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Library U n iv ersity o f Oegon Lugene, Oregon Demoni a Eagle VOLUME 48, NUMBER 20 VERSOVI i, OREGON «7064 THURSDAY, MAY 14. 1970 Bullets A re Fired into B uilding MRS OLIVE Powell was bestowed with many hon ors Wednesday on the occasion of her 100th birthday. She was presented with a large bouquet from the city by Mayor Sherman Fisher, who proclaimed May 13 as “ Mom Powell” Day; and a cake inscribed with a large "100” by Rev. Paul Clark of the Christ ian church, as well as a certificate by Councilman C. E. Miller, entitling her to free water and sewer service for as long as she resides at her present address. Her two remaining relatives, nieces, were present to share the day with her and to greet the many friends and neighbors dropping by to wish her well. Included in greetings received Wednes day were a letter from Governor Tom McCall, and a telegram from President Nixon. Channel 2 TV in Portland also recorded the event for viewing that evening. TWom Powell’ Reaches Cen tury Mark M ay 13 One hundred years is a long, long time, looking either for ward or backward, and few have the opportunity to look back over their lives from the 100-year mark. One person who is doing just that this week is Mrs. Olive Powell of 445 North street who became Vernonia’s centenarian Wednesday of this week when she observed her 100th birth day. Mrs. Powell narrowly missed being a native Oregonian. She was bom May 13, 1870 at a place which she believes was called Keokuk, in Webster coun ty Kansas. When she was only one and a half or two years old, her parents, William James Reed and Elizabeth Reed brought their six children to north Yamhill county where her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fire Alarms Get Response The Vernonia volunteer fire men received two alarms the past week. The first, May 6, was to quell a blaze in three abandoned cars near the sewer lagoon on the former OA mill- site. Fire Chief Don Webb states that the fire’s origin was un determined, adding that investi gation into the cause was on- tinuing. The second alarm called the firemen to action May 9. shortly after noon, to the R. C. Men- ary residence at Sixth and Ne halem. No damage resulted to the dwelling from the over heated chimney, firemen re ported. James Thomas (parents of her mother) had settled a few years previously. She recalls being told that her grandparents were the first ones to make the trek across the plains to Oregon with a horse team. Other early settlers used oxen for the long journey. She also recalls being told that her father had been a Civil War veteran, which entitl ed him to homestead rights. After the Reeds came to Ore gon a seventh child was added to their family. Mrs. Powell states that she grew up in the Yamhill area. She had very little opportunity to attend school and is sure that the education she received would net much more than ap proximate a third grade level now. She did learn to read and write and the rest of her edu cation had to be acquired in the school of hard knocks down through the years. At an early age she married Elmer Elvira Shafer and they went to Indiana where they lived two years at Gaston and two years at Oretown on the caost before going to Northern Washington near Lake Chelan to homestead. They lived on their homestead just 13 miles from the lake for over 20 years and she recalls that she did most everything, doing the farm work and land clearing as well as caring for the home. When they left the homestead they spent a few years at Kala ma, Washington then decided to each go their own way. After their separation, she returned to Gaston and it was there that she later married Silas Powell. They lived near Gaston for a Society Meet Dated Goodwill Visit Due The Goodwill Industries next call in Vernonia to collect re pairable discards will be May 20, reports local representative Mrs. Cora Lange. Pick-up cf items, at home or business, may be arranged by calling 429-3421. The Columbia County Histo rical Society will meet Wednes day, May 20 in the circuit court room of the old Columbia coun ty courthouse in St. Helens. The business session and program will follow a noon potluck. All interested persons are invited to attend and to “see the begin ning of the new museum.” A C S Gets D rive Check time, then, they too, decided to travel his own road so for a second time she was divorced. However, she has outlived both her former husbands. After being on her own for the second time she went to Timber and operated a hotel and boarding house for train crews. At that time logging was in its heyday in the Timber area and Timber was a roaring logging town. There was a rail road roundhouse there and her hotel was home for quite a crew. She also began dabbling in real estate and bought a dairy ranch at Timber. In the days when the mill was being build in Vernonia she peddled milk here. She recalls that roads were far from being what they (Continued to pr.ge 10.) County Clerk Slates Series Of Instruction County Clerk Roy A. Nelson has scheduled schools of in struction for members of the county’s election boards. The training sessions will be con ducted the next two weeks, in preparation for the May 26 pri mary. Nelson states that all who wish to attend these sessions are welcome, with particular emphasis on the attendance by members of the various city and district election boards. The schedule is: Tuesday, May 19, 3:30 p.m., cafeteria, Petersen school, Scappoose, for: Scappoose 1, and 2, East Scappoose, West Scappoose, So. Scappoose, Chap man, Canyon, So. Warren and Sauvies Island. Wednesday, May 20, 1 p.m., West Oregon Electric Coop., Vernonia, for : Vernonia 1, 2, 3, and 4 and Mist. Thursday, May 21, 1 p.m., Clatskanie Grange hall. Quincy, for: Rainier 1, 2, and 3, Apiary, Quincy, Clatskanie 1 and 2, No. Clatskanie, So. Clatskanie, De- lena and Marshland. Friday, May 22, 9:30 a.m., new circuit courtroom, court house annex, St. Helens, for: So. St. Helens, No. McNulty, So. McNulty, Milton, Yankton, Columbia City, Deer Island, Goble, Prescott and North War ren. Friday, May 22, 2 p.m., new circuit courtroom, courthouse annex, St. Helens, for: St. He lens 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Surplus Foods Due \ CHECK or SI.000 was turned over to county Cancer Society treas urer Ralph Bergerson by local Crusade chairman Mrs. Genevieve Hanson May 7 following successful benefit variety show and auction. County ACS secretary Reatha Horn, left, and local campaign work ers look on. Additional funds have been turned in, bringing the total to near »1.200. it was reported this week — the largest contribution from Vernonia in several years. The second May visit of the surplus food truck to Vernonia will be made today. May 14 Persons qualifying for the com modities may pick theirs up at the county road shop between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. The truck regularly calls the first and second Thursdays of each month to deliver the sur plus foods. Last weekend two bullets from a small caliber weapon were fired into the Vernonia high school building. One bul let lodged in the window sill of office section of the building and the other into the library. The one entering the library left a hole in one of the large windows and a 10 inch graze in the ceiling tile. It is not known who fired the shots at this time, but due to the steep trajectory of the bul let in the library it is suspected that the shot was fired from the street and possible from a pas sing auto. Local police authorities were notified of the incident and are investigating the matter. It is estimated that the damage to the building in labor and mater ials would approximate $75. Ordinance Is Adopted By Commission An ordinance designed to keep behavior at “large assem blies of the public” within the bounds of propriety and lega lity has been adopted by the Columbia county board of com missioners. It provides for the regulation of all sorts of entertainments— musical assemblies, automobile, motorcycle, horse and dog races, and so forth. Thus, says District Attorney Robert A. Lucas, it’s non-dis- criminatory and not likely to be challenged on constitutional grounds. The ordinance was adopted after amendments suggested in the course of a public hearing late last month. The changes included provi sions to insure that the regula tions would not interfere with such functions as the county- fair, racing at the fairgrounds, community festivals and frater nal social events. School-super- vised events were excluded in the original draft. In final form, the ordinance requires that certain conditions must be met at any “entertain ment event” expected to attract 2,500 or more people. It provides for licensing by the county, inspection of re quired physical facilities and for fire protection, medical and police services. And it stipulates that the pro moter of the event in question must furnish crowd and traffic control personnel. Installation On PTA Agenda The final meeting of the 1969- 70 school year is slated by the Vernonia PTA chapter for Mon day, May 18. The session will be held at the high school, starting at 8 p.m. Gene Carlson, VHS coach, will be the featured speaker, and will relate experiences dur ing his stay in Japan as a tea cher and coach. Boy Scout Troop 201 will also take part in the program. A full evening is planned, states President Mrs. Esther Hunteman, with installation of next year’s officers on the agen da. THIS AUTO perched precariously oil edge of sheer bank on highway 47 at south Vernonia city limits Sunday, one of number of victims of rain, sleet, snow and rain-slickened roads. Final Program Of School Year Dated Friday A spring program sponsored by the music department of Washington grade school will be presented in the school gym Friday, May 15, beginning at 7'30 p.m. To be featured on this Pro gram are the beginning, inter mediate, and advanced bands, and the advanced chorus from Washington. A total of 106 stu dents will participate: 35 from the chorus and 71 from the bands. The concert will consist pri marily of lighter music, with emphasis on folk music, popular songs, and marches. “Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor,” “ Rain drops Keep Falling on My Head,” “John Peel , “Ameri can Patrol” are among the se lections to be presented. In addition, the beginning band will play a medley of folk songs; the intermediate band, a special arrangement. Of particular interest will be the chorus’ rendition of serveral selections from “Uo With Peo ple,” the musical show which recently played in Portland. There will be no charge for this program. The music tea chers, Don Jackson and Ward Nelson, encourage everyone to attend this program, the last public presentation of the school year. Little League Meet The Little League Women's auxiliary will meet at the high school Thursday evenine, May 14, at 7:30 p.m. All mothers of Little League baseball players are urged to attend. Plans will be made for activities to sup port the youth summer pro gram. Sample Ballots Out Sample ballots for the May 26 primary election are now available at the city hall. Sun nyside Service and the Eagle office in the Vernonia area, re ports County Clerk Roy A. Nel son. Slippery Roads Claim Autos Rain and hail slickened high ways in the area were respon sible for a rash of minor auto mishaps in and around Verno nia. Reports were received of a number of ears sliding off the roadways during the unseason- a b 1 e winter-1 i k e weekend storms. A General Telephone com pany pole was snapped Satur day by a car, reportedly oper ated by Wm. Ostrander, on the highway 47 corner near Sunny side Service. Sunday, an auto operated by Elwyn Hillsberry, slid off the highway as it approached Ver nonia from the south. The car swapped ends, then shd into a tree which kept from over turning over onto the railroad tracks below. Later that evening, the often- missed corner near Sunnyside Service claimed another victim A pickup, operated by Ed Bur ton was struck by a northbound vehicle whose driver was Jack Fletcher cf Timber route. Fle tcher’s auto aprrrently lost traction on the curve, and slid into the path of the oncoming Burton vehicle. Fletcher received a cut over one eye, was treated at Ver nonia Clinic and released. No other injuries were reported to investigating officers, and no citations were issued. Totals Given Ry Department April construction has swelled the fiscal year total for Colum bia county to $1,755,481, reports the county building department. Their monthly report shows 361 permits issued during the period. For the month of April, 48 permits were issued, totaling $355,900. Single family dwellings topped the list, with 15 permits and a valuation of $231,250. Mo tels and trailer courts added another $75.000. The remainder of the month's total was made up of septic tank installations, alterations and miscellaneous commercial anl private cons truction. Jamboree Court Construction Goes Plans are to get work at the new Little I-eaguc baseball park on OA hill as soon as weather permits. The wire screen for the backstops has been pur chased and actual construction will start soon, renorts chair man Fred Larson. Persons who have materials or time to do nate to the youth program may contact Larson for additional in formation. VERNONIA ORGANIZATIONS soled May 7 to make selection of the 1970 Friendship Jamboree eourt. Selected as candidates for queen were from left: Teri Heath. Laurie Banta and Marsha Jensen. Al ternate is Debra Hass. The three will eontinoe sale of buttons until the night of coronation, June 27. when the queen will be named. Top salesgirl will receive a set of luggage for her efforts. The first official appearance of the eourt will be Juue 29 at the Scappoose Pow Wow parade.
