Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon
Thursday, October X 1942
Enrollment in
First Aid
Classes Urged
One Class Going,
Others to Start
When Enough Enrolled
Stressed at a first aid organiza
tional meeting Tuesday night was
the need for advanced course first
aid students. A large number of
locai people have taken the standard
course, but not the advanced, and
did not register Tuesday nigh,. for
that course. Theory, it was said, is
the main thing received from the
standard course, wh.le the advanc
ed course gives the student prac
tice.
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Schools to Cooperate in
Stamp and Bond Drive
The school children of Oregon
stand ready to launch the Schools
at War pregram, one of the most
comprehensive demonstrations of
mass ac.ion ever undertaken by the
younger generation. The Schools
at War program, which will reach
into every community to coordinate
and unify the war activities of the
nation’s 32.000,000 school children,
»ot under way officially in Wash-
in<r*on, D. C. during the latter part
of September, at ceremonies on the
»‘•n, of the T e sury building in
which Secretary Morgenthau, U. S.
Commi.-sinner of Education John
W. Studebaker and Mrs. Roosevelt
participated.
Sponsored by the War Savings
Sta f of the Treasury Department
and the U. S. Office of Education
and its Wartime Commission, the
Among those who particularly
need the advanced course are wo
men who anticipate joining the an^-
bu.ance corps,when it is organized,
and first aiders and ambulance
people on the
casualty station.
Letters are being sent to those who
At the Public Utilities commis
have had the first course, urging
sion hearing held Tuesday night at
them to enroll in advanced classes.
the city hall on the topic of im
Those who wish ,to join either proving service to the electrical cus
standard or advanced classes may tomers of the Oregon Gas and Elec
contact Glenn Ely, local first aid tric company, the PUC engineer
chairman, or leave their names with quoted recommendations of changes
Mr. McCrae at the high school. Mr. which, in his opinion, should be
Ely was chairman o', the meeting made for improved service.
These suggested changes were
Tuesday night, and introduced Mrs.
Kathleen Kope, execu.ive secretary ones that would not require new
of the Red Cross, and A. L. Bred- materials, dee to the lack of ma-
leau, county chairman of first aid. .erials as they are needed by war
industries. Representatives of the
It was agreed that the 10 women PUC, Oregon Gas and Electric Co.
who registered Tuesday should go and PUD were present as well as
into the men’s class which meets citizens of the community .
Friday nights at 8:00 plm. at thé
Legion hall with Harry Culbertson
as instructor. This class which has
already met, is practically full, and
others who wish standard first aid
must wait for another class.
Schools at War campaign will af
ford America’g youngsters the op
portunity to participate actively in
the war effort through a closely co
ordinated program of war activities
suitable for adoption by children.
The campaign will open officially
in Oregon about October 15 and
will close January 31, 1943. Lyle
L. Lee of Scappoose will have
charge of the campaign for Colum
bia county.
Under the slogan, “Save, Serve
and Conserve,” children of school
age will be shown how they can
help the victory drive through the
regular purchase of War Savings
Stamps and Bonds. Local, state and
national Schools at War exhibitions
of student war work and activities
will be held during the winter.
Improving Service Club Gives $25
Meeting Topic
For Comfort Kits
The Mountain Heart Social club
turned over to Mrs. John Hatfield,
chairman of local Red Cross activ
ities, the sum of $25, which was
realized from their October
10
dance. This money w 11 be used to
fill comfort kits for service men.
The club will again give up their
dance scheduled for October 24 in
.avor of the Vernonia Service club’s
dance, but thereafter will continue
with their regular dance schedule
given every two weeks at the
I.O.O.F. hall. The Mountain Heart
Social club appreciates the patron
age given to their dances.
Those Who
Are in It
One Wilark Man
In Oct. 1 Draft
Included in a list of 23 men 'from
Columbia county inducted into the
army October 1 is the name of one
Wilark man; no Vernonia men were
taken. Five transfers from other
hoards were also inducted at that
time.
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Inductees include: Vladimir P.
Havlik, Scappoose; Archie Earl
Frame, Clatskanie; Joseph E. At
kinson, Rainier; Trueman L. Cheek,
St. Helens; Vernon L. Stanbury,
Deer Is'and; Joe F. Stasna, Scap
poose; Victor J. White, Black Rock;
Edward A. Isaacson, Warren; Nor
ris Glen Ystaas, Warnick North
Dakota; Norman R. Hill, Clatskan
ie; Joe L. Nakvasii, Scappoose;
Stanley Horecny, Clatskanie;
Homer Austin, who enlisted in
the Navy on March 23, left training
school in San Diego on June 6 as
a petty officer, third class. He is
now on duty in the Atlantic as a
range binder. He’s the fellow that
says: "fire.”
William Arthur Roady and David
Scott Small, both of Vernonia,
were Tuesday enlistments in the
Navy. They raise the service men
list to 218, and the Navy list to 47.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Robertson
left Tuesday for Mississippi, as Mr.
Robertson must report 'for induc
tion into the Army there on Oc
tober 26. He had been driving
truck for Frank Hartwick for a
little over a year. He's been here
long enough to be considered a Ver
nonia service man. That makes the
list 219, and the Army list 136.
Lieutenant Glen Hieber is visit
ing here and in Hillsboro until the
end of the week after bringing a
troop train from Cheyenne, Wyom
ing to Ft. Lewis, Washington. He
will return to his instructing duties
at this Wyoming officers’ training
camp after leaving here.
Lt. Hieber, his wife, and Mr. and
Says Louis Parcells o'f Kingston,
Mrs. Frank Challecomb of Hillsboro
Washington
about the "jam” his
were Sunday geests of Mr. and Mrs.
son, Walter, was in over- France in
C. F. Hieber. Tt. Hieber expects to
visit here again today (Thursday). a Flying Fortress:
“He sure is getting what he
Thomas Glenn Parker, local log wanted, but if he hadn’t got his
ger, World War I veteran, and Ver air cut off, old Goering would have
nonia pioneer, will go into the Navy been short a few of his prize Yellow
about the nineteenth of .his month. Noses.”
Mr. Parcells recently got his
During the war he served on the
Cincinnati, Glacier, and Pittsburg. electrician rating in the Navy, and
Mr. Parker w s born in Vernonia in is now working at a Navy Torpedo
1899. According to the Eagle’s list, station.
Francis E. Girt, Rainier; James
A. Fessler, St. Helens; Richard W.
Elton, Scappoose; Raymond M.
Crawford, Deer Island; Myron E.
Chase, Clatskanie; Robert F. Ruck
er, Rainier; Harry L. Westlind,
Clatskanie; Paul G. Buss, St. Hel
ens; Raymond E. Kurtti, Clatskan he is the 44th local man to go into
ie; Wilbur I. Gortler, Wilark; Vern the Navy.
on D, VanLaer, Scappoose.
Shortly after leaving here to be
come manager of the Camas Safe
way store, Yance Miller was drafted
into the Army. The induction took
place last week, and brings the Ar
my .otal up to 134.
Ivan Reed was in Vernonia over
the week-end on a 3-day pass. He is
in the air corps and stationed at the
Portland Air Base.
Sugar Requests
Scheduled Today
Fred Erven, of the Coast Guard,
arrived here Saturday to spend sev
eral days.
Today, October 15, is the day on
which industrial and institutional
users of sugar should apply at the
local rationing office for their No
vember and December allotment of
sugar. Industrial allotments will be
figured on the 70 per cent basis,
while institutional grants will be on
the 60 per cent basis.
For the first time in four and
one-half years Jim Vike, torpedo
man first class, is home from the
Navy. He arrived here Saturday
morning for a two-week furlough
from his station at Nbw London,
Connecticut. Jim, graduate of Ver
nonia high school in 1935, has seen
“plenty of action” while on sub du
ty in the Atlantic.
El I’ted Vice-Pre»ident
Erma Kent, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Kent, has been elected
vice-president of the senior class
at the Oregon College of Education
for the coming year. Class officers
have taken over duties of class lead
ership, and the first important ac
tivity in which thia class will par
ticipate is homecoming which is to
be October 23 and 24.
With the induction of Wilbur I.
Gortler of Wilark on October 1, the
Army total is 135.
Raymond K. Thacker joined the
Navy and left October 6 for Farra-
gat, Idaho, where he will be sta
tioned for six weeks’ training. His
wife, the former Edi'.h Ludwig, will
make her home in Portland, where
she will be employed. Ray graduated
from high school here, and is there On Editorial Board
Joanne Nichols, junior in journa
fore put on the Eagle’s list of ser
vice men ag No. 216, and Navy men lism at the University of Orego/,
has been appointed a member of the
as No. 45.
editorial board of the Oregon Daily
Sgt. Victor LaPorte wrote to Mrs. Emerald, it was announced Friday.
C. Hedman recently from Australia, Miss Nichols has worked on the Em
and told her he was well. Vie at erald for two years, and was assist
tended high school here, and played ant news editor and exeutive sec
retary last year.
football.
Schools Here
Preparing to
Gather Scrap
Meeting of Salvage
Committe Set for
Tonight at School
Both grade and high school boys
are “getting behind the scrap,” C.
F. Hieber, local salvage chairman,
announced this week. Details of the
manner in which the students will
help will be planned tonight at
7:00 o’clock at a meeting of school
principals and the salvage commit
tee at the high school. Already small
boys have been gathering scrap in
to heaps in anticipation o'f their
part in the drive.
Those people who have not yet
cleared- their property of scrap
should gather it together in piles
ne’r the street, and are assured
that it will be picked up. Inciden
tally, anyone having a light truck
which could be used( the manpow
er wouldn’t have to be furnished)
should notify C. F. Hieber, phone
231, the bank building.
The scrap pile at the depot on
Bridge street is growing daily, as
it never did before. Local people
seem to realize that every little
bit counts, as one individual was
seen walking across the street to
throw a fistfull of scrap on the pile
while another individual brought a
piece of scrap with him each morn
ing while enroute to work on foot.
Deer Bagging
Now in Limelight
Red hats are dotting Vernonia
these days, as deer hunters are at
last allowed to go about their fav
orite sport. Some local nimrods have
gone to eastern affd other parts
of Oregon in quest of the antlered
animals, but most of them prefer,
and are only able, to hunt at home;
that is, not far 'from home.
For instance,
Walt McDonald
bagged a 3-point, 227-pound 'buck
at noon Sunday on Green mountain,
near Keasey. The other members
of the party returned empty-hand
ed. Bernard Lamping hunted on the
east side behind Keasey, and shot a
2-point deer Sunday morning. It
weighed 160 pounds when dressed.
Vester Christensen, Cecil Johnson
and Bob Spencer hunted in the
Clear creek vicinity, between here
and Buxton. Mr. Johnson shot a 4-
point deer which weighed 140
pounds when dressed. Mr. Christen
sen bagged a large 5-point animal.
Albert Tunnell was a lucky hunter
on Pebble creek Tuesday morning.
Bill' Hea.h. Earl King, Melvin
Powell, and C. N. Rundell all had
luck on the Wilson river Sunday.
Mr. Heath’s was a 210-pounder
with 5 points. The others were 4-
point deer, weighing from 165 to
170 pounds each.
Of course many more deer were
shot, this storv only cites a few ex
amples of local hunters’ luck.
Sniff Sets To Be
Used Thursday
Vernonia’s sniff sets, a necessary
part of gas training, arrived here
Monday, and will be put in use at
8:00 p.m. at the high school on
Thursday, October 22. All those
people who have had gas training
should take the sniff test with the
sets in order to complete their
course.
Meat Department Sold
Sam Hearing closed transactions
Tuesday ‘for the purchase of the
meat department fixtures owned by
Bob Tipton in Sam and Bob’s store.
Mr. Tipton will remain in the store
a month. Sam and Bob had been op
erating their businesses in the same
store for 4 years.
Many hewing
A good number of women turned
out for Red Cross sewing last Fri
day afternoon at the home econ
omics rooms of the high school, but
more still can be used. The sewers
meet each Wednesday and Friday
from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
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Volume 19, Number 42
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Mystery
Brewing
Who is Robert Anderson
Noel? What were his social se
curity card and draft card do
ing in a notebook found by
Jim Brady in a box car that
was to be loaded at the O. A.
mill? Why does his draft reg
istration card signify that he
has no middle name? What do
the unfinished notes written in
the notebook to his mother
mean?
It’s a mystery all right; at
least, a potential one, and ef
forts are being made to con
tact the man’s draft board in
Caldwell, Kentucky.
Loggers Topple
Clatskanie, 66-0
Vernonia’s Loggers successfully
defended their county title 'for the
second time last Friday night, when
they toppled the Clatskanie Tigers
66 to 0 at the Clatskanie field. At
the end of the first half, the score
stood at 34, while the 32 points ad
ded on in the second half made it
66. Leading scorers were Fred Lus
by and Glen Justice.
Lusby started out the onslaught
by scoring in the first few minutes
of play. Before the first period was
over, Lyle Galloway had made 2
conversion points, and his twin, Les,
and Justice had each chalked up a
touchdown. During the second per
iod, -Lamping and Lyle Galloway
each boasted a touchdown, and Lus
by and Johns made the extra points.
The last half saw Justice make
three trips across the Tigers’ goal,
while Lusby visited there once, and
also made an extra point. The re
mainder of the scoring was the re
sult of a touchdown by Johns and
an extra point by Les Galloway.
An unusual play occured when
Clatskanie punted on her own 10-
yard line, Melvin Schwab blocking
the kick. It was retrieved by Ber
nard Lamping, who ran for a touch
down.
Coach Robbins was able to make
use of every player during the game
with the exception of the injured
halfback, Wilfred Holce, who was
able, but not needed. The regular
guard, Clyde Lamping, who also had
sustained injuries, only played a
shorty part o'f the game.
'Players who either got their first
real taste of league competition, or
played for the first time include:
James Johns, Keith Walker, Jack
Nance, 'Marvin Turner, Max Millia.
Jack Riley, Bobbie Condit, Billie
Olinger, Douglas Culbertson, Walter
Cody, Gerald Riley, Calvin Sasse,
Elmer Goodman, and Ralph McDon
ald. These boys made a good ac
count of themselves, and can be ex
pected to provide competition for
the regulars.
Starting lineups were as follows:
Vernonia
Clatskanie
H Lamping
LE
M. Fawk
M. Schwab
N. Chase
LT
R. McDonald
LG
L. Armstrong
C. Sarse
C
B. Austin
L. Lane
RG V. LaFountaine
R. Kent
RT
D. Qirkle
E. Poetter
RE
B. Cejalno
Lyle Gallowav LH
K. Qillman
G. Justice
RH
V. Johnson
Les Galloway F
J. Devine
F. Lusby
M. Philbrook
Q
Vernonia to
Meet Rainier
At 4:30 Friday
Loggers to Play
Third Conference
Game on Local Field
Rainier’s Columbians will meet
the local football eleven at the
field here at 4:30 p.m. on Friday,
October 16 in the Loggers’ third
conference game. The hour o'f 4:30
was set in the hope that a bigger
crowd will be attracted. Thia game
will not be played fast, as the St.
Helens’ game was, so those who
come late may expect to see action
until 6:30 o’clock.
After tying St. Helens, and
swamping Clatskanie, the Loggers
will now defend the county cham
pionship for the third time, with
an experienced, veteran Rainier
team as their foe. The Columbian
personnel is little different than
last year. So far this year, they
have lost to Columbia Prep and last
Thursday won from the Longview
super-varsity team, but this is their
'first conference game of the sea
son.
Roy Heiser is the Rainier coach,
replacing Johnny Voll—now McMin
nville coach. Heiser is a former star
at Linfield, coach at Lebanon high
school, and has been active in pro
fessional baseball. He even pitched
for the Vernonia Townies in years
gone by. He has played for the
Cincinnatti Reds in the National
league, and Portland Beavers and
San Francisco Seals in the Coast
League. In the summer of 1940,
while playing for the Salem Sena
tors, he was chosen leading pitcher
in the Western International league
The probable starting lineup for
Vernonia and numbers which the
boys will wear are as follows:
No.
Player
Position
•
B. Lamping
LE
10
LT
Schwab
11
LG
Lane
1
C
Aldrich or Sasse
7
C. Lamping
RG
12
RT
Kent
RE
Poetter
2
Lusby
Q
4
Lyle Galloway
LH
3
RH
Justice
Les Galloway
S
F
Official g will be Holly Holcomb,
referee and Paul Gordon, umpire.
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Boys Eat Mulligan
Monday Evening
Monday evening the boys and
men teachers of the high school
gathered at the city park for their
annual mulligan feed. Besides quan
tities of stew, which was made from
materials furnished by the boys, 10
gallons of cider were consumed. The
next day, however, some of the boys
doubted that too much stew, cider,
and football go well together.
Harold McEntire was the teacher
in charge, and worked with several
committees.
Davis Organizing
School Band
Glen Davis, leader of a local or
chestra, is organizing a band of
high school and grade school stud
ents. Practices have been held the
last two Tuesday nights, and will
be again next Tuesday. Members
Joy Willard, editor o'f The Tim will pay a small fee each month for
berline, has been asked to talk at their music. The purpose of this
the annual High School Press Con band is providing music for games
and other school affairs.
ference on the subject, “Problems
of a Mimeographed Paper.” She will
be given 25 minutes time, and may Shorthorns Place
Miss Patricia Moran's two short
stress the phases of the subject
horn steers which she exhibited at
about which she knows the moat.
Although Miss Willard will have the Pacific Livestock Exposition thia
edited only two issues of Vernonia year won 10th place in their class.
high school’s bi-monthly publication They were both sold following judg
by the time of the conference, Oc ing.
tober 23 and 24, she has been on
its staff throughout high school. She Restaurant Closes
wi, a reporter during her freshman
The Terminal Cafe closed indef
and sophomore years, and produc initely with .Sunday’s business, as
tion manager and ad collector dur no arrangements had been made for
ing her junior year.
its continued operation.
J. Willard to Talk
At Press Meet