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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1957)
Library, U of 0 Welding Class Ends; 50 Are Trained Four FFÄ Boys Prepare Talks for TV Next Friday December 18. nine men com- pi< ted an intensive five weeks cou. se in welding taught at the high school shop by Welcome Rumbaugh. They had spent two evenings a week. Mondays and Wednesdays, in 2* 1» hour sessions a. which they learned the basic run.r.ients of welding and cutting of metals with special attention directed at aluminum, stainless steel and other had to weld me ta that are in use today With the completion <>f the course by this group, it brings to 50 the ntimb'r who have availed themselves of the opportunity to learn these skills in the classes off’ red last year and this. A number who have taken this cla.-- have expressed interest in an advanced class. Mr. Rum ba-..¿h has said that he .would like to -ave all those interest’d con- la--. him so he can see if enough wa -t an advanced class to war rant starting one. Also, he would like to know of ail those who tvould wish the class in basic rudiments and those who would be interested in .voodshop. The organization of . ’asses after the holidays will depend on the interest shown an»: the classes most in demand w-i. be given preference. A num- bcr of men have expressed need fo’ tire shop class to heip in getting employment and both mtr and women have voiced in. te-i.st in the woodworking. All persons interested in any of the classes should give their name it Mr. Rumbaugh now. THE MEN PICTURED here have juit completeu a ten ciass course in w«lding taught at the high school shop by Welcome Rumbaugh. Frcm left o right they are: J. P. McFarland, L. G. Bowerman. R. N. Jenser.. Verne Cunningham, Dudley Spoffo: d. Charlie Biggs and Art Bellingham from Birken feld. Dwight Strong and George Laws were abs nt wh'n the picture was taken. Head Injuries Cause of Holloway Death, Autopsy Report Indicates Report from an au'.op.iy pe - formed early this w ek in Port land fhowed that Robert Erne t Holloway, 44. of Portland had d cd of h ad injuries and was un doubtedlv d'ad when his body was placed in the well on the former George Johnson place not far from Braun's siding, east -if highway 47, just inside Golumb.a county. The property is now owned by Longview Fibre com pany. The tips which reached police Licyd Allen Gay of Timber and brought the law enforcement David El-vine Norton, Timber men fiom M- Itnomah, Washing rdute, were brought into justice ton and Columbia counties; the court here Tuesday, Decemb r 24 state police and private detec by State Police Officer Henry tives into this area last week in Ncukom on a charge of kill.ng the search for the body of Holl.i- det. ■ out of season. The m. n i way who had disappeared in Oc w .-v apprchend?d the evening be- tober following a tavern brawl. fo < and the carcass in their A lady friend had reported him pns-< ssion was brought into v'e~- missing and that he was supposed nona with them. Evidence to have be n taken for a one way brought out in court also alleged iide and dumped in a well along sp-, lighting. with sacks of lime. Tests of wa. Both men pleaded guilty to th- ter identified ■ the well in which charge and wer. fined $250 tacn. lime had been placed and on In .eu of payment of the tine. ' Thursday of last week, pumping Wit nen are lodged in the county equipment of the Crown Zeller- bach company was used to pump -.a’-i at St. Helens. OUTAGES CAUSED BY HIGH WINDS out the well and allow th - body to be recovered. The lime which had been intended to destroy the ! body had instead act ’d as a pr» - 7 wo fire Fined On Deer Charge ■ I - | | I sorvative. The body was identi- fied bv a daughter and son-in- law. He had six children. Thursday of last week, alter it become known that off cogs had apparently located the body n the abandoned well and were to attempt recovery. Vernon-a be came a popular spot, With the KGW-TV truck here looking for the spot and report ts from the Portland dailies and weeklies in n :ar-ty towns here in search of the story. One repo, ter who ap- proached polic ■ officers wearing rain gear who were ready »» start for the site for the recovery attempt was told they were *'g- ing after Christmas trees." Funeral services for Holloway were held in Portland Tuesday. Two m.n being held for ques tioning in connection with the case are Harold Keith. 43, a ¡or mer resident <4 the ar«.a near the abandoned well, and Lee uiw>.i Allen Parker, 31 of Port.and. I Winds that reached hurri cane force Wednesday after noon look West Oregon line men away from family Christmas celebrations to try io restore service in many areas. Falling trees and limbs caused outages on Kea- scy route, at Vesper. Chap- m,.n and Buxtcn which could not ba restored until Thurs day. West Oregon crews have po.nted out that as trees along their right-of-way at- lain greater heighth, the danger to the lines also in creases. The right-of-way is on. y ten feet wide and the damage comas from trees on e.lher side of it. Judges io Seek Offices ! | I I Both Circuit Court Judge Ho ward K Zimmerman, Astoria, and Circuit Court Judge J. S. Bo- hannon. Tillamook, have announ- ced they w.ll be candidates '.»> succeed themselves next year. Judge Zimm rtnan has been serv- ing since 1928 . Four boys from the Future Farmers of America group at Vernonia high school are prepar ing for an appearance on tele vision, Friday. January 3 at 12 noon on the Town and Country program on channel 8. Boys who are slated to appear are Jerry Buckner. Byron Hawk ins. George Brown and Dave Roediger who will discuss the greenhouse that the boys of the club built at the high school last summer and are now using in experimental projects Welcome Rumbaugh. a^> instructor, says h° believes it to be the only such experimental greenhouse in use in any Oregon high school and is sure it is the only one built by the boys in such a class. This one was built at very low cost by the boys because of the use of surplus glass and other materials. For the TV appearance, Jerry Buckner will act as master of ceremonies; Byron Hawkins will discuss the building of the green house; George Brown will tell of the experimental work being done with fertilizers and hor mones and Dave Roediger will tell of the nursery plots used in connection with the greenhouse for rasing forest trees and berry varieties. About 25 boys at the high school are enrolled in the ag class» • Both the greenhouse and garden plots developed last year are bn ing used not only as training fo the boys in connection with the. classes but as test plots to deter mine crops suited to this localil and the best methods for develop ing them here. In the greenhouse, the boys learn progogation o< nursery stock and ornamental shrubs, and also how to raise early vegetables under glass. In the garden plot, test plots of grasses and legume's have been planted and interested farmers are invited to inspect them and use the information gained Mr Rumbaugh is also the in structor for the wood shop classes and a new program is being car ried out there which is designed to be of more value to the boys The first year, straight wood shop is taught in which they learn th»- use of the various tools and power equipment. In the second year, the first half is given over to learning shop .mechanics and th»■ second half to real carpentry m which the boys build scale mo dels of houses from blue prints, using lumber sawed to scale di mensions which is made avail able at the cost of sawing by the Northwest Building Congress. Operation of Planing Mill Ends Friday; About 140 fire Affected Operation of the planing mill was concluded last Friday by the International Paper company, leaving only the shipping depart ment and office still in operation. Personnel has been decreased gra dually over the past three months since the sawmill closed, and now approximately 50 persons are all that are left on the pay roll. Indications are that they will be through by the end of January or soon thereafter, ac cording to Connie Anderson, gen. eral manager. Approximately 1-40 men were affected by Friday's lay-off. Houses owned by the company are now receiving West Oregon power at night and following the complete shutdown of th ■ pow er plant at the mill, will receive 26 Pints Taken By Bloodmobile it altogether. No further information is avail • abl? as to final disposition of the mill and mill property. Such repairs and maintenance care ut being given as is needed for pro tection and to prevent détériora tion. Any future use of the pro perty awaits further develop ment. Loggers Trounced By Clatskanie Th” Vernonia Loggers aixt JVs traveled to Clatskanie De cember 19 to garner sound trounc- mgs at the hands of the Clatska nie teams. In first team play, the final score was 73 to 47. Th»1 JVs managed to keep it mor- I even with a 57 to 51 final tally i Clatskanie was hot from th»’ start and piled up a good margin in the first quarter. In the se cond quarter, Vernonia rallied to close the gap to 6 point, but from there on out, Clatskanie was in command and during Un last half, played their reserves. Vernonia was hampered by hav ing Mike Mullins and Marvin Mask, both guards, out with in juries Don Savage and Jim Nan- son were th? sparkplugs of the Logger team that though soundly beaten kept trying for a come- i back all the way. Savage total ?d 114 points mostly from outside and Nanson, a driving typ» I guard, got 12 to lead the Log gers. Tall Larry Akers was stea dy on the boards for the Loggers and picked up ten points though he missed frequently from close- in as rebound shots failed to drop. The Loggers are hoping for a better report when Seaside om»-. here Saturday of next week, Jan uary 4. Only 26 pints of blood were received when the bloodmobile visited here December 19. How ever, the Red Cross workers ex pressed great appreciation for that amount since there is much demand for blood at this time of year There were a number of p-ople rejected and many who would hav - donated were unable to d i so because of illness. However, enough came in to replace blood used by Danny Lawler and Mrs Car] Schaumburg and to build a backlog for Mrs Ben Sharar should she need it when she undergoes surgery again Appreciation from the Red Cross has been expressed to Mrs. Chai les Minger who was chair man of arrangements tor the visit, to the Odd Fellows for use of the hall, to the Rebekahs who provided coffee and juice and to the ladies who furnished cookies, t i. the 'adies who helped during the afternoon and to the hign I s< hool boys who helped unload and load equipment The good I coop» rat.jn was complimented. I I Ten Baskets Delivered THE BODY ot Robert Holloway of Por'lard is pulled out of well near here by Portland polic: and state police patrolman Henry Neukom. kneeling) St. Helens, as Walden Dillard. Co lumbia county district attorney (right', and othors from Portland look on. Rubble from a fire near the well years ago was used to cover the well, which was found by the state police. The body was taken to Si. Helens and then into Portland. It is as sumed that Holloway was killed in Portland and then taken io the isolated spot out of Vernonia near where one of suspects in the case used to live. — Sentinel-Mist Photo Ten Christmas baskets were de- livercd to Vernonia families by local organizations and the Vernonia Relief committee early this week. These wen» families who wre report "d to need assistance due to lack of work, illness and other circum stances which made the usual Christmas observances impossi ble. Dog Licenses Available Here A change has been made thia year in the method of issuing dog licenses which will prove more convenient for persons in this area Sam Hearing is now selling the licenses at the Ver nonia city hall. Previously, ap plications were made here, but had to be sent to St Helens, and the licenses mailed from there. Licenses must be obtained be fore March 1 and an application form appears elsewhere in to days paper