Demonia Eagle
VOLUME 44, NUMBER 17
VERNONIA. OREGON
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THE DISPLAY of Bill Orr, dealer from Eugene, held
the interest of coin club members and others Sunday
at the coin convention at the IOOF hall. From left,
front row, Orr, George Shaw, Mrs. Harry Emmons,
Mrs. Marion Steers, George Laws, Ralph Bergerson
and Marion Steers; back row, from left, Stanley Ene-
voldsen, Harry Emmons, Chief of Police Earl Ray,
Assistant Lee Akers and County Sheriff Deputy Fred
Roediger who provided police protection during the
day.
Second Coin Convention Attracts Polls Open
Monday for
Dealers, Collectors Sunday
The second annual coin conven­
tion held Sunday at the IOOF hall
by the Nehalem Valley Coin club
attracted dealers from Eugene,
Portland, Hillsboro and Sweet
Home and numismatists came
from a wide area both to look at
exhibits and to acquire coins for
collections. There were 125 signa­
tures on the guest book but quite
a few came in without signing, ac­
cording to club president, Mrs.
Marion Steers.
The display of John Neitling of
Sweet Home took first place hon­
ors. It was made up entirely of
Columbian Exposition coins ar­
ranged around a rare piece of coin
glass for which an exposition coin
had been used for the imprint pat­
tern. Second place went to Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Emmons for their
display of American coins and
third place went to Mr. and Mrs.
Steers who also showed American
coins.
In the junior division, George
Shaw was first, Susan Miller, sec­
ond and Ole Bergerson, third.
Members of the local club who
were responsible for the success
of the show included Mrs. Steers,
club president and general chair­
man; George Laws who acted as
master of ceremonies; Mrs. Harry
Emmons who was in charge of the
Hanson Named
Student Head
Bill Hanson was named as stu­
dent body president for the 1966-67
school year at elections held at
Vernonia high school last Friday.
Other officers named were Gary
Hanson, first vice-president; Larry
Elton, second vice-president; Ka­
thy Jensen,
secretary;
Sally
Knowlton, treasurer; Kristin Lan­
ders, foreign exchange student
representative; Pete Brunsman.
student manager.
Nominating speeches were made
Friday morning during the activi­
ty period and the election followed.
kitchen; Ralph Bergerson, bourse
table; Harry Emmons, displays;
Stanley Enevoldsen and Fred Zel-
pher of Scappoose, advertising. All
members helped with the work of
setting up the show and the clean­
up. Mrs. Ralph Bergerson was in
charge of the guest book.
Club members state that those
here from other places voiced
their enjoyment of the event and
their desire to come again and the
club is already talking of plans for
a 1967 show.
Parents Asked
To Reception
Parents and all other interested
citizens of the area will have the
opportunity tomorrow
evening,
Friday, April 29, to acquire some
knowledge of the work being done
at Vernonia high school. The oc­
casion is the annual Mom and Pop
reception to which all parents are
given a special invitation.
The program for the evening
will start at 8 p.m. with a style
show presented by the home ec de­
partment under the direction of
their insturctor, Miss Phyllis
Williams. The students will model
garments made in the sewing
classes during the year.
Following the style show, the
guests will move in groups to the
various areas on exhibit. Included
will be an art and vocational edu­
cation display, the chemistry de­
partment and social studies. The
band will provide music during the
evening and refreshments will be
served.
School Vote
Voters in school district 47J are
reminded that Monday, May 2 is
school election and that polls will
be open at the Mist and Washing­
ton schools from 2 to 8 p.m. on
that day. All regularly registered
voters are eligible to vote.
Walter Workman is the only per­
son to file for the position of di­
rector for a five year term. He
now holds the position and seeks
to succeed himself. Other names
may be written in if voters so de­
sire.
Also to be voted on are the bud­
gets for district 47J and the Co­
lumbia County Intermediate Edu­
cation district. Both seek approval
for levying of taxes to supply
funds needed for operation over
and above the six per cent limita­
tion. Both budgets have been pub
lished previously and hearings
have been held to answer the ques­
tions of all residents who wished
to attend.
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1966
River Assault
Set Saturday
For Row Boats
Canoes, kayaks and row boats
will be converging on Anderson
park Saturday morning and vie-
ing for starting position for the
fourth annual Nehalem River Boat
Race sponsored by the Vernonia
Jaycees. The first boat will go
into the river at 9 a.m. and boats
will be launched as they are ready
up to 11 o’clock.
The race will be from Anderson
park over an 11-mile course down
the Nehalem river to Cedar creek.
Each boat is individually timed
with starting times recorded at
Anderson park and the finish time
recorded when the boat crosses
the line at Cedar creek and times
are figured from that. The run is
expected to take from three to four
hours. However, last year Delmer
Michener covered the course in a
one-man canoe in two hours, 40
minutes and 30 seconds.
Other first place winners last
year were Roble Anderson, War­
renton for one-man kayak; John
Shaw and Robert Mathews for two-
man canoe; Joe Rinkes and Lud
Carlson of Portland for two-man
kayak and Ralph Anderegg and
Robert Lewis of McMinnville, row
boat.
Trophies will be awarded in each
class by the Jaycees who are spon­
sors for the event.
Newly chosen officers of the Ver­
nonia Jaycees, as announced this
week are: President, Dick Beers;
first vice-president, Larry Welch;
second vice-president, C. E. Gib­
son Jr.; secretary, Jack Lindsley;
treasurer, Gary Justice and direc­
tors, Brian McLeod and R otfrt
Olson.
Breakfast to
Aid BoyScouts
Mothers Day is Sunday, May 8
and it will be ushered in in Ver­
nonia with the annual Boy Scout
benefit breakfast sponsored by
the Odd Fellows lodge. It will be
held at the IOOF hall, will start
at 6:30 a.m. and will continue un­
til noon.
The culinary talents of Harry
Culbertson spark the event and all
the work is done by the Odd Fel­
lows with the assistance of Scout
leaders and Scouts who wait on
tables. Scouts also are selling tick­
ets and will be canvassing the
The junior class at Vernonia town during the remaining 10 days
high school reports a successful preceding the breakfast.
amateur hour last Friday evening
All proceeds from the breakfast
which provided a good evening of go to Scout Troop 201 for use in
entertainment for those who at­ purchase of supplies and equip­
tended and netted over $60 for the ment and for campships. Scout­
class to use in preparations for master Don Jackson reports that
their junior prom scheduled for five local boys received partial
May 7.
scholarships to summer camp
First place winners in the var­ from last years breakfast funds.
Agent Sets Date
ious age groups are as follows:
Jackson reports that present
Mike Davis, Columbia county High school, Dave Peddicord, Ed needs of the troop include several
extension agent in charge of horti­ West and Betty Berg, a singing two-man tents, hatchets, compass­
culture, will be at the West Oregon group with guitar accompaniment; es and rope and funds received
Electric Cooperative building on sixth, seventh and eighth grades, this year will be put to use immed­
Wednesday, May 4 from 10 a.m. Marsha Laws, vocal soloist; fifth
iately.
until noon. Davis will be available grade, Debbie Banta, song num­
to answer questions regarding the ber and first through fourth grades.
care of fruit trees, ornamentals, Sherry and Kim Thiringer with
and vegetable gardens.
songs.
Juniors Report
Successful Hour
In vestmen t lor
Farm Totaled
The E. P. Stamm Tree Farm ’s
payroll, payments to independent
contractors and purchases of goods
and services totaled $1,542,000 in
1965, Robert M. King, manager of
the tree farm, has reported.
The Columbia county, Oregon
operation paid $762,000 in salaries
to employees, who totaled 103 at
year’s end. In addition, some $519,
000 was paid to independent log­
ging and construction contractors
for work done on the tree farm in
1965.
Purchases of goods and services
including equipment, supplies and
parts amounted to $261,000.
Purchases of logs from other
timber growers increased more
than 500 per cent to $171,000.
In addition to serving as a pro­
vider of logs for CZ mills, the tree
farm was a raw materials source
for other companies in the Colum­
bia county area. Some 5,700,000
board feet of timber were sold to
wood processing firms including:
Sheppard Towing Co., Friesen
Lumber Co. and Pope & Talbot,
all of St. Helens; American Tim­
ber and Trading Co., Vadis, Clats­
kanie
T im b e r
Co.,
Clats­
kanie; Allied J & H Lumber Co.,
Mist; Perma Post Products, Hills­
boro, and Northwest Piling Co.,
Scappoose.
Reforestation activities, a vital
part of the tree farm ’s long range
planning, resulted in another 885
acres being hand seeded or plant­
ed with seedlings during 1965. This
included planting of 322,800 seed­
lings on 798 acres and hand seed­
ing the remaining 87 acres. This
work was carried out at a cost of
$22,987.
Fourteen independent contract­
ors and their employees worked
on the tree farm in addition to
company crews. These operators
included: Atkins Logging Co.,
James Brewer, Davis Logging Co.,
Hays Logging Co., Frank Reed,
F & E Logging Co. and John Sera-
fin, all of Vernonia; Daniel R.
Wolff, St. Helens; H. C. O wens,
Rainier; Bellingham Logging Co.,
Birkenfeld; Willamette Tug &
Barge Co., Portland; Wilcox & Fle-
gel, Longview; Mailer Brothers,
Banks, and Saxton & Stevenson,
Salem.
The Stamm Tree Farm is named
for the late Edward P. Stamm, for
many years a leading figure in
industrial forestry and the com­
pany’s vice president for timber
for several years. He was an early
advocate of such practices as in­
tensive management of old growth
and second growth timber stands
through salvage logging and thin­
ning.
See photo this page.
Withdrawals Urged for
Postal Savings Funds
The Postal Savings System was
abolished March 27, 1966, with the
signing of public law 89-377 by
President Lyndon B. Johnson and
as of April 28, Thursday of this
week, no deposits can be accepted
and no new accounts can be open­
ed. Interest will end on the anni­
versary date of each certificate.
Vernonia Postmaster O. T. Bate­
man urges depositors with postal
savings certificates to withdraw
their accounts from post offices
as soon as possible or as soon as
the anniversary dates on their cer­
tificates are reached. He said that
for convenience, all certificates
held by a depositor may be cashed
at the same time and interest will
be paid for each full month they
have been outstanding beyond
three months from the interest
date.
The Postal Savings System was
established January 1, 1911 to get
money out of hiding and to attract
savings of a large number of im­
migrants who were accustomed
to saving at post offices of their
own country; also, it served as a
safe depository for people who had
lost confidence in private banks.
Today, however, with the growth
of banking facilities paying much
higher interest rates than the 2
percent interest per annum paid
on Postal Savings, the system has
out-lived its usefulness for the
American people.
Bateman noted that as of June
30, 1965, there were 997,029 depos­
itors holding certificates in 3,130
post offices throughout the nation.
The number of depositors has been
declining, he said, at a rate of
about 6,500 per month.
He stated that unpaid deposits
remaining in the post office >e-
yond June 30, 1967, would be trans-
ferred to the treasury department
in a trust fund and would be avail­
able for payment without time lim­
itation whenever proper claims
are received.
Death Claims
Louis Boeck
Funeral services were held Wed­
nesday at the Ross Hollywood
chapel in Portland for Louis C.
Boeck who passed away late last
week in Phoenix, Arizona. He had
been ill for some time.
Services Pending
Mr. Boeck’s parents homestead­
Reuben Archibald passed away ed a place up Rock Creek for
suddenly
Wednesday
morning which the road left the main road
while fishing in the Columbia river about a mile this side of Keasey.
near Rainier. Reports are that he The family lived there for many
and Orville McKinster had just years. Louis was married to the
started fishing when he was strick­ former Julia Counts who survives
en and passed away without warn­ him.
ing. Arrangements for services are
Other survivors are a daughter,
pending.
Mrs. Ruth Larson of Hillsboro; a
son, Richard M. Baker; seven
grandchildren and two g r e a t ­
Golf Team to P lay
grandchildren; t h r e e brothers,
The Vernonia high school golf Richard, William and Otto Boeck
team has two matches scheduled and two sisters, Mrs. Martha Cre-
for the local course, the first of son and Mrs. Hilda Ingles.
which is one with Scappoose today,
Concluding rites were at the
April 28. Next Monday, May 2, the Willamette Memorial cemetery in
Seaside team will come here.
Portland.
Trackmen Capture Top Spot in 3-way Meet
Vernonia high school track and
field men added another win to
their record Tuesday evening,
April 26. They added up a total of
84 points to Corbett’s 51H, Scap­
poose, 50, and Clatskanie, 48 W.
Fred Smith won the Logger's
only placing in the high hurdles,
coming in third.
Dave Peddicord and Jerry Han­
son ran in the first two spots in
the century, sprinting in with an
11.3 time.
Andrus leaped 19’7W” to capture
the long jump and Hanson followed
at 19’6%”, for a second.
The mile run was won by Oli­
phant of Scappoose in 4:57.7. Coila
and Brunsman ran second and
third, times 5:07.8 and 5:12.2.
Kyser was nosed out in the shot
put by Clatskanie’s Steve Paloma-
who turned in a toss of 47*«” .
Kyser hit 43*3” and Sanders placed
U,
fourth with a 38’4” effort.
Forcier nabbed the Loggers’
only placing in the 440, running in
fifth place at 58.9.
Smith, Davis, Armstrong of Clat­
skanie and Crump of Scappoose
all turned in even 5' high jumps,
with Smith and Armstrong tying
for second. Davis placed third.
Stafford of Scappoose was first
with a 5’8” leap.
The low hurdles found Andrus
finishing third in 23.1 and Minger
ran in fifth place.
Steve Patomaki nosed out Med-
ges in the discus with a 122’10”
throw Medges effort netted him
a 121’8” tally for second place.
Medges, fourth, 147', and Wood,
fifth, 145’4” , were downed in the
javelin competition by a 153’s4”
throw from Scappoose’s Zochert.
Joe and Steve Curl again ran in
the first and third spots in the
two-mile event. Joe turned in a
10:51.9 effort and Steve clocked at
11:21.
Peddicord nabbed the honors in
the 220, dashing in 25.3.
The 880 run was taken by Bill
Hanson with a 2:11 time for first.
Vernonia captured the relay,
clocking in at 1:42; Corbett, sec­
ond, 1:44, and Clatskanie, third,
146.8.
Jerry Hanson was the only Log­
ger to make it through the elim­
inations in the pole vault, hitting
11’«” for the first place.
The cindermen will travel to the
coast Saturday to compete in the
Astoria Invitational. Starting time
is 1 p.m. and this is a good chance
for all Logger fans to see the Ver­
nonia squad in action. The follow­
ing Tuesday. Seaside will come to
Vernonia to meet the Loggers on
Greenman Field at 4:30 p.m
POLE8 and piling, needed In the construction of the
Northwest’» new and expanding Industries, are key
Items io the harvest from the K. P. Stamm Tree Farm.