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Action Started for
Removal of Hotel
Action was taken Monday evening
by the Vernonia city council which
may result in removal of another
eyesore from the Vernonia scene. No
tice given elsewhere in this issue
calls a hearing to determine whether
the remnant of the old Vernonia Ho
tel is a dangerous building. This is
the first step in condemnation pro
ceedings which could lead to the re
moval of the remaining structure
from the scene, an action which
would greatly improve the appear
ance of the main street through Ver
nonia.
The action of the council follow-
W orld D a y
O f P rayer
A rran ged
World Day of Prayer will be ob
served in Vernonia Friday with
services at the Vernonia Bible
church at 1:30 p.m. which have
been arranged through the united
efforts of the women’s groups of
the participating churches. Rever
end John Hager, pastor of the Bi
ble church will preside and rep
resentatives of the various church
es will have parts in the program.
The theme for this year is Be
lieving Ye Shall Receive. The same
theme, translated into many dif
ferent languages, is used on this
same day throughout the world.
Now 80 years old, World Day of
Prayer is observed in 125 coun
tries on six continents. The obser
vance is always on the first Fri
day in Lent and the same order
of service and theme are used ev
erywhere, giving a world-wide unity
in this Christian program.
The service is open to all per
sons interested in participating.
Youth Group
Plans Banquet
A youth banquet has been plan
ned by the Community Christian
Youth Rally group for March 19
at 6:30 p.m. at the EUB church.
It will be catered by Friar Tuck.
Tickets are now on sale and
may be purchased from Duane Fu-
quay, Geoffrey Proehl, Ann Sar
gent, Robert Weidman, Gordon
Blackburn, Kathy Jensen, Beth Ann
Ambrose, Jeanette Aultman, Ker
ry Gudmundson and David Fisher.
Age limits for the banquet are
12 years through college age. Tick
ets are $1.25 each and all young
people in the community are in
vited to attend.
Jamboree Meet Dated
The Jamboree committee will
meet again Thursday evening of
next week, March 3 to make more
plans for the annual July event. All
persons with suggestions and of
fers of assistance are invited to
attend.
ed the reading of a letter from A. E.
Paulson, a Longview, Washington
realtor, saying he was removing the
for sale sign of his company from
the building as he considered the
premises a disgrace to him as well
as to the city of Vernonia.
The council agreed Monday that
it would welcome a survey and re
port from the planning commission
on buildings which should be reha
bilitated or removed.
A recommendation was received
from the state sanitary authority
that a timing device be wired into
the two raw sewage pumps in the la
goon system so that the amount of
flow can be computed from the ca
pacity of the pumps and time op
erated. This would substitute for
the present inoperative flow meter.
The matter was tabled for con
sideration at the next meeting of
the council. Reports showed that the
cause of a sewage outflow obstruc
tion from the 0. A. hill area had
been ascertained and corrected.
The police department presented to
the council information that a police
radio communication system is of
more immediate need than a radar
set which had been authorized. The
council took action authorizing pur
chase of police radio equipment and
the police chief, Earl Ray, was au
thorized to investigate desireability
and prices of various installations.
The council also was informed that
rescheduling of police patrol time
had been completed and that week
end water plant operations had been
assigned to other city employees.
A letter was received from the
chamber of commerce expressing
concern over an alleged influx of un
desirable welfare cases from neigh
boring cities. It was the mayor’s
opinion that this is not a problem that
can be legislated against.
The council moved to authorize the
signing of the lease with Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Huff for part of the air
port property as written by the city
attorney. Permission for the golf
club to install a tee on a small area
of the airport still awaits a descrip
tion of the area desired by the golf
course management.
A suggestion was made that the
hangars at the airport be painted.
Councilman Deri Roberts was asked
to check on amount of paint needed
and cost for the city to furnish ma
terials for the hangar users to do
the job.
Committee reports showed that
street patching done during recent
weeks had been ineffective, presum
ably because of deterioration of the
mix used for the purpose. Other re
ports were that water supply laterals
have been installed on all planned
streets in Riverview addition.
Examination had shown that the
well-opening on the Jackson proper
ty in Riverside addition should not
be considered dangerous as there
remains only a three-foot depression.
It was agreed to make a key to
the shay lot available by placing
one at Kate's Cafe where it may be
obtained upon request.
After payment of bills ,the council
adjourned at 9:45 p.m. The next
meeting will be March 7.
THE NEW Columbia county court house will look similar to this if the
recommendations of the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Mer
rill are accepted. The firm conducted a survey of 14 potential sites, in
cluding the present site of the court house. The recommended location is a
Demonia Eagle
VOLUME 44, NUMBER 8
VERNONIA, OREGON
Ball Fans Await
Big Decision
Friday Night
Campaigning in Vernonia Tues
day was Gloria Salvey, candidate
for Columbia county clerk on the
Democratic ticket. A resident of
Columbia county for the past three
years, she has been employed in
the county clerk's office for two
years and has been deputy clerk
since March of 1965. She is a grad
uate of Roosevelt high school in
Portland. She, her husband and
four children reside at Scappoose.
Grade Program
Comes to End
The fifth and sixth grade bas
ketball program inaugurated by
basketball coach, Bert Kronmiller,
has completed its run with a lot
of action being afforded spectators
at their games.
The benefits of a program of
this type will not be fully evident
for several years, but with boys
of this age learning the fundamen
tals, top teams are likely in fu
ture years. Kronmiller stated that
at this age, the boys show an eag
erness to learn and play and that
he has greatly enjoyed working
with them. This program was held
on Saturdays in addition to his
regular coaching and teaching du
ties.
A large factor in the success of
this program, he stated, was the
assistance of Steve Curl and Gary
Davis as his assistants. In addition
to themselves playing basketball
these boys have spent their Sat
urday mornings in helping these
younger boys grasp playing funda
mentals. About 35 fifth and sixth
graders participated in the pro
gram.
Hood River is the only team in
the Cowapa league which has a
playoff berth cinched at this time
with Scappoose a strong contend
er for the other eastern division
spot. To attain the March 4 and 5
eliminations at Lewis and Clark,
the Loggers must down Seaside
this Friday night on the Gulls’
floor.
In play Tuesday night, Neah-Kah-
Nie downed Warrenton by one
point to reach a 4-3 win - loss
mark. The Warriors now stand 4-4.
Vernonia and Seaside will meet
this week end with the Loggers
trying to stretch their record to a
6-2 record by defeating Seaside
who now stands 4-3.
The possibility of a playoff game
before the regular district finals
is evident and the teams to make
berths in the district eliminations
at L & C may not be decided un
til next week. Neah-Kah-Nie and
Clatskanie are yet to meet in their
final action of the regular season
Friday night.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1966
Loggers Capture
Overtime Game
The Logger quint clawed their Ellis saw action but did not score.
way up another rung on the play Another reserve who played but
off ladder this past Friday night did not score was Bill Hanson who
by coming out of an overtime con came into the game when Jerry
test with a one-point advantage, Hanson fouled out in the final seg
84-83 over Neah-Kah-Nie after reg ment of the game and turned in
ulation play ended in a 77-all tie. a fine performance.
A strong factor in the Vernonia
The Pirates had not been beaten
on their home court until this win was their edge in free-throw
game and the desire of the Log completions, hitting 18 of 27 to the
gers to play to win was a large Pirates 19 of 37. The close called
factor in this contest.
game brought a large number of
For the first time this season, attempts at the charity stripe, with
the Loggers were out-rebounded, Neah-Kah-Nie drawing one and
ones before Vernonia in each half
but still came up with a win. but failing to complete them up
Good team play and the fine out to Vernonia’s .667 percent.
side shooting of Larry Elton kept
Massey, 23, Moore, 19, and Smith
the team in contention throughout 18, led the Pirate scoring.
the first half. Elton and Joe Curl
were both credited by Coach Bert
Kronmiller with their best efforts
Board Sets Date
of the season. Curl pulled in the
final rebound of the overtime per
There will be a quarterly meet
iod to give Vernonia control of the ing of the Rural Fire Protection
ball and save their slim lead.
district board Monday evening,
Larson and Smith led the scor March 7 at 8 p.m. at the home of
ing in their usual form with 23 R. B. Fletcher, according to an
and 22 points, respectively. All announcement made this week by
starters scored in double figures. Gene Weller, district chairman.
Curl and Elton each contributing Anyone interested is welcome to
14 and Jerry Hanson, 11. Steve attend.
Logging Accident Claims Life of George Brown
George D. Brown who had spent
most of his lifetime in Vernonia
was killed early Monday morning
in a logging accident in the Alle
gany mountains approximately 75
miles from Coos Bay. He was work
ing as a bucker and was caught
and crushed between the log he
was cutting and another log. In
vestigators classed it as a freak
accident that was no fault of his.
Death was instantaneous. He was
employed by the Weyerhaeuser
Lumber company at Coos Bay.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed Saturday, February 26 at 3 p.m.
at the Fuiten - Friesen Mortuary
Chapel, Vernonia. Reverend Mey
ers of the Mapleton EUB church
will officiate. Following cremation
concluding committal rites will be
at the Vernonia Memorial ceme
tery.
George D. Brown was born on
March 3, 1940 at Albuquerque, New
Mexico and lived there until com
ing to the Vernonia community
with his family when he was nine
years old. After the second grade
he received all of his education in
the Vernonia schools, graduating
from the Vernonia high school
with the class of 1959.
He was active in many of the
school activities, but participated
especially in football. He then at
tended OTI at Klamath Fall?, for
one term.
He was united in marriage at
St. Helens on March 25, 1960 to
Marilyn Long, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Long of Timber route.
They lived here until September
1964 when they moved to i\T"tarts,
later moving to Mapleton and Coos
Bay area. He was a member of
the Vernonia Bible church during
his residence here and later of
the EUB church at Mapleton.
Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Mar-
ilyn Brown and three children,
Howard, Clayton and Mary Ann
Brown, all of the Bayshore Apart
ments at Empire; his father, Carl
Brown, Albuquerque; his mother,
Mrs. Willard (Leona) Haverland of
Vernonia; five brothers, Phillip
Brown, Los Angeles; Fred Brown,
Bakersfield; Richard Haverland,
Harriman, Tennessee; Everett and
Willard (Juggy) Haverland, Ver
nonia; three sisters, Mrs. Carl (Ag
nes) Smith, Albuquerque; Velma
Haverland, Vernonia, and Mrs.
Walter (Nancy) Lankston, Olym
pia, Washington and his grand
mother, Mrs. Iva Hofheins, Albu
querque, New Mexico.
Cub Banquet Set
Cub Scouts and their families
will hold their annual Blue and
Gold banquet Saturday evening at
the Washington school.
Founders Day Observed by PTA at Program Monday
The Founder’s Day program of
the Vernonia PTA was held Feb
ruary 21 at the high school.
The program was begun by the
presentation of charms by Mrs.
Albert Krieger, to all past presi
dents who attended. Mrs. E. E.
Larson, who now resides in Tilla
mook, made the trip here for the
occasion. Others honored were
Mrs. Ralph Krieger, Mrs. Henry
Anderegg, Mrs. Robert Curl, Mrs.
Maude Wells, Mrs. Charles Minger
and Mrs. Harvey Redmond.
Mrs. Ralph Krieger gave a re
sume of the work the local PTA
has done since it was established
in 1948 with Mrs. George Johnson
as the first president. In 1951 the
high school and grade school
groups, which were separate until
then, merged into one group. The
five acre site between 12th and 15th streets in St. Helens with frontage
on St. Helens street and Columbia Blvd. Estimated cost of site and build
ing would be »1,095.000. A brochure of the firms findings and recommenda
tions is available for public inspection at the Vernonia Eagle office.
first project undertaken by the
organization, was to establish the
hot lunch program.
Since then the PTA has been in
strumental in obtaining the county
health nurse and various clinics,
starting the savings stamp pro
gram, setting up a scholarship
fund, and providing books for the
library, to mention the highlights
of its service to the schools and
community.
Carrol Clason, Columbia Pacific
institutional representative of the
Boy and Cub Scouts, was then in
troduced. He informed the mem
bers of his duties of which the
most important is to attend the
monthly meetings in Portland and
bring back information concerning
the Scouts. He said that the Co
lumbia Pacific Council was well
pleased by the percentage of par
ticipation in this area.
Before presenting the Boy and
Cub Scout charters to Mrs. Don
Webb, PTA president, he informed
the group that it takes an act of
congress before a charter may be
presented. Five awards to the Boy
Scouts and two to the Cubs were
presented from the Columbia P a
cific Council after which the men
and women in the community who
are active in the scouting program,
were presented cards in apprecia
tion of their service.
Don Jackson, Scoutmaster, led
the combined Boy, Girl, Cub Scouts
and the Brownies in singing songs
from other countries. They stood
in a setting of foreign flags which
were loaned by the Columbia Riv
er Council of Girl Scouts.Some of
the girls wore costumes of other
lands to complete the picture.
Mrs. Mary Curran, district di
rector of the Columbia River Coun
cil of Girl Scouts and James
Phillips, district executive, were
in attendance and were introduced
to the membership.
The first public initiation of the
local chapter of the National Hon
or Society was begun with a talk
by Harold McEntire in which he
told that the first such chapter
was started in Pittsburg in 1921
and that this chapter was founded
on October 9, 1959 with Mrs. Wes
ley Bolmeier as the first advisor.
He said the requirements for
membership are rigid, starting
with a 3.0 or better scholastic av
erage and encompassing charact
er, leadership and service. The en
tire faculty must rate and vote
on the students who seek member
ship.
Dr. Toshi Kuge, a 1936 gradu
ate of Vernonia high; Jack Burn
ham, class president and graduate
of 1950; Miss Sunny DeHart, one
of the charter members of the So
ciety and graduate of 1960; and
Mrs. Ruth Lindsley, a past pres
ident of the organization and a
1964 graduate, gave inspirational
talks on the ideals of the mem
bership.
Fred Smith, president; Cathy
Jensen, vice president; Christine
Bender, secretary, and Beth Ann
Ambrose, treasurer, the present
officers, were introduced. Twelve
new members were initiated into
the Society with an impressive
candlelight ceremony led by Chris
tine Bender and preceded by the
pledge. Bob Mattson, Roger Medg-
es, Sally Knowlton, Cathy Jensen,
Ann Sargent and Bill Hansen were
initiated into the regular member
ship and Carmen and Christi Run-
dle, Kristen Landers, Steve Curl,
Geof Proehl, and Eddie Burton
were made probationary members.
Fred Smith presented the new
members with the emblem of the
Society and McEntire gave certif
icates to the probationary mem
bers.