New County Officers Take Over
Positions at Ceremony Monday
Swearing in ceremonies conducted
by Roy A. Nelson, county clerk, at
the Columbia county court house
Monday morning of this week return
ed three officials to office and plac
ed two new names on the county of
ficer raster.
Earl Seawright was sworn in as
county judge to succeed John W.
Whipple who has held the position
for the past 12 years. Whipple was
feted last week by county officials
and employees at a gathering in
the county court room at which cake
and coffee were served to a capaci
ty crowd. Whipple was presented with
a wristwatch.
The ether new official in the court
house is Don Kalberer who was
sworn in as district attorney to suc
ceed Dave Williamson who also was
honored last week at a gathering by
Sheriff Roy Wilburn which was at
tended by Kalberer and a former dis
trict attorney, John L. Foote.
Officials sworn in who had been
re-elected in November were O. D.
Clark, county commissioner; Louise
Johnson, county treasurer, and Clar
ence Wagner, county surveyor.
Loggers T ally
59-35 Victory
DON KALBERER
Frosh to Play
At Clatskanie
The Vernonia Loggers won their
third basketball game of the season
Tuesday night when they downed the
Rainier Columbians by a 59-35 score.
Three Logger players scored in
double figures with guard Dan Steele
leading the way with 18 points. Jer
ry Hanson and Terry Smith came up
with 12 and 10 points respectively.
The game started off slowly and
at the quarter’s end the Loggers led
by only two points, 9-7. Action picked
up a little bit in the second period
and the Loggers outscored their op
ponents 15-12 and went in at inter
mission with a five point margin,
24-19.
A big third quarter brought the
Loggers their commanding lead as
they rolled up 24 points while holding
Rainier to only 10. Steele scored 10
points, mostly on fast break lay-ins,
to lead the Loggers in this period.
At the period’s end, the Loggers had
built up a 19 point advantage, 48-29.
As a team, the Loggers shot 43
percent, hitting 26 field goals on 60
attempts. They hit 7 of 11 freethrows.
Jerry Hanson pulled in eight re
bounds, followed by Terry Smith with
seven.
Scoring: Bellingham 5, Johnston 0,
T. Smith 10, T. Larson 3, Hanson 12,
F. Smith 2, Steele 18, Holsey 7, Bate
man 2, Elton 0.
The Vernonia freshman team will
travel to Clatskanie today, Thurs
day, for their third game of the sea
son. So far the freshmen have been
victorious over Jewell and Banks.
Monday, the freshmen will be at
home against the Seaside freshmen.
Game time will be 6:00 p.m.
The Vernonia JVs won their game
Coach Bill Howard will probably
against the Rainier JVs, 45-39. Dave
go with the same starting line-up
Larson, with 19 points, paced the
that he has used in his first two ball-
Loggers to their victory that was not
games. That will be Les Forcier and
decided
until the final two minutes.
Bill Hanson as forwards, Albert
Four points by Joe Curl and a field
Brunsman, center and Larry Elton
goal by Larson broke a 39-39 tie.
and Gary Hanson in the guard po
Quarter scores were 16-17, 23-21, 33-
sitions.
33.
The Freshman schedule is as fol
Scoring: Pederson 10, Holsey 1,
lows:
Medges 3, Curl 8, Larson 19, Matt
JANUARY 7 — Clatskanie, there, son 4, Petticord 0, Minger 0.
7:00 p.m.
This Friday the Loggers open CO-
JANUARY 11 — Seaside, here, 6:00 WAPA league play when they meet
the Warrenton Warriors on the Ver
p.m.
JANUARY 18 — Clatskanie, here, nonia floor. The Warriors were last
year’s league champs and are picked
6:00 p.m.
JANUARY 25 — Banks, there, 7:00 to repeat again this year. Game time
will be 8:00 p.m. preceded by a
p.m.
preliminary starting at 6:15 p.m.
JANUARY 28 — Rainier, here, 7:00
p.m.
FEBRUARY 2 — Jewell, here, 6:15
p.m.
FEBRUARY 11 — Rainier, there,
7:00 p.m.
FEBRUARY 15 — Jewell, there, 7:00
p.m.
Joey Acaiturri, superintendent of
FEBRUARY 22 — Seaside, there, schools for district 47J, has accept
ed the invitation of B. L. Simmons,
6:00 p.m.
director, curriculum and instruction
al services for the Oregon State de
partment of education, to serve on
a committee to develop standards for
school librariesi as requested by the
state standards committee. The com
mittee is engaged in developing re
The Future Farmers of America vision of the standards for public
chapter at Vernonia high school will elementary and secondary schools
host the northwest district FFA in the state to produce a separate
speech contest next Wednesday, Jan publication establishing the current
uary 13, at 7 p.m. in the high school standards in three media fields, au
gym. according to an announcement dio-visual education, radio, and tele
made this week by Fred Fowler, Vo- vision and school libraries.
Ag instructor at Vernonia high
Miss Phyllis Hochstettler, consul
tant on school libraries, has been
school.
Speakers from 10 high schools in assigned the task of working with a
Northwest Oregon will participate. small committee to develop the li
Vernonia high school will be repre brary standards and it was her re
sented by Doc Fuquay who will quest that Acaiturri be invited to
speak on “Soil and Water Conserva serve on the committee.
tion in Northwest Oregon.” He was
Acaiturri, in announcing fus ac
the winner in a previous contest held ceptance of this invitation, stated
at Natal Grange under sponsorship that Miss Hochstettler has compli
of the Clatskanie Conservation Dis mented this district for the up-dating
of facilities and materials in the
trict.
The contest is open to the public, school libraries. Particular commen
according to Fowler who is in charge dation was given for the recently
of local arrangements.
compiled K-12 library sequential
program and the modernization of
the Washington school library.
The Vernonia high school library,
Union io Meet
also, is fully standard.
Members of the Vernonia Federal
The material developed by the li
Credit Union have received notices of brary standards committee will be
the annual meeting to be held Satur referred to the state standards com
day evening. January 16 a t 8:00 p.m. mittee and if approved, will be pub
at the West Oregon Electric meet lished in a separate media standards
handbook.
ing room.
Group to Work
On Standards
FFA Chapter
To Host Meet
Demonia Eagle
VOLUME 43, NUMBER 1
VERNONIA, OREGON
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7. 1965
Chamber to
Hear County
Judge Speak
Earl Seawright, newly elected
judge for Columbia county, will be
the speaker for the Vernonia Cham
ber of Commerce quarterly dinner
meeting next Monday evening at the
IOOF hall. His talk will center on
subjects pertaining to his office and
of interest to the public.
The dinner is to be held at 7:00
p.m. January 11 and will be served
by the Mt. Heart Social Club. Tickets
are $1.50 per person and the public
is invited to attend.
Another feature of the evening will
be the presentation of the award to
the Citizen of the Year. Those honor
ed in this manner by the chamber
in previous years have been B. J.
Horn, Dr. T. M. Hobart, Robert C.
Lindsay and Sam Hearing Jr.
Deformed Tree
Cause Disputed
Some of the local loggers are dis
puting the theory voiced last week
that the top of a 15-foot tree could
become deformed due to deer dam
age. Their contention is that the top
is new growth and would have been
out of the reach of deer other than,
perhaps, Rudolph.
Another theory put forth by some
of the loggers who have seen other
trees with deformed top growth in
the Apiary area is that it results
from spray damage.
A discussion about the deformed
growth arose after a photo of the
tree was published in this paper last
week.
County Welfare
Costs Totaled
The Columbia County Public Wel
fare Commission Roy K. Smith, ad
ministrator, reports the following ex
penditures for the month ending Nov
ember 30. 1964:
General assistance, $1,819.47; fos
ter care, $2,962.84; old age assis
tance, $9,327.25; aid to dependent
children, $10,013.09; aid to the blind.
$439.29; aid to the disabled, $5,113.78;
medical aid to the aged, $9,347.74.
This makes a total of $39,023.46.
Of the above expenditures, $12,530.
33 was from state funds, $21,122.98
from federal funds, and $5,370.15
from county funds.
The child welfare workers gave
service to 102 children in the county,
including 36 in foster homes and two
in adoptive homes. There are 33 cer
tified foster homes in use at this time.
Eight men with families are work
ing out their need for welfare assis
tance on the community work and
training program under the county
road department supervision.
Eligibility has been established for
204 persons in Columbia county for
the Kerr Mills medical aid to aging.
BUSINESS for the City of Vernonia was carried on as
usual Monday evening at the first 1965 meeting with
the exception that Mrs. Launee Cousins becam e the
first woman to take a council position. She w as sworn
in by Recorder Walter Linn to take the chair vacated
Storms
Cause of
Trouble
by L. E. Stiff whose term expired. Mayor T. M. Ho
bart and Councilman L. E. Atkins were also sworn in
Monday to start their new term s of office. From left
around table: Councilman Ed Miller, Hobart, Linn,
Mi's. Cousins, Atkins and Councilman H. C. Hertel.
Council Reorganizes Monday
To Begin Business for 1965
Monday evening of this week, at
the regular meeting of the Vernonia
city council, Dr. T. ,M. Hobart was
Guy I. Thomas, manager of West sworn in as mayor for a second
Oregon Electric Cooperative, stated two-year term and the oath of office
also was administered to two council
that the recent storms caused the
man elected in November, Loran E.
cooperative far more trouble and Atkins who was serving by appoint
expense than the October 12, 1962 ment in an unexpired term prior to
windstorm. After the Columbus Day election, and Mrs. Launee Cousins
storm, services restored would stay who becomes the first woman to
serve on the Vernonia city council.
but the recent storms caused con
Mayor Hobart made two appoint
siderable repeat troubles.
ments for the new term. Walter E.
Recent high water started the Linn was reappointed as city record
trouble by softening the ground, al er for another term and Acel D. Lol
lowing trees and poles to tip over. ley was named as chief of police to
This was followed by a considerable April 30, the date of his retirement.
The council took action to start
amount of wet snow sticking to trees,
annexation proceedings for an area
poles and wires. More trees and
at the northerly city limits east of
poles went over, shorting and burning
down wires. With weather like this
the trouble is continuous. Service
can be restored but in a few minutes
another tree burns the wire down
again.
Local people who are interested in
Thomas called for assistance from
the possible organization here of a
the Northwest Mutual Assistance
Girl Scout troop are asked to meet
Agreement, whose members include at the Washington school next Tues
all power utilities of the Northwest. day, January 12, at 11 a.m. when
Crews were sent from Portland Gen Mrs. Mary Curran of Astoria, Girl
eral Electric, Forest Grove Pow Scout representative for this area,
will be here to meet with them.
er and Light and the City of McMinn
At 11:30 a.m., the group will watch
ville Water and Light Department. the first m a series of instructional
Also, a crew from Pacific Power and programs on Girl Scout work over
Light was standing by. The above TV channels 10 and Mrs. Curran will
crews represent several days work, comment on it.
The series is being given on TV to
helping to speed up restoration of
assist prospective leaders in local
service.
communities who are unable to get
Thomas again expressed his ap to Portland for training classes.
preciation to all of the members for There are four programs in the ser
their help, patience and considera ies, January 12, 19 and 26 and Febru
ary 2.
tion.
Scout Troop
Meeting Set
the Nehalem river and set January
18 at 7:45 p.m. for the time for a
public hearing which will be held at
the city hall prior to the next meet
ing of the council. A legal notice per
taining to this appears elsewhere in
this issue.
Mayor Hobart expressed the coun
cil's appreciation of the work of the
city maintenance crew during the
storm when they worked around the
clock. The work of the fire depart
ment as a disaster unit during the
flood was also commended.
Water Superintendent Lee Jessee
reported that the flood-caused breaK
in the Riverview waterline where it
crossed the river had been repaired
and no further difficulty was antici
pated.
Among other things considered
were measures for rat control, possi
ble disposal of dilapidated buildings,
sidewalk repair notices and snow
clearance problems.
After payment of bills, the council
adjourned at 9:25 p.m.
McKinster Ends
Work in Store
January 1 marked the retirement
of Orville (Sleepy) McKinster who
for the past 15 years has been the
butcher at Sam’s Food Store.
Prior to that ,he had worked for
Sam Hearing Sr. early in 1949, and
then for Lou Girod. For a time he al
so worked as butcher in the Vernonia
Safeway store, then at Hanks Super
market at Cornelius before going to
work again here for Sam (Buck)
Hearing in 1949.
At present, Buck is wearing the
butcher's apron
1964 Events Itemized from Files for Past Months
1964 in retrospect as viewed
through a survey of the 1964 file of
Vernonia Eagles reveals a number
of interesting events during the year.
Two people in front page news Jan
uary 2 were beginning new jobs. This
year, the same two are featured
again for starting new jobs.
January 2, 1964: Don Kalberer was
announced as a member of the Met
ropolitan Study Commission to re
place Mrs. Dorothy McCullough Lee.
This week he is assuming the office
of Columbia county district attor
ney.
Mrs. Launee Cousins, last January,
took over duties as second grade
teacher at Washington school to fill
the vacancy created by the resigna
tion of Miss Claudia Reeves. This
year, she is taking a seat on the
Vernonia city council.
January 2, 1964: This issue carrieo
news of the grand opening of the
Montgomery Ward Catalog Sales
Agency here January 3 and 4 with
Jean Myer as agent. This week they
are observing their first anniversary.
January 9, 1964: Monday of this
week. Akio Yamaguchi, Vernonia
high school's foreign exchange stu
dent from Japan, spoke to the Ver
nonia Lions Club. His cheery per
sonality is missed around Vernonia
this year.
This issue reported losses for the
Loggers’ basketball team to Rainier
and Clatskanie and a win from Yam
hill-Carlton.
January 16, 1964: At the annual
Vernonia Chamber of Commerce din
ner meeting Monday evening of this
week, Sam Hearing Jr. (Buck), was
presented with the citizen of the
year award for his outstanding com
munity service.
Charley Hickman was named as
fire chief at the meeting held Mon
day evening.
John Siedelman was pictured with
a 31 pound bobcat killed Tuesday of
this week which he said was the
largest he had ever taken.
Mrs. B. J. Horn was installed as
noble grand for Mt. Heart Rebekah
lodge at the meeting held January 9.
January 23, 1964: Weather reports
for this issue for the week, January
15 to 22 showed precipitation of 4.15
inches. Flurries of snow had been
noted. The temperature high was
47 degrees and the low, 31 degrees.
The Albert Olsen family of Chap
man narrowly missed serious injury
Sunday of this week when a mud
slide on the new Crown Zellerbach
logging road struck their house.
January 36: Weather reports indi
cated 13.54 inches of precipitation,
mostly rain, during January 1964.
Three inches fell Friday and Satur
day, January 24 and 25 and caused
flooding which closed roods and
flooded basements.
February 6: A total of $203.23 was
gained from the Mothers’ March on
January 30 according to Mrs. Irene
Minger, local March of Dimes chair
man.
The Frank Jackson house on River
side Drive was completely destroyed
by fire January 30.
February 13: Miss Jeannie Sargent
was crowned as queen of the Sweet
heart Ball at Vernonia high school
Friday evening.
February 20: The Columbia county
grand jury again toured and con
demned the Vernonia city jail on
sanitation and fire hazard counts.
February 27: Quote: "With the ad
vent of warm, sunny weather, every
one has the urge to do cleaning in
yards and around the house and burn
debris. .
March 5: The Vernonia city coun
cil received a report from the state
fire marshal calling for correction
of fire hazards at the city hall.
Sid and Sam's new and used store
opened this week in the former Curl’s
Grocery location.
This week Mr. and Mrs. Cliff
White retired after owning and op
erating the Vernonia Western Store
for 17 years. As of March 1, new
owners were Mr. and Mrs. Ron Mc
Donald.
March 12: Monday evening of this
week, Willie Barston, manager of
Dean's Market, was named as chair
man for the 1964 Vernonia Friend
ship Jamboree.
March 19: Ben Smith retired this
week after being road foreman for
the Vernonia district since 1946. Prior
to that he had worked for the road
department in other capacities.
The Vernonia city council accepted
the proposal of the planning com
mission for new street names among
which were these in the down town
area: First street to Adams avenue;
Second street to Jefferson avenue
and Third street to Madison avenue.
(New street signs were put in place
before the end of 1964 >
Vernonia was featured in a full
page article in the Oregonian Sun
day of this week with pictures and
stories which were favorable to the
area.
March 26: Mrs. Robert Curl was
elected as president of the Vernonia
PTA for the 1964-65 year.