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PAGE FOUR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1940 VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON COMMENTS OF THE WEEK WORTHY OF YOUR SUPPORT BEGINNING NOVEMBER 11 and con tinuing until November 30 is the annual Red Cross drive, a drive which this year is of added importance due to the uncertain state of world affairs and due to the increased number of men who will be active in military service in this nation. The call has been made in other years, has received widespread assistance and should receive even greater aid this year due to the worthy cause for which funds are used. The Red Cross is a philanthropic organiz ation whose general rules were drafted by an international conference which met at Geneva in 1863. The conference agreed upon a treaty for the purpose of alleviating the evils inseparable from war and recommended the formation in every country of a com mittee to cooperate with the hospital staff of armies in times of conflict. Forty-four nations including the United States ratified the treaty and adopted a flag and badge upon each of which was a Geneva red cross on a white ground. The American branch was organized in 1881 as the American National Association of the Red Cross and reincorporated in 1893 and 1900. Headquarters of the organization are at Washington, D. C. and its present peace membership is about 5,000,000. CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER CONGRATULATIONS ARE in order this week for two departments of activity at the Vernonia high school. Of first merit is the winning of state-wide recognition by the staff of the Timberline at the annual high school press conference at Eugene. The Timberline, high school publication, Vernonia Eagle MARVIN KAMHOLZ, Editor and Publisher Entered as second class mail matter, August 4, 1922, at the post office in Vernonia, Ore gon, under the act of March 3, 1879. Official newspaper of Ver”onia, Oregon PER PUBll sh [ er J? ÄSS o c I ATI 0» was accorded second-place mention last year but at the most recent conference it rated top listing in the state for high school mimeographed papers. That rating certainly speaks well of the work being done by the student staff and its advisor, Miss Beck. In the field of sports the Loggers Friday completed their last conference game of the season by defeating Scappoose. The winning of that game gives Vernonia county champ ionship rating. Only one other team, St. Helens, may tie the Loggers for the champion ship by winning all its games against county teams. Such a record of wins speaks well for the team and its coach, Mason McCoy. YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO PICK GOVERNING OFFICIALS— TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, marks the end of the present political campaign and affords voters throughout the nation an op portunity to express their choice of officials who shall take over the reins of government. The election is the opportunity of the govern ed to chose those who shall govern. On the November 5th ballot will be the names of many candidates professing alleg iance to one political party or another. The voter may make his or her choice regardless of party. In other words, should one be reg istered as a democrat, it is not requisite to vote for all democratic candidates. The ballot may be marked according to the individual’s choice of the man best fitted for the of fice regardless of the candidate’s party affili ation. Likewise, the same is true should the registration be republican. The above explan ation is given to clarify what is said to be a misunderstanding in the minds of a number of people. HALLOWE’EN NOW A COMMERCIAL IDEA— Eagle Items Of Past Years ONE YEAR AGO— Like a woman, Congress reserves the right to change itts mind. When the present session began in January. Congress was economy bent. In the first three weeks of the session, it cut appropriations $128,000,000 below amounts re quested by the President. By mid-Octolber, however, "na tional defense” had impelled it to vote for the expenditure of l$27,- €60,000,000. Some indication of the size of this amount may be had from the fact that during the last war the biggest expenditure in any one year was $18,522,000,- 000. The oldest building in Vernonia, the F. A. Zilgett general merchan dise store, was torn down. The building was constructed in 1890. Vernonia higii school's news pub lication, The Timberline, received second place mention in the s.a.e for mimeographed p.pers at a judging held at Eugene. FIVE YEARS AGO— The city budget for 1936 was approved 40 io 11 in an especially light election. Chief interest cen tered in the allo.ment of $1125 for the cemetery project. The Pit-sburg-St. Helens and Rainier-Ajpiaiy read project was approved. TEN YEARS AGO— Vernon» golfers lqt to .St. Helens by a scare of 27% to 20%. The peak World War expenditure The American Legion voted to amounted to $176.40 for every sponsor an ambulance service for man, woman and child in the Unit Vernonia. ed States. This year’s figures are FIFTEEN YEARS AGO— $210.38 per person. Mrs. J. W. Brown, district school If all this money were to be cl'erk, has been busy taking the census. spent on “national defense,” a school Vernonia high school defeated substantial portion of the people Knappa 30 to 0 Saturday. It was probably would not object. The the first victory the local football trouble is that the boondoggle« team won in two years. are using defense as a smoke screen for funny doings. Every month the Office of Gov ernment Reports issues a list of “defense” contracts awarded. The War and Navy Departments invar iably are careful enough with the money to figure their contracts down to the last penny. But not so with some other government agencies. Just to take one state at random, THIS EVENING marks a festive date of the latest monthly report shows the year, Hallowe’en, when according to super War and Navy expenditures in stition, ghosts and goblins are supposed to Maryland amounting to $714,555.43 play havoc throughout the community. (notice even the pennies figured). Hallowe’en originated with the Celtic But the WPA makes allotments for people on the British Isles ages ago and with five “defense projects” as follows: the spread of Christianity was taken over $200,000, $100,000, $200,000, $250,- as a date for the paying of homage to the 000 and $250,000. (They don’t saints. One day was set aside as All-Saints bother with anything less than Day, there being so many that it was impos $50,000.) sible to commemorate each one as an indivi Although this might not be true, dual. The affair came to be considered a har it wo<uld at least be fairly reason vest festival and a time when evil spirits able to assume that somebody in were wont to play tricks on persons not gen WPA decided “we must spend a million dollars in Maryland,” and erally liked. Today the idea has changed somewhat found five projects to which they in that the younger people have commercial could allocate that amount in nice, ized, using the day as a time for the “trick juicy, round, lump sums. or treat” game. Or it might indicate a desire at WPA to allot enough money to cover “defense projects” without advance calculation on what they really will cost. Certainly, though, if the War and Navy Departments can figure to pennies in buying guns, planes and ships, the WPA ought to be able to do the same thing in installing a new “stock accounting” system in the Balti more Coast Guard station. Pinochle Club Meets Sun day •! (Omitted last week) TREHARNE—(Special to The Eagie)—¡Mrs. Pete Schaiback enter tained with a party in honor of her two sons, Lewis and Allen, on I.riday evening. Those present were Patty and Verna Pickens, Beverly and Sheila Bailey, Dale Coady, Bobby Sunnell, Marvin Smith, Al vin McChristen, Leland Moehler, Donnie Uhlin and the honored gues.s, Lewis and Allen Schaiback. Refreshments of cake and jel'.o were served to the group. Mrs. Luella Barrett and Mrs Betty Schram visited in Portland over the week-end. Mrs. Frank O’Connor, Viola, Beulah and Ruby O’Connor spent the week-end visiting with Mrs. Evin Treharne in Seaside. Donnie LODGES Wiisjn returned home with them to make an extended visit. Mr. and Mis. Carl Anderson and Robert Tunnell were Portland business visitors Tuesday of las; week. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Johnson and Mi. and Mrs. Tom Magoif visLed ¡Sunday wj.h Mrs. Lund. M. B. Friable visited his son, S.an bi.ibie, Monday. 'the Quilunt Club met at the home ol ALs. Mivhener ,ast Thurs day Mr. and Mrs. C ss Bergerson and daughter, Nancy, spent Sun day evening at the William Nissen h me. Ellis Wooldridge of Fort Lewis, Washington, and June Michener visited the Wilbur Thacker family Sunday, Pinochle Club met with Mrs. Nell Thacker Wednesday afternoon; Mrs. iPauJine Schmid'lin winning high score, Mrs. Millie Keck, second and Mrs. Rita Frisbie, consolation. Business- Professional Directory Marshall A. Rockwell M. D. Physician and Surgeon Office Phone 72; Residence 73 Wendell’s Barber Shop Shaves and Haircuts Conscientious Work Shoe Shining Shower Baths DRESSMAKING ALTERATIONS Cleo Caton The Apparel Shop PAINTING PAPERHANGING CALSOMINING BOB MORRELL 478 Rose Avenue Vernonia Dr. U. J. Bittner Vernonia Lodge No. 246 1.0.0.F, Dentist Joy Theatre Bldg. Phone 662 county association meeting in the Rainier I. O. O. F. hall Saturday, Meets Every Tuesday November 2, beginning at 2 p. m. J. E. TAPP 8 P. M. A short business meeting is to Sam Hearing, Jr., N. G. be followed by a program and re Paul Gordon, Secretary convenience to local police since, freshments will be served. All Kinds of Wood with the coming of cooler weather, Vernonia F. O. E. Prompt Delivery it has not always been possible to (Fraternal Order of Eagle«) COUNTY BUDGET FOR ’41 use the jail. Phone 241 ÌFACTS Several offenders who would or UNDER CONSIDERATION— /I $0** |M»|M Work of compiling the 1941 bud dinarily go to the city lock-up have There’s another interesting side get for Columbia county began last been placed in the county jail and Vernonia light which is being emphasized Expert Tonsorial Work Thursday when members of the others, who are working out fines, 9, «atu. tat IL tt tunt by the squabble over whether Con Friday Night« county court met with the newly- have stayed at their own homes. gress should recess or adjourn. Last BEN’S BARBER SHOP appointed budget committee for the 8 o’clock Endorsement of the International May majority party leaders in Con SCOUT CASH DRIVE start of a three day session. Paciiic Highway project and a call gress began getting ready to ad Vernonia, Oregon Expenditures for 1941 should not NEARS $700 MARK— journ in June. They said there was Alford Doree, W. P. The Boy Scout dawn to dusk for coordination of the endeavors run over the $225,000 it cost to op nothing more to do. Harold Carrick, W. Sec’y. erate the county hist year, provid drive, conducted last Monday, has of all interested organizations to Roland L. Treharne ing no sizeable new items are in netted $625 from the St. Helens advance this enterprise to comple Congress, however, insisted upon Expert Automobile Repairing Knights of Pythias area alone and other pledges here cluded, the judge declared. Adop staying in session. And since then, WELDING tion was voted at the recent annual Harding Lodge No. 116 tion of the food stamp plan for Co should bring the total to over the it has appropriated millions for de CARBURATORS REPAIRED Vernonia, Oregon lumbia may be one of the new items $700 mark, Francis Gill, county meeting of the Western Confer fense, voted for conscription, agreed ROLAND’S Meetings: — I. O. O. F. Scout chairman, said yesterday. ence of Automobile Clubs in Reno, sought, since considerable interest to call out the National Guard, or SERVICE STATION Hall, Second and No reports have been received Nevada, it was announced today dered the size of the Navy doubled, has been aroused in the system, Fourth Mondays Each as yet from Rainier and Clatskanie by Ray Conway, manager of the lifted the limit on the number of according to Judge Wilkerson. Month. Installing the food stamp plan where similar drives were staged, E. S. BAFFORD airplanes which the armed services Oregon State Motor Association, here would cost between $7500 and but it is expected that their totals may have, ond so on. Pythian Sisters who was chosen Conference Cnair- General Plumbing $10,000 to set up a revolving fund will not be nearly as great as the Vernonia Temple No. 61 Some legislators are asking: man for this year. and about $100 a month for admin local one. Vernonia, Oregon Vernonia “Where would we be now if we Meeting»:— 1. O. O. F. Hall istrative expenses. The revolving The forty motor club executives had adjourned in June?” Second and Fourth Wednesdays fund would eventually be returned Each Month at the Conference were unanimous to the county, but the administra Government regulations some in supporting this international tive costs would not. Nehalem Valley Order of Eastern Star Probably included in the 1941 CLATSKANIE BUDGET highway project which contemplates times are so absurb that they Nehalem Chapter 153, O. E. S. would be laughable if they weren ’ t budget will be an item, new in 1940, MEETING MONDAY— connecting north-south routes in Regular Communi tragic. Take the new Wage-Hour Motor Freight of $500 to be paid for a govern cation first and The City of Clatskanie’s annual western United States with Alaska definitions, for example. ment trapper for control of preda and with Central and South Amer third Wednesdays budget meeting was held Monday Frank Hartwick, Proprietor tory animals in the county. of each month, at “Executive” and “administrative” evening at eight o’clock in the city ica. Portland - Timber - Vernonia Masonic Temple, IM embers of the budget board hall. employees are exempted from the Sunset • Elsie • Seaside Gap« Need Closing All visiting sisters with whom the county court will provisions of the law. The Wage- The proposed budget calls for a Vernonia Telephone 1042 and brothers wel work are C. R. Evenson, Clatska To provide a continuous motor Hour Division defines an “adminis total of $6825 to carry on the city come. nie; R. L, Raymond, Vernonia and next year and of this they propose road linking the Americas, gaps trative" employee as one who works Sara Drorbaugh, W. M. l|40 George Frakes, Scappoose. As bud to raise $4800 by taxation. The will have to be closed beyond Hazel for an “executive.” Mrs. Helen Dewey, Secretary CASON’S TRANSFER get committee members they serve But the regulations say that an budget is $42.50 higher than the ton, British Columbia northward to without pay. “ executive ” must make a minimum A. F. & A. M. LOCAL and LONG-DISTANCE one for the present year and does Alaska and southerly beyond Mex HAULING Vernonia Lodge No. 184 not exceed the six per cent limita ico City through the Latin-Ameri «alary of $30 a week while an “ad JAIL, FIRE HOUSE can republics. The resolution of ministrative” employe must make A. F. & A. M. meets at tion. SEE US GET HEATING PLANT— at least $200 a month. Masonic Temple, Stat endorsement reads: Prisoners in the city's brand new For Your Old-Growth ed Communication First In short, the subordinate must Thursday of each month. "Because of its economic value, make more than the boss. But may 16-1NCH FIR WOOD jail out on Columbia boulevard will Special called meetings its contribution to national defense, be that’s the way the planners want Boon have the added comfort of AND CEDAR SHINGLES on all other Thursday nights, 7:30 and its social significance, we, the it. steam heat in their modern bastite m. Visitors most cordially wel- P- Western Conference of Automobile and firemen will no longer have to VOTER REGISTRATION Another sample at absurdity is come. Clubs, endorse the International a recent ruling by the Federal Special meeting* Friday night«. rely on a fireplace for warmth be HEAVY IN RAINIER— Roland D. Eby, M. D. Roland Treharne, W. M. Registration of voters for the Pacific Highway, and urge the Trade Commission, which held a cause most of the installation work Glenn F. Hawkins. Sec. was completed this week on a new Rainier city election November 5 American Autimobile Association, sock manufacturer guilty of an un PHYSICIAN and SURGEON steam heating system for both the closed Saturday evening with 658 national headquarters, and other fair trade practice because he label VERNONIA Voters recorded, this being the interested organizations to continue led his socks “genuine 6x3 ribbed.” fire house and jail. Town Office 891 POST 119 The heating unit, an automatic greatest number registered since their efforts o procure Congression That phrase is supposed to indi AMERICAN oil burner, thermostat controlled, 1924, according to Alfred S. May, al help in advancing this enter cate to you and me that the socks NEAL W. BUSH prise.” LEGION and steam coils, is being put in by recorder. were made in England and imported J. W. Akin whose bid of $1467.50 into the United States. Probably Meet« First and Attorney at Law was low. The old system heated only COLUMBIA COUNTY I. O. O. F. Mr. and Mrs. William Falconer not one person in 10,000 ever Third Wednesdays Joy Theatre Bldg., Phone 663 MEEETS IN RAINIER NOV. 2— and children. Mr. and Mrs. Otto heard the phrase before. the fire station. In Vernonia Mondays and and Keith Wolfe visited AUXILIARY The Columbia county I. O. O. F. Stowell Lack of heat in the city’s jail has Yet the government has forbid Tuesdays Sunday at the J. R. McNew home First and Third Mondays been a source of considerable in- and Rebekah lodges will have their in Mountaindale. den its use! COUNTY NEWS- St. Helens-- Clatskanie- Rainier-
