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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1942)
Thursday, August 13, 1942 Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon 11 Women Begin Work At 0. A. Mill Neal Bush Explains 55 Register at Shipping Office Saturday Morning From the list of 55 women who applied for work at the O. A. mill Saturday morning, about 11 were chosen to begin work on Tuesday, August 11 or Wednesday. They were assigned to jobs in the plan ing mill, the shipping department, and the dry shed, on the day shift. The plant superintendent reports that they are “doing very weP.” Nearly half of the applicants ap peared at .he shipping office in the first hour in answer to an ad ap pearing in last week’s Eagle. C. L. Anderson, plant superintendent, quizzed both married and single women, and both experienced and inexperienced would-be workers. A few had worked in lumber mills— more in factories. Mothers applied, but few with very small children. Subject Discussed Among the motives for applying were the need for extra money, the desire for something to do, and the feeling that now is the best time to get the type of work wanted. The subject of women mill-workers has been much-discussed around town, and some of the men workers have been good-naturedly joking that “women can't do that.” Some of the women , of course, were du bious about applying, but others seemed confident that they could do just as much as the men, and said so. Among applicants during the first hour were: Katherine Johns, the mother of two school children. Her husband works in the mill, and she has had experience in a pack ing house. Mrs. Robert Fu’.ton. She has one shild and her husband works at the mill. She has worked in a paper mill in Elizabeth, Louisiana, and in a fruit packing house in Florida. Wauneta Timmons, who is not ex perienced at such work. Her hus band is an electrician at the mill. Worked wi h Hosiery Mrs. Grover Howard, the wife of a mill-worker. She once worked in a hosiery mill. Mrs. Carroll Wienecke, a young wife living with her mother. She was married in February, and her husband was drafted this spring. Mrs. E. R. Mitchell, the wife of the head brakeman at ¡Clark and Wilson camp. Her experience, which was acquired in Seattle, has been electrical'—with armatures and gen erators. She came to Vernonia in March. Garnet L. Makinster, who has held jobs in berry sheds, in boat pulling, and in commercial (net) fishing. Mrs. Jim Rusow, the mother of a 13-year-old boy who is busy with a paper route and in delivering milk. In a veneer plant in southern Oregon a number of years ago she worked with a lathe and the elec trical stacker, and did some sorting. Mrs. Ray Buffmire, whc says she wou'.d love to work at the mill. She is a petite woman only five- foot-two, but speedy. Requests Wanted For Carrier Job Volume 19, Number 33 OUR GREEN WAY OF LIFE What do the forestry terms, "timber cropping” and "tree farming,” mean in practice by the West Coast lumber industry? Here is an answer in pictures. Upper left is a block of seed-bearing Douglas fir left in log ging seven years ago, to provide natural reforestation on a harvested area. An average of 1,000 young trees per acre make a thriving new crop. Upper right shows one of the 7*/a million reforested acres in the Douglas fir region. Protection of the slow-growing timber crop by in dustry costs money. Six tank-pumper cars operated by one lumber company fot fire-fighting are illustrated. Their combined capacity is 60,000 gallons. Such equip ment is common on logging operations. In addition to 11 million acres of old growth in the Douglas fir region there are more than 3 million acres of second growth of saw timber size. Posts and poles are a first harvest. Pictured are 40-foot poles selectively taken from a 60-year-old stand of Douglas fir. Such cropping helps pay tree-farming costs and gives more growing room fei remaining trees* ., Dick Lewis Rangers Captain Richard Lewis of Wilark elected captain Friday night of Company C, of the State Guard, popularly known as the Rangers, The group meets regularly every Monday and Friday night at the Legion hall at 7:30 o’clock. All Rangers are requested to attend these meetings. Drilling started Friday, August 7, At Monday’s meeting anti-tank warfare and pistol and revolver use >n defense and offense was taught them. Salmon Enjoyed At City Park The 58 Vernonia people who at- tended the canteen class’ salmon feed Wednesday evening at the city park now know that they won’t have to worry about being well-fed should a bomb chase them out of house and home. Planked salmon was prepared by nailing the halves of fish to boards and placing them in a circle around an open tire. In addition to the salmon, the patrons’ plates were filled with scalloped potatoes, hot rolls, salad, pickled beets, and sauce to go with the fish. There was coffee to diink and cookies for dessert. Good? Judge for yourself; one well-known local man who is not reputed to be a salmon-eater went back for a sec ond plate. The 10 women, including instruc tor Maude Casswell and class cap tain Peggy Hatfield, cooked part of the food at the high school, and cooked the rest of it, kept it hot, and washed dishes on the outdoor fireplace at the park. This is their first venture, and the profits will go for more equipment. The food was served cafeteria style on tin plates by the white-capped women. Two collapsible tables were set up, and decorated with centerpieces of wood sections and marigolds. This is only one trick that the canteen class is learning and will learn. Other meats may be cooked in this way and in similar ways outdoor. Construct Runway The Rose Avenue Garage early this week constructed a culvert and The U. S. Civil Service Commis runway between the road and the sion announces a post office sub pumps. It is built of ties and is 45 stitute clerk-village carrier exam long. ination for the purpose of establish ing an eligible register from which furnished applicants after close of selections may be made to fill exist receipt of applications. ing and future vacancies as they Copies of the announcement of may occur in the positions of sub this examination (containing full stitute clerk-village carrier in the information as to place of examina post office service at Vernonia. tion, requirements, salaries, etc.) Applications must be on file at and application blanks may be ob the office of the manager, Eleventh tained from either cf the follow U. S. Civil Service District, 326 ing: O. T. Bateman, Secretary, Post Office building, Seattle, not Board of U. 8. Civil Service Exam later than the hour of closing bus iners, Vernonia, or The Manager, iness on September 7. 1942. The Eleventh U. S. Civil Service District date and place of examination will 326 Post Office Building. Seattle, be shown on the admission cards Washington. Cement Being Returns Complete In U.S.O. Drive Poured in Sewage Plant Contractors from Hillsboro Engaged For Work on Plant Cement pouring is in progress this week at the city’s sewage dis posal plant on the bank of the Ne halem River near where Rock creek branches on to it The work is .be ing done by contractors from Hills boro and includes the lining with cement of the new earthen pit and the adding of cement to the old lank. Work began Tuesday morning and will probably be finished this week. The new pit was required to be built this spring, but men and e- quipment could not be obtained un til now for the cement work. It has been in use since it was built, but would not be usable in wetter weather without cement due to seepage. New pumps were also in stalled at the plant last spring, This second tank is a smaller tank located above the first tank, The sewage is pumped from the first tank into the second tank so that it will flow by gravity from the small pit into the septic tank. Final and complete returns on Vernonia’s U. S. O. drive which began in the latter part of June were determined Wednesday by E. G. Roediger, chairman of the drive. The total is $226.10. These re turns were sent to the mayor of St. Helens, who is the county chair man, to apply on the county quota Mri Roediger wishes to express ap preciation for the cooperation the contributors and salesmen have given him in the drive. Columbia County Goes Over Quota Columbia county has over-sub- scribed its July War Bond quota but the exact figures are not as yet available. Vernonia’s part in this was $15,525 worth of bonds pur chased at the Vernonia post office. The Vernonia area also has another name on the Honor Roll of the firms in Columbia county that are now under the Pay Roll Savings Plan, It is the Vernonia Auto Co., which, with Mathews Brothers and the Oregon-American Lumber Cor poration makes three local firms represented. Vernonia’s July bond 'figure is second this year only to January’s total of $22,462.50. The IWA’s “Victory Dance” undoubtedly was a help in selling stamps and bonds during July; $1192 was spent for bonds and dance tickets traded for Copies of Public Proclamation stamps. No. 10, issued by Lieut. General More Can Use Plan J. L. DeWitt, ¡Commanding General, Several firms and businesses in Western Defense Com|mand and Columbia county who have six or Fourth Army, covering restricted more employees have not as yet lighting of Pacific Coast areas, are availed themselves of the oppor available at 25,000 gasoline sta tunity of getting under the Pay tions and garages in affected areas Roll Savings Plan. Irving T. Rau, in California, Oregon and Washing county bond chairman, reports ton, it was announced this week. with “a great deal of pride that Vernonia stations which have re Columbia county was one of six ceived them include DeRoia’s, John counties that over-subscribed their son’s, Vernonia Auto Co., and Rose June quota.” Avenue Garage. One firm in Columbia county has Committee in Charge qualified for the Minute Man Flag The availability was made pos with a Bull's lEye, and just as soon sible by a coordinating committee as it is available, the flag will be of the gasoline industry, which presented to the firm, the John handled the details of the distribu Havlick Construction company of tion as part of the defense program. Scappoose. They are under this pay Copies of the Proclamation give roll plan 100 per cent and their details of the areas affected by the contributions are 20 per cent or restricted lighting regulations, and more. the types of lighting which must be Elected Principal restricted, in accordance with the Mrs. W. T. Graves has been ruling which becomes effective at elected principal of the Marshland, 12:01 a.m., Thursday, August 20. Oregon, grade school which opens “It is suggested that all citizens September 8. She, along with two in affected areas who operate light other teachers, will form the teach ing coming under provisions of the ing staff of this school. She ex Proclamation obtain a copy of the pects to leave in about two weeks document,” Colonel Karl R. Ben- to remain there during the school detsen, assistant Chief of Staff, term. Civil Affairs Division, acting for General DeWitt, said. PAPER LATE The proclamation is aimed at This week's issue of the Vernonia controlling lighting which throws Eagle is late because of mechanical beams upward or is visible from the trouble with the linotype which be ocean in the established zone of gan Tuesday morning and which restricted lighting prescribed in the was remedied by Wednesday morn Proclamation. ing. Proclamation Copies Available A bee? No, it wasn’t a bee, but that was Neal Bush’s, Ver nonia’s only Monday-Tuesday attorney, first explanation of injuries on his hands and face. That explanation was all right for the non-skeptics, but those who had time to listen found out that he was unequal to the acrobatics he attempted. The accident occured a week ago Sunday afternoon at McCut chen park at Glenwood. Swinging on a rope from a platform across the river with the park operator, he failed to step on the board in time. As he was going across the creek, he slid down, the rope burning his hands, and he fell head first* into shallow water. His wounds were pretty well gone this week, and the chances are he’ll leave the acrobatics to the circus. Industrial Sugar Users Affected Bulletins received recently by the rationing clerk here affect in- dustrial users and some canners. Home canning sugar certificates are only good for 60 days, and those whose certificates have expired should surrender them to the board, which will issue certificates of equal weight value to the applicant pur suant to the original application. The following is quoted from an OPA bulletin in regard to indu>‘ trial sugar allotments: “Previously announced increases in sugar allot ments of industrial and institutional users for the months of July and August will be extended to cover the allotment period of September and October. Authorization for in creases in both allotment percent ages was contained in Amendment No. 6 to Ration Order No. 3 issued cently. “Industrial users will be given a 10 per cent increase which will raise their allotment to 80 per cent of their sugar base for these 4 months while institutional users will get a 25 per cent increase allotment to 75 per cent of their base. These increases will be grant- ed said institutional' and industrial users when they apply for their regular allotment for the September and October period on August 15 or after. To the increased Septem- ber and October allotment will, of course, be added the additional in- crease for July and August.” 27 County Men Accepted Aug. 3 Twenty-seven Columbia county men were accepted and 18 were re jected in the draft contingent sent to the Portland induction center August 3, according to information received by the selective service board. The rejection percentage was considerably lower during this draft call than it has been in recent months. Accepted were Lawrence Daniel Hensler, Theodore N. Johnson, Ros- cos A. Robinson, Lloyd O. Meirn- dorf, Dale Roberts, William R. Sinquefield, Roy K. Green, Harry E. Lamb, Leland Peterson, Evans W. Colvin, Hjalmar Jacobson, Ed ward A. Novak, John P. Barton, Truman E. Knight, John P. Sheel- ey, Pete B. Pasero, Lyle J. Chase, John Gressett, Roeser Acting Corporal Dwain E. Miller, Raymond C. Kraeft, Charles L. Roeser, Walter E. Hussik, Carl E. Smith, Harry W. Shepard, Kenneth N. Smith, Ber nard J. Meiwes, Helmut P. Kabbe. Of this 27, Gressett, Chase, Mil ler, Hensler, Pasero, Shepard, Bar ton, Meirndorf, Roeser, Sinquefield, Lamb, Meiwes, Colvin, Jacobson, Greene, Kraeft, Peterson, Roberts, N vak, Smith, Kabbe, Smith, Robin son and Hussik are home on fur lough until August 17. Roeser has been named acting corporal for these men and will be in charge of the contingent while it is en route to the reception center at Fort Lewis. Married Man Call Remote Here, Said Draft Board Says Lumbering, Logging Essential to War Probability of Columbia county draft registrants who were married “before Pearl Harbor” being called for military service wilhin the im mediate future are “remote,” mem bers of the county selective service board, who met in St. Helens last week said. Their announcement was made because of the widespread confusion which appeared to have been created by the “work or fight” story which appeared in a Portland paper. W. T. Evenson, Clatskanie, who is chairman of the county board, pointed out that the 1-A classifica tion has not yet been exhausted in this county. When it is, the follow ing classifications of men will be called before the married men are summoned: 1. There will be oppor tunities for 1-B men (those defer red because of minor physical dis abilities.) It is anticipated that there will be a call for registrants in this class. Order Given 2. Men who have become 20 years of age following the June 30 reg istration and who do not have de pendants or other reason for de ferment. 3. Men with dependents other than their wives. The board members, Mr. Even- son and Lee Schwab of Vernonia pointed out that every man called for induction has a right to appeal his case and they said that sympa thetic consideration would be given in cases where a man was essen tial in his present post. The logging and lumbering industry and a num ber of other Columbia county indus tries have been designated as essen tial to the Nation’s war effort, they declared. More Boys Mentioned With the drafting of 6 Ver nonia boys and the receipt of sev eral more names, The Eagle’s calcu lation as to how many Vernonia and vicinity boys are in Uncle Sam’s service is now 192. By shifting other names into their proper cat egories the following totals have been reached: the Army—131; the Army Air Corps—27; the Navy— 26; Naval Aviation—2; the Coast Guard—3; the Marine Corps—3. Of the 6 Vernonia boys accept ed August 3, Truman Knight and John Sheeley have left but Dale Roberts, William Sinquefield, Char les L. Roeser, and Bernard J. Meiwes are on furlough until Aug ust 17. Other new names on the list include: Robert Lamping, who is awaiting call to the Army Air Corps; Sgt. Garth B. Harlan, who wrote from McChord Field that he lived here about 4 years ago and who is a member of the 29th Sig nal Company Service Group; El bert P. Brock, who joined the Ore gon Avengers and is now in the San Diego Naval Training school; Bob Louden at Mist and Pat Hop kins of Birkenfeld, who enlisted in the Navy; and Tom Hopkins of Birkenfeld who was drafted into the Army this spring. In Air Corps Donald Morris, Ted DeWitt, El lis Workman, and Leon E. Brock were listed as Army men, but are now in the Air Corps. Mr. Brock is with the Air Force training de tachment at the Boeing School of Aeronautics at Oakland airport. Jack Reichert is a member of the U. S. Navy signal corps rather than the Army. For record’s sake, Ga lenas Morris’ middle name is spel led Rollin, not Rolling. And that brings the list up to date! While mentioning service men, it should not be forgotten that Lew is Louden, of Mist, was killed in action while training in the R. A. F.
