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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