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Panel Outlines
Cultural Need
For Education
A very excellent program was
presented last Thursday evening
to a fair sized audience of parents
and friends at the Lights On For
Education observance at the
Washington school.
A panel of teachers which in
cluded Mrs. Dorothy Buell, second
grade teacher; Mrs. Ora Bolmeier,
high school English teacher; Miss
Jacqueline Antles, art instructor
and Rudy Domitrovich, band in
structor who also acted as panel
moderator. Subject for the panel
was “How the cultural subject
meets the challenge of change in
education.”
Mrs. Buell explained how se
cond graders of today learn by
doing, by social activity within
the classroom and through activi
ties that give meaning to the
learning of reading, writing and
arithmetic, rather than through
the stereotype methods used in
former years.
Mrs. Bolmeier stressed the im
portance of a good foundation in
the English language and the up
surge in emphasis on the lanuage
arts in education today. Being
able to read, write and speak flu
ently is essential to all other
learning processes as well as so
cial and economic contacts.
Miss Antles explained the broad
er concept of art which includes
the personal conception of design
and how art can become a part
of many other learning processes
as well. The importance of art
appreciation and sensitivities was
brought out.
In speaking of the importance of
music in the school curriculum,
Mr. Domitrovich demonstrated his
talk with the presentation of the
high school band. He emphasized
the importance of music as a
means of expressing emotions, as
well as its place in the cultural
and social activities of those who
participate.
The panel discussion was design
ed to acquaint parents and friends
with the program of the school in
these special fields so that they
can better understand the advan
tages offered by the Vernonia
schools.
Following the panel, elemen
tary teachers went to their rooms
to meet parents personally. Par
ents of high school students and
others remained in the auditorium
to hear a panel of high school stu
dents very ably discuss some of
the things offered students in the
high school.
Mary Steen dealt with science
and mathematics and stressed
their importance in the world to
day. Marian Mathews spoke of
English and the foreign language
program and how it fits one for
better work in all fields of educa
tion as well as in the social and
economic world. Grant Bower-
man spoke of music and it was
plain to see that his heart was in
the subject with which he dealt.
He brought out the fact that it
carries an element of discipline
of accuracy and of cooperation
in the training it gives as well as
the pure enjoyment found in this
realm.
Gary Johnston, who also acted
as moderator for the panel, spoke
of the vocational arts which in
clude shop, agriculture, home ec
and business training and their
importance to the students as pre
paration for future work.
Persons who heard these stu
dents so ably speak about the edu
cational opportunities offered at
Vernonia high school could not
help but have a better appreciation
of the work being accomplished
there. Their good presentation
with poise and dignity spoke well
for the training they are receiv
ing.
Recount Asked
Of County Vote
A petition has been filed in the
office of the secretary of state at
Salem asking for a recount of bal
lots cast in the Nov. 6 election for
the office of county sheriff.
According to the county clerk,
his office has not been officially
notified of the filing, but the fact
has been established that the pe
tition was filed Monday by Sheriff
Spencer L. Younce.
The petition for a recount was
accompanied by $340, $10 for each
of the county’s 34 precincts, in
order to get a recount.
Younce was defeated by 100
votes by Roy Wilburn in the gen
eral election.
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VOLUME 40, NUMBER 47
VERNONIA, OREGON
THURSDAY, NOV. 22, 1962
Lions Work on
Decorations for
Business Area
LOGGER seniors to see action in this year's court season are:
front, from left. Bob Grimsbo and John Hildebrand; standing, Har
vey Redmond, Boxer Cox and Grant Bowerman.
Logger
N etm en
Prepare
Basketball practice got under
way last week at the high school
as the Vernonia Loggers began
preparations for the 1962-63 sea
son.
Two lettermen, Bob Grimsbo
and Boxer Cox, are back from last
years fine team which produced
a 17-4 record and they should
form the nucleus of this year’s
team. Grant Bowerman, John Hil
debrand, Harv Redmond, Jim
Bellingham and Dan Steele who
were the mainstays on last year’s
JV team will give them added
support.
Coach Dale Andrich has been
pleased with the progress the team
has shown so far in pre-season
drills. Bowerman has been moving
the ball real well and Grimsbo
has been hitting the hoop with
good consistency.
The team has now been cut. Ten
players will make up the varsity
and twelve will go to the JV’s
which will again be coached by
Dan Lawler.
The Loggers' first game will be
December 7 when the team tra
vels to Hood River.
Donors Asked
To Give Blood
Mrs. Charles Minger, one of the
local directors of the blood donor
program, asked this week that
persons who can donate now do
so to replace blood used for Mrs.
Clarence New the past two weeks.
The bloodmobile will not be com
ing here, but donors can go to the
blood center in Portland at any
time. If they will contact Mrs.
Minger she will make arrange
ments for them.
Mrs. New went to Portland for
a check-up week end before last
and conditions were found which
made hospitalization necessary.
Last week she was given transfus
ions to build her up for surgery
Monday of this week. Reports
Tuesday were that she came
through the surgery okay but it
had been very serious and recup
eration would be slow. It is pos
sible that more blood will be need
ed for her.
Whipple Elected
Columbia County Judge John
W. Whipple was elected president
of the Oregon Association of Coun
ty Officials at the conclusion of
a session held last week by the
group in Portland. Judge Whipple
served as vice-president of the
association the past year.
Technical Aid
To Be Sought
The Columbia County Redeve
lopment committee, at the meet
ing held Tuesday evening of this
week at the court house in St.
Helens, voted to cooperate with
the St. Helens Port district to
apply to the Area Redevelopment
administration for technical assis
tance for a survey of industrial
sites in Columbia county. The
survey will cost an estimated
$12,000 of which the port district
will pay $6,000. If the applica
tion is approved, the balance
would come from the ARA techni
cal assistance fund.
A previous request for technical
assistance for survey of potential
mineral industry will be tabled
pending acceptance of the indus
trial sites survey.
The committee set February 5 as
the time for a public meeting at
which the ARA program would be
explained to residents of the coun
ty.
Ralph Bergerson acted as chair
man for the meeting Tuesday
evening in the absence of E. Louis
Towne, committee chairman.
Tour Dinner
Plans Made
Dinner arrangements have been
completed for the Columbia Coun
ty Development tourism dinner to
be held in Vernonia Thursday, De
cember 6, at 7:00 p.m., Louis
Towne, Columbia County Devel
opment Commission chairman
stated today.
Featured speakers will be Ron
Shay, of the Oregon State Game
Commission, who will speak on
Hunting and Fishing Potential in
Columbia County”. “Tourism Pro
motion” will be the topic of Ore
gon Planning and Development
Commission speaker William Mil
ler.
The dinner will be served by
the American Legion Auxiliary.
Tickets for the dinner are avail
able from the organization’s di
rectors, or call Mrs. Ervin Abra
ham, Rainier 6-5811.
Examiner At Office
There will be a drivers license
examiner in St. Helens Wednes
day at 970 Columbia Blvd. from
9:30 a m. to 4 p m. Persons wish
ing original licenses or permits to
drive are asked to file application«
well in advance of the closing
hour.
Dr. John Buell, decorations
chairman, reports that Tuesday
night was a work night for the
Vernonia Lions club and several
more will be scheduled during the
next few weeks getting ready for
the December 1 deadline when
the Lions club will be putting up
the new Christmas decorations.
The four new projects are in the
working stages with two almost
completed.
Dr. O. L. Hansen was initiated
into the club by Dr. John Buell.
This brings the total of Lion club
members to 27.
Bruce Roberts delivered the
Thanksgiving message, pointing
out that even when things are not
as good as people would like them
to be they can still find something
for which to be thankful.
John Jensen, Harold McEntire
and Tom Bateman will be the
steering committee for the coming
Roundtable of District 36-0 which
will be held in Vernonia January
26. Other committee appointments
will be made at a later date.
The next Lions club meeting
will be December 3 at 7:00 p.m.
The Southwest Lions club is mak
ing a visitation and Earl Hurlburt
will be the speaker for observance
of charter night. Charter members
of the Vernonia club will be hon
ored.
Civil Defense
Survey Made
The housing survey in Vernonia
for Civil Defense purposes has
been brought up to date by Mrs.
David Zamarippa who contacted
residents by phone to learn how
many persons they could accomo
date in their home in case of an
emergency.
Another survey added to the
Civil Defense information in the
area is the location of all wells in
the area.
Mrs. Zamarippa who has been
helping in the current survey, is
not new at Civil Defense work.
While living in central Oregon at
Lone Pine she received recogni
tion for 5000 hours of continuous
services as an airciaft observer
for the GOC.
B. J. Horn, local Civil Defense
director, expressed appreciation
for the work of Mrs. Zamarippa
here.
3 Rehearsals
Still Slated
John Jensen, conductor of the
all-community cantata, reminds
those participating that there will
be only three more rehearsals be
fore the presentation Sunday af
ternoon, December 16, at 4:00 p.m.
in the high school auditorium.
There are 27 singers from
throughout the community par
ticipating and the cantata, Bethle
hem, promises to add much to
the coming Christmas observance
in the community.
The next rehearsal will be next
Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at the EUB
church.
City Purchases
Garage Building,
Sets Code Date
By action of the city council
Monday evening of this week, the
former Hawken Motors building
will become the property of the
city. The building, owned by
Rey B. Early of Portland, was of
fered to the city for the token
payment of $1.00 with the city to
assume back taxes amounting to
between $1600 and $1700 dollars.
The council accepted the offer but
has not indicated plans for the
use of the building.
E. Louis Towne suggested to
the city that advantage be taken
of the federal accelerated public
works government aid program to
rebuild some of the water dis
tribution system, especially re
placing some of the existing two-
inch mains with four-inch mains
on Rose avenue and neighboring
areas, and installing new pipes
along Bridge street through the
downtown area. The matter was
tentatively scheduled for inclusion
in the next budget but not neces
sarily with government aid.
The water use charge delinquen
cies were considered and the coun
cil ordered that they be reduced
by the suspending of service to
those in arrears to the amount of
their deposit. Also suggested was
a change in the water ordinance
increasing the service connection
fee since the cost of meter and
installation is now greater than
Checks Show
Tax Increase
West Oregon Electric coopera
tive’s tax checks to Washington,
Columbia and Clatsop counties re
flected the sharp increase in prop
erty and real estate taxes this
year when checks totaling $4176.66
were mailed before the November
15 deadline.
Manager Guy I. Thomas stated
that this was an increase of 27
percent from the $3298.32 paid
last year. He also pointed out that
this is only a portion of the taxes
paid by the cooperative. Total
taxes paid during the first ten
months of 1962 were $12,884.08.
Largest single tax the coopera
tive pays is a two percent state
tax on all revenue. This is distri
buted back to the counties on the
basis of percentage of revenue
from various areas.
The franchise tax for the city
of Vernonia was $1,504.90 for the
first ten months. The franchise
tax is two percent if all revenue
within the city.
JCs Prepare
Holiday Party
At the meeting of the Vernonia
JayCees Thursday evening of last
week, plans were made for a
Christmas party for the children
of the community and Bill Sword
was appointed as chairman. More
plans will be made at the next
meeting, November 29 at the West
Oregon Electric building. All the
members and other men between
the ages of 21 and 36 are urged to
attend and help with the plans.
The JayCees hope to have the
new street signs in place by the
end of the month, according to
Sheldon Groff, chairman for that
project.
The Christmas fund project head
ed by Calvin Bass was concluded
last Saturday afternoon at the
Miller building.
Speaker Tells Strides Made in
Education at Monday PTA Meeting
The May 19th meeting of the
PTA was opened by the vice-pre
sident, Mrs. Lynn Michener. Af
ter a short business meeting, Mrs.
Jack Bergerson introduced Miss
Carolyn Krieger who did an ori
ginal hula dance.
Bert Brunsman, Master of the
Masonic Lodge, introduced Bert
Tousley who gave a very interest
ing talk on the great strides made
in education. He also stressed the
progress made in teacher educa
tion. He gave this quotation:
"America will be strong and free
as long as her schools are free
and strong.” He explained that
the Masons believe in state and
local control of the schools.
He also spoke of the rapid
changes in the world today as
compared to the time of the Pil
grims and the need for education
to teach students to think and
act at a pace to keep abreast of
the progress of today. Eucation
is becoming more important every
day to compete in the social, econ-
imic and military fields.
The program was concluded
with an amusing Christmas skit
by the Chipmunks led by Jeff
Proehl. The Chipmunks were
Craig Bergerson, Matt Krieger and
Billy Horn.
The Masons served delicious
oyster stew in the lunch room
after the meeting.
the existing fee. This will be con
sidered at a later date.
The first reading was given an
ordinance to establish a building
code for the city and a public
hearing on it has been set for next
Tuesday evening at the fire hall.
A legal notice concerning this ap
pears elsewhere in this issue and
all persons interested in the or
dinance are urged to attend the
meeting Tuesday.
The first and second readings
were given an ordinance replatting
Linwood Heights in second addi
tion to correct oversights in des
cription to satisfy the Title In
surance company.
The preliminary drawing by en
gineers for the new platt in the
Oregon American area was intro
duced with modifications by the
planning commission and was ap
proved for return to the engineers
who are to proceed with the sur
vey.
The council agreed to rock a por
tion of the proposed road for Jus
tin Folken in exchange for clear
ing and cat work in the new OA
residential addition. The council
directed that Folken be sent a
letter of commendation for his
work in this connection.
An estmate of $616 for roofing
the bank building was submitted
by roofing contractors currently
working in this area. The council
approved proceeding with the
work under emergency conditions.
A suggestion was received from
the Ninety-Nines, women’s flying
group, that airmarking of the mu
nicipal airport be done. The state
would furnish paint and the city,
the labor. The recorder was in
structed to write for more details.
Other business included the re
newal of liquor licenses for Curl’s
Grocery, Sam’s Food Store and
Vernonia Billards; the reading of
a letter of appreciation from the
Lions club for water service at
the hotcake feed; the dstablish-
ment of a $5.00 fee per septic
tank cleaned to septic tank clean
ing contractors for disposing of
sludge by pumping into the la
goon; the certification of the gen
eral election results; and the di
recting of the recorder to check
with the state about a special city
population count in 1963.
The next meeting of the council
will be December 3.
Club Plans for
Golf Tourney
The Vernonia Men’s Golf assoc
iation is planning a turkey-ham
golf tournament Sunday, Decem
ber 2 at the Vernonia Golf Club.
A meeting will directly follow
the golf tournament for the elec
tion of officers for the 1963 sea
son and the presentation of 1962
golf awards. Other entertainment
will be provided including golf
films.
Members are asked to arrange
their foursomes and make reser
vations early. All interested local
golfers are welcome to play in
this tournament.
Stock Group to
Dine Tuesday
Members of the Columbia Coun
ty Livestock association, their fa
milies, and friends will hold their
annual fall dinner meeting jointly
with the Clatskanie Kiwanis club
Tuesday, November 27, in observ
ance of Farm-City Week, says Kay
Van Natta, association president.
Dinner is scheduled to get under
way at 6:45 pm. in the multi
purpose room of the Clatskanie
union high school. As customary
for many years, the association
will furnish the meat for the din
ner, but the rest of the fare will
be pot luck. Visiting Kiwanians
will not need to bring food items,
indicates Van Natta.
“People Around the World” will
be the topic of Dr. Gordon Sitton,
Oregon State University econo
mist. Sitton will illustrate his talk
with slides taken on a trip around
the woild after completing a
teaching assignment abroad
All stockmen, including dairy
men, are urged to attend this
meeting, according to Van Natta,
whether they are association mem
bers or not.