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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1973)
Oc moniti Eagle i THE TIMBERLINE THURSDAY, JAN. 25, 1973 Predictor Not Predicting W ell COMl'Il-EII The predictions so far this season hâve not been extremely accurate, hilling only on «6 percent of the games This week's games should he somewhat easier to predict since, in most cases, the stronger teams in the league w ill be playing the weaker teams Portland Christian, a young team and one which could beat some ot the favorite teams if the favorite doesn'i play a good game, w ill orobably find this is a tough weekend by getting beat by both Knappa on Friday night and Con cordia Saturday night Vernonia and Corbeti. both play ing one league game this week since they are plan ing Catlin Gabel . Warrenton, a tough team, w ill find another weekend when they come up against two of the toughest teams in the league now, Knappa and Concordia Some of the scores for last week's games are Vernonia beating Port land Christian by a score of 72 to 55. Knappa walked over Catlin by a margin of 34—by a total of 77-43. Concordia, winning a big game beat Wmoma in overtime. 61 59 Corbett won another game by whipping Portland Christian. 72 to 59 There was no available score for the Warrenton-Corbett game but Warrenton did win Concordia and Catlin w ill play their game Tuesday night Mysterious Effect Used at Ball Games A certain VHS teacher noticed that the class gift of 1965 had been neglected for quite sometime The class gave the school a spotlight, fan, and flag which has an appealing effect when in use The gift was intended to be used at special events, such as assemblies, and games The first time the gift had been put into action since last year was when Vernonia played host to Knappa and Warrenton last week end The gift was intended for all the lights to be turned out. but (iordon Crowston knew of two emergency lights that could be used to give the gym a mysterious effect. “ Thanks for the fascinating g ift," Class of ’65 because it left an impressive effect on the visiting crowd. BY THJ: VERNONIA HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM Old Timberlines Found in Mist By Mark Busch Last week. Mark Buscn. a mem ber of the Journalism class brought some old Timberlines from the ’40’s for the class to examine The following are some excerpts from some of the papers, which the students found amusing and inter esting “ The proceeds of the Victory benefit luncheon, amounting to over $25. w ill go towards the expenses of filling ten comfort kits for sold iers.” "Seven high school girls assisted in the registration of trucks for gas rationing at the Citv Hall on Octo ber 22. 23 and 24 ” And latter this was reported. "Registration for gas rationing for Vernonia and vicinity w ill take place at the Washington Grade School on November 9 and 10 according to present plans.” “ Mrs Hearing, director of the sextet, has selected the following members for that group Vona Weidman, Joy Willard. Evelyn Hearing. Mary Beth Lish. M arjory Lolly, and Helen Fowler.” “ The supposedly dumb freshmen were told that they have the highest average of grade’s that new fresh men have had in recent years." “ W ilferdi Holce was high point man in the Vernonia-Rainier foot ball game played on the local field October 16. scoring 12 of the 25 points.” “ Purchasing a $75 war bond on Friday. Fred Busch gave the junior class the lead of all the classes.” “ If you want to know how far a half a stick of gum w ill go. ask Ellen McDonald. She divided half a stick of this precious commodity equally- bet ween three people ” Ellen McDonald also happens to be Ellen Hanson who now works at the VHS office as a secretary. The old Timberlines were inter esting, and turned up some pretty- good cases to blackmail some people, but “ we thought better of it, and just settled for putting it in the paper.” states the J-class CLASS , r j;~ Y * h lili Joan Plans to School Menu Concordia Jays Compete at L&C Monday, January 29-Chili, butter sand . crackers, pineapple, milk Tuesduy, January YFTurkey and mxxlles, peanut butter and honey sand., spinach, chocolate cake, milk Wednesday, January 31 -Tacos, dill pickles. French fries. Jello, milk Thursday, February 1 Mashed po tatoes and hamburger gravey, dinner rolls, carrot sticks, cho colate covered raisens, milk Friday, February 2-Fish stick», but ter sand , corn, applesauce cake, m ilk The Vernonia J V s captured their eighth win in a row as well as their tilth league game without a loss as they defeated the visiting Concordia Bluejays in overtime bv a score of 66 to 61 Vernonia took a 6 to 0 lead in the first quarter and went on to a seven point, 17 to Hi lead at the end of the first quarter. It was a mp-and-tuck battle through the second quarter, but the Bluejays outscored the Loggers by five points to tra il by only one, 30 to 31, at halftime. A gixxl defensive effort from both teams climaxed a low-scoring third quarter as the Jays outscored Vernonia. 8 to 7, to knot the score at Wall at the end of the third quarter Concordia was in command throughout most of the fourth quarter as they appeared to have the game in the bag with a little less than two minutes left in the game Vernonia didn’t give up as they fought back from a nine-point deficit, getting the big plays from Clint Holsey and Chris Collins Vernonia forced the game into overtime when Chris Collins hit a 15-foot shot with five seconds left in the game to knot the score at 54 all The overtime period started out with both teams twice trading bas kets, but it was the Loggers who had the edge when they took advantage of Concordia fouls to lead by six late in the overtime. The game ended with Vernonia winning bv five 6»; to 61. Vernonia stepped to the line 38 times, converting for 24 points, gtxid for 63 percent. Scoring was as follows Holsey 25, Ellis 16. Collins 9. Titus 5. Travlor 4. Brunsman 3. Allegre 2. and Kenne dy 2. Ä • V Jr SAWDUST Mrs. Ellen Hanson's car had some engine trouble Thursday bet ween the saw shop and the high school, right in the middle of the intersection. Gary Curtis, history teacher, read his classes selected notes and letters from a soldier in the Civil War. Thursday, January 29, there w ill be a play night in the VHS gym, «ponsored by the VHS Student Body. I-ast week, the Timberline an nounced that the seniors would be selling bumper stickers. Well. the bumper stickers are window stick ers and they have arrived and w ill be sold by members of (he senior class. Will 1973 be one of your biggest years.« O r one of Walt Floeter attended the OSU open house for prospective seniors last Saturday. your slimmest? Wednesday. January 17, Russ Vinyard of (he Christian Church substituted for Mrs Frances Car- son. who was ill. There's never been a better time to |Oin Weight W atchers*- it's our tenth anniversary year. Over the years, we've spent millions of hours helping people lose weight and keep it off. And all this experience is ready to help you now. Ready to help you make 1973 your slimmest year ever. The students that tixik the Scho lastic Aptitude Tests December 2 at Sunset High Schixil have received their results N E W CLASS O P E N IN G ! V E R N O N IA Mondays 7:90 pan. - VHS JVs Down For the convenience of the public and the staff the district office has new hours The office is now open from 8 a m. to 4:30 p.m. Starting January 29 Evangelical Church 957 State Avenue B ill Hanson, 1967 graduate of Vernonia High, was married last weekend to Paula Heath in Cor vallis. O T H E R CLASSES IN A L L AREAS OF OREGON & S O U T H E R N W A S H IN G T O N For fu rth e r inform ation Join any Class Anytime! call collect Portland 288-6388 Weekdays or w rite 5253 N . E . Sandy Blvd., Portland, Oregon 97213 The senior candy bars have finally arrived, but were sent by railway freight and ended up in Hillsboro. M r Hearing picked them up Monday. W E IG H T ® WATCHERS 4^ Vernonia Loses To Knappa Girls, 34-30 LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANING daisy • DO IT YOURSELF • HA VE US DO IT or ÏR E C IA L S T H R O U G H S U N D A Y C O NCO RDIA’S B L U E JA Y S tripped up the VHS V arsity F rid a y night on the Portland school’s court. In overtim e, the Jays took a «1-59 victory in Northwest League play. COATS AND JACKETS (Except Leother) Cleaned Vernonia JV's Defeat Royals SLEEPING BAGS CLEANED V Let Dotty exports profession ally clean your coats and jackets for winter at this low special price. Any fabric or fobric blend )«[___ sikskfïiifïÆi for b i l l Tkol Boa't I $ 1 9 9 N o w 's the tim e »0 k t us m oke your sleeping b o g Dotsy Fresh W e ll c k o n a n d return it, oil re a d y »or th o t next trip or to store a w a y 324 S. 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The Loggers got on the board early in (he first period and from lhal point on were never behind as they roared out to a 19 to 12 lead The loggers burned the Royals on fastbreak buckets throughout the game and pul a stop to the Royal's offense as they surged to a 35 to 19 halftime lead Vernonia put the game away in the third period, enjoying as much as an 24-point lead, as they out scored the Portlanders. 16 to 8, to hold a 51 to 27 lead at the end of the third quarter The Iasi quarter was played by Logger subs who added the finish ing touches to the Loggers' 67 to 35 victory. Vernonia hit six out of 15 shots from the charity stripe, good for 40 percent Highpoint man for Vernonia was Tim Titus who tallied 21 points. Others scoring for Vernonia were as follows Scott Ellis 14, Clinton Holsey 8. Dick Brunsman 6, Lorne Kennedy 6. Gordy Crowston 4, Brian Traylor 4, Alberto Allegre 2, and Ken Enneberg 2. LOGGER'S LOG Thursday January 25-Frosh Bas ketball, Neah-Kah -Nie at VHS, 6:30 p.m. GAA Basketball. Jewell vs VHS at WGS, 7 p.m. , Wrestling, VHS at Knappa, 7 p.m. Friday January 26-JV and Var sity Basketball. Catlin Gabel at VHS, 6:30 p.m Monday, January 29-Heport Card Day Thursday, February 1-Freshmen, Basketball, VHS at Banks, 6:20 p.m Wrestling. Oregon Episcopal at VHS, 7 p.m. Last Thursday, January 18, the Vernonia Loggerettes went into action with the Knappa Loggerettes at Washington Grade School. First quarter, the Knappa Log gerettes jumped ahead of Vernonia with a 10-5 lead Second quarter, the Knappa Log gerettes kepi their lead with Ihe scoreboard showing 13-18. Vernonia Loggerettes jumped ahead with a three-point lead in the third quarter, 25 22. At the end of Ihe fourth quarter. Knappa came out on top with a 34-30 victory over Vernonia Scoring for Vernonia were M ar sha Sturdevant with 14 points, Sandy Tupper with seven, Penny Hamilton with five, and Carol Evans with four The VHS Iuoggerettes next game will be tonight at 7 p.m at the high school. They will take on the Jewell Bluejays. Basketball Coach Votes on Ratings Head basketball coach Gary Cur hs has been asked by Ihe Oregon Journal Io vote on Ihe Class A stale ratings for basketball To lx* eligible for this committee, a coach must have taken his team Io Ihe stale tournament the previous year Besides sending in his opinion on the top teams, he also has the responsibility of keeping a record of the teams in this area T IM T IT U S stretches to push layin towards hoop in Concordia game F riday night at VHS. In overtim e, the local Jayvees downed the visi tors. Homemade Jewels Sell Well for Class From the end of November to the end of December, the Sophomore class at VHS made a profit of $75 in selling crocheted headed necklaces and earrings to the VHS student body and townspeople The idea came up when Mrs Peggy Cone of Vernonia learned how to make beaded necklaces and earrings from a friend Patty Cone (member of sophomore class tund- raising committee) learned how to make this jewelry from her mother (Il really caught the peoples' eyes.) The next day in school, Patty showed this jewelry Io the sophii more class, which liked it very much It was voted by the class, and the petition was passed in Student Council to sell these necklaces as a money-making project The necklaces were sold for 50 and 75 cents each, and the earrings were sold for 35 and 25 cents each. The sophomores made $20 on the blue and gold necklaces, and with the help of Mrs. Betty Elton, and Mrs Thelma Bergerson, $55 was made by selling these items at Tektronix in Beaverton. After being interviewed. Patty Cone made the following comment: “ These necklaces and earrings sold much better than the sophomore class thought they would The sophomores really need the mon ey. because we have to go half on the spring prom We don’t want to be in the hole at the end of the year.” The sophomore class now has a standing total of $192.05 in their treasury. VHS senior Joan L Foote w ill be going to Lewis and Clark College March 3, to be rated on playing a four-page music composition on the flute. Each individual is rated by the judge as pixir. satisfactory, gixxl, excellent, and superior Last year Joan was the only studenl from VHS to attend the annual a ffa ir and received a rating of excellent Each student to be rated by the judge has a choice in the piece of music they play. Joan w ill play "F lute Concerto No 1 in G " by Mozart There is one |udge to rate each person on tone quality, musician ship, technique, and phrasing There are extra points if the music is memorized, which Joan plans to do Joan has been taking private lessons from Professor Albert Freedman, instructor at Pacific University, for the past four years, besides playing in Vernonia school bands for seven years Professor Freedman chose the music compo sition tor Joan and has been helping her Ward Nelson. VHS music in structor, w ill accompany her on the piano Loggerells Downed By Clatskanie, 23-22 Monday, January 15, the Verno nia Loggerettes met their first defeat at the hands of Clatskanie by a score of 23-22 During the first quarter, Clats kanie jumped ahead with a big lead ol 4-1 against the Ixiggereltes The second quarter saw VHS hit the hixip for nine points and the Tigercttes hit for six This knotted the score at 10-ull at halftime Vernonia tixik the leud at the end of the third quarter, 17 to 16 The end of the game was decided in the final seconds, when Clats kanie put in the final basket The final score was Vernonia 22, and Clatskanie 23. High point scorer for VHS was Marsha Sturdevant with nine Other scorers were Carol Evans 7, Penny Hamilton 3, and Patty Roady 3 Student Council member Debbie Banta recently was asked if there were many suggestions put in the suggestion box Debbie said there weren't many, but every serious suggestion is taken into consideration and quite a few are taken care of. Many students complain about different things around the school but they never think to do anything annul it. All that has to be done u.to put a suggestion in the suggestion box and if it is a big suggestion be ready to stand behind it After all. that’s whal the suggestion box is for. To have something in the school changed, put suggestions in the suggestions box National Newsmen Set For Conference Talks Two nationally-known newspap ermen w ill he featured speakers at the annual School of Journalism Oregon Newspaper Publishers’ As sociation Oregon Press Conference at the University of Oregon Feb ruary 16-17. They are Carl T Rowan, dis tinguished Black columnist, who w ill deliver the 27th annual Allen Memorial Lecture, and James J. Kilpatrick, famed Washington cor respondent. who w ill speak at th f conference banquet. A short QUIZ VHS Freshman Rip Gaston Greyhounds about your AUTO INSURANCE The VHS Freshmen ripped the Gaston Greyhounds last Monday January 15, ts make it their eighth win in a row and extend their perfect record By the end of the first quarter the Loggers lead by seven In the second quarter, the Freshmen pour ed in the points to lead by 25 at the end of the first half Vernonia's substitutes played most of the second half The Fresh men rolled to an easy victory over Gaston by a score of 36 to 62. Vernonia's scoring was led by Randy Ellson with 14 points Others scoring were Brooks 12. Black 10 Terry Ellson 9, Cole 6, Hansen 3. Harrow 3. Nance 2, Sword 2, and Gardner 1. J V Player's True Identity Revealed Students Urged to Use Suggestion Box YES NO □ □ 1. 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