Thursday, January 7, 1943
Year's Bond
Total Reaches
$186,481.25
January Is Best
Month and February
Ranks Lowest of All
U. S. war bonds totaling $186,-
581.25 were sold at the local post
office during the year 1942. Sav­
ings stamps sold are not included
in the bond total and $10,328.45
w^s taken, in for this item. The»:
totals represent »n average monthly
purchase of $14,548.50 in bonds
and $860.90 in stamps. Best months
for bonds was January, in which
$22,462.50
was
spent.
October
ranked next with sales totaling $20,-
681.25. Low month was February,
$8,737.50 being the total.
Other monthly totals released by
Emil Messing, postmaster, are as
follows: March $14,287.50; April,
$14,681.25; May, $14,681.25; June,
$14,418.75; July, $15,525.00; Aug­
ust, $14,062.50; September, $16,-
668.75; November, $15,768.75; De­
cember $14,606.25.
June proved the highest stamp
sale month, with a total of $1454.70
recorded. At the bottom of the list
is October; a meager $439.25 was
spent for stamps then. (Note that
October was high in bond sales.)
Monthly savings stamp totals in­
clude: January, $1117.05; February,
$1170.15; March, $1017.75; May,
$849.15; July, $632.35; August,
$548.40; September, $643.70; No­
vember $829.75; December, $863.70.
City's Financial
Condition Revealed
City Treasurer C. F. Hieber re­
leased for publication this week the
figures which reveal the city’s fi­
nancial condition during the year
1942. On December 31, 1942, a
cash balance in all funds of $13,-
262.46 was on hand. Total receipts
during the year were $25,883.61,
while warrants paid amounted to
$20,574.30.
During the year $6216.00 w: s in­
vested in U. S. War bonds—$5920.
of these bonds are a water sinking
fund investment, while the re­
mainder is a cemetery fund invest­
ment.
The year ended with a cash ba’-
ance of $15,463.67, according to
Mr. Hieber’s figures. In the gener­
al fund in the U. S. National Bank
at St. Helens is$5707.95, while
$9755.72 ig in the water fund in
the Forest Grove National bank.
Among the receipts during the
year were the following: property
taxes. $5334.13; road taxes, $822.-
59; liquor revenue, $204.43. Small­
est sum recorded on any of the
quarterly reports was $1.20 for
dog tax.
Hillsboro Loses
Tues. Hoop Game
Another
pre-season
win
was
chalked up by Vernonia’s Logger
hoop team when they defeated both
Hillsboro high school teams Tues­
day night at Hillsboro. The first
team won by a 31-27 score, while
the second team barely won by a
24-22 score.
Every effort is being made to
secure a game for this Friday night
here. The return game with Hills­
boro will be played here on Tues­
day, January 19.
Vernonia held an early lead, but
trailed at the half-time 13 to 10.
During the second half they pulled
to the front to win the game.
Players participating
and
the
scores made in the first-string game
are as follows:
•
Vernonia
Hillsboro
Lane
F
Phelps (2)
F Les Galloway (4)
Wortman
Kent (4)
C
Frit« (12)
G
Lusby (9)
Turner (7)
Harrison (6) G Lyle Galloway (11)
Nance (3)
S
Cotnmer
S
Merehep
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Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon
Drait Classification
Card Carrying Necessary
Beginning February 1, all men
in the 18 to 45 age groups who
fur six months or more have been
subject to registration under the
selective service act for possible
military duty will' be required to
carry their classification cards show­
ing that they are in communication
with their local boards and have
been classif'ed as to availability for
military service, the bureau of se­
lective service of the war manpow­
er commission announced January
1.
Both the classification card and
the registra.ion certificate must be
in .he registrant’s possession on
his person after February 1 or he
will be subject to fine or imprison­
ment or both, national headquarters
said. The order does not apply to
registrants who are in the 45 to
65-year-oId group at .he time of
registration.
ing their local boards, and national
headquarters emphasized that they
must get in touch with these selec­
tive service units as soon as pos­
sible.
As an identification of how few
men would be affected by the order,
it was pointed out that less than
three tenths of one per Cent of all
registrants are believed to be de­
linquent by reason of failure to
keep in touch with
their
local
boards as required. Most delinquen­
cies are due, it is believed to neg­
ligence or lack of understanding of
selective service regulations. In the
last war, between 1917 and 1918,
some 4 W per cent of all registrants
were considered delinquent.
County Food
For Freedom
Program Due
January 12 Is
Proclaimed Farm
Mobilization Day
Columbia county’s 1943 Food for
Freedom program, described as the
toughest farm job in history, will
be launched on January 12, pro­
claimed National Farm Mobilization
day by the president.
Participation in the event, which
will cerve as a send-off to the drive
to fully mobilize all farm resources
behind the food production pro­
gram, is being worked out by the
Ceunty USDA war board and an in­
formal committee of farm, business
and civic leaders.
The county observance will tie in
with events being planned on a na­
tionwide scale, including a radio
broadcast by well-known
United
Nations leader^ at one o’clock. Civ­
ic clubs are sponsoring special Food
for Freedom meetings.
Volume 20, Number 1
Phooey!!
Wood deliveryman Ray Just-'
ice approached butcher Dolph
Moon.
“Any bacon?” he asked.
“No,” was the reply.
“Any wood for me?” Moon
asked.
“No,” was the reply.
1942 Money Orders
Close to $400,000.
During 1942 Vernonia people sent
$374,098.15 away in money orders.
That, at least, is the amount of
money that was payed to the local
post office for 28,382 money orders.
For those money orders, they paid
fees amounting to $3074.49. Bus­
iest money order month was March,
probably due to income taxe pay­
ments. Total then was $40,367.62.
November ranked next with pur­
chases amounting to $33,913.75.
January saw the least money going
out, as $25,437.50 was the total.
Pay Raises for
Employees of
City Planned
Re-elected Mayor
And Councilmen Sign
New Oath of Office
Approximately 15 per cent raises
in pay for city employees was de­
cided upon at Monday night’s city
council meeting. At the next meet­
ing, January 18, an ordinance al­
lowing for this change is scheduled
to be adopted. Also Monday night
those members of the council begin­
ning new terms of office signed the
oath of office. These members are
Councilmen Hatfield, Adams and
Tapp, and Mayor Johnson.
While national headquarters said
These pay raises will cost the
that after February 1, those regis­
city an extra $120 a month—an
trants who fail to carry their clas­
amount taken care of by the emerg­
sification cards will be subject to
ency fund. The recorder, water sup­
Change Made
fine, imprisonment, or both, em­
erintendent. and two marshals will
While possession of the registra­ phasized that the arrest or prose-
each be paid $175 instead of $150.
Month-by-month
money
orders
tion certificate, given to men when
The cemetery caretaker’s pay will
sold and the fees which went with
they register, has met legal re­
increase from $25 to $35. (Five
them are as follows: January—$25,-
quirements
heretofore,
national
dollars of this increase was allowed
Two Meeting* Scheduled
437.50, $225.68; February—$28.-
headquarters said that a small num­
Two county meeting have been 493.90, $247.62; March—$40,367.- for in the budget, but was never
ber of persons were known to be
given the caretaker.)
The city
scheduled to acquaint
all
farm 62,
$335.30;
April—$29,521.00,
delinquent insofar as selective ser­
families with the phases of the $256.18; May—$30,231.88; $248.- treasurer will get $45 rather than
vice regulations are concerned be­
$40, and the librarian will be paid
O1J 1942 brought a lot of rain program and to discuss ways and
$267.72;
cause of their failure, either will­ with him, but not as much as 1940. means of achieving the maximum 96; June — $33,788.95,
$55 rather than $50.
ful or negligent, to keep in touch The sum total of 42.29 inches of production of foods essential to the July—$29,931.94, $240.47; August
—$29,659.66, $236.05; September
Among other business was the de­
wi.h their local boards, so it had rain fell during 1942, While 44.58 war.
$29,231.84,
$237.50;
October — cision to keep the same special com­
been determined to require each inches fell in 1940. In ’41 there
War board chairman W. C. John­
November— mittees for last year. As no one
man to carry the ' classification card was recorded at the weather sta­ son pointed out that the mobilization $32,605.49, $258.28;
December— could be secured to take the places
(form 57) as well as the registra­ tion atop Corey hill 41.05 inches of this county’s agricultural re­ $33,913.75, $260.70;
$30,914.62,
$260.03.
of the water superintendent and
tion certificate (form 2).
of rain. Lowest in 4 years was ’39 sources for all-out production will
deputy marshal so they could have
Therefore, all registrants in mil­ —29.96 was the measure that year. continue after mobilization day. He
No report is made on postal sav- their two-week vacations, they re­
itary are groups, 18 to 45 years, These are some of the facts to be called for a general observation of ings, as such investments have fallen
required to register as long as six found in the record that has been “M Day” so that all people, both off greatly since Pearl Harbor, ceived an extra two weeks pay.
months ago who do not have their kept of findings at the station since farm and city, will have a clear un- bonds being the preferred invest­
Final business was the passing
classification cards in their posses­ the middle pf 1938.
derstanding of the urgent need for ment. In many cases, postal sav­ of a resolution to grant a deed and
sion should communicate with their
ings money has been withdrawn to the signing of that deed. A motion
food.
The present “weather man/’ Ed
local boards prior to February 1
was also passed for the sale of a
be invested in bonds.
and obtain them so as to avoid Sessman, finds that December rain-
lot on the east side for $25.
Since January 1, the post office
charges of de’inquency, national fa l was 7.86 inches, that the cold­
est day was the 25th, on which 29
has been having difficulty with a
headquarters said.
degrees was the lowest temperature,
completely new bookkeeping system
Many Have Cards
and that on the first day of ihe
particularly since all the supplies
The new requirement will cause month the temperature soared the
have not yet arrived.
only a handful of men to communi­ highest—53 degrees. The falling of
On behalf of the IV Fighter
cate with their local boards as most 11.05 inches of rainfall in No­ Command, Sector Sgt. Wm Sousa
registrants have already obtained vember made that month the wet­ wishes all the aircraft warning ser- Poster in Post Office-
The washing out of a fill in the
Hanging on the wall of the inner
'heir classification cards. There are, test this year, while September was vice personnel and observers a
Vernonia-Scappoose road Thursday
part of the post office, but with-
however, some few registrants who the driest with a precipitation of happy New Year and wishes to
morning, December 31, has caused
in public view, is a poster with the
have moved from one place of res­ .18 inches.
thank those who were willing to caption “Remember Pearl Harbor.” traffic to be routed over the Ver­
idence to another without notify-
serve on the Christmas and New In the foreground is a memorial on nonia-St. Helens road. It is estimat­
A temperature of 10 degrees on
Year shifts when others were mak­ which Dece aber 7 is written, In ed that the road will be closed three
January 1 made it the coldest day.
ing merry. He hopes the observers the background are airplanes in months and that damage amounts to
r.ot only this year, but within the
will keep up the efficiency they front of a deep green forest. The $2000.
past few yenrs. Lowest temperature
have earned for their post.
caption is written across a pale
Cause of the slide was probably a
has fallen in the following months:
He also wishes to thank the crew blue sky across which white clouds
clogged culvert which
prevented
January, 1941, 20 degrees; De­
who gave generously of their time float.
water from going under the fill,
cember, 1940, 13 degrees; February
In cooperation with the office 1939, 22 degrees; December, 1938, and built the new telephone line,
which is located 12 miles west from
E. G. Roediger is the artist, and
as it wag a splendid idea. To all of
of defense transportation a supply 12 degrees.
Scappoose. One hundred fifty feet
he
used
enamels
to
paint
he
says
this, Vernonia’s chief observer M.
of ,heir appeal form and instruc­
of road washed out when water
Hottest day of the year was July A. Oakes says: “second the motion.” this vividly-colored picture.
tions has been sent to the local ra­
dammed up by the culvert caused
tioning office for distribution to 2, on wh'ch 103 degrees was re­
the soft earth to slide into a deep
those holders of certificates of war corded. This was exceeded by 104
canyon.
necessity who desire to appeal for degrees on a July day in 1939 and
an adjustment of their mi’eage ra­ 106 degrees during July. 1938. The
tion allotments. The ODT urges past two years have not seen such
that all such appeals be made by high spots, 102 degrees having been
January 10. Otherwise there may the maximum temperature in July,
not be sufficient time for consid- 1941; and 95, in August, 1940.
B. degree from Fresno State
Harry Ohler, who is attending
eration before present rations are
Judith Leslie Welty has the honor
Naval Aviation school at Lewiston, college and was a member of the
used.
of being the first baby born in Ver­
Idaho, spent Christmas with rela­ varsity football team there.
Farmers should file their appeals
The middle of January, he began nonia in 1943. She is the secord
tives here. He enlisted over a month
at the office of the county agent,
ago, and has already done some ac­ preliminary training at the U. S. child of Mr. and Mrs. C. 8. Weltv
who is also secretary of the coun­
tual f'ying. He is the son of Mrs. Naval Reserve Aviation base in of 1041 First Avenue and lacxcd
ty farm transportation committee.
Anna Ohler and a brother to Ralph Oakland, and successfully completed only about an hour of being a New
Persons who operate vehicles used
The Columbia county 4-H club
at
the course late in February, before Year’s baby. Judith was born
exclusively for hauling produce to leaders’ association meeting will be Ohler, U. S. Navy.
to
the
"Annapolis
of
the
approximately
12:50
a.m.
on
Satui-
reporting
and from farms should also file at held at the Delena school next Sat­
New Year’s rather than Christ­ Air” for basic and advanced train- day, January 2 with Dr. R. D. Eby
this office.
urday, January 9, at 9:30 a.m„ ac­
as the attending physician. She tip­
Others, in this territory at least, cording to Mrs. Edith George, pres­ mas was the day on which James ing.
been
designed
a
Naval
ped the scales as seven pounds and
Vike
arrived
home
on
leave.
The
Having
should file with the ODT office, ident of the association.
delay was due to congested train Aviator, Ensign Morris will go on twelve ounces.
1130 American Bank building, Port-
At that time there will be round- travel. He will leave Saturday night active duty at one of the Navy’s
'and. Appeals should be mailed—
Not only does young Miss Welty
thereby conserving time, effort, gas­ table discussions of the problems for hig submarine base at New Lon­ air operational training centers be­ have the honor of being the first
to
a
combat
of 4-H club work under war condi­ don, Connecticut, and expects to go fore being assigned
oline and rubber.
baby; also she will receive a U. S.
tions. Misg Helen Cowgill, assistant to 'sea again about the first of zone.
War Savings bond and $12.25 in
March.
state club leader, will be present
stamps as an award from Vernonia
Christmas and New Year’s greet-
to discuss food and clothing work
merchants.
It’s First Lieutenant Glen Hieber ing cablegrams were received Sun-
to meet war conditions. There will
also be a talk by Otto Petersen, now. Glen is stationed at Ft. War day night from two boys in Austral­
county school superintendent, on th" ren, Wyoming, and received his ia. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Turner re­
possibilities of 4-H Club work and commission close to Christmas. He ceived one from their son, Sgt.
All members of civilian police another talk by Miss Ruth Peff.y, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. George Turner and Mrs. Bernard
Sunrise and Sunset Hour»
here are urged to attend a meeting
Sunset
Sunrise
Killingberg was greeted by her son
county nurse, on health club work. Hieber.
called by A. D. Lolley for 8:00 p.m.
7—8:53
5:43
Cpl. Glen Hall.
4-H club leaders and parents are
Friday, January 15 at the city hall.
8—8:52
5:44
Galenas R. Morris, son of Frank
Raleigh Wheeler is scheduled to be invited to be present and to take Morris of Keasey route, won his
9—8:52
Lt. Don Tower was ordered to
5:45
here from Cla.skanie that night to part in the meeting. Each is to bring Navy "Wings of Gold” and was report the week-end before last at
10—8:52
5:46
a light lunch for the noon hour. Hot commissioned an Ensign in the Nav­ Paytoe. Texas. He had been at
conduct the meeting.
11—8:51
5:47
Reo-ganizing the group is the chocolate will be furnished free of al Reserve this week following com- Pocatella, Idaho for a short time.
12—8:51
5:49
purpose of the gathering, and those charge.
13—8:50
pktion of the
prescribed
flight
5:50
who do not attend may be dropped
Lt. Waldo Taylor graduated De­
14—8:50
training course at the U. S. Naval
5:51
from the force. Those unable to at­ ADDED TO STAFF
‘
Air
training
To date no arrests have been re­
center,
Pensacola. cember 17 from Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.
tend who wish io stay on the force
Mrs. John Grady is now a paid Florida.
He i( in the artillery and is to be ported here, but violators in other
should inform Mr. Lolley of their assistant to Mrs.
Paul
Gordon,
Prior to entering the Naval ser­ stationed elsewhere now. Lt. Taylor towns have been arrested. Some
intentions.
clerk in the local rationing office. vice, Ensign Morris received his
(Continued on page 6)
violations have been noted here.
1942 Wetter Than
'41; Dryer Than '40
Sgt. Wm. Sousa
Extends Greetings
Scappoose Road
Closed by Slide
ODT Appeal Fon.is
Available Here
Judith Welty Is
Year's First Baby
4-H Leaders to
Meet January 9
Civilian Police
To Meet Jan. 15
Dimout Aid
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