Sugar to Be
Allowed More
Organizations
Sugar Bulletin No.
28 Cancelled; New
Regulations Made
Of ínteres, to local organizations
is the .act the sugar bulletin No.
38 has been cancelled, since that
means that they have a
better
chance to get sugar. Previously, or
ganizations could not register as in-
sti.utional users unless they served
4 meals a week. Civic, educational,
charitable, benevolent, religious, and
social welfare organizations may
obtain allotments if all the follow
ing requirements are satisfied:
1. Meal service is to obtain rev
enue for the organization.
2. Organization serving meal is
recognized in community as perma
nent, or where new, is expec.ed to
be permanent.
3. Meal service is consistent with
character and purpose of organiza
tion.
4. Meal is open to non-members,
and
5. Sugar will be used in prepara
tion and service of meal, which
dees not include preparation and
service, separately or in combination
of alcoholic or non-alcoholic bev
erages, candy, cookies, crackers, po
tato chips, popcorn, nuts, ices, pre
pared fountain mixes, milk, milk
drinks, and ice cream prepared as
sodas, sundaes, or otherwise.
Bicycle
f
Rules Changed
The revision of Ration Order No.
7 will affect those who would apply
for bicycles. The two major chang
es in the order are as follows: the
applicant must now certify that he
will use the bicycle four days a
week; and no certificate may be
issued to an applicant who has
an available automobile or motors
cycle which will serve the purpose
for which the bicycle is sought.
Air Observers
Getting Medals
Service Pins, sterling silver and
enamel medals, are being awarded
to Columbia county men and wo
men doing air observation work who
have been on duty as observers, in
, charge of observation pos.s for six
months, and those who have served
500 or more hours. These medals
were sent for distribution to the
office of George A. Nelson, chair
man, Aircraft Warning Service for
Columbia county, by William K.
Morgan, Captain of the
Signal
Corps, Regional Ground Observa
tion Officer.
Those receiving six-month ser
vice medals are: Vernonia—Garland
Segar, Frank Morris, and Harry E.
Condit; St. Helens— George A.
Nelson, Vernon Peck, Pete Sera
fin, and Harold Ingram; Clatskan
ie—Olaf Söderström, and Audrey
Langlois; Rainier— Harrison Kel
lar.
The following are entitled to 500
hours service medals: Mrs. Vernon
Peck St. Helens; Mrs. Harrison
Keller, Rainier; Mrs. Olaf Söder
ström
Clatskanie; William Arm
strong, Marshland; Mrs. William
Armstrong, Marshland.
500 Beds Found
To Be Available
The recent canvass made by the
Vernonia Study Club disclosed the
fact that Vernonia can accomodate
over 500 persons, who might be
brought here because of the neces
sity of evacuating other areas. The
club members found that all who
were approached were eager and
willing to help in every way they
could, Mrs. R. B. Fletcher, chair
man of the canvass says.
Anyone still
having
available
beds not registered should cal'. Mrs.
Fletcher. No. 843, and list the ac
comodations. In order that records
may be kept
up-to-date,
Mrs.
Fletcher will appreciate it if those
moving away call her.
4
New Coordinator Here
Mon. to Discuss Dimout
Scheuerman
To End 7
Years Here
R. J. Hairington, county civilian defense coordinator replacing Judge
Tarbell, who resigned, presided at a meeting of Vernonia civilian de
fense heads Monday night at the high school. The purpose of 'the gath
ering was to introduce the new coordinator and to acquaint the defense
people with the dimou, proclamation which goes into effect today, July
To Go to Kings
20. Mr. Harrington was accompanied from St. Helens by R. R. Hankins,
Valltty, Rev. Backer
who broight up the matter of a mobile decontamination squad, fully
equipped, located in .he county
To Be Minister Here
seat, and to be sent to wherever
Questions and answers in re
After seven years and two and
needed in the county.
gard to .he dimout appear else
one-half months, to be exact, as
Mr. Harrington was particularly where on this page for household
minister of the lEvangelical church
cap. ble of discussing the dimout ers.
here, Reverend H. R. Scheuerman
since he attended the Portland
will move to Kings Valley to be
meeting on .he subject, and is
personally affected by the procla
the minister of the
Evangelical
mation a. he is in the theatre
church there. Reverend Allen H.
business. He said that he believes
Backer of Kings Valley will come
‘he dimout wi.l not harm the bus
here,
was the announcement Sun
iness man. The coordinator empha-
Mr. and Mrs. Orle Robbins and day afternoon at the 59th session
si^d the fact that light must not
of the Oregon-Washington confer
go upward, and the dimout proc family are expected to move to
around
September
1, ence of the Evangelical church at
lamation has nothing to do with Vernonia
the blackout law—everyone must when Mr. Robbins will begin mak the camp grounds at Jennings
be able to blackout in 60 sec ing preparations for the football Lodge.
Bishop E. W. Praetorious W St.
onds and no one must go away reason. He succeeds Mason McCoy,
and leave his lights burning. A who will be Roosevel. high school's Paul, Minnesota, made these assign
ments among other announcements
dimout is half way to a blackout, coach this year, as coach and social
of fields of labor of Evangelical
which means it is an aid in the science teacher of Vernonia high
church men. Rev. and Mrs. Scheuer
case of a surprise attack, he ex school. The Robbins will live in C.
man and daughter, Gloria, expect
A.
B
eck
’
s
house
on
State
St.,
plained.
to leave Vernonia Tuesday morn
Mr. Har ington advised that the formerly occupied by the W. T.
ing to move into the parsonage at
air raid warden is the best police Jacob family.
Kings Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Backer
Mure
details
have
been
received
man lor the dimout order—he will
and small daughter will probably
report rny violators to police. W. about Mr. Robbins’ experience and
move into the parsonage here Tues
W. McCrae, the head
air
raid activities. He played 3 years of
day evening.
football
—
-he
was
all-coast
end
in
warden here, has dis.ributed copies
In leaving, Mr. Scheuerman wish
of the dimout proclamation, Public 1930—and 2 years of baseball, as
es to express a word of apprecia
Proc'amation No. 10, to section third baseman, at Oregon State
tion to the people of Vernonia for
wardens, who will in turn distrib college, and 1 year of football for
their kindness to the Scheuermans
ute them as far as they go, to the Olympic iClub of San Francisco.
their
aid
in
the
liquidation
those who have not obtained them Nearly every year he has played
of the debt.
(The
final
notes
semi-pro
baseball.
He
coached
the
from service stations.
Amity baseball team in the Tual- for this debt were burned only
Neon Lights Affected
itan League to 4 consecutive league this year, and much of the debt
championships. For two years he was done away with during Rev.
Most affected locally will be
was assistant coach at Linfield col Scheuerman’s ministry here).
neon lights. The complete list of
Kings Valley is located between
lege.
prohibited commercial lighting is
and
Corvallis.
Rev.
Amity high school has hid Mr. Monmouth
as follows; exterior lighted neon
Robbins as coach for 9 years. Am ScheuernMii was the minister at
or gaseous tube advertising, ex
ity’s football team won 17 consec Monmouth before he came here.
terior
lighted
bulletin
boards
utive games in 2 years. In 1937
and poster boards, lighted building
and 1938 the Amity basketball team
or outdoor business signs, outdoor
was defeated both times by the
display and
decorative
lighting,
champions in the state basketball
lighted
theatre
marquee
signs,
tournament; in ’37 it was Bell
building outline lighting, building
Fountain; in ’38, Baker.
floodlighting,
outdoor
Christmas
tree lighting and all other forms
Since the Eagle received
the
of decorative and advertising light Office Open Sept. 1
name of Henry Kauppi, who enlist
The Vernonia office of the Co ed in the Navy in December, but
ing visible out-of-doors at night.
Also prohibited at night are light lumbia County Public Welfare Com who is now in the marines, the to
ed neon or gaseous tubing signs, mission will be open Tuesday, Sep tal of Vernonia and vicinity service
ornamental
outline
lighting
or tember 1, since the scheduled day, men is raised to 193. This also
other decorative lighting which is the first Monday of the month, raises the marine total to 3. Since
located immediately within show is Labor Day.
Fritz Hausler is in the Navy now,
windows so that it is clearly vis
rather than the Coast Guard, the
ible out-of-doors. The proclamation SPRAINS ANKLE
Navy total is 27, and the Coast
does not limit the use of any kind
Jeff Ensworth, lineman for the Guard total is 2. Perhaps it would
of artificial light, including signs, Oregon Gas and Electric, sprained be appropriate here to say that
in any location, during the hours his ankle Tuesday when a pole James Caywood’s son is named Den
he was climbing fell part way, and ny, not Derrney, as Mr. Caywood
of daylight, from sunrise to
set.
he tell to the ground.
is a service man.
New Coach to
Move Here Sept. 1
One Service
Name Added
So They
Do Care
“Did the mail carrier forget
me?” . . . “Did the post of
fice loose my paper?” . . .
“Isn’t there going to be any
paper this week?” . . . “Did the
staff go on a vacation?” . . .
“Doesn’t the paper come out on
Thursday any more?”—This is
only a sample of the telephone
calls and personal calls the
Eagle office received on Friday
since subscribers didn’t receive
their papers on Thursday as us
ual. They were told that me
chanical trouble had caused the
delay and that they would re
ceive their papers Saturday
morning.
And the staff thought no-
body cared!
Spencers Receive
"V-Mail" Letter
Probably the first "V-Mail” let
ter to be received locally came to
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spencer last
Saturday from Captain W. F. “Red”
MacDonald, who is in England. It
took a letter Mr. Spencer wrote
two months to arrive at its destina
tion, but only 15 days for the an
swer to arrive. It so happened that
Mrs. MacDonald was visiting in
Vernonia whpn the letter arrived,
so she read it, too.
Wrote the former Vernonia high
school teacher: “. . . I am fine
and all is well here, and there is
no use worrying over us at any
time, but some of those left in the
sta.es will, but their worrying will
not stop a shell or a bomb. . . .
Please tell the folks at home we
will do the work if they will get
the stuff here for us. We are
here and we are ready to the last
man, and this is not a blow either.”
“V-Mail” letters are written on
a special sheet of paper obtainable
at post offices, photographed, sent
to a station where the negative is
printed on a sheet measuring ap
proximately 4 *4 by 5 inches. Mr.
MacDonald’s letter was typewritten,
and in its completed form, much re
duced in size, was more easily read
with a magnifying glass.
Some Picking Started
Some hop pickers from Vernonia
are working in Forest Grove fields
now, but the majority of local peo
ple who intend to pick will not be
gin until about September 4 at
Banks, a check with Mrs. Frank
Hartwick, who is signing up pick
ers, reveals.
Questions, Answers Tell Housholders of Dimout
Things householders may want
to know about the dimout which
goes into effect today, August 20,
are contained in a set of ques
tions and answers which were pre
pared by technicians of the office
of civilian defense, ninth civilian
defense region,
San
Francisco,
and received by R. J. Harrington,
county civilian defense coordina
tor.
Q. Does the new proclamation
mean a blackout every night?
A. No. The regulations do not
require all of the features of a
blackout. They do, however, re
quire that signs and bright exter
ior illumination be extinguished.
Q. Do I have to pull down the
shades in my house every night?
A. Only if you have windows
from which the sea may be viewed
Windows visible from
the
sea
must be shaded at night.
Q. Are lighted driveways per
mitted?
A. Surely. The lights should be
shielded, however, so that no light
is emitted upward from them.
Must
Be
Shielded
Q. We have a light at the door
of our garage. Is it necessary to
extinguish it for the duration of
the war?
A. No. But it is necessary to
shield it so that no light goes sky
ward. In most ordinary instances
no lamp larger than
50
watts
should be used in such locations.
Q. We have a rather large gard
en with flood lights arranged to
light it at night. Does the procla
mation prohibit the use of these
lights now?
A. Lighting of ground areas to
an intensity of more than one
foot candle is prohibited. If you
have less than this amount it can
remain on provided the lamps are
shielded so that no light is thrown
upward.
Q. What does one foot candle
mean?
A. The light intensity at a dis
tance of one foot from a lighted
candle. This measure with an ord
inary foot candle meter.
Q. What lamp must I buy to
provide light to an intensity of
one foot candle—how many watts
A. This will depend on the dis
tance of the light itself from the
ground where the light intensity
is to be measured. Every house
holder will have to determine this
for himself or have
a
lighting
specialist decide it for him.
Can’t Leave
Burning
Q. How about my porch light—
is it permissable to let it burn at
night when we are away from
home or when we are expecting
guests?
A. No light should be left light
ed at night unless there is some
one on the premises to turn it off
should a blackout occur. There is
no objection to porch lights being
lighted under ordinary conditions
if they are so shielded that light
is not emitted upwards. The lamps
should not be larger than 50 watts.
In most cases a smaller lamp will
suffice.
Q. Can we use the garbage in
cinerator at night?
A. No. This burning should be
done in the morning.
Q. What about the barbeque pit
—is it permissable to use it at
night?
A The object of the proclama
tion is to keep light from the sky.
The glow of embers in a small
barbeque pit is not objectionable,
but flames are.
Q. There are lights at the en
trance of our apartment house.
What do we have to do about this
type at lighting?
A. The owner of the apartment
house will probably have to reduce
the size of the lamps and shield
them so that no light goes upward.
Q. At the street gate to our
home, there are lights. They are
generally burning every night. Do
these have to be extinguished?
A. They must be shielded (prob
ably with paint on the upper half
of the globe so that no light goes
upward). If the illumination from
them is brighter than the sur
rounding illumination, then lamp
sizes must be reduced. Studies are
being made on regular street -light
ing.
Use
Smail
Lights
Q. There are steps from the
sidewalk onto our lot. For safety
we have had low lights to illum
inate these steps. Do they have
to be turned off now?
A. No. If the sidewalk is bright
ly
illuminated,
smaller
lamps
should b« used. All exposed lamps
should be shielded so that they are
not visible from above.
Q. Our badminton
court
is
flood lighted by large globes. A
neighbor has a similarly equipped
tennis court. What should we do 'so
that we can continue to use them
at night?
A. First, remember that no light
can be transmitted upward from
any lights. Second, you should ask
that the light intensity be checked
by a lighting specialist. One
available through
your
defense
council or
the
company which
furnishes your electricity.
Q. Is there any restriction on
the use of flashlights outdoors m
night
A. Yes. The use of flashlights
is forbidden in localities which are
visible from the sea. In all other
parts of the zone
of restricted
lighting they should always be
pointed down when
lighted.
If
flashlights are excessively bright
their intensity may be reduced by
a thickness of paper behind the
lens.
Q. I am a householder. I have
taken all the precautions necessary
for my house. But the store across
the street has not turned out his
electric sign. What should I do
about him?
A. You do nothing. Your air
raid warden will take the matter
up with him. If he refuses to com
ply there are stiff penalties for
violators of the proclamation. The
constituted authorities will take
care of violations.
Pre-Flight
Course, to be
Offered Here
Registration Due at
High School; 2 New
Course» Offered
Band as a class, rather than an
activity, and a new class, pre-flight
training, will be the major curricu
lum changes which Vernonia high
school students may take advan
tage of when they s art to school
on Monday, September 14. Activi
ties will be much the same as last
year; however, an art activity will
be directed by Miss Marie DeBolt.
To make it more convenient for
students who are working this sum
mer, Principal McCrae will open
his office from 7:00 to 9:00 o’clock
on the evenings of September 7,
8, 9, 10, and 11. On those evenings
freshmen and transfers will regis
ter, and upperclassmen and parents
may discuss school programs with
Mr. McCrae.
No serious curtailment of the
school program is expected because
of the war. Football, of course, can
not be played under lights because
of dimout rrules, but Mr. McCrae
is “toying with the idea” of having
twilight games, at 5:30 or 6:00.
early in the season for the benefit
of the fans. Present plans are for
the continuance of the football
schedu’e, which • allows for county
games and engagements with Hill
Military Academy and Seaside. Bus
es, rather than private cars, will
probably be used for transporta
tion.
With
to
Correct
Princial McCrae pointed out that
war demands have revealed certain
deficiencies in the school program
throughout the country which the
school will try to correct. They will
attempt to correct these deficiencies
without impairing the long-time pro
gram which will ultimately be im
portant. Although most
of
the
changes will be in the nature of the
courses, one new course is being
added with that thought in mind.
It is a pre-flight course consisting
of ground work to be open to jun
ior and senior boys and girls. It will
serve as preparation for induction
into the army.
The beginning of a band class in
stead of an activity was prompted
by its conflict with other actiyities.
It is expected that 20 or 25 stu
dents will enroll. The grade and
high school bands will be separate,
although the high school group will
meet at the grade school and the
two may be merged for special
needs. Credit will be given for the
class, which will be instructed by
Miss Marie DeBolt.
To
Have
Art
Activity
Miss DeBolt’s art activity will
meet at the high school twice week
ly. Although it will be largely prac
tical—posters and such will be made
—some instruction will be given.
Supplies have already arrived. Ge
ometry instead of Algebra II, and
Latin I instead of Latin II will be
offered this year, in accordance
with the alteration scheme of these
courses.
The vacancy left by the resigna
tion of Mrs. Robert Monson is yet
to be filled, but from several ap
plicants one will soon be chosen to
teach girls physical education. Orle
Robbins, of course, takes Mason
McCoy’s place as coach and social
science teacher. All at the other
teachers of last year will return
to teach nearly the same classes
and direct most of the same ac
tivities as before.
Grows Tall Corn
Mrs. Millard Thompson, who lives
with her daughter, Mrs. Vern Sykes,
at 1061 Rose Avenue, has growing
in her garden some corn which she
thinks, and all will agree, is ex
ceptionally tall. The tallest stalk
measured 8 feet and
6
inches,
while others are 3 and 4 inches
over 8 feet. The other stalks are
nearly that tall. Mrs. Sykes has
canned 13 quarts of beans, 26
quarts of pickles, and 4 quarts of
swiss chard, also from thia garden.