VOLUME 32, NUMBER 34
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VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON
GRID PRACTICE
STARTS MONDAY
Vernonia high schools new
grid mentor. Clark Anderson,
released information Tuesday
noon stating that equipment
will be issued to those who
will turn out for the current
season on Saturday from *
to 12. Football practice will
start on Monday.
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NATAL GRANGE booth at county fair was gettin: attention of Ron Anderegg when above photo
was taken just before fair opened lasi week. He d signed booth which won first placo in judging.
He also designed booth last year that won first for Natal. The winning trophy and ribbons are on
display this week at the Vernonia Variety store.
As a result of meetings held
last week, bowling for both men
and women will get underway at
Dessy’s alleys early in September.
The men have three teams fill-
d and possibly a fourth. They
will begin bowling September 3
at 8:00 p m. and any other men
interested in joining in the league
play are asked to contact Dave
Brunsman, Dessy Laird or Char
lie Hickman, president of the
league.
The ladies will open their sea
son September 9 at 8:00 pm.
More bowlers are needed to fill
their teams and interested per-
sons are asked to contact Rena
Brady, president of the league.
At the meeting held last Fri-
day, Hazel Shipman was elected
as treasurer to replace Jerry
Thompson who moved to Gig
Harbor, Washington.
Prizes, Awards Won in Fair Events
Vernonia was well on the map tree farm methods used on his week.
Complete tabulation of 4-H
again this j ar at the Columbia 708 acre tree farm project; Lai -
ci unty fair at Deer Island, with -y W Ich, red ribbon for garden winnings will be available for
Natal Grange taking first place project; Dave Roediger, cham next week, also and a number of
for the second year on their booth pion FFA ram lamb and second them will be sending exhibits to
and the 4-H and FFA groups tak- I place Hampshire ewe; the FFA’s the state fair, including Judy
ing their share of prizes. Indivi- j sheep chain animals had a total Towne who won in the dollar din
dual entries in various divisions of four firsts and' five second ner contest.
also brought home a fair share of place ribbons on their Hampshire
ribbons.
breed.
In the pig and calf scramble,
Carl Schaumburg was victor in
the horseshoe pitching meet and the Vernonia boys showed their
mettle by capturing a pig and a
Julius Enevoldsen was second
The pig was caught by
They had each won six games out calf.
A meeting of the Friendship
of seven and had to play each George Brown and Paul Miller
other for the best two out of three put on a marathon chase that Jamboree committee has been
games for the trophy, the first ended up with his outlasting the called for Thursday night of next
one ever given at the county calf after two and a half miles up week, August 28 for the purpose
fair. Schaumburg reports that a logging road out of the fair i of organizing for next year and
there are plans for a meet here grounds. This unscheduled event getting machinery set for promo-
soon to determine the county proved to be one of the out 1 tion of such an event in 1959.
standing feats of the fair, but un- ! Some indication has been voiced
championship.
The FFA boys under the direc- fortunately, it was viewed only that this could be tied in with
ti r of Welcome Rumbaugh, ag by Georg • Brown. Dave and Ed ■ the Oregon Centennial celebra-
instructor
at
Vernonia
high Roediger and Welcome Rumbaugh . tion. also.
All committee members, repre-
school, entered a number of com- who went out to haul the animal
1 sentatives of organizations and
petitions and their winnings are in.
Ron Anderegg tok a blue rib I other interested persons are ask-
as follows: Georg* Brown, two
first and a second on cross-bred bon on an oil painting and the I ed to attend the meeting next
Cornish-Rock
chickens; Byron Buckleys and Morans took many [ w « k and heads of organization
Hawkins, second place on better ribbons with their stock. Com | that are not now in session are
farming contest exhibit showing plete listing will be giv n next asked to see that they have a re
GREEN
11959 Promotion of Jamboree Topic
For Next Week's Committee Meet
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presentative there.
At the last meeting of the com
mittee, there was considerable
discussion about possible change
of the date for next years event.
In order that everyone may ex
press their sentiment on this mat
ter, the coupon appearing on page
6 is provided and citizens are
asked to fill one out and return
it to the Vernonia Eagle office
or hand it to Phil Steinmetz, pre-
sent Jamboree chairman. Space
is also provided for suggestions
for events that arc desired.
A complete financial statement
for this years Jamboree will also
be presented Thursday night.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1958
Plans Readied
For September 2
School Opening
With the opening of the school
term scheduled for September 2,
plans for the opening day pro
cedures were being readied at the
elementary school this week The
staff of the two grade schools
will meet Thursday and Friday
of next week to plan the pro
gram for the new term and to
prepare the classrooms for the
arrival of
students
Tuesdav
morning. The first day will be
devoted to registration and half-
day of classes and students will
be home by noon.
Primary children (kindergar -
ten. first, second, and third grad-
ersi need only to register Septem
ber 2 and then may return home
with their parents. The division
for primary children to determine
which school they attend is as
follows: Lincoln school accomo-
dates those children in the first,
second and third grades who live
west of the SP&S tracks and bus
students from bus No, 1, (George
John s o n) Riverview-Pittsburg-
Camp 8 run. All other primary
children will register at the
Washington school. It is hoped
that this will provide classes of
equal size at both schools but
in order to adjust classes it may
be necessary to request some stu
dents to shift after registration
is completed.
Children entering school for the
first time must have a birth cer
tificate and a medical examina
tion and forms for this are avail
able at the school office. Child
ren may enter kindergarten if
they are five and first grade if
they arc six on or before Novem
ber 15, 1958.
The buses and the routes they
travel are as follows:
Bus No. 1 — Driver, George
Johnson: Starts above Camp 8 on
the Scappoose road, to the junc
tion of Highway 47 and over
highway 47 to Riverview (last
pickup east side of Riverview
bridge) to Washington and Lin
coln schools.
Bus No. 2 Driver. Jim Davies:
Starts at Keasey, follows Rock
Creek road to Stoney Point,
thence over Stoney Point to
Highway 47 and to Riverview
(last stop at Riverview bridge) to
high school and Washington grade
school.
Bus No. 3 Driver. Bob Thomp.
son Pebble Creek road ,to High
way 47, to Johnson Road then
back on Highway 47 to Treharne
junction with the load from there
on to be equalized with route 4
to the high school and Washing
ton school.
Mill Levy Asked by Society to Build County Historical Museum
The Columbia county court this week agreed they
would put on the November ballot a one mill tax levy to
finance the construction of a Columbia County Histori
cal museum, according to Vilas Shephard, head of the
building committee.
Th' museum is being pushed by the County His
torical society.
According to Shephard, the levy would raise about
$26,000 which would adequately build the proposed mu-
scum. The building would be located, according to pre
sent plans, on the Columbia county fair grounds across
from the caretaker's cottage
Tentative plans call for a block building with glass
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ipporting timbers, w hich
: show on the outside . would fit the building into
the urroundings and create a modern log cabin effect
The building would be 48 feet by 50 feet and woul I
• ave a i nc rete floor
The in ode would include a stor
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torical items
Shephard said that the members of the historical so.
ciety have met with the county court and they have
a o ed to support the project
The historical ociety ha been work» g f' r the mu-
urn for the last eht years
Every effort has been
made to find suitable old building and adequate loca-
tions, and the committee felt that this would be the best
elution to the
Ther: are many prie less historical items in the
county that will be lost if something is not done immedi
ately to house them, and there are also many items that
now belong to the historical society which are being held
by various members for a museum when it is construct
ed. See floor plan, page 8
Bus No. 4: Driver. Philip Stun
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| er (Casons' Bus): From Sunset
camp via Timber road to Tre
harne junction with the load
from there on to be equalized
with route 3 to the high school
and Washington school.
The school lunch will begin
operations on Wednesday, Sep-
tomber 3 and lunches for the first
week will b ■ 60c for grade school
and 75c for high school students
Lunches will be served again this
year on a $1 a week basis for
grade school students or 25
j cents per single meal. High
will pay
• school students
25 cents per meal or $1.25 per
week. Adults will be charged
35 cents per meal. The family
plan will be used for full weeks
of school and rates are available
at the school office.
The special milk program will
be continu'd and students who
bring sack lunches will be able
to purchase milk for three cents
per bottle or 15 cents a week at
both the Washington and Lincoln
schools. Kindergarten students
will have milk and cookies or
crackers for 20 cents a week.
There will be two session* of
kindergarten
again, the first
from 9 to 11:15 for youngsters
coming by bus and living the
greatest distance from school and
the second session from 1 to 3:15
p.m. for children in town.
NO BURNING OF
TRASH ASKED
Vernonia city firemen is -
sued a request Wednesday
morning that people refrain
from burning of trash, even
if it is placed in barrels, dur
ing the remainder of the pre
sent dry weather.
The request was issued
along with official state ac
tion closing all activity in
forest areas in this region
because of dangerous fire
conditions.
Streets Given
Seal Coating
Work on the Stoney Point road
was completed Monday by the
county paving crew and Tuesday
they moved into Vernoma and be
gan putting the seal coat on the
streets that had previously been
paved.
Some additional work
will be done, also and should all
be completed this week, accord
ing to Art Davis, county com
missioner.
Streets that are receiving seal
coats are as follows: All of State
street to the city limits; A, B and
C streets west of State street; all
of East, Washington and Grant
streets; First and Second avenues
both north and south of Bridge
street; Cougar street from Rose
to Second avenues; River street
from Rose to First avenue and
from Second to Third avenue,
and all of Maple street.
Rites Today for
Carroll Brock
Funeral services for Carroll L.
Brock of Portland, former Ver
nonia resident, will be held this
afternoon at 2:30 at the Jacobson
Family Southeast chapel at 88th
and S. E Foster. Vault inter
m nt will follow at Lincoln Me
morial cemetery.
He is survived by his wife.
Myrtle; three sons, Elbert, Gold
Beach, Oregon; Leon. Portland
and Lt Mervin Brock, Fort Ben-
lung, Georgia, 10 grandchildren
and a brother and two sisters.
He was a member and past
master of Vernonia Lodge No
184, AF&AM, and members of
this lodge will conduct the Mu
sonic service at the funeral