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Oregon G ls tö rlo & l S o c ie ty 2 # SW Márkot S t ’ ' ’ P o rtla n d , Oregon 97201 Two Areas A s k For Annexation; Funds Proposed Petitions for annexation of two ad ditional areas on the north edge of the Riverview addition were receiv ed by the city council Monday eve ning. The petitions were for the properties of William C. Rundle and Jay Misenhimer. First and second readings were given to ordinances setting water use rates for the Riverview area and es tablishing a sewer charge to create a fund for future sewer extensions to the area. Also, reparding that area, a change was agreed on for the Tenth street pipeline, to substitute four inch pipe for two inch for approximately 600 feet to make possible an additional fire hydrant within 1000 feet of the County Teams Await Tourney Basketball teams and cheer lead ers and drill teams from four Colum bia county elementary schools and St. Helens junior high school will ga ther Friday evening in the Vernonia high school gym for the annual bas ketball tournament. Schools represented will be Clats kanie, Rainier, Scappoose and Ver nonia grade schools and St. Helens junior high which will send two teams. At 7:00 p.m., the girls drill teams from each of the schools will per form, prior to the start of the tourna ment. Sections of the bleachers are allot ted to each school and seating will be limited, but the public is invited to attend as space permits. Last Friday when the Washing ton teams played Quincy on the Washington school court, the seventh grade team wan their game and the eighth grade team lost to Quincy. October Welfare Costs Itemized The Columbia County Public Wel fare Commission, Roy K. Smith, ad ministrator, reports the following ex penditures for the month ending Oc tober 31, 1964. General Assistance Foster Care Old Age Assistance Aid to Dependent children Aid to the Blind Aid to the Disabled Medical Aid to the Aged $ 1,684.35 2,874.10 10,287.41 9,684.66 394.68 4,802.18 4,928.53 TOTAL $34,655.91 Of the above expenditures $12,206.91 was from state funds, $17,217.49 was from federal funds, and $5,231.51 was from county funds. In Columbia county, 2261 persons were eligible for the surplus food program and 1513 persons made use of this service. The child welfare workers gave service to 101 children in the county, including 36 children in foster homes and two in adoptive homes. There are 20 certified foster homes in use at this time and an additional 20 homes are in the process of being certified. city limits in the area. The change was to be effected by an exchange of pipe with that and other areas. Re ports showed the mainline in for Riverview and laterals and connec tions being put in as time will per mit. Councilman L. E. Stiff suggested the abolishment of the increased wa ter gallonage on the minimum bill during the summer months due to possible water shortage due to in creased users. The m atter was held for future consideration. A communication from Lester Sheeley indicated possible legal ac tion might result because of a fall by one of his clients on a defective sidewalk. The owner of the property was ordered by the council to repair the sidewalk complained about. Other business included recommen dation of a package malt beverage li cense for Mill Market, the granting of permission to Lloyd Quinn for the public playing of Christmas carols during the holiday season, authoriza tion for purchase of new chimney tile for the Anderson Park caretak e r’s house if budgeted funds would allow, and a decision to leave the problem of increased police patroi to the discretion of Chief A. D. Lol ley. His investigation to date indi cates that those persons interested in such duty want more pay than that offered. Councilman L. E. Atkins and Works Superintendent Lee Jesse were asked to arrange for location of a locked gate on the road on Corey hill past the cemetery to prevent ac cess to the Corey Hill reservoir where considerable littering and van dalism has taken place. Instruction was given by the coun cil to have the water heater at the Scout cabin examined to see if it could be repaired rather than re placed. A question from the fire depart ment about status of condemnation on a building that might be used for a possible training project was de ferred until the advice of the city attorney could be obtained. Steps had been taken to contact the owner. The next council meeting will be Monday evening, December 21 at 8:00 p.m. Longer Mailing Time Intended O. T. Bateman, Vernonia postmas ter, has announced extended hours for the Vernonia postoffice to ac comodate the increased Christmas mailing. Starting this Saturday, December 12, the office will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day except Sun day until Christmas. Patrons are asked to try to mail cards and packages as soon as pos sible to assure their delivery. Cards should be placed in packages accord ing to local and out of town and handed through the window. Parcel mailing can be speeded if they are brought to the office after the morn ing mail sorting hours are over. The closing time is still 4:30 p.m. for mail to go on that days truck which leaves here at 5 p.m. E N T R Y B LA N K Vernonia Chamber of Commerce 1964 CHRISTMAS OUTDOOR LIGHTING CONTEST Name (Please Print) Address Demonia Eagle VOLUME 42, NUMBER 50 Decorations For Business Area Placed Vernonia Lions club members were out in force last Saturday to put in place the street decorations to pre pare Vernonia for a festive holiday season, including the visits Santa will make here The long, dark eve nings have taken on a new aura to lift spirits of everyone who sees them. Monday evening, the club met at the fire hall for dinner and a busi ness session at which four new mem bers were added to the club. Dave Banta, Cread Morgan, Don Cameron and Dr. S. A. Thiringer were initiat ed by John Jensen of Forest Grove, deputy district governor. The club was entertained by the high school choir, the brass sextet and Randy Holce, trumpet soloist, with Christmas music featured. Discussion centered around future projects and the possibility of hold ing a diabetic clinic here. These will be considered further at future meet ings. Next Monday evening, the club members will entertain their wives at the annual Christmas dinner par ty which will be held at the Masonic Temple with the Nehalem Social club serving the dinner at 7:00 p.m. Door prizes for the ladies are pro mised and a program is being ar ranged by Chairman Joey Acaiturri. Each person who attends is to bring a gift for a child, wrapped and mark ed for a boy or girl and approximate age level, to be used in Christmas baskets prepared for needy families this Christmas. Since the club has to give a guar antee for the dinner, members plan ning to attend are to notify Presi dent Robert Sargent as to the nurt» ber in their parties. Please check appropriate box: □ A—Religious Theme | | B—Santa Theme | | C—Illumination | | D—Commercial Mail Entries to: Vernonia Eagle or to Launee Cousins, Vernonia, Oregon. Entries accepted until 5:00 p.m. December 18. Judging 7:00 p.m. December 18. Prizes in each category: 1st, $12.50; 2nd, $7.50; 3rd, $5.00. Sweepstakes, gold engraved walnut wall plaque. THURSDAY, DEC. 10, 1964 E.P. Stamm, Retired Crown Official, Claimed by Death SANTA SLATES STOP AT HALL Word has been received by the lo cal firemen from the North Pole that Santa will be at the fire hall Satur day afternoon, December 19, from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. to meet all children in the community. Fire Chief Charley Hickman an nounced that Santa will have treats for all children accompanied by their parents and invites all per sons wishing to take pictures of then- children with Santa to bring their cameras. Juvenile Work Told to Council The Columbia County PTA Council met at the St. Helens senior high school from 1:00 to 3:00 Monday, De cember 7. Ray Godsey, who was scheduled to speak deferred until the next meet ing in order that some other presen tations might be made. Bruce Grady, the new Columbia county juvenile counselor, spoke to the group, men tioning the fact that there is enough work for two in his field. He also expressed the desire to be invited to the local PTAs in order to present the work to them. “ Miss Roumagoux, former county health nurse, spoke on the work she now is doing with retarded children under CARC (Columbia Association for Retarded Children). Also present was Donald Olm- scheid, principal of McBride elemen tary school, who presented some of the work of the special training Funeral services were held Tues teachers. day of this week at the Waud’s Fun During the business session the eral Home in Tillamook for Mrs. president, Mrs. George Cowles of James B. (Pearl) Wilkerson, a for Rainier, encouraged local PTAs to mer Vernonia resident and teacher pay their council dues and also re here for approximately 25 years. vise their by-laws to bring them up Burial was in the Bayview Memorial to date. Cemetery at Warren. Mrs. Wilkerson was bom December 8, 1880 at Concordia, Kansas. She came to Vernonia first about 1918 Mrs. James Johns, girls physical when her husband became principal of Vernonia high school. She began education director for the Vernonia teaching in the Vernonia primary elementary schools, was at Eugene grades soon after they came here last week end to attend the state con and taught until during the depres vention of the Oregon Association of sion when married women were Health, Physical Education and Re dropped from the teaching positions. creation. In the business sessions, However, in 1941 when teachers be she was elected as vice-president of came scarce due to other employ the division of girls and womens ment increases, she returned to sports for the state of Oregon. teaching here and taught until 1950 when she retired. Mrs. Wilkerson was a charter member of Vernonia Temple, Pythian Sisters and was its first secretary when it was instituted in 1926. A number of years ago she was named as Temple Mother and held that place of honor in the organization until her death. She also was a member of Nehalem Chapter No. 153, Order of Eastern Star. She is survived by two sons, Bur ford Wilkerson of Tillamook and Ben SHOP VERNONIA FIRST Wilkerson, Lakeview; two grandchild ren,Mrs. Marjorie Vuylsteke, Beaver ton and Bill Wilkerson, Portland and nine great-grandchildren. Death Claims Mrs. Wilkerson Elected to Office 13 Shopping Days Until Christmas A world figure in industrial forest ry and president of the American Forestry Association died December 6 in Portland, Oregon. Edward P. Stamm, 72, was con sultant and advisor to forest indus tries in the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia at the time of his death. He was a retired vice- president of Northwest Timber op erations for Crown Zellerbach Corp oration, where he served in an ac tive management capacity for 30 years. Mr. Stamm was a member of the United States Forestry Exchange team to Russia in 1959, and a con sultant to the War Production Board in World War II. He was a past director of the In dustrial Forestry association and the Western Forestry and Conservation association. In San Francisco, Reed O. Hunt, chairman of the board of directors, Crown Zellerbach Corporation said: “The passing of Ed Stamm is a great loss to us all at Crown Zeller bach. “Throughout most of his exception al career he was associated with our company, first as a logging manager, later as an officer, and after his re tirement from active management as an invaluable advisor and con sultant. “But Ed Stamm’s influence and reputation extended to the whole tim ber industry, and we are all bene ficiaries of his far-sighted ideas and concepts. Ed was a national figure whose name will always be identified with the great strides made by in dustrial forestry in our time.” A civil engineering graduate of Ohio N o r t h e r n University, Mr. Stamm served as a second lieutenant, railroad artillery, U. S. Army, during World War I. In 1919 he was employ ed by the Pacific Lumber company in the California Redwoods as a log ging engineer, and from 1923 to 1925 as logging superintendent. He joined Crown Zellerbach in 1926 as logging superintendent of the Cathlamet, Washington logging divis ion. He subsequently served as log ging manager of Northwest Timber operations, and in 1953 was appointed vice-president. He was leader of the Alaskan Spruce Investigation for World War II. Following his retirement in 1957, he served as a forest consultant to Crown Zellerbach and as a consultant and advisor to forest operators in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Honduras. He al9O visited and studied forest projects in Newfoundland, Lab rador, Ontario, Quebec, Honduras, British Columbia, and Alaska. Mr .Stamm was a life member of the American Forestry association, and a board member of the Western Forestry and Conservation associa tion, who named him Forester of the Year in 1957. He also served as a member of the Forest Industries Council Board, the Lumberman’s In dustrial Relations Council, the Co lumbia Basin Loggers, the Pacific Northwest committee on Forest His tory and the Forest Products Re search Society. He was a trustee of Keep Oregon Green association and a director of the Pacific Logging Congress. During his career in logging and forest management, Ed Stamm help ed to develop intensive management of old growth and second growth tim ber stands through salvage logging and thinning. Today, the 80,000-acre Stamm Tree Farm of Crown Zeller bach Corporation at Vernonia is a model of economic forest managc- EDWARD P. STAMM ment. Mr. Stamm was a leader in the promotion of quick reforestation, both by planting and seeding. His advo cacy and assistance in design of the bulldozer blade revolutionized the costs of building railroad grades and truck roads. Along with this came the concept of advanced roading into old growth timber stands which made it possible to salvage individual trees and stands ahead of the harvest of the rest of the forest. In recognition of his accomplish ments, he was elected a fellow of the Society of American Foresters. Funeral services for Stamm were held Tuesday at the Westminister Presbyterian church in Portland and interment was at Lincoln Memorial park. Annual Holiday Event Offered Vernonia high school is again ex tending an invitation to everyone to attend without charge the annual Christmas Ball which has been set for Saturday evening, December 19 from 9 p.m. to midnight. The event is sponsored by the stu dent council and is made possible because of the cooperation of the Musicians Mutual Association of Portland which provides orchestras to schools for Christmas dances with out charge. The five-piece Phil Kemp orches tra will come here this year and pro mises excellent dance music. The gym will be decorated by the sen iors. This is always a social highlight of the holiday season. Dress is semi- fcrmal. Stores Extend Shopper Time A number of local businesses have indicated longer shopping hours dur ing the Christmas season. Montgomery Ward and the 88 cent store at Vernonia Trading company will stay epen until 9 p.m. each Fri day. Mar-Ona Bootery and Western Auto have indiciated plans to remain open until 8 p.m. each Friday. Fa brics 'n Fashions has posted a list of special shopping hours. Many places of business have tak en on a festive air with holiday decorations, also. Logger Basketball Play Starts Friday School Officials Attend Confab Phone VERNONIA, OREGON Joey Acaiturri, superintendent of district 47J schools; Welcome Rum- baugh, Vernonia high school princi pal, and Darrold Proehl, elementary school principal, were in Eugene on Monday evening and Tuesday for an administrators' conference on the new guidance and counseling pro grams for elementary and high schools in Oregon. Information was given concerning the new federal provision for voca tional counseling which will be in addition to the academic counseling programs. The Vernonia Loggers open their 1964-65 basketball season this Friday night when they travel to Hood River to take on the Hood River Dragons. The Loggers will be out to avenge two losses that they suffered at the hands of the Dragons last year. Coach Dale Andrich’s varsity team consists of eleven players, eight of whom are returning lettermen, in cluding all five starters from last year's team. Captain Jim Bellingham, who scor ed 208 points last season and was the team ’s leading rebounder, will open at one forward position along with Terry Larson who scored 146 points. Jerry Hanson, the tallest man on the Logger squad at 6'2" and a jun ior, is scheduled to open at center. Hanson has shown much improve ment in pre-season drills and how well he rebounds could be a big fac tor in Logger success this year. All-league guard Dan Steele, the team's top scorer of last season with 269 points, will again open at one of the guard positions along with Den ny Holney who has also shown much improvement in pre-season drills and has been hitting the basket with good consistency. The remainder of the varsity squad includes forwards Terry Smith and Lloyd Johnston, center Fred Smith and Jerry Hays and guards Ken Bateman and Russ Redmond. The Jaycee squad, coached by Dan Lawler, will open their season with a preliminary to the varsity game. Their starting lineup will probably include Dennis Pederson and Roger Medges at the forward positions, Joe Curl at center and Dave I^arson and Steve Minger as the guards. This Saturday, December 12, the Vernonia JVs and freshman teams travel to Jewell to take on the Blue- jays, a member of the Sunset B league. The first home game for the varsi ty and jayvee teams will be next Tuesday, December 15, when they play host to the Yamhill-Carlton Ti gers. The varsity game will start at 8:00 p.m., preceded by a prelimi nary at 6:15 p.m.