Derno
t RIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1940
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
Additional Crew of Men to Begin October 5
Donations
Dav
For Enlisted Work at O-4 Mill Monday Eve.
Men Taken
Land Utilization To Register
Company K Facilities Not
Sufficient for Latest En­
rollees
A fund ot *100 was being raised
through donations by merchants
and individuals Tuesday and Wed­
nesday to finance the purchase of
supplies needed by Company K,
St, Helens, for the 20 boys enlisted
fr«r Vernonia and vicinity.
A cOmmun'cation requesting the
$100- Und was received the first
of. the week from the St. Helens
Chamber of Commerce. The money
w 11 be used to purchase aluminum
dUhes and trunk lockers for new
enrollees due to lack of such
facilities. Older members of the
company are already supplied.
It was estimated that $5 would
purchase needed material or one
man.
Association
Gives Report
An additional crew of* men will
begin work at the Oregon-American
mill next Monday evening when
more of the plant is slated to begin
night-shift work, it was announced
thig week.
A crew of men numbering be-
tween 15 and 20 will be employed
to operate the gang saws and work
in the sorter shed, As nearly as is
possible the crew will consist of
local men, outside men being em-
ployed only when necessary, the
report stated.
The increased work on night­
shift comes a week after the start
of one side of the mill which began
operation during evening-hours.
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Maps Revised
The work of revising land utiliz­
ation maps of Columbia county
was undertaken last week follow­
ing a recent order of the Land
Utilization Committee which is com­
posed of residents over the entire
county.
The map is being revised to seg­
regate lands of the county by plac­
ing the various parcels in three
classifications: lands most suitable
or reforestation; lands most suit­
able for grazing; and lands most
suitable for farming.
The work was done by Lode Mc­
Donald and Roland Maston of St.
Helens in 'following the definite
working plan of the committee as
A fine o'. $50 was assessed Dale to use o' different classes of land
O. Fuller Monday by Loel' Roberts in the county.
in the City Recorder’s court for a
charge o' wreckless driving. Re­
commendation was also made that
h's driver’s license be suspended
for a year.
Fuller was involved in an acci­
dent early Sunday morning at thv
A trash fire which will destroy
intersection of Bridge street and
R j ;3 avenue when he attempted to all the waste sawdust, bark and
make the turn of the highway at rotten lumber remaining after the
removal' of the Bennett mill, was
an excessive rate of speed.
His car skidded into Cougar started last Thursday by Harry
cieek, breaking down the sidewalk Culbertson.
During the time the mill was in
wh'eh crosses the creek, and injur­
ing the woman passenger in the operation the collection of waste
car. According to a police report material reached a height of about
Fuller was attempting to eiude 20 feet, it was stated, thereby
o' fieers hence the excessive speed creating a ire hazard.
The fire was not started until
wh: h made impossible a safe turn
the rainfall was sufficient to re­
at the corner.
move much of the fire hazard
to surrounding property.
It was estimated that the fire
would burn for considerably over
a month before all trash would be
destroyed.
$50 Fine Is
Assessed Mon
Trash Fire
Started Thurs.
The August report of the Colum­
bia County Cow Testing Associa­
tion was released this week by
George Ne'.son, county agent. Out­
standing herds during the month
wore these of R. L. Keatley, Clats­
kanie, with 30 grade Jerseys aver­
aging 779 pounds of mi k and ad.4
pounds of butterfat; W. C. Johnson,
M!st, with 21 registered and giade
Guernseys averaging 801 pounds
of milk and 36.3 pounds of better-
at; Frank Hassel, Marshland, witn
17 registered and grade Guernseys
averaging 953 pounds of milk and
44.02 pounds of butterfat; C. E.
Gregory, Goble, with five Guern-
ey -av«.aging 923 pounds ot milk
and 39 pounds of butterfat; and
R. G. Peterson, Vernonia, with
City councilmen met Monday eve-
6 g ade Guernseys averaging 587 l.ing for the second regular month­
pounds o milk and 26.3 pounds ly meeting to transact only a small
of butterfat.
amount of business and adjourn.
'Minutes of the previous meeting
Seven Irrigate
w?-e approved as was a beer license
This Association has a total of application made by H. C. McDon­
seven members who own ana oper- ald.
: e irrigati n systems.
The license application, i" grant­
A no’eworthy improvement is ed by the State Liquor Control
cbse'Ved by the fact that the last Commission, wi 1 be for The Club
th'ee mon h’s records show that which hag been closed for some
dairymen who have irrigated pas­ time.
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tures are producing frem one-third
Councilmen also authorized City
to one-half that of their ellow Recorder Roberts to communicate
dairymen who do not irrigate.
with the Portland firm which fur­
The cost of operating these sys­ nished the shrubbery at the ceme­
tems somewhat offsets the profit tery regarding the replacing of
which these figures could indicate, several shrubs which did not grow
hut they all claim it to be a good after being planted.
investment in that it does away with
pasture seeding and at the same
time keeps the herd going at an
even rate o' production the year
around.
C< uncilmen
Hohl Meeting
Children Due
A clinic for the crippled children
o Columbia County will be held
in St. Helens on September 20,
’940 at the Columbia County Pub­
lic Welfare Commission office, 1111
Columbia Boulevard. This clinic is
part of the Crippled Children’s
program of the State Public Wel­
fare
Commission.
Arrangements
have been made for the clinic by
the Crippled Children’s Services o'
the State Public Welfare Commis­
sion, the Columbia County Public
Welfare Commission and the Col­
umbia County Public Health Nurse.
Admittance to the clinic is by
application, which may be made to
either of the above-named offices.
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Dr. R. B. Dillehunt will be the
A Townsend rally is announced examining orthopedic surgeon.
this week for Wednesday, October
2, at the Wa hington grade school
auditorium. An address of interest
to all present will be given by
Charles W. Wetterman, State Town­
send Representative.
All Townsendites and friends a*>
The first issue of the Timber­
urged to attend the meeting on
that evening.
line, high school mimeograph pub­
lication, will be made today if
F’vrnllment at High
was stated Tuesday. The paper will
School Increased—
be published every two weeks dur­
A further increase in enrollment ing the school terms.
Students who will have charge
of students at the Vernonia high
school was noted with the release of the work under the supervision
of information that the present of Miss Freda Beck, advisor, were
'igure stands at 216, which figure
named last week as follows: Lillian
is greater than that for the first
Hedman, editor; Opal Scheuerman,
week of school.
business manager; Lottie Reich,
Martha Tapp and Barbara Dusten,
Examiners Due Here
advertising;
Barbara Nichols, pro­
September 26—
duction; and Bill Templeton, Walt­
An examiner of operators and
er Parcells and Fred Thompson,
chauffeurs is scheduled to arrive
sports.
in Vernonia, Thursday, September
26, and will be on duty at the Cars to Be Displayed—
city hall between the hours of 10
Those people who enjoy looking
a. m. and 4 p. m., according to over new cars when they are
an announcement made this week. placed on display will have the
All those wishing permits or lic­ opportunity to do so Saturday of
enses to drive cars are asked to this week when the 1941 model
Chevrolets are to be announced.
get in touch with the examiner
The ears will be displayed at the
during those hours.
Vernonia Autq Company.
Townsendites
Plan Rallv
Whelm* 're to
Play at Dance
The music of Jimmie Whetmore
and his orchestra will be provided
dancers Saturday evening, Septem­
ber 28, at the Legion hall where
a public dance is to be staged by
Ed Horn and Jack Childs.
The affair will be the second
to be sponsored by Horn and Childs,
the former event being held Aug­
ust 10th. An enjoyable evening is
promised those who attend.
New Store
Opens Today
An up-to-date furniture and
sporting goods store operated by C.
M. (Bill) Noble will epen Thursday,
September 19, (today) in the Bush
building located at 727 3rd street
between Bush’s Funeral Home and
Th* Eagle office.
The store which will be known
as the Vernonia Furniture and
Sporting Goods Store Is the first
new business firm to open its doors
since the starting of the night shift
at the Oregon American mill.
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First Issue of
Timberline Due
City Hall, Oregon Ga»,
Electric Office Care for
Details
Voters who wish to exercise their
right to vote in the general election
on November 5 must take care of
registration details before October
5, in order to enjoy the voting
privilege. If a change of residence
ha« not been made since a voter’s
last registration it is not necessary
to register again.
New
Registration
However, should a change have
been made, it is required by law
that new registration be made.
In order to vote on county, state
and national affairs registration
must be made at the Oregon Gas
and Electric o ffice where Mrs.
Letha Tousley is in charge of the
work. She replaces Mrs. E. II.
Washburn who formerly had charge
cf the books.
Register at City
Hall
For those who live in the city,
however, another registration must
be made at the city hall in order
to vote on the city ballot. Such a
resident in order to be eligible for
a city ba lot must have been a oom
ide resident of the city six month;
previous to the election date nd
a quali ied voter of the State of
Oregon.
Several questions of importance
will require voters’ attention, amon ;
them the election of two city coun­
cilmen for terms of four years
each, election of a mayor and treas­
urer and decision on the question
o' prohibiting the sale of all alco­
holic liquors.
H. H. Hunt
Service Today
Funeral services for H. H. (Mike1*
Hunt of Vernonia will be held in
Portland today, Thursday, in th ;
drawing room chapel o' Holman
and Lutz at N. E. 14th and Sandy
Boulevard, it was learned Tuesday.
He passed away Sunday in Port­
land.
Mr. Hunt leaves to mourn his
death his wife, Rachel, three sons,
Donald, Milan and Dale, and a
number of other relatives and
friends. He was a member of the
Vernonia Aerie of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles.
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Burial will be at Lincoln Mem­
orial Park.
Department,
Staff Named
High school students whose ser-
vices will aid in conducting much
of the work this year were named
this week. A fire department has
been named and an office staff
chosen.
The fire department chief for
the school is Bill Templeton. The
upstairs fire hose will be manned
by Walter Parcells and Paul Co­
burn; first floor hose by Middle­
ton Crawford and Edgar Culbert­
son; first floor fire extinguisher
by Jack Olin and Fred Thompson;
basement hose by Calvin Davis and
Bill Duncan and basement extin-
guisher by Cloice Hall and Robert
Roeser.
The office staff was also named
to include: Barbara Dusten, first
period; Vivian Laird, second and
sixth period; Barbara Nichols, third;
Lillian Hedman, fourth; Gladys En-
ndberg, fifth.
Senior* to Give
First Dance—
The Senior class at the high
school will give the first school
dance o' the season Friday evening
following the football game between
Nehalem and the Loggers. The
dance will begin at 9 o’clock at the
gymnasium. Students, alumni an I
friends are invited.
VOLUME 17, NUMBER 38
Caucus Is Called
For Mon. Evening
Institute
To Be Held
Monday
Candidate* Must Be Nam*
ed Soon for Balloting on
November 5
Chamber of Commerce officials,
at the request of several Vernonia
citizens, this week announce the
date of Monday, September 23, for
the staging of a mass meeting at
the Legion hall. The mass meeting,
or caucus, whichever it may be
McCrae Is President of termed, is being held for the nom­
Columbia County Division ination of names of candidates to
appear on the city ballot November
of Teacher Association
5. The meeting will open at 8
Teachers in the public schools o’clock.
of Columbia county will attend the
institute of the Columbia County Four to Be Named
Division of the Oregon State Teach­
Two councilmen for terms of
ers Association to be held at the four years, a mayor and a city
S. Helens John Gumm school' next treasurer must be elected to fill
Monday starting at 9:15 a. m.
terms which expire this year. In
Wallace McCrae was named pres­ order that nominations for those
ident of the county division of tile positions could be made it was de­
association last year and Miss cided Wednesday that a meeting
Thelma Ramsey, secretary. The ap be held as soon as possible and
pointment of committees has been accordingly the MonSay date was
made by McCrae.
chosen.
Committee Chairmen
Committees and chairmen are:
Nominating, Rex Horton, Scap-
poo^"; Auditing, E. R. Mills, Ver­
nonia; Resolutions, Francis Gill, St.
Helens; Professional Advancement,
Thomas McBride, Rainier; Legisla­
tion, Fred Patton, St. Helens; Mem­
bership, Ira Tucker, Clatskanie and
Americanism, Robert Henigan, Rain­
ier.
The Americanism committee is
formed this year for the first tin,.
in recognition of the present world
situation.
Legion Hall Available
The Legion committee in charge
of the hall was contacted relative
to use of the building that evening
and gave their consent. The caucus
cannot be held less than 40 days
before election date according to
city laws. Therefore, the last Jay
for a caucus will be September 26,
next Thursday.
In order that the meeting bo
successful and candidates be nom­
inated, residents of the city are
urged to keep next Monday evening
open so that they may attend the
Vernonia Teachers Named’
Sectional meetings will be held meeting.
to disouss particular problems. Sev­
eral Vernonia teachers have been
named to lead group discussion on
the various subjects. Those to head
the sectional meetings are: Jane
Wilkinson, dramatics; Fred Mac­
Donald, industrial arts; E. R. Mills,
A memorial exercise for those
science; and Shirley Weigel, elem­
pioneers who died during the past
entary art.
year is to be held Saturday as a
All Teachers to Attend
part of the annual meeting of the
AU teachers in the county will Columbia County Pioneer Associa­
attend the institute, school e.—«es tion. The meeting will be held at the
not being scheduled for the day.
Evangelical church social hall. Any­
Inspirational talks by Rex Put­ one who has been a resident of the
man, Superintendent o' the State county 45 years is considered a
Department of Education
and pioneer according to Oscar Weed
Charles W. Walker, President of who has been making local arrange­
the Northwestern School of Com­ ments.
mence will be given in the after­
The day has been arranged for
noon.
a program in the forenoon with
music being supplied by the Ver­
nonia high school, a pot-luck noon
luncheon and the afternoon given
over to visiting.
Pioneers to
Meet Saturday
Army Recruits
Gain Numbers
The old axiom about men pre­
ferring the trials of military combat
to the distress o' domestic battle
must be credited with a Certain
amount of truth in the opinion of
Lieutenant Colonel H. D. Bagnall,
Oregon recruiting officer, Portland.
Although a considerable increase in
the number of marriages is report­
ed since congressional action on the
conscription bill, the Colonel reports
that many men are now volunteer­
ing for the regular army in an
ef ort to escape further marital
iif.'iculties.
Men who have already sworn “to
love, honor and cherish” the “tittle
woman” are not permitted to take
the oath of enlistment. Army regu­
lations specify that all applicants
must be SINGLE citizens between
18 and 35,- physically and mentally
fit and of good character. Even
though no exceptions can be made,
many pleas come in reading much
like the following extract from a
typical letter:
“Men are wanted in the Arrny,
and I want to get in, but I have
been married a little over a year.
Please write me an answer and
tell me what I should do. I know
I can make good, because my heart
is set on it.”
The army has no advice to offer.
But perhaps one should agree with
the synical sergeant who remarked
that he couldn’t help admiring a
fellow who was willing to take on
the nation's troubles in addition to
the domestic variety.
First Checks)
Out Earlier
First benefit payments for com­
pliance with the agricultural con­
servation practices in the 1940 pro­
gram have been made approximate­
ly a month earlier this year than
was the case last year, according
to reports from the state office at
Corvallis.
The honor of being the first to
receive their checks this year went
to 10 Hood River Couny farmers
who had earned payments averag­
ing $28.77, although approximately
42 per cent of this had been pledg­
ed in advance as payment for phos­
phate fertilizer. More rapid check­
ing of compliance in the counties,
making possible earlier filing of ap­
plications, as well as improved meth­
ods of o'tfice handling, are respon­
sible for the earlier distribution of
payments this year, according to
state officials.
17 FOR SALE WANT ADS THIS
WEEK: THEY GET RESULTS—
Listed in the Classified columns
of The Eagle this week readers
will find 17 For Sale ads. Many
di iferent items are mentioned. If
you have no home and are in the
market for one you will find sev­
eral listed. Scan the classifieds for
things you need. Very likely you’ll
find what you want and two people
will complete a satis'actory deal.