L ib ra ry
U n iv e r s ity o f Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Council Meets in
Last '65 Session
C. E. Miller, president of the Ver­
nonia city council, presided at the
meeting held Monday evening in the
absence of Mayor T. M. Hobart.
Councilmen L. E. Atkins, H. C. Her-
tel and Deri Roberts were present.
The minutes of the previous meet­
ing were corrected to show that the
amount which had been requested
for Christmas light bulbs was $37
not $17. The request had been re­
fused on the basis that there was no
budgeted fund for such expense.
In unfinished business, the inquiry
concerning lack of seat belts in the
new pick-up brought forth the reply
that the belts are required only on
passenger cars and light commercial
equipment.
The state highway maintenance
foreman had been contacted concern­
ing changes in drainage on Rose
avenue and permission was given for
the city to proceed as desired.
Specifications were at hand for re­
decoration of the fire hall and the
council took action to change them
to call for two coats of paint where
original specifications had called for
one. A call for bids on the job ap­
pears elsewhere in this issue. Bids
are to be opened at the January 3
council meeting.
An offer of $1100 was received
from Mrs. Ada J. Croeni for lot 10
of block 2, Oregon American sub­
division no. 30, Mississippi avenue.
The council moved to also consider
the offer formerly tabled of Ray
Mattson for $700 for the same lot.
The council voted to accept the bid
of Mrs. Croeni with oral agreement
to exclude the condition in the bid
that current taxes be prorated and
title insurance furnished.
A request was received that ac­
tion be taken to exclude livestock
from the airport. Councilman Ro­
berts and his committee were in­
structed to see the owner of the
stock about proper fencing.
The county welfare department in­
SAM CEBALLOS
quired about the willingness of the
city to provide work for welfare re­
cipients, the welfare department to
pay the wages and furnish transpor­
tation and the city to furnish super­
vision and hand tools and assume
state accident insurance liability.
Don Young, athletic director at Since this class of work is in the
Vernonia high school, took some of highest liability classification, the
his boys to Tongue Point last Sat­ council was unwilling to make any
urday to enter the trampoline event commitment on participation in the
in a gymnastic contest and brought program.
home first place honors in that event.
A letter was also received from
Sam Ceballos, Vernonia high school the work-study program whereby col­
junior, who has become outstanding­ lege students and high school grad-
ly adept on the trampoline, won the lege students andhigh school grad­
event over contestants from high uates planning to attend college
schools much larger than Vernonia could be employed by non-profit
with established gymnastic contest agencies for public work with 82
programs. Another Vernonia boy, percent of the cost paid by federal
Bob Shafer, placed sixth.
funds, and the rest by the agency.
High schools entered in the meet No definite action was indicated.
included David Douglas, South Eu­
Routine payment of bills conclud­
gene, Sheldon, Wilson, Lake Oswego, ed the business for this last council
Tongue Point and Clackamas.
meeting of the year.
Ceballos Wins
On Trampoline
Demonia Eagle
VOLUME 43, NUMBER 51
VERNONIA, OREGON
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1965
Sheriff Gets
Identification
Of Skeleton
Final and positive identification
of the remains of a man found last
September near Big Eddy park has
been verified by the Columbia coun­
ty sheriff's office as Norman An­
derson, age 54, of Quincy.
He was a resident of the Quincy
area for about a year until his dis­
appearance was reported in April,
1964. The man was reported missing
at that time by William McAboy
with whom he shared a house, but
the man's remains were not discov­
ered until last September.
Identification was completed last
week end when Sheriff Roy Wilburn
received a letter from the man’s
sister, Mrs. Hazel Henner of Clare­
mont, California of whom officials
were unaware until she wrote. She
apparently heard of the investigation
through their family.
Final investigation has been pro­
ceeding through attempts to identify
a pair of glasses found on the man’s
remains. Sheriff Wilburn had unsuc­
cessfully tried to locate the prescrip­
tion of the man’s glasses through a
Clatskanie optometrist.
Mrs. Renner was able to furnish
the prescription for the lenses as
having been made and filled by a
Dr. Alfred G. Reidell, Azuza, Cali­
fornia. Dr. Reidell furnished the pre­
scription and then Sheriff Wilburn
had the glasses checked with a St.
Helens optometrist, Dr. Jack Smith.
Dr. Smith verified that the lenses
and frame found on the dead man
corresponded to the prescription
from California.
A search for the missing man in
April, 1964 led to his automobile at
Big Eddy Park. But the scattered
remains of the man were not found
until nearly 18 months later when
Ed Siedelman, picking cones in the
area came upon some of them about
1% miles from where the car was
found.
A search of the area by officers
yielded other parts of the skeleton
and torn bits of clothing.
A .22 caliber bullet hole was in
the skull, but no weapon was ever
found. The state crime laboratory
said the rifle was fired at immediate
range.
THE LIGHTING display at the Merle Cline home tock
first place in the illumination classification in the
Chamber of Commerce Christmas lighting contest.
Second place went to the Chet Rays and third to the
Bay Robertsons. Of the 18 entries made, illumination
category drew the largest numbers. Many homes that
were beautifully lighted had not sent inentry blanks.
•N THE religious category, the display at the Joe
Grosche home on Corey hill tock first place. Second
place was awarded the Edison Aldrich display, and
third, the Fred Lundgrens.
THE ELABORATE display at the Robert Curl home,
portraying Santa’s garden with the workshop in the
background, took undisputed first place honors in the
Santa theme. Mr. and Mrs. Don Huss received the sec­
ond place award. The contest committee urges more
entries in this classification next year. Some with
Santa theme failed to file entry blanks.
JVs Win Event
At Hood River
lu a y the Star shine anew
in your heart, bringing you
all the deep and abiding
blessings of Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kamholz
Melvin Schwab
Lesta Gamer
Grace Peachey
Mildred Tupper
Shirley Berg
Edward Kamholz
The Loggers JVs, coached by Gor­
don Crowston, traveled to Hood Ri­
ver this past Friday night and re­
sumed their winning ways with a
37-35 victory.
Crowston stated that the effects
of the long road trip took their toll
on the boys through the first three
quarters. Both their offensive and de­
fensive play suffered in the early
stages of the game. The final quar­
ter of the contest they resumed the
type of play they are capable of and
began rebounding at both ends of
the court.
Crowston stated he was pleased
with the teams hustle and team work
during the last quarter. ‘‘The Log­
gers really played together,” he said.
"In other words, they played their
man when the ball was away from
them.”
Foul shooting made the difference
in the score with Vernonia bagging
9 of 14 attempted and Hood River
hitting only 7 of 25.
Scoring was led by Peddicord with
12; Pete Brunsman, 7; Ellis, 7; Bud­
dy Robertson, 6; Vealey, 3 and G.
Hanson, 2, for a total of 37 to Hood
River’s 35.
OREGON
ELECTRIC
Riles Scheduled Today
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon, Thursday, at 2 p.m. at
the First Christian church for Ed­
ward Salomonsen who passed away
Tuesday evening at St. Vincents hos­
pital where he had surgery recently.
WEST OREGON Electric won first place honors in
the commercial entries. Second place went to the at-
tractive window at Spofford Flower Shop. Here, again,
there was a dirth of entries for the classification.
Loggers Drop Game Event with Hood River Friday in Second Encounter with Powerful Dragons
The Vernonia Loggers
L ow ers traveled to
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The
Hood River last Friday, December 17
and met their second defeat at the
hands of the Dragons when they fin­
ished with a score of 44 compared
to Hood River’s 56. Although the fi­
nal score does not indicate very
much excitement, it was a close
anme
game.
_ a real thriller. v Vernonia
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The first quarter ended with a tie
of 8 to 8. At half time the Loggers
trailed by only 6 points and when
the third quarter ended, the score
board read 27 to 36 with the Loggers
still lagging behind.
The fourth quarter proved to be
strong effort as they stole the ball
and scored until they were behind
by only 4 points with four minutes
left in the game.
Three defensive lapses on the part
of Vernonia gave Hood River a lfk
point lead, and a last minute foul
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helped
raise . their
score
as ■ both free
throw attempts were made.
The Loggers played a much better
game against Hood River this time
than when they were on their home
court. They out-rebounded the Dra­
gons 53 to 32 and also completed
one more field goal.
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The weak spot of the Loggers
showed up in their personal fouls as
Vernonia ended with a total of 27
and Hood River had only 10.
The scores for the individual Log­
gers were: J. Hanson 10; F. Smith
7; D. Larson 7; B Mattson 6; L.
Elton 6; J. Curl 4; B Hanson 2;
and P. Pederson 2.
Fred Smith was high rebounder
with 15. He also succeeded in check­
ing the opponents' shots several
times, thus preventing them from
scoring. Jerry Hanson pulled in 10
rebounders. Larry Elton deserves
praise for his fine defensive plays.