oggers End
eoson w ith
•0 Victory
Churches
Plan Rite
h It"*'
,
ÜKiKierld -«•«•’”»> Ertday
h, with '
" v,-r ,h r <o"
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wn*
«iiwlly m-'«'*1" 1
J . wav Not until «he lart quarter
I) M. V i-ri '-» h . i eleven aille to
(I-
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' .11) th a t
gave th r
il» h winning m argin
, ( , „ „ w ly thr«-»tened
M r|v m the gam e " n‘l a *taln
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m i „ h , ¡»-Id '»«•” ' - '• * >
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v»r«U «<» «hr !-<*’> '" 13
Inri thr ball on <*” * " * Vrrnonu. a
w i |,|..1 < d hm I «•«worth« I « *
on thr U lÜ « 1" Again «hr
s held I*™« »«opprtl «hr visitor'»
nil lh»>- I
latfway in U h - rrt^wl quarter ( <«
I had 1« iw-lr»«rtl t«» th r Ver
U »là-n a |«fw»lt> «*»< «hrrn
>ar,b ..n«l m «*"“ »»*»• P**?* ,h r X
p. I ,-Jt«sl I- '* k «o t«*r tl ytiWtl
4 paw to th r IS «lili c<e4 «hr»n
ball uo tk<*»w. and th r laigger»
<nrt Io .-«I «hat I hi eat
[hi- I
'• I’l 'y * « • “hw. hack
forth »Uh the la rg e r» threaten
m j drive that «ooh them to the
ordia 24 ¡»it In ihr «in**! pert««l
^ . . . r '■ ■■ llrl .'U'hnm to lawwin
8 yard» »« t h r I «agger* «H» on
nirdli. > M and .« |«tv-h that nrt
thr VenwrUa wore on another
■ frtwti Brtlingham to Smith Tty
pnnl failed
Rayala' law threat carne In
ihft.il
«»U when they a th u n rrd
within a (Mil oí th r go al I-u g g rr
OTuratun ¡»Id and tune ran «ail
ihr Royal*
In W m w tiw Ixxgjgrr» were out
pding th r'« ., >.««< tlw g a iiw es
II) so a* they w«-rr outweighed
30 ¡«»i/xU i«-r m an
They
lad four goal h n r threat* by
ftos als and chalk«*! up gain» of
yard* IB from rushing and 147
pauing Tlu» wound up th r
ai n
« ' l l fifth pla< <-
Purt and («** cm lesi winnrr» dur
■ thr half » e rr Danny Eh««i Paul
■won .m l P aul I m v is In thr II. 13
■ l l s r a r <Jd a g r iwoi k r ti re
L rtnrh
Class Observes
Education Week
|Av part ,4 th r o b a m a n r e <4 Amer
H ha a ll« ! Wrrk th r pupils In
Row siren s fourth g rw lr rlasn
irta.nn! ihrtr |*orrnt* at lunch
thr W oshington srhool cafeteria
n w Vernonia MmUtrrtaJ Aiwwaia
liaa m 4 Wishw-Mhiy. Nuvemlwr 25.
aw IIw 'la ir fur the annual union
'nuihksglvlng service It will Iwgm nt
7 30 p m In Ihr Christian c h u ra i
with Rev I'rrialwi of the Timber
Ertrnila church as w,a«akir
H ie Vrrncaiia high schcad choir
will Iw (ircwmtlng spec Lal selectnns
under tlw ihr«*lion of Jam ra Piskr
The m inisters of Vrrnonia extend
to all the cltlxm s of the community
a cordial invilatwin to |»arti<-lpatr In
this significant national religious
holiday celebration by uttrrwhng thia
uriKMi service
I At th.
n . Kmp <g ih r
Vernonia
ml«f ,4 Commerce tn a rd M«m
rvenm g Mrs Charlo« Mmgrr
appomti-d as chairm an of thr
mina, 11 nim ttliv by rhnm ber
ulrni t,ii\ Thomas
,T *rtiC f is.- it., liars Were glsi-n Io
high w ti.Mil hand to lie used for
»trim,. expense» The nMYchanls
'irntniii gave this in apprcctallnn
«hr hand playing during th r eve
n>’
■'«r
'I • !>>,»a¡¡ighl sole
!-
• Cousin» J im
(.lo u lie
i>l b.irri.ld Prisdil were appointed
a cranniittre far the annal light-
and decoration runteat s|Hinsoreil
«hr chamber
Crowston Gets
High Rating
By Coaches
R ally Banquet
Tickets Needed
GSA to Open
Bids on Office
assistant
regional director of busi
rwss affairs of the General Servicesi
Aitniinisiroll.wi
I^us-m advivr* that a ¡»ews re
Im sr will he issued when the sue
ie«*fiil Iw.kler has been ibXrmurwd
Estim ated ctwrt of constructuai is
»125 TOO
hrtr
¡amber Board
lids Band Fund
VOU/MK 42. Nl MBl-.lt 4«,
A recent press release from Ore
gwi State University at Corvallis
hr«* tlw following highly cornplinwn
tary rem arks alxiut Vemorua'a Mar
vln «‘rowston
' Marv ('mwMon lx the type <4
fiMithall player that head coo. Iw-
like to have around
Tfw form er Vermaua high iwhool
Young |woj>lr who wish to attend star is versatile, to say the least
the «Yirlsllan Yiajth Rally liarw|i»rt He's p la y d at bsir diff'-rent posi
tMm* in lew than two varsity Mvuwjns
November 21 base only until Turn
ilay November 17 to obtain tlckrts. at Orcgim State
As a so,ihom«<e <'r»»wsl.m start
according U> information rrlease«! by
«1 out as reserve <juart«<rba<-k l-it.-r
tlw com m ittee In charge this week
The liarwpiet will Iw held at «1 30 in tlw srwwm he was switched to
p m S atu n la). Novtenhrr 21 In thr (Linker lawk wlwn injuries weakened
sorial hall of the KUB church on this ptwitlon
’ In tlw season's fisirth game he
Male avenue The chicken dinner Is
was railed on to jday didemlve safe
to be served by E tta r Turk and tick
«•is. which are t! 00 each, arc hrtng ty and he averag«»d eight yards in
sold by the youth of tfw various (xint reiurns and inter«e,it«sl a pass
churches which participate in tlw in his tenure then-
"And. in the last game Crowston
rallies
g«jt
a chance at quartrrba« k and hit
All young |ir»n4r in thr community
10
of
12 jstsses f<r 137 yards in lrcel
from age* 12 through college are in
mg the Beavers to two touch«lowns
v tied Io ar*-urr tickets and atterwl
Ap,»ro(*va «‘’ dress for the even« Is in a losing cause against Or«-gon
"Thi* fall (Yuwston vtart«sl out a*
th r clulhrw one would wear to
a
'(uartertxi. k again He start««!
church
against
Narthw«wt.m in the season's
Sprsiker foe tlw- occasion »ill ,w
Jerry J«guvw>n of radio station KPlKg ojiener. hut l<«4 hlv yob to .sopbrvmre
wmuitiim Pnul Brothers onr of the
In Portland
brightest young quarterha« ks in the
nation
"Then in juries hit the Beaver tail
hack |Mcturr Sure enough Cr'rw-si<jn
was move.) there and last week end
Iw am red a trsaJukiwn in a 24 7 win
over Washington Mate
"Oregon S ta te s «nachmg staff
Bub for the ccawiructlon of the thunks highly <4 «Yowuttw He's nev
rsrw t n l t c l Mates Post Office amt er complained <4 Ins many transfers
Erslcral Buikiing far Scappaaae will from position to position and has
I m * «i,ienr«l liecm ilw r I l'w*« at 3 00 given each new job a full «¿fort lie's
P m PST in the Business Serv ice a tough young man — «r a» iwAhall
('enter, room 101 E rd rral «Mftee (oaches |mt it. a hitler.*
Building Seattle
("rowston is a junior majoring in
This information was received by biology He is th e m * i of Mr* Edith
tlw E-aglr (rum laxiis A l-irs-e
Crowston !« » Secnmi Avenue Ver
■das r»«n
?» ¡..irrnt» who attend
tnrludit;, two d-wts Parent* of
» stuilrtJk were unable to at
wf Su ¡ r, . hon| i hildrrn go« in
thr event lrr» u > r lush) stttrm
uld ms I- obtained In <mr or two
rr> it was a grandm other who
W far .i mother who <valid no«
(»rsrnl
Demoni a Eagle
PTA to Discuss
Conferences
P arents who are intereMrsl in par
.-nl tea. Iw r conferences which have
Irrn very sw ceasful rlw w lw re are
urged to attend the November 16
IT A meeting at which there will he
an n p n duu-usMan <>n this subject
The Masonic Ixslge as ihrtr ermtn
bulion to National Exturatuai \»cek
has a rra n g n l for the speaker of tin-
evening who will Iw Kenneth Shu
m aker Irom Portland He is nm
iMM-tnt with the Benke Walker Rust
n > C u U n g e and will speak an. "kal-
ucatton pay* Ihviilenils'
Tlw Masons will also prejiare anil
serve their uvual dehrtnus refresh
m enls alter the |irogram
Tfw nweting will be held at the
Washing! n scltool in the art mom
at R wi p in
Any cantribuliw * to the t hristm as
candy fund by lxrurw»e people or •«*
dlvtduals will Iw greatly appreciat
rd by the PTA Th«w interested
may ikmate at tlw nweting or .semi
conirihution* to Mrs Kennrth Snwj
kal I T A treasu rer
Tax Payment
Deadline Near
November 15 is the drwdlitw for
paynwni «4 county taxes in onler to
qualify for the 3 jwreent rel»atc. re
mind» Shertif Roy Wilburn Since
ihr 15th falls on a Sunday mailers
are .«tv iswl to mail their tax re
turns so that they will have a Satur
.b y («jstm-wk
Any mail dr|xwitrd
in mail boxr*. an SumLiy ar after
the final mail pickup on Mitunlay
will liavc a November 16 postmark
ami will not be eligible lor the re
hale
Letter« m ailed at the \rm«Mua po»t
office up to 4 30 p m Saturday will
Iw (Kwtmark.sl Novetniwr 14 ami
will go out <wi that evenings mail, ac-
c e d in g Io I’wstmasier «• T Bate
m an Anything mailed Liter than 4 30
p m will carry a November 16 post
mark
Snow Trace Observed
A trace «4 sm>w was nobrl .*»'
walks ami roofs in the Vernonia area
early Wednesday morning November
It Persona wh«» traveled tlw road
Irom St Helens to Venwnui Tuesday
n-jMWted encounterint heavy hail on
the mountain
Unusually heavy rainfall was noieu
T u c m L iv ev«»mng
4. •- ’ . •-«
- c
a
VIEW <4 Ih r M rrrM -hM uni p ip r show« the Invagl
Al««,* J ,n,‘ *h’
,l,r workmai» who carved II.
•kown I. the Inaerted tube la the bawl of the
|4pe which waa used lor bolding rolled tobacco lea ve,
which were »niohed ra th e r «ban a *hre«Mcd tobacco
placed In the bowl a« pipe « m o k rri do now.
vitonc - ixiia
T io l .- .- kj
VEItNiiNIA, OREGON
~
THURSDAY. NOV 12, 1964
Drop-out Problem Faced
le a c h trs at Vernonia highi m .-1 vx 4
have t*-«-n alerted to the problem of
M'hc-il dropout* through inlormatii.fi
(-(«npilrd by Su|xrintendent J.wy W'
Aeaiturri Irom school records.
Ixx-al records cwnpared with state
and national figur«-*. show the prob
lem to be <4 less pr<^-xtion ta re than
e! ewhere but, according to Acajtur
ri. as long a* there are any <irop-outs,
tlw jiroid.-rn exists ami every effort
should be made to 'letermim* the
reajMts ami to take steps to keep
students in s<-h<M>l
Eroin I' m al statistics. Aeaiturri
show* that during the sehrxd years
1956 to 19W) a period «4 m x years,
there were 12 high school dnp^uLs.
some college This was 26 percent
five percent of the total 227 graduates
' f the toed Iiuring the period 1961-
'hiring that tinw
Ituring the school years 1961 1964. 1964, 47 of the 131 graduates, or 36
a |M-n«Ml (4 lour years, there 21 high percent of them, entered some type
school drep-ouU which was 1« per
of training above high school. By
cent of the total <4 131 graduates
adding to this those who entered
lie further states that in the year
some bramh of the service, the to
1964, Vernonia high school graduated
tal
was raised to 50 percent
81 percent of the class which enter
Arattu-n states that the increas
ed as freshmen This was slightly
above the state average of 8«) 8 per- ed percentage of graduates seeking
cent and well above the national advanced training in the past four
years indicates the benefit of the up
average of only 70 pertenl
Acaitum further stated that dur grading cf the curriculum and the
ing the? 1956-1960 period, 59 of the '•necurag'-me-nt given students to
227 students graduated enrolled in seek further education.
However, he states, the increased
dr pout problem has prompted the
reorganization «4 the vocational ag
riculture department and the hiring
of an additional teacher in that field.
He concluded that every teacher
has a definite challenge to study the
ably all the items which had been problem and ascertain ways to help
the potential drop-out Included in
earmarked for irberitance by the on
suggestions made by him to his
ly grandson were gone Then she teachers were increased utilization
had a letter from her sister. Horace's of the library to keep the interest of
aunt, saying that of all the items, the skw learner, referral of students
the pipe was the only thing that had with problems to the guidance in
mA been sold to obtain food Ami. by structor. careful attention to good
a quirk of faie »he had found a wo lesson plans, class presentations and
man who was coming to the United discussions, and additional en
States, in fact, to The Dalles with couragement to the slow learner and
whom she would send the pipe to poor reader since these are the ones
Horace
who usually become the dropouts
Somehow they little expected it
would ever arrive because its value
and unumaLiess could be a tempta
tion to any one and they knew nothing
of the person who was to bring it to
them But. in due time, she did ar
rive in The Dalles and delivered the
Vernonia's alumni will entertain
pipe intact, to Horace
This, to him. is a priceless trea a Rainier alum team here Sunday
sure. for it is his only inheritance afterr.Ton in another benefit football
from his gramifather And. the game for the athletic (iepartments of
means by which it came to him the two schools when they tangle at
2 p.m on Greenman field For this
makes it doubly precious
school, funds will be used to defray
expenses for the coming track season
and fc- das» backboards in the gym
The local's lineup will include
Leonard
Schmidlin. Jim Mullins.
Local police and volunteers joined
with state police Sunday night in Jim Justice. Jack Hclsey. Bill How
the search for a hunter from the ard. Dale Andrich. Bab Mendel Bob
Beaverton area who became lost in Ctne J m Eckland and Ted Boden-
the Rogers Park area He was ftund hamer
Li«t Sunday 's alum game at Clats
about 1 1 a m Monday
kanie was won by Vernonia 32-7.
Scoring plays include«! five-yard and
15-vard runs by Wendel. Fred Man
gat on a 45-yard pass from Wendel.
Columbia county voters turned out Bill Howard on a 55-yard fumble re
November 3 to register a total of covery and run and Jim Justice on
10 389 votes which is 88 43 percent a seven-vard run Mangat ran one
of the total 11.748 registered voters extra point and Wendel dropkicked
in the county, according to figures the other
Clatskanie scored on a sne-yard
compiled by Ray A Nelson. Colum
tun bv Puzey and the kick was good.
bia county chirk
Intricately Carved Meerschaum
Pipe Valued as Family Heirloom
A pqx- is '4t«-n the prtied possesion
<4 a man. *«anething that helrxigs
to him alom- ami ¡ msvmtk - s almost a
part «4 him It can be a mark of dis
tinction ami young men seem to feel
they have achirvnd a true mark <4
maturity with the acquisition «4 their
first pipe
A utb«’ and rnen of creative abili
ty M-em to do th«*r Ixwt thinking
with pipes in their mouths whether
lit or r*X, and to snwkers, the pipe
hccorm-s a companion an emotional
levelcr and eaaer of tension along
with ix-ing the mean» of smoking en
joyment
The pipe pictured here has become
an heirloom pass«*! from grandfa
ther to gramiwn with a previous his
tory about which little is known
Horace Hertel was borri in Germa
ny. but came to the United States
with hi* parents when he was only
four so he remembers little about
his gramifather. Karl Bargenda. ex
cept what he has 1»en told He be
lieves that his gramifather was bom
..N h ? 1870
When his grandfather was in his
teens he worked for an elderly wi
dow who became vtry fond of him
When he left to join the navy, she
wished to give him a gift, so she
gave him the prized pipe which had
belorced to her husband and which
he is believed to have acquired many
years earlier in Austria or some
otb«» Southern Eun^iean country
The pipe is a Meerschaum, elabo
rately carved ami matle in a style
that would indicate it is very old.
jirrhaps dating back to the late l.OOs
or the early 1800* It is in an intri
cately carvtxi lettther case and what
research Hertel has done regarding
it indicates it may have originated
in Turkey
Instead of being made with a bowl
into which tobacco is tamped ftc
smoking it has inserted in the bowl
a Meerschaum tube about the nght
size to hold a small n g a r The early
custom of pipe smoking was to use
them as a holder for rolletl tobacco
leaves, a forerunner, no doubt, of the
r ipar It IS from this practice that
the word stogie, now applied to a
small, inexpensive cigar Is believed
to come
The meerschaum pipes are maiic
from a » ft white mineral substance
sometimes fouml floating in the
Black sea ami resembling seafoam
which accounts for the name Most
i4 the meershaum in «wnnwree is
obtained from Asia Minor, where
lumps of it are found in masses of
clay it is a comjxwiml of magnesium,
silicon, oxygen ami water
Pipes
m ade i4 it a re white when new. but
with careful handling ami use they
became a rich brown color Meer
slutuni pi[x*s break easily, which
mnknv th«» one owned by Hertel es
pccialty precious because it has beer.
p re » rv e d
Hertel remembers that as he grew
up his mother told him about the
pipe which was the prized possession
of his grandfather, ami since Horace
was the only grandson, it was passed
on to him along with other articles
<4 keepsake nature
Then cam e World War II l*eople
who lived in East Germany under
th«* Russian occupation knew great
opjeessum ami destitution They sold
everything t4 value th.it they had
to get
Iwcn able to save in orikc
meager fcxxl anti necessities of life
Even then, they died of starvation
ami privation
So it was. in the early IWtks th.i
Karl Bargenda. grandfather of Her
tel, ended his days.
Horace s mother, then living at
Th«' Dalles, exwnmenKxl Ihat pr<»-
Alums Await
Rainier Tilt
Lost H unter Found
Vole Totals 10,389
T..IS P U T IR E show*
heirloom ponessi«" «4 Horae«
aMet to the smoker’s pleasare
i ^ i Ï e e i X a t e s that il •» proh^'X
thaï it face* away from him.