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2 THURSDAY,
JAN.
10,
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1974
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SEL-MOR, INC.,
B. RHOADES.
MELVIN SCHWAB,
OFFICIAL NFWSI’APER
Vcraeato. Oregon
Entered as second class mail
matter August 4, 1932, under the
act of March 3, 1879.
Published weekly on Thursday
at 721 Madison Ave., Vernonia,
Columbia County, Oregon 97004
and paid at the Vernonia Post
Office as second class matter
$3 00 Per Year — In the Nehalem
Valley
04 00 Per Year Elsewhere
OFFICE HOURS
Moo.. Tues., Wed., F ri.—8 a.m.
to 6 pan.
Thurs A Sat.—« a.m. to 12 noon
Phone 429-3372
Oregon
Newspaper
Publishers
Association
Toppers Take
Scappoose In
Second Half
Vernonia’s eighth grade bas­
ketball team defeated Scappoose
48-32 to up their season record to
3-0 The seventh grade also won
59-43 for 2-1 record so far this
season
In the eighth grade game, the
Toppers had slight leads of
two-four points during the first
quarter Scappoose came back
in the second quarter to go ahead
by one at half-time.
Vernonia came out in the
second half and out-hustled
Scappoose, taking away the
Warriors half-time lead The
Toppers outscored Scappoose
32-16 in the second half. Royce
Sturdevant led the scoring with
18 points Others scoring: Gay-
len Weigand-10. Ray Roady 4B.
Dave Holm-8. Troy Dunaway-4.
Rebound leaders were Weig-
and-12 and Sturdevant-10. David
Hoim. led in assists with 9.
Earlier season scores were:
8th-Vernonia. 43-Rainier. 28
7th-Vernonia. 28-Rainier,27
8th-Vernonia. 35-Clatskanie. 21
7th-Vernonia. 31-Clatskanie. 47
Seasonal Scoring - 8th
David Holm - 35
Royce Sturdevant - 28
Gaylen Weigand - 26
Troy Dunaway - 13
Ray Roady - 13
Doug Bates - 2
Earl Shetter - 2
JO Y
THEATER
F ri.. Sal.
Jan. 11-12
OKLAHOMA
CRUDE
Geo. Scott
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Mr and Mrs. Wilbur Thacker
spent Christmas week at the
home of their daugher and
fam ily. Mr and mrs Selwyn
Graves of Crow. Mr and mrs
Oliver Graves, who also lives at
Crow spent Christmas eve and
day at their son's home
Recent visitors at the Wilbur
Thacker home were Mr and
Mrs Harold Alsleben and broth
er Ted of Ridgefield. Washing
ton The Alselhens formerly had
a sawmill on Beaver creek near
the Braun place
Nell Thacker spent the Christ­
mas week at the home of her
daughter and husband Mr and
Mrs Lawrence Schneider at
Clatskanie Others who spent
Christmas day there were Mr
and Mrs George Smith. Chris
Ron and Susie and Mr and Mrs
Fred Smith of Astoria Crystal
Varner of Seaside spent the week
after Christmas with her great­
grandmother Mrs Nell Thacker
Mr ami Mrs. Robert Andrews
were in Seattle Wednesday
through Friday He was in the
Veteran's hospital for a check-up
and possible hip surgery The
surgery was postponed for a
while
Ralph King entered the Forest
Grove Community hospital on
Tuesday for surgery and came
home on Monday. He is recover­
ing satisfactorily
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Nice
attended the funeral of his
grandmother. Mrs Annie Walk
er. 88. at Longview on Monday.
She was hospitalized on Christ­
mas day but passed away at
her home on Friday night.
Mrs. Emma Magoff entered
the Forest Grove hospital Dec­
ember 27 and came home on
Monday She is recovering nice­
ly but is not yet feeling too well,
after a setge with pneumonia
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Vinvard
and son Ricky, of San Jose. Calif
have been visiting at the home of
their son Russ Vinvard Russ
and his wife and son flew to
California then drove back with
his Darents stopping at Salem
where they visited Mr and Mrs
Craig Perkins and new daughter
Kristin Jean, before returning to
Vernonia
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carlton ol
Jacksonville. Florida, parents of
Clarence Shirley, were Vernonia
visitors over the Christmas holi­
days.
Rec Council
Meets Ian. 16
T h e Vernonia Recreation
Council (form erly Community
Education Advisory Council )
w ill meet Wednesday, Jan 16, to
study the fomation of a recrea­
tion "district, construction of a
community swimming pool and
development of a summer rec­
reation program.
All former council members
are automatically members of
the Recreation Council. All per­
sons interested in any way in
developing community recrea­
tional activities are invited to
participate, also.
The meeting is scheduled for 8
p.m at the West Oregon Electric
meeting room The meeting w ill
be automatically postponed if
severe weather should cause
hazardous driving conditions
j As of this week-end I w ill be closed on
J Monday and Tuesday due to the gas short-
£ age. Will be open Wednesday through Sa-
J turday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
KIMMEL'S APPAREL
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EM T CLASS m em ben get active practice at the
Goad Samaritan Hospital la Portland
they aadergo tea boon of work la the
geaey ream, pattlag toto uae all they
leaned through their twice-a-week claaaea
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The People
Speak. . .
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It is really great to live in
Vernonia where people so w ill­
ingly participate in activities
and give so freely of their time
and efforts.
A very special thanks to Santa
for taking his precious tim e to
visit our town on three different
days and listen to the hopes of
approximately 250 youngsters
And with no snow for his rein­
deer to bring him in town on his
sleigh the firemen and police
dept worked together to see he
got here What a great group
And a great thank you to Lloyd
Quinn for sparing space for
Santa so that everyone could be
indoors Music was also furnish­
ed by M r Quinn
A great group who did such
tremendous job was the 4-H
clubs of Vernonia under the
direction of their coordinator,
Faye Sword and the following
leaders: Tom Budge, Paul Car­
rol, assist for the Livestock
Club; John Black. Leather-craft
club: Peggy Pitts, Horseclub,
Pam Branch, A rt Haight, assist,
Outdoorsman Club; Henry T u r­
ner Small Engines club: Violet
Reck and Helen Hall for their
two sewing and Cooking classes
It is the young people like our 4-H
clubs that w ill help to keep the
nation the way we want it to be
I wish also to express many
thanks to Bob Rhoades and
Tommy Bruce for all the p ictu r­
es The parents were very
pleased with them Others help
mg were the Vernonia Police
Cadets and Pat Goodman Thank
you all for making the Holiday
Season so much brighter
Louise Hamnett
On behalf of the 280 members
of Columbia County Chapter 499,
American Association of Retired
Persons, 1 express our thanks for
your fine cooperation during
1973 Handling of the news of our
meetings and varied activities
has been excellent and very
much appreciated.
With the cooperation of the
Spotlight and other newspapers
our chapter has gained some 70
new members during the year,
representing every community
in the county.
In addition to two regularly
scheduled meetings each month,
our members participated in a
Hiking and
Outing
Group,
camera club, telephone chain in
the St Helens area for the
protection of those living alone, a
bowling club, and frequent one
day bus tours to points of interest
in Oregon and Washington Reg
ular meetings are held in Shrine
Hall, St Helens, on the first
Thursday and third Tuesday of
each month
Just for the record, our mem­
bership is open to anyone 55 or
older, retired or not. National
and local dues are $3 a year.
Despite apparent shortages,
may 1974 bring you and your
staff more of everything good,
including health and prosperity.
Ray H Wolfe, publicity
Columbia County Chapter
499, AARP
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Dear Nehalem Valley Resident
As you know, the City of
Vernonia Ambulance, serves the
Nehalem Valley The Ambul
ance is supported by the City and
run by the Vernonia Police with
volunteer help.
The city used its 1973 revenue
sharing funds to purchase a
second ambulance, a f u l l y
equipped trauma (m ajor inju ry)
unit The volunteer drivers and
attendants composed of citizens,
firemen and policemen w ill
complete the State of Oregon
intensive 81 hour Emergency
Medical Technician class in
January Already three are in ­
structors in cardiopulmonary
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a tong day but an »lightning one aa they
alongside oí doctora and n in e s . Claea
Jack Cunningham ia shown as he
stint la the emergency
resuscitation Our ambulance
service is one of the best in the
state
Recently we learned ot a
machine used in saving lives
during cardiac arrest;
this
machine, a defibrillator and
cardioscope. cost about (3,855 It
can be installed in our ambul­
ance (it is also portable for use
outside the ambulance) and used
to save lives
With out outside help or Fed
eral Funds WE can purchase
this machine if every man,
woman and child w ill contribute
one dollar ($1 00) to the Vernonia
Ambulance D efibrillator Fund
If you wish to be a part of this
local effort clip and mail the
coupon today THANK YOU
Sincerely,
Vernonia Ambulance Personnel
Auto Insurance
Not Violated
By Car Pooling
Kay McMillan. Adm inistrative
Assistant for Oregon’s Western
Insurance Information Service
would like to assure potential
commuters that “ car pooling" in
no way violates their automobile
insurance coverage according to
the companies listed below that
she recently surveyed:
Employers Insurance of Wau­
sau; Oregon Automobile I n s t­
ance; Safeco Insurance Com­
panies; The Western Insurance
Companies. Oregon Mutual In­
Dear Editor:
surance; Canadian Indemnity;
Today, January 7, 1974 at Chubb Pacific Indemnity; State
about 5:30 in the evening 1 was Farm Insurance. Allstate In ­
waiting my turn to get gas While surance; American States In­
1 waited an incident occured surance ; Farmers Insurance
which upset me a great deal
Group; Transamerican Insur
Two of Vernonia's policemen, ance Group; Firem an’s Fund
our Chief of Police, Jack Cun­ American; Unigard Insurance
ningham. and Officer Lee Akers, Industrial Indemnity;
left the Police Department in
This list is not inclusive and it
their patrol car with the lights is the desire of Lester Rawls,
flashing and parked near the Oregon Insurance Commission­
Union Oil Gas Station They er, that all Oregon companies
proceeded to leave their vehicle not interpret the “ automobile for
and to issue citations to persons h ire " exclusion as applying to
waiting in line to get gas who “ car pooling"
were parked on the wrong side of
Speakers can be provided to
the street
groups by WIIS on "ca r pooling''
Two things upset me about this or any other insurance subject.
incident, but let me say at the
WIIS is a non-profit organization
outset, that I am not opposed to
that provides information to the
citations being issued to those
insurance consumer Free films
who break the law This is the
and pamphlets are also avail­
job of our police. I am, however,
able to the public Interested
concerned that Chief Cunning­ groups may contact:
Kay
ham was not in uniform while he
M cMillan, 67Ò0S W’ Varnes Rd.,
performed official duties Of Tigard, Oregon 97223.
more importance, though, is
my second concern 1 wonder
why the officers waited until the
situation had developed as much
as it had when they arrived One
of the functions of the police is to
prevent difficult situations such
as this from occurring A little
forethought and observation of
previous incidents during the
past few days would have
indicated that the announced
opening of a gas station would
bring about a long line of traffic.
The problem should have been
prevented rather than taken
advantage of as an opportunity
to issue citations
Respectfully,
Frank A Serfin, A Twenty-Five
Year Citizen of Vernonia
The last class (or the Emer
gcnc^Medical Technician class
w ill
held Thursday January
10, with a final test, which
whicl
completes the 81 hours of tra in ­
ing necessary to qualify for a
certificate.
The past two weeks the E M T ’s
have been receiving practical
experience December 27 the
meeting involved removing in­
jured persons from wrecked
vehicles It was conducted by
Steve Amala, fire rescue man
for Tuality Fire Department,
assisted by Pete Heineman, of
Metro West Ambulance
The group was broken into
teams of two with each team
given a situation to solve. It
included getting persons out of
locked cars, prying out rear
windows, und use of the porto-
power unit in rescues
Last weekend members of the
class, grouped in pairs, worked
in the emergency department of
the Good Samaritan Hospital in
Portland, as each member is
required 10 hours in hospital
work assisting doctors and nur
ses before qualifying
Friday. Jack Cunningham and
Tommy Bruce, took their turns.
Pat Goodman and Pat Mitchner
went Saturday night with Ray
and Betty Lamping doing their
ten hours on Sunday Three other
groups w ill work this weekend
Monday night class was dis
cussion on emergency situations
and how they should be handled
and discussion of final test on
Thursday.
Watermaster Visits
Clayton J. Gardner, State
Watermaster, is in Room 308.
Columbia County Courthouse,
from 10 a m until 3 p.m. to
answer any questions pertaining
to water rights His next visit
w ill be on January 16, 1974.
G! B ill enrollments in fiscal
year 1973 edged past 2.1 m illion
to the highest level in 22 years,
the Veterans Administration re
ported recently
1RS Offices
Open Longer
For Tnxpnye
Taxpayers who work or can'
get to the 1RS offices durin|
regular business hours cai
obtain help from the 1RS on thi
weekend or during the evening
hours from now until April 16
Ralph B Short, D istrict Directoi
of Internal Revenue in Oregor
said recently.
Free income tax informatior
and tax forms for
Oregon
taxpayers are no further away
than the nearest telephone
explained Short The 1RS, hi
said, w ill answer questions und
mail tax forms by telephone
from 8 a m until 7:45 p m each]
weekday and from 9 a m to 1
p.m. on Saturdays
This toll-free telephone num
her is available by looking for
Internal Revenue Service under
the heading U S Government in
the white pages of all local
Oregon telephone directories
This number is:
Eugene
342-8205; Medford. 779-3375; Sa
lem, 581-8720. Portland, 221-3960
All other locations in Oregon
1-800-452 1980
1RS employees w ill also be on
duty until 7:45 p.m on weekday
evenings und from 9 a.m. to 1
p.m on Saturdays throughout
the filing period ut the Portland
office to ussist taxpayers with
their federal tax returns The
Portland office is located in the
Multnomah Building at 319 S W
Pine.
Short explained that many
self-employed individuals and
retirees complete their tax re­
turns in January We are also
open to provide W-2 forms to
employers
Use Want Ads And Save
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nehalem
valley
MOTOR FREIG
HEIGHT,
H T, INC
INC.
Use Want Ads and Save
Phone 429 346^
Facts about Colds
From Your Pharmacist
Although there is as yet no known “ cure for
the common cold/there are precautions you
can take to help prevent catching it. Since
temperature changes may affect your sus­
ceptibility to colds, be sure to
avoid drafts and chills and to
wear appropriate clothing for
indoor and outdoor
Fish Buyers
Get Warning
The Fish Commission of Ore­
gon announced it has sent
notices to all Oregon fish buyers
pointing out it is illegal to
purchase steelhead in Oregon
except for the Columbia River
exemption provided by law.
Oregon law recognizes steelhead
as a game fish and as such they
can be sold commercially only
when caught in the Columbia
River and during the open
Columbia River
commercial
fishing seasons
Since the commercial salmon
fishing season has been closed
since November 2, it is clearly
illegal for restaurants or whole
salers to purchase or sell fresh
steelhead at this time. This
would include any steelhead
caught by Indians or non-Indians
within the state of Washington
and transported to Oregon for
sale
The state police have been
requested to arrest any whole­
saler or retailer if he deals in
steelhead taken from anv source
other than the Columbia River
during an open commercial fish­
ing season
" IF YO U ’V E got the boat, I ’ve
got the paddle,” says F la Newton
as she heads for the 1174 Portland
Beat. T railer and Sport Show la
Memorial Coitseom Jam 1M 4 .
The Portland g irl, a
ploye, enjoys water
temperatures.
VERNONIA DRUG
BUY YOUR DOG
LICENSE NOW
In accordance to Chapter 609 ORS, all
dogs which have a set of permanent ca­
nine teeth (approximately 5 months old)
must wear a collar with license at all
times. This provision of the law will be
enforced.
$5.00 PENALTY
In Effect After March 1.1974
THERE WILL BE A COMPLETE CHECK OF THE
COUNTY AREA FOR UNLICENSED DOGS.
APPLICATION FOR DOG UCENSE
LICENSE FEES — CHECK FOR CLASSIFICATION
Wild bobcats sharpen their
claws by scratching on tree
trunks in much the same manner
as domestic cats pull on a rug
□ MALE—$4.00 Q SPAYED FEMALE—$4.00
□ FEMALE—$5.00
Name of Breed of Dog.________________________________
VERNONIA AMBULANCE FUND
*11 Bridge Street, Vernonia, Oregea 97944
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