Thursday, March 19, 1942
Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon
New Officers Registration Service for
Assume Duties Farmers, Workers Started
Monday Noon
Credit Bureau Is Plan
Discussed at Meeting;
Ccmmittee Named
A large, representative group of
Vernonia business and professional
men gathered Monday noon at the
Terminal Cafe for the second cham
ber of commerce meeting in as
many weeks to discuss the necessity
here of a credit bureau and to see
new officers for the commercial
group seated for the coming ye ir.
The five-man board of directors
named last Monday had elected of
ficers from its members and those
officers assumed their duties for
the coming year. Named president
was Kenneth White, C. M. Johnson,
vice-president, and Marvin Kamholz,
secretary.
Committee
Named
The subject of a credit bureau
was presented and discussed by
several men who were all ol rhe
opinion that there was much need
for such an organization. The three
men named as a committee to study
the matter and devise a form of
organization were: C. M. Johnson,
A. L. Kullander and J. W. Nichofs.
The committee will report on the
progress made at a future meeting.
A possible use for the Vernonia
A irport was suggested when it was
mentioned by J. C. Lincoln that the
military is building a number of
fields at strategic points and that
this field might be of some value
to the Army. Proper contacts are
being made to explain advantages
of the field and the development
that has already been made.
The chamber of commerce wilt
meet again Monday noon at the
Terminal Cafe.
Register Now for
Primaries, Urged
Registration books for those peo
ple living in the four Vernonia pre
cincts are open and it is urged that
the registration be made as soon as
possible in order that people living
in these precincts be eligible to
vote in the May 15 primaries, Mrs.
Leatha Tousley stated this week.
Cards for the registration are on
hand at the Oregon Gas and Elec
tric company office where Mrs Tou-
r'ey will take care of the detail for
anyone who wishes.
In order to register, a person of
voting age must be a resident of
the state for six months and a
resident in the precinct in which
he or she will vote for 30 days. In
addition to those regulations, any
one who has changed his or her
place of residence should check to
make sure that the move has not
been made to a different precinct,
which move would cancel the right
to vote unless another registration
is made.
Registration books will close Ap
ril 14 for the May 15 primaries.
“To win the war, it is just as important to have an ample supply of
food as well as war equipment. Therefore, everyone who can help in part-
time food production is helping to win the war,” O. Henry Oleen stated
to the Eagle this week.
“Because the war industries are taking so many workers and because
no tires are available for cars, it is op to every man, woman, boy and
girl in each local community who is
employed only pait time, to register
in the ‘Food for Victory Army,”
Mr. Oleen said.
In order to make possible a means
of relief for those farmers who
will not be able to find suffieien
The famous “sneak” attack at
farm laborers this summer a free
registration book is now ready in Pearl Harbor and the Defense Bond
the Vernonia Eagle office.
Pledge Card campaign show defl
The book is available so th.it far
nite changes in the amount of sales
mers may register their needs now
for workers that they will need du of defense savings bonds as mdl-
ring the next six months. These cated by figures from the Defense
who wish to work at any agricul Savings Staff of Oregon for each
tural work in the next six months Oregon county from July to Janu
should register now so that the far ary. Figures have also been obtain
mers can plan their crop program
office
according to the amount of labor ed from the Vernonia post
as to the increase of sales in this
available.
“Most food Crops are planted and community.
harvested once cnch year, therefore
it is important that every one reg- State Figure* Increase
ister now—not next July or Dec-
According to the release of fi-
ember,” Mr. Oleen stated.
gures by the state 4taff it is noted
that defense bond sales jumped
from an average of $1,500,000 per
month in the state for the five
months preceding December to $3,-
Twelve or fifteen model airplanes 700,000 in the first month of the
will be- completed this week by war and then in January, catapult
members of the high school indus- ed to the astounding total of $6,-
trial arts class under the direction
700,000.
of Glenn Ely. Plans and specifica-
Considering the figures cf sales
lions for the models were released
about 2 weeks ago, each plan being as released by Emil Messing, post
different. The ulterior purpose of master at th« Vernonia post office,
the planes is for recognition or in July, 1941, the sales amounted
identification not only pilots but to $3,168.75 and remained at ex
civilians, particularly spotters on actly the same total for August,
the lock-out for planes.
1941, then dropped to $2,943.7o in
Principal McCrre states that with Septentbei and decreased stil’ more
in 2 weeks ' an exhibition of the ■n October to $1,743.75. A slight
planes will be held, following the
increase is noted in November to
evaluation cf the workmanship to
$1,912.50 and a great increase in
be done by a civilian committee of
December, the month of attack, to
6 local men.
$8,962.50. Then in January an as-
Keen interest has been shown by
founding amount of bonds were
the b"vs working on the. models, it
purchased here to total for thac
was said, and after the quota of 50
month, $22,462.50, that increase
has been completed, it is expected being attributed to the pledge card
that m»mbers of the manual arts campaign which was conducted du
class will be permitted by authorl-
ring that period.
ties to make the planes for their
County Increaae Noted
own use.
Bond Sale Gain
Shown by Figures
Keen Interest
Shown in Models
Sheep, Goat Raisers
Slate Meeting
The annual meeting of the Coi
imbia county Sheep and Goat rà is-
ers’ Association will be held Thurs
day, March 26 according to W. A.
McClintock, president of the As
sociation. The meeting will be held
at the Columbia county court house
at St. Helens beginning at 10 a. m.
An interesting program is being
arranged with Harry Lindgren of
the O. A. C. Extension Service to
discuss some of the important man
agement problems of handling sheep.
Mr. Roy Ward, manager of the
Pacific Wool growers’ Association,
and R. L. Clark will be present at
that time to discuss the marketing
phases of wool’, mohair, and mutton.
“All interested sheep and goat rais
ers of the county are invited to ba
present at that time,” states Mr.
McClintock.
^ibraCL
V ot o
Fire Siren to
Signal Prayer
Minute Time
Chemicals Cause
Fast Growth
Council Requests Use of
Care
in
Extinguishing
Rubbish Fires
The city fire siren will have an
other use as a signal beginning Sun
day evening according to a decision
by city councilmen Monday evening
upon hearing » request by a cham
ber of commerce committee. The
request was that the siren be used
as a signal to inform people of the
community of the Prayer Minute
which is observed throughout the
nation at six o’clock. Since the
Prayer Minute was started early in
January at the request of the Fed
eral Council of Churches of Christ
in America and a similar request
by President Roosevelt, the bell of
the Evangelical church has been
sounaed. The sound of that bell,
however, does not carry to any
great distance, hence the request
that the siren be used.
A short blast, similar to that
sounded at nine o’clock each even
ing, will be given starting Sunday
cf this week at six o’clock, it was
decided. Residents of the commun
ity should not confuse the signal
with other uses of the siren.
A request was made by the coun-
cil that city residents who start
fires to burn rubbish have those
fires extinguished by evening so
that the flame or glow will not con
flict with a blackout should one be
ordered.
The council also approved an ex
penditure of $75 which will be used
to aid in purchasing equipment and
supplies for the Casualty Station.
Saturday, April 25, has been set
by the junior class of the high
school as the date for the annual
Junior Prom. Plans are well under
way, it has been stated, for the
event which socially is the highlight
of the school year. The May Day
; rogram, an activity in which both
grade and high schools participate,
will be held a week later on Friday.
Experiments ir. chemical gar
dening by Reverend W. O. Liv
ingstone and Luther Herrin
have brought forth an unusu
al amount of growth from daf
fodil,
gladiola
and
tomato
plants, it was revealed a few
days ago. In the case of the
daffodil, Reverend Livingstone
stated that a growth of six in
ches in 48 hours and the pro
duction of two blooms during
that time has been noted. The
Gladiola grew roots from one-
half to three-fourths of an inch
in 24 hours. The chemicals are
those ordinarily found in the
soil but are prepared in solu
tion form so that it is possible
for the plants to obtain more
nutritive ’ value therefrom. To
make the experiment more in
teresting, Dr. R. D. Eby has
offered a dollar to the experi-
menters if ’ they are able to fur
nish him with a ripe tomato
suitable for table use by the
Fourth of July.
Milk, Cream Prices
Increased by Board
Raises in retail prices for milk,
cream, skim milk and buttermilk
in the Columbia /county market
ing area were put into effect
March 16 by order of the Oregon
Milk Control Board, following a
hearing here February 28th.
Schedule of old and new prices
Formation of
State Guard
Is Started
Vernonia City Hall to
Be Recruiting Center of
This Area, Stated
The initial steps for the formation
cf a state guard have been taken
end arrangements made here for
the recruiting of members of the
guard, it was lean.ed this week,
Arrangements for the signing of
men from this section for duty in
such a unit were made here by j . E.
West of Hillsboro. Enlistment ap
plications are now in the hands of
City Recorder Loel Roberts so that
the sign-up may begin at once.
In order to complete a unit of
the guard here, it is desired that
not less than 32 men be signed for
duty and if possible 64 will be ob
tained in order to form a company.
Atter a sufficient number have
signed, a leader will be named so
that practices may be held and in
structions given that will prepare
the unit for the duties it maye be
called upon to perform.
An explanation of the Oregon
State Guard may be made as fol-
lows :
1. The Oregon State Guard is a
volunteer combat military unit. No
money nor equipment is available
from the state for organization and
maintenance.
Eligibility Told
is as follows:
MILK
4%
New
Old
7c
.. 7c
13c
12c
Pints
Quarts
Unit Meet Due Friday
The Vernonia Extension Unit will Three or more quarts
. 12c
meet in the high school economic., in one delivery ..............
room Friday, March 20 at 10 o’clock
WHIPPING CREAM
to hear a discussion on the subject
22 c
19c
pints
Half
I
Different
types
of
of Sanitation,
40c
37c
soap and the correct way to clean Pints .
sinks and bathroom fixtures will be Quarts
75c
65c
discussed, Special attention will be
Skim Milk Buttermilk
given to household pests such as
Old New
Old New
flies and ants. A pot-luck lunch will
8c
7c
8c
Quarts ...... 5c
be served at noon.
25c
30c
25c
Gallons .... 18c
The amounts of monthly sales for
This Classified
Columbia county also increased in
recent months, that increase being
Sold the Articles
attributed to the same causes: Julv.
with a
1941, $16,739; August, $16,459;
Sentember, $16,029; October, $16,-
Minimum of Effort
818; November, $24,295; December
$46,682; and January, 1942, $131,- FOR SALE—Wood range daven-
562.
port and electric Westinghwuse
It is stated in the release that roaster. Bargain. Inquire at Nance
“Oregon has made an enviable rep
Pharmacy.
utation in the purchase of defense
savings bonds and our per capita
purchases have placed us in the The ad,' inserted one time,
front rank of all states.”
Junior Pom Date St it
Volume 19, Number 12
got results almost immed
iately. Everything was sold
in less than a week.
You Can Get
Results Too
With an Eagle
Producer* Get More
A comparative scale of increases
the
within
in wholesale prices
Columbia county area took ef-
feet at the same time on the con-
trol board’s order. Minimum prices
to be paid producers by distrib
utors for all milk and cream used
in the bottle and can trade was
set at 75c per pound butterfat
f.o.b. distributing plant, the pre
vious price being 65c. Local pro
ceedings were initiated pursuant to
a resolution of the board adopted
February 5.
Memolog Work Progresses
Members of the Memolog staff
are this week making the lay-out
mats in preparation of sending
them to the photo-lithographers,
Master Engravers, in Portland for
another important step in the crea
tion of the Vernonia high school
year book.
Classified
Librarian Calls for
/
Victory Books
Amendment Would Tend to Lower Real Property Tax
According to Zonweiss Douglass,
city librarian, a call from State Li
brarian Eleanor Stephens asks tha'
all Victory Books be brought from
the collection centers in town to
the Vernonia library by Wednesday
cf next week, March 25. No count
of books has been given, but the li
brary reports that there 65 have
been donated, and of these in spite
of the admonition given earlier,
some little boys’ and little girls’
books have been left for distri
bution among the soldiers.
Arrived just this month and to
remain on the Vernonia library
lending shelves until September are
100 books rented from the Oregon
State Library, Miss Douglass an
nounces to readers.
It is anticipated that within the
next week new books, the cost of
which amounts to $20, will be pur
chased under the approval of the
local library board to become add
ed attractions on the shelves of the
library.
A bill sponsored by a number of
lay organizations and the Oregon
State Teachers’ Association amend
ing Section 4, Article VIII, of the
Constitution of Oregon will be
submitted to the voters of Oregon
at the general election in November
1942.
Section 4 now states that the
“common school fund,” which is
the interest on the irreduo:ble
school fund, shall be distributed
among the several counties in pro
portion to the number of children
resident therein between the ages
of 4 and 20 years. The proposed
amendment provides that this fund
shall be distributed in proportion
to the number of days of actual
attendance.
Basis Changed
The amendment also provides
that all receipts above $7.500.000
in any year from state taxes, on
or measured by net income, shall
be distributed on the same basis
as the common school fund.
The Constitution of Oregon in
Section 3 of Article VIII directs
the Legislative Assembly to provide
by law for the establishment of a
uniform and general system of com
mon schools. As the legislature has
met from year to year, it has made
provisions for a system of public
schools, but it has never made any
provision whatsoever for the main
tenance of such schools by the
state, with the single exception ot
the 2-mill state elementary tax.
Technicality
Explained
This tax is technically a state
tax, although it is in effect a
county tax because each county re
ceives back the exact amount that
it pays into the fund. There is only
one other state in the Union that
dees not provide a state fund for
the maintenance of the public
school«.
This amendment calls for no ad
ditional tax of any kind. The $7,-
500,000 mentioned in the amend
ment represents approximately the
total amount now required from
revenues derived from the state in
come tax to pay the operating ex
penses of the various state depart-
ments which were formerly support
ed by millage taxes and the sum
raised by the 2-mill elementary
school tax. It is estimated that
there will be, under the present
income tax law, an appreciabli le ex
cess over this amount each year
for the next several years.
Lower Tax, Tend
If these excess revenues are dis-
t’ ibuted to the school districts of
the state, it will tend to equalize
the burden of school taxation and
to lower the local tax on real pro
perty now levied for school m"ln-
tenance. Each district, a« it makes
up its budget, will take into consid-
eration the amount of tax on pro
perty.
No district during these times
will levy a property tax in excess
of what is absolutely necessary for
its needs.
School*
Face Crisi*
It is to be remembered, however,
that the schools are facing a crisis
and that, on account of the advanc-
ing costs, additional funds will be
needed by the school districts of
the state in order to survive. If
the standards in our p blic schools
had been lowered 20 years ago,
this nation would' today have no
skilled workers in the laboratories
and in the factories to carry on war
production which is so vital to our
very existence. If Oregon permits
the standards to he lowered in our
public schools, it will fail in doing
ita share in the present criais.
2. Eligibility for membership—
Any able-bodied man over 20 years
cf age, of good character, not suf-
fering from such physical defects
as would prevent him from performs
ing moderate field duty and who
can • pass a reasonable physical ex
amination is eligible to join, pro
vided:
a. He has, or can obtain, a rifle
or shotgun.
b. He is willing to enlist for ono
year and to take an oath to obey
the orders of the president, the
governor of the state and the of
fice:® appointed over him in ac
cordance with the articles of war.
c. He is willing to attend drill
once a week and to attend such ad
ditional school or target practice
as may be necessary—not to exceed
more than one additional period
each week. Attendance at drills
and at school is not legally com-
pulsory, but it is necessary for ef
ficiency that he should attend such
drills and necessary schools. To do
this he should live close enough to
his company headquarters, which
will be Vernonia, so that he is not
prevented by lack of tiressor other
wise from attendance at necessary
formations.
Some Not Eligible
3. Regularly paid members of
law ' enforcing agencies and regular
member» of city fire departments
are not eligible for membership.
4. Civilian Defense—District and
community directors, their chiefs of
police, chief air raid wardens, and
fire chiefs are not eligible for mem
bership on the Guard; nor are the
persons in charge of aircraft warn
ing service posts. Should other mem
bers of the civiliAn defense forces
desire to enlist, they should first
arrange with their directors for
volunteers to take their places.
5. Uniforms—The uniforms for
this battalion will consist of foreirt
green woolen trousers, shirt, cos-
sack jacket with insignia of Ore
gon State Guard, overseas cap, and
web belt. The purchase of this uni
form is optional but highly desir
able. The total cost would not ex
ceed $20.
Senior Play Well-Received
The melo-drama, “Double Door,”
was very successful, judging from
the appreciative crowd which wat
ched the performance at the Wash
ington school last Friday night. Mis*
Esther Willers directed. Dorothee
Millis as Victoria Van Brett, dom
inating personality of the play, was
lauded as outstanding in her charac
terization of the scheming ruler of
her wealthy and aristocratic family.
Financially the senior class realized
from the production $100 of which
a half will go for expenses.