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Open House at
Camp A ttended
Many people from this area and
from Portland and other places at
tended the open house Sunday at the
Perry's Sports Camp on Rock Creek
and were delighed with what they
saw.
About one and a half miles out
Rock Creek read is a sign indicating
a left hand turn to the camp. From
the road, nothing is seen of it. and
to those approaching the camp for
the first time, it is indeed a surprise
as they break over the brow of the
hill and see the panoramic view of
the camp with the woods and creek
in the background. After they enter
the camp area, another surprise is
the absolute seclusion of the spot.
The hill and fringe of trees along
the road completely shuts out the
traffic scene or noise and the camp
seems to be completely away from
anything else.
For old-time residents of the val
ley who knew it as the Tucker
place, it was quite a surprise to se
the transformation. Only a tree
marks the site of the old "home. Be
low it, is the mess hall to accomo
date 100 boys and the bunk hcuses.
and the bath house. To the right is
the swimming pool and to the left,
the basketball courts. On the rise
above the camp is the new home of
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Caron which ov
erlooks the entire camp.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Perry and
Mr. and Mrs. George Perry greeted
guests Sunday and coffee was serv
ed in the dining room.
Ordinance Read
At Council Meet
An adjourned meeting of the Ver
nonia city council was held Friday
evening for the purpose of hearing
the first and second readings of the
ordinance adopting the budget, mak
ing appropriations and levying taxes
for the year 1964-65. Also, a resolu
tion was introduced and adopted
authorizing budgetary transfers at
the time of audit.
Authorization was given for the
payment of $100 to West Oregon
Electric company for a 30-foot strip
of land at the south end of First
street for access to Andersen park.
Other action called for advertising
for bids on the Riverview water sys
tem on specifications furnished by
Engineer Clarence Wagner.
Also, a motion was made to ask
for bids to furnish a car for the city
police department.
The next regular meeting of the
council will be July 6.
Craft Classes
Re-Scheduled
Due to the large attendance at the
Society of Arts and Crafts summer
classes for youngsters, the classes
will be divided and rescheduled. Be
ginning next week the craft classes
will be held on Tuesdays, with chil
dren now in grades 1 through 4 at
tending from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and
those in 5 th grade on up attending
from 2 to 4 p.m.
The art class students will be as
signed to morning or afternoon
class by the instructor, with classes
being held on Thursdays, from 10
a.m. to 12 noon and from 2 to 4 p.m.
Classes will be held in the shop
comer of the Clinic building as be
fore.
The knitting class will still be held
as previously scheduled on Tues
days from 4 to 5 p.m. at the West
Oregon Electric meeting room.
CARVED sign marks entrance to
Perry Sports Camp on Rock Creek
road and guided Sunday visitors to
turnoff leading to camp.
Week Urges
Boat Caution
President Johnson has proclaimed
the week beginning June 28 as Na
tional Safe Boating Week and the
Oregon State Marine Board is urg
ing boaters to gear themselves for
safety on the Oregon waterways. In
noting the occasion the Marine Beard
reports that pleasure boating fa
talities would be practically nil if
the occupants of small boats would
make it a practice to wear life
jackets.
Capsizing and similar accidents
are unexpected and quite often the
victims are on their way to the bot
tom while their life jackets or bouy-
ant seat cushions are drifting away.
The booting accident reports from
which statistics are compiled indi
cate that of seven fatalities recorded
so far this year six would have been
preventable had the victims been
wearing life preservers. The state
law requires each boat to have on
board an approved life-saving devise
sfor each person aboard.
Dernon i a E agle
Fund Approved
For School Use
J. W. Acaiturri, superintendent of
schools for district 47 J, released in
formation this week that an earlier
request for federal funds had been
granted in the amount of $1750 for
the school year 1964-65. The fund is
made available under the National
Defense Education act and is for the
improvement in instruction in grades
kindergarten through twelfth grade
in the fields of science, math and
foreign languages.
VOLUME 42. NUMBER 26
THURSDAY, JUNE 25. 1964
Train Trip
Tickets
A vailable
Blood Need
Requirement
On increase
Tickets for rides cn the Sunday
excursion train are available at the
Quinn Insurance office. They may
be obtained for any trip and special
emphasis here is cn the Vernonia to
Banks round trip to be made during
the Jamboree on July 26.
An urgent appeal was issued this
week for all who possibly can donate
blood to do so at the visit of the
Red Cross Bloodmobile next Monday,
June 29 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the IOOF
hall. Men who are employed during
the day are urged to come from
work to the hall.
Outages Caused
By Road Work
Among the urgent needs for blood
in this area is the request for blood
to Ire given in the name of Terry
Brady, son of Dane Brady. He had
heart surgery several years ago and
now has to have a second one and
needs 16 pints of blood on hand for
him before surgery will be done.
Consumers of West Oregon Electric
Cccperative, Inc. in Ihe Chapman.
Spitzenburg, Wilark and Pumpkin
Ridge-Dixie Mountain areas were
cut of electrical pewer a short time
Thursday, June 18. This was neces
sary to enable the county road crews
to blast some s.u rn s in their road
widening program in the Chapman
area. The stumps were directly un
der the power l i r s ar.d for the sake
of safety the lines were de-energized.
On Friday, June 19 more stumps
were to be blown which could affect
the Warren-Vernonia 34,500 volt
transmission line. In order for this
work to be done safely, some switch
ing had to be done and the following
areas were out of electrical service
for approximately 20 minutes: Mist,
Beaver Creek, Top Hill, Buxton, Sco
field, Strassel, Hayward Road and
Riverview. Again Chapman, Spitzen-
berg, Dixie Mountain-Pumpkin Ridge
and Wilark areas were iut of service
for about an hour and 15 minutes.
Guy I. Thomas, manager of West
Oregon Electric stated, "We do not
wish to deprive our members of their
electrical service at any time, but
this road work was started without
proper planning and by the time it
reached our attention there was no
time to inform any of our members.
Usually we pass along this informa
tion but in this instance we had no
choice.” He added, "I would like to
thank the members involved for their
patience and cooperation.”
Lions Attend
State Meeting
The annual state convention of
Lions was held in Coos Bay June 18.
19 and 20. Over 1000 attended.
Those representing the Vernonia
club were its president, Robert Sar
gent; first vice-president, Charley
Hickman, and zone chairman, John
Jensen. Mrs. Sargent and Mrs. Hick
man accompanied their husbands.
Jensen was honored by being asked
by the new district governor, Jaydee
Johnson of McMinnville to serve as
a deputy district governor.
The Vernonia delegates wore their
attractive new red jackets and
brought home several honors for
their club.
Among those who need replace
ments is Fr;uik Lange who had re
cent surgery for correction cf aneur
ism in a main artery. A list of others
needing replacements will be post
ed at the hall Monday.
CEREMONIES »err held at Timber last Friday, June 19. honoring Miss
Gladys Johnson, center, who was retiring after serving since 1952 as the
Timber postmaster. There to offer congratulations were O. T. Bateman,
left, Vernonia postmaster, and Richard King, right, postmaster at Forest
Grove. Mrs. Alva < Gertrude i Williams has been installed as acting post
master for Timber which is a fourth class office. Prior to her service
as postmaster. Miss Johnson had served in the Women's Marine Corps
from 1943 to 1945.
Primary Count
Benefits CARC
THE Vernonia Jamboree court, from left, Sharon Brunsman, Carolyn
Krieger and Laura Floeter, looked like this last Saturday as they left
for Scappoose to appear in the Pow Wow parade. They were wearing
their pink and white suits which they had made. Mrs. Henry Andoregg
chaperoned the girls Saturday.
The fast primary count in Oregon
paid off for the Columbia Associa
tion for Retarded Children, recip
ients of a $100 check from NBC.
Circus to Offer Entertainment
For Friendship Jamboree Dates
Arrangements were completed this
week for the appearance here dur
ing the eighth annual Friendship
Jamboree of the community circus
which will be set up on the acreage
across from the Legion hall and ad
jacent to Anderson park. The com
pany will bring here elephants, other
animals and clowns and circus acts
to present a 45 minute show three
times daily. They also will bring
rides for both youngsters and older
people and some concessions.
Through the sponsorship of Ver
nonia merchants who can be identi
fied by the signs in their windows,
the circus shows will be presented
free of charge. It will be an open air
affair and can be seen without cost
if spectators wish to stand or sit on
the ground. The company does carry
seats for which they charge.
RIDERS SPECIAL
Also, due to merchant sponsorship,
Friday will be a special day for
those here that afternoon and eve
ning, and is designed especially to
give local youngsters a circus hey-
dey before the big crowd moves in.
County GOP to
List Candidates
Any registered Republican who is
interested in being the Republican
candidate at the November election
for county commissioner, county
treasurer or port commissioner is in
vited to the meeting of the Colum
bia County Republican Central Com
mittee this Friday, June 26, at the
court house at 8 p.m.
At this meeting the committee will
appoint a successor to county com
missioner candidate Francis Gill
who died, and candidates for coun
ty treasurer and port commissioner,
positions not filled at the primary,
according to information supplied
by Lawrence Meissner, precinct
committeeman, based on information
supplied by the county clerk.
Death Claims
Area Resident
Team To D r ill
There will be a meeting of the high
school girls drill team Friday night
at 6:00 p.m. at the high school park
ing lot to work on the drill for the
Jamboree. All high school girls in
terested are urged to attend. A re
minder is issued to those who do
not have their uniforms to get them
now For more information, one of
the cheerleaders may be contacted
VERNONIA, OREGON
Herman S. Wood, 72 year old resi
dent of the Riverview district for
the past 20 years, died Tuesday
morning at a Portland hospital fol
lowing an illness of the past month
and a half
Funeral services will be conducted
Friday, June 26 at 11 a.m. a* the
First Christion church with arrange
ments entrusted to the Fuiten-Frie-
sen Mortuary
Burial will be in the Vernonia
Memorial cemetery
It also is designed to bring shop
pers from the area into town that
Friday to get the busy day over in
the stores prior to the week end eele
bration.
Merchants who are cooperating in
the sponsorship of the cirrus have
available tickets to be given to cus
tomers without charge which can be
used on Friday only for all rides
when accompanied by one dime. In
other words, rides on Friday, July 24
will be ten cents each, because the
merchants of the town are picking
up the tab for the rest of it, a gener
ous gesture to their customers and
their families.
The merchants who participate will
be featured in an ad in the paper the
week of the circus.
The circus representative will re
turn here July 6 to contact mer
chants missed and anyone who wish
es to participate may contact the
Jamboree chairman. Willie Barsten
at Deans Market.
BANNERS GO UP
The check, signed by radio an
nouncer Bill Anderson, who served
as coordinator for (he National
Broadcasting Company's election
count in Columbia county, was pre
sented to CARC Thursday, with a
letter from Bill Anderson that ex
plained lie had suggested CARC as
a group worthy of receiving a dona
tion from NBC in the name of the
group that fed election results to
them for nationwide coverage.
Grace Roumagoux of St. Helens,
former county health nurse, installed
officers for Ihe organization. She
told them retarded children were
"Ihe only concern & the only reason
for the existence of the organiza
tion” .
Taking office were: Mrs. Robert
Robinson of Scappoose, president;
Mrs. Scverin Posche, first vice-presi
dent; Mrs. James Hester, second
vice-president; Mrs. Glen Anderson,
secretary; and Mrs. Albert Noelle,
treasurer. The lioard of directors in
cludes Ray Godsey, William Wilson,
and Mrs. J. W. Thorp, past presi
dent.
Mrs. Robinson announced that Polk
county has formed a retarded chil
dren’s association.
Charley Hickman has issued a call
for help this Saturday, June 27 at
8:00 a m. to put up the street ban
ners so that the town will be fes
tive for the opening of the sports
camp this week end which should
bring many people into town and al
so for the July Fourth fireworks cele
Vernonia was well represented
bration the next Saturday. Persons Saturday at Scappoose in their Pow
who can help are asked to (urn out. Wow parade. John Sicdelman and
Hickman reports that the Clan Bob Thompson represented the Ver
Macleay bagpipe band will be here nonia Ridge Riders Saddle club and
again this year for the July 25 par after the parade they also partici
ade. The army, navy and airforce pated in the horse t show at which
will all send marching units and the Siedelman took the high point trophy
McLaren school band will partici and Thompson garnered some rib
pate.
bons
Trophy Won at
Pow Wow Show
NICKLES IN USE
Wooden nickles are being distribut
ed through merchants, also. These
are given out in change and many
wish to keep them as souvenirs but
they are good in trade if brought in
to the participating stores. It is
hoped that all businesses will par
ticipate by using them and that per
sons wishing souvenirs to send to
friends will use them, also.
Jamboree buttons are on sale and
should be worn by everyone to adver
tise the Jamboree and to signify sup
port for it. Also, business people are
asked now to plan decorations and
costumes in keeping with the west
ern logging theme during th<- Jam
boree. Everyone in town is asked to
get into the act with costumes, par
ade entries and help with various
activities.
At the next Jamboree meeting,
July 7 at the fire hall, the three
girls who comprise the court will
be present to speak briefly and get
acquainted. All persons interested
in meeting them and in helping with
the selection of a queen from among
the three is invited to attend
Steve Addison represented the Vcr
nonia Jaycees as a clown in the
parade, ami the Jamboree court rode
in the convertible belonging to Eran
Dinger, queen of the 1963 Friendship
Jamboree.
Hunter Safety
Meet Attended
Robert Walker, government trap
[ mt for this area, spent four day)
last week at Suttle Lake attending
the hunter safety conference con
ducted each year for all trapper«
from throughout Ihe state. Speaker)
from the western region gave trap
ping demonstrations to show new
methods of predatory control.
One phase of instruction that was
stressed was recognition and identifi
cation of bald and golden eagles
Eagles are protected by law and il
one causes destruction, a report has
to be filed identifying it before per
mission can be obtained to destroy it