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THURSDAY, AUGUST M, 1873
Local School Opening Date Near
HORSESHOES « 1 the name of the game Sat-
nrday a t the 2nd annual Nehalem Valley Open
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G LEN WALKER of S e a ttle __
Trophy while Keo Leatherman
Hawkins Park
Hosts Tourney
A pleasant, relaxing few hours
were spent at Hawkins park by
12 horseshoe pitchers in the 2nd
Nehalem
V a lle y
open
tournament.
Visitors and contestants alike
enjoyed the ideal weather con­
ditions and were sorry not to see
more local faces there
The winner of the revolving
trophy was Glen Walker, a
teenager from Seattle Class A
2nd; Orlean Clinton of Seattle.
3rd Class A; Mark Cooper of
Hillsboro; Class B 1st Ken
Leatherm an, P ortlan d ; 2nd
Wayne Isaacson, Vernonia
Vince Parker was the only
junior who came so he pitched
with the men Vince has only
pitched a couple of weeks and
already he shows great pos­
sibilities Hope to see all of you
next year
Parish Will
Hold Ten-Day
Exhibition
Because the response to the
Quilt Pair hald in March was so
overw helm ingly w a rm , St
Mary's Parish will once again
hold its fair this time for ten
days - from September 14 - 23
with doors opening at 10 a.m.
The fair, which features both
contem porary and heirloom
quilts, will be held at the
Vernonia Grange Hall with the
closing hour set for 5 p.m.
Praise for the high quality and
friendly atmosphere of the first
Quilt F air encouraged the parish
to again hold one. Coffee, tea and
cookies will be served to viewers
again during the exhibit.
Quilts will total approximately
100 with the several heirlooms
for exhibit only, but there will be
quilts for sale also.
The Quilt F air which drew
almost 1000 visitors last March is
held for the purpose of raising
money to build a new church -
the old one is over fifty years old
and beyond repair Donations of
31 will be accepted at the door
although no donations will be
expected from children.
"We invite you to bring your
friends and have a leisurely,
pleasant day viewing these
beautiful quilts with their ex­
quisite handiwork,” say the
families of St M a ry ’s Parish.
"Do come and visit with us,”
they urge
Traffic Deaths Down
Through July 1973
Traffic deaths in Oregon con­
tinue to show a decrease this
year over 1972. Through the end
of July 364 deaths had been
reported, a decrease of 15 per
cent over the first seven months
last vear
July traffic saw 72 traffic
deaths in 60 fatal crashes By
comparison 84 died in July last
year
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When the annual East-West
Shrine football game gets under­
way Saturday night, August 18,
in Baker. Oregon, Vernonia High
School will be represented on
Scappoose Coach Jim Bern­
hardt’s 26-man squad by Walt
Floeter, a 195 lb. guard from
Coach Melvin Nice's last year’s
VHS grid squad.
Walt, 18, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs Walter Floeter of Star
Route, Scappoose During his
four years at VHS he was active
in NHS and the Paul Bunyan
club besides participating in
sports. He was chosen for All-
League First offensive and de­
fensive guard and All-State First
Team defensive guard.
The Shrine game offers a
natural matchup as the two head
coaches met last fall for the
State AA grid title. West head
coach Jim Bernhardt was at the
helm of the Scappoose High In ­
dians while East head coach
Tom Vaught held the reins at
Gladstone High. The Gladstone
11 downed Scappoose 20 to 8 to
take State AA title so Bernhardt
will be looking forward to even­
ing the score with his West team.
Another name expected to
figure in the West plan is Kevin
Krouse of Knappa; a name not
unfamiliar to VHS fans. Other
area gridders on the West team
are Roger Hill, Clatskanie;
Henry Parks, R ainier; and Steve
Williams. Tillamook; plus two
Scappoose gridders, Bill Hil-
derbrand, offensive right end;
and Randy Icenogle, defensive
tackle.
As Bernhardt points out, the
East has more of the big names
and All-Staters but he doesn't
feel that means a thing when the
action gets going and if the last
week and a half of practice
indicates anything, the West
squad will be ready for the
game.
Kickoff time is scheduled at
8:15 p.m. at the Baker High
School stadium with the pre
game pageant slated for 7 p.m.
The East-West series began in
1952 with the West leading the
series 13-6. No game was played
in 1969
This year’s game will be the
second appearance for one of
Coach Nice’s players. Last year,
he sent Reese $turdevant into
the fray with the West team
downing the East 34-8.
Grid Togs Due Friday
Head coach Melvin Nice re­
minds football aspirants that
Friday, August 17 at 6 p.m. is the
date and time for receiving grid
togs and, also, that the salesman
from Sports Shoes Unlimited will
be at the school to fit boys for
their football shoes. Prices of the
shoes range from 38.95 to 329.
main-
The regular summer main­
tenance program has been under
way all summer preparing the
school buildings for the use of
students, teachers, and com­
munity for the 1973-74 school
year.
Several major improvements
have been made in addition to
regular maintenance.
Painting is one of the major
jobs and the Mist buildings, the
grandstand, the high school and
many classrooms have been
painted this year. Painting is
done in many cases by local
students employed for the sum­
mer, working under the dir­
ection of the regular staff.
Contract work included re-
roofing of Washington Grade
School by Rain Proof Roofing of
Scappoose; an overhaul of the
clock system also at Washington
by Simplex Time Recorder com­
pany ; and a new boiler and elec­
trical panel to be installed at
Washington by Moran Oil Com­
pany, and the corridors of Wash­
ington have had accoustical tile
installed.
A new sidewalk has been
completed in front of the build­
ings on Bridge Street.
The sum m er maintenance
program is supervised by Wayne
Welch, District Maintenance Su­
pervisor, and in addition to the
regular custodians Tom Hall,
Bob Heisterman, Beulah Hall
and Irene Kyser ; they have been
assisted by high school students
employed both by the district
and under the Neighborhood
Youth Corps program. Gordon
Crowston has supervised the
NYC students and Ed Cassel has
been in charge of ground main­
tenance this summer.
Open date for both elementary
and high school is slated as
Tuesday, September 4 with re­
gistration scheduled as follows;
Grade Registration:
WALTER FLOETER
Treharne Water Meet
Hears Study Results
Registration for the element­
ary school students new to the
district will take place August 31
at the Washington Grade School
building and general inquiries
about registration, att^idanee
boundaries, and the elementary
program for the three ele­
mentary schools, Washington,
Lincoln and Mist, should be
directed to the office at Wash­
ington, phone 429-7941. All Stu­
dents will report for a full day of
school September 4.
Washington School will house
the kindergarten and grades
three through eighth.
Lincoln School, located on
West Bridge Street, serves
grades one and »wo for all
students and bus students in the
Vernonia area.
Mist school serves all students
grades one through :ix that live
in the Mist-Birkenfeld area. The
Mist bus comes as far south as
Dick Johnson's to pick up
elementary students for the Mist
School.
All seventh and eighth graders
in the district attend Washington
School and all students, grades
nine through twelve, attend Ver­
nonia High
New Grade Students:
Edward Forbes, elementary
principal states that registration
for elementary students new to
the area will be at the Washing­
ton School office from 1 to 3 p.m ,
Friday. August 31.
Teachers will be in their
respective rooms on registration
day, Friday, to give parents and
The long awaited feasibility
study for a domestic water
system for the Treharne district
was presented by Martin Boat­
wright of Boatwright Engineer­
ing Co., Salem, Friday night
August 10th at a general meeting
of the Treharne Water Asso­
ciation
To help expedite the program
Robert Vagt, attorney from St.
Helens, who has had experience
in the formation of water as­
sociations, explained the legal
steps necessary to form a water
cooperative and provided the
group with contract forms which
were used to start a permanent
organization.
Also William F. Daniel, Far
mers Home Administration, ex­
plained the procedure to follow
Monday, August 20, there will
be a parent meeting at the first
in order to secure a Farm Home
Christian church at 1 p.m. This
loan.
A small but enthusiastic num­ will be the last registration day
ber signed the agreements and for all 3- and 4-year-olds. It will
also be the first meeting of the
from these the folowing were
appointed to head calling com­ year for already registered par
mittees for this area: Bob W al­ ents. Everyone please attend
For more information call Mrs
ker, Tom Budge. Marvin Meyer,
Cecil Huff, Jerry Matteson, Wil­ Port 429-8643
lis Harriman, Helen Hall and
Barbara McDonald
This Friday August 17th an­
other important meeting will be
held at the golf club at 7:30 p.m.
This meeting is for all signed up
members and those wishing to
sign up
Oldtimers in the Vernonia
area hope that Sunday, August
19 will be as nice and sunny as
has the past few weeks have
been for that’s the date for the
annual Old Timers Picnic.
The yearly event, which first
A summer storm brought began in 1958 with a picnic held
lighting and thunder to the Ne­ in Creston Park in Portland,
halem Valley Sundav night with regularly draws a crowd of
a small amount o f’rain damp­ people with nearly 400 in atten­
ening the ground while slick dance last year.
streets caused cautious driving
Since 1968 VHS graduates have
conditions.
also been included in the Ver­
The lightning, moving over nonia Society’s invitation to
dry northwest forests caused meet and reminense
several small fires in the Col­
This year the picnic will be
umbia County area with moat held at Anderson Park in V er­
being put out within a short time
nonia with registration to start
The bolts over the valley area
at 10a m. As an added attraction
were caused by friction from
the Camp 8 Caboose and Lunch
updrafts, starting inwarm lower
room Schools will also hold their
air and meeting a cloud layer
reunion with all those interested
some 39,000 feet, it was ex­ in getting acquainted and re-
plained later.
acquamted, urged to attend
Vernonia Preschool
Oldtimeis To
Meet Aug. 19
Stonn Brings
Rain; Light'ning
students an opportunity . to meet
their teachers and to receive
instructions for the first full day
of school, September 4.
Kindergarten
Parents of kindergarten stu­
dents and first graders entering
school for the first time are
reminded that state laws require
these students to have a health
examination and birth certifi­
cate. Immunizations are now
required, also. (See story page
2).
To enter kindergarten stu­
dents must be five years old on
or before November 15 and six
years old on or before November
15 to enter first grade.
The kindergarten will have
two sessions, a morning session,
starting at 8:40a.m. and running
until 11:30a.m. and an afternoon
session from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
High School:
Vernonia High School classes
begin on Tuesday, September 4.
All students that pre-registered
last spring will be mailed class
schedules and registration in­
formation. The individual stu­
dent schedule should be dis­
cussed with parents. Those who
pre-registered will not have to
report to school until opening
day unless they have schedule
changes or other problems.
The high school office is now
open from Monday through F ri­
day during regular school hours.
Although August 31 is scheduled
as registration day, all students
new to the school district this
Fire Closure
Now In Effect
The State Forester of Oregon,
J.E. Schroeder has announced
there will be a fire closure in
area 5-R which includes the hills
north and west of Scappoose and
those west of St. Helens and the
Vernonia area in
Columbia
County.
The closure, which is effective
at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, August
16, has been put into effect due to
the drought conditions prevailing
in the area and the extra fire
hazard, and restricts the use of
such land under closure except
as to the owner’s right of entry
on his property.
Entry is unlawful in this area
unless the following restrictions
are followed:
1. Smoking is prohibited while
traveling in timber, brush or
grass areas except inside vehi­
cles on roads.
2. Building a campfire or other
open fire except as a posted
designated campground is pro­
hibited
Roads will be posted and des­
criptions and maps of the area
are on file in the State Forester’s
office in Salem, and at the
district headquarters offices of
the Forest Protection District.
Local Girls
Apprehended
Two local girls were appre­
hended Friday evening following
Vernonia Police
department
Chief of Police Jack Cunning­
ham receiving word from Capt.
1 artlow of Siskiyou County
Sheriff's Department in Cal­
ifornia that the girls were
wanted for questioning in an in­
cident involving robbery, assault
and battery, and auto theft. They
had been staying at the New
Vernonia Hotel
The girls were arrested and
lodged in Columbia County Jail
following the VPD advising them
of their rights under the Miranda
Law. They are presently await­
ing extradition to California.
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year and any that have questions
or need assistance are encour­
aged to visit the school or phone
429-3521 before that date if that
date is inconvenient.
Pre-registered students who
desire changes in their classes
and all those not pre-registered
should report to the high school
library August 31, unless they
have had program changes ap­
proved by the counselors prior to
that date.
Schools hours
at the high
school for the new school year
will be from 8:40 a m. to 12:20
p.m and from l to 3:40 p.m.
Textbooks will be furnished to
students on a rental basis
through the high school book­
store Texts and related m a­
terials will be distributed to stu­
dents during the first regular
meetings of the classes.
HA R R Y F R A N K L IN , a Mist area resident, believes you can
fight city hall as he prepares to sue Columbia County following
the county’s suit which contended that Franklin was In viola­
tion of the bul!di»g and sanitation codes.
Mist-Area Resident Believes
"Go Fight Q ty Hall"
Harry Franklin, a resident of
the Mist area, believes that
building and sanitation codes are
an infringemenmt of personal
rights and unconstitutional and,
he intends to try and prove it ty
sueing Columbia County.
Franklin - who has a permit
for a septic tank, began building
a house several weeks ago on
land he purchased two years ago
- was sued by Columbia County
following a “stop work” order,
for a violation of the building and
sanitation codes.
Although Franklin agrees that
there should be regulations deal­
ing with buildings which are
open to the public, such as stores
and civic buildings, he says, “I
don’t think it should m atter to
any county or state government
Final Jamboree Meet
Held Wednesday Eve.
The windup meeting of the ’73
Jamboree was held last Wed­
nesday, August 8, at the JC hall.
The group was small - with only
thirteen being there, but en­
thusiastic.
Officers were elected for next
year’s jamboree with Dick
Sterns, chairman; Gerald Rus­
sell, vice-chairman; Henry Ad-
deregg. parade ch airm an:
Louise Hamnett, secretary; Pat
Goodman, treasurer; and Alice
Menary will be in charge of the
court again in 1974.
Many good ideas were brought
out. The logging show will be
back again along with the car­
nival. Many favorable com­
ments were made on the Water
Olympics and the marathon
race
Any ideas and suggestions will
be welcome by the group along
with any help offered.
what an individual does as far as
building a private home on his
own property.”
Franklin admits he has now
filed an application for a build­
ing permit as he hopes to finish
his home before winter sets in
but he is violently opposed to
having to follow these proced­
ures and thinks there are prob­
ably many people in the Col­
umbia County area who feel the
same about the matter.
As Franklin carries on his
b attle against bureaucratic
takeover of rights of individuals
he hopes others will join him in
the fight by backing him fi­
nancially.
Franklin, a veteran of WW II,
said, “if I win my suit, I plan to
go on to other counties; if I lose,
I ’ll carry my case to the highest
court in the land but I can’t do it
if people don’t back me up.”
If Franklin should win, he
plans to file suit against the
county to reimburse the people
who have purchased building
permits in the past; and, he
wants damages paid to these
individuals.
“ It will cost me 3500 because I
started building without a per­
m it,” Franklin said, “but I plan
to try and get my money back
and the money for other people
who have been harrassed by
county building officials as I
have.”
Franklin maintains that what
a person owns is of no concern to
anyone else; least of all go­
vernmental agencies adding, “I
hope people here will back me in
this fight because it ’s not just
mine alone but a battle for
everyone who wants to build on
his own personal property.”
He may be contacted by
writing to: General Delivery,
Vernonia 97064.
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