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■ Iwrsday, April 16, 1942
Armitage Drug
Store Robbed
Of Narcotics
Exact Time of Robbery
Not Determined by Au
thorities
Veinonia stores and residences
apparently are becoming popular
with those of a thieving nature if
cne c n judge by the number of
r bberies which have occured he.«*
in the past few months. To cap two
previous robberies, the Armitage
Drug Store was forcibly entered
late Sunday night or early Monday
mo-ning of this week and a con
siderable amount of narcotics and
money trken.
Time Not Known
y
A definite time lor the break was
not determined by authorities, some
judging the robbery to have occured
befo.te midnight Sunday and others
after the midnight hour on Monday.
Entry into the store was mao. by
forcing the lock of the front door
in such a manner that considerable
noise must h.,ve been made, au
thorities judged, but no one was in
the vicinity to hear the break. The
door glass was not broken.' No
knowledge of the loss, was known
until Mi.nday morning when W. J
Armitage, owner of the store, open
ed for the day’s business.
Taken from the store was $74 in
paper money and approximately $1-
00 in narcotics, cocaine and mor
phine being the two drugs lost.
State police and federal authorities
were called here immediately to
work on the case.
Two Previous Robberies Made
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Previous robberies in the past
few months were those of the
George G. Paterson Furniture Store
<.n November 6th when a fcnsider
able quantity of guns and ammuni
tion were taken and the Lew Flcat-
en residence which was entered on
Decembr 4th by Millard Sarver.
Budget Committee
Named by Board
A reminder that the time for
the making of budgets for the com
ing school year is made with the
appointment of the budget com
mittee by the school board foi the
Union high school.
The appointment of names to
serve on the budget committee was
made a short time ago to include
the following: C. W. Johnson, Wil
liam Pringle, Sr., J. C. Moran, R.
M. Aldrich and Charles Uhlin. Al-
ernntes named were: John Grady
and A. L. Kullander. The comniitt»e
wHl meet May 9th to draw un the
»rbonl’s cost sheet for the coming
year.
Leave for Portland----
Mrs. Ross Duncan and son, Bill,
left this week to make their nome
.n Port.and where Mr. Duncan has
been employed the last few months
by the Oregon Shipbuilding Cor
poration. The Harold McEnaires
have rented the Duncan farm lo
cated oil Rock Creek.
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Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon
First Quota of Airplane
Models Completed, Judged
The first quota oif model airplanes which are being constructed by a
group of Vernonia high school students was completed this week and
judged by the civilian committee of craftsmen which was named to
evaluate the work done by the students. The planes are built on a solid
scale for the Navy and the work was done by the industrial arts classes
under the direction of Glenn Ely,
manual arts instructor.
The building of the models was
started here the latter part of Feb
ruary under a p ogram that will
!»ovide 10,000 models of each of 50
d’fferent types of fighting craft,
Men between the ages of 45 and
500,000 in all. The models re need
ed for training in aircraft recogni 65 will register for duty in the
tion and gunnery sighting practice. rimed forces on Monday, April 27
In addition the .public may make use and arrangements are being made
of the m.dels for education in air heie by R. A. Bramblett to con
craft recognition.
duct this legistration on February
Ju- ng Done Tuesday
16.
v udging of the planes was done
Mr. Bramblett, in announcing the
Tuesday evening by the committee place of the registration, urged chat
which consists of Emil Messing,
chairman, J. W. Nichols, Paui Gor those who can, be sure to complete
don, C. M. Johnson, Mike Willard the detail in the early hours of the
and Harry Culbertson. Nineteen of day so that those men who mute
the 20 planes completed were ac register after wonk will not be hin
cepted by the committee as OK and dered.
will be sent to the Naval St tion at
The hall will be open at 7 o’clock
Oakland, California. The boys mak that morning and those who come
ing the planes will receive certifi will be signed until 9 o’clock that
cates of award entitled “Cadet Air evening.
C taftsmen.”
When the men go to the places to
Fourteen boys were instrumental
in the work: Bernard Lamping, Lee register they should know definitely
Lindsley, Emerson White, Lloyd the month, day, and year of their
Stuve, Jimmie Snider, Nelson Bird. birth, place of birth, and perman
Leonard Belongia, Fred Busch, Wil- ent residence and mailing address,
ted Holce, Carroll Keasey, Jack if different from their permanent
Bergerson, Jim Furnish, Norman address.
Figgins and George Armstrong.
The committee expressed special
commendation on the work of Lloyd
Stuve who was rated as doing the
best work of any on the two planes
built by him.
The pl"nes«will be on display this
week-end in the show wind >w of
The hiriifg of a county health
Miller’s store.
nurse immediately and the setting
up of funds for the hiring of an ad
ditional health nurse were the re
quests made at a meeting Sunday
r.ight in Clatskanie of a county
health group. The action was taken
as a result of the resignation of
Miss Nettie Alley, former County
The names of high school stu
Red Cress nurse, and the uncertain-
dents who rated honor roll mention
tv of the county court as to the hir
for the next to the last six weeks
ing of a nurse to fill the vacancy.
period were released this week. Both
the senior and freshmen classes
The Clatskanie meeting was at
warrant equal honors for placing tended by E. H. Condit, grade
the most students on the roll, seven school superintendent, who reported
members oif each class reeiving suf the action taken there Sunday even
ficiently high grades to receive men ing.
tion.
Group Favors Appointment
The names of the students and
their classes are:
The health group went on rec
Seniors: Virgie Killian, Lillian ord favoring the appointment of a
Laird, Etha Morris, Jack Olin, Wini county health nurse immediately
fred Romtvedt, Opal Scheuerman. and asking that funds be provided in
and Martha Tapp.
the next county budget for an ad
Juniors: Margaret Anderson, Rob ditional nurse, the need Tor two
ert Kent, Arthur Tousley and Joy nurses being necessary at this time,
Willard.
it was judged. The State Board of
Sophomores: Mary Hall and Lor Health also recommends that coun-
raine Mahar.
t;es of this size have two nurses,
Freshmen: Delores Bergstrom, it was stated. The recommendations
Phyllis Bonsiaw; Tommie Lou Hol made Sunday night were turned over
comb, Mary Beth Lish, Max Millis, to Joe Miller, county commissioner,
Shidley Ray and Marvin Turner.
who was present at the meeting.
April 27th, Time
For Registration
Raid Wardens
Making Calls
On Homes
Thursday Evening Meet
ing Hears Discussion of
Problems
Those men who have been named
as air raid wardens for the Upper
Nehalem Valley met last Thuisday
evening to discuss problems relative
to their work and to plan for house-
to-house call's, Wallace MicCrae,
chief air raid warden stated this
week. The wardens have an impor
tant position under the civilian de
fense organization in that they
must know every home and person
living in their respecive district and
know what is to be done in the
event of an air raid.
Hot Lunches for
Students Talked
Hot lunches for children of the
grade schools may be a feature of
their school life beginning with the
opening oif the next year of school
this coming fall if discussions of
the lunch problem at recent grade
school boaud meetings develop into
reality. The problem of installing
facilities for serving noon lunches
has been discussed at two different
times, once last Saturday night and
again at a meeting a month previous
to that time.
detail will receive further considera
tion when the budget committee of
the grade school meets on May 9th.
As was stated this week, the board
of District 47 feels the need for the
project and the need that the pro
ject be properly undertaken.
A group of ladies interested in
home demonstration work first ask
ed that the matter be given con
sideration as to costs and details
which would be necessary to in
stall the service. Representatives of
other civic organizations have also
given the matter some thought and
we'le present last Saturday night
to meet with the board and discuss
the matter.
Vernonia high school is entering
in the Northwest District Music con
test this year, a girls’ glee club, a
girls’ sextette and four vocal solo
ists. This is the first time soloists
have competed. The contest this year
will be held in Hillsboro Friday and
Saturday, Aprl 17 and 18.
In planning for a satisfactory
arrangement of duties, the Vernonia
territory has been divided into 12
districts with one warden appointed
in each district to supervise the Approximate Cost, $1500
work. Each warden has then named
As nearly as could be determined,
those to assist him, the number f
assistants varying from three o the necessary equipment would cost
$1500. Although it is likely that
five men.
WPA assistance will not be avail
When the warden makes his call able, the possibility of obtaining a
at homes he will, in addition to ac WPA cook is being considered so
quainting himself with details nec that the outright cost of hiring a
essary to do his work successfully, cook would be somewhat relieved
leave a bulletm which should be
As to the matter of costs, chat
kept in the home for reference.
Should some hemes mt be contact
ed and a bulletin not be received,
one may be obtained by calling Mr.
McCrae at the Vernonia high school.
Health Group Asks
For County Nurse Order Numbers
Posted Here
Honor Students'
Names Mentioned
Volume 19, Number 16
Victory Book
Day Proclaimed
President Roosevelt Tuesday pro
claimed Friday, April 17th as Vic
tory Book Day, and a time ask
ed Americans everywhere to contri
bute as many good books as they
can spare to the men in the armed
forces, the soldiers, sailors and ma
rines at home and overseas who,
while fighting and training to fight,
still have time to read and apprec
iate a good book.
The order numbers and names of
those Columbia county men who
registered for duty in the armed
forces on February 16th were post
ed at the O;egon Gas and Electric
company office Tuesday afternoon
of this week upon receipt of the in
formation from the Columbia Coun
ty Board at St. Helens that day.
A partial list of the names were
The setting aside of that day
published last week in the St. brings to mind again that many
Helens Sentinel-Mist.
books have been collected in Ver
A total of 1359 county met. reg nonia but that there are probably
istered February 16th of which a good many more that could be
numbed, 269 were registered at the
IWA hall here and 42 at Camp Mc turned over to the armed forces.
Gregor.
The Vernonia library is the collec
tion
center here for those who have
The order numbers posted on the
O G and E window begin witn a books. When they are turned in to
base of 10,000, the number 1 reg the library they wll be forwarded
istrant on the February 16th sign to the proper authorities.
up having an odder number of
10,001.
Dog Owners Given
Men instructors from Columbia
county schools will attend a meet Notice by Marshal
Schoolmasters to Meet
ing of the Schoolmasters Club, the
A notice served to all dog own
last of the year, at Scappoose Mon
ers is published in this week’s Ver
day evening, April 20.
nonia Eagle. Due to complaints re
ceived from a number of persons
of the city concerning dogs running
at large, Marshal A. D. Lolley
Harold Holding. Mist; George Her states that after April 16, any dog,
bert Gettman, Vernonia; John Theo whether with license or not, caught
dore Unden, Clatskanie; Robert running loose on property other
Brooke Welsh, Vernonia; Elmer than its owner’s will be apprehend
Emanuel Jensen, St. Helens; George ed and will not be returned to the
Isaac Tomberg, Clatskanie; Kenneth owner until a penalty or fine speci
Cannon, Scappoose; Otto Frederick fied by the city ordinance be .»aid
Oja, Clatskanie; Richard Earl Da •by the owner for violating the law
vey, Columbia City; Clarence Fred governing dogs running at large.
erick Olson, Clatskanie; Carl Victor
Eilertson, Clatskanie;
Benjamin Eugene Rupp, St. Hel
ens; Milton Albert Henderson, Mist;
Eudor Alphonse Constantin, St. Hel
lene; Walter Alexander Mustola,
Clatskanie; Frank Rogers, Vernon
A notice from W. E. Cilawford,
ia; Francis Arthur Vostral, Scapp secretary-treasurer of the Columbia
oose; Oswald Walker, Viuhkola, County Livestock Association, this
Mayger; Neilo Oscar Koski, Clats week announces the annual meeting
kanie; Virgil Arthur Gates, Scap of the association at the Yankton
poose; Gerald Leroy Forbes, St. Grange Hall Friday of this week,
Helens; Oscar John Halhtrom, St. April 17.
Helene; John Michael Tomberg,
The meeting wtl begin at 7:30
Clatskanie;
James
Leslie
Roy
Thompson, Vernonia; Carl Simon p. m. with an election of officers
DuBois, Columbia City; Wesley Ira for the coming year and the trans
Kinney, St. Helens; Robert Pete action of any other business that
Rasmussen, St. Helens; Johnnie Ko- may come before the group.
Transportation of livestock in
vack, St. Helens; Russell Jennings
Dees, St. Helens; Clarence Chester case of an invasion and precautions
Anderson; Lester Allen Mitchell, m the event of incendiary bombs
Scappoose; John Henry Cross, St. will be discussed, the announcement
states.
Helens.
Largest Group Leaves County for Army
The largest group of men to be
called by draft into the armed fen
ces left Columbia county Wednes
day. The men numbered 90, the lar
gest former call being 60 last
month. The names of those who
left in the last call are: Harry Lind
Olson, Clatskanie; Henry Robinson,
Bi.kenfeld; Clifford Aufton Tom
bleson, Rainier; Guy Robert Sny
der, Rainier; Gilbert Franc Palo-
maki, Clatskanie; Edward Henry
Ryding, Clatskanie; McDonald Hugh
Caples, Columbia City; Leslie Leon
ard Alder, Frank Joseph Trtek,
Scappoose;
Joe Warner, Vernonia; John Her
man Kallunki, Rainier; Donald
Francis McGinnis, Rainier; Wayne
Kukka, Clatskanie; Clifford Her
bert Larson, Rainier; Kenneth El
mer Flecher. Goble; Albert Forrest
Fcigbt, Scappoose; Merle Vance
Cantwell. Goble: Hugh McCoy, St.
Helens; Harvey Edwa-d Cade, ttoul-
ton; Jim Melvin McClung. Clats
kanie; Gilbert Edwin Wilber Clarl-
son. Woodson; Eino Abram Wirk-
kala,
Quincy; Jerome
Mathew
Frank, St. Helens; Onnie Bloom-
quist. Clatskanie; Floyd Raymond
Tuom, Clatskanie; Ronald Paul
Fetsch, Vernonia; Ben Huston Sis
co, Rainier;
Ernest John Wernonen, Clatskan
ie; Francis William Tichenor, Clats-
k..nie; Erick Evald Josephson, War-
len; Harry Clarence Stenerson,
Vroodson; Bent Saxton, Scappoose;
Warren Harding Jones, Clatskanie;
Harry Calvin Etzwiler, Rainer;
George Elmer Tuononen, Clatskan
ie; Ross Burton Wilkins, Vernonia;
Howard Francis Thompson, Clatskan
ie; Lino Romiti, Houlton; Jewel
Creston Parrish, Goble; Elvin Wal
ter Danielson, Clatskanie; Wesley
Mitchell Lewison, Clatskanie; Lewis
Howard Peterson, Clatskanie; Haw
kin Alvin Stenerson, Woodson; Wil
lard Anton Zatterberg, Columbia
City; Oiva Edward Alder, Clatsxan-
ie; Ernest Everrett Erickson, Quin
cy;
Eino Ulyus Palomaki, Clatskanie;
Frtz George Lundberg, Clatskanie;
Albert Guy Closner, Clatskanie;
Stanley Raymond Beyers, Scappoose;
Asa McVay Irby, Rainier; George
Anselm Luoma, Clstskanie; Donald
Melvin Anderson, Clatskanie; Mar
vin Dixon Link, Goble; William A.
Litherland, St. Helens; Benjamin
Joseph Fcwler, Vernonia; Harold
William Cook, St. Helens; William
Edward Winchell, Rainier; George
Livestock Men
To Meet Friday
High School to
Vie in Contest
The glee club, consisting o’f 23
members and the accompanist, Ei
leen Enos, will sing “Adoramus Te,
Cristi,” and “Rain and the River.”
Three-quarter length vestments with
white collars will be woitn over
black skirt*.
Sextette members will sing “The
Lass with the Delicate Air” and
“Moonlit Lake of the Isles.” The
girls, Opal Scheuerman, Mary Beth
Lish, Joy Willard, Virginia Redner,
Mary Lee Hall and Evelyn Heading
will wear navy blue and white dres
ses.
Soloists Mentioned
Entering the soloists’ division are
Opal Scheuerman, singing “Hol Mr.
Piper;” Joy Willard, “I Know a
Lovely Garden;” Mary Lee Hall,
“Pirate Dreams;” and Virginia Red-
r.er, “Out of My Soul’s Deep Sad
ness.”
Members of the glee club are:
Phyllis Bonsilaw, Tommie Lou Hol
comb, Dorothy Sasse, Opal Scheuer
man, Eleanor Corlt, Shirley Anne
Brady, Martha Tapp, Evelyn Hear
ing, Mary Lee Hall, Maxine Steele,
Virginia Redner, Etha Morris, Joy
Willard, Lucille Colsen, Marjorie
Keasey, Rosalie Driscoll, Evelyn
Morris, Marjorie Lolley, Mary Beth
Lish, Vona Wiedman, Helen Fowler,
Marietta Hodgeson and Norma Jean
Latimer. Director of vocal music in
the high school is Mrs. Sam Hear
ing.
Vernonia Relay
Men Break Record
The Vernonia Logger relay track
team broke a former record in the
class C quadter-mile relay and won.
also, the three-quarter-mile relay
to retain its Hayward relay cup
won last year. The events were run
last Friday at Eugene in the sixth
annual Hayward meet.
The former record of the quar-
ter-mile relay for classs C teams
was made last year by Vernonia
with a time of :46.8. That record
was bested Friday with a time of
:46.2 to set the new record. Logger
runners and the order in which
they Han in the quarter-mite event
Edgar Culbertson, Cloice Hall, Wil
fred Holce and Claire Sunnelt.
Running in the three-quaFter-
mile relay were Culbertson, Sunnell
and Fred Lusby. Time for that «vent
was 1:34.
The Ixigger track men go to
Beaverton today, Thursday, to en
ter the Beaverton relays. Eight
teams will enter that event.
Sarver Get« Two Year«
Milland F. Sarver, 27, was sen
tenced Monday by Circuit Judge
Howard Zimmerman to a two-year
term for the robbery of the Lew
Floaten residence here December
4th of last year. Sarver will serve
his term in the state penitentiary.
According to Sheriff M. R. Colboun,
Sarver was at liberty on his own
recognizance on condition that he
enlist in the armed forces, but hav
ing failed to do so, he received
the sentence Monday.