Chamber Plans
Sponsorship of
Holiday Lighting
U unrr Cousins. chairm an of
Manual holuby lighting ««K«-»
..„„„I by «»"' V.-riM«.h. <1ui»nl*c
'»«• »»-’H
<in|, Munday evening »Kw«
, ruk» -•« (£*'•’” lnJrt >r4*r wl1* **
„I
.iH w m iw the winners
cui»-» are w f*4t«ws
1-uqMr-' to «Umiliate (Mirticl
KMi by «H rreUdmts ,n “n ovrr
,4i,ri l<>
«< * ,,rrn0>-
arti»*« «n*l fnendlinro« '*’ "ur
,4 Vernonia 'hiring ihr hnlldoy
; i
will b««tn ,*< *m b er S
rod I •« ember 1«
j
winner» *111 » * " • l " ^ 1
<hr
,4 artistic merit originality.
Aging l«hniquro awl m*rntuty
»ill be limltod lo outside
'bM»by» « J y
4
|U»it«Liiim fur < <<4<W( Will
e»
„1 from ItttWiurg
,wr,h u’
pbrr route |i w l » « with !* * » <
°n Msith
I No di»|4ay »til I»- cun»ider«l
tib k I « prize unie»» H l» regi*
There will be no charge lor
gigroliun
Purpn"r of registering
!o im ire that all those within*:
he jutb:«l by c u«-g»rt«. will re
Bjomson Rites
Held Tuesday
U n it
I H>»iwun
60. who had
„-n a r«u<k-m «4 the Vernonia
xnnusuty f x nwst '4 ilw I*-»*1 4l
ran rb«I al hl« Issue in Vernonia
r>U, rvreung following an illness
! 'Jr p » t l’> month»
Puraesl »rrvice» were conducted
I the Evangelical United Brethren
inert» Tunwlay. Noveenbor 24 «*
pm with arrangtvnent» entruMwl
) the Kui'.en E'n<-.«i M-ctuary
Th- rhur'h paotor. Rev llaynwwwl
krtgart <4fk< I n te l with Mr» Frank
rrafin a» -«J««»! and Mr*, U oyd
I mtu » a» argantat (onrluding rite*
r»! intromeni were nt the VemnnLi
(ro»«--.! «ernetm with four of hi»
■phr»* Robert Horoid. Gordon awl
lanm (Yxwxinn Ja« k tklrun awl
im Cox waving aa cask»« Iw-arer*
Thr -«I >4 the l.»te John awl E.m
la IlyrrtMO Mindy J<4wi Byomson
nu bom .»I Sherwood. North Dako
I September 23. 1W4 After receiv
nr hi» education in North Dak<4.x
e rame an a v<ung m an to Ihr
test C<n»t .«id ihrtwr to Vernonia
then the Oregon American laimlx-r
snpnny i^ m n l it» mill here in
921 lie '{lent most of hl« life work*
W in the lumlier t’shoUry and
bed at Vernonia unlil 198® when
s- moved to (u r v a llii In E'ehruary
if this year »hen hi» health fidled.
W rrtumed to Vernonia
Surviving is hi» wife Mr» Ruby
Uimre (Ijamaon io whon« he wn»
n t o l in m arriage at Vaw-ouxer in
IMl iwo daughters.
Mr»
Lynn
Patricia Mo-hener. Vernonia, awl
Ur Ban J.max- Ma»m, Cornethn
•nd fi»ir p awk-hiblren
Also »urviving are three brother*,
tani llpirruun.
Salem.
Steve <4
I’artiand and John. Twin Fall». Ida-
h»> awl two ststrrs. Mr» Edith
I'rowMon. Vernonia, nwl Mr* Juur
UklliKro r<rtlnwl Three iircMher*
|r«».»|,,| him in death. Perry ane
Paul in I' m ; and Barney in 195®
Death Claims
Resident
"*r.il serviem »»»re conducted
Effie Harriet Barrett. 74. of
* Creek Satirdny, N omth I wt 21,
pm nt the Chn|H»l <4 Prickett'«
tiwry in Farenl (¡rove Commit
ntin followed with vault entomb
1 ui the Valley Memorial Park
w>li tun
flie Harriett Well» wan bom No
reive a loir evaluation
Without
rettlatrntion it ia (»malhle that w a w
hounrn could lie rni»»»«l thi* tlw
com m ittee winhe* lo avoid
li Begiairoikm i»*n»m» wtlJ appear
In 'hi» |ut|ier ne»t week T h ew < <xi
l<on» m ay be m oiled to the Verwaiia
Fatgle or lo Mr» Launee OiuainM,
Mint 111 . Vernonia
Kntrte» may
u L mi be nuide by j«art card n e t to
above
Entn«»« » hum tw lud e name
<4 cunUwtanl. mldr«-»». awl ratngary
In which entry ia m ode
Entries
will be a n r p te d urrtil 5 '»• p m on
lt.-ccm l.et
ID
Judging ”f enlrie»
will l>egin at 7 no p m the evening
lit tlerem her III
7 TTw»e will he three catw gurie»
in which |irire» will he awarded fw
te«identi.d .|i»,4ay« Itrligiwi». which
will Inrlude N ativity Men««, etc ,
llliuniiuition which * ll, be iliaplay»
m adr m o lly with light», awl Santa
(Tau» which will include decorating
<b<M- in the Santa themr
8 Thetr will he a flrM, w co w l awl
third |* ir e in each ca teip ry . plu* a
»weejetake^ award
9 Eir»t «etMtwf awl third priMw
Will al»o b e given to cMWtimrrrial
m trien who m ay dem rate in any
m amwr
they
wiah
Commercial
entrtr* will lie lim ited to thewr Ixru
nr»»ev who pay an onrupatlonal ll-
c«-»v»- in the city
Jtalgr» » ill lie «rlerted from « it
of town
The co n m itte r urge» every <*w to
decor uta (he«r home» whether they
enter the i-onleM .< w4 in order
to add to the attrw tiien r» » of the
community during the holiday *ea-
• mi Placing der»»al*in* a« early a»
|a»Aihir abw 1» u rgn l «tore othrv
<-<wnmunitic» have decoration» in
[dace now
lrwm u«ti«i w that the I-ian« club
■ml other» awaMmg thrm with plac
mg <krt «.ratxm» in tie- flown town
arra will be <k»ng (hat I lecem lier
S to *et tlw tune for the holiday w a
■on
Area UGN Drive
Goal Near Now
Mr* It M King ¡«wl Mr« l>
Itm ta «»ch airm en lor the Vnited
Good N eigh lxc drive in thw area
rrtart that total» ore rlim i«ng awl
that tnnum|ilr4e«l figures thi» » rck
iw iicate that It has reached » e ll ov
er 80 |»ex ent of the gtwl .4 11200
w t (ur thi» area
The drive will ckw e at the ew l of
Novem ber after which a com pkde
refurt ai luwl* and « g an u atiow »
donating will tie given It is h«i,wd
that by that lim e thr area will go
over live R«»>J »o a» to leave a «uh
vtantud amixml in the local em er
gem y luw l
The co-th ain n en urge alt »h o
m ay have l>een mmnnd In the willc
Italian nwl who wish to contnlxitc to
ctmtart «liver <4 them now
Students Go to
State FTA Meet
Member« of the Euturr Teacher«
ul America ch a|«cr at \ erwvma high
srhool. aectaripanied by thrir at!
v lsw . Mr« J W A raitu m . attewl
ed the annual ETA state convention
in Partlaw l N ovem ber 13 aw l 14
Sennon» were Iw-ld al Portlawl State
Collage
E'riiLiy evening, tliere was a Ivan
quet which was attended by Mr»
Acalturrt. Kothv M in g « . Ituviell
Itedmund Tim Conroy, Kory Work
man awl t h ru Bew ler Other* who
a tt« u l« l «eaaiana on Sotunlay were
Tammy Ixiwlcr. P ete aw l C ard
Bninsm an
The Saturday w~**i«mfi ilealt with
the varifNW aspect*
of
Ic.vching
Demonia
VOLUME 42. NUMBEIt 48
«ETEEN
s w a m re s te d an
It i« alw ays tntereMlng to know
wiuit (Nithn memlier» of each high
M'hool griMiunling rlasn follow awl
it ha« been ihe cuabmi each fall to
give infirm atlon eorvceming them
when information could In- wv»em
Med
<4 the 31 viixk-uit »hr. graduated
at Vernonia high *f ix«4 last May. 14
have enmllerl in w e e type <4 train
Ing beyond high Mhnd Thi» incltide»
college«.
univem itim
awf
traile
•choohi Thi* make» a v«-ry gn»»| re­
cord for Ifve cla*«
TEwne wiw in <4her M-hwil» include
lu<iy Armstrong Willamette
Uni­
versity, Saleni Martha Bu«h, S<iuth
« n Oregon College. A»hlawi. Ed
ward Knmhdr Clark College. Van
c o u v « . Phillip Meyer Clam p Col­
leg e, Aatorta Ix-a Ann ICunM-y. Ca»
rode College
Partlawl
P atncia
Buwile Univenaty of Montana Kar
<-f) ItuwM-il Northwest Naznrene Col
lege bt»h«i Jean Sargent. Minnr
»ota
Bible
SchtxJ
Minneapdi*
Kathy B a r k « Martha Mangat awl
C ord f h a w ll« Beaverton Buvine»»
School, la-lbert Bush
McKenzie’»
Auto Body awl Eewler Schod Buth
llugley Medical Secretarial awl A*
»«tank* S. h.«4 awl Walter Haocall
»-ho ha* enrdle<l in the yob oppor
(unity training program at South­
western Oregon (a lle g e Coo» Bay
Tliree boy» have entrrwf the w-r
Vke They are Jerom e lla iw - VS
air force Hale Hill. US navy awl
Donald Kd»rrt«on US air forte
M<wt d tlie other* have employ
iiw-ni N ichda* Berg »» busy running
thi- family ranch at Birkenfeld Hen
ry B o d m h a m «
u
em ploy«! by
«Town Zelleriiath Bert Snyder »orks
far Art t M r a w i« and Darwin Welch
i* at liean* Market
D tlr r t who have gone afield for
p4»» iwlufk- Helen E khuff who is
with thr P acific North»e*i Bell Tel
i-y4w<ve company in Partlawl Duaw-
Juvtscr Oregon Prim aie
('enter
Dick'«
Beaverton; Jame* I xmtci -
Concrete Works Portlawl Jeannie
Mason. Roger* organ com pany. Eor
i-M Grove Richard Weaver Kyser
(Jy|e*im St Helen* and Louis \ •»
lette. Tinilxr Strw-tune»
Portlawl
Gary J m es also » a * at Timber
Structure* hut is now em ploy«! In
call)
Two d the girl* a* far a* could
lx- le a fw « i are at h .* w They are
Char lame Haekin* and Hattie Ro
hertz of Mlal
Gary Thom|»w«i .iwl hi* family
have movixi from thi* area awl in
formation cancerrung him »a* not
available
Owners Told of
Renewal Time
owner* .4 trucks, busses trailers
awl morotcycl«» currently licensed
ui Oregon may dart purchasing re­
new als next Tuesday. D w em lw r 1.
nccorvling to the department at m o
tor vehicle.*
A|*plicatH«i for ronrwal far thr next
q u a r t« half or full year prri«l can
he filed at any field office of the de­
partment or by mail
Truck owners are u rg«l to apply
as soon as |<ossihlc to insure obtam-
ing validated regwtralions and stick­
ers before the expiration dale on the
Ik'ense
Application* for truck* not current
ly licenwsl » til w< lie accept«! un
til the ew l of Ikvem ber. dejkirtnient
upokeianen said
Ihr lagoon fo r a short lim e EViday and w ere
p h o to g ra p h ed oa ibelr t a k e o f f by H ill K u n d ie. T h e s w a m w e re also here
e a r lie r this y e a r on A p ril 17. S e v e a ie e n of th e m land ed on ihe lagoon
(h a t d av .
rilLRSDAY, NOV. 28, 19M
Many Seniors
Of May Class
Take Training
■ NM ui V .^ m in .
the
I'hter ,4 William F aw l Olllve
idMm Well» A« u young child
w>v«| with tier |vorenL* to Ihe
' (Veek area where she attemi-
hwil Her high school «lucatiim
” 1! "i ■ Q i «| m < h *
*1« united In m arriage to
’mm E Barrett. September 13.
*>n h«T parent's farm near E'ar-
¡rove Mr
Barrett prw-«»rd
n death August 21, »«»fit»
e tlien she hoe *|ient much
1er time with her chitlren in
wda awl Pirtlaw l.
■vlving are two children. Me|-
' Ham-tt of Vernonia aw l Mrs
" Kolileganle <4 Portland, six
'< h'Mren awl eight great grawb
J*". » brother. Howard T Well«
'tamath Falls, a sister.
Mrs
>» Sue«» <4 Portland
VERNONIA. OREGON
V O L I S'TE'.E.R flrrm ra »harpened iheir »kill Monda*
night ot a prai lK r bum at 1143 ( olumhia Street. O rili
M aster lina Bebb direeted ihe p ra e tlrr lor « h lrh ftre-
m rn «e re ralled by thè regalar alarm System a f l «
School Confab
Attracts Group
Arthur
chairman
memlxT
and J
Bellingham, schc/jf board
David Brunsman
Mr»
Ixiard
Mona Gordon, clerk
W Acaiturrt. superintendent
r.-prejwmtod .«-bool district 47J at the
November
1420
Oregon
S chool
Boanbt association. Oregon Asnocia
twn of School Administrators and
Oregon School Cfcvfcs aswxiation
convention held at the Portlawl Hil­
ton hotel
The various (rohlem* of school
organiiation awl administratiwi »ere
examined in discussion groups
In
jfMilion, state and national educa
tionai figures spoke m current and
¡«•wling pnihlim * confronting edu­
cation
Acaiturrt was a member of the
panel which examined the Oregon
«mall high school
W rirk of the
Oregon small high .sebaoi committee
was discus«! with changing inrtruc
tional awl curricular innovations in
the small high school being the main
topic
School Seeks
A-2 Transfer
The Oregon School Activities As
soriation is expected to take formal
acticsi this week end on the formal
transfer of Scappoose Union high
w-hool from the A t Wilco league to
the A 2 Cowapa league
The tr.in.der will not interfere »ith
the remainder i4 the 1984-^j school
year ftr which all «chedukxi athletic
a ctiv iU « will remain in the Wilco
league
Schwvl* in the Cowapa league no»
include Hood River. Concordia. Ver
noma North Catholic. Rainier War­
renton Clatakaroe. Seaside Neah
Kah-Nta and Ranks However, it is
understood that Bank» » requesting
a transfer to am<her league which
»Ul probably be effective with the
lx-gmning of the
sc I hmv I year
The request by Scappoooe fir the
transfer ha* been approved by both
Wilco awl Cowapa league officials
Park Members
Name Chairman
Memtiers of the Columbia county
[*ark commission havJ named \ e r
rom Griffen. St Helens, chairman
Park commission mem bers took
the action at the November m « t
mg. »hen they heard reports on
use of count* parks «hiring the |xu4
MMon The chiumum reported that
the gates at Camp Wilkerson have
l,,m kicked for the winter Park
superintrndent Frank Patton and
thairm an Griffen have the keys that
will be taaued to authorized visitors
The county park commission m eets
the around Thuraday of cat'h month
at the city hall council chambers
in St Helens. Other members on
the ««nnussion Indude: Gnffen,
chainnan: Ju"«‘ Simmons. Scap­
poose Ned Zimmerman. Vernonia:
IXm Parcher. R air*r. «*»> Robt,rt
SawLstrom. Clatskanie
Ile- house had been fueled and fired by department
members. The bouse was owned by Beri Robert» and
Bill Horn
Youth Group Requests
Listing of Curfew Law
A local youth group has requested
a reprint.ng of curfew regulatnau
for Vernonia so that youth in the
age limit* specified by the law may
be informed of the r«|iurefnent* and
comply with thetr.
City ordinance No 313. passed in
1951 wtahlishes the following regu­
lation*
It state* that it »hall be unlawful
for any person under the age of
IS to be on thr street.* or in public
pLace» m the city betwron 'he hour*
(4 9 p m
awl 5 a m
during the
months of
(irtoher No­
vember. liecember January. Febru­
ary. March awf April Eor the re­
maining months May June July
and August the hours are stated as
from 10 p m to 5 a m It further
states that these hcur* mud he cb
served unless the person under 18
years of age is accompanied by a
parent guardian or suitable adult
Certain excepiwns are allow«!, in­
cluding actual travel from or to
places of employment school, re-
ligicus meeting* or errawk* of mer­
cy or emergency uwler the direc
twn of parent or guardian, or go­
ing to or from places of recreation
or -ur.u*e'T)ent with the consent of
a parent or guardian
The ordinance specifies that it shall
M- the duty of the officers, on a
first offense to take the offender in­
to custcdy and notify the parents or
guardian or to have the child taken
home
If after such notification, the par-
Vets Property
Taxes Increase
enL* ailow the child to continue to
violate the ordinance, they become
liable to arrest and fines ranging
from «25 to $100 and or jail senten­
ces of up to 30 days
If continued violation of the cur­
few ordinance has indications of de-
iinquewy the offender tan be re-
mawied to the juvenile court
Scenic Board
Slates Hearing
The Oregon scenic area board will
hold a public hearing Tuesday De­
cember 1. in Seaside, to consider
designations of three scenic areas
in Clatsop. Tillamook Washington
and Ctlumbia counties.
The hearing is scheduled for 1 p m.
at the Seaside hctel
The first area begins at a point
two miles south of Carmen Beach
junction on US10I in Clatsop county
and extends southerly 8.68 miles to
th«- north ;>ortal of Arch Cape tun­
nel. except for an 32-nule section
inside the Cannon Beach city limits.
Petitirner for this area is the Ore­
gon Roadside Council
The second area, submitted by a
different petitioner, covers much of
the same section on USIOt This se-
wn-mile area begins at a point 2 5
nules - uth of the Cannon Beach
junction and ends t 18 miles north
ot the neeth portal of .Arch Cape tun­
nel Excluded are 2 64 miles from
Cannon Beach's north city limits to
the south end of Cannon Beach front­
age road Petitioner for this area
,s the Cannon Beach Commercial
to the statewide average of «J»*-
The berrowro pay» •»» J**“
„xm hly to the state .'rtroatv* dc*
club
The third area. 35 miles in length,
un US28 Sunset Highway* begins at
a point 0 63 miles east ci Neconicum
unction and ends at a point 0.50
miles west of the Nelulem Highway
junction west of Manning This area
lies in Clatsop. Tillamook. Washing­
ton and Columbia counties Excluded
are 2 50 miles at Elsie and 2.00 miles
at Vernonia road junction This area
extends on both sides of the high­
way. except for a throenule section
betwron F-Lsie and Jewell junction,
where it is on the south side only
Petitioner for this area Is the Oregon
Council of Outdoor .Advertising
Construction of billboards is pro­
hibited from highway sections desig
nated as scenic areas E.xuitng signs
must be removed from this areas
within sew n years Inrorporated ci­
ties and heavy rewnwrctal areas are
part men t along with his
exempted
The av.rage ex-C,l with an Ore
gun veteran»' farm and home loan
paid a property tax (4 » » U‘“ -v~ £
a 10 tiervent increase over the
he paid Iasi year and 15 percent
above his 1982 payment of $285
This figure was reported by H (
Saalfeld. director <4 the state
p.irtment of veterans affair», which
pn,d ».771.SM in 198440 Wees th^
month i«i the p r o p e l «
28 h-
World War 11 and Korean veterans
who have state loans
u x paymaat was «7.497.258 on 28.968
properties
In Columbia county, the tax on
334 properties was 98.208 25
a'
erage tax here was «294- « m p rv x l
-
the tax colUxior. anti maw »
November 15 to twm
throe percent discount
th,.» *ear saved the veteran «271.(«>
Demos to Rally
I’hrLstmas Trees -
Democratic Victory Rally
>*
hekl Friday. December 4 at 7
p.in.
at ,he M«J*e l U H n
ek»
a
•pus will be a pot 11
« 'll * h,r^
TV Program to
Feature Trees
,
‘
,,,
,k ,,,c n - d
Their Pro
V«-
M e m b e r 29 on (T ia n o eU -K G W ^
.v n Coin Walrod. Columbia c««tv
Don ( oin
Christmas
ex te n sm ^
^ -u c «
tree sp «ies. I
f«- use and
and certain " J * * * “ “^
care of trees for best res