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Thursday, August 6, 1942
Army Officer
To Train
Company C
Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon
Service Men 's Flag Now
Hanging in Patersons
Mattresses
Being Made
This Week
Hanging' in the window of Paterson’s Furniture Store this week is
a flag dedicated to Vernonia’s service men. It’s permanent position will
be in the city hall, as the Women’s Relief Corps presented it to the city.
At it’s dedication Saturday evening at the grade school auditorium, the
crowd was not large. But among (those present were men and women
Enlistment Blanks
Mrs. Maude: Caswell
who could best appreciate such a program—the fathers and mothers of
For Co. C, State Guard service men. With such a banner ------------------------------------------------
Directing Work
hung,
these
parents
can
feel
that
Are at Paterson’s
At Grade School
At the Rangers meeting Friday their absent sons are fittingly em
“Industry” is the word that will
evening. August 7, at 8:00 o’clock blemized.
come to the mind of anyone who
in the old laundry building, Ken
Dressed in white frocks and blue
steps into the basement of the
neth White will resign as Captain of capes lined with red, four fiag-
Mrs. Paul Gordon was fairly Washington grade school this week.
the Vernonia Rangers, he has stat bearers of the Women’s Relief swimming in figures at the close of And anyone may step in, because
visitors are welcome to watch those
ed, so that a man of military exper Corps marched to the stage with July. She has been working as sugar
people who applied to make mat
ience may be chosen to fill this '.he participants in the ceremony rationing clerk, but just recently tresses over a year ago at work
position in accordance with guard The program opened with the leceived a Civil Service appointment under the supervision of Mrs.
regulations. A young army officer Pledge of Allegiance, singing of the as clerk of the rationing board. Maude Caswell, county home dem
who has received the latest training National Anthem, and a prayer by Loel Robems, member of the ra onstration agent. Work began on
will train the Rangers for combat. Reverend W. O. Livingstone. Fol tioning board and City Recorder, Wednesday, July 29 and will con
tinue until the 65 mattresses which
lowing a vocal number, “We’ll
The Ranger company will be Meet Again,” by Leota White, the has been handling the records and were applied for are completed.
A family of 5 is limited to 3 of
known as Company C, 9th Batta flag was unrolled by Alma Mills, applications for tires, but since her
lion. Enlistment blanks are obtain and presented by Mrs. Tom Turner appointment she will do all the (hem, and a family of 3 may make
2. To be eligible families had to
ed at Paterson’s Store, filled in, and to Franklin Malmsten, who accept clerical work at her office ir. the have an yearly income in 1940 of
ed
it
for
the
city
since
no
city
of
left there. Arrangements will be
bank building. The rationing board, not over $500. Making a mattress
made for men working on the night ficial was present.
however, still accepts and rejects is a lot of work for one person, so
shift at the mill to meet and train. Ha» Many in Service
applications for tires. The rationing most of the workers bring several
It is believed that the Rangers I The speaker of the evening, Judd office is open from 10:00 to 12.00 members of their family or some
have equipment which compares Greenman, ea ¡mated that Vernonia and from 1:00 to 6:00 on week neighbors along—4 or 5 people can
very well with others in the state. has proportionately three times as days and from 10:00 to 1.00 p.m. complete one in a day.
Cotton Supplied
They have lots of ammunition and many service men as the average on Saturdays.
For each mattress there is al
guns of many kinds in their pos community does. He attribiAed the
lowed 50 pounds of cotton and
session. New steel helmets are avail high percentage to the fact that this Apply for Canning Sugar
10 yards of 6-ounce ticking. Sew
able to the men at a cost of $2.95 is a lumbering community of strong,
In Vernonia 323 families applied
each. One of the active rangers, vigorous, young men. Mr. Greenman lor 22,008 pounds of canning sug ing machines are supplied by some
Kenneth White, says that “with the brought out the widely scattered ar for 988 individuals, and received of the women, who also supply
patriotic response that the state is and many fighting fields, and em 19,751 pounds. Mist families num their own thread. The cotton is first
picked and sunned ( 01’ Sol is ne
receiving 'from the Rangers, it is phasized the Four Freedoms.
ber 3 and wanted 241 pounds of cessary, but he didn’t choose to ap
believed that Vernonia, for its size
To conclude the program, Mrs. sugar for their total of 9 individuals pear every day he was needed).
will soon have one of the largest Maude Ramsey sang “Danny Boy” but received only 171 pounds. The
groups of heavily armed guards in and “Dear Little Boy of Mine,” the 23 Birkenfeld families which tot The cotton is placed in the partial
ly sewed ticks in 3-pound bats,
the state.”
audience sang “God Bless America,” aled 82 individuals were a.lowed sewed into something that looks
and Reverend H. R. Scheuerman 1,413 pounds in comparison io the more like a mattress, then beat
gave a prayer. Mrs. J. W. Nichols 2,053 pounds for which they ap en into a welt mattress and fin
accompanied the singing on the plied. These figures make the dis ished.
piano.
trict totals as 'follows: 1079 indi
On a particular day this week,
viduals represented, 349 families about 60 people— women and child
represented, 21,335 pounds of sugar ren and a few men—were engaged
allowed, 24,302 pounds desired.
Monday night’s council meeting
in this work. Some were sewing,
was late in getting started, and also
some were picking cotton, some
Tires Granted
late in adjourning—11.00 a.m. was
were cutting, but the ones who
During July the rationing board were enjoying themselves the most
the hour. The main reason for the
late hour was that several hours
Members of the Vernonia Study rlloted the following: 4 new pas were busy in hitting the nearly-
were spent in coming to an agree Club are making a canvass this senger tires, 2 new passenger tubes, completed mattresses with sticks.
ment on a street light bill from the week for the Civilian Defense Com 26 new truck tires, 6 new truck
Oregon Gas and .Electric Co. The mission. It is necessary to have a tubes, 24 passenger recaps, 25
city wanted an adustment by reason permanent record of all available truck recaps, 1 bicycle, and 2 Class
of the blackout of street lights, beds in the community in case of B, Grade II passenger tires. The
and finally compromised. It was disaster here or evacuation of ci last .two articles are new to the
suggested that a contract be drawn vilians from the coas.al areas. board. Class B tires are allowed to
up as a basis for determining the Temporary sleeping quarters will certain workers in concerns employ
School—both grade and high—
bill, since there is no meter on the be needed. Those who have not ing 100 or more men. Bicycles are
street lights, and one probably been reached through the canvass allowed to vital workers who show will open in Vernonia on Monday,
September 14, it was definitely
couldn’t be obtained.
by Monday and who have a day sufficient need and comply with learned this week. High school prin
certain
rules.
Other first of the month bills bed or a cot available should call
cipal McCrae conferred with hop
passed including one for $50 for Mrs. R. D. Fletcher, phone 843. She
During August the board may pickers and found that they will
is
the
chairman
of
the
canvass.
the improvement of the garbage
allow the following for passenger be through by that time.
dump. A bulldozer was hired to lev
cars: 4 new tires, 16 recaps, 11
Several vacancies in the grade
el off the top of the heap, so that
tubes; and for trucks: 20 new tires, school teaching staff will be fil
it is now possible to dump garbage
26 recaps, 24 tubes; and also 4 led at a school board meeting Sat
in the cavity. A pump with 200 feet
bicycles and 2 Class B, Grade II urday night, it is thought. The high
of 1 H -inch pipe has been installed
tires. It is urged by the State GPA school staff is complete with the
that logging trucks apply for re exception of one vacancy which will
for fire protection.
caps before their tires wear out, be filled soon. The high school is
About
25
or
30
members
of
the
Other business included the table-
since the shortage of new tires
ing of a petition for the building of State Guard attended an open for otherwise would mean the curtail practically ready for the start Of
a sidewalk between North and mation practice Sunday afternoon ment of an essentia! industry, log school. The building is being re
paired and refinished; hall and
Bridge streets on Washington Ave at the city park. They practiced
ging.
study hall floors are being sanded.
nue. The spending of $33 to re patrolling and scouting, and learned
Beginning at about September 1,
pair the roof on the city hall was how to (take cover, crawl, spread
school busses will carry hop pick
approved. Arrangements were also out, and fall. This practice was not
ers to the Hartwick ranch near
made for the pumping of wate' a part of the required two hours of
Banks, as was done during the
drill
each
week.
at the plant at night so that the
strawberry season.
electrical load will be more evenly
At the regular practice Wednes
distributed.
day night about 18 guardsmen were
Vernonia’s Red Cross sewing unit AT JENNINGS LODGE
mustered in, which means that
Those who left Sunday to attend
has
assembled 25 Red Cross com
there are around 75 in the guard,
all
or part of the Evangelical sum
or plenty for a company, according fort kits and sent them to the mer camp which ends July 16 at
county
chapter
of
Red
Cross.
Since
to the captain here, C. L. Ander
the quota was 20, the extra five Jennings Lodge are: Eileen Enos,
son. More may join.
will be applied on the Christmas Vona Weidman, Dorothy Roland,
quota for kits. Every United States Dale Roland, Wendell Riggins,
Last week’s list of service
Several
Accidents
Reported
service man sent on a foreign as Gladys Pierce, Mrs. Minnie Malm
men from Vernonia and vicinity
Several minor accidents have oe- signment is given, at the embarka sten, and Reverend and Mrs. H. R.
would have been better if it had
Scheuerman and daughter, Gloria
included the names of five more cured this week and last week. tion port, a comfort kit. Mrs.
Joy. Mrs. Alta John is attending
Dick
McDonald,
son
of
Mr.
and
Philip
Carlson,
county
production
fellows, which makes the total
part of the time and Geraldine
180. Since someone thought of Mrs. E. A. (Lode) McDonald, had chairman, says that the kits sent
these men, they are no longer an unpleasant con.act with a block from Vernonia were the most com Riggins plans to attend beginning
Sunday. Mrs. E. E. Garner, former
forgotten soldiers. In the Army while hauling hay. It nearly cut plete ones from the county.
ly of Vernonia, is cooking for the
•
are Donald M Osborn, Lloyd E. off his thumb.
The following organizations and Vernonia group.
Osborn, and Captain Burford
Tuesday night Lester Mowe fell people contributed materials for
Wilkerson. Howard R.
(Bud) from the turkey at the mill and kits: Rainbow Girls, J; Nehalem
Baker and Lieut. Joe Tertek are severly bruised his hip.
Social Club, 1; Masonic Lodge, 4.
in the Army Air Corps.
Hugh Ragle’s son dived in the C.I.O., 3; Vernonia Business Wo
Glen Hieber’s name should
creek Sunday, and suffered a brok men, 1; Adventist church, 1; IOOF,
have had the title of "Lieuten
Pleeeese, telephone operators,
en arm when he hit a rock in the 3; Pythian Sisters, 1; Neighbors
ant” in front of it, and Fred
be careful how you accidentally
bottom. The break diagnosed as a of Woodcraft, 1; Service Mothers’
Ritchie is a corporal serving in
Club, 2; Catholic Alter Society, 1;
touch that siren button. The
fractured humerous.
Central Ameriei. Oh, yes, Earl
Vernonia Grange, 1; Women’s Re
fire chief is very glad to run
(Skinny) Washburn is not in
Mrs. O. O. Melburn was treated lief Corps, 1; Women’s Missionary
two blocks to the fire truck
the Marines; he is in the Naval Monday alter stepping on some Society of the Evangelical church,
when there is a fire, but when
Reserve.
glass and cutting an artery in her 1; Mrs. Dennis Davis, 1; Mrs. Carol
there isn’t a fire he would
foot.
Brock, 1; Mrs. U. J. Bittner, 1.
rather not be bothered.
Rationing Figures
For July Given
City Council
Discusses Bills
Available Rooms
Being Recorded
Schools to Open
September 14
Guard Practices
At City Park
25 Comfort Kits
Filled Locally
Five Service
Names Added
It's Okay When
There's a Fire
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Volume 19, Number 32
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Jobs at O.A. Mill
7o Open to Women
As will be noticed from the advertisement appearing on
page two of this issue, the Oregon-American Lumber Corpora
tion, for the first time in its twenty years of existence, is plan
ning to employ women.
Manager Judd Greenman said that while women have been
employed in a few sawmills in the Northwest for some time,
their employment in the Portland district has been very limited
and even yet most df the Portland sawmills do not work any
woman.
The employment of women, ac
cording to Mr. Greenman, will for
a time ait least, be on somewhat of
a trial' basis with relatively few
employed at the outset and the pos
sibility of a larger number being ad
ded to the working 'force later on
as a shortage of men necessitates
it and as women demonstrate their
capabilities in this line of work to
the satisfaction of /the management,
Mr. Greenman was uncertain
i bout the exact date when the first
women workers will be used because
some preparations for their employ
ment must be made. The advertise
ment tells the details of the man
ner in which applications for jobs
must be personally made before a
representative of the company on
Saturday, August 8.
Mr. Greenman said that when
women actually are employed pref
erence would be given first to the
residents of Vrnonia and the vicin
ity.
Donations to Be
Left at Store
Donations for a complete uni
form, like the one recently pur
chased by the chamber of commerce
for Marshal Lolley, 'for Marshal H.
H. King are being accepted at Pat
erson’s Furniture Store. Since no
one has found time to go to the
business houses and individuals who
wish to donate for th's uniform,
they are asked to leave the money
at the store whenever convenient.
The uniform should be secured as
soon as possible as the material
is getting scarce and the deliveries
slower, it is pointed out. A complete
list of names of the contributors
will be kept on file.
Salmon Bake
To Be August 12
Tickets are being sold for the
canteen class’ salmon bake which
will be held Wednesday, August 12
at the city park. The heads of alt
of the various civilian defense
groups are asked to be present.
This meal is a part of the train
ing the 12 women enrolled in the
canteen course go through. Mrs.
Maude Casswell is the supervisor of
their work. This feed will be their
first attempt at feeding the public.
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Grange Discusses
Farm Problems
Farm problems were under dis
cussion a» the regular session of the
Columbia County Pomona Grange
held at the Natal Grange hall, Sat
urday, August 1; Master Noble
Dunlap of Natal presided. During
the meeting Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Henderson of Natal and Walter
Mathews of Vernonia became mem
bers. Visitors were Mr. and Mrs.
Frank E. Russell and Lizzie Bauman
of Forest Grove, members of the
Gale Grange of Washington coun
ty. Mr. Russell spoke of (the living
conditions here and of the large
eastern cities where it has become
a major problem.
A resolution asking the highway
commission to cut all weeds in the
right-of-ways of the various roads
and highways was approved by the
Pomona Grange. Noxious weeds are
very often allowed to go to seed
and spread over the farmlands and
oither lands. Also approved was the
resolution favoring the repeal of the
law protecting bear in this county,
as bears have become a detriment to
the farmers having cheep, stock,
and orchards.
Is
New
Deputy
Mrs. IE. H. Condit, in Clatskanie
this summer, has been selected the
new county Grange deputy to suc
ceed Mrs. Pearl Becker of Scap
poose, who resigned recently.
Several men gave reports of in
terest to farmers. George A. Nel
son, county agent, said that secur
ing farm labor is a serious problem
and that a County Labor Committee
has been organized to study the
problem of securing and transport
ing labor. Ralph Langdon, of Chap
man Grange, stated that much of
the hay in this county has been
damaged. Grasses have no fattening
qualities, he said, until it begins
to dry; as a result of the wet sum
mer, many cattle and sheep on the
ranges are not as fat as
they
should be for market. James Bacon,
of Warren Grange, reported that
various noxious weeds are spread
ing throughout the county and that
each farmer should try to control
such weeds on his own farm.
Record Quota
Hit and Passed
Vernonia quota of 1500 records
was not only reached, but passed
—2096 records were collected, and
were shipped Wednesday to head
quarters in California. Many of
the discs were practically new ones
and some families contributed over
100. Priscilla White did not walk
to town with 133 records as was
stated in last week’s paper. How
ever, she did bring in that number.
Some other girls made several trips
During July .79 inches of rain to town on foot to add their records
fell, the minimum temperature was to the collection in Thomas’ Vari
43 degrees, and a maximum tem ety Store.
perature of 103 degrees was re
corded at the weather station atop
Corey Hill on July 2. Speaking of
the weather, much lightning was
seen, and much thunder heard Sun
day night and morning and Monday
night. Thoughts of bombs even
Copies of Public Proclamation
laced through some people’s heads.
No.
10, issued yesterday by
In J. W, Nichol’s opinion, the sky
in the direction of Por land at one Lieut. Gen. J. L. DeWitt, giv
time Sunday night looked as if ing full details of the dim-out
Portland were being bombed. How regulations and the area em
ever unpleasant to the ears the braced in the Zone Of Restricted
thunder was, no lightning was re. Lighting in Oregon, Washington
ported to strike in this vicinity.
and California, may be secured
at post offices, gasoline service
stations, local defense offices and
Sewing Material* Scarce
The only Red
Cross sewing from block air wardens as soon
meeting during August will be this as they receive them. All persons
Friday, August 7 in the home econ are requested to ask for a copy,
omics room at the high school. if in doubt as to how the reg
There will be no more because of ulations affect them.
the scarcity of materials.
Lightning Seen,
Thunder Heard
Proclamation
Has Details