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U nited F und D rive Starts N e x t W eek
Mrs. T. M. Hobart, successful
chairman for the United Fund
drive in the Nehalem Valley area
for the past two years, will have
a co-chairman, Mrs. R. C. Lind­
say, for the 1962 campaign which
gets underway here next week.
County chairman this year is
Don Kalberer of Scappoose who
is stressing the need for success
in the United Fund campaign to
prevent a return to the old method
cf many individual drives through­
out the year. The United Fund
drive covers the arthritis and rheu-
matist foundation, the mental
health association, the Boy and
Girl Scouts, Salvation Army, Am­
erican Red Cross, Oregon United
Appeal, covering 16 smaller agen-
cies and the Columbia county em­
ergency fund.
The total UF goal for the county
this year is $27,840 which is brok­
en down to the following com­
munity quotas: Vernonia S1200;
Clatskanie, Rainier and Scappoose,
each $2000; Columbia City, $1.000
and St. Helens. $19,640.
A kick-off coffee for the work­
ers who will assist Mrs. Hobart
and Mrs. Lindsay with the drive in
this area will be held next Wed­
nesday, September 26 at 10:00 a m.
at the Hobart home.
Details concerning the drive ac­
tivities here will be given next
week.
Past Resident
Taken by Death
LAST YEAR, Vernonia and vicinity was, for the second year in
succession, the first community in Columbia county to go over the
top in the United Fund campaign. Mrs. T. M. Hobart, chairman
both years, is shown here receiving the 1961 certificate of achieve­
ment from Don Kalberer, county chairman. Mrs. Hobart and Mrs.
R. C. Lindsay will co-chairman the 1962 drive and hope to make
the record three years in a row. Only two other communities,
Clatskanie and Columbia City, reached their quota last year.
Evangelical UB Church Observes
75th Anniversary Date Sunday
The observance of the 75th an­ Mrs. E. S. Thompson, Archie
niversary of the Evangelical Knauss, Otis Larimore and others.
United Brethren church Sunday Mr. Thompson laid claim to being
brought back to the church many sidewalk superintendent for the
former residents and members of construction. Mr. Knauss was for
pioneer families who were active several years Sunday school super­
in the establishment and history intendent and all had helped in
of the church.
many ways with church activities.
During the morning service, visi­
Rev. Hermann, pastor at the
ters were welcomed by the pastor, time of the building of the present
Reverend Raymond Targgart, but church spoke of the experiences
introductions and the opportunity then. The Repass brothers were
for them to speak was delayed the contractors for the building.
until the afternon program.
As a feature of the afternoon
One special feature of the morn­ program, a beautiful lighted cross
ing service was the baptism of made of agate transparencies
Karl Ray Garner, son of Mr. and which has been placed as a me­
Mrs. Lawrence Garner. The babe morial to Mrs. Oscar Weed was
is the great-grandson of charter dedicated. Funds were provided
members of the church, Mr. and by her family and the EUB Circle
Mrs. Judson Weed.
to which she had belonged.
Following the morning service,
Due to space limitations, a con­
dinner was served in the social tinuation of the article will be
hall and this was followed by the given next week, including some
anniversary program in the church of the historical data relating to
auditorium. On the platform with the church.
the pastor was Rev. H. G. Her­
mann of Salem, pastor here in
1924 when the present church
building was erected.
Also called to the platform was
Mrs. H. R. Scheuerman of Mon­
mouth whose husband was pastor
here from 1935 to 1942. She re­
Replacement of blood is urgent­
lated some things pertaining to ly needed for two Vernonia ladies
their coming here and also pre­ who have had surgery in the past
sented to the church a picture of few weeks. They are Miss Helmie
Christ at Gethsemane which had Kauppi and Mrs. Lynwood Rey­
been given to her by a now deceas­ nolds.
ed member of the church, Mrs.
The bloodmobile will not be here
Laura Sauer.
for some time, but anyone who
Oscar Weed read a history of can and will give blood in their
the church, the added a number name may do so at the Red Cross
of anecdotes and sidelights on blood center at 1506 SW Alder in
events through the years. The Portland. Also, anyone who needs
church history falls into two al­ transportation to the center may
most equally divided parts, the contact Mrs. Irene Minger who
time from its establishment in will arrange it for them.
1887 to the early 1920’s when it
was the only church serving a
isolated pioneer community and
the time from 1924 on when the
coming of the mill made the build­
ing of the present church advis­
able.
The pioneer church was the out­
Funeral services were held in
growth of the desire of the first Portland last Friday for Harley
settlers for spiritual growth and Van Blaricom, son of Mrs. Ida Van
started with meetings in the homes Blaricom, Vernonia, and the late
of the first families, Clark Parker Hiram Van Blaricom.
and Henry Van Blaricom. Des­
He was born at Vernonia De­
cendents of those families were cember 22, 1902 and spent his ear­
present Sunday and other pioneer ly life here. For a number of years
families represented in the Sunday he had lived in Portland.
congregation were the Spencers,
He is survived by his mother;
Tuckers, Keaseys, and Malmstens. two sisters, Mrs. Laura Hammer
Daughters cf an early minister. and Mrs. Myrtle Coleman of Port­
Rev. Maurer who served here land and two brothers, Macy and
about 1913, were here. They were Fred Van Blaricom of Vernonia.
the former Esther and Lois Mauer
who recalled events when they 1
were here.
Many recollections were voiced
concerning the early church built
J. W. Acaiturri, superintendent
“on the hill" which now has been cf schools, requests that a correc­
converted to the Cherry Tree tion be made concerning the ad­
apartments, the struggle to built mission charges for football games
it about 1890 and its use up to 1924 which was given last week. Cor­
when the present church was built rect information is as follows:
With the coming of the mill, a Adults, $1.00; high schoolers with
new age for the church was seen. student body card, 50 cents; grade
Some of those who came at that school students, 25 cents; pre-
time were here including Mr. and school, no charge.
Replacement
Blood Needed
Funeral Rites
Read Friday
Attendance Small
Funeral services were held last
Saturday, September 15, at the
Morning Star Chapel of Lundgren
and sons at Tillamook for Theo­
dore Jackson Anderson following
an extended illness. Vault inter­
ment was in the Sunset Heights
Memorial Gardens at Tillamook.
Mr. Anderson was born March
9, 1906 at the family home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ander­
son, about seven miles south of
Vernonia on the road to Timber.
He grew up there and attended
the Kist school.
He was married to Frances Mc­
Nutt at Vancouver in 1932. They
had lived for the past 18 years in
Tillamook and he was engaged in
the logging industry.
He is survived by his wife, Fran­
ces of Tillamook; two daughters,
Mrs. LaWanda Hitt, Tillamook
and Miss LaVerna Anderson, Port­
land; his mother, Mrs. Mary An­
derson; two sisters, Mrs. Vester
Christensen and Mrs. Harvey Rid-
ling and a brother William Ander­
son, all of Vernonia and two other
brothers, Samuel and Chester of
Tillamook.
Jaycees Seek
More Members
The Vernonia Jaycees held an­
other regular meeting last Thurs­
day evening after a fun session at
the high school football field. The
meeting was held at the fire hall
and discussion centered on ob­
taining enough members between
the ages of 21 and 36 to obtain a
charter.
Projects to be undertaken by
the group were discussed and
chairmen were appointed to car­
ry them out as follows: Get out
the vote campaign, Norm Axon;
flag service, Ralph Keasey; city
clean-up, George Shaw and junior
athletics, Dale Andrich.
The club has scheduled another
very important meeting for this
evening, September 20, at the fire
hall at which a movie and refresh­
ments will be featured. All young
men are invited to attend, and
other persons are welcome to sit
in on the meeting.
PTA Sets Date
For Reception
Monday evening, September 24,
has been set by the Vernonia PTA
as the time for the annual teachers
reception. This year the reception
will be held at the Washington
grade school at 8:00 p m.
There are ten new teachers in
the schools of district 47 joint. This
social event gives the parents and
other district residents the oppor­
tunity to meet them and greet
those who are returning to the
schools this year.
VOLUME 40. NUMBER 38
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OREGON
THURSDAY, SEPT. 20. 1962
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Fans View
Loggers in
First Game
A large crowd turned out last
Friday evening to witness the
start of the 1962 gridiron season
in Vernonia and also to witness
the first game of the local squad
under the tutelage of Coach Bob
Wende! and went away from the
contest impressed with the local
team although they had absorbed
a 26-7 defeat. The local team look­
ed good at times and with more
experience under their belts should
prove rather formidable foes on
the turf.
The visiting Columbians’ first
score was set up in the first quar­
ter play when the Loggers punter
fumbled the snap-back wnh the
Rainier team recovering on the lo­
cals’ 35. On the next play the ri­
ver boys drove to the 19 and from
that point skirted end for the T.D.
Try for point was good.
Vernonia’s T.D. occurred during
first half play after a poor punt
on the part of the visitors to their
own 35. A pass from Bowerman
to Grimsbo went all the way to
the 15 from which point Danny
Steele dashed right through cen­
ter for the counters. Try for point
was good, making the score stand
7-7 at the half-way marker.
Play was rather even in the
third quarter play until the latter
minutes when the visitors return­
ed a locals’ punt all the way for
55 yards behind terrific blocking
and speed which the Loggers’ sec­
ondary couldn’t contain.
Fourth quarter play was prac­
tically all Rainier as the visitors
sent over two more T.D.’s, one on
an end run for 30 yards and the
score and the other, another jaunt
for 43 yards around the Loggers’
end.
All the Rainier scores were made
by Carrico, a fleet footed Colum­
bian back who just proved to
have too much speed for the local
squad.
Delbert Bush proved to be a
big defensive gun for the Log­
gers in the middle of the line and
Bob Grimsbo showed outstanding
offensively. No injuries were in­
curred in the tilt so Vernonia will
be at full strength against Sea­
side.
Friday evening of this week, the
Vernonia Loggers will journey to
Seaside to engage that team in
gridiron warefare. The Gulls,
picked to once again head the
league, will show no mercy for
the Loggers after the rather close
game handed them on the local
field last year and will be a heavy
favorite in this encounter. Game
time is 8:00 p.m.
Club Sees Film
Members of the Vernonia Lions
club saw an interesting film on
hunting Monday evening which
was presented by Joey Acaiturri,
program chairman.
New member added to the club
was Robert (Red) Curl.
John Jensen, club president, has
called a meeting of the board of
directors at his home next Wed­
nesday evening, September 26, at
7:00 p.m.
Building Code Adoption
Considered by Council
The Vernonia city council heard
recommendations of the city plan­
ning commission Monday night
that the Uniform Building Code
for 1961, including the appendix
published by the International
Conference of Building Officials
be adopted for Vernonia with cer­
tain recommended changes to con­
form with the Columbia county
code. On the recommendation of
the city attorney, Don Kalberer,
the council will study the recom­
mendations and take action on the,
at a later meeting.
Consideration was given to a
letter received from Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Krieger asking that cer­
tain trees on public property ad­
jacent to their new home in the
new development be removed to
prevent possible damage to their
home. The situation is to be ex­
amined and a decision reached.
The council also considered the
sewer extension to the Krieger
and Lawler homes in the new de­
velopment and decided that the
fee of $400 for the 400 foot exten­
sion plus one sewer connection fee
of $250 should be divided equally
between the two property own­
ers. A written agreement to this
effect is being drawn for the con­
sideration of the affected parties.
A letter from the chamber of
commerce asked that information
be published relative to procedures
to be followed in the construction
of street curbing on a neighbor­
hood or improvement district ba­
sis. The city attorney was nsked
to prepare a condensed version of
the regulation suitable for publica­
tion.
The police department was in­
structed to enforce the city’s bi­
cycle ordinance, particularly as it
applies to riding on sidewalks and
the use of lights. The ordinance
states that bicycles operated in the
dark must display lights visible
for at least 300 feet and a red re­
flector or light in the rear visible
for at least 200 feet; that no two
or more persons may ride on a
bike unless it is built for such
riding; that bicycle riders are not
to hold on to other vehicles; that
no person shall ride a bicycle on
any sidewalk in the city except
for delivery of papers or mer-
Charges Corrected
The Medical Self-Help course
started last week with a smaller
than hoped for attendance, but
those who were there felt it was
very beneficial and worthwhile.
Three more sessions remain and
others who wish to attend them
may do so at the West Oregon
building, Wednesday evenings at
7:30 p.m.
Past Resident Dies
News has been received here
that Walter Wagner, former Ver­
nonia resident and Pal Shop pro­
prietor, passed away Monday of
this week at Sherwood. Funeral
services for him are being held
this afternoon, September 20, at
2:00 p.m. at Sherwood.
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chandise in the residential section
when the walk is not being used
by pedestrians and no person shall
r i d e o r cp.’rate a bicycle
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. on s i d e w a l k s
on Bridge
street; bicycles shall be ridden on
extreme right of traffic lane; no
two or more bicycles shall travel
abreast; there shall be no racing,
traffic regulations shall be follow­
ed and bikes shall not be left lying
or standing so as to impede pedes­
trian or vehicular traffic.
The city attorney is to examine
the contract with the rural fire
district and possibly recommend
changes providing a more equit­
able share of the cost of opera­
tion of the fire department assess­
ed to the district.
Following payment of bills, the
council adjourned until October 1.
Date Set for
Hiatt Service
A. Elmer Hiatt, native son of
the Burn area above Mist, passed
away Saturday evening in a Port­
land hospital following a short
illness and services for him are
being hold today, Thursday, at 11
am. at Batman’s Chapel of the
Dawn on Sandy boulevard, Port­
land. Interment will be at the Rose
City cemetery.
Mr. Hiatt was born December
26, 1886 at the family home on the
Burn, just one yenr after his par-
ents,Frank and Melinda Hiatt, mi­
grated here from Kansas. His par­
ents came to the area by travel­
ing on the train to Portland, by
boat from there to Clatskanie and
by sled over elk trails to the place
on which they located.
He was one of 14 children and
the first one to be born in this
area. Only four of the 14 survive
him.
He lived in the Mist area until
he was 21 years old and attended
school at the school on the Burn
for which his father had donated
land and in Mist. He later got
more advanced schooling at Philo­
math.
His grandparents also were resi­
dents of the Bum area and both
sets, the Hiatts and the Orwigs,
are buried at the pioneer Burn
cemetery. It is readily understand­
able that he took great interest in
the Columbia County Historical
Society.
In recent years, Mr. Hiatt ha
lived at Parkrose and operated a
barbershop there until two years
ago when he retired. He was an
active member of the Parkrose
Masonic lodge and the Eastern
Star chapter. The family has re­
quested that in lieu of flowers,
memorial gifts be made to the
ESTARL project of the Eastern
Star.
Survivors include his wife, Alta,
of Parkrose; two sons, Virgil of
Salem and Clifton of Sandston,
Virginia; a daughter, Mrs. Ralph
Reynolds of Vernonia; three grand­
children, Mrs. Marjorie Carson,
Roy Reynolds and Frank Hiatt;
two sisters, Mrs. Marie Miller of
Selma, California and Mrs. Lu­
cille Sorensen, San Francisco; two
brothers, Nathan and Lester Hiatt
of Portland.
Scout Program
Night Posted
“School night for Scouting" will
be observed in Vernonia next
Wednesday evening, September
26, from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. at the
Washington school and all boys
interested in being Cub or Boy
Scouts this year are asked to turn
out. Parents are asked to come,
too, and get first-hand informa­
tion about the Scouting program.
Schools all over the country are
participating in the program on
that evening.
Local Scout leaders are Don
Camercn. Scoutmaster and Robert
McNair, Cubmaster.
PASS to Bob Grimsbo netted seven-yard gain
for Loggers early in game Friday night with Rai-
nier Columbians. Vernonia held stronger Rainier
team to 7-7 tia at end of first half.