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.