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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1941)
l imber CCC Camp to Celebrate Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Tan-Ditter The evangelistic meetings at the Christian church are attracting much attention, Public Invted to Visit R»ehers Sunday, April 6 To Feature Barbecue according to reports. Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Tan-Ditter. TIMDER—(iSpecal to The Eagle) —In celeibiation of the eighth an- r versary of the CCC, Co. 5461 at < nip Reehers will hold an open 1:. use for the public on Sunday, A pi il 6. Featuring the celebration will be an old fashioned southern ’ ‘i becue and demonstrations of the m.ny camp activities. The camp w:1 be open for inspecion by the vid1 rs who will be entertained by softib. 11 and volley ball games and various contests including an archery meet between the CCC camp and the Timber unit of the Wrmen’s Ambulance corps. The celebration will begin at 11:30 a. m. and end with a motion picture during the evening. Activ ities are under the direction of company Commander Julian D. Under the National Defense Act, Freedman and Project Superinten a home nursing course is being dent Marion F. Whiting. sponsored in each county and will be under the direction of the cuun- ty Red Cross nurse. The Mothers’ Club has charge of making arrange ments in Vernonia for the classes to be led by Nettie Alley, Columbia Negotiations were carried on be county nurse. tween the Oregon Gas and Electric The classes will be two hours in ond the Nehalem Basin Peoples’ and will meet each Tuesday length Utility District Wednesday of last week and were continued again at one o’clock at the Lincoln scnool yesterday, reports from the PUD The first meeting will be held this coming week, April ,8, and the told this week. Condemnation proceedings start- course will last for twelve weeks, ed a short time ago were discontinu At the end of the Home Nursing ed for a time in anticipation of an couise, Red Cross certificates will agreement being reached through be awarded those who missed no the iiegoviautms. As reported this more than two of the meeting®. Mrs. Frank Lane, president of week, no settlement was reached between the two and little progress the Mothers’ Club, states that at least ten ladies must be present to on a price agreement was made. E. M. Bollinger, president of the begin the classes. So much interest PUD board of directors, and R. has been shown already in regard M. Burley, attorney, acted in be to the course that Mrs. Lane ieels half of the district. Negotiating confident that there will be good attendance. was done in Portland. Nine to Be Inducted Into Army Selectees Must Report tn St. Helens States Local Board A total of nine Columbia county Jewish evangelists, are prov- men have been selected for induc ing excellent leaders; Mr. tion into the army by the Columbia County Local Board, word received Tan-Ditter’s preaching is during the week announced. Five strong and tire vocal duets of the nine have been instructed to by the couple and solos by report to the board at St. Helens at 11 a. m. Friday, April 4th, and Tan-Ditter are very Tuesday, April 8th. • The first group of five to re- good. four will report at 11 a. m. on port April 4th are Russell Allen Hill, Clatskanie; John Kenneth Mil- ler, Wilark; Joseph August LaSol- len, Rainier; Donald Bruce Ander- son, Goble; and Dale Edward Chap- pell, Houlton. The second group of four to re port April 8th are Edward Simmon Kightlinger, Scappoose; Donald Mar- ven Osborn, Mist; William Anderson Brimmer, Vernonia; and Leonard Wesley Evans, Rainier. Home Nursing Course to Be Sponsored by Mothers9 Club PUD, OG & E Negotiate D. MacDonald Services Held Services for Dave MacDonald were held in Portland at the Pear son Funeral Church Monday morn ing following his death here last Friday, March 28. H. R. Scheuer- man officiated. Interment was held at the Rose City cemetery. Mr. Mac Donald leaves to mourn his wife, Gertrude; three daughters, Margar et, Daisy and Nina; a sister, Mrs. John MacLean, and two brothers, Charles of Caromonle, Canada and Evan of Linacy, Canada. David MacDonald was born in Glencoe, Pictoe county, Canada, June 19, 1866. He moved to Port- land from Canada and in 1905 to Clatskanie where he operated the Grand Central hotel until 1912. Where the O. A. cook house now stands at Camp McGregor and on adjacent land, the deceased home steaded, selling to the Central Coal and Coke company of which the Oregon American Lumber com Applications for making 82 matt pany was a branch when the com resses have been received in the pany began operations for establish Extension office of the county ac ing a logging camp and mill. cording to a report from George In 1922, the MacDonalds mov- Nelson, Ag ¡cultural agent for Col ed to Vernonia inhere on July 7, umbia county; applications are still they bought the Nehplem hotel coming in. Eligible persons who which they managed until April 7, wish to take advantage of the matt 1925, when they moved to the ress-making project must apply at building now known as the Hotel the Extension office in St. Helens MacDonald. on cr bef re April 15. To be elig ible one must have a net income of less than $500 a year. 82 Apply for PS valuation Group To Meut MaltressMak ing Rainier high school will be the school to be evaluated Thursday and Friday of this week when a committee made up of D. A. Emer son of the State Department of Education, Fred Patton, superinten dent of the St. Helens schools, E. O. Fowler, principal of Astoria high school, Henry Gunn, principal of Lincoln high school in Portland and Wallace McCrae, principal of Vernonia high school, meets. Mr. 'MctCrae served last year on the committee when it evaluated ^cap- poose high school. Turkington Death Noted Word was received here this week of the recent death of Martin Ellis Turkington. Mr. and Mrs. Turking- ton and the three children, Martin, Jr., Jeanne and Shirley, lived in 'Vernonia for several years. The Turkingtons operated a restaurant where the present Vernonia Bargain store is and opened at a later time the Squeeze Inn. The family has been residing at Kansas Citi; Kan sas, according to the report. Grange Council Meets Sunday The Columbia County Grange Council will hold its quarterly meet ing, Sunday, April 6, at the Chap man Grange hall. The meet will begin at 11 a. m.; pot-luck dinner will be served at 12:30, announces Elsie Kupari, secretary. School Masters Meet Monday The School Masters, men teach er club for Columbia county, will meet Monday, March .7, at the St. Helens Golf course where they will have dinner and discuss school leg islation and problems concerning track activities. VOLUME 18, NUMBER 14 VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1941 Flying Club Organized Mothers’ Club Meets Friday The Mothers’ Club will meet this coming Friday, April 4, at 2 p. m. at the Lincoln school to plan de tails of the children’s clinic "to be held in the Legion hail in the after noon of Thursday, April 10. All mothers are invited to attend the meeting. Interest is growing in the recently orginized club, states Mrs. Frank Lane, president, and several worthwhile projects for the remainder of the year are under way. Mrs. Cass Bergerson Ts vice- president and Mrs. E. Frazee, sec retary-treasurer of the club. Ten men met Monday night to start plans for organizing a Ver nonia Flying Club. If a member ship of twenty can be obtained, the fee for flying instruction will be $10 a month with the plan of each stndent taking one hour of instruction a week. The date set for the goal of 20 members for the club has been set for May 1; each of the ten present at the Monday meeting stated that he felt he could interest another in the flying school, according to Neal Bush at whose office the meeting was held. Report to K. P. Building The men will report to the board at the K. P. building, St. Helens whereupon they shall be sent to an induction station of the army at the Multnomah County Armory, N. W. 10th ar.d Couch, Portland. According to the board, if one or m ire of the above men are not accepted at the induction station replacements will be taken from the following: Lloyd E. Osborn, Mist; Albeit Attig, Scappoose; Richard W. Salmon, Woodson; Robert Lee Perkins, Rainier; Arthur E. Krage, St. Helens; and Bernard J. Larsen, St. Helens. April Surplus Fords Named Su.plus'fjods which will be avail able to families taking part in the Food Stamp Plan in the Vernonia area during the April 1 to April 30 period were announced today by M. Louis Belangie, area super visor for the surplus marketing ad ministration. These are the surplus foods which may be obtained in ex change for blue surplus food stamps in local stores. The nationally designated sur plus foods available in all areas for the April 1 to April 30 period are as follows: fresh grapefruit, oranges, apples, carrots, onions (excent green on’ons), Irish potatoes, but ter, raisins, pork lard, all pork (except that cooked or packed in metal containers), corn meal, shell eggs, dried prunes, hominy (corn) grits, dry edible beans, wheat flour and whole wheat (graham) flour. Prospect of Lights For City Ball Field Growing Brighter TOM TURNS TABLES ON TYKES; LAST LAUGH LOUDEST Tuesday morning when Tom Crawford was leaving Wilark with the school bus filled with children, one of the passen gers sang out, “Mr. Crawford, you forgot to stop for So and So back there!” Tom backed to the spot where the “forgotten child” was expected to be waiting. "April Fool.” Children’s voices sang out, much to the driver’s embarrassment. Funny thing about kids. They are so satisfied with them selves after pulling a fast one that they forget the grown-up involved hasn’t forgotten and is “laying for them”, Tom hadn’t forgotten the morning incident as he drove the stu- dents home. On a hill somewhere between Vernonia and Wilark the Craw ford school bus began to spit and sputter. “Out of gas,” was the reply given worried passen gers. “You’ll all have to get out ind as I steer you help push the bus off the road.” Out clamored *he morning pranksters who strained and pushed until the big car was safely out of the highway. Can t you just see those faces when Mr. Crawford sang out, “April Fool.” NeM Law Aids Aged Sportsmen Sportsmen 65 years of age cr over, who have been residents of the state of Oregon for 10 yeaiS or more, may obtain annual com bination fishing and hunting licenses for 50c. However, to obtain this concession, each applicant must make an affidavit before the coun ty judge or chairman of the board of county commissioners of h)s county that he is unaible to pay the regular $5 license fee. No such license may be issued until June 14, when the new law becomes effective. By that time ap plication blanks for this type of li cence will be in the hands of all county judges and county commis sioners, and will also be obtainable at the Portland office of the Ore gon State Game Commission. Snell to Speak At Exercises Announcement by E. H. Condit reveals that Earl Snell, Secretary of State, will be the speaker for Easter Cantata the eighth grade ’commencemen. exercises to be held May 22. Mr To Be Given Condit expressed his pleasure in An Easter cantata under the having obtained the services of direction cf Mrs. Ervin Ackley such a capable speaker for the oc- will be given at three o’clock in casion. the afternoon on Easter Sunday at the Christian church, The public is cordially invited to attend the Wilkerson Moves musical offering which has been Justice of Peace Court J. B. Wilkerson, Justice of the planned so attendants of other Easter services may have an oppor- Peace, moved his office equipment tunity to hear it. The cantata will Friday to the Bank building. Mr. lost about an hour, it has been Wilkerson was located in the Scott Studio building. announced. State Health Board Gives Polio Precautions The State Board of Health was contacted this week regarding th» present infantile in community. this paralysis The outbreak board re leased information which may prove valuable to parents in the care of their children. The current poliomyelitis outbreak is not alarming. Nor is it likely that this infection will pproac’i what might be termed epidemic pro portions. Oregon has not had an extensive outbreak of this infection since 1927. The splendid coopera tion of physicians and health offic ers should be appreciated by the people of this state. For the information of parents, poliomyelitis is an acute infection with such early signs as digestiv» disturbances, fever, mental dullness, headache and sometimes convul- sions, often followed by rigidity of the neck and pain or soreness over the spine or affected part. The on- set of the disease may be gradual or sudden. It is important in the interest of both the community and the individual that the physician be called at the first sign of dis ease. Early diagnosis of the disease accompanied by subsequent medic al care and prompt orthopedic treat ment should paralysis occur, will in most cases prefent any serious aft er-effects of this disease. disease. 3. Only a small portion of cases result in paralysis. 4. The infection probably enters through the mouth and throat. 5. All children with suspected symptoms should be isolated. 6. Do not lei your child visit another sick child. 7. Teach your child to keep his fingers out of his mouth and to avoid allowing dust or stagnant water to enter his mouth. 8. Help your child to keep hands clean. 9. Avoid unnecessary exposure to sunburn. 10. Avoid extreme exercise. contact No proved prevere* tive has yet been found for poliomyelitis, but much has been done in the preven tion and correction of deformities from this disease. Physiological rest and skilled orthopedic treatments are the methods used in combating the after-effects of poliomyelitis. It is recommended that parerne protect their children from polio myelitis by taking the following precautions: 1. Do not become hysterical or panicky when the disease makes its appearance in your locality. Mod ern traffic is a much greater dan ger to your child than poliomyelitis. 2. Poliomyelitis is a “Buck” Club Started to Add to Needed Funds to Insure Lighting The third meeting of the group interested in obtaining lights for the Vernonia city park brought heartening information last Thurs day night when reports by various intere.ted persons revealed that a to-tal of $166 had been collected during the week since the last , re- vious meeting. That figure was comprised of donated by various business firms in Riverview and Vernonia and at that time not everyone had been contacted, Started this week was the “buck” cl uh. Members of the lighting group are seeking contributions of a dollar from individuals in the community with the view of swell ing the needed fund. Less Than $100 Needed With the $166 reported last Thursday and the $250 authorized by the city council, less than $100 was needed to swell the fund to the necessary $500. Lights cannot be installed until that amount is ob tained. Another meeting is to be held this evening, Thursday, at The Eagle office for further reports on progress of the financing, it was decided last Thursday. AAA Payment Deadline Ended 'Local farm and ranch operators had until March 31 to sign applic ations for payment under the 1940 agricultural and range conservation programs and to file such applica tions with the county agricultural conservation essociation office. Only an estimated seven applica tions remained to be submitted, stat ed county AAA chairman W. C. Johnson, out of a total of 820 ap plications expected to be filed in this county under last year's pro gram. Soil, Range Pay Sought As was the case in previous pro grams, the greater percentage of applications have been submitted for payments in connection with soil and range-building payments and erosion-control measures, Mr. Johnson said. Mr. Johnson also pointed out that the acreage allotment feature of the agricultural conservation pro gram has encouraged soil conserva tion, because it enables farmers to take land out of the surplus production of soil-depleting crops and use it for conservation meas ures that will meet individual farm requirements. (Hub Sponsors Child Clinic A pre-school medical clinic will be held Thursday, April 10, at 1 p. m. at the American Legion hall, under the sponsorship of the Moth ers’ Club. Dr. R. D. Eby, Dr. Mar shall Rockwell, Dr. U. J. Bittner and Nettie Alley, county nurse, will conduct the clinic which is open to pre-school children starting from the age of three. Money Order Record Broken The Post Office reports an all time record for the month of March in the number of money orders issued. The figures released was $30,566.92. Money order fees to taled $265.63; paid money orders amounted to $1,927.79. December, 1940, showed the next largest num ber of orders which totaled $28,- 880.27.