VOLUME 37. NUMBER 16
VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON
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Ag Student Scores Top
Place Over 50 Entrants
In Farm Skills Contest
Jim Barlow, Vernonia high
agriculture student, scored an
outstanding victory in winning
the all-around competition at the
Northwest Oregon district farm
skills contest held at Scappoose
last Wednesday, April 13. He
competed against 50 other select
boys from agriculture classes from
high schools at Tillamook, Forest
Grove, St. Helens,
Hillsboro,
Sherwood, Scappoose, Rainier,
Knappa, Banks and Vernonia.
Of this list, Knappa is the only
school comparing in size to Ver
nonia.
Jim, who hails from Birkenfeld
and has a home project of about
20 purebred Hampshire sheep,
performed the feat of winning a
first place in two of the contests,
a second and a third place rib
bon out of the five separate skills
he was required to participate in.
His first place wins came in the
areas of operating a level transit
and laying out and cutting raf
ters; a second place was scored in
carbon arc brazing and a third
place was garnered in electrical
wiring.
Bob Mathews, Mist junior, also
performed an outstanding feat in
scoring in four of the divisions he
entered. Bob’s victories came in
figuring a bill of materials (first
place), Safety and electrical code
rules (second place), sharpening
twist drills and hooking up trac-
tor implements (fourth places).
The whole contest is set up
with the idea of testing the rela-
tive abilities of these students to
perform the mechanical and
scientific skills required of a mo
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Members for
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dern, progressive farmer. Each
boy was required to select one
skill from each of five major
areas: Farm shop, farm power
and machinery, farm electricity,
soil and water manageemnt, and
building construction. In the di
vision of farm shop, the contested
skills were acetylene welding, arc
welding, arc brazing, sharpening
drills and using taps and dies.
Under the heading of farm pow
er and machinery, timing an an
gine, tractor driving, implement
hook up, repacking a wheel bear
ing, and adjusting engine valves
were skill tested.
The electrical division contain
ed the following contests: drawing
wiring diagrams, wiring a three
way switch, wiring a light and
receptacle combination, figuring
electrical problems and a safety
and code rule test. In soil man
agement: determining soil tex
ture, operating a level transit,
testing soils, figuring differences
of elevation and determining
acreage and legal description us
ing maps were the contest areas.
The last major division, building
construction, encompassed the
areas of pipe fitting, lumber mea
suring and sawing, cutting and
figuring rafters, building layout
using square root, and figuring a
bill of materials.
The third member of the five-
man team was Dave Roediger
who placed first in the pipe fitting
contest. Rounding out the other
members of the Vernonia team
were Jack Lindsley, senior, and
Fred Mangat, a Sophomore.
Wilbur Wilson of Vernonia has
been named as a member of the
newly organize I juvenile advi
sory council for Columbia county,
I according to an announcement
I made last week by County Judge
John W. Whipple.
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JIM BARLOW, Vernonia high
school student from Birkenfeld,
was named winner of Northwest
Oregon district in farm skills com
petition last Wednesday. He fac
ed competition of students from
10 schools in district.
Mill Accident
Cause of Death
Three High Schools Participate in
100-Voice Choral Festival Concert
Robert Thornton, chorous in
structor at Vernonia high school,
reported this week that the choral
festivities held here last Saturday
with Rainier. Clatskanie and Ver
nonia high schools participating
was very successful. There was
a fair attendance nt the public
concert given in the afternoon at
which the massed choir of about
100 voices sang.
Donald Thulean, head of the
music department at Pacific Uni
versity who directed the massed
choir and also judged the indivi
dual groups on their performan
ces, complimented the Vernonia
group and said they were well
disciplined and had real poten
tial.
Mr. Thornton expressed his ap
preciation for the assistance given
to him by West Oregon Electric
cooperative with the use of their
truck to put up the banner an
nouncing the concert and to the
people who attended. He realized
the conflicts that day with an
other meeting and the holiday
week end which made it difficult
for many.
This Saturday, April 23, Thorn
ton will take his grade school
band to Scappoose to participate
in the band festival. They will
play a march. Our Flag Forever;
Prelude in C Minor and La Cum.
parsita (tango). The massed band
will play Men of Harlech, Viceroy
Overture and March of the Me
teorites.
Economists Tell
Food Preparation
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A very interesting program was
presented last Saturday at the
West Oregon Electric cooperative
building on Live Better Electri
cally day by Beulah Fewless.
home economist for the Contin
ental Baking company and Mrs.
Betty Ashbaugh, home economist
for the American Lamb Council.
Mrs. Ashbaugh demonstrated
the use of the less expensive lamb
cuts from the forequarter and in
showing how to prepare them,
also demonstrated the effective
use of the electric range oven,
the rotisserie and the electric
fry-pan. The items prepared were
later given as door prizes.
Beulah Fewless showed how to
make a number of attractive party
sandwiches including the ribbon
sandwich loaf and pinwheels, as
well as the more hearty grilled
sandwiches She stressed the ease
of entertaining when sandwich« s
are prepared ahead and stored in
refrigerator and freezer.
CHAMPIONSHIP tournaments have been held recently for the
men's bowling league and team honors went to Fisher's Electric.
Members of that team, the first five in the picture above, from left
to right, are Albert Schalock, Dick Johnson, Larry Akers, Bill Wil-
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The ten member committee has
been appointed in compliance with
the new state juvenile law which
went into effect this year. Other
members named are: Harold Da
vis, Clatskanie; Mrs. Belle Me-
Crummen, and Lee Pennell, St.
Helens; Mrs. Maurice Slaymaker,
Rainier; Mrs. John Rupprath,
Goble; Mrs. Eva Tice and Mrs. R.
N. Steinfeld, Scappoose; Mrs. Les
lie Furer, Prescott and Mrs. Ri
chard Gortler, Columbia City,
Judge Whipple states that care
ful consideration had een given
before selecting council members
and that all had had experience
in some phase of youth work.
The law provides that the coun
cil shall act in cooperation with
the juvenile court and shall study
and make recommendations con
cerning the operation of the court,
including counselors and other
personnel,
detention
facilities,
shelter care, foster homes and
other facilities needed or func
tioning in connection with the
court.
PHONE HA 9-3372
Weather in
March Wet
Easter was observed with rain
and cold temperatures rather than
the warm sunshine so much de
sired, and the cold, rainy weather
has persisted during the past 10
days. In fact, from April 11 to
19, Mrs. Helen Spofford, weath r
observer here, has measured a
total of 2.75 inches of rain. High
est temperature in that time was
54 degrees and a low of 29 de
grees was reached on April 16,
the day before Easter. There was
some sleet and snow just prior
to Easter, also.
The month of March saw pre
cipitation amounting to 7.59 inch
es, but there were 11 days in
March when no rain fell. High
temperature for March was 76
degrees March 19 and low was 13
degrees March 1 and 2. Snow
fell on seven days for a total of
13 inches measured at the weath
er station on Corey Hill. Great
est depth at any one time in the
downtown area was about six
inches.
Pl A Group Sees
Spring Program
A very clever program, all
about spring, was presented last
Monday evening at the meeting
of the PTA and parents of child
ren turned out to help the kind
ergarten class lay undisputed
claim to the room plaque for this
month. The program was pre
sented under the direction of Mi .
L a u n e e Cousins, kindergarten
teacher.
Only a short business session
was held. President Isabel An-
deregg reported that she had visit
ed Mrs. Harry Sandon on Sunday
and found her making good re
covery from her surgery.
It was reported that 45 pre
school children were examined at
the clinic held Thursday of last
week, April 14. The clinic was
sponsored jointly by the PTA,
the local doctors and the county
health department.
Funeral services for James Cal-
hoon, 37, who lived in Vernonia
for many years, were held at Fui-
ten’s Chapel in the Hills mortu j
They also are to study and
ary, Vernonia Monday, April 18 make recomemndations in con
at 2:00 p.m.
nection with community programs
Mr. Calhoon was killed last and services designed to prevent
Thursday, April 14, at the Bates and correct juvenile delinquency
Brothers sawmill at Cloverdale, and take appropriate action to
California when a safety chain stimulate community interest in
broke and a log rolled off a truck the problems of children. They
and crushed him. He had been at are to make an annual report of
Cloverdale for the past nine their activities.
months.
The law also provides that the
county
court may expend county
The Rev. Elby Boosinger, pas
tor of the Forest Grove Christian funds for the activities of the
church officiated at the services council.
with Mrs. Lloyd Thomas serving
as pianist and Mrs. Frank Serafin
as soloist.
Vern Lindsley, James C Young,
Ed Justice, Frank Schmidlin, Gus
and George Hult served as cas- I
ketbearers at the services. Con
An exhibit of 150 copies and
cluding rites and interment were
prints of world famous master
at the Vernonia Memorial ceme
pieces in the realm of art will be
The city council at its meeting
tery.
exihibted at Vernonia high school Monday evening gave considera
James Calhoon was born at early in May on the same date tion to a wide variety of items
Harrisburg, Colorado September as that set for the Mom and Pop ranging from use of park areas to
23, 1922, the son of Delbert and | reception, according to an an- the authorizing of the purchase of
the late Vivian Calhoon. After | nouncement made this week by a fingerprint kit for the use of
spending his early life in Colo I Mrs. T M. Scott The art exhibit Police Chief A. D. Lolley.
rado, Nebraska and South Dakota j will be held in the library and
Also, a spokesman for some of
he came with his family to Ver ! will be open to the public before the local service station opera
nonia in 1941 and lived here most the reception and after the pro- tors was present to protest the
of the time until moving to Clov j gram.
purchase of tires and other equip
erdale nine months ago. He spent
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Purpose of the exhibit is to im ment for city owned cars from
several years in the services dur
Local
prove art appreciation both of stu sources outside the city.
ing World War II.
dents and townspeople. Students stations contend they could sup
Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Mil- will act as hosts for the exhibit ply the items purchased recently
dred Smith Hult Calhoon, Clover- and will tell those who attend at prices less than those paid The
dale; his father, Delbert Calhoon, 1 about the pictures shown.
answer given by the council was
Omaha, Nebraska; five brothers,
that it had been an established
A small admission charge of 25
Harold, Stites, Idaho; Gene of
policy to deal directly with dis
cents for adults and 15 cents for
Sweet Home; Ray of Massachus
tributors and that some tires re
students will be made and the
etts; Allen, Sacramento and Lee,
cently purchased locally had not
proceeds will be used to buy pic
Superior, Montana; a sister, Mrs.
been satisfactory.
tures for the school.
Elsie Jane Armstrong, Alberton,
Reference to the retirement age
Montana; a step-daughter, Mr
Definite date for the exhibit of police officers and firemen was
Charlotte Grady, Cedar Hills, and I and reception will be announced clarified as follows: the state law
one grandchild.
soon.
requires retirement at age 60, but
written request for continuance
can be made. This allows those
physically fit to continue until
age social security can be drawn.
Inquiries were received as to
the possibility of using the old
ball park for the hobby of go-kart
driving interested parties should
submit any propositions for u e
or purchase of the area to the |
council. Inquiry also was made
as to possibility of pasturing rid
ing horses on the area adjacent
to the old ball park
A search
of city ordinances since then by
the recorder does not show any
law to prohibit it.
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have registered their interest in
asphalt sidewalks and contrac
tors are to be approached relative
to details of construction and cost.
The park committee was au
coxen and Jerry Dinger. Also pictured are Dessy Laird, singles
thorized to arrange for work of
champion: Bob King, all events champion, and Ben Fowler and
clearing
and developing the I
Dr. T. M. Hcbart, doubles champions.
south park area to ready it for
Masterpieces
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THURSDAY, APRIL 21. I960
Problems of
Colleges Told
C of C Guests
The members and friends at
tending the Vernonia Chamber of
Commerce quarterly dinner Fi
day evening were treated to a
peppy, humorous, and informa
tive taik on the problems of Ore
gon's future college plans by Ben
Padrow of Portland State college
Padrow stated that after the
launching of sputnik, the wrath
of the gods was brought down
upon those in education and edu
cation was made the scapegoat.
Something is being done about
it. He feels that business has i
definite responsibility to schools
and they in turn to business and
the country. There are three prob
lems very important; Function,
faculty and facility. Function of
the student is to seek truth and
he feels that it is the moral obli
gation of the colleges to give
everyone an opportunity to test
himself in the battlefield of edu
cation.
By 1970 there will be 40,000
students wanting to attend Ore
gon public colleges. There is a
constant need for better facilities
and a measure will be on the bal
lot this fall for state bonds for
higher education facilities, (to in
crease the constitutional limits.)
This will not increase taxes as
the payment of bonds will be
taken from student fees.
Facilities will be needed in 10
years at the rate of two for every
three we have now. There is a
need for more teachers now and
there are less and less available
because industry takes them at
much higher salaries than the col
leges pay. Padrow ended his talk
with the quote “to be ignorant
and free never was and never can
be,” and afterward answered
questions presented by the guests.
Guests introduced were Mr. and
Mrs. H. S. Knauts, of the West
Coast Téléphoné Co., James Fuit-
en, of Forest Grove; Lloyd Thom
as and Mr. and Mrs. Joey W
Acaiturri of Vernonia.
Service Station Operators Protest
Council Purchases Outside City
use at Jamboree time.
Possible purchase of pipe from
the Heinz Construction Company
was discussed among other items
before adjournment at 10:40 p.m.
Seniors Prepare
To Present Play
The senior class of 1960 will
present their play, "Lunatics at
Large" on April 22 at 8:00 p.m
in the Vernonia high school gym
The cast for the play will be a
follows:
Jack Lindsley, Mr. Hyde, a very
furocious villian; Donna Savage,
Priscilla, a bloodthirsty wench;
Gary Justice, John Alden, who
hunts Indians; Judy Strong, Lady
Macbeth, a victim of Shake
speare; George Miner, Don Cut
ter, a young playwright; Pat Mc-
Entire, Dr. Janet, who is n
charge; Judy Towne, Mrs. Adair,
a somewhat mysterious lady;
P< ggy Bowerman, Elaine, her
daughter and slightly cracked;
Greg Kamholz, Wing, Don’s Chi
nese valet; Doug Bellingham,
Greg Stevens, a young man in a
hurry; Carol Dinger, Claire Ste-
vens, his sister; Ted Bodenhamer,
Amos Burke, out for no good;
Walt Berg, Inspector Britt, of the
police.
The play is a three act mystery
mental h pitele
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The solution is
reached jointly by the detective
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Admisión prices for the play
are 75 cents for adults, 50 cents
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cents for grade school students.
The play is directed by Carlton
Moran.