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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1972)
D e m o n ia E a g le THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1972 SEL-MOR INC.. PubBsliers JACK SEELEY, Editor MELVIN SCHWAB. Compositor B. RHOADES. TTS OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Vernonia. Oregon Entered as second class mail mat ter August 4 1922 at the post office in Vernonia, Oregon 97064 under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price $3.00 yearh in the Nehalem Valley Elsewhere $4 00. M O Q C etO M C M O M H M V B B ^ OFFICE HOURS: Moo.. Tue#.. Wed.. F i t —8 a.m. to C p.m. Thurs. A S a t.-« a.m. to 12 noon (In case of emergency, call 429-5522.» KU Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association VERNONIA-isms The story- of 0 * trek UP Mount Hood really started several weeks ago at a picnic at Airport Park where the project was first dis cussed. That’s where it should have stopped—with discussion. I’ll tell you now. that with the seventy-mile-an-hour winds and a wind chill index of 30 degrees be low zero, we did not make it all of the way to the top. As mentioned several times in this column before. I started my “training” several weeks before the climb. I really thought that I had things going my way as far as the training went. Just a day- before the clim b I peaked my training by going on a shopping trip with my wife (She assured me it was for item s we could not buy in Vernonia.) I really thought that if I could keep up with her while running to the area of the store where she wanted to be. and then standing for several hours while she decided what it was that was such a great bargain, I was sure to make it to the top. And then there was the challenge of following her directions After that who needed a guide for Mountain Hood (as my youngest son calls it). Nine of us left Vernonia Sunday- night at approximately nine p.m. full of vim and vigor The night was cloudless and the stars were shining bright. Only one thing was missing. The moon! One of our party had checked and the moon that was to light our way was to have risen at 10:30. It was now go ing on 11:30 and still no moon. A quick check of the packs revealed two flashlights, both pocket size But that was the least of ^ur trou bles because the moon finally did make a showing about 1 a.m The real trouble started about the tim e we reached Sandy. The air was sandy, or better described as rocky. The wind was blowing so hard down the moutain that small rocks were being blown from the Hiffs and roadside lots. By the tim e we got to Government Camp the driver was having a hard tim e steering the car. After a quick counsultation at a restston we de cided to go on up the mountain and see what it was like. At this time the temperature was still quite warm. When we got to the Timberline Lodge everything was quiet and dark. We were the only group around. We spent considerable tim e trying to locate a parking place that was somewhat in a shel tered area so that the wind would not Wow the car off the top of the mountain. JO Y F r i. Sat. THEATER July 7-8 CAlfilOK FOR CORDOVA George Peppard OBITUARY TOWN TOPICS Funeral services for Mrs. Clau dine Christman, 32, who was a longtime resident of the Scappoose area and who had worked in the credit department at Montgomer- Ward’s for over ten years, were Tuesday, June 27 at the Fuiten Mortuary Chapel, Beaverton at 11 a.m. The Rev Gerald May. pastor of the St. John’s Nazarene Church conducted the services with Mrs. Gloria Nybakken soloist. Conclud ing services and interment were ut the Fairview Cemetery at Scap poose with Jim and Les McClau- akey, Wayford Stallings. George Meisner, Dave Marsh and Larry Megert serving as pallbearers. Mrs. Christman was a native of Hayti, Missouri where she was born May 21, 1940. the daughter of Ollie and the late Claude Mc Cluskey. She moved with her family to Scappoose two years lat er and attended both the grade and high schools at Scappoose She had spent most of her working years with Wards and had lived in the Scappoose and Portland area She had just recently had moved to the Gresham area. Mrs. Christman was the driver of a car that was involved in a one-car ac cident in Columbia County June 18 that resulted in her death. Surviving is her husband. Rich ard Christman, to whom she was united in marriage at Portland on July 25, 1970; two children, Den- nise and Kelly Reid, aU of the family home; her mother, Mrs. Ol lie McCluskey, Portland, her ma ternal grandmother, Mrs. Girlie Stallings. Scappoose; three bro thers, Jim McClwkey, Longview; Jack and Leslie McCluskey, Port land, and two sisters, Mrs. Levi (Darlene) Migneault and Linda McCluskey, both of Portland. Mrs. Loiphton Loo (f tU n d o ) Al ford. daughter of Ruby Normand. is in the Tuality Hospital at Hills boro undergoing traction for a ruptured disc. ST. MARY'S Thrift Shop open first and third Friday of every month. 5tfc Clga Johnson and -daughter Debbie of Portland wore visitors in the Fredrick Johnson home this past week. Olga is married to the Johnson’s son. Sgt. Stanley John son. who is potently serving in Vietnam. There was a large self-contain ed camper sitting on the edge of the parking lot overlooking about a hundred-foot drop and I honestly thought that it was going over a couple of times. The wind was so fierce it was rocking the van like a ship in a wild sea. But what the heck is a little wind; the temperature was still not too bad and the moon had finally broken over the rim of the hill and we all had more courage than brains as we started out. I didn’t even have to eat any thing and “I thought I was goin’a die.” After two hours of fighting the wind and the, now. increasing cold, we had made about a mile walk. At the end of that m ilt we found a control shack tor the ski lift It was about five by five and we had all nine of us huddled in it. Two of the fellows had space blankets and we all somehow got laid down and covered up. We had been told before we started the climb that there would be lots of people to keep us com pany. So far we had not seen an other living being. One in the shack and out of the wind and having consumed a sand wich, one could appreciate the view The moon glistened across the snow and ice and looking to the east we could see the light of a distant forest fire and to the west we could see the lights of Portland The wind was so fierce that it kept m e from taking any pictures erf the lights I could not stand steady enough to hold the camera still. With daylight cam e, more cour age and more beautiful sites so we started out again. Oh, if only I could have gotten my hands on that guy that said w e would be sweating it out and not to wear more than a shirt and a windbreaker. To keep warm in this wind the windbreaker would have had to be in the form of a house. At least we were not alone on the mountain now; there were other groups coming up the slopes. But they looked different than we did! They were all dressed in parkas and real snow gear. After about two and a half more hours of climbing we were over taken by some experienced climbers that took one look at our group and said if we wanted to go down in a bag we should get on our way down. I think that it was the excuse that most of us were looking for and we promptly head ed down the slope. Going down was much easier as the wind was at your back and the only work was keeping your feet planted so you did not get going to fast. All-in-all, the experience was a good one and I enjoyed it greatly. I would even he willing to try it again in the near future and hope for a better day weatherwise. I thought that our efforts were outstanding in the face of adverse conditions. We’ll make it next time. I trust that all of you had a safe and happy Fourth of July. On the way down the mountain we picniced at Wildwood park. This park is under the management of the BLM What a fine park it is. The cleanest and most well kept that I have ever been in. After laying in the sun to warm our bones, we went for a swim in the Salmon 'R iver that runs through the park. JMft “body surf ed” over the sm all rapids in the stream Very dRWMile We returned home at approxi mately 7:30 Monday night and I spent the nex> • < w e h 0 f t w s sleep ing off the effceft- oC fhe two-day “vacation???” Mario's Pizzapa • BREAKFAST • LUNCH • DINNER SO CLOSE yet so far away is the peak on Mount Hood. An unidentified climber was caught taking a rest as part of the Vernonia group made their way towards the top. Fierce winds s turned the Vernonia crew back. Mist Group Attends Motorcycle Races WITH THE sun at his pack the |«hotograpber took this picture of the rock strewen slopes descending from Mount Hood. Members of the climbing party from Vernonia included Jack Carlson. Carl Holsey. JUST A FEW more steps Io the top. Those last few steps were never taken by the Vernonia group as they were forced back down the mountain by fierce Scott Davies. Mike Johnson. Clint Holsey. Brad Gar ner, Paul Weidman and Jack Seeley. F ra n Portland Dennis Meyers accompanied the group. Meyers is a former Vernonia resident. ____ ____ extreme cold. Many of the group vowed to try the climb again, holding out for good weather. CAN'T USE IT? WHY K EEP IT? SELL IT W ITH A WANT AD. The State Highway Commission has approved two separate con tracts with Oregon Welcome, Inc. totaling $37,200 for various tourism promotional activities. The new contracts replace two which are scheduled to expire on June 30. The contracts will extend through the next fiscal year. Ore gon Welcome, Inc., generally con centrates its efforts on encourag ing air tourism to Oregon and on building greater cooperation with travel agents throughout the coun try D is tin c tiv e S T A T IO N E R Y By TIMBERLINE LODGE was the starting point for the grMp of climbers from Vernonia that tried Io conquer ML Hood over the long Fourth of Jnlv weekend. The group started their climb at 1 a.m. Monday tag and returned 4o the Lodge at about 9 a.m. Monday. —j M f t s . " - SS • - n n t t - — - Ur> USE CLASSIFIEDS L EAGLE’ » SANS SERVKE OFFICE I I CourlhouM BaMH»nt — St. Halm*. Phon« 397-2268 — After Hour» 397-1730 Mon., Wed . Thursj-fraO » ¿ fltle J 2 Noftif 4 Burgers---...... -*-$1.00 8/ A Class A Restaurant MIST—Randy Hansen accompan ied the Ted Kuljus to Olympia on Saturday to view the National Mo torcycle Championship Races. Mr. and Mrs. Hansen attended the He rneen and Mollenour wedding Sat urday afteronoon Mr. and Mrs Earl Priddis and children of Haw thorne, Nevada will arrive on Mon day to visit at the Hansen borne. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Turney and children of Irving, Texas arrived June 23 to visit her folks, the Doug Barrs On the 24th. Mrs. Barr ac companied the Turneys to Seattle for a family reunion. From there they went over to Vancouver. B.C. visiting Horseshoe Bay. with an overnight stay at Nananime to visit friends. June 28, a trip to Victoria Island was enjoyed with many places of interest toured From there they ferried across to Port Angeles enroute home. The Turneys remained two more days before going on to their home. Oregon Welcome, Inc. Gets New Contracts HOW OPER 24 HOURS OR FRIDAY A ID SATURDAY! Call 429-5141 for (M an T a S a ff cold temperatures I WILL MOT BE IN VERNONIA THE SUMMER MONTHS. 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