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Phone Service
Repair Gets
Help of Many
AT THE reorganization meeting of the West Oregon Electric board
following the annual meeting Saturday, George Smith, outgoing
president, passes the gavel to C. L. Wooden, Jewell, newly elected
president.
O ver2 0 0 Vote
A t Annual M eet
Over 200 members and their fa­
Fred Knox, treasurer, reported
milies attended the West Oregon income of $320,152.46 for the 12
Electric cooperative annual meet­ months ending August 31. Ex­
ing at Vernonia, October 20.
penses for this period were $335,-
Directors re-elected were Noble 403.92 for a net loss of $15,251.46.
Dunlap, Mist route, Vernonia, for
Gerald F. Diddle, director West­
district 2, and George L. Smith, ern area (electric) REA, was the
Timber route, Vernonia, for dis­ principal speaker. He pointed out
trict 5. Dunlap received 121 votes that all the initial capital of the
while his opponent, Robert Ma­ cooperative was borrowed from
thews, Mist, received 60. Smith re­ REA and that this money plus in­
ceived 122 votes while H. O. terest must be paid back. A total
Slette, Timber route, Vernonia, of just over one million dollars in
received 39 and Dudley P. Spof­ principal and interest have been
ford, Vernonia, received 20 votes repaid to August 31.
in the three-way race in district
Introduced to the general mem­
5.
bership was R. B. Fletcher, Mist
Members heard reports of opera­ route, Vernonia, who was appoint­
tions for the past year from the ed at the board meeting October
directors and Manager Guy. -I.
16 to complete the term of E. G.
Thomas. The recent storm came Roediger Jr., Mist route, Vernonia,
in for its share of comments as the who resigned earlier due to the
operations of the cooperative will pressure of his own business.
be greatly affected.
There were 208 voting members
George Smith, board president, plus their families who attended
in opening the meeting stated that the meeting to make the largest
while 1962 was a bad year due to attendance for a meeting in sever­
storms and economic problems, al years. Approximately 300 per­
conditions indicate a turn for the sons were present.
better in the near future.
Entertainment highlight of the
meeting was the appearance of
the Vernonia grade school chorus
of, 51 students under the direction
of John Jensen.
A large number of entries for
the cake contests were present to
be judged. Mary Ann Dennis, Ver­
nonia, won the radio given as first
prize for the junior division. Lin­
da Norman, Jewell, won the sec­
ond place clock. Imogene Slanger,
Jewell, won the third place heat­
ing pad.
In the senior division, Mrs. J. M.
Peachey, Vernonia, won the first
place steam iron. Second was won
by Mrs. Myrtle Slanger who re­
ceived a roto-broil. Third place
heating pad was won by Mrs.
Charles Minger of Vernonia.
At a reorganization meeting fol­
R. B. FLETCHER. Mist Route,
lowing the annual meeting, the
was appointed recently as direc­ board of directors elected C. Lee
tor for district 3 of the West Ore­ Wooden, Jewell, president; Lewis
gon Electric Co-cperalive to com­ Kelly, Banks, vice-president; O. T.
plete the unexpired term of Ed Bateman, Vernonia, secretary and
Roediger Jr., resigned.
F. M. Knox, Gaston, treasurer.
Oemonia £a<jie
Frantic efforts to restore tele­
phone service between Forest
Grove and Vernonia typify the
tougher side of the storm damage
repair task to which West Coast
Telephone company in Oregon
has committed a work force of 400.
Division Manager Jean Good­
rich described these efforts to the
Eagle earlier this week.
In the first place, he said, the
27-mile line between Forest Grove
and Vernonia, via Timber was bro­
ken or knocked sagging in 130
places by as many fallen trees. So
the repair assignment became
what Goodrich called “a muscle
job.”
A dozen men wrestled recum­
bent trees for three exhausting
days before service was restored
even on “a ticklish footing.” It
kept flopping in and out until
Thursday when two regular West
Coast crews came on the scene
and effected more permanent re­
pairs.
“I don’t know what we would
have done with that wild tangle
of trees without a helping hand
from the state forestry depart­
ment,” Goodrich commented.
The West Oregon Electric man­
ager at Vernonia, Guy Thomas, al­
so rendered considerable assis­
tance. In making repeated trips to
Forest Grove to telephone, Thom­
as reported trouble spots to Good­
rich and this information aided in
effective deployment of workers.
“I am not sure, actually, how
many worked that job or who all
of them were,” he asserted. “One
of our janitors was gone a couple
of days; he might have been there
for all I know.”
Contest Finals
Listed Again
VOLUME 40, NUMBER 43______
Totals Up
In Schools
Of District
Enrollment figure» for the
schools in district 47 joint show
an increase over first week fig­
ures, according to Superintendent
J. W. Acaiturri. The totals now
stand at 658 for all schools in
the district with 175 in the high
school and 483 in the three ele­
mentary
schools,
Washington,
Lincoln and Mist. This is 23 above
the first day registration figures
which were 167 for the high school
and 468 for the grades fbr a total
of 635.
Cancer Society
Meet Attended
Mrs. B. J. Horn and Mrs. Lynn
Michener spent Thursday and Fri­
day of last week at Cottage Grove
attending the convention of the
Oregon division of the American
Cancer Society. The meeting drew
the largest attendance of any such
state convention held by the socie­
ty in Oregon.
Special guest and speaker at the
sessions was William Garger, TV
and movie personality who has un­
dergone surgery for cancer of the
larynx in which the voice box was
removed. His example of how one
can learn to talk and surmount
the situation was an inspiration to
all who heard him.
VERNONIA, OREGON____________ THURSDAY, OCT, 25, 1962
Hotcake Feed Project
By Lions Raises $200
The Vernonia Lions club held
another successful hotcake feed
Saturday which netted over $200
for another community project,
the purchase of hospital beds
which will be mode available for
use in the community by those
who have temporary need of such
equipment.
Members of the Lions club turn­
ed out almost 100 percent to work
at the feed Saturday and those
who were not there were detained
by other work from which they
could not be released or illness or
other unavoidable reasons.
Edwin Ade, general chairman
for the event, and John Jensen,
club president, have both express­
ed their appreciation this week fur
the good response of the public to
this annual fund raising project
and to all those who donated to
the club in other ways to make the
hotcake feed possible.
The use of the City cafe and
its equipment was donated by Mr.
and Mrs. R. B. Burns and oil for
heating the building was provided
by Joe Magoff, Standard Oil re­
presentative. Coffee makers were
loaned by the Vernonia Fire De­
partment and the Veterans of For­
eign Wars. Two electric fry-pans
were loaned by the Harold Mc-
Entires. Dr. J. W. Buell provided
the barrel that received contri-
butions during the day. Curl's
Grocery and Sum's Food Store do­
nated some of the items used.
Electricity was donated by the
West Oregon Electric company
and water was made available by
the city. Posters were donated by
the Vernonia Eagle.
Clarence Nance, chief cook, is
given a special vote of apprecia­
tion by the club for his good job
of organization and the long hours
he put in cooking and supervising
the event. He was at the City cafe
before 5:00 a m. Saturday to have
everything in readiness for the
first customer at 6:00 a.m. and he
stayed on the job until the doors
closed at 6:00 p.m.
It is estimated that approxi­
mately 900 hotcakes were flipped
and served during the day. Almost
450 eggs were used. The gross
take was $257.40 and expenses,
over and above the items donated,
amounted to $44.96. This leaves
a net amount of $212.44 for the
community service project.
The community as a whole is
appreciative of the work of the
club which has sponsored many
community projects over the
years. Their support of the club
last Saturday is convincing proof
cf that fact.
The punt and pass contest finals
which were stormed out October
12 have been rescheduled for this
Friday night at half time of the
game to be played on Greenman
field between Vernonia and Con­
cordia.
The first, second and third
place winners selected in the three
age classifications in a contest
held Saturday, October 5, will be
issued numbered jerseys and sit
on the Logger bench at the game.
In the half-time contest, a deci­
sion will be reached as to which
ones will have their names en­
graved on the plaque.
Boys who are to compete are
as follows: 11 years old, Chris
Smith, Gary Davis and Doug Cay-
wood; 12 years old, Jeff Proehl,
Zachary Patterson and Eddie Bur­
ton; 13 years old, Larry Holsey,
Sam Ceballos and Keith Camer­
on.
V. J. Lindsley
Taken Tuesday
Warren J. Lindsley of River­
view who had been at Eugene and
Springfield for some time with
his children, passed away at the
Twilight Nursing Home in Eu­
gene late Tuesday. Word of his
death reached Vernonia via a
radio message to A. D. Lolley.
Services will be held here but
time for services had not been
set yet Wednesday noon.
Soil District Sponsors Speech
Contest on Water Conservation
GERALD F. DIDDLE, director. Western Area REA, spoke Satur­
day at West Oregon Electric Cooperative annual meeting.
Area Reminded
0 i Next Visit
Residents of this area are re­
minded that the Goodwill truck
will call here Wednesday of next
week, October 31, and this will be
the last call for house-to-house
pickups until in January Persons
who have items to be collected
should call Mrs. Frank Lange,
HAzel 9-3161 before that date.
Furniture, toys, clothing and ap­
pliances are all urgently needed
to provide employment for those
on the Goodwill rolls this win­
ter.
Marshall Takes
Hospital Job
Noell Marshall, an Independent
candidate for Columbia county
clerk, has asked voters to disre­
gard his name on the ballot and
choose bstween the other two men
seeking the post—Roy A. Nelson
Democrat, and R. A. Welwood,
Republican.
Marshall, since filing his petit­
ion just prior to the deadline, has
accepted employment as business
manager at Columbia District
hospital, and no longer desires the
county clerk job.
Don Leach from the Clatskanie
Soil Conservation district office at
Clatskanie visited the vocational
agriculture classes of Welcome
Rumbaugh at Vernonia high
school Thursday of last week to
invite members of the Vernonia
classes to take part in a speech
contest with members from Clats­
kanie high school Wednesday of
this week at the Natal Grange. It
is understood that Ralph Anderegg
was the only one from Vernonia
who entered the contest. Subject
on which contestants were to
speak was "Water Conservation.”
Also, last Thursday, Walter An­
derson soil scientist from Hills­
boro was here to assist Leach and
Rumbaugh in a field trip in which
24 sophomore and senior boys
from Vernonia high school partici­
pated. They were taken to the
Sword place across the river from
Anderson park where they studied
soil from the standpoint of geolog­
ical formation, soil profile, tex­
ture and structure. The demon­
stration was conducted by Ander­
son.
Wednesday of this week, Rum­
baugh took five of his students,
Gary Johnston, Fred Skidmore,
Leon Welch, Robert Fuquay and
Charles Robertson, to Tillamook
to participate in a land appraisal
program.
Owners Reminded
Property owners whose trees,
shrubs and structures were blown
onto county roads during the Oct.
12 windstorm must have them
removed by October 29, accord­
ing to a notice published by the
Columbia county court elsewhere
in this paper.
SOPHOMORE girl« football team, top, and their yell leaden, four
boy» »landing, won over Junior team Friday night U-14 in fint
powder puff football game here. Event wai sponsored by the two
class»« and ha» been an avant considered by Junior» since they en­
tered high school, but one which they were unable to carry out until
this year. Junior team, center, was coached by Miss Jacqueline
Antles, girls PE and art instructor, and Sophomores were coached
by Manning Bomberger, science teacher. Bottom photo shows some
of action during game. Photos by Truman Jackson.