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Headwater
Ponds Add
To Angling
New fishing waters for Oregon
anglers are being created each
year and the latest of these is a
series of headwater ponds being
built by Crown Zellerbach com
pany which holds promise of long
range angling benefits. Coopera
tion with the Oregon game com
mission has resulted in stocking
these small impoundments with
cutthroat trout. All ponds will
be open to public angling except
during summer fire closures or
during days of actual logging.
Pond building by Crown Zel
lerbach is located in the Vernonia
area on the E. P. Stamm tree farm
in headwater tributaries of the
Nehalem river. The entire op
eration is under the direction of
Bob Lindsay, tree farm superin
tendent.
Primary objective of the pond
development is for fire protec
tion and stems from logging op
erations in 1960 in an area where
water was in short supply and
fire danger fairly high.
Walt Floeter, faller for the com
pany, suggested a little blade
work with a Cat in a high mar
shy meadow would create an im
poundment of around 6 acres and
furnish an adequate water supply
in case of fire breakout. This
was done and proved so success
ful a second pond was developed
in the same general area that
year.
Lindsay continued with his
pond building program this past
year and completed four more
impoundments in the Nehalem
headwaters. The impoundments
vary in size from 4 to 6 acres
and have depths ranging from 12
to 20 feet. These ponds have also
been stocked with cutthroat trout
by the game commission.
Lindsay is enthusiastic over the
program and plans to build ad
ditional fire prevention impound
ments wherever possible. Lind
say is also enthusiastic about the
fishing potential as a secondary
consideration for these waters.
Anglers intending to fish these
small headwater impoundments
will have to hike in since all are
located off the main logging
roads.
Counselling To
Be Discussed
The Columbia County Gover
nor’s Youth Committee will meet
at the court house in St. Helens
Monday, Sept. 25, at 8 p.m. A
speaker from Salem who is fa
miliar with the family counseling
service of the city and Marion
county will be on the program.
The local county committee—
W. E. Curry, Rainier; Mrs. Myron
C. Whitbeck, Scappoose; Miss
Grace Roumagoux, St. Helens;
Mrs. Henry Anderegg, Vernonia,
and William Neuffer, Clatskanie
—will report their study of the
program for family counselling
service in Columbia county. They
have interviewed many interested
people who would work on the
counseling service program.
The family counseling service
is available to all families by ap
pointment through the Columbia
County Youth Committee and
will be active as the needs arise
in the future. The counselors will
not be professional, but will be
laymen who understand the prob
lems of our local culture.
Oer noni a Eagle
VOLUME 39. NUMBER 38_________ VERNONIA. OREGON
P aper C om pany Office
O ffered to C om m unity
At the meeting of the Vernonia
city council Monday evening,
Mayor George W. Johnson report
ed that he had met with J. D.
Leland and H. G. Kelsey, officials
of the International Paper com
pany, with regard to the proffer
ed gift to the city of the former
mill office building. The paper
company surveyors are to deter
mine the exact area to be includ
ed in the grounds deeded to the
city. Also, at the personal re
quest of the donors, the building
is to be retained by the city for a
reasonable. time with the hope
that it may be used permanently
by the city in. some way bene
ficial to the community.
A letter had been received from
F E, Malmsten
Taken By Death
Funeral services for Mr. Frank
lin Emery Malmsten were held
Tuesday, September 19, 2:00 p.m.
in the chapel of Glaske Mortuary
in Beaverton with the Reverend
Raymond T. Targgart, pastor of
the Vernonia E.U.B. church, of
ficiating. Private vault inter
ment followed at Skyline Me
morial Gardens.
He was born June 15, 1871, at
Welch, Minnesota. On February
25, 1903, he was married to Bes
sie Anderson of Swea City, Iowa.
In 1906 they moved to Vernonia,
Oregon, where Mr. Malmsten had
previously taken a homestead. For
many years he was associated
with his brothers in operating a
sawmill near the site later chos
en for the OregOBi-American mill.
Mr. and Mrs. Malmsten lived in
Vernonia until 1947 when they
moved to Portland, Oregon. He
passed away September 17 at
Portland at the age of 90.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Bessie Malmsten, Portland;
and three children: Mrs. Hazel
Griffin of Falls Church, Virginia;
Marshall M. Malmsten and Mrs.
Kathryn Greahouse of Portland,
Oregon. He had six grandchild
ren and three great grandchild
ren. One brother, Sidney V.
Malmsten, Portland, also survives.
Three brothers: Otto B, Elan E.,
and Charles A., and two sisters:
Mrs. Eva West and Mrs. Edna
Lindstrom, all of whom had lived
in Vernonia, preceded him in
death.
Nurse to Spend
Thursday Here
Miss Geraldine Malakowsky,
who recently was engaged as
school nurse for Columbia coun
ty, working out of the county
school superintendent’s office, has
announced that she will spend
Thursday of each week in Ver
nonia. She will check all mat
ters pertaining to health at the
schools and asks parents who
wish to discuss their children’s
health programs with her to con
tact her at the school on the days
she is here. The services of a
special school nurse is new in this
county this year.
Clark and Groff, engineers, sug
gesting that heavy equipment be
secured to tear up the surface of
the sewage lagoon to a depth of
perhaps two feet, then pack it
with a heavy roller. Contact with
Havlik of Scappoose who did part
of the lagoon work, brought in
formation that the same end
could be achieved by use of
a farm tractor and disc at a frac
tion of the cost. This has been
done with equipment owned by
Ron McDonald for under $50 ra
ther than the $400 estimate of the
engineers.
The council instructed the re
corded to write the engineers a
letter informing them than an
other solution had been tried.
The lagoon is in use again now
and is gaining so that apparently
it is holding.
The method advised by Havlik
had been used by him success
fully on irrigation ponds over a
period of years.
The council, in other action
Monday night, voted money from
the emergency fund to pay for
the enlarged burning equipment
for the city dump.
George Brown was appointed to
the fire department.
Rock for the lagoon wall was
discussed and it was learned that
river gravel could be obtained
from Harold Bergerson for 25
cents per yard and pit run from
the county for 10 cents per yard.
No action was taken on the mat
ter.
The matter of replatting a por
tion of Second addition was tabl
ed to the next meeting for dis
cussion when Robert C. Lindsay
can be present. The next meet
ing will be October 2.
Campaign for
United Fund
Given Kick-off
A coffee hour Wednesday at
the home of the local United Fund
chairman, Mrs. T. M. Hobart,
which was attended by those who
will carry out the campaign in
this area, served as a kick-off for
the drive here. Workers were
briefed on the areas they were to
cover and pertinent information
pertaining to the agencies cover
ed by the drive and were given
materials to be used during so
licitation.
It was emphasized that the
United way of giving means the
raising of necessary funds for par
ticipating organizations In one
call, thus reducing fund raising
costs as well as the nuisance of
being solicited many times during
the year by separate agencies.
Donors are asked to recognize the
fact that their contributions cover
30 agencies.
Total budget for Columbia
county is $28,000. For Vernonia,
the share in this county quota is
$1,200. All money over this
amount which is collected here
will remain here for the local re
lief fund which needs bolstering,
also.
Last year, Vernonia was the
first community in cue county to
raise its quota. In fact, Vernonia
went well over its quota and rais
ed more than $1550. If this can
be done again this year, the entire
amount over the $1200 will go
into the local fund.
Workers who will assist Mrs.
Hobart with the drive are:
Vernonia Area: Mrs. H. T. Hud
son, Mrs. R. B. Fletcher, Mrs.
Henry Anderegg, Mr.s Joey Acai-
Copies of two pamphlets which turri, Mrs. Marvin Kamholz, Mrs.
explain the requirements of the Harry Sandon, Mrs. Frank Sera-
building code which is now in fin, Mrs. Clarke Anderson, Mr.s
effect in Columbia county have Joseph Magoff, Mrs. Jim Davies,
been placed on file at the Ver Mrs. Earl King, Mrs. Robert El
nonia city library by Joe Walker, ton, Mrs. Cass Bergerson, Mrs.
county sanitarian, who also is in Darrold Proehl, Mrs. Ralph Ber
charge of the building permit de gerson, Mrs. Dan Lawler, Mrs.
partment.
R. C. Lindsay, Mrs. O. T. Bate
One pamphlet is a short form man, Mrs. Clyde Pitts, Mrs. H.
of the building code and copies E. McEntire, Mrs. Chas. Hickman,
can be purchased for $2.00 each. Mrs. George Koski, Mrs. Ben
The other gives the code require Brickie, Mrs. Bill Hom and Mrs.
ments in less technical terms and Robert Cone.
includes diagrams and charts.
Mist-Birkenfeld area: Mrs. Al
Copies of it' may be obtained for bert Blount.
$1.00.
Persons who wish to see the
pamphlets may call at the city
library.
Building Code
Available Here
CZ To Sponsor
First Aid Class
The Crown Zellerbach company
announced Monday that they
would sponsor a first aid class
for ladies if a sufficient number
were interested to warrant it.
Tentative plans are for classes
to start October 10 at the Union
hall with sessions from 1:30 to
4:00 p.m. on four successive Tues
days, October 10, 17, 24 and 31.
Instructor for the class will be
Harry Lewis from the State In
dustrial Accident Commission.
Persons interested are asked to
call the Crown office, HAzel 9-
6102, as soon as possible to regis-
ter-
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Office Offers
Gas Tax Forms
PHOTO taken during county fair show* Dale Kennedy, left. Ralph
Anderegg and Jim Hurtado who participated in crop» and weeds
judging contest as part of FFA competition.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 21, 1961
Applications for refund of fed
eral gasoline tax on gasoline used
for off-highway farm use must be
postmarked no later than Sep
tember 30, reminds County Ex
tension Agent Don Coin Walrod.
The refund period to be cov
ered in current applications is
from July 1, 1960 through June
30, 1961. Landowners who have
filed in the past should have re
ceived refund application forms
in the mail.
Forms for filing can be secured
| from the county extension office
I in the courthouse, St. Helens.
Power Outage
Caused Sunday
Power outages in the River
view area and Pittsburg occur
red Sunday morning about 3:00
a m. when a car driven by Denny
Jepson of Birkemfeld failed to
negotiate a curve and struck a
power company pole at Tenth
street in Riverview, breaking the
pole and tangling wires until
even temporary service was not
restored until 6:00 a.m., accord
ing to West Oregon Electric of
ficials.
Over $2,000 damages was done
to the car, according to estimates,
but Denny escaped with minor
bruises and scratches.
Sunday afternoon, power was
turned off in the Riverview area
between 2:05 and 3:40 p.m. while
the pole was replaced and repairs
were completed.
Loggers Collect
2 n d Season Win
Coach Clark Anderson's Ver
nonia eleven made it two in a
row last Friday night when they
journeyed to Hood River and de
feated that team to the tune of
21-0 in a very hard fought tilt.
With this game under their belts
the Loggers not only remain in
the undefeated ranks, but also
are unscored on and have aver
aged 30 joints per game.
Hood River kicked off, starting
the second league encounter for
both teams. Vernonia’s Cox pick
ed up the ball and returned it
to the 38. Vernonia sticking
strictly to the ground drove the
ball all the way to the Dragons’
45. Mangat then zigg-zagged his
way to the 21-yard marker and
then Crowston hit Mangat on the
10 with a perfect bullseye. Cox
took the ball from that spot and
ripped through the opponents
for the T.D. Try for point was
good with Crowston carrying.
Vernonia kicked off to the Dra
gons following the T.D. and the
Hood River eleven proceeded to
return the ball to their own 34.
From there the River boys drove
all the way to the Loggers’ 15
with a first and 10. One running
play and three unsuccessful pass
attempts resulted with the locals
taking over on their own 24( Ver
nonia proceeded to drive to their
own 33 where they punted to the
Hood River 48 with Schmidlin re
covering a fumble at the first
quarter’s end.
The second quarter started
poorly for the Logger squad as
the Dragons drove all the way to
the locals’ 14 where Vernonia
once again rose to the occasion
and held Hood River on downs.
Taking over from that point Ver
nonia drove all the way to the
opponents’ 24. Freddie Mangat
was the man of the hour as he
dodged the whole Dragon eleven
and went into the end zone for
the T.D. A pass from Crowston
to Aultman was good for the
extra point.
The second quarter ended with
the Hood River eleven trying
desperately to score via the air
lanes.
Third quarter action once again
started with the Hood River ele
ven on the move, penetrating all
the way to the Vernonia 10. Again
the Loggers held, taking over on
downs. The rest of third quarter
action was a see-saw battle with
neither squad threatening seri
ously.
Midway through the fourth
quarter the Loggers started to
move again, going on ground
plays all the way to the Hood
River 29. Crowston faded back
and hit Hamnett who in turn
lateraled to Redmond who scam
pered the 29 yards for the Log
gers’ last tally. Try for point
was good with a pass from Crow
ston to Holsey.
The score of this game is
misleading in the fact that the
game was much closer than the
Schools Slate
Time Change
All schools in district 47 joint
will operate on standard time,
beginning Monday, September 29
and busses will run on standard
time that morning, also, accord
ing to a” announcement made
last Thursday by Joey Acaiturri,
superintendent, following the an
nouncement by Columbia County
Judge John Whipple that the en
tire county would return to stan
dard time at 2:00 a m. Sunday,
September 24.
People are reminded that to
return to standard time, clocks
are set BACK one hour
score indicates. The Hood River
eleven gathered in 12 first downs
to only 11 for Vernonia, but the
Loggers held when they had to,
which was the determining fac
tor. The standout in the Log
ger backfield was Freddy Mangat
who drove the Hood River tack-
lers crazy with his dodging tac
tics. Randy Aultman on defense
ini the Logger line was in on
tackle after tackle and a thorn
in the side of the Dragon squad.
All in all the whole Vernonia
team played a very good game.
Vernonia will journey Satur
day to engage the Concordia ele
ven in league action. This game
will be an afternoon encounted
and Vernonia will have to be at
their best for the game. The
Concordia squad defeated Neah
kahnie last week 27-0.
SUPPORT HELPS
LOGGERS WIN
Appreciation has been ex
pressed for the good rooting
section that went to Hood
River last Friday evening io
support the Loggers in their
football encounter t h e r e .
Hood River was quite sur
prised at the turn-out which
included better than half oi
the Vernonia high school stu
dent body and many towns
people. Such support of the
team is a big morale booster
for them.
Frosh Reduce
Margin of Loss
The Frosh football team at Ver
nonia high school deserves a great
big E for effort even if they have
not been able to tally a win as
yet. They are working hard and
certainly trying, but are feeling
the effect of encountering more
experienced teams.
Last Thursday, Rainier came
here and defeated the Frosh 47-0.
Monday afternoon, the Vernonia
Frosh went to Banks and lost
again, 26-0. But, as their coach,
John Jensen stated, they are gain
ing. They didn’t lose the second
game by quite so wide a margin.
There was a good turn-out of
spectators here Thursday even
ing and several carloads went to
Banks Monday, a fact which both
team and coach appreciate.
Next Monday, the Frosh team
will meet Clatskanie on the local
field at 7:00 p.m. and spectators
are invited.
CD Schedules
Reorganization
Bill J. Horn was in Salem Tues
day to attend a Civil Defense
conference and stated that in the
near future, a reorganization of
the local civil defense set-up
would take place to bring it into
line with state plans. Only minor
changes will be required here,
however.
• Horn stated that Governor Mark
Hatfield, in an addiress to the
group, stated that it is the respon
sibility of the individual family
to provide its air raid shelter and
the necessary supply of food in
case of nuclear attack.
He also stated that the Unit«>d
State» Engineers corps has al
ready started a survey of build
ings throughout the nation that
would be deemed suitable as shel
ters in case of attack.
'Apple for Teacher Theme of Reception Monday Night
"An Apple for The Teacher”
theme was cleverly carried out
Monday by the Vernonia PTA in
the use of shiny red apple name-
tags which were pimed on the
teachers as they arrived at the
reception given in the high school
auditorium. There was a very
good attendance of parents and
friends, also.
Mary Ann Devine, Mist, vice-
president of the PTA, opened the
meeting with the flag preseWa-
tion by the Boy Scouts »id the
PTA prayer by Mrs. Charles
Minger. After a brief business
meeting, Mrs. Devine turned the
meeting over to Robert Lindsay
who acted as master of cere
monies for the program and the
introduction of the teachers.
A very excellent program, re
vealing much in the way of com
munity talent, included organ
music by Keith Harding, marimba
numbers by Mrs. Shalmon Libel
of Mist, a reading by Mrs. Sally
San Angelo and a monologue by
Mist’s own Aunt Freda, who, in a
telephone conversation analyzed
the school» with cryptic remarks
about members of the staff which
were
good
chuckles.
lor
some
hearty
Mr. Lirdaay, in introducing the
teachers, also added interesting
comments concerning them.
Following the program, refresh
ments were served from a table
arranged wi'h a Little Red School-
house centerpiece with the pen
cil», ink, rulers, etc. spilling out
the door. A candle arrangement
with red and white pon-pon dah
lias on each end of the table
completed the decor. During the
refreshment hour, background
music was provided by Mrs. L.
H. Thomas at the piano and Keith
Harding at the organ.