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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
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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.