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Demoni a Eagle
VOLUME 42, NUMBER 51
VERNONIA, OREGON
Planners Name Chairman
Jim Davies was elected as chair­
man of the Vernonia city planning
commission for 1965 at the regular
meeting held last week. Dave Ban­
ta was named as secretary.
Retiring chairman, Bill Horn, an­
nounced that Cyrus R. Nuns of the
Bureau of Municipal Research and
Service, state board of higher edu-
cation, will be a guest of the plan­
ning commission at the first meet­
ing in January of the city council.
At this time, Nims will present to
the city a Vernonia planning project
which will include a survey of exist­
ing land use and the preparation of
a land use map, an evaluation of
population trends, an evaluation of
Firemen Emphasize Need for
Proper Reporting Information
Assistant Chief Chet Ray presided
Monday evening at the meeting of
the Vernonia fire department volun­
teers in the absence of Chief Char­
ley Hickman.
Drill Master Don Webb reported
that a good bum was obtained the
last drill from the house on Columbia
street.
It was reported that 12 department
members now carry first aid cards
and those completing the course were
commended by Ray for their efforts
in availing themselves for attendance
of the five week course.
The new hydrant locations were
discussed. Also the new street names
now in effect were discussed with
relation to possible confusion in fire
calls. Persons calling in to report
fires should give the following infor­
mation if possible: Their name and
address; type of fire (chimney, total
involvement of structure, or any dan­
gerous or inflammable materials in­
volved), also need for medical aid.
This information will expedite the de­
partment’s actions to quell the blaze
and warn them of often unknown or
unseen dangers.
The department's Christmas party
for members and families will be
held December 21 at 7:00 p.m. ai
the fire hall. A gift exchange will
be held among the adults and Santa
Claus will appear to distribute gifts
to the children.
A time change has been an­
nounced for Santa’s visit to the
fire hall, December 19. The Sat­
urday afternoon hours will be
from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
The local volunteer firemen
again extend to all youngsters in
the area an invitation to come
talk to Santa at this time. All
children accompanied by parents
will receive treats from Santa.
Parents are also invited to bring
cameras to record their chil­
dren’s reactions when meeting
Santa.
A nominating committee was ap­
pointed and considerable discussion
as to the selection of next year’s
officers was held, with the continua­
tion of progress within the depart­
ment to be the first obligation of
those chosen. Much has been ac­
complished in past years and the de­
partment hopes to upgrade their fire­
fighting abilities and community ser­
vice.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:18
p.m. with the next gathering of fire­
men to be at the December 28 drill.
Christmas Tree Growers Offer
Choice of Species to Buyers
With the Christmas season near at
hand, a special group of Columbia
county fanners are readying their
crop for harvest, indicates Don Coin
Walrod, County Extension Agent. Cul­
tured Christmas trees are the crop
produced by these growers who offer
their goods to consumers in a unique
fashion.
Some of the major Christmas tree
producers of the area include: Mar­
cus Heckman, Scappoose; Clint Sei­
bert, Vernonia; Marvin Meyer, Ver­
nonia; Rayford Sly, Warren; Glenn
Tarbell, Scappoose, and Elmer Loyd,
Deer Island.
While some Christmas trees are
sold wholesale to brokers or lot oper­
ators, most of the local producers
prefer to offer their trees to indivi­
dual users on a chose-and-cut, or U-
cut basis. Because a variety of spec­
ies of cultured trees are available,
there has been a ready market with
families wanting a special tree or
just the experience of selecting and
cutting their own tree.
At his ‘Enchanted Forest’ in the
Chapman area, Heckman offers saw­
dust covered trails leading to cultur­
ed areas of Douglas fir, Noble fir,
small spruce, and some pine species.
Christmas music c a n be heard
througout the forested area. Snacks
are available, and for the first time,
a warming area is being provided.
This is the ninth year Heckman has
offered cultured Christmas trees on
a U-cut basis.
Grand fir, sometimes called low­
land white fir, is the featured spec­
ies of Clint Seibert at his ‘Clint’s
Tree Farm ’ up Rock Creek out of
Vernonia. Clint is another long-time,
producer of cultured trees. In addi­
tion to offering families an opportu-
R epaym ent
Is Required
The wife of former Columbia coun­
ty Sheriff Spencer Younce was plac­
ed on probation for four years Tues­
day for conversion of public funds.
Circuit Court Judge Albert Musick
stipulated that Mrs. Florence Younce
must repay the money.
She was convicted in October of
taking $2.400 while working as sec­
retary-treasurer fo the St. Helens
Rural Fire Protection District.
nity to select a fresh, premium tree,
a hay-ride behind fine teams provide
access into the areas where trees are
to be cut. Seibert’s facilities are clos­
ed on Saturday.
No newcomer to the Christmas
tree and forestry business, Marvin O.
Meyer offers Christmas tree buyers
cultured Douglas fir, a few pine and
Grand fir at his ‘Westwood Tree
Farm ’ located three miles south of
Vernonia on Highway 47. In addition
to cut trees, Meyer offers some live
trees for those who are seeking them,
and he is also able to flock trees in
white or color.
Rayford Sly on Church Road near
St. Helens offers the homeowner his
choice of ponderosa pine, Douglas
fir, Austrian pine, and Seirra red­
wood. Glenn Tarbell on Highway 30
between Warren and Scappoose, has
only Douglas fir. Elmer Loyd, Deer
Island, has several species including
Sierra redwood and Austrian pine.
Prices of choose-and-cut Christmas
trees vary with the species, size, and
quality says Walrod. Reports from
previous years indicate a high degree
of satisfaction among those folks who
took the opportunity to select and
cut their own tree.
Stevely Named
For Honorary
Robert Stevely, Columbia county
extension agent, has been chosen for
membership in Epsilon Sigma Chi,
national honorary fraternity for ex­
tension workers.
Stevely was one of 15 Oregon
State University cooperative exten­
sion service county agents and spec­
ialists initiated into membership
during the annual meeting of Gamma
Chapter on the OSU campus.
Membership in Epsilon Sigma Chi
is open to those who have worked in
extension's informal, off-campus ed­
ucational programs for ten years or
longer. Principal aim of the organ­
ization is to promote professional im­
provement among extension staffs.
In addition to the initiation of new
members, the annual meeting was
also highlighted by the presentation
of a gift to Mrs. Maud Purvine,
Crook county extension agent, who
is retiring January 1 after 30 years
of service.
the street system and the sewer and
water systems as they relate to land
use planning and preparation of a
preliminary land use and street plan.
Nims brings this study to the city
under the Urban Planning Assistance
program. It is financed through a
$2000 grant from the U. S. Housing
and Home Finance agency and a
$1000 appropriation from the city of
Vernonia.
In other business, the commission
voted to recommend a house number­
ing plan as submitted by Ralph Kea-
sey. This will be brought back before
the city council for consideration in
January.
The commission also voted to re­
commend to the city council that ser­
vices of the county health authority
be contacted to assist in control of
an increasing rat population in the
city.
Present members of the commis­
sion are Banta, Warren Aldrich, Herb
Sturdevant, Henry Hudson, Horn,
KeaSey and Davies.
Hie commission meets the second
Wednesday of each month and wel­
comes ideas and recommendations.
West Wins in
Grade Jamboree
A packed house of jubilant grade
school students filled the Vernonia
high school gym Friday evening for
the annual Columbia county grade
school jamboree despite the incle­
ment weather.
The basketball game, which pitted
the West side (Vernonia, Clatskanie
and Rainier I against the East (Scap­
poose and the two St. Helens junior
high teams) was won by the West
56 to 35. The Vernonia grade team
battled the St. Helens Buccaneers
to a 13 to 16 score in the first game
of the evening.
Clatskanie walked away from Scap­
poose to the tune of 30 to 9 and
Rainier and the Lancers finished the
evening with a 13 to 10 score.
Pep clubs of the schools began the
evening with each school present­
ing a drill or demonstration.
The sportsmanship trophy was
shared by Rainier and Vernonia.
The trophy presented an overall
team, pep club and spectacular per­
formance is judged by student rep­
resentatives of the various schools
participating.
Toppers Win in
County Series
The Washington grade school Top­
pers played the St. Helens junior
high school Lancers Monday after­
noon on the Washington school court
in the opening game of the round
robin series between the county grade
schools. Hie Vernonia team was vic­
torious in both games.
The seventh grade won by a score
of 20 to 12 and the eighth graders
by a score of 32 to 15.
Lions Meet at
Christmas Party
The Vernonia Lions club members
met with their wives at the Masonic
Temple Monday evening for their
annual Christmas party.
Mrs. James Fiske, accompanied
by James Fiske, sang two numbers:
“O Holy Night” and “Sweet Little
Jesus Boy” . Don Jackson led the
group in the singing of many familiar
Christmas carols.
Mrs. Dave Banta and Mrs. Wayne
Markham won beautiful poinsettia
plants given as door prizes.
Christmas Programs Prepared
By Schools, Churches in Area
The Christmas season will really
get under way in Vernonia Friday
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THURSDAY, DEC. 17, 1964 program presented by the Vernonia
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the
school
auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
Hie program will include dramati­
zations which illustrate the many
moods of Christmas with a selection
of characters and events common
and mythical which are related to
the Christmas season.
The musical part of the program
will feature some of the lesser known
Henry H. Dobbins, 66, Mist, was carols which are gaining in populari­
arraigned in St Helens justice court ty as well as a selection of some of
Monday morning on a second degree the traditional ones. Hiere also will
murder charge in connection with be several instrumental numbers by
a rifle slaying at his home Sunday. the beginning band and the combined
Columbia County Sheriff Roy Wil­ intermediate and advanced bands of
burn signed the complaint accusing the Washington school.
Dobbins of the fatal shooting of MIST ON MONDAY
Charles B. Reynolds, also of Mist,
The Mist school will have its pro­
Sunday afternoon.
gram next Monday evening, Decem­
County officials were called to the
ber 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mist school
home the two men shared after
gym and it will feature a Christmas
Reynolds was shot, allegedly fol­
play written, cast and directed by
lowing an argument with Dobbins,
students of the school.
who went to the W. R. Wolff home
At both schools, Santa will appear
and asked that the sheriff be called.
to distribute treats which have been
St. Helens Justice of the Peace arranged for by the PTA, with coop­
Merle Yettick set bail at $10,000 eration of many local fraternal, club
and Dobbins remains in the county and church groups and individuals.
jail. District Attorney David B. Wil­ BALL ON TAP
liamson said the case will be taken
S a t u r d a y evening, the annual
before the county grand jury.
Christmas Ball will be held in the
high school gym and everyone is in­
vited to attend and dance without
charge, due to the fact that the
music is provided free as a Christ­
mas gesture by the Musicians Mutual
Association of Portland. This year,
the Phil Kemp five-piece orchestra
At the meeting of the school board will be here. The affair is dress-up,
for district 47J on December 10, but not formal.
the resignation of Leslie Giedd, high
school commercial teacher was ac­ H. S. PROGRAM DUE
cepted. Giedd had asked to be re­
Next Wednesday, December 23, at
leased so that he could accept a 12:40 p.m., parents and friends are
position at the Indian school near invited to attend the Christmas pro­
Salem.
gram at the high school. It is being
Miss Betty Yundt of Albany has arranged by the music and speech
been hired as a replacement and will departments of the school and will
assume her duties after the holidays. feature the a-cappella choir in a col-
She is graduating from Oregon State
University this Friday, December 18,
and is presently doing her practice
teaching at Albany high school.
Complaint for
Fatal Shooting
Filed Monday
lection of Christmas songs, a quartet
composed of Linda Woolsey, soprano;
Opal Bartles, alto; Dan Steele, tenor
and Terry Smith, bass; the concert
band in “ ’Twas the Night Before
Christmas” with Sharon Brunsman
as narrator, the German Christmas
Festival and Noel, and the combined
band and choir in Suite Noel. Also,
‘‘Doc” Fuquay will present a read­
ing, “The Littlest Angel”.
CHURCHES PLAN EVENTS
Most of the churches plan Christ­
mas services this Sunday, December
20. The Nazarene church has indi­
cated that their Sunday school will
present a program at 10:30 a.m. af­
ter which their new pastor, Rev. Mil-
ton B. Gudmundsen, will speak.
Sunday evening, the Sunday schools
of the Evangelical United Brethem,
Baptist and Bible church Sunday
schools will each have programs at
7:00 p.m. The Christian church will
present theirs at 7:30 after which the
young people will go caroling and
return to the church for a chili feed,
a traditional event for that group.
The Assembly of God also will be
presenting a program at 7:30 p.m.
Most of the churches indicate that
their programs include dramatiza­
tions, music and recitations in tra­
ditional style.
Board Accepts
Resignation
In other action at the December 10
meeting, the board adopted a resolu­
tion establishing definite rules con­
cerning automobiles on the school
grounds. The need for such action
resulted from incidents which have
occurred which made advisable the
establishing of rules for the benefit
of the school authorities and the city
police.
Copies of the resolution were post­
ed at the school and given to city
police officials and read as follows:
The vehicle speed limit on the
grounds of school district 47J shall
be 10 miles per hour.
Unauthorized vehicles are not al­
lowed on the school grounds at any
time.
Student cars driven to school shall
be registered in the high school of­
fice. All such cars will be parked in
the school parking area and shall
not be driven during the noon hour.
The school grounds shall not be
used for speeding, racing ,or squirrel­
ing of vehicles.
The school grounds are not intend­
ed for use as a public highway nor
for use in leisure time driving.
The use of the school grounds for
vehicle driving or racing during or
after school hours shall be prohibit­
ed.
The parking of unauthorized ve­
hicles either attended or unattended
on the school grounds shall be pro­
hibited.
Any violation of the above regula­
tions shall be subject to punishment
by school authorities or city police.
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Since the November 19 and 20
O r e g o n S c h o o l Board, Ore­
gon School Administrators and Ore­
gon School Clerks conference, held in
Portland at which the Vernonia high
school curriculum was one topic of
discussion, the high school has re­
ceived eleven requests for informa­
tion and possible visitations from
other interested Oregon school dis­
tricts, according to J. W. Acaitum.
district 47J superintendent
The school district recently observ­
ing the local high school plant and
curricular offerings, was represented
by a delegation from the Pine-Eagle
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schools
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Halfway
of
in Baker county.
Otis Murray, superintendent, two
high school principals and the vo-ag
director made up the visitation on
December 7.
Earlier in the year, Wendel Curry,
superintendent of the Rainier schools,
and four school board members had
visited this school district.
Hie school districts requesting in­
formation are interested in the Ver­
nonia schools’ facilities, curricular
offerings and seven-period day pro­
gram. Hie visitors expressed a great
deal of interest in the vocational ed-
Good news this week is that due
to the efforts of the Vernonia Jay-
cees, a special line from Vernonia
to the North Pole is reserved for
use by Vernonia children next Man-
day and Tuesday evenings, Decem­
ber 21 and 22, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
In order to place calls, dial HAzel
9-5071 or HAzel 9-3851 and these num­
bers are automatically connected
with the direct line to Santa. All
children wishing to talk to him are
invited to call.
Win, Loss M ark Results for
Loggers Two Pre-Season Games
The Vernonia Loggers earned a
split in their first two pre-season
games, dropping a game last Fri­
day to the Hood River Dragons 63-
38 and then coming back to win
against the Yamhill-Carlton Tigers
by a score of 6640.
The Loggers started off cold
gainst the Dragons and saw them­
selves on the short end of a 17-9 first
quarter score. The Dragons then
went on to outscore the Loggers in
every quarter to gain their 25 point
victory spread.
Superior height and weight allow­
ed the Dragons to control the boards
and prevented the Loggers from get­
ting any fast breaks going.
Offensively, the Loggers were led
by center Jerry Hanson who scored
14 points on six field goals and two
freethrows. As a team the Loggers
shot 50 times, making 16 for a 32
percent shooting average. Jim Bel­
lingham pulled in seven rebounds,
tops for the Loggers in that division.
Scoring: Bellingham 8, T. Smith 2,
Larson 2, Hanson 14, F. Smith 0,
Holsey 7, Redmond 0, Bateman 5.
The Loggers started off fast
against the Yamhill-Carlton Tigers
Tuesday evening and with Jerry Han­
son scoring 7 and Jim Bellingham
adding 6 more, the Vernonia five
rushed to a 19-8 first quarter lead.
Vernonia, in a tight 2-3 zone de­
fense. forced the Tigers to shoot
from the outside, and, hitting the
boards very hard, were able to get
the fast break going. Dan Steele
scored seven of the Logger's 19 sec­
ond period points while the Hgers
were held to six.
The Loggers were able to increase
their lead by five points in the third
period and reserves finished off the
final frame.
Guard Dan Steele, Jim Bellingham
Delegations Observe Operation of School Plant
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JAYCEES ARRANGE
CALLS TO SANTA
Buidance
guidance Droara
program,
K-12 English and library programs,
according to Acaiturri, who also said
that the statements of the visiting
groups and requests listed expressed
amazement at the caliber of the
curriculum and facilities offered by
the Vernonia community and espec­
ially for a school district of this
size.
Acaiturri concluded: "I believe the
community can take considerable
pride in its schools and their accom­
plishments attained as expressed by
the visitors.”
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ucation n program,
and Jerry Hanson led the Logger
scorers, with double figure scoring.
Steele had 19 points gained on 9-15
from the field and 1-2 from the free-
throw line. Bellingham had 14 points
and Hanson 10.
As a team the Loggers shot 41
percent, hitting 30 shots on 73 at­
tempts. They hit 6 for 14 from the
charity stripe. Bellingham was again
the big man on the boards, pulling
in 14 rebounds.
Scoring: Bellingham 14, Smith 2,
Larson 3, Johnston 0, Hanson 10, F.
Smith 6, Steele 19, Bateman 3, Hol­
sey 9, Redmond 0, Hays 0.
The Vernonia JVs have played
three games and were on the short
end of the score two times but won
their last encounter.
The young Loggers lost games to
the Hood River JVs, 56-35 and the
Jewell Varsity, 8657. Hiey won
against the YamhilKarlton JVs, 52-
42.
Against Yamhill-Carlton, the young
Loggers got double figure scoring
from three players to gain their first
win. Joe Curl had 16 points, followed
by Dave Larson and Dennis Peder­
son with 13 and 12 points respective­
ly-
The Vernonia freshman team won
their first two games of the season,
defeating Jewell JVs 51-26 and the
Banks freslimen 5633.
Larry Elton led the freshmen scor­
ers for the two games with 26 points.
This week end the Loggers travel
out of town, taking on the Santiam
Wolverines Friday night and the Stay-
ton Pirates, Saturday. Next Tuesday
they will be at home again, seeking
revenge against Hood River.
Teachers End
Course in Math
The final session of the in-service
math course for teachers was held
Tuesday afternoon. Eugene D. Ash-
back of the Laurelhurst school in
Portland has been instructor for the
class in which 25 were enrolled.
The class stressed the theory of
the mathematical process in relation
to the number system.
Tentative plans are being discussed
relative to holding a winter class if
enough persons are interested. The
proposed class is Ed. 429, Principles
of Remedial Education and anyone
who is interested in the class should
contact one of the school officers
immediately.