Oregon Charles Wall has been promet State Ken was further described to general superintendent of as spnngy-legged and “tall" for the Gardiner, Oregon branch of an even six-footer, whose con * Long-B-11 division of the In- tribution on defense was not only effective but positively stifling ■ national Paper company, A. J H’.’crs, general manager at Gardi- against Oregon and Portland. Nanson also accounted for 37 announced Saturday points for OSC in those games Wall has been assistant to My- since moving to Gardiner with one-handed push and jump shots. :n Vernonia in 1954. Ken Nanson Gets Special Mention Wall Promoted At Gardiner Net Men Take Beating Saturday from Pirates; Tally 2nd Win Over After absorbing a defeat last e...urday night at the hands of •ne Neahkahnie Pirates by a -ere of 54-36. the Vernonia Log gers rebounded with their second . —i of the year at the expense • Banks on the Braves home fioer. *inal score of this game show- r*1 the Loggers topping the Banks After jumping off ' vc 53-47. t.- an early gam- lead of eleven points, the local team managed maintain a seven-point spread .vr the losers throughout most >-f the contest. Banks made their only serious • -eat late in the fourth quarter, ■sing the gap to three points, *..t quick baskets by Akers and r ‘ward put a stop to the threat 5rd Vernonia went on to record t-fir second win in three games <4 the still early basketball sea- «' i This Friday night the Log- ge -s play Clatskanie, one of the • *rcng favorites to win the North Cvast league. BOX SCORE: Points Vernonia 5 Don Savage 9 Dick Crowston 7 Larry Akers 14 Bill Howard 14 Jim Nanson 2 Jerry Dinger 2 Mike Mullins 0 Elvin Stiff 0 Byron Hawkins 0 Marion Knoll Points Banks 8 Mac Steward 8 Darrell Allen 11 Bob Trussel 2 Clyde Nunn 12 Dave White 3 Dick Lilly Ken Allen 5 The Loggers JV’s tallied a loss and a win also, dropping their en counter with Neahkahnie 49 to 40 and overriding Banks 56 to 27. Hawkins with 15 and Mut- lins with 12 were high «corers against the Junior Pirates while Mullins with 11 and Bender. 10. < topped the list against Banks. who raise cattle to register on December 19 when there will be a meeting for this purpose. Lyman Hawken was present and told of two organizations he knew of who were financing an ambitious program by the selling of Christmas trees. The chamber agreed to write for information regarding this product with the idea that a like plan might be worked out for this group. It was announced that there would be a meeting of the Friend ship Jamboree committee the se cond or third week in January. The old committee will call Hu mecting and there will be a new committee selected. New members of the Chamber ar: M C. Mask, The Pine Cone; Howard Sampson. Oregon Jour nal dialer and Mr. and Mrs. Ri- chard Meyer. Postal Volume Gains Momentum I "The mounting volume of Christmas mail makes it more im portant than ever for everyone 'o ' Mail Early for Christmas' . Postmaster Bateman said today. He said further, “Last year we handled a total of 153,000 pieces of mail between December 1 and 25 So far this year, the post of fice has already received and sent many Christmas cards, letters and packages, and the real heavy rush is just getting underway.” If any Christmas card enve lopes are larger than 9”xl2" or smaller than 2%t"x4” they can be sent only by first class mail because such cards require hand cancellation. If Christmas card or letter is enclosed in a gift package, mere ly add the appropriate letter pos tage to th- postage for the pack age itself and indicate the pre sence of a letter or Christmas card inside the package. In conclusion, the postmaster said, “We can make it a much merrier Christmas for everybody if you will just follow these three simple rules: Wrap your Christ mas gifts securely; address your gifts and cards correctly; and mail them now!” Post office hours from now un til Christmas are 8 am. to G p.m. Saturdays included. County 4-H Club Officers Train PHONE HA 9-3372 BLOODMOBILE SLATES VISIT A visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile has been sched uled for Vernonia tor next Thursday. December 19 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.. according to word received Tuesday. The need for blood now is urgent due to the high accident and illness rate at this time of year. The quota for Vernonia is set at 60 pints. As in the past, persons who donate may earmark their donation for some person if they so desire. Replacements are still needed for blood used for Danny Lawler and a num ber of teachers and others had already pledged to give for that cause when the bloodmobile came here. Also. Mrs. Ben Sharar who expects to have heart surgery in the near future would appreciate a back-log in her name in case it is need. Mrs. Irene Minger is chair man in charge of arrange ments and the bloodmobile will be at the IOOF hall. Monday Program Presents Author The third national assembly program for this school year will bi presented Monday at the hign school at 2:45 and will feature Dr. No-Yong Park, lecturer and author on Far Eastern problems. He was born in Manchuria of Korean parentage and has made this subject a life-long study. His Oriental background, Occidental training and Mark Twain-like sense of humor make him an in. foresting as well as informative speaker. The lecture is open to all who wish to hear him. Thirty seven 4-H club mem bers and 5 leaders enjoyed a day of fun and entertainment while attending a 4-H recreational traii^i ■» meeting on November 23 at the Rainier elementary school. Mrs. Ann Weigant, Oregon State college, recreational spe cialist from Corvallis taught the club members new and interest ing games that they can use in 4-H club meetings and other ac tivities. The meeting was opened with Dr. Reed Oldroyd, the dentist Charles Adams, Clatskanie, lead who comes to Vernonia each ing the salute to the flag and Wednesday from West Slope, will Charles Stevely, Warren, leading speak to the P.T.A. Monday even the 4-H pledge. ing on the subject of dental Wendell Curry, principal at health. He will also show a film the school gave the 4H’ers a few on the subject words of welcome and compli The meeting will be held in mented them for their fine work loom 4 at the high school and as 4 H club members. musical numbers will round out Charlotte Klein led the group the program. in a few songs to the accompani ment of Marie Combs at the piano. Betty Combs entertained with two accordian numbers. Robert Stevely, county exten sion agent in charge of 4-H club work, talked to the group on Local persons have been inter "The Importance of Being a 4-H The annual grade school bas j Club Offic’r” and "What Makes ested in catching the Supper Club ketball jamboree and pep night TV program which originates in I Good Meetings." was held in St Helens at the Mc Portland and is seen Thursday Bride school last Friday even evenings at 7:00 o’clock on chan ing. Seven teams from Colum rel 12 since they discovered that bia county and th- Estacada grade the pianist is Lawrence Knauss, school participated Vernonia de son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie feated Estacada in the first gam- Knauss, former Vernonia resi by a score of 11 to 6. The East Word was received here Wed dents. teams defeated the West by a nesday morning of the death the score of 58 to 48. East teams previous night of Russell Peter were Estacada, McBride, Scap- sen. 64, of Newb’rg who former poose, John Gumm. West teanv; ly resided here in the Kist dis were Vernonia. Clatskanie, Rai- trict on the place now owned by nier and Westport. the Joe Johnsons. They moved The Toppers scheduled two to Newberg in 1951 after a hcait Despite lower property taxes games before the Christmas holi- condition made it impossible for i’i 12 of Oregon's 36 counties, day. Yesterday Westport play him to continue with farming. property owners in Oregon will ed here and Monday the Top Arrangements were pending woid I pay a record-breaking $167,015.- pers will go to St. Helens to meet from relatives. 491 in property taxi -, (including McBride While here, Mr. Peterson was assessments and per acre fees) in director of the West Oregon Elec, the 1957-58 tax year, according trie cooperative from January, | to a compilation just releas’d by 1947 to February, 1951. He was ; Oregon tax research, the state also an active member of the taxpayer association for Oregon. Vernonia Grange. This all-time peak is $7 million higher than the state-wide total of $160 1 million levied last year. At a meeting held last Friday Vroman to Reopen Shop evening at the Curl home by the Word was received here W -d- On a per capita basis, it amounts board of directors of the Vernoma nesdajr that Lyle Vnoman is re to $96 12 for every man, woman Federal Credit Union, the boun turning to Vernonia and hopes to and child in the state Of the $167 1 million levied for daries for its operation were ex reopen his barber shop this week tended into th- Buxton and Bir- end. He moved to Silverton sev the current year. $1059 million, or 63 per cent was for the schools. kenfeld areas Previously they eral months ago. The 36-county school levy show had been limited to a six mile ed an increase of $3 8 million over radius of Vernonia. Sophs Sponsor Dance last year’s school levy, despite Som- planning was also done The sophomore class will spon ar. estimated $4 9 million proper for the annual mieting which will be held in January and at which sor a dance following the basket- ty tax offset for schools voted by the 1957 regular legislative ses ball game Friday night. officers will be elected. Dentist Slated For PT A Meeting Former Vernonia Boy in TV Spot East Teams Win Grade Jamboree Attack Claims R. Peterson THURSDAY. DEC 12, 1957 Scout Group Organized at Friday Meet A meeting of the newly formed Boy Scout committee took place Friday evening at the grade school and John Harris has been named as chairman of the com mittee Harvey Redmond wa:. named as institutional represen tative from the PTA which will act as sponsoring group for the Scouts this yoar and Marvin Meyer was appointed as assistant scout master. Another assistant also is needed and will be chosen later. Other members of the commit tee to date are Henry Anderegg. John Chamber, Lyman Hawken Jr. and Marvin Kamholz. Several ladies were also pre sent Friday evening and made pieliminary plans for forming a mothers’ club after the first of the year. Scoutmaster Caron has announ ced that first meeting for the boys who wish to be in the troop will be held this evening at the scout cabin in the city park af 7:00 p.m. He emphasizes that all boys over 11 years of age ar.- welcome and they need not have been Cub Scouts to be eligible for Boy Scout membership. This first meeting has been called for Thursday evening but a regular meeting night will not be estab lished until boys are signed up and the most advantagi*ous time is determined. Cattlemen To Register Here A registration day to assist cat tiemen of the Nehalem valley, in cluding both beef and dairy, to register for the coming refervn dum on a beef commission will be held in Vernonia Thursday, December 19. announces Don Coin Walrod, county extension r.gent. Registration will be at the West Oregon Electric Co-op from 9:00 a m. until noon To be eligible to vote cattle owners, regardless of the num ber owned, must register prior to the voting. The deadline for reg istration has been set as Decern- 1« i 24. To create the beef commission, a two-thirds majority of all growers voting must favor it aa<l the total voting growers must represent at least one-third of the production in Oregon in the last crop season or year. In this case it will be based on the nunitxi of cattle and calves on Oregon farms as of January 1, 1957. Office io Close for Week The office of selective service, Local Board No. 2, at St. Helens, will be closed all of the week D<- cembcr 16 to December 21. as announcement from the office in dicates. Property Tax Levy in State Hits Record Breaking $167 Million Credit Union Extends Score sion. The additional $10 per census child for basic School support ap proved at the special session, which also is to be a direct pro perty tax offset, will first tak.' effect in the 1958-59 levies. The twelve counties which slowed a decrease are: Coos, Curry, Gilliam, Grant, Josephine, Klamath, Lake, Lincoln, Tilla mook. Wasco, Wheeler, and Yam hili. Largest decrease was in Yamhill county, where the levy was down 5.7 per cent from th-' prior year. The taxes levied in Columb.J county for the current yea amount to $2,012,757, an increPse of 2 7 compared with the 1956-a7 levy Of this county-wide tota , $1,315,116 was for school pur poses, compared to a school levy of $1.348.583 last year