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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1958)
Library, U of ° I Vi J VOLUME 36, NUMBER 14 PTA Prepares Annual Clinic For April 17 The annual pre-school clinic will be held here April 17 at the Washington grade school. The clinic is sponsored by the local Parent-Teacher association with the cooperation of Dr. R. D. Eby, Miss Grace Roumagoux, county health nurse and the school. State law requires the physical examination of ail students upon entering school for the first time. The clinic provides an apportun- ity for parents to meet the ob ligation at no charge and both kindergarten and first grad? stu dents planning on entering school next fall will be examined. Notices will be sent to the par ents, where possible. However, as there was no census taken this year, the school records are not as complete as usual. Parents are urged to call at the school for a record form and instruction sheet if they do not receive one in the mail by April 10. March Weather Shows Variety 10c COPY VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON Elementary Scherel Bant Laterne Participation in Annual Festival Event at Clatskanie Saturday Next Saturday, April 5. the Vernonia elementary sch • band will travel by bus to Clatskanie to participate with the other ele mentary school bands of Colum bia county in the annual band festival The day's activities be gin at 1 o’clock with a rehearsal of the combined bands and will be followed by individual up- pearances of each band for judg ing. Written comments are to be made of each band making an ap pearance. Following dinner and a movie, the bands prepare for an evening concert which will begin at 7:30 at Clatskanie high school and which is open to the public. The program opens with each band making an appearance and will be climaxed with the combining of all bands for the final two numbers. Over three hundred young student musicians will take part in this colorful music festi val. Fifty-nine youngsters make up Vernonia’s band. These children range from fourth graders to eighth grade. The band has had considerable playing experience this year, having performed early in the fall for the Columbia coun ty teachers institute, the Ver nonia teachers reception, the an nual Christmas program and at their recent winter concert. The festival band will be direc ted by Charles Dietz, former in strumental director. Pacific Uni versity, now supervisor of ele mentary i n s t r u m e ntal music. Portland schools. He also is first horn player for the Portland sym phony and has been festival band director for a number of high school festivals. The Columbia county band di- rectors are: Don Stroh, Clatska- Raini er; nie; Robert Clausen. George Lockhoven, Scappoose; Tom Brumbaugh. St. Helens; and Rill Johnson. Vernonia. Those people of Vernonia who have not had the opportunity to hear these youngsters are invited to drive to Clatskanie and enjoy an evening of good music. Mixed Chorus Takes Part in County Festival: Five Schools Compete Weather figures compiled for The high school mixed chorus | ham who sang a solo and was March by Frank Slemmons, co- composed of 25 students and in- I rated 2 operative weather observer, show Chorus competition was held a total rainfall of 2.89 inches for structed by Miss Carol Smith in the afternoon when the chor- were in St. Helens last Saturday the month. The greatest amount fell on the last day of the month, to participate in the county chor uses from th? five county high Monday of this week, when .43 us festival. The morning was de schools, Clatskanie. Rainier, St. voted to solo and ensemble com Helens. Scappoose and Vernonia of an inch was measured. petition and only one entered each presented three numbers. March has been one of the colder months of this winter, with from here was Lorraine Cunning- j Vernonia was the smallest school represented. The numbers they more frost, in fact just about half presented were "Stranger in Par of the mornings of the month adise, ” "I heard a Forest Pray saw frost, though temperatures ing” and “Jesus Walked This were not low. Coldest mornings Lonesome Valley." They were were March 1 and 4 when mer- graded by three judges, two of cury dipped to 23 degrees. Warm- est day was March 23 with a top Information received this week whom gave them a 3 while the of 61 degrees. states that, according to Mr. Ott third judge rated them 2 In the evening. each school Some snow fell during March of the employment security de and was measured at a total of partment in the state office peated their numbers for the audience after which the massed 2 8 inches by Mr. Slemmons. building in Portland. Columbia Heaviest fall was 1 inch on each county was designated as a labor chorus sang under the direction of Miss Marjorie Albertson of of two days, March 7 and 8. distress area Match 24. In records kept by amateur In mid-February, 20 6 per cent Portland State college, guest con- Chuck Vlcek, he noted 10 days of the labor force in this county ductor Selections used for the massed chorus included " I with temperature above 60 de- I was unemployed (2022 people out Today Where Jesus grecs and 14 when it dipped be- of approximately 9800 labor Walked the “All Through low 32 degrees He averaged the force). Population in Columbia Walked." temperatures for the month at county has decreased, but the Night" and “Battle Hymn of the 44 degrees. number of people comprising the Republic." These numbers had been selected by the music in | labor force has increased The county will remain in this structors of the five schools who met for that purpose some time I category as long as there are ago. more than 8 percent unemployed County Declared Distress Area Repeats Award This week, the Crown Zeller- bach Edward P. Stamm Tree Farm here received a plaque from the National Safety Coun- ci‘ acclaiming them as winner in the class B, logging division, wood products safety contest for his contest involved opera- ' or s representing under 90,000 r - n hours per quarter year and this plaque is the 14th safety award won by the farm since -7. according to Glen Hawkins, tree farm supervisor. County Teachers To Meet Here The Columbia County Educa tion association will meet in Vernonia April 7 at the Wash ington grade school and approxi mately 125 teachers, husbands and wives are expected to at tend This is the final meeting of the school year and will feature a social evening and the installa tion of officer . Mail Service Change for Jewell, Mist, Birkeneld Areas Contemplated ( ranges in the mail service to JeO-ell, B'rkenfeld and Mist arc ig contemplated by the U.S P st Office department, accord- ng to information released this are designed to give er and faster service in tho.e eady announced by the de- partment is a change of the route be ween Clatskanie and Jewell At present, it begins at Jewell d goes to Clatskanie The new se up would reverse it so that the route will begin in Clats- k: i? and connect at Mist with mail from Vernonia so that nail for Birkenfeld and Jewell will go on to those places at • instead of laying over a day at Mist as it does now The new hedule is to begin July 1 and bids for the carrying of mail on it are being called for and will be received until 4 00 p.m. May 22 The route comprises about 38 miles and return Cr six days a week except holidays. Other proposal not yet definit ely established is to make Mist a rural station of Vernonia and designated as an independent sta tion for receipt and dispatch of mails. A meeting of the people in the Mist area has been called for next Wednesday evening, April 9. at th ’ school gymnasium to hear explanations of the propos- ed changes and their effect on the mail service to the community. Among others, O. T. Bateman, Vernonia postmaster is expected to be at the meeting to he Ip. clar- ify the proposals Eagle 4 Decisions Made By The Teachers With the arrival of the April 1 deadline on which teachers must indicate to the school boards their decision to accept or reject prof- fared contracts, four high school teachers and four elementary teachers have indicated their in tentions not to return here next year. Contracts wer offered by the board of directors several weeks ago. High school teachers who will not return are Miss Margaret Cotter, commercial teacher, who has indicated lack of bus service as one of the deciding factors since she has to depend on busses for transportation; Miss Marilyn Knox, librarian. Miss Janice Ax - chibald, home c and Joseph Roe mer, science, all of whom indi cate they have opportunities for bettering their position elsewhere. Eugen? Dove has been elected as high school superintendent for a sixth year. Other memebrs of the faculty are at present all ex- perted to return In th? elementary school, Dar- rold Proehl has been reelected for superintendent. Elementary teachers who do not plan to return are Mrs Ruth Kyle, Mrs Jane Pace, Mrs. Grace Cant well and Mrs Coele Kienle, all of whom indicate change of resi dence by their family was a fac tor in their decision. As of now, all other teachers on the staff expect to retun Gill Slated as Speaker for Sports Affair Gordon Gilbertson, past presi dent of the Portland Agate club of Portland, will speak and show colored slides for the Vernonia chamber of commerce member ship at their dinner meeting Tues day evening April 8 Gilbertson has been an ardent collector of rocks over a period of at least ten years and has had picture taking as an additional hobby. He has traveled over the United States in search of the beautiful and the unusual in be half of his collection and has a good collection of Oregon scenes and material. Mrs Richard Rice, trea urer of the American Federation of Min- ecological Society, a national group, and Mr. Rice, of Hillsboro, will be present also. Since emphasis is being placed upon advertising the recreational potential of Vernonia and the Up per Nehalem Valley, committee chairman Wilbur Wilson would appreciate ideas and suggestions pertaining to recreation in this area. Dinner is being served by the American Legion Auxiliary at the Legion hall at 7.00 p.m. The pub lic is invited and especially “rock hounds." School Budgets Viewed Tonight Budget hearings will be held tonight by both the elementary school district 47 Jt and the union high school district No. 1. Budgets for both districts were printed in The Eagle on March 13 and 20 and anyone having questions about them or objec- tiens to voice may do so at the meetings tonight. Both meetings are scheduled from 8 to 9 p.m. with the one for district 47 being held at the Washington school and the high school district meeting at the high school. Meetings of the boards of each district will follow' the budget hearings. Mark Hatfield Here April 8 On Tuesday, April 8. Mark Hatfield, Republican candidate for governor, will be in Vernonia for a no-host coffee hour from 10 a.m to 11 a m. at the city cafe. Hatfield desires to meet persons who are interested in at tending the function and he will be happy to answer any ques tions Communism Book In City Library J Edgar Hoover’s new book, “Masters of Deceit," the story« of communism in America and how to fight it, has been pre sented to the Vernonia public library in the interest of public education by the Dorothy H Lewis Rosenstiel Foundation of New York City. PHONE HA 9-3372 SNAG FALLING BIDS ISSUED Call for bids to fell 7225 snags on its Vernonia Tres Farm was issued today by the Long-Bell division of In ternational Paper Co. Bids will be received at the com pany's Vernonia or Long- view offices until 10 a.m. on April 11. Snag fallers interested in bidding on the work will be taken on tours of the area on April 4 and 7. They are to meet at the company's mill office in Vernonia at 9 a.m. or at the junction of Camp McGregor Road and Sunset Highway at 10 a.m. Corridors, or fire breaks, in which snags are to be failed have been laid out in a block. Roads cross the corridor and provide easy access to the Successful bid- snag block ders will be asked to furnish equipment. personnel. ser- vices and a surety bond. Local MCs Will Handle Jamboree At the meeting of the Friend ship Jamboree committee held last Thursday evening at the West Oregon office building. many suggestions were discussed and left for further consideration after more investigation. Concrete action taken included the decision not to hire an MC after it was learned that Bruce Vanderhoff, radio personality would charge $150 and expenses for such a job. Harry Bryant volunteered use of his speaker and suggested that he and John Harris could assist with the MC- ing. Wilbur Wilson is being ask ed to MC the horse show, a job he handled most ably last year. Action was also taken to ap propriate $10 for postage and cards to notify organizations of meeting dates and necessity for having delegates present. Suggestions considered includ ed some specific contest, such as old time fiddlers, barbershop quartet, pie baking or such be selected for which prizes would be offered and entries invited from all over the state. Bob Thompson advised the committee that the Ridge Riders are planning an overnight trail ride in connection with the Sat urday events and a playday on Sunday. Other suggestions made and taken under consideration were a pancake breakfast Saturday, July 4; that a country store be established in one building for Nehalem valley products and that the Granges be contacted to see if they would sponsor a berry pie contest. Display space for 4 H clubs and extension units was requested and a part of the old West Ore- gon building was suggested as a good location. It was announced that Pete Brunsman has arranged for get- ting 10,000 wooden nickels which will be used as last year for pro motion of the jamboree and as souvenir items The committe? will meet again Friday evening, April 11 at the West Oregon building when they expect to take action on many of the suggestion, now being con sidered All committee heads and organization representatives should be present and the meet ing is open to all interested p r- I sons. THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1958 Rock Collector On Agenda for Chamber Meet The Vernonia Lions club is th. year again sponsoring the athleti banquet honoring members of the Vernonia union high school ath letic teams. This years banquet will fea ture A. T. “Slats" Gill, basket ball coach at Oregon State col- lege, as principal speaker. Ken Nanson and Dave Gambee are expected to accompany Gill. The American Legion auxiliary will prepare the meal and the event will be held at the Am ri- can Legion hall Monday, April 14, at 7:00 p m. Arrangements for the affair are being handled by Mrs. C. G. Wal rath for the auxiliary, and Lions club committees. Bill Horn is in charge of tickets and Glen Haw - kins will act as master of cere monies. Tickets for the affair may be purchased from Bill Horn or O. T Bateman, Lions club presi dent. It is also open to other men of the community who wish to attend. Gate Damaged At City Dump Sometime Tuesday afternoon or evening last week the gate at the city dump and posts sup porting the gate were broken down, according to a report by W A. Davis, holder of the fran chise for garbage disposal. City ordinances governing the property state “No person shall maliciously or wantonly deface, injure, damage, mutilati’, endanger, disfigure, or destroy in any manner or in any means, any fixtures, personal property, or real property of any other person within the corpor ate limits of said city; An ordinance amending the above states that police regula tions and ordinances are extend ed to property owned by the City of Vernonia, located outside of the corporate limits of Ver- nonia; Further it is written that "any person violating the provisions of the above ordinance may be convicted before the municipal court of Vernonia, be punished by a fine not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment for a period of not more than 180 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment According to the franchise the city granted Davis for the gar bage service, the dump is closed at ail times except on Saturda/a from 9 a.m. to 12 noon when per sons may dispose of garbage when the site is under supervi- sion. FTA Schedules Bottle Pick-up The Future Teachers of Amgr- ica group at Vernonia high sche 4 has announced that they will con- duct their annual pop bottle driv • from April 3 to April 16. On the two Saturdays, April 5 and 12, and Tuesday, April 15, the mem bers will pick up bottles at homes Persons having pop bot tles for them may call HA 9-6242 for pick-up. Sixth Inning Deadlock Broken in Rally by Jewell After being locked in a tight pitching duel for six innings, Jewell rallied in the seventh in- ning for five big runs to defeat the Loggers 5 to 0 last Friday afternoon Sam Baker was ex- trem ly effective on the mound for the visitors, pitching a no-hit game and permitting only five batters to reach first base. He struck out nine and issued two bases on balls. Until the disastrous seventh, freshman Leonard Hunteman, Vernonia southpaw almost match. ed Bakers performance He al lowed only 3 scratch hits, struck out 10 and walked three The Jewell uprising in the seventh began with a single and base on balls to the first two batters The third man up lifted a fly ball to left center field which Hawkins gloved and dropped for an error to fill the bases Larson of Jewell then slapped a line drive double to right field to push two runs across the plate. At this point Richard Hunteman was called in to pitch for the Loggers, but Jewell sensing a victory continued the rally for three insurance runs before the side was retired. Vernonia and Jewell resched- uled their game at Jewell which was rained out last week for Wednesday, April 2 R H E 000 000 5 5 6 2 Jewell 000 000 0 0 0 2 Vernonia Batteries: Sam Baker and Ni- cholson; L. Hunteman, H. Hunte man (7) and Mullins.
