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Homecoming Events to Include Recognition of Graduates ol Earlier Classes
This Friday evening has been set as homecom
ing at Vernonia high school and appropriate cere
monies are planned for that evening at the foot ha 11
game between the Vernonia Loggers and Hood Riv
er which will be played on Greenman field, starting
at 8:00 p.m.
At the high school, classes have been busy for
more than a week getting ready for the event with
some new ideas introduced this year by two new
teachers, Miss Jacqueline Antles and Truman Jack-
son, who are acting as advisors for the activities.
One of the new ideas is a sign contest between
the four classes. Students and class advisors have
been busy constructing signs advertising the home
coming events and these are to be placed on display
Grid Event Lost
To Concordia
Friday Night
Coach Bob Wendell’s Vernonia
Loggers once again took it on the
chin last Friday night when they
entertained the Concordia eleven
and were defeated by that squad
to the tune of 34-6 in a game
marked by mistakes by the local
eleven, which contributed to the
lopsided defeat.
In the first series of plays, the
Loggers were forced to punt to
the visitor’s 35 but an unsports
manlike conduct charge against
the local eleven put the ball at
midfield from which point the
visitors took only six shots at the
Vernonia line to crack into pay
dirt for six points. Try for point
was good.
Once again during first quarter
action the Concordia eleven got a
drive underway after a Logger
fourth down gamble on their own
34 failed to materialize and the
visitors drove all the way to the
34 at quarter’s end.
Start of the second period saw
the Loggers hold the visitors on
downs only to fumble on the next
play with the Concordia eleven
recovering and driving over for
the T.D. in two plays.
The Concordia eleven scored
once more in 2nd quarter action
which was set up by a 50 yard
jaunt by one of the fleet Concordia
backs all the way from the visi
tors’ 40 to the locals’ 8. In two
plays they scored, making the
score read 20-0 at halftime.
Vernonia tallied their six points
in third quarter play when, on
fourth down and big yardage, they
gambled and Bowerman threw
a perfect strike to Cox for a 44-
yard gain and T.D. Try for point
failed.
The Visitors crossed into Log
ger territory twice more in the
evening, once on a sustained drive
from their own 39 and again after
an intercepted Logger toss on the
locals’ 45. Final score was 34-6
with the local eleven receiving
the rough end of the score.
Once again the Loggers’ line
leaked like a sieve, letting the
Concordia defensive l i n e m e n
slaughter the Vernonia backs. At
times the local line blocked and
played good defensive ball, but
never in a constant manner suf
ficient to deter the visiting squad.
Defensively the Loggers just seem
to forget all they learn in practice.
All week they practice fundamen
tals only to take to the field and
play a most disorganized game of
football the night of the big game.
Then comes the next practice ses
sions and they perform like veter
ans. No wonder coaches get gray
young and end up with ulcers.
Friday evening of this week will
be the homecoming game for the
local eleven when they will meet
the Hood River eleven. The Log
gers will be the definite under
dog in this league encounter, BUT
are capable and have the material
to send the Hood River boys home
with the short end of the score.
Why not the townspeople and
students alike drop down to this
last home game of the season and
support the team in both the good
years and the lean ones? Game
time will be 8:00 p. m
AN ESTIMATED 247 people rode
the two excursion trains from
Banks to Vernonia Sunday in the
old Oregon Electric Railway coach
es and open observation car of the
Vernonia. South Park and Sunset
Steam Railroad. Missing from the
two trips was Engine 105. ac
quired by VSP&SS from Weaver
Clark who obtained it after the
mill closed here, and now being
repaired for use as motive power
for future excursion trips. Cars
have been brightly painted and
repaired inside and out by VSP&-
SS members. Herald of line, de
signed by W. S. Stephenson, com
mercial artist, adorns sides of cars.
on the high school lawn at noon today. Judging of
them will take place between then and rally time
at 7:30 p.m. this evening.
The rally will include a serpentine through
town in which all the students will participate and
in which the class signs will be used. The band will
take part and organized yells will be given at the
main intersections.
The parade will return to the school where the
team will be presented by the rally squad; the
coach, Robert Wendel, will speak, and the rally
squad will present a skit which will end with the
lighting of the bonfire to which the recent storm
contributed materially.
Friday, the students will hold a pep assembly
at 10:20 a m. at which the starting line-up will be
introduced, the coach will speak, the rally squad
will present a skit and the homecoming court will
be introduced. Members of this court, selected by
the Paul Bunyan club, are as follows: Princesses,
Patti Chandler, Nancy Howard and Patty Robert
son; princes. Boxer Cox, Robert Grimsbo and Del
bert Bush. At 12:20 Friday, a homecoming queen
and a football king are to be elected from these
candidates by the vote of the entire student body.
The queen will be crowned Friday evening at 7:45
just prior to the game.
Another new feature of this year's homecoming
is the recognition of the graduates of the earlier
classes in the high school. At game halftime, the
Demonia Baçte
VOLUME 40, NUMBER 44
VERNONIA, OREGON
THURSDAY, NOV. 1, 1962
Date Nears
For Decision
On Candidates
LYNN MICHENER brought down five-point elk in Deep creek
area Monday and was one of few lucky hunters here. Animal
weighed estimated 800 pounds live.
O verseas
D eadline
Close N o w
Postmaster O. T. Bateman
wishes to remind the public that
ordinary Christmas parcels for
armed forces overseas should be
mailed between November 1 and
November 20 in order to reach
their destination by December 25
Air mail packages should be mail
ed in advance of December 20.
All packages should be placed
in strong cardboard boxes and tied
securely with heavy twine. Items
inside the package should be
wrapped separately and well
cushioned with packing material
such as shredded paper or ex
celsior.
On air mail packages, the rate
is 80 cents per pound, and if the
package weighs one pound and
one ounce, the rate is the same as
if it weighed the full two pounds.
Check the weight of the package
and take full advantage of the
postage required.
Ambulance Called
The Vernonia ambulance was
called Tuesday to take Ted Kauppi
to Tuality hospital after he was
injured in a logging accident on
Burris road He apparently had
been hit by a log which caused a
broken shoulder and cracked ribs
along with multiple bruises.
New Projects
To Be Talked
New projects for the coming
year will be discussed when mem
bers of the Columbia County De
velopment Commission meet at
8:00 p.m. Wednesday, November
7 at the Rainier city hall. Also on
the agenda will be the election of
new board members.
Present officers and board mem
bers are: E. Louis Towne, Ver
nonia, chairman; Cecil Johnson,
Scappoose, vice-chairman; John
Wittwer, Rainier, secretary; Mrs.
Ervin Abraham, Rainier, execu
tive secretary.
Board members are Towne and
L. J. McCarter, Vernonia; John
Wittwer, Rainier; A1 Lahti, Clats
kanie; Cecil Johnson, Scappoose;
and Jack McGuire, St. Helens.
Star of the Sea
Deafeats JVs
The Vernonia JV ’s went down
to defeat Monday night at the
hands of a strong Star of the Sea
eleven. Half time score was 14-0
in favor of the Astoria eleven.
Vernonia threatened only once
during the first half. The As-
torians scored twice in the second
half while Vernonia never pro
duced a serious offensive threat.
Final score was 27-0 in favor of
Star of the Sea.
The Junior Loggers will finish
the season Monday night Novem
ber 5, against Clatskanie here.
Next Tuesday, November 6,
voters all over Oregon will begin
their trek to the polls at 8:00 a.m.
Campaigns this week are waging
hot and heavy as the deadline
nears and candidates put forth
their final efforts for election.
Statistics released by the coun
ty clerk’s office show that there
are 11,643 registered voters in the
county of which 7,312 are Demo
crats; 4,200 are Republicans; and
131 are of other miscellaneous list
ings.
For this area, the four Vernonia
precincts show a total of 1150 vot
ers, of which 713 are Democrats,
423, Republican and 14 miscel
laneous. At Mist, there are 90
Republicans, 75 Democrats and
one other, for a total of 166.
Polling places in Vernonia will
be as follows: Precinct 1, yellow
house on Third St. back of Kate’s
Cafe; precinct 2, Union Hall;
precinct 3, Washington school; pre
cinct 4, city fire hall. Mist and
Birkenfeld residents vote at the
Mist school.
Top office in the state to be fill
ed is that of governor. Mark Hat
field, present governor, is the Re
publican candidate and he is op
posed by Robert Thornton, the
present attorney general, Demo
cratic candidate and Robert
Wampler, an Independent candi
date.
Wayne Morse, Democrat, pre
sent United States senator from
Oregon, is trying for re-election
and is opposed by Sig Unander,
Republican,
For representative in Congress
from the first congressional dis
trict, Walter Norblad, Republican,
incumbent, is opposed by R. Blaine
Whipple, Democrat.
For state representative, Wayne
Turner, Democrat who is seek
ing re-election is opposed by Law
rence Meissner of Deer Island.
On the county level, the biggest
contest is for commissioner with
four candidates in the running.
They are Louis Wasser, Democrat,
incumbent; M. L. Gregory, Re
publican, Goble; and two indepen
dents, Walter Mathews of Mist
and Earl Ray, Vernonia.
For county clerk, Robert Wel-
wood, Republican, who was ap
pointed to the position after the
resignation of Harold Jensen, is
opposed by Roy A. Nelson, Demo
crat.
For Sheriff, Spencer Younce,
Democrat, incumbent, is opposed
by Republican candidate Roy S.
Wilburn. Frank LeMont, assessor,
is unopposed.
ten oldest graduates present are to be introduced
and presented with a momento of the occasion by
the homecoming queen. A skit will be presented
by the Girls Athletic association and the sign win
ners will be announced.
Following the game, there will be a homecom
ing dance at which the queen will be presented
and the football king will be crowned
When the idea to honor the older graduates
of the school began to take shape, the Vernonia
Eagle was called on to help with information con
cerning the history of the school and some facts
came to light that may be of interest to others.
(Historical background on page 4)
Civil Defense Starts Job
Of Emergency Planning
A special meeting of the Ver
nonia Civil Defense organization
was called Thursday evening of
last week by B. J. Horn, local di
rector, to start work on the re
organization of the local group to
put it in working order in case
of emergency.
One of the things decided was
to have a housing survey to deter
mine the families who could fur
nish room for refugees from other
areas since the overall Civil De
fense plan would evacuate people
to this area. Mrs. David Zama-
rippa will contact those who have
telephones and J. W. Acaiturri
is sending out letters through the
schools in an effort to reach every
one. Those not contacted by phone
are asked to contact him.
A. D. Lolley, city chief of police,
is in the process of moving his
radio equipment to the police of
fice in the fire hall, a move that
has been approved by the city
council, so that it will be avail
able for use in case of an emer
gency.
Lions to Hear
Holcomb Talk
Monday Night
At the meeting of the Vernonia
Lions club next Monday evening,
November 5, at the fire hall, work
crews will be organized for the
several Christmas decoration pro
jects, according to John Jensen,
president.
Also, the club will hear a guest
Estimates have been received by speaker who is well known here,
the county court for storm damage Holly V. Holcomb, deputy super
repairs to be made on the court intendent of the Oregon State po
house. For plastering the jury lice with offices in Salem.
room, the circuit judge’s room and
Holcomb came to Vernonia with
the south end of the hall, the esti his parents when a boy and com
mate was $1260. For painting the pleted elementary and high school
rooms and the circuit court room, here. After his graduation here in
the cost will be $440. For painting
1935 he went to Oregon State Uni
the ceilings and replacing the versity where he was an outstand
damaged tile in the floors of the ing quarterback.
clerk's and treasurer's offices, the
After graduation he joined the
estimate was $320. Besides, cost of state police force where he has
repairing the court house roof has served with the exception of time
been estimated at $1700.
spent in the air force where he
was a pilot and attained the rank
of captain.
Monday evening, he will give
some of the background material
on the Seaside riots on Labor Day
week end.
Also on the Lions club calen
A fire call Tuesday before noon dar is a zone meeting arranged by
took the Vernonia volunteer fire B. J. Horn, zone chairman which
department to the house at the will be held Wednesday of next
corner of North and Washington week at the Pine Lodge on the
streets owned by Mrs. Wilma highway between Forest Grove
Thompson of Clatskanie. Mrs. Lois and Cornelius. All Lions who can
Clark was in the process of moving do so are urged to attend.
to it and many of her things were
in the house when the fire occur
red, apparently from defective
wiring or an electric heater.
There was considerable damage
to the house, which had just been
repaired following storm damage,
and Mrs. Clark lost several boxes
The Vernonia JayCees will meet
of books and music.
this evening at the Keasey Saw
Shop for a work session painting
the new street signs. All mem
bers and other young men be
tween the ages of 21 and 36 are
asked to turn out.
Last Sunday, the local JayCees
All persons taking part in the went to Scappoose to tangle with
all-community Christmas cantata that club in a football game and
are a>-ked to report at the EUB they came home with a 26 to 6 vic
church at 6:45 next Tuesday even tory. Their next encounter will be
ing for an early practice since the with St. Helens.
building is to be used for another
At the meeting held Thursday
meeting at 8:00 p.m.
evening of last week at the fire
John Jensen, director, empha hall prior to the Civil Defense
sized the fact that more singers meeting held there, the JayCees
are needed and that it is urgent went on record as being willing to
that all who have been at pre provide manpower for an auxiliary
vious practices should be there. police force to assist the city force
For a successful cantata, a large if they were needed in the Civil
choir is needed.
Defense program.
Estimates on
Damage Given
Firemen Get
Call Tuesday
Jaycees Work
On New Signs
Practice for
Cantata Called