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VOLUME 40, NUMBER 35
Chamber to
Seek Large
Road Sign
Discussion at the Vernonia
Chamber of Commerce board
meeting Monday evening of this
week centered on ths lack of an
adequate sign near Staley’s Junc
tion and prompted the chamber to
write to the state highway de
partment asking for a large green
and white sign to be placed one-
half mile east of the junction. This
would be simiilar to other ones
on the Sunset highway approach
ing North Plains Hillsboro and
Jewell junctions.
Another topic that brought ac
tion was the continual improve
ment of Vernonia. The chamber
directors are asking the city coun
cil to condemn the decrepit hotel
buildings east of Rock Creek. It
was felt they constitute a health
hazard as well as a fire hazard.
Another area discussed was the
Rose avenue approach from the
south. Curbs would be a distinct
improvement and it was felt that
most property owners would be in
favor of them since it would in
crease the value of their property
and add much to the appearance
of their homes.
CZ D isplay Moved
The Crown Zellerbach display
which appeared last week at the
Columbia county fair at Deer Is
land has been placed in the win
dows of the former Miller store
building and may be seen there
by those who did not get to the
fair.
f WELCOME
VERNONIA, OREGON
THURSDAY, AUG. 30, 1962
O ptom etrist A nnounces
Association with Clinic
Portland.
Dr. Kramer will operate between
his Portland office and the Ver
nonia Clinic. Office hours at the
clinic will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday beginning
September 4.
Districts Given
Support Funds
DR. DONALD H. KRAMER
Dr. Donald H. Kramer this week
announced his association with the
Vernonia Clinic for the practice
of optometry. His practice will be
devoted to all phases of visual
care, he states.
Dr. Kramer has baen practicing
in Portland for the past two years.
Prior to this period he took his
undergraduate work at the Univer
sity of Wisconsin where he major
ed in psychology. During the Ko
rean War, he served in the army
medical service corps in the neuro
psychiatrie section at Fitzsimmons
army hospital in Denver and Fort
Belvoir army hospital near Wash
ington D.C. After his separation
from the service, he attended the
Illinois College of Optometry.
There he was a member of the
Dean’s honor roll, Tomb and Key
honorary fraternity, Beta Sigma
Kappa international honorary fra-
terity and president of the senior
class.
Upon graduation, he received
the clinical optometry award and
the Wayne Hoffman award for
the outstanding senior student. He
is presently a member of the Port
land District Optométrie Society,
the Oregon Optométrie association,
the American Optométrie associa
tion, the American Optométrie
Foundation and the City Club of
First apportionment for the
1962-63 school year from the basic
school support fund—amounting
to $175,229.19—was disbursed last
week to the various school dis
tricts in Columbia county, accord
ing to Ray Godsey, county school
superintendent. The money comes
from the Oregon State Depart
ment of Education.
Largest amount went to St.
Helens district 502, $57,501.89,
with the second highest to Dis
trict 47-Jt. in Vernonia, $21,633.88.
Other
districts
and
their
amounts: Scappoose elementary,
$20,417.81;
Hudson,
$2,030.40;
Clatskanie elementary, $9,808.80;
Warren, $3.970.10; Rainier elemen
tary, $17,018.26; Goble, $3,918.74;
Mayger, $2,545.68; Quincy, $3,550.-
33; Delena, $4,328.55; Neer City,
$425.43; Apiary, $570.57; UH3
Rainier, $9,342.05; UH4 Scappoose,
$10,223.70; UH5 Clatskanie, $7,-
943.00.
The apportionment is approxi
mately 25 percent of the estimated
support funds available for the
county during the current school
year. Three additional disburse
ments wil be made during the
balance of the year.
Results to Come
Many local persons exhibited at
the Columbia county fair last week
as well as 4-H clubs from the area
and many awards were taken. A
list was not yet available at press
time this week and will be given
next week when they are receiv
ed.
District Repairs Buildings for Year
As students trek back to schools
in district 47 joint this week, they
will find all buildings refurbished
in preparation for the 1962-63
year. All buildings have had the
regular cleaning and maintenance
work, including some painting,
and special projects have also been
carried out.
At Mist, the school yard fence
has been painted; new storage
cabinets and shelves have been
built in the room to be used by
grades one, two and three with
Mrs. Grace Mathews as teacher;
new rain gutters have been in
stalled on the school building and
the gym walls have been cleaned
and refinished.
At the Lincoln shcool, tile floors
have been laid in the rooms, halls
and office by Taggarts of Hills
boro and one classroom and the
basement area has been painted.
At the Washington school, a ce
ment floor was poured in the stor
age area; the art room has been
painted and a sink installed; rest-
MRS. LAURA CARMICHAEL took sweepstakes honors and the
trophy for best of fair in crochet division with her hairpin lace
afghan in shades of rose yarn. Her afghan had taken a blue ribbon
at the local fair during the Jamboree. It ia now entered in state
fair competition.
rooms have been installed for the
kindergarten and the teachers’
lounge by Ed Roediger, plumber
with carpenter work by Noble
Dunlap; the upstairs halls have
been painted, and the roof has
been fixed by D. B. Sheet Metal
and Roofing contractors from Port
land.
The street east of the Washing
ton school was newly paved by
the city.
At the high school, the entire
plant was painted by Elgus Frank.
Rain gutters and down-spouts were
replaced on the entire plant with
the work done by Fuiten’s of
Forest Grove. Asphalt paving was
placed in the grandstand entrance
and concession areas by M and M
Paving company of Cornelius. An
addition was made to the Vo-Ag
building by the FFA boys directed
by Welcome Rumbaugh and there
was a conversion of room four to
a biology room with addition of
sinks .shelving and biology desks.
New teachers, of which there
are ten this year, met Tuesday for
an orientation session with Joey
W Acaiturri, superintendent. Wed
nesday, all teachers met for an in-
service workshop which started
with a breakfast at 7:30 a m. in the
Washington school cafeteria.
Today, Thursday, all buildings
are open tor teachers to ready
classrooms and materials for the
start of classes. Tomorrow, Friday,
all students are to register and all
buildings will be open for regis
tration, starting at 8:45 a m. Busses
will bring rural students in on reg
ular schedule and take them home
in time for lunch. Parents who
bring kindergarten and primary
children to the schools may take
them home again after they regis
ter.
Monday, Labor Day, is a holiday,
and Tuesday, September 4 will be
the first full day of classes with
busses operating on the regular
schedule and lunches served in the
Washington school cafeteria.
FFA Boys Win Awards
In Fair Judging Event
July 1962 revenue was down al
most $1300.00 from revenue in
July 1961 Manager Guy Thomas
of West Oregon Electric Coopera
tive, Inc. told the board of direc
tors at their meeting August 21.
This was in spite of an increase
in residential and farm revenue
from $14,273.00 in July 1961 to
$16,343.00 in July 1962. Average
r?sidential use climbed from 606
kwh in 1961 to 659 kwh in 1962.
Total revenue in July 1961 was
$24,891.68 while July 1962 was
$23,609.76. The all important in
dicator of revenue per kilowatt
hour showed that in July 1961 the
average revenue was 1.52 cents
per kilowatt hour while July, 1962
showed a drop to 1.48 cents.
Because July is a low month the
average residential revenue per
kilowatt hour sold is higher than
it would be for an annual average.
The residential revenue per kilo
watt hour reflected the July ad
justment in rates. The average re
venue per kwh for July, 1962 was
1.49 cents per kwh. in July, 1961
it was 1.41 cents, which was also
the July 1960 figure. Ten years
ago the average July revenue per
kwh was 2.53 cents. This reflects
a drop of 41.1% in average reve
nue received in the past ten years.
As a result of the decline in
overall revenue for July, 1962, the
cooperative showed a loss, for the
month, of $1,059.45. The primary
contributor to this loss was the in
creased power cost to the Bonne
ville Power Administration, which
was $6.923.00, up almost $1,000.00
from the $5,929.00 bill in July,
1961. Operations and maintenance
and other variable costs declined
from $9,716.26 in July, 1961 to
$8,889.70 in July, 1962.
At the same meeting the board
of directors reluctantly accepted
the resignation of Ed Roediger Jr.
due to the pressure of business.
The board will fill the vacancy in
the near future.
Two major construction items
were discussed. Approved was the
reconstruction of three miles of
line in Scoggins Valley. This line
was built in 1945 and 1946 with
war time material. The windstorm
December 16, 1961 severly dam
aged the line, making reconstruc
tion necessary.
Approval was also given for fi
nal planning on a new 75001 kwh
substation for Vernonia. Peak de
mand on the Vernonia substation
last winter was just over 5000 kwh
while ths station was designed for
3000 kva. Transformer design al
lows a certain amount of reserve
capacity but additional capacity
is needed to handle increased re
quirements of the Vernonia area.
Four File as
Independents
Robert L. Welwocd, Columbia
county clerk, announced Tuesday
that when the filing deadline was
reached, two independents had
filed for county commissioner, one
for county clerk and one for St.
Helens port district commissioner.
Those filing for county com
missioner were Earl Ray of Ver
nonia and Walter Mathews of Mist,
both of whom filed petitions with
more than the required 495 sig
natures. Both have signed accep
tances of candidacy and are as
sured of a place on the November
ballot.
Noel L. Marshall of St. Helens
filed as an independent candidate
for county clerk and signed an
acceptance of nomination subject
to certification of sufficient valid
signatures to qualify.
Art Steel 2 of Clatskanie filed for
port commissioner and signatures
on his petitions had been checked
and found to be sufficient and he,
too, had signed his acceptance of
candidacy.
Welwood r?minds all county
residents that now is the time to
check their registration and be
sure they are eligible to vote No-
vembsr 6. Registration books will
be open until October 6 to accomo
date those who are new in the
county, have changed precincts or
have lost their registration by fail
ure to vote in recent elections. Al
so, those who have changed their
names through marriage should
change their registration.
Welwood also stated that the
registration booth at the Columbia
county fair was well received and
that about 80 voters were regis
tered.
Three Vernonia high school stu
dents won a second place banner
for their part in the county live
stock judging contest held at Deer
Island on Thursday, August 23.
Jim Hurtado had the sixth highest
total in the entire contest in com
petition with about 50 other boys
from the ten schools taking part
in this event. Other members of
the team were Lloyd Johnston and
Bill Pringle. Other schools partici
pating were: St. Helens, Scap
poose, Rainier, Knappa, Sherwood,
Forest Grove, West Linn, Estacada,
Wy'East and Banks. Knappa took
first place honors.
During the afternoon of the
same day Ralph Anderegg and
Jim Hurtado took a total of six
first place ribbons showing the
chapter sheep-chain animals re
cently acquired from Oregon State
university and Floyd Edwards
of Corvallis. These 16 animals were
purchased with money donated by
Sears-Roebuck and are to be kept
by the boys for the purpose of
learning sheep husbandry along
with introducing high quality live
stock in the community. All off
spring and wool are to be kept by
the individuals keeping the flock
with the only stipulation that they
return the original animals or a
like amount at the end of the year
for rotating to another boy or boys.
In the past years the local FHA
chapter has had a Hampshire sheep
chain but they recently disposed
of it and acquired a Suffolk sheep
flock to replace those formerly
owned.
On the last day of the county
fair Ralph Anderegg went on to
win the sheep showmanship con
test in the FFA division and then
later on proceeded to walk away
with the county FFA crops and
weeds identification contest.
Jim Hurtado and Ralph Ande
regg also combined efforts to win
second place in the county FFA
herdmanship award for the out
standing chapter exhibit in live
stock. Scores for this event were
tabulated on the basis of how well
the boys presented and k pt up
the condition and cleanliness of
their animals.
In the field of farm crops ex
hibits, Jim Hurtado won a blue
ribbon for his exhibit in forestry
conservation; Larry Oblack and
Bill Pringle won third place for
their exhibits in soil conservation
and land management.
During the past two weeks, the
local FFA advisor, Welcome Rum
baugh, has taken several groups of
boys to the Clatsop county fair in
Astoria and to the Tillamook coun
ty fair to take part in competition
between the various schools in
those areas. Beys participating in
these events were: Jim Belling
ham, Bill Pringle, Larry Oblack,
Lloyd Johnston, Gary Johnston
and Doc Fuquay.
On Friday of this week, Gary
Johnston and Ralph Anderegg will
be taking part in the State FFA
crops and weeds judging contest
in Salem. The next day, these
boys, together with Lloyd John
ston, Bill Pringle, Jim Hurtado and
Fred Skidmore will be participat
ing in the state livestock and dairy
judging contest.
WELCOME RUMBAUGH, extreme left, FFA instructor at Ver
nonia high school, is ihown with his chapters livestock judging
team which look second place at the Columbia county fair. They
are, from left, Lloyd Johnston. Bill Pringle and Jim Hurtado.
Knappa high school took first place honors.
(William E. Durant photo)
Omar Poynter Taken by Death
Omar Poynter, 80, who had
lived on his present farm home
on Keasey Route since 1920, pass
ed away in Portland very sudden
ly Sunday morning while visiting
at the home of his daughter for
the week end. His death was at
tributed to a heart attack.
Funeral services for him will be
conducted today, Thursday, Aug
ust 30, at 11:00 a.m. at the First
Christian church with arrange
ments entrusted to Fuiten's Chapel
in the Hills Mortuary, Vernonia.
The Rev. Bruce Roebrts, the
church pastor, will officials at the
services with Mrs. Frank Serafin
serving as soloist accompanied by
Mrs. Lloyd Thomas as organist.
Lodge rites at the services will be
under th? auspices of Vernonia
Lodge No. 246 I.O.O.F. Conclud
ing rites and vault interment will
be at the Idlewild cemetery at
Hood River at 2:30 p.m.
Mr. Poynter was a native of
Bath county, Kentucky where he
was born July 24, 1882. He spent
his early years there and as a
young man came to the Hood
River area where he worked in
the logging industry. After his
marriage he moved to Portland
and continued in the logging in
dustry in the Northwest.
In 1919 he was one of a group
of men who took the contract to
clear the right of way for the
railroad to come into Vernonia
and he moved his family here a
short while later. After the raih
road employment, he worked fo
many years for the Koster Wood
Products logging division. From
1939 until its closing he worked at
the Oregon-American mill in Ver
nonia. He had always enjoyed
living here and took pride in the
outdoor sports of hunting and fish
ing.
He was united in marriage at
Vancouver, Washington on Febru
ary 10, 1939 to Eva Tindall who
survives. Also surviving are his
three daughters, Mrs. Herbert
(Leatha) Peterson, Oakland, Cali
fornia; Mrs. Virgil (Myrna) Dror-
baugh, Yucca Valley, Californio
and Mrs. Gîorge (Gwendolyn)
Blanton, Portland; two step child
ren, Mrs. Lyle (Betty) Hildreth,
Portland and Robert Tindall, New
port; eight grandchildren and se
ven great grandchildr?n.
.
Club to S tart P la y
The Vernonia Men’s Golf assoc
iation will start club champion
ship play at the Vernonia golf
club next Saturday according to
Gordon Reed, course owner Mem
bers should call the club as soon
as possible to ascertain with whom
they are matched.