Thursday, October 1, 1942
Scrap Depot
Being Set Up
Downtown
Local Drive for
Scrap Materials
Progresses Onward
Interest in ..he local drive for
sc-ap materials seems to be mater­
ializing as people are beginning to
realize the real need for scrap. Ac­
tion being taken this week includes
the establishment o’f a downtown
collection depot, ihe endorsement
of the drive by the IWA Local 37,
and plans which business men are
making for the collection of scrap.
T.he new collection depot is being
estab'ished in the vacant lot be­
tween Paterson’s Furniture Store,
and the Vernonia Billiards. Mrs.
Fred Holstein of Portland, the own­
er of the lot, has enthusiastically
consented to the use of the lot for
that purpose. The Vernonia Chamb­
er of Commerce is setting up a
goal stick, and is encircling a space
inside of which the scrap is to be
piled.
Business Men to Collect
The pile will undoubtedly reach
a good heighth on Tuesday morn­
ing, when business men will go
"all-out” for scrap. It is expected
that most of the local stores will
be represented. Stores will either
close up that morning, or get along
without part of their staffs. Names
of those who will participate should
be left at Paterson’s store, as ar­
rangements for the collection of
scrap will be made there. It is not
necessary that all who participate
have trucks.
The IWA has gone on record as
endorsing the local scrap salvage
campaign and have pledged full
support of their membership in the
current effort to provide iron and
steel and other scrap materials that
are needed for the war effort.
IWA
Support*
Program
The IWA stands 100 per cent be­
hind the salvage program,” John
Elder, business agent o'f the organ­
ization stated Wednesday. “Our
members are being asked to survey
their own homes from cellar to
garret so that no metal objects that
would be useful to war industry will
remain undisclosed. In addition, we
are helping in the effort to round
up all available scrap in local in­
dustrial plants.
“The men who work in the fac­
tories that turn out the weapons
and supplies for the United Nations
know full well the urgent need for
vast quantities of steel and other
materials if our war production is
to gain its goal. They know that in
the production of steel, tanks and
airplanes, this nation is outstripping
the Axis. And they know the de­
mands that this gigantic production
schedule creates 'for vital mater­
ials such as ilon and steel scrap.
“We are in this thing to the lim­
it. Labor, like other groups in A-
merica, will not be found wanting
in this time of crisis.”
3 Days Left To
Sip-Up to Vote
Only 3 days remain for the reg­
istering of voters for the November
3 election, as registration books
will close October 3. Mrs. Leatha
Tousley, who is handling the reg­
istration locally at the Oregon Gas
and Electric office, will be there
all day Saturday—from 9:00 a.m.
to 8:00 p.m. Office hours on other
days are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m., excluding an hour at noon.
So far, few have registered—25
or 30 was the estimated total on
Monday. Judging from the number
of new people in town, many more
should register. The following per­
sons must register if they wish to
vote: those who have not voted in
the past two elections, those who
have changed their addresses since
last registering, those who have
changed their political affiliations,
and those becoming 21 years of age.
In order to vote in the city elec­
tion, these same people must regist­
er with Loel Roberts at the city hall
on or before the same date.
Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon
Rubber Boots Frozen;
Night Shift
Rationing Begins Monday Of 0. A. Mill
On Wednesday, September 30, Men’s rubber boots and rubber work
shoes were frozen, and will remain 'frozen until Monday, when these items
will be rationed in the same manner as tires. Wednesday through Sat­
urday, October 3, stores may not buy, sell, ship, or otherwise transfer
men’s rubber boots or rubber work shoes. Monday is the first day on
Lc? Lack Is Reason;
which application may be made to the local rationing board for Certifi­
48-Hour Week Also
cation Form R-605 authorizing the
purchase of these items.
To Go into Effect
wear: amateur fishing, hunting, and
Applications locally will be made other sports; theatre and theatrical
Beginning today, Thursday, Oc-
at the bank building with the clerk, services; auto washing and auto
Mrs.. Paul Gordon. Office hours are paindng; clerical and office work; tober 1, the Oregon-American Lum­
9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon, and delivery
services;
construction, ber corporation mill here will no
1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. The oi­ painting, and posting of signs and longer run its night shift because
flee ls open from 10:00 a.m. until displays; management, maintenance, of the lack o’f logs, At the same
1:00 p.m. on Saturdays.
and operation of custodial services time, it will go on a 48-hour week,
The 6 types of rationed footwear —private households, office build­
are as follows: below knee-height ings, hotels, apartment houses, which has recently been ordered by
heavy boots, pacs and bootees, 10 rooming and boarding houses; man­ the government. This will mean
inches or higher; below-knee-height agement, maintenance, and opera­ that all men who formerly worked
light boots; above - knee - height tion of retail stores, eating and £ hours a day, 5 days a week will
“storm king” boots; pacs, bootees, drinking establishments, and retail now work 8 hours a day, 6 days a
week. Saturday will be their first
and work shoes, less than 10 inches gasoline filling stations.
extra day.
high; hip-height bbots. The follow­
ing kinds of rubber footwear are
This change will mean the laying-
not rationed: men’s rubber boots
off of very few men, as more are
and work shoes smaller than size
needed on the day shift. Because of
six; lumbermen’s overs (a leather
the government order that workers
boot with rubber foot); men’s arc­
in lumber industries cannot be giv­
tics, gaiters, work and dress rub-
en other jobs, unless they are sup­
In addition to its regular fire de- plied with releases, any who are
bers; women’s and children’s boots,
robber work shoes, arctics, gaiters, partment, the local high school has laid-off »will be given these releas­
and rubbers.
organized a volunteer fire suppres­ es so that they may get other po­
The rationing board will be guid­ sion crew, which will be under the sitions. It is thought that some
ed by 7 rules when deciding on ap­ direction of local ftresters. This may take logging jobs.
plications ’.or rubber foo.wear. They crew of 30 beys, all 16 years of age
The mill had been on the night
are:
or older, have volunteered to leave
*
Rule 1. The individual’s work immediately for fire fighting duty shf.t' for 2 years.
must be essential to the promotion when called. Transportation will be
of war effort or to the maintenance provided them to and from the
of public health or safety.
scene of danger.
Rule 2. The conditions of work
This crew is being organized to
on .he job must require the use of mee* the unusual fire danger, both
requested footwear.
present and future, and to make
Rile 3. Employer-applicants must up for the boys who had been doing
Ormand R. Bean, of the Public
have customarily furnished (not forestry work and who have return­
Utilities
Commission,
announced
sold) rubber footwear to their em­ ed to school. Some of these boys are
Tuesday
that
the
commission
will
ployees and retain title there.o.
included in the crew.
Rule 4. The consumer must not
The regular school fire depart­ hold a public hearing In Vernonia
have adequate rubber footwear a- ment was organized recently with on October 13 on the petition filed
vailable for use.
Bernard Lamping as chief and Fred by the Nehalem PUD asking for
Ru'e 5. The applicant must agree Lusby as assistant chief. In case of lower rates and better service from
to surrender for salvage any worn- an alarm, which is a continual ring­ the Oregon Gas and Electric com-
out robber boots or rubber work ing o’f the buzzer, the firemen will pany. The exact hour and the place
shoes in his possession.
man the hoses and extinguishers, of the meeting will be announced
Rule 6. The foo.wear authorized The new chief instructed the stud- later according to Jewett A. Bush.
by the board mut be of the lightest ent body in assembly on what to do
The Nehalem PUD is representing
weight and shortest height that will when the alarm ring, and the prop­
provide adequate and economical er exits for the students in each the power users, and urges the at­
tendance of those interested in low­
protec.ion on the specific job.
section of the building.
er rates and better services. Test­
Rule 7. On employer applications
Besides the chief and his assist­
for quantities of footwear the quan­ ant, the following boys are members imonials will be taken.
tity authorized should be the mini­ cf the fire department: Junior De­
The Nehalem Basin Peoples’ Util­
mum that will fill the applicant's Hart, Dan Rollins, Larry Brady, ity District entered into an agree­
need.
George Armstrong, Leonard Belon- ment in July with the Bonneville
This footwear rationing will ef­ gia, Lewis Lane, Glen Justice, Rob­ Power administration that the PUD
fect numerous local people as in- ert Kent, Max Millis, Jack Riley, shoulde be supplied with Columbia
dividuals engaged in the 'following Clyde Lamping and Keith Walker. river power when lines are ready.
activities, to name a few, are elig-
ible to acquire the rationed foot-
Being Dropped
School Organizes
Two Fire Depts.
PUD Hearing Set •
For October 13
New Comfort Kit
Quota Is 50
Red Cross comfort kits will egain
be filled here—50 is the quota
which Mrs. John Ha.field, chair­
man cf Red Cross sewing unit here,
has received. The county quota asks
for 200 kits, to be filled by Decem­
ber. Red Cross sewing, which is
scheduled to start again in the near
future, will be the medium through
which these kits are made, as be­
fore. How they will be filled, how­
ever, has not yet been decided, as
this quota is double the number
of kits filled earlier in the year.
Organizations and individuals con­
tributed the money required to fill
that quo.a of kits.
In assigning the local quota, Mrs.
Philip Carlson, county production
chairman said: “We remember with
appreciation what a fine job your
unit did with ouj first quota. As
I told you befose, they were the
most completely filled of any in
the county.”
' Each soldier who is sent over­
seas is presented with one of these
kits.
Announcement! Ordered
Members of the senior class of
Vernonia high school last week se-
lected graduation announcements
with a patriotic motiff. A commit­
tee of 4 selected 3 Myles of Crown
company
announcements,
from
which the final selection was made.
C .rds were also ordered, and will
be received before Chriamas, along
with the fun books which come with
them.
Those Who
Walter D. Taylor of Mist is one
man who has never been listed in
the Eagle as a service man of the
vicinity: He is in the Navy some­
where in the Pacific on his second
enlistment; that is, he is beginning
his second term of four years. Tay­
lor is a brother o’f Mrs. M. A.
Oakes. He attended grade school
at Mist, and high school in Vernon­
ia.
Through her brother Mrs. Oakes
learned that Frank Checkmanek,
who was listed as an Army man, is
in the-Navy. Checkmanek and Tay­
lor met somewhere, presumably on
the ocean. This information takes
one off the Army list, making it
130, and adds two names to the
Navy list, making it 41.
The “three musketeers” of last
week’s column were sworn into the
Navy Tuesday, September 22. Not
that it m kes a great deal of dif-
ference, but Nelson Byrd could
have joined the merchant marine,
but both Mancel Lee Rose and Wil­
liam “Pete” Wilson had no birth
certificates wh.h them. Wilson
old enough, contrary to what
said last week.
'Philip Claire Estabrook was an-
other Vernonia fellow sworn into
the Navy that day. He brings the
Navy total up to 42, and the ser-
vice man total up to '209.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Peachey re­
ceived four letters within a two
weeks’ period—one from their son.
George, and three from Leroy H.
Bell, who is like a son to them.
Part of Georges’ letter, which was
postmarked September 5 at the San
Francisco APO, follows:
“Dear Folks:
“Just got back off of pass today.
Roy and I had a good time while
on pass. We had a good place to
stay and it only cost $3.50 for
bo.h of us for the meals and beds,
bath, and what-not. ... I just
happen to think, I lost eight pounds
in about an hour when I took a
turkish bath. I went in and weighed
193 pounds, and after, the sweat
box and steam bath I weighed 185.
But it took just about the same
length of time to gain it back.”
Here is part of a letter ’from Le­
roy, postmarked the same day:
“ . . . when we were on our
pass we had a lot of fun swimming
and going to shows and a few other
little things. We had a 3-day pass
and at nights we would sit in the
pack and look at the moon and
think and talk of home.
"It has been a little over eight
months since George and I last saw
you. I sure hope that another eight
months don’t pass before we meet
again, I sure wish that I was home
to go deer hunting with you. I
know that we would sure have a
lot of fun. . . . Say, Dad, about the
knife I asked for, I will tell you
why I want it. In case I ever see
any action, I want to do a little
scalping and get a few Jap earsj’
In reply to a letter Mrs. Peachey
sent Leroy while she was picking
beans Leroy said, among other
things:
(Continued on page fl)
Volume 19, Number 40
Carving Found
On Rafter
On a rafter o'f a small barn
that was torn down recently on
the homestead of Albert Wood
on Stoney Point, was found an
inscription that i» an interest­
ing bit of history. “July, 1884,
J. I. Somerville,” are the words
which were found carved in the
rafter. J. I. Somerville lived on
the p’ace before Wood did, and
undoubtedly built the barn.
Somerville was a brother-in-
law of William Pringle, Sr.,
county commissioner.
First Football
Game To Be
Friday at 5:15
St. Helen» to Meet
Loggers Here in
First League Game
Friday, October 2, at 5:15 p.m.
Vernonia high school’s Logger foot­
ball squad will meet St. Helens’
Lions at the city ball park in the
first game of the season for the
Loggers, and also the first encount­
er between teams of the league
this year. The hour of 5:15 was
set in the hope that more mill Work-
Several Vernonia teachers will ers and other people will be able
have prominent parts in the annual to attend.
county Teachers’ Institute, which
Probable starting lineups are as
will be held in St. Helens on Mon­
day, October 5, with all teachers follows:
St. Helen*
in the county attending. Students Vernonia
Cramer
RE
will have vacation that day, but Poetter
ÇraUenberg
RT
will not have the day of vacation Kent
Adams
RG
that they formerly had when Ver­ C. Lamping
Pyle
C
nonia teachers attended the tri­ Aldrich
LG
Garcia
county teachers’ meeting, as it has Lane
Malone
Schwab
LT
been cancelled this year.
Simms
LE
On the legislative committee, B. Lamping
Croeto
Q
which will make a legislative re­ Lusby
Kinney
port for the county, are E. H. Con- Lyle Galloway LH
Williamson
RH
dit, W. W. McCrae, and Robert Holce
F
Miller
Slawson, all local schoolmen, and Les Galloway
Officials will be Holly Holcomb,
Ed Sehorn o’f Quincy, and City Sup­
erintendent Dennis of Clatskanie. referee, and Paul Gordon, umpire.
Miss Mildred Weed of the Washing­
As far as is known, this venture
ton grade school will serve on the
in twilight games will be the ’first
O.S.T.A. enrollment committee.
Several other local teachers will in Oregon. It is expected that a
serve as chairmen of discussion full game can be played by 7:30
groups. They are: W. W. McCrae, o’clock, although the time between
principal’s discussion group; Glenn halves may be reduced to 10 min­
industrial
arts
discussion utes, and time-outs may be limited.
Ely,
St. Helens has always been a
group; Harold McEntire, mathemat­
ics discussion group; Miss Marian strong team, and this year they
Schreiber, chairman of a section on boast a stalwart team, that will
prima:-y reading and arithmetic probably be hard to beat. (St. Hel­
problems; E. H. Condit, chairman ens was beaten last Friday by
of a section on the new health card Roosevelt high school in a non-con-
ference game. Roosevelt is coached
system.
At the noon luncheon meeting of by Mason McCoy, past Vernonia
the Schoolmasters’ club, Mr. Mc­ coach.) The defending champions
Crae will be the outgoing presi­ in this Friday's game, the Loggers,
dent. The speaker of the hour will were league champions both last
be Frank Bennett, superintendent year and the year before, but are
minus the entire starting lineup of
of schools at Salem.
last year. Coach Orle Robbins is
faced with the problem of building
almost an entirely new team.
The boys are being driven hard
and long by Robbins; however, he
feels that another week would help
a lot. The team was strengthened
Funeral services were held in Monday by the return to school of
Portland Saturday, September 26 Elmer Goodman, Calvin Sasse, Har­
for Daniel. M. Sabilino, 17, who vey Johnson, and Keith Walker,
died September 24. Danny, as he •but weakened by several injuries to
was known, was the son of Daniel its members.
B. Sabilino of Vernonia. He has a
The Logger team may appear
brother, Rudy, who is attending rather disheveled on the field as
grade school here. Another brother, they will wear their green prac­
George, is in Astoria,
tice jerseys and their new blue and
Danny attended grade school here gold pants, to distinguish them
several years ago, and Contracted from the St. Helens blue and gold.
in’fanti'.e paralysis in the spring
of 1938, while he was in the
7th grade. He has been helpless
since then, and had been in the
Lincoln sanitarium in Portland for
the last two years.
Teachers Have
Roles in Institute
Danny Sabilino
Dies Sept. 24
Timberline Starts
8th Year Today
Senices Today
For John Baker
Funeral services for John David
Baker, who died at his home in
Riverview at 12:15 noon on Mon­
day, September 28, will be held at
the Assembly of God church on
Thursday, October 1, at 2:00 p.m.
The body will lie in state at Bush's
Funeral Home until 1:00 p.m. on
Thursday. Burial will be at the Ver­
nonia Memorial cemetery.
Mr. Baker is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Pearl Baker, a daughter, Mrs.
Wilbur McKinney, and several
nieces and nephews. John Baker was
born January 5, 1870, and has been
a resident of Riverview for over 50
years.
Jury Liat Named
People of the Nehalem Basin
named for the Circuit Court jury
list for Columbia county, October
term, 1942 are as follows: J. w.
Neuer, Thomas B. Epping, John W.
Parry, Thomas Johnson, Oscar G.
Weed, Newton Parker, Ross Dun-
can. There ire 31 in the list for
the entire county.
The Timberline, Vernonia high
school’s bi-monthly mimeographed
newspaper, begins its eighth year
of publication when the first issue
appears today. Miss Freda Beck
has always been the paper’s faculty
adviser, and this year Joy Willard
is the editor. The subscription drive
began last Friday and continued
through Tuesday, with one sales­
man selected (from each class.
Other staff members who were
named last week include: business
manager and advertising, Betty
Olson; production manager, Mary
Lee Dübendorf; artists, Calvin Sasse
Roberta Sword, and Dean Lionberg-
er; sports, Douglas Culbertson.
Plans are already being made for
the annual High School Press con­
ference, to be held at the University
of Oregon on October 23 and 24.
The editor and business manager
will attend as usual, although other
staff members may arrange to go.
Again this year The Timberline
has received International First
Place Award from Quill and Scroll,
International Honorary Society for
High School Journalists. This rating
is very high and is given to papers
of high achievements. Issues of
last year were sent to the society
th be judged.