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VOLUME 40, NUMBER 39
VERNONIA, OREGON
THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 1962
Directors Set Policy of
District on Bus Service
BLOOD BANK
SLATES STOP
At the meeting held September at the junction point where their
13 by the board of directors for lane or road intersects the estab
school district 47 joint, a resolu lished bus route. It will be up
tion was adopted concerning school to the individual student or parent
bus service to eleviate any mis to transport to this bus route.”
understanding in the future. Con
Students living more than one
text of the resolution is as follows: mile from school and more than
“Due to the heavy demands and one mile from main bus routes may
requests made on the school bus be paid for. It will be for the
transportation system of the school school board of School District 47
district and due to the limits Jt. to handle each request on its
placed on both facilities and fi own merits. It is to be understood
nances, we do adopt the resolu that school bus transportation is a
tion that the school district will privilege not a right.
not provide for or pay for the
The above resolution will not
transportation of pupils who live apply to students attending kin
less than a mile from main trav dergarten classes. Kindergarten
eled bus routes, highways or paved students may ride the buses if par
roads now used on the school bus ents desire. However, the district
routes. Students living less than will not pay for or provide for bus
one mile from the main bus routes transportation for kindergarten
but living more than one mile from students to meet bus routes at
school may board the school bus main junction points.
11CZ Tree Farm Employees Get
Service Pins at Awards Dinner
Eleven local Crown Zellerbach
employees were awarded service
pins at a dinner held in the Ma
sonic Temple Saturday evening,
September 22.
Those receiving awards were B.
L. Mitchell, 30 years; Clyde E.
May, 15 years; Earl King, 10 years;
W. I. Gortler, Edward Cassel,
Floyd A. Bush, Robert H. May,
Sam D. Cagle, Carson E. Strong,
Stanley Chandler and Paul C.
Weller, 5 years. Retired associate
Ray McCoy was presented his 12
year pin.
Pin presentation was made by
Robert C. Lindsay, local division
manager for Crown Zellerbach and
Howard W. Peterson, logging man
ager of Crown Zellerbach north
west timber operation. H. P. Miller,
chief logging engineer of Crown
Zellerbach northwest timber op
eration made the presentation to
B. L. Mitchell of his 30 year pin.
Clarence W. Richen, manager of
Four City-
Offices to
Be Filled
Four city offices are to be filled
this year at the general election
November 6 and those who aspire
to them have only one more week
in which to toss their hats into the
ring. Filing must be done by Oc
tober 4 in order to have names
placed on the ballot. Petitions for
filing may be obtained at the city
hall.
Vacancies will be that of mayor,
treasurer and two councilmen.
Present mayor is George Johnson.
Treasurer is Mona Gordon and the
two councilmen whose terms ex
pire this year aTe C. E. Miller and
Frank Serafin who was appointed
to fill out the term of Robert L.
Spencer who resigned. Terms for
mayor and treasurer are for two
years and for councilmen, four
years.
To date, Mrs. Gordon is the on
ly one who has filed for any of
the positions and she filed for re-
election as treasurer.
the northwest timber operations,
spoke to the group on the advance
ment of CZ plants, mills, overseas
operations and the development of
chemicals, polyethylene wrap
pings, tung oil and levulinic acid
made from residual materials.
Also present at the dinner were
four retired CZ employees and
their wives: Mr. and Mrs. Cass
Bergerson, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Valpiani, Mr. and Mrs. Newell
Wood and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mc
Coy.
Out of town guests included Mr.
and Mrs. E. M. Boddy, Mr .and
Mrs. J. F. Robertson, Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Hoonan, Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Prater, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Schroe
der, Mr. and rMs. A. F. Robbins
Jr., all from the Portland office.
Robert C. Lindsay acted as
master of ceremonies. Corsages
were presented to the ladies and
Floyd Bush played after dinner
music on the piano.
Oregon Clock
Change Dated
Daylight saving time is sched
uled to end this week end in Wash
ington, Oregon and California, but
again, Oregon is going to “be dif
ferent” and change their clocks at
a different time than the adjoining
states.
When the legislature passed the
bill establishing the daylight sav
ing time for the five counties, Hood
River, Multnomah, Clackamas,
Washington and Columbia, Sep
tember 29 at 2:00 a m. was set as
the time to return to standard
time. That will be this coming Sat
urday morning.
California and Washington will
change their clocks at 2:00 a m.
Sunday morning, September 30.
Other Oregon communities that
went on voluntary daylight time
changed their clocks back with
the start of school.
Bus Stop Law
Rule Explained
Drivers are expected to stop for
school busses only when the flash
ing red lights are being operated
by the school bus driver, Chief of
Police Ace Lolley pointed out to
day.
The Medical Self-Help class is
Lolley said there is some con
gaining in membership and in fusion regarding the school bus
terest with each meeting and those stop law since the law originally
who are attending are finding the required drivers to stop whenever
fund of knowledge gained invalu the school bus was stopped to load
able.
or unload children.
Wednesday of this week, the
Now, he said, the burden of de
lesson was on infant care, including termining whether or not other
emergency delivery. Next Wednes vehicles should stop is up to driv
day, October 3. the lesson will b? ers of school buses.
on the mouth to mouth method of
Drivers of other vehicles must
ressucitation, using the lifesize stop when the flashing red lights
doll, Resusci-Ann.
are operating, and remain stopped
All sessions are open to all who until the lights are turned off. This
wish to attend them. Certificates applies to overtaking and meet
will go only to those who take the ing a school bus, except when
entire course but those who at meeting a bus on a highway that
tend even one meeting will gain has two or more lanes for each di
a lot of very useful knowledge.
rection.
Self-Help Gains
In Membership
The Blood Bank will be in
Scappoose October 2 between
the hours of 3:30 and 6:30 p.m.
It will be at the Otto H. H.
Petersen grade school auditor
ium. Vernonia people who
wish to donate blood needed
for local people may do so at
Scappoose if they so desire.
Blood replacements are need
ed for Miss Helmi Kauppi,,
Mrs. Lynwood Reynolds and
Mrs. Sherm Fisher.
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Users Form
Organization
A mass meeting of users of elec
tric energy of the West Oregon
Electric Cooperative, with its
headquarters at Vernonia was held
at Sunnyside Grocery September
20, 1962 for the purpose of com
pleting the organization of West
Oregon Electric Cooperative Users
association.
More than 25 users attended the
meeting and Hans Slette, owner
and operator of Sunnj'side Grocery
was elected president and Louis
Violette, vice-president.
By-laws for the organization
were adopted and a board of di
rectors consisting of seven were
unanimously elected, as follows:
H. E. Hughes, a co-owner and op
erator of J & H Allied Lumber
Co.; Henry Anderegg, dairyman;
Pete Brunsman, retired hardware
merchant; Allen Ray, lumberman;
Wilbur Davis, owner and operator
of Vernonia Trading Co.; John
Artman, logger, and Cliff White,
owner of Western Store. Lester
Sheeley, Vernonia attorney, was
employed by the board cf directors
as legal counsel.
A resolution was enacted by the
board demanding a full and com
plete study of the operation, and
management of the West Oregon
Electric Cooperative, seeking a
full disclosure of the costs of op
eration, number of members serv
ed, and all other matters effecting
the operation of West Oregon Elec
tric Cooperative which serves ap
proximately 2000 customers in
Clatsop, Columbia, Washington
and Yamhill counties in North
western Oregon.
Seagulls Down
Logger Eleven
Coach Bob Wendel’s Vernonia
Logger gridiron squad journeyed
to the coast city of Seaside last
Friday evening with the intent of
knocking over the big Gulls only
to be outgunned in every depart
ment and go down to defeat by the
whopping score of 42-0.
The Gulls scored the first time
they got their hands on the ball
and were never in trouble from
the Loggers who managed to shove
the pigskin past midfield only once
during the evening and muster up
the total of only three first downs.
Although badly outweighed the
Vernonia line did look good on de
fense with the result that Seaside
had to rely on the air lanes to
gather in most of their points. The
local lads never once gave up and
every time they got the ball tried
their utmost to get some kind of
attack under way only to have to
give up the ball to the stubborn
defense fielded by Seaside.
This Friday evening the Log
gers will journey to Estacada to
engage that squad in gridiron ac
tion. Game time will be at 8:00
p.m.
Demos Schedule Meet
There will be a special meeting
of the Democratic central commit
tee October 1 at 8:00 p m. in the
library of the Scappoose high
school. It is most important that
a full county committee represen
tation be present at this meeting.
All interested democrats are wel
come and invited and especially
members of the Columbia County
Democratic club.
The West Oregon Electric Co
operative, Inc. board of directors,
which met Tuesday evening of this
week, has announced that Westing-
house Electric supply company of
Portland was the successful bidder
for the new 7500 kva substation
to be built by West Oregon Electric
Cooperative, Inc. in Vernonia. It
will be located just south of the
American Legion hall on property
from the Harris estate purchased
from Mrs. Ed Laws of St. Helens.
Westinghouse submitted a low
bid of $50,975.00 for the materials
delivered to the substation site.
Other bidders, all Portland firms,
were Western Power Products,
$51,789.00; General Electric Sup
ply Co., $51,805.00; Graybar Elec
tric, Inc., $52.005.00; Ruralite Ser
vices, $55,812.13; Stubbs Electric
Co., $62,110.00.
A bid by Schwager-Wood Co.
of Portland in the amount of $52,-
800.00 was not considered as it
was based on an alternate proposal
rejected by the cooperative board.
Also awarded was a bid for the
substation fence. Tor-Nado Fence
company was low with a bid of
$1,142.00. Cyclone Fence company
was the only other bidder with a
bid of $1,211.00.
The new substation was made
necessary when the winter load
on the existing Vernonia substa
tion exceeded 5100 kw last Janu
ary. The existing station has a
name plate capacity of 3000 kva.
Any increased load on the Ver
nonia station would create the
possibility of loss of the substa
tion. The new station will be plac
ed in operation as soon as possible
to avoid the possibility of over
load on the existing substation this
winter.
The old substation, located in
Riverview, was placed in service
in 1947 when the average use per
member was only 1385 kwh per
year. Average use for 1962 was
11,368 kwh.
Reception for
Teachers Held
Parents were acquainted with
the teachers in the Vernonia school
system Monday evening in an in
teresting program at the annual
teachers’ reception which was held
at the Washington school.
Mrs. George Shaw, PTA presi
dent, op?ned the meeting and the
flag was presented by Boy Scouts
Joe and Steve Curl and Pete
Brunsman. The invocation was
given by Bruce Roberts, Christian
church pastor.
Following the opening, Mrs.
Shaw turned the meeting over to
the program chairman, Mrs. Jack
Bergerson, and co-chairman, Mrs.
Ralph Krieger. Darrold Proehl
was introduced as the master of
ceremonies for the event.
To introduce each teacher, he
gave a talk about each one and
showed an early picture of them.
As his remarks concluded, the
teacher stepped into the spotlight
and was given “An Apple for the
Teacher.” School board members
were introduced in the same man
ner.
During the social hour, refresh
ments were sensed in the cafeter
ia which was decorated with au
tumn leaves, flowers and candles.
Custodian Resigns
Elgus Frank, who has been night
custodian at the high school for
the past five years, resigned this
week, thus creating a vacancy on
the custodial staff. The position
calls for four hours janitorial work
after schoo each day and the duties
required by night functions at the
school.
School Expands
Science, Math
Course of Study
The Vernonia high school cur
riculum has been expanded with
the addition of an electronics
course for advanced junior and se
nior science students. The course
will be instructed by Manning
Bomberger.
Electronics is the most rapidly
growing industry in the state of
Oregon. With the addition of the
electronics course, it is possible
for an advanced science student to
enroll in five separate science
courses during the student’s four
years in the high school. Also, an
advanced math student can en
roll in four years of mathematics.
Equipment and supplies for the
electronics program will be pur
chased by National Defense Edu
cation Act funds which the school
district applied for last February.
The school district has been noti
fied that the application for grants
of $1803 has been approved in the
amount of $1442. The $361 drop
in amount is due to the state al
lowing only 80 per cent of request
ed amounts.
Another innovation in the high
school curriculum has been the
use of the Encyclopedia Britannica
Films, Inc. programmed learning
materials on an experimental ba
sis with five freshmen algebra I
students who, due to scheduling
conflicts, were unable to enroll in
the regular algebra class. Harold.
McEntire, mathematics instructor,
is supervisor of this program and
meets with the students every day.
The students are then • left on
their own to work as fast and pro
gress as far as they are able.
Other Oregon schools contacted
that are using these programmed
materials, entitled Temac, have re
ported satisfactory progress for
their students. They indicate their
students in these programmed clas
ses are doing as well if not better
than students in regularly enrolled
classes using the textbook ap
proach.
The school plans to make peri
odic evaluative tests to compare
the experimental class with the
regular algebra class, according to
Joey W. Acaiturri, superintendent,
who further stated:
“If the programmed experiment
proves successful with the algebra
students, the school may use the
■same approach on other students
United Fund to
Start Campaign
Kick-off meeting for the United
Fund drive in the Nehalem Velley
was held Wednesday morning at
the home of Mrs. T. M. Hobart
with her co-chairman, Mrs. R. C.
Lindsay assisting.
The county fund drive chair
man, Don Kalberer and his vice-
chairman, Roland Sundström were
present to explain the United Fund
set-up, the goals to be reached and
the need for reaching them and to
give information the workers
might need in order to answer
questions during the drive.
Workers who will get the drive
underway here next week include
the following:
Vernonia Area: Mrs. Robert
Cone, Mrs. Dave Knowlton, Mrs.
Oloff Hansen, Mrs. Joe Grosche,
Mrs. Henry Anderegg, Mrs. Guy
Thomas, Mrs. Bill Horn, Mrs.
Charles Minger, Mrs. Frank Sera
fin, Mrs. Earl King, Mrs. Warren
Aldrich, Mrs. Harold McEntire,
Mrs. Ralph Bergerson, Mrs. Horace
Hertel, Mrs. Don Webb, Mrs. Dan
Lawler, Mrs. Jim Davies, Mrs. Joe
Magoff, Mrs. Ed Roediger.
Mist-Birkenfild Area: Mrs. L. F.
Barlow, Mrs. Jam >s Watson, Mrs.
Kenneth Tupper, thairman.
in additional class areas for which
programmed materials are avail
able. It is felt this may be one
solution to the annual scheduling
conflicts and limited class offer
ings which students in small high
schools encounter. Such program
med materials may Pe one answer
to the attempt by small high
schools to offer their students the
same advantages and enriched
classes which larger schools offer
their pupils.”
Rites Performed
For M. V. Ring
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at the Mt. View
chapel at Tacoma for Merle V.
Ring, who had passed away in his
sleep early Friday morning of
last week. Interment was in the
Mt. View cemetery.
Mr. Ring had been under doc
tor’s care for some time due’ a
heart condition which had re
tired him from his previous work
at the navy yards at Bremerton
after which they moved to Ver
nonia. However, a recent check-up
had showed marked improvement
in his condition and he had re
turned to work at Seattle Tuesday
of last week.
Survivors include his wife, Es
ther, of Vernonia; a step-daughter
and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Flynn and children Dana, Debbie,
Donny and Lou Flynn and a broth
er, Robert Ring of New York who
flew to Tacoma for services.
Property Sale
Effective Soon
Announced this week was the
sale, effective October 1, of all the
property owned here by H. Ken
neth Anderson of Portland. The
property, which was the John
Erickson estate, ificludes the Cher
ry Tree apartments, the residence
next to it, the Fisher Electric
building, the vacant lot next to it,
the former barber shop now used
for storage and the Vernonia Card
Room.
New owner of the property is
H. J. (Hill) Edison who had opera
ted a hardware store in Tacoma
which he sold last December.
Prior to that he had been in the
automobile business in San Fran
cisco.
Mr. Edison plans to make his
home here and manage the pro
perty himself.
Schools Close
For Two Days
All students in schools in dis
trict 47 joint will enjoy a two-day
vacation next Monday and Tues
day, October 1 and 2. This is the
annual hunting holiday, scheduled
so as to give hunters a four-day
span at the beginning of the sea
son.
High school students who expect
to hunt or students who expect to
accompany parents on hunting
trips are expected to do so during
this time to avoid school absences.
Schmidlin to Talk
The Vernonia Lions club will
hear Let nard Schmidlin tell of his
People to People trip overseas
this past summer at the meeting
scheduled for next Monday eve
ning at the Vernonia fire hall at
6:30 p m. His appearance has been
arranged by Joey W Acaiturri,
program chairman.
AFS Chapter to Seek Foreign Student
Steps were taken here Tuesday
towards the organization of a Ver
nonia chapter of the American
Field Service to sponsor the bring
ing of a foreign exchange stud’nt
here. The American Field Service
is a private, non-profit, education
al organization whose purpose is
the furthering of understanding
and goodwill among the peoples
of the world.
Vernonia high school has been
working for some time toward the
bringing here of a foreign ex
change student. Steps necessary
for this are given as interest in
accepting such a student on the
part of the school, the raising of
$650 for the participating con
tribution to AFS, the formation
of a local chapter and the choos
ing of a suitable family with which
the student would live for a year
without pay.
The fund started by the high
school and add'd to by various
money raising events and contri
butions placed in containers in
business places, is now within $110
of the $650 needed. Also, several
families have indicated interest in
having a student live with them.
Officers named Tuesday for the
Vernonia chapter were as fol
lows: President, Mrs Henry An
deregg; member of finance, Har
old McEntire; secretary, Mrs. Ro
bert McNair; school advisor, Joey
W. Acaiturri; student representa
tive, Gary Johnston, student body
president at Vernonia high school.
Also, a homes and student family
adjustment committee was named
consisting of Mrs. Frank Serafin,
Mrs. Evelyn Heath, Mrs T. M.
Hobart and Joey Acaiturri.
The next meeting of the group
will be October 9 at 4:00 p.m. at
the high school.