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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1942)
* Derno IpS ¿=* Thursday, February 26, 1942 Home Guard Units Being Planned Here Dciiense Committee Will Attempt to Form Two Organizations Two home guard units are plan ned for organization here by the local civilian defense committee un der plans for such organizations as outlined recently by Governor Sprague. Information regarding the two units has been requested of Colonel Ralph Cowgill, who is in charge of forming such groups in the state, it was stated. Effort to obtain individuals for one unit was started a short time ago, that unit being a company of expert riflemen. Signatures for the company are being taken at the Oregon Gas and Electric company office now. The other company sought is a unit of tree fallers which would see active dntv in case of emer gency by blocking roads with tree«. Applications are being taken for the two companies and anyone who wishes to be of service and is ca- pable of performing the work re- quired may apply at the light of- fice. Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon Grade School Instructors Are Re-Elected Small Farms Can Get Loans, Said The Columbia County Public Welfare Department is seeking boarding homes for children. The The Vernonia Gun Club complet need for homes in which to place ed its schedule of shooting matches the county’s children is at present last Saturday when it competed very acute. with the Mt. Hood club here. The Applications will be taken by the local group of riflemen completed the season by winning 10 of the 12 welfare department, either at the matches on its schedule and by win main office in St. Helens or the ning first place in the sharpshooters area offices in Vernonia, Rainier, division of the Columbia-Willam- and Clatskanie. One Day of Sewing Planned Immediately following the an nouncement made last week that Red Cross sewing here would be dis continued for the time being due to a shortage of material, word was re ceived by Mrs. John Hatfiel’d that a small amount of material was avail able. The amount of material is suf ficient for one day’s work, it was stated, so that those who have been active in the work will sew Friday of this week in the quarters used for that work at the old post of- fice building. Sewing wilt start at 9:30 a. m., Mrs. Hatfield stated. The homes are to be certified un der the state department’s regula tions, the fundamental objectives being that the boarding home shall afford a sense of family life, se curity, good habit training, health protection, adequate food and shel ter, and normal community relation ships. At present the department is not anticipating a need for homes for children due to war coonditions but are attempting to face a local need before it becomes complicated by nation-wide problems. Safeway Store Starts Remodeling Remodeling in the Safeway store here began Wednesday morning. Change, in the shelving throughout the store, the installation of six new racks for display and the rearranging of the entire mer- chandise will be carried out in the plans to make the store more modern in a more efficient ar- rangemen. Two Fire Calls Answered Vernonia volunteer firemen ans wered alarms this week, both of which were signals to fires of little consequence. On Saturday morning a chimney fire at the home of Ernie Stacey caused no damage. About midnight a call to the Nehalem hotel was answered to put out a fire which started in a closet in which A meeting of livestock men to odds and ends were stored. Little hear Harry Lindgren, .Extension or no damage was reported by Fire Animal' Husbandman, is planned at chief Culbertson. St. Helens Thursday afternoon, March 5 at 1:15, George Nelson, county agent Announces this week. The feeding of beef stock, which The old sites and grouno» at includes both the stock and the Camp Lewis didn’t look exactly the wintering of breeding stock, wilt be discussed by Lindgren. All who are same to C. Lusby, better known to interested in this subject from the his many friends as Frank, when standpoint of feeding for profit and he visited there last Sunday and meeting war needs are invited to the memories of old days when attend the meeting. as a young buck-private he strutted “.squads right and wrong” were Busimiss Acquired somewhat mixed as this oversea Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rasmussen veteran of World War 1 arrived are moving to Clatskanie soon there to spend the day with his where Mr. Rasmussen has taken son, Frank, jr., now in the service over the Union Oil business. Ras of Uncle Sam to do his bit just mussen was formerly associated as his Dad did some 24 years ago. with United Petroleum, distributor Young Frank Lusby enlisted be of Union Oil products here. fore "Pearl Harbor”, in fact dur- Lindgren to Tell Of Stock Feeding Attendance at Referendum Result Shows Show Urged Failure For Creation of By Committee It may seem strange but it may come to pass that women will be working in the O-A mill some of these time« due to the loss of quite a number of men and the probable loss of more due to the draft and Program to Be Part of Board of District No. 47 defense industry. Whatever steps Training of Civilian De Names Teachers for Com may be necessary in meeting chang ed conditions would be hard to pre fense Workers ing Year dict but it is true that seiveral ap Last-minute notice is given this The board of directors of School plications have been taken at the District No. 47 Jt. acted at a meet mill office from women who have week by the local civilian defense ing last Saturday night, to elect all signified the wish to be employed committe to «11 those who are a should l he opportunity arise. part of the civilian defense organi teachers now serving in the schools zation and to all others who are in for the coming year. The action was terested to attend the show being taken as an annual procedure at sponsored Friday evening by the this time of year, Included in the committee. The show and program list of teachers are the 22 now em- is being given at 8 ’clock that cloyed. evening at the Washington grade Special farm and home improve school'. It is known that two po ment I ;ans, designed to assist Special attention will be given sitions must be filled for next year. small farmers in cut-over areas of incendiary bombs and methods of Miss Sylviaa Claggett has announced western Oregon to develop full time extinguishing them by Major E. J. intention of returning to school to R. Rossiter, formerly of the British units through financing of land obtain her degree and Mrs. Jack army. His talk will be highly in clearing, building improvements and formative and will give defense > Claiborne will leave to reside real estate contracts on a long- workers some idea of the methods Portland. lime credit basis, have been author- used in the event this area should The naming of two instructors ized for Columbia county, announ- be bombed. to fill those positions will' be made No charge is being made for the ces Elmer Lierman, county Farm at a later time when seectioons are event, the defense committe has Security administration supervisor, stated. made. Federal building, Astoria. Boarding Homes, Gun Club Wins 10 Welfare Need Of 12 Matches ette Rifle League. To complete the schedule, three matches were shot last week-end, two of them Friday and one Sat urday. Vernonia met Gresham Fri day to win by a score of 882 to 855 and met Troutdale to win by a score of 889 to 874. Harold Kellmer and Ronald Fetsch were high-point men respectively of the two mat ches, Kellmer’s score being 181 and Fetsch’s, 187. In the .final match here Saturday with Mt. Hood, Vernonia’s score was 920 and Mt. Hood’s, 905. Kell- mer was high-point man with a score of 191. Women Apply For Mill Work Land Use, Basis “Farm and home improvement or FHI loans are based on county land use planning recommendations to aid farm families with inadequate land, buildings, and improvements for successful farming operations,” said Mr. Lierman. “Loans to be made during the remainder of the present fiscal year ending July 1 will be grouped as much as poB- i ible in parts of the county where the problem is most acute. How ever applications will' be accepted from all eligible farm families.” Funeral at Mist Planned Saturday Funeral services will be held at the Mist church Saturday at 10 a. m. for Maria Holstrom, a resident cf that community for the past 45 years, who passed away there Feb- ceased was 79 yearn and 10 days of Maria Hofxtrom Was born Febru- ..'•>tri. \t the time of death the de ary 15, I860, in Finland. She was widowed and is survived by a daughter, Olga Holmstrom of Mist and a sister, Brfta Johnson of Minn esota. The deceased had been in the United States 57 years. Interment will take place in the Rose City cemetary, Portland, at about 1 p. m. Saturday. The ser vices at Mist will be in charge ot the Bush Funeral Home and Rev. W. O. Livingstone will officiate. Long-term credit based on abil ity of the farm to repay will en able these farmers to take part in producing food for victory and at the same time place theiir units an a self-sufficient basis, Lierman pointed out. Many farmers are un able to use their land resources and farming experience effectively be cause they do not have stable ten ure, lack facilities for clearing or securing additional land, cannot afford adequate livestock buildings and home improvements, or have land purchase contracts demanding The St. Helens basketball quintet most of their current income. was victorious over the Loggers last Friday at St. Helens when they Long-Term Payments defeated Vernonia in a thrilling “Farm and home improvements game 30 to 26. That victory gives loans up to $350.00 can be made St. Helens the county title and Ver for repayment over periods or 15 nonia three losses for the season so to 40 years, with interest at three far. The loggers trailed 10 to 5 to per cent on unpaid balances,” tier close the first period by lead 13 to man said. “' Repayment schedules 14 at the half and 17 to 22 at third are determined by annual income period time. and production of the farm and Vernonia met Scappoose Monday vary from year to year, depending to win 44 to 28. Roeser was high- on the income available for pay point man for thi game with a total ments after operating and living of 19. The last game before the expenses have been met. Repay start of tournament pl'ay will be ments are deferred for 5 years in here Thursday evening when the cases where full' development of Loggers meet Hill Military Aca the farm’s production requires con demy. riderable length of time.” St. Helens Is Victor Friday Standard rehabilitation loans will be used to supply needed live- stock, poultry, machinery, seed and fertilizer when 1 needed, .................. 2 buildings. ■and development and security of tenure can be obtained through the special loans. Further informa tion about the new program «.nd application blanks may be secured at the county FSA office. Feder al building, Astoria. V Conservation District Stuents to Build Model Airplanes 60 Per Cent of Acres of Land Not Voted in Elec tion The official figures of the re- suit of the referendum on the creation of the proposed Nehalem Valley Soil Conservation District were released this week by Robert 11 Warrens, chairman cf .he State Soil Conservation Committee of Ore gon. Principal McCrae of the high school announces that plans and specifications to build solid scale model airplanes for the Navy are expected to be received by .the high school soon, and work will be- gin immediately under the direc- The notice reads: tion of Glenn Ely, manual arts in- To all persons interested, notice structor, with the industrial arts is hereby given: classes of the high school perform- That the tabulation set out be ing the work. low gives a full', correct, and true Secretary of the Navy Frank report of the results of a referen Knox stated in announcing the pro- dum held on the 14th day of Feb giam that the armed forces of the ruary, 1942, on the proposition of United States needs 10,000 models creation of the proposed Nehalem of each of 50 different types of Valley Soil Conservation District. fighting aircraft, 500,000 in all. Votes Acres The models are needed for training Votes in favor 299 228,260.21 in aircraft recognition and gunnery Votes against 13 11,520.88 sighting practice. In addition the To create a soil conservation public may make use of the models for education in airciaft recog- district, the State Soil Conservation District Law requires a favorable nition. . vote from the majority of the land U. S. Commissioner of Ed Ur owners, this majority owning at cation John W. Studebaker named least 60 per cent of the land with educational gains from the model in the proposed district. building program. Lessons in pre These results show that the ma cision, in speed and interest in avi ation of all major nations as well as jority of the landowners within the in American planes are of great district did not vote 60 per cent of the acres of land in favor of crea- educational value. According to Principal McCrea, tion of the district. Therefore, under the law, the “Identification must be second na ture for a pilot, for in a •flog fight’ -efercndum failed. no pilot has time to look for plane markings.” The models will be an exact scale of 1 to 72. that is, a model plane seen at 32 feet is Iden tical' with the true airplane seen r just under half a mile. By studying the model through a standard ring sight used on aerial gun mounts, the pilot learns not only identifi cation but range as well. Training civilian spotters in identifying en emy planes is also a service of the model planes. A civilian committee of crafts- men has been appointed .to evaluate the work done by the high school industrial arts class, and to criticize the workmanship when completed, Mr. McCrae states. Emil Messing has been named chairman, serving with him are Harry Culbertson, J. W. Nichols, M. B. Willard, Paul Gordon and Cecil Johnson. Senior Play Rehearsals Held Under the direction of Miss Es- uber Millers,, the senior class play, “Double Door,” will be given at the Washington school on March 13, Friday. The cast for the melodrama v as selected two weeks ago since when daily rehearsals have been called. The drama is different from other class plays presented to the Examining Date Changed Vernonia public and it is antici A state drivers’ license examiner pated it will be well received. will be here at the city halt on Tues day, March 17. For the next .three months the examiner will be here on Tuesdays insteaad of on Thur sdays as previously practised. The dates for the examinations for the following months have been given as follows: March 17, April 14, School authorities Wallace Mc- May 12. Crae and E. H. Condit were con- sidering applications for music in structors in an attempt to fill the position recently vacated by Thor ¡antic where he trained in England Bendixen who resigned a short time ago. before going to the front. An attempt is being made to have He traveled in many box cars a hew instructor to take over the marked 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux, music classes and the bands by ate his share of com willie and Monday of the coming week, it was after a period of hospitalization stated. following that war’s end, arrived back in the states. The father rather curiously won- Six Weeks Period Ends dors whether his son Announcement from the high see ser- vice in the section the old school states that this week ends country he traveled do his the fourth six weeks period of the year; tests are being given through Lit in the far east. One thing he is aure of, his out the week, Report cards and non along with the many buddies. the honor roll for the first six faces a harder and longer task weeks in the new semester will be released the following week. than that faced by him in 1917. Old Sites, Grounds Appear Different Now ing the National Guard drive in this city in the summer of 1940. The youngster is well known lo cally, attended schools here and was featured as a football and bas- ketball athlete. Like his Dad, who 24 years ago tried to capture the Kaiser aiong with his many buddies, young Frank ri raring to go and get his chance at the Japs or hienies, whatever his Uncle Sam thinks best. Frank Lusby, sr., of World War 1 days enlisted in 1917, saw camp service at Lewis and an Eastern site before sailing across the At- Volume 19, Number 9 Music Teacher Sought Here Pasture Grass Seeding Urged The seeding of grasses and clover can be done successfully at this time, either on frozen ground or on the mud, which makes a satis factory seed bed either in the clean fields that were seeded last fall or on burnt-over pasture land or 'and that has been tromped down by the stock. In seeding pasture mixtures, it is advisable to pre pare your own mixture. In this way you can include only the grasses which give the best results. Most prepared mixtures have several grasses that have little or no value in them with not enough of the desirable grasses. A desirable up land pasture mixture can be made up as follows: Western Ryegrass ____ ............ 3 ibs, English Ryegrass .......... ......... 4 lbs. Tall Fescue ...................... ......... 3 lbs. Chewing's Fescue ........ .............1 lb. Alsike Clover .................. ............. 1 1> White Clover ................... ........... % lb. Astoria Bent Grass ... ......... % lb. This mixture should be seeded at the rate of about 10 lbs. per acre. For moist bottom lands, Ladino Clover at the rate of about 4 lbs. per acre with 6 or 8 lbs. of either English Ryegrass or Tail Fescue, makes a satisfactory pasture. A special grass which gives con siderable promise is the new pas ture Orchard grass. It is a leafy plant. If you have not tried this grass, it will' be well to use some cf it to test out its qualities. There is a limited supply of the seed but there is enough for making trials of it. Further information regard ing pasture grasses and the plant ing may be obtained from County Agent George Nelson. Seniors Order Blue Caps, Gowns Caps and gowns for the grad- ration class of 1942 have been or Jered from tho Master Engravers’ in Portland, it has been announced from the high school. The gowns •i-e of royal blue, the caps, royal blue with gold tassels, Vernonia high school colors. The robes will be worn twice by the seniors, at the Baccalaur ser vice the Sunday preceding the final ’xercises, and at commencement.
