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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1940)
E a gì e VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON Clerks of Board Named Eoard Members Receive No Compensation; Clerks Orly Receive Pay Wii’.ard Evenson, prominent citi zen of Columbia county, who is ch-u uuan of the Columbia Counity Selective Service Board announced th-t R. W. Reed of Clatskanie had ■been selected as chief clerk and Mr... Iivin Campbell, assistant clerk, to handle the clerical work at the lv al ba.rd’s oifice in the lav/ library, court house, 9t. Helens. Th.se two clerical workers will be the only persons working in the draft set-up to receive any financial compensation from the government. The three Columbia County Sel ective Service Boatd members con sisting of Willard Evenson of Clats kanie, P. A. Dixon of St. Helens, and Lee Schwab of Vernonia were required io sign waivers in regards to compensation and receive no payment, either for their work or their mileage, from the govern ment. TownPumpGets New Owner Mwj Day to Get Added Attention This Year Due to Increase October 27 is Navy Day. This year more than in previous years the day takes on added signifi cance; therefore the origin and spirit of Navy Day should be ex pressed more clearly than in pre vious years. In 1922 Mrs. William H. Hamil ton wishing to acquaint civilians with navy men went to Washington and suggested to Assistant Secre tary of the Navy Theodore Roose velt that the navy should invite the public aboard the vessels, should have training stations open for visitors in order to create a more open-minded attitude to ward navy men. Mrs. Hamilton’s suggestion was accepted. The first observance of Navy Day was on October 27, 1922. Naval Policy Concerning our present day navy, the Secretary of the Navy nas approved as a fundamental policy that the Navy be maintained in strength and readiness to uphold National policy and interests and to guard the United States and its continental and overseas posses sions. Every state in the union will share in the herculean effort now well started to build a “Two- Ocean Fleet” with its supporting Merchant Marine and shore bases to carry out this policy. It is customary in referring to compaiative naval strength to dis cuss the number and size of each class of ships, caliber and range of guns, speed and horsepower of ships and to think in terms of material strength. Yet these ships without hiprhly-lrained personnel in tactics, gunnery, engineering, com munications and allied specialties would not be effective. The Town Pump, Riverview restaurant and tavern, foimerly operated by Mr. and Mrs. Les Grenia, changed hands this week. Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Herndon, for merly in business in Tigard, start ed Monday in their new business location. They will specialize in serving meals but will continue the pcli-’y of the former owners in selling beverages also. Mr. and Mr3. Grenia, who have beer, established in Riverview for “Two-Ocean Fleet” r.even years, will continue to live In the next four years the Navy in Vernonia until school is out. Mr. Gienia is employed in the woods will be well on its way towards a “Two-Ocean Fleet”. From its pres at present. ent personnel of 11,000 officers and 165,090 men it must expand to approximately 40,000 officers and 460,000 men. The present ed ucational structure of the Navy pro vides a solid foundation on which '.o build. Chy councilmen met Monday eve ning for the second session for this month. Few matters of im portance were necessary of con sideration that evening other than the ordering of 40 feet of four- foot cement culvert which will be installed on Weed avenue for .he The books of the Vernonia Credit passage of Bear creek. Union have been audited for a The cedar culvert now in service period o. the last three mon.hs and has rotted making necessary a have been found in good condition, change. it was announced this week. To date the union has a member- •_ h'p of 84 and a to’al of $600 has been lent with every loan being cared ¡or satisfactorily. Anyone in ter.-s.ed in the credit uniun can get further information by getting The First Christian church hat in touch wi.h Dwight Strong at secured possession of the lot just the office of Bert Mills on Satur west of its parsonage and will day evenings between 6 and 8 p. convert the lot into a recreational m. center for the church young The last meeting of the union people, it was announced this week. wa: heid last Wednesday n ght at Present plan's include the seedinf the John Griidahl home. of a lawn, ornamental fencing, cab in with fire place, crochet grounds, facilities for other games, landscap Granges to Have Joint Meet ing, etc. The lot will be ready for Use Columbia County Grange will early in the spring, it is expected. meet with the Warren Grange at Young people are planning to do Scappoose Union high school Sat the major part of the work. urday, November 2. The program which begins at 7:45 p. m. is open to the public; it will feature a Braley and Graham moving picture dealing with the To Show Car* L. D. Sperber, representing Bonneville project and demonstra Braley and Graham, auf.omobile tions by Future Farmers of Amer dealers, will be in Vernonia Thurs ica, announces Pearl Becker, secre day, Friday and Saturday, October tary of the Pomona Grange. 24, 25 and 26, with a group of better grade used cars which will 105 Register for be displayed in the old Thomas Draft at Timber Garage building. An advertisement TIMBER—(Special to The E gle) of the cars offered to old custom ers and new may be seen else —A report makes known that 105 men registered here in precinct where in this paper. 25 for draft service in accordance with the conscription bill. Board Return from California— Mrs. E. H. Condit and mother, members taking charge were Mrs. 'Mrs. A. L. Parker who lives near Eart Fisher, chairman, Perry Gab Clatskanie, returned Wednesday bert, Mrs. Mynle Ram =ev, Mrs. Ed after motoring to Yreka, California. Peterson, Mrs. Elmo Tallman, Mrs. The ladies left Thursday of last Ida Kilburg, Mrs. Thomas Camer on and Mrs. David Castle. week. Counci I men Order Culvert Credit Union Books Audited Recreation Center Planned High School to Observe Navy Day Tuesday People To See Pictures Vernonia high school will ob serve Navy Day Tuesday, October Speaker to Explain Taxes 29, at which time a speaker arrang of Peoples’ Utility Dis ed for by the American Legion will trict Friday address students, teachers and in Moving pictures of new industries terested citizens. and electrical developments along the Columbia river and in the Northwest will be shown at the Washington grade school Friday evening, October 25th. To be heard the same evning will be R. M. Baker, Clatsop, Crook, Umatilla Burley, legal advisor for the Neha and Wasco counties reversed their lem PUD, who will explain taxes 1920-1930 population decline, and which may be levied by the board showed an increase of inhabitants of directors. Tor the 1930-1940 census period, The moving pictures will be according to an analysis of 1940 shown by Morton Tompkins. official U. S. census figures made Everybody interested in the dis by Oregon Business & Tax Re search, Inc. of Portland. trict is urged to attend and valu Principal other important popu able door prizes for adults oyer lation shifts in Oregon during 1930- 21 years of age will be given away 1940, were the rapid growth of during the evening. the State’s coast communities, prin cipally Clatsop, Lincoln and Curry counties; the continued population decline in five eastern Oregon large-scale farming counties, Gill iam, Jefferson, Morrow, Sherman and Wallowa counties; tremendous Ccming as a shock to Vernonia population expansion in Crook and Malheur counties, and a slowing pe pie this week was the news •down of Oregon’s population growth of the death of Matthew Gibson, in the last ten years compared with well-know resident. The death fol lowing a brief illness occurred in 1920-1930. a Portland hospital; the cause giv Population Tide Slower en was pneumonia. Mr. Gibson, was was employed Oregon’s 1940 official population of 1,987,717 was 14% greater than as watchman for the Oregon Amer the 1930 total oi 953,786, but the ican, was very active in church 1930 population was 21.8% greater work especially with the young than the 783,389 in 1920. Oregon’s people’s classes. Relatives who will mourn his “population tide” slowed down con siderably during the past ten vears, pasting are his wife, Jennie, of tire Oregon Business & Tax Re SaKsq; a daughter, Zenith Bright, search, Inc. survey showed, in spite also of Salem; and a son, Darrel, of influx of “dust bowl” and mid of Albany. The funeral services and inter west drought refugees and develop ment of several new types Of agri ment were held at Silverton Wed nesday at 2:30 p. m. culture and industry. Malheur county, due principally to irrigation and resulting sugar ■beet industry, was tops in popula tion increase during 1930-1940, with Crook county, due to large payroll lumbering operations, showing sec ond best gain of all 36 Oregon Funeral services for Jess C. Will, counties. who passed away recently in St. Sherman county’s 1920-1930 pop Louis, will be held in Portland ulation declined 22.2%, and another at the J. C. Finley Home Tuesday, 21.8% in the 1930-1940 period. October 29, at 2 p. m. Interment will be at the Lincoln Memorial Columbia Listed Cemetery. Columbia county’s official 1940 Mr. Will, Sun Life representa population was 20,689, against 20,- tive, formerly employed by the 047 for 1930 and 13,960 'for 1920, Oregon American, died suddenly of or a net gain of 6,729 during the a heart attack last month while past twenty years, or a 48.2% in visiting in Missouri. crease in inhabitants since 1920. Klamath county’s tremendous 1920-1930 growth of 183.9% and much slower 1930-1940 increase, Lincoln county’s 137.6*% popula tion increase in twenty years, Clat sop county’s come-back following Work started Saturday on the the disastrous 1920-1930 period, are other highlights of Oregon’s 1940 painting and calsomining of the population picture, it is pointed Ray B. Early building which out by Oregon Business and Tax hcu es Vernonia’s post office and the bowling alley. The work was Research, Inc. started under the dirction of John Erickson. Window frames and other ex terior woodwork was painted. The plaster wails of the post office interior will be cateomined on week-ends when the office is clos Under rhe sponsorship of the Mt. ed to regular business. Heart Rebekah club, their annual Smorgasbord dinner is to be staged October 25th, Friday evening of Man Injured by this week at the I. O. O. F. hall. O. A. Machine Serving will begin at 5 o’clock and Dell Cornutt of Buxton suffered continue until 9. a head injury, chest injury and Menu for the evening will be broken right arm during work at the quite extensive it was stated and edger machine at the Oregon Amer will include turkey and all kinds ican mill Tuesday morning about 1 of fish in addition to many other o’clock. Dr. Rockwell attended the foods. hurt man before he was taken to Admission to the dinner will be St. Vincent’s hospital in Portland 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for by the Bush ambulance. children under 12 years of age. Population Shift Shown Gibson Funeral Held Wed. Will Funeral Date Given Post Office Gets Paint Smorgasbord to Be Held Friday Rifle Teams to Meet Here Fri. Conference to Be Held in Salem Friday, October 25, lhe Ward Rifle team of Beaverton will meet the Vernonia Gun Club here for a return match. At the last meet ing the Ward team scored a de cisive victory over the local group. The public is invited to attend the shooting frays. Principal Wallace McCrae will attend the annual Principals’ Con ference which will be held this week-end at Salem. Reports on the fo’Iowing topics will be heard and discussed at the mec»: Evaluation, Remedial Reading, Cooperative Study, Physical Education. VOLUME 17, NUMBER 43 Serial Numbers of Eligible Men Posted Falling Limb Kills Logger A falling limb was responsible for the death of Lewis Delplanche last Friday at the scene of Clark and Wilson logging operations. Del planche was warned of impending danger by men with whom he was working but failed to get far enough away and avoid being struck. Lewis Elmer Delplanche was born October 5, 1911 at Cornelius and died near Vernonia October 18, 1940 at the age of 29 years and 13 days. He was married and is survived by his wife, Ruby Hudson Del planche; his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Delplanche of Roy; six brothers, Father William Delplanche of St. Mary’s Home, Beaverton, and Henry, George, Al fred and David of Roy and Law rence of Gales Creek; and one sister, Dorothy VanDecouvring of Roy. Interment was held at Roy Mon day, October 21, at 9:30 a. m. Annual Press Conference Due High school newspaper editors and managers, faculty advisors and students in charge of annuals and other publications from every part of the state will gather in record numbers at the University of Ore gon October 25 and 26, for the annual high school press confer ence. Those who will attend from the Vernonia high school are: Lillian Hedman, Bailbara Nichols, Joy Wil lard and Opal Scheuerman and Miss Freda Beck, advisor. Meetings this year will be de voted largely to discussions of actual problems facing the high school journalist. A number of the 'sessions will include talks and dem onstrations by working high school editors, it is announced. On the program for talks will be Eric W. Allen, dean of the school of journalism; Palmer Hoyt, publisher of The Oregonian; Pro fessor Hulton; Lyle M. Nelson, Eu gene, editor of the Emerald, univ ersity daily; W. J. Mischler, Eu gene; Donald Ross, Prineville; Helen Angell, Salem, associate editor, the Emerald; Vivienne Vesper, Jeffer son high school, Portland; Harry Johnson, editor, Eugene High School News; George Turnbull, professor of journalism, and several others. Feature of the conference will be the annual banquet Friday eve ning, at which a number of special entertainment numbers will be pre sented. Vernonia high school publication, Timberline, won second place in its division at the last year’s meet. Free Show to Be Here Tuesday “Pay-Off”, a quality motion pic ture of human interest, and an interesting description by L. R. Mack will be given free to the public Tuesday, October 29, at 7:30 p. m. at the Washington grade school. It is stated by the sponsors that the picture and talk accompanying the show will be of great interest to everyone in the community. Pro-America Add* New Member* The Pro-America group recently organized here met last Friday and added a number of ladies to the membership. The group’s next meet ing will be Tuesday, October 29t>h, 2 p. m., at the Oregon Gas and Electric office. Highest Number Given as 2664; More Expected Be fore Lottery Drawing Serial numbers of Columbia coun ty men eligible for the draft were posted Tuesday evening, October 22, at 4 p. m., on the bulletin board of the court house, St. Hel ens, it was announcer Tuesday by members of this county’s Selective Service Board. The highest or last serial number issued Tuesday when the finst notice was posted was 2664. How ever, registration cards from other sections of the state and nation arrive daily. It is estimated that prior to noon, October 29th, when Secretary of War Henry L. Stim son will draw the first number in a nation-wide lottery in which over 16,500,000 men between the ageis of 21 and 36 hold tickets, some additional 50 cards will be receiver? in this county. To Publish Order Numbers The list of registrants, which has been prepared by the local board in the order of the serial numbers which were given to their cards, has been posted and offered county newspapers for publication. However, few publications through out the state are prepared to pub lish these lists on short notice but will feature the numbers, especially those affecting their area, immed iately following the national lottery October 29th, when order numbers will be issued. The list of serial numbers, ar ranged in the order drawn by the lottery at Washington, will be call ed the national master list. Each local board receiving the National Master List will give each registrant an order number to determine the order in which he will be required to fill out a questionnaire for classification. Order . Number The registrant in each of the local board areas, whose serial number was first drawn in the national lottery and therefore ap pears nearest the top of the Mas ter List, will get order number 1. The registrant in the local' area whose number is next closest io the top of the National Master List will get order number 2. Order numbers will be assigned in sequence by the local board and no number will be skipped. Serial numbers on the National Master List which are not held by any registrant of the particular local board are simply crossed off and ignored. An Example For example, the first five num bers drawn in the national lottery and in the order drawn are placed on the National Master List as follows: 258, 17, 3788, 999, 634. If Columbia County’s Selective Ser- vice Board’s largest serial number is 2701, and for some reason it has no card number 999, then the order- in which the first few men will be numbered by the board and questionnaires sent out for classification will be as follows: Serial Number 258 gets Order Number 1. Serial Number 17 gets Order Number 2. Serial Number 3799 will be ignored. Serial Num ber 999 will be ignored. Serial Number 634 will get Number 3. Numbers Placed on Cards Each registrant in each county or local area will therefore receive an order number running from 1 to the highest number of men registered by each county or local board and these numbers will be placed on the respective cards. Questionnaires for the purpose of classifying registrants will be mailed by the local board shortly after the order numbers have been received or given to the registr ants. Registrants have five days in which to fill out their question naire. An extension will be grant ed if the registrant has a valid reason for his request. Advisory Boards will be located in different areas to assist regis trants who require help. (Continued on page 8) '
