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f Friday, August 1, 1941 Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon USO Drive Here Nears Speaker to Tell of German Completion, Said Wed. Imprisonment The drive in this area for funds tions is nearing its completion E. G. sad Wednesday morning. No figures could be given due to the fact that would not be for a day or two. Lecture Here Friday Is Open to Public Without In seeking to complete the work Roediger has instructed those who Charge, Said are assigned to solicit to finish A talk that should prove inter contacting people who have not esting to many people will be given here Friday evening, August 1st, contributed in the next few days. it was revealed this week. The talk Information as to the success will be given by Father Joseph of the drive was given in a release Saal, a Catholic priest who was in Wednesday. To date $9,556,000 has Germany in 1937. The speech will begin at 8:15 at the Washington been officially reported as raised grade school' auditorium and no throughout the Country and that admission charge will be made for the full $10,765,000 asked for the those who wish to attend. ■ soldier-sailor welfare program un- According to the information giv doubtedly will be subscribed by the en, Father Saal, although a United end of July. States citizen then, was placed in jail in Germany by the Gestapo and kept there for some time. He will tel! of that experience and of the conditions in Germany at the time and will give a lecture that will reveal many interesting points Ten students have made solo of information. flights from the Vernonia Airport since instruction was first given here with the organization of the Vernonia Flyers, was the informa tion revealed Wednesday by Lester Lackey, flight instructor. for the United Service Organiza- Roediger, chairman of the drive, on the amount of money raise! the drive was not complete and High Humidity Helps Trees It isn’t the heat so much as the humidity, according to the state forestry department in calling pub lic attention to localized fire weather forecasts which are being broadcast every night over radio station KEX, Portland at eight o’ clock. “It is high humidity that tends to keep fire out of the forests in hot weather” reads the forestry department's statement. “Relative humidity coupled with wind and temperature, are the three great factors in determining fire weather. That is why we urge loggers and all other citizens to listen each night to the forecasts. Persons contemplating outdoor ti;ips espec ially should hear the forecasts and thus know what sort of weather is At the present time approximate in prospect for the ensuing thirty- ly 30 students are receiving flight six hours. instruction from Lackey, three of Reading of 60 Safe them being women. Considering the “Low relative humidity is what fact that the field is not the best that could be asked and thac makes the forests particularly sus weather conditions have sometimes ceptible to fire. That is why all been adverse, the students and logging in the state is stopped when those who have soloed are doing relative humidity drops to a read very well' in that no mishaps have ing to 30 or under. A reading of 60 ;s Comparatively safe. Any occurred. read ng below that point is on the Siudqpts who have already made border-line, and in warm weather solo flights include: Claire Badley, is likely to drop fast. Often only Jack Parker, Don Morris, Dr. R. two hours will see a change from D. Eby, Pat McCauley, Bob Dial. ‘safe’ to ‘dangerous’ humidity. Desmond Laird, Rex Pembl'e, Hom “So, next time you feel' like er Austin and Albert Haverland. The three women taking instruction complaining about the humid weath are Dorothy Webb, Mrs. Gene Ship- er, just remember what moist air means to the forests and the in mjin and Jean Vaughan. dustries of your state during sum mer. Humid weather is compar atively safe. It helps Keep Oregon Pedestrian Protection— Green and is worth thousands of Helps Walkers Avoid Trouble dollars to all of us.” Ten Make Solo Flights Wounds, Subject Of Class Study A larger attendance was evident Tuesday night at the third meeting of th» First Aid classes, according to reports given Wednesday. Dr. R. D. Eby was present and talked to the group for a part of the class period. Wounds, treatment of different types of wounds, bandaging, con trolling bleeding and a discussion cf shock and its effects were the topics for the evening’s study. The fourth lesson, Thursday, will have to do with artificial respira tion; pupils will practice methods of the topic of study upon each other for practical' application of artificial respiration. To niake clear the steps by which one may become a qualified teacher cf First Aid, Dutton, instructor of the classes, states that at the end of this 20 hour class, students will receive the standard certificates. Then for advanced work an addi tional 20 hour Course wifi be taken which will' be followed by an addi tional set of lessons under the sup ervision of a National Red Cross executive especially qualified for handling classes having had 40 hours study in the field. Boys Enjoy 4-H Club Tour A 4-H livestock and crops tour oonducted Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of last week proved in teresting for three boys of this vicinity, it was reported Friday by George Nelson, county agent. The boys making the trip from here were Ralph Keasey, and Lee and Kenneth Lindsley. They made the tour in a company of 54 4-H çlub members from Clatsop, Tilla mook and Columbia counties. Before Crossing Scouts Enjoy Swim Pool Benefit Game Date Told VFW Sponsors Drive for Funds; Game to Prove Entertaining So that the children of Vernonia and vicinity may swim in safety at Dewey Pool, a benefit softball game is being sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars for Thursday evening of this week at the park field between the Oregon- American Lumber Corporation team and a team from the Weyerhauser Lumber company at Longview. The game is one that should bring out a good deal of rivalry and provide much interest bo fans. Funds which are from will be used penses incurred at pool in providing children who swim stated. derived there to defray ex the swimming protection for there, it was The game will begin at 8 o’clock under the lights on Thursday eve ning, July 31st. More Information Needed on Property The necessity of another exam ination of Nehalem Valley proper ties of the Oregon Gas and Electric Company was revealed this week by the Nehalem Basin Peoples Ut ility District when it was announc ed that directors of the district have engaged an engineer to make the check. The PUD engineer with an engineer of the Hydroelectric Commission of Oregon will make a thorough check of the property beginning about the first of Aug ust. Reason for the examination is that the Hydroelectric Commission wishes further information regard ing the property before an officia; okeh for the purchase by the PUD is given, it was stated. The check will occupy between two and three weeks time. Direct ors of the district will meet at their regular time the evening of the second Tuesday in August. Camping Trip Safety Walk Ten scouts spent part of Satur day and Sunday at Arcadia park Posts Broken the past week-end as a part of the LOOK LOOK’ LEFT RIGHT Then ' Walk Alertly ---------- r.* Thoughtful persons never cross busy streets without first stopping on the curb, looking both ways, then stepping into the street, ac cording to the state traffic safety division. Look in both directions before leaving the curb. —Photo courtesy Oregon state The tour included the John Jacob Motor Asociation. Astor and Northrup Creek Experi ment stations in Clatsop county and the A. L. Gile farm at Chinook, Washington. The farm boasts 101 head of pure bred Guernsey milk cows. This is the second year the tour has been made, it was stated. With statistics showing that near ly half the pedestrians hit at inter License Try Made sections are struck after they leave Another Vernonia resident wilt the curb, the state traffic safety receive a private pilot’s license if division today reminded walkers all goes well today, Thursday, at they should look both ways before Hillsboro. Bob Wagner, employe of starting across a busy street. the Vernonia Auto company, has Forty-three percent of the pedes sufficient flying hours and is the trian fatalities in Oregon occur one taking the test. when the person on foot is not more than three or four steps away McCraes Return— from the curb, it was said. This Mr. and Mrs. Wallace McCrae means that too many persons start are expected to return to their across the street without making home in Vernonia this week, foltow sure the way is clear of approach ing Principal McCrae’s attending ing cars. the University of Oregon summer session in Eugene. It was stated “Look left, look right, then look that the school head wilt remain left, as you step off the curb,” is in Vernonia for the remainder of the admonition to Oregon pedes the summer. trians. Look Before Stepping, Advised Volume 18, Number 31 Acrobatic Dog Climbs Ladders Now, steady, look again. It really isn’t. Take it easy, now, no use jumping at conclusions. Of course, it is hot, and even dogs have their days but who ever saw a dog spending a day on top of a roof? Better steal another look. Kinda easy like open your eyes. Hmmm. It IS a dog! Nothing wrong with YOU. It’s a dog, all right. And it’s walking all' over that roof top as nonchalantly as a fly walks on the ceiling. Some ani mal'. Uh, Browning trapeze art ist, my eye. Vernonia has a roof-climbing pooch! Tippy is the name of the acrobatic dog. And according to Doug Culbertson, he, Doug taught her to walk up a ladder several years ago when she was just a young descendant of a sheep dog. Now, after years of practice in climbing with the male members of the Cul bertson family when they work on the tops of people’s houses, Tippy is as steady and as at home as she is when she plays hide and go-seek with Doug. He claims she cheats sometimes because he has caught her watching him out of the cor ner of her eye when she was supposed to close her eyes while he’s hiding. Besides being a ladder climb er, roof walker and a playmate, Tippy at a youthful age showed an inherent quimty for herd ing. Some young ducks were Carefully guided, a few at a time, to their watering place and then just as carefully returned so that the next group could be escorted to the water. Tippy’s life should be a happy one. She has a nice fam ily to pet her, to take her on excursions atop roofs, teach her tricks, a nice place to board and room for nothing. But she looks so sad I She’s always dreading to hear the announce ment that Tippy is going to be given a bath with water. Lillian Hedman Returns Lillian Hedman returned Tues day from the Emanuel hospital where she has been for over a month frecovtering from injuries sustained in an automobile acci dent on June 21. Miss Hedman is able to get about, it is stated, the fractured bone having healed; but the condition of the left eye is still unchanged. Rebergert Visit Here— Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reberger and three Children of Portland visi ted friends in Vernonia Sunday. The Reberger* lived here a number of years ago; Mr. Reberger was employed as agent by the S. P. and S. company. Attend Meet— M. J. Willard, Emil, Messing, Robert Spencer and James Jones visited the Westport I. O. O. F. lodge Monday evening. Safety Zone Sip Erected Show Given Wednesday at Joy Theatre Nets Part of Needed Fund i Information from Mrs. J. C. Moran, leader of the Nehalem Beaver Creek 4-H Cattle Club, Wednesday morning revealed that 225 tickets to the show given Wed nesday evening had been sol'd. Mem bers of the club undertook the sale of tickets last week to raise a portion of the $500 needed .o complete the construction of a barn at the county fair grounds. The club has made an expression of its appreciation elsewhere in this issue for the assistance given in making the sale and show a suc cess. The moving picture part of the show was “The Penalty” which was followed by a demonstration by club members and others inter ested in the work. Work Begun Actual work on the barn at the fairgrounds began last week when county equipment graded and level led the site of the barn so i..at construction could start Monday. Some of the work will of necessity be done by paid carpenters bur it is hoped that a majority of the labor will be donated. Workers are needed in order to insure comple tion of the structure by fair time. Group Attends Conference The 37th annual convention of the Oregon-Washington conference of the Evangelical church opens Thursday for a twelve day session at Jennings Lodge. The conference branch of the Woman’s Missionary society will hold a 3 day meeting. Featured lecturers for the sessions will be Bishop G. E. Epp, D. D„ of Cleveland, Ohio, and Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Ulmer, medical mission aries on furlough from China. A reward of $10 was offered this week by L. H. Dewey, manager of Those from Vernonia attending Miller Mercantile company, for in the camp are: Rev. and Mrs. H. formation regarding damage done R. Soheuerman and daughter, Opal, Mrs. J. M. Boss, Mrs. J. F. Penney, lecently to a newly-installed awning Eileen Enos, Geraldine Riggins, at the store. A statement released Wendell' Riggins, Martha Tapp, Tuesday stated that the reward is Caroline Romtvedt, Dorothy Roland, offered “for information leading to Roberta Acord and Vona Weidman. thq conviction of any person seen defacing or damaging property or awning of the Miller Mercantile company.” Reward Offered For Damage The blinding lights of an ap proaching car caused the machine driven by Carl' Biggs to crash into the guard fence along the highway leading from the Vernonia city limits to the O-A hill Saturday right, it was reported this week. Food and equipment necessary Two of the posts were broken but A new awning has been in place for the occasion was packed by damage to the Biggs machine was at the store for only two or three the boys and the time spent there not serious. in pitching camp, cooking and in weeks and has already been cut According to reports of the ac receiving instruction was consider with a knife. Evidently at the same ed well worthwhile. The boys were cident it was necessary either to time, carving was done on the ex strike the approaching automobile accompanied by Scout Master Ira Baucom and Assistant Ed Frazee. or the fence and the latter was the terior woodwork. choice. Another trip is planned for a week-end before school starts or shortly after to a site between Seaside and Gearhart. program of the Vernonia troop and reported an enjoyable and profit able experience for the trip. The boys making the trip left late Sat urday morning and returned Sun day afternoon. Beaver Creek Club Raises Money for Barn Estimate Made Of Aluminum 165 Signed on Reserve Blanks A check with the records of the number of signers for the Oregon Civil Reserves revealed that a total cf 165 persons had filled out forms signifying their willingness to Co operate in the work for home de fense. During the week recently set a- side for the drive for signers an even 150 persons gave the needed information. Since that time 15 others have offered their aid. No official' information was av ailable this week relative to the aluminum drive Conducted in Ver 152nd Session Due nonia and the surrounding territ The 152nd session of the Colum ory but a considerable amount of bia County Pomona Grange will be the metal has been dpeosited in the held at the Scappoose high school, bin on Bridge street. Saturday, August 2nd, with Chap The estimate made Tuesday of man Grange acting as host. The session will convene Approved by the city council the amount at that place was 500 buainess promptly at 11:00 a. m. Dinner a recent meeting, the improvement pounds. will be served at 12:30 p. m. by leaves a space for the bus to un the host. load passengers and is a safe-guard Picnic Date Set in case of a fire in the theatre. The annual picnic of the Dixie Employed at Beauty Parlor— Miss Goldie Keaton started work Mountain pioneer group will be Premiurjs Listed held Sunday, August 10, beginning Monday in the Annette Beauty The premium and rules list for at 10 o’clock at the Tannock picnic Salon. Mis* Keaton whose home is the Oregon State Fair has been grounds on Dixie Mountain. All in Mist is a graduate of Vernonia published and a copy is available former residents and their fam high school. at The Eagle office for reading ilies and friends are invited to for those in this vicinity who have attend the picnic. Bring a basket Librarian III— Mrs. Lee Engen ha* been it! at not received one. The 1941 State lunch and eating utensils for your Fair will be even better than the group. An intereating day has been her home for the past week with 1940 show it is said. Dates for arranged, and plan* are going for a severe cold. Mr*. Charles Cedar the event are September 1 to 7 ward to make thia a real pioneer burg substituted during Mr*. En gathering. gen’* absence as librarian. at Salem. A safety and loading zone sign was erected on Bridge street Wed nesday by E. Sessman. The zone, a safety feature, leaves free from parking cars the area in front of kullander’s Jewelry store and in front of the Joy Theatre.