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Derno 1 hursday, January 15, 1942 Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon Volume 19, Number 3 Youngest Bond Palmer Hoyt Organization of Holder Defense Bond Canvass Perhaps? Methods Explained Mon. Raid Wardens To Speak at Nearly Complete Patriotic Rally Meeting of Group Wed nesday Names District Leaders The air raid warden part of the civil defense organization for this vicinity was formulated last Wed nesday evening when that group n>et to name those men to act as leaders in the various Upper Neha lem 'Valley communities. The Wed nesday meeting was presided over by Wallace McCrae who heads the entire organization for the Vernonia territory. Those who were named as com munity or district leaders have been busy this week obtaining assist—its. At this time some of those names are available but not all, as it has been impossible for leaders to com plete their entire personnel but pub lication will be made at such time as they are available. Meet Your Warden« • i In order that the wardens may carry out their work quickly and satisfactorily in the event of a raid, citizens in those respective commun ities are urged to become acquaint ed with their wardens and to read carefully the bulletin “Meet Your Air Raid Warden!” which was pub lished last week as well as being distributed to every house. As the names have been made available of the wardens in the various districts they have been prepared for publication so that residents of those communities may familiarize themselves with the in- . dividuals who will serve in that cap acity. Names foi* every district are not available but those that are known are given below. In every case the first person listed heads the warden group in that particular area: Warden* Named Oregon-American hill: Jack Heen an, A. C. Alexander, Hale Green man, Frank Riley and W. M. Byers; East of Rock creek within the city limits: Reverend H. R. Scheuer- man, C. A. Cedarberg, Luther Her rin, Reverend W. O. Livingstone; Corey Hili': George Johnson, Rob ert Acord, Dean Lionberger, Artn. . Raymer; Riverview: Tom Crawford, R. A. Bramblett, W. G. Heath, Claune Gibson; Rock creek to the railroad tracks it, Vernonia: Bill Briot; Trehrrne: Ray Justice, Clyde Mc Donald. Pittsburg: Robert Lindsay, Harry Sr.ndon; Wilark: M. B. Tompkins, Frank Fi'oeter, Frank Lane, Arthur Rice, Chris Fowler, Joe Miller, Aiaiy Bransdale, C. R. Lewis. Bond Sale Leaps To High Figure The sale of Defense Savings Bonds at the Vernonia post office spurted suddenly this month as com pared with other months since the bonds have been available for pur chase. At the close of business Tuesday, January 13th, $14,391.26 had been spent locally for purchasing bonds. Thq£ figure is the actual cash a- mount but the bonds purchased for that amount of money will mature for $19,175.00. Although less than half the pres ent month has passed, the sale as cf date above exceeds any other month since the bonds have been on sale. Money Order Total High During the 1941, sold the total of reached the largest corded here. the money $36,261.01. ing that $295.62. orders amount orders post office figure ever During Fees December, money Vernonia the at of month written totaled for writ orders was charged of re period that Defense Bonds, along with other news of defense, has taken up a considerable portion of the news space the past few weeks but here perhaps, is a little different phaise of the subject. Defense Bonds Will Be W. E. Linn purchased a defense Topic for Listeners at bond Tuesday for his three-months- old son, David E. Linn. As far as is Tuesday Meeting known, David is the youngest bond The opportunity to learn more holder in Vernonia. If he is not, let the fact be known and his or about United States Defense Bonds, her name will be given appropriate their purpose, where they can be purchased, and the immediate need mention. for the cooperation of everyone ir> making those purchases, will' be the general theme of a patriotic rally next Tuesday evening. Three speak ers, all prominent Oregon men, will be present at the rally to in form listeners about the bonds. The state game commission, at a Heading the speaking group will be meeting held January 10, set the Palmer Hoyt, Oregonian publisher general season for trout six inches and state chairman of the Stare or over in length in 1942 from Defense Bond committee, Robert S. April 18 to October 31, with the Farrell; head of the speakers bureau exception of twelve eastern Oregon of the state, and Charles W. Robi counties where the season will' ex son. tend from May 2 to October 31. Also on the evening’s program These counties are Baker, Gilliam, will be music by the school band. Union, Grant, Harney, Klamath, The rally will be held at the Wash Lake, Morrow, Umatilla, Wallowa, ington grade school at 8 p. m. and Wheeler and Malheur. everyone is urged to attend and The daily bag limit remains the become better informed on the De same as before, fifteen pounds and fense Bond subject, a subject of one fish but not to exceed fifteen vital importance to every American fish in any one day. The limit for at this time. The meeting is being sny seven consecutive days or in sponsored by I. W. A. Local No. possession at any one time is thirty 5- 37. pounds and two fish but not to ex ceed thirty fish. From November 1 to April 17 anglers will be permitted to take trout over ten inches in length only in those waters open to steelhead and salmon fishing. The aggregate Anyone who has scrap iron but bag limit for steelhead, salmon and does not have a means of hauling trout over ten inches in length it to the collection center at the during this period will be three in Culbertson blacksmith shop m-<., any one day with a possession limit have it collected by calling Harry of six and weekly limit of ten. Culbertson or Cass Bergerson. The announcement of arrangements for Separate Count Po««ible hauling was made this week after However, during the general open arrangements were made to provide season for six inch trout the regular means of hauling. daily bag limit of three salmon and When a sufficient quantity of steelhead over twenty inches in the scrap iron has been collected length may be counted separately !t will be transported to Portland and steelhead over twenty inches in for sale. Funds from the transac length may be counted separately tion will go to defray expenses of from the trout limit. Special regu local civilian defense work, the ex lations prevail on the Rogue river penses formerly being paid by the and are essentially the same as last individuals engaged in that work. year. Special seasons and limits in the individual counties will be listed in the annual synopsis of angling regu lations to be issued by the Game Commission in the near future. Game Commission Sets Trout Season Scrap Iron to Be Collected Tire Rationing Groups Meet Commission Asks Exam Applicants The U. S. civil service commis sion has announced a post office substitute Clerk-Village Carrier ex amination for the purpose of estab lishing an eligible register from which selections may be made to fill' existing and future vacancies as they may occur in the post of fice seryice at Vernonia. Applications must be on file at the office of the manager of the eleventh U. S. civil service district, 326 Post Office Building, Seattle, Washington, not later than February 6, 1942. Additional information may be obtained at the post office here. Junior Play Slated Jan. 23 “What a Life” by Clifford Gold- smith will be presented by the jun ior class of the high school Friday evening, January 23, at the Wash ington grade school. Miss Esther Willers is coaching the three-act comedy. Members of the cast have been named as follows: Robert Kent, Mary Anna Furnish, Mary Lee Hall, Lynn Brady, Calvin Sasse, Priscilla White, Clayton Aldrich, Joyce Knight, Harvey Johnson, Betty Ol son, Keith Walker, Joy Willard and Lester Galloway. The business manager is Arthur Tousley; advertising heads are Mar garet Anderson and Dean Lionber ger, In charge of the costumes are Gwendolyn Graves. Mary Katherine Norris and Roberta Sword. Representatives of the tire ra tioning committees in ColumDia county met in St. Helens Wednes day morning to lay out plans Jor the apportioning of tires in the dif ferent district of the county. The Vernonia committee, Mrs. J. C. Lincoln, Loel Roberts and Elmore knight, will have charge of District 6- B, the Upper Nehalem Valley and will include Mist and Birkenfeld. The county is divided into three districts. The St. Helens committee wilt apportion tires for that city, the surrounding territory and Rain ier will be designated District 6-A. The Clatskanie committee will have jurisdiction over the remainder of the county below Rainier and will be District 6-C. An attempt will be made by the committees to divide truck tires equally among the three groups but other tires will be divided on the basis of voting population. Laird and Roberson Enlist Desmond Laird and Hamp Rober son, Jr., left Wednesday for Shep pard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas, where they have enlisted for ser vice in the air corps. Laird, owner and operator of Dessy’s Tavern for the past 3 years, leaves Chuck George, former mechanic for Heath’s service station, in charge of the business. Roberson was employed in the O. A. milt as mill-right. Extension Unit Meets The Vernonia Extension Unit will meet Friday, January 16, at 10:00 a. m., in the Home Economics room of the high school. Weight control will be the subject. Different types of meals will be demonstrated, and the fond values of each will be giv en. Recipes will be offered. A fee of 10c a person for the luncheon will be charged. The method to be followed in attempting to bring about an increas ed sale of Defense Savings Bonds in Columbia county was explained in Vernonia Monday evening by Irving Rau, county chairman of the drive, and Charles N. Rogers, for the benefit of a group of people represent- mg various organizations. The rep resentatives included those from union, fraternal and civic groups. Response Good for As has been explained previously, Hospital Needs a house-to-house canvass will be To Canvas* County made over the entire county. In the Upper Nehalem Valley, rural district residents will be contacted by the Natal and Vernonia Granges, while town residents will receive calls from workers of several or ganizations. Local No. 5-37 and the management of the Oregon-Ameri can mill will arrange for a personal contact of members and employees. The Vernonia Study Club will be. in charge of the city residential district and the American Legion and Chamber of Commerce the bus iness district. Every individual, man, woman and child, will be asked when interview ed, to sign a pledge card, stating thereon the amount which can be spent each week or month towards the purchase of stamps or bonds. It is emphasized that no pressure will be brought by attempting to force the signing of a card, the signature of the individual meaning only a moral pledge. No quota for the sale of bonds has been set and the element of competition win not enter into the drive. The response for articles to equip the hospital' which will be used in event of an air raid has been very good Mrs. R. D. Eby stated this week. Following the house-to-house canvass for needed articles last week, a good many items were brought to the I. O. O. F. hall Mon day. Mrs. Eby, in making the an nouncement of the progress so far, stated that another check-in of articles will be made on the coming Monday from 12 noon until five and again those wh-o have supplies are urged to bring them to the hall where they will be stored. It was also stated that a rehear sal of those who will serve in the hospital unit is to be held this Fri day, January 16th, starting at 7:30 P. m. At that time everyone in the group is asked to report to the hall just as quickly as possible as though the rehearsal were an emergency and to remain there until checked in. Roy New Services The payroll allotment plan now in effect here will not be changed To Be Held Sat. in any way but regardless of the Pledges Asked Women to Be Registered in Canvass Feb. 16 Mobilization of Women in County Directed by Grace Kent Magruder The registration of Columbia county women in the Mobilization of Women for National' Defense will be started February 16th according to Grace Kent Magruder whj heads the mobilization in this county. Mrs. Magruder was in Vernonia last Fri day to appoint women who will dir ect the canvass in Vernonia pre cincts. Heading the precinct drives here are: Mrs. H. H. King, precinct 1; Mrs. Paul Gordon, precinct 2; Mrs. A. J. Hughes, precinct 3; and Mrs. O. G. Weed, precinct 4. The drive is being made in antici pation of a possible labor shortage arising if and when large numbers ■cf men are called into military ser vice and defense industries. Explanation Due One woman has been appointed in each county precinct to be re sponsible for the canvass in that area and to name as many assist ants as needed in making the reg istration complete. A luncheon for precinct heads is being give,, in Clatskanie Thursday, today, at which time more detailed explana tion of the mobilisation will be giv en the leaders and assistants who attend. Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar, state director of the work, will' be present at that time. No similarity exists between civil ian defense organizations and the work of the board of mobilization of women. Civilian defense under takings call for volunteer workers while women called for emergency work as a result of the inventory data to be taken will' be fully paid in accordance with union standards. Ir general, women will not be call ed until all available Oregon man power has been utilized to its lull- cst extent. Roy Elbert New died in the Em anuel hospital in Portland Monday, January 12, following an automob ile accident which occurred near Banks on Wednesday, January 7 He was born July 19, 1918, in Scho field, Oregon, and died at the age of 23 years, 6 months and 7 days. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence New, 4 sis ters, Mrs. Charles Wall, Mrs. Ralph Aldrich, Jr., Phyllis and Joyce, and 2 brothers, Malden and Robert. The body will' lie in state at the Four Group* Made Bush Funeral home from Thursday The announced purpose of the in until Saturday at noon; funeral ser vices will be held at 1 o’clock at ventory is to register the present the Christian Church of which the or past work experience, training deceased was a member. Reverend cr occupational preference of all Briots Leave Friday Livingstone will officiate. Interment adult Oregon women. The question Coming as a surprise to their will be at the Odd Fellows cemetery naire, which will be filled out, friends in the community was the groups women’s abilities into lour in Hillsboro. announcement of the Bill Briots main classifications: women with that they are leaving the latter skills more important than the part of the week to make their work they are now doing; women home in Oak Grove, near Oswego, who have secondary skills which may Oregon. Briot will' work in Portland be developed when needed; women for the Shell Oil company, after who have potential skills and who having been the distributing sales are willing to be trained in voca man for this district since Novem Few changes in the study sche tional work; and women who may ber, 1928, with the exception of 2 dule of high school' students will be fit into places vacated by men Call years when he was employed in St. made with the beginning of the ed into heavy industries or military Helens. recond semester next week, Wallace services. Although the inventory is McCrae, principal, announced Tues not compulsory, women are urge! day. In past years there have at to give complete information as Unit Sewing Continues According to an announcement times been many changes but the it is deemed to be a patriotic duty by Peggy Hatfield, the Red Cross plan this year calls for much the on the part of Oregon women. sewing will be done this coming same course of study for the second Friday as usual in the Odd Felloyrs half of school as has been followed hall from 9 in the morning to 4 in during the first semester. the afternoon. There is a possibility English classes will begin the that the building formerly occupied study of literature in place of gram by the Post Office may be used as mar; the home economics class wifi permanent headquarters for Red devote its time to sewing instead Attention of all' aliens is called Cross sewing and for the knitting of cooking; Pacific Northwest Geo to the fact that before any alien supplies which at present are kept graphy will be replaced by world is eligible to purchase a hunting or in the homes. economic geography. trapping license, he must buy from High school students are taking the Oregon State Game Commission semester tests this week. Army Joined an alien gun license for the cur Toshiaka Tanizaki, formerly em rent year. ployed at the Vernonia Laundry, Gun licenses issued to aliens i? enlisted in the army January 6th. previous years are no longer erfed- He was sent to the Fort Lewis re tive as the Attorney General has ception center but word has not ruled that a gun license is valid been received as to his transferral only during the calendar year in from there. A benefit dance was announced which it is issued and must be re Tuesday by the Vernonia Grange newed annually. to provide financial aid for the maintenance of the airplane observ ation posts in this vicinity. Three posts are now in operation, being manned by people in this area. The expenses necessary to keep the posts Columbia county's Red Cross fund operative such as electricity, mater was increased by $37 last Saturday ials for the buildings, etc., have night, information reveals this week. been paid by those doing the work The $37 was donated the Red Cross as there are no other funds avail as the result of a benefit dance able for that purpose. given last Saturday night, January Revenue from the dance will be 10th, at the Natal Grange hall. The devoted to defray those expenses. dance was sponsored by the Natal The dance will be held at the Pleas Grange. The Glen Davis orchestra ant Hill Grange hall, Saturday, Jan which played that evening also do nated its services. uary 24th. employee’s amount devoted to the purchase of bonds under the plan, he vill b. asked to k,:gn a pledge. Up to November 27, 1941, 4 mil lion dollars worth of bonds had been purchased but that amount was bought by 3 million people. Secre tary of Treasury Morgantheau has stated that 35 million people must participate in order to prevent future federal action forcing the purchase of bonds. Reproduced on an inside page of this issue of The Eagle is the pledge which every person in the county will be asked to sign on January 20th or shortly thereafter. Few Changes in Schedule Made Alien Gun License For Year Due Benefit Dance Planned Here Watch for the Minute Man January 20th Red Cross Benefit Dance Totals $37