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VOLUME XIV $1.50 per year, Post Office Shows Big Gain during Year 1936 5c a copy. VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY. ORIEGON Farm Leaders, Bankers To Cooperate in Farm Inventory Week Committee Thanks Participants in Xmas Program —o--- Farm leaders and bankers in * ——o—— Columbia county will again co Rating of Second Class Is operate in observing the annual We the undersigned want to To Be Regained; Will Be national farm inventory week publicly thank the grade school which is scheduled for January faculty and their pupils for the Effective July 1 4 - 9j announces County Agent splendid entertainment given by --- o--- them Dec. 23. More business than ever be Geo. A. Nelson. This is the third year that Oregon has joined The play was called, “A Christ fore in the history of the Verno nia post office was transacted in the campaign to encourage the mas Dream,” and showed a little this Chritsmas, according to Post use of detailed farm inventories, girl who wanted to see Santa master Emil F. Messing. While either for their sake or as the Claus, but who fell asleep before the exact figures have not yet first step in a complete system of he arrived and dreamed »11 the toys came to life and paraded been complied, stamp sales from farm accounts. December 15 to Christmas eve | An annual farm inventory is before her doing their various easy to make and requires only -ances and singing songs, even totaled approximately $1000. Stamp Sales throughout the a small amount of time, points “Jack in the Box” was there. The scenery was beautiful and year will be in excess of $9,000. out County Agent Nelson. It is As a result the post office will a valuable farm record, even if gave evidence of many persons regain its rating of a second complete income expense accounts warking many hours, after their The class office, effective July 1. are not kept from month to regular work was done. This will mean a larger staff and month. January is generally con coaching of the players no doubt increased pay. The office lost sidered the best month of the took lots of work and time over its second class rating July 1, year for taking farm inventor and above the regular hours. It 1932, based on a falling off of ies, although a few farmers who | is this uselfish giving, that builds operate under special conditions cities, states and nations, and stamp sales in 1931. we want all who had even a Deposits in postal savings also prefer another month. show a big increase during the Bankers throughout the state small part to know that we as year, there being $83,617.00 on are enthusiastic over the efforts citizens and fellow townspeople deposit as of Tuesday, while on ty encourage the keeping of farm appreciated it, as was evidenced Dec. 29, 1935, there was $55,- inventories, as it simplifies credit by the large, enthusastic and 388.00. transactions and has been shown orderly crowd that attended. * by experience to be a factor in We need more of such things, A group of young people of the improving the economic condi in which we can all work toget Christian church, accompanied by tions on Oregon farms. her with our schools in making Rev. W. O. Livingstone, Mrs. R. A farm inventory is simply a Vernonia a more pleasant place A. Simmons and Mrs. Herman statement of what the farmer in which to live. Dickon sang Christmas carols to a owns on a certain date, County Through the efforts of the number of sick and; shut-ins Agent Nelson points out. It lists Oregon American Lumber Cor about town on Thursday evening I all property, livestock, equipment poration, Clark and Wilson, in last week. The singing was very and supplies at their full value. dustrial and Pumphrey hospitals, much appreciated by the families By also listing all debts and other St. Helens central labor council, visited. liabilities of the farm, the net American Legion and Auxiliary, The Woman’s Missionary soc worth can easily be obtained, and local union No. 2557 there was iety of the Christian church will this can be compared from year provided candy and fruit for meet at the home of Mrs. J. F. to year to show the progress of every child in the city, and sure Rose on Third avenue on Jan the business, just as is done with ly as long as we work like this uary 8 at 2 p. m. stores and other business estab together, we won’t ever be very far apart. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Simpson lishments. County Agent Nelson has on and children of Vancouver, B. C. Geo. Baker, Sec. No. 2557 Sam Hearing, Pres. C. of C. spent Christmas with Mrs. Simp hand a supply of Oregon farm Ben. S. Owens, Mayor son’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. inventory blanks, which are bound in booklet form and contain American Legion, E. S. Thomp Manthey. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Bryce enough for five years’ use. These son, Commander American Legion Aux., Pres. and daughters of Forest Grove are sold for 10 cents each, which spent Christmas with Mrs. Bryce’s makes the cost only 2 cents a Hazel Thompson parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. year, which is certainly not a high price to pay for the con T. B. SEAL SALES TO DATE Manthey. venience of having well-planned TOTAL $143.02 Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCabe forms for listing inventory items. and daughter, who have been Regular account books are also Sales of T. B. Seals to date visiting Mr. McCabe’s parents the available at his office. One put total $143.02, announces Mrs. past two weeks, have returned to out by the AAA is free, while a Enoch Dumas, who has charge of their home in Oakland. more complete one issued by the the local drive. The amount is Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Dumas extension service sells at 25 cents divided as follows: by mail, arrived home Monday from Port a copy. $116.80, downtown sale, $5.58; land the proud possessors of a grade school, $20.14; high school, ---------- •----------- six-weeks old baby boy. He is 50c. Rev. and Mrs. W. O. Living to be called John Charles Dumas. stone will hold “ Open House ” at Services for Sarah N. Rose, GRANGE COUNCIL TO MEET mother of J. F. Rose, were held the parsonage of the Christian WITH CHAPMAN GRANGE church on New Year ’ s day from in Portland Dec. 19. She died 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. The occasion in Salem Dec. 17. Election of officers for 1937 Wm. Hammack was in Port will be entirely- informal and all will feature the meeting of the members of the church and land Monday and Tuesday for Columbia County Grange Coun friends of the church and pastors medical treatment. cil with Chapman grange Sunday. are cordially invited. Mrs. Eva West and her bro Pot luck dinner will be served at ther, Otto B. Malmsten, return Judge D. B. Reasoner, who noon. ed Tuesday from a trip to Port is staying at his daughter’s in Hillsboro, was in Vernonia from land. Miss Zoe Miller left Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Thor Gronbeck Tuesday to Thursday looking af for Portland, where she has se spent Christmas day in Portland. ter his property interests here. cured steady employment. FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1937 Waterfront Situation Affects Prescott Mill --- U--- The Prescott plant of the Clark and Wilson Lumber com- any was in operation Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Christmas week. The day shift only was used. Roy C. Avrit, mill superinten- lent, stated, according to the Rainier Review, that if the mari time situation did not brighten it would be impossible to continue running the mill as there is no m-ans of moving lumber from he Prescott docks. Superintendent Avrit explained that the local plant does little shipping by rail since it does not have the advantage of favorable rates which apply to Portland "mills of fthe same company. Neither does the Clark and Wil son company have a sales organ ization in the east or middlewest to provide retail outlets. One or two mills at tidewater on the Columbia do have such outlets, enabling them to run while re stocking their retail yards. This explains why they have not been greatly affected by the current coastwist shipping tieup. Linnton plants of Clark and Wilson, owing to their favorable location for rail shipping to Cal ifornia, have been running every week since the strike started, al though on a curtailed schedule. The little log mill at that place is in production three days a week while the large mill runs five days a week, the time being equally divided between day and night crews. • Services Are Held For Virginia Braun Services for Victaria Braun, who died December 21 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. O. Siedelman, were held Saturday in Brown’s mortuary, Father Green of St. Helens officiating. At the time of her death she lacked three days of being 88 years old, having been born in Austria-Hungary, Dec. 24, 1848. Local relatives surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Harvey Christensen and Mrs. Siedelman, and one son, Wm Braun. Four grandsons were pall bear ers. Interment was in the old cemetery, where her husband was buried in 1904. ---------- *---------- Thirty-Four Masons Attend Service at Church Thirty-four members of the Masonic fraternity attended in a body Sunday mornig service at the Evangelical church held in honor of St. Johns day. The pastor, Rev1 H. R. Scheuerman, preached the sermon. This is the first time in several years that the local lodge has observed the day publicly. It is the intention to make it an an nual custom here, alternating between the two churches. NUMBER I Several Changes To Occur Monday In City Offices ------- o------- Chief Interest Centers Naming of Recorder Take Rogers’ Place in to There will be several changes in city officers next Monday evening at the meeting of tho city council. George Schaber and K. A. McNeill will replace A. E. Adams and Frank Hart wick as councilmen, while Mayor Bes S. Owens, Councilman Roy Raymond and Councilman E. A. Stacey will succeed themselves. Chief interest in the appoin tive officers centers in the re corder. B. F. Rogers, the in cumbent, was compelled by ill health to retire from active per formance of the duties several months ago, and C. F. Hieber, who had previously resigned from the office, was named as acting recorder. A new appointment will therefore have to be made. It is not known that any change is contemplated with Wal ter Kent, water superintendent, or the marshals, H. II. King and V. M. Whitsell. DELEGATES RETURN FROM NATIONAL CONVENTION Al Hartung and Lyman Wax, delegates from the local Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union to the National Carpenters and join ers convention in Lakeland, Flor ida, arrived back Dec. 23. On their return they attended the meetings of the coordinating board in Washington, D. C. Double Shift at Mill Not Contemplated Rumors of double shift oper ation of the O.-A. mill after Jan. 1 are unfounded, says F. 5. Olin, president. To add the necessary equipment would in volve too heavy an expense and the possibility of not being able to obtain enough logs because of adverse weather conditions is too great to warrant such a step, he declares. Feathers . . . and... Talons SEEN AND HEARD Bill Armitage getting a ticket for overtime parking after he thought Ed Frazee had put his car in the garage . . . Grant Layer’s friends assuring him that the best place to sleep in Port land in a movie theatre . . . The big rush over at the post office, and the crew not at all sorry . . . Everett Rundell driving his new red Chevrolet . . . The promise of a snow storm that failed to arrive.
