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Thursday, April 30, 1942
Pageant to
Depict Origin
Of May Day
Annual High School Pro­
gram to Be Staged Friday
Afternoon
Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon
APPLICATION
FOR
WAR
Volume 19, Number 18
of 0
BATIi^ï oOK
(Tobe filled in by Registrar only)
IMPORTANT.—A separate application must be made by (or, where the Regulation« permit, on behalf of) every person to whom a War Ration Book is to be issued.
separate applications for each and every member of a Family Unit (see Instructions to Registrar) must be made by one. and only one, adult member of such Family Unit.
Study
This
Card
Pictured here is
Isocal Board No. .........
State
County
Application made at .........._____________ _—.—-—.F...------------------- —.....
NAME OF SCHOOL. BUILDING. OR OTHIB ADDRESS
Data___________________, 194....
Book One No.________ ______________________—.
1. NAME, ADDRESS, AND DESCRIPTION of person to whom the book is to be
issued:
LABT "Ñ ame "
the ap­
FIRST NAUR
m F ddlk " name "
plication card which must
The
I hereby make application to the Office of Price Administration, an agency of the
United States Government, for the issuance to the person whose name, address, and
description are set forth above, of War Ration Book One and all War Ration Books
hereafter issued for which the person named above becomes eligible under Rationing
Regulations. I hereby certify that 1 have authority to make this application on
behalf of the person named above, that no other application for a War Ration Book
has been made by or on behalf of such person, and that the statements made shove are
true to the beet of my knowledge and belief.
Section 35 (A) of the United
States Criminal Code makes it a
criminal offense, punishable by a
maximum <>J ten rears’ imprison­
ment, 910,000 fine, or both, to
make a false statement or repre­
sentation to any Department or
Agency of the United States 'as
to any matter within the juris­
diction of any Department or
Agency of the United States.
" s IGNATUR e ' o F APPLICANT
I hereby certify that I have witnessed the
Applicant’s signature and that War Ration Book
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' street ito. ôê p . ¿ box nò !
CITY OR TOWN
One, bearing the above number, has been deliv­
A pageant depicting the origin
ered to the Applicant with the above-stated
be
signed
by
every
per
­
number of stamps removed.
and celebration of May Day through
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the ages will be the theme for the son who applies for a
cnnual May Day program to be
yrs. Ser iMa,e
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: taged on the lawn of the high sugar ration book. A
(This space reserved for later entries by Local Board or Applicant)
2. (a) If the person named above IS a member of a Family Unit, state the following:
tchool Friday afternoon. The pro­
study of the card now
The undersigned hereby certifies to the Office of Price Administration that he
gram, arranged by Mrs. Sam Hear­
(1) Number of persons in Family Unit, including the person named above
received the following War Ration Books on the dates indicated below or on the back
ing and Mrs. Roibert Monson, will will make easier the task
hereof,
and that with each receipt he reaffirms the truth of the statemenu in the
(2) Thn person named above is my—
foregoing application.
be in form a pageant with Calvin
providing
answers
Date
Booh No.
Serial No.
Signature oj Applicant
Fasse as narrator and grade and of
BELF FATHER.
MOTHER.
HUBBAND.
WIFE
SON. DAUGHTER. EXCEPTION
high school students as the actors when the actual regis­
(5) Total amount of white and brown sugar in any form which
and dancers. Music will be provid­
is owned by the Family Unit or its members:____ __________________ lbs.
ed by the high school choral gi Ups. ti auon takes place.
(b) If the person named above I SNOT a member of a Family Unit,
state the total amount of white and brown sugar in any form
Over the festivities will rule
Queen Kathleen and her attendants,
lbs.
Lillian Laird, Florieda Graves, Ves­
ta and Lesta 'Christiansen, Ida
Book One (upon the basis of information lilted above):__ __________ _______ _
________
IF NONE WRITE NONE
Bond, Nina MacDonald, Mary 3eth
I®—26650-1
OPA Form No. R-301
☆
B. 8. 6OVKRNMENT PRINTINS OFFICK
Lish and Marjorie Lolley.
The program, the most elab. rate
and colorful one for the school
year, is open to the public who
may be seated on oleachers. and
benches provided for the occasion
A meeting of the mothers of all
which will begin at 2:00 p. ni.
Applicants for sugar rationing books are urged by the Office of
* A ball in honor of Queen Kath­ service men and the organization
Ten members of the Vernonia
Price
Administration to study carefully the application card, illustia-
leen and her court will be held in
Gun Club were awarded medals
ted
above,
and
have
the
Correct
answers
when
they
register
on
May
4,
olf
a
club
for
those
mothers
is
the high school gym Friday night,
5, 6, and 7. A separate application must be made for every person for for their showing in the sharpshoot-
starting at 9 p. m.
planned at a meeting to be held
whom a ration book is issued, but. only one member of each family unit eis division of competition in the
honoring them at the Legion hall is to appear at the nearest elemen­
Columbia-Willamette Rifle League
tary school to apply for all mem­ nonia.
at 1 o’clock, Thursday, May 7th.
during the past winter.
bers of the family.
This is the biggest registration
All mothers of service men in the
Medals were awarded to Roj'
Nehalem Valley residents will go job ever undertaken in so limited
Zimmerdahl, Harold Kellmer, Ron­
vicinity of Vernonia are cordially to the elementary school in their
a time in the United States. Within
district, those schools being at Na­ four days the nation, 130,000,000 ald Fetsch, Allen Ray, J. W. Nich­
City councilmen at their next invited to attend.
tal, Birkenfeld, Mist, Kist and Ver- men, women ar.d children will be ols,
Clarence
Lamping,
Morris
regular meeting May 4th will be
asked to consider the need of uni-
registered and will receive their Graves, John Serafin, Robert Brown
fonms and a prowl car for the city
ration books. To accomplish so big and L. E. Atkins. The highest av­
marshals and the appointment of a
a job in that short space of time, erage score for the season’s shoot­
relief man by two committees nam­
the Office of Price Administration, ing was made by Roy Zimmerdahl.
(a
condensation
of
the
official
release,
December
12,
1941,
of
the
ed Monday at the chamber of com­
which administers rationing is urg­
U. S. Office of Civilian Defense)
merce meeting.
ing every applicant for a ration
A good deal of discussion was
book to come prepared with accur­
heard on the need of the three
ate information to all questions
items mentioned, all being deemed
which the registrars will ask when
1—KEEP COOL
necessary for high efficiency in
■tilling out the .application form.
Above all, keep cool. Don’t lose your head.
carrying out police duties.
Four Minutes Needed
Do not crowd streets, avoid chaos, prevent disorder and havoc.
The Vernonia Loggers won an­
Kenneth White, L. W. Skuzie
If you answer these questions
You can fool the enemy. It is easy. If planes come over, stay
and C. M. Johnson were named to
promptly OPA estimates it will' only other championship Wednesday when
where you are. Don’t phone unnecessarily. The chance you will be
present the uniform and prowl car
take four minutes to fill out this they competed in the county track
hit is small. It is part of the risk we must take to win this war.
problems and Dr. R. D. Eby, Rev.
form. One and a ouarter million meet at Scappoose and won over
Until an alarm, go about your usual business and recreation
W. O. Livingstone, O. T. Bateman
school teacher's will serve as reg- the three other county teams par­
in the ordinary way.
ticipating.
and Sam Hearing the matter of
istrars.
Accurate figures for the teams’
employing a relief man.
2—STAY HOME
1. Applicants should come pre­
The safest place in an air raid is at home.
The latter request to be made,
pared with a list of the members totals or for the times in the vari-
that of a relief man, will be made
If you aie away from home, get under cover in the nearest
of their families, giving the exact ous events were not available Wed­
nesday evening but will be avail­
with the idea of relieving the. two
shelter. Avoid crowded places. Stay off the streets.
name of each.
marshals who now work 12 hour's
The enemy wants you to run into the streets, create a mob,
2. An exact description of each able next* week. Schools entering
each day and seven days a week.
start a panic: DON’T DO IT!
member of the family unit, gi.ing the competition were St. Helens,
Choose one member of tile family to be the home aii raid
the height, weight, color of eyes, Scappoose, Rainier and Vernonia.
warden—who will remember all the rules and what to do. Mother
color of hair, age and sex of each
makes the best.
one.
One—and only one—member of
3. The person who registers for each family unit is to go to the
3—PUT OUT LIGHTS
the family unit must state his or elementary school nearest to the
Whether or not black-out is ordered, don’t show more light
her exact relationship to each mem­ person’s residence to register and
than is necessary. If planes come over, put out or cover all lights
The Work of moving the Cedar­
ber of it.
to apply for ration books for the
at once—don’t wait for the black-out order. The light that can’t
wood Timber company shingle milt
4. It is necessary to know to the whole family, OPA emphasizes.
be seen will never guide a Jap. Remember a candle light may be
is progressing rapidly this wee«, L.
pound just how much sugar is in Single people not members of a
keen for miles from the air.
C. Cotner, mill owner, stated Mon­
the possession of the household. The family unit, even if they board with
Should you get an air-raid warning, remember to shut ofi gas
day.
amount of sugar will be divided a family, must apply for themselves.
stoves, gas furnaces, and gas pilot lights on both. Bomb explosions
The mill is being moved west be­
by the number of people in the
A family unit has been defined
may blow them out from blast effect. Gas that collects may be
tween 200 and 225 feet to the ap­
family units and stamps will be by the Office of Price Administra­
explosive later.
proximate site formerly occupied
torn out by the registrar fo. all tion as “A group of two or more
by the Bennett sawmill. The spur
sugar in excess of two pounds per individuals consisting of all persons
4—LIE DOWN
railroad track is also being extend­
person. If more than four stamps who are living together in the
If bombs start to fall near you, lie down. You will feci the
have to be removed, issuance of the same household who are related by
ed to accomodate the mill.
blast least that way, escape fragments or1 splinters.
The structure housing shingle­
book will be witheld until later.
blood or marriage.”
The safest place is under a good stout table—the stronger
cutting machinery was transferred
the legs the better.
to its new location by Harry Cul­
A mattress under a table combines comfort with safety,
bertson.
The enemy may use explosive bombs or incendiary bombs, or
The cutting of shingles will be­
A report was prepared Monday
Police Reserves : We have a pol-
both. If incendiaries are used, it’s more important to deal with
gin soon, Cotner stated, and the
by J. W. Nichols, chairman of civil­ ice reserve consisting of 63 men
them
than
to
be
safe
from
blast.
So
defeat
the
incendiary
with
a
product will be sold locally, a pro­
ian defense for the Nehalem Val­
SPRAY (never a splash or stream) of water, then go back to
who have been trained by the state
cedure that has not been followed
ley, to show the preparation ,.iade
safety
under
a
table
in
a
refuge
room.
both police
previous to this time.
to date in that work. The report and city police in
work and marksmanship and are
of that activity follows:
5—STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
Glass shatters easily, so stay away from windows.
Two Air Raid Warning or Ob­ leady for immediate duty. These
servation Posts, 24 hours pet day police are deputized by city and
Don’t go to windows and look out, in an air raid. It is a dan-
gerous thing, and helps the enemy. The Air Raid Warden is out
with telephone and electric lights. county.
Air Raid Wardens: Community is
(Organized under Army).
there watching for you. Again we say, get off the streets if planes
come over.
Reserve Firemen organized and divided into 12 districts and each
Announcement was made the
trained under local fire departmen.. district has "a chief warden. Under
At night, there is danger of being caught in blast from ex­
first of this week of the closing of
plosives.
each wa 4,n are necessary assist­
Purchased additional equipment.
Dad's Restaurant and Sandwich
103 People to Serve
ants from 2 t f v. They have made
Antiaircraft fire means falling shrapnel. You are safe from
Shop by Mr. and Mrs. Earl Carter
First Aid: Hospital' organized complete aanvass of personnel and
it indoors, away from windows. It’s more important to shell a
who have been operating the estab­
plane than it is to see it from a window.
with 103 people and can be oper­ facilities Ti. ““their districts, They
lishment.
ating within one hour. Over $300 have distributed and explained both
The announcement was made aft­
N. B.—This pamphlet is not all inclusive. We hope it leads you to
in medical supplies have been pur­ Federal and State bulletins.
er Mr. Carter learned .of his ap­
look up. read and study other available information on the sub­
chased and seven ambulances sec­ 7 ire Board Function»
ject. It was issued with all possible speed, with the knowledge
pointment to a position with the
Tire Rationing Board which func-
1
ured, each of which has a crew.
Harbor Patrol Police at the Port­
that what it contained had been in demand months before war
All of these crews have had first tions regularly and efficiently.
land port of Embarkation. A posi­
was declared.
aid training. Over 400 people have
Canteen Service: We are training
tion with the Harbor Patrol Police
taken first aid and have had two a unit for canteen service under
in Portland is also held by Everett
All departments of the local civilian defense organization have emergency
rehearsals. During the the direction of the county home
Carter, a brother of Earl Carter, been notified by their coordinator, J. W. Nichols, to be more alert than last rehearsal patients were on the demonstration agent.
who is well known here.
ever in being ready for duty when Jap bombers come. Instructions which beds in 20 minutes. We have ma-
We have organized and are traln-
Duties with the police begin Fri­ have been forwarded Mr. Nichole indicate the need of alertness WHEN terial and equipment for 60 pa- ing a unit olf home guard and will
day of this week.
and not IF enemy bombers appear here.
tients.
have a company soon.
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Service Mothers
Group Planned
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Rationing Book Applicants 10 Get Medals
Urged to Know Answers
For Sharpshooting
Uniforms, Prowl
Car to Be Sought
WHAT TO DO IN AN AIR RAID
Loggers Win
Championship
Shingle Mill
Being Moved
Noted Speaker
To Discuss
War Effort
Dr. Geo. Bernard Noble,
Reed College, to Talk to
Students, Study Club
Dr. George Bernard Noble from
the division of history and social
science of Reed College will speak
Thursday afternoon to the high
school students on the subject.
“The First and the Second World
Wars”. The public is invited to
hear the professor as lie makes
comparisons between these „ars.
He served in World War I.
In the evening as guest of the
Vernonia Study Club, Dr. Noble
will address members of the club
and their husbands at a meeting
to be held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Judd Greenman. “Our War
Effort and the Task that Lies A-
head” will be the topic.
Dr. Noble, a Rhodes scholarship
graduate of Oxford University, has
become well-known throughout the
state for his work as a lecturer,
having addressed many clubs, study
groups and other organizations.
Through the efforts of the high
sichool and Study Club Vernonia
people are given the opportunity
to hear the fine lecture.
Defense Divisions
To Practice Wed.
Another practice for the civilian
defense organization here is plan­
ned for Wednesday, May 6th, an
announcement this week indicates.
Four divisions of the local organiz­
ation will participate at that time:
the Air Raid Wardens, Civilian Pol­
ice, Eire Department and Casualty
Station.
In organizing the practice, t is
being ' assumed that Vernonia will
be bomlbed at 7:30 that evening.
The first unit of the Casualty Sta­
tion will report immediately for
duty while the second unit wnich,
in case of an actual attack would
report four hours later, will report
at 8:30 on that particular evening
to carry on. The first unit will re­
main after that time for a discus­
sion. All ambulances are in both
the first and second units.
During the evening’s practice, the
police department will use imagin­
ary bombs which will make a small
report. Those reports are not to be
confused with the real thing by
those who hear them.
Pomona Grange to
Review History
The Columbia County Pomona
Grange will' celebrate its 40th an­
niversary at the Yankton Grange
hall May 2 with a special program
to be given at 2 o’clock, is an an­
nouncement made this week.
All grangers and their friends
are urged to come and review the
history of the organization.
The county grange was organized
at Clatskanie in 1902.
Civilian Defense Program Outlined
Dad's Restaurant
Closed This Weeh
We have appointed a chairman
for "Hale America,” and are now
working on it.
Complete plans have been made
for the evacuation of our schools
in the event of an air raid.
A unit of fire fighters of nigh
school boys has been organized
under the state fire marshal.
We have organized a project of
model airplane building and our
first quota has been built and is
rea<ly for shipment.
Quick Blackout
We a * one of the few tow. i in
the state that can blackout in one
minute.
We have organized and are t’-ain-
ing nurseries to care for children
of parents who are to be active
in case of emergency.
We have nearly 700 people sign­
ed up for civilian defense.
We have also appointed commit­
tees in rural areas not protected
by regular fire fighting servic.. to
organize for fighting incendiary
bombs and fires.