L ib r a r y
d i v e r s i t y o f O regon
b u g o tjft, O regon r
Vernonia Loggers A xe
Gaston Greyhounds 32-0
Oernon i a E agle
VOLUME 51, NUM BER
The Vernonia loggers easily
outscored the undermanned
Gaston team in a 32 to 0 football
win on the home field last Friday
night Five different players
scored as the Loggers went
uncontested in the win
Running hacks Steve Johnston
and Dick Brunsman both scored
on power sweeps from long
^stances early in the first
quarter and Mike Johnston
added one extra point by way of
the kick Junior split end Clint
Hulsey took a long pass to set up
the third touchdown and then
took a 12 yarder for the score as
Vernonia took a 19 to 0 lead at the
first quarter mark In the first
quarter Gaston, who brought
only lt> players for the fray, were
unable to move the hall on the
Logger defense According to the
unofficial statistics the Gaston
crew did not move into the
Vernonia half of the field all
night long
At the start of the second
quarter coach Melvin Nice in ­
serted the reserves who were
able to move the ball on the
Greyhounds but were unable to
push across a score while on
Closed Fire
Season Ends
The 1973 closed fire season w ill
end October lit. I973at 12:01 a.m
A burning permit from the
Forester shall be required for all
burning on forest land during
any time of the year in Columbia
County Burning permits w ill be
issued by the State Forestry
Department in compliance with
Air Quality regulations in all
areas outside of the incorporated
city lim its of any town except in
the St. Helens Rural Fire Pro
tection D istrict south of the
Reichhold Chemical Plant at
Deei Island and in the Scappoose
Rural Fire Protection D istrict
east of the Burlington Northern
Railroad track Burning permits
for these areas can be obtained
from the rural fire stations
The State Forestry Depart
merit office at Deer Island w ill
tie open from 8 a m until 5 p.m
Monday through Friday Per­
mits for weekend burning w ill
have to be obtained before 5 p.m
Friday
Logging operators w ill no Ion
ger Is- required to provide
watchman service or fire fig h t­
ing equipment on their opera
tions
offense but kept the Hounds in they moved for several first
check and in a hole with their downs but could not get any kind
defensive play Good running by of consistent play to be able to
sophomore Ed Buckner account put on a sustained drive. Like
ed for most of the young Loggers wise the loggers almost seemed
o f f e n s i v e thrust. It was disinterested as they walked
just desserts as Buckner got the through the motions of finishing
second quarter score on a pass the game
The fourth quarter brought the
interception and a return of
some 25 yards The sophomore final score as substitute quar­
running back showed good de­ terback Ellson tossed a short
sire and some real strength as he pass to Gordy Crowston who was
carried several players on his at the end position at the time.
Then Foreign Exchange student
back a number of different
times After the interception and Jaime Reynoso got his first
points of the season as his point
return for the TD the extra point
after touchdown soccor-style
try was missed and the half time
kick hit the upright and fell
score stood at 25 to 0
The reserves probably would through into the end zone for the
have seen more action but they final point. The final score stood
were lim ited to the amount of at Vernonia 32 and Gaston 0.
Vernonia is idle this week and
playing time they could get in as
then w ill travel to Warrenton for
the state rules that anyone
a tough league encounter With
player may play only five quar
such a weak game this past week
ters in any given week and the
and then a weeks rest before the
Jayvees had played a full game
tough game one has to wonder if
earlier in the week
the Loggers w ill lose some of
The second half saw the Log
gers come back and move some their tim ing and momentum
they have seemed to build up in
l>eoplc around to new positions
and more or less play with the the past couple of weeks Oc­
Gaston team The Gaston team tober 19 should provide the
seemed to catch a little fire as answer to that question.
Immunization Clinic Set
For Thursday, October 11
There w ill be an immunization
clinic held at West Oregon
Electric Thursday, October 11
from 9:30 to 11::«) a m for
children and preschoolers.
Edward Forbes, principal of
Washington Grade School, notes
that children from 5 through 14
years of age, entering private or
public schools in Oregon for the
first time this fall must have
im m u nizatio n against polio,
measles, ruliella. diphtheria,
whooping cough and tetanus,
under provisions of a law passed
by the 1973 legislature.
The new law requires parents
to submit to school authorities
proof that their children are
immunized against the specified
diseases or that they w ill a r­
range for needed immunizations
within 3» days following school
entry
Only medical or religious rca
sons w ill exempt children from
provisions of the law and school
adm inistrators w ill be required
to deny admittance to children
who do not comply.
However, Forbes states that
children who entered kinder­
garten last year and are now
entering first grade for the first
time are not required to meet the
immunization law as they are
considered to have met require­
ments by previous attendance
and are therefore exempt from
the program.
Although these children do not
have to comply with the law,
parents are urged to have their
children immunized against the
specified diseases since, accord­
ing to the State Health Division
and the Oregon
M edical
Association, the law is designed
to curb the spread of vaccine-
preventable diseases in the close
confines of the classroom where
most epidemics originate
41_____________________ VERNONIA. OREGON »7064 — 10c P er Copy_______________THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1973
VHS Varsity
Cross Country
Takes Trophy
The VHS cross-country squad
journeyed to the Catlin Gable
Relays and competed against 10
schools and 12 teams
The Vernonia five in the A
team did an excellent job by
taking the first place trophy with
the winning time of 40 minutes
and 43 seconds The individuals
in the A team were, in running
order, Chris Collins, Jeff Curl,
Lane Daughtery, Kelly Smith,
and Pat Curl, the last man,
which had the glory of coming
across the finish line 42 seconds
ahead of Western Mennonite who
placed second.
Vernonia B team came in sixth
after a running error made by
one of the runners who were,
George O'Neil, Dale Webb,
Stuart Munro, Brad Garner, Rob
Hanson
The cross-country team tra ­
veled to the North Marion In v i­
tational, Wednesday, times and
results were not available at
press time.
District Tax
Levy Is Down
School D istrict 47J local tax
rate w ill drop $5.07 this year
from $9.51 per thousand true
cash value to $4.44 per TCV.
Superintendent Darrold Proehl
gave the following breakdown of
the local levy and offsets
Levy outside
6 percent
$567,997.00
LESS
Columbia County
IE D Equalization
280,263.08
Forest Yield Tax
72,639.06
W.O. Add
Tim ber Tax
3,897.26
W.O. Opt
A dj.T ax
641.45
Basic School Offset
79,116.09
Total Offsets
436,556.04
Net Levy
‘
$131,440 06
The Columbia County IED
levy w ill be $5 69 dov 67 cents
from last years figure of $6 36.
The combined school levy
(local and IE D ) w ill be $10.13
down $5.74 from last year.
School Board Meets
The Board of Directors of
School D istrict 47J w ill meet
Thursday, October 11, at 8 p m.
in the district office. Items on the
agenda for the meeting include
meeting with committees from
the Vernonia Education Asso­
ciation on negotiations and sight
conservation, formal approval of
state textbook adoptions, and
reports on current building pro­
jects.
Aaron Jones Slated At
West Oregon Co-op Meet
Aaron Jones, editor of the
ruralite magazine, w ill be the
speaker at the annual meeting of
members of the West Oregon
E le c tric C ooperative, In c.,
which w ill be held Saturday,
October 13.
Slated for the meet are elec­
tion of three directors, for dis­
tricts 1, 4, and 6 Nominated for
D istrict No 1, Elsie, Jewell and
Hamlet, is Don Meier; D istrict
No 4, Vernonia, Sam Hearing
J r.; and D istrict No 6, North
Washington County and Buxton,
I^arry Kelly Other nominations
for the offices may be made
from the floor at the meeting
Following the nominations and
any other pertinent business,
Jones w ill speak on the topic
“Co-ops - The Job They Are
Doing Today.”
Jones has been with the Ru­
ralite magazine for the past five
years and travels a five-state
U.S. Navy Celebrates
198th Birthday Sat.
This Saturday marks the 198th
birthday of the U.S. Navy as on
October 13, 1775 the Continental
Congress ordered the first out­
fittin g of naval ships for the
Continental Navy.
Events leading to this firs t
form al organization of the Navy
had included numerous “ p ri­
vateers,” specializing in cap­
turing British supply ships, and
a small armada of converted
schooners organized by George
W ashington
and
called
“ Washington’s Fleet.”
This early American Navy
never constituted more than a
handful of ships but it succeeded
in preventing isolation of Am eri­
can ports by British blockade,
and significantly damaged B ri­
tish shipping plus carried es­
sential supplies to American
shores.
A lot of growth and changes
have occured since that first
organization of American Naval
power The first submarine
joined the Navy in 1900 and in
1911 the first a ircraft was pur
chased In 1955 the Nuclear Navy
was ushered in with the com­
missioning of the nuclear sub­
marine. the USS Nautilus
U.S. Naval ships and stations
worldwide w ill celebrate this
year’s Naval birthday by honor­
ing the Navy ‘fa m ily ’ ; active
duty personnel, dependents,
reservists, civilians and re­
tirees.
The local recruiting represen­
tative for the U.S. Navy is Senior
Chief Bob Valentine, who resides
at 215 Sunset Blvd . in St. Helens
7 3 Assessed Valuation
Shows Tax Increase
Columbia County Assessor.
Frank LeMont, reports the 1973
assessed valuation of all taxable
property in Columbia County to
be $427,416,525, which represents
an increase of approximately 33
percent over the 1972 assessed
valuation The following table
COLUMBIA COUNTY receives recognition from
Standard Oil Company at Community Pride
Conference, Sunriver, for outstanding accom­
plishment in Community Pride projects. From
left to right: Gary Fleck, landa Nolan, R. E .
COLUMBIA COUNTY 4-H Members put forth
that extra effort R takes to win the 4-H Beef
llerdsnuiiiship trophy at the Oregon Stale Fair.
(Bob) Clarke, Standard Oil
Cupples, Randy Johnson.
Company,
Locally Assessed
Public U tility Property
TOTAL ALL PROPERTY
Jerrie
1972 73
$269,368,703
$52,326,620
$321,695,323
Increase
$27,081,723
$78,639,478
$105,721,202
Percent
of Increase
10
150
33
The increase of valuation of
locally assessed property is the
result of new construction and
reappraisal of existing property
The increase in valuation of
Public U tility property is p ri­
m arily due to construction in
progress at Portland General
Electric Company's. Trojan Nu­
clear Power Plant near Pre­
scott, Oregon
Total taxes levied for the
current year, exclusive of pe
nalties and special assessments
such as drainage assessments
and State Forest Patrol, am ­
ounted to $7,883,942, an increase
of $788,969. or 11 percent more
than last year
The following is a summary of
the combined tax rates of the
several c itie s of Colum bia
County and the area im m e­
diately outside the city lim its,
with comparable tax rates for
1972-73.
1973-74
$296,450,426
$130,966,099
$427,416,525
From left to right Gary Fleck, Pam G W . Terri
Harms. Sandy Young, M ary Gift. Bill DuPuis
was not present for picture.
shows the valuation of locally
assessed property, also the valu­
ation of Public U tility property
which is assessed by the State
Department of Revenue, for the
tax years of 1972 and 1973
including increases stated in
dollars as well as percentages
Combined tax rates
per $1000 assessed valuation
1973-74
Scappoose - Inside City
27 12
Scappoose Outside City
21.15
St. Helens - Inside City
23.23
St. Helens Outside City
19.03
19 69
Columbia City
15.55
Prescott
Rainier Inside City
21.65
Rainier Outside City
14 68
Clatskanie Inside City
24 28
Clatskanie - Outside City
20.54
Vernonia - Inside City
21.67
Vernonia - Outside City
13 54
1972 73
30 04
24 58
25.32
20.77
2137
18 79
23.55
17.60
27.14
22 00
28 80
19 78
area searching for features and
to work on co-op management.
In his talk, he plans to give his
views regarding West Oregon
A A RO N JO N ES
New Postal
Money Order
System Slated
Electric Co-Op. including com­
ments about its management,
directors and the members,
explaining how West Oregon
rates next to the nearly 1,090
other rural electric co-ops na­
tionwide
Although there w ill be no cake
baking contest this year due to
the inability to find a qualified
judge for the event, there w ill be
the same fine free lunch which
w ill include half a barbequed
chicken with all the trim m ings
Prizes purchased for the contest
w ill be awarded as door prizes
during the meeting.
Members are urged to attend
this meeting of their rural
electric co-op. Registration is at
9 a m. with the business meeting
to start promptly at 10 a.m. The
ballot box w ill be open from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m. for the con­
venience of members.
Goodwill Due
November 21
Mrs. Cora Lange, local re­
presentative of Goodwill Indus­
tries has announced that the
Goodwill truck w ill be in the
Vernonia area Wednesday, No­
vember 21, unless otherwise
notified.
The Goodwill Industries pro­
vide work for the handicapped
A new postal money order
and training so they can be self-
system that w ill provide added
supporting. By giving repairable
safety and savings to both the
goods to Goodwill Industries
customer and the U.S. Postal
residents can help in the project
Service w ill be introduced in
but, according to Goodwill In ­
Scappoose on October 13, Post­
dustries, there has been an in­
master Thomas Tomlin an­
creasing amount of certain
nounced.
goods that must be either burned
Buyers of the new money
or dumped, both of which rep­
order w ill pay one fee for money
resent a cost that cuts into the
orders valued from $50 01 to number of handicapped persons
$300, the new lim it on amounts
that can be helped.
per order. Fees for the lesser
Therefore Goodwill is asking
amounts w ill remain the same.
the public to dispose of the fo l­
Under the old system, a $300
lowing items, regardless of con­
money order would involve three
dition in some other way than by
40-cent fees for a total of $1.20.
giving them to Goodwill.
The new system w ill provide a
1. Water heaters
2 /3 fee reduction to 40 cents
2. Newspapers
“ For exam ple," Tomlin said,
3. Venetian blinds - either
“ the buyer of a $130 money order wood or metal
under the existing system pays a
4. Used lumber
40-cent fee for the firs t $100 and
5. Law books
another 35-cent fee for the
6 Large lots of textbooks (a
additional $30. The same money
few mixed with other books can
order, under the new program,
be used but not large lots from
w ill cost only 40 cents. The new
schools, etc.)
system, soon to be phased in
Other items that usually cost
throughout the nation, is another
more for hauling and handling
example of an improved postal
than they bring, which Goodwill
product, not only at no additional
would rather not receive are:
cost to our customers, but often
1. Badly damaged overstuffed
at less cost.”
There is also another benefit. furniture
2. Radio and T V ’s - broken
The system for handling the new
cabinets, stripped tubes, etc.
money orders at the Postal Data
Center is St. Louis - the most Costly to repair.
3. M ajor electric appliances -
advanced paper forms proces­
sing system of its type in the stripped of motors, rusted or
world - is more efficient than the broken (refrigerators, washing
old manual system. “ As a result machines, dryers, etc.)
Patrons are reminded that
of greater efficiency, we expect
shopping
Goodwill provides for
to save about $1.6 m illion a year
when the new money order the wages and operational costs
and pays for the rehabilitation
becomes available nationwide,”
program .
said Dexter
Lighting For
Christmas Out
The Chamber directors fo r­
mulated plans for the Christmas
season at their meeting this
week Although no lighting con­
test w ill be held nor Christmas
lights on Bridge Street turned
on, Christinas decorations w ill
be put up
There w ill also be a Santa
Claus for the younger set. lziuise
Hamnet w ill be in charge of that
event. Greg Port was appointed
to head the decorating crew
President Tomlin appointed
the nominating of Greg Port,
M axine H erber and Helen
Hewitt Terms of four directors
expire at the close of the year
According to the chamber's
By laws there should be at least
two nominees for each position
Election w ill lake place in
November by ballots mailed to
all chamber members
Center Now At
New Location
Group Hears
Wm. Hollis On
EMT Service
Firemen, policemen, ambu­
lance personnel and just c iti­
zens were among the 21 persons
attending the first EMT meet­
ing
Guest speaker was W illiam
Hollis who introduced the Em er­
gency Medical Technician ser
vice in Oregon.
Hollis spoke on the legal
aspects of emergency care and
House Bill 2257 which as of July
1, 1974, requires an EM T—l i ­
censed in the state of Oregon—to
be in any ambulance operated by
any govermental unit It also
defines rules concerning de
vices, equipment, and mainten
ance of ambulances.
He also explained Senate Bill
No. 350 which provides im ­
munity of trainee EMT per­
sonnel from c iv il liability.
Classes w ill continue each
Monday and Thursday, 7 to 10
p m in Room 1 at the Vernonia
High School for the next three
months.
The only cost is $4 95 for a text
Ixxik entitled "Emergency Care
and Transportation of the Sick
and Injured
Classes are taught by D r T M
Hobart.
The Columbia A ctivity Center
reopened the doors last week at a
new location, 125 S. 6th, St
Helens, a fte r a five-w eek
closure The October opening
began a week of hard work for
the ten trainees currently en­
rolled.
New Mini-Course
People spent many hours in
p revocational tra in in g using
materials graciously supplied by
W illia m A Benson General Ma
nager Scappoose Industries
A mini-course in Sewing Men's
or la d ie s' Sport Coats begins
tonight, Thursday, October 11, at
the high school.