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Library U n iv e r s ity o f Oregon Eugene, Oregon 9?1+O3 Demonia £ agi e VOLUME 45, NUMBER 4 VERNONIA, OREGON Citizens of Year Honored GUY THOMAS, left, and Mrs. Evelyn Heath, center, display the plaques awarded them Monday evening at the chamber of commerce dinner at which they were named citizens of the year for 1966. The presentation was made by Dr. T. M. Hobart, right, who is a former award winner. THURSDAY. JANUARY 26, 1967 Budget Meet Set for School District 47J A pf taring elsewhere in this issue is a notice of the meeting of the budget committee for school dis trict 47J which is set for Thursday evening of next week. February 2 at 8 p.m. at the high school. The notice states that tie purpose of (he meeting is to receive the bud get message and the budget docu ment for the school year 1967-63. This meeting is open to the pub lic and any person who so desires may discuss the proposed pro grams with the budget committee at this time and may express his views on any of the budget propos als. Members of the budget commit tee are Wilfred Holce, Bill J. Horn, D. T. Bateman, Richard Banzer and Fred Bush and the members of the regular district board, Nor man Hansen, Walter Workman, E. T. Johnston, Ralph Aldrich and Dave Brunsman. The committee met Thursday evening of last week to organize and Horn was named as chair man und Holce as secretary. Mrs. Mona Biddle, district clerk, is the budget officer and Wm. Ambrose, district superintendent, is execu tive officer. Slot Cars Make Vernonia Debut GUESTS at the Vernonia Chamber of Commerce din- ner Monday evening were Columbia County Judge Earl Seawright, left, and Mrs. Seawright who were Monday evening of this week, at a well attended dinner sponsored by the Vernonia Chamber of Com merce, recognition was given to two of the citizens of Vernonia on the basis of their service to the community. Guy I. Thomas, man ager of the West Oregon Electric cooperative was named as man of the year and Mrs. Evelyn Heath, fifth grade teacher at the Washington school, as woman of the year for 1966. Dr. S. A. Thiringer, president of the chamber of commerce, acted as master of ceremonies and intro duced Dr. T. M. Hobart, a former awards recipient, who had the hon or of presenting the awards this year. Hobart led into the introduction of winners very cleverly and had guests trying to determine from the clues who the winner might be. In leading into his remarks he made the following very pertinent statement: “In our community as elsewhere, people are divided into three groups. First, we have those few who make things happen. Then we have a larger and interested group who watch things happen. Finally we have the overwhelm ing majority who have no idea of what has been happening.” He stated that the two to be honored were in the first class of those who make things happen. In clues thrown out he stated one had been here 20 years, the other considerably longer; one came from a state 1800 miles away and the other from a neighboring state; one has one daughter and the other, two; one conducts and the other instructs; one ia a man ager and the other a monitor; one has been a supervisor and the oth er a super steward; one is a man and the other a charming lady. He stated that the two did share many things, not the least of which was being good citizens and work ing citizens who do worthwhile things for the community. He quot ed the saying of Confucius: “He who sits on end not always up right citizen” and followed it by saying that these persons definite- seated at the head table with the chamber president, Dr. S. A. Thiringer and Mrs. Thiringer. ly were not sitting on end but were up and doing. After calling Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Heath up to receive their award plaques, Hobart made sev eral other comparisons in pointing out their worthiness. Among things cited were Evelyn’s activity in EUB (church) and that of Guy in CAT (Community Action Team). Evelyn is active in arts and crafts and Guy in work of the Columbia county Red Cross chapter. Both are ardent workers for the High way 99W Alternate Road associa tion. Both are active in the Verno nia Chamber of Commerce for which Guy has been president sev eral times and Evelyn has been secretary for a number of years. Both Dositions involve a great deal of work for the community and re quire the services of ardent com munity boosters. Each is affiliated with local fraternal and cultural organizations and works through them for constant betterment of the community. Because of the position held by these two in the community they really need no introduction to any one. Mrs. Heath has taught many of the young people of the commu nity and is now teaching children of former pupils. Mr. Thomas, as cooperative manager has done much to improve living conditions for residents of the area through his work as well as through his com munity service. Among those attending the din ner were Columbia County Judge E arl Seawright and Mrs. S e a w rig h t and recently elected c o u n t y commission er Robert Glosenger and Mrs. Glo- senger from St. Helens. Special guests of the chamber were retir ing mayor, Dr. T. M. Hobart; re tiring councilman, Horace Hertel; and the other councilmen who have served for a number of years, C. E. Miller, L. E. Atkins and Deri Roberts, and their wives. The members of the city council were invited in recognition of the time they have given to the com muni ty in the years past, all of which is donated service. The very excellent fried chicken dinner was served family style by the ladies of the American Legion auxiliary and the abundance of de liciously prepared food allayed any possibility of anyone leaving the dinner hungry. The chamber greatly appreciat ed the good attendance at the din ner. This is the opportunity for ev eryone to pay tribute to those who give so much of their time in un paid work for the community from which all residents benefit. Jog for Health Motto Advised There has been a great deal of interest in jogging throughout the state. This program was made popular by the outstanding track coach of the University of Oregon, Bill Bowerman. A group of local men, directed by Gordon Crowston, has initiated a jogging program here. He states the program is for young and old alike and they are encouraging as many members of the community to take part as possible. For any one who is not getting enough ex ercise in daily routine this is an excellent program, he states. The program starts with calis- thentics to loosen up and help re gain to some extent muscle tone. After calisthentics, the men jog several laps and walk two laps, jog several more laps and walk two, etc. After the work out they take hot showers followed by a quick dash of cold to close the pores. To facilitate the program, the school will furnish towels. At present, the group has set the time for the daily jogging session at 7:30 a.m. If started promptly at 7:30, it can be concluded in 20 or 30 minutes. Crowston encourages the ladies of the community to jog, also and states that those needing assistance in getting a program underway may contact him at the high school. He concludes by saying: “For Better Health—Jog ” Something new is entering the Vernonia scene this week with the installation of slot car racing equip ment in the former Nichols store building at the comer of Bridge street and Madison avenue. Own ers of the equipment are Bill and Carol Heilers of St. Helens who have operated in St. Helens for some time. The sport is one that is popular in many places and the Heilers hope to be open by this week end to give Vernonia residents a pre view of the sport. A grand opening will be announced in the near fu ture. Jamboree Meet Dated Next Wednesday evening, Feb ruary 2, the Friendship Jamboree committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the West Oregon Electric meet ing room and will start intensive planning for the 1967 event. Chair man Henry Anderegg urges every- ong to attend since a number of very imoortant items are on the agenda. Included is selection of a theme and consideration will be given to all that 'have been turned in. Anyone still wishing to suggest a theme may leave it with Bill Hom prior to Wednesday. Student from Chile Enrolled In VHS Classes If readers will pull out an atlas or old geography book and turn to a map of South America they will find on the western coast the coun try of Chile which begins about the center of the coast line and runs clear to the southernmost tip of the continent, with the southern Fart of the country forming a re gion of coastal islands. The entire length of Chile is 2,600 miles which is less than the miles from coast to coast across the United States. Its width is from 100 to 248 miles which is less than the distance from border to border in the State of Oregon. Chile lies between the majestic Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. The mountains are a dom inating physical feature. In the northern part of the country the climate is tropical, in the central part, moderate and in the south ern part, cooler, but not extreme due to ocean currents from ant- arctica which exert a moderating influence on the whole country. A bit cf folklore told in Chile about the formation of the country is that when God created the world, he slept after its comple tion, but the angels roused him and told him there were some plains, valleys and hills ¡¿ft over and ask ed what to do with them. He told them just to throw them over the mountains, so they tossed them over the Andes and they formed Chile. About midway on the coastline of Chile is the city of Valparaiso with a population of approximately 300,000. In this area the mountains throw off a series of spurs which extend to the ocean and Valparai so is built on hills which remind one of San Francisco. Not far from Valparaiso is Santiago, the capitol city oi Chile. Since Chile lies below the equat or the seasons are the reverse of our own. Right now it is summer in Chile and schools are having summer vacation. Since Valparai so is in the central or temperate area of the country, its climate is moderate with an average temper ature of 57 degrees and an average rainfall of 13 inches. With all this in mind it is time to turn attention to a boy named M. Carlos Ruz-Milan who was half way through his senior year in a Valparaiso high school last July (winter there) when he received word that he had been accepted and placed as a foreign exchange student by the American Field Service for a year’s stay in the United States. Carlos lived with his parents and younger sisters in an apartment in the city of Val paraiso and the news carried ex citement as well as apprehension for all of them for this big experi ence was to take him far away from home for a year. Carlos had studied some English in school and had taken additional courses in it at the North Ameri can Institute in Valparaiso. It was CARLOS RUZ-MILAN, right foreground, concentrates on a problem In the algebra 2 class taught by Harold McEutire at Vernonia high school. He la doing regular through the institute that he learn ed of the American Field Service program and became interested in applying for admission to it. To qualify, he took tests, was inter viewed and examined to determine his capabilities for such a program. (Continued on page 5) Loggers Tally Win at Seaside The Seaside Seagulls were pluck ed from their nest Friday when the Loggers swept up another vic tory for the varsity in the closing seconds of the game. Trailing until the last quarter, the Loggers spurted forth and started piling up points. They did this by using a full court man to man press. With 43 seconds left to play, Gary Davis rebounded and Hanson shot. This brought the score up to 55-56 in the Seagulls favor. Seaside was stalling in the last 26 seconds when Gary Hanson fouled. Steve Ellis rebounded and Vernonia called time-out. Nine seconds yet to play showed Larry Elton with the ball. He shot from the right base line and miss ed. Paul Nelson, who was in the left corner of the key, nabbed the ball and shot from 14 feet out and scored in the final second of the game to give the Loggers their third league victory with a score of 57-56. This was the first league defeat for Seaside. Gary Hanson kept Vernonia in the game offensively during the fourth quarter. Bud Robertson and Keith Cameron each made 12 points. Robert Buerk from Seaside was high scorer for the game with 21 points. Score by quarters: V —9, 26, 39, 57; S — 12, 29, 45, 56. Vernorias JVs were not so lucky Friday evening and the Seagulls fledglings flew on top of the Baby Loggers to garner their first win of the season by a score of 41 to 33. Geoff Proehl, scoring 11 points, was high for the Loggers and Ralph Schlappi with 14 points for the Seagulls took top game honors. Score by quarters: V —-9, 13, 22, 33; S —6, 9, 25, 41. In Tuesday night’s basketball game, North Catholic won by a score of 76-65. When the first quar ter ended, Vernonia was behind by 10 points. In the second quarter, (he Loggers fell away behind but before the period ended had caught up again to within one point of North Catholic. At the end of the third quarter the Loggers were three ooints behind with the score at 43-46. In the fourth quarter Ver nonia fell behind again and never caught up. Paul Nelson and Steve Ellis were high noint men with 16 points each for Vernonia. Steve attempt ed 9 free throws and made 8. senior year work here though he will get no academ ic credit for it in his own country, but must complete senior year work on his return there.
