Ocrnonia Eagle
VERNONIA. OREGON
J Ml 42- N l'MHUt 47__________
Till RSDAY, NOV 19. M
ist Circle
Ians Annual
ntertainment
feturib ) evening. «1 " 00
the Ml* I Helping Circle *1U
Mtlt tlwtr annual hranfll pr»
the Mi i gym n.«- evening
,(aI, - u h » M>«' >«>«•»'' v“r , r t y
v »hkh »ill in* l'“ ‘«- tnw»kol nun»
ami ».kit* Thune * h u have a ,‘
^.1 the program In | m * i >«w»
that n ini ««’»•mg ev«-ntngs «•»»
»infiM-m W nlway» provuW
bJlowin th r |T«»gram then- will
i ., ik « i « i <X homemade ■rtlclro.
Praha-'’, halted Hams. Mane
randies ami «*l»er Hen»» This
hr faflotral by carnival type
n ami r,XrnXuurnt* will M wXd
(W..I cocks <X that area Will
thr fines, <X Hwtr ‘'■»hr»,
(<hrr llm u there to IrnnfH apt«’
ry A n v rd from the annual
u u*r«l for such community
.,- maintaining the »In-et
Il ami upkeep of the cemetery
»all> «i/fkient fumU are taken
p , . ?.< '.hi |n»»-«-ta Hitting th r
uiv i I x I k s i
w eitemlr«l Io every
io attend
M l't ll
< o o M r u i O< m i
J r h o 'a h '«
u r th iy
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Ih r
" m ip le ir x l,
will
th r
s tru c t u r r
n
n rw
Iw - u ln l
in
Form al <lrwh<-i«tlon of th r m-w King
ikitn Hull bring r«wn| h-ted on O A
Mil by !t«r ciMigm>tl«j«t (X Jrtim ah \
Witnrwwrw Will M’ held at 7 30 p m .
tiu« Satunlay. November 21. with
Norman l-vr-w-ti city se rv u d <X
Portland giving the diarourwr acronl
«top by
high «rhoid will h n t a
U.t *
• i ')»• <*■->'<> »».»•■
m <X highrr education irotUu
an S,n,int«T 23 at 9 00 a m
nine! to »upiJement th r high
■J guidance program, rej<«wrato-
<f the ori-ron put>lie <-oilegm
give first h.n»i infantlataai about
aradert.ic (Xfetizu!' roqiSremrnt-.
*im i»A i<» t tu t , ton and fen, and
lardup opjmrt urut ws at the var
»rbork-
alrrt- »1» have the ability to
t»l«T<- work will h e u r g n l to srw-k
rattan t«ry<>nd high s«h«sX and
I Will !«• •-iK'O'ir.'gnI to pursue
type uf |«»»t high M-twnJ train
to prrjnrr fur future , areer»
• re urgnl to disruw th rw
w-s with tlieir high M-huul
wet«, and daughter* lie/ire anti
the ix rfrrrftrr
(whiled for the program are J
anl Pizzn r t m i i n e w eretary.
<ht»d rotlegr r»4u,i«n Ht.inlry
uj
ki< if |
.a. «, Frank 1» Stan
d im '« of |d n m n en t ami ser
Oregon Technical ImHitute
liouglai coordinatar of high
relation*. I’« ,la m ) ('« n m u n i
[tilei-r Harlan F I’ahtWT dean
ill t'aM-mir College
(inference Attended
c Man in Komhnlz. Vernonia
■riioni French teacher. attended
Oregon Mate foreign Language
f ’-niiT at G earhart laM Frklay,
May ami Sun, lay U te informa
«■nan* m n* u,trailed by for
1 Lin. i.w-e tr n r i w , fr<«n through
the Male
«<
h a ll S a l
fir s t
d illo«, to Ih r OA hill, ihr orw building
vrio p rd In that arra
Ad
W hen
th«- V ermwu.i congregation
was (m tw sl Frbruarv 1. 1962 X mini
b ered ¡5. wo>l tiM*t Uw small a rm
in die tiwatei tiuiiding as ii t e m p o
t ary Kingdom Hall TM- nrsni fX a
larger meeting place rvwdilv becam r
ap ,tarrat a« the cxm prgation Rtradl
ly inrronsrs) to It* pr«~«rat 33. all
Trades Group
Plans Future
M w n irrs <X th r retail trodro w m
nilttre of the Vmwmia (Tiamlwr <X
t ’<»nro«*ce met this w.s-k to make
(dans f<< a <-,«n»-rativc effort r a thr
¡«art of all merchant* to m ake the
Christm as e a s e a g o al <oe in \ e r
naaia
Tentative tn/arm-ttion was that Ihe
cham ber of com m erce planned to
offer a »25 p rv e to be applied to
c h a m lw t «X com m ersc meml>endup.
f « the m erchant with the iwat dr»-<»
rated wuwlnw I Wall* will l»e re
leased later a* to rules to be foi
(owed
T h e com m ittee also lav«*l ten,a
live plana lor a holiday hall and far
(h ru d m a s rarobng in the citv sM>p
(ring area It alsm Is possible that
late *ho,iping hours will be twtahiLsh
rsl Crrwd Morgan ami Bill Bundle
m em bers «X the retail tra d e commit
tee. will contact m erchants to <irter
mine went invents an all the«» mat
ter»
Various |4ans f«w rhrw tm as «ale*
p nm ations also were (bs*-u,«a»l
(ither m em bers of the com m itter
are t.loyd Quinn. I ^ r is Skidmore ami
SttHia Serafin
active in public education 'X tM-
ItdXe
This po*t summer the jirtj,«eri) on
Texas avenue was |mrch;>Msl ami
Crown ( 'nrutructam company (ram
ed the building to tM- rmX from
there volunteer workers look over
Koch weefcrml a flurry <X activity
w m
noted
Th«’ first Weekend the
seiert «hakes purchasas) locally went
on the n»X From tM-re things [>ro-
groaed rapidly a* «killed craft vmrn
from neighi<»ring crngrey^atrin» came
in to help the lorai vi4unt«rrv
t'rrnenl fintsMr» installed the side
woilu the u»r>! brick front went an
the shertrnck was ta je d and fmivMs!
pluniMng installed hardwood flours
layrd ami finished tile «-ntnes ami
planter install,«! the gas furnace ami
the carpet far the Mage was install
ed pflXerwionaily
1 isher » FM rtnc
did the e|<«-trical wo»k Everything
else was handled by the M itnesses
iM m aeh m
TM- women of the congregattrm had
their diore too
They provided a
grswi hot m rol for the workers each
Saturday ami Sunday
I. If Todd preluding minister
Mates “ that the rrwult* al all this
effort has been .i |<,Xcs*ionaily built
building which he M't»-' »ill M- a
credit to the community and on ad
v am-emrnt of thrtstianity in the \ e r
n ma area ”
Event Set for
Saturday Night
All tM«w wM> have tu k ets for the
Youth ltallv bamiuet nt the F I B
church Saturday evening are remind
fd that the event will start at 6 30
p m A auth groui» (ru n nnghM ring
oommunitir« are expected also The
age limits are 12 year« through col
lege age l>ut the m inisters ami ad
virors a re mchaksl
Jerry Johns«! from radio Mation
KI’IXJ in l*ortlaml will «pw»k f«J
lowing the , ha ken dinner pre|varnl
by fViar Tiick
Church dresB is ,M- recognized at
tire.
speaker E m ph asizes V alue o f Education
Novwnbtr l*TA inerting wits
Monday evening at tM> Washing
RTaiie M-hnnl
<M’ huKinenn ,HirtH«i <X the
wane |m»v ami new, <X
tencMe < '«if'i ernes were
M ¡'»(«•nnb-ndrat J W Aral
•"formed Hie I TA Hint tM- mid
w.iv undtT i U m il s k k h i at tM’
1,1 -
th a t n o th ,lie . . i c f i m t c
ii.,.1
'Lei.kd Ih ,n ,.1,1 I’r.M’hl, grmh*
** principal stun , ted Hud |»-r
'L, ,n,| <X tM- fust sem ester
™ing <v,iild he Started in this
Ihere
w
were
va rie d
opinitm«
<-,wif.T»tw «--. ranging from
7 'Minilely ,«ud,|
^1,1 •••
n'"--t iX the purent« will not cm
(ate "
•'H ' (rojecta fur using the FTA
thsciMseil iTuehl sug
1 vit u pre-achoni swing æ t
»I'toyground would be very uae
'• i ilu r r l then said Hint there 1«
¿ s •' "••’if far money to semi
°f stuik-nls Io variiMis fewti-
1 rï*' *’’,,r»,ign Exchange pro
d is n u n d It would m at
" M,"'l n Ural student to n
K" country Haroi,I McEnttn-
•' "f all the applicants m
J
<>nly ,,h *‘ o u ’ <x R0 is
ipted
area tiring dr-
Congregation to Dedicate New Union Rite
Kingdom Hall Saturday Evening Date Given
mg ,« I. H Tudd presiding minis
ter
Tmid further s ta irs ) th a t <J,«ro Miuae
will l>e M-dil from nr»*i Saturday ami
the [rtiidic 1« m edially tnvtted to
:hool to Host
illege Team
<o n g r e g a t lu a
tk r lr
tirs il< a i r
Welcome BuinMiugh Mought up
tM’ |K^«ilar subject ,X tennis courts
ami then- wan a motion m ade (o up
jMMnl a com m itter to look into tM*
,-uet anti tM* ptm lhility uf « M t «
gnnitations MXping with sta-h a p r o
ject Btatihaugh aLso suggeMni help
in firn u n g a high srM»»J sum m er
MiseMill team ami M-lp with the
IjtH e League
It waa Hien suggetrod by tleorge
Lews that the PTA M-lp pay ret
penses <X children wM> want to go
to the sum m er a rts ami crafta class
es hut can't afford tM’ fee* There
will be m ore disruaaion on the**’ m a,
ter* nt a future in n ’ting
l<al|Xt Bergernen m aster iX the
Vernonia Mn- m e lodge introiliKed
tM* very interesting speaker. Ken
rich Siiumakci wlut belongs to Ma
sonic Ite.M-arch M ilge ami taught at
t M ' V ,X O
I l l s talk
"Education
pays Dividenda**, was very inform.»
live
He told how many, many years
ago formal ch m ilion was only for
the very wealthy and only in 1215
wM-n Ihe Magna C arta was sign,si
waa thero any tMatght of education
for the common jieople He said that
even t« tey in Mine plav-ea in Europe
ami elsewhere the fourth grade atu
dents a re given tests ami only the
top 20 ,»erven, nr,’ allowed to go on
,<> high whool ami <X these only the
top 10 percent are allow«! to go to
tM’ university
lie said that the
United States w the only country
that has free education for the ,L1R
age group ami stated thn, the h rc r
Mason« were instnuiiental in Ming
ing h M mi , free scMx»luig in this
country. starting back in colonial
times to furlM-r thia rauae
He traced ,M’ progress »X wluca
tian in this country ami touched <>n
present needa for M-th tM’ gtft«xl
chilil ami thoae ,X leaner ability
,»ne of his parting rem arks was.
"An iilea is one thing you can give
away ami Mill keep ami it becomr*
more valuable because you gave it
away.”
Mrs (Airl tM'n cloned tM* meeting
by reading excerpt« from lM' spec, h
John F Kennedy was l»> have given
that infamous day laM year in Dal
las. Texas He felt that the old ad
age "P eace on E arth ,,o»»l will to
ward Men" was Mill tM* be.M way
ami the only way for Amenca to
Mdd up her head
A most appetizing oyster stew was
tervevl by the Masons following the
meeting
l rum Thanksgiving services next
Wednesilay cvraing November 25 at
7 X p m will lie held at the Christ
ian church on North strort ami an in
vitation is cxtraled to everyone to
attend
Pastor« of the various churches
will he participating as follows In
vocation Rev Kaymrad P. Targ-
gar, EUB church sonR leader. Rev
Robert Sargent, Christian church,
scripture reading Rev Suio Sanders.
Mist ISirkenfeid rommumty church;
prayer Rev L A I»uB«se. Baptist
church MTTnon. Re-. Zener- Pan&ho,
Timber Friends church
Special music will he prov.ded by
the high school choir direcled by
James Fixke
Phone Company
Tax Bill Higher
West Const Telephone company of-
fictalv are paying $afi9 517 in local
property taxes for the company at
11 county cour'-houM”- in " n v o tl this
week
TM- largest cMxk involved is the
om- for L»M 591 ma»1e out to W ashing
ton county acconiing to Wes, Coast's
Oregon divL-ion manager. Lyle E
C m » 1, represents an increase of
$55.917 over the company 's W ashing
ton county tax payment a year ago
In Columbia count) their 19M pav-
ment was »15 155 compart'd to $H.
961 in 1963
Cross said that W est t oast s total
county prop'-cy tax bill m Oregon
this year »a* up more than $113.628
over tM- 1963 figure $755 689 Most of
tM- increase » a s record«! in two
ctuntw* Besides the SSS.9I7 advance
in Washington county, there »-as a
hike <X $15.011 tn Coos county
Cress said that more than $5.000,-
two of the ihe revenues from West
CoaM subscribers in Oregon. Wash
ing,«! ami north»«'*, California are
|wud out in ftsk-ral state and Itxal
taxi’s annually
Rainer Wins Game
Rainier's alumni (oothnll team »v»n
th»*ir «iH-oiuiter »ith the \ ernonia
alms las, Sumiay aftermsw» by a IF
6 scorv 'lT»e ;Xfair was a M-neiit for
,M’ athletic departments of tM- t»u
schools and drew a fair attendance
Street, Water Problems Take
Most of Council Meeting Time
In the abwnrc <4 Mayor T M
Hrhart Monday evening
Council
mon < F Miller presided over a
Mflaon that delt largely with street
and wat<T problem« tbw- exreptaxi
wa* the final reading and passage
»X an ordinance est-.bhuhing a fire
truck fund
rwncil minut«, of .jujy 6 19M
quoted as follows "To establish a
uniform general policy regarding the
deve^nnen, of new streets in areas
where Mreets have baas platted but
not opened it was agreed to main
tain such street* only after they had
Irvin lxffl,-r was present to ask
been brought to gra/le, ditched and
the council's intentions relative to
ballasted to the szitisfaction of city
water and sewer extensions to his Mreet authorities.”
new home now und<T construction
A motion was approved to draw
at the north end <X Louisiana avenue
an
ordinance setting water rates for
on OA hill He also was concerned
ai»out the rocking X the road to Users in tM- Riverview area at the
same . mr.unt as for Hie Riverside
the property
additiMi. This wrjuld place a monthly
Information supplied by the council charge of $4 25 for water plus a sur
indicated that water would be ex charge of $1.50 for future sewer in
tended when ner-dwl at cost of the stallation
established Conner, ion fee that the
Water Superintendent Lee Jesse
«ewer connection is to follow the
was authorized to use his own judge
existing agreement whereby the city
ment in installing water line exten
fumi h< » the materials and Ix-ffler
sions and services in the Riverview
makes the installation at his own
distribution area.
expense plus the $2.7) connection fee
TM- city marshal i* checking the
and with regard to the street the
quahficstions tX the only applicant
for police duty. Counctlmen general
ly expresserl the opinion that police
officers should be residents of the
city No agreement was reacheo
as to a solution for the police prob
Rites Held for
Area Pioneer
lems.
Absalom Counts, 93-year-old resi
dent <X tM- northwest part <X Oregon
since 19bQ. died in a Roseburg nurs
ing home following an extended ill-
nens He was a resident <X Vernonia
until just shortly before he passed
away
Fumral services were held Tues
day. November 17 at 2 '10 p m in the
Fuiten-Fuiesen Mortuary Chapel m
Vernonia
Elder Pleasant Stark pastor and
Elder l^w rence Bryant, assistant
pastor of the Primitive Baptist
church of Portland where Mr. Counts
was a member, officiated at the
services, with Mrs Ixrraine Jones
as olotst and Mrs Lloyd Thoma>
as orrams,
Concluding rites and interment
were in the Pioneer cemetery on
Rock Creek with T F Keasey.
Ron McDonald Walt Parker. Cass
BtTgerson. Clyde May and Bob Spen
cer as casketbearers
\hsalom Counts was born March
23. 1871 in Counts (Tossing Kentucky
the son of George and Elizabeth
Counts He spent all of his early
life there until his marriage to Isabel
HaJl on October 20 1896 in McDoweL1
Kentucky To this union »ere born
11 children
In April of 1903. Mr and Mrs
Coun' s and three of their children
moved to Rainier and the following
vear move,! to a farm on Rock ("reek
near Vernonia Hiis »-as their home
until July of 1912 »hen they moved
to Sublet,. Idaho where they took a
homestead
After two years they
moved back to Vernonia and lived
on tM- farm until 1933 Mr Counts
trailed his farm in Vernonia for one
in Roseburg where he lived until
April cl 1916 when they once again
moved back to A ernonia
Mrs
Counts passed away in A ernonia
in June of 1947
In September of 1955 Mr Counts
»as united in marriage to Mrs Erie
Knapp »ho preceded him in death
August 21 of this year
In addition ta farming he dtd car
penter » irk and built several houses
in Vernonia
He is survived by the foUo»ing
children Mrs Julia Boeck. Parker,
Arizona
Mrs Elizabeth ttx-hr.in
Palm Springs, California: Mrs Pearl
Gonkm and Mrs Arlene Hunan both
(X San Jose. California Mrs Eva
Jean PeA'aney. Snohomish. AA ashing-
ton Herbert Clifford Johnny Ar
nold and Hawley Counts, all of Rose
burg. 19 grondchi liken 29 great
grandchildren and 2 great great
gramk-hildren
One son
Millard
preceded hint in death
The petition of Jay Misenhimer for
annexation was again held over pend
mg receipt of another petition which
is expected
State liquor license renewals were
recommended for Lew's Place and
Vernonia Billiards
•After payment of bills .the council
adjourned to meet next on December
7.
County Vote
Tops Average
Columbia county can well be proud
of its percentage of voters who trek
ked to the polls to make their wants
known, if national figures released
are any indication According to As
sociated Press figures, the national
average of voters who exercised their
voting right was 60 8 So far. Utah
leads the states with 76 9 percent of
its voting age citizens casting bal
lots
In Columbia county 88.43 percent
of the registered voters went to the
polls, a healthy indication that the
resident- of this county are keeping
abreast of county and national af
fairs and doing their Mt by voting.
Alarm Answered Mon.
Members of the A'ernoma fire de
partment who »ere attending a fir«
aid class at the union ball, took has
ty leave last Monday evening »hen
the fire siren sounded shortly after
7 30 p m. The call stemmed from a
short circuit in a com box at the
laundromat Other than damage to
Hie coin box involved, minor damage
stemmed from the necessity of break
mg through the wail to determine if
fire had penetrated to the Mx-k room
Acce» »as not available through a
J»x>r
Board to Meet
The meeting of Hie adv isory board
of the Mental Health Clinic, which
» ¡a not held on November 9, has
been set for Monday evening. No
vember 23. at » » p m. at the sen
ior high school in St Helens. At that
tune the planning committee will
present its conclusions following the
rreent survey of serv ices most need
ed in the community All interested
perstxis are invited to attend the
meeting, according to Miss Anita
Niewoehner. social worker.
A
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halfback.
KM K L W H * « • n*"»*«* *'* ‘h*‘r
' bv
,he A î (5TO.R .U-league «election of IX -ye^ by
e tc h e s is the league, ih rer of them
£
(tr»t team p.«iU,m« »sd » * fur hmwr* *
Mark M'Mge». le ft »a*
able menit««! <m defense and given s b e r«
able mention
.
r
guard
quarterback,
BUI ITiagie flrri team