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Pernotti a Eagle
VOLUME 42, NUMBER 37
VERNONIA, OREGON
THURSDAY. SEPT. 10, 1964
Loggers Open
Grid Season
Friday Night
Friday evening of this week the
Vernonia Logger football season will
commence when the local squad will
go over the mountain and engage
the Clatskanie Tigers. The Loggers
will be working hard for this first
tilt of 1964 to trounce the river boys
because of the two lickings admini
stered to the local eleven in the pre
vious two years.
Coach Bob Wendel is very optimis
tic this year and expects to be in the
win column much more than in pre
vious years. The Vernonia eleven
seems to have much more depth than
last year according to Wendel.
Last Friday evening, the Loggers
scrimmaged among themselves and
hard tackling and crisp blocking
marked the first appearance of this
years team. Dave Serafin, a JV
player, is out with a knee injury and
Larry Holsey, first string guard, is
out for the season with a knee in
jury. Holsey’s absence will be felt
by the local eleven as he was con
sidered one of their top linemen.
Other than these two injuries Wen-
del’s charges should be running at
full tilt.
Turnout for the Vernonia team this
year is marked by the appearance
of about 36 hopefuls with 13 seniors.
The starting line-up for Friday eve-
ning is as follows:
OFFENSIVE
RE
Terry Smith
RT
Gunny Cox
RG
Bill Pringle
C
Mark Medges
LG
Charley Robertson
LT
Jerry Hayes
LE
Terry Larson
QB
Jim Bellingham
RH
Dan Steele
LH
Dennis Holsey
FB
Lloyd Johnston
DEFENSIVE
RE
Joe Curl
RT
Jerry Hayes
RT
Bob Wood
LG
Gunny Cox
LT
Mark Medges
LE
Fred Smith
Left Linebacker
Dennis Holsey
Middle Linebacker
Ray Hartzell
Left Linebacker
John Weller
Safety
Danny Steele
Safety
Terry Smith
Registration of
Voters Urged
The Columbia County Labor Coun
cil in cooperation with the National
AFL-CIO, Oregon AFL-CIO and com
munity and civic groups is sponsor
ing a cooperative citizens register
and vote effort which will get under
way here the evening of September
3.
J. P. Bartlett, council secretary,
will be inviting representatives of the
two major political parties, service
clubs, civic groups, churches, busi
ness and professional groups to join
with the citizens of labor on a non
partisan voter registration campaign.
The meeting will plan means by
which to reach the maximum number
of potential voters with special at
tention to getting citizens registered
by the October 3, deadline who are
not registered. This requires the co
operation of city and county offic
ials and all who are able to reach
groups of people, Bartlett emphasiz
ed.
News media in Columbia county
has been most cooperative in publi
cizing voter registration efforts, Bart
lett added.
More Highway
Work Intended
Further work on highway 47 with
in the city limits is a possibility yet
this year according to word from
Phil B. Huntley, district highway
engineer who is in charge of this
area.
He indicated a few days ago in a
note to Lester Sheeley that an at
tempt will be made to install part
of a guard rail along the O A hill
part of the road this fall. If it is
possible for the highway department
to do some of the work, they will
install half the rail this year and
the remainder next year.
DICK MAGRUDER, left, with his champion 4-H Short
horn heifer, received 4-H Jacket Award from George
Mental Health
Topics Talked
A task force of 75 mental health
experts met at the Village Green
near Cottage Grove on Sunday and
Monday, August 30 and 31 for the
purpose of making final recommen
dations to the Oregon Mental Health
planning board.
Those attending were professional
persons in mental health who volun
teered their time to study and make
recommendations on such subjects
as the relation of alcoholism to men
tal health, the manpower shortage in
mental health and financing hospital
costs.
“The growing importance of men
tal disturbance and its resulting
problems in our state is apparent
when you realize that some 50, boo
people in Oregon are totally incapaci
tated due to mental illness of vary
ing degrees and an additional 150,000
are partially incapacitated for the
same reason and that another 200,000
are suffering severe and various
forms of emotional and mental dis
tress,” stated Judge Whipple who
had just returned from the above
mentioned meeting where he partici
pated as a member of the executive
committee of the state mental health
board. “Great strides are being made
by th
’ental health boards in 20
counties n the state of which Colum
bia is one, particularly in helping
patients both before and after their
return from the state hospital. The
social and economic impact of men
tal health in Columbia county is in
dicated when one realizes that some
30 patients are court-committed to
the state hospital each year and that
an equal number go on a volunteer
basis and that in addition there are
a large number of mentally and
emotionally disturbed persons that
never come to the attention of the
court,” said the judge.
Shipman Gets
Sheriff Post
Glen Shipman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Shipman of Vernonia,
has been appointed to a position on
the staff of the Yamhill county sher
iff by Sheriff W. L. Mekkers, accord
ing to word received by his parents
this week. Hie appointment was an
nounced September 6 in the McMinn
ville News-Register.
Shipman, whose home is in Mc
Minnville, filled a vacancy created
when Deputy Gary Hering resigned
to accept a teaching position in
Sheridan. He will work two nights
and three days each week as an in
vestigator and a member of the night
patrol.
Shipman is a native of Vernonia
and went through school here, after
which he did a hitch in the navy.
Following his discharge he accepted
a position with the Oregon State po
lice at St. Helens and for the past
11 years he has been serving the
state police in the McMinnville di
vision.
In making the appointment. Sheriff
Mekkers termed Shipman “a top of
ficer and an excellent addition to
the staff.”
Enrollment in
District Rises
Heurung, manager of Western Farmers Association,
St. Helens store.
4-H A w ard
Won at Fair
Services Held
For Mrs. Fuiten
Dick Magruder, 4-H club member
from Clatskanie and the son of Dr.
and Mrs. Kent Magruder, was the
winner cf the 4-H jacket award at
the 1964 Columbia county fair. The
jacket is given by George Heurung
of the Western Farmers association
store in St. Helens.
This is the third annual 4-H jacket
award given by Western Farm er’s
association. The first award in 1962
was won by Margaret Swanson of
Rainier. The 1963 award was given
to Margaret Magruder, sister of this
year’s winner.
Dick is a nine-year 4-H club mem
ber and is this year enrolled in beef,
sheep, swine, dairy, poultry and
crops projects. He was selected to
attend National 4-H Club Congress
in Chicago in 1962 for his outstand
ing work in his swine projects and
was selected this year to have his
4-H records compete for a National
4-H Achievement award which will
be judged in October.
A graduate of the Clatskanie Un
ion high school in June, Dick plans
to attend Willamette University this
fall.
Mrs. Hattie C. Fuiten, 78 year old
resident cf the Forest Grove com
munity since 1936, passed away Sep
tember 2 after having been in fail
ing health most of the year.
Funeral services conducted by her
pastor, the Rev. Carl Mason of the
First Methodist church, were held
Saturday, September 5 at 2:00 p.m.
at the Fuiten-Frieseri Mortuary in
Forest Grove. Concluding rites and
entombment were at the Forest View
cemetery mausoleum.
Mrs. Fuiten was a native of Hori
con, Dodge county, Wisconsin where
she was bom February 17, 1886. In
1904 she moved with her family to
New Richmond, Wisconsin where
she lived until coming to Oregon in
1936. After coming here she first liv
ed west of Gaston and then in 1938
the family moved to a home on Willa
mina Avenue in Forest Grove where
she lived for 24 years. Two years ago
she moved to her present home at
1911 Hawthorne street, Forest Grove.
She was united in marriage to Ben
H. Fuiten at New Richmond, Wiscon-
son on August 25, 1909 and they ob
served their 55th wedding anniver
sary two weeks ago. She suffered a
stroke August 27 which led to her
death September 2.
Mrs. Fuiten had been a 'lifelong
member of the Methodist church. She
was also a member of the Gale
In reports from 4-H club judging Grange at Forest Grove and served
at the Oregon state fair, very few as the Grange musician for a num
from this area have received awards. ber of years. She had been a .voman
This is probobly due to the fact that of many hobbies, taking special in
the 4-H activity in this area has terest in sewing, textile painting,
been at a low ebb for the past few growing cactus, etc.
Surviving is her husband, Ben H.
years so there are probably not ma
Fuiten, Forest Grove; and six chil
ny exhibiting this year.
Heather Higgenbotham of Timber dren, Mrs. Ann Hanold, Forest
route, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grove; Mrs. Keith (Mary Jane)
Ralph Higgenbotham took a blue Howe, Le Puente, California; Rev.
award for her skirt and also for her John H. Fuiten, Aloha; Robert L.
nut bread. Sandra Potter, daughter and Jam es B. Fuiten, both of For
of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Potter of Ver est Grove and David C. Fuiten, Hills
nonia, received a red award on her boro.
Also surviving is a brother, Harold
skirt and Kathy Tomlin, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tomlin received Kruschke, Petaluma, California; a
sister, Mrs. Moody Ryan, Albuquer
a red award for her nut bread.
A white award went to Helen Hig- que, New Mexico; 15 grandchildren
gerbotham for her skirt and to Zen and three great grandchildren. Two
other sons, Orville and George pre
da Ellis for her food entry.
For outdoor cooks, one twister, ceded her in death.
Craig Bergerson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Bergerson and Craig El
lis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Loren El
lis, took red awards and Ricky Holce,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Holce,
took a white award.
These are the only names appear
The site work at Wauna for the
ing in reports received to date. Other
new $15 million Crown Zellerbach
reports are received daily.
tissue mill is nearing completion, ac
cording to company officials.
This phase of the work is slated
for completion this month, and work
on the building foun^-'tion is sched
uled to begin about the same time.
Contractors have moved about 600,-
The 26 permits issued by the Co 000 yards of fill material, and placed
lumbia county building department 1000 pounds of sand per square foot
during August had a total valuation on the site of the paper machine
of $39,041.
building to settle the ground prior to
Included were four new homes placing the foundation.
with combined value of $21,500, and
Construction of the dock along the
16 permits for residence alterations waterfront is underway. The main
or additions at a total cost of $14.391. section for oceangoing vessels will
During the first eight months of be 90 feet wide and 500 feet long
1964 the department issued 180 per with a 10-foot wide. 550-foot long ex
mits for work costing a total of tension upstream from the main dock
$745,871.
for barge loading
Awards Few on
Entries at Fair
Work on Site
Job Near End
County Issues
26 Work Permits
In 1952 when the present Vernon
ia high school building was being
erected, there were dire predictions
that “when the mill closed” it would
be a building standing empty or at
least with many unused rooms.
This year, that lacks much cf be
ing the case, for a steady climb in
enrollment the past several years
brings the high school enrollment
figure to 204 as of Wednesday of this
week. This compares to the first
week enrollment in 1963 of 183 and
the first week enrollment in 1962 of
167.
Of the 204 enrolled, there are 55
freshmen, 55 sophomores, 38 juniors
and 56 seniors.
Total elementary school enroll
ment as of Wednesday was 493,
which, added to the high school en
rollment, gives a total of 697 stu
dents attending the four schools in
district 47J.
By schools, Mist has a total of 34
in the first six grades. In the room
taught by Mrs. Grace Mathews,
there are four first graders, six
second graders and eight third grad
ers for a total of 18. Robert Sargent,
vice-principal, has in his room three
feurth graders, five fifth graders and
eight sixth graders for a total Qf 16.
At Lincoln school there are 78
students in the first three grades,
Mrs. Rey Stockwell has 24 first
graders, Mrs. Velva Christensen has
26 second graders and Miss Beverlee
Markegard has 28 third graders.
At Washington school, as of Wed
nesday, there are 381 students with
the breakdown by grades as follows:
Kindergarten, Mrs. Faith Reynolds,
22 in the morning class and 24 in
the afternoon class; first grade, Mrs.
Gladys Worthington, 26; second, Mis6
Sunny DeHart, 21; third grade, Mrs.
Noma Callister, 30; fourth grade,
Mrs. Rose Steen 24 and Mrs. Lucille
Green 24; fifth grade, Mrs. Evelyn
Heath 20 and Mrs. Mathilde Berger
son 22; sixth grade, William How-
Council Meeting
Lacks Quorum
No meeting of the Vernonia city
council was held this week, due to
the fact that regular date for the
meeting was the Labor Day holiday
and only one member of the council
turned out Tuesday evening which
is usually used for the meeting in
case of a Monday holiday.
Absences Tuesday evening were
accounted for by the fact that the
mayor was on duty at the hospital
and cculdn’t leave and two council-
men were out of town. One other
called to ask if a meeting was being
held and when he learned that his
presence would not make the re
quired quorum, he did not appear.
The one councilman, L. E. Atkins,
and the recorder, Walter Linn, trans
acted no business and unless a meet
ing is called previously by the may
or, the next council meeting will be
the third Monday, September 21.
Traffic Volume
Gain Indicated
Traffic volume on most major high
ways showed a general increase for
July, 1964, as compared to July, 1963,
according to the monthly report
compiled by the Oregon State High
way Department.
Rural interstate routes showed a
10 percent increase, while other rural
highways showed a 5.5 percent In
crease.
Urban interstate highways had a
9.7 percent increase, while other ur
ban routes showed a 6.9 percent in
crease.
The first seven months of 1964
showed a net increase of 5.8 percent
for rural routes and 6.4 percent for
urban highways. These percentages
include the interstate routes.
Maximum daily traffic for July
occurred on Friday, July 3.
Smokey Say»:
'..O F THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE,
TORlWE PEOPLE'
INTRUST—
4 M ER IC A’S
FORESTS !
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Prevent forest fires!
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ard 26 and Mrs. Maude Wells 27;
seventh grade, Wayne Markham 31
and Daniel Lawler 28; eighth grade,
Mrs. Dorothy Sandon 28 and James
Johns 28.
The total enrollment by schools as
compared to the first week in 1963
is as follows: Mist, 1963, 33 and 1964,
34; Washington, 1963, 354 and 1964,
381; Lincoln, 1963, 69 and 1964, 78;
high school, 1963, 183 and 1964, 204.
First week enrollment figure to
tals for the district during the past
five years have been as follows:
1960, 619; 1961, 592 (the only year
to show a drop'; 1962, 635; 1963, 639
and 1964, 697.
Past Resident
Taken by Death
Julia E. Kirk, 86, former resident
of Buxton and Vernonia communities,
died September 6 at the Rest Harbor
Nursing Home in Gresham.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed by Rev. W. M. White of Lincoln
Street Lutheran church at the Fuiten-
Friesen Mortuary Chapel in Forest
Grove Thursday (September 10) at
2:00 p.m.
Don Becker will be the soloist and
Mrs. Gordon Merrill the organist.
Concluding services will be at the
Unicn Point cemetery, Banks, with
John Bailey, John Fellas, Delmer
Bellish, Oral Varley, Jack Justice
and Otto Geortzen serving as casket-
bearers.
Mr.s Kirk was bom July 16, 1876
in Union. Illinois, the daughter of
Hartwell M. and Linda Davis. She
was united in marriage to George E.
Kirk August 18, 1897. He preceded
her in death in 1957. They moved to
Oregon in 1919.
Surviving are five children: Mrs.
S. H. (Lavona) Peterson, Buxton;
Mrs. Charles (Ione) Justice, Vernon
ia; Leelin Kirk, Buxton; Clarence,
Molalla and Arthur Jr., Bray, Cali
fornia; 14 grandchildren, 43 great
grandchildren and two great-great
grandchildren. Others who mourn
her death are several children, rais
ed in their home, and a host of
friends.
State Announces
Project Hearing
The state highway department has
announced plans for proposed right-
of-way acquisition on the Rainier-De-
lena section of the Lower Columbia
River highway.
A public hearing on the proposea
project is scheduled for September
21. Persons who are interested and
desire a hearing on the subject,
should make their request to the Rai
nier city council on or before Mon
day, September 21, according to
Floyd Query, secretary of the Oregon
state highway commission.
The proposed route, relocating a
section of the Lower Columbia River
highway would eliminate the Rainier
hill section of highway 30.
Moonlight Sale
Being Planned
Further preparations are being
made this week for an event that is
scheduled to take place the latter
part of this month. It is the Moon
light sidewalk sale which Vernonia
merchants are preparing for along
with a street dance, weather permit
ting.
Lloyd Quinn, chairman of the
chamber of commerce retail trades
committee, along with several others
have been working on details for the
affair. Earlier this week they indi
cated about 20 merchants have said
they wish to take part in the event,
the first of its kind to be held here.
Police Arrest
Bank Robber
A man walked into the Bank of St.
Helens TTiursikiy morning, Septem
her 3, handed the teller a note de
manding $300, then waited for police
to come and arrest him. Police took
the man into custody, and after
questioning him, released him to his
family.
The FBI office in Portland later an
nounced that a bank at Oak Grove
was robbed Thursday afternoon, the
first time in the history of the state
that two bank robberies have been
attempted on the same day.