Our Great America &
LET’S BE SOCIABLE
Golden Wedding
Anniversary Observed
On Christinas day, Mr. and Mrs.
G. A. White of Keasey, now resid­
ing at 1326 Mason street in Port-
land, celebrated their 50th wedding
annive sary at the home of their
sen, Lewis, at 2312 N. Humbo’t.
All of their descendants except one
gandson were present, including
four children, eight grandchildren,
and five great grandchildren. In­
cluding their husbands and wives,
28 attended the party.
One grandson, Lloyd White, re­
ceived a leave of absence from the
naval base at San Francisco in ord­
er to be present.
Mr. White ia 80, while Mrs.
White is 68 years of age. Mr.
White is employed at the Kaiser
shipyard at Swan Island and has
not missed a day of work since
starting in September.
Mt. Heart Social
Club Elects Officers
Mrs. Dolph Moon was hostess
Tuesday afternoon to the Mt. Heart
Social club at her home. Principal
business was the election of new
officers as follows: president, Edna
Red, White and Blue
Decorations Used
Red, white and blue decorations
added to the atmosphere at the
Little Dance club’s New Year’s Eve
dance. Mrs. R. D. Eby was chair­
man of the affair, and an estimated
couples were present at the
TOOF hall. Music was provided by
the Nightingale orchestra.
Amid colorful streamers, a blue
cellophane bell hung from the ceil­
ing in the center of the hall. In­
cidentally, this bell was not meant
as a souvenir, but nevertheless dis­
appeared. Streamers in the three
patriotic colors were stretched from
ceiling to floor. At the outer edges
of the ceiling while cellophane
fringes hung.
Out-of-town guests were Mr. and
Mrs. George Plumb and Mrs. Rob­
ert Rushing, all of Portland.
have enlisted. So have bobby pins.
Belts on dressers are narrower. Bi­
cycle production has beer, sharply
limited. That American invention,
the banana split, has been nearly
destroyed by the shipping shortage.
Every one know» about that recent
war delicacy, frozen butte-.
'T he
-T orpedoes user
ey THE U S. NAW
CARRy 6OO POUNDS
OF T.N.T ATA
SPEER OF 40
MILES PER HOUR.
Electrical appliances have all gone
brushes to war—refrigerators and phono­
graphs and sewing machines, s.oves
and stokers, toasters and curling
irons. Most lamented of household
IF YOU LIKE
curtailments, their conversion im­
portance is in proportion to their
domestic usefulness.
Delicious, home-cooked
Bristles for
food,
household
bettor
try:
MA VIKE’S
Terminal Cafe
1111
Less
Hot
With oil rationing, America looses
many of its overheated houses. Un­
necessary optical goods—sportsmen’s
binoculars and dowager’s opera glas­
ses—contribute their lenses to more
important uses. Olive drab is now
available for civilian use—heading
off an otherwise inevitable fashion.
Fea.her, fine goose and duck
grades, are needed for military
goods. Flaps have disappeared from
pocketbooks. Restriction of flash
bulbs to the more essential users
is another dimout for the amateur
photographer. Fishing tackle, for
fun, is under orders. Fish, especially
sardines, salmon and mackeral, are
swimming off to the war in cans.
Furniture is sans metal.
At first assumed to be the easy
substitute for metal, plastics are
disappearing from the field of gad­
getry. Printed fabrics, because of
the copper rollers necessary in mak­
ing them, are limited in type and
quantity. Spring patterns will be
designed to save fabric. The baby
perambulator is stripped of its
shining trimmings. Mechanical pens
and pencils no longer have the eye
in gay profusion. Paints have lost
Gasoline rationing gave the av­ some of their quick-drying and gloss
erage American hi« first trouble­ ingredients.
some purchase pinch to date. Golf,
Quinine, like other important
requiring rubber for balls and metal
for clubs, was one of the first large drugs, is limited to its most vital
scale national hobbies to reflect uses. Medicinal and flavoring plan.s
the necessities of war.
little cultivated in this country, will
be short for the duration. Even kit­
Hems Limited
chen herbs are scarce. Gourmets
Houses are limited to essential will have to do without many fav­
maintenance and repair, no more orite ingredients.
doing things over to gratify an im­ America Kept Home
pulse or impress the neighbors.
Rubber restrictions—like restric­
Hems >n dresses can’t be more than
two inches deep. Over a year ago tions on automobiles and gasoline—
women learned that hosiery would not only strike close to home, but
be different for the duration.
keep America there. While no oth­
er prohibited rubber product ap­
Severely cut for domestic use,
proaches tires in
importance, the
iron will make no more barbecue
rubber shortage shows on any shop­
gadgets and few kitchen utensils.
ping trip. Wool for rugs is limited.
Ice cream having achieved aston­
There won’t be any more roller
ishing variety, now moves toward
skates. Razors and razor blades are
simplification. No new ice cream
restricted. With the diminishing sup­
molds will shape that inevitable
ply of new products, repair parts
have taken on the greater import­
a
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ance—are available for the most
essential equipment.
Dry Cleaning Prices Reduced
Pants .......... ........ 50c
Overcoats .......... $1.00
Dresses ............. $1.00
Suits ................... $1.00
Sweaters ....................... 50c
Pick Up and Deliver Mondavs and Thursdays
Office: Ben Brickel’s Barber Shop
A
Oregon Laundry and Cleaners
goods. Cans, even for essential pur­
poses, are scarce. So are tin kitchen
novelties, such as cookie cutters.
Typewriter plants have gone over
to the manufacture of war goods.
Toys are to be cherished, new ones
will be fewer and non-metalic.
A jacket can’t be sold as part
of a dress, and separate jackets
are limited in leng.h. Jars, like oth­
er containers, are being standard­
ized. The mason jar, with its zinc
clamp, will not line preserve clos­
ets in this war as it did in the last. Utensils Curtailed
Jute, the imported fibre that makes
Utensils—aluminum, iron, enamel,
string tough, will tie a few civilian
zinc
—are under varied degrees of
packages.
curtailment. Drastic cuts in pot, pan
Knives Cut
and pail variety will leave the
housekeeper little more than basic
Knives, like all cutlery, are re­
needs. Like hundreds of other items
stricted, some non-essential types
umbrellas will have less novelty
are out. Kapok, the silk-like fibre
appeal as material restrictions re­
from tropical plants, now makes
sult in practical simplicity.
life preservers instead of chair or
mattress stuffing.
Vacuum bottles are limited in
size and number. Vanity cases are
Lawn mowers are finished until
no longer made of metal. Neither
the war is. Lamps reflect the sev­ ere Venetian blinds. Vases, like all
ered restrictions on copper wire.
household items, must do the best
Even lingerie has sacrificed many
they can without materials or fa­
of its frills; ruffles, all-over tuck­
cilities important to the war effort.
ing and pleating are through.
Wool products, s.ill ample for ci­
The shortage of metal is changing vilian needs, are no longer made to
the construction of such everyday gralify every shopper’s whim. Quali­
objects as office files and handbag ties and textures change, as wool
frames. Dozens of familiar items, al­ is stretched to clothe an army as
tered or eliminated, can trace fate well as a civilian population. Wall­
to the rigid restrictions on all met­ papers, like many other papers, are
als. Mattresses, matches and myrrh under WPB restriction. There won’t
all know there’s a war going on.
be so much, and it won’t be in such
Even notions show the metal cur­ variety.
tailment—pins, hooks and eyes, sew­ Munitions Prevent Music
ing gadgets are no longer available
Xylophones and other musical in­
in lavish quantities. Naptha, import­
ant in domestic cleaning, is under struments are playing another tune
war limitations, and ever woman de­ while the war lasts. Their metal goes
plores the temporary loss of nylon, into munitions. Highly skilled work­
that magic fibre promising new de­ ers on musical instruments perform
velopments for the future.
Although 1912 saw sweeping cur­
tailments of consumer goods, fur­
ther cuts will come in 1943 But
while remaining stocks of war cas­
ualty items will dwindle, Americans
Chocolate, coffee, cream are no
are assured of -ncugh of the basic
longer served with a lavish hand.
things they really need.
There is no copper for civilians.
Ingenious substitutes—some bet­ Corsets are re-designed to use less
ter than ti e originals—will h dp rubber. " Cellophane, Riverseal gla­
fill the gap ai. the retail counter, mour wrapping, is restricted to es­
and a natior of enthusiastic ship­ sentia'. protective needs. No clocks
pers has already accepted the fact are being made. Cosmetics are giv­
that expanding v.ar production in­ ing up their fantastic containers.
evitably means time shrinkage of There’s less chlorine for cleaning
ordinary meichand’se for civilians. and bleaching. New cameras are
In 1942 America has cheerfully giv­ scarce. Cuffs, on women’s dresses,
en up dozens u! items, familiar in can no longer fold back in flatter­
peace tims.
ing french style. Vitamin C is con­
trolled.
New automoblies were wiped out
in 1942. Scrap aluminum from the War Need# Dye
kitchen followed new aluminum to
Dye ingredients needed for war
the front. Alcohol is increasingly
lighten the tones of available col­
needed for war use and the supply
ors. Dog foods have received gov­
of some drinks is limited. Wa: needs
ernment attention. EVen the dentists
of alcohol take precedence over
drills have yielded to wartime ne­
women’s favorite lotion-’ or per­
cessity and have been limited to a
fumes or both.
Houses
few standardized sizes.
Bristles Enlist
average u s . farmer has
27ACRES OFWOOPLANP-----
ENOUGH 70‘GROW A NEW
SIX ROOM HOUSE •ANNUALLY
climax of a child’s party.
Silk, first consumer war casualty,
has been followed by sugar, shellac
and even sauerkraut. Skirts are
limited in width—the ten yard
sweep of a ball dress belongs to
another era. Sharply reduced in
style variety, show9 will be less
frivolous next spring.
Tin, vitally important to the war
effort, is vanishing from consumer
Vernonia Eagle
Thursday, January 7, 1943
3
delicate jobs of war manufacturing, ration stamps mean?
Yachts that used to sail under
A. The numbers on the stamps
fashionable guidance now sail for (8, 5, 2 and 1) show how much the
the navy. Yarn for knitting needle •tamp is worth in “point«.”
and crochet hook is under wood reg­
Q. What is a point?
ulation. Yellow iron oxide, a pig­
A. A point is a ration value much
ment used by the army is less avail­
as
dollars and cents are money val­
able for consumer paints.
ues. Rationed foods have both point
Zippers months ago fell under se­ and money values.
vere war restrictions. Cut off in a
Q. Why are the stamps of differ­
fantastic ascendency, the zoot suit ent colors?
has given its all to the war effort.
A. The blue stamps will be used
With 1942’g war restrictions af­ for rationing processed foods. The
fecting habits and preferences, two red stamps will be used later for
sentimental “necessities” still re­ meat rationing.
main more or less exempt. Uncle
Q. What do the letters on the
Sam is indulgent about wedding
stamps mean?
dresses and baby clothes.
Gwinn; vice-president, Alice Gwinn;
secretary,
Geraldine
Bramblett;
treasurer, Erma Brrmblett.
The Rebekah dances were discuss­
ed, and it was decided to buy ;|
$100 bond this month with dance
proceeds.
Automobiles, Zoot Suits
Among Diminishing Items
From automobiles to zoot suits,
the American shopper ran through
the alphabet of diminishing supplies
last year.
Tryon
Home Building Volume,
Value, Advance In 309
Cities Over 1940, 1930
Coils Per Person Higher
Than In 1940, lint Less
Than In 1930
NEW HOUSING IN 1941
A
More new hous­
ing
provided
than in 1940—in
168 cities.
&
Less new hous­
ing
provided
than in 1940—in
139 cities.
0
Valuation of new
houses greater
than in 1940—in
180 cities.
Valuation of new
hornet lower
than in 1940—in
129 cities.
Cost per person
higher than in
1940 — in 194
cities.
Cost per person
lower than in
1940 — In 115
cities.
Inv.at.rs Srrd.e.t.
Minn.ipell.
HE above chart shows home
T
building trends in 309 cities,
containing 38 per cent of the United
States' population, in 1941 com­
pared with 1940, from federal fig­
ures assembled by Investors Syndi­
cate, of Minneapolis, in Its seventh
annual national housing survey.
Volume in 1941 in two cities was
the same as in 1940.
Nineteen-thirty, nationally, is re­
garded as a ‘normal’ building year.
Two hundred and twenty-six of the
309 leading cities, built more, and
83 erected fewer homes in 1941 than
In 1930; 215 cities reported greater
dollar value, and 94 lower values In
1941 than In 1930. Costs per person
in 10« cities were higher, but in
203 cities costs were lower in 1941
than in 1930.
People provided with new hous­
ing In these 309 cities numbered
990,264 in 1941; 947.000 in 1940;
and 519,192 In 1930. Dollar value In
1941 totaled »899.796 000; $837,55«.-
000 in 1940; and $589,748 000 in
1930. Costs per person in 1941 aver­
aged $908 64, against $884 43 In
1940 and $1.135 89 in 1930
Highest home building value and
volume in 1941 reached In these
cities in twelve years reflects record
number of marriages, a birth rate
of 17 6 per cent above the annual
average for the last ten years, wide
population shifts resulting from the
defense program, and rapidly rising
national income.
Questions on Point
Rationing Replied
A. The fetters on the stamps will
be used by the office of price ad­
ministration to designate the time
during which a stamp is valid. For
example, stamps lettered A. B. and
C should be designated for use dur­
ing the first ration period.
Q. Why is it necessary to give
different point values to different
kinds of processed foods? Why can’t
they all have the same point value?
A. Low point values will be given
to foods that are relatively plenti­
ful; high point values to those that
are most scarce. The buyer can get
more for his “points” by buying
the foods with the low point values.
Since most housewives writ no doubt
do this, it will rt' eve the demand
for very scarce foods.
The office of price administration
has released the following questions
and answers explaining point ra­
tioning for canned? bottled and
frozen fruits and vegetables, fruit
and vegetable juices, dried fruits
and soups:
Q. Why does the government ra­
tion all of {he listed canned foods
together?
A. If only the canned foods that
are the most scarce were rationed,
consumers' would rush to buy the
unrationed foods which could be
used instead. This would create
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shortages of the alternate foods r7-'
which would then have to be ration­
Guaranteed
ed after the supply had been seri­
Watch Repairing
ously depleted.
W. T. JACOBS
Q. What foods are included in the
941 1st Avenue, Vernonia
new rationing program?
A. Canned, bottled and frozen
fruits *and vegetables, fruit and
vegetable juices, dried fruits, and
all canned soups. These are known
as “processed” foods.
Q. Just what is a processed food?
A. A processed food is one that
has been preserved so that it vyill
keep as long as it stays in its pro­
cessed condition. Canned foods for
example, keep as long as they re­
main sealed, frozen foods as long
as they remain frozen.
Medical science has
Q. Are jams, jellies, and marma­
lades included?
proved that milk is
A. No, they are not generally
the most satisfactory
used interchangeably with canned
food for growing
fruits.
children and adults!
Q. Why are foods that are not
Grade A Milk & Cream
used extensively included in the ra­
tioning program?
Phone today for reg­
A. To preserve for consumers as
ular delivery to your
wide a choice of foods as possible
home.
in spending their ration points.
Q. Is evaporated milk included
in the new rationing program?
A. No, canned milk is not being
rationed in this pogram.
PHONE 471
Q. What do the numbers on the
Nehalem
Dairy Products Co
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FOR TREASURES
When many of them may be found in Sam’s
Food Store. Some of them are extra-delicious
food products; others are price bargains; and
still others are in the form of time-saving prepar­
ations.
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An Independent, Home-Owned Grocery
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Youngsters are usually hungry. Hot chocolate
and Vernonia Bakery donuts, cookies, or butter­
horns will keep them content until dinner time.
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