Friday, May 16, 1941
First Solo
Flight Made
Here Sunday
Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon
Field Trip,
Tour Offers
Inspection
C. J. Badley, President of
Vernonia Flyers, Takes
Hep Without Instructor
Farmers to See Main Ex­
periment Station Near
Astoria Saturday
The first solo airplane flight by
a member of the Vernonia Flyers
cilia was made last Sunday at the
Vernonia Airport, it was told thia
w.ek. That flight was also the
first ever to he made from the
local field. C. J. Badley, recently
elected president of the flyers,
made the flight. Another solo was
also made that day by Donald F.
Morris who is a member of the
club. Additional students will make
their first flights without the in­
structor this week, it was stated.
Work is progressing on a club
house that will be finished this
week barring any unforeseen diffi­
culty. The construction of a plane
hanger is planned to begin this
week.
A field trip and tour that will
be of special interest to farmers
in Columbia county will be held
Saturday, May 17. This will be a
tr.p to the main Experiment Sta­
tion located about four miles south­
east of Astoria. The group will
arrive at the station about 10:30
a. m.
The purpose of this meeting is
to inspect the large number of
furage crops that are being grown
at the station. Some of these are
very important to Columbia county
farmers.
An inspection of a demonstra­
tion on the control of fern by the
use of contpetitive grasses and
managed grazing will be of special
interest to Columbia county farm­
ers.
Some of the crops near the build­
ings will be inspected before noon.
AH' those attending should bring
their lunch which can be eaten in
the picnic grounds at the station
at noon. Coffee, cream, and sugar
will be furnished.
In the afternoon the remainder
of the station will be visited where
there is a large number of grasses,
and legumes to inspect.
Funeral Services
Held lor Constable
Funeral services for Virgil Man­
ford Whitsell, Vernonia district
constable, were conducted at the
Bush Funeral Home Monday, May
12, following the death from a
heart attach last Friday afternoon.
Whitsell was named to the con­
stable office in the general elec­
tion last November.
Virgil Whitsell was born Janu­
ary 9, 1885, in the Sellwood district
in Portland, and passed away May
9, 1941, at the age of 56 years
and four months. He is survived by
his wife Mrs. Zoe Whitsell, and
father, John W. Whitsell, both of
Vernonia; three sons: Kenneth and
Robert of Portland, and Russell of
North Bend; two daughters, Mrs.
Ellen Frank, Vernonia, and Mrs.
Kenneth Bell of Glenwood; and nine
grandchildren.
The services were conducted by
Rev. H. R. Scheuerman and inter­
ment was held at the Vernonia
Memorial Cemetery.
Student Body
Elects Officers
Election of officers to serv?
the Vernonia high school students
for tl>e year, 1941-1942, was held
Tuesday. Final count of the ballots
resulted in the following students
being named to serve in the re­
spective offices: president, Edgar
Culbertson; vice-president, Cloice
Hall; secretary, Lottie Reich; treas­
urer, Opal Scheuerman; business
manager, Ben Soejima.
School Annuals
Distributed Wed.
Petition to Be
Circulated, Said
A petition will be circulated in
the Vernonia business district with­
in a few days was a decision made
Tuesday at the chamber of com­
merce meeting, and an expression
of opinion gained thereby to aid
city councilmen in the building of
a city parking lot.
Discussion of the parking lot
question brought the report from
President U. J. Bittner that coun­
cilmen wished some expression of
backing from city business .-te.i
regarding the lot. Up to the time
of the last council session, little
expression had been given, it was
stated. A motion to circulate the
petition was adopted Tuesday noon.
To Write Letters
Another motion at that time in­
structed Secretary O. T. Baicinan
to write letters of appreciation to
the Oregon-American Lumber Cor­
poration and to Dan Cason for
the use of their trucks during the
recent clean-up day.
A warning from the Spikarn
Chamber of Commerce was reaJ
telling cf the operations of certain
land companies who are misrepre­
senting facts in selling lands of the
Columbia Basin Irrigation Project
near Grand Coulee Dam in Wash­
ington. The warning in part reads:
Misrepresentations
Graduation Exercises to Begin Sunday
Speaker to
Ch urches Plan for Daily
Christian Church
Scene of
Talk to Eighth Vocational Bible Shool
Grade Students
Dr. Munk Speaks Baccalaureate
70 Will Complete Work
of Grades; Exercises to
Be Thursday, May 22
Secretary of State Earl Snell
will deliver the eighth grade grad­
uation address here next Thursday
evening, May 22, it was stated
Tuesday by E. H. Condit, superin­
tendent of the Vernonia grade
schools. Graduation exercises will
begin at 8 o’clock.
The class this year numbers ap­
proximately 70 students, it was
stated Tuesday.
Mayor Proclaims
Poppy Day
Saturday, May 24, was proclaim­
ed as Poppy Day in Vernonia in n
proclamation issued today by Mayor
E. M. Bollinger. The Mayor called
upon all citizens to observe the
ua.v by wearing the memorial poppy
of The American Legion and Aux­
iliary.
The proclamation stated:
“Whereas, the wearing of the
memorial poppy is a fitting and
effective way of keeping bright
the memory of those young men
who gave their lives in America’s
service in the World War, and
“Whereas, men of Vernonia serv­
ed gallantly in that war, som.
being called upon to sacrifice their
lives in that service, and
“Whereas, the present national
emergency requires the same type
of unselfih patriotism displayed
by the men and symbolized by their
memorial flower, and
“Whereas, the women of the Anv
erican Legion Auxiliary will dis-
!tribute
voteran-made
memorial'
poppies throughout the city on Sat­
urday, May 24,
“Now, therefore, I, E. M. Bolling­
er, Mayor of the City of Vernonia,
do proclaim, Saturday, May 24, to
be Poppy Day in the City of Ver­
nonia, and urge all citizens to ob­
serve the day by wearing the
memorial poppy of the American
Legion and American Legion Aux­
iliary in honor of the men who
died for America in the war of
1917 and 1918.”
Applications for
Licenses Available
Application blanks for those who
wish to apply for the renewal of
their driver’s license are now avail­
able at the city hall, Recorder Loel
Roberts stated Monday. The blanks
may be obtained by asking at that
p ;ace.
Contrary to rumor, those persons
possessing a driver's license at the
present time are not required to
pass a driving examination in order
to obtain the new license. It may
be obtained merely by answering
questions on the blank and sein.ing
to the secretary of state along
with the proper remittance.
Memolog, year-book, published by
the Vernonia high school student
body, was ready for distribution
Wednesday. The blue-covered books,
filled with histories of athletic,
club and class activities for the
school year and pictures of the
f culty and students was published
under the advisorship of Miss Freda
Beck. Members of the staff were:
editor, Barbara Nichols; business
manager. Lillian Hedman; artist,
Barbara Dusten; sports editor. Bill
Templeton; production manager.
Opal Scheuerman; advertising man­
ager, Jack Olin.
“Lands in the Columbia Basin
Irrigation Project are being sold
under misrepresentations by agents
of some land companies. For self­
protection. anyone who considers
the purchase of land which is to
be irrgated in this project should
obtain information about the lands
from the Bureau of Reclamation
before buying. Accurate informa­
tion on any tract in the project
can be obtained free by writing
the Rureau of Reclamation, Coulee
Dam, Washington.
“There is no need for hurry in
buying lands. Water will not be
ready for any lands in the project
before 1944, if by then, and a vast
area of productive land will be
available.’’
Charles VanAlstine was named
to the Circuit Court jury list a
short time ago to fill a vacancy
arising due to the inability of a
number of persons to serve for
the May term. His name was not
mentioned on the former list pub­
lished a short time ago due to the
fact that he was selectted after
that list was released by County
Clerk J. W. Hunt.
Parent Education
No Storm Damage
Bids Asked
The Vernonia Extension club will
J. W. Nichols, Oregon Gas and
meet Friday, May 16th, at the Electric company manager, stated
high school for a lesson on “Par- Tueslay that no damage to trans­
ent
Education.” Pot-luck dinner mission lines was experienced dur-
wiH be served at noon and visitors ing the rain storm Sunday after-
are
welcome the announcement noon. Some
localities suffered
stated. The meeting will begin at heavily from wind and rain at that
10:30 a. m.
time.
Volume 18, Number 20
New Juryman
The City of Vernonia issued a
call this week for bids for the
building formerly housing the Baf-
ford Plumbing Shop on Second
Street. The building has stood for
a number of years and at one time
was the location of Tipton’s Casn
Grocery. The plumbing shop has
been moved across the street to a
rew location.
A joint meeting of three churches,
the Christian, Evangelical and
Assembly of God, was held in the
Christian church last week to take
steps to conduct the Daily Vacation-
al Bible School again this year.
Officers were elected and materials
to be used were selected. The school
will be conducted from May 27th
through June 13th.
Another meeting to consider ad­
ditional details will be held at the
Evangelical church Monday eve­
ning, May 19th, at 7:30 and art
invitation is extended to parents
to attend on that evening. It was
also urged that plans be made
now for children to attend the
school. Two busses will be provided
to transport children to and from
the school.
.
Officers
Named
Officers elected at the last meet­
ing were: Rev. W. O. Livingstone,
superintendent; Rev. H. R. Scheuer-
man, assistant superintendent; Rev.
J. W. Hodges, secretary-treasurer;
Mrs. Ernest Graham, song leader;
and Eileen Enos, pianist.
A tentative list of teachers has
alto been named: Mrs. E. J. Doug­
lass, beginners; Mrs. F. E. Harris,
first and second; Mrs. L. L. Weils,
third and fourth; Mrs. Alma De­
Hart. fifth and sixth; Mrs. G. A.
Riggins, seventh and eighth; Mrs.
Oscar George and Mr». J. M. Boss,
hand work; and Mrs. Grace Pierce,
memory work. Assistants will be
elected for the classes.
Humidity Bules
For Operations Told
To School Group
Dr. Frank Munk, economics pro­
fessor at Reed College, spoke be­
fore the combined assemblies of
the high school' and upper grades
of the grade school Thursday morn­
ing at 11 in the Washington grade
school auditorium.
Adults were invited to attend
the lecture given by a former
Czech government official who is
also author of a recently published
book, “Economics of Force”. Dr.
Munk spoke on “Some Phases of
the World Crisis.”
Holcomb Services
Read Saturday
Mrs. Holly Holcomb, a resident
of Vernonia for the past 16 years,
was taken by death here early last
Friday morning following an ex­
tended illness. Funeral services were
conducted at the Bush chapel Sat­
urday, May 10th at two o’clock and
interment was held at the Vernonia
Memorial Cemetery.
Mamie Beatrice Holcomb was
born December 31, 1890 in Clark
county, Mississippi, and passed away
May 9th at the age of 50 years,
four months and eight days.
The deceased is survived by her
hut band, Holly V. Holcomb; two
sons: Holly Jr., of Klamath Falls
and Robert of Vernonia; two sis­
ters: Mrs. F. E. DeBate of Vernonia
and Mrs. Lottie Windham of Pensa­
cola, Florida; two brothers: IC. C.
McGee of Weed, California, and J.
A. McGee of Longview and two
grandchildren.
Mrs. Holcomb was a member of
the Methodist church. The services
were conducted by Rev. G. . Plum­
mer of Portland.
Effective May 15, the first day
of the closed season, all woods
operations in western Oregon that
are subject to the provisions of
the operators’ permit law, with the
exception of a small part of south­
ern Douglas County and all of
Josephine and Jackson counties,
will be required to close down when
the humidity reaches 30 per cent,
according to notification sent out
to operators this week by Sta^
Forester N. S. Rogers. The notifies
tion also requires that during per­
iods of high winds the operations
Twenty stop signs were installed
must be discontinued when the along Bridge Street and Rose Ave­
humidity reaches 35 per cent.
nue last Wednesday and Thursday
by the State Highway Ciommission
Logging Doubled Since ’32
in \eeping with a recent ordinance
“The logging of Oregon timber adopted by the city council design­
has doubled since the lew of 1932,” ating those streets as a through
states Rogers, “and this means a step highway. The ordinance also
tremendous inc; case in the hazard designated other street intersections
through additional men in the in the city as stops for motorists
woods and the use of power driven and signs at those places will be
equipment. Yet continued produc­ installed by the city using signs
tion to meet the demands of the which have been replaced by those
defense prograam is highly essen­ newly installed last week.
tial and the department does not
A recent act of the highway
care to handicap the output through commission was the adoption of a
general closures of all logging op­ resolution making the Nehalem high­
erations for periods of several days way a through stop highway for its
duration during high hazard periods. entire length from Forest Grove to
It is hoped that through the co­ Astoria. The recent city ordinance
operation of the industry in observ-1 gave the state commission jurisdic­
ing the regulation that it will not tion in the city limits where that
be necessary to invoke the general body formerly had no authority.
closure law.”
Twenty Stop
Signs Placed
Burning
Permit«
Required
Mr. Rogers also stated thrt the
inspection force of the state for­
estry department had been increas­
ed from thirteen to seventeen men,
a move found necessary because
of the immense increase in logging
activities in the state He indicated
that the duties of these officials
will be to check all legging opera­
tions at frequent intervals during
the summer to see that fire pre­
cautionary measures are taken by
the various operators. Attention is
also called to the fact that burning
permits will be required.
Light Pole Broken
An Oregon Gas and
Electric
light pole nehr the high school
building was broken Tuesday morn­
ing when the school bus driven by
Herb Condit was backed into it.
Electric service was disrupted for
a time until repairs could be made.
Windstorm Does
Damage to Lines
A severe windstorm of short
duration late Sunday afternoon
played havoc with West Coast
Telephone company lines. The dis­
trict management in Forest Grove
reports that all service was stopped
north of Forest Grove along the
Gales creek highway. Cables were
also out between Newberg and
Dundee, in McMinnville and in
Gresham.
In the Scholls district a number
of high tension power lines fell
over the telephone lines doing con­
siderable damage. A heavy lighten­
ing storm in the Camas-Washougal
area caused additional trouble.
Crews were out over night and
Monday morning and repairs were
made as rapidly as possible.
Barbara Nichols Gets Val-
idictorian Honors for 4
Years of Study
The coming Sunday evening will
mark the beginning of graduation
exercises for students of the Ver­
nonia high school senior class when
’baccalaureate services will be held
at the Christian church. The ser­
mon of the evening will' be deliver­
ed by Rev. W. O. Livingstone speak­
ing on the subject: “The Weakness
of Power.”
Twenty-five seniors will complete
their work as members of this
year’s graduating class, it was stat­
ed Tuesday by Wallace McCrae,
high school principal. This class
is very small in numbers as com­
pared with classes of former years.
Class Day
The Class Day event will be held.
at the high school on Wednesday
at 2 o’clock and parents are invited
to attend at that time. On Wed­
nesday evening the Senior Banquet
will be held at the Legion Hall at
6:30 under the sponsorship of the
American Legion Auxiliary. The
banquet is prepared by the auxil­
iary with the financial assistance
of various other organizations in
the city/ The seniors and faculty
are invited to the affair.
The Commencement program will
be held in the Washington grade
school auditorium Friday, Msy 2Ard.
Dr. Daniel' W. Poling of the Oregon
State System of Higher Education
delivering the evening’s address.
Valedictorian
Honors for class valedictorian this
year go to Barbara Nichols who has
maintained an average of 94 19/28
for the four years of study ana to
her will be accorded the privilege
of making the valedictorian’s talk
at commencement. Roy Soejima at­
tained second place or ralutatorian
honors for the four years with an
average of 93 9/28.
Commander Tells
Of Requirements
Vernonia young men who greet
Legion Commander George Baker
on the street the next few weeks
need not be amazed if he gives
them special scrutiny. It just means
that he has received frfom Lieuten­
ant Colonel B. H. Hensley a descrip­
tion < " the typical Flying Cadet
and something about the character­
istics that make up the Flying
Cadet.
Says Commander George Baker:
“If young fellas have a clean bill
of health, and that means clean
and not just freshly laundered,
college training or its equivalent
in knowledge, are between 20 and
26, and have managed to escape
Cupid, they don’t have to wait
for opportunity to knock. They do
the knocking and the door is the
one marked: Recruiting Service, U.
S. Army. If they cannot contact
the local legion commander, full
details of enlistment may be obtain­
ed by viaiting or writing headquar­
ters of the Army Recruiting Ser­
vice, Room 323 post office building.
Portland, or any of the substations
located at Salem, Eugene, Medford,
Ontario, Pendleton, Klamath Falls
or Marshfield.”
Civil Service Position
A civvil service examination for
the position of Helper, General, has
been announced by the commission.
The examination will be conducted
for the purpose of filling existing
and future vacancies in the U. S.
Engineer Service, War Department,
Portland, Oregon, Engineer Dis­
trict. Information may be obtained
at the post office.and applications
must be filed not later than May
19.