VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 15, 1940
_______________________ VOLUME 17, NUMBER 46
Question
Money Order Aliens Urged to Care for
Special Election on
Registration Detail Immediately H|ank>
Record Is
November 25 Called
Broken Tues.
Being Sent
Invites to
To V ote on Tax Levy
Post Office Writes
Questionnaire Intended to
Orders Tuesday Fol
Info
Pos
Activities
Hearing
Levy Set
lowing Armistice Day
sible Classification
for
November
Evangelist
18
Groups Sent
Even
300
O. T. Bateman, Vernonia assist
ant postmaster, in a statement to
The Eagle this week urged all
aliens who have not registered to
date to take care of the detail
immediately in order to avoid a last
minute rush.
At the present time only 42 have
presented themselves for registra
tion, it was stated. Word has been
received that no extension of time
is to be given and the a heavy
penalty will be assessed those who
do not fulfill requirements by the
final day, December 26th. Registra
tion began August 27 and must be
completed by any alien 14 years
of age or older. The sign-up is
compulsory under the Alien Regis
tration Act.
,
A record number of money or
ders was written at the Vernonia
post office Tuesday following the
Armistice Day holiday Monday, in
formation revealed Wednesday.
The record number previous to
that time was 269 which was made
just one year ago on the day fol
lowing Armistice in 1939. The num
ber written this year totaled an
even 300.
Considering that number from an
average standpoint throughout the
dry, one order was written in a Penalty I. Severe
little less time than two minutes.
The penalty set by law is a fine
At least one post office clerk as
not
exceeding $1,000 and a jail
occupied at the money order win
sentence
not exceeding six months
dow at all times during the day.
for failure to register or refusal
Fee. Total $30.55
to be fingerprinted. Due to the
The amount of fees charged for fact ‘hat no extension of time is
orders written was $30.55 and the permitted it is feared that a large
total amount of money involved n> number of aliens will wait until
the orders was $3,055 which was a short time before the final day
sent out of Vernonia.
thereby making it impossible to
An explanation of the record complete the sign-up at the proper
breaking performance was given as time.
follows: Tuesday came after a Mon
Approximately 40 minutes is re
day holiday during which time no quired to complete the work neces
business could be transacted and sary for each person.
■the holiday also followed a pay-day.
Rally, Special
Services Due
The Evangelical church is an-
nouncing its Harvest Home Rally
for Sunday, November 17, for the
morning service at 11.00 a. m. The
auditorium will be decorated with
the products of the earth, displayed
in various forms. A Gospel sermon
will be the leading feature of the
day and a thank offering will be
received to apply on the church
indebtedness.
This date is also the beginning
of the Evangelistic campaign which
is 'to continue through December
1st. Rev. and Mrs. Charles Fogg
will lead in this labor for the liber,
ation of souls from sin and the
deepening of the spiritual life of
believers. The public >s invited to
these meetings every evening (ex
cept Saturday) at 7:30.
Examiners Change Date
To November 28
Information from the Secretary
of State’s office this week makes
known a special stop of the exam
iners for driver and chauffeur li
censes. The regular stop here at the
city hall was set for November 21st
but due to that date being set aside
as Thanksgiving the date has been
changed to November £8th.
cured Wednesday, November 13th,
at the Condit home on Stoney Point.
Mrs. Powers was born near St.
Louis Missouri, November 4th, 1848
and passed away at the age of 92
years tnd nine days.
Funeral services will be held at
Burley, Idaho, early in the coming
week, no definite date having been
set as yet, and interment will take
place at Sublett, Idaho. Mrs. Condit
will go to Idaho for the services,
it was stated.
WPA Request
Gets Approval
Through
information
received
here recently by E. H. Condit, ap
proval has been given a proposed
WPA project for the construction
cf dressing rooms at the Vernonia
swimming pool. Application for the
project was made some months ago
but no word of approval or rejec
tion was heard until a short time
ago.
,
The project, suggested by the
chamber of commerce, now awaits
the drawing of suitable plans nd
funds for the purchase of materials
to be used.
PARTICULAR ATTENTION
IS CALLED TO THE
Estonia
Ethiopia
Finland
French Somaliland
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iran
Iraq
Italy and Italian
Colonies
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxemburg
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Palestine
Poland
Rumania
Studi Arabia
Sweden
Syria and Republic
of Lebanon
Trans-Jordan
5urkey
* 1
Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics
Vatican City State
Yugoslavia
Owing to the long se» travel frequently involved and to customs in
spections abroad parcels for foreign countries should ordinarily be mailed
at the latest in November (as early in the month as possible) to insure
delivery by Christmas Day. The conditions existing in certain countries
together with the lack of transportation facilities emphasizes the nec
essity for the early mailing of Christ mas parcels, particularly those de
stined for distant countries.
Making
The following notice was receiv
ed late this week from the Columbia
County Draft Beard giving informa
Annual Christmas Event
tion regarding questionnaires which
to Be Planned; Program
are being sent to those who have
Being Formed
signed:
Invitations to 20 fraternal, soc
ial and labor broups were sent out NOTICE TO REGISTRANTS AND
TO THE PUBLIC
Tuesday by J. W. Nichols to call
the first meeting of the Christmas The Selective Service Regulations
Activities committee. The commit Provide:
Mailing a Questionnaire (Form
tee has been active for the past
40)
by the Local Board to the
several years at Christmas time
in preparing a community program registrant is notice that the process
for the event. Mr. Nichols was of “classification and selection” with
elected secretary and treasurer of regard to that registrant has begun.
E..ich day this Local Board will post
the group last year.
at
its office a notice of the order
It was stated by the secretary
that some groups may have been numbers of the registrants to whom
overlooked when invitations for Questionnaires have been mailed
the first meeting were sent. If uch that day.
This Local Board keeps in its
is the case those groups should feel office a Classification Record (Form
free to participate in the work and 160). On this Classification Record
have representatives present for will be entered the date each action
the first meeting next Wednesday, is taken by this Board or the Board
of Appeal concerning each regist
November 20.
E. H. Condit, grade school sup rant. The entry of this date in the
Classification Record is notice of
erintendent, when contacted re the action taken. Other notice will
garding the school program which be mailed to each registrant at his
is staged on the evening of the address last known by the Local
(community tree, stated that pre Board, and to any other person who
paratory work had already started. files a claim for him.
Either the mailing of a notice
or the entry in the Classification
Record of the date the notice was
mailed shall constitute notice to
the registrant and all concerned.
This is true whether or not the
mailed notice is actually received
A fire starting Saturday eve by the person to whom it is address
ning completely destroyed the River ed.
view home of Mr. anl Mrs. H. E. Violation
(Winks) Parker while the family
Any person required by law to
was away. The blaze started from register, or any registrant, who
a fire left burning in a stove when fails to perform a duty required
the family left and had made con by the Selective Training and Ser
vice Act of 1940, within the time
siderable headway before being
provided by the law (generally 5
noticed. The home burned about days), has violated the law. A per
10:30 p. m.
son violating the law is subject
A sufficient start had been made to trial in the United States Dis
to prevent saving any household trict Court, which may impose a
fine or imprisonment, or both.
furnishings or any of the building.
The date When action was taken
No damage resulted to other near by the Local Board will be written
by residences. Mr. and Mrs. Parker in the Classification Record in each
are staying at the Buster Byers of the following instances:
Whenever a duty is to be per
home at present.
formed by a registrant.
Whenever a period of time begins
to run within which a registrant is
to perform a duty.
Whenever a period of time begins
to run within which a registrant
may claim a privilege.
All registrants and other persons
For the first year, business con
cerns in Vernonia will be offered concerned should examine from
time to time the notices posted bv
a prize for the best window display the Local Board and the Classifica
depicting Christmas and the spirit tion Record.
of Christmas. At a recent meeting
The Classification Record is open
of the Vernonia Business Women, to inspection by the public during
the group decided to sponsor such the Board’s business hours.
a contest- this year thus setting a
W. T. Evenson
precedent for coming years.
Member of Local Board.
Dates of the contest, rules for Classes Explained
the entrants and other pertinent
facts concerning the Christmas act
This questionnaire is intended to
ivity will be released early in Dec furnish the board with information
to enable it to classify signers in
ember.
one of the following Selective Ser
vice classes:
Temperature Reache«
Class I includes men who are
Low of 27 Degree«
available for induction into the
The official theremometer read armed forces of the United States.
ing Wednesday evening at the Co-
Class II includes those whose in
opeative Weather Station recorded duction is deferred because of the
27 degrees minus, a slightly lower importance to the nation of the
reading than that given a short time service they are rendering in their
ago as 27 degrees. A temperature civilian activities.
of 29 degrees was recorded Tues-
Class III includes those whose
dry evening, it was stated.
induction is deferred because they
have persons dependent upon them
for
support.
Extension Group to
Class IV includes those whose
Hear Mr». Purvine
induction is deferred by law and
The Vernonia Extension group hose unfit for military service.
will meet this Friday, November
15, at 10:30 a. m. in the high Visits Son—
school home economies room. Mrs.
J. T. Scott returned Wednesday
Maude Purvine will conduct the following a stay of several days in
lesson on the subject "Let’s Have Portland where he visited his son,
Fewer Colds.” Visitors are welcom- Reese V. Scott, and attended to
i»d, it was stated.
business affairs.
Funeral Set
Early in Week Parker Home
The death of Mrs. Isabel! Powers, Burned Sat.
mother of Mrs. H. M. Condit, oc-
SUSPENSION OF PARCEL-POST SERVICE TO THE
FOLLOWING COUNTRIES
Aden
Albania
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Belgium
British Somaliland
Bulgaria
Channel Islands (Jer
sey, Guernsey, Alder
ney and Sark)
Cyprus
Cfeecho-Slovakia
Danzig
Denmark (except
Faroe Island and
Greenland)
Egypt
Furnish
Window Display
Contest Planned
on Tax
'Monday,
at City Hall
A special election for residents
of the City of Vernonia has been
set for November 25th, Monday, it
was announced this week by Loel
Roberts, City Recorder. The special
election is called to ballot upon the
following question:
< hurch Plans
Special Service
“Shall the council of the City of
Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon,
be authorized to levy a tax in an
amount in excess of the six per cent
limitation, as now allowed by la*- ’
on the base, for purposes other than
the payment of bonded indebted
ness or interest thereon.”
The tax base upon which the
city now operates is too low to
The services at the Christian carry on necessary official functions
church will be of a special nature thereby necessitating the vote to
all of next Sunday. At the Bible exceed the limitation.
school hour, 9:45, there will be a Hearing Date Set
program given in honor of Thanks
Previous to the time of election,
giving and at 11 o’clock the annual
the city, council, sitting as a levy
Harvest Day Festival will be ob ing board will hold a meeting in
served with special decorations and the city hall on Monday evening,
service. Decorations will Consist of November 18, at 8 o’clock when
canned and flesh fruits and vege any person subject to the tax levy ,
tables which will be taken on Mon may present arguments in favor or
against the levy.
dry to the Northwest Christian
The question to exceed the six
Home for the Aged at Beaverton.
per cent limitation was voted upon
In the evening at 7:30, the speak at the general election earlier this
er will be Dr. W. G. Menzies, for month but was turned down by
forty years a missionary in India, electors. Reason for the unfavor
able vote was attributed to mis
who was twice decorated by the understanding on the part of the
British Government and has been public.
one of the outstanding men in
missions and statecraft in India.
He is a very pleasing speaker.
Bear Creek
Culvert Placed
The work of placing the new
culvert for Bear creek where it
flows across Weed Avenue was
completed Wednesday by workmen
of Road District 16. The block has
been closed to traffic for over
two weeks while workmen were
occupied with removing the old
cedar culvert and placing the new
in position for use.
The road at that point nad
started to settle due to decay of
the old culvert thus making nec
essary the change.
Notification of
Drawing Made
Oregon motorists were notified
of the drawing for low 1941 auto
mobile license numbers in letters
which were sent out from the sec
retary of state’s office Wednesday,
November 6, it has been announced.
The drawing has been scheduled for
Friday, November 22, at Salem.
All applications for 1941 license
plates that are on file at the time
the drawing is held will be included
in the lottery for the low numbers.
To date, 1,368 applications have
been received by the state depart
ment. Last year 1,400 applications
were received the day after the
letter was sent out to be followed
by 2,350 the next day. By the day
of the drawing, 23,036 applications
were on file to be included in the
lottery.
Logger Killed at
Standard Camp
TIMBER—(Special to The Eagle)
—James Douglas of Portland, an
employe for two days at the Stan
dard Logging company camp above
Cochran, was fatally injured Tues
day morning. He died soon after
the accident while being carried
front the woods enroute to the
hospital. Mr. Douglas leaves his
wife and three children.
William Reed
Funeral Held
William J. Reed, a resident of
the Keasey community was buried
at the old Vernonia cemetery Mon
day following his death last Satur
day, November 9th.
William Reed was born Decem
ber 4, 1885, in Kansas. While still
a small boy he came to Oregon
and remained a resident of this
state until his death at the age of
54 years, 11 months and 5 days.
He leaves to mourn his passing
one brother, Clarence Reed, his
mother and a number of friends.
Funeral services were conducted at
the Bush Funeral Home.
150 Apply at
Welfare Office
Assistance applications at the
Columbia (jaunty welfare office
during October totaled 150 it was
revealed by Mrs. E. L. Tice, county
rdministrator. An increase in ap
plications for assistance usually oc
curs in September but was delayed
this year due to a longer period
of good weather.
Of the 150, 39 were repeaters
from previous years, 26 were in
vestigated and denied, 32 were
certified to some other form of
relief and no action has been taken
as yet on the remainder.
During November the office will
have 160 general assistance cases
on its rolls. These will be cared
for at a cost of $2,986.96, or an
average of $18.67 per case. Old
age assistance cases total 344 and
are being cared for during Novem
ber at a cost of $7,218.10. Depen
dent children cases totaling 47 will
cost $1,562 and the eight blind
cases, $188.
Steam Boiler Damaged
Friday at Laundry
A steam boiler used at the Ver-
nonia-Seaside Laundry and Clean-
era was damaged by explosion ladt
Friday and necessitated the instal
lation of a new piece of equip
ment. A new and larger boiler was
purchased in Portland and placed
in operation during the week-end.