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VOLUME 42, NUMBER 43
VERNONIA, OREGON
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1964
Time Change
Scheduled for
Next Sunday
A public hearing November 2 at
8.00 p.m. at the city hall has been
called by the city council on recom­
mendation of the planning commis­
sion to hear pros and cons regard­
ing the requested change of proposed
name for the part of highway 47 ex­
tending through Riverview from Po­
mona Drive to Mist Drive. The ac­
tion was taken because of a request
lodged previously by residents of the
area for such a change.
The council, at their meeting Mon­
day evening, heard the report that
water service is now available along
the newly-laid mainline in Riverview,
depending on receipt of purity cer­
tification by the state board of health.
Prospective users must make sign­
ed application at the city hall for
service connection.
Curb installation on Weed avenue
from Bridge street south is being
extended to include the Earl Trom-
Sunday, October 25 is the day
designated for the return to standard
time and everyone is reminded that
this means setting the clock back
one hour, presumably at 2:00 a.m.
Sunday morning.
Most people prefer to make the
change when they retire Saturday
night. For instance, if the clock says
10 p.m., it would be turned back to
9 p.m. and in effect, give an extra
hour to Saturday nignt.
Since Saturday evening is Hallo­
ween, it might be well to wait until
after midnight to make the change
to avoid the risk of giving witches
and goblins an extra hour to prowl.
At any rate, most churches h "e
announced that services Sunday will
be on Standard time and all schools
will be operating on standard time
Monday morning.
Tests. Shots
Given Students
Mrs. Albert Krieger, health chair­
man for the Vernonia PTA, reported
this week that October 13, vision
tests were given to 20 high school
students who had requested such
checks. From these, 12 referrals
were sent home to parents, indicat­
ing that those students needed fur­
ther attention to their eyes.
Tuesday of this week, October 20,
at the immunization clinic held in
the art room at the Washington
school, 241 immunization shots were
given to 141 students from the first,
fifth, ninth and twelfth grades.
These were DPT shots (diptheria,
whooping cough and tetanus), DT
(diptheria and tetanus) and small­
pox vaccinations.
Shots were given by Dr. S. D.
Thiringer and County Health Nurses
Mrs. Geraldine Malakowski and
Mrs. Lambert from St. Helens. They
were assisted by Mrs. Albert Krie­
ger, Mrs. Ralph Krieger, Mrs. Jack
Bergerson, Mrs. Earl King, Mrs.
Pat Robertson and Mrs. George
Koski.
The mobile chest xray unit will
not come to Vernonia this year but
will be in Clatskanie at the city
hall October 28 from 11 a.m. to 2
p.m. and from 3 to 5 p.m.; in Scap­
poose at the Wigwam Cafe, October
29 same hours and in St. Helens at
the Moose hall October 30, same
hours. Persons from this area may
obtain xrays at any of those places.
bley property at his request.
A letter was received by the coun­
cil from the Banks Booster club in
appreciation for the gift of field
lights from the city park which were
no longer used since the field is not
us 1 new for athletic events. The
b< ster club letter, signed by Bill
T ke, president cf the Banks Boost-
e club, stated that obtaining these
I ;ld lights has made it possible for
anks to have a lighted field and
or the first time, have night foot-
jall games at Banks.
Action had been taken in July to
give the field lights to Banks in re­
turn for removal of the light poles
from the field since they had become
dangerous.
In other action Monday evening,
the council let two contracts ,one to
Crown Construction company for
erection of a fire hose drying tow­
er and one to Henry Turner for
shingling the north half of the sex­
ton’s house. The Crown bid for the
tower was $450 and the only other
bid, by Wally Noakes and W. N.
Wood was for $648.34.
For the shingling job, two identical
Friday evening the Vernonia Log­ bids of $154 were received from
gers took on the North Catholic Turner and Wood. The job includes
eleven on the local turf and came furnishing of the shingles and clean­
away from that game with a 7-7 up after the job.
Much of the remaining business
score.
Monday
evening dealt with street,
Both TDs occurred by the way of
breaks for both teams. North Catho­ drainage and sewer repair prob­
lic scored when they intercepted a lems. Also, an order was given for
Logger heave on the 35 and ran it replacement of glass in the city fire
all the way back for the score. Ver­ hall door and the installation of a
nonia’s score came about when they door check to prevent future break­
age.
recovered a dropped visitor punt on
The meeting concluded with routine
the 25 from which point they drove
to the one-yard line where Johnston payment of bills and the council ad­
bulled his way over on fourth down. journed at 9:20 p.m. The next meet­
Neither team managed to hit pay ing will be November 2, following
dirt the rest of the first half although the public hearing.
the locals did manage to penetrate
to the visitor’s 32, only to run out
of downs and have to punt.
Second half action was much the
same as the first half with defense
being stressed much more. Neither
The community youth group is
team managed to get anything ser­
making plans for a banquet at the
iously started until the final minutes
EUB church November 21, the Satur­
when the Loggers got down to the
day before Thanksgiving. The chick­
visitor's 28-yard marker. With 30
en dinner will be prepared by Friar
seconds to go, the Loggers stayed on Tuck.
the ground and settled for a tie ball
An excellent speaker, Jerry John­
game instead of chancing a pass.
son, from KPDQ in Portland, will
Vernonia will journey to Neah- speak to the group after the dinner.
Kah-Nie this week to engage that
The age limit is to be from twelve
squad in warfare.
years through college age.
Tickets are being sold now for $1.00
each by members of each church’s
youth group. They will not be sold
the week of the banquet and must be
sold in advance.
Boys should wear white shirts and
A steam locomotive will roll tie. Church dress is appropriate far
through the coast range of Western girls. All young people are urged not
Oregon for the last time this year on to miss this outstanding evening.
Sunday, October 25, as the non-profit
Vernonia South Park & Sunset sched­
ules two excursions over its scenic
line between Banks and Vernonia.
The annual Powderpuff football
Leaving the terminal at Banks at game will be held at Greenman
9:15 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., the train field Saturday, October 24 at 8 p.m.
of ancient cars, warmed with pot­ The junior and freshman girls are
bellied stoves will make a farewell challenging the sophomores and sen­
run before shutting down operations ior girls to a humorous game of
for the winter. Over 4,000 people of tackle football.
all ages were carried by this “pas­
Admission prices are: grade school
senger only” standard-gauge steam 35c; high school 50c and adults 75c
railroad operating on Sundays dur­ to see this game of fun-filled excite­
ing the summer season this year. ment.
The fledgling line began life in May
and drew capacity crowds during
its fourteen weeks. August 30 was
the last regular trip.
The Goodwill truck will make its
Tickets for this fall outing at $3.50 next visit to Vernonia November 18
may be obtained at the Northern Pa­ and a reminder of that date was is­
cific city ticket office, 439 S.W. 6th sued this week so that people could
avenue, Portland; Sunset Super Mar­ get items, ready for pick-up. Those
ket in Banks ,or by phoning 227-0415 wishing the truck to call at their
or MI 4-5759. Reservations are ad­ home may contact MriP Frank
Lange, HAzel 9-3161.
visable.
7-7 Tie Game
Scored Friday
COMPLETION of the new water main to the River­
view area was marked last week when the mayor,
several councilmen and a member of the planning com­
mission posed for this picture as they turned on the
Mill Rates
Decrease
A recent release of tax statistics
from the office of Columbia County
Assessor Frank LeMont shows a de­
crease in the millage rate for both
the Vernonia school district and the
city of Vernonia. It also shows the
Vernonia school district millage as
the lowest of any of the five larger
districts in the county.
Last year, the millage for district
47J was 44.6 and this year it is 40.0.
In checking the table which appears
else where in this issue, it is noted
that in Scappoose, Rainier and Clats­
kanie where there are separate mil­
lages for grade and high schools,
these two must be added to get the
true picture. Millage for St. Helens
is 43.3, for Scappoose 54.4, for Rai­
nier 47.1 and for Clatskanie 47.6.
For the city of Vernonia millage
dropped from 115.2 in 1963 to 103.2
in 1964. The area outside the city
dropped from 94.2 to 84.0.
Part of the answer to the change
of millage is in the re-evaluation of
property in the county.
District Board
Names Teacher
The board of school district 47J,
at a special meeting held Thursday,
November 15, employed Mrs. Cath­
erine Howard as high school girls
physical education and health in­
structor for the remainder of the
Monday evening, the Vernonia Li­ 1964-65 school year.
Mrs. Howard will replace Mrs.
ons club heard reports from the an­
Dorothy
Knowlton who has been
nual hotcake feed held last Saturday
which indicate that about $200 was teaching in the high school on emer­
cleared for use on such community gency certification. Mrs. Knowlton
projects as the Christmas decora­ and the school district were recent­
ly notified that she could not be
tions and the park dressing rooms.
certified
for this school year.
Edwin Ade, general chairman for
Mrs. Howard, a 1959 graduate of
the event, reported that of the 40
members of the club, only 10 were Vernonia high school, is currently a
unable to assist with the feed. He al­ senior at Oregon College of Educa­
so gave some interesting statistics tion. She will be able to teach
as to the quantities of materials only on emergency certification and
used Saturday as follows: 59 dozen will not be eligible for full certifi­
eggs, eight pounds coffee, 23 quarts cation until she receives her Bach­
milk, 15 pounds butter, 15 quarts elor of Arts degree.
syrup, nine quarts Wesson oil, 70
pounds hotcake flour, 16 quarts but­
termilk and six and a half gallons
milk for hotcakes, plus eggs used in
mixing the approximately 30 gallons
of batter used.
Freshmen at Vernonia high school
Earl Hurlburt, past district gov­
ernor of district 36-0 was present are finding out how tough high school
and gave the obligation to two new is, apparently, and perhaps, also
members, Larry Bair and LaRoy are learning the need for buckling
down for increased werk on studies.
Hepler.
Judge John Whipple spoke to the The assumption is drawn from the
club concerning O and C land funds, fact that no freshmen appear on the
prior to speaking to the PTA on the honor roll for the first six weeks.
The roll released last week shows
the same subject.
the following students attaining the
required grade level for such recog­
nition:
Sophomores: Bill Hanson. Kathy
Vernonia High School Coach Ro­ Jensen. Sally Knowlton, Nancy Ham­
bert Wer,del announced this week nett.
that this Saturday, October 24, at
Juniors: Robert Mattson, Roger
11 a m. at the high school field, Medges. Tony Weaver. Bob Wood.
punt and pass practice would be
Seniors: Sharon Brunsman, Joyce
held for boys aged 11, 12 and 13. Fi­ Chandler .Robert Fuquay, Linda Jen­
nals in the punt and pass contest will sen. Barbara Keith. Christine King,
take place November 6 at halftime Terry Larson, Vicki Pollock. Donna
during the Logger-Concordia game
Sanders, Judy Stockwell.
Hotcakes Earn
$200 for Club
Students Win
Place on Roll
Boys io Practice
roves
Name Hearing,
Extends Service
water last Thursday. From left. Councilman C. E. Mil­
ler, Planning Commission Chairman B. J. Horn, Mayor
T. M. Hobart, Councilmen Horace Hertel and L. E.
Atkins.
Co-op Members Name Directors,
Vote By-law Change Saturday
Approximately 300 members and
guests attended West Oregon Electric
Cooperative, Inc.’s annual meeting
last Saturday, October 17. There were
162 voting members registered. It
was considered to be one of the larg­
est atter.dancesi of recent years.
Bank Branches
Sponsor Clinic
U. S. National Bank’s St. Helens
and Vernonia branches will co-spon­
sor a “Businessmen’s Loss Preven­
tion Clinic” in the St. Helens lobby
Monday evening, October 26, accord­
ing to Vernonia manager B. R. Pil­
ger.
The session .scheduled to start at
7:30 p.m., will last approximately
two hours and is designed to help
businessmen prevent losses caused
by bogus checks, counterfeit money
and “short change artists.”
Included will be a series of slides
showing the businessman how to
discern counterfeit money from gen­
uine bills and what to look for on
checks to determine whether or not
they are bogus.
In addition, a panel consisting of
financial, legal and law enforcement
personnel will answer questions from
the audience.
Persons interested In attending the
clinic should contact either Pilger
or St .Helens manager E. E. Jensen
Refreshments will be served follow­
ing the session.
List Includes Four
The list of Columbia county resi­
dents drawn for the fall term as cir­
cuit trial jurors shows three from
the Vernonia area. They are George
B. Watson, Donald E. Tipton and
Violet D. Pattee.
Also included among the 48 per­
sons drawn is May J. Mills, Birken-
feld.
The guest speaker, Gus Norwood,
executive secretary of the Northwest
Public Power association, delivered
a very informative talk on the im­
pact in this area of the Pacific North­
west-Pacific Southwest Intertie.
Guy I. Thomas, manager of West
Oregon, spoke to the assembly of
the past year’s accomplishments and
of future plans. Members were glad
to hear his statement concerning
itt,504.40 operating margin to date
for this year. Some of the other high­
lights were: 94 new members, an in­
crease of 26 new small commercial
accounts and due to the financial
status, six new pieces of rolling stock
purchased.
Directors elected were Lee Wood­
en, re-elected for district 1; O. T.
Bateman re-eletced for district 4
and Lewis Kelly re-elected for dis­
trict 6. At the organizational direc­
tors meeting following the annual
meeting, the officers elected were
Fred Knox, president: R. B. Fletch­
er, vice-president; Noble Dunlap,
corporate treasurer and O. T. Bate­
man, corporate secretary.
The proposed change to Article VII
of the by-laws was accepted by the
members with a vote of 90 to 3.
There were 17 entrants in the cake
contest judged by Mrs. Betty Ash-
baugh, Washington county home
economics agent, Hillsboro. Winners
in the senior division were first,
Mrs. Jack Odam; second, Mrs.
Charles Minger; third, Mrs. Don
Wantland. Winners in the junior di­
vision were first, Sally Hytrek; sec­
ond, Mary Ann Odam and third, San­
dra Lindsley.
Entertainment was furnished by
vocal selections by five girls from
Vernonia high school, Judy Baska,
Allyson Hall, Jeannette Aultman,
Carmen and Christie Rundle. Also,
the Vernonia grade school choral
group under the direction of Don
Jackson sang several numbers.
Forty door prizes were awarded
to members. C. N. Rundell received
an electric clock for being the first
member to register.
Youth Prepare
Banquet Event
Sunset Line to
Run Two Trips
Powderpuff Game Set
Date Given for Truck
Society Asks Full-Time Art Teacher for Schools
The October meeting of the Ver
nonia PTA was held at the Washing­
ton grade school Monday evening.
During the business portion of the
meeting, the new budget was pre­
sented by Mrs. Ralph Krieger and
approved by the membership.
Mrs. Robert Curl, president, then
presented the Gold Oak Leaf award
for membership to Mrs. Krieger,
last year's president.
Mrs. Lloyd Callister’s third grade
class was given the attendance
award for the month.
The first speaker of the evening
was Mrs. Wilbur Wilson who talked
on behalf of the Vernonia Arts and
Crafts Society. She expressed their
desire to see local schools hire a
full time art teacher so that the
students may have training in this
field if they so desire. Tlus is es­
pecially necessary for those stu­
dents who plan to use art in their
profession later, she stated. She al­
so circulated a petition for signa­
tures so that this m atter may be
taken before the school board before
next year's budget is considered.
Judge W. Whipple than gave a
very informative talk, explaining
what the Oregon and California tim­
ber money is all about. He said
that our state has about 24 million
acres of timberland west of the
Cascades with 18 counties within the
boundaries of this land. Each of
these counties receives its share of
the money from timber cut from any
of this land according to how many
acres of the timber they have in
their county, regardless of where
the timber is cut.
Columbia county’s share of this
money is placed in the general and
general road funds of this county.
Due to an auditing mistake in 1954,
seven sections of Columbia county’s
timberland were omitted from the
records. Now that this mistake has
been discovered, due to Judge
Whipple's diligence, the county has
$636,000 coming in back timber
money.
On further investigation it was
found that some of the other coun­
ties were over paid during this time
and they have agreed to pay the
amount of their over payment to
Columbia county to make up for un-
der-payment here.
Judge Whipple said that there was
a possibility that part of this mon­
ey would be used to construct either
a new court house or annex in St.
Helens to relieve the crowded con­
ditions of the old one However, the
county budget committee will be
responsible for where the money is
to be used when it becomes avail­
able.
The judge also told that there
were several industries coming into
the county in the near future
The third and fourth grade room
mothers, Mrs. Max Buckner, Mrs.
R. C. Peterson, Mrs. Frank Steele
and Mrs. John Normand were in
charge of refreshments.
In an earlier item, Mrs. Donald
Tiffney, Lincoln school stamp chair­
man, was inadvertently omitted.
Mrs. L. L. Browning is the stamp
chairman at Washington school.
Papers concerning the school cen­
sus were sent home with the child­
ren this week. Parents are asked
to fill out the form at the bottom
as a time saver for the census tak­
ers. It would also be appreciated if
any unfriendly dogs are tied or oth­
erwise restricted during this time.