Demon I a Eagle
2 THURSDAY. AUGUST 23 1973
SKL-MOR, INC.. Publisher»
B. RHOADES. Editor
MELVIN SCHWAB. Compositor
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
Yemo«io. Oregon
Entered as second class mail
m atter August 4. 1922 under the
act of March 3. 1879.
Published weekly on Thursday
at 721 Madison Ave., Vernonia.
Columbia County, Oregon 97064
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tending Portland S tate U niver
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acquaint them with services,
policies and requirem ents of the
U niversity.
Two se p arate and inform al
sessions a re scheduled for Au
gust 22and 30 a t 7:30 p.m in the
cafeteria of the Science 11
Building (Room 1391 located on
the corner of SW M ontgomery
and 10th Streets.
F re e on-cam pus parking will
be provided
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PSU and w hat experiences new
students can expect to encoun
te r when entering a collegiate
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D ear P aren ts:
Don't panic, but we in the
Vernonia schools a re in a crisis
situation
Washington G rade
School is without a heating
system The reason - Cleaver-
Brooks M anufacturing Company
in Lebannon. Pennsylvania, the
m anufacturer of the boiler, went
on strike and the new boiler has
not been com pleted or shipped
As of this date the strik e has not
been settled and we a re facing a
five to six week tim e interval for
com pletion; shipping and in stal
lation afte r the strik e is settled
Moran Oil Com pany, the in
staller. had rem oved the old
boiler to p rep are the site for the
new one before word of the strike
w as received
What do we do? We have
school of co u rse' How’ By
double shifting the high school
building
Basically the plan is to double
shift the high school building,
having the high school classes
from 7:40 a.m . to 12 30 p.m and
the elem entary classes from
12:50 p.m . to 4:50 p.m The high
school. W ashington and Lincoln
students will o p erate on this
basis. If bus schedules can be
worked out Mist will o p erate on a
norm al schedule.
The principals a re working out
the details of scheduling, room
assignm ents, etc. this week and
we will have a plan of operation
ready next week to present to
you. The plan will include bus
schedules, room assignm ents,
class schedules, and other d e
tails. P lease read the local
paper, for details next Thursday
We hope to have these details
worked out early next week and
then we will be p rep ared to
answ er your questions The d is
trict office, 429-5891. and the
offices at the high school,
429-3521. and Washington School.
429-7941, will be open and will to
the best of our ability endeavor
to answ er your questions
I am su re that we a re all going
to be inconvenienced, upset, etc.,
for the next few weeks How
ever. it can also be a grand
experience in m utual cooper
ation. tru st and im provisation
We can m eet the task and we can
and m ust provide a learning
situation for your students d u r
ing the next few weeks as well as
the balance of the school year
Thanking you in advance for
your utm ost cooperation
HARRY CULBERTSON
Services Read
For Culbertson
1-ewis l^iruinore. E lm ira; Leroy
H e rsh e y , B u x to n . V irg in ia
E w art. Ashland; Mr and Mrs
Bud Fluke. M ilwaukie. Mr and
Mrs W T Jacobs. C latskanie;
Mr and Mrs C harles R ichard
son. T igurd. Mr and Mrs Bill
Borton, Lincoln City; Cleo Frey.
Mt
A n g el; P eg H a tfie ld ,
M 'banon. Joe Roberson. Toledo;
Sonny Schalock, McMinnville;
Mr and M rs H arvey Beaver.
M vrtle Point; Mr and Mrs
Noah T reharne, Luronne. Rock
aw ay.
Up from California w ere Mr
a n d M rs
D o n ald W ilson,
Downey, and A rlene H erm an,
San Jose
Those attending from Wash
ington S tate w ere Flo Midden-
day, from B ellingham ; Mr and
M rs
V ernon T a y lo r, P o rt
Angeles; Mr and Mrs Frank
Zilsnack. V eder; Kelly Clev
enger. V eder; Mr and Mrs
LeRoy M ulm sten. Fork*; Hazel
G riffin . V a n c o u v e r; L u cille
Lund. V ancouver; and Art.
M attie, and Anna Hixson, from
Longview
All the way from Nevada were
Mr. and Mrs. T reh arn e. Haw
thorne; as well as Rolanda T re
h arn e. Ross Mussen. M r. and
Mrs Shelly Benscoter, Mr and
Mrs M aaike R asm assen, and
Jennifer R asm ussen, all of Haw
thorne.
Mr and Mrs C harles An
d e rso n c a m e fro m Y u m a,
Arizona, and Mr and Mrs.
G eo rg e B id d le c a m e from
Bouse. Arizona
North Carolina visitors were
Mr and Mrs Bill Boeck, from
Hendersonville.
H arry Culbertson. 75 years old
retired blacksm ith and a r e
sident of the Vernonia area since
1925. died at the F orest Grove
com m unity hospital August 16
He had been hospitalized since
suffering a fall off his home roof
August 2.
Funeral services w ere held at
the Fuiten M ortuary Chapel.
Vernonia Tuesday August 21st at
1:30 p.m T h e ’ Rev Russell
Vinyard, pastor of the Vernonia
Christian Church conducted the
services with lodge rites under
the auspices of Vernonia Lodge
No. 184 AF and AM with in te r
ment following at the Vernonia
M emorial Cem etery.
Mr Culbertson was a native of
Altuna, Kansas and then moved
with his family to Oregon in 1900
when they settled at Baker He
received his education there and
then attended the University of
Oregon before serving in the
arm ed forces during World War
1 He m arried Isabel Crawford
at Kelso. Washington on Sep
tem ber 17.1921 and they lived at
LaG rande until moving to Ver
nonia in 1925
Mr Culbertson w as the village
blacksm ith at Vernonia from
1925 until he retired in 1965 He
w as very active in fraternal
affairs in the Vernonia area He
w as a m em ber and past m aster
of Vernonia Lodge No. 184 AF
and AM; a m em ber of the Order
of E astern S tar and the Royal
Arch M asons: and m em ber and
P ast Noble G rand of the V er
nonia IOOF Lodge and a m em
ber and past post com m ander of
the A m erican Legion Post No.
119 and was a P ast district
com m ander of the A merican
Legion A few y ears ago he led a
WILLIAM FILTER, former Vernonia resident and PCC co
drive to rebuild the A m erican
ordinator for this area, will be the new principal at the Watts-
Legion Hall.
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Warren schools. He presently lives in St. Helens.
Sincerely yours.
Surviving is his wife, Mrs
D arrell R. Proeh!
Isabel Culbertson. Vernonia;
three sons H arrv Culbertson J r
Belchertown, M ass.; Robert of
P ortland and Douglas, Holly
wood: two sisters, Liia F red er
Newly hired Scappoose War
1958. He then attended the
ick Rancho Cordova. California
ren Watts school principal Will
U niversity of W ashington, grad
Production was halted early and F aye C hristiansen. Haines,
iam ‘Bill', F ilte r brings con
uating in 1962 with a BA in
F riday a t the R ainier M anu Oregon; six grandchildren and
siderable background in the
Econom ics In his first post
facturing Company saw m ill in four g rea t grandchildren.
education field to the Scappoose
college position. F ilter taught in
Rainier as w orkers began a
Lodge rites at the services
School D istrict.
hastily setup picket line in front w ere conducted by Glenn Haw
Alaska from 1962-64 for the
The 33-year-old F ilte r, who
of the plant.
kins. with Ralph Sturdevant,
Division of S tate O perated
currently lives in St Helens
The strik e, called over a labor Sam Hearing. G eorge Johnson,
Schools,
in Chignik. Alaska
com es from the P o rtland Com
dispute, did not involve the union Louis Johnston, and Bill Hom
After one y ear out of the
m
unity
College
staff
w
here
he
contract according to Spokes and B ert B runsm an serving as
education field, when he worked
has been w orking out of St.
m an Ron Davis, recording sec pall b earers
as a store m an ag er for Sears, he
Helens
in
co-ordinating
co
m
reta ry of Local 2859. L um ber and
returned to E astern Washington
munity
education
program
s
in
Sawmill W orkers Union
College to work on his M asters in
We should be thankful the
St Helens. Scappoose and Ver
According to com pany offi governm ent told the bacon man
Education, and then hack to
nonia.
cials, the problem involved two ufactu rers to put a bigger pic
Alaska w here he w as on the staff
He was bom in E astern W ash
em ployees, and they said that a tu re window on the package
of the U niversity of A laska, as
ington. attended S eattle schools
federal m ediator had been dis Now we can stand at the m eat
audio-visual program director.
till Junior High, then moved to
cussing the m a tte r with both counter and take a good look at it
During this period, 1967-69, he
Y akim a w here he g raduated
union rep resen tativ es and the to see w hat bacon looks like.
also assisted in a training pro
from
Y
akim
a
High
School
in
com pany
g ram to place trained personnel
in ru ral villages in Alaska as
well as supervised teach ers in
F airb an k s for the U niversity of
Alaska
From Ju n e of 1969 til m id 1971
he worked with P ortland N orth
west Regional E ducational Li
b rary in developing new ed u
cational m aterials for schools. In
1971 he moved to Vernonia and
lived there for about a y ear
before he was accepted through
the Mott Foundation to com plete
his D octorate. He worked on his
D octorate at W ayne S tate Uni
versity in Michigan and at the
present tim e needs only the
dissertation to com plete his
D octors.
In the fall of 1972 he went to
work for PCC and w as em ployed
there until his hiring by the
Scappoose School D istrict.
In anticipation of his new
p o sitio n in th e S cap p o o se
Schools, F ilte r offered this ob
servation ; “ I would like to have
parents feel they a re welcome at
our Scappoose schools and we
certainly encourage p aren ts to
water levels has led to speculation that there get to know th eir ch ild ren s’
LACK OF rata and a «mall «nowpack have c a w
may be rationing of electrical power during the schools and becom e fam iliar
ed semi-drought condition« throughout Oregon—
winter months.
and even the Nehalem Valley isn’t immune a.i
with the educational job we are
this photo of the Nehalem River shows. Low
trying to do with their children ”
William Filter New Principal
Strike Halts Work
At Rainier Sawmill
S m o k ey Soys:
TREHARNE WATER ASSOC.
MEETING
:
trude Fitzgerald. Ann Kamheolz
and Mr and Mrs Henry Hunte
m an cam e from Forest Grove.
Oregon
From Coos Bay were Mr ant
Mrs Filbert Kelley, Florence
P ark er, and Winks P a rk e r Mr
and Mrs. H arry Wilson, Mr and
Mrs Kenneth T reh arn e, Ja ck
Tomlin, E T reharne, and Ben
Smith traveled from Seaside
Tillamook
Chet Anderson.
H arris Anderson. Mr and Mrs
A lb ert B lo u n t, an d V ern es
Blount; Stayton - Heidi Geh
len, Clava Reich; A storia -
F rancis H ershey; Eugene - Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Kelley, W
Charlesw orth G avena M ather,
Thelm a Roesve. Mr and Mrs
E d G reene; and from Roseburg,
John L aram ore. Mr an d Mrs
Walt Viberes. Clifford Carsnto,
and Clayton Aldrich
From Reedsport w ere Mr and
Mrs Shelby Cook and Zelma
Wall, Veneta Mamie G raves,
and Mr. and Mrs Carrol Wien
eeke; Salem
Mr and Mrs
D en y L aird. Jan et Bereful and
Mr and Mrs Carroll K easey,
Aloha - P atsy . Julie, Elton,
O'Conner, and Mr an d Mrs
Gene B arrell, Beaverton - Ja ck
Childs. Mrs Alice Wlllhite, Mr
and M rs Bill F ren ch , Linda
O'Conners, and Mike E a so n ; and
from Sweet Home w ere Mr and
Mrs Jack Christinson.
Up from Corvallis w ere Mr
and Mrs. Art Nanson. M rs M.L.
Savage, Mr and Mrs Ray Mills.
Mrs. Alberta Mills, and Curtis
Johns.
Those from other com m unities
in Oregon w ere: Mr and Mrs
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Weekend guests at the home of
the H arry Sandons were Mr and
Mrs Wayne Robertson of Med
ford, who w ere in town for the
Cam p Eight Reunion
Mr. and Mrs. Harvy Em m ons
just returned from a trip to
Nevada While there they visited
Carson City and Reno
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Vinson hud
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sited Mrs Mabel G raves Sunday
first and third Friday of every
afternoon
month.
Mrs. Vivian Counts nt F orest
G rove spent the weekend here,
spending Saturday night with
Mrs Mattel G raves and Sunday
night with Mr and Mrs A B
Killenberg
Charles lla sca ll attended the
funeral of his brother Virgil
Hascall Sr. at G resham on
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Portrey of
Maples Idaho spent the weekend
a t the home of his sister and
husband Mr and Mrs Norm an
Davis.
Orv Olson attended a special
sem inar for Tektronics in San
Diego from August 14 through
August 25 The sem inar covered
several technical aspects in
photo electric devices Olson is
S can C o n v e rte r P ro d u c tio n
M anager at Tek
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Teeling
of P ortland cam e Sunday for the
Wilbur T h ack er’s and all went to
Hillsboro and attended the
Buxton and Manning Old T im ers
picnic at Shute P ark
phune the E agle if you have a
new s item . 428-3372.
Traffic Volume Up
During Month of May
T raffic volume on most of
O regon's highways showed an
increase in vehicular traffic in
May, 1973, com pared to May of
1972. according to the monthly
report compiled by the Oregon
S tate Highway Division
A sum m ary of traffic recorder
data for rural and urban sta te
highw ays showed an increase of
6.8 percent in vehicular traffic in
May, 1973 com pared to May
1972
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Mrs. Ida M ever, Washington,
has been visiting her son, M ar
vin, the past week She spent
Saturday with Mrs Zola C hris
tenson .
On the spur of the m om ent.
Ruth Cadw allader, E agle em
ploye, drove to .Seattle to pick up
4 dozen quart fruit ja rs Korene
Lowen went along for the ride.
Mr. and Mrs Wilbur Thacker
returned from Anchorage, Al
aska Tuesday a fte r visiting their
daughter Mr and Mrs Royce
Newton and fam ily for five
weeks, also visited a friend Jack
Riley of P alm er, Alaska Him
and his folks w ere residents of
Vernonia som e y ears ago Had a
pleasant trip and did a lot of
traveling in their C am per dug a
lot of big razor clam s.
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A su rp rise p arty was given in
honor of Mr and Mrs Willard
H averland Sunday at the Church
of the L atter-day Saints re
eeption room The H averlands
left to m ake their home in New
Mexico Tuesday The party was
given by Mrs Willard (Jug)
H averland, th eir daughter-in-
law, and Mrs. Ben Goodman
Many friends cam e to say good
by and they w ere presented with
a going aw ay gift
as guests. Sunday last. Miss
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Maybelle F errin g of Knappa.
Hamnett drove to latke Oswego
also Mr and Mrs William Hunt to Mr H am n ett’s m other, Mrs
Sr. of Svenson, all enjoyed a
Bernice Koutson. They w ere met
cookout patio lunch
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