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Events to
Add to '73
Jamboree
Although the Vernonia Friend­
ship Jamboree won't feature a
Logging show this year, due to
lack of entries, there w ill be
several new events fcr the
enjoyment of entrants and spec­
tators alike.
On Saturday. July 28, there
w ill be a Marathon Race spon
sored by the Vernonia Jaycees
The 9 6 mile course starts at the
beginning of the parade route at
10 a m heading toward Rogers
Park, then back to the finish line
at the high school. There are
eight classes of competition with
medallions to be awarded the
first three finishers in each class
and certificates going to all par­
ticipants who complete the
race
There w ill be a $2 entry fee for
the marathon race with classes
as follows:
Junior - grade school; high
school; college 18-22 (any age if
attending college); open; 30-39;
40-49; 50 and over; women.
On both .Saturday and Sunday,
there w ill be a Bowling Tour­
nament at the Alpine Lanes with
five divisions: mixed doubles;
women’s doubles and singles;
and men's doubles and singles.
Entry fee is $5 for each event
For reserved time entries, call
429-6301 or 429-5733
Sunday w ill feature several
events From 6 to 11 a m. there
w ill be a Golf Tournament with
prizes to be awarded Entry fee
w ill be $2.50 plus green fee
That afternoon from 1-5 p.m.
there w ill be a Community
Picnic at Hawkins Park and the
swimming pool area with many
events for contestants to enter.
Among them w ill be pole walk­
ing. birling, jousting, pole throw,
greased pole climb, and axe
throw Tliere w ill be a nominal
entry fee for each event and
prizes w ill be awarded Persons
with ideas for other events, may
contact Jack Seeley or Bob Car-
son with their suggestions
Another popular event for both
Saturday and Sunday, w ill be the
radio-controlled airplanes dem­
onstrations scheduled for 2:30
Saturday at both the airport and
l^ake Vernonia, then again Sun­
day at both 10:30 a m and 2:30
p.m Land planes w ill fly at the
airport, while float-type craft
w ill be operated at the lake
These events added to the
regularly yearly attractions of
the Art Show, the coronation, the
annual concessions, the two par
- ades and the Logger's Breakfast
with the other additions this year
of quarter-midget racing Satur­
day and Sunday plus the Trap
Shoot Sunday afternoon, would
seem to promise a fun-filled,
excitement-packed, weekend at
the Vernonia Friendship Jambo­
ree.
CCOG Meet July 19
The Columbia County Organi­
zation of Governments meets the
third Thursday of each month
This month's meeting w ill be
held July 19 at the Rainier City
Hall at 7:30 p.m.
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County Fair
Opened for
5 Day Run
BOB WEST to Scappoose toppe d rutilato to CU m
A competlttoa at lato weekend’« Vira «tob Frtoad-
•Wp Jam» «re« Honeahoe tooraey. Ia hto wto-
nlag effort—«even straight wins and no l«M»«
West M t the peg at the rate to 8$ percent Hag­
er«. Gerald Raasell, tourney director, presented
Weal with trophy for hto wtaatag play.
Repair Work Streamlined
General Telephone has in itia t­
ed a program to streamline the
repair of residential and small
business telephones in the Forest
Grove, Hillsboro, Clatskanie,
Vernonia and Cornelius areas
according to Lyle Cagley, dis­
trict manager
The effort called the Per­
formance Improvement Pro­
gram (PIP) has been started
with the arrival of a five-man
team from General Telephone
operations in the Forest Grove
D istrict, Beaverton and Everett,
Washington. They w ill be work­
ing with local company people on
Check-in Due
Arts & Crafts
The Society of Arts and Crafts
w ill check-in art and craft work
next week for its annual Jam ­
boree art festival Members w ill
be at the Masonic Temple on
Jefferson Avenue for this activ­
ity on Tuesday. Wednesday and
Thursday afternoons, July 24
through 26, from 1 to 4 p.m.
All art work should be properly
matted or framed and ready to
hang
The exhibit w ill be open during
the Jamboree from Friday eve
ning through Sunday evening.
The work may be picked up by
the owners Sunday evening be
tween 5 and 6 p m., or Monday
afternoon between 2 and 4 p.m.
numerous aspects of the pro­
gram such as scheduling and
training.
Members of the team include
Nelson Shinnick, operator ser­
vices manager, Beaverton; Bob
Tate, equipment foreman. F or­
est Grove; Jim Tews, service
foreman. Forest Grove; Dennis
Dunn, standards and results ad­
m inistrator, Everett, Washing­
ton; and Dan Murphy, facilities
analyst, Beaverton.
The program is designed to
improve methods for the repair
of residential and small business
telephones The control of costs
connected with such procedures
is also a m ajor goal.
During the five weeks the team
w ill be in the area, a number ot
improvements w ill be imple­
mented dealing with installation
and repair procedures and me­
thods of pinpointing causes of
trouble in response to customer
trouble reports
C-Z Tour Date
Change Noted
The Crown Zellerbach tour
planned as a summer recreation
field trip for Wednesday, July 25,
has been postponed until August
to facilitate making transpor­
tation arrangements.
Sign-up may be made at the
Scout Cabin, or by phoning
429 7731
Beaver Caravan Makes Stop at
Vernonia for Golfr Banquet
The OSU Beaver Caravan
made a stop at the Vernonia Golf
Club last Thursday. July 12, and
approximately 50 Beaver fans
took advantage of the oppor­
tunity to play a little golf, enjoy a
buffet dinner and hear OSU head
lootball coach Dee Andros ana­
lyze this fall's Beaver football
club
Following the dinner, assistant
AD Denny Hodges introduced
the various OSU coaches that
were on hand for the day, plus
the Dean of Students at the Cor­
vallis college. To conclude the
evening, Andros related to the
crowd that this fa ll’s Beavers
should be the best personnel that
he has had in the past three or
four years In Andros opinion,
most games are won up front and
in that area he figures to be more
than adequate this year
In looking ahead to the Pac 8
race, Andros conceded that USC
is a great, great football team
but he also notes that most pro
scouts figure UCLA w ill be the
team to beat and not the Trojans
He also cites Stanford as a real
threat because of returning vet­
erans and a highly experienced
quarterback. He also termed
last year’s USC team as the
greatest football team he has
ever seen.
In reviewing the Beavers
spring practice, Andros related
« „h a t the quarterback slot is as
well fixed as anytime he has
been at OSU. He named three
prospects, Steve Jurgis, Alvin
White and Tom Chamberlain, all
who have the potential to be
great, in the Great Pumpkin's
opinion.
On the line both offensr'elv
and defensively the Beavers
should have impressive size with
weights ranging from 225 to 260
lbs Defensively Andros com
mented on Vernonia High stand
nut Steve Hanson, who now goes
THURSDAY. JULY 1», 1973
6’3" and 215 lbs. The head coach
of the Beavers pointed out that
Steve is a tough competitor and
he currently has an excellent
shot at a starting spot for the
Beavers on defense
Backfield candidates indicate
that the switch-over to a more
wide open offense, in contrast to
the old bull style ball employed
by the Beavers, should not be too
difficult Andros feels that he has
a bevy of talented backs and at
the fullback slot he has three
candidates fighting for the sta rt­
ing nod, Dick Mower, Mike
Richie and Percy Groggins.
To go along with the new wide
open offense, he plans to install
this fall, Andros notes that he has
two fine tight ends, and that is
one of the keys to a versatile
aerial game.
In conclusion, Andros promis­
ed the fans they w ill have a
representative team that all the
loyal Beaver fans can be proud
of and their ultimate goal is to be
one of the tops on the West Coast
Andros related that this year’s
Beavers are outstanding, they
have good depth and they appear
to be the type of young people
who w ill pay the price to be
winners, so the true test w ill
come this fall when they square
off with some of the Pac 8 con­
tenders
Bob West Cops
Top Place in
Shoo Tourney
The Vernonia Friendship Jam ­
boree Horseshoe tournament
was held Saturday, July 14
beginning at 7 a m. with eight
senior citizens pitching the first
rounds.
Five of these men also pitched
in other classes throughout the
day. Barney Hampton of P ort­
land won the firs t place revol­
ving trophy, and Pete Ediger of
Dallas was the second place
finisher.
Classes. A, B, C, D, and E
followed, with eight men in each
class. Six juniors ano three
ladies also participated.
The following are the winners
for the day: (In order of finish).
Class A - Bob West of Sca-
poose, (averaging 80 percent),
Lowell Davis of Creswell, Chet us
Chapelle of Portland.
Class B - Barry Chapelle of
Portland, Bob Hildebrandt of
Portland, B ill Hulshof of Port­
land.
Class C. Ted M iller, Forest
Grove, E.J Benner, Salem, C liff
P arr, Portland.
Class D - Bernard M artell -
Portland, Elm er Otnes, Oregon
City.
Class E - Don Isaacson, Seat­
tle, John Franich, Oregon City
Juniors - Glen Walker, Seattle,
Chuck Scheidler, Salem.
Ladies - Ruth Gregg, Portland,
Karen M iller, Woodburn.
Tourney director Gerald Rus­
sell notes that "Everyone seem­
ed to enjoy the quiet beauty of
our city park Many of the pitch­
ers brought their families so they
could enjoy picknicking and
swimming. This was one of the
largest tournaments Vernonia
has had with a total of 52
pitchers.”
The horseshoe club of Verno­
nia wishes to express their
thanks for those in the commu­
nity who helped make the tour­
nament a success The thirsty
ones especially were glad for the
soft drink dispensers donated by
the Pepsi Cola people, through
Gordon Smith and Tom Tomlin
A reminder is issued now for
local talent to begin preparing
for the Nehalem Valley Open on
August 11, beginning at 9:30a.m.
at the Hawkins Park courts.
Funds Added to
Buy Ambulance
Additional donations and in ­
terest have swelled the Vernonia
Ambulance Fund to a total of
$2137.22, a check of the special
bank account revealed early this
week.
Checks should be made pay­
able to “ The Vernonia Ambu­
lance Fund.”
Bloodmobile
Nets 32 Pints
I,ocal chairman, Irene Minger,
reports that 32 pints of blood
were donated- with two defer
rals -w lien the Red Cross Blood
mobile paid its annual visit to
Vernonia on Monday.
Mrs Minger states that she
would like to “ thank all those
who donated blood and those who
worked so w illingly with the
visit Also, thanks to the Odd
fellows for the use of the hall and
the Eastern Star for donating the
juices, and to the boys who
helped to unload and load the
truck.”
The 58th annual Columbia
County F air opened Wednesday,
July 18, for a five-day run with
the big news that admission
prices for the 1973 event are
lower than ever.
General admission for adults
is 50 cents with children 7-12, 25
cents, and youngsters six and
under admitted free. Parking is
free but there w ill be a $2 per
person charge for the rodeo
events on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday.
Activities range from meal
preparation contests in 4-H to a
physical fitness contest, from an
old time fiddlers contest to a big
pro rodeo.
Thursday through Saturday,
the Candyland Circus w ill open
at 2 p.m. with Sunday’s perfor­
mance slated for 5:30 p.m.
Thursday w ill also find the Hula
Hoop Championship perform­
ance at 3 p.m., with a Junior
Rodeo at 7:30 p.m., followed by
the Country Bugs performance
at 9 p.m.
“ Senior Citizens Day” is F ri­
day with those 65 and older
admitted free to the fairgrounds.
There w ill be a special Senior
Citizens program at 1 p.m., while
at 3 p.m the Country Bugs
perform and at 3:45 a per­
formance for the Hula Hoop
Championship. At 4 p.m. Old-
time Country Fiddlers w ill ap­
pear with the RCA Pro Rodeo
slate to start at 7:30 that night.
Saturday there w ill be a horse­
shoe pitching contest, and a
Horseman’s Playday at 1 p.m.,
with an AAU Physical Fitness
Program and an Archery contest
at 2 p.m. The Candyland Circus
w ill perform at 7 p.m. that
evening as w ill the RCA Pro
Rodeo at 7:30 p.m.
“ Grange Day” w ill be Sunday
with church services slated for
10 a m . and a Grange Day
program at 1 p m. The final per­
formance of the RCA Pro Rodeo
w ill take place at 1:30 p.m. with
the Country Bugs appearing at
4:30, followed by E ric Halberg,
champion woodchopper at 5 p.m.
and the final performance of the
Candyland Circus to be at 5:30
p.m.
Four-H competition which be­
gan with a horse show Monday,
July 16, w ill continue throughout
the fa ir days with livestock and
agriculture judging from Wed­
nesday, July 18. through Sunday,
July 22.
Bridge Lights
Okeyed by OTC
The Oregon Transportation
Commission has approved an
agreement with Columbia Coun­
ty providing for the illumination
of the Longview Interchange on
the Lower Columbia River High­
way (US30).
The project was requested by
the Columbia County Board of
Commissioners and concerned
citizens of the area because of
high off-on traffic volume at the
interchange.
The average daily traffic
count is 10,500 vehicles and has
experienced a high night time
accident rate.
Under the project, there w ill
be thirty-three 1,000-watt and
four 400-watt lum inaire units
installed at the interchange.
Estimated cost of the project is
$77,750, of which a portion w ill be
federal funds.
The county is to pay one-fourth
and the state three-fourths of the
cost of the power consumed by
the lights, which is expected to
be $160 per month.
VERNONIA POLICE Officer
w ill serve as Grand Marshal
Parade Saturday, July 28.
Akers has been employed by
(and sometimes chief) Lee Aker*
for the 1973 Friendship Jamboree
A 26-year resident of Vernonia,
the city the past 8!4 years.
Atkins Takes Officer to
Seat on City Be Marshal
Council Mon. For Parade
L.E. (Bud) Atkins was sworn
in at the start of Monday eve­
ning’s city council meeting to
serve as councilman to fill the
unexpired term of Ralph Kea-
sey, who resigned the position.
Attorney Allan Coon adminis­
tered the oath of office.
Atkins joined Mayor Sherman
Fisher, and fellow councilmen
Dave Banta, Ed M iller and
Lucille Tomlin in acting on
business at hand.
From the floor, the council
heard several complaints from
the Riverview area residents re­
garding problems created by
work on the East Vernonia sewer
project.
Also, a complaint was lodged
by Henry Anderegg, owner of
Alpine Lanes, regarding the cost
estimate on a building permit for
remodeling of the front of his
building.
A special meeting was set for
July 23, Monday evening, 8 p.m.,
at city hall to act on Anderegg’s
complaint, as well as to review
the zoning ordinance proposal
recently submitted by the Plan­
ning Commission.
Also, the council w ill meet in
special session next Friday, July
20, 8 p.m. at city hall.
Other actions taken included a
report by Police Chief Jack Cun­
ningham on his findings of a
study to acquire a new ambu­
lance. A used unit was brought
out from Portland Tuesday for
inspection by council members.
Also, the council authorized
the repair of 19 used water
meters to be used as replace­
ment units.
Another special meeting date
—October 1, 7 p.m., prior to the
regular council meeting--was
set for further study of the c ity ’s
pinball ordinance.
Fly Casting
Clinic Dated
Local fly fishermen of all ages
w ill have the opportunity next
Monday afternoon to learn or
brush-up on their flycasting tech
niques.
The fly-casting clinic w ill be
conducted July 23 at 1 p.m at the
high school football field
Instructor is Mike McKee,
local high school instructor.
When Lee Akers brought his
fam ily to live in Vernonia 26
years ago, things were booming.
Following the end of the second
World War there was a vast need
for more houses and the lum ­
bering businesses and their ad­
jacent associates needed men.
“ I used to come to visit my
sister, Genevieve Killingberg,
here in Vernonia,” Lee said, as
he leaned back in his chair. " I
liked the town so when I found a
job here, we moved from Poca­
tello, Idaho in 1947.”
Lee, a fa m iliar figure in his
blue uniform, has been a mem­
ber of the Vernonia Police De­
partment for the past S*A years.
“ I worked for the Cedarwood
Timber Co.,” he said, “ then
when I saw they needed a pa­
trolman, I applied.”
“ I thought it would be inter­
esting,” he added with a grin.
Just how interesting he couldn’t
have imagined. During his years
of service to the city, Lee has
served as acting temporary chief
of police four tim es; met a lot of
unusual people and situations;
and was even Vernonia’s Mys­
tery Santa Claus of 1971.
Born in Kentucky, Lee moved
with his folks to Idaho when he
was only four years old. His
father had taken a homestead
near Arco where the big atomic
reactor is now located. He re­
ceived his education there, grad­
uated from
Pocatello High
School then later married his
wife, Florence prior to moving to
Vernonia.
For Lee, his 60 years have
been good. The father of two
boys and a g ir l; and grandfather
to seven, all of whom reside in
Oregon, Lee said he enjoyed
living in Vernonia.
Lee has been chosen as Grand
Marshal of this year’s Vernonia
Friendship Jamboree, for his
many years of service to the
community—not only paid hours
but the many donated hours he
has contributed—and for the
many years of friendship he has
given those living here.
Goodwill Due Aug. 15
The Goodwill truck w ill be in
Vernonia next Aueust 15. reixirts
local representative Mrs Cora
Lange. Persons with items to
donate may call 429-3421 to
arrange for pickup.